RealTimeData/bbc_alltime
This dataset contains BBC News articles from 2017 to 2022. The articles are arraged by month. Access the specific month by using the format "YYYY-MM" as config. Such as load_dataset("RealTimeData/bbc_alltime", "2021-1").
0335
1{"title": ["Tokyo Olympics: Team GB women's football take the knee - BBC Sport", "Dominic Cummings: I discussed ousting PM after 2019 election landslide - BBC News", "Thomas Barrack: Top Trump aide accused of working as foreign agent - BBC News", "Judicial review: Plan to reform scrutiny by courts revealed - BBC News", "Olympics: Tokyo 2020 chief does not rule out cancelling Games - BBC News", "Keir Starmer to isolate after his child tests positive for Covid - BBC News", "UK and France agree deal to tackle rise in Channel crossings - BBC News", "Neo-Nazi Andrew Dymock jailed for terror and hate crimes - BBC News", "Diamonds swapped for pebbles in London gem heist - BBC News", "Monkeypox: More than 200 contacts tracked in US for rare disease - BBC News", "Marcus Rashford mural notes to come down as heavy rain forecast - BBC News", "Fewer flat buyers to face pre-mortgage cladding checks, says Robert Jenrick - BBC News", "Dinosaurs: Fossil footprint found by four-year-old goes on show - BBC News", "Pegasus: Princess Latifa and Princess Haya numbers 'among leaks' - BBC News", "Commuters and children rescued from China floodwaters - BBC News", "Heatwave reveals World War Two plane propeller in Snowdonia - BBC News", "Covid: Officers told not to check green and amber arrivals, union says - BBC News", "As it happened: PM sorry for disruption but defends 'vital' Covid isolation rules - BBC News", "Climate change: US pushes China to make faster carbon cuts - BBC News", "M&S to cut Christmas products in Northern Ireland - BBC News", "UK clashes with EU over Gibraltar's post-Brexit status - BBC News", "BP: Lorry driver shortages closing some sites temporarily - BBC News", "A55 Anglesey: Man crushed by lorry as he crawled from crash - BBC News", "Backlash as pinged staff rules called unworkable - BBC News", "Vue Cinemas apologise over Birmingham seat crush death - BBC News", "E-scooter crash leaves girl, 3, seriously injured - BBC News", "Non-surgical beauty treatment industry like Wild West - MPs - BBC News", "Marcus Rashford defends charity deals over profit claims - BBC News", "Pegasus: French President Macron identified as spyware target - BBC News", "Brexit: UK wants to redraw Northern Ireland Protocol - BBC News", "PMQs: Boris Johnson defends isolation system - from isolation - BBC News", "British man arrested in Spain over Twitter hack - BBC News", "UK parliaments back continued universal credit boost - BBC News", "Unesco: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger' - BBC News", "'Catastrophic' backlog at driving licence body, warns union - BBC News", "Covid: Anger as half of Australians in lockdown again - BBC News", "Brexit: Stormont Parties divided on UK call to amend NI Protocol - BBC News", "M4: Lanes on motorway at Swansea shut following crash - BBC News", "Covid: France rolls out health pass as cases soar - BBC News", "Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship - BBC News", "Liverpool stripped of Unesco World Heritage status - BBC News", "NHS workers in England offered 3% pay rise - BBC News", "Dr Michael Heath: Families feared they cremated the wrong person - BBC News", "Specialist sex crime courts in Scotland could be jury free - BBC News", "China floods: 12 dead in Zhengzhou train and thousands evacuated in Henan - BBC News", "Domestic abuse: 'I went to prison three times - I'm so ashamed' - BBC News", "Strife-torn Haiti gets new prime minister - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Worst affected care homes revealed by watchdog - BBC News", "Covid-19: Crucial for pinged people to self-isolate - No 10 - BBC News", "Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to LA sexual assault charges - BBC News", "NHS workers in Wales to get 3% pay rise - BBC News", "Bramley-Moore Dock: Everton cleared to build new £500m stadium - BBC News", "American football star Tom Brady cracks election results joke at White House - BBC News", "The Hundred: Oval Invincibles beat Manchester Originals in opening-night thriller - BBC Sport", "Netflix to include mobile games for subscribers - BBC News", "Vue cinema chain fined £750,000 over seat crush death - BBC News", "Nigeria secures release of 100 kidnapped mothers and children - BBC News", "England heatwave: Giant hail in Leicestershire damages cars - BBC News", "Hot weather: Welsh outlets shut due to 'unbearable' temperatures - BBC News", "Keep your router out of the sun, Virgin Media warns - BBC News", "Sarah Everard: Daughter, sister, friend and colleague - BBC News", "Tokyo Olympics: British medal hope Amber Hill withdraws after testing positive for Covid-19 - BBC Sport", "Seaside poor health overlooked, warns Whitty - BBC News", "Storms hit Essex and Cambridgeshire after hot spell - BBC News", "'Jurassic Pompeii' yields thousands of 'squiggly wiggly' fossils - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Surgery backlog 'could take years' to tackle - BBC News", "PMQs: Boris Johnson urged to apologise for 'over 80s' Covid comment - BBC News", "Wimbledon 2021: Andy Murray and Dan Evans lose in third round - BBC Sport", "Miami building collapse: Firefighter carries daughter's body from wreckage - BBC News", "Wimbledon 2021: Roger Federer beats Cameron Norrie to reach last 16 - BBC Sport", "Belgium 1-2 Italy: Azzurri set up Euro 2020 semi-final with Spain - BBC Sport", "Critically endangered antelope saiga makes comeback - BBC News", "Oxford Circus stabbing: Man charged with murder - BBC News", "Cyprus: Nations send help to tackle worst wildfire in decades - BBC News", "Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes driver signs new two-year deal - BBC Sport", "Tom Kitchin staff suspended amid bullying claims - BBC News", "Euro 2020: Southgate happy England are playing away for first time - BBC Sport", "Prince Charles reveals favourite songs in radio show to thank volunteers - BBC News", "Belarus closes border to Ukraine over coup claim - BBC News", "Europe migrant crisis: Boat sinks off Tunisia drowning 43 - BBC News", "England bowler Ollie Robinson suspended for eight matches for past racist and sexist tweets - BBC Sport", "Tough Mudder Scotland in Dalkeith cancelled under Covid rules - BBC News", "Music fans' confusion over insurance cover - BBC News", "Angela Merkel hopes to open up travel for double-jabbed visitors to Germany - BBC News", "Covid vaccine: Novavax trial volunteer's holiday in jeopardy - BBC News", "Japan landslide: 20 people missing in Atami city - BBC News", "US officer plays Taylor Swift song to try to block video - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Walk-in Covid vaccine clinics open in 'final push' - BBC News", "Batley and Spen: Labour is back after by-election win, says Starmer - BBC News", "Covid: Stars perform musical song in latest vaccine push - BBC News", "Don't allow shop abuse to worsen, retail bosses tell PM - BBC News", "Covid: Call to let Novavax volunteers have second vaccine - BBC News", "Croydon stabbing: Teen arrested after 16-year-old killed - BBC News", "Swedish Coop supermarkets shut due to US ransomware cyber-attack - BBC News", "Boeing 737 cargo jet ditches into sea off Honolulu, Hawaii - BBC News", "Euro 2020: Gareth Southgate's 25-year quest for redemption with England - BBC Sport", "Covid: Caution needed over double-jab exemption - expert - BBC News", "Batley and Spen: Is politics starting to return to normal? - BBC News", "Michael Gove and Sarah Vine separating and 'finalising divorce' - BBC News", "Euro 2020: Ukraine 0-4 England - 'England want to go two steps further' says Gareth Southgate - BBC Sport", "Morrisons: Supermarket agrees £6.3bn takeover - BBC News", "Wales 68-12 Canada: Serious Leigh Halfpenny injury mars Cardiff win - BBC Sport", "Czech Republic 1-2 Denmark: Impressive Danes reach semi-finals - BBC Sport", "Miami building collapse: Demolition date brought forward - BBC News", "Covid: Doctors want to keep some measures after 19 July - BBC News", "Covid-19: Novavax vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials - BBC News", "US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Contact tracers to prioritise 'high risk' cases - BBC News", "England into Euro 2020 semi-final: 'England fans transported to unfamiliar world' - BBC Sport", "Should we raucously celebrate a football win in a pandemic? - BBC News", "Sigma Lions 14-56 British and Irish Lions: Josh Adams scores four tries - BBC Sport", "M4 human remains: Area near Swindon searched - BBC News", "Wimbledon 2021: Emma Raducanu, 18, defeats Sorana Cirstea in straight sets to reach fourth round - BBC Sport", "Vauxhall set to announce Ellesmere Port electric van - BBC News", "Ukraine 0-4 England: Ruthless England set up Denmark semi-final - BBC Sport", "Ethiopia Tigray conflict: Famine hits 400,000, UN warns - BBC News", "Covid: PM confident of no problem over India jab travel - BBC News", "Canada heatwave: Wildfires spread in British Columbia after lightning strikes - BBC News", "Milton Keynes police shooting: Richard Woodcock family 'immensely proud' - BBC News", "England v Ukraine: Three Lions' defence is perfect platform for Euro 2020 success - Rio Ferdinand - BBC Sport", "Cannes Film Festival: Titane wins top Palme d'Or prize - BBC News", "British Grand Prix: Max Verstappen tops final practice before sprint qualifying - BBC Sport", "Covid: Travel firms angry over France quarantine rule - BBC News", "Hottest NI day ever as temperatures soar above 30C - BBC News", "Long Covid funding to unearth new treatments - BBC News", "Mystery 19th Century botanist tracked down following appeal - BBC News", "Covid: UK daily cases pass 50,000 for first time since January - BBC News", "British Grand Prix: Max Verstappen wins sprint qualifying to claim pole position for race - BBC Sport", "Covid in Scotland: Calls to keep Glasgow's Hydro vaccination hub open - BBC News", "Covid: Sunshine in Wales puts indoor meet-ups on hold - BBC News", "Covid misinformation on Facebook is killing people - Biden - BBC News", "Daughter of Afghan envoy kidnapped and injured in Pakistan - BBC News", "Farne Islands: Puffins see visitors return after 18 months - BBC News", "Wales 11-33 Argentina: Clinical Pumas outclass Wales in Cardiff - BBC Sport", "Canada's vaccination rate overtakes US - BBC News", "US wants giant radar in UK to track space objects - BBC News", "Alan Bircher: Former medallist among swimming coaches suspended - BBC News", "'Hollywood Ripper' Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders - BBC News", "Uber will continue to require riders to wear masks - BBC News", "Bianca Devins: Family sue NY officials over video footage of murdered teen - BBC News", "Blackpool councillor 'fat shamed' by MP over critical tweet - BBC News", "Covid:-19 Decision on vaccinations for under-18s 'within days' - BBC News", "Covid: London's Metropolitan Line closed after staff pinged by NHS app - BBC News", "England plans biggest winter flu vaccine rollout - BBC News", "UK looks to extend ivory ban to hippos and other animals - BBC News", "The Open 2021: Louis Oosthuizen takes one-stroke lead into final day - BBC Sport", "Mass testing as Covid outbreak hits Perth Prison - BBC News", "'Havana syndrome'-like mystery illness affects Vienna US diplomats - BBC News", "Covid-19: UK may need new Covid restrictions in autumn, former health secretary says - BBC News", "Covid: Fully jabbed arrivals from France must still quarantine - BBC News", "Trains cancelled as firefighters tackle Troon station blaze - BBC News", "Health secretary Sajid Javid tests positive for Covid - BBC News", "Google Maps updates 'dangerous' Ben Nevis route - BBC News", "Tokyo 2020: Athletes 'probably very worried' after positive Covid test in village - BBC Sport", "Springtime bounceback lifts High Streets to record growth - BBC News", "Conservative MP Steve Baker urges party to back players taking the knee - BBC News", "Man in China reunited with son snatched 24 years ago - BBC News", "England captain Harry Kane criticises fans who racially abused Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho & Bukayo Saka - BBC Sport", "Covid: Plans to be revealed for fewer rules in Wales - BBC News", "Marcus Rashford: Hundreds of messages left on mural - BBC News", "Cuba: Rare protests see thousands on streets - BBC News", "Met Police seize record £180m of cryptocurrency in London - BBC News", "Sebastian Eubank died after 'massive heart attack', widow says - BBC News", "Iraq hospital fire: Protests as Covid ward blaze kills at least 92 - BBC News", "Racist abuse of England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho & Bukayo Saka 'unforgivable' - BBC Sport", "Zsa Zsa Gabor: Hollywood legend's ashes buried in Hungary - BBC News", "FM 'will not make it easier' to get travel Covid tests - BBC News", "Carry on flying, says government green plan - BBC News", "Covid-19: Developers aim to deliver NI vaccine app next week - BBC News", "Foreign aid: Covid costs mean we have to cut payments, says PM - BBC News", "Teen pilot Travis Ludlow youngest to fly solo around the world - BBC News", "The EU countries 'pushing back' asylum seekers at sea - BBC News", "Marcus Rashford: Hundreds gather at mural for anti-racism demo - BBC News", "Marcus Rashford: England striker 'won't apologise' for who he is after receiving racist abuse - BBC Sport", "Covid-19: Scotland to ease restrictions, 1.5m pupils absent from school in England - BBC News", "Scotland Covid rules to be eased from 19 July - BBC News", "Stalking rises during Covid pandemic - police - BBC News", "PM must level up the North at pace, say Tory MPs - BBC News", "Government wins vote to lock in cuts to overseas aid - BBC News", "Limavady: Man arrested on suspicion of murder - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Masks could stay until Christmas says Swinney - BBC News", "Spanish TikTok star Darrechi angers many with condom remarks - BBC News", "Firms don't plan to rush back to offices on Monday - BBC News", "As it happened: Third of people in England still susceptible to Covid - BBC News", "England's Tyrone Mings criticises Patel over racism response - BBC News", "Covid rules: What are the restrictions in your area? - BBC News", "Police launch investigation over SNP donations - BBC News", "Colin Pitchfork: Double child killer's release confirmed - BBC News", "Formula 1: Lando Norris mugged and McLaren watch stolen after Euro 2020 final - BBC Sport", "Euro 2020 final: Uefa opens investigation into events at Wembley - BBC Sport", "Compulsory vaccinations for care home staff in England backed by MPs - BBC News", "Bloody Sunday: Colum Eastwood names Soldier F in parliament - BBC News", "Two arrested after boy, 16, fatally stabbed in Croydon - BBC News", "Gareth Southgate: England boss hopes to lead team at 2022 Qatar World Cup - BBC Sport", "Flash floods: Parts of London receive a month of rain in one day - BBC News", "Climate change: Technology boosts efforts to curb tree loss in Amazon - BBC News", "Covid: Masks to remain compulsory on London transport - BBC News", "Google fined €500m by French competition authority - BBC News", "Lewis Hamilton says diversity in motorsport would be most valuable achievement - BBC Sport", "Covid in Scotland: Sturgeon to announce decision on restrictions - BBC News", "Social media influencers face relentless abuse, MPs are told - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Families remember loved ones lost to coronavirus - BBC News", "South Africa Zuma riots: Child thrown from burning building - BBC News", "Covid: Children missing school to protect family holidays - BBC News", "Covid: Bus and train firms must decide whether to require masks - BBC News", "England football racism: Black and Asian fans 'so proud' of Southgate's team - BBC News", "Covid: Cases in UK rise above 30,000 for first time since January - BBC News", "Euro 2020: Denmark’s journey through the eyes of the country - BBC Sport", "England v Denmark: Who made your England XI for semi-final against Denmark? - BBC Sport", "Florida building collapse: First funerals held for Surfside victims - BBC News", "World's tallest sandcastle built in Denmark - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Restrictions to end as planned - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Dates for lifting restrictions 'not set in stone' - BBC News", "European powers warn Iran over enriched uranium metal production - BBC News", "Euro 2020 England 2-1 Denmark: Kasper Schmeichel's 'brilliant' save denies Harry Maguire - BBC Sport", "Euros 2020: What all of us can learn from Gareth Southgate - BBC News", "Big stars to play small shows as live music returns - BBC News", "Euro 2020: Fans euphoric as England beat Denmark to reach final - BBC News", "Euro 2020: Italy beat Spain on penalties to reach final - BBC Sport", "Special glasses help colour blind cricketer, 11, see ball - BBC News", "Security minister resigns to focus on cancer recovery - BBC News", "Gates Foundation agrees break-up back-up plan - BBC News", "Luke Shaw: How England player went from Jose Mourinho's fall-guy to Euro 2020 star - BBC Sport", "Covid-19: NI public urged to keep wearing masks - BBC News", "Covid: Starmer warns of summer chaos over self-isolation - BBC News", "Lord Elystan-Morgan, campaigner for Welsh devolution, dies - BBC News", "Record June temperatures point to more 'extraordinary' extremes - BBC News", "Sajid Javid outlines new rules for double-jabbed - BBC News", "Covid: Universal credit £20 top up to be phased out - BBC News", "Backlash against longer hours to ease lorry driver shortage - BBC News", "Euro 2020 semi-final England 2-1 Denmark: Harry Kane hits winner as Three Lions reach final - BBC Sport", "What can Cornwall learn from Wally’s Welsh trip? - BBC News", "Covid: Royal Welsh Show postponed until 2022 - BBC News", "Customers fed up with Covid excuse for bad service - BBC News", "Andrew Rawding: Minister quits 'homophobic' Church of Ireland - BBC News", "England reach Euro 2020 final: Gareth Southgate 'so pleased for our country' - BBC Sport", "Rob Roberts: Harassment MP could face recall under Labour proposal - BBC News", "Wembley park stabbings: Danyal Hussein guilty of murdering sisters - BBC News", "State pension predicted to rise by 8% - BBC News", "Train track TikTok danger selfies risk lives in Wales - BBC News", "Six the Musical actress 'gobsmacked' at on-stage proposal - BBC News", "Fishmongers' Hall: Steven Gallant to be freed from prison - BBC News", "England v Denmark: Three Lions eye first major final for 55 years - BBC Sport", "Lady Lavinia Nourse: Ex-High Court judge widow in 'anonymity until charge' call - BBC News", "Gareth Southgate: Euro 2020 semi-final a 'very special opportunity' for England - BBC Sport", "Covid: Self-isolation to be scrapped for double-jabbed and children in England - BBC News", "Britney Spears' court-appointed lawyer offers to resign - BBC News", "Gareth Southgate: What's it like to have him as your manager? - BBC News", "Ever Given: Ship that blocked Suez Canal sets sail after deal signed - BBC News", "Wagatha Christie: Coleen Rooney wins latest round in legal fight with Rebekah Vardy - BBC News", "Euro 2020: Coldstream Guards perform Three Lions - BBC News", "British and Irish Lions 2021: Warren Gatland believes Tests will happen - BBC Sport", "Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final' - BBC Sport", "Hong Kong: Extend UK visa to cover young protesters - MPs - BBC News", "Covid: Wales' festivals 'disadvantaged' by no lockdown end date - BBC News", "Brewdog Instagram ad banned for misleading health claims - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: No decision yet on self-isolation rules - BBC News", "Wimbledon 2021: Emma Raducanu is 'feeling better' after retiring from fourth-round match - BBC Sport", "Trump sues Twitter, Google and Facebook alleging 'censorship' - BBC News", "Euro 2020 England 2-1 Denmark: Mikkel Damsgaard's 'delightful' free-kick gives Denmark lead - BBC Sport", "Intruder removed from TV's Love Island villa - BBC News", "Wimbledon 2021: Will we see Roger Federer in SW19 again? - BBC Sport", "House prices dip as stamp duty holiday ends - BBC News", "As it happened: Boris Johnson faces senior MPs' questions - BBC News", "Covid: Green Man festival organisers 'hopeful' for 2021 - BBC News", "New York governor declares gun violence a health emergency - BBC News", "Rape victims still face police phone trawl, says commissioner - BBC News", "Euro 2020: £36,000 raised for crying Germany fan to go to charity - BBC News", "Dilip Kumar: Legendary Indian actor dies at 98 - BBC News", "DUP: Gordon Lyons replaces Paul Frew as NI economy minister - BBC News", "Covid: Sir Keir Starmer warns of summer of chaos as infections rise - BBC News", "Surfside tower collapse: 'Zero' hope of finding survivors - BBC News", "Big stars to play small shows as live music returns - BBC News", "Covid: Sydney lockdown extended as Delta outbreak spreads - BBC News", "Covid bubbles to be axed in England's schools - BBC News", "Hundred organisers say online 'racism or other forms of abuse' unacceptable - BBC Sport", "Serial killer on death row Rodney Alcala dies of natural causes - BBC News", "UK borrowing leads to record interest payments - BBC News", "Boy, 11, dies in river at Alexander Hamilton Memorial Park - BBC News", "Wales' tourist image 'could be harmed' by overloaded infrastructure - BBC News", "Covid: Fauci says US heading in wrong direction as cases rise - BBC News", "Carrickfergus: Funfair incident caused by teens, Planet Fun says - BBC News", "Climate change: Boy, 11, starts 200-mile walk - BBC News", "Tokyo Olympics: Bradly Sinden takes silver for Great Britain after defeat in taekwondo final - BBC Sport", "Clashes in Paris over Covid measures - BBC News", "Dublin: Shots fired at Irish police patrol car in Tallaght - BBC News", "Sajid Javid apologises for 'cower' Covid remark - BBC News", "Bute Park: Two charged with attempted murder after man hurt - BBC News", "The experiences replacing closed High Street stores - BBC News", "Covid: Lockdown protest at Mark Drakeford's home 'crossed line' - BBC News", "Tokyo Olympics: GB's Bradly Sinden takes silver after Chelsie Giles wins bronze medal - BBC Sport", "FSA chief says making proof of vaccination mandatory at matches could cause 'chaos' - BBC Sport", "Tokyo Olympics: Andy Murray withdraws from men's singles with minor thigh strain - BBC Sport", "Esther Dingley: Partner informed of 'remains' find in Pyrenees - BBC News", "Tokyo Olympics: Jones beaten in taekwondo, Murray withdraws from tennis singles - BBC Sport", "Water deaths: Public warned of 'hidden dangers' in lakes and rivers - BBC News", "Football manager Joey Barton charged with attacking woman - BBC News", "Unesco adds Madrid's Paseo del Prado and Retiro Park to heritage list - BBC News", "Sajid Javid criticised for 'cower' Covid remark - BBC News", "Meteor wows Norway after blazing through night sky - BBC News", "Calls for more 'pop-up' campsites as demand surges - BBC News", "Government pingdemic response chaotic, say food supply firms - BBC News", "LA man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines dies of virus - BBC News", "Nigeria school kidnappers abduct man delivering ransom - BBC News", "Lightning destroys roofs as storms end heatwave in southern England and Wales - BBC News", "Afghanistan curfew imposed as Taliban militants advance - BBC News", "UK will be paying for Covid for decades, say MPs - BBC News", "Offa's Dyke: The man who sold his house to trek Wales - BBC News", "Speakers' Corner: Woman attacked with knife - BBC News", "R. Kelly accused of abusing teenage boy he met in McDonald's - BBC News", "Australia Covid: Anti-lockdown protesters condemned - BBC News", "Covid vaccine: Speech comparing NHS medics to Nazis condemned - BBC News", "Man, woman and boy die in Loch Lomond incident - BBC News", "Tokyo Olympics: Rowing races postponed due to weather and tennis heat policy activated - BBC Sport", "Hugo Millan: Spaniard, 14, dies after crash at MotorLand Aragon - BBC Sport", "Flooded London hospitals ask patients to stay away - BBC News", "Wildfires spread from California to Nevada - BBC News", "Jackie Mason, rabbi turned comedian, dies aged 93 - BBC News", "Rockslide destroys bridge in northern India - BBC News", "Tokyo Olympics: Chelsie Giles wins GB's first medal, Bradly Sinden takes silver - BBC Sport", "Tokyo Olympics: Anna Kiesenhofer wins shock road race gold with GB's Lizzie Deignan 11th - BBC Sport", "East Dulwich stabbing: Man charged with murder of woman, 36 - BBC News", "Tokyo Olympics: Chelsie Giles wins Team GB's first medal with judo bronze - BBC Sport", "British and Irish Lions: Lions fight back to clinch series opener - BBC Sport", "UK Weather: Flooding in London after heavy rain - BBC News", "Man arrested after car hits group of people on Blackpool North Pier - BBC News", "Carrickfergus: Six people taken to hospital after funfair incident - BBC News", "Charity, dating and pet spending booms, says Nationwide - BBC News", "Keir Starmer to isolate after his child tests positive for Covid - BBC News", "Illegal dog breeder who mutilated puppies' ears jailed - BBC News", "Croydon tram crash: Passengers accidentally killed, jury finds - BBC News", "Neo-Nazi Andrew Dymock jailed for terror and hate crimes - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Deaths at four-month high despite fall in cases - BBC News", "China floods: People unite on social media to help flood victims - BBC News", "Dawn Butler suspended from Commons for calling PM liar - BBC News", "Investigation after man, 52, dies at city centre gym - BBC News", "Covid in Wales: NHS pay petition gathers almost 800,000 names - BBC News", "Fewer flat buyers to face pre-mortgage cladding checks, says Robert Jenrick - BBC News", "Manchester Arena Inquiry: Bomb like being hit by truck, says survivor - BBC News", "Greensill had extraordinarily privileged access to government, says inquiry - BBC News", "Pegasus: Princess Latifa and Princess Haya numbers 'among leaks' - BBC News", "Tommy Robinson loses Jamal Hijazi libel case - BBC News", "Commuters and children rescued from China floodwaters - BBC News", "Students offered cash to defer medical degree - BBC News", "Rugby League World Cup: Australia and New Zealand pull out of tournament - BBC Sport", "Pilot praises RAF Lakenheath plane spotter for saving his life - BBC News", "M&S to cut Christmas products in Northern Ireland - BBC News", "Wales weather warning: Thunderstorms set to replace heatwave - BBC News", "Covid cases at record levels for 20 to 29-year-olds - BBC News", "Hottest day of the year so far in Scotland - BBC News", "As it happened: More than 600,000 people told to isolate by app - BBC News", "BP: Lorry driver shortages closing some sites temporarily - BBC News", "Record June temperatures point to more 'extraordinary' extremes - BBC News", "Post Office scandal: Postmasters to get up to £100,000 - BBC News", "Backlash as pinged staff rules called unworkable - BBC News", "Wildfires: Firefighters battle blaze from top of moving train - BBC News", "Sport is 'marking its own homework' on athletes' brain injuries, say MPs - BBC News", "Michael Jackson superfan among those sanctioned by UK - BBC News", "Gary Lineker to host new ITV gameshow, Sitting on a Fortune - BBC News", "Self-isolation hits bin collections across country - BBC News", "Brexit: UK wants to redraw Northern Ireland Protocol - BBC News", "Nurses may consider industrial action over 3% NHS pay rise, union says - BBC News", "British man arrested in Spain over Twitter hack - BBC News", "UK has no idea of EU fishing catch in its waters, says Labour - BBC News", "Mick Norcross: Former Towie star took his own life, inquest rules - BBC News", "Brexit: Stormont Parties divided on UK call to amend NI Protocol - BBC News", "Coronavirus: Italy brings in Covid certificate amid spike in infections - BBC News", "John Coates: Australian Olympic boss in awkward 'mansplaining' row - BBC News", "Covid: Supermarkets say shortages are not widespread - BBC News", "Swansea: 3D printed ear would 'transform' girl's life - BBC News", "Liverpool stripped of Unesco World Heritage status - BBC News", "California sues Activision Blizzard over alleged harassment - BBC News", "NHS workers in England offered 3% pay rise - BBC News", "NHS Wales pay rise offer: 'Claps don't pay the bills' - BBC News", "Dawn Butler thrown out of Commons for PM lie accusation - BBC News", "Zoomtown-on-Sea? The lure of a new life on the coast - BBC News", "Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to LA sexual assault charges - BBC News", "Major websites hit by global outage - BBC News", "Lone women in Covid quarantine hotels to get female guards - BBC News", "Henan floods: Woman swept down street by extreme flood waters - BBC News", "NHS workers in Wales to get 3% pay rise - BBC News", "Stinky Bay? Local names added to map to aid coastal rescue - BBC News", "Damien Walsh: Ombudsman finds investigation failures in UDA murder - BBC News", "The Hundred: Oval Invincibles secure entertaining win over Manchester Originals in first men's game - BBC Sport", "Wildfires: Firefighters battle blaze from top of moving train - BBC News", "Emily Ratajkowski sponsors Bantry Basketball Club in County Cork - BBC News", "The Hundred: Oval Invincibles beat Manchester Originals in opening-night thriller - BBC Sport", "Covid in Wales: Isolation for vaccinated contacts to end in August - BBC News", "Hot weather: Welsh outlets shut due to 'unbearable' temperatures - BBC News", "Nord Stream 2: US and Germany reach deal on controversial Russian gas pipeline - BBC News", "Pegasus spyware seller: Blame our customers, not us, for hacking - BBC News", "NHS Covid app settings changing to send fewer alerts - BBC News", "Iceland and Greene King shut sites amid 'pingdemic' - BBC News", "Covid: Masks to remain compulsory on London transport - BBC News", "Voting rights: How the battle is unfolding across the US - BBC News", "Conservative MP Steve Baker urges party to back players taking the knee - BBC News", "Prince Charles' warning over survival of small farms - BBC News", "Man in China reunited with son snatched 24 years ago - BBC News", "REvil: Ransomware gang websites disappear from internet - BBC News", "Covid: First Minister Mark Drakeford sets out Wales lockdown changes - BBC News", "Covid: Plans to be revealed for fewer rules in Wales - BBC News", "Levelling up: Boris Johnson promises more powers for local leaders - BBC News", "HMS Queen Elizabeth: Covid outbreak on Navy flagship - BBC News", "Covid unlocking risk for pregnant women, say doctors - BBC News", "Covid-19: Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca moved to amber travel list - BBC News", "Sebastian Eubank died after 'massive heart attack', widow says - BBC News", "Jadon Sancho: England forward says 'hate will never win' in response to racist abuse - BBC Sport", "South Africa Zuma riots: Queues form in Durban due to shortages - BBC News", "Medics fear surge in winter viruses alongside Covid - BBC News", "EU unveils sweeping climate change plan - BBC News", "Carry on flying, says government green plan - BBC News", "Covid-19: Developers aim to deliver NI vaccine app next week - BBC News", "HS2: Calls for project to be classed as 'England-only' - BBC News", "South Africa Zuma riots: Mother on throwing baby from burning building - BBC News", "Marcus Rashford: Hundreds gather at mural for anti-racism demo - BBC News", "Nicolas Cage's Tiger King TV drama scrapped by Amazon - BBC News", "Euro 2020: Met denies Wembley police operation failed - BBC News", "John Lewis and Waitrose plan to cut 1,000 jobs - BBC News", "Covid: 999 demands 'like New Year's Eve' as rules ease - BBC News", "Covid: Wales moving to increasing normality, says minister - BBC News", "Peter Falconio murder: Australian police renew appeal to find body - BBC News", "Racism fuelling far-right threat in UK - MI5's Ken McCallum warns - BBC News", "Covid in Scotland: Masks could stay until Christmas says Swinney - 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five of them suspended for two years - for historical racist and sexist tweets but is free to play again.", "Midlothian Council withdrew the event's licence the night before because too many people were taking part.", "Consumer group Which? says people with tickets to gigs or major events are often unaware of the extent of cover.", "Quarantine may be eased for fully vaccinated visitors to Germany from the UK, Angela Merkel says.", "Tom Williams says he has been refused an approved jab after taking part in the Novavax vaccine.", "An emergency taskforce arrives in the area around Atami, which has seen heavy rain.", "The officer in Oakland wanted to prevent activists filming him from uploading the video to YouTube.", "It's hoped the appointment-free venues will encourage younger people to come forward for vaccination.", "Sir Keir Starmer hails Kim Leadbeater's victory in Batley and Spen as \"just the start\" for his party.", "Film, TV and stage actors appear in a campaign video urging people to get their Covid jab.", "Retailers say the situation got worse during the pandemic and they want better legal protection for workers.", "Volunteers \"frustrated and angry\" at now not being able to travel abroad after vaccine trial.", "A 15-year-old boy is arrested in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy in south London.", "Some 500 stores are forced to close due to the ripple effects of a major cyber attack in the US.", "The US Coast Guard rescues the two pilots of the plane, which went into the water near Honolulu.", "BBC Sport looks back at Gareth Southgate's 25-year quest for redemption with England, both as a player and a manager, in his own words.", "A psychologist warns ending isolation orders for fully vaccinated people could lead to resentment.", "Strip away the drama of three recent by-elections and there are big lessons for Labour and the Tories.", "The cabinet minister and his wife have \"drifted apart\" and \"no-one else is involved\", friends say.", "England are not settling for a semi-final spot at Euro 2020 after they reach the last four by thrashing Ukraine, says Gareth Southgate.", "The UK's fourth largest supermarket accepts an offer from the US owner of Majestic Wine.", "A record Wales points win over Canada is overshadowed as Leigh Halfpenny suffers a serious knee injury in the opening minute of his 100th international.", "Denmark's impressive and emotional Euro 2020 campaign continues as they march on to the semi-finals courtesy of a victory over the Czech Republic in Baku.", "The standing portion of the partly collapsed complex will be destroyed as a tropical storm approaches.", "Ministers are considering allowing fully vaccinated people to avoid isolation if exposed to Covid.", "The vaccine is the first to show in trials that it is effective against the UK variant of the virus.", "A cyber-security firm says it believes the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang is responsible.", "Staff will only call the most urgent cases, while text messages will be used for those deemed low risk.", "Watching England is not meant to be like this, but Gareth Southgate has got fans believing, writes Phil McNulty.", "Scenes of England fans celebrating beating Germany have delighted many - but raised some eyebrows.", "Josh Adams scores four tries as the British and Irish Lions see off the Sigma Lions in impressive style in their tour opener in Johannesburg.", "Work to identify the \"old remains\" is set to continue over the coming days and weeks, police say.", "Emma Raducanu's dream debut run at Wimbledon continues into the fourth round with victory over Romania's world number 45 Sorana Cirstea.", "The news, which could be confirmed as early as next week, will safeguard more than 1,000 jobs at the at-risk plant.", "England are one win away from a first major tournament final since 1966 after thrashing Ukraine in Rome to reach the Euro 2020 semi-finals.", "Millions more are at risk of starvation due to the conflict in Tigray, the organisation says.", "The UK regulator has shared data on the Covishield jab with its European counterpart, No 10 says.", "Military aircraft are mobilised as fires burn across British Columbia following a record-breaking heatwave.", "Richard Woodcock received fatal head injuries while trying to rescue the boy.", "Former England defender and BBC Sport columnist Rio Ferdinand says the Three Lions' strength as a unit at the back has become their biggest strength as a team.", "The outlandish Titane wins after jury president Spike Lee reveals the award in a ceremony slip-up.", "Red Bull's Max Verstappen ended the final practice before Formula 1's new 'sprint' qualifying race fastest at the British Grand Prix.", "The continued need for travellers to quarantine on arrival in England, Scotland and Wales is criticised.", "Ballywatticock near Newtownards records 31.2C on Saturday, breaking a record set 45 years ago.", "Researchers from across the UK will investigate everything from brain fog to ongoing breathlessness.", "Pressed flowers and a poem found inside a centuries-old botany book sparked a quest to find the owner.", "It comes after England's chief medical officer warned hospitalisations could hit \"scary numbers\".", "Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the British Grand Prix from pole position after winning Formula 1's new trial sprint race.", "Opposition politicians want a rethink on the planned closure of the vaccination centre at the Hydro in Glasgow.", "Groups of six are now allowed to meet in homes - but not many want to be indoors.", "The US president said a spike in Covid deaths among the unvaccinated was down to social media.", "Afghan officials urge Pakistan to keep diplomats safe, amid tensions between the two neighbours.", "Tourists haven't been able to go to the Farne Islands for 18 months and it's changed the birds' behaviour.", "Wales end their season with a 33-11 defeat against an impressive Argentina side in the second Test in Cardiff.", "Canada had a slow start on vaccinations compared to its neighbour but has now caught up to the US.", "It comes amid growing concern about congestion, competition and even an arms race in space.", "It follows a review sparked by concerns raised by parents of swimmers at Ellesmere College Titans.", "Ashley Ellerin, 22, and Maria Bruno, 32, were both stabbed to death in their California homes.", "The ride-hailing firm says passengers will still need to wear a face covering after rules relax on Monday.", "Bianca Devins' family claim video of her having sex and also her murder were shared with the media.", "A Blackpool councillor claims a comment one of the town's MPs made in reply to his tweet was \"nasty\".", "It comes as every adult in the UK has now been offered a vaccine, the government says.", "Control room staff on the Metropolitan Line are isolating after being sent alerts by the NHS app.", "Free jabs will be offered to more than 35 million people, including more teenagers than ever before.", "Ministers say elephants are not the only animals at risk from hunters, as they launch consultation.", "Louis Oosthuizen takes a one-stroke lead into the final day of The Open at Royal St George's after holding off Collin Morikawa.", "Nearly 100 inmates at Perth Prison are self-isolating after testing positive, with no access to family or lawyers.", "The Biden administration is investigating cases of \"Havana syndrome\" among US officials.", "The government may be forced to re-impose coronavirus restrictions if cases continue to rise, Jeremy Hunt says.", "A planned relaxation of England's rules from Monday will not apply due to cases of the Beta variant.", "Lines through Troon will remain closed until Monday, according to ScotRail.", "Sajid Javid, who has had two jabs, says PCR test confirmed result but his symptoms are \"very mild\".", "The firm insists its map service did not direct walkers to a \"potentially fatal\" trail - but makes changes to avoid confusion.", "The chief of the Tokyo Olympics accepts athletes are \"probably very worried\", after a Games-related organiser became the first person to test positive for Covid-19 in the athletes' village.", "High Street sales from April to June grew at the fastest pace on record, industry figures indicate.", "Steve Baker says Conservatives face a \"wake-up call\" over their attitude towards anti-racism protest.", "Guo Gangtang's son was taken aged two by child traffickers from outside their home and sold.", "England captain Harry Kane says those behind the online racist abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka are \"not England fans and we don't want you\".", "It is not expected all rules will go, or that Wales will move as quickly as England.", "The artwork was vandalised following England's defeat by Italy in the Euro 2020 final.", "Protesters say they are angry about the government’s handling of both coronavirus and the economy.", "The seizure is the largest of its kind in the UK - beating the previous record set just weeks ago.", "Salma Abdelati says she is grateful her husband spent a few \"happy weeks with his son\" before his death.", "Angry relatives of the victims protest outside the devastated Covid isolation ward.", "England manager Gareth Southgate says online racist abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka is \"unforgivable\", after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the FA condemn the social media posts.", "The legendary Hollywood actress and socialite wanted to return to Hungary after her death.", "Mark Drakeford has no plans to change rule that people in Wales pay for higher priced NHS PCR tests.", "The policy has been ridiculed by environmentalists who say the government is putting too much faith in innovation.", "The certification system will allow people to show that they have had two vaccine doses.", "MPs vote after Boris Johnson says an \"economic hurricane\" has forced the reduction.", "Travis Ludlow, 18, breaks the Guinness World Record for the trip by 13 days.", "Human rights groups allege that thousands of people seeking asylum in Europe have been pushed back from Greece to Turkey before being given a chance to apply for asylum.", "England star Marcus Rashford says an anti-racism demonstration at a mural of him left him \"lost for words\".", "England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford says he \"will never apologise for who I am\" after receiving racist abuse following England's Euro 2020 final loss to Italy.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening.", "Nicola Sturgeon confirms a lifting of restrictions, but face masks will be required \"for some time to come\".", "Over 80,000 incidents are recorded in 2020 in England and Wales - but arrests struggle to keep up.", "The Northern Research Group say ministers must start delivering on promises to rebuild after the pandemic.", "Boris Johnson sees off attempt by Tory MPs to restore development spending to 0.7% of national income.", "Police say the woman and the man arrested on suspicion of her murder were on holiday in the area.", "Scotland's deputy first minister says it's \"perfectly conceivable\" that coverings could still be mandatory.", "Naim Darrechi, who has millions of fans, suggested he had deceived women to have unprotected sex.", "Businesses to keep a cautious approach to bringing staff back as Covid restrictions are lifted in England.", "Analysis based on vaccines given, effectiveness and natural immunity concludes millions can still be infected.", "England's Tyrone Mings accuses the home secretary of \"pretending\" to be disgusted by racist abuse.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "Officers are investigating SNP finances after seven complaints about how donations to the party were used.", "A judge-led review upholds a decision by the Parole Board to deem Colin Pitchfork safe for release.", "Formula 1 driver Lando Norris was mugged and his team-issued watch stolen after the Euro 2020 final at Wembley on Sunday.", "Uefa opens disciplinary proceedings into events surrounding the Euro 2020 final, including the actions of England fans inside and around Wembley.", "But Conservative MPs criticise the government for not publishing an impact assessment before the vote.", "The identity of a former paratrooper, accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday, had been kept anonymous.", "Police say the teenage victim was taken by members of the public to hospital, where he later died.", "Gareth Southgate hopes to lead England at the 2022 World Cup but says he needs a rest before considering contract talks.", "Cars are submerged in water in some areas while train services have also been cancelled.", "Smartphones and satellite data help indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon to limit deforestation.", "Face coverings must be worn despite restrictions easing in England on 19 July, London's mayor says.", "The search giant must propose ways to compensate news businesses for the use of their content.", "Lewis Hamilton says that helping motorsport become more diverse will be \"the most valuable\" thing he has achieved in his career.", "The First Minister will confirm whether Scotland's levels will be changed on 19 July as planned.", "Em Sheldon says people are \"so angry\" at her for using her online platforms for commercial gain.", "We share the stories of some of the 12,000 people who have died with coronavirus in Scotland.", "The mother and baby in Durban, eastern South Africa, were safely reunited after their rescue.", "One mum says \"it's something we've got to do\" because her children are looking forward to a holiday.", "Masks will not be legally required on public transport when Covid restrictions are eased in England.", "Binta Williams, 22, is one of many new fans loving the diversity of the Euro 2020 England squad.", "More than 32,500 confirmed cases have been reported in the country, up 43% on the same day last week.", "Denmark are riding the crest of a wave at the European Championship, but how have those from the country seen the tournament and how far the team will go?", "BBC Sport readers pick their starting XI for England's Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark.", "The Guara family - Marcus, 52, Ana, 42, and their daughters - are among 46 people confirmed dead.", "Standing at higher than 21m in the Danish town of Blokhus, it is even decorated with Covid particles.", "Most of Scotland's Covid rules are to be removed despite the country having Europe's highest Covid rates.", "Nicola Sturgeon says it would not be responsible to make guarantees in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.", "European powers warn the move threatens talks aimed at reviving a 2015 nuclear deal.", "Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel produces an outstanding diving save to deny England defender Harry Maguire and keep the scoreline level at 1-1 in their semi-final at Wembley.", "The England boss has turned to experts outside football to help prepare his team. Should we all take note?", "Sir Tom Jones, Rag 'n' Bone Man and Sam Fender will all play grassroots venues over the summer.", "Fans cheered on England as they beat Denmark 2-1 in the Euro 2020 semi-final.", "Italy beat Spain on penalties to reach the Euro 2020 final after an enthralling semi-final at a noisy Wembley.", "Eleven-year-old Charlie can see much more clearly since being given a pair of specialist glasses.", "James Brokenshire stands down as security minister as lung cancer treatment takes \"longer than expected\".", "The deal would give Melinda Gates the option to resign and receive \"personal resources\" for further charity work.", "Humiliated by Jose Mourinho, Luke Shaw has recovered to become England's most creative attacking force at Euro 2020. So how has he done it?", "Masks should still be worn in bars, restaurants and on public transport, says Minister Nichola Mallon.", "Keir Starmer asks Boris Johnson if he is comfortable with a possible 100,000 Covid cases a day.", "The politician campaigned for a Welsh parliament decades before it came into existence.", "North America experienced its warmest June on record and experts say the figures are frightening.", "The health secretary says double-jabbed people in England will not have to self-isolate from 16 August.", "The £20-a-week boost - brought in to help with Covid - will be adjusted from this autumn, a minister says.", "Grant Shapps says the move will ease a driver shortage, but the industry calls it a sticking plaster.", "Battling England come from behind to beat Denmark after extra time on a truly memorable night at Wembley and reach a first major men's tournament final for the first time since 1966.", "Volunteers from the Welsh Marine Life Rescue said a minority of tourists \"get that bit too close\".", "The Royal Welsh Show, which normally attracts about 250,000 people, will not happen in 2021.", "Complaints about poor customer service have risen to their highest level for 12 years, a survey says.", "There is \"aggressive opposition\" to LGBT equality in the Church, the Reverend Andrew Rawding says.", "England manager Gareth Southgate says he is \"so pleased for our country\" after booking their place in the Euro 2020 final.", "The party puts forward a rule change that, if approved, could see the MP facing a recall petition.", "Danyal Hussein murdered Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry in a \"demonic deal\", his trial heard.", "The latest forecasts mean the debate about the triple lock guarantee will heat up.", "Police say there has been an alarming rise in social media images of people posing on train tracks.", "Natalie Pilkington's boyfriend popped the question at the end of a performance of the musical Six.", "Convicted murderer Steven Gallant was on day release when he helped stop a knifeman's rampage.", "England are preparing to face Denmark in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 at Wembley on Wednesday, knowing victory will secure them a place in the final for the first time.", "Lady Lavinia Nourse calls her two-week historical child sex abuse trial an \"absolute nightmare\".", "England have a \"very special opportunity\" to make the country happy when they face Denmark in their Euro 2020 semi-final, says Gareth Southgate.", "Under-18s in England also won't have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive from 16 August.", "The lawyer, who has represented Spears since 2008, asks to be removed from her case.", "From shooting hoops to giving one-on-one pep talks, we hear about the England manager's style.", "The megaship Ever Given is finally leaving the Suez Canal after a deal is struck with Egypt.", "Vardy has been ordered to pay £10,500 toward her court rival's legal costs.", "The Prince of Wales invited the Band of the Coldstream Guards to play an instrumental version of the rousing football anthem Three Lions, at his London residence.", "British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland believes the series against South Africa will happen despite Covid outbreaks in both teams' camps.", "Italy and Spain serve up a semi-final worthy of a bumper Wembley crowd, but Roberto Mancini's side look ominous, writes BBC Sport's Phil McNulty.", "Young people who took part in pro-democracy demonstrations cannot apply for the right to come to the UK.", "Target dates for ending restrictions are announced in England and Scotland, but not Wales.", "The brewery company made general health claims that are not allowed for alcoholic drink promotions.", "The Scottish government is considering whether to follow England in easing rules in schools and for the fully vaccinated.", "Emma Raducanu says the \"whole experience\" of her run to the Wimbledon fourth round \"caught up\" with her but is now \"feeling better\" after her mid-match retirement.", "The former president's accounts were suspended over safety concerns after the Capitol riots.", "Mikkel Damsgaard beats goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a sensational free-kick to put Denmark 1-0 up against England in their semi-final tie at Wembley.", "An uninvited guest found his way on to the ITV reality show's Majorca set, but was swiftly removed.", "Roger Federer says he \"really does not know\" if he will play at Wimbledon again after losing to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals.", "The start of phasing out of the stamp duty holiday led to house prices dipping 0.5% in June.", "The prime minister answered questions from senior MPs on the Liaison Committee.", "The organisers of the Brecon Beacon festival say they are \"planning away\" for an event this year.", "The order directs nearly $140m to prevention programmes to combat a rise in gun violence.", "Government proposals are a backward step for rape victims, says Dame Vera Baird.", "A man from south Wales originally aimed to raise £500 after the girl was abused on Twitter.", "The veteran actor was admitted to hospital after he complained of breathlessness.", "The East Antrim assembly member replaces Paul Frew, appointed by former DUP leader Edwin Poots.", "But Boris Johnson defends his approach to easing Covid rules as reasonable and balanced.", "Crews have switched to a recovery operation following the deadly collapse of an apartment block.", "Sir Tom Jones, Rag 'n' Bone Man and Sam Fender will all play grassroots venues over the summer.", "A stay-at-home order is extended by one week as officials battle to contain a Covid outbreak.", "Restrictions in England's schools are axed, as 641,000 pupils miss school due to Covid regulations.", "Organisers of The Hundred say they do not \"accept racism or other forms of abuse\" following \"recent online comments directed towards players and fans\".", "Infamous \"Dating Game Killer\" Rodney Alcala was sentenced in 2010 for murdering women in California.", "A surge in inflation means the government spent £8.7bn in interest payments last month.", "Police Scotland said the child was pulled from the water on Saturday afternoon but died at the scene.", "Wales is walking a fine balance between encouraging visitors and overcrowding, an expert says.", "President Joe Biden's top medical adviser says cases are rising in areas with low vaccination rates.", "Planet Fun says injuries were caused in County Antrim on Saturday because of \"misuse of equipment\".", "Jude will walk 10 miles each day for 21 days to reach Westminster, where he will lobby ministers.", "Bradly Sinden takes silver for Great Britain after defeat by Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov in the taekwondo -68kg final.", "French anti-riot police fired tear gas during protests against Covid-19 curbs and vaccination.", "Gardaí are investigating the incident which happened in Tallaght at about 02:30 local time on Saturday.", "The health secretary says he used a poor choice of word in a tweet, after criticism from victims' group.", "Police appeal for help to identify a third suspect, an unknown woman, while a man remains in hospital.", "Go-karts, bowling alleys and eateries have taken the place of closed retailers on the High Street.", "Mark Drakeford's predecessor says protesters used \"a favourite tactic of the far right in America\".", "Day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics brings Team GB's first medals with taekwondo silver for Bradly Sinden and Chelsie Giles winning judo bronze.", "Making proof of full vaccination mandatory at Premier League matches could cause \"chaos\" at some clubs, the Football Supporters' Association has warned.", "Andy Murray withdraws from the men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics with a minor thigh strain.", "Esther Dingley disappeared on a solo walk near the France-Spain border in November.", "Day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is under way, and there has been a shock defeat for GB taekwondo star Jade Jones.", "RNLI says rivers, lakes and reservoirs have \"hidden obstacles\" that can trap.", "The former Premier League player is charged by police after an incident in London.", "The famous Paseo del Prado and Retiro Park are symbols of the Spanish capital's history.", "He is accused of insulting those who have followed the rules and causing \"deep hurt\" to victims' families.", "The meteor is believed to have landed in a forest after flashes of light were seen across Norway.", "Regulations should be relaxed to allow more temporary campsites this summer, say campaigners.", "Supply firms are having to fight to keep food on supermarket shelves, an industry body warns.", "Stephen Harmon, who opposed getting vaccinated, has died after a month-long struggle with the virus.", "Criminals kidnap an elderly man who was sent to pay a ransom for the release of 136 school children.", "Southern Britain is hit by heavy rain but there is a sunny start to school holidays further north.", "The government says the measure is to help its forces stop Taliban militants infiltrating cities.", "They also criticised the government's spending on unusable protective kit and called for an urgent inquiry.", "Jon Moss took bold steps as he lost his job, got fed up with lockdown, and decided to change his life for good.", "The 39-year-old was taken to hospital after the attack in London's Hyde Park, police say.", "The R&B star had sexual contact with a 17-year-old he met in McDonald's, prosecutors claim.", "It comes after thousands marched through Australian cities to demand an end to lockdown measures.", "The Royal College of Nursing says the comments at a protest rally were \"reprehensible\".", "The deaths near Ardlui are among six water-related fatalities in Scotland over the past three days.", "Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers have cancelled two days of rowing with adverse weather conditions expected to hit Japan's capital.", "Hugo Millan, a 14-year-old motorbike rider, has died after crashing at a race in Spain.", "Torrential rain saw severe flooding in homes, roads and tube stations in parts of London on Sunday.", "Fire crews are battling extreme temperatures to control wildfires in California and Nevada.", "The famed US stand-up comedian and actor voiced Krusty the Clown's father in The Simpsons.", "It was one of several landslides in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.", "Day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is under way, and Team GB's first medal has been won.", "Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer launches a remarkable solo breakaway to win road race gold on her Olympic debut, as Britain's Lizzie Deignan finishes 11th.", "Beatrice Stoica, 36, died in hospital after a knife attack in East Dulwich, south-east London.", "Judoka Chelsie Giles wins Team GB's first medal of the Tokyo Olympics with bronze in the women's -52kg event.", "The British and Irish Lions draw first blood in the Test series against world champions South Africa after fighting back from nine points down at the break.", "Officials warn of hazardous travel conditions as heavy rainfall causes disruption in the capital.", "The driver fled the scene but police later arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder.", "A passenger on the ride in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, says it was a \"terrifying experience\".", "People have been spending more on non-essentials as Covid restrictions ease, Nationwide says.", "The Labour leader was at PMQs earlier but had tested negative this morning, his spokesman says.", "Christopher Mae \"cropped\" dogs' ears which made them more valuable, magistrates are told.", "Seven people died when the tram tipped over and spun off the track in Croydon in November 2016.", "Andrew Dymock promoted a \"distorted and wicked cause\" and chose a path of \"hatred and bigotry\".", "Nicola Sturgeon says the deaths of another 22 people are a reminder of the \"toll\" the virus can take.", "China's Weibo platform became an online space connecting people seeking help with rescue teams.", "An MP refuses to withdraw her claims that Boris Johnson lied to Parliament and is ordered out of the Commons.", "Fellow gym members tried to save him with the gym's defibrillator as they waited for paramedics.", "Staff hailed as \"heroes\" during the pandemic deserve to be rewarded, says nurse who set up petition.", "Lenders agree to change applications for loans involving buildings below 18m high, the government says.", "Martin Hibbert, who was badly injured, says he wants \"the truth\" to emerge from the public inquiry.", "Financier Lex Greensill used his government role as a \"marketing platform\" for his firm, a report says.", "Numbers used by Princesses Latifa and Haya are reportedly found in a database at the heart of the leaks.", "The High Court orders the anti-Islam activist to pay a teenage refugee £100,000 in damages.", "Many people have been saved from the the waist-high waters across Henan province.", "Applicants offered free accommodation and £10,000 cash by Exeter University to defer until 2022.", "Australia and New Zealand pull out of the Rugby League World Cup because of \"player welfare and safety concerns\" related to the Covid-19 pandemic.", "Ian Simpson alerts an airbase after seeing sparks and flames coming from the rear of a jet.", "Chairman Archie Norman says customs checks will mean higher prices and less choice for customers.", "A yellow warning for rain covers large parts of of Wales, replacing first-ever amber heat warning.", "Everyone in this age group should be cautious when socialising, officials say, and get two jabs.", "Temperatures have soared across the country, including a 29.3C hot spot at Threave, near Castle Douglas.", "The vaccines minister defends the app, saying isolation is the second best weapon we have against Covid.", "The oil firm says the \"vast majority\" of shortages were being \"resolved within a day\".", "North America experienced its warmest June on record and experts say the figures are frightening.", "Subpostmasters wrongly convicted of offences during an IT scandal are to receive interim compensation.", "Exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\", but firms warn time is not on their side.", "Officials in California are pulling out all the stops to contain the state's largest wildfire.", "There has been little effort to protect athletes or track concussion problems, an MPs' inquiry says.", "A vice-president of Equatorial Guinea is among five people to receive UK \"anti-corruption\" sanctions.", "The MOTD presenter will now also front Sitting on a Fortune, where contestants can win £100,000.", "Campaigners are worried fly-tipping will increase as people struggle to get rid of waste.", "Lord Frost says the Northern Ireland Protocol is tearing the UK's \"fabric\" - but the EU won't renegotiate.", "The Royal College of Nursing says members are \"angry and upset\" about the size of the increase.", "The 2020 attack on a series of celebrity accounts targeted Elon Musk and Barack Obama, among others.", "The government says it is trying to get EU boats to declare everything they land in UK waters.", "Mick Norcross was in danger of losing his home and struggled in lockdown, his inquest hears.", "Unionists welcome bid to change post-Brexit trade rules, but other parties criticise the move.", "All those aged 12 and over with at least one jab will be able to access bars, cinemas and gyms.", "In an awkward exchange, John Coates ordered politician Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend the Olympics.", "The Co-op says that supplies of soft drinks, beer and deodorant have been affected.", "Scientists will use human cells and plant-based materials to rebuild an ear for 10-year-old Radiyah.", "The city is deleted from the much-coveted Unesco list because of developments on the waterfront.", "One of the world's largest gaming companies is accused of endemic discrimination and harassment.", "The offer is 2% more than was proposed in March, \"in recognition of the unique impact of pandemic\".", "Nurses react to an offer of a 3% pay rise from Welsh government.", "Dawn Butler breaks parliamentary rules by accusing Boris Johnson of lying.", "Remote working meant the Lancaster family could live anywhere - they found their sea view in Scarborough.", "The disgraced Hollywood producer appears in court in a wheelchair, facing sexual assault charges.", "The websites of HSBC, British Airways and Airbnb are among those to have briefly gone offline.", "The government is responding to continuing complaints of sexual harassment in hotel quarantine.", "Bystanders managed to rescue the woman in Henan province, where several people have died amid flooding.", "One union describes the offer as \"bitterly disappointing\" compared to the 12.5% it had demanded.", "Local names for coastal places are added to OS maps to help rescuers locate those in need.", "An ombudsman's report identifies police failings after the 1993 killing of teenager Damien Walsh.", "Oval Invincibles edge out Manchester Originals in an entertaining first men's match of The Hundred at The Oval.", "Officials in California are pulling out all the stops to contain the state's largest wildfire.", "Emily Ratajkowski buys kit for Bantry's U15 and U16 teams, setting Snapchat \"on fire\".", "Oval Invincibles pull off a thrilling victory over Manchester Originals as the women's Hundred begins with a bang at The Oval.", "Government spells out plans after 11,000 received isolation alerts in Wales in one week of July.", "A seaside resort restaurant and a village pub temporarily close in the extreme heat warning.", "The US says the agreement prevents Russia from using the pipeline as a political weapon over Europe.", "NSO Group tells BBC News: \"The finger-pointing should be at the customer.\"", "Alterations to take place amid fears that millions would be asked to isolate as people mixed more.", "The firms have had to shut shops and pubs due to staff shortages caused by people self-isolating.", "London's mayor says he is not prepared to put customers at risk by relaxing the rules on face coverings.", "Democrats push expansive federal reforms while Republicans plan sweeping changes in US states.", "Steve Baker says Conservatives face a \"wake-up call\" over their attitude towards anti-racism protest.", "If they go out of business it will \"rip the heart out of the British countryside\", he says.", "Guo Gangtang's son was taken aged two by child traffickers from outside their home and sold.", "The REvil group has been blamed for cyber-attacks on hundreds of businesses worldwide.", "Mark Drakeford has set out how Covid restrictions will be reduced over the next few weeks.", "It is not expected all rules will go, or that Wales will move as quickly as England.", "Boris Johnson promises more power for local leaders, but Labour says his speech was \"gibberish\".", "There have been around 100 cases on HMS Queen Elizabeth, the BBC has been told.", "Doctors and midwives warn Covid can pose a greater risk to women in the later stages of pregnancy.", "It means those who are not double-jabbed or under-18 will have to quarantine on their return.", "Salma Abdelati says she is grateful her husband spent a few \"happy weeks with his son\" before his death.", "England forward Jadon Sancho says \"hate will never win\" after he received racist abuse following the Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy on Sunday.", "Some South Africans are clearing up as protests continue over the arrest of ex-President Jacob Zuma.", "A potential triple whammy of viruses prompts calls for more testing to reduce spread this autumn.", "It proposes taxing jet fuel and effectively banning the sale of petrol cars within 20 years.", "The policy has been ridiculed by environmentalists who say the government is putting too much faith in innovation.", "The certification system will allow people to show that they have had two vaccine doses.", "Wales may lose out financially because it is classed as an England and Wales project, MPs say.", "The building was allegedly set on fire by looters amid an eruption of riots across South Africa.", "England star Marcus Rashford says an anti-racism demonstration at a mural of him left him \"lost for words\".", "The Oscar-winning star says the streaming service's executives think the show is \"no longer relevant\".", "A senior officer says had it not been for police action, the final could have been abandoned.", "John Lewis and Waitrose want to make the cuts as part of a shake-up of store management.", "One police force sees an extra 5,000 calls - a rise of 22% - between April and June.", "More Covid rules could change from legal requirements to government advice, a minister says.", "Australian police want to recover the remains of Peter Falconio, who was killed in the outback 20 years ago.", "Teenagers are a growing part of the problem, with children as young as 13 drawn into extremism online.", "Scotland's deputy first minister says it's \"perfectly conceivable\" that coverings could still be mandatory.", "Written off or stolen petrol cars could be replaced with electric vehicles, as part of a wide-ranging eco-plan.", "Businesses to keep a cautious approach to bringing staff back as Covid restrictions are lifted in England.", "While agents dragged their feet, the report found, Larry Nassar continued to prey on gymnasts.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "South Africa A inflict the 2021 British and Irish Lions' first defeat to serve up a sobering reminder of what awaits in the three-Test series.", "The Brazilian president is undergoing tests and may need emergency surgery in Sao Paolo.", "Social media giants will also face large fines for allowing \"vile behaviour\", the PM promises.", "Bookseller is one of the first major chains to state policy for shops, but its stance attracts a mixed response.", "But Conservative MPs criticise the government for not publishing an impact assessment before the vote.", "Racist abuse aimed at football players following Sunday's tournament finale has been widely condemned.", "Official figures show property prices also rising rapidly in Scotland, Wales and the North East of England.", "The identity of a former paratrooper, accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday, had been kept anonymous.", "As England approaches an end to social contact laws, how have other countries managed?", "Players including Marcus Rashford were targeted online after England lost the Euro 2020 final.", "A BBC investigation found that children, whose parents supported IS, are caught in a conveyor belt of incarceration.", "People fined for breaking lockdown rules will now be able to reclaim their money, the top court says.", "Welsh clubs could be allowed to host capacity crowds at the start of the new football season, the Welsh government has announced.", "Face coverings must be worn despite restrictions easing in England on 19 July, London's mayor says.", "The inflation rate hit 2.5% in June, exceeding the Bank of England's target for a second month.", "The pop star tells a US court \"I'm angry\", as a judge rules she can now hire her own lawyer.", "Hospitals in the north-east of England are facing a new surge of cases.", "Labour leader Keir Starmer has accused the government of stoking a culture war around the England football team.", "But several mayors express frustration at not having the power to make it compulsory.", "A further 11 deaths of people who recently tested positive have been registered in the last 24 hours in Scotland.", "The mother and baby in Durban, eastern South Africa, were safely reunited after their rescue.", "Boris Johnson says proposals to address past will allow people to \"draw a line under the Troubles\".", "The former boss of Nissan and Renault reveals how he evaded house arrest to flee to Lebanon.", "Harry Maguire's father Alan suffered two suspected broken ribs before England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy, says the England defender.", "The use of face masks on public transport outside London will be voluntary from 19 July.", "But Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of lacking \"the guts to call it out\".", "Ten-month-old Edward will receive the world's most expensive drug after a campaign by his parents.", "Gul Wali Jabarkhel was arrested on Thursday in north London by National Crime Agency officers.", "Gwynedd has 5,098 second homes - 20% of all second homes in Wales.", "The UK and EU need to find a \"new balance\" to solve NI Protocol problems, Lord Frost tells MLAs.", "Ben Moore says he was \"sceptical\" about the offer but messages on Twitter looked \"so genuine\".", "Her family said she was \"an intelligent, adventurous, confident, caring, young woman\".", "All adults should have been offered a jab - but one-in-four adults under 30 remain unvaccinated.", "The way the claim was handled is one of several potential failings being examined by the IOPC.", "Met Police chief Cressida Dick says \"everyone in policing\" feels betrayed by Sarah Everard's killer.", "The Sinn Féin vice-president took part in a Royal British Legion wreath-laying ceremony.", "Tributes are paid to the \"giant of radio\" who passed away on Friday.", "Replacement fly-half Jarrod Evans misses a last-gasp penalty as Wales draw with Argentina, who are reduced to 14 men, for the first time.", "Current guidance says masks should be worn by secondary pupils if social distancing is not possible.", "Tamim Ian Habimana died shortly after he was found with a single stab wound in Woolwich town centre.", "The former British boxer says his son was \"loved and respected by all who knew him\".", "Italy's success in the Euro competition has lifted spirits after the pandemic, Mark Lowen reports.", "But European regulators say the benefits of Covid vaccines continue to far outweigh the risks.", "California's Death Valley matches what may be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded.", "Simultaneous infections are rare but can happen, particularly in people yet to be vaccinated, warn experts.", "Eight face murder charges, and a separate inquiry into child labour at the factory is also launched.", "Esther Bejarano survived in Auschwitz by playing in the death camp's orchestra.", "The Football Association is fined 30,000 euros (£26,600) for three incidents during England's Euro 2020 semi-final win over Denmark.", "From shooting hoops to giving one-on-one pep talks, we hear about the England manager's style.", "World number one Ashleigh Barty wins her maiden Wimbledon title as she beats Karolina Pliskova in a nervy final.", "The former chief medical officer said England's freedom day gives Welsh government a \"big dilemma\".", "The statue of Robert E Lee was at the centre of 2017 protests that turned deadly in Charlottesville.", "The group says the funding will help save \"critical projects\" and ensure progress is not \"wasted\".", "New infections continue to rise, as England prepares to lift further restrictions.", "One man is in hospital in a stable condition following the attack on a Jubilee Line train.", "Sarah Everard's name became a rallying cry against men-on-women violence. It was not her choice.", "Former England striker Paul Mariner, who won the FA Cup and Uefa Cup with Ipswich Town, dies at the age of 68.", "It is not clear if Wales will follow England's plan to end quarantine for the fully vaccinated.", "Phil McNulty has travelled the world following England. The team has repeatedly disappointed, but not this summer.", "Health leaders urge the government to change quarantine rules to avoid severe staff shortages.", "Alterations to take place amid fears that millions would be asked to isolate as people mixed more.", "The Police Federation welcomes a court decision not to order officers to remove the Tiger's Bay bonfire.", "England complete another impressive victory over Pakistan in the second one-day international to clinch the series with a game to spare.", "The body of LCpl Bernard Mongan was discovered in his barracks three weeks after he went missing.", "The bonfire is in the unionist Tiger's Bay area, close to an interface with the nationalist New Lodge.", "Leah Davis Lokan, 65, was on a mountain biking trip when she was attacked by the bear.", "Residents share videos of flooded subways and partially submerged cars, as Storm Elsa passes through.", "England's hopes of ending a 55-year wait for a major trophy are crushed in heartbreaking fashion as they lose on penalties to Italy in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley.", "The England star was a \"shy\" pupil who was \"always smiling\", teachers at his old primary school say.", "Experts say they don't know what the early Anglo-Saxon object is, but it could be part of a sword.", "The plan aims to make companies pay their \"fair share\" by setting a minimum global tax rate.", "Medical leaders urge people to act with care including continuing to wear face masks in indoor areas.", "The new watchdog will be able to prosecute rule-breaking developers and take their properties off the market.", "Eight-time champion Roger Federer needs all of his quality and resilience to dash Briton Cameron Norrie's hopes of causing a big upset at Wimbledon.", "The group's stance comes amid reports US forces will stay to protect embassies and an airport.", "The population of the rare saiga has more than doubled since 2019, reversing a slide towards extinction.", "Richard Woodcock received fatal head injuries while trying to rescue the boy.", "A train operator says it is not always possible to enforce Covid rules during busy times.", "The abusers were willing to target the man even though they knew they were on CCTV, his brother says.", "Four missing people are confirmed dead as a huge blaze forces the evacuation of several villages.", "The Queen awards the NHS the George Cross while Prince William attends a thanksgiving service.", "Allegations of violence and sexual assault in the celebrity chef's restaurants are being investigated.", "England win their one-day international series against Sri Lanka 2-0 after the third match in Bristol is washed out.", "The future king highlights one 1970s pop hit which gave him \"an irresistible urge to dance\".", "Robert Jenrick says mask laws in England could go but Scotland says there will be an \"ongoing need\".", "It is expected that wearing face masks will soon become a \"personal responsibility\" in England.", "A number of properties were also evacuated as a precaution, emergency services said.", "An emergency taskforce arrives in the area around Atami, which has seen heavy rain.", "England's 4-0 victory over Ukraine at Euro 2020 attracts a peak TV audience of 20.9m, making it the most-watched live TV event of the year with 81.8% audience share.", "Retailers say the situation got worse during the pandemic and they want better legal protection for workers.", "Some 500 stores are forced to close due to the ripple effects of a major cyber attack in the US.", "Lightning strikes following a huge heatwave have triggered more than 170 fires in British Columbia.", "A psychologist warns ending isolation orders for fully vaccinated people could lead to resentment.", "England are not settling for a semi-final spot at Euro 2020 after they reach the last four by thrashing Ukraine, says Gareth Southgate.", "England will face Denmark in the Euro 2020 semi-finals on Wednesday, but what is the latest with tickets and how many will be able to watch at Wembley?", "Denmark's impressive and emotional Euro 2020 campaign continues as they march on to the semi-finals courtesy of a victory over the Czech Republic in Baku.", "The announcement comes amid concerns leaseholders are bearing the cost of fire safety works.", "Crystal Palace appoint Patrick Vieira to succeed Roy Hodgson as the Premier League club's manager.", "Ministers are considering allowing fully vaccinated people to avoid isolation if exposed to Covid.", "The standing portion of the partly collapsed complex will be destroyed as a tropical storm approaches.", "Pearl-bordered fritillary numbers are rising at one site - with some unusual assistance.", "Working from home should no longer be the default after 19 July, say more than 50 business leaders.", "The department store chain says it wants to address the UK's housing shortage and support communities.", "Watching England is not meant to be like this, but Gareth Southgate has got fans believing, writes Phil McNulty.", "The current rules will remain in place until 19 July - with the aim of lifting remaining restrictions in August.", "British wildcard Emma Raducanu headlines a mouth-watering day of fourth-round singles action on the show courts on day seven of Wimbledon.", "A standing portion of the collapsed building will be brought down before search efforts can resume.", "Sgt Matiu Ratana, head coach at East Grinstead Rugby Club, was \"a role model, mentor and friend\".", "England are one win away from a first major tournament final since 1966 after thrashing Ukraine in Rome to reach the Euro 2020 semi-finals.", "Political sentiment is moving towards greater freedoms, but the details remain to be seen.", "Three people are dead and 80 missing as dozens of homes are buried under a torrent of mud.", "More Covid rules could change from legal requirements to government advice, a minister says.", "South Africa's ex-president challenges his conviction for failing to appear at a corruption probe.", "Fans celebrate as England head for the Euro 2020 semi-finals after beating Ukraine.", "Eighty firefighters and 14 appliances tackled the fire at Railway Street in Strabane.", "Interfaith services and roses are used to celebrate people for their work during the pandemic.", "Footballer Marcus Rashford requests £40,000 raised by well-wishers is donated to a food bank charity.", "Many pubs, especially those that don't serve food, have been closed since March 2020.", "Thomas Schreiber is charged with murdering one of UK's richest men, Sir Richard Sutton, in Dorset.", "Scott Walker murdered Bernadette Walker, 17, and her mother Sarah helped cover up the killing.", "Brummer famously played Shane Parrish - Melissa George's love interest on the TV soap in the 1990s.", "The BMA doctors' union says the 3% pay rise offer for NHS staff in England is \"bitterly disappointing\".", "The Norway women's side were last week fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms in a match.", "Hugo Millan, a 14-year-old motorbike rider, has died after crashing at a race in Spain.", "Torrential rain saw severe flooding in homes, roads and tube stations in parts of London on Sunday.", "Fire crews are battling extreme temperatures to control wildfires in California and Nevada.", "The number of new Covid cases falls for the sixth consecutive day for the first time since November.", "Germany's gymnasts wear full-body suits in women's qualification at the Olympics as they continue their stand against the sexualisation of their sport.", "Judoka Chelsie Giles wins Team GB's first medal of the Tokyo Olympics with bronze in the women's -52kg event.", "Home secretary says she is determined to stop journeys, after record number of attempts last month.", "Olly Stephens, 13, died from wounds to the chest and back after being attacked in Reading.", "The ex-Boyzone singer's lawyers told the High Court of the distress caused by newspapers stories.", "President Joe Biden's top medical adviser says cases are rising in areas with low vaccination rates.", "Bradly Sinden takes silver for Great Britain after defeat by Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov in the taekwondo -68kg final.", "Waste workers, prison staff and defence workers will be able to avoid isolation, the government says.", "The family of Estelle Hedaya say they have confirmation she is the 98th victim of the Surfside disaster.", "Exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\", but firms warn time is not on their side.", "Watch as 22-year-old Yuto Horigome of Japan makes history by becoming the first Olympic skateboarding gold medallist.", "It's day three of the Tokyo Olympics, where Adam Peaty has won Team GB's first gold medal of the Games.", "The billionaire offers to cover $2bn in Nasa costs to be reconsidered for a Moon lander contract.", "Two devastating fires involved buildings made from factory-built units brought up to islands by sea.", "Permission for a mother and her children to travel was not taken lightly, NZ prime minister says.", "They say the government must \"get a grip\" on the number of children taught at home in England.", "Of the 216 complaints made about Welsh politicians in 2020-21, 97 were about one man.", "Planned surgery and outpatient appointments at Whipps Cross Hospital are cancelled after \"huge\" floods.", "The first in-person climate meeting in 18 months sees some tentative progress, but no breakthroughs.", "The move, while largely symbolic, could provide a domestic boost to both the US and Iraqi leaders.", "Great Britain's Alex Yee wins silver in a punishing men's triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics as Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway claims gold.", "MBC also used Chernobyl to depict Ukraine and Dracula to show Romania at the Olympics opening ceremony.", "Theatres and concert venues can reopen while there are changes to how many people can meet indoors.", "Thomas Barrack has been accused of lobbying the US government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.", "The 68-year-old was attempting a new route on the world's second highest mountain.", "The Bristol Rovers manager allegedly left his wife with a head injury in an attack in Kew, London.", "Maps of Afghanistan show who controls districts in fighting between the government and Taliban forces.", "The health secretary says he used a poor choice of word in a tweet, after criticism from victims' group.", "Adam Peaty writes his name into the history books once again as he wins 100m breaststroke gold in Tokyo to become the first British swimmer to defend his Olympic title.", "A new National Adoption Strategy aims to enhance support to families and end a postcode lottery.", "The famous Paseo del Prado and Retiro Park are symbols of the Spanish capital's history.", "Strong demand for houses will last into 2022 as buyers react to the pandemic, says property website Zoopla.", "Great Britain's Tom Pidcock claims Olympic gold in the mountain bike cross-country - two months after breaking a collarbone.", "Health officials say some services and surgery may be cancelled due to \"extreme strain\" from Covid admissions.", "Watch Adam Peaty react to wining his second Olympic gold with victory in the 100m breaststroke at Tokyo 2020.", "Britain's Tom Daley wins a first Olympic gold medal as he claims victory alongside Matty Lee in the men's synchronised 10m platform.", "It was one of several landslides in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.", "Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer launches a remarkable solo breakaway to win road race gold on her Olympic debut, as Britain's Lizzie Deignan finishes 11th.", "Anti-lockdown protest branded \"totally unacceptable\" by former head of security for the Royal Family.", "Four in 10 adults in England have become fatter during the pandemic, a survey suggests.", "It's day three of the Tokyo Olympics, where the gold rush has started for Team GB.", "Adam Peaty will aim to become the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title when he competes in the 100m breaststroke final at 03:12 BST on Monday.", "Bookings have not recovered due to the \"frustrating\" traffic light system, a trade group says.", "Gardaí are investigating the incident which happened in Tallaght at about 02:30 local time on Saturday.", "RNLI says rivers, lakes and reservoirs have \"hidden obstacles\" that can trap.", "Mark Drakeford's predecessor says protesters used \"a favourite tactic of the far right in America\".", "After a record eighth Olympic Games, 46-year-old Oksana Chusovitina says goodbye to the sport she has loved since the age of seven.", "It is the first time new cases have fallen for six consecutive days since mid-November.", "Great Britain's Lauren Williams takes silver in the -67kg taekwondo at Tokyo 2020 after being beaten by Matea Jelic of Croatia in the final.", "A further 5,500 patients of Ian Paterson have been identified since he was jailed.", "The president says he is taking over, after a virus surge reignites economic and political unrest.", "Day three of the Tokyo Olympics was 'Magic Monday' for Team GB with three golds - for divers Tom Daley and Matty Lee, swimmer Adam Peaty and Tom Pidcock in mountain biking.", "Olly Stephens, 13, was lured by a girl to a field where he was attacked by two 14-year-olds.", "The 39-year-old was taken to hospital after the attack in London's Hyde Park, police say.", "Olly Stephens, 13, died from stab wounds to the chest and back after being attacked.", "The deaths near Ardlui are among six water-related fatalities in Scotland over the past three days.", "New research indicates that stained glass windows from Canterbury Cathedral may be among the oldest in the world.", "The images appear to show the ex-England footballer asleep with unknown women posing beside him.", "Which country topped the medal table? How did Great Britain get on? Medals table for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.", "Campaigners fail to halt the £27bn project, which includes plans for a tunnel at Stonehenge.", "The presenter and comic had had Parkinson's for many years, his family says.", "Lewis Hamilton fights back from 10-second penalty for a crash with rival Max Verstappen to pass Charles Leclerc and win dramatic British Grand Prix.", "The mother pulled her son from a car after he was taken from her in broad daylight in the New York City.", "The outlandish Titane wins after jury president Spike Lee reveals the award in a ceremony slip-up.", "The continued need for travellers to quarantine on arrival in England, Scotland and Wales is criticised.", "Ballywatticock near Newtownards records 31.2C on Saturday, breaking a record set 45 years ago.", "M&S says it may have to reduce opening hours if more workers are forced to self-isolate.", "Researchers from across the UK will investigate everything from brain fog to ongoing breathlessness.", "Prof Neil Ferguson says there could be as many as 200,000 cases a day as restrictions ease.", "Labour questions the \"VIP testing\" regime allowing them to work after Sajid Javid tested positive.", "Resident in Kleivelderweg, deep inside the Dutch disaster zone, find homes and businesses destroyed.", "Opposition politicians want a rethink on the planned closure of the vaccination centre at the Hydro in Glasgow.", "Max Verstappen accuses Lewis Hamilton of being \"disrespectful\" and \"unsportsmanlike\" following their crash in the British Grand Prix.", "What you need to know about visiting France, Spain, Italy, US, Ireland, Germany and Greece.", "Afghan officials urge Pakistan to keep diplomats safe, amid tensions between the two neighbours.", "The strict licence conditions Anjem Choudary was subjected to after leaving prison are coming to an end.", "Gardaí are investigating reports of abusive calls to Ireland's chief medical officer and his deputy.", "The Opec cartel and Russia will boost supply which should see petrol prices at the pumps come down.", "Canada had a slow start on vaccinations compared to its neighbour but has now caught up to the US.", "The young animal had apparently been carried three miles out by the tide, the lifeboat crew says.", "Wearing a bulletproof vest, Martine Moïse arrives home after receiving treatment in the US.", "Two South Africa footballers test positive for Covid-19 in the Olympic village, while eight Team GB athletes and staff are cleared to resume training.", "It comes as every adult in the UK has now been offered a vaccine, the government says.", "Control room staff on the Metropolitan Line are isolating after being sent alerts by the NHS app.", "Some horses once trained by some of racing’s top names are being slaughtered, BBC Panorama finds.", "All over-18s in Scotland are offered an appointment but more than 260,000 younger adults have not yet had a first dose.", "Father-of-three Maqsood Anwar, 44, was playing cricket when he collapsed.", "Seven men are wanted in connection with disorder at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley, police say.", "Ministers consider whether children should not have to isolate if a close contact tests positive.", "Collin Morikawa shoots a scintillating bogey-free final round to win the 149th Open Championship by two shots from Jordan Spieth at Royal St George's.", "A planned relaxation of Scotland's rules on Monday will not apply to travellers coming from France.", "Louis Oosthuizen takes a one-stroke lead into the final day of The Open at Royal St George's after holding off Collin Morikawa.", "The Metropolitan Line was closed on Saturday as control room staff were pinged by the NHS app.", "The Biden administration is investigating cases of \"Havana syndrome\" among US officials.", "Sajid Javid, who has had two jabs, says PCR test confirmed result but his symptoms are \"very mild\".", "The Brazilian president was treated for continuing complications after a near-fatal 2018 stabbing.", "Lines through Troon will remain closed until Monday, according to ScotRail.", "The online grocer says the blaze was caused by a collision between robots at one of its warehouses.", "The singer says the arrangement controlling her personal and financial affairs has \"killed my dreams\".", "A lack of available properties will continue to help push house prices up, according to surveyors.", "The Euro 2020 tie was the most watched non-news event since the nation's World Cup exit in 2018.", "BBC Sport takes a look at the statistics behind England's 55-year wait to reach a major tournament final.", "More than 32,500 confirmed cases have been reported in the country, up 43% on the same day last week.", "Digital vaccine passes are available in Wales, but international travel is still discouraged.", "Watch highlights as captain Harry Kane's follow up from a penalty miss sends England through to their first major men's final since 1966, beating Denmark 2-1 after extra time at Wembley.", "Naomi Osaka calls for \"privacy\" and \"empathy\" from the press when she returns, saying she never wants her personal medical history to be scrutinised again.", "Standing at higher than 21m in the Danish town of Blokhus, it is even decorated with Covid particles.", "World number one Ashleigh Barty will play Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova in the Wimbledon final on Saturday.", "Nicola Sturgeon says it would not be responsible to make guarantees in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.", "The royal visitor met cast and crew at the television studios of Britain's longest running soap opera.", "Head of a Bear is more than 500 years old and has set a new record for a Leonardo da Vinci sketch.", "Places like the Maldives are in demand for 2022 holidays, with people \"spending more\", travel agents say.", "Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel produces an outstanding diving save to deny England defender Harry Maguire and keep the scoreline level at 1-1 in their semi-final at Wembley.", "The England boss has turned to experts outside football to help prepare his team. Should we all take note?", "Without global warming, the searing heat seen in the western US and Canada \"just doesn't occur,\" say scientists.", "There could \"never be a perfect moment\" to withdraw from the country, Boris Johnson tells MPs.", "The Top Gear and Take Me Out star will replace the BBC show's long-standing presenter Sue Barker.", "But, Boris Johnson is cleared of breaching parliamentary standards rules over the Caribbean holiday.", "Fans cheered on England as they beat Denmark 2-1 in the Euro 2020 semi-final.", "England will face Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, but what is the latest ticket situation and how can you watch the game?", "Tories tell Rob Roberts not to come back as his suspension for sexual harassment ends.", "James Brokenshire stands down as security minister as lung cancer treatment takes \"longer than expected\".", "The deal would give Melinda Gates the option to resign and receive \"personal resources\" for further charity work.", "It is thought tablets are being sold as Valium and Xanax, prompting a warning from health officials.", "A prescription is no longer needed for certain progesterone-only pills, the UK's drug regulator says.", "Provides an overview of Haiti, including key events and facts about this Caribbean country.", "The image resembling the Roman god of water was captured as waves crashed over a harbour wall.", "The chancellor and others think the tournament could boost consumer confidence as the economy reopens.", "An independent report says cuts have left services \"on their knees\" and recommends a focus on recovery.", "Grant Shapps says the move will ease a driver shortage, but the industry calls it a sticking plaster.", "Battling England come from behind to beat Denmark after extra time on a truly memorable night at Wembley and reach a first major men's tournament final for the first time since 1966.", "Men were 30% more likely than women to test positive for the virus in the past two weeks, a study suggests.", "Deputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling says the response to the Manchester Arena attack was \"unacceptable\".", "People returning to NI from amber-list countries will not have to quarantine from 26 July.", "It is not clear if Wales will follow England's plan to end quarantine for the fully vaccinated.", "Tim Campbell will take his place beside Lord Sugar as he recovers from a serious bike accident.", "England manager Gareth Southgate says he is \"so pleased for our country\" after booking their place in the Euro 2020 final.", "With the world's major medicine producers in lockdown, dangerous counterfeit drugs are on the rise.", "Natalie Pilkington's boyfriend popped the question at the end of a performance of the musical Six.", "Experts are heartened by a new found interest in the \"underappreciated and under-threat\" insects.", "Job vacancies grew at their fastest rate in 24 years in June - but so did staff shortages, research finds", "Match of the Day pundits Gary Lineker, Jermaine Jenas & Alan Shearer discuss the penalty that resulted in Harry Kane converting the winning goal against Denmark, with Shearer calling the penalty 'soft'.", "England rode their luck, but manager Gareth Southgate captured the national mood perfectly after beating Denmark, writes Phil McNulty.", "Sam Astley, who missed the semi-final to donate stem cells, will now see England v Italy at Wembley.", "Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, and Keane Flynn-Harling, 16, were killed in separate attacks in London.", "Uefa charges England after a laser pointer is directed at Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during Wednesday's Euro 2020 semi-final.", "What you need to know about visiting France, Spain, Italy, US, Ireland, Germany and Greece.", "England fans celebrate beating Denmark 2-1 in extra time at Euro 2020 to set up a final against Italy.", "An epilepsy drug, a pregnancy test and mesh implants have all caused women or their babies harm.", "An Interpol crackdown in more than 90 countries aimed to stop the sale of illicit prescription drugs", "\"The status quo was not an option,\" the fourth president to oversee the war said as violence flares.", "Nicola Sturgeon says a \"slowdown\" in infections gives her optimism that restrictions can be eased.", "The Scottish government is considering whether to follow England in easing rules in schools and for the fully vaccinated.", "With more than new 30,000 UK cases reported, the total number of positive tests recorded passes five million.", "Mikkel Damsgaard beats goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a sensational free-kick to put Denmark 1-0 up against England in their semi-final tie at Wembley.", "Roger Federer says he \"really does not know\" if he will play at Wimbledon again after losing to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals.", "Imagine having a baby at the same moment Harry Kane scores the winning goal to reach the Euro 2020 final?", "BBC pundits react as England beat Denmark in extra time to reach their first major final in 55 years.", "England beat Denmark 2-1 to reach the final of Euro 2020 - and here's how the match unfolded on social media.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says there is still a need for \"care and caution\", even after 9 August.", "\"We wouldn't have had an Apple had I not grown up in a very open technology world,\" Mr Wozniak said.", "Crews have switched to a recovery operation following the deadly collapse of an apartment block.", "Watch as Gareth Southgate and the England team national team celebrate with a raucous Wembley crowd, sharing a rendition of 'Sweet Caroline' after beating Denmark 2-1 to advance to the Euro 2020 final.", "Capacity crowds are set to return to sport events in England from 19 July without the legal requirement of vaccine passports.", "The blaze broke out at O'Doherty & Sons in Strabane on Sunday as storms hit the north west.", "The new watchdog will be able to prosecute rule-breaking developers and take their properties off the market.", "The flooding caused trains in the capital to be stopped and homes, bars and businesses were affected.", "Roberts Buncis was stabbed more than 70 times in the attack just two days before his 13th birthday.", "The group's stance comes amid reports US forces will stay to protect embassies and an airport.", "Ch Insp Dale Sexton is being investigated over his evidence at the Manchester Arena attack inquiry.", "The remaining section of the collapsed building is brought down as teams resume the search for victims.", "Researchers studied 40,000 marriages that took place in Indian villages between 1960 and 2008.", "A train operator says it is not always possible to enforce Covid rules during busy times.", "The abusers were willing to target the man even though they knew they were on CCTV, his brother says.", "More than 1,000 soldiers retreat to Tajikistan as fighting with the militants intensifies.", "The Queen awards the NHS the George Cross while Prince William attends a thanksgiving service.", "Four missing people are confirmed dead as a huge blaze forces the evacuation of several villages.", "People who are fully vaccinated will also not be required to quarantine when they arrive.", "Tributes have been pouring in for the director, whose films also included The Goonies and The Omen.", "The London councillor says the party needs time to choose new leadership before the next election.", "The government has asked producers to prioritise medical oxygen as hospitals struggle to cope.", "Apollo Global says it is considering a bid, days after the UK supermarket agreed to a £6.3bn takeover.", "The NHS fundraiser and WW2 veteran died aged 100 in February after testing positive for Covid-19.", "It is expected that wearing face masks will soon become a \"personal responsibility\" in England.", "British wildcard Emma Raducanu retires from her fourth-round match after suffering breathing difficulties, ending her fairytale Wimbledon debut.", "The West End hit is suspended until 14 July after a member of its crew tests positive for Covid-19.", "The majority of workers in Iceland now look set to move to shorter hours for the same pay.", "A lack of \"natural immunity\" in the population is contributing to the rise in cases, officials say.", "LGBT activists cancel a Pride event after violent far-right protests in Georgia's capital Tbilisi.", "The governing body had told Soul Cap their hats don't follow \"the natural form of the head\".", "People across Wales are decorating their homes and writing letters to thank key workers.", "Workers will be at risk of infection if facemask rules are dropped, unions say.", "Kensington Palace says the Duchess of Cambridge is not experiencing any coronavirus symptoms.", "The former aide launches another attack on the PM, but also defends his decision to work for him.", "Boris Johnson outlines England's next steps on social distancing, face coverings and working from home.", "Eluned Morgan's comments come ahead of plans to scrap restrictions in England.", "A PhD student discovered the pages written by the nonsense poet to a woman he befriended in Italy.", "Workers are still awaiting details of pay rises in Wales, with nine unions calling for action.", "NI's chief medical officer says Northern Ireland is experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19.", "British wildcard Emma Raducanu headlines a mouth-watering day of fourth-round singles action on the show courts on day seven of Wimbledon.", "Egypt agrees a compensation deal with the impounded Ever Given's owners and insurers.", "A standing portion of the collapsed building will be brought down before search efforts can resume.", "Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks dies after a \"fireworks malfunction\" at a Fourth of July party.", "More Covid rules could change from legal requirements to government advice, a minister says.", "Stephanie Davis, 28, who appeared in Hollyoaks from 2010-19, says she's \"sick of being in pain\".", "Eighty firefighters and 14 appliances tackled the fire at Railway Street in Strabane.", "While demand for vans rises, new car sales remain sluggish as computer chip shortages limit supplies.", "An inquiry into sexual abuse hears from witnesses who were in care between the 1930s and the 1970s.", "Lord Clarke is the first senior health minister from the 1980s to testify on the NHS scandal.", "The north east of Scotland is among the worst hit areas, with a Met Office amber alert in place.", "Cheshire Police confirm a complaint of blackmail was made in relation to photos of Wayne Rooney.", "Officer Gonell gave an emotional statement during the first day of the US Capitol riot inquiry.", "The two countries have not spoke since Pyongyang cut off all channels of communication last year.", "Watch highlights as Great Britain's quartet win the first medal in the women's gymnastics team event for 93 years with bronze in Tokyo.", "Watch highlights as Great Britain complete a stunning comeback after beating United States 26-21 to reach the Olympic rugby sevens semi-finals at Tokyo 2020.", "Great Britain's Bianca Walkden suffers a last-gasp defeat by South Korea's Lee Da-bin in the Olympic taekwondo +67kg semi-final.", "Great Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown fights back from a bike puncture to earn an Olympic silver medal in the women's triathlon.", "An 18-year-old man died at the scene in Moray while a 23-year-old was said to be critically injured.", "The author Alex Wheatle, who was sexually abused as a child in care, says the only records that can be used to prosecute paedophiles lie in the memories of the victims.", "The action began in March after the UK made a move to change the implementation of the protocol.", "Wealth gap between countries could widen due to differing access to Covid vaccines, the IMF says.", "It is the first time a senior minister serving at the time of the scandal has faced the inquiry.", "Officers on duty when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol give tearful testimony at an inquiry.", "The number of new Covid cases falls for the sixth consecutive day for the first time since November.", "Ex-PM Malcolm Turnbull tells the BBC he believes Australia's borders won't reopen until early 2022.", "Britain's Bianca Walkden says her taekwondo bronze at Tokyo 2020 is \"not the colour I wanted\".", "Some travel insurance policies will not cover cancellation costs for travellers told to self-isolate.", "Boxer Youness Baalla attempts to bite his opponent David Nyika during their last-16 fight at the Tokyo Olympics.", "Police warn motorists to be cautious as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning.", "Waste workers, prison staff and defence workers will be able to avoid isolation, the government says.", "The Cabinet Office minister said those declining a jab could see themselves barred from events.", "The family of Estelle Hedaya say they have confirmation she is the 98th victim of the Surfside disaster.", "Robin Swann says he will look at only allowing those fully vaccinated to cash in high street vouchers.", "More than 700 children suffered cruelty and sexual abuse at care homes in south London, an inquiry finds.", "Watch what happened when Team GB swimmer Tom Dean's family and friends gathered in his mum's garden to watch him in the 200m freestyle final at the Tokyo Olympics.", "The billionaire offers to cover $2bn in Nasa costs to be reconsidered for a Moon lander contract.", "Two devastating fires involved buildings made from factory-built units brought up to islands by sea.", "Charlotte Dujardin equals the most number of Olympic medals won by a British woman by claiming team dressage bronze in Tokyo.", "It follows a weekend when health trusts made urgent appeals for off-duty staff to return to work.", "Sales have increased in the pandemic but some products are not fit for purpose, UK regulator warns.", "They say the government must \"get a grip\" on the number of children taught at home in England.", "Tom Dean takes gold ahead of compatriot Duncan Scott as Great Britain makes its best ever start to an Olympics.", "The young birds \"lucky to be alive\" after found hiding in exhaust of an Airbus plane during repairs.", "A second child is in intensive care in hospital after the incident at a house in the Ardoyne area.", "The move, while largely symbolic, could provide a domestic boost to both the US and Iraqi leaders.", "American gymnast Simone Biles is praised for prioritising \"mental wellness over all else\" after pulling out of the Olympic women's team final.", "Theatres and concert venues can reopen while there are changes to how many people can meet indoors.", "Thomas Barrack has been accused of lobbying the US government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.", "The 'baby' of Beijing became a father, a husband and an LGBTQ+ spokesperson. And now Tom Daley is an Olympic gold medallist. This is his story.", "Darren George, 30, remains in hospital after a car crashed into a pub beer garden.", "Maps of Afghanistan show who controls districts in fighting between the government and Taliban forces.", "The first minister is due to announce next week whether most remaining restrictions will be lifted on 9 August.", "Only approved followers can see posts and \"like\" or comment on accounts that retain the private setting.", "Senior cabinet ministers are due to discuss the move for arrivals to England in a meeting on Wednesday.", "About one in three has problems such as high blood pressure and mental ill health, a study suggests.", "Strong demand for houses will last into 2022 as buyers react to the pandemic, says property website Zoopla.", "Check out our comprehensive guide to all the action in Japan.", "Health officials say some services and surgery may be cancelled due to \"extreme strain\" from Covid admissions.", "Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffers a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earns a straight-set win.", "Adam Peaty won 100m breaststroke gold on Monday to become a double Olympic champion - and there's plenty more to come from the Briton.", "An MP says investigating why Chinese sailors were deported from Liverpool is a \"step in the right direction\".", "Watch Italo Ferreira and Hiroto Ohhara ride big waves as a tropical storm hits the Tsurigasaki surfing beach during the Tokyo Olympics.", "In a letter, Sammy Wilson questions why the agriculture minister had not \"resisted\" officials' views.", "Tom Dean claims a stunning gold and Duncan Scott silver to ensure a British one-two finish in a thrilling 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics.", "Which country topped the medal table? How did Great Britain get on? Medals table for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.", "Derek Holland texted and used both hands to peel a banana before a crash which injured three people.", "Jordison was a member of the mask-wearing heavy metal band and also performed with the likes of Metallica.", "Simone Biles says she \"has to focus on her mental health\" after pulling out of the gymnastics women's team final at Tokyo 2020.", "Boris Johnson warns that Covid cases, currently at 30,000 a day, will rise as restrictions end.", "Pilot Andrew Davidson said he has never had such a landing in more than 30 years of ballooning.", "England's hope to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended with defeat in a penalty shoot-out as Italy claimed the Euro 2020 crown at Wembley.", "David Mackay was chief pilot for the test mission on board Virgin Galactic's Unity rocket plane.", "Gwynedd has 5,098 second homes - 20% of all second homes in Wales.", "Ben Moore says he was \"sceptical\" about the offer but messages on Twitter looked \"so genuine\".", "Around 60,000 fans were at Wembley, while millions watched in pubs, fan zones and at home.", "The FA condemns those involved in the incident as \"an embarrassment to the England team\".", "England is moving from \"you must\" wear a mask to \"you are expected to\", the vaccines minister says.", "A team of amateur cyclists complete the race route and raise £1m for a blood cancer charity.", "We meet those in the England stars' hometowns who hope the boys can bring football home - literally.", "The 25-year-old's Euro 2020 heroics have been cheered on by friends and family back in Leeds.", "Sajid Javid says waiting list projections \"shocked me the most\" in his first days as health secretary.", "Tributes are paid to the \"giant of radio\" who passed away on Friday.", "Everything you need to know about the Italians who stand in the way of England and the European Championship trophy", "Current guidance says masks should be worn by secondary pupils if social distancing is not possible.", "High hopes and nerves give way to sorrow as England lose to Italy on penalties.", "Italy's success in the Euro competition has lifted spirits after the pandemic, Mark Lowen reports.", "Dustin Poirier beats Conor McGregor in the first round of their trilogy fight at UFC 264 in Las Vegas.", "Watch the decisive final penalties of the dramatic shootout as Italy beat England 3-2 on penalties to win the European Championship after a tense 120 minutes ended 1-1 at Wembley.", "The Italian team is given a hero's welcome as it arrives home after defeating England on penalties.", "Simultaneous infections are rare but can happen, particularly in people yet to be vaccinated, warn experts.", "Tributes are paid to two firefighters who died in a plane crash while responding to a blaze in Arizona.", "Peterborough United's Barry Fry describes Max Griggs as \"a great football man\".", "The health board in Swansea warned fake anti-anxiety drugs may be linked to a spate of overdoses.", "Luís Filipe Vieira is being investigated in Portugal for suspected tax fraud and money laundering.", "California's Death Valley matches what may be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded.", "Lekso Lashkarava, who was badly injured, was found dead in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Sunday.", "Esther Bejarano survived in Auschwitz by playing in the death camp's orchestra.", "From shooting hoops to giving one-on-one pep talks, we hear about the England manager's style.", "The former chief medical officer said England's freedom day gives Welsh government a \"big dilemma\".", "England are one win away from a first major men's tournament triumph since 1966 - and you can watch and follow all the action from Sunday's Euro 2020 final with Italy on the BBC.", "The group says the funding will help save \"critical projects\" and ensure progress is not \"wasted\".", "A woman in her 90s died in Sydney, as state officials warn of a surge in new infections.", "Several packages have been found in the water off Seaford since Thursday, police say.", "An attempt by two Stormont ministers to force police to help remove the bonfire failed in court.", "Novak Djokovic wins his sixth Wimbledon title and record-equalling 20th men's Grand Slam by fighting back to beat Italy's Matteo Berrettini.", "England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy is \"incredibly painful\" but the players gave \"everything, says manager Gareth Southgate.", "Lionel Messi ends his wait for a first major international title as Argentina beat Brazil in the Copa America final.", "The plan aims to make companies pay their \"fair share\" by setting a minimum global tax rate.", "How you rated the players in the Euro 2020 final between Italy and England.", "Doctors say they are now facing even greater strain as more patients turn to their local surgeries for support.", "Phil McNulty has travelled the world following England. The team has repeatedly disappointed, but not this summer.", "The body of LCpl Bernard Mongan was discovered in his barracks three weeks after he went missing.", "England's hopes of ending a 55-year wait for a major trophy are crushed in heartbreaking fashion as they lose on penalties to Italy in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley.", "BBC Sport readers pick their starting XI for England's Euro 2020 final against Italy.", "Target dates for ending restrictions are announced in England and Scotland, but not Wales.", "An England team that became sadly symbolic with failure has now helped inspire and heal a national sporting psyche. How did they reach this point?", "The UK businessman realises a lifetime's ambition by riding a rocket plane high into the sky.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford says face coverings will remain mandatory on public transport in Wales.", "Both will be added to the UK's green list on Monday, but the foreign office still advises against travel.", "If they go out of business it will \"rip the heart out of the British countryside\", he says.", "Players who missed penalties were targeted online after the team lost the Euro 2020 final.", "Boris Johnson promises more power for local leaders, but Labour says his speech was \"gibberish\".", "Adults below the age of 50 are almost as likely to suffer from medical complications as the over-50s.", "More than 35 tonnes of production equipment is leaving Scotland for the port of Tianjin under a £3m deal.", "An independent review of the UK's food policy calls for a new green revolution.", "Doctors and midwives warn Covid can pose a greater risk to women in the later stages of pregnancy.", "It means those who are not double-jabbed or under-18 will have to quarantine on their return.", "Mountaineering experts are warning visitors against trying to follow dangerous routes using Google Maps.", "A therapy made from a patient’s white blood cells is being trialled by doctors in London.", "The family of Claudia-Rose Moor say her legacy is giving three people their lives.", "Demi Stokes says the Team GB women's football squad \"feel strongly\" about their decision to take the knee before games at the Tokyo Olympics.", "\"Good friends can disagree,\" Mr Biden says of their dispute over a Russia-to-Germany pipeline.", "The warning is in the latest report on the future of High Streets by former retail chief Bill Grimsey.", "The industry has warned of shortages as one in 10 staff are told to isolate by the NHS Covid app", "A potential triple whammy of viruses prompts calls for more testing to reduce spread this autumn.", "North America experienced its warmest June on record and experts say the figures are frightening.", "The building was allegedly set on fire by looters amid an eruption of riots across South Africa.", "England's Bukayo Saka said he \"knew instantly the kind of hate\" he was going to receive after his miss in the penalty shootout in the Euro 2020 final.", "Countries are to set out how they intend to cut their emissions, but what's brought us to this point?", "Lisa Shaw's widower wants people to have the choice of which Covid-19 vaccine they get.", "Relatives of journalist Peter R de Vries say he has died nine days after being shot in Amsterdam.", "A senior officer says had it not been for police action, the final could have been abandoned.", "Investigators want to know who obtained images of the ex-minister kissing an aide in his office.", "More Covid rules could change from legal requirements to government advice, a minister says.", "Gwyn Tovey's wife died and his 94-year-old mother caught the virus after he contracted Covid.", "Written off or stolen petrol cars could be replaced with electric vehicles, as part of a wide-ranging eco-plan.", "It comes as the UK recorded almost 50,000 new cases on Thursday - the highest number since January.", "The social-media platform said its technology had been erroneously identifying the comments as benign.", "While agents dragged their feet, the report found, Larry Nassar continued to prey on gymnasts.", "The banking giant hopes 70% of UK staff will return to its London office in the coming weeks.", "There is more rain to come from the storm that brought Wednesday's deadly flooding", "Former BDO world champion Andy 'The Viking' Fordham dies aged 59.", "New figures show the number of vacancies is 77,500 higher compared to the beginning of last year.", "The Brazilian president is undergoing tests and may need emergency surgery in Sao Paolo.", "A BBC investigation found Korindo had been buying and burning swathes of Asia's largest rainforests.", "Minority background lawyers are more likely than their white peers to want to become judges - but less likely to succeed.", "For the first time, billions of people will be able to use the service even if their phone has no battery.", "Some 49 people are dead in Germany and Belgium as rivers burst their banks after record rainfall.", "At least 33 people have died and others are missing in Germany after heavy rains in the north west.", "Video footage shows what one eyewitness described as \"like a scene from Grand Theft Auto\".", "The head of the WHO called for more transparency in the investigation into the origins of Covid.", "The pop star tells a US court \"I'm angry\", as a judge rules she can now hire her own lawyer.", "Hospitals in the north-east of England are facing a new surge of cases.", "The British Guiana 1c Magenta is to go on display in London after being sold for $8.3m (£6.2m).", "We share the stories of some of the 12,000 people who have died with coronavirus in Scotland.", "Boris Johnson says he will consider the proposal, but finds the idea of extra taxes on people unattractive.", "A further 11 deaths of people who recently tested positive have been registered in the last 24 hours in Scotland.", "The plant at Coventry Airport could create 6,000 new jobs, those behind the plans say.", "People are believed to have died after two lorries and several cars crashed on the A1 (M), police say.", "Nick Smith, who runs The Smithy Family account, says his children could have been killed.", "Gwyn Tovey's wife Rita died just weeks after he caught the virus, which led to Long Covid.", "Boris Johnson says proposals to address past will allow people to \"draw a line under the Troubles\".", "Oliver Daemen, 18, will become the youngest person to fly to space with the Blue Origin venture.", "Figures released on 15 July show the number told to isolate after close contact with someone who tested positive is up 46% on previous week.", "Boris Johnson says he will consider the proposal as the food industry warns it could lead to price rises.", "The two countries and the Netherlands experience widespread devastation after record rainfall.", "The supermarkets will ask shoppers to keep the Covid measure even after the legal mandate is dropped.", "Spacing out doses boosts antibody levels, say researchers - who suggest eight weeks as the \"sweet spot\".", "Government guidelines mean road planners can effectively ignore climate change, campaigners say.", "A judge also calls for new investigations into the Real IRA attack which killed 29 people.", "English language schools warn they are on the \"brink of collapse\" after two summers without students.", "Four months after she vanished, it is still not known what happened to Sarm Heslop.", "Operators say they may have to run fewer trains as more employees are hit by the \"pingdemic\".", "Sailor Hannah Mills and rower Mohamed Sbihi are chosen to carry the flag for Great Britain at Friday's Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony.", "Jamaican sprinter and two-time Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce aims to get to the \"great things\" at Tokyo 2020.", "Fellow gym members tried to save him with the gym's defibrillator as they waited for paramedics.", "Why is there a much lower \"ping rate\" in Scotland than in the rest of the United Kingdom?", "A weather station in the city of Armagh recorded a high of 31.4 C on Thursday afternoon.", "Watch as Team GB enter the Olympic opening ceremony for Tokyo 2020, led by joint flagbearers Hannah Mills and Mohamed Sbihi.", "\"Gentle soul\" Chris Leeds was found dead after parting with thousands of pounds, an inquest hears.", "The High Court orders the anti-Islam activist to pay a teenage refugee £100,000 in damages.", "The chunky shoe's sales nearly doubled in the three months to the end of June compared with last year.", "How Katarina Johnson-Thompson tore up everything to claim world gold and will have to upset the odds once more to win in Tokyo.", "The Ministry of Defence says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.", "Cyclist Katie Archibald tells BBC Sport about her dreams of another gold medal and the pressure of helping Laura Kenny become Britain's best.", "Ian Simpson alerts an airbase after seeing sparks and flames coming from the rear of a jet.", "Lady Heywood calls a report on the Greensill lobbying scandal a \"fabricated attack\" on her late husband.", "A yellow warning for rain covers large parts of of Wales, replacing first-ever amber heat warning.", "Everyone in this age group should be cautious when socialising, officials say, and get two jabs.", "Subpostmasters wrongly convicted of offences during an IT scandal are to receive interim compensation.", "Three St Andrews University friends all received their first dose in England and their second in Scotland.", "A vice-president of Equatorial Guinea is among five people to receive UK \"anti-corruption\" sanctions.", "Australian activewear company Lorna Jane is branded \"exploitative\" and \"predatory\" by a judge.", "Matt Hancock was among four ministers who used their personal email accounts for official business.", "The MOTD presenter will now also front Sitting on a Fortune, where contestants can win £100,000.", "He allegedly used controlling behaviour, including kicking his ex-girlfriend out of his hotel room naked.", "The British and Irish Lions and Harlequins both express anger over former Ireland international Neil Francis' description of fly-half Marcus Smith.", "Just 15 cells' worth of DNA was used to track down the man suspected of killing a US girl in 1989.", "Mick Norcross was in danger of losing his home and struggled in lockdown, his inquest hears.", "Nearly 50 years after 11 Israeli athletes were killed, a moment's silence is marked in Tokyo.", "Thunderstorms and 55mph gusts of wind could disrupt the plans of holidaymakers, the Met Office says.", "All those aged 12 and over with at least one jab will be able to access bars, cinemas and gyms.", "The US government has tightened rules on which space-goers can claim their astronaut wings.", "It comes as gun violence is on the rise in Washington DC and other American cities.", "Parents are warned to look out for signs of RSV, after lockdown disrupted its normal winter spread.", "The gang behind the attack had previously asked for $70m to access the stolen files.", "The BBC's annual fundraising events will be broadcast from the city from 2021 onwards.", "Check out our comprehensive guide to all the action in Japan.", "Scientists now have absolute numbers for the thickness of the Red Planet's crust, mantle and core.", "A video showed Susanna Ohlen rubbing herself with dirt before broadcasting from a flood-hit town.", "Retail sales rose by 0.5% as millions stocked up on food and drink to watch the football tournament.", "New infections are down but it is too soon to say if cases have peaked, say experts.", "Veteran foreign correspondent let the rude word slip on the ITV show shortly before 0650 BST.", "A study in 200 English secondary schools and colleges found very few infections in close contacts of cases.", "The websites of HSBC, British Airways and Airbnb are among those to have briefly gone offline.", "The England manager says vaccination is a chance to \"get your freedom back\".", "The 29-year-old confirmed on Instagram her pronouns are now \"she/her\".", "Oval Invincibles edge out Manchester Originals in an entertaining first men's match of The Hundred at The Oval.", "The Tokyo 2020 Games are officially under way as Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic flame in a poignant opening ceremony.", "There is clarity for firms considering investment in Northern Ireland, says the boss of Invest NI.", "England winger Jadon Sancho completes his £73m move to Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund.", "Infections have continued to rise around much of the UK, say experts from the Office for National Statistics.", "Emily Ratajkowski buys kit for Bantry's U15 and U16 teams, setting Snapchat \"on fire\".", "The parents of a young girl who travelled from Manchester to London by train, say they are in \"shock\".", "Government spells out plans after 11,000 received isolation alerts in Wales in one week of July.", "Full listings and coverage channels for the Tokyo Olympics across BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC radio and online.", "A seaside resort restaurant and a village pub temporarily close in the extreme heat warning.", "It isn't always the big names and blue-riband events that create all the memories. Here are 10 times the Olympics has set spines tingling and tears flowing", "Here is the lowdown on the biggest names and brightest stars looking to shine this summer in the men's Olympic football tournament.", "With the opening ceremony set for Friday, BBC Sport previews the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - a Games like no other.", "According to a Which survey a pint of printer ink could cost up to £1,300.", "Ishleen Kaur was passionate about yoga movement Sivananda, until she found allegations of sexual abuse.", "Wally Funk was overlooked for space flight in the 60s but got a second chance with Jeff Bezos.", "Fans in England are being told not to travel to the game in Italy because of strict quarantine rules.", "Boris Johnson visits Batley where he says voters are focused on local rather than national issues.", "The fashion chain says it will be online-only from the end of September.", "The German confectionery giant is struggling to get supplies of Goldbears and Tangfastics to UK shops.", "Cases are up 10% in a week and there are concerns Euro 2020 matches could be super-spreader events.", "The government cannot say how many Covid infections in England are being prevented by sending pupils home.", "The Bessemer Trust cites the pop star's testimony as the reason for leaving the arrangement.", "The US president spoke to the families of those killed in the Miami building collapse.", "End-of-life criteria for people seeking to be fast-tracked is to be changed from six to 12 months.", "Political sentiment is moving towards greater freedoms, but the details remain to be seen.", "Pet owners with Covid could infect about 20% of cats and dogs, although most symptoms are mild.", "The UK businessman finally names the date when he'll climb aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.", "Ollie Bibby's family say they are happy that visiting restrictions will be reviewed.", "The German chancellor has previously suggested all UK travellers to Europe should have to quarantine.", "Twelve-year-old Sky Brown is set to become the youngest British summer Olympian of all time after being named in the Team GB skateboarding squad.", "The BBC presenter traced the identity of a person behind defamatory remarks about him.", "There are 65,000 people waiting for asylum decisions from the UK government, figures suggest.", "It follows the US comedian's sexual assault conviction being overturned by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court.", "Employers will start paying part of workers' furlough wages as the job support scheme is withdrawn.", "Manchester United say they are \"delighted\" after agreeing a fee in principle of 85m euros (£73m) with Borussia Dortmund for Jadon Sancho.", "Eighteen-year-old British wildcard Emma Raducanu stuns 2019 French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon third round.", "Royal Mail says the Beano bad boy has entertained generations with his \"mischief and mayhem\".", "Outgoing Labour MP Tracy Brabin says her group was \"verbally abused and physically assaulted\".", "The ex-president's Trump Organization has been charged with multiple counts of tax fraud in New York.", "Latitude's organiser says preventative measures will let people enjoy themselves with confidence.", "The US president meets families of people who died or are missing after a building collapsed last week.", "The culvert would have been able to manage the rainfall if not blocked, the report says.", "Boris Johnson hopes England will return to as close to the \"status quo\" as possible on 19 July.", "Unionist politicians, including Arlene Foster and Lord Trimble, challenged the protocol in a judicial review.", "The industry wants a \"test to release\" system to solve worker shortages as cases rise.", "As financial support reduces, we hear from a worker who has been on and off furlough for 15 months.", "Front-line health workers and the over 70s will be among the first to get a third jab.", "Leading scientists say the official list needs to be expanded to make sure cases are not missed.", "Penny Bibby says Boris Johnson must look at changing rules so families can be together in hospital.", "More than 200 women, including former Australia prime minister Julia Gillard, write to social media chiefs.", "Police are investigating a video which shows two men grabbing hold of England's chief medical officer.", "Roger Federer continues his dominance over France's Richard Gasquet to set up a Wimbledon third-round meeting with Britain's Cameron Norrie.", "Though more than 50 women allege they have been assaulted by the Bill Cosby, it appears only one will face him in criminal court. Campaigners say laws which set deadlines on when these crimes can be reported deny survivors justice.", "The singer is sued for sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment by model Ashley Morgan Smithline.", "The young puffin, spotted on Handa Island, has a lack of pigmentation caused by a genetic condition called leucism.", "The Scottish government said 10.5% of those who were tested on Wednesday returned positive results.", "Stop treating people in Wales \"like children,\" the Welsh Conservatives tell Labour ministers.", "The scheme to protect jobs is coming to an end having cost nearly £70bn.", "Kayden Hall was found unresponsive after suffering an \"unsurvivable brain injury\".", "It will be unveiled at Diana's former home, Kensington Palace, on what would have been her 60th birthday.", "The Batley and Spen by-election candidate accuses Kirklees Council of a \"blatantly partisan\" move.", "The carmaker will build its new all-electric model in Sunderland, alongside a massive electric battery plant.", "Serving under George W Bush, he was one of the main architects of the Iraq war.", "A man is in critical condition after the attack in Central London, the Metropolitan Police say.", "The sale came with a bundle of assets, including an animated video and a letter from Sir Tim.", "Andy Murray reaches the Wimbledon third round after beating German qualifier Oscar Otte in another thriller finishing under the lights.", "Leader Sir Keir Starmer is desperate not to suffer another by-election defeat by the Conservatives.", "Eilish McColgan breaks Paula Radcliffe's 5,000m British record at the Diamond League in Oslo.", "The summer holidays will provide a natural firebreak, he says, as he asks parents to remain cautious.", "Appliances will be cheaper to own, the government says, under plans that will extend the lifespan of household goods.", "The monarch was visiting the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute during her visit to Scotland.", "Border Force staff will struggle to deal with a surge in passengers over the summer, a union says.", "The Euro 2020 tie was the most watched non-news event since the nation's World Cup exit in 2018.", "The UK and EU need to find a \"new balance\" to solve NI Protocol problems, Lord Frost tells MLAs.", "Eight skydivers and a pilot die in a plane crash close to the runway at Orebro airport.", "Met Police chief Cressida Dick says \"everyone in policing\" feels betrayed by Sarah Everard's killer.", "Naomi Osaka calls for \"privacy\" and \"empathy\" from the press when she returns, saying she never wants her personal medical history to be scrutinised again.", "The militants say they have captured crossings linking Afghanistan to Iran and Turkmenistan.", "The supermarket giant says its customers increasingly go online for their entertainment.", "General Sir Nick Carter responds to a mother questioning what her soldier son died for in Afghanistan.", "The transport secretary says the app's sensitivity may need to be reduced as restrictions change.", "Defending champion Novak Djokovic edges past Denis Shapovalov and sets up a Wimbledon final with Matteo Berrettini on Sunday.", "Watch as Harleen Deol takes a stunning juggling catch on the boundary to dismiss England's Amy Jones.", "A prescription is no longer needed for certain progesterone-only pills, the UK's drug regulator says.", "The image resembling the Roman god of water was captured as waves crashed over a harbour wall.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 2 and 9 July.", "No 10 says the contact tracing app is an \"important tool\" in reducing coronavirus transmission.", "Wales exited at the last 16 stage, but England play Italy looking to be crowned European champions.", "Zaila Avant-garde, 14, becomes the first African American to win the high-profile competition.", "Deputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling says the response to the Manchester Arena attack was \"unacceptable\".", "People returning to NI from amber-list countries will not have to quarantine from 26 July.", "The overall risk of death is around two in a million children, scientists looking at England's data estimate.", "The company admits 6,971 illegal spills at 17 treatment works in Kent, Hampshire and West Sussex.", "Britain's Mark Cavendish makes history in the Tour de France by equalling Eddy Merckx's Tour stage win record of 34.", "The body of Richard Okorogheye was found two weeks after he went missing from his west London home.", "The NHS app covers England and Wales, but key social distancing rules may differ from 19 July.", "A study of more than a million people shows those with other conditions get high protection from two doses.", "Sam Astley, who missed the semi-final to donate stem cells, will now see England v Italy at Wembley.", "Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, and Keane Flynn-Harling, 16, were killed in separate attacks in London.", "Uefa charges England after a laser pointer is directed at Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during Wednesday's Euro 2020 semi-final.", "The former British boxer says his son was \"loved and respected by all who knew him\".", "But European regulators say the benefits of Covid vaccines continue to far outweigh the risks.", "Football fan Belle McNally went viral after footage of the player handing her his shirt was shared online.", "Current official guidance on the use of email and messaging leaves an \"accountability gap\", campaigners say.", "\"The status quo was not an option,\" the fourth president to oversee the war said as violence flares.", "Many in Lebanon are receiving just two hours of energy a day, as it grapples with an economic crisis.", "Residents share videos of flooded subways and partially submerged cars, as Storm Elsa passes through.", "Health bosses at NHS Tayside urged 18 to 29-year-olds to get vaccinated after a surge in Covid cases", "All adults should have been offered a jab - but one-in-four adults under 30 remain unvaccinated.", "The pop star faces legal action after allegedly posting a paparazzi photo of herself on Instagram.", "Football anthems creep back into the charts as England prepare to face Italy in the Euro 2020 final.", "Her family said she was \"an intelligent, adventurous, confident, caring, young woman\".", "The Metropolitan Police commissioner gives a statement after officer Wayne Couzens admits murdering Sarah Everard.", "The way the claim was handled is one of several potential failings being examined by the IOPC.", "New infections continue to rise, as England prepares to lift further restrictions.", "Sarah Everard's name became a rallying cry against men-on-women violence. It was not her choice.", "Alterations to take place amid fears that millions would be asked to isolate as people mixed more.", "England captain Harry Kane hopes to fulfil a childhood dream, while John Stones is full of praise for Raheem Sterling.", "The 24 July trilogy bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is postponed following a Covid-19 case in the Briton's camp.", "The bonfire is in the unionist Tiger's Bay area, close to an interface with the nationalist New Lodge.", "Despite a boost from pubs and restaurants serving indoors, growth was below expectations.", "The percentage of people testing positive has risen in every nation of the UK, the ONS says.", "Medical leaders urge people to act with care including continuing to wear face masks in indoor areas.", "The presenter and comic had had Parkinson's for many years, his family says.", "A further eight boats carrying 241 migrants reached the UK on Sunday, the Home Office says.", "The Court of Appeal clears 12 more former subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted.", "Double world champion para-athlete Olivia Breen said she was left angry and speechless after being told to wear 'more appropriate' shorts.", "Manchester's night-time economy advisor brands the government's certification plan \"discriminatory\".", "After the thermometer hit 31.2C on Saturday, even more hot weather is due, says the Met Office.", "Children with specific underlying health conditions can now receive the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine.", "The first two nights of his new West End show are cancelled due to Covid-19 self-isolation measures.", "Katie Hopkins - a far-right British commentator - bragged about plans to break isolation rules.", "The vaccines minister says children at high risk from Covid will be offered the jab.", "Rescuers say that lakes and rivers can be a silent summer killer after deaths around England.", "Boris Johnson has urged caution as most legal rules on social contact are lifted in England.", "The government says Colin Pitchfork, who raped and murdered two girls, will be subject to other \"strict\" conditions.", "The police officer in New York has been praised for his decisive actions.", "Esraa Abdel Fattah earned the moniker \"Facebook Girl\" for her role in the 2011 revolution.", "As the flood risks ease, questions are raised whether the high death toll could have been avoided.", "Fully-vaccinated health workers in England could skip quarantine if services come under pressure.", "Boris Johnson's former adviser sits down for his first interview - so what have we learned?", "The Brazilian president was treated for continuing complications after a near-fatal 2018 stabbing.", "The commissioning of abortion services in Northern Ireland has stalled at the executive level.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.", "The PM says it is time for the UK to get back to something like reality after most restrictions were lifted in England.", "Northern rail's new self-service machines were installed at 420 stations two months ago.", "His 2005 drawing of the Prophet Muhammad sparked protests across the Muslim world.", "Michael and Peter Taylor were convicted of helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape Japan in 2019.", "Campaigners say the problem \"destroys the experience and knocks people's confidence\".", "Tredegar Medical Aid Society was used as a blueprint by NHS founder Aneurin Bevan.", "People performing \"critical\" tasks including air traffic controllers will still be able to work under new rules.", "The Opec cartel and Russia will boost supply which should see petrol prices at the pumps come down.", "Two South Africa footballers test positive for Covid-19 in the Olympic village, while eight Team GB athletes and staff are cleared to resume training.", "A national park is asking litter-bugs to say anonymously why they did not take their rubbish home.", "Boris Johnson's former aide says the PM is \"unfit for the job\" over his handling of the pandemic.", "The journalist was suspended for a gesture made during a chat about the abuse of black footballers.", "The firm announces a $14.7bn (£10.7bn) deal to buy Five9, a cloud-based call centre operator.", "Poland's Jowita Przystal is one of four new additions to the BBC One's team of professional dancers.", "The UK, US and EU have accused China of carrying out an attack on Microsoft Exchange email servers.", "First minister Nicola Sturgeon said lawyers would see whether \"clarification or tightening\" was necessary.", "It covers south-west England and large parts of Wales as the UK experiences a prolonged hot spell.", "The online grocer says the blaze was caused by a collision between robots at one of its warehouses.", "The book is due to be published next year and will be \"accurate and wholly truthful\", the prince says.", "M&S says it may have to reduce opening hours if more workers are forced to self-isolate.", "Max Verstappen accuses Lewis Hamilton of being \"disrespectful\" and \"unsportsmanlike\" following their crash in the British Grand Prix.", "Figures given to Radio 1 Newsbeat show a quarter of clubs have closed in the past six years.", "Boris Johnson also questioned whether the NHS would be overwhelmed, his former aide tells the BBC.", "A profile of Boris Johnson's former right-hand-man, who has turned into his chief tormentor.", "Some horses once trained by some of racing’s top names are being slaughtered, BBC Panorama finds.", "It says selling ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories is “inconsistent\" with its values.", "Paul Allard Hodgkins is the first of hundreds of Capitol rioters sentenced for a felony.", "Collin Morikawa shoots a scintillating bogey-free final round to win the 149th Open Championship by two shots from Jordan Spieth at Royal St George's.", "As the sun beams down and tourists flock to Welsh resorts, are people ready for differing rules?", "It follows a rise in vandalism, overnight camping and littering at some of Wales' beauty spots.", "The firms have had to shut shops and pubs due to staff shortages caused by people self-isolating.", "Violence and rioting broke out at a vigil to remember a local man who died.", "People will need to be fully vaccinated to enter venues where large crowds gather, the government says.", "Natural Resources Wales says, as sites get busier, people should respect the countryside.", "Capacity crowds are set to return to sport events in England from 19 July without the legal requirement of vaccine passports.", "Not holding an inquiry immediately will lead to unnecessary deaths, they say.", "Italy beat Spain on penalties to reach the Euro 2020 final after an enthralling semi-final at a noisy Wembley.", "The Australian Grand Prix and a MotoGP event in the country are called off because of the coronavirus pandemic.", "Emma Raducanu says the \"whole experience\" of her run to the Wimbledon fourth round \"caught up\" with her but is now \"feeling better\" after her mid-match retirement.", "Jonathan Brooks was arrested after Graeme Perks was stabbed at his home in Nottinghamshire.", "Roberts Buncis was stabbed more than 70 times in the attack just two days before his 13th birthday.", "Ch Insp Dale Sexton is being investigated over his evidence at the Manchester Arena attack inquiry.", "The centre will focus on rehabilitation and preparing offenders to reintegrate into society.", "Premises will be able to stay open until 11.15pm, in case the game goes to extra time and penalties.", "Sam Heughan has created a scholarship and scriptwriting competition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.", "A woman 'lost everything' when she was jailed for child neglect amid mental health problems.", "Four more youths have been killed in London already this year than died in homicides in all of 2020.", "More than 1,000 soldiers retreat to Tajikistan as fighting with the militants intensifies.", "People who are fully vaccinated will also not be required to quarantine when they arrive.", "The Guara family - Marcus, 52, Ana, 42, and their daughters - are among 46 people confirmed dead.", "Tributes have been pouring in for the director, whose films also included The Goonies and The Omen.", "England are preparing to face Denmark in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 at Wembley on Wednesday, knowing victory will secure them a place in the final for the first time.", "Changes to taxes, house purchase schemes and planning laws are being considered.", "The health secretary says double-jabbed people in England will not have to self-isolate from 16 August.", "England's chief medical officer was accosted in a London park last month.", "More than 640,000 pupils in England were not in school last week due to Covid - up from 375,000 the week before.", "England name a new squad for their ODI series with Pakistan after three players and four staff members tested positive for Covid-19.", "The order directs nearly $140m to prevention programmes to combat a rise in gun violence.", "British wildcard Emma Raducanu retires from her fourth-round match after suffering breathing difficulties, ending her fairytale Wimbledon debut.", "Most of Scotland's Covid rules are to be removed despite the country having Europe's highest Covid rates.", "The majority of workers in Iceland now look set to move to shorter hours for the same pay.", "A lack of \"natural immunity\" in the population is contributing to the rise in cases, officials say.", "Government proposals are a backward step for rape victims, says Dame Vera Baird.", "Under-18s in England also won't have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive from 16 August.", "The men, jailed for allegedly attempting to rob a policeman nearly 50 years ago, feel 'vindicated'.", "LGBT activists cancel a Pride event after violent far-right protests in Georgia's capital Tbilisi.", "Kensington Palace says the Duchess of Cambridge is not experiencing any coronavirus symptoms.", "It is expected that testing of pupils will replace the need to send entire class \"bubbles\" home.", "Researchers at Edinburgh's Roslin Institute aim to combat Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome.", "Dean Gray asked Nicola Sturgeon to help his eight-year-old brother access medical cannabis which stops his seizures.", "The supermarket and online grocer Ocado say there are signs of pre-Covid shopping habits returning.", "A range of rules will end so children do not face greater restrictions \"than those of wider society\".", "The former aide launches another attack on the PM, but also defends his decision to work for him.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening.", "Mark Cavendish surges to his 33rd stage victory at the Tour de France to move within one win of the all-time record held by Belgian legend Eddy Merckx.", "The East Antrim assembly member replaces Paul Frew, appointed by former DUP leader Edwin Poots.", "The Ellesmere Port factory will get a £100m investment to build electric vehicles and protect 1,000 jobs.", "The US defence department is scrapping a cloud computing contract, which sparked a row between Amazon and Microsoft.", "There is \"aggressive opposition\" to LGBT equality in the Church, the Reverend Andrew Rawding says.", "Eluned Morgan's comments come ahead of plans to scrap restrictions in England.", "Danyal Hussein murdered Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry in a \"demonic deal\", his trial heard.", "The latest forecasts mean the debate about the triple lock guarantee will heat up.", "Convicted murderer Steven Gallant was on day release when he helped stop a knifeman's rampage.", "American troops quietly withdrew from the key airbase in the early hours, new base commander says.", "The storm is moving north towards Florida, but there were warnings of heavy rain as it left Cuba.", "The Scottish Police Federation has warned its members face a \"new level of risk\" as a result of the pandemic.", "Kirsty McKell is waiving her right to anonymity to urge other victims of sexual abuse to speak out.", "Restrictions in England's schools are axed, as 641,000 pupils miss school due to Covid regulations.", "Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks dies after a \"fireworks malfunction\" at a Fourth of July party.", "Nearly 2,000 people who died with Covid were \"definitely\" or \"probably\" infected while in hospital.", "The family of 21-year-old Hamza Mansoor have thanked \"all the heroes\" who tried to save him.", "Thousands take to the streets in Sydney, with further protests in Melbourne and Brisbane.", "As the search for remains in the collapsed apartment block ends, one victim remains unaccounted for.", "Residents near the blaze at Yokesford Hill Industrial Estate are advised to shut their windows.", "A surge in inflation means the government spent £8.7bn in interest payments last month.", "The England manager says vaccination is a chance to \"get your freedom back\".", "Army bomb disposal experts detonate the 500lb (227kg) device found on a new-build housing estate.", "Authorities remove a Seat Leon and Dacia Duster for obstructing the A5.", "Britain's Adam Peaty continues his seven-year unbeaten streak in the 100m breaststroke by winning his qualifying heat with a time of 57.56 seconds.", "Heavy rains have battered India's western coast, leaving dozens dead and prompting mass evacuations.", "Three men are arrested in connection with the death of the 31-year-old in Bury, Greater Manchester.", "Nearly 50 years after 11 Israeli athletes were killed, a moment's silence is marked in Tokyo.", "Thunderstorms and 55mph gusts of wind could disrupt the plans of holidaymakers, the Met Office says.", "Team GB's Helen Glover \"has a fight on her hands\" to win her third rowing Olympic gold medal after a disappointing display in Tokyo.", "M&S says it may have to reduce opening hours if more workers are forced to self-isolate.", "BBC Scotland speaks to Olympic rower Polly Swann on juggling training for Tokyo with working in a surgical ward in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.", "The child, who travelled from Bolton to London, is found after police mount a nationwide search.", "French anti-riot police fired tear gas during protests against Covid-19 curbs and vaccination.", "Gardaí are investigating the incident which happened in Tallaght at about 02:30 local time on Saturday.", "RNLI says rivers, lakes and reservoirs have \"hidden obstacles\" that can trap.", "There is clarity for firms considering investment in Northern Ireland, says the boss of Invest NI.", "The US government has tightened rules on which space-goers can claim their astronaut wings.", "Go-karts, bowling alleys and eateries have taken the place of closed retailers on the High Street.", "Esther Dingley disappeared on a solo walk near the France-Spain border in November.", "On day one of the Tokyo Olympics, Adam Peaty progresses while GB's women's footballers continue their winning ways.", "Chinese shooter Yang Qian wins the first gold of the Olympics but has to sing her anthem behind a mask and hang her own medal round her neck.", "Fully vaccinated people should avoid quarantine now by testing daily, the Mayor of London says.", "Great Britain's defending champion Max Whitlock reaches the pommel horse final at the Tokyo Olympics with a score of 14.900.", "Bands and fans describe the atmosphere at the UK's first full-capacity festival since 2019.", "Ever heard of a guppy hold? Know which sport would see a pancake used? Test how good your knowledge of Olympic lingo is.", "Cain, 13, was playing with friends at a reservoir when he collapsed.", "Three St Andrews University friends all received their first dose in England and their second in Scotland.", "Stephen Harmon, who opposed getting vaccinated, has died after a month-long struggle with the virus.", "Southern Britain is hit by heavy rain but there is a sunny start to school holidays further north.", "The parents of a young girl who travelled from Manchester to London by train, say they are in \"shock\".", "Huge queues at some airports are reported on the first weekend of the summer holidays for many.", "A shaky start for Helen Glover and Polly Swann but Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury win doubles opener.", "They also criticised the government's spending on unusable protective kit and called for an urgent inquiry.", "The R&B star had sexual contact with a 17-year-old he met in McDonald's, prosecutors claim.", "Full listings and coverage channels for the Tokyo Olympics across BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC radio and online.", "Toa, a killer whale stranded from his family, had washed ashore on the New Zealand coast.", "Injured British and Irish Lions prop Wyn Jones is ruled out of Saturday's first Test against South Africa, with Scotland's Rory Sutherland starting and Mako Vunipola of England added to the bench.", "A video showed Susanna Ohlen rubbing herself with dirt before broadcasting from a flood-hit town.", "Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer signs a new deal with the club until 2024, with an option for a further year.", "He allegedly used controlling behaviour, including kicking his ex-girlfriend out of his hotel room naked.", "The British and Irish Lions and Harlequins both express anger over former Ireland international Neil Francis' description of fly-half Marcus Smith.", "Watch some of the best moments from the opening events of the Tokyo Olympics including a 12-year-old table tennis player and debut of 3x3 basketball.", "It is thought 28 people have lost their lives in open water during the recent hot weather.", "New infections are down but it is too soon to say if cases have peaked, say experts.", "The British and Irish Lions draw first blood in the Test series against world champions South Africa after fighting back from nine points down at the break.", "Just 15 cells' worth of DNA was used to track down the man suspected of killing a US girl in 1989.", "Geraint Thomas' medal hopes are dashed during fall in the men's road race as Ecuador's Richard Carapaz wins gold.", "The driver fled the scene but police later arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder.", "Police, fire, borders and transport staff are now eligible in England, with 200 new test centres promised.", "A passenger on the ride in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, says it was a \"terrifying experience\".", "High Street sales from April to June grew at the fastest pace on record, industry figures indicate.", "Around 60,000 fans were at Wembley, while millions watched in pubs, fan zones and at home.", "England captain Harry Kane says those behind the online racist abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka are \"not England fans and we don't want you\".", "High hopes and nerves give way to sorrow as England lose to Italy on penalties.", "More of us worry about work-related burnout since the start of the pandemic, a study by Aviva shows.", "Sara Assayed remains in prison a month after being cleared of drugs offences in Kuwait, family say.", "Protesters say they are angry about the government’s handling of both coronavirus and the economy.", "Several packages have been found in the water off Seaford since Thursday, police say.", "Cars are submerged in water in some areas while train services have also been cancelled.", "But Boris Johnson says it is vital to proceed with \"caution\" because \"this pandemic is not over\" .", "England manager Gareth Southgate says online racist abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka is \"unforgivable\", after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the FA condemn the social media posts.", "The FA condemns those involved in the incident as \"an embarrassment to the England team\".", "Terminal 5 sees long queues at security because staff were told to self-isolate by the NHS app.", "The FA chief executive Mark Bullingham apologises to legitimate fans whose experience was affected.", "Watch the decisive final penalties of the dramatic shootout as Italy beat England 3-2 on penalties to win the European Championship after a tense 120 minutes ended 1-1 at Wembley.", "England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford says he \"will never apologise for who I am\" after receiving racist abuse following England's Euro 2020 final loss to Italy.", "The former chief medical officer said England's freedom day gives Welsh government a \"big dilemma\".", "The Welsh Conservatives say the priority should be recruiting \"the best person for the job\".", "An original Zelda cartridge and a Mario game set successive records at auction within days.", "England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy is \"incredibly painful\" but the players gave \"everything, says manager Gareth Southgate.", "James Ansell, 76, was on his way to buy a newspaper when he was stopped by a BBC journalist.", "The Northern Research Group say ministers must start delivering on promises to rebuild after the pandemic.", "How you rated the players in the Euro 2020 final between Italy and England.", "Police say they received a report of racially aggravate damage to the artwork in Manchester.", "Government scientific advisers warn hospital cases could peak at 1,000 to 2,000 a day from mid-August.", "Ministers have yet to rule on whether wearing face masks in shops will continue to be a law in Wales.", "England's hopes of ending a 55-year wait for a major trophy are crushed in heartbreaking fashion as they lose on penalties to Italy in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley.", "Dawn Cavanagh says Jack, who lives in residential care, phoned her saying \"mummy, come and get me\".", "BBC Sport readers pick their starting XI for England's Euro 2020 final against Italy.", "England's hope to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended with defeat in a penalty shoot-out as Italy claimed the Euro 2020 crown at Wembley.", "BBC pundits react to England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy after penalty shootout heartbreak at Wembley.", "A team of amateur cyclists complete the race route and raise £1m for a blood cancer charity.", "England's Tyrone Mings accuses the home secretary of \"pretending\" to be disgusted by racist abuse.", "We meet those in the England stars' hometowns who hope the boys can bring football home - literally.", "The Italian team is given a hero's welcome as it arrives home after defeating England on penalties.", "Peterborough United's Barry Fry describes Max Griggs as \"a great football man\".", "Lekso Lashkarava, who was badly injured, was found dead in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Sunday.", "President Cyril Ramaphosa says such deadly unrest was \"rarely seen in the history of our democracy\".", "Marcus Rashford says he was \"on the verge of tears\" after hearts were put on his vandalised mural.", "Some of the best tweets after England's agonising Euro 2020 final loss to Italy on penalties", "An attempt by two Stormont ministers to force police to help remove the bonfire failed in court.", "Novak Djokovic wins his sixth Wimbledon title and record-equalling 20th men's Grand Slam by fighting back to beat Italy's Matteo Berrettini.", "US group The Base, which aims to start a race war, is banned after recruitment efforts in Britain.", "England are left singing the same old song as Italy spoil their 'coming home' party by winning Euro 2020, writes Phil McNulty.", "Infection levels surged to their highest this year after most curbs were lifted three weeks ago.", "Racist abuse aimed at football players following Sunday's tournament finale has been widely condemned.", "All adults should have been offered a jab - but one-in-four adults under 30 remain unvaccinated.", "The UK businessman realises a lifetime's ambition by riding a rocket plane high into the sky.", "Police say the teenage victim was taken by members of the public to hospital, where he later died.", "Boris Johnson warns that Covid cases, currently at 30,000 a day, will rise as restrictions end.", "Gareth Southgate hopes to lead England at the 2022 World Cup but says he needs a rest before considering contract talks.", "Police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of the murder of Kyle Patrick Walley.", "Smartphones and satellite data help indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon to limit deforestation.", "Lewis Hamilton says that helping motorsport become more diverse will be \"the most valuable\" thing he has achieved in his career.", "The parades were smaller and more localised than usual due to the Covid-19 pandemic.", "The First Minister will confirm whether Scotland's levels will be changed on 19 July as planned.", "All too aware of the pain of a penalty miss, England boss Gareth Southgate rallied around the trio who missed theirs in the Euro 2020 final.", "It's the most viewed event since the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, seen by 32.1m.", "Tributes are paid to two firefighters who died in a plane crash while responding to a blaze in Arizona.", "The family, which owns 28% of the group, is looking to buy the rest of the news organisation.", "Masks will not be legally required on public transport when Covid restrictions are eased in England.", "Protecting education in international war zones is supported with £15.8m in UK aid funding.", "The government mulls how to deal with a lack of drivers amid warnings of food supply problems.", "TV naturalist Chris Packham said the count could reveal the impact of climate change on wildlife.", "At least 212 people are now known to have died in unrest sparked by the jailing of Jacob Zuma.", "Prices hit the highest since October 2013 amid forecasts of a very busy summer on UK roads.", "Greater Manchester Police say officers are keeping an \"open mind\" about the possible motive.", "Laura Soutar is stuck in hotel isolation in Majorca while her father Iain, from Milngavie, has just days to live.", "He is accused of using racist words and gestures against the ex-footballer at Molineux.", "Adults below the age of 50 are almost as likely to suffer from medical complications as the over-50s.", "More than 35 tonnes of production equipment is leaving Scotland for the port of Tianjin under a £3m deal.", "It means those who are not double-jabbed or under-18 will have to quarantine on their return.", "A therapy made from a patient’s white blood cells is being trialled by doctors in London.", "\"Good friends can disagree,\" Mr Biden says of their dispute over a Russia-to-Germany pipeline.", "A planned relaxation of England's rules from Monday will not apply due to cases of the Beta variant.", "The warning is in the latest report on the future of High Streets by former retail chief Bill Grimsey.", "An urgent shift in the way rape cases are investigated and prosecuted is needed, say watchdogs.", "The industry has warned of shortages as one in 10 staff are told to isolate by the NHS Covid app", "Tomasz Schafernaker has the latest update on the deadly flooding in Germany and Belgium after days of heavy rain.", "Cases have risen again in many regions, data reveals, ahead of England dropping most Covid rules on Monday.", "Pressed flowers and a poem found inside a centuries-old botany book sparked a quest to find the owner.", "The UK proposals have been widely rejected by the executive parties, Irish government and victims.", "It comes amid growing concern about congestion, competition and even an arms race in space.", "Bianca Devins' family claim video of her having sex and also her murder were shared with the media.", "Matej Mohoric wins stage 19 of the Tour de France, denying Mark Cavendish an opportunity to break the record for stage wins he shares with Eddy Merckx.", "A lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.", "Steve Jones and Paul Cook sue John Lydon over the use of the band's songs in Danny Boyle's Pistol.", "Public Heath England wants people to look out for those who may be at risk in warmer weather.", "\"War is inevitable - it is ethnic cleansing,\" says an Ethiopian doctor who has escaped to Sudan.", "It comes as the UK recorded almost 50,000 new cases on Thursday - the highest number since January.", "Alarm mounts over fears of a \"surge\" in workers and medical staff forced to quarantine after being \"pinged\".", "The Office for National Statistics finds Covid infections have risen again across much of the UK.", "Labour accuses Boris Johnson of \"cronyism\" but the government says proper processes were followed.", "The banking giant hopes 70% of UK staff will return to its London office in the coming weeks.", "There is more rain to come from the storm that brought Wednesday's deadly flooding", "Heavy rain has caused flooding in western Germany, leading to collapsed buildings and submerged cars.", "Emergency workers search for the missing in the wake of floods that have killed at least 120 people.", "The Land Rover Discovery was driven on railway tracks before it was abandoned.", "Conor McGregor says he was already injured before suffering a broken leg in the fight with Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas at UFC 264.", "Guto Harri is not expected to appear for the rest of the summer after making the gesture on air.", "Free jabs will be offered to more than 35 million people, including more teenagers than ever before.", "The MS Island Sky will berth in Lerwick harbour in Shetland on Monday with 66 passengers on board.", "\"War is inevitable - it is ethnic cleansing,\" says an Ethiopian doctor who has escaped to Sudan.", "At least 33 people have died and others are missing in Germany after heavy rains in the north west.", "The Ironman Wales triathlon event due to be held in Pembrokeshire is cancelled for the second successive year because of Covid-19.", "Cases of norovirus are going up with a number of outbreaks caused by the vomiting bug in recent weeks, say officials.", "Colum Eastwood named the former paratrooper, accused of two Bloody Sunday murders, in Parliament.", "The head of the WHO called for more transparency in the investigation into the origins of Covid.", "BBC Asian Network explains what the advice is in Urdu, Punjabi, Sylheti, Tamil and Gujarati.", "It comes after England's chief medical officer warned hospitalisations could hit \"scary numbers\".", "Dozens of people have died and many more are missing after severe floods in Germany.", "The disciplinary process for Wayne Couzens was held as soon as possible, the Met Police says.", "Record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks, leaving at least 122 dead in Germany and Belgium.", "A witness says \"the roof started peeling towards us, dust was everywhere and a baby was screaming\".", "It follows a review sparked by concerns raised by parents of swimmers at Ellesmere College Titans.", "Scientists want a super-computer powerful enough to accurately project the most damaging extremes.", "The ride-hailing firm says passengers will still need to wear a face covering after rules relax on Monday.", "For the first time since mid-January, more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases have been reported in the UK.", "People are believed to have died after two lorries and several cars crashed on the A1 (M), police say.", "The two countries and the Netherlands experience widespread devastation after record rainfall.", "The Labour leader tells the BBC his party has a \"trust issue\", after talking to some of its ex-voters.", "\"To subject another person to violence in this way is intolerable,\" says senior police officer.", "Children over 12 who are at higher risk of falling ill from the virus Covid will be offered the jab.", "People can put someone in charge of their affairs but the process is criticised for being slow to enact.", "An official said in 1997 it would not be appropriate for the monarch to open Wales' new institution.", "The book is due to be published next year and will be \"accurate and wholly truthful\", the prince says.", "US climate envoy John Kerry says help from China is needed to avoid a dangerous rise in heat.", "A BBC team encounters some of the migrants trying to make the dangerous journey to England.", "It covers south-west England and large parts of Wales as the UK experiences a prolonged hot spell.", "Rescheduling the Tokyo Olympics \"caused sleepless nights\" but must go ahead \"to give hope\" for the future, says IOC president Thomas Bach.", "Boris Johnson's former aide says Downing Street rifts developed within days of a landslide victory.", "A further eight boats carrying 241 migrants reached the UK on Sunday, the Home Office says.", "Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says a draft EU mandate undermines UK sovereignty over the territory.", "Some 50 people, including women and young children, were seen landing on a Kent beach in a dinghy.", "The music chain's owner says people love shopping and want to touch goods before buying.", "Double world champion para-athlete Olivia Breen said she was left angry and speechless after being told to wear 'more appropriate' shorts.", "Scotland's first minister calls on the JCVI to keep the vaccination of all teenagers under ongoing review.", "There have now been more migrants crossing the Channel this year than in the whole of 2020.", "Manchester's night-time economy advisor brands the government's certification plan \"discriminatory\".", "The government was too slow to tell women they would be directly affected by the rising state pension age.", "The leftist candidate won the popular vote but had been accused of fraud by rival Keiko Fujimori.", "Exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\", but firms warn time is not on their side.", "Nike could run out of its Vietnamese-made trainers because of a rise in Covid infections in the region.", "People performing \"critical\" tasks including air traffic controllers will still be able to work under new rules.", "The world's richest man and three other passengers return safely just over 10 minutes after launch.", "A plan to crack down on online rip-offs has been outlined by the government.", "Ateeq Rafiq died after getting his head stuck under a motorised footrest while searching for keys.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.", "Local resident says he warned that stolen cars were being freewheeled down hill months before riot.", "As the flood risks ease, questions are raised whether the high death toll could have been avoided.", "Boris Johnson also questioned whether the NHS would be overwhelmed, his former aide tells the BBC.", "Boris Johnson's former adviser sits down for his first interview - so what have we learned?", "Staff hailed as \"heroes\" during the pandemic deserve to be rewarded, says nurse who set up petition.", "Downing Street says there will not be a list of critical jobs where staff can avoid isolation to go to work.", "David Cameron showed a lack of judgement when he informally lobbied on behalf of Greensill Capital, MPs say.", "Boris Johnson's former aide says the PM is \"unfit for the job\" over his handling of the pandemic.", "A seaside resort restaurant and a village pub temporarily close in the extreme heat warning.", "The nation's largest active wildfire forces thousands to evacuate in the state of Oregon.", "Passengers describe how they climbed onto chairs to keep their heads above the floodwaters.", "Fans may be required to show proof of full vaccination to attend sports venues with capacities of about 20,000 or more by the end of September.", "Prof Ian Young says he is worried about the rise in cases and hospital admissions in Northern Ireland.", "The company is alerting customers to the risk of overheating.", "There was a three-hour tailback on the M4 in Wiltshire after a lorry caught fire.", "British and Irish authorities respond to allegations in a Panorama film about slaughtered racehorses.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leads a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic.", "The president's phone number was found on a list of numbers that were potential phone hacking targets.", "A profile of Boris Johnson's former right-hand-man, who has turned into his chief tormentor.", "Deaths from all causes were 15% above normal levels but those involving Covid remained the same.", "It says selling ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories is “inconsistent\" with its values.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening.", "Paul Allard Hodgkins is the first of hundreds of Capitol rioters sentenced for a felony.", "The Met Office has issued an amber warning for thunderstorms.", "Files show the former PM's private secretary wrote the statement but could not reach him for approval.", "The firm announces a $14.7bn (£10.7bn) deal to buy Five9, a cloud-based call centre operator.", "Ken Macharia feared for his safety in Kenya, where homosexuality is illegal.", "The Premier League player has since been bailed and suspended by his club while inquiries continue.", "The \"pingdemic\" continues to affect schools and families with nearly 25% absent as the term ends.", "The Health and Safety Executive says its recent report was 'disappointing' and 'unacceptable'.", "Some of the worshippers in Kabul appeared frightened and unsure what to do when they heard multiple explosions.", "First minister Nicola Sturgeon said lawyers would see whether \"clarification or tightening\" was necessary.", "The incident happened in the village of Scarva at about 15:30 on Monday afternoon.", "Passenger locator forms and mandatory tests will not be routinely reviewed in England, a union confirms.", "People will need to be fully vaccinated to enter venues where large crowds gather, the government says.", "Downing Street tries to clear up confusion after a minister says people can make an \"informed decision\".", "The Batley and Spen by-election candidate accuses Kirklees Council of a \"blatantly partisan\" move.", "The party's deputy leader apologises for \"absolutely atrocious'\" remarks made by colleagues in the past.", "Andy Murray's Wimbledon run comes to an end after losing to Canadian 10th seed Denis Shapovalov, while Dan Evans is also out.", "Martha Gellhorn covered 12 conflicts in a career spanning six decades.", "Italy set up a Euro 2020 semi-final match with Spain after edging an exhilarating tie with Belgium in Munich.", "US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson receives a one-month ban after testing positive for marijuana - and is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics.", "The supermarket says most of its 4,000 head office staff can choose to work at home or other locations.", "BBC News looks back at the events of Bloody Sunday, and the inquiries that have taken place to date.", "Ishleen Kaur was passionate about yoga movement Sivananda, until she found allegations of sexual abuse.", "Pentre was hit by flooding five times in 2020, affecting 159 homes and 10 businesses.", "How drama built as Labour retained its Batley and Spen seat by a narrow margin.", "Restrictions will be placed on the sound level of music performed indoors, as other Covid rules are eased.", "Messages sent to contestant Chloe Burrows online were \"wholly unacceptable\", the broadcaster says.", "Jobs will include factory work, research and development as well as scientists.", "Kim Leadbeater - the sister of former MP Jo Cox - is the new MP for the constituency of Batley and Spen.", "Charities express frustration at lost income as large crowds gather for sporting events.", "President Alexander Lukashenko claims he has 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null, "Health", "Wales", "UK", "UK", "Science & Environment"], "content": ["Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nGreat Britain women's football team began the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by taking the knee before their opening match against Chile.\n\nThe team announced last week their intention to take the knee before every football match in Japan.\n\nRules around athletes protesting at Tokyo 2020 were relaxed by the International Olympic Committee.\n\nChile's players responded by taking the knee in the Sapporo Dome, where the game was played without fans.\n\nTeam GB captain Steph Houghton said after their 2-0 victory: \"Taking the knee was something we spoke about as a group. We feel so strongly and we want to show we're united.\n\n\"We want to fight all forms of discrimination and as a group of women we wanted to kneel against it.\"\n\nThe women's football side were the first athletes to represent Team GB at the Games and they got off to the perfect start as two goals from Manchester City striker Ellen White sealed a comfortable victory.\n\nThey next take on Japan in their second group match on Saturday, 24 July.\n\nPlayers in the women's and men's game have been taking the knee to highlight racial injustice.\n\nGoalkeeper Carly Telford said last week that Team GB hoped it would encourage others to do the same.\n\nFollowing the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, players and officials in the Premier League and English Football League began taking the knee before matches to highlight racial inequality and discrimination.\n\nWomen's football followed suit during the 2020-21 season.\n\nThe Games began amid widespread opposition in Japan, with Covid-19 cases rising and fans absent from the event.\n\nDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), has backed the staging of the Games despite Chilean taekwondo athlete Fernanda Aguirre becoming the first Olympian to be ruled out of action after testing positive.\n\nElsewhere, hosts Japan opened the Games with a convincing 8-1 win over Australia in the softball group stage in Fukushima.\n\nThe match took place in an empty Azuma Baseball Stadium, with softball returning to the Olympic programme after a 13-year absence.\n\nTeam Japan's determination to retain their 2008 title was evident, with Minori Naito, Yamato Fujita and Yu Yamamoto all clearing the fence with home runs.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDominic Cummings has revealed he discussed ousting Boris Johnson within days of the Conservatives winning the December 2019 election by a landslide.\n\nThe PM's former chief adviser told the BBC it seemed that, by mid-January 2020, Mr Johnson did not \"have a plan\".\n\nMr Cummings also alleged the PM's wife Carrie Johnson had tried to influence government appointments.\n\nBut, despite quitting Downing Street last autumn following a power struggle, he denied being motivated by revenge.\n\nAsked about Mr Cummings's comments, a government spokesperson said ministers were fully focused on recovery from the pandemic and restoring the economy.\n\nIn his first major TV interview, Mr Cummings - who ran the Vote Leave campaign in the 2016 EU referendum campaign before working as the prime minister's adviser - told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that:\n\nThe Conservatives won the 2019 general election with a far better than expected 80-seat Commons majority, after a campaign involving Mr Cummings and other former Vote Leave staff in which they promised to \"get Brexit done\".\n\nMr Cummings claimed that Carrie Johnson - then Carrie Symonds - had been pleased to have Vote Leave veterans working in Downing Street until then.\n\nBut he added: \"As soon as the election was won, her view was 'Why should it be Dominic and the Vote Leave team? Why shouldn't it be me that's pulling the strings?'\"\n\nDominic Cummings: The Interview will be broadcast in the UK on BBC Two at 19:00 BST on Tuesday, and it will be available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds\n\nMr Cummings said he and his allies began to fear for their positions by January 2020 and started discussing Mr Johnson's future.\n\n\"[People] were already saying, 'By the summer, either we'll all have gone from here or we'll be in the process of trying to get rid of [Mr Johnson] and get someone else in as prime minister',\" he said.\n\nDefending the discussions about removing the democratically elected Mr Johnson, Mr Cummings said: \"He [the prime minister] doesn't have a plan, he doesn't know how to be prime minister and we only got him in there because we had to solve a certain problem not because he was the right person to be running the country.\"\n\nBoris Johnson married Carrie Symonds, with whom he has one child, in May\n\nHe also said: \"The situation we found ourselves in is that, within days... the prime minister's girlfriend is trying to get rid of us and appoint complete clowns to certain key jobs.\"\n\nBad feelings remained within Downing Street, Mr Cummings said, with his relationship with the prime minister effectively broken by July last year.\n\nFour months later, on 14 November, he quit his government job.\n\nHis departure also came at a point when the prime minister was \"fed up with the media portrayal of him being a kind of puppet for the Vote Leave team - it was driving him round the bend\", Mr Cummings said.\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson declined to comment in detail on Mr Cummings's allegations against Mrs Johnson, but said: \"Political appointments are entirely made by the prime minister.\"\n\nDespite running the successful Vote Leave campaign in the referendum, Mr Cummings said that \"no-one on Earth\" could be certain it had been the right decision to quit the EU.\n\n\"I think anyone who says they're sure about questions like that has a screw loose, whether you're on the Remain side or on our side,\" he said.\n\n\"One of the reasons why we won is... we didn't think we were all right and all Remainers were idiots or traitors or anything else.\"\n\nThe claim that the UK was giving the EU £350m a week caused huge controversy during the referendum campaign\n\nBut the Leave campaign has come in for criticism over its use during the campaign of a controversial claim that the UK was giving £350m a week to the EU.\n\nQuestioned over this, Mr Cummings said it had been a trap \"to try and drive the Remain campaign and the people running it crazy, so they would start arguing about it\".\n\nUK voters decided by 51.9% to 48.1% to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.\n\nAsked whether the UK had become more divided and politics more brutal in the years since, and whether he had damaged to the country through his campaigning style, Mr Cummings replied: \"Obviously I think Brexit was a good thing… I think that the way in which the world has worked out since 2016 vindicates the arguments that Vote Leave made in all sorts of ways.\n\n\"I think it's good that Brexit happened.\"\n\nIn recent months, Mr Cummings has written several blogs highly critical of Mr Johnson and attacked his competence and handling of the the pandemic when appearing before a parliamentary select committee.\n\nBut he denied that doing all this, and agreeing to be interviewed by the BBC, was part of a quest for revenge.\n\nMr Cummings admitted that people thought of him \"generally as a nightmare\", but said it \"doesn't matter if people are upset\" by attempts to reform government.\n\n\"A lot of people have a pop at me, but you don't see me crying about it,\" he said.\n\nHe also revealed that he had not spoken to the prime minister since quitting, having not answered a call from Mr Johnson shortly after he left Downing Street.\n\nIt did not \"bother me one way or the other\" whether they would speak again, he added.\n\nMr Cummings was repeatedly challenged throughout his BBC interview to back up his version of events.\n\nHe said many of his claims about the workings of government would be corroborated if there was a public inquiry into its handling of the Covid pandemic.", "Thomas Barrack speaking at the Republican National Convention in 2016\n\nBillionaire and long-time Donald Trump ally Thomas J Barrack has been arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly acting as an agent of a foreign government.\n\nThe 74-year-old investment firm founder served as a key adviser to the former US president's 2016 campaign, and was considered a top fundraiser.\n\nMr Barrack is accused of illegally lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates during and after the campaign.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Barrack said he planned to plead not guilty.\n\nHe is the latest ex-Trump official to face federal charges.\n\nMr Barrack is charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements to the FBI during a 2019 interview.\n\nAlso charged are Matthew Grimes, 27 - who works for Mr Barrack - and UAE citizen Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, 43, according to the seven-page indictment.\n\nActing Assistant Attorney General Mark Lesko said the conduct alleged in the indictment was \"nothing short of a betrayal\" of US officials including Mr Trump himself.\n\nThe three men are accused of seeking to advance the interests of the UAE government both by influencing Trump officials and through media appearances.\n\nIn May 2016 Mr Barrack is alleged to have inserted language praising the UAE into a Trump campaign speech. An advanced draft of the speech was allegedly sent to Mr Alshahhi to pass on to UAE officials.\n\nThe defendants are also alleged to have received \"talking points\" from senior UAE officials for use in media appearances.\n\n\"After one appearance in which Barrack repeatedly praised the UAE, Barrack emailed Alshahhi, 'I nailed it... for the home team,' referring to the UAE,\" the charging document states.\n\nThe men also allegedly agreed to promote the candidacy of a UAE-favoured individual to serve as US ambassador to Abu Dhabi.\n\nIn December 2016 - following the election - Mr Barrack is also alleged to have advised Mr Grimes and Mr Alshahhi to create a \"wish list\" of US foreign policy items that the UAE wanted to see accomplished during the Trump administration.\n\nWhile Mr Barrack and Mr Grimes were both arrested in California on Tuesday morning, Mr Alshahhi remains at large.\n\nWith the announcement, Mr Barrack becomes the latest Trump aide to face criminal charges, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump Organization lawyer Michael Cohen.\n\nDonald Trump may be out of office, but members of his inner circle are still in the prosecutorial cross-hairs. Tom Barrack is just the latest target.\n\nIt's difficult to overstate Barrack's ties to Trump over the course of their four-decade friendship. He was instrumental, for instance, in convincing then-candidate Trump to hire Paul Manafort as his campaign manager and helped fill out senior staff positions.\n\nNow, like Manafort and other Trump associates, Barrack faces accusations of using his ties to Trump to advance the interests of a foreign government.\n\nIt's yet another indication that during Trump's campaign and the early days of his presidency, nations sought to take advantage of the novice nature of Trump's political team to gain influence over US foreign policy - both above the table and under it.\n\nBarrack and Trump reportedly have had a falling out, but their ties run deep. If he wants to talk about Trump's past activities, prosecutors may be inclined to listen.", "The government is pressing ahead with plans to limit how the public can legally challenge official decisions, despite fears it will damage justice.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice says its legislation to reform judicial review will save money and court time.\n\nCritics call it an attempt to stop scrutiny of bad decisions.\n\nJudicial review most famously led to the Supreme Court's judgement that Prime Minister Boris Johnson unlawfully closed down Parliament ahead of Brexit.\n\nAny decision taken by a public body can be challenged in a judicial review before a High Court judge - and the power is used daily to examine whether officials are following the laws set by Parliament governing their work.\n\nRecent examples include a challenge to exam grades being set by algorithms in England - the threat of which contributed to a government U-turn - and the blocking of the release of the so-called \"black-cab rapist\" John Worboys.\n\nBut critics of judicial review say the wide-ranging right to bring cases has led judges to go beyond their role in upholding the law and into taking political decisions that should be left to Parliament.\n\nUnder the proposals, ministers say reforms will prevent the courts from being abused and give judges new powers over how they implement decisions that go against the government.\n\nJudges will have clearer powers to delay when and how public bodies must act to correct their unlawful actions - and they could even rule that they do not have to retrospectively apply it to the unlawful action that led to the case in the first place.\n\nThe bill will also ban a particular type of last-ditch judicial review seen in immigration cases.\n\nRobert Buckland, Lord Chancellor and justice secretary, said the Judicial Review and Courts Bill would create a better balance between the rights of citizens and effective government.\n\n\"The government has pledged to ensure that the courts are not open to abuse and delay,\" he said.\n\n\"Today we are delivering on that commitment. We are giving judges the powers they need to ensure the government is held to account, while tackling those who seek to frustrate the court process.\"\n\nOne of the government's most controversial proposals was to explicitly prevent judges from examining entire types of decisions, which could have led to ministers gaining wide-ranging immunity from legal action.\n\nWhile that explicit proposal has been abandoned - the bill keeps the idea alive by introducing a way to create so-called \"ouster clauses\" at a later date.\n\nStephanie Boyce, president of the Law Society, which represents solicitors, said that while ministers appeared to have heeded some concerns, the proposals could still weaken checks and balances on power.\n\n\"There is a great deal here that should ring alarm bells for people who come up against the might of the state,\" she said.\n\n\"Removing or limiting the retrospective effect of an order would mean that nobody who has been a victim of an unlawful state action - not even the person who brought the challenge - would benefit from a ruling that the government had behaved unlawfully.\n\n\"This would have a chilling effect on justice.\"\n\nA type of court case that allows members of the public to challenge the legality of a government decision.", "Toshiro Muto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers\n\nThe head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee has not ruled out cancelling the Olympic Games.\n\nToshiro Muto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers and hold \"discussions\" if necessary.\n\nMore than 70 people associated with the Games have tested positive ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.\n\nHis comments came on the same day International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said cancellation was \"never an option\".\n\nEarlier this month, Japan announced the Games would go ahead in empty stadiums - despite growing concern over the Covid situation.\n\n\"We will continue discussions if there is a spike in cases,\" said Mr Muto when asked at a press conference if the Games might be cancelled even at this late stage.\n\n\"At this point, the coronavirus cases may rise or fall, so we will think about what we should do when the situation arises.\"\n\nAlthough the Games don't officially begin until Friday, the sporting action has kicked off with the women's softball and football competitions starting on Wednesday.\n\nEarlier this week, two South African footballers staying in the athletes' village tested positive for coronavirus. A Czech beach volleyball player later tested positive for the virus.\n\nA total of 71 people accredited for the Tokyo Olympics have now tested positive for the virus.\n\nThe 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt's the first delay in the 124-year modern history of the Games.\n\nThe opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is due to be held on 23 July, though the first event of the Games - a softball game between Japan and Australia - took place on Wednesday.\n\nThe Olympics will end on 8 August, with the Paralympic Games due to start on 24 August and to end on 5 September.\n\nBut there has been public anger over coronavirus restrictions.\n\nPeople in Japan are also concerned about the influx of tens of thousands of people associated with the event and the impact they could have on infection rates.\n\nHost city Tokyo is facing a fresh surge of infections, with 1,387 cases recorded on Tuesday.\n\nJapan is currently under a state of emergency which will be in place until 22 August.\n\nOrganisers are \"concentrating 100% on delivering successful Games\", a Tokyo 2020 spokesperson said after Mr Muto's comments on Tuesday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tokyo Olympics: Athletes find new ways to train in lockdown", "Sir Keir was in the House of Commons earlier before his child received the positive test\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to self-isolate after one of his children tested positive for Covid, a spokesman has said.\n\nA statement from his office said one of his children tested positive at lunchtime, but Sir Keir was doing daily tests and tested negative this morning.\n\nSir Keir was in the House of Commons for PMQs earlier.\n\nThe PM and chancellor are also self-isolating after contact with the health secretary who tested positive.\n\nA further 73 people have died within 28 days of a positive test in the UK and another 44,104 cases have been recorded, according to the latest government figures.\n\nIn a tweet, Sir Keir said it was his responsibility to isolate with his family. This is the fourth time the Labour leader has had to self-isolate since the pandemic began.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Keir Starmer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the House of Commons, Sir Keir described a \"summer of chaos\" amid soaring numbers of people self-isolating at home.\n\nThe Labour leader dubbed Prime Minister Boris Johnson - who is himself self-isolating at his country house in Buckinghamshire - the \"Chequers one\" as he mocked Mr Johnson's isolation in the same week that most remaining curbs were lifted in England.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Sir Keir said: \"Everything may be calm from the prime minister's country retreat but back here the truth is we're heading for a summer of chaos.\"\n\nAppearing virtually at PMQs, Mr Johnson urged people to stick with self-isolation rules ahead of changes next month because it is \"a vital tool in our defence\".\n\nHe added: \"I apologise to everybody in business up and down the land in all kinds of services, public sector or otherwise, who are experiencing inconvenience.\"\n\nMore than half a million alerts telling people to self-isolate were sent by the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales in the first week of July, with supermarkets saying they may have to cut opening hours or shut shops due to a lack of staff.\n\nBusinesses have warned of increasing staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app. Iceland and Greene King said on Monday they had had to shut shops and pubs as a result.\n\nBusiness lobby group the CBI has warned that the problem could hamper the economic recovery.\n\nThe government has said it is \"crucial\" for people to quarantine after being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nFollowing news on Saturday that Sajid Javid had tested positive and been in contact with Mr Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, No 10 said a workplace pilot scheme would allow them to keep working from Downing Street.\n\nBut the announcement met with an angry response, with opposition parties saying it suggested there was \"one rule for them and another for the rest of us\".\n\nThe prime minister and chancellor later announced they would complete a period of isolation.\n\nSpeaking in a video on Twitter after the U-turn, Mr Johnson said: \"We did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme, which allows people to test daily, but I think it's far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules and that's why I'm going to be self-isolating until Monday 26 July.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jon Donnison spoke to some of the migrants trying to make the dangerous journey\n\nFrance will double the number of police patrolling its beaches as part of a deal with the UK to stem the number of migrants crossing the English Channel.\n\nIt comes as the number of people crossing the Channel this year has now overtaken 2020's total.\n\nThe UK will pay more than £54m as part of the deal, which will also improve intelligence sharing.\n\nBut Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont suggested it would not have an impact as the French coastline is too big.\n\nHe told the Today programme: \"The fact is, we've seen it before. Having more money, having more police officers, having more controls, will not prevent people to succeed in these crossing attempts.\n\n\"We have too many kilometres of shore to monitor.\"\n\nThe funding will also be used for better technology to target those who organise the crossings, the Home Office said.\n\nA group of migrants was seen arriving at Dover on Wednesday morning, bringing the total number this year to more than the 8,461 who made the crossing in 2020.\n\nOn Monday at least 430 migrants crossed the Channel - a record for one day. The previous daily high of 416 was set in September last year.\n\nThe Home Office said on Tuesday 287 people had landed in the UK.\n\nUK Home Secretary Priti Patel and French interior minister Gerald Darmanin have agreed to \"strengthen co-operation\" over the crossings.\n\nThe Home Office said UK support last year helped France double the number of officers deployed daily on the beaches of its northern coast.\n\nIt said this resulted in France preventing twice as many crossings so far this year compared with the same period in 2020.\n\nHowever, it said the people who facilitated the crossings had now changed their tactics and had moved further up the French coast, \"forcing migrants to take even longer, riskier journeys\".\n\nMr Dumont added that the French are not supposed to intervene at sea - yet former Border Force chief Tony Smith has called for joint patrols.\n\nMr Smith said: \"That seems to be a step too far for the French at the moment. The French position is they are not prepared to intervene on the high seas, only on land.\"\n\nA group of people thought to be migrants are escorted by Border Patrol in Dungeness on Tuesday\n\nThe new support announced by the UK would enable France \"to respond by posting more security forces further up the coast, installing and utilising the latest surveillance equipment throughout northern France\", the Home Office said.\n\nHome Office minister Victoria Atkins insisted that a £28m deal between the UK and France last November, to double police patrols on French beaches, had made a difference, saying it had prevented some 7,500 people crossing the Channel.\n\nMs Atkins told Today it was an \"incredibly complicated\" situation and that the UK was trying to work with other countries to make sure \"when people arrive in a safe country, they remain there and do not try to make that hazardous journey\". She said the government wanted \"safe routes for legal migrants\" and to crack down on the gangs bringing people over.\n\nFrom the famous White Cliffs of Dover, we watched this morning as another group of migrants was brought to shore by the Border Force, having been picked up in the Channel.\n\nConditions at sea are once again incredibly calm and the sun is shining, so these are unlikely to be the only arrivals today.\n\nAlmost 1,000 people have reached the UK by boat in the past three days, putting pressure on the home secretary to act.\n\nPriti Patel is now pledging more money to the French authorities to try to prevent the crossings. But the deal struck last night is very similar to one agreed between Britain and France last November - which has failed to stem the numbers arriving, though the Home Office points out the number of crossings being prevented by the French authorities has doubled.\n\nThe government here accepts there is no quick and easy fix to problems with the asylum system, but there's no doubt the home secretary will want to see swift results in return for the increased investment in northern France.\n\nMs Patel has previously pledged to make Channel crossings \"unviable\", with new legislation that will make it a crime to knowingly arrive in the UK without permission.\n\nThe Nationality and Borders Bill, which is currently being considered by MPs, will mean migrants entering without permission could face up to four years in prison.\n\nThe government hopes the overhaul of asylum rules will deter migrants from making the crossing.\n\nBut the plans have been criticised by charities including Refugee Action, which has called them \"extreme and nasty\".\n\nA dinghy's arrival being watched over by the crew of an RNLI lifeboat\n\nDan O'Mahoney, Clandestine Channel Threat Commander for the Home Office, said: \"There is an unacceptable rise in dangerous small boat crossings across the Channel because of a surge in illegal migration across Europe.\n\n\"People should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach and not risk their lives making these dangerous crossings. We are continuing to pursue the criminals behind these illegal crossings.\"\n\nHe added that the Nationality and Borders Bill would \"protect lives and break this cycle of illegal crossings\" and the government was continuing to return those with no legal right to remain in the UK.\n\nBut Amnesty International's Steve Valdez-Symonds told the BBC the new legislation was an \"extremely reckless and dangerous response\" to the issue and would not tackle the problem of people smugglers.\n\nInstead, he said it was likely to drive desperate people to avoid the authorities, leaving them vulnerable to further exploitation and slavery.\n\nLabour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Home Office announcement was \"yet more empty words from the Conservatives about agreeing a deal with France to address trafficking gangs\".\n\nHe said ministers promised a plan with France in August 2020, \"yet almost a year later they are still making empty promises, letting down victims, and allowing criminals to continue their evil trade\".", "Andrew Dymock had denied 15 offences relating to terrorism and hatred\n\nA neo-Nazi student who created two extremist groups and promoted a \"distorted and wicked cause\" has been jailed.\n\nAndrew Dymock, 24, from Bath, led the outlawed groups System Resistance Network (SRN) and Sonnenkrieg Division.\n\nA judge said Dymock was \"driven by an extremist mindset\" and had taken the path of \"total hatred and bigotry\".\n\nHe was convicted of 15 offences and jailed for seven years, with a further three years on extended licence.\n\nDymock's trial in June heard he used the SRN website and a Twitter account to state that Jewish people should be exterminated and encourage lone actor terror attacks.\n\nHe advocated for societal collapse and a race war, and called for gay people to be \"purged\" from society.\n\nJurors were shown this image of Dymock during his trial\n\nJudge Mark Dennis QC, sitting at The Old Bailey, said he believed Dymock was dangerous and posed a \"significant risk of serious harm\" to the public.\n\n\"It is clear you were a leader and not a follower,\" he said.\n\nHe added Dymock was an \"intelligent, well-read\" person but also \"wholly misguided\".\n\nThe court had heard Dymock wrote an online article stating a \"racial holy war is inevitable\" and that \"every stabbing, bombing, shooting further plays into our hands\".\n\nHe was expelled from SRN in late February 2018 and arrested in June of that year at Gatwick Airport, as he tried to board a flight to the US.\n\nIn his luggage police found extreme right-wing literature including Siege, an anthology of pro-Nazi essays written by James Mason, and Mein Kampf, along with clothing bearing neo-Nazi logos.\n\nImages taken from SRN videos were shown to jurors\n\nJudge Dennis said: \"Despite all the advantages of a good education and family upbringing you chose, at the age of 20, to take the path of dreadful bigotry, intolerance and hatred towards other members of our society solely on the basis of their race, creed or sexual orientation.\n\n\"In setting up and running the website and Twitter account for your extremist cause, you were prepared to inflame such vile prejudices in others and to promote and encourage hatred and violence towards other human beings in furtherance of your distorted and wicked cause.\"\n\nThe former student had been supported throughout his trial by his parents, Stella and Dr David Dymock, a professor of dentistry at Bristol University, who he lived with.\n\nThe court heard they had written to the judge asking for leniency ahead of the sentencing.\n\nDefence lawyer Andrew Morris said they were \"extremely worried\" about the impact of jail on their son.\n\nDymock told jurors \"thank you for killing me\" when he was convicted\n\nDymock, who at the time was studying politics at Aberystwyth University in Wales, denied being behind the SRN accounts, claiming he was set up by an ex-girlfriend, who had failed to recruit him to join banned terrorist group National Action (NA).\n\nHe denied being a neo-Nazi and told police: \"In fact, I am bisexual but lean towards being homosexual, in direct conflict with Nazism.\"\n\nHe was found guilty of five charges of encouraging terrorism, two of fundraising for terrorism, four counts of disseminating terrorist publications, possessing a terrorist document, stirring up racial hatred and hatred based on sexual orientation, and possessing racially inflammatory material.\n\nDymock's trial was shown images of him performing nazi salutes and holding extremist flags\n\nDet Chf Supt Martin Snowden, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, which led the investigation into Dymock, said: \"Dymock represented a threat to our society, not simply because of his mindset but because of the considerable efforts he exerted spreading his ideology and misusing his abilities.\"\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lulu Lakatos allegedly posed as a gemologist who examined the stones at Boodles in central London\n\nA woman stole diamonds worth £4.2m from a jewellers by swapping them with pebbles using \"sleight of hand\", a court has heard.\n\nLulu Lakatos, 60, allegedly posed as a gemologist who examined the stones from Boodles in central London.\n\nMs Lakatos valued seven diamonds at the New Bond Street store before placing them into a bag, a jury was told.\n\nBut when the bag was opened, inside were seven small pebbles, Southwark Crown Court heard.\n\n\"The diamonds had been stolen by the defendant by sleight of hand,\" prosecutor Philip Stott said.\n\n\"The conspiracy in which she is alleged to have played an integral and central part was one of the highest possible sophistication, planning, risk, and reward.\"\n\nMs Lakatos, who was born in Romania but lived in France, denies conspiracy to steal on or before 10 March 2016.\n\nThe court heard that, in February 2016, Boodles chairman Nicholas Wainwright was introduced to a man calling himself \"Simon Glas\", who said he was interested in buying high-value diamonds as an investment.\n\nThe pair met in Monaco the following month, where Mr Wainwright was introduced to Glas's business partner, a Russian called \"Alexander\", and the sale of seven high-value diamonds was agreed after further discussions.\n\nThe gems, worth a total of £4.2m, included a 20-carat heart-shaped diamond valued at more than £2.2m and a three-carat pear-shaped fancy pink diamond worth £1.1m.\n\nA gem valuer, \"Anna\", instructed by the buyers was due to examine the stones before they were put in a locked bag to be held by Boodles until the jewellers received the funds.\n\nMs Lakatos was allegedly the woman posing as Anna, who was escorted into the jewellers' basement meeting room on 10 March by Mr Wainwright and the firm's own gemologist, Emma Barton.\n\nMr Stott said Ms Lakatos purported to examine and weigh each of the seven diamonds before individually wrapping them in pre-cut tissue paper and placing them inside opaque boxes.\n\n\"When the examination was complete, the boxes were placed into a zippable purse-like bag, which was then padlocked shut,\" he told the jury.\n\nThe prosecutor said Ms Lakatos placed the locked bag inside her own handbag when Mr Wainwright went upstairs.\n\n\"It seems it was swapped for an identical locked bag,\" Mr Stott said.\n\nMr Stott said Ms Lakatos, from the Saint-Brieuc region of north-western France, discarded her hat and scarf and changed her clothes in a pub toilet, switching her dark coat for a light one, assisted by another accomplice.\n\nShe then used her own passport to leave London on the Eurostar, the court heard.\n\nMs Lakatos was arrested in France on a European Arrest Warrant in September last year before being extradited to the UK.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 200 people in 27 US states are being tracked for possible rare monkeypox infections, health officials say.\n\nThey fear people may have come in to contact with a Texas man who brought the disease in from Nigeria earlier this month.\n\nThe man - believed to be the first monkeypox case in the US since 2003 - was taken to hospital but is in a stable condition.\n\nSo far, no new cases have been found.\n\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it is concerned passengers who were on board two flights the man made may have been exposed to the disease.\n\nHe flew into Atlanta, Georgia from Lagos, Nigeria on 9 July, before taking a flight to Dallas, where he was hospitalised, the CDC said.\n\nIt said it was working with the airlines to assess \"potential risks to those who may have had close contact with the traveller\".\n\nBut the chances of the disease spreading on the plane were low because passengers had to wear face masks, it added.\n\nA CDC spokesperson told the BBC it was \"working with state and local health departments to follow up with individuals who may have been exposed to monkeypox\".\n\n\"The risk to the general public is thought to be low,\" the spokesperson said, adding that none of the 200 people they were monitoring were thought to be \"high risk\".\n\nMonkeypox is a rare viral disease from the same family as smallpox, but is much less severe.\n\nIt occurs mostly in remote parts of central and west African countries, near tropical rainforests.\n\nMost cases of the virus are mild, sometimes resembling chickenpox, and clear up on their own within a few weeks.\n\nMonkeypox can sometimes be more severe, however, with one in 100 cases being deadly, according to the CDC.\n\nThough rare, the disease has been discovered in the US before. A 2003 outbreak caused 47 confirmed or probable cases, and was linked to rats flown into the country.\n\nLast month, three cases were identified in the UK.", "The vandalised mural was adorned with messages of pride and positivity\n\nThousands of messages left on the Marcus Rashford mural in Manchester are to be removed for safekeeping ahead of heavy rains forecast for the weekend.\n\nThe heartfelt notes were left on the wall in Withington in a show of solidarity after it was vandalised following England's Euro 2020 exit.\n\nThey will be removed on Friday and taken to Manchester Central Library.\n\nManchester City Council has previously said it was working on plans to preserve the messages permanently.\n\nThe wall has become a draw for visitors in recent weeks but council staff have been moved to act as the UK's recent heatwave is due to make way for heavy rains by Saturday.\n\nRashford himself will be asked for his input \"to help create a legacy of love and solidarity\", the council said.\n\nGroups from the National Football Museum, the People's History Museum and the University of Manchester will also be involved in the project, although it has not yet been decided precisely how the messages will be displayed.\n\nNotes thanked Rashford for his \"kindness and helping those in need\"\n\nRashford said he was \"on the verge of tears\" when he first saw the messages from people who had travelled from across the country.\n\nIt was defaced with swear words shortly after the Manchester United forward missed a penalty, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, in England's 3-2 penalty shootout defeat.\n\nThe handwritten notes will be carefully removed in whole sections and then separated later by Manchester Art Gallery and Central Library Archives staff.\n\nThe city council's deputy leader Luthfur Rahman said: \"We think it's important this shared moment of solidarity is remembered and preserved for future generations.\n\n\"We're reaching out to Marcus with some thoughts on how this could be achieved and to ask what he would like to happen to the tributes, to help create a lasting legacy of tolerance, love, and solidarity for future generations to learn from.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People buying flats in buildings lower than 18m (59ft) in England will no longer have to provide safety details on external walls to get a mortgage, the government has said.\n\nBarclays, HSBC and Lloyds welcomed the change, and said it should pave the way for updated industry guidance.\n\nIt follows concerns over large bills to remove cladding facing many flat owners since the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nAfter the 2017 fire in Grenfell Tower, west London, in which 72 people died, thousands of blocks of flats were found to be covered in similar dangerous cladding.\n\nWork to remove the material, as well as fix other safety issues, meant many residents were charged thousands of pounds, often leaving them in negative equity and unable to sell their property.\n\nMortgage lenders began asking for assurances on the safety of external wall systems as a condition of approving mortgage applications.\n\nMortgage applicants were asked to get safety assessors to sign off a form - known as EWS1 - to prove their property is safe.\n\nLenders have been asking for the forms for many different types of buildings, including those without cladding.\n\nTo begin with, only those who owned flats in tall buildings with dangerous flammable cladding were affected.\n\nAfter the government extended its advice to smaller properties in January 2020, mortgage lenders began demanding fire surveys from a much wider range of sellers.\n\nBut on Wednesday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said this guidance would now be changed to exempt leaseholders in low-to-medium-rise blocks from this requirement.\n\nHe said the change followed new advice from fire safety experts commissioned by the government earlier this year.\n\nHome fires were at an all-time low, he said, while 91% occurred in houses, bungalows or converted flats.\n\nThis is an attempt to unlock parts of the property market that have been paralysed by the cladding crisis.\n\nIt's estimated that up to 3 million flats have been left unsellable because lenders are demanding an EWS1 form.\n\nIt's left people in low and mid-rise buildings, where the safety risks are deemed as low, unable to move with properties valued at zero.\n\nEven blocks with no cladding have been affected.\n\nThe problem has been compounded by a shortage of fire engineers to carry out the checks and flat-owners have faced long delays obtaining the paperwork.\n\nThere is an acceptance too that \"extreme risk aversion\" from lenders, insurers, and the wider property industry has resulted in flat-owners across the UK receiving massive bills for work that is not necessary.\n\nLenders have now committed to review their practices on this, but the response from leaseholders has so far been muted.\n\nThey are waiting for banks to actually change their policies - only then will this policy make a real difference to those caught up in the cladding scandal.\n\nMr Jenrick also said: \"In the small number of cases [in purpose-built tower blocks below 18m] where there are known to be concerns these should be addressed primarily through risk management and mitigation.\"\n\nHe added: \"Fire-risk assessors and lenders should not presume that there is significant risk to life unless there is evidence to support this.\n\n\"This would ensure that they respond only to the evidence and adopt a far more proportionate and balanced approach.\"\n\nMr Jenrick said he was pleased major lenders had agreed to change their rules, adding: \"I hope and expect other lenders to follow suit swiftly.\"\n\nThe change, which will apply only in England, would influence mortgage lenders' attitudes across the UK, he added.\n\nFor Labour, shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell said there was a \"cosy relationship between developers and the private inspectors they handsomely pay\".\n\nShe added: \"The government should think again about its arbitrary definition of high-risk buildings.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four-year-old Lily found a dinosaur footprint on a walk on the beach with her dad\n\nWalking with dinosaurs? A discovery by a four-year-old may point the way to how the extinct reptiles kept their feet on the ground.\n\nYoung Lily from Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan, found an impressive fossil footprint in January.\n\nIt was so good, the 200 million-year-old imprint is now on display at the National Museum Cardiff.\n\nLily's mother said they were \"thrilled\" the find was going on show.\n\nThe fossilised footprint was spotted at Bendricks Beach, near Barry.\n\nCurators said it was \"the best specimen ever found\" on a beach.\n\nLily was at the museum to see her fossil go on public display\n\nThe track is a type of footprint called Evazoum, and belongs to an unknown herbivorous dinosaur from the Upper Triassic period of earth's history.\n\nThe museum's palaeontology curator Cindy Howells said the fossil was \"one of the best-preserved examples of its type from anywhere in the UK and will really aid palaeontologists to get a better idea about these early dinosaurs and how they walked\".\n\nLily Wilder found the 220 million-year-old footprint while at the beach with her family\n\nLily's mother Sally said: \"We were thrilled to find out it really was a dinosaur footprint, and I am happy that it will be taken to the National Museum where we can be enjoyed and studied for generations.\"\n\nKarl-James Langford, from Archaeology Cymru, was asked for his advice on the find by Lily's family.\n\n\"As only the fifth person to see it live, I identified the dinosaur footprint, as of international importance, and the best to be discovered in the United Kingdom for 20 years or more,\" he said.\n\n\"This was very real. It was a much finer print than any I had ever seen, in all my years looking at the rocks on the beach with school parties and adults.\"\n\nA number of footprints have been found on the stretch of coastline at Bendrick Rock\n\nChristina Byrne, Senior Environmental Assessment Officer for Natural Resources Wales said: \"The dinosaur footprint is a spectacular find and we were pleased to grant permission and work in partnership to ensure its careful removal, so that it can be preserved as a scientific and educational resource for future generations to enjoy.\"", "Dubai's Princess Latifa before her escape attempt in 2018\n\nPhone numbers used by two Dubai princesses have reportedly been found as part of an investigation into the phone hacking spyware known as Pegasus.\n\nPrincess Latifa is the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, and Princess Haya Bint al-Hussain is his former wife.\n\nIn mid-February, BBC Panorama broadcast a secret video from Princess Latifa in which she said she was being held as a hostage and feared for her life.\n\nPrincess Haya meanwhile fled Dubai in 2019 saying she feared for her life.\n\nThe UAE has denied both women's allegations.\n\nTheir numbers are apparently on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of Israeli-based firm NSO Group.\n\nThe list was leaked to major news outlets.\n\nThe discovery of the princesses' phone numbers on the list - and those of some acquaintances - has raised questions about whether they could have been the possible target of a government client of the group.\n\nHuman rights organisation Amnesty International has issued a statement alleging that the find implicates NSO Group \"in the catalogue of human rights violations\" inflicted on the two women.\n\nIt calls for regulation to rein in \"an unchecked surveillance industry\".\n\nIt says the software is intended for use against criminals and terrorists, and is made available only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies with good human rights records.\n\nThe original investigation which led to the reports - by Paris-based NGO Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International - was \"full of wrong assumptions and uncorroborated theories\", the Israel-based group said.\n\nThe reports are part of a series of news articles suggesting thousands of prominent people have been targeted.\n\nA senior Israeli official confirmed to the BBC that the Israeli government had set up a team to examine allegations about the Pegasus software.\n\nPrincess Latifa told the BBC this year that she was kidnapped and imprisoned after trying to escape Dubai.\n\nShe said that after escaping the UAE and boarding a boat across the Indian Ocean in 2018, she was seized from a yacht and taken back to Dubai, where she says she was imprisoned in a villa converted into a jail.\n\nThe story prompted an international outcry. After the UN demanded proof of life, Dubai's royal family said she was \"being cared for at home\".\n\nPrincess Latifa has not been seen or heard from in months. Photos allegedly showing Princess Latifa in public and even travelling have appeared on an acquaintance's Instagram profile in recent months.\n\nPrincess Haya meanwhile has accused her ex-husband of abduction, torture and a campaign of intimidation. A UK court published the allegations in a series of judgements last year.\n\nAccording to the documents, her marriage fell apart after she became suspicious about what happened to Princess Latifa, as well as another of her ex-husband's children, Sheikha Shamsa.\n\nShe fled to the UK in April 2019 with her two children. The court heard last year that veiled threats from Sheikh Mohammed had left her terrified for her own safety, as well as fears that her children could be abducted and forcibly returned to Dubai.", "Days of record-breaking rainfall have caused widespread floods across China's Henan province.\n\nTwelve people died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters.\n\nMore than 500 people were eventually rescued from the tunnels in Henan province, officials said.\n\nAround 150 children and teachers were rescued from a kindergarten.\n\nChina's meteorological authority said heavy rain was likely to continue until Thursday.", "A propeller from a plane that crashed into a Snowdonia lake 76 years ago has been seen following a week of hot weather.\n\nIn 1944, a US Air Force Dakota aircraft crashed, killing its four passengers.\n\nThe recent high temperatures mean the propeller is visible at Llyn Dulyn.", "Travellers to England from green and amber list countries may no longer face Covid checks on arrival - according to a union representing border staff.\n\nOfficers will no longer routinely verify arrivals have tested negative before departure or completed a passenger locator form, the ISU said.\n\nThe Guardian first reported the change and said it aimed to reduce queues.\n\nThe government said carriers were checking all necessary requirements including forms and test bookings.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"This legal requirement on carriers is underpinned by a robust compliance regime, which is overseen by regulators.\n\n\"Compliance with these rules is essential in order to protect the population from new variants of Covid-19, and so there will be tough fines for those who do not follow the rules.\"\n\nAirlines UK, which represents easyJet, Tui and British Airways among others, said: \"Carriers are committed to working with Border Force on these requirements, which is why compliance has remained consistently extremely high.\"\n\nBut Labour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds accused the government of \"yet more staggering incompetence\" and added: \"They must - urgently - get a grip.\"\n\nFrom Monday, carriers were asked to begin checking vaccine status certification. They were already legally required to ensure passengers have completed necessary requirements before travelling.\n\nThe Guardian said it had seen a leaked memo that told border staff they no longer had to search for a passenger locator form when the computer system failed to find one.\n\nThe memo also reportedly confirmed that electronic border gates \"will no longer refer passengers to in-person checks by Border Force officers if a passenger locator form is not found\".\n\nThe memo, which the Guardian said became operational on Monday as other restrictions eased in England, has not been seen by the BBC.\n\nBorder Force officers were previously instructed to check 100% of passenger Covid documentation at the border - a direction blamed by some for contributing to queues of up to six hours.\n\nPreviously about 10% of passenger Covid documentation had been checked.\n\nBut Lucy Moreton, of the ISU trade union, confirmed the reported memo was accurate.\n\n\"Ultimately this is a political decision,\" Ms Moreton said.\n\n\"Certainly, it will reduce queue times significantly and hopefully also the level of verbal abuse to which Border Force staff are subject.\n\n\"That is welcome to us. The impact on the UK's Covid security is ultimately a scientific determination.\"\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has warned of continuing disruption to travel, saying passengers should expect much of that to be focused at check-in and before travel, rather than at the border.\n\nAll arrivals regardless of where they are coming from abroad are required to test negative before departure and have valid proof of their test status.\n\nThey are also required to conduct another test two days after their arrival, and prove this is organised pre-departure.\n\nAll travellers to the UK must complete a passenger locator form with basic details including an address.\n\nThose arriving from amber list countries, who are not fully vaccinated, must also complete a further test on day eight and quarantine at an address listed on the form.\n\nPeople who have been fully vaccinated are no longer required to carry out home quarantine when arriving from an amber list country.\n\nArrivals from red list countries must quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days, at a cost of at least £1,750 per adult.\n• None What Covid rules do holiday destinations have?", "Nearly a quarter of Taiwan's population have reportedly received one vaccine dose Image caption: Nearly a quarter of Taiwan's population have reportedly received one vaccine dose\n\nIn the last 24 hours, Taiwan has confirmed 16 new local cases and five further deaths. It has now been five days that Taiwan has recorded fewer than 20 local cases.\n\nCovid-19 restrictions are set to end on Monday, so in the next couple of days, the Central Epidemic Command Centre will decide whether or not to relax indoor and outdoor gathering limits, after two months of near lockdown.\n\nCurrently, five people are allowed to gather indoors, and 10 outdoors.\n\nSince 20 May, all of Taiwan has been in Level 3 restrictions. This is where all but essential businesses are closed, and mask-wearing is mandatory. Recently, as cases have eased, some sports and entertainment venues have been allowed to reopen.\n\nVaccination is escalating in Taiwan, so the hope is that this recent, severe wave of Covid-19 will be the last. Local media report that 23.5% of Taiwan’s 23.5m population have now had one dose of either AstraZeneca and Moderna.\n\nThere are warnings, however, that some vaccinations may have to be postponed in the coming days, due to multiple typhoon warnings.\n\nThanks to early border closures and strict regulations, Taiwan has kept cases relatively low throughout the pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University it has recorded 15,453 cases and 773 deaths.", "John Kerry has travelled the world in recent months including going to Moscow last week\n\nUS climate envoy John Kerry has called on China to increase the speed and depth of its efforts to cut carbon.\n\nWithout sufficient emissions reductions by China, Mr Kerry said, the global goal of keeping temperatures under 1.5C was \"essentially impossible\".\n\nMr Kerry said he was convinced that China could do more and the US was willing to work closely to secure a reasonable climate future.\n\nEvery major economy must now commit to meaningful reductions by 2030, he said.\n\nMr Kerry was speaking at Kew Gardens in London, ahead of a G20 environment ministers meeting in Italy later this week.\n\nReferring to the key COP26 gathering in Glasgow in November, the former Secretary of State said that \"in little more than 100 days we can save the next 100 years\".\n\nDoing so would not be easy he said. Mr Kerry said that the promises made during and since the Paris climate agreement in 2015 would still see the world's temperature increase by 2.5-3C.\n\n\"We're already seeing dramatic consequences with 1.2C of warming,\" he said, referring to recent heatwaves in the US and Canada, and flooding in Europe.\n\n\"To contemplate doubling that is to invite catastrophe.\"\n\nHe castigated the efforts of some countries which are still building new coal-fired power stations. He was scornful of nations that are illegally cutting down the rainforest\n\n\"They're removing the lungs of the world, destroying irreplaceable biodiversity and destabilising the climate all at the same time.\"\n\nObservers say that the envoy was likely referring to Brazil and Indonesia.\n\nRecent flooding in Germany has put climate change on the top of the political agenda\n\nMr Kerry paid special attention to the efforts of China, saying the country was now \"the largest driver of climate change\".\n\nChina has promised to peak emissions by 2030 - but the US diplomat said that was not good enough.\n\n\"If China sticks with its current plant and does not peak its emissions until 2030, then the entire rest of the world must go to zero by 2040 or even 2035,\" he warned.\n\n\"There is simply no alternative because without sufficient reduction by China, the goal of 1.5C is essentially impossible. China's partnership and leadership on this issue of extraordinary international consequence is essential.\"\n\nMr Kerry said he was convinced that China could outperform the targets it had set itself and that despite their diplomatic differences, the US was keen to co-operate.\n\nHeatwaves are hitting many parts of the world as the climate warms\n\nHe also said all other major economies would have to step up, with more ambitious targets and plans for the next decade.\n\nMr Kerry's comments come as new research shows that G20 countries are continuing to support fossil fuels in ways that are incompatible with the goals of the Paris agreement.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is behind the extreme heat?\n\nAccording to Bloomberg's Climate Policy Factbook, G20 nations collectively cut fossil fuel funding by 10% from 2015 to 2019. However, eight countries, including the US, Canada and Australia increased their financial support for oil, coal and gas in this period.\n\nLast week, Mr Kerry travelled to Moscow where both sides agreed that the climate issue is one of common interest. President Putin said that Moscow \"attaches great importance\" to achieving the goals of the Paris climate agreement.\n\nIn May, Mr Kerry was criticised by some scientists for rejecting the idea that Americans would have to change their consumption habits, for example, eating less meat.", "Marks & Spencer has warned it is already cutting Christmas products in Northern Ireland due to concerns over forthcoming post-Brexit customs checks.\n\nChairman Archie Norman told Radio Four's Today Programme the changes could mean higher prices and less choice for Northern Ireland customers.\n\nMr Norman said current \"pointless\" checks with the Republic of Ireland were \"threatening\" to its business.\n\nHe called for a \"common sense approach to enforcement.\"\n\nThe UK is expected later to warn the EU it is prepared to unilaterally override the Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland if a simplified agreement cannot be reached.\n\nRight now, supermarkets who send products there from Great Britain face only light-touch checks, under a so-called \"grace period\" which delayed some of the new processes. That runs out at the end of September.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol helps prevent the need for checks on the island of Ireland's internal border.\n\nBut in the first warning from a major retailer on the scale of the potential problems, former Conservative party MP Mr Norman said once light-touch export checks end, there will be \"gaps on the shelves\".\n\n\"This Christmas, I can tell you already, we're having to make decisions to delist product for Northern Ireland because it's simply not worth the risk of trying to get it through,\" he said.\n\n\"We've already made that decision. We're waiting to see how serious it's going to be but if it's anything like southern Ireland (the Republic of Ireland), and at the moment it's set to be, then it's going to be very, very serious for customers.\"\n\nMarks and Spencer is a major employer in Ireland, with more than 4,000 staff.\n\nIn a letter to Brexit minister Lord Frost, Mr Norman said the current EU customs arrangements were \"totally unsuited and were never designed for a modern fresh food supply chain between closely intertwined trading partners\".\n\n\"There is no other outcome for consumers in Northern Ireland in the end other than higher prices, given the inflationary pressures being put on to retailers by the regulatory regime,\" Mr Norman wrote.\n\n\"Being able to keep the show on the road, let alone growing, is going to be very challenging,\" he added.\n\nMr Norman told the BBC that \"pettifogging enforcement\" of the rules required M&S to employ 14 full-time vets, \"simply ticking boxes and filling out forms\", in order to certify its products.\n\n\"Sandwiches typically require three veterinary certificates to get through,\" he said.\n\nBecause of the way the system worked, M&S had had to give up exporting half its sandwich range to Ireland, he said.\n\nIf forms were filled in incorrectly, that meant delays, with everything on paper and nothing digital, Mr Norman said.\n\n\"If one page is blue instead of black typeface, the entire wagon is turned away,\" he added.\n\nMr Norman said that if the same regime was replicated in Northern Ireland at the end of September, it would be \"incendiary\" for the public there.\n\nMr Norman said M&S was one of the largest UK-based retailers operating in Ireland as a whole and played \"a disproportionate role\" in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Our market share in Northern Ireland is almost double our share on the UK mainland. In part, this reflects our history as the only major UK retailer that committed to trade and invest continuously through the Troubles,\" he said.\n\n\"Our commitment and involvement with the people and communities of Northern Ireland remains strong. We are also a major employer and investor with over 4,000 people employed directly by M&S and many more in our supply chain.\"\n\nHe added that last year, M&S invested more than £10m in the business in Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, the issues raised by the current customs arrangements, in which Northern Ireland remains part of the EU Single Market while the rest of the UK has left, were \"very threatening to our business\", he said.\n\nIreland's European affairs minister Thomas Byrne said it was willing to discuss \"any creative solutions\".\n\n\"But we have to recognise as well that Britain decided itself to leave the single market of the European Union, to apply trade rules, to apply red tape to its goods that are leaving Britain, to goods that are coming into Britain,\" he added.\n\nThe EU has said a temporary Swiss-style veterinary agreement for Northern Ireland, in which the UK continues to follow EU agri-food rules, could be a solution, but it has been rejected by the UK.\n\nIn his letter, Mr Norman said he understood why the UK government was \"not favourably disposed\" to this solution, although he added that it was \"by far the best way of delivering a smooth trade flow\".\n\nRegardless of this, he added, many problems could be solved by a willingness to overlook \"trivial\" errors in paperwork and efforts to set up a \"trusted trader\" scheme.\n\n\"Any scheme should start on the basis that we are prepared to follow EU standards for products going to Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"The debate is not about meeting standards, this is about what we are required to do to show we are compliant.\"\n\nNumber 10 said Mr Norman's letter was a \"stark warning\" of \"the fundamental problems with the Protocol\".\n\n\"That is why we need to urgently tackle these issues, to ensure there is minimal disruption to people's lives in Northern Ireland, as the Protocol itself intended,\" it added.\n\nIt plans to set out details later on its approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe sort of products M&S is considering taking off the list for Northern Ireland this Christmas are ones containing a lot of different ingredients. For example, special occasion food like pies or pates, which people might order for a celebration.\n\nToday, the company's chairman wants to send a message that the way post-Brexit rules on trade with EU countries have been implemented is making it extremely difficult to get products over to the Republic of Ireland, forcing the retailer to cut back the range it sells there.\n\nAnd he fears Northern Ireland is heading the same way.\n\nIt won't be a co-incidence that Archie Norman's intervention comes just before we expect to hear more on the government's proposals. He presents an argument for introducing less disruptive trade processes after the grace periods expire.\n\nWhether the EU will accept that is a whole other question.", "The foreign secretary has accused the EU of seeking \"to undermine the UK's sovereignty over Gibraltar\".\n\nDominic Raab said he was \"disappointed\" by EU proposals for a post-Brexit deal over the British overseas territory.\n\nMr Raab said a draft mandate from the European Commission \"directly conflicts\" with a framework deal agreed by the UK, Gibraltar and Spain last December.\n\nEU leaders must sign off on the EU's mandate before negotiations can begin.\n\nGibraltar's sovereignty is disputed by Spain and Britain. The territory was not included in the trade agreement settled between the EU and the UK last year and a separate deal has to be agreed.\n\nIt is thought that British objections to the EU plans centre on the nature of proposed new border arrangements in Gibraltar.\n\nLast December's political deal between the UK, Gibraltar and Spain gave a prominent role to the EU's border agency Frontex but the Commission's mandate appears to give greater responsibility to Spanish officials.\n\nIn a statement, the foreign secretary said: \"We have consistently showed pragmatism and flexibility in the search for arrangements that work for all sides, and we are disappointed that this has not been reciprocated. We urge the EU to think again.\"\n\nThe European Commission said the proposed negotiating directives \"put forward solutions to remove physical checks and controls on persons and goods\" at the border between Spain and Gibraltar.\n\n\"It is without prejudice to the issues of sovereignty and jurisdiction, and focuses on cooperation in the region,\" the bloc added.\n\nThe mandate includes rules for establishing responsibility for asylum, visas, residence permits and police cooperation and information exchange.\n\nThe EU's post-Brexit negotiator, Maros Sefcovic, said its proposals seek to make a \"positive impact\" on those living either side of the border with Spain while protecting the single market.\n\n\"By putting forward this draft mandate, we are honouring the political commitment we made to Spain to start the negotiations of a separate agreement between the EU and the UK on Gibraltar.\n\n\"This is a detailed mandate, which aims to have a positive impact for those living and working on either side of the border between Spain and Gibraltar, while protecting the integrity of the Schengen Area and the single market.\"\n\nIn March the Foreign Secretary, and Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo agreed a joint approach to the negotiations on a new Gibraltar treaty between the EU and the UK.", "Lorry driver shortages are causing temporary fuel supply issues at some of BP's petrol stations.\n\nThe oil firm said shortages of unleaded petrol and diesel had seen a \"handful\" of its UK sites close temporarily.\n\nHowever, the oil company said the \"vast majority\" of shortages were being \"resolved within a day\".\n\nBP said its supply chain had also been exacerbated by the closure of a distribution terminal due to staff being told to isolate last week.\n\n\"We are working hard with our haulier supplier to deliver fuel into sites and minimise any disruption to our customers. We apologise for any inconvenience caused,\" BP said.\n\n\"Our supply chain has been impacted by the industry-wide driver shortages across the UK, and was exacerbated by the temporary closure of our Hemel Hempstead fuel distribution terminal last week because of necessary Covid-19 isolations amongst staff. The terminal is now operating as normal once again.\"\n\nLorry drivers are currently in short supply, with the Road Haulage Association estimating a shortfall of about 60,000.\n\nIt said some 30,000 HGV driving tests did not take place last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPreviously, a temporary extension of lorry drivers' working hours was met with backlash from the industry who said the government is applying a \"sticking plaster\" to driver shortage problems.\n\nBP's announcement came as retail industry body the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned supermarkets were experiencing \"minor disruption\" due to a shortage of drivers.\n\nSome supermarkets are understood to be suffering shortages of particular brands. But while customers may not be able to find the exact product they are after, the same product made by different brands is available.\n\nThe BRC called on the government to \"rapidly increase\" the number of HGV driving tests taking place.\n\nThe Department for Transport said it is looking to increase testing capacity.\n\nAndrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the BRC, said supermarkets were working closely with suppliers to \"ensure consumers still have access\" to the same selection of goods.\n\n\"Government must rapidly increase the number of HGV driving tests taking place, fill gaps by providing visas for EU HGV drivers, and also look for a longer-term solution to this issue,\" he added.\n\nSome stores have also reported an increase in workers having to self isolate due to being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid app, but levels are not said to be near previous peaks in the pandemic.\n\nOther sectors are also experiencing staff shortages due to workers needing to isolate.\n\nRoyal Mail said in a \"limited number of areas\" services were being disrupted due to Covid-related absences.\n\nThe shortages in workers comes as the government announced firms can apply for staff to be exempt from coronavirus self-isolation rules.\n\nThe government has said there will be no list of critical workers exempt from isolating rules and exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\".\n\nHowever, the numbers of those who will be granted exemption outside of the NHS are expected to be relatively small, and not reach the high tens of thousands.\n\nRod McKenzie, of the Road Haulage Association, said the government's plan was \"confusing\" and felt like \"it's been rushed\".\n\nHe said: \"Where do you draw the line on lorry drivers, essential workers, the people in the supply chains? Because most of the people I know in the supply chain would say 'hang on a sec, I'm an essential worker'.\"\n\nIn a letter to the logistics sector, government ministers said they would consult about \"the delegation of off-road manoeuvres\" as part of the HGV test, which they said would boost testing capacity.\n\nIt added the Department for Transport would also look to into issuing provisional licences to drive rigid and articulated lorries.\n\nDowning Street previously said that the first exemptions around self-isolation have been given in some critical sectors.", "Ciaran Michael Murray was generous, loving, kind and sensitive, his family said\n\nA man died after he was crushed by a lorry as he was crawling away from his crashed car, an inquest has heard.\n\nCiaran Michael Murray's car had collided with a road sign on the A55 on Anglesey late on 6 August.\n\nWitnesses saw Mr Murray, 35, crawling \"like a crocodile\" across the westbound carriageway, where he was run over.\n\nAt an inquest in Caernarfon, the coroner recorded a narrative verdict because it was unknown whether Mr Murray had intended to kill himself.\n\nThe inquest heard it was impossible to determine how badly Mr Murray had been hurt in the first crash, but he was not wearing a seatbelt and would have been injured.\n\nEmma Dainty, a forensic collision investigator for North Wales Police, told the hearing: \"The road sign was extensively damaged. The poles are set deep into concrete, but were bent at right angles to their normal position.\n\n\"We don't know if he was thrown out of the car or managed to crawl out.\n\n\"The drivers of other cars then saw him crawling across the road towards the centre like a crocodile, and stopped to raise the alarm.\n\n\"The first collision left his car facing the opposite direction to the flow of the traffic, so he may have thought he was crawling to safety.\"\n\nThe court heard a lorry driver, who was not called to give evidence, saw the hazard lights of other cars that had stopped and changed lanes to avoid them.\n\nBut the darkness meant he did not see Mr Murray in the path of his vehicle until it was too late.\n\nConsultant pathologist Mark Atkinson told the hearing: \"His injuries were so massive in the second collision that it's difficult to know what happened.\n\n\"But if he wasn't wearing a seat belt, it's inevitable that he would have sustained severe impact in the first collision, to the point where he was only just surviving, rather than making decisions.\"\n\nActing senior coroner Kate Sutherland said: \"Ciaran Michael Murray had some bad news that day about the health of a family member and had gone out in the car to clear his head.\n\n\"But there is no clear evidence that he intended to kill himself.\"\n\nMr Murray's family previously described him as generous, loving, kind and sensitive.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Industry bodies have reacted with dismay at the government's plan for firms to apply for staff to be exempt from coronavirus self-isolation rules.\n\nThe government has said there will be no list of critical workers exempt from isolating rules and exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\".\n\nKaren Dee, chief executive of the airport operators association, said the scheme was \"simply unworkable\".\n\nThe food supply industry called for clarity on how the scheme would work.\n\nThe new policy comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that fully-vaccinated people in critical roles in England would be able to continue working even if told to self-isolate after being in close contact with someone who has Covid. The new rule is limited to those without Covid symptoms.\n\nIndividual businesses will have to contact their relevant government department to apply for any exemption.\n\nThose deemed eligible, which includes NHS and care staff, will be able to take daily tests instead.\n\nDowning Street said that the first exemptions around self-isolation have been given in some critical sectors.\n\nThe number of exceptions outside of the NHS is expected to be relatively small, and not reach the high tens of thousands.\n\nThere are ongoing discussions with companies in critical industries.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"A number of those exemptions are in process of being granted or have been granted.\"\n\nFirms have warned of increasing staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app. Iceland and Greene King said on Monday they had had to shut shops and pubs as a result.\n\nBusiness lobby group the CBI has warned that the problem could hamper the economic recovery.\n\nRod McKenzie, of the Road Haulage Association, said the plan felt like it had been \"thought up on the hoof without proper organisation or thought\".\n\n\"Truckers were classed as essential workers at the start of the pandemic; now they may be or may not be,\" he said.\n\n\"It's too confusing. The criteria isn't clear and it risks being both unfair and devastating to an already creaking supply chain.\"\n\nMs Dee, of the airport operators association, said the government \"must reconsider and exempt categories of workers\", such as airport security staff and air traffic controllers from the requirement to self-isolate.\n\n\"As 24-hour operations, we need clear rules that are workable and easy to implement or there is a risk of unnecessary temporary closures,\" she said.\n\n\"Applying for each individual for an exemption from self-quarantine if they are 'pinged' is simply unworkable.\"\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, said: \"What is the application process for businesses to use this? Who will qualify? Do you have to prove you are severely affected? How long will it take?\n\n\"If it's not simple and quick, it will not help and most businesses will have to ignore it.\n\nHe said the number of people absent in the food sector due to isolation requests was \"growing exponentially across the food supply chain\".\n\nAndrew Selley is the chief executive of food wholesaler Bidfood, which has about 5,000 employees across the UK and 24 depots.\n\nHe said the number of staff who were self-isolating changed on a day-to-day basis, but added the company had \"well over 100 people\" off at the moment.\n\nThe firm, which has large contracts with schools, hospitals and prisons, recently had half a shift off at one depot due to staff being told to isolate.\n\nMr Selley said it was a \"little ridiculous\" to expect individual companies to seek exemptions for staff who had been told to self-isolate.\n\nHe added entire sectors, such as food supply, should be exempted and the government's scheme should work in the \"same way it did for key workers\" at the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nThe government has said it is \"crucial\" for people to quarantine after being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nIts message comes after business minister Paul Scully said it was a decision for individuals and employers whether they should isolate after a \"ping\" from the app.\n\nThe Times reported that another minister in the business department, Lord Grimstone of Boscobel, stressed in a letter to one large employer that the app was only an \"advisory tool\" and that people were not under any \"legal duty\".\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said \"business-critical areas\" would be able to apply to be exempt from isolating.\n\n\"It's not a blanket exemption and my understanding is we're not going to be producing a list covering individual sectors,\" he said.\n\n\"It's important that anyone who feels they're in a critical industry or wants to raise potential issues because of isolation are able to contact departments and get advice and where necessary get exemptions.\"\n\nAsked specifically about supermarket workers, the spokesman said: \"We're not seeking to draw lines specifically around who or who is not exempt.\n\n\"What's important is to make sure critical services are able to function and get that balance right between requiring people to isolate... but also making sure critical services can function.\"", "Vue said it had taken all possible steps to ensure a similar incident could not happen again\n\nA cinema chain has said it is \"deeply sorry\" after the death of a man who became trapped under a chair.\n\nVue Cinemas was fined £750,000 for safety breaches following the death of Ateeq Rafiq after he was crushed by a motorised footrest at Birmingham's Star City cinema in March 2018.\n\nJudge Heidi Kubik QC said it was \"an accident that never should have happened\".\n\nVue said all recliners of this type have now been removed from its cinemas.\n\nMr Rafiq, 24, a father of one, became trapped after searching for his keys and suffered \"catastrophic\" brain injuries.\n\nAll recliner chairs of the type involved have been removed from its cinemas, Vue said\n\nIn a statement, Vue said: \"The death of Mr Rafiq saddened everybody at Vue and we remain deeply sorry for the loss suffered by his family and friends.\n\n\"We hope that the end of these proceedings brings some closure to them following this tragic accident.\n\n\"All recliners of the type involved in the incident have been removed from our cinemas and we have taken all possible steps to learn from this and ensure it could not happen again.\"\n\nVue was also ordered to pay £130,000 in costs and, on Tuesday, the judge said there had been a \"complete lack of a risk assessment\".\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive said the force that came down on Mr Rafiq, from Aston, was the equivalent to a weight of three-quarters of a tonne.\n\nAnd an inquest, which ended in a verdict of accidental death, was told the reclining chair had been missing a bar that would have allowed him to be released by hand.\n\nVue Entertainment Ltd pleaded guilty in April 2021 to failing to carry out an adequate risk assessment and failing to ensure the safety of visitors to the cinema.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The girl was in Myatt's Field Park with her family when she collided with an e-scooter\n\nA three-year-old girl has been left with \"life-changing\" injuries from a collision with an e-scooter in south London.\n\nShe was in Myatt's Field Park, Lambeth, with her family when she was struck at about 20.30 BST on Monday, police said.\n\nThe Met Police said the young man on the e-scooter stopped to say sorry.\n\nIt is illegal to use private scooters in public in the UK. The Met Police was alerted to the case on Tuesday when the girl's condition deteriorated.\n\nShe was in a stable condition but her injuries had been assessed as life-changing, the police said.\n\nDet Insp Lucie Card said: \"A little girl has been left in a serious condition after this collision and her family are, of course, very distressed.\n\n\"I am asking this person to please come forward and speak to us because we do need to understand what happened.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sarah Draa first got lip fillers when she was 18\n\nThe \"complete absence\" of regulation of non-surgical beauty treatments, such as botox-style injections and fillers, is dangerous and must urgently change, say MPs.\n\nAfter a year-long review, they claim the government has left the industry to regulate itself, despite concerns regularly raised by many within the sector.\n\nPatient Safety Minister Nadine Dorries says she will review the report.\n\nThe All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing, says that while demand for non-surgical procedures has \"exploded\" in recent years, the UK government has failed to keep up - with aesthetic training courses almost entirely unregulated.\n\nIf invasive beauty procedures are not carried out properly, it can put the patient at risk of serious complications.\n\nSuch concerns were demonstrated in a recent BBC Three documentary which revealed complicated aesthetic procedures are being taught over the internet or on unsafe one-day courses.\n\n\"It's like the Wild West,\" explains inquiry co-chairwoman and Labour MP Carolyn Harris.\n\n\"We have people who are selling training courses which are not worth the paper they are written on. We have practitioners who are destroying the industry's reputation by practising completely unqualified and we have victims who are scarred for life.\"\n\nThe review makes 17 recommendations that it wants the government to implement.\n\nThese include introducing mandatory training for all practitioners and setting up a national licensing system, to ensure premises meet certain hygiene requirements.\n\nIt's hoped this would stop treatments taking place in \"unsuitable locations\" like offices, hotel rooms and pop-up shops.\n\nMake-up artist Sarah Draa, 23, first got filler in her lips when she was 18.\n\nSarah's lip was swollen and sore after her treatment\n\n\"I would say, 'I want Kylie Jenner lips, I want to look like Kim K,'\" she explains. \"There's so much pressure when you are seeing influencers on massive social media platforms every day.\"\n\nAfter a few filler top-ups, Sarah still hadn't achieved the \"juicy, pouty lips\" she wanted - and lumps had started appearing.\n\nShe was also running out of money so decided to try the cheapest practitioner she could find.\n\nOne lump on her top lip got bigger and bigger.\n\n\"It become so noticeably big, my lips looked like they had collapsed,\" she says. \"I had to have more filler put into the other side to balance it out.\n\n\"I looked disfigured and it was so sore.\"\n\nSarah eventually agreed to have the filler dissolved and later refilled, after meeting with practitioner Amish Patels who is a member of Save Face, a register for medical professionals who provide non-surgical cosmetic treatments.\n\n\"I have been working in the industry for over five years and never before have I had so many enquiries for people seeking help,\" Amish says. \"I have built up my clinic and reputation on corrective work, which is sad. It shouldn't be that way.\"\n\nSarah agrees: \"You need to think before you get these things done. Looking back, I realise how young 18 is and if I could go back I probably would hold off.\n\n\"I'm not an anti-filler person because I believe you should do whatever makes you happy, but if you're going to do it, do your research on a practitioner's experience and possible complications.\"\n\nAs part of the Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021, it is due to become illegal for under-18s to receive Botox (botulinum toxin injections) or fillers in October.\n\nHowever, MPs say this should be extended to other invasive treatments like thread lifts.\n\nAesthetic surgeon Dr Vincent Wong supports the idea, saying: \"Eighteen years old is considered very young to be changing the structure or shape of your face. Young people should focus on good skin care products, but unfortunately many come to us and want to look like certain celebrities.\"\n\nThe report says social media platforms have driven demand for treatments and become a platform to sell them and must take responsibility for curbing misleading advertisements.\n\nThe inquiry also wants to challenge the idea that non-surgical treatments are a \"quick fix\" to improve self-esteem or happiness.\n\nIt has called for mandatory psychological screenings to take place ahead of treatments to understand a person's motivation and spot individuals at risk.\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care will review the report's recommendations.\n\nNadine Dorries said: \"Patients must always come first, and I am committed to protecting their safety making sure people have the right information they need to make informed decisions about cosmetic surgery and ensuring the highest quality training is accessible to all practitioners.\"\n\nHowever, some fear that after years of inaction, little will change.\n\nDr Wong said: \"If theses findings aren't enough for the government to finally make a move, I really don't know what it will take for them to take this seriously.\"\n\nThe devolved government in Scotland has carried out a public consultation on the regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures and says it expects to announce its next steps \"in the near future\".\n\nNorthern Ireland's Department of Health said in a statement it would consider the report and respond in due course, while the Welsh government said it will be doing further work in this \"important area\".", "Rashford asked on Twitter: \"Why has there always got to be a motive?\"\n\nFootballer Marcus Rashford has defended his off-field partnerships amid claims he has profited by campaigning.\n\nThe Manchester United and England forward tweeted he had heard political magazine The Spectator was due to publish a story about him getting an income from the partnerships.\n\nThe 23-year-old has backed child food poverty incentives and raised £20m for groups tackling the issue.\n\nHe questioned why footballers \"can't just do the right thing\" for charity.\n\nThe article has not yet been published.\n\nThe England player has also forced a series of government U-turns over free school meals during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe tweeted a thread on Tuesday saying accusing him of benefitting financially from these charity partnerships was \"just a non-starter\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Marcus Rashford MBE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRashford's Burberry partnership saw the fashion company make a number of donations to youth charities and youth clubs, including London Youth and Norbrook Youth Club in Manchester, which he went to as a child.\n\nBefore that he started a petition urging ministers to extend free school meals through half-term and the Christmas holidays, eventually pressuring ministers into providing £170m of extra funding.\n\nHundreds of messages have been left on the mural\n\nRashford wrote on Tuesday: \"Just heard Spectator are planning to run a story on me tomorrow about how I have benefitted commercially in the last 18 months.\n\n\"To clarify, I don't need to partner with brands. I partner because I want to progress the work I do off the pitch and most of any fee I would receive contributes to that.\n\n\"Last summer, 1.3M children had access to food support, through my relationship with Burberry children have a safe place to be after school where they will be fed, following the November investment vulnerable children have safe places to go this summer holiday, and due to my relationship with Macmillan 80,000 children now have a book to call their own.\n\n\"Do I have a larger commercial appeal following the U-turns? I'm sure. But I'm also a Manchester United and England international footballer. Why has there always got to be a motive? Why can't we just do the right thing?\n\n\"I actually enjoy reading bits from The Spectator now and again but this is just a non-starter.\"\n\nRashford, who received free school meals himself, was made an MBE in the delayed 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List.\n\nA mural honouring the footballer was vandalised with graffiti following England's defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nHundreds of heartfelt notes were later placed on the artwork in Withington, Manchester.\n\nHe was was targeted with racist abuse on social media after the game along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who also missed a penalty.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "French officials said that if true the reports about President Macron would be very serious\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron is one of several world leaders believed to have been targeted for phone hacking using spyware, media reports say.\n\nThe software, known as Pegasus, infects phones and allows operators to spy on their targets.\n\nThe leaders are on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of Israeli-based firm NSO Group. The list was leaked to major news outlets.\n\nIt says the software is intended for use against criminals and terrorists.\n\nIt says it is made available only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies with good human rights records.\n\nThe original investigation which led to the reports - by Paris-based NGO Forbidden Stories and the human rights group Amnesty International - was \"full of wrong assumptions and uncorroborated theories\", the Israel-based group said.\n\nThe reports are part of a series of news articles suggesting thousands of prominent people have been targeted.\n\nFrench newspaper Le Monde reports that Moroccan intelligence services identified a phone that Mr Macron had been using since 2017.\n\nMorocco has denied being a client of Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus.\n\nBeing on the list does not mean that the software was used but it does mean that the person was a potential target.\n\nIt is not clear if the software was ever installed on the French president's phone.\n\nNumbers on the leaked list are also said to include those of President Baram Salih of Iraq and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa, as well as the current prime ministers of Pakistan, Egypt and Morocco, and the King of Morocco.\n\nMore than 600 government officials and politicians from 34 countries are on the list.\n\nThe French presidency said that if the revelations were true, they would be very serious.\n\nForeign leaders are always a top target for spies - intercepting their communications means uncovering their intentions and secrets.\n\nPoliticians and officials know they are frequently targeted but when this becomes public it can cause real fall-out.\n\nEspecially because it is not always just a country's adversaries who are involved.\n\nBack in 2013, it emerged that America's NSA was potentially tapping dozens of world leaders - including ally German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone, causing severe embarrassment and a fairly hefty diplomatic row.\n\nWhat is notable about the latest reports is that the possibility of carrying out surveillance against foreign leaders is now potentially for sale and available to a much wider range of states.\n\nIt is not clear how many of those on this list were actually targeted but even the possibility will do much to raise the pressure on NSO Group - and the governments who might have targeted other leaders.", "The UK has unveiled a new set of demands to redraw the post-Brexit trading arrangements it agreed with the EU for Northern Ireland.\n\nThe government said border checks on goods from Great Britain it signed up to in the 2019 Brexit divorce deal had proved unsustainable.\n\nBrexit Minister Lord Frost said they risked harming business, and were damaging the \"fabric\" of the UK.\n\nThe EU said it would not agree to renegotiate the terms of the 2019 deal.\n\nThe checks are included in the Northern Ireland Protocol, a section of the Brexit deal designed to avoid border checks on the island of Ireland.\n\nLord Frost called on the EU to look on the UK's proposals with \"fresh eyes,\" adding: \"We cannot go on as we are.\"\n\nHowever, he announced the UK would not be triggering Article 16 of the protocol - which would allow it to suspend parts of the Brexit deal - before talks with Brussels.\n\nHe added that the government believed using it was justifiable, but said: \"Nevertheless, we have concluded that it is not the right moment to do so.\"\n\nLord Frost told the House of Lords there was a \"growing sense in Northern Ireland we have not found the right balance, seen in an ongoing febrile political climate, protests and regrettable instances of occasional disorder\".\n\nHe also called on the EU to agree a \"standstill period\" to prevent a ban on sending chilled meat products such as sausages from Great Britain coming into force in September, when the full terms of the deal kick in.\n\nHe later told reporters it was \"perfectly normal to change treaties in the light of experience, and it happens all the time\".\n\nIn a 28-page document, the UK government suggested changes to:\n\nThe future of the Irish border was a huge sticking point during Brexit talks\n\nThe protocol was agreed to prevent the return of a hard border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, as both the UK and EU want to prevent any return to the Troubles, which lasted 30 years and cost more than 3,500 lives.\n\nUnder its terms, Northern Ireland effectively remains part of the EU's single market for goods, meaning it complies with standards set by Brussels.\n\nThe biggest practical difficulty, in trade terms, concerns the movement of food from Britain to Northern Ireland, which could then be transported into the EU via the Irish land border.\n\nThe prime minister's former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, has told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that the protocol had been a \"fudge\".\n\nBoth sides had wanted to \"sign up to something that was not what either side really wanted and which punted difficult questions into the future to figure out later\", he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit deal was \"inherently self-contradictory in various ways,\" says Dominic Cummings\n\nEuropean Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič said the EU was willing to \"seek creative solutions within the framework of the protocol\" to ease border issues.\n\nBut he added the 27-member union would not agree to a \"renegotiation\" of the Brexit deal.\n\n\"Respecting international legal obligations is of paramount importance,\" he added.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said: \"We welcome the acceptance from the government that the protocol is not working, that it is causing real harm to our economy in Northern Ireland and it is simply not sustainable.\"\n\nHe called the UK government's statement - and its publication of a command paper describing its demands - an \"important first step\".\n\nHowever, Sinn Fein Brexit spokesperson Declan Kearney called on the UK government to \"stop the evasion\" and \"get on\" with implementing the deal it agreed.\n\n\"It is not acceptable for the Tories to adopt an a la carte approach towards the protocol, to rewrite history, and now attempt a renegotiation,\" he added.\n\nIndustry group Manufacturing NI said the UK's proposals would create \"confusion and uncertainty for business\" and were likely to \"create conflict with the EU\".\n\nIt called on the EU to \"go further to ensure the UK's market works for business and consumers in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"Both parties owe it to the people in Northern Ireland to skip the drama and get on with dialogue and decision making,\" the body added.\n\nFor Labour, Brexit spokeswoman Baroness Chapman urged the government to \"fix the problems the prime minister created\".\n\n\"Communities are tired of these games and the political stalemate,\" she added.", "Did the PM say Covid was only killing over 80s? Starmer asks\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer says on 26 May, he asked the prime minister if he had ever used words to the effect that \"Covid was only killing over 80 year olds\". He says that on that day, the PM never outright denied using the words. He says with the revelation from former aide Dominic Cummings, citing messages between him and the PM, we can now see that the PM did say that. He asks if the prime minister will apologise for using those words. Boris Johnson says nothing he can say or do \"can make up for the loss and the suffering that people have endured during this pandemic\". He says when decisions were being made \"in those incredibly tough and dark times\" that the government had to try and balance the damage done by lockdown versus letting the virus spread.", "Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and Barack Obama are among victims of the hack\n\nSpanish police have arrested a 22-year-old UK citizen in connection with the hacking of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West.\n\nThe hacked accounts tweeted followers, encouraging them to join a Bitcoin scam, in July last year.\n\nAlso charged with hacking TikTok and Snapchat, Joseph O'Connor faces charges including three counts of conspiracy to intentionally access a computer without authorisation and obtaining information from a protected computer.\n\nThe San Francisco Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been investigating the case, helped by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Cyber Crimes Unit and the United States Secret Service.\n\nPreviously, authorities had charged three men in relation to the breach, a 19-year-old, from Bognor Regis, another teenager and a 22-year-old from Florida.\n\nHackers took control of public figures' accounts and sent a series of tweets asking followers to transfer cryptocurrency to a specific Bitcoin wallet to receive double the money in return.\n\nAs a result, Twitter had to stop all verified accounts from tweeting.\n\nThe social-media company later said the hackers had targeted Twitter employees to steal credentials to access the systems.", "The £20 a week increase in Universal Credit should be permanent, according to senior politicians from across the UK.\n\nIn a letter, the chairs of four welfare committees from around the UK say removing the temporary top-up would affect families on the lowest incomes.\n\nAnd sources have also told the BBC that Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey supported keeping the uplift.\n\nThe government insists the extra £20 is a short-term measure ending in October.\n\nThe letter calling for the top-up to be made permanent was signed by the chairs of committees at Westminster, the Scottish Parliament, Senedd in Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly.\n\nThe joint letter from the four committee chairs of the UK's four parliaments is thought to be a first.\n\nIt is signed by Labour's Stephen Timms at Westminster, the SNP's Neil Gray for Holyrood, Paula Bradley of the DUP for Stormont and Welsh Labour's Jenny Rathbone at the Senedd in Cardiff.\n\nThey say: \"Ending the uplift would mean that the six million people claiming Universal Credit will lose £1,040 in annual income overnight.\n\n\"The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has estimated that removing the uplift would force 500,000 people, including 200,000 children, into poverty.\n\n\"Families on the lowest incomes, those with children and particularly single parents, BAME families, and families where someone is disabled are disproportionately affected.\"\n\nThey also call for the extra £20 a week to be extended to people on legacy benefits - which were created before universal credit.\n\nThey warn the chancellor and Ms Coffey: \"You also risk removing this support from families at the very time unemployment is expected to peak, as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme comes to an end.\"\n\nExtending the uplift would cost around £6bn a year - but the government says spending has to be brought under control after unprecedented emergency interventions during the pandemic.\n\nMinisters have said the decision to end the additional payment was supported across the government - but several sources have told the BBC that Ms Coffey wanted to maintain it.\n\nSources said the chancellor resisted that and those close to Rishi Sunak say it was a collective agreement.\n\nBut Prime Minister Boris Johnson could face a backbench rebellion, with a number of Tory MPs among those concerned about the impact of removing the uplift.\n\nThey include former work and pensions secretaries and a number of MPs representing constituencies in the north of England.\n\nThey expect more pressure to be put on the government in September.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"Universal Credit has provided a vital safety net for six million people during the pandemic, and we announced the temporary uplift as part of a £400bn package of measures put in place that will last well beyond the end of the roadmap.\n\n\"Our focus now is on our multi-billion pound Plan for Jobs, which will support people in the long-term by helping them learn new skills and increase their hours or find new work.\"", "The Great Barrier Reef has held World Heritage status since 1981\n\nAustralia's government has lashed out after a United Nations report claimed it had not done enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.\n\nUN body Unesco said the reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that are \"in danger\" due to the damage it has suffered.\n\nKey targets on improving water quality had not been met, it said.\n\nEnvironment minister Sussan Ley said UN experts had reneged on past assurances.\n\nShe confirmed that Australia planned to challenge the listing, which would take place at a meeting next month, saying: \"Clearly there were politics behind it; clearly those politics have subverted a proper process.\"\n\nThe World Heritage Committee is a 21-nation group chaired by China, which has had a vexed diplomatic relationship with Canberra in recent years.\n\n\"Climate change is the single biggest threat to all of the world's reef ecosystems... and there are 83 natural World Heritage properties facing climate change threats so it's not fair to simply single out Australia,\" said Ms Ley.\n\nEnvironmental groups say the UN's decision highlights Australia's weak climate action, however.\n\n\"The recommendation from Unesco is clear and unequivocal that the Australian government is not doing enough to protect our greatest natural asset, especially on climate change,\" said Richard Leck, Head of Oceans for the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The second bleaching is causing concerns over the reef's long term health.\n\nThe latest row is part of an ongoing dispute between Unesco and Australia over the status of the iconic site.\n\nThe reef, stretching for 2,300km (1,400 miles) off Australia's north-east coast, gained World Heritage ranking in 1981 for its \"enormous scientific and intrinsic importance\".\n\nAfter Unesco first debated its \"in danger\" status in 2017, Canberra committed more than A$3 billion (£1.bn; $2.2bn) to improving the reef's health.\n\nHowever, several bleaching events on the reef in the past five years have caused widespread loss of coral.\n\nScientists say the main reason is rising sea temperatures as a result of global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels.\n\nIn 2019, Australia's own reef authority downgraded the reef's condition from poor to very poor in its five-year update.\n\nBut Australia remains reluctant to commit to stronger climate action, such as by signing up to a net zero emissions target by 2050.\n\nThe country, a large exporter of coal and gas, has not updated its climate goals since 2015. Its current emissions reduction target is 26-28% of 2005 levels by 2030.\n\nThese have been a tough few months for Australia and its climate change policy.\n\nInternational pressure has been mounting on Scott Morrison's government to pledge net zero emissions by 2050 and the prime minister has time and time again refused to commit - including as recently as last week at the G7 meeting in the UK.\n\nIn his address to US President Joe Biden's virtual climate conference with global leaders in April, the prime minister said the country will \"get there as soon as we possibly can,\" adding that \"for Australia, it is not a question of if, or even by when, for net-zero but, importantly, how\".\n\nThat in itself is at the heart of the problem. The \"when\" is as crucial as the \"how\" when it comes to climate change.\n\nScientists and global leaders say Australia is not doing enough or going fast enough.\n\nThe Great Barrier Reef row between Unesco and the Australian government is not new, but it will be quite embarrassing if the country's World Heritage Site is downgraded to the \"in danger\" list.\n\nIt's another reminder that if Australia does not get serious about tackling climate change with clear and decisive measures, this will affect its standing in the world, not just diplomatically and economically but culturally too.\n\nIf the reef is downgraded, it will be the first time a natural World Heritage Site has been placed on the \"in danger\" list primarily due to impacts of climate change.\n\nListing a site as \"in danger\" can help address threats by, for example, unlocking access to funds or publicity.\n\nBut the recommendation could affect a major tourism destination that creates thousands of jobs in Australia and was worth A$6.4bn prior to the pandemic.", "Decisions made by managers at the DVLA driving licence body have meant a \"catastrophic\" processing backlog of 1.4 million cases, a union says.\n\nMark Serwotka, head of the Public and Commercial Services union, said if staff were allowed to work from home the backlog could be reduced.\n\nHe told Transport Committee MPs other members of the civil service \"were tearing their hair out\" at the DVLA.\n\nHe said it is a \"stain\" on the reputation of the civil service.\n\nMr Serwotka said the DVLA are \"refusing to engage in a proper discussion.\"\n\n\"In 21 years [in this role], I have never encountered the level of incompetence and mismanagement that is on display at the DVLA in Swansea,\" Mr Serwotka told the MPs on Wednesday.\n\n\"The tragedy of that is not just that public are suffering. Our members, many of whom are quite lowly paid and very stressed at work, are bearing the brunt of this.\"\n\nMr Serwotka said there had been 643 Covid cases and one fatality at the DVLA during the course of the pandemic and that there are serious risks to staff health and safety because of its actions.\n\nSarah Evans, the DVLA branch chair at PCS, said that staff are worried as they can see cases rising on site, but that they have been told not to complain.\n\n\"Our work site is very different because there is a high volume of staff in a small area,\" Ms Evans told the committee.\n\nThe union wants more staff to be able to work from home to be able to allow for better social distancing in the offices and to allow those isolating at home to still continue to be productive.\n\nIt said other departments had been able to deliver remote working.\n\n\"We believe that if the Department of Work and Pensions can deal with three million universal credit claims, if HMRC can deliver furlough scheme, if we have workers in the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, devolved nations, working from home, handling in some cases much more secure data, so could the DVLA,\" said Mr Serwotka.\n\n\"We know there can't be a security issue in the DVLA that's not the same in the rest of the civil service.\n\n\"Weeks and weeks of productivity have been lost by stopping staff working from home,\" said Ms Evans. \"There's no doubt at all that we would not be in situation we are in… had we been given the capability.\"\n\nLaura-Louise Fairley is still waiting to hear from the DVLA about a replacement driving licence\n\nLaura-Louise Fairley says she applied for her driving licence online on 10 June. Nearly six weeks later, she's still waiting. \"It's bad enough when things don't work, but there's no contact point, that's the problem,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"A six week wait is not the end of the world, but I don't know if that will turn into a six month wait. Until then, I can't make plans.\"\n\nMs Fairley applied for a replacement driving licence in order to hire a car to visit family in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire with her daughter.\n\nShe says she has attempted to reach the DVLA around 30 times, but has only been able to speak to an operator once. On other occasions, she says she was directed to an automated message that then ended the call, and on the website, her request is labelled as being \"in process\".\n\nA DVLA spokeswoman told the BBC: \"Our contact centre is open during business hours but there are significant delays in contacting us due to ongoing social distancing requirements in Wales which means that we have fewer staff than usual on site at any one time.\n\n\"We understand this is causing frustration for our customers and we are sorry for the inconvenience.\"\n\nShe added that demand is currently \"very high\" and staff are working \"extremely hard\" to answer customer queries.\n\nMr Serwotka added that although it believed there was a lack of investment in technology, the union had been told that it was also because the DVLA was concerned about trust and supervision of staff.\n\nThe PCS and the DVLA are currently in an industrial dispute that has seen targeted strike action since April where staff in different departments have walked out for a few days at a time.\n\nThe PCS said that it negotiated a deal after months of discussions that would protect the health of workers and provide respite and recognition of what they had done over the last few months.\n\nIt said that the agreement was withdrawn on 1 June without an explanation. Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Minister for Roads, Buses and Places, told the committee that the government and DVLA estimated that 400,000 of the backlog is due to the industrial action and that that they were being 'held to ransom' by the PCS union.\n\nShe said that while the industrial action was undertaken about covid safety, that it was not right that PCS were introducing a bonus and holiday request to end the strikes, and that it was likely that the strike could be settled \"if they took requests for holiday and bonuses off the table\".\n\nDVLA's chief executive Julie Leonard told MPs it was advisable for people to do their applications online where possible. Paper documentation can take six to 10 weeks, whereas online processing can be sorted \"in days\", she said.\n\nShe added: \"We have taken staff safety incredibly seriously at every point in this. Had it been easy to have more people working at home, we would have done it.\n\n\"Staff safety really has come first. It will still come down to if we are receiving 60,000 items of mail, we will still need people on site to open and process those items that are arriving each and every day and that's a real challenge for us.\n\n\"We are exploring every single option to see how we can increase the numbers who work from home. We are conscious of resilience should this be a difficult winter.\"\n• None Further strike action at DVLA over Covid safety", "Sydneysiders can leave home for exercise and other essential reasons\n\nAnger is growing in Australia as 13 million people - about half the population - endure fresh lockdowns to quash Covid outbreaks.\n\nA third state went into lockdown on Tuesday. Stay-at-home orders are now in place in South Australia, Victoria and parts of New South Wales.\n\nMany people have expressed frustration at being back in highly policed lockdowns 18 months into the pandemic.\n\nAnd re-openings in the UK and the US have put pressure on the government.\n\nFewer than 14% of people are vaccinated - the worst rating among OECD nations.\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison has been heavily criticised over the slow vaccination rate, but has resisted calls to apologise.\n\n\"No country has got their pandemic response 100%,\" he told reporters on Wednesday.\n\nHe again mentioned Australia's success in keeping overall infections low compared to those in many nations.\n\n915 people have died of Covid in Australia. Mr Morrison noted that the UK had recorded more than 90 deaths in a single day on Tuesday.\n\nUntil recently, Australia's strategy of border closures, quarantine programmes and snap lockdowns helped keep cases low. But the highly contagious Delta variant has challenged these defences in the past month.\n\nThe outbreak in Sydney - Australia's largest city - has infected more than 1,500 people and officials reported more than 110 new cases on Wednesday, despite the city being in lockdown for a fourth week.\n\nThere are fears Sydney's lockdown could extend into September.\n\nAustralian authorities have said they intend to eliminate local cases completely until a majority of people are vaccinated, but in Sydney eliminating cases could take months.\n\nVictoria - which saw 22 new infections on Wednesday - will keep its lockdown until at least Tuesday.\n\nAnd in south Australia a seven-day lockdown has been called after five cases of the Delta variant were found.\n\nLast month, a total of seven cities were in lockdown for a brief period.\n\nCritics say flawed reports about the AstraZeneca vaccine's rare clotting risk have made many Australians reluctant to take it.\n\nAustralia only has limited supplies of its other authorised vaccine, from Pfizer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The protocol means some goods from Great Britain are now subjected to checks at Northern Ireland's ports\n\nNorthern Ireland's political parties are divided on calls by the government for the EU to begin negotiations to radically amend the Brexit protocol.\n\nOn Wednesday, Number 10 gave details of some proposals and said a new arrangement was urgently needed.\n\nUnionist parties, which oppose the protocol, have welcomed the statement and urged the EU to engage.\n\nBut Sinn Féin, the SDLP and Alliance urged the government to agree a veterinary agreement to reduce checks.\n\nThe UK and EU agreed the Northern Ireland Protocol in 2019, as part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.\n\nIt prevents a hard border in Ireland by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU single market for goods.\n\nThe UK says its implementation has been \"unbalanced\" and is \"unsustainable\" in its current form.\n\nBrexit Minister Lord Frost said the full deal should not be implemented and called on the EU to look at new proposals with \"fresh eyes\".\n\nHis comments were welcomed by unionist parties in Northern Ireland, who have called for the protocol to be renegotiated as it is damaging Great Britain to Northern Ireland (GB-NI) trade and posing a risk to the union in its current form.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there was now a \"tacit acceptance\" from the government that the protocol is not working.\n\n\"Sticking plasters and short-term fixes were never going to work. We need a proper renegotiation,\" he said.\n\nHe criticised the EU and said Brussels had \"failed to recognise the concerns of unionists\".\n\nThe government has issued a 28 page command paper to accompany today's ministerial statements.\n\nBut it boils down to one simple sentiment: \"Trust us.\"\n\nThey are telling the EU that it's single market can be protected without the panoply of checks and controls which currently apply to goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nThey are suggesting this can largely be achieved through a light-touch, trusted trader scheme and new legislation to discourage smuggling.\n\nBrexit veterans will recognise these as the sort of \"alternative arrangements\" suggested earlier in this process.\n\nThe EU was not persuaded then and with trust in short supply it will be a struggle to persuade them now.\n\nThe Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said he hoped Wednesday's statement would lead to \"movement in the direction of finding pragmatic, workable solutions\".\n\n\"I hope that the European Union will take their time in considering these proposals in good faith and will not reject them out of hand,\" he added.\n\nThe UUP leader will travel to Dublin on Thursday to meet the Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin to make that case to him directly.\n\nStormont's other main parties - Sinn Féin, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Alliance - have said they recognise concerns about the protocol but that must be fully implemented in the absence of another arrangement.\n\nSinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney said the British government had agreed and ratified all elements of the protocol with the European Commission.\n\n\"It should now stop the evasion, and get on with it's implementation,\" he said.\n\n\"It is not acceptable for the Tories to adopt an a la carte approach towards the protocol, to rewrite history, and now attempt a renegotiation.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood described the government's statement on Wednesday as a \"shameless position based on political expedience rather than providing the stability that people, businesses and communities in Northern Ireland need\".\n\nHe said he believed a resolution was still possible but would require the government to \"step back from its bad faith interventions\".\n\nColum Eastwood described the UK government's approach to the protocol as a \"shameless position\"\n\nAlliance's deputy leader Stephen Farry also said the government was attempting to \"rewrite history\" and that their actions had undermined trust with the EU in finding sustainable solutions.\n\nHis party has supported suggestions from the EU for a temporary Swiss-style veterinary agreement as a way to reduce most checks on goods coming into Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nThat would require the UK to follow all EU agri-food rules.\n\nThe UK said it is unwilling to cede control to the EU on this issue and is instead pushing for an equivalence arrangement in which the EU would recognise UK food production standards as being equivalent to its own.\n\nSimon Hoare, chairman of Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, described the UK's new proposals for the protocol as an \"interesting approach\".\n\n\"If there is to be any chance of change, mutual and binding trust will be the key currency. I am fearful that this is in short supply and needs to be worked on energetically and now.\n\n\"Common sense and pragmatism must not be a dirty word for either side,\" Mr Hoare added.\n\nEarlier, Ireland's Europe minister, Thomas Byrne, said \"there can be no renegotiation of the [NI] protocol\".\n\nBut he added that the arrangement had its complications, and said Irish government is \"willing to discuss any creative solutions within the confines of the protocol\".\n\nThe EU has strict rules about the importation of chilled meat products like mince and sausages\n\nAhead of the publication of the UK paper, the chairman of Marks & Spencer Archie Norman warned of the impact of full protocol checks on fresh foods when grace periods end this autumn.\n\n\"This Christmas, I can tell you already, we're having to make decisions to delist product for Northern Ireland because it's simply not worth the risk of trying to get it through,\" he said.\n\nMr Norman called for a \"common sense\" solution to post-Brexit problems at his firm's stores on the island of Ireland.\n\nThe M&S said the level of checks and controls are \"very threatening\" to Marks and Spencer's Irish business.\n\nHe suggests the easiest solution would be to \"agree a time limited veterinary/food standards agreement\".\n\nSpeaking on Radio 4 on Wednesday morning, Mr Norman said the problems his company has faced exporting to the Republic of Ireland are likely to be replicated in Northern Ireland by the autumn.\n\n\"At the moment only about 80% of our product is getting into [the Republic of] Ireland - so 20% doesn't arrive at all,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not the rules of the Customs Union that is the problem, it's the Byzantine and pointless and honestly pettifogging enforcement which means that wagons can't get through.\"\n\nHe said trucks had been turned away on the basis of the wrong colour of typeface used on documents.\n\n\"We're employing 13 full-time vets who are not looking after animals or welfare, they're simply ticking boxes and filling out forms,\" he added.\n\n\"Sandwiches typically require about three vets' certificates to get through.\n\n\"Come October our experience in southern Ireland is probably, as it currently stands, set to be replicated in Northern Ireland.\"", "The westbound carriageway of the M4 was shut after Tuesday's lorry crash\n\nTraffic is causing congestion on a busy stretch of the M4 motorway in south Wales emergency repairs are carried out following a lorry crash on Tuesday.\n\nThe outside lanes are shut in both directions around Swansea between the Ynysforgan and Llangyfelach turn-offs, junctions 45 and 46.\n\nIt comes as work to repair crash barriers near one of Cardiff's busiest motorway junctions has finished.\n\nA lane was shut in each direction at Coryton after a lorry crash on Tuesday.\n\nOne person was taken to the hospital after the incident at junction 32 - at about 11:00 BST on Tuesday. The condition of the injured person is not known.\n\nOne lane was shut in both directions on Wednesday morning due to emergency repairs to the crash barriers but work finished about 11:30.\n\nBut work is ongoing on the M4 at Swansea on a day that the RAC has warned could be the busiest travel day of the day with people going on their staycation break.\n\nThe queues in Swansea could affect tourists heading on holiday to west Wales or to ferry ports for sailings to the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A new Covid health pass has come into effect in France amid a surge of new infections.\n\nFrom Wednesday, people need proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from Covid to enter most museums and cinemas.\n\nLater lawmakers will debate whether to extend its use in August for entry to cafes, restaurants and shopping malls.\n\nIt comes the day after Health Minister Olivier Véran announced 18,000 new infections in just 24 hours.\n\nThis was compared to fewer than 7,000 cases a day last week, a surge of 150%, as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads throughout the country.\n\n\"We have never seen this before,\" he told the National Assembly, saying Delta had led to far larger rises in cases than previous variants, like those first spotted in the UK or South Africa.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron announced the plans for a health pass earlier this month, as well as compulsory vaccination for all health workers by September. Surveys suggest there is widespread vaccine hesitancy in France.\n\nMr Macron's plans have proved controversial. Protests against new coronavirus rules in France saw demonstrators vandalising two vaccination centres this week.\n\n\"Health Dictatorship\" is what protesters here are calling it.\n\nIf the government has its way, in a few short weeks, you won't be able to sit down for a coffee at a Paris café - or board a train - without proof that you're Covid-free, vaccinated or immune.\n\nThis so-called Health Pass is the government's answer to infection rates that are rising faster than France has ever seen in this pandemic.\n\nAlready, from today, there'll be no routine access to cinemas, theatres, museums - no trips to Disneyland Paris - without it.\n\nBut it's the plan to extend that restriction to everyday public places - cafes, shopping centres and public transport - that's causing the biggest backlash.\n\nSome MPs have reported receiving death threats ahead of the debate today.\n\nAnd some protesters sparked fury last week by comparing these government restrictions to the singling out of Jews during France's war-time Nazi occupation.\n\nA majority of French people appear to support the plan, with many believing it's the only way to avoid yet another lockdown.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard\n\nBillionaire Jeff Bezos has made a short journey to space, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard.\n\nHe was accompanied by Mark Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race, and an 18-year-old student.\n\nThey travelled in a capsule with the biggest windows flown in space, offering stunning views of the Earth.\n\nWhen the capsule touched back down after the 10-minute, 10-second flight, Jeff Bezos exclaimed: \"Best day ever!\"\n\nNew Shepard, built by Bezos' company Blue Origin, is designed to serve the burgeoning market for space tourism.\n\nAmazon founder Mr Bezos - and other participants in the \"billionaire space race\" - have been criticised for offering what some see as joy rides for the super-wealthy. Critics say the money could be spent on pay rises for employees or fighting climate change.\n\nHowever, Mr Bezos insists he has an environmental vision: \"We need to take all heavy industry, all polluting industry and move it into space, and keep Earth as this beautiful gem of a planet that it is,\" he told MSNBC.\n\n\"It's going to take decades and decades to achieve, but you have to start, and big things start with small steps... that's what this sub-orbital tourism mission allows us to do, it allows us to practice over and over.\"\n\nOn this flight was the oldest person who has been to space - Ms Funk - and the youngest, student Oliver Daemen.\n\nThe spacecraft lifted off at 14:12 BST (09:12 EDT) from a private launch site near Van Horn, Texas.\n\nAt a post-launch news briefing, Jeff Bezos said: \"My expectations were high and they were dramatically exceeded.\"\n\nTwo minutes into the flight, the capsule separated from its rocket and continued upwards towards the Karman Line - the most widely recognised boundary of space, that lies 100km up. The newly minted-astronauts shouted \"wow!\" and cheered.\n\nThe moment the capsule touched down in the West Texas desert\n\nThe post-flight briefing was shown video of the occupants performing somersaults and tumbles during four minutes of weightlessness. Stunning views of the Earth could be seen outside.\n\nJeff Bezos said he was surprised by the sensation of microgravity: \"It felt so normal,\" he explained.\n\nMs Funk added: \"It was great, I loved it, I can hardly wait to go again.\"\n\nIn the 1960s, Ms Funk was one member of a group of women called the Mercury 13. They underwent the same screening tests as male astronauts, but never got to fly under the US national space programme.\n\nMr Bezos told CBS News on Monday: \"Wally can outrun all of us. During the Mercury 13, she was better than all the men and I can guarantee that's still true today.\"\n\nBezos' brother Mark, 53, is a senior vice president at Robin Hood, a New York-based charity.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOliver Daemen is the son of a Dutch financier. He had originally secured a seat on the second flight, but was drafted in to replaced the anonymous winner of a public auction who had to pull out from the trip with Bezos.\n\nThe capsule reached a maximum altitude of around 107km (351,210ft) before starting its descent, parachuting down to a soft landing in the West Texas desert.\n\nMr Bezos was delighted as he stepped out of the capsule after landing\n\nThe passengers' families were at the landing site to greet them\n\nOn the way down, Jeff Bezos told mission control: \"You have a very happy crew up here.\"\n\nMark revealed that iconic items from aviation history were brought along on the flight. These included a piece of canvas used on the Wright brothers' first plane, a medallion made from the vehicle that performed the first hot air balloon flight in 1783 and a pair of goggles used by pilot Amelia Earhart.\n\nJeff Bezos recently resigned as chief executive of Amazon, the e-commerce giant he founded, in order to concentrate on his other ventures, including Blue Origin.\n• None Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on New Shepard. Video, 00:02:17Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on New Shepard", "Liverpool's World Heritage status recognised the architectural landmarks on the waterfront\n\nLiverpool has been stripped of its World Heritage status after a UN committee found developments threatened the value of the city's waterfront.\n\nThe decision was made following a secret ballot by the Unesco committee at a meeting in China.\n\nUnesco had said that the developments, including the planned new Everton FC stadium, had resulted in a \"serious deterioration\" of the historic site.\n\nThe decision was described as \"incomprehensible\" by the city's mayor.\n\n\"Our World Heritage site has never been in better condition having benefitted from hundreds of millions of pounds of investment across dozens of listed buildings and the public realm,\" Joanne Anderson said.\n\nShe said she would work with the government to examine whether the city could appeal against the decision, which comes \"a decade after Unesco last visited the city to see it with their own eyes\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The decision was made at a UN meeting in China\n\nLiverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram said the decision was \"a retrograde step that does not reflect the reality of what is happening on the ground\".\n\n\"Places like Liverpool should not be faced with the binary choice between maintaining heritage status or regenerating left-behind communities and the wealth of jobs and opportunities that come with it,\" he said.\n\nLabour's Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside, said she remained \"proud of my city and what we've done\".\n\n\"People come here because it's amazing city and, while I'm disappointed, as a city we are resilient and we will always fight back.\"\n\nAn artist's impression of Everton's new stadium, which is being built at Bramley Moore Dock\n\nThe government said it was \"extremely disappointed\" and believes Liverpool still deserves its heritage status \"given the significant role the historic docks and the wider city have played throughout history\".\n\nLiverpool becomes only the third site to lose its World Heritage status since the list began in 1978, the other two being Oman's Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in 2007 and the Dresden Elbe Valley in Germany in 2009.\n\nAnnouncing the decision, the committee chairman said 20 votes had been cast - with 13 in favour of deleting the city, five against the proposal and two ballot papers being invalid.\n\nLiverpool's Liberal Democrat leader Richard Kemp said it was a \"day of shame\" for the city, adding that it would \"without a doubt, affect our tourism and inward investment\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe city was awarded the much-coveted title in 2004 in recognition of its historical and architectural impact, joining places including the Taj Mahal, Egypt's Pyramids and Canterbury Cathedral.\n\nIt recognised its history as a major trading centre during the British Empire and its architectural landmarks.\n\nHowever, a report in June by the World Heritage Committee said developments on the city's waterfront had resulted in \"irreversible loss of attributes\".\n\nIt cited the Liverpool Waters project and Everton's new stadium, which is being built at Bramley Moore Dock.\n\nChris Capes, director of development for Peel L&P's Liverpool Waters, said he was disappointed \"particularly given the considerable investment that the city has put into protecting and improving its heritage sites\".\n\nEverton have agreed to invest up to £55m to \"preserve, restore and celebrate the heritage assets\" of the area as part of its stadium plan.\n\nThey project was approved following two public consultations, with the second survey attracting more than 40,000 people.\n\nThe club found 98% of people supported the proposed design of the stadium, while 96% backed the club's plans for historic features on the site.\n\nLiverpool has seen more peaks and troughs than most, and it's a city which has changed immeasurably since 2004 when the World Heritage Status was conferred.\n\nBack then, there was no Liverpool One shopping centre, no hint that Everton would consider building a multi-million pound waterfront stadium and its year as European Capital of Culture hadn't happened. The city has changed.\n\nToday, there's a sense of defiance in some quarters about Unesco's decision that the city doesn't need the title, especially if sits in the way of progress for an area which has lain neglected and semi derelict for decades.\n\nCritics argue the benefits of being a World Heritage status were never properly spelled out and there wasn't the political will in the city to address Unesco's concerns until recently, when it was too late.\n\nMany people argue that tourists visiting the Pier Head, St George's Plateau or Penny Lane are not coming because Liverpool is a designated World Heritage site - they probably don't even realise it is.\n\nThey're coming for the Beatles, the football, food and the history but that history will remain.\n\nYet today's announcement worries those who fear that the ability to protect heritage, architecture and history is now diminished, that there will be a free-for-all of unsuitable, careless development.\n\nThe argument for the last decade has been presented as a binary choice: heritage or progress? The feeling in Liverpool is, couldn't we have had both?\n\nDr David Jeffery hopes the decision will act as a warning to the council\n\nDr David Jeffery, who is a lecturer of British politics at the University of Liverpool, said he believed the decision would not have a \"serious impact\" on the city's tourism industry.\n\n\"I do hope this serves as a warning to the council to stop approving ugly buildings though,\" he said.\n\nWayne Colquhoun, who has campaigned for 15 years to keep Liverpool's heritage status, said he was \"devastated\" by the news.\n\n\"It's the status symbol that has put us up there with the Great Wall of China and the pyramids and now it has gone,\" he said.\n\n\"You've got to be clever being a World Heritage city and be able to take traditional materials and build them in a modern manner.\"\n\nWayne Colquhoun said the decision would \"stop people thinking that we are up there with the greatest cities on Earth\"\n\nRichie Wright, 40, who has lived in Liverpool all his life, said the status had \"on many occasions, hampered and restricted development in a city that is ripe for development\".\n\n\"I hope that Liverpool and its wider city region now seizes this opportunity to make common sense decisions that make our city and the world proud,\" he said.\n\nWorld War One soldiers paraded outside St George's Hall in 1915\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nurses and other NHS workers in England have been offered a 3% pay rise by government \"in recognition of unique impact of the pandemic\" on staff.\n\nIt comes after heavily criticised proposals made by the Department for Health and Social Care in March said only a rise of 1% was affordable.\n\nAll NHS staff in Wales will be offered a 3% rise by the Welsh government.\n\nBut some health unions opposed the new figure saying it does not reflect the sacrifices made by staff.\n\nThey point out the NHS workforce has been under unprecedented pressure.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA), which represents doctors, said the pay rise was disappointing and that junior doctors and some GPs could miss out on it altogether.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, of the BMA, said many doctors had not taken annual leave in the past year and now \"face a gruelling year ahead with millions of patients on waiting lists, and the country in the midst of another Covid-19 wave\".\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Justin Madders described the new pay rise as a \"U-turn\" and called on the government to \"make our NHS and key workers feel supported and valued after all they have done for us\".\n\nThe rise in pay for healthcare workers follows a public sector pay freeze for 2021-22, announced by the government in November, with exceptions made for those on salaries under £24,000 and NHS staff.\n\nThe 3% pay rise is for most NHS staff including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried GPs and is backdated to April 2021.\n\nAccording to government calculations for the average nurse, this will mean an additional £1,000 a year, while many porters and cleaners will receive around £540.\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"NHS staff are rightly receiving a pay rise this year despite the wider public sector pay pause, in recognition of their extraordinary efforts.\n\n\"We will back the NHS as we focus our efforts on getting through this pandemic and tackling the backlog of other health problems that has built up.\"\n\nNHS pay rises are negotiated by independent pay-review bodies that look at evidence from a range of groups before making recommendations to the government.\n\nThe pay rise does not include doctors and dentists in training who have their own separate, multi-year contracts.\n\nIt was a day of frustration for health unions and their members.\n\nThere was a widespread expectation that the details would be revealed in a health minister's statement to the Commons at lunchtime.\n\nBut MPs were told the government was still considering pay review body recommendations.\n\nThen the announcement came at 18:00 BST, suggesting a frantic afternoon finalising the deal with the prime minister, chancellor, and health secretary all self-isolating.\n\nUnion reaction has been varied with one group acknowledging ministers had made a significant step up from the original 1% offer.\n\nOthers though said the 3% on the table was insufficient recognition of the huge effort of NHS staff during the pandemic.\n\nThe details will be put to union members in the next few weeks and it will be hard to predict the response at a time when pressure on the health service is intensifying because of another Covid surge.\n\nMembers of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) gathered in Westminster ahead of the announcement with placards and banners demanding a 12.5% pay increase.\n\nOne of those demonstrating, Kafeelat Adekunle, 55, a community matron with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, described the pay rise as \"mad\".\n\n\"I'm not happy,\" she told the PA news agency. \"They're not listening, that's the whole problem. This is just to try and stop us from doing industrial action, just to keep us quiet, keep us shushed.\"\n\nAmy Fancourt, an A&E nurse and RCN member, told the BBC: \"Morale is extremely low, there's a lot of people leaving the NHS and there's a lot of people leaving the health sector more widely.\n\n\"And I think that is a direct consequence of years of being undervalued, on top of the extra pressure we faced during the pandemic.\"\n\nUnison general secretary Christina McAnea said the increase, though an improvement on the initial offer, fell short of what NHS staff deserved.\n\n\"The government has failed to show staff just how valued they are to us all,\" she said, warning some staff may now leave the health service.\n\nUnite national officer for health, Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe, described the 3% offer as \"small step forward on the insulting 1% the government offered in March\".\n\n\"However, this recommendation in no way recognises the 19% drop in real earnings that many NHS workers have endured in the last decade, nor the immense sacrifices that health staff have and are continuing to make as Covid infection rates rapidly rise again.\"\n\nNurses called for a bigger pay increase during a protest at Westminster\n\nRCN chief executive Pat Cullen said the announcement was \"light on detail\" and that nursing staff would \"remain dignified in responding to what will be a bitter blow to many\".\n\n\"But the profession will not take this lying down,\" she warned.\n\nMike Henley, a member of the consultants committee, British Medical Association, told the BBC: \"We're disappointed. We wanted more than 5% to make up for our one-third pay loss since 2008, so 3% is a long way below that.\"\n\nIn making the final decisions on pay the government will have factored in the impact of the pandemic on both the economy and the NHS.\n\nCurrently almost half the NHS's budget goes on staffing costs - a total of £56.1bn.\n\nIn theory, the pay-review bodies make recommendations for NHS staff across the UK - but it is up to the individual UK nations to decide whether to accept them.\n\nIn Wales, Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the 3% rise \"recognises the dedication and commitment of hardworking NHS staff\".\n\nIn Scotland, most NHS staff have already been offered a 4% pay rise (backdated to December 2020). This follows a one-off Covid payment for health and social care staff of £500.", "In one case Dr Michael Heath's findings led to a man being wrongly convicted of murdering his partner\n\nTwo bereaved families feared they had \"cremated the wrong person\" due to errors in the post-mortem reports of a serially discredited pathologist.\n\nThe BBC has spoken to several families who say Dr Michael Heath made multiple errors in his investigations into the deaths of their loved ones.\n\nHe led a disputed forensic inquiry into the death of Stuart Lubbock after a party at Michael Barrymore's home.\n\nDr Heath's work also led to a man being wrongly convicted of murder.\n\nThe General Medical Council (GMC) is currently investigating Dr Heath. Despite repeated attempts, the BBC has been unable to reach him for comment.\n\nRelatives of Ann House say a post-mortem examination on the 74-year-old contained errors, including mentioning her gallbladder - which had been removed five years earlier.\n\nMs House, a former social worker, was admitted to East Surrey Hospital in May 2020 suffering from shortness of breath.\n\nShe died at the hospital three months later, and a post-mortem examination was carried out by Dr Heath.\n\n\"All the way through the report there was sort of various anomalies,\" her son Alistair House said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"[The report said] my mother's body was well-nourished. Well when she died, she weighed less than 50 kilos.\n\n\"And then what really sort of got the alarm bells ringing was the mention of a gallbladder that she'd had removed in 2016,\" Mr House added.\n\n\"Having already cremated my mum, we started to fear that we potentially cremated the wrong body.\"\n\nAmy Dickson said her father (right) was \"frail\" at the time of his death\n\nAmy Dickson also feared she had cremated the wrong body after receiving Dr Heath's post-mortem report on her father.\n\nMs Dickson said she felt \"utter disbelief\" when the report described her father, an alcoholic, as overweight with a healthy liver.\n\nShe says her father, Steve Goodenough, was frail with a poor liver and healthy heart.\n\nHowever, the report put his death down to a failed heart and probable alcohol withdrawal, but ignored the fact he had received a wine delivery days before he died, Ms Dickson said.\n\n\"I sort of read it through and it just didn't ring true.\"\n\nReceiving an incorrect report \"added a whole new dimension\" of trauma, she said.\n\nIncorrect post-mortem reports could have \"really, really important\" consequences \"in terms of the care their loved one received, in terms of potentially criminal investigations,\" Ms Dickson said\n\n\"There are people who will never get the answers that they need for their own peace of mind.\"\n\nTwo further families have come forward to the BBC with similar concerns about Dr Heath's work.\n\nIn 2006 Dr Heath stood down from police work\n\nFor 20 years Dr Heath's career has been littered with controversy.\n\nIn 2001, his work came under scrutiny when his findings over the death of Mr Lubbock differed from those of other pathologists.\n\nA disciplinary panel in 2006 found mistakes in Dr Heath's post-mortem examinations on Mary Anne Moore and Jacqueline Tindsley led to their partners being tried for murder.\n\nStephen Puaca, Ms Tindsley's partner, served three years of a life sentence for her murder following Dr Heath's evidence, before his conviction was overturned.\n\nFollowing the report, Dr Heath stood down from police work, but in recent years has been conducting post-mortem examinations for Surrey Coroner's Court.\n\nStuart Lubbock died after being found unconscious in a swimming pool at the home of TV presenter Michael Barrymore in March 2001\n\nIn 2009 the GMC found Dr Heath guilty of serious misconduct, but ruled his fitness to practise was not impaired.\n\nIn March this year the GMC launched a new investigation into Dr Heath.\n\nThe GMC said it could not comment on ongoing investigations, but has placed a series of stringent conditions on Dr Heath's licence to practise.\n\nSurrey County Council has since suspended Dr Heath from working for the coroner.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The review suggests a number of ways the judicial system could be improved\n\nSpecialist courts in Scotland should be set up to deal with the most serious sex crimes, a review has recommended.\n\nOne suggestion is for cases to be heard by a single judge with no jury.\n\nThe review, led by Lord Justice Clerk Lady Dorrian, is part of a shake-up of how Scottish courts deal with rape and other sexual offences cases.\n\nOther proposals include the presumed use of pre-recorded evidence and sentencing powers of up to 10 years imprisonment.\n\nRape Crisis Scotland, Scottish Women's Aid, Victim Support Scotland and the Crown Office were all involved with the review.\n\nAmong the panel's other ideas are for juries to be given \"plain language directions\" with a pilot programme looking at how jurors can be told about rape myths and stereotypes.\n\nThe right for the complainer not to be identified should also be expressly set out in legislation rather than relying on the current convention, the group recommended.\n\nLady Dorrian told BBC Scotland she hoped the proposals would improve the way cases are handled for complainers, the accused and witnesses.\n\nShe said: \"We decided that we really needed to start from the ground up. If we started afresh what would the court to deal with these cases look like?\n\n\"We have made recommendations which we believe will fundamentally change and improve the way sexual offences are prosecuted in Scotland.\"\n\nLady Dorrian said increasing conviction rates in sex crime cases \"was not a driving force\" behind the group's recommendations.\n\nAt the proposed specialist court, cases would be presided over by a combination of High Court judges and sheriffs who had received trauma-informed training in the presentation of evidence of vulnerable witnesses.\n\nSimilar training for prosecutors and defence agents would include accredited courses in dealing with vulnerable witnesses and the use of examination techniques.\n\nLord Justice Clerk Lady Dorrian said changes were needed because of the growth in volume and complexity of sexual offending cases\n\nThe dedicated court would have sentencing powers of up to 10 years' imprisonment with a provision for remit to the High Court for longer sentences if required.\n\nThe group also put forward proposals for evidence from complainers in serious sexual offence cases to be recorded by specially trained police officers as early as possible after an alleged incident.\n\nSandy Brindley, chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland, said: \"All too often survivors tell us that the process of seeking justice - and in particular their experience in court - is as least as traumatic as the attack itself.\n\n\"It is clear that significant action is needed.\n\n\"The recommendations are bold, evidence based, and have the potential to transform Scotland's response to sexual crime.\"\n\nCrown Agent David Harvie said: \"The introduction of a specialist sexual offences court would be an important step towards meaningful improvement in the delivery of justice in Scotland, for complainers, for accused, for society as a whole and is one that I fully support.\"\n\nHowever, Solicitor Advocate John Scott QC warned against a move away from jury trials in a bid to allay fears over rape myths and stereotypes.\n\nHe told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We can and should improve the process.\n\n\"But if we change our system with a specific aim of increasing the conviction rate, then I think we skew it in a way that is very unsafe and worrying.\n\n\"We don't have an evidence base that justifies abandoning juries, which allows the unconscious bias we all have to be evened out between 15 people.\"\n\nThe recommendations will now be considered by the Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway and the next Scottish government formed after May's election.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwelve people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters.\n\nVideo shared on social media shows evening commuters just managing to keep their heads above water. Water is seen rushing onto platforms.\n\nMore than 500 people were eventually rescued from the tunnels in Henan province, officials said.\n\nDays of rain have caused widespread damage and led to 200,000 evacuations.\n\nAbove ground, roads have been turned into rivers, with cars and debris swept along in fast moving currents. A number of pedestrians have had to be rescued.\n\nIn total, 25 people have died in Henan province and more than a dozen cities are affected. President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that there had been \"significant loss of life and damage to property\".\n\nSeveral dams and reservoirs have breached warning levels, and soldiers have been mobilised to divert rivers which have burst their banks. Flights and trains in many parts of Henan have also been suspended.\n\nIn the provincial capital Zhengzhou, the equivalent of a year's average rainfall has fallen in just three days.\n\nOn Tuesday, some of the city's flood defences were overwhelmed and water began flowing down into the railway tunnels.\n\nSurvivors have described how water leaked through the doors, rising slowly from \"our ankles to our knees to our necks\". \"All of us who could, stood on the subway seats,\" one woman wrote on Chinese social network site Weibo.\n\nChildren were lifted out of the water by their parents, while others threw off anything which might hold them down.\n\nAfter about half an hour, one passenger said it became \"hard to breathe\".\n\nAn order to shut down the line came at 18:10 local time (10:10 GMT) so the evacuation could begin, Zhengzhou government officials said in a statement. Five people are being treated for injuries, with 12 having died.\n\nElsewhere in the central Chinese city, children had to be rescued from a flooded nursery school.\n\nState media aired footage of them being floated out in plastic tubs by rescuers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CGTN This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou Hospital also briefly lost power on Tuesday night, though this has now been restored, said a statement on Weibo by the Zhengzhou Municipal Party Committee.\n\nIt added that 600 critically ill patients had been transferred to another location.\n\nAnother resident, identified as Mr Liu, 27, told BBC Chinese he had had \"no water, no electricity, and no internet\".\n\n\"Never in my life had I seen so much rain,\" Mr Liu added. \"There was one hour where the rain was just pouring down on us from the heavens, and everything went completely white.\"\n\nBut the rising waters were not just confined to Zhengzhou.\n\nA 20-metre (65ft) breach has emerged in the dam in Luoyang city after it was damaged by storms, officials said. Soldiers have been deployed to the area and a statement from the army warned it could \"collapse at any time\".\n\nAnother user said that residents in Sishui town were stuck on rooftops. \"We don't know how to swim… the whole village is about to be washed away,\" the person wrote.\n\nHenan has experienced \"rare and severe rainfall\" since Saturday, China's meteorological authority said on Wednesday.\n\nZhengzhou saw 624mm of rainfall on Tuesday, with a third of that amount falling between 16:00 and 17:00 alone, which \"smashed historical records\".\n\nIt forecasted that parts of the region would continue to see \"severe or extremely severe storms\" and that the heavy rain was likely to end only on Thursday.\n\nMany factors contribute to flooding, but a warming atmosphere caused by climate change makes extreme rainfall more likely.\n\nPart of the Yellow River basin in China, Henan has several major river systems running through the province which are prone to flooding.\n\nZhengzhou, which has a population of 12 million, sits on the banks of the Yellow River itself.\n\nScientists have warned that widespread dam construction has exacerbated climate change problems in China's flood zone, says the BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell.\n\nConnections between rivers and lakes have been cut and disrupted flood plains which once absorbed much of the region's annual summer downpours.", "Dad Mike had suffered from poor mental health after suffering a bereavement\n\nMike acknowledges many people would be able to cope better than him with grief, the stresses of work and financial pressure.\n\nThrow in \"a toxic relationship, plus drink and drugs\" and the father from Newport is ashamed of his actions.\n\nHe served three prison sentences for domestic violence, but a project has helped turn his life around.\n\n\"I can only imagine how it must have affected my exes,\" he said.\n\nThe Barnardo's Cymru scheme is the first to work with perpetrators of domestic abuse, victims and their children.\n\nMike is in his early 30s and said his mental health deteriorated after he suffered a bereavement.\n\n\"I'd get stressed out with day-to-day life stuff - working all the time, money issues,\" he said.\n\n\"And where a normal person will get on with it, if you put a toxic relationship and drink and drugs into the mix, it all blows up. It wasn't healthy.\"\n\nMike now has a son and says he is \"like the reward I get for turning my life around\"\n\nHe added: \"There was domestic abuse on my part, and I ended up doing a couple of prison sentences. I wouldn't let my father come in and see me in prison because I was ashamed.\n\n\"I can only imagine how it must have affected my exes. Even though we were both into drugs and drink, they trusted me.\n\n\"For me to break that trust because of my own mixed-up mental state must have been heart-breaking for them.\n\n\"It wasn't until my last sentence that I had time to straighten out my head. Being in prison, being stuck behind that door, it gives you a lot of thinking time and I just had to better myself.\n\n\"I did a few courses in prison and picked up a few tools that helped me deal with things. This course [with Barnardo's] was like a refresher - I also learnt a lot more. There's no judgement, they don't hold anything against me.\n\n\"Every relationship has little niggles, but we can read each other like a book, we both know when to give each other a bit of space.\"\n\nMike has recently had his first child with his new partner, Emma - we've changed both their names to protect their children.\n\nWhile theirs is a healthy relationship, Emma previously experienced domestic abuse with the father of her older children, who were taken into care as a result of the violence at home.\n\n\"All I ever wanted was for them to be children,\" she said.\n\nMike and his partner Emma have a young son\n\n\"Caring for them was no problem but trying to stop them seeing the stuff they shouldn't see - domestic abuse, physical, verbal - it was hard. Especially when the perpetrator only wanted to do it in front of the children.\n\n\"I found myself begging for him to stop, but I think he thrived off seeing me panic.\n\n\"You feel like it's your fault. How could I have let myself be so weak? How can the father of my children do that to me and to them?\"\n\nShe explained the turning point came when she started being honest with her social workers about what was going on, as she'd previously tried to protect her children by dealing with it alone.\n\n\"I've come through it with help and support from this project. I'm not a victim anymore, I'm a survivor,\" said Emma.\n\n\"There's never been any domestic abuse between me and my partner, but he's obviously had situations like that in the past.\n\n\"He has techniques now, and knows support is there. It gives me that confidence that I'll never have to be frightened again. And I know what to look out for, how to deal with it, what to do, who to call.\"\n\nSince completing the opening \"Closed Doors\" project with Barnardo's Cymru, Emma and Mike's baby is no longer on a child-protection plan with their local social services and Emma hopes one day to have her older children back home.\n\n\"[Barnardo's] have worked brilliantly with my kids,\" she said.\n\n\"My son is a different child. It makes me happy how happy they are now, because they're not in an environment that's bad for them.\"\n\nMike added: \"My little boy is a blessing. I'd go to the end of the world for him. He's like the reward I get for turning my life around and motivation to keep everything on track.\n\n\"Now, I've got little eyes on me and I've got to make sure I set a good example for him.\"\n\nThe project has been given funding for a second year by the Home Office and has worked with more than 500 families across Newport, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Monmouthshire and Caerphilly.\n\nResults show three-quarters of the children are now in safer, more stable homes.\n\nAn evaluation by the Institute of Care at Oxford Brookes University found it had a positive impact on families.\n\nIn almost half of cases, involvement from social services had been reduced - and 95% of children's case files showed improvement in their emotional health and wellbeing.\n\nFeedback from parents noted children were less angry, aggressive or violent, while some no longer ran away, wet the bed or self-harmed.\n\nBarnardo's Cymru support worker Georgia Lagden has been helping the family\n\nThe report said recovery is likely to be a long and complex process over a number of years rather than months, but the scheme was worth investing in and rolled out further.\n\nGeorgia Lagden works as a support worker for perpetrators with Barnardo's Cymru and explained that not all men want to engage at first.\n\n\"Some of them are in desperate times and want that support. Then I work with some guys who will ignore that it's happening - it's a denial process.\n\n\"We like to get to know people - these behaviours are learnt somewhere; these people don't just become violent or abusive or controlling and we recognise that.\n\n\"If they've had childhood trauma - that's quite often the case - we can focus on that and look at how they felt as a child and explain we don't want their children to feel like this. That can be their lightbulb moment.\"\n\nAs many will also struggle with poor mental health or substance use, a number of factors will have to be addressed.\n\nBarnardo's Cymru victim support worker Sam Jenkins says they've seen a lot of changes in Mike\n\n\"It's a vital service for all the families that get referred to us,\" she said.\n\nSam Jenkins is one of the team supporting the victims.\n\n\"We see lots of changes,\" he said. \"Confidence, self-esteem, better decision-making, more independence and freedom.\n\n\"It depends on the situation, but some couples stay together and their relationship improves, some people decide they don't want to be in that relationship anymore and move on but we do see a lot of positive outcomes.\"", "Ariel Henry called for unity during a swearing-in ceremony in Port-au-Prince\n\nAriel Henry has been sworn in as Haiti's new prime minister, nearly two weeks after the assassination of the country's President Jovenel Moïse.\n\nThe late president asked Mr Henry to take the job, days before he was gunned down in the capital, Port-au-Prince.\n\nBut Mr Henry was in a political tussle with Claude Joseph, Haiti's interim PM at the time of the attack.\n\nMr Joseph stepped down on Monday and said Mr Henry's appointment would pave the way for elections in September.\n\nSpeaking at a ceremony in Port-au-Prince, the new prime minister called for unity.\n\n\"One of my priority tasks will be to reassure the people that we will do everything to restore order and security,\" said Mr Henry, according to AFP news agency.\n\nMr Joseph, who has returned to his former role as foreign minister, joined him at the ceremony and warned of a tough task ahead.\n\nThe inauguration took place as an official memorial began for Moïse, who was killed at his private residence on 7 July.\n\nHis wife Martine was also shot, and she arrived back in Haiti last week after receiving medical treatment in the US.\n\nMoïse, 53, had ruled by decree in Haiti since 2018. Before his death, the country was already mired in political and security crises, with no working parliament, frequent anti-government protests, and a surge in gang violence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMany of the details of the president's assassination attack remain a mystery.\n\nHaitian police have blamed a group of mainly foreign mercenaries - 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans.\n\nAt least 20 have been detained, while three were killed by police and five are still on the run. Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Florida-based Haitian doctor, has been accused by police of masterminding the plot.\n\n\"All the culprits, perpetrators and sponsors must be identified and brought before Haitian justice,\" said Mr Henry.\n\n\"I hope that exemplary and dissuasive sentences will be pronounced. The nation expects no less from its leaders,\" he added. \"Never again will we have to relive such a tragedy.\"", "Care homes have been under immense pressure during the pandemic\n\nA breakdown of the numbers of people who died with Covid-19 for each care home in England has been published for the first time.\n\nOverall, more than 39,000 care home residents died with the virus between 10 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.\n\nThe numbers, released by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), show how the virus spread across the country.\n\n\"Every number represents a life lost,\" said Kate Terroni, CQC chief inspector for adult social care.\n\nThe highest number of deaths in a single care home was 44, while 21 homes had more than 30 Covid-related deaths.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. Enter the name of a care home This data comes from the Care Quality Commission, the regulatory body for care homes in England. It includes all deaths of care home residents notified to the CQC in the period 10 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 where Covid-19 was either suspected or confirmed, regardless of whether the resident died in the home or elsewhere. The quarterly breakdown is by the dates the deaths were notified to the CQC, not necessarily the date of death. Care homes with no deaths involving Covid-19 in the time period do not appear in the CQC data. Homes with 1-10 registered beds are categorised as small, those with 11-49 beds as medium and 50 beds or more as large. In small homes, only the total number of deaths involving Covid is shown, with no quarterly breakdown. “Designated setting” refers to a government scheme in which homes take patients who test positive for Covid-19 in hospital and care for them while they complete their isolation before moving to a normal care home setting. This began in November 2020.\n\nCare homes in the North West had the most Covid-related deaths in the first wave of the pandemic, while those in the South East were hardest hit in the second.\n\nFamilies who have been campaigning to get the data released say it is vital to have transparency about what happened.\n\nThe CQC says it has not found a link between standards of care in a home and the number of deaths.\n\nThe regulator adds that many factors are involved, including the levels of Covid in the local community and the age and health of the residents.\n\nAlmost half of the deaths - 18,261 - occurred between April and June 2020, with another peak between January and March 2021, the report says.\n\nCare home managers have a duty to inform the regulator when one of their residents dies.\n\nFrom 10 April 2020, they also had to say whether Covid was believed to be a factor in the person's death.\n\nThe CQC data is based on these notifications.\n\nIt also includes the deaths of residents outside care homes, for instance in hospitals.\n\nAmanda Henry with her dad Robert who died with Covid-19 in April 2020\n\nAmanda Henry had been unable to see her father Robert, 78, for nearly four weeks - and when she was at last allowed into his care home in Poplar, east London, it was because he was gravely ill.\n\nCare homes were struggling to get personal protective equipment and the official guidance they needed.\n\nAt the time Amanda just wanted to give him some comfort, but even then - in April 2020 - she says she noticed shortcomings with personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nThere was not enough of it, it was flimsy and staff were not using it properly, she claims.\n\nStaff were going from room to room, not changing their PPE, not washing their hands between rooms, and some had no PPE at all, she says.\n\n\"What I was witnessing was the virus being spread amongst the residents of the care home in real time...\n\n\"I feel it tells us that these vulnerable elderly people were disposable to this government...\n\n\"I'm angry, I'm angry that my dad had to suffer like that.\"\n\nHC-One, which runs the home, says it is deeply saddened by the impact of the virus in its homes and across the country.\n\nIn April 2020, it says \"we were already working closely with the local public health team to try to keep residents safe and to help them recover, despite the limited information and understanding the country had about this virus at that time.\n\n\"Our colleagues were wholly focused on doing the best job they could in exceptionally difficult circumstances, and we are incredibly proud of their bravery and commitment to our residents.\"\n\nSandra Joyce, proprietor of Linden House nursing home in Somerset, managed to keep the virus at bay until December 2020.\n\n\"And then it just hit us and just went around the home like wildfire. It was horrific.\"\n\nBy that stage there was plenty of PPE and staff at Linden were well schooled in its use, changing it every time they entered or left a resident's room.\n\nEven so, nearly half of the home's residents died and at one point 80% of the staff were sick or having to isolate.\n\nWhen the virus hit, it spread like wildfire, says care home proprietor Sandra Joyce\n\nSomerset County Council provided some emergency cover but Sandra still had to stay on until the small hours of the morning, after a full day at work, for days on end.\n\n\"There comes a point in people's lives when you know there is a point of no return and we always like to have a member of staff sitting with them...\n\n\"Instead we had to pop in, pop out.\"\n\nAt one point she decided the home was so unsafe it should close, but was told there was nowhere else for her Covid-positive residents to go.\n\n\"So literally, I had no choice.\"\n\nShe fears another wave of the virus would find care homes just as vulnerable.\n\n\"It was a living hell, I can't make it sound anything better than that.\"\n\nThe CQC says it conducted 5,577 inspections of adult care providers between 10 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, and that complaints, whistle-blowers and the absence of a registered manager were more likely to indicate poor care than death notifications.\n\nMs Terroni said the CQC only published the data \"once we felt able to do so as accurately and safely as possible\", given its complexity and sensitivity.\n\n\"As we publish this data, we ask for consideration and respect to be shown to people living in care homes, to families who have been affected and to the staff who have done everything they could, in incredibly difficult circumstances, to look after those in their care\".\n\nCare England, which represents independent providers of social care, expressed deepest sympathies to the relatives of all care home residents and staff who have died of Covid-19.\n\nChief Executive Prof Martin Green said care homes had been \"right at the frontline of this dreadful pandemic\".\n\n\"It would be hugely disrespectful if lessons were not learned at every level,\" he added.", "Downing Street has insisted it is \"crucial\" to self-isolate when sent an alert by the Covid app - and businesses should help employees to do so.\n\nIt comes after business minister Paul Scully said he would encourage people who are \"pinged\" to self-isolate but they can make an \"informed decision\".\n\nThe app has always been voluntary to download and any alerts are advisory.\n\nLabour accused the government of \"making it up as they go along\" and creating confusion.\n\nIn recent days, there has been widespread criticism that the app has been sending out so many alerts that hundreds of thousands of people are self-isolating and missing work, causing widespread disruption.\n\nPub chains, supermarkets, transport networks and other businesses have warned of the crippling effect blanket stay-at-home orders for close contacts were having on their operations.\n\nPeople who are \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid app and told they have been in close contact with someone with coronavirus are advised - but not legally obliged - to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nHowever, anyone contacted directly by NHS Test and Trace - either by phone, text or email - must self-isolate.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK reported a further 46,558 new daily Covid cases alongside another 96 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nMeanwhile, a \"very small\" number of critical workers - including NHS and care staff - could carry on working even if told to self-isolate under a new government scheme.\n\nIndustry bodies reacted to the plan with dismay, describing it as \"simply unworkable\", amid confusion over how it would operate.\n\nDowning Street confirmed the first exemptions had been issued under the scheme by government departments.\n\nNo 10 was unable to say how many people the government will approve for the loosened rules.\n\nPlans for the fully vaccinated to be made exempt from self-isolation were delayed until 16 August in England, with ministers warning at the time of a huge knock-on for the economy and workplaces, including the NHS.\n\nIn a BBC interview, Mr Scully was asked whether people should self-isolate if they are \"pinged\". \"I would absolutely encourage people to do that. But they can make an informed decision,\" he replied.\n\n\"I don't want to have to mandate people and tell people what to do as government any longer than I really have to.\n\n\"But they do have a responsibility to themselves, to their families and to their communities. It's by doing the right thing that we can keep Covid at bay.\"\n\nEarlier, he told Times Radio that self-isolating after being told to by the app was a decision for individuals and employers.\n\n\"It's important to understand the rules,\" he said. \"You have to legally isolate if you are... contacted by Test and Trace, or if you're trying to claim isolation payments. The app is there to allow you to make informed decisions.\"\n\nThe Times is also reporting that ministers have written to major manufacturers emphasising that staff are not legally obliged to isolate if \"pinged\". Investment minister Lord Grimstone told one large employer the app was only an \"advisory tool\" and that people were not under any \"legal duty\", the paper said.\n\nFollowing the ministers' comments, Downing Street attempted to clarify the government's position, insisting isolation remained the \"most important action\" people can take to stop the spread of the virus.\n\n\"Given the risk of having and spreading the virus when people have been in contact with someone with Covid, it is crucial people isolate when they are told to do so, either by NHS Test and Trace or by the NHS Covid app,\" a No 10 spokeswoman said.\n\n\"Businesses should be supporting employees to isolate, they should not be encouraging them to break isolation.\"\n\nNow that legal restrictions have been lifted in England, cases of coronavirus will undoubtedly rise further.\n\nBut a significant number of adults are not yet fully vaccinated.\n\nIn the meantime, the test and trace system remains the only way the government can contain the virus to a level it deems acceptable.\n\nSo the message on how closely people should follow the advice to isolate if \"pinged\" by the app is crucial.\n\nAlthough it's not a legal requirement to do so (only if contacted directly by test and trace) any suggestion that it's up to you, optional, or a judgement call risks undermining the government's entire approach.\n\nThat's why we saw a junior minister's choice of words was quickly corrected by Downing Street this morning.\n\nThe rules change next month, allowing double jabbed adults to avoid isolation.\n\nUntil then the government will have to hope it can keep the public's confidence in the app and its instructions to isolate.\n\nJohn Edmunds, professor of infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a member of Sage, said contact tracing and self-isolation should be maintained \"as stringently as we can\".\n\n\"We have one of the highest rates of cases in the world right now. The NHS has been under strain for a long time and they are busy trying to catch up on operations and are very, very busy. So to put them under more pressure now is going to be awkward,\" he told Times Radio.\n\nJustin Madders, Labour's shadow health minister, accused the government of \"making it up as they go along\".\n\n\"Yet again there is more confusion and incompetence from the heart of government at the expense of public health. They need to get a grip,\" he said.\n\nWhile the Covid app can only advise people to self-isolate, anyone in England who is called, texted or emailed by NHS Test and Trace must isolate for 10 days.\n\nFailure to self-isolate for the full time period can result in a fine, starting from £1,000.", "Harvey Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York\n\nDisgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in a Los Angeles court.\n\nHe appeared in court in a wheelchair after being extradited from New York, where he is serving a 23-year jail sentence for similar crimes.\n\nThe 69-year-old faces 11 counts of sexual assault in California relating to alleged incidents with five women.\n\nHe maintains his innocence and has said any sexual activity was consensual.\n\nThe incidents are said to have occurred in hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles between 2004 and 2013.\n\nThe charges include forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual battery by restraint, and sexual penetration by use of force.\n\nIf convicted, Weinstein could face a maximum sentence of 140 years.\n\nWearing brown prison overalls and a face mask, Weinstein only spoke only to say \"thank you\" to Judge Sergio Tapia after she wished him \"good luck\".\n\nHis lawyer said the charges were not credible.\n\n\"They are baseless, they are from long, long ago, they are uncorroborated,\" Mark Werksman said after the hearing.\n\nWeinstein is appealing against last year's conviction in New York.\n\nMore than 80 women have accused him of sexual misconduct, and some of the accusations date back several decades.\n\nAllegations reported in 2017 contributed to the rise of the #MeToo movement, which encouraged people to share experiences of sexual harassment and assault.\n\nHowever, very few of the allegations have led to criminal charges.\n\nThe pandemic and procedural delays meant Weinstein's extradition to California took well over a year.\n\nDuring the hearing, Mr Werksman requested the former movie mogul have a health examination.\n\n\"He's going blind in one eye,\" he told reporters.\n\nWeinstein has produced several hit movies including Shakespeare in Love, which won the Oscar for best picture in 1999.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The RCN union say members would be \"bitterly disappointed\" by a 3% pay rise\n\nAll NHS staff in Wales will be offered a 3% pay rise by the Welsh government.\n\nThe increase will be backdated to April 2021, and follows a recommendation by NHS pay bodies.\n\nWelsh Health Minister Eluned Morgan said it \"recognises the dedication and commitment of hardworking NHS staff\".\n\nBut the decision - which will apply to nurses, doctors, dentists and other workers - was dubbed \"bitterly disappointing\" by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union.\n\nIt follows a similar announcement in England of a 3% pay rise for nurses and other NHS workers.\n\nThe decision in Wales comes after recommendations from the NHS Pay Review Body and the Doctor and Dentist Review body.\n\nIt applies to employed nurses, cleaners and porters, consultants, doctors in training, salaried GPs and dentists, among others.\n\nBritish Medical Association Wales said it was \"extremely disappointed\" there had not been a more generous offer for staff who had gone \"above and beyond\" during the pandemic.\n\nAnita Charlesworth of The Health Foundation called it a \"treading water pay offer\", adding the pay system needed to \"both prevent NHS staff from leaving and encouraging highly-skilled new people to join\".\n\nMs Morgan thanked staff for their \"extraordinary efforts over the course of this pandemic\".\n\n\"Many staff have worked extremely long hours under enormous pressure,\" she said.\n\n\"This pay rise recognises the dedication and commitment of hardworking NHS staff and the enormous contribution they have made. It is also a recognition of how valued they are by Welsh communities.\"\n\nShe said it means that the lowest paid staff would also receive more the living wage recommendation of £9.50 an hour.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives said they were \"delighted\" at the pay award, while Plaid Cymru said staff might feel \"let down\", considering the 4% offer in Scotland.\n\nUnions say NHS workers are not being rewarded for going \"above and beyond\" during the pandemic\n\nBut Helen Whyley, RCN Wales' director, said: \"The 3% award is a long way off the 12.5% claim of the Royal College of Nursing, which would bring nurses in line with other professions and redress the fact that their wages have reduced over the last 10 years.\n\n\"It also does not recognise the commitment of nursing staff throughout the pandemic.\"\n\nIt follows a row earlier in the year where the UK government suggested it would only support a 1% pay rise for NHS workers in England.\n\nWelsh Labour had criticised the proposed cap during the recent Senedd election campaign, but did not state what it would offer instead, with ministers saying they would wait for the pay bodies' recommendations.\n\nPlaid Cymru's deputy leader, Sian Gwenllian, said: \"Our health service is already under pressure, under-resourced and under-staffed, and the least we can do is ensure our workers do not remain under-paid.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative shadow health minister, Russell George, said the pay award was \"recognition of their extraordinary efforts during the most challenging period in the history of our treasured national health service\".\n\nThe Welsh NHS' funding comes mostly from the UK government, and Welsh officials said the Treasury had not said whether any additional cash would be provided for the pay deal.\n\nIt is in addition to an earlier one-off payment of £735 last March.", "Everton could host games at Bramley-Moore Dock by 2024\n\nEverton says its £500m plans for a new 52,000-capacity stadium on the Liverpool waterfront can go ahead.\n\nThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has now \"decided not to intervene\", said a spokesman.\n\nThe Premier League club has played at Goodison Park since 1892. It has been looking for a new home for 25 years.\n\nUpon learning of Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick opting not to intervene in the council's planning process, Everton said it was a \"momentous day\".\n\nMr Jenrick decided there was no need to \"call-in\" the application, the ministry spokesman added.\n\nThe waterfront stadium will be built just to the north of Liverpool city centre\n\nFans, former players and supporter groups expressed their \"delight\" at the news on social media and said it was \"a huge day\".\n\nThe club's longest serving captain, Kevin Ratcliffe, said it had been a \"long time coming\" and \"at one stage it would seem like it would never happen\".\n\nHe said the stadium would be a \"great masterpiece for Liverpool\" although he admitted \"it will be heartbreaking for some fans to leave Goodison Park, but it is a ground that is ageing.\"\n\nNick Mernock of the independent Everton's Fans Forum, which was involved in consultations over the stadium, said his overwhelming reaction was \"relief\".\n\n\"We recognise it is bigger than just football as it will be a fundamental regeneration for a large piece of unloved land,\" he said.\n\nHe said the fans' main priority was that its design could recreate the \"atmosphere of Goodison Park.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFootball finance expert, Keiron Maguire, from the University of Liverpool, said the stadium would be a \"game-changer\" for increasing the club's revenue.\n\nThe new stadium will be situated within developer Peel's £5.5bn Liverpool Waters site.\n\nThe director of development for the site, Darran Lawless, said the firm was \"delighted\" with the decision.\n\nHistoric England, which had objected to the new stadium on the grounds it could harm the city's heritage, said it understood \"the strength of feeling for the stadium among many Liverpudlians and respect the process which has led to this decision\".\n\nCLARIFICATION - 28 March 2021: The original version of our article stated Everton had \"received final approval\" from the government. A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesman asked us to clarify that the Secretary of State had \"decided not to intervene\" in Liverpool City Council's planning process.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The legendary quarterback shared a laugh about the election with President Biden during a White House visit celebrating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Super Bowl victory.", "Last updated on .From the section The Hundred\n\nInvincibles won by five wickets with two balls remaining\n\nOval Invincibles pulled off a thrilling victory over Manchester Originals as the women's Hundred began with a bang at The Oval.\n\nChasing 136, the Invincibles were 36-4 before South Africa pair Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp combined for a partnership of 73.\n\nKapp was brilliantly stumped by Ellie Threlkeld for 38 but captain Van Niekerk hit 56 not out to guide her team home.\n\nShe hit Kate Cross for four to seal the win with two balls remaining, resulting in wild celebrations from the youthful London crowd - believed to be a record for a domestic women's professional match.\n\nCould the much-debated Hundred have had a better opening night? Almost certainly not.\n\nThere were around 7,400 people in attendance, many of those young children and families, and when the home side secured victory there were people dancing in the aisles.\n\nThe night began with dramatic fireworks, had DJs and music acts, but by the end everyone at The Oval was engrossed on the cricket - all of it live on BBC Two.\n\nVan Niekerk, who was crucially dropped twice, played brilliantly and showed all of her experience built in a 186-game international career.\n\nThe Invincibles needed 16 from the last 10 balls and Mady Villiers hit her England team-mate Sophie Ecclestone for six over long on.\n\nShe hit Kate Cross for four at the start of the final set of five balls before Van Niekerk secured the win with an edge wide of the wicketkeeper.\n\nEven in defeat, Manchester's Alex Hartley was smiling, given the occasion.\n\n\"I have never been prouder of a women's cricket game,\" she said, summing the night up perfectly.\n\n\"What a night,\" added Originals captain Cross. \"I don't think we can be too disheartened coming off the pitch with an atmosphere like that. Obviously we're disappointed not getting over the line but what a night!\"\n\nThe same teams open the men's competition on Thursday, also at The Oval.\n\nIn truth, it should have been Manchester who notched the first win in cricket's newest format.\n\nOpener Lizelle Lee hit 42 in a decent score batting first and Cross dismissed the Invincibles top three - Georgia Adams, Alice Capsey and Grace Gibbs - with a fine opening spell of the reply.\n\nIt was dropped catches that cost the Originals, however.\n\nHarmanpreet Kaur, who earlier made a classy 29, missed a straightforward chance to dismiss Van Niekerk for 28 at mid-off and Kapp was put down on 22 by her South Africa team-mate Mignon du Preez on the boundary - the ball also going for six, adding to Manchester's pain.\n\nWith 25 needed from 15 balls there was still time for Georgie Boyce to put down Van Niekerk, now on 44, once more. She spilled a mis-hit sweep when fielding near the leg-side boundary.", "Netflix has confirmed that it will include video games as part of subscription packages at no extra cost.\n\nIn a letter to investors, it said it was in the early stages of expanding into games and those for mobile would be added to the platform first.\n\n\"The time is right to learn more about how our members value games,\" it said on Tuesday.\n\nBut Netflix shares dipped in after-hours trading after it missed a target on subscriptions.\n\nThe California-based company said it expects to sign up 3.5 million new customers in the three months to the end of September - less than the 5.86 million analysts had estimated.\n\n\"Covid has created some lumpiness in our membership growth (higher growth in 2020, slower growth this year), which is working its way through,\" it said in its latest financial update.\n\n\"We continue to focus on improving our service for our members and bringing them the best stories from around the world.\"\n\nIt now counts more than 209 million paid-up members in total, having seen a surge in sign-ups when consumers were spending more time at home during coronavirus-related lockdowns.\n\nBut the pandemic has proven a double-edged sword for Netflix, because it disrupted the production of some big titles.\n\n\"Covid and its variants make predicting the future hard, but with productions largely running smoothly so far, we're optimistic,\" it said, pointing to new seasons of the series \"Sex Education\" and \"Never Have I Ever\".\n\nDespite the slowdown on-set, in the three months to the end of June the firm's revenues totalled $7.3bn - about 19% higher than a year before.\n\nProfits dipped to $1.35bn, down from $1.7bn the previous quarter, citing additional investment in improving its apps and non-English language content.\n\nNetflix said it is continuing to put more money into production and that it was keen to \"increase our share of screen time in the US and around the world\".\n\nGiven that the firm faces increasingly stiff competition from new streaming services entering the market, such as Disney+ or Amazon Prime, gaming could provide Netflix with a unique offer, building on efforts such as an interactive episode of Black Mirror called \"Bandersnatch\".\n\nIndependent telecoms analyst Paolo Pescatore said that this could prove costly: \"The company will have to dedicate significant resources including time and investment with no guaranteed success.\n\n\"For sure this is a long-term play as Netflix needs to strongly think about retention and engagement.\"\n\nHe also cautioned that competition in the gaming industry is even tougher and it could be years before the streaming giant could establish itself in that market.\n\nNetflix has recently announced a number of moves in order to aid its transition, such as hiring Mike Verdu who used to work for gaming company Electronic Arts (EA) as its vice president of game development, as well as reportedly expanding its deal with the Bridgerton creator Shonda Rhimes to include gaming.", "Ateeq Rafiq died after becoming trapped under a Gold Class chair at Vue cinema, based at StarCity in Birmingham\n\nThe Vue cinema chain has been fined £750,000 for safety breaches which led to the death of a man who became trapped under a chair.\n\nIt was also ordered to pay £130,000 in costs for what Judge Heidi Kubik QC said was \"an accident that never should have happened\".\n\nAteeq Rafiq died in March 2018 after he was crushed by a motorised footrest at Birmingham's Star City cinema.\n\nThe judge said there had been a \"complete lack of a risk assessment\".\n\nMr Rafiq, 24, became trapped after searching for his keys and the father-of-one, from Aston, suffered \"catastrophic\" brain injuries.\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive said the force that came down on him was the equivalent to a weight of three-quarters of a tonne.\n\nAnd an inquest, which ended in a verdict of accidental death, was told the reclining chair had been missing a bar that would have allowed him to be released by hand.\n\nThe inquest jury foreman said there had been \"missed opportunities to undertake comprehensive safety checks of the chairs\".\n\n\"If the seat had been fitted and maintained in the correct manner, Mr Rafiq would not have died,\" he said.\n\nVue Entertainment Ltd pleaded guilty in April 2021 to failing to carry out an adequate risk assessment and failing to ensure the safety of visitors to the cinema.\n\nJudge Kubik said: \"Nothing I can say can ameliorate the loss suffered by his wife and family.\n\n\"It is conceded that clearly a number of members of the public were exposed to the same risk of harm. The complete lack of a risk assessment was a significant cause of the actual harm that resulted.\"\n\nBut she also accepted mitigation presented by the cinema chain and said: \"It is obviously positive mitigation on behalf of this company that they have no previous convictions or matters coming before the court. They have a very positive health and safety record.\"\n\nThe prosecution was brought by Birmingham City Council, with the support of the Health and Safety Executive.\n\nSpeaking after the sentence, councillor Philip Davis, the chair of the Licensing and Public Protection Committee, said: \"As a result of these failings by Vue, a young man who had gone to the cinema with his wife suffered fatal injuries.\n\n\"People go to the cinema to enjoy films with friends and family, no-one should have to consider whether their safety is at risk while watching a film.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "The authorities in north-west Nigeria say they have freed 100 women and children - mainly mothers nursing infants - who were seized by bandits.\n\nThe group were abducted on 8 June in Zamfara state. Four people were also killed during the incident.\n\nThe Zamfara state government said they were released without any ransom being paid, but gave no further details.\n\nThe group will now be given medical checks and debriefed before they return to their homes.\n\nA spate of kidnappings has taken place in the region during recent months.\n\nSince December 2020, more than 1,000 people have been abducted. Most have later been freed, reportedly after ransoms were paid, but some have been killed.\n\nAuthorities have blamed the incidents on bandits, a loose term for kidnappers, armed robbers, cattle rustlers and other armed militia operating in the region who are largely motivated by money.\n\nSince the well-publicised abduction in 2014 of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok secondary school by Boko Haram Islamist militants in Borno state, more armed groups have resorted to mass abduction of students.\n\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari has directed the military to flush out criminals in Zamfara and the neighbouring states of Kaduna and Katsina.\n\nEarlier this week, during a raid against a criminal gang, a Nigerian air force plane was shot down on the border of Zamfara and Kaduna states. The pilot survived the attack by ejecting from the plane and fleeing to safety.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHail the size of golf balls fell in a thunderstorm damaging cars and smashing windows as extreme heat warnings stayed in place across England.\n\nThe hail storm hit Kibworth Beauchamp village in Leicestershire at about 18:15 BST on Tuesday.\n\nResident Katie Jaffar said the storm was \"terrifying\" and left her car \"covered in golf ball-sized dents\".\n\nSeveral roads in the East of England also flooded as temperatures of 30C (85F) turned to heavy rain and hail.\n\nThe Met Office had earlier issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms.\n\nThe giant hail put an end to a day of fun in the sun for many as they counted the cost of the damage\n\nJournalist and mother-of-two Mrs Jaffar, 46, said: \"One minute the kids were playing with their friends in the paddling pool and it was gloriously hot.\n\n\"The next minute huge dollops of rain started falling and then it turned into hail - giant lumps of it thundering down.\n\n\"It was so fast, it was pretty terrifying.\"\n\nKibworth Court care home had to move all residents to the first floor after two lounges, the dining room and reception flooded.\n\nManager Caroline Harrison said: \"We were watching it with the residents because it was massive hailstones, and we realised it was actually getting really close to the front door, and then all of a sudden it just [came] straight through all the windows.\n\n\"We had to get the residents upstairs [and] phoned the fire brigade, because by then we were under at least eight inches of water.\n\n\"They came out and pumped the car park - the car park was like a massive pond.\"\n\nOne resident estimated the size of the hail to be three to five centimetres\n\nMs Harrison said staff had worked through the night to clean up and were \"all pretty exhausted\" and \"grateful\" to villagers who dropped off towels and helped after an appeal on Facebook.\n\n\"Most of the staff came in to help us have a massive clean-up last night - we've been here all night,\" she added.\n\n\"We've lost all the carpet - it's not something I want to go through again.\n\n\"The back garden is absolutely devastated. The gazebos all have holes in them, the umbrellas have gone.\n\nA number of people compared the hailstones to items in their homes\n\nAlthough hail is not unusual in the summer, the size of it experienced in Kibworth and surrounding areas on Tuesday is uncommon.\n\nIt formed due to a number of factors. The atmosphere was highly unstable across the region yesterday, which led to strong updrafts in the cloud, allowing the hail longer to form and therefore get bigger.\n\nThe instability was also deep, with a large area of cloud above freezing.\n\nThe hail accompanied thunderstorms, which also caused flash flooding in places.\n\nA number of cars took damage during the storm\n\nKevin Messenger's car window was taken out\n\nSeveral Twitter users posted videos of the torrential showers, pictures of the giant hail and smashed car windows.\n\nOne Kibworth resident, who did not want to be named, said every car in the village would have been damaged if it was not in a garage or under cover.\n\n\"They were huge boulders coming from the sky, it was unbelievable,\" she said.\n\n\"I know a lot of people that have had their cars damaged. My car and partner's van were hit, my mother-in-law's greenhouse and window sill on the conservatory have boulder-sized holes in them.\n\n\"It felt like it lasted over an hour and a half, it was freaky.\"\n\nA greenhouse was hit during the storm\n\nKevin Messenger saw his car damaged by the storm.\n\n\"It was a surreal experience to be honest,\" he told BBC Radio Leicester.\n\n\"One minute you are basking in the glorious sunshine, and then a little bit of rain started and all of a sudden the noise started echoing around the house.\n\n\"I woke up this morning almost feeling a bit fortunate and a bit grateful - [there are] definitely worse-impacted people than me.\"\n\nPrimary school teacher Phil Morrish, 53, who is an avid weather watcher, said he was sent pictures from friends in Kibworth village.\n\n\"People are shocked by it,\" he said. \"There are quite a few cars being damaged by this huge hail.\n\n\"It is crazy weather. The hailstones are three to five centimetres big.\"\n\nPaul Arscott, a market researcher and father-of-two from Kibworth, said: \"The roads were nuts.\n\n\"Everyone pulled up on grass verges and pavements trying to hide under trees or bridges from the A6 all the way to Kibworth, all at different angles. It was like a scene from an Armageddon film.\"\n\nJoe Starmer, who runs a nearby car body repair shop, said he had received several calls on Wednesday morning from residents.\n\n\"I only live down the road from Kibworth and my workshop wasn't affected - we just got rain,\" he said.\n\n\"But I drove down and it's not a good look. Pretty much every car I drove past was affected - the roof panels and bonnets broken, windscreens smashed, every single panel dented.\"\n\nKibworth Golf Club said it would be closed all day on Wednesday because of damage to the course.\n\nClub secretary Wendy Quilter said members and volunteers had been down with rakes and brushes to help with the clean-up.\n\n\"All the grounds are dimpled and waterlogged... the skylights around the clubhouse smashed, guttering demolished, there's not a flower left in the place,\" she said.\n\n\"I have never seen anything quite like it.\"\n\nThere was flooding in Kibworth village after the downpour\n\nElderly residents on the upper floor of retirement home Morrison Court, in Kibworth, were evacuated by fire crews after several skylights were shattered and water started flowing into the corridors.\n\nOne of the residents, Andrea Smith, 75, said: \"It was horrifying. Water started coming through the lights in the corridor ceilings and it forced them to crash to the ground with live electric wires hanging down.\n\n\"One of the ladies who lives here nearly got smashed on the head with one of these lights - it fell down just in front of her.\n\n\"It was really scary because it was so noisy. It sounded like gunshots. There was glass everywhere.\"\n\nOfficers closed the A6 Harborough Road, at Kibworth, in both directions due to flooding.\n\nLeicestershire Police said it was \"dealing with an incident\" and advised motorists to find alternative routes.\n\nLeicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has warned people not to \"attempt to drive through flood water\".\n\nExtreme heat warnings, alerting people to the risk of sunburn and heat exhaustion, are in place until Friday.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"No-one likes gin and tonic with the ice melted\"\n\nA pub and a restaurant have both closed due to scorching temperatures in Wales.\n\nThe Pipeworks Bar said the heat was \"unbearable\" for staff behind the bar at Pontyclun in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nThe Stone Crab restaurant in the Welsh seaside resort of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire has also shut and said it \"cannot let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather\".\n\nThe Met Office issued one of its new-style extreme heat weather warnings for the first time for parts of the UK, including larges parts of Wales.\n\nThe amber warning will be in place until Thursday, when temperatures are expected to peak and could reach 33C (91.4F) in some western areas.\n\nIn a Facebook statement, the Pipeworks Bar said: \"As well as being too hot outside, it's unbearable behind our bar.\n\n\"Everything that is keeping the drinks cold is making us even hotter,\" it said, referring to its three fridges.\n\n\"Plus, masks are just horrid to wear at the moment. So, it's only fair on the staff that we give them a couple of days off... We didn't ever think we would close due to sun.\"\n\nOwner Simon Cole said he was also thinking of the customer enjoyment when making the decision.\n\n\"I went there and had a pint on my day off and the pint was warm within five minutes and it wasn't very nice,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\nHe said as well as the fridges, he had an ice machine which pumped out hot air and there was no air conditioning. Even the outdoor area which has a pergola was \"like a greenhouse\".\n\nSimon Cole said the Pipeworks registered 40C inside when he opened it up\n\nThe temperature inside the bar when he opened up had registered 40C and a bottle of spirits he picked up was hot to the touch.\n\n\"It's mainly just for our staff to have a break and not have to endure the heat. I think they felt relief,\" he said.\n\n\"We have great staff. I messaged them at the weekend and they said it was awful.\n\n\"It's not worth the money to have upset staff. It's [only closing] for a few days.\"\n\nThe Stone Crab said on Facebook it was \"with a heavy heart and with deep thought\" that they have closed until Friday due to the Met Office's extreme temperature weather warnings.\n\n\"We cannot in good knowledge let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather,\" their statement said.\n\n\"We have already been under significant pressure whilst working due to this heat wave, and the new warnings that have come out this evening make it unsafe for our staff to work, let alone the hours that we are all working due to staff shortages in the area.\"\n\nUnder UK law, there is no legal right to leave work when workplaces hit a certain temperature.\n\nHowever under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, employers have a legal obligation to provide a \"reasonable\" temperature in the workplace, although that does not mean they have to provide air conditioning, for example.\n\nBy 14:00 BST on Tuesday, Cardiff had recorded the highest temperature in Wales at 30.2C, with Usk in Monmouthshire and Llysdinam in Powys both registering 29.3C, the Met Office said.\n\nThe highest temperature of the year in Wales was set on Monday in Cardiff at 30.9C, and could still be beaten on Tuesday as temperatures are still rising.\n\nHealth services have issued advice to the public on how to stay cool and safe in the heat.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service declared a business continuity incident - where service is at risk of being disrupted - because of pressure on its services and asked people to think carefully before calling an ambulance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Welsh Ambulance This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt said the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, coupled with the warm weather and an influx of holidaymakers and day-trippers to Wales, meant it was facing a busy summer period.\n\nCardiff and Vale University Health Board said its emergency unit remained very busy and asked people not to attend unless it was life-threatening but to ring for an appointment instead.\n\nHywel Dafydd, consultant plastic surgeon at Morriston Hospital's Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, warned people to be very careful in the hot weather, especially in regard to protecting children.\n\n\"The UV index is very high at the moment, and so the risk of getting severe damage from the sun in the form of sunburn is very, very high and it will happen very quickly,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"My advice primarily is to stay out of the sun, particularly in the height of the sun between the hours of 11am and 3pm, and if you do have to be in the sun then protect yourself by wearing high factor sun screen such as factor 50 and cover up by wearing long-sleeved light cotton or linen-type shirts, wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect your face, and sunglasses.\"\n\nHe said children who got a severe blistering sunburn before the age of 10 doubled their risk of getting melanoma skin cancer, which was more prevalent among people aged 16-30.\n\nNetwork Rail said three watchmen were on the lines to monitor temperatures since early morning and had identified three places where speed restrictions were needed, including Llanbister in Powys, where trains were running at 20mph.", "Virgin Media has told its customers to keep wi-fi routers out of direct sunlight in case they overheat.\n\nThe warning was contained in a recently published page offering \"top tips for a strong, reliable connection this summer\".\n\nOverheating is a problem to which many electronic devices can be prone.\n\nIf the router becomes too hot, it may \"slow down your connection or even grind to a halt altogether\", the company warns.\n\nBut there was \"no widespread issue\" of hubs overheating during the current England heatwave, a Virgin Media representative told BBC News.\n\nAnd the company said it tested devices to ensure they worked in a range of temperatures.\n\nAs electric current moves through electronic devices, it generates heat.\n\nMany powerful devices, such as gaming computers, need sophisticated cooling systems to dissipate heat.\n\nAnd additional heat from sunlight, and warm surrounding air increases the chance of overheating.\n\n\"Just like laptops, phones and games consoles, routers require ventilation to get rid of excess heat,\" Uswitch.com broadband expert Catherine Hiley said.\n\n\"Therefore, you should avoid placing them in or near direct sunlight.\"\n\nAnd anyone using a fan might consider placing the router in the path of the moving air.\n\n\"If your router is regularly overheating, it could indicate that the device has an underlying problem or that it is getting too old to function properly,\" Ms Hiley added.\n\nISP Review said routers could usually cope with temperatures near 40C - so if kept in shade, a UK heatwave should not normally pose a problem.\n\nThe warmth of routers could be attractive to pets, however, and \"we'd strongly advise against allowing your pets to rest on top of your router - even in winter\".\n\nDust can also accumulate on routers, clogging air vents.\n\nAnd Virgin Media advises keeping them in a cool but not enclosed place.", "The murder of Sarah Everard sparked a national outcry, spurring women to share their experiences of feeling unsafe on the streets. Many included a sense of the teller lining themselves up shoulder-to-shoulder with her: \"She was the same age as me\", \"I used to live near her\", \"I've walked the same route\".\n\nMs Everard didn't set herself up to be such an everywoman, a symbol of longstanding - and ongoing - violence against women. She had no choice in her name becoming a battle cry for change.\n\nThe private, excoriating grief of friends and family seems to have been subsumed by the wider - albeit important and valid - reactions of protest and polemic, marches and mass mourning.\n\nSarah Everard was a daughter, sister, friend and colleague. According to those in the know, she was dreadful at karaoke but \"brilliant\" at everything else.\n\nThere were just 38 minutes between the time this \"clever, articulate and caring\" woman left a friend's house and the last time she was seen.\n\nThe final image of her, captured by a bus camera, also showed a white Vauxhall Astra with its hazard lights on and both front doors open.\n\nThe car had been hired specifically for kidnapping a woman. It was returned to the rental company the following morning, having served its purpose.\n\nHer body was found a week later in a woodland stream in Ashford, Kent, where her killer owned a patch of land.\n\nA complete stranger, a police officer, had kidnapped, raped and murdered her.\n\nHe knew what he was doing, this man who killed her for his own gratuitous wants.\n\nOutwardly, he had what appeared to be a perfectly ordinary life. A responsible job. Wife and children. A house in Deal in Kent he shared with them.\n\nBut the 48-year-old officer's façade hid the actions of a sexual predator who had been planning the crime - although not yet selecting his victim - in chilling detail. On 28 February, three days before he killed Ms Everard, he had been accused of indecent exposure in a branch of McDonald's. It wasn't the first time.\n\nThe very same day, he bought a roll of self-adhesive plastic described as \"carpet protector\" and booked the hire car he would use to abduct the marketing executive. He arranged for time off work.\n\nAfter he killed Ms Everard, he bought builders' bags, a tarpaulin and a cargo net, wiped his phone and concocted an implausible and time-wasting web of lies about his involvement in her disappearance.\n\nThat they won't have to sit through the grisly evidence and twisted lies of a trial must be scant relief to her loved ones.\n\nMs Everard should have had a brilliant future, a lot to look forward to. She had bounced back after a relationship breakup and was seeing someone new. She had just started a new job.\n\nShe, her boyfriend Josh Lowth and four others were planning a trip to Ibiza at the end of summer.\n\nOne of Ms Everard's friends said: \"What I loved about her was that she had depth. She wasn't a vapid, nice person. She had opinions, sarcasm and wanted things to be better.\n\n\"We could trust her to fight the good fight.\"\n\nMs Everard grew up in York, with an older brother and sister. Her father was a professor and her mother a charity worker.\n\nDescribed by her family as \"bright and beautiful\", \"kind and thoughtful\", \"caring and dependable\", she \"always put others first and had the most amazing sense of humour. She was strong and principled and a shining example to us all\".\n\nRose Woollard has been a close friend of Ms Everard since university, and was one of the first to become alarmed. She contacted the BBC in an attempt to raise awareness before Ms Everard's disappearance had become an official police investigation.\n\nMs Woollard said: \"Sarah has always been an exceptional friend, dropping everything to be there to support her friends, whenever they need her.\n\n\"It was only recently that she was telling me the good news about her new role, which she was excited to start.\"\n\n\"She was sunshine and light, and made you feel warm and good and safe,\" said another friend. \"I feel angry about it as well, but my main anger is that it happened to her.\"\n\nA former colleague said: \"Sometimes you meet a person with a beautiful soul and it shines through.\n\n\"There is nothing anyone can say that will make things better for her family and loved ones. They must be in hell. I can only say that Sarah was a very special person and will be missed by so many.\"\n\nThe uproar over Ms Everard's death, and what she has come to represent, led one friend to say: \"I would like to just say who she was to me, as a person.\n\n\"Finding the right words is so hard.\n\n\"I can't sum her up in a few well-chosen words, nor express what she meant to me by sharing memories. I can only skim the surface now in the wake of the horror and the anger, and work through the rest alone in the weeks and months to follow.\n\n\"Sarah was open. Honest. Unflinching in her ability to listen and empathise. There are some people you know for a relatively short time, but whom you instantly strike up a close bond with due to your similarities - Sarah was one of these people. We shared a lot, and I was never in any doubt of her discretion or sincerity in her support and kindness. We laughed, we cried. We talked about the future.\n\nA simple post on Facebook on 14 June said: \"Happy Birthday Sarah Everard. I miss you today, and every single day\".\n\nWhen she was taken, Ms Everard was less than a mile from her flat in Brixton. The killer had been cruising around for more than four hours before he saw her for the first time. Years of predatory behaviour, days of planning, hours of scouting, and mere minutes to trap his prey.\n\nThis was a decision he made. It was not a frenzied attack in which a person loses self-control. It was cool-headed and clinical.\n\nInvestigators are looking into the hypothesis he used his police ID card as a means to stop Ms Everard, under the guise of questioning her about Covid restrictions.\n\nAt any point he could have driven away.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nBritish medal hope Amber Hill has withdrawn from the women's skeet competition at this summer's Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nWorld number one Hill won silver at the shooting World Cup in May and finished sixth at the Rio 2016 Games.\n\nHill says she is \"absolutely devastated\" by the news, which came before she had left for Japan.\n\nShe was due to participate in Sunday's qualifying event with the final scheduled to take place on Monday.\n\nThe British Olympic Association confirmed Hill's positive test and added there would be no replacement for the 23-year-old.\n\n\"There are no words to describe how I'm feeling right now,\" Hill said.\n\n\"After five years of training and preparation, I'm absolutely devastated to say that last night I received a positive Covid-19 test, meaning I've had to withdraw from Team GB's shooting team.\n\n\"Although I don't have any symptoms, I will now isolate as per the government guidance.\"\n\nSwimmer Ilya Borodin, 2020 European champion in the men's 400m individual medley, will also miss the Games, the Russian Swimming Federation said.\n\nThe 18-year-old tested positive for coronavirus during a training camp before departing for Japan.\n\nOne athlete who feared her Games might be over after she was identified as a close contact of a member of the public who tested positive on the flight to Japan has been given hope she can compete.\n\nBritish 400m hurdler Jessie Knight was part of a group of six athletes identified as a close contact of someone two rows away on her flight.\n\n\"When I was initially told, I was just told 'Oh Jessie we need to speak to you' so my heart dropped and to be honest I thought I'd tested positive,\" the 27-year-old told BBC Sport. \"The fact that I was just a close contact, I was really relieved.\"\n\nThe protocols in place mean she is isolated from athletes who have not been affected but with twice-a-day testing, and social distancing between her and her coach, she is still able to train.\n\n\"You don't want to miss 14 days of training going into the biggest race of your life so I was panicking but it was communicated so quickly that I would be able to train so long as we were providing those negative tests.\"\n\nTeam GB chef de mission Mark England said: \"This is a rule that was presented to everybody only in the last 48 hours by the IOC and Tokyo 2020.\n\n\"Any athlete in the Olympic Games that has been contacted for track-and-trace and is isolating, as long as they presenting negative tests they are allowed to enter the field of play.\"\n\nKnight is due to compete in the early rounds of the women's 400m hurdles on 31 July.\n• None What's happening with Covid in Japan and what measures are in place for athletes?\n• None How Britain's Olympic dreams were rebuilt after a disappointing 1996\n• None Dominic Cummings is interviewed on his role in Brexit, the pandemic and the government", "Fine sea views in Scarborough, but locals complain of a lack of access to NHS dentists\n\nA national strategy is needed to tackle poor health and lower life expectancy in seaside towns, a report from England's chief medical officer says.\n\nChris Whitty says these places might have natural beauty but suffer from high rates of serious illnesses.\n\nCoastal towns have been \"overlooked by governments\" and had their \"ill-health hidden\", said Prof Whitty.\n\nThe report calls for cross-government action to address overlapping issues such as bad housing and poor health.\n\nCoastal towns need their own dedicated health improvement policy, says the report, because the challenges facing towns such as Blackpool, Skegness and Hastings have more in common with each other than their inland neighbouring towns.\n\nSeaside and coastal towns often have older populations with more complex health needs - but at the same time local NHS services can suffer from recruitment problems, leaving gaps in health services where they are needed most.\n\nThere are deep-rooted social problems interwoven with poor health in coastal areas, the report highlights - such as low-paid seasonal jobs, underachievement in education, poor transport and overcrowded \"houses of multiple occupation,\" which might be converted from former guest houses.\n\nUsing the example of Blackpool, the report shows how the areas of the town with the lowest male life expectancy are the same areas with the greatest concentrations of houses of multiple occupation.\n\nDr Arif Rajpura, Blackpool's director of public health, said the town's health problems required tackling the \"failed\" areas of private sector housing.\n\nSeaside accommodation is also converted to house vulnerable people from bigger cities, adding to the pressure on local health and mental health services.\n\n\"Coastal towns are forgotten about,\" says Jodie Smith, who lives in Eastfield, beside the North Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough.\n\nRecruitment problems for health staff is a \"common issue\" in coastal areas, says the report. In Eastfield there are no dentists at all, since the last practice closed, and Jodie describes a long list of complications and costs for families trying to get treatment.\n\nWhen her six-year-old son needed a dentist, Jodie and husband Andy were first directed to take a 100-mile round trip for an appointment. That was resolved with a trip only 20 miles away, but she says the lack of such basic services is \"ridiculous\".\n\nYou shouldn't have to choose between putting food on the table and going to the dentist\n\nAnother friend went to accident and emergency, but ended up having to pay £180 for private treatment.\n\n\"They want people to go private. But you shouldn't have to choose between putting food on the table and going to the dentist,\" she says.\n\nThere are plans for an emergency dental service, but Jodie says people should be seeing a dentist regularly and not have to wait until a crisis.\n\n\"It's the same story across too many of our seaside towns, with practices struggling to fill vacancies and patients unable to secure care,\" says British Dental Association chairman Eddie Crouch.\n\nLocal councillor Tony Randerson says phone calls about finding a dentist have become a regular occurrence.\n\nHe says it's \"absolutely diabolical\" that 6,000 people, in one of the poorest wards in North Yorkshire, should be without a local dentist.\n\nCllr Randerson also reports an increase in mental health problems during the pandemic, reflecting people becoming isolated and lonely.\n\nFor problems of bad diet and obesity, he blames the spread of fast food shops.\n\n\"Whenever a shop becomes vacant - there's another fast food outlet. We're at saturation point.\"\n\nHeart disease, strokes, mental health problems, diabetes and higher rates of smoking are all more prevalent in seaside populations, the report warns, associated in turn with higher levels of coastal deprivation.\n\nAsthma was one of the few health problems less common on the coast - and Prof Whitty pointed to the \"paradox\" of ill health in seaside towns when there were so many natural advantages - such as lower pollution and better access to healthy outside spaces.\n\nVulnerable people can be drawn to seaside towns and add to the pressure on services\n\n\"Coastal areas are some the most beautiful, vibrant and historic places in the country. They also have some of the worst health outcomes with low life expectancy and high rates of many major diseases,\" said the chief medical officer.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the new Office for Health Promotion could make a positive difference.\n\n\"Those living in coastal areas clearly face different sets of challenges to those inland but everybody, no matter where they live, should have similar opportunities in education, housing, employment and health,\" he said.", "Sunny skies turned to heavy rain and hail across the East of England, as the Met Office issued an amber warning for thunderstorms.\n\nSeveral Twitter users posted videos of the torrential showers, in stark contrast to the earlier sun which saw parts of the region heat up to 30C (86F).\n\nThe Met Office says the weather could lead to localised flooding and travel disruption.\n\nThe hot weather is expected to continue for the rest of the week.", "Frozen in time: Fossilised seafloor animals from the Jurassic, all piled on top of each other\n\n\"If they could squeal, I'm sure they would have done.\"\n\nPalaeontologist Tim Ewin is standing in a quarry, recalling the calamity that's written in the rocks under his mud-caked boots.\n\n\"They tried to protect themselves, adopting the stress position of pulling their arms in,\" he continues. \"But it was all in vain; you can see where their arms got snagged open, right up to the crown. They were pushed into the sediment and buried alive.\"\n\nThere's a little smile creeping across Tim's face, and he's got reason to be happy.\n\nThe misfortune that struck this place 167 million years ago has delivered to him an extraordinary collection of fossil animals in what is unquestionably one of the most important Jurassic dig sites ever discovered in the UK.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The fossils were originally uncovered by two hobby palaeontologists\n\nWe can't be precise about the location of the excavation for security reasons, but you'll recognise from the gorgeous, honey-coloured limestone that we're somewhere in Cotswold country.\n\nThings have changed a bit since Jurassic times, though.\n\nNo quaint villages and dry-stone walls back then; these parts were covered by a shallow sea, maybe 20-40m deep. And it was a damn sight warmer than your traditional English summer. The movement of tectonic plates means Britain was roughly where North Africa is today.\n\nSo you can imagine the types of creatures that would have been living on this ancient, near-tropical seafloor.\n\nThe fossils are in clay layers that intersperse the Cotswold limestone\n\nStalked animals called sea lilies were tethered to the bed in great \"meadows\". Their free-floating cousins, the feather stars, were ambling by, looking to grab the same particles of food. And down in the sediment, starfish and brittle stars were feeling their way across the bottom with their fives arms, no doubt bumping into the occasional passing sea urchin or sea cucumber.\n\nIt's exactly this scene that's preserved in the rocks of our mystery quarry.\n\nThe quantities involved are astonishing. Not hundreds, not thousands, but perhaps tens of thousands of these animals that scientists collectively call \"the echinoderms\". It's a great name, derived from the Greek for \"hedgehog\", or \"spiny\", \"skin\". What is a sea urchin, if not an \"underwater hedgehog\"?\n\nMost of what we know about the deep history of echinoderms from British fossils comes from the few specimens that emerged from railway cuttings and quarrying in the Victorian age.\n\nThe individual calcite plates, or ossicles, that made up the skeletal frames are preserved\n\nTim Ewin's institution, the Natural History Museum in London, has these items tucked away in a small space that will now be utterly inadequate to accommodate the truckload of new examples that is coming.\n\n\"In this age of rock from the Middle Jurassic, only two species of starfish were known, represented by five specimens,\" he says. \"In just a few days of collecting here, we've got 12 starfish specimens, and expect to find many more.\n\n\"And it's the same for the comatulids, or stemless crinoids (feather stars) - 200 years' worth of collecting is represented at the museum by about 25 specimens. Here, we've probably got 25 specimens just under our feet, and we've collected over 1,000.\"\n\nThe NHM was given only a few days in the private quarry to collect the specimens\n\nBut it's also the quality of the preservation that's jaw-dropping.\n\nLean in close to a slab of rock that's just been cleaned up and you'll observe what, at first sight, reminds you of a plate of noodles. It is in fact a great mass of fossil arms from who knows how many sea lilies.\n\nYou can clearly discern the individual calcite plates, or ossicles, that made up the skeletal frames of these animals when they were alive. What's more, the specimens are fully articulated. That's to say, all parts are still intact. Everything is captured in three dimensions.\n\n\"We talk about the fives (radial symmetry) in echinoderms. They're all there; you can see them,\" says NHM senior fossil preparator Mark Graham.\n\nThe arms of another crinoid are imprinted on a piece of Jurassic wood\n\nSpecialists in fossil echinoderms believe the Cotswold quarry will help them better categorise the species' different life stages, their ecology and their proper position in evolutionary history.\n\nTo paraphrase that old cliche: the textbooks might not need to be rewritten but some extensive notes will almost certainly have to be added to the margins.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Tim Ewin from the Natural History Museum explains what the team is looking for\n\nAnd the new learning will go wider still, says echinoderm specialist Jeff Thompson.\n\n\"We live in a changing world today, and if we want to understand how climate change might affect not only the future of humanity but of all life on Earth's surface, then the echinoderms are one of the best groups to study,\" he tells me.\n\n\"We know quite well what happened to them through a variety of mass extinctions, so their experience can be really helpful as we try to understand the major changes in biodiversity across geological time.\"\n\nFrom Pangea to the present day A series of images animated to show how Pangea evolved over time to create the world land masses that we know today\n\nSally Hollingworth is half-standing, half-sitting at the edge of a pool of muddy water. She's busy trying to ease yet more feather stars from the clay layers that intersperse the quarry's limestone units.\n\nShe's gently prodding with a spatula, attempting to get under the specimens to lift them without breaking them.\n\n\"I call them 'squiggly wigglies',\" she laughs. \"The stalked crinoids, I call those 'stalkie walkies'.\"\n\nThe NHM is now cleaning up the best examples retrieved from the quarry\n\nIt's Sally and her husband, Neville, that the NHM have to thank for finding this marvellous site.\n\nThe pair are keen amateur palaeontologists. They spend their weekends investigating the Cotswold hills and their surrounds, looking for interesting rocks. The most promising items they take home to \"his and hers\" studios (a shed and a garage) where they use air abrasion tools to lift off any obscuring sediment.\n\nIt was while cooped up during lockdown that Sally and Neville first identified the potential of the quarry.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sally and Neville: \"Looking on Google Earth, we saw a quarry and thought: 'That looks interesting'\"\n\nAfter examining the location on Google Earth and comparing it with geological maps of the area, they sought permission from the landowner for a recce, which Sally says seemed somewhat underwhelming at the time.\n\n\"We were finding only tiny fragments of Jurassic sea creatures and we said, 'well, OK, let's take a slab home and see what we can reveal if we can clean it up',\" she recalls.\n\n\"I remember Nev shouting from the garage, 'Sal, Sal! You've got to come and have a look at this!' It was this beautiful sea lily emerging, coming to life, from the slab.\"\n\nWater current from the right in image\n\nWhen Tim Ewin was notified, he immediately recognised the quarry's importance and arranged for an expert team to come in and conduct a systematic search.\n\nSally and Neville, far from being pushed aside by the professionals, are integral members of the group. Their local knowledge and homemade elderflower cordial are greatly appreciated.\n\nWorking the site is a mucky business. Recent rains have turned the floor of the quarry into a mud bath, and the precise and careful process of fossil excavation means the researchers have no choice but to get down on their hands and knees in the sticky mess.\n\n\"Some nice things are being protected by overturned food trays. It might not look like it in all this mud but there are actually some places where we're not supposed to put our feet,\" says NHM curator Zoe Hughes. \"But there's such an abundance, it's maybe not such a concern,\" quips colleague Katie Collins. \"There's such a bonanza of stuff.\"\n\nSlabs go through a triage process to select the best fossils for future study\n\nThe focus is those clay layers. These hold the mass of echinoderms.\n\nThe context appears to be a busy swathe of sea-bottom where nutrients were constantly being delivered to the site.\n\nYou see this in the occasional chunk of Jurassic wood that pokes out from the goo. Maybe there was a delta not far away that was directing food-laden waters to this scene.\n\nThis can explain the abundance of fossil animals but it doesn't explain their supreme preservation. For that, we have to return to the idea of a calamity. The clue to the drama is recorded in the harder, more sand-rich bands of clay - a signal of a sudden shift towards a more energetic environment.\n\n\"What we have is something very suggestive of a dramatic mudflow,\" explains Zoe. \"We have this happy little ecosystem and then, boom! - something catastrophic happens.\n\n\"Perhaps there was an earthquake that caused the mudslide and this came in and covered everything up. This is why the preservation is so amazing, because the scavengers couldn't then get to all those animals to pick them apart.\"\n\nAs Neville Hollingworth likes to put it: \"What we've got here is a sort of Jurassic Pompeii.\"\n\nNHM senior fossil preparator Mark Graham cleans up the fossils using a blast of air and powder", "The backlog of surgery and procedures across Scotland caused by the pandemic could take years to tackle, the chief executive of NHS Grampian has said.\n\nProf Caroline Hiscox said waiting lists were currently the longest since records began, with Covid disruption expected to continue.\n\nAberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) and Dr Gray's in Elgin have been among several hospitals at capacity in recent weeks.\n\nThey have been dealing with a rise in patients and staff absences.\n\nProf Hiscox spoke to BBC Scotland about how the hospital service had been affected by the virus, and what plans are in place to aid the recovery.\n\nShe said: \"The modelling that we have is looking at lots of different scenarios.\n\n\"So, locally and nationally, we are working really closely with other boards and the Scottish government to understand what is the recovery programme for surgery.\n\n\"And also, how does that need to look different to allow us to recover waiting lists that are bigger than we have ever seen before in NHS Scotland since we started recording them.\n\n\"We are definitely not talking weeks or months, we are talking years to be able stabilise and recover and redesign our approach to surgery in NHS Scotland.\"\n\nARI and Dr Gray's were placed on \"code black\" status earlier this month, having reached full capacity.\n\nIn recent days, a \"small number\" of staff - nurses and healthcare support workers - have been released from the vaccination programme to provide additional support at Dr Gray's.\n\nAsked how long that situation could continue, Prof Hiscox said: \"I think if I had the answer to that I would be a very fortunate chief executive and I think that's one of the challenges in regard to the situation that we are facing.\n\n\"So I try to avoid the use of language such as crisis, but actually I'm sure some colleagues would concur with that view.\n\n\"This is a combination of, yes, the third wave of Covid, but also the backdrop of a health and care sector that has been working relentlessly for 18 months.\n\n\"And we are now experiencing demands on our system that we would normally experience in the winter months. They are tired.\"\n\nDr Gray's Hospital in Elgin has been one of the hospitals under pressure\n\nShe described the \"heroic\" workforce as the health service's \"greatest asset\", but the \"greatest vulnerability\" at the same time.\n\n\"Let's make no bones about it, before Covid our workforce was fragile in regards to our vacancies and our ability to recruit and retain in the north east\", Prof Hiscox said.\n\n\"During wave one and wave two we had an additional 1,000 staff came to work with us, which was tremendous. The rest of the country is remobilising, so these people have gone back to do what they need to do.\n\n\"On top of the underlying vacancies, this is the school holidays - I feel very strongly that our health and care staff need to have their annual leave like everyone else. It's critically important they get some recuperation time. On top of that, we have the additional loss of those who are isolating.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer calls on Boris Johnson to apologise for Covid death comments about the over-80s.\n\nBoris Johnson has faced calls to apologise for saying people dying from Covid were \"essentially all over 80\", in a text leaked by Dominic Cummings.\n\nThe prime minister did not deny making the comments, in October last year, as he argued against a second lockdown.\n\nBut he told Prime Minister's Questions the government was making \"incredibly tough balancing decisions\" at the time.\n\nNothing he could say or do would make up for the \"loss and suffering\" people had endured, Mr Johnson added.\n\nThe prime minister said the \"median age\" for those dying was \"above life expectancy\", in a What'sApp message leaked to the BBC by Mr Cummings, the PM's former adviser, adding: \"So get Covid and Live longer\".\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"Will the prime minister now apologise for using those words?\"\n\nMr Johnson, who is self-isolating at his Chequers country retreat, replied: \"Nothing I can say from this virtual despatch box or nothing I can do, can make up for the loss and suffering people have endured in this pandemic.\"\n\nHe highlighted the public inquiry into the pandemic, promised for next spring, and said ministers had been faced with \"incredibly tough balancing decisions\", weighing the \"catastrophe of the disease against the suffering that is caused by lockdowns\".\n\nSir Keir replied: \"I think we need to check that the line at Chequers is working because the prime minister's answers have no resemblance to the questions I am actually asking him.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ian Blackford says ministers should be \"made to answer under oath\" during a Covid inquiry\n\nThe SNP's leader at Westminster, Ian Blackford, also called for an apology, adding: \"How can anyone have put faith and trust in a prime minister who actually typed the words 'Get Covid and live longer'?\"\n\nAnd he repeated his call for an immediate public inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic.\n\nMr Johnson said it was \"right\" that the inquiry should start in the spring when the country would be in a \"much better position\", adding: \"That doesn't mean that we aren't continuing to learn lessons all the time\".\n\nAt the final PMQs before Parliament goes into recess, Sir Keir warned of a \"summer of chaos\" amid confusion over government policy on exemptions for people pinged by the NHS app and Covid passports for nightclubs.\n\n\"When it comes to creating confusion, the prime minister is a super-spreader,\" said the Labour leader.\n\n\"Why is it OK to go to a nightclub for the next six weeks without proof of a vaccine or test, and then from September it will only be OK to get into a nightclub if you've got a vaccine ID card?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Johnson appears virtually at PMQs: Can you hear me Mr Speaker?\n\nSir Keir said Mr Johnson's new three-word slogan should be \"get a grip\", amid reports it will be \"keep life moving\".\n\nMr Johnson accused the Labour leader of trying to \"score cheap political points\".\n\n\"Everybody can see we have to wait until the end of September, by which time it is only fair to the younger generation, when they will all have got the two jabs, before we consider something like asking people to be doubled jabbed before they can go into a nightclub.\n\n\"That's blindingly obvious to everyone, it's common sense.\"\n\nMr Johnson said it would also \"encourage\" younger people to get jabs.\n\nShortly after Prime Minister's Questions, Labour announced that Sir Keir would be self-isolating for a fourth time.\n\n\"One of Keir's children tested positive for Covid this lunchtime. In line with the rules, Keir and his family will now be self-isolating,\" said a Labour spokesperson. \"Keir was already doing daily tests and tested negative this morning. He will continue to take daily tests.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nAndy Murray's Wimbledon run came to an end as beating Canadian 10th seed Denis Shapovalov proved a step too far on his singles comeback.\n\nMurray's loss came after British number one Dan Evans saw his bid to reach the last 16 for the first time ended by American prodigy Sebastian Korda.\n\nEvans, 31, had not dropped a set in his opening two matches, but was beaten 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 by the SW19 debutant.\n\nThe 22nd seed came unstuck against 20-year-old Korda, who is ranked 50th in the world but looked unfazed on the big stage.\n\nThe exits of Murray and Evans leave Cameron Norrie as the last British man able to reach the second week of this year's tournament in the singles.\n\nNorrie plays eight-time champion Roger Federer on Saturday, the same day as the last Briton in the women's singles, 18-year-old Emma Raducanu, faces Sorana Cirstea.\n\n\"This is a dream come true for me,\" Shapovalov said after beating former world number one Murray.\n\n\"I put in countless years of hard work to play on Centre Court and to play Andy in a match like this.\n\n\"He is truly an inspiration to many people - including me.\n\n\"It is amazing to be here and I don't think I could have played any better.\"\n• None Is the hard work worth it? - Murray wants improvement after Wimbledon exit\n\nClassy Shapovalov proves step too far for Murray\n\nThrilling victories in his opening two matches resulted in Murray defying the odds yet again - but 22-year-old Shapovalov represented a sharp step up in class.\n\nMurray made slow starts in the opening two sets, trailing 5-1 in both as the Canadian showed his quality, and even the Scot found this challenge insurmountable.\n\nThe circumstances in which he beat Georgian 24th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili and German qualifier Oscar Otte were impressive as he survived a wobble in the first and fought back to win a dramatic five-setter in the second.\n\nIn both of those matches Murray returned rejuvenated under the roof after the players went off because of darkness.\n\nThis time, against an energetic opponent who hit a total of 42 winners, another enforced break before the third set could not help the Scot.\n\nUnder the lights, Shapovalov refused to ease off. The world number 12 continued to make Murray work in his service games and dominated his own for another 5-1 lead in the third set.\n\nA mature performance was sealed with an ace as Murray, the 2013 and 2016 champion, departed to another standing ovation.\n\nNevertheless, Murray will reflect on the success of his return to the Wimbledon singles - following a four-year absence - once the disappointment of this defeat wears off.\n\nIn January 2019, the three-time Grand Slam champion thought he would have to retire as he prepared to have metal inserted into his hip through a resurfacing surgery.\n\nThe fact Murray has even been able to play matches at Wimbledon again, let alone win them and create special atmospheres on Centre Court, has been a testament to his greatness.\n\n\"I told him at the net that he is my hero,\" added Shapovalov, who will play Spanish eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the last 16.\n\n\"Achievements aside, to be able to come back with an injury like this and playing the tennis he is playing, it has been vintage Andy. It was fun to see as a fan.\"\n\n'It hurts to come up short' - Evans\n\nEvans, ranked 26th in the world, looked sorely disappointed after losing on Centre Court, going down to a youngster considered one of the rising stars of the sport.\n\n\"It was a good chance to have a decent run. It hurts to come up short,\" Evans told BBC Sport.\n\n\"It feels like I'm running out time. It was a good opportunity at home. It's tough to go out like that.\"\n\nKorda, son of former Australian Open champion Petr, played with clarity and confidence throughout most of the match.\n\nThe tall right-hander demonstrated his all-round ability in front of the 7,500 fans, forcing mistakes from Evans with his powerful forehand and showing a willingness to go to the net.\n\n\"He's got the game, the belief, the composure - he's got it all, actually. Things can only get better,\" former Wimbledon champion John McEnroe said in his role as a BBC television analyst.\n\nBy contrast, the Englishman was restless throughout and regularly shouted towards his box as he was unable to find a way around Korda.\n\nHis frustration peaked when he failed to consolidate a break for a 5-2 lead in the fourth set, before a double fault effectively destroyed his chances when it helped put Korda 5-4 up.\n\n\"I think I played the better tennis in the fourth set. I had chances,\" said Evans. \"I just couldn't string tennis together in long enough periods of time.\"\n\nKorda, though, still had to keep his nerve and serve out. He missed a smash for 0-30 to give Evans - and the crowd - hope, but responded with a service winner and backhand down the line to level.\n\nA 123mph ace down the middle teed up a first match point, which he calmly took with another smash.\n\nKorda raised both hands in the air as he looked towards his father, who was watching on, as a despondent Evans quickly left court.\n\nKorda will now look forward to playing his first Wimbledon last-16 match on his 21st birthday, when he faces Russian 25th seed Karen Khachanov on Monday.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "No survivors have been found since the first few hours after the building collapsed\n\nA firefighter has carried the body of his own seven-year-old daughter from the rubble of the apartment block that collapsed near Miami last week.\n\nHe had kept vigil at the site for nine days and was there when she was extracted from the ruins.\n\nStella Cattarossi was one of two more victims pulled from the wreckage on Friday, taking the death toll to 22, with 126 people still missing.\n\nResidents of another block have been told to leave on safety grounds.\n\nCrestview Towers Condominium residents were ordered to evacuate by North Miami Beach Building Department.\n\nOfficials are investigating many of the local tower blocks for structural faults following the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside on 24 June.\n\nAn engineer report from January states that Crestview is \"not structurally nor electrically safe for continued occupancy\", local TV outlet Miami Seven reports.\n\nCrews continue to scour the wreckage of the 12-storey Champlain Towers South for survivors, despite the risk of falling debris and an incoming hurricane.\n\nStella Cattarossi is the third child to be recovered from the site in the Miami suburb of Surfside.\n\nShe was with her mother, grandparents and an aunt visiting from Argentina, according to local10.com.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How dogs are helping the Surfside rescue effort\n\n\"When he was made aware that we were close to where his loved one may have been, then he stood side by side with some of his other fellow firefighters,\" Miami Fire Rescue Capt Ignatius Carroll told WPLG.\n\n\"We were able to bring her and then at least give him an opportunity to say his farewells.\"\n\nStella's father used his jacket to cover his daughter's body, placed a small US flag over her and carried her out of the area.\n\nThe other body found has not yet been publicly identified.\n\nOn Friday the mayor of Miami-Dade County ordered the demolition of the remaining structure of Champlain Towers South, amid fears it could collapse on rescue crews below.\n\nThe bodies of two sisters, Lucia Guara, 11, and Emma Guara, four, were found on Wednesday.\n\nNo-one has been pulled alive since the first hours after the Champlain Towers South apartment block caved in on itself in the early hours of 24 June as residents slept.\n\nSome 126 people remain missing nine days after the collapse\n\nRescuers are keen to make progress before the arrival of Storm Elsa, a 75-mph (120kmh) hurricane that could potentially hit Florida early next week.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami building collapse: \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old building to crumble remains unclear. But a 2018 inspection warned of \"major\" design flaws in the original design.\n\nThe building association's board says it will appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nEight-time champion Roger Federer needed all of his quality and resilience to dash British number two Cameron Norrie's hopes of causing a big upset in the Wimbledon third round.\n\nFederer, 39, has had little court time over the past 16 months but played well enough to win 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-4.\n\nOne of the form players in 2021, Norrie could not find a sustained high level against the 20-time major champion.\n\nThe Swiss goes on to face Italy's Lorenzo Sonego in the last 16.\n\nSonego, seeded 23rd, had never won a main-draw match at Wimbledon until this year, but reached the fourth round by beating unseeded Australian James Duckworth in straight sets.\n\nFollowing exits for Andy Murray and Dan Evans on Friday, Norrie's defeat means there will be no British players in the second week of the men's singles.\n\nThe home nation's last remaining hope in the singles is 18-year-old wildcard Emma Raducanu, who continued her dream run by beating Romania's Sorana Cirstea.\n\nWhile much of Federer's legacy of greatness has been built at the All England Club, there was a suspicion among many that this year could be the one where time could catch up with him.\n\nThe Swiss turns 40 next month and has only played five tournaments over the past 16 months following two knee surgeries.\n\nIn his first-round match, Federer looked ponderous as Adrian Mannarino threatened a major upset.\n• None Tomljanovic wins and accuses Ostapenko of 'lying' about injury in heated third-round match\n• None Kyrgios retires with injury but says Wimbledon run has given him 'second wind'\n\nFederer had trailed by two sets to one, but led in the fourth when the Frenchman was cruelly forced to quit after slipping and injuring his knee.\n\nA routine win against Richard Gasquet in the second round was a major improvement and he built on that in the opening set against Norrie.\n\nFederer rolled back the years with his imperious serving, easing through his holds to take the opener and then dominating the second set.\n\nThere was little drop-off from Federer in the third but Norrie is one of the most determined - and fittest - players on the ATP Tour.\n\nCharacteristically, the Briton refused to give in and pinched the third before Federer kept his nerve in the key moments of the fourth to seal victory.\n\nFederer took his first match point when Norrie batted a first serve back into the net and his celebration showed what he had to do to earn the victory.\n\nKnees bent and clenched fist driving towards the court, the usually reserved Swiss roared his relief at going through.\n\n\"I'm very pleased to get through, I'm super relieved. It was a tough battle,\" said Federer, who reached the Wimbledon last 16 for a men's record 18th time.\n\n\"He deserved that third set, I thought he played excellent today and for me I felt I was able to keep a very high level of play.\n\n\"He got the good break at the end of the third but overall I can be very happy with how I played.\"\n\nNorrie again comes unstuck against one of the 'Big Three'\n\nNorrie, seeded 29th, was playing in the third round of Wimbledon for the first time in his career, which was a suitable - but perhaps minimum - achievement at his home Grand Slam after a fine year.\n\nIt was the third successive Slam where he had reached the last 32 and had the misfortune of facing another member of the 'Big Three' there.\n\nSpanish great Rafael Nadal beat him at the Australian Open and French Open but having gained that experience, as well as confidence from reaching last month's Queen's final, he would have been expecting to push Federer.\n\nInitially, Norrie looked nervous and struggled to execute his shots as cleanly as he has been in recent months.\n\nThree double faults in the opening game of the match was ominous and, although Norrie dug deep to hold there, Federer broke for a 4-3 lead which he never looked in danger of relinquishing.\n\nWith Federer being a difficult frontrunner to peg back, the Briton needed a quick start to the second.\n\nNorrie was unable to take either of two break points at his first opportunity, instead getting broken himself in the next game as Federer maintained that advantage for a two-set lead.\n\nBoth players were rarely troubled on serve in the third until Federer was unable to take two break points at 5-5 which would have left him serving for the match.\n\nFrom nowhere, Norrie then broke to love and won the set to the excitement of a Centre Crowd split in their support.\n\nAnother double fault by Norrie at 2-2 0-15 in the fourth set seemed to be a costly lack of concentration as Federer went on to break to love, only for the Briton to break straight back and get the home fans on their feet.\n\nNorrie had admirably grown into the match, but Federer again showed his experience at the crucial moment to break and serve out victory.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None 'It's about doing the best you can each day':\n• None The young people being priced out: 'You could work hard for years and never afford anything'", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nItaly set up a Euro 2020 semi-final match with Spain after edging an exhilarating tie with Belgium in Munich.\n\nThe game may not have been a goal feast like some of the last-16 ties but it was an intense battle between two excellent teams playing fantastic football.\n\nItaly have been arguably the best team at the tournament so far, while Belgium are the world's top-ranked team.\n\nThe Azzurri's two goals - which took the team up to 13 consecutive wins and 32 games without defeat - were of the highest quality.\n\nNicolo Barella wriggled through three defenders before drilling in the opener and Lorenzo Insigne ran from the halfway line before curling in one of the goals of the tournament.\n\nBelgium were given hope late in the first half when Giovanni di Lorenzo fouled Jeremy Doku and Romelu Lukaku scored the penalty.\n\nBoth sides had chances to score again in a breathless second half but with no goals it was the Azzurri who progressed.\n\nRoberto Mancini's side face Spain at Wembley on Tuesday but they may have to do so without impressive left-back Leonardo Spinazzola, who went off on a stretcher late on.\n\nItaly cruised through their group with three wins - without conceding a goal - but all those were at home in Rome.\n\nBut they were nowhere near as impressive in the last-16 tie against Austria at Wembley, needing extra time to win 2-1.\n\nThis result in Germany, however, was probably the best of their near-three-year unbeaten run - and the most important too.\n\nIt was a breathless start and Leonardo Bonucci bundled in early on - but the goal was disallowed by the video assistant referee for offside.\n\nGianluigi Donnarumma made a couple of good saves to keep them level before Insigne cut inside and curled just wide - just a sighter for things to come.\n\nTheir opener came as Belgium tried to play their way out of defence and Marco Verratti found Barella, who fired home after some lovely footwork.\n\nInsigne then scored a stunning strike to make it 2-0 as he picked the ball up in midfield and cut inside before curling home from outside the box.\n\nThey looked comfortable at that stage but then Di Lorenzo needlessly fouled Doku and Lukaku gave Belgium hope.\n\nMancini's side had chances after the break - although not as many as Belgium - with Spinazzola, Federico Chiesa and Insigne all going close.\n\nThe moment that summed up their day - and Italian football in general - arrived when Spinazzola blocked a Lukaku shot and Bonucci and captain Giorgio Chiellini, back from injury, celebrated with him as if it was the winner.\n\nIn truth it was as good as a winner because they never let that lead slip.\n\nThey must now be considered favourites against a less-than-impressive Spain in London next week.\n\nBelgium's squad is full of talented players, having been an unremarkable international team for the previous decade or more. But they have not made the most of it.\n\nThey finished third at the 2018 World Cup but did not even get as far as the semis this time. Euro 80, when they lost to West Germany, remains their only final.\n\nBelgium's back three had an average age of 33. Only two of their starting line-up are under the age of 28.\n\nSo was this their last real chance?\n\nKevin de Bruyne, 30 now, gave them a major boost before kick-off when he was passed fit to start.\n\nHe forced Donnarumma into a diving save, as did Lukaku. They trailed to two world-class goals before teenager Doku, who replaced the injured Eden Hazard, won a penalty that Lukaku scored.\n\nThe Inter Milan striker has scored 24 goals in his last 23 appearances for Belgium.\n\nFootball is a game of narrow margins and there were a few what-if moments, mostly involving Lukaku.\n\nIt looked for all the world like he was going to level in the second half when De Bruyne rolled the ball across the six-yard box but Lukaku somehow shot straight at defender Spinazzola.\n\nHe was inches away again when Nacer Chadli's deflected cross flew just over his head with an empty net in front of him. That was one of Chadli's three touches having come on and then off again with injury.\n\nThe next World Cup - Qatar 2022 - is only 18 months away so Belgium might have one last chance, although whether Roberto Martinez will still be in charge then is not clear.\n• None Italy have reached the semi-finals of a major tournament for the 12th time. The only European nation to do so more is Germany (20).\n• None Italy coach Roberto Mancini became only the second coach in European Championship history to win each of his first five matches in the finals after Michel Hidalgo, who won all five of his matches in charge of France in 1984.\n• None Including the qualifying rounds, Italy have won each of their last 15 European Championship matches, a competition record. Belgium had won 14 before this game.\n• None No Belgian player has scored more goals than Romelu Lukaku at either the European Championship (six) or the World Cup (five, level with Marc Wilmots).\n• None Nicolo Barella has scored six goals in 27 caps, compared to seven in 116 club games since his international debut.\n• None Jeremy Doku became the youngest player ever to play a major tournament knockout stage match for Belgium (19y 36d) and was the first teenager to win a penalty at the Euros since Wayne Rooney for England vs France in 2004.\n• None The average age of the five starting centre-backs in this match was 34 years and 234 days, with Giorgio Chiellini (36) and Leonardo Bonucci (34) for Italy, and Thomas Vermaelen (35), Jan Vertonghen (34) and Toby Alderweireld (32) for Belgium.\n• None Follow reaction to the game here\n\nNavigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "The saiga is known for its bulbous, protruding nose\n\nThe population of a rare type of antelope has more than doubled since 2019, in a remarkable turn around in fortunes.\n\nAccording to the first aerial survey in two years, the number of saiga in their Kazakhstan heartland has risen from 334,000 to 842,000.\n\nThere were fears the animal was on the brink of extinction following a mass die-off in 2015.\n\nDistressing images of carcasses strewn over the steppes made world headlines.\n\nFollowing a series of conservation measures, including a government crackdown on poaching, and local and international conservation work, numbers have started to bounce back.\n\nThat, together with the natural resilience of the species, gives hope for their future, said Albert Salemgareyev of the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK).\n\n\"They give birth to twins every year, which gives high potential for the species to quickly recover,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Saiga antelopes: the Ice Age survivors now in peril\n\nThe saiga has seen a dramatic turnaround in fortunes. But even with the current boom, numbers will never return to the millions estimated in Soviet times due to looming threats, including the impact of state infrastructure projects and oil and gas development, said Albert Salemgareyev.\n\nThe latest survey, carried out in April, shows not only a big increase in the total numbers, but that one particular population in Ustyurt in the south of the country, has made a dramatic recovery.\n\nIn 2015, there were barely more than 1,000 animals left in the area, but there's been a big increase to 12,000 in this year's census.\n\nThe UK-based non-profit organisation, Fauna & Flora International, has been involved in efforts to protect the Ustyurt population by establishing a new anti-poaching ranger team and using satellite collaring to monitor saiga movements.\n\nDavid Gill, FFI senior programme manager for Central Asia, said the new census was the best evidence yet that decades of conservation efforts to protect the saiga were paying off.\n\nBut he warned against complacency, saying saiga migrate across huge areas, so future development and infrastructure projects that might fragment its habitat remain a concern.\n\n\"But this new data is cause for celebration,\" he added. \"There are few truly vast wildernesses, like the steppes of central Asia, left on the planet. To know that saiga herds are still traversing them in their thousands, as they have done since prehistoric times, is an encouraging thought for those of us who want those wildernesses to remain.\"\n\nSaiga numbers are monitored from the air\n\nThe International Union for Conservation of Nature classes the saiga among five critically endangered antelope species.\n\nNumbers of the species, which goes by the scientific name Saiga tatarica, have plunged by more than 90% in the late 20th Century, coming close to extinction several times.\n\nKazakhstan is home to a majority of the world's saiga, although the antelope also can be found in southern Russia and Uzbekistan.\n\nIn the decade after Kazakhstan's independence the animal was pushed to the brink through poaching for its horns, which are prized in Chinese medicine.\n\nRecent years have seen measures taken by the Kazakh government to protect the saiga population, including a crack down on poaching, with penalties of up to 12 years in prison, and the establishment of nature reserves.\n\nStephanie Ward, Altyn Dala conservation initiative international coordinator at the Frankfurt Zoological Society, said the antelope is among very few living creatures to have run freely among both Neanderthal humans and the humans of the 21st Century.\n\n\"It's exciting to see their numbers start to recover to levels nearing 1,000,000 individuals, and it speaks volumes about the Government of Kazakhstan's commitment to their protection,\" she said.\n\nThe die-off of 2015 was blamed on a bacterium previously present in the saiga which turned into a deadly killer due to excess humidity and higher-than-average daily temperatures on the steppes.", "Police were called to Oxford Circus at about 20:00 BST on Thursday\n\nA 26-year-old man from Swansea has been charged with murdering a man who was stabbed to death in central London.\n\nStephen Dempsey, 60, was attacked outside the Microsoft store in Oxford Circus on 1 July and died in hospital.\n\nTedi Fanta Hagos, of Ravenhill is accused of murder and has appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court.\n\nHe has also been charged with possessing an offensive weapon and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.\n\nMr Fanta, dressed in a grey tracksuit, was assisted by an interpreter during the hearing earlier.\n\nThe Met Police said Mr Dempsey's next of kin had been informed and were being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nA post-mortem examination will take place in due course.\n\nOn Saturday, police also released an image of two males, who are believed to be skateboarders.\n\nThey appealed for them to come forward, as they may be key witnesses.\n\nPolice say the skateboarders may be key witnesses\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as firefighters race to prevent the blaze from spreading\n\nSeveral nations have answered Cyprus's appeal to help tackle a huge wildfire, described by officials as the worst in the country's history.\n\nThe UK, Greece, Italy and Israel are among those helping, including with firefighting aircraft.\n\nCyprus said missions to drop water had helped to reduce fire outbreaks, but warned that blazes could resurge.\n\nOn Sunday, four people were confirmed to have died in the fires, which have been fanned by strong winds.\n\nThe blaze has spread through the southern Limassol district and forced the evacuation of several villages.\n\nMore than 20 sq m (50 sq km) of forest and farmland have been destroyed, along with power lines.\n\nFirefighters are racing to prevent the wildfire from spreading to the Machairas National Forest Park.\n\n\"It is the worst forest fire in the history of Cyprus,\" Director of the Department of Forests Charalambos Alexandrou told local television.\n\nThe wildfire started on Saturday, and is quickly spreading\n\nThe European Commission's head of crisis management, Janez Lenarcic, said on Saturday that a co-ordinated response was under way. The EU's emergency Copernicus satellite is tracking the blaze, the commission said.\n\nSeveral aircraft are already tackling the flames, assisted by British troops stationed on the island.\n\nThe British Royal Air Force, which has a base at Akrotiri near Limassol, tweeted images of two helicopters taking part in the operations.\n\n\"We stand shoulder to shoulder with the Republic of Cyprus as we work together to overcome this tragedy,\" said the commander of British Forces Cyprus, Maj Gen Rob Thomson.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by RAF Akrotiri This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Sunday, Cyprus's Interior Minister Nicos Mouris confirmed that all four people who died in the fires were Egyptian farm workers.\n\nTheir bodies were found about 600m from their burnt-out vehicle near the village of Odos. A local policeman told AFP news agency that it appears they fled the vehicle and became trapped among the flames.\n\nThis house and a vehicle in the Larnaca region were gutted by the blaze\n\nPresident Nicos Anastasiades described the fire - in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains - as \"a tragedy\".\n\nIn a tweet, he said it was \"the largest fire since 1974\" - referring to the year Cyprus was divided following a Turkish invasion - and had caused loss of life.\n\nHe pledged that the government would \"provide immediate assistance to the victims\" and their families.\n\nFirefighters are trying to control the blaze to prevent it from reaching a national forest\n\nMr Anastasiades visited a relief centre in the village of Vavatsinia on Sunday morning, before travelling on to other affected areas.\n\nMeanwhile, police have arrested a 67-year-old man on suspicion of arson. A witness saw a man driving away from the village of Arakapas, north-east of Limassol, at the same time the fire started on Saturday, police said.\n\nCyprus has been experiencing a week-long heatwave, with temperatures reaching up to 40C (104F).\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. However, linking any single event to global warming is complicated.", "World champion Lewis Hamilton has signed a new two-year deal with Mercedes until the end of 2023.\n\nThe Briton, 36, has won six of his seven world titles with the British-based German team since joining from McLaren in 2012.\n\nThis season Hamilton is contending for a record-breaking eighth championship but is currently second behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen.\n\n\"We still have a lot to achieve, both on and off the track,\" said Hamilton.\n\nIt is the earliest he has agreed a new deal with Mercedes for some years and will take his time at the team to at least 11 seasons and into the start of a major rules change next year.\n\nThe deal has come together quickly, in contrast to 2020, when the pandemic, a compressed season and then both Hamilton and team boss Toto Wolff contracting coronavirus delayed talks and Hamilton ended the year out of contract.\n\nHamilton did not agree a new one-year deal with the team for 2021 until February but has been saying since the start of this season that he expected to continue in F1 beyond this year, and began discussing the terms of his new contract with Wolff in May. The pair completed a deal within two months, underlining their desire to keep working together.\n\nHamilton has not taken a pay cut, contrary to some reports. After an adjustment in salary as a result of the pandemic this season, his earnings will be back to pre-Covid levels, when he was said to be earning as much as £40m a year.\n\nThe bond between the team and their driver has been strengthened by their support for his push for increased diversity and inclusion in the sport, which gathered momentum in the midst of the global outcry following the death of unarmed African-American George Floyd at the hands of US police last May.\n\nHamilton said: \"I'm incredibly proud and grateful of how Mercedes has supported me in my drive to improve diversity and equality in our sport.\n\n\"They have held themselves accountable and made important strides in creating a more diverse team and inclusive environment.\"\n\nWolff said: \"As we enter a new era of F1 from 2022 onwards, there can be no better driver to have in our team than Lewis.\n\n\"His achievements in this sport speak for themselves, and with his experience, speed and race-craft, he is at the peak of his powers.\n\n\"We are relishing the battle we have on our hands this year - and that's why we also wanted to agree this contract early, so we have no distractions from the competition on track.\n\n\"I have always said that as long as Lewis still possesses the fire for racing, he can continue as long as he wants.\"\n\nHamilton and Mercedes have dominated the sport since 2014 - his former team-mate Nico Rosberg is the only man to win a drivers' title other than the Briton since then.\n\nHamilton now has a record 100 pole positions and 98 grand prix wins but is facing a momentous challenge from Red Bull's Verstappen as he seeks to move himself clear of Michael Schumacher in terms of championship titles - Hamilton equalled the German's mark of seven last season.\n\nThere is no word from the team on the identity of his team-mate next season, with the seat between his current partner Valtteri Bottas and British rising star George Russell.\n\nWolff said he wanted to spend a bit more time observing the two drivers in F1 this season before making a final call.\n\nHamilton has said he sees no reason to change Bottas, but Russell starred on a one-off debut for Mercedes at the Sakhir Grand Prix last year when he stood in for Hamilton after the world champion contracted Covid-19.\n• None 'It's about doing the best you can each day':\n• None The young people being priced out: 'You could work hard for years and never afford anything'", "Chef Tom Kitchin runs Michelin-starred restaurant the Kitchin and gastropub Scran and Scallie, both in Edinburgh.\n\nEdinburgh chef Tom Kitchin has suspended two members of staff following allegations of \"unacceptable behaviour\".\n\nIn June, former workers made allegations of bullying, violence and sexual assault in his restaurants.\n\nOne alleged a chef burned a woman's arm with a hot tray from an oven, while another claimed staff were repeatedly punched if they were not fast enough.\n\nKitchin Group said the claims would be \"fully and independently\" investigated.\n\nManaging director Peter Southcott added: \"We will not hesitate to take whatever action may be necessary.\"\n\nMr Kitchin, 44, runs Michelin-starred restaurant the Kitchin and gastropub Scran and Scallie, both in Edinburgh.\n\nHe has been a guest judge on BBC One's MasterChef and appeared on the Great British Menu, after becoming one of the youngest chefs to receive a Michelin star, aged just 29.\n\nAnonymous claims which appeared on an Instagram page described \"toxic\" behaviour, violence and instances of sexual assault in his restaurants.\n\nFurther claims were made to the Guardian and Times newspapers, describing mental health problems that had arisen following their alleged experiences.\n\nTom Kitchin said he aspired for all staff to have high standards of behaviour in his kitchens\n\nMr Kitchin said top venues can be \"high-pressure, frenetic and challenging\" environments where \"emotions often run high\" - but said his company would \"remedy\" instances if they had \"fallen short\".\n\nHe said: \"The exacting standards of our food and service must be matched by the standards of behaviour in our kitchens and wider operations.\n\n\"In the last few years, the feedback from our team members underlines the significant strides we've taken to improve what had often been a traditional culture in our kitchens, but we have more to do.\"", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate:Kick-off: Venue:Coverage: Live on BBC One with build-up starting at 19:00, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Click here for more details\n\nGareth Southgate says it is \"good\" England are not playing their Euro 2020 quarter-final at Wembley as it would have been hard to replicate the atmosphere of the Germany win.\n\nEngland face Ukraine in Rome on Saturday for a place in the semi-final.\n\nThe Three Lions beat Germany amid scenes of huge tension and elation at Wembley in the last 16 on Tuesday.\n\n\"To have a different focus, different surroundings, a different challenge it's good for us,\" said Southgate.\n\nSaturday's match in Italy's capital is England's fifth of the tournament - and first away from Wembley.\n\nCovid travel restrictions mean that fans in the UK have been told not to travel to the game.\n\n\"I think it's good to come away from Wembley now,\" added Three Lions boss Southgate on Friday.\n\n\"It would have been hard to replicate the atmosphere we had the other day.\"\n• None What threat will Ukraine pose in Rome?\n\nSouthgate said he would not be satisfied with beating Germany if England go on to lose to Ukraine.\n\nThe Three Lions will reach consecutive major tournament semi-finals if they win in Rome after qualifying for the last four at the 2018 World Cup.\n\nSouthgate said his players were determined to improve on what they did at the last tournament.\n\n\"It would be a step forward,\" Southgate told BBC Radio 5 Live on reaching another semi-final.\n\n\"I personally won't be satisfied if we are going home on Sunday.\n\n\"I think the team and the staff are of the same mindset and we have got to carry that into the game with Ukraine.\n\n\"I'm very conscious that I knew how it felt at the time [beating Germany] and I knew how the fans were and how they would be around the country.\n\n\"We had a sense of that at the World Cup in Russia, but I also know what it took for us to go from a night like Colombia [when England needed penalties to advance after conceding a 93rd-minute equaliser] to getting a result against Sweden in the quarter-finals, and the journey we needed to go on psychologically.\n\n\"We started that process very quickly.\"", "The Three Degrees are one of the artists that feature on his 13-song list\n\nThe Prince of Wales has revealed some of his favourite songs, with artists Diana Ross, Edith Piaf and Barbra Streisand making the list.\n\nHe highlighted soul group The Three Degrees' pop hit Givin' Up, Givin' In as a track that used to give him \"an irresistible urge to get up and dance\".\n\nPrince Charles shared his songs as part of a special show on hospital radio to thank NHS staff and volunteers.\n\nIt will air at midday and his 13-song playlist will be released on Spotify.\n\nThe hour-long programme was recorded as part of a national Thank You Day being held on Sunday to celebrate people who helped respond to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt was recorded for the Hospital Broadcasting Association made up of hospital radio stations, and the prince paid tribute to all the hospital radio volunteers who had helped entertain patients and staff during the crisis.\n\nThe future king's list of songs from throughout his life is varied, with tracks from artists from South Africa, Scotland, France and the Irish Republic.\n\nThe song Givin' Up Givin' In was performed by The Three Degrees at his 30th birthday, and he described it as \"one of my favourites and, long ago, used to provide me with an irresistible urge to get up and dance\".\n\nAnother song - the 1935 track Lulu's Back In Town by Dick Powell - made him happy because it reminded him of his grandmother, the prince said.\n\nAnd he picked Don't Rain On My Parade by Barbra Streisand as he recalled seeing the star perform at Warner Bros Studios in California when he served as a young lieutenant on HMS Jupiter in the 1970s.\n\nSpeaking on Sunday's hospital radio show, which is called Music and Memories With HRH The Prince Of Wales, the prince said he had been \"profoundly impressed by the dedication shown by our wonderful NHS staff and volunteers right across the country\".\n\nHe thanked them for their \"sheer resilience and indomitable spirit\", as he also paid tribute to the \"invaluable service\" provided by hospital radio.\n\n\"During current times, when we have been dealing with the effect of this dreadful pandemic, the role of hospital radio has been even more important, and I know it has been of immeasurable value in connecting people, in providing comfort and companionship, and in raising people's spirits when that is needed,\" he said.\n\nThe programme will be broadcast across 180 member stations of the HBA at 12:00 BST on Sunday. A Spotify playlist with all the tracks will also be shared on social media by Clarence House.\n\nThe HBA's chairman Grant McNaughton said it was \"truly amazing\" for the prince to recognise the dedication of hospital radio staff volunteers.\n\nThe radio programme is one of many events taking place across the UK to mark national Thank You Day.\n\nCommunities across the UK are being encouraged to come together to say thank you to all those who have helped keep the country going during the pandemic.\n\nAt 17:00, the public are encouraged to raise a glass or mug to everyone who has helped the country through the past year.\n\nMeanwhile on Saturday evening, the Wembley arch, the Liver building in Liverpool, and Salisbury Cathedral were among more than 70 sites across England being lit up in blue to thank NHS staff for their role in fighting the pandemic, and marking the 73rd anniversary of the NHS on Monday.\n\nVaccination centres, football stadiums, town halls, churches, hospitals and bridges were also lit up as part of the tribute.\n\nWembley Arch in London shone out in blue as part of the events\n\nNHS chief people officer, Prerana Issar, attended a memorial service at the London Blossom Garden at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford during the afternoon.\n\nShe said: \"Each of the colleagues who sadly died while caring for and protecting patients represents an irreplaceable gap in a family and a workplace.\"\n\nShe also wanted to \"encourage everyone to take a moment on Saturday to reflect and remember\".\n\nAre you taking part in Thank You Day events? Share your stories, pictures and video by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Belarus has closed its border with Ukraine, claiming that arms are being smuggled into the country.\n\nPresident Alexander Lukashenko says it is part of an attempt by outside powers to overthrow his authoritarian regime.\n\nMr Lukashenko claimed - without providing proof - that his security services had uncovered a foreign-backed terrorist sleeper cells plotting to oust him from power.\n\n\"They have crossed the line. We cannot forgive them,\" he said.\n\nHe alleged the weapons were being shipped to terrorist cells funded by Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and the US.\n\n\"A huge amount of weapons is coming from Ukraine to Belarus. That's why I ordered border-security forces to fully close the border with Ukraine,\" Mr Lukashenko said, at a ceremony marking the country's 30 years of independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union.\n\nHe said he would confront Germany's Angela Merkel and other leaders about the claims.\n\nUkraine denied interfering in Belarus's domestic affairs and said closing the 1,084-km (674-mile) border would make its people \"suffer\".\n\nBelarus shares a border with Ukraine in the south. It borders Poland and Lithuania in the west, Latvia in the north, and Russia in the east.\n\nThe move deepens a standoff between Belarus and outside powers.\n\nIn May his government prompted international outrage when it forced a Ryanair flight to land and arrested of a government critic who was onboard.", "178 migrants were rescued by the Tunisian navy on 27 June\n\nForty-three migrants have drowned after their boat sank off Tunisia, the Tunisian Red Crescent says.\n\nThe migrants had set off from the Libyan port of Zuwara and were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.\n\nA further 84 were rescued by the Tunisian navy, said the head of Tunisia's Red Crescent head Mongi Slim.\n\nSummer weather has seen an increase in migrants trying to reach Europe from north Africa.\n\nThe boat, which set sail on Monday night, was carrying people from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh, the Red Crescent said. The vessel capsized after its engine broke down.\n\nThose rescued, off the Tunisian fishing port of Zarzis, were aged between three and 40, according to Tunisia's defence ministry.\n\nThe Tunisian Red Crescent gave them food and drink while looking for space to house them for the required Covid isolation period, local media radio reported.\n\nLibya has been a key transit point for migrants from many countries trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean.\n\nBut Tunisia has also become a major hub and has called on the European Union to deal with migration by helping fight poverty in Africa.", "England fast bowler Ollie Robinson is free to play cricket again immediately despite being given an eight-match ban for historical racist and sexist tweets.\n\nFive games of the ban are suspended for two years and three have already been served, after he missed the second Test against New Zealand and two T20 Blast matches for Sussex Sharks.\n\nThe 27-year-old's posts from 2012 and 2013 came to light while he was making his England debut in the drawn first Test against the Kiwis in June.\n\nThe decision was made by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC), an independent panel that adjudicated on the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) rules and also fined Robinson £3,200.\n\n\"I fully accept the CDC's decision,\" said Robinson. \"As I have said previously, I am incredibly embarrassed and ashamed about the tweets I posted many years ago and apologise unreservedly for their contents.\n\n\"I am deeply sorry for the hurt I caused to anyone who read those tweets and in particular to those people to whom the messages caused offence. This has been the most difficult time in my professional career for both my family and myself.\n\n\"Whilst I want to move on, I do want to use my experience to help others in the future through working with the PCA [player's body the Professional Cricketers' Association].\"\n\nFollowing his suspension for the second Test against New Zealand, Robinson took a \"short break\" and returned to action towards the end of June when he played for Sussex Sharks in a T20 Blast game against Gloucestershire.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he was \"supportive\" of Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden saying the ECB had \"gone over the top\" in suspending him and should \"think again\".\n\nHowever, former England batsman Mark Ramprakash said the Prime Minister's intervention was \"unwelcome\" and the he was \"trying to bear undue influence in this case\".\n\nAnd Michael Carberry, who played six Tests for England between 2010 and 2014, told BBC Radio 5 Live that Robinson \"wouldn't be playing Test cricket\" if it was up to him, adding: \"I don't believe this is a problem where you can rehabilitate someone.\"\n\nIn reaching its decision, the CDC said it took into account \"the nature and content of the tweets, the breadth of their discrimination, their widespread dissemination in the media and the magnitude of the audience to whom they became available\".\n\nIt added it also considered \"significant mitigation, including the time that had elapsed since the tweets were posted\" by Robinson when he was aged 18 and 19.\n\nRobinson also chose to address the panel, which found him to be \"a very different person to the one who sent the tweets\" and the CDC \"also took account of his remorse, admissions and cooperation as well as the huge impact which the revelation of these tweets and its consequences have had upon him and his family\".\n\n\"Ollie has acknowledged that, whilst published a long time ago when he was a young man, these historic tweets were unacceptable,\" said ECB chief executive Tom Harrison.\n\n\"He has engaged fully in the disciplinary process, admitted the charges, has received his sanction from the CDC and will participate in training and use his experiences to help others.\n\n\"We stand against discrimination of all forms, and will continue working to ensure cricket is a welcoming and inclusive sport for all.\"\n\nPCA chief executive Rob Lynch said the \"learnings of the last month\" would be used \"to further develop and evolve our education programmes in social media\" to build on an \"ongoing commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion\".\n\n\"[Robinson] has matured significantly as an individual since he posted these tweets and has made a firm commitment to continuing to improve,\" said Lynch.\n\n\"I am pleased Ollie has volunteered to work with the PCA to use this experience to try and positively influence other players in our game and in society.\"\n• None 'It's about doing the best you can each day':\n• None The young people being priced out: 'You could work hard for years and never afford anything'", "Some participants had already travelled for the event\n\nA popular obstacle race in Midlothian has been cancelled the night before the event after the council withdrew its licence because of Covid restrictions.\n\nAbout 5,000 people had been due to take part in Tough Mudder at Dalkeith Country Park over 3 and 4 July.\n\nParticipants were contacted on Friday night, less than 15 hours before the event started, and told not to attend.\n\nMidlothian Council said \"clarification\" of Scottish government Covid guidance had led to the licence being revoked.\n\nThe area is still under level two Covid restrictions, with the second highest case rate in Scotland. On Saturday, the area registered 706.3 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nThe licence was granted on Wednesday - against the advice of the council's safety advisory group. On Friday, a letter arrived from the Scottish government's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch, which made clear there was a cap of 500 people per day - not at a time - on the number of participants in an event under level two restrictions.\n\nA spokesman for the council said: \"Following receipt of a letter from Prof Jason Leitch there then followed a meeting with the Scottish government, which provided clarification as to interpretation of the guidance.\n\n\"During the meeting it was made clear that a maximum of 500 participants per day are allowed at events in level two areas.\n\n\"There was then a further meeting with elected members which resulted in the decision being taken to suspend the licence. Tough Mudder was informed of this decision.\"\n\nThe event was due to take place at Dalkeith Country Park on Saturday and Sunday\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said protecting public health was priority, adding that the decision to withdraw the event's licence was a matter for Midlothian Council.\n\nShe added: \"Our guidance on mass participation events has remained the same - clearly limiting participants to a maximum of 500 per day in level two areas.\"\n\nThe event was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 race was due to take place under significant restrictions, with no camping or social activities before or after the race.\n\nThose taking part also had to present a negative Covid test before they would be allowed to run.\n\nIn a statement posted on its website on Friday night, Tough Mudder said: \"At 18:27 this evening we received communication from Midlothian Council that our issued licence to host this event was revoked.\n\n\"This intervention comes just 48 hours after the council voted to support our event licence, having reviewed the latest guidelines and considered the extensive safety measures we'd put in place. \"\n\nIt continued: \"We're grateful to the team for the months of work they put in with the council, accommodating every request made and consistently demonstrating we could deliver a safe event.\n\n\"We're deeply frustrated with this last-minute revocation. And we're devastated not to be able to celebrate a return to in-person events with you, our Mudder community.\"\n\nTough Mudder later added that although there were some 2,500 people participating over the course of 12 hours each day, there would be no more than 500 people on site at any one time.\n\nIt added that \"bubbles\" of 50 participants would start the course in waves.\n\nSteve Beattie and his daughter Emily had been in training for Tough Mudder for a year\n\nSteve Beattie had travelled from Dundee with his 16-year-old daughter Emily - who was hoping to tackle the course for the first time.\n\n\"We don't have a lot in common and this is something that brings us both together,\" said Steve. \"My daughter has been really, really excited about this for the past few months through a very difficult time.\n\n\"For it to be taken away literally at the last moment is really sad.\"\n\nMr Beattie said following the event's first cancellation, the two have spent the last year in training, as well as making additional preparations for accommodation and cleaning supplies.\n\nHe said: \"We did spend about £112 on a hotel and if we'd known a wee bit sooner we'd have been able to cancel that and get our money back.\n\n\"But it's not about the money, it's the opportunity to get to spend time with like-minded individuals - that idea of a community.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Tough Mudder This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTough Mudder's statement highlighted the impact the last-minute cancellation would have on its staff, contractors and suppliers. It acknowledged that many people had already travelled to attend the event.\n\nAnd it mentioned other events which have been allowed to go ahead.\n\nIt said: \"The irony is not lost on us that just this past weekend, almost 16,000 rugby fans gathered together in Murrayfield, just 10 minutes up the road.\n\n\"We will continue our challenge of the decision to ensure other customers and other businesses do not suffer the same unreasonable last minute reversal of previously granted permissions.\"\n\nMany people posted their anger on Twitter.\n\nOne, @mbhwhu, wrote: \"Gutted for you all, the crew, the contractors, the volleys and those travelled and some still on their way! Absolute madness.\"\n\n@ChelleDevlin wrote: \"As difficult as this decision is to hear, I believe it to be the right one albeit I do not agree with the last minute notice. I live in Dalkeith and the Covid cases have rocketed this week - fall out from the Scotland game. See u next year.\"\n\nThose who had entered have been given the choice of a refund or attending a future event.", "Confusion surrounds the extent to which insurance covers people affected by Covid who have bought tickets to gigs and other major events, says Which?.\n\nThe consumer group said ticket insurance had become more attractive to people owing to the uncertainty created by the pandemic.\n\nIt said that many concertgoers believed they would have claims in a series of different scenarios.\n\nBut it warned people to check terms carefully to see what is covered.\n\nThe pandemic has led to mass cancellations of concerts, festivals and sports events.\n\nA survey by Which? found that one in five of those asked had tickets to an event they could not attend or was cancelled owing to coronavirus between April 2020 and May 2021.\n\nIn the case of local or national lockdowns, or mandatory self-isolation, competition authorities say ticketholders should be given a refund if they choose one.\n\nLast month, BBC News revealed how UK music fans are sitting on hundreds of thousands of tickets for postponed concerts rather than returning them.\n\nEither way, there would be no need to have bought an insurance policy in those circumstances.\n\nHowever, the situation becomes more complicated when consumers do not attend an event that may still be going ahead and are following government advice rather than a legal requirement. That may include advice not to travel outside their local area.\n\nNot all policies analysed by Which? offered cover for similar circumstances.\n\nAdam French, Which? consumer rights expert, said: \"With more and more people tempted by ticket insurance during the pandemic, many don't know what it would cover them for and could be buying insurance assuming that it covers them for all Covid disruptions.\n\n\"Consumers should check the terms and conditions carefully to see if it's worth buying insurance and should remember that if an event is cancelled or postponed due to lockdown rules, primary ticket sellers have to offer a refund.\"\n\nTicket insurers told Which? that many customers have been able to obtain full refunds owing to their cover. At times that could include situations such as bereavement or redundancy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel says Germany will relax the need for quarantine rules for some travellers\n\nDouble-jabbed people should be able to travel from the UK to Germany without quarantining \"in the foreseeable future\", Angela Merkel has said.\n\nThe German chancellor said her country was \"continuously reviewing\" its Covid travel restrictions, after meeting Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nMr Johnson said he thought progress was being made on the issue.\n\nMrs Merkel is visiting the UK in her final official trip as chancellor.\n\nIn a press conference following their talks at Chequers, the prime minister's Buckinghamshire residence, the two leaders spoke about trade and post-Brexit relations.\n\nThe chancellor was then asked when Britons who have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine should expect to be able to travel to Germany.\n\nShe said Germany had adopted restrictions in response to the Delta variant, which she said was now spreading \"very rapidly\" in her country.\n\n\"But as you know we are reviewing continuously our travel restrictions and we think that in the foreseeable future those who have received double jabs will then, according to our classification - and now Britain obviously is a high incidence area - will be able to travel again without having to go into quarantine,\" she said.\n\n\"At the beginning we didn't have much experience with this variant but we're dealing with it,\" she added.\n\n\"And that is a continuous learning process... we have to adjust time and again to the most recent developments.\"\n\nMrs Merkel, who is due to step down later this year, also met the Queen at Windsor Castle.\n\nAnd she addressed a meeting of the UK cabinet - the first foreign leader to do so since President Clinton in 1997, although on this occasion the meeting was a virtual one.\n\nLast week said she wanted other countries to follow Germany's lead by introducing tougher restrictions for UK travellers because of concerns about the Delta variant, which was first identified in India.\n\nSince May, travellers from the UK have been banned from entering Germany, aside from a few limited exceptions. Those who are allowed in from the UK must quarantine for 14 days.\n\nHowever, Mrs Merkel did express \"grave concern\" about the numbers of football fans attending Euro 2020 matches at Wembley Stadium, and said she had outlined this during their talks.\n\n\"We in Germany, as you know, have less people attend games in the Munich stadium but the British government will obviously take its own decision,\" she said.\n\n\"But I am very much concerned whether it is not a bit too much.\"\n\nMr Johnson said sporting events were being opened up in a \"very careful and controlled manner\" and that vaccinations had built up a \"very considerable wall of immunity\" in the UK.\n\nHe is expected to announce the latest steps towards ending lockdown in England in the next few days, with international travel high on the agenda.\n\nThe talks follow reports that the European Union's passport scheme does not recognise doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India known as Covishield.\n\nMr Johnson said during the press conference he was \"very confident\" that there \"will not prove to be a problem\" for travellers who have received these jabs.\n\nOn Friday, the UK recorded 27,125 new Covid cases and a further 27 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nMore than 85% of UK adults have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and more than 63% are fully vaccinated, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.", "Tom Williams (centre) had hoped to leave for France on 25 July to celebrate turning 70 with his family\n\nA Covid vaccine trial volunteer says he faces cancelling plans to celebrate his 70th birthday in France because he has been \"disadvantaged\" by taking part.\n\nTom Williams from north Wales said he was denied an approved jab after having the yet-to-be approved Novavax vaccine.\n\nThe UK is on the French amber list, and only those fully vaccinated with an approved jab can travel for holidays.\n\nThe UK government's Department of Health said it would ensure volunteers were not disadvantaged.\n\nMr Williams, who lives in Denbigh, wants people who have taken part in trials to have \"some sort of leeway in terms of vaccine certification\".\n\n\"The World Health Organization should really get their act together, recognise the fact that without volunteers on these research projects you wouldn't get the vaccines in the first place,\" he said.\n\n\"They shouldn't be disadvantaged in any way at the end of the day.\"\n\nThe WHO recommends that \"essential travel should be prioritised and facilitated, and that certain measures should continue to apply to reduce the risk of spread of Covid-19 through international travel\".\n\n\"The British government and the Welsh governments have been talking about vaccine passports now for a number of months,\" Mr Williams added.\n\n\"They must have foreseen that this was going to happen at some stage. It's just a frustrating situation.\"\n\nThe French government only recognises the vaccines approved by the European Medical Agency (EMA) - Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna, Oxford/AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson.\n\nNovavax is currently being assessed by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and is subject to an EMA rolling review. The company said it expected to file for authorisation in the third quarter of this year.\n\nPeople travelling abroad from Wales and Scotland can show they have been vaccinated using a certificate available online, and those in England have an NHS app.\n\nMr Williams said he decided to volunteer after seeing an advert looking for volunteers for the trial in Wrexham: \"I thought, you know, if I can help the [Covid pandemic] situation I'll join.\n\n\"I basically wanted to try and get my life back on track and everybody else's life back on track... I was more than happy to be a guinea pig.\"\n\nFollowing medical tests, he was given his first jab on 4 November and the second on 25 November. At the time he did not know if he was getting the vaccine or a fake placebo test jab.\n\nMr Williams (second from right) says he is is not optimistic about being able to take his holiday\n\nThen, in February, when people of his age group were being offered approved vaccines, he was offered a jab.\n\nHe contacted the Novavax research centre which told him he had received two doses of Novavax.\n\n\"It was only in the last four to five weeks that I started realising that they're going to start issuing vaccine passports or certificates, so I started making some inquiries,\" he said.\n\nHe said NHS Wales told him he would get a vaccine certificate in due course - but that does not help him with his holiday plans.\n\n\"Unfortunately because the vaccine is not EMA approved it doesn't hold water if I decided to travel and I want to use the vaccine passport,\" he said.\n\nHe said he had been told by NHS Wales it was not recommended for him to get an authorised vaccine on top of the Novavax: \"They obviously don't know what the effect that might have.\"\n\nEarlier this week he went to a vaccination centre in Bangor, but was again refused.\n\nMr Williams said if he was unable to go to France with his family on 25 July he would be \"very annoyed indeed\".\n\nHe added: \"I appreciate that the UK can't control other countries, but surely this is a worldwide issue.\n\n\"Other vaccines are obviously going through similar trials and if none of them are going to be recognised obviously people are going to be very reluctant in future to sign up for any of the trials.\"\n\nHalf of Wales' population have had both Covid vaccine doses\n\nOn 11 June, an open letter was published by deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam to UK residents who have volunteered to take part in Covid-19 vaccine studies.\n\nIn it, he said trial volunteers were \"creating great benefit for our society and indeed the rest of the world\" and would \"not be disadvantaged as global travel resumes\".\n\nHe added: \"We believe the added risk of allowing the relatively small number of clinical trial participants to travel (in the UK approximately 40,000 people, the vast majority of whom have been vaccinated) is strongly outweighed by the benefit of ensuring that recruitment and retention into clinical trials can continue.\"\n\nHe acknowledged \"individual countries control their own policies and exemptions\" but said the UK government would \"work hard to influence this situation internationally\".\n\nNHS data shows 505,230 people in the UK have signed up to the NHS Covid-19 Vaccine Research Registry to hear more about volunteering for vaccine trials, and 15,580 of those live in Wales.\n\nOver 15,000 people in the UK took part on the Novavax phase 3 trial, according to National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the UK government's medical research body.\n\nWHO said there were 287 vaccine candidates in development, of which 102 were in clinical development.\n\nA Welsh government spokeswoman said it was \"grateful\" to trail volunteers who had \"made a significant contribution to the research effort\".\n\nShe added: \"Vaccines not yet licenced but which have been given as part of a phase 3 trial are being recorded on national vaccination systems to ensure vaccination records are complete.\"\n\nShe said the Welsh government's \"strong advice\" was to \"only travel overseas if it is absolutely essential\".\n\nA spokesman for the UK government's Department of Health and Social Care said: \"The government has committed to take any action available to ensure no volunteers in formally approved Covid-19 vaccine trials in the UK are disadvantaged and everyone who has taken part in a clinical trial can call 119 and get a letter to confirm their vaccine certification.\"\n\nHe said the NHS was urgently working on a technical upgrade to the NHS App to allow residents in England who have taken part in a clinical trial to demonstrate their Covid vaccine status.\n\nNovavax is awaiting approval after the trials\n\nDeveloped by US firm Novavax, the vaccine is given in two doses.\n\nIt was shown to be 89.3% effective at preventing Covid-19 in participants in its Phase 3 clinical trial in the UK, and about 86% effective at protecting against the Alpha variant.\n\nLike the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the Novavax jab can be stored at regular fridge temperature, which means it can be distributed more easily.\n\nThe UK has secured 60 million doses of the vaccine.\n\nNovavax said: \"We firmly believe that clinical trial participants should not be disadvantaged in any way.\n\n\"The National Institute for Health Research did confirm to vaccine trial participants that they have the same status as people who have received a deployed vaccine\n\n\"We are committed to continuing to work with urgency to achieve approval for our vaccine through MHRA and EMA, and expect to file for authorization in the third quarter of this year.\"\n\nResponding to Mr Williams' concerns, the NIHR said it was aware of the issue \"at the highest levels\", and was \"working on solutions as quickly as we can\".\n\n\"We are really grateful to everyone who has taken part in these critical trials and do not want anyone to be at a disadvantage,\" said a NIHR official.\n\n\"We recognise how much vaccine volunteers have already contributed to society and do not want them to miss out on any benefits or feel anxious.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Drone footage shows the damage caused by a huge mudslide in Atami\n\nA huge rescue operation is under way in central Japan after a landslide hit the popular resort of Atami, killing two people and leaving 20 others missing.\n\nHundreds of rescuers began sweeping the hillside for survivors early on Sunday after a torrent of black mud crashed through the city a day earlier.\n\nSeveral houses were swept away by the mudslide, which followed heavy rain.\n\nAtami has had more rainfall in the first three days of July than it usually sees in the whole month.\n\nVideo posted on social media on Saturday showed mud plummeting down a mountain in the prefecture of Shizuoka, weaving through the city of Atami towards the sea.\n\nA resident said he heard a \"horrible sound\" and fled as the landslide engulfed everything in its path.\n\n\"We are trying our best to search for survivors as quickly as possible while carrying out the operation very carefully as it is still raining,\" a local official told AFP news agency.\n\nRescuers search inside cars for possible survivors of Saturday's landslide in Atami\n\nThe weather has been similar in neighbouring Kanagawa prefecture.\n\nJapan is a very mountainous and densely populated country and landslides are not unusual, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo.\n\nBut there is growing evidence that climate change is making these sorts of extreme weather events more frequent and more destructive, our correspondent adds.\n\nThe mudslide struck at 10:30 local time on Saturday (01:30 GMT), according to a local resident.\n\nOne witness told national broadcaster NHK: \"I heard a horrible sound and saw a mudslide flowing downwards as rescue workers were urging people to evacuate. So I ran to higher ground.\"\n\nAnother resident, Chieko Oki, told AFP: \"The big electricity pylons here were shaking all over the place and no sooner had I wondered what was going on than the mudslides were already there.\"\n\nOne man could only escape by climbing a ladder.\n\n\"The mudslide came really close, right in front of my house. I could hear it coming before I saw it. I couldn't get away, so I climbed up a ladder,\" he told NHK.\n\nAnother man described hearing an \"unimaginable sound\". \"I knew it was a landslide. It's been raining constantly for three days, it's been steady rather than a sudden downpour,\" he said.\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nPrime Minister Yoshihide Suga has put together a taskforce to respond to the disaster and the wider emergency caused by heavy rainfall on the Pacific coastline. He asked people in the area to remain on alert.\n\nPolice, firefighters and members of Japan's military are involved in a search operation.\n\nAtami's Mayor Sakae Saito told local media that up to 300 homes had been affected by the landslide.\n\nMeanwhile, hundreds of thousands of residents in three prefectures - Shizuoka, Kanagawa and Chiba - have been ordered to evacuate following warnings of further flooding in low-lying areas.\n\nLast July dozens were killed in flooding. More than 200 died in 2018 when parts of western Japan were inundated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Helen Willetts examines the conditions that have caused the landslide in Japan", "A US police officer played a Taylor Swift song on his phone in a bid to prevent activists who were filming him uploading the video to YouTube.\n\nHowever, the officer's efforts were in vain as the clip of the encounter in Oakland, California promptly went viral.\n\nAlameda County police told the BBC it was not \"approved behaviour\".\n\nThe video was filmed by members of the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP), which says it is a coalition that seeks to \"eradicate police terror in communities of colour\".\n\nSome of them were protesting outside the courthouse at the pre-trial hearing of a San Leandro officer charged with the manslaughter of a black man.\n\nIn the video, the officer says: \"You can record all you want, I just know it can't be posted to YouTube.\"\n\nWhen asked if playing music in this way is procedure, the officer responds: \"It's not specifically outlined.\"\n\nLater in the video, he confirms: \"I'm playing music so that you can't post on YouTube.\"\n\nThe sheriff's department said: \"We have seen the video and referred it to our internal affairs bureau. This is not approved behaviour. It will not happen again.\"\n\nThe video, which was posted on 1 July, has had more than 180,000 views and remains online. It is also visible on the APTP's Twitter page.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Anti Police-Terror Project This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nVice news has reported on cases of other California-based officers starting to play Beatles songs while being filmed.\n\nAnd activists have suggested this is so clips are removed, because of copyright issues surrounding the music.\n\nOn the YouTube page, the APTP wrote: \"We'd heard about this phenomenon, but no-one had captured it on video until now. Now not only do we have a video of a cop doing it, we also have the cop admitting why he was doing it\".\n\nWhile video-sharing platforms and social networks do use automated systems to flag and remove copyright material, the rules vary.\n\n\"Videos uploaded to YouTube are scanned against a database of files that have been submitted to us by content owners,\" it says.\n\nCopyright owners can then decide whether to block, monetise or track the content.\n\nBut the idea that playing copyright music could be a tactic used by police to avoid sharing online and on social media has attracted serious attention following the removal of activist videos.\n\nLast year, Nick Simmons and Adam Holland of Harvard University's Lumen project, which studies copyright content removal, noted that a number of videos linked to Black Lives Matter protests had been removed because they contained copyrighted music.\n\nThe researchers suggested that \"law enforcement\", or anyone else who wanted to stop videos being shared, \"need only make sure that copyrighted audio is present with sufficiently recognisable clarity and volume in the background of a protest or other event\".\n\nThe pair called it: \"A chilling prospect indeed.\"", "The mobile unit at Belfast City Hall offered the Pfizer vaccine to anyone unvaccinated aged over-18\n\nAppointment-free vaccine clinics have been operating in Northern Ireland in a \"final push\" to get younger people vaccinated against Covid-19.\n\nAbout 50% of those aged 18 and over and two-thirds of 30 to 40-year-olds have had a first dose.\n\nAbout 95% of all those aged over 50 have had a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nOverall, about 60% of adults in Northern Ireland are fully vaccinated with two doses.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health\n\nBernie Owens, from Belfast Trust, said: \"We are coming to the end of the vaccination programme, we are so close.\n\n\"So we are trying to do this final push to get the 18 to 29-year-olds, and the 30 to 40-year-olds who've been later being offered the vaccination appointments, to come forward now and we're trying to make it as accessible for them as is possible,\" the senior director continued.\n\nIn Belfast, a walk-in unit operated in the grounds of City Hall until 20:00 BST on Saturday, offering Pfizer to anyone unvaccinated aged over-18.\n\nDrop-in clinics were also open in parts of County Down, including at the Quays shopping centre in Newry.\n\nIn Castlewellan on Saturday and Newcastle on Sunday, vaccine 'buses' are offering Moderna vaccines.\n\nDoses of the Pfizer jab will be administered in Newry and Belfast, Moderna will be issued in Castlewellan and Newcastle.\n\nNo appointment is needed, however those attending must bring photo ID.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDistrict nurse Suzanne Rogan, who will be on board to administer the vaccines, said people need to bring photographic ID and, where possible, their health and social care number.\n\n\"They will be in and out within minutes,\" she added.\n\nWalk-in slots for second doses are also being offered at the South Eastern Vaccination Centre at the SSE Arena in Belfast.\n\nAnyone who has had a Pfizer vaccine six weeks ago or an AstraZeneca vaccine eight weeks ago is eligible. Second doses cannot be administered at a shorter time interval.\n\nThere has been a sharp rise in the number of positive Covid cases in Northern Ireland compared to a week ago.\n\nHowever, the number of hospitalisations has not increased significantly: more than 20 patients are currently being treated for the virus, and there is one person on ventilation in an intensive care unit.\n\nHealth officials are also investigating large social gatherings involving young people, as Stormont's chief scientific adviser Prof Ian Young warned of the potential for another Covid wave.\n\nEarlier this week, executive ministers were told that the highly transmissible Delta variant, first detected in India, now accounts for 75% of Covid infections and that there has been a slight increase in the R number (the rate of transmission) from between 1.2 and 1.5 to between 1.2 and 1.6.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: \"What a fantastic victory... of hope over division\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer has declared \"Labour is back\" after the party held on at the Batley and Spen by-election.\n\nThe Labour leader headed to the West Yorkshire constituency to celebrate Kim Leadbeater's narrow 323-vote win.\n\nHe said it was a victory for \"hope over division, and decency over hatred\", after a bitter campaign, and \"just the start\" for Labour.\n\nMs Leadbeater will now represent the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, who was murdered there in 2016.\n\nSir Keir hailed her \"incredible courage\" in standing for the seat, and claimed \"Labour is coming home\".\n\nWriting in the Guardian, he also promised the by-election would be \"a turning point, a sign that the politics of division and dishonesty won't win out, that unity and decency can\".\n\nThe result will come as a relief to Sir Keir, who has been under pressure following recent election defeats for his party.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the Conservative candidate Ryan Stephenson ran an \"incredibly positive campaign\" and \"did very well to reduce a longstanding Labour majority\".\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Johnson claimed the by-election result was the \"third biggest swing in favour of the government since the War\".\n\nMs Leadbeater took the seat with 13,296 votes, giving her a slim victory over Mr Stephenson with 12,973.\n\nFormer Labour and Respect MP George Galloway, standing for the Workers Party of Britain party, came third with 8,264.\n\nThe former Bradford West MP had sought to win support from the seat's Labour voters, with the aim of toppling Sir Keir as Labour leader.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Leadbeater MP: ''If I can be half the MP that Jo was, I know that I'll do her proud''\n\nHis campaign had targeted voters unhappy at the party's stance on issues including the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and the disputed territory of Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan.\n\nAn ethnically diverse seat, about 20% of the population is from an Asian background, with just under 19% being Muslim.\n\nSpeaking in Cleckheaton, Sir Keir said Ms Leadbeater had won despite a split in Labour's vote, because \"former Tory voters voted for her\".\n\n\"The Tories had a clean hit, nobody was going against them, and they didn't win,\" he added.\n\nWriting in the Guardian on Saturday, he said: \"And as we emerge from restrictions, there is now a real opportunity to harness the solidarity and national spirit that we've seen over the last year.\n\n\"To make sure that after the last year of sacrifice, we build a more united, fair, and secure country.\n\n\"To rebuild our economy and our public services, to bring our communities back together and to put honesty and integrity back at the heart of our politics.\"\n\nSir Keir was reportedly facing a potential challenge from his deputy Angela Rayner if the party lost another northern English constituency to the Tories.\n\nIt comes after the Tories took Hartlepool, a once rock-solid Labour seat in May, alongside losing more than 300 councillors in England's local elections.\n\nBut Andrew Scattergood, co-chair of the Momentum campaign set up to campaign for former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, said the party could not \"portray this as a massive victory\".\n\n\"We squeaked it over the line and there are some serious concerns,\" he told the BBC News Channel.\n\nThe Batley and Spen result will take some pressure off Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThe atmosphere in Labour circles at Westminster since May's local elections has been febrile.\n\nSome Labour MPs fear things can only get worse - that more seats that were once safe are at risk.\n\nThere was a swing of nearly 3% from Labour to the Conservatives in Batley and Spen - if a similar swing was reproduced nationally, at a general election, Labour would have lost 11 seats.\n\nLabour know their party's problems go deeper than the question of leadership - but preparations were being made for a worse result in Batley and Spen.\n\nSixteen candidates in total ran in the contest. Turnout was 47.6%, with 37,786 verified ballots cast out of a total electorate of 79,373.\n\nThe vote was triggered after the previous Labour MP for the seat, Tracy Brabin, became West Yorkshire's first elected mayor in May.\n\nShe first won the seat in a by-election after Ms Cox was murdered by a far-right extremist in Birstall, part of the constituency, in 2016.\n\nThe Conservatives fought a relatively low-key campaign, with Mr Stephenson saying he was focused on talking to voters about \"the issues that matter here\".\n\nConservative Party co-chair Amanda Milling said it had been a \"disappointing result\" for her party.\n\nShe said the recent resignation of Matt Hancock as health secretary after breaking social distancing rules was \"one of a number of different issues that came up\" that had been raised by voters on the doorstep.\n\nBut she added that for her party to \"run this close\" was still \"exceptional\", given it has been in government since 2010.\n\nAre you a Batley and Spen voter? How did you vote and why? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Asa Butterfield, Sandra Marvin and Russell Tovey all appear in the film urging people to get a jab\n\nCelebrities including actors and pop stars are fronting a video campaign urging people to get their Covid jab.\n\nIt sees West End and Emmerdale actress Sandra Marvin and Nicola Roberts, of Girls Aloud, perform The Rhythm Of Life, from 1966 musical Sweet Charity.\n\nThey are joined by actors Sir Derek Jacobi, Sex Education's Asa Butterfield and comedian David Walliams.\n\nA tap-dancing Jim Broadbent concludes the song, saying \"just get a vaccination\".\n\nThe short film, directed by Josie Rourke, is being released ahead of the NHS's 73rd birthday - with sites across England lit up in blue on Saturday to pay tribute to the work of NHS staff during the pandemic.\n\nIt begins with Broadbent entering an empty theatre before being treated to a star-studded performance of The Rhythm Of Life - later joining in, tap-dancing in a pair of glittery blue shoes.\n\nDavid Walliams said he wanted the UK to get back to the \"all-singing, all-dancing, rhythm of life that we love\"\n\nDon Warrington, Russell Tovey and Colin Salmon also feature in the ensemble song, alongside a chorus line of West End dancers dressed in NHS blue.\n\nAhead of the launch, Walliams said the NHS had done an \"absolutely fantastic job\" in rolling out the vaccine; adding: \"As we do in the film, I want to implore everyone to get their vaccine when called so we can get back to the all-singing, all-dancing, rhythm of life that we love.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Josie Rourke This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBroadbent added: \"The film gave us the chance to show our appreciation and celebration for the vaccine rollout in the best way we know how.\n\n\"Vaccines are helping us get back to everything we love and every industry - including the arts - couldn't be more grateful to each and every person for getting their vaccine.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the vaccine was \"the best way to help protect yourself and your loved ones\" and urged people not to delay in booking their jab when they were invited to do so.\n\nThe new film is the latest in a string of star-studded campaign videos aimed at encouraging people to accept a Covid vaccine when they are invited.\n\nIn February, celebrities including comedian Romesh Ranganathan appeared in a film aimed at dispelling misinformation about the vaccine among some ethnic minority communities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Romesh Ranganathan says his mother initially had doubts over having the vaccine\n\nThe government aims to have offered a first dose to all adults by 19 July - the date when the final stage of lockdown easing is scheduled to go ahead.It also hopes to have at least 65% of adults fully vaccinated at that point, which it hopes will enable more big summer events to go ahead safely.\n\nSo far, more than 45 million people - 85.5% of the UK adult population - have had a first dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nMore than 33 million have received both doses - around 63% of adults - according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nOn Saturday evening, the Wembley arch, the Liver building in Liverpool, and Salisbury Cathedral will be among more than 70 sites across England that will be lit up to mark the 73rd anniversary of the NHS on Monday.\n\nThe nationwide tribute is also intended to thank NHS staff for for their work during the pandemic.\n\nVaccination centres, football stadiums, town halls, churches, hospitals and bridges will also be lit up blue.\n\nIt comes as events are held across the country to pay tribute to health workers who have lost their lives to Covid-19.\n\nA small number of NHS staff from north-west England will attend a memorial service at the London Blossom Garden on Saturday in memory of colleagues who died while caring for patients during the pandemic.\n\nThe garden, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, was planted as a living memorial to those who lost their lives and pays tribute to key workers.", "Retail bosses have called on the prime minister to take action against violence and abuse aimed at shop staff.\n\nLeaders of 100 brands, including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Ikea and Aldi, have signed an open letter calling for greater legal protection for retail workers.\n\nThe Co-op reported a fourfold rise in violent crime between 2014 and 2020, and bosses say things have become even worse during the pandemic.\n\nThe government said courts should be increasing sentences for such assaults.\n\nIn the letter, organised by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) which represents big chains, the leaders said the situation \"cannot be allowed to get any worse\".\n\nThey added there was \"a clear need now for better protection in law for retail workers\".\n\n\"Victims of abuse, threats and violence carry those experiences with them for life,\" they added.\n\nThe letter said one business had reported a 76% increase in abuse and a 10% increase in violent attacks during the pandemic \"of which over half involved a weapon, and many of our colleagues have been coughed at or spat on\".\n\nSeb James, managing director of Boots, one of the firms to have signed the letter, said violence and aggression towards staff was a \"big problem and it's... getting worse\".\n\n\"They get death threats, they get pushed into shelving... the shoplifters react in a way which is neither normal nor in any way acceptable,\" he told BBC business correspondent Katy Austin.\n\nMr James said Boots was \"very committed\" to protecting staff and had recently rolled out body cams to all shop floor workers \"but it's not enough\".\n\n\"Whatever structures that we have in place are not enough to be a deterrent. We need to have a really good legal framework that will enable our colleagues, and people that feel tempted to behave in this way, to know where they stand,\" he added.\n\nRetailers are spending record amounts on crime prevention and have invested £1.2bn in the past year, the BRC said.\n\nIts survey of retail crime in 2019, before the pandemic, found a 7% year-on-year increase in violence and abuse to 455 cases each day.\n\nIn evidence to MPs, Joanne Cairns of trade union Usdaw outlined some of the comments reported by its members during Covid.\n\nShe said one worker was screamed at due to an out of stock item and said members of the public coughed on them as they were stacking shelves.\n\n\"I had somebody pull my mask off and call me a sheep,\" she reported another worker as saying. Another added: \"Since the pandemic, I've had abuse nearly every day, even been coughed on twice.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I thought I was going to get stabbed,' says shop worker recalling robbery\n\nShop workers in Scotland are protected by a specific Protection of Workers Bill that makes it a specific, new criminal offence to assault, threaten, abuse, obstruct or hinder workers in shops, bars and restaurants.\n\nCrime and policing minister Kit Malthouse said: \"It is completely unacceptable to threaten or assault retail staff, not least when they are working so hard to keep vital services running, and we absolutely condemn this behaviour.\n\n\"We are putting 20,000 extra police officers into our communities to cut crime - including retail crime - and we launched the #ShopKind campaign in April to provide better support to victims and encourage customers to treat shop workers with dignity and respect.\n\n\"The Sentencing Council has set out guidelines that mean courts should be increasing sentences for assaults committed against those providing a service to the public, including shop workers.\"", "Patricia and Brian Antlett signed up for the Novavax trial as they wanted to play their part in the fight against coronavirus\n\nCalls have been made for \"in limbo\" Novavax trial volunteers to be allowed an approved vaccine.\n\nPatricia and Brian Antlett, from Wrexham, are desperate to visit family in Spain while Mr Antlett needs to go to Italy for work as an engineer.\n\nHowever, they took part in trials of the unapproved Novavax - which foreign countries do not accept for travel.\n\nThe Welsh government urged trial volunteers to talk to their doctor or trial team about any issues.\n\nThe UK government's Department of Health said it would ensure thousands of Novavax trial volunteers across the UK were not disadvantaged.\n\nHowever, Mrs Antlett does not believe that has been the case and they have been left \"frustrated and angry\".\n\nThe couple said they have been told by health officials in Wales they are not able to have a second type of vaccine - such as Pfizer or Oxford AstraZeneca - because there is no data on mixing jabs.\n\nHowever, they do claim some vaccine centres in England have allowed Novavax volunteers to choose to have a second type of the vaccine.\n\nNovavax was shown to be 89.3% effective at preventing Covid in its Phase 3 UK trial\n\n\"Advice does not mean something is mandatory,\" said Mrs Antlett.\n\n\"In fact, if you turn the argument around, the government is strongly advising everyone to have a vaccine, but is not denying freedom of choice not to have one.\"\n\nThe latest advice they have received is that a Novavax vaccine is recognised for UK events but not by other countries.\n\n\"For foreign travel, it's not worth the paper it's written on,\" Mrs Antlett said.\n\n\"We just want a level playing field. We feel like we were misled [over the trial].\n\n\"Our GP was sympathetic, everyone is sympathetic. But all volunteers are left between a rock and a hard place, in limbo.\"\n\nHalf of Wales' population has had both Covid vaccine doses\n\nNovavax is currently being assessed by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and is subject to an European Medical Agency rolling review.\n\nThe company said it expected to file for authorisation in the third quarter of this year.\n\nMore than 15,000 people in the UK took part in the Novavax phase 3 trial, according to National Institute for Health Research, the UK government's medical research body.\n\nIn Wales, Mrs Antlett, 70, and her husband, who was 68 at the time, signed up with hundreds of others for the trials last November.\n\nThe couple said they were keen to help out in the fight against coronavirus, after being told they would not be disadvantaged and it would likely be approved in the spring of 2021.\n\nBiotech firm Novavax has labs in the US (pictured) and has carried out trials in the UK and South Africa\n\nThey each received two doses in November in the \"blind trial\", where half of participants received a placebo.\n\nWhen the mass rollout of approved vaccines begun, they were \"unblinded\" and both found out they had received Novavax.\n\n\"We were pleased we both had the vaccine, as it showed we had been protected since November, and were strongly advised not to have another,\" said Mrs Antlett.\n\n\"At the time, it seemed like Novavax would be authorised in late April, with the talk of vaccine passports. But when we began enquiries on dates, the trial teams seemed embarrassed.\"\n\nVale of Glamorgan MP Alun Cairns called it a \"national and global effort\" against coronavirus and said more help should be given to Novavax volunteers.\n\nVaccination centres across most of Wales are now open for people to walk in with no appointment\n\n\"A constituent who happened to be a nurse made herself available for the Novavax trial and was similarly blocked from travelling on a cruise later this year,\" said the former Welsh Secretary.\n\n\"When she contacted the helpdesk, they simply rejected her appeal.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Cairns challenged them with a copy of an open letter published by UK deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam on 11 June.\n\nHe said in it: \"We believe the added risk of allowing the relatively small number of clinical trial participants to travel (in the UK approximately 40,000 people, the vast majority of whom have been vaccinated) is strongly outweighed by the benefit of ensuring that recruitment and retention into clinical trials can continue.\"\n\nMr Cairns added that following this, the company immediately accepted the validity of the Novavax vaccine.\n\nIn Wales, 75% of under 50s have now had at least one jab\n\n\"It is a shame that it took an intervention from an MP,\" Mr Cairns said.\n\n\"All international travel organisations should be aware of the situation and not disadvantage those prepared to put themselves forward for a vaccine trial.\n\n\"This is a national and global effort against a pandemic and they should be saying thank you, not rejecting their requests.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it was \"grateful\" to volunteers who took part in vaccine trials and other Covid treatment studies and added they \"have made a significant contribution to the research effort\".\n\n\"Vaccines not yet licensed but which have been given as part of a phase 3 trial are being recorded on national vaccination systems to ensure vaccination records are complete,\" a government spokeswoman added.\n\n\"Trial volunteers should speak to their doctor or trial team if they wish to discuss any issues relating to their trial vaccine.\"\n\nThe Welsh government's \"strong advice\" is to only travel overseas if it is \"absolutely essential\".", "Police were called around 01:00 BST on Thursday\n\nA 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death at a house in south London.\n\nPolice found a 16-year-old boy with stab wounds at a residential address on Bracken Avenue, Croydon, on Thursday.\n\nDespite treatment, the teenager was pronounced dead around 01:30 BST. Next of kin have been informed but formal identification has not taken place.\n\nThe 15-year-old boy was arrested in Brighton on Friday, and is being held in East Sussex, the Met Police said.\n\nA post-mortem examination will be held in due course and the force is retaining an \"open mind\" as to the motive.\n\nDet Ch Insp Dave Blair, of the Met's Specialist Crime Command, said: \"Despite this early arrest, we still want to hear from anyone who has information relating to this horrific incident.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some 500 Coop supermarket stores in Sweden have been forced to close due to an ongoing \"colossal\" cyber-attack affecting organisations around the world.\n\nCoop Sweden says it closed more than half of its 800 stores on Friday after point-of-sale tills and self-service checkouts stopped working.\n\nThe supermarket was not itself targeted by hackers - but is one of a growing number of organisations affected by an attack on a large software supplier the company uses indirectly.\n\nCyber researchers say about 200 businesses have been hit by this \"colossal\" ransomware attack, which had mainly affected the US.\n\nCyber-security firm Huntress Labs said the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks that use its software. The firm believes the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang was responsible.\n\nKaseya said in a statement on its own website that it was investigating a \"potential attack\".\n\nA sign on one of the shut Coop shops in Sweden says the company has been hit by \"a large IT disturbance\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Coop Sweden told the BBC: \"We first noticed problems in a small number of stores on Friday evening around 6:30pm so we closed those stores early. Then overnight we realised it was much bigger and we took the decision not to open most of our stores this morning so that our teams could work out how to fix it.\n\n\"The whole paying system at our tills and our self-service checkouts stopped working so we need time to reboot the system.\"\n\nIt's understood that Coop doesn't use Kesaya directly on its systems but that one of their software providers does.\n\nThe case highlights the growing concern in the cyber-security world about so-called supply chain attacks where hackers are able to claim multiple victims by attacking their supplier.\n\nThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, a federal body, said in a statement that it was taking action to address the attack and urging users of the Kesaya software to shut it down.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre said: \"We are aware of a cyber incident involving Kaseya, and we are working to fully understand its impact.\n\n\"Ransomware is a growing, global cyber threat, and all organisations should take immediate steps to limit risk and follow our advice on how to put in place robust defences to protect their networks.\"\n\nThe cyber-breach looks to have been timed for maximum disruption as it emerged on Friday afternoon when companies across the US were clocking off for the long Independence Day weekend.\n\nKaseya is urging customers that use its VSA tool to immediately shut down their servers.\n\nKaseya said in its statement that a \"small number\" of companies had been affected, though Huntress Labs said the number was greater than 200.\n\nIt is not clear what specific companies have been affected, and a Kaseya representative contacted by the BBC declined to give details.\n\nKaseya's website says it has a presence in more than 10 countries and over 10,000 customers.\n\n\"This is a colossal and devastating supply chain attack,\" Huntress Labs' senior security researcher John Hammond said in an email.\n\nAt a summit in Geneva last month, US President Joe Biden said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin he had a responsibility to rein in such cyber-attacks.\n\nMr Biden said he gave Mr Putin a list of 16 critical infrastructure sectors, from energy to water, that should not be subject to hacking.\n\nREvil - also known as Sodinokibi - is one of the most prolific and profitable cyber-criminal groups in the world.\n\nThe gang was blamed by the FBI for a hack in May that paralysed operations at JBS - the world's largest meat supplier.\n\nThe group sometimes threatens to post stolen documents on its website - known as the \"Happy Blog\" - if victims don't comply with its demands.\n\nREvil was also linked to a co-ordinated attack on nearly two dozen local governments in the US state of Texas in 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hear how the pilot keeps calm under pressure\n\nA Boeing 737 cargo plane with two people on board has ditched off the coast of Hawaii after experiencing engine trouble.\n\nThe aircraft was en route from Honolulu to the island of Maui, but went down in the water soon after taking off from Daniel K Inouye International Airport.\n\nThe Coast Guard rescued both pilots from the sea early on Friday morning.\n\nOne was found clinging to the plane's tail and airlifted to safety, Reuters news agency reports.\n\nAccording to officials from the state's transport department, quoted by local outlet Hawaii News Now (HNN), he was airlifted to Queen's Medical Center and taken to intensive care in critical condition.\n\nRescuers brought the other pilot to shore by boat, HNN said. He is reportedly in a serious condition with a head injury.\n\nFootage broadcast by NBC shows a man thought to be one of the pilots being taken away in a wheelchair. He appears to be conscious.\n\nThe pilots knew they were in trouble.\n\n\"We've lost number one engine,\" a crew member tells air traffic control, according to a recording posted online.\n\n\"We're going to lose the other engine, too. It's running very hot.\"\n\nThe plane was en route from Honolulu to Kahului on the island of Maui when it crashed\n\nA Boeing statement reported by US media said they were in contact with authorities about the incident and are \"closely monitoring the situation\".\n\nThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident.\n\n\"The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the aircraft in the water,\" the FAA said in a statement.\n\nFlight tracking website Flightradar24 tweeted that it was a 737-200 cargo aeroplane operated for the carrier Transair since 2014. It was built in 1975 and first delivered to Pacific Western Airlines.\n\nTransair Flight 810 left Honolulu bound for Kahului at 01:33 local time (11:33 GMT), Flightradar 24 said, but turned back quickly afterwards, and crashed into the water after just minutes in the air.\n\nAccording to its website, Transair has been in business since 1982 and is one of Hawaii's biggest air cargo operators. It has a fleet of five Boeing 737s, it said.\n\nThis aircraft is not the same as a Boeing 737 Max, the aircraft temporarily grounded by authorities after two fatal passenger airline crashes in 2018 and 2019 respectively.\n\nThe 737 Max was cleared to fly again by US regulators in 2020, but it recently came under further scrutiny.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC Sport looks back at Gareth Southgate's 25-year quest for redemption with England, both as a player and a manager, in his own words.\n\nWatch Ukraine v England, Saturday 3 July at 19:00 BST on BBC One, iPlayer and the BBC Sport app.", "Allowing fully vaccinated people to skip self-isolation risks a \"loss of compliance\", a psychologist has warned.\n\nProf Robert West said the move - being considered by ministers - could breed \"resentment\" and encourage those without both jabs to ignore the rules.\n\nA Downing Street source said no decisions had been taken over the change, which reports said would come after most restrictions end in England.\n\nMeanwhile, a further 24,885 Covid cases were reported in the UK on Saturday.\n\nAnother 18 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were also recorded. However, another 122,377 first vaccine doses and 160,763 second jabs were also delivered.\n\nPeople identified as close contacts of a confirmed Covid case are currently required to self-isolate for up to 10 full days when contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nBut the government is considering allowing those who are fully protected to continue life as normal without isolating or conducting daily tests after the final stage of England's roadmap out of lockdown.\n\nThe proposal was first reported by the Times.\n\nProf West, who has helped advise the government on behavioural science during the pandemic, told Times Radio: \"The most serious problem is that if you have a situation where not everyone has been even offered the vaccine then you've already got clearly a huge unfairness.\n\n\"When you get unfairness in situations like this, you get resentment and when you get resentment you can get loss of compliance.\"\n\nBut his assessment was challenged by other medical experts who said it would be \"perfectly OK\" to allow those who are fully inoculated greater freedom.\n\nDr Bharat Pankhania, a senior clinical lecturer in communicable diseases at the University of Exeter, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that vaccines were breaking the link between cases, hospital admissions and deaths.\n\nHe said that meant \"we can start thinking about other uncoupling measures, such as no need to quarantine after being fully immunised\".\n\nEpidemiologist Professor Christophe Fraser, who advised the Department of Health on its test-and-trace programme, said a \"midway\" proposal could be that those who have received both jabs were tested every day instead of undertaking a quarantine period.\n\nThe Oxford University academic said he agreed the self-isolation policy \"needs to be reviewed in light of the data on the vaccine effectiveness\".\n\nMore than 45 million have received at least a first dose, according to latest figures, with over 33 million having received a second dose.\n\nAs the vaccination roll out continues, NHS England confirmed national guidance has been clarified amid anecdotal reports that some people have been offered a second dose as early as four weeks after their first jab.\n\nUsers on social media platform Reddit claimed a centre in London allowed them to receive their second jab earlier than the minimum eight-week gap because they had plans to travel or were due to attend weddings later this month.\n\nIn an update to its green book advice for public health professionals on Thursday, Public Health England said a gap of at least eight weeks should be used - with the main exception being for those about to commence immunosuppressive treatment.\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said: \"Every site should vaccinate in line with clinical guidance, which says second doses should take place between eight and 12 weeks after the first.\"\n\nEarlier, doctors called for some measures to remain in place to control the spread of the virus after the fourth step in England's roadmap.\n\nThe British Medical Association said the use of face masks should continue alongside new ventilation standards to protect the NHS, health and education.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he hoped England would be able to return to as close to the pre-pandemic status quo as possible on 19 July - described as the final stage of lockdown lifting in England.", "All three leaders have had something to cheer about in recent weeks\n\nLabour has reason to be cheerful - and that hasn't happened much lately.\n\nHolding on to Batley and Spen in a by-election means the party keeps one of its seats on the green Commons benches and it will be filled by a standout candidate, in Kim Leadbeater.\n\nAnd the result has also saved Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer from what would have been, at the very least, a weekend of public criticism and concerns, and at the worst, could have boiled over into an attempt to oust him.\n\nLabour insiders are heartened too by how some voters who chose the Tories in 2019, or in the local elections a couple of months ago, switched to them, even allowing the party to catch up with the Conservatives in some wards where they had come third in May.\n\nBut even the most ardent backer of Keir Starmer would not imagine that all his problems have disappeared.\n\nGeorge Galloway managed to peel away thousands of traditional Labour voters.\n\nAnd there's barely-disguised hostility to Sir Keir from some on the left, who were discussing the possibility of replacing him as leader.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Leadbeater MP: ''If I can be half the MP that Jo was, I know that I'll do her proud''\n\nInitial enthusiasm about the possibilities his leadership held has disappeared for many MPs.\n\nAnd there is genuine concern among some of his close supporters about his ability to excite voters.\n\nOne shadow minister said: \"I've never seen the air go out of a leadership so quickly.\"\n\nThis by-election pumps a bit of oxygen back in, and may give Keir Starmer some much-needed confidence.\n\nBut doubts about his long-term prospects run deep.\n\nGeorge Galloway took votes from Labour in Batley and Spen\n\nIt is always foolish to read too much into by-elections.\n\nThis is the fourth in recent weeks.\n\nOne of those was the Airdrie and Shotts by-election in mid May, where the SNP held the seat.\n\nIt also saw Scotland's second-ever female Muslim MP elected - Anum Qaisar-Javed.\n\nBut it's the trio of Hartlepool, Chesham and Amersham and now Batley and Spen, which had very different results, and are very different places - and they throw up some common themes for both of the big Westminster parties.\n\nLabour still has real problems holding on to voters even in parts of the country they held for a long time - in Batley thousands of them were persuaded by George Galloway.\n\nIn Hartlepool, there was a thumping swing to the Tories (who also benefitted hugely from voters who had chosen the Brexit Party in 2019). The party has to work out how to make their existing vote stick, even before they set out trying to woo new voters.\n\nThe Tories had spotted opportunity in Batley and Spen long before the seat even became vacant.\n\nYes, historically it is unusual for sitting governments to win new seats in by-elections.\n\nBut they certainly were hopeful, and the formula that has proved so successful turning seats in much of the North of England blue in recent times didn't work.\n\nVoters noticed recent allegations of sleaze too, despite the prime minister's repeated claim that those kind of issues are just part of the \"Westminster bubble\".\n\nJust as in Amersham, where the Lib Dems completely overwhelmed the Conservatives, voters looked at the government and didn't like everything they saw.\n\nBoris Johnson and his ministers have got used to parading the undoubted success of the UK's vaccine programme as an answer to almost every claim made against them.\n\nBut there's a sense the political power of that, and the faith many voters have wanted to place in the government during the pandemic, have started to fade.\n\nThese three by elections, in their different ways, make plain that the obstacles in Labour's path to power are enormous.\n\nBut also that the Tories can't take their vast Commons majority for granted - and that their historical advance in the past few years may have stalled.\n\nAnother lesson perhaps, is that as the government hopes life is returning to normal, politics is moving that way too.", "Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove and his journalist wife Sarah Vine have \"agreed to separate\", a joint spokesman for the couple has said.\n\nThe pair are \"in the process of finalising their divorce\", the spokesman added.\n\nMr Gove and Ms Vine, a columnist for the Daily Mail, have been married since 2001 and have two children.\n\nA friend of the couple told the PA news agency they had \"drifted apart\" and \"no-one else is involved\".\n\n\"This is a difficult and sad decision for Michael and Sarah after 20 years of marriage,\" the friend added.\n\n\"It is an entirely amicable separation and there is no-one else involved.\n\n\"They have drifted apart over the past couple of years but they remain friends.\n\n\"Their absolute priority is the children.\"\n\nThe couple, who met when they both worked as journalists on the Times newspaper, were among the most high profile couples at Westminster.\n\nMs Vine has written in her Mail column about how they fell out with close friends David and Samantha Cameron, over Mr Gove's decision to campaign for Brexit in the 2016 referendum.\n\nIn a recent newspaper column, Sarah Vine wrote about the strains of being married to a minister, in a piece about former Health Secretary Matt Hancock's affair with an aide.\n\nShe wrote that Westminster \"can change a person\", adding that \"the problem with the wife who has known you since way before you were king of the world is that she sees through your facade\".\n\nThe piece added: \"She knows that, deep down inside, you are not the Master of the Universe you purport to be\".\n\nBorn in Edinburgh in August 1967, Mr Gove was adopted when he was four months old by a family in Aberdeen.\n\nHe studied English at Oxford University, where he was president of the Union.\n\nHe was elected Conservative MP for Surrey Heath in 2005 and has held a string of high profile ministerial roles, including Education, Environment and Justice before moving to the Cabinet Office.\n\nAs justice secretary, he was one of the key figures in the 2016 Vote Leave campaign alongside the then London mayor Boris Johnson.\n\nWhen Mr Cameron resigned as prime minister after losing the Brexit referendum, Mr Gove initially backed Mr Johnson to replace him.\n\nBut in a move that stunned Westminster, he dramatically withdrew his support and decided to run for the leadership himself.\n\nHe said he had decided \"reluctantly but firmly\" that Mr Johnson was not capable of uniting the party or the country, but he failed to gain enough to support to win the contest.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland are not settling for a semi-final spot at Euro 2020 after they reached the last four by thrashing Ukraine, says Gareth Southgate.\n\nThe 4-0 win in Rome means England have matched their run to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals in Russia and their showing in the Nations League in 2019.\n\n\"It's fabulous,\" Southgate told BBC Sport. \"I suppose it's still sinking in that it's another semi-final - three in three years.\n\n\"We want to go two steps further.\"\n• None Best action and reaction from England's Euro 2020 last-eight win over Ukraine\n• None England thrash Ukraine to set up first Euros semi-final in 25 years\n• None Ukraine v England: how you rated the players\n• None Who stands between England and Euros glory?\n\nEngland will face Denmark in their semi-final at Wembley next Wednesday. The winners will play Spain or Italy, who meet in Tuesday's semi-final, also being played at Wembley.\n\nThe stunning display in Rome gives England their third semi-final at a European Championship, after 1968 and 1996, with the latter also on home soil.\n\nIt was also their biggest European Championship finals win, and their largest in the knockout stages of a major tournament, and comes after the significant victory over Germany in the last 16.\n\n\"It's fabulous for our country - a semi-final at Wembley,\" continued Southgate. \"Everyone can really look forward to that - it's brilliant.\n\n\"I know what will be happening at home. It's lovely to see everyone on a Saturday night, beer in hand. They should enjoy it. It's been a long year for everyone.\n\n\"I'm chuffed the two performances [against Germany and Ukraine] have brought so much happiness to people.\"\n\n'We need to look after players'\n\nEngland set the tone for Saturday's stellar display with the opener from Harry Kane after just four minutes. They made an even quicker start to the second half as Harry Maguire headed in with just a minute gone.\n\nKane's second and a first international goal from substitute Jordan Henderson completed the rout.\n\nHaving made changes to his side throughout the tournament, the latest of which saw Jadon Sancho brought in for his first start, Southgate was also able to bring players off to rest and to protect them from bookings that could have led to suspension for the semi-final.\n\n\"The players have been fantastic,\" added Southgate. \"To play as well as they did in a game with so much resting on it was impressive.\n\n\"We've known we had players we needed to look after physically. We know across seven games, the squad is so important, trying to give people a breather at the right time.\n\n\"We learned a lot from Russia in that instance. We were trying to balance players with knocks and yellow cards.\"\n\n'It's where we wanted to be'\n\nCaptain Kane's two goals came after he broke his tournament duck with his strike against Germany in the last 16, and he was thrilled with the team's display.\n\n\"What a great performance in a big game,\" he told BBC Sport.\n\n\"We were favourites. There was a lot of pressure and a lot of expectations. The performance was top-drawer. Another clean sheet, four goals - it was a perfect night for us.\n\n\"It's where we wanted to be. We set out a vision before the World Cup of what we want to achieve. We are knocking it off step by step. The World Cup was great but we fell short. We had a good run in the Nations League. We're in another semi-final.\n\n\"Now it's about getting over the line - the next step that we have got to do on Wednesday.\n\n\"We have more experience [than 2018]. We've been playing for our clubs in big games - Champions League finals, Premier League title races. We're looking confident. Hopefully we can continue that.\n\n\"The job is not done yet. There's a lot more football to play.\"\n\nOops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.\n\nTottenham striker Kane has scored nine major tournament goals for England, level with Alan Shearer and second only to Gary Lineker.\n\nPrior to his goal against Germany, he had gone four matches without scoring for his country, during which he struggled to make an impact.\n\n\"It's always nice to score early in a game. It's a great feeling to help the team,\" he added.\n\n\"There was a lot of talk about me and my performances. But I'm just ready for the next game and trying to lead this team to the European final.\"\n\n'This group is not settling for a semi-final'\n\nSaturday's result also represents another clean sheet for England - their fifth in a row in this tournament.\n\nThey have now kept seven consecutive clean sheets for the first time in their history, with the Three Lions run without conceding currently standing at 662 minutes.\n\nDefender Maguire, who contributed to England's solidity at one end and in a goalscoring capacity at the other, told BBC Sport: \"We have great belief in the dressing room.\n\n\"It is hard to soak it up when you have another big game coming and you know who you are playing and when.\n\n\"The dressing room will be a great atmosphere tonight and then we will wake up tomorrow and be focused again. This group are not settling for a semi-final, we want to go further.\"\n\nThe sentiment was echoed by Henderson, the scorer of the fourth goal.\n\n\"We can't dwell too long,\" he said. \"We've got a big game on Wednesday and we need to give absolutely everything.\n\n\"We have always felt we are continuing to grow as a team and we feel we are ready to take the next step.\n\n\"Denmark are a tough side so we need to be at our very best if we want to go to the final but hopefully we can do that.\"\n\nIn reference to his headed goal - his first in 62 international caps - he added: \"It's about time [for me to score]. It's been a long time coming. Thankfully I managed to get on the scoresheet.\n\n\"I'm just delighted for the lads because the performance was fantastic.\"\n\n'This is a special moment for me'\n\nBorussia Dortmund winger Sancho has featured for just six minutes in the tournament prior to Saturday's game, but impressed in his first start with his skill and drive.\n\nThe 21-year-old, who is set to join Manchester United after they agreed a fee of £73m with Dortmund, told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I'm feeling over the moon. Today was must-win and I'm just happy to have got an opportunity to play. This is a special moment for me.\n\n\"Every time I haven't been playing I've been going back to training and been giving it everything.\n\n\"I've just been focusing on myself while I've been at England. I've always been ready if I needed to come on.\n\n\"We knew today was going to be a big game, Ukraine are a very good side. I'm delighted.\"\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Supermarket chain Morrisons has accepted a £6.3bn ($8.7bn) takeover bid by a US investment group led by the owner of Majestic Wine.\n\nLast month, the supermarket group turned down an offer worth £5.5bn from a different firm, saying it had significantly undervalued the business.\n\nMorrisons chairman, Andrew Higginson, said the new offer was fair, and the chain would \"continue to prosper\".\n\nThe firm has nearly 500 shops and more than 110,000 staff in the UK.\n\nThe takeover - led by US private equity group Fortress Investment Group - is subject to shareholder approval but the supermarket group's directors are recommending it is unanimously voted for.\n\nUnder the deal's terms deal shareholders will get 254p per share - which Morrisons said was a 42% premium on its share price before the offer period - brought about with the disclosure of the rejected offer from Clayton Dublier & Rice (CD&R).\n\nMr Higginson said the supermarket's \"performance through the pandemic\" had improved its standing and enabled it to enter discussions with Fortress from \"a hard-won position of strength\".\n\nHe said it was clear to the supermarket's directors that Fortress had a \"full understanding and appreciation of the fundamental character of Morrisons\".\n\nJoshua A Pack, managing partner at Fortress, said the group was committed to being \"good stewards of Morrisons\".\n\nFortress's bid is backed with funding by the Canada Pension Plan and Koch Real Estate Investments - part of Koch Industries.\n\nRuss Mould, investment director at stock broker AJ Bell, said the American investors may have considered Morrisons - the UK's fourth largest supermarket group - as being \"unloved, under appreciated and therefore under valued\" meaning they thought they were getting a bargain.\n\nMr Mould added that Fortress had been clear in its statement that it did not plan to sell any of its real estate which he thought was aimed at reassuring staff and wider society that this would not be a case of asset stripping by a private equity firm.\n\nMorrisons owns the freehold on about 85% of its properties including its supermarkets.\n\nLabour's shadow business minister Seema Malhotra said the government must closely scrutinise the takeover bid and called on ministers to work with the consortium to ensure \"crucial commitments to protect the workforce and the pension scheme are legally binding, and met\".\n\nThe government said it was committed to \"ensuring that the UK remains open for business, while protecting the livelihoods of British workers and investment in the UK\".\n\nWorkers union Unite said it wanted \"unbreakable guarantees\" on jobs and conditions or it would not co-operate with any sale.\n\nUnite's national officer for road transport Adrian Jones, which represents Morrisons' warehouse and distribution workers, said the company was \"unique among UK supermarkets\" because it owns its supply chain.\n\nFollowing confirmation of one takeover bid last month, news of another was not unexpected.\n\nThe message from Fortress and its partners is that this would be a long-term investment rather than precipitate dramatic change.\n\nIt has made it clear it would support the existing strategy of Morrison's management. Areas for development include the supermarket's online offering.\n\nFortress has also sought to pre-empt and assuage any concerns about the impact its takeover would have on the business, its workforce and supply chain.\n\nFor example, supporting pay of at least £10 an hour, not changing the pension schemes, and not anticipating \"material\" store sale-and-leasebacks. The fact Morrisons owns most of its sites is perceived as a big draw.\n\nBut still, Labour and the Unite union are demanding further guarantees.\n\nIf this deal does come to fruition, it will shorten an already short list of the remaining publicly listed UK supermarkets.\n\nRichard Lim, of research consultants Retail Economics, said the deal \"signals the biggest shakeup in the UK grocery sector for over a decade\" as the industry grapples with changes brought by the pandemic and post-Brexit supply chains.\n\nAdam Leyland, editor-in-chief of trade publication the Grocer, said the fact the bid had been recommended by the board made it more likely to go through and put pressure on CD&R - which could return with a follow up bid.\n\nHe said the nature of the way a purchase was made was important and said the Morrisons deal, in which he said the consortium planned to \"back the business\", was in contrast to the Issa Brothers buyout of Asda.\n\nIn that deal a large amount of the £6.8bn purchase price was met by borrowing in what is know as a leveraged buyout.\n\nMorrisons started life as a market stall in Bradford in 1899 but it was not until 1961 that the first supermarket store opened under the name.\n\nIn 2004, the group bought rival grocer Safeway for £3bn, giving it a bigger slice of the market in southern England.", "Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby\n\nA record Wales points win over Canada was overshadowed by Leigh Halfpenny suffering a serious knee injury in the opening minute of his 100th international.\n\nIn the first game in front of home fans for 17 months, Wales were shocked by an early try for Canada wing Kainoa Lloyd.\n\nTwo tries apiece from Tomos Williams, new cap Taine Basham and Jonah Holmes and further scores from James Botham, Nicky Smith, Elliot Dee and Will Rowlands sealed the 10-try win.\n\nHead coach Wayne Pivac introduced five new caps with Dragons lock Ben Carter, 20, named man of the match as he debuted from the start alongside Scarlets wing Tom Rogers, with Gareth Thomas, Basham and Ben Thomas coming off the replacements' bench.\n\nThe occasion will be remembered, though, for Halfpenny's heartbreak on what should have been a magical milestone.\n\nHalfpenny suffered suspected anterior cruciate ligament damage in his opening involvement after he slipped stepping off his left foot while attempting to counter-attack.\n\nThe 32-year-old appeared to know immediately he had suffered a serious injury and was in tears as he called for help. He left the field on a cart and was cheered off by the Cardiff crowd.\n\nIt was cruel on Halfpenny on what was supposed to be a defining day as he became only the eighth Welshman to play 100 internationals - in his case, 96 Tests for Wales and four for the British and Irish Lions.\n\nWales were already without some familiar faces, with 11 players away with the Lions in South Africa and regular captain Alun Wyn Jones injured.\n\nOnly 8,200 tickets were issued in the 74,500-seater stadium, with a crowd of 6,164 attending. A contingent of Welsh fans were present for the first time since the Six Nations match against France in February 2020.\n\nIt was Wales' first international since they won the Six Nations in March 2021 and was a warm-up for the two upcoming Tests against Argentina on 10 and 17 July.\n\nCanada failed to emulate their famous victory of 1993 in Cardiff with their Welsh coaching trio of Kingsley Jones, Rob Howley and Byron Hayward having to concede defeat on this occasion.\n\nThe Canucks had not played since the 2019 World Cup and fielded an inexperienced side that had limited preparation time. They go on to face England at Twickenham next Saturday.\n\nHowley's return, for his first game since serving a ban for betting breaches which saw him sent home by Wales before the 2019 World Cup, was at least a welcome sight.\n\nHowley's influence could be seen in the opening Canada score for Lloyd after the visitors had taken advantage of Wales losing Halfpenny.\n\nA backline reshuffle saw Nick Tompkins come on to play on the wing with Holmes switching to full-back. That uncertainty allowed Canada to shock their hosts with a well-worked try for wing Lloyd.\n\nWales responded almost immediately with a score from a quick tap penalty by scrum-half Williams which was converted by Sheedy.\n\nA searing break from captain Jonathan Davies gave Botham an easy try in the right-hand corner before Holmes crossed on the opposite side.\n\nFront-rowers Smith and Dee and new Dragons lock Rowlands powered over in quick succession from short-range as Wales led 40-5 at half-time.\n\nWilliams continued the scoring after the break with his second score before replacement Josh Turnbull made his first international appearance for three years.\n\nDragons flanker Basham popped up for his quickfire double before Canada finally responded. After a couple of efforts were denied by the television match official, full-back Cooper Coats cantered over with Peter Nelson converting.\n\nThe Canada mini-revival was halted by a final try for Holmes as Wales beat their previous record points tally against the Canucks, which stood at 61.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nDenmark's impressive and emotional Euro 2020 campaign continued as they marched on to the semi-finals courtesy of a victory over the Czech Republic in Baku.\n\nThe Danes have gone from strength to strength in the tournament since the trauma of their opening game, in which midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest.\n\nHaving hammered Wales in the last 16, they impressively dealt with a dangerous and physical Czech side in a competitive last-eight tie played in a red-hot temperature in Azerbaijan.\n\nThey led from the fifth minute, when Thomas Delaney evaded his marker to head in from a corner.\n\nA continual threat on the break, they made it 2-0 just before half-time, with Kasper Dolberg volleying in a superb cross from Joakim Maehle to add to the two goals he scored against Wales.\n\nTheir momentum was checked early in the second half as Patrik Schick coolly volleyed in his fifth goal of the tournament, taking him level with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo in the race for the Golden Boot.\n\nBut Denmark were able to recompose themselves and dig in to ensure the victory and a semi-final at Wembley on Wednesday.\n\nTheir opponent will be England after they thrashed Ukraine later in the evening.\n• None Follow live text commentary of Czech Republic v Denmark in the quarter-final of Euro 2020\n• None Check out the Euro 2020 scores and fixtures\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n\nIt is nearly three decades since Denmark shocked the continent with their victory at Euro '92, taking advantage of a late call-up to the finals to produce their country's greatest sporting moment.\n\nThey are currently in the process of writing yet another fairytale in the competition.\n\nTheir campaign was only 41 minutes old when Eriksen collapsed before receiving CPR on the pitch as his visibly-distressed team-mates surrounded him and fans around the world watched in shock.\n\nNow those players are just 90 minutes from the final after another brilliant team display that stands as a testament not only to their ability and tactical intelligence but the renewed bond between them, forged in adversity.\n\nThey were brilliant in the first half, compact and composed at the back and ruthless and rapid on the counter-attack. They fully deserved their two-goal lead and could have had more, with Delaney wasting the best of their other chances by fluffing an effort wide with his knee.\n\nA much-improved Czech side knocked them out of their comfort zone after the break, but in goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and defensive trio Andreas Christensen, Simon Kjaer and Jannick Versergaard, Denmark found the stubbornness and leadership they needed to see the game out.\n\nIt is the Danes' first victory over the Czechs at a Euros finals and gives them some revenge for the quarter-final loss in 2004, when Milan Baros' two goals helped his country to a comfortable 3-0 win.\n\nBaros ended that tournament with five goals, a tally now matched by Schick, who departs having done his own career no end of good with his displays for his country this summer.\n\nThe Danes, though, continue their remarkable journey, with London the next destination.\n\nCredit also to the 1,000 or so Danish fans who travelled the 2,000 miles to Baku, knowing that Covid quarantine rules mean they now cannot attend either the semi-final or final, should their country get there.\n\n'Christian should have been here'\n\nAfter the game, Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand said he felt his squad will have Eriksen in their thoughts as they strive to continue their run at Euro 2020.\n\n\"I definitely feel it,\" he said.\n\n\"The whole world of football understood that second, and the days after, the fundamental things in life and in football, the fundamental values of football came through right at that moment.\n\n\"There are so many other agendas in football, but we all remembered why we started to play football, what values football is based on and we had a reminder of this.\n\n\"I am still thinking of Christian every single day. He should have been here.\n\n\"We are happy that he survived. We carry him all the way to this match and all the way to Wembley. I think about him all of the time.\n\n\"We all understood maybe that the values of football came through - and maybe we are a symbol of it. I could not be more happy than that.\n\n\"The team showed it without being told, 'this is the way you should act'.\n\n\"It was just unbelievable to see this team how the reaction was, how much compassion and love they gave each other, but also the Danish population.\n\n\"We are just happy and proud we can maybe just remind ourselves why we love football and what football can do in the world.\"\n• None Attempt missed. Antonin Barak (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.\n• None Attempt missed. Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jan Boril with a headed pass.\n• None Tomas Kalas (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Joakim Maehle (Denmark) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen.\n• None Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakub Jankto. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "A demolition order has already been signed by the authorities\n\nThe demolition of the standing portion of the apartment block that collapsed near Miami has been brought forward due to an approaching tropical storm.\n\nThe upright section of Champlain Towers South will be destroyed within days to allow rescuers to search the site safely, officials say.\n\nThe death toll has risen to 24, with 121 people missing after the collapse of the 12-storey building on 24 June.\n\nOfficials are investigating other tower blocks for structural faults.\n\nOn Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the forthcoming demolition would \"protect our search-and-rescue teams\".\n\nHe added: \"We don't know when it could fall over. With these gusts that would create a real severe hazard.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How dogs are helping the Surfside rescue effort\n\nMiami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Cava Levine signed a demolition order on Friday. She initially said she expected the demolition would not happen until late July.\n\nSurfside Mayor Charles Burkett said the fear was that the storm would knock the rest of the building down and drop debris on to the zone where survivors were still being sought.\n\n\"Obviously the building is a problem and the only solution is to get rid of it,\" he said.\n\nMs Cava Levine said the families of those still missing had been told of the decision and \"they understand\". No-one has been found alive since the first hours after the collapse.\n\nDemolition experts have been devising a plan on Saturday, and the destruction will be controlled, with the use of explosive charges.\n\nThere are no details so far about compensating the owners.\n\nOn Friday, a firefighter carried the body of his own seven-year-old daughter from the rubble of the collapsed block. He had kept vigil at the site for nine days and was there when she was extracted.\n\nStella Cattarossi is the third child to be recovered from the site in the Miami suburb of Surfside.\n\nShe was with her mother, grandparents and an aunt visiting from Argentina, according to local10.com.\n\nNo survivors have been found since the first few hours after the building collapsed\n\nAlso on Friday, the residents of another block were told to leave on safety grounds - the first building to be given such an order in the area since the collapse.\n\nCrestview Towers Condominium residents were ordered to evacuate by North Miami Beach Building Department.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to crumble remains unclear. But a 2018 inspection warned of \"major\" design flaws in the original design.\n\nThe building association's board says it will appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami building collapse: \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"", "Some Covid measures should be kept in place in England beyond 19 July - when all legal restrictions are due to be lifted, a doctors' union says.\n\nThe British Medical Association is calling for the continued use of face masks and new ventilation standards.\n\nIt says it is crucial to protect the NHS, health and education amid what it says is an alarming rise in cases.\n\nIt comes as ministers consider allowing fully jabbed people to avoid isolation and testing if exposed to Covid.\n\nA Downing Street source said the need for isolation or daily tests for those who had received two coronavirus injections could be removed after the final step of lockdown easing.\n\nFirst reported by the Times, the source added that no decision had yet been taken.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he hoped England would be able to return to as close to the pre-pandemic status quo as possible on 19 July - the fourth and final stage of lockdown lifting in England.\n\nBut he hinted that some \"extra precautions\" might still be needed.\n\nWeekly coronavirus cases in the UK are up 74% on the previous seven days, according to government figures.\n\nAnd on Friday, the UK recorded 27,125 new cases and another 27 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nThe number of people admitted to hospitals in England with Covid-19 has risen by 55% over the past week, the British Medical Association (BMA) says.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chairman, said the easing of restrictions was not a binary \"all or nothing\" decision and that \"sensible, cautious measures\" were still required.\n\nHe said: \"As case numbers continue to rise at an alarming rate due to the rapid transmission of the Delta variant and an increase in people mixing with one another, it makes no sense to remove restrictions in their entirety in just over two weeks' time.\n\n\"The promise was to make decisions based on data and not dates, and while we were pleased to see the government react to data in delaying the easing on 21 June last month, ministers must not now simply disregard the most recent, damning numbers by rushing into meeting their new 19 July deadline.\"\n\n\"Targeted measures\" put forward by the professional body for doctors include requiring people to continue wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces, such as shops and on public transport.\n\nThe BMA also urges the government to improve public messaging on how the virus spreads and the importance of good ventilation - including the setting of legal standards.\n\nDr Nagpaul urged ministers not to throw away the progress made in the vaccination programme.\n\nHe said more time was needed to roll out jabs, adding the country was \"still some way from protecting enough of the population\".\n\nTwice as many coronavirus patients were on ventilators now compared with this time last month, he said, presenting a particular worry for doctors.\n\nHigh levels of community transmission could also provide fertile ground for new, potentially vaccine-resistant variants to develop, he added.\n\nIn the UK, 45 million people - 85.5% of the adult population - have now received one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. More than 33 million people - 63.1% - have been double jabbed, according to latest government figures.\n\nDr Bharat Pankhania, a senior clinical lecturer in communicable diseases at the University of Exeter's medical school, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he thought it was \"perfectly okay\" for people who had received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine to be exempt from quarantine measures.\n\nHe said while the \"gold standard\" would be to remain cautious even if you had been fully vaccinated, he thought that the fact that immunised people were \"less infectious\" meant it would be okay for them not to have to do so.\n\nDr Pankhania said that he felt that the vaccines were working \"really well\" at breaking the link between infections, hospitalisation and death.\n\n\"Therefore, having uncoupled that, we can start thinking about other uncoupling measures as well,\" he said.\n\nEnding isolation for people who have had two jabs could be a relief for the hospitality industry with Rob Pitcher, chief executive of Revolution Bars Group, saying that the NHS Test and Trace app was making it \"very difficult\" for the sector to recover following lockdowns.\n\nHe told the Today programme the company, which runs 66 bars, had \"probably got 10-15% of our estate in some form of closure\" due to staff being required to isolate.\n\nHe said the app was \"casting the net quite wide\" and sad some staff were choosing to delete the app because \"they can't afford to self-isolate for 10 days\".\n\nBut Prof Robert West, a health psychologist who is a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) which advises Sage, warned that exempting those who were fully jabbed from isolating would be unfair and could cause \"resentment\".\n\n\"When you get unfairness in situations like this, you get resentment and when you get resentment you can get loss of compliance,\" he told Times Radio.\n\nThe Scottish government said that contact tracers will prioritise cases where there is a \"high risk\" of transmission, with calls being made to the most urgent cases and texts used more extensively.\n\nThe final stage of measures lifting was deferred by four weeks from 21 June amid concerns of the spread of the Delta variant, first identified in India, with the government saying more time was needed to administer vaccines.\n\nHowever, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said there is no reason for England's final Covid restrictions to last beyond 19 July.\n\nThe Delta variant continues to account for approximately 95% of confirmed cases of coronavirus across the UK.\n\nPublic Health England figures show 161,981 confirmed and probable cases of the Delta variant have now been identified in the UK - up by 50,824, or 46%, on the previous week.", "Biotech firm Novavax has labs in the US (pictured) and has carried out trials in the UK and South Africa\n\nA new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89% effective in large-scale UK trials.\n\nThe Novavax jab is the first to show in trials that it is effective against the new virus variant found in the UK, the BBC's medical editor Fergus Walsh said.\n\nThe UK has secured 60 million doses of the jab, which will be made in Stockton-on-Tees in north-east England.\n\nMeanwhile, a single-dose vaccine developed by Janssen is 66% effective, trial results have shown.\n\nJanssen, a company owned by Johnson & Johnson, is also investigating whether giving two doses will give either stronger or longer-lasting protection.\n\nThe company said its initial findings showed one dose prevented 85% of severe cases.\n\nBoth the Novavax and Janssen jabs will need to be reviewed by regulators before they can be used.\n\nThe PM welcomed the \"good news\", with doses of the Novavax jab expected to be delivered in the second half of this year if approved for use by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the government said.\n\nThe UK has so far approved three coronavirus vaccines for emergency use - one from Oxford University and AstraZeneca, another by Pfizer and BioNTech, and a third from drug firm Moderna.\n\nThe Novavax jab, which is given in two doses, was shown to be 89.3% effective at preventing Covid-19 in participants in its Phase 3 clinical trial in the UK, and around 86% effective at protecting against the new UK variant. The jab's efficacy against the original Covid-19 strain was calculated to be 95.6%.\n\nThe Phase 3 trials - the final stage before a vaccine is looked at by a regulator - enrolled more than 15,000 people aged between 18-84, of whom 27% were older than 65, US firm Novavax said.\n\nIn the South African part of the trial, where most of the cases were the South African variant of the virus, the vaccine was 60% effective among those without HIV.\n\nStan Erck, chief executive of Novavax, said the results from the UK trial were \"spectacular\" and \"as good as we could have hoped\", while the efficacy in South Africa was \"above people's expectations\".\n\nHe told the BBC the manufacturing plant in Stockton-on-Tees should be up and running by March or April, with the company hoping to get approval for the vaccine from the MHRA around the same time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMinister Lucy Frazer told BBC Breakfast the government could not put an exact timeframe on when the Novavax jab might be approved as the regulation process is \"out of our control\".\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the new vaccine would be \"another weapon in our arsenal to beat this awful virus\", if approved.\n\nProf Paul Heath, chief investigator of the UK Novavax trial, said the trial findings were \"enormously exciting\", particularly because of the jab's efficacy against the UK variant.\n\nThese extremely encouraging trial results suggest another powerful vaccine against coronavirus could soon be within reach.\n\nIt works in a slightly different way to the ones that are already available - but does the same job of teaching the body's immune system to recognise and fight the pandemic virus.\n\nWhat is more, it appears to be effective against emerging and more infectious variants of coronavirus too - something scientists have feared might not be possible because the vaccines were all designed to match the original virus, not these new, mutated versions.\n\nProtection against illness from the new UK variant was high - around 86%.\n\nEven with the South Africa variant, which has undergone the most worrisome changes, it offered a level of protection similar to that given by flu shots against influenza.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said, if the jab is approved, it \"increases our future resilience\" against the virus.\n\nNadhim Zahawi, the UK minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, said he was \"particularly thrilled\" to see the positive results as he had taken part in Novavax's trials himself.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid vaccine safety: How does a vaccine get approved?\n\nIn total, the UK has ordered 100 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and 40 million of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - both are currently being rolled out in the UK.\n\nAnother 17 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, which was approved by the MHRA in early January, are expected in the spring.\n\nThe aim is to give everyone in the top four priority groups - up to 15 million people - a first dose by mid-February.\n\nPfizer and Moderna vaccines rely on technology that has not been used in previous vaccines, but the Novavax jab uses a more traditional method of recreating part of the spike protein of the virus to stimulate the immune system.\n\nLike the Oxford vaccine, the Novavax jab can be stored at regular fridge temperature - which means it can be distributed more easily.\n\nMore than 7.4 million people in the UK have so far received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest government figures.\n\nMeanwhile, the latest estimate for the UK's R rate from the government's scientific advisory group, Sage, is 0.7 to 1.1. It means that on average, every 10 people with the virus will infect between seven and 11 other people. Last week, the R rate was between 0.8 and 1.\n\nThe latest growth rate range is between -5% and 0%, indicating that the number of new infections is broadly flat or shrinking by up to 5% every day.\n\nSeparately, the EU's vaccine contract with AstraZeneca has been published, in a growing row over reduced supplies of their jab.\n\nKate Bingham, who used to chair the UK's Vaccine Taskforce, said the reason the UK had a good supply of vaccines compared with other countries was because of its ability to get clinical trials completed quickly and at a high standard through the NHS's registry - with some 400,000 volunteers signing up \"before the US even started their Phase 3 studies\".\n\nThe UK recorded a further 1,239 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test on Thursday. There have also been another 28,680 new infections.\n\nHow have you been affected by the issues relating to coronavirus? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "About 200 US businesses have been hit by a \"colossal\" ransomware attack, according to a cyber-security firm.\n\nHuntress Labs said the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks that use its software.\n\nKaseya said in a statement on its own website that it was investigating a \"potential attack\".\n\nHuntress Labs said it believed the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang was responsible.\n\nThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, a federal agency, said in a statement that it was taking action to address the attack.\n\nThe cyber-breach emerged on Friday afternoon as companies across the US were clocking off for the long Independence Day weekend.\n\nThe two big things that are keeping cyber-security professionals up at night lately are ransomware attacks and supply chain attacks. This latest incident combines both nightmares into one big Independence Holiday weekend-ruining event for hundreds of US IT teams.\n\nRansomware is the scourge of the internet. Multiple organised criminal gangs are constantly attempting to gain access to computer networks to hold them hostage. The rate of attack is relentless but it can take a lot of time and effort on the criminals part to successfully hijack one victim's computer system.\n\nIn this latest incident the hackers showed that by going after the software supplier of multiple organisations they can pop dozens, perhaps hundreds of victims in one go. We've seen horrendous supply chain attacks in the past but this one has the potential to be the biggest incident involving ransomware yet.\n\nIt shows that ransomware gangs are thinking creatively about how to have the most impact possible and command the biggest ransom possible.\n\nKaseya said one of its applications that runs corporate servers, desktop computers and network devices might have been compromised in the attack.\n\nThe company said it was urging customers that use its VSA tool to immediately shut down their servers.\n\nKaseya said in its statement that a \"small number\" of companies had been affected, though Huntress Labs said the number was greater than 200.\n\nIt is not clear what specific companies have been affected and a Kaseya representative contacted by the BBC declined to give details.\n\nKaseya's website says it has a presence in over 10 countries and more than 10,000 customers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"This is a colossal and devastating supply chain attack,\" Huntress Labs' senior security researcher John Hammond said in an email to Reuters news agency.\n\nAt a summit in Geneva last month, US President Joe Biden said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin he had a responsibility to rein in such cyber-attacks.\n\nMr Biden said he gave Mr Putin a list of 16 critical infrastructure sectors, from energy to water, that should not be subject to hacking.\n\nREvil - also known as Sodinokibi - is one of the most prolific and profitable cyber-criminal groups in the world.\n\nThe gang was blamed by the FBI for a hack in May that paralysed operations at JBS - the world's largest meat supplier.\n\nThe group sometimes threatens to post stolen documents on its website - known as the \"Happy Blog\" - if victims don't comply with its demands.\n\nREvil was also linked to a co-ordinated attack on nearly two dozen local governments in Texas in 2019.", "The health secretary urged anyone contacted by Test and Protect to self isolate for 10 days\n\nContact tracers in Scotland will prioritise cases where there is a \"high risk\" of transmission, as soaring Covid rates put pressure on the system.\n\nThe Scottish government said calls will only be made to the most urgent cases, while texts will be used \"more extensively\" for cases deemed low risk.\n\nDetermining the priority level of a case will depend on individuals filling out contact tracing forms online.\n\nHealth secretary Humza Yousaf said it was a \"practical approach\".\n\nIt comes after NHS Grampian warned that the increase in cases meant it would not be able to trace the contacts of everyone who tests positive.\n\nThe health board said there had been a \"dramatic increase\" in the workload of its contact tracing teams.\n\nOn Thursday, the number of daily cases reported in Scotland surpassed 4,000 for the first time - although that fell to 3,823 on Friday and 3,108 on Saturday.\n\nSaturday's figure accounted for 9.6% of all the tests analysed. The latest figures recorded a further three deaths of patients who had recently tested positive.\n\nFigures released by the Office for National Statistics said that Scotland continued to have the highest Covid rate in the UK last week, with about one in every 150 people thought to have the virus.\n\nThis equates to about 35,900 people.\n\nAt Friday's coronavirus briefing, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insisted the contact tracing system was \"coping well\" but acknowledged it was \"under pressure\" because of surging cases.\n\nThe Scottish government said the new contact tracing approach will allow workers to focus on the cases \"most likely to lead to further transmission\" of the virus.\n\nIt also said more staff were being recruited as part of efforts to \"maximise the capacity\" of contact tracing teams across health boards.\n\nAccording to a Public Health Scotland report, sending text messages with advice about self-isolating and getting tested became the \"default\" from 18 June because of rising numbers of Covid-19 cases.\n\nThe tracing of secondary contacts has also been dropped.\n\nConfirming the policy change, Mr Yousaf said the Test and Protect system was contacting \"record numbers\" of people each day and urged anyone who is contacted to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nContact tracers will continue to phone many of those who have tested positive but there will be a focus on more complex, high-risk cases.\n\nHe said: \"The shift in approach we are taking will mean more text messages going out and people getting online to report contacts and find information.\n\n\"This is a sensible and practical approach which will allow us to focus our contacting tracing efforts on the most high risk cases and prevent further spread of the virus.\"\n\nEveryone with a smartphone can download the Protect Scotland app\n\nThe health secretary also urged everyone with a smartphone to download the Protect Scotland app.\n\nHe added: \"If you test positive, you will receive a code that can be entered into the app, providing isolation notifications to people [who have also downloaded the app that] you have been in contact with.\n\n\"We continue to look holistically at the system to ensure its resilience, including supporting ongoing local recruitment and flexing additional workforce capacity within the National Contact Tracing Centre.\"\n\nScottish Conservative health spokeswoman Annie Wells said that the public was worried about the rising number of cases. She said it was \"imperative that no case goes unforgotten through this new way of working\".\n\nMs Wells added: \"The SNP have already taken their eye off the ball with Test and Protect which simply can't happen again.\n\n\"A robust and effective system will play a critical role in helping to ensure people self-isolate as quickly as possible and give us the best chance of staying on track to ease restrictions over the summer.\" Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said the news was \"an explicit admission that the SNP has failed to develop a robust test and protect system\", which had \"buckled under the pressure\".\n\nShe said the development \"risked our exit from the pandemic\", adding that the government's \"failure\" was \"a downright dereliction of duty\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDates: Venues: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Click here for more details\n\nEngland supporters of long standing - and long suffering - were transported into an unfamiliar world as they watched Gareth Southgate's side cruise into the Euro 2020 semi-finals in the most majestic style in Rome.\n\nIt was Southgate himself who applied cold water to the celebrations and excitement after the last-16 win against Germany at Wembley set up what turned out to be the glorious formality of a 4-0 quarter-final win over Ukraine.\n\nSouthgate warned that first knockout win against Germany in 55 years would count for nothing unless England built on it. And build on it they did with a spectacular dismissal of Ukraine to set up a meeting with dangerous Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday.\n\nNo nerves. No worries. No concerns over expensive yellow cards. Just the enjoyment of wondering whether England might add more while sitting back, revelling in a performance that simply could not have been more controlled or comprehensive.\n\nOops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.\n• None 'England not settling for the semis' - Maguire\n• None Denmark beat Czechs to reach last four\n• None England thrash Ukraine to set up first Euros semi-final for 25 years\n• None 'Something special is happening' - Shearer, Ferdinand & Lampard react to England win\n\nYes, a very unfamiliar feeling for those who have followed England's fortunes at major tournaments. Watching England is not meant to be like this - or it certainly has not been in recent memory.\n\nAnd before the arguments over the quality of the opposition or luck of the draw are made, just cast your mind back to those same words uttered before Roy Hodgson's England made a shameful exit against Iceland at Euro 2016 in the last 16.\n\nIn other words, this could have been a banana skin after the euphoria of victory over Germany at Wembley. Instead, England simply confirmed their growing authority and threat at Euro 2020.\n\nFour wins, a draw and not a goal conceded in five games. Hugely impressive numbers.\n\nAnd to add to the wave of expectation and excitement sweeping England's followers, Harry Kane released his personal pressure valve with his goal against Germany, and looked right back to his world-class best with two goals in Rome.\n\nSouthgate will, no doubt, urge caution, temper the expectation and (rightly) keep the nation in check before what will be a thunderous night in front of 60,000 at Wembley on Wednesday.\n\nBest of luck with that Gareth.\n\nEvents over the past 55 years make England supporters of any age a naturally pessimistic breed - but Southgate's approach is changing all that.\n\nHis own stature is growing as he becomes only the second England men's manager after Sir Alf Ramsey to take them into two semi-finals at major tournaments following their run to the World Cup semi-final in 2018.\n\nIn Russia, there was always the underlying suspicion a top-class team would undo them and so it proved against Croatia - here, some of those doubts are disappearing.\n\nEngland will start as favourites against Denmark but beware: the Danes have quality, character and are on a mission after Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest during their opening defeat against Finland.\n\nThe 1992 champions seem fuelled by a sense of destiny and will not shrink from England's challenge.\n\nSouthgate and England just seem to have so much going for them, not least the fact they will play their semi-final in front of a vast home crowd at Wembley.\n\nAnd at the heart of it all is Southgate, who has moved England's pieces around the board to perfection in Euro 2020, taking each match in isolation with a willingness to change a winning team to adjust to circumstances.\n\nIn doing so, in tandem with trusted assistant Steve Holland, he has shown the courage of his convictions, flexibility with tactics and personnel, and demonstrated the squad strength he has at his disposal.\n\nSouthgate reverted to a back four in Rome after using a three-man central defence against Germany, meaning a first start in Euro 2020 for Jadon Sancho, the gifted 21-year-old who has just agreed a £73m move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United.\n\nObservers in Germany have expressed disbelief that Southgate feels he has been able to do without Sancho. But he waited until he believed the time was right, the youngster slotting in impressively in Rome.\n\nMason Mount, high class in recent times for England, was also back. Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson came off the bench to score, while the services of creators such as Phil Foden and Jack Grealish were not required.\n\nAnd such has been the brilliance of Luke Shaw, whose quality of delivery from a free-kick and open play made goals for Harry Maguire and Harry Kane, that Chelsea's Champions League-winning left-back Ben Chilwell is currently on the margins.\n\nSouthgate has options in all areas.\n\nRaheem Sterling is making an argument to be the player of Euro 2020 while, of huge significance, Kane's goal against Germany has jump started his tournament into action. With perfect timing he suddenly looks rejuvenated and the world-class striker Southgate knows he is.\n\nEven those who feel that following England comes accompanied by a permanent dark cloud of pessimism may be tempted to feel a little sunshine poking through.\n\nIt would be foolish to dismiss Denmark but England in this mood and form should fear no-one.\n\nAn unfamiliar feeling - but one every England supporter in the country was basking in after this magnificent demolition of Ukraine sealed their first Euros semi-final since 1996.\n\nDenmark now await at Wembley on Wednesday as England again attempt to reach their first major final since winning the World Cup in 1966.\n\nIt will be quite a night.\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n• None Have the promises of the Leave campaign been kept?\n• None A chilling cold case is reopened with an assassin on the loose", "Wembley had not seen a crowd of this size since before the pandemic\n\nImages of England fans celebrating the Euro 2020 win over Germany have been all over the media this week - scenes of celebration and gatherings in large numbers we have not really seen the like of since before the pandemic.\n\nBut while many people have been enjoying the combination of victory over an old rival and a feeling of things getting a bit back to normal, there have been nagging doubts for others.\n\nAre people letting their hair down a bit too much given coronavirus case numbers have been rising again? And if sporting crowds can gather in large numbers, why are other events apparently still subject to greater restrictions?\n\nSince the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England was pushed back earlier this month from 21 June to 19 July, there has been a groundswell of criticism of the delay from people who believe not everyone is being treated equally.\n\nWhile the previous limit of 30 guests for weddings was removed, ceremonies and receptions are still subject to caps on attendances according to risk assessments carried out by the venues, who are obliged to give people the chance to socially distance if they want to, meaning many can accommodate much lower numbers than in normal times. And dance floors, singing, and drinking while standing up are ruled out - which has not been lost on some people who have watched football fans singing, dancing and drinking while standing up.\n\nPaul Chisholm and Emma Freeman are hoping to marry at the fourth attempt in November\n\nEmma Freeman, 38, from Northamptonshire, was originally due to marry her fiance Paul Chisholm last July. They have postponed it twice more since then and now hope to hold their wedding at the fourth time of asking in November.\n\nShe said on Tuesday evening when England beat Germany she was out for dinner with her father as it was the day before her birthday and they could hear football fans singing in a neighbouring pub and then saw them dancing in the street outside - while knowing that were she to be getting married now neither singing nor dancing would be allowed.\n\n\"I'm really excited for the football and I love that people have got something to get behind. But it's so inconsistent,\" she says.\n\n\"You go to Wembley and you know the person you have gone with. The chances are the other thousands of people you come into contact with are strangers. You are taking a gamble. When a goal is scored you might hug a stranger.\n\nFans leaving Wembley after the England v Germany game found themselves in big crowds\n\n\"I know every single one of my wedding guests. I know who's been vaccinated because it's something we talk about. I know everyone's addresses so everyone could be traced. People have said they would be willing to take a lateral flow test. Some who don't work have said they can isolate before the wedding.\n\n\"So why are there more restrictions for weddings? Why is it different for us?\n\n\"We are making sure people at our wedding are safe, there are strict protocols, and it feels cruel when you see what's going on elsewhere.\n\nEmma makes the point that marriage is, for many people, a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, whereas the Euros is held every four years and so she wonders why weddings - \"something that means so much\" - appear to be less of a priority.\n\nIt is not just football that is allowed big crowds, though. On Sunday 18 July - the day before restrictions could be lifted - Silverstone is due to welcome a crowd of 140,000 for the British Grand Prix as a test event. Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has said he thinks \"it feels a bit premature\" to have a full crowd at the track. And Download Festival was held as a test event two weeks ago with 10,000 attending.\n\nMore Scotland fans headed to London for their game against England than had tickets for the match\n\nBut the day after England's win over Germany news came from Scotland that nearly 2,000 Covid cases in Scotland have been linked to fans watching Euro 2020 games. Public Health Scotland said two-thirds of the 1,991 cases were people who travelled to London for Scotland's game with England on 18 June.\n\nFans attending the matches at Wembley have been expected to provide evidence of a negative lateral flow test taken in the 48 hours before the match, or of having been fully vaccinated. But the evidence from Public Health Scotland suggested many of those who tested positive after travelling to London for the match against England had not actually had tickets for the game, and so would not necessarily have been subject to those obligations.\n\nSo might we expect to see a rise in cases among people who watched England v Germany - either at the stadium or at the various fan sites or pubs around the country where fans gathered?\n\nBBC health correspondent Nick Triggle says the contact tracing data behind the news of the cases among Scotland fans cannot provide the answer.\n\n\"It tells us that 6% of positive cases during this period attended a match, fanzone, someone's home or the pub to watch a game of football,\" he says. \"It does not tell you where the individual caught the virus - just where they had been when they were infectious.\"\n\nThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) pointed out that \"on several occasions, the Mayor of London, UK government and Scottish government had urged Scottish fans without tickets not to travel to London ahead of the match between England and Scotland, in light of rising numbers of COVID-19 cases\".\n\nThe government made it clear Trafalgar Square was not available for Scotland fans to gather in when they played England - but England supporters enjoyed the win over Germany in the fan zone there\n\nWedding planner Jessie Westwood is a co-founder of the What About Weddings campaign, which has sought to highlight the issues faced by the wedding industry during the pandemic.\n\n\"I think it's got to the stage now where couples are appalled by what they are seeing,\" she says. \"It's not just the football, it's the tennis too - it seems like they are cherry-picking and calling them test events. We did a survey and found 83% of couples are asking their guests to take tests, and that's for weddings - an event with about 100 or so people and it's a much more sober affair - people won't be running around with their shirts off.\"\n\nJessie Westwood says it becomes harder to police restrictions at weddings once people have seen guidelines being eased elsewhere\n\nJessie says it is becoming harder for wedding venues to police the guidelines as people attending ceremonies and receptions have seen big crowds at sporting events, but have also watched politicians enjoying the football with a drink and seen leaders at the recent G7 summit in Cornwall gather for a barbecue.\n\n\"It does seem like it's one rule for them and one for us,\" she says. \"They must think we're mugs.\"\n\nShe says people are still by and large abiding by the rules, but she points out if frustration over perceived inconsistencies prompts guests to not stick to guidelines then wedding venues and suppliers, who have already faced massive disruption to their livelihoods during the pandemic, can be at risk of being fined.\n\nRules for outdoor events are different to rules for indoor ones - but what about if the Wimbledon roof is closed?\n\nMike Kill, CEO of the Night Time Industries Association, is another who says he has no issue with sporting events going ahead with crowds as long as other industries are treated fairly. And he says cultural activities do not seem to be getting the same opportunities as sport.\n\n\"People are starting to feel a little less inhibited with the success of the vaccine rollout and it's the first opportunity to get excited about something. I completely understand why people are getting excited about the football and the tennis, but when you see Wimbledon closing the roof, you've essentially got an indoor arena for 15,000 people, so you have got to wonder why we are closed?\n\n\"If you're a festival operator and you're watching 40,000 people in a stadium, that's not too different to recreating what you see at some of the festivals out there.\n\n\"There are 850,000 18-year-olds that haven't been to a club or to a festival or out for freshers' week. These are all experiences that have been taken away from them over the past 18 months.\"\n\nEngland's next game will be in Rome, where a limited number of Wales fans saw their team play Italy on 20 June. The UK government and FA have said England fans should not travel to Italy\n\nThe DCMS said: \"Public safety is our main priority. We continue to urge all fans to continue to follow the latest public health guidance and enjoy the tournament safely.\n\n\"The increase of capacity at Wembley Stadium to 60,000 for the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final will provide the opportunity to assess how we can best mitigate transmission risks and logistical challenges in preparation for fans returning to stadiums and events in greater numbers.\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with the local authority director of public health and senior officials in Public Health England and the Department of Health and Social Care to ensure these matches run as safely as possible.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nJosh Adams scored four tries as the British and Irish Lions saw off the Sigma Lions in impressive style in their tour opener in Johannesburg.\n\nWales wing Louis Rees-Zammit scored a fourth-minute debut try, with Ali Price and Hamish Watson following him over.\n\nAdams ran in four well-taken tries after the break to take the contest out of sight, with replacement Gareth Davies also crossing.\n\nThe hosts lost heart and couldn't make the altitude count in their favour.\n\nFour years ago, the Lions opened their tour with a stuttering 13-7 win over a thrown-together New Zealand Barbarians side that bolstered All Black confidence rather than the tourists'.\n\nIn a match played behind closed doors, this was a far more convincing victory as club and country combinations brought cohesion to a near-scratch side.\n• None Gatland keeping open mind on Test side - who caught the eye?\n\nChris Harris' chip set up Gloucester team-mate Rees-Zammit for the opening try, Price gave Scotland team-mate Finn Russell the security to express himself at 10, while Jamie George and Maro Itoje's England and Saracens connection tied up line-out ball.\n\nThere were, however, also signs of the tourists coming together as a team with Price's try and Adams' first score coming from the back of the line-out and the pages of attack coach Gregor Townsend's playbook.\n\nDefence coach Steve Tandy will also have been pleased by a 10-minute period in the first half where the home side managed to apply sustained pressure inside the 22m but were repelled by committed and coordinated resistance.\n\nCaptain Stuart Hogg, left out of the starting line-up for Exeter's Premiership play-off campaign, looked sharp. The full-back claimed the high balls, posed a threat with ball in hand and superbly chased down Sbusiso Sangweni to deny an interception try.\n\nWatson dampened down any doubts over his ability to compete physically against South African physicality with a typically all-action display in the back row, while Elliot Daly looked dangerous running at a tiring defence off the bench. And, unlike against Japan last weekend, there were no new injuries to the squad.\n\nHowever, the opposition will get tougher. The Sigma Lions, who lost four out of five matches in the recent Rainbow Cup, look to be the weakest team on the Lions itinerary.\n\nThe Sharks, who the tourists meet on Wednesday, will be a step up in quality.\n\nRussell making his first start for the British and Irish Lions and with space, time and abundance of front-foot ball, took the chance to make his Test claim.\n\nThe Scotland fly-half showed his intent in the opening minute, chipping across field in search of the pace of Rees-Zammit.\n\nThat kick failed to hit its target, but, Russell was never deterred. His speed of thought and hand was key to springing Harris, who chipped ahead for Rees-Zammit's fourth-minute opener and he set up Adams' second with a deft dink over a blitz defence.\n\nRussell's combination with England captain Owen Farrell was not always smooth, but it asked questions of the hosts' defence that other combinations can't.\n\nAt points Russell slipped into second receiver outside Farrell to get closer to the edge of the defence and the pace out wide.\n\nAfter a man-of-the-match display full of poise and control from Dan Biggar in last weekend's win over Japan, Russell's performance underlined the different options at 10. Which Warren Gatland will choose is no clearer.\n\nAdams stretched over for a score against Japan at Murrayfield last weekend and took his four tries in similarly clinical fashion.\n\nIt was in the same stadium in 1997 that John Bentley scored a superb 60m try to throw himself into Test contention. None of Adams' scores were of that quality, but through sheer quantity he made his point.\n\nThe wing is up against some stiff opposition for a starting Test spot, with 2017 starter Anthony Watson also in the squad, but his streak and the extra experience he has over Rees-Zammit and Duhan van der Merwe have surely put him in pole position.\n\nBBC rugby union correspondent Chris Jones: Plenty of impressive performances across the board for the Lions - Elliot Daly looked especially sharp when he came on - and although the Finn Russell and Owen Farrell partnership in midfield didn't quite click, Warren Gatland will reflect on a very decent first outing on South African soil.\n\nAnd after starring at the Rugby World Cup, Josh Adams continues to prove he is a phenomenal try-scorer on the big stage.", "Police are searching land off Medbourne Lane, close to junction 15 of the M4\n\nSuspected human remains have been found close to a motorway.\n\nA large police presence can be seen in woodland off Medbourne Lane, close to junction 15 of the M4 near Swindon.\n\nWiltshire Police said it could take weeks to identify the \"old\" remains but specialist officers were meticulously combing the scene.\n\nIt said officers expected to remain there \"over the next few days and weeks\" and would provide further updates when possible.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nRaducanu beats Cirstea to progress into fourth round - best shots Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details Emma Raducanu's dream debut run at Wimbledon continued into the fourth round with victory over Romania's world number 45 Sorana Cirstea. The 18-year-old British wildcard, ranked 338th and fresh from completing her A-Levels, impressed in a 6-3 7-5 win. Playing on a show court for the first time, she stunned 31-year-old Cirstea by taking eight games in a row. \"I am so speechless right now,\" Raducanu said. \"I didn't know what my reaction would be, and then that just happened. I'm so, so grateful for all the support I had today. \"This is by far the biggest court I've played on. I think I coped quite well in the beginning, I just tried to hold my nerve. \"When I was packing to come into the bubble, my parents said, 'Aren't you packing too much match kit?' I think I'm going to have to do some laundry tonight.\" Raducanu becomes the youngest British woman to reach the Wimbledon last 16 in the Open era, and will face Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic next.\n• None Tomljanovic wins and accuses Ostapenko of 'lying' about injury in heated third-round match\n• None Kyrgios retires with injury but says Wimbledon run has given him 'second wind' If we did not know it before, we do now. There is a new star of British tennis - and her name is Emma Raducanu. No-one was more shocked than Raducanu herself when she defeated Marketa Vondrousova on Thursday to reach the third round, saying she \"felt like she was on holiday\". Coached by Nigel Sears, Andy Murray's father-in-law, she was only handed a wildcard into the main draw late on after making her WTA Tour debut at Nottingham earlier in June. But just hours after Wimbledon heard British legend Andy Murray questioning his future after a third-round exit, it witnessed a new talent breaking through. And as Raducanu walked on to Court One, she could not help but display a wry smile, looking around at the crowd as she laid out her towel and bag. But she was not at all fazed by the thousands watching, holding break point in the very first game though missing out on the chance to take first blood. Wimbledon 2021: Raducanu rules, lockdown hair and awkward Zverev - day six best bits Cirstea - who played her first Wimbledon when her opponent was just five - broke Raducanu in the fourth game. The young Briton broke back immediately in what was the start of a run that will be long remembered. She went on to win eight successive games, sealing the first set in the process, and looked to be careering towards a dominant two-set win. But when Cirstea - who defeated two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka in the previous round - broke back in the fifth game, it looked as though the nerves were starting to creep in. She held five break points in a near 15-minute game at 3-4 ahead, but it was a moment in the 12th game that perhaps sealed the match for her. A remarkable backhand winner, that caused her to drop her own racquet in disbelief, was the moment Cirstea's head dropped, and Raducanu - who hit 30 winners in all - went on to earn her place in the fourth round on her third match point. In reaching the last 16, she bumps her prize money up to £181,000 - considerably more than her total career earnings before Wimbledon of $39,558 (£28,762). Emma Raducanu fell to the ground in shock after clinching victory 'She was fearless from the beginning' She came out and she was fearless from the beginning. She hadn't won a WTA match until this Wimbledon. To me, she seems like an incredible competitor. She's able to rebound immediately. She's a smart court player, she has the defence, the offence, the even-keeled temperament. Cirstea has had a fabulous spring, and she beat Azarenka and was on a high herself. Raducanu seems to play with that right level of engagement, clarity of how she wants to play - that's a very mature match there. Even that last game - it was on her third match point and she stayed calm. Everybody is going to know who she is overnight. She wasn't gifted this match - she took this match. She is still going to be ranked outside the world 200. It's not going to be easy. We've talked about how wide open the tournament is. Tomljanovic hasn't been this deep in a Slam. If you can beat Cirstea... you can beat Tomljanovic.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None 'It's about doing the best you can each day':\n• None The young people being priced out: 'You could work hard for years and never afford anything'", "Stellantis owns Vauxhall, which makes cars and vans in Ellesmere Port\n\nThe owner of Vauxhall could announce as early as next week plans to build electric vans at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire, the BBC understands.\n\nThe investment, said to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds, would safeguard about 1,000 factory jobs.\n\nThe future of the plant had been in doubt after Vauxhall's parent company, Stellantis, scrapped plans to build a new Astra model there.\n\nNissan this week said it will make new electric cars at its Sunderland plant.\n\nStellantis has been discussing options for the site with the UK government for several months, and is known to have been seeking financial support for its plans.\n\nSales of vans have been booming during the pandemic, as a result of growing home delivery sales.\n\nMaking vans may not be particularly glamorous, but right now it makes a lot of sense.\n\nWhile car sales have been badly affected by the pandemic, demand for smaller commercial vehicles has been soaring, due to the home delivery boom. Fleet operators are increasingly turning to low-emission options because of the tax advantages they provide.\n\nFor Carlos Tavares, the pragmatic and outspoken CEO of Stellantis, it offers a useful compromise. He has been scathing about the UK government's plans to outlaw the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 - accusing them of destroying his company's business model in the UK.\n\nNow there is a new business model - and with Mr Tavares having previously made it clear that future production in the UK would depend on what support the government could offer, it's likely help from the taxpayer will be part of it.\n\nStellantis is the world's fifth-largest car maker and also owns Peugeot, Fiat and Chrysler.\n\nThe push into electric vehicle manufacturing has grown since the UK and other European countries announced a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars as of 2030.\n\nNissan on Thursday announced a major expansion of electric vehicle production at its car plant in Sunderland which will create 1,650 new jobs.\n\nThe Japanese carmaker will build its new-generation all-electric model at the site as part of a £1bn investment that will also support thousands of jobs in the supply chain.\n\nAnd Nissan's partner, Envision AESC, will build an electric battery plant.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland produced a magnificent display as they thrashed Ukraine in Rome to set up a Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark at Wembley.\n\nManager Gareth Southgate's side followed up the landmark victory over Germany in the last 16 by producing a performance of composure and the highest quality to continue their impressive progress in this tournament.\n\nHarry Kane was back to his predatory best after struggling in the group stage, following up his goal against Germany by poking home a superb pass from Raheem Sterling after only four minutes.\n\nUkraine barely threatened and England - having reached the last four at the 2018 World Cup - were on their way to a second successive semi-final when Harry Maguire powered home a header from Luke Shaw's free-kick seconds after the break.\n\nAnd the outstanding Shaw was the creator once more four minutes later with a perfect cross that was headed in from six yards by Kane.\n\nEngland were so impressive as they simply overpowered Ukraine with substitute Jordan Henderson getting the fourth - his first international goal, in his 62nd appearance - when he arrived with perfect timing to head in Mason Mount's corner.\n\nTo add to England and Southgate's satisfaction, they kept their fifth successive clean sheet to maintain their record of not conceding a goal at Euro 2020.\n\nThey will now meet Denmark in the last four at Wembley on Wednesday (20:00 BST kick-off).\n• None 'England not settling for the semis' - Maguire\n• None Denmark beat Czechs to reach last four\n• None How you rated the players\n\nEngland manager Southgate never wavered for a second in his belief that captain Kane would have a significant impact on Euro 2020, even when he looked off the pace and out of sorts when failing to score in group games against Croatia, Scotland and the Czech Republic.\n\nSouthgate's faith was rewarded when Kane got off the mark with England's crucial second in the 2-0 win over Germany. It was the catalyst for the real Kane to come alive in the tournament - and he punished Ukraine in trademark style.\n\nKane pounced for his first, rose to power in a second for his 47th England goal and almost completed a hat-trick in spectacular fashion with a left-foot volley that was turned on to the post by Ukraine keeper Georgi Bushchan.\n\nHe was a constant threat, his link with Sterling increasingly impressive, and has timed his return to peak form perfectly as England now stand only 90 minutes away from their first major final since they won the World Cup in 1966.\n\nKane is the man defences fear - and even the in-form Danes will regard this display as ominous.\n• None England want to go two steps further than World Cup semi - Southgate\n• None Who stands between England and Euros glory?\n\nManchester United's Shaw has had to fight to revive his England career - having been behind Chelsea's Ben Chilwell for some time, he missed out on a start against Croatia in the Euro 2020 opener, when Southgate used Kieran Trippier in the left-back role.\n\nIt has all changed since he was brought into the side for the goalless draw against Scotland. Shaw has made a magnificent contribution to England's run to the semi-final and will be one of the first names on the teamsheet for the game against Denmark.\n\nShaw has been solid in defence while proving to be a potent creator of goals, setting up Sterling's vital opening goal against Germany then setting up two more here, first with pitch-perfect delivery from a free-kick and then a perfect cross.\n\nIt has not been a smooth ride for Shaw, who emerged as a teenager at Southampton before his big-money move to Manchester United in June 2014.\n\nHe has suffered serious injury at United, and was never trusted by Jose Mourinho when he was their manager, but is now delivering for England in a major tournament - proof of his character, and an achievement that makes that long road even more worthwhile.\n\nSouthgate has manoeuvred his England squad with great expertise throughout Euro 2020, demonstrating the riches he has at his disposal.\n\nIn Rome, he was able to give a first start in the tournament to Jadon Sancho, the 21-year-old who has just agreed a £73m move to Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund.\n\nSancho slotted in perfectly, showing huge confidence and ambition in a timely reminder of what he can offer.\n\nChelsea's Mount also returned the England side, with two creators in the shape of Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish and Manchester City's Phil Foden left on the bench.\n\nHenderson, the vastly experienced Liverpool captain, made his mark while Marcus Rashford was also introduced off the bench.\n\nIt was proof, amid an imperious victory, that Southgate's England squad has the sort of quality and depth that will make them confident they can finally end that 55-year wait for success.\n\nFirst since Ramsey - the best of the stats\n• None Gareth Southgate is just the second manager to take England's men to the semi-final of both the World Cup and the European Championship, after Alf Ramsey in 1966 and 1968.\n• None The Three Lions have kept seven consecutive clean sheets for the first time in their history. They have not conceded for 662 minutes.\n• None This was Ukraine's joint-biggest defeat in a match at a major tournament, equalling their 4-0 defeat by Spain in the group stages of the 2006 World Cup.\n• None Raheem Sterling has been involved in 22 goals in his past 21 games for England (15 goals, seven assists), while Harry Kane has been involved in 27 in his past 26 for the Three Lions (18 goals, nine assists).\n• None Sterling has provided six assists for Harry Kane for England in all competitions, more than any England player has assisted another in the 21st Century.\n• None Luke Shaw's assist for Harry Maguire was the first time two Manchester United players have combined for an England goal at a major tournament since David Beckham assisted Paul Scholes against Portugal at Euro 2000.\n• None England keeper Jordan Pickford has kept five clean sheets at Euro 2020 - no keeper has ever kept more in a single staging of the competition before.\n• None Attempt saved. Yevhenii Makarenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andriy Yarmolenko.\n• None Attempt blocked. Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Viktor Tsygankov with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt missed. Harry Maguire (England) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross following a corner.\n• None Goal! Ukraine 0, England 4. Jordan Henderson (England) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Harry Kane (England) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Fighting between the Ethiopian government and forces in its northern Tigray region has thrown the country into turmoil\n\nRecent fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has resulted in a famine that is now affecting more than 400,000 people, UN officials say.\n\nIn its first public meeting on the crisis, members of the UN Security Council warned that as many as 33,000 children were severely malnourished.\n\nOfficials said that a further 1.8m people were on the brink of famine as a result of the eight-month conflict.\n\nThey also warned of further clashes despite the declaration of a ceasefire.\n\nThe Ethiopian government, which has been fighting regional forces in Tigray, declared a unilateral ceasefire on Monday.\n\nHowever, rebels vowed to drive their \"enemies\" from the region and there have been reports of sporadic clashes as pressure builds internationally for all sides in the conflict to pull back.\n\nCaptured Ethiopian soldiers are paraded through the Tigrayan regional capital Mekelle on Friday\n\nThe fighting between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and government forces has already left thousands of people dead and more than two million people have been displaced.\n\nAll sides in the conflict have been accused of carrying out mass killings and human rights violations.\n\nOn Friday, several thousand captured Ethiopian soldiers were paraded through the streets of the Tigrayan regional capital Mekelle.\n\nOn Friday, the UN's acting humanitarian aid chief told members of the Security Council at a meeting in New York that the situation in Tigray had deteriorated dramatically in recent weeks.\n\nThe region was experiencing \"the worst famine situation we have seen in decades\", Ramesh Rajasingham said.\n\n\"Close to 5.2 million people still require humanitarian assistance - the great majority of them women and children,\" he added.\n\nThe Ethiopian government has denied allegations that it is been blocking aid after Tigrayan rebels took control of much of the northern region earlier this week.\n\nThe UN political affairs chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, told the meeting that further clashes were likely between Tigrayan forces, the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF), and Ethiopian troops, supported by Eritrean soldiers and Amhara regional forces.\n\n\"There is potential for more confrontations and a swift deterioration in the security situation which is extremely concerning,\" she said, adding: \"We urge the TDF to endorse the ceasefire immediately and completely.\"\n\nThe fighting began last November, when rebels rejected political reforms and captured army bases. Government forces captured Mekelle later that month.\n\nFollowing a rapid offensive, rebels retook Mekelle and earlier this week entered the town of Shire, about 140km (90 miles) to the north-west, according to UN officials.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Supporters of rebel forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region celebrate as Eritrean forces leave the town of Shire", "Boris Johnson has said he is \"very confident\" there \"will not prove to be a problem\" for travellers who have received an Indian-made Covid jab.\n\nIt comes after reports the European Union's passport scheme does not recognise the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India.\n\nThe UK's medicines regulator has shared its data on the jab with its European counterpart, Downing Street said.\n\nVaccine expert Prof Adam Finn said the vaccines were \"exactly the same stuff\".\n\nThe Daily Telegraph had reported that millions of people who have received doses from batches manufactured in India could face being blocked from taking European holidays.\n\nThe UK has received five million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute, which manufactures the jab under the name Covishield - although that name is not used in the UK.\n\nThe Serum Institute has not received approval to make the Covid jab from the European drugs regulator but has been cleared by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).\n\nHowever, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said all AstraZeneca vaccines administered in the UK would appear under the brand name Vaxzevria - the same as the AstraZeneca jab produced elsewhere - on the NHS Covid Pass.\n\nIt said \"no Covishield jabs have been administered in the UK\".\n\nOn Friday the UK recorded 27,125 new cases of coronavirus and a further 27 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nCurrently the EU is rolling out a Digital Covid Certificate so travellers can prove their vaccination status in order to be exempt from quarantining when crossing an international border.\n\nA European Commission spokesman said that while entry to the EU should be allowed to those who are fully vaccinated with EU authorised jabs, member states could make their own decision on whether to allow entry for people vaccinated with jabs on the World Health Organization's emergency list - which includes Covishield.\n\nSeveral European countries have already approved the Covishield jab for travel. These include Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Iceland and Switzerland.\n\nAt the moment the EU does not accept the UK's NHS app for Covid certification but a UK government spokesman said it will be \"a key service\" as international travel is reopened.\n\nIndividual countries including Greece and Spain do accept it.\n\nWith batch numbers being visible via the UK's Covid pass it is not clear if officials EU countries could check if a person had received a dose originating in India.\n\nEarlier, Downing Street said the MHRA had shared its assessment of the vaccines with its European counterpart - the European Medicines Agency (EMA) - to assist the approvals process.\n\nDuring a press conference with German Chancellor Angel Merkel, the UK prime minister, Mr Johnson, said he saw \"no reason at all\" why MHRA-approved vaccines should not be used for vaccine passports.\n\nMrs Merkel said that \"in the foreseeable future\" those with double jabs in high incidence areas, like Britain, \"will be able to travel again without having to go into quarantine\".\n\nThe Serum Institute is reportedly seeking emergency authorisation from Europe for the Covishield jab, which has widely been distributed in poorer countries as part of the Covavax scheme.\n\nAstraZeneca also says it is working with the EMA on the \"inclusion of Covishield as a recognised vaccine for immunisation passports\" - although the EMA says there is currently no application for market authorisation.\n\nProf Finn, a member of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), told BBC Radio 4's Today programme people should not be worried that they were any less protected by the Covishield jab and said the \"administrative hurdle\" should be \"straightened out\".\n\n\"We're in the early days of this new world of needed vaccine passports and there are lots of aspects of this that are still being sorted out for the first time,\" he said.\n\n\"But it's clearly, ultimately not in anyone's interest, including the European Union, to create hurdles that don't need to be there.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLightning strikes have continued to spark dozens more wildfires in western Canada following a record-breaking heatwave.\n\nEmergency services say they there are now trying to control more than 170 fires across the province of British Columbia.\n\nEvacuation orders are in place in several areas and military teams are due to arrive in the coming days.\n\nEarlier in the week, people had to flee the village of Lytton.\n\nLytton, which recorded Canada's highest ever temperature of 49.6C (121.3F) on Tuesday, was destroyed by fire.\n\nThe blaze in the village - about 260km (160 miles) north-east of Vancouver - forced many of its 250 residents to leave without their belongings on Wednesday evening.\n\n\"Within about 15 minutes the whole town was engulfed in flames,\" Mayor Jan Polderman told the BBC.\n\nAbnormally high temperatures have been recorded in swathes of North America in recent days.\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. However, linking any single event to global warming is complicated.\n\nCliff Chapman, director of provincial operations for British Columbia Wildfire Service, told broadcaster CBC that about 12,000 lightning strikes had been recorded on Friday, many of them near Kamloops, north-east of Vancouver.\n\nHundreds of people have been warned they may have to leave their homes.\n\nAuthorities in British Columbia have recorded more than 130 wildfires, like this one in Kamloops\n\nCanada's Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said the government would provide aid, including military helicopters and personnel, to help tackle the fires and reach people threatened by the flames.\n\nThe blazes have forced the closure of a number of major roads.\n\nPublic Safety Minister Bill Blair said the weather and the wildfires were having a \"devastating\" and \"unprecedented\" impact on British Columbia.\n\n\"These wildfires show that we are in the earliest stages of what promises to be a long and challenging summer,\" he said.\n\nHealth officials say extreme heat is likely to have contributed to 719 sudden deaths over the past week.\n\n\"Many of the deaths experienced over the past week were among older individuals living alone in private residences with minimal ventilation,\" Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said in a statement.\n\nTemperatures have been easing in coastal areas of Canada, but there is not much respite for inland regions. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said it was bracing for more wildfires throughout the weekend.", "Richard Woodcock's family have paid tribute to him after his body was found in a neighbour's flat after going to help rescue a child\n\nThe family of a man believed to have been murdered while trying to help rescue a child have said they are \"immensely proud\" of him.\n\nThe body of Richard Woodcock, 38, was found in a flat in Denmead, Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, on 26 June.\n\nHis widow described him as her \"soulmate\" and the \"best father\".\n\nDuring the stand-off, police shot dead a 24-year-old man, who had barricaded himself in a room with the boy, who remains in hospital.\n\nPolice were called to the flats on Denmead in Two Mile Ash at about 09:40 BST on Saturday, 26 June\n\nDet Ch Insp Stuart Blaik told the inquest police were called as neighbours reported hearing screams.\n\nHe said Mr Woodcock, who lived in the same block of flats and was a council highways officer, had gone there \"to help save a young boy, as it was believed he was still in the property, and at risk of significant harm\".\n\nIn their tribute, Mr Woodcock's family said: \"We have always been so proud of Richard and everything he has achieved in life.\n\n\"We are devastated Richard has been taken from us in such circumstances, but we are also so immensely proud of the sacrifice that he has made to try and save a little boy's life.\n\n\"His actions... were the type of man he was and that is how we would like him remembered.\"\n\nPolice told the inquest Mr Igweani was shot four times\n\nIn the Thames Valley Police statement, they added more people than Mr Woodcock \"ever realised\" loved him, with his death a \"huge loss\".\n\nHis wife said in her own tribute that it was a \"blessing to share my life with you, my dearest friend, my biggest love, my soul mate\".\n\n\"Thank you for loving me and being the best father to our children.\"\n\nThe family have asked for their privacy to be respected.\n\nBoth inquests, opened on Friday, have been adjourned until November.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England's centre-halves couldn't have asked for a better shield than the one Declan Rice and Kalvin Phillips have given them so far at Euro 2020.\n\nThey've slowed the opposition down and covered the ground really well - but they have also been methodical in their play and aggressive when needed, like they were against Germany in the last 16.\n\nIf you're a defender, that's exactly what you want in front of you. What I love about them is that those boys know their roles, and they are not bothered about being a superstar.\n\nI know Declan very well and I've spoken to Kalvin on a couple of occasions recently and the one thing I would say about them straight away is that, in equal amounts, they are both extremely humble.\n\nThey want to do their job for the team and someone else can have the accolades - as long as we get the right result.\n\nAs well as being happy just to be a part of this England team, they have got a steely determination that means they feel they can make a difference at this tournament.\n\nI am glad they are finally getting appreciated for what they bring to this side, but they are not the only ones who deserve credit for us keeping a clean sheet in every game we've played so far.\n\nThe biggest compliment I can give to Gareth Southgate for England's flawless defensive record at Euro 2020 is that it is not down to any individual player.\n\nThat's been proven by the fact our personnel at the back has changed in each of our four games, and we've used a different shape for three of them.\n\nWe've always had the same end result though - a disciplined and resolute display and zero goals conceded.\n\nThat's testament to the culture that Gareth and his coaching staff have created, the messages he has given the players about maintaining their levels and the mindset he has instilled in this squad.\n\nFirst and foremost, he has set up his team to be hard to beat, which is not what the media or most fans wanted to see from them at this tournament.\n\nThey've been shouting for a more flamboyant and carefree approach, but Gareth has done it the way he has wanted. It's been extremely successful and it's given us a great foundation to work from.\n• None Ukrainians unite over football after years of struggle\n\nSuccess as a unit is our biggest strength as a team\n\nWe go into Saturday's quarter-final with Ukraine as the only team in the last eight who are yet to concede and, on our way there, we have faced only eight shots on target across the four games.\n\nIn goal, Jordan Pickford has looked confident and composed when he's been needed and, in terms of our defenders, I think the perfect way to put it is that they have all been solid without doing anything truly spectacular.\n\nThey've all put in at least a 7/10 performance, whoever has played, and wherever they have been used.\n\nSouthgate has used seven of them so far, sometimes in different positions, but they haven't had to stand out.\n\nWe are not relying on anyone to hold it all together because everyone has played their part. Our success as a defensive unit has become our biggest strength as a team.\n\nYou always need a little bit of luck, of course and we probably had that when Thomas Muller missed his big chance to equalise for Germany.\n\nKeeping things tight definitely helps, though, and we are getting that bit right at the moment.\n\nWhy Maguire can make the difference\n\nWhat Southgate has done is even more impressive when you consider there were quite a few question marks over England's defence before the tournament started.\n\nHis main centre-half, Harry Maguire, wasn't ready for the first two matches, which is why using two sitting midfielders in Rice and Phillips was imperative.\n\nMaguire came back and did well against the Czech Republic in England's final group game, and then against Germany last time out, but he still wasn't 100% fit, which is why we stuck with that extra protection in front of him.\n\nHe is getting stronger all the time, though, and if England are going to win this tournament, he will play a big part. Especially at International level, where teams are so well drilled, Harry offers us something extra that is going to be very useful.\n\nI've really enjoyed watching Maguire since he has come back into the team and it took me back to how I felt after seeing him in Russia when we reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup.\n\nHe brings us a calmness in defence, but he is also not afraid to take chances because of his willingness to bring the ball out and play through the opposition lines a bit more.\n\nThat's nothing against the other defenders who have featured so far, but he definitely brings something different on the ball and he is also a big presence in both boxes because of his ability at set-pieces.\n\nMaguire's return is another reason I'm feeling confident about us getting past Ukraine on Saturday, but we will have to be careful because it's a different proposition to what we have faced before.\n\nWhile there was some doubt before the Germany game, we are expected to win this time - despite playing in Rome rather than being comfortable at Wembley and having to deal with a hotter climate and travel.\n\nWe will have to wait and see how the team reacts but, if we play well, we will win. By two goals, that's my prediction.\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Director Julia Ducournau thanked the jury for \"letting the monsters in\" after her win\n\nTitane - an outlandish film packed full of sex and violence - has won the top award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.\n\nDirector Julie Ducournau is only the second woman to receive the Palme d'Or and the first female to win it alone.\n\nThe film, which is Ducournau's second feature, tells the story of a young female killer who has sex with cars after surviving a childhood crash.\n\nThe award was prematurely revealed by US director Spike Lee at the beginning of Saturday's ceremony.\n\nThe jury president let the big secret slip, before telling the audience: \"I apologise for messing up.\"\n\nMs Ducournau was still emotional when her film was officially announced as the winner, adding: \"This evening has been perfect because it's been imperfect.\"\n\nTitane had split critical opinion and has been described as one of the most shocking ever shown at the festival.\n\nCannes was the first full-scale film festival to take place since the start of the pandemic.\n\nLast year's event was cancelled. The last film to take the Palme d'Or was Bong Joon Ho's Parasite in 2019, which later swept the award circuit and won Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards.\n\nThere were gasps when Lee prematurely announced the award winner during the closing ceremony\n\nA host of safety procedures were in place at the festival, including mask-wearing during screenings and frequent Covid saliva tests for attendees.\n\nWhile the glitz and glamour was toned down this year, a raft of Hollywood stars - including Sharon Stone and Tilda Swinton - made appearances.\n\nThe second-most prestigious award of the festival, the Grand Prix, was a tie between Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's film A Hero and Compartment No 6 directed by Juho Kuosmanen.\n\nLeos Carax won Best Director for musical Annette, which stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.\n\nNorwegian actress Renate Reinsve was named Best Actress for her part in The Worst Person In The World.\n\nActor Caleb Landry Jones took home the top male acting prize for his role in Nitram - which centres around a 1996 mass shooting in Australia.", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nRed Bull's Max Verstappen ended the final practice before Formula 1's new 'sprint' qualifying race fastest at the British Grand Prix.\n\nVerstappen was 0.375 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. The second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz was third ahead of Alpine's Esteban Ocon.\n\nBut the headline lap times were not relevant to performance in the session.\n\nThe teams were working on race pace - both for the 17-lap sprint, at 16:30 BST, and Sunday's Grand Prix.\n\nA crowd of about 100,000 is expected at Silverstone throughout Saturday, with clear blue skies and temperatures of around 26C adding to the sense of occasion.\n\nLewis Hamilton, eighth fastest in this session, starts the 'sprint' race from pole position, ahead of title rival Max Verstappen's Red Bull.\n\nHamilton has said he \"needs to win both races\" this weekend in an attempt to close the 32-point championship lead Verstappen has built up with four wins in the past five races.\n\nThere are three championship points for the winner of the 'sprint', with second and third getting two and one respectively.\n\nAs the teams do not reveal the fuel loads, it was impossible to compare across rival outfits in terms of race pace in this final session, but the hour of running did suggest that choosing the starting tyre for the 'sprint' might be harder than teams initially thought.\n\nThe expectation was that the medium tyre would be the favoured one for the sprint, which will feature no planned pit stops.\n\nBut when Leclerc and Sainz did simultaneous runs on the medium and soft tyres, they set average lap times that were almost exactly the same.\n\nThe sprint has been billed by F1 as a flat-out charge, but the drivers are well aware that they will have to manage tyres in the same way as in a Grand Prix.\n\nVerstappen told BBC Sport: \"It is one third of a race distance so we all stick a tyre on that will last to the end. You cannot go flat out on any tyre for 100km, so you still have to save otherwise the tyres will light up. So there is never going to be a flat-out race at the moment.\n\n\"What is very important is lap one, lap two. People are going to fight and try and get a position, and then if you have the same tyres on, things will stabilise because it basically works like a first stint of a race. You won't see people pushing, sliding, locking up all the time.\n\n\"We have to wait and see how it turns out but I don't expect every lap people will be changing position.\"\n• None Who will find the best takeaway in town?: Game of Thrones' Hodor goes against Radio 1's Gemma Bradley\n• None Football, Racism and Social Media streaming now on BBC iPlayer", "Travellers and tourism groups have criticised the ongoing need for people coming to England, Scotland and Wales from France to quarantine for 10 days.\n\nQuarantine rules are due to end for fully vaccinated people arriving from other amber list countries on Monday.\n\nFrance remains on the amber list, but there is concern over the level of Beta variant in the country as it may evade vaccine protection.\n\nAn industry group said the decision \"squashed\" consumer confidence.\n\nGemma Antrobus, from the Association of Independent Tour Operators, estimated that hundreds of thousands of travellers would be affected by the change.\n\nShe told the BBC the industry was in shock and the decision \"proves that something can come out of nowhere at the very last minute\".\n\nThe UK government announced the change of policy on Friday evening.\n\nEach UK nation sets its own travel rules. Wales said it would be following the change set by England, and on Saturday evening Scotland announced it was doing the same. Northern Ireland is yet to announce its intention.\n\nThe Beta variant - first identified in South Africa - accounts for about 10% of new infections in France. But that includes the Indian Ocean territories of Reunion and Mayotte, where the variant is near-universal.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant - first identified in India - accounts for almost all new cases in the UK.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the government had always been clear that it would take \"rapid action\" to stop the spread of Covid.\n\nBut Willie Walsh, the director-general of the International Air Transport Association, said the UK is \"destroying its own travel sector and the thousands of jobs that rely on it\" through constantly changing its travel rules.\n\nAnd Easyjet chief Johan Lundgren said the decision \"pulls the rug\" from travellers already in France and shows the traffic light system for pandemic travel is \"falling apart\".\n\nTravellers told the BBC they were frustrated by the inconsistent rules, while some said it was making it hard to visit family members abroad.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Miles says his plans to visit his partner in France have been thrown into doubt\n\nJames Miles from West Sussex said the quarantine requirement had put his plan to visit his girlfriend for the first time since 1 January in jeopardy.\n\n\"This is really affecting people's lives,\" he said.\n\n\"Seven months is a long time not to see your partner. I can't even see the light at the end of the tunnel. Where do we go from here?\"\n\nGeorgina Thomas, a nurse from Buckinghamshire who has been visiting her parents, told the PA news agency: \"I'm frustrated with the inconsistent approach the government are taking, it doesn't all appear logical.\n\n\"If a quarantine is necessary then so be it, but I'm confident that my risk will be higher when I return to the UK.\"\n\nThe government announcement means that anyone who has been in France in the previous 10 days will need to quarantine on arrival to England in their own accommodation and will need a day two and day eight test, regardless of their vaccination status.\n\nThis includes any fully vaccinated individual who transits through France from either a green or another amber country.\n\nBut ministers indicated that Eurostar passengers on services travelling through France would not need to quarantine if their train did not stop in the country.\n\nExisting amber list exemptions for key workers such as hauliers will remain in place.\n\nFrench MEP Veronique Trillet-Lenoir told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that it was \"difficult to understand\" the UK rules, as the Beta variant is \"not present at all\" in mainland France, with France's cases mainly being found in its overseas territories.\n\nThere has been no official response from the French government yet, but BBC Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield said it would be pushing for an explanation from its London counterpart for the toughened policy.\n\nFrance has announced it will tighten its rules for UK travellers who are not fully vaccinated, requiring a negative test in the 24 hours before arrival from Sunday, rather than the 48 hours allowed previously.\n\nAnyone fully vaccinated with a jab from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson from any country will be exempt from providing a negative test, however.\n\nProf John Edmunds, an epidemiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a government adviser on the Sage committee, said the Beta variant was at low levels in the UK but, as immunity from vaccines increases, \"conditions are right\" for it to gain an advantage.\n\nHe told the Today programme that the Beta variant is probably less infectious than the dominant Delta variant, but it appears to be better able to evade the immune response from vaccines - particularly from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe UK is currently facing a \"long and drawn out\" wave of infections from the Delta variant, he said, as it will not be brought down by lockdowns as previous peaks were.\n\nHe said cases are on course to hit 100,000 a day in about two weeks, although school closures over the summer may help to bring down the surge or cause it to level off. But high levels of infection were likely throughout the rest of the summer and autumn, he said.", "It was a picture postcard Saturday in KIllowen by Carlingford Lough\n\nTemperatures in Northern Ireland hit record-breaking heights on Saturday as thermometers soared above 30C.\n\nIt was the hottest day on record with Ballywatticock, near Newtownards in County Down, recording a temperature of 31.2C.\n\nThe previous high was 30.8C set in the summers of 1976 and 1983.\n\nRecord-breaking temperatures require several factors to line up, one after another, and on Saturday they did just that.\n\nThe hottest day of the year so far has been provisionally recorded in the other three UK nations too, and it could be even warmer on Sunday.\n\nIn England, 30.7C was recorded at Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire; in Wales, Usk in Monmouthshire reached 29C, and in Scotland, 28.2C was recorded in Threave in the Dumfries and Galloway region.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Met Office This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA record-breaking day starts with a warm night. On Friday night, temperatures at Killowen on the County Down coast only briefly dipped below 15 degrees.\n\nIt needs lots of sunshine. On Saturday we barely saw more than the wisp of a cloud and we are only just past the longest day of the year so the sun is still very powerful.\n\nAs the day began in Groomsport there were no clouds in the sky\n\nAnd finally it needs very little breeze. With high pressure in charge that was certainly been the case on Saturday and we have saw the temperature rise hour by hour.\n\nThe temperatures had been rising through the afternoon.\n\nFirst Killowen came close to 30C with 29.9C, before it was overtaken at 15:00 BST by the weather station at Ballywatticock.\n\nSitting in the shelter of Strangford Lough it was shielded from any afternoon sea breezes.\n\nWhile the hourly temperatures at 15:00 and 16:00 were just below the old record of 30.8C, at 15:40 a temperature of 31.2C was recorded, breaking a record that was set in 1976 and only matched once since in 1983.\n\nThere were clear blue skies above Lattone Lough in County Fermanagh\n\nIt was a remarkably warm day for Northern Ireland.\n\nBut breaking temperature records is no longer a remarkable event - it is the reality of life on a warming planet.\n\nIn the northern hemisphere summer of 2019, more than 400 individual temperature records were broken.\n\nGlobally, 19 of the warmest 20 years on record have occurred since the year 2000.\n\nAnd extreme summer heat can make torrential summer downpours more intense, bringing the destructive flooding that we have seen in Germany and Belgium this week.", "Thousands of people with \"long Covid\" could benefit from the funding of 15 new studies of the condition, its causes and potential treatments.\n\nResearchers from across the UK will investigate everything from brain fog to ongoing breathlessness, using a new technique to detect hidden lung damage.\n\nThey will be backed by £20m from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).\n\nLong Covid is still not yet fully understood.\n\nAlthough many people make a full recovery after having Covid-19, some do go on to experience symptoms for many weeks or months afterwards, even if they were not ill enough to be treated in hospital at the time.\n\nThere is still no official definition for this condition, and estimates vary over how common it is.\n\nBut doctors are clear it can cause a broad range of long-term symptoms, including fatigue, muscle pain, headaches, brain fog and breathlessness, which are not seen to the same extent with other viruses.\n\nOne study being funded with this new money, led by University College London, will test whether everyday medicines such as aspirin and anti-histamines can help people recover.\n\nIt will recruit more than 4,500 people with long Covid who will be tracked over three months of treatment.\n\nAnother study will investigate the common long-lasting problem of brain fog, which many people say affects their daily activities and their ability to work.\n\nUsing detailed brain scans of those affected, researchers hope to learn more about this cognitive impairment and how it can be treated.\n\nAnd at the University of Oxford, a research team will focus on the causes of ongoing breathlessness - another common complaint in those with long Covid.\n\nA new technique means scientists are able to detect damage to the lungs, even when it doesn't show up on standard scans.\n\nProf Fergus Gleeson, study leader and professor of radiology and consultant radiologist, from University of Oxford, said the new scans trace inhaled gas moving into and out of the lungs.\n\n\"We can see if there has been damage to the airways in the lungs, or to the areas where oxygen crosses into the bloodstream, which appears to be the area damaged by Covid-19,\" he said.\n\nResearch will also be carried out at the University of Glasgow to assess whether a weight management programme can reduce symptoms of long Covid in people who are overweight or obese.\n\nAt Cardiff University, researchers will look at whether an overactive or impaired immune response could be driving long Covid.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the new research was \"absolutely essential to improve diagnosis and treatments\" and would be life-changing for those battling the long-term symptoms of the virus.\n\nHe said it would build on the 80 long Covid assessment centres open in England.", "A mystery 19th-Century botanist has been found, thanks to sleuthing work by the public.\n\nIsabella Anne Allen had been known only by the secrets she left behind, tucked between the pages of an old book.\n\nBut following an appeal for information, on the BBC News website, she has now been traced to the village of Madresfield, Worcestershire.\n\nHer story came to light when clues such as pressed flowers, poems and doodles were found inside The English Flora.\n\nDonated to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) decades ago, the botanical text was rediscovered by staff sorting through boxes ahead of a move to a new library.\n\nAnd libraries and exhibitions head Fiona Davison said the clues within revealed its original owner \"would have been a figure in the local society and in public\".\n\n\"She is a gardener as well as a botanist - it has become part and parcel of being an intelligent, well-to-do, well respected pillar of the community,\" she said.\n\nWithin hours of the story's publication on the BBC News website, there were several suggested leads, from Cornwall to York.\n\nBut one individual cropped up several times.\n\nThe United Kingdom Census of 1851 confirmed spinster and landowner Isabella Anne Allen, born in 1810, lived with her parents, John Henry and Susannah Rebekah, and several servants at Rhydd House, Madresfield.\n\nThe property, with its gardens and woodlands at the foot of the Malvern Hills close to the River Severn, offered plenty of opportunities for plant collecting.\n\nAnd an article in the Worcestershire Chronicle, from July 1860, revealed \"several excellent roses were sent to the [Malvern Horticultural and Floral Show] by Miss Allen of the Rhydd\".\n\nAllen died five years later and was buried in Madresfield, leaving her personal possessions to her sister, Ann, who in turn bequeathed her \"old set of books and wild flowers\" to her niece Maria Alice Empson.\n\nIt may have been Empson who donated the four volumes of The English Flora to the RHS library before her death in 1948.\n\nAnd further scrutiny of the book, given to Allen at the age of 18 by her friend Mrs Green, revealed the words \"The Rhydd, Worcestershire\" pencilled next to an entry for Vinca major (greater periwinkle, a trailing vine with violet flowers).\n\nThe book has numerous wild-plant specimens inserted in the pages\n\nMs Davison is delighted the jigsaw pieces have finally fallen into place.\n\n\"A big thank you to everybody who responded to the call,\" she said, \"as soon as the story went up we were, within hours, getting a steady stream of emails coming into the library inquiry inbox - and from all over the world.\"\n\nAllen lived at a time when botany was a popular scientific subject for women in the higher social classes.\n\nMany contributed to herbaria, the collections of preserved plants that form the cornerstone of botanical study, while others were skilled botanical artists.\n\nLater in the 19th Century, botany became regarded as a professional activity for specialists and experts rather than amateurs - and women's contributions to the field were belittled.\n\nBut women continued to participate in botany, especially by writing for other women, children, and general readers.\n\nAllen's copy of The English Flora is in a fragile state but will be sent off to conservators and, once in better repair, take pride of place at the new library at RHS Hilltop, Wisley, where it will be used to inspire a new generation of naturalists.\n\n\"One of the really fascinating things about gardening books and botany books is that they were often owned by women - and these little clues get left in them,\" Ms Davison said.\n\n\"Looking for women in the margins is a thing we will be doing a lot more of.\"\n• None Appeal to identify botanist who slipped from history", "More than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases have been reported in the UK for the first time since mid-January.\n\nThere were 51,870 cases recorded - the highest figure since 15 January - and 49 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nFrom Monday, lockdown rules will end in England - although some guidance will remain.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said the number of people in hospital with Covid was doubling roughly every three weeks.\n\nThe UK is \"not out of the woods yet\" and people should act with caution as restrictions are eased on Monday, he added.\n\nThe highest number of daily cases the UK has recorded so far is 68,053 on 8 January.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid previously warned case numbers could reach 50,000 a day by 19 July, and as high as 100,000 over the summer.\n\nMeanwhile, separate Office for National Statistics data suggests Covid infections have risen again in much of the UK.\n\nLatest figures from swab tests in the community suggest in England one in every 95 people has the virus - up from one in 160 in the previous week.\n\nIn Scotland, one in every 90 people is estimated to be infected, while in Northern Ireland it is one in 290 and in Wales one in 360.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant accounts for almost every case.\n\nIt is estimated that just over 650,000 people, or 1% of the population in the UK, would have tested positive for coronavirus in the week to 10 July - up from 400,000 people the previous week.\n\nThe ONS says the percentage of people testing positive has \"continued to increase\" in England and Scotland, whereas the \"trend is uncertain\" in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nPassing 50,000 cases a day feels like a worrying landmark, but is it?\n\nWe were last at those levels around the peak of the second wave in January, when it took a tough lockdown to prevent hospitals buckling.\n\nBut now more fuel is being thrown on the fire as restrictions ease in England and Scotland on Monday, and Wales on Saturday.\n\nCases will go even higher. How high? Nobody knows for sure.\n\nLetting this happen is possible only because vaccines have transformed the danger posed by a summer wave. Without them, we'd be debating locking down.\n\nYet vaccines have not eliminated the Covid threat.\n\nLetting the virus spread could still put pressure on hospitals, leave people with long Covid and be hugely disruptive as large numbers of people need to isolate.\n\nReaching 50,000 daily cases doesn't mean the same as it did six months ago, but doesn't mean it will be smooth sailing.\n\nAs cases rise, more people are being forced to isolate, with businesses warning of staffing shortages.\n\nMore than half a million self-isolation alerts were sent to people using the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales during the first week of July - a rise of 46% on the previous week.\n\nAlerts are sent through the app to tell individuals they have been in close contact with a positive coronavirus case and should to isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid is also rising - but at a much lower rate than during previous waves because of the impact of vaccinations.\n\nMore than 46.1 million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine - 87.6% of adults, while more than 35.5 million - 67.5% of adults - have had both doses, according to the latest figures.\n\nIt comes ahead of almost all legal restrictions on social contact being lifted in England on Monday.\n\nLockdown rules are also being eased in Scotland on the same date, although there will still be some curbs, including on how many people can meet.\n\nIn Wales, restrictions are easing slightly on Saturday but most will remain in place until at least 7 August.\n\nNorthern Ireland is due to lift more restrictions on 26 July.\n\nEarlier, Solicitor General Lucy Frazer said that while cases would rise in the coming days, there were \"consequences for not opening up\".\n\nBut she told Sky News the government could not rule out reintroducing restrictions in England if the virus situation became \"unacceptable\".", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nRed Bull's Max Verstappen will start the British Grand Prix from pole position after winning Formula 1's new trial sprint race on Saturday.\n\nThe Dutchman got the jump on Lewis Hamilton off the line and led comfortably to the end to extend his championship lead by a point to 33.\n\nHamilton chased Verstappen all the way and crossed the line 1.4 seconds back.\n\nThe race was enlivened by a brilliant first lap by Fernando Alonso, the Alpine driver going from 11th to fifth.\n\nThe result of the sprint sets the grid for Sunday's Grand Prix, so Alonso's gamble on starting on soft tyres paid off handsomely.\n\nHe lost places to the McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo during the 17-lap race but still gained four places on the grid for the Grand Prix on Sunday from his qualifying position.\n\nMercedes' Valtteri Bottas also gambled on softs at the start but failed to make any ground on Verstappen and settled into a lonely drive to third place, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, Norris and Ricciardo.\n• None 'F1 breaks new ground but jury still out on sprint qualifying'\n\nVerstappen said: \"It is difficult to pass but we had a good start and a good fight with Lewis around the first lap. We were pushing each other hard and at the end the tyres were blistering and we had to look after them.\n\n\"It's a funny way to score pole position but we will take it and see what happens tomorrow.\"\n\nThe drivers were taken around the track on a bus after the race to do their interviews and Hamilton said: \"I've got to say thanks to all the fans. The energy I am getting from them is amazing.\n\n\"I am sorry I wasn't able to get the win for them today. But they [Red Bull] are just so strong. In the race he was pulling away, there was nothing I could do to stay with him.\n\n\"I don't know whether it was the most exciting race but we should do more like that or a variation on it because it makes the weekend more enjoyable.\"\n\nWhat about that from Alonso?\n\nThe sprint event, which involved moving qualifying to Friday, was introduced to spread the competitive action across the weekend but also in the hope of an action-packed shorter race on the Saturday.\n\nIn the end, the battle at the front was static after Verstappen's electric start and an attempt by Hamilton to pass the Red Bull around the outside of Copse on lap one.\n\nThe Dutchman controlled the pace, Hamilton could not get close and the pair nursed blistering tyres in temperatures of 28C in front of a packed crowd of 100,000.\n\nBut Alonso's stupendous start created the real action of the day.\n\nThe two-time world champion had gambled on starting on soft tyres while almost everyone else was on mediums, and it worked a treat.\n\nHe went around the outside of Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz at Turn One, overtook George Russell's Williams on the inside of Turn Two, passed Ricciardo on the exit of Turn Three into Turn Four, Red Bull's Sergio Perez around the outside of the long Luffield hairpin and then Norris around the outside of the 180mph Copse corner.\n\nThe Alpine did not have the race pace of the cars that qualified in front of Alonso, and he led a train for the rest of the race.\n\nNorris passed on lap six into Turn Three and Ricciardo on lap nine as the two battled side by side through seven corners.\n\nNext up to challenge Alonso was Vettel. Alonso was warned by officials for weaving under braking but even after that stopped Vettel was unable to make it past.\n\nBehind Vettel, George Russell, outstanding in the Williams in qualifying, took ninth from Alonso's team-mate Esteban Ocon but was later handed a three-place grid penalty for a collision with Sainz on the first lap.\n\nStewards investigated to establish whether either driver deserved a penalty and eventually ruled against the Briton. Sainz went off the track after they touched wheels but recovered to finish 11th - which will become 10th after Russell's penalty is applied.\n\nThe big loser was Red Bull's Perez, who started fifth, dropped to seventh on the first lap and then had a high-speed spin at Becketts on lap five.\n\nHe dropped to 18th and was later forced to retire the car, and will start from the back on Sunday.\n• None How to be a teenager and an elite athlete: Hear from one of the youngest participants at Tokyo 2020\n• None George the Poet is back with season three of his award-winning podcast", "Thousands of vaccinations have been administered each day at the Hydro\n\nPlans to close the Covid vaccination centre at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow this weekend must be delayed, according to opposition politicians.\n\nThe Scottish government said the venue was being handed back in preparation for hosting a UN climate conference.\n\nBut Tory and Labour politicians said closing the hub was \"baffling\" when vaccines were still to be administered.\n\nThe health board plans to close the Hydro hub and move the focus to community and mobile facilities.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said it would now be moving fully on to the next stage of the vaccination programme, which will focus more on mobile facilities and drop-ins at community settings, alongside planned second dose appointments.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: \"It's baffling that the SNP have chosen this moment to shut the Hydro for vaccinations from Sunday. Everyone looking at this decision will be scratching their heads.\"\n\nHe pointed out that Covid cases remained high and the vaccination rate had slowed in recent weeks\n\nMr Ross continued: \"Humza Yousaf claims it's because of COP26 [the UN climate change conference) but that's nonsense. COP26 doesn't start until late October and there are a dozen events at the Hydro before then.\n\n\"Instead of spinning a story, the SNP should honestly and openly explain this decision to the public, especially because only 54% of adults in Glasgow are fully vaccinated, the second lowest figure of any local authority.\"\n\nScottish Labour's health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said it was an \"utterly bizarre decision at a time when Covid cases are far too high and vaccination rates are too slow\".\n\nShe added: \"With thousands still waiting for at least one dose and people queueing daily, the vaccine roll-out is far from over. It is beyond complacent to think now is the time to start winding down.\"\n\nMs Baillie said new community and mobile vaccination hubs should be adding to existing services - not replacing them.\n\n\"The government's attempt to hide behind COP26 to justify their decision to scrap the Hydro site adds insult to injury. Their approach here has been as dishonest as it is irresponsible,\" she added.\n\nThe Scottish government has previously rejected opposition criticism of the pace of the vaccine roll-out.\n\nIt has highlighted two \"constraining factors\" - supply, which it says tends to ebb and flow, and the \"clinically advised gap of eight weeks between the first and second doses\".\n\nThe government has insisted it is \"vaccinating as quickly as possible within those constraints\".\n\nProf Linda Bauld, a public health expert from Edinburgh University, said closing the vaccination hub at the Hydro did not appear to be a positive step.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"Clearly they've done an assessment, but if you think about how it appears it doesn't appear that that's a positive step, because what we want is as many places that are as convenient as possible for young people to go, and that also have large capacity to accommodate the numbers who still need to be vaccinated.\"\n\nShe added: \"We've really only got about two thirds of the adult population who've had a second dose, so there's lots of people who still need one.\n\n\"The Hydro was useful, just because these mass vaccination centres have been used around the UK to really good effect\n\n\"I hope that that is not a mistake and that the ease of access we particularly need for people in their 20s and 30s will continue to be the case.\"\n\nThe vaccination centre moved to the SSE Hydro in April following the closure of NHS Louisa Jordan at the SEC\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf urged people to come forward for their jab.\n\nHe said: \"By close of play on Sunday every adult in the NHSGGC area who attended their scheduled appointment will have received their first dose, but we urge anyone who hasn't come forward for whatever reason to pop into the Hydro as staff mark its final day as a vaccination centre.\n\nHe added that it was \"now time for the site to be handed over in preparation for COP26, as was always the intention\".\n\n\"The transition from the Hydro will be seamless with no negative impact on vaccination capacity and appointments have been allocated to alternative clinics, although of course, people can always head along to one of the many drop-in clinics now operating in the area if they prefer,\" he added.\n\nThe vaccination centre moved to the SSE Hydro in April following the closure of NHS Louisa Jordan, the temporary hospital at Glasgow's Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC).\n\nJane Grant, NHSGGC's chief executive, said: \"The SSE Hydro and NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital have both played a really significant role in enabling NHSGGC to deliver our vaccination programme.\n\n\"Our vaccination rollout has been a great success so far and as we now move into the next stage of the programme and look ahead to potential Covid-19 vaccine booster requirements, it is important we can continue to provide an accessible and flexible service to members of the public.\n\n\"This is why our focus is now very much on community drop-ins and the use of mobile vaccination facilities which allow us to continue to connect with communities as well as make provision for people who may not be able to attend a scheduled appointment due to work or family commitments.\"\n\nNHSGGC said about 5,000 vaccines had been delivered a day at the Hydro.\n\nThe health board has administered approximately 1.4 million vaccinations, and more than 555,000 people have received both doses.", "No limit on outdoor gatherings saw beaches like Barry Island packed on Saturday\n\nMore people can meet indoors from Saturday as Covid restrictions in Wales are relaxed - but many instead went out enjoying the hottest day of the year.\n\nUsk in Monmouthshire recorded the highest temperature in Wales on Saturday, according to provisional data from the Met Office, reaching 29C.\n\nIt forecast Wales could be the hottest place in the UK on Sunday, rising to highs of 33C in parts of south Wales.\n\nHM Coastguard warned beachgoers to watch the tide times and avoid danger.\n\nSunbathers were reminded to plaster on the sun cream, especially children.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Derek Brockway - weatherman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAs the first week of the six-week school summer holiday began, new figures released by the RNLI showed lifeguards in Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Swansea, the Vale of Glamorgan, Bridgend and Denbighshire helped 888 children and 715 teenagers last year.\n\nThe charity said they saved the lives of 12 children and teenagers between June and September.\n\nMost of those offered help by the RNLI's lifeguards in Wales were simply out enjoying a walk and not expecting to even get their feet wet, it said.\n\nThe sunshine attracted the crowds to Cardiff Bay\n\nFamilies were urged to take care on Welsh beaches as they enjoyed a little more freedom after further lockdown easing.\n\nRNLI water safety lead Chris Cousens said: \"We see a big increase in the number of incidents in the sea involving children and teenagers during the school summer holidays and we would urge everyone - but families in particular - to be aware of the risks and know what to do in an emergency.\n\n\"Children should be supervised at all times and people of all ages should avoid swimming alone.\n\n\"We want people to enjoy the coast but urge everyone to respect the water, think about their own safety and know what to do in an emergency,\" he said.\n\nOne local worker said he had never seen Llyn Tegid so busy\n\nSpringer spaniel Ollie went for a paddle and was not seen for another three hours\n\nRescue teams helped three paddleboarders to dry land after they got into difficulty west of South Stack Lighthouse on Anglesey.\n\nIn the Vale of Glamorgan, the coastguard was called to the aid of a man who suffered head injuries after he was struck by a falling rock at Jackson's Bay.\n\nBarry coastguard issued a warning to walkers to avoid sitting near cliffs.\n\nA springer spaniel called Ollie who swam out to sea sparked a rescue operation near Porthcawl.\n\nAfter going in for a paddle at Newton Point at 08:00 BST, Ollie went missing until he was spotted three hours later at the base of a cliff at Southerndown.\n\nIt was also a busy afternoon for the coastguard in Rhyl, working alongside the RNLI and lifeguards to help beachgoers who were becoming cut off by the tide.\n\nAndrea Keenan, coastguard rescue officer, said: \"The excellent weather has increased the number of visitors to the beaches today, and with it we've seen people unaware of the tidal conditions and unfortunately getting cut off from the shore on sandbanks.\n\n\"We advise people to visit a lifeguarded beach, and check the tide times ensuring that they are aware of any banks, and the potential of being cut off by an incoming tide\"\n\nAt Llyn Tegid, in Bala, Gwynedd, the crowds were said to be \"setting up from first thing this morning\".\n\nOne local worker said he had \"never ever seen it so busy\".\n\nNot everyone headed to the beach, with many enjoying visits to villages like Betws-y-Coed in Conwy county\n\nThe highest temperature of the year was reached in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Friday, and looked set to be beaten again on Saturday and Sunday.\n\nWales' burns unit reported it had already treated three children for severe sunburn in two days.\n\nNurse Hannah Brew at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Swansea's Morriston Hospital said families needed to take extra care in the sun.\n\n\"One blistering sunburn in childhood more than doubles a person's chances of developing melanoma later in life,\" she said.\n\nDoctors advised parents to encourage children to play in the shade as much as possible, wear hats and long sleeves, and apply regular applications of sun cream to the skin.\n\n\"It's also important to apply sun cream regularly and to keep hydrated,\" said Dr Zoe Lee.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Joe Biden has warned that the spread of Covid-19 misinformation on social media is \"killing people\".\n\nHe was responding to a question from a reporter about the alleged role of \"platforms like Facebook\" in spreading falsehoods about vaccines and the pandemic.\n\nThe White House has been increasing pressure on social media companies to tackle disinformation.\n\nFacebook says it is taking \"aggressive action\" to protect public health.\n\n\"They're killing people,\" Mr Biden told reporters at the White House on Friday. \"The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated.\"\n\nUS health officials have warned that the country's current spike in Covid-19 deaths and infections is exclusively hitting unvaccinated communities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarlier on Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Facebook and other platforms were not doing enough to combat misinformation about vaccines.\n\n\"Obviously, there are steps they have taken,\" she said. \"It's clear that there are more that can be taken.\"\n\nA spokesman for Facebook, Kevin McAlister, said the company would \"not be distracted by accusations which aren't supported by the facts\".\n\n\"We've removed more than 18 million pieces of Covid misinformation [and] removed accounts that repeatedly break these rules,\" the company said in a separate statement.\n\nYou get the sense Facebook is becoming increasingly tired of being criticised by US governments. Mr Trump and fellow Republicans believed Facebook was restricting free speech by cracking down on voter-fraud conspiracies.\n\nMr Biden and his team have a different criticism - that Facebook doesn't do enough to take down conspiracies - such as anti-vax content. Last week the president signed an executive order aimed at trying to check the power of companies like Facebook.\n\nFacebook is by no means the only company that has been accused of failing to act on conspiracies. YouTube, for example, has been slammed for its moderation practices.\n\nThat Mr Biden picks out Facebook is indicative of a personal grudge he has with the company. In January 2020 he told the New York Times: \"I've never been a big Zuckerberg fan. I think he's a real problem.\"\n\nConcerningly for Facebook, Mr Biden is now the president, and his rhetoric is only getting harsher.\n\nFacebook has faced criticism for its moderation, and misleading content about the pandemic is still widely available on its platforms.\n\nEarlier on Friday Rochelle Walensky, director of the US public health body Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters: \"There is a clear message that is coming through: this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated.\"\n\nAbout 67.9% of US adults have received one dose of the vaccine, while 59.2% of adults are fully vaccinated.\n\nMany eligible people refusing vaccinations in the US have said they don't trust them.\n\nIn March, a report said anti-vaccine activists on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter had reached \"more than 59 million followers, making these the largest and most important social media platforms for anti-vaxxers\".\n\nThat same month, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey - the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter respectively - were questioned in Congress over disinformation.\n\nMr Dorsey told the senators that Twitter was committed to moderating posts. Mr Pichai said YouTube worked to remove misleading content, and highlighted its role in relaying vaccine information.\n\nIt comes after social media platforms admitted censoring revelations about politically embarrassing emails leaked from Mr Biden's son's laptop in the run-up to last November's presidential election.\n\nTwitter and Facebook blocked links to the New York Post reporting on Hunter Biden's dealings after his father's campaign team claimed without evidence that it was \"disinformation\".", "The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Najib Alikhil, condemned the \"inhuman attack\" on his daughter\n\nThe daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan was briefly kidnapped and injured by unknown assailants, officials say.\n\nSilsila Alikhil was seized on her way home in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday and held for several hours.\n\nAfghanistan's foreign ministry said she was \"severely tortured\". Later it said senior diplomats including the ambassador had been recalled.\n\nRelations between the two neighbours have long been strained.\n\nPakistani officials said Silsila Alikhil, who is in her 20s, was assaulted by assailants who got into a car she was travelling in and beat her up.\n\nAfter her release she was treated in hospital. Condemning the \"inhuman attack\", the ambassador, Najib Alikhil, said his daughter \"feels better now\" .\n\nOn Saturday the Afghan foreign ministry expressed its \"deep concern\" and said it was lodging a complaint over the incident.\n\nIn another statement on Sunday it said it was recalling the ambassador and other senior diplomats \"until all the security threats are removed\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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End of twitter post by Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Afghanistan 🇦🇫\n\nIn recent weeks, ties between the two countries have been deteriorating amid rising violence in Afghanistan.\n\nThe Afghan government accuses Pakistan of providing safe haven for Taliban militants waging an insurgency across the country.\n\nTaliban militants have made advances across the country, seizing a series of border posts from Afghan forces.\n\nThe Taliban have moved swiftly as the US steps up the withdrawal of its forces from the country ahead of an 11 September deadline set by President Joe Biden.\n\nOther allied countries, including the UK, have withdrawn nearly all military forces ahead of Mr Biden's deadline.\n\nPakistan, for its part, accuses Afghanistan of allowing militants to launch attacks from its soil.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Birds on the Farne Islands, including puffins, have changed their behaviour after 18 months with no visitors.\n\nThe islands, off the coast of Northumberland, have been home to nothing but the seabirds since the Covid pandemic began and it's made some reconsider their surroundings.\n\nArctic terns are now nesting elsewhere and the seagulls have become more aggressive.\n\nBBC Breakfast was among the first groups of visitors allowed back.", "Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby\n\nArgentina completed a series victory over a depleted Wales side with a convincing victory in Cardiff.\n\nFollowing last weekend's 20-20 draw, the Pumas took advantage of a sloppy Wales display to win the second Test at the Principality Stadium.\n\nWales opened the scoring through Owen Lane but Argentina responded with tries from wing Matias Moroni, scrum-half Tomas Cubelli and flanker Pablo Matera.\n• None As it happened and reaction: Pumas seal series against Wales\n\nWales coach Wayne Pivac had said he was without 27 players for this final game of the season because of injuries and British and Irish Lions commitments in South Africa.\n\nThis defeat came against an almost full-strength Argentina side that beat New Zealand and drew twice with Australia in late 2020.\n\nPivac had stated this was a chance to develop players before the 2023 World Cup in France given the first team was unavailable and he would have learned some valuable lessons from the two Tests against Argentina.\n\nIn searing sunshine, the Pumas dominated the aerial battle, had scrummaging superiority, employed a simple-yet-effective powerful, ball-carrying game plan and simply made fewer errors than their opponents.\n\nWales made made seven changes from their first Test line-up, with Cardiff half-backs Tomos Williams and Jarrod Evans included after impressing off the bench last week.\n\nOspreys prop Gareth Thomas made his first start, while Cardiff flanker Josh Turnbull began his first Wales match in seven years.\n\nArgentina made two changes, with centre Santiago Chocobares and wing Bautista Delguy starting as they reshuffled their backline following last week's red card for full-back Juan Cruz Mallia.\n\nSanchez missed an early penalty and picked up a head injury after the TMO ruled the Argentina fly-half had collided with the leg of Nick Tompkins, rather than an attempted Lane tackle.\n\nCardiff wing Lane then finished expertly for the opening try before Argentina responded with a powerful burst from wing Moroni, which Sanchez converted.\n\nScarlets wing Tom Rogers had been given his second cap after replacing Jonah Holmes but he endured a difficult opening quarter with a series of mistakes, while full-back Hallam Amos also spilled possession on a couple of occasions.\n\nWales were hampered by unforced errors and indiscipline as they continually gave Argentina attractive opportunities.\n\nThe hosts' generosity almost laid the platform for an early Cubelli try, but the scrum-half knocked on with the try line begging under pressure from a Jonathan Davies tackle.\n\nSanchez extended the lead with a penalty, before a potential Pumas try was disallowed by the early whistle of English referee Luke Pearce.\n\nThat merely delayed events, with Cubelli finally securing his try, which Sanchez converted.\n\nWales responded with an Evans penalty but Argentina held a deserved nine-point lead at the interval.\n\nWales' unforced mistakes, dominated by a host of inexplicable handling errors, continued in the second half before they rang the changes in the forwards, which included a first cap for lock Matthew Screech.\n\nEvans brought Wales to within a score with his second penalty before Rogers was replaced, with Tompkins switching to the wing and Willis Halaholo coming in at centre.\n\nSanchez restored the two-score advantage with another penalty, before Amos was yellow carded for taking out his opposite number Santiago Carreras in the air.\n\nReferee Pearce decided it was not worthy of a red card though, as scrum-half Cubelli had contributed to Amos' charge by colliding with the Welsh full-back.\n\nFurther Welsh indiscipline saw Taine Basham's late tackle on Carreras penalised by three more Sanchez points.\n\nA further long-range Sanchez effort hit the post before the fly-half added another successful effort. Flanker Matera was rewarded with a dynamic display as he surged over as he combined with man-of-the-match Rodrigo Bruni in a dominant Argentina back-row.\n• None How to be a teenager and an elite athlete: Hear from one of the youngest participants at Tokyo 2020\n• None George the Poet is back with season three of his award-winning podcast", "Canada has overtaken the US in second dose vaccination rates, after months of lagging behind its southern neighbour.\n\nAs of 16 July, 48.45% of Canadians are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, compared with 48.05% of Americans.\n\nIf Canada's vaccine progress continues it may open its border to US travellers after a 16-month closure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week.\n\nIn the US, a levelling-off of vaccine rates comes amid a concerning increase in Covid-19 cases.\n\nPresident Joe Biden failed to meet a self-set target of 70% of adults vaccinated by the 4 July holiday weekend. About 68% of Americans aged 18 and older have received at least one shot.\n\nThe White House and local governments have turned to both creative solutions and celebrity guest stars in an effort to counter vaccine hesitancy.\n\nMichigan, Ohio and California are among the states offering cash lotteries for residents who get the jab. Pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo made an appearance at the White House this week to promote vaccinations among young people, and Nascar will host a vaccine drive this weekend.\n\nThe push for vaccines is now taking on added urgency, as infections increase in every state, driven by a surge in variants. Still, case numbers remain dramatically lower than in winter when they were at the peak.\n\nIn Canada, too, vaccine rates have slowed in recent weeks, after a steep upswing beginning in late March.\n\nTwo of Canada's northern territories - Yukon and the Northwest Territories - lead the country with roughly 75% and 72% of residents vaccinated, respectively.\n\nThe uptick in vaccines has been met with a steady drop in Covid-19 cases. After a steep third wave this spring, Canada reported around 3,000 infections this week - a low not seen since last summer.\n\nWith roughly 80% of eligible Canadians protected by at least one dose, Mr Trudeau said on Thursday that the country expects to begin allowing fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents into Canada as of mid-August for non-essential travel, and international travellers in September.\n\nCanada has curbed almost all non-essential travel by foreigners since March 2020. Mr Trudeau has faced growing pressure to show his plans for reopening the US-Canada border.\n\nOf G20 countries, Canada is now at the head of the pack in vaccination rates. Worldwide, it is hovering around the 15th spot for percentage of the population fully vaccinated, with the US just behind, according to the New York Times global tracker.", "The US wants to locate a giant new radar system in the UK to track objects in deep space.\n\nThe US Space Force is developing the global system to identify potential \"targets\" up to 36,000km away, in areas of deep space where a lot of military satellites are positioned.\n\nOther sites would include Texas and Australia.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said the new radar capability has the potential to make space \"safer and more secure\".\n\nIt comes amid growing concerns about congestion, competition and even an arms race in space.\n\nBoth the US and Britain have accused Russia and China of developing weapons which could be used to take out satellites.\n\nLast year alone more than 1,000 new satellites were launched into space - including 10 by the US military.\n\nThe plans to develop the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability - or DARC - are being developed at the US Space and Missile Systems Center.\n\nIt was one of the sites visited by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and UK defence chiefs this week on a visit to California. They also held discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX.\n\nLt Col Jack Walker of the US Space Force told the BBC the US was \"in discussion\" with the UK about putting the radars \"possibly in Scotland or further south\".\n\nHe said the site would house \"anywhere from 10 to 15 parabolic antenna (large satellite dishes) for tracking and four to six for transmitting\" and cover an area of about 1km square.\n\nEach radar dish will be 15 metres in diameter.\n\nCol Walker said the purpose of the system would be to \"detect and track targets which could potentially be threats to our high-value assets\".\n\n\"It could be from the Chinese, it could be from the Russians, it could be anti-satellite or it could be debris in space,\" he said.\n\nThe US already operates an early warning system to detect ballistic missiles in space, which includes a service at RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire.\n\nBut the radar systems at the secretive RAF base can only detect objects up to 20,000km (12,400 miles) away.\n\nThe new DARC system will be able to see much further.\n\nCol Walker says it will be able to detect an object the size of a football up to 36,000km (22,400 miles) away.\n\nOn the US visit, the UK's chief of the air staff, Sir Michael Wigston, said \"right now the UK is focused on understanding what's going on in the dark corners of space\".\n\nHe said the increasing congestion and competition in space \"all point to needing to rapidly build our understanding of what's going on\".\n\nSir Michael has predicted the next war could be won or lost in space.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said the government would be publishing a space strategy in the autumn.\n\nHe said space was under threat and the UK needed to protect its key national infrastructure.\n\nMr Wallace said he did not think there was going to be \"moonraker and Star Wars lasers in space\".\n\nThe UK's military doctrine would not be about \"wrecking space but defending and protecting space\", he added.\n\nA Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: \"This new radar capability has the potential to make space safer and more secure, helping to protect our satellite system by tracking and monitoring objects.\n\n\"We are exploring our potential partnership with the USA on DARC and discussions so far have been positive.\"", "Alan Bircher was not nominated to the Tokyo Olympics coaching team for 2021, Swim England said\n\nA former world silver medallist is among the coaches suspended following a review into welfare issues at a swimming club.\n\nSwim England launched an independent review following concerns raised by parents of swimmers at Shropshire's Ellesmere College Titans Swimming Club.\n\nAlan Bircher was among \"some of the programme coaches currently suspended\", it said.\n\nMr Bircher, director of swimming at the club, has been approached for comment.\n\nAs a result of the review, Swim England said, Mr Bircher was not nominated to the Tokyo Olympics coaching team for 2021 and will not be part of the team at the Games.\n\nMr Bircher had been named as a Team GB coach in April as part of the open water team at the Tokyo Games, but earlier this month stepped down due to family reasons.\n\nHe was an international swimmer from 1997 to 2008, winning silver at the world championship in Dubai in 2004, and formerly a GB world championship lead coach.\n\nSwim England said the report had identified \"welfare and governance issues\", adding it had immediately implemented all the recommendations \"to ensure a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone in the club\", which has included a \"complete change of the governance structure of the club\".\n\nIt said Swim England officers were working alongside members to put in place a revised structure and procedures.\n\nFollowing the suspensions, it said, coaching support has been secured, overseen by an experienced Swim England talent coach, and an independent welfare officer was supporting the club.\n\n\"Swim England will remain working with the club until such time as we are content our robust safeguarding and welfare procedures and policies are embedded within the governance of the club,\" it said.\n\n\"The suspended coaching staff will not return to the programme until such time as all conditions set out in the report have been met to the satisfaction of Swim England.\n\n\"The welfare and safety of all of Swim England's members and British Swimming's athletes is of paramount importance and we continue to prioritise our duty of care to all within our sport.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A Los Angeles judge says \"death and destruction followed\" Michael Gargiulo\n\nA convicted murderer nicknamed the \"Hollywood Ripper\" has been sentenced to death for killing two women in the 2000s.\n\nRelatives of his victims wept as a judge gave Michael Gargiulo the sentence in Los Angeles on Friday.\n\nAshley Ellerin, 22, and Maria Bruno, 32, were both stabbed to death in their California homes.\n\nGargiulo was caught after another potential victim, Michelle Murphy, then 26, managed to fight him off.\n\nHe fled the scene, but left some blood behind - enabling police to track him down.\n\nAt Friday's sentencing, Ms Murphy broke down, telling the court how \"spending the night alone creates a world of fear in me\" more than a decade later.\n\nGargiulo was convicted of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in 2019, but continues to insist he is innocent.\n\nHe is now expected to stand trial in Illinois, where he faces a separate murder charge over the killing of an 18-year-old woman in 1993.\n\nThe California murders attracted global attention because one of the victims, Ellerin, was about to go on a date with American actor Ashton Kutcher on the night she was killed in February 2001.\n\nKutcher testified about the night Ms Ellerin was killed\n\nTestifying at the trial, he said he had knocked on the door of Ellerin's Hollywood home. When she did not answer, Kutcher looked in her window and saw what he thought were wine stains on the floor, he said.\n\nA roommate found Ellerin dead the next day with 47 stab wounds.\n\nDuring the trial Kutcher told the court he was \"freaking out\" when he learned that Ellerin had been killed.\n\nGargiulo killed Bruno, a mother of four, in December 2005. She was a neighbour of Gargiulo, who \"quite literally butchered\" her with a knife while she slept, prosecutors said.\n\nThree years later, Ms Murphy woke up in her Santa Monica flat with Gargiulo on top of her, stabbing her with a knife, but managed to fight him off.\n\nShe was a key witness in the trial.\n\nAs he announced the sentence, Judge Larry Paul Fidler said: \"In this case, everywhere that Mr Gargiulo went, death and destruction followed.\"\n\nHowever, it could be a while before Gargiulo is put to death. The last execution in California was in 2006 and the practice has been banned since 2019 under Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.", "Uber has said passengers will still be required to wear a face covering when using its services after Covid restrictions are relaxed across Britain on Monday.\n\nFace masks have been required in taxis and on public transport for the past year to reduce the spread of the virus.\n\nBut Uber has said it will keep its \"no mask, no ride\" policy in place.\n\nThat's despite rules in England being replaced with guidance advising people to wear masks in enclosed spaces.\n\nUber said the policy was for the safety of both its passengers and drivers, although it will not apply if people are exempt.\n\n\"As cities continue to open up, we will ensure that face coverings or masks continue to be a mandatory requirement, unless exempt, when travelling with Uber across the UK,\" the ride-hailing firm's UK general manager Ash Kebriti said.\n\nUber is the latest transport operator to announce that masks will continue to be mandatory on its services after Monday.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared masks mandatory on public transport in the capital and Greater Anglia has said masks will remain compulsory on its services.\n\nMayors including Greater Manchester's Andy Burnham and West Midlands' Andy Street have urged passengers to continue wearing face coverings but do not have the power to make it mandatory.\n\nThe government has previously said masks were still \"expected and recommended\" in crowded indoor areas, but people in England will not be required by law to wear them from Monday.\n\nSome airlines have confirmed that masks will still be compulsory after 19 July, while other businesses such as shops, restaurants and pubs are still setting out their plans.\n\nOn Friday, pub chain Wetherspoons said it planned to retain floor screens between tables, one-way systems and limits on the number of people in its pubs. But it said that customers and employees would be able to choose whether they wear a mask.\n\nMeanwhile, the Co-op has said face coverings will only be \"strongly encouraged\" in its supermarkets, rather than mandatory.\n\nIn Scotland, the mandatory use of face coverings will remain in place for \"some time\", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said, even after the country eases most of its other restrictions on 19 July.\n\nIn Wales, masks will continue to be required by law in some settings, including public transport.", "The lawsuit accuses prosecutors of breaching federal child pornography laws (Pictured: Bianca with mother)\n\nThe mother of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 has filed a lawsuit accusing officials of sharing sex and murder videos with the media.\n\nThe death of Bianca Devins prompted widespread media attention when images posted by her murderer went viral.\n\nNow her family's lawsuit alleges that explicit footage recorded by her killer was given to documentary makers.\n\nThe family is suing Oneida County in New York State and officials including local District Attorney Scott McNamara.\n\nThe filing alleges they \"acted unconscionably and lawlessly\" toward the victim with \"reckless dissemination of evidence\" to media producers seeking to cover the case.\n\nThe lawsuit claims Kimberly Devins, Bianca's mother, was shattered to learn videos taken by Brandon Clark had been shared. She now fears the material of them having sex will also go viral online, like the other images he shared of her daughter's murder.\n\nIt also accuses officials of breaking federal child pornography laws, because the evidence included video footage of Bianca having sex with Brandon Clark before he killed her.\n\nThe BBC contacted Oneida County District Attorney's Office and Mr McNamara, but both are yet to respond.\n\nBianca Devins was killed in July 2019 by Clark, 21, who stabbed the teenager in his car as they were driving home from a concert in Queens, a borough of New York City.\n\nHe documented the attack online - posting graphic images of Bianca's body to platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, as well as a Discord server used by her friends.\n\nHe attempted to take his own life after the murder, but survived. He was prosecuted and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in March this year.\n\nImages Clark posted of Bianca Devins' body spread rapidly on social media in the aftermath of her murder. The public nature of her killing led to rapid growth in both her and her killer's Instagram accounts, with impersonators popping up and reposting the images to take advantage of the morbid interest.\n\nKimberley Devins has said she still receives online abuse and graphic photographs of her daughter's body from trolls.\n\nAfter his arrest, it emerged that Clark had also recorded videos of the murder. The lawsuit says that dashboard clips showed him having sex with the 17-year-old before stabbing her to death after accusing her of infidelity in a \"jealous rage\".\n\nKimberly Devins long-feared this footage would be made public and, according to her lawsuit, sought assurance from Oneida County prosecutors that the material would be protected.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges she was later told by two sets of documentary makers that the sex and murder videos had been shared with them by the district attorney's office, along with nude photographs from her daughter's phone.\n\nThe lawsuit says Bianca Devins' family were told graphic evidence was shared with documentary makers\n\nCarrie Goldberg, a lawyer who specialises in sexual exploitation, is representing Kimberly Devins.\n\n\"This has been emotionally devastating and fatiguing,\" Ms Goldberg told the BBC. \"The family has not had a day of peace since Bianca died over two years ago.\"\n\nShe described the mother's experience of \"perpetual hell\" as she continues to receive graphic online abuse, including the images of her daughter's body.\n\nThe lawsuit also alleges that Kimberly Devins has repeatedly been denied access to the evidence that has been shared with the media.\n\nIt says law enforcement officials previously told Kimberly that New York state's child pornography laws, which have a younger limit, did not apply on the shared material as Bianca was 17. Both she, her legal counsel and the lawsuit say the video and nude photographs are unlawful under federal law and accuse the plaintiffs of disseminating child pornography.\n\nThe lawsuit is seeking punitive damages and an injunction to stop the material being shared any further.\n\nThe BBC contacted the documentary producers named on the lawsuit for comment.\n\nKimberly Devins has spoken about wanting to change the laws on graphic content being shared on social media in the aftermath of her daughter's killing.\n\nMs Goldberg says she is also hoping to pursue legal action against social media firms relating to the case.", "Scott Benton sits on the parliamentary groups on betting and eating disorders\n\nA Tory MP who co-chairs a parliamentary group on eating disorders has been accused of \"fat-shaming\" a councillor who criticised him on Twitter.\n\nBlackpool Labour's David Colldash tweeted on Thursday that local MP Scott Benton accepting football tickets from a betting firm was like him accepting a free pasty.\n\nThe MP replied that Mr Colldash seemed to have had \"more than one free pasty\".\n\nThe councillor, who also works as a nurse, said the reply was \"nasty\".\n\nMr Benton has been approached for comment.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Scott Benton MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Blackpool South MP, who is also a vice-chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on betting and gaming, was among eight Conservatives and two Labour members who accepted Euro 2020 tickets from gambling firms, according to the latest register of MPs' financial interests.\n\nHe received tickets from Entain Holdings to the England's semi-final match against Denmark, each valued at £3,457, and a £1,537.60 ticket to see the team's group match against the Czech Republic from the Gamesys Group.\n\nEntain Holdings also provided him with tickets worth £1,100 to Wimbledon and he received hospitality worth £1,400 from the Betting and Gaming Council.\n\nIn a tweet linking to the Guardian's reporting of the story, Mr Colldash linked the hospitality to Mr Benton's support for a new super casino in Blackpool and joked that \"[bakers] Greggs once gave me a free pasty, so I've sold the town hall to the Great British Bake-Off\".\n\nMr Colldash, who works as a nurse, later tweeted that he had been \"fat shamed\" by Mr Benton, adding his comments were particularly shocking \"in the middle of Love Island of all things\".\n\nIn a statement to the Lancashire Live website, the MP said his response had been \"light-hearted\" and \"in the same vein as [Mr Colldash's] original tweet.\"\n\nHe also stated that in line with parliamentary procedures, all his interests were \"fully declared\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "A decision on routinely offering Covid jabs to under-18s will be made within days, a senior minister has said.\n\nCommunities Secretary Robert Jenrick said the government was \"very sympathetic\" to the idea of inviting children aged 12 to 17 to have a jab.\n\nIt comes as every adult in the UK has now been offered a vaccine, with the prime minister hailing the \"extraordinary achievement\".\n\nEngland and Scotland are set to ease restrictions from Monday.\n\nIt comes as more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases were recorded on both Friday and Saturday - levels last seen in January.\n\nSo far, around 88% of adults have had a first dose and around 68% have had both, according to the latest figures.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises government ministers on which people should be offered a vaccine.\n\nMr Jenrick told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"We are still awaiting the final advice from the JCVI about extending the vaccination programme to younger people.\n\n\"It seems like a sensible thing to do. The evidence we have received so far is compelling and ministers are going to make a decision armed with the advice in the coming days.\"\n\nIf it does get the go-ahead, those just short of their 18th birthday are likely to be invited to have a vaccine first, along with those who have health vulnerabilities and children who live in households with others who are more vulnerable.\n\nHis comments come after a report in the Sunday Telegraph said that the JCVI is believed to have advised ministers against a mass vaccination programme for all children until further evidence of the risks is available.\n\nAccording to the Telegraph, guidance this week is expected to say the vaccine should be offered only to vulnerable 12 to 15-year-olds and to those who are within three months of turning 18.\n\nMore than 46 million people have been given a jab since the UK's Covid vaccine rollout began in December 2020.\n\nMr Johnson promised in February that all adults would be offered a first dose by the end of July, and the Health Secretary Sajid Javid said last month that the government wanted two-thirds of UK adults to have had two by 19 July.\n\nThe prime minister urged anyone who had not booked their vaccine to do so and thanked those who had taken up their offer.\n\n\"You are the reason we are able to cautiously ease restrictions next week, and return closer towards normal life,\" he said. \"Now let's finish the job.\"\n\nBut in Scotland, almost a third of younger adults remain unvaccinated - despite the fact that by the end of Sunday, all over-18s will have been offered an appointment to have their first dose.\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf said some had re-arranged appointments and would receive the jab shortly.\n\nThe UK recorded 54,674 Covid cases on Saturday - following 51,870 new cases on Friday - as well as 41 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nThe last time cases exceeded 50,000 was 15 January.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid, who has been doubled jabbed, announced on Saturday he had tested positive for coronavirus and was isolating. It is understood Mr Javid met Boris Johnson at Downing Street on Friday - the prime minister is now self-isolating at Chequers.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak was also contacted by NHS Test and Trace and is isolating.\n\nAlmost all legal restrictions on social contact are to be lifted in England on Monday.\n\nNew travel rules will also come into effect, allowing people who are double-jabbed to return to the UK from amber list countries without quarantining - except for those returning to England, Wales and Scotland from France, because of concerns over the prevalence of the Beta variant there.\n\nThe prime minister has described England's approach to easing lockdown as \"cautious but irreversible\".\n\nBut Jeremy Hunt, chairman of the Commons health select committee, said on Saturday the government was likely to have to reintroduce some controls in the autumn, as rising case numbers and hospital admissions meant the NHS was facing a \"very serious\" situation.\n\nEngland's deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, warned of a \"bumpy winter\" ahead. He urged people to approach the easing of restrictions in \"a cautious, steady, gradual way\".\n\nSocial distancing rules will end in England on Monday, although government guidelines advise face coverings should still be worn in enclosed spaces such as in shops and on public transport.\n\nScotland will move to level zero of Covid restrictions on Monday, meaning pubs and restaurants can open until midnight. However, limits on outdoor meetings will remain, the return of workers to offices will be delayed and face coverings will still be mandatory.\n\nMost Covid rules in Wales are set to be scrapped from 7 August., but face coverings will still be required in most public places and on public transport.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, restrictions will be eased further on 26 July, if approved at a review on 22 July.", "The Piccadilly and District lines have also been impacted\n\nA London Underground line has been suspended due to staff shortages after control room workers received isolation alerts via the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nTransport for London said the Metropolitan line between Aldgate and Amersham, Buckinghamshire, will be closed for the rest of the day.\n\nThe Piccadilly line between South Harrow and Uxbridge and the District line between High Street Kensington and Edgware Road have also been affected.\n\nThey are due to resume at 21:00 BST.\n\nRichard Jones, London Underground's head of network operations, apologised to customers for the disruption and added that tickets can be used on local bus services.\n\nThe latest figures showed infection rates were rising in all areas of London in the seven days up to 12 July, with Hammersmith and Fulham recording the highest rate of 436 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nTransport unions have warned there will be \"dire consequences\" in the coming days as infection rates rise after England's Covid-19 restrictions are eased on Monday and staff are contacted through the app.\n\nThe Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary Mick Lynch previously said there would be \"a surge in workers pinged with a self-isolation instruction next week\".\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has said face coverings must be worn on London's transport network after the national restrictions are eased.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Free flu vaccines will be offered this winter to children aged two to 16 in England, as well as people aged 50 and over or in \"at-risk\" groups, amid the double threat of Covid and influenza.\n\nExperts hope for a record-breaking rollout reaching more than 35 million people, including more teenagers than ever before.\n\nLast winter there was a high uptake, with 19 million doses given.\n\nUnder-16s will be offered the vaccine in nasal spray rather than as a jab.\n\nAn expanded secondary school programme means, for the first time, pupils up to Year 11 (aged 11 to 16) will be invited, not just those in their first academic year - Year 7 - like last winter.\n\nWhen the programme begins in September, the flu vaccine will be available for free on the NHS to:\n\nPeople who are not in these groups will be able to pay for a flu vaccine at some supermarkets and High Street chemists, once available.\n\nFlu levels were lower than expected across the world last winter, which experts attribute to infection control measures introduced to stop Covid, such as mask wearing, social distancing and lockdowns.\n\nIt is not clear what this winter may hold for flu and Covid.\n\nResearch from Public Health England, carried out in the first pandemic wave before any Covid vaccine had been made or given, suggests risk of death is more than doubled for people who catch flu on top of coronavirus, compared to coronavirus alone.\n\nFlu by itself can also be a serious condition - it kills about 11,000 people in England each year.\n\nAlongside the flu drive, the government is preparing for a booster programme of Covid vaccines for those most vulnerable, such as older people and those with underlying health conditions.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said: \"Last winter, flu activity was extremely low, but this is no reason for complacency as it means less people have built up a defence against the virus.\n\n\"Combined with the likelihood that Covid will still be circulating, this makes the coming flu season highly unpredictable.\"\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"We want to build a wall of protection by immunising a record number of people.\n\n\"With the nation getting closer to normal life, we must learn to live with Covid-19 alongside other viruses and we're offering the free flu jab to millions more people to help keep them safe this winter.\"", "Hippos, walruses and whales could receive greater legal protection under UK government proposals to crack down on ivory poaching.\n\nMinisters want to extend the Ivory Act because they say elephants are not the only animals at risk.\n\nConservationists have welcomed the move as sending a \"clear signal to the rest of the world\".\n\nBoris Johnson has previously announced that funding to tackle the illegal wildlife trade will be increased.\n\nThe Ivory Act, which gained Royal Assent in 2018, will introduce a near total ban on the import, export and dealing of items containing elephant ivory in the UK, but it has not yet become law.\n\nNow the environment department says it needs to go further.\n\nUnder the new plans - which open for public consultation on Saturday - it would be broadened to cover other animals facing threats from hunters.\n\nMinisters say hippos are also at risk from poachers, while killer whales and sperm whales are targeted for their teeth and narwhals and walruses for their tusks.\n\nThe consultation puts forward three options: retaining the current ban on elephant ivory in the UK only, extending the Act to hippo ivory only, and extending it the five listed species.\n\nInternational Environment Minister Lord Goldsmith said: \"The Ivory Act is one of the toughest bans of its kind in the world and sends a clear message that we are doing all that we can to save elephants from the threat of extinction.\n\n\"However the ivory trade is a conservation threat for other magnificent species such as the hippo, narwhal and walrus that are at threat.\n\n\"So I urge everyone to share their views to help ensure we can protect more animals from the grim ivory trade.\"\n\nDr Mark Jones, head of policy at the Born Free Foundation, said: \"Closing down elephant ivory markets is an essential step towards securing a future for elephants.\n\n\"However, by focusing only on the trade in elephant ivory, other ivory-bearing species could suffer as ivory traders and consumers turn to alternatives.\n\n\"By taking this step, the UK can send a clear signal to the rest of the world that killing animals to carve ornaments from their teeth is not acceptable in the 21st century.\"\n\nThe prime minister has previously announced that funding to tackle the illegal wildlife trade will be increased as part of the £220 million International Biodiversity Fund.", "Louis Oosthuizen saw his Open lead cut to one shot heading into the final day at Royal St George's but he remains in pole position for a second Claret Jug.\n\nThe South African, winner in 2010, held a two-stroke advantage after setting a record-breaking pace through 36 holes but it briefly vanished on Saturday.\n\nAmericans Jordan Spieth and Collin Morikawa closed in to make it a three-way tie before Oosthuizen birdied 17 and edged ahead at 12 under par.\n\nMorikawa is the Oosthuizen's closest challenger at 11 under par after Spieth fell away with a back-to-back bogey finish that dropped him to nine under.\n\nAmerican Scottie Scheffler and Canada's Corey Conners are four shots off the lead at eight under par.\n\nScotland's Robert MacIntyre posted the round of the day, a superb five-under-par 65 that included a birdie-birdie finish as he reached four under for the week.\n\nHe is one behind Ireland's defending champion Shane Lowry and leading English pair Paul Casey and Andy Sullivan, who all sit at five under par.\n• None Watch BBC Two highlights: Day three of The Open\n\nLow scores were carded when the wind dropped on Friday and organisers responded by setting up tougher pin positions on day three at the Kent links track.\n\nThat provided more of a test - with the course again bathed in sunshine and tickled by a light breeze - and challenged the field to hold their nerve around the greens.\n\nWorld number two Jon Rahm said they \"may have been some of the hardest pin positions I have ever seen\" after he shot a two-under 68 to move to seven under par.\n\n\"You cannot tell on TV but they are almost always on top of a little hill,\" added the US Open champion. \"It's a way of defending the golf course.\"\n\nAnd after his round 38-year-old Oosthuizen said: \"The R&A put some pins out there that were questionable. It was tough and I'm glad I held it together.\"\n\nOosthuizen showed no signs of nerves on the front nine as he carded seven pars and birdied seven and nine to reach 13 under, despite loud roars up ahead alerting him to the fact 2017 champion Spieth was beginning to make a move.\n\nAt the same time 2020 US PGA Championship winner Morikawa was initially trending in the wrong direction, scrambling to save par from a bunker on the opening hole and continuing his jittery start with a bogey after again finding the sand at the second.\n\nThe 24-year-old dropped to seven under par, four strokes adrift of Oosthuizen's lead, with a bogey at five before successive birdies at seven and eight and again on 13 and 14 saw him chisel out a gritty two-under 68 and finish on 11 under.\n\n\"I don't have much experience on links golf and pretty much all the highlights in my head are from this week,\" said Morikawa. \"Thankfully there are quite a few.\n\n\"Hopefully we can just use that momentum from the first three days and bring it into the last 18. It's going to be a gruelling 18, but I look forward to it.\"\n\nMorikawa's birdie on the par-five 14th moved him into a three-way share of the lead on 11 under after Oosthuizen had bogeyed the par-three 11th and dropped another shot at 13.\n\nThe South African, six times a runner-up at major championships since his victory at St Andrews 11 years ago, was beginning to look a little tense himself but saved par on 15 and a wry smile suggested he was back in the groove.\n\nMoments later, a pin-point tee shot at the par-three 16th set the platform for another birdie and Oosthuizen this time edged into a one-shot advantage that he will take into the final day at the Sandwich venue.\n\n\"I was definitely not swinging freely,\" said the world number 13. \"I was a little all over the place with iron shots. I felt like I kept the round together at the end there.\n\n\"Finishing second isn't so great, so I will play my heart out and see if I can lift the Claret Jug again.\"\n\nSpieth goes cold at the finish\n\nSpieth's putter was proving as warm as the late afternoon sunshine when he sank two birdies in his opening four holes and recovered from a bogey at five with two more birdies to take a share of the lead for the first time in the third round.\n\nEven when he found trouble off the tee the three-time major winner was at his scrambling best, making a number of creative shots from the rough and around the edge of the green as he hit the turn in three-under 32 - a start only matched by Cameron Smith among those at the top of the field.\n\nSpieth, who dropped out of the world's top 50 last year, is looking to end a four-year wait for a major title after last being successful at Royal Birkdale in 2017.\n\nThe American, now ranked 23rd in the world, birdied the 10th to reach 12 under par but that was cancelled out on the par-three 11th, though he regained a share of top spot as Oosthuizen stuttered on the back nine.\n\nA string of pars looked to be keeping Spieth in the hunt but he bogeyed the 17th and then missed a two-footer for par on the last to leave himself work to do if he is to end his major drought on Sunday.\n\nWith up to 32,000 spectators allowed on site every day, thousands arrived early to follow a couple of big names in the morning groups, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.\n\nNorthern Ireland's McIlroy posted five birdies on the front nine to reach four under but could not maintain that momentum and three bogeys following the turn pegged him back to one under par.\n\nAmerican DeChambeau, who had a spat with his club manufacturer earlier this week after criticising his driver, is well off the pace at three over after a level-par 70.", "Inmates at the prison are self-isolating while mass testing takes place\n\nAn outbreak of coronavirus has hit a Scottish prison, with nearly 100 inmates affected so far.\n\nThe Scottish Prison Service (SPS) said 97 prisoners at HMP Perth had tested positive for the virus.\n\nAll inmates are having to self-isolate while mass testing gets under way.\n\nThey will not have access to courts, lawyers, family visits and cannot use the gym but will be allowed fresh air and showers as well as use of mobile phones.\n\nThe SPS said a \"significant number\" of affected prisoners did not have symptoms.\n\nHMP Perth holds an average of 678 prisoners per day and is home to male offenders on remand and short and long-term offenders, including prisoners serving life sentences and sex offenders.\n\nAn SPS spokesman said: \"The safety and wellbeing of all those living and working in our establishments is a priority for the Scottish Prison Service.\"\n\nA further update will be provided on Monday, the spokesman added.", "Vienna has a reputation as a centre for diplomacy and espionage\n\nThe US government is investigating a series of health incidents in the Austrian capital Vienna involving its diplomats and other administration staff.\n\nMore than 20 officials have reported symptoms similar to Havana Syndrome - a mystery brain illness - since President Joe Biden took office in January.\n\nThe syndrome is unexplained, but US scientists say it is most probably caused by directed microwave radiation.\n\nIt was first found in Cuba in 2016-17.\n\nUS and Canadian diplomats in Havana complained of symptoms ranging from dizziness, loss of balance, hearing loss and anxiety to something they described as \"cognitive fog\".\n\nThe US accused Cuba of carrying out \"sonic attacks\", which it strongly denied, and the incident led to increased tension between the two nations.\n\nA 2019 US academic study found \"brain abnormalities\" in the diplomats who had fallen ill, but Cuba dismissed the report.\n\nThe Vienna cases first came to light in the New Yorker magazine on Friday and were later confirmed by the US State Department, which said it was \"vigorously investigating\".\n\nReuters quoted an Austrian foreign ministry statement saying it was \"working with the US authorities on jointly getting to the bottom of this\".\n\nVienna has long been a centre for diplomatic activity and has had a reputation as a hotspot for espionage, particularly during the Cold War.\n\nCountries like the US have a large diplomatic presence there.\n\nThe city is currently hosting indirect talks between Iran and the US over attempts to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.\n\nCases of the condition have been reported elsewhere in the world, but US officials say the numbers in Vienna are greater than in any other city apart from Havana.\n\nIn June, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a wide-ranging review into the causes of the illness.", "The Soutar family have appealed for dad Iain to be quickly reunited with both of his daughters Image caption: The Soutar family have appealed for dad Iain to be quickly reunited with both of his daughters\n\nThe family of a cancer patient with days to live have pleaded that his expat daughter be allowed to fly home to Scotland immediately to say goodbye.\n\nIain Soutar, from Milngavie, is receiving palliative care after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.\n\nHis Dubai-based daughter Laura is quarantining in Majorca after the Scottish government refused to exempt her from self-isolating in Scotland.\n\nThe United Arab Emirates has been designated by the Scottish and UK governments as a red list country for international travel, meaning anyone returning - regardless of their vaccination status - must self-isolate for 10 days in a government-approved quarantine hotel .\n\nLaura hoped the government would allow her to speed up the process by flying in via the Balearic Islands, which are on the green list.\n\nIf she completes her 10-day isolation in Majorca, she would not arrive in Scotland until Tuesday and says the delay has been unbearable given her father's deteriorating condition.\n\nThe Scottish government said it sympathised with the Soutars, but that the isolation rules had to be strict to reduce the risk of importing new strains.\n\nThe family fear Laura's return could be too late to give her dad \"a final hug\".\n\nHer sister, Rebecca, said: \"My dad wants his daughter home so that we can have a hug and say goodbye.\"", "Fully jabbed travellers returning to England and Wales from France will still have to quarantine from Monday.\n\nFrom 19 July, adults who have been double jabbed in the UK arriving from amber list countries will not need to isolate for 10 days.\n\nBut the government said the easing would not apply to France due to \"persistent\" cases of the Beta variant, first identified in South Africa.\n\nThere are concerns vaccines may not work as well against the Beta variant.\n\nThe Beta variant accounts for about 10% of new infections in France, but that includes the Indian Ocean territories of Reunion and Mayotte, where the variant is near-universal.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant - first identified in India - accounts for almost all new cases in the UK.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"We have always been clear that we will not hesitate to take rapid action at our borders to stop the spread of Covid-19 and protect the gains made by our successful vaccination programme.\n\n\"With restrictions lifting on Monday across the country, we will do everything we can to ensure international travel is conducted as safely as possible, and protect our borders from the threat of variants.\"\n\nTravel firms have criticised the move, accusing the government of causing confusion.\n\nWillie Walsh, the director-general of the International Air Transport Association said \"the UK has no coherent policy on international travel\" and is \"destroying its own travel sector and the thousands of jobs that rely on it\".\n\nThe government announcement means that anyone who has been in France in the previous 10 days will need to quarantine on arrival to England in their own accommodation and will need a day two and day eight test, regardless of their vaccination status.\n\nThis includes any fully vaccinated individual who transits through France from either a green or another amber country.\n\nBut ministers indicated that Eurostar passengers on services travelling through France would not need to quarantine if their train did not stop in the country.\n\nExisting amber list exemptions for key workers such as hauliers will remain in place.\n\nMeanwhile, France has tightened its rules for UK travellers who are not fully vaccinated, requiring a negative test in the 24 hours before arrival from Sunday, rather than the 48 hours allowed previously.\n\nBut anyone fully vaccinated with a jab from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson will be exempt from providing a negative test.\n\nFrench MEP Veronique Trillet-Lenoir told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that it was \"difficult to understand\" the UK rules, as the Beta variant is \"not present at all\" in mainland France, with France's cases mainly being found in its overseas territories.\n\nBBC Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield said there had been no official response from the French government yet, but it would be pushing for an explanation from its London counterpart for the toughened policy.\n\nTravellers to the UK from France will still have the option of shortening their quarantine period through the Test to Release scheme - if they pay for a test on day five and are negative.\n\nFor arrivals from other amber list countries, the requirement to quarantine is being scrapped for the fully vaccinated and under-18s from Monday in all parts of the UK.\n\nEach UK nation sets its own travel rules.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said ministers were \"considering the best approach\" for arrivals from France \"as we look to adopt a four nation approach on international travel, where possible\".\n\nWales said it would be following the change set by England, while Northern Ireland is yet to announce its intention.\n\nProf John Edmunds, an epidemiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a government adviser on the Sage committee, said the Beta variant was at low levels in the UK but, as immunity from vaccines increases, \"conditions are right\" for it to gain an advantage.\n\nHe told the Today programme that the Beta variant is probably less infectious than the dominant Delta variant, but it appears to be better able to evade the immune response from vaccines - particularly from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe UK is currently facing a \"long and drawn out\" wave of infections from the Delta variant, he said, as it will not be brought down by lockdowns as previous peaks were.\n\nHe said cases are on course to hit 100,000 a day in about two weeks, although school closures may help to bring down the surge or cause it to level off. But high levels of infection were likely throughout the rest of the summer and autumn, he said.\n\nTravel trade body Abta said the changes to travel to France will delay \"any meaningful recovery for the industry\", adding that financial support needed to be given to the sector.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of industry group Airlines UK, said: \"These random rule changes make it almost impossible for travellers and industry to plan ahead, and can only further undermine consumer trust at the very peak of the summer season.\"\n\nJohan Lundgren, chief executive of EasyJet, said the government was \"making it up as they go along and causing confusion and uncertainty\".\n\nLabour said the move had created \"complete chaos\".\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said: \"In effect the government has announced yet another category for travel and they've done it on a Friday evening... It is travellers and the travelling industry that is paying the price.\"\n\nGeorgina Thomas, a nurse from Buckinghamshire, is one of those affected by the change.\n\nThe 32-year-old has been visiting her parents in the countryside between La Rochelle and Bordeaux for the last three weeks with her baby daughter.\n\n\"I'm frustrated with the inconsistent approach the government are taking, it doesn't all appear logical,\" she told the PA news agency.\n\n\"If a quarantine is necessary then so be it but I'm confident that my risk will be higher when I return to the UK.\"\n\nMs Thomas, who is still on maternity leave, added: \"It will be a long 10 days but we are the fortunate ones, I understand that, plenty will think we shouldn't be travelling anyway.\"\n\nJames Miles from West Sussex said the quarantine requirement had put his plans to visit his girlfriend in France for the first time since 1 January in jeopardy.\n\n\"This is really affecting people's lives,\" he said. \"Seven months is a long time not to see your partner. I can't even see the light at the end of the tunnel. Where do we go from here?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Miles says his plans to visit his partner in France have been thrown into doubt\n\nAnne, a British citizen living in Paris who did not wish to give her second name, has not seen her family in 18 months, with her parents yet to meet their granddaughter, who was born in Paris last autumn.\n\nThe 31-year-old told the BBC she had booked their trip to London for late August on Friday morning - just hours before the announcement was made.\n\nShe also suggested most of the Beta variant cases were not found in mainland France.\n\n\"How can the government encourage non vaccinated people in the UK to stop wearing masks and start going clubbing, yet oblige fully vaccinated travellers from France to quarantine?\" Anne added.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said: \"Whilst we are committed to continuing to open up international travel safely, our absolute priority is to protect public health here in the UK.\"\n\nThere had been reports the government was considering adding France to the red list for travel.\n\nOnly UK or Irish nationals or UK residents are allowed to travel from red list countries and they must then quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days, at a cost of £1,750 for one adult.\n\nIt comes just two days after the government announced popular holiday destinations Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera would be moved to the amber list.\n\nOn Friday, more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases were reported in the UK for the first time since mid-January.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFirefighters have been tackling a fire at a railway station in South Ayrshire.\n\nServices were suspended at Troon Station with social media images showing part of the building collapsing.\n\nThe fire service was called out about 12:40, and sent five fire engines and an aerial appliance to the scene on Barassie Street.\n\nCrews were met with a well-developed fire in the station ticket office which had spread to the roof space.\n\nA nearby hairdressers and café have also been damaged.\n\nFirefighters said the blaze has now been brought under control, but emergency services remain at the scene and a cordon is in place.\n\nPolice Scotland are also in attendance while Network Rail have been made aware of the fire.\n\nScotRail said both lines through Troon were closed for safety reasons and would remain so until at least the end of service on Sunday 18 July.\n\nIt said it was forced to cut the power to overhead lines to allow firefighters to tackle the blaze, which \"took out a large area and affected other routes' power supply\".\n\nIn a post on Twitter the train operator said that trains through the station have been cancelled, delayed or revised. For some routes, replacement bus services were arranged.\n\nThe fire has caused major disruption in the seaside town, which was busier than usual with Saturday's sunny weather meaning many people had travelled to the seaside town to go to the beach to enjoy one of the hottest days of the year so far.\n\nA huge plume of smoke rose into the sky above the seaside town", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering \"very mild\" symptoms.\n\nMr Javid, who has received both vaccine doses, said on Saturday night a PCR test had confirmed a positive result he received by lateral flow test.\n\nHe said he would continue to self-isolate and work from home.\n\nIt is understood Mr Javid met Boris Johnson on Friday. It is not clear yet whether the prime minister will have to isolate.\n\nMeanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, has warned of a \"bumpy winter\" ahead.\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded more than 50,000 daily cases for the second day running, days before almost all legal restrictions on social contact are lifted in England on Monday.\n\nThere were 54,674 cases - following 51,870 new cases on Friday - with 41 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.\n\nThe last time cases exceeded 50,000 was in mid-January.\n\nIn a video posted earlier on his Twitter feed, Mr Javid said he took the lateral flow test after feeling a \"a bit groggy\" on Friday evening.\n\nHe said: \"I'm grateful that I've had two jabs of the vaccine and so far my symptoms are very mild.\"\n\nMr Javid later tweeted that the positive result was confirmed by a PCR test, which is checked in a laboratory.\n\nHe urged people who had not been vaccinated yet to \"get out there and get them as soon as you can\".\n\nMr Javid also said people who feel groggy or come into contact with someone who is positive should take a lateral flow test.\n\nMr Javid replaced Matt Hancock as health secretary less than three weeks ago after CCTV footage emerged showing his predecessor kissing a colleague in his office, in breach of social-distancing rules.\n\nMr Javid previously tweeted that he had received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nA Public Health England study found two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine was 60% effective at stopping symptomatic disease from the Delta variant, which is now dominant across the UK. Two jabs of the Pfizer vaccine was 88% effective.\n\nA separate analysis from PHE found the vaccines were highly effective against preventing hospitalisations from the same variant, with two doses of the Pfizer jab 96% effective and the AstraZeneca jab 92%.\n\nEngland's deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, said vaccines were not 100% effective but were likely to have saved about 30,000 lives in the UK.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"We still need to keep going with these vaccines because they've completely changed the landscape in terms of the numbers of people going into hospital and, very much so, the numbers of people dying. They're still a massive success.\"\n\nLateral flow tests provide a quick result, using a device similar to a pregnancy test and are intended for use in those without symptoms, according to the NHS. PCR tests are mainly used when people have coronavirus symptoms or have already had a positive lateral flow result, and are sent to laboratories to be checked. The NHS suggests people do a lateral flow test twice a week to check if they have the virus.\n\nThe health secretary's announcement comes as the government prepares to go ahead with the final lifting of lockdown restrictions in England on Monday.\n\nSocial-distancing rules will end, although government guidelines advise face coverings should still be worn in enclosed spaces such as in shops and on public transport.\n\nJeremy Hunt, the chairman of the Commons health select committee, warned there was a danger that England may have to go back into lockdown in the autumn if hospitalisation rates continued to increase during the summer.\n\nMr Hunt, a former health secretary, said the situation facing the NHS was \"very serious\".\n\n\"The warning light on the NHS dashboard is not flashing amber, it is flashing red,\" he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.\n\nOne scientist advising the government said the country could be facing a \"protracted period\" of rising cases running into the autumn.\n\nProf John Edmunds, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said new infections could reach 100,000 a day within weeks.\n\nProf Van-Tam warned the pandemic would carry on for a while and \"there will be further twists and turns\".\n\nHe added: \"This is going to be a bumpy winter at times but, providing people don't tear the pants out of it and they go in a cautious, steady, gradual way, one hopes we'll be OK.\"\n• None What's the guidance for Covid in the UK now?", "Mountain groups urge walkers to cross check information or seek advice about Ben Nevis\n\nGoogle has made changes to its mapping service after fears that walkers may mistakenly attempt a \"potentially fatal\" route up Ben Nevis.\n\nThe firm insisted its walking directions on Google Maps did not direct people to dangerous routes.\n\nHowever, its driving directions took people to a car park where a dotted line showing distance to the summit could be misinterpreted by users.\n\nIn future the maps will direct drivers to a visitor centre instead.\n\nScottish mountaineering charities have urged hill-walkers not to use Google Maps to guide them up the mountains after a series of incidents where routes downloaded off the internet have resulted in \"injury or worse\".\n\nThe John Muir Trust, which looks after the summit of Ben Nevis, said it had raised a specific concern about the directions to the car park closest to the UK's highest mountain.\n\nThe route from this car park was \"highly dangerous, even for experienced climbers\", they warned.\n\nAnd the trust said that a dotted line leading from the car park to the summit could lead walkers into danger.\n\nA mountaineering group said the dotted line on a Ben Nevis map crossed rocky, pathless terrain\n\nMountaineering groups said the dotted line crossed \"potentially fatal\" steep, rocky and pathless terrain, while a suggested walking route for a different mountain, An Teallach, would lead people over a cliff.\n\nA spokeswoman for Google said it had investigated and found the Ben Nevis concerns related to the service's driving directions, rather than walking directions which it insisted did not lead people to dangerous routes.\n\n\"Our driving directions currently route people to the Nevis Gorge trailhead parking lot - the lot closest to the summit - which has prominent signs indicating that the trail is highly dangerous and for advanced hikers only,\" the spokeswoman said.\n\n\"To help both novice and experienced hikers more easily find trails that suit their level of expertise, we're now updating our driving routes to take people directly to the visitor centre, where they'll be able to speak with staff about the best trail to take.\"\n\nGoogle is now reviewing other routes in the area, and said it welcomed feedback from mountaineering groups or organisations such as the John Muir Trust.\n\nLocal organisations are encouraged to provide geographic information about roads and routes through Google's Geo Data Upload tool and users via the \"Report a problem\" tool.\n\nMountaineering Scotland and John Muir Trust recommend climbers cross-check information on a map or consult a local guide.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nThe chief of the Tokyo Olympics accepts athletes are \"probably very worried\", after a Games-related organiser became the first person to test positive for Covid-19 in the athletes' village.\n\nThe case, who is now quarantining in a hotel for 14 days, is one of 15 Games-related cases reported on Saturday.\n\nThe organiser tested negative upon arrival in Japan before returning a positive test in the village screening.\n\nThe organisers have previously said the village \"must be the safest place \".\n• None Jade Jones 'petrified' second bout of Covid could wreck gold dream\n\n\"Athletes who are coming to Japan are probably very worried. I understand that,\" said Games chief Seiko Hashimoto.\n\n\"That is the reason why we need to make full disclosure.\n\n\"We are doing everything to prevent any Covid outbreaks. If we end up with an outbreak we will make sure we have a plan in place to respond.\"\n\nThe Games, postponed for a year due to the global pandemic, is being held mostly without spectators and under tight quarantine rules, with Tokyo currently in a state of emergency, until at least 22 August, amid rising Covid-19 numbers.\n\nAthletes, who will be tested daily, are starting to arrive in Tokyo, with the Olympics running from 23 July to 8 August.\n\n'We are well aware of the scepticism'\n\nThe Japanese public is largely opposed to the Games, with a petition against the event getting more than 450,000 signatures this month.\n\nHowever, in a news conference on Saturday, IOC president Thomas Bach said he \"appealed to the Japanese people to welcome the athletes\".\n\n\"We are well aware of the scepticism a number of people have here in Japan,\" said Bach.\n\n\"We ask and invite the Japanese people, humbly, to welcome and support the athletes from around the world.\n\n\"The Japanese can have this confidence [of a safe and secure Games] and we will try to continue this dialogue with them, knowing we will not succeed 100%.\n\n\"But we are also confident once the Japanese people see Japanese athletes successfully performing in the Olympic Games then the attitude may become less emotional.\"\n• None How to be a teenager and an elite athlete: Hear from one of the youngest participants at Tokyo 2020\n• None George the Poet is back with season three of his award-winning podcast", "Retail sales enjoyed a springtime bounceback, with growth in High Street sales from April to June making it the best three months on record, industry body figures indicate.\n\nSales in the period rose 28.4% from a year ago, and were up 10.4% from 2019.\n\nJune's sunny weather and the Euro 2020 tournament helped to boost trade, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.\n\nBut the BRC warned that many retailers still faced \"strong headwinds\" as the UK economy recovers from the pandemic.\n\nIn June, fashion and footwear did well during the brief burst of sunshine, while the start of the Euro 2020 football championship provided a boost for TVs, snack food and beer.\n\nHowever, online sales remained much higher than their pre-pandemic levels, suggesting the shift to online was \"here to stay\", the BRC-KPMG retail sales report found.\n\nThere were also signs of a dilution in retail consumer spending as the hospitality and leisure sectors reopened, leading to a \"fight for share of wallet\", it said.\n\n\"Retailers are facing challenges on a number of fronts, particularly convincing consumers that it's safe to shop in store as restrictions around mask wearing and social distancing come to an end,\" said Paul Martin, UK head of retail at KPMG.\n\nBut he added that High Street retailers were hoping for a \"summer boost\" with the lifting of Covid restrictions.\n\nBRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said: \"The second quarter of 2021 saw exceptional growth as the gradual unlocking of the UK economy encouraged a release of pent-up demand built up over previous lockdowns.\n\n\"In June, while growth in food sales began to slow, non-food sales were bolstered by growing consumer confidence and the continued unleashing of consumer demand.\n\n\"With many people taking staycations, or cheaper UK-based holidays, many have found they have a little extra to spend at the shops, with strong growth in-store in June.\"\n\nFashion and footwear enjoyed a sales surge, said the BRC\n\nMs Dickinson said \"consumer comfort with the next stage of the roadmap\" would be key.\n\nMany customers were looking forward to a return to a more normal shopping experience, while others might be discouraged by changes in face-covering rules, she added.\n\nShe said the government would need to reassure the public on safety, while pushing forward with its \"hugely successful\" vaccination programme.\n\n\"The public will also need to be understanding of one another during the easing of restrictions,\" she warned.\n\n\"There has been a big rise in violence and abuse against retail workers during the pandemic and colleagues cannot be put in the firing line because of this change in policy.\"\n\nNew data from Barclaycard indicates that consumer spending rose 11.1% in June compared with the same period in 2019, as warmer weather and the easing of pandemic restrictions led to an economic uplift.\n\nBarclaycard said spending on fuel, hotels, resorts and accommodation all grew for the first time since the pandemic began, as holidaymakers booked and embarked on UK breaks.\n\nFace-to-face retail grew 9.7%, the credit card firm said. However, there were signs that pent-up demand was easing off, as clothing and furniture stores recorded smaller increases than in May.", "England players have taken a knee before all their Euro 2020 games\n\nConservative MPs need to change their attitude and support footballers who take the knee, a senior figure on the right of the party has said.\n\nSteve Baker told the BBC players were not calling to \"defund the police\" or being \"anti-capitalist\" - they were saying \"we suffer racism\".\n\nLast month, Home Secretary Priti Patel dismissed taking the knee as \"gesture politics\".\n\nOther Tories have criticised players for making the protest before games.\n\nOn the eve of the Euro 2020 tournament, education minister Gillian Keegan said the Black Lives Matter campaign \"is really about defunding the police and the overthrow of capitalism\" - and taking the knee was \"creating division\".\n\nAsked in June if she would criticise fans who booed England players taking the knee Priti Patel said: \"That's a choice for them, quite frankly.\"\n\nBoris Johnson has said he wants fans to cheer their team, but has not explicitly condemned fans who booed, prompting criticism from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A mural of Rashford in Manchester vandalised after the final has since been covered by supportive messages\n\nOn Monday, the home secretary tweeted that she was \"disgusted\" by the online abuse directed at some England players, after the team lost to Italy on penalties in Sunday's Euro 2020 final.\n\nEngland footballer Tyrone Mings replied that she had \"stoked the fire\" through her stance on taking the knee.\n\nResponding to Mings, Conservative MP Johnny Mercer said: \"The painful truth is that this guy is completely right.\"\n\nHe added he was \"very uncomfortable with the position we Conservatives are needlessly forcing ourselves into\".\n\nSteve Baker, who chaired the pro-Brexit European Research Group of Tory MPs, said the controversy should serve as a \"wake-up call\" to the Conservative Party over how it is seen in the rest of the country.\n\nMr Baker said he would not take the knee himself, as its connection to BLM meant its symbolism was subject to \"multiple competing interpretations\".\n\nBut he added that he thought footballers were motivated by a desire to express their \"solidarity with those who suffer racism\".\n\n\"We just have to get alongside those players who are taking the knee, and understand they are not saying 'defund the police', they're not anti-capitalist,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nPriti Patel was been criticised for her response to the protests\n\nLabour will also urge the government to take stronger against racist abuse on social media at a Commons debate later.\n\nThe party wants tough sanctions for executives at companies that fail to enforce rules on online hate, and tweaks to legislation to allow courts to ban fans from football games for posting abuse online.\n\nMore than a million people have signed an online petition calling for tougher rules to ban abusers from attending games.\n\nThe government says its Online Safety Bill will do more to force social media companies to act on abuse online.\n\nAmerican footballer Colin Kaepernick started kneeling during the pre-game national anthem in the NFL in 2016, in protest at police violence against African-Americans.\n\nMany figures in sport started taking the knee last year, when the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the US.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Television footage showed Mr Guo and his wife crying and hugging their son\n\nA Chinese man has been reunited with his son after a 24-year search that saw him travel over 500,000km (310,000 mi) on a motorbike across the country.\n\nGuo Gangtang's son had been snatched aged two by human traffickers in front of their home in the province of Shandong.\n\nHis son's disappearance actually inspired a movie in 2015, which starred Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau.\n\nChild abductions are a big problem in China, with thousands taken every year.\n\nAccording to China's Ministry of Public Security, the police were able to trace the son's identity using DNA testing. Two suspects were later tracked down and arrested, said a Global Times report.\n\nThe suspects, who were dating at the time, had planned to kidnap a child with the intention of selling him for money, said a report by China News.\n\nAfter spotting Mr Guo's son playing alone outside his home, the female suspect identified only by her surname Tang grabbed him and took him to the bus station, where her partner, named as Hu, was waiting.\n\nThe couple then took an intercity coach to neighbouring Henan province and sold the child there.\n\nLocal media reports say Mr Guo's son was found still living in the province.\n\nMr Guo has travelled across China searching for his son\n\nMr Guo and his wife cried and hugged their son when they were reunited in Liaocheng, Shandong, on Sunday, state media CCTV reported.\n\n\"My baby, you came back!\" said the mother, whose name was not released, in a video of the reunion.\n\n\"Now that the child has been found, everything can only be happy from now on,\" Mr Guo told reporters.\n\nMr Lau, who got to know Mr Guo while preparing to play him in the film Lost and Love, congratulated him.\n\n\"I'd like to say to Brother Guo that I admire your persistence,\" he said, according to the South China Morning Post.\n\nAfter his son was abducted in 1997, Mr Guo reportedly travelled to more than 20 provinces around the country on the back of a motorbike chasing tip-offs.\n\nIn the process, he broke bones in traffic accidents and even encountered highway robbers. Ten motorbikes were also damaged.\n\nCarrying around banners with his son's picture on them, he is said to have spent his life savings on his mission, sleeping under bridges and begging for money when he ran out of cash.\n\nHe also became a prominent member of missing-persons organisations in China, and helped at least seven other parents reunite with their abducted children.\n\nIn China, the abduction and trafficking of babies has been a problem for decades.\n\nIn 2015, it was estimated that 20,000 children were being abducted each year in China. Many of them are sold into adoption, both domestically and overseas.\n\nChild trafficking has been an enormous social problem in China with tens of thousands of unsolved cases remaining.\n\nIt appears to be so widespread that a few years ago, when the police introduced a phone app to report crime, \"child abduction\" had its own front-page category along with the likes of theft, drug dealing and murder.\n\nIt has clearly caused massive pain in the community, not the least of which because - in some cases - there appear to have been \"insiders\" like relatives or village neighbours who have assisted in the abductions.\n\nIn one particularly distressing example, children were kidnapped and made to work in a brick factory in a neighbouring province.\n\nThis year's big DNA drive by the police seems to be working in terms of finding some of those taken quite a while ago. But it would be hard to solve more recent cases in this way because the strategy relies on people coming forward for blood tests and children (who may not even know they had been abducted and sold to their current parents) are hardly going to be presenting themselves for blood tests.\n\nEither way, given the bleak nature of the situation and the desperate sadness of many who've lost their children, seeing Guo Gangtang reunited with his son after decades of perseverance has been both heart-breaking and heart-warming at the same time.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland captain Harry Kane has told those behind the racist abuse of team-mates Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka: \"You're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n\nAll three players missed penalties in the 3-2 shootout loss to Italy in Sunday's Euro 2020 final.\n\nThey were targeted on social media after the game.\n\n\"They deserve support and backing, not the vile racist abuse they've had since last night,\" Kane said.\n\n\"Three lads who were brilliant all summer had the courage to step up and take a pen when the stakes were high,\" the Tottenham striker added on Twitter.\n\n\"If you abuse anyone on social media you're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n• None Boris Johnson failed leadership test over taking the knee, says Keir Starmer\n• None Southgate keen to lead England to Qatar but feels like 'stomach has been ripped out'\n• None 'It is down to me' - Southgate rallies round England penalty trio\n• None Pupils tell England team 'You're all heroes to us'\n\nDefender Tyrone Mings also took to Twitter to talk of his pride in the team reaching the final but added : \"Waking up today and seeing my brothers being racially abused for being brave enough to put themselves in a position to help this country, is something that sickens, but doesn't surprise me.\"\n\nHe went on to criticise Home Secretary Priti Patel who last month described players taking the knee against racism as \"gesture politics\".\n\nEarlier, manager Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse issued after the defeat was \"unforgivable\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and the Football Association also condemned it.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said \"it will not be tolerated\", while the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) has also launched an investigation.\n\nChief Constable Mark Roberts, the National Police Chiefs' Council Football Policing Lead, said police were working with Facebook, Instagram and Twitter \"and enquiries are already being progressed\".\n\n\"It's just not what we stand for,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"We have been a beacon of light in bringing people together, in people being able to relate to the national team, and the national team stands for everybody and so that togetherness has to continue.\n\n\"We have shown the power our country has when it does come together and has that energy and positivity together.\n\n\"It's my decision who takes the penalties, it's not a case of players not volunteering or more experienced players backing out.\"\n\nEngland and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham tweeted a picture of the three players wearing crowns and wrote: \"We win together and we lose together. So proud to have team-mates with such top character. As for the racism, hurtful but not surprising. Will never get bored of saying that more needs to be done. Educate and control the platforms.\"\n\nEuropean football's governing body Uefa condemned the \"disgusting racist abuse\", adding: \"We stand by the players and the FA's call for the strongest possible punishments.\"\n\nOn Monday, League Two side Leyton Orient said they had banned a fan for life in connection with the abuse.\n\n\"The supporter in question's actions on Twitter were alerted to the club late last night, and action has been taken swiftly to issue a banning order,\" the club said.\n\nMeanwhile, Premier League side Wolves said they had passed details to police after being alerted to racist abuse from one of their supporters.\n\nAnd a parish councillor in Shropshire has resigned after racist posts appeared on his personal Facebook page in the wake of England's defeat.\n\nPaul Bradbury, a member of Pontesbury Parish Council, said his account had been hacked.\n\nWest Mercia Police said it had arrested a man in his 60s from Minsterley, Shropshire, on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and he remained in police custody.\n\nEngland had reached their first final in a major tournament since winning the World Cup in 1966 and, despite taking the lead against Italy, drew 1-1 after extra time before a penalty shootout.\n\n\"This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media,\" said the prime minister.\n\nHe later started a Downing Street briefing by praising the players, adding: \"They brought joy to this country and to those who have been directing racist abuse I say 'shame on you and I hope you will crawl back under the rock from which you emerged'.\"\n\nEngland's players have taken a knee before games at the Euros to highlight the fight against racial inequality.\n\nOn the day the tournament started on 11 June, the prime minister did not condemn fans who jeered when England players took the knee during two warm-up games.\n\nInstead, Johnson said he wanted to see fans \"getting behind the team to cheer them on\" - and was then accused of not having \"the guts to call it out\" by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThe FA said it was \"appalled\" by the \"online racism\" directed at the three players following the defeat at Wembley.\n\nIt added: \"We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team.\n\n\"We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.\n\n\"We will continue to do everything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life consequences.\n\n\"Social media companies need to step up and take accountability and action to ban abusers from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support making their platforms free from this type of abhorrent abuse.\"\n\nIn February, the government threatened social media companies with \"large fines\" if they failed to tackle abuse on their platforms.\n\n\"It's unbelievable that we are still talking about it,\" FA chief executive Mark Bullingham told BBC Sport. \"We've been so clear, these social media companies need to act. They need to stamp it out and they can do that. \"We are reiterating a call for the government to bring in the Online Harms Bill as soon as they can. We don't think it's acceptable in any walk of life for this racist abuse to happen and we want it to stop.\"\n\nRashford highlighted racial abuse he received on social media in May after losing the Europa League final with Manchester United.\n\nAnd last year Sancho was among sport stars protesting against racism following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.\n\nSocial media companies have been criticised for a perceived lack of action on racist abuse on their platforms, and in April Instagram announced a tool to enable users to automatically filter out abusive messages from those they do not follow.\n\nFollowing numerous instances of online abuse, a number of clubs, players, athletes and sporting bodies took part in a four-day boycott of social media in April to encourage companies to take a stronger stance against racist and sexist abuse.\n\nOn the back of the abuse suffered by England's players after the Euro 2020 final, Facebook said it had recently announced tougher measures on its Instagram platform, including permanently deleting accounts that repeatedly send abusive direct messages.\n\n\"No one should have to experience racist abuse anywhere, and we don't want it on Instagram,\" said a Facebook spokesperson.\n\n\"We quickly removed comments and accounts directing abuse at England's footballers last night and we'll continue to take action against those that break our rules.\n\n\"In addition to our work to remove this content, we encourage all players to turn on Hidden Words, a tool which means no one has to see abuse in their comments or DMs.\n\n\"No one thing will fix this challenge overnight, but we're committed to keeping our community safe from abuse.\"\n\nTwitter said it had removed more than 1,000 posts over the past 24 hours and suspended a number of accounts for violating its rules.\n\nSouthgate said his team would \"heal together as a team now\" and that \"we're there for them [Sancho, Rashford and Saka] and I know that 99% of the public will be as well\".\n\nHe added: \"Bukayo in particular has been an absolute star in this tournament, incredible maturity and the way he has played has brought a smile to so many people's faces.\n\n\"He's become such a popular member of the group and I know he has got everybody's support.\"\n\nThe Professional Footballers' Association joined the condemnation, saying those responsible \"represent the worst of us\", and that the response from social media companies was \"insufficient\".\n\n\"Racist abuse causes trauma. It will impact the targeted players, their team-mates, and we know it will also affect their peers,\" the PFA said.\n\n\"It causes hurt to all the other fans who view online hate, and it will inevitably live with the next aspiring generation of young players.\"\n\nArsenal proud of Saka - and other reaction\n\nFormer England striker and BBC pundit Alan Shearer said he hoped \"social media companies expose these individuals\" who post online abuse.\n\n\"There are so many positives for social media but also so many negatives,\" Shearer told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"The positives are that it allows so many of these players and squad to show their personality on the pitch and, most importantly, off the pitch.\n\n\"But on the negative side, what on earth are people thinking about - when these guys have been brave enough to take a penalty - to go online and abuse these players?\n\n\"What is wrong with some people? It is just so sad and ridiculous. I hope the social media companies expose these individuals. Absolutely disgusting.\"\n\nSaka, who had his penalty saved by Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, was consoled by his team-mates and England manager Southgate following his spot-kick.\n\nThe 19-year-old has been at Arsenal since he was seven and the Gunners said they were \"proud\" of the winger's exploits at Euro 2020 and told him to \"hold your head high\".\n\n\"Last night we witnessed the leadership and character we've always known and loved in Bukayo,\" said an Arsenal statement.\n\n\"However, this feeling of pride quickly turned to sorrow at the racist comments our young player was subjected to on his social media platforms after the final whistle.\n\n\"Once again, we are sad to have to say we condemn the racism of a number of black players.\n\n\"This cannot continue and the social media platforms and authorities must act to ensure this disgusting abuse to which our players are subjected on a daily basis stops now.\n\n\"We have processes in place internally at Arsenal to ensure our players are supported both emotionally and practically on this issue but sadly there is only so much we can do.\"\n\nSeven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wrote on Instagram it \"shows how much work still needs to be done\" to tackle the problem of online racist abuse.\n\nFormer England defender Gary Neville criticised the stance of the prime minister and feared the worst when Sancho, Rashford and Saka missed their penalties.\n\n\"I wasn't surprised in the slightest that I woke up to those headlines,\" Neville told Sky News.\n\n\"I expected it the minute that the three players that missed, missed.\"\n\nThis is the biggest test yet for the social media giants in their attempts to crack down on racial abuse of footballers - and so far it's not going well.\n\nSuch is the volume of abusive comments that the companies rely increasingly on automated systems to weed it out. But these have severe limitations. On example - an orangutan emoji was used in an Instagram comment about one England footballer. But the user who reported it got a message saying \"our technology has found that this comment doesn't go against our Community Guidelines.\"\n\nThe message from Instagram went on to admit \"our technology isn't perfect\" - and made it clear that the human moderation team hadn't been able to review the decision because of the volume of reports.\n\nThere will be pressure on the companies to make it impossible to use certain words or emojis - but they will point to criticism from others who say they should not be policing speech that may be distasteful but is not illegal.", "Cafes and restaurants are open in Wales but restrictions remain\n\nThe extent Wales will go to in scrapping coronavirus restrictions will be announced on Wednesday.\n\nMinisters are expected to settle on their plans for reducing the legal rules that have governed businesses and social contact during the pandemic.\n\nBut First Minister Mark Drakeford has said he will not abandon them \"wholesale\".\n\nHis government has already announced face masks will continue to be required on public transport.\n\nIt is not expected Mr Drakeford will move as fast as the UK government, with Boris Johnson planning to scrap most rules in England on 19 July.\n\nThe Scottish government is hoping it can lift most legal restrictions on 9 August, but has said it will keep laws on the use of face masks for some time.\n\nDespite rising cases in Wales, officials believe the vaccination programme has weakened the link between catching Covid, serious illness and death.\n\nMr Drakeford's cabinet will make the final decision on Wednesday morning, with a statement to the Welsh Parliament expected in the afternoon.\n\nHe is expected to confirm whether Wales can now move to \"alert level one\" - with the easing of some restrictions that had been delayed because of the Delta variant.\n\nThey included the reopening of ice rinks and allowing six people from any household to meet in private homes.\n\nHe is also expected to publish an updated coronavirus control plan which will set out a future alert level zero, with fewer legal restrictions.\n\nBut this is not expected to be implemented immediately, with the next three-weekly review not due until early August.\n\nTaliesin fears his competitors in England are gaining an advantage as rinks remain closed in Wales\n\nThirteen-year-old Taliesin has not been able to train at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff since the pandemic hit.\n\nHis parents have been taking him to Coventry or Sheffield to train on weekends, sometimes setting off at 03:00 BST.\n\nHis mother Ann-Marie said: \"It's been really, really challenging… it has been a difficult time to keep momentum up and keep training… it's a big commitment financially and in terms of time and pressure.\"\n\n\"With competitions coming back now we really need the rink in Cardiff opened more than ever because other people are going to start getting an advantage over us being able to train when we can only go up on the weekend,\" Taliesin told Claire Summers on BBC Radio Wales.\n\nMinisters have already announced they will keep laws requiring face masks on public transport and in health and social care.\n\nThey are also deciding if they should be mandatory in shops, a move backed by trade unions and Plaid Cymru.\n\nWales' case rate on Tuesday stood at 138.2 per 100,000 people, with the number of positive tests running at an average of 623 a day.\n\nThat compares with 466 a day the week before, and about 77 a day a month ago.\n\nBut officials say the link between cases and serious illness and death has been weakened. At the start of July, only 1.1% of Covid cases were admitted to hospital.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives' Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies called for a \"detailed plan for the restoration of freedoms in Wales\".\n\n\"Given the data trends, the Welsh Labour government now has the flexibility to provide families, workers and businesses with their plan for restoring all freedoms and releasing restrictions in Wales,\" he said.\n\nPlaid Cymru's deputy leader Rhun ap Iorwerth criticised the Welsh government's plans for a press conference on Wednesday evening, saying it would clash with a debate in the Senedd calling for a Wales-only public inquiry into ministers' handling of the Covid pandemic.\n\n\"Throughout the pandemic, we've seen announcement after announcement made by press release, rather than in our Parliament where proper scrutiny can take place. Sadly, here's another example of a government snub,\" he said.\n\nThe hospitality sector has called for social-distancing rules to be relaxed\n\nAlthough most businesses are now allowed to trade, under current restrictions they must do so under social-distancing laws.\n\nThese apply to pubs, cafes and restaurants and the sector has lobbied for them to be scrapped.\n\nNightclubs remain closed in Wales, while organisers of large events are waiting to find out if they can take place.\n\nLegal limits on numbers that can meet outdoors remain in Wales, while meetings in private homes are currently restricted to those who are in extended household groups.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rashford mural tributes: 'Something beautiful out of something negative'\n\nPeople are continuing to leave messages of support and solidarity at the vandalised mural of Marcus Rashford.\n\nThe artwork in Withington, Manchester, was defaced following England's defeat by Italy in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nRashford said he was \"on the verge of tears\" when he saw the mural had been covered in supportive messages.\n\nThe street artist Akse, who created the portrait, has now repaired the damage but it has yet to be decided what will happen to the messages of support.\n\nThe mural was defaced with several swear words shortly after Rashford missed a penalty, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, in the 3-2 shootout loss.\n\nAll three players have since been targeted with racist abuse on social media.\n\nRashford said he was sorry for missing his penalty, adding that he \"wished it had gone differently\" but then paid tribute to those who added messages on the mural.\n\n\"The communities that always wrapped their arms around me continue to hold me up,\" the Manchester United forward tweeted.\n\n\"I'm Marcus Rashford, 23 years old, black man from Withington and Wythenshawe, South Manchester.\"\n\nHundreds of messages have been left on the mural\n\nGreater Manchester Police said an investigation had begun after it received a report of racially aggravated damage at the site at 02:50 BST on Monday.\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to hold a meeting with social media firms regarding taking tougher action over racism.\n\nWithington Walls co-founder Ed Wellard, who commissioned the artwork, said those responsible for the vandalism should be educated rather than punished.\n\nHe said he hoped \"something positive might come of it\" as people were now \"talking about the issue of racism in this country\".\n\n\"There's a lot of solidarity to these players, they've been fine role models on and off the pitch,\" he said.\n\nA crowdfunding page for the mural has now raised more than £30,000, which Mr Wellard said would be used to fund further artwork.\n\nThe mural, based on a photograph by Daniel Cheetham, is painted on the side of the Coffee House Cafe on Copson Street.\n\nPeter Doherty, 46, who has owned the cafe for 12 years, said of the abusive graffiti: \"It's not right. It's not the first time this has happened either.\n\n\"It takes such guts to get up and take a penalty. We need to take a look at ourselves as England fans.\n\n\"You'd think after the year we've had we'd be hugging each other, not hating each other.\"\n\nBrothers Ezra and Dylan visited the mural with their father Tom, who said Rashford was \"a role model for my two boys\"\n\nBrothers Ezra and Dylan are among those who added a message of support after being \"disgusted\" by the vandalism.\n\n\"He stood up for kids and he stood up for what he believes in and he has been a role model for my two boys and for a lot of people around the country,\" said their father Tom.\n\n\"It's a brave thing to do to step up and take a penalty under all that pressure and it's very easy to criticise someone from the sidelines.\n\n\"We felt awful about what happened. And if you can come and show your support then that's a little thing that you can do to make a difference.\"\n\nNoor (left) and Tarza, who go to Rashford's old primary school, wanted to show their support\n\nNine-year-olds Noor and Tarza are pupils at Old Moat Primary School - the same school Rashford attended - and said they came to show their support for him.\n\n\"We were really sad about [the graffiti] - he was trying his best,\" Tarza said.\n\n\"He's so strong and I think he loves love hearts, but if he doesn't then that's okay,\" she added.\n\n\"He is so kind,\" Noor added.\n\nNathalie brought her four-year-old son Charlie to the mural\n\nNathalie, 45, from Manchester, brought her four-year-old son Charlie to the mural to \"show their love\".\n\n\"Racism won't win. No 23-year-old deserves this,\" she said.\n\nTheir handwritten note read: \"We stand with you. Love will always win. We are so proud of you.\"\n\nNine-year-old Jacob, from St Helens in Merseyside, also travelled to the mural to add a note which read: \"Thanks for everything. Keep up the good work. You are a hero and legend.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Rashford sent him a surprise present to thank him for his charity work.\n\nJacob was inspired by the England forward's efforts to tackle child poverty\n\nFollow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Thousands have taken to the streets in Cuba, in protest over the government’s handling of both coronavirus and the economy.\n\nIt’s unusual to see people demonstrate openly in the tightly-controlled Communist-run island, as those speaking out risk being detained.\n\nHowever, pro-government supporters of President Miguel Díaz-Cane also came to his defence, after the president himself urged people to “defend the revolution”.", "Police discovered nearly £180m worth of cryptocurrency on 10 July\n\nThe Met Police has seized a record £180m worth of cryptocurrency linked to international money laundering in London.\n\nThe seizure is the largest of its kind in the UK - beating the previous record set when the Met confiscated £114m of cryptocurrency on 24 June.\n\nA 39-year-old woman, arrested on suspicion of money laundering on 24 June, has been interviewed over the new seizure.\n\nShe has since been bailed.\n\nThe Met's economic crime command made the seizure after following up intelligence received about the transfer of criminal assets. The investigation is continuing.\n\nTransactions made using cryptocurrencies can provide more anonymity to senders and recipients of money.\n\nThe Met did not say which cryptocurrencies they seized.\n\nCryptocurrencies are digital money that is not issued by a bank. You can trade and invest these currencies like any other - and there are virtually no barriers to entry. The absence of regulation means the market can go up incredibly fast.\n\nDuring the lockdown, the total value of all cryptocurrencies increased from about £175bn to more than £1.75tn.\n\nFigures from the UK's financial watchdog show hundreds of thousands of people in the UK hold these digital currencies.\n\nBut since the start of May, the market reached its highest-ever level and lost more than £1tn just a few weeks later.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Graham McNulty said: \"Proceeds of crime are laundered in many different ways.\n\n\"While cash still remains king in the criminal world, as digital platforms develop we're increasingly seeing organised criminals using cryptocurrency to launder their dirty money.\n\n\"The detectives on this case have worked tirelessly and meticulously to trace millions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency suspected of being linked to criminality and now being laundered to hide the trail.\n\n\"Our investigation will stop at nothing to disrupt the transfer and identify those involved.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sebastian Eubank died after a \"massive heart attack\" that was linked to a pre-existing heart condition of which his family was unaware, his widow has said.\n\nThe son of former middleweight boxing champion Chris Eubank died on Friday, a month after becoming a father.\n\nHis widow, Salma Abdelati, said the 29-year-old had the heart attack while in the sea in Dubai.\n\nShe said she was grateful \"he was able to spend a few short and happy weeks with his son before his death\".\n\nSebastian, who had followed in his father's footsteps to become a professional boxer, had been due to turn 30 on 18 July.\n\nIn a statement, his widow said: \"Dubai Police and the coroner have confirmed that after a full post-mortem Sebastian Eubank tragically died from a massive heart attack whilst in the sea and probably could not have been saved even if out of the water. There was evidence of a pre-existing heart condition we were all unaware of.\n\n\"While still very painful, it is of some comfort that Sebastian died after having one of his favourite meals with one of his closest friends whilst doing his favourite thing at his favourite place in Dubai where he often went to swim. He was standing in the water close to shore watching the sunset at Cove Beach in Dubai.\n\n\"I am grateful that he was able to spend a few short and happy weeks with his son before his death.\"\n\nSebastian Eubank, left, pictured with his father, Chris Eubank, and brother Chris Eubank Junior.\n\nSebastian Eubank followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a professional boxer\n\nFigures from around the boxing world and beyond paid tribute to Sebastian, the middle child of Eubank's five children, following the news of his death.\n\nHis father called his son a \"deep thinker who liked to challenge accepted wisdom\" in an earlier tribute to him.\n\nEubank said the family was devastated at the loss of Sebastian, who grew up in Hove but had been living in Dubai, where he was \"a leader in the adoption of a healthy lifestyle and of alternative therapies\".\n\n\"He was loved and respected by all who knew him and will be forever in the thoughts of friends and family,\" he added.\n\nSebastian, who boxed using the name Alka Lion, made his debut in February 2018 against Polish fighter Kamil Kulczyk.\n\nHe made his MMA debut last year.\n\nHis brother, Chris Eubank Jr, also a professional boxer, said on Twitter: \"Rest easy little brother, I love you and you will be missed always.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Firefighters tackle the deadly blaze at a hospital in Nasiriya, Iraq\n\nAt least 92 people have died after a fire in a Covid isolation ward at a hospital in the Iraqi city of Nasiriya.\n\nMuch of Iraq's healthcare system is in poor condition after years of conflict and angry relatives of the victims have been protesting outside the facility.\n\nPolice say the fire at al-Hussein hospital started when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank, causing it to explode.\n\nArrest warrants have been issued against 13 people, local media report.\n\nPrivately owned news site Shafaq News reports that the list, issued by the Dhi Qar Integrity Investigation Court, includes the province's health chief Saddam Sahib al-Taweel.\n\nPM Mustafa al-Kadhimi earlier ordered the arrest of the head of the hospital, and said the fire was \"a deep wound in the conscience of all Iraqis\".\n\nHealth officials say more than 100 people were injured in the blaze.\n\nThe new ward had space for 70 beds and was built just three months ago, medical officials told the Associated Press news agency.\n\nIt was the second hospital fire in Iraq in three months. In April, a fire at a hospital in Baghdad killed more than 80 people.\n\nVictims' family members come to see the charred remains of the hospital\n\nOday al-Jabri, who lost four family members and two neighbours in the fire, told AFP news agency he was frustrated and angry.\n\n\"I don't know whether to console my family, my neighbours or my relatives,\" he said.\n\nAnother relative, Abu Nour al-Shawi, told the agency: \"A patient infected with coronavirus is brought here to be treated, but is returned in a coffin along with his family and children. Where [else] would such a thing happen?\"\n\nA medic at the hospital, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the building had lacked even basic safety measures.\n\n\"The hospital lacks a fire sprinkler system or even a simple fire alarm,\" he said.\n\n\"We complained many times over the past three months that a tragedy could happen any moment from a cigarette stub, but every time we get the same answer from health officials: 'We don't have enough money'.\"\n\nAfter April's deadly fire in the capital, started by an oxygen tank, Health Minister Hassan al-Tamimi resigned.\n\nThe pandemic has severely strained Iraq's health service, already suffering after years of war, neglect and corruption.\n\nIraq has reported more than 17,000 deaths and recorded 1.4 million infections from coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University data.\n\nThe country has given at least one dose of a vaccine against Covid to just over one million of its roughly 40 million citizens, the World Health Organization says.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse aimed at Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy was \"unforgivable\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and the Football Association also condemned it.\n\nAll three players missed penalties in the 3-2 shootout loss and were targeted on social media after the game.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said \"it will not be tolerated\".\n\n\"It's just not what we stand for,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"We have been a beacon of light in bringing people together, in people being able to relate to the national team, and the national team stands for everybody and so that togetherness has to continue.\n\n\"We have shown the power our country has when it does come together and has that energy and positivity together.\n\n\"It's my decision who takes the penalties, it's not a case of players not volunteering or more experienced players backing out.\"\n\nEngland and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham tweeted a picture of the three players wearing crowns and wrote: \"We win together and we lose together. So proud to have team-mates with such top character. As for the racism, hurtful but not surprising. Will never get bored of saying that more needs to be done. Educate and control the platforms.\"\n• None Boris Johnson failed leadership test over taking the knee, says Keir Starmer\n• None Southgate keen to lead England to Qatar but feels like 'stomach has been ripped out'\n• None 'It is down to me' - Southgate rallies round England penalty trio\n• None Pupils tell England team 'You're all heroes to us'\n\nEuropean football's governing body Uefa condemned the \"disgusting racist abuse\", adding: \"We stand by the players and the FA's call for the strongest possible punishments.\"\n\nOn Monday, League Two side Leyton Orient said they had banned a fan for life in connection with the abuse.\n\n\"The supporter in question's actions on Twitter were alerted to the club late last night, and action has been taken swiftly to issue a banning order,\" the club said.\n\nEngland had reached their first final in a major tournament since winning the World Cup in 1966 and, despite taking the lead against Italy, drew 1-1 after extra time before a penalty shootout.\n\n\"This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media,\" said the prime minister.\n\nHe later started a Downing Street briefing by praising the players, adding: \"They brought joy to this country and to those who have been directing racist abuse I say 'shame on you and I hope you will crawl back under the rock from which you emerged'.\"\n\nEngland's players have taken a knee before games at the Euros to highlight the fight against racial inequality.\n\nOn the day the tournament started on 11 June, the prime minister did not condemn fans who jeered when England players took the knee during two warm-up games.\n\nInstead, Johnson said he wanted to see fans \"getting behind the team to cheer them on\" - and was then accused of not having \"the guts to call it out\" by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThe FA said it was \"appalled\" by the \"online racism\" directed at the three players following the defeat at Wembley.\n\nIt added: \"We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team.\n\n\"We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.\n\n\"We will continue to do everything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life consequences.\n\n\"Social media companies need to step up and take accountability and action to ban abusers from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support making their platforms free from this type of abhorrent abuse.\"\n\nIn February, the government threatened social media companies with \"large fines\" if they failed to tackle abuse on their platforms.\n\n\"It's unbelievable that we are still talking about it,\" FA chief executive Mark Bullingham told BBC Sport. \"We've been so clear, these social media companies need to act. They need to stamp it out and they can do that. \"We are reiterating a call for the government to bring in the Online Harms Bill as soon as they can. We don't think it's acceptable in any walk of life for this racist abuse to happen and we want it to stop.\"\n\nRashford highlighted racial abuse he received on social media in May after losing the Europa League final with Manchester United.\n\nAnd last year Sancho was among sport stars protesting against racism following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.\n\nSocial media companies have been criticised for a perceived lack of action on racist abuse on their platforms, and in April Instagram announced a tool to enable users to automatically filter out abusive messages from those they do not follow.\n\nFollowing numerous instances of online abuse, a number of clubs, players, athletes and sporting bodies took part in a four-day boycott of social media in April to encourage companies to take a stronger stance against racist and sexist abuse.\n\nOn the back of the abuse suffered by England's players after the Euro 2020 final, Facebook said it had recently announced tougher measures on its Instagram platform, including permanently deleting accounts that repeatedly send abusive direct messages.\n\n\"No one should have to experience racist abuse anywhere, and we don't want it on Instagram,\" said a Facebook spokesperson.\n\n\"We quickly removed comments and accounts directing abuse at England's footballers last night and we'll continue to take action against those that break our rules.\n\n\"In addition to our work to remove this content, we encourage all players to turn on Hidden Words, a tool which means no one has to see abuse in their comments or DMs.\n\n\"No one thing will fix this challenge overnight, but we're committed to keeping our community safe from abuse.\"\n\nTwitter said it had removed more than 1,000 posts over the past 24 hours and suspended a number of accounts for violating its rules.\n\nSouthgate said his team would \"heal together as a team now\" and that \"we're there for them [Sancho, Rashford and Saka] and I know that 99% of the public will be as well\".\n\nHe added: \"Bukayo in particular has been an absolute star in this tournament, incredible maturity and the way he has played has brought a smile to so many people's faces.\n\n\"He's become such a popular member of the group and I know he has got everybody's support.\"\n\nThe Professional Footballers' Association joined the condemnation, saying those responsible \"represent the worst of us\", and that the response from social media companies was \"insufficient\".\n\n\"Racist abuse causes trauma. It will impact the targeted players, their team-mates, and we know it will also affect their peers,\" the PFA said.\n\n\"It causes hurt to all the other fans who view online hate, and it will inevitably live with the next aspiring generation of young players.\"\n\nArsenal proud of Saka - and other reaction\n\nFormer England striker and BBC pundit Alan Shearer said he hoped \"social media companies expose these individuals\" who post online abuse.\n\n\"There are so many positives for social media but also so many negatives,\" Shearer told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"The positives are that it allows so many of these players and squad to show their personality on the pitch and, most importantly, off the pitch.\n\n\"But on the negative side, what on earth are people thinking about - when these guys have been brave enough to take a penalty - to go online and abuse these players?\n\n\"What is wrong with some people? It is just so sad and ridiculous. I hope the social media companies expose these individuals. Absolutely disgusting.\"\n\nSaka, who had his penalty saved by Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, was consoled by his team-mates and England manager Southgate following his spot-kick.\n\nThe 19-year-old has been at Arsenal since he was seven and the Gunners said they were \"proud\" of the winger's exploits at Euro 2020 and told him to \"hold your head high\".\n\n\"Last night we witnessed the leadership and character we've always known and loved in Bukayo,\" said an Arsenal statement.\n\n\"However, this feeling of pride quickly turned to sorrow at the racist comments our young player was subjected to on his social media platforms after the final whistle.\n\n\"Once again, we are sad to have to say we condemn the racism of a number of black players.\n\n\"This cannot continue and the social media platforms and authorities must act to ensure this disgusting abuse to which our players are subjected on a daily basis stops now.\n\n\"We have processes in place internally at Arsenal to ensure our players are supported both emotionally and practically on this issue but sadly there is only so much we can do.\"\n\nSeven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wrote on Instagram it \"shows how much work still needs to be done\" to tackle the problem of online racist abuse.\n\nFormer England defender Gary Neville criticised the stance of the prime minister and feared the worst when Sancho, Rashford and Saka missed their penalties.\n\n\"I wasn't surprised in the slightest that I woke up to those headlines,\" Neville told Sky News.\n\n\"I expected it the minute that the three players that missed, missed.\"\n\nThis is the biggest test yet for the social media giants in their attempts to crack down on racial abuse of footballers - and so far it's not going well.\n\nSuch is the volume of abusive comments that the companies rely increasingly on automated systems to weed it out. But these have severe limitations. On example - an orangutan emoji was used in an Instagram comment about one England footballer. But the user who reported it got a message saying \"our technology has found that this comment doesn't go against our Community Guidelines.\"\n\nThe message from Instagram went on to admit \"our technology isn't perfect\" - and made it clear that the human moderation team hadn't been able to review the decision because of the volume of reports.\n\nThere will be pressure on the companies to make it impossible to use certain words or emojis - but they will point to criticism from others who say they should not be policing speech that may be distasteful but is not illegal.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Husband Frederic von Anhalt buries the ashes of Zsa Zsa Gabor in Budapest\n\nThe ashes of Hollywood star Zsa Zsa Gabor have been interred in a ceremony in her native Hungary.\n\nThe legendary actress, who starred in films like Lili and Moulin Rouge (1952), became notorious for her quick-witted comments and many marriages.\n\nThe star died aged 99 in 2016. Her final husband accompanied her ashes to a cemetery in Budapest for burial.\n\nFrederic von Anhalt said Gabor had expressed in her will that she wanted to return to Hungary after her death.\n\nHe said he had made the trip via London and Germany, telling Reuters news agency he wanted the ceremony for Gabor to be \"a celebration of life, not a funeral\". A quarter of her remains are staying in Los Angeles.\n\n\"She was first class, she had her own seat and she had her passport, everything there. It was her last trip, she always used to go first class, she had her champagne, caviar...\"\n\nThe actress, a star of the golden age of Hollywood, was born Sari Gabor in Budapest in 1917.\n\nGabor's ashes were returned to a prominent cemetery in Budapest, the city where she was born in 1917\n\nGiven the nickname Zsa Zsa by her family, she was crowned Miss Hungary before moving to the US to pursue acting.\n\nGabor appeared in dozens of films across her career but was more famous for her glamorous celebrity lifestyle and nine marriages - including to British actor George Sanders and hotel magnate Conrad Hilton.", "People arriving from amber list locations like mainland Spain are required to self-isolate and take two PCR tests\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford says that he does not want to make it easier for people to travel abroad amid criticism over the costs of Covid tests.\n\nNHS PCR tests in Wales cost £88 for one test and £170 for two, but in England people can shop around and pay less than £50 per test.\n\nMr Drakeford said he had no plans to change the policy.\n\nTravellers said the charges - which apply to anyone from Wales flying into the UK - are \"unfair\".\n\nUnder the policy Welsh residents must use specific NHS PCR tests on their return to Wales and there is a fine of £1,000 for using a private test provider instead.\n\nMr Drakeford told the Welsh Parliament members that ministers were advising people against international travel and said: \"I don't intend to divert the activities of my officials into making it easier for people to do something that the Welsh government so clearly thinks is unadvisable.\"\n\nLabour Caerphilly MS Hefin David asked Mr Drakeford whether the Welsh government would accept the cheaper tests during First Minister's Questions.\n\nThe first minister told him there are \"good reasons\" why the more expensive NHS test is preferable and guarantees variants from abroad can be \"spotted quickly\".\n\n\"I think those are compelling reasons as to why an NHS test is preferable, and we have no plans to change that position,\" he said.\n\nMr David said he supports the Welsh government's position, particularly in relation to amber list countries where people are obliged to take two PCR tests on their return to the UK.\n\n\"There is a clear public health risk from travel to amber countries - they are amber for a reason\" he said.\n\n\"There is also the risk that while abroad, the UK government could move the country to red, which would necessitate quarantine in a managed hotel at your own cost. I therefore understand the first minister's desire to discourage travel to amber destinations.\"", "You can carry on flying, the government has told the British public, as it outlines its plan to reduce transport emissions to virtually zero by 2050.\n\nMinisters say new technology will allow domestic flights to be almost emissions-free by 2040, and international aviation to be near zero-carbon by mid-century.\n\nThe policy has been ridiculed by environmentalists, who say the government is putting far too much faith in innovation.\n\nThey say demand for flying and driving must be curbed if the UK is to meet its ambitious climate targets.\n\nThe comments on aviation form part of the government’s Transport Decarbonisation Strategy, announced on Wednesday.\n\nTransport is responsible for 27% of the UK's emissions, making it the single biggest emitting sector. Before the pandemic, flying made up about 7% of overall emissions.\n\nEmissions from flying are set to rise rapidly over the next two decades\n\nThe government has pledged the entire economy will be virtually zero-carbon by mid-century and is relying on new technology to play a significant role in achieving that, especially in aviation.\n\n\"It's not about stopping people doing things: it's about doing the same things differently,\" said Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.\n\n\"We will still fly on holiday, but in more efficient aircraft, using sustainable fuel. We will still drive, but increasingly in zero-emission cars.\"\n\nHe told the BBC's Today Programme that progress towards low-carbon flying was further advanced than people realised.\n\n\"We already have electric aircraft, going up in the air, and in fact the UK has become the first country in the world to have a hydrogen aircraft flying as well,\" he said.\n\n\"In addition to those advanced technologies, we also have things like sustainable aviation fuel.\"\n\nMr Shapps said the government planned to use sustainable fuel to fly home some participants in November's COP26 conference.\n\nHowever, critics say reductions in emissions will not be achievable without reducing the amount we fly.\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas described the government's approach to aviation as \"a flight of fantasy\" that relied on technology that was still being developed.\n\n\"The government should not hoodwink us,\" she told the BBC.\n\nMr Shapps said a bigger problem was road transport, which contributes 90% of transport-related carbon emissions in the UK, but that he felt progress was being made.\n\n\"I think we're reaching that tipping point. When you switch on the television or or see an internet ad, you'll see that electric cars and hybrid cars are almost exclusively the ones being advertised right now,\" he said.\n\nThe government has already said that sales of new cars and vans powered solely by petrol or diesel will be banned in the UK from 2030.\n\nThe transport plan says all new lorries will be zero-carbon by 2040, running on batteries or hydrogen under a world-leading UK policy.\n\nA recent study showed that trucks accounted for 2% of vehicles in the EU, but 22% of road transport emissions.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said the government's proposals on lorries were speculative, unrealistic and potentially damaging to business.\n\n\"These alternative HGVs don't yet exist - we don't know when they will and what they will cost,\" said RHA chief executive Richard Burnett.\n\n\"For many haulage companies, there are fears around cost of new vehicles and a collapse in resale value of existing lorries. The problem is even worse for coaches, which are more expensive to buy and have longer lifecycles.\"\n\nThe government's transport decarbonisation plan also says:\n\nHowever, critics said the plans did not go far enough.\n\nKerry McCarthy MP, Labour’s shadow transport minister, said: “This plan has been a long time coming, but it was barely worth the wait.\n\n\"The government is still stalling when it comes to the tough decisions needed,\" she added, citing the rise in rail fares and the cut in plug-in car grants.\n\n“At a time when we should be showing global leadership and pressing ahead with this agenda, it's clear ministers still have a long way to go.”\n\nThe Green Party's Ms Lucas said that it was \"a missed opportunity to really rethink how we organise how we travel\".\n\nGreen groups said problem areas remained such as:\n\nThe government has been discussing a proposal to work with employers on “Commute Zero” - a project that could encourage more lift-sharing and working from home.\n\nMinisters have also agreed that the whole central government fleet of 40,000 cars and vans should be fully zero-emission by 2027.\n\nHowever, the Treasury will face difficult choices, as revenue streams shift as a result of the zero-carbon strategy.\n\n\"Active travel\" which has risen in popularity during the pandemic will be encouraged\n\nCurrently, the Treasury receives more than £30bn a year from fuel taxes on conventional cars.\n\nOne alternative could be a pay-as-you-drive tax, but a government spokeswoman told BBC News there were no plans at present to introduce road pricing.\n\nShe also said there were no plans for a frequent flyer levy.\n\nWhere transport policy is devolved, the plan applies just to England only. Where policy is reserved, this will apply to the UK as a whole and the UK government will consult with the UK nations.", "In interim paper-based solution has been used since the beginning of July for international travellers\n\nDevelopers are \"working at pace\" to deliver NI's full Covid-19 vaccine certification system by next week.\n\nDr Eddie O'Neill, from the Department of Health, said staff had been working \"non stop\" to deliver the interim paper-based solution.\n\nSo far, 3,175 certificates have been issued, with about 1,000 currently being processed for people travelling up to 19 July.\n\nThe scheme allows people to show they have had two doses of a Covid vaccine.\n\nRegarding its delivery, Dr O'Neill, who is solutions director of the Covid Certification Service at the department, said they were \"still on target\" for 19 July.\n\nThe interim scheme was introduced to accommodate those planning to visit countries which require proof of two Covid-19 vaccinations.\n\n\"In terms of the technical solution, what we were hoping to do with say a fully-automated and planned solution was already quite a feat to deliver by next week,\" Dr O'Neill told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.\n\n\"For instance the app we are planning to stand up was due to be delivered by mid-August, we are now trying to deliver that next week.\n\n\"And we are starting testing of the solution tomorrow.\n\n\"Fingers crossed we have got teams standing up through the weekend, private developers and contractors - they are going to work through the weekend to try and deliver that for next week.\"\n\nThe app will help those planning to visit countries which require proof of two Covid-19 vaccinations\n\nDr O'Neill said the department was also \"hoping to stand up a non-digital route as well which will involve people being able to phone a helpline and printed certificates being sent out\".\n\n\"The printed certificates - there is a lead time of about 10 days or so because it depends on the post and things getting to you.\n\n\"So we are going to try and put some detailed instructions up so that as we transition from the interim solution they will understand what they need to do in order to get certification.\"\n\nPeople travelling before July 19 can still apply for a paper certificate via the NI Direct website.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health\n\nThe Digital Covid Certificate is being rolled out across EU member nations this month\n\nMeanwhile, the EU's Digital Covid certificate (DCC) is due to come into effect in the Republic of Ireland on Monday, 19 July.\n\nThe DCC allows more un-restricted international travel.\n\nFully vaccinated people, those who can show they have recovered from Covid-19 in the last six months, and those with negative PCR tests taken within 72 hours of departure can avail of it.\n\nIreland is the last EU country to implement the DCC which came into operation earlier this month.\n\nThis week, fully vaccinated people in the Republic are being sent by email and post documents with QR codes as proof of their vaccination status.\n\nThe correspondence amounts to the Irish Digital Covid Certificate and can be used for indoor hospitality when it reopens later this month.\n\nThe Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin and senior ministers have said that Irish passport holders in Northern Ireland will be able to access the DCC, but they have yet to indicate how they will be able to do so.\n\nMinisters have said that official proof of vaccination in Northern Ireland will be acceptable for indoor hospitality in the Republic, but it is advisable to have other official proof of identity with a photograph such as a driving licence as a support document for indoor service in pubs and restaurants.\n\nTánaiste (deputy PM) Leo Varadkar has said it is hoped new laws, which will allow indoor hospitality to reopen will take effect next week, but not later than 26 July.\n\nThose vaccinated in Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the United States are to be permitted entry to bars and restaurants if they have verifiable proof of vaccination.\n\nMr Varadkar cautioned that nightclubs can operate as licensed venues with table service, but will not be allowed to operate in their traditional form for \"quite some time\".\n\nTourism Minister Catherine Martin said there would be fines of up to €2,500 (£2,125) for the use of forged documents to gain entry to venues.\n\nThe announcement had been expected and was welcomed by the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) which said a mammoth amount of work had happened behind the scenes to draft the legislation.\n\nThe EU's digital Covid certificate is being rolled out across all 27 member nations - plus Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.\n\nEU citizens (and those of Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein), can download it or obtain a paper copy - at no cost.", "The UK gives much of its humanitarian aid to Yemen, with projects similar to this one run by a Kuwaiti charity\n\nBoris Johnson has defended the government's decision to cut foreign aid, saying this is needed during the \"economic hurricane\" caused by Covid.\n\nMPs are voting on whether to reverse the reduction on development spending from 0.7% to 0.5% of national income, brought in earlier this year.\n\nOpening a Commons debate, the prime minister said this was a temporary cut made to help reduce public borrowing.\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was \"indefinite\".\n\nThe government has faced cross-party criticism over the reduction, which amounts to almost £4bn.\n\nMany Conservative MPs have spoken out against the move, announced last November despite a commitment to spending 0.7% in the party's 2019 election manifesto.\n\nMeeting the 0.7% figure was made law in 2015, and it is an internationally recognised target, and charities such as Oxfam and ActionAid have warned that projects are being called off as a result of the cuts.\n\nIf MPs defeat the government in the vote, spending will revert to 0.7% of national income by January next year.\n\nIf the government wins, it will happen only when national debt is falling and borrowing is no longer used for day-to-day spending.\n\nLast month, 30 Conservative MPs supported an amendment to a parliamentary bill, aimed at forcing the government to meet the 0.7% target.\n\nIf they oppose the cut again later, another 14 or so Tories would have to join them to ensure a government defeat.\n\nMr Johnson told MPs ministers had spent £407bn during the pandemic to \"shelter our people from an economic hurricane never before experienced in living memory\".\n\nHe added: \"There must inevitably be consequences.\"\n\nThe prime minister said that this year national debt was expected to reach 100% of economic output, \"the highest for nearly six decades\".\n\nHe added that the reduction was temporary and the UK could \"take pride that the UK will still contribute at least £10bn of our GDP\" to aid.\n\n\"This is not an argument about principle,\" Mr Johnson said. \"The only question is when we return to 0.7% and my purpose today is to describe how we propose to achieve this shared goal in an affordable way.\"\n\nGovernments only call votes if they think they can win.\n\nMinisters will hope the concession of a vote, the offer of clarity about when aid might increase and the lack of time their opponents have had to organise will give them an edge and soften the Tory rebellion.\n\nWhen it comes to whipping, the Treasury also has deep pockets and who knows what goodies might be on offer to dissident rebel MPs in the upcoming Spending Review?\n\nIf the government wins, there will be consequences.\n\nThe current status quo is that Downing Street is under political pressure to return aid spending to 0.7% of national income next year.\n\nBut if the Treasury wins today, that will not happen. Aid spending will be locked in for years.\n\nHow long will depend not just on the economy, but on Treasury's tax and spend decisions and its interpretation of some rather loose tests.\n\nBoth sides in this debate accept UK aid cuts have a material impact.\n\nIt is just a question of priorities - responsible belt-tightening at home or generosity abroad. But if the UK cuts aid by £4bn every year, then millions overseas will suffer.\n\nBut Sir Keir, who confirmed Labour would vote against the government, said the cut was \"not in the national interest\", adding: \"Every member here was elected on a manifesto promise to retain the 0.7% target.\"\n\n\"Every living prime minister thinks this is wrong,\" he added. \"There is only one prime minister who is prepared to do this and he is sitting there.\"\n\nHe later added: \"Cutting aid will increase costs and have a big impact on our economy. Development aid reduces conflict. It reduces disease and people fleeing from their homes.\n\n\"It is a false economy to pretend that this is some sort of cut that doesn't have consequences.\"\n\nFormer Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, one of the Conservative MPs who have been highly critical of the cut, said she would also vote against the government, but \"with regret\".\n\n\"We made a promise to the poorest people in the world,\" she added. \"The government has broken that promise.\"\n\nAnd former Brexit Secretary David Davis called the cut to aid spending \"morally reprehensible\".\n\nOn Saturday, a group of philanthropists, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said they would provide £93.5m emergency funding to cover some of the UK's reduction.", "An 18-year-old pilot has broken a Guinness World Record to become the youngest person to fly solo round the world in a single-engine aircraft.\n\nTravis Ludlow, from Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, landed in the Netherlands on Tuesday, having spent 44 days completing the 24,900-mile (40,072km) journey.\n\nAt 18 years and 150 days old, he was 13 days younger than the previous record-holder.\n\nHe said it was a \"strange feeling\".\n\nThe teenage pilot said for the first time in weeks he did not have to worry about getting up early, going to bed late, difficult terrain he might have to fly over, or storms.\n\n\"It's a strange feeling - here I am, I've arrived and I've got nothing to worry about tomorrow - it's weird.\"\n\nMr Ludlow took up flying aged just 12 and became the UK's youngest glider pilot at 14.\n\nHe was posting photos and videos during his trip\n\nHis record-breaking flight in his 2001 Cessna 172R took him across Europe, through Russia and America, before returning via Canada, Greenland and Iceland.\n\nThe planned route took in about 60 stops across nine countries.\n\nThe previous record-holder, Mason Andrews, from Louisiana, completed his flight in 2018.\n\nRecalling his own trip, Mr Andrews said: \"It's really the most dangerous and difficult thing you could do in a single-engine airplane.\n\n\"Travis has a bright future ahead of him.\n\n\"World records are made to be broken. I had the record. I don't get anything by continuing to hold the record so I'm more than willing to pass the torch on to the next generation.\"\n\nNow Mr Ludlow's record has been verified and he has the certificate to prove it, he said he had an ambition to break the record for flying solo around the world in an electric aircraft.\n\nHe flew solo in his 2001 Cessna 172R in his bid to break the current record\n\nHis mother, Loryn Ludlow, said for now she was just happy to have her son home.\n\nIt was \"unbelievable\", what he had achieved, she said, and the family was \"so very, very proud.\"\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A row has broken out between the Greek government and the EU over the country’s treatment of migrants trying to reach Europe from Turkey.\n\nThe country’s migration and asylum minister, Notis Mitarachi, has rejected claims by a senior EU official that Greece is breaching European fundamental rights, and says the reports of illegal deportation of people trying to reach Greece from Turkey were “unfounded”.\n\nHuman rights groups allege that thousands of people seeking asylum in Europe have been pushed back from Greece to Turkey before being given a chance to apply for asylum.\n\nThe BBC’s Fergal Keane reports from the island of Lesbos.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The crowd took the knee in support of Rashford at the start of the demonstration\n\nEngland star Marcus Rashford has said hundreds of people gathering for an anti-racism demonstration at a mural of him has left him \"lost for words\".\n\nThe work in Withington, where Rashford grew up, was defaced after England lost in the Euro 2020 final, but has been repainted and covered in messages.\n\nPeople took the knee at the Stand Up to Racism demo at 18:00 BST and speakers addressed the 700-strong crowd.\n\nThe Manchester United forward said he was \"overwhelmed\" by the response.\n\nThe 700-strong crowd gathered at the mural to protest against racism\n\nFelicité Sora said young black footballers in France had faced similar abuse\n\nKaren Reismann, 61, who was fined £10,000 for breaching Covid rules during an NHS pay protest, said: \"We all know [that these people think] if they win they are English, if they lose they are black.\"\n\nFelicite Sora, 35, came to the demo with her five-year-old son Ruben.\n\nThe NHS worker, who moved to Manchester from Paris six years ago, said she had seen \"the same hate directed when Kylian Mbappe missed the penalty for France on social media\".\n\n\"It was the same issue for very young black players in France,\" she said.\n\n\"It's important to support these young people [and] it's important that my son understands he is a beautiful young man whatever happens, like Rashford and Sancho and Saka.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA girl who addressed the crowd said she admired Rashford for having the bravery to take a penalty in the shootout at the end of the final.\n\n\"I'm not mad at him,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm just so proud of how he tried.\"\n\nPeople took the knee as the demo started in Withington\n\nKaren Reismann, who was fined £10,000 for breaching Covid rules during an NHS pay protest, addressed the crowd\n\nPolice posted an appeal for witnesses among the messages of support\n\nThe mural was defaced with several swear words shortly after Rashford missed a penalty, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, in the 3-2 shootout loss to Italy on Sunday.\n\nAll three players have since been targeted with racist abuse on social media.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said it was investigating a report of racially aggravated damage to the mural and a social media post which was directed at Rashford, Sancho and Saka.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes condemned the racist abuse and \"vile behaviour\" which has directed towards the England players.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is to hold a meeting with social media firms regarding taking tougher action over racism.\n\nWithington Walls co-founder Ed Wellard, who commissioned the artwork, said those responsible for the vandalism should be educated rather than punished.\n\nA crowdfunding page for the mural has now raised more than £34,000, which Mr Wellard said would be used to fund further pieces.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rashford mural tributes: 'Something beautiful out of something negative'\n\nOne of the speakers said the rally in a small side street was \"unorthodox\".\n\nThe area between the more well-known suburbs of Moss Side and Didsbury does not normally attract much attention, but it has become the focus of love for its most famous son.\n\nParents, children, pastors and even a woman in a Scotland shirt turned out to show vocal support for Rashford and the wider black community.\n\nIn the 48 hours since Sunday's game, there has been a rollercoaster of emotions locally as the initial anger and upset turned into hope, defiance and love.\n\nFollow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland forward Marcus Rashford apologised for his penalty miss but said he \"will never apologise for who I am\" after he was one of three players subjected to racist abuse following England's Euro 2020 final defeat.\n\nRashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka missed their spot-kicks as Italy won 3-2 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.\n\nAll three players were targeted on social media after the game.\n\n\"I felt as if I'd let everyone down,\" Rashford wrote in a statement.\n\nThe 23-year-old Manchester United attacker added: \"I can take critique of my performance all day long, my penalty was not good enough, it should have gone in but I will never apologise for who I am and where I came from.\n\n\"I've felt no prouder moment than wearing those three lions on my chest and seeing my family cheer me on in a crowd of tens of thousands.\"\n• None Hate Won't Win: Your messages of appreciation to England team\n• None Southgate keen to lead England to Qatar but feels like 'stomach has been ripped out'\n• None Pupils tell England team 'You're all heroes to us'\n\nA mural in Rashford's hometown of Withington was defaced after his penalty miss, before it was covered in messages of support.\n\nOn Monday, England boss Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse was \"unforgivable\", and Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Football Association also condemned it.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said \"it will not be tolerated\", while the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) has also launched an investigation.\n\n\"I don't even know where to start and I don't even know how to put into words how I am feeling at this exact time.\n\n\"I've had a difficult season, I think that's been clear for everyone to see and I probably went into that final with a lack of confidence. I've always backed myself for a penalty, but something didn't feel quite right.\n\n\"During the long run-up I was saving myself a bit of time and unfortunately the result was not what I wanted. I felt as though I had let my team-mates down. I felt as if I'd let everyone down. A penalty was all I'd been asked to contribute for the team. I can score penalties in my sleep, so why not that one?\n\n\"It's been playing in my head over and over since I struck the ball and there's probably not a word to quite describe how it feels. Final. 55 years. 1 penalty. History. All I can say is sorry. I wish it had of gone differently.\n\n\"Whilst I continue to say sorry I want to shout out my team-mates. This summer has been one of the best camps I've experienced and you've all played a role in that.\n\n\"A brotherhood has been built that is unbreakable. Your success is my success. Your failures are mine.\n\n\"I've grown into a sport where I expected to read things written about myself.\n\n\"Whether it be the colour of my skin, where I grew up, or, most recently, how I decide to spend my time off the pitch.\n\n\"I can take critique of my performance all day long, my penalty was not good enough, it should have gone in but I will never apologise for who I am and where I came from. I've felt no prouder moment than wearing those three lions on my chest and seeing my family cheer me on in a crowd of tens of thousands.\n\n\"I dreamt of days like this. The messages I've received today have been positively overwhelming and seeing the response in Withington had me on the verge of tears. The communities that always wrapped their arms around me continue to hold me up.\n\n\"I'm Marcus Rashford, 23-year-old black man from Withington and Wythenshawe, South Manchester. If I have nothing else I have that. For all the kind messages thank you. I'll be back stronger. We'll be back stronger.\"\n\nThe Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) says shared data with Channel 4 news after the Euro 2020 final highlighted that more than 850,000 tweets were analysed across the whole tournament and showed:\n• None 167 posts were considered to be \"high-risk\" abuse.\n\nThe PFA said that, while a number of these tweets were delete, the accounts have not been permanently suspended by Twitter.\n\n\"Our preliminary analysis suggests the volume of abuse flagged around the Euro 2020 final, aimed mainly at Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling, was higher than the rest of the tournament combined,\" the PFA added.\n\nTwitter said it had removed more than 1,000 posts over the past 24 hours and suspended a number of accounts for violating its rules.\n\nFacebook said it had recently announced tougher measures on its Instagram platform, including permanently deleting accounts that repeatedly send abusive direct messages.\n\n'You're not England fans and we don't want you'\n\nEngland captain Harry Kane has told those behind the racist abuse of Rashford, Sancho and Saka: \"You're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n\nThe Tottenham striker added on Twitter: \"They deserve support and backing, not the vile racist abuse they've had since last night.\n\n\"Three lads who were brilliant all summer had the courage to step up and take a pen when the stakes were high.\n\n\"If you abuse anyone on social media you're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n\nDefender Tyrone Mings also used Twitter to talk of his pride in the team reaching the final but added: \"Waking up today and seeing my brothers being racially abused for being brave enough to put themselves in a position to help this country, is something that sickens, but doesn't surprise me.\"\n\nHe went on to criticise Home Secretary Priti Patel, who last month described players taking the knee against racism as \"gesture politics\".\n\nEngland midfielder Kalvin Phillips said he was \"disgusted\" at the racist abuse directed towards his team-mates.\n\n\"Nothing but love and respect for my brothers for their courage,\" he wrote.\n\nFree meals and book clubs - Rashford's work off the pitch\n\nIn October last year, Rashford was given an MBE for services to vulnerable children in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe successfully campaigned for the government to allow about 1.3 million children to claim free school meal vouchers in England's summer holidays\n\nRashford also set up a book club to get disadvantaged children reading more.\n\nHe has previously highlighted incidents of when he has been the target of racial abuse, saying he received \"at least 70 racial slurs\" on social media following Manchester United's Europa League final loss to Villarreal in May.\n• None The Sports Desk team look at the problematic side of Euro 2020\n• None Why Elon Musk believes it's our only hope", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening. We'll have another update for you tomorrow morning.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that Scotland will move to level zero of Covid restrictions on 19 July, but the mandatory use of face coverings is to remain in place for \"some time\". She says the planned easing had to be modified due to the spread of the Delta variant. We already know England will remove nearly all Covid restrictions on 19 July - our health correspondent Nick Triggle considers whether the unlocking will pay off or backfire with infection rates and hospital admissions already rising sharply.\n\nAlmost 1.5m pupils were absent from classes in England's primary and secondary schools last week, a snapshot of one day's official data shows. The weekly Department for Education figures show about 840,000 were off for Covid-related reasons and a further 630,000 were absent for other reasons. Meanwhile, BBC Wales has spoken to a family who are keeping their children off school so they can avoid self-isolating ahead of their summer holiday.\n\nThe nightclub industry has been reacting to the UK government's guidance that venues in England should ask for the NHS Covid pass or a negative test result when they reopen on 19 July. Michael Kill, who runs the Night Time Industries Association says the guidance is \"disingenuous and unclear\" and says his members have asked him whether the policy is really voluntary. At present, organisers are not legally required to follow the guidance but the government says it \"reserves the right\" to force venues to require people to show their Covid passport or proof of a negative Covid test.\n\nThe UK government has fended off an attempt by MPs to force it to reverse its cut to spending on overseas aid, with Boris Johnson saying it is needed during the \"economic hurricane\" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. MPs voted to keep the budget for international development at 0.5% of national income. Several Tory MPs had joined Labour and other parties in an attempt to reinstate the 0.7% figure, in place until earlier this year.\n\nIt's been a hard 15 months for residents who have been unable to leave their care home since the start of the pandemic. The Knightwood home in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, has so far avoided any cases of Covid-19 but says residents have found the lack of contact with family and friends tough. In this video we hear from residents who have enjoyed their first trip out since the pandemic began.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The trip to Bournemouth Beach was the first time residents had left their care home for 15 months\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWith restrictions easing across the UK this summer, here's a reminder of what measures are in place and where.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The GMB union has issued a warning over the possibility of changes to self-isolation rules, saying \"don't go there\".\n\nSenior Organiser for Public Services Drew Duffy says unions were told on Tuesday morning that exemptions were being considered because of understaffing crises in the NHS and social care sector.\n\nBut he says those problems were \"well understood\" by ministers and employers pre-Covid and they \"didn’t act\".\n\nHe adds that the move would only anger and concern staff who were \"already absolutely exhausted and undercut\", while confirming their safety was not a priority for the government.\n\nQuote Message: This should act as a final warning about the need for urgent and transformative investment in health and social care, so we can attract and retain the people and skills we so obviously need. That means delivering proper value for workers in their pay and conditions. from Drew Duffy GMB union This should act as a final warning about the need for urgent and transformative investment in health and social care, so we can attract and retain the people and skills we so obviously need. That means delivering proper value for workers in their pay and conditions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chris has been stalked for six years\n\nThere has been a \"significant increase\" in stalking offences in England and Wales during the pandemic, police say.\n\nThe warning from the UK officer in charge of stalking issues comes as more than 80,000 incidents were recorded by forces last year.\n\nBut freedom of information requests by BBC News show arrests struggled to keep up - growing at half the rate of the rise in offences between 2019 and 2020.\n\nNational lockdowns have made it much easier for stalkers to target victims in their homes, especially during the first in March 2020 when restrictions on exercise and shopping were at their most stringent, says Rachel Horman-Brown, a lawyer and chair of the stalking advocacy charity, Paladin.\n\nChris, 32, from London, says for the last six years of her life she has been stalked by a man she met briefly in a team meeting at a previous job.\n\nDespite the fleeting acquaintance, she says he has inundated her with messages ever since and even contacted colleagues about her more than 2,000 times despite them both leaving the company.\n\nSome messages call her a sex worker or allege intimate relationships with people she has never even met, while others passionately declare his love for her.\n\nChris says she made around 50 separate calls to the police during the pandemic\n\nOne visit the man made to the offices of her current employer was captured on CCTV while colleagues have recorded obscene calls he has made asking to speak to her.\n\nDespite passing this evidence to the police and first reporting an offence six years ago, Chris says the man has never been charged over these incidents.\n\n\"The police will always tell me that they're going to arrest him\", she says. \"I could wait two to three days and literally my phone is in my hand waiting\".\n\nChris says one officer told her she should be \"flattered\" by the attention. Another told her that no officer wanted to take her case on.\n\nChris says that during the pandemic she has felt increasingly vulnerable and let down by the police. She says lockdowns led to a surge in the abuse without the security of being able to see her family. She says she has spoken to officers on at least 50 occasions.\n\n\"You're constantly blamed for it or you're constantly ignored\" she says. \"And you just think, well, what's the point? I'll just live with it\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said a man was arrested at his home address last year and subsequently bailed.\n\nIn a statement, it said: \"Since October 2020 a dedicated officer has progressed the investigation. The victim has been supported and updated throughout this investigation by the officer\".\n\nRachel Horman-Brown from stalking advocacy charity Paladin says one in two stalkers carry out their threats\n\nThe force said it understood \"the upset and distress\" stalking can have on a victim and said it has invested in training officers in how to respond to allegations.\n\nChris says she is not aware of an arrest relating to her experience and disputes that she has been provided with a dedicated officer.\n\nMore than 80,000 stalking offences were recorded in England and Wales in 2020, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.\n\nThis is a large increase on the 27,156 offences in 2019, although the years are not directly comparable because of a change in how crimes are recorded encouraging greater reporting of offences by ex-partners.\n\nBut separate freedom of Information requests received from 33 of 45 police forces indicate that arrests for stalking offences increased at less than half the rate of the rise in stalking incidents in 2020 compared with the year before in England, Wales and Scotland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland declined to provide figures.\n\n\"What we've seen, both in the pandemic and outside of it, is a significant increase in stalking cases,\" says Deputy Chief Constable Paul Mills, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead officer for stalking.\n\n\"What we're looking at in certain parts of the country [is] up to a 200% increase.\"\n\nMr Mills says the changes to how stalking crimes are recorded, an increase in online stalking and the pandemic itself are all factors in the rise in offences.\n\nHe says \"80,000 is a really easy number to talk about but each one of those people is actually a victim at the end of that\", adding: \"In each one of those cases, there is significant potential harm.\"\n\n\"We're now doing extensive work to try and increase the outcome rate for victims\", he says.\n\nRachel Horman-Brown, the lawyer at the stalking advocacy charity Paladin, says the lockdowns \"made victims feel much more vulnerable and it's been more difficult for them to get any kind of support\".\n\nIt has also \"made it much easier for stalkers who have had more time on their hands\".\n\nShe says while clients still tell her that they have not reported offences, those that do often say they are met with \"disbelief\" by police officers.\n\nThe UK police lead for stalking says there has been a \"significant increase\" in the pandemic\n\n\"It really adds to the trauma of the victim, this lack of assistance that they get from the criminal justice system, and they feel almost like they're having to fight the system as well as the stalker.\"\n\nThe FOI requests also showed that more than 2,000 reports of stalking were made by under 18-year-olds in 2020. Of the 28 forces who provided a response to this element of the request, 25 said a person aged 11-years-old or younger had complained of being stalked.\n\nIn 2020, new powers were introduced allowing police forces to ban offenders from making contact with victims on social media or coming within a certain distance of their home or workplace.\n\nIn June, BBC News revealed that there have been only 294 successful applications for the stalking protection orders, meaning they are only used in response to around 2% of stalking arrests.\n\nIn April, it was reported that there was support in government for a stalking register that would mean perpetrators are automatically monitored as part of a police database, as is the case with sex offenders.\n\nHowever, the government rejected including the measure in the Domestic Abuse Bill, arguing improving guidance would be more effective.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"Stalking Protection Orders stop perpetrators in their tracks and prevent them contacting victims. We expect all police forces to make full use of them, and are working closely with the police to ensure that this happens.\"\n\n\"Protecting women and girls from violence and abuse is an absolute priority for the government and we are taking action across the whole system to tackle these horrendous crimes\", it added.\n\n\"We are working with law enforcement agencies, charities and women's groups to develop a new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy to help us to better target perpetrators and support victims.\"", "The prime minister must start delivering an ambitious levelling-up programme for the north of England \"at pace\", according to a group of 50 Conservative MPs.\n\nThe Northern Research Group is calling for an economic strategy focused on helping communities in the North rebuild after the pandemic.\n\nIt wants special grants for deprived areas outside London.\n\nMinisters say they are \"totally committed to levelling up\".\n\nThe NRG was founded by a number of Conservatives who won so-called red wall seats from Labour at the 2019 general election and want to push the government for greater investment for northern areas.\n\nThe pandemic has renewed attention on regional disparities.\n\nA recent study by the Northern Health Science Alliance found the North has been hit harder than the rest of England during coronavirus, \"exacerbating\" regional inequalities.\n\nAt the Queen's Speech in May, ministers said they would \"level-up opportunities across all parts of the United Kingdom as Britain recovers from the pandemic\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is also expected to deliver a speech shortly on the issue.\n\nNRG chairman Jake Berry told the BBC: \"We have been in lockdown longer than any other area of the country.\n\n\"It's time for the government to show the North some love with a summer of levelling up.\"\n\nHe said the prime minister relies for his majority in Parliament on votes in the North and there is now an opportunity to encourage investment, jobs and industry there.\n\nHe added: \"Since December 2019, we have heard a lot about plans to level up the North, now is the time to show how we can deliver.\n\n\"No one in the North cares about internal governmental turf wars.\n\n\"They want real jobs, real change, and real opportunities.\n\n\"It's time to start delivering an ambitious programme at pace if we are going to see real progress this summer.\"\n\nThe group wants a recovery plan focused on infrastructure.\n\nIt is calling for automatic grants to help deprived areas outside London, the formation of a northern growth board and - as part of a plan for better transport - the abolition of road tax and fuel duty, to be replaced with a system under which revenue raised would be kept in the North.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We're investing £100bn in infrastructure this year, as well as creating a new £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund, establishing free ports across the UK and a new UK infrastructure bank in Leeds to harness private investment and fund new projects.\"\n\nThe spokesman said ministers will publish a Levelling Up White Paper later this year, which will set out plans to \"improve livelihoods across the country as we recover from the pandemic\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM says there \"must inevitably be consequences\" for UK spending as it deals with the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe government has won a Commons vote to lock in cuts to spending on overseas aid, despite a rebellion by Tory MPs.\n\nMPs voted by a majority of 35 to keep the budget for international development at 0.5% of national income.\n\nBut 25 Conservatives joined Labour and other parties in an attempt to reinstate the 0.7% figure, which was in place until earlier this year.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the cut was needed to keep public debt down during the pandemic.\n\nThe government has faced cross-party criticism over the reduction - which amounts to almost £4bn - including from all the UK's living former prime ministers.\n\nMany Conservative MPs have spoken out against the move, announced last November despite a commitment to spending 0.7% in the party's 2019 election manifesto. Meeting the figure was made law in 2015.\n\nCharities such as Oxfam and ActionAid have warned that projects are being called off as a result of the cuts.\n\nBut the government won by 333 votes to 298, following a three-hour debate.\n\nThe Conservative rebels included former Prime Minister Theresa May and ex-cabinet ministers Karen Bradley, Jeremy Hunt, David Davis, Stephen Crabb, Damian Green and Andrew Mitchell.\n\nOpening the debate, Boris Johnson said the government had spent £407bn during the pandemic to \"shelter our people from an economic hurricane never before experienced in living memory\".\n\nHe added: \"There must inevitably be consequences.\"\n\nThe prime minister added that the reduction was temporary and that people could \"take pride that the UK will still contribute at least £10bn\" to aid.\n\n\"This is not an argument about principle,\" he said. \"The only question is when we return to 0.7% and my purpose today is to describe how we propose to achieve this shared goal in an affordable way.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Starmer: \"No one in the House\" is expecting the UK to spend as much on foreign aid as it was spending before Covid\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the cut was \"not in the national interest\", adding: \"Every member here was elected on a manifesto promise to retain the 0.7% target.\"\n\nHe added: \"Cutting aid will increase costs and have a big impact on our economy. Development aid reduces conflict. It reduces disease and people fleeing from their homes.\n\n\"It is a false economy to pretend that this is some sort of cut that doesn't have consequences.\"\n\nFollowing the result of the vote, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the \"temporary\" cut in aid spending would continue as planned.\n\nHe added: \"Whilst not every member felt able to vote for the government's compromise, the substantive matter of whether we remain committed to the 0.7% target - not just now, but for decades to come - is clearly a point of significant unity in this House.\"\n\nBut former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major said: \"The government has blatantly broken its word and should be ashamed of its decision.\n\n\"It seems that we can afford a 'national yacht' than no-one either wants or needs, while cutting help to some of the most miserable and destitute people in the world.\"\n\nOxfam GB chief executive Danny Sriskandarajah described the vote as \"a disaster for the world's poorest people\".\n\nAnd Daniel Willis, of the campaign group Global Justice Now, said: \"When the inevitable death and suffering from aid cuts hits the news, each and every MP who has voted to sever the UK's 0.7% commitment should know that blood is on their hands.\"\n\nLast month, 30 Conservative MPs supported an amendment to a parliamentary bill, aimed at forcing the government to meet the 0.7% target.\n\nAnother 14 or so Tories would have had to join them in Tuesday's vote to ensure a government defeat.", "The stabbing happened at a property in the Swanns Bridge area of Myroe\n\nA 53-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed at a glamping site in Myroe near Limavady, County Londonderry.\n\nPolice said they received a report of a stabbing on the Sea Coast Road shortly after 20:20 BST last night.\n\nOfficers, along with the Ambulance Service, attended the scene but the 37-year old woman was pronounced dead.\n\nPolice said the woman, and the man who has been arrested, had been on holiday in the area.\n\n\"While our enquires are at an early stage, I can confirm that both the victim, and the man who was arrested were holidaymakers, and that we are not looking for anyone else in relation to this tragic death,\" Det Ch Insp John Caldwell said.\n\nPolice say they are not looking for anyone else in connection to the woman's death.\n\nEast Londonderry DUP MP Gregory Campbell said his thoughts were with the woman's family.\n\n\"I understand they were visitors to the area, At this stage the police are still trying to make contact with family members. Everyone will be grieving with the deceased,\" he added.\n\nSDLP assembly member Cara Hunter said the local community is \"shocked and saddened\" by the woman's death.\n\n\"This is a really quiet community and this has sent shockwaves throughout it, it is just heart-breaking,\" she said.\n\nForensic officers at the scene on Tuesday morning\n\nShe said the area \"is very rural and typically very quiet\" and popular with holiday-makers and tourists.\n\n\"Something like this is just unheard of,\" she added.\n\nSinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald offered her \"deepest condolences\" to the woman's family and friends.\n\n\"I would encourage anyone with any information that can help that investigation to get in contact with the police,\" she added.", "Mask-wearing will remain for \"some time\" after Scotland moves to level zero of restrictions\n\nRules on wearing face coverings in Scotland could remain in place until Christmas, the deputy first minister has said.\n\nJohn Swinney told BBC Scotland it was \"perfectly conceivable\" that masks could still be mandatory in December.\n\nOn Tuesday, the first minister confirmed mask-wearing would remain for \"some time\" as she announced the move to level zero of Covid restrictions.\n\nNicola Sturgeon modified planned easing due to the spread of the Delta variant.\n\nScotland will move to level zero on 19 July which means more people will be allowed to meet indoors and attend weddings and funerals.\n\nHowever, limits on outdoor meetings are to be maintained and the return of workers to offices will also be delayed.\n\nIn an interview on BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime, Mr Swinney was asked if he could envisaged face coverings being mandatory until Christmas.\n\nJohn Swinney says that face coverings are especially important to protect people who are clinically vulnerable\n\nHe said: \"I think that's perfectly conceivable. I think that we should recognise that we have got to take a careful and cautious approach to the suppression of Covid.\n\n\"We know the virus is going to be with us for a long time so the more that we can do, a gradual elementary level to provide obstacles and barriers to the circulation of this virus, the more we should do that.\"\n\nMr Swinney also revealed Scottish government modelling predicts that Scotland could record between 2,500 and 10,500 new Covid cases on the day restrictions move to level zero.\n\nHe added: \"I think it is likely to be much closer to that lower end of the spectrum than the higher end.\"\n\nHe said the impact of the virus was \"moving in the right direction - which means that we can afford some of the relaxation\".\n\nThe wearing face masks in shops and on public transport is to continue for the foreseeable future\n\nDevi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said she was \"really happy\" to see a continued requirement for face masks.\n\n\"I know people say it should be 'my choice', but I don't wear a face mask to protect myself, I wear it to protect others,\" she told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme.\n\n\"If I'm in a shop there could be someone who is immuno-compromised, who is asthmatic, who is elderly - and they will feel safer in that setting if I wear my mask.\"\n\nProf Sridhar said case numbers in Scotland needed to come down from their current high levels before the wearing of face masks could be dropped.\n\n\"We're not asking people to wear masks on beaches like in Portugal or outside in parks, like in parts of the United States,\" she told BBC Scotland.\n\n\"It's really just in workplaces, indoor settings, transport, shops, and it's seen as proportionate to the risks of transmission in those settings.\"\n\nIt is still hoped that Scotland will move beyond level zero from 9 August - the point at which the government aimed to scrap most legal restrictions. A decision on this will be taken next month.\n\nAmong other announcements in Ms Sturgeon's statement to Holyrood were plans to remove the blanket requirement for close contacts of those who test positive to self-isolate, as long as they have had two doses of vaccine.\n\nIn addition, fully-vaccinated people returning from amber list countries will not need to quarantine as long as they take a test after arrival.\n\nBusiness groups have broadly welcomed the changes, but some were critical of ministers \"moving the goalposts\" at the last minute by altering plans, such as hospitality venues now being required to close at midnight.\n\nStephen Montgomery, spokesman for the Scottish Hospitality Group, said: \"The midnight curfew is just a made-up time with no evidence to justify it.\n\n\"It's like Groundhog Day with our warnings about driving people into house parties and other uncontrolled spaces that lack all the precautions you find in responsible pubs, restaurants and hotels.\"\n\nSome of the level zero changes expected by the hospitality industry have been modified by the Scottish government\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses Scotland said no longer requiring people to book a slot in a bar or restaurant \"should hopefully generate some extra passing trade\", but said there was \"less good news\" for the events sector with outdoor restrictions to continue.\n\nThe Scottish Chambers of Commerce said the move to level zero was \"another encouraging milestone\", but said the modifications to plans would cause uncertainty - and said postponing the return to offices would be \"a bitter blow for employees and employers alike\".\n\nThe continued wearing of facemasks won the backing of shop worker union Usdaw.\n\nTracy Gilbert, the union's regional secretary for Scotland, said: \"We ask the public to show their support and respect for shop workers by following the law.\n\n\"Wearing a face covering in a shop is an important measure to help protect workers who have no option but to interact with large numbers of people as a part of their job.\"", "A Spanish social media influencer and singer with 26 million followers on TikTok has caused an outcry after saying he avoids using a condom by telling sexual partners he is sterile.\n\nMany angry women and girls have condemned Naim Darrechi, 19, on Twitter and in Spanish mainstream media.\n\nOn Instagram later Darrechi said \"I'm really sorry... it's just crazy what I said\". His remarks earlier went viral.\n\nSpain's equality minister has now asked a prosecutor to investigate Darrechi.\n\nIrene Montero tweeted that she had asked the prosecutor to find out whether Darrechi had told the truth and, if so, to identify possible victims of his sexual deception, which would constitute sexual abuse under current Spanish law.\n\nA new bill defines unprotected sex without consent as an assault, she noted.\n\nThe social media furore was sparked by a video in which Darrechi told Spanish YouTuber Mostopapi: \"I find it difficult with a condom, so I never use one.\"\n\nDarrechi said that as none of his partners had got pregnant from unprotected sex with him \"I started thinking that I had a problem\". \"So I tell them 'relax, I'm sterile'. It's true.\" The interviewer laughed when he said that.\n\nOn Instagram later Darrechi said: \"I want to apologise, really. Sometimes I don't realise the responsibility that is mine...\n\n\"I made a comment that really is out of place and that is not right. Sometimes I say things and sometimes I exaggerate, but here it's just crazy what I said, I wish it had been cut at the edit and no one would ever have heard it.\"\n\nHe has not yet responded to a BBC request to comment on the controversy.\n\nParliament is to debate the new sexual consent law in September. Spain has had controversial court cases in which men were convicted of sexual abuse, rather than the more serious offence of sexual assault.\n\n\"To take off the condom or ejaculate during intercourse without consent is sexual abuse today and the 'only yes means yes' law will recognise it as assault,\" Ms Montero tweeted.\n\nShe said that \"to show off about such a thing in front of 26 million followers demonstrates the urgency of putting the consent issue centre stage\".\n\nSome of Darrechi's critics pointed to the risk of him passing on a sexually transmitted disease.\n\nIn May he caused a social media storm by denouncing abortion in a TikTok video.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n• None Spain plans 'only yes means yes' rape law", "Large businesses have said they will maintain a cautious approach to bringing staff back to the office despite the lifting of final Covid restrictions in England on Monday.\n\nThe government announced yesterday that it will no longer instruct people to work at home from 19 July.\n\nBut firms spoken to by the BBC said they did not plan to bring all staff back to the office.\n\nMany businesses said they will opt for a staggered approach for employees.\n\nDeloitte said it will increase the number of staff allowed to work in its offices to 50% capacity from next week.\n\nBut the accountancy firm expects that level to stay in place until September.\n\nNatWest said that it will bring staff back to the office from 19 July but it will only be a small number of \"priority workers\".\n\nInsurance group Aviva said it expects \"to see more of our people returning\". But a spokesman said that \"the vast majority of people at Aviva want to work flexibly in future\" and employees will combine going into the office with working from home.\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that final restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of Covid will be lifted in England from 19 July, including the guidance on office working.\n\nBut the government said that it \"would expect and recommend a gradual return\" of workers to offices \"over the summer\".\n\nDeloitte currently operates its offices at 30% capacity and employees have to book desks. A spokeswoman for the firm said it had always intended to take a \"gradual approach\" to moving staff back to its sites.\n\nDeloitte will allow more people back to its offices from Monday\n\nIt estimates that it will take between six and eight weeks to prepare its offices to deal with 100% capacity which it expects to reach in September.\n\nNatWest said a \"very small number of people\" will be invited back to its offices in England from Monday for roles \"that can't really be done from home\". These include market traders as well as people who work in NatWest's treasury department and roles where employees need to meet clients.\n\nIt also said \"people who would rather work in the office for wellbeing reasons\" can return to its sites from Monday.\n\nAccountancy firm KPMG has allowed people to work from its offices if they made a request to their manager.\n\nFrom next week, they will no longer need permission to do so but the firm has also introduced a \"four-day fortnight\" hybrid model of working. It means that KPMG employees spend four days working in the office and the rest of the fortnight either at home or at client sites.\n\n\"It makes sense that the order to work from home if possible is removed at this stage,\" said Confederation of British Industry policy director, Michael Fell. \"The reality is that many firms are well-advanced in their plans and are proceeding with hybrid working models, just as the government advises.\n\nRoger Barker, policy director of the Institute of Directors (IoD) industry group, said: \"Businesses across the country will welcome the opportunity to begin to return to relative normality from next week.\"\n\nHowever, he criticised the government for failing to provide adequate guidance on areas such as wearing face masks which, from Monday, will cease to be mandatory but will be recommended.\n\nDr Barker said there has been \"real frustration about the mixed messages\" businesses have been receiving from the government.\n\n\"The latest guidance has shifted the responsibility from the government to businesses by removing mandatory rules on things like face masks and replacing them with voluntary recommendations,\" he said. \"Whilst it is right that companies should be allowed to take decisions based on their own unique circumstances, it is vital that government provides businesses with best practice in developing their own policies.\"", "Sturgeon appears to criticise the Westminster government - which is making face masks voluntary in England - as she says \"sensible precautions\" such as mandatory mask-wearing will continue.\n\nShe says: \"If government believes measures like this matter, we should say so and take any resulting flak from those who disagree.\n\n\"We shouldn’t lift important restrictions to make our lives easier and then expect the public to do the right thing anyway.\"\n\nThe Scottish government still expects to lift almost all legal restrictions from 9 August, Sturgeon says, when everyone over 40 should have been able to have a second vaccine dose.\n\nShe says they intend to remove the self-isolation requirement for close contacts for people who have had both doses, as long as they take a PCR test. And she says they are examining how to lift self-isolation requirements for schools.\n\nFrom 19 July, Scotland will also remove the quarantine requirement for returning travellers if they are fully vaccinated and take a PCR test on the second day.\n\nSturgeon also directly addresses people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, saying \"we will not abandon you\" and adding that precautions such as face masks will be kept as long as necessary.", "England footballer Tyrone Mings has accused the home secretary of pretending to be disgusted by racist abuse, after she previously described taking the knee as \"gesture politics\".\n\nMarcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were targeted after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nPriti Patel said she was \"disgusted\" by the online abuse directed at the trio.\n\nMings said she had \"stoked the fire\" by refusing to criticise fans who booed the England team for taking the knee.\n\nMs Patel declined to comment on his tweet, but Downing Street said the home secretary was \"working every day to clamp down on hate crime, racism and violence\".\n\nMings, who was a member of the England Euros squad, was angered by a perceived lack of action by the government when some fans booed the players taking the knee before the tournament.\n\nThe act of taking the knee has become a prominent symbol in sport and during anti-racist protests in recent years, and England players have been adopting the stance at the start of their matches.\n\nSpeaking to GB News about the England players' protest in June, Ms Patel said she did not support \"people participating in that type of gesture politics\".\n\nAsked if she would criticise fans who booed England players taking the knee she said: \"That's a choice for them, quite frankly.\"\n\nWriting on Twitter on Monday evening, Mings said: \"You don't get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as 'Gesture Politics' and then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we're campaigning against, happens.\".\n\nAsked if Ms Patel was wrong to call taking the knee \"gesture politics\", Treasury minister Stephen Barclay told BBC Breakfast: \"We need to respect people making their points in different ways.\"\n\nDefending the home secretary, Downing Street added: \"There is no place for racism in this country and she is backing the police to hold those responsible for this abuse accountable.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said he had \"full respect\" for players who took the knee, adding that everyone should show respect to those who did so.\n\nHe said: \"I think it's a perfectly acceptable way to show that solidarity. I wish more people would show respect in that way.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is due to hold a meeting with social media companies including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Snapchat later to discuss online abuse.\n\nBut former Premier League footballer Anton Ferdinand, himself a victim of racist abuse during his career, told the government to \"sort your own house out\" before going after social media platforms.\n\nHe said there was no point in the government talking about what it was planning to do when, as \"the people that run this country\", they are \"not condemning\" those that boo players taking the knee.\n\nHe added: \"How can you not condemn that, but then come out and say it's about social media?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rashford mural tributes: 'Something beautiful out of something negative'\n\nRashford apologised for the missed penalty in a statement posted on Twitter on Monday, but added: \"I will never apologise for who I am and where I came from.\"\n\nA mural of Rashford in his hometown of Withington was defaced after his penalty miss - but it was later covered in messages of support and solidarity.\n\nRashford said he was \"on the verge of tears\" when he saw the supportive messages.\n\nThe mural has since been repaired.\n\nWithington Walls co-founder Ed Wellard, who commissioned the artwork, said the people responsible for defacing it should be educated not punished.\n\nThe mural of Marcus Rashford has now been cleaned\n\nEngland captain Harry Kane said Rashford, Saka and Sancho \"deserve support and backing, not the vile racist abuse they've had\".\n\n\"If you abuse anyone on social media you're not an England fan and we don't want you,\" he added.\n\nEarlier on Monday, England boss Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse issued after the defeat was \"unforgivable\". The Football Association also condemned it.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said \"it will not be tolerated\", while the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) has also launched an investigation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Young black footballers say they were not surprised to see England players receive racist abuse\n\nMings's intervention comes after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused Mr Johnson of having \"failed the test of leadership\" by not condemning fans who booed England players taking the knee.\n\nAhead of Euro 2020, after England's final warm-up game, Downing Street stopped short of condemning fans who had booed players who took part in the anti-racism protest.\n\nBut later that week, Mr Johnson said he wanted supporters to be \"cheering and not booing\" the England players.\n\nAfter Sunday's match, Mr Johnson praised the England football team, who he said had \"played like heroes\" and \"brought joy to this country\".\n\nAddressing those who sent abuse, the prime minister said: \"Shame on you - I hope you will crawl back under the rock from which you emerged.\"\n\nSir Keir said Mr Johnson's comments had come too late, adding: \"The actions and inactions of leaders have consequences, so I'm afraid the prime minister's words today ring hollow.\"\n\nBukayo Saka has been among the players to receive racist abuse online\n\nThe home secretary was also criticised by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi - a former Conservative minister - who said: \"If we 'whistle' and the 'dog' reacts we can't be shocked if it barks and bites. It's time to stop the culture wars that are feeding division. Dog whistles win votes but destroy nations.\"\n\nHowever, another Conservative MP Fay Jones told the BBC she supported players trying to fight racism but added that taking the knee \"is a political symbol and I think that's the problem that certain people have had with it\".\n\nThe abuse received in the aftermath of the match has also raised questions about the role of social media companies.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons, Ms Patel said social media companies could \"no longer ignore some of the appalling, vile, racist, violent and hateful content that appears on their platforms\".\n\n\"We have been clear that if they do not stamp this out we will take action against them in the Online Safety Bill,\" she added.\n\nThe proposed legislation is yet to be published but it could give the media watchdog Ofcom powers to fine social media companies up to £18m if they fail in their \"duty of care\".\n\nThe Football Association has also urged social media companies to ban abusers from their platforms, as well as gathering evidence to make prosecutions easier.\n\nIn a statement, Facebook said it had \"quickly removed comments and accounts directing abuse at England's footballers\".", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Police Scotland has launched a formal investigation into the SNP's finances after receiving complaints about how donations to the party were used.\n\nQuestions had been raised about funds given to the party for use in a fresh independence referendum campaign.\n\nSeven people made complaints to the police, which has set up a probe following talks with prosecutors.\n\nFirst minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon had insisted that she was \"not concerned\" about the party's finances.\n\nShe said \"every penny\" of cash raised in online crowdfunding campaigns would be spent on the independence drive.\n\nIt came after MP Douglas Chapman quit as SNP treasurer, saying he had not been given enough financial information to do the job, and fellow MP Joanna Cherry quit the party's management board amid a row over \"transparency and scrutiny\".\n\nPolice Scotland had previously been assessing complaints made by a member of the public. The force says that a full inquiry has now been launched.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Police Scotland has now received seven complaints in relation to donations that were made to the Scottish National Party.\n\n\"After assessment and consultation with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, we will now carry out an investigation.\n\n\"Inquiries are continuing and anyone who has any information which may assist with this investigation is asked to contact police.\"\n\nThe SNP said it will \"cooperate fully with any investigation\".\n\nHundreds of thousands of pounds was donated by independence supporters through an SNP-run website\n\nAccording to a recent statement, the SNP raised a total of £666,953 through referendum-related appeals between 2017 and 2020.\n\nThe party pledged to spend these funds on the independence campaign, but questions were raised after its accounts showed it had just under £97,000 in the bank at the end of 2019, and total net assets of about £272,000.\n\nTreasurer Colin Beattie - a former MSP who returned to the post after Mr Chapman's resignation - said the funds had been \"earmarked\" when they were donated, and that a matching amount would ultimately be spent on referendum campaigning.\n\nHe said: \"We will ensure that an amount equivalent to the sums raised from these appeals will go directly to our work to secure a referendum and win independence.\n\n\"We are taking a very strict approach to ensuring that this income supports expenditure directly related to the campaign for independence.\"\n\nThis echoed comments from Ms Sturgeon, who said the party runs its independently-audited budget on a \"cash flow\" basis and is under no obligation to keep funds in separate accounts.\n\nShe said: \"Every penny we raise to support the campaign for independence will be spent on the campaign for independence.\"", "Colin Pitchfork has spent 33 years in prison for the rape and murder of 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth\n\nA man who killed two schoolgirls is to be released from prison.\n\nColin Pitchfork has served 33 years in jail for raping and murdering 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in the 1980s.\n\nLast month the Parole Board said it was safe to release the 61-year-old, who was the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence.\n\nThis led to a challenge by Justice Secretary Robert Buckland which has now been \"refused\" by a judge-led review.\n\nBarbara Ashworth said the decision to allow her daughter's killer to be released was \"disappointing\" but added \"he can't hurt me any more\".\n\nShe said: \"I've had 33 years of it and it's all been said and as far as I'm concerned he's going to be out in amongst the public, so it speaks for itself.\"\n\nDawn's uncle Philip Musson added: \"It sends the message that child rapists, killers, murderers can at some point in time resume their lives when they themselves have deprived their victims of their lives.\n\n\"That's an unacceptable position as far as I'm concerned.\"\n\nDawn Ashworth's uncle Philip Musson told the BBC the result of the judge-led review sends the wrong message\n\nSouth Leicestershire MP Alberto Costa, who had campaigned to stop Pitchfork's release, said: \"If Colin Pitchfork had committed just one of his crimes today, he would likely have received a whole life tariff which would've resulted in him probably spending the whole of his life in prison.\n\n\"We have moved on from the past and how we treat sexual offences and murders against women, but that doesn't, in my opinion, excuse the Parole Board from making the decision, which I think people are right to feel angry at.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said offenders are usually released within a few weeks of a final decision.\n\nIn a statement the Parole Board said it recognised the \"pain and anguish\" the victim's families have endured through the parole process.\n\n\"However, Parole Board panels are bound by law to assess whether a prisoner is safe to release,\" the statement said.\n\n\"Legislation dictates that a panel's decision must be solely focused on what risk a prisoner may pose on release and whether that risk can be managed in the community.\n\n\"As made clear in the reconsideration decision, release was supported by all of the Secretary of State's witnesses during Mr Pitchfork's review.\"\n\nThe justice secretary intervened on the grounds the decision to free Pitchfork was \"irrational\" because the Parole Board panel \"failed to give sufficient reasons\" as to why it agreed with the evidence provided by professional witnesses.\n\nJudge Michael Topolski QC, who reviewed the decision for the Parole Board, said he did not consider it \"irrational\" and concluded the \"application for reconsideration is refused\".\n\nHe added: \"This was and remains a case of considerable seriousness, complexity and notoriety. The terrible consequences of the brutal rapes and murders of two innocent girls will forever darken the lives of the families concerned.\"\n\nPitchfork's release will be subject to strict licence conditions.\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: \"We are disappointed with this outcome given we felt there were grounds for the decision to be reconsidered, but respect the independent judge's decision.\n\n\"Our sympathies remain with the families of Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth but they can be reassured that Pitchfork will be subject to close probation supervision for life and faces an immediate return to prison if he fails to comply with his licence conditions.\n\n\"The Lord Chancellor has launched a Root and Branch review of the parole system, which will report back later this year, and we are changing the law so that child murderers such as Pitchfork face life in prison without the possibility of parole as the default sentence.\"\n\nOver the last two years there have been more than 250 challenges to Parole Board decisions - but whether they come from inmates wanting to get out, or the secretary of state trying to keep them in, very few lead to a fresh hearing because the legal test to overturn the detailed work of the Parole Board is very high.\n\nIn this case, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland had to convince a judge that the panel that authorised Pitchfork's release had acted irrationally - meaning no other panel could have reached the same conclusion on the evidence.\n\nNeither ministers nor offending behaviour experts have argued that Pitchfork needs to take part in more rehabilitation programmes or treatment - and so from the get-go it was looking like the challenge was not going to succeed.\n\nWhen Pitchfork was jailed in 1988, a minister set his minimum term - so if the government wanted him to be in jail forever, that was the time to make that order. The law of life sentences - set by MPs - allows prisoners to be released on licence at the end of their minimum term, if they can show they are no longer a danger.\n\nAnd so, there was always going to come a time when the Parole Board would have to consider whether Pitchfork was safe to leave jail.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nFormula 1 driver Lando Norris was mugged and his team-issued watch worth £40,000 stolen after the Euro 2020 final at Wembley on Sunday.\n\nThe 21-year-old was returning to his McLaren car in an official Wembley car park when he was attacked by two men.\n\nA McLaren statement said Norris, fourth in the world championship before this weekend's British Grand Prix, was \"unharmed but understandably shaken\".\n\nThere were witnesses to the incident, which is being investigated by police.\n\nNo other property was stolen.\n\nHe posted a message for well-wishers on Instagram, saying: \"Thanks for all the messages everyone. Thought I'd let you know that I'm doing well and trying to make sure I'm ready and in the right zone for this weekend to perform at my best.\n\n\"Love you all and can't wait to see so many of you back at the track this weekend x.\"\n\nMcLaren said: \"The team is supporting Lando and we are sure that racing fans will join us in wishing him all the best for the British Grand Prix this weekend.\n\n\"As this is now a police matter we cannot comment further.\"\n\nNorris, who was a guest in a corporate box, is friendly with a number of the England players, who lost the match on penalties after the game against Italy ended 1-1 after extra-time.\n\nPolice made more than 50 arrests at Wembley on Sunday after supporters clashed with each other and officials, and breached security cordons before the start of the match.\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the series best bits featuring big guests and player access", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nUefa has opened disciplinary proceedings into security breaches at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates for Sunday's showcase event.\n\nFootball Association chief executive Mark Bullingham apologised to legitimate fans and said the security team had \"never seen anything like it\".\n\nEngland lost to Italy in the final following a penalty shootout after the match had ended 1-1 after extra time.\n• None FA review after fans break into Wembley for final\n• None FA fined by Uefa after semi-final win over Denmark\n\nThe FA has been hit with four charges surrounding the behaviour of fans.\n\nThey relate to disturbances caused during the national anthems, invasion of the pitch, the throwing of objects and the lighting of a firework by fans.\n\nThe Uefa statement adds: \"Separately, a Uefa ethics and disciplinary inspector has been appointed to conduct a disciplinary investigation into events involving supporters which occurred inside and around the stadium.\n\n\"Information on this matter will be made available in due course.\"\n\nBullingham said on Monday the FA is to conduct a full review after a \"large number of drunken yobs\" tried to force their way into Wembley without tickets.\n\nHe said the FA would work with the police to ban anyone who had forced their way in and to prevent such an event happening again.\n\nDowning Street has criticised those who stormed the stadium without tickets.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"Those scenes were unacceptable and we condemn violence, anti-social behaviour and abuse in the strongest possible terms.\"\n\nThe FA was fined 30,000 euros (£26,600) for three incidents during England's semi-final win over Denmark, including a laser pointer being shone at goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel's face.\n• None The Sports Desk team look at the problematic side of Euro 2020\n• None Why Elon Musk believes it's our only hope", "MPs have approved compulsory vaccinations for care home staff in England, but a number of Conservatives rebels voiced anger at the plans.\n\nFrom October, anyone working in a Care Quality Commission-registered care home in England must have two vaccine doses unless they have a medical exemption.\n\nThe House of Commons approved the regulations by 319 votes to 246.\n\nBut Tory MPs criticised the government for not publishing an impact assessment of the policy before the vote.\n\nHealth minister Helen Whately told MPs the \"impact assessment is being worked on\".\n\nAlmost 30,000 more care home residents in England and Wales died during the coronavirus outbreak than during the same period in 2019, ONS figures released this month showed.\n\nMinisters have previously expressed concern about the low take-up of the vaccine among some care home staff.\n\nConservative former minister Mark Harper, who chairs the lockdown sceptic Covid Recovery Group, said: \"If there's uncertainty, share the uncertainty with the House.\n\n\"It isn't good enough to expect us to vote on something that is difficult and controversial and complicated, and not share the information with the House that the minister has at her disposal. It is an abuse. It's not good enough.\"\n\nConservative MP William Wragg said he was \"in despair\", adding: \"The government is treating this House with utter contempt. Ninety minutes on a statutory instrument to fundamentally change the balance of human rights in this country is nothing short of a disgrace.\"\n\nMr Wragg went on to raise the case of a care worker who fears losing her job as a result of the policy, asking: \"Is that what we're prepared to do to our fellow citizens as a Conservative government?\n\nLabour's Rachael Maskell added: \"We're having to make a decision in the House this evening on the balance of risk and therefore we haven't been given the data because the impact assessment hasn't come forward.\"\n\nDeputy Speaker Nigel Evans said it was a \"totally unsatisfactory\" situation and he would raise the issue with the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.\n\nCare minister Ms Whately said guidance would be forthcoming, but suggested managers could discuss the vaccine with staff or look at an alternative role for those who did not want to be vaccinated.\n\nBut she acknowledged there were not \"that many roles\" that did not involve being in the care home.\n\nShe said in that situation, if a staff member did not want to be vaccinated, then a notice period could follow with a \"fair process\".\n\nCare organisations have previously warned that compulsory vaccinations could cause significant difficulties in a sector that already struggles to recruit enough people.\n\nThe British Medical Association, which represents doctors, warned compulsion was \"a blunt instrument that carries its own risks\".\n\nGovernments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have said they have no plans to make Covid jabs mandatory for care home staff.\n\nThe move to mandatory vaccinations for care home staff in England follows a consultation by the Department of Health and Social Care, launched in April, two months after the government said it had met its target of offering all front-line care workers a first dose of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nAt the time, it said 47% of English care homes for older people had more than a fifth of staff yet to take up the vaccine, despite staff at all eligible care homes having been offered vaccines, with the vast majority of homes having had repeat visits by vaccine teams.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK reported a further 36,660 cases and 50 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.", "Colum Eastwood said there should be no amnesties for people accused of Troubles-related murders\n\nThe SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has used parliamentary privilege to identify a former soldier facing two murder charges over his actions on Bloody Sunday.\n\nThe Foyle MP named Soldier F during a debate in the House of Commons on the Armed Forces Bill on Tuesday afternoon.\n\nThe soldier is also facing five attempted murder charges.\n\nHe had been granted anonymity by the judge hearing the case.\n\nThe BBC is not naming Soldier F for legal reasons.\n\nThe ancient right of parliamentary privilege gives MPs unrestricted free speech in the Commons chamber allowing them to name names without the risk of legal action.\n\nColum Eastwood used that right of privilege to name Soldier F.\n\nAfter naming him, the Foyle MP said: \"For 50 years he has been granted anonymity and now the government want to grant him an amnesty.\n\n\"No one involved in murder during the Troubles should be granted an amnesty.\"\n\nSoldier F is accused of the murders of William McKinney (left) and James Wray\n\nSpeaking outside parliament, Mr Eastwood told the BBC: \"Over the past couple of weeks his name has been plastered on Free Derry Corner, it has gone viral on social media.\n\n\"The people of Derry know his name. There is no reason for him to be granted anonymity.\n\n\"No other perpetrator involved would be given anonymity, for some reason Soldier F is a protected species.\"\n\nSoldier F is facing two murder charges over the killings of William McKinney and James Wray and five attempted murder charges for his actions on Bloody Sunday in 1972 when 13 people were shot dead by paratroopers.\n\nHe was granted anonymity after the judge hearing the case concluded \"a real risk does exist\" to the life of Soldier F and he is right to \"feel genuine fear\".\n\nBut the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it planned to withdraw the charges after reviewing the case and decided statements were no longer admissible evidence.\n\nThe case was due to be formally dismissed in court last week, but a legal challenge by a brother of William McKinney forced an adjournment.\n\nLeave has been granted for a judicial review into the PPS's decision not to proceed with the prosecution.\n\nThe case is due to be heard in September.\n\nGregory Campbell from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) described Mr Eastwood's decision to identify Soldier F as \"reckless and downright dangerous\".\n\n\"I will be writing to the Speaker and the Commissioner for Standards. The Foyle MP's behaviour falls well below that expected of someone in his position, especially when the courts have made clear that to name this person could jeopardise life,\" the DUP MP said.\n\nMr Campbell, who represents the East Londonderry constituency, added: \"The DUP does not believe in an amnesty for anyone who perpetrated wrongful actions.\n\n\"Far too many terrorists have already been released early. Everyone must be equal under the law.\"\n\nFormer veterans' minister Johnny Mercer also said Mr Eastwood should be sanctioned for his \"unnecessary and dangerous\" move.\n\nIn a social media post he accused Mr Eastwood of \"mis-using parliamentary privilege\".\n\n\"I have never defended this man, but I will defend his right to a fair process,\" Mr Mercer said.", "The boy was stabbed in Bensham Manor Road, near the junction with Swain Road, Thornton Heath\n\nTwo men have been arrested following the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in south London.\n\nThe Met Police said a 19-year-old man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of murder after the attack in Croydon on Friday.\n\nOfficers were called at 15:00 BST by staff at a south London hospital. The boy had been taken there by members of the public, police added.\n\nThe victim died in hospital on Sunday. His next of kin has been informed.\n\nThe Met said the boy had been stabbed a short time earlier in Bensham Manor Road near the junction with Swain Road, Thornton Heath.\n\nA 22-year-old man was also arrested at the same address in Croydon on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs.\n\nDet Ch Insp Kate Blackburn said: \"We are urging anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage from in or around Bensham Manor Road at around 14:45 on Friday afternoon to get in touch with us.\n\n\"We believe the victim was stabbed in Bensham Manor Road following an incident with two people riding a moped.\n\n\"As such, we are also urging people to think back and consider if they may have seen the moped before or after the stabbing or have knowledge of the incident.\n\n\"No matter how insignificant the information may seem to you, please contact the police as soon as possible.\n\n\"I appreciate the local community's support and understanding while we continue to conduct our inquiries. At this stage of the investigation I do not believe that this murder is linked to any other homicides or other violent incidents.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England manager Gareth Southgate says he hopes to guide the team to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but needs time to rest before considering contract talks.\n\nSouthgate spoke to media on the morning after England's Euro 2020 final shootout loss to Italy and said he felt like his \"stomach has been ripped out\".\n\nHe is under contract until after the 2022 winter World Cup, and the Football Association is keen to renew his deal.\n\n\"As I sit here today, I would want to be taking the team to Qatar,\" he said.\n\n\"We of course have to qualify for Qatar. I need some time to watch last night's game again, to reflect on the tournament.\n\n\"I need a rest. It's an amazing experience to lead your country in these tournaments, but it takes its toll.\"\n\nSouthgate was visibly dejected as he addressed the media about 12 hours after England's dramatic Wembley defeat in the country's first major men's final since the 1966 World Cup.\n\nHe stressed his desire to not rush contract talks was \"not financial\" and that it was \"great\" to have the Football Association's \"internal support\".\n• None Gareth Southgate: By those who know him best\n• None 'It is down to me' - Southgate rallies around penalty miss trio\n\n\"There's a lot to think through,\" he added. \"I feel we've made progress over four years. A lot of things we've done right and we know this team isn't at its peak yet.\n\n\"When you're in sport and you get to finals, those opportunities are so rare, so to be close, it's very hard the day after. You have given everything - the emotions are drained.\n\n\"We will go again. It's too easy to say we can go to the World Cup in Qatar and win - that's a bit glib. We still have to qualify. You have to start the cycle again.\n\n\"But to be able to work with these players every day has been fantastic, so when it comes to the end like it has now, it's hard.\"\n\nEngland had one of the youngest squads at Euro 2020, fuelling hope some of the country's young talents will develop further by the time the 2022 World Cup begins.\n\nSouthgate disagreed when asked if England were \"too nice\" to win the biggest tournaments, insisting teams would not be able to reach the final if that were the case.\n\n\"All of this team can go again but the young ones are still two to four years from peaking,\" he added.\n\n\"I know as I reflect over the coming days there are a huge number of positives and these players will be far better for going through so many important wins and landmarks.\"\n\n'He's a workaholic - this is a chance for him to push on'\n\nFormer Crystal Palace manager Alan Smith is a close family friend of Southgate's and was at Wembley with the England manager's parents and wife.\n\n\"They're so supportive of Gareth,\" Smith told BBC Sport. \"They've lived through all the hardships. Football is not always on an upward strip, it has lots of downs. I saw last night the character of the family watching the penalties. They didn't duck away from it, they watched it.\n\n\"It was great seeing Gareth come in after and just saying 'hello mum and dad, hello darling' - because they've been away so long. It shows the merit of that family.\n\n\"I think this is a chance now for him to push on. He is a workaholic and he will be back in on Wednesday thinking of the games that are coming up. He will sit down with Steve Holland, Chris Powell and his other staff to see if we can build on what's been achieved.\"\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Vehicles were submerged by floodwater in Raynes Park\n\nParts of London received a month's worth of rain in one day, causing flash floods.\n\nOn Monday 47.8mm of rain fell in a 24-hour period in Kew, most of it in just one hour. The average monthly rainfall in July is 44.5mm.\n\nResidents were evacuated from their homes and train services cancelled, while cars were submerged in water.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade said it had taken more than 1,000 calls related to flooding.\n\nA spokesperson for the service said: \"We're asking people not to walk through or drive through the floodwater. Floodwater can be contaminated and vehicles can become unstable.\"\n\nThames Water said it received more than 2,500 calls in five hours on Monday as sewers filled up and flooded.\n\n\"While our pipes are designed to cope with most storms, yesterday's rainfall was so severe the system filled up very quickly,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAmong those to suffer was Queen guitarist Brian May, who lives in Kensington.\n\nThe rock star said he was \"angry\" after a number of his \"precious\" belongings were ruined during the flooding.\n\nIn a post on Instagram, he wrote: \"The whole bottom floor had been inundated with a sewage overflow - which has covered our carpets, rugs and all kinds of precious (to us) things in a stinking sludge.\n\n\"It's disgusting, and actually quite heart-breaking,\" the We Will Rock You writer added. \"It feels like we have been invaded, desecrated.\"\n\nDaisy King, from Holland Park, described how she came home to find more than two feet of water in her flat.\n\nDaisy King's home was left under several inches of water\n\nShe said: \"It was up to my knees and all my stuff was floating about in it.\n\n\"The fridge and oven were half-filled with water and books and records were ruined.\"\n\nThe owner of vintage record shop, Audio Gold, in Muswell Hill said \"tens of thousands of pounds-worth\" of his stock has been ruined in the floods.\n\n\"The two main things that were damaged were our records and the vintage wooden loud-speakers\", said Ben Shallcross.\n\nBlow-dryers are being used to dry the flooded carpets of the vintage record shop\n\nThe businessman, who has owned the shop for 20 years, explained: \"Much of the shop's stock is stacked on the floor and the water has swelled up around the beautiful old speakers and ruined the veneer.\"\n\nOne resident in Maida Vale said his basement was \"under at least a foot of water, and it was black, so it is sewage water\".\n\nShane, who lives on Shirland Road, said \"everything was wrecked\" by the floods which \"subsided quickly\" when the rain stopped.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by brianmayforreal This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nKensington and Chelsea Council said 120 people were put up in hotels on Monday night due to flooding in the area.\n\nOne video posted on Twitter shows water pouring in down the stairs at Sloane Square Tube station.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPutney Village in Wandsworth and Chipstead in Surrey both recorded more than 31mm of rain in one hour.\n\nThe rainfall recorded in Kew Gardens on Monday made it the wettest day there since 6 July 1983 and the third wettest day on record.\n\nRoads in Barnes looked more like rivers\n\nGareth Furby, who lives in Barnes, south-west London, described \"bailing out\" water from a neighbour's front garden.\n\n\"I helped another neighbour by building a dam at her front gate,\" he said.\n\n\"A theory locally is that the rain came precisely at high tide on the Thames which meant any sewers which flow into the river backed up.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Álvaro García This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nUnderground stations, including Chalk Farm, Hampstead and Wimbledon, were closed due to the flooding.\n\nLines at Euston station had to be shut down after the intense downpours.\n\nThe train routes which were affected by floods included:\n\nA lightning strike also damaged signalling at Epsom, affecting trains between London Waterloo and Dorking.\n\nOperators have said trains could be cancelled or delayed with commuters advised to check before they travel.\n\nTrains in and out of London Euston have been cancelled due to the tracks being flooded\n\nDo you live in an area affected by flooding? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Indigenous Kichua locate themselves as they slug through rainforest mangroves en route to investigate deforestation alerts\n\nTechnology can help indigenous communities to significantly curb deforestation, according to a new study.\n\nIndigenous people living in the Peruvian Amazon were equipped by conservation groups with satellite data and smartphones.\n\nThey were able to reduce tree losses by half in the first year of the project.\n\nReductions were greater in communities facing threats from illegal gold mining, logging and drugs.\n\nOver one-third of the Amazon rainforest lies within the territory of approximately 3,344 acknowledged indigenous communities.\n\nCommunity leaders are joined by environmental enforcement agents to investigate an illegal rainforest clearing on their territory\n\nBut for decades, these areas have been under attack from outsiders who are determined to cut down trees for a range of purposes including mining, logging and the planting of illicit crops like the coca plants used to manufacture cocaine.\n\nOver the past 40 years, governments and environmentalists have invested heavily in the use of satellite technology to monitor the removal of trees.\n\nGovernments in Brazil, Peru and Colombia have put in place a system of high-resolution deforestation alerts, but there is little evidence that this information reaches the indigenous communities most affected.\n\nThis new research set out to see if putting information directly into the hands of forest communities would make a difference.\n\nIn this randomised, controlled study, the authors identified 76 remote villages in the Peruvian Amazon, with 36 randomly-assigned to participate in this new monitoring programme.\n\nThirty-seven other communities served as a control group and continued with their existing forest management practices.\n\nThree members of each selected community were trained in the use of technology and shown how to carry out patrols to verify deforestation.\n\nWhen satellite information showed suspected deforestation activity in an area, photos and GPS coordinates were loaded onto USB drives and carried up the Amazon river and delivered by couriers.\n\nThe information was then downloaded onto specialised smartphone apps which would guide the community monitors to the suspected locations.\n\nWhen the forest patrols confirmed any unauthorised deforestation, they would report back to a general assembly of community members to decide on the best approach.\n\nIn cases where drug dealers were involved, the community could decide to report the issue to law enforcement.\n\nA Kichua monitor fills out a report confirming an occurrence of illegal deforestation after returning from a forest patrol\n\nIf the activity was perceived as less risky, community members could intervene directly and drive the offenders off their land.\n\nWhen the researchers examined the impact of the new approach, they found that deforestation dropped by 52% in the first year, and by 21% in the second.\n\n\"It's quite a sizeable impact,\" said Jacob Kopas, an independent researcher and an author on the paper.\n\n\"We saw evidence of fewer instances of tree cover loss in the programme communities compared with control communities.\"\n\n\"On average, those communities managed to avert 8.8 hectares of deforestation within the first year. But the communities that were most threatened, the ones that had more deforestation in the past were the ones pulling more weight and were reducing deforestation more than in others.\"\n\nIndigenous groups welcomed the research, saying it is among the first peer-reviewed studies to show the benefits of empowering local communities.\n\n\"The study provides evidence that supporting our communities with the latest technology and training can help reduce deforestation in our territories,\" said Jorge Perez Rubio, the president of the Loreto regional indigenous organization (ORPIO), where the study was carried out.\n\nDeforestation alerts are transported to remote, off-grid communities by boat on a monthly basis\n\nThe scale of the problem of deforestation in indigenous areas is significant. Between 2000 and 2015, around 17% of tree loss in the Amazon occurred on nationally-protected or areas assigned to indigenous peoples.\n\nThis is expected to increase in the coming years.\n\n\"Over the next decade, if nothing changes, indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin are projected to lose 4.4 million hectares of rainforest, mostly to outsiders who encroach on their territories to cut down trees,\" says Cameron Ellis, with the Rainforest Foundation US, who helped facilitate the study.\n\n\"But if the community-based forest monitoring methodology could be widely adopted and local governance strengthened, forest loss in the Amazon could be reduced by as much as 20% across all indigenous lands.\"\n\n\"If the approach were targeted to regions with high deforestation rates, forest loss in those areas could be cut by more than three quarters.\"\n\nThe study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).", "Wearing face coverings on public transport in London will remain mandatory\n\nFace coverings must be worn on London's transport network despite restrictions easing on 19 July, London's mayor says.\n\nSadiq Khan said he was not prepared to put Tube, bus and other transport users at risk by relaxing the rules on face coverings.\n\nFace masks have been mandatory on public transport for the past year to reduce the spread of the virus.\n\nBut those rules will be replaced with government guidance advising passengers to wear masks only on busy services.\n\nEngland is removing most of its Covid restrictions next Monday, and while Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he expects masks to be worn in crowded places, such as on a busy Tube train, their use will no longer be compulsory.\n\nLondon was the first English city to insist on face coverings after Covid restrictions ease.\n\nOther metro mayors have also joined calls for masks to be worn on public transport.\n\nIn Scotland, the mandatory use of face coverings will remain in place for \"some time\", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said, even after the country eases most of its other restrictions on 19 July.\n\nThe rules for masks apply in shops and public transport - as well as pubs and restaurants when not seated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sadiq Khan explains why masks will remain compulsory on London's transport\n\nIn Wales, masks will continue to be required by law in some settings. The Welsh government has said face coverings would still be mandatory on public transport and in health and social care settings.\n\nMr Khan has made face masks a condition of carriage for the Tube, bus, tram, DLR, Overground and TfL Rail.\n\nThis means that, despite the easing of restrictions on 19 July, it will be listed as a condition in a legal agreement between Transport for London (TfL) and its customers.\n\nFace coverings will also be required in taxis and private hire vehicles by both drivers and passengers unless they are exempt.\n\nMr Khan said: \"We know from the government's own advisors and from the World Health Organisation, that wearing a face covering indoors does reduce transmissions.\n\n\"It leads to greater public safety and greater public confidence as well.\n\n\"As long as the virus is still with us, and as long as we're still concerned about the virus being transmitted, we will make it compulsory.\"\n\nHe said he was \"confident you will see from Monday high levels of the rules being followed just like there have been since last June\".\n\nTfL's 400 enforcement officers will deny those without a face covering from using London transport, under the plan.\n\nTfL staff and bus drivers will continue to remind passengers that masks are a requirement, Mr Khan said.\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said he will not '\"rule out\" mandating face masks on public transport.\n\nMr Burnham told the BBC he had not yet taken the decision to mandate masks on trams in Manchester and wanted to avoid adding to people's confusion.\n\nThe reaction from commuters has been pretty unanimous - the message over masks is mixed and confusing.\n\nNow, for example, at many merged stations in London - like Barking, Richmond, Wimbledon & Shepherd's Bush - you could go from a rail service where masks are personal choice, to a TfL service where they are a condition of carriage.\n\nSometimes different services even use the same the platform.\n\nSo you'll have to become very adept at differentiating a TfL rail service from a national rail one.\n\nFor an industry that is trying to become more uniform, standardised and is meant to be about making fares and interchanges easier, it's a complete mess.\n\nThe rail industry says masks will put people off using public transport - polling in London says the opposite.\n\nThe question now is, will other mayors and train operators follow London's example?\n\nOr could a simple single rule for all public transport emerge, even at this late stage?\n\nBoris Johnson said the government \"expects and recommends\" face coverings are worn in crowded and enclosed spaces\n\nA poll from the travel watchdog TransportFocus found 56% of Londoners said say they will not use public transport \"unless passengers are required to wear a face covering\".\n\nThe legal requirement to wear a face covering in shops, public transport and other enclosed public spaces will end on 19 July. It will be replaced with government guidance.\n\nA government spokeswoman stressed there would be a shift from \"universal government diktat to relying on people's personal responsibility\".\n\n\"The guidance is clear that people are expected and recommended to wear a mask when they come into contact with people they don't normally meet in enclosed and crowded spaces,\" she said.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the rules were \"just common sense when you think about it\" as \"you would be in a crowded area\" on London transport.\n\nLabour has said it is \"irresponsible\" to drop the legal requirement to wear masks.\n\nThe move has been welcomed by the RMT union, which represents rail workers. It said the approach was consistent with the rules that are currently in place in Scotland, Wales and on Eurostar services to the continent.\n\nHowever, it said: \"We now have the ludicrous position where a passenger travelling through London will have different rules on the Tube and the mainline services.\"\n\nMr Shapps said: \"We've seen lots of these rules being different in different parts of the UK.\n\n\"The same way you can't drink alcohol on London transport systems, but you can on some long distance journeys.\"\n\nFrom 2 May to 29 May 2021, 86% of TfL customers said they were wearing face coverings at all times on public transport.\n\nOf the 14% not wearing a face covering at all times or not at all, almost three-quarters (74%) claim to have an exemption or good reason under the current regulations for not doing so, TfL research shows.\n\nAndy Byford, London's Transport Commissioner, said: \"The transport network is cleaner than ever, with an enhanced cleaning regime, hospital grade cleaning products, widely-available hand sanitizer and UV light fittings on escalator handrails to kill viruses.\n\n\"It is great news that regular independent testing for the virus by Imperial College has found no trace on our services, and we are now ready to safely welcome back more and more customers from 19 July as people head out to enjoy all that the capital has to offer.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Google has been hit with a €500m (£427m) fine by France's competition authority for failing to negotiate \"in good faith\" with news organisations over the use of their content.\n\nThe authority accused Google of not taking an order to do so seriously.\n\nGoogle told the BBC the decision \"ignores our efforts to reach an agreement\".\n\nThe fine is the latest skirmish in a global copyright battle between tech firms and news organisations.\n\nLast year, the French competition authority ordered that Google must negotiate deals with news organisations to show extracts of articles in search results, news and other services.\n\nGoogle was fined because, in the authority's view, it failed to do this.\n\nIn 2019, France became the first EU country to put a new Digital Copyright Directive into law.\n\nThe law governed so-called \"neighbouring rights\" which are designed to compensate publishers and news agencies for the use of their material.\n\nAs a result, Google decided it would not show content from EU publishers in France, on services like search and news, unless publishers agreed to let them do so free of charge.\n\nNews organisations felt this was an abuse of Google's market power, and two organisations representing press publishers and Agence France-Presse (AFP) complained to the competition authority.\n\nGoogle told the BBC: \"We are very disappointed with this decision - we have acted in good faith throughout the entire process.\"\n\nIt said that it is, to date, the only company to have announced agreements on so-called neighbouring rights.\n\nIt added it was about to finalise an agreement with AFP that includes a global licensing agreement and payments for press publications.\n\nThe new ruling means that within the next two months Google must come up with proposals explaining how it will recompense companies for the use of their news.\n\nShould this fail to happen the company could face additional fines of €900,000 per day.\n\n\"When the authority decrees an obligation for a company, it must comply scrupulously,\" said the competition authority's Isabelle de Silva in a statement.\n\n\"Here, this was unfortunately not the case,\" she wrote.", "Formula 1 great Lewis Hamilton says helping motorsport become more diverse will be \"the most valuable\" thing he has achieved in his career.\n\nHamilton said he hoped the findings of a study he commissioned into improving the representation of minorities in the industry would be \"part of my legacy\".\n\nThe report was conducted in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering.\n\n\"I look back at my young self and wish it was different and I want to be a part of that change,\" Hamilton said.\n\n\"If I can change that, it would be the most valuable thing for me.\"\n• None 'Max is walking away with it right now,' says Hamilton\n\nThe Hamilton Commission's report was compiled by a series of experts on education, motorsport and diversity.\n\nIt found wider societal issues were affecting black students' opportunities within the UK motorsport industry, as well as specific barriers within the industry itself.\n\nMercedes driver Hamilton, a seven-time Formula 1 world champion, said: \"We realise it's not just the motorsport industry that needs to change; we found there are still systemic issues facing young black people at all levels of the education system.\"\n\nWhy do the report?\n\nHamilton started work on setting up the commission after the 2019 F1 season, when he noticed the lack of ethnic minorities in photos taken by the teams.\n\nHe made its existence public last summer, after the global outcry against racial discrimination that followed the killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd by US police.\n\nHamilton, F1's only black driver, said: \"The question has always been asked: 'What do I want my legacy to be?' I remember not perhaps giving it much thought.\n\n\"When I was younger, it was to be regarded as one of the best F1 drivers, but over time I have had the success, and the joy that brings is always short-lived.\n\n\"I have been thinking: 'Gee, there must be a reason that I somehow slipped through the cracks and not only got into the sport but am at the front of it and what am I going to do with all these titles?'\n\n\"The universe works in mysterious ways. At the end of 2019, I came up with this commission idea and we had started working on it and then the whole thing happened with George and that whole movement and it coincided with what we were trying to do and I really felt like I had discovered my purpose.\n\n\"I would like to be remembered for much more than winning championships, which is an amazing thing on its own, but for actually helping people and changing the industry and the viewpoints.\n\n\"We are all the same. We all bleed the same. There is no reason why it shouldn't be as diverse as the world around us. All it takes is the shift of the needle and then in the long distance that can be a whole continent's size. It could be huge.\"\n\nWhat are the recommendations?\n\nAmong the impediments to black success in the motorsport industry, the report found evidence of both explicit racism, and a lack of regard for the issue, as well as practical and logistical obstacles for candidates from minority backgrounds.\n\nAmong the issues raised were that none of the F1 teams had ethnicity data for their employees. Rhys Morgan, director at the Royal Academy of Engineering and an author of the report, said their figure of 1% of F1 employees being black was an estimation as a result.\n\nThe report highlighted recruitment practices in F1 tended to favour students from a select group of high-ranking universities, and a series of issues preventing the rise of black students in particular in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects subjects in schools.\n\nHamilton said he wanted it to be a \"commission of action\".\n\nPublished on Tuesday, in the build-up to this weekend's British Grand Prix, the report makes 10 recommendations focused on access to Stem subjects.\n• None Asking F1 teams and the wider industry to implement a diversity and inclusion charter\n• None Broadening access beyond the typical recruitment from a select group of universities, to include higher and degree apprenticeships\n• None The establishment of a fund to address factors contributing to the high proportion of students from black backgrounds being excluded from schools\n• None New approaches to increase the number of black students studying Stem subjects that lead to careers in engineering\n• None Creating scholarship programmes for black students to study degrees in engineering and related subjects\n\nHamilton said he believed education was key to solving the lack of representation in motorsport, and racism in society as a whole.\n\nHe said the racist abuse suffered by England players Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday was \"devastating to see, but shows that as a nation we have a long, long way to go\".\n\n\"In my opinion it stems from education,\" Hamilton said. \"Growing up in a system where you don't learn about where you come from - I am only learning now.\n\n\"People ask me: 'Where do you come from?' I was born in the UK but half my family is from the West Indies, but never knowing the history of the West Indies.\n\n\"And I have been doing a deep dive trying to find out where in Africa my family originates from.\n\n\"It is an educational thing and that definitely needs to shift within the [school] curriculum.\n\n\"We need more support from social media platforms; we had the blackout earlier in the year but it's not enough. We need to stop that abuse that happens online.\n\n\"But definitely this commission highlighted one of the areas we can improve and I hope it starts a ripple effort of more change moving forwards.\"\n\nHamilton said he was working closely with F1 and governing body the FIA on the topic.\n\nF1 president Stefano Domenicali said the report was \"comprehensive and impressive\", adding: \"We completely agree that we need to increase diversity across the sport and we have taken action to address this and will be announcing more actions in the coming days.\n\n\"We want a sport that is representative of our hugely diverse fanbase and that is why F1, the FIA and all the teams are working hard to deliver on our detailed plans to create positive change across the sport.\n\n\"There is always more to do and the report will stimulate thoughts about further actions that are required.\"\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Ministers hope progress with the vaccine programme means restrictions can be eased\n\nNicola Sturgeon is to confirm whether Scotland's Covid-19 restrictions can be eased as planned in the coming weeks.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament is to be recalled from recess for a statement from the first minister at 14:00.\n\nThe government had set a target of moving the whole country to level zero from 19 July, before lifting most legal restrictions from 9 August.\n\nHowever, the country has since been hit by a record-breaking wave of infections which has put pressure on NHS services.\n\nMinisters said they believed the peak of the latest wave had passed. Ms Sturgeon said she was hopeful that some changes could go ahead as planned.\n\nShe is meeting her cabinet to review the latest data on Tuesday morning before announcing the decision to MSPs in the afternoon.\n\nDifferent Covid-19 restrictions are in force across Scotland, with areas in the central belt including Glasgow and Edinburgh in level two and other areas like Aberdeenshire, Fife and the Highlands in level one.\n\nOrkney, Shetland and many island communities are already in level zero. Ms Sturgeon had set a target of moving the whole country to this level on 19 July - the same date as most restrictions will be lifted in England.\n\nThis would see the number of people who are allowed to meet up indoors public spaces such as bars and restaurants increased to 10 adults from four households, and to eight people from four households for private homes.\n\nPublic Health expert Prof Linda Bauld from Edinburgh University, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme she believed the planned easing would go ahead.\n\nShe said: \"What I am expecting to hear is that we will proceed to level 0 on 19 July. There are a basket of indicators the Scottish government will be looking at.\n\n\"Starting with cases we see a decline in the seven-day average - 2,650, down from 3,800 a week before that. We have got more people in hospital now - just under 470 people - and we have three or four health board areas or hospitals that are definitely under strain, but others are coping . And the average deaths is about three or four a week which is regrettable.\n\n\"You can see that although the situation is still fragile it is showing some signs of being sustainable and we are able to cope with it.\"\n\nThe first minister said she wanted to move \"beyond level zero\" by scrapping the bulk of legal restrictions from 9 August, while maintaining some mitigations such as the use of face coverings in enclosed areas.\n\nShe warned that these dates were \"not set in stone\" after Scotland was hit by a wave of new infections which at one point saw the country have the worst daily case rates in Europe.\n\nMs Sturgeon was hopeful that some level changes could go ahead as planned\n\nA further 2,134 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Monday - down on figures from recent weeks, but still with 11% of tests coming back positive.\n\nHowever, the number of people in hospital has not risen as dramatically, with ministers saying the vaccine programme had \"weakened\" the link between catching the virus and becoming seriously ill.\n\nMs Sturgeon suggested that the plans could be modified, saying the government could potentially \"proceed with some planned changes but hold back on others\".\n\nThis led to claims that Scotland could be heading for a \"level 0.5\", with opposition leaders saying this would create uncertainty for people and businesses that had been making plans based on the current timetable.\n\nThe first minister said that \"this is a time for care and caution\", adding: \"Over the next few weeks as we complete the vaccination programme, it is really important that we don't let the virus outrun us.\"\n\nAnd she raised questions about the UK government's approach of lifting most restrictions from 19 July, saying this was \"something of an exception\" when viewed \"against the backdrop of sharply increasing case numbers\".\n\nMinisters say the peak of the latest wave of cases may have passed\n\nThe Scottish Parliament is currently in recess for the summer break, but will be recalled for the virtual session at 14:00. It will give opposition leaders the chance to question the first minister on her plans.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives want the government to press forward with plans for easing restrictions, saying the country must \"keep moving forward\".\n\nParty leader Douglas Ross said ministers had failed to boost the vaccine programme and the Test and Protect system, but said \"the public should not be punished\" for this.\n\nHe added: \"If Tuesday's statement does not deliver a plan of action for tackling the virus and a clear timetable for exiting restrictions, Nicola Sturgeon risks losing public buy-in. \"\n\nHolyrood is being recalled for a virtual session for the Covid-19 update\n\nScottish Labour wants the time between vaccine doses cut to four weeks and extra resources directed to the contact tracing system.\n\nDeputy leader Jackie Baillie said the government had \"lost control of the pandemic\" and must take \"immediate action\".\n\nShe said: \"We are at a crucial moment in the pandemic - it's about time we showed the urgency and ambition that we need.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish Greens called for a cautious approach, with co-leader Lorna Slater saying the government should \"take a safer, more gradual approach until the vaccine programme is further on\".\n\nAnd Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said Ms Sturgeon must set out \"concrete action and urgent changes around the rules and expectations for self-isolation\" amid concerns about staff shortages in hospitals.\n\nMs Sturgeon has said the government is reviewing rules for self-isolation and quarantine, although it is not known if a decision will be announced on Tuesday.", "Sheldon started out as a blogger and is now a leading social media influencer\n\nA popular social media influencer has told MPs about the \"relentless\" abuse she receives from online trolls.\n\nEm Sheldon said there was \"a dark space of the internet where people spend all day writing about us\".\n\n\"They think we deserve it because we put ourselves online,\" she told the DCMS committee, which is looking into the growth of influencer culture.\n\nInfluencers are usually seen as people who use their social media platforms to promote brands, products and services.\n\nAccording to another expert witness, however, the term is an \"ambiguous\" one that is often used pejoratively, particularly against women.\n\n\"Sometimes the conversation only relates to commercial activity, but one person's influencer might be another's artist,\" said Dr Francesca Sobande of Cardiff University.\n\n\"Influencer has become a deliberately feminised term,\" said Dr Crystal Abidin from Australia's Curtin University during Tuesday's evidence session.\n\n\"Influencers aren't seen as people who are creating content. They're seen as people putting themselves out there to win followers and make money.\"\n\nAccording to Sheldon, who has more than 117,000 followers on Instagram, certain people are \"so angry at us for making money\".\n\nShe said her followers would be \"disgusted\" if she revealed the full extent of the abuse she received, particularly from middle-aged women.\n\nAppearing later on ITV News, she said her appearance before the DCMS committee had itself led to venomous messages.\n\nBukayo Saka (centre) is among the England players to receive racist abuse online\n\nSheldon, who posts regularly about her lifestyle, said online threats were so severe she no longer felt safe enough to go out for a run by herself.\n\n\"People think they have a right to know where I live, who my friends and families are and so on,\" she went on. \"These dark forums need shutting down.\n\n\"I wish social media required some form of personal information, even for those who post anonymously. It would deter abusers and help the police.\"\n\nSheldon's comments follow widespread revulsion at the racist abuse directed at some of England's football players in the wake of their Euro final defeat.\n\nMarcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were targeted after they missed penalties at the end of Sunday's match against Italy at Wembley.\n\nThe government's draft Online Safety Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech in May, places new duties on social media firms to remove harmful or illegal content.\n\nIt says social media firms will have to remove harmful content quickly or potentially face multi-billion-pound fines.\n\nYet singer Nicola Roberts has turned down a request to endorse it, saying it does not do enough to stop people who have been banned from setting up new accounts.\n\n\"I am unconcerned with chasing the rabbit,\" the Girls Aloud and Masked Singer star said in a statement. \"I would rather just fill the hole.\"\n\nRoberts suffered online abuse and stalking at the hands of an ex-boyfriend, who sent her 3,000 messages from 35 fake Twitter accounts after they split in 2008.\n\n\"If you block people they make 10 other accounts,\" said Sheldon, who claimed her abusers routinely complain to the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) about her posts.\n\nInfluencers are required to make it clear to their followers when their posts are advertisements and can be sanctioned by the UK advertising watchdog if they do not.\n\nRoberts has refused to give her backing to the government's Online Safety Bill\n\nFormer model Katie Price has launched a petition calling for there to be a legal requirement that personal accounts on sites such as Facebook and Twitter are linked to a verified form of identification.\n\nLove Island presenter Laura Whitmore has urged her followers to add their names to it, saying it \"has never been right\" that \"anyone can say anything online without any accountability\".\n\nAccording to Dr Sobande, however, removing users' anonymity \"is not the magic solution people think it is\".\n\n\"For me the bigger issue is how these issues will be addressed when the abusers are identified,\" she told MPs.\n\nSheldon said that maintaining a social media presence was a \"24/7\" job and that she sometimes feels \"like a hamster on a wheel\".\n\n\"We don't have a union but we do help each other,\" she said of her fellow influencers, whom she said lacked the \"level of protection\" afforded to mainstream celebrities.\n\n\"They can be hurt emotionally but their businesses and careers are untouchable,\" she continued. \"It's not a level playing field.\"\n\n\"Being an influencer is not a job you can switch off from,\" said Dr Abidin, adding that those wishing to become one themselves should \"think about more than the glamour\".\n\nYet Sheldon said there were positive sides to the job, citing a recent visit to New York as an example of a \"really good and fulfilling\" experience.\n\n\"I like that I can give people escapism, especially during the pandemic,\" said the 27-year-old, who started out as a blogger in 2012.\n\nSnapchat is among many social media companies to have an anti-bullying policy, as well as an in-house app promoting good mental health.\n\nIt said its users' accounts were \"private by default\" and that the site had no public comments or open newsfeed where hate speech could be broadcast.\n\nFacebook and Instagram have similar policies including message controls and filters and direct people in need of crisis support to charities including The Samaritans and Beat.\n\nTik Tok and YouTube have also been contacted for comment.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "More than 12,500 people have died with coronavirus, since the first reported death in Scotland on 13 March 2020.\n\nHere are the stories of some of those who have lost their lives.\n\nIf you would like to pay tribute to a loved one lost to Covid, please use the form below or email newsonline-scotland@bbc.co.uk and ensure you have read our terms and conditions and privacy policy.\n\nJean was born in 1937 Maryhill and spoke often and fondly of her childhood in \"the Butney\". This involved real hardships - including war-time evacuation to Holytown - though Jean's memories were all good and Maryhill became a touchstone when dementia became a factor in recent years.\n\nWorking at Rolls-Royce Hillington, Jean was transferred to its Derby HQ where, as a young woman, she made small component parts for jet engines. Even in her 80s, Jean could still perform all the machinist actions (with sound effects).\n\nShe loved to paint landscapes and had a life-long passion for music, especially jazz (with Frankie and Ella being constants). She was a great singer and dancer, always up for fun and laughs, brightening up any party.\n\nHer family said Jean was a fabulous mum to two daughters, a brilliant friend, and a warm-hearted women with kindness for everyone and anyone. She died on 27 October 2020.\n\nRashelle Baird's family describe her as \"kind, bubbly, and always the life and soul of the party\".\n\nThe 27-year-old mother-of-three from Brechin had put off appointments to get the vaccine because she was busy with her children.\n\nHer family stressed she was not anti-vaccine. \"She wanted to get her vaccine but she put her kids first,\" her father Stephen said.\n\nRashelle, who had asthma, initially thought she had caught a cold from her children, but her symptoms worsened and she was admitted to hospital.\n\nShe died in November 2021 after several days in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, having been placed in an induced coma in the intensive care unit.\n\nDavid Trower worked as a clerical officer in the A&E department of University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie before retiring in 2016.\n\nBut he was committed to the NHS and even in retirement he chose to continue to work shifts, through NHS Lanarkshire's staff bank, right up until February. He died on 9 March 2021, aged 67.\n\nHis colleagues thought highly of him, saying: \"We have many happy memories of shifts together, laughs, nights out, and listening to all his stories of his many holidays abroad. We will miss him.\"\n\nBernadette White, his sister, said he was a caring, gentle and loving man with a wicked sense of humour.\n\nShe added: \"The last seven years, I would say, is when David started to live his life, doing the things that made him happy without having to worry about anyone else.\"\n\nStephen Stewart met his future wife, Heather, at a youth club when he was just 14. They got engaged on his 17th birthday and he had just turned 20 when they married.\n\nThe couple, who lived in Motherwell, came from \"very different\" backgrounds but they grew up together during their 25-year marriage while raising their only child.\n\nStephen took pride in his work for concrete manufacturer FP McCann, latterly as a lab technician working out what strength the concrete needed to be for certain projects.\n\nOutside work, he loved fishing, computer games, gadgets and during the first lockdown he managed to build a hot tub shelter with the help of a series of YouTube videos.\n\nHe died of Covid pneumonia at University Hospital Wishaw on 19 February 2021, aged 45.\n\nNan Douglas worked her way up from shorthand typist to headteacher during a remarkable career.\n\nShe was already a mother of three when she left her job as a school secretary at West Calder High School to enrol at Moray House in Edinburgh where she qualified as a primary school teacher.\n\nAfter losing her husband John when she was just 43, she found solace in working with disabled children and went on to be appointed head of Pinewood Special School in Blackburn, West Lothian.\n\nFollowing a spell living in Cornwall during her retirement, she returned to Scotland where she hosted a \"living wake\" with 80 friends and family on her 90th birthday.\n\nShe lived independently in Milnathort, Kinross, and was admitted to hospital for a minor issue just before Christmas 2020. But she picked up Covid and never left. She died on 19 February 2021, aged 95.\n\nGraeme McGrath's greatest passions were rowing and the River Clyde.\n\nOn the day of his funeral, fellow rowers held oars in a guard of honour at Glasgow Green in a tribute appreciated by his wife Anne and their three sons.\n\nFor 40 years Graeme volunteered with the Glasgow Humane Society and was often called on to row rescue boats on the Clyde, or to help evacuate families during floods.\n\nAfter undergoing a kidney transplant in his 50s, he was unable to get out on the river as much. He retired from his job as a Thomas Cook travel agent and moved to Prestwick in Ayrshire.\n\nBut he still felt the pull of the Clyde and regularly returned to the city to meet friends and row safety boats at regattas.\n\nHe died with Covid on 15 February 2021 at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, aged 66, after being admitted for an infection affecting his heart.\n\nTommy Morrow spent most of his life in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, where he met his partner Jackie and raised their children, Demi and Mark.\n\nHis family described him as a character and not a day went by without them laughing at his jokes.\n\nHe loved camping and fishing in places like Stornoway with his friends but the most important people in his life were his family, including grandchildren, Lacey and Louden.\n\nDuring his career he worked in various well-known hotels and restaurants in Glasgow but he had not worked for some years due to poor health, including COPD.\n\nHe died with Covid on 15 February 2021, aged 53. \"It was so cruel - he was so close to getting the vaccine,\" his family said.\n\nTommy Rooney was a bus driver for 36 years and hugely popular with colleagues at First Bus in Larbert.\n\nOn the day of his funeral they were among dozens of people who lined the streets and applauded as his cortege passed the depot.\n\nFirst Bus operations manager Jason Hackett told the Falkirk Herald that Tommy was the \"heart and soul\" of the Larbert station.\n\nMarried to Margaret, the Bonnybridge man had two daughters and a granddaughter who described him as a \"humble but proud family man who put everyone else's needs before his own\".\n\nAn avid Celtic fan, he spent much of the pandemic driving key workers to their essential duties. He died on 12 February 2021, aged 57.\n\nDavid Gray's first grandchild - a girl called Islay - was born in July 2020. The proud \"papa\" used to say that she was the love of his life and she gave him a reason to wake up in the morning.\n\nTragically, the 62-year-old only got to spend five months with her before falling ill with Covid. He died on 3 February 2021.\n\nDavid lived in Erskine and worked for BAE Systems for 20 years, first as a mechanical fitter then as records manager dealing with secret files for the Ministry of Defence.\n\nHis family describe him as \"music daft\" - he played guitar and he was performing a gig with his band in Glasgow when he met his wife, Joyce, 40 years ago.\n\nThey went on to have two children - Darren and Danielle - as well as his beloved Cocker Spaniels, Buster and Shimmer, who he described as his \"bairns\".\n\nHarry Osborne was a Dunkirk veteran whose life was full of adventures - his daughter said he was still able to recall stories until just a few days before he died.\n\nMr Osborne was deployed to France months after joining the Territorial Army in Glasgow, served with the 77th Highland Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery and later became a surveyor.\n\nFriends recall how upon joining, he promised his mother he would not swear and instead would say \"cricky jings\", which became his nickname in the forces.\n\nHe was also known as a keen golfer with a \"wicked sense of humour\".\n\nMr Osborne died from Covid-19 on 25 January, nine months after celebrating his 100th birthday.\n\nConnie Simpson's grandchildren say she was more like a pal than a granny - she was full of fun and laughter, and was always the first up to dance at a party.\n\nBorn in Kinning Park, Glasgow, she moved to the east end after marrying John who she met at the Barrowlands when they were teenagers.\n\nWhile John was away with the Merchant Navy, she brought up their four children in a house \"surrounded by love\", before taking work as a curtain consultant.\n\nShe was fabulous even in her 80s - she loved getting her hair, eyebrows and manicure done, meeting friends at Mecca Bingo in Parkhead and at a local pensioners' club.\n\nConnie died on 23 January 2021 at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow, aged 82.\n\nSheila Gartly was as \"bright as a button\" and the \"heart of our family\", her loved ones said.\n\nShe was born and brought up in Deskford, Moray, before marrying and moving to Keith in 1954. Widowed in 1975, she remarried but lost her second husband in 2005.\n\nDuring her working life she had jobs in a florist and in a fish shop - both of which she thoroughly enjoyed.\n\nShe loved to watch the birds in her garden, read her daily newspaper, listen to traditional Scottish music, and the spring and summer when the nights were lighter and flowers bloomed.\n\nIn 2019 she had surgery on a broken leg but she was recovering well. She died with Covid on 19 January 2021, aged 86.\n\nAlex Goldie was an electrical engineer who latterly worked as a lecturer at Stow College in Glasgow before his retirement.\n\nHis family said he was a gregarious man, always interested in other people, who took great delight and pride in the antics and education of his two great-grandsons, Charlie and Joe.\n\nDuring his long life he enjoyed skiing, tennis, pottery, sailing, golf, holidays in Europe, Australia and North America, single malts and red wine.\n\nHe had been well cared for by Randolph Hill nursing home in Dunblane for 19 months after developing dementia. Covid restrictions meant he had not seen his family, other than by Skype, for a year.\n\nHe is thought to have contracted the virus on a trip to A&E after a fall. He died on 14 January, aged 100.\n\nVincent Logan became one of the youngest bishops in the world when he was ordained Bishop of Dunkeld in 1981, aged 39.\n\nHe served the Roman Catholic diocese for almost 32 years before his retirement in 2012.\n\nThe Scottish Catholic Church said he was \"dedicated and energetic\" and had \"an energy and zeal in all he did\".\n\nBorn in Bathgate in 1941, he was ordained a priest in Edinburgh in 1964. He died on 14 January, aged 79, the day after his friend the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia.\n\n\"Both bishops succumbed to the lethal effects of the coronavirus,\" the current Bishop of Dunkeld, Stephen Robson, added.\n\nThe Archbishop of Glasgow, the Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia, died suddenly at his home in the city on 13 January - the Feast of St Mungo, the Patron Saint of Glasgow.\n\nHe had been self-isolating after testing positive for Covid shortly after Christmas.\n\nBorn in Glasgow in 1951, he was ordained a priest in 1975 and had served as leader of Scotland's largest Catholic community since 2012.\n\nScotland's Catholic bishops described Archbishop Tartaglia as a \"gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor who combined compassion with a piercing intellect\".\n\nAmong those who paid tribute were First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken, who described the archbishop as \"a true Glaswegian\".\n\nLiz Shingleston was a well-known figure in the village of Dunragit and her death on 13 January had a big impact on the small community near Stranraer.\n\n\"Her hearse passed the bottom of the village and the amount of people who turned out to pay their respects was overwhelming,\" said her daughter, Lisa.\n\nLiz spent her early childhood in New Luce but moved to the railway station cottage in Dunragit where her father worked as a signalman.\n\nDuring a varied working life, Liz left school to work in the laboratory of the nearby Nestle factory and later replaced her own mother as the local school's dinner lady.\n\nThe 73-year-old was devoted to her grandchildren and great-grandson but she also liked to treat herself to afternoon tea (with Prosecco) at Trump Turnberry.\n\nHugh Polland, who was known as Shug to his friends and family, was born and raised in Glasgow's Easterhouse.\n\nHe was well known in the area where he ran the Casbah Pub for many years during the 1980s and early 90s.\n\nA huge Celtic fan, he loved to play golf and took up photography later in life - becoming \"unofficial photographer\" at many friends' weddings, christening and parties.\n\n\"Everyone wanted him at their party not just to take photos but because of his personality,\" said his son, Tony McAllister. \"Everyone loved him because what you seen is what you got.\"\n\nShug died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 5 January, aged 70. His sudden death has left his family heartbroken.\n\nFor more than 75 years George Wight lived on his dairy farm in the village of Drumoak in Aberdeenshire.\n\nBut he had more than one string to his bow - as well as being a dairy farmer, for 25 years he was also the publican of his local, the Irvine Arms.\n\nA loyal Aberdeen FC fan, he was one of the lucky ones - he was in Gothenburg in 1983 to see the his beloved Dons lift the European Cup Winners Cup.\n\nHe was devoted to his family, including wife Claire and their four children, and despite suffering a series of bereavements and health setbacks, he always bounced back.\n\n\"He was an inspiration and a hardy soul who kept going no matter what life threw at him,\" they said. George died at a nursing home on 4 January 2021, aged 85.\n\nHugh Bell loved to dance. As a young man, when he doing his national service with the RAF, he was a regular at the dancing at the YMCA in Paisley.\n\nIt was there he met the love of his life, Margaret. They were married for 63 years and had two children Alan and Stuart. Margaret passed away in 2013.\n\nA keen ballroom dancer, Hugh was often first on the dance floor and in his later years he enjoyed dancing to the entertainment at Southerness caravan park, near Dumfries, where Stuart and his friend had a holiday home.\n\nHe was a bright, bubbly sociable man who spent a career in logistics before working as a lollipop man in his retirement.\n\nHugh died on 31 December at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, aged 92.\n\nDavid Warnock was a keen sportsman who loved squash, tennis, rugby, football, cycling and climbing munros.\n\nIn fact, it was on the tennis courts in Aberdeen that he met his teenage sweetheart, Zena. He was 17 and she was 14 - they were married for 62 years.\n\nAn electrical engineer, he worked for Pye Communications, moving first to Cambridge and then Edinburgh.\n\nHe was a quiet man who never complained about anything and was happiest around his family - including four children, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.\n\nHis second great-grandchild was born shortly after he died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 31 December. He was 85.\n\nHenry Anderson, an SNP councillor on Perth and Kinross Council, died with Covid on 27 December.\n\nHe had represented the Almond and Earn ward since 2012 and colleagues said he would be \"hugely missed\".\n\nAmong those who paid tribute to the 68-year-old was Deputy First Minister John Swinney, who described him as \"a good, decent man and a faithful councillor\".\n\nMurray Lyle, the leader of Perth and Kinross Council, said Mr Anderson was an excellent advocate for his ward and \"passionate about local issues\".\n\n\"I had the pleasure of working with Henry for several years on the Local Review Body and always his enjoyed his company, good humour and sense of fun when we were out visiting planning sites.\"\n\nTeenage sweethearts Bryson Mitchell and his wife Irene were due to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary in January,\n\nThey met when he was an 18-year-old apprentice electrician and was assigned to a contract with the company where Irene, who was 16, was working.\n\nAfter marrying in 1961, Bryson spent his adult life in Paisley and 35 years working as an aircraft electrician with British Airways.\n\nThe couple had two children and four grandchildren, who described him as a quiet man with a great sense of humour. \"He was kind and generous, very hardworking, and he lived for his family,\" they said.\n\nHe was in hospital being treated for an acute illness when he contracted Covid. He died on Christmas Eve, aged 82.\n\nAs a child, Sandy Adam survived pioneering surgery to remove his voice box - an operation that left him unable to speak normally.\n\nInstead he learned a different way to communicate - oesophageal speech (swallowing air) - by drinking lots of lemonade. He had a life-long hatred of the fizzy drink after that.\n\nAfter training to be a dentist in Dundee, he returned to his hometown of Aberdeen. In addition to surgeries around the city, at one time he worked at Craiginches Prison one afternoon a week.\n\nA father and a grandfather, he loved tinkering with cars, pranking his two children and sitting in the sun with a glass of red wine.\n\nThe 81-year-old, who had dementia, died on 16 December, shortly after testing positive for Covid.\n\nDavid Barr was born and grew up in Paisley and for more than 40 years he worked in the town's Anchor Mill.\n\nAs well as being a keen bowler, a church elder, and an active member of Martyrs Church Men's Club, he had a gift for carpentry.\n\nThe dolls houses and garages that he made for his children and grandchildren were much loved and they are still treasured.\n\nHis favourite place in the world was the East Neuk of Fife, where he spent many happy holidays.\n\nDavid had an underlying respiratory condition and he was admitted to hospital with shortness of breath in December. He died within days of being diagnosed with Covid on 16 December, aged 86.\n\nAna Lisa Sayson was a nurse who moved from the Philippines to work for the NHS in Scotland.\n\nShe was a staff nurse at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow before she moved to Glasgow Royal Infirmary during the Covid crisis. The mother-of-two died on 15 December after testing positive for the virus.\n\n\"Ana Lisa was a much-loved member of the team and an incredibly compassionate nurse who was devoted to the care of her patients,\" said John Stuart, the chief nurse at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.\n\n\"Ana Lisa came to our country from the Philippines to care for our loved ones and my heart goes out to her family and especially her husband and children.\n\n\"My thoughts, and the thoughts of all of her NHS family here in Glasgow, are with them at this terribly sad time.\"\n\nBilly and May Fannin were married for 62 years after meeting at a ballroom in Glasgow in 1955.\n\nMay was a bookkeeper who gave up her job to look after her grandchildren in the 1980s. \"Her life revolved around her four grandchildren,\" their younger daughter Jennifer told BBC Scotland.\n\nBilly was a joiner by trade but his real passion was singing, performing under the name Scott Allan. And as a member of Equity, he also took on work as an extra on TV programmes like Take the High Road and Taggart.\n\nHe loved being the centre of attention and \"if he was chocolate he would have eaten himself\", Jennifer joked.\n\nWhen the couple from Barrhead caught Covid, their two daughters also fell ill with the virus and had to self-isolate. They were heartbroken they could not be with their 84-year-old mother when she died in hospital on 6 December.\n\nBut they chose not tell their 88-year-old father about her death, as he was also in hospital and had dementia. Jennifer was able to visit him to say goodbye before he slipped away just eight days after the passing of his wife.\n\nShe was president of the city's Bangladesh Association, a civil servant at Glasgow City Council and, according to her family, \"a pillar of the community\".\n\nThey said she was a \"devoted mother, daughter, aunt and friend [but] she would prefer to be remembered as a social activist, volunteer and community advocate\".\n\nBoth Mridula and her husband, Sarwar Hassan, were admitted to hospital with Covid in November. He was discharged but Mridula was moved to Aberdeen for specialist treatment.\n\nHer husband and two sons were able to spend time with her before she died at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 12 December, aged 50.\n\nBridget Turner and her husband Alan worked for years in the window blinds industry before setting up their own business, A&B Window Blinds, in 1992.\n\nThey lived next door to the shop in Paisley, where Bridget worked in the office and Alan went out to do the measuring. Their years of hard work paid off and the family business remains successful.\n\nThe mother-of-three \"loved a good gab and a good catch-up with friends\", according to her daughter, Lisa. \"She was amazing, such a good friend to lots of people.\"\n\nWhen the children were young, family holidays were spent at the Isle of Whithorn but later the couple, who moved to Greenock, spent winters in Gran Canaria where they made friends from around the world.\n\nBridget was treated for Covid at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, where she received \"amazing care\". She died, aged 71, on 7 December after saying goodbye to her family.\n\nAndrew Slorance was a civil servant in charge of the Scottish government's planning and response to crisis situations - including the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe grew up in Hawick and became a journalist before joining the Scotland Office. He led the new Scottish Parliament's media team when it opened in 1999, then became the official spokesman for First Minister Alex Salmond.\n\nA father-of-five, he was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma in 2015. He documented his experience of the rare cancer - including six rounds of chemotherapy - in a blog he called \"The fight of my life\".\n\nHe relapsed in 2019 and a stem cell transplant scheduled for Easter 2020 was delayed by Covid. While shielding at home in Edinburgh, he spent the first part of the pandemic working on the government's response from a spare room.\n\nMr Slorance was finally admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow for his stem cell transplant in October. He tested positive for Covid shortly after that and died on 5 December, aged 49.\n\nTributes from across the political spectrum, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, have been paid to Mr Slorance. His wife, Louise, told BBC Scotland: \"He was a proud family man who was the life and soul of any party, loving and loyal.\"\n\nAllan Harper was a salesman at Topps Tiles for 23 years, mainly in the Hillington branch.\n\nHe met Caroline through a dating website 21 years ago. They were due to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in July.\n\nA father-of-one, he lived in Craigton, in the south-west of Glasgow, where he enjoyed computer games and playing pool with work colleagues.\n\nCaroline said they would spend their days off and holidays together with their three cats \"who sometimes got more attention than me\".\n\nHe was a kind man, a \"true gentleman\" and her \"forever love\", she added. He died on 1 December 2020, aged 60.\n\nEileen Terry was born and brought up in Renfrew before marrying Bob and moving to Milngavie in 1968.\n\nHe was a keen golfer and when their sons, Robert and David, reached secondary school she decided the time was right to join him on the golf course.\n\nIt led to a lifetime's love of the sport and she became the ladies captain of Clober Golf Club in 2001 - the club's centenary year.\n\nHer family say she was a kind and generous lady who was well-known in her local community, where she worked as a home help until her retirement.\n\nShe spent her final years in Mavisbank Nursing Home in Bishopbriggs after developing vascular dementia. She died in hospital on 25 November 2020, aged 84.\n\nDavie Burgess was one of 10 siblings born in the Townhead area of Glasgow, but he had a lifelong love of the fresh air and the scenery of the Scottish countryside.\n\nAs a young man, he worked as a fireman on the steam train to Crianlarich - a trip which included a two-hour stopover allowing him to explore the hills.\n\nLater in life he loved driving up to Acharacle to visit his son and his family, where he could go for long walks with his grandchildren and their dog, Mac.\n\nMarried for 60 years to May, the father-of-three worked for the Milk Marketing Board at Hogganfield Loch. He was a hard worker who even after he \"retired\" took on three jobs, including running a caravan park.\n\nHis family described him as a \"gentleman\" and a \"man of pride\". He died on 25 November, aged 86.\n\nRod Moore spent 40 years with the ambulance service, working as a technician, a paramedic, a trainer and then in managerial roles before returning to the front line and the job he loved.\n\nThe football fan from Falkirk was married to Clare for 31 years and they had a son, Craig.\n\n\"He was my best friend, he was always happy, joking around all the time, he was so funny... he made me laugh every day,\" Clare told BBC Scotland.\n\nAnd he was so close to their son \"you wouldn't have got a sheet of paper between them\", she added.\n\nAlthough they were not able to see Rod for four weeks while he was treated in hospital for Covid, they we allowed one final visit to say goodbye before he died on 21 November, aged 63.\n\nTom Kenmure was a manager at the Tesco distribution centre in Livingston, where he had worked for 28 years.\n\nThe 51-year-old was a friendly, sociable man and in normal times he liked nothing better than driving around the country exploring \"any little shop he could find\".\n\nAfter the restrictions came into force, the father-of-two from Carluke did everything he could to keep himself and his family safe from Covid.\n\nBut on the 6 October he felt a tightness in his chest on his way to work and had to get tested. It came back positive the next day.\n\nHe spent two weeks in Wishaw General before being transferred to an ECMO machine at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He died on 17 November.\n\nAndrew, or \"Andra\", Kettrick was a porter at Stirling Royal Infirmary for 28 years.\n\nHe would take patients out on \"mystery tours\" in a \"big blue hospital ambulance bus\" his son, also Andrew, told BBC Scotland.\n\n\"The old people loved my dad as he would often stop and buy them all fish and chips or ice cream - all this was paid for out of his pocket,\" he said.\n\nMr Kettrick's work was recognised by hospital bosses and they put him forward for a British Empire Medal which he received in 1991.\n\nThe father-of-three, from Cowie, Stirling, died at Caledonia Court care home in Larbert on 17 November. He was 86.\n\nJim - Flocky - Flockhart was the public face of the firefighters' strike in Glasgow in 1973.\n\nA leading figure in the Fire Brigade Union, he regularly appeared on TV and in newspapers during the controversial 10-day strike over pay.\n\nFirefighting was a dangerous - sometimes fatal - job in the \"tinderbox city\" and Jim was hailed a hero by colleagues after the dispute ended with a famous victory for the strikers.\n\nHe retired to Darvel in Ayrshire where he enjoyed a pint in the Black Bull and spent many years driving friends and local elderly men on trips around Scotland and to Ireland.\n\nA father and grandfather, he died with Covid on 13 November with his daughters Yvonne and Julie by his side. He was 77.\n\nTom Maley never wanted for anything, but after enduring months of Covid restrictions this year the 73-year-old retired joiner set his heart on a big Christmas tree.\n\nIt had been a tough year for the normally sociable pensioner who was renowned for his jokes (good and bad) and was devoted to his wife of 53 years, Georgina, and their family.\n\nThey usually decorate a small table-top tree for the festive season, but this year Mr Maley ordered a 5ft showstopper illuminated with multi-coloured stars to fill the window of their Grangemouth home.\n\nThe great-grandfather will never get to see the tree in its full glory. He died at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert on 12 November, shortly after falling ill with Covid-19.\n\nHis granddaughter Claire Taylor told BBC Scotland, said: \"My gran has made sure that the tree he ordered will go up and it will shine bright for Granda.\"\n\nTracey Donnelly was born and brought up in Edinburgh but she moved to the north-east of England after meeting her husband, George.\n\n\"I loved her the first time I saw her, and I always will,\" he said. \"She was so loving and kind - just an extra-special person in every way.\"\n\nTracey had four children, three step-children and eight grandchildren, and she worked as a support worker for the North East Autism Society.\n\nCare manager Michael Ross, said: \"She loved her family, and she loved the service-users in her care. This tragic news has ripped the heart out of the team and her colleagues are absolutely devastated.\"\n\nShe died at Sunderland General Hospital in mid-November after testing positive for coronavirus. She was 53.\n\nJim Grant was originally from Bo'ness but he spent most of his life in Grangemouth where he brought up two daughters, Margaret and Senga, with his wife Mary.\n\nHe worked as a labourer at BP before taking early retirement when he was 60.\n\nThe 88-year-old great-grandfather spent his last months at the Caledonian Court care home in Larbert before his death on 8 November. He was one of 20 residents who died in the space of a month after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nHis granddaughter, Nicole Ritchie, said he was a gentleman who always had a huge smile on his face, and his death had had a huge impact on the family.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland \"As a family, we would like to thank Caledonian Court from the bottom of our hearts. They looked after my grandad for the last 11 months of his life and they couldn't have done a better job, he was so happy and very well looked after.\"\n\nFor more than 20 years until her retirement in February 2020, Liz Khan was a support worker for adults with learning and physical disabilities.\n\nShe also ran a drama group for them - it was always more than a job to her, her family said.\n\nLiz was also an elder at her local church, St Margaret's Parish Church in the Muirhouse area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.\n\n\"She devoted her life to her work, church and family,\" her children Stephen, Sonia and Lorraine told BBC Scotland.\n\nLiz died in hospital with Covid on 26 October 2020, aged 67 - eight months into her retirement.\n\nWhen Marie Ward broke her wrist in 2019, she asked her consultant whether she would be able to play the piano once it had healed.\n\nHe assured her she would, but when she replied \"that's great because I couldn't before\", the previously serious and solemn medic cracked up.\n\nShe was always laughing and joking, according to her granddaughter, Abby McNicol, and she enjoyed nothing more than knitting, shopping and a \"good blether\".\n\nMarried to Robert for 53 years, they started life together in a single-end tenement in Househillwood in Glasgow. Moving to a three-bedroom council house in Johnstone was \"like winning the lottery\".\n\nThe mother-of-three and grandmother-of-11 died on 18 October 2020, aged 83.\n\nFrances Brown spent lockdown shielding in her room in the Glasgow care home where she had lived for almost 10 years.\n\nAfter months of keeping in touch via video calls, the 76-year-old was finally able to meet up with her sister, Anne Turnbull, in August.\n\nMs Turnbull said her sister, who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bi-polar disorder, had a special bond with staff at the David Cargill care home.\n\nAnd she praised the home which remained Covid-free until a staff member tested positive on 4 October. Frances contracted the virus and died in hospital on 13 October.\n\nIn a statement, the care home described Frances as \"the most incredible woman, a real character, and an absolute pleasure to know and care for\".\n\nAfter a long battle against illness throughout the year, great grandfather Charlie Armstrong died on 10 October.\n\nThe 82-year-old retired property manager from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, had been allowed home after receiving treatment at Glasgow Royal Infirmary for chest problems.\n\nEight days later he was readmitted to the hospital and tested positive for coronavirus. The family say they were told he must have contracted Covid during his earlier stay at the Infirmary.\n\nHis wife, Joyce, who was also treated in hospital for the virus, said: \"He was very generous, very loving and very funny and he hated seeing anybody being put down. He didn't like to see injustice. He would stand up for people.\n\n\"We were together for 40 years and he was a very good father and a very good husband to me.\"\n\nMargaret Kerrigan was a \"force to be reckoned with\", according to her family - a matriarch who commanded respect.\n\nShe was born in Plymouth but her family moved to Glasgow when she was young. Growing up in Govan in the 1950s, she learned to be a \"tough cookie\".\n\nIt meant she must have been perfectly suited to her job as bar manager at Curlers in Byres Road in the 1960s. And it was there she met Joe, a customer at the pub, who she married in 1970.\n\nHe worked as a school janitor during many of their 50 years of marriage, and they had four sons, 12 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.\n\nClydebank Bowling Club provided Joe with a good social life, while Margaret loved having her family around her and going to the bingo.\n\nJoe had dementia and he died at Hill View care home in Dalmuir on 19 April 2020, aged 78. Margaret fell ill during the second wave and died in hospital on 8 October, aged 73.\n\nFormer ambulance technician George Cairns was a resident at LittleInch Care Home in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.\n\nHis family said the move from his Renfrew flat to the home in January had reinvigorated him and brought out his mischievous sense of humour.\n\nDuring the lockdown period Mr Cairns, who was bipolar, even joked about topping up his tan in the garden.\n\nThe 71-year-old tested positive for Covid-19 on 8 May despite displaying no symptoms, but his condition deteriorated and he died in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley nine days later.\n\nHis daughter, Gillian, paid tribute to his caring nature, saying: \"Even if you only met him once he would tell you a story, a terrible joke or offer a supportive ear when you needed it the most.\"\n\nRetired farmer Jock Brown was a keen ice hockey player in his youth, and he represented Scotland for six years in the 1950s.\n\nHe told his family that he was selected for the team because he was the only Scotsman who played as goal tender (goalkeeper) at the time. They insist this is not true.\n\nMarried to Mary for 48 years, they had two children and four grandchildren.\n\nHe farmed near Falkirk - on land next to what is now home to The Kelpies - until his retirement in the 1980s.\n\nMr Brown's family said he was a quiet man with a great sense of humour. He had dementia and he died with Covid-19 at Burnbrae care home in Falkirk on 14 May. He was 89.\n\nIna Beaton was a well-known figure on the Isle of Skye and she lived in her own home in Balmaqueen until two years ago.\n\nShe died on 11 May aged 103, the seventh resident of Home Farm care home in Portree to die after contracting Covid-19.\n\nIna lived through the Great War and the 1919 Spanish Flu outbreak. During World War Two she moved to Glasgow to work as a conductress on the trams and survived the Clydebank blitz.\n\nHer grandson, Ailean Beaton, said his loss was shared across the island, especially the north end \"where she was mum, granny, friend to more than just the Beatons.\n\n\"Her crystal memory and broad experience of life in Skye over several generations meant that she contributed to our shared knowledge of the place we're from, its language and culture,\" he added.\n\nBetty Steele grew up in Paisley but later moved to Corby, Northamptonshire - the town known as \"little Scotland\".\n\nShe had seven children, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, and she lived for her family, according to her granddaughter, Debbie Smiley.\n\nHer house was always the meeting point, and she was the life and soul of the party.\n\n\"She had such a zest for life, and anything she did it was done with care and love for others,\" Debbie added.\n\nJohn Angus Gordon, 83, spent the last few years of his life at the Home Farm care home in Portree on Skye.\n\nHe had dementia and the sense of touch reassured him - he liked to shake a hand or hold the hand of the person he was talking to.\n\nUnable to visit the home, his family spoke to him for the last time in a video-call a few hours before he died on 5 May.\n\nAs he listened to their voices, he reached out to the hand of the carer sitting with him, dressed in full personal protective equipment.\n\n\"We found it quite poignant that my dad put out his hand to hers and she was wearing these blue protective gloves,\" said his son, John.\n\nPaul McCaffrey was an \"amazing dad\" of two children and two step-children who was always busy, according to his partner Caroline McNultry.\n\n\"He was always helping someone, whether he was in someone's house helping them out or just on-the-go in work all the time,\" she said.\n\nThe healthy 49-year-old from Glasgow fell ill after returning home from work at a care home where he was a highly-regarded maintenance manager.\n\nRather than the traditional coronavirus symptoms, he complained of a headache and aching limbs but he was eventually admitted to hospital in Glasgow where he tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nHe was transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where he could be hooked up to an ECMO machine, which performs the tasks of the lungs. After three weeks, he died on 4 May.\n\nHGV driver Jim Russell kept his lorries so spotlessly clean he was known as \"Big Gorgeous\" by colleagues who joked that he must have worn his slippers in his cab.\n\nHe was a big character who loved cars, trucks, motorbikes, lorries and going to Truckfest with his fiancée Connie McCready, who he affectionately nicknamed \"Isa\" after the Still Game character.\n\nThis photograph was taken at the last concert the couple attended together on 8 March 2020.\n\nThey met online in 2014 and were due to get married last summer but Mr Russell fell ill with Covid three weeks after the concert. He died on 4 May, aged 51.\n\n\"Everyone is talking about life getting back to normal when coming out of lockdown, however for myself and many many others we are terrified as our lives will never be normal again,\" Connie said.\n\nClive Andrews was born in Trinidad and in 1967 he moved to Edinburgh where he \"immediately felt like he belonged\", according to his daughter, Nadine.\n\nThe father-of-six worked as a senior lecturer in ergonomics at Napier College, but he was also committed to the arts.\n\nDevoted to promoting and supporting artists and musicians, he held committee roles with groups including Theatre Alba and the Scottish Arts Council.\n\nHe helped establish the Edinburgh International Harp Festival and volunteered every year for decades with the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival.\n\nClive was a lover of life (and of salsa dancing), his family said. He died at The Elms Care Home in Edinburgh on 3 May 2020, aged 86.\n\nRobert Black was a paramedic but he was also a talented musician and part of the team behind Argyll FM.\n\nPaying tribute to him on social media, the community radio station said he was \"a genuine good guy... everyone was his pal\".\n\nThe Mull of Kintyre Music Festival described him as \"one of our pals\" and a \"true gent, wonderful musician\".\n\nHe was a well-known and loved character in Campbeltown, according to Kintyre Community Resilience Group.\n\nThe father-of-two died in hospital in Glasgow on 2 May.\n\nKaren Hutton was a \"much-loved\" care home nurse who died with coronavirus days after her granddaughter was born.\n\nThe 58-year-old was a staff nurse in the dementia unit at Lochleven Care Home in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.\n\nHer only daughter, Lauren, gave birth to a girl just two weeks ago, according to care home operators Thistle Healthcare.\n\nCare home manager Andrew Chalmers-Gall said: \"Karen was a tenacious advocate for her residents and she always put their needs first.\"\n\nShe died at home in Carnoustie, Angus, on 28 April after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nMark McCarron Gillan bought his wife, Jan, flowers every Friday - a small gesture but something that she still misses following his death on 27 April.\n\nThey were married for 23 years, after first meeting as teenagers, and they have three daughters - twins Ebony and Hope, who are 20, and Brenna, 19.\n\nWhen his colleagues at a soap factory in Queenslie, Glasgow, learned of his death, they stopped production for the first time since opening.\n\nThey were among dozens of people - including friends and neighbours - who lined the streets on the day of his funeral to say a final farewell to the 53-year-old.\n\nMark loved golf, football and hill walking but he was also a family man. \"There is a such a void left in each of us and every life that he touched,\" his wife said.\n\nAlastair Sinclair split his younger years between Reay in Caithness and Lanark before being called up for national service.\n\nBut his army career was cut short when he stood on a mine in Korea and lost a foot.\n\nHis son told BBC Scotland that he was persuaded to pursue a career in developing artificial limbs as he was being fitted for his own prosthetic.\n\nIn retirement, the father-of-three moved with his wife from Newtown Mearns in East Renfrewshire to Wishaw in North Lanarkshire.\n\nHe moved into Erskine Park care home in Bishopton shortly before lockdown and died, aged 87, five weeks later on 27 April.\n\nPearl Paterson grew up in Dennistoun in the east end of Glasgow and was just 10 years old when World War II broke out.\n\nShe was a teenager when she joined the Women's Land Army but it wasn't until she was in her 80s that she received official recognition - and a badge - for her efforts from the UK government.\n\nPearl spent much of her working life employed as a domestic assistant in hotels across Scotland, before settling in Largs, Ayrshire, with her daughter, Fiona.\n\nAn animal lover, she had a special Chihuahua called Flash, and she read the People's Friend magazine every week.\n\nOn her 91st birthday in March, her family was able wave to her in the conservatory at her care home in Glasgow. She died with Covid-19 on 26 April.\n\nAnnie Munro's home was always filled with people - her husband, six children and many nieces and nephews who would often come to visit.\n\nHer family used to joke that the house in Eaglesham must have \"rubber walls\" and they often had to share beds and would \"wake up with somebody's feet up their nose\".\n\nShe was a real homemaker who could as easily run up a set of curtains as make a batch of jam from fruit she had grown in her own garden. She never turned anyone away who needed help.\n\nA mild-mannered woman, she never had any need to raise her voice - a look over the top of her spectacles was enough to keep her children under control.\n\nIn later life she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and her daughter, Linda, became her main carer before she moved into a care home. Annie died on 25 April, aged 84.\n\nKnown to all as Gogs, Gordon Reid was a taxi driver from Edinburgh who loved football, played golf, enjoyed a pint and doted on his grandchildren.\n\nHe stopped working as a precaution four days before the lockdown came into force but within a week had fallen ill with Covid-19.\n\nHis wife, Elaine, and daughter Leemo Goudie, were able to spend some time with him in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before he died on 24 April, aged 68.\n\nLeemo said: \"My dad was a normal guy, no health issues, a non-smoker, fairly fit. It can happen to anyone.\"\n\nAs only a small number of mourners could attend his funeral, people stood and applauded as his hearse passed some of his favourite places in the city.\n\nDavid Allan joined a local running club in Edinburgh in retirement, after spending 36 years as a science technician at the city's Trinity Academy.\n\nThe fit and healthy 64-year-old was training for a half marathon and was planning to take part in some Park Runs in Sydney during a trip to visit his nephew in Australia this year.\n\nWhen the holiday - including a trip to Fiji - was cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions, David was pragmatic and told his wife, Glenda, they could rearrange for a later date.\n\nIt was a shock when he tested positive for Covid-19 after being admitted to hospital with a chest infection. He died on 24 April after more than four weeks in ICU.\n\nGlenda took comfort from the funeral, when neighbours lined the streets, running club friends and former colleagues stood outside the crematorium, and hundreds watched the service online.\n\nAngie Cunningham worked for NHS Borders for more than 30 years before her death.\n\nThe 60-year-old from Tweedbank was a much-respected and valued colleague who provided \"amazing care\" to her patients, the health board said.\n\nAs well as being a much-loved mother, sister, granny and great-granny, she was proud to be a nurse, her family added.\n\nShe died in the intensive care unit at Borders General Hospital from Covid-19 on 22 April, NHS Borders confirmed.\n\nKirsty Jones, a healthcare support worker with NHS Lanarkshire, was a bubbly, larger than life character, according to her colleagues.\n\nShe joined the health board after leaving school at 17 and spent much of her career working with older patients.\n\nBut the 41-year-old recently took up a role on the frontline of the pandemic, working at an assessment centre in Airdrie.\n\nHer husband, Nigel, said she devoted her life to caring for others and was a wonderful wife and mother to their two sons.\n\nAndy McGinley used to say he didn't need to win the lottery - his family meant he was already a millionaire.\n\nHe was brought up by adoptive parents in Glasgow's Maryhill area during World War Two and went on to become a carpenter at John Brown's Shipyard.\n\nAlthough he first met his wife, Margaret, at primary school they lost touch and got together after meeting at the Barrowland Ballroom years later.\n\nThey spent almost all of their 62 years of married life in the same house in Barmulloch, where they had five children. They also had 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.\n\nHe loved his garden, bowls, and a sing-song at family gatherings - his party piece was \"I'm glad that I was born in Glasgow\". He died on 29 April 2020, aged 84.\n\nEvelyn Brown dedicated her life to her family and her community. Born and bred in Peterhead, she was married to Charles for 50 years and they had two children.\n\nShe gave up her job as a bank manager to care for her son Craig after he was born with Down's syndrome in the 1970s.\n\nHer daughter Emma, who was born two years later, said her mother was a selfless woman who loved spoiling her grandchildren with \"gifts and love\".\n\nMrs Brown was an adult Guide leader and later a district commissioner, she volunteered with Barnardo's and was an active member of the Church of Scotland.\n\nAfter her death at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 19 April, aged 75, her family raised £3,000 in her name for the hospital's staff garden.\n\nWaqar Hussain Choudhry was a popular shopkeeper in the north of Glasgow.\n\nThe 65-year-old ran a convenience store on Skerray Street in Milton where he was affectionately known as Wacca.\n\nFollowing his death on 17 April 2020, well-wishers left flowers outside the shop he ran for almost 40 years.\n\nThey told The Glasgow Times that the father-of-three served generations of school children and put an extra sweet in their bags.\n\nHis son Zeeshan Chaudhry told the BBC: \"My beloved father was the most amazing hardworking human and parent.\"\n\nJane Murphy was known as \"Mama Murphy\" by close friends and colleagues at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.\n\nShe worked at the city hospital for almost 30 years, first as a cleaner before retraining as a clinical support worker.\n\nThe 73-year-old, from Bonnyrigg, was placed on sick leave due to her age when the pandemic broke out.\n\nIt's understood the mother-of-two died on 16 April.\n\nHer friend Gerry Taylor said: \"She wasn't afraid to tell nurses, doctors or consultants if they were not pulling their weight and they loved her for it.\"\n\nMary McCann, 70, was a \"strong, wonderful woman\" who was dedicated to her family, according to her son, David.\n\nShe spent the last three months of her life in an East Kilbride care home, having being diagnosed with cancer last year.\n\nThe grandmother was doing well in the Whitehills home, where she was putting on weight and smiling again, David said.\n\nBut in early April she developed a urinary tract infection. Her condition deteriorated quickly and within days she was struggling to breathe.\n\nShe died in the care home on 16 April with her son, Derek, by her side.\n\nVerity Watson met her husband Adam (Adie) in a bible class and together they raised three sons, Alan, Gordon and Adam.\n\nThey lived in South Africa for a few years but returned to their beloved home of Rutherglen in 1970.\n\nShe worked at the local Coulls Bakers until retiring aged 72 but in her spare time she enjoyed bowls, knitting and - best of all - a cream cake with a cup of tea.\n\nHer family were unable to be with her when she died at Roger Park Care Home on 15 April 2020, after a short stay in hospital.\n\nHer son Adam said he couldn't thank staff enough for their \"invaluable support\", sitting with his mother in her final moments. She was 98.\n\nDavid Whittick joined the Royal Navy as a pilot on his 18th birthday in the midst of World War Two. Aged 19, as part of 835 Naval Air Squadron, he was flying off aircraft carrier HMS Nairana in the Arctic.\n\nAlmost 70 years later he received the Arctic Star for his role in Arctic Convoys - described by Sir Winston Churchill as \"the worst journey in the world\".\n\nHe survived two serious accidents during his long civilian career with Scottish Airways and later British Airways, before dedicating himself to supporting the Riding for the Disabled charity in his retirement.\n\nHis work - including helping to raise funds for a purpose-built facility at Summerston in Glasgow - led to him being appointed an OBE by the Queen for his services to charity.\n\nHe was married to Joyce for more than 60 years and they had four children. His son, Peter, said he lived a full and active life, even enjoying a trip on a seaplane in January this year. He died at Erskine care home in Bishopton on 14 April, aged 95, after falling ill with coronavirus.\n\nHer daughter Linda, a lawyer for the BBC, had hoped she would survive the virus as she was from \"strong stock\".\n\nShe last saw her mother in March when she travelled from London to warn her they may not be able to visit her during the pandemic.\n\nThe pensioner had been \"extremely distressed\" afterwards, Ms Duncan said.\n\nShe was taken to Edinburgh's Western General Hospital on 12 April and died three days later.\n\nDerek Wilkie worked for 27 years as a firefighter before retiring in December 2017.\n\nHe had senior roles in Badenoch and Strathspey, and Shetland before becoming station commander for Inverness and Nairn District.\n\nColleagues said he was a \"diligent and capable firefighter... with a larger than life personality\".\n\nHis wife and two sons - who all work for the NHS - thanked those who cared for Mr Wilkie and urged people to stay at home.\n\nHe died at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness on 12 April.\n\nFormer Merchant Navy engineer Bill Campbell died of suspected Covid-19 at Erskine Park care home in Bishopton.\n\nThe 86-year-old had dementia and carers initially thought he had a chest infection but he developed a cough and a high temperature.\n\nHis condition deteriorated and he died on Easter Sunday, with his daughter, Linda Verlaque - in full protective clothing - by his side.\n\nShe praised the work of carers at the home but she said his death was \"horrific\" as undertakers came to take away his body in full hazmat gear and goggles.\n\n\"Instead of having people surrounding me and giving me a hug to say everything was all right, everyone was just standing there and we were watching my dad being taken away, which was traumatic,\" she said.\n\nProud Welshman Glyn Edwards did not learn to speak English until he was five years old, but in adulthood he made Edinburgh his home.\n\nA contemporary of Neil Kinnock at Cardiff University, he worked as a civil servant in London before marrying and moving to Scotland.\n\nHe was a regular at Robbie's Bar on Leith Walk where he was known as \"McTaffy\" but he could be a solitary character who could easily lose himself in a book or a concert.\n\nClassical music, politics and poetry were his passions - as a teenager he won a major Welsh poetry contest and his daughter, Mhairi Jarvie, treasures a ring-binder full of his poems.\n\nShe affectionately described her father as a cross between Coronation Street's Ken Barlow and Victor Meldrew - \"intelligent, opinionated, political, but grumpy and a tad anti-social\".\n\nMaths teacher Gerry McHugh was a \"true gentleman\", able to inspire every single student who walked through his door.\n\nHis death would have a \"devastating effect\" on the Notre Dame High School community in Greenock, head teacher Katie Couttie said.\n\nUnable to attend his funeral due to the lockdown, past and current pupils found a unique way to pay tribute to the 58-year-old.\n\nThey wore red and posted images on social media in memory of the lifelong Manchester United fan.\n\nEileen McCarron died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary less than 24 hours after falling ill. She had no underlying health concerns.\n\nA mother of three daughters, she spent 18 years working as a nursery teacher at Save the Children's Charles Street playgroup in Glasgow's Germiston.\n\nShe gave up the job to look after her only grandson, Patrick. Her husband of more than 35 years, also Patrick, died suddenly in 1997, aged just 57.\n\nAs well as volunteering at a Barnardo's charity shop, she liked shopping, knitting, going out for coffees and lunches, and holidays with her family.\n\nShe was 79 when she died on 9 April, leaving her family devastated and unable to comfort each other during lockdown. They had still not been able to hold a memorial service nine months later.\n\nHelen McMillan was 10 days short of her 85th birthday when she died at Almond Court care home in Glasgow's Drumchapel on 9 April.\n\nShe spent most of her life in Summerston, where she widely known as \"Auntie Ellen\" - even to those she wasn't related to.\n\n\"Everybody loved my mum,\" her daughter, Jackie Marlow, told BBC Scotland. \"She knew everybody in the community and was the life and soul of the party.\"\n\nHelen worked in McLellan's rubber factory in Maryhill until she was in her 50s.\n\nA grandmother to Hayley and Josh, she developed dementia in later life but she was still \"pretty agile and loving life\", her daughter said.\n\nMary Martin and her husband, Alex, were keen ballroom dancers.\n\nAlthough their roots were firmly in Glasgow, they spent seven years in Dunblane where they were tasked with encouraging people on to the dancefloor at the Dunblane Hydro.\n\nBefore that, Mrs Martin brought up her family in Mount Vernon, later moving to Bearsden. She had three children, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.\n\nHer daughter, Sandra O'Neill, told BBC Scotland she was \"just a wonderful person - gentle and kind\".\n\nIn her later years she had vascular dementia and she lived at the Almond Court care home in Drumchapel. She died there on 8 April, aged 88.\n\nVic and Maureen Sharp, who were both 74, had been together since they were teenagers.\n\nUnderlying health conditions meant the couple from Oakley in Fife were both asked to shield themselves during lockdown.\n\nBut their daughter, Yvonne Sharp, believes the letter came too late and they caught the virus during a weekly trip to the supermarket.\n\nMaureen died in hospital on 8 April and then, Yvonne said, her father \"just gave up\". He died the following day.\n\nOnly six members of the family could attend their funeral but a piper led the funeral cortege through Oakley, where locals lined the streets.\n\nWhen Ann Tonner left the Nazareth House orphanage in Glasgow as teenager, she was one of the few women of colour in the city, according to her son, Tony McCaffery.\n\nShe was \"exotic-looking and quite glamourous\" and was soon in demand as a model for local shops and boutiques before working as a celebrated hot-dog girl in an Odeon cinema.\n\nHer first husband tragically died and her second was largely absent, leaving her to bring up six children and - at times - hold down five jobs at once.\n\nShe was a \"remarkable, formidable woman with a strong work ethic\", Mr McCaffery told BBC Scotland, but she was also a \"gentle soul with an incredibly child-like sense of humour\".\n\nA grandmother and great-grandmother, Mrs Tonner died at a nursing home in Glasgow where she was living with Alzheimer's, on 8 April. She was 84.\n\nMary Nixon was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was just 18 but she was determined to never let it hold her back.\n\nBorn and raised in Greenock, she was a lone parent to four children who described her as a \"strong, independent woman who lived life to the full\".\n\n\"My mum made being a single parent look easy\", her daughter Alexis said. \"We were very happy kids growing up. Everyone loved her and always said she was a 'wee gem'.\"\n\nWhen she fell seriously ill in 2014, her family was told to prepare for the worst, but their \"invincible\" mum rallied, though she lost her mobility.\n\nShe died with Covid on 7 April 2020, aged 66. After everything she had been through in life, her family said they felt \"robbed... that this awful virus has taken her from us\".\n\nJanice Graham was the first NHS worker to die with coronavirus in Scotland.\n\nThe health care support worker and district nurse died at Inverclyde Royal Hospital on 6 April.\n\nOne colleague said she had a \"bright and engaging personality and razor sharp wit\".\n\nAnother said the 58-year-old was the \"most kind, caring and compassionate HCA I have had the privilege to work with\".\n\nHer son, Craig, told STV News he would miss everything about her.\n\nNewly-wed Andy Wyness developed a high temperature and a cough following a trip to Wales.\n\nWhen his symptoms worsened the 53-year-old drove himself from his Wishaw home to an appointment at an assessment centre.\n\nThat was the last time his wife, Sandra, saw him.\n\nThe grandfather, who was a keen bowler, was taken straight to hospital by ambulance. He died on 6 April.\n\n\"Even walking out the house that night, although I knew he wasn't well, I never imagined he would never walk back in,\" Sandra said.\n\nRita Hawthorn spent the first 35 years of her life in Hamilton, where she was born, grew up and had her own family.\n\nBut when her husband, Robert, lost his job as a miner the couple and their three children re-located from the west of Scotland to the far north in 1973.\n\nWhile Robert took up a new job at the Scottish Instruments Factory in Wick, she worked as a cleaner at a nearby job centre and became secretary of the Highlands and Islands Civil Service Union.\n\nShe was sadly widowed at 51 but she was \"fiercely independent\" and went on to fulfil her dreams of travelling - a trip up the Nile, a safari in South Africa, and solo bus tours to Austria and Paris.\n\nRita, who was a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, fell ill during the first week of lockdown. She died at Caithness General Hospital on 6 April, aged 82.\n\nBill Paul grew up in Giffnock on the south side of Glasgow and did his national service as a radar operator with the RAF in Malta.\n\nIn his youth he was an extremely accomplished tennis player and it was through the sport that he met his first wife, Frances, who died in 1984.\n\nWith his second wife, Liz, he loved to play golf and travel - hobbies that he continued after her death in 2012.\n\nAn extremely active man, he loved to go on cruises with a group of like-minded friends. However his last cruise to the Caribbean was cut short by the pandemic in March.\n\nHe returned home to Arran and fell ill with Covid within a week. He died at Lamlash Hospital on 5 April, aged 81.\n\nMofizul Islam was beginning a new life in Scotland after relocating from Bangladesh when he fell ill with coronavirus.\n\nHis family believe the 49-year-old caught the virus on his daily three-hour journeys between their Edinburgh home and his job at a pizza outlet in Midlothian.\n\nHe died on 5 April and was buried in the Muslim section of a city cemetery but his wife and children were in isolation and unable to attend.\n\nHis death has left the family \"completely helpless\", according to a family friend as they have no documents, no bank account and they are struggling for money.\n\n\"We are very worried about our future because we don't have our father,\" said Mofizul's 19-year-old son, Azahural. \"He was everything for us. And now we are just hopeless.\"\n\nCatherine Sweeney was a \"wonderful mother, sister and beloved aunty\", her family said after her death on 4 April.\n\nBorn and raised in Dumbarton, she worked as a home carer for more than 20 years.\n\nHer family said she would be sorely missed after a \"lifetime of service\" to the community.\n\nAnd they praised the medics at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley who \"heroically\" looked after her in her final days.\n\nJimmy Andrews was 17 years old when began his career in Glasgow Corporation's finance department in 1955.\n\nBy the turn of the century, he had risen to become chief executive of Glasgow City Council and in 2001 he was appointed CBE for services to local government - a \"career highlight\".\n\nHe was born in Kilsyth but spent much of his life living in Strathblane, Stirlingshire, with his wife of 52 years, Mary.\n\nIn retirement, he \"enjoyed life to the full\", spending time with his three children and six grandchildren, and visiting horse racing courses throughout the country.\n\nA gentle, intelligent man with a great sense of humour, he died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 3 April 2020, aged 81.\n\nLord Gordon of Strathblane was a former political editor of STV and he founded Radio Clyde.\n\nHe died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 31 March after contracting coronavirus, Radio Clyde reported. He was 83.\n\nHis family paid tribute to his \"generosity, his kindness and his enthusiasm for life\".\n\nFormer First Minister Jack McConnell said Lord Gordon had \"an outstanding career in business and public service\".\n\nRyan Storrie was in Scotland to celebrate his 40th birthday with a trip to a Rangers match when he fell ill.\n\nThe father-of-two was from Ardrossan but lived in Dubai.\n\nWhen he developed symptoms, the asthmatic isolated in his hotel room and waited for the virus to run its course.\n\nHis condition deteriorated but he wouldn't let his wife, Hilary, phone 999 as he was convinced he would recover and didn't want to bother the NHS.\n\nShe found him dead in his room on 31 March.\n\nMary and Andy Leaman began self-isolating at the end of March after falling ill with flu-like symptoms.\n\nTheir son, Andy, told the Glasgow Evening Times the couple were married 50 years and doted on their only granddaughter, nine-year-old Anna.\n\nMrs Leaman died at home in Castlemilk on 30 March - four days after the death of Anna's maternal grandfather, Dougie Chambers.\n\nThe schoolgirl lost her third grandparent almost three weeks later when Mr Leaman died in hospital on 19 April.\n\nHer mother, Lynsey Chalmers, told BBC Scotland: \"For a nine-year-old girl whose three grandparents were her world... why does a wee girl need to get punished like that over and over again?\"\n\nRobert Tarbet was \"self-opinionated and witty\", according to his daughter, Paula Karoly, but also \"hardworking, loyal and beautiful\".\n\nHe spent his working life as a plumber with Glasgow City Council before retiring in the early 2000s.\n\nIn his spare time, the sociable man was a mason who was a keen follower of Rangers FC. He loved country and western music and watching musicals in the theatre.\n\nA father and a grandfather-of-three, he was being treated for cancer when he contracted coronavirus.\n\nHe died on 29 March at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, aged 76.\n\nSchool janitor Ian Wilson was at home in Coatbridge for two weeks with a high temperature and delirium before being admitted to hospital.\n\nDespite his worsening condition, doctors initially told his wife, Sandra, she would not be able to visit the 72-year-old who had a heart condition and diabetes.\n\nStaff eventually granted access provided she wore protective equipment - a decision which meant she could be at her husband's side when he died on 29 March.\n\nAlthough nurses were unable to comfort her with a hug due to social distancing protocols, Mrs Wilson is grateful they allowed her to be with her partner at the end.\n\n\"I was able to talk to him and just say goodbye. I've got strength from that,\" she said.\n\nDougie Chambers was one of several people who fell ill after the 40th birthday party of his daughter, Wendy, on 7 March.\n\nWithin days, the 66-year-old, who had an underlying health condition, went into hospital and tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nMr Chambers, who was from Castlemilk in Glasgow, died two weeks later, on 26 March.\n\nTwo other members of his extended family - Andy and Mary Leaman - also contracted the virus and later died.\n\nWendy said: \"If we knew then what we know now, we wouldn't have had the party. It wouldn't have happened.\"\n\nDanny Cairns was a healthy 68-year-old before he fell ill with coronavirus, according to his brother, Hugh.\n\nWhen he developed a cough and sore throat at the end of March, he isolated at home in Greenock.\n\nBut within days he was so ill he had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.\n\nIn a video call from his hospital bed, his last words to his brother were: \"I'm on my way out, mate\".\n\nHe died on 26 March, three days after arriving in hospital.\n\nMargaret Innes lived with her daughter, Sally McNaught, in Edinburgh for four years before her death at the very beginning of the pandemic.\n\nShe was housebound and very frail but she loved sitting with their pet cat and dog, doing crosswords and watching quiz shows.\n\nHer favourite soap was Neighbours and she used to say \"I'm off to Australia now\".\n\nMs McNaught said they stopped visitors coming to the house a week before lockdown, they washed their hands, cleaned everything and thought they would be safe.\n\nBut Ms Innes woke up on Mother's Day with severe breathing difficulties. She died on 25 March, three days after going into hospital. She was 93.\n\nHas one of your loved ones died recently after contracting Covid? We would like to pay tribute to some of them on the BBC Scotland website.\n\nIf you would like to see your relative or friend featured, use the form below to send us your details and we could be in touch.\n\nIn some cases your details will be published, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.", "A mother in Durban, eastern South Africa, was forced to throw her baby from a building after it was allegedly set on fire by looters.\n\nDozens of people in South Africa have been killed and hundreds arrested in riots, following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma last week.", "Heddwen Williams does not want any of her three children to have to self-isolate ahead of a family holiday\n\nParents are keeping their children off school so they can avoid self-isolating ahead of the summer holidays.\n\nHeddwen Lois Williams said \"it's something we've got to do\" before a family trip away.\n\nFor the week ending 2 July, there were 8,393 unauthorised absences in Wales - up 1,000 on the previous week.\n\nEducation Minister Jeremy Miles said children had lost a lot of school in the past year and it was important they attended.\n\nHowever, for the week ending 2 July, 84.2% of pupils were in the classroom - the lowest rate since the return after Easter holidays.\n\nHeddwen, 37, said she had no choice but to keep Seren, Deian and Owain Iago off school in Caernarfon, Gwynedd.\n\nInstead of being in lessons, they have been playing football in their grandparents' garden.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Seren want to make sure they get away on their holiday break\n\nHeddwen said: \"I know my husband and I still have to go to work, but then we decided that we don't really have to send the children to school, so we've decided to keep them away for the last week.\"\n\nSeren is in Year 7 - the first year of secondary school - while Deian and Owain Iago are in Year 3 and reception, respectively.\n\nAs her children are young, Heddwen is not too worried about whether it could affect their education.\n\n\"I'll be honest - it's the last week before the summer and I know everybody is starting to wind down. So no, because of the timing, I'm not feeling guilty about them losing anything,\" she added.\n\n\"I think it's been a hard year for everyone and I think it's something we've got to do, because the children are really looking forward to a nice family break. That's the decision we've done and we're happy with that decision.\"\n\nThe children's grandparents are looking after them ahead of a staycation next week and Heddwen said she knows of others taking similar steps.\n\n\"Some other parents have tried to reduce the risk by not taking them on the school bus, for example, just to get those bubbles down.\"\n\nThe children will not miss out on too much school, says mum Heddwen\n\nFigures released on Thursday showed 549 cases in the preceding week were linked to schools - almost a fifth of all new Covid-19 cases in Wales.\n\nPositive cases in schools have led to thousands of children having to self-isolate.\n\nAt one point two weeks ago, all remaining pupils at Rhyl High School in Denbighshire were in isolation.\n\nWhile fines may be issued for unauthorised school absences, Welsh government guidance says: \"Punitive measures, including fines, would not be appropriate measures to take unless authorities deem it necessary to pursue a small number of cases relating to persistent absence, which are unrelated to the Covid-19 pandemic.\"\n\nMr Miles told BBC Radio Cymru's Dros Frecwast school was where children got \"the best education and support\".\n\nHe added: \"I want to make sure that they have the opportunity to be in school to be able to build on what is needed after the last year.\"\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"We'll continue to work together to take further steps to make sure education continues for all children and young people, with as little disruption as possible.\"", "The government has said bus and train companies must decide whether passengers have to wear face coverings on their services from Monday, when Covid rules are relaxed in England.\n\nFace masks have been mandatory on public transport for the past year to reduce the spread of the virus.\n\nBut those rules will be replaced with government guidance advising passengers to wear masks only on busy services.\n\nTransport firms will be left to decide whether to enforce that advice and how.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said masks would still be \"recommended\" on public transport, but people without a face covering would no longer be fined after restrictions are eased on 19 July.\n\nNevertheless, bus and train companies will still be able to turn away passengers who refuse to wear one - unless they are exempt.\n\nThe Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said some of the 3.8m people classed as clinically vulnerable would be \"fearful\" to go on public transport if masks were not compulsory.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he had not yet taken the decision whether to require masks on trams in Manchester as he wanted to avoid adding to people's confusion.\n\nTreasury Minister Stephen Barclay told BBC Breakfast the emphasis was now on \"trusting the British public\" to take a cautious approach and there would be specific guidance for vulnerable people.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said the safest option would be to continue to legally require people to wear masks on public transport.\n\nHis comments came as Labour criticised the government's approach to unlocking in England as \"high risk\" and \"fatalistic\".\n\nWhile virtually all legal restrictions in England will be lifted on Monday, some guidance will remain.\n\nThere will no longer be any limits on how many people can meet and the 1m-plus distancing rule will be removed.\n\nNightclubs will also be allowed to reopen for the first time since March 2020 and capacity limits will be removed for all venues and events.\n\nBut nightclubs and other venues with large crowds will be encouraged to use Covid status certification - so-called domestic vaccine passports - \"as a matter of social responsibility\", Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.\n\nGovernment guidance to work from home where possible will be lifted, but ministers are encouraging a gradual return to the workplace.\n\nOn face coverings, Mr Johnson said: \"We expect and recommend that people wear a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces where you come into contact with those you don't normally meet, such as on public transport.\"\n\nAsked if Monday's rule changes were irreversible, as has been repeatedly stated, Mr Johnson said he hoped they were but \"we must rule nothing out\".\n\nAnd in the Commons, Mr Javid said the government will \"have a review\" in September \"to make sure that we're properly set up for autumn and for winter\".\n\nTransport companies have been weighing up whether to mandate masks or not. If you're flying, chances are you will still need to wear one; many airlines have decided to keep masks as a requirement for travel.\n\nBut most train, bus and coach operators in England will now decide they won't be mandatory, following the lead set by rail and passenger groups.\n\nCompanies will still ask passengers to wear masks when services are busy. But there's concern among many transport operators that a blanket requirement could make people think that public transport is more dangerous than other indoor settings, like restaurants and pubs. We haven't yet heard from the London Mayor about whether masks will be required on Transport for London-run services.\n\nWales and Scotland both still require anyone travelling on public transport to wear a mask by law, meaning that those taking services that cross the border from England will have notices reminding them to wear a face covering unless exempt. It is the second time this has happened during the course of the pandemic.\n\nThe Confederation of Passenger Transport - a trade group representing bus and coach companies - said passengers will find it \"difficult to understand\" why the prime minister has \"singled out public transport as somewhere to wear a face covering when a range of other activities share its characteristics.\"\n\nThe group said it wanted clear guidance for operators and customers, adding that it was important to respect everyone's right to choose whether to wear a face covering once restrictions had eased.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, said its members would ask passengers to wear face coverings in busy indoor settings \"out of respect for others\".\n\nIt said enhanced cleaning would continue after 19 July and train companies would provide better information about how busy services are.\n\nWales' First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed masks would continue to be required on public transport and in healthcare settings \"even if\" the nation relaxes restrictions, which are due to be reviewed on 15 July.\n\nRules regarding face coverings are due to be considered next month in Northern Ireland, which is due to ease some Covid measures on 26 July.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is due to make an announcement about restrictions on Tuesday. Scotland is expected to move to level 0 - the lowest level of restrictions in its roadmap - on 19 July and lift most legal restrictions on 9 August.\n\nThe prime minister said it was vital to proceed with \"caution\" in England after 19 July, warning \"this pandemic is not over\" .\n\nThe peak of the current wave is not expected before mid-August and could lead to between 1,000 and 2,000 hospital admissions per day, according to government scientists.\n\nCentral estimates from modellers advising the government also show that Covid deaths are expected to be between 100 and 200 per day at the peak, although there is a large amount of uncertainty.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded 34,471 new cases, as well as six deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt was the sixth consecutive day that cases were above 30,000.\n\nThe number of deaths recorded on Mondays are often lower due to reporting lags over the weekend.\n\nMore than 45.9 million people - or 87% of adults in the UK - have now had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. And more than 34.8 million - around two-thirds of adults - have had both doses.", "Gareth Southgate says each of his players is proud to represent England - based on how loudly they sing the national anthem, it seems he's got a point\n\n\"We have been a beacon of light to bring people together and the national team stands for everybody.\"\n\nAs England football manager Gareth Southgate suggests, his Euro 2020 team sparked a sense of national pride and unity that runs deeper than the temporary heartbreak caused by Sunday's failed penalty shootout.\n\nBut the racist abuse that followed has been depressing - particularly those who had fallen in love with the team for the first time.\n\n\"I never thought I'd be cheering on England, not ever. But here I am,\" Binta Williams tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\nThe 22-year-old student from Manchester normally wouldn't care about English football - but says she felt \"so proud\" of the Euros squad that she's become \"somewhat patriotic\".\n\n\"The team come from so many backgrounds and a lot are people of colour, like Raheem Sterling. I'm Jamaican, he's Jamaican,\" she says.\n\n\"Watching him smash it for England, the feeling's just like - wow.\"\n\nBinta Williams says she's never cared about the England football team before\n\nMore than half of the 26 players in the Euro 2020 squad have at least one parent or grandparent born outside the UK, according to the Migration Museum.\n\nThat includes Bukayo Saka, whose parents are Nigerian, Jadon Sancho, whose mum and dad are from Trinidad and Tobago - and Marcus Rashford, whose grandma lived on the Caribbean island of St Kitts.\n\nAll three players received racist abuse on social media after not scoring their penalties in the shootout on Sunday.\n\n\"It's just embarrassing as a country that fans behave in that way,\" Binta says.\n\nShe feels it's driven a wedge in the national unity Southgate spoke of.\n\n\"You think we're making progress as a country all coming together - and then we lose and it's back to square one,\" she says.\n\nBinta says in the past she's not wanted to wave the England flag, because of its negative connotations.\n\nThe flag, which bears the cross of England's patron saint, St George, was adopted by far-right groups in the 1970s. It's since been associated with racial tension and white nationalism.\n\nSome 28% of white 18-24s and 25% of ethnic minority 18-24s say they see the flag as a negative symbol of nationalism, even during sporting tournaments, a 2021 survey by research group British Future found. These percentages are much lower among older people.\n\nBut Binta says the current England squad have helped change how she feels.\n\n\"For the first time, I'm proud of this country,\" she says.\n\nCameron Cole, 27, says the \"disgusting\" abuse of Saka, Sancho and Rashford shows there is \"still a very long way to go\" to tackle racism in football.\n\nCameron Cole says feeling represented on the pitch is \"one of the most important things\"\n\nBut having faced racist abuse himself, Cameron says the aftermath of Sunday's game means the team represents him \"now more than ever\".\n\n\"I've had experiences before where I've had to speak out about it and seeing these stars do the same thing, it qualifies me more to do it in any circumstance, in employment or anywhere else,\" he tells Newsbeat.\n\nThe Arsenal fan, from south London, says the fact many of Southgate's players are from similar neighbourhoods and ethnic minorities as him makes him feel \"a lot more comfortable\" cheering on nation than he used to do.\n\nGareth Southgate says players such as Bukayo Saka faced \"unforgivable\" racist abuse following the final\n\nOnly four players in the starting line-up of Sunday's final against Italy have parents and grandparents who were all born in the UK\n\nRacism in football - and society, is nothing new. But it's a particularly sad end to the tournament given how vocal the team have been in their fight for equality - as shown by their joint decision to take the knee at the beginning of every game.\n\nDespite some critics, the team never wavered in their gesture, which has had Southgate's full support.\n\nIn a public letter to the nation published by the Players' Tribune in June, Southgate said his players have a \"duty\" to speak up on issues such as equality, inclusivity and racial injustice \"while using the power of their voices to help put debates on the table, raise awareness and educate\".\n\nSouthgate added that the pride each of his players have in representing their country \"cannot be questioned\".\n\nBut as suggested by Binta, national pride doesn't always come easily in England.\n\nSome 61% of people who describe themselves as white are proud to declare their English identity, but among ethnic minorities it is just 32%, according to a BBC survey from 2018.\n\nKhomal Aruje, 24, says part of the problem is that ethnic minorities are under-represented by national sports.\n\n\"I never saw anyone that looked like me playing football growing up - and that cements itself inside you,\" she tells Newsbeat.\n\nAruje - as she prefers to be known - volunteers for Saltley Stallions, a club in Birmingham that encourages Muslim women into the game.\n\nShe says it felt \"amazing\" to see a video on Twitter of Muslim boys celebrating Harry Kane's goal against Denmark, because it shows football is truly becoming a sport \"for everyone\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Hasan Patel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther big social media moments from the tournament include when BBC Radio Leeds presenter Rima Ahmed shared a photo of herself in an England shirt.\n\nShe said she never thought she'd want to wear England kit- but that this tournament's players have changed her mind.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAruje says Southgate's team shows the sport is \"moving in the right direction\".\n\n\"We've got the benefit of having hundreds of different cultures and ways of thinking and perspectives, and I think for us to fully commit to supporting an England team, it's nice to be able to have one that reflects the diversity of the country a little bit more accurately.\"\n\nBut the racism sparked on Sunday shows the ugly side of English football hasn't yet been beaten.\n\n\"This is just the reality of being a person of colour being brought to light,\" Aruje says.\n\n\"As a person of colour and as a woman I think there is a subconscious pressure to exceed in what you do to be recognised, respected or even feel like you belong.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Coronavirus cases in the UK have risen above 30,000 for first time since January, official figures show.\n\nWednesday's data showed there had been a further 32,548 confirmed Covid cases.\n\nAnd there were another 33 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nIt comes as Boris Johnson has defended the government's approach to easing England's lockdown, saying the link between infection and serious disease and death has been \"severed\".\n\nThe prime minister has pledged to scrap most of England's coronavirus regulations at step four of the roadmap out of lockdown, expected on 19 July.\n\nIt means the government is now braced for a surge in coronavirus cases, possibly around 100,000 a day, as restrictions are lifted.\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said it was \"certainly true\" there was a \"wave of cases because of the Delta variant\" of the virus.\n\n\"But scientists are also absolutely clear that we have severed the link between infection and serious disease and death,\" he said.\n\n\"Currently there are only a 30th of the deaths that we were seeing at an equivalent position in previous waves of this pandemic.\"\n\nHowever, on Monday the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance was more cautious, saying vaccines had \"weakened the link between cases and hospitalisations, but it's a weakened link, not a completely broken link\".\n\nWednesday's daily figure for Covid cases in the UK is above 30,000 for the first time since 24 January.\n\nIn terms of hospitalisations, England is seeing more than 330 admissions a day on average at the moment. The most recent day - Monday - saw 416 admitted.\n\nAs of Wednesday, 2,144 people are in hospital in England with Covid - the first time this figure has topped 2,000 since April.\n\nWednesday's case total represents an increase from 28,700 on Tuesday.\n\nIt is not unusual for there to be a big jump on a Wednesday as a result of a weekend effect - slightly less testing is done.\n\nWhat's important is the trend. Week on week this represents a 43% rise. That is actually down on what has been seen recently. They are going up quickly, but not as quickly as last week.\n\nIt's too early to say whether that is part of a longer-term pattern. But what is certain is that government officials are watching this data like hawks.\n\nThe policy of opening up in England is based on the hope that the virus will soon hit the wall of immunity built up by the vaccination programme and natural infection.\n\nMinisters have said we should be prepared to see 100,000 cases a day. But they are hoping this wave of infection peaks well before that.\n\nBecause while the vaccination programme has weakened the link between cases and hospitalisation, it has not broken it entirely.\n\nOn current trends that many infections would lead to 2,000 daily admissions - twice what the NHS would normally see in the depths of winter for all types of respiratory illness.\n\nThe PM has also defended the timescale for ending self-isolation for contacts of Covid, insisting it is a \"sensible approach\".\n\nThe government has said people who are fully vaccinated will not have to self-isolate if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 from 16 August.\n\nGiving evidence to the Commons Liaison Committee, Mr Johnson rejected the suggestion 16 August had been chosen because it was when the government expected the population to have reached herd immunity .\n\n\"That's not the consideration… it's the time by which we feel that there will have been much more progress on vaccination,\" he said.\n\nAnd the PM said to do it any sooner would \"effectively be allowing many more people to be vector of disease.\"\n\n\"All decisions are a balance of risk,\" he said.\n\nAsked how many people the government expected to end up self-isolating over the next month, he said: \"That will depend on the spread. I haven't seen any data on that. It will depend on the numbers.\"\n\nMeanwhile, World Health Organization emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan has urged countries to use extreme caution when reopening their economies from Covid restrictions so as \"not to lose the gains you have made\".\n\nAsked at a briefing if the UK was aiming for herd immunity, Dr Ryan said: \"I'm not aware that that's the logic driving our colleagues in the United Kingdom, I suspect it's not.\n\nHe said the argument that it was better to infect more people was morally empty and epidemiologically stupid.\n\nLabour's leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned the prime minister he is leading the country into a \"summer of chaos and confusion\" over plans to ease lockdown.\n\nAt PMQs, he said the country should open up \"in a controlled way\" and urged Mr Johnson to ensure masks still have to be worn on public transport.\n\nFace masks will no longer be legally required and distancing rules will be scrapped at the final stage of England's Covid lockdown roadmap.\n\nThe lifting of rules on 19 July will be confirmed next Monday after a review of the latest data.", "Date: Venue: Coverage: Click here for more details\n\nIn the space of barely two weeks, Denmark have experienced \"emotions of a lifetime\" at Euro 2020 - and their rollercoaster ride continues.\n\nHaving to cope with seeing Christian Eriksen suffer a cardiac arrest on the pitch, and losing their first two games, the country galvanised and beat Russia in the final group game.\n\nNow the side are riding the crest of a wave and have reached the semi-finals, where they will face in-form England at Wembley.\n\nBBC Sport takes a look at how the Danes are living an unforgettable story.\n• None Check out the Euro 2020 scores and fixtures\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n\n'Everybody was in shock, numb and expressionless'\n\nDenmark supporter Jes Hogsberg Lind has been a season-ticket holder at FC Copenhagen for a number of years and was at his home ground for all three group games.\n\nThere was real happiness and excitement before the first Euros game to be hosted in the country, having drinks with friends before heading to the ground, but it soon turned to despair.\n\nLind was situated in the lower tier of the stand closest to where Eriksen collapsed and witnessed the medics performing CPR, with fans \"crying and praying\" for his recovery.\n\n\"I have been to Parken hundreds of times but I have never heard the stadium that quiet,\" Lind tells BBC Sport. \"Everybody was in shock, numb and expressionless. I don't remember anything from the rest of the game. It didn't matter, it was unimportant.\n\n\"A couple of days later I read that Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had missed a penalty and I totally forgot about that. We saw a man dying on the ground and brought back to life.\"\n\nAfter a two-and-half-hour delay, both sets of players returned to complete the game, which Denmark lost 1-0, as well as being beaten 2-1 by Belgium in the next.\n\nThey went on to hammer Russia 4-1 in the final group game before progressing past Wales and the Czech Republic in the knockout stage.\n\n\"This heaviness on our shoulders lasted until half-time of the Belgium game,\" says Lund. \"The players played a tremendous first half and then the bad feeling disappeared and we could talk about football again. We knew Eriksen was OK, breathing and recovering in hospital.\n\n\"The atmosphere in the Belgium and Russia games was magical and you could see that everyone was there to support the team. The fans exploded when Mikkel Damsgaard scored the opening goal and we managed to progress.\n\n\"The tournament has brought everyone closer together - the players, the coach and the fans are on this journey together.\"\n\n'They have no fear of losing'\n\nUnlike opponents England, Denmark have previously lifted the trophy, in 1992, when they defeated Germany in the final, and supporters are now dreaming of their team emulating that feat.\n\nThe Danes did not qualify for that tournament and were given a week's notice to get a squad prepared after Yugoslavia, in a state of civil war, were not allowed to participate.\n\n\"Since the Eriksen incident it has been down and then going up,\" Danish journalist Kresten Mosbaek Gravesen told BBC Radio 5 Live. \"Emotions of a lifetime between two weeks that have been horrifying and now emphatic in Denmark.\n\n\"It has been amazing for us journalists talking to the players, we have stars who play for big clubs - when we talk to them we can chat to them and it sums up the connection between the team and the fans.\n\n\"There are flags in every window and you haven't seen this since 1992. People say they have united with a nation even more right now.\"\n\nLind added: \"People cannot help compare the two because it is the same kind of fairytale.\n\n\"You were not supposed to be there or something bad has happened, so everybody turns around and gets the best out of each other. This team, football-wise, is better than the one from 1992.\"\n\n'Love and compassion has given the team wings'\n\nKasper Hjulmand took over as Denmark boss in July 2020, replacing Aga Hareide, who is credited with laying the foundations of the team's success.\n\nHjulmand is a popular and well-respected figure with the national side, for his connection with the fans, the brand of football he plays and the way in which he handled the Eriksen incident.\n\n\"The unity is very strong,\" he says. \"It is not made by what happened to Christian. But in that second when time was standing still, when we were all very vulnerable, we saw life can be taken away so quickly.\"\n\nEriksen was admitted to hospital after collapsing on the pitch against Finland but was discharged just six days later having been fitted with a heart-starting device.\n\nHe visited the team before returning home with his family.\n\nHjulmand added: \"We are carrying Eriksen all the way. He is with us, he is with me and everyday I think about him. He is the heart of this team and we carry him with us all the way.\n\n\"I don't really believe in fairytales, but I do believe in the character of this team, the love and compassion of the whole Danish population has given this team wings.\n\n\"We are playing with the heart of Christian, the heart of the whole population and everyone in Denmark, young, old, in red and white who supports us, we strongly believe in ourselves.\"\n\n'We are an even stronger unit now'\n\nSouthampton defender Jannik Vestergaard will be pitting himself against some familiar foes from the Premier League on Wednesday.\n\nAsked if he is likely to experience the highs and lows of the last few weeks again, he told BBC Sport: \"I hope not. I hope this is a once in a lifetime experience.\n\n\"It has been something that was not foreseeable and we have come closer together as a group, a unit and little family. We have been sharing our feelings and emotions.\n\n\"We are an even stronger unit now than we were before the tournament.\"", "We asked you who should start for England in their Euro 2020 semi-final match against Denmark- and the majority of you think Gareth Southgate should stick with the same XI he picked against Ukraine.\n\nHaving yet to concede a goal in the tournament, it comes as no surprise that goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was the most selected player overall.\n\nHarry Maguire and John Stones remain your preferred partnership in front of Pickford. After his goal against Ukraine, Maguire is the second most selected player overall, while Stones is fourth.\n\nNow Harry Kane is up and running with three goals, the England captain has been entrusted by you to lead the line again. Kane - who earned star of the match honours against Ukraine - is the third-most picked player overall.\n\nThe front three are completed by Raheem Sterling, who is the most selected player on the left side of attack, and Jadon Sancho who is the top choice to start on the right.\n\nWhile Jack Grealish was a popular choice, the Aston Villa captain's picks were split between a host of midfield and forward roles, so he just misses out.\n\nYou can still choose your England XI but your selections will not be counted towards the result. Don't forget to share your picks on social media using #bbcfootball.\n\nMy England XI to start against Denmark Select your England XI to start against Denmark at Euro 2020", "Mourners gathered to say goodbye to the Guara family in Surfside\n\nThe first funerals have been held for victims of the Florida building collapse, 12 days after the disaster.\n\nThe Guara family - Marcus, 52, Anaely Rodriguez, 42, and their daughters, Lucia, 11, and Emma, four - are among 46 people now known to have died when Champlain Towers South collapsed on 24 June.\n\nMore than 90 people are still missing, with 70 confirmed to have been inside.\n\nRescue efforts are continuing, but no one has been found alive since the first morning.\n\nThe teams are still carefully sorting through the wreckage of the 12-storey building in Surfside, just north of Miami, even as experts warn the chance of finding survivors is now slim.\n\nTuesday's funerals took place just a few blocks away at St Joseph's, the Catholic church where the Guaras had worshipped.\n\nThree coffins were carried into the church. The family decided to bury the sisters together, in a coffin decorated with pink and purple ribbons. They are among the youngest known victims of the collapse.\n\nThe family had lived on the eighth floor. Marcus Guara - a sales manager who raised money for a number of charities - was found first, two days after the collapse. Anaely Rodriguez and their two girls were found four days later.\n\nMr Guara's cousin Peter Milián, speaking in the church, said he took comfort from the fact the couple had died with their children.\n\n\"As ironic as it may sound I truly believe God watched over them by not making them suffer without Lucia and Emma,\" he said.\n\nSisters Lucia, 10, and Emma, four, were placed in a coffin together at their family's request\n\nAnnette Guara Hurst, Mr Guara's sister, told WSVN in an interview a few days earlier that the family were relieved all four had been found as \"not too many people have had that blessing\".\n\nSo far, rescuers have removed more than 124 tons (five million pounds) of debris from the site, according to Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky. But they had not found any \"liveable spaces\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, we are not seeing anything positive,\" he told a press conference on Tuesday.\n\nRescue efforts are now being further slowed by high winds from Storm Elsa, which is approaching from the south.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami building collapse: \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"\n\n\"The wind is hampering the large cranes moving very heavy debris,\" Surfside Mayor Charles Burket told reporters.\n\nMeanwhile, officials are investigating other tower blocks in the area for potential structural faults.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to crumble remains unclear. A 2018 inspection, however, warned of \"major\" flaws in the original design.\n\nThe building association's board has said it will appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".", "Standing at just over 21m, the world's tallest sandcastle has been built in the town of Blokhus in Denmark.\n\nThe structure, reinforced with glue and clay, took 4,860 tonnes of sand to make.\n\nIt is open to visitors and will stand in place until the winter.", "Scotland is still on track to see Covid restrictions lifted next month, the Scottish government has said.\n\nFinance Secretary Kate Forbes said the plan was for Scotland to move to level zero on 19 July, with remaining legal restrictions lifted on 9 August.\n\nMs Forbes said the data would be closely monitored, after it was revealed that Scotland has the highest Covid rates in Europe.\n\nMost of England's Covid restrictions are due to end on 19 July.\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that in England face masks will no longer be legally required and distancing rules will be scrapped.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, Ms Forbes said many restrictions would be eased as planned in Scotland too - despite the record high number of Covid cases reported in recent weeks.\n\nHowever, she said some measures, such as the wearing of face coverings, would remain in place in Scotland.\n\n\"We expect some baseline measures - for example face masks, some limitations on working from home and so on - will continue for a longer period of time,\" she said.\n\n\"We are lifting the limits and lifting as much of the legal restrictions as possible. So that means physical distancing, it means the attendee caps on, for example, life events like weddings or being in stadiums and that kind of thing.\n\n\"But we do think that there will still be some baseline measures, for example, the wearing of face masks which will continue for a longer period of time.\"\n\nShe said the virus was still with us, and that we were at a \"fragile moment\" in the pandemic.\n\nAlthough the virus is still highly contagious, the link between transmission and hospitalisation has been weakened but not broken completely, she said.\n\nThe finance secretary added that the data was being closely monitored, and that the plans for what will be lifted on 19 July would be unveiled on 13 July.\n\nScotland's exit from lockdown is following the same pattern as much of the rest of the pandemic.\n\nThe rhetoric from politicians in Edinburgh is notably more cautious than that of their counterparts in London, but ultimately they are all traveling on the same path.\n\nWords like \"irreversible\" and \"guarantee\" are absent, but ministers still bat away any question of delaying their plans or re-imposing any restrictions.\n\nAnd while there is talk of retaining \"mitigations\" like face coverings, it remains unclear whether this will be a legal requirement, or simply guidance - and thus in effect no different to plans down south.\n\nThere is a particular challenge for politicians, who are pulled in different directions by the complexities of the pandemic and managing the public's expectations as well as their behaviour.\n\nThe Scottish government has developed a reputation as a careful, canny operation - but ministers also apparently feel compelled to lift restrictions despite case numbers hitting record highs.\n\nAnd the opposition Scottish Conservatives are in a similarly curious bind, finding themselves stressing how awful the situation is - while insisting that ministers continue with the current plan.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives' Douglas Ross said it was time to learn to live with the virus, and called for restrictions to be eased as planned in the weeks ahead.\n\nHe told Good Morning Scotland: \"People die from a number of ailments all the time. And we have to learn to live with Covid-19. It's going to be with us going forward and I think it is time to start to get our lives back to normal as much as possible.\"\n\nHe said there were other harms caused by Covid restrictions.\n\n\"We are also seeing people during this pandemic dying from cancer - because they weren't diagnosed in time, or couldn't get their treatment, or they didn't feel they were able to go and see their doctor or get an appointment at hospital over the last 16 months,\" he said.\n\n\"We cannot simply say we are going to keep lockdown to stop people dying from Covid if they are suffering or dying of other illnesses.\"\n\nOn whether people should continue to be mandated to wear face masks, Mr Ross said it should be a personal decision.\n\n\"I think that is a personal decision and one that is perfectly acceptable,\" he said.\n\nOn Monday, there were 2,372 new cases of Covid confirmed in Scotland. Last week saw the most Covid-19 cases than at any point during the pandemic, with a peak of 4,234 new infections recorded on 1 July.\n\nThe national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, attributed this to a lack of \"natural immunity\" in the population.\n\nHe said Scotland had been hit hard by the more infectious Delta variant becoming \"seeded\" in Glasgow.\n\nProf Leitch also linked the surge in part to people gathering to watch Euro 2020 matches.\n\nHowever, he said hospital admissions and deaths were not rising at the same rates they were earlier in the pandemic - because of the protection offered by vaccination.\n\nHe added that a \"big wave\" of Covid infections, fuelled by the Delta strain, was likely to overtake other parts of Europe in the weeks ahead.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon: Having set-in-stone timetable for lifting restrictions would \"not be responsible\"\n\nThe planned dates for easing Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland are \"not set in stone\", Nicola Sturgeon has said.\n\nThe first minister said it would not be responsible to have a guaranteed timetable in the face of the virus, after another day of high case numbers.\n\nScotland is due to move to level zero on 19 July, before dropping almost all restrictions on 9 August.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon said she would look very carefully at the latest data before confirming this would happen.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament is to be recalled from recess on 13 July for MSPs to be updated on whether the timetable will go ahead as planned.\n\nA further 3,799 cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Scotland on Wednesday, breaking a trend of five consecutive days where numbers fell from the record highs seen the previous week.\n\nMs Sturgeon said case numbers were \"much higher than we want them to be\", but said it could still be the case that the recent increase was stabilising.\n\nShe said: \"We are literally monitoring the data on a daily basis right now, as we head towards the review point next week where we will be able to say what our plans are for 19 July.\n\n\"We are looking at this very carefully. My biggest concern right now is that even though we are seeing a weakening of the link between cases and hospitalisations, if we have a high number of cases even a lower proportion of those cases ending up in hospital can put pressure on our NHS.\"\n\nThe first minister said restrictions would ultimately be eased, with the vaccine programme providing a clear route out of lockdown, but said it was important to do this \"at a sensible pace\".\n\nAsked if this meant the dates set out in the government's latest route map out of lockdown were not set in stone, she replied: \"Nothing, against a global pandemic of an infectious virus that has got more infectious and transmissible with the Delta variant, can be set in stone.\n\n\"I want as much as everybody does the certainty of 'by this date we will be free of everything and there will no longer be any restrictions'.\n\n\"Every part of me wants that and every part of me believes we are on a journey towards that and heading in that direction.\n\n\"But to set dates in stone while we still face that virus would not in my view be responsible. My job is to take hard decisions that get us as safely as possible to that end point.\"\n\nNicola Sturgeon said it would not be responsible to set dates in stone\n\nMeanwhile, opposition parties voiced alarm at the performance of the Test and Protect contact tracing system, after figures suggested it had fallen below the benchmark set for it by ministers.\n\nThe government wants the service to have completed contact tracing in 80% of cases within 72 hours of their being logged in the system.\n\nHowever the latest report from Public Health Scotland suggested that 26.8% of cases in the five days to 2 July had taken more than three days to close - down from 34.9% the previous week.\n\nScottish Conservative MSP Annie Wells said the system was clearly \"completely overwhelmed\" by the recent surge in cases.\n\nShe added: \"A robust Test and Protect system remains a critical tool in fighting the virus, but the SNP government have failed to ensure it has all the resources it needs.\"\n\nScottish Labour's deputy leader Jackie Baillie said the Scottish government had \"lost control of the pandemic\", saying: \"Test and trace is in disarray and cases are spiralling - we cannot have the people of Scotland put in danger due to the failure of the SNP.\"\n\nContact tracers are now regularly facing as many cases in a day as they had to deal with in a week earlier in the pandemic.\n\nThey have moved to prioritise telephone interviews with cases where there is a \"high risk\" of transmissions, with many other people who test positive contacted via text message and asked to fill out an online form.\n\nMs Sturgeon acknowledged last week that the system was \"under pressure\" due to the surge in cases, but insisted it was \"coping well\".\n\nIt came after NHS Grampian warned that the increase in cases meant it would not be able to trace the contacts of everyone who tests positive.", "Iran has begun the process of producing enriched uranium metal, it has told the global nuclear watchdog.\n\nTehran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the process was to develop fuel for a research reactor.\n\nBut uranium metal could also be used to make the core of a nuclear bomb.\n\nEuropean powers said Iran's move breached a nuclear deal and threatened talks to revive it. The US called it an \"unfortunate step backwards\".\n\nUnder the nuclear deal, Iran agreed not to produce uranium metal or conduct research and development (R&D) on uranium metallurgy for 15 years.\n\nBut in December, Iran's parliament passed a law requiring the government to bring the metallic uranium factory at the Isfahan Fuel Fabrication Plant on line within five months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iran's nuclear programme: What's been happening at its key nuclear sites?\n\nThe law also called for the production of enriched uranium with a 20% concentration of the most suitable isotope for nuclear fission, called U-235. Uranium enriched to that level can be used in research reactors, while weapons-grade uranium is 90% enriched or more.\n\nIran began producing 20%-enriched uranium in January and the following month it started making uranium metal.\n\nIranian officials said at the time that the uranium metal was needed to make an advanced fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor, which is devoted mainly to making radioisotopes for medical purposes.\n\nOn Tuesday, the IAEA said its Director General Rafael Grossi had informed member states that Iran intended to use 20%-enriched uranium in making fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor. \"In doing so, as part of a multi-stage process, Iran will also produce uranium metal enriched up to 20% U-235,\" it added.\n\nThe British, French and German foreign ministers said in a joint statement that they had \"grave concerns\" about Iran's decision.\n\n\"Iran has no credible civilian need for uranium metal R&D and production, which are a key step in the development of a nuclear weapon.\"\n\n\"With its latest steps, Iran is threatening a successful outcome to the Vienna talks despite the progress achieved in six rounds of negotiations,\" they added.\n\nTalks in Vienna aimed at reviving the nuclear deal talks were adjourned on 20 June\n\nRepresentatives of Iran and the five world powers still party to the deal have been meeting in the Austrian capital since April, with US envoys participating indirectly.\n\nThey are attempting to negotiate a compromise agreement that would see the US rejoin the accord and lift its sanctions, and Iran return to full compliance.\n\nUS state department spokesperson Ned Price said that although they were not setting a deadline for the talks, \"as time proceeds Iran's nuclear advances will have a bearing on our view of returning to the JCPOA\".", "Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel produces an outstanding diving save to deny England defender Harry Maguire and keep the scoreline level at 1-1 in their semi-final at Wembley.\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: How to follow the Euros on the BBC\n\nWatch highlights of Euro 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "Part of Gareth Southgate's success could be his willingness to turn to football outsiders to help prepare his England team. One of these advisers, former Olympian Matthew Syed, argues there's a lot the rest of the world can learn about this approach.\n\nIf there is one universal truth about human psychology, it is that we love being surrounded by people who think just like us. The Ancient Greeks called it \"homophily\" which means \"love of the same\". It was Plato who warned \"birds of a feather flock together\".\n\nIn some ways, this is the story of the England football set-up for the last three decades, the squad run by a true \"footballing man\" advised by other \"footballing men\". The idea is that if you get knowledgeable football chaps in a room, you will maximise the amount of knowledge - and thereby find a way to win matches.\n\nThis is why when Sir Clive Woodward - a world-class rugby coach - was appointed as an assistant coach at Southampton FC a few years ago, there was uproar. \"But he's a rugby person\", football insiders said in horror.\n\n\"If Harry Redknapp - the coach of Southampton at the time - needs advice, what is wrong with, say, Tony Pulis or David Pleat (both English based football coaches)? They are experts on football!\"\n\nThe curious thing about these arguments is that they are, on the surface, persuasive. It is true that Pulis knows more about football than Woodward. But do you see the problem? Redknapp already knows what Pulis knows. They were each socialised into the assumptions of English football: a way of setting up tactically, diet, recovery, you name it. They are, if you like, intellectual \"clones\".\n\nIf you put Redknapp, Pulis and Pleat in a room - all good footballing men - you would have high individual knowledge, but you would also have collective uniformity. You would have an echo chamber. They would reflect each other's assumptions back to each other. It would be comfortable, chummy and consensual. It would also be monolithic and non-creative.\n\nThis tendency is a problem that extends beyond English football. When the CIA was founded in 1947, it hired brilliant analysts, but they also happened to look similar - white, middle-class, Anglo Saxon, Protestant males.\n\nThe recruiters, doubtless subconsciously, were influenced by homophily. As the academics Milo Jones and Philippe Silberzahn put it: \"The first consistent attribute of the CIA's identity from 1947 to 2001 is homogeneity in terms of race, sex, ethnicity and class background.\"\n\nRecruiting people who think the same way inhibits creativity\n\nThe same is true of many of the big tech firms such as Google which, a decade or so ago, wondered why innovation had dried up, despite hiring so many brilliant software engineers.\n\nThey then realised that they were hiring people from similar universities who had learned under similar professors and had absorbed a similar range of concepts, heuristics and models. They were \"clones\" of each other. Only when they started looking beyond their usual horizons, reaching out to different universities and social networks, did things change.\n\nGareth Southgate, the England head coach, has followed a different approach, opening himself up to new ideas from the outset.\n\nOne source of these ideas is the FA Technical Advisory Board, an eclectic group that has been advising on performance in regular meetings since 2016.\n\nMembers (all unpaid volunteers) include Sir Dave Brailsford, a cycling coach, Colonel Lucy Giles, a college commander at the Sandhurst Military Academy, the Olympic rower Dame Kath Grainger, Manoj Badale, a tech entrepreneur, the rugby coach Stuart Lancaster and David Sheepshanks, mastermind behind the St George's Park national football centre.\n\nAt first, football insiders were horrified by this group, with negative articles appearing in the British press. We are not \"footballing men\". But this is why the group is capable of offering fresh insights on preparation, diet, data, mental fortitude and more. This is sometimes called \"divergent\" thinking to contrast it with the \"convergence\" of echo chambers.\n\n\"I like listening to people who know things that I don't,\" Southgate told me. \"That's how you learn.\"\n\nColonel Lucy Giles is among those giving Southgate performance advice\n\nSouthgate has also assembled a diverse group of coaches in Graeme Jones, Chris Powell and Martyn Margetson - individuals who have deep but very different experiences of the game. And, just as importantly, he's keen to listen to them: the moment England score, the celebration is curtailed so that Southgate can gain the input of Steve Holland, his assistant.\n\nThese diverse coaches are not rebels in the sense of seeking to disrupt the team. Rather, they are rebels in the sense of injecting fresh thinking which helps everyone perform better.\n\nThe tragedy is that people in echo chambers often don't even realise they are trapped. This is a point made by the novelist David Foster Wallace, who tells a story that starts in a fish tank. \"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish, who nods at them and says 'Morning, boys. How's the water?' And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then one of them looks at the other and goes, 'What the hell is water?'\"\n\nWallace's point is that when we are surrounded by people who think the same way, we can overlook the obvious. Classic examples include Blockbuster, which missed the opportunities of the internet despite dominating the movie rental business, and Kodak, which was so fixated on print photography that it never took the opportunities afforded by digital.\n\nHis coaching staff was hand-picked for their diverse skills and backgrounds\n\nThe CIA missed an entire series of threats due to its clone-like recruits. A few more rebels could have changed everything. It wasn't until after the 9-11 attack that the CIA started to broaden its intake.\n\nOf course, diversity shouldn't be pursued frivolously. If Brailsford, Giles, Badale, Grainger et al were advising not on football performance but how to design the Large Hadron Collider, they would be ineffectual. Introducing outsiders for the sake of it rarely works. The key is to bring people together whose perspectives are both relevant to the problem, and which are also different from each other. This maximises both \"depth\" and \"range\" of knowledge - leading to \"collective intelligence\".\n\nThe England football team haven't won the Euros, and there's a long way to go. But the power of diversity is beyond dispute, central to the strategies of many of the most cutting-edge institutions.\n\nEcho chambers may be comfortable but they are inherently self-limiting. In the post-pandemic age, with the world changing faster than ever, it is diversity that unlocks the key to success.\n\nMatthew Syed is author of Rebel Ideas: the Power of Diverse Thinking and represented Great Britain in table tennis at two Olympic Games", "Rag 'n' Bone Man played three small, socially-distanced shows last week to test the waters\n\nSome of music's biggest stars will squeeze into the UK's smallest venues this summer, in an attempt to revive the grassroots music scene.\n\nSir Tom Jones will play the 800-seat Cambridge Junction, while Rag 'n' Bone Man will entertain 250 fans in the Tunbridge Wells Forum.\n\nIt comes after 18 months in the which the live music industry essentially shut down due to Covid-19.\n\nSir Tom said supporting small, local venues \"makes all the difference\".\n\n\"Musicians can record in their bedrooms, but they can't learn to perform in public without a place to play,\" he added.\n\nOther artists supporting the venture with one-off shows include Mahalia, James Arthur, Frank Turner, Sam Fender and Fontaines DC.\n\nRag 'n' Bone Man has already tested the waters, playing three low-key, socially-distanced shows at London's Jazz Café last week.\n\n\"This has been very emotional,\" he told the audience on the closing night. \"I'm not going to get all soppy but not being able to do gigs for the last year-and-a-half feels like you're missing a testicle.\"\n\nThe \"Revive Live\" scheme been organised by the Music Venues Trust, in conjunction with the National Lottery - which is contributing £1 million to help up-and-coming artists pay for touring expenses, like crew and transport, that they may not have been able to afford after a year of inactivity.\n\nMore than 20 tours will be staged with this money, featuring the likes of Olivia Dean, Twin Atlantic, The Magic Gang and The Futureheads at venues across the UK.\n\nUp to 30,000 tickets - about half of those available - will be gifted to National Lottery players.\n\nSoul singer Mahalia will also take part in the Revive Live scheme\n\nRadio 2's Jo Whiley, who is an ambassador for the scheme, said it would kick-start the return of live music.\n\n\"I'm sure many people have missed the experience of live music over the course of the lockdown, myself included. I can't wait to go to see these amazing musicians on stage again!\"\n\nThe announcement comes two days after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he expected to lift the remaining lockdown restrictions in England on 19 July - meaning the end to capacity limits on gigs, and the reopening of nightclubs.\n\nHowever, more than half of this summer's festivals have already been cancelled - with major events like Glastonbury and BST Hyde Park postponing until next year.\n\nAccording to the Music Venue Trust, 83% of concert halls have faced closure over the last year. In a survey, its members suggested they would emerge from lockdown with a collective debt of £45 million.\n\nThe government says it has helped support more than 800 music organisations with grants from its Culture Recovery Fund over the last year.\n\nTrade paper Music Week has also suggested the government is likely announce an insurance scheme for the summer's remaining festivals in the coming week.\n\nEvent organisers and venue owners have been calling for such a scheme since the start of the year, saying it is the only way they can plan events without the fear of going bankrupt if a new wave of infections forces them to cancel.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "At BOXPARK in Croydon, fans react as England's place in the final is secured\n\nFrom living rooms to locals, fan zones and a packed Wembley stadium, fans cheered on England as they beat Denmark 2-1 in the Euro 2020 semi-final.\n\nSome 60,000 fans watched in person at Wembley, with millions more cheering on the action on screen.\n\nEngland fans flew the flag for the Three Lions by decking out their streets, homes and pubs in red and white for the occasion.\n\nThe 2-1 win secured England a place in the Euros final for the first time.\n\nA peak TV audience of 20.9 million watched England thrash Ukraine 4-0 in the quarter-finals last Saturday.\n\nIn London's Piccadilly Circus, fans blocked traffic as they rejoiced at England's win\n\nThe Met Police said officers were keeping an eye on crowds in the capital\n\nFireworks were set off above a sea of fans at Wembley, where England will play Sunday's final\n\nDelight was written all over the faces of these fans in Manchester when England equalised\n\nMuch of the match was a nail-bitingly tense 1-1, with the semi-final going in to extra time\n\nBut once the final whistle was blown, the relief and happiness was there to see\n\nMany England fans in the stadium felt sure that football is coming home\n\nTwo fans in Manchester were overjoyed\n\nIn Paris, England fans were also seen celebrating in the Bombardier English Pub\n\nIn Copenhagen, there was dismay from spectators as they watched Denmark lose to England\n\nThere were smiles outside Wembley Stadium\n\nPeople travelled from across England to be at the stadium\n\nSome fans wore costumes, including dressing as Knights of St George for the big day\n\nFans of all ages inside Wembley made it a night to remember\n\nThis young duo showed their colours at the stadium\n\nFA President Prince William (left, front row) and Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his wife Carrie (right) were among those at the game\n\nEveryone at the match had to prove they were fully vaccinated or show a negative Covid test\n\nSome wore masks in the stadium area\n\nThose with tickets to watch the match at Wembley Stadium had to prove they were fully vaccinated via the NHS app, with both doses received at least 14 days before match day.\n\nThose not fully vaccinated had to show proof of a negative lateral flow test from the previous 48 hours. The stadium was at about 75% capacity, with the vast majority being England fans.\n\nComedians David Baddiel (c) and Frank Skinner (r) - who sang on the original Three Lions - were among those at Wembley\n\nPresenters Rochelle and Marvin Humes were also among the crowd\n\nFor those packing into fan zones, no proof of test or quarantine was required, but people had to check in via the NHS Test and Trace app.\n\nIn pubs and other venues, social distancing rules meant up to six people from six households, or two households of any size, could sit together inside or 30 outside.\n\nEngland fans celebrate as they watch a live broadcast of the semi-final match at Hackney Bridge in London\n\nFootball mad butcher Dan Hill covered his home in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, with England flags\n\nTorrington Avenue in Bristol flew the flag for England\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Band of the Coldstream Guards perform a rendition of Three Lions\n\nAll pictures are subject to copyright.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nItaly beat Spain on penalties to reach the Euro 2020 final after an enthralling semi-final at a noisy Wembley.\n\nAfter Alvaro Morata's penalty was saved, Jorginho strolled up to score and set up a final with either England or Denmark in London on Sunday.\n\nFederico Chiesa looked as if he had sent Italy - who are unbeaten in 33 games - to the final in normal time with a delightful curled finish to cap off a quick counter.\n\nBut Morata stepped off the bench to slot an equaliser with 10 minutes to go after a one-two with Dani Olmo.\n\nHowever, the Juventus forward's penalty miss in the shootout proved costly as Spain lost a semi-final for the first time in their history.\n\nFears about an empty stadium or quiet crowd proved unfounded despite tickets still being on sale during the day, and with fans unable to fly from either country without having to quarantine for too long to watch the game.\n\nRoberto Mancini's Italy side have been arguably the best team in the tournament - and had won their previous 13 games - and deserve their place in the final.\n• None Relive the action from Italy's win over Spain\n\nHowever, this was the toughest they have had to work, and they only managed one shot between Morata's equaliser and the shootout.\n\nIt is an especially sad end to the Euros for Morata. He has wasted numerous chances during the tournament - with his family having to endure threats from fans - and his equaliser looked set to change the narrative before he failed from the spot.\n\nMancini's machine keeps on going\n\nItaly's style of play has changed as the tournament has gone on, with the Azzurri reverting to their old defensive ways, and it has taken them through to the final.\n\nThey were free-scoring and impressive in the group stages - while also solid at the back - taking their run to 11 wins in a row without conceding.\n\nBut they needed extra time to beat Austria in the last 16 and then dug in to beat Belgium 2-1 last time out.\n\nMancini took over a team that failed to even qualify for the 2018 World Cup and has now led them to the next major final.\n\nSurprisingly, the four-time world champions have only ever won one European Championship - all the way back in 1968.\n\nThey lost the 2000 and 2012 finals - but will hope to go one better this time at Wembley.\n\nEmerson was a competent but unspectacular replacement for the injured Leonardo Spinazzola at left-back and hit the bar from a tight angle with their only effort of the first half.\n\nTheir breakthrough came from a counter-attack that began with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and ended with Chiesa's perfect finish from near the edge of the box leaving Unai Simon rooted to the spot.\n\nThey had a couple of chances to wrap the game up, but Domenico Berardi shot straight at Simon both times before Morata equalised.\n\nFrom that stage on it looked as if they were playing for penalties - and that was the way it turned out.\n\nThe Azzurri got off to the worst possible start when Manuel Locatelli's penalty was saved, but they converted the rest of their spot-kicks with Jorginho nonchalantly waiting for Spain keeper Simon to move before slotting the other way to send them through to the final.\n\nSpain's wastefulness catches up with them\n\nSpain have grown into the tournament and go home as the top scorers to date with 13 goals. And yet it should have been much more.\n\nTen of those goals came in two games and otherwise they have struggled in front of goal. Slovakia are the only team they beat in 90 minutes at Euro 2020.\n\nThey started with no recognised striker on Tuesday - Morata was left on the bench - with Mikel Oyarzabal and Dani Olmo lively but wasteful in front of goal.\n\nLuis Enrique's side ended with 16 shots to Italy's seven - but managed only one more effort on target than their opponents at Wembley.\n\nSpain had won all five previous semi-final appearances in major tournaments - including their successes in 2008, 2010 and 2012 when they dominated world football - but that 100% run has now come to an end.\n\nThey played some good football and deserved to level when Morata ran onto Olmo's return pass to slot home.\n\nBut in the shootout Olmo blazed over before Morata's weak kick was saved.\n\nThe summer is not over for six of them, however, with Olmo, Simon, Oyarzabal, Pau Torres, Eric Garcia and Pedri - who all played on Tuesday - in Spain's Olympic football squad. The tournament in Tokyo starts in 17 days.\n• None Italy have now reached their 10th major tournament final, progressing to the final of the European Championship for the fourth time.\n• None This was the 10th occasion both Spain and Italy have competed in a penalty shootout at a major tournament, more than any other European nations.\n• None Italy v Spain (10) is now the most played fixture amongst European nations in major tournament history.\n• None This was the ninth time Italy have gone to extra time at the Euros, more than any other team, while Spain equalled the record for extra time appearances at a single edition of the competition (three - level with Portugal in 2016).\n• None Italy have scored 12 goals at Euro 2020, their joint-highest total at a major tournament. Spain have scored 13 goals at Euro 2020, their best goal return at a single edition of the Euros.\n• None Italy became just the second side in European Championship history to have as many as five different players score two or more goals at a single edition of the competition (Chiesa, Pessina, Insigne, Immobile and Locatelli), after France in 2000.\n• None Alvaro Morata has scored more goals at the European Championship than any other Spain player (six), overtaking Fernando Torres' five goals.\n• None Federico Chiesa has scored twice in his past three games for Italy - he managed a solitary goal in his first 28 appearances for the Azzurri.\n• None Spain's Pedri became the first European player in major tournament history to start six matches at the age of 18 or below.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(4), Spain 1(2). Jorginho (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Álvaro Morata (Spain) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(3), Spain 1(2). Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(2), Spain 1(2). Thiago (Spain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(2), Spain 1(1). Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), Spain 1(1). Gerard Moreno (Spain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), Spain 1. Andrea Belotti (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Dani Olmo (Spain) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Dani Olmo should be disappointed.\n• None Penalty saved! Manuel Locatelli (Italy) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Offside, Italy. Giorgio Chiellini tries a through ball, but Andrea Belotti is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Italy. Domenico Berardi tries a through ball, but Andrea Belotti is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music?: James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA colour blind cricketer hopes he will be hitting sixes - after being given help to overcome his condition.\n\nCharlie, 11, has deutan colour vision deficiency, which means he struggles to differentiate the red cricket ball from the green grass.\n\nHis coach Gareth Roberts wanted to help the youngster continue playing and arranged for him to be given a special pair of glasses.\n\nCharlie, from Wrexham, said they have made a \"big difference\".\n\nThe Brymbo Cricket Club player added: \"I couldn't really see the ball against the grass. It's just when colours merge into one, so I couldn't distinguish it.\"\n\nSince the glasses arrived about a fortnight ago Charlie said they have helped him see \"clearer and easier\".\n\nHe explained: \"You could see more of the ball and not just the seam of it, so when it's rolling along the grass it's clearer and easier to see, without it, I'd just be judging by the seam of the ball.\"\n\nUntil recently Charlie played cricket with a yellow ball, which he did not have such an issue seeing.\n\nBut at under-13s level, this was swapped for a traditional hard red ball, and it caused him problems.\n\nWhen the club became aware of the issue, Mr Roberts and his staff began looking for a way to help him.\n\nHe explained: \"Imagine seeing in sepia, that's what he sees.\n\n\"He really wanted to play and I wanted to do something that would enable him to be able to play the game the same as anyone else could.\"\n\nThe club's search ended when they found Enchroma - a firm which makes glasses that can help the majority of people with colour blindness.\n\nThey carried out tests on Charlie and sent him a pair of lenses.\n\nWhile the glasses cannot restore complete colour vision, they do help the wearer to differentiate tones.\n\nCharlie sports the glasses helping him play at the Brymbo ground\n\nCharlie's parents Darren and Joanne said the glasses have enabled him to watch the tennis - something he previously found impossible to follow.\n\nJoanne said \"for the last 11 years it's been sepia and now it's just a world of bright colour which is amazing\".", "James Brokenshire has resigned as security minister as his treatment for lung cancer is \"taking longer than anticipated\".\n\nIn a letter to the prime minister, the Tory MP said it was best he stands down to \"focus on restoring my health\".\n\nMr Brokenshire was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, and stepped back from his role in January ahead of surgery.\n\nBoris Johnson said he looked forward to welcoming him back \"as soon as possible\".\n\nThe MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup was discharged from Guy's Hospital in London in February after a \"frustrating resurgence\" in the disease required surgery to remove his right lung.\n\nMr Brokenshire thanked Mr Johnson for his support and praised the \"amazing\" medics for his treatment.\n\n\"My recovery from treatment and return to full duties is, however, taking longer than anticipated\", he wrote.\n\n\"Given my responsibilities to the public, the government and to Parliament, I have therefore concluded that it is best that I stand down from my ministerial role and focus on restoring my health.\"\n\nHe said he hopes to be able to \"serve again in some way in the future\".\n\nMr Johnson replied by offering his full support and to wish a \"speedy return to full health\".\n\nThe prime minister added: \"I understand entirely your need to step down from your role but look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible.\"\n\nLast month, Mr Brokenshire posted a photograph on social media saying his chemotherapy had been \"tough going\" but that we was recovering \"steadily\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Brokenshire was elected to the Commons in 2005.\n\nHe was appointed to Theresa May's cabinet as Northern Ireland secretary in July 2016, but stood down from the post in January 2018 when his cancer was first diagnosed.\n\nHe also served as housing secretary, and was appointed as minister of state in the Home Office in February last year.\n\nWriting on Twitter, shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said he wished Mr Brokenshire a \"full and swift recovery\".\n\n\"I know it will be difficult for him to stand back from his duties, but I look forward to seeing him again soon\", he added.", "The couple, pictured here in 2018, have given billions to charity\n\nThe Gates Foundation has outlined back-up plans in case its co-chairs cannot work together in the wake of their divorce.\n\nThe deal gives Bill and Melinda Gates a two-year trial, after which Ms Gates could resign from the organisation.\n\nUnder the agreement, Ms Gates would also receive \"personal resources\" from her ex-husband for her own charity work.\n\nMs Gates said she was \"deeply proud\" of what the organisation has achieved.\n\nIn a statement, she added: \"I believe deeply in the foundation's mission and remain fully committed as co-chair to its work.\"\n\nThe agreement comes after question marks were raised over the future of the organisation when the couple announced they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage in May.\n\nThe billionaires run the charitable foundation, which has worked on initiatives such as fighting infectious diseases and encouraging vaccinations for children.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Michelle Fleury breaks down the story of Bill and Melinda Gates' relationship\n\nMs Gates will remain as a trustee during the \"trial period\", although it was announced in a blog post on Wednesday that the foundation will recruit new trustees to oversee its work.\n\nIts chief executive Mark Suzman said the successful candidates will be announced in January next year.\n\nHe added that any funds received by Ms Gates in the event of her resignation would be \"completely separate from the foundation's endowment, which would not be affected\".\n\nThe announcement also follows on from billionaire investor Warren Buffett's recent decision to step back from the foundation's board.\n\nHe previously said his \"physical participation is in no way needed\" for the foundation to achieve its goals.\n\nMr Buffett is a co-founder of the Giving Pledge, along with Bill and Melinda Gates, which is a campaign that encourages billionaire philanthropy.\n\nIn a note to Gates Foundation staff on Tuesday, it was announced that the couple would be donating another $15bn (£10.9bn) of their personal wealth to the foundation.\n\nBoth Mr and Ms Gates do, however, have other charitable funds, focused on green energy and women's causes respectively.", "It says a lot about the career trajectory of Luke Shaw that when I asked someone who knows him well whether they thought in January the Manchester United defender would make Gareth Southgate's Euro 2020 squad, the answer came back: \"I was still nervous for him in June.\"\n\nThe comment was semi-light-hearted. The 25-year-old had already been selected in an expanded 33-man squad as Southgate wrestled with the demands of European finals - one of which Shaw played in - and injuries.\n\nAnd while the example of Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold's injury proved not even making the 26-man cut on 1 June could guarantee a ride on the joy-filled bus that threatens to transport England to their first tournament triumph since 1966, by that time Shaw had done enough.\n\nWhat has happened since has been a testament to the volte-face Shaw's career has undergone.\n\nAmong many outstanding contributions to the overall team effort in England's Euro 2020 campaign, Shaw's is, perhaps, the most remarkable.\n\nOf numerous statistics concerning the full-back, one little nugget stands out. In two games at this tournament, Shaw provided more assists (three) than he did in the Premier League in two-and-a-half years under Jose Mourinho (two).\n\nAnd given the history between the pair, that feels very significant indeed.\n\nAmong numerous conversations about Shaw for this article, one person from the player's camp was the most strident: \"It is about time we stopped talking about what happened in the past and think about what we have now.\"\n\nInevitably, the response was to a question about Mourinho.\n\nYet it is hard to get a true perspective on where Shaw is now without reflecting back to the position he has come from.\n\nThe thing is, Mourinho was not even the first United manager to deliver harsh words to Shaw.\n\nLouis van Gaal was only in his company for two weeks before deciding Shaw 'was not fit enough'.\n\nThe Dutchman's words were delivered during a pre-season tour of the United States in 2014, not even two months after Shaw had become the second-youngest player to be selected in any of the 32 squads for that summer's World Cup and, at the time, the 12th-youngest player to win a full England cap and youngest to play in a major tournament game, the 0-0 draw with Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte.\n\nLooking back, Van Gaal's assessment of the situation is now accepted, namely Shaw was still a little immature and his focus and dedication were not at the standard required. The Dutchman was emphasising this and also providing a timely reminder that if, at 18, Shaw thought he had made it, he was wrong.\n\nAs it turned out, Van Gaal would never get the chance to see how good he could have made the youngster, who United paid Southampton £27m for to make him the fourth most expensive defender ever.\n\nA horrific double leg-break sustained against PSV Eindhoven in September 2015 proved to be the last time Shaw would play under Van Gaal. By the time he recovered, Mourinho had moved into the Old Trafford hotseat.\n\nWhen critics of Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ask which players he has improved during his two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford, Shaw is the shining light.\n\nIt is acknowledged that, along with his family, his advisors and - in November 2019 - the birth of his son, Solskjaer has been one of the key figures in Shaw's development.\n\nNumerous sources have said Shaw - an unassuming character, according to one - responds best to support, encouragement and an arm around the shoulder. This is what he gets from Solskjaer. He certainly did not from Mourinho.\n\n\"Luke has never had a problem with anyone at Manchester United. His relationship with Van Gaal was fine. He had a problem with one man,\" BBC Sport has been told.\n\nShaw reflected on the situation earlier in the tournament.\n\n\"He continually talks about me, which I find quite strange,\" he said. \"Even some of the lads have said 'what's his problem?'\"\n\nIt is not entirely clear what core issue Mourinho has with Shaw. It is possible Mourinho felt slighted that Shaw, a childhood Chelsea fan, chose to join United instead of moving to Stamford Bridge in 2014 at a point when he was the manager.\n\nIt could be that he genuinely identified flaws in his game that needed addressing on a regular basis.\n\nWhatever the reason, it is fair to say Mourinho made life for Shaw exceptionally difficult, from the moment he said this after a 25-minute appearance off the bench in a 1-1 draw with Everton in April 2017.\n\n\"His performance was good. But it was his body and my brain. He was in front of me and I was making every decision for him, when to go inside, when to press the opponent. If he was on the other side, he wouldn't be the same and that is not possible at this level. He has to grow up. He has to mature. He has to understand the game better. He must accelerate the process because at 21 years of age, he is old enough to have a better understanding of the game.\"\n\nIf that was a single broadside, it may have been acceptable.\n\nIt is acknowledged by some that Shaw's levels of professionalism at that time were not high enough. He struggled to keep his liking for sweets, crisps, biscuits and fizzy drinks in check. One picture taken of him on holiday in Ibiza in June 2018 was particularly unflattering.\n\nBut in different ways, Mourinho maintained the offensive even when it was clear Shaw was more dedicated, to the extent when a friend playfully tapped his torso, it was said to be like knocking a mahogany table.\n\nThe comments hurt Shaw deeply, even though he tried not to let them bother him. He was advised to stay off social media, although on the occasions he ignored this, unkind comments from people who had barely seen him play, let alone met him, were not hard to find.\n\nOut of the shadows\n\nBy the time Mourinho was sacked in December 2018, Shaw had eight England caps, playing just five times in four-and-a-half years.\n\nPart of this was down to injury - and the bad luck Shaw feels he has experienced.\n\nDuring his time at the club, United have reached five major finals. This season's Europa League final defeat by Villarreal in Gdansk was the first occasion he was fit enough to play. He also missed the 2020 'Super Eights' Europa League competition with an ankle injury.\n\nThese absences may explain why Shaw has struggled to do justice to the high hopes expressed for him when he moved north from Southampton.\n\nThere is no doubt he is responding to being pushed by Solskjaer and his coaches at United. The physical demands placed on the full-backs have increased markedly. The arrival of Aaron Wan-Bissaka to play at right-back in 2019 and Alex Telles to provide genuine competition on the left has helped sharpen Shaw's mind.\n\nThe feeling is he is working far harder in his preparation and now has the understanding Mourinho felt he lacked in terms of what the effect of his training programme has on a matchday.\n\nThat has been abundantly clear at Euro 2020, where he has been a part of a team which is yet to concede a goal in open play. But he has helped achieve that while also being his side's most creative force - no England player has more assists and his opening goal in the final against Italy underlined his attacking prowess.\n\nIt has been a lengthy process and Southgate has kept across his progress, even if that was not always obvious given he was not even picked in an England squad for two years from March 2019. Southgate, it should be remembered, was the man who gave Shaw his England Under-21 debut and selected him for a game against Germany right before Mourinho's cutting post-Everton jibe, even though the defender had started just two Premier League games in six months.\n\nBut he needed convincing. This season alone, Kieran Trippier, Bukayo Saka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Ben Chilwell all played in left-sided defensive positions during eight autumn internationals, with Shaw not in any of those squads.\n\nIn November, he could not have imagined Roberto Carlos would have been in touch, as the legendary Brazilian was after he became aware of the 'Shaw-berto' moniker he has been given due to his attacking exploits against Ukraine.\n\n\"I couldn't believe it when he commented,\" Shaw told BBC Sport. \"I sent it straight to my family.\n\n\"It is all a bit of banter really. I just laugh it off. But the recognition is nice, especially when it comes from a legend like him.\"\n\nMaybe it is time Shaw was allowed to move on, from injuries, setbacks and Mourinho, and be appreciated for what he is - the second Englishman to play at left-back in a major tournament final since 1966 hero Ray Wilson.\n\n\"I have loved every minute of this camp,\" he said. \"You can see how much I have been smiling. I don't want to go home yet, that's for sure.\"\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "The requirement for people to wear masks on public transport came into effect in Northern Ireland in August last year\n\nAnyone travelling on public transport should continue to wear a mask even if they are no longer required legally, Stormont Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has said.\n\nMasks will no longer be required in England from 19 July under a plan to end Covid-19 restrictions.\n\nStormont ministers will decide the next steps for Northern Ireland on Thursday.\n\nMs Mallon said she had not seen any evidence to support ending the mandatory use of masks.\n\n\"The data tells us it acts as a mitigation against the virus but it also gives passengers confidence to come back onto our public transport network,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\n\"To date I haven't seen any evidence that would warrant the immediate removal of face coverings from public transport and bars and restaurants.\"\n\nOn Tuesday Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill described Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to end Covid-19 restrictions in England as \"reckless\" and said Northern Ireland would not be following it.\n\nThe DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said he hopes Northern Ireland can \"move eventually\" to ending the mandatory use of face coverings and making more relaxations in the weeks ahead.\n\nNichola Mallon says she has not seen any evidence to support an end to the mandatory wearing of masks\n\nMs Mallon said she did not believe it was \"wise to blindly follow\" another government.\n\n\"Always with Boris Johnson you need to look beyond the rhetoric - the prime minister has given a date but has strongly caveated that it will be dependent on the data,\" she said.\n\n\"I want to reassure people that whatever our differences at the executive table we will look at NI-specific data to ensure we're taking the right decisions.\"\n\nDuring Thursday's meeting ministers will discuss whether to put in place indicative dates for theatres to reopen and will consider lifting the limit on the number of people allowed to meet inside a home.\n\nA mobile vaccine clinic has opened in the Whitla Hall at Queen's University Belfast as part of a continued push to give a Covid-19 vaccine to everyone aged 18 and over.\n\nThe clinic in south Belfast will be open from 10:00 BST to 18:00 every day until Saturday for any adult who has not yet received a first dose of any vaccine.\n\nIt is offering doses of the Pfizer jab.\n\nThe vaccination centre at the Whitla Hall will be open until Saturday\n\nA total of 2,079,758 vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe opening of the vaccine clinic comes after chief scientific adviser Prof Ian Young said it would make a big difference if 10% more of the population were vaccinated in the coming months.\n\nProf Young said on Tuesday that case numbers were increasing rapidly in Northern Ireland, mostly in the under 40s.\n\nHe reiterated that about 400 people with Covid-19 could be in hospital at any one time by the end of the summer.\n\nBut he said that if the number of vaccinated individuals increased from the current levels of 80% to 90% by the end of the summer, inpatient numbers could be reduced by half.\n\nMobile vaccination clinics have been set up at other locations across Northern Ireland in recent weeks in addition to the permanent sites.\n\nAnyone who wants to use the Whitla Hall centre should attend with photographic ID and proof of residency in Northern Ireland.", "Labour's Catherine McKinnell has asked the PM for the data on the impact when all covid restrictions in England are lifted, likely to be on 19 July.\n\nShe says cases are \"sky rocketing\" and nurseries are having to limit numbers to maintain legal ratios of staff to children.\n\nThe PM says: \"We have to make sure we use the tools we have in terms of isolation to get through this particular phase, it won't last long.\"\n\nShe says businesses are having to close because of staff having to self-isolate.\n\nThe PM says: \"Thanks to the vaccine rollout we were able to get to step 3 and we have a review on 12 July but it looks as though we will get through to step 4 which will allow them to open up fully without the need for the one metre rule.\"\n\nMcKinnell pushes the PM to share the data on what impact lifting restrictions will have on coronavirus cases, hospitalisations and deaths.\n\nHe says: \"We have data on hospitalisations and deaths and we have data for predictions for where they might go. They're available, you can look at them but they're speculative at the moment.\"\n\nHe says we are in \"about the middle to low of projections\" scientists have made for the third wave if \"all the openings\" go ahead.", "Lord Elystan-Morgan became a peer in 1981, and retired in 2020\n\nLord Elystan-Morgan, who campaigned for a Welsh parliament within two different parties, decades before it came to fruition, has died at the age of 88.\n\nA significant figure in the country's politics, the former Labour MP led the campaign for devolution in 1979.\n\nBorn in Pen-y-garn in 1932, his legal work saw him defend two men who tried to stop the Tryweryn valley flooding.\n\nHe died peacefully in his sleep with his family at his side on Wednesday morning.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said his \"tireless work laid the foundations for the Senedd we have today\".\n\n\"He had one of the greatest reaches in Welsh political life with a range that goes back to his election in the 1960s,\" he said.\n\n\"He had an enormous breadth of understanding of issues faced by Wales, especially rural Welsh-speaking communities, which he represented.\"\n\nFormer Welsh secretary and attorney general Lord Morris of Aberavon described how he had \"lost my greatest friend from my schooldays\".\n\n\"He was a Cardi, and a great Welshman,\" the former Aberavon MP and barrister said.\n\n\"We were on holiday together as two families in Cornwall, when he came up from the beach at lunchtime, with the idea that was completely new to me at the time, for the government to establish a royal commission on the constitution.\n\n\"We had both agreed for years that only a Labour government could legislate for Wales to be governed from Cardiff.\n\n\"The dream was finally realised, following a turbulous journey in 1979.\"\n\nLord Morris said the death of his friend was \"a great loss, a Welshman who kept the faith, and I feel the loss deeply today.\"\n\nFormer Plaid Cymru president Lord Wigley said without the campaign for devolution in the 1970s the Welsh Parliament would not have happened.\n\nBen Lake, Plaid MP for Ceredigion, said he was \"a rare figure in the political world: a statesman of intellect and integrity\".\n\nWelsh Conservative Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies also paid tribute to a \"champion for Cardigan and rural Wales\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ben Lake AS/MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nElystan Morgan was the MP for Cardiganshire for eight years, before he joined the House of Lords as Lord Elystan-Morgan in 1981.\n\nHe had studied law in Aberystwyth before working as a solicitor in Wrexham for a decade.\n\nHe later became a barrister and a judge, and served as president of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth between 1997 and 2007.\n\nHis involvement in politics began in Plaid Cymru, with which he stood as a parliamentary candidate in the Wrexham by-election in 1955, and again in the general election which followed two months later.\n\nHe stood there for the third time in the 1959 general election.\n\nAs a solicitor, he defended David Walters and David Pritchard, who had tried to stop the flooding of the Tryweryn valley to create a reservoir by damaging equipment on the site. They were fined £50 each.\n\nHe stood as a Plaid Cymru candidate in Meirionnydd in 1964.\n\nDafydd Wigley said Elystan Morgan was \"a very prominent figure in Plaid Cymru in the middle of the last century, and Gwynfor Evans saw him as his successor. But things didn't work out and Elystan joined the Labour Party.\"\n\nIn a memoir published in 2012, Elystan Morgan said he had joined Plaid Cymru saying he thought it could win \"the sort of majority support in Wales that forced the government of the day... to allow a parliament for the nation.\n\n\"By the middle of the '60s it seemed totally obvious that this wouldn't happen in our days.\"\n\n\"It was within Labour therefore that the greatest work was to be done,\" he went on to say.\n\nHe left Plaid Cymru in August 1965 \"feeling wholeheartedly that my political home would be within the Labour Party from then on\".\n\nUnexpectedly for him, he was elected Labour MP for Cardiganshire - now known as Ceredigion - in the 1966 general election. He held on to the seat in 1970.\n\nHis time in the Commons saw him chair the Parliamentary Labour Party and serve on the Labour front bench, both as a minister in the Home Office and later as an opposition spokesman.\n\nLord Elystan-Morgan was president of the yes campaign of 1979\n\nLord Wigley said his big contribution in the late 1960s \"was to persuade Jim Callaghan to have a commission on devolution, the Crowther Commission that became the Kilbrandon Commission\".\n\n\"Their report in 1973 was a backdrop to the new Labour government that came in 1974, and the campaign throughout the '70s to secure assemblies for Scotland and Wales.\"\n\nThe Cardiganshire seat turned Liberal in the election of February 1974, and he tried unsuccessfully to win it back in the second general election of that year.\n\nThe first referendum on whether Wales should have its own assembly took place on 1 March 1979.\n\nLord Elystan-Morgan was president of the yes campaign that year, and promoted the cause in many public meetings.\n\nBut the campaign was defeated by a majority of four to one. \"St David's Day brought its cruel dawn,\" was how he reflected on it.\n\nFollowing the campaign Elystan Morgan failed to be elected MP for Anglesey in the 1979 general election.\n\nBut Lord Wigley said without the campaigns for assemblies in Wales and Scotland at the time \"we wouldn't have secured what we did in the '90s and we wouldn't be now with the parliament for Wales and Scotland\".\n\nLord Elystan-Morgan (right) was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in July 2017\n\nAfter Elystan Morgan lost his parliamentary seat, he started working as a barrister in chambers in Cardiff.\n\nHe was elevated to the House of Lords in 1981.\n\nHe was a member of the Labour front bench and concentrated on legal and constitutional matters until he became a judge in 1987.\n\n\"For the next 19 years, politics was exiled completely from my life until I retired from the bench in 2005\", he said.\n\nHe returned to the House of Lords in 2005 and as a former judge, he sat there as a crossbencher.\n\nThere, he paid particular attention to the 2006 Government of Wales Act, which paved the way for a referendum to provide more law making powers for the then National Assembly.\n\nSpeaking about his contribution to that debate he said: \"If I had done nothing else in my life but that, I would say that it justified what I did [leaving Plaid Cymru and joining Labour]\".\n\nHe retired from the Lords in February 2020.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Canadians say the conditions are \"unbearable\"\n\nNorth America experienced its warmest June on record, according to the EU's Earth observation programme.\n\nThat will come as no surprise given the unprecedentedly high temperatures recently recorded during the heatwave that hit Canada and parts of the US.\n\nBut UK residents may be startled to learn that despite the rain and cloud they experienced, it was the second warmest June on record for Europe.\n\nIt was also the fourth warmest June ever recorded worldwide.\n\nCopernicus, the EU's Earth observation programme, produces its figures for world temperatures from computer-generated analyses using billions of measurements from satellites, aircraft and weather stations around the world.\n\nClimate experts say the findings point to a frightening escalation in temperature extremes.\n\n\"We are getting used to record high temperatures being recorded somewhere around the world every year now,\" says Prof Peter Stott of the UK Met Office.\n\nHe says what meteorologists like him find shocking is not that the world is experiencing more heatwaves but that temperature records are increasingly being broken by such large margins.\n\nIn Canada and the north-western US, several cities recorded temperatures a full 5 degrees Celsius above previous records.\n\nA Siberian heatwave last year saw temperatures more than 5C above the previous record between January and June.\n\nA study by the Met Office on the extreme heat in the Russian region found that reaching such temperatures was almost impossible without human-caused climate change.\n\nIt anticipates similar results from studies of the Canadian heatwave.\n\nIts initial calculations suggest the odds of the sort of temperatures experienced in Canada occurring without climate change are very low indeed, says Professor Stott.\n\n\"It is telling us that changes in average climate are leading to rapid escalation not just of extreme temperatures, but of extraordinarily extreme temperatures,\" he adds.\n\nThat is exactly what the science says we should expect, Prof Friederike Otto of the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University told the BBC.\n\n\"Every decade the world has increased the rate of greenhouse gas emissions and that has increased the rate of warming. So, of course, heat records are being broken more frequently,\" she maintains.\n\nProf Otto believes the risks from the increasing number of heatwaves the world now experiences is not taken seriously enough.\n\nThe UK has also been experiencing soaring temperatures\n\nStorms and flood provide dramatic before-and-after images and cause widespread damage to property.\n\nHeatwaves, by contrast, do not leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Prof Otto describes them as \"silent killers\".\n\n\"People rarely drop dead on the street, but die quietly in their poorly insulated and un-air-conditioned homes.\"\n\nIndeed, how many victims these events claim is often only apparent months after the event when statisticians can calculate excess mortality.\n\nProf Otto says even if we do manage to achieve the dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that many countries around the world are now committed to, we will still see more frequent and more intense heatwaves than we have today.\n\nShe advises that, alongside cutting carbon emissions, we should be investing in adaption and resilience to ensure our communities can withstand the higher temperatures we can expect in the future.", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid says double-jabbed people in England will not have to self-isolate from 16 August.", "The £20-a-week increase to universal credit will be \"phased out\" in the autumn, the government has confirmed.\n\nWork and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey told MPs the boost - introduced in April last year to help deal with the economic effects of Covid - would face an \"adjustment\".\n\nSix former work and pensions secretaries have urged ministers not to end the uplift.\n\nMs Coffey said the change had been a \"collective decision\" by ministers.\n\nThe prime minister said the government is focusing on a \"jobs-led\" recovery from the pandemic, and to \"get people into work\".\n\nUniversal credit is claimed by more than 5.5 million households in the UK.\n\nIt was introduced to replace six benefits and merge them into one benefit payment for working-age people.\n\nThe top up was extended by six months in March and Labour has called for it to continue beyond the autumn.\n\nCampaigners say the extra money - which is worth around £1,000 a year - has made the difference for some families between getting by and falling further into poverty.\n\nMs Coffey told the Commons Work and Pensions Committee that it would change this autumn alongside other measures put in place to help those affected by the pandemic.\n\n\"Ahead of October we will start communicating with the current claimants... to make them aware that will be being phased out and they will start to see an adjustment in their payments,\" she said.\n\nAsked about universal credit at the Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson said there was a need for \"a different emphasis\" as the country emerged from Covid restraints.\n\n\"The emphasis has got to be about getting people into work,\" he said adding that job vacancies are back to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nEarlier this week, six former Conservative work and pensions secretaries wrote to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, urging him not to end the uplift.\n\nSir Iain Duncan Smith, one of the signatories to the letter, said: \"A failure to act would mean not grasping this opportunity to invest in a future with more work and less poverty and would damage living standards, health and opportunities for some of the families that need our support most as we emerge from the pandemic.\"\n\nThe uplift in universal credit has been a huge boost to some during the pandemic - adding more than £1,000 to budgets.\n\nBut it costs billions of pounds. And as the Treasury grapples with the cost of the pandemic, some believe the money should be cut.\n\nThere are, however, a number of prominent and influential Tories who want it to stay.\n\nNot just former DWP minister, including Iain Duncan Smith, who brought in universal credit, but also many new Tory MPs, representing northern seats the party won from Labour in 2019.\n\nThis is going to be a big issue in the coming weeks - and the government is going to come under a lot of pressure - not just from opposition parties.\n\nBut Ms Coffey said that, just as its introduction last year had been decided collectively by ministers, so was the decision to wind it down.\n\nThe government's focus was on jobs and \"all the things we can do to help people work more hours\", she added.\n\nLabour's shadow work and pensions secretary, said the plans would hit the lowest paid hardest and \"hurt our economic recovery\".\n\n\"There is near universal opposition to this cut, including from prominent Conservatives. It is time the government saw sense, backed struggling families and cancelled their cut to universal credit\", he said.", "A temporary extension of lorry drivers' working hours has been met with backlash from the industry who say the government is applying a \"sticking plaster\" to driver shortage problems.\n\nHGV drivers can increase their daily driving limits from nine to 10 hours or change weekly rest patterns on Monday.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the move would give flexibility to drivers to make slightly longer trips.\n\nBut the Road Haulage Association said the move wouldn't make any difference.\n\nThe RHA believes there is currently a shortfall of about 60,000 lorry drivers and said the relaxation on driving hour limits was a \"sticking plaster\".\n\nIt estimates that some 30,000 HGV driving tests did not take place last year because of the Covid pandemic.\n\n\"Relaxing drivers' hours won't make any material difference - and fails to address the underlying issues, which require a package of measures to fix,\" the RHA said.\n\nThe national officer for road transport at Unite the union, Adrian Jones, also said the announcement would do nothing to resolve the problem of driver shortages.\n\nHe added: \"Unite will be advising its members to not place themselves in danger and that if they are too tired to drive safely, they have a legal right to refuse to do so.\n\n\"Unite will fully support those who make that decision, legally and industrially.\"\n\nLogistics UK, which represents freight businesses, said longer hours would \"heap more pressure on drivers who are already stretched to the limit to deliver\".\n\nJames Firth, of Logistics UK, said the industry \"vehemently opposed the extension\" and said the government had \"ignored the will of those who will be most affected by the changes\".\n\n\"Existing drivers have been working flat out since the start of the pandemic, and this could be the final straw for many of them,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead of trying to paper over the gaps, government should be working with industry to produce a plan to support moving drivers through the current bottleneck of HGV driving tests.\"\n\nBusinesses and union officials have warned that the driver shortage jeopardises deliveries to supermarkets and other sectors of the economy.\n\nThe haulage industry is one of a number of sectors having trouble finding suitable staff as the economy reopens, leading some experts to talk of the UK's missing workers.\n\nAmong those worried is German confectionery giant Haribo, which has said it is struggling to deliver its sweets to shops in the UK.\n\nMr Shapps said the government had \"ramped up\" the number of driving tests available and would consider other measures.\n\nThe government said driver safety must not be compromised and operators must notify the Department for Transport if the relaxation is used.\n\nThe RHA's chief executive, Richard Burnett, said it opposed wholesale extensions to drivers' hours, believing they could be counter-productive by making the job less attractive.\n\n\"Loading more hours on to drivers that are already exhausted is not the answer - the problem needs more than just a sticking plaster,\" he added.\n\n\"Ministers should be mindful that road safety is the reason HGV drivers' hours are limited. Relaxing them should only be used as a last resort to resolve short-term issues that cannot be addressed in other ways.\"\n\nMr Burnett said that as the shortage worsened, drivers' pay rates were going up, often substantially.\n\n\"Suppliers and retailers should be prepared that these additional costs will be passed on,\" he added.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had \"already taken action on HGV driver shortages, including ramping up vocational test capacity, and funding apprenticeships\".\n\n\"Most of the solutions, however, are likely to be driven by industry, with progress already being made in testing and hiring, and a big push towards improving pay, working conditions and diversity,\" they added.\n• None Where have all the UK workers gone?", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's 55-year wait to reach a major men's final is over at last after victory against Denmark at Euro 2020, on a night of nerve-shredding tension then unconfined joy at Wembley.\n\nGareth Southgate's side were on a mission to travel one step further than any England side had done since the 1966 World Cup final win against West Germany, and they finally achieved the long-cherished goal as they came from behind to triumph in extra time.\n\nIn front of 66,000 fans and in a frenzied, thunderous atmosphere this newer Wembley has not experienced before, England battled their way out of adversity to secure a meeting with Italy in the final at the same venue on Sunday (20:00 BST kick-off).\n\nThey had to fight for victory against steely opponents - who had an inspired keeper in Kasper Schmeichel - especially after conceding their first goal of the tournament to Mikkel Damsgaard's stunning free-kick after 30 minutes.\n\nBut they replied quickly as Denmark captain Simon Kjaer turned in Bukayo Saka's threatening cross six minutes before the break.\n\nSchmeichel was Denmark's hero as the hosts sought the winner, saving brilliantly from Harry Maguire and Harry Kane as the game went into extra time and the prospect of penalties loomed large.\n\nThe moment the nation has awaited so long effectively arrived with Wembley's giant screens showing 103 minutes and captain Kane standing over a penalty after Raheem Sterling had been fouled by Joakim Maehle.\n\nDenmark were unhappy with the decision, which was checked by VAR.\n\nAnd in keeping with England's long and tortuous history, it was not straightforward as the normally ice-cool Kane saw an awful penalty saved by Schmeichel - but the rebound fell at his feet for him to score.\n\nKane has now equalled Gary Lineker's long-standing record of 10 goals for England at major tournaments.\n\nWembley went wild with deafening noise and crazy celebrations and, after all the years of hurt, England have the golden opportunity to finally claim a major crown.\n• None Reaction from an ecstatic Wembley as England reach Euro 2020 final\n• None 'We had to dig deep' - Sterling\n• None 55 years, 302 games and more than 140,000 miles - England's pursuit of final number two\n\nOn an unforgettable night, England answered two of the most crucial questions surrounding them.\n\nFor all the promise and progress since the bitter disappointment of defeat in the World Cup semi-finals in Moscow in 2018, the players and manager needed to prove they could overcome what has proved to be an insurmountable hurdle for both themselves and their predecessors, after they also came up short in the last four at the Italia 90 World Cup and Euro 96.\n\nThis was the acid test - at least before Sunday's final with formidable Italy - and they came up with the goods not only in the context of Euro 2020 but also in demonstrating their character and big-match mentality.\n\nEngland went into this semi-final on a wave of expectation and optimism after the last-16 victory against Germany at Wembley was followed up by the emphatic 4-0 demolition of Ukraine in the quarter-final in Rome.\n\nAnd they faced a test of their nerve when they fell behind to this excellent Danish side, Damsgaard's free-kick the first goal Jordan Pickford had conceded in 725 minutes for England.\n\nEngland were ragged at this point but the response was full of conviction, equalising swiftly then taking control before the tiring Danes and the magnificent Schmeichel were finally overcome with Kane's winner.\n\nSouthgate's team has crossed a barrier no England team has made it beyond since Sir Alf Ramsey's World Cup winners - now we wait to see if it will give them the confidence and belief to clear the final hurdle.\n\nAs Southgate will have demanded of them, England's big players made their impact when it mattered most on a night when failure would have been hard to bear.\n\nKane, who struggled to get into Euro 2020 during the group stage, rode his luck to score his fourth and most important goal of the tournament after his missed penalty, but his performance was full of energy and menace.\n\nHe is back to his best and how England will need that against the two great Italian central-defensive warriors Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, who have a quality and street-wisdom reflected in their combined total of 70 years.\n\nSterling continued his superb tournament, reflected in the run that earned England's match-winning penalty, hitting at the heart of Denmark's outstanding defence until he finally drew the crucial mistake.\n\nAnd Manchester United captain Harry Maguire, an injury doubt who did not even make the start of the tournament, is now back in the role where Southgate wants him - defensive leader, powerhouse and ever-present set-piece danger at one end and blockade at the other.\n\nOnce the euphoria has died down and England's heroes clear their heads, they must go above and beyond the call of duty once more.\n\nThere were tears among Denmark's players as the final whistle sounded on their Euro 2020 campaign, one which began with the trauma of Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest in their opening game against Finland then went on to be a huge credit to coach Kapser Hjulmand and his team.\n\nDenmark had the air of a squad on a mission as Eriksen thankfully continues his recovery but they were not simply fuelled by emotion, this was a team with quality and character who fully deserved to reach the last four.\n\nWhen they went to applaud their fans at the final whistle, their colourful followers gave Denmark the huge ovation they deserved.\n\nAnd, make no mistake, Denmark made this a very awkward night for England but might just curse the failure to protect their lead to half-time against opponents who were on the ropes when they went ahead.\n\nThis was a cruel night for coach Hjulmand and his team - but they have graced Euro 2020 with their strength, unity and their performances.\n\nPickford's record - the best of the stats\n• None Jordan Pickford set a new record for an England goalkeeper for most minutes without conceding - 725 - overtaking Gordon Banks' 720 minutes set between May/July 1966.\n• None England won a European Championship knockout game after going behind for the first time, while it's the first time they have done so in a major tournament since a 3-2 win over Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup quarter-final.\n• None This was the seventh game at Euro 2020 to go to extra time, with the 1990 and 2014 World Cups the only major tournaments to see more matches go to the extended period (eight each).\n• None Mikkel Damsgaard's opening goal for Denmark was the first direct free-kick goal of Euro 2020 with what was the 37th direct free-kick shot.\n• None Jack Grealish became the third England player to be both subbed on and subbed off in a match at a major tournament, after Jamie Redknapp (v Scotland in Euro 1996) and Aaron Lennon (v Portugal in the 2006 World Cup).\n• None At 19 years and 305 days, Bukayo Saka became the youngest Englishman to start a match at the semi-final stage or later of a major tournament.\n• None Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (England) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Kane.\n• None Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen.\n• None Mathias Jensen went off injured after Denmark had used all subs.\n• None Harry Kane (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! England 2, Denmark 1. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.\n• None Penalty saved! Harry Kane (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "Linda Compton and her daughter Amy watched over Wally the whole time he was in Tenby\n\nWales has said goodbye to Wally the walrus, but as he goes words of advice have been sent to his new Cornish home.\n\nThe Arctic Walrus has been spotted near Padstow, after the tusked-tourist spent weeks sunbathing in Pembrokeshire.\n\nAnimal lovers in Tenby had pleaded with people to stop getting dangerously close to Wally to pose for selfies.\n\nBut Wally's presence spent also paid dividends for local businesses, who have created a range of memorabilia to remember the marine mammal's visit.\n\nDozens of people though, were recorded causing the animal distress, which the RSPCA said could constitute a criminal offence.\n\nLinda Compton and her daughter Amy spent six weeks watching over Wally, monitoring him for up to 14 hours a day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why did Wally the walrus ended up in Wales?\n\nLinda said that 99% of onlookers were fine, \"but you've got 1% who want to push it and get that bit too close\".\n\nThe pair, who live in nearby Carew, Pembrokeshire, volunteer with Welsh Marine Life Rescue (WMLR) and tirelessly guarded the walrus, after it appeared in the Welsh coastal town in March, from unwanted attention.\n\nLinda, a 59-year-old learning support assistant, told BBC Wales she had seen people trying to swim, paddleboard, kayak, jet ski and even sail up to Wally to pose for selfies.\n\nOne woman even told her two children to swim out to Wally while others have flown drones just feet above the marine mammal's head, she said.\n\nPeople used various methods of getting close to Wally - sometimes dangerously close\n\nAmy, a trampoline instructor who is unable to work because of lockdown, recorded incidents on camera which were initially passed on to Tenby's harbour master.\n\nIn total, the 22-year-old estimates she took more than 20,000 images of Wally.\n\nThe pair contacted the RSPCA before they began dealing directly with Dyfed-Powys Police earlier this month.\n\nThe force told BBC Wales it had received reports from the WMLR and \"inquiries are ongoing\".\n\nWhen confronting onlookers, Linda said she and Amy would first try to \"warn them off\", but \"unfortunately we get the abuse - but everything is filmed and sent to the authorities\".\n\nShe warned people that getting too close to the creature could put them in danger.\n\n\"He's a very powerful animal,\" she said.\n\n\"He's an unknown entity. We don't know how he would actually react to somebody going that close.\"\n\nLinda revealed that when challenged about getting too close to Wally, some people reacted abusively\n\nWhile a minority of people have distressed the walrus, Linda explained that \"99% of the people have been amazing. They just want the experience to see a walrus in our waters\".\n\nNow that Wally has moved on, Tenby no longer has its local celebrity, but Linda said \"it's been great for the town since Wally's been here\".\n\n\"After the difficult times of Covid and lockdown Wally appearing here has just been fantastic,\" she added.\n\nThis view was shared by many of the towns small businesses - who rely almost solely on the 4.2m visitors who flock to the area each year, according to Visit Pembrokeshire.\n\nJohn Mather, who owns The Nook gift shop, said: \"It's just been great after the difficult times of Covid and lockdown Wally appearing here has just been fantastic.\"\n\nJust a few days after Wally arrived in March, one of Mr Mather's suppliers suggested making cushions featuring a walrus.\n\nHe agreed and when they \"flew off the shelves\" he immediately ordered more.\n\nWally's arrival has been great for Tenby's tourism industry with him featuring on postcards, cushions and even beer\n\nHe and other shops have since branched out into postcards, pictures, mugs and T-shirts, which all feature Wally.\n\nHe told BBC Wales: \"We've had people coming here from all over the country just solely to see the walrus.\n\n\"And then coming and visiting our shops which has been fantastic.\n\n\"It's good for the whole town. People come, they stay here, they're eating in the restaurants, they're using the takeaways - it's really good.\"\n\nAs well as memorabilia, Wally's fame has led to Tenby's Harbwr brewery to name a beer in his honour.\n\nTamar's Tusk also pays tribute to the Tamar class of lifeboat which the town's RNLI station uses.", "The Royal Welsh Show was set to be held in July 2021 in Llanelwedd in Powys\n\nThe 2021 edition of Europe's biggest agricultural event has been postponed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, organisers have confirmed.\n\nThe annual Royal Welsh Show, held at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells in Powys, usually attracts about 250,000 people from 40 different countries.\n\nThe Royal Welsh board said it decided to cancel July's event after holding discussions with the Welsh Government.\n\nIt follows the decision to hold the 2020 Royal Welsh Show virtually.\n\nThe show began as the Welsh National Agricultural Society show in 1904 with just a few hundred animals.\n\nAfter moving to its current permanent home just outside Builth Wells since 1963, the show now attracts 1,000 stands and 8,000 animals.\n\nThe Royal Welsh Agricultural Society also announced the cancelled May's Smallholding and Countryside Festival and the postponed Clwyd's Feature County Year until 2022.\n\n\"It is with the regret that the decision has been made to cancel this year's Smallholding and Countryside Festival and to postpone the Royal Welsh Show,\" said board chairman John T Davies.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe added that the society is exploring the option of hosting smaller Covid-compliant events over the summer and hopes to host a winter fair.\n\nChief executive Steve Hughson said they will continue to work alongside the Welsh Government and Public Health Wales to \"create a road map for the safe re-opening of events\".\n\n\"Our events are central to the rural economy and way of life and mean so much to members, exhibitors, traders and visitors,\" he said.\n\n\"We fully understand the responsibility on all of us to ensure we deliver our events as soon as it is safe to do so.\"", "Customers are fed up with being told they are getting poor service \"because of Covid\", according to research.\n\nFirms are being accused of using the pandemic as an excuse for long waits on the telephone or late deliveries, the UK Institute of Customer Service said.\n\nIt said that consumers were initially tolerant of delays and other issues as businesses fought to cope with the effects of the crisis.\n\nBut it said a blanket excuse was no longer sufficient.\n\nThe number of complaints about poor service in the last six months was at its highest level since 2009, according to the institute's survey of 10,000 people.\n\nThe sectors with the biggest issues were transport, local public services - such as GP surgeries, councils and police services, and telecommunications, the survey suggested.\n\nA quarter of those asked said that some organisations had used Covid as an excuse for poor service.\n\n\"Saying 'because of Covid' is not a good phrase,\" said Jo Causon, the institute's chief executive. \"Organisations must not hide behind this blanket statement.\"\n\nShe said that many businesses had responded admirably to the difficulties created by the pandemic. She said that managed queuing systems, such as inviting people to call at quieter times, was one area of success.\n\nOthers had gone out of their way to assist people during the crisis, she said. Delays in deliveries had also arisen owing to the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, and border issues as a result of Brexit.\n\nRetailers needed to be honest with customers when they started looking at a particular product about any potential delays, she said, so they were aware of how long they might have to wait to inform their decision about what to buy.\n\nOne energy customer was surprised to see that his new smart meter suggested he was using £45,000 worth of gas an hour.\n\nThe 50-year-old from Gloucestershire said the meter displayed the extreme gas usage a day after it was fitted.\n\nWhile the meter was clearly not working properly, the customer said he was more frustrated that his energy company had not offered an explanation, nor sent him any kind of bill for four months.\n\nThe problems occurred during lockdown. Covid was not used as an excuse, but he found that it seemed almost impossible to get an answer from anyone at the energy firm.\n\n\"There has been no resolution. I would like to know what I owe,\" he said.\n\nCitizens Advice has said many gas and electricity customers are still being plagued by inaccurate bills.\n\nThe Institute of Customer Service said companies should provide \"honest, genuine communication at all stages\" to customers.\n\nMs Causon said that satisfaction levels has risen slightly as firms had ultimately dealt with issues, but she said businesses needed to work on preventing the complaints in the first place.\n\nMany customers were willing to pay extra, she said, if they knew they would get better customer service.\n\nBank First Direct, department store John Lewis, online retailer Amazon, and bike and vehicle company Suzuki topped the institute's table for customer satisfaction.\n\nThe first three of these were the only brands in the top 10 which featured in the same survey a year ago.", "The Reverend Andrew Rawding has been a Church of Ireland minister for a decade\n\nA Church of Ireland minister has resigned his post claiming that the church is \"structurally, culturally and socially homophobic\".\n\nThe Reverend Andrew Rawding is rector of Brackaville, Donaghendry and Ballyclog in County Tyrone.\n\nHe announced his resignation in his three parish churches on Sunday morning.\n\nThe Church of Ireland declined to comment on Mr Rawding's resignation and comments when contacted by BBC News NI.\n\nMr Rawding said that his parishioners were in shock and some were in tears when he said he was resigning.\n\nMr Rawding assisted with the organisation of Mid Ulster Pride\n\nHe told BBC News NI that many had \"expressed sadness\" that he was leaving his role.\n\nHe has been a Church of Ireland minister for a decade and has previously helped run Pride parades in the mid Ulster area.\n\nMr Rawding claimed that the Church of Ireland was \"structurally, culturally and socially homophobic\".\n\n\"There are some kind and compassionate individuals but corporately, at best there is indifference, at worst there is hypocrisy,\" he said.\n\nHe also claimed that there was \"an aggressive and proactive opposition to full inclusion and equality for LGBT+ people, with some people still weaponising Bible verses and using the language of condemnation and rejection\".\n\n\"I have made a public stance in the past as a Church of Ireland rector to send a message to the LGBT+ community that it's OK to be LGBT+ and to be a Christian and to show my full support for same-sex marriages within the Church of Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"Currently the stance is homophobic and discriminatory.\"\n\nMr Rawding said he was \"originally motivated\" to make this stance within his parishes.\n\n\"Although sadly there are still grandparents and relatives who will not accept LGBT children within their own families,\" he added.\n\nThe Church of Ireland has established a select committee on sexuality to enable \"the listening, dialogue and learning process on all aspects concerning human sexuality in the context of Christian belief to continue\".\n\nThat committee reported in 2016 and found that how a gay Christian in the Church of Ireland felt they were treated often depended on \"the stance of the rector\".\n\nThe Church of Ireland synod had previously said that \"members of the Church have at times hurt and wounded people by words and actions, in relation to human sexuality\".\n\nBut Mr Rawding said that, in his view, the \"listening process\" carried out by the church had been a \"tick-box exercise\".\n\n\"At no point has anyone in a position of authority within the Church of Ireland been in touch with me or during a conversation with me said: 'Thanks for making a compassionate stand Andrew, let's see how we can progress this',\" he said.\n\n\"All I have had is blank looks and silence, or comments like: 'I'm not homophobic because I know gay people', or even: 'You need to be careful because people will think you're gay.'\n\nDissatisfaction with Church's stance had been building\n\nMr Rawding's resignation came as a surprise, according to his parishioners. Many were in shock and in tears when he announced it.\n\nHe is someone who has spoken out quite openly in the past for his support for LGBT rights and his disappointment in the church's negative attitude to LGBT people as he saw it.\n\nHe was one of those behind the first Mid Ulster pride parade, carrying a banner apologising for the church's attitude to LGBT people, so he has been someone who made his views known on the issue for quite a while.\n\nWhen he had spoken out in the past in support of LGBT rights, he'd had very little or no support from senior church figures.\n\nLike all Christian denominations, the Church of Ireland has been wrestling with LGBT issues and how to treat members who are LGBT.\n\nIt does seem like dissatisfaction with the Church of Ireland's stance on LGBT rights has been building up with Mr Rawding for some time.\n\n\"In my experience, the listening process to LGBT+ people has been a tick-box exercise, being seen to be doing the right thing but not exercising courageous and compassionate leadership.\"\n\nMr Rawding said there was a very serious issue of self harm and \"suicidal ideation\" within the LGBT community.\n\n\"Particularly when people in the Church of Ireland and other churches continue to proactively discriminate against LGBT+ people and use the language of 'sin' in relation to not just someone's identity but their very being,\" he added.\n\nMr Rawding said that he now plans to start a degree in social work.\n\nHe said that was to \"follow a call to help encourage and empower those people that Jesus called \"the least of these\", that is those adults and children who through no fault of their own have been let down by society and the churches,\" he said.\n\nIn June, a Presbyterian minister in County Antrim - the Reverend Ian Carton - stood down over that church's decision to deny same-sex couples full membership.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland cast aside the \"suffering\" of their World Cup defeat in 2018 to book a place in Sunday's Euro 2020 final, said manager Gareth Southgate.\n\nThe Three Lions lost to Croatia after extra time in the semi-finals of the World Cup three years ago.\n\nBut they came from behind to beat Denmark 2-1 on Wednesday, meaning they will be in a men's major tournament final for the first time in 55 years.\n\n\"We've managed to put that right,\" Southgate told ITV.\n\n\"I'm so proud of the players. It's an incredible occasion to be a part of. We knew it wouldn't be straightforward.\n\n\"When you've waited as long as we have to get through a semi-final, the players - considering the limited international experience some of them have - have done an incredible job.\"\n\nAn own goal from Denmark captain Simon Kjaer cancelled out Mikkel Damsgaard's opener, before Harry Kane grabbed victory for England in extra time by slotting home the rebound after his penalty was saved.\n\nEngland will face Italy in the final, which will be played at Wembley in front of about 60,000 fans on Sunday.\n\n\"The most pleasing thing is we've given the fans and nation a fantastic night and the journey carries on for another four days,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"We've got to enjoy the fact we're in the final but there's one more massive hurdle to conquer.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said Italy were a \"fantastic team\".\n\n\"We know the size of the task, we know they have those two warriors at the back who have seen all this before,\" he said.\n\n\"But what a brilliant moment for us. Let's savour tonight then we can think about that on the coach back.\"\n• None 55 years, 302 games and more than 140,000 miles - England's pursuit of final number two\n• None When is the Euro 2020 final and where can you watch?\n• None From Lineker to Paddington - how England's win unfolded on social media\n• None Good times never seemed so good for England - listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast\n\nForward Raheem Sterling praised England's response to conceding their first goal in the tournament.\n\n\"It was a top performance,\" said Sterling, who won the penalty which Kane converted at the second attempt, after Kasper Schmeichel saved his initial effort.\n\n\"We had to dig in deep. We responded well and showed good spirit. We knew it would be difficult.\n\n\"We stayed patient and we knew with the legs and aggressiveness we have in the team we'd be OK. It's another step in the right direction.\"\n\nSkipper Kane added: \"We got there when it mattered. We reacted really well and we're in a final at home. What a feeling.\n\n\"We know it's going to be a very tough game against Italy. We've had a great tournament so far. One more game to go at home.\"\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "Rob Roberts has been suspended from the House of Commons for six weeks\n\nLabour is proposing a change in the rules that, if approved, could see Delyn MP Rob Roberts facing a recall petition and possible by-election.\n\nHe was suspended from Parliament for six weeks in May for sexual misconduct but did not face a petition.\n\nThis was because sexual harassment and bullying cases are dealt with by an independent panel under Commons rules.\n\nIf approved, Labour's proposal to end a so-called legal loophole could apply retrospectively to Mr Roberts.\n\nThe Independent Expert Panel found Mr Roberts had sexually harassed a member of his staff.\n\nHe has apologised and said he would \"continue to serve\" his constituency.\n\nMr Roberts can return to the House Of Commons on Thursday to sit as an independent MP, as the Conservative whip was withdrawn from him in May.\n\nCurrently, automatic recall petitions on whether the MP should face a by-election are only triggered by cases looked at by the House of Commons Standards Committee, and where an MP is suspended for more than ten sitting days.\n\nHowever, complaints for bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct are investigated by the separate panel, and a petition is not triggered even if a similar suspension results.\n\nLabour's Thangam Debbonaire has put forward the motion to change the rules\n\nUK government ministers are considering plugging this loophole in the rules so MPs suspended for sexual misconduct could in future face a recall petition in their seat.\n\nHowever, BBC Wales understands that the UK government does not wish any changes to the rules to apply retrospectively to cases that have already been judged.\n\nThis would mean that MPs such as Rob Roberts would not face a recall petition even if the rules changed in future.\n\nBut senior Labour politicians, including party leader Sir Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Thangam Debbonaire, have proposed a rule change that would close this loophole and allow it to apply to previous cases.\n\nRob Roberts is allowed to return to the House of Commons on Thursday\n\nIt would mean that sitting MPs such as Rob Roberts MP, who received a six-week suspension for sexual harassment, could face a recall petition in their seats if Labour won the agreement of the Commons.\n\nLabour has tabled a motion in Parliament to put forward these proposed changes, but there is not yet a set date for when it could be debated.\n\nMs Debbonaire, shadow leader of the House of Commons, told the BBC: \"If this rule had been in place, if that loophole had been closed, the people of that MP's constituency - in this case the people of Delyn - would have been able to mount a recall petition if they chose to decide for themselves if they want this person to continue being their MP.\"\n\nShe agreed that \"retrospectivity is very, very tricky ground\" but said the government \"only this week has introduced legislation with retrospective effect - that's in the building safety bill\".\n\n\"It's also possible to get legislation turned around really quickly when the government wants to,\" she said, highlighting a licensing rule change to allow pubs to stay open later than usual on Sunday for customers to watch the Euro 2020 final.\n\n\"If they can do it for the football they can do it for sexual harassment of a member of parliamentary staff - that really, really matters,\" Ms Debbonaire said.\n\n\"I think if the government is serious about standards in public life... they will allow time for the debate on my motion,\" she added.\n\n\"If they don't, the only good reasons I can accept are that they bring their own motion and they deal with this problematic MP.\"\n\nThe matter was raised by Warwick and Leamington Labour MP Matt Western during Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nHe said: \"The public will clearly welcome the government's move to introduce emergency legislation for pubs and bars tomorrow to be able to stay open on Sundays later.\n\n\"However the public will wonder why tomorrow that the member for Delyn will be allowed to return to this House and not be subject to a recall despite being a serious case of sexual harassment.\"\n\nBoris Johnson said that the MP's sanction \"has come to an end\" and that \"he is not a Conservative MP\".\n\nDelyn was one of the \"red wall\" Labour seats in north Wales the Conservatives won at the 2019 general election.", "Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were found by a search party of loved ones, two days after a gathering to celebrate the older sister's birthday\n\nA man who stabbed two sisters at random in a supposed demonic pact - a \"sacrifice\" he seemingly believed would enable him to win the lottery - has been found guilty of their murder.\n\nDanyal Hussein, 19, killed Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman at Fryent Country Park in Wembley on 6 June 2020.\n\nHe repeatedly stabbed them after a birthday party for Ms Henry.\n\nTheir bodies were found there by Ms Smallman's boyfriend the day after they had been reported missing to police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mina Smallman: \"We hope that some good will come out of this horrible story\"\n\nThe Old Bailey heard how the sisters had been with a small group of friends to celebrate Ms Henry's 46th birthday.\n\nWhen the others left they decided to stay as they were enjoying themselves. They lit fairy lights, listened to music and danced, the trial heard.\n\nAfter they failed to make it home, loved ones went back to the park to search for them and two days later found the women's sunglasses and a knife.\n\nAdam Stone, 27-year-old Ms Smallman's partner, then discovered the two bodies intertwined in the undergrowth while he was on the phone to the police.\n\nIn a victim impact statement read out in court, the sisters' mother Mina Smallman said: \"No-one expects their children to die before them but to have two of your three children murdered overnight is just incomprehensible.\n\n\"If any good comes out of this, at least another four women will not meet a similar end in a so-called pact with a so-called demon.\"\n\nDanyal Hussein had a long-standing interest in mythology, Satanism, and the occult\n\nIt can be reported for the first time that Hussein had previously been referred by his school to the government's counter-extremism programme, Prevent.\n\nIn October 2017, aged 15, he was referred to the de-radicalisation scheme because of content he had accessed on school computers, including far-right material.\n\nHussein had a long-standing interest in mythology, Satanism, and the occult.\n\nHe was put on the \"Channel programme\" - for the most concerning Prevent cases - which discharged him in 2018, although he was seen again six and 12 months later.\n\nChannel involves a multi-agency panel responsible for assessing the risk posed by a referred person. The programme is then charged with developing a support plan for the individual concerned.\n\nThe sisters had been with a small group of friends in Fryent Country Park and stayed on after others left\n\nDuring the trial, the jury heard Ms Henry had been stabbed eight times and Ms Smallman 28 times.\n\nHussein also cut himself during the attack and it was DNA evidence found at the crime scene that connected him to the murders.\n\nNearly a month after the deaths, a DNA familial link was made by police to Hussein's father, who had a past caution, and officers raided the defendant's home.\n\nIn his bedroom, they found three lottery tickets folded inside a letter signed in blood. In it, Hussein promised to sacrifice six women every six months in exchange for winning the Mega Millions Super Jackpot.\n\nA document found signed in Hussein's blood, in which he promised to sacrifice women, was found in his bedroom\n\nOver the 10 days following the killings, he spent more than £160 on lottery tickets and bets, all without success.\n\nIn another note found in his room, Hussein offered blood to \"demon Queen Byleth\" in exchange for making a girl at his school fall in love with him.\n\nThe jury heard blood found in the park was a billion times more likely to have come from the teenage suspect than anyone else, while CCTV footage showed him buying a set of knives from Asda the day before the killings.\n\nThe sisters' mobile phones were found dumped in a pond in the park\n\nFollowing his arrest he told police he had Asperger's syndrome and trouble with his memory, but then refused to answer any questions.\n\nHussein did not give evidence during the trial but denied he was the person who carried out the killings.\n\nAs well as being convicted of two counts of murder, he was found guilty of possessing an offensive weapon.\n\nThe 19-year-old is due to be sentenced on 22 September.\n\nMrs Justice Whipple ordered psychiatric reports to be carried out ahead of sentencing. She told the defendant he faced a long prison term.\n\nOn the night of the attack, Ms Smallman and Ms Henry took multiple images of themselves dancing\n\nDet Ch Insp Simon Harding, the senior investigating officer, described the case as \"one of the most shocking and chilling\" he had dealt with.\n\nHe said the two victims \"had lots of friends and lived life to the full\", while footage taken by them on the night they died showed \"their bond and shared pleasure in being in each other's company\".\n\nThe senior officer also described Hussein as an \"arrogant\" and \"evil\" killer who had acted as a \"belligerent child\" in court.\n\n\"He has behaved like a teenage boy but he has committed some of the most savage crimes we have seen for many years,\" he said.\n\nA book of spells, handwritten demon symbols and the two blood pacts were found by police in Hussein's bedroom\n\nTwo Met Police officers, PC Deniz Jaffer, 47, and PC Jamie Lewis, 32, have been charged with misconduct in public office for taking \"non-official and inappropriate photographs\" of the murder scene.\n\nThe pair, who are both suspended from duty, are due to appear at the Old Bailey on 13 July to enter a plea formally.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is carrying out a separate inquiry into how the Met handled calls from worried relatives and friends of Ms Smallman and Ms Henry before their bodies were discovered.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Retired people could see a bumper rise in the state pension next year, according to official forecasters.\n\nPredictions suggest that the link with earnings growth could mean an 8% rise in the amount paid from April 2022.\n\nThat would cost the government £3bn more than previously expected, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).\n\nBut UK state pensions remain less generous than much of Europe, and are vital for millions of people.\n\nThe rise in pensions each year is one of the most hotly-debated policy decisions for the government and the Treasury.\n\nIt is governed by what is known as the triple lock - a Conservative manifesto promise until at least 2024.\n\nThis means the state pension increases in line with the rising cost of living seen in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation, increasing average wages, or 2.5%, whichever of those three is highest.\n\nNear the end of each year, the government sets the level of state pension to be paid from the following April. It makes the judgement based on data from the Office for National Statistics.\n\nThe most relevant for the next rise in state pension will be the highest of the three elements of the triple lock, which is likely to be the increasing level of average wages.\n\nThe OBR is the government's official, but independent, forecaster. Late last year, and early this year, it predicted wages would rise by 4.6%.\n\nNow, it is expecting the increase to be higher. The Bank of England has suggested it could be an 8% rise.\n\n\"If earnings growth… were 8%, that would add around £3bn a year to spending [on the state pension] relative to our forecast,\" the OBR said in its Fiscal Risks Report.\n\nSo the cost to the taxpayer would be £3bn more than what was already predicted to be a significant rise. The effect continues into subsequent years.\n\nHowever, that does not mean all pensioners are going to be laughing all the way to the bank.\n\nThe UK state pension is one of the less generous in Europe.\n\nFormer pensions minister Sir Steve Webb said it was still \"far from a King's ransom\".\n\nIn addition, lots of low-paid workers have lost their jobs during the pandemic, the OBR points out. The effect of that trend is that it skews the comparison of wages, meaning that average wages are driven by higher paid workers and rising faster.\n\nThat means the people who are losing their jobs now, are the very same people who are more likely to rely on the state pension in the future. They will not have built up additional private or workplace pensions.\n\nWhen asked in October whether the triple lock was safe, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"Yes, our manifesto commitments are there and that is very much the legislative position.\n\n\"We care very much about pensioners and making sure they have security and that's indeed our policy.\"\n\nThe government does have an option in law to decide how the calculations are made. If the rise in average wages is considered to be an anomaly, then it could decide to break the link and give a smaller rise to pensioners.\n\nThe age at which people receive the state pension has been increasing as people live longer. It is currently 66 for men and women, and the government has plans for the increase to 68 to be brought forward.", "A parent places a baby on the railway track in Harlech in Gwynedd to take a photo\n\nPolice and rail officials in Wales are warning of an alarming rise in \"extremely dangerous\" trackside selfies.\n\nIn one instance, a toddler was captured being placed on a level crossing for a picture.\n\nImages and videos have been increasingly appearing on social media sites, as people pose on the rails.\n\nNetwork Rail said there had been 433 serious incidents reported since the start of the Covid pandemic.\n\nIt has joined with British Transport Police and Transport for Wales (TfW) to launch a new campaign highlighting the dangers.\n\n\"No photograph is worth the risk to you or the consequences for your family,\" said Insp Richard Powell.\n\n\"Messing around on level crossings - including lingering to take photos - is illegal and extremely dangerous. You could be taken to court and face a £1,000 fine.\"\n\nPosing for selfies on level crossings has become a social media craze\n\nRail officials said videos and pictures had attracted more than one million views on popular social media sites.\n\nRonnie Gallagher, route level crossing manager at Network Rail, said the campaign was about encouraging \"people in Wales to consider the true cost of taking a risk at a level crossing\".\n\nNot only is this dangerous, it is illegal - with up to £1,000 fines\n\nJody Donnelly, a TfW train driver, said she and many of her colleagues have had to deal with \"hundreds of frightening and sometimes tragic occurrences at level crossings\".\n\n\"People seem to think that the worst won't happen to them - but if you're caught short at a level crossing, it simply isn't true.\n\n\"Unlike cars, trains can take hundreds of metres to stop when travelling at top speed, meaning that a decision to nip across the tracks can be fatal.\"\n\n\"No photograph is worth the risk to you,\" say British Transport Police\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "As theatre shows rejoice at reopening, one actress has had extra cause for celebration - after receiving a surprise onstage marriage proposal.\n\nNatalie Pilkington from the musical Six said she was \"absolutely gobsmacked\" when boyfriend Andy McGuire got down on one knee after the show's finale.\n\nAfter she said \"yes\", the audience at Leeds Grand went wild and the rest of the cast threw confetti.\n\nPilkington adds she \"literally had absolutely no idea\" of McGuire's plan.\n\nPilkington is what is known as a \"swing\" performer, who understudies several roles, on the UK touring production of Six - an uproarious romp which turns Henry VIII's wives into Beyoncé and Ariana-style divas.\n\nAndy McGuire popped the question to Natalie Pilkington on Saturday night\n\nOn Saturday, she was starring as Anne Boleyn, a part she played for the first time on the tour last month.\n\n\"I'm what you call a super-swing. I cover all six of the parts, so it's a rarity that I go on very often,\" 31-year-old Pilkington, from Chorley, Lancashire, told BBC News.\n\n\"But I believe that Andy had organised it all. Andy had been arranging with the office at Six and with my agent to make sure that I was going to be on stage, but I literally had absolutely no idea,\" she added.\n\nShe said she was told there was going to be a charity announcement at the end of Saturday night's finale.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Alex Rollinger This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nOne of the other cast members then welcomed a man called Andy onto the stage.\n\n\"And then when my Andy walked out, I was just like, 'Oh my God, what's he doing here?',\" said the actress.\n\n\"I think I just knew straight away what was going to happen when I saw him in his suit and everything, but I was gobsmacked. Absolutely gobsmacked.\"\n\nMcGuire, 34, from Leeds, and Pilkington have been together for four-and-a-half years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Andy McGuire This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe actress recently returned to the stage after working as a teaching assistant in a special needs school when theatres shut at the start of the pandemic.\n\nShe said she thinks McGuire had been planning various ways to pop the question all through lockdown but kept being thwarted as anything he'd booked was later cancelled.\n\n\"I think he just thought in the end, you know what, we're going to do it the safest way and probably the best way,\" said Pilkington.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. We went behind the scenes with the Six cast in April 2019\n\nSix started life at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017 and went on to become a West End smash.\n\nIt received five Olivier Award nominations and was later performed to sell out shows in Chicago and on Broadway.\n\nThe current UK tour is continuing until September 2022. The West End production is currently at the Lyric Theatre until 29 August 2021.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Steve Gallant, John Crilly and Darryn Frost chased Usman Khan on to the bridge before armed police arrived\n\nA convicted murderer who tackled the Fishmongers' Hall attacker Usman Khan on London Bridge is to be freed from prison on licence.\n\nSteve Gallant was serving a life sentence for murder when he helped stop Khan's terror attack in November 2019.\n\nMr Gallant was on day release to attend the prisoner rehabilitation conference where Khan stabbed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones to death.\n\nKhan was restrained by Mr Gallant and two others before being shot by police.\n\nOnce the attack began, he helped chase Khan out on to London Bridge.\n\nAs ex-prisoner John Crilly sprayed Khan with a fire extinguisher, and Darryn Frost jabbed him with a narwhal tusk, Mr Gallant pulled him to the ground where the three men held him until armed officers arrived.\n\nSix police officers from the Met and City of London fired 20 times at Khan, including 18 shots in a 90-second period.\n\nMr Gallant was jailed for 17 years in 2005 for the murder of ex-firefighter Barrie Jackson in Hull.\n\nHis sentence was reduced by 10 months by the Justice Secretary Robert Buckland because of his bravery on London Bridge.\n\nThis meant that Mr Gallant was eligible for release on licence from 29 June this year.\n\nJack Merritt, right, who died in the London Bridge attack, worked with Steve Gallant, left, on the Learning Together rehabilitation course\n\nFollowing a hearing on 21 June the Parole Board decided Mr Gallant could be released on licence with conditions including a curfew, regular substance abuse tests and avoiding contact with his victim's family.\n\nMr Gallant has been in an open prison since 2019 and has done courses to do with problem-solving, alcohol and violence.\n\nIn a statement the Parole Board said: \"The panel also recognised Mr Gallant's conduct during this incident but was clear that it was not a reason to direct his release.\"\n\nMr Gallant's solicitor Neil Hudgell said: \"When I first met Steve he struck me as a hugely articulate and reflective person with a wealth of insight into the prison system.\n\n\"He is a shining example of reformation not only for himself, but others he has helped.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate:Kick-off:Venue: Coverage: Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Highlights on BBC One at 23:20 BST; Full replay on BBC One 00:55 Thursday; Text commentary, report and highlights on the BBC Sport website.\n\nEngland are preparing to face Denmark in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 at Wembley on Wednesday, knowing victory will secure them a place in a major men's tournament final for the first time since 1966.\n\nGareth Southgate's side will face Italy in Sunday's final if they defeat the Danes in front of around 60,000 mostly England fans at Wembley.\n\nMillions more are expected to cheer the Three Lions on from home, in pubs and designated fan parks after a peak TV audience of 20.9 million watched them cruise past Ukraine 4-0 in the quarter-finals last Saturday.\n\n\"We don't have as good a football history as we like to believe sometimes,\" said Southgate. \"These players are making massive strides and breaking down barriers all the time.\n\n\"We have never been to a European Championship final so we can be the first England team to do that which is really exciting.\"\n\nTravel restrictions imposed by the UK to curb the spread of coronavirus means fans based in Denmark will not be able to cheer on their team at Wembley.\n\nInstead some 6,000 tickets for the semi-final have been made available to Danes living in the UK. The Danish FA has sent 1,000 jerseys and other red and white merchandise to London for fans attending.\n\nEngland, who have never won the European Championship, are looking to reach a first major tournament final for 55 years.\n\nThey have appeared in five previous World Cup or European Championship semi-finals but only advanced once.\n\nHowever, there is mounting excitement - and hope has turned to expectation - that Southgate's side can deliver a first major tournament triumph since the 1966 World Cup.\n\nCars and homes are decked out with England flags while pubs have been given permission to stay open an extra 45 minutes until 23:15 BST on Sunday, in case the final at Wembley, which kicks-off at 20:00, goes to extra time and penalties.\n\nMeanwhile, England supporters have been serenading their team through the tournament with chants of 'Football's Coming Home', the anthem that first became popular when the Three Lions reached the Euro 96 semi-finals.\n\nAsked what it would mean to ruin England's dreams of Euro glory, Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel said: \"Has it ever been home? I don't know. Have you ever won it?\"\n\nBut England captain Harry Kane said the team was in a strong position to put that right.\n\n\"He's right in terms it hasn't 'come home' in this competition for us,\" said Kane. \"We know if we can get it right then it should be enough to get us over the line.\"\n• None Denmark's journey through the eyes of the country\n\nWill Southgate make changes and what formation?\n\nNineteen-year-old Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has recovered from the knock that forced him to miss the Ukraine win but Southgate must decide whether to stick with the same XI that started in Rome or make changes.\n\nThe England boss used a 4-2-3-1 formation last time out and has to choose whether to revert back to a 3-4-3 set-up with the aim of stifling the Danes.\n\nDenmark boss Kasper Hjulmand has no fresh injury concerns and could name an unchanged starting line-up for the third game despite the head coach admitting that fatigue is a concern.\n\nHjulmand said on Monday \"the tank was emptied\" during the quarter-final win over the Czech Republic.\n• None How Shaw went from fall-guy to Euro 2020 star\n• None Kane as dangerous as Ronaldo, says former Denmark boss\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n\nEuro 2020 has already seen England end a 55-year wait for a knockout tie victory over Germany but Southgate is only too aware the Three Lions have fallen agonisingly short on their past four semi-final appearances at major tournaments.\n\nIn 2018, his side were denied a place in the World Cup final after an extra time defeat to Croatia in Moscow.\n\n\"We are ready for the game, the players are ready, they have got tremendous experience themselves having been in this situation before,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"Our preparations have been calm and we know we are playing a very good opponent. It's going to be a really tight game and an exciting game for everybody.\"\n\nHow tough will Denmark be?\n\nDenmark have become one of the stories of the tournament and have gone from strength to strength since the trauma of their opening game, when midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest.\n\nFormer Tottenham player Eriksen, who has since been discharged from hospital, scored the winner from the penalty spot the last time Denmark visited Wembley to play England in the Nations League in October 2020, as Harry Maguire was sent off.\n\nThe Danes, who lost their first two games to Finland and Belgium, have won three matches in a row to reach the semi-finals.\n\nIt is nearly three decades since the Danes shocked the continent with their victory at Euro 1992, taking advantage of a late call-up to the finals to produce their country's greatest sporting moment.\n\nThey are just two Wembley wins away from writing another fairytale.\n\n\"We almost lost our best player, our best friend and the heart of the team,\" said Hjulmand. \"We have tried to fight through these emotions and we have played fantastic football.\n\n\"We've shown who we are and I am very proud.\"\n\n'Denmark to score - but England to win'\n\nDenmark have been on an amazing journey since the trauma of Eriksen's cardiac arrest.\n\nThey play very much an English style of football in that they are physical when they need to be, but they have got some skilful players in key areas.\n\nThey will give England a good game, and I think they will become the first side to score against Gareth Southgate's side at Euro 2020.\n\nI still think England will have too much for them, but it might not be Southgate's first-choice team that sees them off - it might be the forwards who come off the bench in the second half who do that.\n\nEngland have a 68% chance of beating Denmark and securing a place in the European Championship final, according to Simon Gleave, head of sports analysis at sports data company Nielsen's Gracenote.\n\n\"Home advantage plays a big role in this, increasing England's winning chance by 12% and reducing Denmark's by the same,\" he said.\n\nGleave said Denmark's chances of winning Euro 2020 had risen to 14.3%. \"They will be England's toughest opposition to date [at Euro 2020],\" he said.\n• None England's only win in their past six competitive games against Denmark was a 3-0 victory in the round of 16 at the 2002 World Cup.\n• None The only other match at a major tournament between England and Denmark was a goalless draw in the group stage of Euro 92 - a tournament the Danes went on to win.\n• None The seven meetings between the sides at Wembley have all ended 1-0, with England recording five wins and Denmark two.\n• None England won their first semi-final at a major tournament, beating Portugal at the 1966 World Cup, but have been eliminated in their subsequent four matches at this stage (the 1990 and 2018 World Cups plus Euro 68 and 96). They were also beaten by the Dutch in the semi-finals of the Nations League in 2019.\n• None Kane's total of nine goals at major tournaments is one shy of the England record, held by Gary Lineker.\n• None Luke Shaw's total of three assists during this tournament equals the record for an Englishman at a single European Championship, matching David Beckham's haul at Euro 2000.\n• None Before Wednesday's game, England have played 36 matches at the European Championship - the most of any side without reaching at least one final.\n• None Denmark were eliminated at this stage of the European Championship by the USSR in 1964 and lost to Spain on penalties in 1984, but won a shootout against the Netherlands to advance to the final of Euro 92 - which they won.\n• None Their 29-year gap between European Championship semi-finals appearances is the longest by any nation.\n• None Hjulmand's side have scored 11 goals at Euro 2020. It is Denmark's highest total in a single edition of a major tournament, surpassing the 10 they netted at the 1986 World Cup.\n• None Forward Mikkel Damsgaard has scored three goals and assisted four in his seven games for Denmark.\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music?: James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In her first broadcast interview, Lady Lavinia Nourse describes how she felt on trial.\n\nA former High Court judge's widow, who was cleared of historical sex abuse, has called for those accused to be granted anonymity until charged.\n\nLady Lavinia Nourse, 77, of Newmarket in Suffolk, was cleared of 17 counts of sexually abusing a boy under 12.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, she said \"anonymity up to the point of charge\" would be a \"step forward\".\n\nShe has also questioned \"why the complainant cannot be revealed after the case\".\n\nLady Lavinia Nourse was married to Sir Martin Nourse, who died in 2017, aged 85\n\nLady Lavinia, who was married to Sir Martin Nourse, was accused of abuse by a man known to her two months after her 85-year-old husband died in 2017.\n\nEighteen months later, she was charged with five counts of indecently assaulting a boy and 12 counts of indecency with a child in the 1980s. All charges related to the same complainant.\n\nA jury at Peterborough's Nightingale court cleared her of all charges. Lady Lavinia said she felt the case would not have got to court if she \"hadn't had such a high profile husband\" - a suggestion denied by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).\n\n\"It was made in the same way as all of our cases - following detailed consideration of the evidence and in accordance with our legal test,\" a CPS spokesman said.\n\nLady Lavinia said she was \"completely and utterly shocked\" when she was accused\n\n\"The accuser was very happy to let it be known widely in London, and in and around Newmarket, using his name, and freely admitting that this is what I had done,\" Lady Lavinia said.\n\n\"It was intolerable on top of everything else. I didn't know who was looking at me, where I could turn, I didn't know who I could trust.\"\n\nLady Lavinia describes the two-week trial as \"hell\" and said she had \"never been so frightened, lonely, [and] utterly miserable\".\n\n\"There was a very high chance that if I was found guilty that I would go to jail and I just find it really frightening that people can tell lies that actually can send an innocent person to prison,\" she said.\n\nShe added it was an \"absolute nightmare\" to have to sit and \"listen to all the ghastly things that were said about me\".\n\nDame Mary Archer said in her evidence Lady Nourse was \"one of my closest friends\"\n\nLady Lavinia said she now wanted to \"raise awareness of the question of anonymity up to the point of charge\".\n\n\"Everyone remains anonymous, that in itself would be a step forward,\" she said.\n\n\"I think it's less likely that in the immediate future, we will get anonymity after being charged.\n\n\"But I would like to ask the question, why can the complainant then not be revealed after the case?\"\n\nA government spokesman said: \"Current police guidance is clear there should, in general, be a right to anonymity before the point of charge - however there will be circumstances in which the public interest means that an arrested suspect should be named.\"\n\nThe Home Office said once a suspect has been charged, the principle of open justice means that they should be named.\n\nThis was because experience has shown that naming those charged with serious sexual offences can sometimes encourage others to come forward and ensure justice was done, it added.\n\nThe guidance said the current approach applied to all offences and struck a balance between the rights of suspects to privacy and the need to prevent and investigate crime.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland have 'very special opportunity' in semi-final - Southgate England have a \"very special opportunity\" to make the country happy when they face Denmark in their Euro 2020 semi-final on Wednesday, says manager Gareth Southgate. A 4-0 quarter-final win against Ukraine in Rome on Saturday sent Southgate's side through to the last four. They now return to Wembley - the site of their last semi-final appearance in the men's Euros 25 years ago. \"England matches bring families and communities together,\" said Southgate. Speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, he added: \"The opportunity to bring happiness and create brilliant nights for our fans, our nation, is a very special one that you have when you play with England. \"They are matches that you remember where you were and some of the nicest messages you get are that people appreciate how the players have been - that they feel they can connect with them - they should be very proud of that.\"\n• None Get in touch: Your England major tournament memories\n• None 'Enjoy every minute of moments like this' - Shearer Victory for England on Wednesday would see them reach the final of a major tournament for the first time since winning the 1966 World Cup. Asked what it would mean to him to reach the final, Southgate said: \"It's what it means to the country really. \"If you're a coach it's a bit like being a parent - you've gone past the moment when it's about you and it's about what you pass on to others.\" He added the team's experience of reaching the last four of the 2018 World Cup in Russia could help his side go further this time: \"We are better prepared for this semi-final in that we've lived it before. \"And although that doesn't determine winning or losing a game of football, there are a lot of factors that we are aware of and we have dealt with before that help you to prepare in a better way. \"So for example after the game in Rome the celebrations were at a certain level, while probably in Russia to get through the first knockout game, and the quarter-final, took a lot of emotional energy. \"In Rome, everyone was quite calm about what was going on and we knew we hadn't achieved what we wanted to yet, so those things are what prepare you for a big match like this.\" Euro 2020: Gary Lineker says England have been 'near to perfect' Three years ago, England lost that World Cup semi-final, going down 2-1 against Croatia in Moscow. And Manchester United defender Harry Maguire said they \"need to make sure\" there is not a repeat of that result on Wednesday. \"The motivation is there,\" Maguire said. \"Losing the semi-final at the World Cup hurt a lot.\" Maguire, who has recovered from an ankle injury to start England's past three matches, said Southgate's squad have improved significantly since the World Cup. \"I think we're in a lot better place than we were,\" he said. \"The experience of that, we've learnt from it. We've had a lot of big games in that period to improve and a lot of time spent together on the training pitch, friendlies and qualifiers. Every game we play we feel we improve. \"In this tournament, from the first game to the Ukraine game, there's a lot of differences in the principles that we're demanding from each other. Of course we're in a better place now, but we've still got a long way to go.\" \"We want to create our own history\" - Trippier Trippier says the team have \"another big task against Denmark in front of us.\" Defender Kieran Trippier, whose free-kick goal gave England fans early hope during the 2018 World Cup semi-final, says he has \"no regrets\" from then and is now focusing on demonstrating the progress they have made since then. \"We are in a position now where we just want to create our own history. That's all we want to do. \"There are only maybe six or seven of us from the World Cup team. We've got so much good young talent. \"It is there for everyone to see the attacking players we've got. I think we've taken that step forward from 2018\". The Atletico Madrid player said he will not be letting the occasion get to him when they face Denmark on Wednesday evening. \"I don't get nervous... I've played in a lot of big games now, so when I come into semi-finals it's just excitement. You are seeing the place, you are seeing the whole nation. \"Everyone is buzzing and it's just good to see smiles on everyone's faces and after the year-and-a-half that we've all had it's good to them all smiling again.\"\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFully vaccinated people in England will not have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive for Covid from 16 August, the health secretary says.\n\nSajid Javid told MPs the same policy would also apply to anyone under the age of 18 from that date.\n\nThe government would give more details this week on self-isolation rules for international travel, he added.\n\nMeanwhile, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced the end of \"bubbles\" in schools from 19 July.\n\nThis system has led to large numbers of pupils being sent home if a single child has a positive test.\n\nCovid-related pupil absence in England has hit a new high since all students returned to school in March - with 640,000 pupils in England not in school due to Covid last week.\n\nOn Monday, the prime minister confirmed he intended to scrap most of the remaining restrictions in England on 19 July, including the laws on mask wearing and rules on social distancing.\n\nA further 28,773 cases were reported across the UK on Tuesday, and there were another 37 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIn a statement to the House of Commons, the health secretary said: \"From 16 August when even more people will have the protection of both doses, and when modelling suggests the risks from the virus will be even lower, anyone who is a close contact of a positive case will no longer have to self-isolate if they have been fully vaccinated.\n\n\"If someone gets their second dose just before or just after 16 August, they'll need to wait two weeks, after which their second jab can take effect and give them these new freedoms.\"\n\nAs under-18s are not routinely jabbed, he said a similar exemption from self-isolation rules would be extended to them.\n\nMr Javid said adults who had been in close contact with a positive case would be \"advised\" to get a PCR test as soon as possible to make sure they had not been infected, while for children it would be dependent on their age.\n\nPeople identified as close contacts of a confirmed Covid case are currently required to self-isolate for up to 10 full days when contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nHe added that \"of course\" anyone that tested positive would have to self-isolate whether they have had the jab or not.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said the date for the changes was chosen to allow more people to become double jabbed and with rising case numbers \"it makes sense\" to keep protective measures in place until mid-August.\n\nIt said if fully-vaccinated users of the NHS Covid-19 app are notified that a contact has tested positive after 16 August, they will be able to tell it they have had both jabs.\n\nIndustry group UK Hospitality said Mr Javid's announcement \"doesn't go far enough, quickly enough\".\n\nChief executive Kate Nicholls said it \"fails to recognise the carnage the current system\" is causing with pub and restaurant staff who \"have been told to isolate despite not having shared shifts with colleagues who tested positive\".\n\nThe NHS Confederation, representing hospital leaders, said the move \"may act as an incentive for people to have both jabs, but we must also remember that no vaccine is 100% effective... it's still vital that people continue to get tested, and isolate if they have Covid\".\n\nThe education secretary confirmed that the rules on pupils in England self-isolating would be ending\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps will update MPs this week on international travel and removing \"the need for fully-vaccinated arrivals to isolate when they return from an amber list country\", Mr Javid said.\n\nEarlier, the health secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he would expect cases numbers by 19 July to be \"at least double\" what they were now \"so around 50,000 new cases a day\".\n\n\"As we ease and go into the summer we expect them to rise significantly and they could go as high as 100,000 case numbers,\" he said.\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said Mr Javid had justified allowing infections to climb by pointing to the UK \"building a protective wall\" of vaccines.\n\nHowever, Mr Ashworth said the \"wall is only part built\", and data from Israel suggested that the infectious Delta variant could be transmitted through fully vaccinated people.\n\nHe said he \"understood the rationale\" for Mr Javid's announcement but believed that the \"biggest barrier to an effective isolation policy\" was a \"lack of financial incentive to stay at home\".\n\nHe also called for a U-turn on the decision to make mask-wearing voluntary, saying: \"Yes, let's have freedom but not a high-risk free-for-all - keep masks for now, fix sick pay, and let's unlock in a safe and sustainable way.\"\n\nThe Scottish government has said it may continue to require masks in certain settings even after 9 August, when it is hoped the final curbs will end.\n\nAhead of a review on 15 July in Wales, ministers said people would need to learn to live with Covid.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the prime minister's approach to ending coronavirus restrictions in England was reckless.\n\nShe said Northern Ireland, which is due to review its rules on 8 July, would make its own decisions but would \"not be following that model\".\n\nIreland's deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar called England's plan \"too risky\" and warned if things went wrong there would be a \"spillover effect\" into neighbouring countries.\n\nAsked about contingency planning for potential vaccine-resistant variants, Mr Javid told MPs: \"Reasonable experts will have different views on this... we are making some proportionate and balanced changes but border controls are staying in place. We are keeping the test, track and isolate policy in place.\"\n\nThe lifting of the remaining restrictions and now the ending of quarantining for the close contacts of people who are infected are bold moves.\n\nNo other country in the world has tried this in the face of a rapidly increasing level of Covid infection driven by a more infectious variant.\n\nSo, of course, it comes with risks. While the link between infections and serious illness has been weakened, it has not been broken altogether.\n\nIf cases reach 100,000 a day, that could translate to close to 2,000 hospital admissions a day - twice what the NHS would see for all types of respiratory illness in the depths of winter.\n\nSoon afterwards, you would expect so see Covid deaths top 100 a day. And what if infection rates rise even further? Should we compare this to flu? In a bad winter those deaths can top 20,000.\n\nThese are difficult questions to answer. The hope of government scientists is that the wall of immunity built up by the vaccination programme and natural infection will halt the rise in rates before we have to.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College - whose modelling helped lead to the first nationwide restrictions - said as restrictions eased there was the potential for the UK to have a very large numbers of cases - 150,000 to 200,000 a day - which could \"still cause some pressure to the health system\".\n\nHowever he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that although it was a \"slight gamble\" he thought it was \"justifiable\", adding \"I'm reasonably optimistic.\"\n\nHe said the vaccines would keep deaths far lower than in previous waves. \"The ratio which we saw in the past between case numbers and deaths has been reduced by more like eight to 10-fold.\"\n\nIn the worst-case scenario there \"may need to be a course correction later\", he added.\n\nBusinesses have given mixed reactions to the plans to ease rules in England from 19 July.\n\nMelvin Benn, chief executive of Festival Republic, which runs the Reading and Leeds festivals, said the government had \"got this right\", adding that \"the country wants to reopen, we are tired of this, we want to reopen\".\n\nHe also said he was not inclined to encourage festival guests to wear masks - even indoors.\n\nHowever, Jacinta Rowsell, manager of the Westfield shopping centre in London, said staff would still \"encourage guests\" to wear masks as they wanted people visiting to feel safe.", "The singer recently said she would like the opportunity to select her own legal team\n\nBritney Spears' court-appointed lawyer has asked to resign from his role, as the fallout from the pop star's dramatic court testimony continues.\n\nSamuel Ingham has represented the singer since she was placed under a conservatorship in 2008.\n\nBut in a public statement to the court last month, Spears said he discouraged her from speaking out, and that she wanted to chose her own legal team.\n\nMr Ingham's announcement came after Spears' manager also stepped down.\n\nThe lawyer revealed his desire to resign in court papers filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday.\n\n\"Samuel D Ingham III hereby resigns as court-appointed counsel for Britney Jean Spears, conservatee, effective upon the appointment of new court-appointed counsel,\" the request said.\n\nLoeb and Loeb, a law firm brought in to help Mr Ingham, also offered its resignation in the filing.\n\nNeither party explained why they wanted to step down, but the move came less than two weeks after Spears described her conservatorship, a legal guardianship arrangement, as \"abusive\" and said she was \"traumatised\".\n\nIn a 23-minute statement to the court last month, the singer claimed she had been drugged, forced to perform against her will and prevented from having children, and asked the court to end the conservatorship that has governed her life for the last 13 years.\n\nAlthough she had \"built a relationship\" with Mr Ingham in that time, she said he had been \"scared for me to go forward\" with her testimony.\n\n\"He told me I should keep it to myself,\" she said, adding that she would like the opportunity \"to actually handpick my own lawyer by myself\".\n\nMr Ingham appeared to be taken aback by the star's statement - telling the court he was unaware of its contents before she spoke. He added that he would step aside as her representative if asked.\n\nAccording to the most recent accounting available, in 2019 Mr Ingham was paid about $373,000 (£270,000) for working with the singer. Spears pays the legal costs for both sides in her conservatorship case.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What we can all learn from Britney Spears’ case\n\nHe is the third party involved in Spears' conservatorship to step aside in the past week.\n\nThe star's long-time manager Larry Rudolph resigned earlier this week, saying he had been informed of her \"intention to officially retire\" from the music industry.\n\nMr Rudolph had worked with Spears since her breakthrough with ...Baby One More Time in 1998 - although he said he had not been in contact with her for the last two-and-a-half years due to her work hiatus.\n\nAnd last week, financial management firm the Bessemer Trust, which was appointed to help oversee Spears' financial affairs, requested to resign from that role, citing her desire for the conservatorship to stop.\n\nSpears has not yet made a formal request for the court to review the arrangement. The next hearing is scheduled for 14 July.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Luke Garbutt and Brendan Galloway have told Newsbeat their stories of Gareth Southgate as a manager\n\nWhen it comes to Gareth Southgate, you'll hear a lot said about his style.\n\nAnd we're not talking about his waistcoats - which seem to have been ditched for Euro 2020 - but his management style and how he's led England in this year's football tournament.\n\nSo what's his secret? Is it making sure that the players are getting an early night before a match? Or that they eat a special meal?\n\nApparently it's a lot simpler than that: he'll just be having a chat.\n\n\"One thing that stood out for me was, before every game, he would come around and check up on every single player,\" Brendan Galloway tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\nBrendan (right) was part of Southgate's England Under-21 squad\n\nThe 25-year-old Plymouth Argyle player was managed by Southgate in the England Under-21 squad, from 2015 to 2017.\n\n\"He would ask players how they're feeling and that was quite special to me because you could tell that he was a very busy man, but he always wanted them to be in the best state possible before a game.\"\n\nBrendan says there isn't just a focus on playing football, but creating a fun environment.\n\n\"It's unique and I think that's what helps the squad to take their mind off it sometimes.\n\n\"You know, to just go enjoy shooting some hoops or playing some golf or whether it be the unicorns and the pool...\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Euro 2020: Unicorns are back - England squad let off steam in pool\n\nHe was part of Southgate's U21 squad from 2014 to 2016 and played alongside current England players Luke Shaw, Harry Kane and John Stones.\n\n\"He was good at managing the group as a whole,\" Luke says.\n\n\"You have to manage 23 players and make sure they're all happy and feeling involved, or like they're part of the tournament.\"\n\nLuke says the fact a lot of the England players have grown up with Gareth Southgate as their manager has been a factor in the team's success since he took over.\n\n\"There's so much continuity in the management, the coaching staff, even the physios - it's like going into a club atmosphere,\" he says.\n\nBrendan says Southgate also makes sure each player feels they can express themselves and don't change who they are.\n\nBrendan's received more than a few wise words from Southgate\n\nBoth players say Southgate had a calming influence on the Under-21 team.\n\nLuke says: \"I found him a really good manager to work for, from decision-making and when to bring players on to the right starting line-ups - he was brilliant.\"\n\nAnd what about rituals before a game?\n\nBrendan says he always puts on his left boot first - but doesn't know if Southgate has any lucky quirks of his own.\n\nHowever, it hasn't gone unnoticed that the waistcoats the England manager wore during the World Cup in 2018 haven't made an appearance in the Euros.\n\n\"I think that he's just got a new look and I think that it suits him,\" Brendan says.\n\n\"I'm not sure if you can read anything into it though.\"\n\nSome eagle-eyed fans say for the past few games, Gareth has been wearing an apparently lucky spotted tie.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIs the lucky tie the new waistcoat?\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The Ever Given, part of the Evergreen fleet, has been held at the Great Bitter Lake near Ismailia for three months\n\nA huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March - disrupting global trade - is finally leaving the waterway after Egypt signed a compensation deal with its owners and insurers.\n\nThe Ever Given weighed anchor shortly after 11:30 local time (09:30 GMT) and headed north towards the Mediterranean escorted by tugs.\n\nThe ship has been impounded for three months near the canal city of Ismailia.\n\nTerms of the deal were not disclosed but Egypt had demanded $550m (£397m).\n\nAs it got under way, Egyptian TV showed footage of the captain and a crew member being presented with flowers and a plaque on board the ship.\n\nThe 193km (120-mile) Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea at the canal's northern end to the Red Sea in the south and provides the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe.\n\nBut the vital waterway was blocked when the 400m-long (1,312ft) Ever Given became wedged across it after running aground amid high winds. Global trade was disrupted as hundreds of ships were stuck in the traffic jam.\n\nThe container ship was refloated following a six-day salvage operation that involved a flotilla of tug boats and dredging vessels. One person was killed during the operation.\n\nA satellite photograph reveals how the Ever Given was wedged across the canal\n\nSince then, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has been seeking compensation from the Ever Given's Japanese owner Shoei Kisen for the cost of the salvage operation, damage to the canal's banks and other losses.\n\nThe SCA initially asked for $916m compensation, including $300m for a salvage bonus and $300m for loss of reputation. But UK Club - which insured Shoei Kisen for third-party liabilities - rejected the claim, describing it as \"extraordinarily large\" and \"largely unsupported\".\n\nThe SCA later lowered its demand to $550m. The final settlement, which has not been revealed, was agreed a few days ago and signed on Wednesday to coincide with the ship's release.\n\nJournalists were taken on a tugboat to film the Ever Given finally resuming its voyage along the Suez Canal. As we watched the giant vessel sail past, everybody felt relieved. After more than three months, the story was coming to an end.\n\nI remembered the scene back in March, when the ship was wedged across the waterway, bringing navigation to a stand-still for six days and disrupting global trade. Those days were quite tense and full of uncertainty. On Wednesday, the atmosphere was one of cheerfulness.\n\nHowever, so far no-one knows what caused this whole saga. Investigations were carried out, but the findings have not been announced. At a news conference, Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabie said the ship was the sole responsibility of its master.\n\nThe details of the financial settlement between the SCA and the ship's owners and insurers have also not been revealed. Mr Rabie refused to even give a rough estimate of how much of a compensation the SCA received.\n\nSCA head Osama Rabie told a news conference that the authority would not change its rules about the passage of ships in bad weather. However, he said the grounding had accelerated plans for the canal's expansion.\n\nThe UK Club paid tribute to \"the work and expertise of the SCA and others whose professionalism and dedication resulted in the ship being refloated\".\n\n\"Over the last three months we, along with the ship's owners and other interests, have worked closely with the SCA's negotiations team to achieve today's results,\" a statement said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. (29 March 2021) The stranded container ship is seen finally on the move and no longer blocking the canal\n\nYukito Higaki of Imabari shipbuilding, of which Shoei Kisen is a subsidiary, said the company would continue to be \"a regular and loyal customer\" of the Suez Canal Authority.\n\nThe vessel, with an Indian crew, is still loaded with about 18,300 containers. It is due to undergo an inspection by divers at Port Said before sailing to Rotterdam in the Netherlands and then to the UK port of Felixstowe where it will offload its containers, the Wall Street Journal reported.", "Coleen Rooney (right) accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking stories to the press about her private life in 2019\n\nColeen Rooney has won the latest round of her court case against former friend Rebekah Vardy.\n\nVardy has been ordered to pay £10,500 towards Rooney's legal costs, the court decided.\n\nThe women will resume their High Court battle in September.\n\nRooney and her legal team told The Sun newspaper they were \"pleased\" with the result, and a spokesperson for Vardy said they were \"completely confident\" they would win the case.\n\nEarlier this month, Vardy had parts of Coleen Rooney's defence thrown out by a judge, in the latest stage of their libel battle.\n\nJamie Vardy's wife is suing Rooney for libel after Rooney claimed fake stories had been leaked to newspapers by Vardy's Instagram account.\n\nThe row - in which the wife of ex-England player Wayne Rooney was dubbed \"Wagatha Christie\" - began in 2019.\n\nThe judge has allowed Rooney to keep other parts of her defence.\n\nAt a hearing in June, Vardy's lawyers said parts of Rooney's defence were \"irrelevant or peripheral\" to the case.\n\nAnd on Wednesday the judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, agreed.\n\nShe dismissed a claim by Rooney that Vardy showed \"publicity-seeking behaviour\" when sitting behind her in someone else's seat at the 2016 Euros.\n\n\"The fact that a person seeks media coverage of their own attendance at a football match does not make it more probable that they would disclose private information about another person to the press,\" the judge said.\n\nShe also threw out an allegation that Vardy was leaking information on the libel case itself to the Sun newspaper.\n\nBut Mrs Justice Steyn did say the alleged close relationship between Vardy and the newspaper was \"one of the building blocks\" of Coleen Rooney's case.\n\nRebekah Vardy's lawyers previously told the court that the authorship of the Sun's column, The Secret Wag, was not relevant to the trial.\n\nRooney claims Vardy is the author of that column, but Vardy denies it.\n\nRooney's lawyers said it showed Vardy's \"history and practice of publicly disclosing private information about other people she was friendly or associated with\".\n\nThe judge found that the column was relevant to the case, so that bit of Rooney's defence is being kept.\n\nVardy's alleged close relationship with the Sun and its journalists is another part of Rooney's defence that the judge refused to throw out.\n\nAnd she dismissed Vardy's bid for a summary judgment - a legal step which would see that part of the case resolved without a trial - in relation to Rooney's claim that Vardy leaked a story to the Sun about her returning to TV presenting.\n\nThe judge said: \"It is one of many factual issues to be resolved at trial in determining whether the truth defence is made out.\"\n\nSocial media was set ablaze on 9 October 2019 when Coleen Rooney pressed send on her Instagram and Twitter posts, accusing Rebekah Vardy of leaking details about her life to the tabloids.\n\nIn an effort to work out which of her friends had been sharing stories, she'd published different fake stories on Instagram to different people, and monitored which ones ended up as newspaper stories.\n\nRebekah Vardy took to social media to deny any involvement in the leaking.\n\nAs the argument raged on, Vardy's lawyers said her husband faced abuse on the pitch which meant they couldn't let their young children attend games anymore.\n\nVardy decided to sue for defamation last year in July, with court documents written by her lawyers saying the incident had affected her mental and physical health.\n\nWhen Rooney's social media posts were released, Vardy was seven months pregnant and her lawyers claim they led to her being taken to hospital three times with anxiety attacks.\n\nThe pair originally became friends through their husbands, former Manchester United and England player Wayne Rooney and Leicester striker Jamie Vardy.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The Prince of Wales invited the Band of the Coldstream Guards to play an instrumental version of the rousing football anthem Three Lions, at his London residence.\n\nThe song by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds was first released in 1996.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nBritish and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland believes the series against South Africa will happen despite Covid outbreaks in both camps a little more than two weeks before their first Test.\n\nOne Lions player and one of the team's management tested positive before Wednesday's win over the Sharks.\n\nTwelve cases among South Africa's players and staff caused Friday's game against Georgia to be called off.\n\n\"I honestly believe we will have a Test series,\" said Gatland.\n\n\"We spoke beforehand and the medics said there is a likelihood that in South Africa we get a case or two. It is how we deal with it.\n\n\"South Africa are probably in a worse situation than us. We have got some time in the next couple of weeks to hopefully get everyone all right.\n\n\"We are not sure where we picked these cases up, whether it was through hotel staff or some people passing through at a match. We are preparing and looking forward and really excited for a Test series.\"\n\nEight Lions players and four staff are isolating as close contacts, prompting eight changes to be made to the matchday squad for the 54-7 win over the Sharks in Johannesburg.\n\nOrganisers said all other members of the touring party had tested negative.\n\nThe Lions' game against the Bulls on Saturday will not happen as scheduled with alternative opposition or a different date to be found because of Covid-19 cases in the hosts' camp.\n\nA statement released an hour before kick-off on Wednesday said a medical advisory group had confirmed the game could be played, with players given little more than five minutes notice to board the bus to the ground.\n\n\"The Test series is paramount,\" British and Irish Lions managing director Ben Calveley told Sky Sports.\n\n\"Our intention is to do everything we can to get those matches over the line here in South Africa. At the moment there is no intention to deviate from the schedule.\"\n\nIreland's Iain Henderson, who captained the Lions against the Sharks, said he was proud of how his team had performed in adversity.\n\n\"There were any list of excuses we could have used,\" said the second row.\n\n\"We could have backed out of tackles, dropped our heads a little bit, but the guys didn't, they dug in for each other, to make sure we kept what we wanted to do on track for this tour.\n\n\"It was a very difficult day. I can't overstate how proud I am of them.\"\n\nThe Lions are due to face the Springboks in a three-Test series beginning on 24 July.\n\nAfter months of uncertainty, organisers opted to go ahead with the South Africa tour rather than pursue contingency plans to play at home or in Australia.\n\nThe Lions - who have been playing and training in a strict coronavirus bubble - arrived as South Africa was battling a third wave of infections, with the Springboks having to isolate twice in the past two weeks.\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "Roberto Mancini looked dishevelled for the first time at Euro 2020, Italy's immaculately-attired coach drained of energy after the triumphant conclusion to a night of high tension and huge quality at Wembley.\n\nMancini was thrown about by his jubilant players after Jorginho's ice-cool spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out settled a magnificent Euro 2020 semi-final in Italy's favour at the cruel expense of Spain.\n\nThis was pure theatre, with a 60,000 crowd at Wembley adding colour to the fight to face either England or Denmark in Sunday's final, the stadium splashed with the red of Spain at one end and the victorious blue of Italy at the other as crowds flocked back in ever bigger numbers after pandemic restrictions were lifted.\n\nItaly's eventual win was worthy of an audience filling Wembley twice over, the joy of Mancini and his players a brutal contrast to the despair of much-derided Spain striker Alvaro Morata, who had actually rescued them with an equaliser in normal time after Federico Chiesa's superb opener for Italy.\n• None Italy into Euro 2020 final with penalty shootout win over Spain\n• None Relive the action from Italy's win over Spain\n\nIn the final reckoning, Spain paid the price for the Achilles heel that troubled them in the early stages of this competition, namely an inability to crown glorious passing and approach play with an end product.\n\nSo it is Italy who go through to the final - and what a formidable obstacle they will present to either England or the Danes after a result that leaves them unbeaten in 33 games under the inspirational leadership of Mancini.\n\nMancini has pieced together a fiercely-drilled, unified team with a real \"all for one and one for all\" attitude, summed up by the veteran central defensive pairing of 34-year-old captain Leonardo Bonucci and his long-time partner, the great 36-year-old Giorgio Chiellini.\n\nIt is easy to imagine them, once their footballing deeds are over, on either side of the doors of a high-quality Italian establishment, endlessly polite but with the distinct air of a duo who have no intention of standing aside under any circumstances unless they decide to.\n\nChiellini, who made his Italy debut in November 2004, still plays with desire and hunger but also with a smile on his face, relishing every second of every challenge, each battle to be won.\n\nJust before the penalties began, a beaming Chiellini grabbed Spain defender Jordi Alba in a good-natured (well it looked good-natured) bear hug before the usual agonies of the shootout.\n\nBonucci, Mancini's leader, looks the calmer of the pair as he proved with his penalty, but despite a combined age of 70, the years show no sign of withering their quality or their ability to take every goal conceded as a personal offence.\n\nItaly were the beneficiaries of Spain's lack of cutting edge but had so much quality of their own in all areas of the pitch, summed up by a sweeping counter-attack started by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and finished by Chiesa on the hour.\n\nHow the vast Wembley crowd loved it as the action swept from end to end, the odd chants of \"It's Coming Home\" from a few England fans shouted down by some pantomime booing from Italian and Spanish fans, with the 30 minutes of extra time an added treat.\n\nTired legs and a more cautious approach made this a more conservative affair in those 30 minutes but so much credit goes to both sides, and coaches Mancini and Luis Enrique.\n\nItaly's potential opponents in Sunday's final might hope this game has taken a lot out of Mancini's men but you would not bank on it from a side who have simply got better and better, now adding Spain to Belgium as they claim victims of the highest class en route to the showpiece.\n\nThe wild scenes at the end, which even threatened to claim Mancini's pristine white shirt at one point, demonstrated how this Italy side feel the force is with them.\n\nHow they celebrated in front of the elated Azzurri fans, with the wonderful sight of legendary former striker Gianluca Vialli - back after undergoing treatment for cancer and now part of Italy's backroom team - right at their heart.\n\nItaly's progress throughout Euro 2020 has been gathering momentum from their opening win against Turkey and after overcoming Belgium and Spain in the knockout stage they will fear no-one and rightly so.\n\nNow it is over to Denmark and England at Wembley on Wednesday night, both knowing a huge blue barrier awaits whoever reaches Sunday's final.\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music?: James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the BNO visa for Hong Kongers?\n\nThe Home Office is being urged to extend its new Hong Kong visa scheme to include thousands of young people who may be targets of the Beijing regime.\n\nA report by MPs on the Home Affairs Committee said a loophole meant many 18 to 23-year-olds who participated in pro-democracy demonstrations cannot apply for the right to come to Britain.\n\nSome 36,000 Hong Kongers have already applied for the special visas.\n\nThe government said those not eligible could come to the UK via other routes.\n\nSince 31 January, Hong Kong residents have been able to come to the UK for up to five years and apply for permanent residency.\n\nThe UK introduced the British National (Overseas), or BNO, visa after China passed a wide-ranging new security law for Hong Kong which made it easier to punish protesters and reduces the city's autonomy. The UK said the law was an erosion of freedoms and rights.\n\nNow, more than 5 million Hong Kongers are eligible to move to the UK.\n\nThe Home Affairs Committee said that while it welcomed the programme, it did not go far enough because people over the age of 18 and born after the Hong Kong handover in 1997 may be ineligible.\n\nThis is despite that age group making up a significant number of the pro-democracy activists who are vulnerable to political targeting.\n\nThe cross-party group of MPs is now urging ministers to extend the scheme to enable a young person with a BNO parent to apply separately, provided there is evidence of that parent's status.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe report also noted that while young people facing imprisonment by the Chinese authorities could seek asylum in the UK, many were deterred by long delays in processing applications.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said the BNO visa route reflected the \"UK's historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BNO status\".\n\n\"It is an unprecedented and generous offer reflecting our deep connection with Hong Kong,\" he said.\n\n\"Those not eligible for this route can come to the UK through other routes, such as through the points-based system or the youth mobility scheme.\"\n\nHe added that the UK has a \"proud record of providing protection for those who need it, where there is a well-founded fear of persecution\".", "The Royal Welsh Show celebrated its 100th birthday in 2019 - the last time it was held due to Covid\n\nWales' festivals could be \"left behind\" if no date is given for ending Covid restrictions, organisers of the Royal Welsh Show have said.\n\nEngland has a target of 19 July and Scotland plans to lift remaining legal restrictions on 9 August, but no date has been given in Wales.\n\nSteve Hughson said Wales' \"cautious approach\" was now becoming untenable.\n\nEconomy Minister Vaughan Gething said ministers would not \"blow the doors off\" to lift rules at the same time.\n\nThere have only been minor changes to Covid rules in Wales since the start of June, after First Minister Mark Drakeford announced a pause in order to \"reduce the peak number of daily hospital admissions\" and allow time to vaccinate more people.\n\nSince 7 June, large outdoor events, such as concerts, football matches and organised runs, have been able to go ahead for crowds of up to 4,000 people standing or 10,000 people sitting down.\n\nOrganisers must undertake full risk assessments and put in place measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, including social distancing.\n\nSteve Hughson says Wales' \"cautious approach is now becoming untenable\"\n\nThe 2021 Royal Welsh Show is being held virtually for a second year, but organisers hope it will return to Llanelwedd near Builth Wells in Powys in 2022.\n\nMr Hughson, chief executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, said: \"The differences across the border are causing frustration, commercial disadvantage and confusion with people coming across the border.\n\n\"We need Welsh government to take a long hard look and there is a lot of pressure for them to do something in the next weeks and months to align.\n\n\"There's a fear that Wales will be left behind, or left on its own.\n\n\"I congratulate Welsh government for its cautious approach and vaccine rollout, which has left it with some of the best numbers in the UK, but that cautious approach is now becoming untenable.\n\n\"We can no longer rely on this when England and Scotland are open for business.\"\n\nJoe Worley says there has not been enough advice on how to make festivals compliant with Covid restrictions\n\nJoe Worley is the co-founder of Westival festival near Manobier in Pembrokeshire.\n\nThe 2021 event had been planned from 22-26 July, but has been moved to 2022.\n\nHe said: \"They've said festivals can go ahead if they're socially distanced, but what's been frustrating is the lack of advice and guidance on how to actually do that.\"\n\nWestival was started four years ago by two friends\n\nThe planned restriction end dates in England and Scotland have left him with mixed emotions: \"Obviously I'm really, really happy that those things [festivals in England and Scotland] are going to go ahead, it means that a lot of people do get like a festival kind of summer, but I guess it is frustrating to see that we've kind of not followed suit.\n\n\"We've vaccinated more people than anyone else in the UK so it seems like we should be ahead of England, if anything.\"\n\nGreen Gathering is a festival with a focus on environmental and social justice\n\nEm Weirdigan is festival director of Green Gathering near Chepstow in Monmouthshire, which has been postponed to August 2022.\n\nShe said: \"We're hugely disappointed but we don't blame the Welsh government for focusing more heavily on health than economics and we understand the regulations are designed to keep people in Wales safe.\"\n\nShe said it was a \"shame there wasn't scope for flexibility\", adding: \"We had plans to run what we believe would have been a safe festival, with outdoor stages on a site renowned for its wide open spaces.\n\n\"We won't be defeated and will return to Chepstow.\"\n\nJoseph Fort and Rosalind Ventris are co-artistic directors of the Cowbridge Music Festival\n\nJoseph Fort is the co-artistic director of October's Cowbridge Music Festival in the Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nHe said they had planned for three different scenarios - 2m social distancing, 1m social distancing and no restrictions.\n\nIf distancing is in place, they plan to run each event twice.\n\nHe said planning had been \"tricky\" but they had received a lot of support: \"The British Association of Festivals have been really helpful and the key thing we've done is talk to everybody else doing other festivals - everybody seems to be taking different gambles, but we're all looking at what each other are doing and talking to each other a lot.\"\n\nCowbridge Music Festival is held at the town's Holy Cross Church\n\nHe does not think having a lockdown end date in Wales would have helped: \"I think that the English guidelines kind of give the illusion of security... we may have to have further lockdown in the autumn.\n\n\"In October, wherever the festival was, there are just still so many unknowns that we don't just don't really know.\"\n\nBut head of Wales at the Federation of Small Businesses Ben Cottam said it was really important \"that the first minister now comes up with a timeline\".\n\n\"Welsh government has to move on the public health data that it has available, but it is really important that businesses have a time scale to plan to,\" he added.\n\nThe UK government's Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said he agreed with Mr Cottam, adding: \"I think if Wales is considerably out of step with the rest of the UK, people in Wales will want to know what the what the reasoning is behind that.\"\n\nHe also acknowledged it was a devolved matter and \"up to the Welsh government\".\n\nWelsh Economy Minister Vaughan Gething told the Senedd decisions would be driven by data.\n\nOn calls to end social distancing to help businesses, Mr Gething said: \"I am optimistic about the choices that we will get to make.\n\n\"But we do so in a manner that is responsible, and not driven by demands to simply blow the doors off and allow everything to happen at the same time, as in other parts of the United Kingdom.\"\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"Decisions on the way forward on any further relaxation of restrictions on events will be taken as part of the regular 21-day review process.\n\n\"The onus is on the event organiser, in this instance the director, to undertake a full risk assessment and put in place any necessary mitigations.\"", "The advertising watchdog agreed and banned this Instagram ad post\n\nThe advertising watchdog, the ASA, has banned an advert by controversial brewer Brewdog for misleading claims.\n\nAn Instagram post for its Clean & Press Hard Seltzer said: \"Due to advertising regulations we cannot claim this drink is healthy,\" but continued with a reference to a low calorie claim.\n\nBrewdog said the ad was \"tongue-in-cheek\" but agreed not to use it again.\n\nBrewdog was also reported to the ASA last week for claiming a competition prize was solid gold and worth £15,000.\n\nThe Scottish firm had offered 10 people the chance to find a gold can hidden in a case of its beer.\n\nSeveral winners of the gold beer can prize contested Brewdog's claim about its value when they discovered it was merely gold plated.\n\nBrewdog said it stood by the valuation. Meanwhile, the Advertising Standards Authority continues to look into whether the competition breached any of its rules.\n\nThe company's ad for its Clean & Press seltzer ran in January. It said: \"Even though Clean & Press is only 90 calories per can, with no carbs or sugar and a little bit of alcohol, this is not a health drink. If you are looking for a health drink, do not drink Clean & Press.\"\n\nThe ASA also challenged whether the ad used nutrition claims that were not permitted for alcoholic drinks and whether the phrase \"a little bit of alcohol\" implied that the drink was low alcohol despite the product having an alcoholic strength by volume (ABV) of 5%.\n\nThe ASA said \"only 90 calories per can\" and \"no carbs or sugar\" were nutrition claims that were not permitted for alcoholic drinks, as was the implication that the product was beneficial to overall good health or health-related wellbeing.\n\nThe ASA said consumers would understand the claim \"a little bit of alcohol\" to mean that the product was low alcohol when it had an ABV of 5%, finding that the ad breached the Advertising Code on this point also.\n\nA Brewdog spokesman said: \"We have accepted the ASA ruling and have removed the wording in question.\"\n\nIn separate rulings, the ASA also banned two Instagram posts by rival Drty Drinks for making misleading nutrition claims for an alcoholic drink and for encouraging excessive drinking and website posts by the High Water and Whisp Drinks firms for making misleading and non-permitted nutrition claims for alcoholic drinks.\n\nBrewdog cans and one of the not-so-solid gold beer can prizes\n\nBrewdog was founded in 2007 by boss James Watt and Martin Dickie.\n\nIt has been attracting negative scrutiny in recent weeks after a letter from ex-workers was posted on Twitter which said a \"significant number\" of former staff had \"suffered mental illness as a result of working at Brewdog\".\n\nIt made a number of allegations, including that Brewdog fostered a culture where staff were afraid to speak out about concerns.\n\nThe company has promised an independent review of the issues raised and has apologised to staff for the \"lot of pain\" they have been caused.\n\nThe fast-growing Scottish brewer and pub chain has enjoyed rapid success and employs 2,000 staff. But it has also courted controversy with its marketing and commercial decisions.", "Tens of thousands of pupils have been sent home to isolate after someone else tested positive\n\nThe Scottish government has not yet decided whether to follow England in changing the self-isolation rules for school pupils and people who have been double vaccinated.\n\nScotland's education secretary said the government was \"looking very seriously\" at whether it can make changes.\n\nShirley-Anne Somerville said decisions would be taken \"as soon as we can\".\n\nBut she said any decision would be based on the clinical advice and guidance the government is given.\n\nThe UK government announced on Tuesday that fully vaccinated people in England will not have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive for Covid from 16 August.\n\nThe same policy will also apply to anyone under the age of 18 from that date, while the system of \"bubbles\" in schools that sees pupils being sent home after a positive case will also be axed.\n\nThere have been calls for the Scottish government to introduce similar changes north of the border, where thousands of pupils have missed out on learning due to having to self-isolate.\n\nMs Somerville told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that the absence rates in Scottish schools was about 4% at the end of the school term.\n\nBut only 3% of those actually had Covid - with the vast majority of absent pupils only being off school because they had to self-isolate after someone else tested positive.\n\nMeanwhile, researchers from the London School of Economics and the University of Exeter have found that pupils in Scotland lost out on an average of 64 days of learning time during the pandemic - about a third of the school year.\n\nThey also concluded that the poorest pupils suffered larger learning losses than their richer peers.\n\nMs Somerville said any decisions would be based on the expert advice the government is given\n\nMs Somerville said this was why the government was \"looking very seriously about whether we can make to changes to the self-isolation measures that are in place for children and young people as we move into the next academic year\".\n\nShe said following England in scrapping school bubbles was \"certainly one option\" that was being explored by the Covid Education Recovery Group.\n\nBut she added: \"I think people would expect us to go through that due process to make sure that parents, young people and staff have the confidence that the guidance we are putting together is fit for purpose, and that we've worked through that process together.\"\n\nMs Somerville also said potentially having different isolation rules for fully vaccinated people was being \"actively reviewed\" as a potential way of easing staffing pressures in hospitals, schools and other public services.\n\nRaigmore Hospital in Inverness was placed on \"code black\" status earlier this week after reaching capacity amid increasing Covid cases, with the local health board saying the pressure was partly due to large numbers of staff having to self-isolate.\n\nRaigmore hospital is under significant pressure partly because so many staff are having to isolate\n\nHowever, Ms Somerville stressed that the government also had a duty to protect those who have not had both doses.\n\nShe said: \"This is something that would benefit different parts of the population, different sectors of the economy.\n\n\"But again we must look at the evidence, we must look to see whether that's the right thing to do at this point of the virus because the virus is very much still here.\"\n\nMeanwhile, all travel restrictions between Scotland and the north west of England are to be lifted, with the ban on non-essential trips to Blackburn with Darwen to expire at midnight.\n\nAnd Scotland's health secretary has defended taking a family holiday to the Harry Potter studios near London during Scotland's surge in Covid cases.\n\nHumza Yousaf said he would not apologise for spending time with his family as they have seen very little of him over the last seven months.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Humza Yousaf This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDetails of the trip were revealed by the Scottish Sun newspaper.\n\nScottish Conservative chief whip Stephen Kerr questioned whether it was appropriate for the health secretary to \"disappear\" while Scotland continues to have some of the highest Covid rates in Europe.\n\nMr Kerr said: \"People are continuing to make huge sacrifices to ensure we can return to normality and that will include missing out on holidays.\"", "Wimbledon 2021: Emma Raducanu is 'feeling better' after retiring from fourth-round match Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\n'It's been the best week of my life' - Raducanu Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details Emma Raducanu says the \"whole experience\" of her run to the Wimbledon fourth round \"caught up\" with her but she is \"feeling better\" after Monday's mid-match retirement. The 18-year-old Briton said she \"started to breathe heavily and felt dizzy\" after the first set against Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia. She described not being able to carry on as \"the hardest thing in the world\". \"I will cherish everything we have achieved together this week,\" she said. Raducanu was trailing 4-6 0-3 to Tomljanovic when she became unwell, leaving the court before it was announced she would not be returning. Raducanu said on Tuesday she began to feel ill after some \"super intense rallies\" during the first set.\n• None Barty cruises into Wimbledon semi-finals for first time\n• None 'Sense of normality' as capacity crowds return at Wimbledon \"I found it very difficult to regulate my breathing. It was emphasised my some long rallies we had towards the end of the first set which made it tough for me to keep my composure and breathing in check,\" she told Sue Barker on BBC TV. \"At the beginning of the second set was when I was struggling with it the most and I called the trainer. \"I don't know what caused it, I think it was a combination of everything that has gone on behind the scenes and the accumulation of the excitement and the buzz.\" Raducanu had only made her WTA Tour debut in June, but beat two top-50 players on her way to the last 16. She said her whirlwind week at SW19 had been \"the best of my life\". \"It's a great learning experience for me and a great step forward and hopefully next time I will be better prepared,\" she said. \"I'm doing well and I'm feeling a lot better this morning. I'm very disappointed I couldn't finish the match.\" Anne Keothavong, who captains Raducanu in the Billie Jean King Cup, said the teenager will \"come back better prepared and stronger\". \"It was a difficult situation for her to be in, and for everyone to witness, but she'll be just fine,\" she told BBC TV. \"It was always going to be a difficult match given the hype and the buzz around it, but she'll learn from this. \"It's been a fantastic Wimbledon debut for her, and next year she'll come better prepared and stronger for it.\" Wimbledon 2021: How British teenager Raducanu lit up the first week of Wimbledon Raducanu and Tomljanovic did not start their match until 20:00 BST, after it was scheduled last on Court One following a five-set thriller between Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime. In a statement, Wimbledon said: \"The scheduling of the order of play each day at the Championships is a complex operation, and although we take great care when scheduling matches and allocating courts on a daily basis, it is not an exact science. \"All decisions are made with fairness and the best interests of the tournament, players, spectators and our worldwide broadcast audience at heart, but the unpredictable nature of the length of matches and the British weather can and will cause disruption to any schedule.\" Raducanu said she had no problem with the scheduling, adding: \"I was prepared to go out there whatever time of day I was required to. \"I was so excited. To have the opportunity to go on Court One was something I appreciated and relished.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone Keothavong, who brought Raducanu into the Billie Jean King Cup - formerly Fed Cup - squad earlier in the year, said the teenager would be keen to return to the court as soon as possible. \"Everyone is going to want a piece of her, but she's got good people around her who will do whatever they can to make sure her feet stay on the ground,\" she said. \"She's a sensible young girl, and she still hasn't played a full year on the tour yet, so for her she'll want to get right back at it. But it's a lot to take in, and we do have to remind ourselves that she's still very young and it is still all very new.\"\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "Former US president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook, claiming that he is the victim of censorship.\n\nThe class action lawsuit also targets the three companies' CEOs.\n\nMr Trump was suspended from his social accounts in January over public safety concerns in the wake of the Capitol riots, led by his supporters.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Trump called the lawsuit \"a very beautiful development for our freedom of speech\".\n\nIn a news conference from his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, Mr Trump railed against social media companies and Democrats, who he accused of espousing misinformation.\n\n\"We are demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing, and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing, and cancelling that you know so well,\" he said.\n\nThe suit requests a court order to end alleged censorship. Mr Trump added if they could ban a president, \"they can do it to anyone\".\n\nNone of the tech companies named have yet responded to the lawsuit, which was filed to a federal court in Florida.\n\nMr Trump was joined at the announcement by former Trump officials who have since created the not-for-profit America First Policy Institute.\n\nThe former president called the post that got him banned from Twitter, \"the most loving sentence\".\n\nAccording to Twitter, the tweets that resulted in Mr Trump's ban for \"glorification of violence\" were from 8 January, two days after the rioting in the nation's capital. The riot followed his repeated claims, without evidence, that the election was rigged in Joe Biden's favour.\n\nHe wrote that the \"great patriots\" who voted for him will have \"a giant voice\" and \"will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form\", and in another post said he would not attend President Joe Biden's inauguration.\n\nAt the same time on Wednesday, Mr Trump's Republican allies in Congress released a memo describing their plan \"to take on Big Tech\".\n\nThe agenda calls for antitrust measures to \"break up\" the companies, and a revamping of a law known as Section 230.\n\nSection 230, which Mr Trump tried to repeal as president, essentially stops companies like Facebook and Twitter from being liable for the things that users post. It gives the companies \"platform\" rather than \"publisher\" status.\n\n\"It's a liability protection the likes of which nobody in the history of our country has ever received,\" Mr Trump said, criticising the law on Wednesday.\n\nHe added that the law invalidates the companies' statuses as private companies.\n\nThe lawsuit has been criticised by legal experts, who pointed to Mr Trump's habit of issuing lawsuits for media attention but not aggressively defending the claims in court. His argument of free speech infringement has also been questioned by analysts, as the companies he accuses have those same First Amendment protections in determining content on their sites.\n\nDonald Trump's muzzling on social media has been extremely effective.\n\nHis megaphone removed, Trump has struggled to be heard at times.\n\nHis plans for his own social media platform have so far come to nothing.\n\nThis lawsuit illustrates, if it were needed, just how important the big social media companies are to him.\n\nA key strategy of Trumpism is being able to speak directly to voters - bypassing traditional media.\n\nFacebook proved particularly important to Trump - giving him access to millions of Americans at the click of a button.\n\nExperts believe the lawsuits are unlikely to succeed.\n\nMr Trump will argue that his First Amendment rights have been violated. But tech companies will say that, as private companies, they have the right to decide who uses their platform - an argument that is likely to succeed.\n\nHouse Republicans, too, want to introduce legislation that will \"break up\" Big Tech. However, without a majority in either house they will struggle to do so.\n\nTrump desperately wants to get back into your newsfeed, but that may not be likely to happen anytime soon.", "Mikkel Damsgaard beats goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a sensational free-kick to put Denmark 1-0 up against England in their semi-final tie at Wembley.\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: How to follow the Euros on the BBC\n\nWatch highlights of Euro 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "Love Island is now in its seventh series\n\nAn intruder was removed from the Love Island villa on Tuesday after having breached security, ITV has confirmed.\n\nThe uninvited guest, who is reported to be a YouTuber, didn't come into contact with the contestants at the reality show's complex in Majorca, ITV added.\n\n\"Last night a security breach was identified and an intruder was removed from the villa with immediate effect,\" a statement from the broadcaster said.\n\nIt said the safety of the islanders and crew \"remains our primary concern\".\n\n\"As part of our stringent Covid safety measures, the villa area that was trespassed has been fully deep cleaned before being made accessible again to the islanders and crew,\" it added.\n\nLove Island returned to screens last week after an 18-month break enforced by the coronavirus pandemic.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nRoger Federer says he really does not know if he will play at Wimbledon again after losing to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals.\n\nEight-time champion Federer, who turns 40 next month, looked out of sorts in a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 loss.\n\n\"Of course I would like to play it again but at my age you never know what is around the corner,\" the Swiss said.\n\n\"I will talk with my team and go from there, see what I need to do to get in better shape and be more competitive.\"\n\nAsked if this would be the last time he played on Centre Court, the 20-time Grand Slam champion replied: \"I don't know, I really don't know. I have to regroup.\n\n\"My goal for the last year was to play another Wimbledon.\n\n\"I was able to make it this year, which I was really happy about. Everything that comes after Wimbledon we will sit down and talk about it.\n\n\"I'm actually very happy to get as far as I did, even though I am disappointed I lost.\"\n\nFederer had never previously lost a set 6-0 at Wimbledon, while it was his first straight-set defeat at SW19 since losing to Croatian qualifier Mario Ancic in 2002.\n\n'You can't climb the whole mountain at once'\n\nFederer was playing only his fifth tournament in 17 months after needing two surgeries on a knee injury in 2020.\n\nThere had been doubts over his shape coming into his favourite Grand Slam, having suffered a chastening defeat at Halle earlier this month which left him uncharacteristically despondent.\n\nFollowing his defeat by Hurkacz, Federer had a similar demeanour with the pain and exhaustion clearly evident.\n\nYet, the Swiss said he was still managing to retain \"perspective\".\n\n\"You know you need a goal when you're going through rehab with what I did,\" he said.\n\n\"You can't think of the entire mountain to climb as once. You've got to go in steps. Wimbledon was the initial first super step, if you like.\n\n\"For me, now that that's over, you've just got to reassess everything. You've got to sit down, talk about it, what went well, what didn't go so well, where is the body, where is the knee, where is the mind?\n\n\"As you can see, it was a struggle for me and putting in extra effort all the time, especially when things get difficult against Felix in Halle or today against Hurkacz.\"\n\n'Time doesn't stand still for anyone - even Federer'\n\nFederer avoided a huge upset in the first round when injury robbed France's Adrian Mannarino of the chance to earn a memorable win.\n\nLooking ponderous and lacking timing, he trailed two sets to one before his opponent had to retire.\n\nFederer improved match by match as he saw off Richard Gasquet, Cameron Norrie and Lorenzo Sonego, but lacked rhythm and timing against the unruffled Hurkacz.\n\n\"There were some awkward-looking points from Roger in the second-set tie-break - something we've never seen from him on Centre Court,\" Boris Becker, a three-time Wimbledon champion, said on BBC TV.\n\n\"He would never ever say if there was a niggle, but this was very unusual. I don't know if we will ever see the great man again here.\n\n\"It's normal for anybody to make mistakes, but when you're such a perfectionist as Roger Federer, some of these mistakes were way out of his league. Not just an inch or two, much more than that. He was completely off timing.\n\n\"That can happen in a game or set, but in this case it was the whole match. It was unusual.\n\n\"We can only wonder what happened and only he can answer that. As they say, time doesn't stand still for no man or woman.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "House prices dipped 0.5% in June as the stamp duty holiday began to be phased out, according to the Halifax.\n\nPrices rose 8.8% over the year, leaving average prices still more than £21,000 higher, following a broadly unprecedented period of gains.\n\nThe lender said it was \"important to put such a moderate decrease in context.\"\n\nThe Government removed the need to pay stamp duty on certain properties throughout much of the pandemic.\n\nIn the last year the housing market has been stimulated by stamp duty holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, introduced by the government to boost the property market.\n\nFrom June 2020, buyers didn't have to pay any stamp duty on the first £500,000 of their purchase price. However, at the start of this month, stamp duty breaks began to return to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nNow a 5% tax kicks in at £250,000 for properties up to £925,000. Rates on properties above that are higher.\n\nFrom October rates are due to return to normal which means the point homebuyers start paying stamp duty will revert back to £125,001.\n\nRussell Galley, managing director of the Halifax, said: \"The power of homemovers to drive the market won't fade entirely as the economy recovers,.\"\n\nHe pointed out that people have been spurred on by increased time spent at home during the pandemic to still look to find properties with more space.\n\n\"Coupled with buyers chasing the relatively small number of available properties, and continued low borrowing rates, it's a trend which can sustain high average prices for some time to come,\" he said.\n\nThe average price of a UK property according to the lender is now £260,358.\n\nDemand remains high among buyers searching for larger family homes with the average price of a detached property climbing faster than any other type over the past 12 months.\n\nThese were up by more than 10% or almost £47,000 in cash terms.\n\nDetached homes now cost on average more than half a million pounds, £200,000 more expensive than the typical semi-detached house.\n\nHowever Mr Galley predicted that annual growth will slow more by the end of the year, with unemployment expected to edge higher as job support measures unwind, and the peak of buyer demand now likely to have passed.\n\n\"This may be the first sign house price growth is starting to run out of steam, but this slight cooling does not mean prices will come crashing back down to where they were last summer,\" said Lucy Pendleton of estate agents James Pendleton.\n\nShe said some buyers are holding off marketing their property because they cannot see anywhere to move to: \"That creates a vicious cycle of low supply and consequently causing intense up-bidding on the most desirable properties.\"\n\nNorth London estate agent Jeremy Leaf said despite the beginning of the end to the stamp duty holiday there was still strength in the market: \"We don't expect this new balance between supply and demand to change much over the next few months, particularly if economic growth can make up for the ending of the furlough scheme.\"", "Sir Elton John has described the government as \"philistines\" over its handling of the music industry post-Brexit Image caption: Sir Elton John has described the government as \"philistines\" over its handling of the music industry post-Brexit\n\nConservative Sir Bernard Jenkin says we used to export musicians and talent across the EU but that has been severely affected since Brexit.\n\nDid the PM raise the issue of a visa waiver scheme with Angela Merkel when she visited London recently? he asks.\n\nGermany is one of the better countries on this, the prime minister says.\n\n\"About 17 EU members are quite good and seven are not so good,\" he adds but \"we are working on it to sort it out\".\n\nThe proposal for a total visa waiver scheme, however is a complicated one, he says.\n\nAnd \"we don't want a gradual erosion of out freedom\" by giving up rights won as a result of Brexit, he says.\n\nJohnson says he appreciates \"how frustrating it is\" and says he hopes it will be \"speedily resolved\".\n\nSir Elton John recently warned MPs that the UK music industry could lose \"a generation of talent\" because of post-Brexit restrictions on touring the EU.\n\nThe musician accused ministers of being unwilling to fix a \"gaping hole\" in the current Brexit deal which means artists need costly visas to play in the bloc.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Green Man is one of Wales' largest music festivals\n\nThe organisers of Green Man - one of Wales' largest music festivals - say they hope the event will go ahead this summer if Covid restrictions are eased.\n\nFestivals and gigs were cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOrganisers of Green Man said they were \"planning away\" after the Welsh Government suggested dates for some restrictions to be eased.\n\nOrganisers tweeted: \"We cannot wait to be together in the Welsh mountains again\".\n\nThe festival, held in the Brecon Beacons, tweeted the announcement shortly after organisers of Reading and Leeds festivals said they were \"very confident\" they would go ahead.\n\nIn Wales people are currently only able to leave their home for essential reasons, under stay at home lockdown rules in force since before Christmas.\n\nMass gatherings - including festivals and gigs - have been banned in Wales since the first lockdown began in March, with people fined for attending illegal raves.\n\nWhile ministers in Wales previously said some tourism might be able to reopen at Easter if cases continued to fall, no date has been suggested for concerts, festivals and other events to resume.\n\nTourism businesses in Wales have called for clarity to help them prepare for any decision to allow hotels, caravan parks, and holiday parks to reopen.\n\nIn England the UK Government is aiming to lift all restrictions on daily life by 21 June.\n\nOn Thursday the organisers of Green Man, held annually near Crickhowell, Powys, said things were \"looking a whole lot more positive\".\n\n\"We'll be following Wales' route out of lockdown so the guidance might look somewhat different to England, but we're planning away,\" they tweeted.\n\n\"Tickets and line-up will be landing in the next couple of months.\n\n\"A massive cheers to all of you folk for your support, we cannot wait to be together in the Welsh mountains again.\"", "New York has become the first US state to declare a disaster emergency order to address rising gun violence.\n\nNew York state saw 51 shootings over the 4 July holiday weekend, Governor Andrew Cuomo said as he signed the executive order.\n\nThe directive will funnel $138.7m (£100m) towards gun violence intervention and prevention programmes.\n\nIt comes amid reports of a rise in gun deaths countrywide, including nearly 200 over the past weekend.\n\nIn March, the FBI released preliminary 2020 statistics showing a significant jump - 25% - in murders from the year before. So far, the upward trend has continued into 2021. In the US, the majority of homicides are gun-related.\n\nUS President Joe Biden unveiled a White House strategy to combat the rise in homicides in late June, which includes curtailing rogue gun dealers and firearms trafficking. It also delegates more funding for personnel - including law enforcement.\n\nGovernor Cuomo's state disaster declaration describes gun violence as a public health crisis, and made several comparisons to the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting public health response.\n\n\"If you look at the recent numbers, more people are now dying from gun violence and crime than Covid,\" the Democratic governor said.\n\n\"Just like we did with Covid, New York is going to lead the nation once again with a comprehensive approach to combating and preventing gun violence.\"\n\nMr Cuomo's emergency declaration releases emergency funds that he will direct towards:\n\nAs New York emerged as the epicentre of the US coronavirus outbreak last year, Mr Cuomo was widely hailed by US media for his handling of the pandemic.\n\nHe has since faced accusations of a cover-up since it emerged his office undercounted Covid-19 deaths among its nursing home residents by thousands, after his administration issued a directive in March 2020 ordering those facilities to take in coronavirus patients.\n\nScrutiny of the governor was compounded by multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including those of current and former state employees - which he denies.\n\nA recent poll by Siena College found that just one-third of voters in the majority Democratic state want Mr Cuomo to run for re-election. Nearly a quarter of those polled said he should resign immediately.", "Proposals for England and Wales mean people who claim to have been raped will still face pressure to hand over their phones to police and prosecutors, says the victims' commissioner.\n\nThe government's apology to rape victims has been \"undermined\" by the move, Dame Vera Baird told the BBC.\n\nThe Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill sets limits to police access to victims' phone data.\n\nBut these safeguards should be stronger, argues Dame Vera.\n\nThe Home Office says there will be a code of practice alongside the new law to protect the privacy of victims and witnesses.\n\nLast month, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland apologised to rape victims for low conviction rates in England and Wales and promised \"to do a lot better\".\n\nBut Dame Vera warns that while the proposed legislation requires police to get the agreement of potential rape victims to hand over their phones or other personal data such as medical records, it does not define exactly what \"agreement\" means.\n\nNor does it set limits on what information can be downloaded from phones, nor how it might be used.\n\n\"It is definitely a backward step,\" says Dame Vera, \"and it definitely clashes with the apology from ministers and with the intention in the rape review to focus on the defendant and less on the complainant.\"\n\nVictims of sexual crimes are often put under pressure by police and prosecutors to hand over their phones because of the possibility they might have sent private messages which undermine their evidence.\n\nThis is voluntary, but victims are often told the case will be closed if they do not comply, and some withdraw because they are uncomfortable handing over private data.\n\nSarah Jenkin has taken the rare step of waiving her legal right to anonymity because of her anger at the way she was treated after alleging she had been raped.\n\nShe had been drinking heavily and was unable to give a detailed account of what had happened. The man whom she accused denied rape.\n\nSarah said the police had not initially wanted to access her phone but later said it was necessary.\n\n\"I got the impression that it had been requested that the police get that information. Requested by, I assume, the CPS...\n\nSarah Jenkin says the CPS questioned her account, claiming there were inconsistencies in her phone messages\n\n\"I feel very angry about what has happened, the trauma that I've suffered directly from the treatment of particular aspects of the criminal justice system is unbelievable.\"\n\nSarah said the CPS claimed there were inconsistencies in her messages to friends.\n\n\"They seemed, certainly in my case, to be using this information as a way to try to discredit me, discredit my account, imply that I'm not a credible witness.\"\n\nHowever, she said, her personal messages would have also made it clear she was gay, and had no history with men, suggesting it was unlikely she would have consented to sex.\n\n\"This was something that I raised with the CPS only to be told that my sexuality wasn't relevant, which was very hurtful,\" she told the BBC.\n\nThe case was dropped by the CPS after prosecutors said they would offer no evidence. The man she accused was acquitted.\n\nEven a tighter law, to protect victims of crime, would only go so far in restoring her trust in the justice system, she said.\n\nA Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said the case was stopped after a \"careful review\" because it did not meet the legal test required for a prosecution.\n\n\"Every rape case that comes to the CPS is dealt with by a specialist prosecutor in a dedicated rape and sexual offences unit.\n\n\"Each one is decided on its own merits and whenever the legal test is met, we will not hesitate to prosecute.\"\n\nPolice forces have already ditched a process for obtaining large amounts of phone data, described by campaigners as a \"digital strip-search\".\n\nBut recent research for the government's review of rape cases, suggested it was often prosecutors, rather than police officers, who pushed for victims' data, to enable \"robust\" charging decisions.\n\nIn a statement, the Home Office said the new law would \"outline the general duties\" of police and prosecutors but there would also be a code of practice on how the powers should be used, to protect the privacy of victims and witnesses.\n\nWork is underway to ensure the criminal justice system only takes information from victims \"where it is necessary for the investigation and not as a matter of course,\" said an official.\n\nDame Vera says that, behind the scenes, senior police officers support her attempts to protect victims.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service has, in the past, been accused of investigating the person reporting a rape or sexual assault, rather than the suspect, and of trying to prevent cases going to court if they are less likely to result in a conviction.\n\nThis was one of the reasons why the government, through Mr Buckland, apologised to rape victims.\n\nThe government's rape review concluded: \"These are trends of which we are deeply ashamed.\"\n\n\"Victims of rape are being failed.\"", "Germany were knocked out by England in the last 16 match of Euro 2020\n\nA man who raised £36,000 for a young Germany fan who was filmed crying at a Euro 2020 match says the money will go to charity after her family was found.\n\nJoel Hughes, of Caerleon, Newport, launched a fundraiser to \"show her not everyone in the UK is horrible\".\n\nSome England fans made abusive comments about her after she was pictured crying during Germany's 2-0 defeat at Wembley.\n\nIn a statement on the fundraising page, the girl's family said they wanted the money to be donated to Unicef.\n\nThe statement said: \"In the interests of our daughter and our family we would like to remain private, however we wish to thank everyone for your amazing support.\n\n\"Our daughter would like to request your generous donations go to Unicef, knowing that your kindness will do good.\"\n\nThe young girl was filmed crying during England's 2-0 win over Germany at Wembley\n\nMr Hughes, 51, said on the page he was \"beyond grateful\" to the supporters of the campaign.\n\nWhen setting up the appeal last week, he said he set up the fundraiser after seeing \"vile abuse of the images of the little girl\" online.\n\nThe initial target of the appeal was £500, with Mr Hughes saying he hoped her parents would \"spend this on a nice treat for her so that she knows that not everyone from the UK is horrible\".\n\nJoel Hughes says he has \"had enough\" of seeing xenophobic abuse disguised as football banter", "Dilip Kumar starred in more than 65 films\n\nDilip Kumar, one of India's earliest and most famous film actors, has died in Mumbai at the age of 98.\n\nA veritable legend, Kumar acted in more than 65 films over nearly five decades, playing roles that ranged from the iconic to the endearing.\n\nHe was admitted to hospital on 30 June after he complained of breathlessness. He had been frequently ill for months.\n\nKumar is survived by his wife, Saira Banu, a Bollywood actress herself. The couple have no children.\n\nHis burial will take place at 17:00 local time (11:30 GMT). Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said the funeral would happen with state honours.\n\nMr Thackeray and several Bollywood stars, including Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor, visited Kumar's family to pay their condolences.\n\nTributes have been pouring in on social media for the legendary actor - politicians, Bollywood stars and even historians have tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Narendra Modi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDilip Kumar was born Yusuf Khan in December 1922 in Peshawar - in what is now Pakistan - before the partition of India.\n\nLike some of his Muslim contemporaries, he took on a Hindu name - Dilip Kumar - when he joined the Hindi film industry.\n\nHe debuted in 1944 in Jwaar Bhata but it was the 1949 hit, Andaz, that shot him to fame. The blockbuster love triangle also starred Nargis and Raj Kapoor, who went on to become celebrated actors.\n\nKumar's biographer Lord Meghnad Desai compares him to Hollywood great Marlon Brando or Italian legend Marcello Mastroianni.\n\nKumar (R) was known as the 'tragedy king'\n\n\"Dilip Kumar was arguably the best actor Indian cinema has produced. There are stars, some even bigger than him, but no better actor. He was the finest tragic actor of his days but also succeeded at comedy,\" he told the BBC.\n\nSome of his films - Mela, Naya Daur, Ganga Jumna, Devdas and Mughal-e-Azam - were superhits and won him legions of fans.\n\nKumar essayed a gamut of roles, including a villager, a suave urbanite, a Bengali gentleman and a swashbuckling hero, before moving to paying older, supporting roles in the 1970s, Mr Desai said.\n\nBollywood supertsar Shahrukh Khan has said he is a big fan of Kumar\n\n\"More than his list of films and his box office popularity, Dilip Kumar reflected India's political and social evolution through his films,\" he said. \"As independent India grew, prospered, ran into difficulties and faced challenges, Dilip Kumar's roles told the story as it unfolded.\"\n\nKumar was honoured with prestigious film awards and two of India's highest civilian awards.\n\nHe married Saira Banu in 1966 - the two starred together in several hit films. Kumar last appeared in a film in 1998.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Mr Lyons is the assembly member (MLA) for East Antrim\n\nGordon Lyons has been appointed to replace Paul Frew as NI economy minister, Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has announced.\n\nMr Frew had been appointed by Sir Jeffrey's predecessor Edwin Poots, who will remain as agriculture minister.\n\nSir Jeffrey said there would be a \"fundamental reshuffle\" in September.\n\nPaul Givan remains as first minister, with Michelle McIlveen continuing as education minister.\n\nSir Jeffrey became DUP leader last month after Mr Poots resigned 21 days into the role following an internal party row about the timing of Mr Givan's appointment.\n\nMr Poots had made sweeping changes to many of the DUP's positions, both at ministerial level and on assembly committees.\n\nIt followed his victory over Sir Jeffrey in the DUP's first leadership contest in its 50-year history.\n\nHowever, this came after the ousting of Arlene Foster which publicly exposed divisions in the party.\n\nEdwin Poots was in charge of the previous reshuffle of the DUP's ministerial team\n\nIn a statement on Tuesday, Sir Jeffrey said he was making \"limited\" changes to ministers and post-holders \"so as to minimise any impact personnel changes would have on the business of delivering for people across Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"I am mindful that our executive team, in conjunction with ministers from other parties, has further significant work to do in the next short period,\" he added.\n\n\"I do however intend to conduct a more fundamental reshuffle of posts in September.\"\n\nSir Jeffrey, who is the MP for Lagan Valley, has also indicated that at some stage he planned to return to the assembly and become first minister.\n\nIn an interview with UTV on Monday, he said he hoped to return to Stormont \"later this year\".\n\nMr Lyons, the assembly member (MLA) for East Antrim, has previously served as agriculture minister when he stood in for Edwin Poots on health grounds earlier this year.\n\nHe was also a junior minister in the executive office.\n\nIn a social media post he said he was \"delighted\" to be appointed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gordon Lyons MLA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSir Jeffrey praised Mr Frew for \"progressing a number of important issues\" in the party over recent weeks, but said Mr Lyons was \"well-equipped to take on the role\" of economy minister.\n\n\"I know he will be focused on rebuilding and revitalising Northern Ireland's economy as we emerge from the Covid pandemic,\" he added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour leader Keir Starmer: \"We should open up in a controlled way\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer has warned Boris Johnson he is leading the country into a \"summer of chaos and confusion\" over measures to ease lockdown.\n\nThe Labour leader asked the PM how many would have to isolate if Covid infections hit 100,000 per day.\n\nAnd he expressed concern that people would delete the test and trace app to avoid being told to self isolate.\n\nMr Johnson insisted his plan to lift Covid rules was \"balanced and reasonable\".\n\nHowever, the prime minister failed to put a number on how many would need to self-isolate, nor an estimate of the deaths and hospitalisations expected as infections rise.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Johnson said that most legal restrictions in England should be removed from 19 July.\n\nThe lifting of rules - which will be confirmed on 12 July after a review of the latest data - would include scrapping social distancing rules as well as the legal requirement to wear face masks.\n\nAnd the government says close contacts who are double-jabbed will not have to isolate after 16 August in England.\n\nBut ministers have warned the public to expect high infection levels as the remaining restrictions are lifted.\n\nAddressing the issue at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said the country should open up \"in a controlled way\" and urged Mr Johnson to ensure masks still have to be worn on public transport.\n\nHe argued that removing all protections \"in one go\" was reckless and said higher infection rates would lead to \"a greater chance of new variants emerging\".\n\nHe also warned that, with infections projected to rise, many more people would have to isolate, whilst others would simply chose to delete the test and trace app to avoid being \"pinged\".\n\n\"It won't feel like freedom day to those who have to isolate... it won't feel like freedom day to the businesses who are already warning of carnage because of the loss of staff and customers.\" he said.\n\nThe prime minister responded that the country would be \"moving to a system of testing rather than self-isolation\".\n\nHe acknowledged cases were rising but said \"scientists are also absolutely clear that we have severed the link between infection and serious disease and death\" as a result of the vaccine roll out.\n\nThis slightly differs from Sir Patrick Vallance's comments at a press conference on Monday when the government's chief scientific advisor said the link had been \"weakened\" but not \"completely broken\".\n\nOn face masks, Mr Johnson said the government was \"cautiously moving from a legal diktat to allowing people to take personal responsibility for their actions\".\n\nHe said if the only difference between the two politicians was over whether face masks should be mandatory \"that is good news\".\n\nSir Keir questioned why the prime minister deemed the use of masks on transport \"common sense\" but wouldn't make it mandatory.\n\n\"It's clear what this is all about, he's lost a health secretary, he's lost a by-election, he's getting flack from his own MPs, so he's doing what he always does: crashing over to the other side of the aisle, chasing headlines and coming up with a plan that hasn't been thought through,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson hit back accusing the Labour leader of failing to be clear about his own position saying: \"We vaccinate, they vacillate, we inoculate, while they're invertebrate.\"\n\nThis is a huge change that is about to come - after more than a year of living with all of these restrictions in England.\n\nSince the government's announcement on Monday, there's been really intense political, scientific and medical debate about whether it's the right thing to do or not.\n\nWhat was interesting is that at PMQs Kier Starmer was trying to get the same information that journalists have been trying to get from the government, in the last few days.\n\nWhat does the government expect in terms of new hospitalizations?\n\nWhat does the government expect in terms of the number of people who may lose their lives over the next couple of months?\n\nBoris Johnson, just didn't want to give those figures.\n\nYou may have heard the Health Secretary Sajid Javid say we might be looking at 50,000 cases a day. We might even be looking at 100,000 cases a day.\n\nBut the government just won't release the extra information and Keir Starmer didn't get anywhere with that.", "No survivors have been found since the hours after the building collapsed on 24 June\n\nRescue teams combing the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Florida are switching from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery effort.\n\nThe decision comes about two weeks after the 12-storey Champlain Towers South fell in the middle of the night.\n\nSixty victims have been found and 80 are still missing, Surfside city officials said on Thursday.\n\nNo survivors have been found since the initial collapse, and rescue crews say many victims were found in their beds.\n\nNews that the rescue mission was ending came during a private meeting on Wednesday between families of the missing and Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah.\n\n\"We've all worked passionately day and night for two weeks to save lives. The announcement today comes as a result of a consensus by those closest to the rescue efforts that the possibility of someone still alive is near zero.\n\n\"And while there seems to be no chance of finding life in the rubble, a miracle is still possible.\"\n\nThe teams had been working in continuous 12-hour shifts, and were assisted by crews from Israel and Mexico.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"\n\nThe death toll jumped by 10 on Wednesday, after Surfside officials say they were able to remove a large section of concrete.\n\nRescuers have been filling buckets with concrete by hand, and passing them down a line as they remove debris. The rubble is being kept in a state warehouse for further inspection.\n\nThe mission has been halted several times, due to instability in the mound of rubble as well as Tropical Storm Elsa, which made landfall in Florida on Wednesday.\n\nMeanwhile, a grand jury investigation has been launched to try to determine the reason for the 24 June collapse.", "Rag 'n' Bone Man played three small, socially-distanced shows last week to test the waters\n\nSome of music's biggest stars will squeeze into the UK's smallest venues this summer, in an attempt to revive the grassroots music scene.\n\nSir Tom Jones will play the 800-seat Cambridge Junction, while Rag 'n' Bone Man will entertain 250 fans in the Tunbridge Wells Forum.\n\nIt comes after 18 months in the which the live music industry essentially shut down due to Covid-19.\n\nSir Tom said supporting small, local venues \"makes all the difference\".\n\n\"Musicians can record in their bedrooms, but they can't learn to perform in public without a place to play,\" he added.\n\nOther artists supporting the venture with one-off shows include Mahalia, James Arthur, Frank Turner, Sam Fender and Fontaines DC.\n\nRag 'n' Bone Man has already tested the waters, playing three low-key, socially-distanced shows at London's Jazz Café last week.\n\n\"This has been very emotional,\" he told the audience on the closing night. \"I'm not going to get all soppy but not being able to do gigs for the last year-and-a-half feels like you're missing a testicle.\"\n\nThe \"Revive Live\" scheme been organised by the Music Venues Trust, in conjunction with the National Lottery - which is contributing £1 million to help up-and-coming artists pay for touring expenses, like crew and transport, that they may not have been able to afford after a year of inactivity.\n\nMore than 20 tours will be staged with this money, featuring the likes of Olivia Dean, Twin Atlantic, The Magic Gang and The Futureheads at venues across the UK.\n\nUp to 30,000 tickets - about half of those available - will be gifted to National Lottery players.\n\nSoul singer Mahalia will also take part in the Revive Live scheme\n\nRadio 2's Jo Whiley, who is an ambassador for the scheme, said it would kick-start the return of live music.\n\n\"I'm sure many people have missed the experience of live music over the course of the lockdown, myself included. I can't wait to go to see these amazing musicians on stage again!\"\n\nThe announcement comes two days after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he expected to lift the remaining lockdown restrictions in England on 19 July - meaning the end to capacity limits on gigs, and the reopening of nightclubs.\n\nHowever, more than half of this summer's festivals have already been cancelled - with major events like Glastonbury and BST Hyde Park postponing until next year.\n\nAccording to the Music Venue Trust, 83% of concert halls have faced closure over the last year. In a survey, its members suggested they would emerge from lockdown with a collective debt of £45 million.\n\nThe government says it has helped support more than 800 music organisations with grants from its Culture Recovery Fund over the last year.\n\nTrade paper Music Week has also suggested the government is likely announce an insurance scheme for the summer's remaining festivals in the coming week.\n\nEvent organisers and venue owners have been calling for such a scheme since the start of the year, saying it is the only way they can plan events without the fear of going bankrupt if a new wave of infections forces them to cancel.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How does Sydney feel about the Covid lockdown?\n\nSydney residents will be in lockdown for another week as Australia's largest city fights to contain a Covid outbreak.\n\nThe New South Wales government said it had made the \"difficult decision\" as it battles the highly transmissible Delta strain.\n\nAustralia has recorded 910 deaths and fewer than 31,000 cases since the pandemic began.\n\nClusters have emerged after some people who were later found to be infected left their homes for essentials.\n\nThe outbreak of around 330 cases is the worst in the city this year.\n\nA stay-at-home order covering more than five million residents in the Greater Sydney, Wollongong and Central Coast areas was due to be lifted on Friday. It has now been extended to 16 July. Schools will also be closed next week.\n\nThe New South Wales government said it recognised the \"pain and stress\" that lockdown was causing families and businesses.\n\nYet officials said the daily case rate - with 27 new cases recorded on Wednesday - and low levels of vaccination meant the restrictions needed to be extended.\n\nLess than 10% of Australians are fully vaccinated. A lack of supplies, specifically of the Pfizer vaccine, means many Australians will not be able to get a jab until the final months of the year.\n\nGirls in face masks sit above the Bradfield Highway in the suburb of North Sydney\n\n\"What we want to do is give us our best chance of making sure this is the only lockdown we have until the vast majority of our citizens are vaccinated,\" said Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday.\n\n\"We don't want to be in a situation where we are constantly having to move between lockdown and no lockdown.\"\n\nSydney has been the hardest hit by Australia's recent outbreak of the Delta variant, though cases have spread across the country.\n\nLeaks of the virus from hotel quarantine last week prompted snap lockdowns of state capital cities - including Brisbane, Darwin and Perth - affecting half the population of the country.\n\nAuthorities in those cities have been able to contain the virus and ended lockdowns last week.\n\nAustralia has used lockdowns and swift contact tracing to combat outbreaks of the virus when it has breached the nation's strict border defences.", "Covid rules that have seen hundreds of thousands of pupils miss out on learning due to self-isolation are being axed in England, it is confirmed.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said the system of sending \"bubbles\" of children home after a positive case would cease at the end of summer term.\n\nThe bubble system had been necessary to limit virus spread but was now causing disruption to pupils' lives, he said.\n\nTeaching unions warned against easing rules as cases are still rising.\n\nThe changes to schools guidance will take effect at the same time as the country eases restrictions and moves to stage four. This is expected to be on 19 July - with confirmation of this due next Monday.\n\nHowever, some schools break up a few days before that.\n\nThe need for face masks, social distancing measures and staggered start and finish times in schools will be scrapped from September, Mr Williamson said.\n\nThe Covid testing regime for pupils will be transferred to the NHS track and trace system, Mr Williamson said.\n\nInstead, secondary schools will be asked to offer pupils two Covid tests at the beginning of the autumn term, as a one-off event.\n\nThe changes were announced as the latest official statistics for England show the number of pupils out and self-isolating due to Covid hit a record high of 641,000 pupils.\n\nOnly 28,000 of these had a confirmed case of Covid-19.\n\nThe \"bubble\" system in England's schools is to be scrapped\n\nMr Williamson told the Commons: \"Keeping children in consistent groups was essential to control the spread of the virus when our population was less vaccinated.\n\n\"We recognise that the system of bubbles and isolation is causing disruption to many children's education.\n\n\"That is why we'll be ending bubbles and transferring contact tracing to the NHS Test and Trace system for early years settings, schools and colleges.\"\n\nDepartment for Education figures show that in the autumn term (2020), some 33 million days of school were missed by pupils observing Covid isolation rules.\n\nEarlier, Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced that from 16 August under 18s would not have to isolate unless they themselves had tested positive for Covid.\n\nThis will prevent large numbers of youngsters having to stay at home because they have been in contact with someone who has the virus.\n\nMr Williamson said: \"I do not think it is acceptable that children should face greater restrictions over and above those of wider society, especially since they have given up so much to keep older generations safe during this pandemic.\"\n\nHe said: \"Where there are outbreaks schools and colleges may be contacted by NHS Test and Trace and they will also work with local health teams as they currently do now.\n\n\"We're also setting out new rules that mean from the 16 August children will only need to isolate if they have tested positive for Covid-19.\"\n\nAlice has been sent home to isolate three times this year\n\nAlice is a student at Westhoughton High School in Bolton, one of the areas of the country most significantly impacted by Covid.\n\nShe has had to self-isolate three times this school year and says it has been very difficult to study at home.\n\n\"I'm really lucky because my mum's a teacher so she's been able to help me on some things, but I've been struggling on how to do the difficult work in isolation,\" says Alice.\n\n\"It was hard because you're not face-to-face with a teacher - when you're in class teachers can read your facial expressions and tell when you're struggling and they can come and work individually with you.\n\n\"But when you're at home you're kind of struggling on your own.\"\n\nAlice has also struggled not seeing her friends.\n\nShe says being in school is always the best option and makes her feel more confident about her GCSE study. \"I'm not worrying as much,\" she says.\n\nDr Patrick Roach, general secretary of National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers, said it was unclear how the changes would prevent disruption from happening.\n\n\"Removing the requirement for pupils to self-isolate when they have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive may well accelerate the spread of the virus in schools and cause even higher levels of disruption for pupils and teachers. \"\n\nGeoff Barton, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, said this significant relaxation of measures would be greeted with some trepidation after the past 15 months.\n\nBut he added that it simply would not be fair to continue with the current controls which have \"blighted the lives of children and young people\", when the adult population was largely vaccinated.\n\nThe education secretary also said there would be no restrictions on in-person teaching and learning in universities as national restrictions are lifted.\n\nThe latest huge increase in pupils being sent home shows the chaos threatening the end of term in England's schools.\n\nScrapping the bubble system and changing the rules about isolation is intended to reduce the disruption - because as this week's figures show, 96% of those at home because of Covid do not have Covid.\n\nThis is now about \"managing Covid\" next term rather than expecting it to disappear.\n\nThere is also another troubling issue revealed by these attendance figures. While more than 641,000 are off school for Covid-related issues there are almost as many again who are absent for other, mostly unexplained, reasons.\n\nThe non-Covid absence numbers are way higher than would usually be off sick - and it raises questions about whether families are keeping pupils off school or large numbers of children have effectively stopped attending.\n\nThe reasons, like the risks, are unknown but worrying. But it means more than 1.2 million children are missing from school.\n• None How are Covid rules changing across UK schools?", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nOrganisers of The Hundred say they do not \"accept racism or other forms of abuse\" following \"recent comments directed towards players and fans\".\n\nThe Hundred is a new cricket competition which started on Wednesday.\n\nA statement from organisers on the social media abuse in recent days said: \"Sadly, we have witnessed these unacceptable behaviours online.\n\n\"We stand together with the rest of cricket against all forms of discrimination.\"\n\nIt added: \"You can disagree with us on many things, but not on that. Those who do are not welcome here.\"\n\nThe abuse relates to social media and not in the grounds during matches.\n\nWest Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite, who plays for Manchester Originals in The Hundred, has posted on social media criticising \"these keyboard warrior racists\".\n\nEngland World Cup-winning bowler Liam Plunkett plays for Welsh Fire and also posted about online criticism \"if you have a bad day at the office\" after he conceded 42 runs off 15 balls in his side's win over Northern Superchargers on Saturday.\n\nPlunkett said it is \"crazy\" that people \"feel they have the right\" to abuse players in such circumstances.\n\nThe Hundred is run by the England and Wales Cricket Board and features eight new franchises, each with a men's and women's team.\n\nThe abuse is among many recent incidents where sportspeople have been targeted, including Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton being racially abused on social media after his victory at his home British Grand Prix.\n\nEngland footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka also received racist abuse on social media after they all missed a penalty in the Three Lions' Euro 2020 final shootout defeat against Italy.\n\nA mural honouring Manchester United striker Rashford was also defaced, though it was repaired the next day and later covered with hundreds of messages of support.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Serial killer Rodney Alcala was handed the death penalty in Orange County in 2010\n\nA man sentenced to death in the US state of California for murdering a 12-year-old girl and four other women has died of natural causes, officials say.\n\nRodney Alcala, 77, died at a hospital near California's Corcoran state prison in the early hours of Saturday.\n\nAlcala, who was known as the \"Dating Game Killer\" after taking part in a US TV show, was convicted in 2010.\n\nAs well as the California killings, he had also pleaded guilty to the murders of two other women in New York.\n\nAlcala was first handed the death penalty in Orange County in 1980 for the kidnap and murder of Robin Samsoe, 12, in Los Angeles the previous year.\n\nHowever, his sentence was overturned by the California Supreme Court and he was granted a new trial.\n\nHe later received the same penalty in the second trial, but this was again overturned in 2003.\n\nIn the years that followed, investigators discovered forensic evidence linking Alcala to the other California murders.\n\nAt the 2010 trial, he was found guilty of killing Samsoe as well as four other women aged between 18 and 32 in the years between 1977 and 1979.\n\nIn September 1978, Alcala took part in The Dating Game, an American TV show in which a single woman questioned three single men hidden from her view before selecting one based on their answers.\n\nAlcala was selected at the end of show, but the woman later said she decided not to date him after a conversation with him backstage, describing him as \"creepy\".\n\nIn 2012, Alcala was extradited to New York after he was charged over two additional murders from 1971 and 1977. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in New York to 25 years to life.\n\nCalifornia state prison officials said in a statement on Saturday that Alcala was suspected of being involved in a number of additional killings.\n\nNo further details were given about his death.\n\nThere are currently some 700 inmates on death row in California, but Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered a moratorium on executions.", "The UK government spent a record £8.7bn in interest on repaying its debts last month, official figures show.\n\nThe figure was more than three times as much as the £2.7bn in interest payments seen in June 2020.\n\nThe reason was a surge in inflation, which raised the value of index-linked government bonds.\n\nOverall borrowing - the difference between spending and tax income - was £22.8bn, which was £5.5bn lower than June last year.\n\nHowever, the figure was the second-highest for June since records began.\n\nBorrowing has been hitting record levels, with billions being spent on measures such as furlough payments.\n\nBut the cost of servicing all that borrowing has been rising too. Government gilts, for instance, are uprated in line with Retail Price Index inflation, which is higher than the headline consumer inflation rate.\n\nHowever, analysts stressed that despite the record payment, debt servicing costs as a share of GDP remain low by historic standards.\n\nRuth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said: \"While debt servicing costs will stay higher than the [Office for Budget Responsibility] expects over the next few years, the public finances should reap the benefits of a fuller recovery in GDP than the OBR expects, meaning that the deficit will still fall faster.\"\n\nThe huge amount of borrowing over the past year has now pushed government debt up to more than £2.2 trillion, or about 99.7% of GDP - a rate not seen since the early 1960s.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned that the lower-than-expected borrowing seen in recent months was likely to prove only temporary, leaving Chancellor Rishi Sunak with \"very little room for manoeuvre\" in his forthcoming Spending Review.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) now estimates that the government borrowed a total of £297.7bn in the financial year to March.\n\nThat was 14.2% of the UK's GDP and the highest level since the end of World War Two.\n\nThe ONS said the cost of measures to support individuals and businesses during the pandemic meant that day-to-day spending by the government rose by £204.3bn to £942.7bn last year.\n\nIn response to the latest figures, the chancellor said he was \"proud of the unprecedented package of support we put in place to protect jobs and help thousands of businesses survive the pandemic\".\n\nHe added: \"However, it's also right that we ensure debt remains under control in the medium term, and that's why I made some tough choices at the last Budget to put the public finances on a sustainable path.\"\n\nAccording to the IFS, those tough choices will persist, even though the economy is recovering more quickly than expected at the time of the Budget.\n\n\"We now forecast that borrowing in 2021-22 could come in some £30bn lower than the £234bn forecast in the March Budget,\" the IFS said.\n\n\"But this near-term improvement in the outlook is not expected to persist.\n\n\"Permanent economic damage done by the pandemic and rising debt interest costs mean that, under our forecast, the chancellor has little, if any, additional headroom against his stated medium-term target of current budget balance (borrowing only to invest, not to fund day-to-day spending).\"\n\nThat would leave Mr Sunak with virtually no additional room for permanent giveaways in this year's Spending Review, the IFS added.\n\nHow you view the state of the public finances depends on which measure you pick. If you compare the amount of borrowing that the government needed to do in June to plug the gap between its income from taxes and the amount it spent, it's the second-highest on record. But then you remember that records only go back to 1993. Compared to last June, it's down by £5.5bn.\n\nSimilarly with the overall debt (simply put, all the borrowings over the years added up). It's risen - to 99.7% of the size of the economy as measured by gross domestic product, its highest on that measure since 1961. But then you look further back and realise public debt was larger than the size of the economy for 40 of the last 100 years.\n\nGiven that the pandemic has put the economy on something like a war footing, it's worth noting that after World War Two, it was 2.5 times the size. The reaction of the government then was not to cut spending, but to embark on the biggest expansion of state spending in history. Sixteen years later, in 1961, prosperity was secure, taxes rolled in and both borrowing and debt dropped rapidly.\n\nAs a proportion of the economy, it's businesses' debts, rather than government debts, that are now larger - a consequence of the fact that many small and medium-sized businesses have been given no choice but to borrow their way through the pandemic. Arguably it's that debt, rather than the government \"debt\" (mostly \"borrowed\" from itself by issuing currency), which needs the most urgent policy attention in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nRuth Gregory of Capital Economics said the government had borrowed less in June than forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility, which had expected it to be £25.2bn.\n\nShe said higher tax receipts and stronger GDP growth were further signs that the strong economic recovery was starting to feed through into lower government borrowing.\n\nHowever, she cautioned that higher taxes were still in the offing as Mr Sunak attempts to rebalance the books after the cost of the pandemic.\n\n\"We suspect the chancellor will 'bank' any improvement in the deficit rather than scale back the planned tax hikes and spending cuts set to hit the economy. At least by 2022-23, the economy should be strong enough to cope with it,\" she said.", "The child got into difficulty in a river near Alexander Hamilton Memorial Park\n\nAn 11-year-old boy has died in a river next to a park in South Lanarkshire.\n\nHe was pulled from the water at the Alexander Hamilton Memorial Park in Stonehouse on Saturday afternoon.\n\nEmergency services were alerted at about 16:30, but Police Scotland said the child died at the river.\n\nThe incident came a day after a 16-year-old died in Loch Lomond. He got into difficulty in the water near the pier at Balloch Country Park on Friday, sparking a major search.\n\nPeople across the UK have been warned to take extra care swimming in open water after dozens drowned during recent hot weather.\n\nThe Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) described this week's deaths as \"devastating\" and urged people to choose supervised spots to cool off.\n\nThe 11-year-old boy has not been formally identified but, officers said his family had been informed.\n\nA Police Scotland spokesperson said: \"Emergency services attended and a male youth was recovered from water. He was pronounced dead at the scene.\"\n\nA teenager died in a separate incident in Loch Lomond near Balloch on Friday", "Queues have become a regular sight on Snowdon as hundreds of thousands of visitors hike up to the top\n\nInfrastructure unable to deal with rising visitor numbers could damage Wales' reputation as a tourist destination, an industry expert says.\n\nAs visitors flock to mountains and beaches there have been reports of packed trains, traffic jams and parking problems.\n\nTourism lecturer Marcus Hansen, of Wrexham Glyndwr University, said it could have \"negative consequences\".\n\nThe Welsh government said it was providing support to deal with demand.\n\nAttractions have spoken of record numbers of visitors as more people holiday in the UK due to Covid foreign travel rules.\n\nNational park wardens said car parks were full from first thing in the morning and campsites fully booked.\n\nWhile businesses welcomed the boom in visitors after months of closures, some said they were unable to cash in on demand due to Covid rules.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Enormous problems\" are being caused by visitors not respecting Pistyll Rhaeadr, Phil Facey says\n\nMr Hansen, who has a PhD in tourism and events management, said after lockdown people were looking for \"unique\" experiences and, with mountains, beaches and adventure, Wales had a lot to offer.\n\n\"We have such natural beauty - people are desperate for those after so many lockdowns, people want to be out in nature, and to feel that natural freedom,\" he said.\n\n\"But one worry is that we are very short-sighted at the moment, because it is about survival, it's about bums on seats... that may have negative consequences for tourism and the environment.\n\n\"It's a fine balance we are walking at the moment, we are desperate for people to come in and we need them to come in... but you don't want to damage our reputation, we don't want people to think Wales can't handle tourism.\"\n\nPassengers described overcrowding on a bank holiday service from Barry as \"a disgrace\"\n\nWith passengers complaining of packed and delayed trains, Mr Hansen said infrastructure was already struggling before Covid, and it was clear it could not cope.\n\nIn Pembrokeshire there have been calls for safety improvements on the A40, over fears an influx in holiday traffic could lead to more deaths.\n\nMr Hansen said there were major issues with parking at many hotspots, and increased traffic was causing tension in communities.\n\n\"In north Wales we have attractions that are unique compared to the rest of the world, but we have the A55, which is a three-lane road until you get to Wales, and then its a two-lane road,\" he said.\n\nA public inquiry is set to begin into plans to reduce jams by removing roundabouts near Conwy, with the Welsh government hoping to start work later this year.\n\nPlans for a new eight-mile dual carriageway in Flintshire have raised concerns about the environmental impact.\n\nHowever, Mr Hansen said changes could not be made in time to deal with the demand, with some areas suffering for years with infrastructure.\n\n\"This ruins the experience for the tourists that are coming in, but it also ruins it for the locals, and causes resentment, because access to the natural areas of beauty is really difficult,\" he said.\n\n\"We can't just sit back and enjoy the tourism pounds that come in every summer, we have to invest in it.\"\n\nWardens fear unauthorised camping is damaging areas like Cwm Idwal in Snowdonia\n\nThe Snowdonia, Brecon Beacons and Pembrokeshire national park authorities say they are seeing an increase in illegal camping, littering and human waste on paths and car parks as the summer holidays begin.\n\nAfter hundreds of people parked on yellow lines to hike up Snowdon, the park authority introduced bookable parking and increased buses.\n\nDavid Jones, senior warden for the south of the park, said the parking scheme had been a success but other popular spots were \"ridiculously busy\" and in some places problems were getting worse.\n\n\"It's to do with the sheer number of people. The car parks are full to the brim,\" he said.\n\nMr Jones said a small minority of people were abusing the landscape and he was concerned parts of the park might not be able to cope if numbers increased.\n\nMore erosion was being caused to paths, more litter left, and more wardens would be needed to help deal with demand, he added.\n\n\"We are facing our busiest summer ever... people have realised they don't need to go abroad to enjoy themselves, and have realised the benefits of the outdoors.\n\n\"We want visitors to come, but we need to safeguard the park for the communities who live here, it is their home.\"\n\nIn the Brecon Beacons, the national park authority said it was dealing with a \"huge amount of visitors\" in the waterfall country, with a rise in littering.\n\nLorraine Niederlag has started tuk-tuk picnic tours to help people who cannot find room in a restaurant\n\nIn Pembrokeshire, after months taking older people to get their vaccines and delivering food to vulnerable people in lockdown, tuk-tuk drivers are back shuttling tourists around Tenby's winding streets,\n\nHowever, they said many visitors were unable to eat out because restaurants were at Covid capacity or closed due to staffing issues.\n\n\"People can't get the reservations... my husband picked someone up in Saundersfoot who said they'd had a lovely evening but couldn't get a restaurant, so had to get a sandwich from the supermarket,\" said owner Lorraine Niederlag.\n\nMs Niederlag - who also owns a campsite - said their taxi service was being hit as campers ordered takeaways instead of eating out.\n\n\"It's hard to do anything spontaneous... you have to pre-book everything, but they are fully booked, people are queuing up half an hour for fish and chips,\" she said.\n\nShe said they had started putting on picnic and cocktail tours to help visitors unable to book a meal out.\n\nPenrhyn Quarry has seen record numbers of visitors\n\nAt Zip World in Bethesda, Gwynedd, staff are working flat out to deal with a record number of visitors trying to get a spot every day.\n\n\"It's incredible, but tiring - we've got a few more weeks of this, and I expect that September and October are going to be record breaking as well,\" said commercial director Andrew Hudson.\n\nHe said people had no option but to drive to the site at Penrhyn Quarry, but they encouraged visitors to respect the national park and villages they drove through.\n\n\"It is amazing how much you can see in a day,\" he said, \"but you have to drive a car in north Wales - it can take 30 minutes to travel 10 miles.\n\n\"We would love to create an eco-friendly system where visitors can move around... an experience in itself, with pointing out the mountain ranges, and the myths and legends, which adds tremendous value to the area.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it had worked closely with a range of bodies, including the national park authorities, to help plan carefully and safely and put mitigation measures in place.\n\n\"Funding is available to them and local authorities to support additional costs of managing increased visitor numbers,\" it said.\n\n\"We have also commissioned Transport for Wales to support Snowdonia National Park Authority, working with Gwynedd and Conwy councils, to encourage park and ride, bus and active travel in the national park,\" a spokesman said.", "Dr Anthony Fauci said he was frustrated by the slump in vaccine uptake\n\nThe US is heading \"in the wrong direction\" on the coronavirus pandemic as infections surge among the unvaccinated, the country's top infectious disease expert has warned.\n\nDr Anthony Fauci said the Delta variant of Covid-19 was driving the spike in areas with low vaccination rates.\n\nHe said health officials were considering revising mask guidance for vaccinated Americans to curb cases.\n\nOffering booster jabs to vulnerable people was also under review, he said.\n\nThe coronavirus situation in the US is becoming \"a pandemic among the unvaccinated\", Dr Fauci, the chief medical adviser to US President Joe Biden, told broadcaster CNN on Sunday.\n\nMore than 162.7 million people - or 49% of the population - have been fully vaccinated in the US, official data shows.\n\nThe US had been a world leader in jab uptake until April, when vaccination rates started to drop off.\n\nVaccination rates are particularly low in southern states, where fewer than half of residents have received their first dose in some cases.\n\nMeanwhile, daily coronavirus infections are on the rise again after numbers fell in May and June.\n\nThe resurgence has added to the more than 34 million cases and 610,000 deaths recorded so far in the US.\n\nThe trend has been attributed, in part, to the rapid spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid.\n\nThe sharpest increases in Covid cases are in states with lower vaccination rates, such as Florida, Texas and Missouri.\n\nEarlier this week, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said 99.5% of Covid deaths were occurring among unvaccinated people.\n\nIn his interview with CNN, Dr Fauci said local leaders in areas with low vaccination rates needed to do more to encourage people to get jabbed.\n\nHe said he was \"very heartened to hear\" the Republican governors of Arkansas and Florida promoting vaccinations in their states. Both leaders have been critical of Dr Fauci's advice in the past.\n\nDr Fauci has been a key adviser to President Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, through the pandemic.\n\nHe said he was involved in discussions to change mask guidance issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\n\nAs it stands, the CDC says people who are fully vaccinated can \"resume activities that you did before the pandemic without wearing a mask\".\n\nDr Fauci said local governments could issue their own rules under the current CDC guidance.\n\nBut he noted that some local governments had reinstated indoor and public mask requirements to curb rising infections.\n\nIn Los Angeles County, masks are now required indoors for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to tell a Covid-19 vaccine sceptic the facts", "An incident on a swing ride at a funfair in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, was caused by teenagers misusing equipment, organisers say.\n\nPlanet Fun will reopen on Sunday after the incident on Saturday evening which left several people injured.\n\nSix people, including at least three children, were taken to hospital.\n\nZara McGeown, whose daughter and niece were on the ride, told BBC News NI she \"felt helpless\" watching the ride \"get more and more out of control\".\n\nThere is no suggestion that those injured were involved in what Planet Fun described as the \"misuse of equipment by the behaviour of several teenagers on the attraction\".\n\nOrganisers claim a preliminary investigation determined that the ride had no mechanical defects.\n\nIn a Facebook post, Planet Fun said that \"the swift actions by our staff to terminate the ride prevented further injuries\".\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nIn a statement, the Health and Safety Executive said its investigation was ongoing.\n\n\"While the funfair can remain open, the ride involved in the incident will remain closed until our investigation has been fully completed.\"\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland said it is \"continuing today to assist the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland as they conduct their enquiries\".\n\nZara McGeown said her nine-year-old daughter and 10-year-old niece were hurt when the swing they were in crashed into a metal sign.\n\nHer niece was taken to hospital with leg injuries and her daughter also sustained injuries to her leg and foot.\n\nHer husband and three other family members were also on the ride.\n\nZara McGeown's husband and daughter (pictured alongside her) were on the ride\n\n\"The other family members are just in complete shock at what happened,\" she said.\n\nMrs McGeown said she was watching with her younger daughter when the ride appeared to lose control.\n\n\"It was also terrifying for myself and my daughter who felt helpless as we watched the ride get more and more out of control,\" she said.\n\n\"She was in complete hysterics as she honestly thought her family were going to be very seriously injured.\"\n\nThe ride will remain closed pending further investigation, says the HSE\n\nLee Toner, 29, who was on the ride with his partner when the incident happened, said the swings had started to knock into each other, and hit parts of the ride.\n\nHe said it was a \"terrifying experience\".\n\nMid and East Antrim councillor John McDermott said he arrived to \"panic and pandemonium\".\n\n\"There were about two or three children and an adult on the ground being treated.\n\n\"There were people visibly stunned, I think the majority of the people that were there were small children, obviously with some parents.\n\n\"On behalf of the council, for all the emergency services and what they did, I just want to thank them.\"\n\nAn investigation into the incident is ongoing\n\nChief Insp Stephen Murray said police received a number of emergency calls shortly after 17:55 BST on Saturday \"in relation to an incident involving an amusement ride at a funfair in Carrickfergus and that a number of people had been injured\".\n\nThose injured on Saturday evening were taken to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, the Royal Victoria Hospital, and Antrim Area Hospital.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.\n\nA number of other patients were also discharged at the scene.\n• None Six people taken to hospital after funfair ride incident", "Jude's family have described him as a \"determined child\"\n\nAn 11-year-old boy has begun a 200-mile (321km) walk from his home in Yorkshire to Westminster to raise awareness of climate change.\n\nJude, from Hebden Bridge, said he wanted to lobby ministers about the need for a carbon tax when he arrives in London.\n\nA petition, urging a parliamentary debate on a carbon tax, was launched in February by the Zero Carbon Campaign.\n\nThe government said it was committed to cutting emissions by 78% by 2035.\n\nJude was inspired after reading the book Dire Predictions, which he said offered solutions to climate change including a carbon tax.\n\nHe then read about the Zero Carbon Campaign's petition.\n\n\"I am hoping to get this petition to 100,000 signatures so it can get debated in parliament,\" he said.\n\n\"It would make businesses think it will cost them more money to use fossil fuels and non-renewable options than to use green or renewable alternatives.\"\n\nJude's mother Sarah said the trip would be the family's summer holiday\n\nThe government has been examining the relationship between tax and the environment, including a carbon tax.\n\nHowever, following the consultation it ruled out a wider carbon tax in favour of a UK Emissions Trading System.\n\nResponding to the Carbon Zero Campaign petition a spokesman said: \"The government remains committed to maintaining an ambitious carbon price to ensure that polluters continue to pay for their emissions.\"\n\nJude came up with the idea to walk to London, inspired by an uncle's friend who cycled around the world, to help raise awareness.\n\n\"I also read about a boy who cycled from Palermo in Sicily to England to try and raise awareness for refugees,\" he said.\n\nHe said he intends to walk 10 miles (16km) each day for 21 days and hopes he can inspire other young people to take on their own challenges.\n\nHis mother Sarah said: \"He is quite a determined child.\"\n\nShe added they had been lent a campervan and were also staying with people along the route.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nBradly Sinden secured silver for Great Britain after defeat by Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov in the taekwondo -68kg final.\n\nThe 2019 world champion, 22, was bidding to become Britain's first male Olympic taekwondo champion but was beaten 34-29. He wins Britain's first silver medal of the Tokyo Games.\n\nTrailing 18-14 going into the final round, Sinden fought back in a see-saw finale to take a 28-26 lead going into the final seconds.\n\nHowever, Rashitov responded immediately to edge back in front and a strong trunk kick with six seconds remaining sealed a dramatic victory.\n\n\"It was my gold medal to give away - obviously he is a good fighter, I just made a few mistakes,\" said Sinden. \"I think I got unlucky with a few things as well but that is taekwondo.\n\n\"I thought he was on the back foot. You have to commend him for what he did - a few mistakes from me, well done to him. You'll see me again in Paris.\"\n\nDespite his disappointment at losing the final, Sinden can reflect on a fine Olympics debut that continues his rapid rise in the sport.\n\nThe Doncaster-born fighter won his first major senior medal at the 2017 World Championships aged just 18. Two years later, he became the first British man to win a taekwondo world title.\n\nIn Tokyo, he powered into the semi-final with a 20-point win against Tukey's Hakan Recber before coming from behind to beat Zhao Shuai of China 33-25 to guarantee a himself a medal.\n\n\"We were here to get gold - anything else is not what we're here to celebrate. Maybe eventually I will get over it,\" added Sinden. \"But for now it has got me that I didn't win gold when I think it was there for me to take. I will take that and improve on it.\"\n\nTeam GB's first medal was won earlier on Sunday, with Chelsie Giles securing bronze in the women's -52kg judo.\n\nHowever, there was disappointment for two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones, who suffered a 16-12 defeat by Kimia Alizadeh of the Refugee Olympic Team.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "French officials say more than 160,000 people across the country have taken part in latest protests against government moves to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nIn Paris, anti-riot police fired tear gas as clashes broke out during protests, and made several arrests.", "A Garda (police) patrol car was struck by a gunshot after shots were fired at police in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday.\n\nThe marked Garda car, with unarmed uniformed officers inside, was on patrol in Tallaght at about 02:30 local time.\n\nThey saw three men, one armed with a handgun and one with a baseball bat.\n\nThe man with the handgun fired a number of shots towards the police car, one of which struck the vehicle, police say.\n\nNone of the officers were injured and the three men fled.\n\nNo arrests have been made and police have appealed for anyone with any information to contact them.", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid has apologised after saying people should no longer \"cower\" from coronavirus.\n\nHe made the comments in a tweet announcing he had made a \"full recovery\" from Covid, a week after testing positive.\n\nLabour accused him of denigrating those who followed the rules, while the founder of a victims' group said his comments were \"deeply insensitive\".\n\nMr Javid said: \"It was a poor choice of word and I sincerely apologise.\"\n\n\"I was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society,\" he said.\n\nIn a new tweet, the health secretary also said he had deleted his earlier post, adding: \"Like many, I have lost loved ones to this awful virus and would never minimise its impact.\"\n\nCower is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as meaning to bend down or move backward with your head down because you are frightened.\n\nThe tweet on Saturday said: \"Full recovery from Covid a week after testing positive. Symptoms were very mild, thanks to amazing vaccines.\n\n\"Please - if you haven't yet - get your jab, as we learn to live with, rather than cower from, this virus.\"\n\nNearly 70% of UK adults are now fully vaccinated, and 88% have had their first jab, according to the latest figures.\n\nEvery adult in the UK has now been offered a vaccine. But, amid a spike in cases caused by the Delta variant, the government has launched a series of appeals in recent weeks to encourage people who have not yet come forward to have their jab.\n\nMr Javid replaced Mr Hancock as health secretary last month after his predecessor stood down.\n\nHe tested positive for Covid on 17 July and spent the last week in self-isolation. The prime minister and chancellor also began self-isolating after they had come into contact with him.\n\nThe Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group said Mr Javid was right to apologise.\n\nThe group's co-founder, Jo Goodman, said earlier that the \"flippancy and carelessness\" of Mr Javid's comment had \"caused deep hurt and further muddied the waters of the government's dangerously mixed messaging\".\n\nShadow justice secretary David Lammy also questioned his use of the word, saying: \"Don't denigrate people for trying to keep themselves and their families safe.\"\n\nLib Dem health spokeswoman Munira Wilson said Mr Javid's tweet was \"outrageous\" and his \"careless words have insulted every man, woman and child who has followed the rules and stayed at home to protect others\".", "Patrols have been increased in the area, police have said\n\nTwo men have been charged with attempted murder after a man was seriously injured in a park.\n\nPolice say he remains in a life-threatening condition in hospital after an attack in Bute Park, Cardiff, at about 01:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nTwo men from Cardiff aged 25 and 36 are due to appear before city magistrates on Monday.\n\nDetectives are appealing for help to identify a third suspect, an unknown woman.\n\nThe injured man, 54, is being treated at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.\n\nHis family are being supported by specially trained family liaison officers.\n\nAn incident room has been set up at Cardiff Central Police Station and patrols have been increased in the area.\n\nDet Insp Stuart Wales from South Wales Police said: \"This serious assault has caused understandable concern locally and we want to reassure the public that a significant number of inquiries are ongoing.\n\n\"We will be relentless in identifying and bringing to justice anyone involved in this violent attack.\n\n\"I'd also appeal directly to the female suspected of being involved in this incident to come forward voluntarily.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC business correspondent Emma Simpson tries out go-karting on a track in a former Debenhams beauty hall\n\nI'm taking a spin on a go-kart track with a difference. It's the old beauty hall of the Debenhams store in south-west London.\n\nThe escalators are the only trace of the former department store which remain. All four floors are now being transformed into a high-tech entertainment venue.\n\nAs we filmed, shoppers stopped to take photos when the shutters briefly opened giving a glimpse of the flashing lights and builders beavering away inside.\n\n\"We're creating a department store of fun,\" says Michael Harrison, the co-founder of Gravity which is due to open on 1 August.\n\n\"We have three bars, two restaurants, go-karting, a bowling alley, huge screens to watch sporting events and adventure golf. This is the future of the High Street. It's about experience,\" he says.\n\nMichael has no shortage of retail landlords now ringing him up offering him potential new locations.\n\nThey're grappling with the need to rethink, or repurpose, empty shops. Latest figures suggest one in seven stores, on average, are lying vacant. And in some places the number is far higher.\n\nThe UK's biggest property company, Landsec, owns the Southside shopping mall where Gravity is based. Its other centres include Bluewater in Kent and Trinity in Leeds.\n\nGravity co-founder Michael Harrison says commercial landlords are keen for him to set up more entertainment venues\n\nLandsec boss Mark Allan thinks a quarter of what is currently retail space will need to be turned into something else.\n\n\"For me, it's really difficult to think of an example where you have 25% of something that it exists in the UK that is no longer required. And so you're not going to solve that sort of a problem by tinkering around the edges,\" he says.\n\nThe pain won't be evenly spread either, says Mr Allan: \"Some places are going to be virtually empty and they are not going to survive as retail in any shape or form.\n\n\"Some are going to be absolutely fine - rents are lower, sales are lower and they're worth less than they were but fundamentally they've got a role to play longer term and some places are going to be in the middle where they are going to survive but they need some investment.\"\n\nSome industry experts think the amount of redundant retail space is even higher. So how did we get here?\n\nWe've seen a huge proliferation of shops over the last 40 years. Retail has just been growing and growing, from out of town retail parks and shopping centres to so called clone towns dominated by chains, who were willing to pay higher rents.\n\nThat retail property boom is now over. Many of our town centres will have to find a new purpose.\n\nLandsec chief executive Mark Allan says people need to come together to reshape their town centres in new ways\n\nWe've been talking about how to save the High Street for more than a decade but the pandemic has turbo charged the problems now.\n\nMr Allan says it's time to act. \"Covid has been a tipping point. If we don't tackle it over the next couple of years together then there's a real risk some of this redundant retail property sits there for decades empty and that would be a disaster for the communities where that property is located.\"\n\nAnd he says there's no single party that can solve the problem: \"This needs people to come together. I think it's a significant moment and a really big opportunity, particularly for those centres and high streets where there is no future for retail, for radical, bold, thinking. I think it could be exciting.\"\n\nStockton-on Tees has one of the boldest plans to reshape its entire town centre. It has decided to demolish a large part of its high street.\n\nThe local council bought Stockton's two shopping centres and plans to knock one of them down, creating a new riverside park to make the town a greener, nicer place.\n\nThe £37m project is largely being funded with money from the Tees Valley Combined Authority and the Government's Future High Streets Fund.\n\nThe Castlegate mall was built in the 1970s, an era when local authorities were falling over themselves to attract big retail development.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former staff reminisce about life at their town's Debenhams branch\n\n\"Retail is still very important, but we now need to consolidate it to meet the demand,\" says councillor Nigel Cooke, cabinet member for regeneration.\n\nBusinesses who want to stay will eventually move into the other shopping centre further up the street.\n\nThe scheme is part of a wider masterplan to market Stockton as an events town. The main high street, the widest in the UK, has been spruced up with new paving, lighting and a big water fountain. The council is also paying for the renovation of the town's Grade II-listed art deco Globe Theatre.\n\n\"I think it is money well spent and I am convinced it's the right thing to do. We need to get people back onto the high street either to live, to work or to enjoy themselves,\" insists Mr Cooke.\n\n\"It would be easy to hide under my desk and say guys, we can't do anything, let's just wait for the good times to come back. But we have to do something.. nothing is risk free, it's about managing the risk.\"\n\nBut Stockton has now got a large, empty Debenhams to contend with, too.\n\nTown centre regeneration is often complicated stuff, with a myriad of owners, stakeholders and issues to solve.\n\nIt's taken Stockton 13 years to get this far and it's only a third of the way through. But given the magnitude of the challenges now, doing nothing is no longer an option.", "Hundreds of people protested outside Mark Drakeford's home on Saturday\n\nHundreds of anti-lockdown protesters who gathered outside First Minister Mark Drakeford's home \"crossed the line\", his predecessor has said.\n\nOn Saturday, crowds with loud speakers and banners shouted in the street outside Mr Drakeford's Cardiff home.\n\nThe protest has sparked condemnation from cross-party politicians who said the scenes amounted to \"bullying\".\n\nCarwyn Jones, who led Wales from 2009 until 2018, called it \"a favourite tactic of the far right in America\".\n\nThe anti-lockdown rally in Cardiff was held as other protests against restrictions and vaccines took place in cities across the globe, including Paris, Sydney, London and Toronto.\n\nOn Saturday, protesters marched on the Welsh Labour leader's private home, with hundreds pictured on social media standing in the street as speeches were made.\n\nUnlike some other countries' leaders, Wales' first minister does not have an official residence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In July, Mark Drakeford revealed he had moved out of his home because family members were shielding\n\nMr Jones said the protestors had \"crossed a line\" by taking the demonstration to Mr Drakeford's family home in the city.\"It's a favourite tactic of the far right in America. Unfortunately we see it now here in Wales,\" he said.\n\n\"We're talking about a very small group of people who are on a different planet to the rest of us.\n\n\"I perfectly accept the right for people to protest, I've no problem with that, but I don't think people should be protest outside people's private houses.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police said it was made aware of a planned protest and about 500 people met at City Hall before moving to various locations throughout the city centre.\n\n\"The protest passed peacefully and without incident. No offences were identified and no arrests were made,\" a spokesman said.\n\nCarwyn Jones represented the constituency of Bridgend from 1999 to 2021\n\nMr Jones said he had contacted Mr Drakeford to offer him support.\n\n\"There has to be a line somewhere and that line was crossed yesterday by a small group of people who just don't like democracy,\" he said.\n\nBefore getting the top Welsh government job, Mr Drakeford said he had \"no personal ambition to be first minister\" and was not looking forward to being in the spotlight.\n\nMr Jones said the profile of the job had \"gone through the roof since Covid\" and security was very important in such a public-facing role.\n\n\"I always felt that they were aware of what needed to be done [security-wise] and I'm absolutely sure that's still the case.\"\n\nMark Drakeford's approach towards Covid in Wales has split opinion\n\nOn Saturday, cross-party politicians took to Twitter to condemn the location of the protest.\n\nLeader of the Welsh Conservative group in the Senedd, Andrew RT Davies, described it as \"disturbing\".\n\nHe added: \"If you have political disagreements (and believe me @fmwales and I have many) then get involved in politics. Harassment is never acceptable.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru's Delyth Jewell said: \"The people protesting outside Mark Drakeford's private home yesterday ought to be ashamed. Bullying and intimidation have no place in our politics.\"\n\nLabour MP Kevin Brennan called said \"all decent people should condemn this\".\n\nThe protests come just over a week after Mr Drakeford announced plans for a major relaxation on most Covid rules in Wales by 7 August, but laws on wearing face masks in most public places will remain in place.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"We have been able to relax the majority of restrictions thanks to all the help of people in Wales throughout the year.\n\n\"But the pandemic is not over and we all have a really important part to play to keep Wales safe.\"\n\nThe row comes as a further 1,238 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Wales.\n\nOn Sunday, figures reported by Public Health Wales' show Covid case rates continue to fall, with the seven-day case rate down to 185.2 per 100,000 people, compared with 186.1 on Friday.\n\nNo further deaths have been recorded, with the number of people who have died with Covid-19 remaining at 5,595.\n\nThere have been a total of 236,873 confirmed cases in Wales since the pandemic began.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nMaking proof of full vaccination mandatory at Premier League matches could cause \"chaos\" at some clubs, the Football Supporters' Association has warned.\n\nFans attending sports venues with capacities of about 20,000 or more may be required to show proof of full vaccination from the end of September.\n\n\"I think if they're going to do this with big football crowds they need to have the resources to do the checks,\" FSA chairman Malcolm Clarke told Times Radio.\n\n\"I'm not convinced that all football clubs will be able to manage that in a way that doesn't cause some chaos.\"\n\nBBC Sport understands the Premier League and its clubs have already been discussing what approach they will take to check fans on entry to stadiums next season, and how any plans might need to be adapted for each ground.\n\nThey are aiming to use the first few games of the season - before any potential rule changes would be brought in - to trial certification.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday there was a plan to mandate certification at nightclubs and \"other venues where large crowds gather\".\n\nOn Thursday, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi told the House of Commons that \"as a condition of entry\" to spectator sport events \"people will need to show that they are fully vaccinated and proof of a negative test will not be sufficient\".\n\nClarke told BBC Sport that fans with season tickets who are unable or unwilling to attend matches because of vaccine passports should be \"entitled\" to a refund, and those who are medically exempt should not be prevented from going.\n\n\"There are some specific issues, and that's why it's important that at both national level and at club level, supporters' groups are involved in the consultation,\" he said.\n\nA capacity crowd of 140,000 attended the British Grand Prix at Silverstone last week - the largest for a sporting event in the UK since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThere, all adults had to provide proof of full vaccination or a negative test.\n\nMark Palios, former Football Association chief executive and owner of Tranmere Rovers, said football clubs would want to play their part.\n\n\"In terms of the practicalities and logistics it will probably be relatively easy because we are all used to working in difficult conditions,\" he said.\n\n\"It will obviously hurt finances but I don't think it will be disastrous for clubs. While it will be unwelcome from a financial perspective, if it's the right thing to do the clubs will do it.\"\n\nThe UK government allowed the crowd capacity at Wembley to be raised to more than 60,000 for the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020.\n\nPermitted under the government's Events Research Programme, fans attending Wembley were required to follow a number of strict entry requirements, including having a negative Covid-19 test or proof of full vaccination.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said on Monday that nightclubs and other such venues could be \"potential super-spreading events\" because of crowds in close contact.\n\nIn May, Premier League executive director Bill Bush told the All-Party Parliamentary Group on coronavirus that a \"single magic wand like a vaccine passport\" would be \"too narrow and too prescriptive\".\n\nHe said he wanted to work with the government on a \"broader-based\" solution to certification at events.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nBritain's two-time defending champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from the men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics with a minor thigh strain.\n\nThe Scot, who won his opening men's double match with Joe Salisbury on Saturday, had been due to face Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime on day two.\n\nThe 34-year-old will still compete in the doubles but was advised not to compete in both events in Japan.\n\nHe has been replaced in the singles draw by Australian Max Purcell.\n\n\"I am really disappointed at having to withdraw but the medical staff have advised me against playing in both events,\" a statement from Murray read.\n\n\"I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from the singles and focus on playing doubles with Joe.\"\n\nLiam Broady, the sole Briton remaining in the singles after Murray's withdrawal and Heather Watson's first-round defeat, advanced to the second round on Sunday.\n\nThe 27-year-old battled past Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 in three hours three minutes to set up a meeting with Wimbledon semi-finalist Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.\n\nMurray won his first singles gold at London 2012 and retained his title in Rio four years later.\n\nHowever, the three-time Grand Slam champion has since had major hip surgery and has made a stuttering return to the Tour.\n\nHe missed the Australian Open in January after contracting coronavirus but won back-to-back matches at a Slam for the first time in four years at Wimbledon last month.\n\nMurray spoke positively after his victory with Salisbury on the first day of the Games when they beat French second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Hubert.\n\nHe and Salisbury will face German pair Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in the second round.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "In 2014, Esther Dingley and Dan Colegate swapped their life in Durham for an open-ended campervan tour of Europe\n\nHuman remains may have been found close to where hiker Esther Dingley went missing in the Pyrenees mountains, her family have been told.\n\nThe 37-year-old had been walking alone near the Spain-France border and was last seen on 22 November.\n\nCharity LBT Global, which has been representing the family, said the family were \"urgently seeking clarification\" on the latest discovery.\n\nIt added any developments were expected to take \"days or even weeks\".\n\nEarlier this month, Dan Colegate, Ms Dingley's partner of 20 years, told the BBC he would never give up the search for the \"love of his life\".\n\nThe couple swapped their life in Durham for an open-ended campervan tour of Europe in 2014.\n\nMr Colegate was house-sitting at a French farmhouse on 22 November, when Ms Dingley went missing on a solo hike.\n\nShe last spoke to him via a WhatsApp video call from atop the Pic de Sauvegarde on that date.\n\nEsther Dingley's partner Dan Colegate has been told of possible \"remains\" found near where the hiker disappeared\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nTwo-time defending Olympic champion Jade Jones fell to a shock defeat in the opening round of the taekwondo, just moments after fellow Briton Andy Murray withdrew from the tennis singles on day two of Tokyo 2020.\n\nJones, the -57kg gold medallist in both London and Rio, was stunned by Kimia Alizadeh of the refugee team.\n\nIt came after Murray, also a two-time Olympic champion, pulled out of defending his title with a minor thigh strain.\n\nHe will still continue in the men's doubles, alongside Joe Salisbury, after they won their opener on Saturday.\n\nElsewhere, Adam Peaty won his 100m breaststroke semi-final in 57.63 seconds as he looks to win a second successive gold in the event.\n\nTemperatures reached 32C in Tokyo on Sunday, leading the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to activate its extreme weather policy.\n\nPlayers were given a 10-minute break between the second and third set once the reading went above 30.1C, with change of ends and set breaks also extended by an extra 30 seconds.\n\nTuesday's rowing has been cancelled because of adverse weather conditions expected, while Monday's events had already been moved to other days.\n\nIf you're just waking up, here's what else you've missed.\n• None Swimmer Max Litchfield narrowly missed out on Team GB's first medal of the Games, finishing fourth in the men's 400m individual medley final.\n• None Aimee Willmott was seventh in the women's equivalent, before GB finished fifth in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay.\n• None lost 2-1 to Germany in their first match\n• None GB's rowers reached the men's double sculls and quadruple sculls finals, while Vicky Thornley is into the women's single sculls semi-finals.\n• None Japan's Yuto Horigome won the first skateboarding Olympic gold with victory in the men's street\n• None knocked out in the first round of the women's singles tennis, but Naomi Osaka is through.\n• None US golfer Bryson DeChambeau was ruled out of the Games after\n\nWales' Jones had entered Tokyo 2020 as one of GB's favourites to bring home a title. In doing so, she would have become the first British woman to win Olympic gold at three successive Games and the first taekwondo fighter to win triple gold.\n\nNicknamed the Headhunter, because she prefers to score points from her opponent's head rather than their body, Jones is the reigning world champion in her division and had entered the Games as number one seed.\n\nBut she met her match in Alizadeh who, five years ago in Rio, became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal with -57kg bronze.\n\nHer 16-12 defeat of Jones in Tokyo was not the first win she has recorded over the world number one though, having beaten her en route to bronze at the 2015 World Championships.\n\nRemarkably, this was Alizadeh's first international fight since 2018. She fled Iran in 2020 and the Iran Taekwondo Association has refused to allow her to represent another nation.\n\nJones' Games might not be over just yet, however, as she could be given the chance to fight for the bronze medal in the repechages later on Sunday.\n\nHer team-mate Bradly Sinden progressed to the -68kg quarter-final as he bids to become GB's first male Olympic taekwondo champion.\n\nFormer world number one Murray had been due to face Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round of the men's singles on Sunday, but withdrew before the match.\n\n\"I am really disappointed at having to withdraw but the medical staff have advised me against playing in both events,\" he said.\n\nHe has been replaced in the singles draw by Australian Max Purcell.\n\nShould Murray win a medal with Salisbury in the doubles, he will become the first man to win four Olympic medals since tennis returned to the Olympic programme in 1988.\n\nMurray and Salisbury face German pair Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in the second round.\n\nIn the morning's swimming action, Peaty remains on course to become the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title.\n\nHe qualified fastest for the 100m breaststroke final, more than half a second quicker than the next fastest opponent.\n\nFellow Briton James Wilby also made it into the final by finishing third in his semi-final.\n\nMeanwhile, Litchfield finished fourth in the men's 400m individual medley final, the same position he placed at Rio 2016, as USA's Chase Kalisz won gold to take the first medal in the pool at Tokyo 2020.\n\nDespite a strong showing in Saturday's heats, Willmott was unable to mark her final appearance at an Olympics with a medal in the women's 400m individual medley, finishing seventh.\n\nBritain then finished fifth in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay as Australia won the gold medal with a world record time of 3:29.69.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "The RNLI has warned of the potential dangers of swimming in lakes and rivers after six people died entering water on the island of Ireland during the past week.\n\nThey included two teenagers who died following incidents in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nKevin Rahill of the RNLI stressed that people should stick to a \"lifeguarded beach\".\n\nHe said rivers, lakes and reservoirs had \"hidden obstacles\" that can trap.\n\n\"They can be potentially dangerous in the fact that they can be rather deep - fresh water is normally colder than sea water,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"And there can be hidden dangers as well, hidden obstacles in waters like that that can trap people and make it difficult for people to move around.\n\n\"And also very often in lakes and rivers and reservoirs getting in and out can be a bit more difficult than a beach.\"\n\nThe RNLI has warned about the dangers of swimming in rivers and lakes\n\nMr Rahill, who is the RNLI's regional water safety lead, said that with the recent spell of hot weather there is the \"potential for more incidents in terms of people getting into difficulty\".\n\n\"If possible, swimming at a lifeguarded beach will certainly keep the number of incidents down,\" he added.\n\n\"Swim at a lifeguarded area, that's probably the most important thing to think of.\n\n\"If you are not familiar with the area, the lifeguards will know it, so they will be able to tell you where's safe and where's not safe - and swim between the flags.\"\n\nHe also highlighted the 'float to live' message if people did fall in the water.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ross MacLeod, RNLI : \"Rest and relax in the water\"\n\nThe RNLI's appeal came as the UN prepares to host its first World Drowning Prevention Day on Sunday (25 July).\n\nIrish Water Safety has said the majority of water tragedies occur in inland waterways and has emphasised the potential dangers of swimming in rivers and lakes.\n\nMeanwhile, Gerard O'Flynn, operations manager with the Irish Coastguard, told Irish broadcaster RTÉ it had responded to about 1,690 incidents this year to date, compared to 1,340 at the same time last year.\n\nHe said that \"the excellent weather combined with restrictions on other recreational activities\" has led to more people in the water.\n\nHe urged people not to swim alone and to avoid using inflatable toys in the open water.\n\nMr O'Flynn also appealed to jet ski users to be sensitive to other swimmers.\n\nSwimmers have been asked to stick to a \"lifeguarded beach\"\n\nHe said the increased popularity of open water swimming has seen many people swimming longer distances and he called on people to make sure they are visible in the sea by wearing a cap and a tow float.\n\nNorthern Ireland Water has said \"that there is no time for complacency around water\".\n\nIt has urged \"the community, especially children and young people, to take care around all bodies of water\".\n\nThe ESB in the Republic of Ireland has also reminded people of the dangers of swimming in reservoirs.\n\nIt said: \"These areas are not appropriate for swimming because of the risk of deep and fast-flowing waters, changing water levels and uneven ground.\"\n\nOn Friday, a man in his 60s died after swimming off Dollymount Strand in north Dublin - the sixth death to come from people entering water in the island of Ireland in the past week.\n\nThe five other people died after going into lakes.\n\nA 15-year-old boy who was rescued from a lake in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday afternoon died in hospital on Thursday.\n\nThe boy was swimming in Lough Sheelin, at a meeting point of counties Westmeath, Meath and Cavan.\n\nJay Moffett, 13, was taken to hospital after entering water in the Canal Court area of Scarva, but later died\n\nEarlier in the week, Jay Moffett, 13, died in hospital after going into water in the Canal Court area of Scarva, County Down on Monday afternoon.\n\nThree adults also died in three separate incidents in the past week in County Fermanagh, on the Longford-Cavan border, and in County Leitrim.", "Joey Barton made more than 250 appearances in the Premier League\n\nFormer footballer Joey Barton is due in court charged with attacking and injuring a woman.\n\nThe 38-year-old, who manages League Two side Bristol Rovers, will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Monday 26 July.\n\nHe was arrested at an address in Kew on 2 June, bailed pending further enquiries, and subsequently charged.\n\nAmbulance crews were not called to the property where the woman was attacked, police said.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said in a statement: \"Joseph Barton, 38, of Widnes, is charged with assault by beating.\n\n\"The charge relates to an incident which took place at a residential property in Kew on Wednesday 2 June in which a woman received a head injury\".\n\nThe midfielder played in the Premier League more than 250 times, for teams including Manchester City and Newcastle United.\n\nBristol Rovers said it was unable to comment while legal proceedings were under way.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Madrid's Retiro Park has been added to Unesco's list of World Heritage sites\n\nOne of Europe's most famous streets, the tree-lined Paseo del Prado in the Spanish capital Madrid, has been added to the Unesco World Heritage list - along with the adjoining Retiro Park.\n\nThe UN's cultural organisation said it was in recognition of the key roles both had played in the city's history.\n\nPaseo del Prado is home to several prestigious buildings, among them the Prado Museum.\n\nThe Velázquez monument in front of the main entrance to the Prado Museum on the Paseo del Prado\n\nUnesco described the locations as a landscape of arts and sciences.\n\nIt said the Paseo featured several prominent structures including squares with historic marble sculptures and fountains such as the Plaza de Cibeles, which it described as \"an iconic symbol of the city\".\n\nThe Monument to Alfonso XII, which was built in 1922, in Retiro Park\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the Spanish government highlighted that the Paseo had been the first street of its kind to be open to all citizens - previously park-like boulevards were only open to the upper classes.\n\nPrime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the recognition by Unesco was \"deserved\", adding: \"Madrid and all of Spain are in luck today.\"\n\nOne resident of Madrid, Ana Lanchas, said Retiro Park was \"the heart of the city\", adding: \"I don't know anyone who comes to Madrid and doesn't go to the Retiro.\"\n\nMadrid's historic Puerta de Alcalá, a neo-classical gate near the main entrance to Retiro Park\n\nBecoming a Unesco site can help attract more tourists from around the world.\n\nAll images are subject to copyright.", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid has been criticised for saying people should no longer \"cower\" from coronavirus.\n\nHe made the comments after tweeting that he had made a \"full recovery\" from Covid, a week after testing positive.\n\n\"Please - if you haven't yet - get your jab, as we learn to live with, rather than cower from, this virus,\" he wrote.\n\nBut Labour accused him of denigrating those who followed the rules, while a victims' group founder said his comments were \"deeply insensitive\".\n\nCower is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as meaning to bend down or move backward with your head down because you are frightened.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sajid Javid This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShadow justice secretary David Lammy questioned his use of the word.\n\n\"129,000 Brits have died from Covid under your government's watch,\" Mr Lammy wrote. \"Don't denigrate people for trying to keep themselves and their families safe.\"\n\nLib Dem health spokeswoman Munira Wilson said Mr Javid's tweet was \"outrageous\" while thousands remain in hospital with Covid-19.\n\n\"His careless words have insulted every man, woman and child who has followed the rules and stayed at home to protect others,\" she said.\n\n\"He owes them all, especially the millions who are shielding, an apology.\"\n\nCo-founder of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Jo Goodman said Mr Javid's comments were \"deeply insensitive on a number of levels\".\n\n\"Words matter and the flippancy and carelessness of this comment has caused deep hurt and further muddied the waters of the government's dangerously mixed messaging.\"\n\nMr Javid replaced Mr Hancock as health secretary last month after his predecessor stood down.\n\nHe has been seen as more strongly in favour of lifting coronavirus restrictions, previously describing the move as \"irreversible\".\n\nOn Saturday, cases fell for a fourth day in a row, with 31,795 infection recorded. However, the seven-day average for deaths is up by 57.4%, with 86 deaths reported on Saturday.\n\nThe vaccination programme has reduced hospital admissions and deaths in this current, third wave of the pandemic.\n\nModelling produced last month by Public Health and the MRC Biostatistics Unit estimates that vaccines had prevented 7.2 million infections and 27,000 deaths in England alone.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNorwegians have been left awestruck by a bright meteor that illuminated the night sky in the country's south-east.\n\nFootage shows powerful flashes of light over Norway, followed by what witnesses described as loud bangs on Sunday.\n\nNorwegian police say they received a flurry of emergency calls but there were no reports of injuries or damage.\n\nA team of experts are hunting for the meteorite, which they believe landed in a forest near the capital, Oslo.\n\nA meteor is a space rock that burns brightly after entering Earth's atmosphere at high speed. It becomes known as a meteorite if it survives its passage to the ground.\n\nThe Norwegian Meteor Network says Sunday's fireball was visible for at least five seconds after it appeared at about 01:00 local time (23:00 GMT).\n\nTravelling at about 16.3km/s (nearly 36,500mph), the meteor could be seen over large parts of southern Scandinavia, the network says.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by astronewth This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNorwegian astronomer Vegard Rekaa has told the BBC his wife was awake at the time. She could hear \"shaking in the air\" before an explosion she assumed was something heavy falling near the house.\n\nMr Rekaa woke up, he said, to \"fantastic\" videos of the meteor, which was \"something very seldom seen\" in Norway or anywhere in the world.\n\nA team of experts have been sent to the area where the object is suspected to have landed, he added.\n\nInitial research suggests the space rock may have hit the ground in a wooded area called Finnemarka, about 60km (40 miles) west of Oslo.\n\nOne group of campers reported \"a large explosion just above their heads\", Mr Rekaa said.\n\nA female camper told him of seeing the fireball from a short distance but thinking it was her friends playing a trick on her.\n\nAnalysis of the meteor suggests it could have weighed at least 10kg (22lb).\n\nWhile not astonishingly large, the meteor was special because so many people either heard or saw it, Mr Rekaa said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis colleague at the Norwegian Meteor Network, Morten Bilet, was among the witnesses.\n\nHe told Reuters news agency the meteor had probably hit our solar system's asteroid belt as it was travelling between Mars and Jupiter.\n\nMr Bilet described it as a \"spooky\" event, rather than a dangerous one.\n\nSuch meteor strikes are rare, but one did cause widespread damage and injure at least 1,600 people when it crashed down in Russia's Ural Mountains in 2013.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eyewitnesses and CCTV cameras captured the moment the Chelyabinsk meteor flew across the sky", "Fiona Kirby says relaxing the rules is a \"no-brainer\"\n\nRural businesses and landowners are urging the government to further relax regulations to enable more temporary campsites to pop up this summer.\n\nOne such pitch is behind the Devonshire Arms, in the heart of the Peak District.\n\nLandlady Fiona Kirby is offering pitches for £15 a night in a small grassy meadow.\n\n\"We've got this big expanse that we don't really use to its best ability,\" she said.\n\nThe facilities are basic, just a tap, but it meets two needs: the huge demand for UK breaks from holidaymakers and boosting the coffers of a struggling inn by enticing diners through the door.\n\nFor Fiona, it's been a no-brainer: \"I've been amazed. We've been full every night we've been open. And all I've had to do is mow the lawn.\"\n\nFrom last year, as the pandemic hit, landowners could set up a temporary site for 56 days without planning permission, rather than the usual 28.\n\nBut the campaign group Carry on Camping argues this just isn't enough to meet demand, nor the needs of rural businesses this year.\n\nThey are after a full six months, to make it worthwhile for businesses, to make the most of camping now in June, all the way up to October.\n\nDan Yates is managing director of PitchUp, and has been behind the campaign.\n\n\"This is all about making the most of the weather,\" he explained. \"We've had the 28-day rule a long time, and for most businesses it wasn't viable to plumb in toilets, train staff and take a chance on the forecast. Fifty-six is a whole different ball game - but we need longer.\"\n\nDan said many of the businesses looking to offer temporary pitches are wedding venues, or farmers who've lost subsidies. \"Landowners can earn up to £50,000 a season in some cases,\" he said. \"And no other type of accommodation in Britain can scale up like this to meet customer demand.\"\n\nSome may feel less than enthused at the prospect of swapping the Algarve for The Dales or Dorset, but Dan said bookings at his business PitchUp are up 200% compared to 2019 and just continues to grow: \"It's unprecedented.\"\n\nHis campaign also highlights that families camping will spend, on average, £46 a day in nearby pubs, cafes, shops or attractions, giving a much-needed boost to rural economies. The National Farmers Union, Historic Houses and Countryside Alliance has backed the calls too.\n\nBut back at the Devonshire Arms Fiona knows it's not been popular with everyone. Some locals have voiced their resentment at extra traffic, visitors and mess.\n\n\"But the money I can make in the summer will help me through the lean times in the winter,\" she added.\n\nThe Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is responsible for the regulation in England and Wales.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We have doubled the number of days temporary campsites can operate as part of our support for businesses and local economies during the pandemic. These measures are in place until the end of the year and we are keeping them under review.\"\n\nIn Scotland and Northern Ireland, more relaxed camping rules are already in place.\n• None UK holidays: What are the rules?", "Government efforts to deal with the self-isolation \"pingdemic\" are \"chaotic\" and \"too late\", food supply industry bodies have said.\n\nSupply firms are having to fight to keep supermarkets stocked with food, one industry body warned.\n\nThe government has been trying to ease the effects of workers having to self-isolate if they are \"pinged\" by the NHS Test and Trace app.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said daily testing will help minimise disruption.\n\nThe number of people being sent NHS app alerts to self-isolate rapidly rose throughout July as infection rates soared, reaching a record 600,000 in the week to 14 July.\n\nThe government changed its stance last week and announced that some double-jabbed staff at some critical organisations would be allowed to take tests to keep coming to work, rather than self-isolating.\n\nOn Sunday, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it had now contacted 500 sites that had been identified for daily contact testing.\n\nTesting is understood to be rolling-out to key manufacturing, food processing and wholesale sites across the food supply chain, which will be joining large supermarket depots as part of the initial phase of the testing programme.\n\nThe number of roles that are exempt from isolation is also understood to have been widened to include roles such as forklift drivers and dispatchers.\n\nBut the government's response has been \"very chaotic\" and \"too late\", said James Bielby, chief executive of the Federation of Wholesale Distribution.\n\nHe said that a policy for exemptions was announced on Monday, but that there were no further details given until Thursday.\n\nMany food businesses were still in the dark as to whether their staff could be included in the scheme, he added, with only 15 supermarket distribution centres with staff on the list on Friday.\n\n\"The process for getting on the list is entirely opaque,\" Mr Bielby said, adding that the government seemed to be making up the policy \"on the hoof\" in response to media reports.\n\nPutting in place testing instead of self-isolation would have been better three weeks ago, Mr Bielby said, but now it was \"too late\" - especially as self-isolation is supposed to ease in three weeks' time.\n\nHe added that the \"pingdemic\" had been \"really bad\" for the food supply chain, as entire production lines in factories and entire driver fleets had been \"taken out\".\n\nThere was already a shortage of lorry drivers because of a combination of factors including Brexit, the Covid pandemic and changes to self-employment taxation, he added.\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, said the \"pingdemic\" had been a greater challenge for businesses than Covid itself.\n\n\"You can deal with problems as long as you have people working,\" Mr Brennan said. \"The problem with the 'pingdemic' is that it takes lots of people out of the workforce.\"\n\nSupermarkets have been dealing with rolling shortages of some stock as lorry driver numbers remain low\n\nThere are already rolling shortages of stock in supermarkets, and supply businesses are \"fighting to keep food on the shelves\", he said.\n\nHowever, the application process for getting staff exemptions for self-isolation was \"way too complicated\" and came too late.\n\nIn addition, government departments did not appear to be working in a unified way.\n\n\"It's quite obvious that the government is having an argument with itself [over self-isolation],\" he said.\n\nAlthough the daily number of people testing positive for coronavirus has fallen over the past week to fewer than 32,000 per day, critical businesses have reported struggling with staff absences.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, said that there could be disruption to services in the coming weeks.\n\nTrains may be delayed, the Rail Delivery Group said\n\n\"While train companies are doing everything they can to minimise any disruption, there may be an impact on services so we are asking people to check before they travel using app alerts,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nOn Saturday, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Thameslink and Southern trains, said it would introduce a reduced timetable from Monday 26 July.\n\nNon-essential businesses, including pubs and restaurants, have also struggled with staff getting pinged.\n\nEmma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, said: \"Pubs are closing or greatly reducing their opening hours due to staff shortages caused by app pings - despite staff testing negative on lateral flow tests.\"\n\nShe said 43% of pub staff were aged 18 to 25 and would not have their second jab for months.\n\n\"We urge the government to work with us to find a sensible solution to this that still ensures staff and customer safety,\" she added.\n\nHowever, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"As we learn to live with the virus, we must do everything we can to break chains of transmission and stop the spread of the virus.\n\n\"Daily contact testing of workers in these critical sectors will help to minimise any disruption caused by rising cases in the coming weeks, while ensuring staff are not put at risk.\"\n\nA spokesperson said that as a first step, daily contact testing was being rolled out to critical workplaces in the food supply chain and that many sites would be operational from Monday 26 July.", "A California man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines on social media has died after a month-long battle with the virus.\n\nStephen Harmon, a member of the Hillsong megachurch, had been a vocal opponent of vaccines, making a series of jokes about not having the vaccine.\n\n\"Got 99 problems but a vax ain't one,\" the 34-year-old tweeted to his 7,000 followers in June.\n\nHe was treated for pneumonia and Covid-19 in a hospital outside Los Angeles, where he died on Wednesday.\n\nIn the days leading up to his death, Mr Harmon documented his fight to stay alive, posting pictures of himself in his hospital bed.\n\n\"Please pray y'all, they really want to intubate me and put me on a ventilator,\" he said.\n\nIn his final tweet on Wednesday, Mr Harmon said he had decided to go under intubation.\n\n\"Don't know when I'll wake up, please pray,\" he wrote.\n\nDespite his struggle with the virus, Mr Harmon still said he would reject being jabbed, saying his religious faith would protect him.\n\nPrior to his death, had joked about the pandemic and vaccines, sharing memes saying he trusted the Bible over top US disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci.\n\nHillsong founder Brian Houston confirmed news of his death in a tweet on Thursday.\n\n\"Ben has just passed on to us the devastating news that our beloved friend, Stephen Harmon has passed away from Covid. Heartbreaking,\" Mr Houston said.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by brianchouston This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn an Instagram post, he paid tribute to Mr Harmon.\n\n\"He was one of the most generous people I know and he had so much in front of him,\" he wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"He would always turn up to our grandkids soccer games and he will be missed by so many. RIP.\"\n\nHe added that the church encourages its members \"to follow the guidance of their doctors\".\n\nCalifornia has seen a rise in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks, with the majority of those being taken to hospital unvaccinated.", "The government has been criticised for its failure to tackle the country's kidnapping crisis\n\nKidnappers in Nigeria have seized a man who was sent to deliver a ransom payment to secure the release of dozens of abducted school children.\n\nThe elderly man was sent by the children's parents after they managed to raise 30m naira ($73,000; £53,000) by selling land and other possessions.\n\nBut they have been left feeling hopeless following his kidnapping.\n\nThe north of the country is in the midst of a wave of school abductions carried out by criminals for profit.\n\nRansoms are frequently paid, but this is a rare case where the person carrying the cash has been taken.\n\nThe kidnappers called up the school's headteacher to say that the money delivered was not the agreed sum.\n\nThe 136 students were taken from an Islamic school in Tegina, Niger state, in late May.\n\nGunmen riding on motorcycles stormed the town and opened fire indiscriminately killing one person and injuring another.\n\nAs people fled, the attackers went to the school and seized the children.\n\nThe parents and school administrators negotiated with the criminals and agreed to pay the ransom. They sold part of the school's land as well as other possessions.\n\nHeadteacher Malam Abubakar Alhassan told the BBC that six people were sent with the correct amount to meet the kidnappers near the forest where the children were being held.\n\nWhen they arrived, the gunmen demanded that one of the group, an elderly man, follow them into the forest so that the cash could be counted.\n\nBut they later called to say the money was not sufficient.\n\n\"Parents are now resigned to fate. They say they can't raise any more money. They are now relying on God,\" Mr Alhassan told the BBC.\n\nMore than 1,000 students have been abducted from schools across northern Nigeria since December last year.\n\nHundreds of them are still in captivity, but 28 of the 121 children taken from the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state earlier this month were freed on Saturday night.\n\nThe authorities are being severely criticised for their failure to tackle the country's widespread insecurity including the deepening kidnapping crisis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lightning was filmed in several locations after a heatwave gave way to storms\n\nLightning has damaged homes in Hampshire and severe weather warnings are in place as the heatwave gives way to thunderstorms and torrential rain.\n\nTwo women escaped unharmed after a pair of houses in Andover were partially destroyed in the early hours.\n\nThe Met Office issued a yellow alert for storms, and warned of flooding, hail and 55mph gusts of wind in southern England and Wales.\n\nIt comes after days of extreme heat - and as many set off on summer holidays.\n\nHampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service tweeted a picture of two semi-detached properties struck by lightning in Andover's Mercia Avenue. A spokesman said the roof was severely damaged.\n\nNeighbour Barrie Austen said the roof had been \"completely ablaze\".\n\n\"The side that supports the roof - that collapsed as well, and then the flames spread into next door,\" he told the PA news agency.\n\nMr Austen said two sisters lived at the property, adding that one resident who was attended by paramedics \"seemed shaken but OK\".\n\n\"I think the lightning hit the roof, woke them up and they just got out.\"\n\nThe roof of the property was \"completely ablaze\" following the lightning strike\n\nThe fire service said a 70-year-old woman had been assessed by paramedics but did not require hospital treatment.\n\nWhile it was a wet and stormy start for many in the south of England, Northern Ireland and western Scotland saw sunshine and temperatures approaching 28C on Saturday.\n\nThe Met Office thunderstorm warning for southern England and Wales was in place until 22:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nA second yellow warning for thunderstorms is in place from 05:00 BST to 00:00 BST and covers most of southern England, areas of central England and south east Wales.\n\nThe Met Office has warned the heavy showers and thunderstorms could result in flooding and disruption to transport in some places.\n\nIt comes as many people set off for their summer break this weekend with the school holidays beginning across parts of the UK.\n\nTorrential rain and electric storms are likely to affect those attending the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, with the Met Office yellow warning stretching into East Anglia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCooler weather is predicted across the UK from Sunday, with further heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing in from France across southern and eastern England.\n\nBBC Weather's Alina Jenkins said an area of low pressure meant that \"for much of next week, the theme is showers, longer spells of rain and it will be feeling cooler, both by day and by night.\"\n\nWalkers enjoyed the sunnier weather on Mount Snowdon in Gwynedd on Saturday\n\nMike Hall captured a lightning bolt over the rooftops of Winchester early on Saturday\n\nBBC Weather tweeted a striking image of Portsmouth by Weather Watcher Ian, as a storm thundered over the city\n\nA full moon rises behind Edinburgh Castle on Friday night - otherwise known as the Thunder Moon, it is synonymous with summer storms\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded its hottest temperature of the year so far on Tuesday - 32.2C at Heathrow Airport in west London.\n\nIn the same week, the Met Office issued its first extreme heat warning for areas of the UK. The alert covered large parts of Wales, all of south-west England and parts of southern and central England.\n\nHave you been affected by the bad weather? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Afghan government forces have been attempting to recapture districts taken by the Taliban\n\nThe Afghan government imposed a month-long curfew across almost all of the country on Saturday in a bid to stop the Taliban from invading cities.\n\nFighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces has increased over the past two months as international troops pull out of the country.\n\nThe militant group is thought to have captured up to half of all territory.\n\nAs US forces have withdrawn, the Taliban have made rapid gains, retaking border crossings and rural areas.\n\nThere are concerns that with peace talks moving slowly, the focus of fighting will increasingly turn to more heavily populated urban centres.\n\nThat has prompted a top American commander to say the US will continue carrying out airstrikes in support of Afghan troops. Gen Kenneth MacKenzie said a Taliban victory was not inevitable.\n\nBut he did not say if the strikes would continue beyond the end of the US military mission on 31 August.\n\nThe Taliban - a fundamentalist Islamist militia who were pushed out of power by the US invasion nearly 20 years ago - have also seized key roads as they seek to cut off supply routes.\n\nTheir fighters have been closing in on a number of major cities, but have not yet been able to capture one.\n\nThe curfew bans all movement from 22:00 to 04:00 (17:30-23:30 GMT), apart from in the capital Kabul and two other provinces.\n\nThe interior ministry said the new curfew was \"to curb violence and limit the Taliban movements\", adding that Kabul, Panjshir and Nangarhar were exempt.\n\nAs the Taliban continue to advance, fierce clashes have taken place this week outside the city of Kandahar.\n\nIn response, the US launched airstrikes against militants in the area on Thursday. But with US operations in Afghanistan officially ending on 31 August, there are concerns about the months ahead.\n\nUS-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in October 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other figures linked to the 9/11 attacks on the US.\n\nPresident Joe Biden has said the American pull-out is justified as US forces have made sure Afghanistan cannot again become a base for foreign jihadists to plot against the West.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Yogita Limaye travelled to Afghanistan's Kunduz province, most of which has fallen to the Taliban\n\nEarlier this month, American troops quietly departed from Bagram airfield, a sprawling base that was the centre of US operations in Afghanistan and once held tens of thousands of troops.\n\nSome US analysts fear the Taliban could take control of the country within six months.\n\nBut Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the security forces could make progress, and their priority should be to slow the momentum of the advance before trying to take territory from the Taliban.", "Taxpayers will bear the costs of Covid \"for decades\" - and an inquiry will not come soon enough to learn lessons from the pandemic, MPs have said.\n\nIn two new reports, the Public Accounts Committee said No 10's response to the crisis has exposed UK taxpayers to \"significant financial risks\".\n\nThe MPs also attacked government spending on unusable protective kit.\n\nThe Department of Health said there were \"processes\" to ensure spending gives taxpayers value for money.\n\nIn the cross-party reports published on Sunday, the PAC said the taxpayer would be exposed to \"significant financial risks for decades to come\" with the estimated cost of the government's measures having already hit £372bn in May.\n\nUK government debt is now over £2.2 trillion, or about 99.7% of GDP - a rate not seen since the early 1960s. In June alone, debt interest cost £8.7bn.\n\nIn one example of future Covid costs, the PAC says taxpayers could be liable for an estimated £26 billion of bad loans, out of a total £92 billion of loans guaranteed by the government.\n\nThe report states: \"While we acknowledge that there was a need to relax the usual rules surrounding major spending decisions... we are concerned that this has created serious risks that may require managing for years.\"\n\nPAC chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier said: \"With eye-watering sums of money spent on Covid measures so far, the government needs to be clear, now, how this will be managed going forward, and over what period of time.\"\n\nThe MPs also said they are \"concerned that despite spending over £10bn on supplies, the [personal protective equipment] stockpile is not fit for purpose\".\n\nOut of 32 billion items of PPE ordered by the Department of Health and Social Care, the committee said 11 billion had been distributed, while 12.6 billion are stored in the UK as central stock.\n\nBut some 8.4 billion items on order from other countries have still not arrived in the UK.\n\nThe stockpile, MPs added, is costing about £6.7m a week to store, with potential waste levels \"unacceptably high\".\n\nAccording to the report, there were 10,000 shipping containers of PPE still to be unpacked as of May this year - but that it had already been determined that 2.1 billion PPE items were unusable in medical settings.\n\nThe MPs said this equated to more than £2bn of taxpayers' money - and was over five times the estimate of PPE found to be unfit for purpose given to MPs by DHSC in January.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged there will be an independent public inquiry into government's handling of the pandemic - with an expected start date of Spring 2022.\n\nThe PAC said it was \"clear that government cannot wait for the review before learning important lessons\" and must instead present a Covid recovery plan in the autumn spending review.\n\nDame Meg added: \"If coronavirus is with us for a long time, the financial hangover could leave future generations with a big headache.\"\n\nA DHSC spokeswoman said: \"There are robust processes in place to ensure that government spending always provides value for money for the taxpayer.\n\n\"We have worked tirelessly to source life-saving PPE to protect health and care staff, and we have delivered over 12.7 billion items to the frontline at record speed.\"\n\nMeanwhile, an analysis by the Labour party suggests that the holiday plans of nearly six million Britons could be ruined if Spain and Greece are added to the \"amber plus\" list alongside France.\n\nThe party said an estimated 5,857,558 people faced last-minute quarantine requirements after booking trips over the \"summer of chaos\".\n\nSince 19 July, fully vaccinated adults returning to the UK from amber list countries have not needed need to complete the 10-day quarantine period.\n\nBut ministers removed the exemption for France amid fears over the Beta Covid variant, creating what critics say is an \"amber plus\" category on government's traffic light system for international travel.\n\nLabour's shadow transport secretary Jim McMahon said: \"Not only have they failed to protect our borders, allowing Covid cases to rocket - they also refuse to be straight with the public and give them the information they need to book travel with confidence.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Transport said: \"The travel list allocations have not changed for Spain or Greece.\"\n\nHe added that officials were \"closely monitoring the data\" and would take \"swift action\" should the data reveal a change in risk to England from these countries.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Offa's Dyke: 'I needed to get off my backside and do something'\n\nWhat do you do if you've lost your job, hit 50, and are fed up of lockdown? For Jon Moss it's been easy - sell your house, and set out on an epic trek of Wales.\n\nDespite admitting he was relatively unfit and piling on the pounds, he was ready to swap lazing about in his Cardiff garden hammock - to taking on the challenge of walking the Offa's Dyke path - which celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year.\n\nHe said: \"I thought, what can I do? I can't go abroad and then I remembered about that path that goes up between Wales and England.\n\n\"I just needed to get off my backside and do something.\n\n\"I needed a change, if I was to stay in my house in that life, then in 10 years I'll be a fat 60-year-old wondering what to do with myself.\n\n\"Hopefully, others will see what I'm doing with no planning and no training... and think well if he can do it, I can do it.\n\n\"These middle-aged men who are lonely and committing suicide - I'll tell everybody - just get up and walk - it just fills the day.\"\n\nMr Moss set off for the 177-mile-long hike on 27 June and will arrive in Prestatyn on Thursday before embarking on the Wales Coast Path which will eventually take him home to Cardiff, where only a camper van awaits.\n\nOffa's Dyke crosses the border between England and Wales more than 20 times\n\nHe said as someone who previously did little exercise and was not a walker, he found the first week tough with terrible blisters and an injured ankle and even wondered if he could complete his challenge.\n\nHe said \"a new decent pair of boots\" and the \"stunning\" scenery kept him going and that people he has met along the way have boosted his morale.\n\n\"You see people of all different ages, some walking just sections of the route,\" he said, including an older couple he met and others, who would walk together for a few days at a time.\n\nHe said that people's morale on the path had been incredible.\n\nWhen he hurt his ankle on one section, he was given a lift to his next camp spot, while another following his progress as he posted messages on social media, invited him into his home for a meal and to watch the football.\n\nMr Moss has dubbed himself @hopeless_travelling_man on Instagram, where he has been detailing his adventures through Wales\n\nMr Moss is staying on campsites where possible, but is also wild camping - again something he has never done before.\n\nHe said: \"It's technically illegal in Wales. It's ok, it's without a tent. Getting water can be a problem. It's lovely views but there's a bit of a slug problem, one night I woke up with a slug on my eye.\n\n\"Apart from that... it's being alone in nature. You don't get that in campsites.\"\n\nHis journey back to Cardiff will take him three months, which he said would \"give me time to think about my next three\".\n\n\"I'm a firm believer that if you come to a dead end and you are in a rut... you have to make drastic changes,\" he said.\n\n\"If you are not sure what to do - travel. You don't know what opportunities will present themselves.\n\n\"I've told my daughter, and she's going to travel the world once coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Just travel and see what happens.\"\n\nFor now, all Mr Moss' traveling is on foot. And his best purchase for the trip? A pair waterproof socks.\n\n\"They are expensive, but they are worth it, they make all the difference.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A woman has been slashed with a knife at Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park, police have said.\n\nThe 39-year-old was taken to hospital after the attack on Sunday afternoon at the site, where people gather for public speeches and debates.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said she received a minor slash injury to the head, which was not life-threatening.\n\nFootage shared on social media shows someone dressed in black approaching a woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt.\n\nShe is later seen clutching her right hand close to her body, with what appears to be blood at her temple, as she is helped into a police van by officers who were nearby.\n\nCharlie Hebdo is a French satirical magazine that was targeted in a deadly attack by Islamist extremists in 2015 after it published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.\n\nTwelve people were killed in the attack at the magazine's offices in Paris.\n\nA knife was found after the attack in Hyde Park, but no arrests have yet been made.\n\nOfficers based in Westminster are working with the specialist Met unit which patrols the royal parks to investigate and try to find the person responsible.\n\nThe Met said officers were called just after 15:30 BST to reports that a woman had been assaulted.\n\nA statement said she was treated by the London Ambulance Service before being taken to a central London hospital.\n\nDet Supt Alex Bingley, of the Central West Command Unit which covers policing in Westminster, said: \"This was clearly a very distressing incident for the woman involved and officers have spent time with her, whilst she was being treated for her injury, to get an account of what happened.\n\n\"We know that this assault was witnessed by a number of people, many of whom captured it on their phones. I would ask them, if they have not already done so, to contact police.\n\n\"We remain in the early stages of our investigation and are working hard to trace the person responsible.\n\n\"I would ask people not to speculate on the motive for the attack until we have established the full facts.\"", "R. Kelly was one of the biggest R&B stars of the 1990s\n\nUS R&B star R. Kelly has been accused of fresh abuse allegations, including the claim he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy.\n\nProsecutors allege the singer abused the teenager after meeting him at a Chicago McDonald's in 2006.\n\nThey want evidence of this, and other alleged but uncharged crimes, to be heard at Kelly's trial in August.\n\nKelly denies ever abusing anyone, and his lawyers have not responded to the latest allegations.\n\nThe Grammy-winner, real name Robert Kelly, is set to face trial in New York next month on charges including child sexual exploitation, making indecent images of minors, racketeering and obstruction of justice.\n\nThe charges involve six unnamed women and girls.\n\nNow, prosecutors would also like jurors to hear about more than a dozen other people they say Kelly abused, threatened or mistreated.\n\nThey include a 17-year-old boy and aspiring musician, whom Kelly allegedly met at a McDonald's and then invited to his Chicago studio.\n\nAfter offering to help the boy with his music career, Kelly is said to have later propositioned and had sexual contact with him while he was still underage.\n\nThe prosecutors say the boy introduced Kelly to a male friend, who was either 16 or 17, with whom the singer had a sexual relationship several years later.\n\nThey also allege the star forced several female sexual partners - including a minor - to have sex with the young man as he filmed them.\n\nProsecutors say the two boys' accounts and those of others will show Kelly's alleged crimes \"were not isolated events and were part of a larger pattern\".\n\nThe judge is yet to rule on whether the evidence will be considered.\n\nKelly, who was one of the biggest R&B stars of the 1990s, has been in jail for almost two years as he awaits trial.\n\nHis New York trial is scheduled to begin on 9 August.", "Officers issued hundreds of fines to people involved in the demonstration on Saturday\n\nAustralian politicians have condemned protests against coronavirus restrictions amid a rise in cases.\n\nThousands marched through Sydney on Saturday to demand an end to lockdown measures, with smaller demonstrations taking place in Melbourne and Brisbane.\n\nAt least 57 people involved in the Sydney protest have been charged, while more than 500 have been fined.\n\nOn Sunday, New South Wales (NSW) premier Gladys Berejiklian said the protesters \"should be ashamed\".\n\n\"Millions and millions of people across our state are doing the right thing, and it just broke my heart that people had such a disregard for their fellow citizens,\" she told reporters.\n\nThe state recorded 141 new infections on Sunday, the second-highest daily increase of the year. There are fears of a further rise in cases following Saturday's protests.\n\nAuthorities in NSW are expected to extend the current lockdown, which is set to end on 30 July.\n\nSome 13 million Australians are back in lockdown after state governments re-imposed restrictions in recent weeks to combat the highly contagious Delta variant, which has driven up cases across the country.\n\nFewer than 14% of the population have been fully vaccinated, a far lower percentage than most European countries and the US.\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison, who has been criticised for Australia's vaccine programme, has promised more doses to NSW.\n\nBut he said that they could not disrupt the rollout nationwide, and stressed that the lockdown in the state would only end when it brought case numbers down.\n\nHe also branded those who took part in Saturday's demonstrations \"selfish\" and \"self-defeating\", saying the protests \"only risk the lockdowns running further.\"\n\nMeanwhile, police in Sydney announced on Sunday that two men had been charged with hitting police horses during the protest.\n\nA 33-year-old and a 36-year-old will appear in court today.", "Kate Shemirani was struck off as a registered nurse last month\n\nA speech at a protest rally that likened NHS nurses and doctors to Nazis executed after World War Two has been condemned by nursing leaders.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said officers were assessing a video of the speech by former nurse Kate Shemirani during Saturday's protest in central London.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing said it was \"reprehensible and could put nursing staff at risk\".\n\nThousands attended Saturday's event at Trafalgar Square, billed as a \"live debate\" on Covid-19 and linked to several similar demonstrations across the world.\n\nSome attendees expressed anti-vaccination views, while others questioned remaining restrictions and the use of vaccine passports.\n\nMs Shemirani, who has been criticised, including by her own family, for promoting virus conspiracy theories, made a speech comparing NHS workers to Nazis convicted at the Nuremberg trials.\n\nSpeaking about the vaccine, she encouraged the crowd to challenge vaccinators about its safety.\n\nShe added: \"At the Nuremberg trials, the doctors and nurses stood trial and they hung.\"\n\nMs Shemirani went on to appeal to doctors and nurses to \"stand with us, the people\".\n\nPat Cullen, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: \"Some nursing staff have been subjected to abhorrent behaviour throughout this pandemic.\n\n\"Comments like these are reprehensible and could put nursing staff at risk. We urge the public to continue to support our hardworking healthcare workers. We expect employers to ensure they are doing all they can to protect nursing staff.\"\n\nProtests opposing vaccines and restrictions have become increasingly tied to extreme online conspiracy theories about sinister global plots.\n\nThey have also become increasingly aggressive both online and offline. There is frequent discussion of war crimes and execution - with threats often directed at medics, journalists and politicians who protesters believe are complicit in baseless nefarious agendas.\n\nSaturday's rally was no exception - and the violent language directed at NHS doctors and nurses has been condemned.\n\nFormer nurse Kate Shemirani, who made the comments, has grown a following on social media during the pandemic promoting false claims about Covid-19 and vaccines.\n\nFor many of those in Trafalgar Square, this has become about more than Covid-19 - and experts have warned of the radicalisation to violence happening in a movement that is being co-opted by extremist groups.\n\nMr Khan said the speech would be roundly rejected by Londoners.\n\n\"This is utterly appalling, and I have raised it directly with the Met Police,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\n\"Our NHS staff are the heroes of this pandemic and Londoners from across this city roundly reject this hate.\"\n\nA Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: \"We are aware of video circulating online showing a speech that occurred during a rally in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 24 July.\n\n\"Officers are carrying out enquiries to establish whether any offences have been committed. No arrests have been made.\"\n\nMs Shemirani was suspended from practising as a nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in May this year, and struck off in June.\n\nThe NMC said Ms Shemirani had \"been using her status as a registered nurse as a way of promoting her own distorted version of the truth\" and risked \"putting the public at a significant risk of harm during a pandemic\".\n\nThe Nuremberg trials took place in the German city as part of an international tribunal set up to hold remaining German Nazi leaders to account for their actions during World War Two.\n\nOne of the first cases, in 1946, was against 23 leading German physicians and administrators accused of willing participation in war crimes and crimes against humanity.\n• None How my mum fell for conspiracy theories", "Three people died after getting into difficulty in Loch Lomond near Ardlui\n\nA man, woman and boy have died after getting into difficulty in Loch Lomond.\n\nThey are among six water deaths in Scotland this weekend.\n\nThe 41-year-old man, 29-year-old woman and nine-year-old boy died near Pulpit Rock, Ardlui in Argyll and Bute on Saturday evening.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon called the death toll \"heartbreaking\". Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park said it was \"one of the worst weekends\" in the park's history.\n\nEmergency services were alerted to the Ardlui incident at about 18:40 on Saturday following \"reports of concern\" for people in the water.\n\nFire brigade appliances from Killin, Tyndrum and Balloch were sent to the scene, along with water rescue units from Oban and Stirling.\n\nPolice Scotland said three people were pronounced dead and a seven-year-old boy was rescued and taken to hospital in Glasgow where he is now in intensive care.\n\nThe force urged people to be careful in water after an \"incredibly busy\" weekend for emergency services.\n\nA 16-year-old boy died after a major search was launched at Loch Lomond on Friday\n\nAn 11-year-old boy died in a river near Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire on Saturday\n\nThe body of a 13 -year-old boy was recovered from River Clyde at Hazelbank on Sunday\n\nAn 11-year-old boy also died in a river near Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire on Saturday afternoon. He was pulled from the water at Alexander Hamilton Memorial Park after police were alerted at about 16:30.\n\nEmergency services were also called to an incident on the River Clyde at Hazelbank near Lanark at about 17:55 on Saturday. The body of a 13-year-old boy was recovered on Sunday morning.\n\nOn Friday a 16-year-old boy also died in Loch Lomond. The teenager got into difficulty in the water near the pier at Balloch Country Park, sparking a major search.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the weekend's incidents were \"heartbreaking\".\n\n\"My thoughts and condolences are with the loved ones of those who have lost their lives in the water over the past couple of days,\" she tweeted.\n\n\"In Scotland, we have some of the most beautiful lochs and rivers in the world - but if swimming in them, please take care.\"\n\nPolice Scotland Assistant Chief Constable, Mark Williams, said the number of deaths in open water this weekend was \"hard to comprehend\".\n\nHe added: \"The warm weather can make open water swimming and paddling very inviting but it is extremely dangerous.\n\n\"The conditions can change very quickly and there are often hidden risks like deeper water and strong currents. Tragically, this weekend has highlighted that open water is very, very dangerous.\"\n\nPolice Scotland said deep water and hidden currents could pose serious risks\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) also issued a warning about the dangers of cold water shock in warm weather.\n\nSFRS Chief Officer Martin Blunden said: \"Please, please make sure your loved ones, adults and kids, know how to behave around inland water.\n\n\"Yesterday was a tragic day for families and the first responder family. I am certain that all those affected thought it's just water - it isn't, it can also kill.\"\n\nGordon Watson, chief executive of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, said the park would reflect on the events of the weekend and what could be done to prevent further tragedies.\n\nHe said: \"I want to extend my deepest sympathies to the loved ones of those who have died. I also want to thank all of those involved in the search and recovery operations.\n\n\"This has undoubtedly been one of the worst weekends in the national park's history.\"\n\nPeople across the UK have been warned to take extra care swimming in open water after dozens drowned during recent hot weather.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nTokyo 2020 Olympics organisers have cancelled two days of rowing with adverse weather conditions expected to hit Japan's capital.\n\nIt comes on the same day an extreme weather policy was activated in the tennis tournament.\n\nOn Saturday, world number one Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev both complained about the heat during their first-round wins.\n\nThe International Tennis Federation activated its policy once the reading went above 30.1C, with players given a 10-minute break between the second and third sets, and change of ends and set breaks were also extended by an extra 30 seconds.\n\n\"A lot of the competition schedule has been built when possible to avoid the hottest part of the day,\" said Kit McConnell, sports director of the International Olympic Committee.\n\n\"But that's not possible with every sport and, on top of that, there is extensive heat measures across all of the training and all of the competition, and that has been in place for a number of years.\n\n\"We will support the ITF in any measures that they are looking to put in place to address the particular points that came up yesterday.\"\n\nHigh winds are expected to hit Tokyo on Monday, creating \"probably unequal and potentially unrowable racing conditions\" according to the IOC.\n\nMonday's rowing had already been rescheduled, with races squeezed into the weekend's schedule.\n\nTuesday's races were cancelled on Sunday, moving to later in the week.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Last updated on .From the section Motorsport\n\nHugo Millan, a 14-year-old motorbike rider, has died after crashing at a race in Alcaniz, Spain.\n\nThe teenager was involved in a fatal collision at the MotorLand Aragon.\n\nThe Spaniard was treated at the scene before being airlifted to hospital, where he then passed away.\n\nCuna de Campeones, the riding school where he trained, paid tribute to him on Twitter, saying: \"We will always remember you for your smile, your big heart and your professionalism.\"\n\nMotoGP say they \"send all their love and support to his family, friends and team\".\n\nSix-time MotoGP world champion, Marc Marquez passed on his \"sincere condolences\" to those close to Millan in a post on Twitter, as others connected to the sport also paid their respects.\n\nMillan was competing in the European Talent Cup, a category of the FIM CEV Repsol which is an international championship for teenage riders looking to make it into the professional circuit.\n\nHe had four podium finishes and two pole positions to his name in his debut campaign.\n\nIn May, Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier, 19, died in hospital from injuries he sustained in a three-bike crash during a qualifying session at the Mugello Circuit in Italy.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwo east London hospitals have asked patients to stay away after their emergency departments were hit by flooding on Sunday.\n\nWhipps Cross is without power and evacuating 100 inpatients and Newham hospital is asking patients to use other A&Es for urgent care.\n\nAmbulances are being redirected after torrential rain caused severe flooding in homes, roads and stations.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade says it has taken more than 1,000 flooding-related calls.\n\nIt rescued people trapped in cars and is helping those with flooded basements and collapsed ceilings.\n\nA spokesperson for Barts Health NHS Trust which runs both Newham and Whipps Cross hospitals, said: \"Patients are asked to attend alternative hospitals where they can. A major incident has been called across the Trust.\"\n\nMany of the capital's roads closed due to the flooding, including the Blackwall Tunnel, the A12 and parts of the North Circular.\n\nStepney Green station remains closed although eight other Tube and London Overground stations have reopened.\n\nA yellow thunderstorm warning remains in place for parts of south-east England.\n\nThe makeshift defence created by residents in Woodford to protect their homes from floodwater\n\nTwo young women shelter under an umbrella in Parliament Square in central London\n\nA cyclist rides through flood water in Horse Guards Road in central London\n\nSt James's Park in London saw 41.6mm (1.6in) of rain on Sunday, making it the wettest part of the country.\n\nResidents on a street in Woodford, in east London, grabbed buckets, brooms and wooden boards to prevent rising rainwater from flooding their homes.\n\nRestaurant manager Mariya Peeva said her neighbour's bedroom was flooded and that her son helped others to protect their homes from the flooding.\n\nMs Peeva, 46, told the PA news agency: \"My son went to buy some food from the local shop - by the time he came back the whole street and the pavement were already flooded and the water was coming into our front door.\"\n\nWere you affected by floods? Share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPatients are urged to find alternative care away from Newham hospital A&E\n\nThe A&E department at Newham Hospital is still closed this morning, with ambulances being diverted to neighbouring hospitals.\n\nAs you peer through the doors of the A&E department here, the entire floor is soaked as far as the eye can see.\n\nThere are mops left on the floor, security guards are guiding people away.\n\nThe hospital says it will still treat the most urgent admissions but is advising people to use other hospitals until it fixes the rainwater damage.\n\nOther parts of the hospital, such as the maternity unit, remain unaffected.\n\nBuses and cars were left stranded when roads across London flooded on Sunday\n\nResident Chris Date tweeted a photo of a bus in Bakers Arms, Walthamstow, saying the flood water was \"above the kerb\".\n\n\"It's impossible to walk on the pavement. To get on that bus the water came up to my shins. This is a canal, not a road,\" he said.\n\nCyclist Eddie Elliott, 28, said he had passed the area near Queenstown Road station in Battersea to find the road \"totally shut down\".\n\n\"Having been born and raised in London, I have never seen anything quite like it,\" he said.\n\nMr Elliott said the flooding was the worst he had experienced in the city, and described seeing \"buses stood broken down in the water\".\n\nStreets were likened to canals in Walthamstow, east London\n\nA woman wades through a flooded path in St James's Park in central London\n\nA motorcyclist drives through deep water on a flooded road in The Nine Elms district of London\n\nStandon Calling festival in Hertfordshire was abandoned due to Sunday's flooding.\n\nThe Environment Agency has six flood warnings in place. They are for two areas in London, near Beverley Brook at West Barnes and Worcester Park.\n\nThe further warnings are for:\n\nA further 19 less severe flood alerts have also been issued, covering most of the capital and parts of surrounding counties.", "Fire crews are battling extreme temperatures as they try to control wildfires in California and Nevada. Hundreds of people have been evacuated.\n\nAcross the country, in Washington DC, the moon turned a bright orange colour due to the smoke from the fires.", "Comedians around the world have paid tribute to Jackie Mason on social media\n\nJackie Mason, the US comedian and actor, has died at the age of 93.\n\nThe stand-up was ordained as a rabbi before turning to show-business in the 1950s. He was well known for his social commentary, talk show appearances and one-man shows on Broadway.\n\nMason won numerous awards in his career, including a Tony Award and an Emmy for voicing Krusty the Clown's father on The Simpsons.\n\nComedians around the world have paid tribute to the star on social media.\n\n\"Truly one of the funniest shows I have ever seen... ever,\" actor Henry Winkler tweeted. \"Thank you Jackie and now you get to make heaven laugh.\"\n\nUK comedian Omid Djalili wrote: \"Currently imagining a long queue at the Pearly Gates as St Peter makes Jackie Mason do his whole act for him. RIP Jackie.\"\n\nBorn Yacob Maza in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on 9 June 1928, Mason and his family moved to New York when he was five.\n\nHis father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather had all been rabbis, and after college he was ordained and began leading congregations in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.\n\nHe would later tell the Chicago Tribune that a lot of non-Jewish people \"would come to the congregation just to hear the sermons\" because he told so many jokes. Mason turned to comedy full-time after his father died in the late 1950s.\n\nKnown for his heavy New York Jewish accent, Mason's humour was based on pun, innuendo, and sometimes politically incorrect humour.\n\n\"Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe,\" he once joked.\n\nThe comedian was a registered Republican, and later in life spoke out in defence of US President Donald Trump. He was also staunchly pro-Israel.\n\nMason was hospitalised two weeks ago and died at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital on Saturday.\n\nHe is survived by his wife Jyll Rosenfeld and daughter Sheba.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Behind the scenes with Jackie Mason", "At least nine people have been killed in a landslide in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.\n\nReports says the dead were tourists from other parts of India, while several others were injured. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent his condolences to the families of those lost.\n\nThe landslide was one of several in the area on Sunday.\n\nSeveral parts of India have been hit by landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rains, as the country experiences its monsoon season which lasts from June to September each year.\n\nAt least 136 people have been killed in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after rainfall overwhelmed hundreds of villages, swept away houses and left residents stranded.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nChelsie Giles won Team GB's first medal of the Tokyo Olympics with judo bronze, after Bradly Sinden guaranteed at least a silver by reaching his taekwondo final on day two of the Games.\n\nGiles, competing at her first Olympics, finished third in the -52kg event, beating Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher in her bronze medal repechage.\n\nIn the men's -68kg taekwondo, 2019 world champion Sinden narrowly lost out in the final, securing GB's first silver medal of the Games.\n\nEarlier, his team-mate and two-time defending Olympic champion Jade Jones fell to a shock defeat in the opening round of the women's -57kg taekwondo.\n\nJones, the gold medallist in both London and Rio, was stunned by Kimia Alizadeh of the refugee team.\n\nThat came moments after Andy Murray, also a two-time Olympic champion, pulled out of the defence of his singles title with a minor thigh strain.\n\nHe will still continue in the men's doubles, alongside Joe Salisbury, after they won their opener on Saturday.\n\nElsewhere, Adam Peaty won his 100m breaststroke semi-final in 57.63 seconds as he looks to win a second successive gold in the event.\n\nMeanwhile, Olympics organisers have cancelled two days of rowing with adverse weather conditions expected to hit Japan's capital.\n\nThat news comes on the same day an extreme weather policy was activated in the tennis tournament, with temperatures reaching 32C in Tokyo on Sunday, leading the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to trigger measures to give competitors more protection.\n\nIf you're just tuning in, here's what else you've missed.\n• None lost 2-1 to Germany in their first match\n• None GB's rowers reached the men's double sculls and quadruple sculls finals, while Vicky Thornley is into the women's single sculls semi-finals.\n• None Japan's Yuto Horigome won the first skateboarding Olympic gold with victory in the men's street.\n• None knocked out in the first round of the women's singles tennis, but Naomi Osaka is through.\n• None US golfer Bryson DeChambeau and Spaniard Jon Rahm were ruled out of the Games after\n\nGiles had only won her first Grand Slam gold medal in Israel earlier this year but can now add Olympic bronze to her collection.\n\nShe won the repechage against Kocher by ippon, an early scoring waza-ari having given her the advantage before she showed the greater composure to hold on.\n\nThe 24-year-old had lost to Japan's Uta Abe in the quarter-finals, but beat Charline van Snick of Belgium in the first repechage round to give herself a medal chance.\n\nHer bronze means Britain's judo team have won a medal at the each of the past three Olympics, following on from the bronze won by Sally Conway at Rio 2016 and the silver and bronze that Gemma Gibbons and Karina Bryant picked up at London 2012.\n\nBradly Sinden found himself staring down the barrel of defeat in his semi-final, falling 16-9 behind at one stage to Zhao Shuai of China before battling back to win 33-25.\n\nHe will face Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov in the final, which gets under way at 13:45 BST.\n\nSinden had powered into the semi-final with a 20-point victory margin over Hakan Recber and then dug in against Zhao, a Rio Olympic champion at the lighter -58kg category.\n\nHe looks a strong bet to secure Britain's first gold of the Games, and if he achieves it, will become Britain's first male Olympic taekwondo champion.\n\nWales' Jones had entered Tokyo 2020 as one of GB's favourites to bring home an Olympic title. In doing so, she would have become the first British woman to win Olympic gold at three successive Games and the first taekwondo fighter to win triple gold.\n\nNicknamed the Headhunter, because she prefers to score points from her opponent's head rather than their body, Jones is the reigning world champion in her division and had entered the Games as number one seed.\n\nBut she met her match in Alizadeh who, five years ago in Rio, became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal with -57kg bronze.\n\nHer 16-12 defeat of Jones in Tokyo was not the first win she has recorded over the world number one though, having also beaten her en route to bronze at the 2015 World Championships.\n\nRemarkably, this was Alizadeh's first international fight since 2018. She fled Iran in 2020 and the Iran Taekwondo Association has refused to allow her to represent another nation.\n\nFormer world number one Murray had been due to face Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round of the men's singles on Sunday, but withdrew before the match.\n\n\"I am really disappointed at having to withdraw but the medical staff have advised me against playing in both events,\" he said.\n\nHe has been replaced in the singles draw by Australian Max Purcell.\n\nShould Murray win a medal with Salisbury in the doubles, he will become the first man to win four Olympic medals since tennis returned to the Olympic programme in 1988.\n\nMurray and Salisbury face German pair Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in the second round.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\n\"Is it done now? Do I have to continue riding?\"\n\nAnna Kiesenhofer doesn't need to ride another kilometre again if she doesn't want to. The Austrian has achieved the ultimate - a relative unknown coming from nowhere to win Olympic gold.\n\nA mathematician by day with two degrees and a PhD, she has no professional cycling team, although they will probably be queuing up for her signature after witnessing Sunday's stunning road race display.\n\nThe 30-year-old launched a remarkable solo breakaway, sustaining it - her lungs and legs screaming - to finish more than a minute ahead of 2019 world champion Annemiek van Vleuten.\n\nSo great was Kiesenhofer's advantage that the Netherlands' Van Vleuten did not realise she was only in second place, celebrating as though she had won as she crossed the line, before exclaiming: \"I was wrong.\"\n\nOlympic riders do not have access to race radios as they do in professional road racing.\n\n\"This is an example of what happens if you ride an important race like this without communication,\" Van Vleuten said.\n\n\"I don't think anyone wrote her down. I don't know her. How much can you do wrong, if you don't know someone?\n\n\"We thought we were doing it right. We thought we were driving for the gold.\"\n\nA Cambridge graduate, Kiesenhofer has written her name in her nation's history books, the first Austrian to win an Olympic road race medal and the first to win an Olympic medal in any cycling discipline in 125 years.\n\nIt's unlikely she will have realised the magnitude of her success yet, however, her exhaustion apparent as she collapsed to the tarmac of the Fuji International Speedway circuit, gasping for oxygen as her depleted body realised it could finally stop.\n\n\"I was just trying to get to the line. My legs were completely empty,\" she said.\n\n\"I have never emptied myself so much in my whole life. I could hardly pedal any more. It felt like there was zero energy in my legs.\n\n\"It's just so incredible. I have really sacrificed so much for today. I wasn't expecting to finish it off like that. I sacrificed everything even for a top-15 place and now to get this, for the sacrifices, it's just such a reward, it's incredible.\"\n\nKiesenhofer was one of a five-rider group that escaped the rest of the field within moments of the 137km race getting under way.\n\nThat group was cut to three - Kiesenhofer, Anna Plichta of Poland and Israel's Omer Shapira - with around 70km remaining, before the Austrian time trial champion went solo on the first approach to the Speedway circuit, where the race would conclude.\n\nVan Vleuten broke away from the peloton on a charge of her own, looking to make amends for the horror crash that ended her road race at Rio 2016 when she had looked set for the title.\n\nVan Vleuten who had crashed earlier in the race, was reeled back in with around 25km to go, before she and her Dutch team-mates launched another chase with around 10km left, absorbing Plichta and Shapira back into the peloton.\n\nShe then attacked again in the closing stages, thinking she was breaking away for the win.\n\nBut Kiesenhofer, clearly struggling as she willed her body not to cramp, continued to power her way around the circuit up ahead, glancing over her shoulder but finding no opposition in sight.\n\nAfter crossing the line, she fell to the ground in tears, stunned in the aftermath of the biggest win of her career as Van Vleuten and Elisa Longo Borghini took silver and bronze behind her.\n\nKiesenhofer, without a professional team since 2017, is her nation's first gold medallist at a summer Olympics since Athens 2004.\n\nTeam GB's Deignan, who won silver at London 2012, finished 11th in the race, but team-mate Anna Shackley did not complete the race.\n\n\"It was a weird old day - I was between a rock and hard place really,\" Deignan told BBC Sport.\n\n\"From midway through I was on my own but unfortunately on my own but also marked so I didn't have the freedom to ride as a solo rider. Tactically I think I did the right thing - it just didn't go my way.\n\n\"It was a weird race. Although there are small teams there are agendas within teams. Because the race is so hot and so humid all of the moves were a bit blunted, there wasn't that kind of spark. It was a defensive race but still really hard.\"\n\nDeignan stepped away from cycling in 2018 to have her daughter, Orla, but returned to win the Women's Tour and the overall 2020 World Tour title.\n\nShe finished fifth at the Rio Olympics in 2016, with the build-up to the Games overshadowed by the prospect of a ban from cycling after she was accused of missing three drugs tests in a year, before she was cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport just days before the race.\n\nShe has previously told the BBC how Orla's arrival made her \"fall back in love with the sport\".\n\n\"I'm obviously really disappointed but I have the perspective that I put myself in the position to be here. I have had a great team behind me,\" she said.\n\n\"We have had a pandemic and we have still had an Olympics and there is so much to be thankful for.\"\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Police and paramedics were called to Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, on Friday night\n\nA man has been charged with the murder of a woman in south-east London.\n\nBeatrice Stoica, 36, was found with knife injuries at a home in Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, on the evening of Friday 23 July. She was taken to hospital, but later died.\n\nA post-mortem examination is expected to take place later.\n\nStony Stoica, 44, from Lordship Lane, is due to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nJudoka Chelsie Giles claimed Great Britain's first medal of the Tokyo Olympics with bronze in the women's -52kg event.\n\nThe 24-year-old from Coventry beat Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher by ippon.\n\nAn early scoring waza-ari gave Giles the advantage and she showed the greater composure to secure success.\n\n\"It feels so special to do it in Japan. I believed I could do it, my coach has always believed I could and it showed in today's performance,\" she said.\n\n\"I felt really good in the warm-up, and I was taking each fight as it came. It's an amazing arena and the atmosphere was amazing. To do it where Japan started it, it makes it extra special.\n\n\"I never underestimate any of my fights, that's where mistakes are made. I go into the fight knowing what they do, and knowing what I'm capable of doing. With my best performance, I know I can beat some of the top players and today showed that.\"\n\nGiles had lost to eventual gold medallist Japan's Uta Abe in the quarter-finals, but beat Charline van Snick of Belgium in the repechage to give herself a medal chance.\n\nIt follows the bronze medal won in the sport by Sally Conway at Rio 2016 and the silver and bronze which Gemma Gibbons and Karina Bryant picked up at London 2012.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nThe British and Irish Lions drew first blood in the series against South Africa after fighting back from nine points down at half-time to win 22-17.\n\nThe tourists were adrift at the break after Handre Pollard's four penalties.\n\nBut hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie scrambled over from short range four minutes after the break to change the tide.\n\nFaf de Klerk's scrappy try briefly restored the world champions' cushion but Dan Biggar's boot and the tourists' superior conditioning saw them home.\n\nThe Lions survived a late onslaught when Owen Farrell's penalty three minutes from time was followed by a desperate last-ditch attack from the hosts as they searched for a score-tying try in vain.\n• None Reaction after the Lions clinch the first Test against South Africa\n\nWith the next two Tests to be played at the same sea-level venue, rather than Johannesburg as originally planned, the Lions will return to Cape Town Stadium in seven days looking for the kill and a first series win in South Africa since the iconic 1997 success.\n\nSouth Africa's winless streak in the city now stretches back to September 2014. The hosts, who have played only one Test in 20 months, will wonder how the match and momentum slipped away from them after a controlled and composed first half.\n\nTwelve years ago, the Lions were caught cold by a Springbok blitz of hits and heft in the first Test. On that occasion they conceded a try inside the first five minutes and were 19 points down early in the second half.\n\nLukhanyo Am landed a huge hit on Elliot Daly in midfield, but, overall, the Lions of 2021 more than matched their hosts physically in the opening exchanges.\n\nInstead, South Africa's shrewd kicking game, forcing the Lions to play from deep, and the tourists' occasional indiscipline, Tom Curry and Elliot Daly chief among the culprits, gave Handre Pollard four shots at goal and the Boks a 12-3 lead on the half hour.\n\nBiggar and Elliot Daly both missed chances to cut the deficit from the tee, before Robbie Henshaw squandered the best opening either side had created in the final minute of a cagey half.\n\nThe Lions centre hared clear on a blind-side break after Biggar's quick hands beat South Africa's rush defence. However, with options on either shoulder, Henshaw couldn't get a pass away before full-back Willie Le Roux dislodged the ball with a superb cover tackle.\n\nIt seemed it might be costly. Instead it was a sign of things to come.\n\nThe game opened up in the second half with Cowan-Dickie burrowing over at the back of a rolling maul that steamrolled through the heart of the Springbok pack four minutes after the interval. The Lions rarely looked back.\n\nLions coach Warren Gatland had placed South African video official Marius Jonker under the microscope earlier in the week, questioning why there was no alternative neutral TMO when New Zealander Brendon Pickerill was unable to travel to South Africa.\n\nThe spotlight duly swung on Jonker with two hair's-width calls in the space of two minutes after Cowan-Dickie's score.\n\nFirst, Jonker overturned referee Nic Berry's on-field decision, ruling out Willie Le Roux's try for an offside that only he could see for certain.\n\nShortly after, Jonker could not see any evidence of a knock-on from Pieter-Steph du Toit as Makazole Mapimpi's kick ahead caused chaos and De Klerk dotted down in the fray.\n\nBut that score could not stop the momentum slipping away from South Africa.\n\nThe hosts, playing only their second Test since their Rugby World Cup final win in November 2019, looked long on fatigue and short on stamina.\n\nTheir much-vaunted bomb-squad front row - Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx and Steven Kitshoff - failed to deliver the expected edge in the scrum as they arrived off the bench.\n\nAnd Lions' coach Warren Gatland's faith that South Africa would fade if they kept the tempo high and the ball in play was eventually borne out to the delight of the entire squad who spilled onto the pitch at the final whistle.\n\nSame time, same day, same XV?\n\nGatland and his coaches came to their selection meeting earlier in the week with only seven unanimous picks in their various starting line-ups.\n\nIn the unlikely event that Maro Itoje was not one of them, he certainly will be when the backroom reconvene ahead of the second Test.\n\nThe England second row, a talismanic figure in the drawn series against New Zealand four years ago, was once again supreme, scrapping for every inch and pilfering breakdown ball, including one critical turnover in the shadow of his own posts.\n\nCourtney Lawes was a more contentious choice in the starting back row. But his abrasive ball-carrying and appetite for work saw him wrestle his way into the ascendancy as the match wore on.\n\nThe performance of the replacement front row - Mako Vunipola, Ken Owens and Kyle Sinckler - may give Gatland food for thought as well, particularly given Cowan-Dickie's brief wobbles at the line-out in the first half.\n• None 'Anything but gold will be a fail to me': Follow Jade Jones as she prepares to make British Olympic history\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHeavy downpours and thunderstorms have caused severe flash flooding in parts of London.\n\nThere were reports of vehicles becoming stranded as water quickly rose to block dozens of roads and affected underground lines.\n\nThe fire brigade said it had taken about 300 calls - mostly about flooded basements or roads - in the space of a few hours on Sunday.\n\nOfficials have advised against travelling in the hazardous conditions.\n\nAn amber thunderstorm warning is in place for much of south-east England, with 75 to 100mm (3in to 4in) of rainfall forecast in some areas.\n\nThe Environment Agency issued two flood warnings for areas in London near Beverley Brook in Worcester Park and West Barnes.\n\nA further 14 less severe flood alerts have also been issued, covering most of the capital and parts of surrounding counties.\n\nResident Chris Date tweeted a photo of a bus in Bakers Arms, Walthamstow, saying the flood water was \"above the kerb\".\n\n\"It's impossible to walk on the pavement. To get on that bus the water came up to my shins. This is a canal, not a road,\" he said.\n\nCyclist Eddie Elliott, 28, told the Press Association agency he had passed the area near Queenstown Road station to find the road \"totally shut down\".\n\n\"Having been born and raised in London, I have never seen anything quite like it,\" he said.\n\nMr Elliott said the flooding was the worst he had experienced in the city, and described seeing \"buses stood broken down in the water\".\n\n'This is a canal, not a road,' said Chris Date\n\nMany roads in the capital are closed because of the flooding, including the Blackwall Tunnel, the A12 and parts of the North Circular. There are long delays on other routes.\n\nEight Tube stations and one Overground station are also closed.\n\nA tweet from the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary warned drivers they should not attempt to drive through floodwater if they find their route blocked.\n\nTransport for London said the latest road information was available on its status updates page.\n\nThe Environment Agency said its staff were actively monitoring the situation and were prepared to respond if required.\n\nThe London Fire Brigade said it had not received reports of any threats to life but people should call 999 if in immediate danger.\n\nSome drivers were determined to make it through the flood\n\nMet Office meteorologist Steven Keates said parts of the south between south Suffolk and the Isle of Wight could be deluged by 100mm of rain in just a few hours on Sunday evening.\n\nHe predicted \"pretty lively showers\" from Norfolk to Bournemouth, with \"torrential downpours, thunder and lightning and potentially some hailstones settling in the south.\"\n\nMr Keates said the storms were being caused by a \"convergence\" of air currents as warmth in the earth's surface from the recent heatwave rose into cooler air in the atmosphere.\n\nBuses and cars were left stranded when roads across London flooded on Sunday\n\nForecasters had warned travellers starting their summer holidays to expect floods, thunderstorms and strong gusts of wind.\n\nDays of extreme heat last week have given way to cooler temperatures and unsettled, stormy weather in places.\n\nIn Hampshire, the roofs of two semi-detached properties were severely damaged when they were struck by lightning on Saturday morning.\n\nTemperatures are set to rise again from Monday, with London expected to hit 26C.\n\nLondon has already been hit by flash floods this month, after a month's rain fell in the space of a single day.\n• None One month of rain causes flash floods in London", "The group was hit by the car near the North Pier along Blackpool's Golden Mile\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car hit a group of people on Blackpool's promenade.\n\nPolice responded to reports that a car had driven at pedestrians near the North Pier at about 05:25 BST.\n\nOfficers stopped the red Peugeot on a residential street and the driver fled the scene, Lancashire Police said.\n\nA 30-year-old Manchester man arrested after a search of the area remains in custody.\n\nOfficers do not know whether members of the group who were hit by the car sought medical attention and have urged them to get in touch.\n\nInsp Abi Finch-Hall added: \"Despite the early hour there were several pedestrians in the area at the time.\n\n\"We believe there are also witnesses who have not yet been spoken to by police.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The ambulance service was called after an incident on a swing ride\n\nSix people, including at least three children, have been taken to hospital following an incident on a swing ride at a funfair in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.\n\nTheir injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, the ambulance service said.\n\nEmergency services were called to the scene shortly before 18:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nA passenger on the ride told BBC News NI it was a \"terrifying experience\".\n\nThose injured were taken to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, the Royal Victoria Hospital, and Antrim Area Hospital.\n\nA number of other patients were also discharged at the scene.\n\nLee Toner, 29, who was on the ride with his partner when the incident happened, said the swings had started to knock into each other, and hit parts of the ride.\n\nLee Toner was on the ride with his partner when the incident happened\n\n\"As it took off, it started hitting the boards on the outside, and hitting the lights,\" he said.\n\n\"I was having to use my legs to push off the cart in front of me, the cart my partner was in was going into the back of me, going into the side boards as well.\"\n\nFour emergency ambulance crews, a rapid response vehicle, an ambulance and air ambulance attended the incident.\n\nThree fire appliances, a specialist rescue team and the Red Cross also attended.\n\nIt is understood the incident happened when the swings were close to the ground.\n\nA spokesperson for Planet Fun, which operates the funfair, said emergency procedures were taken after an incident on its ride, and at no stage did the ride collapse.\n\n\"We immediately sought assistance from the NI Ambulance Service,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"We have also reported the incident to the HSE and will co-operate fully with the agency to understand exactly what happened.\n\n\"Health and safety is central to all operations at Planet Fun and will offer whatever assistance is required to those customers affected.\"\n\nPlanet Fun said it would make no further comment until the HSE has completed its investigation.\n\nWriting on social media, Health Minister Robin Swann said his thoughts were \"with all who have been injured and affected by this incident\".\n\n\"I wish everyone a speedy recovery and I want to sincerely thank the ambulance, paramedics and fire crews that responded so rapidly to what could have been something more tragic,\" he said.\n\nThe main Belfast Road was closed for a period of time but has now re-opened to traffic.\n\nCheryl Johnston, a DUP councillor for the area said parents were \"extremely worried\" about the incident.\n\n\"There are young children, there are families. It is just awful,\" she said.\n\n\"So just hopefully everybody recovers. It's something I know we all didn't expect tonight, and I hope everybody can rally around.\"\n\nWere you at the funfair yesterday? Did you witness the incident? If you feel able to get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The British Heart Foundation took £1m on the day many non-essential shops reopened in April\n\nBritons spent more money on charity, dating and their pets as Covid restrictions continued to ease, according to data from Nationwide.\n\nSpending on holidays, eating and drinking, leisure, gardening, and clothing also surged from April to June, the building society said.\n\nContactless and mobile payments also continued to pick up pace, Nationwide added.\n\nHowever, spending fell in general retailers across the board.\n\nThe building society looked at hundreds of millions of transactions by its customers from April to June, and compared them with the previous quarter.\n\nBy far the biggest surge in spending was on holidays, including a massive increase in spending on UK campsites and caravan parks, as quarantine restrictions remained for many foreign destinations.\n\nSpending on eating and drinking also surged to more than £1bn as restrictions on restaurants were lifted.\n\nHowever, general retailers and department stores continued to be hit by the pandemic, with a massive 91% drop in spending by Nationwide customers.\n\nHowever, there was a 16% increase in spending on charity - dwarfing the spending in department stores.\n\nThis included charity shops and charitable donations, said Nationwide's head of payments Mark Nalder. The building society expects that trend to continue.\n\nCharity shops saw a huge spike in spending when they were allowed to reopen on 12 April, with the British Heart Foundation alone taking £1m in a single day on that Monday, said Charity Retail Association's chief executive Robin Osterley.\n\n\"There was a lot of pent up demand that continued on,\" he said.\n\nSales at charity shops have continued to boom, ranging between 5% and 10% higher than two years ago.\n\nDuring lockdown people had a chance to reflect on what they really needed, and so were donating after clear-outs, but they also had a think about how they wanted to spend their money, Mr Osterley added.\n\n\"It's all part of people thinking: 'There has to be a better way. We can't go back to how we were [before the pandemic]',\" he said.\n\nPeople who were in a financial position to make a choice were attracted by the sustainability aspect of buying from charity shops. They also liked the fact that their money was going to a good cause, he said.\n\nThere were also people who were struggling financially, and had to buy from charity shops to make ends meet.\n\nThere was also a surge in people looking for romance, as spending on online dating grew.\n\nBetween April and June people spent £3.8m, a rise of 5% from the previous quarter.\n\nBritons also showed how much they loved their pets, splurging £124.5m on gifts and keeping them fed and healthy.\n\nMillions of households bought new pets during the pandemic, prompting lawyers to say that couples should consider a legal agreement over who should get custody of the pet, in the event of a break-up.\n\nBut the biggest growth in essential spending was on public transport and taxis as restrictions eased in the second quarter, followed by motoring and fuel and car charging.\n\nThe ways that people paid for goods and services also continued to evolve.\n\nContactless payments, including via mobile phone, were already booming during the pandemic, and that growth continued in the second quarter.\n\nMobile payments were up 76%, while contactless card payments grew 46%. Payments were still dominated by debit cards despite slower growth, however.\n\nMr Nalder said that although the growth in contactless payments meant more convenience for many, he warned that a decline in cash use seen during the pandemic could become entrenched to the disadvantage of people who rely on it.", "Sir Keir was in the House of Commons earlier before his child received the positive test\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to self-isolate after one of his children tested positive for Covid, a spokesman has said.\n\nA statement from his office said one of his children tested positive at lunchtime, but Sir Keir was doing daily tests and tested negative this morning.\n\nSir Keir was in the House of Commons for PMQs earlier.\n\nThe PM and chancellor are also self-isolating after contact with the health secretary who tested positive.\n\nA further 73 people have died within 28 days of a positive test in the UK and another 44,104 cases have been recorded, according to the latest government figures.\n\nIn a tweet, Sir Keir said it was his responsibility to isolate with his family. This is the fourth time the Labour leader has had to self-isolate since the pandemic began.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Keir Starmer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the House of Commons, Sir Keir described a \"summer of chaos\" amid soaring numbers of people self-isolating at home.\n\nThe Labour leader dubbed Prime Minister Boris Johnson - who is himself self-isolating at his country house in Buckinghamshire - the \"Chequers one\" as he mocked Mr Johnson's isolation in the same week that most remaining curbs were lifted in England.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Sir Keir said: \"Everything may be calm from the prime minister's country retreat but back here the truth is we're heading for a summer of chaos.\"\n\nAppearing virtually at PMQs, Mr Johnson urged people to stick with self-isolation rules ahead of changes next month because it is \"a vital tool in our defence\".\n\nHe added: \"I apologise to everybody in business up and down the land in all kinds of services, public sector or otherwise, who are experiencing inconvenience.\"\n\nMore than half a million alerts telling people to self-isolate were sent by the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales in the first week of July, with supermarkets saying they may have to cut opening hours or shut shops due to a lack of staff.\n\nBusinesses have warned of increasing staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app. Iceland and Greene King said on Monday they had had to shut shops and pubs as a result.\n\nBusiness lobby group the CBI has warned that the problem could hamper the economic recovery.\n\nThe government has said it is \"crucial\" for people to quarantine after being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nFollowing news on Saturday that Sajid Javid had tested positive and been in contact with Mr Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, No 10 said a workplace pilot scheme would allow them to keep working from Downing Street.\n\nBut the announcement met with an angry response, with opposition parties saying it suggested there was \"one rule for them and another for the rest of us\".\n\nThe prime minister and chancellor later announced they would complete a period of isolation.\n\nSpeaking in a video on Twitter after the U-turn, Mr Johnson said: \"We did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme, which allows people to test daily, but I think it's far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules and that's why I'm going to be self-isolating until Monday 26 July.\"", "Christopher Mae was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison\n\nAn illegal dog breeder who mutilated the ears of puppies has been jailed.\n\nChristopher Mae, 32, from Cardiff, pleaded guilty to four offences and was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison.\n\nHe will have to pay more than £11,000 for the cost of housing his dogs, fines and a victim surcharge.\n\nCardiff Magistrates' Court heard Mae caused unnecessary suffering to two dogs when he \"cropped\" their ears, which is an illegal practice in the UK.\n\nThe ears were cropped for \"financial gain\", with the dogs worth between £1,000 and £1,500 more after the banned procedure, the court heard.\n\nAll eight dogs at Mae's home were found with their ears cropped\n\nMae sold dogs through a Facebook page called Bulletproof Bullies for between £1,000 and £5,000 each, \"depending on quality and bone structure\".\n\nThe court heard he was an unlicensed breeder and he pleaded guilty to the illegal landing of a dog in the UK called George, which could have come from China or Spain.\n\nCouncil officers investigated his Facebook page and discovered multiple references to dog breeding and offering dogs and puppies for sale.\n\nHis home was searched and eight adult dogs and eight puppies were found.\n\nAll eight adult dogs had their ears cropped.\n\nVet records revealed more than 60 dogs had been registered.\n\n\"Cropping\" dogs ears is an illegal practice in the UK\n\nThe court heard five females were his breeding bitches and he owned two stud dogs, and that Mae had a \"special bloodline\" that he had developed for certain colours.\n\nGeorge was examined and had difficulty walking.\n\nMae's dogs were seized and three adults and two puppies had to be taken to quarantine because they had no passports.\n\nMae was also disqualified from having any animals for eight years and prohibited for applying for revocation of that order for five years.\n\nThe court heard Mae sold to \"unsavoury people\" and had 13 convictions for 21 previous offences from 2004 to 2017 including assault, possessing a controlled drug, dishonesty, handling stolen goods and criminal damage.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA tram crash which killed seven people in Croydon was an accident, an inquest jury has found.\n\nMore than 50 people were injured when the tram tipped over and spun off the tracks near Sandilands tram stop in south London, early on 9 November 2016.\n\nThe tram was travelling more than three times faster than a speed limit.\n\nSpeaking after the verdict, the mother of one of the victims said the families were \"bitterly disappointed\" and that justice had not been done.\n\nThe inquest heard that the tram went into a very tight corner, just before the tram stop, at 73km/h (45mph). The speed limit was 20km/h (12mph).\n\nThe crash resulted in the deaths of Dane Chinnery, 19, Philip Logan, 52, Philip Seary, 57, Dorota Rynkiewicz, 35, and Robert Huxley, 63, all from New Addington, and Mark Smith, 35, and Donald Collett, 62, from Croydon.\n\nSeven people were killed when the tram derailed at about 06:00 GMT near Sandilands tram stop\n\nFamily members sat in the public gallery at Croydon Town Hall to hear the verdict, which came after more than nine days of deliberations.\n\nThe foreman of the jury said: \"The tram driver became disorientated, which caused loss of awareness in his surroundings, probably due to a lack of sleep, as a result of which the driver failed to brake in time and drove his tram towards a tight curve at excessive speed.\n\n\"The tram left the rails and overturned on to its right side, as a result of which the deceased [were] ejected from the tram and killed.\"\n\nIn addition to the six men and one woman who died, 51 passengers were taken to hospital, eight with life-changing injuries\n\nIt can now be reported that south London senior coroner Sarah Ormond-Walshe refused to call a number of people who the victims' families wanted to give evidence about alleged safety failings.\n\nThose potential witnesses included senior managers of operator Tram Operations Ltd (TOL) - a subsidiary of FirstGroup - and Transport for London (TfL), plus other experts.\n\nThe families said they felt \"justice had been suffocated\".\n\nMany think that the Croydon tram crash is the forgotten tragedy - it happened on the day Donald Trump was elected president of the US.\n\nToday, the families of those who died were visibly upset and angry at the jury's verdict.\n\nOutside court in tears they addressed the media. Many do not understand why witnesses from TfL and the tram operators or drivers on that line were not called as witnesses. One told me the whole process was a shambles.\n\nWhile Mr Trump has moved into and out of office, the families are still waiting for answers and justice.\n\nJean Smith, 64, mother of Mark Smith, said she was disappointed the inquest did not hear from TfL or the driver of the tram that crashed.\n\n\"I am bitterly disappointed as justice has not been done today. It has been a total farce as we have only heard half of the evidence and no-one who could potentially have been responsible for the crash has been called as a witness.\n\n\"It's morally wrong that we haven't been able to hear from anybody from TfL, TOL or the driver during the proceedings, whatever legal precedent says.\n\n\"It feels like they have been able to hide from giving evidence and it simply isn't fair or just. Justice has been suffocated because of the coroner's ruling.\"\n\nThe tram toppled over and spun off the tracks in darkness and heavy rain near the Sandilands stop after hitting a curve at 73km/h (45mph)\n\nTfL said it was the coroner's decision for it not to give evidence to the inquest jury and that its trams general manager attended throughout.\n\nCommissioner Andy Byford said: \"We will never forget the seven people who lost their lives in the Sandilands tragedy.\n\n\"We know these inquests have been deeply distressing for their families and friends and all those involved and I want to reiterate my continued support to everyone affected.\"\n\nHe added that TfL had made changes \"to ensure nothing like this can ever happen again\".\n\nThe families of the victims intend to call on the Attorney General Michael Ellis to apply to the High Court to grant a new inquest.\n\nDanielle Wynne, the granddaughter of Philip Logan, said: \"I'm so upset and angry. It's not an accident. Someone is to blame.\n\n\"We want lessons to be learned so that no other family has to go through this.\"\n\nMark Smith, Dane Chinnery, Phil Seary and Dorota Rynkiewicz (l-r) all died in the crash\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Andrew Dymock had denied 15 offences relating to terrorism and hatred\n\nA neo-Nazi student who created two extremist groups and promoted a \"distorted and wicked cause\" has been jailed.\n\nAndrew Dymock, 24, from Bath, led the outlawed groups System Resistance Network (SRN) and Sonnenkrieg Division.\n\nA judge said Dymock was \"driven by an extremist mindset\" and had taken the path of \"total hatred and bigotry\".\n\nHe was convicted of 15 offences and jailed for seven years, with a further three years on extended licence.\n\nDymock's trial in June heard he used the SRN website and a Twitter account to state that Jewish people should be exterminated and encourage lone actor terror attacks.\n\nHe advocated for societal collapse and a race war, and called for gay people to be \"purged\" from society.\n\nJurors were shown this image of Dymock during his trial\n\nJudge Mark Dennis QC, sitting at The Old Bailey, said he believed Dymock was dangerous and posed a \"significant risk of serious harm\" to the public.\n\n\"It is clear you were a leader and not a follower,\" he said.\n\nHe added Dymock was an \"intelligent, well-read\" person but also \"wholly misguided\".\n\nThe court had heard Dymock wrote an online article stating a \"racial holy war is inevitable\" and that \"every stabbing, bombing, shooting further plays into our hands\".\n\nHe was expelled from SRN in late February 2018 and arrested in June of that year at Gatwick Airport, as he tried to board a flight to the US.\n\nIn his luggage police found extreme right-wing literature including Siege, an anthology of pro-Nazi essays written by James Mason, and Mein Kampf, along with clothing bearing neo-Nazi logos.\n\nImages taken from SRN videos were shown to jurors\n\nJudge Dennis said: \"Despite all the advantages of a good education and family upbringing you chose, at the age of 20, to take the path of dreadful bigotry, intolerance and hatred towards other members of our society solely on the basis of their race, creed or sexual orientation.\n\n\"In setting up and running the website and Twitter account for your extremist cause, you were prepared to inflame such vile prejudices in others and to promote and encourage hatred and violence towards other human beings in furtherance of your distorted and wicked cause.\"\n\nThe former student had been supported throughout his trial by his parents, Stella and Dr David Dymock, a professor of dentistry at Bristol University, who he lived with.\n\nThe court heard they had written to the judge asking for leniency ahead of the sentencing.\n\nDefence lawyer Andrew Morris said they were \"extremely worried\" about the impact of jail on their son.\n\nDymock told jurors \"thank you for killing me\" when he was convicted\n\nDymock, who at the time was studying politics at Aberystwyth University in Wales, denied being behind the SRN accounts, claiming he was set up by an ex-girlfriend, who had failed to recruit him to join banned terrorist group National Action (NA).\n\nHe denied being a neo-Nazi and told police: \"In fact, I am bisexual but lean towards being homosexual, in direct conflict with Nazism.\"\n\nHe was found guilty of five charges of encouraging terrorism, two of fundraising for terrorism, four counts of disseminating terrorist publications, possessing a terrorist document, stirring up racial hatred and hatred based on sexual orientation, and possessing racially inflammatory material.\n\nDymock's trial was shown images of him performing nazi salutes and holding extremist flags\n\nDet Chf Supt Martin Snowden, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, which led the investigation into Dymock, said: \"Dymock represented a threat to our society, not simply because of his mindset but because of the considerable efforts he exerted spreading his ideology and misusing his abilities.\"\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nicola Sturgeon urged people to abide by restrictions still in force\n\nScotland has recorded its highest daily Covid death figure in more than four months despite case numbers continuing to decline.\n\nThe deaths of 22 people who had tested positive within the last 28 days were registered in the past 24 hours.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the figure was a reminder of the \"toll\" the virus could take.\n\nA further 1,825 people have tested positive, continuing a downward trend, and hospital numbers also fell.\n\nA total of 7,842 people have died within 28 days of a positive test, which is one of a number of ways of measuring Covid-related fatalities.\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"A further 22 deaths reminds us of toll virus can take - my condolences go to those grieving\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe first minister also pointed out there were some encouraging signs in the latest figures, with cases continuing to fall and the percentage of tests coming back positive down to 6%.\n\nShe urged people to help keep cases \"on a downward path\" by getting vaccinated, abiding by restrictions still in force and following hygiene advice.\n\nA total of 488 people were in hospital on Wednesday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down 41 on the previous day, with 58 patients in intensive care, up seven.\n• None 'The heart of our family': The lives lost to Covid", "Zhengzhou city was devastated by floods after it saw a year's worth of rainfall in three days\n\nChinese people are using social media to help speed up rescue efforts after deadly floods engulfed Henan province.\n\nAt least 33 people have died there after a year's worth of rain fell in three days in Zhengzhou city.\n\nUsers of the Weibo social media platform connected people who were stuck or in danger with professional rescue teams and other helpers.\n\nHowever some posts which mention people being trapped or asking for help have been removed from Weibo.\n\nThe Chinese government employs millions of people to monitor and censor internet activity. Past disasters such as the sinking of a ship on the Yangtze River in 2015 saw some social media posts removed in order to maintain stability and prevent anti-government sentiment.\n\nWith the floods in Zhengzhou, many people shared tales of horror and pleaded for help online. In response, thousands of people on social media directed their Weibo posts to emergency rescue teams so that they knew where to go.\n\nWhen news emerged that some trains were being stranded after rail lines had become submerged, people put together lists of each train number and the resources its passengers needed.\n\nSome put together text-only versions of critical contact lists, after discovering that people in some areas could not download images because heavy rains had affected internet speeds.\n\nPeople also helped to organise streams of information so that it was up-to-date and clear.\n\nAccording to local media reports, residents living near the Tielu Railway Station also delivered food and bottled water to passengers stuck in a train after a related hashtag was viewed more than 800 million times.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhile some focused on giving emergency rescue advice, others shared information on mental health support and personal hygiene tips.\n\nA hashtag related to menstruation amid the floods had more than 200 million views, as doctors and social workers reminded women to change their sanitary pads frequently to avoid the risk of infection. Others posted addresses to locations where women could collect free sanitary products.\n\nBut there have also been cases where posts about the floods have been censored. These are mainly from individuals requesting help, rather than people criticising the government.\n\nFree Weibo, a site that determines whether posts have been censored, said these posts included reports of people trapped at a school, elderly people in need of oxygen and thousands of people trapped on a campus.\n\nOne post asked whether authorities should be held accountable.", "A Labour MP was ordered to leave the House of Commons for the rest of the day after she refused to withdraw accusations Boris Johnson was a liar.\n\nDawn Butler told MPs that the prime minister \"lied to the House and the country over and over again\" about a range of pandemic-related issues.\n\nActing Deputy Speaker, Judith Cummins, asked her to \"reflect on her words and perhaps correct the record\".\n\nThe Labour MP and former shadow equalities spokeswoman said it was “funny that we get in trouble in this place for calling out the lie, rather than the person lying\".\n\nShe was then ordered from the Commons on the last day of sittings before the summer recess.", "A man died at Newport's Puregym despite other members trying to help\n\nAn investigation has been launched after a man died in a city centre gym.\n\nThe 52-year-old collapsed at the unstaffed PureGym in Newport on Wednesday night and waited 45 minutes for an ambulance to arrive.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said they have been under \"extreme pressures\" and \"some patients have waited a long time\" and will start an internal probe.\n\nFellow gym users used an on-site defibrillator on the man until the paramedics arrived.\n\nThe man collapsed and was \"complaining of chest pain and said he couldn't breathe\" at 23:35 BST at the gym in the Kingsway Shopping Centre at John Frost Square.\n\n\"The gentleman was on the floor because it was hot, one man was fanning him to cool him down because they thought he might just be overheated,\" one gym member told BBC Wales, who said the man initially \"seemed ok\".\n\n\"But then he was complaining of chest pain and said he couldn't breathe.\"\n\nThe ambulance was called at 23:41 and PureGym, whose 24-hour Newport site was unstaffed between 22:00 and 06:00, said paramedics arrived on site at 00:24.\n\n\"We are really sorry to hear about this patient's passing and would like to extend our thoughts and deepest sympathies to their loved ones,\" said Lee Brooks of the Welsh Ambulance Service.\n\n\"We have sought to be upfront with the public about the extreme pressures on our ambulance service this week, and as a result, some patients have waited a long time for our help.\n\n\"We are looking into the circumstances of what happened and will be reaching out to the patient's family directly.\"\n\nPureGym confirmed a man in their Newport gym had \"medical difficulties which tragically resulted in his death.\n\nThe firm said a manager was on the scene within 45 minutes and added: \"We extend our deep condolences to his family and friends.\n\n\"This gym is staffed from 0600 to 2200 but is unstaffed outside these hours when it is supported by our central support team including access to a help point and CCTV monitoring.\n\n\"This is in line with industry protocols and operating procedures.\n\n\"We appreciate how distressing this incident is for those members in the gym at the time and have contacted them to provide support\".", "The petition set up by Matthew Tovey (centre) is due to be delivered to Number 10 on Tuesday\n\nAn NHS Wales nurse who started a petition seeking a 15% pay rise for health and social care staff has gathered almost 800,000 names.\n\nMatthew Tovey, from Merthyr Tydfil, said NHS staff had been hailed as heroes during the Covid-19 pandemic and deserved to be rewarded.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was considering findings before making any decision on pay rises.\n\nThe UK government is due to publish its long-awaited NHS pay report soon.\n\n\"We've been all been hailed as heroes and angels who were working in unimaginable conditions,\" hospital nurse Mr Tovey told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"We had limited resources, scarce PPE. It was a terrifying experience.\"\n\nMr Tovey said staff morale was \"on the floor\", and that colleagues were \"leaving the profession in droves\".\n\n\"We're already heading into a third wave, and it's sort of impossible to recruit new nurses,\" he added.\n\n\"A 15% pay raise would draw staff into the vacant posts and shows our true worth.\"\n\nA bonus of £735 each was given to 222,000 Welsh NHS staff earlier this year\n\nThe petition is due to be delivered to Number 10 Downing Street on Tuesday.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has defended plans to give some NHS staff in England a 1% pay rise, prompting threats of industrial action.\n\nPay review bodies covering most NHS workers have made recommendations which have not yet been published.\n\nThe Welsh government will make a decision based on the review's recommendations as health is a devolved issue in Wales.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We haven't set an arbitrary cap on pay in our evidence to the pay review bodies and we are considering findings before we make an informed decision.\"\n\nA UK government spokesperson said: \"Throughout the pandemic the UK government has always ensured Wales is getting the right support - with £8.6bn of additional spending.\"\n\nLast month, nine trade unions signed an open letter to the Welsh government saying an \"urgent and significant pay rise\" was vital for NHS workers to reward staff and stop them leaving jobs.\n\nThe Royal College of Nurses (RCN) said the Welsh government should commit to a 12.5% increase for all staff.\n\nA bonus of £735 each was given to 222,000 Welsh NHS staff earlier this year - amounting to about £500 after tax is deducted.", "People buying flats in buildings lower than 18m (59ft) in England will no longer have to provide safety details on external walls to get a mortgage, the government has said.\n\nBarclays, HSBC and Lloyds welcomed the change, and said it should pave the way for updated industry guidance.\n\nIt follows concerns over large bills to remove cladding facing many flat owners since the Grenfell Tower fire.\n\nAfter the 2017 fire in Grenfell Tower, west London, in which 72 people died, thousands of blocks of flats were found to be covered in similar dangerous cladding.\n\nWork to remove the material, as well as fix other safety issues, meant many residents were charged thousands of pounds, often leaving them in negative equity and unable to sell their property.\n\nMortgage lenders began asking for assurances on the safety of external wall systems as a condition of approving mortgage applications.\n\nMortgage applicants were asked to get safety assessors to sign off a form - known as EWS1 - to prove their property is safe.\n\nLenders have been asking for the forms for many different types of buildings, including those without cladding.\n\nTo begin with, only those who owned flats in tall buildings with dangerous flammable cladding were affected.\n\nAfter the government extended its advice to smaller properties in January 2020, mortgage lenders began demanding fire surveys from a much wider range of sellers.\n\nBut on Wednesday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said this guidance would now be changed to exempt leaseholders in low-to-medium-rise blocks from this requirement.\n\nHe said the change followed new advice from fire safety experts commissioned by the government earlier this year.\n\nHome fires were at an all-time low, he said, while 91% occurred in houses, bungalows or converted flats.\n\nThis is an attempt to unlock parts of the property market that have been paralysed by the cladding crisis.\n\nIt's estimated that up to 3 million flats have been left unsellable because lenders are demanding an EWS1 form.\n\nIt's left people in low and mid-rise buildings, where the safety risks are deemed as low, unable to move with properties valued at zero.\n\nEven blocks with no cladding have been affected.\n\nThe problem has been compounded by a shortage of fire engineers to carry out the checks and flat-owners have faced long delays obtaining the paperwork.\n\nThere is an acceptance too that \"extreme risk aversion\" from lenders, insurers, and the wider property industry has resulted in flat-owners across the UK receiving massive bills for work that is not necessary.\n\nLenders have now committed to review their practices on this, but the response from leaseholders has so far been muted.\n\nThey are waiting for banks to actually change their policies - only then will this policy make a real difference to those caught up in the cladding scandal.\n\nMr Jenrick also said: \"In the small number of cases [in purpose-built tower blocks below 18m] where there are known to be concerns these should be addressed primarily through risk management and mitigation.\"\n\nHe added: \"Fire-risk assessors and lenders should not presume that there is significant risk to life unless there is evidence to support this.\n\n\"This would ensure that they respond only to the evidence and adopt a far more proportionate and balanced approach.\"\n\nMr Jenrick said he was pleased major lenders had agreed to change their rules, adding: \"I hope and expect other lenders to follow suit swiftly.\"\n\nThe change, which will apply only in England, would influence mortgage lenders' attitudes across the UK, he added.\n\nFor Labour, shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell said there was a \"cosy relationship between developers and the private inspectors they handsomely pay\".\n\nShe added: \"The government should think again about its arbitrary definition of high-risk buildings.\"", "Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down after the bombing\n\nA survivor of the Manchester attack who was standing just metres away from the bomber has described the blast as like \"being hit by a 10 tonne truck\".\n\nMartin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down after the 2017 atrocity while his teenage daughter Eve suffered a serious brain injury.\n\nHe told the public inquiry into the bombing how two hours passed before they arrived at hospital.\n\nHe said he wanted to hear \"the truth\" of the \"baffling\" emergency response.\n\nTwenty-two people died and hundreds more were injured in the suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nMr Hibbert, from Chorley, told the hearing: \"I knew when I was in the spinal unit something catastrophic had happened and the response wasn't what it should [have been].\n\n\"And for me to go through that and be awake through the majority of it and to survive it, I wasn't going to allow another Hillsborough or something like that.\n\n\"I was focused on the truth coming out on what I'd experienced.\"\n\nHe said it was \"baffling\" his daughter, who was 14 at the time, was not put straight into an ambulance after being taken out of the arena foyer.\n\n\"It's just a miracle she's still with us given the extent of her injuries, so that is a big frustration,\" he said.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nThe inquiry heard Mr Hibbert and his daughter were less than 20ft (6m) away from Salman Abedi when he detonated the device.\n\n\"I heard an almighty bang. I felt like I'd been hit by a 10 tonne truck. I was panicking, I felt like I couldn't breathe. I could see I was losing a lot of blood.\"\n\nMr Hibbert described lying on the floor and seeing his daughter Eve's injuries.\n\n\"It was almost like she'd been shot through the head. She was gasping for breath and I could see she was dying in front of my eyes.\"\n\nMr Hibbert told the inquiry of his \"frustration\" that his daughter was covered twice with T-shirts and posters while lying on the foyer floor by responders who believed she was dead.\n\nHe said people who did not have the right qualifications were \"playing God\".\n\nMr Hibbert said if he had lost consciousness, then he believes Eve would not have survived.\n\nThe football agent told the hearing how Eve spent 10 months in hospital and he believes she is the only person in the world to survive the type of brain injury she suffered.\n\nSince the attack Mr Hibbert has done a number of charity challenges and is currently in training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in September in aid of the Spinal Injuries Association.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lex Greensill was an unpaid adviser to then Prime Minister David Cameron\n\nBusinessman Lex Greensill had a sometimes \"extraordinarily privileged\" relationship with government, a Cabinet Office report has found.\n\nThe report says the Australian financier's government role gave him \"a marketing platform\" for his business.\n\nCivil servants \"should have considered\" the conflicts of interest, it adds.\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said the report had been set up as \"a classic Boris Johnson cover-up and whitewash to protect the government\".\n\nThe report was also attacked by the widow of Jeremy Heywood, a former top civil servant who is criticised in the report.\n\nLady Suzanne Heywood describe the report as a \"travesty\" that \"scapegoated\" her late husband.\n\nThe inquiry also criticises ex-Prime Minister David Cameron for his lobbying efforts on behalf of Greensill's company, which collapsed in March.\n\nReport author Nigel Boardman said Mr Cameron had \"on occasion understated the nature of his relationship with Greensill Capital\" when seeking to influence the Treasury's decisions.\n\nHowever, he concluded that Mr Cameron \"did not breach the current lobbying rules and his actions were not unlawful\".\n\nThe government ordered an inquiry when it emerged the former prime minister had lobbied ministers via text messages on behalf of the finance firm.\n\nAt the time, Mr Cameron - who had taken a role with Greensill in 2018 - was accused of trying to exploit private contacts with former government colleagues, for his own benefit.\n\nGreensill Capital specialised in supply chain financing - a technique aimed at making it easier for businesses to receive payments.\n\nDuring Mr Cameron's time in Downing Street, Mr Greensill worked informally for the government before being made an unpaid adviser on supply chain finance.\n\nMr Boardman says \"this area of public appointments is opaque and ill-defined\" but adds that this appointment appears to have been \"properly made\".\n\nMr Greensill was later appointed to the Economic and Development Secretariat - something Mr Boardman says raises \"significantly more questions\" than the previous role.\n\nHe says it came as Mr Greensill was trying to set up his supply chain financing company in the UK and adds that the banker was able to use his position in government to \"leverage his position\" with major companies.\n\nThe job, Mr Boardman says, enabled Mr Greensill to \"promote a product which did not, in fact, provide material benefits to government, although it could have been of benefit to his incipient business and was of immediate benefit to his former employer, Citibank\".\n\nHe specifically criticises former top civil servant Lord Heywood saying it \"should have been apparent... that Mr Greensill was building a supply chain business in the UK and should have considered the issue of conflicts of interest,\" the report says.\n\n\"It is unclear why Mr Greensill was permitted to remain an adviser to government on supply chain finance under these circumstances,\" he adds.\n\nMr Boardman also said Lord Heywood was \"primarily responsible\" for Mr Greensill securing a role in government.\n\nLord Heywood died in November 2018 and Mr Boardman says readers of the report should \"bear in mind\" that it could not include his personal explanation of the appointment.\n\nLady Heywood accused Mr Boardman of running \"a deeply flawed process from beginning to end, gagging representation for my late husband to facilitate his scapegoating, and glossing over the ministerial approval the then coalition government gave for Mr Greensill's appointment\".\n\nShe described the review as \"nothing less than a travesty\", adding: \"His absence is being exploited to distort the facts of a decade ago and divert attention from the current government's embarrassment at the collapse of Greensill Capital long after Jeremy's death.\"\n\nConsidering the communications between Greensill and the government, Mr Boardman says: \"It has been argued that the government's processes for managing lobbying are insufficiently transparent, that external organisations are able to exploit certain loopholes to land their messages more effectively, and that a privileged few have a disproportionate level of access to decision makers in government.\n\n\"I think some of these observations are justified, particularly in the context of the fact-finding work which I have done in relation to Greensill Capital's engagement with government.\"\n\nThe report also singles out for criticism the former top civil servant Bill Crothers, who in 2015 worked for both the government and as an adviser to Greensill.\n\nLater that year, he left his civil service job and in 2016 went on to become a director of Greensill.\n\nThe report says some of his behaviour towards government departments while working for Greensill \"was at the margins of acceptable conduct\" and notes that he had to apologise to civil servants in the Ministry of Justice for being \"too forceful\" in his lobbying efforts.\n\nLabour's Angela Rayner said the terms of Mr Boardman's inquiry had been limited \"to avoid a wider investigation of lobbying, privileged access and the revolving door between Whitehall and business\".\n\n\"The rules that are supposed to regulate lobbying are completely unfit for purpose and require radical and immediate overhaul,\" she added.\n\nResponding to the report, Mr Cameron said he was \"pleased that the report provides further confirmation that I broke no rules\".\n\n\"I have said all along that there are lessons to be learnt, and I agree on the need for more formal lines of communication.\"", "Dubai's Princess Latifa before her escape attempt in 2018\n\nPhone numbers used by two Dubai princesses have reportedly been found as part of an investigation into the phone hacking spyware known as Pegasus.\n\nPrincess Latifa is the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, and Princess Haya Bint al-Hussain is his former wife.\n\nIn mid-February, BBC Panorama broadcast a secret video from Princess Latifa in which she said she was being held as a hostage and feared for her life.\n\nPrincess Haya meanwhile fled Dubai in 2019 saying she feared for her life.\n\nThe UAE has denied both women's allegations.\n\nTheir numbers are apparently on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of Israeli-based firm NSO Group.\n\nThe list was leaked to major news outlets.\n\nThe discovery of the princesses' phone numbers on the list - and those of some acquaintances - has raised questions about whether they could have been the possible target of a government client of the group.\n\nHuman rights organisation Amnesty International has issued a statement alleging that the find implicates NSO Group \"in the catalogue of human rights violations\" inflicted on the two women.\n\nIt calls for regulation to rein in \"an unchecked surveillance industry\".\n\nIt says the software is intended for use against criminals and terrorists, and is made available only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies with good human rights records.\n\nThe original investigation which led to the reports - by Paris-based NGO Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International - was \"full of wrong assumptions and uncorroborated theories\", the Israel-based group said.\n\nThe reports are part of a series of news articles suggesting thousands of prominent people have been targeted.\n\nA senior Israeli official confirmed to the BBC that the Israeli government had set up a team to examine allegations about the Pegasus software.\n\nPrincess Latifa told the BBC this year that she was kidnapped and imprisoned after trying to escape Dubai.\n\nShe said that after escaping the UAE and boarding a boat across the Indian Ocean in 2018, she was seized from a yacht and taken back to Dubai, where she says she was imprisoned in a villa converted into a jail.\n\nThe story prompted an international outcry. After the UN demanded proof of life, Dubai's royal family said she was \"being cared for at home\".\n\nPrincess Latifa has not been seen or heard from in months. Photos allegedly showing Princess Latifa in public and even travelling have appeared on an acquaintance's Instagram profile in recent months.\n\nPrincess Haya meanwhile has accused her ex-husband of abduction, torture and a campaign of intimidation. A UK court published the allegations in a series of judgements last year.\n\nAccording to the documents, her marriage fell apart after she became suspicious about what happened to Princess Latifa, as well as another of her ex-husband's children, Sheikha Shamsa.\n\nShe fled to the UK in April 2019 with her two children. The court heard last year that veiled threats from Sheikh Mohammed had left her terrified for her own safety, as well as fears that her children could be abducted and forcibly returned to Dubai.", "Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, represented himself at the trial at the Royal Courts of Justice\n\nEnglish Defence League founder Tommy Robinson has been ordered to pay £100,000 in libel damages to a Syrian schoolboy.\n\nThe anti-Islam activist, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, published two Facebook videos in response to a viral clip of Jamal Hijazi being attacked.\n\nHe failed to convince the High Court his claims, such as Mr Hijazi attacking \"young English girls\", were true.\n\nMr Justice Nicklin found in Mr Hijazi's favour after a trial earlier this year.\n\nThe judge also ordered Mr Yaxley-Lennon to pay legal costs understood by the BBC to amount to about £500,000.\n\nMr Hijazi was filmed being attacked in the playground at Almondbury School in Huddersfield in October 2018.\n\nShortly after the video of the assault went viral, Mr Yaxley-Lennon claimed in two Facebook videos that the teenager was \"not innocent and he violently attacks young English girls in his school\".\n\nIn clips viewed by nearly one million people, the 38-year-old also claimed Mr Hijazi \"beat a girl black and blue\" and threatened to stab another boy at his school, allegations denied by Mr Hijazi.\n\n\"As was entirely predictable, the claimant then became the target of abuse which ultimately led to him and his family having to leave their home, and the claimant to have to abandon his education.\n\n\"The defendant is responsible for this harm, some of the scars of which, particularly the impact on the claimant's education, are likely to last for many years, if not a lifetime.\"\n\nThe judge said Mr Yaxley-Lennon's defence that the \"very serious\" allegations were substantially true had not been proved, and he had used language \"calculated to inflame the situation\".\n\n\"The defendant's contribution to this media frenzy was a deliberate effort to portray the claimant as being, far from an innocent victim, but in fact a violent aggressor,\" he added.\n\nAt a further hearing, the judge granted an injunction against Mr Yaxley-Lennon preventing him from repeating the allegations.\n\nThe final damages and costs figures will be agreed and submitted to the High Court at forthcoming hearings to establish Mr Yaxley-Lennon's means and assets.\n\nStephen Yaxley-Lennon's repeated jailings down the years - including nine months for interfering with a trial of a sexual grooming gang - have failed to silence him. But a turning of the legal screw on his finances may have a more profound effect.\n\nHe made a small fortune from his provocative social media channels attacking Islam and Muslims - enough to fund a lifestyle that would be the envy of many, complete with a large country house.\n\nThe cash began to dry up as he was thrown off Facebook and Youtube and some of his wealthy benefactors in North American backed away. Today, his social media reach is a shadow of what it once was. It's never been clear how much he made and where it has all gone - and that's why this judgement is so important. Not only does it vindicate Jamal Hijazi - but it opens the door to a court examination of his finances and how he affords to keep his activities going.\n\nJamal Hijazi's lawyers welcomed the judgement and praised Mr Hijazi's \"courage\" in pursuing the claim.\n\nFrancesca Flood, from Burlingtons Legal, said: \"Jamal and his family now wish to put this matter behind them in order that they can get on with their lives.\n\n\"They do, however, wish to extend their gratitude to the Great British public for their support and generosity, without which this legal action would not have been possible.\"\n\nDuring a trial in April, Catrin Evans QC, for Mr Hijazi, said that Mr Yaxley-Lennon's comments led to the teenager \"facing death threats and extremist agitation\" and that he should receive damages of between £150,000 and £190,000.\n\nShe described Mr Yaxley-Lennon as \"a well-known extreme-right advocate\" with an \"anti-Muslim agenda\" who used social media to spread his views.\n\nHis videos \"turned Jamal into the aggressor and the bully into a righteous white knight\", she said.\n\nMr Yaxley-Lennon, who represented himself during the trial, maintained he was an independent journalist, telling the court: \"The media simply had zero interest in the other side of this story, the uncomfortable truth.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Days of record-breaking rainfall have caused widespread floods across China's Henan province.\n\nTwelve people died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters.\n\nMore than 500 people were eventually rescued from the tunnels in Henan province, officials said.\n\nAround 150 children and teachers were rescued from a kindergarten.\n\nChina's meteorological authority said heavy rain was likely to continue until Thursday.", "Students are being asked to defer their place at the university's medical school.\n\nStudents wanting to study medicine at the University of Exeter are being offered free accommodation and £10,000 cash if they are prepared to delay their course for a year.\n\nA record number of students have applied to study medicine this autumn, a rise of more than 20% on last year.\n\nThe number of places for medicine in England is capped by the government.\n\nIf students delay until 2022, that could reduce the number of places available for those applying next year.\n\nThe University of Exeter has written to students who have accepted an offer to study medicine starting in 2021 asking if they will delay to 2022.\n\nIn return it would guarantee their place next year, provide free accommodation for their first year and a cash bursary of £10,000 \"to spend on preparing yourself\" at the end of October 2021.\n\nThe accommodation in the university's Rowancroft accommodation building would normally cost £6,574 for an en-suite room or £7,611 for a studio flat.\n\nThe letter to students says the university understands this would mean \"big changes\" to their plans but their place next year would be secure, provided they get the grades specified in their offer.\n\nProfessor Mark Goodwin, Exeter's deputy vice chancellor, said it had seen a significant increase in students who had prioritised the university as their first choice for medicine.\n\n\"This is unprecedented for us, something has happened this year to make a higher proportion choose us. More students are holding us as their firm choice this year\"\n\nAs the numbers admitted to the course are regulated by the government, the university is asking applicants holding a firm offer to decide by 30 July if they will defer.\n\n\"We want to deliver a really high quality student experience, and deliver those safe and secure NHS placements so we can train the number of doctors the government asks us to train.\"\n\nPlaces to study medicine are limited by the government\n\nPlaces to study to be a doctor are limited by the government, partly because of the large subsidy needed from public funding to meet the high cost of around £180,000 for a medical degree.\n\nEvery medical student also has to undertake clinical placements in the NHS in the last three years of the degree.\n\nSo universities are given an allocation of places which they cannot exceed.\n\nIt is always competitive to get a place in medical school, with around three applicants chasing each place on average.\n\nDr Katie Petty-Saphon from the Medical Schools Council says the increase in applications this year has made it harder for universities to judge the right number of offers.\n\n\"In the past the very best applicants might receive four offers which would mean they would reject - and thus free up - places at three medical schools.\n\n\"This did not happen this year and so the 'conversion rate' of offers to firmly accepted places has changed, meaning that some medical schools have more acceptances than they were anticipating.\"\n\nShe added there are the same number of places in England this year as usual, around 7,500.\n\nHowever, universities are also accommodating students who had to defer after the chaos of last year's A-level grading left more than usual with the grades they needed.\n\n\"The government has funded 450 additional places for applicants who were required to defer last year - and so such candidates are not taking up places destined for 2021 applicants\" said Dr Petty-Saphon.\n\nIt is not clear if extra money would be available from the government for additional places next year, which could mean students applying to Exeter competing for fewer places.\n\nWhile Exeter has written to students holding offers, other medical schools will be grappling with similar issues, albeit on a smaller scale.", "Australia and New Zealand have pulled out of the Rugby League World Cup because of \"player welfare and safety concerns\" related to Covid-19.\n\nThe men's, women's and wheelchair events are scheduled to take place in England this autumn.\n\nNew Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) chief Greg Peters said it was \"simply too unsafe\" to take part.\n\n\"Rugby League World Cup organisers have bent over backwards to offer every assurance to the Australians and the Kiwis,\" Johnson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"We are very unhappy with this decision and we are not prepared to take it lying down.\"\n\nNZRL chief Peters said the decision to withdraw was made because the safety and wellbeing of the players and staff \"cannot be guaranteed to our satisfaction\".\n• None 5 Live Rugby League podcast: \"We've been let down by two of the biggest nations in Rugby league\"\n\n\"There are stark differences between how the pandemic is being managed in the UK compared to Australasia, and recent developments have highlighted how quickly things can change.\n\n\"The tournament organisers have moved heaven and earth to make this work, so it is not an easy decision, but the Covid-19 situation in the UK shows no sign of improving, and it's simply too unsafe to send teams and staff over.\"\n\nAustralian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) chairman Peter V'landys said: \"Not participating in this year's World Cup is not a decision the commission has taken lightly, but we must put the best interests of our players and officials first. Protecting them is our absolute priority.\n\n\"In the current environment, the risks to the safety, health and wellbeing of the players and officials travelling from Australia to participate in the tournament this year are insurmountable.\n\n\"We have again requested the IRL and Rugby League World Cup consider postponing the event until 2022 to enable all players to participate.\"\n\nAbout half of Australia's population has been placed back into lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 cases, with stay-at-home orders now in place in South Australia, Victoria and parts of New South Wales.\n\nThat is in sharp contrast to England, with the majority of coronavirus restrictions now lifted despite rising cases.\n\nOrganisers only confirmed that the tournament would go ahead earlier this month, although Australia, the holders and 11-time winners, did not sign the participation agreement.\n\nOne of the issues previously raised is Covid-19 regulations and quarantine rules for players and staff travelling back to Australia and New Zealand.\n\nAustralia's borders are currently closed, so anyone returning has to spend 14 days in government-managed quarantine.\n\nThere are reports that Australia's National Rugby League (NRL) teams want the tournament postponed to next year because those regulations mean players would only return to their clubs two weeks before trial games for the 2022 NRL season begin.\n\nRugby league officials estimate around 400-500 players, staff and team officials from NRL sides, representing several different countries, would be involved in the World Cup.\n\nInternational Rugby League chair Troy Grant was critical of the decision to withdraw, saying he has been in regular communication with Australia's Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) and has received assurances that a number of international players and coaches are satisfied with the safety arrangements put in place.\n\n\"Whilst I can appreciate the ARLC's intent to ensure player safety and welfare, I find it difficult to find the words that adequately describe my disappointment with that decision,\" he said in a statement.\n\nIn response to the decision, RFL chairman Johnson questioned why Australia and New Zealand teams are still travelling to compete in other sports.\n\nHe also believes postponing to 2022 would cause further problems as it would clash with other major sporting events that year.\n\n\"I think the British public would want to know why they have made that decision now about a tournament in October when they have athletes currently in Tokyo participating in the Olympics, when their rugby union team is planning to come to Wales in October and when the New Zealand cricket team have been here already to participate,\" he said.\n\n\"So there is something that the Rugby League authorities believe is insurmountable where other sports have no problem.\n\n\"The Rugby League World Cup organisers have made considerable commitments at great expense, as has the British government, to do what they can to guarantee the safety of the athletes when they are here and when they return and travel between. I'm afraid the rugby league authorities in Australia and New Zealand have just not been prepared to accept those assurances.\n\n\"Of course it's possible to postpone but by the time rugby league is playing next year we will be competing with the Commonwealth Games and the Fifa World Cup in Qatar.\n\n\"October and November 2021 is perfect because all restrictions have been lifted here in the UK and with fans returning to sporting events I believe that there will be full attendance.\n\n\"We've sold tickets, how do we explain to our fans that they will not see the Australia rugby league team playing in Wales in October?\"\n\nA statement from the tournament organisers read: \"RLWC2021 note the disappointing statement made by the ARLC and NZRL which may have wide ranging implications for international rugby league.\n\n\"RLWC2021 were informed at very short notice and will continue discussions with all stakeholders to agree on the best way forward. A further statement will be made in due course.\"\n\nIn a statement released on Thursday afternoon, the Super League said leaving tournament organisers with a \"matter of minutes\" to prepare for their withdrawal was \"astonishing\".\n\n\"The organisers have done everything possible to provide both nations with strong evidence of the robust protocols and procedures to keep players safe,\" said Super League chairman Ken Davy.\n\n\"It is quite astounding that athletes from Australia and New Zealand are about to compete in the Olympics, in addition to the Australian and New Zealand rugby union teams being in the UK this autumn, yet their rugby league counterparts have decided to withdraw.\"\n\nAnalysis - 'Organisers have big decision to take'\n\nThe organisers of the Rugby League World Cup - who were given four minutes' notice of this morning's announcement from Australia - now have a big decision to take - push on with this year's tournament without Australia and New Zealand, or postpone till 2022.\n\nTo hold the tournament without two of the international game's major powers would have a huge impact on its credibility.\n\nBut to put it off till next year will lead to huge costs and possibly intangible organisational problems. A third option is to cancel altogether.\n\nThere will be huge anger directed at the Australian clubs from the international game. The heavy suspicion is that this decision is based on those clubs' own domestic self-interests.\n\nThe RLWC2021 organisers will point to the fact that this country has already safely held major international sports events this year - the Euros, the Open, Wimbledon. And that Australia is sending athletes abroad for other sport events, including the Olympics.\n\nSo are the Australian clubs more concerned about their own backyard issues - how a World Cup would impact their domestic 2022 season - rather than the good of the wider game?\n\nAnd given their general lack of support for international rugby league, would those Australian clubs still be putting up barriers to the World Cup even if it was postponed till next year?\n\nBut to counter that, the game down under can point to a continued disruption to rugby league in England with Super League fixtures still being called off on a weekly basis because of Covid issues.\n\nWhat confidence can there be that normality will have returned before the planned RLWC2021 kick-off on October 23rd?\n\nAnd as Australia is a long way short of its vaccine rollout targets, there is still an understandable nervousness about potential variants being imported into that country on the back of an event like the Rugby League World Cup.\n\nBut whatever the rights and wrongs of today's announcement by the ARLC and NZRL, and no matter what happens next with the staging of RLWC2021, a massive and unprecedented opportunity to promote the sport of rugby league to a huge international audience will now be missed.\n• None How Britain's Olympic dreams were rebuilt after a disappointing 1996\n• None Dominic Cummings on his role in Brexit, the pandemic and the government", "US pilot Grant Thompson met Ian Simpson to thank him personally for his quick intervention after seeing flames from his jet\n\nA plane spotter who alerted an airbase to a jet \"malfunction\" averted a potential disaster, its pilot said.\n\nIan Simpson called RAF Lakenheath after seeing flames and sparks come out of Maj Grant Thompson's F-15E Strike Eagle on take-off.\n\nPhotographer Mr Simpson regularly watches jets take off from the United States Air Force base in Suffolk.\n\nThe pilot said Mr Simpson's quick actions had \"100%\" saved his life, adding: \"His initiative was awesome.\"\n\nIan Simpson alerted the US base after he saw sparks and flames coming from the rear of the F-15E Strike Eagle jet\n\nMr Simpson said he called the base's switch board and was put through to flight control, who alerted the pilot.\n\n\"It was quite shocking really. You do see flames called an afterburner, which they use to take off,\" Mr Simpson said.\n\n\"But that is normally turned off as soon as they leave the runway.\"\n\nMaj Grant Thompson said he had no idea there was an issue with the jet.\n\nMr Simpson photographed the jet after it took off from RAF Lakenheath\n\n\"From our perspective, it was a normal take off,\" he said.\n\nIt was only when he was told to contact the base that he was informed \"a member of the local population had noticed something abnormal on our take-off, which was potentially a nozzle malfunction\".\n\n\"One of our wingmen looked us over and they noticed there was something wrong with our right engine, a nozzle didn't look quite right, at which point we brought the aircraft back safely,\" said Maj Thompson.\n\nThe pair met on Wednesday where the pilot was able to thank him in person for averting a potential disaster and \"100% saving his life\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Marks & Spencer has warned it is already cutting Christmas products in Northern Ireland due to concerns over forthcoming post-Brexit customs checks.\n\nChairman Archie Norman told Radio Four's Today Programme the changes could mean higher prices and less choice for Northern Ireland customers.\n\nMr Norman said current \"pointless\" checks with the Republic of Ireland were \"threatening\" to its business.\n\nHe called for a \"common sense approach to enforcement.\"\n\nThe UK is expected later to warn the EU it is prepared to unilaterally override the Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland if a simplified agreement cannot be reached.\n\nRight now, supermarkets who send products there from Great Britain face only light-touch checks, under a so-called \"grace period\" which delayed some of the new processes. That runs out at the end of September.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol helps prevent the need for checks on the island of Ireland's internal border.\n\nBut in the first warning from a major retailer on the scale of the potential problems, former Conservative party MP Mr Norman said once light-touch export checks end, there will be \"gaps on the shelves\".\n\n\"This Christmas, I can tell you already, we're having to make decisions to delist product for Northern Ireland because it's simply not worth the risk of trying to get it through,\" he said.\n\n\"We've already made that decision. We're waiting to see how serious it's going to be but if it's anything like southern Ireland (the Republic of Ireland), and at the moment it's set to be, then it's going to be very, very serious for customers.\"\n\nMarks and Spencer is a major employer in Ireland, with more than 4,000 staff.\n\nIn a letter to Brexit minister Lord Frost, Mr Norman said the current EU customs arrangements were \"totally unsuited and were never designed for a modern fresh food supply chain between closely intertwined trading partners\".\n\n\"There is no other outcome for consumers in Northern Ireland in the end other than higher prices, given the inflationary pressures being put on to retailers by the regulatory regime,\" Mr Norman wrote.\n\n\"Being able to keep the show on the road, let alone growing, is going to be very challenging,\" he added.\n\nMr Norman told the BBC that \"pettifogging enforcement\" of the rules required M&S to employ 14 full-time vets, \"simply ticking boxes and filling out forms\", in order to certify its products.\n\n\"Sandwiches typically require three veterinary certificates to get through,\" he said.\n\nBecause of the way the system worked, M&S had had to give up exporting half its sandwich range to Ireland, he said.\n\nIf forms were filled in incorrectly, that meant delays, with everything on paper and nothing digital, Mr Norman said.\n\n\"If one page is blue instead of black typeface, the entire wagon is turned away,\" he added.\n\nMr Norman said that if the same regime was replicated in Northern Ireland at the end of September, it would be \"incendiary\" for the public there.\n\nMr Norman said M&S was one of the largest UK-based retailers operating in Ireland as a whole and played \"a disproportionate role\" in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Our market share in Northern Ireland is almost double our share on the UK mainland. In part, this reflects our history as the only major UK retailer that committed to trade and invest continuously through the Troubles,\" he said.\n\n\"Our commitment and involvement with the people and communities of Northern Ireland remains strong. We are also a major employer and investor with over 4,000 people employed directly by M&S and many more in our supply chain.\"\n\nHe added that last year, M&S invested more than £10m in the business in Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, the issues raised by the current customs arrangements, in which Northern Ireland remains part of the EU Single Market while the rest of the UK has left, were \"very threatening to our business\", he said.\n\nIreland's European affairs minister Thomas Byrne said it was willing to discuss \"any creative solutions\".\n\n\"But we have to recognise as well that Britain decided itself to leave the single market of the European Union, to apply trade rules, to apply red tape to its goods that are leaving Britain, to goods that are coming into Britain,\" he added.\n\nThe EU has said a temporary Swiss-style veterinary agreement for Northern Ireland, in which the UK continues to follow EU agri-food rules, could be a solution, but it has been rejected by the UK.\n\nIn his letter, Mr Norman said he understood why the UK government was \"not favourably disposed\" to this solution, although he added that it was \"by far the best way of delivering a smooth trade flow\".\n\nRegardless of this, he added, many problems could be solved by a willingness to overlook \"trivial\" errors in paperwork and efforts to set up a \"trusted trader\" scheme.\n\n\"Any scheme should start on the basis that we are prepared to follow EU standards for products going to Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"The debate is not about meeting standards, this is about what we are required to do to show we are compliant.\"\n\nNumber 10 said Mr Norman's letter was a \"stark warning\" of \"the fundamental problems with the Protocol\".\n\n\"That is why we need to urgently tackle these issues, to ensure there is minimal disruption to people's lives in Northern Ireland, as the Protocol itself intended,\" it added.\n\nIt plans to set out details later on its approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nThe sort of products M&S is considering taking off the list for Northern Ireland this Christmas are ones containing a lot of different ingredients. For example, special occasion food like pies or pates, which people might order for a celebration.\n\nToday, the company's chairman wants to send a message that the way post-Brexit rules on trade with EU countries have been implemented is making it extremely difficult to get products over to the Republic of Ireland, forcing the retailer to cut back the range it sells there.\n\nAnd he fears Northern Ireland is heading the same way.\n\nIt won't be a co-incidence that Archie Norman's intervention comes just before we expect to hear more on the government's proposals. He presents an argument for introducing less disruptive trade processes after the grace periods expire.\n\nWhether the EU will accept that is a whole other question.", "There is a small chance of flooding and power cuts, forecasters warn\n\nThe heatwave is set to come to end this weekend after forecasters issued warnings for rain and thunderstorms covering much of south Wales.\n\nThe Met Office said \"heavy, thundery showers\" are likely, which could be \"torrential\" with the potential for up to 100mm falling in places.\n\nLightning and hail are also expected after Wales basked in temperatures of up to 31C this week.\n\nThere is a small chance of flooding and power cuts, forecasters warned.\n\nThe extreme heat warning, the first issued by the Met Office, was due to end on Thursday night in Wales.\n\nThe Met Office updated its forecast on Friday, and has now issued two separate yellow rain warnings.\n\nThe first, which come into force at 20:00 BST on Friday and ends at 22:00 on Saturday, covers Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nSaturday's weather warning for thunderstorms covers much of south Wales\n\nThe second runs from 09:00 until midnight on Sunday and covers Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.", "The proportion of people aged 20 to 29 testing positive for Covid in England has hit record levels, officials say.\n\nPublic Health England's figures show, in the last week, 1,155 people in their 20s tested positive for every 100,000 in the population.\n\nExperts say this is the highest rate of cases in any age group since mass-testing began and urge everyone in this group to get both jabs.\n\nIt comes as data shows 59% of people in their 20s have had one jab.\n\nMeanwhile people aged 85 and above continue to be most likely to need hospital care.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said hospital admissions and deaths were not growing as quickly as in previous waves, but cases were on the rise and would be monitored.\n\nThe data covers 12 to 18 July, and looks at the average number of people testing positive per 100,000 people of the same age in the population.\n\nDr Doyle added: \"It is vital we all remain cautious.\n\n\"Remember that meeting outside is safer than inside, get two doses of the vaccine as soon as you can, isolate if you are told to by NHS Test & Trace and if you show symptoms stay home and get a PCR test.\"\n\nThe rise in this age group will partly be because many people in their 20s will not yet have had both jabs and because of greater chances to socialise as restrictions eased.\n\nThe latest government data for England show around 59% of people in the 20-29 age group have had at least one coronavirus jab.\n\nAcross the UK 87.8% of the adult population has had one dose of the vaccine and 69.2% has had two doses.\n\nVaccination figures are highest for the older age groups who were offered the jab earlier.\n\nRecent figures suggest the vaccination programme has reduced hospital admissions and deaths, with a fewer than one in 1,000 infections now estimated to result in death - compared with one in 60 during last winter.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Temperatures have soared across the country with a hot spot in the south west - including Glenluce\n\nThe hottest day of the year has been recorded in Scotland, peaking in Dumfries and Galloway.\n\nTemperatures have soared across the country, including a 29.3C hot spot at Threave, near Castle Douglas.\n\nElsewhere, haar (or sea fog) was spotted earlier in eastern and central areas, caused by warm air passing over the cold North Sea.\n\nAmber warnings have been issued for extreme heat in Northern Ireland, Wales and the south east of England.\n\nThreave House and Gardens in Dumfries and Galloway, where the highest temperature was recorded\n\nThe Met Office warning comes with an appeal to watch out for heat exhaustion and sunburn.\n\nThe hot weather is expected to last until the weekend.\n\nThe second highest temperature was 28.4C recorded at Dunstaffnage, near Connel Bridge in Argyll and Bute, while 28C was recorded at Auchincruive in Ayrshire.\n\nTemperatures hit 26C in Glasgow but were cooler in the east, rising to only 19.5C at Gogarbank near Edinburgh.\n\nBBC Weather said the heat was triggering a few thunderstorms in Dumfries and Galloway with grey, murky skies in some eastern coastal areas and the Northern Isles.\n\nForecaster Kirsteen MacDonald said: \"High pressure across the UK did not really move all week.\n\n\"We also have had a cumulative effect, where each day of strong sunshine warms the air further, on top of the warming by descent.\n\n\"This is what has caused the hot weather in parts of the UK over the last few days. Temperatures will peak again tomorrow around 28C, possibly 29C.\n\n\"This weekend, high pressure will remain in charge across Scotland. Plenty of warm sunshine in the forecast, but temperatures will be down by quite a few degrees. Eastern coasts will continue to be plagued by haar.\"\n\nFields are drenched at Ladybank in Fife\n\nThe Met Office launched its new extreme heat warning system at the start of June to highlight potential widespread disruption and adverse health effects. Amber is the second-highest level in the system.\n\nHeatwaves are becoming more likely and more extreme because of human-induced climate change.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began, and temperatures are predicted to keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to greenhouse emissions.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Scotland Weather This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Just shy of 40,000 new infections have been confirmed in the UK government’s daily Covid update.\n\nThat is significant – it is the first time since the rise in infection rates took off that we have seen a dip in cases compared to the same day a week ago. Last Thursday 48,500 cases were reported.\n\nWe should be careful about reading too much into this. It is just one day and the impact of the lifting of most restrictions in England and Scotland on 19 July has yet to take effect.\n\nBut nonetheless it offers further evidence that cases will peak somewhere around the expected levels as the virus hits the wall of immunity built up by natural infection and vaccination.\n\nThe hope of government scientists was always that by this stage we would be seeing the first signs of a plateau. In recent weeks infection rates have not been growing as quickly as they were at the end of June.\n\nAnd now we have the first sign that growth may have stopped. We should expect that to be temporary. The modelling suggests we will soon get a further rise from the 19 July relaxing and further mixing that ensues.\n\nBut it is at least a tiny sign that this summer wave could be tamed, before there is a threat of the NHS being overwhelmed to the extent that restrictions may have to be reintroduced.", "Lorry driver shortages are causing temporary fuel supply issues at some of BP's petrol stations.\n\nThe oil firm said shortages of unleaded petrol and diesel had seen a \"handful\" of its UK sites close temporarily.\n\nHowever, the oil company said the \"vast majority\" of shortages were being \"resolved within a day\".\n\nBP said its supply chain had also been exacerbated by the closure of a distribution terminal due to staff being told to isolate last week.\n\n\"We are working hard with our haulier supplier to deliver fuel into sites and minimise any disruption to our customers. We apologise for any inconvenience caused,\" BP said.\n\n\"Our supply chain has been impacted by the industry-wide driver shortages across the UK, and was exacerbated by the temporary closure of our Hemel Hempstead fuel distribution terminal last week because of necessary Covid-19 isolations amongst staff. The terminal is now operating as normal once again.\"\n\nLorry drivers are currently in short supply, with the Road Haulage Association estimating a shortfall of about 60,000.\n\nIt said some 30,000 HGV driving tests did not take place last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPreviously, a temporary extension of lorry drivers' working hours was met with backlash from the industry who said the government is applying a \"sticking plaster\" to driver shortage problems.\n\nBP's announcement came as retail industry body the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned supermarkets were experiencing \"minor disruption\" due to a shortage of drivers.\n\nSome supermarkets are understood to be suffering shortages of particular brands. But while customers may not be able to find the exact product they are after, the same product made by different brands is available.\n\nThe BRC called on the government to \"rapidly increase\" the number of HGV driving tests taking place.\n\nThe Department for Transport said it is looking to increase testing capacity.\n\nAndrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the BRC, said supermarkets were working closely with suppliers to \"ensure consumers still have access\" to the same selection of goods.\n\n\"Government must rapidly increase the number of HGV driving tests taking place, fill gaps by providing visas for EU HGV drivers, and also look for a longer-term solution to this issue,\" he added.\n\nSome stores have also reported an increase in workers having to self isolate due to being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid app, but levels are not said to be near previous peaks in the pandemic.\n\nOther sectors are also experiencing staff shortages due to workers needing to isolate.\n\nRoyal Mail said in a \"limited number of areas\" services were being disrupted due to Covid-related absences.\n\nThe shortages in workers comes as the government announced firms can apply for staff to be exempt from coronavirus self-isolation rules.\n\nThe government has said there will be no list of critical workers exempt from isolating rules and exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\".\n\nHowever, the numbers of those who will be granted exemption outside of the NHS are expected to be relatively small, and not reach the high tens of thousands.\n\nRod McKenzie, of the Road Haulage Association, said the government's plan was \"confusing\" and felt like \"it's been rushed\".\n\nHe said: \"Where do you draw the line on lorry drivers, essential workers, the people in the supply chains? Because most of the people I know in the supply chain would say 'hang on a sec, I'm an essential worker'.\"\n\nIn a letter to the logistics sector, government ministers said they would consult about \"the delegation of off-road manoeuvres\" as part of the HGV test, which they said would boost testing capacity.\n\nIt added the Department for Transport would also look to into issuing provisional licences to drive rigid and articulated lorries.\n\nDowning Street previously said that the first exemptions around self-isolation have been given in some critical sectors.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Canadians say the conditions are \"unbearable\"\n\nNorth America experienced its warmest June on record, according to the EU's Earth observation programme.\n\nThat will come as no surprise given the unprecedentedly high temperatures recently recorded during the heatwave that hit Canada and parts of the US.\n\nBut UK residents may be startled to learn that despite the rain and cloud they experienced, it was the second warmest June on record for Europe.\n\nIt was also the fourth warmest June ever recorded worldwide.\n\nCopernicus, the EU's Earth observation programme, produces its figures for world temperatures from computer-generated analyses using billions of measurements from satellites, aircraft and weather stations around the world.\n\nClimate experts say the findings point to a frightening escalation in temperature extremes.\n\n\"We are getting used to record high temperatures being recorded somewhere around the world every year now,\" says Prof Peter Stott of the UK Met Office.\n\nHe says what meteorologists like him find shocking is not that the world is experiencing more heatwaves but that temperature records are increasingly being broken by such large margins.\n\nIn Canada and the north-western US, several cities recorded temperatures a full 5 degrees Celsius above previous records.\n\nA Siberian heatwave last year saw temperatures more than 5C above the previous record between January and June.\n\nA study by the Met Office on the extreme heat in the Russian region found that reaching such temperatures was almost impossible without human-caused climate change.\n\nIt anticipates similar results from studies of the Canadian heatwave.\n\nIts initial calculations suggest the odds of the sort of temperatures experienced in Canada occurring without climate change are very low indeed, says Professor Stott.\n\n\"It is telling us that changes in average climate are leading to rapid escalation not just of extreme temperatures, but of extraordinarily extreme temperatures,\" he adds.\n\nThat is exactly what the science says we should expect, Prof Friederike Otto of the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University told the BBC.\n\n\"Every decade the world has increased the rate of greenhouse gas emissions and that has increased the rate of warming. So, of course, heat records are being broken more frequently,\" she maintains.\n\nProf Otto believes the risks from the increasing number of heatwaves the world now experiences is not taken seriously enough.\n\nThe UK has also been experiencing soaring temperatures\n\nStorms and flood provide dramatic before-and-after images and cause widespread damage to property.\n\nHeatwaves, by contrast, do not leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Prof Otto describes them as \"silent killers\".\n\n\"People rarely drop dead on the street, but die quietly in their poorly insulated and un-air-conditioned homes.\"\n\nIndeed, how many victims these events claim is often only apparent months after the event when statisticians can calculate excess mortality.\n\nProf Otto says even if we do manage to achieve the dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that many countries around the world are now committed to, we will still see more frequent and more intense heatwaves than we have today.\n\nShe advises that, alongside cutting carbon emissions, we should be investing in adaption and resilience to ensure our communities can withstand the higher temperatures we can expect in the future.", "Sub-postmasters wrongly convicted of offences in a Post Office IT scandal will get interim compensation of up to £100,000, the government has said.\n\nAs of this week, a total of 59 former sub-postmasters have had their convictions quashed - with more due in court over the coming months.\n\nMore people have been affected by the scandal than in any other miscarriage of justice in the UK.\n\nThe government has agreed to fund the initial payments.\n\nThose affected can still seek extra compensation at a later date, via mediated settlements or through the civil courts. Some of those claims could add up to millions of pounds.\n\nPostal Affairs Minister Paul Scully said: \"The suffering and distress these postmasters and their families have gone through cannot be overstated. While nothing will make up for the years of pain they faced after this appalling injustice, I hope this initial step provides a measure of comfort.\n\n\"The Post Office has started to turn a corner in terms of dealing with its past mistakes - and this government will support them in doing so wherever possible.\"\n\nThere were more than 700 prosecutions based on evidence from the Horizon software system.\n\nHundreds of people who ran Post Office branches were subsequently convicted of various offences, including theft and false accounting, when the system was used.\n\nThe Horizon system was designed to record the transactions carried out in a post office branch\n\nFollowing the convictions some of these former postmasters went to prison, were shunned by their communities, and struggled to secure work. Some lost their homes and even failed to get insurance owing to their convictions. Some have since died.\n\nHowever, the IT was found to have bugs and defects that left a black hole in accounts.\n\nFollowing a series of court cases, many have received some civil compensation and some have had their convictions overturned.\n\nThe Post Office said the interim payments would be offered to those who were \"badly failed\" whilst final compensation arrangements were established.\n\nIts chief executive, Nick Read, said: \"Ensuring compensation is made as quickly as possible is a priority for Post Office.\n\n\"Whilst we cannot change the past, this is an important step towards meaningful compensation for victims and we will offer payments as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe Post Office is contacting postmasters and will aim to make an offer for an interim payment within 28 days of receiving an application from those whose overturned convictions relied on Horizon evidence.\n\nAnyone who has received a share of the civil payout can still receive the latest compensation, if their Horizon-related conviction is overturned.\n\nChi Onwurah, Labour's shadow business minister, said: \"This news is bittersweet - for those sub-postmasters who lost their jobs, homes, and reputations, for those who have still not had their convictions overturned and so will not be in scope, and for those who lost their lives, for whom this news comes too late.\"\n\nNeil Hudgell, of Hudgell Solicitors, which represents some of the postmasters, described the announcement of interim compensation as a \"cautiously positive step\"\n\n\"This cannot be a delaying gesture though. This is money to which these clients are entitled. With regards to how final settlements are agreed, we want them to come to the table and be meaningful in what they put forward,\" he said.\n• None Why were hundreds of sub-postmasters prosecuted?", "Industry bodies have reacted with dismay at the government's plan for firms to apply for staff to be exempt from coronavirus self-isolation rules.\n\nThe government has said there will be no list of critical workers exempt from isolating rules and exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\".\n\nKaren Dee, chief executive of the airport operators association, said the scheme was \"simply unworkable\".\n\nThe food supply industry called for clarity on how the scheme would work.\n\nThe new policy comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that fully-vaccinated people in critical roles in England would be able to continue working even if told to self-isolate after being in close contact with someone who has Covid. The new rule is limited to those without Covid symptoms.\n\nIndividual businesses will have to contact their relevant government department to apply for any exemption.\n\nThose deemed eligible, which includes NHS and care staff, will be able to take daily tests instead.\n\nDowning Street said that the first exemptions around self-isolation have been given in some critical sectors.\n\nThe number of exceptions outside of the NHS is expected to be relatively small, and not reach the high tens of thousands.\n\nThere are ongoing discussions with companies in critical industries.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"A number of those exemptions are in process of being granted or have been granted.\"\n\nFirms have warned of increasing staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app. Iceland and Greene King said on Monday they had had to shut shops and pubs as a result.\n\nBusiness lobby group the CBI has warned that the problem could hamper the economic recovery.\n\nRod McKenzie, of the Road Haulage Association, said the plan felt like it had been \"thought up on the hoof without proper organisation or thought\".\n\n\"Truckers were classed as essential workers at the start of the pandemic; now they may be or may not be,\" he said.\n\n\"It's too confusing. The criteria isn't clear and it risks being both unfair and devastating to an already creaking supply chain.\"\n\nMs Dee, of the airport operators association, said the government \"must reconsider and exempt categories of workers\", such as airport security staff and air traffic controllers from the requirement to self-isolate.\n\n\"As 24-hour operations, we need clear rules that are workable and easy to implement or there is a risk of unnecessary temporary closures,\" she said.\n\n\"Applying for each individual for an exemption from self-quarantine if they are 'pinged' is simply unworkable.\"\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, said: \"What is the application process for businesses to use this? Who will qualify? Do you have to prove you are severely affected? How long will it take?\n\n\"If it's not simple and quick, it will not help and most businesses will have to ignore it.\n\nHe said the number of people absent in the food sector due to isolation requests was \"growing exponentially across the food supply chain\".\n\nAndrew Selley is the chief executive of food wholesaler Bidfood, which has about 5,000 employees across the UK and 24 depots.\n\nHe said the number of staff who were self-isolating changed on a day-to-day basis, but added the company had \"well over 100 people\" off at the moment.\n\nThe firm, which has large contracts with schools, hospitals and prisons, recently had half a shift off at one depot due to staff being told to isolate.\n\nMr Selley said it was a \"little ridiculous\" to expect individual companies to seek exemptions for staff who had been told to self-isolate.\n\nHe added entire sectors, such as food supply, should be exempted and the government's scheme should work in the \"same way it did for key workers\" at the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nThe government has said it is \"crucial\" for people to quarantine after being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nIts message comes after business minister Paul Scully said it was a decision for individuals and employers whether they should isolate after a \"ping\" from the app.\n\nThe Times reported that another minister in the business department, Lord Grimstone of Boscobel, stressed in a letter to one large employer that the app was only an \"advisory tool\" and that people were not under any \"legal duty\".\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said \"business-critical areas\" would be able to apply to be exempt from isolating.\n\n\"It's not a blanket exemption and my understanding is we're not going to be producing a list covering individual sectors,\" he said.\n\n\"It's important that anyone who feels they're in a critical industry or wants to raise potential issues because of isolation are able to contact departments and get advice and where necessary get exemptions.\"\n\nAsked specifically about supermarket workers, the spokesman said: \"We're not seeking to draw lines specifically around who or who is not exempt.\n\n\"What's important is to make sure critical services are able to function and get that balance right between requiring people to isolate... but also making sure critical services can function.\"", "In California, firefighters are fighting the state's largest wildfire from atop a moving train. Wildfires continue to rage throughout the western US and Canada and even cities on the east coast are feeling the effects.", "Elite rugby players may be more at risk from brain changes than other people, a study suggests\n\nSport has been allowed to \"mark its own homework\" on reducing the risks of brain injury, an MPs' inquiry says.\n\nIts report calls for a standard definition of concussion that all sports must use, and a paid medical officer at every major sporting event.\n\nIt comes as the first study to scan elite rugby players' brains suggests one in four could be at risk of small abnormalities.\n\nBut the long-term effects on brain health are not clear, researchers say.\n\nAnd they stress that there are many health benefits to taking part in sport, which must also be taken into account.\n\nThe inquiry, carried out by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee of MPs, heard evidence from former athletes, scientists, doctors, players' unions and the governing bodies for various sports.\n\nIt found \"unaccountable\" governing bodies had failed to address the issue of brain injury in their sports, and said the government had \"failed to take action on player welfare\".\n\nAs a result, its report said, the safety of athletes could be easily lost when funding for individual sports depended on how good their protocols looked on paper, but not in practice.\n\n\"We've been shocked by evidence from athletes who suffered head trauma, putting their future health on the line in the interests of achieving sporting success for the UK,\" committee chairman Julian Knight said.\n\nHeading a football regularly over many years has been linked to brain damage\n\n\"The Health and Safety Executive is responsible by law. However, risk management appears to have been delegated to the national governing bodies, such as the FA (Football Association).\n\n\"That is a dereliction of duty which must change,\" said Mr Knight.\n\nHe added that at grassroots level, the committee had found \"negligible effort to track brain injuries\" and the long-term impacts of them.\n\nThere is mounting evidence that heading a football repeatedly over many years may cause brain damage.\n\nAnd previous research has found that former professional footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to die of dementia than people of the same age in the general population.\n\nBut there is still no definitive proof that one causes the other.\n\nThe issue hit the headlines after former England player Jeff Astle died aged 59 of dementia nearly 20 years ago, and a coroner ruled that he had the brain of a boxer which had been damaged by years of heading heavy leather footballs.\n\nDuring the inquiry, his daughter Dawn Astle told MPs that she felt let down by the lack of research that had taken place since.\n\n\"I want to make sure that the game is safe, safe for players now, players in the future, and children coming into the game. Sport just has not done enough and they should hang their heads in shame, in my opinion,\" she said.\n\nIn rugby, the potential for players to have mild brain injuries from heavy contact is much greater - particularly in rucks and tackles.\n\nIn a study of 44 elite rugby players from seven clubs, funded by the Drake Foundation, brain scans showed rugby players were more likely to have suffered changes to their brains than other athletes in non-contact sports, and non-athletes.\n\nIn fact, 10 of the players had signs of damage on scans, including small tears in blood vessels - and these were seen in players with and without a recent head injury.\n\nIn half of the players, scans showed unexpected changes in the brain's shape (or white matter volume).\n\nFemale rugby players were also included in the study, and head injuries will now be assessed differently in their elite league\n\nThere was no evidence that any of these players had poorer cognitive function or memory than other people in the study.\n\nProf David Sharp, senior study author from Imperial College London, said: \"What is not clear at this stage is the long-term clinical impact of these changes.\n\n\"Further research is needed to understand the long-term implications of repeated head injuries experienced during a rugby career and to provide more accurate ways to assess risk for an individual.\"\n\nDr Richard Sylvester, consultant neurologist at the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Homerton University Hospital, said: \"You can find an abnormality if you look hard enough - but what is the relevance of it?\"\n\nThe Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced a series of measures to reduce head impacts by players in training and matches.\n\nIt says it will agree a new framework for contact training, and introduce off-field assessments of head impacts in the women's game - this already exists in men's rugby.", "A vice-president of Equatorial Guinea who is said to have spent £199,000 ($275,000) on a glove worn by Michael Jackson is among five people to receive new UK \"anti-corruption\" sanctions.\n\nTeodoro Obiang Mangue is also accused of buying luxury mansions and cars.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the new sanctions targeted \"individuals who have lined their own pockets at the expense of their citizens\".\n\nThe four other targets were from Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Iraq.\n\n\"The UK is committed to fighting the blight of corruption and holding those responsible for its corrosive effect to account,\" Mr Raab said.\n\n\"Corruption drains the wealth of poorer nations, keeps their people trapped in poverty and poisons the well of democracy.\"\n\nThe sanctions will see the UK impose asset freezes and travel bans to prevent named individuals channelling money through UK banks or from entering the country.\n\nMr Obiang is the son of Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and was appointed as a government minister in 1998.\n\nThe UK said investigations and media reports suggested he has spent more than £363m ($500m) since being appointed, far above his government salary.\n\nExtravagant spending cited in support of the sanctions by UK officials is said to have included a $100m mansion in Paris, a $38m private jet, a luxury yacht and dozens of luxury vehicles including Ferraris, Bentleys and Aston Martins.\n\nThe UK said Mr Obiang also holds a collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia including a $275,000 crystal-covered glove which the singer wore on his 1980s Bad tour.\n\nMichael Jackson's \"Bad Tour\" glove was auctioned in Beverly Hills, California, in 2010\n\nAmong the other four targets was Zimbabwean businessman Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei, who the UK said was profiting from misappropriation of property in a way that led to accelerated deflation and increased the price of essentials.\n\nIn Venezuela, Alex Nain Saab Morán and Alvaro Enrique Pulido Vargas were accused by the UK of exploiting two public programmes for poor citizens.\n\nAnd a provincial governor in Iraq, Nawfal Hammadi Al-Sultan, was accused by the UK of misappropriating public funds meant for reconstruction efforts. Al-Sultan is currently serving a combined five-year prison sentence in the country.\n\nMore than 2% of global GDP is lost to corruption every year, and corruption increases the cost of doing business for individual companies by as much as 10%, according to government figures.\n\nThe first set of UK sanctions under the global anti-corruption sanctions regime came in April, when 22 individuals allegedly involved in serious corruption cases in Russia, South Africa, South Sudan and Latin America were targeted.", "Gary Lineker is a TV presenter and former England footballer\n\nMatch of the Day presenter Gary Lineker is to front a new ITV cash giveaway gameshow entitled Sitting on a Fortune, it was confirmed on Thursday.\n\nThe show will involve six players choosing where to position themselves in a row of seats in order to answer questions worth up to £100,000.\n\n\"Really looking forward to this,\" he tweeted. \"Think you'll love it.\"\n\nEarlier this month it was revealed that Lineker remains the BBC's top earner despite agreeing to a pay cut.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gary Lineker 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, the former England footballer said: \"I am absolutely delighted to be hosting what I think and hope will be a show that people love.\n\n\"It's going to be full of tension with high stakes and bags of drama from start to finish - everything a great game show should be. I can't wait for the viewers at home to experience the fun and the excitement of Sitting On A Fortune.\"\n\nThe gameshow will find contestants positioning themselves in a row of seats, one behind another. But only the player in the chair at the head of the line will gets the chance to answer questions and remain in play for the jackpot.\n\nWrong answers will see them relegated to the back of the line.\n\nKatie Rawcliffe, head of commissioning at ITV Entertainment said they were \"delighted\" to be working with Lineker, adding the show is \"all about players backing themselves and showing courage - something he knows all about\".\n\nLineker revealed at the end of last season that he is to leave his other job as the anchor of BT Sport's Champions League football coverage.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Somerset is short of drivers for its recycling lorries\n\nDozens of councils across England have been forced to suspend bin collections due to staff self-isolating.\n\nMost have temporarily stopped garden waste pick-ups, but some recycling collections have also been hit.\n\nSome councils have said they are unsure when services will return to normal.\n\nThe Local Government Association (LGA) said if Covid rates increased further, many would have to prioritise services that protect the most vulnerable.\n\nCollections are also being affected by a shortage of HGV drivers unrelated to self-isolation.\n\nCampaigners are worried the lack of collections will lead to more fly-tipping as people struggle to get rid of their waste.\n\nA spokesman for the Anti Fly-Tipping Association said: \"This news is obviously going to have huge knock-on effects, resulting in many more fly-tipping incidents which is ulimately going to cost councils just as much, if not more, in the long-run to clear up.\"\n\nIn Somerset at least 24 staff had been \"pinged\" by the NHS Test and Trace app, forcing a delay to collections.\n\nBin collections across England have been disrupted due to staff self-isolation\n\nIn Barnsley, Doncaster, and Redcar and Cleveland garden waste collections have been suspended, with no end date given.\n\nBarnsley Council said staff absences were the highest since the start of the pandemic and that they were trying to move staff from non-essential services to focus on emptying general waste and recycling bins.\n\nRedcar and Cleveland Council said: \"The current regulations have meant 21 staff have started a self-isolation period this week alone, to add to employees who were already self-isolating.\n\n\"These include a high number of trained drivers who cannot safely be replaced by other staff.\"\n\nBin collection issues have been reported in at least 25 council areas including: Coventry, Liverpool, Manchester, Stockport, Stockton, Solihull, Derbyshire Dales, South Oxfordshire, Stoke on Trent, South Devon, Tower Hamlets and Milton Keynes.\n\nLGA chairman James Jamieson said: \"It is clear that the current high prevalence of Covid-19 has resulted in large numbers of close contacts being required to self-isolate, which is placing pressure on some council services due to staff shortages.\n\n\"Most councils have been able to keep services running but there is a concern that, if rates increase further, many will be forced to prioritise services that protect the most vulnerable in their communities.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK has unveiled a new set of demands to redraw the post-Brexit trading arrangements it agreed with the EU for Northern Ireland.\n\nThe government said border checks on goods from Great Britain it signed up to in the 2019 Brexit divorce deal had proved unsustainable.\n\nBrexit Minister Lord Frost said they risked harming business, and were damaging the \"fabric\" of the UK.\n\nThe EU said it would not agree to renegotiate the terms of the 2019 deal.\n\nThe checks are included in the Northern Ireland Protocol, a section of the Brexit deal designed to avoid border checks on the island of Ireland.\n\nLord Frost called on the EU to look on the UK's proposals with \"fresh eyes,\" adding: \"We cannot go on as we are.\"\n\nHowever, he announced the UK would not be triggering Article 16 of the protocol - which would allow it to suspend parts of the Brexit deal - before talks with Brussels.\n\nHe added that the government believed using it was justifiable, but said: \"Nevertheless, we have concluded that it is not the right moment to do so.\"\n\nLord Frost told the House of Lords there was a \"growing sense in Northern Ireland we have not found the right balance, seen in an ongoing febrile political climate, protests and regrettable instances of occasional disorder\".\n\nHe also called on the EU to agree a \"standstill period\" to prevent a ban on sending chilled meat products such as sausages from Great Britain coming into force in September, when the full terms of the deal kick in.\n\nHe later told reporters it was \"perfectly normal to change treaties in the light of experience, and it happens all the time\".\n\nIn a 28-page document, the UK government suggested changes to:\n\nThe future of the Irish border was a huge sticking point during Brexit talks\n\nThe protocol was agreed to prevent the return of a hard border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, as both the UK and EU want to prevent any return to the Troubles, which lasted 30 years and cost more than 3,500 lives.\n\nUnder its terms, Northern Ireland effectively remains part of the EU's single market for goods, meaning it complies with standards set by Brussels.\n\nThe biggest practical difficulty, in trade terms, concerns the movement of food from Britain to Northern Ireland, which could then be transported into the EU via the Irish land border.\n\nThe prime minister's former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, has told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that the protocol had been a \"fudge\".\n\nBoth sides had wanted to \"sign up to something that was not what either side really wanted and which punted difficult questions into the future to figure out later\", he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit deal was \"inherently self-contradictory in various ways,\" says Dominic Cummings\n\nEuropean Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič said the EU was willing to \"seek creative solutions within the framework of the protocol\" to ease border issues.\n\nBut he added the 27-member union would not agree to a \"renegotiation\" of the Brexit deal.\n\n\"Respecting international legal obligations is of paramount importance,\" he added.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said: \"We welcome the acceptance from the government that the protocol is not working, that it is causing real harm to our economy in Northern Ireland and it is simply not sustainable.\"\n\nHe called the UK government's statement - and its publication of a command paper describing its demands - an \"important first step\".\n\nHowever, Sinn Fein Brexit spokesperson Declan Kearney called on the UK government to \"stop the evasion\" and \"get on\" with implementing the deal it agreed.\n\n\"It is not acceptable for the Tories to adopt an a la carte approach towards the protocol, to rewrite history, and now attempt a renegotiation,\" he added.\n\nIndustry group Manufacturing NI said the UK's proposals would create \"confusion and uncertainty for business\" and were likely to \"create conflict with the EU\".\n\nIt called on the EU to \"go further to ensure the UK's market works for business and consumers in Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"Both parties owe it to the people in Northern Ireland to skip the drama and get on with dialogue and decision making,\" the body added.\n\nFor Labour, Brexit spokeswoman Baroness Chapman urged the government to \"fix the problems the prime minister created\".\n\n\"Communities are tired of these games and the political stalemate,\" she added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Really angry and upset\" - Royal College of Nursing England director, Patricia Marquis, speaks to BBC Newsnight\n\nNurses may consider industrial action over the offer of a 3% NHS pay rise in England and Wales, a union says.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing (RCN) told the BBC it would be consulting members but staff were \"angry\" and deserved a bigger increase.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng acknowledged the hard work of NHS staff and said he felt the 3% rise was fair.\n\nMeanwhile, school leaders have said the pay freeze for most teachers in England is a \"slap in the face\".\n\nIn November the government announced a public sector pay freeze for 2021-22, with exceptions made for those on salaries under £24,000 and NHS staff.\n\nThe 3% pay rise is for most NHS staff including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried GPs and is backdated to April 2021.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the pay rise was a recognition of the \"extraordinary efforts\" of NHS workers.\n\nAccording to government calculations for the average nurse, this will mean an additional £1,000 a year, while many porters and cleaners will receive around £540.\n\nIt comes after heavily criticised proposals made by the Department for Health and Social Care in March said only a rise of 1% was affordable.\n\nThe independent NHS pay review body then recommended a 3% rise, which was accepted by the government.\n\nNurses called for a bigger pay increase during a protest outside Parliament on Wednesday\n\nPatricia Marquis, England director of the RCN, said the whole process had been \"shambolic\" and nurses had \"fallen way behind on pay\".\n\nShe told BBC Two's Newsnight: \"Our next steps will be to consult with our members about their view on the award.\n\n\"And once we have their view - which we suspect will be to say they are unhappy about the level - we will then be considering with them what the next steps might be, which could include consideration of industrial action most certainly.\"\n\nShe added that nurses were \"really angry and upset\" at the pay award, which the union says amounts to a pay cut once inflation is taken into account, and it made them feel they were not \"valued for what they do\".\n\nThe RCN had called for a 12.5% pay increase, which it said would help fill vacancies and retain staff.\n\nThe business secretary told BBC Breakfast NHS staff undertook \"incredible work\" but said the country was in a \"difficult position\" as far as public finances were concerned.\n\nMr Kwarteng said: \"I think 12.5%, given the situation we are in, is a huge amount to ask for in a single year - given that we have spent something like £350bn... supporting the economy, keeping jobs alive, paying people's wages effectively and also giving loans to businesses.\"\n\nOther unions have also criticised the pay offer.\n\nUnison said the increase, though an improvement on the initial offer, fell short of what NHS staff deserved.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA), which represents doctors, also said the pay rise was disappointing, adding that junior doctors and some GPs could miss out on it altogether.\n\nThe GMB union described the increase as \"insulting\" and said it would recommend its members reject the offer.\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Justin Madders described the new pay rise as a \"U-turn\" and called on the government to \"make our NHS and key workers feel supported and valued after all they have done for us\".\n\nNHS Trusts and employers said all pay rises need to be fully funded by government, rather than being squeezed from existing hospital budgets.\n\nSajid Javid, who has only been health secretary for a few weeks, is currently self-isolating with Covid\n\nNHS pay rises are negotiated by independent pay-review bodies that look at evidence from a range of groups before making recommendations to the government.\n\nThe pay rise does not include doctors and dentists in training who have their own separate, multi-year contracts.\n\nIn theory, the pay-review bodies make recommendations for NHS staff across the UK - but it is up to the individual UK nations to decide whether to accept them.\n\nAll NHS staff in Wales will be offered a 3% rise by the Welsh government.\n\nIn Scotland, most NHS staff have already been offered a 4% pay rise - backdated to December 2020. This follows a one-off Covid payment for health and social care staff of £500.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has also confirmed that there will be a pause to headline pay rises for the majority of public sector workforces in 2021-22.\n\nBut the School Teachers' Review Body has recommended a pay award of £250 for all teachers earning less than £24,000 in England.\n\nThe pay freeze for other teachers was criticised by unions, who said it risked making recruitment challenges worse.\n\nNAHT, the school leaders union, said it was a \"slap in the face\", while the Association of School and College Leaders said it was \"an absolute insult\", after a year where teachers had worked \"flat out\" because of the pandemic.\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green said: \"A real-terms pay cut for the vast majority of teachers is an insult after the heroic work they have done to keep children safe and learning throughout the pandemic.", "Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and Barack Obama are among victims of the hack\n\nSpanish police have arrested a 22-year-old UK citizen in connection with the hacking of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West.\n\nThe hacked accounts tweeted followers, encouraging them to join a Bitcoin scam, in July last year.\n\nAlso charged with hacking TikTok and Snapchat, Joseph O'Connor faces charges including three counts of conspiracy to intentionally access a computer without authorisation and obtaining information from a protected computer.\n\nThe San Francisco Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been investigating the case, helped by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Cyber Crimes Unit and the United States Secret Service.\n\nPreviously, authorities had charged three men in relation to the breach, a 19-year-old, from Bognor Regis, another teenager and a 22-year-old from Florida.\n\nHackers took control of public figures' accounts and sent a series of tweets asking followers to transfer cryptocurrency to a specific Bitcoin wallet to receive double the money in return.\n\nAs a result, Twitter had to stop all verified accounts from tweeting.\n\nThe social-media company later said the hackers had targeted Twitter employees to steal credentials to access the systems.", "Labour has accused the government of having no idea how many fish are being caught in UK waters by EU boats.\n\nThe party has accused ministers of losing control of UK waters and \"letting down\" fishing fleets.\n\nData on certain species such as scallops and crab is not yet being regularly shared by the two sides since the Brexit transition ended in January.\n\nThe government said it expected information sharing for these stocks \"to take place shortly\".\n\nUnder the Brexit trade deal, 100 species, including cod and herring, have catch quotas applied to them for UK and EU waters. Data on these species is being shared to prevent stocks becoming depleted.\n\nBut the EU and UK also agreed to allow each other's boats to catch species not covered by quotas in quantities based on historic averages, until June 2026.\n\nStatistics on these \"non-quota\" fish - which used to be collected and shared by the EU under the Common Fisheries Policy - are not being shared in full, despite an agreement to do so.\n\nThe two sides are hoping to hammer out an agreement to resume full data sharing at a new committee.\n\nFishing quotas were a contentious part of negotiations over a Brexit trade deal\n\nLabour said the government was having to \"start from scratch\" in gathering the data, while the fishing industry has expressed concern that EU boats were catching large amounts of non-quota species, particularly in the English Channel.\n\nLabour's shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard said a UK-EU data-sharing arrangement should have been in place when the post-Brexit trade agreement came into force in January.\n\nHe told MPs: \"The fishing industry knows that the government has failed to negotiate real-terms quota data with the European Union.\"\n\nMr Pollard added that the government had \"lost control of our waters\" and was \"badly letting down\" the British fishing industry.\n\nStocks not covered by quotas, including red mullet, squid and most commercial shellfish, are particularly important to smaller UK vessels fishing close to the shoreline.\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice told MPs: \"The government has required all foreign vessels, including EU vessels, to have a licence to fish in our waters.\n\n\"That sets certain conditions. We have access to vessel-monitoring data so that we can track the precise location of all of those vessels.\"\n\nHe added: \"We are also working on methodologies now, so they have to declare their catch when they leave our waters and enter our waters, and that will give us the data that [Mr Pollard] suggests we need.\"\n\nMr Eustice also said the government had secured total fishing \"opportunities\" for UK fleets of 628,000 tonnes for 2021 - up around 55,000 tonnes on last year.", "Mick Norcross, 57, was found dead at his home in Essex on 21 January\n\nNightclub owner and The Only Way Is Essex star Mick Norcross took his own life, a coroner has ruled.\n\nThe businessman and father of Kirk Norcross, who also appeared in the ITV show, was found dead at his home in Bulphan at 15:15 GMT on 21 January.\n\nThe 57-year-old had financial concerns, Chelmsford Coroner's Court heard.\n\nHe had taken out a £3.6m bank loan and a bridging loan secured against his main residence.\n\nInsp Neil Armstrong of Essex Police told the inquest that Mr Norcross had been involved in three property developments that were over schedule.\n\nHe said Mr Norcross may have faced \"the loss of a lifetime's work and potentially the family home... and it appeared that was weighing heavily on him\".\n\nMr Norcross first appeared on Towie in 2011 as the owner of the Sugar Hut nightclub in Brentwood.\n\nIn a statement read by the coroner, his son Kirk said lockdown had changed him.\n\nHe said his father had started sleeping in the mornings.\n\n\"It was almost like he had a black cloud over his head,\" he said.\n\n\"He would make passing comments, 'this money is not worth this agg (aggravation), I'm better offing myself'.\n\n\"I never took this seriously - I thought he was just joking.\"\n\nMick Norcross's partner Samantha Keahey said in a statement that he sold a Range Rover, an Aston Martin and a van and cashed in his private pension early.\n\n\"Mick has always supported his family as long as I've known him and the thought of not being able to support his family frightened him,\" she said.\n\nEssex's senior coroner Lincoln Brookes told the hearing: \"He had been under a great deal of pressure and I accept the evidence of his family that he was a very proud man who saw himself as a provider.\"\n\nThe inquest concluded that Mr Norcross died by suicide.\n\nThe star posted a tweet to his 505,000 followers on the day he died, saying: \"At the end remind yourself that you did the best you could. And that's good enough.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, information and support is available from BBC Action Line.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The protocol means some goods from Great Britain are now subjected to checks at Northern Ireland's ports\n\nNorthern Ireland's political parties are divided on calls by the government for the EU to begin negotiations to radically amend the Brexit protocol.\n\nOn Wednesday, Number 10 gave details of some proposals and said a new arrangement was urgently needed.\n\nUnionist parties, which oppose the protocol, have welcomed the statement and urged the EU to engage.\n\nBut Sinn Féin, the SDLP and Alliance urged the government to agree a veterinary agreement to reduce checks.\n\nThe UK and EU agreed the Northern Ireland Protocol in 2019, as part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.\n\nIt prevents a hard border in Ireland by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU single market for goods.\n\nThe UK says its implementation has been \"unbalanced\" and is \"unsustainable\" in its current form.\n\nBrexit Minister Lord Frost said the full deal should not be implemented and called on the EU to look at new proposals with \"fresh eyes\".\n\nHis comments were welcomed by unionist parties in Northern Ireland, who have called for the protocol to be renegotiated as it is damaging Great Britain to Northern Ireland (GB-NI) trade and posing a risk to the union in its current form.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there was now a \"tacit acceptance\" from the government that the protocol is not working.\n\n\"Sticking plasters and short-term fixes were never going to work. We need a proper renegotiation,\" he said.\n\nHe criticised the EU and said Brussels had \"failed to recognise the concerns of unionists\".\n\nThe government has issued a 28 page command paper to accompany today's ministerial statements.\n\nBut it boils down to one simple sentiment: \"Trust us.\"\n\nThey are telling the EU that it's single market can be protected without the panoply of checks and controls which currently apply to goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nThey are suggesting this can largely be achieved through a light-touch, trusted trader scheme and new legislation to discourage smuggling.\n\nBrexit veterans will recognise these as the sort of \"alternative arrangements\" suggested earlier in this process.\n\nThe EU was not persuaded then and with trust in short supply it will be a struggle to persuade them now.\n\nThe Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said he hoped Wednesday's statement would lead to \"movement in the direction of finding pragmatic, workable solutions\".\n\n\"I hope that the European Union will take their time in considering these proposals in good faith and will not reject them out of hand,\" he added.\n\nThe UUP leader will travel to Dublin on Thursday to meet the Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin to make that case to him directly.\n\nStormont's other main parties - Sinn Féin, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Alliance - have said they recognise concerns about the protocol but that must be fully implemented in the absence of another arrangement.\n\nSinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney said the British government had agreed and ratified all elements of the protocol with the European Commission.\n\n\"It should now stop the evasion, and get on with it's implementation,\" he said.\n\n\"It is not acceptable for the Tories to adopt an a la carte approach towards the protocol, to rewrite history, and now attempt a renegotiation.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood described the government's statement on Wednesday as a \"shameless position based on political expedience rather than providing the stability that people, businesses and communities in Northern Ireland need\".\n\nHe said he believed a resolution was still possible but would require the government to \"step back from its bad faith interventions\".\n\nColum Eastwood described the UK government's approach to the protocol as a \"shameless position\"\n\nAlliance's deputy leader Stephen Farry also said the government was attempting to \"rewrite history\" and that their actions had undermined trust with the EU in finding sustainable solutions.\n\nHis party has supported suggestions from the EU for a temporary Swiss-style veterinary agreement as a way to reduce most checks on goods coming into Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nThat would require the UK to follow all EU agri-food rules.\n\nThe UK said it is unwilling to cede control to the EU on this issue and is instead pushing for an equivalence arrangement in which the EU would recognise UK food production standards as being equivalent to its own.\n\nSimon Hoare, chairman of Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, described the UK's new proposals for the protocol as an \"interesting approach\".\n\n\"If there is to be any chance of change, mutual and binding trust will be the key currency. I am fearful that this is in short supply and needs to be worked on energetically and now.\n\n\"Common sense and pragmatism must not be a dirty word for either side,\" Mr Hoare added.\n\nEarlier, Ireland's Europe minister, Thomas Byrne, said \"there can be no renegotiation of the [NI] protocol\".\n\nBut he added that the arrangement had its complications, and said Irish government is \"willing to discuss any creative solutions within the confines of the protocol\".\n\nThe EU has strict rules about the importation of chilled meat products like mince and sausages\n\nAhead of the publication of the UK paper, the chairman of Marks & Spencer Archie Norman warned of the impact of full protocol checks on fresh foods when grace periods end this autumn.\n\n\"This Christmas, I can tell you already, we're having to make decisions to delist product for Northern Ireland because it's simply not worth the risk of trying to get it through,\" he said.\n\nMr Norman called for a \"common sense\" solution to post-Brexit problems at his firm's stores on the island of Ireland.\n\nThe M&S said the level of checks and controls are \"very threatening\" to Marks and Spencer's Irish business.\n\nHe suggests the easiest solution would be to \"agree a time limited veterinary/food standards agreement\".\n\nSpeaking on Radio 4 on Wednesday morning, Mr Norman said the problems his company has faced exporting to the Republic of Ireland are likely to be replicated in Northern Ireland by the autumn.\n\n\"At the moment only about 80% of our product is getting into [the Republic of] Ireland - so 20% doesn't arrive at all,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not the rules of the Customs Union that is the problem, it's the Byzantine and pointless and honestly pettifogging enforcement which means that wagons can't get through.\"\n\nHe said trucks had been turned away on the basis of the wrong colour of typeface used on documents.\n\n\"We're employing 13 full-time vets who are not looking after animals or welfare, they're simply ticking boxes and filling out forms,\" he added.\n\n\"Sandwiches typically require about three vets' certificates to get through.\n\n\"Come October our experience in southern Ireland is probably, as it currently stands, set to be replicated in Northern Ireland.\"", "About half of Italians are now fully vaccinated - but many are missing their appointments because of the summer holiday season\n\nItaly is introducing a mandatory Covid vaccination certificate from 6 August, the latest country in Europe to announce such a scheme.\n\nThe move will allow those aged 12 and over who have received at least one jab to access a range of venues, including indoor restaurants, cinemas and gyms.\n\nHowever, after disagreements within the governing coalition, the pass will not be needed for transport.\n\nThe virus is surging again in Italy, driven by the delta variant.\n\nThe number of new cases doubled over the past week, with more than 5,000 infections reported on Thursday.\n\nThe so-called Green Pass, either in digital or paper form, will also be valid for anyone who has had a negative test within the previous 48 hours or who has recovered from Covid in the past six months.\n\nAbout half of Italians are now fully vaccinated - but the summer holiday season is dissuading some to turn up for their appointments, says the BBC's Mark Lowen, in Rome.\n\nItaly has confirmed more than 4.3 million infections since the start of the outbreak, with nearly 128,000 Covid-related deaths.\n\nItalian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has condemned right-wing politicians who have discouraged young people from being jabbed.\n\nHe said it was as \"a call for people to die\".\n\nCorrection 28 October 2021: This article has been updated to make clear that the Green Pass will also be valid for people who have tested negative for Covid-19 or have recovered from the virus.", "Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has been heavily criticised for lecturing Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during a press conference in Tokyo.\n\nThe pair's awkward exchange took place after Queensland's capital, Brisbane, was awarded the 2032 Games.", "Supermarkets have warned the rising number of retail workers being forced to self-isolate is beginning to affect the availability of some products.\n\nThe Co-op said it was \"running low on some products\", while Iceland said shops might have to be shut.\n\nSainsbury's said it \"might not always\" have the exact products people wanted, but downplayed fears of shortages saying the problem was not widespread.\n\nIceland also urged shoppers not to panic buy, saying it was not necessary.\n\nThe Co-op said items such as soft drinks, personal care products such as deodorant and beer were worst affected.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the government was \"concerned about instances of shortages\".\n\n\"I don't want people to get the impression that every shelf in every supermarket is bare - that is not the case but we are certainly concerned about instances of shortages, we are looking at the supply chains of critical industries and we are reviewing that situation,\" he added.\n\nA record 618,903 people in England and Wales were \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid app in the week to 14 July.\n\nSupermarkets and other sectors, including hospitality and transport, have said growing numbers of staff have been affected which means they have to self-isolate for 10 days. Some companies have reduced opening hours to cope with the staff shortages or shut parts of the business.\n\nFirms want people who have been doubly vaccinated or have daily tests to be able to return to work.\n\nMr Kwarteng said that the government would publish guidance later on which sectors would be exempt, although he declined to comment on whether it would include the food industry.\n\nMany of Thursday's newspapers carried pictures of empty shelves in some supermarket branches - with some describing panic buying of certain items - but industry sources told the BBC that so far, food shortages were not a systemic problem.\n\nIceland's managing director, Richard Walker, said photographs of empty shelves in supermarkets were \"isolated incidents\".\n\nIt is understood that Tesco is experiencing low availability across a small number of products due to the rise in the number of workers self-isolating as well as the industry-wide shortage of HGV drivers.\n\nMeanwhile, the Co-op said it was being hit \"by some patchy disruption to our deliveries and store operations\".\n\n\"We are working closely with our suppliers to get re-stocked quickly,\" it added.\n\nIt is understood that items such as soft drinks, personal care products such as deodorant and beer are worst affected.\n\nLidl said the rise in numbers of employees having to self-isolate was starting to hit operations, but it was working to minimise disruption.\n\nAbout 1,000 Iceland employees - almost 4% of its staff - are currently absent for Covid-related reasons, with the north of England most affected.\n\nOf these, 27% have tested positive for Covid, while 64% have been \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid app and told to isolate.\n\nIceland is recruiting 2,000 temporary staff to help with the shortages while the Co-op will take on 3,000 extra workers.\n\nWaitrose, which is part of the John Lewis Partnership, said: \"We're working through the same challenges that all supermarkets are facing right now.\n\n\"As always, our focus is on maintaining the best possible range of products and high levels of service for our customers.\"\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC) said the increasing number of workers being told to isolate was \"putting increasing pressure on retailers' ability to maintain opening hours and keep shelves stocked\".\n\nA fall in the number of available HGV drivers, exacerbated by the rising numbers being forced to isolate, was also \"resulting in minor disruption to some supply chains\", the BRC's Andrew Opie said.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association estimates there is a shortage of 100,000 HGV drivers in the UK due to workers returning to Europe following Brexit as well as delays in testing hauliers for Covid.\n\nMeanwhile, the British Meat Processors Association said some members were seeing between 5% and 10% of their workforce \"pinged\" by the app.\n\nUnder current self-isolation rules in England, anyone who is traced as a close contact of a confirmed positive case must isolate for 10 days, whether or not they have received both doses of a vaccine.\n\nIf someone is told to isolate by NHS Test and Trace they are legally obliged to do so.\n\nBut if someone is \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid app the requirement to self-isolate is only advisory.\n\nAndrew Selley, chief executive of Bidfood UK, which supplies produce to hospitals, care home and prisons as well as restaurants, said it was asking workers who have been \"pinged\" to come back to work after they have taken a negative PCR test.\n\n\"We have a process of doing lateral flow tests daily away from their workplace and if that is negative then they can proceed with their work,\" Mr Selley said.\n\nBut Mr Kwarteng told the BBC: \"The rules are clear and I think they should be followed.\"\n\nEarlier this week, the government announced a \"small number\" of fully vaccinated critical workers, including health and care staff, would be allowed to continue to do their job even if they were a close contact of someone who had tested positive for Covid.\n\nThe prime minister has said he does not want to extend the exemption too widely in order to limit the spread of the virus.\n\nThe government has argued it is necessary to keep isolation rules largely unchanged until 16 August.\n\nFrom that date, people who are fully vaccinated and under-18s will be able to avoid self-isolating by taking daily Covid tests.\n\nDozens of councils across England have also been forced to suspend bin collections due to staff self-isolating.\n\nOn Wednesday, BP said lorry driver shortages and isolating staff had caused fuel supply issues at some of its petrol stations.\n\nThe oil firm said shortages of unleaded petrol and diesel had seen a \"handful\" of its UK sites close temporarily.\n\nHave you experienced shops struggling to keep their shelves stocked? Or do you work in a shop affected by staff absences? Get in touch.\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.", "Radiyah's father Rana: \"Girls like to tie their hair up and pierce their ears\"\n\nThe father of a 10-year-old girl set to get a new lab-built ear has said the science will transform her life.\n\nRadiyah, from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, has a condition known as microtia and was born without a properly formed left ear.\n\nNow she is set to get a new ear after scientists at Swansea University began using 3D printing to build human cartilage.\n\nHer father, Rana, said it would \"help boost her confidence\".\n\n\"Girls like to tie their hair up and pierce their ears and to have two matching ears will be a positive thing,\" he said.\n\nThe £2.5m study at Swansea University will use human cells and plant-based materials to rebuild ears and noses in a lab, which they say will eliminate scarring.\n\nIt is hoped it will be used for future treatment of people born without body parts or who have facial scarring as a result of burns, trauma or cancer.\n\nTrainee plastic surgeon Tom Jovic holds a 3D printed ear which has been created in the lab\n\nRadiyah had been hoping to begin the process of getting a new ear fairly soon, but it had been delayed by the Covid pandemic.\n\nHer father said she started to \"lose a bit of confidence so we decided to go down the medical route\".\n\nHe added: \"If it wasn't for this type of technology, she would have to have a skin graft instead which would mean she'd have a big scar on her skull and also under her breast area where they would have gone to get the cartilage.\n\n\"So she would have been left with a lot of scarring but by developing the ear in a lab then she will be scar-free.\"\n\nPeople without fully developed ears or noses have told researchers they would prefer their own tissue is used for reconstruction instead of existing plastic prostheses.\n\nThe three-year work, in partnership with the Scar Free Foundation, is attempting to overcome this challenge by 3D printing cartilage in a laboratory.\n\nThis can then be used to help form a new ear or nose.\n\nThe scientists hope the advances will limit scarring for people who need reconstructive surgery\n\nCartilage is the main type of connective tissue in the body which provides a framework for bone structure to develop.\n\nA patient's stem cells will be grown on to the cartilage structure in preparation for facial reconstruction.\n\nThis process will also avoid the need to take cartilage from elsewhere in the body and so reduce any further scarring.\n\n\"Successful translation of this research programme will transform the future of surgery, removing the need to transfer tissue from one part of the body to another and avoid the associated pain and scarring,\" said Iain Whitaker, chairman of plastic surgery at the university's medical school.\n\nSimon Weston: \"Since the age of 20 I have had to live with my scars\"\n\nSimon Weston, who suffered severe burns to his face and body during the Falklands War, is the lead ambassador for the Scar Free Foundation.\n\nHe underwent a series of skin grafts but, at the time, there was not the research or capability to be able to rebuild his ears and nose.\n\n\"Since the age of 20 I have had to live with my scars,\" he said.\n\n\"In the early days this abrupt change in the course of my life caused severe psychological challenges.\n\n\"I am passionate about the issue of scarring and want people with these kind of visual differences to be accepted in society.\"\n\nHe said: \"Having a facial difference can be difficult.\n\n\"Often we are stared at - staring is invading someone's privacy. People with scarring are real people who just want to be treated as equals.\"\n\nFoundation chief executive Brendan Eley said he was \"delighted\" to work with Health and Care Research Wales to launch the \"ground-breaking\" programme at Swansea University.\n\n\"Giving surgeons the ability in the future to reconstruct people's faces using their own cells without the need for further scarring is revolutionary,\" he said.\n\n\"This life-changing research is part of our commitment to achieve scar-free healing within a generation for the millions of people living with scarring in the UK and across the world.\"", "Liverpool's World Heritage status recognised the architectural landmarks on the waterfront\n\nLiverpool has been stripped of its World Heritage status after a UN committee found developments threatened the value of the city's waterfront.\n\nThe decision was made following a secret ballot by the Unesco committee at a meeting in China.\n\nUnesco had said that the developments, including the planned new Everton FC stadium, had resulted in a \"serious deterioration\" of the historic site.\n\nThe decision was described as \"incomprehensible\" by the city's mayor.\n\n\"Our World Heritage site has never been in better condition having benefitted from hundreds of millions of pounds of investment across dozens of listed buildings and the public realm,\" Joanne Anderson said.\n\nShe said she would work with the government to examine whether the city could appeal against the decision, which comes \"a decade after Unesco last visited the city to see it with their own eyes\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The decision was made at a UN meeting in China\n\nLiverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram said the decision was \"a retrograde step that does not reflect the reality of what is happening on the ground\".\n\n\"Places like Liverpool should not be faced with the binary choice between maintaining heritage status or regenerating left-behind communities and the wealth of jobs and opportunities that come with it,\" he said.\n\nLabour's Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside, said she remained \"proud of my city and what we've done\".\n\n\"People come here because it's amazing city and, while I'm disappointed, as a city we are resilient and we will always fight back.\"\n\nAn artist's impression of Everton's new stadium, which is being built at Bramley Moore Dock\n\nThe government said it was \"extremely disappointed\" and believes Liverpool still deserves its heritage status \"given the significant role the historic docks and the wider city have played throughout history\".\n\nLiverpool becomes only the third site to lose its World Heritage status since the list began in 1978, the other two being Oman's Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in 2007 and the Dresden Elbe Valley in Germany in 2009.\n\nAnnouncing the decision, the committee chairman said 20 votes had been cast - with 13 in favour of deleting the city, five against the proposal and two ballot papers being invalid.\n\nLiverpool's Liberal Democrat leader Richard Kemp said it was a \"day of shame\" for the city, adding that it would \"without a doubt, affect our tourism and inward investment\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe city was awarded the much-coveted title in 2004 in recognition of its historical and architectural impact, joining places including the Taj Mahal, Egypt's Pyramids and Canterbury Cathedral.\n\nIt recognised its history as a major trading centre during the British Empire and its architectural landmarks.\n\nHowever, a report in June by the World Heritage Committee said developments on the city's waterfront had resulted in \"irreversible loss of attributes\".\n\nIt cited the Liverpool Waters project and Everton's new stadium, which is being built at Bramley Moore Dock.\n\nChris Capes, director of development for Peel L&P's Liverpool Waters, said he was disappointed \"particularly given the considerable investment that the city has put into protecting and improving its heritage sites\".\n\nEverton have agreed to invest up to £55m to \"preserve, restore and celebrate the heritage assets\" of the area as part of its stadium plan.\n\nThey project was approved following two public consultations, with the second survey attracting more than 40,000 people.\n\nThe club found 98% of people supported the proposed design of the stadium, while 96% backed the club's plans for historic features on the site.\n\nLiverpool has seen more peaks and troughs than most, and it's a city which has changed immeasurably since 2004 when the World Heritage Status was conferred.\n\nBack then, there was no Liverpool One shopping centre, no hint that Everton would consider building a multi-million pound waterfront stadium and its year as European Capital of Culture hadn't happened. The city has changed.\n\nToday, there's a sense of defiance in some quarters about Unesco's decision that the city doesn't need the title, especially if sits in the way of progress for an area which has lain neglected and semi derelict for decades.\n\nCritics argue the benefits of being a World Heritage status were never properly spelled out and there wasn't the political will in the city to address Unesco's concerns until recently, when it was too late.\n\nMany people argue that tourists visiting the Pier Head, St George's Plateau or Penny Lane are not coming because Liverpool is a designated World Heritage site - they probably don't even realise it is.\n\nThey're coming for the Beatles, the football, food and the history but that history will remain.\n\nYet today's announcement worries those who fear that the ability to protect heritage, architecture and history is now diminished, that there will be a free-for-all of unsuitable, careless development.\n\nThe argument for the last decade has been presented as a binary choice: heritage or progress? The feeling in Liverpool is, couldn't we have had both?\n\nDr David Jeffery hopes the decision will act as a warning to the council\n\nDr David Jeffery, who is a lecturer of British politics at the University of Liverpool, said he believed the decision would not have a \"serious impact\" on the city's tourism industry.\n\n\"I do hope this serves as a warning to the council to stop approving ugly buildings though,\" he said.\n\nWayne Colquhoun, who has campaigned for 15 years to keep Liverpool's heritage status, said he was \"devastated\" by the news.\n\n\"It's the status symbol that has put us up there with the Great Wall of China and the pyramids and now it has gone,\" he said.\n\n\"You've got to be clever being a World Heritage city and be able to take traditional materials and build them in a modern manner.\"\n\nWayne Colquhoun said the decision would \"stop people thinking that we are up there with the greatest cities on Earth\"\n\nRichie Wright, 40, who has lived in Liverpool all his life, said the status had \"on many occasions, hampered and restricted development in a city that is ripe for development\".\n\n\"I hope that Liverpool and its wider city region now seizes this opportunity to make common sense decisions that make our city and the world proud,\" he said.\n\nWorld War One soldiers paraded outside St George's Hall in 1915\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One of the world's largest game companies is being taken to court over an alleged \"frat boy\" culture that discriminates against women.\n\nActivision Blizzard is accused of unequal pay, promoting men over women, and widespread sexual harassment.\n\nCalifornia's Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is taking legal action against the company, following a two-year investigation.\n\nAnd it called the DFEH \"unaccountable state bureaucrats\".\n\nThe company is one of the largest and most successful games companies, publishing major titles Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch and many others.\n\nThe DFEH made extensive allegations about an ingrained culture of discrimination and sexual harassment.\n\n\"Female employees almost universally confirmed that working for defendants was akin to working in a frat house,\" the DFEH legal filing claims.\n\n\"In the office, women are subjected to 'cube crawls', in which male employees drink copious amounts of alcohol as they 'crawl' their way through various cubicles in the office and often engage in inappropriate behaviour toward female employees.\"\n\nAnd such workplace cultures were \"a breeding ground\" for harassment and discrimination.\n\n\"Female employees are subjected to constant sexual harassment,\" the DFEH alleged.\n\n\"High-ranking executives and creators engaged in blatant sexual harassment without repercussions.\"\n\nAnd when formal complaints were made, Activision failed to take effective measures to solve problems.\n\nInstead, complaints were dismissed - and not kept confidential.\n\n\"As a result of these complaints, female employees were subjected to retaliation, including but not limited to being deprived of work on projects, unwillingly transferred to different units and selected for layoffs,\" the DFEH said.\n\nOne female employee had even killed herself, \"due to a sexual relationship with her male supervisor\", the DFEH claimed, \"a tragic example of the harassment that defendants allowed to fester\" - an allegation Activision strongly denies.\n\nShe had gone on a company trip with him, before which, another employee alleged, male co-workers had \"passed around\" intimate photos of her at a party.\n\nBut Activision said: \"We are sickened by the reprehensible conduct of the DFEH to drag into the complaint the tragic suicide of an employee whose passing has no bearing whatsoever on this case and with no regard for her grieving family.\n\n\"It is this type of irresponsible behaviour from unaccountable state bureaucrats that are driving many of the state's best businesses out of California.\"\n\nTracer, the mascot for Overwatch, one of the company's big games\n\nPay disparity and other career barriers were also common inside the company, the filing claims, which mean many women leave.\n\nThe company's workforce \"is only about 20% women\", it says.\n\n\"Its top leadership is also exclusively male and white.\n\n\"Women across the company are assigned to lower paid and lower opportunity levels.\n\n\"Female employees receive lower starting pay and also earn less than male employees for substantially similar work.\n\n\"Defendants promote women more slowly and terminate them more quickly than their male counterparts.\"\n\nAnd when one female employee taking on managerial responsibilities asked for a pay increase and promotion, her manager \"commented that they could not risk promoting her, as she might get pregnant and like being a mom too much\".\n\nThe DFEH also noted \"women of colour were particularly vulnerable targets\" of discriminatory practices.\n\nIn its fierce rebuttal, Activision said the DFEH filing \"includes distorted, and in many cases false, descriptions of Blizzard's past\".\n\n\"The picture the DFEH paints is not the Blizzard workplace of today,\" it said - adding it had made significant changes to internal procedures and introduced compulsory anti-harassment training.\n\nThe DFEH was required by law to \"have good-faith discussions with us to better understand and to resolve any claims or concerns before going to litigation - but they failed to do so\".\n\n\"Instead, they rushed to file an inaccurate complaint.\"\n\nThe DFEH, in its filing, said it had attempted to resolve things before filing the legal action.\n\nIt \"required all parties to participate in a mandatory dispute resolution\" - but both sides had been \"unable to resolve\" the problems.", "Nurses and other NHS workers in England have been offered a 3% pay rise by government \"in recognition of unique impact of the pandemic\" on staff.\n\nIt comes after heavily criticised proposals made by the Department for Health and Social Care in March said only a rise of 1% was affordable.\n\nAll NHS staff in Wales will be offered a 3% rise by the Welsh government.\n\nBut some health unions opposed the new figure saying it does not reflect the sacrifices made by staff.\n\nThey point out the NHS workforce has been under unprecedented pressure.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA), which represents doctors, said the pay rise was disappointing and that junior doctors and some GPs could miss out on it altogether.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, of the BMA, said many doctors had not taken annual leave in the past year and now \"face a gruelling year ahead with millions of patients on waiting lists, and the country in the midst of another Covid-19 wave\".\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Justin Madders described the new pay rise as a \"U-turn\" and called on the government to \"make our NHS and key workers feel supported and valued after all they have done for us\".\n\nThe rise in pay for healthcare workers follows a public sector pay freeze for 2021-22, announced by the government in November, with exceptions made for those on salaries under £24,000 and NHS staff.\n\nThe 3% pay rise is for most NHS staff including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried GPs and is backdated to April 2021.\n\nAccording to government calculations for the average nurse, this will mean an additional £1,000 a year, while many porters and cleaners will receive around £540.\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"NHS staff are rightly receiving a pay rise this year despite the wider public sector pay pause, in recognition of their extraordinary efforts.\n\n\"We will back the NHS as we focus our efforts on getting through this pandemic and tackling the backlog of other health problems that has built up.\"\n\nNHS pay rises are negotiated by independent pay-review bodies that look at evidence from a range of groups before making recommendations to the government.\n\nThe pay rise does not include doctors and dentists in training who have their own separate, multi-year contracts.\n\nIt was a day of frustration for health unions and their members.\n\nThere was a widespread expectation that the details would be revealed in a health minister's statement to the Commons at lunchtime.\n\nBut MPs were told the government was still considering pay review body recommendations.\n\nThen the announcement came at 18:00 BST, suggesting a frantic afternoon finalising the deal with the prime minister, chancellor, and health secretary all self-isolating.\n\nUnion reaction has been varied with one group acknowledging ministers had made a significant step up from the original 1% offer.\n\nOthers though said the 3% on the table was insufficient recognition of the huge effort of NHS staff during the pandemic.\n\nThe details will be put to union members in the next few weeks and it will be hard to predict the response at a time when pressure on the health service is intensifying because of another Covid surge.\n\nMembers of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) gathered in Westminster ahead of the announcement with placards and banners demanding a 12.5% pay increase.\n\nOne of those demonstrating, Kafeelat Adekunle, 55, a community matron with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, described the pay rise as \"mad\".\n\n\"I'm not happy,\" she told the PA news agency. \"They're not listening, that's the whole problem. This is just to try and stop us from doing industrial action, just to keep us quiet, keep us shushed.\"\n\nAmy Fancourt, an A&E nurse and RCN member, told the BBC: \"Morale is extremely low, there's a lot of people leaving the NHS and there's a lot of people leaving the health sector more widely.\n\n\"And I think that is a direct consequence of years of being undervalued, on top of the extra pressure we faced during the pandemic.\"\n\nUnison general secretary Christina McAnea said the increase, though an improvement on the initial offer, fell short of what NHS staff deserved.\n\n\"The government has failed to show staff just how valued they are to us all,\" she said, warning some staff may now leave the health service.\n\nUnite national officer for health, Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe, described the 3% offer as \"small step forward on the insulting 1% the government offered in March\".\n\n\"However, this recommendation in no way recognises the 19% drop in real earnings that many NHS workers have endured in the last decade, nor the immense sacrifices that health staff have and are continuing to make as Covid infection rates rapidly rise again.\"\n\nNurses called for a bigger pay increase during a protest at Westminster\n\nRCN chief executive Pat Cullen said the announcement was \"light on detail\" and that nursing staff would \"remain dignified in responding to what will be a bitter blow to many\".\n\n\"But the profession will not take this lying down,\" she warned.\n\nMike Henley, a member of the consultants committee, British Medical Association, told the BBC: \"We're disappointed. We wanted more than 5% to make up for our one-third pay loss since 2008, so 3% is a long way below that.\"\n\nIn making the final decisions on pay the government will have factored in the impact of the pandemic on both the economy and the NHS.\n\nCurrently almost half the NHS's budget goes on staffing costs - a total of £56.1bn.\n\nIn theory, the pay-review bodies make recommendations for NHS staff across the UK - but it is up to the individual UK nations to decide whether to accept them.\n\nIn Wales, Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the 3% rise \"recognises the dedication and commitment of hardworking NHS staff\".\n\nIn Scotland, most NHS staff have already been offered a 4% pay rise (backdated to December 2020). This follows a one-off Covid payment for health and social care staff of £500.", "Nurses have said they are disappointed to be offered a 3% pay rise, after a union asked for 12.5%.\n\nNHS workers will receive the rise, which matches England's offer to NHS staff, backdated to April.\n\nUnions have said they will ballot their members and are not ruling out strike action.\n\n\"Claps don't pay the bills,\" one nurse said.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan said she would be \"very disappointed\" if strikes took place.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dawn Butler refuses to withdraw her claims that Boris Johnson lies to Parliament and is ordered out of the Commons.\n\nLabour MP Dawn Butler has been ordered to leave the Commons chamber after she refused to withdraw accusations that Boris Johnson is a liar.\n\nMs Butler said the prime minister had \"lied to the House and the country over and over again\".\n\nUnder parliamentary rules, MPs are not allowed to accuse each other of lying in the House of Commons.\n\nThe acting Deputy Speaker asked the MP to withdraw her remarks but Ms Butler refused and was ordered to leave.\n\nThe incident took place during the final debate in the House of Commons before MPs leave Westminster for the summer.\n\nMs Butler used her speech to attack the prime minister for \"misleading this House\" during the pandemic.\n\nThe Brent Central MP cited past statements on economic growth, nurses' bursaries and investment in the NHS as proof of the prime minister's dishonesty.\n\nThe rules governing behaviour in the Commons state that MPs are not allowed to use abusive language or accuse another MP of either being drunk or a liar.\n\nActing Deputy Speaker Judith Cummins interrupted Ms Butler and asked her to \"reflect on her words and perhaps correct the record\".\n\nMs Butler replied: \"At the end of the day, the prime minister has lied to this House time and time again and it's funny that we get in trouble in this place for calling out the lie, rather than the person lying.\"\n\nMs Cummins again urged the MP to take back her comments but Ms Butler said, \"I have reflected on my words and somebody needs to tell the truth in this House that the prime minister has lied.\"\n\nThe Deputy Speaker then ordered Ms Butler to withdraw from the Commons for the rest of the day's sitting.\n\nDowning Street has not yet commented on Ms Butler's accusations.\n\nResponding to Ms Butler's speech, former Conservative minister Gavin Barwell tweeted: \"In general, I'm all for politicians being authentic, but there's enough poison in our politics as it is and we should resist a descent to the name-calling that is common in some other countries.\"\n\nHowever, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner defended Ms Butler tweeting: \"Just to confirm Boris Johnson is a liar regardless of who calls him a liar or where they call him a liar.\"", "It was three in the morning when Sam Lancaster found her family's new Yorkshire home by the sea.\n\n\"I don't even know what brought Scarborough into my head. I just googled it,\" she says.\n\nIt was house-love at first sight. But there was another key piece of information. Her husband Craig had been told by his employer, a major telecoms firm, that he could work - indefinitely - from home. Sam and Craig and their two daughters really could live anywhere - including the seaside.\n\nThe Lancasters say they had \"outgrown\" their home in Thatcham, Berkshire, not far from Craig's office in Newbury. And no longer constrained by the geography of a daily commute, they started looking for better value houses in other parts of the country.\n\nNow they're unpacking boxes in a big, rambling home on the North Yorkshire coast, with the sea a blue horizon out the back window. In this week's picture-postcard sunshine, they've been swimming in the sea most days.\n\n\"It's a no-brainer. It feels so right,\" says 41-year-old Sam, convinced her family's migration 230 miles north, as the gull flies, is going to be part of a bigger trend. \"If you can work from home, why wouldn't you move?\" she says, swatting away any doubts.\n\nCraig, whose IT job supports network operations, says a trip to Screwfix turned into a nature trek. \"We saw seals swimming in the sea and puffins. You wouldn't see that in Thatcham.\"\n\n\"Just look out the window. There are lovely walks, people have been welcoming, the girls can go down to the beach,\" says Sam. She's in a mover's honeymoon where everything still feels like a holiday, even though she says some of the locals are more likely to \"slag off the town\".\n\nSome of their old friends also thought they were crazy for uprooting. Sam says they quietly asked her whether she thought it was a rash decision.\n\nBut there was another piece of rocket fuel for this life change.\n\nThe awfulness of the pandemic made her think there was no point in hesitating. She had \"gone off\" their old area. Here was a chance to reinvent their lives. \"I would never have done this without the pandemic,\" she says. She worked as a teaching assistant before and might return to that later. But nothing was going to hold her back.\n\nIt will mean new schools for Sophie aged 15, and Olivia, eight, and making new friends for parents and children. But they seem unfazed and confident about a fresh start.\n\n\"Life is so short,\" says Sam.\n\nThe Lancasters could be part of a changing tide. The big beaches and widescreen skies have always made seaside towns seductive, but they can be slow to reach. Coastal transport can have more dodgy links than a crazy golf course. Will remote working make the coast a practical option? Will people start moving to Zoomtown-on-Sea? And could this revitalise fading seaside towns?\n\nFigures up to June 2021 from the Rightmove property network showed a 115% increase in enquiries about moving from cities to a seaside town, compared with before the pandemic.\n\nThese are people viewing properties and getting information, not completing sales. But Tim Bannister, director of property data, says: \"It's a really strong indicator, a window into what's happening.\"\n\nThere has also been a shift from most city dwellers looking to move. Before the pandemic they were looking for properties in the same city. Now, most are looking elsewhere. It's an out-of-city trend that applies to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester. The rise of hybrid working is a big factor, according to estate agents.\n\n\"People are reassessing their lives,\" says Phil Fletcher, of CPH estate agents in Scarborough. He also wants the town to reassess its relationship with seagulls, which have just caused a leak in his ceiling.\n\nHe says people who have had tough experiences in the pandemic are now making big choices about their relationships, their jobs and where they live.\n\n\"People are sitting up and thinking: 'Live for the day.'\"\n\nCoastal towns, like sea views, are always changing. Where his estate agency now stands was the site of the Theatre Royal, when Scarborough was an entertainment capital. The idea of remote workers moving to cheaper, characterful Victorian houses in Scarborough is not future-gazing for him: \"I can see it already happening.\"\n\nBut seaside towns can have a Jekyll and Hyde character.\n\nOn a sunny day Scarborough looks irresistible. Families are outside ice-cream coloured chalets, one with a placard saying: \"Be Nice or Go Home.\" Boats are running trips to see dolphins off the coast. Holidaymakers are shielding their chips from dive-bombing seagulls.\n\nIt's not just the memorial plaques on seafront benches that prove how much people love to sit and look at the sea.\n\nEnvironmental psychologist Michelle Tester-Jones, at the University of Exeter, is part of a research project which has found \"consistent evidence that spending time near 'blue spaces' seems to be good for well-being\", including helping with \"anxiety and low mood\".\n\nBut take a short walk from Scarborough's seafront and there are boarded up shops on the High Street, like teeth missing in a smile. The Christmas bargain store is still promising presents in July. A food bank collection point stands in the locked-up entrance to Debenhams. The town has immense natural beauty and handsome old buildings, but deprivation - in income, health and education - runs through Scarborough like a stick of rock. It's a low-income economy with many jobs relying on summer tourism. Male life expectancy has been going into reverse.\n\n\"It's a town of two cities - of bizarre contrasts,\" says Andrew Clay, director of Scarborough Museums Trust.\n\n\"We have wealth and successful businesses,\" with a legacy of great architecture and spectacular views, he says. \"But some of the areas here are some of the UK's most depressed - in terms of social deprivation, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, hard-to-reach communities. There's an issue with aspiration in the town,\" he says.\n\nThis mix of light and shade has always been there, perhaps. Mr Clay is speaking in a wood-panelled room in what was once the home of the aristocratic Sitwell family. Edward VII stayed a couple of doors down, when Scarborough was a royal playground. Until he caught typhoid.\n\nThe wheel will turn again, and Scarborough will find new ways to appeal to a wider and wealthier range of people, says Mr Clay. That's if it upgrades its facilities, like getting a multiplex cinema and making better use of its cultural heritage.\n\n\"It's a town that has always reinvented itself,\" he says.\n\nI have a nephew who has just started a job remotely - he would never have applied before because it's based in London\n\nSeaside towns can be like those distorting mirrors in funfairs. Posters of Scarborough from the 1920s and 1930s show glamorous couples in sleek cars and speed boats, with the bays and sandy beaches looking like the south of France. What you see depends on your perspective.\n\nLiz Colling, Scarborough's councillor in charge of inclusive growth, wants the town's next reinvention to be about revitalising the local economy, including encouraging more digital jobs. It's a \"very realistic ambition\" which is already beginning to happen, she says. \"I have a nephew who has just started a job remotely. He would never have applied before because it's based in London,\" says Cllr Colling, adding that her son is also working remotely.\n\n\"Historically our younger people have left town to pursue education and jobs, but this is a sign that you can still stay here and have a really good career,\" she says.\n\nLocal digital marketing firm, Digital Zest, has had a boom time during the lockdown, with so much going online. Managing director Paul Taylor expects more people to come and work remotely, because of the quality of life and being able to go straight from desk to beach. But even the digital world needs to travel - and he wants improvements to road and transport connections.\n\nHow Scarborough appealed to upmarket tourists in 1930\n\nScarborough, one of the \"left-behind towns\", is getting more than £20m \"levelling-up\" funding. But it raises the question of what such labels mean, because the town has little of the graffiti, grime or street-begging in a \"richer\" place such as London.\n\nThe real difference is in the jobs market - and it's why the arrival of Zoom workers is significant. It's a town with very few professional jobs. It has half the average for the Yorkshire and Humber region, and below a third of a resort such as Brighton. For civil service jobs, Scarborough has only a fifth of the national average.\n\nIt also struggles to attract people to stay in such professional jobs - for instance the town has been blighted with problems in recruiting NHS dentists. Parents have had to take their children to other towns to find a dentist.\n\nTimo Hannay, a data analyst who has researched the struggles of coastal communities and who advises policymakers, says Scarborough has many of the problems typical of seaside towns - but to a slightly greater degree. We'll keep being fascinated by these towns, he says, because the seaside carries such a strong sense of Britain's changing identity - both in its \"self-assurance and self-doubt\".\n\nWhat can get overlooked about Zoom-working is the long-term change for remote workers themselves.\n\nCraig Lancaster is 52. He could spend the rest of his working life alone at home with his multiple computer screens. \"I do miss the interaction, that's the one thing work-wise. I don't think it's as personable as being in the office face-to-face,\" he says. No-one else at home will want to obsess about office politics, there are no workmates to meet over coffee.\n\nBut for Craig, the positives of a better work-life balance outweigh any drawbacks.\n\n\"Work is changing. Productivity has gone up with people working from home. Businesses have realised that trusting their employees means they're saving money, they're not having to pay for buildings.\"\n\nSeaside towns have often been defined by what they used to be. In Scarborough you can almost hear the ghosts of old comedians and imagine the big summer crowds filling huge Victorian hotels, which have become cliff faces for nesting seagulls.\n\nCould it be that the unexpected opportunities afforded by the pandemic will see flocks of a different sort descend on the town?\n\nIn a series of special reports BBC News has been looking at the challenges and opportunities in seaside towns such as Scarborough.", "Harvey Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York\n\nDisgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in a Los Angeles court.\n\nHe appeared in court in a wheelchair after being extradited from New York, where he is serving a 23-year jail sentence for similar crimes.\n\nThe 69-year-old faces 11 counts of sexual assault in California relating to alleged incidents with five women.\n\nHe maintains his innocence and has said any sexual activity was consensual.\n\nThe incidents are said to have occurred in hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles between 2004 and 2013.\n\nThe charges include forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual battery by restraint, and sexual penetration by use of force.\n\nIf convicted, Weinstein could face a maximum sentence of 140 years.\n\nWearing brown prison overalls and a face mask, Weinstein only spoke only to say \"thank you\" to Judge Sergio Tapia after she wished him \"good luck\".\n\nHis lawyer said the charges were not credible.\n\n\"They are baseless, they are from long, long ago, they are uncorroborated,\" Mark Werksman said after the hearing.\n\nWeinstein is appealing against last year's conviction in New York.\n\nMore than 80 women have accused him of sexual misconduct, and some of the accusations date back several decades.\n\nAllegations reported in 2017 contributed to the rise of the #MeToo movement, which encouraged people to share experiences of sexual harassment and assault.\n\nHowever, very few of the allegations have led to criminal charges.\n\nThe pandemic and procedural delays meant Weinstein's extradition to California took well over a year.\n\nDuring the hearing, Mr Werksman requested the former movie mogul have a health examination.\n\n\"He's going blind in one eye,\" he told reporters.\n\nWeinstein has produced several hit movies including Shakespeare in Love, which won the Oscar for best picture in 1999.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Many popular websites fell offline on Thursday in a widespread global outage of service.\n\nVisitors attempting to reach some sites received DNS errors, meaning their requests could not reach the websites.\n\nAffected services included Airbnb, UPS, HSBC bank, British Airways and the PlayStation network used for online games.\n\nOne popular DNS provider, Akamai, reported \"an emerging issue\" with its Edge DNS service.\n\nIt has now tweeted that the issue has been fixed and \"the service is resuming normal operations\".\n\nInternet outage monitoring platform DownDetector had reported thousands of problems from its users across dozens of platforms.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPreviously it said the issue had been a \"partial outage\" - and some users reported being able to access some compromised services in different regions.\n\nAs some websites began to appear again for users in Europe and the US, others in Asian nations continued to report problems.\n\nDNS - short for Domain Name System - turns the human-readable web addresses we use, such as bbc.com, into addresses that point to a computer server somewhere online.\n\nDisruptions often mean that a web browser cannot find the content it is looking for.\n\nIt is the second such widespread outage in two months.\n\nIn June, cloud computing provider Fastly had an interrupted service which took down a large number of high-profile websites around the world, including many international newspapers and government websites.\n\nIn that case, it later emerged that a settings change by one customer had inadvertently affected the entire infrastructure.", "Women quarantining in UK hotels will now have female guards, when possible, after allegations of sexual harassment.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care made the change after a BBC report in which women said one male guard had mimed having sex in a lift, and another had asked for a hug.\n\nIf female guards are unavailable, women should be escorted by two male guards.\n\nSixteen women have reported harassment to the BBC and some say complaints have been ignored or disbelieved.\n\nSarah, a 23-year-old medical student from Manchester who says she was taken by a guard on a terrifying walk along deserted hotel corridors when she was quarantining in the Radisson Red Heathrow in April, welcomes the move to provide female guards for lone female travellers.\n\nPersonally I would find two male guards more intimidating than just one lone guard... I don't think it ensures the safety of women, rather it increases possible risk\n\nBut she is critical of the suggestion to provide two male guards when female guards are not available - \"with each guard chaperoning the other to ensure appropriate behaviour,\" as the DHSC puts it.\n\nIn her case, the guard she was expecting to take her on an exercise break via the nearest lift grabbed her by the arm, asked if she had a boyfriend, and then showed her to a group of other guards, who spoke together in a foreign language and laughed at her, she says.\n\n\"Personally I would find two male guards more intimidating than just one lone guard,\" she says. \"A group of male guards were talking about me when they clearly saw one male guard was being inappropriate with me. I don't think it ensures the safety of women, rather it increases possible risk.\"\n\nAll of the women we have spoken to say they saw very few female guards in quarantine hotels. G4S told the BBC: \"The proportion of women to men in security officer roles at quarantine hotels is typical of the UK security industry and we are working to attract more women to the role.\"\n\nIn other changes, the DHSC says all guards will now be given additional training on how to behave with vulnerable guests \"with more focused attention on the needs of lone female guests\". It did not respond to a question about what the training consisted of or how long it lasted.\n\nThe DHSC also says there is now a dedicated complaints team for quarantine hotels, with a clear process in place for reporting problems.\n\nAt the time of our first story on sexual harassment allegations in quarantine hotels, published on 26 June, the hotels said complaints about guards were a matter for the DHSC, which pays security companies to enforce quarantine rules in the hotels. The DHSC, however, said it expected hotels to investigate guests' complaints.\n\nNow hotels report concerns to the DHSC Managed Quarantine Service Complaints Team, which then investigates with the co-operation of the security companies.\n\n\"We are doing our upmost to ensure every person in managed quarantine gets the support they need and we're urgently working to investigate complaints of this nature,\" a DHSC spokesperson said.\n\nIn June, we spoke to four women who say they were sexually harassed in quarantine hotels after flying back from countries on the UK's Covid red list.\n\nWe have since been in contact with 12 more, including one who says she was harassed by one of the many paramedics hired by the government to work in the hotels. The cases include:\n\nAll of these 12 women say they are dissatisfied with the way their complaints were handled, including two who have received a response from the new DHSC complaints team. A number, including Sarah, said they had received no written response at all.\n\nBrittany Dodds, 26, received 13 Facebook messages from a guard on the second day of her quarantine in the Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel at Heathrow in May. She had ignored his friend request and sent no replies.\n\nA South African lawyer, Brittany says she didn't confront him or complain, because she didn't want to \"possibly provoke him or cause a situation whereby he would find a reason to actually do something\".\n\nOn her fourth full day in quarantine, the guard sent a message, \"This evening I'll come.\" She says she barricaded herself in with her bags as he knocked repeatedly on her door.\n\nThe next day, when Brittany asked a different guard to escort her back to her room, the first guard seemed offended, she says, and knocked on her door, complaining loudly.\n\n\"At this point I was shaking and had no words because I knew that he was now following me,\" Brittany says. She didn't leave her room again until the 10 nights of her quarantine were over.\n\nIt was only once she had left that Brittany felt safe enough to complain and had a video call with Darren Carter, head of safety, security and sustainability for Edwardian Hotels, who asked her why she hadn't reported the guard to the hotel management or to the police, she says.\n\n\"Carter insinuated that it was because I hadn't taken any steps to protect myself that the security guard continued to do what he did, as he didn't know it was wrong.\n\n\"I told them that this was victim-blaming.\"\n\nRadisson Hotels said it could not comment on individual guests, but added it was co-operating with a DHSC investigation. \"The safety and security of our guests and staff is of the utmost importance for Radisson Hotel Group so we are taking these allegations very seriously,\" the company said.\n\nBrittany says she never got a reply from G4S, even though she emailed the head of security for a group of Heathrow hotels.\n\nA spokesperson for G4S said: \"We treat all complaints extremely seriously, report these promptly, support the Department of Health and Social Care to conduct rigorous investigations in all cases and take appropriate action if the conduct of any security officer falls below the required standard.\"\n\nFinally, on 19 July, Brittany received an email from the DHSC complaints team, saying that the guard had been dismissed, but adding that his messages contained \"nothing that relates to a sexual nature\". The official then repeated that Brittany could have reported the guard to the hotel or blocked the conversation \"if you was finding it stressful\".\n\nBrittany says that reading the email made her \"feel sick\" and that she, the victim, was once again being blamed.\n\nCaroline, from Nottingham, says she also had a guard who kept knocking on her door when she started quarantining on 6 June at the Crowne Plaza NEC, on her return from a trip to South Africa.\n\n\"He was saying, 'If there's anything you want, anything, you need to come to me. Just ask, I can help you get this stuff',\" she says.\n\nOn the second day, Caroline mentioned that she had not received her breakfast, so he came back with a fruit salad. He was very friendly and chatty, she says, when he escorted her to and from exercise outside.\n\n\"And then I was in my room trying to do my Covid tests and he kept knocking on the door again. To start with it was all right and I was like 'Yes I'm just trying to do my Covid test', and then again a knock and he'd left a note outside the door.\"\n\nThe note asked her to WhatsApp him. It had kisses on it, and ended: \"I think you're fit - love a lady in glasses.\"\n\nCaroline complained, and the head of security at the hotel - from the company, Mitie - told her that this was completely out of order. Caroline didn't see the guard again and assumed that he had been removed from the hotel.\n\nBut when the BBC asked Mitie to comment, the company said it had found that the handwriting and telephone number on the note didn't match those of the guard Caroline had described - or any of the other guards on shift that day.\n\nAsked how the company thought the note had appeared, the company said it expected high standards from security officers, all of whom were fully trained \"including on the behaviours required of them\" in quarantine hotels. We asked whether the company accepted that a guard may have more than one phone, but Mitie didn't respond.\n\nGuards are stationed in quarantine hotels to ensure that guests do not leave their rooms - and there are no non-quarantining guests - so other people in the hotel would have had little opportunity to leave the note.\n\n\"Do they think I am making it up? That I wrote the note myself?\" Caroline says. \"It's ridiculous.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Crowne Plaza NEC said the company was unable to comment because security companies were contracted by the DHSC.\n\nCaroline has heard nothing from the DHSC managed quarantine service complaints team.\n\nA 20-year-old teaching assistant, Alice says she was walking past the Pentahotel in Reading on 3 June when G4S guards milling around outside it started wolf-whistling and cat-calling.\n\nShe wrote to the hotel to complain, but received no reply for three weeks. Then on 26 June - the day we published our first story - she wrote again, and immediately received two replies. One was from the hotel manager, who said he was escalating the complaint and sending CCTV footage to the DHSC's complaints team.\n\nThe Reading Pentahotel was sealed off by metal barriers while it operated as a quarantine hotel\n\nThe reply from the DHSC said the complaint was being rejected because CCTV footage showed that Alice had entered hotel premises and that guards had had to escort her out. She wrote back saying that this was incorrect - she had not passed through the metal barriers used to seal the hotel off from the street while it was operating as a quarantine hotel. The DHSC replied again saying the CCTV footage had been reviewed, and the department was sticking to its original opinion.\n\n\"I'm so angry - they have called me a liar, they ignored me for ages. I think it's disgusting,\" she says.\n\nEventually the DHSC sent Alice the CCTV video, and it showed someone else entirely. She pointed this out to them and has not heard back since.\n\nPenta Hotels said it was not responsible for the behaviour of guards, and the DHSC said it could not comment on individual cases.\n\nHarriet Wistrich of the Centre for Women's Justice said hotel quarantine was an \"incredibly oppressive situation\" for many women, particularly those travelling alone.\n\n\"They are effectively imprisoned and there aren't enough female guards to stop these incidents happening. Just putting on an extra male guard isn't good enough - and it's also quite oppressive.\"\n\nShe said the government couldn't \"privatise out\" its responsibility for the safety of these women and repeated a call she made last month for clear guidance to be given to everyone in hotel quarantine about who to contact for help if they feel unsafe.\n\nWest Midlands Victims' Commissioner Nicky Brennan backed the idea of giving female guards responsibility for lone women, but added: \"I'm gobsmacked that the government thinks that if a female guard is unavailable then two male guards are a good alternative. This couldn't be further from the truth and the move is both short-sighted and naive. I fear it will only exacerbate the problem.\"\n\nThe DHSC spokesperson said, \"Sexual harassment and abuse are abhorrent - and all allegations of this are taken extremely seriously... We will not hesitate to take immediate action to suspend staff where appropriate and report to the police if necessary.\"\n\nG4S said it had a \"zero-tolerance approach\" to staff who failed to treat people with respect. A spokesperson said: \"To provide additional assurance we have enhanced training, supervision and operational and safeguarding procedures. We have also established an oversight body comprising of women in senior executive roles.\"\n\nOne woman who is currently quarantining at a Heathrow hotel said she felt safe and the staff were friendly.\n\nBut she said that she had been given no information on how to make a complaint and was escorted for exercise either by a single female guard, or by a single male guard, never by two.\n\nAnother woman said she was asking specifically for a female guard when requesting an exercise break, and so far it seemed to be working.", "A woman has been rescued after being swept down a street in central China amid extreme flooding.\n\nTwelve people have died and more than 100,000 evacuated following record-breaking rainfall.\n\nMore than a dozen cities in Henan province, including its provincial capital Zhengzhou, are affected.\n\nRead more: Twelve die as rain floods train tunnel in China", "The RCN union say members would be \"bitterly disappointed\" by a 3% pay rise\n\nAll NHS staff in Wales will be offered a 3% pay rise by the Welsh government.\n\nThe increase will be backdated to April 2021, and follows a recommendation by NHS pay bodies.\n\nWelsh Health Minister Eluned Morgan said it \"recognises the dedication and commitment of hardworking NHS staff\".\n\nBut the decision - which will apply to nurses, doctors, dentists and other workers - was dubbed \"bitterly disappointing\" by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union.\n\nIt follows a similar announcement in England of a 3% pay rise for nurses and other NHS workers.\n\nThe decision in Wales comes after recommendations from the NHS Pay Review Body and the Doctor and Dentist Review body.\n\nIt applies to employed nurses, cleaners and porters, consultants, doctors in training, salaried GPs and dentists, among others.\n\nBritish Medical Association Wales said it was \"extremely disappointed\" there had not been a more generous offer for staff who had gone \"above and beyond\" during the pandemic.\n\nAnita Charlesworth of The Health Foundation called it a \"treading water pay offer\", adding the pay system needed to \"both prevent NHS staff from leaving and encouraging highly-skilled new people to join\".\n\nMs Morgan thanked staff for their \"extraordinary efforts over the course of this pandemic\".\n\n\"Many staff have worked extremely long hours under enormous pressure,\" she said.\n\n\"This pay rise recognises the dedication and commitment of hardworking NHS staff and the enormous contribution they have made. It is also a recognition of how valued they are by Welsh communities.\"\n\nShe said it means that the lowest paid staff would also receive more the living wage recommendation of £9.50 an hour.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives said they were \"delighted\" at the pay award, while Plaid Cymru said staff might feel \"let down\", considering the 4% offer in Scotland.\n\nUnions say NHS workers are not being rewarded for going \"above and beyond\" during the pandemic\n\nBut Helen Whyley, RCN Wales' director, said: \"The 3% award is a long way off the 12.5% claim of the Royal College of Nursing, which would bring nurses in line with other professions and redress the fact that their wages have reduced over the last 10 years.\n\n\"It also does not recognise the commitment of nursing staff throughout the pandemic.\"\n\nIt follows a row earlier in the year where the UK government suggested it would only support a 1% pay rise for NHS workers in England.\n\nWelsh Labour had criticised the proposed cap during the recent Senedd election campaign, but did not state what it would offer instead, with ministers saying they would wait for the pay bodies' recommendations.\n\nPlaid Cymru's deputy leader, Sian Gwenllian, said: \"Our health service is already under pressure, under-resourced and under-staffed, and the least we can do is ensure our workers do not remain under-paid.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative shadow health minister, Russell George, said the pay award was \"recognition of their extraordinary efforts during the most challenging period in the history of our treasured national health service\".\n\nThe Welsh NHS' funding comes mostly from the UK government, and Welsh officials said the Treasury had not said whether any additional cash would be provided for the pay deal.\n\nIt is in addition to an earlier one-off payment of £735 last March.", "Locals often know beaches by names that are not on official maps\n\nOrdnance Survey is releasing a mapping tool which assigns local nicknames to coastal areas to make it easier to find people in need of help.\n\nStinky Bay, Crazy Mary's Hole and Nuncle Dicks may be familiar names to those who live nearby, but they would rarely appear on any map.\n\nNow these alternative names will be overlaid on the official names on the OS map to help speed up response times.\n\nThe system may eventually be used by other emergency services.\n\nOrdnance Survey, the official national mapping agency of Great Britain, first trialled the new nicknames on the south coast, but will now launch it nationally.\n\nWhen the coastguard is called, time is often of the essence\n\nIdeally those in need of rescue should submit co-ordinates to make it easy for emergency services to locate them, but because not everyone has access to a device or a map, that is not always possible.\n\nThe development of the vernacular geography tool known as FINTAN was driven by the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA), as its operators were increasingly finding that people referred to local landmarks with nicknames or names which had been adopted by fishermen.\n\nThe locally-named beaches, rocks and other landmarks did not correspond to names on official maps, which made identifying their location difficult when time is often critical.\n\nAround 7,500 coastal place names will initially be included on the mapping tool.\n\nChris Chambers, head of OS National Mapping Services, said the goal was to make the service accessible.\n\n\"It's not just coastal areas that have alternative names. Across the country people refer to many other locations with nicknames, from buildings to parks and roundabouts to road junctions,\" he said.\n\nChief coastguard Pete Mizen added: \"A great deal of hard work has gone into the creation of the FINTAN database, which delivers so much local knowledge, and there is no doubt that having this extra information at our fingertips cuts down our response times and saves lives.\"\n\nIn 2020, the MCA was called to more than 33,000 incidents around the coast of Britain.", "Damien Walsh, 17, was shot by the UDA in west Belfast in 1993\n\nThere were \"significant failures\" in the police investigation into the murder of a Catholic teenager by loyalist paramilitaries, a Police Ombudsman's report has concluded.\n\nThere was no evidence police had advance knowledge of the attack or could have stopped it, the report said.\n\nBut there were \"collusive police behaviours\" in the investigation and decision to suspend surveillance of the gang responsible.\n\nThe teenager was fatally wounded after being shot by the UDA (Ulster Defence Association) in Belfast.\n\nHe was at work at a coal supply business within the Dairy Farm shopping complex close to Twinbrook in the west of the city.\n\nAt the time, the complex was under security force surveillance - fertiliser for Provisional IRA bombs was being stored in a premises two doors away from the coal business.\n\nOmbudsman Marie Anderson said the teenager was \"the innocent victim of a terror campaign mounted by loyalist paramilitaries against the nationalist community\".\n\n\"The UDA alone were responsible for Damien's murder,\" she added.\n\n\"However, I have identified investigative failings and gaps as well as collusive behaviours by police, which I believe failed both Damien and his family.\"\n\nMs Anderson noted that in the days before the shooting, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) suspended a surveillance operation against the UDA's 'C company'.\n\nShe said the decision \"cannot be directly linked to Damien's murder\", but it \"indirectly contributed\" to them being able to operate without constraint.\n\n\"In my view this amounted to a deliberate decision that constituted collusive behaviour on the part of police.\"\n\nDuring the period when the gang was not under watch, it also murdered Peter Gallagher at the Westlink Enterprise Centre in west Belfast.\n\nMs Anderson's report said police had suspended their surveillance in order to focus resources on the operation against the IRA at the Dairy Farm.\n\nHer report also found major failures in the murder investigation.\n\nThe senior investigating officer was not told of the surveillance operation of the Dairy Farm complex, nor was he made aware of Army witnesses to the attack.\n\nMs Anderson found this was a deliberate decision to impede the investigation.\n\n\"Intelligence indicating the UDA had received information from a police officer which informed their attack on the Dairy Farm was also withheld from the senior investigating officer, as was intelligence suggesting that the group had received information from 'British intelligence'.\"\n\nThe report stated the targeted nature of the attack, near a business unit being used by the IRA, \"suggested that gunmen had prior knowledge of the PIRA activities at the Dairy Farm\".\n\nThe ombudsman further found that of seven suspects, just three were arrested and only one questioned in relation to the murder.\n\nNone of the three suspects' homes was searched for evidence and no one has ever been charged in relation to the murder.\n\nPolice also failed to pursue evidence relating to the murder weapon.\n\nThe Browning pistol was found a year later but the person caught with it was not subjected to forensic tests to determine whether he could be linked to the teenager's killing.\n\nDamien Walsh was fatally wounded at a coal supply business within the Dairy Farm shopping complex close to Twinbrook\n\nNeither was the man he claimed had given him the weapon.\n\nThe gun was subsequently destroyed - something which Ms Anderson said ought not to have occurred in an unsolved murder case - although its disposal was in line with police policy at the time.\n\nAll police officers connected to the case are now retired.\n\nThe Walsh family welcomed the ombudsman's findings and said they are determined to continue to fight for those involved to face justice.\n\n\"His life was stolen from him,\" said Damien's mother Marian.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I am glad that all the suspicions I had around collusion have been verified at an official level.\n\n\"I really want to go on with this and I want to see the people who did this brought to court.\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme, Ms Walsh said she was \"really exhausted, physically and mentally\".\n\nMs Walsh described government plans announced last week, which would see an end to Troubles-related prosecutions, as \"totally wrong and totally immoral\".\n\n\"This should just be the beginning of the process and I'm hoping it will be, but given Boris Johnson's trying to bring in legislation to stop any further investigations or prosecutions, inquests and so on, it looks like it might be the end of the process.\n\n\"It's denying us our basic human rights, we have the right to justice, we have the right to truth and that is taking all of that away.\"\n\nPolice Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Assistant Chief Constable Jonathan Roberts said the service would carefully consider the Police Ombudsman's report with a view to identifying appropriate next steps.\n\n\"Damien Walsh was an innocent young man killed by a despicable act of terrorism,\" he said.\n\n\"The pain of such a grievous loss does not fade and I am acutely aware that today will be very upsetting for the family. My thoughts are with them.\"", "Last updated on .From the section The Hundred\n\nOval Invincibles edged out Manchester Originals by nine runs as the men's Hundred kicked off in entertaining fashion at The Oval.\n\nAfter a thrilling opening women's game on Wednesday, the men's opener also went the distance as Manchester chased 146 to win.\n\nAfter a poor start, Originals' Carlos Brathwaite hit 37 from 29 balls but, with 19 needed from the last five balls, the West Indies international was caught.\n\nIt was a fine Invincibles bowling performance which secured the win after captain Sam Billings had earlier hit 49 to lead a recovery from 32-3 to 145-8 from their 100 balls.\n\nHere are BBC Sport's takeaways from the Invincibles' win.\n\nAnother entertaining night at The Oval\n\nThis match didn't quite match the drama of the women's opener but it was still another entertaining night at The Oval - the match lit up by nutmegs, diving catches and a pair of brilliant brothers, two of 15 internationals across the two XIs.\n\nManchester started badly in their chase, England's Phil Salt and Jos Buttler making just four and eight respectively. After 41 balls they were 50-4.\n\nBut with Brathwaite at the crease almost anything is possible - as England fans know after he downed Ben Stokes in stunning fashion in the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup final.\n\nNeeding 47 runs from the last 20 balls he hit England's Tom Curran for six and the home crowd of 18,126 - another positive attendance at the start of cricket's newest competition - were nervous.\n\nUltimately, though, it was the other Curran, Sam - Tom's younger brother - who had Brathwaite caught at long-on, leaving the West Indies star to slump from the field dejected, taking Manchester's hopes with him.\n\nAt the halfway stage, Manchester were probably favourites after restricting the Invincibles to a below-par score.\n\nUp stepped the Invincibles bowling attack - led by the Currans.\n\nTom had already impressed the crowd with a nutmeg shot with the bat. With the ball - his now trademark headband on - he bowled the penultimate set of five balls and removed Calvin Harrison, who made 23 from 16 in support of Brathwaite.\n\nTwenty-three-year-old Sam, hair bleached blonde a la Phil Foden, bowled the first five balls and the last five, deceiving the Manchester batters with slower balls, which he later told BBC Sport he has honed with the help of West Indies' all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.\n\nIt was was impressive from the two local England internationals, both of whom came through the Surrey academy.\n\nThey were supported well by another England international Reece Topley, who had the dangerous Joe Clarke caught behind for 15, and a less well-known name, spinner Nathan Sowter, who chipped in with 2-18.\n\nButtler, a key member of England's 2019 World Cup-winning team, is one of the most destructive batters in the world at his best.\n\nHere, as he did in England's Twenty20 win over Pakistan on Tuesday, he struggled for fluency.\n\nHe only hit one four in his 10 balls - a reverse sweep one ball before he was dismissed.\n\nAll of Manchester's star names, skipper Buttler and Salt with the bat, or Matt Parkinson with the ball, had quiet nights.\n\nButtler will only have one more game in The Hundred before leaving for England duty but the others must find their feet for Manchester to go far.\n\nSam Billings' knock was crucial. He largely targeted the leg side, hitting two big sixes.\n\nBut impressive too was how he marshalled his team in the field. A change in the field helped see off Buttler and he even took a well-timed strategic time out with 10 balls needed and the game in the balance.\n\n\"He has just gone about it cleverly,\" said England Women's World Cup winner and BBC pundit Alex Hartley.\n\n\"Buttler hit a reverse sweep, he put that fielder back so Buttler had to go over extra cover and that is where he was caught. Billings has been absolutely outstanding.\"\n\nThe game also saw new tactics, brought about by The Hundred's new rules, begin to emerge.\n\nBoth Sam Curran and Manchester left-arm spinner Tom Hartley took up the option of bowling 10 consecutive deliveries at the start of each innings.\n\nIn Invincibles' batting innings and in an attempt to take advantage of the fielding restrictions, Sam Curran was promoted to open, an unfamiliar position the left-hander who usually bats in the middle order.\n\nHe hit a six from his fourth ball but then became Hartley's first victim, bowled by a quicker delivery by the spinner.\n\nHartley was probably the Originals' most impressive bowler, also dismissing England batter Jason Roy - he was caught brilliantly by Tom Lammonby diving forward in the deep for 20 - and taking 2-20 despite bowling 15 balls in the powerplay and five at the end.", "In California, firefighters are fighting the state's largest wildfire from atop a moving train. Wildfires continue to rage throughout the western US and Canada and even cities on the east coast are feeling the effects.\n\nThis video has been optimised for mobile viewing on the BBC News app. The BBC News app is available from the Apple App Store for iPhone and Google Play Store for Android.", "Two teen basketball teams in a small Irish coastal town will soon have a spring in their step after securing sponsorship from a US supermodel.\n\nEmily Ratajkowski answered a funding appeal for kit for the under-15 and under-16 boys of Bantry Basketball Club in County Cork ahead of the new season.\n\nHer support has set the teams' Snapchat group \"on fire\", said coach Pat Curran.\n\nHe said the family of the model, actress and activist had long been \"ingrained\" in the Bantry community.\n\nThe 30-year-old's parents have a home in the town and her father John played for the basketball club \"about 20 years ago\", Pat told BBC News NI.\n\nThe closure of many Irish businesses during the country's Covid-19 lockdown had meant that the club was finding it difficult to get sponsorship this year.\n\n\"I was speaking John the other night so I just said to him if Emily would be interested in sponsoring one of the teams,\" said the coach.\n\nThe Bantry boys - pictured at the start of 2020 with coach Pat Curran - will have the name of Ratajkowski's clothing company on their jerseys\n\n\"He texted her and she was back within five minutes, saying: 'Absolutely I'd love to do it'.\n\nHer financial support will help to buy new kits and cover training expenses for the teams over the next two years.\n\nBut Pat said the deal was about much more than money.\n\nHe said Ratajkowski's \"great sense of social justice\" made her an inspiration for the club's young players.\n\n\"Everyone knows Emily Ratajkowski, the model and the actress, but there's a lot more to her,\" he said.\n\n\"She's used a platform over and over again to be an advocate for marginalised groups such as immigrants.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Bantry Basketball Club This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"That is very inspirational to young people and it sets a really good example of an equal and accepting society and that's what we strive for in our club.\n\n\"There's a lot going on in young people's heads, especially with the closure of sport, the closure of schools [due to the coronavirus lockdown].\n\n\"She's someone that they can really look up look up to with her advocacies and how she carries herself - she really encapsulates that ethos of inclusivity.\"\n\nPat said the \"feel-good story\" had caused a stir in Bantry, with the town revelling in it.\n\n\"My own son was delighted - he'd know Emily's parents really well,\" he said.\n\n\"He's been telling me that the Snapchat group is on fire at the moment.\"", "Last updated on .From the section The Hundred\n\nInvincibles won by five wickets with two balls remaining\n\nOval Invincibles pulled off a thrilling victory over Manchester Originals as the women's Hundred began with a bang at The Oval.\n\nChasing 136, the Invincibles were 36-4 before South Africa pair Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp combined for a partnership of 73.\n\nKapp was brilliantly stumped by Ellie Threlkeld for 38 but captain Van Niekerk hit 56 not out to guide her team home.\n\nShe hit Kate Cross for four to seal the win with two balls remaining, resulting in wild celebrations from the youthful London crowd - believed to be a record for a domestic women's professional match.\n\nCould the much-debated Hundred have had a better opening night? Almost certainly not.\n\nThere were around 7,400 people in attendance, many of those young children and families, and when the home side secured victory there were people dancing in the aisles.\n\nThe night began with dramatic fireworks, had DJs and music acts, but by the end everyone at The Oval was engrossed on the cricket - all of it live on BBC Two.\n\nVan Niekerk, who was crucially dropped twice, played brilliantly and showed all of her experience built in a 186-game international career.\n\nThe Invincibles needed 16 from the last 10 balls and Mady Villiers hit her England team-mate Sophie Ecclestone for six over long on.\n\nShe hit Kate Cross for four at the start of the final set of five balls before Van Niekerk secured the win with an edge wide of the wicketkeeper.\n\nEven in defeat, Manchester's Alex Hartley was smiling, given the occasion.\n\n\"I have never been prouder of a women's cricket game,\" she said, summing the night up perfectly.\n\n\"What a night,\" added Originals captain Cross. \"I don't think we can be too disheartened coming off the pitch with an atmosphere like that. Obviously we're disappointed not getting over the line but what a night!\"\n\nThe same teams open the men's competition on Thursday, also at The Oval.\n\nIn truth, it should have been Manchester who notched the first win in cricket's newest format.\n\nOpener Lizelle Lee hit 42 in a decent score batting first and Cross dismissed the Invincibles top three - Georgia Adams, Alice Capsey and Grace Gibbs - with a fine opening spell of the reply.\n\nIt was dropped catches that cost the Originals, however.\n\nHarmanpreet Kaur, who earlier made a classy 29, missed a straightforward chance to dismiss Van Niekerk for 28 at mid-off and Kapp was put down on 22 by her South Africa team-mate Mignon du Preez on the boundary - the ball also going for six, adding to Manchester's pain.\n\nWith 25 needed from 15 balls there was still time for Georgie Boyce to put down Van Niekerk, now on 44, once more. She spilled a mis-hit sweep when fielding near the leg-side boundary.", "11,000 were told to isolate in Wales in one week of July.\n\nIsolation for fully vaccinated people in close contact with a positive Covid case is expected to end during August.\n\nThe Welsh government reiterated its plans after it emerged 11,417 people were told to quarantine by the NHS Covid app between 8 and 15 July.\n\nIt is also discussing whether further measures are needed in the NHS and other critical services.\n\nBut it has not joined England in backing a list of key workers that will be exempt from isolation.\n\nThe Welsh government said it intends to ease the restriction on isolation during the next three week review period, which begins on 7 August - but a precise date has not been set.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan said the number of people being asked to self-isolate, whether by the app or by a contact tracer, has been increasing as cases rise.\n\nIt is a legal requirement to isolate if told to by a contact tracer, but the same legal duty does not apply to the app.\n\nHowever, the Welsh government said app users should follow the instruction \"to help minimise the virus' spread\".\n\nWhile 11,417 were asked to isolate in Wales the week ending 14 July, 607,486 alerts were sent in England.\n\nThere had been 9,940 people who received an alert in Wales the week before. In the week ending 2 June, it was 457.\n\nMs Morgan said that case rates and contacts are not at the levels seen elsewhere in the UK.\n\nBut she said: \"The increase in notifications to contacts advising them to self-isolate illustrates that the NHS Covid 19 App is working effectively and doing what it is designed to do.\"\n\n\"In August, as part of the next 21 day review cycle, we aim to remove the requirement for people who have been fully vaccinated to self-isolate if they are a close contact of someone who has tested positive.\"\n\nThe review cycle begins on 7 August, when the Welsh government plans to end most of Wales' coronavirus rules.\n\n\"We will also consider other potential exemptions, such as for those under the age of 18,\" she wrote.\n\nShe added that in the next few weeks there is potential for critical services, such as the NHS and social care, to face \"additional pressures\" because of contacts self-isolating.\n\nThe minister said they working closely with the NHS and social care \"to agree effective mitigation\".\n\n\"Our regional incident management teams who are responsible for Covid prevention and response planning have also been asked to consider whether isolation poses any risks to critical services and infrastructure and advise on any possible response that may be considered necessary.\"\n\nPeople asked to self-isolate by contact tracers are required to isolate for ten days.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives' Russell George called for a review of the app: \"We can't afford to lose public confidence and this isolation period needs to be urgently reviewed.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"No-one likes gin and tonic with the ice melted\"\n\nA pub and a restaurant have both closed due to scorching temperatures in Wales.\n\nThe Pipeworks Bar said the heat was \"unbearable\" for staff behind the bar at Pontyclun in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nThe Stone Crab restaurant in the Welsh seaside resort of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire has also shut and said it \"cannot let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather\".\n\nThe Met Office issued one of its new-style extreme heat weather warnings for the first time for parts of the UK, including larges parts of Wales.\n\nThe amber warning will be in place until Thursday, when temperatures are expected to peak and could reach 33C (91.4F) in some western areas.\n\nIn a Facebook statement, the Pipeworks Bar said: \"As well as being too hot outside, it's unbearable behind our bar.\n\n\"Everything that is keeping the drinks cold is making us even hotter,\" it said, referring to its three fridges.\n\n\"Plus, masks are just horrid to wear at the moment. So, it's only fair on the staff that we give them a couple of days off... We didn't ever think we would close due to sun.\"\n\nOwner Simon Cole said he was also thinking of the customer enjoyment when making the decision.\n\n\"I went there and had a pint on my day off and the pint was warm within five minutes and it wasn't very nice,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\nHe said as well as the fridges, he had an ice machine which pumped out hot air and there was no air conditioning. Even the outdoor area which has a pergola was \"like a greenhouse\".\n\nSimon Cole said the Pipeworks registered 40C inside when he opened it up\n\nThe temperature inside the bar when he opened up had registered 40C and a bottle of spirits he picked up was hot to the touch.\n\n\"It's mainly just for our staff to have a break and not have to endure the heat. I think they felt relief,\" he said.\n\n\"We have great staff. I messaged them at the weekend and they said it was awful.\n\n\"It's not worth the money to have upset staff. It's [only closing] for a few days.\"\n\nThe Stone Crab said on Facebook it was \"with a heavy heart and with deep thought\" that they have closed until Friday due to the Met Office's extreme temperature weather warnings.\n\n\"We cannot in good knowledge let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather,\" their statement said.\n\n\"We have already been under significant pressure whilst working due to this heat wave, and the new warnings that have come out this evening make it unsafe for our staff to work, let alone the hours that we are all working due to staff shortages in the area.\"\n\nUnder UK law, there is no legal right to leave work when workplaces hit a certain temperature.\n\nHowever under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, employers have a legal obligation to provide a \"reasonable\" temperature in the workplace, although that does not mean they have to provide air conditioning, for example.\n\nBy 14:00 BST on Tuesday, Cardiff had recorded the highest temperature in Wales at 30.2C, with Usk in Monmouthshire and Llysdinam in Powys both registering 29.3C, the Met Office said.\n\nThe highest temperature of the year in Wales was set on Monday in Cardiff at 30.9C, and could still be beaten on Tuesday as temperatures are still rising.\n\nHealth services have issued advice to the public on how to stay cool and safe in the heat.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service declared a business continuity incident - where service is at risk of being disrupted - because of pressure on its services and asked people to think carefully before calling an ambulance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt said the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, coupled with the warm weather and an influx of holidaymakers and day-trippers to Wales, meant it was facing a busy summer period.\n\nCardiff and Vale University Health Board said its emergency unit remained very busy and asked people not to attend unless it was life-threatening but to ring for an appointment instead.\n\nHywel Dafydd, consultant plastic surgeon at Morriston Hospital's Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, warned people to be very careful in the hot weather, especially in regard to protecting children.\n\n\"The UV index is very high at the moment, and so the risk of getting severe damage from the sun in the form of sunburn is very, very high and it will happen very quickly,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"My advice primarily is to stay out of the sun, particularly in the height of the sun between the hours of 11am and 3pm, and if you do have to be in the sun then protect yourself by wearing high factor sun screen such as factor 50 and cover up by wearing long-sleeved light cotton or linen-type shirts, wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect your face, and sunglasses.\"\n\nHe said children who got a severe blistering sunburn before the age of 10 doubled their risk of getting melanoma skin cancer, which was more prevalent among people aged 16-30.\n\nNetwork Rail said three watchmen were on the lines to monitor temperatures since early morning and had identified three places where speed restrictions were needed, including Llanbister in Powys, where trains were running at 20mph.", "The Fortuna is a pipe-laying ship working on the Nord Stream 2 project\n\nThe US says it has reached a deal with Germany to prevent Russia from using its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as political leverage over Europe.\n\nThe near-complete 1,230km (764 miles) pipeline under the Baltic Sea will double Russian gas exports to Germany.\n\nUS official Victoria Nuland said it was \"a bad pipeline\", but said the deal envisaged sanctions against Moscow if it tried to blackmail Ukraine.\n\nUkraine says the Nord Stream 2 pipeline threatens its security.\n\nThe country has been fighting Russian-backed separatists in the east since 2014. Russia also annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Kyiv fears a full-scale Russian invasion once Nord Stream 2 is fully operational.\n\nUkraine also stands to lose about $3bn (£2.2bn) a year in gas transit fees.\n\nPoland is also opposing the pipeline, which runs from Vyborg in Russia under the Baltic Sea to Lubmin in Germany. Poland says the $10bn project threatens the security of central and eastern Europe.\n\nRussia denies this and describes the project as commercially beneficial for all involved.\n\nUnder the terms of the US-German deal, Ukraine will get $50 million in green energy technology credits and a guarantee of repayment for gas transit fees it will lose by being bypassed by the pipeline through 2024, according to the Associated Press.\n\nIn May, US President Joe Biden's administration waived sanctions on a company building the pipeline, despite a strong opposition from Republican lawmakers.\n\nMr Biden's White House opposes the pipeline, but analysts say he is reluctant to risk a transatlantic rift with Germany at a time when he has been trying to reach out to European allies.\n\nLike its already operational twin Nord Stream, the new pipeline will have the capacity of 55bn cubic metres of gas per year to Europe.", "The maker of powerful spy software allegedly used to hack the phones of innocent people says blaming the company is like \"criticising a car manufacturer when a drunk driver crashes\".\n\nNSO Group is facing international criticism, after reporters obtained a list of alleged potential targets for spyware, including activists, politicians and journalists.\n\nInvestigations have begun as the list, of 50,000 phone numbers, contained a small number of hacked phones.\n\nPegasus infects iPhones and Android devices, allowing operators to extract messages, photos and emails, record calls and secretly activate microphones and cameras.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What’s it like to have spyware on your phone?\n\nThe Israeli company says its software is intended for use against criminals and terrorists and made available to only military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies from countries with good human-rights records.\n\nBut a consortium of news organisations, led by French media outlet Forbidden Stories, has published dozens of stories based around the list, including allegations French President Emmanuel Macron's number was on it and may have been targeted.\n\nNSO Group said it had been told the list had been hacked from its Cyprus servers\n\nBut a company spokesman told BBC News: \"Firstly, we don't have servers in Cyprus.\n\n\"And secondly, we don't have any data of our customers in our possession.\n\n\"And more than that, the customers are not related to each other, as each customer is separate.\n\n\"So there should not be a list like this at all anywhere.\"\n\nAnd the number of potential targets did not reflect the way Pegasus worked.\n\n\"It's an insane number,\" the spokesman said.\n\n\"Our customers have an average of 100 targets a year.\n\n\"Since the beginning of the company, we didn't have 50,000 targets total.\"\n\nMany times in recent years, the company has been accused of allowing repressive governments to hack innocent people, including those close to murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.\n\nBut it denies this and all other allegations.\n\nIt does not routinely investigate who is targeted but has systems in place to vet security services it sells to, it says.\n\nUS-based journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia's government Jamal Khashoggi was murdered on 2 October 2018\n\nEarlier this month, NSO Group launched its Transparency Report, saying: \"We must hold ourselves to a higher standard and act with stewardship and transparency... to ensure public safety and concern for human rights and privacy.\"\n\nBut on Wednesday, the spokesman said: \"If I am the manufacturer of a car and now you take the car and you are driving drunken and you hit somebody, you do not go to the car manufacturer, you go to the driver.\n\n\"We are sending the system to governments, we get all the correct accreditation and do it all legally.\n\n\"You know, if a customer decides to misuse the system, he will not be a customer anymore.\n\n\"But all the allegations and all the finger-pointing should be at the customer.\"\n\nOf the people whose numbers are on the list, 67 agreed to give Forbidden Stories their phones for forensic analysis.\n\nAnd this research, by Amnesty International Security Labs, reportedly found evidence of potential targeting by Pegasus on 37 of those.\n\nBut NSO Group said it had no knowledge of how some phones on the list contained remnants of spyware.\n\nIt could be \"a coincidence\", the spokesman said.", "The NHS Covid-19 app will be altered to send out fewer isolation alerts, the BBC has learned.\n\nThe team behind the contact tracing app for England and Wales has been told to adjust the measurements which trigger the alerts, a source has confirmed.\n\nThe time frame for the change is not yet known.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps had suggested that the app might need to change for the planned lifting of restrictions in England on 19 July.\n\nThe app has so far been downloaded nearly 26m times in England and Wales.\n\nBut businesses and individuals have raised concerns that too many people were being advised to self-isolate for up to 10 days, following close contact with a device that later reported a positive Covid test result.\n\nA requirement to self-isolate if people have had both vaccine doses will only stop on 16 August, raising fears that millions would be asked to self-isolate this summer as they mixed more after 19 July, and cases rise.\n\nThe UK is experiencing a marked increase in Covid infections, according to the Office for National Statistics, with the latest data suggesting one in every 160 people has the virus.\n\nThat is up from one in every 250 in the previous week and an estimated 400,000 people are thought to have been positive in the week to 3 July.\n\n\"Things are moving fast,\" said the source at the app team.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said the app was doing \"exactly what it was designed to do\".\n\nThe app user's phone detects others that are around it, using bluetooth.\n\nPeople who later test positive for Covid can anonymously share their test result, triggering alerts for all those flagged as close contacts in the days before the test.\n\nCurrently this is devices at a distance of 2m or less, for a minimum of 15 minutes during a 24 hour period. This formula has been tweaked several times since the app launched in September 2020, and additional variables have also been factored in as more has been learned about the infectious nature of the virus.\n\nIt is these parameters which are to be adjusted, and the source said the changes could be made very quickly.\n\nHowever, Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has expressed concerns about making the changes as case numbers increase.\n\n\"This feels like taking the batteries out of the smoke detector and that is never a good idea,\" he said.\n\nIn the week of the 30 June some 356,000 alerts were triggered following the input of 61,000 positive Covid tests - an average of about six isolation requests per case.\n\nThe isolation alerts are not legally enforceable - unlike the requirement to isolate if you are contacted directly by NHS Test and Trace.\n\n\"The app is, and has always been, advisory,\" said the Department of Health in a statement.\n\n\"In the context of rising cases it is vital people are aware of their personal risk so they can make informed decisions on their behaviour to protect those around them.\"\n\nDowning Street said the app had been an \"important tool\" and people should continue using it and isolate when asked to do so.\n\nThe NHS Covid-19 app is used in England and Wales. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own powers to set coronavirus regulations and separate test-and-trace programmes.\n\nThe Welsh government has said people in Wales should continue to use the app even if social distancing rules in Wales differ from those in England.", "Iceland and Greene King say they have had to shut shops and pubs due to staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app.\n\nIceland said that after keeping all of its stores open during lockdown, it has now had to shut some because 1,000 staff have been \"pinged\" by the app.\n\nChief executive Richard Walker said: \"The great irony is that we're now all getting vaccinated.\"\n\nGreene King has closed 33 pubs in the past week due to staff self-isolating.\n\nBoss Nick Mackenzie said the pubs group also had to shorten opening hours at some sites. He added that across the hospitality industry about one in five team members have been affected, \"and therefore it is causing a real issue for us setting up a business on a daily basis\".\n\nRecent figures showed more than 500,000 people in England and Wales were \"pinged\" by the app in the week to 7 July, up 46% on the previous week.\n\nPeople who have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 must self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nBusiness lobby group the CBI has warned that \"crippling staff shortages\" risk hampering an economic recovery.\n\nVauxhall confirmed on Monday that it has reduced its daily shifts from three to two at its Luton plant \"because of increasing numbers of employees who have been contacted by the app\".\n\nA spokesman for the carmaker said Vauxhall was about to embark on its yearly three-week shutdown from Friday, 23 July. By the time the Luton plant restarts in August it hopes \"the situation will have improved\".\n\nOthers in the car industry have also been affected by high levels of staff self-isolating. Nissan and Rolls-Royce have both warned that staff shortages could affect production.\n\nMeanwhile, a group representing some of the UK's biggest ports said staff shortages caused by people having to self-isolate after being contacted by the NHS app represented \"one of the most significant threats to ports' resilience in recent years\".\n\nThe UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG), which represents Felixstowe, the Port of Liverpool, Southampton and others, says that absence rates caused by staff self-isolating are at 10% at some ports.\n\n\"Whilst ports are maintaining all the controls on site that have - so far - kept ports open through the pandemic, we have no control over what happens in the wider world,\" said Tim Morris, chief executive of UKMPG.\n\nIceland's Mr Walker said that as well closing some stores, the chain has also had to reduce opening hours in some circumstances. \"The concern is that as this thing rises exponentially as we've just been hearing. It could get a lot worse a lot quicker,\" he told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nMr Walker said 4% of Iceland's 30,000-strong workforce was now absent. \"In fact, we've just announced employing an additional 2,000 people on top of that to give us a deeper pool of labour, because so many people are now getting pinged.\"\n\nThe number of Covid cases in England and Wales surpassed 50,000 on both Friday and Saturday, the highest number since mid-January. On Monday, England lifted final Covid restrictions, including the legal requirement to wear a face covering to prevent the spread of the virus.\n\nWales is expected to scrap most rules on 7 August though this will not include face masks. Scotland has moved to the lowest level of restrictions of Covid restrictions but face coverings must be worn for a further three weeks. Northern Ireland will decide on Thursday to ease rules on seven days' time.\n\nPureGym's chief executive, Humphrey Cobbold, said his business had managed to keep all of its sites open despite rising numbers of employees forced to self-isolate, but it had been difficult.\n\n\"Up to 25%, in some areas, of our staff have been asked to self-isolate,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Through flexibility and sharing of labour across sites, we've been able to keep sites open so far but it's been a very close call in certain circumstances.\"\n\nKate Lester, founder and chief executive of Diamond Logistics, which runs a UK network of fulfilment and delivery centres, said the company has had to delay opening a new site at Motherwell in Scotland because between 20% and 25% of staff are off work.\n\n\"We're actually having to delay that launch for over a month which deprives our new network partner of his income and in addition to that it deprives his clients of vital logistics services,\" she said.\n\nToday is potentially a big day for many businesses. Capacity limits are gone; venues can fill up if they want to. That means many pubs and restaurants, for example, have the chance of turning a profit again.\n\nBosses have longed for this day since the pandemic began. But they face another growing problem. As infections rise, so too are the number of people told they must self-isolate after coming into contact with a positive case. This is causing a staffing problem for many, many firms. Venues and stores have had to close. Opening hours have been curtailed.\n\nThere is a clamour from companies, demanding the government immediately change the self-isolation rules to exempt people who have had both Covid-19 vaccines and test negative. The regime is due to be overhauled in a month's time.\n\nHowever, business leaders fear many more staff will be told to stay at home and therefore businesses will be forced to close at a time when they hoped to making money again.\n\nThe CBI has called for an immediate end to the 10-day self-isolation period for people who have been fully vaccinated. It also said daily lateral flow tests could help people who have not received both jabs get back to work.\n\nFrom 16 August, people who have been fully vaccinated will not have to self-isolate if they are \"pinged\" by the NHS app when they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid. They will instead be advised to take PCR test as soon as possible.\n\nOn Sunday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were forced to U-turn on a decision not to self-isolate after coming into contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive for Covid on Saturday.\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Sunak had said initially that they would not need to isolate as they were taking part in a pilot scheme that involves daily testing instead. But this sparked a backlash from opposition parties and businesses.\n\nGreene King's Mr Mackenzie said the government needed to bring the \"test and release\" scheme forward to allow more people to come into work and \"get us back to normal again\".", "London mayor Sadiq Khan says masks will remain compulsory on London Transport despite restrictions easing on 19 July.\n\nTfL's 400 enforcement officers will deny those without a face covering from using London transport, under the plan.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Khan said:\"As long as the virus is still with us, and as long as we're still concerned about the virus being transmitted, we will make it compulsory.\"", "The battle over voting rights in the US is a drama that's playing out in the Congress and state legislatures across the country.\n\nIn Philadelphia on Tuesday, Joe Biden gave a fiery speech, warning that American democracy is facing its greatest threat since the Civil War.\n\n\"There's an unfolding assault taking place in America today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote and fair and free elections,\" the president said.\n\nBiden condemned recent efforts in 17 Republican-controlled states to pass laws curtailing when and where their citizens can vote - laws conservatives have framed as a response to allegations of voting fraud repeatedly made by Donald Trump in the months after his presidential defeat.\n\nMany Republicans now believe the election was stolen from Trump - an assertion Biden called \"the big lie\" and one that has not been substantiated by concrete evidence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Texas Democrat: 'Republicans stripping away rights of my constituents to vote'\n\nMeanwhile, in Texas the fight over voting changes has led to drastic measures, as Democratic legislators have temporarily blocked passage of voting legislation by flying to Washington, DC. There, they are pressuring congressional Democrats to enact new federal rules for conducting elections that would supersede any state actions.\n\nAt the centre of this national debate is a question of what is the greatest threat to American democracy. Is it the security of an election process that in 2020 relied heavily on early and mail-in voting?\n\nOr is it a system, corrupted by the influence of big donors and powerful interests, that makes voting more difficult than necessary, particularly for historically disadvantaged groups?\n\nThe Democratic effort at a national voting law centres around passage of the \"For the People Act\". It represents one of the most expansive federal reforms of the US election system in a generation.\n\nThe bill would guarantee that voters can receive a mail-in ballot if requested, mandate a minimum of 15 days of early voting before every federal election, require paper ballots and set standards for voting machines.\n\nIt would prohibit states from disenfranchising felons who have completed their sentences and enact new restrictions on undisclosed so-called \"dark money\" political contributions.\n\nMany new voters would be automatically registered under the legislation, which also requires technology companies to disclose information about political advertising, create new government support for small donor-funded candidates and seek to end the practice of \"gerrymandering\" voting maps for partisan advantage.\n\nIn March the US House of Representatives approved the bill by a nearly party line vote, with one Democrat - Bennie Thompson of Mississippi - opposing because of concerns that the redistricting provision would disadvantage black voters.\n\nThree months later, Republicans in the US Senate blocked passage of the For the People Act by use of the filibuster, a parliamentary procedure that requires 60 votes to pass major legislation. The bill only received 50 votes - all from Democrats in the evenly divided 100-seat chamber.\n\nDemocrats have since turned their focus to updating the Voting Rights Act, a 1960s-era law that has been curtailed by the US Supreme Court over the past decade.\n\nAs evidenced by the two congressional votes, Republican opposition to the Democratic legislation has been near complete.\n\nHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called the bill an \"unparalleled political grab\" that would consolidate Democratic power.\n\n\"What this is really about is an effort for the federal government to take over the way we conduct elections in this country,\" Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said shortly before his chamber blocked the bill. \"It is a solution in search of a problem.\"\n\nFormer Vice-President Mike Pence, in one of his first public statements since being forced to evacuate the US Capitol after it was attacked by pro-Trump rioters, wrote in an opinion column that the Democratic proposal would \"increase opportunities for election fraud, trample the First Amendment, further erode confidence in our elections and forever dilute the votes of legally qualified eligible voters\".\n\nBehind the Democratic urgency in Congress to pass voting reforms is the reality that they're in a race with dozens of state legislatures enacting measures that curtail the same voting processes and systems that the For the People Act seeks to mandate.\n\nGeorgia, for instance, passed a law curtailing the use of drop boxes for ballot returns, requiring photo identification to vote by mail, and making it illegal to provide food and water to people waiting in line to vote.\n\nThe move prompted protests and boycotts of the state, including the decision to move the Major League Baseball's July All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver, Colorado.\n\nOther key political battlegrounds, including Florida, Arizona and Iowa, have enacted similar legislation.\n\nIn Texas, Democrats in the legislature left the state in July to deny Republicans a quorum and at least temporarily prevent passage of new voting measures that would limit mail-in balloting and curtail in-person voting hours and locations.\n\nRepublicans frame their laws as common-sense measures to protect against fraud and ensure that Americans have faith in the electoral process. Democrats counter that the confidence of the public has been damaged by the unsubstantiated allegations made by Trump and others after November's balloting.\n\nWhen it comes to a showdown between states and federal government over the rules of the election game, the US Constitution says the latter wins. That won't prevent a spate of lawsuits challenging the legality of the federal legislation if the congressional Democrats succeed in getting their bill passed by the Senate.\n\nJust last month, the Supreme Court upheld an Arizona ban on the collection of mail-in ballots by third parties - an issue that would be directly addressed by the For the People Act.\n\nWashington is no stranger to high-stakes political battles. Most sessions of Congress, particularly early in a new presidential administration, feature more than a few legislative showdowns touted for their potential long-term implications.\n\nThis one is a fight over how elections are conducted and - consequently - who is around to participate in all the other political battles to come.\n\nThe stakes don't get much higher than that.", "England players have taken a knee before all their Euro 2020 games\n\nConservative MPs need to change their attitude and support footballers who take the knee, a senior figure on the right of the party has said.\n\nSteve Baker told the BBC players were not calling to \"defund the police\" or being \"anti-capitalist\" - they were saying \"we suffer racism\".\n\nLast month, Home Secretary Priti Patel dismissed taking the knee as \"gesture politics\".\n\nOther Tories have criticised players for making the protest before games.\n\nOn the eve of the Euro 2020 tournament, education minister Gillian Keegan said the Black Lives Matter campaign \"is really about defunding the police and the overthrow of capitalism\" - and taking the knee was \"creating division\".\n\nAsked in June if she would criticise fans who booed England players taking the knee Priti Patel said: \"That's a choice for them, quite frankly.\"\n\nBoris Johnson has said he wants fans to cheer their team, but has not explicitly condemned fans who booed, prompting criticism from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A mural of Rashford in Manchester vandalised after the final has since been covered by supportive messages\n\nOn Monday, the home secretary tweeted that she was \"disgusted\" by the online abuse directed at some England players, after the team lost to Italy on penalties in Sunday's Euro 2020 final.\n\nEngland footballer Tyrone Mings replied that she had \"stoked the fire\" through her stance on taking the knee.\n\nResponding to Mings, Conservative MP Johnny Mercer said: \"The painful truth is that this guy is completely right.\"\n\nHe added he was \"very uncomfortable with the position we Conservatives are needlessly forcing ourselves into\".\n\nSteve Baker, who chaired the pro-Brexit European Research Group of Tory MPs, said the controversy should serve as a \"wake-up call\" to the Conservative Party over how it is seen in the rest of the country.\n\nMr Baker said he would not take the knee himself, as its connection to BLM meant its symbolism was subject to \"multiple competing interpretations\".\n\nBut he added that he thought footballers were motivated by a desire to express their \"solidarity with those who suffer racism\".\n\n\"We just have to get alongside those players who are taking the knee, and understand they are not saying 'defund the police', they're not anti-capitalist,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nPriti Patel was been criticised for her response to the protests\n\nLabour will also urge the government to take stronger against racist abuse on social media at a Commons debate later.\n\nThe party wants tough sanctions for executives at companies that fail to enforce rules on online hate, and tweaks to legislation to allow courts to ban fans from football games for posting abuse online.\n\nMore than a million people have signed an online petition calling for tougher rules to ban abusers from attending games.\n\nThe government says its Online Safety Bill will do more to force social media companies to act on abuse online.\n\nAmerican footballer Colin Kaepernick started kneeling during the pre-game national anthem in the NFL in 2016, in protest at police violence against African-Americans.\n\nMany figures in sport started taking the knee last year, when the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the US.", "Letting small family farms go to the wall will \"break the backbone of Britain's rural communities\", Prince Charles has said.\n\nThe focus on producing plentiful and cheap food threatens the survival of the country's smaller farms, he says.\n\nIf they go it will \"rip the heart out of the British countryside\", he warns.\n\nThe government says it wants to support all farmers and \"the choices that they take on their own holdings\".\n\nIt comes ahead of the publication of the National Food Strategy, the first major review of Britain's food system in more than 70 years.\n\nThe strategy was commissioned by the government and is headed by Henry Dimbleby, the founder of the Leon restaurant chain.\n\nThursday's report will explore the links between food production and environmental degradation including climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and the sustainable use of resources.\n\nIt will include recommendations for the government, which has promised to respond with a White Paper within six months.\n\nThe first part of the strategy was published in July last year and highlighted the connection between obesity, poverty and the UK's high Covid-19 death toll.\n\nThe Prince of Wales has been concerned with food and the environment for most of his adult life.\n\nHis latest intervention comes in the form of an essay for Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nIn it, he condemns the super-efficient intensive agricultural system that produces much of the food we eat as a \"dead end\".\n\nHe describes how, over the years, he has watched with increasing concern as many of the nation's \"precious landscapes\" have been slowly diminished in the name of \"efficiency\".\n\nWe don't take account of what he calls the \"hidden costs\" of modern industrial farming, warns the prince.\n\nHe cites damage to soils and watercourses and the emissions that add to global warming.\n\n\"We must put nature back at the heart of the equation\", he urges, or we risk undermining the true source of all our prosperity - nature.\n\n\"How we produce food has a direct impact on the Earth's capacity to sustain us, which has a direct impact on human health and economic prosperity,\" he says.\n\nHe does find some cause for optimism, however.\n\nHe says he is increasingly confident we can achieve a transition to more sustainable forms of agriculture and praises the efforts of high-profile figures including footballer Marcus Rashford, chef Jamie Oliver and Henry Dimbleby to improve the nation's food system from \"field to fork\".\n\nHe describes visiting a new centre for farm and food education in the Cotswolds which aims to produce healthy food in an environmentally-friendly and economically-viable way.\n\nThere are promising investment opportunities in these kind of innovative approaches to agriculture, he believes, and he says he is working to link private investors with the pioneers of these new sustainable approaches to farming.\n\nA particular concern is improving soil health and fertility.\n\n\"If we regenerate degraded soils around the world, we could capture as much as 70% of the world's carbon emissions,\" the Prince suggests.\n\n\"Only by benefitting nature can we benefit people,\" concludes the Prince.\n\nAnd that is the only way of ensuring the future of our living planet, he says.\n\nThe Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said new environmental land management schemes would \"support farmers to produce high quality food in a more sustainable way, and deliver the environmental change that we all want to see\".\n\n\"Our new system will be centred around incentivising sustainable farming practices alongside profitable food production and rewarding farmers for producing public goods such as better air and water quality, protecting wildlife and soil health,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"We want to support all of our farmers, and the choices that they take on their own holdings. We have recently set out further details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, which will eventually be open to every farmer in England.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Television footage showed Mr Guo and his wife crying and hugging their son\n\nA Chinese man has been reunited with his son after a 24-year search that saw him travel over 500,000km (310,000 mi) on a motorbike across the country.\n\nGuo Gangtang's son had been snatched aged two by human traffickers in front of their home in the province of Shandong.\n\nHis son's disappearance actually inspired a movie in 2015, which starred Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau.\n\nChild abductions are a big problem in China, with thousands taken every year.\n\nAccording to China's Ministry of Public Security, the police were able to trace the son's identity using DNA testing. Two suspects were later tracked down and arrested, said a Global Times report.\n\nThe suspects, who were dating at the time, had planned to kidnap a child with the intention of selling him for money, said a report by China News.\n\nAfter spotting Mr Guo's son playing alone outside his home, the female suspect identified only by her surname Tang grabbed him and took him to the bus station, where her partner, named as Hu, was waiting.\n\nThe couple then took an intercity coach to neighbouring Henan province and sold the child there.\n\nLocal media reports say Mr Guo's son was found still living in the province.\n\nMr Guo has travelled across China searching for his son\n\nMr Guo and his wife cried and hugged their son when they were reunited in Liaocheng, Shandong, on Sunday, state media CCTV reported.\n\n\"My baby, you came back!\" said the mother, whose name was not released, in a video of the reunion.\n\n\"Now that the child has been found, everything can only be happy from now on,\" Mr Guo told reporters.\n\nMr Lau, who got to know Mr Guo while preparing to play him in the film Lost and Love, congratulated him.\n\n\"I'd like to say to Brother Guo that I admire your persistence,\" he said, according to the South China Morning Post.\n\nAfter his son was abducted in 1997, Mr Guo reportedly travelled to more than 20 provinces around the country on the back of a motorbike chasing tip-offs.\n\nIn the process, he broke bones in traffic accidents and even encountered highway robbers. Ten motorbikes were also damaged.\n\nCarrying around banners with his son's picture on them, he is said to have spent his life savings on his mission, sleeping under bridges and begging for money when he ran out of cash.\n\nHe also became a prominent member of missing-persons organisations in China, and helped at least seven other parents reunite with their abducted children.\n\nIn China, the abduction and trafficking of babies has been a problem for decades.\n\nIn 2015, it was estimated that 20,000 children were being abducted each year in China. Many of them are sold into adoption, both domestically and overseas.\n\nChild trafficking has been an enormous social problem in China with tens of thousands of unsolved cases remaining.\n\nIt appears to be so widespread that a few years ago, when the police introduced a phone app to report crime, \"child abduction\" had its own front-page category along with the likes of theft, drug dealing and murder.\n\nIt has clearly caused massive pain in the community, not the least of which because - in some cases - there appear to have been \"insiders\" like relatives or village neighbours who have assisted in the abductions.\n\nIn one particularly distressing example, children were kidnapped and made to work in a brick factory in a neighbouring province.\n\nThis year's big DNA drive by the police seems to be working in terms of finding some of those taken quite a while ago. But it would be hard to solve more recent cases in this way because the strategy relies on people coming forward for blood tests and children (who may not even know they had been abducted and sold to their current parents) are hardly going to be presenting themselves for blood tests.\n\nEither way, given the bleak nature of the situation and the desperate sadness of many who've lost their children, seeing Guo Gangtang reunited with his son after decades of perseverance has been both heart-breaking and heart-warming at the same time.", "The group recently demanded a huge bitcoin ransom for an attack targeting IT firm Kaseya\n\nWebsites for a Russian-linked ransomware gang blamed for attacks on hundreds of businesses worldwide have gone offline.\n\nMonitors say a payment website and a blog run by the REvil group became suddenly unreachable on Tuesday.\n\nThe reason behind the disappearance is unknown, but has sparked speculation that the group may have been targeted deliberately by authorities.\n\nIt comes amid growing pressure between the US and Russia over cyber-crime.\n\nUS President Joe Biden said he raised the issue with Vladimir Putin during a phone call on Friday, after discussing the subject during a summit with the Russian president in Geneva last month.\n\nMr Biden told reporters that he had \"made it very clear to him...we expect them to act\" on information and also hinted the US could take direct digital retaliation on servers used for intrusions.\n\nThe timing of Tuesday's outage has sparked speculation that either the US or Russian officials may have taken action against REvil - though officials have so far declined to comment and cyber experts say sudden disappearances of groups are not necessarily uncommon.\n\nThe development comes after a series of high-profile ransomware attacks which have hit major US businesses this year.\n\nThe FBI accused REvil - also known as Sodinokibi - of being behind a ransomware attack on the world's largest meat processing company JBS last month.\n\nThe group is considered prolific and last week demanded a huge bitcoin ransom for an attack which targeted IT firm Kaseya and hundreds more businesses worldwide.\n\nREvil is one of the most prolific and feared of all ransomware gangs and if this really is the end, it's extremely significant.\n\nThe rumour mill is in hyperdrive about what's behind this sudden shutdown but one hacker who claims to be an affiliate of the gang gave me some insights. I'm yet to confirm his identity but other researchers say his claims are highly plausible.\n\nHe claims that the US \"Feds took down\" elements of their websites and so they pulled the plug on the rest of their operation. He also said there was pressure from the Kremlin too saying: \"Russia is tired of the US and other countries crying to them.\"\n\nLike all hacker claims we have to take them with a large dollop of salt but if this scenario proves to be accurate, it shows a dramatic shift in policy from Russia which has so far been happy to sit back and let gangs like REvil operate without fear of intervention.\n\nHowever another comment from my contact also hints at the bigger picture. He says he has no plans to retire and is already planning another unknown venture. \"Make one go away, more will rise,\" he warned.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Impact on the NHS is still driving decisions, Mark Drakeford says Image caption: Impact on the NHS is still driving decisions, Mark Drakeford says\n\nResponding to the Conservatives' call for greater speed in relaxing measures, Mark Drakeford said the impact of Covid on the NHS was \"incredibly sensitive\" to both the effectiveness of vaccines and the extent to which people continue to observe \"sensible actions\" during the pandemic.\n\nHe said a \"shift of just two or three per cent\" in the effectiveness of jabs was the \"difference between large numbers of people needing or not needing hospitalisation\".\n\n\"If people continue, as people in Wales have, to do their best to look after themselves and others, that will suppress the number of people needing hospitalisation,\" he said.\n\n\"If people act as though coronavirus has gone away, and there's no risk to themselves or others, that will drive more numbers into the hospital sector.\n\n\"At the better end of that spectrum\", he said, the impact on the NHS was \"manageable\".\n\n\"If the dial gets set at the other end of that spectrum, then we will be back where we were in the winter, with very large numbers of people needing to be cared for in a hospital, with all the impact that that would make on the ability of the NHS to go on doing all of those other things.\"", "Cafes and restaurants are open in Wales but restrictions remain\n\nThe extent Wales will go to in scrapping coronavirus restrictions will be announced on Wednesday.\n\nMinisters are expected to settle on their plans for reducing the legal rules that have governed businesses and social contact during the pandemic.\n\nBut First Minister Mark Drakeford has said he will not abandon them \"wholesale\".\n\nHis government has already announced face masks will continue to be required on public transport.\n\nIt is not expected Mr Drakeford will move as fast as the UK government, with Boris Johnson planning to scrap most rules in England on 19 July.\n\nThe Scottish government is hoping it can lift most legal restrictions on 9 August, but has said it will keep laws on the use of face masks for some time.\n\nDespite rising cases in Wales, officials believe the vaccination programme has weakened the link between catching Covid, serious illness and death.\n\nMr Drakeford's cabinet will make the final decision on Wednesday morning, with a statement to the Welsh Parliament expected in the afternoon.\n\nHe is expected to confirm whether Wales can now move to \"alert level one\" - with the easing of some restrictions that had been delayed because of the Delta variant.\n\nThey included the reopening of ice rinks and allowing six people from any household to meet in private homes.\n\nHe is also expected to publish an updated coronavirus control plan which will set out a future alert level zero, with fewer legal restrictions.\n\nBut this is not expected to be implemented immediately, with the next three-weekly review not due until early August.\n\nTaliesin fears his competitors in England are gaining an advantage as rinks remain closed in Wales\n\nThirteen-year-old Taliesin has not been able to train at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff since the pandemic hit.\n\nHis parents have been taking him to Coventry or Sheffield to train on weekends, sometimes setting off at 03:00 BST.\n\nHis mother Ann-Marie said: \"It's been really, really challenging… it has been a difficult time to keep momentum up and keep training… it's a big commitment financially and in terms of time and pressure.\"\n\n\"With competitions coming back now we really need the rink in Cardiff opened more than ever because other people are going to start getting an advantage over us being able to train when we can only go up on the weekend,\" Taliesin told Claire Summers on BBC Radio Wales.\n\nMinisters have already announced they will keep laws requiring face masks on public transport and in health and social care.\n\nThey are also deciding if they should be mandatory in shops, a move backed by trade unions and Plaid Cymru.\n\nWales' case rate on Tuesday stood at 138.2 per 100,000 people, with the number of positive tests running at an average of 623 a day.\n\nThat compares with 466 a day the week before, and about 77 a day a month ago.\n\nBut officials say the link between cases and serious illness and death has been weakened. At the start of July, only 1.1% of Covid cases were admitted to hospital.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives' Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies called for a \"detailed plan for the restoration of freedoms in Wales\".\n\n\"Given the data trends, the Welsh Labour government now has the flexibility to provide families, workers and businesses with their plan for restoring all freedoms and releasing restrictions in Wales,\" he said.\n\nPlaid Cymru's deputy leader Rhun ap Iorwerth criticised the Welsh government's plans for a press conference on Wednesday evening, saying it would clash with a debate in the Senedd calling for a Wales-only public inquiry into ministers' handling of the Covid pandemic.\n\n\"Throughout the pandemic, we've seen announcement after announcement made by press release, rather than in our Parliament where proper scrutiny can take place. Sadly, here's another example of a government snub,\" he said.\n\nThe hospitality sector has called for social-distancing rules to be relaxed\n\nAlthough most businesses are now allowed to trade, under current restrictions they must do so under social-distancing laws.\n\nThese apply to pubs, cafes and restaurants and the sector has lobbied for them to be scrapped.\n\nNightclubs remain closed in Wales, while organisers of large events are waiting to find out if they can take place.\n\nLegal limits on numbers that can meet outdoors remain in Wales, while meetings in private homes are currently restricted to those who are in extended household groups.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"Levelling up is not a jam-spreading exercise\"\n\nBoris Johnson has set out the \"skeleton\" of a plan to \"level up\" the country, by spreading power and opportunity more evenly.\n\nIn a speech in Coventry, the PM insisted his flagship policy will not make the \"rich parts\" of the UK poorer but would be a \"win win\" for everyone.\n\nHe also pledged to hand more power to local leaders, with the possibility of elected mayors for counties.\n\nThe party's deputy leader Angela Rayner dismissed the PM's promises as a \"PR exercise\", adding that Mr Johnson \"does not do detail, he does soundbites\".\n\n\"It is all jam tomorrow and a load of baloney. What he pretends and what he says he is going to do, is not what happens in reality.\"\n\nIn a wide-ranging speech, Mr Johnson said the government wanted to \"rewrite the rulebook\" on local devolution and offer county areas in England \"new deals\" to give them the same powers as those currently given to major cities.\n\nAnd he promised a flexible approach to those deals, including the option for directly elected mayors, but said there was no \"one-size-fits-all\" template.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister “promises jam tomorrow” but fails to deliver says the Labour leader.\n\nThe former London mayor urged local leaders with ideas for how to improve their communities to come forward, promising to give them \"the tools to make things happen for their communities\"..\n\nHe said he did not want to see the return of what he called \"loony-left\" councils, but added: \"We will deal with anybody.\"\n\nThe Conservatives first promised to \"level up\" the country in their manifesto for the 2019 general election, in which they targeted - and won - so-called \"red wall\" parliamentary seats in the Midlands and northern England previously dominated by Labour.\n\nThe plan, some of which has already been outlined, involves investing in transport, skills and businesses to address regional disparities.\n\nThe government is expected to publish more details in September.\n\nAsked what his clear strategy was for \"levelling up\", he said: \"I am respectfully going to urge you to just go back over some of what I said because I do think that in all fairness there was at least the skeleton of what to do.\"\n\nBoris Johnson again tried to explain the purpose of the \"levelling up\" agenda and talked about the UK's huge regional imbalances, entrenched inequalities and squandered opportunities.\n\nIn well-trailed remarks he also said that the aim of getting more government spending and private investment into poorer parts of the UK would not come at the detriment of London and the south east - an attempt to reassure traditional Tory voters who might be feeling left out themselves.\n\nIn terms of policy prescription the speech was fairly thin.\n\nA White Paper is promised in the autumn and today Mr Johnson clattered through a list of things - from tackling crime, building football pitches, laying railway lines - that he seemed to say all fell under the umbrella of levelling up.\n\nBut he also proposed greater regional devolution and suggested county leaders could get new powers.\n\nHe said if anyone could think of a better title than county mayors they should email him, which rather summed up the speech.\n\nIn his speech, the prime minister said the government will have \"made progress in levelling up when we have begun to raise living standards, spread opportunity, improved our public services and restored people's sense of pride in their community\".\n\nInvesting in more deprived areas will relieve pressure on parts of the UK that are \"over-heating\" and that previous governments focused too much on \"areas where house prices are already high and where transport is already congested\", he added.\n\nBut he insisted that there will not be \"levelling down\" in prosperous places, adding: \"We don't want to decapitate the tall poppies.\n\n\"We don't think you can make the poor parts of the country richer by making the rich parts poorer.\"\n\nHe said that \"levelling up is not a jam-spreading operation. It's not robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's not zero-sum. It's win-win\".\n\nThe PM's speech was welcomed by county councils.\n\nCounty Councils Network spokesman Martin Hill said: \"Local areas should be able to decide the most appropriate devolution arrangements for counties\".\n\nHe added: \"We are pleased that this looks firmly on the table.\"", "An outbreak of Covid-19 has been confirmed on the Royal Navy's flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth.\n\nThe BBC has been told there have been around 100 cases on the aircraft carrier, which is part way through a world tour.\n\nSeveral other warships in the fleet accompanying it are also affected.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said all crew on the deployment had received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine and the outbreak was being managed.\n\nHMS Queen Elizabeth is about a quarter of the way through a 28-week deployment leading the Carrier Strike Group (CSG).\n\nIt has now entered the Indian Ocean, and the Royal Navy says it is due to continue on its voyage to Japan later this year.\n\nAround 3,700 personnel are part of the CSG.\n\nA spokeswoman said mitigation measured on board included masks, social distancing and a track and trace system.\n\n\"As part of routine testing, a small number of crew from the Carrier Strike Group have tested positive for Covid-19,\" she said.\n\n\"The Carrier Strike Group will continue to deliver their operational tasks and there are no effects on the deployment.\"\n\nIt is not the first Covid scare on board a Royal Navy ship.\n\nLast year, the crew of HMS Northumberland was forced to return to shore and isolate over Christmas after \"a number of suspected Covid cases\" on board.\n\nThe world tour is HMS Queen Elizabeth's first operational deployment, and will cover 26,000 miles.\n\nThe £3bn warship departed from Portsmouth Naval Base in May.\n\nThe Queen and the prime minister both went onboard before it headed off for the Indo-Pacific region.\n\nThe ship began sea trials in 2017, having replaced HMS Illustrious which was scrapped in 2014.\n\nIt has eight RAF and 10 US Marine Corps F35B stealth fighter jets onboard and will be accompanied to Asia by six Royal Navy ships, a submarine, 14 naval helicopters and a company of Royal Marines.", "Doctors and midwives fear next week's relaxation of Covid restrictions will lead to an increase in infections among pregnant women.\n\nThe warning comes from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).\n\nPregnant women can be at greater risk of getting severely ill with Covid.\n\nSo the experts are urging women to get the Covid vaccine \"to protect yourself, your baby and your family\".\n\nEvidence shows having the Covid jab is safe during pregnancy.\n\nThe risk of being very ill with Covid is increaed in the late stage of pregnancy, in part due to the pressure exerted on the lungs by the growing foetus.\n\nMothers who give birth while infected are more likely to need an emergency Caesarean and had higher rates of stillbirth, although the actual increases remain low.\n\nThe RCOG told the BBC its data suggests 58% of pregnant women have declined a Covid vaccine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why it's recommended you get the Covid vaccine if you're pregnant\n\nIt acknowledged \"mixed messages\" about the safety of the vaccine at the start of the programme had caused confusion - but said it was disappointed there had not been more direct campaigns targeted at pregnant women by the government and NHS England, since vaccination was approved for the group in April.\n\nThe RCOG says pregnant women were the only clinically vulnerable group not prioritised for vaccination.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) now advises that pregnant women should all be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines where available, at the same time as the rest of the population.\n\nResearch from the US, involving more than 90,000 pregnant people found no risk, and experts say there is no reason to think there is any increased risk of miscarriage - as the vaccine does not appear to cross from the mother to child via the placenta.\n\nBoth colleges are urging those who are pregnant or considering pregnancy who have not yet been vaccinated to consider getting a jab as soon as possible and book their second doses as soon as they are eligible.\n\nUnvaccinated or partially vaccinated pregnant women should take steps to avoid infection by continuing to practice social distancing, particularly in their third trimester, they say.\n\nDr Edward Morris, RCOG president, said: \"We are concerned that increasing rates of Covid infection will adversely impact pregnant women.\n\n\"We know that those who are pregnant with Covid are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill, and the vaccine is the safest and most effective way of protecting women and their babies.\"\n\nGill Walton, RCM chief executive, said: \"Along with mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing, vaccination is a vital tool in the fight to protect yourself against this virus.\n\n\"If you are unsure or worried about this, do speak to your midwife or doctor to get the facts so that you can make an informed decision.\n\n\"All the evidence is showing that having the Covid jab is safe during pregnancy, and I do urge you to have the vaccine to protect yourself, your baby and your family.\"", "Menorca is among the holiday hotspots moving to the amber list\n\nIbiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera are being moved onto the government's amber travel list for England.\n\nThe Balearic Islands will join the list from 04:00 BST on Monday, 15 days after they were moved to the green watchlist.\n\nThe Scottish and Welsh governments said they will do the same, and Northern Ireland is expected to follow suit.\n\nFrom Monday, only people aged over 18 who are not fully vaccinated will still have to quarantine on returning from an amber list country.\n\nThe requirement to self-isolate is being scrapped for the fully vaccinated and under-18s from Monday in England, Scotland and Wales but travellers in Northern Ireland will have to wait another week before the rule change.\n\nThe British Virgin Islands are also moving to the amber list, while Cuba, Indonesia, Myanmar and Sierra Leone will be moved to the strictest red list.\n\nBulgaria and Hong Kong will move to the green list, while Croatia and Taiwan join the green watchlist, which means they are at risk of being moved to amber.\n\nIt is understood that data indicates a big rise in cases in the Balearic Islands following end-of-term parties.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said case rates had doubled since the islands were added to the green watchlist, which meant the government needed to \"move quickly\".\n\nHe also warned that people travelling abroad this summer will need to make sure they can get their money back or rebook their accommodation, adding that \"no-one can be out there thinking we can travel and just rely on things not changing\".\n\nBut package holiday firm Tui said the \"continued lack of transparency\" about the methodology and data behind the changes was making it \"incredibly difficult for customers to book far in advance with confidence\".\n\nEasyJet said it could not understand why people were going to be allowed to attend nightclubs from Monday without a mask or social distancing but the government was \"not comfortable with people going to the beaches of Europe where the infection rates are lower than in the UK\".\n\nVirgin Atlantic called for the government to \"act decisively\" and add nations with high vaccination rates, such as the US, to the green list at the next review.\n\nLabour criticised the government for not publishing the country-by-country data that informs its traffic light system.\n\nShadow transport secretary Jim McMahon said: \"People are booking holidays in good faith and now face the prospect of losing out because ministers refuse to be straight with the public.\"\n\nMedi Jones Williams said she still planned to go on holiday to Majorca, despite the changes\n\nMedi Jones Williams, from Bristol, booked a holiday to Majorca on Friday and said she still planned to fly there on Saturday for her seven-day trip.\n\nThe 25-year-old had her first vaccine three weeks ago, and is now looking to get a second dose as soon as possible.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"I'm still going to go because I'm sick of everything. I feel like if I don't it will never happen because things keep changing.\n\n\"I do understand why they have to vaccinate older people first but when they got to 40 they should have vaccinated everyone.\n\n\"It doesn't make sense to open on Monday when not everyone is vaccinated.\"\n\nMr Shapps defended the government's traffic light system, saying that the categories mean \"people can see, broadly-speaking, where these countries are classified\".\n\nHe added: \"We're not in control of this virus, particularly in how it affects other counties, their levels of vaccinations, their level of genomic sequencing, their testing regimes.\"\n\nTravelling to green list destinations was likely to be a \"better bet\" than those on the green watchlist, he said, but cautioned \"there are no guarantees\".\n\nHe urged people to come forward and get both vaccine doses to give them \"one more piece of security when you do go off to travel\".\n\nThe changes will come as bad news for travellers who are over 18 and not yet double vaccinated.\n\nThe government says they can still pay for additional tests on day five as part of test-to-release and are advising everyone to get their jabs as quickly as possible.\n\nUnder the change to amber list travel rules, announced last week, fully-jabbed people will still be required to take a test three days before they return and on the second day after they are back - but they will now be exempted from a day eight test.\n\nFrom Monday - when most Covid rules in England end - the guidance that people should not travel to amber list countries will be removed.\n\nFewer than 30 destinations are on the green list, which do not require people to quarantine on their return.\n\nMore than 50 countries are on the strictest red list, which requires arrivals to pay to self-isolate in a hotel.\n\nBut most places - including holiday hotspots such as mainland Spain, Greece and the US - are on the amber list.\n\nGreen watchlist countries do not require arrivals to quarantine but are at risk of being moved to amber.\n\nMeanwhile, more than two thirds of adults in the UK - some 35 million people - have now received both vaccine doses, the government announced on Wednesday.\n\nThe government said it meant it had hit its target of vaccinating two thirds of adults by 19 July early.\n\nSome 46,037,090 people have received a first dose while 35,155,767 have had both doses - the equivalent of 87.4% and 66.7% of the adult population respectively.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson described the milestone as \"another extraordinary achievement\", adding that it was enabling the UK to \"cautiously ease restrictions next week and return closer towards normal life\".\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK recorded another 42,302 cases and 49 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, according to the daily government figures.\n\nAre you a holidaymaker or a travel agent? How will you be affected by this change to the travel list? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Sebastian Eubank died after a \"massive heart attack\" that was linked to a pre-existing heart condition of which his family was unaware, his widow has said.\n\nThe son of former middleweight boxing champion Chris Eubank died on Friday, a month after becoming a father.\n\nHis widow, Salma Abdelati, said the 29-year-old had the heart attack while in the sea in Dubai.\n\nShe said she was grateful \"he was able to spend a few short and happy weeks with his son before his death\".\n\nSebastian, who had followed in his father's footsteps to become a professional boxer, had been due to turn 30 on 18 July.\n\nIn a statement, his widow said: \"Dubai Police and the coroner have confirmed that after a full post-mortem Sebastian Eubank tragically died from a massive heart attack whilst in the sea and probably could not have been saved even if out of the water. There was evidence of a pre-existing heart condition we were all unaware of.\n\n\"While still very painful, it is of some comfort that Sebastian died after having one of his favourite meals with one of his closest friends whilst doing his favourite thing at his favourite place in Dubai where he often went to swim. He was standing in the water close to shore watching the sunset at Cove Beach in Dubai.\n\n\"I am grateful that he was able to spend a few short and happy weeks with his son before his death.\"\n\nSebastian Eubank, left, pictured with his father, Chris Eubank, and brother Chris Eubank Junior.\n\nSebastian Eubank followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a professional boxer\n\nFigures from around the boxing world and beyond paid tribute to Sebastian, the middle child of Eubank's five children, following the news of his death.\n\nHis father called his son a \"deep thinker who liked to challenge accepted wisdom\" in an earlier tribute to him.\n\nEubank said the family was devastated at the loss of Sebastian, who grew up in Hove but had been living in Dubai, where he was \"a leader in the adoption of a healthy lifestyle and of alternative therapies\".\n\n\"He was loved and respected by all who knew him and will be forever in the thoughts of friends and family,\" he added.\n\nSebastian, who boxed using the name Alka Lion, made his debut in February 2018 against Polish fighter Kamil Kulczyk.\n\nHe made his MMA debut last year.\n\nHis brother, Chris Eubank Jr, also a professional boxer, said on Twitter: \"Rest easy little brother, I love you and you will be missed always.\"", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland forward Jadon Sancho says \"hate will never win\" after he received racist abuse following the Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy on Sunday.\n\nSancho, 21, Marcus Rashford, 23, and Bukayo Saka, 19, were targeted on social media after all three missed penalties in the 3-2 shootout loss.\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Football Association all condemned the abuse.\n\n\"As a society we need to do better,\" said Sancho in a post on Instagram.\n\nSo far four people have been arrested as the UK Football Policing Unit is trawling through thousands of social media posts aimed at the three black players.\n• None Hate Won't Win: Your messages of appreciation to England\n• None Online racists to be banned from matches - PM\n\nIn his first social media post since the defeat, Borussia Dortmund's Sancho said \"sadly it's nothing new\" to see the racist abuse he, Rashford and Saka received.\n\n\"To all the young people who have received similar abuse, hold your heads up high and keep chasing the dream,\" he added.\n\n\"I am proud of this England team.\n\n\"I want to say a massive thank you for all the positive messages and love and support that far outweighed the negative.\n\n\"It's been an honour as always representing England and wearing the Three Lions shirt, and I have no doubt we'll be back even stronger.\"\n\nSancho said he was \"sorry\" to his team-mates, coaching staff and the fans who he felt he had \"let down\" by missing England's fourth penalty.\n\n\"This is by far the worst feeling I've felt in my career,\" he added.\n\n\"There were so many positives to take away from this tournament though the defeat will hurt for a long time.\n\n\"I was ready and confident to take [the penalty], these are the moments you dream of as a kid, it is why I play football.\n\n\"These are the pressured situations you want to be under as a footballer. I've scored penalties before at club level, I've practiced them countless times for both club and country so I picked my corner but it just wasn't meant to be this time.\"\n\nRashford also apologised for his penalty miss but said he \"will never apologise for who I am\".\n\nA mural in his hometown of Withington was defaced after his penalty miss, before it was covered in messages of support and repaired.\n\nRashford said he was \"overwhelmed\" by the response, with hundreds of people also gathering for an anti-racism demonstration at the mural on Tuesday.\n\nBoris Johnson has promised to ban people guilty of sending racist abuse to footballers from attending matches.\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the PM's words rang \"hollow\", as he had refused condemn fans who booed players for taking the knee.\n\nSouthgate said the racist abuse was \"unforgivable\", while England captain Harry Kane told those who sent it, \"you're not an England fan and we don't want you\".\n\nDefender Tyrone Mings criticised Home Secretary Priti Patel as having \"stoked the fire\" by last month describing players taking the knee against racism as \"gesture politics\".\n\nPatel said she was \"disgusted\" by the online abuse directed at the players while Johnson also defended her, saying she had \"faced racism and prejudice all her career of a kind that he [Mings] can never imagine\".\n\nSancho added that the tournament had been \"one of the most enjoyable camps I've been part of in my career so far, the togetherness of the team has been unmatched, a real family on and off the pitch\".\n\nThe former Manchester City youth player has had a medical at Manchester United and is set to complete his £73m move from Dortmund soon.\n\nRashford may not play for United until the end of October after deciding to have surgery on a shoulder injury.", "Local residents in Soweto have been volunteering to clear up looted shops\n\nLong queues have formed outside shops and petrol stations in South Africa's port city of Durban following days of unrest sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.\n\nFirefighters are cleaning up the mess, helped by local residents wielding brooms.\n\nRioters looted and destroyed shops, leading to severe shortages of basics.\n\nSome petrol stations have limited the amount motorists can buy, as fuel transportation has been disrupted.\n\nLocal media are also reporting queues in Johannesburg.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga have become the latest provinces to be hit by violence.\n\nThe BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Durban says the city's business owners are slowly returning to their shops to evaluate the damage following days of unrest.\n\nEmpty shoe boxes, broken dishes, rotting food and debris litter virtually every street in this normally bustling city centre, she says.\n\nZuma, 79, was convicted of contempt of court last month after failing to attend an inquiry into corruption during his presidency.\n\nHe handed himself in to police last Wednesday to start serving his 15-month prison sentence, but this sparked violent protests, arson attacks, and opportunistic looting in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal.\n\nThe protests spread to other towns and cities, including Johannesburg.\n\nPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has described it as some of the worst violence South Africa has witnessed since the 1990s, before the end of apartheid.\n\nThe authorities said at least 72 people have died, 10 of whom were killed in a stampede during looting at a shopping centre in Soweto.\n\nThe deployment of soldiers to support the police did not seem to deter looters.\n\nThe BBC filmed a baby being thrown from the first floor of a a building in Durban that was on fire after ground-floor shops were looted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A mother in Durban is forced to throw her baby from a building after it was set on fire\n\nSouth African police said in a statement on Tuesday that it had identified 12 people suspected of provoking the riots, and that a total of 1,234 people had been arrested.\n\nOn Tuesday South Africa's biggest oil refinery announced that it was suspending its operations, blaming civil unrest in the country and disruption of supply routes in and out of KwaZulu-Natal.\n\nIt said it had made the decision \"due to safety concerns of its staff and damages to their vehicles on the roads\".\n\nA local news site has shared a video of motorists in KwaZulu-Natal queuing for fuel.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by EWN Reporter This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThere has been major disruption at Durban port with road and rail links to the facility closed.", "Flu and other winter viruses will make a comeback in autumn, but vaccines should help\n\nA surge in flu and other respiratory viruses could put pressure on people's health and the NHS this winter, warns a report by leading medics.\n\nThey say testing for flu, Covid and a respiratory virus common in children and the elderly - called RSV - may help doctors treat cases more quickly.\n\nThe Academy of Medical Sciences report calls for people with any symptoms to isolate and stay at home.\n\nThis will help protect against all respiratory viruses this winter.\n\nThe report, by 29 leading experts and requested by the government, says there is great uncertainty about what the next few months will hold across the UK, but it urges policymakers to prepare for a challenging winter.\n\nDuring lockdown last winter, the UK population was hardly exposed to the viruses which normally circulate. But they are now set to make a comeback as restrictions lift and society opens up.\n\nAlready this summer, there has been a rise in winter viruses in children coming to A&E.\n\nReport author Prof Azra Ghani, from Imperial College London, says their modelling suggests a summer peak of Covid-19 infections \"with subsequent local outbreaks over winter\".\n\nBut \"we can't completely rule out another winter wave\", she said.\n\n\"Whilst we expect the peak in deaths to be considerably lower than last winter, under some scenarios we could see hospital admissions rise to similar levels.\"\n\nIn a worst-case scenario this could mean around twice the levels of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as a normal autumn and winter, the report says.\n\nThere are between 10,000 and 30,000 deaths from flu in a normal winter, and about 20,000 children under five are admitted to hospital each year with RSV, which can cause a lung infection called bronchiolitis.\n\nThe authors say these viruses often produce similar symptoms, so testing for all three at once would help distinguish between them.\n\nThis could be done through Test and Trace or in GP practices, but the turnaround would need to be very fast so that anti-virals could be used to treat flu in the most vulnerable.\n\nDr Alexander Edwards, from the University of Reading, said the \"triple tests\" had \"great appeal\", but the logistics could be a challenge.\n\n\"Whether there will be enough instruments and testing capacity available for this to be available widely in primary care remains to be seen,\" he said.\n\nThe report also recommends booster Covid vaccines alongside flu vaccines this autumn to reduce the spread of the virus, which is already being planned by the NHS for the over-50s, and improving infection control in hospitals.\n\nIt says all adults need to be vaccinated against Covid by September. Currently, two-thirds of UK adults have received two doses and 87% have had one dose.\n\nBut the number one way to reduce transmission is for people to have a test when they have symptoms and stay at home if they are ill, says Prof Dame Anne Johnson, president of the Academy of Medical Sciences.\n\n\"We are calling on the government to urgently strengthen the financial and practical support that will allow all people to self-isolate if they need to, whatever their circumstances,\" she said.\n\nThe medics also emphasise the importance of face coverings, social distancing and meeting friends outdoors - to protect against Covid as well as other respiratory viruses, as society opens up.\n• None Improving Health Through Research - The Academy of Medical Sciences The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Renewable energy, like wind power, is gradually replacing coal in many EU countries\n\nThe European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.\n\nA dozen draft proposals, which still need to be approved by the bloc's 27 member states and the EU parliament, were announced on Wednesday.\n\nThey include plans to tax jet fuel and effectively ban the sale of petrol and diesel powered cars within 20 years.\n\nThe proposals, however, could face years of negotiations.\n\nThe plans triggered serious infighting at the European Commission, the bloc's administrative arm, as the final tweaks were being made, sources told the AFP news agency.\n\n\"By acting now we can do things another way... and choose a better, healthier and more prosperous way for the future,\" European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.\n\n\"It is our generational task... [to secure] the wellbeing of not only our generation, but of our children and grandchildren. Europe is ready to lead the way.\"\n\nThe measures are likely to push up household heating bills, as well as increase the cost of flights in the EU. Financial assistance will be available for people to install insulation and make other long-term changes to their homes.\n\n\"We're going to ask a lot of our citizens,\" EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said. \"We're also going to ask a lot of our industries, but we do it for good cause. We do it to give humanity a fighting chance.\"\n\nOpposition is also expected from some industry leaders, such as airlines and vehicle manufacturers, as well as from eastern member states that rely heavily on coal.\n\nOne EU diplomat told Reuters that the success of the package would rest on its ability to be realistic and socially fair, while also not destabilising the economy.\n\n\"The aim is to put the economy on a new level, not to stop it,\" they said.\n\nThe measures, billed as the EU's most ambitious plan yet to tackle climate change, have been named the Fit for 55 package because they would put the bloc on track to meet its 2030 goal of reducing emissions by 55% from 1990 levels.\n\nBy 2019, the EU had cut its emissions by 24% from 1990 levels.\n\nSome of the key proposals include:\n\nBut corporate lobby BusinessEurope denounced the plan, saying it \"risks destabilising the investment outlook\" for sectors such as steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers and electric power \"enormously\".\n\nAnd Willie Walsh, head of the International Air Transport Association, said: \"Aviation is committed to decarbonisation as a global industry. We don't need persuading, or punitive measures like taxes to motivate change.\"\n\nAt the same time, environmentalist campaigners have said the proposals don't go far enough.\n\n\"Celebrating these policies is like a high-jumper claiming a medal for running under the bar,\" Greenpeace EU director Jorgo Riss said in a statement.\n\n\"This whole package is based on a target that is too low, doesn't stand up to science, and won't stop the destruction of our planet's life-support systems.\"\n\nClimate campaigner Greta Thunberg said that unless the EU \"tears up\" its proposals, \"the world will not stand a chance of staying below 1.5C of global heating\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn September the EU Commission set out its blueprint for reaching the 55% reduction by 2030, and said at least 30% of the EU's €1.8tn (£1.64tn; $2.2tn) long-term budget would be spent on climate-related measures.\n\nThe targets are part of a global effort to tackle climate change by cutting atmospheric pollution, especially carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.\n\nThe Paris climate deal, signed in 2016, aims to keep global temperature rise well under 2C, and preferably within a maximum rise of 1.5C, to prevent the worst effects of climate change.\n\nThe scale of this 12-pronged plan is breathtaking. It will likely have an impact on every citizen of Europe in almost every aspect of their lives.\n\nThe scope is so huge because the target is so tough.\n\nFrom 1990 to 2019 the EU cut carbon emissions by 24% - now it proposes to slash CO2 by another 31% in just 9 years. That's what's needed if the 2050 net-zero target is to be achieved.\n\nSo as well as boosting renewables, the EU is now set to tackle the really tough issues of home heating and transport. The proposals would see the end to new petrol and diesel cars by 2035.\n\nEurope's emissions trading scheme will also be reformed to include heating and road transportation. Fossil fuels used in shipping and aviation will face tax rises.\n\nOne of the most eye-catching proposals is a carbon border tax on goods like steel, cement and fertiliser to ensure that European industry, which has to pay for permits to use carbon, can compete. However, the proposal is contentious and could spark a trade war with China and the US.\n\nThe ambitious package will now face months of negotiations with member states, with poorer countries wary of new policies that could raise costs for consumers.\n\nThe commission is betting that instead of hordes of yellow-vest protesters taking to the streets, citizens will be willing to pay a price for cleaner air, lower emissions, and more sustainable lifestyles.\n\nThe rest of the world will watch this huge gamble with interest.", "You can carry on flying, the government has told the British public, as it outlines its plan to reduce transport emissions to virtually zero by 2050.\n\nMinisters say new technology will allow domestic flights to be almost emissions-free by 2040, and international aviation to be near zero-carbon by mid-century.\n\nThe policy has been ridiculed by environmentalists, who say the government is putting far too much faith in innovation.\n\nThey say demand for flying and driving must be curbed if the UK is to meet its ambitious climate targets.\n\nThe comments on aviation form part of the government’s Transport Decarbonisation Strategy, announced on Wednesday.\n\nTransport is responsible for 27% of the UK's emissions, making it the single biggest emitting sector. Before the pandemic, flying made up about 7% of overall emissions.\n\nEmissions from flying are set to rise rapidly over the next two decades\n\nThe government has pledged the entire economy will be virtually zero-carbon by mid-century and is relying on new technology to play a significant role in achieving that, especially in aviation.\n\n\"It's not about stopping people doing things: it's about doing the same things differently,\" said Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.\n\n\"We will still fly on holiday, but in more efficient aircraft, using sustainable fuel. We will still drive, but increasingly in zero-emission cars.\"\n\nHe told the BBC's Today Programme that progress towards low-carbon flying was further advanced than people realised.\n\n\"We already have electric aircraft, going up in the air, and in fact the UK has become the first country in the world to have a hydrogen aircraft flying as well,\" he said.\n\n\"In addition to those advanced technologies, we also have things like sustainable aviation fuel.\"\n\nMr Shapps said the government planned to use sustainable fuel to fly home some participants in November's COP26 conference.\n\nHowever, critics say reductions in emissions will not be achievable without reducing the amount we fly.\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas described the government's approach to aviation as \"a flight of fantasy\" that relied on technology that was still being developed.\n\n\"The government should not hoodwink us,\" she told the BBC.\n\nMr Shapps said a bigger problem was road transport, which contributes 90% of transport-related carbon emissions in the UK, but that he felt progress was being made.\n\n\"I think we're reaching that tipping point. When you switch on the television or or see an internet ad, you'll see that electric cars and hybrid cars are almost exclusively the ones being advertised right now,\" he said.\n\nThe government has already said that sales of new cars and vans powered solely by petrol or diesel will be banned in the UK from 2030.\n\nThe transport plan says all new lorries will be zero-carbon by 2040, running on batteries or hydrogen under a world-leading UK policy.\n\nA recent study showed that trucks accounted for 2% of vehicles in the EU, but 22% of road transport emissions.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association (RHA) said the government's proposals on lorries were speculative, unrealistic and potentially damaging to business.\n\n\"These alternative HGVs don't yet exist - we don't know when they will and what they will cost,\" said RHA chief executive Richard Burnett.\n\n\"For many haulage companies, there are fears around cost of new vehicles and a collapse in resale value of existing lorries. The problem is even worse for coaches, which are more expensive to buy and have longer lifecycles.\"\n\nThe government's transport decarbonisation plan also says:\n\nHowever, critics said the plans did not go far enough.\n\nKerry McCarthy MP, Labour’s shadow transport minister, said: “This plan has been a long time coming, but it was barely worth the wait.\n\n\"The government is still stalling when it comes to the tough decisions needed,\" she added, citing the rise in rail fares and the cut in plug-in car grants.\n\n“At a time when we should be showing global leadership and pressing ahead with this agenda, it's clear ministers still have a long way to go.”\n\nThe Green Party's Ms Lucas said that it was \"a missed opportunity to really rethink how we organise how we travel\".\n\nGreen groups said problem areas remained such as:\n\nThe government has been discussing a proposal to work with employers on “Commute Zero” - a project that could encourage more lift-sharing and working from home.\n\nMinisters have also agreed that the whole central government fleet of 40,000 cars and vans should be fully zero-emission by 2027.\n\nHowever, the Treasury will face difficult choices, as revenue streams shift as a result of the zero-carbon strategy.\n\n\"Active travel\" which has risen in popularity during the pandemic will be encouraged\n\nCurrently, the Treasury receives more than £30bn a year from fuel taxes on conventional cars.\n\nOne alternative could be a pay-as-you-drive tax, but a government spokeswoman told BBC News there were no plans at present to introduce road pricing.\n\nShe also said there were no plans for a frequent flyer levy.\n\nWhere transport policy is devolved, the plan applies just to England only. Where policy is reserved, this will apply to the UK as a whole and the UK government will consult with the UK nations.", "In interim paper-based solution has been used since the beginning of July for international travellers\n\nDevelopers are \"working at pace\" to deliver NI's full Covid-19 vaccine certification system by next week.\n\nDr Eddie O'Neill, from the Department of Health, said staff had been working \"non stop\" to deliver the interim paper-based solution.\n\nSo far, 3,175 certificates have been issued, with about 1,000 currently being processed for people travelling up to 19 July.\n\nThe scheme allows people to show they have had two doses of a Covid vaccine.\n\nRegarding its delivery, Dr O'Neill, who is solutions director of the Covid Certification Service at the department, said they were \"still on target\" for 19 July.\n\nThe interim scheme was introduced to accommodate those planning to visit countries which require proof of two Covid-19 vaccinations.\n\n\"In terms of the technical solution, what we were hoping to do with say a fully-automated and planned solution was already quite a feat to deliver by next week,\" Dr O'Neill told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.\n\n\"For instance the app we are planning to stand up was due to be delivered by mid-August, we are now trying to deliver that next week.\n\n\"And we are starting testing of the solution tomorrow.\n\n\"Fingers crossed we have got teams standing up through the weekend, private developers and contractors - they are going to work through the weekend to try and deliver that for next week.\"\n\nThe app will help those planning to visit countries which require proof of two Covid-19 vaccinations\n\nDr O'Neill said the department was also \"hoping to stand up a non-digital route as well which will involve people being able to phone a helpline and printed certificates being sent out\".\n\n\"The printed certificates - there is a lead time of about 10 days or so because it depends on the post and things getting to you.\n\n\"So we are going to try and put some detailed instructions up so that as we transition from the interim solution they will understand what they need to do in order to get certification.\"\n\nPeople travelling before July 19 can still apply for a paper certificate via the NI Direct website.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Department of Health\n\nThe Digital Covid Certificate is being rolled out across EU member nations this month\n\nMeanwhile, the EU's Digital Covid certificate (DCC) is due to come into effect in the Republic of Ireland on Monday, 19 July.\n\nThe DCC allows more un-restricted international travel.\n\nFully vaccinated people, those who can show they have recovered from Covid-19 in the last six months, and those with negative PCR tests taken within 72 hours of departure can avail of it.\n\nIreland is the last EU country to implement the DCC which came into operation earlier this month.\n\nThis week, fully vaccinated people in the Republic are being sent by email and post documents with QR codes as proof of their vaccination status.\n\nThe correspondence amounts to the Irish Digital Covid Certificate and can be used for indoor hospitality when it reopens later this month.\n\nThe Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin and senior ministers have said that Irish passport holders in Northern Ireland will be able to access the DCC, but they have yet to indicate how they will be able to do so.\n\nMinisters have said that official proof of vaccination in Northern Ireland will be acceptable for indoor hospitality in the Republic, but it is advisable to have other official proof of identity with a photograph such as a driving licence as a support document for indoor service in pubs and restaurants.\n\nTánaiste (deputy PM) Leo Varadkar has said it is hoped new laws, which will allow indoor hospitality to reopen will take effect next week, but not later than 26 July.\n\nThose vaccinated in Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the United States are to be permitted entry to bars and restaurants if they have verifiable proof of vaccination.\n\nMr Varadkar cautioned that nightclubs can operate as licensed venues with table service, but will not be allowed to operate in their traditional form for \"quite some time\".\n\nTourism Minister Catherine Martin said there would be fines of up to €2,500 (£2,125) for the use of forged documents to gain entry to venues.\n\nThe announcement had been expected and was welcomed by the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) which said a mammoth amount of work had happened behind the scenes to draft the legislation.\n\nThe EU's digital Covid certificate is being rolled out across all 27 member nations - plus Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.\n\nEU citizens (and those of Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein), can download it or obtain a paper copy - at no cost.", "Wales stands to lose out financially from HS2 because it is currently classed as an England and Wales project\n\nA cross-party group of MPs has called for HS2 to be reclassified as an England-only project so Wales receives proportional funds.\n\nThey said the UK government's own analysis concluded the rail project would produce \"an economic dis-benefit to Wales\".\n\nThe Welsh government called the classification of HS2 as an England and Wales project \"unfair and biased\".\n\nThe UK government said it had committed £1.5bn to Welsh railways.\n\nHS2 is a high-speed rail line planned to link London with Birmingham and on to Manchester and Leeds.\n\nThe multi-billion pound project, which could see costs rise to £106bn, has been controversial after estimates that the Welsh economy could lose out due to inferior transport infrastructure.\n\nThe MPs want HS2 to be reclassified as an England-only project despite rail infrastructure not being devolved in Wales beyond the core valleys lines.\n\nThe Welsh government receives a proportional top-up to the budget when new spending is announced for devolved areas in England which will not apply to Wales, through what is known as \"Barnett consequentials\".\n\nThe report says while the Welsh government received \"approximately £755m in Barnett consequentials\" between 2015 and 2019 as a result of the Department for Transport spending money on HS2, it will not receive a proportionate amount because it has been classified by the Treasury as an \"England and Wales project\".\n\nThis has attracted criticism from the MPs because the rail line will run solely in England.\n\nThe Welsh Affairs Committee said: \"It is a project of unprecedented size and complexity and has already created several thousand jobs as part of a supply chain that spans the country, including Wales.\"\n\nBut it said Wales would \"not benefit in the same way as Scotland and Northern Ireland from Barnett consequentials arising from the HS2 project. This is despite the fact that UK government's own analysis has concluded that HS2 will produce an economic dis-benefit for Wales\".\n\nTrains would reach speeds of up to 250mph between London and Birmingham and beyond\n\nIt said HS2 could \"yield direct benefits to Welsh rail passengers if it is accompanied by enhancements to the North Wales mainline, including upgrades at Chester and Crewe stations which will be required for full electrification of the North Wales mainline to proceed\".\n\nThe report also calls for a new Wales Rail Board of Welsh and UK government bodies to identify areas where Welsh railways could be improved and invested in.\n\nThe MPs also have called on the UK government to bring forward proposals for greater connectivity between Swansea, Cardiff and Bristol by the end of 2021, calling the decision to cancel the electrification of the Cardiff-Swansea mainline \"short-sighted and regrettable\".\n\nThe group, chaired by Conservative MP Stephen Crabb, said if clear benefits for passengers and freight users could be delivered by transferring powers over rail infrastructure from the UK government to the Welsh government then \"the case for further devolution would be compelling\".\n\nBut they said \"few benefits to rail users have been identified\" and the benefits of \"existing management arrangements are considerable\".\n\nThe Welsh government welcomed the calls to \"address unfair and biased categorisation of HS2 as an England and Wales project, which continues to disadvantage rail investment in Wales\".\n\nThe Welsh government said it was \"unfair and biased\" for HS2 to be considered an England and Wales project\n\nA spokesman said their \"long term objective remains full devolution of the rail network and a fair funding settlement for rail infrastructure in Wales\".\n\nBut they said \"irrespective of where responsibility rests in the short term\" they supported \"close strategic collaboration\" to \"meet passenger needs\" and \"support our decarbonisation commitments\".\n\nA spokesperson for the UK government's Department for Transport said: \"We have already committed a record £1.5bn to the Welsh railways in recent years and the recently announced Union Connectivity Review will look at how best to enhance transport links across the United Kingdom to improve connectivity.\"\n\nThe UK government has argued HS2 will boost reliability, connectivity and capacity on routes across the UK, including services into Wales.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Naledi was forced to throw her baby from a burning building in Durban, South Africa.\n\nIt happened as riots and lootings erupted across South Africa, following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.\n\nShe told the BBC's Nomsa Maseko what happened.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The crowd took the knee in support of Rashford at the start of the demonstration\n\nEngland star Marcus Rashford has said hundreds of people gathering for an anti-racism demonstration at a mural of him has left him \"lost for words\".\n\nThe work in Withington, where Rashford grew up, was defaced after England lost in the Euro 2020 final, but has been repainted and covered in messages.\n\nPeople took the knee at the Stand Up to Racism demo at 18:00 BST and speakers addressed the 700-strong crowd.\n\nThe Manchester United forward said he was \"overwhelmed\" by the response.\n\nThe 700-strong crowd gathered at the mural to protest against racism\n\nFelicité Sora said young black footballers in France had faced similar abuse\n\nKaren Reismann, 61, who was fined £10,000 for breaching Covid rules during an NHS pay protest, said: \"We all know [that these people think] if they win they are English, if they lose they are black.\"\n\nFelicite Sora, 35, came to the demo with her five-year-old son Ruben.\n\nThe NHS worker, who moved to Manchester from Paris six years ago, said she had seen \"the same hate directed when Kylian Mbappe missed the penalty for France on social media\".\n\n\"It was the same issue for very young black players in France,\" she said.\n\n\"It's important to support these young people [and] it's important that my son understands he is a beautiful young man whatever happens, like Rashford and Sancho and Saka.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA girl who addressed the crowd said she admired Rashford for having the bravery to take a penalty in the shootout at the end of the final.\n\n\"I'm not mad at him,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm just so proud of how he tried.\"\n\nPeople took the knee as the demo started in Withington\n\nKaren Reismann, who was fined £10,000 for breaching Covid rules during an NHS pay protest, addressed the crowd\n\nPolice posted an appeal for witnesses among the messages of support\n\nThe mural was defaced with several swear words shortly after Rashford missed a penalty, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, in the 3-2 shootout loss to Italy on Sunday.\n\nAll three players have since been targeted with racist abuse on social media.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said it was investigating a report of racially aggravated damage to the mural and a social media post which was directed at Rashford, Sancho and Saka.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes condemned the racist abuse and \"vile behaviour\" which has directed towards the England players.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is to hold a meeting with social media firms regarding taking tougher action over racism.\n\nWithington Walls co-founder Ed Wellard, who commissioned the artwork, said those responsible for the vandalism should be educated rather than punished.\n\nA crowdfunding page for the mural has now raised more than £34,000, which Mr Wellard said would be used to fund further pieces.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rashford mural tributes: 'Something beautiful out of something negative'\n\nOne of the speakers said the rally in a small side street was \"unorthodox\".\n\nThe area between the more well-known suburbs of Moss Side and Didsbury does not normally attract much attention, but it has become the focus of love for its most famous son.\n\nParents, children, pastors and even a woman in a Scotland shirt turned out to show vocal support for Rashford and the wider black community.\n\nIn the 48 hours since Sunday's game, there has been a rollercoaster of emotions locally as the initial anger and upset turned into hope, defiance and love.\n\nFollow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Amazon thinks the right moment has \"faded into the distance\", Cage said\n\nNicolas Cage will no longer play Tiger King's Joe Exotic in an Amazon TV drama, explaining that executives think the story is \"no longer relevant\".\n\nThe Oscar-winning actor was cast as the zoo owner for a mini-series on the streaming service.\n\nHe told Variety he had read \"two excellent scripts\" for the show.\n\n\"But I think Amazon ultimately felt that it was material that had become past tense because it took so long for it come together,\" he said.\n\n\"They felt at one point that it was lightning in a bottle, but that point has since faded into the distance and it's no longer relevant.\"\n\nThe series may be offered to other broadcasters and platforms, according to reports in Hollywood, although it's unclear whether Cage would stay on board.\n\nAnother TV drama about him is still going ahead, however, featuring Hedwig and the Angry Inch's John Cameron Mitchell as Exotic opposite Saturday Night Live and Ghostbusters star Kate McKinnon as his nemesis Carole Baskin.\n\nThat series is being made by US network NBC's streaming service Peacock.\n\nJohn Cameron Mitchell is also due to play Joe Exotic\n\nA documentary about the infamous, polygamous, gun-wielding Exotic, who is currently serving 22 years in prison for attempting to hire two hitmen to murder Baskin, became a phenomenon on Netflix last year.\n\nThere has been heavy speculation that Netflix will make a second season, but that has still not been confirmed.\n\nCage, meanwhile, will soon be seen grappling with a very different kind of animal in a film called Pig, which Variety called a \"strange, sad porcine drama\" in which the actor gives \"his best performance in years\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Twenty-six people were arrested outside the stadium\n\nThe Met Police has denied its policing operation at the Euro 2020 final failed, claiming it had warned Wembley that many ticketless fans were on the way.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates for Sunday's England v Italy match at the stadium.\n\nThe force said police action may have prevented the match being called off.\n\nPolice and the Football Association are reviewing how the match was handled.\n\nOne football supporter who got in without a ticket told the BBC that stewards were accepting bribes as fans broke in through a disabled entrance.\n\nThe man, from Birmingham, said he had joined a social media chat group called \"Wembley Jib\" where between 3,000 and 4,000 people exchanged tactics for breaking into the stadium.\n\n\"Jibbing\" is football slang for getting in without paying.\n\nHe said: \"When we got there at 13:00 we were hanging around and a Wembley steward came up asking if we'd got tickets. We said no and he said 'do you want to give me money to get in?'\"\n\n\"He said it would be £500 each. I had only taken out £250 for a bribe.\"\n\nThe fan claimed that even when people were thrown out of the stadium they were not escorted away and simply tried to get back in.\n\n\"There were police officers there about 50 in groups of 10. They were standing too far back though, weren't getting involved or were too late if something happened.\"\n\nThe FA said the majority of the trouble happened in areas that were the responsibility of police.\n\nThe Met's statement appeared to be aimed at defending itself against suggestions poor policing was to blame for an incident which may threaten Britain's chances of bidding for the 2030 World Cup.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ros Atkins on... the trouble at Wembley\n\nSources say it is unusual for officers in riot gear to be sent from the start in such large numbers to police a football match.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Jane Connors said the operation at Wembley was \"one of the most significant and comprehensive policing plans the Met has ever committed to a football match of this scale\".\n\nShe said: \"Police commanders recognised this could result in ticketless fans attempting to get into the stadium; they updated security officials at Wembley of this risk.\"\n\nShe added that stewards at the stadium became \"overwhelmed\" soon after the gates opened.\n\n\"I do not accept that the policing operation failed and I stand by the difficult decisions made by police officers and the Met's public order commanders,\" she said.\n\n\"Without their immediate intervention, it is possible that this game could have been abandoned.\"\n\nIn a BBC interview on Tuesday the FA claimed the majority of the trouble was in Wembley Way, outside the stadium, in an area which was the responsibility of the police.\n\nTwenty-six people have been arrested following events at Wembley and another 25 in central London.\n\nUefa has launched disciplinary action over what happened\n\nThe anonymous fan who spoke to the BBC said people were chanting \"jib, jib, jib\" and people were discussing whether to attempt it on Twitter for days before the match.\n\nHe and friends showed a video on their phones of an e-ticket being verified to stewards to gain access to the outer perimeter.\n\nThey abandoned an attempt to \"tailgate\" legitimate ticket-holders before pushing their way into the main stadium through a disabled entrance.\n\n\"The ticketed fans attacked those with no tickets and although once inside it wasn't crowded, there was pushing and squeezing to get in,\" the man added.\n\n\"If England were in a final and I didn't have a ticket I'd do it again.\"\n\nIt is likely many of those trying to get access did so because they knew there would be a large number of empty seats due to Covid restrictions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "John Lewis and Waitrose are planning to cut 1,000 jobs as part of a shake-up of store management.\n\nThe move follows the closure of eight John Lewis shops earlier this year, which put almost 1,500 jobs at risk.\n\nJohn Lewis, which owns Waitrose and the department store chain, is trying to cut costs as shopping habits change and more people shop online.\n\nIt said it would help affected staff find new roles and wanted to avoid compulsory redundancies.\n\nThe proposed job cuts \"will allow us to reinvest in what matters most to our customers\", a John Lewis Partnership spokesperson said.\n\nIt will invest in customer service roles and \"visual merchandising to make our shops look their best to entice customers\", the retailer said.\n\nThe cuts, which work out at nearly three management roles per store, will \"reduce the number of layers between our most senior leaders and non-management\" shop floor staff, it added.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic accelerated a trend towards people shopping online instead of in stores.\n\nLast year the retailer said it would close eight stores with the loss of 1,300 jobs, and put in place a plan to adapt to the boom in online shopping.\n\nIt then announced a further eight department store closures this year, after the impact of the pandemic led it to report a hefty annual loss.\n\nEarlier this month, the partnership announced plans to build 10,000 rental homes over the next few years to give it a stable long-term income.\n\nAt the moment, it has 34 John Lewis shops and 331 Waitrose stores and across the UK.\n\nIts 80,000 staff are also partners in the business and usually get a share of the profits.\n\nSusannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said that for John Lewis, \"pivoting quickly to keep up with the accelerated shift in shopping habits brought on by the pandemic has been far from easy\".\n\nLast year was the first time since 1953 that the company did not pay a bonus, \"highlighting the once-in-a-generation challenge the partnership is facing\", she said.\n\nThe firm is spending £1bn over five years to speed up the move to online sales.\n\n\"To do that, it needs to make significant cost savings elsewhere,\" Ms Streeter said. \"Closing underperforming stores and reducing headcount is an inevitable consequence as chair Dame Sharon White tries to steer the ship towards the online shopping future.\"\n\nShe added: \"It's becoming increasingly clear that John Lewis faces a future with a much smaller retail footprint.\n\n\"By evolving to become part of campus-style developments [with housing], the partnership may help distressed city centres find new leases of life and bring fresh energy back into the retail ecosystem.\"", "As restrictions ease, emergency services are seeing a rise in 999 calls\n\nThe head of a Welsh police force says the demands on 999 are like \"New Year's Eve every day for us\" as Covid restrictions are eased.\n\nPam Kelly said Gwent Police had seen an extra 5,000 calls - a rise of 22% - between April and June this year.\n\nMost of those were accidents or violence linked to alcohol, she said.\n\nMs Kelly added that call demand had been significant across the UK and needed to be answered within six seconds.\n\n\"999 is our priority, we are here to save life,\" she said.\n\n\"But all we are asking the public is to think about their behaviour, think about the amount of alcohol consumption that they are having and the impact that has on other people.\n\n\"Generally, that's what increases demand, not just for policing, but for other emergency services as well.\"\n\nMs Kelly said there had been an increase in people having parties or gatherings in their homes and drinking too much - particularly during the European Championship.\n\n\"People have been stuck in for a very long time. All we're asking is for people to be careful and to think about their behaviour, the amount that they're drinking and just to make sure that doesn't impact on other people and the emergency services.\"\n\nShe said the volume of calls was affecting the time taken to answer the non-emergency 101 calls - but said about 40% of calls to that number were for other agencies, and not appropriate for the police.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A review of Covid-19 restrictions in Wales will be made the week starting 12 July\n\nMore of Wales' Covid-19 rules could change over the next few weeks from being legal requirements to government advice, according to a Welsh minister.\n\nMick Antoniw said Wales was \"moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality\" but that ministers and officials would evaluate data ahead of the next review on 15 July.\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nAnd the SNP government is aiming to do the same in Scotland on 9 August.\n\nWith no date set in Wales, the Conservatives have accused the Welsh government of being \"stuck in lockdown mode\".\n\nResponding to reports on Sunday that England will move into a period without legal restrictions, where the public will have to exercise \"personal responsibility\", Andrew RT Davies MS, the leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, tweeted: \"It's time for Welsh government to provide clarity on Wales' route to normality.\"\n\nA further 535 people have tested positive for coronavirus, according to latest data published by Public Health Wales.\n\nCounsel General Mr Antoniw told the BBC's Politics Wales programme the Welsh government's \"current thinking is that we have obviously an increase in the level of infections, but we have less hospitalisation out of that\".\n\n\"We want to maximise the vaccination rates still further, and then around the 15th or 16th of July, we'll have a review, and we'll consider what further easings can be taken within the data that we actually have,\" he said.\n\n\"Setting a date has its own problems because, if you're saying you want to achieve these certain things on this particular date... it is still always dependent on what the latest information is in respect of the infection rates.\n\n\"We are certainly moving in the direction of a much greater normality.\n\n\"But the pandemic is going to be with us for some time,\" he added.\n\nMick Antoniw MS: \"There are still risks out there\"\n\nThere have only been minor changes to the rules in Wales since 7 June after the first minister announced a pause in a bid to reduce daily hospital admissions and allow time to vaccinate more people.\n\nMinisters had considered permitting more indoor mixing, allowing more people to attend indoor events and reopening ice skating rinks, before deciding to hold off.\n\nIn Wales, people are currently able to meet in private homes if they are in an extended household with a fixed set of other homes, unlike in England where six people from any household can meet.\n\nNightclubs remain closed, as they do across the UK, while limits on social distancing and how many people can meet outside remain.\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed the week starting 12 July, with any further lifting due to be announced by the first minister towards the end of the week.\n\nAsked on Politics Wales if he foresaw big changes to the rules in Wales during that review, Mr Antoniw said: \"I certainly would envisage a shift in the way in which we assess risks, that we look at things differently.\n\n\"We look at how much more can be done on the ground by way of guidelines and advice because, clearly, we're moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality.\n\n\"But it's got to be something that's based on the reality of the fact there are still risks out there.\n\n\"So, over the next week or so, all that data's going to be evaluated.\n\n\"We'll take advice from the medical officers and from the scientists, and then we'll work out basically what is the best next step forward in terms of moving towards that greater normality.\n\n\"But also in a way that doesn't put people at risk,\" he added.", "Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio were ambushed as they drove along a remote part of highway on July 14, 2001\n\nAustralian police have issued a fresh appeal for help to find the remains of Peter Falconio, the British backpacker murdered in the outback 20 years ago.\n\nThe 28-year-old was shot dead when he and his girlfriend Joanne Lees were ambushed near Alice Springs in 2001. His body was never found.\n\nAustralian man Bradley Murdoch was found guilty of his murder in 2005.\n\nDespite pleas, he has refused to tell authorities where he disposed of Mr Falconio's body.\n\nThe Northern Territory police renewed their search appeal on Wednesday, the 20th anniversary of Mr Falconio's disappearance.\n\nThey urged \"anyone out there with any information\" to come forward to police to help \"assist Peter's family in gaining some sort of closure\".\n\n\"We are thinking of Peter's family and friends on this anniversary and remain hopeful that such a milestone may jolt some information and progress the investigation,\" said Det Snr Sergeant Karl Day.\n\nMurdoch was jailed for a minimum of 28 years after he was convicted of murdering Mr Falconio and assaulting Ms Lees.\n\nThe attack on the British couple in 2001 remains one of Australia's most high-profile criminal cases in recent decades.\n\nThe pair had been driving along a remote stretch of highway near Barrow Creek, about 200 miles north of Alice Springs when they were waved down by Murdoch in an approaching car.\n\nMurdoch then shot Mr Falconio in the head and assaulted and tied up Ms Lees. She managed to escape, and hid in the bushes for five hours while her attacker stalked her with a dog. She eventually managed to flee to safety after flagging down a passing truck.\n\nMr Falconio's body is believed to have been hidden by Murdoch somewhere in the vast outback. At his trial, the sentencing judge said he believed Murdoch had taken Mr Falconio's body in his car and dumped it somewhere in the vast outback between Alice Springs and Broome, in Western Australia - a distance of 1,600km (994 miles).\n\nDespite extensive searches and political pressure, police have never found it.\n\nIn 2016, the Northern Territory government even brought in a \"no body, no parole\" law aimed at pressuring Murdoch to reveal Mr Falconio's whereabouts.\n\nThe law prevents convicted murderers from becoming eligible for parole if they do not reveal the location of their victims.\n\nHe has continued to resist helping authorities.", "Activists from far-right groups protested in London during Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020\n\nThe \"toxic\" issue of racism is fuelling a growing threat from the far right, the head of MI5 has warned.\n\nKen McCallum said MI5 was seeing teenagers as young as 13 drawn into extremist activity, often online.\n\nBut there was no sign of foreign states trying to sow divisions over race and the UK had to look closer to home to understand the problem, he said.\n\nHe also urged the public to be as vigilant about threats from \"hostile states\" as from terrorism.\n\nBut he said MI5 was alert to the possible return of terrorist training camps in Afghanistan.\n\nGiving an overview of of threats facing the UK, Mr McCallum said extreme right wing terrorism was \"sadly here to stay\", with 10 of 29 attack plots disrupted in the last fours years linked to it.\n\nAnd it was a threat fuelled, in part, by racism, he said.\n\n\"Racism is a toxic issue that MI5 confronts every day, most visibly in our work to deal with extreme right-wing terrorism. Racism is not the sole and only fuel of that threat, but it is strongly there.\"\n\nHe said in the past there had sometimes been disinformation campaigns from states abroad seeking to drive wedges on issues such as race but this was not common. \"We don't currently see particular bits of state-generated misinformation as being a major slice of the problem.\"\n\n\"If we were to find ourselves overly looking to blame abroad for this phenomenon of racism, we might risk not owning a portion of the problem that is ours within our own country,\" he added.\n\nHe said teenagers were a growing part of counter-terrorist case work, especially with the far right. This was most likely because of the strong online element of the problem, with the youngest person MI5 had come across aged 13.\n\nMI5 has been focused primarily on Islamist-linked terrorism for the past 20 years since the attacks of 11 September 2001, launched by al-Qaeda from its base in Afghanistan.\n\nAnd with Western troops now leaving Afghanistan, he acknowledged the potential danger of Islamist terrorist groups trying to rebuild their capabilities there.\n\n\"If pockets of ungoverned space open up, some terrorist groups might, for example, try to re-establish some training facilities there as we've seen in the past. It doesn't automatically follow that they would then build from there to try to direct terrorist attacks against the UK, for example, [but] that is clearly a possibility to which we must be alert,\" he said.\n\nHe said terrorists would be starting from a low base after 20 years of efforts against them but MI5 would now have to shift to a different mode of operation to deal with the threat, similar to the way it dealt with threats from Somalia.\n\nMembers of \"The Base\" far-right group have tried to groom teenagers in the UK\n\nThe MI5 chief also attacked Facebook and other tech companies for planning to roll out end-to-end encryption for some of its platforms, such as Messenger. This would make it impossible for the companies to hand over the content of users' messages to the authorities because they would no longer have access themselves.\n\n\"End-to end-encryption done in the way Facebook is currently proposing will hand a gift to the terrorists MI5 has to find and tackle - and a gift to the child abusers our colleagues in the National Crime Agency need to find and tackle,\" he said.\n\nHe said the tech companies had lived up to their responsibility to remove terrorist content from their platforms. But he said he wanted to make a public plea for them to engage seriously with governments - or him personally - to design in public safety alongside privacy in the future.\n\nMI5 is doubling the amount of resources it is putting into countering the threats from hostile states, Mr McCallum revealed. These could include disruptive cyber-attacks, misinformation, espionage and interference in politics - and were usually linked to Russia, China and Iran.\n\nHe said these \"less visible threats\" had \"the potential to affect us all\" by impacting jobs and public services and could even lead to loss of life.\n\nHe said MI5 had disrupted plans since the Salisbury poisoning of 2018 which might possibly have involved attacking or killing individuals in the UK - but would not provide further details.\n\nHe confirmed reports that last autumn there had been an episode of Russian generated misinformation or disinformation in respect to the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Attempts to interfere in public life were increasing, he said, although they were not always successful.\n\nHe talked about the need for new legislation, which is currently being consulted on, to deal with such hostile state activity.\n\nMr McCallum also extended deepest sympathies to those who lost loved ones in terrorist attacks or state aggression and said MI5 was committed to learning any lessons necessary from events like the attack on Fishmongers' Hall and on the Manchester Arena.\n\nSpeaking at MI5 headquarters in Thames House, Mr McCallum also said he had cheered on the England football team - apart from for the 90 minutes when they played against Scotland - saying: \"Even for a Scotsman, there was a great deal to like in this England team.\"\n\nHe said as he watched the penalty shoot-out on Sunday night he felt a parallel with his staff of \"capable, brave young people of all races giving their all for the country\". But he added: \"You don't always win.\"", "Mask-wearing will remain for \"some time\" after Scotland moves to level zero of restrictions\n\nRules on wearing face coverings in Scotland could remain in place until Christmas, the deputy first minister has said.\n\nJohn Swinney told BBC Scotland it was \"perfectly conceivable\" that masks could still be mandatory in December.\n\nOn Tuesday, the first minister confirmed mask-wearing would remain for \"some time\" as she announced the move to level zero of Covid restrictions.\n\nNicola Sturgeon modified planned easing due to the spread of the Delta variant.\n\nScotland will move to level zero on 19 July which means more people will be allowed to meet indoors and attend weddings and funerals.\n\nHowever, limits on outdoor meetings are to be maintained and the return of workers to offices will also be delayed.\n\nIn an interview on BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime, Mr Swinney was asked if he could envisaged face coverings being mandatory until Christmas.\n\nJohn Swinney says that face coverings are especially important to protect people who are clinically vulnerable\n\nHe said: \"I think that's perfectly conceivable. I think that we should recognise that we have got to take a careful and cautious approach to the suppression of Covid.\n\n\"We know the virus is going to be with us for a long time so the more that we can do, a gradual elementary level to provide obstacles and barriers to the circulation of this virus, the more we should do that.\"\n\nMr Swinney also revealed Scottish government modelling predicts that Scotland could record between 2,500 and 10,500 new Covid cases on the day restrictions move to level zero.\n\nHe added: \"I think it is likely to be much closer to that lower end of the spectrum than the higher end.\"\n\nHe said the impact of the virus was \"moving in the right direction - which means that we can afford some of the relaxation\".\n\nThe wearing face masks in shops and on public transport is to continue for the foreseeable future\n\nDevi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said she was \"really happy\" to see a continued requirement for face masks.\n\n\"I know people say it should be 'my choice', but I don't wear a face mask to protect myself, I wear it to protect others,\" she told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme.\n\n\"If I'm in a shop there could be someone who is immuno-compromised, who is asthmatic, who is elderly - and they will feel safer in that setting if I wear my mask.\"\n\nProf Sridhar said case numbers in Scotland needed to come down from their current high levels before the wearing of face masks could be dropped.\n\n\"We're not asking people to wear masks on beaches like in Portugal or outside in parks, like in parts of the United States,\" she told BBC Scotland.\n\n\"It's really just in workplaces, indoor settings, transport, shops, and it's seen as proportionate to the risks of transmission in those settings.\"\n\nIt is still hoped that Scotland will move beyond level zero from 9 August - the point at which the government aimed to scrap most legal restrictions. A decision on this will be taken next month.\n\nAmong other announcements in Ms Sturgeon's statement to Holyrood were plans to remove the blanket requirement for close contacts of those who test positive to self-isolate, as long as they have had two doses of vaccine.\n\nIn addition, fully-vaccinated people returning from amber list countries will not need to quarantine as long as they take a test after arrival.\n\nBusiness groups have broadly welcomed the changes, but some were critical of ministers \"moving the goalposts\" at the last minute by altering plans, such as hospitality venues now being required to close at midnight.\n\nStephen Montgomery, spokesman for the Scottish Hospitality Group, said: \"The midnight curfew is just a made-up time with no evidence to justify it.\n\n\"It's like Groundhog Day with our warnings about driving people into house parties and other uncontrolled spaces that lack all the precautions you find in responsible pubs, restaurants and hotels.\"\n\nSome of the level zero changes expected by the hospitality industry have been modified by the Scottish government\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses Scotland said no longer requiring people to book a slot in a bar or restaurant \"should hopefully generate some extra passing trade\", but said there was \"less good news\" for the events sector with outdoor restrictions to continue.\n\nThe Scottish Chambers of Commerce said the move to level zero was \"another encouraging milestone\", but said the modifications to plans would cause uncertainty - and said postponing the return to offices would be \"a bitter blow for employees and employers alike\".\n\nThe continued wearing of facemasks won the backing of shop worker union Usdaw.\n\nTracy Gilbert, the union's regional secretary for Scotland, said: \"We ask the public to show their support and respect for shop workers by following the law.\n\n\"Wearing a face covering in a shop is an important measure to help protect workers who have no option but to interact with large numbers of people as a part of their job.\"", "Insurers could replace written-off or stolen petrol cars with electric vehicles as part of a wide-ranging plan to improve sustainability.\n\nThe Association of British Insurers (ABI) said the plans could \"herald a new approach\" to the many thousands of claims settled each year.\n\nDamaged gas boilers could also be replaced with more sustainable models.\n\nConsumers would also be encouraged to accept recycled parts as part of a roadmap to tackle climate change.\n\nMembers of the ABI settled 2.6 million motor insurance claims last year, and 737,000 property claims.\n\nThe sector has been widely criticised for its approach on pricing, particularly rising premiums for loyal customers.\n\nHowever, it believes it can have a significant impact on improving transport emissions and other environmental issues.\n\nOn Wednesday, the government unveiled its own green transport policy, although it was ridiculed by environmentalists.\n\nThe ABI's Climate Change Roadmap is a plan to get insurers moving towards a net-zero target. It reflects the huge range of sectors in which insurers operate.\n\nIt includes educating pension savers about their choices of investment, and the resulting environmental impact.\n\nHowever. the most eye-catching aspect of the plan is the proposal that insurers should consider replacing written-off or stolen petrol cars with electric vehicles. Road transport is one of the heaviest polluting areas of society.\n\nInsurers are also hoping to encourage the development of a sustainable secondary market for electric vehicles, and work on consistent policies for re-using and recycling charging equipment.\n\nCustomers may also be encouraged to accept repaired or recycled items as part of a settlement for damaged or stolen property, rather than brand new items.\n\nThey will also investigate how items damaged during a flood or storm could be sent for re-use or repair.\n\nHuw Evans, director general of the ABI, said: \"We all know the environmental crisis is the greatest threat facing our planet and all sectors need to challenge themselves like never before.\n\n\"We accept that our sector's emission are amongst the most of any industry in the economy but, conversely, this means we are uniquely placed to drive the transition including through huge investment potential in the green economy and our reach to millions of customers.\"", "Large businesses have said they will maintain a cautious approach to bringing staff back to the office despite the lifting of final Covid restrictions in England on Monday.\n\nThe government announced yesterday that it will no longer instruct people to work at home from 19 July.\n\nBut firms spoken to by the BBC said they did not plan to bring all staff back to the office.\n\nMany businesses said they will opt for a staggered approach for employees.\n\nDeloitte said it will increase the number of staff allowed to work in its offices to 50% capacity from next week.\n\nBut the accountancy firm expects that level to stay in place until September.\n\nNatWest said that it will bring staff back to the office from 19 July but it will only be a small number of \"priority workers\".\n\nInsurance group Aviva said it expects \"to see more of our people returning\". But a spokesman said that \"the vast majority of people at Aviva want to work flexibly in future\" and employees will combine going into the office with working from home.\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that final restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of Covid will be lifted in England from 19 July, including the guidance on office working.\n\nBut the government said that it \"would expect and recommend a gradual return\" of workers to offices \"over the summer\".\n\nDeloitte currently operates its offices at 30% capacity and employees have to book desks. A spokeswoman for the firm said it had always intended to take a \"gradual approach\" to moving staff back to its sites.\n\nDeloitte will allow more people back to its offices from Monday\n\nIt estimates that it will take between six and eight weeks to prepare its offices to deal with 100% capacity which it expects to reach in September.\n\nNatWest said a \"very small number of people\" will be invited back to its offices in England from Monday for roles \"that can't really be done from home\". These include market traders as well as people who work in NatWest's treasury department and roles where employees need to meet clients.\n\nIt also said \"people who would rather work in the office for wellbeing reasons\" can return to its sites from Monday.\n\nAccountancy firm KPMG has allowed people to work from its offices if they made a request to their manager.\n\nFrom next week, they will no longer need permission to do so but the firm has also introduced a \"four-day fortnight\" hybrid model of working. It means that KPMG employees spend four days working in the office and the rest of the fortnight either at home or at client sites.\n\n\"It makes sense that the order to work from home if possible is removed at this stage,\" said Confederation of British Industry policy director, Michael Fell. \"The reality is that many firms are well-advanced in their plans and are proceeding with hybrid working models, just as the government advises.\n\nRoger Barker, policy director of the Institute of Directors (IoD) industry group, said: \"Businesses across the country will welcome the opportunity to begin to return to relative normality from next week.\"\n\nHowever, he criticised the government for failing to provide adequate guidance on areas such as wearing face masks which, from Monday, will cease to be mandatory but will be recommended.\n\nDr Barker said there has been \"real frustration about the mixed messages\" businesses have been receiving from the government.\n\n\"The latest guidance has shifted the responsibility from the government to businesses by removing mandatory rules on things like face masks and replacing them with voluntary recommendations,\" he said. \"Whilst it is right that companies should be allowed to take decisions based on their own unique circumstances, it is vital that government provides businesses with best practice in developing their own policies.\"", "Larry Nassar has been given at least 300 years in jail for his crimes\n\nThe FBI disregarded allegations about a prolific USA Gymnastics child abuser and later made serious errors in the investigation, a watchdog has found.\n\nThe long-awaited report gave a scathing assessment of the FBI's investigation into former team doctor Larry Nassar.\n\nNassar was sentenced to over 300 years in jail in 2018 for molesting gymnasts.\n\nNumerous missteps and cover-ups by FBI agents allowed his abuse to continue for months after the case was first opened, the report found.\n\nRachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse Nassar of abuse, said that while the US justice department's internal review exposed serious failings, there was a lack of accountability.\n\n\"This report lays bare the corruption, but its conclusion says 'doesn't matter'. Because nothing happens now,\" she wrote in a series of tweets. \"These agents retire on government pensions while survivors fight to stay alive.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What it was like to testify against Larry Nassar\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the FBI acknowledged the findings of the report, calling the handling of the Nassar file \"inexcusable and a discredit to this organisation\".\n\n\"We will take all necessary steps to ensure that the failures of the employees outlined in the report do not happen again,\" the agency said.\n\nThe 119-page report by the Department of Justice Inspector General found that despite the seriousness of the allegations against Nassar, the FBI field office in Indianapolis dragged its feet in responding.\n\nIn July 2015, following an internal review into Nassar, USA Gymnastics reported a number of allegations to the FBI in Indianapolis. After some \"limited follow-up\" that summer, the agency \"did not undertake any investigative activity\" on the case for more than eight months.\n\nDuring that time, the report said, Nassar's sexual assaults continued.\n\nConfronted by their mistakes, two FBI officials lied during interviews to cover up their errors, the report said.\n\nAt the time the allegations surfaced, one of the FBI agents, Jay Abbott, had been in discussions with USA Gymnastics officials about a job with the Olympic Committee. Mr Abbott retired from the agency in 2018.\n\nThe other, an unnamed employee, \"is no longer a supervisor\", the FBI said on Wednesday, and will not work on FBI matters until an internal investigation is complete.\n\nMr Abbott's lawyer, Josh Minkler, said in a statement to Reuters news agency that his client \"thanks the law enforcement officers and prosecutors who brought Larry Nassar to justice\".\n\nThe internal review into the FBI's handling of the Nassar case was launched in 2018 when the disgraced doctor was sentenced to decades behind bars.\n\nHe has been accused of sexual abuse by more than 330 women and girls from USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, including Olympic stars Simone Biles and Aly Raisman.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nA Test-strength South Africa A inflicted the 2021 British and Irish Lions' first defeat to serve up a sobering reminder of what awaits when the series starts later this month.\n\nTries from Sbu Nkosi and Lukhanyo Am gave the hosts a 14-point lead after a powerful first-half display.\n\nThe Lions made inroads when Wyn Jones scored with South Africa A down to 13 men after two yellow cards.\n\nBut South Africa A regained control and ran down the clock to see out the win.\n\nLouis Rees-Zammit came closest to snatching victory from the hosts, but the Wales wing could not quite stretch enough to dot down after stepping inside scrum-half Faf de Klerk.\n\nThe Lions will take heart, however, from their improvement in the second half. The series winner may be the side who can find their feet fastest, with the Springboks having played only one match in the last 18 months and Covid potentially causing more disruption before the first Test on 24 July.\n• None Players 'bullish' for Test series - what did we learn from Test dress rehearsal?\n\nSouth Africa's side was an A team in name alone, with 18 Rugby World Cup winners in a squad.\n\nAfter three comfortable wins over Springbok-less provincial sides in which they have scored an average of more than 60 points, the step up in physicality, intensity and class was immediately evident for the Lions\n\nInside the first minute, second row Eben Etzebeth crashed into a huge tackle on Liam Williams.\n\nInside the first four minutes, South Africa's furious attack of the breakdown turned over possession three times.\n\nAnd, there was no let-up in the air either as scrum-half De Klerk's pinpoint kicking probed space and piled pressure on the tourists' back three.\n\nThe hosts' trademark blitz defence was as suffocating as ever despite South Africa having only played one Test since their World Cup final win in Yokohama in November 2019.\n\nIt delivered the first try when the looming Etzebeth charged down a kick from Owen Farrell - in as a late replacement because of Dan Biggar's minor ankle sprain - and Sbu Nkosi scampered upfield to score.\n• None Reaction as 2021 Lions lose for the first time\n\nThe second came from Kolbe, who adds a sparkle of stardust to South Africa's grit. The winger's dancing feet took him ghosting through the slimmest of holes outside Chris Harris before feeding inside for Lukhanyo Am to trot in.\n\nThe Lions scrum stood up well to their counterparts at the set-piece and the tourists enjoyed 65% possession before the break, but could not make an impression on the scoreline during a 10-minute period of pressure, heading down the tunnel 17-3 adrift.\n\nSouth Africa A's defence was hugely committed but not as disciplined. De Klerk and flanker Marco van Staden both finished the first half in the sin-bin for infringements on their own whitewash in the final minutes of the first half.\n\nIt felt as the tourists had to make use of the two-man power play if they were to get back in the contest and prop Wyn Jones duly rumbled over from close range inside three minutes of the restart.\n\nWhen Farrell landed a penalty, the gap was down to four points.\n\nThe Lions seemed to have acclimatised and adapted, getting to the edge of the defence and deploying more men into the breakdown.\n\nRees-Zammit was mere inches away as he squirmed and stretched for the corner, but South Africa showed resolve and street smarts to stunt the Lions' growing dominance.\n\nThe timely return of tour captain Alun Wyn Jones after a remarkable 18-day recovery from a partially dislocated shoulder will boost the Lions' belief and quality.\n\nThe tour continues with a meeting with the Stormers on Saturday.\n\nBBC rugby union correspondent Chris Jones: A first defeat for the Lions on tour, and plenty for Warren Gatland to ponder.\n\nIndividually there have been some strong performances - Wyn Jones, Tom Curry, Maro Itoje, Chris Harris and Anthony Watson among those to excel - but big questions remain about the Lions' best combinations and their best tactics.\n\nBut above all, the physicality and intensity from the South Africans suggests that this Lions tour, for all its many setbacks and obstacles and lack of fans, may still be able to throw up a compelling Test series.", "President Bolsonaro tweeted a picture of himself in hospital\n\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, 66, may need emergency surgery after suffering persistent hiccups for 10 days, his office says.\n\nHe is being transferred to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo tests for an obstructed intestine.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Bolsonaro said he would be \"back soon, God willing\".\n\nThere have been concerns about the far-right leader's health since he was stabbed in the intestines while campaigning in 2018.\n\nMr Bolsonaro was seriously wounded in the attack and lost 40% of his blood. He has had several operations since the stabbing.\n\nThe president went to the military hospital in Brasilia early on Wednesday, and medics said then that he would be under observation for 24 to 48 hours.\n\nBut later the same day, the president's office said Antonio Luiz Macedo, the surgeon who operated on Mr Bolsonaro in 2018, had recommended the president be transferred to São Paulo for additional tests and possible surgery.\n\nFabio Faria, Brazil's communication's manager, told reporters Mr Bolsonaro had been sedated in the morning ahead of being taken to São Paulo.\n\nThe president's son Flavio told CNN Brasil that his father had undergone a procedure to remove liquid from his stomach as a precaution.\n\nFlavio added that his father had had trouble speaking, but that if surgery were needed it should not be a serious procedure.\n\nMr Bolsonaro earlier tweeted a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed, fitted with sensors and cables, with someone who appears to be a priest standing by his bedside.\n\nAfter two-and-a-half years of a controversial presidency, Mr Bolsonaro is under growing pressure over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nAt the beginning of the month, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest over allegations of corruption involving the purchase of vaccines.\n\nThe Brazilian leader has been heavily criticised for a lack of a national response to the crisis and his scepticism toward vaccines, lockdowns and mask-wearing requirements.\n\nLast month, deaths with the virus in Brazil passed 500,000 - the second-highest in the world after the US.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bolsonaro removed his mask after announcing he had tested positive for coronavirus\n\nMr Bolsonaro himself caught Covid-19 a year ago but has fully recovered.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: Boris Johnson \"can't have it both ways\" on racism\n\nThe government has promised to ban people who abuse footballers online from stadiums for up to 10 years, in the same way as \"violent thugs\".\n\nBoris Johnson said Football Banning Orders would be amended to allow this and that tech firms would be fined for failing to stop \"vile behaviour\".\n\nHis comments follow several England players being abused following the Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy.\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the PM's words rang \"hollow\".\n\nHe accused Mr Johnson of \"trying to stoke a culture war\" by refusing to condemn football fans who booed players for taking the knee.\n\nSome Conservative MPs and activists have also expressed unease at the government's stance, with former minister Steve Baker saying the outpouring of support for England's Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho should serve as a \"wake-up\" for the party.\n\nA 37-year-old man was earlier arrested by Greater Manchester Police over social media posts.\n\nAn online petition calling for the FA and the government to ban those who have carried out racist abuse to be banned from football grounds for life has attracted more than one million signatures.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Johnson said: \"I was appalled by the abhorrent abuse directed towards a number of our footballers in the aftermath of Sunday's game. More must be done to prevent people being bullied and trolled online.\"\n\nNew laws would \"force social media companies to take responsibility and action where this vile behaviour exists\" or face fines, he added.\n\nMr Johnson also said: \"We are also working closely with the football and police authorities to ensure we can track and take action against online abusers and will ban them from football grounds in the same way we would if they had committed these offences on our streets.\"\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said the England team \"represent the very best of our country\", adding: \"I utterly condemn and abhor the racist outpourings that we saw on Sunday night.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tory activist Albie Amankona urges the party to take a stand on racism\n\nA football banning order is used to prevent someone from attending matches for between three and 10 years.\n\nIt can be imposed for offences such as throwing missiles on to the playing area or into the crowd, and racist or indecent chanting at a match.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer - who has been calling for online racists to be banned from matches - said the government had only promised to act because \"they've realised they're on the wrong side, and now they're hoping nobody has noticed\".\n\nHe accused the PM of \"trying to stoke a culture war\" by refusing \"time and time again - even now - to condemn those who boo our players for standing up against racism\".\n\nBut the prime minister said: \"Nobody defends booing the England side.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The SNP's Ian Blackford accuses Boris Johnson of “dog whistling” over racism\n\nAhead of the Euro 2020 tournament, Mr Johnson declined to condemn England fans who booed players taking the knee, saying fans should \"cheer them on, not boo\".\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel described the act as \"gesture politics\". Asked in June if she would criticise fans who booed England players taking the knee, she said: \"That's a choice for them, quite frankly.\"\n\nOn Monday, she tweeted that she was \"disgusted\" by the online abuse directed at England players.\n\nEngland footballer Tyrone Mings replied that she had \"stoked the fire\" through her stance on taking the knee.\n\nSir Keir challenged the prime minister on the home secretary's stance, saying: \"He (Mings) is right, isn't he?\"\n\nMr Johnson defended the home secretary and said Ms Patel had \"faced racism and prejudice all her career of a kind that he can never imagine\".", "Waterstones says it will encourage its customers to continue wearing face coverings in its stores after they cease to be compulsory after 19 July.\n\nIt is one of the first major chains to state a firm policy on mask wearing.\n\nBusinesses are weighing up what approach to take once Covid measures become a matter for them to decide.\n\nSome shop workers and staff are worried that abandoning masks will put their health at risk, but others have reacted with anger at Waterstones' move.\n\nWaterstones said in a tweet: \"Following the lift of restrictions on 19 July across England, we will observe new government guidance.\n\n\"Given our enclosed browsing environment, we encourage our customers to wear face masks and observe social distancing, respecting the safety of staff and fellow book lovers.\"\n\nManaging director James Daunt told the BBC this would be communicated by signs, but staff would not enforce this: \"If you are wearing a mask and you don't want to be in the company with someone who isn't wearing a mask, we expect people will use their common sense and move away.\"\n\nHe said current safety precautions would remain in place, with screens up between booksellers and customers and staff wearing masks.\n\nThe tweet has attracted a mass - and mixed - response. Many are in favour of its position. The tweet had garnered 22,000 \"likes\" by lunchtime.\n\nCritical care nurse Kimberley Anne said: \"@Waterstones ! As an ITU nurse, I am so exhausted with all these waves of Covid and I personally feel more at ease bookshopping with a mask. I am freaking out already using the tube.\"\n\nBut Talk Radio presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer said: \"I make a point of buying books at my local @Waterstones rather than ordering on Amazon because I want bookstores to thrive, but if I go into your store and a member of staff asks me to wear a mask, you will lose my business forever.\"\n\nFrom Monday 19 July, the government has said, wearing face coverings in England will be recommended but not mandatory.\n\nTransport companies have been the most forthright in setting out their policies. London Transport said on Tuesday it would require passengers on the Tube, bus and its Overground railways to wear masks.\n\nAirlines including BA and Ryanair have already confirmed face masks will still be compulsory after 19 July.\n\nBut most retailers have taken a more cautious approach, while many, including leading supermarkets, have not yet said anything concrete.\n\nTimpsons shoe repair and key cutting chain, which has more than 2,000 shops, is leaving mask wearing as a matter of personal choice for customers.\n\nSir John Timpson, its boss, said: \"I don't think the way it's going we've got any right, we shouldn't expect them to do so, that's entirely up to the customer.\"\n\nBut he said his staff would be asked to wear masks.\n\nJewellery retailer Beaverbrooks is going further. It told the BBC it would keep all of its current safety measures in place, including welcome barriers, hand sanitisation stations and serving screens.\n\nIt said staff would still be wearing visors or masks. But it added that although it could not force customers to wear masks, it would prefer them to continue to wear masks in its stores.\n\nAside from Sainsbury's, which said last week that mask wearing would be a matter of personal choice for customers, leading supermarkets have not so far publicly stated their approach. Morrisons says it is waiting for further guidance from the government.\n\nSome shoppers are uncomfortable with anything other than a clear safety policy. Commenting on Waterstones' move, Denys Whitley tweeted: \"'Encourage' is not strong enough. Mask-wearing must be mandatory. Non-masked are not respecting the safety of staff or fellow book-lovers... With this policy, I'll be sticking to the pathetic selection on Amazon.\"\n\nShop workers' union Usdaw had previously urged the government not to lift Covid safety measures in shops.\n\nAccording to a recent survey, it found violence, verbal abuse or threats of violence towards shop workers had increased 25-50%, with face coverings the trigger for 15% of the incidents.\n\nPaddy Lillis, Usdaw general secretary, said: \"Shop workers already face violence and abuse when enforcing these measures and we are concerned that, when restrictions no longer have the force of the law behind them, this could result in further abuse, threats and violence towards retail workers.\"\n\nShould shops ask their customers to keep wearing masks after 19 July, when they are no longer compulsory? Get in touch and let us know.\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.", "MPs have approved compulsory vaccinations for care home staff in England, but a number of Conservatives rebels voiced anger at the plans.\n\nFrom October, anyone working in a Care Quality Commission-registered care home in England must have two vaccine doses unless they have a medical exemption.\n\nThe House of Commons approved the regulations by 319 votes to 246.\n\nBut Tory MPs criticised the government for not publishing an impact assessment of the policy before the vote.\n\nHealth minister Helen Whately told MPs the \"impact assessment is being worked on\".\n\nAlmost 30,000 more care home residents in England and Wales died during the coronavirus outbreak than during the same period in 2019, ONS figures released this month showed.\n\nMinisters have previously expressed concern about the low take-up of the vaccine among some care home staff.\n\nConservative former minister Mark Harper, who chairs the lockdown sceptic Covid Recovery Group, said: \"If there's uncertainty, share the uncertainty with the House.\n\n\"It isn't good enough to expect us to vote on something that is difficult and controversial and complicated, and not share the information with the House that the minister has at her disposal. It is an abuse. It's not good enough.\"\n\nConservative MP William Wragg said he was \"in despair\", adding: \"The government is treating this House with utter contempt. Ninety minutes on a statutory instrument to fundamentally change the balance of human rights in this country is nothing short of a disgrace.\"\n\nMr Wragg went on to raise the case of a care worker who fears losing her job as a result of the policy, asking: \"Is that what we're prepared to do to our fellow citizens as a Conservative government?\n\nLabour's Rachael Maskell added: \"We're having to make a decision in the House this evening on the balance of risk and therefore we haven't been given the data because the impact assessment hasn't come forward.\"\n\nDeputy Speaker Nigel Evans said it was a \"totally unsatisfactory\" situation and he would raise the issue with the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.\n\nCare minister Ms Whately said guidance would be forthcoming, but suggested managers could discuss the vaccine with staff or look at an alternative role for those who did not want to be vaccinated.\n\nBut she acknowledged there were not \"that many roles\" that did not involve being in the care home.\n\nShe said in that situation, if a staff member did not want to be vaccinated, then a notice period could follow with a \"fair process\".\n\nCare organisations have previously warned that compulsory vaccinations could cause significant difficulties in a sector that already struggles to recruit enough people.\n\nThe British Medical Association, which represents doctors, warned compulsion was \"a blunt instrument that carries its own risks\".\n\nGovernments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have said they have no plans to make Covid jabs mandatory for care home staff.\n\nThe move to mandatory vaccinations for care home staff in England follows a consultation by the Department of Health and Social Care, launched in April, two months after the government said it had met its target of offering all front-line care workers a first dose of a vaccine by mid-February.\n\nAt the time, it said 47% of English care homes for older people had more than a fifth of staff yet to take up the vaccine, despite staff at all eligible care homes having been offered vaccines, with the vast majority of homes having had repeat visits by vaccine teams.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK reported a further 36,660 cases and 50 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.", "Once again, social-media companies are facing criticism as their platforms are used to racially abuse football players, following the dramatic conclusion of the Euro 2020 men's tournament on Sunday night.\n\nAnd make no mistake, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the technology giants to defend these incidents. How can they not be held more responsible for the content they share to millions?\n\nIn a nutshell, social-media platforms have not been regulated in the same way as traditional media such as the BBC, because they are not categorised as publishers or broadcasters.\n\nIf racist comments appeared below this article, written not by me but by someone who had read it, the BBC would be immediately accountable, as part of an arrangement with the regulator Ofcom.\n\nBut Ofcom does not yet have powers over the likes of Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter, which have until now been largely self-regulating - although, that is coming, as part of the long-anticipated Online Safety Bill.\n\nWhether the threat of large fines is enough to focus the minds of these multi-million dollar businesses remains to be seen, however. But it is not just in the UK that regulation is planned.\n\nIn fairness, while the BBC does have a large global presence, it does not have to deal with anything like the volume of content and video, written and uploaded in real time by anybody and everybody, a platform such as Facebook, with its two billion users, does.\n\nSocial-media platforms are looking to automation for answers\n\nThis sheer volume swamps the armies of human moderators employed by those platforms.\n\nSome describe nightmare shifts sifting through the worst and most graphic content imaginable and then making decisions about what should be done with it.\n\nSo, the solution these companies are all pouring countless time and money into is automation.\n\nAlgorithms trained to seek out offensive material before it is published, the blanket banning of incendiary (and illegal) hashtags, the use of techniques such as \"hashing\", which create a kind of digital fingerprint of a video, and then block any content bearing the same marker, are already in regular use.\n\nBut so far, automation remains a bit of a blunt instrument.\n\nIt is not yet sophisticated enough to understand nuance, context, different cultural norms, crafty edits - and there would be very little support for an anonymous algorithm, built by an unelected US technology giant, effectively censoring Western people's speech without these factors (China of course has its own state censorship and US social-media platforms are banned).\n\nHere is an example - a friend last night reported an anonymous account that had posted an orangutan emoji beneath an Instagram post belonging to England's Bukayo Saka.\n\nNow, nobody is going to blanket-ban that emoji.\n\nBut in this context, and given Saka is a young black player whose penalty kick was one of those that failed in the deciding moments of the England v Italy Euro 2020 final, the intention is pretty clear.\n\nThe response my friend received to her complaint was: \"Our technology has found that this probably doesn't go against our community guidelines,\" - although, it went on to add the automation \"isn't perfect\".\n\nShe has appealed against the decision but who knows when it will get a pair of human eyes on it?\n\nOn Twitter, meanwhile, a user was apparently able to use an extremely offensive racial slur in a tweet about a footballer, before deleting the message.\n\nIn a statement, Facebook, which owns Instagram, said it had \"quickly removed comments\" directed at players.\n\n\"No-one should have to experience racist abuse anywhere - and we don't want it on Instagram,\" it said.\n\nTwitter's response was similar - in 24 hours, it had removed 1,000 posts and blocked accounts sharing hateful content, using \"a combination of machine learning based automation and human review\", it said.\n\nBoth companies also said they had tools and filters that could be activated to stop account holders from seeing abusive content - but this does not solve the problem of the content being shared in the first place.\n\n\"No one thing will fix this challenge overnight,\" Facebook added.\n\nAnd perhaps that is what really lies at the heart of all this - it is not necessarily the limitations of technology that are the issue but old-fashioned human nature.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said, on Twitter ironically, those responsible for posting racist abuse should \"be ashamed of themselves\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut for some people, there is something seemingly irresistible about hiding behind a keyboard and saying things they would in all likelihood never say out loud, in person.\n\nNever before have people had access not only to those they want to berate but also a potentially enormous audience of those who will listen - and join in.\n\nFor some, it has proved a heady and intoxicating mix - and one that has quickly established itself as the norm.\n\nI was talking to someone recently about something controversial that happened 20 years ago.\n\nHer first question was about how social-media had responded.\n\nI hesitated for a moment, wondering why I could not remember that detail - and then realised it was simply because it did not exist.", "House prices have risen sharply across the UK, driven by an increase of more than 15% in the year to May in the North West of England.\n\nOfficial figures show property prices also rose at a rapid rate in Scotland, Wales and the North East of England.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the average UK home cost £255,000 in May.\n\nThat was £23,000 more than the typical value a year earlier. The 10% rise was the fastest rate for 14 years.\n\nDetached and terraced homes recorded the biggest price increases, data from the Land Registry in England and Wales show.\n\nEstate agents have reported huge demand from property buyers during the year so far.\n\nThis picked up when many buyers wanted to complete their purchases before stamp duty holidays were wound down. In May, the tax breaks were still in place for England, Northern Ireland and Wales.\n\nHowever, that it not the only explanation for rising prices. Scotland's property tax break was withdrawn at the end of March.\n\nPeople's changing priorities as a result of the pandemic mean they are looking for bigger homes in which to live and work.\n\nA lack of homes being put on the market to match demand has also led to rising prices. A majority of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) members think prices will continue to rise over the next year for that reason.\n\n\"The market was being powered by ultra-low mortgage rates, valuable stamp duty savings and people rethinking what they want from their homes due to the pandemic,\" said Katie Cave, director at mortgage broker Clearpoint Finance.\n\n\"Demand was as rampant as supply was weak, which sent prices skywards.\"\n\nThe ONS said that house prices in the UK rose by 10% in the year to May.\n\nThe North West was the region with the highest annual house price growth, with average prices increasing by 15.2%.\n\nThere were also big rises in Wales (up 13.3%), Scotland (up 12.1%) and the North East of England (up 11.8%).\n\nAt the other end of the scale, London recorded the slowest property price rise over the year, of 5.2%.\n\nGed McPartlin, managing director of Ascend Properties, said: \"It's clear that the north-south divide has never been wider.\n\n\"While this momentous rate of price growth must inevitably slow at some point, we expect this vast difference in property pedigree to remain as buyers in the north continue to benefit from a far more affordable market with, or without, the benefit of a stamp duty saving.\"\n\nIn Wales, terraced houses rose in price by 15.2% over the same period.\n\nThat was the fastest rise of any property type, which was mirrored in England, where the value of terraced homes went up by 11.2%.\n\nThis was closely followed by a 14% rise in the cost of detached homes in Wales, and an 11% increase in England.\n\nProperties with gardens have proved popular among buyers looking for space inside and outside homes.", "Colum Eastwood said there should be no amnesties for people accused of Troubles-related murders\n\nThe SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has used parliamentary privilege to identify a former soldier facing two murder charges over his actions on Bloody Sunday.\n\nThe Foyle MP named Soldier F during a debate in the House of Commons on the Armed Forces Bill on Tuesday afternoon.\n\nThe soldier is also facing five attempted murder charges.\n\nHe had been granted anonymity by the judge hearing the case.\n\nThe BBC is not naming Soldier F for legal reasons.\n\nThe ancient right of parliamentary privilege gives MPs unrestricted free speech in the Commons chamber allowing them to name names without the risk of legal action.\n\nColum Eastwood used that right of privilege to name Soldier F.\n\nAfter naming him, the Foyle MP said: \"For 50 years he has been granted anonymity and now the government want to grant him an amnesty.\n\n\"No one involved in murder during the Troubles should be granted an amnesty.\"\n\nSoldier F is accused of the murders of William McKinney (left) and James Wray\n\nSpeaking outside parliament, Mr Eastwood told the BBC: \"Over the past couple of weeks his name has been plastered on Free Derry Corner, it has gone viral on social media.\n\n\"The people of Derry know his name. There is no reason for him to be granted anonymity.\n\n\"No other perpetrator involved would be given anonymity, for some reason Soldier F is a protected species.\"\n\nSoldier F is facing two murder charges over the killings of William McKinney and James Wray and five attempted murder charges for his actions on Bloody Sunday in 1972 when 13 people were shot dead by paratroopers.\n\nHe was granted anonymity after the judge hearing the case concluded \"a real risk does exist\" to the life of Soldier F and he is right to \"feel genuine fear\".\n\nBut the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it planned to withdraw the charges after reviewing the case and decided statements were no longer admissible evidence.\n\nThe case was due to be formally dismissed in court last week, but a legal challenge by a brother of William McKinney forced an adjournment.\n\nLeave has been granted for a judicial review into the PPS's decision not to proceed with the prosecution.\n\nThe case is due to be heard in September.\n\nGregory Campbell from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) described Mr Eastwood's decision to identify Soldier F as \"reckless and downright dangerous\".\n\n\"I will be writing to the Speaker and the Commissioner for Standards. The Foyle MP's behaviour falls well below that expected of someone in his position, especially when the courts have made clear that to name this person could jeopardise life,\" the DUP MP said.\n\nMr Campbell, who represents the East Londonderry constituency, added: \"The DUP does not believe in an amnesty for anyone who perpetrated wrongful actions.\n\n\"Far too many terrorists have already been released early. Everyone must be equal under the law.\"\n\nFormer veterans' minister Johnny Mercer also said Mr Eastwood should be sanctioned for his \"unnecessary and dangerous\" move.\n\nIn a social media post he accused Mr Eastwood of \"mis-using parliamentary privilege\".\n\n\"I have never defended this man, but I will defend his right to a fair process,\" Mr Mercer said.", "The government has confirmed nearly all remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England will be lifted on 19 July.\n\nIt means all legal restrictions on social contact will be removed. The legal requirement to wear face masks in some public spaces will be dropped, nightclubs will be allowed to reopen, and limits on how many people can meet will be ditched.\n\nSeveral countries around the world have already tried easing their coronavirus restrictions this year - with mixed results.\n\nSo what has happened in places where rules have been relaxed?\n\nAs it raced ahead in its vaccine programme, Israel began to lift restrictions in February.\n\nBy mid-June - when well over half the population had been double-jabbed - Israelis stopped wearing masks and pre-pandemic life returned, with shops, restaurants, hotels and cinemas all fully open.\n\nSince then confirmed daily cases - driven by the more infectious Delta variant - have risen steadily, reaching a four-month peak of 754 on Tuesday. Though officials say serious cases, including the number of people being hospitalised, remain relatively low.\n\nThe surge in cases, however, has prompted new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's government into a partial rethink.\n\nUnder what it calls a \"soft suppression\" approach, Israelis will be asked to learn to live with Covid.\n\nCurbs being reinstated include the mandatory wearing of face masks indoors and quarantine for all people arriving in Israel.\n\nWith vaccinations rising and cases dropping, the Netherlands pushed ahead with its reopening in late June. Face masks were abandoned in almost all places and young people were encouraged to go out again.\n\nSince then, cases have soared, jumping to their highest levels since December - although the relaxation has not led to a notable rise in hospital admissions.\n\nThe Netherlands has been forced to backtrack on its easing\n\nAs criticism from health officials grew louder, Prime Minister Mark Rutte was forced into an embarrassing U-turn on Friday and re-imposed many restrictions, just two weeks after the measures were lifted.\n\nRestaurants and bars were forced to close from midnight, while nightclubs were shut again, as Mr Rutte apologised for his \"poor judgement\".\n\n\"What we thought would be possible, turned out not to be possible in practice,\" he admitted.\n\nThe Dutch government's website says the measures will remain in place until at least 13 August.\n\nHailed as a success story in its handling of Covid-19, South Korea was one of the first East Asian countries to chart a path out of the pandemic.\n\nIn June it announced plans to allow vaccinated people to go mask-free outdoors, permit small private gatherings and relax restaurant opening times.\n\nBut experts warned South Korea was dropping its guard against the coronavirus too soon, with the majority of the population still unvaccinated.\n\nNow it is facing its worst-ever coronavirus outbreak.\n\nSouth Koreans have been asked to wear masks again\n\nA record-breaking daily tally of cases has forced the government to tighten social-distancing rules across most of the country. In the capital, Seoul, residents have been banned from meeting more than one other person after 18:00.\n\nWith the Delta variant spreading fast and its vaccination rate slowing, public confidence in South Korea's ability to cope with coronavirus has taken a knock.\n\nUnlike most countries, Sweden has relied mainly on voluntary measures to stem the spread of infections, though curbs on opening hours for restaurants and limits on crowds at venues have also been implemented.\n\nSome of those restrictions have already been loosened, with 3,000 seated spectators allowed at sports stadiums and the rules on opening hours scrapped on 1 July. More restrictions are being dropped on 15 July.\n\nSince the spring, cases have continued to fall steeply, something credited to rising vaccinations and warmer weather, meaning people are spending more time outdoors.\n\nBut amid worries about the rise of the Delta variant, most travellers returning to Sweden will need to be tested for Covid-19.\n\nFor most of the past year, Australians had enjoyed life with few restrictions. Face masks weren't required as the country consistently recorded days when no Covid cases were found at all.\n\nWhen there were outbreaks, authorities launched snap lockdowns to bring case rates back to zero. For example, Perth shut down for five days in January over the detection of a single case.\n\nBut an outbreak of the Delta strain in Sydney mid-June has plunged the nation's largest city back into lockdown. That is expected to last until the end of July at least.\n\nThe city is currently fighting more than 100 cases a day. The virus spread quickly - even in the first weeks of lockdown - in a city unused to restrictions. Officials said people were exploiting stay-at-home rules. These have been tightened since.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut with more than 90% of the population unvaccinated, officials say a return to normality will take some time. A lack of vaccine supplies, specifically of Pfizer, mean many Australians won't be able to get a jab until the final months of the year.\n\nAs the Joe Biden administration forged ahead in its vaccine drive, many states began lifting restrictions, ditching mask mandates and allowing businesses to reopen.\n\nIn June, California - the US's most populous state - announced its \"grand reopening\", while New York lifted nearly all restrictions as its vaccination rate passed 70%.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Should you wear a mask outdoors? Hear what Americans say after new CDC guidance.\n\nOverall, cases have remained low. New infections are less than one-tenth of the average daily rate at the height of the pandemic in January, even as they have doubled in the last two weeks.\n\nBut there are growing concerns about the Delta variant that has been surging in some under-vaccinated states. As the vaccine rate slows, some states are recommending residents keep wearing masks because of worries over the more infectious strain.\n\nIn New York City, cases have jumped by almost a third in a week, with some of the highest rises in neighbourhoods with the lowest vaccine rates.\n\nDeaths are creeping up, but not as sharply as cases. State officials say the overwhelming majority of people now hospitalised with Covid-19 are unvaccinated.", "England were beaten by Italy in a penalty shootout in the Euro 2020 final\n\nA man has been arrested after England footballers were racially abused online following their Euro 2020 final defeat.\n\nMarcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were targeted on social media after missing penalties.\n\nA 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of an offence under the Malicious Communications Act, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nThe man, from Ashton-Under-Mersey in Trafford, voluntarily attended Cheadle Heath police station.\n\nPolice said a post was made on social media on Sunday after England lost on penalties to Italy in the final at Wembley.\n\nDet Insp Matt Gregory said: \"We are firm in our commitment, any racist abuse whether online or off is not acceptable.\"\n\n\"The actions of a small number of people overshadowed what was a hugely unifying event for our country.\"\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse aimed at Rashford, Sancho and Saka was \"unforgivable\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson earlier promised to ban people guilty of sending racist abuse to footballers from attending matches.\n\nHe said he would ensure the \"football banning order regime is changed\" to crack down on racism.\n\nA mural honouring Rashford in Withington, Manchester, which was vandalised with graffiti following the match, was later covered in hundreds of supportive messages.\n\nFollow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands of foreign children, including British kids, are facing a lifetime of imprisonment in camps and jails in north-eastern Syria, with little hope of being released.\n\nA BBC investigation has found that the children, whose parents supported the Islamic State Group, are being moved from desert camps, to secure children’s homes, and onto adult prisons, in a conveyor belt of incarceration.\n\nBritain has repatriated only a handful of children from Syria, most of whom were orphans.\n\nThe Kurdish authorities who run the facilities say they can’t cope, and that IS terror cells are recruiting and radicalising children as young as eight.", "The court ruled by a slim majority that the state of emergency wasn't sufficient to enforce last year's strict lockdown\n\nSpain's top court has ruled that last year's strict coronavirus lockdown was unconstitutional.\n\nThe ruling leaves the door open for people who were fined for breaking the rules to reclaim the money they paid.\n\nBut the court said it would not accept lawsuits from people and businesses who want to sue the government because they lost money due to the lockdown.\n\nThe government declared a state of emergency on 14 March 2020 to curb the first wave of Covid-19 infections.\n\nAt the time, coronavirus cases and deaths were rising and hospitals were quickly becoming overwhelmed. Since then, more than 81,000 people in Spain have died with coronavirus.\n\nSpain has three levels of emergency: state of emergency, state of exception, and the highest level, state of siege.\n\nUnder the emergency rules almost all people in the country were ordered to stay at home, and were only permitted to leave for essential reasons. All but essential businesses were closed.\n\nThe laws were in place until June 2020, though some restrictions were reinstated later in the year when the country faced a second wave.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Are pandemics the new normal?\n\nBut Spain's Constitutional Court said in a statement that it had voted, by a slim majority of six to five, to find that the state of emergency was not enough to give the restrictions constitutional backing.\n\nThis is because the rules were equivalent to a suppression of fundamental rights, it said.\n\nIn order to legally limit people's freedoms to the extent they did last year, the court said, the government would have had to declare a state of exception rather than a state of emergency.\n\nIn Spain, a state of emergency - known as a \"state of alarm\" in Spanish - can be declared by the government and implemented before it is debated in parliament. This allows the government to put new rules into force quickly.\n\nA state of exception, however, is not directly agreed by the government. Instead, the proposal needs to be taken to parliament first, which then has to declare the emergency.\n\nThe court ruling was in response to a suit brought by the far-right political party Vox.", "Last updated on .From the section Wales\n\nWelsh clubs could be allowed to host capacity crowds for the start of the new football season, the Welsh government has announced.\n\nMost Covid rules in Wales - but not all - will be scrapped from Saturday, 7 August if coronavirus rates allow.\n\nThe English Football League season resumes on that weekend.\n\nSome rules will be eased this Saturday allowing for six people to meet indoors and ice rinks to reopen, with social distancing outdoors no longer required.\n• None Most Covid rules set to be lifted in Wales on 7 August\n\nThe Welsh government allowed for crowds of up to 10,000 to be allowed back at sporting stadiums from Monday, 7 June, but those restrictions could be further eased in August.\n\nCardiff City say the announcement from the Welsh government means they will be able to welcome 8,000 supporters for pre-season friendlies with Southampton on 27 July and Newport County on 31 July.\n\nThe Bluebirds say \"further updates will follow in the coming days in respect of permitted attendance numbers for competitive EFL fixtures\".\n\nSwansea City will also welcome back supporters in pre-season. Swansea say 8,200 supporters will be able to attend the pre-season friendly against Southampton at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, 31 July.\n\n\"This fixture is a transition for the safe return of supporters to the Liberty and will be undertaken in line with Safety Advisory Group guidelines with a view to heading towards a larger capacity at the beginning of the 2021-22 season,\" Swansea said on their website.\n\nThe news of restrictions potentially being lifted would also mean the possibility of full houses for Wales' autumn international rugby matches against New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Fiji in October and November.\n\nSaturday's final summer Test against Argentina will again be capped at a maximum of 8,200 supporters to comply with social distancing rules.\n\nThe announcement will also mean a limit on capacity for the first three matchdays for Welsh Fire in new cricket competition, The Hundred.\n\nWelsh Fire will play three home matches at Sophia Gardens on 27 July, 31 July and 6 August, with all three match days needing to adhere to social distancing rules.\n\nThe Football Association of Wales [FAW] said they were pleased with the announcement.\n\n\"The FAW welcomes the news that Wales will gradually move to alert level zero from 7 August,\" they said in a statement. \"We will await further information from the Welsh Government prior to updating the FAW's Return To Play protocols.\"\n\nThe Welsh government says if it does move to alert level zero on 7 August, organisations will be responsible for assessing risk themselves.\n\n\"We are also publishing plans for a new alert level zero, which will have fewer legal restrictions but which will still need all of us to take steps to protect ourselves,\" a Welsh government statement said.\n\n\"If Wales moves to alert level zero on 7 August, all premises would be able to open and most - but not all - restrictions will be removed and replaced with the ongoing requirement for all organisations and businesses to carry out Covid risk assessments.\n\n\"These will determine what reasonable measures are needed to be put in place to keep workers and customers and visitors safe.\"\n\nOutdoor events and gatherings will move to alert level zero from 17 July, allowing \"more flexibility around physical distancing.\"\n\n\"We will remove the limits on the number of people who can gather outdoors,\" first minister Mark Drakeford said in a statement read in the Senedd.\n\n\"Outdoor premises and events will have more flexibility around physical distancing. This will be one of the mitigations to consider, but will not be an absolute requirement.\n\nWe are able to do this because the risk of transmission outdoors is much lower than indoors and because we need to take advantage of the summer period.\"", "Wearing face coverings on public transport in London will remain mandatory\n\nFace coverings must be worn on London's transport network despite restrictions easing on 19 July, London's mayor says.\n\nSadiq Khan said he was not prepared to put Tube, bus and other transport users at risk by relaxing the rules on face coverings.\n\nFace masks have been mandatory on public transport for the past year to reduce the spread of the virus.\n\nBut those rules will be replaced with government guidance advising passengers to wear masks only on busy services.\n\nEngland is removing most of its Covid restrictions next Monday, and while Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he expects masks to be worn in crowded places, such as on a busy Tube train, their use will no longer be compulsory.\n\nLondon was the first English city to insist on face coverings after Covid restrictions ease.\n\nOther metro mayors have also joined calls for masks to be worn on public transport.\n\nIn Scotland, the mandatory use of face coverings will remain in place for \"some time\", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said, even after the country eases most of its other restrictions on 19 July.\n\nThe rules for masks apply in shops and public transport - as well as pubs and restaurants when not seated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sadiq Khan explains why masks will remain compulsory on London's transport\n\nIn Wales, masks will continue to be required by law in some settings. The Welsh government has said face coverings would still be mandatory on public transport and in health and social care settings.\n\nMr Khan has made face masks a condition of carriage for the Tube, bus, tram, DLR, Overground and TfL Rail.\n\nThis means that, despite the easing of restrictions on 19 July, it will be listed as a condition in a legal agreement between Transport for London (TfL) and its customers.\n\nFace coverings will also be required in taxis and private hire vehicles by both drivers and passengers unless they are exempt.\n\nMr Khan said: \"We know from the government's own advisors and from the World Health Organisation, that wearing a face covering indoors does reduce transmissions.\n\n\"It leads to greater public safety and greater public confidence as well.\n\n\"As long as the virus is still with us, and as long as we're still concerned about the virus being transmitted, we will make it compulsory.\"\n\nHe said he was \"confident you will see from Monday high levels of the rules being followed just like there have been since last June\".\n\nTfL's 400 enforcement officers will deny those without a face covering from using London transport, under the plan.\n\nTfL staff and bus drivers will continue to remind passengers that masks are a requirement, Mr Khan said.\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said he will not '\"rule out\" mandating face masks on public transport.\n\nMr Burnham told the BBC he had not yet taken the decision to mandate masks on trams in Manchester and wanted to avoid adding to people's confusion.\n\nThe reaction from commuters has been pretty unanimous - the message over masks is mixed and confusing.\n\nNow, for example, at many merged stations in London - like Barking, Richmond, Wimbledon & Shepherd's Bush - you could go from a rail service where masks are personal choice, to a TfL service where they are a condition of carriage.\n\nSometimes different services even use the same the platform.\n\nSo you'll have to become very adept at differentiating a TfL rail service from a national rail one.\n\nFor an industry that is trying to become more uniform, standardised and is meant to be about making fares and interchanges easier, it's a complete mess.\n\nThe rail industry says masks will put people off using public transport - polling in London says the opposite.\n\nThe question now is, will other mayors and train operators follow London's example?\n\nOr could a simple single rule for all public transport emerge, even at this late stage?\n\nBoris Johnson said the government \"expects and recommends\" face coverings are worn in crowded and enclosed spaces\n\nA poll from the travel watchdog TransportFocus found 56% of Londoners said say they will not use public transport \"unless passengers are required to wear a face covering\".\n\nThe legal requirement to wear a face covering in shops, public transport and other enclosed public spaces will end on 19 July. It will be replaced with government guidance.\n\nA government spokeswoman stressed there would be a shift from \"universal government diktat to relying on people's personal responsibility\".\n\n\"The guidance is clear that people are expected and recommended to wear a mask when they come into contact with people they don't normally meet in enclosed and crowded spaces,\" she said.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the rules were \"just common sense when you think about it\" as \"you would be in a crowded area\" on London transport.\n\nLabour has said it is \"irresponsible\" to drop the legal requirement to wear masks.\n\nThe move has been welcomed by the RMT union, which represents rail workers. It said the approach was consistent with the rules that are currently in place in Scotland, Wales and on Eurostar services to the continent.\n\nHowever, it said: \"We now have the ludicrous position where a passenger travelling through London will have different rules on the Tube and the mainline services.\"\n\nMr Shapps said: \"We've seen lots of these rules being different in different parts of the UK.\n\n\"The same way you can't drink alcohol on London transport systems, but you can on some long distance journeys.\"\n\nFrom 2 May to 29 May 2021, 86% of TfL customers said they were wearing face coverings at all times on public transport.\n\nOf the 14% not wearing a face covering at all times or not at all, almost three-quarters (74%) claim to have an exemption or good reason under the current regulations for not doing so, TfL research shows.\n\nAndy Byford, London's Transport Commissioner, said: \"The transport network is cleaner than ever, with an enhanced cleaning regime, hospital grade cleaning products, widely-available hand sanitizer and UV light fittings on escalator handrails to kill viruses.\n\n\"It is great news that regular independent testing for the virus by Imperial College has found no trace on our services, and we are now ready to safely welcome back more and more customers from 19 July as people head out to enjoy all that the capital has to offer.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK inflation rate hit 2.5% in the year to June, the highest for nearly three years, as the unlocking of the UK economy continued.\n\nThe Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation rose from 2.1% in May, the Office for National Statistics said, driven by higher food and fuel costs.\n\nThe rate is higher than the Bank of England's 2% inflation target for a second month.\n\nThat will fuel the debate about whether interest rates need to go up.\n\nSimply put, inflation is the rate at which prices are rising - if the cost of a £1 jar of jam rises by 5p, then jam inflation is 5%.\n\nIt applies to services too, like having your nails done or getting your car valeted.\n\nYou may not notice low levels of inflation from month to month, but in the long term, these price rises can have a big impact on how much you can buy with your money.\n\nAs well as food from shops, eating and drinking out also cost more, while clothing and footwear, usually cheaper at this time of year, went up in price instead.\n\nSecond-hand car prices rose between May and June this year, whereas in recent years, they have fallen between these months, the ONS said.\n\nSome buyers were reported to have turned to the used car market as a result of delays in the supply of new cars caused by the shortage of semiconductor chips used in their production.\n\nJune's reading was above most economists' forecasts of an increase of about 2.2%.\n\nONS deputy national statistician for economic statistics Jonathan Athow said: \"The rise was widespread, for example coming from price increases for food and for second-hand cars, where there are reports of increased demand.\n\n\"Some of the increase is from temporary effects, for example, rising fuel prices which continue to increase inflation, but much of this is due to prices recovering from lows earlier in the pandemic.\n\n\"An increase in prices for clothing and footwear, compared with the normal seasonal pattern of summer sales, also added to the upward pressure this month.\"\n\nRetail Prices Index (RPI) inflation, an older measure that is still used to calculate certain cost-of-living increases, rose to 3.9% in June, from 3.3% in May.\n\nThe latest rise in the inflation rate will add to pressure on the Bank of England to consider increasing interest rates to cool the economy.\n\nThe Bank's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has taken the view that the current inflation surge is \"transitory\" and will fall back after peaking at 3%.\n\nBut the Bank's departing chief economist, Andy Haldane, warned last month that the risk of high inflation was \"rising fast\" and could reach nearly 4% this year.\n\nInflation is up again, above target, with prices rising faster than expected across the board in June. Much of this is the result of comparisons with prices that were falling a year ago at the height of the lockdown. Bottlenecks in supply are also driving prices up. For example, car producers can not find microchips, so cannot build enough new cars, so used car prices went up 4.4% in a month. During the pandemic, the microchip market diverted its supply to electronics amid a slump in car sales.\n\nThere are plenty of examples like this, and the net result is that inflation is heading above 3% in the coming months. This is sufficiently above target to trigger a letter of explanation from the governor of the Bank of England to the chancellor, but don't expect immediate rises in interest rates.\n\nInflation should peak at this level before falling back to normal, as the economy further reopens. It is, right now, high and rising, but hardly out of control. And the reasons for this global rise are pretty clear: demand rebounding quickly after the pandemic, while supply is taking a little longer to ramp back up.\n\nSamuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, sided with the MPC majority view that inflation was likely to reach 3%, but not much higher.\n\nInterest rates would therefore remain at the current record low of 0.1% \"throughout next year\", he said.\n\nInflation would \"ease quickly in 2022\", returning to the Bank's 2% target \"in the second half of next year\", he forecast.\n\nHowever, Ruth Gregory, UK economist at Capital Economics, took Mr Haldane's view that inflation could peak as high as 4% at the end of this year.\n\n\"We expect it to continue its upward trend over the summer,\" she told the BBC. \"That's largely because of these global supply shortages which have become more acute.\n\n\"Of course, that's affected everything from semi-conductors to household appliances.\"\n\nTraders in Willesden Market in north-west London interviewed by the BBC said they were feeling the effects of those supply shortages, with their wholesale costs going up sharply.\n\nHowever, they added that they were finding it difficult to pass on those costs to their customers, who were unwilling or unable to pay more.\n\nOne trader said: \"If you try to pass the costs on to the customers, they just don't buy it. Especially at the moment.\n\n\"No-one's got any money, everyone's skint, everyone's coming back out of lockdown, people have lost their jobs.\n\n\"I'm earning less, but I'm still going, so I can be thankful for that at the moment.\"", "The singer had previously expressed a preference to select her own legal team\n\nBritney Spears has told a US court she wants to charge her father Jamie for his alleged \"conservatorship abuse\".\n\n\"I'm here to press charges. I'm angry and I will go there,\" the singer said over a lawyer's phone on Wednesday.\n\nHer emotional statement came as a Los Angeles judge ruled Spears can choose her own lawyer in her fight to end the controversial legal arrangement.\n\nA conservatorship is granted by a court for individuals who are unable to make their own decisions.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nConservatorship abuse can involve financially exploiting or imposing excessive personal restrictions on someone in your care.\n\nIf a court rules that abuse has taken place, the appointed conservator could be removed/suspended and may face financial penalties such as reimbursement payments and legal costs.\n\nFollowing the ruling, the singer posted an Instagram video of herself doing cartwheels in celebration with a caption thanking her fans and adding \"#FreeBritney\".\n\nIt is the first time she has used the hashtag, which has been used by her supporters to campaign against the conservatorship she has been subject to since 2008.\n\nThis week's hearing saw Spears address a court for the second time in less than a month.\n\nIn court last month, she made a dramatic plea to demanded that her father be removed from the legal agreement that has controlled her affairs for years.\n\n\"You're allowing my dad to ruin my life,\" she reiterated on Wednesday. \"I have to get rid of my dad and charge him with conservatorship abuse.\"\n\nThe conservatorship was put in place in 2008, when concerns over Spears' mental health prompted her father to petition the court for legal authority over his daughter's life.\n\nSpears' supporters rallied outside the court, and also gathered on the other side of the country in central Washington DC as the hearing was being held.\n\nLast month a judge denied the pop star's request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship. Judge Brenda Penny said she could not make a ruling until the singer files a formal petition to terminate the arrangement.\n\nWednesday's court ruling paves the way for Spears' lawyer of choice, former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart, to take charge of the complex legal battle.\n\nHe will replace Samuel Ingham, the court-appointed lawyer who had been representing Spears since 2008 before stepping down last week.\n\nDuring the hearing, Mr Ingham interrupted the court to say Spears was texting him. The singer wanted to address the court again, he said.\n\nThe judge officially accepted Mr Ingham's resignation before inviting Spears to speak.\n\nMr Rosengart, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer who has previously represented Steven Spielberg and Sean Penn, was also in court.\n\nA tearful Spears told the court that under the conservatorship, her hair vitamins and coffee had been confiscated.\n\n\"Ma'am, that's not abuse, that's just [expletive] cruelty,\" she told Judge Penny. \"Excuse my language, but it's the truth.\"\n\nThe singer said her top priority was removing her father from his role in the legal arrangement that governs her personal and financial affairs.\n\nShe said she did not wish to submit to a \"stupid\" medical assessment and would be \"happy\" for co-conservator Jodi Montgomery to remain.\n\nSpears continued: \"I just want you to understand how much of my time they have taken by forcing me to do these psyche tests and nothing comes of it.\"\n\nShe said she has \"extreme abandonment issues\" because of her father.\n\nThe singer also told the court she was \"extremely scared of my dad\", who is a recovering alcoholic, and feared he was always going to \"show up drunk somewhere and embarrass me\".\n\nJamie Spears is currently the sole person in charge of his daughter' $60m (£43m) estate.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What we can all learn from Britney Spears’ case\n\nBut his lawyers have previously denied he was responsible for the restrictions apparently placed on his daughter's private life.\n\nThe singer, a mother of two, said at last month's hearing that she wanted to marry her boyfriend and have another baby, but the conservatorship would not allow her to do so.\n\nShe claimed she was prevented from having a contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD) removed, to make sure that she didn't get pregnant.\n\nWhile her father has overseen her estate for 13 years, his legal team say he has not been in charge of her personal affairs since September 2019, when he stepped down from that role due to ill health.\n\nHe was replaced on a temporary basis by Ms Montgomery, the co-conservator and care-giver of the singer.\n\nHis lawyers have requested an inquiry to establish the accuracy of his daughter's testimony.\n\nThe lawyers said the father was \"concerned \" about his daughter's well-being.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Dr Catherine Monaghan says she fears for the future\n\n\"We are planning for war and praying for peace.\"\n\nDr Catherine Monaghan, a consultant in respiratory medicine at the University Hospital of North Tees, has worked all through the pandemic's first and second waves and now is facing up to the bleak reality of a third Covid surge.\n\n\"We are absolutely gutted - it's really hard - I know the whole country wants this to be over - but the reality is that's not what is happening in the hospital,\" she said.\n\n\"People are still critically unwell with it - I cannot quite believe we're back at this stage again - it's really worrying.\"\n\nStaff, already exhausted, she said, were demoralised at having to reopen a Covid ward which required full protective equipment.\n\n\"Nurses understandably are really distressed at having to go through this again - having to put on the full PPE - it's very stressful.\"\n\nThe hospital, in Stockton-on-Tees, currently has 22 Covid patients, five of whom are in intensive care. That is a lot less than the peak in January - but the number has increased sharply from just six in a single week.\n\nThe average ages are lower than during the first two waves, and at least two of the seriously ill patients are in their 30s and unvaccinated.\n\nThe north-east of England has seen a surge in cases with eight out of the current top 10 hotspots in the UK.\n\nAlmost all the cases nationally involve the Delta variant which first started surging in the north-west of England and Glasgow, so its spread through the North East is unsurprising. The demographics in urban areas are similar, with health inequalities and social deprivation and underlying health conditions leaving some patients vulnerable.\n\nThe number of hospital patients with Covid is above where it was in early April, a trend already seen in the north-west of England. Services are being stretched because of high demand and staff needing to isolate.\n\nHealth leaders in South Tyneside and Sunderland have made an appeal to the public to stick carefully to social distancing guidelines, to wear face masks in all health settings and to get the vaccine as soon as possible. Visits to adult wards have been suspended at three sites.\n\nOn Teesside there has been a plea to people to act with caution, and to continue with face coverings when recommended even after legal restrictions in England are lifted on 19 July.\n\nAndy Preston, the elected mayor of Middlesbrough, told the BBC: \"We are putting a message out in Middlesbrough that rates are ballooning. This thing is spreading like wildfire across the whole region.\n\n\"We are not saying to panic, we are not saying for people to be terrified. We are saying to people just be really careful.\n\n\"This is now about schools, it's about businesses, it's about jobs and it's about mental wellbeing. People are getting pinged on apps left right and centre. They are being frightened, confused, don't know what to do.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sandra Forsyth says she regretted not getting vaccinated when she contracted Covid\n\nLocal resident Sandra Forsyth told us that she regretted not getting vaccinated when she contracted Covid: \"It's a nightmare. Out of breath. Just awful. I was hospitalised for a day and we've had the ambulance out to me as well because it's all on the chest.\"\n\nShe said she would get a jab as soon as possible and she urged others who hadn't done so to think again.\n\nAt the University Hospital of North Tees, they are continuing to provide normal cancer services and non-urgent care.\n\nBut Chris Tulloch, deputy medical director of North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust, says with case numbers predicted to continue rising into August, the situation could become more challenging.\n\n\"We are coping, but I would say we are just coping. And if things get more serious I think it will be more difficult to deal with, and we may have to make difficult decisions about what we are treating.\n\nChris Tulloch says a further deterioration will make things very difficult\n\n\"We did have to stop our elective surgery programme last year because we needed the staff from theatre, who have the expertise in ventilation and looking after the critically ill, to look after patients with Covid.\"\n\nHospital staff say they understand the desire of people to regain some of the freedoms lost during lockdown, but they are worried about the implications if all social distancing is immediately abandoned.\n\nDr Monaghan says the NHS will cope but the behaviour of local communities from 19 July will determine how serious the challenge will be.\n\n\"We are praying that the public do maintain some sense of perspective on this - somewhere between everybody being locked down and getting what they want.\"", "Did government make it “absolutely clear” that no one should boo England team?\n\nAt prime minister’s questions, Boris Johnson was asked about by Labour about the booing of England players when they took the knee during the Euros. Mr Johnson said:“We made it absolutely clear that no one should boo the England team” On 7 June, after England players were booed for taking the knee before playing Romania, the prime minister’s spokesperson said Mr Johnson respected the right to “peacefully protest” but added that he was “more focused on action rather than gestures”. The tone changed on 11 June, when the spokesperson was asked whether Mr Johnson would condemn the booing, he said he wanted to see everybody “cheer them on, not boo”. On 12 June, the prime minister told reporters: “I disapprove of people booing the England team...I see no reason to do that.” The next day, the prime minister was asked for his reaction to news that the England team had just been booed for taking the knee once again. He did not condemn the booing but he said “everybody should cheer for England ”. Some of his cabinet colleagues took a different approach: Home Secretary Priti Patel told GB News on 14 June that she did not support people taking part in what she called “gesture politics”. When asked whether it was right for England fans to boo, she said “that’s a choice for them quite frankly”. During PMQs today, Mr Johnson reminded MPs that the home secretary had “faced racism and prejudice all her career of a kind that he could never imagine”.", "The UK's vaccine drive has been a success - but many challenges remain\n\nWith two out of three UK adults now fully vaccinated against Covid, the UK is one of the most vaccinated countries in the world - but many challenges still remain. The spread of the Delta variant and a sharp rise in cases as restrictions are lifted means vaccinating as many people as possible before the onset of autumn is now urgent. A third of adults, mostly people in their 20s and 30s, are not yet fully protected. But there are other communities where uptake is low, for example some ethnic minorities, particularly people from black backgrounds, those living in some poorer areas and working in certain jobs, who have not yet been jabbed. Convincing them to come forward and get a vaccine will help increase the height of the wall of immunity which is going to help hold back the tide of hospital admissions come the winter. Every adult in England has been offered at least one dose, but only 87% have had one. That gives an indication of the scale of challenge ahead. Even with one of the fastest vaccination programmes on the planet, the UK is not out of the woods yet.", "A further 11 Covid deaths have been registered in the last 24 hours in Scotland - the highest since 30 March.\n\nThe Scottish government data records deaths registered within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt also revealed there were 2,636 new virus cases, which is 8.1% of those tested on Tuesday.\n\nSeparate weekly figures, which record all death certificates that mention Covid, show there were 30 deaths between 5-11 July.\n\nThe National Records of Scotland statistics represent an increase of eight from the previous week.\n\nThe daily figures mean that the average number of reported deaths a day is now 4.6 - the highest figure since 2 April.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths under that measure to 7,772.\n\nA Public Health Scotland (PHS) report has also shown that 41 people in Scotland have died with Covid-19, despite having had both doses of a vaccine.\n\nThe figures showed the deaths occurred by 7 July among those who had tested positive for the virus two weeks or more after having their second vaccination.\n\nIn these cases Covid-19 was recorded as \"primary or contributing cause of death\", the health body said.\n\nThe PHS report noted: \"This equates to 0.001% of those who have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines.\"\n\nIts latest report on Covid cases in Scotland showed that over the four weeks from 12 June to 9 July, about 65% of those who had a positive PCR test were unvaccinated.\n\nMeanwhile just over half of Covid-19 hospital admissions over the same four-week period were amongst unvaccinated individuals, with 70.6% of this group being aged under 40.\n\nA total of 515 patients are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid, including 46 in intensive care.\n\nWhile the figures have been rising steadily they remain far below peak of the second wave of the pandemic in January when more than 2,000 people were in hospital.\n\nEarlier this month daily Covid cases, driven by the more infectious Delta variant, surpassed 4,000 for the first time since mass testing began.\n\nThe spike came after Public Health Scotland linked hundreds of cases to people travelling to London for Scotland's Euros game with England on 18 June.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed Scotland will move to level zero on Monday but with certain \"modifications\" to the original plan for easing restrictions.\n\nFace coverings will remain mandatory for \"some time\", but it is her intention to lift all other restrictions on 9 August as more people will be vaccinated by then.", "A mother in Durban, eastern South Africa, was forced to throw her baby from a building after it was allegedly set on fire by looters.\n\nDozens of people in South Africa have been killed and hundreds arrested in riots, following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma last week.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Government proposals on the legacy of the past will \"draw a line under the Troubles\" - PM\n\nThe government has confirmed it intends to bring forward legislation to ban all prosecutions related to the Troubles.\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Boris Johnson said the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\".\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told Parliament it was a decision not taken lightly.\n\nSome victims' groups and Stormont's executive parties have expressed opposition to the proposals.\n\nHowever, Mr Lewis said it was \"the best way to help Northern Ireland move further along the road to reconciliation\".\n\nIn his Commons statement, he outlined a \"statute of limitations, to apply equally to all Troubles-related incidents\".\n\nIt is understood it would apply to former members of the security forces as well as ex-paramilitaries.\n\nA statute of limitations is a law which prevents legal proceedings being taken after a certain period of time.\n\nThe plans also include an end to all legacy inquests and civil actions related to the conflict.\n\nThe government's paper makes no mention of what might happen to cases currently before the courts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"A painful recognition of where we are\" - NI Secretary Brandon Lewis\n\nMr Lewis said: \"We know that the prospect of the end of criminal prosecutions will be difficult for some to accept, and this is not a position that we take lightly.\n\n\"But we have arrived at the view that this would be the best way to facilitate an effective information retrieval and provision process, and the best way to help Northern Ireland move further along the road to reconciliation.\n\n\"It is a painful recognition of the reality of where we are.\"\n\nMr Lewis said that the proposals also include a body to help families recover information on Troubles incidents and an oral history initiative.\n\n\"Ongoing litigation processes often fail to deliver for families and victims, and their continued presence in a society which is trying to heal from the wounds of its past risks preventing it being able to move forward,\" he said.\n\nIn terms of \"drawing a line\", this is incredibly far-reaching.\n\nIt goes beyond a ban on Troubles-era prosecutions, of which there have been just nine in the past six years.\n\nEnding legacy inquests and civil actions is arguably of greater impact when you consider the figures.\n\nCurrently, there around 36 inquests relating to the Troubles due to be heard.\n\nMany of these relate to killings by the Army and police.\n\nAlongside this, there are more than 1,000 civil claims lodged against the Ministry of Defence and other state agencies.\n\nThe government is proposing all this is closed down in a new approach which is sweeping in scope.\n\nHowever, the opposition is loud.\n\nThe Irish government says it is not a fait accompli or a done deal.\n\nBut with a big majority at Westminster, the government has set off in a direction of travel which few predict will be reversed.\n\nNorthern Ireland's five main political parties, the Irish government and several victims' groups have been highly critical of any suggested blanket ban on prosecutions for Troubles-era offences.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said a meeting of the Stormont Party Leaders Forum is expected to take place with Mr Lewis on Friday.\n\nHe said he hoped the parties would use it to express their joint opposition to the proposals.\n\nEarlier, the prime minister defended the government's plans as \"measured and balanced\".\n\nBoris Johnson told MPs: \"The sad fact remains that there are many members of the armed services who continue to face the threat of vexatious prosecutions well into their 70s and 80s.\n\n\"We are finally bringing forward a solution to this problem, to enable the people of Northern Ireland to draw a line under the Troubles and to enable the people of Northern Ireland to move forward.\"\n\nA statute of limitations would end all prosecutions in Troubles-related cases\n\nPrior to the announcement, Northern Ireland's largest cross-community victims' group, Wave, said \"victims and survivors should not be treated this way\".\n\nIt added that if Mr Lewis \"is serious about effectively dealing with legacy he must talk to those most impacted by pain and trauma\".\n\nReports that the secretary of state was to announce a plan to end Troubles prosecutions also angered relatives of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.\n\nJulie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine, was among 21 people killed in the IRA bomb attacks, has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to protest against the reported proposal.\n\n\"At what point did your government lose all sight of its moral, ethical and judicial backbone? ,\" Ms Hambleton's letter asks.\n\nTwo IRA bombs exploded at the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town in Birmingham in November 1974\n\nJohn Teggart, whose father Danny was one of the victims of the Ballymurphy shootings in 1971, said the proposals were a \"slap in the face\" for victims.\n\n\"It dances on the graves of all our loved ones and all those who affected in the conflict,\" he told BBC News NI's Evening Extra.\n\nSerena Hamilton, whose father Cpl David Graham was an Ulster Defence Regiment soldier killed by the IRA in Coalisland, County Tyrone, in 1977, said she was \"absolutely disgusted\".\n\n\"How can you move forward when you haven't got justice in the first place for such heinous crimes that happened to the likes of my father?,\" she asked on Evening Extra.\n\nLord Dannatt, a former Army chief, who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, said the proposals represented the \"least worst option\" and offered families a way to get answers about what happened.\n\n\"There is now a mechanism where questions can be asked, facts can be ascertained and they will be able to get some degree of closure in knowing what happened because the people answering those questions, whether they're paramilitaries or retired soldiers, will be able to answer those questions truthfully and honestly without the fear of being prosecuted and dragged through the courts.\"\n\nAmnesty International rejected the proposals as showing an \"appalling and offensive disregard for victims\".\n\nIts Northern Ireland campaign manager, Grainne Teggart, said: \"Many victims are having their worst fears realised in these proposals, the government is closing down paths to justice.\"\n\nIan Simpson, from the Northern Ireland Veterans' Association, said \"today is a shameful day\".\n\nHe continued: \"Today, the veterans and innocent victims have been betrayed to the uttermost by Boris Johnson and the British government.\n\n\"People who held the line in Northern Ireland, who gave us peace in Northern Ireland, have been put on a pedestal with terrorists, people who went out on a daily basis to murder and to maim.\"\n\nThe government statement followed significant recent developments in a number of high-profile Troubles prosecution cases.\n\nIn May, two former paratroopers were acquitted of the 1972 murder of Official IRA man Joe McCann after their trial collapsed due to the inadmissibility of prosecution evidence.\n\nJoe McCann was shot near his home in the Markets area of Belfast in April 1972\n\nBoth soldiers had been interviewed by a police legacy unit, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET), in 2010 and it was that evidence which formed a substantial part of the prosecution's case.\n\nBut the judge ruled that evidence inadmissible and as the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) did not appeal against that decision, the case could not proceed.\n\nThen, earlier this month, the McCann murder trial collapse had implications for two other high-profile cases - the Bloody Sunday trial and the prosecution for the murder of 15-year-old Daniel Hegarty.\n\nThe PPS met the families of Daniel Hegarty and two men killed on Bloody Sunday to explain that given \"related evidential features\" to the McCann case, prosecutors no longer believed there was a reasonable prospect that key evidence against the soldiers accused of their loved one's murders would be ruled admissible.\n\nThe Bloody Sunday case was due to be formally dismissed in court last week, but instead it was adjourned following a legal challenge by a brother of one of the men shot dead on Bloody Sunday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt 10.30pm on a cold December night in 2019, a former titan of the global car industry lay bundled inside a box on board a plane, waiting to flee Japan.\n\n\"The plane was scheduled to take off at 11pm,\" recalls Carlos Ghosn.\n\n\"The 30 minutes waiting in the box on the plane, waiting for it to take off, was probably the longest wait I've ever experienced in my life.\"\n\nNow, for the first time, the man who was once the boss of both Nissan and Renault has detailed his daring escape.\n\nIn an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mr Ghosn tells how he disguised himself to slip unnoticed through the streets of Tokyo, why a large music equipment box was chosen to smuggle him out of Japan and the elation he felt when he finally landed in his native Lebanon.\n\n\"The thrill was that finally, I'm going to be able to tell the story,\" he said.\n\nMr Ghosn was arrested in November 2018 over allegations by Nissan that he had understated his annual salary and misused company funds, which he denies.\n\nCarlos Ghosn fled Japan in a music equipment box similar to these\n\nAt the time, Mr Ghosn was the chairman of the Japanese carmaker. He was also chairman of France's Renault and the boss of a three-way alliance between both carmakers and Mitsubishi.\n\nHis cost-cutting at Nissan - initially controversial - was ultimately seen to have saved the carmaker and he became a highly respected and recognisable figure. But he insists he was \"collateral damage\" in a fight back from Nissan against the increasing influence of Renault which still owns 43% of the Japanese company.\n\nDocumentary series Storyville details his extraordinary rise and sudden fall in Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight which will be shown on BBC 4 on Wednesday 14 July.\n\nDescribing the moment of his arrest at Toyko airport three years ago, Mr Ghosn said: \"It's like you're being hit by a bus or something really very traumatic happened to you.\n\n\"The only memory I have of this moment is shock, frozen trauma,\" he said.\n\nMr Ghosn was taken to the Tokyo Detention Centre where he was given prison clothes and confined to a cell. \"All of a sudden I had to learn to live without the watch, without the computer, without the telephone, without the news, without the pen - nothing,\" he said.\n\nFor more than a year, Mr Ghosn spent long periods in custody or was held under house arrest in Tokyo after being bailed. It was not clear when a trial would take place - the fear was it could take years - and Mr Ghosn faced a further 15 years in prison if convicted, in a country which has a 99.4% conviction rate.\n\nIt was during a period of house arrest, when Mr Ghosn was told he would not be allowed to have any contact with his wife, Carole, that he decided to find a way out.\n\nThe escape plan was hatched after Carlos Ghosn was told he could no longer have contact with his wife Carole\n\n\"The plan was I could not show my face so I have to be hidden somewhere,\" he said. \"And the only way I could be hidden [was] to be in a box or be in a luggage so nobody could see me, nobody could recognise me and the plan could work.\"\n\nHe said the idea of using a large box that would normally contain musical instruments \"was the most logical one, particularly that around this time there were a lot of concerts in Japan\".\n\nBut how would someone once so famous - now infamous - in Japan be able to get from his home in the capital to an airport and make his escape?\n\nThe plan was, said Mr Ghosn, to behave as normally as possible on the day. \"It should be a normal day where I have a normal walk with normal clothes, normal attitude and all of a sudden, everything change.\"\n\nMr Ghosn would have to swap the suits he'd worn for years as a high profile executive in the global automotive sector for something a little more casual. Think jeans and trainers.\n\n\"You can imagine I had to go places where I never been, buy clothes I've never bought,\" he said. \"All of this was part of how do you give yourself a maximum of chance of being successful and absolutely not drawing any attention to yourself.\"\n\nFrom Tokyo, Mr Ghosn travelled by bullet train to Osaka where a private jet was waiting at the local airport to depart. But first, the box, which was waiting for Mr Ghosn at a nearby hotel.\n\n\"When you get in the box, you don't think about the past, you don't think about the future, you just think about the moment,\" he said.\n\n\"You're not afraid, you don't have any emotion except the huge concentration on 'this is your chance, you can't miss it. If you miss it, you're going to pay with your life, with the life of a hostage in Japan'.\"\n\nMr Ghosn was transported from the hotel to the airport by two men, who were posing as musicians.\n\nIn all, Mr Ghosn reckons he was in the box for around an hour and a half, though it felt like it lasted \"one year and a half\".\n\nMichael Taylor and his son Peter posed as musicians to help Carlos Ghosn escape\n\nThe private jet took off on time, and Mr Ghosn - now free from his confines - flew through the night, swapped planes in Turkey before landing in Beirut the next morning.\n\nLebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan so Mr Ghosn has been allowed to remain there.\n\nHowever, Americans Michael Taylor and his son, Peter, have since been handed over by the US to Japan and now face three years in prison for helping Mr Ghosn to escape.\n\nAlso facing jail is Greg Kelly, Mr Ghosn's former colleague at Nissan, who remains under house arrest in Tokyo over allegations he helped his former boss disguise his earnings. Mr Kelly denies the charges.\n\nWhat of the people who have been left behind in Japan?\n\nMr Ghosn said: \"I've been told that the end of [Greg Kelly's] trial will be probably by the end of this year. And then God knows what's going to be the results of this trial for, as I said, a bogus reason.\"\n\nHe added: \"I feel sorry for all the people who are victim of the hostage justice system in Japan, all of them.\"\n\nThis part-Lebanese, part-Brazilian citizen of the world is all of these things.\n\nHe lived more like a head of state than a head of industry. A company party at the Palace of Versailles, coincidentally - he says - on his 60th birthday, saw him hold court with waiting staff dressed in pre-revolutionary garb.\n\nAs simultaneous head of Renault and Nissan - he was a lightning rod of unease for some at both companies. Those at Nissan feared he would oversee a French coup of the traditional Japanese business he saved. And those at Renault disliked his shunning of the establishment and appearance in the pages of Paris society magazines.\n\nAny global chief executive has to be sensitive to political nuance. The fact that Carlos Ghosn, after nearly 20 years at Nissan, was totally blindsided by his arrest in Tokyo suggests he had lost touch with the organisations he was trying to bring closer together.\n\nHis story has everything: hubris, corporate and global politics and an escape-caper worthy of a Hollywood film. He insists he is a man more sinned against than sinning and is working with lawyers to clear his name.\n\nUntil then, he remains a once-big-fish in a small pond, living in exile and under armed guard in Beirut for the foreseeable future.\n\nThis is not the ending he was expecting in this extraordinary drama.\n\nYou can see the full programme on Storyville Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight on BBC4 on Wednesday 14 July at 10pm or on the iplayer.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nHarry Maguire's father Alan suffered two suspected broken ribs before England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy, says the England defender.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates for Sunday's game at Wembley.\n\nMaguire's father, 56, was \"struggling to breathe\" after being trampled on.\n\n\"My dad was in the stampede,\" Maguire told the Sun. \"It was not a nice experience - it shook him up. He said he was scared.\"\n• None FA review after fans break into Wembley for final\n\nThe Manchester United captain, who has two daughters, added: \"I don't want anyone to experience that at a football match.\n\n\"He was fortunate as every game he has been to he has had my nephew or one of my kids on his shoulders. I am pleased my kids didn't go to the game.\"\n\nThe 28-year-old's father and agent Kenneth Shepherd were caught up in the incident as they made their way to the seating area reserved for players' families.\n\nMedical attention was not sought at the time, Maguire saying of his father: \"He was struggling with his breathing afterwards because of his ribs, but he's not one to make a big fuss.\"\n\nMaguire, who had about 20 members of his family and friends at the game, said he hoped the security breach would not affect England's chances of hosting a future World Cup.\n• None Maguire, Walker and Sterling named in team of tournament\n• None How you rated the England players at Euro 2020\n\n\"The way some people acted was totally wrong,\" he added.\n\n\"Dad will always support me and go to the games but he will be a little bit more aware of everything going on around.\n\n\"[Wembley] has been an amazing home, and the way [fans] have acted has been unbelievable, apart from the odd few in a final.\n\n\"We need to learn and we will — and it would be an amazing place to hold the World Cup.\"\n\nSeparately, Julian Knight, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has written a letter to Mark Bullingham, chief executive of the Football Association, asking for further detail on the safety and security measures taken.\n\nThe MP said he was \"shocked and appalled by the violence seen at Wembley for Sunday's final\" and expects a reply by 20 July.\n\n\"These culturally significant events should inspire the next generation, not leave reports of children being terrified,\" he said.\n\n\"We have concerns about whether the preparations for the event were sufficient and are requesting urgent answers from the FA. Given the situation, what planning had been done for people 'storming' the stadium?\"", "Masks have been mandatory on public transport for the past year\n\nMayors and political leaders across England have called for face masks to remain on public transport, despite coronavirus rules easing next week.\n\nAlmost all Covid-19 restrictions are set to be removed on 19 July.\n\nMayors including Greater Manchester's Andy Burnham and West Midlands' Andy Street have urged passengers to continue wearing face coverings.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared masks mandatory on public transport in the capital.\n\nBut Mr Khan, unlike his counterparts across England, has the power to make it compulsory.\n\nMr Burnham said masks would still be required on Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram network as part of a condition of carriage.\n\nHe said he did not have power over buses or trains but urged people to continue wearing masks as an \"act of solidarity\".\n\nHe said he had been inundated with messages from vulnerable people describing 19 July as \"fear day\" rather than \"freedom day\", and it was \"not right\" that they should be \"forced off\" public transport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 19 July \"fear day, not freedom day\" for some, says Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham\n\nWest Yorkshire's mayor Tracy Brabin and Dan Jarvis in South Yorkshire have ordered the use of face coverings to continue in the county's bus stations and encouraged their use on public transport.\n\nLiverpool mayor Steve Rotherham said he was asking all transport operators to enforce mask-wearing.\n\n\"I'll be asking all of them to do the right thing,\" he said.\n\nWearing face masks \"costs nothing\" and they were a \"minor inconvenience\", he added.\n\nMeanwhile, in the North East, council leaders have called for similar powers to those of the London mayor.\n\nNorth of Tyne's mayor Jamie Driscoll said coronavirus was \"still a dangerous disease\" and the government should \"reverse its decision\".\n\nHe added: \"You wouldn't make the speed limit voluntary.\"\n\nAndy Street said Transport for West Midlands staff would be handing out face masks after 19 July\n\nMr Street said he does not have the power to make face coverings mandatory across all modes of public transport, but called on passengers to \"join in this collective effort\", adding Transport for West Midlands staff would be handing out face masks after 19 July.\n\nThe government has previously said masks were still \"expected and recommended\" in crowded indoor areas, but people will not be required by law to wear them from Monday.\n\nMs Brabin repeated a call for the government to mandate the use of face masks across all public transport networks, saying 71% of people supported their continued use.\n\nWest of England Mayor Dan Norris said he had written to the prime minister to complain about the \"ridiculous\" decision not to enforce mask-wearing.\n\nTracy Brabin said the majority of people supported the continued use of masks\n\nThe North East in particular has seen a rapid rise in infection rates in recent weeks and Martin Gannon, leader of Gateshead Council, has written to the government saying masks could help tackle this.\n\nMiddlesbrough mayor Andy Preston said: \"I hate face masks, but I do know that wearing one limits the spread of Covid and saves lives.\n\n\"Freedom is in sight, but we just need one last push before the worst is finally behind us.\"\n\nThe Greater Anglia train company, which operates services across the south and east of England, said it would continue to ask passengers to wear face coverings during busy times.\n\nIn Scotland, the mandatory use of face coverings will remain in place for \"some time\", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said, even after the country eases most of its other restrictions on 19 July.\n\nIn Wales, masks will continue to be required by law in some settings, including public transport.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "England player Marcus Rashford says booing won't stop the team taking the knee before games\n\nFootball fans should not boo players who decide to \"take the knee\" before matches, Downing Street has said.\n\nBoris Johnson wanted to see fans \"getting behind the team to cheer them on\" instead, a spokesman said.\n\nBut the prime minister has not condemned fans who jeered when England players took the knee during two recent games.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said booing was \"wrong,\" and accused the PM of lacking \"the guts to call it out\".\n\nMeanwhile, Scotland players have now decided to take the knee for their Euro 2020 game against England next week, having previously decided not to.\n\nEngland players are set to continue making the gesture during the delayed European championship, which gets under way this week.\n\nNo 10 has declined to condemn fans who jeered when England players took the knee at two recent warm-up games for the tournament.\n\nAsked on Friday whether Mr Johnson would condemn supporters who boo, his spokesman replied: \"The prime minister respects the right of all people to peacefully protest and make their feelings known about injustices.\n\n\"I think the prime minister has spoken before about his desire to get everybody to get behind the national team and the PM would like to see everyone getting behind the team to cheer them on, not boo.\"\n\nEducation Minister Gillian Keegan has said players taking the knee, done in support of Black Lives Matter, was \"creating division\".\n\nBut in an interview with The Guardian, Sir Keir Starmer said England players were right to do it, calling it \"an important collective decision by the team about their expression of their opposition to discrimination and racism\".\n\n\"The idea you boo the team is completely wrong,\" he said.\n\n\"The prime minister was wrong when he refused to call it out. He didn't have the guts to call it out, he hedged his bets and in doing so he undermined the team on the verge of this competition.\n\n\"He didn't have the courage to stand by the England team on the verge of this competition, and he's wrong about that and that's a failure of leadership.\"\n\nIn his Guardian interview, Sir Keir said opposition to racism was a \"fundamental principle\"\n\nFormer Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has praised England players for taking the knee - adding they were \"bringing the whole country together\".\n\nIn an interview recorded on Thursday, Mr Brown told the BBC's Political Thinking podcast that the team had taken a \"difficult decision\" in adopting the gesture - which England player Marcus Rashford has called the \"right thing to do\".\n\nHe added: \"I don't think it was right for Downing Street not to support Marcus Rashford.\n\n\"Marcus Rashford has stood up for some really good causes over the last year, but he's also stood up for far better race relations and community relations in this country. So we should support the team when it does this.\n\nMr Brown, who was Labour prime minister from 2007 to 2010, told Nick Robinson he would \"like Boris Johnson to come out publicly to support the England football team in what they do\".\n\nHe warned it would be \"bad for Britain\" if \"culture wars started to develop\" and \"people seized on one instance of someone doing something and trying to make it a big issue that divided the public rather than united the public\".\n\nOn Friday, Scotland Manager Steve Clarke said the players had decided to take the knee for their game against England next Friday to show \"solidarity\" with England players \"on the receiving end of abuse from fans\".\n\nThe Scotland players will continue to stand for their other games during the tournament.\n\nMr Clark added that the team had \"reflected\" on the matter as a group, after \"divisive and inaccurate comments\" about their decision to stand instead of kneel.\n\n\"We remain committed to our principles of taking a stand, but we must also be unequivocal in condemning the opportunistic false narrative being presented by some,\" he added.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon backed the team's stance, saying that taking the knee alongside England players was a \"good decision\".\n\nWales are also taking the knee during Euro 2020\n\nAsked about the booing on Sunday, Mr Rashford said: \"It's something that we can't control, and for us we believe [taking the knee is] the right thing to do, so we're going to continue to do it.\"\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate has said his team's gesture, adopted throughout the last Premier League season, is not \"political\" but an attempt to highlight racial injustice.\n\nWales will also take the knee at Euro 2020.\n\nOn BBC One's Question Time on Thursday, Ms Keegan said people were \"perfectly free\" to take the knee, but added it was \"symbolism more than action\".\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he \"absolutely\" backed the \"symbolism of reminding the world of how painful it is to be subjected to the racism that Marcus Rashford has been subjected to\".\n\nHe added: \"If you then extrapolate to a Black Lives Matter movement that has a political agenda... that's a different place... which is why I think we just have to differentiate and rightly back our team.\"\n\nAmerican footballer Colin Kaepernick started kneeling during the pre-game national anthem in the NFL in 2016, in protest at police violence against African-Americans.\n\nSince last year, when the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the US, many sportspeople around the world have chosen to take the knee.\n\nNick Robinson's interview with Gordon Brown will be broadcast at 17:30 BST on Saturday on BBC Radio 4. It will also be available on BBC Sounds.", "Megan Willis and John Hall want their baby to have \"the best chance at life\"\n\nA baby with a fatal condition has had his parents' request for treatment using the world's most expensive drug approved by the NHS after a campaign.\n\nTen-month-old Edward, from Colchester, has severe spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), meaning he lacks a protein vital for muscle development.\n\nHe will receive the new gene therapy Zolgensma, which usually costs £1.79m.\n\nEdward's mother Megan Willis, 29, said: \"We feel incredibly lucky, happy and relieved.\"\n\nHis parents previously said they felt abandoned in their \"race against time\" for Edward to receive the drug, which they hoped would transform his life.\n\nDoctors said the drug, which contains a replica of the missing gene SMN1, needed to be given as a one-off treatment as early as possible to halt the progression of the disease.\n\nMs Willis said it could be the difference between Edward being able to stand or not, and she was prepared to organise a protest if the decision had been delayed much longer.\n\nMegan Willis and John Hall believe it is a \"race against time\" for their baby\n\n\"We have been fighting for so long for this drug. We can't believe it is finally happening. We just hope we don't have to wait a long time,\" she said.\n\n\"Edward turns one in September and time is of the essence.\"\n\nZolgensma is thought to be the most expensive drug in the world, at a usual cost of £1.79m per patient, though NHS England said it had negotiated an undisclosed discount.\n\nWhen it was approved for use by the NHS in March, guidelines set by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said it should only be used for babies under six months old who were not already being treated, which would have excluded Edward.\n\nBut it added a decision on whether to give it to other babies would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.\n\nAbout 65 babies are born with SMA in England each year. It causes muscle weakness and affects movement and breathing, meaning most babies do not live past the age of two without intervention.\n\nIn studies, Zolgensma has helped babies breathe without a ventilator, sit up on their own and crawl and walk after a single treatment.\n\nEdward is one of 65 babies born with SMA every year in England\n\nEdward, who was diagnosed at two months old, was receiving injections of another drug called Spinraza every four months at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.\n\nSpinraza can help slow degeneration in some patients, but is a treatment rather than a cure and involves regular injections in the spine for life, compared to the one-off injection of Zolgensma.\n\nMs Willis said she was now looking forward to enjoying life with Edward for the first time without the battle to pay for the drug \"looming\" over them.\n\n\"Our aim is to get him walking. I think for the first time we can actually plan his future, knowing he has got the best possible treatment out there for his condition,\" she said.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An Afghan man suspected of being a leading member of an international people-smuggling network has been arrested in north London.\n\nGul Wali Jabarkhel, 32, was detained by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers in Colindale on Thursday evening.\n\nHe is accused of being part of an organised crime group involved in transporting migrants from northern France and Belgium into the UK.\n\nHe faces two charges of conspiracy to facilitate illegal migration to the UK.\n\nMr Jabarkhel appeared at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Saturday. He was remanded in custody and will appear at Harrow Crown Court on 6 August.\n\nThe Afghan group he is suspected of being involved with allegedly had contacts with organised gangs in Belgium, and planned to use lorry drivers to smuggle migrants across the Channel on a regular basis, the NCA said.\n\nNCA Branch Commander Andy Noyes said: \"This is a significant arrest. Jabarkhel is suspected of running a criminal enterprise which involved migrants being moved across the Channel in lorries in dangerous circumstances.\n\n\"Organised immigration crime sees people treated as a commodity to be exploited and profited from, and tackling it is a priority for the NCA.\"", "Welsh language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith addressed the crowd, calling for \"urgent action\"\n\nPlans to tackle the second homes \"crisis\" in Wales are \"vague\" and \"unambitious\", a campaign group says.\n\nHundreds gathered at Llyn Celyn in Gwynedd on Saturday after the Welsh government announced plans to \"inject fairness back into the housing system\".\n\nGwynedd has the highest number of second homes at 5,098, which represents 20% of all second homes in Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was \"working at speed\" for \"sustainable solutions to what are complex issues\".\n\nMabli Siriol, chairwoman of Welsh language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith, addressed the crowd and called for \"urgent action\".\n\nShe called for measures including new taxes and legislation to bring in price caps on second homes, and \"invest that money in our communities to bring houses back into public hands\".\n\n\"What we've got from them is vague and unambitious promises - more consultation, more pilot projects - that will take years to make a difference, which is time we can't afford to waste,\" she said.\n\nOne placard read \"hawl i fyw yn lleol\" (right to live locally)\n\nThere were 24,873 second homes registered for council tax purposes in Wales in January 2021, according to official figures.\n\nOfficials say numbers of homes could be much higher depending on the exact definition of a second home.\n\nThose looking to buy second homes or buy-to-let properties in Wales have to pay an extra 4% in land transaction tax (LTT) on top of the tax payable for their band.\n\nGwynedd has 5,098 second homes - 20% of all second homes in Wales\n\nNew figures from the Welsh Revenue Authority show 44% of all homes sold in the Gwynedd constituency of Dwyfor Meirionnydd during 2020-21 were subject to the higher rate of LTT.\n\nThe area's member of the Senedd (MS), Mabon ap Gwynfor, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: \"These latest statistics show that the housing crisis is getting worse and that the Welsh government's decision to raise the LTT by 1% hasn't worked... we have to take much more ambitious steps.\"\n\nEarlier this week the Welsh government said it would pick an area of Wales to pilot new policies aimed at \"injecting fairness back into the housing system\".\n\nIt said officials would also look at options to shut a tax \"loophole\" where some second home owners do not pay council tax.\n\nThe government has also said it will launch a Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan in the autumn.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"Fairness is at the heart of our plans, ensuring that everyone in Wales can have access to good quality, affordable housing.\n\n\"Within the first two months of forming a new government, we have set out plans to begin to address the impact of second and holiday home ownership in some communities and to protect the interests of Welsh language communities.\n\n\"We are working at speed to implement sustainable solutions to what are complex issues.\"", "Lord Frost is appearing in person before the committee\n\nThe UK's Brexit minister has described negotiations with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol as \"a little tense\" at the moment.\n\nLord Frost appeared in person at Stormont's Executive Office committee on Friday.\n\nHe said the UK and EU needed to find a \"new balance\" to ensure problems with the protocol's implementation were resolved.\n\nBut he said elements of the protocol were also currently \"working well\".\n\nLord Frost's evidence to the committee came just a week after the EU's chief negotiator gave evidence to the committee.\n\nAppearing before the committee, Lord Frost repeated that the government is preparing to publish its plans for the future of the protocol in the next fortnight, before Parliament rises for the summer recess.\n\nHe said the EU had still not responded to 12 papers tabled by the UK.\n\nThe EU has said a temporary Swiss-style veterinary agreement for Northern Ireland, in which the UK continues to follow EU agri-food rules, could be a solution, but it has been rejected by the UK.\n\nLord Frost accused the EU of being unreasonable in responding to some of the UK's concerns.\n\n\"Their solution is 'why don't you adopt our rules, then there won't be a problem'. We're accused of being ideological but it seems to me, equally ideological to say 'why don't you just adopt our laws?'\"\n\nHe said there were possible resolutions but that \"getting politics in the right place seems to be difficult\".\n\nLord Frost's appearance at the committee comes just over a week after EU chief negotiator Maros Sefcovic addressed a Stormont committee\n\n\"It is a little tense at the moment. Nobody wants that but the protocol issues are at the core.\n\n\"There is a big prize if we can get this right, it does need both sides to take the situation seriously and fix the problems that currently exist,\" he added.\n\nThe protocol is the part of the Brexit deal which keeps Northern Ireland in the EU single market for goods and means EU customs rules are enforced at its ports.\n\nIt was agreed by the UK and EU in October 2019 and was subject to further negotiation and agreement in 2020.\n\nLord Frost helped to negotiate the protocol on behalf of the UK government, but previously said it was not being implemented as he intended.\n\nUnder the terms of the Brexit withdrawal treaty, the protocol can only be removed by a majority vote of the Stormont Assembly, with a vote due in 2024.\n\nCommittee chairman, the SDLP's Colin McGrath, said the government needed to \"own your deal\" and work to develop pragmatic solutions.\n\nSinn Féin's Pat Sheehan put it to Lord Frost that political problems with the protocol were being \"completely overblown\" and that a majority of businesses in Northern Ireland were supportive of the protocol.\n\nThe minister replied that GB-NI trade opportunities had changed and in some cases, disappeared, and that was not what the government had \"wanted to achieve\" when delivering Brexit.\n\n\"Nobody that I've spoken to from a wide range of political and civil society, businesses, nobody thinks it's working perfectly as it should, or have suggested improvements,\" he added.\n\nEarlier on Friday, Lord Frost had met business representatives from Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade, and other business leaders.\n\nFormer DUP Economy Minister Diane Dodds said the government needed to recognise that the protocol had no support from any unionist parties at Stormont.\n\n\"You and the EU have overridden consent and now want majority rule. What are you going to do to restore the balance of consent?,\" she asked.\n\nLord Frost said he had \"a good deal of sympathy\" for that argument.\n\n\"The consent mechanism is an albeit imperfect way of allowing the institutions here to say, looking at all these variances it's working tolerably, or looking at them all, it's not working,\" he added.\n\n\"If you don't have a fairly broad consent at most points, this is not simply something about in four years' time - you need to have broad consent to make it workable and that's why it worries us so much that we don't have it.\n\nUlster Unionist vice-chair of the committee, John Stewart asked Lord Frost to explain what any \"rebalancing\" of the protocol would look like.\n\nLord Frost said he would not reveal the details prior to a statement being made in Parliament, but added that the \"fundamental issue\" was finding a way to ensure goods could move from GB to NI in a \"freer way than possible\" at present.\n\nLord Frost's appearance at the committee comes just over a week after EU chief negotiator Maros Sefcovic gave evidence to MLAs about the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nLast week, the EU agreed to a UK request to delay a ban on chilled meat products from Great Britain being sold in Northern Ireland.\n\nProducts such as chilled sausages were due to be prohibited from 1 July as a consequence of the protocol arrangement, but this has been postponed for another three months.", "An England fan said he had lost £2,000 after he bought fake tickets for the Euro 2020 final.\n\nAston Villa fan Ben Moore said he was \"sceptical\" of the offer, but it seemed believable when the seller showed him photos of the tickets.\n\nHe agreed to pay £2,000 upfront and a further £2,000 for the second seat on receipt of the tickets.\n\nBut a few hours after the money was sent, the seller blocked Mr Moore, 28, on Twitter and \"disappeared\".\n\nHe has reported the incident to his bank and Action Fraud.\n\n\"I'd been spamming the UEFA ticket portal for days, like all England fans, but I went through Twitter and came across this guy\", he said.\n\n\"He showed me the tickets through the app, so I could see pictures and they were quite believable.\"\n\nThe 28-year-old, originally from Birmingham but now living in Banbury in Oxfordshire, said he \"doesn't like doing this sort of stuff\" and has \"never been conned like this\".\n\nBen Moore (pictured with friend and family) successfully managed to get tickets for England's match against Croatia\n\nAfter sharing his experience on his Villa blog, he said another fan got in touch to say he had been duped by the same person.\n\n\"It's not nice, the money is bad, it's horrible,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm disappointed at not being able to go to the game.\n\n\"I'm a massive England fan, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity.\"\n\nHe said he used money from his mortgage savings to pay for the tickets, but was relieved he had not paid the full £4,000 asking price for the pair of tickets.\n\nMr Moore said he has also faced criticism from people online saying he was \"stupid\".\n\n\"I'm very analytical but the messages looked so genuine,\" he said.\n\n\"The deep down disappointment is not actually being able to go to the game. It's a double kick in the teeth.\"\n\nThe BBC has contacted Action Fraud for comment.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alice Hodgkinson was reported missing after failing to turn up for work\n\nThe body of an English teacher who went missing in Japan has been found.\n\nAlice Hodgkinson, from Nottingham, was reported missing by her manager on 1 July after she failed to arrive at work in Tokyo.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said there were not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding her death.\n\nThe 28-year-old's family said she was \"an intelligent, adventurous, confident, caring, young woman with a tremendous sense of humour\".\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was \"supporting her family at this difficult time\" and was \"in contact with local authorities in Japan\".\n\nMs Hodgkinson taught at Shane English School and lived in the neighbouring Kanagawa prefecture.\n\nHer family paid tribute to friends and family in the UK and Japan who helped with efforts to find her.\n\n\"Their support at this difficult time has been truly humbling,\" they said.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The under 30s account for between 60% and 68% of positive tests\n\nFriends and families need to encourage the under-30s to get a Covid vaccine, a health chief has said.\n\nWales' deputy chief medical officer for vaccines Dr Gill Richardson said one-in-four 18 to 29-year-olds were not vaccinated and \"the health boards can only do so much\".\n\nAll adults should have been offered a jab, and most health boards now offer walk-in vaccinations centres.\n\nBut over 130,0000 under-30s in Wales have not had a vaccine.\n\nOnly about 5,500 people under 30 received a first dose in the latest week, down from nearly 7,800 the week before and 13,150 the week before that.\n\nBack in November, only about 35% of positive tests were among the under-30s but that proportion has risen to between 60% and 68%.\n\nDr Richardson urged those who have not had a vaccine to visit a walk-in clinic at the weekend.\n\nShe told BBC Radio Wales: \"We need families and partners and friends to encourage that one-in-four. Everybody knows who those one-in-four are.\n\n\"If you are in those age groups and you've got a friend that hasn't yet had the vaccine... please just encourage them to go and chat, just go along and have a chat, and discuss any concerns that you have.\n\n\"The health boards can only do so much.\"\n\nShe said some people in the age group had \"a lot of other things on their minds\".\n\n\"The Euros for instance, there's all sorts of things, like work and studies and childcare,\" she said.\n\nShe said details of walk-in centres could be found on health board websites.\n\nDr Bnar Talabani is a doctor and scientist from Cardiff who encourages people to take the vaccine using social media such as TikTok and Instagram.\n\nShe said some younger people think they did not need a vaccine because they were young and well, but that did not mean they were safe from Covid.\n\nShe said: : \"We focus so much on hospitalisation and deaths, which tends to be rare in young people, but sadly it can happen in young people if you're completely healthy and well. We have seen people like that end up in hospital and sadly die.\n\n\"But actually, what's more important and what people I don't think have focused on as well, is long Covid, which is just as common in young people as in middle-aged and older people.\n\n\"It's a irretractable fatigue so people can't return to work, can't return to university, and are really struggling to return to school - because we've also seen it in children, adolescents - and it's also irreversible organ damage.\"\n\nThe higher case rates among the under-25s has been driving the rates in those local authority areas where they are highest.\n\nThe latest Public Health Wales breakdown has shown cases among under-25s across north Wales and in Cardiff in particular continue to have higher incidences.\n\nThe highest cases rate for under-25s was in Wrexham with 412.4 cases per 100,000 - that's 165 cases in the last week.\n\nThe area has 6,000 young people who have not yet taken up a vaccine.\n\nWrexham also has above average cases among the over 65s.\n\nTwo-thirds of the cases in Cardiff were among the under 25s.", "Wayne Couzens will be sentenced for the murder of Sarah Everard in September\n\nPC Wayne Couzens was accused of indecent exposure six years before he murdered Sarah Everard, it has emerged.\n\nKent Police is now being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over whether it handled the allegations in 2015 properly.\n\nThe IOPC is also examining allegations the Met Police did not investigate adequately another claim that Couzens had exposed himself.\n\nThat alleged incident happened in south London only days before the killing.\n\nFirearms officer Couzens has pleaded guilty to the 33-year-old marketing executive's murder. He will be sentenced in September.\n\nTwo officers are under investigation for possible breaches of professional standards in relation to the alleged flashing offence in London, said to have happened in a fast-food restaurant.\n\nIn total, the IOPC said 12 gross misconduct or misconduct notices had so far been served on police officers from several forces relating to the Couzens case.\n\nOne IOPC investigation is examining allegations that a probationary Met constable, who was at a cordon around a scene of investigation in the case, shared an \"inappropriate graphic\" with colleagues via social media. Three officers have been served with gross misconduct notices in relation to that allegation.\n\nSarah Everard was abducted in south London by Couzens, who drove her to Kent where he raped and strangled her\n\nThe IOPC is also looking into allegations that officers from several different police forces breached standards of professional behaviour by sharing via a messaging app information that was linked to the prosecution of Couzens.\n\nOne officer has been served with a gross misconduct notice and another six have received misconduct notices.\n\nAdditionally, the IOPC is examining the circumstances around Couzens sustaining head injuries in custody, on 10 and 12 March, while he was being held on suspicion of Ms Everard's murder.\n\nIt said all officers in that inquiry were being treated as witnesses.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Commissioner Cressida Dick: \"All of us in the Met are sickened, angered and devastated\"\n\nCouzens joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) in March 2011, leaving to work for the Met in September 2018.\n\nHe was initially based in Bromley in south-east London then moved to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, where his primary role was uniformed patrols, mainly at a range of embassies in the central London.\n\nThe CNC said Couzens served for eight months at Sellafield in Cumbria before transferring to Dungeness, Kent, where he was based for the rest of his service.\n\nBefore joining the CNC, he was with Kent Police.\n\nThe CNC said Couzens underwent an \"enhanced level of vetting\" and had no records of complaints or misconduct made against him.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The body of Sarah Everard was found hidden in woodland\n\nMet Police officer Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nThe firearms officer snatched her as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham on 3 March, driving her away in a car he had hired.\n\nThe 33-year-old's body was found a week later in woodland near Ashford, Kent, metres from land owned by Couzens. She had been raped and strangled.\n\nCouzens, 48, will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 29 September.\n\nMet Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick was in court when Couzens pleaded guilty.\n\nSpeaking outside the Old Bailey, Dame Cressida said she felt \"sickened, angered and devastated\" by his crimes.\n\nShe added: \"They are dreadful and everyone in policing feels betrayed.\n\n\"Sarah was a fantastic, talented young woman with her whole life ahead of her and that has been snatched away.\"\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct said on Friday that a total of 12 gross misconduct or misconduct notices had so far been served on police officers from multiple forces in relation to the Couzens case, including about the handling of two separate claims that Couzens had indecently exposed himself.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Commissioner Cressida Dick: \"All of us in the Met are sickened, angered and devastated\"\n\nProsecutor Tom Little QC told the court that Couzens and marketing executive Ms Everard had been \"total strangers to each other\".\n\nOn the night Ms Everard was snatched, she and Couzens were seen on camera standing by his hire car.\n\nIt was parked on the pavement with its hazard lights flashing.\n\nWayne Couzens had previously pleaded guilty to kidnap and rape\n\nCouzens drove them out of London to Tilmanstone, near Deal in Kent. Investigators were able to track the route he took using CCTV and identified the driver through the car hire firm.\n\nThe police constable had made the booking in his own name, picking up the Vauxhall Astra on the afternoon of the abduction and returning it the next morning. He was arrested on 9 March, only minutes after he had wiped the data from his mobile phone.\n\nIn Court 12 of the Old Bailey five members of Sarah Everard's family sat listening as police officer Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty to her murder.\n\nOn video-link from Belmarsh Prison he kept his head down and was shaking slightly.\n\nAs the barrister representing Couzens said his guilty plea was a sign of his remorse and the burden he would have to bear, Sarah's mother raised her hands.\n\nIt seemed as if she was saying that wasn't much comfort now.\n\nThe Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick was also in court. Her force caught the murderer, only to discover it was one of her own officers.\n\nSarah Everard was described as \"beautiful, thoughtful and incredibly kind\"\n\nIn his police interview, Couzens said he had got into trouble with a gang of Eastern Europeans who threatened him and his family.\n\nThey demanded he deliver \"another girl\" after he had underpaid a prostitute a few weeks before, the firearms officer said.\n\nHe claimed he kidnapped Ms Everard, drove out of London and handed her over to three men in a van in a layby in Kent, while she was alive and uninjured.\n\nMs Everard's family was in court for Couzens' guilty plea\n\nMeanwhile, police found out that Couzens and his wife owned a small patch of woodland in Ashford.\n\nPhone data led officers to the site and Ms Everard's body was found just outside the property boundary the day after Couzens' arrest.\n\nCouzens entered his guilty plea via video-link from Belmarsh Prison\n\nMs Everard was abducted by the police officer while walking along a busy road\n\nOn Friday, Couzens' defence barrister told the court his client's admission of murder \"represents a truly guilty plea and remorse for what he did and, as he put it to us this morning, he will bear the burden for the rest of his life - his words - 'as I deserve'.\"\n\nJudge Lord Justice Fulford - who before adjourning the case discussed legal precedents for whole-life prison sentences - told the court: \"This has been a mammoth investigation which has produced some very significant results in terms of being able to understand what happened.\"\n\nSpeaking after the conviction, the Crown Prosecution Service's Carolyn Oakley said: \"Wayne Couzens lied to the police when he was arrested and to date, he has refused to comment.\n\n\"We still do not know what drove him to commit this appalling crime against a stranger.\n\n\"Today is a day to remember Sarah and our thoughts remain with her family and friends.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "First Minister Paul Givan and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill both laid wreaths\n\nFirst Minister Paul Givan and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill have laid wreaths in Dublin at an event to commemorate the Battle of the Somme.\n\nIt is the first time Sinn Féin vice-president Ms O'Neill has attended a Royal British Legion wreath-laying ceremony.\n\nThe event took place at the Irish National War Memorial at Islandbridge.\n\nIt was addressed by representatives from the Royal British Legion districts in Dublin and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe DUP first minister said it was \"a privilege to lay a wreath on behalf of the people of Northern Ireland in honour of all those who gave their lives for our freedom\".\n\nMs O'Neill said she was paying her respects to all those who lost their lives and remembering the enormous loss felt by so many\".\n\n\"I hope my attendance here demonstrates my commitment to the principles of equality and parity of esteem for all identities and traditions on this island,\" she added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by NI Executive This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSinn Féin's former Stormont Speaker Mitchel McLaughlin attended the same commemoration in 2015 alongside the then Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Dublin Críona Ní Dhálaigh.\n\nIt is understood that Ms O'Neill has attended an Armistice Day service in the past but this was the first time she took part in a wreath-laying commemoration organised by the Royal British Legion.\n\nShe is also due to attend the National Day of Commemoration in the National Museum of Ireland on Sunday along with Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin.\n\nThe Battle of the Somme, which began on 1 July 1916, was one of the deadliest battles in human history.\n\nOn the first day the British Army suffered 57,470 casualties including 19,240 deaths.\n\nMany Irish soldiers fought in the battle, including those of the 16th (Irish) Division and the 36th (Ulster) Division.", "Jonathan Coleman was best known as Jono\n\nTributes have been paid to radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman who has died at the age of 65.\n\nThe fast-talking DJ, who was born in London, had a long broadcasting career in both the UK and Australia.\n\nHe was diagnosed with prostate cancer four years ago and died on Friday with his wife and children by his side, his family said.\n\nHis wife Margot said they would \"miss him beyond words\", while others have paid tribute to the \"giant of radio\".\n\nColeman, who was known best as Jono, was born in Hackney on 29 February 1956.\n\nHis family moved to Australia where he first appeared on TV screens in 1979 and soon after featured on various radio stations.\n\nHe presented numerous radio shows in the UK including the Russ and Jono show on Virgin Radio\n\nHe later spent 16 years in the UK where he presented the Russ and Jono Show with Russell Williams on Virgin Radio in the 1990s, as well as other programmes on BBC Radio London and Heart 106.2.\n\nIn a statement, his wife said they had been \"soul mates for close to 40 years\" and described him as someone \"with enormous talent and the special gift to make people laugh\".\n\nShe added her husband had wanted to be remembered \"for doing a good deed every day\", and that this reflected his \"generosity and caring nature\".\n\nAmong those to pay tribute was his former fellow presenter Williams who said working together had been the \"best of times and right now it feels like the worst of times\".\n\n\"Rest easy 'Little buddy' and 'Thank You Very Much Indeed'. Blessed to have had him in my life,\" he wrote.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Radio London This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFilm star Russell Crowe tweeted that Coleman was a \"lovely man\", while radio and television presenter Jeremy Vine described him as a \"giant of radio\".\n\nBBC Radio London also paid tribute, tweeting: \"We are so sad at the news that our former colleague Jono Coleman has died from cancer at the age of 65.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with Jono's wife Margot and his children today.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby\n\nReplacement fly-half Jarrod Evans missed a last-gasp penalty as Wales drew with Argentina, who were reduced to 14 men, for the first time. Pumas full-back Juan Cruz Mallia was shown a red card after 29 minutes for a reckless tackle on Kieran Hardy. The Pumas were trailing 6-3 at the time, but rallied through tries from Pablo Matera and Jeronimo de la Fuente, and the boot of Nicolas Sanchez. Tries from Will Rowlands and Tomos Williams helped Wales level the scores. Evans lined up the long-range effort in the final minute, but it went wide. Argentina had earlier missed three penalty attempts in a match watched by 7,828 supporters. The two sides will meet in the second Test in Cardiff next Saturday (15:00 BST). Wales were indebted to the 47th-minute introduction of replacement half-backs Tomos Williams and Evans, who helped change the game's complexion after Argentina had dominated the contact area. It was always going to be a tough test for a Wales side with 10 players on the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa, and also without injured duo Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric. They made three changes to the team that thrashed Canada 68-12, with Hallam Amos, Owen Lane and Kieran Hardy starting for the injured Leigh Halfpenny and demoted Tom Rogers and Williams. Argentina had nine starters - six in the forwards - from the XV that had beaten New Zealand for the first time in November 2020. The Pumas also drew twice with Australia last year. This two-Test series was due to be played in South America, but was switched because of Covid-19, and that meant the Welsh anthem was unusually played first in Cardiff, as Argentina were officially the home side. In a frantic opening, Wales number eight Aaron Wainwright made a dynamic burst before a towering Amos catch from his own kick set up an attacking chance the home side squandered. A missed long-range penalty effort from Callum Sheedy was compounded by the Wales fly-half, who produced an ambitious 22 drop-out and then conceded a penalty which Sanchez slotted over. Sheedy made amends by slotting to level the scores before handling errors from both sides halted the game's early momentum. Wales lost Wainwright through injury and the hosts' ball-carrying ability suffered. Josh Turnbull came on as a replacement and made an immediate impression with a turnover penalty. Sheedy kicked his second penalty before Argentina wing Santiago Carreras suffered a nasty head injury trying to tackle Turnbull from the kick-off. English referee Matthew Carley yellow-carded opposing props Dillon Lewis and Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro for persistent scrummaging offences with Leon Brown and Facundo Gigena introduced. The chaos continued when Cruz Mallia was red carded after his head connected with Hardy following a reckless challenge as the Pumas full-back chased his own kick.\n• None Wales v Argentina: As it happened and reaction Despite their numerical disadvantage, Argentina rallied and Sanchez levelled the scores. Matera then powered over from concerted forward pressure for Sanchez to convert to set up a 13-6 half-time lead. Wales lost centre Willis Halaholo to injury early in the second half to be replaced by Nick Tompkins and Argentina took advantage of the midfield confusion. De la Fuente capitalised from a scrum move for the second try as Argentina scored 17 unanswered points despite being a player light. Pivac tried to change things by switching his half-backs with Cardiff duo Williams and Evans replacing Sheedy and Hardy. The pair helped improve the tempo and Dragons lock Will Rowlands powered over for his second try in successive games which Evans converted. Sanchez missed two long-range penalty efforts before scrum-half Williams sniped over for a try straight from a scrum, with Evans levelling the match with the conversion. Argentina replacement fly-half Domingo Miotti pulled a penalty attempt wide before Evans' failed effort in the dying moments.\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "Contact groups will not longer be required for school and college pupils in Wales from September\n\nFrom September face coverings will no longer be routinely recommended in classrooms, the Welsh government has announced.\n\nCurrent guidance says masks should be worn by secondary pupils if social distancing cannot be maintained.\n\nFace masks have not been required in schools in England since 17 May.\n\nWales' education minister announced the change in a letter to headteachers as well as further plans to \"bring some normality back to education\".\n\nJeremy Miles said contact groups would no longer be required for school and college pupils, and the normal school timetable would return.\n\nHe said the test, trace and protect (TTP) system would be applied instead.\n\nMr Miles added that the changes were possible as, by the end of September, all adults in Wales will have been offered both vaccinations and a \"growing body of evidence\" showed young people were \"more at harm from missing school than from Covid\".\n\n\"Lots of young people I have spoken to have said that they don't believe the current system is proportionate. They just want to be treated the same as everyone else - and that sounds fair to me,\" he said.\n\nA Local Covid-19 Infection Control Decision Framework will be published at the start of the autumn term.\n\nThe Welsh government has said the framework will enable schools and colleges to tailor some interventions to reflect the level of risk identified locally.\n\nIt said they would be supported by public health officials and local authorities to ensure measures are appropriate to their circumstances.\n\nBut the Welsh Conservatives education spokesperson Laura Anne Jones said: \"I remain concerned that the Welsh Labour government's much maligned Covid-19 Infection Control Decision Framework will not be ready until the start of the autumn term.\n\n\"Schools need more clarity about their level of responsibility as soon as possible and this important detail must be expedited by Labour ministers.\"\n\nIn Scotland all secondary pupils have been wearing face coverings in school corridors and classrooms but the Scottish government is looking at the role of masks in general society after 9 August, when many restrictions will be lifted.", "Tamim Ian Habimana was killed in Woolwich town centre on Monday\n\nA 15-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murder and attempted murder following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in south-east London.\n\nTamim Ian Habimana, who was also 15, died shortly after he sustained a single stab wound on Woolwich New Road, Woolwich, on Monday.\n\nThe youth, who is accused of trying to kill another teenager, appeared at Bromley Magistrates' Court.\n\nTwo more boys, 14 and 15, were arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday.\n\nThey remain in custody at a police station in south London.\n\nThe 15-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon and will appear at the Old Bailey on Monday.\n\nDet Ch Insp Richard Leonard, the officer in charge of the investigation, said: \"I hope this reassures both Tamim's family and the wider community of our dedication to bringing justice for his murder.\"\n\nKnives were visible in the street after the stabbing\n\nTo date, 21 teenagers have been killed in London in 2021. Across the whole of last year, 17 teens were killed in violent attacks in the capital.\n\nIf teenage deaths continue at the current rate, this will be the worst year for teenage killings in London since 2008.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boxer Chris Eubank's son Sebastian has died days before his 30th birthday, his father's representatives have said.\n\nSebastian had followed his father's footsteps and become a professional boxer.\n\nThe British middleweight Eubank Snr said he and his family were \"devastated\" to hear of his son's death in Dubai, where he lived.\n\nAnd Chris Eubank Jnr tweeted: \"Sorry I wasn't there to watch your back like a big brother's supposed to.\"\n\nSebastian, the third-eldest of Eubank Snr's children, leaves behind his wife Salma and son Raheem who was born a month ago, Eubank Snr said.\n\nThe Sun newspaper reported that Sebastian had been found dead on the beach after drowning.\n\nSebastian Eubank followed his father's footsteps by becoming a professional boxer\n\nIn a statement, Eubank Snr said: \"Sebastian grew up in Hove in England but in the last few years made his life in Dubai where he had a wide circle of friends and was a leader in the adoption of a healthy lifestyle and of alternative therapies.\n\n\"As well as being a personal trainer and professional boxer, Sebastian was also a deep thinker who liked to challenge accepted wisdom.\n\n\"He was loved and respected by all who knew him and will be forever in the thoughts of friends and family. As a family we now kindly ask to be given space and privacy to celebrate his life and remember the son, the brother, the husband, the friend.\"\n\nSebastian's mother Karron Meadows said: \"Our whole family is grieving at the huge loss of our son and brother, Sebastian.\"\n\nAnd in a series of emotional tweets, Sebastian's brother, Eubank Jnr, wrote: \"I haven't cried since I was 12 years old… yesterday I cried the whole day.\n\n\"Can't believe you're really gone man but you'll always be in my heart, mind and spirit.\"\n\nHe added Sebastian would live on \"through your beautiful new born son and I will treat him like my own\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Chris Eubank Jr This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFormer world boxing champion Joe Calzaghe and the YouTuber and boxer KSI were among those to pay tribute to Sebastian.\n\n\"Really Saddened to hear the news of the passing of Seb Eubank. Thoughts and Prayers to Chris and family,\" Calzaghe said.\n\nSebastian's promoters and agents, Kalle and Nisse Sauerland, described him as a \"true gentleman and a sincere human being\".\n\nPromoter Eddie Hearn added: \"So saddened by the news of the passing of Seb Eubank. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.\"\n\nEubank Snr, 54, held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles between 1990 and 1995 and was undefeated in his first 10 years as a professional.", "Flags are out all over Italy for today's Euro 2020 final\n\n\"Do the English really put pineapple on pizza?\" asks the Italian daily La Repubblica in a piece by its London correspondent. \"Rarely,\" it concludes, \"but the real problem is adding cream to spaghetti carbonara.\"\n\nSunday's Euro final is not just a clash of sport, but of cultures.\n\n\"The thing about us Italians is that we are a country of beauty,\" says the newspaper Corriere della Sera. \"We don't just score goals, we score beautiful goals.\" It adds: \"There's no such thing as a badly-dressed Italian, just some Italians who aren't interested in dressing well.\"\n\nBut for all that divides these markedly different countries - few Italians rave about British cuisine, in case you were wondering - there are many similarities.\n\nFootball runs through the veins of both nations. While England have been waiting for international football glory since 1966, Italy last won a European title in 1968 and are also impatient for triumph (though two World Cup wins since, in 1982 and 2006, have eased the pain).\n\nAnd both teams have been revolutionised by their managers, with Gareth Southgate and Roberto Mancini bringing in younger players and laying ghosts of the past to rest - England with its failure to reach an international final for decades and Italy with its non-qualification for the 2018 World Cup, labelled \"an apocalypse\" by the country's leading sports newspaper.\n\n\"Mancini is the central man of this Italian miracle,\" says Alvaro Moretti, the deputy editor of the daily Il Messaggero and its former sports editor.\n\nAlvaro Moretti says Roberto Mancini has rekindled the fortunes of the Italy team\n\n\"When he took over in 2018, he believed from the start that he would arrive at this point. He's very charismatic, he's very elegant. And he decided that his approach would be enjoyment, to bring happiness to the Italian team - and to the Italian people.\"\n\nThat is, perhaps, the overriding feeling in Italy as it watches gli Azzurri (the Blues) go into this final - joy. The first country in the West to be crushed by the Coronavirus pandemic, whose inundated intensive care units forewarned others of what was to come, has seen infection levels drop sharply so as to be able to lift most restrictions and for Italians to watch their team's triumphant performances in bars.\n\n\"I'm even happier about the rebirth of Italy than about the final itself,\" says Gianluca Santangeli, sitting in his newspaper kiosk in the Trastevere district of Rome.\n\nGianluca Santangeli is celebrating the lifting of Covid restrictions\n\n\"That people can go out without masks and watch it on big screens is a relief.\" As for his prediction? \"I believe in fate,\" he says. \"But I think Italy should play our classic tactics: strong defence and counter-attack, since we're facing a good England team at home.\"\n\nThe match has, of course, split loyalties among the many Anglo-Italian couples, including Elisa Sandri, who lives in Brighton with her British partner but is currently back in Rome.\n\nEnjoying a coffee with her old friend, Anna, she jokes that she's had the odd heated discussion over the match with English colleagues but with her partner, \"we've been watching the games together and cheering for each other, so I think it'll be fine\".\n\n\"In any case it'll be a win-win for me,\" she adds. \"I just love the atmosphere here when Italy plays. Everyone comes together, cheers and hugs, you make new friends. I think England might win…but if it goes to penalties, they won't!\"\n\nElisa Sandri (R) says Italians have come together during the Euro 2020 matches\n\nShopping for tomatoes at a nearby market, Morosina Zorzi has other concerns.\n\n\"The main thing I'm worried about is that my son's wedding is happening at the same time as the match,\" she says.\n\n\"He doesn't want a big screen at the reception, so I think the guests will be watching it on their phones - and I'm sure some of them will leave to go and watch it.\"\n\nShe admits she's not a football fan but says: \"If Italy win I'll be happy because of the national spirit - though Rome will be a mess with all the partying.\"\n\nThis proud nation is sure of victory over England in most respects - beaches, food, fashion. But for football-mad Italians, a win tonight might just be the sweetest of all.\n\nMorosina Zorzi says a win for Italy will lift the national spirit\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joanne and Alfonso live in Bedford, which is called England's \"Little Italy\" for its large Italian population", "Heart inflammation is a \"very rare\" side-effect of the Covid vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, according to regulators in Europe.\n\nThe European Medicines Agency said the side-effects were more common in younger men.\n\nThe medicines safety body said the benefits of Covid vaccines continue to far outweigh any risks.\n\nBut doctors and patients have been advised to be aware of the symptoms of heart inflammation.\n\nThese include chest pain, a feeling of breathlessness and a pounding or fluttering heartbeat. Anyone with these symptoms should see a doctor.\n\nTwo conditions were linked to the vaccines - inflammation of the heart muscle itself, known as myocarditis, and inflammation of the fluid-filled sac the heart sits in, known as pericarditis.\n\nFive people died. The review said they were all either elderly or had other health conditions.\n\nThe UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has also been investigating the link.\n\nIt reported: \"A consistent pattern of cases occurring more frequently in young males and shortly after the second dose of the vaccines.\n\n\"These reports are extremely rare, and the events are typically mild with individuals usually recovering within a short time with standard treatment and rest,\" it added.\n\nMost cases are thought to be within 14 days of vaccination.\n\nWhile the risk is very rare, it is more likely to develop in young people - who are currently the focus on the vaccination campaign in the UK.\n\nConcerns about the side-effects have already played into the UK debate around vaccinating children, who are at lower risk of Covid.\n\nMyocarditis and pericarditis will be officially listed as side-effects in the UK and Europe, mirroring a move by the regulators in the US last month.\n\n\"The chance of these conditions occurring is very low, but you should be aware of the symptoms so that you can get prompt medical treatment to help recovery and avoid complications,\" the EMA said.\n\nThe link with heart inflammation was found only in the vaccines that rely on mRNA technology to train the immune system.\n\nThere was no link found for vaccines such as Oxford-AstraZeneca or Janssen, which use a genetically modified virus.\n\nHowever, the EMA has advised anyone with a history of capillary leak syndrome should not be given the Janssen vaccine. This is a rare but serious syndrome in which fluid leaks from blood vessels in the body.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nExtreme heat is building in the western United States, with forecasts of record-breaking temperatures in the states of California and Nevada.\n\nIt comes just weeks after another dangerous heatwave hit North America, and the region has experienced the hottest June on record.\n\nCalifornia's Death Valley on Friday recorded a high of 54.4C (130F), with similar heat expected this weekend.\n\nMillions of people in the US are under warnings of excessive heat.\n\nThe National Weather Service has advised those affected to drink plenty of water and stay in air conditioned buildings.\n\nThe temperature in Death Valley on Friday matched one recorded in August 2020 - which some argue is the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth. A temperature of 56.7C (134F) was recorded in 1913, but this is contested by climate experts.\n\nFirefighters battling the many wildfires in the region say the air is so dry that much of the water dropped by aircraft to quell the flames evaporates before it reaches the ground.\n\nIn the north of Nevada, near the border with California, people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires triggered by lightning strikes tore through parts of the Sierra Nevada forest region.\n\nForecasters say Las Vegas's record of 47.2C (117F) could also be passed.\n\nIn Oregon, more evacuation orders were issued when a wildfire fanned by strong winds in the Fremont-Winema National Forest grew from nearly 26 sq miles (67 sq km) on Thursday to nearly 61 sq miles on Friday.\n\nThe heatwave has left huge areas of California bone-dry and prone to wildfires\n\nA cooling centre was set up at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland to help people affected by the heatwave\n\nThe fire was threatening power cables that send electricity to California. Power grid operators in California have urged customers to conserve electricity by reducing their use of appliances and to keep thermostats higher during the evening when solar energy is diminished or no longer available.\n\nIn Idaho, Governor Brad Little declared a wildfire emergency and mobilised the state's National Guard to help fight fires also sparked by lightning.\n\nCanada is also bracing for extreme heat, though it is not expected to approach the temperatures seen at the end of last month when the village Lytton in British Columbia reached 49.6C (121F), breaking the country's highest recorded temperature.\n\nThe heatwave saw spikes in sudden deaths and increases in hospital visits for heat-related illnesses.\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. But linking any single event to global warming is complicated.\n\nA study by climate researchers said the heat that scorched western Canada and the US at the end of June was \"virtually impossible\" without climate change.", "It is possible to catch two Covid variants at the same time, experts are warning after seeing a double infection in a 90-year-old woman who became sick with the Alpha and Beta types first identified in the UK and South Africa.\n\nThe woman, who died in March 2021 in Belgium, had not been vaccinated.\n\nHer doctors suspect she contracted the infections from two different people.\n\nThey believe it is the first documented case of its kind and, although rare, similar dual infections are happening.\n\nHer case is being discussed at this year's European Congress on Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.\n\nIn January 2021, scientists in Brazil reported that two people had been simultaneously infected with two types of coronavirus, one of them a variant of concern called Gamma.\n\nResearchers from Portugal, meanwhile, recently treated a 17-year-old who appeared to have caught a second type of Covid while still recovering from a different, pre-existing Covid infection.\n\nThe 90-year-old, who was infected with the two \"variants of concern\" - the most worrying new versions of coronavirus that experts are tracking - had been admitted to hospital after experiencing some falls, but later developed worsening respiratory symptoms.\n\nLaboratory tests on samples taken when she was admitted revealed she had Covid-19, caused by two different mutated versions of the pandemic virus, simultaneously - Alpha and Beta.\n\nLead researcher Dr Anne Vankeerberghen, from the OLV hospital in Aalst, Belgium, said: \"Both these variants were circulating in Belgium at the time, so it is likely that the lady was co-infected with different viruses from two different people. Unfortunately, we don't know how she became infected.\n\n\"She was a lady who lived alone, but she got a lot of helpers coming in to care for her.\n\n\"Whether the co-infection of the two variants of concern played a role in the fast deterioration of the patient is difficult to say.\"\n\nViruses constantly evolve by mutating as they replicate. This creates new versions or variants.\n\nCovid has undergone some important changes that may give it an advantage - for example, by increasing its ability to replicate or dodge some of our existing immunity from past infection or vaccination.\n\nThe most concerning ones are being closely monitored by scientists and are called variants of concern.\n\nCurrently, in the UK, it is the Delta variant that is spreading the most.\n\nExperts are confident that existing vaccines offer good protection against it.\n\nScientists are designing new Covid vaccines that will be an even better match for new variants, and could be used as boosters.\n\nProf Lawrence Young, an expert in virology at the University of Warwick, said: \"Detecting two dominant variants of concern in a single person is not a surprise - these could have been passed on by a single infected individual, or by contact with multiple infected people.\"\n\nHe said more studies were needed to determine whether such infections in any way compromise the efficacy of vaccination, or make for a worse case of Covid-19.", "Victims were trapped inside the burning building because a key exit had been locked, officials said\n\nPolice in Bangladesh have arrested the owner of a factory where at least 52 people died in a fire late on Thursday.\n\nAbul Hashem, the owner of Hashem Foods, and four of his sons were among eight people detained on Saturday. Police say they all face murder charges.\n\nAuthorities said many of those who died were trapped inside the building because a main exit was locked.\n\nChildren were among the victims and a separate inquiry into the use of child labour has been launched.\n\nBangladesh labour minister Monnujan Sufian told AFP news agency that she had been to a hospital and spoken to survivors as young as 14.\n\n\"If child labour is proved, we will take action against the owner and the inspectors,\" she said.\n\nHashem Foods is a unit of the multinational Sajeeb Group of which Mr Hashem is chairman and managing director. Also arrested on Saturday was the group's chief executive officer, Shahan Shah Azad, and other senior officials, the Dhaka Tribune reported.\n\nPrior to his arrest, Mr Hashem told Bangladeshi media that \"workers' carelessness\" such as a discarded cigarette could have started the fire.\n\nThis father took a picture of his missing daughter to a hospital in Dhaka\n\nThe blaze broke out on Thursday night on the ground floor of the six-storey factory in Rupganj, an industrial town near the capital, Dhaka. Emergency crews said most of the victims had been trapped on the third floor.\n\nFire official Abdullah Al Arefin said each floor was accessible by two stairways which some workers couldn't reach because the blaze had cut them off. He said some people managed to escape to the roof via the stairs and were rescued, but others could not because a door leading to the roof was locked. He said many of those trapped had jumped from windows to escape the flames.\n\nThe fire, fuelled by chemicals and plastics stored inside the building, burned for nearly 24 hours before it was put out.\n\nRelatives are giving blood samples for DNA testing to help identify the victims\n\nMore than 50 people were injured and worried families have been gathering at hospitals to look for their missing loved ones.\n\nLaizu Begum said her 11-year-old nephew was among those unaccounted for.\n\n\"We heard the door of the floor where my nephew worked was padlocked. Then we realised, after seeing how big the fire was, that he is probably dead,\" she said.\n\nWorried father Chandu Mia was at the hospital with a photograph of his 15-year-old daughter. \"I am not sure if she is alive,\" he said.\n\nSurvivors and families told AFP that child workers at the factory were being paid 20 taka ($0.24; £0.17) per hour.\n\nBilal Hossain said he had been to the hospital morgue to claim the remains of his 14-year-old daughter Mitu Akter.\n\n\"I sent my baby girl to die. How will I tell her mother?,\" he said, adding that the factory even owed his daughter back wages.\n\nBangladesh is no stranger to deadly fires and disasters involving high-rise buildings and government critics say safety standards are still lax.\n\nSafety reforms were promised after the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013 when a nine-storey building collapsed killing more than 1,100 people. At least 70 people also died in 2019 when fire ripped through apartments in Dhaka where chemicals were illegally stored.", "Esther Bejarano, one of the last survivors of an orchestra formed in the Auschwitz death camp, has died aged 96.\n\nShe died at a Jewish hospital in the German city of Hamburg on Saturday.\n\nThe orchestra, formed of 40 women inmates, had to perform at the concentration camp whenever prisoners were marched off to work or when new trains arrived with Jews on board.\n\nLater in life, she dedicated her time to making sure the world did not forget about the Holocaust.\n\nBejarano's sister and parents were killed by the Nazis. She was sent to Auschwitz when she was 18 and was forced into hard labour, carrying heavy stones.\n\nBut one day she discovered that SS guards were looking for an accordion player to join the camp's orchestra. Despite not knowing how to play the instrument, she volunteered.\n\nShe recalled the Auschwitz Women's Orchestra having to play to new arrivals.\n\n\"You knew they were going to be gassed, and all you could do was stand there and play,\" she told Deutsche Welle in 2014.\n\nShe was eventually transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women, where she managed to escape.\n\n\"Esther Bejarano survived Auschwitz because she played accordion in the camp's orchestra. She dedicated her life to music and to the fight against racism and anti-Semitism,\" Meron Mendel, head of the Anne Frank Education Centre said on Twitter.\n\nAfter the end of the World War Two, she lived in Israel and became a singer before returning to Germany in 1960.\n\nShe dedicated the rest of her life to educating people about the Holocaust and fighting xenophobia.\n\nGerman Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Bejarano was an important voice in the fight against racism and anti-Semitism.\n\nBejarano co-founded the International Auschwitz Committee and delivered speeches to schools about her life. She also performed alongside her children, playing Yiddish melodies and Jewish resistance songs in a group they named Confidence.\n\n\"It is my revenge that I go to the schools, that I tell people what happened back then. So that nothing like that can ever happen again,\" she once said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nThe Football Association has been fined 30,000 euros (£26,600) for three incidents during England's Euro 2020 semi-final win over Denmark, including a laser pointer being shone at Kasper Schmeichel's face.\n\nTelevision pictures showed a green light on Danish keeper Schmeichel's face just before Harry Kane took an extra-time penalty.\n\nThe fine by Uefa was also for \"disturbances during the national anthems\" and fireworks being set off.\n\nPrior to kick-off there was some booing heard during the Danish national anthem.\n• None Euro 2020 final: 'A moment we feared might never happen'\n• None Who thinks Italy will win it? Lawro's final prediction v 5 Live pundits\n\nIn terms of the laser pointer incident, Schmeichel saved Kane's spot-kick but the England striker scored the rebound for the winner as Gareth Southgate's side secured a place in Sunday's final against Italy.\n\nThe FA and Uefa officials searched for the source of the laser pointer when they were first made aware of it being used during the first half of extra time.\n\nHowever, they were unable to find those responsible.\n\nFollowing the game the Danish FA representatives were asked if they wanted to make an official complaint, but said they did not wish to take the matter any further.\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "Luke Garbutt and Brendan Galloway have told Newsbeat their stories of Gareth Southgate as a manager\n\nWhen it comes to Gareth Southgate, you'll hear a lot said about his style.\n\nAnd we're not talking about his waistcoats - which seem to have been ditched for Euro 2020 - but his management style and how he's led England in this year's football tournament.\n\nSo what's his secret? Is it making sure that the players are getting an early night before a match? Or that they eat a special meal?\n\nApparently it's a lot simpler than that: he'll just be having a chat.\n\n\"One thing that stood out for me was, before every game, he would come around and check up on every single player,\" Brendan Galloway tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\nBrendan (right) was part of Southgate's England Under-21 squad\n\nThe 25-year-old Plymouth Argyle player was managed by Southgate in the England Under-21 squad, from 2015 to 2017.\n\n\"He would ask players how they're feeling and that was quite special to me because you could tell that he was a very busy man, but he always wanted them to be in the best state possible before a game.\"\n\nBrendan says there isn't just a focus on playing football, but creating a fun environment.\n\n\"It's unique and I think that's what helps the squad to take their mind off it sometimes.\n\n\"You know, to just go enjoy shooting some hoops or playing some golf or whether it be the unicorns and the pool...\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Euro 2020: Unicorns are back - England squad let off steam in pool\n\nHe was part of Southgate's U21 squad from 2014 to 2016 and played alongside current England players Luke Shaw, Harry Kane and John Stones.\n\n\"He was good at managing the group as a whole,\" Luke says.\n\n\"You have to manage 23 players and make sure they're all happy and feeling involved, or like they're part of the tournament.\"\n\nLuke says the fact a lot of the England players have grown up with Gareth Southgate as their manager has been a factor in the team's success since he took over.\n\n\"There's so much continuity in the management, the coaching staff, even the physios - it's like going into a club atmosphere,\" he says.\n\nBrendan says Southgate also makes sure each player feels they can express themselves and don't change who they are.\n\nBrendan's received more than a few wise words from Southgate\n\nBoth players say Southgate had a calming influence on the Under-21 team.\n\nLuke says: \"I found him a really good manager to work for, from decision-making and when to bring players on to the right starting line-ups - he was brilliant.\"\n\nAnd what about rituals before a game?\n\nBrendan says he always puts on his left boot first - but doesn't know if Southgate has any lucky quirks of his own.\n\nHowever, it hasn't gone unnoticed that the waistcoats the England manager wore during the World Cup in 2018 haven't made an appearance in the Euros.\n\n\"I think that he's just got a new look and I think that it suits him,\" Brendan says.\n\n\"I'm not sure if you can read anything into it though.\"\n\nSome eagle-eyed fans say for the past few games, Gareth has been wearing an apparently lucky spotted tie.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIs the lucky tie the new waistcoat?\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nAshleigh Barty won her maiden Wimbledon title as she beat Karolina Pliskova in a nervy final to become the first Australian women's champion for 41 years.\n\nBarty won the first 14 points to take early charge in a 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 win on the 50th anniversary of idol Evonne Goolagong Cawley's maiden win here.\n\n\"This is incredible,\" said Barty, who dropped to her haunches in tears.\n\n\"It took me a long time to verbalise, to dare to dream it and say it.\"\n\nAfter climbing up into the stands to hug her team, she told the Centre Court crowd: \"I didn't sleep a lot last night. I was thinking of all the what-ifs. I hope I made Evonne proud.\n\n\"I have to thank every single person in this stadium. You've made my dream so special.\"\n• None Barty says it was 'miracle' she even played\n\nBoth women were making their debut in the final of the grass-court Grand Slam - the first time since 1977 that had happened - and that may go some way to explaining the rollercoaster nature of the match, which felt at times more like a battle of the minds.\n\nAfter Barty's flying start, Czech Pliskova settled in the second set, rediscovering her big serve before errors crept back in the third.\n\nBarty had the chance to serve out victory in the 12th game of the second set but she was broken as Pliskova forced a tie-break, which the Czech won when the Australian double-faulted.\n\nBarty took an early break in the third, which proved decisive as she added the Wimbledon trophy to the French Open title she won in 2019.\n• None Reaction to Barty's win over Pliskova in Wimbledon final - TV, radio & text\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nBarty has been sporting a scallop-hem dress in tribute to Goolagong Cawley, her idol, friend and mentor.\n\nThere have long been comparisons between the two, with Barty playing a similar all-court game, as well as sharing a similar modest and popular personality and indigenous Australian heritage.\n\nThey now also have their names on the Venus Rosewater Dish.\n\nBarty, who won the junior Wimbledon title in 2011, has become the fourth woman in the Open era to go on to also lift the women's title after Britain's Ann Jones, Swiss Martina Hingis and France's Amelie Mauresmo.\n\nShe made a fast start to go 4-0 up as Pliskova seemed constrained by the weight of the occasion but the Czech finally got on the scoreboard with a break to love.\n\nBut it was too late as Barty wrapped up the set in just 28 minutes.\n\nMore nerves from the Czech in the shape of back-to-back double faults handed Barty a break for 2-1 at the start of the second set but Pliskova fought back to level the set.\n\nBarty came from 40-0 down to break for 6-5 but nerves then seemed to creep into her own game as she failed to serve out the victory and instead found herself in a tie-break.\n\nPliskova took the match to a third set but then double-faulted and netted a volley to give Barty a key break before the Australian held her nerve this time to serve out the win.\n\n'I know how to lose' - Pliskova's wait for Grand Slam win continues\n\nA big server, Pliskova's game is well suited to grass and she has enjoyed success on the surface with two Eastbourne titles.\n\nThe former world number one's progress to the final had been somewhat under the radar because of poor run in the build-up coupled with a reputation as a serial underperformer on the biggest stages.\n\nHer only previous Grand Slam final was the 2016 US Open, and since then she had reached only two more major semi-finals before this year's Wimbledon.\n\nWhile reaching the final was marked progress on that score, her tightness at times was not - especially during what she branded a \"horrible start\".\n\nComing into the match she had hit a tournament-leading 54 aces but in the first set here she managed none at all.\n\nShe fired five aces in the second as that part of her game began to improve but her nerves were still visible at the changeovers when she repeatedly jigged her legs up and down.\n\nHer emotions spilled over during her on-court interview as her voice broke, saying: \"I never cry, never, and now...\"\n\nShe later added: \"It was not the plan to cry because I don't want to cry on the court. I feel like, OK, cry in the locker room, but not on the court. Somehow I could not.\"\n\nShe vowed to come back stronger, saying: \"Of course there's going to be next chances. I think plenty of them. I'm not going to give up on that.\n\n\"In the end the result is we both tried to win so somebody has to lose. You have to accept that. I will definitely.\n\n\"I know how to lose, believe me. I'm so good in that.\"\n\nPat Cash, former Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"What a special moment. This is the moment that makes it all worthwhile, it really is.\"\n\nTracy Austin, two-time Grand Slam champion on BBC TV: \"To win on the 50th anniversary of her idol, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, who she admires so much. This is so special to share this moment with her team.\n\n\"She put it out there just a few months ago that she wanted to win Wimbledon.\"\n\nAnnabel Croft, former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"She was a little undercooked and it did take her those early rounds to get her game going again, but my goodness at the end it was sensational.\n\n\"When you've watched someone go through so much in their tennis life, then needed to get away from it [Barty took a break from tennis in 2014 before playing cricket for 18 months], and then to come back and win Wimbledon - it is the stuff of dreams, almost the stuff of movies.\"\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "Social distancing rules may be scrapped in England on 19 July, but what about Wales?\n\nIt is \"difficult to see\" how Wales can avoid setting a date for ending Covid restrictions now England and Scotland have set so-called freedom days.\n\nWales' former chief medical officer said it was a \"big dilemma\" for the Welsh government who will outline the next lockdown easing next week.\n\nDame Deirdre Hine said low case rates and high vaccination rates makes Wales \"better placed to make that decision.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it was taking a \"cautious approach\" to ending rules.\n\nGovernments in England and Scotland have outlined when Covid lockdown restrictions will end while full vaccinated UK residents arriving in England from amber travel list destinations will not have to quarantine from 19 July.\n\nWales is considering following England's lead on travel from amber countries but the Welsh government has not said when Covid rules - like legally wearing a face mask and social distancing rules - will be scrapped here in Wales.\n\nMinisters in Wales have previously said their approach to reopening will not be \"driven by artificial dates\".\n\nDame Deirdre said the plan to end restrictions in England on 19 July was \"a big gamble\" for the UK government and also a \"big dilemma\" for the Welsh government.\n\nDame Deirdre Hine has previously criticised the lack of preparation for such a pandemic despite years of warnings\n\n\"They will of course come under pressure to set a date and it's difficult in some ways to see how they can get away, if you like, without setting a date,\" Dame Deirdre told the BBC's Politics Wales programme.\n\n\"Our vaccinations rates are higher, the rate of infection is spreading not as high as parts of England, so arguably they are better placed to make that decision.\n\n\"And that in itself will be a form of pressure on them.\"\n\nHowever, Dame Deirdre added that she had confidence that the Welsh government would not abandon its \"consistently cautious\" approach.\n\nThe UK government's plan for England includes ending the legal requirement to wear a face covering in some settings.\n\nDame Deirdre said that was an \"unnecessary risk\", and recommended the use of face coverings on public transport and in shops should remain mandatory.\n\n\"I don't think, with the best will in the world, you can rely on people to take their own judgement on this,\" she added.\n\nDame Deirdre, who is regarded as one of Wales' leading medical experts, also warned it would take \"a lot of time\" to return to normality and that \"there will, in time, come to be an acceptable level of deaths\" from Covid.\n\nFollowing renewed calls from opposition parties and a number of doctors for a Wales-only inquiry into the pandemic, she said such a review \"would be a mistake\" as it would not be possible to \"disentangle the Welsh response from that of the rest of the UK\".\n\nShe added, however, that there was now was a need for an early review into the pandemic \"to give some pointers as to how we should be looking ahead\".\n\nDame Deirdre believes people should still cover their faces on public transport\n\n\"There will be another pandemic of some sort...we do need to be prepared for that,\" said Dame Deirdre, who also established the Welsh breast cancer screening programme.\n\nA past president of the British Medical Association and Royal Society of Medicine, Dame Deirdre also oversaw the official inquiry into the 2009 UK swine flu pandemic.\n\nLast October, she accused successive governments of having failed to prepare for such a pandemic despite being warned for years of the risks.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We are continuing to take a cautious approach to unlocking restrictions in Wales in order to keep people as safe as possible.\n\n\"As a result of this approach and the efforts of everyone in Wales, we have the lowest rates of coronavirus in the UK. We also have one of the highest rates of vaccination in the world - with more than 70% of adults in Wales now fully vaccinated.\n\n\"The first minister will confirm the outcome of the latest review of restrictions next Wednesday.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The statue of General Robert E Lee was towed away from Market Street Park, Charlottesville\n\nA statue of an American Confederate general at the centre of a violent rally in Charlottesville nearly four years ago has been taken down.\n\nOnlookers cheered as the statue of General Robert E Lee was put onto a truck and driven away for storage.\n\nPlans to remove the statue prompted a white nationalist rally in August 2017.\n\nAn anti-racism protester, Heather Heyer, was murdered by a neo-Nazi who drove into her at a counter-protest.\n\nHer killer was later sentenced to life in prison.\n\nAnother statue of General Thomas \"Stonewall\" Jackson has also been removed.\n\nMemorials to the pro-slavery Confederacy - the southern states which revolted against the federal government during the US Civil War - have long stirred controversy.\n\nHundreds of statues of Lee, Jackson and other famous Confederate figures exist throughout the US.\n\nSome see them as markers of US history and southern culture. But to others, they serve as an offensive reminder of America's history of slavery and racial oppression.\n\nThe \"Unite the Right\" march held in Charlottesville, Virginia, was one of the largest such gatherings in decades, and drew hundreds of neo-Nazis, white nationalist and Ku Klux Klan members.\n\nDozens were injured in the violence that erupted between the marchers and counter-protesters.\n\nThe events stunned the US and tensions were further inflamed by former President Donald Trump's insistence that there was \"blame on both sides\".\n\nCharlottesville had continued to push for the removal of the Lee statue after the protests, but was prevented from acting by legal action and changes to the law.\n\nThen in April, Virginia's highest court ruled the statue could be taken down.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage captured the moment a car rammed into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville\n\nCharlottesville had welcomed viewers to watch the statues come down early on Saturday morning.\n\nAs a crane neared the monument, Charlottesville's mayor Nikuyah Walker said its removal was an important signal to the whole country.\n\n\"Taking down this statue is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Virginia and America grapple with its sin of being willing to destroy black people for economic gains,\" she said.\n\nTake 'Em Down CVille, a group which has campaigned for the statues' removal, applauded news of the removal.\n\n\"No one believes that removing the statues will end white supremacy but this is an important step - and one long past due,\" it said.\n\nCity officials say the statues will be held in a secure location until the council decides where to relocate them.\n\nLocal officials have said they plan to redesign the park spaces where the statues are located \"in a way that promotes healing and that tells a more complete history of Charlottesville\".", "Projects providing family planning services will be among those to benefit from the temporary funding\n\nA group of philanthropists, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are to provide £93.5m emergency funding to cover some UK foreign aid cuts.\n\nThey said the temporary funding would help save \"critical projects\" and ensure progress was not \"wasted\".\n\nThe government has decided to reduce this year's spending on overseas aid from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%.\n\nIt said the financial impact of the pandemic had forced ministers to take \"tough but necessary decisions\".\n\nThe group, which also includes the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, the ELMA Foundation and Open Society Foundations, said the emergency funds would help projects tackling preventable diseases and providing family planning and sexual health services.\n\nThey said it would prevent life-saving drugs from being thrown away because they pass their expiry date, and ensure women living in the poorest parts of the world are able to avoid unplanned pregnancies.\n\nThe UN's family planning agency (UNFPA) looks set to lose some 85% of its funding from the UK, a drop of about £130m.\n\nA spokeswoman for the funder consortium, Kate Hampton, chief executive of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, said: \"These life-saving treatments are cost-effective investments. If they go unfunded this year, British taxpayer generosity will be wasted as clinics are closed and essential drugs expire and are thrown away.\"\n\nThe emergency funding was welcomed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who said it was \"desperately needed\".\n\nHowever, he called on the government to restore its commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on foreign aid.\n\nConservative MP Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, said: \"When Britain withdraws, others step in. By cutting our aid, we have given states such as China and Russia an opportunity to expand their influence at Britain's expense.\"\n\nCharities including Oxfam and ActionAid have criticised the cuts - which amount to around £4bn a year - warning that they have already forced projects to be cancelled.\n\nMany Tory MPs have also spoken out against the move, which went against the pledge in the 2019 Conservative election manifesto to stick to the 0.7% figure.\n\nBut Chancellor Rishi Sunak has previously said it was hard to \"justify\" the commitment with the UK facing record borrowing, and with a national debt of well over £2 trillion.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"The UK will spend more than £10bn to improve global health, fight poverty and tackle climate change this year - making us one of the biggest aid donors in the G7.\"\n\n\"We have always been clear that the government will return to spending 0.7% of GNI [gross national income] on international development as soon as the fiscal situation allows,\" the spokesperson added.", "The UK is experiencing a marked increase in new Covid infections, say experts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nLatest data from swab tests in the community suggests one in every 160 people has the virus.\n\nThat is up from one in every 250 in the previous week. For England, it is the highest level since mid February.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant now accounts for 99% of cases, according to Public Health England.\n\nAround two-thirds of adults have now been double jabbed against the virus, and experts say this is helping prevent very big rises in Covid hospitalisations, although admissions are increasing.\n\nMany of the infections being seen are among teenagers and young adults.\n\nAn estimated 400,000 people in the UK are thought to have been positive in the week to 3 July.\n\nThe final step of unlocking is expected to go ahead as planned on 19 July in England. It will be confirmed on 12 July after a review of data.\n\nOn Friday the latest government figures showed an increase of 35,707 Covid cases across the UK - the highest daily figure since 22 January. A further 29 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were also recorded.\n\nAccording to the ONS Infection Survey findings for the week to July 3:\n\nEngland's coronavirus R number has risen slightly to between 1.2 and 1.5, which means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 12 and 15 other people.\n\nLast week R was between 1.1 and 1.3.\n\nSarah Crofts from the ONS said: \"We are seeing marked increases in infections across all four UK countries driven by the Delta variant, which continues to be the most common across the UK.\n\n\"As the vaccine rollout continues and restrictions are further lifted, it is crucial that we continue to closely monitor the data.\"\n\nDr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, said the sharp increase in cases being seen had not been followed by a similar increase in hospitalisation and death, suggesting the vaccines were working well.\n\n\"Two doses of the available vaccines offer a high level of protection against the Delta variant.\n\n\"Getting both jabs is the best way to ensure you and the people you love remain safe, so we once again urge everyone to come forward as soon as they are eligible.\n\n\"As we approach the planned end of restrictions, we must remain cautious and careful. Cases are rising across the country, and whilst the vaccines offer excellent protection, they do not offer 100% protection.\n\n\"Be sensible, and follow 'hands, face, space, fresh air' at all times and make sure to get tested if required.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police arrested a man at Green Park station following the attack on Friday evening\n\nA passenger feared he would be \"hacked to death underground\" during an attack on a London Tube train which left a man in hospital.\n\nThe witness said he was travelling on a Jubilee Line train on Friday when there was \"a huge commotion\" and he saw a man holding \"a foot-long black machete\".\n\nHe said the victim had suffered \"a deep gash\" to his head during the attack.\n\nPolice said one man was arrested while another man had been taken to hospital in a stable condition.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) were called to Green Park underground station on the edge of Mayfair in central London at 18:45 BST over reports of a stabbing.\n\nThe witness, who asked not to be named, said people on the train had \"started screaming\" and \"there was a stampede to the front carriage\" when the attack began.\n\nHe said the intercom in the carriage was not working so the driver could not be alerted and passengers were left defenceless as the attacker \"taunted\" them.\n\n\"The attacker went back down the train. We heard screaming but we don't know what happened.\n\n\"He then came back and stood at the opposite end of the carriage taunting us and making out he was going to break down the door of the carriage,\" he said.\n\nThe witness said the Tube train eventually stopped and armed police arrested the attacker, who did not resist them.\n\nHe added that it had been \"completely and utterly terrifying\" and \"for about 10 minutes I genuinely thought I would be hacked to death underground\".\n\nBTP said one man had been arrested on suspicion of inflicting grievous bodily harm.\n\nGreen Park station was closed following the attack but has since reopened.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The murder of Sarah Everard sparked a national outcry, spurring women to share their experiences of feeling unsafe on the streets. Many included a sense of the teller lining themselves up shoulder-to-shoulder with her: \"She was the same age as me\", \"I used to live near her\", \"I've walked the same route\".\n\nMs Everard didn't set herself up to be such an everywoman, a symbol of longstanding - and ongoing - violence against women. She had no choice in her name becoming a battle cry for change.\n\nThe private, excoriating grief of friends and family seems to have been subsumed by the wider - albeit important and valid - reactions of protest and polemic, marches and mass mourning.\n\nSarah Everard was a daughter, sister, friend and colleague. According to those in the know, she was dreadful at karaoke but \"brilliant\" at everything else.\n\nThere were just 38 minutes between the time this \"clever, articulate and caring\" woman left a friend's house and the last time she was seen.\n\nThe final image of her, captured by a bus camera, also showed a white Vauxhall Astra with its hazard lights on and both front doors open.\n\nThe car had been hired specifically for kidnapping a woman. It was returned to the rental company the following morning, having served its purpose.\n\nHer body was found a week later in a woodland stream in Ashford, Kent, where her killer owned a patch of land.\n\nA complete stranger, a police officer, had kidnapped, raped and murdered her.\n\nHe knew what he was doing, this man who killed her for his own gratuitous wants.\n\nOutwardly, he had what appeared to be a perfectly ordinary life. A responsible job. Wife and children. A house in Deal in Kent he shared with them.\n\nBut the 48-year-old officer's façade hid the actions of a sexual predator who had been planning the crime - although not yet selecting his victim - in chilling detail. On 28 February, three days before he killed Ms Everard, he had been accused of indecent exposure in a branch of McDonald's. It wasn't the first time.\n\nThe very same day, he bought a roll of self-adhesive plastic described as \"carpet protector\" and booked the hire car he would use to abduct the marketing executive. He arranged for time off work.\n\nAfter he killed Ms Everard, he bought builders' bags, a tarpaulin and a cargo net, wiped his phone and concocted an implausible and time-wasting web of lies about his involvement in her disappearance.\n\nThat they won't have to sit through the grisly evidence and twisted lies of a trial must be scant relief to her loved ones.\n\nMs Everard should have had a brilliant future, a lot to look forward to. She had bounced back after a relationship breakup and was seeing someone new. She had just started a new job.\n\nShe, her boyfriend Josh Lowth and four others were planning a trip to Ibiza at the end of summer.\n\nOne of Ms Everard's friends said: \"What I loved about her was that she had depth. She wasn't a vapid, nice person. She had opinions, sarcasm and wanted things to be better.\n\n\"We could trust her to fight the good fight.\"\n\nMs Everard grew up in York, with an older brother and sister. Her father was a professor and her mother a charity worker.\n\nDescribed by her family as \"bright and beautiful\", \"kind and thoughtful\", \"caring and dependable\", she \"always put others first and had the most amazing sense of humour. She was strong and principled and a shining example to us all\".\n\nRose Woollard has been a close friend of Ms Everard since university, and was one of the first to become alarmed. She contacted the BBC in an attempt to raise awareness before Ms Everard's disappearance had become an official police investigation.\n\nMs Woollard said: \"Sarah has always been an exceptional friend, dropping everything to be there to support her friends, whenever they need her.\n\n\"It was only recently that she was telling me the good news about her new role, which she was excited to start.\"\n\n\"She was sunshine and light, and made you feel warm and good and safe,\" said another friend. \"I feel angry about it as well, but my main anger is that it happened to her.\"\n\nA former colleague said: \"Sometimes you meet a person with a beautiful soul and it shines through.\n\n\"There is nothing anyone can say that will make things better for her family and loved ones. They must be in hell. I can only say that Sarah was a very special person and will be missed by so many.\"\n\nThe uproar over Ms Everard's death, and what she has come to represent, led one friend to say: \"I would like to just say who she was to me, as a person.\n\n\"Finding the right words is so hard.\n\n\"I can't sum her up in a few well-chosen words, nor express what she meant to me by sharing memories. I can only skim the surface now in the wake of the horror and the anger, and work through the rest alone in the weeks and months to follow.\n\n\"Sarah was open. Honest. Unflinching in her ability to listen and empathise. There are some people you know for a relatively short time, but whom you instantly strike up a close bond with due to your similarities - Sarah was one of these people. We shared a lot, and I was never in any doubt of her discretion or sincerity in her support and kindness. We laughed, we cried. We talked about the future.\n\nA simple post on Facebook on 14 June said: \"Happy Birthday Sarah Everard. I miss you today, and every single day\".\n\nWhen she was taken, Ms Everard was less than a mile from her flat in Brixton. The killer had been cruising around for more than four hours before he saw her for the first time. Years of predatory behaviour, days of planning, hours of scouting, and mere minutes to trap his prey.\n\nThis was a decision he made. It was not a frenzied attack in which a person loses self-control. It was cool-headed and clinical.\n\nInvestigators are looking into the hypothesis he used his police ID card as a means to stop Ms Everard, under the guise of questioning her about Covid restrictions.\n\nAt any point he could have driven away.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nFormer England striker Paul Mariner, who won the FA Cup and Uefa Cup with Ipswich Town, has died aged 68.\n\nMariner began his league career at Plymouth Argyle and also played for Arsenal and Portsmouth.\n\n\"We regretfully inform you that Paul passed away peacefully on 9 July surrounded by his family, after a brief battle with brain cancer,\" said a statement from Mariner's family.\n\n\"We would like to thank all the people who came to see him through his illness for their support and the messages that were sent to him; they meant a great deal to him and us.\n\n\"A special thank you must go to the NHS and the unbelievable care that he received when he most needed it and for that we, as a family, will be forever in your debt.\n\n\"Paul lived a full life and was fortunate enough to represent a group of fantastic football clubs as well as his country, all of which meant the world to him.\n\n\"Anyone who knew Paul will attest to his fantastic sense of humour, his passion for life and his work. He will be sorely missed by everyone who was ever around him and by those most close to him.\"\n\nLancashire-born Mariner made 155 appearances and scored 61 goals for Plymouth, who signed him from non-league Chorley in 1973.\n\nHe moved to Ipswich in 1976 and was part of the side who won the FA Cup in 1978 and Uefa Cup in 1981 under manager Sir Bobby Robson.\n\nMariner scored 135 goals in 339 appearances for the Portman Road side before joining Arsenal in 1984. He joined Portsmouth two years later and finished his playing career in the United States.\n\nHe made his England debut in 1977 and played for his country at the 1982 World Cup.\n\nMariner also had spells as manager of Plymouth and Major League Soccer side Toronto FC.\n\n\"The Argyle family is devastated to learn of the passing of legendary former striker and manager, Paul Mariner,\" said the Pilgrims.\n\nIpswich inducted \"true great\" Mariner into the club's hall of fame in 2011.\n\n\"It's incredibly sad news and the thoughts of everyone at the club are with Paul's family and friends at this very difficult time,\" said Ipswich chief executive Mark Ashton.\n\n'Brave as well as skilful - Mariner one of the finest of his time'\n\nPaul Mariner was a striker of the highest class who mixed the old-fashioned virtues of physical presence and aerial power alongside a complete all-round game.\n\nHe will be remembered as one of Sir Bobby Robson's most astute acquisitions when he moved to Ipswich Town from Plymouth Argyle in 1976, going on to become a key figure in their greatest period.\n\nMariner played in the FA Cup final win against Arsenal in 1978 and also when Ipswich Town won the Uefa Cup in 1981, scoring in the first leg of a 5-4 aggregate win over AZ Alkmaar.\n\nIt was a regret that Ipswich Town did not win the title despite coming close during his time at the club but Mariner's consistency, goals, character and outgoing personality made him one of their true legends of a golden era in Suffolk under Robson.\n\nMariner's quality earned him England honours, the high point of his international career coming when he scored in the 3-1 win over France at the 1982 World Cup in Spain.\n\nHe mixed modern attributes, was brave as well as skilful and at his peak was one of the finest British centre-forwards of his time.", "Destinations on the amber list include Nice in France\n\nThe Welsh government says it is considering whether it will follow a move to allow fully vaccinated adults in England to return from amber list countries without needing to isolate.\n\nIn recent months the Welsh and UK governments' international travel policies have been similar.\n\nBut it is not clear if Welsh ministers will follow the new plan announced by UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.\n\nAn announcement would be made \"in due course\", a spokesman said.\n\nCurrently, anyone returning from amber or red list countries must isolate for 10 days, regardless of their vaccine status.\n\nMr Shapps told the Commons that the new rules for people in England would also apply to children under-18 and individuals taking part in approved clinical trials in the UK.\n\n\"In essence, this means that for fully vaccinated travellers the requirements for green and amber list countries are the same,\" he said.\n\nWelsh rules apply to people coming to Wales, even if they arrive elsewhere in the UK\n\nHowever he told MPs that because health issues were devolved \"decision-making and implementation may differ across UK administrations\".\n\nThe Welsh government has been in charge of quarantine policy in Wales, which differed from the UK government's in England for a period last year, but more recently has been broadly the same.\n\nHowever Wales does not allow people to end their period of quarantine early with a negative test.\n\nThere is also a different process to obtain a vaccination certificate, using a website instead of an app.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We are considering these proposals and all restrictions remain under constant review.\n\n\"Decisions about quarantine for people returning from amber-list countries to Wales will be made in Wales and we will make an announcement in due course.\"", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate: Time:Venue: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 Live, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app\n\nRoy Hodgson sat behind a desk in Chantilly uttering the words that would become his epitaph as England manager: \"I don't really know what I'm doing here.\"\n\nHodgson meant he did not understand why he was being forced to attend a press conference the day after he had resigned following the humiliating defeat by Iceland in the last 16 of Euro 2016 in France.\n\nHowever, it was a comment that worked on many levels.\n\nIt perhaps reflected the scrambled state of mind of a decent man and manager who had presided over possibly England's worst ever performance.\n\nThis is what England do to you. They offer hope, despair, optimism, pessimism, elation, misery. Quite often in the space of the same 90 minutes.\n\nFive years on from the embarrassment of Nice, England have the chance to experience their biggest high since the 1966 World Cup win when they face Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium.\n\nThis is the moment many England fans, and those of us who track these events at close quarters, thought we would never see.\n\nIs this landmark day going to be glorious payback for the years of falling short? A nation turns its eyes to Gareth Southgate and England.\n\nObserving England may be many things but it is never dull, especially for those of us who have travelled this particular road in one form or another for 25 years.\n\nIt was an ominous sign that the first England game I covered, in a previous journalistic life, was the agonising loss on penalties to Germany in the Euro 96 semi-final. It was perfect preparation for events to come.\n\nI have covered England for the BBC at every major tournament since 2002 and, as would become a regular occurrence, there was plenty of optimism on the flight to Osaka's Kansai Airport.\n\nAnd, apart from at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and this glorious delayed Euro 2020, it was misplaced.\n\nThe Japanese city of Sapporo provided the high point of England's 2002 World Cup campaign, hosting a victory for Sven-Goran Eriksson's side against Argentina under the Superdome, all played out amid lingering resentment from the South Americans' acrimonious victory over England on penalties at France 1998.\n\nThe morning after the night before, one unwitting England reporter making his exit mistakenly jumped on to the waiting Argentina team bus.\n\nNo names - let us say for the sake of this story that it was the Press Association's legendary England scribe John Curtis - but he greeted a still boiling mad Argentina striker Gabriel Batistuta with the unwise words: \"Sorry Gabriel mate. England media bus. You need to get off and get on your own bus.\"\n\nCue this poor unfortunate being manhandled off the coach and bundled into the hotel foyer, closely followed by his luggage, to the strains of a Mexican mariachi band entertaining the guests.\n\nBut the laughs did not last long. Elimination came with a quarter-final loss to eventual champions Brazil, the sight of a slowly backpedalling David Seaman still clear in the mind's eye as Ronaldinho's free-kick looped over him. The veteran was later ushered past the waiting media in tears, accompanied by a Football Association representative.\n\nQualification has always been relatively straightforward and competitions difficult but Euro 2004 must always be regarded as the one that got away under Eriksson's laid-back, star struck regime.\n\nA superb England team was bolstered by the emergence of Everton's explosive teenage superstar Wayne Rooney as the tournament was engulfed by \"Roo-mania\".\n\nThe phenomenon captured global attention, calls being taken from all parts of the world seeking the flimsiest piece of unknown information about the England striker.\n\nThose of us who attended the same school as him, much earlier obviously, basked in this reflected glory when asked to tell his story.\n\nAs ever, England were a huge story.\n\nAs ever, it ended in bitter disappointment, a loss on penalties to Portugal in the quarter-finals in Lisbon's iconic Stadium of Light.\n\nRooney left that game early with a broken foot as England's hopes were sabotaged by his injury and a Sol Campbell goal controversially disallowed.\n\nGreece won Euro 2004. The rest of us wondered how England had not.\n\nThe list of near-misses and misfortune seemed endless until the hope of these past four weeks.\n\nEriksson's reign ended two years later in the circus of Baden-Baden at the 2006 Germany World Cup, with that beautiful town overtaken by WAGs and the attendant paparazzi, turning England's actual football into a sideshow.\n\nAshley Cole's then wife Cheryl and David Beckham's wife Victoria were the centre of attention and a small bar named Garibaldi's became WAG HQ, the owner's ship sailing lucratively into town on a nightly basis.\n\nEngland's performance at the tournament probably needed overshadowing, again eliminated by Portugal on penalties at the quarter-final stage, this time hampered by a red card for Rooney, sent off for lashing out at Ricardo Carvalho.\n\nFabio Capello followed as England manager and was supposed to bring a winning mentality and a stern authority. One out of two was not enough.\n\nInstead, the South Africa World Cup in 2010 produced an England campaign of unrelenting misery, turgid football and eventually a complete and utter pasting.\n\nAs low points go, it takes some beating but England have certainly tried until Southgate's superb renaissance.\n\nCapello appeared to lose the plot completely on the eve of the tournament with the advent of a commercial enterprise called The Capello Index, which rated the performances of players. Not ideal when it involved his own.\n\nAs we trooped into the lavish surroundings of so-called 'Camp Capello' at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus outside Rustenburg, even the most casual observer could detect a truly rotten atmosphere.\n\nOne player said: \"When we open our windows, we could be anywhere. You wouldn't know you were even in South Africa in this place.\"\n\nCapello turned on the media, ranting at a photographer he wrongly assumed was taking pictures of the treatment room.\n\nEngland's grim performance in a 3-0 warm-up win over local team Platinum Stars had the optimists among us confident they were not as shoddy as they looked, and they were simply keeping their powder dry.\n\nHow wrong we were.\n\nAmid stiff competition, the goalless draw with Algeria in Cape Town is the worst international game I have ever covered. The game when literally nothing happened.\n\nAt least not until a frustrated Rooney turned his frustration on a TV camera and attacked England's critical fans, a blessing in disguise for those of us needing something spicy to say.\n\nThe team and fans had become detached, a world away from what we have seen at Euro 2020.\n\nNot even the controversy surrounding Frank Lampard's shot - not given as a goal despite bouncing over the line - could rescue any consolation from a 4-1 loss to Germany in the last 16.\n\nEuro 2012 was almost a free hit for the recently appointed Hodgson, in after Capello's resignation, but old habits die hard and once again it ended with defeat, this time against Italy on penalties in the quarter-final.\n\nIt almost ended in arrest and a period of incarceration for this reporter after a foolish attempt to defend comedian Bernie Clifton in a discussion with a large-hatted Kyiv policeman trying to move on England's brass band.\n\nHaving been wrongly identified as the band's manager by a \"mischievous\" colleague, the explanation that Clifton was an English national treasure famous for running around with an ostrich between his legs cut no ice, unsurprisingly, with the forces of the law.\n\nThat episode raises a smile now, but looking back at Hodgson's reign does not.\n\nHe had been England manager for two years when the World Cup landed in the location of the sport's romantic dreams, Brazil, with the final at the iconic Maracana Stadium.\n\nEngland's preparations in Miami lasted longer than their actual involvement in the tournament, out after successive defeats against Italy and Uruguay. We learned their fate as phones started pinging on touchdown back in Rio after Costa Rica had beaten Italy.\n\nIn a reflection of the time, expectations were so low that England were actually applauded off by their fans after a dismal goalless dead rubber against Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte completed the campaign.\n\nThrow in another shambles at Euro 2016 and this is what makes the renaissance under Southgate and a group of players the nation has come to love so satisfying.\n\nBonds that never existed before, especially in the era of the so-called 'Golden Generation', have been forged here.\n\nBeing around England has become a more relaxed experience - and what a joy it is to see them winning regularly, when the pressure is really on.\n\nIt has been a long time since Japan in 2002, many thousands of miles, occasional joy, much misery and tales to tell - but the Euro 2020 final now offers up the prospect of the happy, glorious ending so many following this story thought would always remain elusive.\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "Ministers are considering exempting fully vaccinated NHS staff in England from having to self-isolate if they are traced as a Covid contact.\n\nHealth bosses have been urging the government to change the rules amid fears of staff shortages.\n\nSources said no decision had been taken and ministers wanted to see evidence the move would be safe.\n\nIf it goes ahead, self-isolation would be replaced with daily tests from 19 July, when wider curbs are eased.\n\nThe idea echoes a similar policy that would apply to all fully vaccinated people and children in England from 16 August.\n\nIt comes as medical leaders warn the Covid situation in the UK will get worse before it gets better with the NHS \"under unprecedented pressure\".\n\nSaffron Cordery, deputy chief executive at NHS Providers which represents health trusts, said double-jabbed health service staff \"should be able to carry on working even if they are pinged\" by the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nShe said: \"The government should bring that in as soon as possible. I can't see any reason to delay. NHS trusts are struggling with the number of staff having to isolate - anecdotally we're seeing significant numbers off [work].\"\n\n\"We've picked up on the fact some staff are deleting the app, but it's not happening on a big, widespread scale at this point.\"\n\nHealth and social care workers were among the first people in the UK to be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine when it became available in December 2020.\n\nOf the estimated 1.3m NHS trust health care workers in England, around 1.1m have received two vaccine doses, according to data from NHS England.\n\nProf Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she was delighted the evidence for changing the policy for fully vaccinated health workers was being reviewed, adding that it \"sounds like a sensible next step\".\n\nAnd Dr David Wrigley, from the British Medical Association, said NHS staff who have had both jabs \"should be able to work if it is deemed safe so to do\" - as long as they have the appropriate personal protective equipment and their workplace \"adheres to the most stringent of infection controls\".\n\nLatest figures showed the number of isolation alerts from the app increased by more than 60% compared with the previous week.\n\nMore than 360,000 alerts were sent in England and Wales between 24 June and 30 June, as infections rose across the UK.\n\nAsked if NHS staff could be exempted from isolation orders, a No 10 spokesman told the Financial Times, which first reported the story, it was \"something we're looking at ahead of step four\" of England's roadmap out of lockdown.\n\nOne official told the newspaper it was increasingly recognised that a \"pragmatic\" solution was needed to protect the health service.\n\nIt followed confirmation that the NHS Covid-19 app's developers are now changing its settings so that it becomes less sensitive, after concerns that people were being alerted to self-isolate after only fleeting contact with a positive case.\n\nAt the moment, devices at a distance of 2m or less, for a minimum of 15 minutes during a 24 hour period, are registered as a close contact.\n\nA source close to the developers said this measure would change and that \"things are moving fast\", the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones reported.\n\nBusinesses and NHS trusts have warned MPs the knock-on effect for the economy and workplaces could be huge, if current rules did not adapt.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) said an estimated 400,000 people in the UK are thought to have been positive in the week to 3 July.\n\nOn Saturday, the UK recorded 32,367 new cases and 34 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt is the fourth day in a row case numbers have been above 30,000, while Friday saw the highest daily figure since 22 January.\n\nAround two-thirds of adults have now been double jabbed against the virus, and experts say this is helping prevent very big rises in Covid hospitalisations, although admissions are increasing.", "The NHS Covid-19 app will be altered to send out fewer isolation alerts, the BBC has learned.\n\nThe team behind the contact tracing app for England and Wales has been told to adjust the measurements which trigger the alerts, a source has confirmed.\n\nThe time frame for the change is not yet known.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps had suggested that the app might need to change for the planned lifting of restrictions in England on 19 July.\n\nThe app has so far been downloaded nearly 26m times in England and Wales.\n\nBut businesses and individuals have raised concerns that too many people were being advised to self-isolate for up to 10 days, following close contact with a device that later reported a positive Covid test result.\n\nA requirement to self-isolate if people have had both vaccine doses will only stop on 16 August, raising fears that millions would be asked to self-isolate this summer as they mixed more after 19 July, and cases rise.\n\nThe UK is experiencing a marked increase in Covid infections, according to the Office for National Statistics, with the latest data suggesting one in every 160 people has the virus.\n\nThat is up from one in every 250 in the previous week and an estimated 400,000 people are thought to have been positive in the week to 3 July.\n\n\"Things are moving fast,\" said the source at the app team.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said the app was doing \"exactly what it was designed to do\".\n\nThe app user's phone detects others that are around it, using bluetooth.\n\nPeople who later test positive for Covid can anonymously share their test result, triggering alerts for all those flagged as close contacts in the days before the test.\n\nCurrently this is devices at a distance of 2m or less, for a minimum of 15 minutes during a 24 hour period. This formula has been tweaked several times since the app launched in September 2020, and additional variables have also been factored in as more has been learned about the infectious nature of the virus.\n\nIt is these parameters which are to be adjusted, and the source said the changes could be made very quickly.\n\nHowever, Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has expressed concerns about making the changes as case numbers increase.\n\n\"This feels like taking the batteries out of the smoke detector and that is never a good idea,\" he said.\n\nIn the week of the 30 June some 356,000 alerts were triggered following the input of 61,000 positive Covid tests - an average of about six isolation requests per case.\n\nThe isolation alerts are not legally enforceable - unlike the requirement to isolate if you are contacted directly by NHS Test and Trace.\n\n\"The app is, and has always been, advisory,\" said the Department of Health in a statement.\n\n\"In the context of rising cases it is vital people are aware of their personal risk so they can make informed decisions on their behaviour to protect those around them.\"\n\nDowning Street said the app had been an \"important tool\" and people should continue using it and isolate when asked to do so.\n\nThe NHS Covid-19 app is used in England and Wales. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own powers to set coronavirus regulations and separate test-and-trace programmes.\n\nThe Welsh government has said people in Wales should continue to use the app even if social distancing rules in Wales differ from those in England.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Adam Street bonfire is located in the loyalist Tiger's Bay area\n\nA row over a contentious loyalist bonfire should have been sorted months ago, the chairman of the Police Federation for NI has said.\n\nMark Lindsay said the failure of a legal bid to force police to assist in removing the bonfire was \"the right decision\".\n\nHe said for police \"to be thrown into the middle\" and \"if you like, fighting with people\" would not have been good.\n\nOn Friday, two Stormont ministers failed in the move at the High Court.\n\nMr Lindsay said the issue was about political failures.\n\nMark Lindsay welcomed a court decision not to involve police in the removal of a controversial bonfire\n\nHe said: \"I am very disappointed that two of the [government] departments who should have had this issue sorted a year ago hadn't that done and, once again, we're trying to throw police into a crisis they hadn't sort out.\n\n\"It's really good news for our officers that they are not being thrown into the middle of what really is a horrendous situation for them.\"\n\nHe said in such situations, where tensions were high, there was always \"that spectre of a ballistic threat\".\n\nHe added that it was up to politicians and the local communities to sort out the issues well in advance and, if court action was required, it should have been done well in advance.\n\nThe bonfire in Adam Street is located in a unionist area, close to an interface with the nationalist New Lodge.\n\nMr Lindsay said: \"There's been very hard won relationships built in both those areas and I think that for policing to be thrown into the middle and to actually come toe-to-toe, if you like, fighting with people from those communities is not good news for anybody.\n\n\"It's certainly not good news for policing and definitely not good news for those communities.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Police Federation for Northern Ireland\n\nLast week, police said the bonfire was one of a small number in Northern Ireland causing concern.\n\nHowever, they refused to help contractors remove the bonfire as they said doing so would risk disorder.\n\nThe legal action was taken by Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon of the SDLP and Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey of Sinn Féin.\n\nIt was dismissed on Friday night after a judge refused an earlier, similar case taken by a New Lodge resident to direct Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers to intervene at the Tiger's Bay site.\n\nThe Police Federation said it applauded the judge's decision.\n\nAfter the failed legal bid, Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said the PSNI had been working \"to ensure a peaceful summer and that will continue over the next number of days\".\n\n\"We would urge those within local communities to remain calm,\" he added.\n\nSome New Lodge residents say they feel threatened as a result of the bonfire\n\nThe infrastructure and communities ministers said they were disappointed by the court's decision.\n\nMs Hargey said it remained her view that the bonfire was \"not appropriate at this interface location\".\n\nMs Mallon said she was disappointed by the court ruling and added that she took the decision to take legal action over the bonfire \"reluctantly\".\n\nShe said: \"I'm disappointed for the New Lodge and Duncairn residents who have been attacked, abused and suffered disruption for the last number of months as this bonfire has been constructed.\n\n\"Young children have experienced sectarian abuse, residents have had their homes pelted with golf balls and anti-social behaviour has been constant.\n\n\"The kind of behaviour we've seen over the last few weeks is totally unacceptable, wherever it comes from.\n\n\"People are entitled to celebrate their culture and traditions, and over the course of the next few days many will do so in a positive, affirming and respectful way that seeks to accommodate their neighbours. That is the standard everyone should expect.\"\n\nNorth Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín said that everybody in New Lodge was disappointed with the outcome.\n\n\"The PSNI have just told people in the New Lodge to suck it up basically, and I don't think that's good enough,\" said Ms Ní Chuilín.\n\n\"I believe the PSNI and other statutory bodies have failed in their duty to residents in this area.\n\n\"No one is denying anyone a celebration of their culture, as long as it's done with respect.\"\n\nWilliam Humphry said houses have been built where the bonfire was previously situated\n\nMeanwhile, William Humphry, DUP MLA for North Belfast, said the Tiger's Bay community was \"pleased and relieved\" with the court decision.\n\n\"It's a case that should never have been brought in the first place and a complete waste of taxpayers money,\" said Mr Humphry.\n\n\"We're coming up to the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, the glorious revolution, there is a tradition of bonfires being lit in the Protestant/unionist community going back to the glorious revolution - and that's what we're here to do, celebrate our culture.\n\n\"The bonfire is here because we've had houses built where it was previously situated.\"\n\nHundreds of Eleventh Night bonfires will be lit in loyalist communities across Northern Ireland over the weekend, most of them late on Sunday night, to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season - the Twelfth of July.\n\nSome, including the Edgarstown bonfire in Portadown, County Armagh, were lit on Friday night.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe road on Adam Street on which the Tiger's Bay bonfire has been built is owned by the Department for Infrastructure.\n\nThe department has sought and secured the assistance of Belfast City Council (BCC) to remove the pyre.\n\nHowever, in order for council contractors to carry out the operation they need protection from the PSNI.\n\nThe police are refusing to do so, having made the assessment that an intervention would risk disorder, placing people, including children, congregating at the bonfire at risk.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland win by 52 runs; lead series 2-0 with one game to play\n\nEngland pulled off another impressive victory over Pakistan by 52 runs in the second one-day international at Lord's to clinch the three-match series with a game to spare.\n\nAfter rain reduced the contest to 47 overs per side, England recovered from 160-7 to 247 all out in 45.2 overs - the hosts unchanged from an XI that included five debutants in the first ODI after a Covid-19 outbreak.\n\nThey then grabbed the initiative of an entertaining game by reducing Pakistan to 86-5 with a fine new-ball spell.\n\nFast bowler Saqib Mahmood stood out again, dismissing captain Babar Azam lbw for 19 and Mohammad Rizwan caught behind for five, while Lewis Gregory removed opener Imam-ul-Haq with his first ball - the seventh delivery of the innings.\n\nSaud Shakeel kept the tourists in the game with 56 from 77 balls, while Hassan Ali took 22 runs from one Matt Parkinson over to energise the vocal Pakistan supporters.\n\nBut Shakeel holed out to deep square-leg off Parkinson and Gregory claimed the final wicket in the following over, Pakistan dismissed for 195 with 36 balls remaining.\n\nAll-rounder Gregory, who took 3-44, earlier scored 40 in a crucial eighth-wicket stand of 69 with Brydon Carse.\n\nEngland had lost 5-42, seamer Hassan ripping through the middle order en route to figures of 5-51, after opener Phil Salt hit an aggressive 60 from 54 balls and James Vince scored 56 from 52.\n\nIt resulted in another impressive win for this inexperienced England side, who lead the series 2-0 going into the final match in Edgbaston on Tuesday.\n\nThis was also the first cricket match in England to be allowed a capacity crowd since the start of the pandemic, although the attendance was 22,704 - around 75% full.\n\nEngland impress again as new faces deliver\n\nThis England success was almost as impressive as the nine-wicket win in Cardiff, given it was a more all-round performance and at times they were put under significant pressure.\n\nPut into bat in damp conditions, Dawid Malan nicked to slip and Zak Crawley was brilliantly bowled by a Shaheen Afridi yorker, both for ducks, but Salt and Vince counter-attacked with a stand of 97 from 80 balls.\n\nSalt and Vince were bowled by the spin of Shakeel and Shadab Khan respectively, and when captain Ben Stokes had his off stump removed by Hassan for 22, before John Simpson and Craig Overton quickly followed, England were in serious trouble.\n\nBut they responded again. Carse and Gregory had relatively quiet debuts in Cardiff but the pair showed maturity in rotating the strike while still scoring at a decent rate and punishing the bad balls.\n\nWithout their stand - the highest for the eighth wicket in an ODI at Lord's - England would likely have been well short.\n\nTheir influence continued in the second innings when Gregory took the first wicket - Imam caught by wicketkeeper Simpson - and the last - Haris Rauf taken down the leg side.\n\nCarse ended Hassan's onslaught of 31 from 17 balls by having him caught at fine leg for his first international wicket and Simpson, another in his second ODI, caught the eye with a brilliant take off Parkinson.\n\nHe anticipated a sweep from Faheem Ashraf and caught the left-hander off the face of the bat down the leg side.\n\nThe fact the result was not completely certain even with Pakistan nine down showed England's total was not insurmountable.\n\nInstead the loss of early wickets cost Pakistan again, as it did in Cardiff.\n\nBabar, the number one ranked ODI batter in the world, showed a flash of his brilliance in hitting three boundaries in one over including a perfect on-drive, but he was removed by a good ball from Mahmood, which nipped in and would have hit the top of middle.\n\nIn contrast, opener Fakhar Zaman made a tortured 10 from 45 balls before being bowled by Overton.\n\nPakistan's bowling was improved, with Hassan the standout performer, though Rauf and Ashraf allowed Salt and Vince too many loose balls.\n\n'The performance was fantastic' - what they said\n\nEngland captain Ben Stokes: \"The really pleasing thing about that is the inexperienced players coming in and still continuing that mindset that we've produced over the last four or five years.\n\nPakistan captain Babar Azam: \"We didn't utilise the first 10 overs, we didn't get a partnership to score a good total and lost early wickets.\n\n\"Hassan Ali was outstanding and Saud Shakeel showed his potential.\"\n\nFormer England bowler Steven Finn on Test Match Special: \"England were just impressive all round. The important thing is Pakistan put England under more pressure and it was a test to see if this inexperienced side could get through it.\n\n\"They came through every one of those passages of play where they could have folded.\"\n\nYou can watch highlights of England's win on BBC Two at 23:05 BST. It will be on iPlayer afterwards too.", "LCpl Mongan had complained that he was being bullied before his death\n\nAn Army investigation into the unexplained death of a British soldier has identified serious failings in its duty of care.\n\nThe decomposing body of Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan was discovered in his barracks in Catterick, North Yorkshire, on 23 January last year.\n\nHe had been missing for three weeks without anyone noticing.\n\nThe Army said the delay in discovering he was dead was \"unacceptable and profoundly regrettable\".\n\nThe BBC has seen a copy of the Army's Service Inquiry Report into his death.\n\nThe report, which has not yet been made public, says that \"failings in the proper management of personnel led to the delay in the discovery of L/Cpl Mongan\".\n\nThe report also shows that LCpl Mongan's complaints of bullying and concerns about his welfare had not been properly investigated or passed on. The panel which carried out the inquiry concludes that its report \"makes for sobering reading\".\n\nThe Royal Signals soldier, who had served in Iraq, had been spending his Christmas leave in his room at Catterick Barracks, but was due to start an attachment with the Army's 77 Brigade in Berkshire on 7 January 2020. But neither camp noticed that he was missing.\n\nWhile duty officers in Catterick had been told to contact those remaining in the barracks over the Christmas period to \"ensure they are safe and well\", the inquiry found the plan had \"not been communicated and implemented as effectively as it should have\".\n\nThere was no roll call or head count at Hermitage Camp in Berkshire, when LCpl Mongan was meant to turn up for work in the new year. The report says it is \"distressing\" that his absence was not noticed by the units involved.\n\nBefore his death LCpl Mongan had complained that he was being bullied. He had kept a record of his \"perceived mistreatment\". The inquiry panel found there had not been a proper investigation into the allegations.\n\nMongan was also a victim of a serious assault in Catterick in November 2018 which was being investigated by the Royal Military Police. Support for the victim was \"not effective\", the report says.\n\nThere were also welfare and medical concerns surrounding the soldier which were not properly recorded or relayed. In 2016 it was reported he had made \"an attempt on his own life\". While this was addressed at the time the information was not passed on.\n\nAs recently as 2019 he was described as being in an \"emotional state\" - with one witness saying he found him \"sat on his bed… uncontrollably crying\".\n\nThe report has been seen by his wife Beth. In a statement she said \"it's clear Bernie felt bullied and his mental health suffered\". Though separated, the mother of his three children had kept in contact.\n\nShe said \"he was telling people he was afraid and he was not checked properly in the days before he died\".\n\nEmma Norton, who runs the Centre for Military Justice, said the failings bear a striking similarity to other cases. She said the death of Cpl Anne-Marie Ellement in 2011 also showed the Army's failure to properly transfer information about her potential vulnerability.\n\n\"Despite all the reassurances to the family in that case... the Army now appears to admit that the same thing happened to Bernie,\" she said.\n\nIn a statement, Brig Edward Chamberlain, head of the Army Personnel Services Group, said: \"There were clearly failings in our duty of care to Lance Corporal Mongan.\n\n\"The delay in discovering he was deceased was unacceptable and profoundly regrettable. We are truly sorry that such a situation should have arisen.\"\n\nHe said the wellbeing of members of the armed forces was \"critical\", adding: \"In this case, we fell short of the standard which our armed forces and their families are entitled to expect, and for that we apologise.\"\n\n\"We will implement all the recommendations in the Service Inquiry to ensure an incident like this does not happen again.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Adam Street bonfire is located in the loyalist Tiger's Bay area\n\nTwo Stormont ministers have failed in a High Court bid to force police to assist in the removal of a contentious loyalist bonfire in north Belfast.\n\nThe bonfire is located in the unionist Tiger's Bay area, close to an interface with the nationalist New Lodge.\n\nLast week, police said the Adam Street bonfire was one of a small number in Northern Ireland causing concern.\n\nHowever, they have refused to help contractors remove the bonfire as they say that to do so would risk disorder.\n\nThe legal action was taken by Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon and Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey.\n\nIt was dismissed on Friday night after a judge refused an earlier, similar case taken by a New Lodge resident to direct Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers to intervene at the Tiger's Bay site.\n\nAfter the failed legal bid, Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said the PSNI had been working \"to ensure a peaceful summer and that will continue over the next number of days\".\n\n\"We would urge those within local communities to remain calm,\" he added.\n\nSome New Lodge residents say they feel threatened as a result of the bonfire\n\nMs Hargey said she was disappointed by the court's decision.\n\nShe said it remained her view that the bonfire was \"not appropriate at this interface location\".\n\n\"In 2021 those people living at community interfaces should not have to tolerate illegal bonfires which threaten their properties and safety,\" said the minister.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin had said the PSNI should \"do its job\" by removing the bonfire.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) Environment Minister Edwin Poots had written to his executive colleagues warning them that initiating legal action would breach the ministerial code.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson had criticised the move by the two ministers.\n\n\"Here we have two ministers preparing to take the police to court, saying that they should have the right to direct the police on operational matters - that's wrong,\" he told BBC's Talkback programme.\n\n\"It is important in the kind of society we want to build that the police have operational independence.\n\n\"We need to de-escalate this situation. If the DUP were doing what Sinn Féin and the SDLP are doing we would be called out on it.\"\n\nIn Mr Poots' letter to the ministers, he said any decision to take a judicial review would need to be taken by the executive as a whole.\n\nMs O'Neill, the Sinn Féin vice-president, had accused the PSNI of being \"more interested in facilitating the bonfire than going into the site and doing their job to remove it\".\n\nAsked whether the legal action being taken by two Stormont departments was in breach of the ministerial code, she said: \"Any government ministers shouldn't have to take the PSNI to court to do their job.\"\n\nMs O'Neill said she had spoken to residents living in the area who felt \"under attack\" and said she believed the DUP leader and other unionist representatives should encourage community representatives to find an alternative location for the bonfire.\n\n\"I hope that common sense prevails, I hope we don't have disruption,\" she said.\n\n\"People are more than entitled to celebrate their culture but culture isn't bonfires and culture isn't other communities feeling under attack so I hope there's a peaceful weekend ahead.\"\n\nHundreds of Eleventh Night bonfires will be lit in loyalist communities across Northern Ireland over the weekend, most of them late on Sunday night, to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season - the Twelfth of July.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his deputy leader Paula Bradley visited the bonfire site on Thursday night\n\nThe road on Adam Street on which the Tiger's Bay bonfire has been built is owned by the Department for Infrastructure.\n\nThe department has sought and secured the assistance of Belfast City Council (BCC) to remove the pyre.\n\nHowever, in order for council contractors to carry out the operation they need protection from the PSNI.\n\nThe police are refusing to do so, having made the assessment that an intervention would risk disorder, placing people, including children, congregating at the bonfire at risk.\n\nIn the letter, seen by the PA news agency, the ministers argued that the PSNI's refusal to act runs contrary to its statutory responsibilities under the Police (NI) Act 2000, namely to protect life and property, preserve order, prevent the commission of offences and bring offenders to justice.\n\nOn Friday evening, former boxer Carl Frampton, who grew up in Tiger's Bay, said bonfires played a \"big part in a lot of people's cultures and traditions here\" and that \"all cultures should be respected\".\n\nHe said that because of the row about the bonfire this week, \"you'd be forgiven for thinking\" this year was the first time one had been built at that location.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Carl Frampton MBE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe remembered \"helping to build and watch the bonfire being lit on that exact spot\" as a young boy.\n\nHe said that \"attacks on neighbouring communities\" were \"wrong and need to stop\".", "Authorities believe the bear (not pictured) weighed roughly 181kgs (400lb)\n\nA grizzly bear that dragged a woman from her tent and killed her in Montana has been shot dead.\n\nLeah Lokan, a 65-year-old nurse from California, was on a mountain biking trip with two friends when the 400lb (181kg) bear attacked their camp in the early hours of Tuesday.\n\nOfficials hunted the animal for three days, setting traps in the hope of luring it in.\n\nStaff wearing night-vision goggles shot the bear as it raided a chicken coop.\n\nThey had laid a baited trap near the coop, about 2 miles (3 km) from Ovando, the small town where the attack happened.\n\nMs Lokan and her friends were camping behind the town's post office when she was attacked at around 4am.\n\nShe was said to be a long distance cycling enthusiast, with a \"passion for life that was out of the ordinary\".\n\nThe bear first approached the campers at around 03:00 local time (09:00 GMT), but initially ran away.\n\nMs Lokan and her two companions, who were staying in a separate tent, then removed food from their tents and secured them before going back to sleep. But the bear returned shortly afterwards, leading to the fatal attack.\n\nWildlife officials say they are sure the dead bear is the perpetrator of the attack. They will compare the shot bear's DNA with traces recovered from the scene of the attack to verify it is the same one.\n\nBears that attack people are not always killed if their attack results from a surprise encounter, or if the bear was defending its young.\n\nBut local officials said that the bear involved in Ms Lokan's death was considered a public safety threat because of the nature of the attack.\n• None Bear drags US cyclist from tent and kills her", "Residents of New York have been sharing videos of flooded subways and partially submerged cars, as the remnants of Storm Elsa pass through the city area.\n\nThe tropical storm has weakened since it passed over northern Florida, but the National Weather Service has warned that New York city area could see more flooding and heavy rain.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's bid to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended in the familiar agony of defeat in a penalty shootout as Italy claimed the Euro 2020 crown at Wembley.\n\nOn a night of anticipation, tension and ultimate heartbreak in a feverish atmosphere, England looked on course for their most joyous day since 30 July 1966 when Luke Shaw gave them the perfect start after two minutes.\n\nItaly, unbeaten in 33 matches before this final, slowly edged their way back into the game and were level in the 67th minute when Leonardo Bonucci pounced after England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford turned Marco Verratti's header on to a post.\n\nAnd after a tense period of extra time failed to find a winner, it was on to penalties and bitter disappointment for England manager Gareth Southgate and his players, who had gone into this final on a wave of expectation and high emotion.\n\nEngland missed three of their five penalties, Marcus Rashford hitting a post and Gianluigi Donnarumma denying Jadon Sancho before - so cruelly for such a fine young player - Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka also saw the giant Italy goalkeeper save his spot-kick.\n\nHarry Kane and Harry Maguire scored for England but, while Pickford kept hopes alive with saves from Andrea Belotti and Jorginho, Domenico Berardi, Bonucci and Federico Bernardeschi scored for Italy.\n\nThe tearful 19-year-old Saka, who showed such courage to step forward, was consoled by his team-mates and manager, but there was no real consolation for them or the expectant fans packed into Wembley.\n• None Reaction to England's defeat by Italy on penalties in the Euro 2020 final\n\nEngland come up short as Italy triumph\n\nEngland's years of hurt go on but it looked for the first 30 minutes of this final that the moment the country has waited more than 20,000 days for had finally arrived.\n\nSouthgate's side came firing out of the blocks and the manager's one change - replacing Saka with Kieran Trippier - paid an instant dividend as Trippier ran on to Kane's perfect pass to find the onrushing Shaw at the far post and he slammed an emphatic finish past Donnarumma.\n\nEngland were up and running and urged on by a vast, frenzied crowd they had this talented, streetwise Italian side on the back foot until they suddenly gained a foothold in the closing phase of the first half.\n\nItaly dominated possession, and it was no surprise when they restored parity, then looking the more likely winners as Southgate's side, so full of running early on, started to labour, particularly after losing the outstanding Declan Rice to a knock.\n\nSouthgate surprisingly waited until extra time to introduce Jack Grealish but by that stage the game was locked on course for penalties and so it proved.\n\nSancho and Rashford came on in the closing moments, presumably in readiness for penalties, but sadly for Southgate, who has got so much right in Euro 2020, this was one move that did not pay off as both failed with their spot-kicks.\n\nPickford performed heroics to save two penalties but he was also left in tears after England's fate was sealed.\n\nItaly edged over the line and both Southgate and his players looked devastated as they took sympathetic applause from England's fans, who had arrived with such high hopes but filed out of Wembley with their dreams of a major trophy shattered once more.\n\nEngland came close when they reached the semi-final of the World Cup in Moscow in 2018 but this loss will cut even deeper after they made such smooth progress to the final and had the chance to finally claim a second trophy in what was effectively a home tournament with its climax at Wembley.\n\nThey have made progress - but still England could not clear the final hurdle.\n\nEngland's loss will be felt deeply after such impressive progress through the knockout stage with wins against Germany, Ukraine and Denmark.\n\nSouthgate must now digest whether he got it right in the final when it came to his approach, substitutions and penalty-takers but when the dust settles England can reflect on progress made.\n\nEngland took one step further than they did in Russia and Southgate now has a potent blend of youth and experience to work with as he plots a course to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.\n\nSaka came of age in this tournament while England have exciting young in the shape of Sancho, Phil Foden, Mason Mount and Jude Bellingham, augmented by Grealish.\n\nRaheem Sterling had had a stellar campaign, Kane showed flashes of his world-class ability and the central defensive pair of John Stones and Maguire were solid. Pickford also made an outstanding contribution in goal.\n\nThis will offer no comfort in the hours following such a devastating loss, but England can at least move forward with optimism.\n\nAs Italy's players and staff celebrated in front of their exultant fans, manager Roberto Mancini was left to reflect on an outstanding job, their 34th game unbeaten crowned with the Euro 2020 title.\n\nMancini has put together an impressive mix of youth and experience, and at the back he can still rely on those two old warhorses of Juventus and Italy, Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, as durable as ever despite a combined age of 70.\n\nItaly proved their pedigree with wins over Belgium and Spain in the knockout stage and were unfazed by having to face a thunderous Wembley packed with England fans.\n\nAnd all done after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which was regarded as a national sporting humiliation.\n\nNow Italy are back as the winners of Euro 2020, testimony to the work of Mancini and his players.\n• None Italy have won their second European Championship title, and first in 53 years (also 1968); it's the longest ever gap between championships in the tournament by a single nation, surpassing Spain's 44-year wait from 1964 to 2008.\n• None England have won just 22% (two of nine) of their major tournament shootouts (World Cup/Euros), the lowest ratio of any European nation to have been involved in three or more.\n• None Italy found themselves trailing in a game for the first time at Euro 2020, while overall they spent 65 minutes behind against England in the final, 21 more than they had been behind in their 33-game unbeaten run (in all competitions) coming into the final (44).\n• None England posted their lowest possession in a game at Wembley (34.4%) since November 2016 v Spain (34.3%).\n• None Gareth Southgate has made at least one change to the England starting XI for 37 consecutive matches, making a total of 200 changes in that time and last staying with the same starting line-up in the 2018 World Cup semi-final.\n• None At one minute 57 seconds, Luke Shaw's opener (his first ever goal for England) was the quickest goal scored in the final of the European Championship, while it was also England's quickest in the competition overall and the earliest Italy have ever conceded in the competition.\n• None At 34 years and 71 days, Italy's Leonardo Bonucci became the oldest player ever to score in a European Championship final, and second-oldest for a European side in any major tournament final (World Cup/Euros), after Nils Liedholm for Sweden v Brazil at the 1958 World Cup (35 years, 264 days).\n• None Against Italy, Harry Kane failed to muster a shot or create a goal-scoring chance for only the second time in his 61 appearances for England, also doing so in a friendly against Switzerland in September 2018.\n• None Penalty saved! Bukayo Saka (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Jorginho (Italy) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Jadon Sancho (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(3), England 1(2). Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Penalty missed! Still Italy 1(2), England 1(2). Marcus Rashford (England) hits the left post with a right footed shot.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(2), England 1(2). Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1(2). Harry Maguire (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Andrea Belotti (Italy) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1(1). Harry Kane (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1. Domenico Berardi (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Bryan Cristante (Italy) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Marcus Rashford sharing a joke in training with Harry Maguire and Kieran Trippier\n\nTeachers at Marcus Rashford's old primary school say the \"shy\" student they remember is an inspiration ahead of England's Euro 2020 final.\n\nEmma Roberts, head teacher at the Manchester school, said Rashford, who spearheaded a free school meals campaign, was \"an absolute role model\".\n\nLerone, 11, said he took comfort from the striker's recent book You Are A Champion after an accident.\n\n\"Marcus says I am a champion and it has helped me to walk a bit,\" he said.\n\nMs Roberts said the Manchester United star still visits Button Lane Primary School in Wythenshawe, adding: \"I think we feel like he is part of the school and the community, he hasn't lost that.\"\n\n\"When he comes in you can see him relax and he is happy to be in the building,\" she said.\n\n\"He has always got time for the children, he makes them all feel important.\"\n\nChildren at Button Lane Primary School say they have been inspired by Rashford\n\nIn November, the government confirmed it would spend more than £400m to support poor children and their families in England, following Rashford's campaign during lockdown.\n\nHe has spoken about relying on free school meals as child and was praised for his efforts by the former United States President Barack Obama before the Euros.\n\nThe England striker was awarded an MBE last autumn and has also launched a book club to boost reading among disadvantaged children.\n\nMs Roberts said: \"On the pitch, he is a fantastic player and off the pitch, he is speaking up and standing up for the rights of children.\"\n\nShe said it was \"important for the children that his face is there for them because he totally inspires them\".\n\nEmma Roberts said Rashford was still \"part of the school and the community\"\n\nRecalling what Rashford was like as a young pupil, teaching assistant Anita Goulding said: \"I remember Marcus as being well behaved in class. He was quiet, a bit shy and was always smiling.\n\n\"He always gives hugs to the teachers when he comes.\"\n\nPupils have been writing poems ahead of England's first European Championship final on Sunday, when they face Italy at Wembley.\n\nNaif, 11, said: \"I am very happy because he is my favourite player and I didn't know who he was until I came to live in England in 2018.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The early Anglo-Saxon object found in North Norfolk 'looks like it fits into something else', an expert has said\n\nA mystery object found by a metal detector in Norfolk could be linked to a sword, an expert has said.\n\nThe gilded silver early Anglo-Saxon object was found in Field Dalling in Norfolk last September and declared to be treasure this week.\n\nNorfolk finds liaison officer, Dr Helen Geake, said it looked \"a bit like a sword-ring\" but was not really like any others found so far.\n\n\"It's a bit of a mystery, but is probably related to swords,\" she said.\n\nThe object, which measures 27.9mm (1.09in) by 25.3mm (0.9in), and weighs 17.8g (0.62oz), was listed as \"unidentified\" and dated from between 450-580 AD due to its \"amazing animal detail\".\n\n\"It is carved with very intricate animal art, and the Anglo Saxons were very connected to animals,\" Dr Geake said.\n\n\"We just don't know what it is.\"\n\nA report sent to the Norfolk coroner said it was reminiscent of a buckle from Proosa in Estonia and it shared elements of other similar buckles on the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) database.\n\nBuckles may have been used on a baldric - or sword-belt - and so the mystery object may have been a matching mount.\n\nIts underside is like the mount of the Sutton Hoo shield which is derived from sword-ring fittings, the report said.\n\nDr Geake said they occasionally found a bit of a sword pommel - a fitting at the top of a sword handle - but the mystery object was not that.\n\n\"It is an odd-shape and has a cutaway bit so it looks like it fits into something else, like Lego,\" she said.\n\n\"It doesn't have any rivets to fix it on to something so when it gets to the British Museum we've asked for the underneath to be analysed for evidence of solder as it might have been soldered onto something.\n\n\"It's not an actual ring but is kind of circular but it is not like any known Anglo-Saxon sword ring.\n\n\"And it's really too big to find a space on a sword, they are used in battle so can't be too big.\"\n\nShe said it was \"yet another mystery\" and as BBC readers had \"a good track record in identifying artefacts\", if anybody had any ideas, they should contact the PAS in Norfolk.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "G20 finance ministers have backed an \"historic\" plan which will see multinational companies pay their \"fair share\" of tax around the world.\n\nThe plan to battle tax avoidance puts in place a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15%.\n\nIt is likely to affect companies like Amazon and Facebook.\n\nSo far, 132 countries have signed up to the framework, being championed by The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).\n\nThe agreement is a further boost for the plan signed up to by leaders of the G7 major economies in Cornwall a month ago.\n\nThe G20 finance ministers - who represent 19 countries with the largest and fastest-growing economies, as well as the European Union - announced their support following a two-day meeting in Venice, Italy.\n\nThe UK's Chancellor Rishi Sunak hailed the deal as \"historic\", adding it would ensure the \"global tax system is fit for purpose in a digital age\".\n\nFrench Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said there would be \"no turning back\".\n\n\"We are putting an end to the race to the bottom and the digital giants will now pay their fair share of taxes,\" he added. \"It's a once-in-a-century tax revolution.\"\n\nThe policy - which will also make companies pay more in the countries where they do business - will now go to a meeting of G20 leaders in October for final consideration.\n\nGovernments have long grappled with the challenge of taxing global companies operating across many countries.\n\nThat challenge has grown with the boom in huge tech corporations like Amazon and Facebook.\n\nAt the moment companies can set up local branches in countries that have relatively low corporate tax rates and declare profits there.\n\nThat means they only pay the local rate of tax, even if the profits mainly come from sales made elsewhere. This is legal and commonly done.\n\nThe deal aims to stop this from happening in two ways.\n\nFirstly it aims to make companies pay more tax in the countries where they are selling their products or services, rather than wherever they end up declaring their profits.\n\nSecondly, a global minimum tax rate would help avoid countries undercutting each other with low tax rates.\n\nNot everyone is in favour, however. Ireland is among those countries which have yet to sign up.", "The situation with Covid will get worse before it gets better with cases \"rising dramatically\", medical leaders have warned.\n\nThe Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said people should remain cautious, taking measures such as wearing face coverings in crowded indoor spaces.\n\nIt has warned that the NHS is \"under unprecedented pressure\".\n\nOn Monday the government is expected to confirm whether the easing of measures in England will go ahead on 19 July.\n\nThe UK is experiencing a marked increase in cases according to the Office for National Statistics, while Health Secretary Sajid Javid has previously said he would expect numbers of infections to reach about \"50,000 new cases a day\" by that date.\n\nOn Saturday, the UK recorded 32,367 new cases and 34 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt is the fourth day in a row case numbers have been above 30,000, while Friday saw the highest daily figure since 22 January.\n\nProf Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the academy was \"cautious about issuing dire warnings\" but she had become \"profoundly concerned\" over the last couple of weeks about the idea of removing all restrictions on 19 July.\n\n\"There seems to be a misapprehension that life will return to normal from then and that we can throw away all the precautions and, frankly, that would be dangerous,\" she said.\n\nIn a statement the academy, which represents 23 medical bodies responsible for training and development in various specialties, said it was essential that people took a responsible approach when restrictions were formally lifted.\n\nIt warned that there was \"little doubt that things will get worse before they get better\".\n\nThe academy said there were reports of routine care being postponed due to healthcare professionals isolating amid mounting pressure as people who had stayed away from the NHS during the pandemic now sought treatment.\n\nIt added that the growth of long Covid, as well as the backlog of elective work which had built up during the crisis, meant that \"it is like the worst of a bad winter in July\".\n\n\"There is no doubt that we will get to a position when this dangerous and erratic disease is largely under control for the population as a whole and we can 'learn to live with' Covid-19.\n\n\"However, we are not in that position yet and sadly, we have to expect things to get worse again.\"\n\nA few hospitals in the UK have announced that non-urgent surgery is being postponed because of rising admissions of Covid patients, very high patient numbers at A&E and staff absences caused by self-isolation requirements.\n\nNow medical leaders suggest this will become more widespread and are predicting that across the NHS things will get worse before they get better.\n\nThe sobering message is that this is the situation, even after the success of the vaccination programme in reducing the relative levels of hospital admissions and deaths.\n\nIn essence, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - the professional voice of doctors - is saying that the Covid impact will be felt for many more months and right through next winter.\n\nProf Anthony Harnden, who is deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation which advises the government on the vaccine rollout, said that although it was \"worrying\" that infections were rising again, \"at some point we have got to get back to normality\".\n\nHe told the Today programme: \"We're in the middle of summer and, providing people carry on behaving responsibly - which I think they will do - then we're in a much better position\" than in previous waves.\n\nHe said the vaccination programme had gone \"incredibly well\" but there was still \"a long way to go\", adding that increasing vaccination rates was key.\n\nProf Harnden said around 55% of 18 to 29-year-olds had received their first dose of a Covid vaccine nationally but it was the early stages and he was confident of better uptake among young people.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, an epidemiologist and member of the SPI-M modelling group, told Times Radio that high levels of cases could \"challenge the virus\" to mutate into variants which the current vaccines are less effective against.\n\nHe added that there was \"a risk\" with the planned 19 July reopening but that should decrease \"as we go through August and we get more people vaccinated\".\n\nMost Covid rules are set to end in England from 19 July. Announcing the plan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that if the government did not go ahead with the easing of restrictions now then it ran the risk of \"either opening up at a very difficult time when the virus has an edge\" or \"putting everything off to next year\".\n\nThe government has previously said it has taken a cautious approach to the roadmap in England, delaying the next step to allow for millions more vaccinations so those most at risk are fully protected.\n\nAmong the changes to restrictions that have been announced are:\n\nMeanwhile, a study has found that Covid vaccines are highly effective in people with underlying health conditions who were advised to shield earlier in the pandemic.\n\nBeing fully vaccinated reduced the risk of symptomatic Covid-19 by about 90%.", "A new regulator will be set up with the power to prosecute property developers that do not meet safety standards, the government has announced.\n\nThe new safety regime is designed to prevent any repetition of the Grenfell Tower disaster, which killed 72 people in 2017.\n\nHousing Secretary Robert Jenrick will unveil the plans in the government's Building Safety Bill on Monday.\n\nThe new system would reassure \"the vast majority\" of residents, he said.\n\nHe also said the new regulator would provide \"essential oversight at every stage of a building's lifecycle, from design, construction, completion to occupation\".\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said the bill would ensure there were clearly identified people responsible for the safety of the design, build and occupation of high rise buildings.\n\nAnd the bill would also give residents more routes through which to raise concerns about safety, the spokesperson said. Before the Grenfell disaster, residents said they raised the issue of fire safety in the building and were ignored.\n\nUnder the new system, property developers who fail to meet requirements could be prosecuted, and manufacturers could have their construction products taken off the market.\n\n\"The new building safety regime will be a proportionate one, ensuring those buildings requiring remediation are brought to an acceptable standard of safety swiftly, and reassuring the vast majority of residents and leaseholders in those buildings that their homes are safe,\" Mr Jenrick said.\n\nOn Sunday, the housing secretary revealed to the BBC that he planned to use the bill to strengthen the rights of residents who wished to pursue compensation from builders for sub-standard or unsafe work.\n\nAs part of the proposals, residents will have 15 years rather than just six as previously, to pursue a claim.\n\nAfter the Grenfell fire, thousands of other blocks of flats were found to be covered in similar dangerous cladding.\n\nThe government has made a £5bn fund available to remove cladding on buildings over 18 metres. But many residents have still faced huge bills for the removal of cladding and other fire safety work.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Robert Jenrick announced on Sunday that leaseholders would have 15 years to sue developers who had used \"Grenfell-style\" cladding\n\nCampaigners - speaking on behalf of leaseholders facing massive bills for safety work - said the longer time frame would not solve the problem for many people, particularly if the developer responsible had gone out of business, or if the building was more than 15 years old.\n\nLabour's shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell said people had already found the barriers to mounting legal action \"too high and costly, and outcomes ineffective\".\n\nThe new Bill does not ensure leaseholders will be protected from charges for remedial safety work. It only requires building owners to demonstrate they have explored alternative ways of meet remediation costs before passing them on to leaseholders.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nEight-time champion Roger Federer needed all of his quality and resilience to dash British number two Cameron Norrie's hopes of causing a big upset in the Wimbledon third round.\n\nFederer, 39, has had little court time over the past 16 months but played well enough to win 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-4.\n\nOne of the form players in 2021, Norrie could not find a sustained high level against the 20-time major champion.\n\nThe Swiss goes on to face Italy's Lorenzo Sonego in the last 16.\n\nSonego, seeded 23rd, had never won a main-draw match at Wimbledon until this year, but reached the fourth round by beating unseeded Australian James Duckworth in straight sets.\n\nFollowing exits for Andy Murray and Dan Evans on Friday, Norrie's defeat means there will be no British players in the second week of the men's singles.\n\nThe home nation's last remaining hope in the singles is 18-year-old wildcard Emma Raducanu, who continued her dream run by beating Romania's Sorana Cirstea.\n\nWhile much of Federer's legacy of greatness has been built at the All England Club, there was a suspicion among many that this year could be the one where time could catch up with him.\n\nThe Swiss turns 40 next month and has only played five tournaments over the past 16 months following two knee surgeries.\n\nIn his first-round match, Federer looked ponderous as Adrian Mannarino threatened a major upset.\n• None Tomljanovic wins and accuses Ostapenko of 'lying' about injury in heated third-round match\n• None Kyrgios retires with injury but says Wimbledon run has given him 'second wind'\n\nFederer had trailed by two sets to one, but led in the fourth when the Frenchman was cruelly forced to quit after slipping and injuring his knee.\n\nA routine win against Richard Gasquet in the second round was a major improvement and he built on that in the opening set against Norrie.\n\nFederer rolled back the years with his imperious serving, easing through his holds to take the opener and then dominating the second set.\n\nThere was little drop-off from Federer in the third but Norrie is one of the most determined - and fittest - players on the ATP Tour.\n\nCharacteristically, the Briton refused to give in and pinched the third before Federer kept his nerve in the key moments of the fourth to seal victory.\n\nFederer took his first match point when Norrie batted a first serve back into the net and his celebration showed what he had to do to earn the victory.\n\nKnees bent and clenched fist driving towards the court, the usually reserved Swiss roared his relief at going through.\n\n\"I'm very pleased to get through, I'm super relieved. It was a tough battle,\" said Federer, who reached the Wimbledon last 16 for a men's record 18th time.\n\n\"He deserved that third set, I thought he played excellent today and for me I felt I was able to keep a very high level of play.\n\n\"He got the good break at the end of the third but overall I can be very happy with how I played.\"\n\nNorrie again comes unstuck against one of the 'Big Three'\n\nNorrie, seeded 29th, was playing in the third round of Wimbledon for the first time in his career, which was a suitable - but perhaps minimum - achievement at his home Grand Slam after a fine year.\n\nIt was the third successive Slam where he had reached the last 32 and had the misfortune of facing another member of the 'Big Three' there.\n\nSpanish great Rafael Nadal beat him at the Australian Open and French Open but having gained that experience, as well as confidence from reaching last month's Queen's final, he would have been expecting to push Federer.\n\nInitially, Norrie looked nervous and struggled to execute his shots as cleanly as he has been in recent months.\n\nThree double faults in the opening game of the match was ominous and, although Norrie dug deep to hold there, Federer broke for a 4-3 lead which he never looked in danger of relinquishing.\n\nWith Federer being a difficult frontrunner to peg back, the Briton needed a quick start to the second.\n\nNorrie was unable to take either of two break points at his first opportunity, instead getting broken himself in the next game as Federer maintained that advantage for a two-set lead.\n\nBoth players were rarely troubled on serve in the third until Federer was unable to take two break points at 5-5 which would have left him serving for the match.\n\nFrom nowhere, Norrie then broke to love and won the set to the excitement of a Centre Crowd split in their support.\n\nAnother double fault by Norrie at 2-2 0-15 in the fourth set seemed to be a costly lack of concentration as Federer went on to break to love, only for the Briton to break straight back and get the home fans on their feet.\n\nNorrie had admirably grown into the match, but Federer again showed his experience at the crucial moment to break and serve out victory.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None 'It's about doing the best you can each day':\n• None The young people being priced out: 'You could work hard for years and never afford anything'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAny foreign troops left in Afghanistan after Nato's September withdrawal deadline will be at risk as occupiers, the Taliban has told the BBC.\n\nIt comes amid reports that 1,000 mainly US troops could remain on the ground to protect diplomatic missions and Kabul's international airport.\n\nNato's 20-year military mission in Afghanistan has all but ended.\n\nBut violence in the country continues to rise, with the Taliban taking more territory.\n\nUnder a deal with the militant group, the US and its Nato allies agreed to withdraw all troops in return for a commitment by the Taliban not to allow al-Qaeda or any other extremist group to operate in the areas they control.\n\nPresident Joe Biden set a deadline of 11 September - the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US - for American troops to fully withdraw, but reports suggest the pullout may be complete within days.\n\nAs Afghan forces prepare to take charge of security alone, concern is growing for the future of Kabul.\n\nTaliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said seizing Kabul militarily was \"not Taliban policy\".\n\nBut speaking to the BBC from the group's office in Qatar, he said no foreign forces - including military contractors - should remain in the city after the withdrawal was complete.\n\n\"If they leave behind their forces against the Doha agreement then in that case it will be the decision of our leadership how we proceed,\" Mr Shaheen told the BBC.\n\n\"We would react and the final decision is with our leadership,\" he added.\n\nDiplomats, NGOs and other foreign civilians would not be targeted by the Taliban, he insisted, and no ongoing protection force for them was needed.\n\n\"We are against the foreign military forces, not diplomats, NGOs and workers and NGOs functioning and embassies functioning - that is something our people need. We will not pose any threat to them,\" he said.\n\nMr Shaheen described last week's withdrawal from Bagram Airfield - once the largest US military base in Afghanistan - as a \"historic moment\".\n\nBut Farzana Kochai, a female MP, said the withdrawal was being carried out irresponsibly.\n\nAfghan government spokesman Razwan Murad told the BBC that the government was ready for talks and a ceasefire and the Taliban should now prove that they were committed to peace.\n\nSome armed men have pledged to support the Afghan army in defending Kabul against the Taliban\n\nMr Shaheen denied that the militant group had played any part in the recent uptick in violence.\n\nHe insisted that many districts had fallen to the Taliban through mediation after Afghan soldiers refused to fight.\n\nOn Sunday, the Taliban captured another area in southern Kandahar province. The militants say they now control about a quarter of the country's nearly 400 districts.\n\nThe Taliban spokesman described the current government as \"moribund\" and referred to the country as the \"Islamic emirate\" - an indication that the group envisaged a theocratic basis for governing the country and were unlikely to agree to Afghan government demands for elections.\n\nMr Shaheen said elections had so far not been raised in negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From May 2021: Top US commander General Scott Miller reflects on Nato forces' time in Afghanistan ahead of its departure\n\nUS-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in October 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 9/11 attacks in the US.\n\nPresident Biden has said the American pull-out is justified as US forces have made sure Afghanistan cannot become a base for foreign jihadists to plot against the West again.\n\nAfghan President Ashraf Ghani, meanwhile, insists that the country's security forces are fully capable of keeping insurgents at bay, but many believe the withdrawal risks casting the country back into the grip of the Taliban.\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "The saiga is known for its bulbous, protruding nose\n\nThe population of a rare type of antelope has more than doubled since 2019, in a remarkable turn around in fortunes.\n\nAccording to the first aerial survey in two years, the number of saiga in their Kazakhstan heartland has risen from 334,000 to 842,000.\n\nThere were fears the animal was on the brink of extinction following a mass die-off in 2015.\n\nDistressing images of carcasses strewn over the steppes made world headlines.\n\nFollowing a series of conservation measures, including a government crackdown on poaching, and local and international conservation work, numbers have started to bounce back.\n\nThat, together with the natural resilience of the species, gives hope for their future, said Albert Salemgareyev of the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK).\n\n\"They give birth to twins every year, which gives high potential for the species to quickly recover,\" he told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Saiga antelopes: the Ice Age survivors now in peril\n\nThe saiga has seen a dramatic turnaround in fortunes. But even with the current boom, numbers will never return to the millions estimated in Soviet times due to looming threats, including the impact of state infrastructure projects and oil and gas development, said Albert Salemgareyev.\n\nThe latest survey, carried out in April, shows not only a big increase in the total numbers, but that one particular population in Ustyurt in the south of the country, has made a dramatic recovery.\n\nIn 2015, there were barely more than 1,000 animals left in the area, but there's been a big increase to 12,000 in this year's census.\n\nThe UK-based non-profit organisation, Fauna & Flora International, has been involved in efforts to protect the Ustyurt population by establishing a new anti-poaching ranger team and using satellite collaring to monitor saiga movements.\n\nDavid Gill, FFI senior programme manager for Central Asia, said the new census was the best evidence yet that decades of conservation efforts to protect the saiga were paying off.\n\nBut he warned against complacency, saying saiga migrate across huge areas, so future development and infrastructure projects that might fragment its habitat remain a concern.\n\n\"But this new data is cause for celebration,\" he added. \"There are few truly vast wildernesses, like the steppes of central Asia, left on the planet. To know that saiga herds are still traversing them in their thousands, as they have done since prehistoric times, is an encouraging thought for those of us who want those wildernesses to remain.\"\n\nSaiga numbers are monitored from the air\n\nThe International Union for Conservation of Nature classes the saiga among five critically endangered antelope species.\n\nNumbers of the species, which goes by the scientific name Saiga tatarica, have plunged by more than 90% in the late 20th Century, coming close to extinction several times.\n\nKazakhstan is home to a majority of the world's saiga, although the antelope also can be found in southern Russia and Uzbekistan.\n\nIn the decade after Kazakhstan's independence the animal was pushed to the brink through poaching for its horns, which are prized in Chinese medicine.\n\nRecent years have seen measures taken by the Kazakh government to protect the saiga population, including a crack down on poaching, with penalties of up to 12 years in prison, and the establishment of nature reserves.\n\nStephanie Ward, Altyn Dala conservation initiative international coordinator at the Frankfurt Zoological Society, said the antelope is among very few living creatures to have run freely among both Neanderthal humans and the humans of the 21st Century.\n\n\"It's exciting to see their numbers start to recover to levels nearing 1,000,000 individuals, and it speaks volumes about the Government of Kazakhstan's commitment to their protection,\" she said.\n\nThe die-off of 2015 was blamed on a bacterium previously present in the saiga which turned into a deadly killer due to excess humidity and higher-than-average daily temperatures on the steppes.", "Richard Woodcock's family have paid tribute to him after his body was found in a neighbour's flat after going to help rescue a child\n\nThe family of a man believed to have been murdered while trying to help rescue a child have said they are \"immensely proud\" of him.\n\nThe body of Richard Woodcock, 38, was found in a flat in Denmead, Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, on 26 June.\n\nHis widow described him as her \"soulmate\" and the \"best father\".\n\nDuring the stand-off, police shot dead a 24-year-old man, who had barricaded himself in a room with the boy, who remains in hospital.\n\nPolice were called to the flats on Denmead in Two Mile Ash at about 09:40 BST on Saturday, 26 June\n\nDet Ch Insp Stuart Blaik told the inquest police were called as neighbours reported hearing screams.\n\nHe said Mr Woodcock, who lived in the same block of flats and was a council highways officer, had gone there \"to help save a young boy, as it was believed he was still in the property, and at risk of significant harm\".\n\nIn their tribute, Mr Woodcock's family said: \"We have always been so proud of Richard and everything he has achieved in life.\n\n\"We are devastated Richard has been taken from us in such circumstances, but we are also so immensely proud of the sacrifice that he has made to try and save a little boy's life.\n\n\"His actions... were the type of man he was and that is how we would like him remembered.\"\n\nPolice told the inquest Mr Igweani was shot four times\n\nIn the Thames Valley Police statement, they added more people than Mr Woodcock \"ever realised\" loved him, with his death a \"huge loss\".\n\nHis wife said in her own tribute that it was a \"blessing to share my life with you, my dearest friend, my biggest love, my soul mate\".\n\n\"Thank you for loving me and being the best father to our children.\"\n\nThe family have asked for their privacy to be respected.\n\nBoth inquests, opened on Friday, have been adjourned until November.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Passengers cram on to a train from Crewe to Bangor\n\nWales' train operator has been accused of \"empty words\" after failing to enforce social distancing rules.\n\nArfon MP Hywel Williams said Transport for Wales (TfW) had pledged to make the safety of customers an \"absolute priority\".\n\nHowever, he said the rail service then issued guidance to staff telling them not to enforce social distancing rules.\n\nTfW said that as passenger demand increases, social distancing \"will not always be possible\" during busy times.\n\n\"Unfortunately, we have seen a rise in anti-social behaviour towards our front-line staff and it is not the responsibility of individual conductors to enforce Covid regulations,\" said TfW's safety and sustainability director Leyton Powell.\n\n\"So we work closely with the British Transport Police and security staff to encourage passengers to follow the latest Covid rules.\"\n\nHe said it was important passengers planned ahead and made \"responsible decisions\" on their need to travel.\n\nBut Mr Williams said: \"Expecting ticket-paying travellers to cram into overcrowded trains is unacceptable under normal circumstances, but to allow those conditions when Covid cases are on the rise is totally irresponsible.\n\n\"TfW and the Welsh government must urgently reassess their guidance so that staff, as well as passengers, are protected as journeys increase over the summer.\"\n\nNia Jones, who lives in Mr Williams' constituency of Arfon, also called for action after describing a trip from Crewe to Bangor as \"an extremely uncomfortable experience\".\n\nTrains were virtually empty for months as all but essential travel was banned\n\nShe said: \"The train was at full capacity, with no means of properly enforcing social distancing, forcing passengers to sit side-by-side and stand in the aisles.\n\n\"TfW managers must consider what impact their hands-off approach to safety measures will have on passengers' confidence in their services.\"\n\nCalls were made for an investigation last month after images emerged of packed trains.\n\nAdam Smith had said he felt \"anxious\" after getting on a train back to his home in Newport from Barry Island, on the June Bank Holiday Monday, which had standing room only.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollowing this, Wales' train operator wrote to MPs and said: \"At TfW, the safety of our customers and your constituents is an absolute priority for us, and as society gradually unlocks as we move through the coronavirus pandemic, we're continually reviewing the services we deliver to provide the best and safest possible experience for customers.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Williams accused the operator of \"empty words\" after being shown a copy of guidance given to conductors.\n\nA copy of the communication sent to TfW conductors\n\nTitled \"management of on train social distancing,\" the guidance references the \"large volumes of passengers\" travelling by train on some routes, which provides \"challenges\".\n\nIt said social distance capacity numbers were based on individuals travelling alone - however, it said there were several factors that could influence what the \"safe capacity\" is.\n\nThese include groups travelling in bubbles, families or vulnerable people travelling with carers.\n\nPassenger numbers on trains have increased since the non-essential travel ban was lifted\n\n\"The numbers provided are a baseline for reporting social distancing capacity breaches and must not be enforced,\" it states.\n\n\"We request this to balance of risk to colleagues in trying to enforce these numbers and so as not to introduce other risks to other passengers by doing so.\n\n\"We provide information to passengers to make their own decision if they are happy to board the train.\"\n\nAll of TfW's carriages are currently in use and the fact more than 75% of train stations are unmanned makes it even more difficult to enforce social distancing.\n\nHowever, Mr Powell said conductors were encouraged to report breaches of social distancing and this information was used to look at increasing capacity, running supplementary bus services or deploying more security.\n\n\"The safety of our customers and colleagues has been a priority throughout the pandemic and we continue to implement many safety measures following industry and government guidance, including enhanced cleaning regimes on trains and at stations, queuing systems during peak times, free hand sanitiser at key stations and by ensuring people wear face coverings, unless exempt,\" he added.\n\nMr Powell urged people to use the capacity checker tool before travelling.", "The incidents happened on Oxford Street and Oxford Circus Underground station\n\nA Jewish man who was abused twice in one hour in central London was threatened because of his appearance, his brother said.\n\nYochai was \"verbally assaulted\" while on a bus into Oxford Street and then while at an underground station.\n\nHis brother said Yochai was targeted because he looked \"obviously Jewish\" and that the offenders \"were not concerned about the repercussions\".\n\nThe Met Police and British Transport Police are investigating.\n\nYochai was first abused while sitting on a bus at 23:40 BST on Saturday by a black man wearing a red, white and navy blue T-shirt and shorts and red trainers. He shouted \"free Palestine\" as he got off the bus.\n\nOnce Yochai left the bus and was walking down an escalator at Oxford Circus Tube station, the Met Police said he was subjected to a \"torrent\" of anti-Semitic abuse by a white man, who was wearing jeans, a black T-shirt and a grey jumper tied around his shoulders.\n\nAccording to his brother, Yochai had on a kippah - the skullcap worn by some Jewish men - that evening. His brother, who asked not to be named, said Yochai had been left \"very shaken\".\n\n\"The bus incident happened when the suspect noticed my brother. There was no prior communication before they lashed out [at him],\" he told the Press Association news agency.\n\n\"It wasn't just a mere verbal assault. He was very close to being physically attacked by this vicious assailant.\"\n\nYochai's brother said the passenger leaned in close to his face and tried to punch him but Yochai stopped him.\n\n\"He was shouting angrily: 'I'll give you an uppercut, I'll give you an uppercut',\" he said.\n\nYochai then managed to \"de-escalate\" the situation by talking to the passenger, but still was faced with \"ugly racist remarks and death threats\", the brother added.\n\nThe incident ended after the bus driver called the police, he said.\n\nDescribing how he felt when Yochai told him what he had experienced, his brother said: \"I was upset since this is an experience I've myself had many times as a kid. Not necessarily death threats like this but lots of verbal assaults, things thrown from cars.\n\n\"I'm not religious like my brother so I don't look obviously Jewish to be a target this way.\n\n\"It's the fact that anti-Semites are willing to do this when knowing there is CCTV means we've reached the level where they're not concerned about repercussions.\"\n\nNo arrests have been made and inquiries are continuing.\n\nSiwan Hayward, director of compliance, policing operations and security at TfL, said: \"We are appalled by the shocking incidents. All our customers have the right to travel without fear of abuse or intimidation, and hate crime has absolutely no place on our network.\"\n\nCorrection 5 July: An earlier version of this story stated incorrectly that a group of males abused the man on the London Underground; there was only a single assailant at Oxford Circus Tube station. It has also emerged that the same man was the victim in both incidents.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as firefighters race to prevent the blaze from spreading\n\nSeveral nations have answered Cyprus's appeal to help tackle a huge wildfire, described by officials as the worst in the country's history.\n\nThe UK, Greece, Italy and Israel are among those helping, including with firefighting aircraft.\n\nCyprus said missions to drop water had helped to reduce fire outbreaks, but warned that blazes could resurge.\n\nOn Sunday, four people were confirmed to have died in the fires, which have been fanned by strong winds.\n\nThe blaze has spread through the southern Limassol district and forced the evacuation of several villages.\n\nMore than 20 sq m (50 sq km) of forest and farmland have been destroyed, along with power lines.\n\nFirefighters are racing to prevent the wildfire from spreading to the Machairas National Forest Park.\n\n\"It is the worst forest fire in the history of Cyprus,\" Director of the Department of Forests Charalambos Alexandrou told local television.\n\nThe wildfire started on Saturday, and is quickly spreading\n\nThe European Commission's head of crisis management, Janez Lenarcic, said on Saturday that a co-ordinated response was under way. The EU's emergency Copernicus satellite is tracking the blaze, the commission said.\n\nSeveral aircraft are already tackling the flames, assisted by British troops stationed on the island.\n\nThe British Royal Air Force, which has a base at Akrotiri near Limassol, tweeted images of two helicopters taking part in the operations.\n\n\"We stand shoulder to shoulder with the Republic of Cyprus as we work together to overcome this tragedy,\" said the commander of British Forces Cyprus, Maj Gen Rob Thomson.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by RAF Akrotiri This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Sunday, Cyprus's Interior Minister Nicos Mouris confirmed that all four people who died in the fires were Egyptian farm workers.\n\nTheir bodies were found about 600m from their burnt-out vehicle near the village of Odos. A local policeman told AFP news agency that it appears they fled the vehicle and became trapped among the flames.\n\nThis house and a vehicle in the Larnaca region were gutted by the blaze\n\nPresident Nicos Anastasiades described the fire - in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains - as \"a tragedy\".\n\nIn a tweet, he said it was \"the largest fire since 1974\" - referring to the year Cyprus was divided following a Turkish invasion - and had caused loss of life.\n\nHe pledged that the government would \"provide immediate assistance to the victims\" and their families.\n\nFirefighters are trying to control the blaze to prevent it from reaching a national forest\n\nMr Anastasiades visited a relief centre in the village of Vavatsinia on Sunday morning, before travelling on to other affected areas.\n\nMeanwhile, police have arrested a 67-year-old man on suspicion of arson. A witness saw a man driving away from the village of Arakapas, north-east of Limassol, at the same time the fire started on Saturday, police said.\n\nCyprus has been experiencing a week-long heatwave, with temperatures reaching up to 40C (104F).\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. However, linking any single event to global warming is complicated.", "The Duke of Cambridge arrived alone for the service as his wife is self-isolating\n\nThe Royal Family has celebrated the 73rd anniversary of the NHS with the award of the George Cross and a cathedral service.\n\nIn a personal message, the Queen said NHS staff across the UK had worked \"with courage, compassion and dedication\" for more than 70 years.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge joined NHS staff at a thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral in London.\n\nHe later hosted a Buckingham Palace tea party to thank NHS workers.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge had been due to join him for the events, but is now self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for Covid.\n\nThe George Cross, instituted by King George VI in 1940 during the height of the Blitz in World War Two, is awarded for \"acts of the greatest heroism or of the most courage in circumstances of extreme danger\".\n\nIn her handwritten message, the Queen wrote: \"It is with great pleasure, on behalf of a grateful nation, that I award the George Cross to the National Health Services of the United Kingdom.\n\n\"This award recognises all NHS staff, past and present, across all disciplines and all four nations.\n\n\"Over more than seven decades, and especially in recent times, you have supported the people of our country with courage, compassion and dedication, demonstrating the highest standards of public service.\n\n\"You have our enduring thanks and heartfelt appreciation.\"\n\nA copy of the handwritten message from Queen Elizabeth II in support of the award of the George Cross to the NHS\n\nNHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said the award recognised the \"skill and fortitude\" of NHS staff, who had responded to \"the worst pandemic in a century and the greatest challenge this country has faced since World War Two\".\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS England medical director, said he could not be \"prouder and more humbled\" by the work of his medical colleagues, adding that the reward recognised the contribution of the NHS since inception as well as over the last 18 months.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe awarding of the George Cross by the Queen is made on the advice of the George Cross Committee and the prime minister.\n\nThis latest award is only the third time the George Cross has been given to a collective body, country or organisation, rather than an individual.\n\nIn 1942, the George Cross was conferred on Malta by George VI, in recognition of the heroism displayed by the island's inhabitants during enemy bombardments in World War Two and in 1999, the Queen awarded the George Cross to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland, in recognition of the force's bravery.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, council chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) which represents doctors, said the award would be \"a welcome recognition for many who feel exhausted - physically and mentally - after the gruelling challenge of the last year\".\n\nBut he added: \"It is also vital to ensure that healthcare professionals work in an environment where there is an adequate workforce and resources, including enough hospitals beds and facilities in general practice.\n\n\"This will be vital if we are to be able to tackle the enormous backlog of over five million patients waiting for treatment as a result of the pandemic\".It comes days after Dr Nagpaul warned that senior doctors in England would be consulted on taking industrial action if the government's 1% pay rise offer was not improved.\n\nAnd Pat Cullen, acting general secretary and chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing - which has also warned of potential industrial action over pay - said: \"Nursing staff led the foundation of the NHS and today they continue to lead the response to the pandemic.\n\n\"Along with all of their colleagues they should hold their heads high today to be recognised in this way.\"\n\nThe awarding of the George Cross by the Queen is made on the advice of the George Cross Committee and the prime minister\n\nPrince William joined senior NHS figures, frontline staff and patients at the St Paul's service, which celebrated the work of the health service in tackling Covid-19.\n\nThe cathedral's choir sang hymns as the duke entered the church and followed religious leaders past socially-distanced rows of NHS staff.\n\nAmong the congregation were Sir Simon; Dr Emily Lawson, NHS England's lead on the vaccine rollout; matron May Parsons, who gave the first Covid vaccination outside clinical trials; and Sam Foster, the nurse who administered the first Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey were also in attendance.\n\nThey were joined by members of staff who treated England's first Covid patients, as well as people who have been treated for the virus.\n\nAddressing the congregation during the service at St Paul's Sir Simon described the occasion as an opportunity for \"cautious pride in science, treatments and our vaccines\" but also a time for some \"anger and regret\" over the millions who have died with coronavirus around the world.\n\nHe said the NHS was \"an inspiring example for our generation of how out of adversity can come strength\".\n\nThe duke spoke to NHS workers during the tea party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace\n\nPrince William walks with NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens and NHS Charities Together chief executive Ellie Orton\n\nThe duke welcomed NHS workers, including respiratory ward nurses, counsellors and care workers, as well as catering managers and housekeeping coordinators, to the Buckingham Palace gardens for the NHS Big Tea.\n\nThe NHS Big Tea is organised by NHS Charities Together - which the duke and duchess have been patrons of since December 2020.\n\nThe event was one of thousands of Big Teas happening in homes, hospitals, schools and community spaces across the UK on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke to the BBC via video link\n\nAlexandra Heys, nurse ward manager in the respiratory high care unit at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said she felt \"honoured\" to be meeting the duke.\n\n\"We have all been through a lot, so seeing the public get behind the NHS Big Tea on such as massive scale is an immense boost and really makes a difference,\" she added.\n\nNHS Charities Together is an independent charity and functions as an umbrella organisation made up of 240 NHS member charities based within hospitals, mental health trusts, ambulance trusts, community health trusts and health boards across the UK.", "Chef Tom Kitchin runs Michelin-starred restaurant the Kitchin and gastropub Scran and Scallie, both in Edinburgh.\n\nEdinburgh chef Tom Kitchin has suspended two members of staff following allegations of \"unacceptable behaviour\".\n\nIn June, former workers made allegations of bullying, violence and sexual assault in his restaurants.\n\nOne alleged a chef burned a woman's arm with a hot tray from an oven, while another claimed staff were repeatedly punched if they were not fast enough.\n\nKitchin Group said the claims would be \"fully and independently\" investigated.\n\nManaging director Peter Southcott added: \"We will not hesitate to take whatever action may be necessary.\"\n\nMr Kitchin, 44, runs Michelin-starred restaurant the Kitchin and gastropub Scran and Scallie, both in Edinburgh.\n\nHe has been a guest judge on BBC One's MasterChef and appeared on the Great British Menu, after becoming one of the youngest chefs to receive a Michelin star, aged just 29.\n\nAnonymous claims which appeared on an Instagram page described \"toxic\" behaviour, violence and instances of sexual assault in his restaurants.\n\nFurther claims were made to the Guardian and Times newspapers, describing mental health problems that had arisen following their alleged experiences.\n\nTom Kitchin said he aspired for all staff to have high standards of behaviour in his kitchens\n\nMr Kitchin said top venues can be \"high-pressure, frenetic and challenging\" environments where \"emotions often run high\" - but said his company would \"remedy\" instances if they had \"fallen short\".\n\nHe said: \"The exacting standards of our food and service must be matched by the standards of behaviour in our kitchens and wider operations.\n\n\"In the last few years, the feedback from our team members underlines the significant strides we've taken to improve what had often been a traditional culture in our kitchens, but we have more to do.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland won their one-day international series against Sri Lanka 2-0 after the third match in Bristol was washed out.\n\nEngland, who also won the Twenty20 series 3-0, looked well-placed for another victory when they dismissed a sorry Sri Lanka cheaply once more - the tourists all out for 166 in 41.1 overs.\n\nBut heavy rain arrived soon after 15:00 BST, during the change of innings, and no further play was possible.\n\nThe match was abandoned at 16:15 with puddles forming on the outfield.\n\nIn another strong England bowling performance, Tom Curran impressed with 4-35 in his 10 overs.\n\nCurran ripped through Sri Lanka's middle order after Chris Woakes and David Willey had reduced the tourists to 42-4.\n\nEngland will likely face a far sterner test on Thursday when they play Pakistan in the first of three ODIs. A three-match T20 series follows afterwards.\n\nRain arrives but not before another Sri Lanka collapse\n\nThis has been a miserable tour for Sri Lanka whose only relief is that the rain allowed them to escape before what would almost certainly have been a sixth defeat in six games.\n\nIn the first ODI in Chester-le-Street they were 46-3, the second at The Oval 21-4, and here they were four down within nine overs.\n\nWoakes in particular managed to swing the ball throughout but the majority of wickets fell to bad shots rather than good bowling.\n\nDhananjaya de Silva, who made 91 in the previous game, was one of two batters out on the hook, Oshada Fernando smashed Curran to mid-off to make the score 63-5 and the final wicket came in comedic fashion when Asitha Fernando was run out.\n\nSo poor was the opposition, England have learned little from the series but four wickets were a welcome boost for Curran.\n\nThe Surrey bowler, whose brother Sam took 5-48 at The Oval, had only taken three wickets in his previous 11 ODIs.\n\nHe was helped by wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow, who took a brilliant diving one-handed catch to dismiss Chamika Karunaratne for Curran's third.\n\nThe win extends England lead at the top of the Super League, which acts as qualification for the next 50-over World Cup. Sri Lanka are 11th and in danger of not qualifying for the 2023 showpiece should their results not improve.\n\n'I don't feel I've done anything different' - reaction\n\nEngland bowler Tom Curran: \"It is disappointing. We sort of knew there was a bit of rain, but I didn't quite think it was going to come down that hard, that quickly, but look it was nice to contribute with a few wickets.\n\n\"I don't feel like I've done anything different, it is a funny game. I've felt pretty good for a while to be honest, and I just haven't quite been getting the wickets.\"\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"We're delighted with the series win, and more so today with the way we started.\n\n\"We looked to be aggressive, create pressure and create opportunities. We're delighted that we continued to be ruthless and disciplined in the nature that we showed.\"", "The Three Degrees are one of the artists that feature on his 13-song list\n\nThe Prince of Wales has revealed some of his favourite songs, with artists Diana Ross, Edith Piaf and Barbra Streisand making the list.\n\nHe highlighted soul group The Three Degrees' pop hit Givin' Up, Givin' In as a track that used to give him \"an irresistible urge to get up and dance\".\n\nPrince Charles shared his songs as part of a special show on hospital radio to thank NHS staff and volunteers.\n\nIt will air at midday and his 13-song playlist will be released on Spotify.\n\nThe hour-long programme was recorded as part of a national Thank You Day being held on Sunday to celebrate people who helped respond to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIt was recorded for the Hospital Broadcasting Association made up of hospital radio stations, and the prince paid tribute to all the hospital radio volunteers who had helped entertain patients and staff during the crisis.\n\nThe future king's list of songs from throughout his life is varied, with tracks from artists from South Africa, Scotland, France and the Irish Republic.\n\nThe song Givin' Up Givin' In was performed by The Three Degrees at his 30th birthday, and he described it as \"one of my favourites and, long ago, used to provide me with an irresistible urge to get up and dance\".\n\nAnother song - the 1935 track Lulu's Back In Town by Dick Powell - made him happy because it reminded him of his grandmother, the prince said.\n\nAnd he picked Don't Rain On My Parade by Barbra Streisand as he recalled seeing the star perform at Warner Bros Studios in California when he served as a young lieutenant on HMS Jupiter in the 1970s.\n\nSpeaking on Sunday's hospital radio show, which is called Music and Memories With HRH The Prince Of Wales, the prince said he had been \"profoundly impressed by the dedication shown by our wonderful NHS staff and volunteers right across the country\".\n\nHe thanked them for their \"sheer resilience and indomitable spirit\", as he also paid tribute to the \"invaluable service\" provided by hospital radio.\n\n\"During current times, when we have been dealing with the effect of this dreadful pandemic, the role of hospital radio has been even more important, and I know it has been of immeasurable value in connecting people, in providing comfort and companionship, and in raising people's spirits when that is needed,\" he said.\n\nThe programme will be broadcast across 180 member stations of the HBA at 12:00 BST on Sunday. A Spotify playlist with all the tracks will also be shared on social media by Clarence House.\n\nThe HBA's chairman Grant McNaughton said it was \"truly amazing\" for the prince to recognise the dedication of hospital radio staff volunteers.\n\nThe radio programme is one of many events taking place across the UK to mark national Thank You Day.\n\nCommunities across the UK are being encouraged to come together to say thank you to all those who have helped keep the country going during the pandemic.\n\nAt 17:00, the public are encouraged to raise a glass or mug to everyone who has helped the country through the past year.\n\nMeanwhile on Saturday evening, the Wembley arch, the Liver building in Liverpool, and Salisbury Cathedral were among more than 70 sites across England being lit up in blue to thank NHS staff for their role in fighting the pandemic, and marking the 73rd anniversary of the NHS on Monday.\n\nVaccination centres, football stadiums, town halls, churches, hospitals and bridges were also lit up as part of the tribute.\n\nWembley Arch in London shone out in blue as part of the events\n\nNHS chief people officer, Prerana Issar, attended a memorial service at the London Blossom Garden at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford during the afternoon.\n\nShe said: \"Each of the colleagues who sadly died while caring for and protecting patients represents an irreplaceable gap in a family and a workplace.\"\n\nShe also wanted to \"encourage everyone to take a moment on Saturday to reflect and remember\".\n\nAre you taking part in Thank You Day events? 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Robert Jenrick says it is time to take \"personal responsibility\" on taking precautions like wearing masks\n\nEngland will move into a period without legal restrictions where the public will have to exercise \"personal responsibility\" including on face masks, the housing secretary has said.\n\nRobert Jenrick told the BBC's Andrew Marr people would \"come to different conclusions\" over masks, but he trusted people \"to exercise good judgement\".\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nThe Scottish government said there would be an \"ongoing need\" for masks.\n\nA spokesperson said people could still be expected to wear face coverings on public transport and in shops even after other curbs lift in Scotland on 9 August.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are in charge of their own coronavirus rules. On face masks and other measures, the Westminster government is working with counterparts in the other nations on a UK-wide approach.\n\nIn Wales, minister Mick Antoniw said it was \"moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality\" with the next review of curbs due on 15 July.\n\nMr Jenrick said on Sunday he would like the whole union to move as one.\n\nA further 24,248 Covid cases and 15 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the UK on Sunday.\n\nWhen asked on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show whether he was confident that all restrictions would end in England on 19 July, Mr Jenrick said: \"It does look as if - thanks to the success of the vaccine programme - that we now have the scope to roll back those restrictions and return to a normality as far as possible.\"\n\nHe said cases might continue to rise significantly as restrictions were eased.\n\n\"But we now have to move into a different period where we learn to live with the virus, we take precautions and we as individuals take personal responsibility,\" he said.\n\nWhen asked if the requirement to wear face masks in certain settings will definitely go, Mr Jenrick said: \"I can't make that commitment this morning because the prime minister will make an announcement in the coming days - it does look as if the data is in the right place.\"\n\nHe urged people to get fully vaccinated and, when asked about travel, said the government was \"still looking at the data\" in terms of allowing those who have been double-jabbed to avoid quarantine when returning from amber list countries - but it was their objective.\n\nAsked on Sky News about whether he would stop wearing his face mask if the rules allowed, Mr Jenrick said he would, because he did not particularly want to wear one.\n\nBut he said: \"We will be moving into a phase where these will be matters of personal choice. So some members of society will want to do so for perfectly legitimate reasons but it will be a different period where we as private citizens make these judgements rather than the government telling you what to do.\"\n\nMr Jenrick added: \"We are now going to move into a period where there won't be legal restrictions - the state won't be telling you what to do - but you will want to exercise a degree of personal responsibility and judgement.\"\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS England's medical director, said if some people continued to wear face masks in certain circumstances, such as crowded places, then \"that's not necessarily a bad thing\". \"Those habits to reduce infections are a good thing to keep,\" he added.\n\nHe said the link between coronavirus infections, hospital admissions and deaths had not been totally broken as there were people in hospital who had been vaccinated.\n\n\"But it's severely weakened,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some may choose to be cautious after 19 July, says NHS England's medical director, Prof Stephen Powis\n\nMr Jenrick also said the government would be making a statement on school bubbles - the system that means entire groups of pupils have to self-isolate if one pupil within the group tests positive - ahead of 19 July.\n\nCritics say the bubble system is disruptive, and official figures this week showed hundreds of thousands of children had been sent home from school because of it. The education secretary has also said he want to replace the bubble system with a different approach.\n\n\"As a parent I've seen it first hand,\" Mr Jenrick told Times Radio on Sunday. \"It's extremely frustrating. We want to see that come to an end and to move to a different and better system.\"\n\nWriting in the Mail on Sunday, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said there was a compelling argument that easing Covid restrictions was needed for the country's health.\n\nHe said the rules had caused a shocking rise in domestic violence and a terrible impact on mental health.\n\nAnd he said England was on track to meet the fourth and final stage of lockdown lifting - but that \"cases are going to rise significantly\" and \"no date we choose will ever come without risk\".\n\nMr Javid also warned the backlog facing the NHS would get \"far worse before it gets better\", as millions of people had avoided coming forward for healthcare during the pandemic.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA) has said measures such as mandatory face coverings in certain settings should stay in place as it warned the number of people admitted to hospitals in England with Covid-19 had risen by 55% in a week.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chairman, called the jump in cases alarming and said: \"It makes no sense to remove restrictions in their entirety in just over two weeks' time.\"\n\nThe BMA called for the continued use of masks and new ventilation standards, among other measures.", "The Scottish government said people may need to continue wearing face masks in shops and on public transport\n\nThe Scottish government has said there will be \"ongoing need\" for face coverings when all other restrictions are lifted on 9 August.\n\nIt said that while measures are \"under review\" people could still be expected to wear masks on public transport and in shops.\n\nIn England, however, wearing masks is soon expected to become a \"personal responsibility\".\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nThe UK government's Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told the BBC he would like the four nations to \"move as one\" on the matter but acknowledged the picture was different across the UK.\n\nScotland is due to move to level zero on 19 July, with all other major legal restrictions scheduled to be dropped on 9 August.\n\nHowever, that does not currently include the wearing of face coverings, which could continue in certain settings - for example, shops and public transport.\n\nA spokesperson for the Scottish government said decisions had not yet been made on \"baseline\" measures after the move.\n\nThey said: \"We will take account of social and economic factors as well as the epidemiological impact on transmission and will keep measures under review.\n\n\"As the first minister has set out, we will have to manage living with Covid 19 for some time to come, even when we are able to move beyond level zero.\n\n\"There will still be some ongoing need for face coverings, for example on public transport and in retail, and we will be working with sectors to establish baseline mitigations and produce further guidance by end of July.\"\n\nWearing face coverings on public transport and in shops became a legal requirement in July last year.\n\nPeople with certain medical conditions or disabilities, and children under five, were exempt.\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July, with the public having to exercise \"judgement\" on issues like wearing face coverings.\n\nMr Jenrick told the BBC: \"We would like the whole of the union to move as one. We are going to work with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to try and be as co-ordinated as possible.\n\n\"Cases are slightly different in each of the four nations but certainly in England, our view is that things are looking positive for July 19.\"\n\nMr Jenrick said the government was \"still looking at the data\" in terms of allowing those who have been fully vaccinated to be able to holiday quarantine-free in countries on the amber list for international travel.\n\nBut he added: \"It is our objective, yes, that those who are double vaccinated should be able to travel to amber list countries as soon as possible, including for holidays.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome doctors have warned that certain measures - including the use of face masks - should be kept beyond July, with the British Medical Association (BMA) calling the rise in infections alarming.\n\nDr Christine Tait-Burkard, from the University of Edinburgh, told the BBC she favoured a more cautious approach.\n\nShe said: \"We can definitely go through the next step on 19 July despite the numbers - and that sounds absolutely mad, but the hospitalisation numbers still look very encouraging and the vaccination programme still looks encouraging\n\n\"But I'm quite a bit happier with the Scottish approach to eventually release everything in August only.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One man was taken to hospital for treatment after the incident in Dunfermline's Dewar Street.\n\nA number of homes have been evacuated in Fife following a suspected gas explosion.\n\nFirefighters were called to tackle a blaze at one property on Dewar Street, Dunfermline, at about 13:50.\n\nPolice confirmed one man had been taken to St John's Hospital for treatment and a number of properties had been evacuated as a precaution.\n\nThe street was closed while inquiries were carried out.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Drone footage shows the damage caused by a huge mudslide in Atami\n\nA huge rescue operation is under way in central Japan after a landslide hit the popular resort of Atami, killing two people and leaving 20 others missing.\n\nHundreds of rescuers began sweeping the hillside for survivors early on Sunday after a torrent of black mud crashed through the city a day earlier.\n\nSeveral houses were swept away by the mudslide, which followed heavy rain.\n\nAtami has had more rainfall in the first three days of July than it usually sees in the whole month.\n\nVideo posted on social media on Saturday showed mud plummeting down a mountain in the prefecture of Shizuoka, weaving through the city of Atami towards the sea.\n\nA resident said he heard a \"horrible sound\" and fled as the landslide engulfed everything in its path.\n\n\"We are trying our best to search for survivors as quickly as possible while carrying out the operation very carefully as it is still raining,\" a local official told AFP news agency.\n\nRescuers search inside cars for possible survivors of Saturday's landslide in Atami\n\nThe weather has been similar in neighbouring Kanagawa prefecture.\n\nJapan is a very mountainous and densely populated country and landslides are not unusual, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo.\n\nBut there is growing evidence that climate change is making these sorts of extreme weather events more frequent and more destructive, our correspondent adds.\n\nThe mudslide struck at 10:30 local time on Saturday (01:30 GMT), according to a local resident.\n\nOne witness told national broadcaster NHK: \"I heard a horrible sound and saw a mudslide flowing downwards as rescue workers were urging people to evacuate. So I ran to higher ground.\"\n\nAnother resident, Chieko Oki, told AFP: \"The big electricity pylons here were shaking all over the place and no sooner had I wondered what was going on than the mudslides were already there.\"\n\nOne man could only escape by climbing a ladder.\n\n\"The mudslide came really close, right in front of my house. I could hear it coming before I saw it. I couldn't get away, so I climbed up a ladder,\" he told NHK.\n\nAnother man described hearing an \"unimaginable sound\". \"I knew it was a landslide. It's been raining constantly for three days, it's been steady rather than a sudden downpour,\" he said.\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nPrime Minister Yoshihide Suga has put together a taskforce to respond to the disaster and the wider emergency caused by heavy rainfall on the Pacific coastline. He asked people in the area to remain on alert.\n\nPolice, firefighters and members of Japan's military are involved in a search operation.\n\nAtami's Mayor Sakae Saito told local media that up to 300 homes had been affected by the landslide.\n\nMeanwhile, hundreds of thousands of residents in three prefectures - Shizuoka, Kanagawa and Chiba - have been ordered to evacuate following warnings of further flooding in low-lying areas.\n\nLast July dozens were killed in flooding. More than 200 died in 2018 when parts of western Japan were inundated.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Helen Willetts examines the conditions that have caused the landslide in Japan", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nEngland's 4-0 win over Ukraine at Euro 2020 attracted a peak TV audience of 20.9 million, making it the most-watched live TV event of the year with 81.8% audience share.\n\nHarry Kane, with two, Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson got the goals, as England's men reached a first European Championship semi-final since 1996.\n\nThe match in Rome also pulled in 5.2 million live streams across BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website combined.\n\nVictory would see England reach their first major tournament final since the 1966 World Cup.\n\nWednesday's match at Wembley kicks off at 20:00 BST with Spain or Italy awaiting the winner in the final.\n\nSpain's match with Italy, a rerun of the 2012 final which the Spaniards won 4-0, will be live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Tuesday from 19:00 with kick-off at 20:00.\n• None 'It's about doing the best you can each day':\n• None The young people being priced out: 'You could work hard for years and never afford anything'", "Retail bosses have called on the prime minister to take action against violence and abuse aimed at shop staff.\n\nLeaders of 100 brands, including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Ikea and Aldi, have signed an open letter calling for greater legal protection for retail workers.\n\nThe Co-op reported a fourfold rise in violent crime between 2014 and 2020, and bosses say things have become even worse during the pandemic.\n\nThe government said courts should be increasing sentences for such assaults.\n\nIn the letter, organised by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) which represents big chains, the leaders said the situation \"cannot be allowed to get any worse\".\n\nThey added there was \"a clear need now for better protection in law for retail workers\".\n\n\"Victims of abuse, threats and violence carry those experiences with them for life,\" they added.\n\nThe letter said one business had reported a 76% increase in abuse and a 10% increase in violent attacks during the pandemic \"of which over half involved a weapon, and many of our colleagues have been coughed at or spat on\".\n\nSeb James, managing director of Boots, one of the firms to have signed the letter, said violence and aggression towards staff was a \"big problem and it's... getting worse\".\n\n\"They get death threats, they get pushed into shelving... the shoplifters react in a way which is neither normal nor in any way acceptable,\" he told BBC business correspondent Katy Austin.\n\nMr James said Boots was \"very committed\" to protecting staff and had recently rolled out body cams to all shop floor workers \"but it's not enough\".\n\n\"Whatever structures that we have in place are not enough to be a deterrent. We need to have a really good legal framework that will enable our colleagues, and people that feel tempted to behave in this way, to know where they stand,\" he added.\n\nRetailers are spending record amounts on crime prevention and have invested £1.2bn in the past year, the BRC said.\n\nIts survey of retail crime in 2019, before the pandemic, found a 7% year-on-year increase in violence and abuse to 455 cases each day.\n\nIn evidence to MPs, Joanne Cairns of trade union Usdaw outlined some of the comments reported by its members during Covid.\n\nShe said one worker was screamed at due to an out of stock item and said members of the public coughed on them as they were stacking shelves.\n\n\"I had somebody pull my mask off and call me a sheep,\" she reported another worker as saying. Another added: \"Since the pandemic, I've had abuse nearly every day, even been coughed on twice.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I thought I was going to get stabbed,' says shop worker recalling robbery\n\nShop workers in Scotland are protected by a specific Protection of Workers Bill that makes it a specific, new criminal offence to assault, threaten, abuse, obstruct or hinder workers in shops, bars and restaurants.\n\nCrime and policing minister Kit Malthouse said: \"It is completely unacceptable to threaten or assault retail staff, not least when they are working so hard to keep vital services running, and we absolutely condemn this behaviour.\n\n\"We are putting 20,000 extra police officers into our communities to cut crime - including retail crime - and we launched the #ShopKind campaign in April to provide better support to victims and encourage customers to treat shop workers with dignity and respect.\n\n\"The Sentencing Council has set out guidelines that mean courts should be increasing sentences for assaults committed against those providing a service to the public, including shop workers.\"", "Some 500 Coop supermarket stores in Sweden have been forced to close due to an ongoing \"colossal\" cyber-attack affecting organisations around the world.\n\nCoop Sweden says it closed more than half of its 800 stores on Friday after point-of-sale tills and self-service checkouts stopped working.\n\nThe supermarket was not itself targeted by hackers - but is one of a growing number of organisations affected by an attack on a large software supplier the company uses indirectly.\n\nCyber researchers say about 200 businesses have been hit by this \"colossal\" ransomware attack, which had mainly affected the US.\n\nCyber-security firm Huntress Labs said the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks that use its software. The firm believes the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang was responsible.\n\nKaseya said in a statement on its own website that it was investigating a \"potential attack\".\n\nA sign on one of the shut Coop shops in Sweden says the company has been hit by \"a large IT disturbance\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Coop Sweden told the BBC: \"We first noticed problems in a small number of stores on Friday evening around 6:30pm so we closed those stores early. Then overnight we realised it was much bigger and we took the decision not to open most of our stores this morning so that our teams could work out how to fix it.\n\n\"The whole paying system at our tills and our self-service checkouts stopped working so we need time to reboot the system.\"\n\nIt's understood that Coop doesn't use Kesaya directly on its systems but that one of their software providers does.\n\nThe case highlights the growing concern in the cyber-security world about so-called supply chain attacks where hackers are able to claim multiple victims by attacking their supplier.\n\nThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, a federal body, said in a statement that it was taking action to address the attack and urging users of the Kesaya software to shut it down.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre said: \"We are aware of a cyber incident involving Kaseya, and we are working to fully understand its impact.\n\n\"Ransomware is a growing, global cyber threat, and all organisations should take immediate steps to limit risk and follow our advice on how to put in place robust defences to protect their networks.\"\n\nThe cyber-breach looks to have been timed for maximum disruption as it emerged on Friday afternoon when companies across the US were clocking off for the long Independence Day weekend.\n\nKaseya is urging customers that use its VSA tool to immediately shut down their servers.\n\nKaseya said in its statement that a \"small number\" of companies had been affected, though Huntress Labs said the number was greater than 200.\n\nIt is not clear what specific companies have been affected, and a Kaseya representative contacted by the BBC declined to give details.\n\nKaseya's website says it has a presence in more than 10 countries and over 10,000 customers.\n\n\"This is a colossal and devastating supply chain attack,\" Huntress Labs' senior security researcher John Hammond said in an email.\n\nAt a summit in Geneva last month, US President Joe Biden said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin he had a responsibility to rein in such cyber-attacks.\n\nMr Biden said he gave Mr Putin a list of 16 critical infrastructure sectors, from energy to water, that should not be subject to hacking.\n\nREvil - also known as Sodinokibi - is one of the most prolific and profitable cyber-criminal groups in the world.\n\nThe gang was blamed by the FBI for a hack in May that paralysed operations at JBS - the world's largest meat supplier.\n\nThe group sometimes threatens to post stolen documents on its website - known as the \"Happy Blog\" - if victims don't comply with its demands.\n\nREvil was also linked to a co-ordinated attack on nearly two dozen local governments in the US state of Texas in 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Fires are raging north of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia\n\nThe Canadian military is on standby to help evacuate residents in British Columbia where wildfires linked to a record-breaking heatwave threaten to engulf communities.\n\nEmergency services say they are now trying to control more than 170 fires, many triggered by lightning strikes.\n\nMany western areas are tinder-dry followed the unprecedented hot weather.\n\nMeanwhile, at least two people are reported to have died in the village of Lytton that was destroyed by fire.\n\nAbout 350 military personnel as well as aircraft are being readied to help threatened communities, Canadian defence Minister Harjit Sajjan told reporters.\n\nThe announcement came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held emergency talks with ministers as well as provincial and indigenous leaders from affected areas.\n\n\"We will be there to help,\" he said.\n\nPolice roadblocks are in place around the village of Lytton\n\nLytton resident Martha Van Dyke grabbed her cats and fled her home as the fire swept in\n\nLarge swathes of North America have seen a high-pressure \"heat dome\" in recent days, causing abnormally high temperatures. The heatwave has also affected Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and northern Ontario.\n\nAlthough linking any single event to global warming is complicated, experts say climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves.\n\nIn British Columbia, evacuation orders and alerts are in place for several areas north of the city of Kamloops, 350km (220 miles) north-east of Vancouver where the worst fires are raging.\n\n\"We saw 12,000 lightning strikes, roughly, yesterday [Friday],\" said Cliff Chapman, director of provincial operations for British Columbia Wildfire Service.\n\n\"Many of those lightning strikes were hitting near communities... in the Kamloops area,\" he said, according to broadcaster CBC.\n\nOn Saturday, the British Columbia Coroners Service confirmed that at least two people had died in Lytton where a wildfire on Wednesday evening forced many of its 250 residents to flee without their belongings.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEarlier, resident Jeff Chapman told CBC he had seen his parents killed by the fire as they sought refuge in a trench near their home.\n\nLytton Mayor Jan Polderman told the BBC: \"Within about 15 minutes the whole town was engulfed in flames.\"\n\nBritish Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said extreme heat was probably \"a significant contributing factor\" to a recent spike in deaths. The figure of 719 deaths was three times the average number.\n\n\"Many of the deaths experienced over the past week were among older individuals living alone in private residences with minimal ventilation,\" she said on Saturday.\n\nTemperatures have eased in coastal areas but there is not much respite for inland regions. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said it was braced for more wildfires.", "Allowing fully vaccinated people to skip self-isolation risks a \"loss of compliance\", a psychologist has warned.\n\nProf Robert West said the move - being considered by ministers - could breed \"resentment\" and encourage those without both jabs to ignore the rules.\n\nA Downing Street source said no decisions had been taken over the change, which reports said would come after most restrictions end in England.\n\nMeanwhile, a further 24,885 Covid cases were reported in the UK on Saturday.\n\nAnother 18 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were also recorded. However, another 122,377 first vaccine doses and 160,763 second jabs were also delivered.\n\nPeople identified as close contacts of a confirmed Covid case are currently required to self-isolate for up to 10 full days when contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nBut the government is considering allowing those who are fully protected to continue life as normal without isolating or conducting daily tests after the final stage of England's roadmap out of lockdown.\n\nThe proposal was first reported by the Times.\n\nProf West, who has helped advise the government on behavioural science during the pandemic, told Times Radio: \"The most serious problem is that if you have a situation where not everyone has been even offered the vaccine then you've already got clearly a huge unfairness.\n\n\"When you get unfairness in situations like this, you get resentment and when you get resentment you can get loss of compliance.\"\n\nBut his assessment was challenged by other medical experts who said it would be \"perfectly OK\" to allow those who are fully inoculated greater freedom.\n\nDr Bharat Pankhania, a senior clinical lecturer in communicable diseases at the University of Exeter, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that vaccines were breaking the link between cases, hospital admissions and deaths.\n\nHe said that meant \"we can start thinking about other uncoupling measures, such as no need to quarantine after being fully immunised\".\n\nEpidemiologist Professor Christophe Fraser, who advised the Department of Health on its test-and-trace programme, said a \"midway\" proposal could be that those who have received both jabs were tested every day instead of undertaking a quarantine period.\n\nThe Oxford University academic said he agreed the self-isolation policy \"needs to be reviewed in light of the data on the vaccine effectiveness\".\n\nMore than 45 million have received at least a first dose, according to latest figures, with over 33 million having received a second dose.\n\nAs the vaccination roll out continues, NHS England confirmed national guidance has been clarified amid anecdotal reports that some people have been offered a second dose as early as four weeks after their first jab.\n\nUsers on social media platform Reddit claimed a centre in London allowed them to receive their second jab earlier than the minimum eight-week gap because they had plans to travel or were due to attend weddings later this month.\n\nIn an update to its green book advice for public health professionals on Thursday, Public Health England said a gap of at least eight weeks should be used - with the main exception being for those about to commence immunosuppressive treatment.\n\nAn NHS spokesperson said: \"Every site should vaccinate in line with clinical guidance, which says second doses should take place between eight and 12 weeks after the first.\"\n\nEarlier, doctors called for some measures to remain in place to control the spread of the virus after the fourth step in England's roadmap.\n\nThe British Medical Association said the use of face masks should continue alongside new ventilation standards to protect the NHS, health and education.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he hoped England would be able to return to as close to the pre-pandemic status quo as possible on 19 July - described as the final stage of lockdown lifting in England.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland are not settling for a semi-final spot at Euro 2020 after they reached the last four by thrashing Ukraine, says Gareth Southgate.\n\nThe 4-0 win in Rome means England have matched their run to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals in Russia and their showing in the Nations League in 2019.\n\n\"It's fabulous,\" Southgate told BBC Sport. \"I suppose it's still sinking in that it's another semi-final - three in three years.\n\n\"We want to go two steps further.\"\n• None Best action and reaction from England's Euro 2020 last-eight win over Ukraine\n• None England thrash Ukraine to set up first Euros semi-final in 25 years\n• None Ukraine v England: how you rated the players\n• None Who stands between England and Euros glory?\n\nEngland will face Denmark in their semi-final at Wembley next Wednesday. The winners will play Spain or Italy, who meet in Tuesday's semi-final, also being played at Wembley.\n\nThe stunning display in Rome gives England their third semi-final at a European Championship, after 1968 and 1996, with the latter also on home soil.\n\nIt was also their biggest European Championship finals win, and their largest in the knockout stages of a major tournament, and comes after the significant victory over Germany in the last 16.\n\n\"It's fabulous for our country - a semi-final at Wembley,\" continued Southgate. \"Everyone can really look forward to that - it's brilliant.\n\n\"I know what will be happening at home. It's lovely to see everyone on a Saturday night, beer in hand. They should enjoy it. It's been a long year for everyone.\n\n\"I'm chuffed the two performances [against Germany and Ukraine] have brought so much happiness to people.\"\n\n'We need to look after players'\n\nEngland set the tone for Saturday's stellar display with the opener from Harry Kane after just four minutes. They made an even quicker start to the second half as Harry Maguire headed in with just a minute gone.\n\nKane's second and a first international goal from substitute Jordan Henderson completed the rout.\n\nHaving made changes to his side throughout the tournament, the latest of which saw Jadon Sancho brought in for his first start, Southgate was also able to bring players off to rest and to protect them from bookings that could have led to suspension for the semi-final.\n\n\"The players have been fantastic,\" added Southgate. \"To play as well as they did in a game with so much resting on it was impressive.\n\n\"We've known we had players we needed to look after physically. We know across seven games, the squad is so important, trying to give people a breather at the right time.\n\n\"We learned a lot from Russia in that instance. We were trying to balance players with knocks and yellow cards.\"\n\n'It's where we wanted to be'\n\nCaptain Kane's two goals came after he broke his tournament duck with his strike against Germany in the last 16, and he was thrilled with the team's display.\n\n\"What a great performance in a big game,\" he told BBC Sport.\n\n\"We were favourites. There was a lot of pressure and a lot of expectations. The performance was top-drawer. Another clean sheet, four goals - it was a perfect night for us.\n\n\"It's where we wanted to be. We set out a vision before the World Cup of what we want to achieve. We are knocking it off step by step. The World Cup was great but we fell short. We had a good run in the Nations League. We're in another semi-final.\n\n\"Now it's about getting over the line - the next step that we have got to do on Wednesday.\n\n\"We have more experience [than 2018]. We've been playing for our clubs in big games - Champions League finals, Premier League title races. We're looking confident. Hopefully we can continue that.\n\n\"The job is not done yet. There's a lot more football to play.\"\n\nOops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.\n\nTottenham striker Kane has scored nine major tournament goals for England, level with Alan Shearer and second only to Gary Lineker.\n\nPrior to his goal against Germany, he had gone four matches without scoring for his country, during which he struggled to make an impact.\n\n\"It's always nice to score early in a game. It's a great feeling to help the team,\" he added.\n\n\"There was a lot of talk about me and my performances. But I'm just ready for the next game and trying to lead this team to the European final.\"\n\n'This group is not settling for a semi-final'\n\nSaturday's result also represents another clean sheet for England - their fifth in a row in this tournament.\n\nThey have now kept seven consecutive clean sheets for the first time in their history, with the Three Lions run without conceding currently standing at 662 minutes.\n\nDefender Maguire, who contributed to England's solidity at one end and in a goalscoring capacity at the other, told BBC Sport: \"We have great belief in the dressing room.\n\n\"It is hard to soak it up when you have another big game coming and you know who you are playing and when.\n\n\"The dressing room will be a great atmosphere tonight and then we will wake up tomorrow and be focused again. This group are not settling for a semi-final, we want to go further.\"\n\nThe sentiment was echoed by Henderson, the scorer of the fourth goal.\n\n\"We can't dwell too long,\" he said. \"We've got a big game on Wednesday and we need to give absolutely everything.\n\n\"We have always felt we are continuing to grow as a team and we feel we are ready to take the next step.\n\n\"Denmark are a tough side so we need to be at our very best if we want to go to the final but hopefully we can do that.\"\n\nIn reference to his headed goal - his first in 62 international caps - he added: \"It's about time [for me to score]. It's been a long time coming. Thankfully I managed to get on the scoresheet.\n\n\"I'm just delighted for the lads because the performance was fantastic.\"\n\n'This is a special moment for me'\n\nBorussia Dortmund winger Sancho has featured for just six minutes in the tournament prior to Saturday's game, but impressed in his first start with his skill and drive.\n\nThe 21-year-old, who is set to join Manchester United after they agreed a fee of £73m with Dortmund, told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I'm feeling over the moon. Today was must-win and I'm just happy to have got an opportunity to play. This is a special moment for me.\n\n\"Every time I haven't been playing I've been going back to training and been giving it everything.\n\n\"I've just been focusing on myself while I've been at England. I've always been ready if I needed to come on.\n\n\"We knew today was going to be a big game, Ukraine are a very good side. I'm delighted.\"\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate:Kick-off:Venue: Coverage: Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Live text commentary, report and highlights on the BBC Sport website.\n\nEngland's footballers face Denmark at Wembley in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 on Wednesday, knowing victory will earn them a place in a major final for the first time since 1966.\n\nGareth Southgate's side thrashed Ukraine 4-0 in front of a small number of England fans in Rome.\n\nCovid travel restrictions meant fans in the UK were told not to travel to the game in Italy's capital - but all four goals were celebrated loudly by Europe-based England fans inside Stadio Olimpico.\n\nThere were extra police patrols outside the ground to deter fans from the UK from getting in.\n\nInstead, expats from mainland Europe managed to get tickets so England's players felt at home.\n\n\"These nights bring together families, communities,\" said England boss Gareth Southgate.\n\n\"To give people hope and looking forward is a part of the privilege of the job.\"\n• None England thrash Ukraine to set up first Euros semi-final for 25 years\n• None In pictures: Fans jubilant as England soar in Rome\n• None 'Three Lions not settling for the semi-finals' - Maguire\n• None Who stands between England and Euros glory?\n\nHow many fans at Wembley for England semi?\n\nWembley has hosted five Euro 2020 matches so far, with England's 2-0 win over Germany in the last 16 watched by a crowd of 41,973.\n\nSpain and Italy meet in the other last-four game and England's national stadium will host both semi-finals as well as the final on 11 July, with 60,000 fans to be admitted to each of the three games - 75% of the stadium's capacity.\n\nItaly play Spain on Tuesday, with England's match against Denmark 24 hours later. Both games will kick-off at 20:00 BST.\n\nRemaining tickets went on sale earlier in the week.\n\nTicket-holders aged 11 or over need to prove they are fully vaccinated via the NHS app, with both doses received at least 14 days beforehand. Those not fully vaccinated must show proof of a negative lateral flow test from the previous 48 hours.\n\nThe games are part of the government's Events Research Programme, which is tracking Covid transmission at large events.\n\nUK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the upcoming games were \"an unforgettable moment in our national recovery from the pandemic\".\n\nCan I have an England semi-final party with friends?\n\nSaturday's win sparked scenes of celebration in pubs, on streets and at home.\n\nBut guidance and rules still remain in place to stop the spread of Covid.\n\nYou can read more in this guide on how to watch safely.\n• None England want to go two steps further than World Cup semi - Southgate\n\nTwo goals from captain Harry Kane, one from defender Harry Maguire and another by substitute Jordan Henderson earned England their biggest win in the European Championship, overtaking their 4-1 victory against the Netherlands in the group stage of Euro '96.\n\nIt leaves them one win away from a first major tournament final since winning the 1966 World Cup at Wembley.\n\nAnd Southgate, whose side beat Germany in a knockout tie for the first time since that World Cup final 55 years ago, said his team wanted to \"go two steps further\" and win the tournament.\n\n\"It's lovely to see everyone on a Saturday night, beer in hand. They should enjoy it,\" he added.\n\n\"It's been a long year for everyone. I'm chuffed the two performances have brought so much happiness to people.\n\n\"It's fabulous for our country - a semi-final at Wembley. Everyone can really look forward to that - it's brilliant.\"\n\nEngland's semi-final opponents Denmark have had an emotional but impressive Euro 2020.\n\nThe Danes have gone from strength to strength in the tournament since the trauma of their opening game, during which midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest.\n\nHaving hammered Wales in the last 16, they impressively dealt with a dangerous and physical Czech Republic side in a competitive last-eight tie played in a red-hot temperature in Azerbaijan on Saturday.\n\nIt is nearly three decades since Denmark shocked the continent with their victory at Euro 1992, taking advantage of a late call-up to the finals to produce their country's greatest sporting moment.\n\nThey are currently in the process of writing yet another fairytale in the competition.\n\nDenmark are ranked 10th in the world - six places below England, who are the highest-ranked side left in Euro 2020 following the exits of Belgium and France.\n\n'I don't know if I'll be able to sleep'\n\nThere were also jubilant scenes elsewhere as fans kitted out in England football strips and costumes gathered in designated fan zones, pubs and bars to see the historic win.\n\nAnn called BBC Radio 5 Live's 606 and said it felt like there were 11,000 England fans inside the ground.\n\n\"I am just so proud of what I saw tonight,\" she added. \"I'm just grinning from ear to ear. I don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight. All the ingredients are there, I trust the manager and the team on the day, and I think we can go all the way.\"\n\nAnother caller, Max, said he was pinching himself at an \"absolutely fantastic\" result.\n\n\"Will England do it? At home, with the backing of the fans, it will definitely be a tougher test but I'm confident we'll get past Denmark,\" he added.\n• None 'It's about doing the best you can each day':\n• None The young people being priced out: 'You could work hard for years and never afford anything'", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nDenmark's impressive and emotional Euro 2020 campaign continued as they marched on to the semi-finals courtesy of a victory over the Czech Republic in Baku.\n\nThe Danes have gone from strength to strength in the tournament since the trauma of their opening game, in which midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest.\n\nHaving hammered Wales in the last 16, they impressively dealt with a dangerous and physical Czech side in a competitive last-eight tie played in a red-hot temperature in Azerbaijan.\n\nThey led from the fifth minute, when Thomas Delaney evaded his marker to head in from a corner.\n\nA continual threat on the break, they made it 2-0 just before half-time, with Kasper Dolberg volleying in a superb cross from Joakim Maehle to add to the two goals he scored against Wales.\n\nTheir momentum was checked early in the second half as Patrik Schick coolly volleyed in his fifth goal of the tournament, taking him level with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo in the race for the Golden Boot.\n\nBut Denmark were able to recompose themselves and dig in to ensure the victory and a semi-final at Wembley on Wednesday.\n\nTheir opponent will be England after they thrashed Ukraine later in the evening.\n• None Follow live text commentary of Czech Republic v Denmark in the quarter-final of Euro 2020\n• None Check out the Euro 2020 scores and fixtures\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n\nIt is nearly three decades since Denmark shocked the continent with their victory at Euro '92, taking advantage of a late call-up to the finals to produce their country's greatest sporting moment.\n\nThey are currently in the process of writing yet another fairytale in the competition.\n\nTheir campaign was only 41 minutes old when Eriksen collapsed before receiving CPR on the pitch as his visibly-distressed team-mates surrounded him and fans around the world watched in shock.\n\nNow those players are just 90 minutes from the final after another brilliant team display that stands as a testament not only to their ability and tactical intelligence but the renewed bond between them, forged in adversity.\n\nThey were brilliant in the first half, compact and composed at the back and ruthless and rapid on the counter-attack. They fully deserved their two-goal lead and could have had more, with Delaney wasting the best of their other chances by fluffing an effort wide with his knee.\n\nA much-improved Czech side knocked them out of their comfort zone after the break, but in goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and defensive trio Andreas Christensen, Simon Kjaer and Jannick Versergaard, Denmark found the stubbornness and leadership they needed to see the game out.\n\nIt is the Danes' first victory over the Czechs at a Euros finals and gives them some revenge for the quarter-final loss in 2004, when Milan Baros' two goals helped his country to a comfortable 3-0 win.\n\nBaros ended that tournament with five goals, a tally now matched by Schick, who departs having done his own career no end of good with his displays for his country this summer.\n\nThe Danes, though, continue their remarkable journey, with London the next destination.\n\nCredit also to the 1,000 or so Danish fans who travelled the 2,000 miles to Baku, knowing that Covid quarantine rules mean they now cannot attend either the semi-final or final, should their country get there.\n\n'Christian should have been here'\n\nAfter the game, Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand said he felt his squad will have Eriksen in their thoughts as they strive to continue their run at Euro 2020.\n\n\"I definitely feel it,\" he said.\n\n\"The whole world of football understood that second, and the days after, the fundamental things in life and in football, the fundamental values of football came through right at that moment.\n\n\"There are so many other agendas in football, but we all remembered why we started to play football, what values football is based on and we had a reminder of this.\n\n\"I am still thinking of Christian every single day. He should have been here.\n\n\"We are happy that he survived. We carry him all the way to this match and all the way to Wembley. I think about him all of the time.\n\n\"We all understood maybe that the values of football came through - and maybe we are a symbol of it. I could not be more happy than that.\n\n\"The team showed it without being told, 'this is the way you should act'.\n\n\"It was just unbelievable to see this team how the reaction was, how much compassion and love they gave each other, but also the Danish population.\n\n\"We are just happy and proud we can maybe just remind ourselves why we love football and what football can do in the world.\"\n• None Attempt missed. Antonin Barak (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.\n• None Attempt missed. Michael Krmencik (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jan Boril with a headed pass.\n• None Tomas Kalas (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Joakim Maehle (Denmark) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen.\n• None Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakub Jankto. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Robert Jenrick announces leaseholders have 15 years to sue developers who used 'Grenfell-style' cladding\n\nHomeowners in England and Wales will get 15 years to legally challenge shoddy building work in light of the cladding crisis, a minister has said.\n\nThis would increase the current six-year period in which legal action can be brought against developers.\n\nHousing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the change would \"put new cards in the hands of the leaseholders\".\n\nHowever, speaking to the BBC one leaseholder described the announcement as \"smoke and mirrors\".\n\nAnd Labour said it would bring \"little relief\" as the barriers to mount legal action were \"too high and costly\".\n\nIt comes amid concerns that homeowners are bearing the cost of fire safety works following the Grenfell tragedy.\n\nAfter the 2017 fire in which 72 people lost their lives, thousands of other blocks of flats were found to be covered in similar dangerous cladding.\n\nThis triggered a programme of works to remove the material from buildings, as well as other fire safety improvements, leaving many residents with huge bills.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, Mr Jenrick said \"it is not right that either the leaseholder or the taxpayer\" should pay for fire safety changes.\n\n\"I'm announcing today we are going to change the law retrospectively to give every homeowner 15 years in which to take action against the people who built their building if there is shoddy workmanship.\n\n\"This is a huge step forward - the law as we found it was that you only had six years to take action against the person who built your home.\n\n\"That often gives you less protection than if you had bought a toaster or a fridge.\"\n\nAsked about buildings more than 15 years old, Mr Jenrick said \"most of the cladded buildings were built in the period from 2000-17\".\n\nHe said \"not all, but the lions' share that are facing this particular issue will now be helped by this unusual change in the law\".\n\nThe change will be introduced as part of the Building Safety Bill which is set to be published on Monday.\n\nThe government says the change would be applied retrospectively for new builds.\n\n\"This could mean that residents of a building completed in 2010 that is unfit to live in, such as from unsafe cladding installed on the building when constructed, would be able to bring proceedings against the developer until 2025,\" the government says.\n\nBut Will Martin - a leaseholder of a property in Sheffield - told the BBC Mr Jenrick's announcement left many questions.\n\n\"My building is over 15 years old and my developer is insolvent - what is he going to do where the developer has become insolvent,\" he asked.\n\n\"What is he going to do where the developer put legal materials on the side of the building but where the materials are now illegal.\n\n\"I don't know when my building is going to be made safe, I don't know when I will be able to sell, I don't know when I will be able to move on with my life - it's been a hellish four years,\" he said.\n\nHe also expressed concern that many properties would fall out of the time limit, by the time the new rule change is implemented.\n\nGiles Grover a leaseholder from Manchester said he was concerned about the practicalities of residents taking on a developer in court. \"They will have a better legal team and will be able to kick it in to the long grass,\" he said.\n\nWhile Kean Silvester from Brighton told the BBC he could consider making use of the extended time limit but was concerned the companies would have \"an army of lawyers\" and that legal action could be \"expensive and risky\".\n\nLabour's shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell said the government's announcement would \"bring little relief to homeowners trapped in unsellable, unmortgagable homes, as those already in the scope of the deadline have found barriers to mount legal action too high and costly, and outcomes ineffective\".\n\nInstead she said leaseholders should be legally protected from costs and a building works agency should be set up to \"pursue developers themselves, to ensure the polluter pays\".\n\nThe Grenfell Tower fire prompted fire safety improvement works across the country\n\nMr Jenrick said he had \"huge sympathy\" for people facing high costs adding that, except for a few cases, all Grenfell-style cladding would be removed from buildings by the end of the year.\n\nIn February, the government set aside £3.5bn to replace unsafe cladding for residential buildings 18m (six storeys) or higher in England.\n\nThis was on top of £1.6bn announced in 2020 for the removal of unsafe cladding.\n\nFor buildings under 18m, residents can access a loan to help pay for removal, towards which they pay a maximum of £50 a month.\n\nHowever, campaigners have argued that many leaseholders are also facing bills to pay for other safety measures such as fire breaks, safer doors and sprinkler systems.\n\nAre you affected by issues covered in this story? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Crystal Palace\n\nCrystal Palace have appointed Patrick Vieira to succeed Roy Hodgson as the Premier League club's manager.\n\nThe former Arsenal captain emerged as Palace's preferred candidate after a lengthy process since Hodgson announced he was leaving the club on 18 May.\n\nThe 45-year-old Frenchman has signed a three-year contract with the Eagles, who finished 14th last season.\n\n\"I am really excited to have this opportunity to return to the Premier League,\" said Vieira.\n• None What kind of manager are Palace getting in Vieira?\n\n\"It is a project that is really appealing to me, having spoken a lot with the chairman [Steve Parish] and sporting director [Dougie Freedman] about their ambition and plans for the whole club, including the academy.\n\n\"The club has fantastic foundations in place after many years in the Premier League, and I hope we can make further improvements and continue to drive the club forward.\"\n\nVieira was sacked by French club Nice in December.\n\nPreviously he had spent two and a half years in charge of Major League Soccer side New York City after beginning his coaching career in the academy at Manchester City, where he ended his stellar playing career in 2011.\n\nHe secured two play-off appearances at New York City and achieved seventh- and fifth-placed finishes during his two full seasons at Nice.\n\nFormer Borussia Dortmund boss Lucien Favre held talks over the role but pulled out of the running to succeed the 73-year-old Hodgson, whose contract ended in the summer after four years in charge.\n\nParish said he was \"delighted\" with the appointment following Vieira \"successfully learning his trade at the City Group, and experiencing positive managerial spells at New York City and then Nice, who he led to the Europa League\".\n\nHe added: \"We have a lot to do to prepare in the coming weeks and I look forward to working closely with Patrick and Dougie in bringing in some new faces to help us all to a successful season.\"\n\nFrance midfielder Vieira claimed seven major honours in nine years as a player at Arsenal between 1996 and 2005.\n\nA World Cup and European Championship winner with France, he also helped Inter Milan to three Serie A titles.\n\nVieira joined Manchester City in January 2010 and helped the club lift the FA Cup the following year before announcing his retirement from playing.\n• None Get news and features about your favourite team direct to your phone with the BBC Sport App's Premier League club news notifications, along with line-ups, latest scores and results. Download the App here:\n• None Notifications, Live Guide, social media and more with BBC Sport", "Some Covid measures should be kept in place in England beyond 19 July - when all legal restrictions are due to be lifted, a doctors' union says.\n\nThe British Medical Association is calling for the continued use of face masks and new ventilation standards.\n\nIt says it is crucial to protect the NHS, health and education amid what it says is an alarming rise in cases.\n\nIt comes as ministers consider allowing fully jabbed people to avoid isolation and testing if exposed to Covid.\n\nA Downing Street source said the need for isolation or daily tests for those who had received two coronavirus injections could be removed after the final step of lockdown easing.\n\nFirst reported by the Times, the source added that no decision had yet been taken.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he hoped England would be able to return to as close to the pre-pandemic status quo as possible on 19 July - the fourth and final stage of lockdown lifting in England.\n\nBut he hinted that some \"extra precautions\" might still be needed.\n\nWeekly coronavirus cases in the UK are up 74% on the previous seven days, according to government figures.\n\nAnd on Friday, the UK recorded 27,125 new cases and another 27 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nThe number of people admitted to hospitals in England with Covid-19 has risen by 55% over the past week, the British Medical Association (BMA) says.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chairman, said the easing of restrictions was not a binary \"all or nothing\" decision and that \"sensible, cautious measures\" were still required.\n\nHe said: \"As case numbers continue to rise at an alarming rate due to the rapid transmission of the Delta variant and an increase in people mixing with one another, it makes no sense to remove restrictions in their entirety in just over two weeks' time.\n\n\"The promise was to make decisions based on data and not dates, and while we were pleased to see the government react to data in delaying the easing on 21 June last month, ministers must not now simply disregard the most recent, damning numbers by rushing into meeting their new 19 July deadline.\"\n\n\"Targeted measures\" put forward by the professional body for doctors include requiring people to continue wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces, such as shops and on public transport.\n\nThe BMA also urges the government to improve public messaging on how the virus spreads and the importance of good ventilation - including the setting of legal standards.\n\nDr Nagpaul urged ministers not to throw away the progress made in the vaccination programme.\n\nHe said more time was needed to roll out jabs, adding the country was \"still some way from protecting enough of the population\".\n\nTwice as many coronavirus patients were on ventilators now compared with this time last month, he said, presenting a particular worry for doctors.\n\nHigh levels of community transmission could also provide fertile ground for new, potentially vaccine-resistant variants to develop, he added.\n\nIn the UK, 45 million people - 85.5% of the adult population - have now received one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. More than 33 million people - 63.1% - have been double jabbed, according to latest government figures.\n\nDr Bharat Pankhania, a senior clinical lecturer in communicable diseases at the University of Exeter's medical school, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he thought it was \"perfectly okay\" for people who had received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine to be exempt from quarantine measures.\n\nHe said while the \"gold standard\" would be to remain cautious even if you had been fully vaccinated, he thought that the fact that immunised people were \"less infectious\" meant it would be okay for them not to have to do so.\n\nDr Pankhania said that he felt that the vaccines were working \"really well\" at breaking the link between infections, hospitalisation and death.\n\n\"Therefore, having uncoupled that, we can start thinking about other uncoupling measures as well,\" he said.\n\nEnding isolation for people who have had two jabs could be a relief for the hospitality industry with Rob Pitcher, chief executive of Revolution Bars Group, saying that the NHS Test and Trace app was making it \"very difficult\" for the sector to recover following lockdowns.\n\nHe told the Today programme the company, which runs 66 bars, had \"probably got 10-15% of our estate in some form of closure\" due to staff being required to isolate.\n\nHe said the app was \"casting the net quite wide\" and sad some staff were choosing to delete the app because \"they can't afford to self-isolate for 10 days\".\n\nBut Prof Robert West, a health psychologist who is a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) which advises Sage, warned that exempting those who were fully jabbed from isolating would be unfair and could cause \"resentment\".\n\n\"When you get unfairness in situations like this, you get resentment and when you get resentment you can get loss of compliance,\" he told Times Radio.\n\nThe Scottish government said that contact tracers will prioritise cases where there is a \"high risk\" of transmission, with calls being made to the most urgent cases and texts used more extensively.\n\nThe final stage of measures lifting was deferred by four weeks from 21 June amid concerns of the spread of the Delta variant, first identified in India, with the government saying more time was needed to administer vaccines.\n\nHowever, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said there is no reason for England's final Covid restrictions to last beyond 19 July.\n\nThe Delta variant continues to account for approximately 95% of confirmed cases of coronavirus across the UK.\n\nPublic Health England figures show 161,981 confirmed and probable cases of the Delta variant have now been identified in the UK - up by 50,824, or 46%, on the previous week.", "A demolition order has already been signed by the authorities\n\nThe demolition of the standing portion of the apartment block that collapsed near Miami has been brought forward due to an approaching tropical storm.\n\nThe upright section of Champlain Towers South will be destroyed within days to allow rescuers to search the site safely, officials say.\n\nThe death toll has risen to 24, with 121 people missing after the collapse of the 12-storey building on 24 June.\n\nOfficials are investigating other tower blocks for structural faults.\n\nOn Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the forthcoming demolition would \"protect our search-and-rescue teams\".\n\nHe added: \"We don't know when it could fall over. With these gusts that would create a real severe hazard.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How dogs are helping the Surfside rescue effort\n\nMiami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Cava Levine signed a demolition order on Friday. She initially said she expected the demolition would not happen until late July.\n\nSurfside Mayor Charles Burkett said the fear was that the storm would knock the rest of the building down and drop debris on to the zone where survivors were still being sought.\n\n\"Obviously the building is a problem and the only solution is to get rid of it,\" he said.\n\nMs Cava Levine said the families of those still missing had been told of the decision and \"they understand\". No-one has been found alive since the first hours after the collapse.\n\nDemolition experts have been devising a plan on Saturday, and the destruction will be controlled, with the use of explosive charges.\n\nThere are no details so far about compensating the owners.\n\nOn Friday, a firefighter carried the body of his own seven-year-old daughter from the rubble of the collapsed block. He had kept vigil at the site for nine days and was there when she was extracted.\n\nStella Cattarossi is the third child to be recovered from the site in the Miami suburb of Surfside.\n\nShe was with her mother, grandparents and an aunt visiting from Argentina, according to local10.com.\n\nNo survivors have been found since the first few hours after the building collapsed\n\nAlso on Friday, the residents of another block were told to leave on safety grounds - the first building to be given such an order in the area since the collapse.\n\nCrestview Towers Condominium residents were ordered to evacuate by North Miami Beach Building Department.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to crumble remains unclear. But a 2018 inspection warned of \"major\" design flaws in the original design.\n\nThe building association's board says it will appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami building collapse: \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"", "The pearl-bordered fritillary has seen a steady rise in numbers at Mabie Forest\n\nA forest in the south of Scotland is seeing a rare butterfly thrive thanks to a surprising friend.\n\nThe distinctive Belted Galloway cattle are being used to help the pearl-bordered fritillary flourish.\n\nThe last full survey at Mabie Forest near Dumfries in 2019 found numbers had more than doubled on the previous year.\n\nForestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has been using a range of methods to help the local colony - including letting the heavy cattle in to graze.\n\nFLS works with nearby farmers who let their cattle graze on the land\n\nThe pearl-bordered fritillary has seen numbers rapidly decline across Britain and Ireland, although the fall has been less marked in Scotland.\n\nHowever, it was still identified in the Scottish Forestry Strategy 15 years ago as one of the country's six priority species.\n\nThe forest in Dumfries and Galloway has been at the front line of fighting its corner.\n\nA team of FLS staff manage the vegetation at the forest fringes from April to September to encourage the ground conditions that the butterflies need to thrive.\n\nThey also allow a herd of Belted Galloways to keep the grass from getting too long and to create the sort of wet habitat and muddy hollows that the butterflies like.\n\nFLS regional environment advisor Bill Coombes said the story went back to the mid-1990s when - working with Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS) - Mabie was identified as having a good habitat for biodiversity in general and butterflies in particular.\n\nEnvironmental work was carried out to allow wild flowers and grasses to develop.\n\nMabie has one of Scotland's biggest colonies of the butterfly\n\n\"To encourage particularly butterflies we have also done some enrichment planting with things like rock rose and dog violet which are particularly attractive as food sources for these butterflies and their caterpillars,\" he said.\n\n\"The numbers of the pearl-bordered fritillary have increased dramatically over the years.\n\n\"Of course all it takes is a cold wet spring and the numbers can drop off again,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he said numbers had gone from 145 recorded in 2017 up to more than 400 in 2019 - which showed that the general trend was upwards and was good news for the species.\n\nHeavy cattle help to produce the conditions the \"really fussy\" butterflies like\n\nMr Coombes said heavy cattle had played their part in supporting one of Scotland's biggest colonies.\n\n\"Normally in an open grass area, the coarse grasses will take over and gradually push out the wild flowers,\" he said.\n\n\"So having something like the hardy Belted Galloway, they tear up the grass as they are grazing and when they are walking across the site they also break it up, exposing bare ground.\n\n\"They give a seed bed to the wild flowers to come in and give them a chance to produce the food for the caterpillars and also for the butterflies themselves.\n\n\"It is using a natural system which would have been there in the past as well.\"\n\nFLS has been working on encouraging butterfly numbers for more than two decades\n\nCounts have recorded a steady increase in numbers of the pearl-bordered fritillary\n\nTom Prescott, BCS senior conservation officer, said the work which had been done was paying off for the pearl-bordered fritillary.\n\n\"They are very much a threatened species, they are a priority species - they are on the Scottish biodiversity list and they are a high priority in the BCS conservation strategy,\" he said.\n\n\"Mabie is probably one of the best sites in Scotland, possibly one of the best sites in the UK.\n\n\"It is a species that is still declining in lots of parts of the country but it seems to be bucking the trend at Mabie.\n\n\"That is probably almost entirely due to the wonderful work that FLS have been doing.\"\n\nMr Prescott said rare butterflies and moths were \"really, really fussy\".\n\n\"What pearl-bordered fritillary require is their caterpillars only feed on dog violet and - more than that - the dog violet has to be in a really warm microclimate,\" he said.\n\nThe species is declining in a lot of other parts of the UK\n\nHe said that made what was being done at Mabie \"very significant\".\n\n\"So often we are talking about declines of species and being lost from sites so it is really, really nice to report on a species that is doing well,\" he said.\n\nHe said other species, too, were thriving at Mabie such as the forester moth.\n\nMr Prescott added that the role that nearby livestock were playing was \"well known in butterfly circles\".\n\nThe forester moth has also flourished in the conditions at Mabie\n\n\"I spend a good deal of my time talking to farmers encouraging them to get more cattle - particularly species like Belted Galloway and Highland cattle - traditional breeds that are hardy enough and able to stay outside,\" he said.\n\n\"Just a few cattle, it just keeps some of these areas really open.\n\n\"Where they are walking and they are trampling that creates little areas of bare ground where their hoof prints are and then that is ideal for a germination site for violets or for nectar plants.\"\n\nAt Mabie Forest, it is also allowing their much smaller and more fragile neighbours to flourish.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many big employers want their workers back in the office\n\nA group of business leaders has urged ministers to \"set the country clearly on the path to recovery\" by encouraging people to return to the office.\n\nFirms needed to know what the end of Covid restrictions would mean in practice, more than 50 leaders said in a letter to PM Boris Johnson.\n\nThe letter, organised by lobby group London First, said firms expected city centres to \"buzz again\" after 19 July.\n\nWorking from home should no longer be the default, they said.\n\n\"Our economic recovery will only succeed if the government commits to reviving our city centres,\" they added.\n\nThose signing the letter included Heathrow and Gatwick airport chief executives John Holland-Kaye and Stewart Wingate, Capita chief executive Jon Lewis and BT boss Philip Jansen.\n\nIn the letter, they said that for many months, employers and employees alike had been receiving messages that were complex and sometimes mixed, while official advice had not always been clear-cut.\n\n\"At this critical moment, we believe that it is essential that the government is unambiguous in its communications that when the stage four restrictions lift, public transport is safe, offices are safe, and working from home is no longer the default,\" they said.\n\n\"Employers can then move forward with plans for new ways of working, considering the needs of their staff, clients and customers.\"\n\nThe letter called for a clear plan of action for London, which it said would \"reap significant benefits for the whole of the UK\".\n\nThey said measures should include:\n\nDespite their initiative, almost all of 50 of the UK's biggest employers questioned by the BBC in May said they did not plan to bring staff back to the office full-time.\n\nSome companies, including supermarket chain Asda, have said they will continue to allow flexible working for office-based staff.\n\nOthers had announced that they wanted staff to return to the office, but have not yet implemented those plans.\n\nThose firms include investment bank Goldman Sachs, which had initially told staff to be ready to return to the workplace in June, but then delayed the move.", "The John Lewis brand could soon appear above the doors of residential properties too\n\nJohn Lewis has announced plans to move into the residential property market by building 10,000 homes for rental over the next few years.\n\nThe department store chain said it wanted to address the national housing shortage and support local communities.\n\nIt said the plans would give the firm a stable, long-term income, as well as providing new job opportunities.\n\nTenants will have the choice of renting fully furnished with John Lewis products or using their own.\n\n\"As a business driven by social purpose, we have big ambitions for moving into property rental,\" said Nina Bhatia, executive director of strategy and commercial development for the John Lewis Partnership.\n\nShe added that the move \"plays to our strength as a trusted brand known for strong service\".\n\nThe company said 7,000 of the initial 10,000 homes would be on sites in its existing property portfolio, ranging from studio flats to houses.\n\nHowever, it also said some homes could be built on entirely new sites.\n\nIt added that all housing developments would come with a concierge service and would feature a Waitrose convenience store near the entrance.\n\nThe Sunday Times, which first reported the story, said some homes could be built in department store car parks, above Waitrose supermarkets or next to distribution centres.\n\nThe first John Lewis homes are planned for south-east England, but the partnership said it believed there were opportunities across the country.\n\nThe announcement comes as John Lewis's traditional department store retail business has come under increasing pressure from the decline of UK High Streets and the rise of an increasingly competitive online market.\n\nSince Dame Sharon White took over as boss in February 2020, the chain has closed about a third of its stores, leaving it with 35.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDates: Venues: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Click here for more details\n\nEngland supporters of long standing - and long suffering - were transported into an unfamiliar world as they watched Gareth Southgate's side cruise into the Euro 2020 semi-finals in the most majestic style in Rome.\n\nIt was Southgate himself who applied cold water to the celebrations and excitement after the last-16 win against Germany at Wembley set up what turned out to be the glorious formality of a 4-0 quarter-final win over Ukraine.\n\nSouthgate warned that first knockout win against Germany in 55 years would count for nothing unless England built on it. And build on it they did with a spectacular dismissal of Ukraine to set up a meeting with dangerous Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday.\n\nNo nerves. No worries. No concerns over expensive yellow cards. Just the enjoyment of wondering whether England might add more while sitting back, revelling in a performance that simply could not have been more controlled or comprehensive.\n\nOops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.\n• None 'England not settling for the semis' - Maguire\n• None Denmark beat Czechs to reach last four\n• None England thrash Ukraine to set up first Euros semi-final for 25 years\n• None 'Something special is happening' - Shearer, Ferdinand & Lampard react to England win\n\nYes, a very unfamiliar feeling for those who have followed England's fortunes at major tournaments. Watching England is not meant to be like this - or it certainly has not been in recent memory.\n\nAnd before the arguments over the quality of the opposition or luck of the draw are made, just cast your mind back to those same words uttered before Roy Hodgson's England made a shameful exit against Iceland at Euro 2016 in the last 16.\n\nIn other words, this could have been a banana skin after the euphoria of victory over Germany at Wembley. Instead, England simply confirmed their growing authority and threat at Euro 2020.\n\nFour wins, a draw and not a goal conceded in five games. Hugely impressive numbers.\n\nAnd to add to the wave of expectation and excitement sweeping England's followers, Harry Kane released his personal pressure valve with his goal against Germany, and looked right back to his world-class best with two goals in Rome.\n\nSouthgate will, no doubt, urge caution, temper the expectation and (rightly) keep the nation in check before what will be a thunderous night in front of 60,000 at Wembley on Wednesday.\n\nBest of luck with that Gareth.\n\nEvents over the past 55 years make England supporters of any age a naturally pessimistic breed - but Southgate's approach is changing all that.\n\nHis own stature is growing as he becomes only the second England men's manager after Sir Alf Ramsey to take them into two semi-finals at major tournaments following their run to the World Cup semi-final in 2018.\n\nIn Russia, there was always the underlying suspicion a top-class team would undo them and so it proved against Croatia - here, some of those doubts are disappearing.\n\nEngland will start as favourites against Denmark but beware: the Danes have quality, character and are on a mission after Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest during their opening defeat against Finland.\n\nThe 1992 champions seem fuelled by a sense of destiny and will not shrink from England's challenge.\n\nSouthgate and England just seem to have so much going for them, not least the fact they will play their semi-final in front of a vast home crowd at Wembley.\n\nAnd at the heart of it all is Southgate, who has moved England's pieces around the board to perfection in Euro 2020, taking each match in isolation with a willingness to change a winning team to adjust to circumstances.\n\nIn doing so, in tandem with trusted assistant Steve Holland, he has shown the courage of his convictions, flexibility with tactics and personnel, and demonstrated the squad strength he has at his disposal.\n\nSouthgate reverted to a back four in Rome after using a three-man central defence against Germany, meaning a first start in Euro 2020 for Jadon Sancho, the gifted 21-year-old who has just agreed a £73m move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United.\n\nObservers in Germany have expressed disbelief that Southgate feels he has been able to do without Sancho. But he waited until he believed the time was right, the youngster slotting in impressively in Rome.\n\nMason Mount, high class in recent times for England, was also back. Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson came off the bench to score, while the services of creators such as Phil Foden and Jack Grealish were not required.\n\nAnd such has been the brilliance of Luke Shaw, whose quality of delivery from a free-kick and open play made goals for Harry Maguire and Harry Kane, that Chelsea's Champions League-winning left-back Ben Chilwell is currently on the margins.\n\nSouthgate has options in all areas.\n\nRaheem Sterling is making an argument to be the player of Euro 2020 while, of huge significance, Kane's goal against Germany has jump started his tournament into action. With perfect timing he suddenly looks rejuvenated and the world-class striker Southgate knows he is.\n\nEven those who feel that following England comes accompanied by a permanent dark cloud of pessimism may be tempted to feel a little sunshine poking through.\n\nIt would be foolish to dismiss Denmark but England in this mood and form should fear no-one.\n\nAn unfamiliar feeling - but one every England supporter in the country was basking in after this magnificent demolition of Ukraine sealed their first Euros semi-final since 1996.\n\nDenmark now await at Wembley on Wednesday as England again attempt to reach their first major final since winning the World Cup in 1966.\n\nIt will be quite a night.\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n• None Have the promises of the Leave campaign been kept?\n• None A chilling cold case is reopened with an assassin on the loose", "Scotland is aiming to remove all of its major legal Covid restrictions in early August, the country's first minister has announced.\n\nNicola Sturgeon was speaking as she confirmed lockdown easing would be paused for three weeks to allow more time for people to be vaccinated.\n\nIt means mainland areas will not move to the lowest level zero restrictions until 19 July.\n\nThe hope is that the remaining rules will be lifted on 9 August.\n\nMs Sturgeon said this would allow life in Scotland to return to \"almost complete normality\".\n\nBut the government will not advise an immediate return to full office working on that date - and people will still be required to wear face masks in some settings.\n\nScotland recorded 2,167 new cases on Monday - the highest daily total since the peak of the second wave in January - with the country said to have had the highest rate in Europe last week\n\nThe percentage of Covid-19 tests coming back positive rose to 9.1%, up from 7.2% the previous day, and the deaths of a further four people who had tested positive for the virus have been recorded.\n\nThe UK as a whole recorded 11,625 new cases and 27 deaths in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe new daily case rate in Scotland is seven times higher than it was in early May and 40% higher than last week, with Ms Sturgeon saying the faster-transmitting Delta variant is \"now dominant\".\n\nBut the first minister said the vaccination programme was breaking the link between the number of positive cases and the number of people being hospitalised and dying.\n\nThe government's original \"route map\" out of lockdown would have seen the whole of Scotland move to level zero - the lowest point in the five-tier system of restrictions - from next Monday.\n\nThis has now been pushed back to 19 July - the same date as measures are planned to be lifted in England.\n\nIsland communities such as Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles are already in level zero, with all mainland areas in level one or level two of the country's five-tier system of restrictions.\n\nSome \"minor\" changes will be phased in sooner - removing staff and suppliers of wedding services from the cap on numbers at services from Monday and allowing live entertainment at receptions, and allowing people from more than one household to help carry a coffin at a funeral.\n\nThe move to level zero will increase the number of people who are allowed to meet up indoors, cut the requirement for physical distancing indoors from 2m (6.5ft) to 1m (3.2ft), and increase the number of people allowed to attend wedding and funerals to 200.\n\nMs Sturgeon said this would be a \"significant step back to normality\", but said she wanted to move beyond level zero \"as quickly as it is prudent to do so\".\n\nShe said the \"major remaining legal restrictions\" could be lifted from 9 August, signalling a \"return to almost complete normality in our day to day lives\".\n\nMs Sturgeon added: \"We will consider and make a final assessment nearer the time of whether - as we hope - this could include the lifting of the legal requirement to physically distance indoors as well as outdoors.\"\n\nHowever she warned that some measures, including the use of face coverings in shops and on public transport and \"rigorous and regular hand-washing\" would be needed \"at least for a period\".\n\nAnd the first minister said there should be \"appropriate phasing\" of the return of workers to offices after 9 August, saying the government would \"encourage continued support for home working where it is possible\".\n\nThe first minister has always said that Covid restrictions would be driven by the data, not by dates.\n\nBut Nicola Sturgeon has announced that Scotland can expect to be in level zero from 19 July, and that all major legal restrictions could be lifted from 9 August.\n\nLooking at the raw data, this might seem surprising. There are 154 new coronavirus cases a day in Scotland per 100,000 people. That's almost twenty more than the daily rate on Boxing Day, when the country went into another lockdown.\n\nThe difference is the vaccine, which has dramatically reduced the consequences of catching coronavirus. Fewer people are now dying from Covid, down from an average of 31 a day in December to less than 2 a day now.\n\nThat's why the Scottish government can look forward to a date when it can relax restrictions instead of imposing them.\n\nThe changes are dependent on case levels being suppressed and targets being hit in the vaccination programme.\n\nAll adults in Scotland will have had at least one dose of a vaccine by 18 July, with everyone in the 40-49 age group due to have had both doses by a week later.\n\nBy 20 August, all 30 to 39-year-olds will have had a second dose, with everyone over the age of 18 due to have had two doses by 12 September.\n\nMore than 2.6 million people in Scotland have had both doses of a vaccine\n\nMs Sturgeon faced questions on her statement from opposition leaders at Holyrood - where MSPs are due to debate an extension of emergency powers into 2022.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross welcomed progress with the vaccination programme and that \"we have more of an indication of when we will be free from restrictions\".\n\nHe pressed Ms Sturgeon for more detail about what measures would continue after 9 August, including whether masks would still be required in offices and schools.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the legal requirement for physical distancing could be removed at that point, but that in some settings - such as schools - masks may need to be worn for a bit longer.\n\nScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said \"we must make sure the last lockdown really was the last lockdown\", calling for clearer messaging and protocols around financial support.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nBritish wildcard Emma Raducanu will headline a mouth-watering day of fourth-round singles action on the show courts on day seven of Wimbledon.\n\nRaducanu, 18, faces Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic third on Court One.\n• None It's Manic Monday at Wimbledon - choose your court to watch all men's and women's singles last-16 matches here\n\nTop seed Ashleigh Barty opens play on the same court against Barbora Krejcikova, with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer both on Centre Court.\n\nThe AELTC have also said Tuesday will mark the return of capacity crowds to Centre Court and Court One.\n\nThe quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be the first UK outdoor sporting events with capacity crowds since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nDefending champion Djokovic takes on Chile's 17th seed Cristian Garin first on Centre Court with Federer facing Italy's Lorenzo Sonego third.\n\nTop seed Djokovic is hoping to clinch his sixth, and third consecutive, Wimbledon title as part of his pursuit of the 'golden' Grand Slam (all four majors and Olympic gold in the same year).\n\nAmerican prodigy Coco Gauff's match with 2018 champion Angelique Kerber, of Germany, is second on Centre Court while German fourth seed Alexander Zverev aims to reach the quarter-finals for the first time by beating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime on Court One.\n\nBefore that, Barty - who is also hoping to make a quarter-final debut - takes on French Open champion Krejcikova, of Czech Republic, on Court One.\n\nThe fourth round will propel Raducanu further into uncharted territory as her dream Wimbledon debut enters its second week.\n\nThe 18-year-old, ranked 338th in the world and fresh from completing her A-levels, has already captured the imagination of the crowds at the All England Club after negotiating her first three matches with a maturity and poise beyond her years.\n\nAfter seeing off Russia's Vitalia Diatchenko 7-6 6-0 on her Wimbledon debut, Raducanu - who is coached by Andy Murray's father-in-law Nigel Sears - stunned former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova 6-2 6-4 to reach the third round.\n\nShe then looked unfazed during her first appearance on a show court as she beat Romania's world number 45 Sorana Cirstea 6-3 7-5 to become the youngest British woman to reach the Wimbledon last 16 in the Open era.\n\nRaducanu's opponent Tomljanovic will also be making her debut at this stage of a Grand Slam.\n\nEight-time champion Federer, who beat Britain's Cameron Norrie to reach the last 16, says he is focused on his own game as Djokovic edges closer to the 20th major title that would draw him level with the 39-year-old Swiss and Rafael Nadal.\n\n\"No, I don't think I'm playing because he's doing well or he's doing great things,\" said Federer.\n\n\"Same as Rafa. I think I'm doing my own thing. I had problems of my own with the knee. That's been the focus.\n\n\"Then again, it's just very, very impressive to see what again he's doing this year. It's going to be another big one for him in the coming days. There's always danger in the draw wherever you look.\"\n\nKerber, the only finalist left in the women's singles draw, says she expects an \"interesting\" match with 17-year-old Gauff, who beat Slovenia's Kaja Juvan 6-3 6-3 to set up the last-16 meeting.\n\n\"She's really dangerous, especially on grass court,\" said Kerber.\n\n\"I see the fire on her, as well. She's really putting all the effort she has in every single match. So I know that it will be tough match.\"\n\nWimbledon order of play on day seven", "Dozens of people are still missing following the collapse of the residential apartment building\n\nThe standing portion of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami is set to be demolished over safety fears as a tropical storm approaches Florida.\n\nExplosives are in place to bring down the remaining part of Champlain Towers South between 22:00 and 03:00 local time (02:00 and 07:00 GMT).\n\nSearch efforts will resume once the site is deemed safe, officials said.\n\nPart of the 12-storey block collapsed on 24 June. Twenty-four people are known to have died and 121 are missing.\n\nThe remaining unstable structure, which does not contain any bodies, is being demolished to ensure the safety of search teams.\n\nEarlier efforts to find possible survivors in the rubble following the initial collapse were suspended ahead of Sunday's planned demolition.\n\nThe controlled demolition was brought forward after concerns were raised over the approaching Tropical Storm Elsa, which could reach Florida on Tuesday.\n\nNo survivors have been pulled from the rubble at the site in Surfside since the first few hours after the structure's collapse.\n\nOn Sunday, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said there was a danger that strong winds in the coming days could bring down additional debris and endanger the lives of the search teams.\n\nHe said demolition experts could control how the structure falls, before adding that the explosion could \"potentially open up a third of the pile [of rubble]\" for emergency teams to access.\n\nThe remaining unstable structure is being demolished to ensure the safety of search teams\n\nMeanwhile, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Cava Levine advised nearby residents to remain indoors and close their windows until at least two hours after the demolition is completed.\n\nShe said the operation was \"critical to expand our scope of search - especially in the area closest to the building\".\n\nMs Cava Levine expressed sympathy for the families of the missing, adding that those who were forced to evacuate the remaining part of the building had \"left their entire lives behind\".\n\nNo other buildings in the area needed to be evacuated, she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How dogs are helping the Surfside rescue effort\n\nMs Cava Levine said teams had been scouring the structure using drones with thermal imaging for any pets that may have been left behind.\n\n\"As soon as the building is down and it is safe, our first responders with resume their search efforts,\" she told a press conference.\n\nThe families of the missing were told in advance of the decision to pause the search effort on Saturday as crews began preparations for the demolition.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Ray Jadallah said small holes were being drilled into the foundation of the building where explosive charges would be placed.\n\nA memorial has been set up for victims of the partially collapsed residential building in Surfside\n\nThe mayor signed a demolition order on Friday. There are as yet no details about compensating the owners of the affected apartments.\n\nMeanwhile, officials are investigating other tower blocks in the area for structural faults.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to crumble remains unclear. A 2018 inspection, however, warned of \"major\" design flaws in the original design.\n\nThe building association's board has said it will appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami building collapse: \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"", "Matiu Ratana, known as Matt, has been described as an \"irreplaceable figure\" by his rugby club\n\nA memorial to a Met Police officer who was shot in the line of duty has been unveiled at the West Sussex rugby club where he was head coach.\n\nSgt Matiu Ratana, known as Matt, was killed at Croydon Custody Centre in September.\n\nA memorial silhouette of the 54-year-old was unveiled by his family on Saturday and looks out over the pitches at East Grinstead Rugby Club.\n\nHis partner, Su Bushby, said: \"Matt was a role model, a mentor, a friend.\"\n\nThe silhouette of Matt Ratana looks out over the rugby pitches where he trained so many young players\n\nUnveiling the memorial at a private event, Ms Bushby told the gathered crowd of family and friends: \"We are here to celebrate Matt's life and achievements.\n\n\"Since his death I have been overwhelmed by the respect and kindness from colleagues and players at all levels.\n\n\"Matt was a role model, a mentor, a friend, my partner,\" she said.\n\n\"He was so proud of everyone, and I mean everyone.\n\n\"[Matt] was thoughtful and funny and he always made sure I was ok.\n\n\"He was a very special man.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nNew Zealand-born Sgt Ratana, who lived in Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, was shot in the chest in a holding room at Croydon Custody Centre as he was about to search a suspect.\n\nLouis de Zoysa, 23, has been charged with his murder.\n\nSgt Ratana had been at East Grinstead Rugby Club for three years and managed the colts team before becoming head coach.\n\nHe won the Unsung Hero category at BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2020 following a nomination by the club.\n\nSgt Ratana was a role model and a mentor, his partner said\n\nOne of Sgt Ratana's colleagues posted a tribute on Twitter describing his former boss as \"a hero\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sergeant XL This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJeff Blackett, the president of the RFU, told the event: \"Matt made a real difference to many lives. Both here at the club and in the wider community.\n\n\"We are delighted at the RFU that his legacy will continue here at East Grinstead and in the wider rugby family.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland produced a magnificent display as they thrashed Ukraine in Rome to set up a Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark at Wembley.\n\nManager Gareth Southgate's side followed up the landmark victory over Germany in the last 16 by producing a performance of composure and the highest quality to continue their impressive progress in this tournament.\n\nHarry Kane was back to his predatory best after struggling in the group stage, following up his goal against Germany by poking home a superb pass from Raheem Sterling after only four minutes.\n\nUkraine barely threatened and England - having reached the last four at the 2018 World Cup - were on their way to a second successive semi-final when Harry Maguire powered home a header from Luke Shaw's free-kick seconds after the break.\n\nAnd the outstanding Shaw was the creator once more four minutes later with a perfect cross that was headed in from six yards by Kane.\n\nEngland were so impressive as they simply overpowered Ukraine with substitute Jordan Henderson getting the fourth - his first international goal, in his 62nd appearance - when he arrived with perfect timing to head in Mason Mount's corner.\n\nTo add to England and Southgate's satisfaction, they kept their fifth successive clean sheet to maintain their record of not conceding a goal at Euro 2020.\n\nThey will now meet Denmark in the last four at Wembley on Wednesday (20:00 BST kick-off).\n• None 'England not settling for the semis' - Maguire\n• None Denmark beat Czechs to reach last four\n• None How you rated the players\n\nEngland manager Southgate never wavered for a second in his belief that captain Kane would have a significant impact on Euro 2020, even when he looked off the pace and out of sorts when failing to score in group games against Croatia, Scotland and the Czech Republic.\n\nSouthgate's faith was rewarded when Kane got off the mark with England's crucial second in the 2-0 win over Germany. It was the catalyst for the real Kane to come alive in the tournament - and he punished Ukraine in trademark style.\n\nKane pounced for his first, rose to power in a second for his 47th England goal and almost completed a hat-trick in spectacular fashion with a left-foot volley that was turned on to the post by Ukraine keeper Georgi Bushchan.\n\nHe was a constant threat, his link with Sterling increasingly impressive, and has timed his return to peak form perfectly as England now stand only 90 minutes away from their first major final since they won the World Cup in 1966.\n\nKane is the man defences fear - and even the in-form Danes will regard this display as ominous.\n• None England want to go two steps further than World Cup semi - Southgate\n• None Who stands between England and Euros glory?\n\nManchester United's Shaw has had to fight to revive his England career - having been behind Chelsea's Ben Chilwell for some time, he missed out on a start against Croatia in the Euro 2020 opener, when Southgate used Kieran Trippier in the left-back role.\n\nIt has all changed since he was brought into the side for the goalless draw against Scotland. Shaw has made a magnificent contribution to England's run to the semi-final and will be one of the first names on the teamsheet for the game against Denmark.\n\nShaw has been solid in defence while proving to be a potent creator of goals, setting up Sterling's vital opening goal against Germany then setting up two more here, first with pitch-perfect delivery from a free-kick and then a perfect cross.\n\nIt has not been a smooth ride for Shaw, who emerged as a teenager at Southampton before his big-money move to Manchester United in June 2014.\n\nHe has suffered serious injury at United, and was never trusted by Jose Mourinho when he was their manager, but is now delivering for England in a major tournament - proof of his character, and an achievement that makes that long road even more worthwhile.\n\nSouthgate has manoeuvred his England squad with great expertise throughout Euro 2020, demonstrating the riches he has at his disposal.\n\nIn Rome, he was able to give a first start in the tournament to Jadon Sancho, the 21-year-old who has just agreed a £73m move to Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund.\n\nSancho slotted in perfectly, showing huge confidence and ambition in a timely reminder of what he can offer.\n\nChelsea's Mount also returned the England side, with two creators in the shape of Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish and Manchester City's Phil Foden left on the bench.\n\nHenderson, the vastly experienced Liverpool captain, made his mark while Marcus Rashford was also introduced off the bench.\n\nIt was proof, amid an imperious victory, that Southgate's England squad has the sort of quality and depth that will make them confident they can finally end that 55-year wait for success.\n\nFirst since Ramsey - the best of the stats\n• None Gareth Southgate is just the second manager to take England's men to the semi-final of both the World Cup and the European Championship, after Alf Ramsey in 1966 and 1968.\n• None The Three Lions have kept seven consecutive clean sheets for the first time in their history. They have not conceded for 662 minutes.\n• None This was Ukraine's joint-biggest defeat in a match at a major tournament, equalling their 4-0 defeat by Spain in the group stages of the 2006 World Cup.\n• None Raheem Sterling has been involved in 22 goals in his past 21 games for England (15 goals, seven assists), while Harry Kane has been involved in 27 in his past 26 for the Three Lions (18 goals, nine assists).\n• None Sterling has provided six assists for Harry Kane for England in all competitions, more than any England player has assisted another in the 21st Century.\n• None Luke Shaw's assist for Harry Maguire was the first time two Manchester United players have combined for an England goal at a major tournament since David Beckham assisted Paul Scholes against Portugal at Euro 2000.\n• None England keeper Jordan Pickford has kept five clean sheets at Euro 2020 - no keeper has ever kept more in a single staging of the competition before.\n• None Attempt saved. Yevhenii Makarenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andriy Yarmolenko.\n• None Attempt blocked. Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Viktor Tsygankov with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt missed. Harry Maguire (England) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross following a corner.\n• None Goal! Ukraine 0, England 4. Jordan Henderson (England) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Harry Kane (England) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "A busier world: How life was before the pandemic\n\nOne member of the cabinet couldn't have been clearer on their hopes for the removal of legal restrictions on our lives in England on 19 July.\n\nBear in mind that nothing is final, no conclusive decisions have been made.\n\nThat cabinet minister may not get their wish entirely.\n\nBut every time one of their colleagues has opened their mouth in the last few days, the chances of the rules being removed more or less entirely in less than three weeks has seemed to increase.\n\nExpectation is building that the one-metre-plus rule that has made normal business for workplaces, pubs and public places so hard will go.\n\nIt seems likely the compulsory wearing of masks will be ditched too.\n\nAnd the rules that have controlled the size even of private gatherings are expected to disappear.\n\nYou might wonder about the logic of how long they can last in any case. How can it be sustainable for us to watch the crowds at Wembley in our living rooms, but not be allowed to have more than five friends over to watch the match if they happen to live in different places?\n\nIt doesn't seem that government will be able to change the rules to ease the frustrations of thousands of parents whose kids are stuck at home again before the end of the term in England.\n\nThe prime minister has asked parents to be patient. But there is a hope that clubs or play schemes in the school holidays won't have to be subject to the same limits and, as ministers have indicated, the rules will look very different when it's time to go back to school.\n\nThe government is still likely, though, to give advice, or urge some caution.\n\nBoris Johnson's instinct is to allow life after 19 July to get back to something as close to normality before the pandemic as possible.\n\nIt's almost holiday time for millions of people - but where will they go?\n\nBut messages about the importance of hand washing, or ventilation, are likely to remain.\n\nIsolation and testing are still expected to be important, even though the government is searching for a way of reducing the burden on those who have been double jabbed.\n\nTravel for those who have had both vaccinations is likely to ease up, but don't expect booking a spot on the lounger or jumping on a plane to be straightforward this summer.\n\nAbove all, perhaps, Downing Street won't be in a position to say that restrictions have gone, never to return.\n\nBoris Johnson has some big decisions to make\n\nWhen the announcement comes, perhaps in less than a week, ministers will have to balance a return to some norms with the reality that cases will continue to go up, perhaps by significant numbers.\n\nThe number of people being sent to hospital is therefore likely to rise as well.\n\nBut the vaccine should mean those increases simply won't translate into an awful spike in the number of people losing their lives to the disease.\n\nWe may not, though, see ministers pushing people to get back out into the world again. Exhortations to get out and spend, to \"eat out to help out\" or swarm back to the office are not likely to be a feature this year.\n\nRemember, no final decisions have been taken, but after many months the political sentiment is moving in one direction - towards scrapping most of the limits that have controlled so much of our lives for so long.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Drone footage shows the damage caused by a huge mudslide in Atami\n\nRescue teams battling heavy rain pulled survivors from their ruined homes on Sunday after a landslide struck the Japanese coastal city of Atami.\n\nAuthorities said an elderly couple were among 23 people rescued so far.\n\nAt least three people have been killed and dozens are still missing after a torrent of mud swept the city, south-west of Tokyo, on Saturday.\n\nJapanese media showed footage of rescue workers searching for life in the remains of crushed buildings.\n\nSome 80 people are still unaccounted for, according to the city mayor.\n\nOn Monday, there were about 1,500 rescue workers searching at the site, including police, firefighters and members of the military.\n\n\"We want to rescue as many victims ... buried in the rubble as soon as possible,\" Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters.\n\nThe Asahi news website said Yoshie Yuhara and her husband Eiji, both 75, were among those rescued on Sunday after 26 hours. They said that when the landslide hit they heard \"a roaring, like heavy machinery\" and fled to the top of their three-storey home just before the lower floors were inundated.\n\nNaoto Date, a 55-year-old actor, returned to his hometown on Saturday to see the damage for himself.\n\n\"I just wanted to cry (when I saw what had happened),\" he said. \"Many elderly people were living there. The thought that there might be people who failed to escape from the disaster makes me really sad.\"\n\nThe landslide swept aside dozens of homes as it ploughed into Atami\n\nYuta Hara, a spokesman for Atami city hall, told Reuters news agency that the rain had made the ground unstable and about 387 people had been evacuated.\n\nResidents said the mudslide struck at about 10:30 local time on Saturday (01:30 GMT) after days of torrential rain in central and eastern Japan.\n\nThe city - a resort popular for its hot springs - saw more rainfall in the first three days of July than it usually sees in the whole month.\n\nMeanwhile, hundreds of thousands of residents in three prefectures - Shizuoka, Kanagawa and Chiba - have been ordered to evacuate following warnings of further flooding in low-lying areas.\n\nPrime Minister Suga, who held emergency talks with ministers on Sunday, has asked people in the worst-affected districts to stay alert and to take precautions.", "A review of Covid-19 restrictions in Wales will be made the week starting 12 July\n\nMore of Wales' Covid-19 rules could change over the next few weeks from being legal requirements to government advice, according to a Welsh minister.\n\nMick Antoniw said Wales was \"moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality\" but that ministers and officials would evaluate data ahead of the next review on 15 July.\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nAnd the SNP government is aiming to do the same in Scotland on 9 August.\n\nWith no date set in Wales, the Conservatives have accused the Welsh government of being \"stuck in lockdown mode\".\n\nResponding to reports on Sunday that England will move into a period without legal restrictions, where the public will have to exercise \"personal responsibility\", Andrew RT Davies MS, the leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, tweeted: \"It's time for Welsh government to provide clarity on Wales' route to normality.\"\n\nA further 535 people have tested positive for coronavirus, according to latest data published by Public Health Wales.\n\nCounsel General Mr Antoniw told the BBC's Politics Wales programme the Welsh government's \"current thinking is that we have obviously an increase in the level of infections, but we have less hospitalisation out of that\".\n\n\"We want to maximise the vaccination rates still further, and then around the 15th or 16th of July, we'll have a review, and we'll consider what further easings can be taken within the data that we actually have,\" he said.\n\n\"Setting a date has its own problems because, if you're saying you want to achieve these certain things on this particular date... it is still always dependent on what the latest information is in respect of the infection rates.\n\n\"We are certainly moving in the direction of a much greater normality.\n\n\"But the pandemic is going to be with us for some time,\" he added.\n\nMick Antoniw MS: \"There are still risks out there\"\n\nThere have only been minor changes to the rules in Wales since 7 June after the first minister announced a pause in a bid to reduce daily hospital admissions and allow time to vaccinate more people.\n\nMinisters had considered permitting more indoor mixing, allowing more people to attend indoor events and reopening ice skating rinks, before deciding to hold off.\n\nIn Wales, people are currently able to meet in private homes if they are in an extended household with a fixed set of other homes, unlike in England where six people from any household can meet.\n\nNightclubs remain closed, as they do across the UK, while limits on social distancing and how many people can meet outside remain.\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed the week starting 12 July, with any further lifting due to be announced by the first minister towards the end of the week.\n\nAsked on Politics Wales if he foresaw big changes to the rules in Wales during that review, Mr Antoniw said: \"I certainly would envisage a shift in the way in which we assess risks, that we look at things differently.\n\n\"We look at how much more can be done on the ground by way of guidelines and advice because, clearly, we're moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality.\n\n\"But it's got to be something that's based on the reality of the fact there are still risks out there.\n\n\"So, over the next week or so, all that data's going to be evaluated.\n\n\"We'll take advice from the medical officers and from the scientists, and then we'll work out basically what is the best next step forward in terms of moving towards that greater normality.\n\n\"But also in a way that doesn't put people at risk,\" he added.", "Mr Zuma says he will not surrender to police\n\nSupporters of South African ex-President Jacob Zuma have formed what they say is a human shield outside his home to try to prevent his arrest.\n\nOn Tuesday, the constitutional court found him guilty of contempt for defying its order to appear before a corruption inquiry.\n\nA deadline for his arrest had been set for midnight on Sunday.\n\nHowever, the constitutional court later agreed to hear his challenge to the 15-month jail term he was given.\n\nJust how that affects the arrest deadline is unclear.\n\n\"[There is] no need for me to go to jail today,\" Mr Zuma, 79, told reporters outside his home in Nkandla in Kwa-Zulu Natal province on Sunday.\n\n\"Sending me to jail during the height of a pandemic, at my age, is the same as sentencing me to death,\" he added.\n\nHe said he had been \"lambasted with a punitive jail sentence without trial\" and that \"South Africa is fast sliding back to apartheid rule\".\n\nOne supporter, Lindokuhle Maphalala, told AFP news agency that if the police chief came to arrest Mr Zuma \"he must start with us\".\n\n\"A messy confrontation would've ensued if police dared to arrest me,\" said Jacob Zuma to hundreds of his supporters who erupted in loud cheers and whistling.\n\nHis supporters, some dressed in Zulu traditional outfits and others in ANC T-shirts with his face on them, have been camping outside his home in Nkandla to form a human shield.\n\nThe gathering by his supporters is actually illegal under the country's regulations aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19.\n\nBut there are no police officers in sight to disperse the gathering, leading many to say that the former president is above the law and that justice is not seen to be done when it comes to powerful politicians.\n\nMr Zuma has repeatedly told his supporters that he doesn't fear imprisonment, but behind the scenes his legal team is working around the clock to keep him out.\n\nThe court has said it will consider Mr Zuma's appeal on 12 July.\n\nIn the meantime, another appeal against the arrest order is expected to be heard by the high court of KwaZulu-Natal province on Tuesday.\n\nThe 79-year-old political veteran was ousted in 2018 after nine years in power, amid corruption allegations.\n\nBusinessmen were accused of conspiring with politicians to influence the decision-making process.\n\nBut Mr Zuma has repeatedly said that he is the victim of a political conspiracy.\n\nThe former president testified only once at the inquiry into what has become known as \"state capture\" but then refused to appear subsequently.\n\nIn a separate legal matter, Mr Zuma pleaded not guilty last month in a corruption trial involving a $5bn (£3bn) arms deal from the 1990s.", "It's coming home. For the first time in 25 years, England are heading to the semi-finals of the European Championships at Wembley - after a blistering 4-0 win over Ukraine in Rome.\n\nEngland supporters may not have been able to travel to Italy because of Covid rules - but that did nothing to stop Three Lions fans from celebrating the victory in fantastic style across the nation.\n\nThe final whistle is heard in London's Trafalgar Square\n\nThe moment confirms England's passage to the Euro 2020 semi-finals at Wembley next week\n\nThousands of England supporters took to the streets in London to celebrate the football team's win, with dozens climbing the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, in Piccadilly Circus\n\nCentral London sees fans continuing to celebrate into the night, with singing, cheering, chanting and clapping taking place on the capital's streets\n\nThe capital's Leicester Square also became a magnet for ecstatic fans after the match\n\nSouth London's Vinegar Yard explodes as Harry Kane scores his second goal of the game - England's third\n\nFans in Manchester react with jubilation as Harry Maguire scores England's second goal against Ukraine\n\nAt the official fan zone in London's Trafalgar Square, fans celebrate striker Harry Kane's early goal\n\nThe fan zone is free but the sought-after tickets are allocated through a ballot\n\nEmotions ran high during the first half of the match\n\nEarlier in the day, fans gathered in Rome, where the temperature today was 31C (87.8F) - 10 degrees hotter than London's Wembley\n\nAt Rome's Stadio Olimpico, England fans were likely to be outnumbered by Ukraine supporters who face fewer travel rules\n\nThere were big grins for the camera at one bar in Italy's capital ahead of the 20:00 BST kick-off\n\nUK nationals living in Europe could travel without quarantining as long as they have proof of full vaccination or a negative Covid test\n\nSupporters from both teams posed for a friendly photo outside the stadium, which has an agreed capacity of 16,000\n\nIn Piazza del Popolo fans cheered for England ahead of the match, which is the Three Lions' first Euro 2020 game not at Wembley\n\nItaly is currently at its lowest level of coronavirus rules with pubs and bars allowed to open\n\nRules still do apply in Italy though - including limits on capacity and no more than six people from different households allowed to sit together indoors\n\nBut there is no limit on the number of people who can meet together outside in pubs in Italy\n\nElsewhere in the city, and next to the iconic Colosseum, Ukraine fans posed for a photo\n\nEngland fans in Manchester flew the flag ahead of the match\n\nFans in Bristol met outside to watch the game\n\nAnd in Nottingham, a fan cut a striking figure with his face painted with the St George's flag\n\nKeep checking back as we'll be updating the gallery throughout the day.\n\nRead more: When in Rome... The England fans who will be at the big match", "Firefighters working to bring the fire on Railway Street under control\n\nFirefighters remain at the scene of a large fire at a coffin makers in Strabane, County Tyrone.\n\nEighty firefighters, 10 fire engines and four special appliances were at the blaze at O'Doherty's on Railway Street.\n\nWest Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan was nearby when he heard an \"explosion\" and said there had been a \"very loud lightning strike in the wider area\".\n\nThere were thunderstorms in the area at the time, but the cause of the fire has not been confirmed.\n\nSmoke from the fire can be seen across the town\n\nThe Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said it received a call about the fire at 16:10 BST.\n\nThe operation is expected to continue on Monday, with people asked to stay out of the area due to the high level of activity.\n\nNIFRS has asked those in the nearby area to keep their windows and doors closed.\n\nRailway Street is likely to remain closed overnight to allow for a structural inspection of the building to take place.\n\nThe fire is on Railway Street in the town\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI, Mr McCrossan, who owns a pub near to where the fire is, said fire crews had managed to contain the fire to O'Doherty's, protecting surrounding properties and businesses.\n\n\"It is quite a significant blaze,\" he said.\n\n\"Luckily no one is hurt. There is a house next door, thankfully they weren't home and they weren't hurt either.\"\n\nDerry City and Strabane District Council has warned the public to be cautious of flooding across the area.\n\nThe lower deck of the Craigavon Bridge in Londonderry is obstructed from the Duke Street direction by a car in flood water.\n\nThe council's mayor, DUP councillor Graham Warke, tweeted a picture showing flooding on the lower deck.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by graham warke This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA yellow weather warning from the Met Office is in place across the west of Northern Ireland until midnight on Sunday.", "An interfaith service was held in Coventry to thank heroes of the pandemic\n\nCommunities across the UK have come together to celebrate all those who gave their time to help people during the pandemic.\n\nThank You Day saw events take place across the country on Sunday.\n\nProposed by a small group of people to pay tribute to the unsung heroes of the last year, it has also been backed by a number of celebrities.\n\nIn Coventry, an interfaith ceremony was held at the cathedral, while 1,000 roses were handed out in Bradford.\n\nPlay at the Wimbledon Championships was suspended as part of the traditional Middle Sunday break, and organisers used it as an opportunity to mark Thank You Day.\n\nHundreds of people gathered at Wimbledon Park to enjoy free community tennis events.\n\nJulie Siddiqi MBE, founder of Together We Thrive and one of the original proposers for Thank You Day said: \"It was wonderful for me to start Thank You Day at Coventry Cathedral.\n\n\"It is a place of special significance and being there with friends from all backgrounds was really inspiring.\n\n\"Faith communities have done so much during this past difficult year, we have lots of people to thank.\"\n\nThe cathedral's dean, The Very Reverend John Witcombe, said the service was an \"inspiring\" event and had been \"immensely moving\".\n\nAnother interfaith service was also held in Smethwick, in Sandwell, with many sports clubs and community groups sharing their support over social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nElaine Kavanagh, a senior nursing sister also thanked the community, on behalf of The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust for their support.\n\nHealth care assistant Rose Waddington and ninety-eight-year-old Norwood House resident John Kykot were presented with thank you roses by the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin\n\nShe said: \"The generosity of the community has been overwhelming.\n\n\"The smallest of treats brought the biggest of smiles to our faces, giving us moments of respite in very challenging times.\"\n\nVolunteers in Goole helped clean up a green space which provided a sanctuary for people during lockdown, as a way of recognising the importance of such spaces to people's wellbeing\n\nRebecca Watkins said green spaces had been a \"lifesaver\" during lockdown\n\nRebecca Watkins, from Clean Goole Campaign Group, said: \"It's been a lifesaver in lockdown for many people to be able to walk out of the town centre and get a bit of breathing space and fresh air.\"\n\nThe campaign for Thank You Day was started by a small group of people from across the UK, including Debbie Matthew, a stroke survivor from Perthshire, and May Parsons, the nurse who administered the UK's first Covid jab at University Hospital in Coventry.\n\nKeighley and Worth Valley Railway volunteers Andy Hoyle and Nick Hallewell received roses from the Leader of Bradford Council, Susan Hinchcliffe\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson also hosted a barbecue for community leaders, NHS workers and representatives from the Royal Voluntary Service.\n\nAt 17:00, the public are encouraged to raise a drink of their choice to volunteers.\n\nOn Saturday, Wombles returned to Wimbledon common during an hour of litter picking organised by The Outdoor Guide\n\nCommunities secretary, Robert Jenrick MP, said: \"This past year has been challenging for us all.\n\n\"But in the darkest of times, when people were most in need, the actions of our friends and neighbours to support our communities have shone the brightest.\"\n\nAre you taking part in Thank You Day events? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A crowdfunding page raised nearly £40,000 after the mural in Withington was defaced\n\nThousands of pounds raised after Marcus Rashford's mural in Manchester was vandalised will be donated to a food bank charity.\n\nThe artwork was defaced after England's loss in the Euro 2020 final in which Rashford missed a penalty.\n\nAn online crowdfunding campaign raised nearly £40,000 and thousands of messages were left on the wall in Withington.\n\nRashford has requested the money is given to Fare Share Greater Manchester.\n\nSome of the money will also cover the cost of repairs to the wall.\n\nThe Manchester United forward, who said he had been \"overwhelmed\" by the outpouring of support in the days after the incident, chose the charity to help provide meals to schoolchildren over the summer holidays.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe mural on Copson Street is close to where he grew up and went to school.\n\nIt was daubed in swearwords on the night after he, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka missed penalties in England's 3-2 shootout defeat by Italy.\n\nThe piece was later restored by street artist Akse and became the scene of a large anti-racism demonstration.\n\nPolice later said the graffiti was believed to be \"not racial\" in nature but inquiries were continuing.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Happy customers have been enjoying drinks or meals as indoor service has resumed\n\nIrish pubs and restaurants have resumed indoor service after the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.\n\nMany pubs, especially those that do not serve food, have been closed since March 2020.\n\nAs the industry reopens, customers have been reminded of the new guidelines.\n\nCustomers, including those from Northern Ireland, must have official proof they have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19 within the last 180 days.\n\nFor the overwhelming majority of people in the Republic, they will prove eligibility through the EU's Digital Covid Cert with its QR codes.\n\nCustomers must show proof of immunity, either full vaccination or a that they have recovered from Covid recently\n\nEvery adult must also bring along official identification such as a driving licence with a photo.\n\nThe president of the Restaurant Association of Ireland, Mark McGowan, said it was his understanding that the Northern Ireland vaccination card will be accepted as proof of immunity at venues in the Republic.\n\n\"Once valid proof of immunity is shown at the door along with photographic evidence, that will be sufficient. It has to be an official id and official vaccination cert. We want tourists from the north coming down\".\n\nThe Digital Covid Certificate is being rolled out across EU member states in July\n\nThe lead person at a table or a solo customer will be asked to give his or her name for contact-tracing purposes.\n\nOnce inside, there will be a limit of six adults per table, no bar service and, customers can only remove their masks once seated.\n\nChildren will be allowed indoors and premises must close by 23:30.\n\nNot all pubs and restaurants will reopen.\n\nSome owners have complained that they have not been given enough time to hire and train staff to comply with the new guidelines.\n\nCounty Donegal publican Kevin Kavanagh is among those who say the guidance from government has come too late for him to start serving indoors again on Monday.\n\n\"I am not fully vaccinated myself, my sister and a few other staff are not fully vaccinated, so we just cannot take the chance,\" he told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\n\"Early Saturday morning, about 1 o'clock I got an email with the guidelines set out. It is more or less impossible for us to open. Our government, I think have let us down again\".\n\nThe last year has been \"extremely tough and very frustrating\" for Ireland's hospitality sector, he added.\n\nLetterkenny restaurateur Carol Meenan said it was an \"exciting day\". She said she hopes customers will be patient as staff come to terms with the new regulations.\n\nVerifying identification and proof of vaccination \"will be a full-time job at the door\", she said.\n\n\"We are going to have a lot of logistics to get through and it might be a bit of a slow time coming through the door. But we are so happy to get open and get a little bit of normality back\", she said.\n\nClare McDonough and Ann Blake were among the first customers through the doors at tea rooms in Letterkenny.\n\n\"It is fantastic, we were just saying it's a bit of a novelty,\" Clare said.\n\n\"But it is really lovely to be able to see people, nice just to sit down in familiar surroundings and be back feeling like it is normal again.\"\n\nIndoor diners in Letterkenny said it was fantastic to feel \"normal again\".\n\nCafé owner Brendan McGlynn said reopening \"feels really good\" despite some late changes to the government guidelines.\n\n\"Yesterday we had to take everybody's name, now today we don't have to, just from the lead person of the table.\n\n\"But I am looking forward to getting customers in again. There is a nice feeling about it,\" he said.\n\nPadraig Cribben, chief executive of the Vintners' Federation of Ireland said \" a lot of challenges lie ahead\" for the sector.\n\n\"It is certainly a day of relief for many businesses that haven't operated for almost 500 days, since March of last year. But it is relief mixed with a certain element of anxiety, anxiety around how customers are going to react\".\n\nMr McGowan, from the Restaurants Association of Ireland, said it was a \"very significant day for hospitality across the country\", adding that the \"biggest issue\" for business owners was staffing levels.\n\nHe also said the new guidelines were published at \"the 11th hour\" and \"it is too short notice\".\n\nThe chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE), Paul Reid, urged people in a tweet to safely embrace the reopening and \"make it work\".\n\nHe also said 83% of adults were partially vaccinated and over 68% fully vaccinated.\n\nFor most people the return of indoor hospitality is a welcome development, a sunny glimmer of hope in the slow return to what was once normality.", "Sir Richard Sutton's wealth was valued at £301m in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List\n\nA man accused of murdering his mother's partner, who was one of the UK's richest men, has pleaded not guilty.\n\nSir Richard Sutton was stabbed to death at his home in Higher Langham, Gillingham, Dorset, on 7 April this year.\n\nHis partner Anne Schreiber was also stabbed in the same incident.\n\nThomas Schreiber, Ms Schreiber's son, pleaded not guilty to one count of murder and one count of attempted murder at Winchester Crown Court.\n\nMr Schreiber, 34 and of Gillingham, also pleaded not guilty to one count of dangerous driving on the A303, A4 and M3.\n\nDuring the hearing Adam Feest QC, prosecuting, said that psychiatric reports were being prepared on the defendant.\n\nThe defendant will next appear on 8 October for a case management hearing, and a provisional trial date has been set for 29 November.\n\nJudge Angela Morris said Mr Schreiber will remain in custody.\n\nThomas Schreiber, 34, is accused of murder and attempted murder\n\nThe wealth of Sir Richard, 83, and his family was valued at £301m in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List.\n\nHe owned an extensive property and farming portfolio, including the freehold of the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane and the Athenaeum Hotel in Mayfair.\n\nAn initial post-mortem examination indicated Sir Richard's cause of death was stab wounds to his chest, police said. While Ms Schreiber was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bernadette Walker was killed by the man she called \"Dad\", prosecutors said\n\nA man has been found guilty of murdering a teenage girl who called him her father, after she claimed he had sexually abused her.\n\nBernadette Walker, 17, told her mother Sarah in July 2020 that Scott Walker had been abusing her \"over a number of years\", Cambridge Crown Court heard.\n\nBernadette is presumed dead but her body had never been found.\n\nWalker, 51, and ex-partner Sarah Walker, 38, were both convicted of perverting the course of justice.\n\nBernadette was last seen when Scott Walker collected her from his parents' home in Peterborough.\n\nThe trial had heard he and Sarah Walker formed an \"unholy alliance\" to cover up her death.\n\nScott Walker has been found guilty of murdering Bernadette Walker\n\nJust two days before she was last seen, Bernadette claimed Scott Walker had sexually abused her for years\n\nWhen the jury delivered its verdict on Scott Walker's murder charge, Sarah Walker wailed loudly \"no, no, she's not dead\" and the hearing was paused for a brief time before the jury were sent back to finish deliberating verdicts against her.\n\nSarah Walker had already admitted two counts of perverting the course of justice by sending messages from Bernadette's phone after she was last seen alive and by providing false information to the police relating to her disappearance.\n\nLater she was found guilty by majority verdicts of two other counts of perverting the course of justice \"knowing or believing\" Bernadette to be dead.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBernadette Walker's body is yet to be found, despite police searches\n\nProsecutor Lisa Wilding QC said on 16 July last year, Bernadette, also known as Bee, told her mother Walker \"had been sexually abusing her over a number of years\".\n\n\"Sarah Walker told Bernadette that she did not believe her,\" said Ms Wilding.\n\n\"The following day, it was decided that Bernadette should go and spend the night with her paternal grandparents while things calmed down a little.\"\n\nThe court heard she disappeared on 18 July, the day Walker picked her up, and since then she had not used her telephone or social media accounts, had no money and had not accessed banking, or been seen at any hospital or surgery.\n\nMs Wilding said Bernadette was \"presumed dead\", adding: \"The prosecution allege that Scott Walker killed Bee to prevent her pursuing her allegations of sexual abuse any further.\"\n\nShe said Mr Walker's phone was off between 11:23 BST and 12:54 on 18 July and \"the prosecution say that in that hour and a half he killed Bee\".\n\nShe said the first call he made, lasting nine minutes, was to Ms Walker.\n\n\"The only sensible conclusion that can be drawn from that telephone call is that Scott Walker told his wife that he had killed Bernadette and needed her help, immediately, to cover up Bee's disappearance and death, and to buy them both time to work out what should happen next,\" said Ms Wilding.\n\n\"From that moment on, Scott and Sarah Walker - Bee's own mother and father - were joined, the prosecution say, in an unholy alliance, designed and intended to mislead, to divert and to pervert the inevitable investigation into the disappearance and ultimately the death of Bee Walker.\"\n\nPolice search teams scoured the countryside around the Fens\n\nThe court was told the parents \"hacked\" into Bernadette's social media accounts and pretended to be her to friends and family.\n\n\"They lied to everyone around them... about her disappearance and they were unflinching in their pursuit of their devious, wicked plan,\" said Ms Wilding.\n\n\"All parental love and responsibility was gone, if ever it actually existed.\"\n\nWalker maintained throughout that Bernadette had run away, leaving her rucksack behind when he stopped his car after collecting her from her grandparents' house.\n\nHowever, during the trial, the prosecution said Scott Walker made repeated visits to a lock-up garage and a late-night journey to rural Fenland which could have given him opportunities to dispose of Bernadette's body.\n\nBernadette's rucksack was found in a lock-up frequented by Walker\n\nHer rucksack had been found in the lock-up, and a diary, in which she had written about telling her mother Walker had been abusing her.\n\nShe wrote: \"Told my mum about my dad and the abuse.\n\n\"She called me a liar and threatened to kill me if I told the police... What kind of parent wouldn't believe their daughter?\"\n\nSpeaking after Scott Walker's conviction, Det Insp Justine Jenkins, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, said: \"We may never know the truth about what Scott did and why, but we do know Bee had made allegations of abuse against him.\"\n\nShe added: \"I just hope now we may get the answers we need to be able to find her and lay her to rest.\"\n\nSarah Walker was not married to Scott Walker but had changed her surname to Walker by deed poll.\n\nAt the time of Bernadette's disappearance, the couple lived at the same address but Sarah Walker was in a relationship with another man.\n\nA sentencing date has been set for 10 September.\n\nIn response to an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation, Cambridgeshire Police found \"practice requiring improvement\" by four officers involved in the initial missing person investigation.\n\nThe IOPC also said it was consulting with the force over a number of recommendations, including around training for frontline officers about missing person cases and the handling of sexual abuse allegations in those investigations.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Australian actor Dieter Brummer, best known for his role as Shane Parrish on TV soap Home And Away between 1992 and 1996, has died aged 45.\n\nBrummer was found dead at a house in Sydney on Saturday by New South Wales police responding to a welfare call.\n\nThe force said his death is not being treated as suspicious.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Brummer's family said: \"We lost our handsome, talented, funny, complicated and beloved Dieter.\n\n\"He has left a massive hole in our lives and our world will never be the same\" it added.\n\n\"Our thoughts go out to all of you who knew him, loved him, or worked with him over the years.\"\n\nBrummer was enormously popular on Home and Away during the 1990s, playing the love interest of Melissa George's Angel Brooks.\n\nThe Seven Network, which airs Home and Away in Australia, said it was \"deeply saddened\" by the news.\n\n\"Dieter was a much-loved Home and Away cast member and celebrated by Australian and international audiences,\" a statement said.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We send our sincere condolences to Dieter's family and friends during this very difficult time.\"\n\nBrummer joined Home and Away aged 15 and became a fan favourite - crowned most popular actor at Australia's Logie TV awards for two years running in 1995 and 1996.\n\nHe was also twice voted \"prince of soap\" by Dolly magazine readers, as viewers became enchanted by his storyline with George.\n\nBrummer at the height of his Home and Away fame in 1995\n\nBrummer left the long-running soap when his character was written out after dying from septicaemia in 1996, but continued to act in TV roles, including true-crime drama Underbelly, Winners and Losers and a 26-episode stint at rival soap, Neighbours, as Capt. Troy Miller, in 2011.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn later years, Brummer revealed he took up a career as a high-rise window cleaner after departing Home and Away to experience life out of the limelight.\n\nHe told TV Tonight in 2010: \"It was a pretty intense time coming out of high school to receive all this fame and adulation.\n\n\"As great as it was, I wanted to prove to myself I could get my hands dirty and sweat for a buck as easily as standing around on set, being primped and preened.\"\n\nOn Monday, co-stars and celebrities paid tribute to Brummer following news of his passing.\n\nBrummer's former co-star Emily Symons, who plays Marilyn Chambers on Home and Away, shared her sorrow on Instagram.\n\n\"I can't believe this absolutely tragic news,\" she wrote alongside a photo of the pair together.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by emilysymons_ This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFellow Home and Away star and family friend Steve Comey wrote: \"Heartbreaking news. We have lost a free spirit. Vale Dieter Brummer. Way too young. Way too soon.\n\n\"My sincerest, deepest condolences to his beautiful sister Karlene and all of Dieter's family and friends. Keep flying young fella.\"\n\nGeorgie Parker, known as Roo Stewart in the soap, also paid her respects.\n\nLong-standing cast member Lynne McGranger, who plays Irene Roberts, tweeted: \"So very sad. Please reach out. Ask if people are doing okay. And tell someone if YOU'RE not okay! Yell over the fence, call, message, Facebook, whatever it takes.\"\n\nActor Steve Bastoni added: \"I met Dieter Brummer on Underbelly, he seemed like a decent fellow. Very sad news.\"\n\nDamian McBride, former Downing Street press secretary, said Brummer was \"a burst of light in every mid-90s day\" during his time on the show.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Damian McBride This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBritish comic Tiff Stevenson also paid tribute to Brummer, revealing she had a poster of him on her wall as a teenager.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Tiffany Stevenson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Australia seemed so impossibly far away and glamorous\" she wrote on Twitter. \"Nowadays everything feels close, real and fallible. RIP Dieter\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Senior doctors in England will be asked whether they want to consider industrial action over the 3% pay rise offered by the government.\n\nThe British Medical Association union says tens of thousands hospital consultants will be contacted.\n\nIt previously said industrial action may be considered if senior doctors were not given at least a 5% rise.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing has also said that it could consider striking and would consult members.\n\nThe Department of Health was criticised over its previous stance that only a 1% rise was affordable.\n\nBut earlier this week, ministers announced a 3% pay rise offer following a recommendation from an independent pay review body.\n\nIt is for most NHS staff in England, including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried GPs and is backdated to April 2021.\n\nAll NHS staff in Wales are to be offered a 3% rise by the Welsh government.\n\nBut the BMA, which represents doctors, said whilst the latest pay offer represented an increase on the government's \"paltry\" 1% offer, it was still \"well below\" the 5% minimum pay rise its consultants' committee had been calling for.\n\nIt argues that senior doctors are exhausted and feel undervalued because of previous below-inflation pay rises.\n\nDr Vishal Sharma, the chair of the BMA's consultants committee, said the pay offer was \"bitterly disappointing\" and showed \"once again how little the government values the dedication and expertise of consultants in England - many of whom have been brought to the brink of breaking point by the pressures of the past 18 months\".\n\nHe added: \"Consultants have given their all in leading the fight against Covid-19, some at the expense of their own health, others with their lives. And this pressure will only intensify as we begin to tackle the backlog of delayed treatment caused by the pandemic.\"\n\nConsultants have not taken industrial action since the 1970s, apart from a day of action over pensions in 2012.\n\nThe BMA has previously said industrial action by consultants would involve stopping paid and unpaid overtime, which would affect patient clinics and attempts by hospitals to reduce waiting lists.\n\nThe findings of its survey will be reviewed by the union and help leaders decide whether to proceed to a formal ballot.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"NHS staff - from doctors and nurses to paramedics and porters - are rightly receiving a 3% pay rise this year in recognition of their extraordinary efforts throughout this global pandemic.\n\n\"This follows the recommendations of the independent NHS Pay Review Body and the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, who considered a wide range of evidence from organisations across government, the NHS and trade unions in making the decision.\"", "Pink accepted the Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards in May\n\nUS pop star Pink has offered to pay the fines handed out to the Norwegian women's beach handball team, after they wore shorts like their male counterparts instead of bikini bottoms.\n\nThe team was fined 1,500 euros (£1,295) for \"improper clothing\" at the European Beach Handball Championships last week.\n\n\"I'm very proud of the Norwegian female beach handball team for protesting sexist rules about their uniform,\" tweeted the singer on Sunday.\n\n\"I'll be happy to pay your fines for you. Keep it up.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by P!nk This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Norwegian Handball Federation announced last week that it was prepared to pay the fines, adding though that it should be \"a free choice within a standardised framework\".\n\nBut the team expressed their gratitude towards the Get the Party Started and Cover Me In Sunshine singer via their Instagram story.\n\n\"Wow! Thank you so much for the support,\" they wrote.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by norwaybeachhandballwomen This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe European Handball Federation had said it fined the Norway team for its choice of kit during their recent bronze medal match against Spain in Bulgaria because the players' shorts were \"not according to the athlete uniform regulations\".\n\nHowever, the country's minister for culture and sport, Abid Raja, described the ruling as being \"completely ridiculous\".\n\nFormer tennis champion Billie Jean King was among those noting how the men's teams wear shorts.\n\n\"The sexualization of women athletes must stop,\" she tweeted last week.\n\nBath University handball club said the fines were \"absolutely outrageous\", noting how the rules around bikinis could be putting women off taking up the sport.\n\nCo-captain Emma Steggles said: \"I would feel extremely uncomfortable being made to wear a bikini to play a sport I love.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Motorsport\n\nHugo Millan, a 14-year-old motorbike rider, has died after crashing at a race in Alcaniz, Spain.\n\nThe teenager was involved in a fatal collision at the MotorLand Aragon.\n\nThe Spaniard was treated at the scene before being airlifted to hospital, where he then passed away.\n\nCuna de Campeones, the riding school where he trained, paid tribute to him on Twitter, saying: \"We will always remember you for your smile, your big heart and your professionalism.\"\n\nMotoGP say they \"send all their love and support to his family, friends and team\".\n\nSix-time MotoGP world champion, Marc Marquez passed on his \"sincere condolences\" to those close to Millan in a post on Twitter, as others connected to the sport also paid their respects.\n\nMillan was competing in the European Talent Cup, a category of the FIM CEV Repsol which is an international championship for teenage riders looking to make it into the professional circuit.\n\nHe had four podium finishes and two pole positions to his name in his debut campaign.\n\nIn May, Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier, 19, died in hospital from injuries he sustained in a three-bike crash during a qualifying session at the Mugello Circuit in Italy.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwo east London hospitals have asked patients to stay away after their emergency departments were hit by flooding on Sunday.\n\nWhipps Cross is without power and evacuating 100 inpatients and Newham hospital is asking patients to use other A&Es for urgent care.\n\nAmbulances are being redirected after torrential rain caused severe flooding in homes, roads and stations.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade says it has taken more than 1,000 flooding-related calls.\n\nIt rescued people trapped in cars and is helping those with flooded basements and collapsed ceilings.\n\nA spokesperson for Barts Health NHS Trust which runs both Newham and Whipps Cross hospitals, said: \"Patients are asked to attend alternative hospitals where they can. A major incident has been called across the Trust.\"\n\nMany of the capital's roads closed due to the flooding, including the Blackwall Tunnel, the A12 and parts of the North Circular.\n\nStepney Green station remains closed although eight other Tube and London Overground stations have reopened.\n\nA yellow thunderstorm warning remains in place for parts of south-east England.\n\nThe makeshift defence created by residents in Woodford to protect their homes from floodwater\n\nTwo young women shelter under an umbrella in Parliament Square in central London\n\nA cyclist rides through flood water in Horse Guards Road in central London\n\nSt James's Park in London saw 41.6mm (1.6in) of rain on Sunday, making it the wettest part of the country.\n\nResidents on a street in Woodford, in east London, grabbed buckets, brooms and wooden boards to prevent rising rainwater from flooding their homes.\n\nRestaurant manager Mariya Peeva said her neighbour's bedroom was flooded and that her son helped others to protect their homes from the flooding.\n\nMs Peeva, 46, told the PA news agency: \"My son went to buy some food from the local shop - by the time he came back the whole street and the pavement were already flooded and the water was coming into our front door.\"\n\nWere you affected by floods? Share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPatients are urged to find alternative care away from Newham hospital A&E\n\nThe A&E department at Newham Hospital is still closed this morning, with ambulances being diverted to neighbouring hospitals.\n\nAs you peer through the doors of the A&E department here, the entire floor is soaked as far as the eye can see.\n\nThere are mops left on the floor, security guards are guiding people away.\n\nThe hospital says it will still treat the most urgent admissions but is advising people to use other hospitals until it fixes the rainwater damage.\n\nOther parts of the hospital, such as the maternity unit, remain unaffected.\n\nBuses and cars were left stranded when roads across London flooded on Sunday\n\nResident Chris Date tweeted a photo of a bus in Bakers Arms, Walthamstow, saying the flood water was \"above the kerb\".\n\n\"It's impossible to walk on the pavement. To get on that bus the water came up to my shins. This is a canal, not a road,\" he said.\n\nCyclist Eddie Elliott, 28, said he had passed the area near Queenstown Road station in Battersea to find the road \"totally shut down\".\n\n\"Having been born and raised in London, I have never seen anything quite like it,\" he said.\n\nMr Elliott said the flooding was the worst he had experienced in the city, and described seeing \"buses stood broken down in the water\".\n\nStreets were likened to canals in Walthamstow, east London\n\nA woman wades through a flooded path in St James's Park in central London\n\nA motorcyclist drives through deep water on a flooded road in The Nine Elms district of London\n\nStandon Calling festival in Hertfordshire was abandoned due to Sunday's flooding.\n\nThe Environment Agency has six flood warnings in place. They are for two areas in London, near Beverley Brook at West Barnes and Worcester Park.\n\nThe further warnings are for:\n\nA further 19 less severe flood alerts have also been issued, covering most of the capital and parts of surrounding counties.", "Fire crews are battling extreme temperatures as they try to control wildfires in California and Nevada. Hundreds of people have been evacuated.\n\nAcross the country, in Washington DC, the moon turned a bright orange colour due to the smoke from the fires.", "The number of new Covid cases reported in the UK has now fallen below 25,000.\n\nThe UK recorded 24,950 new infections on Monday - a drop of 15,000 on 39,950 cases a week ago.\n\nThe number of new cases fell for a sixth day in a row - the first time since November, during England's second national lockdown.\n\nBut immunologist Prof Peter Openshaw said while he was \"cautiously pleased,\" further daily data would show if it was a sustained fall or a \"just a blip\".\n\nProf Openshaw, who sits on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"It is exciting to see those rather encouraging figures, but there have been some delays in reporting the figures and we're still waiting for the full data to be released by the Office for National Statistics.\n\n\"So let's not get overexcited.\"\n\nDowning Street said earlier that while the fall in infections was \"encouraging,\" the prime minister believed the nation is \"not out of the woods yet\".\n\nThe PM's spokesman said the pandemic was \"not over\" and that \"we should still expect to see a rise in case numbers\" after the government lifted almost all legal restrictions on social contact in England a week ago.\n\nThe final relaxation of Covid rules included the removal of limits on the number of people who can meet or attend events and the reopening of nightclubs.\n\nProf Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia previously told the BBC's Jim Reed that \"it [would] not be until about next Friday before the data includes the impact\" of the 19 July unlocking.\n\nThe first few days after unlocking also saw a sustained period of sunny weather across the UK. Scientists advising the government have consistently said that the virus is less likely to spread when people are meeting outdoors.\n\nThe scale of the fall has come as a surprise to even the most optimistic scientists - and is why many are interpreting it with a little caution.\n\nOne suggestion is the decrease could look better than it actually is because of a growing reluctance of people to come forward for tests.\n\nIt will be crucial to see if the drop translates into a similar fall in hospitalisations in a week's time.\n\nSaying that, it's been clear for the past few weeks that the rate of increase in infections had begun to slow.\n\nFears of 100,000 cases a day or more look unlikely now. But it's also important to be realistic about what's likely to happen.\n\nGovernment scientists believe we are entering an extended peak where infection levels are going to bobble around for a while.\n\nThe impact of the 19 July easing has yet to be felt for one thing. That could tip the trend back upwards.\n\nBut the hope is the levels of immunity built up along with a degree of cautious behaviour will mean any rise will be short-lived.\n\nIt is the first time since the start of the pandemic that a sustained drop in cases has not coincided with a national lockdown.\n\nIn November, there was a sustained drop in new infections after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a four-week national lockdown in England to prevent a \"medical and moral disaster\" for the NHS.\n\nAlthough the numbers of cases have fallen quickly over the past week, they are still more than 10 times higher than the levels seen in early May.\n\nWhile the number of cases is falling, the number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 is still rising - although at a slower rate than during previous waves because of the impact of vaccinations.\n\nThe latest data shows there were 5,238 in-patients on 23 July, compared with 4,612 a week ago. There were also another 14 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nThe dashboard also shows 46,589,211 people have now received a first dose of a Covid vaccine, an increase of 24,551. This means that so far, more than 88% of UK adults have had a first jab.\n\nA total of 37,287,384 people have received both vaccines - a rise of 117,956 - equating to 70.5% of adults.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland's executive has agreed to to ease some Covid restrictions, including allowing theatres and concert venues to reopen from 18:00 BST on Tuesday.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nGermany's gymnasts wore full-body suits in women's qualification at the Olympics as they continued their stand against the sexualisation of their sport.\n\nSome of them wore similar outfits at the European Championships earlier this year, with Sarah Voss saying she and her team-mates wanted to make youngsters feel safe in the sport.\n\nVoss joined Pauline Schaefer-Betz, Elisabeth Seitz and Kim Bui in donning the red and white outfits that extended to the ankles on Sunday.\n\nThe body suits defy convention, with most gymnasts opting for a leotard and those who cover their legs in international competition doing so for religious reasons.\n• None Gymnasts' outfits take on sexualisation in sport\n\nThe German team had worn similar outfits during training last week, with three-time Olympian Seitz saying at the time that it was \"about what feels comfortable\".\n\n\"We wanted to show that every woman, everybody, should decide what to wear,\" she said.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nJudoka Chelsie Giles claimed Great Britain's first medal of the Tokyo Olympics with bronze in the women's -52kg event.\n\nThe 24-year-old from Coventry beat Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher by ippon.\n\nAn early scoring waza-ari gave Giles the advantage and she showed the greater composure to secure success.\n\n\"It feels so special to do it in Japan. I believed I could do it, my coach has always believed I could and it showed in today's performance,\" she said.\n\n\"I felt really good in the warm-up, and I was taking each fight as it came. It's an amazing arena and the atmosphere was amazing. To do it where Japan started it, it makes it extra special.\n\n\"I never underestimate any of my fights, that's where mistakes are made. I go into the fight knowing what they do, and knowing what I'm capable of doing. With my best performance, I know I can beat some of the top players and today showed that.\"\n\nGiles had lost to eventual gold medallist Japan's Uta Abe in the quarter-finals, but beat Charline van Snick of Belgium in the repechage to give herself a medal chance.\n\nIt follows the bronze medal won in the sport by Sally Conway at Rio 2016 and the silver and bronze which Gemma Gibbons and Karina Bryant picked up at London 2012.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "The number of migrants crossing the Channel has been rising\n\nThe home secretary pledged her \"unwavering determination\" to stop migrants crossing the English channel after nearly 600 people were intercepted over the weekend.\n\nOn Sunday, 378 migrants crossed the Channel on 12 boats and the French are understood to have stopped 178 people in five interceptions.\n\nAt least 430 migrants crossed in a single day last week - a new record.\n\nIn a statement released on Sunday, she said: \"The British public should be in no doubt of our unwavering determination to stop these dangerous crossings from safe EU countries and take down the evil criminal gangs behind them.\n\n\"We are utilising all aspects of government to tackle this issue and our significant actions are having an impact.\"\n\nNew legislation being considered by MPs would make it a crime to knowingly arrive in the UK without permission.\n\nMinisters hope the overhaul of asylum rules will deter migrants making the crossing.\n\nBut the plans have been criticised by charities including Refugee Action, which has called them \"extreme and nasty\".\n\nThe boats being used by migrants crossing the English Channel are getting bigger, making the journey more dangerous.\n\nThe number of people making the crossing has been rising, with this year's total already above the whole of 2020's, and June setting a new monthly record.\n\nThe journey across one on the busiest shipping lanes in the world - often in small dinghies that are overcrowded - is a dangerous one.\n\nIn an attempt to stem the rise in crossings, the UK government last week reached a £54.2m deal with French government in which France has agreed to double the number of police patrolling its beaches, fund improved intelligence sharing and introduce better technology to target the gangs who organise the crossings.\n\nHowever, some MPs have questioned whether it will have an impact, pointing out that a previously agreed £28.2m deal last November failed to limit crossings.\n\nLast week, Ms Patel defended the new agreement.\n\nGiving evidence to MPs, she said there had been a \"complete change in modus operandi in terms of the crossings\", with a \"widespread dispersal\" of launches of small boats \"along the whole French coastline\" rather than people just coming from Calais.\n\nBut Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont suggested it would not have an impact as the French coastline is too long to patrol.", "Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in Emmer Green in Reading\n\nA boy charged with stabbing a 13-year-old to death has told a court his messages and \"street talk\" about knives were just him \"bigging himself up\".\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading, on 3 January.\n\nGiving evidence at Reading Crown Court, the boy said his messages, played to the jury, were \"stupid and childish\".\n\nTwo boys, both 14, deny murder. A girl, also 14, and one of the boys, have pleaded guilty to manslaughter.\n\nNone of them can be identified for legal reasons.\n\nThe court previously heard Olly had been \"lured\" to a park by a girl and \"ambushed\" by two teenage boys, who were \"motivated by perceived grievances\" against him.\n\nThe alleged attackers were said to have left Olly with stab wounds to the chest and back after a short scuffle.\n\nOne of the accused boys has already given evidence in court.\n\nOn Wednesday, the second boy told the court his voice message exchanges, retrieved from mobile phones, in which he talked about knives and \"poking\" and \"stabbing\" people, were \"just to make an image of myself and big myself up\" to other people.\n\nHe told Rossano Scamardella QC, defending, he felt guilty and remorseful for \"having a part in his [Olly's] death\".\n\nHe admitted that he had intended to confront Olly, saying: \"I wanted to fight him one on one... a fist fight.\"\n\nHe said that he threw the first punch, but claimed Olly had been getting the better of him and had knocked him over.\n\nOlly was pronounced dead at Bug Bottom fields near his home in Emmer Green\n\nThe boy said the other defendant then \"completely lost it, started going red and was a bit shaky\" before \"he ran towards Olly and stabbed him\".\n\nHe said his co-defendant \"froze looking at the knife\" and \"then he stabbed him again\".\n\nThe 14-year-old told the hearing he then went into Reading to meet friends and threw his gloves away \"because I thought they had blood on them from Olly\".\n\nHe added: \"I was panicked and shocked.\"\n\nThe boy told how he later met up with his co-defendant again, who he said asked him to burn the clothes he had been wearing at the time of the killing, but said another boy threw them on the railway track.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ronan Keating is the former frontman of Boyzone, and current host of Magic Radio breakfast and The One Show\n\nEx-Boyzone singer and presenter Ronan Keating has accepted \"substantial\" damages from News Group Newspapers over the phone hacking of his voicemails.\n\nKeating's lawyers told a hearing at London's High Court that newspaper stories published between 1996 and 2011 had caused him \"considerable distress\".\n\nThey also led to him distrusting some of his closest friends, they added.\n\nNews Group Newspapers apologised for the distress caused by \"individuals\" in relation to the News of the World.\n\nThe newspaper closed in 2011. The phone-tapping scandal engulfed the UK print news industry and ultimately prompted the Leveson Inquiry.\n\nThe pay-out amount has not been revealed, but the Magic Radio breakfast and The One Show TV host now considers the matter closed, the BBC understands.\n\nHe is the latest high-profile person to receive damages for historical phone hacking by tabloid reporters, including Noel Fielding and former footballer Ally McCoist.\n\nIn May, Keating was given a permanent spot on The One Show sofa after being officially being named as one of Alex Jones's co-hosts, along with ex-footballer Jermaine Jenas.\n\nKeating has also co-hosted Magic Radio breakfast with Harriet Scott since 2017.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Dr Anthony Fauci said he was frustrated by the slump in vaccine uptake\n\nThe US is heading \"in the wrong direction\" on the coronavirus pandemic as infections surge among the unvaccinated, the country's top infectious disease expert has warned.\n\nDr Anthony Fauci said the Delta variant of Covid-19 was driving the spike in areas with low vaccination rates.\n\nHe said health officials were considering revising mask guidance for vaccinated Americans to curb cases.\n\nOffering booster jabs to vulnerable people was also under review, he said.\n\nThe coronavirus situation in the US is becoming \"a pandemic among the unvaccinated\", Dr Fauci, the chief medical adviser to US President Joe Biden, told broadcaster CNN on Sunday.\n\nMore than 162.7 million people - or 49% of the population - have been fully vaccinated in the US, official data shows.\n\nThe US had been a world leader in jab uptake until April, when vaccination rates started to drop off.\n\nVaccination rates are particularly low in southern states, where fewer than half of residents have received their first dose in some cases.\n\nMeanwhile, daily coronavirus infections are on the rise again after numbers fell in May and June.\n\nThe resurgence has added to the more than 34 million cases and 610,000 deaths recorded so far in the US.\n\nThe trend has been attributed, in part, to the rapid spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid.\n\nThe sharpest increases in Covid cases are in states with lower vaccination rates, such as Florida, Texas and Missouri.\n\nEarlier this week, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said 99.5% of Covid deaths were occurring among unvaccinated people.\n\nIn his interview with CNN, Dr Fauci said local leaders in areas with low vaccination rates needed to do more to encourage people to get jabbed.\n\nHe said he was \"very heartened to hear\" the Republican governors of Arkansas and Florida promoting vaccinations in their states. Both leaders have been critical of Dr Fauci's advice in the past.\n\nDr Fauci has been a key adviser to President Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, through the pandemic.\n\nHe said he was involved in discussions to change mask guidance issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\n\nAs it stands, the CDC says people who are fully vaccinated can \"resume activities that you did before the pandemic without wearing a mask\".\n\nDr Fauci said local governments could issue their own rules under the current CDC guidance.\n\nBut he noted that some local governments had reinstated indoor and public mask requirements to curb rising infections.\n\nIn Los Angeles County, masks are now required indoors for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to tell a Covid-19 vaccine sceptic the facts", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nBradly Sinden secured silver for Great Britain after defeat by Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov in the taekwondo -68kg final.\n\nThe 2019 world champion, 22, was bidding to become Britain's first male Olympic taekwondo champion but was beaten 34-29. He wins Britain's first silver medal of the Tokyo Games.\n\nTrailing 18-14 going into the final round, Sinden fought back in a see-saw finale to take a 28-26 lead going into the final seconds.\n\nHowever, Rashitov responded immediately to edge back in front and a strong trunk kick with six seconds remaining sealed a dramatic victory.\n\n\"It was my gold medal to give away - obviously he is a good fighter, I just made a few mistakes,\" said Sinden. \"I think I got unlucky with a few things as well but that is taekwondo.\n\n\"I thought he was on the back foot. You have to commend him for what he did - a few mistakes from me, well done to him. You'll see me again in Paris.\"\n\nDespite his disappointment at losing the final, Sinden can reflect on a fine Olympics debut that continues his rapid rise in the sport.\n\nThe Doncaster-born fighter won his first major senior medal at the 2017 World Championships aged just 18. Two years later, he became the first British man to win a taekwondo world title.\n\nIn Tokyo, he powered into the semi-final with a 20-point win against Tukey's Hakan Recber before coming from behind to beat Zhao Shuai of China 33-25 to guarantee a himself a medal.\n\n\"We were here to get gold - anything else is not what we're here to celebrate. Maybe eventually I will get over it,\" added Sinden. \"But for now it has got me that I didn't win gold when I think it was there for me to take. I will take that and improve on it.\"\n\nTeam GB's first medal was won earlier on Sunday, with Chelsie Giles securing bronze in the women's -52kg judo.\n\nHowever, there was disappointment for two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones, who suffered a 16-12 defeat by Kimia Alizadeh of the Refugee Olympic Team.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "More critical workers will be able to take daily tests rather than isolate when they are identified as a close contact of someone who has Covid.\n\nThe government said 1,200 extra sites would be established, with prisons, waste management and the armed forces among the sectors prioritised.\n\nSome 800 sites are already being set up for police, firefighters, supermarket depot staff and some other industries.\n\nSeveral sectors have warned of staffing shortages caused by 10-day isolations.\n\nA total of 618,903 contact tracing alerts - popularly known as pings - advising people to self-isolate for up to 10 days were sent from the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales in the week to 15 July.\n\nDaily testing for certain critical sectors in England was launched on Monday as an alternative to self-isolation for some workers. The government has not said how many sites are currently up-and-running but that it expected 500 would be set up this week.\n\nTesco is understood to be working through the details of the new scheme, while Morrisons said it was contacting staff who had been pinged to sign up for testing on a voluntary basis, but did say that it was ready to start.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said daily contact testing would play a \"vital role\" in helping to \"minimise the potential for disruption caused by rising cases, while keeping staff protected\".\n\nWhen all 2,000 testing sites are open, 800 will deal with food industry, transport and Border Force workers, as well as police and fire services.\n\nThe other 1,200 will be for people employed in prisons, waste, defence and veterinary medicine, plus the energy, pharmaceutical, telecoms, chemical, communications, water, space and fish industries.\n\nWorkers will be allowed to take the tests, rather than isolate, whether or not they are fully vaccinated.\n\nThe announcement of the scheme's extension came after the number of Covid cases reported in the UK fell to below 25,000 on Monday.\n\nFrontline health and care staff who are fully vaccinated and identified as a close contact of someone with Covid have a separate system, allowing some to go to work, subject to strict testing rules.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are among workers self-isolating after the health secretary tested positive last week.\n\nFrom 16 August, anyone in England who is fully vaccinated - and unvaccinated under-18s - will be able to take PCR tests - which are sent to a laboratory to be checked - instead of self-isolating, if pinged.\n\nSimilar rules come into force in Scotland from 9 August - and in Wales from 7 August.", "Estelle Hedaya, from New York, worked for a jewellery company and lived on the building's sixth floor\n\nThe family of the final victim unaccounted for in a deadly apartment block collapse in Florida say her remains have been found and identified.\n\nThe discovery ends a weeks-long wait for the family of 54-year-old Estelle Hedaya, who had been missing since her building collapsed on 24 June.\n\nHer brother Ikey Hedaya told US media that local New York police delivered the news to their family on Monday.\n\nHer discovery brings the death toll in the collapse disaster to 98.\n\nSearch teams spent weeks combing the rubble for victims but said on Friday that their search had finally ended. At that time, Estelle Hedaya was still unaccounted for.\n\nMiami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Monday that police volunteers were continuing to \"carefully and meticulously\" sift through millions of pounds of debris at a secondary site looking for remains and personal items.\n\n\"We have done everything possible to bring closure to the families and I am especially proud that through these tireless efforts we were able at last to bring closure to all those who reported missing loved ones,\" she told reporters.\n\nThe number of people missing had initially been put as high as 159, but police brought that figure down after weeks of checking reports.\n\nOfficials say the site where the 12-floor Champlain Towers South building once stood is being treated as a crime scene.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old building to fall to the ground remains unknown, but a 2018 report had found structural problems with the ocean-side block.\n\nAll but one of those killed were recovered dead in the rubble, with one victim dying in hospital.\n\nA funeral is expected to take place for Estelle Hedaya in New York on Tuesday, the AP news agency reports.\n\nHer family and friends described her as outgoing and fun-loving and said she loved to travel and try new things, like salsa dancing.\n\nOther victims of the disaster include the seven-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter, a 92-year-old grandmother and the sister of Paraguay's first lady.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue shared a video to show how they're working to clear the rubble", "Industry bodies have reacted with dismay at the government's plan for firms to apply for staff to be exempt from coronavirus self-isolation rules.\n\nThe government has said there will be no list of critical workers exempt from isolating rules and exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\".\n\nKaren Dee, chief executive of the airport operators association, said the scheme was \"simply unworkable\".\n\nThe food supply industry called for clarity on how the scheme would work.\n\nThe new policy comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that fully-vaccinated people in critical roles in England would be able to continue working even if told to self-isolate after being in close contact with someone who has Covid. The new rule is limited to those without Covid symptoms.\n\nIndividual businesses will have to contact their relevant government department to apply for any exemption.\n\nThose deemed eligible, which includes NHS and care staff, will be able to take daily tests instead.\n\nDowning Street said that the first exemptions around self-isolation have been given in some critical sectors.\n\nThe number of exceptions outside of the NHS is expected to be relatively small, and not reach the high tens of thousands.\n\nThere are ongoing discussions with companies in critical industries.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"A number of those exemptions are in process of being granted or have been granted.\"\n\nFirms have warned of increasing staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app. Iceland and Greene King said on Monday they had had to shut shops and pubs as a result.\n\nBusiness lobby group the CBI has warned that the problem could hamper the economic recovery.\n\nRod McKenzie, of the Road Haulage Association, said the plan felt like it had been \"thought up on the hoof without proper organisation or thought\".\n\n\"Truckers were classed as essential workers at the start of the pandemic; now they may be or may not be,\" he said.\n\n\"It's too confusing. The criteria isn't clear and it risks being both unfair and devastating to an already creaking supply chain.\"\n\nMs Dee, of the airport operators association, said the government \"must reconsider and exempt categories of workers\", such as airport security staff and air traffic controllers from the requirement to self-isolate.\n\n\"As 24-hour operations, we need clear rules that are workable and easy to implement or there is a risk of unnecessary temporary closures,\" she said.\n\n\"Applying for each individual for an exemption from self-quarantine if they are 'pinged' is simply unworkable.\"\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, said: \"What is the application process for businesses to use this? Who will qualify? Do you have to prove you are severely affected? How long will it take?\n\n\"If it's not simple and quick, it will not help and most businesses will have to ignore it.\n\nHe said the number of people absent in the food sector due to isolation requests was \"growing exponentially across the food supply chain\".\n\nAndrew Selley is the chief executive of food wholesaler Bidfood, which has about 5,000 employees across the UK and 24 depots.\n\nHe said the number of staff who were self-isolating changed on a day-to-day basis, but added the company had \"well over 100 people\" off at the moment.\n\nThe firm, which has large contracts with schools, hospitals and prisons, recently had half a shift off at one depot due to staff being told to isolate.\n\nMr Selley said it was a \"little ridiculous\" to expect individual companies to seek exemptions for staff who had been told to self-isolate.\n\nHe added entire sectors, such as food supply, should be exempted and the government's scheme should work in the \"same way it did for key workers\" at the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nThe government has said it is \"crucial\" for people to quarantine after being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nIts message comes after business minister Paul Scully said it was a decision for individuals and employers whether they should isolate after a \"ping\" from the app.\n\nThe Times reported that another minister in the business department, Lord Grimstone of Boscobel, stressed in a letter to one large employer that the app was only an \"advisory tool\" and that people were not under any \"legal duty\".\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said \"business-critical areas\" would be able to apply to be exempt from isolating.\n\n\"It's not a blanket exemption and my understanding is we're not going to be producing a list covering individual sectors,\" he said.\n\n\"It's important that anyone who feels they're in a critical industry or wants to raise potential issues because of isolation are able to contact departments and get advice and where necessary get exemptions.\"\n\nAsked specifically about supermarket workers, the spokesman said: \"We're not seeking to draw lines specifically around who or who is not exempt.\n\n\"What's important is to make sure critical services are able to function and get that balance right between requiring people to isolate... but also making sure critical services can function.\"", "Watch as 22-year-old Yuto Horigome of Japan makes history by becoming the first Olympic skateboarding gold medallist.\n\nWatch highlights of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nAdam Peaty won Team GB's first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after Alex Yee won triathlon silver on his Games debut.\n\nPeaty became the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title with his dominant victory in the 100m breaststroke.\n\nEarlier on day three, 23-year-old Yee cemented his position as the new star of British triathlon with his second-place finish, as Jonny Brownlee missed out on a medal.\n\nElsewhere, Japan's Momiji Nishiya won women's street skateboarding gold at just 13 years old.\n\nBritain's men began their rugby sevens campaign with a convincing 24-0 win over Canada, while GB's men's hockey team also beat Canada 3-1.\n\nOlympic organisers say a typhoon will hit Tokyo tomorrow, but it is not expected to cause much disruption to the Games.\n\nRowing and archery events have already been moved because of the anticipated strong winds, but there are no plans to make any other changes to the schedule unless the forecast changes.\n• None Britwatch - how are GB athletes performing in Tokyo?\n\nIf you're just waking up, here's what else you've missed on Monday morning:\n• None while Kathleen Dawson qualified for the women's 100m backstroke final.\n• None In badminton, Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith won their mixed doubles tie against Thailand to top their group, but Ben Lane and Sean Vendy lost to Chinese Taipei in the men's doubles.\n• None Britain's sole fencer Marcus Mepstead lost to Egypt's Mohamed Hamza in the first round of the men's foil.\n• None to gold in the women's 400m freestyle final.\n• None cruised into the third round\n\nVictory was all but secured for Peaty before he even entered the water, given he has not lost over 100m for more than seven years, including his first gold in Rio five years ago.\n\nThough he was unable to break his own world record of 56.88 seconds in Tokyo, he still finished more than six tenths of a second quicker than the Netherlands' silver medallist Arno Kamminga, with Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi taking bronze.\n\nPeaty touched the wall in 57.37, the fifth fastest time in history, but compatriot James Wilby could not join him on the podium, finishing in fifth place.\n\nPeaty has won the 100m breaststroke at the last three World Championships, has broken the world record five times and is the only man to have ever swam it in under 57 seconds.\n\n\"I haven't felt this good since 2016. It just means the world to me,\" said the 26-year-old. \"I thought I had the best preparation in my life but then you throw in morning finals, and you throw all that out the window.\n\n\"That's really what it takes to be an athlete. It's not who's the best all year round, it's the best person on the day who's the most adaptable and really who wants it more.\"\n\nAlistair and Jonny Brownlee have long been British triathlon's golden boys, but in winning Olympic silver, Yee - who previously trained with the brothers - well and truly stepped up to take over the baton.\n\nCompeting in just his eighth race at this level, he led for much of the 10km run before Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt produced a stunning breakaway in 27C heat and high humidity to win gold.\n\nYee finished 11 seconds behind, with New Zealand's Hayden Wilde taking bronze.\n\nJonny Brownlee, who won silver in Rio and bronze in London, was in medal contention until the final two laps when he was unable to keep up with the lead group.\n\n\"I am just a normal guy from south-east London - dreams really do come true,\" Yee told BBC Sport.\n\nThe event - which was moved to the early hours in Tokyo to avoid the worst of the heat - had to be restarted after a boat blocked around half of the athletes as they entered the water.\n\nJapan's Nishiya made history in becoming the first to win women's skateboarding Olympic gold in the street discipline.\n\nIt's even more impressive when you consider she is just 13 years 330 days old.\n\nSilver medallist Rayssa Leal of Brazil is also 13, while bronze medallist Funa Nakayama of Japan is 16.\n\nThat meant the podium's average age was 14 years and 191 days, the youngest individual podium in Olympics history.\n\nSkateboarding is one of the sports making its Olympic debut in Tokyo.\n• None The men's rugby sevens team look to get their second pool win of the day against hosts Japan (08:30 BST).\n• None GB's Lauren Smith and Chloe Birch face Indonesia in the badminton women's doubles. (10:00 BST).\n• None The British quartet of Max Whitlock, Joe Fraser, James Hall and Giarnni Regini-Moran compete in the gymnastics team final (11:00 BST).\n• None Novak Djokovic takes on Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round of the tennis, while GB's Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski take on Japan in the doubles.", "The design developed by Blue Origin in partnership with aerospace giants was called \"Blue Moon\"\n\nJeff Bezos has offered to cover $2bn (£1.4bn) of Nasa costs in order to be reconsidered for a key contract to build a Moon landing vehicle.\n\nIn April, the space agency awarded the $2.9bn contract to Elon Musk, rejecting a bid from Bezos' company Blue Origin.\n\nThe award is for building the landing system that will carry astronauts down to the lunar surface as early as 2024.\n\nNasa could only award the contract to one company, not two as expected because of a funding shortfall.\n\nThe space agency had received only $850m of the $3.3bn it requested from Congress to build the Moon lander.\n\nIn a letter to Nasa's administrator Bill Nelson, released on Monday, Mr Bezos wrote: \"Blue Origin will bridge the HLS [Human Landing System] budgetary funding shortfall by waiving all payments in the current and next two government fiscal years up to $2bn to get the programme back on track right now.\n\n\"This offer is not a deferral, but is an outright and permanent waiver of those payments.\"\n\nMr Bezos flew to space with his brother Mark (L) last week, in the first crewed flight of his New Shepard spacecraft\n\nAt the time of the award, Nasa's human exploration chief Kathy Lueders admitted that the space agency's current budget precluded it from selecting two companies.\n\nNasa also cited the proven record of orbital missions by Elon Musk's SpaceX firm as a factor in the award. Cost is also thought to have played a role: SpaceX's bid was the lowest-priced by some distance.\n\nThe decision meant that SpaceX's cylindrical Starship vehicle would carry the astronauts in Nasa's first mission to the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in 1972.\n\nAlabama-based defence contractor Dynetics was also vying for the contract.\n\nBezos had partnered with aerospace giants Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper in a bid to join this crucial phase of Nasa's Human Landing System programme.\n\nSpaceX's winning bid will use an adapted version of its Starship vehicle to land astronauts on the Moon\n\nTheir design was named the Blue Moon lander, and bore a passing resemblance to a beefed-up version of the lunar module (LM) that carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface in 1969.\n\nIn his letter, Bezos emphasised Blue Moon's proven heritage: \"We created a 21st Century lunar landing system inspired by the well-characterised Apollo architecture - an architecture with many benefits. One of its important benefits is that it prioritizes safety.\"\n\nMusk's Starship has pushed the envelope of spacecraft design, employing a radical approach to landing and incorporating innovative methane-fuelled engines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard\n\nBezos also used his letter to emphasise Blue Origin's use of hydrogen fuel, which dovetails with Nasa's longer-term aims of refuelling spacecraft from water-ice mined on the Moon. The water can be split into hydrogen and oxygen propellant for rocket engines.\n\nIn Nasa's selection statement from April, SpaceX received an \"acceptable\" technical rating and an \"outstanding\" management rating. Blue Origin's bid was also rated \"acceptable\" on its technical merits but its management rating was deemed \"very good\" by the space agency.\n\nAfter losing out to SpaceX, Blue Origin filed a protest with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), alleging Nasa unfairly \"moved the goalposts at the last minute\" in the way that it awarded the contract to SpaceX.\n\nThat protest, along with one from Dynetics, is awaiting adjudication, although some in the space community regard the chances of a reversal as unlikely.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Moorfield Hotel has been extensively damaged by the fire\n\nTwo devastating fires in Shetland should act as a warning to the modular building industry, it has been claimed.\n\nThe world-famous Fair Isle Bird Observatory was lost in 2019, followed last year by the Moorfield Hotel.\n\nBoth buildings were less than 10 years old and made from factory-built units, which had been shipped up to Shetland by sea.\n\nOne expert has called for a full investigation into why the fires took hold so quickly.\n\nBoth blazes were particularly severe, and fire crews were unable to stop the spread. No-one was injured in either incident.\n\nThe observatory had no guests when it was destroyed in March 2019. Susannah and David Parnaby, who were its warden and administrator at the time, had been out when the fire started.\n\nThe wing of the observatory housing the flat where they lived for a decade was the last section to burn.\n\n\"I stayed until it was dark,\" Mrs Parnaby said. \"Where our flat was, that was the last wall to completely burn. I stayed till that point - you know, you've got to see it out, got to witness it, in a weird way.\"\n\nThe couple, who have two children, were made redundant earlier this year but have managed to stay on the island as crofters.\n\nThe Moorfield Hotel had 70 occupants on the night it caught fire in July 2020. It was due to close a week later having lost its contract to house gas plant workers.\n\nSusannah and David Parnaby lost their home in the fire\n\nA Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) investigation into the Fair Isle blaze was inconclusive, stating that the blaze was likely to have started in the roof space.\n\nThe SFRS is still investigating the Moorfield Hotel fire, but police said their inquiry was finished, having found no suspicious circumstances.\n\nModular construction is currently enjoying a boom. It is seen as cost-effective, quick and greener; the UK government wants 25% of new affordable homes to be modular.\n\nHowever, some experts are worried that there is also a fire risk and are pointing to the Shetland fires as a warning.\n\nPrefab has been around for some time, but stacking modules on top of each other is causing Ian Abley, a technical designer who works for the Fire Protection Association, some concern.\n\nIan Abley said fire getting into the cavities between modules was a problem\n\nHe writes guidance for insurers about modular buildings and has used one of the Shetland fires as an example in his latest report.\n\n\"For the Moorfield Hotel, it's a problem of the fire getting into the cavity between the modules,\" he explained.\n\n\"If it can travel from one compartment to another through unseen spaces within the compartment walls and floors, there's very little the fire brigade can do.\n\n\"If you're not very careful in the way you put it together there may be combustible materials in those cavities.\"\n\nBoth the hotel and the observatory had passed building standards approval.\n\nHowever, documents obtained via Freedom of Information show a case officer raised concerns about fire safety in the design stage of the Moorfield Hotel.\n\nBBC Scotland tracked down the man who made the notes.\n\nStewart Douglas had been concerned at the possibility of fire spreading\n\nStewart Douglas, who is now retired from Shetland Islands Council, identified his handwriting on the plans, and explained he had been concerned at the possibility of fire spreading from a bathroom into a service void.\n\nIt was not the only issue he had with the design, but these must have been addressed, he said, or the building plans would not have been approved by the council.\n\nHowever, Mr Douglas, who worked in the industry for more than four decades, said sometimes in the construction trade the plans that are signed off do not always match what is built.\n\nAsked if the Moorfield Hotel plans matched what was built, he said he could not be 100% sure.\n\n\"The only way I could be sure about that is if I'd been on site on a very regular basis, if not daily,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not the building standards officer's role or duty to ensure that work's done properly. It's the building owner's responsibility.\"\n\nFair Isle Bird Observatory (pictured in the background) was built in 2010\n\nArchitect Malcolm Fraser also watched the Shetland fires closely. He works with Construction Scotland Innovation Centre on delivering timber modular buildings, such as the Fair Isle observatory.\n\n\"What an extraordinary piece of terrible luck that both the Moorfield and the observatory, as representing the new ways of building on the islands, have both gone on fire\", he said.\n\nHe believes the investigations should be more wide-ranging, looking at the design of both buildings.\n\n\"Were there firebreaks? Did the firebreaks work? Were they installed correctly? And if so, why did the fire seem to have leapt past them?\n\n\"These are the obvious questions.\n\n\"If this is really the 'construction technology of the future' we need to find out why the fires took hold so quickly. We need the full investigations,\" he said.\n\nFair Isle Bird Observatory was destroyed by fire in 2019\n\nMcAleer and Rushe, the contractor which built the Moorfield Hotel, denied any suggestion that there were issues with the construction quality.\n\nIt said: \"Following the fire at Moorfield Hotel we provided the fire authority with all relevant documentation, including compliance certificates relating to the project, which was completed in 2013. Certificates supplied were compliant with regulations.\"\n\nBDL Hotels, former owners of the Moorfield Hotel, said they welcomed any review of fire and life safety measures.\n\n\"The Moorfield Hotel was designed and built to ensure the safety of guests and staff at all times,\" a statement said.\n\n\"The hotel was built by a specialist hotel contractor to all relevant standards, approved by building control and independently inspected by the professional team during construction and at completion.\n\n\"The fire started on the top floor, and the fire spread externally along the flat roof behind the false pitched roof. The fire's location made it extremely difficult to reach without the use of aerial firefighting equipment.\n\n\"It is sad that despite the heroic efforts of the firefighters the building could not be saved.\"\n\nAndrew H Wilson Electrical, the builder of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory, went into receivership in 2010.\n\nFair Isle Bird Observatory Trust, the owners of the observatory, declined to comment.\n\nFire safety expert Mr Abley wants assurances in the industry.\n\nHe said: \"If the construction industry doesn't know how to do cavity construction that prevents fire from spreading from one floor to another, it needs to learn and fast.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA woman suspected of being an Islamic State (IS) member can be repatriated from Turkey, New Zealand says.\n\nPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the decision to allow the 26-year-old and her two young children to return was not \"taken lightly\".\n\nThe woman grew up in New Zealand and Australia and held citizenship in both countries until Australia revoked it last year.\n\nThat led to Ms Ardern accusing Canberra of \"abdicating its responsibilities\".\n\nMs Arden added that great care would be taken to minimise any risk for New Zealanders.\n\nThe woman had been caught entering Turkey from Syria with her children.\n\nShe had left for Syria in 2014 on an Australian passport.\n\nCanberra stripped the woman of citizenship last year, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling her \"an enemy of our country\".\n\nEarlier this year, Ms Ardern hit out at that decision, saying the woman should return to Australia - where she had spent most of her childhood and adult life.\n\nBut on Monday she said New Zealand had no choice but to take in the woman, as it was the only place she could legally reside.\n\n\"They are not Turkey's responsibility, and with Australia refusing to accept the family, that makes them ours,\" Ms Ardern said.\n\nIt is up to the police to choose if the woman should face a criminal investigation upon her return, she added.\n\nThis is not the first time governments have struggled with decisions on what to do with citizens who have been named as terror suspects.\n\nThe UK stripped the citizenship of Shamima Begum, a British schoolgirl who joined IS in 2015.", "Home-education groups say there is no basis for a government register\n\nA committee of MPs is calling for a national register of home-educated children in England, saying there is an \"unacceptable level of opaqueness\" surrounding the issue.\n\nThe Commons Education Committee says it is important to \"get a grip\" on the number in home education.\n\nIt says more data must be collected to ensure all children out of school get a suitable education.\n\nHome educators say this will increase families' lack of trust in the system.\n\nThe MPs' report - Strengthening Home Education - says the government does not collect national figures for how many children are electively home-educated and parents do not have to register the fact with councils.\n\nCommittee chair, Conservative MP Robert Halfon, said it was \"frankly astonishing\" that the government was only able to make a \"best guess\" over the standard of education children schooled at home were receiving.\n\nAccording to research by the BBC, published earlier this month, the number of children registering for home education in the UK rose by 75% in the first eight months of the current school year.\n\nIt found more than 40,000 pupils were formally taken out of school in the UK between September 2020 and April 2021, compared with an average of 23,000 over the previous two years.\n\nThe figures are based on Freedom of Information responses from 153 of the 205 county councils and unitary authorities in Great Britain, and all of Northern Ireland.\n\nThe education select committee's report notes that it is likely the coronavirus pandemic has increased the number of families choosing to pursue home education.\n\nThe MPs say some families in England face being forced into home schooling - partly due to a lack of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.\n\nThey say there must be assessment of progress in numeracy and literacy to ensure that those who are home-schooled are getting the same opportunities as their school-educated peers.\n\nThe report also says the government should meet entry costs of exams for home-educated children to help them \"gain the qualifications needed for future education, training and employment, that will allow them to play active roles in society\".\n\nCommittee chair Mr Halfon said: \"It is frankly astonishing that we are only able to make a best guess at the number of children being educated at home, particularly when the Department for Education itself concedes that there is considerable evidence that many young people are missing out on the teaching and support that they are entitled to.\n\n\"Some parents are providing their children with a high-quality educational experience, but those against greater oversight must realise that it does not follow that all home-educated children are in the same boat.\n\n\"Getting a grip on the number of young people not being taught in school with a national register for children outside of school must just be the first step in shaking up the status quo.\"\n\nMr Halfon added that local authorities must \"keep a much closer eye\" on how home-educated children were progressing, and that financial and practical support should be given to ensure home-educated children could take exams.\n\nBut the group Education Otherwise said the select committee's inquiry into home schooling was prejudiced.\n\nIts chair, Wendy Charles-Warner, told the BBC: \"Yet again we have policy recommended on the basis of rhetoric and rumour, rather than evidence.\n\n\"Parents are deeply aggrieved that the huge majority of their submissions - which make clear that there is no basis, nor benefit, in registration of home-educated children - have been ignored, in what was manifestly a predetermined outcome of a deeply prejudiced inquiry.\n\n\"This report will serve to increase home-educating families' lack of trust in public bodies even further.\"\n\nShe added: \"The only valid and reasonable recommendation in this report is that home-educated children receive fair access to examinations, a point which should not need making.\"\n\nJennifer Skillen, who runs HE Special, an online national support group for parents home-educating children with special educational needs and disabilities, welcomed the call for more support and equal access to exams.\n\nBut she said a lack of clarity about the exact numbers of families home-educating did not mean those children were not receiving an education.\n\n\"This negative assumption can influence the relationship between local authorities and families and should be avoided if the government wishes to build positive relationships,\" she said.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said the government must \"find out the reasons behind so many more families choosing home-education recently\".\n\nHe added: \"NAHT has been calling for an official register of home-educated children for some time - the fact that there is no official source of data is a sign of how unsatisfactory the situation is.\"", "Of the 216 complaints made about members of the Senedd in 2021-21, 97 were about Neil McEvoy\n\nA large rise in complaints about Members of the Senedd last year was \"very largely\" due to one politician, the standards commissioner has said.\n\nIn 2020-21, 216 complaints were made about MSs, up from 106 the previous year.\n\nOf the 216, 97 were about Neil McEvoy, who also made six complaints himself.\n\nMr McEvoy, former MS for South Wales Central, questioned the transparency of the standards process.\n\nThe Welsh Parliament is made up of 60 politicians.\n\nOf the 97 complaints made against Mr McEvoy, 91 were deemed admissible by commissioner Douglas Bain, with almost all related to \"failing to register or declare an interest\".\n\nWhile one of the complaints against him was made by a Senedd official, the other 96 were made by members of the public.\n\nNone of the six complaints made by Mr McEvoy were deemed admissible and were \"doubtless made in an attempt to score political points\", Mr Bain said.\n\n\"Mr McEvoy occupied a great deal of my time and, of course, that wasted a great deal of public money,\" he added.\n\nThe standards commissioner is in charge of investigating complaints about the behaviour of MSs.\n\nMr Bain was appointed to the job on an interim basis in November 2019, following Sir Roderick Evans' resignation, before securing the role for a six-year term in March.\n\nDouglas Bain has previously served as standards commissioner in Northern Ireland\n\nPublishing his annual report for 2020-21, Mr Bain said: \"The record high number of complaints again demonstrates close scrutiny by the public of the conduct of members.\n\n\"I am satisfied that almost all members continue to observe the high standard of conduct rightly expected of them.\n\n\"All the figures for 2020-21 are skewed by the conduct of a single former member, Neil McEvoy.\"\n\nMr McEvoy was first elected as a Plaid Cymru member for South Wales Central in 2016, he later sat as an independent before losing his seat in May's Senedd election.\n\nResponding to the report, he questioned the transparency of the standards process and the way appeals were handled, adding that it was \"difficult\" to take the people involved seriously.\n\n\"Wales deserves so much better,\" he said, claiming the country needed \"a democratic revolution\".\n\nOf the 216 complaints, 60 related to members' conduct on social media.\n\nMr Bain said, while MSs \"enjoy a right to freedom of expression\", he would \"remind members of the need to take care before liking or retweeting posts made by another person\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. London flooding: What happened when a month of rain fell in one go\n\nA hospital has been forced to evacuate patients and cancel operations after heavy rainfall caused it to lose power.\n\nAround 100 inpatients at Whipps Cross Hospital in east London have been moved elsewhere and ambulances diverted after the NHS declared a \"major incident\".\n\nNewham Hospital's A&E department had also urged people to seek urgent medical care elsewhere.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade (LFB) said it had taken more than 1,000 flooding-related calls across London.\n\nLFB said it had rescued people trapped in cars and also helped with flooded basements and collapsed ceilings.\n\nThe Met Office has issued further warnings over rain and thunderstorms in England and Scotland over the next four days.\n\nA yellow warning has been issued for parts of Kent and Sussex on Monday.\n\nCeiling panels on the maternity ward at Whipps Cross Hospital collapsed as another block was left without power.\n\nAmbulances are being diverted from Whipps Cross Hospital as the London Fire Brigade helps deal with flooding\n\nA spokesperson for Barts Health NHS Trust said the situation was being kept \"under constant review\" after cancelling all planned surgery and outpatient appointments until Thursday.\n\nThey added: \"We are diverting ambulances while we work hard to clean up affected areas of the hospital.\n\n\"The emergency department at the hospital remains open for walk-ins but patients requiring urgent treatment are asked to attend alternative hospitals where possible.\n\n\"We are working hard to clean up affected areas.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNewham Hospital is now fully operational after also being affected by flooding.\n\nStepney Green station was the last of nine Tube and London Overground stations closed due to flooding to reopen on Monday.\n\nSt James's Park in London saw 41.6mm (1.6in) of rain on Sunday, making it the wettest part of the country.\n\nBuses and cars were left stranded when roads across London flooded on Sunday\n\nBarking in east London reported 41.3mm on Sunday, most of which fell between 15:00 and 17:00 BST.\n\nThis has been the second 40mm rainfall event in London this month.\n\nMany of the capital's roads closed due to the flooding, including the Blackwall Tunnel, the A12 and parts of the North Circular.\n\nStandon Calling festival in Hertfordshire was abandoned due to Sunday's flooding.\n\nThe London Fire Brigade said people had to be rescued from trapped cars\n\nOne flood warning for the Isle of Wight, and a further 10 less severe flood alerts have also been issued, covering most of the capital and parts of surrounding counties.\n\nA yellow storm warning has also been issued for Tuesday and Wednesday for much of the Midlands and northern England.\n\nAcross most of Scotland a yellow thunderstorm warning has been put in place from noon on Tuesday with heavy rain expected until Thursday morning.\n\nWere you affected by floods? Share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nA motorcyclist drives through deep water on a flooded road in The Nine Elms district of London\n\nOne woman described her \"heartbreak\" as flood water ruined her parents home in Walthamstow.\n\nNicola Thorogood, 33, said her family tried to prevent water coming into the house but eventually had to give up and attempt to salvage as many belongings as possible.\n\nShe said her parents had \"worked so hard all their life to have that house and it's the thing they're most proud of and want to pass on to us eventually\".\n\n\"It's that that breaks my heart,\" she said. \"We took what we could upstairs, obviously anything like sentimental photos and things like that.\n\n\"Then we retreated upstairs to my parents' room and just watched the rain fall and the flood come in.\"\n\nLike cities all over the world, London finds itself facing extreme weather.\n\nTwice in the last fortnight, it has suffered flash floods with a huge amount of rain in a short period of time.\n\nExperts say with a warming climate, extreme weather will become worse and much more common.\n\nAnd it's not like London hasn't been warned. In one report, Green Party London Assembly members warned 23 stations on the London Underground Network were at significant risk of flooding as well as 643 schools.\n\nThe mayor said more is needed to be done to combat the impacts of climate change but he wants more powers and financial backing from the government.\n\nAs it stands, experts say London has to get proactive and increase its resilience against flash floods.\n\nResidents on a street in Woodford, in east London, grabbed buckets, brooms and wooden boards to prevent rising rainwater from flooding their homes.\n\nResident Chris Date tweeted a photo of a bus in Bakers Arms, Walthamstow, saying the flood water was \"above the kerb\".\n\n\"It's impossible to walk on the pavement. To get on that bus the water came up to my shins. This is a canal, not a road,\" he said.\n\nMr Elliott said the flooding was the worst he had experienced in the city, and described seeing \"buses stood broken down in the water\".\n\nHomes in Ilford were also deluged with flood water\n\nBuses were caught up in storm waters\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said he was \"in contact with key partners\" with whom he will hold a roundtable.\n\nMr Khan said: \"We are seeing increasing incidents of extreme weather events linked to climate change. This is not the first time in recent weeks that London has been hit by major flooding.\n\n\"Despite having limited powers in the area, it remains a key priority for myself and London's council leaders that more is done urgently to tackle flooding and the other impacts of climate change.\"\n\nDr Veronica Edmonds-Brown, senior lecturer in aquatic ecology at the University of Hertfordshire said London's Victorian era drainage system \"cannot cope with the huge increase in population\".\n\nDr Edmonds-Brown said there were several reasons for Sunday's flooding.\n\n\"The first is building on the floodplains of the Thames and River Lea. The second is urbanisation. The more impervious surfaces we install - and we are amid a rapid housing programme at the moment - the worse this situation will get.\n\n\"The final reason is that our drainage system is not built for the amount of water it is receiving. Due to budget limitations, local authorities are not able to maintain or improve them.\"\n\nThe government said it would support any councils affected by flooding.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said: \"The Environment Agency is looking at the situation closely and continues to work with local authorities to ensure that any support they need is provided.\"\n\nThe spokesman said Boris Johnson agreed with scientists that extreme weather was more likely as a result of global warming, but it was a matter for experts to decide whether individual events were down to the phenomenon.", "Intense downpours caused flooding in London on the weekend that ministers arrived for climate talks\n\nThe first in-person meeting of climate ministers in 18 months has seen some tentative progress, says the UK minister who will lead the Glasgow COP26 meeting.\n\nAlok Sharma said that the countries aligned more closely on climate issues but on some key matters they were \"not yet close enough\".\n\nOne of the outstanding questions is the phasing out of coal for energy.\n\nContinued use was incompatible with a key climate target, Mr Sharma said.\n\nRepresentatives from 51 countries attended the informal gathering in London over the weekend.\n\nCOP26 will aim to raise ambition on tackling climate change - in order to avoid far-reaching consequences for the planet.\n\nWith just three months until the Glasgow summit, there has been a flurry of scientific and diplomatic activity in recent days related to climate change.\n\nScientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - the UN's climate science body - have begun two weeks of discussions to try and agree a new report on the state of the global climate.\n\nOn the political front, environment ministers from the G20 group of nations met in Naples, Italy, last week to try and make progress on questions such as the elimination of coal from power generation.\n\nWhile there was strong support for the step, it was opposed by China and India.\n\nThere was also dissent from some G20 countries on strengthening the language around the 1.5C temperature goal in the Paris agreement, drawn up in 2015. Scientists say that we must keep the global rise in temperatures to 1.5C since industrial times if we are to avoid the most dangerous effects of warming.\n\nThe planet has already warmed around 1.2C compared to the pre-industrial era.\n\nHowever, the nations did agree that they would all submit new climate pledges before the Glasgow meeting.\n\nUK Minister Alok Sharma, centre, is set to chair the key climate conference in Glasgow\n\nMany of these same ministers have spent the weekend in London, at an informal gathering organised by the UK to discuss some of the key issues that will need resolving before COP26.\n\nIn all, representatives from 51 countries including the US, India, China took part in this meeting along with nations hugely vulnerable to rising temperatures such as Rwanda, Costa Rica and the Marshall Islands.\n\nOne major step forward, apart from the discussions, was that the many of the participants attended in person.\n\n\"This was the most important meeting since COP25 in Madrid (in 2019), and it turned out to be an extremely productive meeting,\" said Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UNFCCC at a news conference.\n\nMr Sharma said there was a sense among participants that the lived experience of climate change was bringing home to people the urgency of the situation.\n\n\"I sense this sense of common endeavour, and a shared desire to address the climate crisis before us,\" said Mr Sharma, who will chair the conference in Glasgow.\n\n\"I do think we made progress over these two days, however the issues we discussed are complex, and there are still significant differences that persist. We have moved closer together over the past few days, but still on these vital issues, we are not yet close enough.\"\n\nMr Sharma said that keeping the 1.5C temperature goal alive is a key outcome for Glasgow.\n\nThis will require the world to get to net zero emissions by the middle of this century and would need countries to pursue substantial emissions cuts over the next decade.\n\nNet zero means that any greenhouse gas emissions that can't be avoided through the use of clean technology by 2050 will either have to be buried using the technology of carbon capture and storage, or soaked up by plants and soils.\n\nBut substantial obstacles to achieving this goal remain, of which the rapid phasing out of coal is key.\n\n\"We weren't able to get every country in the G20 to agree to language on unabated coal phase out, it's a simple as that,\" Mr Sharma told a news conference.\n\nClimate protestors say the UK government is not doing enough with less than 100 days until the Glasgow COP\n\n\"For me that was very disappointing and very disappointing for those countries that are supporting of this policy.\"\n\nMr Sharma said there had been some progress on issues such as climate finance. The richer world promised back in 2009 that there would be $100bn for poorer countries from 2020 to help them cope with climate change.\n\nSecuring the cash, even a year late, is seen as a crucial question of trust. Without it, there will be little progress on questions of substance in Glasgow.\n\nOther participants felt that the face-to-face talks had been an improvement over the virtual meetings that have taken place for the last year-and-a-half.\n\n\"At the UK's ministerial [meeting], the message from small island developing states appeared to be well received. This provides a level of hope that the major emitters are beginning to understand their responsibilities and should be committed to keeping the 1.5C goal in reach,\" stated Minister Molwyn Joseph from Antigua and Barbuda.\n\n\"Realistically, this is going to require that we continue to press for declared commitments by the major emitters ahead of COP26 in Glasgow,\" he added.\n\nThere are also a range of issues relating to the workings of the Paris agreement that have not yet been satisfactorily resolved, such as the role of carbon markets, and common time frames for reporting progress. Mr Sharma said some small steps had been agreed on these questions.\n\nAmong the ministers attending the meeting was US Climate Envoy John Kerry.\n\nHe warned recently that countries like China will have to do more heavy lifting when it comes to cutting carbon, saying that without greater efforts from Beijing, the idea of keeping the rise in temperatures under 1.5C was \"essentially impossible\".", "Iraq's prime minister says there is no need for any foreign combat forces on Iraqi soil\n\nPresident Joe Biden says US forces will end their combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year, but will continue to train and advise the Iraqi military.\n\nThe announcement came after Mr Biden held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House.\n\nThere are currently 2,500 US troops in Iraq helping local forces counter what remains of the Islamic State group.\n\nNumbers of US troops are likely to stay the same but the move is being seen as an attempt to help the Iraqi PM.\n\nThe US presence in Iraq has become a major issue since top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and the leader of an Iran-backed Shia Muslim militia were killed in a US drone strike in the capital Baghdad last year.\n\nPolitical parties aligned to Iran have demanded the withdrawal of all forces from the US-led global coalition against IS, despite the continuing threat posed by the Sunni jihadist group.\n\nShia militias have meanwhile been accused by the US of carrying out hundreds of rocket, mortar and drone attacks on Iraqi military bases that host coalition forces in an apparent attempt to pressure them to leave.\n\nFor the US president, the announcement marks the end of another war that began under former President George W Bush. This year he said US troops would leave Afghanistan.\n\nSpeaking at the White House, Mr Biden told his Iraqi counterpart \"our counter-terrorism co-operation will continue even as we shift to this new phase.\"\n\nMr Kadhimi responded: \"Today our relationship is stronger than ever. Our co-operation is for the economy, the environment, health, education, culture and more.\" He has insisted no foreign combat troops are needed in Iraq.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003 to overthrow President Saddam Hussein and eliminate weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.\n\nThen President George W Bush promised a \"free and peaceful Iraq\", but it was engulfed by a bloody sectarian insurgency.\n\nUS combat troops eventually withdrew in 2011. However, they returned at the request of the Iraqi government three years later, when IS militants overran large parts of the country.\n\nFollowing the military defeat of IS in Iraq at the end of 2017, US forces remained to help prevent a resurgence of the group.\n\n\"Our role in Iraq will be dealing with being available to continue to train, to assist, to help and deal with ISIS as it arrives,\" Mr Biden added at the meeting.\n\n\"But we're not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission.\"\n\nThe BBC's Frank Gardner says the risk of IS once again sweeping aside the Iraqi army is reduced for several reasons.\n\nThe political situation in Iraq is more acceptable to the country's competing ethnic groups than it was in 2014.\n\nThe US-led coalition has spent a lot of time and effort in training up Iraq's counter-insurgency forces, and the IS leadership currently appears to be more focused on exploiting the ungoverned spaces in Africa and Afghanistan, our correspondent adds.\n\nEver since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 it has been trying to evict US forces from its neighbourhood and become the premier power in the region.\n\nIt has had little success in the Arab Gulf states where mistrust of Tehran runs deep and where the US military has facilities in all six countries.\n\nBut the US-led toppling of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq removed the most effective obstacle to Iranian expansion, and Tehran has not passed up on the opportunity since then. It has successfully inserted its Shia militias into the fabric of Iraq's security establishment, and its allies have a powerful voice in parliament.\n\nSyria's civil war has opened the door for a major Iranian military presence there, while next door in Lebanon Iran's ally Hezbollah has become the most potent force in the country.\n\nIran is playing the long game. Its leaders hope that if it keeps up the pressure, both overt and covert, it will eventually make the Middle East a region not worth America's effort to stay engaged in, militarily.\n\nHence the frequent rocket attacks on US bases and Iran's support for civil protest calling for US troops to leave.\n\nAn agreement that sees the end of US combat operations in Iraq will be seen by many in Tehran as a step in the right direction.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nGreat Britain's Alex Yee won silver in a punishing men's triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics as Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway claimed gold.\n\nYee, making his Games debut, led for much of the 10km run before Blummenfelt produced a stunning breakaway in 27C heat and high humidity.\n\nNew Zealand's Hayden Wilde took bronze, with Briton Jonny Brownlee fifth.\n\n\"I am just a normal guy from south-east London - dreams really do come true,\" 23-year-old Yee told BBC Sport.\n\n\"My mum always says it takes a village to build a person and I think it has taken the whole of GB today.\"\n\nBlummenfelt was in disbelief as he won, grasping the finishing tape before falling to the floor and then being taken to see the medics.\n\nHe is the first Norwegian to win a medal at the Tokyo Games, taking victory in one hour, 45 minutes and four seconds.\n\nYee, who finished 11 seconds behind Blummenfelt, said he was \"over the moon\" with his silver.\n\n\"In training I went much harder than this race but unfortunately he was better on the day,\" Yee added.\n\nThe event - which was moved to the early hours in Tokyo to avoid the worst of the heat - had to be restarted after a boat blocked about half of the athletes as they entered the water.\n\nYee, known as one of the fastest runners in triathlon, was competing in just his eighth race at this level.\n\nHe previously represented Great Britain in the 10,000m at the European Championships in 2018 but trained with the Brownlee brothers in Leeds to develop as a triathlete.\n\nHowever he suffered a serious crash on the bike in his first World Cup event in June 2017, causing a punctured lung and breaking ribs, vertebrae and a shoulder blade.\n\nYee returned nine months later and claimed his first World Cup victory in Leeds earlier this year, beating both Brownlees to take gold.\n\nYee paced himself well, building through the swim and on the bike before surging to the front on the run.\n\nCompatriot Brownlee - who admitted he does not like the hot conditions of Tokyo - was in medal contention until the final two laps, when he was unable to keep up with the lead group.\n\nThis will be the last Olympics for Brownlee, who won silver at the Rio Olympics and bronze in London.\n\n\"It wasn't a fairytale ending [for me] but we have got another chance in the mixed team relay,\" he said.\n\n\"I have seen Alex come up though the ranks and he deserved that. He works ridiculously hard and I am pleased he is in our team on Saturday and I am not against him.\n\n\"I knew the heat was one of my weaknesses. I put in a lot of effort to get ready and I think I coped well with the heat, but I just didn't have enough.\"\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Team Italy was introduced on MBC alongside a picture of pizza\n\nPizza for Italy, Dracula for Romania and Chernobyl for Ukraine.\n\nThese were the pictures and captions used by a South Korean broadcaster to depict nations at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games.\n\nMBC has since apologised for offending viewers, after complaints the visuals were \"offensive\" and \"ridiculous\".\n\nThe channel said it wanted to make it easier for viewers to understand the entering countries quickly but said it was an \"inexcusable mistake\".\n\nAt a press conference on Monday, the channel's CEO Park Sung-jae apologised, saying MBC had \"damaged the Olympic values of friendship, solidarity and harmony\".\n\n\"I bow my head and deeply apologise,\" he said, adding that MBC would be putting \"in all [their] effort to prevent another accident from happening\".\n\nA Twitter thread by freelance journalist Raphael Rashid drew wide attention to the \"unique\" descriptions where even civil unrest was not off the cards.\n\nWhen Haiti's athletes walked on to the stadium, for instance, an on-screen caption described the country as one \"with an unstable political situation due to the assassination of the president\".\n\nAnd when the Syrian team entered, a caption read: \"A civil war that has been going on for 10 years.\"\n\n\"Did they literally just pick whatever the first picture was that popped up on Google when they did an image search for the country?\" one person asked on Twitter.\n\nOthers started trying to guess what images would be used for different countries.\n\nSome - like a piece of salmon for Norway - would have been easy enough to figure out. Others like Chad which was described as the \"dark heart of Africa\" could not have been.\n\nMBC has been in trouble for this very same offence before.\n\nIt was fined after using similar captions and images at the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It had then referred to Zimbabwe \"as a country with deadly inflation\".", "The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed that theatres and concert venues can reopen from 18:00 on Tuesday.\n\nMinisters met earlier after delaying the decision, saying they wanted more information about risks.\n\nThere have been other modest changes to Covid-19 restrictions, including an increase in the number of people who can meet indoors.\n\nTen people from three households will also be allowed to meet inside a home.\n\nAs part of the move to allow theatres and concert venues to reopen, the executive has agreed live music will be permitted for rehearsals and performances with no restriction to background ambient levels of volume.\n\nAudience members must purchase tickets in advance, must have allocated seating and social distancing of 1m (3ft) will be required.\n\nÁine McCarron, marketing officer at the Playhouse in Londonderry, said she was delighted by the news.\n\n\"It's music to my ears, I just can't believe it that we have finally been given the go ahead,\" Ms McCarron told BBC News NI.\n\nShe said it was now important to \"build confidence among audience members who come through our doors\".\n\n\"We can very easily sit people 1m apart under our seating place and we can contract trace because we operate through a booking system already,\" she said.\n\nThe Lyric Theatre will be operating at a third of overall capacity for Tuesday's production of Dracula\n\nJulie McKegney, head of customer services at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, said the industry had \"been waiting for this news since March 2020\".\n\nThe theatre will be operating at a third of its overall capacity for Tuesday's production of Dracula.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Evening Extra, Ms McKegney said there would be requirements for guests to follow upon entry.\n\n\"They'll come in to the box office here that's behind perspex screens, where they'll be directed over to a sign-in point with their QR code - that's mandatory,\" she said.\n\n\"All venues have to take details of a person's first name, surname, a method of contact and a time and date of when they were in attendance for track and trace purposes.\"\n\nHowever, Belfast singer-songwriter Sir Van Morrison, who has been an outspoken critic of the Northern Ireland Executive's coronavirus restrictions, described Monday's announcement as \"shambolic\".\n\nSir Van Morrison had to cancel a series of gigs in Belfast last month due to Covid-19 restrictions\n\n\"The announcement has come so late in the day that it's a kick in the teeth,\" Sir Van said.\n\n\"Cancelled concerts that were planned for this week could have gone ahead.\n\n\"Regrettably like many other sectors, there's been no advance warning, no plan or roadmap for the industry.\n\n\"Stormont have lost the confidence in the public and are clearly deaf to our industry when making decisions.\"\n\nCommunities Minister Deirdre Hargey welcomed the return of theatres and concerts.\n\nShe said: \"I expect all venue promoters to have safety measures in place to ensure that staff and audiences are in a Covid safe environment.\n\n\"I believe that equality of access to the arts, be that through participation or as a member of the audience, is crucial and I look forward to attending a performance in the time ahead.\"\n\nMs Hargey said she will meet with the chairwoman of the Culture, Arts and Heritage Recovery Taskforce later in the week to discuss financial support for the sector.\n\nTen people from three households will be allowed to meet inside a home, with children aged 12 and under not counting towards that total.\n\nPreviously the rules permitted six people from two households to meet inside, with up to 10 people allowed if one household was bigger than six people.\n\nMinisters also agreed that people attending religious services will not have to wear face coverings during the service\n\nThe Northern Ireland Executive also agreed that people attending religious services will not have to wear face coverings during the service. It will be guidance only to wear a covering.\n\nIt will still be a legal requirement to masks when entering and exiting the building.\n\nMinisters will also strongly advise their use when singing or when moving around during services.\n\nThis all amounts to another move towards life after lockdown - changes that will be very welcome in different parts of society.\n\nThere will be relief in the arts sector - it means indoor plays, concerts and other performances can at last go ahead with restrictions.\n\nThis is another step towards the life we all used to lead but in the background there is concern about the rising number of Covid cases.\n\nIt is a day about change but there is still much caution in the air.\n\nEarlier on Monday other rules changed, including allowing 15 people from unlimited households to meet outdoors and close-contact services being allowed to operate without the need for pre-booked appointments.\n\nThe executive will meet again on Thursday to consider other Covid-19 restrictions.\n\nIt comes as another 639 positive cases were reported by the Department of Health on Monday.", "Billionaire investor and former Donald Trump adviser Thomas Barrack has pleaded not guilty to charges of acting as an agent of a foreign government.\n\nMr Barrack, 74, was a key aide to Mr Trump during his 2016 campaign.\n\nHe has been accused of illegally lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during and after the election, as well as lying to the FBI.\n\nMr Barrack entered his not guilty plea during his first court appearance on Monday in New York City.\n\nThe ex-Trump official faces federal charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements to the FBI during a 2019 interview. He was arrested in California last week.\n\nAs he left court on Monday, Mr Barrack told reporters: \"As you'd expect, the system is working... you'll all see that I'm 100% innocent.\"\n\nOn Monday Matthew Grimes, a former executive at Mr Barrack's company, also pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal lobbying. A UAE citizen, Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, 43, was charged as well and remains at large.\n\nThe three men are accused of unlawfully trying to promote UAE government interests by using Mr Barrack's connections to influence officials and media appearances.\n\nThey also allegedly promoted the candidacy of a UAE-favoured individual as US ambassador to Abu Dhabi.\n\nMr Barrack, who also served as Mr Trump's inaugural committee chairman, had been friends with the former president for four decades.\n\nThe wealthy investor is the latest ex-Trump aide to face criminal charges, like former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump Organization lawyer Michael Cohen.\n\nHis next court appearance is 2 September.\n\nMr Barrack is currently free on a $250m (£180m) bond, but must wear an electronic GPS ankle bracelet, restrict his travel and follow a curfew.", "Rick Allen was caught in an avalanche on the south-east face of K2\n\nA Scottish climber has died after attempting a new route on K2 in Pakistan to raise money for a development charity.\n\nIt is understood Rick Allen was caught in an avalanche on the mountain's south-east face.\n\nThe 68-year-old's death was announced by the charity Partners Relief and Development.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office said it was aware of reports that a British citizen had died while climbing K2.\n\nAberdeen-born Mr Allen's two climbing partners, Jordi Tosas of Spain and Stephan Keck of Austria, were reportedly rescued without major injuries.\n\nK2 stands at 8,611m (28,251ft) and is the world's second highest mountain. It is also regarded as one of the most challenging and dangerous to climb.\n\nIt is understood Mr Allen was to be buried at the foot of K2.\n\nPartners Relief and Development said in a statement: \"It is with great sadness to announce that Rick Allen, a member of the board and also a great friend, has died whilst attempting a new route on K2.\n\n\"Rick died doing what he loved the most and lived his life with the courage of his convictions.\n\n\"Rick was committed to serving the worlds poorest and most vulnerable communities. All members of the board send our condolences to Rick's family.\"\n\nThe humanitarian charity provides emergency relief during crisis events and works with global communities on sustainable development programmes.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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End of twitter post by The Karakoram Club\n\nHis friend, fellow climber Sandy Allan told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland he had known Mr Allen for years as they both worked in the oil industry.\n\n\"We first climbed together - we were trying to do the unclimbed ridge, the east north east ridge of Mount Everest,\" he said.\n\nRick Allen following his rescue from Broad Peak in Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range in 2018\n\n\"As a character, he was totally reliable, he was a really nice fellow, he was very genuine, very caring, he would never let anybody down.\n\n\"I'm staring into a huge void at the moment, I'm going to miss him a lot.\"\n\nMr Allen had previously been presumed dead in 2018 after falling from an ice cliff during a solo climb to the summit of Pakistan's Broad Peak.\n\nHowever, his rucksack was eventually spotted by a cook at the mountain's base camp before a drone was used to locate him and to guide rescuers to his location.\n\nA Foreign Office spokeswoman said: \"The British High Commission in Islamabad is aware of reports that a British citizen has died climbing K2 and stands ready to assist.\"", "Mr Barton is the manager of League Two side Bristol Rovers\n\nFormer Premier League footballer Joey Barton has denied attacking his wife, leaving her with a head injury.\n\nThe Bristol Rovers manager is charged with assaulting Georgia Barton by beating in Kew, London, on 2 June.\n\nHe allegedly grabbed Mrs Barton by the throat and kicked her in the head outside a property where they had been with two friends, the court heard.\n\nMr Barton, 38, of Widnes, Cheshire, appeared before Wimbledon Magistrates Court by videolink.\n\nHe spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address.\n\nThe court heard Mrs Barton was left with a bloody nose following the altercation.\n\nMrs Barton then called the police and asked for her husband to be removed from the property, the court heard.\n\nMr Barton was released on unconditional bail until his trial at the same court on 16 December.\n\nBristol Rovers, who were relegated to League Two last season, declined to comment while legal proceedings were ongoing.\n\nThe former midfielder played in the Premier League more than 250 times for Newcastle United, Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers.\n\nHe then moved into management, starting off with Fleetwood Town from 2018 to 2021, before joining Bristol Rovers earlier this year.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, almost 20 years after being ousted by a US-led military coalition.\n\nEmboldened by the withdrawal of US troops, they now control all key cities in the country, including Kabul.\n\nThe Taliban took some areas from government by force. In other areas, the Afghan National Army withdrew without a shot being fired.\n\nAlthough renewed clashes had been going on for several weeks, from 6 August the Taliban made a more rapid advance across the country, as they took control of provincial cities.\n\nThe maps below start in early July and show the 400 or so government districts as they fell to the Taliban.\n\nUS forces based outside Afghanistan had launched air strikes against Taliban positions earlier last week, but they failed to slow the advance of the insurgents.\n\nAlthough most US troops left in July, several thousand returned to Kabul at the weekend to help evacuate American and allied personnel from the capital.\n\nThe airport in the capital was the only official route out of the country after the Taliban took control of all the major border crossings.\n\nCustoms duty on goods entering the country via crossings they control is now collected by the Taliban - although exact amounts are unclear as the volume of trade has fallen as a result of the fighting.\n\nBut, Islam Qala on the border with Iran was, for example, capable of generating more than $20 million per month.\n\nDisruption to the flow of imports and exports has affected prices of essential goods in the markets - fuel and foodstuffs in particular.\n\nUS troops and their Nato and regional allies forced the Taliban from power in November 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US.\n\nBut despite a continued international presence in the region, billions of dollars of support and training for the Afghan government forces, the Taliban regrouped and gradually regained strength in more remote areas.\n\nA BBC study in 2017 showed the Taliban were in full control of a number of districts. But the research also showed they were active in many other parts of the country, mounting weekly or monthly attacks in some areas, suggesting significantly higher strength than previous estimates.\n\nIn 2017 about 15 million people - half the population - were reported to be living in areas either controlled by the Taliban or where the Taliban were openly present.", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid has apologised after saying people should no longer \"cower\" from coronavirus.\n\nHe made the comments in a tweet announcing he had made a \"full recovery\" from Covid, a week after testing positive.\n\nLabour accused him of denigrating those who followed the rules, while the founder of a victims' group said his comments were \"deeply insensitive\".\n\nMr Javid said: \"It was a poor choice of word and I sincerely apologise.\"\n\n\"I was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society,\" he said.\n\nIn a new tweet, the health secretary also said he had deleted his earlier post, adding: \"Like many, I have lost loved ones to this awful virus and would never minimise its impact.\"\n\nCower is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as meaning to bend down or move backward with your head down because you are frightened.\n\nThe tweet on Saturday said: \"Full recovery from Covid a week after testing positive. Symptoms were very mild, thanks to amazing vaccines.\n\n\"Please - if you haven't yet - get your jab, as we learn to live with, rather than cower from, this virus.\"\n\nNearly 70% of UK adults are now fully vaccinated, and 88% have had their first jab, according to the latest figures.\n\nEvery adult in the UK has now been offered a vaccine. But, amid a spike in cases caused by the Delta variant, the government has launched a series of appeals in recent weeks to encourage people who have not yet come forward to have their jab.\n\nMr Javid replaced Mr Hancock as health secretary last month after his predecessor stood down.\n\nHe tested positive for Covid on 17 July and spent the last week in self-isolation. The prime minister and chancellor also began self-isolating after they had come into contact with him.\n\nThe Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group said Mr Javid was right to apologise.\n\nThe group's co-founder, Jo Goodman, said earlier that the \"flippancy and carelessness\" of Mr Javid's comment had \"caused deep hurt and further muddied the waters of the government's dangerously mixed messaging\".\n\nShadow justice secretary David Lammy also questioned his use of the word, saying: \"Don't denigrate people for trying to keep themselves and their families safe.\"\n\nLib Dem health spokeswoman Munira Wilson said Mr Javid's tweet was \"outrageous\" and his \"careless words have insulted every man, woman and child who has followed the rules and stayed at home to protect others\".", "Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nAdam Peaty wrote his name into the history books once again as he powered to 100m breaststroke gold in Tokyo to become the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title.\n\nThe world record holder blew away the competition to win Britain's first gold medal of the Games.\n\nFrom start to finish it was a perfectly executed swim by Peaty as he finished in a time of 57.37 seconds, six tenths clear of the field.\n\nNetherlands' Arno Kamminga, the only man other than Peaty to ever go under 58 seconds, took the silver medal while the bronze medal went to Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy. GB's James Wilby finished fifth.\n• None The wonder of double Olympic champion Peaty\n\nWith victory confirmed, Peaty slapped the water and shouted \"come on\" as he once again left his rivals wondering what it will take to beat him.\n\n\"It means the world to me,\" the 26-year-old, who has recorded the 16 fastest times in the event, told BBC Sport. \"It is not about who is the best all year round, it is who is the best on the day. It is about who is adaptable and who wants it more.\n\n\"When it comes down to it I am not racing for a time, I am racing myself.\n\n\"I want to say thank you to my family, my gorgeous partner and gorgeous son. This victory wasn't mine, it was the British team's and my family and friends'. I am just so relieved.\"\n\nVictory in Tokyo largely seemed inevitable for Peaty given no-one has come close to him in recent years.\n\nHe has not lost over this distance in more than seven years and, in addition to his gold in Rio five years ago, Peaty has won the 100m breaststroke at the last three World Championships, has broken the world record five times and is the only man to have ever gone under 57 seconds.\n\nWith this title secured, Peaty will have the chance to add further medals to his haul when he competes in the men's 4x100m medley relay and, potentially, the mixed 4x100m medley relay, with the heats for those getting under way later this week.\n\nRewriting history is nothing new for Peaty, and from his perspective this latest success will simply be another step on the path towards sporting immortality.\n\nIn December last year, Peaty spoke about his ambition of achieving Project Immortal - a theoretical swim he described so good as to be almost inhuman and one that will never be beaten.\n\nThis was not that swim. Despite his dominance, it was not the fastest time he has managed before, but everything points towards that being achieved one day, especially given that Peaty appears to have got stronger despite life changing for him away from the pool.\n\nThere has, of course, been the coronavirus pandemic that resulted in this Olympics being delayed a year, but rather than viewing a year of lockdowns as a wasted year in his career, Peaty instead believes it has only helped him to find a new level.\n\n\"The lockdown last year gave me that kind of a second wind,\" he said in a recent interview. \"I always felt like I was charging, charging, charging, but now I can switch off very easily.\"\n\nPeaty also became a dad in 2020, something he believes has made him more mature and given him a new perspective on life.\n\n\"It has given him more motivation - not that he needed it anyway,\" double Olympic gold-medal winning swimmer Rebecca Adlington told BBC Sport. \"He seems in a happy place and more relaxed and confident.\n\n\"He is just phenomenal. We aren't going to see many Adam Peatys in my lifetime.\"\n\nScott and Dean into the final\n\nPeaty was not the only Briton in the pool on Monday as compatriots Duncan Scott and Tom Dean both progressed to the men's 200m freestyle final. Scott finished fastest in the semi-final with a time of 1:44.60, while Dean was fourth.\n\nKathleen Dawson produced a strong swim to finish third in her 100m backstroke semi-final and progress to the final as fifth fastest but Cassie Wild finished 14th. Sarah Vasey just missed out on a place in the women's 100m breaststroke final.\n\nElsewhere, there was medal success for Australia's Ariarne Titmus, who won gold in the highly anticipated women's 400m freestyle, with USA's Katie Ledecky taking silver and Li Bingjie of China winning bronze.\n\nWorld record holder Ledecky went out quickest but world champion Titmus paced her race better to win by more than half a second.\n\nCanada's Margaret MacNeil won Canada's first gold medal of the Games in the women's 100m butterfly, finishing in a time of 55.59 secs.\n\nChina's Zhang Yufei took the silver medal while Australia's Emma McKeon took the bronze.\n\nIn the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final, the USA won gold ahead of Italy, with Australia third.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "A new £48m National Adoption Strategy seeks to improve adoption services and help place more children with families as it launches in England.\n\nThousands of families will benefit from better support when adopting children - ending a postcode lottery that many face, the government said.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said: \"There is no substitute for a loving, permanent family.\"\n\nAdoption support groups have welcomed the new approach.\n\nCharity Adoption UK said there were nearly 3,000 children waiting to be adopted in England - the average wait is now 15 months from the point they are taken into care.\n\nBut older children, siblings, those with special educational needs and those from ethnic minority groups can face difficulty finding a place.\n\nThe new strategy is an attempt to tackle this, with clarification for local authorities that people looking to adopt should never be deterred from doing so because they are worried about their own background.\n\nInstead, councils will be urged to prioritise an adopters' ability to provide a stable environment for a young person to grow up in, the government said.\n\nIt will also provide more training for front-line staff and support the work of over 30 regional adoption agencies.\n\nAlison Woodhead, Adoption UK's director of public affairs and an adoptive parent herself, welcomed the fact the strategy marked a shift from placing children with families to \"supporting those families over the long term\".\n\nIt is an \"important moment\" for adopters - but the concern is how to hold adoption agencies to account \"for making these big shifts\" without new legislation in place.\n\nThe strategy is funded by £48m for 2021-22, adding to an investment of more than £200m for adoptive families since 2015 - including post-adoption support, therapy and activities.\n\nVicky Ford, children's minister, said it was crucial to make sure there was support for families \"not only when the children are young but through their teenage life and into adulthood\".\n\nThe new funding will make sure the level of support is \"equaled out across the country\", she added.\n\nShe also said that children from certain ethnic minorities can wait longer to be adopted. The government wants to \"break down some of those barriers from the past\", which has led to people thinking they can only adopt children of the same ethnic background as them.\n\nThe minister said they want to challenge other misconceptions, adding that you do not have to be in a couple to adopt, or own your own home, for example.\n\n\"We are committed to improving adoption services, as well as breaking down barriers so that parents from all walks of life can adopt and to ensure they are not deterred from adopting simply because of their background,\" Mr Williamson added.\n\n\"We have taken steps to ensure these children and young people can be matched with the families that are right for them, but we know there is more to do and this strategy sets out our vision for radically improving systems so that we can be confident that every adoptive family in England is receiving the same high quality service no matter where they live.\"\n\nLucy Peake, the chief executive of the Kinship care charity, said the funding would \"mean that many more kinship carers will be able to access advice and peer support when they need it, helping them provide stable and loving care for vulnerable children\".\n\nCathy Ashley, of Family Rights Group, said the charity's advice line \"received more calls than at any time in its history\" last year, with new funding allowing it to advise 1,300 more callers a year about their rights and options.", "Madrid's Retiro Park has been added to Unesco's list of World Heritage sites\n\nOne of Europe's most famous streets, the tree-lined Paseo del Prado in the Spanish capital Madrid, has been added to the Unesco World Heritage list - along with the adjoining Retiro Park.\n\nThe UN's cultural organisation said it was in recognition of the key roles both had played in the city's history.\n\nPaseo del Prado is home to several prestigious buildings, among them the Prado Museum.\n\nThe Velázquez monument in front of the main entrance to the Prado Museum on the Paseo del Prado\n\nUnesco described the locations as a landscape of arts and sciences.\n\nIt said the Paseo featured several prominent structures including squares with historic marble sculptures and fountains such as the Plaza de Cibeles, which it described as \"an iconic symbol of the city\".\n\nThe Monument to Alfonso XII, which was built in 1922, in Retiro Park\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the Spanish government highlighted that the Paseo had been the first street of its kind to be open to all citizens - previously park-like boulevards were only open to the upper classes.\n\nPrime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the recognition by Unesco was \"deserved\", adding: \"Madrid and all of Spain are in luck today.\"\n\nOne resident of Madrid, Ana Lanchas, said Retiro Park was \"the heart of the city\", adding: \"I don't know anyone who comes to Madrid and doesn't go to the Retiro.\"\n\nMadrid's historic Puerta de Alcalá, a neo-classical gate near the main entrance to Retiro Park\n\nBecoming a Unesco site can help attract more tourists from around the world.\n\nAll images are subject to copyright.", "Surging demand for houses will last well into 2022 as buyers continue to look for more room after being cooped up during the pandemic, says property website Zoopla.\n\nA search for space has pushed up the average price of a house by 7.3% over the past year, reaching a new high of £230,700, it says.\n\nWhile houses are proving popular, flats are less sought after.\n\nBut properties of all kinds are in short supply, the firm stressed.\n\n\"Demand for houses is twice as high as typically seen at this time of year between 2017 and 2019, accelerating away from demand for flats, creating a disparity in average price growth across the two property types,\" Zoopla said.\n\n\"House prices are being supported in part by a severe shortage of homes for sale, with stock levels down some 25% in the first half of the year compared to 2020.\"\n\nThe firm said that while house prices were surging, the growth in flat prices was lagging at 1.4% over the past year.\n\n\"The rise in demand for houses is something we saw in the first lockdown,\" Grainne Gilmore, head of research at Zoopla, told the BBC.\n\n\"It's a reassessment among many homeowners of where they want to live.\"\n\nMs Gilmore said that with the rise of working from home, many people wanted a spare room that could become an office, while others were seeking garden space.\n\n\"A cohort of buyers has eroded the supply of family houses and put upward pressure on house prices more than flats over the past 12 months,\" she said.\n\n\"That's a situation that we would expect to continue into 2022.\"\n\n\"We're still seeing very high levels of demand in the market, even now with more modest stamp duty savings,\" Ms Gilmore added.\n\nThe price of the average UK house has jumped by 30% since 2007, when a typical house cost just £177,300, according to Zoopla.\n\nIn June alone, house prices were up 5.4% year-on-year, although buyer demand dipped 9% in early July because of the stamp duty holiday coming to an end.\n\nSales agreed this year are still 22% ahead of average levels in 2020.\n\nAs people are taking the opportunity to move out of big cities, house prices have grown the most in Wales at 10.2% and the North East at 8.8%.\n\nHouse price growth is weakest in London at 5.6%.\n\nFor flats, prices have risen the most in Scotland at 5.2% and the Midlands at 3.7%, but in London, flat prices have fallen by 0.5%.\n\nZoopla said it was also seeing a jump in demand for properties in outer London, up 86% on 2017-19 levels.\n\nBut the housing website said that it expected sales in London to improve, \"providing there are no further pandemic setbacks\", since the rental market had already bounced back.\n\n\"Further relaxation on the restrictions around global travel will result in a firmer pick-up in demand, which will also reverse the downward trend in pricing,\" Zoopla said.\n\nHow will higher house prices amid an increase in demand for houses affect you? Get in touch.\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nTom Pidcock won Great Britain's third Olympic gold of the Tokyo Games with a dominant performance in the men's mountain bike cross-country.\n\nThe 21-year-old from Leeds moved into the lead midway through the race and never relinquished it as he finished ahead of Swiss world number one Mathias Flueckiger and David Valero of Spain to take Britain's first gold in the sport.\n\nPidcock's win came two months after he broke a collarbone in training.\n\nHe was back on his bike six days after surgery, declaring that he would win in Tokyo.\n\nHe prepared for the soaring temperatures by training in a heated tent at home and that paid off as he handled the punishing course and conditions far better than the field, finishing 20 seconds clear.\n\nSuch was his dominance that he was able to unfurl a union jack and wave it as he crossed the finish line.\n\nPidcock said: \"I'm always better when I take control myself. I take my own lines, my own speed. Once we started I was fine, all the nerves kind of went and I concentrated on the race.\n\n\"It's nothing like any other race. The Olympics just transcends any sport. You compete and represent your country and everyone in your country is behind you, no matter in what sports they like. It's just national pride, it's unbelievable.\"\n\nPidcock's gold follows those won for GB on Monday by Adam Peaty in the 100m breaststroke and Tom Daley and Matty Lee in the men's synchronised 10m platform diving.\n\nDutchman Mathieu van der Poel led the mountain biking race in the opening stages before crashing out in dramatic fashion.\n\nHe later tweeted there had originally been a plank on the other side of the rock where he was expecting to land after a jump.\n\nPidcock added an Olympic title to a long and diverse list of accolades, having won world titles in cyclo-cross, road and mountain bike events at under-23 level.\n\n\"I've trained really hard, I knew I was in great shape, but there's always doubt when I haven't performed in a race,\" said Pidcock, who rides on the road for Ineos Grenadiers.\n\n\"I have high expectations on myself but I delivered.\"\n\n'Tom could win Grand Tours - his future is wide open'\n\nPidcock is the first Briton to win an Olympic medal of any kind in mountain biking, with GB's previous best a fifth place by Liam Killen at Athens 2004.\n\nHe turns 22 on Friday, and is now the youngest Olympic mountain bike champion, breaking the record set by Sweden's Jenny Rissveds at Rio 2016 by 79 days.\n\nHis long-term coach at Ineos, Kurt Bogaerts, called the gold medal achievement \"mission impossible\" after the training accident in June. And Bogaerts told BBC Sport that Pidcock's future is \"wide open\" with potential to win Classics and Grand Tours in road racing.\n\n\"It's a bit unreal what he did with the circumstances we were dealing with after his crash,\" Bogaerts said.\n\n\"For me, it's a big achievement for Tom in his career and it will be a milestone. For me personally, working with an athlete like Tom, you get a lot of return, not only with results, but also respect. He's a very special kid, not only on the bike but also off the bike. He means a lot to me as a person.\"\n\nAsked about Pidcock's potential in the big road race events, Bogaerts replied: \"At the moment there is nothing that is not achievable.\n\n\"With the long stage races like the Tour, the Giro, the Vuelta, he hasn't proved that yet - but he definitely has the physical capabilities\"\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "Two Northern Ireland health trusts have appealed for off-duty staff to come to work on Sunday evening and overnight due to hospital pressures.\n\nThe Belfast and South Eastern trusts said they were under \"extreme pressure\" due to a rapid increase in patients with Covid-19.\n\nThe South Eastern Trust said it had significant staff shortages due to the need for staff to self-isolate.\n\nThe trusts made their appeals on Facebook and Twitter on Sunday.\n\nThe Belfast Trust said the Royal Victoria and Mater hospitals were affected.\n\nIn a tweet, the South Eastern Trust made its staff appeal due to pressures in the system.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Health said some surgical procedures may be cancelled due to the \"surge in demand\".\n\nThey said the impact of Covid-19 was continuing to put \"extreme strain\" on the health service, with critical care capacity facing \"very significant challenges\".\n\n\"This is very regrettable and understandably a very anxious time for patients and families.\n\n\"Staff are working tirelessly in challenging conditions to treat patients as quickly as possible.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, the Belfast Trust said pressures had arisen due to an intake of Covid-19 patients \"in excess of predictions\".\n\n\"Our teams are under extreme pressure today in the Royal Victoria Hospital and Mater Hospital as we are caring for an increasing number of Covid-19+ patients, alongside emergency admissions,\" the statement said.\n\n\"Our sickest patients in the emergency department will be assessed and treated as a priority, but some patients will regrettably have to wait considerably longer to be seen than we would wish.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the South Eastern Trust said it is \"highly likely\" that surgery will be affected in the coming days.\n\n\"As with other Trusts in Northern Ireland, the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust is under extreme pressure both in terms of increasing numbers of patients being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and higher numbers within intensive care.\n\n\"Alongside this, there is significant staff shortages due to the need for staff to self-isolate.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a later tweet, Belfast Trust thanked those who had come forward but reissued an appeal for off-duty registered nurses.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann tweeted to say the trust did not make such requests of its staff \"easily\".\n\n\"Unfortunately it is necessary as we continue to maintain the services that are expected,\" he said.\n\nSinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew said the call for off-duty staff to come into work \"is very concerning\"\n\n\"The health minister must act to ensure safe staffing levels in all hospitals and that all staff are supported.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said the trust did not make such requests of its staff \"easily\"\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and the party's health spokesperson Pam Cameron said increasing pressure on the health service demonstrated the need for young people to ensure they take up the offer of Covid vaccination.\n\nIn a joint statement, they said the number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 would have an impact on other health services.\n\nThey appealed for young people to take up the vaccine.\n\n\"Young people have been hugely affected by the impact of Covid restrictions but can now play a significant role in moving forward out of the pandemic.\n\n\"It is vital that everyone who is eligible for vaccination takes up that offer.\"", "Watch Adam Peaty react to wining his second Olympic gold with victory in the 100m breaststroke at Tokyo 2020.\n\nWatch live coverage of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nTom Daley ended his long wait for an Olympic gold medal with a sublime display alongside Matty Lee in a nerve-filled men's synchronised 10m platform event at Tokyo 2020.\n\nIn a nail-biting finale, the British pair watched on as Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen conducted their final dive and broke into wild celebrations when it became clear they had ended China's golden grip on the event, dating back to 2000.\n\nFor Daley - now 27 - it marks a first gold medal at his fourth Olympic Games and he wept with joy on the podium, while Lee - four years his junior - can contemplate gold at the first time of asking.\n\n\"I still can't honestly believe what is happening,\" Daley told BBC Sport. \"That moment, being about to be announced as Olympic champions, I was gone. I was blubbering.\"\n• None Tears on the podium for a dream come true - the story of Tom Daley\n\nThe pair dived impeccably throughout, moving top of the leaderboard after four dives, before going on to expertly handle nerves and pressure in their final two routines.\n\nThe British duo's total score of 471.81 left China's Cao and Chen with too much to do and when their tally of 470.58 appeared on the giant screen, Daley, Lee, their coaches and a score of team-mates could not hide their emotions.\n\nFormer Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor told BBC viewers he was fighting back tears watching \"pictures that speak a thousand words\".\n\nOn a morning where Britain's Adam Peaty and Tom Pidcock won golds in swimming and mountain bike cross country respectively, BBC presenter Sam Quek spoke of feeling \"goose bumps\" as she watched Daley cry while the national anthem played.\n\nLee - who moved to London to train with Daley in 2018 - deserves immense praise for his handling of the pressure-filled situation but a huge focus will now turn to his partner, who has become a household name across Britain ever since his debut at the 2008 Games, aged 14.\n\nHis journey has been one filled with emotion, with an outpouring of sympathy on show following the death of his father in 2011.\n\nDaley would explain he hoped to one day be \"half the dad my dad was to me\" and his Olympic gold arrived in his first Games since become a father to son Robbie - who is named after his dad - in 2018.\n\nDaley, who married husband Dustin Lance Black in 2017, has said becoming a father offered him \"a different headspace\" going into the Tokyo Games.\n\nAnd so it proved as he upgraded bronze medals in the individual and synchronised 10m events in 2012 and 2016 respectively for a landmark gold.\n\n\"To finally have this around my neck, I've been diving over 20 years,\" added Daley.\n\n\"Lots of people would have counted me out but I'm in the best shape and with the support with Matty, we've had that unstoppable mentality this year and that's the first time I've ever been able to think like that.\n\n\"I can't believe what is happening and I didn't think I would get here in the first place.\"\n\nThe Daley wait is over\n\nDaley's win is all the more poignant as his future in the sport is uncertain beyond his position in the men's field for the 10m individual event later in the Games.\n\nAfter 13 years at the elite Olympic level and with a gold medal now in his possession, there is little more he can achieve given he has already won European, World and Commonwealth golds.\n\nHis experience appeared to shine through at key times during his golden Olympic moment but he later explained he felt he was \"going to crumble\" at points and he thanked Lee for \"holding things together.\"\n\nLee replied: \"It's crazy. I don't understand what happened. To be able to share my first Olympics with Tom and get a gold, it's special.\"\n\nAn error by the Chinese pair in their fourth dive opened the door for Daley and Lee, whose score of 93.96 for a back three-and-a-half somersaults at the same stage moved them to top spot.\n\nA mark of 89.76 for a reverse three-and-a-half somersaults kept them ahead after round five but a flawless tilt at their toughest routine - a forward four-and-a-half somersault - was judged at 101.01 for their final dive.\n\nWith the Russian Olympic Committee team in bronze-medal position, the quality of the final Chinese effort prompted a minor pause for breath before the Daley-Lee celebrations could breakout.\n\nDaley, once a point of curiosity for a watching British audience given his tender teenage years, has remained dedicated and persistent while handling scrutiny away from competition.\n\nHe has spent half his life focused on Olympic cycles while carrying a weight of expectation.\n\nWith Lee's steadfast help, at last he has his gold medal.", "At least nine people have been killed in a landslide in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.\n\nReports says the dead were tourists from other parts of India, while several others were injured. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent his condolences to the families of those lost.\n\nThe landslide was one of several in the area on Sunday.\n\nSeveral parts of India have been hit by landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rains, as the country experiences its monsoon season which lasts from June to September each year.\n\nAt least 136 people have been killed in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after rainfall overwhelmed hundreds of villages, swept away houses and left residents stranded.", "Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\n\"Is it done now? Do I have to continue riding?\"\n\nAnna Kiesenhofer doesn't need to ride another kilometre again if she doesn't want to. The Austrian has achieved the ultimate - a relative unknown coming from nowhere to win Olympic gold.\n\nA mathematician by day with two degrees and a PhD, she has no professional cycling team, although they will probably be queuing up for her signature after witnessing Sunday's stunning road race display.\n\nThe 30-year-old launched a remarkable solo breakaway, sustaining it - her lungs and legs screaming - to finish more than a minute ahead of 2019 world champion Annemiek van Vleuten.\n\nSo great was Kiesenhofer's advantage that the Netherlands' Van Vleuten did not realise she was only in second place, celebrating as though she had won as she crossed the line, before exclaiming: \"I was wrong.\"\n\nOlympic riders do not have access to race radios as they do in professional road racing.\n\n\"This is an example of what happens if you ride an important race like this without communication,\" Van Vleuten said.\n\n\"I don't think anyone wrote her down. I don't know her. How much can you do wrong, if you don't know someone?\n\n\"We thought we were doing it right. We thought we were driving for the gold.\"\n\nA Cambridge graduate, Kiesenhofer has written her name in her nation's history books, the first Austrian to win an Olympic road race medal and the first to win an Olympic medal in any cycling discipline in 125 years.\n\nIt's unlikely she will have realised the magnitude of her success yet, however, her exhaustion apparent as she collapsed to the tarmac of the Fuji International Speedway circuit, gasping for oxygen as her depleted body realised it could finally stop.\n\n\"I was just trying to get to the line. My legs were completely empty,\" she said.\n\n\"I have never emptied myself so much in my whole life. I could hardly pedal any more. It felt like there was zero energy in my legs.\n\n\"It's just so incredible. I have really sacrificed so much for today. I wasn't expecting to finish it off like that. I sacrificed everything even for a top-15 place and now to get this, for the sacrifices, it's just such a reward, it's incredible.\"\n\nKiesenhofer was one of a five-rider group that escaped the rest of the field within moments of the 137km race getting under way.\n\nThat group was cut to three - Kiesenhofer, Anna Plichta of Poland and Israel's Omer Shapira - with around 70km remaining, before the Austrian time trial champion went solo on the first approach to the Speedway circuit, where the race would conclude.\n\nVan Vleuten broke away from the peloton on a charge of her own, looking to make amends for the horror crash that ended her road race at Rio 2016 when she had looked set for the title.\n\nVan Vleuten who had crashed earlier in the race, was reeled back in with around 25km to go, before she and her Dutch team-mates launched another chase with around 10km left, absorbing Plichta and Shapira back into the peloton.\n\nShe then attacked again in the closing stages, thinking she was breaking away for the win.\n\nBut Kiesenhofer, clearly struggling as she willed her body not to cramp, continued to power her way around the circuit up ahead, glancing over her shoulder but finding no opposition in sight.\n\nAfter crossing the line, she fell to the ground in tears, stunned in the aftermath of the biggest win of her career as Van Vleuten and Elisa Longo Borghini took silver and bronze behind her.\n\nKiesenhofer, without a professional team since 2017, is her nation's first gold medallist at a summer Olympics since Athens 2004.\n\nTeam GB's Deignan, who won silver at London 2012, finished 11th in the race, but team-mate Anna Shackley did not complete the race.\n\n\"It was a weird old day - I was between a rock and hard place really,\" Deignan told BBC Sport.\n\n\"From midway through I was on my own but unfortunately on my own but also marked so I didn't have the freedom to ride as a solo rider. Tactically I think I did the right thing - it just didn't go my way.\n\n\"It was a weird race. Although there are small teams there are agendas within teams. Because the race is so hot and so humid all of the moves were a bit blunted, there wasn't that kind of spark. It was a defensive race but still really hard.\"\n\nDeignan stepped away from cycling in 2018 to have her daughter, Orla, but returned to win the Women's Tour and the overall 2020 World Tour title.\n\nShe finished fifth at the Rio Olympics in 2016, with the build-up to the Games overshadowed by the prospect of a ban from cycling after she was accused of missing three drugs tests in a year, before she was cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport just days before the race.\n\nShe has previously told the BBC how Orla's arrival made her \"fall back in love with the sport\".\n\n\"I'm obviously really disappointed but I have the perspective that I put myself in the position to be here. I have had a great team behind me,\" she said.\n\n\"We have had a pandemic and we have still had an Olympics and there is so much to be thankful for.\"\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Hundreds of people protested outside Mark Drakeford's home on Saturday\n\nSecurity around First Minister Mark Drakeford should be reviewed after a protest outside his house, according to a specialist.\n\nOn Saturday, anti-lockdown protesters with loud speakers and banners shouted in the street outside his Cardiff home.\n\nDai Davies, a former head of security for the Royal Family, said the incident was \"totally unacceptable\".\n\nSouth Wales Police said it would not comment on matters of security.\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth, deputy leader of Plaid Cymru, said the protesters should not have been allowed to march past a politician's private home.\n\nOn Sunday, the force said it was made aware of a planned protest and about 500 people met at City Hall before moving to various locations throughout the city centre.\n\nIt said the protest passed peacefully, without incident and no arrests were made.\n\nHowever, the protest has sparked condemnation from cross-party politicians who said the scenes amounted to \"bullying\".\n\n\"How were they allowed to get that close to the first minister's home?\" said Mr Davies.\n\n\"There ought to be an urgent review again by those competent to do it, to actually review both his home, and any other minister, that may be affected by this very small lunatic fringe.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford \"deserves the protection of the law\", says Dai Davies\n\n\"You'll always get a small minority who want to seek to bully and harass.\n\n\"That's why I'm saying it is totally unacceptable, you know, whatever your views of the First Minister Mark Drakeford, that he shouldn't be subjected to this kind of abuse,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"He's doing his best, I've no doubt, but even whether he isn't, he's still democratically elected and deserves the protection of the law and the police force charged with keeping the Queen's peace.\n\n\"And if that's the Queen's peace then I'm a sugar fairy.\"\n\nCrowds were pictured on social media standing outside the Welsh Labour leader's private home as speeches were made.\n\nIt came as other protests against restrictions and vaccines took place in cities across the globe, including Paris, Sydney, London and Toronto.\n\nCarwyn Jones, who led Wales from 2009 until 2018, called the Cardiff protest \"a favourite tactic of the far right in America\".\n\nLee Dodderidge, a former member of the UK's national counter terrorism security office, said in \"today's climate it would be the wisest and most easiest option\" for the first minister to have an official residence.\n\nWhile the prime minister has accommodation at Downing Street, and the first minister of Scotland has Bute House in Edinburgh, there is no equivalent for the Welsh first minister.\n\n\"When we're trying to secure somebody's health, or any sort of security really what we're trying to do is delay the attacker coming in.\n\n\"Trying to achieve that in a home is really, really difficult. In an official residence, we can have a wider perimeter.\"\n\nHowever the first minister is not thought to want an official residence.\n\nAndrew RT Davies, the Welsh Conservative's Senedd leader, said he was \"disturbed\" by the scenes outside the first minister's home.\n\nHe said the pandemic had \"unquestionably increased the spotlight on the Senedd and its politicians - none more so than the first minister\".\n\n\"And what may have been appropriate security a few years ago is no longer the case,\" he said, adding the arrangement should be constantly reviewed.\n\nHowever he said an official residence would be an \"unnecessary overcorrection\".\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth of Plaid Cymru said the protest should not have been \"allowed to happen\".\n\nMr ap Iorwerth said there should be an official residence for the first minister, but did not link the proposal to the events of Saturday, saying the issue was it was \"unacceptable to go and protest outside a private home\".", "More than 40% of adults in England have gained weight during the pandemic, a survey suggests, with the average gain being half a stone (just over 3kg).\n\nPublic Health England (PHE), which surveyed 5,000 people, says Covid lockdowns and disrupted daily routines have made it challenging for people to eat healthy and keep fit.\n\nSnacking and comfort eating were given as the main contributor by about half of those who said they were fatter.\n\nIts Better Health campaign offers free support and guidance on how to lose excess weight and become active using a 12-week plan.\n\nGaining weight is often a gradual process, it says, happening over years as a result of \"modern-day life and the odd unhealthy habit\".\n\nAs well as the visible weight gain, fat can also build up around vital organs, making it harder for the body to fight against diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Covid.\n\nBut small, simple changes to diet and lifestyle can help shed excess pounds.\n\nRecent research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, using data on millions of food and non-alcoholic purchases, found a large increase in calories from takeaways - peaking at more than double usual levels in the UK's second national lockdown in November 2020.\n\nPHE chief nutritionist Dr Alison Tedstone said: \"The past 16 months have caused many to change their habits, so it is not a surprise to see so many people reporting weight gain.\n\n\"We know how hard it can be to lose weight and keep it off - so, we are providing a range of support options to help motivate people and help them maintain a healthy weight.\n\n\"It's never too late to make changes to help improve your health.\n\n\"Visit the Better Health website for ideas and support that is right for you and you can seek support from your local weight-management service.\"\n\nBetter Health has partnered with other organisations, including Slimming World, Weight Watchers and Noom, providing free or discounted offers.\n• None Lockdown and weight gain – should you worry? BBC Food\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nTom Daley finally ended his wait for an Olympic title with synchronised 10m platform gold alongside Matty Lee, as Adam Peaty and Tom Pidcock were also crowned Olympic champions on day three in Tokyo.\n\nBritain's Daley and Lee edged out China for victory, 13 years after 27-year-old Daley - a two-time bronze medallist - made his Olympic debut in Beijing.\n\nIn the early hours of day three, swimmer Peaty had become the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title with his dominant victory in the 100m breaststroke.\n\nLess than half an hour after Daley and Lee's gold, cyclist Pidcock added a third to Team GB's tally, dominating the men's cross-country mountain biking.\n\nEarlier, Britain's Alex Yee cemented his position as the new star of British triathlon with a silver medal, as Jonny Brownlee placed fifth.\n\nIn taekwondo, Lauren Williams is through to the final of the women's -67kg, guaranteeing herself a medal. She will take on Croatia's Matea Jelic at 13:30 BST.\n\nElsewhere, Japan's Momiji Nishiya won women's street skateboarding gold at just 13 years old.\n\nOlympic organisers say a tropical storm will hit Tokyo tomorrow, but it is not expected to cause much disruption to the Games.\n\nRowing and archery events have already been moved because of the anticipated strong winds, but there are no plans to make any other changes to the schedule unless the forecast alters.\n• None Britwatch - how are GB athletes performing in Tokyo?\n\nHere's some of what else you've missed on Monday morning:\n• None Britain's men began their rugby sevens campaign with wins over Canada and Japan.\n• None while Kathleen Dawson qualified for the women's 100m backstroke final.\n• None In badminton, Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith won their mixed doubles tie against Thailand to top their group, but Ben Lane and Sean Vendy lost to Chinese Taipei in the men's doubles.\n• None Britain's sole fencer Marcus Mepstead lost to Egypt's Mohamed Hamza in the first round of the men's foil.\n• None to gold in the women's 400m freestyle final.\n• None cruised into the third round\n\nDaley was just 11 when he told the BBC: \"I want to get to the Olympics and win a gold medal.\" Sixteen years on, that dream is now a reality.\n\nDaley and Lee - who, at four years his diving partner's junior, was making his Olympic debut - performed impeccably throughout the synchronised 10m platform event, moving top of the leaderboard after four dives.\n\nThey finished with a total score of 471.81, leaving China's Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen with too much to do and they took silver with a tally of 470.58.\n\n\"We are the ones to beat, and they've got to come and get us. I still honestly can't believe what's happening. I didn't even think I was going to get here in the first place, but here we are,\" said Daley.\n\nLee added: \"It's crazy, I don't understand what just happened.\"\n\nVictory was all but secured for Peaty before he even entered the water, given he has not lost over 100m for more than seven years, including his first gold in Rio five years ago.\n\nThough he was unable to break his own world record of 56.88 seconds in Tokyo, he still finished more than six tenths of a second quicker than the Netherlands' silver medallist Arno Kamminga, with Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi taking bronze.\n\nPeaty touched the wall in 57.37, the fifth fastest time in history, but compatriot James Wilby could not join him on the podium, finishing in fifth place.\n\nPeaty has won the 100m breaststroke at the last three World Championships, has broken the world record five times and is the only man to have ever swam it in under 57 seconds.\n\n\"I haven't felt this good since 2016. It just means the world to me,\" said the 26-year-old. \"I thought I had the best preparation in my life but then you throw in morning finals, and you throw all that out the window.\n\n\"That's really what it takes to be an athlete. It's not who's the best all year round, it's the best person on the day who's the most adaptable and really who wants it more.\"\n\nCyclist Pidcock had prepared for Tokyo's brutal temperatures by training in a heated tent at home and it paid off.\n\nHe finished 20 seconds clear of the rest of the field in Izu, with Swiss world number one Mathias Flueckiger taking silver and David Valero of Spain winning bronze, to take Britain's first gold in mountain biking.\n\nThe 21-year-old, who has world titles in cyclo-cross, road and mountain bike events at under-23 level, had surgery on a broken collarbone at the start of June but returned to training just six days later.\n\nWhen asked how it felt to win gold, Pidcock told Eurosport: \"Not real really. It's pretty crazy that I became an Olympian and I was trying to tell myself at the start of the race it's special just to be here.\"\n\nAlistair and Jonny Brownlee have long been British triathlon's golden boys, but in winning Olympic silver, Yee - who previously trained with the brothers - well and truly stepped up to take over the baton.\n\nCompeting in just his eighth race at this level, he led for much of the 10km run before Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt produced a stunning breakaway in 27C heat and high humidity to win gold.\n\nYee finished 11 seconds behind, with New Zealand's Hayden Wilde taking bronze.\n\n\"I am just a normal guy from south-east London - dreams really do come true,\" Yee told BBC Sport.\n\nThe event - which was moved to the early hours in Tokyo to avoid the worst of the heat - had to be restarted after a boat blocked around half of the athletes as they entered the water.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nAdam Peaty will aim to become the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title when he competes in the 100m breaststroke final at 03:12 BST on Monday.\n\nThe world record holder, 26, qualified fastest from the semi-finals with a time of 57.63 seconds.\n\nJames Wilby also made it into the final by finishing third fastest in the first semi-final with a time of 59 seconds.\n\nBut there were no podiums for GB on the first day of medal races in the pool.\n\nMax Litchfield came closest but narrowly missed out in the men's 400m individual medley final for the second Olympics in a row.\n\nHe was a close fourth - the same position he finished in Rio - as the USA's Chase Kalisz won gold to take the first medal in the pool at Tokyo 2020.\n\nKalisz finished in four minutes 9.42 seconds, ahead of compatriot Jay Litherland (4:10.28) and Australia's Brendon Smith in third (4:10.38).\n\nDespite a strong showing in the heats, Aimee Willmott was unable to mark her final appearance at an Olympics with a medal in the women's 400m individual medley.\n\nThe 28-year-old Commonwealth Games champion, who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Games, finished seventh as Yui Ohashi won Japan's first medal in the pool.\n\nOhashi touched in four minutes 32.08 seconds, ahead of USA pair Emma Weyant (4:32.76) and Hali Flickinger (4:34.90).\n\nBritain finished fifth in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay as Australia won the gold medal with a world record time of 3:29.69.\n\nCanada won silver in 3:32.78 while the USA took bronze with a time of 3:32.81.\n\nIn one of the early shocks of the Games, 18-year-old Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia won men's 400m freestyle gold.\n\nThe teenager finished in 3:43.36, overhauling Australian Jack McLoughlin (3:43.52) and USA's Kieran Smith (3:43.94).\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "International travel from the UK is yet to restart in a \"meaningful\" way despite the easing of some restrictions, the industry says.\n\nTrade group Airlines UK said bookings had failed to recover due to the \"frustrating\" traffic light system and costly testing requirements.\n\nIt added that consumer confidence would remain weak without change.\n\nThe comments came as Heathrow warned it expects to see a further fall in passenger numbers in 2021.\n\nThe airport, which was Europe's busiest before the pandemic, welcomed just four million passengers in the first six months of the year - a total that it would have taken just 18 days to reach in 2019.\n\nIn a letter to the transport secretary Grant Shapps, Airlines UK noted that passenger bookings in the rest of Europe had recovered to 50% of pre-crisis levels in June, compared to just 16% in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, US visitor numbers to the UK are still only 20% of 2019 levels, whereas to the EU they are around 65%.\n\nBlaming the traffic light system, the trade group said spending on travel was now back at \"the same fraught position as last year\".\n\nIt cited the decision to remove Portugal from the green list of Covid-safe destinations, closely followed by the Balearics, both within a month of their initial inclusion.\n\nIt also criticised the decision to maintain quarantine rules for arrivals from France, while removing them for travellers from all other amber list destinations.\n\n\"These represent examples of the frustrating, last-minute and opaque decision-making that has been a mainstay of the [traffic light] system so far,\" the group wrote.\n\n\"[There has also been] a refusal to make more proportionate travel restrictions from low-risk countries even as nightclubs open in England - without any restrictions.\"\n\nThe government says the traffic light system helps to stop new Covid variants from being brought into the UK.\n\nBut in its results for the six months to 30 June, Heathrow also criticised the rules for creating unreasonable costs and conditions for travellers.\n\nCurrently anyone who is not fully vaccinated, or who was fully vaccinated outside the UK, has to pay for three tests - one before arriving in England, and tests on day two and day eight after arrival - and quarantine for 10 days on their return from amber list countries such as Spain. They also have the option of ending quarantine early by paying for a test under the Test and Release scheme on day five.\n\nHeathrow now believes just 21.5 million passengers will travel through the airport in 2021, down from 22.1 million in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, and down from almost 90 million in 2019.\n\nThe airport said its cumulative losses from Covid now stood at some £2.9bn.\n\n\"The UK is emerging from the worst effects of the health pandemic, but is falling behind its EU rivals in international trade by being slow to remove restrictions,\" said Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye.\n\n\"Replacing PCR tests with lateral flow tests and opening up to EU and US vaccinated travellers at the end of July will start to get Britain's economic recovery off the ground.\"\n\nRyanair says it has seen a surge in bookings in recent weeks\n\nIn separate results, Ryanair said it had seen a surge in summer bookings in the past few weeks, but it said many people were booking at the last minute amid fears travel rules could change.\n\nThe airline's chief financial officer, Neil Sorahan, said the EU's digital Covid certificate, which allows a person's vaccination status to be recognised across the whole bloc, had boosted bookings.\n\n\"I think the European policy has worked an awful lot better than in the UK,\" he told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"It's given more certainty, it's led to more steady green lists all across Europe. The UK has been a little bit more haphazard with what's on the green list, what's on the amber list.\"\n\nThe carrier now expects to fly 90-100 million passengers this financial year - up from the lower end of a previously forecast range of 80-100 million.\n\nBut that is still way off the 148.6 million it flew in 2019.\n\nRyanair boss Michael O'Leary said: \"Pricing remains below pre Covid-19 levels and there will continue to be great value for Ryanair guests travelling this summer as we focus on recovering traffic, jobs and tourism across our European network.\n\n\"Based on current (close-in) bookings, we expect traffic to rise from over five million in June to almost nine million in July, and over 10 million in August, as long as there are no further Covid setbacks in Europe.\"\n• None How are travel rules being relaxed?", "A Garda (police) patrol car was struck by a gunshot after shots were fired at police in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday.\n\nThe marked Garda car, with unarmed uniformed officers inside, was on patrol in Tallaght at about 02:30 local time.\n\nThey saw three men, one armed with a handgun and one with a baseball bat.\n\nThe man with the handgun fired a number of shots towards the police car, one of which struck the vehicle, police say.\n\nNone of the officers were injured and the three men fled.\n\nNo arrests have been made and police have appealed for anyone with any information to contact them.", "The RNLI has warned of the potential dangers of swimming in lakes and rivers after six people died entering water on the island of Ireland during the past week.\n\nThey included two teenagers who died following incidents in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nKevin Rahill of the RNLI stressed that people should stick to a \"lifeguarded beach\".\n\nHe said rivers, lakes and reservoirs had \"hidden obstacles\" that can trap.\n\n\"They can be potentially dangerous in the fact that they can be rather deep - fresh water is normally colder than sea water,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"And there can be hidden dangers as well, hidden obstacles in waters like that that can trap people and make it difficult for people to move around.\n\n\"And also very often in lakes and rivers and reservoirs getting in and out can be a bit more difficult than a beach.\"\n\nThe RNLI has warned about the dangers of swimming in rivers and lakes\n\nMr Rahill, who is the RNLI's regional water safety lead, said that with the recent spell of hot weather there is the \"potential for more incidents in terms of people getting into difficulty\".\n\n\"If possible, swimming at a lifeguarded beach will certainly keep the number of incidents down,\" he added.\n\n\"Swim at a lifeguarded area, that's probably the most important thing to think of.\n\n\"If you are not familiar with the area, the lifeguards will know it, so they will be able to tell you where's safe and where's not safe - and swim between the flags.\"\n\nHe also highlighted the 'float to live' message if people did fall in the water.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ross MacLeod, RNLI : \"Rest and relax in the water\"\n\nThe RNLI's appeal came as the UN prepares to host its first World Drowning Prevention Day on Sunday (25 July).\n\nIrish Water Safety has said the majority of water tragedies occur in inland waterways and has emphasised the potential dangers of swimming in rivers and lakes.\n\nMeanwhile, Gerard O'Flynn, operations manager with the Irish Coastguard, told Irish broadcaster RTÉ it had responded to about 1,690 incidents this year to date, compared to 1,340 at the same time last year.\n\nHe said that \"the excellent weather combined with restrictions on other recreational activities\" has led to more people in the water.\n\nHe urged people not to swim alone and to avoid using inflatable toys in the open water.\n\nMr O'Flynn also appealed to jet ski users to be sensitive to other swimmers.\n\nSwimmers have been asked to stick to a \"lifeguarded beach\"\n\nHe said the increased popularity of open water swimming has seen many people swimming longer distances and he called on people to make sure they are visible in the sea by wearing a cap and a tow float.\n\nNorthern Ireland Water has said \"that there is no time for complacency around water\".\n\nIt has urged \"the community, especially children and young people, to take care around all bodies of water\".\n\nThe ESB in the Republic of Ireland has also reminded people of the dangers of swimming in reservoirs.\n\nIt said: \"These areas are not appropriate for swimming because of the risk of deep and fast-flowing waters, changing water levels and uneven ground.\"\n\nOn Friday, a man in his 60s died after swimming off Dollymount Strand in north Dublin - the sixth death to come from people entering water in the island of Ireland in the past week.\n\nThe five other people died after going into lakes.\n\nA 15-year-old boy who was rescued from a lake in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday afternoon died in hospital on Thursday.\n\nThe boy was swimming in Lough Sheelin, at a meeting point of counties Westmeath, Meath and Cavan.\n\nJay Moffett, 13, was taken to hospital after entering water in the Canal Court area of Scarva, but later died\n\nEarlier in the week, Jay Moffett, 13, died in hospital after going into water in the Canal Court area of Scarva, County Down on Monday afternoon.\n\nThree adults also died in three separate incidents in the past week in County Fermanagh, on the Longford-Cavan border, and in County Leitrim.", "Hundreds of people protested outside Mark Drakeford's home on Saturday\n\nHundreds of anti-lockdown protesters who gathered outside First Minister Mark Drakeford's home \"crossed the line\", his predecessor has said.\n\nOn Saturday, crowds with loud speakers and banners shouted in the street outside Mr Drakeford's Cardiff home.\n\nThe protest has sparked condemnation from cross-party politicians who said the scenes amounted to \"bullying\".\n\nCarwyn Jones, who led Wales from 2009 until 2018, called it \"a favourite tactic of the far right in America\".\n\nThe anti-lockdown rally in Cardiff was held as other protests against restrictions and vaccines took place in cities across the globe, including Paris, Sydney, London and Toronto.\n\nOn Saturday, protesters marched on the Welsh Labour leader's private home, with hundreds pictured on social media standing in the street as speeches were made.\n\nUnlike some other countries' leaders, Wales' first minister does not have an official residence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In July, Mark Drakeford revealed he had moved out of his home because family members were shielding\n\nMr Jones said the protestors had \"crossed a line\" by taking the demonstration to Mr Drakeford's family home in the city.\"It's a favourite tactic of the far right in America. Unfortunately we see it now here in Wales,\" he said.\n\n\"We're talking about a very small group of people who are on a different planet to the rest of us.\n\n\"I perfectly accept the right for people to protest, I've no problem with that, but I don't think people should be protest outside people's private houses.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police said it was made aware of a planned protest and about 500 people met at City Hall before moving to various locations throughout the city centre.\n\n\"The protest passed peacefully and without incident. No offences were identified and no arrests were made,\" a spokesman said.\n\nCarwyn Jones represented the constituency of Bridgend from 1999 to 2021\n\nMr Jones said he had contacted Mr Drakeford to offer him support.\n\n\"There has to be a line somewhere and that line was crossed yesterday by a small group of people who just don't like democracy,\" he said.\n\nBefore getting the top Welsh government job, Mr Drakeford said he had \"no personal ambition to be first minister\" and was not looking forward to being in the spotlight.\n\nMr Jones said the profile of the job had \"gone through the roof since Covid\" and security was very important in such a public-facing role.\n\n\"I always felt that they were aware of what needed to be done [security-wise] and I'm absolutely sure that's still the case.\"\n\nMark Drakeford's approach towards Covid in Wales has split opinion\n\nOn Saturday, cross-party politicians took to Twitter to condemn the location of the protest.\n\nLeader of the Welsh Conservative group in the Senedd, Andrew RT Davies, described it as \"disturbing\".\n\nHe added: \"If you have political disagreements (and believe me @fmwales and I have many) then get involved in politics. Harassment is never acceptable.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru's Delyth Jewell said: \"The people protesting outside Mark Drakeford's private home yesterday ought to be ashamed. Bullying and intimidation have no place in our politics.\"\n\nLabour MP Kevin Brennan called said \"all decent people should condemn this\".\n\nThe protests come just over a week after Mr Drakeford announced plans for a major relaxation on most Covid rules in Wales by 7 August, but laws on wearing face masks in most public places will remain in place.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"We have been able to relax the majority of restrictions thanks to all the help of people in Wales throughout the year.\n\n\"But the pandemic is not over and we all have a really important part to play to keep Wales safe.\"\n\nThe row comes as a further 1,238 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Wales.\n\nOn Sunday, figures reported by Public Health Wales' show Covid case rates continue to fall, with the seven-day case rate down to 185.2 per 100,000 people, compared with 186.1 on Friday.\n\nNo further deaths have been recorded, with the number of people who have died with Covid-19 remaining at 5,595.\n\nThere have been a total of 236,873 confirmed cases in Wales since the pandemic began.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nAlmost 30 years after making her Olympic debut, and having faced rivals younger than her son, Oksana Chusovitina said a tearful farewell to gymnastics on day two of the Tokyo Games.\n\nThe 46-year-old announced her retirement after competing for Uzbekistan in vault qualification on Sunday.\n\nChusovitina, whose first appearance at an Olympics was in Barcelona in 1992, finished 14th to miss out on a place in the final but said she was \"very proud and happy\".\n\nOn an emotional day in the gymnastics arena, Coventry-born Danusia Francis realised her lifelong dream of competing at a Games despite a serious knee injury.\n\n'I can stand on my own!'\n\nChusovitina won her sole Olympic title on her first appearance - winning the team final while representing the Unified Team of the former Soviet Union.\n\nShe also won 11 World Championship medals, including four golds.\n\nIn 2020, she was named Uzbekistan's Best Athlete of the Decade - an award voted for by the public.\n\nAfter leaving the arena in Tokyo to a standing ovation from her rivals, she said: \"I cried tears of happiness because so many people have supported me for a long time.\n\n\"I'm alive. I'm happy. I'm here without any injuries, and I can stand on my own!\"\n\nChusovitina was born in the Uzbek city Bukhara. In 2002, after her young son was diagnosed with leukaemia, she accepted an offer to move to Germany, where he was able to receive treatment.\n\nWhile living there, she competed in international competitions and the prize money went towards her son's medical bills.\n\n\"If I had to go back in time I would not want to repeat the time when my child was ill,\" she said. \"But all of the other moments, I would gladly repeat.\"\n\nFrancis, who narrowly missed out on a place in Team GB's team for London 2012, finally fulfilled her lifelong Olympic dream.\n\nAs a reserve in London, she was not given the chance to compete, meaning a huge box on her bucket list was unticked.\n\nBut in 2019 she qualified for the Jamaican Olympic team for Tokyo 2020.\n\nSadly the 27-year-old injured a knee just days before the opening ceremony, and knew she would not be at her best.\n\nBut wearing substantial support around a suspected torn anterior cruciate ligament, she hobbled up to the uneven bars and fulfilled her dream of becoming an Olympian by performing a neat, but very simple, routine.\n\nThe smile on her face showed she didn't care about finishing last. She is, officially, an Olympian.\n• None Get to know one of Team GB's biggest hopes for gold: Adam Peaty: Beneath the Surface is streaming now\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "There's a disagreement in Scotland over a pledge by the government to get people aged 40-49 fully vaccinated.\n\nLast month, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament that \"by July 26, we expect to have given second doses to all 40- to 49-year-olds\".\n\nThat deadline was today - but figures show almost a quarter of that age group still have not had two doses.\n\nOpposition parties have criticised the Scottish government over not meeting the pledge.\n\nBut Sturgeon has responded, telling the PA news agency that the government's target was to offer first doses, not provide them, by 26 July.\n\n\"I think it's important we deal in facts and not in childish politics, which at this time is not what we should be doing,\" she said during a visit on Monday.\n\n\"No vaccination target has been missed and that's not an opinion, that's a fact.\n\n\"What we set ourselves the target of was offering, by now, the first dose of the vaccine to every adult, everybody over the age of 18, and two doses to the over 40 age group.\n\n\"Those targets have been met, everybody in those age groups had those offers and appointments. Uptake rates are very high by the standards of any previous vaccination programme.\"\n\nScotland also announced 1,000 new coronavirus cases and no further deaths. There were 475 people in hospital with Covid on Sunday, the figures showed.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nGreat Britain's Lauren Williams took silver in the women's -67kg taekwondo competition at Tokyo 2020 after losing the final bout to Croatia's Matea Jelic.\n\nWilliams, 22, was beaten 25-22 but picks up GB's second silver medal in taekwondo at the Games.\n\nEgypt's Hedaya Malak won bronze for a second successive Olympics after defeating American Paige McPherson in their medal bout.\n\nWales' Williams, making her Olympic debut, led with 14 seconds on the clock before Jelic came back right at the end to snatch the gold medal.\n\nImmediately after the bout, Williams told BBC Sport: \"It's not enough, I had her, about 10 seconds to go, but I just let it go... I made a mistake and let it go, it's on me.\n\n\"I went out there to win and tried my best but it didn't happen on the day. I am very happy with how I performed but it's a shame she got it. An Olympic silver medal is not bad, is it?\"\n\nThird seed Williams, a former kickboxer, switched to taekwondo after watching compatriot Jade Jones win gold at London 2012 while on a caravan holiday.\n\nShe was first selected to train with the GB squad at the age of 14 after applying for the lottery-funded Fighting Chance scheme.\n\nHer mother gave up her job to move with her and they lived in a caravan for 18 months.\n\nAt 17, Williams travelled to Rio 2016 as a reserve and witnessed her hero Jones become a double Olympic champion.\n\nAnd Jones, who suffered a shock defeat in her first round on Sunday, was watching and supporting in Tokyo on Monday as Williams picked up Team GB's fifth medal of the day.\n\nIt was also a second taekwondo silver of the Games, after Bradly Sinden was beaten by Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov in the final of the men's -68kg on Sunday.\n\nWilliams versus Jelic was the final most predicted in this event and it was an intense bout as both fighters displayed contrasting tactics.\n\nTop seed Jelic defended for large parts, picking up points on the counter-attack as Williams looked to do damage on the front foot.\n\nWilliams had opened up a seven-point lead in the final round and was seconds away from glory when Jelic hit back late on with devastating effect.\n\nThe Briton, tipped by Jones in 2017 to become \"one of the world's best\", was disappointed in the aftermath but reflected that winning silver was a \"very good experience\".\n\n\"I've not had the best prep at all. But that's not an excuse - I felt good today,\" she said.\n\n\"I've had injuries and I had something at home where I had to come out later, which damaged my preparation.\n\n\"But as soon as I got here, I hit the ground running and I was pretty confident. It's been absolutely crazy, insane. My first Olympic Games - a very good experience.\"\n\nTwo-time Olympic medallist Lutalo Muhammad said: \"Trust me, there's a lifetime in one second in taekwondo. That's what makes the sport so exciting, so dynamic.\n\n\"What an advertisement for taekwondo. There have been so many victories in the last 10-20 seconds, it really shows you can't take your eyes off the TV screen for even a second.\"\n• None Can you get the UK talking?: Find out more about the BBC's is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "Ian Paterson carried out hundreds of botched and needless operations\n\nA healthcare provider will offer compensation to thousands more victims of breast surgeon Ian Paterson.\n\nPaterson was jailed in 2017 after he was found to have carried out needless operations on his patients.\n\nAn inquiry recommended all of his patients be recalled, and 750 victims have already been awarded compensation.\n\nSpire Healthcare in the West Midlands, where Paterson practiced, has now proposed a new compensation fund for further victims that have been found.\n\nThe firm has also appeared in court to repeal an order which prevented lawyers who had previously acted for victims to pursue further claims against the provider.\n\nElizabeth Webb was one victim who only found out in January that three operations carried out by Ian Paterson were unnecessary\n\nThe order was made in 2018, before a further 5,500 patients were recalled following the independent inquiry, meaning solicitors experienced in the case were unavailable to victims - some of whom did not previously know their surgery had been unnecessary.\n\nPaterson is currently serving a 20-year sentence following his conviction for 17 counts of wounding with intent.\n\nHis unregulated \"cleavage-sparing\" mastectomies, in which breast tissue was left behind, meant cancer returned in many of his patients, and some had the operations despite not having the disease.\n\nPaterson worked at Spire Hospital, in Solihull, from 1997 to 2011\n\nHe was employed by the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, and at the independent Spire Parkway, Solihull, and Spire Little Aston in Birmingham, with more than 11,000 patients across the sites.\n\nAn independent review called for all of them to be contacted, and by December, Spire wrote to at least 5,500 patients who were treated by Paterson at their centres.\n\nThe private healthcare provider said its review of patients was continuing, but it had already identified more patients who were harmed by Paterson.\n\n\"Patients who suffered at the hands of Ian Paterson must not be prevented from seeking compensation,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTunisia's president has sacked the PM and suspended parliament, after violent mass protests nationwide on Sunday.\n\nAnger over the government's handling of a massive recent spike in Covid cases has added to general unrest over the nation's economic and social turmoil.\n\nPresident Kais Saied, who was elected in 2019, announced he was taking over.\n\nHis supporters erupted in celebration, but opponents in parliament immediately accused him of staging a coup. Clashes among rival groups continued on Monday.\n\nThey threw stones at each other outside the legislature, which has been barricaded by troops, who have also prevented workers from entering some government buildings.\n\nMr Saied, an independent, has had a long-standing feud with the man he has removed, PM Hichem Mechichi. Mr Mechichi has the backing of the largest party in parliament, Ennahda.\n\nTunisia's revolution in 2011 is often held up as the sole success of the Arab Spring revolts across the region, but it has not led to stability economically or politically.\n\nThe recent coronavirus surge has fuelled long-standing public frustration. The health minister was sacked last week after a bungled vaccination drive.\n\nOn Sunday thousands of people across Tunisia demonstrated against the PM and Ennahda, the moderate Islamist ruling party.\n\nIts local headquarters in the south-western city of Touzeur were set on fire.\n\nOne protester in Tunis, Lamia Meftahi, told Reuters news agency this was \"the happiest moment since the revolution\".\n\nAnother in the town of Gafsa told AFP news agency the president had \"shown himself to be a true statesman\", but a second resident there said: \"These fools are celebrating the birth of a new dictator.\"\n\nIn the early hours of Monday, the speaker of parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, who leads Ennahda, tried to get into the legislature in Tunis. He was blocked by those who supported Mr Saied's move, and responded with a sit-down protest with his own loyalists.\n\nLater on Monday, Al Jazeera TV, which has been viewed as sympathetic to Ennahda, said security forces had raided its offices in Tunis, unplugging all equipment and telling staff to leave.\n\nProtesters erupted with celebrations on Sunday at the news that the PM had been dismissed\n\nOn Sunday, in a televised address, Mr Saied said: \"We have taken these decisions... until social peace returns to Tunisia and until we save the state.\"\n\nHe later joined the celebrating crowds in Tunis.\n\nPresident Saied also vowed to respond to further violence with military force.\n\n\"I warn any who think of resorting to weapons… and whoever shoots a bullet, the armed forces will respond with bullets,\" he said.\n\nTo many, it feels like fresh hope after a year of chaotic governance - to others a move that is constitutionally questionable, with potentially destabilising ramifications and far-reaching consequences.\n\nThe events are largely linked to an acute power struggle between the presidency, the PM and the speaker of parliament.\n\nWas this a power grab by the president or a temporary move to get the country back on track? And will his political opponents mobilise their own support on the streets? If so, to what end?\n\nKey to how all this plays out will be how quickly a new prime minister is appointed - and a new plan communicated on moving forward.\n\nIn Tunisia, both the president and parliament are elected by popular vote.\n\nUnder the constitution, the president oversees only the military and foreign affairs, but Mr Saied has long been in conflict with Mr Mechichi.\n\nMr Saied has said he will now govern alongside a new PM, with parliament suspended for 30 days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Young Tunisians have been protesting as they strive to live in and shape the post-revolution dream.\n\nThe president cited Article 80 of the constitution for his actions, saying it allowed him to suspend parliament if it was in \"imminent danger\".\n\nBut the opposition disputes this, and Tunisia's legal and political framework is unclear. The 2014 constitution calls for a special court to be set up to decide disagreements like this, but it has not been established.\n\nAs the largest party in parliament, Ennahda has the right to nominate the PM. It denounced the president's move.\n\nSpeaker Ghannouchi accused Mr Saied of mounting \"a coup against the revolution and constitution\" and called on the Tunisian people to defend them both.\n\nTwo other parties, Heart of Tunisia and Karama, echoed the coup accusations.\n\nEnnahda denounced attacks on its offices, blaming \"criminal gangs\" who were trying to \"seed chaos and destruction\".\n\nCoronavirus-related deaths reached a record for the country last week, passing 300 in one 24-hour period. Tunisia has one of the highest per capita death rates in the world.\n\nVaccinations have been slow: only 7% of the 11.7 million population are fully vaccinated.\n\nThe government attempted to speed up vaccination by opening it to all over-18s during the Eid al-Adha holiday. However, the effort descended into chaos, with stampedes, shortages of supplies, and incidents of violence.\n\nThe health service is under serious strain dealing with surging Covid hospitalisations\n\nThe PM sacked the health minister - an ally of the president - prompting Mr Saied to instruct the military to take over management of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nBut Covid is only one factor in the unrest. Tunisia has had nine governments since the 2011 revolution, many of them short-lived or fractured.\n\nDeep-rooted problems of unemployment and crumbling state infrastructure that were behind the uprising have never been resolved.\n\nTunisia now has budget deficits and debt repayment issues that could require a new loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).\n\nBut that could hurt Tunisians with the loss of state jobs and reduced subsidies on goods.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nTom Daley finally ended his wait for an Olympic title with diving gold alongside Matty Lee, while British team-mates Adam Peaty and Tom Pidcock were also crowned champions as day three in Tokyo became 'Magic Monday' for Team GB.\n\nDaley and Lee edged out China for victory in the synchronised 10m platform event, 13 years after the 27-year-old - a two-time bronze medallist - made his Games debut in Beijing.\n\nIn the early hours of day three, Peaty had become the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title with his dominant victory in the 100m breaststroke.\n\nLess than half an hour after Daley and Lee's gold, cyclist Pidcock added a third to Team GB's tally, dominating the men's cross-country mountain biking.\n\nIn taekwondo, Lauren Williams took silver after a closely fought loss to Croatia's Matea Jelic in the final of the women's -67kg.\n\nEarlier, Britain's Alex Yee cemented his position as the new star of British triathlon with a silver medal, as Jonny Brownlee placed fifth.\n\nThe tally of three golds and two silvers is Britain's best return on an Olympic Monday, according to Simon Gleave, head of sports analysis at Nielsen Gracenote.\n\nIt left Great Britain fifth in the medal table, with hosts Japan leading the way ahead of the USA.\n\nLondon 2012's 'Super Saturday' remains Team GB's most successful Olympic day of the past 100 years, bringing six gold medals and a silver.\n• None Britwatch - how are GB athletes performing in Tokyo?\n\nElsewhere, Japan's Momiji Nishiya won women's street skateboarding gold at just 13 years old.\n\nOlympic organisers say a tropical storm will hit Tokyo on Tuesday but it is not expected to cause much disruption to the Games.\n\nRowing and archery events have already been moved because of the anticipated strong winds, while Thursday's surfing finals have been brought forward to Wednesday.\n\nHere's some of Monday's other news:\n• None Britain's men are in the after pool wins against Canada and Japan.\n• None GB's hockey teams won their latest matches, with the women, defending champions after victory at Rio 2016,\n• None while Kathleen Dawson qualified for the women's 100m backstroke final.\n• None In badminton, Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith won their mixed doubles tie against Thailand to top their group, but Ben Lane and Sean Vendy lost to Chinese Taipei in the men's doubles.\n• None Britain's sole fencer Marcus Mepstead lost to Egypt's Mohamed Hamza in the first round of the men's foil.\n• None to gold in the women's 400m freestyle final.\n• None cruised into the third round of the tennis women's singles and Novak Djokovic is into the men's second round.\n\nDaley was just 11 when he told the BBC: \"I want to get to the Olympics and win a gold medal.\" Sixteen years on, that dream is now a reality.\n\nDaley and 23-year-old Lee, who was making his Olympic debut, performed impeccably throughout the synchronised 10m platform event, moving top of the leaderboard after four dives.\n\nThey finished with a total score of 471.81, leaving China's Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen with too much to do and they took silver with a tally of 470.58.\n\n\"That moment, being about to be announced as Olympic champions, I was gone. I was blubbering,\" said Daley.\n\nVictory was expected for Peaty, given he has not lost over 100m for more than seven years, including his first gold in Rio five years ago.\n\nThough he was unable to break his own world record of 56.88 seconds in Tokyo, he still finished more than 0.6secs quicker than the Netherlands' silver medallist Arno Kamminga, with Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi taking bronze.\n\nPeaty touched the wall in 57.37, the fifth fastest time in history, but compatriot James Wilby could not join him on the podium, finishing in fifth place.\n\nPeaty has won the 100m breaststroke at the past three World Championships, broken the world record five times and is the only man to have swum it in under 57 seconds.\n\n\"I haven't felt this good since 2016. It just means the world to me,\" said the 26-year-old.\n\nCyclist Pidcock had prepared for Tokyo's brutal temperatures by training in a heated tent at home and it paid off.\n\nHe finished 20 seconds clear of the rest of the field in Izu, with Swiss world number one Mathias Flueckiger taking silver and David Valero of Spain winning bronze, to take Britain's first gold in mountain biking.\n\nThe 21-year-old, who has world titles in cyclo-cross, road and mountain bike events at under-23 level, had surgery on a broken collarbone at the start of June but returned to training just six days later.\n\nWhen asked how it felt to win gold, Pidcock told Eurosport: \"Not real, really. It's pretty crazy that I became an Olympian and I was trying to tell myself at the start of the race it's special just to be here.\"\n\nFor the second day running, Team GB boasted a taekwondo finalist and the result was silver again - with Welsh fighter Williams going down 25-22 to Croatia's Jelic.\n\nWilliams led with just 14 seconds left before Jelic came back right at the end to snatch the gold medal.\n\n\"I went out there to win, but I am very happy with how I performed all day. An Olympic silver medal is not bad, is it?\" said Williams.\n\nIn the triathlon, Yee led for much of the 10km run before Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt produced a stunning breakaway in 27C heat and high humidity to win gold by 11 seconds.\n\n\"I am just a normal guy from south-east London - dreams really do come true,\" Yee told BBC Sport.\n\nThe event - which was moved to the early hours in Tokyo to avoid the worst of the heat - had to be restarted after a boat blocked around half of the athletes as they entered the water.\n• Triathlon: Team GB head into the women's triathlon (22:30 Monday to 01:00 Tuesday) with a strong line-up: Rio bronze medallist Vicky Holland, 2020 world champion Georgia Taylor-Brown and 2019 world silver medallist Jess Learmonth.\n• Taekwondo: Bianca Walkden competes for Britain in the +67kg category (02:00-14:30), having added two more world titles since taking bronze at Rio 2016. Mahama Cho, who beat Lutalo Muhammad to selection, competes in the men's +80kg class.\n• Swimming: Duncan Scott will be one of GB's busiest swimmers, with six different events to his name in Tokyo. On Tuesday, the 2019 world bronze medallist will hope to line up in the men's 200m freestyle final (02:45).\n• Equestrian: British rider Charlotte Dujardin will be looking to add to her three Olympic titles as she joins veteran Carl Hester and debutant Charlotte Fry in the team dressage (09:30).\n• Gymnastics: One of the Olympics' biggest TV audiences will be expected for the women's team final (11:45-14:10). There's no question that the United States, led by Simone Biles, are the favourites. Can Britain, sixth at the last World Championships, make it into the final and find a way to challenge for a medal?\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in Emmer Green in Reading\n\nTwo schoolboys who ambushed a 13-year-old boy and stabbed him to death after a dispute on social media have been found guilty of murder.\n\nOlly Stephens suffered fatal stab wounds to his chest and back in a field in Reading, Berkshire, on 3 January.\n\nHe had been lured there by a girl and was then attacked by two boys carrying knives, Reading Crown Court was told.\n\nThe girl, 14, admitted manslaughter. She will be sentenced with the two boys, also both 14, at a later date.\n\nNone of them can be identified for legal reasons.\n\nOlly was filmed checking his phone as he left his house for the final time\n\nHis killers had fallen out with Olly because they believed he \"grassed\" on them to the brother of a boy they had mocked in a social media group chat, the trial heard.\n\nVoice notes and text messages were presented to the jury in which the boys talked about taking revenge.\n\n\"He's actually getting banged when I see him,\" one message said.\n\nAnother added: \"I actually hate the kid with a passion, like if I was to see him right now I'll probably end up killing him or something.\"\n\nThe girl was recruited to lure Olly to Bugs Bottom fields, near his home in Emmer Green, as part of a \"set-up\", the jury was told.\n\nShe suggested in messages exchanged before the killing that Olly deserved what was coming and described it as \"karma\", the court heard.\n\nVideos of the defendants showing off knives were found on their phones\n\nAlison Morgan QC, prosecuting, said Olly had no idea he was about to be attacked.\n\n\"This was an ambush on him. A planned attack that was designed to put him in a vulnerable position,\" she said.\n\nOne blade penetrated 17cm (6.5in) into Olly's back, and another wound in his chest was 9cm (3.5in) deep, the jury heard.\n\nAn off-duty nurse walking her dog found the fatally injured teenager and attempted resuscitation, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nThe court heard the killers tried to dispose of evidence and exchanged messages on Snapchat about the attack, with one of the boys describing it as \"the biggest mistake of my life\".\n\nBoth boys were also convicted of perverting the course of justice.\n\nIn a statement issued after the verdicts, Olly's family described the stabbing as a \"callous and cold-hearted act\".\n\n\"He left our home on that fateful afternoon with love and laughter in his heart, with the hope of a bright fun filled future ahead of him,\" they said.\n\n\"Within 13 minutes of leaving the safety of his loving home Olly had left us forever.\n\n\"Two minutes was all it took to end him and cause us and our family catastrophic heartbreak.\"\n\nThey added that Olly was \"warm, kind, soulful, a deep thinker and a great carer to those around him\".\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A woman has been slashed with a knife at Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park, police have said.\n\nThe 39-year-old was taken to hospital after the attack on Sunday afternoon at the site, where people gather for public speeches and debates.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said she received a minor slash injury to the head, which was not life-threatening.\n\nFootage shared on social media shows someone dressed in black approaching a woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt.\n\nShe is later seen clutching her right hand close to her body, with what appears to be blood at her temple, as she is helped into a police van by officers who were nearby.\n\nCharlie Hebdo is a French satirical magazine that was targeted in a deadly attack by Islamist extremists in 2015 after it published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.\n\nTwelve people were killed in the attack at the magazine's offices in Paris.\n\nA knife was found after the attack in Hyde Park, but no arrests have yet been made.\n\nOfficers based in Westminster are working with the specialist Met unit which patrols the royal parks to investigate and try to find the person responsible.\n\nThe Met said officers were called just after 15:30 BST to reports that a woman had been assaulted.\n\nA statement said she was treated by the London Ambulance Service before being taken to a central London hospital.\n\nDet Supt Alex Bingley, of the Central West Command Unit which covers policing in Westminster, said: \"This was clearly a very distressing incident for the woman involved and officers have spent time with her, whilst she was being treated for her injury, to get an account of what happened.\n\n\"We know that this assault was witnessed by a number of people, many of whom captured it on their phones. I would ask them, if they have not already done so, to contact police.\n\n\"We remain in the early stages of our investigation and are working hard to trace the person responsible.\n\n\"I would ask people not to speculate on the motive for the attack until we have established the full facts.\"", "Olly Stephens was stabbed to death in Emmer Green in Reading\n\nA boy charged with stabbing a teenager to death admitted in a text he did it \"out of pure anger\", a court has heard.\n\nOliver Stephens, known as Olly, was pronounced dead at Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green, Reading, on 3 January.\n\nReading Crown Court heard details of text messages in which the defendant said it had been the \"biggest mistake of my life\".\n\nTwo boys, both 14, deny murder. A girl, also 14, and one of the boys, have pleaded guilty to manslaughter.\n\nThe court previously heard Olly had been \"lured\" to a park by a girl and \"ambushed\" by two teenage boys, who were \"motivated by perceived grievances\" against him.\n\nThe alleged attackers were said to have left Olly with stab wounds to the chest and back after a short scuffle.\n\nOlly was pronounced dead at Bug Bottom fields near his home in Emmer Green\n\nVoice message exchanges retrieved from mobile phones were also played to the jury.\n\nTwo hours after Olly was declared dead, one of the accused boys recorded a voice message saying: \"Boy it was me and my boy innit.\n\n\"I started slapping him up and then my boy backed out and then shanked [knifed] him.\"\n\nAn hour and a half later the other accused boy exchanged text messages with another teenager, the court was told.\n\nJurors were told he was asked: \"Did you kill Olly?\"\n\nHe replied: \"It was the biggest mistake of my life.\"\n\nWhen asked: \"Why did you do it?\", the court was told he replied: \"Out of pure anger... I didn't mean to. I just saw red.\"\n\nThe court also heard evidence from witnesses who had been walking in the area around the time of the attack.\n\nOne who knew Olly told the court he looked \"good\" and seemed in \"a bright mood and smiling\" when he had seen him before the attack.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Three people died after getting into difficulty in Loch Lomond near Ardlui\n\nA man, woman and boy have died after getting into difficulty in Loch Lomond.\n\nThey are among six water deaths in Scotland this weekend.\n\nThe 41-year-old man, 29-year-old woman and nine-year-old boy died near Pulpit Rock, Ardlui in Argyll and Bute on Saturday evening.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon called the death toll \"heartbreaking\". Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park said it was \"one of the worst weekends\" in the park's history.\n\nEmergency services were alerted to the Ardlui incident at about 18:40 on Saturday following \"reports of concern\" for people in the water.\n\nFire brigade appliances from Killin, Tyndrum and Balloch were sent to the scene, along with water rescue units from Oban and Stirling.\n\nPolice Scotland said three people were pronounced dead and a seven-year-old boy was rescued and taken to hospital in Glasgow where he is now in intensive care.\n\nThe force urged people to be careful in water after an \"incredibly busy\" weekend for emergency services.\n\nA 16-year-old boy died after a major search was launched at Loch Lomond on Friday\n\nAn 11-year-old boy died in a river near Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire on Saturday\n\nThe body of a 13 -year-old boy was recovered from River Clyde at Hazelbank on Sunday\n\nAn 11-year-old boy also died in a river near Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire on Saturday afternoon. He was pulled from the water at Alexander Hamilton Memorial Park after police were alerted at about 16:30.\n\nEmergency services were also called to an incident on the River Clyde at Hazelbank near Lanark at about 17:55 on Saturday. The body of a 13-year-old boy was recovered on Sunday morning.\n\nOn Friday a 16-year-old boy also died in Loch Lomond. The teenager got into difficulty in the water near the pier at Balloch Country Park, sparking a major search.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the weekend's incidents were \"heartbreaking\".\n\n\"My thoughts and condolences are with the loved ones of those who have lost their lives in the water over the past couple of days,\" she tweeted.\n\n\"In Scotland, we have some of the most beautiful lochs and rivers in the world - but if swimming in them, please take care.\"\n\nPolice Scotland Assistant Chief Constable, Mark Williams, said the number of deaths in open water this weekend was \"hard to comprehend\".\n\nHe added: \"The warm weather can make open water swimming and paddling very inviting but it is extremely dangerous.\n\n\"The conditions can change very quickly and there are often hidden risks like deeper water and strong currents. Tragically, this weekend has highlighted that open water is very, very dangerous.\"\n\nPolice Scotland said deep water and hidden currents could pose serious risks\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) also issued a warning about the dangers of cold water shock in warm weather.\n\nSFRS Chief Officer Martin Blunden said: \"Please, please make sure your loved ones, adults and kids, know how to behave around inland water.\n\n\"Yesterday was a tragic day for families and the first responder family. I am certain that all those affected thought it's just water - it isn't, it can also kill.\"\n\nGordon Watson, chief executive of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, said the park would reflect on the events of the weekend and what could be done to prevent further tragedies.\n\nHe said: \"I want to extend my deepest sympathies to the loved ones of those who have died. I also want to thank all of those involved in the search and recovery operations.\n\n\"This has undoubtedly been one of the worst weekends in the national park's history.\"\n\nPeople across the UK have been warned to take extra care swimming in open water after dozens drowned during recent hot weather.", "The windolyser is a hand-held device that can discover the age of the glass without damaging it\n\nNew research indicates that some stained glass windows from Canterbury Cathedral may be among the oldest in the world.\n\nThe panels, depicting the Ancestors of Christ, have been re-dated using a new, non-destructive technique.\n\nThe analysis indicates that some of them may date back to the mid-1100s.\n\nThe windows would therefore have been in place when the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, was killed at the cathedral in 1170.\n\nLéonie Seliger, the head of stained glass conservation at the cathedral, and part of the research team, told BBC News that the discovery was historically \"hugely significant\".\n\n\"We have hardly anything left of the artistic legacy of that early building [apart from] a few bits of stone carving. But until now, we didn't think we had any stained glass. And it turns out that we do,\" she said.\n\nThe prophet Nathan appeared stylistically different to many of the others in the Ancestors series\n\nShe said she had been so happy at hearing the news, she had been \"ready to dance.\"\n\nMs Seliger added: \"[The stained glass] would have witnessed the murder of Thomas Becket, they would have witnessed Henry II come on his knees begging for forgiveness, they would have witnessed the conflagration of the fire that devoured the cathedral in 1174. And then they would have witnessed all of British history.\"\n\nThomas Becket was murdered in the cathedral by four knights who believed they were acting on the orders of Henry II, with whom the archbishop had clashed. However, some historians doubt that Henry issued the command to assassinate Becket, and that his words may have been misinterpreted.\n\nThe re-dated panels are part of the Ancestors of Christ series depicted over one of the cathedral's entrances. It was thought for centuries that they were made by master craftsmen in the 13th century.\n\nThe art historian Prof Madeline Caviness suggested in the 1980s that some of the panels were earlier than previously believed because they were stylistically different. That suspicion has now been confirmed by a team of researchers from University College London (UCL), who built a device called a \"windolyser\" to solve the mystery.\n\nIt can be used on location and doesn't damage the glass. It shines a beam on to the surface - which causes the material in the glass to radiate. This radiation contains the glass's chemical fingerprint - from which the researchers were able to work out its age. Astronomers use the same technique, called spectrometry, to discover the chemical composition of distant stars.\n\nDr Laura Ware Adlington, who led the research, said that the windolyser's results were \"very exciting\".\n\n\"These findings will make us all, from art historians and scientists, to members of the public visiting the cathedral, look at the Canterbury stained glass in a whole new light.\"\n\nProf Caviness said she was ''delighted'' to hear that her assessment had been confirmed by Dr Ware Adlington.\n\n''The scientific findings, the observations and the chronology of the cathedral itself all fit together very nicely now,'' she told BBC News. Prof Caviness, who is now 83, told me that the finding had jolted her out of a ''Covid numbness'' that she had been feeling.\n\n''I wish I was younger and could throw myself more into helping Laura with her future work. But I've certainly got a few more projects to feed her.''\n\nDr Ware Adlington's study suggests that some of the Canterbury Ancestors may date back to the back to the period between 1130-1160, at least 10 years before Thomas Becket's infamous killing at the site in 1170.\n\nCanterbury Cathedral is a symbol of England's history, artistry and religious thinking. Now, a scientific discovery has given us a new perspective on the nation's past.\n\nAnd it is also thought that three other stylistically distinct windows in the cathedral may also be from an earlier time than originally thought.\n\nThe \"Ancestors Series\" was created for the cathedral beginning in the late 12th century, as part of a rebuilding programme which took place after a devastating fire in 1174. And the installation of the windows continued from the late 1170s through until 1220.\n\nThe new dating suggests that the panels had been present in the choir of the earlier building and survived the fire. It is now thought that they were stored for future use and later adapted for the new building.\n\nProf Ian Freestone, from the UCL Institute of Archaeology, described the research as a \"detective story\".\n\n\"We've been working on it for some time, putting all the pieces in place. And then we finally get an answer something new, that brings together science and art into one story,\" he said.", "The images appear to show Rooney asleep upright in a chair with people posing beside him\n\nFormer England footballer Wayne Rooney has reported a range of photos taken of him to police, his lawyers have said.\n\nThe photos, which were shared widely on social media, appear to show the Derby County manager asleep in a chair with unknown women posing beside him.\n\nIt is not known when the images were taken and there is no suggestion Rooney has behaved in any way inappropriately.\n\nThe ex-Manchester United star's representatives confirmed the matter had been reported to police.\n\nHis lawyers have declined to comment on the nature of the images.\n\nA Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said the force was so far \"not aware\" the matter had been reported.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "How are GB doing?\n\nGreat Britain have ended the penultimate day of Tokyo 2020 with 63 medals, one more than at this stage at London 2012 and three fewer than Rio 2016 after 15 days. The 20 gold medals are seven behind Rio and eight behind London. The final day in Rio delivered Joseph Joyce's boxing silver medal. In London, Anthony Joshua won boxing gold on the last day amongst three medals.\n\nThis year though, there are track cycling events on the last day with Jack Carlin and Laura Kenny as strongest potential medallists. In addition, Team GB have a guaranteed 64th medal from Lauren Price and Callum Hawkins amongst the best marathon runners.\n\nAs expected, ROC won three gold medals to overtake Great Britain on the medal table on day 15. Both have 20 gold medals but ROC have won five more silvers. On Sunday, ROC have two opportunities to win golds - in rhythmic gymnastics and handball. Russia won both of these events at the last Olympic Games and are favourites to win both again. To finish fourth on the medal table, Great Britain probably need to win two gold medals on Sunday and hope that ROC do not win both of these events.\n• None Britwatch: A daily guide on how Team GB are doing in Tokyo\n• None Find out these athletes' favourite One Hit Wonders\n• None How it all started for Blossoms and why they are still true to Stockport", "Other work in the government strategy could see improvements to the A66 between Cumbria and North Yorkshire\n\nA High Court challenge against a proposed £27bn road development scheme that includes a new road tunnel close to Stonehenge has been dismissed.\n\nThe Road Investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) relates to 45 government projects in England.\n\nCampaigners said the government ignored the environmental impact of RIS2 and it had been unlawfully approved.\n\nMr Justice Holgate said its net zero carbon target had \"plainly been taken into account\" when it was approved.\n\nOther schemes in the strategy include the Lower Thames Crossing linking Kent and Essex.\n\nThe A303 is often congested near the ancient stones in Wiltshire and a new tunnel would improve that, the government says\n\nIt also includes a plan to dual single carriageway stretches on the A66, between junction 40 of the M6 in Penrith, Cumbria, and the A1(M) at Scotch Corner, North Yorkshire.\n\nThe judgement is unconnected to a separate legal challenge made by Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS), which is opposed to the £1.7bn plan for works close to the Wiltshire site.\n\nTransport Action Network (Tan), a not-for-profit company that took the legal action against the RIS2 plans, said the judgement would \"surely send shivers down the spine of anyone hoping for urgent action on climate\".\n\nTan said transport secretary Grant Shapps and the Department for Transport (DfT) had unlawfully failed to take account of the \"obviously material\" impact of the road schemes on achieving climate change objectives.\n\nIts director, Chris Todd, added: \"Even if rising waters were lapping at the steps of the courts and Whitehall, it appears scrutiny of government climate decisions would still be side-stepped.\"\n\nBut the DfT said its plan had taken \"full and proper regard\" to the environment.\n\nThe mooted Lower Thames Crossing tunnel could reduce congestion but environmentalists have been critical\n\nMr Justice Holgate said in a ruling earlier that legislation requires a transport secretary setting an investment strategy to \"have regard to its effect on the environment, without any specific reference to climate change\".\n\nHe added the DfT's barrister had offered evidence that the government was \"taking a range of steps to tackle the need for urgency in addressing carbon production in the transport sector\".\n\nMr Justice Holgate added: \"Whether they are enough is not a matter for the court, but the evidence is plain that the government is seeking to deal with the need for urgency.\"\n\nA DfT spokesperson said: \"We welcome the court's judgement, which has found that our approach to assessing the carbon impacts of our road investment strategy was entirely lawful.\n\n\"Decarbonising transport is one of our main priorities and roads will continue to play a huge role in that, facilitating cyclists, buses and electric vehicles as we work towards banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030.\n\n\"Earlier this month we published our Transport Decarbonisation Plan which will further set transport on the path to achieving net zero by 2050.\"\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Comedian Tom O'Connor died in hospital in Buckinghamshire on Sunday aged 81, his family has said. He had had Parkinson's for over a decade.\n\nHis son Steve Finan O'Connor said he was a \"unique comedian who was light years ahead of political correctness\".\n\nO'Connor rose to fame on TV show Opportunity Knocks, which he won three times.\n\nHe went on to star in The Comedians and host shows including Name That Tune, Crosswits and the Tom O'Connor Show.\n\nHe leaves a wife and four children, as well as 16 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.\n\nHis son added: \"Tom was famously known for a brand of humour that was 100% clean and always totally family friendly.\"\n\nHe said his father, who was also an actor, was a \"firm TV favourite\".\n\nO'Connor was born in Bootle, Merseyside, and went on to become a maths teacher and assistant headteacher.\n\nHe started his showbusiness career as a singer, before introducing comedy into his act - he was still teaching during the day, and performing on the club circuit at night.\n\nO'Connor had his own show in the 1980s\n\nHe became a professional entertainer in 1972, establishing himself as a household name with shows like Pick Pockets and The Zodiac Game.\n\nHe hosted Name That Tune from 1976 until 1983.\n\nHis career also saw him appearing at the Royal Variety Show at the London Palladium and being the subject of This Is Your Life.\n\nAs well as hosting quiz shows - which also included I've Got a Secret and Gambit - he was also an actor, starring as Father Tom in daytime soap Doctors in the early 2000s. He won the celebrity edition of Come Dine With Me in 2010 and competed on the Pointless Celebrities quiz show with his daughter-in-law, Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis, the following year.\n\nO'Connor also made appearances as a guest in Countdown's dictionary corner and received an award from the Channel 4 quiz for being the first to mark 100 appearances on the show.\n\nIn a video on his website, O'Connor said: \"When I grew up as a kid in wartime Merseyside, I never dreamed I'd have a career that started as a schoolteacher, went to folk singer, then country and western singer, stand-up talker and TV presenter. I've been lucky.\"\n\nDenise Lewis said she had watched his TV shows with her mother on Saturday nights and when she first met him, was overwhelmed at how sweet, genuine and kind he was.\n\n\"It was exactly the person we saw on TV day and night,\" she added.\n\nTV presenter Piers Morgan was among those to pay tribute to O'Connor, calling him a \"Liverpool legend and a very funny man\".\n\n\"Sad news. Thanks for all the laughs, Tom,\" he said on Twitter.\n\nBBC Breakfast host Dan Walker tweeted that O'Connor was \"kind, funny and a true gent\".\n\nLiverpool City Council said: \"Sad news breaking about the death of veteran Liverpool comedian Tom O'Connor. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.\"", "Lewis Hamilton fought back from a 10-second penalty for a crash with title rival Max Verstappen to pass Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and claim a dramatic British Grand Prix victory.\n\nHamilton was blamed for a collision with Verstappen's Red Bull at Copse corner on the first lap of the race, which led to the Dutchman crashing out.\n\nVerstappen, 23, was taken to hospital for precautionary tests after the accident while Hamilton set about trying to win the race.\n\nThe Grand Prix was stopped after the incident with Leclerc in the lead from Hamilton and the Ferrari driver held that position until two laps from the end, when the Mercedes driver passed him, ironically, at the same corner at which he had crashed with Verstappen.\n• None 'A seismic moment that will become a defining part of F1 history'\n\nThe controversial win, in front of a crowd of 140,0000, was Hamilton's eighth in the British Grand Prix and cuts Verstappen's championship lead to eight points after a race that will go down in the annals of F1 history.\n\n\"It's overwhelming. It's was such a physically difficult race, great weather,\" said Hamilton.\n\n\"It is tough but I have been giving it my all this week. Just trying to discover performance in this car with the guys. I'm just proud of everyone, even though we've had a deficit [to Red Bull].\"\n\nOf his crash with Verstappen, he added: \"I just try and stay measured in my approach - particularly with Max, he's very aggressive. And then today, I was fully alongside him and he didn't give me the space, so...\n\n\"But regardless of whether I agree with the penalty, I take it on the chin and I just kept working. I wasn't going to let anything get in the way.\"\n\nVerstappen later responded to Hamilton's celebrations on the podium, calling him \"disrespectful\" and \"unsportsmanlike\".\n\nHe added on Twitter: \"The penalty given does not help us and doesn't do justice to the dangerous move Lewis made on track.\"\n\nWhat happened in the crash?\n\nThe moment many had considered to be inevitable at some point in this titanic battle between Verstappen and Hamilton happened after an intense scrap between the title rivals on the first lap.\n\nHamilton, starting second on the grid after Verstappen's victory in F1's maiden 'sprint' race on Saturday, got away better and was alongside the Red Bull driver into the first corner, but Verstappen held him off.\n\nHamilton nosed ahead into the Brooklands corner at the end of the Wellington straight, but was again held off.\n\nHeading down into the 190mph Copse corner, he dummied Verstappen, feinting to the outside and then diving for the inside.\n\nHamilton had more than half his car alongside Verstappen as they began to turn in, but backed off slightly as he saw the Dutchman was going to sit it out around the outside - and the Red Bull edged back ahead.\n\nHamilton was a little wide of the apex and his front left wheel made contact with Verstappen's right rear in the middle of the corner, and the impact sent Verstappen flying into the barriers on the outside.\n\nHe climbed out of the car and was walking around before being taken to the circuit medical centre for mandatory checks after such a heavy impact and complaining of dizziness.\n\nTeam boss Christian Horner said it measured 51G and Verstappen was taken to a local hospital for \"further precautionary tests\".\n\nIn their written reasons for handing down the sanction to Hamilton, the race stewards said the Mercedes driver had \"room available to the inside\" of the corner and \"did not avoid contact\" when Verstappen turned in, and concluded that Hamilton was \"predominantly at fault\".\n\nWhat happened in the race?\n\nLeclerc, who had passed Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas off the line, took the lead out of Copse in the aftermath of the incident and began the re-started race from pole position.\n\nThe Ferrari showed strong pace in the first stint and Hamilton was not able to challenge Leclerc, who was 2.3 seconds ahead when Hamilton made his pit stop to serve his penalty and change tyres on lap 27, dropping behind Bottas and McLaren's Lando Norris.\n\nHamilton passed Norris on lap 31 into Copse, and then closed on Bottas, who was ordered to let Hamilton by on lap 40.\n\nThe seven-time world champion then had 12 laps to close an eight-second gap to Leclerc and pass the Monegasque for the lead.\n\nOn the basis of Leclerc's pace earlier, it looked a tall order, but Hamilton was soon going a second a lap quicker than Leclerc and he was on the Ferrari's tail with three to go.\n\nHe went for the inside at Copse in a very similar move to the one that led to the Verstappen incident. But Hamilton was more cautious, backing off a little more, and then Leclerc ran wide on the exit of the corner allowing Hamilton to sweep by and extend his record of British Grand Prix wins to eight.\n\nReacting to the win, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said over the team radio: \"Lewis we never give up! We never give up! This is still on!!\"\n\nHamilton replied: \"Damn right Toto! Damn right! I wan't to say a big thanks to all the fans here. I couldn't do it without you guys!\"\n\nAnd what of the rest?\n\nLeclerc was second after a superb drive by the Ferrari man, but saying he was \"so disappointed\" to come close without victory, despite scoring his first podium finish of the year. Bottas took third ahead of Norris.\n\nMcLaren's Daniel Ricciardo benefited from a pit-stop problem for Ferrari's Carlos Sainz to take fifth, holding off the faster Spaniard to the flag.\n\nAnd Fernando Alonso drove an excellent defensive race to finish seventh, the starting position he earned with a brilliant drive in the sprint race, in which he passed six cars on the first lap in his Alpine.\n\nAlonso held off Aston Martin's Lance Stroll for most of the race and the second Alpine of Esteban Ocon took ninth ahead of Alpha Tauri's Yuki Tsunoda.\n\nWhat they said\n\nFerrari's Charles Leclerc, who finished second: \"It's difficult to enjoy 100% of course but it's been incredible. I gave all of me but it just wasn't enough in the last two laps.\n\n\"We definitely did not expect it. We expected to be competitive after qualifying but not as competitive as now, we were fighting for the win which was. incredible. Overall it's much longer than what we are used to.\n\n\"The team is working incredibly well and I'm very proud of them. It's great to have these kind of races it shows that we are doing something right.\n\n\"We are working in the right direction and we need to keep going like this. It wont be a smooth ride until we're back at the top.\"\n\nMercedes' Valtteri Bottas, who finished third: \"The weakness today was the start. I was wheel spinning a bit - just like Lewis yesterday.\n\n\"That made it a bit more difficult. Obviously we had to react to the stop with Lando at the beginning, we stopped a bit too early to be competitive at the end, but we got Lando and also we helped Lewis to win.\n\n\"Really strong weekend for the team. And we'll go again in two weeks' time.\"\n\nLeclerc was outstanding in the Ferrari, showing surprising pace throughout the race and coming agonisingly close to his first win of the season.\n\nA two-week break before the Hungarian Grand Prix, on one of Hamilton's favourite circuits, where Verstappen will be determined to hit back.\n• None How to be a teenager and an elite athlete: Hear from one of the youngest participants at Tokyo 2020\n• None George the Poet is back with season three of his award-winning podcast", "A man has been arrested for attempted kidnapping after a five-year-old boy was dragged into a car in broad daylight in New York City.\n\nA street camera filmed the moment the boy's mother rescued her son by pulling him through the car window.\n\nShe had been walking down the street with her three children when the attempted abduction took place in Queens on Thursday evening.", "Director Julia Ducournau thanked the jury for \"letting the monsters in\" after her win\n\nTitane - an outlandish film packed full of sex and violence - has won the top award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.\n\nDirector Julie Ducournau is only the second woman to receive the Palme d'Or and the first female to win it alone.\n\nThe film, which is Ducournau's second feature, tells the story of a young female killer who has sex with cars after surviving a childhood crash.\n\nThe award was prematurely revealed by US director Spike Lee at the beginning of Saturday's ceremony.\n\nThe jury president let the big secret slip, before telling the audience: \"I apologise for messing up.\"\n\nMs Ducournau was still emotional when her film was officially announced as the winner, adding: \"This evening has been perfect because it's been imperfect.\"\n\nTitane had split critical opinion and has been described as one of the most shocking ever shown at the festival.\n\nCannes was the first full-scale film festival to take place since the start of the pandemic.\n\nLast year's event was cancelled. The last film to take the Palme d'Or was Bong Joon Ho's Parasite in 2019, which later swept the award circuit and won Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards.\n\nThere were gasps when Lee prematurely announced the award winner during the closing ceremony\n\nA host of safety procedures were in place at the festival, including mask-wearing during screenings and frequent Covid saliva tests for attendees.\n\nWhile the glitz and glamour was toned down this year, a raft of Hollywood stars - including Sharon Stone and Tilda Swinton - made appearances.\n\nThe second-most prestigious award of the festival, the Grand Prix, was a tie between Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's film A Hero and Compartment No 6 directed by Juho Kuosmanen.\n\nLeos Carax won Best Director for musical Annette, which stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.\n\nNorwegian actress Renate Reinsve was named Best Actress for her part in The Worst Person In The World.\n\nActor Caleb Landry Jones took home the top male acting prize for his role in Nitram - which centres around a 1996 mass shooting in Australia.", "Travellers and tourism groups have criticised the ongoing need for people coming to England, Scotland and Wales from France to quarantine for 10 days.\n\nQuarantine rules are due to end for fully vaccinated people arriving from other amber list countries on Monday.\n\nFrance remains on the amber list, but there is concern over the level of Beta variant in the country as it may evade vaccine protection.\n\nAn industry group said the decision \"squashed\" consumer confidence.\n\nGemma Antrobus, from the Association of Independent Tour Operators, estimated that hundreds of thousands of travellers would be affected by the change.\n\nShe told the BBC the industry was in shock and the decision \"proves that something can come out of nowhere at the very last minute\".\n\nThe UK government announced the change of policy on Friday evening.\n\nEach UK nation sets its own travel rules. Wales said it would be following the change set by England, and on Saturday evening Scotland announced it was doing the same. Northern Ireland is yet to announce its intention.\n\nThe Beta variant - first identified in South Africa - accounts for about 10% of new infections in France. But that includes the Indian Ocean territories of Reunion and Mayotte, where the variant is near-universal.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant - first identified in India - accounts for almost all new cases in the UK.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the government had always been clear that it would take \"rapid action\" to stop the spread of Covid.\n\nBut Willie Walsh, the director-general of the International Air Transport Association, said the UK is \"destroying its own travel sector and the thousands of jobs that rely on it\" through constantly changing its travel rules.\n\nAnd Easyjet chief Johan Lundgren said the decision \"pulls the rug\" from travellers already in France and shows the traffic light system for pandemic travel is \"falling apart\".\n\nTravellers told the BBC they were frustrated by the inconsistent rules, while some said it was making it hard to visit family members abroad.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Miles says his plans to visit his partner in France have been thrown into doubt\n\nJames Miles from West Sussex said the quarantine requirement had put his plan to visit his girlfriend for the first time since 1 January in jeopardy.\n\n\"This is really affecting people's lives,\" he said.\n\n\"Seven months is a long time not to see your partner. I can't even see the light at the end of the tunnel. Where do we go from here?\"\n\nGeorgina Thomas, a nurse from Buckinghamshire who has been visiting her parents, told the PA news agency: \"I'm frustrated with the inconsistent approach the government are taking, it doesn't all appear logical.\n\n\"If a quarantine is necessary then so be it, but I'm confident that my risk will be higher when I return to the UK.\"\n\nThe government announcement means that anyone who has been in France in the previous 10 days will need to quarantine on arrival to England in their own accommodation and will need a day two and day eight test, regardless of their vaccination status.\n\nThis includes any fully vaccinated individual who transits through France from either a green or another amber country.\n\nBut ministers indicated that Eurostar passengers on services travelling through France would not need to quarantine if their train did not stop in the country.\n\nExisting amber list exemptions for key workers such as hauliers will remain in place.\n\nFrench MEP Veronique Trillet-Lenoir told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that it was \"difficult to understand\" the UK rules, as the Beta variant is \"not present at all\" in mainland France, with France's cases mainly being found in its overseas territories.\n\nThere has been no official response from the French government yet, but BBC Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield said it would be pushing for an explanation from its London counterpart for the toughened policy.\n\nFrance has announced it will tighten its rules for UK travellers who are not fully vaccinated, requiring a negative test in the 24 hours before arrival from Sunday, rather than the 48 hours allowed previously.\n\nAnyone fully vaccinated with a jab from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson from any country will be exempt from providing a negative test, however.\n\nProf John Edmunds, an epidemiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a government adviser on the Sage committee, said the Beta variant was at low levels in the UK but, as immunity from vaccines increases, \"conditions are right\" for it to gain an advantage.\n\nHe told the Today programme that the Beta variant is probably less infectious than the dominant Delta variant, but it appears to be better able to evade the immune response from vaccines - particularly from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe UK is currently facing a \"long and drawn out\" wave of infections from the Delta variant, he said, as it will not be brought down by lockdowns as previous peaks were.\n\nHe said cases are on course to hit 100,000 a day in about two weeks, although school closures over the summer may help to bring down the surge or cause it to level off. But high levels of infection were likely throughout the rest of the summer and autumn, he said.", "It was a picture postcard Saturday in KIllowen by Carlingford Lough\n\nTemperatures in Northern Ireland hit record-breaking heights on Saturday as thermometers soared above 30C.\n\nIt was the hottest day on record with Ballywatticock, near Newtownards in County Down, recording a temperature of 31.2C.\n\nThe previous high was 30.8C set in the summers of 1976 and 1983.\n\nRecord-breaking temperatures require several factors to line up, one after another, and on Saturday they did just that.\n\nThe hottest day of the year so far has been provisionally recorded in the other three UK nations too, and it could be even warmer on Sunday.\n\nIn England, 30.7C was recorded at Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire; in Wales, Usk in Monmouthshire reached 29C, and in Scotland, 28.2C was recorded in Threave in the Dumfries and Galloway region.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Met Office This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA record-breaking day starts with a warm night. On Friday night, temperatures at Killowen on the County Down coast only briefly dipped below 15 degrees.\n\nIt needs lots of sunshine. On Saturday we barely saw more than the wisp of a cloud and we are only just past the longest day of the year so the sun is still very powerful.\n\nAs the day began in Groomsport there were no clouds in the sky\n\nAnd finally it needs very little breeze. With high pressure in charge that was certainly been the case on Saturday and we have saw the temperature rise hour by hour.\n\nThe temperatures had been rising through the afternoon.\n\nFirst Killowen came close to 30C with 29.9C, before it was overtaken at 15:00 BST by the weather station at Ballywatticock.\n\nSitting in the shelter of Strangford Lough it was shielded from any afternoon sea breezes.\n\nWhile the hourly temperatures at 15:00 and 16:00 were just below the old record of 30.8C, at 15:40 a temperature of 31.2C was recorded, breaking a record that was set in 1976 and only matched once since in 1983.\n\nThere were clear blue skies above Lattone Lough in County Fermanagh\n\nIt was a remarkably warm day for Northern Ireland.\n\nBut breaking temperature records is no longer a remarkable event - it is the reality of life on a warming planet.\n\nIn the northern hemisphere summer of 2019, more than 400 individual temperature records were broken.\n\nGlobally, 19 of the warmest 20 years on record have occurred since the year 2000.\n\nAnd extreme summer heat can make torrential summer downpours more intense, bringing the destructive flooding that we have seen in Germany and Belgium this week.", "Supermarkets have warned they will have to cut opening hours or even shut shops if the number of workers forced to self-isolate continues to rise.\n\nM&S said the number of workers being notified by the NHS app is rising exponentially, and it may have to reduce hours if there are shortages.\n\nA leading supermarket, which declined to be named, said it could lead to massive disruption of food supplies.\n\n\"And there's a risk that there won't be sufficient staff to open shops.\"\n\nLast week, over 500,000 alerts were sent to users of the NHS Test and Trace app in England and Wales for the week to 7 July, a rise of 46% on the previous week.\n\nM&S chief executive Steve Rowe told The Times that the number of people being forced to self-isolate is \"a major issue across every industry at the moment\".\n\nHe said: \"Our Covid cases are roughly doubling every week and the pinging level is about three to one of Covid cases, so we're seeing that growing exponentially.\"\n\nHe said: \"If there's shortages we'll have to manage it by changing hours of stores, reducing hours.\"\n\nFrom 16 August, people who have been fully vaccinated will not have to self-isolate if they are \"pinged\" by the NHS app when they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid. They will instead be advised to take PCR test as soon as possible.\n\nMorrisons says, along with the rest of the country, they are seeing a rise in self-isolations\n\nBut another UK supermarket warned: \"The clock is ticking and the government needs to act fast to get people back to work if they have a negative test.\n\n\"If not, we could be heading towards crisis point next month.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Morrisons said: \"As per the whole of the UK, we are experiencing a rise in cases and close contact notifications.\"\n\nBut she added: \"We provide guidance and support for colleagues who may need to self-isolate including sick pay and have Covid secure controls in place in all our stores to ensure we can continue to operate and keep them open. Throughout the whole of the pandemic, we have not been required to close a store.\"\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC), which represents the industry, said that the government must bring forward the changes on self-isolation from 16 August \"so that people who are fully vaccinated or have a negative test are not forced to needlessly quarantine\" when they are contacted by the app.\n\nBRC chief executive, Helen Dickinson, said: \"We are already seeing a serious impact on retail operations as a result of staff having to self-isolate and this will only get worse right across the economy, as cases are already rising fast and the final restrictions are eased.\"\n\nLord Karan Bilimoria, president of the Confederation of British Industry, said that amid \"crippling staff shortages, speed is of the essence\".\n\nHe called for an immediate end to \"the self-isolation period of 10 days for people who are double-jabbed\" and \"a route out of isolation for those not yet fully vaccinated through daily lateral flow tests\".\n\nIt comes as both the prime minister and the chancellor u-turned on a decision not to self-isolate after coming into contact with health Secretary Sajid Javid, who announced on Saturday that he had tested positive for Covid.\n\nBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak initially said they planned to keep working on essential government business under a pilot scheme that involves daily testing.\n\nHowever, it prompted a backlash by opposition parties as well as the managing director of the retailer Iceland, Richard Walker, who tweeted: \"Shame the hundreds of Iceland staff who've been pinged can't avoid self-isolation. We can all do a daily lateral flow test.\"\n\nThe rising number of people being forced to self-isolate is impacting other sectors. Car-makers Nissan and Rolls-Royce have both warned that staff shortages could impact production at their plants.\n\nAround 10% of workers at Nissan's Sunderland plant are self-isolating\n\nAround 900 workers at Nissan's Sunderland plant have been sent home after being told to self-isolate.\n\nRolls-Royce said it may have to halve production if more employees are contacted by the Test and Trace app.\n\nMr Rowe also said: \"Where the industry will see the pain is in the supply chain, because logistics runs tight anyway to be efficient.\"\n\nThe union Community, which represents steelworkers across the UK as well as people working in logistics, said rising cases of coronavirus coupled with staff members having to self-isolate, has led to a lack of drivers being able to work.\n\n\"This is causing disruption in the industry, and reinforces the evidence government has been reckless in its approach to easing restrictions and should reconsider its approach,\" a spokesman for Community said.\n\nOn Monday, final Covid restrictions will be lifted in England, including the legal requirement to wear a face mask in enclosed spaces.\n\nOn Friday, the number of daily coronavirus cases reported in the UK surpassed 50,000 for the first time since mid-January. It recorded 54,674 cases on Saturday.", "Thousands of people with \"long Covid\" could benefit from the funding of 15 new studies of the condition, its causes and potential treatments.\n\nResearchers from across the UK will investigate everything from brain fog to ongoing breathlessness, using a new technique to detect hidden lung damage.\n\nThey will be backed by £20m from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).\n\nLong Covid is still not yet fully understood.\n\nAlthough many people make a full recovery after having Covid-19, some do go on to experience symptoms for many weeks or months afterwards, even if they were not ill enough to be treated in hospital at the time.\n\nThere is still no official definition for this condition, and estimates vary over how common it is.\n\nBut doctors are clear it can cause a broad range of long-term symptoms, including fatigue, muscle pain, headaches, brain fog and breathlessness, which are not seen to the same extent with other viruses.\n\nOne study being funded with this new money, led by University College London, will test whether everyday medicines such as aspirin and anti-histamines can help people recover.\n\nIt will recruit more than 4,500 people with long Covid who will be tracked over three months of treatment.\n\nAnother study will investigate the common long-lasting problem of brain fog, which many people say affects their daily activities and their ability to work.\n\nUsing detailed brain scans of those affected, researchers hope to learn more about this cognitive impairment and how it can be treated.\n\nAnd at the University of Oxford, a research team will focus on the causes of ongoing breathlessness - another common complaint in those with long Covid.\n\nA new technique means scientists are able to detect damage to the lungs, even when it doesn't show up on standard scans.\n\nProf Fergus Gleeson, study leader and professor of radiology and consultant radiologist, from University of Oxford, said the new scans trace inhaled gas moving into and out of the lungs.\n\n\"We can see if there has been damage to the airways in the lungs, or to the areas where oxygen crosses into the bloodstream, which appears to be the area damaged by Covid-19,\" he said.\n\nResearch will also be carried out at the University of Glasgow to assess whether a weight management programme can reduce symptoms of long Covid in people who are overweight or obese.\n\nAt Cardiff University, researchers will look at whether an overactive or impaired immune response could be driving long Covid.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the new research was \"absolutely essential to improve diagnosis and treatments\" and would be life-changing for those battling the long-term symptoms of the virus.\n\nHe said it would build on the 80 long Covid assessment centres open in England.", "It is going to be a \"difficult summer\" with Covid cases in the UK possibly reaching 200,000 a day, the scientist whose modelling led to the first nationwide restrictions has suggested.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson said there could be as many as 2,000 hospital admissions per day, which would cause \"major disruption\" to the NHS.\n\nEngland and Scotland are set to ease restrictions from Monday.\n\nThe UK recorded more than 50,000 cases on both Friday and Saturday.\n\nThe last time case numbers were that high was in mid-January.\n\nProf Ferguson, who sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show it was \"almost certain\" that the UK would reach 100,000 cases and 1,000 hospital admissions per day as almost all legal restrictions on social contact end in England and school holidays begin.\n\nHe said maintaining that level could be described as \"success\".\n\n\"The real question is do we get to double that, or even higher?\" he said, though adding that it was \"much less certain\" to predict.\n\nHe said a further 500,000 people could get long Covid.\n\nProf Ferguson said the \"best projections\" were that the peak of this wave could occur between August and mid-September, and it would take around three weeks to know the impact of relaxing restrictions.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has described England's approach to easing lockdown as \"cautious but irreversible\".\n\nAsked whether restrictions could be reintroduced, Prof Ferguson said there may be \"a need to slow the spread to some extent\" if hospital admissions were to reach 2,000 or 3,000 per day.\n\n\"It's going to be a difficult summer for many reasons... I think case numbers are likely to be declining at least by late September, even in the the worst-case scenario,\" he said.\n\n\"Going into the the winter, I think we will have quite quite a high degree of immunity against Covid, the real concerns are a resurgence of influenza, because we haven't had any influenza for 18 months.\"\n\nHe added that flu \"could be, frankly, almost as damaging both for health and the health system, by December or January, as Covid has been this year\".\n\nEarlier, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said there would be \"some quite challenging weeks ahead\".\n\nSocial distancing rules will end in England on Monday, although government guidelines advise face coverings should still be worn in enclosed spaces such as in shops and on public transport.\n\n\"We will all need to exercise good judgement,\" Mr Jenrick told Sky News.\n\nScotland will move to level zero of Covid restrictions on Monday, meaning pubs and restaurants can open until midnight. However, limits on outdoor meetings will remain, the return of workers to offices will be delayed and face coverings will still be mandatory.\n\nMost Covid rules in Wales are set to be scrapped from 7 August, but face coverings will still be required in most public places and on public transport.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, restrictions will be eased further on 26 July, if approved at a review on 22 July", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid was at a meeting in Downing Street shortly before testing positive for Covid-19\n\nThe prime minister and chancellor will not be self-isolating after contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who has tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nDowning Street said the pair would take part in a pilot programme, where daily tests replace self-isolation.\n\nThey will have to self-isolate when not working and will only conduct essential business, a spokesman said.\n\nLabour said the public would think this means there is \"one rule for them and another for the rest of us\".\n\nMr Javid tested positive on Saturday morning after a meeting at Downing Street the day before, and both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were contacted by NHS Test and Trace as his contacts.\n\nDowning Street is among 20 private and public sector organisations - including Network Rail, Transport for London and Border Force - taking part in a pilot where close contacts of Covid cases take daily tests.\n\nWorkplaces need a testing system in place for asymptomatic people and individuals taking part must self-isolate when not working.\n\nNumber 10 said: \"They will be participating in the daily contact testing pilot to allow them to continue to work from Downing Street. They will be conducting only essential government business during this period.\"\n\nCase numbers are continuing to rise ahead of the lifting of legal rules on social contact in England on Monday, and businesses have raised concerns about staff shortages due to the numbers of people self-isolating.\n\nMore than half a million alerts telling people to self-isolate were sent by the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales in the first week of July, with unions saying it was causing \"havoc\" on production lines.\n\nOpposition parties criticised the decision to allow the prime minister and chancellor to escape the normal self-isolation requirements.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show parents whose children were missing school or businesses short of workers would be thinking \"it's one rule for them and another for the rest of us\", with politicians having access to \"VIP testing\".\n\nHe said ending almost all legal restrictions on Monday while cases surge is \"reckless, like putting your foot down on the accelerator while taking your seat belt off\".\n\nLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: \"How about the school teachers, transport workers and health workers getting a chance to be part of this test pilot, or is it only for the privileged few?\"\n\nBut Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, stepping in for Mr Javid on the Andrew Marr Show, said: \"The scheme is a well known and long-standing one, it's not just available for politicians.\"\n\nHe said his department was not part of it and \"the normal rules would apply to me as you would expect\".\n\nMr Jenrick said the government was ending self-isolation in England for entire school bubbles on Monday while from 16 August fully vaccinated people will not have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive.\n\nBut he said self-isolation was \"an important part of keeping the virus under control\", adding that a study had showed the NHS Covid app had prevented 600,000 infections and 8,000 deaths.\n\nMr Javid, who has received both vaccine doses, posted on his Twitter feed on Saturday to say that he had taken a lateral flow test after feeling \"a bit groggy\" on Friday evening, describing his symptoms as \"very mild\".\n\nHe later tweeted that the positive result was confirmed by a PCR test.\n\nAs a result, Test and Trace staff looked at his recent close contacts - for example anyone he had been within 1-2m of for more than 15 minutes - and whether they needed to self-isolate as well.\n\nIn addition to the meeting at Downing Street, Mr Javid had been working from his office at the Department of Health and Social Care in Whitehall last week and was in the Commons chamber three times.\n\nHe is also known to have visited a care home in south London on Tuesday. Aashna House in Streatham has a 100% vaccination rate among staff and residents, however.\n\nIn November, Mr Johnson, six Conservative MPs and two political aides had to self isolate after an MP at a Downing Street breakfast meeting tested positive for Covid.\n\nCabinet Office minister Michael Gove avoided self-isolation in June by taking part in a separate study involving 40,000 people which also used daily testing as an alternative to self-isolation.\n\nWhile social-distancing rules will end on 19 July, requirements to self-isolate will only be eased for fully vaccinated people four weeks later, and guidance will advise that face coverings should still be worn in enclosed spaces such as in shops and on public transport.\n\nBut the government is facing growing criticism over its plans.\n\nThere have been warnings that the UK may need to re-impose measures in the autumn, with England's deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, suggesting a \"bumpy winter\" could lie ahead.\n\nMr Javid said people who feel groggy or come into contact with someone who is positive should take a lateral flow test.\n\nLateral flow tests provide a quick result, using a device similar to a pregnancy test and are intended for use in those without symptoms, according to the NHS.\n\nPCR tests are mainly used when people have coronavirus symptoms or have already had a positive lateral flow result, and are sent to laboratories to be checked. The NHS suggests people do a lateral flow test twice a week to check if they have the virus.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said that Mr Javid's positive test shows that \"no-one is safe from this deadly virus\" and urged the government to reconsider the lifting of measures.\n\nHealth spokeswoman Munira Wilson said: \"By easing all restrictions with cases surging, they are experimenting with people's lives.\"\n\nMeanwhile, transport unions have warned there will be \"dire consequences\" in the next few days as infection rates increase, impacting staff numbers.\n\nThe Metropolitan Line on the London Underground was suspended on Saturday when control room workers were contacted through the NHS Test and Trace app to self isolate.\n\nThe UK recorded 54,674 cases on Saturday - following 51,870 new cases on Friday - as well as 41 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.\n\nIt is the second day running that the UK recorded more than 50,000 daily cases - a figure not reached since mid-January.\n\nScotland will move to level zero of Covid restrictions on Monday, meaning pubs and restaurants can open until midnight. However, limits on outdoor meetings will remain, the return of workers to offices will be delayed and face coverings will still be mandatory.\n\nMost Covid rules in Wales are set to be scrapped from 7 August, but face coverings will still be required in most public places and on public transport.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, restrictions will be eased further on 26 July, if approved at a review on 22 July.", "Residents in one of the worst-affected areas in Europe's floods have returned to their homes and businesses to inspect the damage.\n\nKleivelderweg lies deep inside the Dutch disaster zone and has been taken over by flood water. Some people on one street were too afraid to look in their houses so one neighbour offered to wade through the water and take videos for them.\n\nAt least 180 people have died in mass flooding across several countries, and with many still missing the death toll could rise further.", "Thousands of vaccinations have been administered each day at the Hydro\n\nPlans to close the Covid vaccination centre at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow this weekend must be delayed, according to opposition politicians.\n\nThe Scottish government said the venue was being handed back in preparation for hosting a UN climate conference.\n\nBut Tory and Labour politicians said closing the hub was \"baffling\" when vaccines were still to be administered.\n\nThe health board plans to close the Hydro hub and move the focus to community and mobile facilities.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said it would now be moving fully on to the next stage of the vaccination programme, which will focus more on mobile facilities and drop-ins at community settings, alongside planned second dose appointments.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: \"It's baffling that the SNP have chosen this moment to shut the Hydro for vaccinations from Sunday. Everyone looking at this decision will be scratching their heads.\"\n\nHe pointed out that Covid cases remained high and the vaccination rate had slowed in recent weeks\n\nMr Ross continued: \"Humza Yousaf claims it's because of COP26 [the UN climate change conference) but that's nonsense. COP26 doesn't start until late October and there are a dozen events at the Hydro before then.\n\n\"Instead of spinning a story, the SNP should honestly and openly explain this decision to the public, especially because only 54% of adults in Glasgow are fully vaccinated, the second lowest figure of any local authority.\"\n\nScottish Labour's health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said it was an \"utterly bizarre decision at a time when Covid cases are far too high and vaccination rates are too slow\".\n\nShe added: \"With thousands still waiting for at least one dose and people queueing daily, the vaccine roll-out is far from over. It is beyond complacent to think now is the time to start winding down.\"\n\nMs Baillie said new community and mobile vaccination hubs should be adding to existing services - not replacing them.\n\n\"The government's attempt to hide behind COP26 to justify their decision to scrap the Hydro site adds insult to injury. Their approach here has been as dishonest as it is irresponsible,\" she added.\n\nThe Scottish government has previously rejected opposition criticism of the pace of the vaccine roll-out.\n\nIt has highlighted two \"constraining factors\" - supply, which it says tends to ebb and flow, and the \"clinically advised gap of eight weeks between the first and second doses\".\n\nThe government has insisted it is \"vaccinating as quickly as possible within those constraints\".\n\nProf Linda Bauld, a public health expert from Edinburgh University, said closing the vaccination hub at the Hydro did not appear to be a positive step.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"Clearly they've done an assessment, but if you think about how it appears it doesn't appear that that's a positive step, because what we want is as many places that are as convenient as possible for young people to go, and that also have large capacity to accommodate the numbers who still need to be vaccinated.\"\n\nShe added: \"We've really only got about two thirds of the adult population who've had a second dose, so there's lots of people who still need one.\n\n\"The Hydro was useful, just because these mass vaccination centres have been used around the UK to really good effect\n\n\"I hope that that is not a mistake and that the ease of access we particularly need for people in their 20s and 30s will continue to be the case.\"\n\nThe vaccination centre moved to the SSE Hydro in April following the closure of NHS Louisa Jordan at the SEC\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf urged people to come forward for their jab.\n\nHe said: \"By close of play on Sunday every adult in the NHSGGC area who attended their scheduled appointment will have received their first dose, but we urge anyone who hasn't come forward for whatever reason to pop into the Hydro as staff mark its final day as a vaccination centre.\n\nHe added that it was \"now time for the site to be handed over in preparation for COP26, as was always the intention\".\n\n\"The transition from the Hydro will be seamless with no negative impact on vaccination capacity and appointments have been allocated to alternative clinics, although of course, people can always head along to one of the many drop-in clinics now operating in the area if they prefer,\" he added.\n\nThe vaccination centre moved to the SSE Hydro in April following the closure of NHS Louisa Jordan, the temporary hospital at Glasgow's Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC).\n\nJane Grant, NHSGGC's chief executive, said: \"The SSE Hydro and NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital have both played a really significant role in enabling NHSGGC to deliver our vaccination programme.\n\n\"Our vaccination rollout has been a great success so far and as we now move into the next stage of the programme and look ahead to potential Covid-19 vaccine booster requirements, it is important we can continue to provide an accessible and flexible service to members of the public.\n\n\"This is why our focus is now very much on community drop-ins and the use of mobile vaccination facilities which allow us to continue to connect with communities as well as make provision for people who may not be able to attend a scheduled appointment due to work or family commitments.\"\n\nNHSGGC said about 5,000 vaccines had been delivered a day at the Hydro.\n\nThe health board has administered approximately 1.4 million vaccinations, and more than 555,000 people have received both doses.", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nMax Verstappen has accused Lewis Hamilton of being \"disrespectful\" and \"unsportsmanlike\" following their collision in the British Grand Prix.\n\nThe Red Bull driver was taken to hospital for precautionary checks after suffering an impact of 51G in the first-lap crash.\n\n\"Very disappointed to be taken out like this,\" Verstappen said.\n\n\"Watching the celebrations while still in hospital is disrespectful and unsportsmanlike... but we move on.\"\n• None 'A seismic moment that will become a defining part of F1 history'\n\nVerstappen later confirmed he had been released from hospital.\n\nThe 23-year-old Dutchman posted a picture of himself with his father Jos in Coventry Hospital alongside the caption: \"Cleared from the hospital after all the checks were ok. Thank you to everyone for all the nice messages and best wishes.\"\n\nA Red Bull statement added: \"We are pleased to confirm that Max was released from hospital at 22:00 [BST] this evening, following a thorough medical examination, without any major injuries.\"\n\nHamilton was given a 10-second penalty for the incident, which dropped him to fourth place after his pit stop, but the Briton fought back to overtake Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to win a dramatic race.\n\nVerstappen said in his earlier Twitter post: \"The penalty given does not help us and doesn't do justice to the dangerous move Lewis made on track.\"\n\nSpeaking after the race, Hamilton said: \"I was pretty far alongside him, but I could see he wasn't going to back out. But then we went into the corner and we collided.\n\n\"Of course that's never the way I want to win a race or just in general to race, but these things do happen.\"\n\nIn a tweet posted later on Sunday, Hamilton added: \"Today is a reminder of the dangers in this sport. I send my best wishes to Max who is an incredible competitor. I'm glad to hear he is ok. I will always race hard but always fairly.\"\n\nThe incident happened at Copse corner, which is taken at 190mph in a Formula 1 car. Hamilton overtook two other drivers there during the race, including the move that claimed the lead from Leclerc.\n\nRed Bull team principal Christian Horner said Hamilton's move was \"an amateur mistake, a desperate mistake\", adding: \"It is disappointing and annoying; his actions have jeopardised another driver's safety.\"\n\nHorner added: \"Putting a fellow driver in hospital and writing off a car and receiving a menial penalty and winning a grand prix doesn't feel like much of a penalty.\n\n\"To stick a wheel up the inside at Copse corner, one of the fastest corners anywhere, there is only ever going to be one consequence of that.\n\n\"We are just lucky someone wasn't seriously hurt. Thankfully we got away with it.\"\n\nAnd Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko said: \"Such dangerous and reckless behaviour should be punished with a suspension or something.\"\n\nBut Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff responded: \"It is a situation we all have seen in the past when great drivers race with each other. When nobody is prepared to give in, these kinds of situations can happen. But it takes two to tango.\"\n\nThe British Grand Prix stewards judged Hamilton to be \"predominantly at fault\". They said Hamilton went into the corner \"slightly behind and on the inside\", saying that he was \"on a line that did not reach the apex of the corner, with room available to the inside\".\n\nHamilton, who won the British Grand Prix for an eighth time to move eight points behind Verstappen in the current drivers' standings, declined to comment on Horner's criticisms.\n\nBut he said: \"It is important for all of us to take a step back. I am sure emotions are running high there and I know what it's like to lose points and be in that position.\"\n\nHamilton also rejected claims he should apologise for the incident in the context of being penalised.\n\n\"I don't think I am in a position to have to apologise for anything,\" added the seven-time world champion. \"We are out there racing.\n\n\"There will be a lot of tough races coming up. We have to learn to strike a decent balance.\n\n\"I don't agree with the stewards, but I take the penalty on the chin and get on with my job. Everyone is going to have a different opinion and I don't particularly care what people think, I just do what I do.\"\n• None How to be a teenager and an elite athlete: Hear from one of the youngest participants at Tokyo 2020\n• None George the Poet is back with season three of his award-winning podcast", "\n• Everyone travelling to Spain (including children) must submit an online Health Control Form (in English), no more than 48 hours before departure. This will generate a QR code which needs to be presented (either digitally or as a hard copy) at the Spanish border. All travellers aged 12 and over must be able to prove they've been fully vaccinated (with both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a one-dose vaccine) at least 14 days before arrival. Proof of a negative test or recovery from Covid is not accepted. From 23:00 GMT on 13 February children aged 12-17 do not need to be double-jabbed to enter the country. Instead, they must present a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before arrival. You must have received your final vaccine dose no earlier than 270 days (about nine months) before travelling. If it was earlier than this, you must be able to show proof of having received a booster jab. There is no requirement for 14 days to have passed between receiving your booster and entering Spain. Spain (like all EU countries) will accept as proof the NHS Covid Pass, Scotland's NHS Covid Status Pass or Northern Ireland's COVIDCert NI app - these can be presented either in digital form on a phone, or printed (as long as it's dated after 1 November 2021). Fully vaccinated children aged 12 to 15 can now also use the NHS app to show their Covid status, or they can request an NHS Covid Pass letter for international travel. Children under the age of 12 do not need to show proof of vaccination. If you have not been fully vaccinated, you can only enter Spain if your journey is classed as \"essential\" by the Spanish Ministry of Health. If your journey qualifies, you will need to present either a negative PCR test taken within the previous 72 hours, or a negative antigen test/LFT taken within the previous 24 hours, or else a medical certificate to say that you have recovered from Covid in the previous six months. If you're travelling via Gibraltar, check the latest Foreign Office travel advice.\n• Wherever you are in Spain, you must observe social distancing of 1.5m (5ft). Everyone aged six and over must also wear a face mask in the following places (unless they have a medical exemption):\n• any enclosed space open to the public (eg shops, restaurants, hotels or hospitals)\n• any indoor space where people from different households mix\n• any outdoor space where it is not possible to observe social distancing (e.g. crowded streets, public demonstrations etc.)\n• all forms of public transport and all transport stations, platforms and airports Some regions may have additional restrictive measures, including:\n• restrictions on meeting people from other households indoors\n• capacity restrictions at beaches or other public areas (eg booking systems) You should check with local and regional authorities for more details. The Foreign Office has specific healthcare guidance for UK nationals visiting Spain. For more details about travelling in Spain, go to the UK Foreign Office travel advice for Spain\n• Everyone aged 12 and over travelling to the UK must fill in an online passenger locator form before they depart. Adults can complete the form for under-18s travelling with them. If you qualify as fully vaccinated, you do not need to take any tests either before or after you arrive in the UK, nor is there any need to quarantine. The same rules apply for travellers under the age of 18. If you are 18 or over, and not fully vaccinated:\n• you will need to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test, taken in the two days before you travel to the UK\n• you will need to book and pay for a PCR test, to be taken within two days of arrival in the UK. This must be booked with a private provider before you travel\n• you do not have to quarantine unless your PCR test is positive", "The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Najib Alikhil, condemned the \"inhuman attack\" on his daughter\n\nThe daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan was briefly kidnapped and injured by unknown assailants, officials say.\n\nSilsila Alikhil was seized on her way home in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday and held for several hours.\n\nAfghanistan's foreign ministry said she was \"severely tortured\". Later it said senior diplomats including the ambassador had been recalled.\n\nRelations between the two neighbours have long been strained.\n\nPakistani officials said Silsila Alikhil, who is in her 20s, was assaulted by assailants who got into a car she was travelling in and beat her up.\n\nAfter her release she was treated in hospital. Condemning the \"inhuman attack\", the ambassador, Najib Alikhil, said his daughter \"feels better now\" .\n\nOn Saturday the Afghan foreign ministry expressed its \"deep concern\" and said it was lodging a complaint over the incident.\n\nIn another statement on Sunday it said it was recalling the ambassador and other senior diplomats \"until all the security threats are removed\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Afghanistan 🇦🇫 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. 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End of twitter post by Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Afghanistan 🇦🇫\n\nIn recent weeks, ties between the two countries have been deteriorating amid rising violence in Afghanistan.\n\nThe Afghan government accuses Pakistan of providing safe haven for Taliban militants waging an insurgency across the country.\n\nTaliban militants have made advances across the country, seizing a series of border posts from Afghan forces.\n\nThe Taliban have moved swiftly as the US steps up the withdrawal of its forces from the country ahead of an 11 September deadline set by President Joe Biden.\n\nOther allied countries, including the UK, have withdrawn nearly all military forces ahead of Mr Biden's deadline.\n\nPakistan, for its part, accuses Afghanistan of allowing militants to launch attacks from its soil.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Choudary was jailed in 2016 and released on licence two years later\n\nRadical preacher Anjem Choudary's ban on speaking in public is to be lifted as conditions which were imposed after his release from prison come to an end.\n\nChoudary, from Ilford in east London, was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2016 after being convicted of inviting support for the Islamic State group.\n\nHe headed a now-banned group supporting an extreme interpretation of Islam.\n\nHe was released on licence from HMP Belmarsh in 2018 and was subject to more than 20 conditions at the time.\n\nHis licence conditions, which included a ban on public speaking and talking to the media, will automatically expire at midnight.\n\nHis internet and mobile phone use was also restricted and he was banned from being in contact with people who may be suspected of extremist-related offences without prior approval.\n\nThe former solicitor had to wear an electronic tag and abide by a night-time curfew, only attend pre-approved mosques and stay within a set area, as well as adhere to other standard requirements, like having regular meetings with probation officers.\n\nPolice and probation services were among a host of bodies involved in monitoring him under the system known as multi-agency public protection arrangements.\n\nSeparate measures saw his name added to a UN sanctions list, which meant he was banned from travelling and had assets frozen.\n\nA senior security source told the Press Association \"disruptive measures\" had had \"a substantial impact\" on the ability of the group Choudary headed, the Al-Muhajiroun (ALM) network, \"to propagate their toxic ideology\".\n\nALM has been linked to multiple attacks and plots in the UK and abroad.\n\nThe three attackers that killed eight people at London Bridge in 2017 were led by a former ALM member, while the murder of five at Westminster Bridge earlier that year was by a man who had spent years associating with the group.\n\nFormer member Usman Khan also killed two people at Fishmongers Hall in 2019.", "Ireland's chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan (left) and deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn have become high-profile figures\n\nTwo of Ireland's most senior public health officials have received abusive phone calls, which government ministers described as sickening and \"appalling\".\n\nChief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan and his deputy Dr Ronan Glynn were reportedly targeted on Friday night.\n\nThe pair are among the most prominent public figures in Ireland's response to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSeparately, a health journalist released a recording of a strange call he got in the early hours of Saturday.\n\nFergal Bowers, a correspondent for Irish national broadcaster RTÉ, said he received the anonymous call just after 03:30 local time and would be \"alerting the relevant authorities\".\n\nSeveral media outlets, including Ireland's Sunday Independent are reporting that gardaí (Irish police) are now investigating the phone calls.\n\nA spokeswoman for An Garda Síochána (Irish police force) told BBC News NI that although she would not comment on individual cases, \"a number of reports of menacing phone calls have been reported... and these matters will be fully investigated\".\n\nThe calls to Dr Holohan and Dr Glynn were condemned by Ireland's Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and his predecessor Simon Harris.\n\n\"It is absolutely appalling that public health doctors advising government would be targeted with abuse for doing their jobs in the middle of a pandemic,\" Mr Donnelly tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Stephen Donnelly This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis cabinet college Mr Harris, who served as health minister for four years until he was appointed as minister of further and higher education last summer, worked closely with the public health team from the outset of the pandemic.\n\n\"Sickened to hear of abusive calls being directed at them and their families,\" Mr Harris tweeted.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Oil producing nations have agreed to increase their output, with the aim of reducing prices and easing pressure on the world economy.\n\nThe Opec cartel and partners such as Russia will boost supply from August after prices climbed to two-and-half-year highs during the pandemic.\n\nThe move should have an impact on petrol prices at the pump, which have also rocketed.\n\nThe price of Brent crude oil is up 43% this year to almost $74 a barrel.\n\nLast year, Opec and its partners cut production by a record 10 million barrels per day (bpd) amid a pandemic-induced slump in demand and collapsing prices.\n\nHowever, this year the price of oil has surged as economies have reopened, contributing to rising inflation in some countries and threatening to put the brakes on the global recovery.\n\nOil producers have been seeking to ease the cuts, but a row between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates threatened to derail the plans earlier in July.\n\nAbu Dhabi had blocked a proposal by Riyadh and Moscow to extend output curbs to 2022 after they rejected its demand to produce more oil.\n\nThe unusually public dispute between the close allies had raised fears about the stability of the \"Opec +\" cartel, which controls more than 50% of the world's oil supplies.\n\nUnder the new deal, Opec and partners have agreed to increase supply by a further two million barrels per day from August until December 2021 to help stabilise the market.\n\nHigher output quotas have also been agreed for several members from May 2022, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Kuwait and Iraq.\n\nThe cartel said it would phase out by September 2022 oil production cuts that were brought in last year.\n\nRussian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told public television channel Rossia 24 that the members had been \"constructive\" and found \"consensus\".\n\n\"The pandemic is not yet overcome, but we are seeing that thanks to vaccination all over the world, demand for our production is recovering as is the use of cars and air planes,\" he said.\n\n\"It is therefore very important for us to fulfil our responsibilities and allow a recovery of the world economy.\"", "Canada has overtaken the US in second dose vaccination rates, after months of lagging behind its southern neighbour.\n\nAs of 16 July, 48.45% of Canadians are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, compared with 48.05% of Americans.\n\nIf Canada's vaccine progress continues it may open its border to US travellers after a 16-month closure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week.\n\nIn the US, a levelling-off of vaccine rates comes amid a concerning increase in Covid-19 cases.\n\nPresident Joe Biden failed to meet a self-set target of 70% of adults vaccinated by the 4 July holiday weekend. About 68% of Americans aged 18 and older have received at least one shot.\n\nThe White House and local governments have turned to both creative solutions and celebrity guest stars in an effort to counter vaccine hesitancy.\n\nMichigan, Ohio and California are among the states offering cash lotteries for residents who get the jab. Pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo made an appearance at the White House this week to promote vaccinations among young people, and Nascar will host a vaccine drive this weekend.\n\nThe push for vaccines is now taking on added urgency, as infections increase in every state, driven by a surge in variants. Still, case numbers remain dramatically lower than in winter when they were at the peak.\n\nIn Canada, too, vaccine rates have slowed in recent weeks, after a steep upswing beginning in late March.\n\nTwo of Canada's northern territories - Yukon and the Northwest Territories - lead the country with roughly 75% and 72% of residents vaccinated, respectively.\n\nThe uptick in vaccines has been met with a steady drop in Covid-19 cases. After a steep third wave this spring, Canada reported around 3,000 infections this week - a low not seen since last summer.\n\nWith roughly 80% of eligible Canadians protected by at least one dose, Mr Trudeau said on Thursday that the country expects to begin allowing fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents into Canada as of mid-August for non-essential travel, and international travellers in September.\n\nCanada has curbed almost all non-essential travel by foreigners since March 2020. Mr Trudeau has faced growing pressure to show his plans for reopening the US-Canada border.\n\nOf G20 countries, Canada is now at the head of the pack in vaccination rates. Worldwide, it is hovering around the 15th spot for percentage of the population fully vaccinated, with the US just behind, according to the New York Times global tracker.", "Cowes RNLI lifeboat helm Myles Hussey said the crew named the young deer 'Ebbing'\n\nA young \"exhausted\" deer has been rescued by a lifeboat crew after they spotted it swimming in the Solent.\n\nThe deer, of the muntjac variety found in the New Forest, had apparently been carried three miles across the strait by the tide, to end up off Princes Green, Cowes, on the Isle of Wight.\n\n\"To say we were surprised was an understatement,\" Myles Hussey, Cowes RNLI lifeboat helm said.\n\n\"Even the Coastguard had to be told three times before they believed us.\"\n\nThe young deer was \"exhausted and cold\" when the crew managed to get it onto the boat on Saturday, Mr Hussey said.\n\nIt was wrapped in a blanket and taken back to the lifeboat station where it was given a drink as it waited to be picked up by the RSPCA.\n\nMr Hussey said the crew \"named the youngster Ebbing\" because of \"the tide at the time\".\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wearing a bulletproof vest, Martine Moïse arrived by plane 10 days after surviving the attack\n\nThe widow of Haiti's assassinated president has returned to the Caribbean nation after being treated in Florida for wounds suffered in the attack.\n\nMartine Moïse was seen wearing an arm sling and a bulletproof vest after arriving by plane at Port-au-Prince airport on Saturday.\n\nHer husband Jovenel Moïse was killed by assassins in their home on 7 July.\n\nMrs Moïse was injured in the attack, and was flown to a hospital in Miami, Florida for treatment.\n\nIn a tweet, a Haitian official said Mrs Moïse had returned to the country to prepare for her husband's funeral next week.\n\nFlanked by security agents, she was pictured being greeted by Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph and other officials on the tarmac.\n\nMrs Moïse has made few comments since the attack, for which police have blamed a group of foreign mercenaries, most of them Colombians.\n\nFrom her hospital bed, she recorded an audio message in which she described the moment assassins \"riddled\" her husband with bullets after bursting into their home in the middle of the night.\n\nMrs Moïse said the attack happened so quickly that her husband was unable to \"say a single word\". Earlier this week, she tweeted: \"This pain will never pass.\"\n\nMr Moïse, 53, had been president of Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas, since 2017. His time in office was rocky as he faced accusations of corruption and there were widespread demonstrations against him earlier this year.\n\nCorrespondents say that as a witness to the attack, Ms Moïse could help investigators understand who carried out the assassination and why.\n\nMany of the details surrounding the attack remain a mystery.\n\nHaitian police say a group of mainly foreign mercenaries - 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans - made up the group that carried out the killing.\n\nAt least 20 have been detained, while three were killed by police and five are still on the run.\n\nHaitian police have also arrested a Florida-based Haitian doctor, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, whom they described as a \"key suspect\" in the assassination.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Two South Africa footballers have become the first competitors to test positive for coronavirus in the athletes' village in Tokyo - five days before the start of the Olympic Games.\n\nMeanwhile, six athletes and two staff members from Team GB's athletics team, who were required to self-isolate after being identified as close contacts with a fellow passenger on their inbound flight to Japan, have resumed training.\n\nThe athletes have all produced multiple negative PCR results during their time in isolation.\n\nSouth Africa's Football Association confirmed Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi as their positive cases.\n\nMario Masha, the South Africa football team's video analyst, also tested positive on Saturday.\n\nOrganisers say 21 South Africa players and officials have been identified as close contacts.\n\nThey are confined to their rooms in the Olympic village, with all of their meals delivered to the door, and they must take daily PCR tests.\n\nAll the results on Sunday were negative and as long as that continues, the squad will be will be allowed to train in a bubble as they prepare for their match against Japan on Thursday.\n• None American Coco Gauff latest tennis star to withdraw from Olympics after positive Covid test\n\n\"We have three positive cases of Covid-19 in the camp here, two players and an official,\" said South Africa team manager Mxolisi Sibam.\n\n\"There is daily screening which included taking temperature and saliva testing.\n\n\"Masha and Monyane reported high temperatures and positive saliva tests and were then taken to do the nasal test, which we all had initially taken - and they unfortunately tested positive for Covid through that test. Mahlatsi is the latest player to go through the same process.\"\n\nMonyane, a right-back with Orlando Pirates in his homeland, posted on social media when the team arrived in Tokyo.\n\nSouth Africa Sevens rugby coach Neil Powell also tested positive on Sunday on arrival in Japan and is now isolating in Kagoshima, where the squad is based for a pre-Games training camp.\n\nOn Monday, the Czech Olympic Committee announced that beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic had tested positive in the athletes' village, two days after a staff member had tested positive following their arrival in Tokyo on a charter flight from Prague.\n\nOrganisers had earlier announced six new cases connected to the Olympics including media, contractors and other personnel, though none of those were in the village.\n\nThat brings the total number of positive cases to 62, with 29 among the 22,000 accredited people who have arrived from abroad.\n\nInfection rates are rising among the general population of Tokyo, topping 1,000 new cases for four consecutive days. Polls show many Japanese people oppose holding the Games with the influx of overseas visitors it entails.\n\nOne of the Games' sponsors, Toyota, said its executives would not be attending Friday's opening ceremony, an event spectators were already unable to attend.\n\nThe manufacturer also confirmed it would not run any Olympics-related adverts in Japan because of the uncertainty around the Games among the country's population, though adverts would still be aired internationally.\n• None Athletes 'probably very worried' - Games chief after positive test in village\n\nThe British Olympic Association (BOA) said six athletes and two staff members from the athletics team were identified as close contacts of an individual who is not from the Team GB delegation in Tokyo and were required to self-isolate in their rooms at the association's preparation camp.\n\nThe athletes have since been cleared to return to training after they all produced multiple negative PCR results, though they are training away from other Team GB athletes at present as a precaution.\n\nIn response to the initial news of the isolation, British athlete Taylor Campbell, who will compete in the hammer throw in Tokyo, said cases like this would be \"unavoidable\".\n\n\"I'm on a flight now with GB members and instead of putting us together at the back of the flight we are mixed among the public,\" he tweeted.\n\n\"We asked at the desk to be moved next to other team members onto empty rows but weren't allowed to change our seat. We have trained hard to get in this position to now risk it all on something out of our control.\"\n\nSpeaking on Saturday, Games chief Seiko Hashimoto said: \"Athletes who are coming to Japan are probably very worried. I understand that.\n\n\"We are doing everything to prevent any Covid outbreaks. If we end up with an outbreak we will make sure we have a plan in place to respond.\"\n\nAustralia's entire athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics were quarantined in their rooms on Saturday at their pre-Games training camp in Cairns, following a Covid-19 scare.\n\nAn inconclusive test had been returned by an official but subsequent tests were negative, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirmed on Sunday.\n\nAthletes have since been permitted to compete in a warm-up event.\n\n\"My understanding is [Athletics Australia] applied an abundance of caution,\" said David Hughes, the AOC's chief medical officer.\n\nDr Brian McCloskey, who has overseen the Covid counter-measures at Tokyo 2020, has suggested the risk of the virus spreading during the Games is minimal and that the positive cases announced over the weekend were proof the system to reduce infection was working.\n\n\"What we're seeing is what we expected to see,\" said McCloskey, who is an expert in emergency planning and led the planning operation for public health services at the London 2012 Olympics.\n\n\"If I thought that all the tests that we did were going to negative then I wouldn't bother doing the tests in the first place. We do the tests because they are a way of filtering out people who might be developing an infection who might become a risk later.\n\n\"Each layer of filtering is a reduction of risk for everybody else and that's what we expected to see. The numbers we're seeing are actually extremely low. They're probably lower than we expected to see if anything.\n\n\"We know that nine out of ten people close contacting do not get coronavirus and do not spread it to anyone else and therefore the science suggests that penalising all ten is illogical. So what we try to do is focus on the measures that reduce the risk as much as possible and that's by making sure they don't interact with other people.\n\n\"There are no absolute certainties in the world, coronavirus or anything else, so I'm not going to start and guarantee people won't be close-contacted out of the Games. All I will say is it is as unlikely to happen as we can make it.\n\n\"If it happens, we manage the situation to ensure it doesn't pose a risk to anybody else.\"\n• None How to be a teenager and an elite athlete: Hear from one of the youngest participants at Tokyo 2020\n• None George the Poet is back with season three of his award-winning podcast", "A decision on routinely offering Covid jabs to under-18s will be made within days, a senior minister has said.\n\nCommunities Secretary Robert Jenrick said the government was \"very sympathetic\" to the idea of inviting children aged 12 to 17 to have a jab.\n\nIt comes as every adult in the UK has now been offered a vaccine, with the prime minister hailing the \"extraordinary achievement\".\n\nEngland and Scotland are set to ease restrictions from Monday.\n\nIt comes as more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases were recorded on both Friday and Saturday - levels last seen in January.\n\nSo far, around 88% of adults have had a first dose and around 68% have had both, according to the latest figures.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises government ministers on which people should be offered a vaccine.\n\nMr Jenrick told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: \"We are still awaiting the final advice from the JCVI about extending the vaccination programme to younger people.\n\n\"It seems like a sensible thing to do. The evidence we have received so far is compelling and ministers are going to make a decision armed with the advice in the coming days.\"\n\nIf it does get the go-ahead, those just short of their 18th birthday are likely to be invited to have a vaccine first, along with those who have health vulnerabilities and children who live in households with others who are more vulnerable.\n\nHis comments come after a report in the Sunday Telegraph said that the JCVI is believed to have advised ministers against a mass vaccination programme for all children until further evidence of the risks is available.\n\nAccording to the Telegraph, guidance this week is expected to say the vaccine should be offered only to vulnerable 12 to 15-year-olds and to those who are within three months of turning 18.\n\nMore than 46 million people have been given a jab since the UK's Covid vaccine rollout began in December 2020.\n\nMr Johnson promised in February that all adults would be offered a first dose by the end of July, and the Health Secretary Sajid Javid said last month that the government wanted two-thirds of UK adults to have had two by 19 July.\n\nThe prime minister urged anyone who had not booked their vaccine to do so and thanked those who had taken up their offer.\n\n\"You are the reason we are able to cautiously ease restrictions next week, and return closer towards normal life,\" he said. \"Now let's finish the job.\"\n\nBut in Scotland, almost a third of younger adults remain unvaccinated - despite the fact that by the end of Sunday, all over-18s will have been offered an appointment to have their first dose.\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf said some had re-arranged appointments and would receive the jab shortly.\n\nThe UK recorded 54,674 Covid cases on Saturday - following 51,870 new cases on Friday - as well as 41 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nThe last time cases exceeded 50,000 was 15 January.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid, who has been doubled jabbed, announced on Saturday he had tested positive for coronavirus and was isolating. It is understood Mr Javid met Boris Johnson at Downing Street on Friday - the prime minister is now self-isolating at Chequers.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak was also contacted by NHS Test and Trace and is isolating.\n\nAlmost all legal restrictions on social contact are to be lifted in England on Monday.\n\nNew travel rules will also come into effect, allowing people who are double-jabbed to return to the UK from amber list countries without quarantining - except for those returning to England, Wales and Scotland from France, because of concerns over the prevalence of the Beta variant there.\n\nThe prime minister has described England's approach to easing lockdown as \"cautious but irreversible\".\n\nBut Jeremy Hunt, chairman of the Commons health select committee, said on Saturday the government was likely to have to reintroduce some controls in the autumn, as rising case numbers and hospital admissions meant the NHS was facing a \"very serious\" situation.\n\nEngland's deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, warned of a \"bumpy winter\" ahead. He urged people to approach the easing of restrictions in \"a cautious, steady, gradual way\".\n\nSocial distancing rules will end in England on Monday, although government guidelines advise face coverings should still be worn in enclosed spaces such as in shops and on public transport.\n\nScotland will move to level zero of Covid restrictions on Monday, meaning pubs and restaurants can open until midnight. However, limits on outdoor meetings will remain, the return of workers to offices will be delayed and face coverings will still be mandatory.\n\nMost Covid rules in Wales are set to be scrapped from 7 August., but face coverings will still be required in most public places and on public transport.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, restrictions will be eased further on 26 July, if approved at a review on 22 July.", "The Piccadilly and District lines have also been impacted\n\nA London Underground line has been suspended due to staff shortages after control room workers received isolation alerts via the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nTransport for London said the Metropolitan line between Aldgate and Amersham, Buckinghamshire, will be closed for the rest of the day.\n\nThe Piccadilly line between South Harrow and Uxbridge and the District line between High Street Kensington and Edgware Road have also been affected.\n\nThey are due to resume at 21:00 BST.\n\nRichard Jones, London Underground's head of network operations, apologised to customers for the disruption and added that tickets can be used on local bus services.\n\nThe latest figures showed infection rates were rising in all areas of London in the seven days up to 12 July, with Hammersmith and Fulham recording the highest rate of 436 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nTransport unions have warned there will be \"dire consequences\" in the coming days as infection rates rise after England's Covid-19 restrictions are eased on Monday and staff are contacted through the app.\n\nThe Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary Mick Lynch previously said there would be \"a surge in workers pinged with a self-isolation instruction next week\".\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has said face coverings must be worn on London's transport network after the national restrictions are eased.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Undercover footage filmed by campaign group Animal Aid, at Drury and Sons abattoir\n\nThousands of racehorses are being sent to slaughterhouses in Britain and Ireland, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.\n\nSome of the slaughtered animals were once owned and trained by some of the biggest names in racing.\n\nCovert recording also showed how rules designed to protect horses from a cruel death appear to be regularly ignored at one of the UK's biggest abattoirs.\n\nThe abattoir told the BBC it did not accept any form of animal abuse.\n\nOne expert described the covert footage, from cameras installed by the campaign group Animal Aid, as evidence of clear breaches of the regulations.\n\nLast February, a picture of top trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse sent shockwaves through the world of racing and beyond.\n\nElliott, who has trained three winners of the Grand National, was roundly condemned, and suspended from the sport until 9 September this year.\n\nThe incident caused uproar, but it also highlighted the fate of many horses in the industry who die while racing, in training or in abattoirs.\n\nFreedom of information requests revealed that 4,000 former racehorses were slaughtered in Britain and Ireland since the beginning of 2019. Most, but not all, were trained in Ireland.\n\nAnimal Aid, which has long campaigned for an end to horse racing, set up covert cameras at Drury and Sons, an abattoir in England which has a licence to kill horses.\n\n\"When we looked at the footage we were absolutely astounded at the sheer volume of young thoroughbreds,\" said Animal Aid spokesman Dene Stansall.\n\nThe footage was recorded over four days at the end of 2019 and the start of 2020.\n\nIt captured dozens of former racehorses being slaughtered, the majority of them from Ireland and the majority young.\n\nSome of the horses shot in the abattoir had previous illustrious racing careers, winning thousands of pounds.\n\nThree of them had been trained by Gordon Elliott at his state-of-the-art stables in County Meath, Ireland.\n\nHe told Panorama none of the three animals were sent to the abattoir by him.\n\nThe horses had retired from racing due to injury, he said, and were not under his care when they were killed.\n\nElliott said two of the horses were sent to a horse dealer \"to be rehomed if possible, and if not, to be humanely euthanised\" in line with the regulations.\n\nHe said he gave the third horse to another rider as requested by its owner.\n\nAnd he said the first time he learned of their fate was when Panorama contacted him.\n\nElliott said he has ensured the appropriate and proper treatment and welfare of animals that have been in his possession and has rehomed a substantial number of them.\n\nWatch Panorama: The Dark Side of Horse Racing, on BBC One on Monday at 20:30 BST, or later on BBC iPlayer.\n\nAnimal Aid's cameras also captured what appear to be breaches of rules designed to protect animals from unnecessary cruelty.\n\nThe regulations say horses should not be killed in sight of each other.\n\nThe footage recorded horses being shot together 26 times over the four days of filming.\n\nProf Daniel Mills, a veterinary behavioural specialist from the University of Lincoln, who has seen the footage, said: \"A gunshot going off is going to be startling, seeing another horse suddenly drop, these are all going to be very distressing for a horse in this situation.\"\n\nUndercover footage filmed by campaign group Animal Aid, at Drury and Sons abattoir\n\nThat is not the only breach of the rules.\n\nThe regulations also say every effort should be made to ensure a rapid death. But the footage showed that sometimes the death was far from instant.\n\nOn 91 occasions the cameras recorded a slaughterman shooting horses, not close up, but from a distance.\n\nReviewing the footage of one such killing, Prof Mills said: \"It doesn't look like the horse is even stunned. You can see it's turning its head. It seems to have got some control actually over its head and neck.\n\n\"Taking a shot from a distance at a horse, to me, that's completely out of order. If you're going to euthanise a horse, you've got to get a bullet in the right place.\n\n\"If that's representative of how they're being killed, then we've got a really serious problem.\"\n\nThe abattoir, Drury and Sons, told Panorama that they \"take great care to maintain high welfare conditions and do not accept any form of animal abuse\".\n\nThey said all horses are \"humanely destroyed'' and that on occasions where issues do occur, they take ''swift action to review and rectify\" them.\n\nSome of the racehorses killed while Animal Aid cameras were filming had been transported from Ireland, travelling more than 350 miles (560km) by road and sea.\n\nSome animals were said to be carrying career-ending injuries.\n\nVeterinary expert Dr Hannah Donovan, who reviewed the footage, said: \"[Travelling] 350 miles potentially carrying an injury is not a humane process. This is unnecessary suffering.\"\n\nDr Donovan said: \"The bottom line is horses, if they are to be euthanised, could and should be euthanised at home. Simple as that.\"\n\nProf Mills said the racing authorities' own guidelines clearly set out what should happen to horses when their racing career ends.\n\n\"The industry's own regulations recommend that you should make provision for all the animals that you're responsible for,\" he said.\n\nHorse Racing Ireland, the governing body for racing in Ireland, said it placed great importance on the welfare of the people and horses in the industry.\n\nThe British Horseracing Authority said it has demonstrated \"a clear commitment to improving already high standards of care for racehorses… before, during and after racing\".\n\nIt said it would \"consider carefully any issues raised\" by the Panorama programme.\n\nDene Stansall of Animal Aid said: \"I can understand why people are attracted to racing, because I was attracted to it myself.\n\n\"[But] because of the poor welfare record, the number of horses dying and being killed in slaughterhouses, I can no longer support that - and I think a lot of the public would feel the same way.\"\n\nPanorama: The Dark Side of Horse Racing, is on BBC One on Monday at 20:30 BST, or watch later on BBC iPlayer.", "By the end of Sunday, adults in Scotland will have been offered a Covid vaccine\n\nAlmost a third of younger adults are still unvaccinated despite all over-18s being offered a first dose vaccine appointment by the end of Sunday.\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf said some had re-arranged appointments and would receive the jab shortly.\n\nNational clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said last week that uptake of the vaccine among 18-29 year olds had been slower than for other age groups.\n\nIt is hoped all adults will have been offered a second dose by 12 September.\n\nPeople in the 18-29 age range have been the last group to be offered a coronavirus vaccine.\n\nLast month First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said all adults would have had a vaccine appointment scheduled by 18 July, two weeks earlier than previously planned.\n\nBut while uptake of the vaccine has been very high in Scotland overall, it appears to have been slower for younger adults.\n\nThe most recent figures, published by Public Health Scotland on Sunday, showed that 31.1% had still not had their first dose of a vaccine, which suggests more than 260,000 younger adults have no protection whatsoever.\n\nOnly a fifth (20.3%) of this younger adult age group have had both doses.\n\nIn the next age group, 30-39 year olds, 19.4% had still not had a first dose, representing more than 145,000 individuals.\n\nSince May, the official advice has been that under-40s should be offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, after a link with rare blood clots was identified.\n\nMr Yousaf said everyone who had taken up their offer of a vaccine was \"playing their part in helping us out of the pandemic\", and urged anyone who had not yet come forward to do so now.\n\nHe added: \"All of the evidence says that the vaccines are working as we continue to battle the faster-transmitting Delta variant which is now dominant, so I urge everyone to take advantage of the vaccination programme which is open to every adult in Scotland.\n\n\"We have made getting a vaccination easier than ever - head to one of the drop-in clinics being offered across the country or, if you prefer, book an appointment online at NHS Inform.\"\n\nA mass vaccination campaign has been taking place across the UK\n\nMeanwhile, NHS Grampian has announced that supply issues have forced it to suspend drop-in vaccinations using the AstraZeneca vaccine at the P&J Live mass vaccine centre in Aberdeen.\n\nScheduled first dose appointments for the AstraZeneca jab and drop-ins using different vaccines are still going ahead.\n\nOn Saturday, the closure of the mass vaccination hub at the Hydro in Glasgow, due later on Sunday, was criticised by opposition politicians, who said it should remain open while there were still vaccines to be administered.\n\nThe Scottish government said the venue would be handed back so preparations could be made for the COP26 climate change conference, and appointments will be offered at alternative clinics.\n\nOfficial figures published on Saturday showed that 3,970,026 people have received the first dose of Covid vaccine and 2,954,776 have had their second dose.\n\nThe landmark of all adults being offered a vaccine comes ahead of Scotland's Covid rules easing further on Monday, when the whole country will be in level zero.\n\nIt will mean up to eight people from up to four households can meet indoors at home, and up to 10 people from up to four households can meet in a public indoor space.\n\nUp to 15 people from up to 15 households can meet outdoors - whether in a private garden or public place.\n\nHowever, masks will continue to be compulsory on public transport and in shops \"for some time\" in Scotland, and for now people are still being advised to work from home.\n\nAre you aged between 18 and 29 and have not had, or do not intend to have, a jab? What is your reason for not taking part in the programme? We would also like to hear from older adults in Scotland who have decided not to have the vaccination.\n\nYou can now get in touch with BBC Scotland on the phone messaging service, WhatsApp.\n\nTo start using the app, simply download WhatsApp on to your smartphone free from the internet.\n\nThen add our WhatsApp number +44 7902 704679 to your phone's contact list.\n\nPlease make sure you read our terms of use and privacy policy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'My friend was literally just dying there'\n\nThere are more calls to have defibrillators on grassroots sports grounds after a cricketer collapsed and died.\n\nMaqsood Anwar, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, was playing for Sully at their home pitch against Monkswood Cricket Club on Saturday afternoon.\n\nIt is thought the 44-year-old father of three had a heart attack.\n\nFriends and other players said a defibrillator might have saved his life.\n\nSully Centurions Cricket Club said it would discuss the issue of defibrillators at their club meeting on Monday night.\n\nLocal councillor Kevin Marney said there was in fact a defibrillator located next to the cricket pitch that had been funded by the community, but it seemed the players were not aware of this.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was funding the promotion of CPR training and defibrillators at sports clubs.\n\nDavid Sylvester, Sully club chairman, said a memorial fund would be set up in Mr Anwar's name.\n\n\"He was a real gentleman, quietly spoken but wanted to do things to help the club as well as play,\" he said.\n\nHe said it had been \"nothing but pleasure having him at the club\" and praised the \"tremendous togetherness\" of the club's members and wider cricketing community.\n\nFriend and fellow cricketer Zia Gehlan said Mr Anwar had been \"over the moon\" to be playing his third game for Sully.\n\nHe said: \"Max bowled four overs, got a bit of pain in his chest and said he didn't feel well - he thought he had heat stroke and an ambulance was called.\n\n\"Then he collapsed - if he had known the symptoms it would have been different.\n\n\"He didn't smoke, he didn't drink, he was just one of the kindest of men,\" he said.\n\nMr Anwar felt ill during the home match but thought it was heat stroke, a friend said\n\n\"The ambulance was there and they confirmed it was a heart attack, they tried to revive him but it was too late.\n\n\"He passed away doing what he loved doing - playing cricket.\n\n\"There should be a defibrillator on site, they could have had the machine on him. If clubs can afford covers this should be funded too,\" Mr Gehlan said.\n\nBarry Athletic Cricket Club said Mr Anwar was a \"true gentleman\" who had played for them for over 15 years and that they were devastated to hear about his death.\n\nMonkswood Cricket Club, near Usk in Monmouthshire, said: \"We would also like to express our thanks to the ambulance crew and first responders who attended the scene.\n\n\"Yesterday's events reiterate the necessity of having defibrillators at all sports venues. We support all calls for legislative change and funding to allow this.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Monkswood Cricket Club This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokesperson for Cricket Wales said it was \"deeply saddened to hear of the loss\".\n\n\"Our thoughts and most heartfelt condolences are with Maqsood's family, friends and team-mates, especially the first responders and players who witnessed the tragedy.\n\n\"We will continue to offer support to those affected, through the leadership of the club, with whom we are liaising.\n\nLabour MS Alun Davies - who had a cardiac arrest in a park last year - said he hoped to introduce a bill in the Senedd to deliver \"universal coverage\" for defibrillators.\n\nMr Marney said there had been a defibrillator close by.\n\n\"There was a sign in the window of the pavilion that the cricketers were standing next to saying defibrillator at jubilee hall, that is just on the other side of the cricket field,\" he added.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"The number defibrillators in communities and buildings across Wales is increasing constantly and we would encourage people to register them with the ambulance service.\n\n\"We have provided funding to the Save a Life Cymru campaign, which is working with organisations across Wales, including sporting organisations, to raise awareness of the importance of CPR training and the use of defibrillators through the Touch Someone's Life campaign.\"", "Police have asked anyone who recognises the men to get in touch\n\nImages of seven men being sought in connection with disorder which saw ticketless fans try to force their way into Wembley ahead of the Euro 2020 final have been released by police.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates before the match on 11 July.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said the images were of \"those who we think have questions to answer\".\n\nThe force has asked anyone with information to get in touch.\n\nThe Met had originally released images of ten men, but said it now had \"sufficient information\" on three of them.\n\nIn a statement, it said that after the match, officers \"began the painstaking process of reviewing hundreds of hours of CCTV and body-worn video content from Wembley Stadium and other key locations\".\n\n\"The meticulous investigation will continue to identify further people of interest or indeed other offences which may have occurred,\" the force added.\n\nDet Sgt Matt Simpson said the Met \"made a commitment that those responsible would face consequences\".\n\n\"Today's action is being taken to help identify those who we think have questions to answer,\" he said.\n\n\"If you know who they are, we urge you to get in touch as soon as possible.\"\n\nOn Friday, two 18-year-old men were arrested on suspicion of stealing items that helped ticketless fans break into the stadium.\n\nDet Sgt Simpson said the investigation into the disorder was \"in its very early stages and I am in no doubt that further appeals and arrests will follow\".\n\nPolice and the Football Association are reviewing how the match was handled.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Face coverings will no longer be routinely recommended in classrooms in Wales from September\n\nWelsh ministers think \"there's a case\" that children and young people under the age of 18 should not have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive for Covid.\n\nThe education minister said the Welsh government is talking to partners about the change because under 18-year-olds \"are least likely to suffer harm\".\n\nThe UK government has already announced the policy change in England.\n\nThousands of pupils have had to isolate over the last school year in Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government has already announced contact groups would no longer be required for school and college pupils from September.\n\nThe test, trace and protect (TTP) contact tracing system is to be used instead.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC Politics Wales programme, Jeremy Miles MS indicated there could also be a change to the self-isolation policy.\n\nThe education minister said: \"On self-isolation, clearly anyone with a positive test is required to self-isolate, anyone with symptoms is required to self-isolate.\n\n\"The first minister has announced that anybody who's been double-vaccinated will not be required to self-isolate and we believe there's a case for that to be extended to under-18s as well because we know that it's people who've had two vaccinations and children and young people under the age of 18 who are the least likely to suffer harm.\n\nJeremy Miles MS: \"We are talking to our partners... before making a decision\"\n\n\"We are talking to our partners on that and making sure that the TTP system is able to respond to that before making a decision,\" he added.\n\nIn its latest Coronavirus Control Plan, the Welsh government said it also intends \"to remove the requirement for people who are fully vaccinated to self-isolate if they are a close contact of someone who has tested positive\".\n\nA final decision is expected in early August when ministers will also decide whether to get rid of most - but not all - restrictions on people's lives.\n\nAsked whether ministers would be happy to move to Alert Level 0 if cases were still rising, Mr Miles said: \"An increase in the number of cases may not have the same risk as it once did because of the weakened link with hospitalisations.\n\n\"Now, clearly, if there was a sustained high level of cases, that would be a cause for concern.\n\n\"But I don't think we can be in a position where we look at one indicator on its own.\n\n\"Hospitalisation, vaccination, TTP - all of those factors will be taken in to account,\" he added.", "Nerve-less Collin Morikawa shot a scintillating bogey-free final round to clinch the Claret Jug on his Open Championship debut as returning fans soaked up the victory at a sun-drenched Royal St George's.\n\nThe American wrestled hold of the lead with three birdies to finish the front nine and held off the charging Jordan Spieth to win by two strokes on the Kent coast.\n\nThe 24-year-old, who won his first major on his US PGA Championship debut last year, becomes the first Open debutant to win since Ben Curtis did so at this course in 2003.\n\n\"This is one of the best moments of my life,\" he said. \"Look at all these fans. To see some of the best crowds I have ever seen, I'm looking forward to making my trip every year.\"\n\nMorikawa's four-under 66 saw him win on 15 under, with 2017 champion Spieth also recording a final-day 66 to finish as his fellow American's nearest challenger.\n\nUS Open champion Jon Rahm birdied four of his last six holes to card a 66 and finish joint third on 11 under with overnight leader Louis Oosthuizen, who closed with a 71.\n\nScotland's Robert MacIntyre finished as the top British player in a tie for eighth after a final-day 67 saw him finish at seven under par, two ahead of England's Paul Casey at five under.\n\nUp to 32,000 spectators flooded through the gates on Sunday and were treated to a blockbuster final round as the only players to make the cut in all four of this year's men's majors finished as the top four in Sandwich.\n\nIt was a fitting finale at Royal St George's as the venue belatedly got to hold the 149th edition of golf's oldest major after last year's championship was cancelled because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nShane Lowry's victory at Royal Portrush two years ago was beginning to feel like it hailed from a different era when sport was locked down and, while six majors have since been played in the US, this was the first to be staged on this side of the Atlantic Ocean since the Irishman's iconic victory in 2019.\n\nRain before the tournament thickened up the rough and provided receptive fairways and forgiving greens, but that meant once the wind dropped players were able to shoot low scores on Friday before organisers responded with tricky pin positions for the weekend.\n\nHowever, it was Oosthuizen who held on to a one-stroke lead heading into Sunday's final round, looking to record a wire-to-wire victory and win his second Open title.\n\nMorikawa admitted he had little experience of links golf - and recorded his worst result as a professional when finishing joint 71st at last week's Scottish Open - so the benign conditions perhaps suited the Californian, who is regarded as of one of the game's finest iron players.\n\nAmid the searing heat on Sunday, the world number four also showed he has the temperament to add further to his major tally.\n\nAs three successive birdies dropped for Morikawa he suddenly found himself taking a four-stroke lead as he hit the turn, with Oosthuizen stuttering in the final pairing alongside him.\n\nBut the first flicker of emotion from the American came at the 10th when he made a superb up-and-down from the back of the green to save par, fist-pumping in celebration.\n\nBy this point the Spieth charge was alive but Morikawa birdied 14 to keep his compatriot at arm's length and, with roars going off further up the course, saved par again at 15.\n\nFrom there it was a case of keeping his nerve as the anticipation grew among the excited fans, but that was no trouble for Morikawa who took a two-shot lead down the last and strode on the 18th green to huge applause, moments away from becoming the first man to win on his Open debut in 18 years.\n\nHe two-putted for a final par to see out the victory and then waved and clapped the fans packing out the 18th grandstand in fittingly composed fashion.\n\n\"I tell everyone I am not the biggest history guy but I want to add myself to history and make memories for myself,\" said Morikawa, admitting he will \"have a few drinks\" from the Claret Jug.\n\n\"Everything about this week was very special, to cap it on my caddie's birthday, even more special.\n\n\"I've had belief in myself since turning pro that I can do it. When it's coming to these tournaments, courses and styles that I have never played, I do my homework Monday to Wednesday to know what I need to do.\"\n\nSouth African Oosthuizen went to sleep on the first three nights of the championship as The Open leader, but the wait to realise his dream of adding another Claret Jug to the one he won at St Andrews in 2010 continues.\n\nHe had only made three bogeys in the whole tournament before his final round but carded as many on Sunday as the tension showed, living out a nightmare seventh hole where he splashed from bunker to bunker either side of the green while Morikawa birdied.\n\nOosthuizen's luck almost changed when he hit the pin with his tee shot on the par-three 11th and his ball nearly dropped in for a hole-in-one, instead taking a birdie.\n\nBut the 38-year-old has finished runner-up six times in major championships and there was a knowing look of resignation when he bogeyed the 13th.\n\nHe did claw one stroke back on the following hole but by that time Morikawa was in full control, with Oosthuizen carding his only over-par round of the week to finish four back.\n\nAfter a bogey-bogey finish on Saturday - the latter of which coming when he missed a two-foot putt - it was going to need something special from Spieth to challenge from three strokes back in the final round.\n\nBogeys at four and six made that task even harder but the three-time major champion sparked into life with an eagle at the par-five seventh and continued his hot streak with birdies either side of the turn.\n\nSpieth has not won a major title since winning The Open at Royal Birkdale in 2017 but when he made successive birdies at 13 and 14 the chatter from fans along the ropes was that perhaps there was a chance he was about to end that drought.\n\nUltimately Morikawa's controlled performance down the stretch meant that was beyond his reach, leaving Spieth to rue his mistakes on Saturday.\n\n\"I'm proud of going six-under in the last 12 in this golf tournament and putting some pressure on Collin,\" said the world number 23.\n\n\"From what I've heard, since he made a big par save on 10, made a putt up the ridge on 14 and a par save on 15, I needed a break and I didn't get it from him.\n\n\"I did all I could. So I'm upset because I really felt like I played well enough to win and made a couple of really dumb mistakes - like just stepping in and missing on 18 yesterday, not really thinking about it.\n\n\"But at the same time, I did everything I could in the past few hours to win this championship.\"\n\nRahm, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson were other players who left themselves with too much ground to make up on the final day.\n\nSpanish world number two Rahm entered the week as the short-odds favourite and followed an opening 71 with rounds of 64, 68 and then a 66, that featured an eagle and four straight birdies.\n\n\"It's easy to think about all the things that could have been better,\" he said. \"The biggest mistake was that first round.\"\n\nFour-time major winner Koepka's 65 lifted him to joint sixth on eight under but he admitted it was a \"back-door top 10\" after a 72 on Saturday took him out of contention.\n\nWorld number one Johnson had a similarly poor third round, his closing 67 lifting him to seven under.", "Fully vaccinated travellers returning to Scotland from France will still have to quarantine despite rules changing.\n\nFrom Monday, adults who have been double jabbed in the UK arriving from amber list countries will not need to isolate for 10 days.\n\nBut the Scottish government said those returning from France would still have to isolate.\n\nThis is because of concerns that vaccines may not work as well against the Beta variant.\n\nThe Beta variant accounts for about 10% of new infections in France, but that includes the Indian Ocean territories of Reunion and Mayotte, where the variant is near-universal.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant - first identified in India - accounts for almost all new cases in the UK.\n\nThe decision was announced less than 36 hours before the requirement for all amber list returnees to self-isolate in their own homes is removed.\n\nUnder the new rules, those coming back to Scotland from France will need to stay in their own accommodation and take a test on the second and eighth day of their isolation period - even if they have had both doses of the vaccine.\n\nTravellers will also require to self-identify on the passenger locator form needed for all returnees, according to the government website, by declaring they are not exempt from isolation.\n\nTransport Secretary Michael Matheson said travel restrictions would not be in place any longer than absolutely necessary.\n\nHe said: \"We have been clear that the green, amber and red lists can change at short notice.\n\n\"It is important we act quickly to limit the risk of importation of variants of concern which could undermine the rollout of our vaccine programme.\"\n\nMeanwhile, France has tightened its rules for UK travellers who are not fully vaccinated, requiring a negative test in the 24 hours before arrival from Sunday, rather than the 48 hours allowed previously.\n\nBut anyone fully vaccinated with a jab from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson will be exempt from providing a negative test.\n\nEach UK nation sets its own travel rules, but on Saturday it was announced that travellers from France from England and Wales would also need to isolate.", "Louis Oosthuizen saw his Open lead cut to one shot heading into the final day at Royal St George's but he remains in pole position for a second Claret Jug.\n\nThe South African, winner in 2010, held a two-stroke advantage after setting a record-breaking pace through 36 holes but it briefly vanished on Saturday.\n\nAmericans Jordan Spieth and Collin Morikawa closed in to make it a three-way tie before Oosthuizen birdied 17 and edged ahead at 12 under par.\n\nMorikawa is the Oosthuizen's closest challenger at 11 under par after Spieth fell away with a back-to-back bogey finish that dropped him to nine under.\n\nAmerican Scottie Scheffler and Canada's Corey Conners are four shots off the lead at eight under par.\n\nScotland's Robert MacIntyre posted the round of the day, a superb five-under-par 65 that included a birdie-birdie finish as he reached four under for the week.\n\nHe is one behind Ireland's defending champion Shane Lowry and leading English pair Paul Casey and Andy Sullivan, who all sit at five under par.\n• None Watch BBC Two highlights: Day three of The Open\n\nLow scores were carded when the wind dropped on Friday and organisers responded by setting up tougher pin positions on day three at the Kent links track.\n\nThat provided more of a test - with the course again bathed in sunshine and tickled by a light breeze - and challenged the field to hold their nerve around the greens.\n\nWorld number two Jon Rahm said they \"may have been some of the hardest pin positions I have ever seen\" after he shot a two-under 68 to move to seven under par.\n\n\"You cannot tell on TV but they are almost always on top of a little hill,\" added the US Open champion. \"It's a way of defending the golf course.\"\n\nAnd after his round 38-year-old Oosthuizen said: \"The R&A put some pins out there that were questionable. It was tough and I'm glad I held it together.\"\n\nOosthuizen showed no signs of nerves on the front nine as he carded seven pars and birdied seven and nine to reach 13 under, despite loud roars up ahead alerting him to the fact 2017 champion Spieth was beginning to make a move.\n\nAt the same time 2020 US PGA Championship winner Morikawa was initially trending in the wrong direction, scrambling to save par from a bunker on the opening hole and continuing his jittery start with a bogey after again finding the sand at the second.\n\nThe 24-year-old dropped to seven under par, four strokes adrift of Oosthuizen's lead, with a bogey at five before successive birdies at seven and eight and again on 13 and 14 saw him chisel out a gritty two-under 68 and finish on 11 under.\n\n\"I don't have much experience on links golf and pretty much all the highlights in my head are from this week,\" said Morikawa. \"Thankfully there are quite a few.\n\n\"Hopefully we can just use that momentum from the first three days and bring it into the last 18. It's going to be a gruelling 18, but I look forward to it.\"\n\nMorikawa's birdie on the par-five 14th moved him into a three-way share of the lead on 11 under after Oosthuizen had bogeyed the par-three 11th and dropped another shot at 13.\n\nThe South African, six times a runner-up at major championships since his victory at St Andrews 11 years ago, was beginning to look a little tense himself but saved par on 15 and a wry smile suggested he was back in the groove.\n\nMoments later, a pin-point tee shot at the par-three 16th set the platform for another birdie and Oosthuizen this time edged into a one-shot advantage that he will take into the final day at the Sandwich venue.\n\n\"I was definitely not swinging freely,\" said the world number 13. \"I was a little all over the place with iron shots. I felt like I kept the round together at the end there.\n\n\"Finishing second isn't so great, so I will play my heart out and see if I can lift the Claret Jug again.\"\n\nSpieth goes cold at the finish\n\nSpieth's putter was proving as warm as the late afternoon sunshine when he sank two birdies in his opening four holes and recovered from a bogey at five with two more birdies to take a share of the lead for the first time in the third round.\n\nEven when he found trouble off the tee the three-time major winner was at his scrambling best, making a number of creative shots from the rough and around the edge of the green as he hit the turn in three-under 32 - a start only matched by Cameron Smith among those at the top of the field.\n\nSpieth, who dropped out of the world's top 50 last year, is looking to end a four-year wait for a major title after last being successful at Royal Birkdale in 2017.\n\nThe American, now ranked 23rd in the world, birdied the 10th to reach 12 under par but that was cancelled out on the par-three 11th, though he regained a share of top spot as Oosthuizen stuttered on the back nine.\n\nA string of pars looked to be keeping Spieth in the hunt but he bogeyed the 17th and then missed a two-footer for par on the last to leave himself work to do if he is to end his major drought on Sunday.\n\nWith up to 32,000 spectators allowed on site every day, thousands arrived early to follow a couple of big names in the morning groups, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.\n\nNorthern Ireland's McIlroy posted five birdies on the front nine to reach four under but could not maintain that momentum and three bogeys following the turn pegged him back to one under par.\n\nAmerican DeChambeau, who had a spat with his club manufacturer earlier this week after criticising his driver, is well off the pace at three over after a level-par 70.", "The Piccadilly and District lines were also impacted\n\nA London Underground line has reopened after it was closed on Saturday because too many staff had received isolation alerts via the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nNo services ran on the Metropolitan line as staff had been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nThe Piccadilly and District lines were also affected, but have also reopened.\n\nTransport unions have warned of \"dire consequences\" in the coming days as staff are contacted through the app.\n\nThe Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary Mick Lynch previously said there would be \"a surge in workers pinged with a self-isolation instruction\" after England's Covid-19 restrictions are eased on Monday.\n\nThe latest figures showed infection rates were rising in all areas of London in the seven days up to 12 July, with Hammersmith and Fulham recording the highest rate of 436 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nTransport for London said it was waiting for the government to confirm whether its staff would be part of a trial which allows those who have been pinged by the app to take daily tests rather than self isolate.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak had initially said they were part of that trial when they were contacted by NHS Test and Trace after Health Secretary Sajid Javid tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThey have now announced they will self isolate.\n\nA TfL spokesperson said the current rules on self-isolation \"led to vital control room staff being unable to come to work, causing disruption on some Tube lines\".\n\n\"The government has indicated that we could be part of a trial whereby daily tests would replace the need for self-isolation,\" he added.\n\n\"We are still waiting for formal notification from them that we are part of this trial so that we can brief our trade unions and put this into effect.\"\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has said face coverings must be worn on London's transport network after the national restrictions are eased.\n\nThe majority of the Tube is now running with minor delays on some lines.\n\nThe Waterloo and City line is not running due to a planned closure.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vienna has a reputation as a centre for diplomacy and espionage\n\nThe US government is investigating a series of health incidents in the Austrian capital Vienna involving its diplomats and other administration staff.\n\nMore than 20 officials have reported symptoms similar to Havana Syndrome - a mystery brain illness - since President Joe Biden took office in January.\n\nThe syndrome is unexplained, but US scientists say it is most probably caused by directed microwave radiation.\n\nIt was first found in Cuba in 2016-17.\n\nUS and Canadian diplomats in Havana complained of symptoms ranging from dizziness, loss of balance, hearing loss and anxiety to something they described as \"cognitive fog\".\n\nThe US accused Cuba of carrying out \"sonic attacks\", which it strongly denied, and the incident led to increased tension between the two nations.\n\nA 2019 US academic study found \"brain abnormalities\" in the diplomats who had fallen ill, but Cuba dismissed the report.\n\nThe Vienna cases first came to light in the New Yorker magazine on Friday and were later confirmed by the US State Department, which said it was \"vigorously investigating\".\n\nReuters quoted an Austrian foreign ministry statement saying it was \"working with the US authorities on jointly getting to the bottom of this\".\n\nVienna has long been a centre for diplomatic activity and has had a reputation as a hotspot for espionage, particularly during the Cold War.\n\nCountries like the US have a large diplomatic presence there.\n\nThe city is currently hosting indirect talks between Iran and the US over attempts to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.\n\nCases of the condition have been reported elsewhere in the world, but US officials say the numbers in Vienna are greater than in any other city apart from Havana.\n\nIn June, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a wide-ranging review into the causes of the illness.", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering \"very mild\" symptoms.\n\nMr Javid, who has received both vaccine doses, said on Saturday night a PCR test had confirmed a positive result he received by lateral flow test.\n\nHe said he would continue to self-isolate and work from home.\n\nIt is understood Mr Javid met Boris Johnson on Friday. It is not clear yet whether the prime minister will have to isolate.\n\nMeanwhile, England's deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, has warned of a \"bumpy winter\" ahead.\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded more than 50,000 daily cases for the second day running, days before almost all legal restrictions on social contact are lifted in England on Monday.\n\nThere were 54,674 cases - following 51,870 new cases on Friday - with 41 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.\n\nThe last time cases exceeded 50,000 was in mid-January.\n\nIn a video posted earlier on his Twitter feed, Mr Javid said he took the lateral flow test after feeling a \"a bit groggy\" on Friday evening.\n\nHe said: \"I'm grateful that I've had two jabs of the vaccine and so far my symptoms are very mild.\"\n\nMr Javid later tweeted that the positive result was confirmed by a PCR test, which is checked in a laboratory.\n\nHe urged people who had not been vaccinated yet to \"get out there and get them as soon as you can\".\n\nMr Javid also said people who feel groggy or come into contact with someone who is positive should take a lateral flow test.\n\nMr Javid replaced Matt Hancock as health secretary less than three weeks ago after CCTV footage emerged showing his predecessor kissing a colleague in his office, in breach of social-distancing rules.\n\nMr Javid previously tweeted that he had received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nA Public Health England study found two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine was 60% effective at stopping symptomatic disease from the Delta variant, which is now dominant across the UK. Two jabs of the Pfizer vaccine was 88% effective.\n\nA separate analysis from PHE found the vaccines were highly effective against preventing hospitalisations from the same variant, with two doses of the Pfizer jab 96% effective and the AstraZeneca jab 92%.\n\nEngland's deputy chief medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, said vaccines were not 100% effective but were likely to have saved about 30,000 lives in the UK.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"We still need to keep going with these vaccines because they've completely changed the landscape in terms of the numbers of people going into hospital and, very much so, the numbers of people dying. They're still a massive success.\"\n\nLateral flow tests provide a quick result, using a device similar to a pregnancy test and are intended for use in those without symptoms, according to the NHS. PCR tests are mainly used when people have coronavirus symptoms or have already had a positive lateral flow result, and are sent to laboratories to be checked. The NHS suggests people do a lateral flow test twice a week to check if they have the virus.\n\nThe health secretary's announcement comes as the government prepares to go ahead with the final lifting of lockdown restrictions in England on Monday.\n\nSocial-distancing rules will end, although government guidelines advise face coverings should still be worn in enclosed spaces such as in shops and on public transport.\n\nJeremy Hunt, the chairman of the Commons health select committee, warned there was a danger that England may have to go back into lockdown in the autumn if hospitalisation rates continued to increase during the summer.\n\nMr Hunt, a former health secretary, said the situation facing the NHS was \"very serious\".\n\n\"The warning light on the NHS dashboard is not flashing amber, it is flashing red,\" he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.\n\nOne scientist advising the government said the country could be facing a \"protracted period\" of rising cases running into the autumn.\n\nProf John Edmunds, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said new infections could reach 100,000 a day within weeks.\n\nProf Van-Tam warned the pandemic would carry on for a while and \"there will be further twists and turns\".\n\nHe added: \"This is going to be a bumpy winter at times but, providing people don't tear the pants out of it and they go in a cautious, steady, gradual way, one hopes we'll be OK.\"\n• None What's the guidance for Covid in the UK now?", "The president promised to be back at work on Monday\n\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been released from hospital four days after being admitted with serious intestine problems.\n\nMr Bolsonaro, 66, had been suffering persistent hiccups for 10 days.\n\nThere have been concerns about the far-right leader's health since he was stabbed in the intestines while campaigning in 2018.\n\nMr Bolsonaro was seriously wounded in the attack and lost 40% of his blood. He has had several operations since.\n\nAfter treatment for an obstruction to the intestine, which did not need surgery, he promised to be back at his office on Monday morning.\n\n\"Only God can remove me from that chair,\" Mr Bolsonaro said upon leaving hospital, in reference to the presidency.\n\n\"I wanted to leave from day one, but they didn't let me. I hope in 10 days I'll be eating barbecued ribs, eating anything,\" he added.\n\nPresident Bolsonaro had tweeted a picture of himself in hospital\n\nHe also rejected recent corruption accusations against his former health minister over negotiations to purchase overpriced coronavirus vaccines.\n\nThe allegations are part of a major congressional inquiry into the Brazilian government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nAfter two-and-a-half years of a controversial presidency, Mr Bolsonaro is under growing pressure over his handling of the pandemic.\n\nAt the beginning of the month, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest over the corruption allegations.\n\nThe Brazilian leader has been heavily criticised for the lack of a national response to the crisis and his scepticism toward vaccines, lockdowns and mask-wearing.\n\nLast month, Covid deaths surpassed 500,000 - the second-highest in the world after the US.\n\nMr Bolsonaro himself caught Covid-19 a year ago but has fully recovered.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bolsonaro removed his mask after announcing he had tested positive for coronavirus", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFirefighters have been tackling a fire at a railway station in South Ayrshire.\n\nServices were suspended at Troon Station with social media images showing part of the building collapsing.\n\nThe fire service was called out about 12:40, and sent five fire engines and an aerial appliance to the scene on Barassie Street.\n\nCrews were met with a well-developed fire in the station ticket office which had spread to the roof space.\n\nA nearby hairdressers and café have also been damaged.\n\nFirefighters said the blaze has now been brought under control, but emergency services remain at the scene and a cordon is in place.\n\nPolice Scotland are also in attendance while Network Rail have been made aware of the fire.\n\nScotRail said both lines through Troon were closed for safety reasons and would remain so until at least the end of service on Sunday 18 July.\n\nIt said it was forced to cut the power to overhead lines to allow firefighters to tackle the blaze, which \"took out a large area and affected other routes' power supply\".\n\nIn a post on Twitter the train operator said that trains through the station have been cancelled, delayed or revised. For some routes, replacement bus services were arranged.\n\nThe fire has caused major disruption in the seaside town, which was busier than usual with Saturday's sunny weather meaning many people had travelled to the seaside town to go to the beach to enjoy one of the hottest days of the year so far.\n\nA huge plume of smoke rose into the sky above the seaside town", "At Ocado's warehouses, hundreds of robots zip around a grid, collecting groceries and bringing them to members of staff who will pack them into boxes.\n\nOcado has cancelled thousands of orders after a fire at a fulfilment centre in south-east London on Friday.\n\nThe online grocer said the blaze started when three of the robots that help pick its groceries collided at the Erith site.\n\nAbout 800 staff had to be evacuated and firefighters worked through the night to contain the incident.\n\nIt is the second fire involving robots at Ocado. Its Andover facility burned down in 2019 after an electrical fault.\n\nShares in the company slipped by about 3% in early trade on Monday.\n\nOcado handles up to 150,000 orders a week at the Erith warehouse.\n\nThe company said the fire would cause \"disruption to operations\" but that it was \"working to restore normal service as soon as possible\".\n\n\"We expect the facility to begin operating within the coming week and thank customers whose orders are affected for their patience.\n\n\"We would like to also thank the London Fire Brigade and all the other emergency services for their hard work and professionalism in dealing with this incident.\"\n\nOcado was the UK's third largest online grocer last year\n\nIt said no one had been injured in the fire and all its staff were safe. The damage is limited to a small section of its warehouse, it added, although it could not say when the site would reopen.\n\nThe retailer has contacted all affected customers, but there was a mixed reaction on social media.\n\nOne angry customer tweeted: \"I'm sorry that there is a fire and glad that it appears no one is hurt, but why do I have to find out on twitter?\"\n\nShe added: \"This is the 3rd or 4th order in a row that has been messed up.\"\n\nOthers expressed support for the firm, with one tweeting: \"Whilst it may be inconvenient, some more compassion for the business and staff affected might be nice!\"\n\nAt Erith, hundreds of robots zip around a grid, collecting groceries and bringing them to members of staff who will pack them into boxes, which are then loaded on to trucks for delivery.\n\nHowever, a fault in a battery charging unit caused a robot to catch light at Ocado's Andover distribution centre in 2019.\n\nThe site, which processed 30,000 orders a week at the time, burned for four days and was completely destroyed. It has since been rebuilt.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Flames and smoke were seen from miles around during the fire in 2019\n\nOcado, which was the UK's third biggest online grocer last year, has seen huge growth during the pandemic, with sales up 40% in the first three months of the year.\n\nIt also continues to strike technology licensing partnerships with grocery chains around the world, including Groupe Casino in France and Kroger in the US.", "Britney is in a legal battle to end the conservatorship, set up in 2008\n\nBritney Spears has said she will not perform again while her father retains control over her career as part of a conservatorship set up in 2008.\n\nThe singer's message is the latest in a series of emotional public comments about the arrangement that controls her personal and financial affairs.\n\n\"This conservatorship killed my dreams,\" she said in a lengthy post on Instagram. \"So all I have is hope.\"\n\nSpears, 39, wants to bring an end to the arrangement, calling it abusive.\n\nThe conservatorship was put in place after her father, Jamie Spears, petitioned a court for legal authority over the pop star's life, amid concerns about her mental health.\n\n\"I'm not gonna be performing on any stages anytime soon with my dad handling what I wear, say, do, or think,\" Spears, who has not performed in public since late 2018, wrote in the post.\n\n\"I'd much rather share videos YES from my living room instead of onstage in Vegas... I'm not gonna put on heavy makeup and try try try on stage again and not be able to do the real deal with remixes of my songs for years.\"\n\nIn the message, the singer also said she \"did not like the way\" documentaries about her life bring up \"humiliating moments from the past\", adding: \"I'm way past all that and have been for a long time.\"\n\nThe documentaries - including Framing Britney Spears, which has been nominated for two Emmy awards - together with the #FreeBritney movement brought wider attention to the conservatorship, and public support for the singer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What we can all learn from Britney Spears’ case\n\nIn explosive court testimony last month, Spears said she had been drugged, forced to perform against her will and prevented from having more children under the conservatorship.\n\nOn Wednesday, she appointed a new lawyer to represent her in the legal bid to bring the arrangement to an end. They are yet to file a formal request, and the next court hearing will be on 29 September in Los Angeles.\n\nSpears also said she wanted to charge her father for his alleged \"conservatorship abuse\", which can involve financially exploiting or imposing excessive personal restrictions on someone in your care.\n\nHe is currently the sole person in charge of his daughter's $60m (£43m) estate. His lawyers say he has not been in charge of her personal affairs since September 2019 because of his own poor health.", "A lack of available properties is helping to push up house prices, surveyors say.\n\nAs a result, a majority of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) members think prices will continue to rise over the next year.\n\nThe shrinking supply meant the number of new properties coming to the market fell by a third in June.\n\nBut with no let-up in demand, all parts of the UK continued to report robust increases in house prices, RICS said.\n\n\"Respondents are pretty unanimous in once again highlighting the challenge around supply, whether in the sales or rental markets,\" said Simon Rubinsohn, RICS chief economist.\n\nWith demand increasing and supply continuing to falter, a net balance of 83% of surveyors reported an increase.\n\nLooking ahead, a net balance of 56% anticipated that prices will continue to increase over the next twelve months.\n\nDemand from tenants rose in June, boosting the rental market and pushing up rent costs.\n\nA net balance of 60% of surveyors noted a rise in demand, up from 48% in May.\n\nBut a shortfall in new landlord instructions intensified with a net balance of -32% of surveyors reporting a decline in supply.\n\nSurveyors predicted rental growth would grow slightly as a result, suggesting a 3% rise over the coming twelve months, including in London, where the rental market has bounced back since a RICS assessment earlier in the year.\n\nThere were notable sharp house rises in Yorkshire & the Humber, Northern Ireland and Wales, according to surveyors.\n\nBen Hudson, York surveyor reported: \"The busiest sales month on record with the push towards the end of June stamp duty deadline.\"\n\nIn Haverfordwest in Wales, Paul Lucas said: \"The sales market is currently extremely buoyant with buyers moving to Pembrokeshire from both England and many parts of Wales.\"\n\nBut London is presenting a different picture, said Allan Fuller, Putney surveyor. \"New buyer enquiries have reduced except for larger houses where demand remains strong, as opposed to flats,\" he said.\n\nMr Rubinsohn said the government needed to continue to help increase the supply of new homes.\n\n\"While the role of the credit channel and the extended period of ultra-low interest rates can't be ignored, it is critical the government is able to create the conditions to support higher levels of new build development to address the worsening affordability challenge,\" he said.\n\nBut he added homes are \"needed across all tenures\", including social and private rent alongside home ownership.\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said \"decisive action\" was being taken to ensure the country had the new homes and ownership options needed.\n\n\"We delivered more than 243,000 homes last year - the highest in over 30 years and the seventh year in a row with an increase,\" the person said.\n\nThe department also pointed out the government had reformed the planning system, and that measures such as Help to Buy and shared ownership were in place.", "Phil Foden congratulates Harry Kane after his decisive goal against Denmark\n\nAlmost 24m viewers watched England's historic Euro 2020 victory against Denmark on Wednesday on ITV and ITV+1.\n\nAccording to overnight figures, the semi-final at Wembley Stadium brought an average audience of 23.86m.\n\nThe last five minutes of the match drew a peak audience of 25.71m - almost 5m more than the peak audience recorded during Saturday's match against Ukraine.\n\nThe game was the most watched non-news event since Croatia knocked England out of the 2018 World Cup.\n\nThat match was watched by 24.3m on 11 July 2018, with a peak of 26.5m tuning into ITV's coverage.\n\nEngland's 4-0 win over Ukraine on Sunday attracted a peak TV audience of 20.9m, making it the most-watched live TV event of the year up to that point.\n\nThe most watched event of recent years remains the Prime Minister's May 2020 coronavirus announcement, which was seen by 27.49m viewers across six different channels.\n\nSunday's Euros final will be shown on both BBC One and ITV and could break the viewing record set by the 32.3m who watched England win the World Cup Final in 1966.\n\nThe official audience for Wednesday's match may rise when those who saw it via ITV's catch-up service are taken into account.\n\nDavid Baddiel and Frank Skinner were among the crowd at Wembley Stadium\n\nEngland's players sent the nation into delirium on Wednesday after beating Denmark by two goals to one after extra time.\n\nStriker Harry Kane scored the decisive goal after England were awarded a penalty. Kane's initial strike was blocked by Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel but he was able to tuck away the rebound.\n\nGoverning body Uefa has since charged England after a laser pointer was directed at Schmeichel as Kane prepared to shoot.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's long, painful wait for a second major men's tournament final is over.\n\nFifty-five years ago, the country achieved its finest football moment by winning the World Cup on home soil.\n\nSince then, managers have been hired and fired, players picked and dropped, games won and lost, but the quest for another big showdown has always ended in failure until the arrival of Gareth Southgate and his squad at Euro 2020.\n\nNow that the wait is over, BBC Sport looks back at the players, managers, miles and more that England have put in to reach their second notable international final.\n• None Best action and reaction as England beat Denmark in Euro 2020 semi-final\n• None We're so pleased for our country - Southgate\n\nEngland's last final appearance in 1966 was greeted with jubilation, as the nation hung out bunting, waved flags and, for the match itself, left the streets deserted to huddle around television sets.\n\nWhile expectation of a repeat has never abated within these shores, the following 55 years - which is the longest any nation has had to wait between appearances in major finals - have delivered mainly heartbreak and humiliation.\n\nSince winning the World Cup, England have reached the knockout stages of official Uefa and Fifa tournaments 14 times out of a possible 28 - a 50% success rate. Compare that with the side they beat in 1966 - Germany - who have made it that far 20 times (71.43%).\n\nYou could bump that England number up a bit by arguing that they reached a second group stage in 1982, but it still leaves the country lagging behind many of their leading rivals on the international stage.\n\nEvery England fan has their own mental slideshow of suffering.\n\nDepending on age, it will include some of Gerd Muller's volley in Mexico in 1970, Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' in the same country in 1986, penalty pain against the Germans in 1990 and 1996, Wayne Rooney limping off in 2004 and sent off with an accompanying Cristiano Ronaldo wink in 2006, and Frank Lampard's disallowed shot over the line in 2010.\n\nIn total, England have played 302 competitive matches in official Uefa and Fifa tournaments since the 1966 World Cup (qualifiers and finals). That is 27,570 minutes (including some extra time but not injury time) in pursuit of another final.\n\nOf those games, they have won 180 of them (that's a win percentage of 59.60%), scoring 604 goals in the process and conceding 196.\n\nAll but the 14 games, 12 wins and 47 goals racked up by the Euros class of 2020 so far have ultimately been in vain.\n\nEngland's most common opponent during their quest to reach another final has been Poland, with 18 encounters between the two, 11 of which England have won.\n\nThe most famous, though, is probably the 1-1 draw at Wembley, when Polish goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski's heroics dashed England's hopes of qualifying for the 1974 World Cup.\n\nEngland have a 100% record against a number of countries, mainly those faced in qualifiers, but their best record is against lowly San Marino, who they have beaten seven times, scoring 42 goals and conceding one.\n\nThat one against is much more famous than any of those scored, though, coming eight seconds into the infamous World Cup qualifier in 1993 that ultimately ended in Graham Taylor's side failing to qualify for the 1994 finals in the USA.\n\nEngland's worst record against any side in competitive fixtures since 1966 is the one with Portugal, who were responsible for knocking them out of Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup on penalties.\n\nPortugal are also jointly responsible for inflicting the most pain on England at tournament finals, beating them four times (either in 90 minutes or via penalties). The same number as Germany.\n\nEngland's worst competitive records since 1966 (five games or more) *Lost two matches via penalty shootout ^Lost one match via penalty shootout\n\nSir Alf Ramsay delivered the World Cup in 1966 and is one of 14 managers to have taken charge of matches after England's greatest footballing moment.\n\nIn competitive games in Uefa and Fifa tournaments since 1966 World Cup final (number of games in brackets)\n\nSven-Goran Eriksson, who led England to three quarter-finals between 2002 and 2006, has the best win percentage in competitive games since the final in 1966 (if we ignore Sam Allardyce's single game in charge).\n\nFabio Capello is a fraction behind, but the Italian's record is propped up by a near faultless qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup, which ended in last-16 misery at the hands of Germany.\n\nCurrent boss Gareth Southgate has a very healthy win rate and is the only man on the list to lead the country to three semi-finals (World Cup, Nations League and European Championship). Ramsey is the only other man with more than one.\n\nHe has also now matched Ramsey as the only man to lead England to a major final.\n\nImpressively, if we include penalty shootout wins, Southgate has now overseen 24.32% of England's victories in Uefa and Fifa finals since the 1966 tournament, and the orchestrator of a third of all of the country's clean sheets ever at the Euros.\n\nHe's also the only man to beat Germany in a knockout round at a major tournament since Ramsey.\n\nGames, goals and miles on the clock\n\nMore than 300 players have appeared for England since the 1966 World Cup, striving to help their country reach another major final.\n\nWayne Rooney is the man who has played the most competitive games in pursuit of this goal, with 74 to his name. The closest he got was the quarter-finals.\n\nOther members of the so-called 'Golden Generation' - Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole and David Beckham - are not far behind, along with the country's leading all-time appearance maker (and goalkeeper for the World Cup semi-final in 1990) Peter Shilton.\n\nPlayers with most games in Fifa and Uefa competition\n\nAs his country's all-time leading goalscorer, it is no surprise to see Rooney top of the list for competitive goals scored since 1966 in pursuit of another final.\n\nPlayers with most goals in Uefa and Fifa tournaments\n\nHarry Kane's winner in Wednesday's semi-final against Denmark took him joint top of England's leading scorers at major tournaments (Euros and World Cups) with 10, level with Gary Lineker.\n\nFinally, England's pursuit of another major final has taken them across the globe.\n\nEngland have travelled more than 140,000 miles, and played in 52 countries on four continents, since Bobby Moore held aloft the Jules Rimet trophy in 1966.\n\nThis includes trips to Mexico, Japan, South Africa and Brazil for the World Cup finals.\n\nYet for all that, when they do finally end their long wait to play in a final, it will be back where the zenith of their footballing history occurred, full circle and on home soil at Wembley.\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Coronavirus cases in the UK have risen above 30,000 for first time since January, official figures show.\n\nWednesday's data showed there had been a further 32,548 confirmed Covid cases.\n\nAnd there were another 33 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nIt comes as Boris Johnson has defended the government's approach to easing England's lockdown, saying the link between infection and serious disease and death has been \"severed\".\n\nThe prime minister has pledged to scrap most of England's coronavirus regulations at step four of the roadmap out of lockdown, expected on 19 July.\n\nIt means the government is now braced for a surge in coronavirus cases, possibly around 100,000 a day, as restrictions are lifted.\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said it was \"certainly true\" there was a \"wave of cases because of the Delta variant\" of the virus.\n\n\"But scientists are also absolutely clear that we have severed the link between infection and serious disease and death,\" he said.\n\n\"Currently there are only a 30th of the deaths that we were seeing at an equivalent position in previous waves of this pandemic.\"\n\nHowever, on Monday the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance was more cautious, saying vaccines had \"weakened the link between cases and hospitalisations, but it's a weakened link, not a completely broken link\".\n\nWednesday's daily figure for Covid cases in the UK is above 30,000 for the first time since 24 January.\n\nIn terms of hospitalisations, England is seeing more than 330 admissions a day on average at the moment. The most recent day - Monday - saw 416 admitted.\n\nAs of Wednesday, 2,144 people are in hospital in England with Covid - the first time this figure has topped 2,000 since April.\n\nWednesday's case total represents an increase from 28,700 on Tuesday.\n\nIt is not unusual for there to be a big jump on a Wednesday as a result of a weekend effect - slightly less testing is done.\n\nWhat's important is the trend. Week on week this represents a 43% rise. That is actually down on what has been seen recently. They are going up quickly, but not as quickly as last week.\n\nIt's too early to say whether that is part of a longer-term pattern. But what is certain is that government officials are watching this data like hawks.\n\nThe policy of opening up in England is based on the hope that the virus will soon hit the wall of immunity built up by the vaccination programme and natural infection.\n\nMinisters have said we should be prepared to see 100,000 cases a day. But they are hoping this wave of infection peaks well before that.\n\nBecause while the vaccination programme has weakened the link between cases and hospitalisation, it has not broken it entirely.\n\nOn current trends that many infections would lead to 2,000 daily admissions - twice what the NHS would normally see in the depths of winter for all types of respiratory illness.\n\nThe PM has also defended the timescale for ending self-isolation for contacts of Covid, insisting it is a \"sensible approach\".\n\nThe government has said people who are fully vaccinated will not have to self-isolate if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 from 16 August.\n\nGiving evidence to the Commons Liaison Committee, Mr Johnson rejected the suggestion 16 August had been chosen because it was when the government expected the population to have reached herd immunity .\n\n\"That's not the consideration… it's the time by which we feel that there will have been much more progress on vaccination,\" he said.\n\nAnd the PM said to do it any sooner would \"effectively be allowing many more people to be vector of disease.\"\n\n\"All decisions are a balance of risk,\" he said.\n\nAsked how many people the government expected to end up self-isolating over the next month, he said: \"That will depend on the spread. I haven't seen any data on that. It will depend on the numbers.\"\n\nMeanwhile, World Health Organization emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan has urged countries to use extreme caution when reopening their economies from Covid restrictions so as \"not to lose the gains you have made\".\n\nAsked at a briefing if the UK was aiming for herd immunity, Dr Ryan said: \"I'm not aware that that's the logic driving our colleagues in the United Kingdom, I suspect it's not.\n\nHe said the argument that it was better to infect more people was morally empty and epidemiologically stupid.\n\nLabour's leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned the prime minister he is leading the country into a \"summer of chaos and confusion\" over plans to ease lockdown.\n\nAt PMQs, he said the country should open up \"in a controlled way\" and urged Mr Johnson to ensure masks still have to be worn on public transport.\n\nFace masks will no longer be legally required and distancing rules will be scrapped at the final stage of England's Covid lockdown roadmap.\n\nThe lifting of rules on 19 July will be confirmed next Monday after a review of the latest data.", "Passes will show vaccine status for those needing to \"urgently\" travel abroad\n\nPeople from Wales going abroad for \"urgent\" travel can now access their Covid-19 vaccination status online, the Welsh government has said.\n\nPaper vaccine certificates have been available since May, with documents posted to those who needed to urgently travel internationally.\n\nEluned Morgan, the health minister, said people should only travel abroad if it is essential.\n\nMore than half of the Welsh population are now fully vaccinated.\n\nPaper certificates will still be available for those who are unable to access the digital pass, which can be downloaded to display on a person's phone, tablet or laptop.\n\nThe Welsh government has advised people to register to download the digital pass at least two weeks before they are due to travel abroad, as well as to check entry requirements for the destination country and follow travel rules.\n\nBaroness Morgan said she was \"pleased that people in Wales can now access their vaccination status via the NHS Covid Pass if they need to travel urgently and have completed their vaccine course\".\n\n\"It's important to remember that the Welsh government advice on travel hasn't changed, and people should only consider international travel if absolutely essential,\" she added.\n\nWork is ongoing to allow people in Wales to use England's NHS App to show proof of their vaccination status, as has been possible over the border since May.\n\nOn Wednesday, First Minister Mark Drakeford told the Senedd 10,000 people had already received vaccine certificates in Wales.", "Watch highlights as captain Harry Kane's follow up from a penalty miss sends England through to their first major men's final since 1966 as they beat Denmark 2-1 after extra time at Wembley.\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: How to follow the Euros on the BBC\n\nWatch highlights of Euro 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nNaomi Osaka has called for \"privacy\" and \"empathy\" from the press when she returns to action, saying she never wants her personal medical history to be scrutinised again.\n\nThe Japanese player withdrew from May's French Open after avoiding news conferences to protect her mental health.\n\n\"In any other line of work, you would be forgiven for taking a personal day here and there, so long as it's not habitual,\" she wrote in Time magazine.\n\nShe continued: \"You wouldn't have to divulge your most personal symptoms to your employer; there would likely be HR measures protecting at least some level of privacy.\n\n\"Perhaps we should give athletes the right to take a mental break from media scrutiny on a rare occasion without being subject to strict sanctions.\"\n\nWhen Osaka did not fulfil her media commitments at Roland Garros, organisers fined her.\n\nGrand Slam organisers said she could face expulsion from the tournament should she refuse to take part in media duties.\n\nThe four-time Grand Slam champion then withdrew the following day, revealing she had \"suffered long bouts of depression\" since winning her first major at the 2018 US Open.\n\n\"I felt under a great amount of pressure to disclose my symptoms - frankly because the press and the tournament did not believe me,\" she said.\n\n\"I do not wish that on anyone and hope that we can enact measures to protect athletes, especially the fragile ones. I also do not want to have to engage in a scrutiny of my personal medical history ever again. So I ask the press for some level of privacy and empathy next time we meet.\"\n\nThe four Grand Slams later said they wanted to \"create meaningful improvements\" in supporting players and that they empathised with the pressures players may face.\n\nOsaka has not competed since the French Open but is due to play at her home Olympics in Tokyo later this month.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Standing at just over 21m, the world's tallest sandcastle has been built in the town of Blokhus in Denmark.\n\nThe structure, reinforced with glue and clay, took 4,860 tonnes of sand to make.\n\nIt is open to visitors and will stand in place until the winter.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nWorld number one Ashleigh Barty will play Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova in Saturday's Wimbledon final.\n\nAustralian Barty beat former champion Angelique Kerber 6-3 7-6 (7-3) before Pliskova came from a set down to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 5-7 6-4 6-4.\n\nIt will be a first final at the All England Club for both Barty, 25, and 29-year-old Pliskova.\n\n\"I get the chance on Saturday to live out a total dream,\" said Barty, who has not lost a set since the opening round.\n\nThe top seed added: \"This is incredible. This is as close to a good tennis match I will play. Angie brought the best out of me and I knew I had to be at my best.\"\n\nBarty has the upper hand on Pliskova in their previous meetings, winning five of seven.\n\nIn the most recent of those, in the Stuttgart quarter-finals earlier this year, Barty came from a set down to win in three.\n\nIt is Pliskova's second Grand Slam final, having finished as runner-up at the US Open in 2016, while 2019 French Open champion Barty is chasing her second major title.\n\nIt is the first Wimbledon women's singles final featuring two first-time SW19 finalists since 1977 when Britain's Virginia Wade beat Dutchwoman Betty Stove.\n\n\"Until now, I hadn't passed the fourth round and now I'm in the final,\" said Pliskova. \"I think it's an incredible achievement.\n\n\"It was an amazing match from both of us.\"\n\nBarty so close to emulating her idol Goolagong\n\nBarty has long spoken of her dream of winning Wimbledon and is now one more victory away from achieving it - on the 50th anniversary of her idol Evonne Goolagong's first SW19 triumph.\n\nThe run has come after Barty allayed fears she might not even be fit to play at the All England Club. She was managing a hip injury at the French Open which led to her retiring from her second-round match at Roland Garros.\n\nComing into the tournament, she said she was fit and ready - and so it has proved.\n\nShe is the first Australian to reach the women's final since Goolagong lifted her second title at the All England Club in 1980.\n\nWhile Barty won her maiden Grand Slam on the Roland Garros clay, she has long said the grass courts are her favourite surface. This fortnight, she has shown why.\n\nBarty needed all of her quality and fight to stop Kerber - who was on a 10-match winning streak on the grass - taking this match into a decider.\n\nAfter the German led 5-2 in the second set, Barty kept her nerve and continued to land winners to break back, before dominating the tie-break.\n\n\"I have had ups, downs and everything in between on this journey,\" said Barty, whose scallop-hemmed dress at these championships is a tribute to the one Goolagong wore when she won the title in 1971.\n\n\"There's a lot of things which have led to this point. To play in the final at Wimbledon on Saturday will be the best thing ever.\"\n\nPliskova bounces back to see off Sabalenka\n\nSabalenka struggled to get a look-in on Pliskova's serve in the first set, only once forcing break point, in the final game when Pliskova conceded the set with a double fault.\n\nThe Belarusian had to save eight break points herself, her powerful serve her biggest weapon - reaching 120mph - as she crashed down nine aces in the opener.\n\nBut Pliskova started to impose herself on Sabalenka in the second set, dropping just two points on serve before going a break-to-love up in the fifth game.\n\nShe backed that up with a love hold before the rest of the set stayed on serve, Pliskova taking the tie into a decider with a forehand into the corner.\n\nThe Czech then raced into a 2-0 lead in the third set with an immediate break, and while Sabalenka refused to go down without a fight, recording two love holds, her opponent refused to give her an opening.\n\nPliskova wrapped up the win with an ace, her 13th of the match - compared to Sabalenka's 18 - to set up another appearance on Centre Court on Saturday.\n\nPliskova will return to a top-10 ranking on Monday, the Wimbledon fortnight being her first weeks out of the top 10 since August 2016.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon: Having set-in-stone timetable for lifting restrictions would \"not be responsible\"\n\nThe planned dates for easing Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland are \"not set in stone\", Nicola Sturgeon has said.\n\nThe first minister said it would not be responsible to have a guaranteed timetable in the face of the virus, after another day of high case numbers.\n\nScotland is due to move to level zero on 19 July, before dropping almost all restrictions on 9 August.\n\nHowever Ms Sturgeon said she would look very carefully at the latest data before confirming this would happen.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament is to be recalled from recess on 13 July for MSPs to be updated on whether the timetable will go ahead as planned.\n\nA further 3,799 cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Scotland on Wednesday, breaking a trend of five consecutive days where numbers fell from the record highs seen the previous week.\n\nMs Sturgeon said case numbers were \"much higher than we want them to be\", but said it could still be the case that the recent increase was stabilising.\n\nShe said: \"We are literally monitoring the data on a daily basis right now, as we head towards the review point next week where we will be able to say what our plans are for 19 July.\n\n\"We are looking at this very carefully. My biggest concern right now is that even though we are seeing a weakening of the link between cases and hospitalisations, if we have a high number of cases even a lower proportion of those cases ending up in hospital can put pressure on our NHS.\"\n\nThe first minister said restrictions would ultimately be eased, with the vaccine programme providing a clear route out of lockdown, but said it was important to do this \"at a sensible pace\".\n\nAsked if this meant the dates set out in the government's latest route map out of lockdown were not set in stone, she replied: \"Nothing, against a global pandemic of an infectious virus that has got more infectious and transmissible with the Delta variant, can be set in stone.\n\n\"I want as much as everybody does the certainty of 'by this date we will be free of everything and there will no longer be any restrictions'.\n\n\"Every part of me wants that and every part of me believes we are on a journey towards that and heading in that direction.\n\n\"But to set dates in stone while we still face that virus would not in my view be responsible. My job is to take hard decisions that get us as safely as possible to that end point.\"\n\nNicola Sturgeon said it would not be responsible to set dates in stone\n\nMeanwhile, opposition parties voiced alarm at the performance of the Test and Protect contact tracing system, after figures suggested it had fallen below the benchmark set for it by ministers.\n\nThe government wants the service to have completed contact tracing in 80% of cases within 72 hours of their being logged in the system.\n\nHowever the latest report from Public Health Scotland suggested that 26.8% of cases in the five days to 2 July had taken more than three days to close - down from 34.9% the previous week.\n\nScottish Conservative MSP Annie Wells said the system was clearly \"completely overwhelmed\" by the recent surge in cases.\n\nShe added: \"A robust Test and Protect system remains a critical tool in fighting the virus, but the SNP government have failed to ensure it has all the resources it needs.\"\n\nScottish Labour's deputy leader Jackie Baillie said the Scottish government had \"lost control of the pandemic\", saying: \"Test and trace is in disarray and cases are spiralling - we cannot have the people of Scotland put in danger due to the failure of the SNP.\"\n\nContact tracers are now regularly facing as many cases in a day as they had to deal with in a week earlier in the pandemic.\n\nThey have moved to prioritise telephone interviews with cases where there is a \"high risk\" of transmissions, with many other people who test positive contacted via text message and asked to fill out an online form.\n\nMs Sturgeon acknowledged last week that the system was \"under pressure\" due to the surge in cases, but insisted it was \"coping well\".\n\nIt came after NHS Grampian warned that the increase in cases meant it would not be able to trace the contacts of everyone who tests positive.", "The Queen met soap icons at the Rovers Return pub\n\nThe Queen has visited the set of Coronation Street to help celebrate the soap's diamond jubilee.\n\nHer Majesty was given a tour of the ITV drama's studios in Trafford, Greater Manchester, including a stop off at the Rovers Return pub.\n\nThe monarch, who celebrated 60 years on the throne in 2012, also walked down Weatherfield's famous cobbled streets, meeting cast and crew members.\n\nHer trip also saw her meet community groups at Manchester Cathedral.\n\nThe Queen previously visited Coronation Street in 1982 at its original studios in Manchester before the soap moved to Trafford in 2013.\n\nHer Majesty was welcomed to the studios with flags and a red carpet\n\nThe Queen met long-running cast members on the set of the street\n\nOn a 40-minute tour of the set and studios, the Queen met a host of cast and crew of the show, walking beside the cobbled street before popping into the studio where the interior of the Rovers Return is filmed.\n\nBill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, Barbara Knox who is cast as Rita, Sue Nicholls who plays Audrey and Helen Worth, known to millions of soap fans as Gail, greeted the monarch with bows and curtsies outside the famous pub.\n\nRoache told the Queen he first saw her when she visited Jamaica in 1953, when he was serving as an officer with the Royal Welch Fusiliers.\n\nThe Queen, who asked how they had managed to keep filming during the pandemic, replied: \"It's really marvellous you've been able to carry on.\"\n\nRoache replied to laughter: \"Well, ma'am, you're the one who has carried on.\"\n\nThe cobbles were covered with a red carpet for the royal visit\n\nThe Queen also popped into the Rovers Return\n\nDuring the visit, the Queen was told the set's cobbles were the original ones taken from the old Granada street set in Manchester, before it moved three miles down the road to the new ITV Studios in 2013.\n\nKate Spencer, who plays Grace Vickers, warned Her Majesty: \"Hard to walk on, as well, in heels.\"\n\nTo laughter, the Queen looked down at her shoes and replied: \"No, I know. I've been told. Probably better not.\"\n\nDuring the later visit to the city's cathedral, the Queen was treated to a medley of Queen's hits performed by the Manchester Lesbian and Gay Chorus as she met a variety of community groups.\n\nThe head of state's visit marked the 600th anniversary of the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which became a cathedral in 1847.\n\nHer Majesty was told about how groups have supported the local community during the pandemic\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n• None What Queen said to Manchester injured\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The bear study will be sold at Christie's in London\n\nA drawing of a bear's head by Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record £8.8m ($12.1m) at a London auction.\n\nMeasuring just 7x7cm, Head of a Bear is more than 500 years old.\n\nThe sale has surpassed the previous record for a Leonardo drawing, set by the Horse and Rider, which sold for £8.1m in 2001.\n\nAccording to Christie's auction house, which held the sale, it is among just a few drawings by the Italian Renaissance master which are still privately owned.\n\nThe auction house did not reveal the identity of the buyers. However, it was sold to a single bid from a man and a woman.\n\nThe drawing was created using silverpoint on pale pink-beige paper and is among a number of the artist's small-scale drawings of animals, which date back to the early 1480s.\n\nLaetitia Masson, an expert in old master drawings at Christie's, described silverpoint as \"a very difficult technique, because it doesn't really admit any mistake\". It involves applying a silver stick to a specially prepared paper to leave marks and lines, requiring delicate touch and pressure.\n\nMs Masson said Leonardo was fascinated by nature and animals in general.\n\nThe sketch previously belonged to British painter and collector Sir Thomas Lawrence, before being sold at Christie's in 1860 for £2.50.\n\nIt has been included in a number of exhibitions, notably a major show at the National Gallery in London in 2011.\n\nLeonardo da Vinci, who was born in 1452 and died in 1519, is famous for both his art and inventions.\n\nIn 2017, a 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo sold in New York for a record $450m (£341m).\n\nKnown as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World), the sale represented the highest auction price for any work of art.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Salvator Mundi was cleaned and restored", "People are dreaming of holidays to the Maldives next year, travel agents say\n\nPeople are planning bucket list holidays due to \"pent up demand\" for a break, according to Welsh travel agents.\n\nThey said places like the Maldives were being snapped up for 2022 with people \"definitely spending more\".\n\nBut, for this year, the demand remains for UK staycations.\n\nAccommodation with hot tubs are proving popular along with cottages and lodges for families holidaying at home.\n\nThe Welsh government has said people should only go abroad for \"essential purposes\", and First Minister Mark Drakeford has urged people to stay in Wales this year.\n\nSuzanne Cumpston, from Sam Smith Travel in Cowbridge, said the desire for international travel appears to have been \"suppressed\" for now - but longer term, people were looking to travel further afield.\n\n\"The appetite for 2021 is leaning towards UK staycations,\" she said.\n\nSummer bookings are made up of breaks at UK lodges and cottages, she said, with hot tubs a requirement whenever possible.\n\nOther customers have booked holidays to the Maldives, the US, Iceland and the Greek islands from the latter part of the year in the hope they can go ahead.\n\nHot tubs are a requirement for staycations, say travel agents\n\nAnd one customer has just booked a £65,000 wedding party of about 15 people to Antigua in 2022.\n\n\"People are booking to go longer, [to] bucket list places and upgrading rooms because they have lost out,\" she said.\n\nOther travel agents told BBC Wales that customers have increased their holiday budget and booked luxury breaks to places including Mauritius and the Canadian Rockies in 2022.\n\nBut for now many have opted for staycations in Wales, Devon, Cornwall and on UK cruises.\n\nMark White, boss of Ocky White Travel, Haverfordwest, said \"it seems everything with a hot tub will sell\" when it comes to booking a holiday at home.\n\nHe said he was advising people \"not to commit to 2021 foreign holidays\" until further reviews of the travel traffic light system and in the hope the green list will open up.\n\nWales has a traffic light system of travel, like in England, meaning countries are categorised due to risk.\n\nPortugal has now moved to the amber list, meaning arrivals must take two tests and quarantine for 10 days.\n\n\"Some people are still determined to go away,\" said Mr White.\n\n\"We are seeing more wish-list destinations coming through.\n\n\"People have learned not to take anything for granted and to take opportunities when they arise,\" he said.\n\nSue Glen: \"You have to get on and enjoy your life\"\n\nTravel agent Darren Owen said customers at Snowdonia Travel and Cruise in Colwyn Bay have rescheduled foreign holidays up to four times due to Covid travel rules.\n\nHe said that made it financially difficult for independent travel agents who do not receive their commission until a few weeks before people go on holiday.\n\nMr Owen said older people who have had their second Covid vaccine were booking foreign holidays for November and December, while families were booking to go abroad next May and June.\n\nSelf employed travel agent Sue Glen, from Builth Wells, has taken up a second job as a Covid track and trace official with Powys council to help pay her bills, with customers also delaying their breaks up to four times.\n\nFingers crossed: Angie Willmott is planning breaks in Crete and the Caribbean this year\n\nShe said new foreign holiday bookings to places like the Maldives, Thailand and the US appeared to be more lavish, especially if customers have been able to save money during lockdown.\n\nAnd she said people holidaying at home were also prepared to pay in excess of £1,500 for a week's stay in a UK holiday cottage in order to \"make memories\".\n\n\"You have to get on and enjoy your life,\" she said.\n\n\"So many times I have had that conversation with customers.\n\n\"We have had a pretty awful few years.\"\n\nShe has just returned from a weekend in Cornwall, and hopes to be able to enjoy breaks in Crete in July and a Caribbean cruise in December, if they are on the green list.\n\n\"We need to have some optimism,\" she said.", "Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel produces an outstanding diving save to deny England defender Harry Maguire and keep the scoreline level at 1-1 in their semi-final at Wembley.\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: How to follow the Euros on the BBC\n\nWatch highlights of Euro 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "Part of Gareth Southgate's success could be his willingness to turn to football outsiders to help prepare his England team. One of these advisers, former Olympian Matthew Syed, argues there's a lot the rest of the world can learn about this approach.\n\nIf there is one universal truth about human psychology, it is that we love being surrounded by people who think just like us. The Ancient Greeks called it \"homophily\" which means \"love of the same\". It was Plato who warned \"birds of a feather flock together\".\n\nIn some ways, this is the story of the England football set-up for the last three decades, the squad run by a true \"footballing man\" advised by other \"footballing men\". The idea is that if you get knowledgeable football chaps in a room, you will maximise the amount of knowledge - and thereby find a way to win matches.\n\nThis is why when Sir Clive Woodward - a world-class rugby coach - was appointed as an assistant coach at Southampton FC a few years ago, there was uproar. \"But he's a rugby person\", football insiders said in horror.\n\n\"If Harry Redknapp - the coach of Southampton at the time - needs advice, what is wrong with, say, Tony Pulis or David Pleat (both English based football coaches)? They are experts on football!\"\n\nThe curious thing about these arguments is that they are, on the surface, persuasive. It is true that Pulis knows more about football than Woodward. But do you see the problem? Redknapp already knows what Pulis knows. They were each socialised into the assumptions of English football: a way of setting up tactically, diet, recovery, you name it. They are, if you like, intellectual \"clones\".\n\nIf you put Redknapp, Pulis and Pleat in a room - all good footballing men - you would have high individual knowledge, but you would also have collective uniformity. You would have an echo chamber. They would reflect each other's assumptions back to each other. It would be comfortable, chummy and consensual. It would also be monolithic and non-creative.\n\nThis tendency is a problem that extends beyond English football. When the CIA was founded in 1947, it hired brilliant analysts, but they also happened to look similar - white, middle-class, Anglo Saxon, Protestant males.\n\nThe recruiters, doubtless subconsciously, were influenced by homophily. As the academics Milo Jones and Philippe Silberzahn put it: \"The first consistent attribute of the CIA's identity from 1947 to 2001 is homogeneity in terms of race, sex, ethnicity and class background.\"\n\nRecruiting people who think the same way inhibits creativity\n\nThe same is true of many of the big tech firms such as Google which, a decade or so ago, wondered why innovation had dried up, despite hiring so many brilliant software engineers.\n\nThey then realised that they were hiring people from similar universities who had learned under similar professors and had absorbed a similar range of concepts, heuristics and models. They were \"clones\" of each other. Only when they started looking beyond their usual horizons, reaching out to different universities and social networks, did things change.\n\nGareth Southgate, the England head coach, has followed a different approach, opening himself up to new ideas from the outset.\n\nOne source of these ideas is the FA Technical Advisory Board, an eclectic group that has been advising on performance in regular meetings since 2016.\n\nMembers (all unpaid volunteers) include Sir Dave Brailsford, a cycling coach, Colonel Lucy Giles, a college commander at the Sandhurst Military Academy, the Olympic rower Dame Kath Grainger, Manoj Badale, a tech entrepreneur, the rugby coach Stuart Lancaster and David Sheepshanks, mastermind behind the St George's Park national football centre.\n\nAt first, football insiders were horrified by this group, with negative articles appearing in the British press. We are not \"footballing men\". But this is why the group is capable of offering fresh insights on preparation, diet, data, mental fortitude and more. This is sometimes called \"divergent\" thinking to contrast it with the \"convergence\" of echo chambers.\n\n\"I like listening to people who know things that I don't,\" Southgate told me. \"That's how you learn.\"\n\nColonel Lucy Giles is among those giving Southgate performance advice\n\nSouthgate has also assembled a diverse group of coaches in Graeme Jones, Chris Powell and Martyn Margetson - individuals who have deep but very different experiences of the game. And, just as importantly, he's keen to listen to them: the moment England score, the celebration is curtailed so that Southgate can gain the input of Steve Holland, his assistant.\n\nThese diverse coaches are not rebels in the sense of seeking to disrupt the team. Rather, they are rebels in the sense of injecting fresh thinking which helps everyone perform better.\n\nThe tragedy is that people in echo chambers often don't even realise they are trapped. This is a point made by the novelist David Foster Wallace, who tells a story that starts in a fish tank. \"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish, who nods at them and says 'Morning, boys. How's the water?' And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then one of them looks at the other and goes, 'What the hell is water?'\"\n\nWallace's point is that when we are surrounded by people who think the same way, we can overlook the obvious. Classic examples include Blockbuster, which missed the opportunities of the internet despite dominating the movie rental business, and Kodak, which was so fixated on print photography that it never took the opportunities afforded by digital.\n\nHis coaching staff was hand-picked for their diverse skills and backgrounds\n\nThe CIA missed an entire series of threats due to its clone-like recruits. A few more rebels could have changed everything. It wasn't until after the 9-11 attack that the CIA started to broaden its intake.\n\nOf course, diversity shouldn't be pursued frivolously. If Brailsford, Giles, Badale, Grainger et al were advising not on football performance but how to design the Large Hadron Collider, they would be ineffectual. Introducing outsiders for the sake of it rarely works. The key is to bring people together whose perspectives are both relevant to the problem, and which are also different from each other. This maximises both \"depth\" and \"range\" of knowledge - leading to \"collective intelligence\".\n\nThe England football team haven't won the Euros, and there's a long way to go. But the power of diversity is beyond dispute, central to the strategies of many of the most cutting-edge institutions.\n\nEcho chambers may be comfortable but they are inherently self-limiting. In the post-pandemic age, with the world changing faster than ever, it is diversity that unlocks the key to success.\n\nMatthew Syed is author of Rebel Ideas: the Power of Diverse Thinking and represented Great Britain in table tennis at two Olympic Games", "The searing heat that scorched western Canada and the US at the end of June was \"virtually impossible\" without climate change, say scientists.\n\nIn their study, the team of researchers says that the deadly heatwave was a one-in-a-1,000-year event.\n\nBut we can expect extreme events such as this to become more common as the world heats up due to climate change.\n\nIf humans hadn't influenced the climate to the extent that they have, the event would have been 150 times less likely.\n\nScientists worry that global heating, largely as a result of burning fossil fuels, is now driving up temperatures faster than models predict.\n\nClimate researchers have grown used to heatwaves breaking records all over the world in recent years. However, beating the previous national high temperature mark by more than 4C in one go, as happened in Canada last week, is virtually unprecedented.\n\nCanada's previous national record for high temperature was 45C - but the recent heat in the village of Lytton in British Columbia saw a figure of 49.6C recorded at the height of the event.\n\nThe remnants of the village of Lytton, in British Columbia, after a wildfire\n\nThis was shortly before the village itself was largely destroyed by a wildfire.\n\nAll across the region, in the US states of Oregon and Washington and in the west of Canada, multiple cities hit new records far above 40C.\n\nThese temperatures had deadly consequences for hundreds of people, with spikes in sudden deaths and big increases in hospital visits for heat-related illness.\n\nSince the start of the heatwave, people have linked the unusual and extreme nature of the event to climate change.\n\nNow, researchers say that the chances of it occurring without human-induced warming were virtually impossible.\n\nAn international team of 27 climate researchers who are part of the World Weather Attribution network managed to analyse the data in just eight days.\n\nUnsurprisingly, given the quick turnaround, the research has not yet been peer-reviewed. However, the scientists use well-established methods accepted by top journals.\n\nThey used 21 climate models to estimate how much climate change influenced the heat experienced in the area around the cities of Seattle, Portland and Vancouver.\n\nThey compared the climate as it is today, with the world as it would be without human-induced warming.\n\n\"We conclude that a one-in-1000-year event would have been at least 150 times rarer in the past,\" said lead author Sjoukje Philip, from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.\n\nPeople suffered the impacts of heat across a large swathe of the western US and Canada\n\n\"So that's in a climate without human-induced climate change, when the climate was about 1.2C cooler than it is now. The heatwave would also have been about two degrees cooler in the past.\"\n\nCo-author Dr Friederike Otto, from the University of Oxford, explained what the researchers meant when they said the extreme heat was \"virtually impossible\" without climate change.\n\n\"Without the additional greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, in the statistics that we have available with our models, and also the statistical models based on observations, such an event just does not occur,\" she explained.\n\n\"Or if an event like this occurs, it occurs once in a million times, which is the statistical equivalent of never,\" she told a news briefing.\n\nThis type of research, which seeks to determine the contribution of human-induced climate change to extreme weather events, is known as an attribution study.\n\nAccording to the analysis, if the world warms by 2C, which could happen in about 20 years' time, then the chances of having a heatwave similar to last week's drop from around once every 1,000 years to roughly once every 5-10 years.\n\nThe authors say that the observed temperatures were so extreme that they lie far outside the range of historical observations. This makes it hard to quantify, with confidence, just how rare the heat dome event really was.\n\nThe scientists say there are two possibilities for the extreme jump in peak temperatures seen in the region.\n\nThe first is that it is just an extremely rare event, made worse by climate change, \"the statistical equivalent of really bad luck\", according to the paper.\n\nPeople sought shelter from the heat in cooling centres set up across the region\n\nThe other possibility is that the climate may have crossed a \"threshold,\" that would make the kind of heatwaves witnessed recently much more likely.\n\nUp until now, researchers had seen a gradual increase in heat extremes as the world warmed. Their analysis of what happened in Canada has shaken that view.\n\nIt could mean that the predictions of climate models might be underestimating the extreme temperatures the world could yet experience.\n\n\"We are much less certain about how the climate affects heatwaves than we were two weeks ago,\" said Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.\n\n\"And we are worried about the possibilities of these things happening everywhere. But we don't know how realistic that is yet, we just we need to work on it.\"\n\nSo does mean that this exceptional heatwave could be some sort of tipping point?\n\n\"It's really not the important thing if this is a tipping point or not,\" said Dr Otto.\n\n\"What's important is what are our societies are resilient to and what can we adapt to. And in most societies, it's really a very, very stable climate, and that even a small change makes a huge difference.\"\n\n\"And what we see here is not a small change, it's a big change. I think that is really, really the important message here.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Reality Check explains how to cut your carbon footprint", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson on UK troops returning from Afghanistan: \"We are safer because of everything they did.\"\n\nAll British troops assigned to Nato's mission in Afghanistan are returning home and most have already left, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe PM said there could \"never be a perfect moment\" to withdraw, but it was \"never intended to be permanent\".\n\nMore than 450 British troops have died during the conflict with the Taliban and fighters from al-Qaeda since 2001.\n\nBut Britain's most senior general has warned Afghanistan could slide into civil war once foreign troops leave.\n\nThe US has said it will withdraw all forces by 11 September.\n\nThe US-led bombing of Afghanistan began in October 2001, following the 11 September attacks on the United States.\n\nAt the height of the war, Nato had more than 130,000 troops from 50 nations in Afghanistan. The UK had 9,500 personnel and 137 bases in Helmand province alone.\n\nIn a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Johnson said after the majority of troops returned home in 2014, about 750 service personnel stayed in Afghanistan under Nato's mission to train and assist the country's security forces.\n\n\"No-one should doubt the gains of the last 20 years,\" he told MPs. \"But nor can we shrink from the hard reality of the situation today.\"\n\nHe said the situation in Afghanistan now is \"very different\" compared to 20 years ago when the country was \"the epicentre of global terrorism\".\n\n\"We and our Nato allies were always going to withdraw our forces,\" Mr Johnson said. \"The only question was when, and there could never be a perfect moment.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We have to live with our losses for the rest of our lives\" - mother Lucy Aldridge reflects on the loss of her son William\n\nUS President Joe Biden announced in April that American troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September, saying it was \"time to end America's longest war\".\n\nThe US had some 2,500 troops in the country as part of a 9,600-strong Nato mission.\n\nThat would coincide with the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the US in 2001.\n\nThe Taliban told the BBC this month that any foreign troops left in Afghanistan after Nato's September withdrawal deadline will be at risk as occupiers.\n\nBut violence in the country continues to rise, with the Taliban taking more territory.\n\nUnder a deal with the militant group, the US and its Nato allies agreed to withdraw all troops in return for a commitment by the Taliban not to allow al-Qaeda or any other extremist group to operate in the areas they control.\n\nAfter nearly 20 years of western military support, most Nato forces have now left the country for good.\n\nThat includes the majority of the 750 British troops who were in the capital Kabul to assist with security and training.\n\nThe head of the Armed Forces, General Sir Nick Carter, says that those British troops who served in Afghanistan can be proud of what they achieved.\n\nBut even he describes the current security situation in Afghanistan as \"pretty grim\", with the Taliban making significant advances.\n\nGeneral Carter says it's \"plausible\" that the country might now fracture along tribal and ethnic lines.\n\nThough he still believes the Taliban will not be able to control the whole country.\n\nA total of 475 British military personnel lost their lives in the country - most killed in Helmand before combat operations ended in 2014.\n\nTheir families will question whether they really leave a lasting legacy - whether their sacrifice was in vain.\n\nBoris Johnson insists that Britain is not walking away from the country.\n\nThere will still be a very small British military presence in Kabul to protect diplomatic missions. But did this costly Nato mission really achieve what it set out to do?\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said the Taliban were \"making gains on the ground\" and \"serious questions remain about the future stability of Afghanistan\".\n\n\"A security threat remains to the wider world including to the UK, and nobody wants to see British troops permanently stationed in Afghanistan, but we simply cannot wash our hands or walk away,\" she said.\n\nThere had been \"moments of huge difficulty\" in the last 20 years, Ms Rayner said, but Afghanistan's current situation \"is more concerning than at any other point in many years\".\n\n\"It's hard to see a future without bloodier conflict and wider Taliban control,\" she said.\n\nMr Johnson told MPs Britain was \"not walking away\" from Afghanistan.\n\n\"We are keeping our embassy in Kabul and we will continue to work with our friends and allies, particularly with the government of Pakistan, to try to bring a settlement, to try to ensure that the Taliban understand that there can be no military path to victory and there must be a negotiated solution,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking after Mr Johnson's announcement, Head of the Armed Forces General Nick Carter said the situation in Afghanistan was \"pretty grim\", with half the country's rural districts now in the hands of the Taliban.\n\nHe warned there was a danger of \"state collapse\", adding: \"That's where you would see a culture of warlord-ism, and you might see some of the important institutions, like the security forces, fracturing along ethnic, or for that matter tribal, lines.\"\n\nThe majority of UK troops left Afghanistan in 2014\n\nDesignated transnational terrorist group, al-Qaeda, was able to establish itself in Afghanistan, led by Osama Bin Laden, over five years from 1996-2001.\n\nIt set up terrorist training camps, including experimenting with poison gas on dogs, and recruited and trained an estimated 20,000 jihadist volunteers from around the world. It also directed the twin attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, killing 224 people, mostly African civilians.\n\nAl-Qaeda was protected by the government at the time, the Taliban, who refused calls from the international community to expel the terror group after the 9/11 attacks in the US in September 2001. This led to the US-led bombing of Afghanistan, which began in October 2001.\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "McGuinness said he would \"try my best to stamp my own mark\" on the programme\n\nTop Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness is to replace Sue Barker as host of BBC game show A Question of Sport.\n\nThe star, who is also known for Take Me Out and I Can See Your Voice, said taking the hot seat on the long-running quiz was \"an honour and opportunity I'm certainly not taking lightly\".\n\nThe programme will also get two new team captains for its 51st series.\n\nHockey player Sam Quek and rugby star Ugo Monye will take over from Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell.\n\nDawson joined the show in 2004, followed by Tufnell in 2005, while Barker had been in the host's chair since 1996.\n\nMcGuinness, 47, said he grew up watching the programme when it was hosted by David Vine and then David Coleman, but it was former tennis player Barker who \"made this show her own\".\n\n\"She will always be A Question of Sport icon, but I'll try my best to stamp my own mark on it,\" he said.\n\nMcGuinness has appeared as a panellist on a number of occasions and was also seen in a special programme to mark its 50th anniversary last year.\n\nSam Quek was part of the gold medal-winning hockey team at Rio 2016\n\nQuek, who won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, will be the first female team captain in the show's history.\n\n\"This really is my dream job,\" she said. \"I've watched A Question of Sport since I was a little girl and my ambition to appear on the show came true five years ago - but I never thought that I would one day be a captain.\n\n\"And the first female captain in the show's 50-year history too.\"\n\nFormer England wing Monye said it was \"an incredible honour\" to become the other team captain. \"It's a show I have watched my entire life, so to be named as a captain is truly humbling,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister: The committee found “there was no case to answer.\"\n\nBoris Johnson has been criticised by the MPs standards watchdog for failing to promptly explain how a trip to Mustique was funded - however he has been cleared of breaching the rules.\n\nAn inquiry was launched into the prime minister's 2019 Caribbean holiday after confusion over who paid for the trip.\n\nThe Committee on Standards has now concluded that Mr Johnson's account was \"accurate and complete\".\n\nBut, it added it was \"regrettable\" a full explanation had not come earlier.\n\nIn making its judgement, the committee overruled the Commons standards commissioner Kathryn Stone who having carried out the report had concluded that Mr Johnson broke the rules by having not \"fulfilled conscientiously\" the requirements to register donations.\n\nThe committee - made up of MPs and members of the public - said it reached a different conclusion after receiving additional evidence.\n\nThe prime minister told reporters he hadn't seen the conclusions of the report but said \"as I understand it, the committee has found there was no case to answer.\"\n\nResponding to the report, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said: \"The way Johnson handles his personal finances mirrors the way he governs the country - chaos and confusion.\"\n\nThis report reads a bit like a weary teacher's verdict on an unruly pupil... \"I'm not angry, just disappointed,\" it might have said.\n\nBoris Johnson hasn't broken the rules but neither has he gone out of his way to comply with them.\n\nNot for the first time, the committee points out.\n\nBefore he was prime minister, Mr Johnson broke parliamentary rules by not declaring his share of a property soon enough and his own standards advisor said he acted \"unwisely\" over the refurbishment of his Downing street flat.\n\nHis political opponents claim it's a pattern of behaviour that makes him unsuitable to govern.\n\nBut Boris Johnson has survived another brush with authority unscathed.\n\nIn February 2020, Mr Johnson declared that his £15,000 holiday accommodation on the Caribbean island had been covered by Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross.\n\nMr Ross initially said he had not paid \"any monies\" for the trip. He later clarified that he had \"facilitated\" accommodation for the prime minister.\n\nFollowing an investigation, the Committee on Standards concluded that Mr Ross had donated the accommodation, but added that the arrangements had been \"ad hoc and informal and do not appear to have been fully explained to Mr Johnson at the outset\".\n\n\"This matter could have been concluded many months ago if more strenuous efforts had been made to dispel the uncertainty,\" the committee said.\n\n\"It is regrettable that a full account and explanation of the funding arrangements for Mr Johnson's holiday accommodation has only come to light as a result of our own inquiries rather than at an earlier stage.\n\n\"Given that Mr Johnson was twice reprimanded by our predecessor committee in the last Parliament in the space of four months for 'an over-casual attitude towards obeying the rules of the House', we would have expected him to have gone the extra mile to ensure there was no uncertainty about the arrangements.\"\n\nIn May 2020, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Kathryn Stone, undertook the investigation on behalf of the committee.\n\nShe found that Mr Johnson had \"sought and was offered\" use of a villa owned by Mr Ross, a Conservative party supporter and friend of Mr Johnson.\n\nHowever, Mr Ross' villa was unavailable for the dates of Mr Johnson's holiday so instead another villa was found for the prime minister.\n\nThe commissioner said Mr Johnson was right to name Mr Ross as a donor, but said if another person had provided funds, Mr Johnson should also have given the details of whoever funded his holiday accommodation in the first instance.\n\nMs Stone said it had been \"unusually difficult\" to establish the facts during her investigation - which had been delayed due to the pandemic and Mr Johnson's own stay in hospital.\n\nDue to a lack of \"reliable documentary evidence\", she said she was unable to conclude whether Mr Johnson's account was accurate and complete adding \"it is not my role to provide the missing information - this remains the responsibility of the member.\"\n\nHowever she did conclude that the prime minister had breached the code because he did not \"make sufficient inquiries\" to establish who was providing his accommodation.\n\nBoris Johnson stayed on the island of Mustique, shortly after winning the 2019 general election\n\nOn receiving the commissioner's report, the committee concluded it did not have sufficient evidence to judge if the code had been broken.\n\nHowever after making further inquiries - including contacting the owner of the villa where Mr Johnson stayed - it said it reached a different conclusion from the commissioner and decided that Mr Johnson had not breached the rules.\n\nThe committee explained it had received confirmation from the owners of the villa where Mr Johnson stayed that they had been paid by the Mustique Company that manages the island.\n\nIn turn, the committee said, Mr Ross allowed the Mustique Company to use his own villa to compensate for Mr Johnson's holiday.\n\nIt therefore concluded that Mr Ross was the donor \"of a benefit in kind\" to the prime minister and that Mr Johnson's account of the donation had been accurate.", "At BOXPARK in Croydon, fans react as England's place in the final is secured\n\nFrom living rooms to locals, fan zones and a packed Wembley stadium, fans cheered on England as they beat Denmark 2-1 in the Euro 2020 semi-final.\n\nSome 60,000 fans watched in person at Wembley, with millions more cheering on the action on screen.\n\nEngland fans flew the flag for the Three Lions by decking out their streets, homes and pubs in red and white for the occasion.\n\nThe 2-1 win secured England a place in the Euros final for the first time.\n\nA peak TV audience of 20.9 million watched England thrash Ukraine 4-0 in the quarter-finals last Saturday.\n\nIn London's Piccadilly Circus, fans blocked traffic as they rejoiced at England's win\n\nThe Met Police said officers were keeping an eye on crowds in the capital\n\nFireworks were set off above a sea of fans at Wembley, where England will play Sunday's final\n\nDelight was written all over the faces of these fans in Manchester when England equalised\n\nMuch of the match was a nail-bitingly tense 1-1, with the semi-final going in to extra time\n\nBut once the final whistle was blown, the relief and happiness was there to see\n\nMany England fans in the stadium felt sure that football is coming home\n\nTwo fans in Manchester were overjoyed\n\nIn Paris, England fans were also seen celebrating in the Bombardier English Pub\n\nIn Copenhagen, there was dismay from spectators as they watched Denmark lose to England\n\nThere were smiles outside Wembley Stadium\n\nPeople travelled from across England to be at the stadium\n\nSome fans wore costumes, including dressing as Knights of St George for the big day\n\nFans of all ages inside Wembley made it a night to remember\n\nThis young duo showed their colours at the stadium\n\nFA President Prince William (left, front row) and Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his wife Carrie (right) were among those at the game\n\nEveryone at the match had to prove they were fully vaccinated or show a negative Covid test\n\nSome wore masks in the stadium area\n\nThose with tickets to watch the match at Wembley Stadium had to prove they were fully vaccinated via the NHS app, with both doses received at least 14 days before match day.\n\nThose not fully vaccinated had to show proof of a negative lateral flow test from the previous 48 hours. The stadium was at about 75% capacity, with the vast majority being England fans.\n\nComedians David Baddiel (c) and Frank Skinner (r) - who sang on the original Three Lions - were among those at Wembley\n\nPresenters Rochelle and Marvin Humes were also among the crowd\n\nFor those packing into fan zones, no proof of test or quarantine was required, but people had to check in via the NHS Test and Trace app.\n\nIn pubs and other venues, social distancing rules meant up to six people from six households, or two households of any size, could sit together inside or 30 outside.\n\nEngland fans celebrate as they watch a live broadcast of the semi-final match at Hackney Bridge in London\n\nFootball mad butcher Dan Hill covered his home in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, with England flags\n\nTorrington Avenue in Bristol flew the flag for England\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Band of the Coldstream Guards perform a rendition of Three Lions\n\nAll pictures are subject to copyright.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate:Kick-off:Venue:Coverage: Live on BBC One and iPlayer from 18:20. Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Live text commentary, goal clips, report and highlights on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nEngland's footballers are preparing to face Italy in the final of Euro 2020 on Sunday, knowing victory will earn them a first major tournament triumph for 55 years.\n\nOn a night of nerve-shredding tension, and then unconfined joy, Gareth Southgate's side beat Denmark 2-1 in front of more than 50,000 ecstatic England fans at Wembley on Wednesday, to reach their first ever European Championship final.\n\nCaptain Harry Kane hit the winner in extra time to book a place against the Azzurri at Wembley (20:00 BST kick-off).\n\nIf England win, it will be their first major tournament victory since winning the World Cup in 1966.\n• None Southgate 'so pleased for our country'\n• None England to play in Italy in Euro 2020 final - watch live on BBC\n• None Good times never seemed so good for England - listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast\n\nThe final whistle was greeted by scenes of jubilation and celebration in towns and cities across England.\n\n\"I'm just so pleased for our country,\" said boss Southgate, who punched the air at the final whistle.\n\n\"We know what our country like others has been through and to continue that happiness and journey for anther four days, we're so happy.\"\n\nEngland's ecstatic players celebrated on the pitch in front of their fans at full-time by singing 'Sweet Caroline' which fans have been chanting throughout the tournament.\n\n\"It was mayhem on the pitch at full-time,\" added Southgate. \"As soon as Sweet Caroline was playing that was it.\"\n\nFormer England striker Gary Lineker told BBC One: \"It's finally happened. I was doubting I'd ever see it again in my lifetime at one point.\"\n\nThere was a surprise waiting for midfielder Declan Rice after the match. The West Ham star learned of the birth of his new niece, who arrived in the world at the exact moment Kane scored the winning goal.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Sport, a delighted Rice said: \"My brother has literally had a baby as the second goal went in. He's crying his eyes out, he's had a little girl. It's a special night all round!\"\n• None 'The party's over' - Denmark reacts to Euros exit\n\nWhat is happening with tickets?\n\nThere will be at least 60,000 fans at Wembley for Sunday's showcase final, although there are reports a full crowd of 90,000 could watch the match.\n\nTickets for the semi-final against Denmark were selling on social media for thousands of pounds on the eve of the game.\n\nAccording to Uefa's website, tickets available to the general public for the final have sold out.\n\nLondoners are being offered the chance to see the final if they book a Covid-19 vaccination appointment. One pair of seats and 50 pairs for the fan zone in Trafalgar Square have been put up by the capital's mayor, Sadiq Khan.\n\nCovid-19 travel restrictions mean Italy's supporters are unable to fly to England for the game.\n\nHowever, UK-based Italian supporters who are fully vaccinated or can show proof of a negative lateral flow test from the previous 48 hours are allowed at Wembley.\n\nHow to watch the final\n\nThe final will be shown live on both the BBC and ITV.\n\nPubs have been given permission to stay open an extra 45 minutes until 23:15 BST on Sunday, in case the final at Wembley goes to extra time and penalties.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"The entire nation's been gripped by the Euros and this will allow people to enjoy the match in pubs if they wish to do so.\"\n• None Euro 2020 and Covid: How can I watch with friends?\n\nEngland battled back from a goal down to beat Denmark after extra time after Mikkel Damsgaard had put the Danes ahead with a sumptuous free-kick - the first goal Gareth Southgate's side had conceded at Euro 2020.\n\nDenmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel denied Raheem Sterling from close range before England equalised when captain Simon Kjaer put past his own keeper trying to stop Raheem Sterling from connecting with Bukayo Saka's low cross.\n\nOn a night of huge excitement and tension, Schmeichel then produced a full-length dive to keep out Harry Maguire's header before Kane's winner from the rebound after Schmeichel had saved his penalty.\n\nAmong the crowd were David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, who famously sang the unofficial England anthem Three Lions, with its familiar refrain \"Football's Coming Home\".\n\nThere were jubilant scenes elsewhere as fans kitted out in England football strips and costumes gathered in designated fan zones, pubs and bars on a historic night for the national team.\n• None 'This is not a team, it's a family'\n\nItaly failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup but they have been on the rise since former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini took charge in 2018.\n\nThey head into Sunday's final unbeaten in 33 matches and have been gathering momentum throughout Euro 2020 since their opening win against Turkey.\n\nAfter overcoming Belgium, ranked number one in the world, and then, in the semi-finals, three-time European champions Spain, they will fear no-one.\n\nTheir team includes veteran defenders Giorgio Chiellini, 36, and Leonardo Bonucci, 34, who have both impressed during the tournament.\n\nSunday will be the Azzurri's 10th major tournament final, and their fourth European Championship final.\n• None 'A signal Italy are here to win Euro 2020'\n\nSunday's match will be the first time Italy and England have met since a 1-1 draw in a Wembley friendly in March 2018, Jamie Vardy putting the Three Lions ahead before an 87th minute equaliser from the penalty spot by Lorenzo Insigne.\n\nThe last time the two countries met at a major tournament, Italy won 2-1 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as the Three Lions finished bottom of their group.\n\nItaly also knocked England out at the quarter-final stage of Euro 2012 on penalties in Kyiv.\n\nThe Three Lions have not beaten the Azzurri in the past three meetings.\n\nTheir last victory came in a friendly in August 2012, Jermain Defoe scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory.\n\nJonathan called BBC Radio 5 Live's 606 and said it was a \"surreal feeling\" to see England in a major final.\n\n\"I remember my first World Cup in 1990 - I was nine and crying in the semi-final when we lost to Germany,\" he added.\n\n\"This is England's time. We get to go again on Sunday and repay the Italians, they've caused us a lot of pain over the years.\"\n\nNelly called from Australia to say he had tears in his eyes.\n\n\"My wife is Danish - she very quickly went back to bed. We probably won't speak for 24 hours but who cares? I am so, so proud to be English. I'll be dancing in the streets in Sydney.\"\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "Rob Roberts was elected as a Conservative MP in 2019 but now sits as an independent\n\nAn MP suspended for sexual harassment has been told to stay away from the House of Commons by the Conservative Party.\n\nDelyn MP Rob Roberts received a six-week suspension after an independent panel found he sexually harassed a member of his staff.\n\nHe can return to Parliament on Thursday, but BBC Wales has been told Tory party figures advised him not to.\n\nMr Roberts has not responded to requests for comment.\n\nA senior Labour MP said that despite the advice there is nothing to stop the MP for Delyn returning to the Commons.\n\nThe former employee who was harassed said the fact Mr Roberts could return after his suspension showed the process needed to be reformed.\n\nMr Roberts was suspended for sexual misconduct in May, but did not face a recall petition on whether to hold a by-election because the punishment was handed out by the independent panel, rather than a parliamentary committee.\n\nHe had the Conservative whip suspended, so can return as an independent MP. He remains a member of the Conservative Party, but BBC Wales was told this remains under review.\n\nMr Roberts's former senior parliamentary assistant told BBC Wales he felt \"some disappointment\" a recall petition would not take place.\n\nHe added: \"At the moment, an MP found guilty of sending personal correspondence using house-headed paper is being treated more severely than MPs that are being found guilty of varying offences involving harassment, bullying and sexual harassment.\"\n\nThe former employee said he was \"very relieved\" to get closure after his complaint against Mr Roberts was upheld.\n\nHowever, he added: \"If complaints against MPs are upheld, it shouldn't be that they take a leave of absence and then come back.\n\n\"It should be like in any other industry: that they are dismissed from their role or - in the case of an MP - they go to a recall petition.\"\n\nHe said Parliament was a \"very strange place\" and was not up to date \"with how employment should be in modern times\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEchoing calls from senior cross-party politicians for Mr Roberts to resign, the MP's former employee added: \"I just think it's very unfair on his constituents.\n\n\"I don't think that they can have faith in him as a representative.\"\n\nHe said both the Conservative Party and Parliament needed to look at this case as a \"precedent,\" and called for more of a \"set timetable\" for how long such complaints are dealt with.\n\nThe former employee said a more structured HR process was needed for MPs' staff\n\nLeader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg is looking at a way to change the rules so future suspensions for sexual harassment and bullying judged by the panel can trigger a recall petition.\n\nBBC Wales has been told the UK government does not want this to apply to previous cases, although Labour politicians have proposed a change to the rules that mean it would.\n\nShadow Leader of the House Thangam Debbonaire told the Commons on Thursday that \"everyone knows this needs sorting\".\n\n\"There's actually nothing to stop him returning,\" she said. \"Staff have concerns. Things can be done retrospectively when the government wants to.\n\n\"Why should the people of Delyn be denied the right to the value of democracy, because of a technicality, we know we're going to fix?\"\n\nIn response, Mr Rees-Mogg said it was \"very important that this is done on a consensual basis\", adding it was open to Labour to put its proposal forward on one of the days set aside for opposition parties to hold debates.\n\nAnother Labour frontbencher, Jess Phillips, posed a question on social media, saying: \"If the Tory Party don't think he should come to parliament why on earth do we think it's OK for him to see vulnerable constituents on his own in Delyn?\"\n\nIn response to the comments by Mr Roberts's former employee, a Commons spokesman said: \"We remain committed to streamlining the ICGS process in the coming months and significant work has already been undertaken to reduce delays, including procuring new investigation providers and expanding capacity to deal with casework.\"\n\nA spokesman on behalf of the Conservative Whips Office said the whip remained suspended from Mr Roberts.", "James Brokenshire has resigned as security minister as his treatment for lung cancer is \"taking longer than anticipated\".\n\nIn a letter to the prime minister, the Tory MP said it was best he stands down to \"focus on restoring my health\".\n\nMr Brokenshire was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, and stepped back from his role in January ahead of surgery.\n\nBoris Johnson said he looked forward to welcoming him back \"as soon as possible\".\n\nThe MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup was discharged from Guy's Hospital in London in February after a \"frustrating resurgence\" in the disease required surgery to remove his right lung.\n\nMr Brokenshire thanked Mr Johnson for his support and praised the \"amazing\" medics for his treatment.\n\n\"My recovery from treatment and return to full duties is, however, taking longer than anticipated\", he wrote.\n\n\"Given my responsibilities to the public, the government and to Parliament, I have therefore concluded that it is best that I stand down from my ministerial role and focus on restoring my health.\"\n\nHe said he hopes to be able to \"serve again in some way in the future\".\n\nMr Johnson replied by offering his full support and to wish a \"speedy return to full health\".\n\nThe prime minister added: \"I understand entirely your need to step down from your role but look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible.\"\n\nLast month, Mr Brokenshire posted a photograph on social media saying his chemotherapy had been \"tough going\" but that we was recovering \"steadily\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Brokenshire was elected to the Commons in 2005.\n\nHe was appointed to Theresa May's cabinet as Northern Ireland secretary in July 2016, but stood down from the post in January 2018 when his cancer was first diagnosed.\n\nHe also served as housing secretary, and was appointed as minister of state in the Home Office in February last year.\n\nWriting on Twitter, shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said he wished Mr Brokenshire a \"full and swift recovery\".\n\n\"I know it will be difficult for him to stand back from his duties, but I look forward to seeing him again soon\", he added.", "The couple, pictured here in 2018, have given billions to charity\n\nThe Gates Foundation has outlined back-up plans in case its co-chairs cannot work together in the wake of their divorce.\n\nThe deal gives Bill and Melinda Gates a two-year trial, after which Ms Gates could resign from the organisation.\n\nUnder the agreement, Ms Gates would also receive \"personal resources\" from her ex-husband for her own charity work.\n\nMs Gates said she was \"deeply proud\" of what the organisation has achieved.\n\nIn a statement, she added: \"I believe deeply in the foundation's mission and remain fully committed as co-chair to its work.\"\n\nThe agreement comes after question marks were raised over the future of the organisation when the couple announced they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage in May.\n\nThe billionaires run the charitable foundation, which has worked on initiatives such as fighting infectious diseases and encouraging vaccinations for children.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Michelle Fleury breaks down the story of Bill and Melinda Gates' relationship\n\nMs Gates will remain as a trustee during the \"trial period\", although it was announced in a blog post on Wednesday that the foundation will recruit new trustees to oversee its work.\n\nIts chief executive Mark Suzman said the successful candidates will be announced in January next year.\n\nHe added that any funds received by Ms Gates in the event of her resignation would be \"completely separate from the foundation's endowment, which would not be affected\".\n\nThe announcement also follows on from billionaire investor Warren Buffett's recent decision to step back from the foundation's board.\n\nHe previously said his \"physical participation is in no way needed\" for the foundation to achieve its goals.\n\nMr Buffett is a co-founder of the Giving Pledge, along with Bill and Melinda Gates, which is a campaign that encourages billionaire philanthropy.\n\nIn a note to Gates Foundation staff on Tuesday, it was announced that the couple would be donating another $15bn (£10.9bn) of their personal wealth to the foundation.\n\nBoth Mr and Ms Gates do, however, have other charitable funds, focused on green energy and women's causes respectively.", "The health board said it believed fake tablets were being sold as Valium and Xanax\n\nFake prescription anti-anxiety pills are thought to have left several people seriously ill in hospital.\n\nSwansea Bay health board said they were taken to Morriston Hospital after overdosing on Wednesday.\n\nIt said it believed the tablets were being sold illegally as Valium and Xanax in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it was contacted by the health board on Wednesday evening and was carrying out an extensive investigation.\n\nIt comes as a report warned of the number of fake pills being seen by health experts.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nPublic Health Wales' drugs testing lab said it had seen a \"substantial increase\" in pills being sent for analysis by people concerned about their authenticity.\n\nThe most common were benzodiazepines, a group of anti-anxiety pills which includes diazepam and Xanax.\n\nJosie Smith, PHW's head of substance misuse, said the issue had likely got worse due to Covid and lockdowns.\n\n\"These drugs may not be regulated in the UK and they will differ in strength and in the speed at which the effects are felt... so there's a very real risk of accident, as sadly we're hearing today,\" she told Claire Summers on BBC Radio Wales.\n\nThere is concern about fake anti-anxiety pills being bought online\n\nMore than half of the pills tested were found to be fakes, often containing stronger, unregulated chemicals.\n\nMs Smith said: \"Given the stresses, strains and pressures that people have been under in the past year, they may have been more inclined to self-medicate with medicines not prescribed to them.\n\n\"We are more frequently now hearing from individuals saying that they didn't wish to go to their GP to talk about the challenges they were experiencing and found it easier to go online.\"\n\nJosie Smith said there was anecdotal evidence of an increase of the use anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs during the pandemic\n\nShe added there was anecdotal evidence of an increase of the use anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs during the Covid pandemic.\n\nFake pills are often made using cheaper ingredients, which can be up to 10 times stronger than what people think they are taking, potentially leading to longer-lasting side effects and long-term addiction or overdose.\n\nMany closely resemble genuine pharmaceuticals, with blister packs and accompanying medical information leaflets.\n\nSome of the drugs found to be fake closely resembled genuine pharmaceuticals\n\nThe Welsh Emerging Drugs and Identification of Novel Substances (Wedinos) project, which analyses drug samples sent in from across the UK, saw a 40% increase in the number of benzodiazepine samples, up from 846 in 2019-20 to 1,205 in 2020-21.\n\nDiazepam and Xanax were the most common pills people believed they were buying.\n\nMs Smith said some people may worry about the stigma of seeking medication, but urged them to go to their GPs.\n\nShe said: \"We know that the age range for this is enormous.\n\n\"The youngest person submitting a sample was 14 and the oldest was 89, so this is right across the age groups. This isn't exclusively a young person's issue or an older person's issue.\"\n\nOut of 320 samples submitted in the past year where people believed they had bought Xanax, 58% were found to contain a different substance entirely.\n\nOut of 712 diazepam samples, 55% were found to be something else, with many consisting of significantly more potent chemicals that have never been regulated for medical use.\n\nKimberley Williams said she knows a lot of people who take illicit and non-illicit benzodiazepines\n\nAs well as a suspected increase in online sales, some drug support services said they had seen a marked increase in so-called street benzodiazepines, often bought and sold among those with existing addiction issues.\n\nKimberley Williams, who has used benzodiazepines in the past but is now in recovery, said the streets were \"flooded\" with fake medication.\n\n\"Obviously people are coming out of lockdown, their mental health isn't good, and these are people that don't go to the doctors to get their medication, so they're seeking something to make themselves feel better.\n\n\"It's so much more powerful. It's highly addictive anyway, but I'm seeing it ruining people lives faster than crack and heroin - and that says a lot.\"\n\nElwyn Thomas, an outreach worker at the Kaleidoscope drug support service in Newport, said he had noticed big changes in benzodiazepine use for those already struggling with addictions.\n\n\"We've had probably 16 or 17 drug related-deaths in the first three months of this year which related to fake benzodiazepines,\" he said.\n\n\"On the streets we're seeing chaos. As a front line drug worker I've seen the use of benzodiazepines changing over the past 17 months.\n\n\"The difference now is the types and strength of benzodiazepines that are out there on the street.\"\n\nElwyn Thomas said there was \"chaos\" on the streets as a result of fake prescription drugs\n\nSimon Jones, head of policy at Mind Cymru, said it was concerning to see people attempting to order medications online to help with mental health problems.\n\nHe said: \"This can be very dangerous, as there is no guarantee that people know exactly what is in the medication.\n\n\"Our advice is that if you think you're experiencing symptoms of a mental health problem, like anxiety, it's important to see your GP, who can talk you through a range of treatment options including a prescription if you both feel you could benefit from one.\"\n\nBritish Medical Association Wales council chairman Dr David Bailey said it was \"hugely concerning\" to hear of people buying prescription-only medication without a proper medical assessment.\n\nHe said: \"No online portal - even from a reputable pharmacy company - will have access to a patient's medical history and if medication is obtained from any other source there can be no guarantee about either the suitability of the medication or if it is genuine.\"", "Some types of oral contraceptive pill can now be sold over the counter at pharmacies without a prescription, the UK's drug regulator has ruled.\n\nThe landmark decision should make access easier for people, although buyers will still need to have a consultation with the pharmacist.\n\nThe reclassification applies to two brands of \"progesterone only\" pill - Hana and Lovima.\n\nThe move has been welcomed by campaigners who say the coronavirus pandemic has made a difficult situation even worse for those trying to access contraception services.\n\nSexual health doctors say services have been stretched and underfunded for some time.\n\nHana and Lovima, which contain 75 micrograms of desogestrel, are still available for free on prescription too.\n\nThey should be taken once a day, with no break between packs. If a dose is missed by more than 12 hours, the contraceptive effect may fail.\n\nTaken correctly, the mini pill is more than 99% effective, meaning fewer than one in 100 women using it will get pregnant in a year. In reality, because of a range of factors, it is about 91% effective.\n\nMost women can take desogestrel even if they are over 35 and smoke, unlike the combined pill, where risks can outweigh benefits.\n\nDr June Raine, head of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, said: \"This is good news for women and families.\n\n\"We have consulted a wide range of people to enable us to reach the decision to make this contraceptive available for the first time in the UK without prescription. We received many responses to our consultation, the majority of which supported this approach.\"\n\nThe Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said it was delighted by the news.\n\nDr Asha Kasliwal, president of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, said: \"Progestogen-only contraceptive pills are safe, reliable, easy to use and are an incredibly popular contraceptive method. Availability over the counter in pharmacies will make it easier for women to access essential contraception to avoid unplanned pregnancies during and beyond Covid-19.\"\n\nShe said successive cuts to public health budgets have made it harder for women to get the contraception they need.\n\n\"Reclassification may also reduce unnecessary pressures on GPs, who will not need to see patients for repeat prescriptions.\n\n\"However, reclassification of one brand is only the first step, and buying contraception should definitely not be the only solution. We are calling for these pills to be available to everyone for free in community pharmacies, as well as the reclassification of other contraceptives moving forward.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Haiti became the world's first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state when it threw off French colonial control and slavery in the early 19th Century.\n\nBut independence came at a crippling cost. It had to pay reparations to France, which demanded compensation for former slave owners. The 19th Century \"independence debt\" was not paid off until 1947. There have been recent calls for France to repay the money.\n\nChronic instability, dictatorships and natural disasters in recent decades have left it as the poorest nation in the Americas.\n\nAn earthquake in 2010 killed more than 200,000 people and caused extensive damage to infrastructure and the economy.\n\nA UN peacekeeping force was put in place in 2004 to help stabilize the country, and only withdrew in 2017.\n\nIn July 2021, President Jovenel Moïse was assasinated by unidentified gunmen in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Amid political stalemate, the country continues to be wracked by unrest and gang violence.\n\nFollowing the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 by unidentified gunmen, the interim prime minister Claude Joseph assumed control as acting president but then yielded the presidency and prime ministership to prime minister-designate Ariel Henry.\n\nOn 21 December 2022, Henry along with representatives of political parties, civil society organizations and private sector signed an agreement to hold the general elections in 2023, with the new government taking office in February 2024.\n\nCritics have accused him of involvement with Joseph Felix Badio, one of the main suspects in the assassination of President Moïse. He has dismissed the allegations of his involvement in the killing of Moïse as \"fake news\".\n\nHenry has stated that he was willing to hand over suspects to the United States, and stated that he supported appointing a judge from another country to oversee the case independently in Haiti.\n\nNumerous local radio stations, such as this one, were destroyed in the 2010 quake\n\nRadio is Haiti's leading news medium and there are hundreds of local, privately-owned stations.\n\nThe media reflect a range of views but the work of journalists is hampered by threats and violence, press watchdogs say.\n\nHaiti is the most populous country in the Caribbean\n\n1492 - Christopher Columbus lands and names the island Hispaniola, or Little Spain.\n\n1496 - Spain establishes first European settlement in western hemisphere at Santo Domingo, now capital of Dominican Republic.\n\n1697 - Spain cedes western part of Hispaniola to France, and this becomes Haiti.\n\n1801 - A former black slave who became a guerrilla leader, Toussaint Louverture, conquers Haiti, abolishing slavery and proclaiming himself governor-general of an autonomous government over all Hispaniola.\n\n1804 - General Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims the independent black republic of Haiti after rebel slaves defeat French troops dispatched by Napoleon Bonaparte. Haiti is the first nation ever to successfully gain independence through a slave revolt.\n\n1915 - US invades following unrest that it thought endangered its property and investments in the country.\n\n1934 - US withdraws troops from Haiti, but maintains fiscal control until 1947.\n\n1957 - Francois \"Papa Doc\" Duvalier wins elections. He eventually turned his administration into a brutal dictatorship.\n\n'Papa Doc' Duvalier's reign of terror was characterised by torture and killings\n\n1971 - Papa Doc dies and is replaced by his son Jean-Claude \"Baby Doc\" Duvalier.\n\n1986 - President Duvalier is forced into exile by an uprising, ending a 29-year family dictatorship.\n\n1990 - Populist priest Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide is the landslide winner in a presidential election, Haiti's first free and peaceful polls.\n\n1991 - President Aristide is overthrown by the military.\n\n2004 - President Aristide leaves Haiti again amid a rebellion. US Marines land to restore order. A UN stabilisation force is put in place.\n\n2010 - More than 200,000 people are killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits the capital Port-au-Prince and its wider region - the worst in Haiti for 200 years.\n\n2016 - Hurricane Matthew, the strongest to hit the region in a decade, kills hundreds in Haiti and destroys thousands of homes.\n\n2021 - Unidentified gunmen attack the home of President Jovenel Moïse in the capital, Port-au-Prince, killing him.\n\nPeople protesting against high levels of crime in Port-au-Prince, October 2022\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The \"face\" of Neptune appears over Newhaven harbour wall\n\nNeptune seems to have made an appearance on the East Sussex coast during a storm.\n\nThe sighting of the \"face\" of the Roman god of water was captured by BBC photographer Jeff Overs in Newhaven on Tuesday.\n\nHe took the picture as waves crashed over the harbour wall during the storm.\n\nThe sighting seems to be an example of pareidolia - when an image is seen in an otherwise random or ambiguous visual pattern.\n\nMr Overs said he took the photo at about 09:00 BST at high tide in winds of more than 50mph (80km/h).\n\n\"It's become a popular location for photographers because the sea 'boils' in high wind against the sea wall.\n\n\"The waves splash into the high wind and when blown back occasionally make patterns that look like (pareidolic) ghoulish faces.\"\n\nHe said the small wave in the foreground resembles a hand.\n\n\"It's a straight shot and I haven't manipulated the image at all,\" Mr Overs said.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "Former England striker Alan Shearer has told the BBC that England's success in the Euro 2020 tournament so far has given the country \"joy\", \"relief\" and \"hope\" after a tough 18 months.\n\nBut could this feelgood factor translate into an economic boost for the country as well?\n\nAfter the team reached its first major men's football final in 55 years on Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he expected to see a \"bounce\" in consumer confidence because of the tournament.\n\nSome businesses, however, say social distancing rules are stopping them from fully reaping the benefits.\n\nSimon French, chief economist at brokers Panmure Gordon, told the BBC that he agreed England's success could boost economic growth, alongside other factors.\n\nPart of this would be the impact of spending on hospitality as people watched games, something he estimates could contribute a relatively small £150m to UK GDP.\n\nBut, he added: \"If a victory on one day coalesces with a broader feelgood factor, like we saw during during Euro 96 or the 2012 Olympics, it could boost consumer sentiment.\n\n\"The difference this time is that UK households have a lot of pent-up savings due to the pandemic - we estimate about £20bn - and the speed with which they are spent is closely linked to consumer sentiment.\n\n\"Winning the final, along with lots of other things, like reopening, the easing of restrictions, could help unlock many billions of pounds worth of additional spending.\"\n\nIndependent economist Julian Jessop is more cautious, however.\n\nHe tweeted: \"I'd love to say winning #euro2020 will boost the UK economy (or at least the English bits), but it wouldn't change any of the fundamentals.\n\n\"And clearly [it would be] trumped by everything else going on, especially the lifting of Covid restrictions.\"\n\nChampagne sales could soar if England wins, says the Co-op\n\nRetail analyst Catherine Shuttleworth thinks it will be a \"massive\" weekend for the supermarkets, with the final due to be played on Sunday evening. She also expects a mini spending boom on items such as cars and homeware if England win, as well as a boost to productivity.\n\n\"We have gone through a period of misery which makes consumer sentiment quite low so people don't splash out,\" she said.\n\n\"But the vaccine programme is working which is massive source of hope. People in employment are feeling OK thanks to furlough. And now we have this massive confidence boost from the football which makes us all feel more positive and pull together.\"\n\nThe boss of beer, wines and spirits at Co-op, Simon Cairns, says the supermarket chain expects a \"bumper weekend\" ahead of the final on Sunday.\n\n\"We are expecting to sell and additional one million drinks on Sunday alone compared to our normal trading, which is twice what we could normally expect to sell,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"If yesterday is anything go by those sales will be dominated by beer and cider. And in a nod to our Italian opponents we are expecting to see some bumper sales of things like Prosecco - a quarter of a million bottles we're expecting to sell between now and the end of Sunday.\"\n\nHe added that sales of snacks, burgers and barbecues were also expected to soar - as well as champagne sales - if England triumph.\n\nHowever, not everyone expects to reap the full economic benefits of the Euros. Simon Emeny, boss of pub and hotel operator Fuller, Smith & Turner, told the BBC that despite \"fantastic\" takings on Wednesday night, social distancing rules and capacity constraints had curbed profits.\n\n\"This is why 19 July [when Covid rules end] can't come soon enough for the sector,\" he said.\n\n\"Even [during the final] on Sunday, when our pubs will be pretty busy, we're operating at seriously reduced capacity and we just won't be able to satisfy demand.\"\n\nThe British Beer & Pub Association expects England fans to enjoy more than 13 million extra pints on Sunday. But it said the figure would be closer to 17 million - worth £9m in lost sales - if social distancing rules were removed.\n\nAnnette Powell and her husband John run the Kenilworth Pub near Manchester and agree that the restrictions have capped profit during the tournament.\n\nHaving to provide table service for all customers has meant doubling their number of staff to take around two-thirds of their normal takings - which would have been around £12,000 for the match on Wednesday.\n\nThe Kenilworth also only fits a maximum of 160 customers with social distancing and has had to turn away at least another 150 on match days.\n\n\"We've had to upset a lot of loyal customers,\" Annette said. \"The Euros are a huge boost, it's just unfortunate it isn't what it could have been.\"\n\nOwner Oliver Thain outside The Tickell Arms which showed yesterday's match\n\nHowever, Oliver Thain, who runs eight pubs and restaurants in Cambridgeshire, said he was hopeful the tournament's feelgood factor would last.\n\nHe said the tournament had \"made hardly any difference\" to his largely food-based businesses and only two of his venues had screened games.\n\nBut he thinks bookings will pick up as consumers feel more confident and the country continues to unlock.\n\n\"Sport can really up the country's spirit, so though it's difficult to put a figure on, the Euros certainly can't do any harm.\"", "The government has been urged to boost spending on recovery services and treatment for drug addicts by an independent review.\n\nThe report by Dame Carol Black said cuts have left services \"on their knees\" and urged an extra £552m investment over five years in England.\n\nIt also advised a £15m boost towards jobs support for those in treatment.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said ministers would \"look closely\" at the recommendations.\n\nThe government has announced it will follow one of the recommendations, to set up a new cross-government unit on tackling drug misuse.\n\nMr Javid said it would ensure \"strong collaboration\" on the issue, which is the shared responsibility of several different departments.\n\nThe report is the second part of a two-stage review originally commissioned by Mr Javid in February 2019, when he was home secretary.\n\nThe first part, published in February last year, estimated the drugs trade in England cost society about £19bn a year.\n\nThe second part, which focuses on treatment services, found \"vital services\" have been cut back, with support workers \"depleted\" and \"demoralised\".\n\nDame Carol, a medic and government health adviser between 2006 and 2016, said this included specialist services for young people, detox treatment in hospitals, and rehab programmes in specialist facilities.\n\nSpeaking on Radio 4's Today programme, she said people dependent on drugs were stigmatised when they should be treated as having a chronic health condition, in the same way as someone with diabetes.\n\nShe said a change of attitude and culture was needed so that when an addict completes a treatment programme, they are given ongoing support, rather than being discharged immediately with no follow up care.\n\nLena Larsen from Merseyside says she became addicted to heroin \"within a few days\" after she started taking it aged 19.\n\nThe 46-year old says she managed to stop taking the drug in 2002 without going through any recovery treatment, but later started using again after entering an abuse relationship.\n\n\"Although I'd stopped the drugs, I hadn't changed anything,\" she says. \"For eight years I managed, but I'd not changed.\"\n\nShe adds she had \"never heard of recovery\" before a friend took her to a women's refuge and she started attending a specialist centre.\n\nShe adds that two and a half years later, her life is \"so much different from what it was\". She recently came off methadone, a heroin substitute, and also volunteers at the centre, helping other problem drug users.\n\n\"You need to engage in something, whatever route it is,\" she says.\n\n\"Putting the drugs down, that's easy, but you need to get involved in whatever it is… putting the drugs down isn't enough.\"\n\nDame Carol said many drug addicts committed minor crimes and then ended up in prison.\n\nShe said: \"I'm calling for there to be consideration within the criminal justice system and the probation system to think about diversion.\n\n\"We know that we used to have many more people diverted into appropriate treatment.\n\n\"The numbers have decreased because we don't have the quality and the quantity of treatment to permit this to happen with good results.\"\n\nNic Adamson, the executive director of drug recovery organisation Change, Grow, Live welcomed the idea of a more health-based approach.\n\nShe said: \"Drug use doesn't come in isolation, it's part of a much broader societal issue in relation to deprivation and poverty and the broader range of health issues that come with it.\n\n\"Talking about it as a health condition means it's much easier for us to access the broader range of help that people need.\"\n\nDame Carol said a recent pledge to spend an extra £80m on treatments in England was welcome, but should lead to further spending pledges this autumn.\n\nAnd she welcomed the announcement by ministers of a Joint Combating Drugs Unit as providing \"a very fair chance to deliver\" on her recommendations.\n\nThe Local Government Association, which represents council leaders in England, said funding for treatment services had \"not kept pace with demand\".\n\nDrug-related deaths in England and Wales reached their highest level since records began in 2019, the last year for which figures are available.\n\nThis marks a 52% increase in drug-related deaths in the past 10 years.\n\nIn total, there were 4,393 drug poisoning deaths, of which about two thirds (2,883) were related to \"drug misuse,\" according to the Office for National Statistics. The rest include accidents and suicides.", "A temporary extension of lorry drivers' working hours has been met with backlash from the industry who say the government is applying a \"sticking plaster\" to driver shortage problems.\n\nHGV drivers can increase their daily driving limits from nine to 10 hours or change weekly rest patterns on Monday.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the move would give flexibility to drivers to make slightly longer trips.\n\nBut the Road Haulage Association said the move wouldn't make any difference.\n\nThe RHA believes there is currently a shortfall of about 60,000 lorry drivers and said the relaxation on driving hour limits was a \"sticking plaster\".\n\nIt estimates that some 30,000 HGV driving tests did not take place last year because of the Covid pandemic.\n\n\"Relaxing drivers' hours won't make any material difference - and fails to address the underlying issues, which require a package of measures to fix,\" the RHA said.\n\nThe national officer for road transport at Unite the union, Adrian Jones, also said the announcement would do nothing to resolve the problem of driver shortages.\n\nHe added: \"Unite will be advising its members to not place themselves in danger and that if they are too tired to drive safely, they have a legal right to refuse to do so.\n\n\"Unite will fully support those who make that decision, legally and industrially.\"\n\nLogistics UK, which represents freight businesses, said longer hours would \"heap more pressure on drivers who are already stretched to the limit to deliver\".\n\nJames Firth, of Logistics UK, said the industry \"vehemently opposed the extension\" and said the government had \"ignored the will of those who will be most affected by the changes\".\n\n\"Existing drivers have been working flat out since the start of the pandemic, and this could be the final straw for many of them,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead of trying to paper over the gaps, government should be working with industry to produce a plan to support moving drivers through the current bottleneck of HGV driving tests.\"\n\nBusinesses and union officials have warned that the driver shortage jeopardises deliveries to supermarkets and other sectors of the economy.\n\nThe haulage industry is one of a number of sectors having trouble finding suitable staff as the economy reopens, leading some experts to talk of the UK's missing workers.\n\nAmong those worried is German confectionery giant Haribo, which has said it is struggling to deliver its sweets to shops in the UK.\n\nMr Shapps said the government had \"ramped up\" the number of driving tests available and would consider other measures.\n\nThe government said driver safety must not be compromised and operators must notify the Department for Transport if the relaxation is used.\n\nThe RHA's chief executive, Richard Burnett, said it opposed wholesale extensions to drivers' hours, believing they could be counter-productive by making the job less attractive.\n\n\"Loading more hours on to drivers that are already exhausted is not the answer - the problem needs more than just a sticking plaster,\" he added.\n\n\"Ministers should be mindful that road safety is the reason HGV drivers' hours are limited. Relaxing them should only be used as a last resort to resolve short-term issues that cannot be addressed in other ways.\"\n\nMr Burnett said that as the shortage worsened, drivers' pay rates were going up, often substantially.\n\n\"Suppliers and retailers should be prepared that these additional costs will be passed on,\" he added.\n\nA government spokesperson said it had \"already taken action on HGV driver shortages, including ramping up vocational test capacity, and funding apprenticeships\".\n\n\"Most of the solutions, however, are likely to be driven by industry, with progress already being made in testing and hiring, and a big push towards improving pay, working conditions and diversity,\" they added.\n• None Where have all the UK workers gone?", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's 55-year wait to reach a major men's final is over at last after victory against Denmark at Euro 2020, on a night of nerve-shredding tension then unconfined joy at Wembley.\n\nGareth Southgate's side were on a mission to travel one step further than any England side had done since the 1966 World Cup final win against West Germany, and they finally achieved the long-cherished goal as they came from behind to triumph in extra time.\n\nIn front of 66,000 fans and in a frenzied, thunderous atmosphere this newer Wembley has not experienced before, England battled their way out of adversity to secure a meeting with Italy in the final at the same venue on Sunday (20:00 BST kick-off).\n\nThey had to fight for victory against steely opponents - who had an inspired keeper in Kasper Schmeichel - especially after conceding their first goal of the tournament to Mikkel Damsgaard's stunning free-kick after 30 minutes.\n\nBut they replied quickly as Denmark captain Simon Kjaer turned in Bukayo Saka's threatening cross six minutes before the break.\n\nSchmeichel was Denmark's hero as the hosts sought the winner, saving brilliantly from Harry Maguire and Harry Kane as the game went into extra time and the prospect of penalties loomed large.\n\nThe moment the nation has awaited so long effectively arrived with Wembley's giant screens showing 103 minutes and captain Kane standing over a penalty after Raheem Sterling had been fouled by Joakim Maehle.\n\nDenmark were unhappy with the decision, which was checked by VAR.\n\nAnd in keeping with England's long and tortuous history, it was not straightforward as the normally ice-cool Kane saw an awful penalty saved by Schmeichel - but the rebound fell at his feet for him to score.\n\nKane has now equalled Gary Lineker's long-standing record of 10 goals for England at major tournaments.\n\nWembley went wild with deafening noise and crazy celebrations and, after all the years of hurt, England have the golden opportunity to finally claim a major crown.\n• None Reaction from an ecstatic Wembley as England reach Euro 2020 final\n• None 'We had to dig deep' - Sterling\n• None 55 years, 302 games and more than 140,000 miles - England's pursuit of final number two\n\nOn an unforgettable night, England answered two of the most crucial questions surrounding them.\n\nFor all the promise and progress since the bitter disappointment of defeat in the World Cup semi-finals in Moscow in 2018, the players and manager needed to prove they could overcome what has proved to be an insurmountable hurdle for both themselves and their predecessors, after they also came up short in the last four at the Italia 90 World Cup and Euro 96.\n\nThis was the acid test - at least before Sunday's final with formidable Italy - and they came up with the goods not only in the context of Euro 2020 but also in demonstrating their character and big-match mentality.\n\nEngland went into this semi-final on a wave of expectation and optimism after the last-16 victory against Germany at Wembley was followed up by the emphatic 4-0 demolition of Ukraine in the quarter-final in Rome.\n\nAnd they faced a test of their nerve when they fell behind to this excellent Danish side, Damsgaard's free-kick the first goal Jordan Pickford had conceded in 725 minutes for England.\n\nEngland were ragged at this point but the response was full of conviction, equalising swiftly then taking control before the tiring Danes and the magnificent Schmeichel were finally overcome with Kane's winner.\n\nSouthgate's team has crossed a barrier no England team has made it beyond since Sir Alf Ramsey's World Cup winners - now we wait to see if it will give them the confidence and belief to clear the final hurdle.\n\nAs Southgate will have demanded of them, England's big players made their impact when it mattered most on a night when failure would have been hard to bear.\n\nKane, who struggled to get into Euro 2020 during the group stage, rode his luck to score his fourth and most important goal of the tournament after his missed penalty, but his performance was full of energy and menace.\n\nHe is back to his best and how England will need that against the two great Italian central-defensive warriors Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, who have a quality and street-wisdom reflected in their combined total of 70 years.\n\nSterling continued his superb tournament, reflected in the run that earned England's match-winning penalty, hitting at the heart of Denmark's outstanding defence until he finally drew the crucial mistake.\n\nAnd Manchester United captain Harry Maguire, an injury doubt who did not even make the start of the tournament, is now back in the role where Southgate wants him - defensive leader, powerhouse and ever-present set-piece danger at one end and blockade at the other.\n\nOnce the euphoria has died down and England's heroes clear their heads, they must go above and beyond the call of duty once more.\n\nThere were tears among Denmark's players as the final whistle sounded on their Euro 2020 campaign, one which began with the trauma of Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest in their opening game against Finland then went on to be a huge credit to coach Kapser Hjulmand and his team.\n\nDenmark had the air of a squad on a mission as Eriksen thankfully continues his recovery but they were not simply fuelled by emotion, this was a team with quality and character who fully deserved to reach the last four.\n\nWhen they went to applaud their fans at the final whistle, their colourful followers gave Denmark the huge ovation they deserved.\n\nAnd, make no mistake, Denmark made this a very awkward night for England but might just curse the failure to protect their lead to half-time against opponents who were on the ropes when they went ahead.\n\nThis was a cruel night for coach Hjulmand and his team - but they have graced Euro 2020 with their strength, unity and their performances.\n\nPickford's record - the best of the stats\n• None Jordan Pickford set a new record for an England goalkeeper for most minutes without conceding - 725 - overtaking Gordon Banks' 720 minutes set between May/July 1966.\n• None England won a European Championship knockout game after going behind for the first time, while it's the first time they have done so in a major tournament since a 3-2 win over Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup quarter-final.\n• None This was the seventh game at Euro 2020 to go to extra time, with the 1990 and 2014 World Cups the only major tournaments to see more matches go to the extended period (eight each).\n• None Mikkel Damsgaard's opening goal for Denmark was the first direct free-kick goal of Euro 2020 with what was the 37th direct free-kick shot.\n• None Jack Grealish became the third England player to be both subbed on and subbed off in a match at a major tournament, after Jamie Redknapp (v Scotland in Euro 1996) and Aaron Lennon (v Portugal in the 2006 World Cup).\n• None At 19 years and 305 days, Bukayo Saka became the youngest Englishman to start a match at the semi-final stage or later of a major tournament.\n• None Attempt saved. Raheem Sterling (England) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Kane.\n• None Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Denmark) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yussuf Poulsen.\n• None Mathias Jensen went off injured after Denmark had used all subs.\n• None Harry Kane (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! England 2, Denmark 1. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.\n• None Penalty saved! Harry Kane (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "England's Euro 2020 progress could be behind infections rising faster among men than women in the past two weeks, Imperial College London data suggests.\n\nThe React study, which tested more than 47,000 volunteers across England between 24 June and 5 July, confirms a \"substantial third wave of infections\".\n\nAnd the men were 30% more likely than the women to test positive for Covid.\n\nThe infections had not translated into a large number of people in hospital or dying, however, the study found.\n\nAnd vaccinated men and women were much less likely than others to catch the virus.\n\n\"It could be that watching football is resulting in men having more social activity than usual,\" report author Prof Steven Riley said.\n\nThe study results show a similar pattern to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey data published weekly, which also uses tests of people in the community.\n\n\"We are entering a critical period with a number of important competing processes,\" the report says.\n\nIn addition, on 19 July, the government is lifting all remaining Covid restrictions in England - including all legal limits on social interactions and rules on numbers of people attending large events and performances.\n\nFace coverings will also no longer be mandatory indoors, although people are advised to wear one where necessary.\n\nFuture infection rates were difficult to predict, the researchers said.\n\nBut the prime minister has made clear cases are expected to rise as society opens up.\n\nReact programme director Prof Paul Elliott, from Imperial's School of Public Health, said: \"In spite of the successful rollout of the vaccination programme, we are still seeing rapid growth in infections, especially among younger people.\n\n\"However, it is encouraging to see lower infection prevalence in people who have had both doses of a vaccine.\"\n\nIt was essential as many people as possible took up both vaccine doses when offered, he added.\n\nAlmost two-thirds of adults - 64% - have now had both doses.\n\nCovid-19 Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said: \"It is hugely encouraging to see the vaccination rollout is having a significant impact on stopping the spread of the virus.\n\n\"I urge everyone to get their first and second dose when invited, as every jab helps to curb transmission and serious illness.\n\n\"The small number of people who are double jabbed and experience symptoms should continue to get tested so we all play our part to stop the spread of this awful virus.\"", "Deputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling has apologised to families of the 22 people who died\n\nA police chief has apologised \"unreservedly\" for failings by his force in the emergency service response to the Manchester Arena bombing.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling said Greater Manchester Police's failure to establish effective inter-service communications was \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe was giving evidence at the public inquiry into the May 2017 attack which killed 22 people and injured hundreds.\n\nMr Pilling also praised the actions of the \"brave\" first responders.\n\n\"I would like to offer condolences from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to all those who lost loved ones, who suffered injuries or hurt, or have been affected in any way by the tragic events at the Manchester Arena in 2017,\" he said.\n\n\"The response of so many of our staff, particularly first responders on the night, was exemplary, extraordinarily brave and quite humbling.\n\n\"However, I would like to acknowledge and apologise for failings by Greater Manchester Police, principally failing to carry out the basic functions of Jesip (Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles) in the early stages of the incident which impacted considerably on joint working.\"\n\nMr Pilling said a failure to notify other emergency services of the declaration of Operation Plato - a pre-planned response to a terror incident - and a failure to establish effective communications with other emergency services was \"unacceptable and we apologise for this unreservedly\".\n\n\"This is an apology not just to the victims and the families but also to all those affected by the attack including our emergency services colleagues,\" he said.\n\nHe said \"significant work\" had been undertaken to address many of the issues and added: \"I would like to give absolute assurance our efforts to address these failings and any others which are identified will continue in the future.\"\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nThe inquiry has heard the other blue light emergency services were unable to get through to the phone line of GMP's force duty officer (FDO), the initial commander of the incident.\n\nOnly three paramedics entered the City Room foyer - the scene of the blast at the end of an Ariana Grande concert - and the fire service attended more than two hours later.\n\nNick de la Poer QC, counsel to the inquiry, asked Mr Pilling: \"From what you have seen of the evidence, was there sufficient resilience around the FDO on the night of 22 May?\"\n\nMr Pilling replied: \"I believe if certain things had been in place or if actions had been allocated in a certain way by the FDO then in terms of the number of people, the resilience around him, I believe yes there was.\"\n\nThe officer agreed there was insufficient effort put in up to the first 90 minutes after the explosion to ensure all emergency service partners met at a rendezvous point.\n\nHe accepted GMP must share a responsibility for that failure as it was the primary partner in the terrorist response and was expected to take the lead.\n\nGeoff Harris said on the night of the attack, there was a failure of leadership within the fire service\n\nA senior fire chief has also apologised for a \"gross failure\" in the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) response to the attack.\n\nRetired assistant chief fire officer Geoff Harris, who was effectively second in command on the night, said the response was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\n\"It was far from adequate or effective,\" he told the inquiry.\n\n\"I extend my personal apologies for the failure of the fire and rescue service to respond adequately on that night.\n\n\"I don't think there's any one single point of failure. There are a number of issues that arose.\"\n\nMr Harris, who had more than 35 years of service before retiring, said some of his officers were \"stuck in a loop\" of trying to contact the police and displayed \"some inertia\" in overcoming the communication problems.\n\nPaul Greaney QC, lead counsel to the inquiry, asked if the delay represented \"not just a failure but a gross failure in response\".\n\nHe agreed that on the night there had been a failure of leadership within GMFRS and that it was \"too risk averse\" in its response.\n\nA few hours after the bombing, Mr Harris met firefighters who were \"fuming\" about the failed response.\n\nHe recalled there was a \"ring of firefighters around me\" demanding answers which he was unable to give.\n\n\"Not only did we let down the people of Greater Manchester, we let those firefighters down,\" he said.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Stormont executive agreed 26 July as an indicative date for easing quarantine rules\n\nFrom 26 July, fully vaccinated people returning to Northern Ireland from so-called amber countries will not have to quarantine under new indicative dates agreed by the executive for lifting Covid restrictions.\n\nStormont ministers agreed the changes when they met on Thursday.\n\nThey also agreed that theatres are to be allowed to reopen on 26 July.\n\nThe requirement for face coverings to be worn in places of worship could also be removed then.\n\nHowever, most proposals will need to be ratified at an executive meeting on 22 July.\n\nThe plans agreed at Thursday's executive meeting mean that Northern Ireland will not directly follow the approach Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined for England.\n\nHe has said masks will no longer be required and social distancing rules will be scrapped for England at the final stage of his government's plan, due to take effect on 19 July.\n\nThe plan to end the mandatory wearing of masks in England on 19 July will not be replicated in Northern Ireland\n\nStormont ministers have agreed to make the following changes on 26 July, subject to health advice:\n\nIt is understood ministers also agreed to consider removing the guidelines for students to wear face coverings in classrooms and school \"bubbles\" but that, along with other measures, would be subject to public health conditions on 22 July.\n\nIt is understood the executive has agreed to give consideration to the full return of live music and dancing without mitigations later in August.\n\nThe BBC understands ministers will at that stage, also look at lifting remaining restrictions on mandatory use of face coverings, as well as the removal of social distancing and isolating.\n\nThe government's Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has set out his plans for England.\n\nFrom 19 July, fully vaccinated adults there will not need to isolate from amber list countries.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is believed all of the measures would still need to be rubber stamped closer to the time at an executive meeting on 22 July.\n\nTheatres and some other audience venues have been closed or had to restrict numbers throughout the pandemic because of social-distancing guidance.\n\nThey had previously been given an indicative date of 21 June for their reopening but the executive has so far delayed that.\n\nJimmy Fay of the Lyric Theatre in Belfast said on Thursday that the vaccination programme had been \"such a success that we need to look at a date, preferably in September, when we can remove all social distancing in theatres\".\n\nSome other indoor entertainment venues such as cinemas have been allowed to resume trading.\n\nSpeaking after the executive meeting, First Minister Paul Givan said ministers from his party - the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - believed more progress could be made \"at a faster pace\".\n\n\"We believe that is backed up by all of the data, the scientific evidence, the impact on our economy and the impact on family and wider society,\" said Mr Givan.\n\nThe minister said the executive had received a \"very positive report\" about a falling number of Covid-19-related deaths, but that other ministers decided they wanted to \"move forward at a slower pace\".\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the executive had taken a \"cautious\" and \"steady\" approach, which she believed was the \"right one\".\n\nShe said \"the Boris Johnson approach\" to easing restrictions was reckless.\n\n\"Based on our own information and our own data we have taken decisions today that demonstrates progress, demonstrates that we're able to continue to make some easements,\" said Ms O'Neill.\n\nEarlier Sir Michael McBride, Northern Ireland's chief medical officer, has expressed concern about mixed messages on issues such as masks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"It's important that we guard against sending the public mixed messages about the evidence around matters such as face coverings and the benefit of face coverings,\" he said.\n\n\"Whether those are mandatory or whether those are voluntary, those are policy matters and ultimately a matter for ministers.\"\n\nInfrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon met representatives from the Unite union ahead of the executive meeting.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Destinations on the amber list include Nice in France\n\nThe Welsh government says it is considering whether it will follow a move to allow fully vaccinated adults in England to return from amber list countries without needing to isolate.\n\nIn recent months the Welsh and UK governments' international travel policies have been similar.\n\nBut it is not clear if Welsh ministers will follow the new plan announced by UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.\n\nAn announcement would be made \"in due course\", a spokesman said.\n\nCurrently, anyone returning from amber or red list countries must isolate for 10 days, regardless of their vaccine status.\n\nMr Shapps told the Commons that the new rules for people in England would also apply to children under-18 and individuals taking part in approved clinical trials in the UK.\n\n\"In essence, this means that for fully vaccinated travellers the requirements for green and amber list countries are the same,\" he said.\n\nWelsh rules apply to people coming to Wales, even if they arrive elsewhere in the UK\n\nHowever he told MPs that because health issues were devolved \"decision-making and implementation may differ across UK administrations\".\n\nThe Welsh government has been in charge of quarantine policy in Wales, which differed from the UK government's in England for a period last year, but more recently has been broadly the same.\n\nHowever Wales does not allow people to end their period of quarantine early with a negative test.\n\nThere is also a different process to obtain a vaccination certificate, using a website instead of an app.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We are considering these proposals and all restrictions remain under constant review.\n\n\"Decisions about quarantine for people returning from amber-list countries to Wales will be made in Wales and we will make an announcement in due course.\"", "Littner (right) with Karren Brady and Lord Sugar\n\nClaude Littner will be absent from the next series of The Apprentice while he recovers from a cycling accident.\n\nThe businessman had the accident in April while riding an electric bike that injured his right leg so badly doctors considered amputating it.\n\nHe has had nine surgeries to date and is due to have another on 19 July.\n\nFormer Apprentice winner Tim Campbell will join Lord Alan Sugar and Baroness Karren Brady when the series returns to BBC One in early 2022.\n\nLittner replaced Nick Hewer on the programme in 2015 having previously been seen interviewing the show's candidates.\n\nLord Sugar said he had been speaking to his long-time friend and business associate regularly and hoped to see him back in the boardroom \"very soon\".\n\nLittner, 72, said he had been \"pottering along\" near his home in north London when the accident occurred.\n\n\"I suspect I hit a pothole or something like that,\" he said. \"The next thing I knew I was lying on the ground.\"\n\nAn ambulance took him to the trauma unit at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington where surgeons successfully managed to save his leg.\n\nLittner said he had lost two stone (12.7 kg) since the accident from which he had an \"absolute determination\" to recover.\n\nHe said he was equally determined to return to The Apprentice as soon as he is able, adding: \"There's no ifs and buts about it.\n\n\"Whilst I'm disappointed that I won't be out and about covering the tasks or in the boardroom for this upcoming series, I'll most definitely be glued to the action from my sofa.\"\n\nTim Campbell will take on Littner's role while he recovers\n\nCampbell, who won the first series of The Apprentice in 2005, said he was both \"saddened\" to hear of Littner's accident and \"excited\" to fill his chair.\n\n\"Having been on the show myself, I know the hard work that goes into it so I didn't take the decision lightly,\" he added. \"I wish Claude the very best as he recovers.\"\n\nThe Apprentice sees budding candidates compete in a series of tasks to see which of them will eventually be chosen to be Lord Sugar's new business partner.\n\nKarren Brady joined the panel in 2009 following the departure of Margaret Mountford.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland cast aside the \"suffering\" of their World Cup defeat in 2018 to book a place in Sunday's Euro 2020 final, said manager Gareth Southgate.\n\nThe Three Lions lost to Croatia after extra time in the semi-finals of the World Cup three years ago.\n\nBut they came from behind to beat Denmark 2-1 on Wednesday, meaning they will be in a men's major tournament final for the first time in 55 years.\n\n\"We've managed to put that right,\" Southgate told ITV.\n\n\"I'm so proud of the players. It's an incredible occasion to be a part of. We knew it wouldn't be straightforward.\n\n\"When you've waited as long as we have to get through a semi-final, the players - considering the limited international experience some of them have - have done an incredible job.\"\n\nAn own goal from Denmark captain Simon Kjaer cancelled out Mikkel Damsgaard's opener, before Harry Kane grabbed victory for England in extra time by slotting home the rebound after his penalty was saved.\n\nEngland will face Italy in the final, which will be played at Wembley in front of about 60,000 fans on Sunday.\n\n\"The most pleasing thing is we've given the fans and nation a fantastic night and the journey carries on for another four days,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"We've got to enjoy the fact we're in the final but there's one more massive hurdle to conquer.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said Italy were a \"fantastic team\".\n\n\"We know the size of the task, we know they have those two warriors at the back who have seen all this before,\" he said.\n\n\"But what a brilliant moment for us. Let's savour tonight then we can think about that on the coach back.\"\n• None 55 years, 302 games and more than 140,000 miles - England's pursuit of final number two\n• None When is the Euro 2020 final and where can you watch?\n• None From Lineker to Paddington - how England's win unfolded on social media\n• None Good times never seemed so good for England - listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast\n\nForward Raheem Sterling praised England's response to conceding their first goal in the tournament.\n\n\"It was a top performance,\" said Sterling, who won the penalty which Kane converted at the second attempt, after Kasper Schmeichel saved his initial effort.\n\n\"We had to dig in deep. We responded well and showed good spirit. We knew it would be difficult.\n\n\"We stayed patient and we knew with the legs and aggressiveness we have in the team we'd be OK. It's another step in the right direction.\"\n\nSkipper Kane added: \"We got there when it mattered. We reacted really well and we're in a final at home. What a feeling.\n\n\"We know it's going to be a very tough game against Italy. We've had a great tournament so far. One more game to go at home.\"\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "Growing numbers of fake medicines linked to coronavirus are on sale in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.\n\nA BBC News investigation found fake drugs for sale in Africa, with counterfeiters exploiting growing gaps in the market.\n\nThe WHO said taking these drugs could have \"serious side effects\".\n\nOne expert warned of \"a parallel pandemic, of substandard and falsified products\".\n\nAround the world, people are stockpiling basic medicines. However, with the world's two largest producers of medical supplies - China and India - in lockdown, demand now outstrips the supply and the circulation of dangerous counterfeit drugs is soaring.\n\nIn the same week the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a pandemic last month, Operation Pangea, Interpol's global pharmaceutical crime fighting unit, made 121 arrests across 90 countries in just seven days, resulting in the seizure of dangerous pharmaceuticals worth over $14m (£11m).\n\nFrom Malaysia to Mozambique, police officers confiscated tens of thousands of counterfeit face masks and fake medicines, many of which claimed to be able to cure coronavirus.\n\n\"The illicit trade in such counterfeit medical items during a public health crisis, shows a total disregard for people's lives,\" said Interpol's Secretary General Jurgen Stock.\n\nAccording to the WHO, the broader falsified medicines trade, which includes medicines which may be contaminated, contain the wrong or no active ingredient, or may be out-of-date, is worth more than $30bn in low and middle-income countries.\n\n\"Best case scenario they [fake medicines] probably won't treat the disease for which they were intended\", said Pernette Bourdillion Esteve, from the WHO team dealing with falsified medical products.\n\n\"But worst-case scenario they'll actively cause harm, because they might be contaminated with something toxic.\"\n\nThe global pharmaceutical industry is worth more than $1 trillion. Vast supply chains stretch all the way from key manufacturers in places such as China and India, to packaging warehouses in Europe, South America or Asia, to distributors sending medicines to every country in the world.\n\nThere is \"probably nothing more globalised than medicine\" said Esteve. However, as the world goes into lockdown, the supply chain has already begun to uncouple.\n\nSeveral pharmaceutical companies in India told the BBC they are now operating at 50-60% of their normal capacity. As Indian companies supply 20% of all basic medicines to Africa, nations there are being disproportionately affected.\n\nEphraim Phiri, a pharmacist in Zambia's capital Lusaka, said he was already feeling the strain.\n\n\"Medicines are already running out and we are not replenishing them. There is nothing we can do. It's been really hard to get supplies... especially essential medicines like antibiotics and antimalarials.\"\n\nProducers and suppliers are also struggling as the raw ingredients to manufacture tablets are now so expensive, some companies can simply not afford to keep going.\n\nOne producer in Pakistan said he used to buy the raw ingredients for an antimalarial drug called hydrochloroquine for about $100 a kilo. But today, the cost has increased to $1,150 a kilo.\n\nPresident Trump has touted the efficacy of hydrochloroquine - but there's no clear evidence it can help fight Covid-19\n\nWith an increasing number of countries going into lockdown, it's not only the reduction in production that's problematic, it's also the increase in demand, as people around the world anxiously stockpile basic medicines.\n\nIt's this unstable combination of reduced supply and increased demand that has led the WHO to warn of a dangerous spike in the production and sales of fake drugs.\n\n\"When the supply does not meet the demand,\" said Esteve, from the WHO, \"it creates an environment where poorer quality or fake medicines will try to meet that demand.\"\n\nSpeaking to pharmacists and drug companies around the world, the global supply of antimalarials is now under threat.\n\nEver since US President Donald Trump began referring to the potential of chloroquine and a related derivative, hydroxychloroquine, in White House briefings, there has been a global surge in the demand for these drugs, which are normally used to tackle malaria.\n\nThe WHO has repeatedly said there is no definitive evidence that chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine can be used against the virus that causes Covid-19. However, at a recent news conference, whilst referring to these antimalarials, President Trump said: \"What do you have to lose? Take it.\"\n\nAs the demand has soared, the BBC has discovered large quantities of fake chloroquine in circulation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon. The WHO has also found the fake medicines for sale in Niger.\n\nThe antimalarial chloroquine is normally sold for about $40 for a pot of 1,000 tablets. But pharmacists in the DRC were found to be selling them for up to $250.\n\nThe medicine being sold was allegedly manufactured in Belgium, by \"Brown and Burk Pharmaceutical limited\". However, Brown and Burk, a pharmaceutical company registered in the UK, said they had \"nothing to do with this medicine. We don't manufacture this drug, it's fake.\"\n\nCounterfeit antimalarial drugs discovered in circulation in the DRC\n\nAs the coronavirus pandemic continues, Professor Paul Newton, an expert in fake medicines at the University of Oxford, warned the circulation of fake and dangerous medicines would only increase unless governments around the world present a united front.\n\n\"We risk a parallel pandemic, of substandard and falsified products unless we all ensure that there is a global co-ordinated plan for co-ordinated production, equitable distribution and the surveillance of the quality of the tests, medicines and vaccines. Otherwise the benefits of modern medicine... will be lost.\"", "As theatre shows rejoice at reopening, one actress has had extra cause for celebration - after receiving a surprise onstage marriage proposal.\n\nNatalie Pilkington from the musical Six said she was \"absolutely gobsmacked\" when boyfriend Andy McGuire got down on one knee after the show's finale.\n\nAfter she said \"yes\", the audience at Leeds Grand went wild and the rest of the cast threw confetti.\n\nPilkington adds she \"literally had absolutely no idea\" of McGuire's plan.\n\nPilkington is what is known as a \"swing\" performer, who understudies several roles, on the UK touring production of Six - an uproarious romp which turns Henry VIII's wives into Beyoncé and Ariana-style divas.\n\nAndy McGuire popped the question to Natalie Pilkington on Saturday night\n\nOn Saturday, she was starring as Anne Boleyn, a part she played for the first time on the tour last month.\n\n\"I'm what you call a super-swing. I cover all six of the parts, so it's a rarity that I go on very often,\" 31-year-old Pilkington, from Chorley, Lancashire, told BBC News.\n\n\"But I believe that Andy had organised it all. Andy had been arranging with the office at Six and with my agent to make sure that I was going to be on stage, but I literally had absolutely no idea,\" she added.\n\nShe said she was told there was going to be a charity announcement at the end of Saturday night's finale.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Alex Rollinger This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nOne of the other cast members then welcomed a man called Andy onto the stage.\n\n\"And then when my Andy walked out, I was just like, 'Oh my God, what's he doing here?',\" said the actress.\n\n\"I think I just knew straight away what was going to happen when I saw him in his suit and everything, but I was gobsmacked. Absolutely gobsmacked.\"\n\nMcGuire, 34, from Leeds, and Pilkington have been together for four-and-a-half years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Andy McGuire This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe actress recently returned to the stage after working as a teaching assistant in a special needs school when theatres shut at the start of the pandemic.\n\nShe said she thinks McGuire had been planning various ways to pop the question all through lockdown but kept being thwarted as anything he'd booked was later cancelled.\n\n\"I think he just thought in the end, you know what, we're going to do it the safest way and probably the best way,\" said Pilkington.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. We went behind the scenes with the Six cast in April 2019\n\nSix started life at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017 and went on to become a West End smash.\n\nIt received five Olivier Award nominations and was later performed to sell out shows in Chicago and on Broadway.\n\nThe current UK tour is continuing until September 2022. The West End production is currently at the Lyric Theatre until 29 August 2021.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "There are 2,500 moth species in the UK\n\nLockdown sparked a surge in interest in moths, with a rise in rare species spotted last year.\n\nSightings were up by about a third - and many counties across the UK recorded species new to their area.\n\nExperts are heartened by a new found fascination for the insects, which they say are ecologically important but underappreciated and under threat.\n\nThey say July is the perfect month to find moths - and are calling for the public to go in search of them.\n\nMark Tunmore, editor of Atropos, the journal for butterfly, moth and dragonfly enthusiasts, said all the evidence points to a surge of interest during lockdown.\n\n\"It's not surprising in many ways, because moth trapping is an ideal activity for the garden,\" he said.\n\n\"All you need is a moth trap, which is something you can construct yourself or buy from specialist dealers, and once you've got that, you can run it in your garden and the moths come to you.\"\n\nBeautiful China-mark: The moth is found around marshes, lakes, rivers, ponds and Fens\n\nData from the National Moth Recording Scheme suggests there was a rise of around a third in the numbers of people submitting sightings of moth species in 2020, while sales of moth traps also rose.\n\nIn Cheshire, seven species new to the county were recorded in 2020, including Light Feathered Rustic and Beautiful Marbled. Several species new to Cornwall were spotted in the county, and it was also a record year for numbers of some scarce migrant species such as Crimson Speckled, Slender Burnished Brass and Scar Bank Gem.\n\nIn Yorkshire, the number of annual moth records submitted rose by around a quarter in 2020. There was also a surge in interest in moth hunting in Shetland, with four species new to the islands recorded last year.\n\nWith many people desperate to find things to do in their own backyard during lockdown, moth trapping provided a distraction and interest, Mark Tunmore said.\n\n\"It's a whole new world once people start looking at moths and they're amazed by what's in their garden,\" he explained. \"Even in a very simple garden you can have dozens or hundreds of species, potentially, recorded over a long period of time.\"\n\nThe Scarlet Tiger moth flies by night and day\n\nMoth traps are usually set up at night, and checked the following morning, although some moth species fly by day. The different species can be identified with the help of websites, apps and books.\n\nAtropos, the charity Butterfly Conservation, and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) are hoping to build on lockdown efforts by getting the public involved in the annual Moth Night, which this year takes place over two days and nights (8 to 10 July).\n\nThey are calling on the public to submit their daytime and nighttime sightings of species, as well as photographs.\n\nThe aim is to try to dispel some of the negative myths around moths, which are important both as pollinators and sources of food for other wildlife.\n\nOver the past 50 years, numbers of larger moths in Britain have declined by a third, due to habitat loss, climate change and pollution. Meanwhile, climate change also means that species favouring warmer weather have expanded their range across the UK.\n\n\"By submitting more records, the public is improving scientists' understanding of the impacts of environmental changes on moth populations and also British wildlife,\" said Dr David Roy of UKCEH.\n\nFenn's Wainscot: The caterpillars feed on the stems of reeds\n\nThis year's event has an emphasis on wetlands, which support wildlife and mitigate climate change, but - like moths - are under threat from human activities.\n\n\"Moths and wetlands have a lot in common, for they are both important for a variety of wildlife but are both underappreciated and under threat, \" said Dr Richard Fox of Butterfly Conservation.\n\nHe added: \"Moths have a reputation for targeting people's wardrobes but only two common species - out of 2,500 in this country - cause damage to fabrics.\"\n\nMoths are somewhat overshadowed by butterflies, though they can be just as colourful and beautiful.\n\nMoths and butterflies belong to the same group of flying insects - called Lepidoptera, or \"scale wings\" in Greek, but likely emerged at different times in the geological past.\n\nThere is no single answer to the question of how to tell them apart physically, but there are some clues, such as flying habits, wing position and the shape of the antennae.", "Mark and Jean Lee run a 15-bedroom bed and breakfast in Yorkshire\n\n\"If we were to open up in full swing it would be at least 12 jobs unfilled, but it's six unfilled at the moment.\"\n\nMark Lee runs the Red Lion Country Inn, a B&B in Yorkshire, but like many employers he cannot find enough staff.\n\nAccording to a survey of big recruitment firms, the number of permanent jobs available in England rose at its fastest rate since 1997 in June as the economy reopened.\n\nBut at the same time availability of workers hit a 24-year low.\n\nDespite advertising on a range of sites, Mr Lee has not received a single application for jobs posted. Before the pandemic, he would frequently receive 50 or more applications per advert.\n\nHe has also used agencies to find staff, but when he asked for a sous chef they could only provide an employee who had never worked in a catering kitchen before. Paying above minimum wage, Mr Lee employs waiters and cleaners on £10 per hour, which increases to £13 for a sous chef.\n\nKPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) polled 400 recruitment companies in June and found \"substantial increases\" in permanent and temporary job vacancies across the Midlands, the South, London and the North.\n\nThe steepest increase in demand was seen for permanent private sector staff, particularly in the IT and computing, hotel and catering, and engineering sectors.\n\nDemand was also \"historically strong\" across the public sector.\n\nHowever, the survey found the supply of candidates had fallen for the fourth month in a row. Recruiters blamed increased hiring, Brexit, pandemic-related uncertainty and the furlough scheme.\n\nYael Selfin, chief economist at KPMG, told the BBC's Today programme: \"We have seen the reopening of the economy and therefore there's a surge in demand, and not all the workers we were hoping to get are readily available.\n\n\"Some of them need to switch sector, some of them were looking after children before or were temporarily out of the jobs market. Some went into higher education or overseas.\"\n\nBrian Lord says his firm is struggling to fill roles\n\nBrian Lord, chief executive of cybersecurity and intelligence consultancy PGI, has encountered the same issue in the IT sector.\n\n\"Covid has been the main driver in demand because remote working has meant more vulnerability for organisations,\" Mr Lord said.\n\nIn June, PGI advertised 10 roles across its digital security teams but has only managed to fill two positions so far with the help of an in-house training academy.\n\nMr Lord said the slow rate in hiring was due to potential employers \"invariably ending up in a bidding war\", which he said was often won by richer companies \"who are better able to absorb the increased overhead or more able to pass the increased cost on their client base\".\n\n\"There is just no unemployment in the sector and supply is struggling to keep up,\" he added.\n\nManny Athwal, chief executive of the School of Coding in Wolverhampton, said employers have been contacting the school, which has 5,250 students, to recruit potential candidates before they even start courses.\n\nThe findings come despite the UK's unemployment rate remaining relatively high due to the pandemic, at 4.7% in the three months to April.\n\nGerwyn Davies from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, said there was a danger of overhyping the shortages, with a fall in the number of young people currently in employed in the UK.\n\nIn hospitality especially, Mr Davies said \"a perfect storm\" had occurred \"where we're seeing a demand for labour occur alongside a sharp fall in the stock of EU workers\".\n\n\"It's a question of employers having to work harder to recruit and train their staff rather than having no applicants,\" he added.\n\nREC chief executive Neil Carberry said: \"Recruiters are working flat out to fill roles across our economy. The jobs market is improving at the fastest pace we have ever seen, but it is still an unpredictable time.\n\n\"We can't yet tell how much the ending of furlough and greater candidate confidence will help to meet this rising demand for staff. In some key shortage sectors like hospitality, food, driving and IT, more support is likely to be needed to avoid slowing the recovery.\"", "Match of the Day pundits Gary Lineker, Jermaine Jenas & Alan Shearer discuss the penalty that resulted in Harry Kane converting the winning goal against Denmark, with Shearer calling the penalty ''soft'' and stating that he would be ''pretty angry if that penalty was given against England''.\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: How to follow the Euros on the BBC\n\nWatch highlights of Euro 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "England manager Gareth Southgate was the model of restraint and calm until he reached the vast bank of supporters gathered at one end of Wembley belting out their new anthem Sweet Caroline with glorious, noisy abandon.\n\nThe noise hit Southgate. The emotion hit Southgate. And maybe the history he and his England players had just made hit Southgate.\n\nThe wait was over. The sweet release of 55 years of England's men's football teams coming up short was pouring out in a frenzied, celebratory cacophony after the nerve-shredding tension then joy of the Euro 2020 semi-final win over Denmark after extra time.\n\nSouthgate, whose first move in victory was the typically classy and modest consolation of opposite number Kasper Hjulmand, let rip with a volley of fist pumps and clenches towards the night skies that drew a deafening response from the biggest crowd Wembley had seen since lockdown and those soulless lockdown days of empty stadiums.\n\nNot for the first time, Southgate had captured the national mood perfectly.\n• None Good times never seemed so good for England - listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast\n\nWhen Dutch referee Danny Makkelie sounded the final whistle that confirmed England's place in their first major final since the World Cup win against West Germany in 1966, the stadium exploded in a wall of sound.\n\nAnd the soundtrack for the finale was inevitably Three Lions - the much-sung, but often misunderstood lament, to England's years of disappointment penned before Euro 96 that has often been mistaken for arrogance.\n\n\"Football's coming home\" bounced off the walls of Wembley at deafening decibel levels. It is not coming home yet but England will be back in their own house against Italy on Sunday with the best chance since 1966 of making it happen.\n\nAnd the extent of what it meant could be seen before, during and after a game that was the perfect occasion as fans returned in their thousands, with attendances finally edging towards capacity after the months of lockdown.\n\nThe sound of the voices of players and managers reverberating around empty grounds has slowly been replaced with the familiar noise of fans, but there has been nothing like this with England at this Wembley - but then again there has been nothing like this in England for 55 years.\n\nEven before the game, there was an electricity this newer version of the national stadium has not experienced or produced.\n\nIt may have been the added excitement of so many England fans being able to watch their heroes in the flesh again after so long but there was a buzz and noise an hour before kick-off that never let up until long after final whistle, and the songs of celebration had been replaced by the hum of lawn-mowers in readiness for Sunday's final.\n\nFrom late afternoon to kick-off time, anticipation, expectation and excitement were almost tangible in and around the stadium.\n\nThe sun shone. The songs rang out. All it needed was the victory that had agonisingly escaped England's grasp for so long.\n\nThose of us who have spent many years following the falls and fortunes of England teams at home and abroad dredged the memory bank to recall anything similar in recent memory for an international match here without success.\n\nNeil Diamond's unlikely singalong has assumed such a status among England fans it was the last song played before the emergence of the teams and the roars barely dimmed, even when Southgate's side fell behind.\n\nSport always has the capacity to lift the spirits and the return of fans, the inspiration and atmosphere they create, has not been better illustrated than on this highly charged and ultimately triumphant night.\n\nAs England's players and their animated (for Southgate at least) manager made their way around a lap of appreciation, there was an unmistakeable bond between supporters and team that started to be forged with that surprise run to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018.\n\nEngland's entire squad, along with backroom and support staff, sang in unison with fans who were high on the emotion of victory, one the country had waited so long for, one many always thought might remain tantalisingly out of reach.\n\nThese were scenes being replicated by thousands around the country way beyond Wembley and the streets outside, where the choruses of joy could still be heard long after the final whistle.\n\nDenmark complained bitterly that Raheem Sterling had gone down far too easily under the challenge of Joakin Maehle, and Harry Kane - normally that most reliable of penalty takers - had a huge reprieve when an awful spot-kick was saved by the brilliant Kasper Schmeichel.\n\nThe rebound fell invitingly at Kane's feet for arguably the most important England goal since Sir Geoff Hurst made sure it was indeed all over in the 4-2 win over West Germany in the World Cup final.\n\nEngland may feel they were due a bit of good fortune after the decades of disheartening disappointment.\n\nSome fans could not even look as Kane stepped up, lifting their gaze from the shock of the missed penalty to see the captain fire in the goal that confirmed a place in the Euro 2020 final - that simple phrase alone sounding so sweet to the ears of everyone who has lived through this broken dream on so many occasions.\n\nWho can blame those inside this cauldron and every supporter outside for drinking it in?\n\nIt has only happened twice, Southgate joining Sir Alf Ramsey as the only England manager to take them to a major final.\n\nEngland's manager has history with Euro semi-finals at Wembley but now he can finally, finally, move on from his missed penalty in the shoot-out against Germany in 1996. He has created new, more glorious memories to expunge that moment of misery with the power to add even more on Sunday.\n\nSouthgate has had his doubters but this is most spectacular confirmation. He has followed up a World Cup semi-final with a Euro 2020 final. Untold riches for England in the modern era.\n\nIt seems an age away that the ludicrous Twitter hashtag #southgateout was trending when his team-sheet landed for the opening game against Croatia. It was the knee-jerk world of social media opinion at its very worst, and made to look even more nonsensical now.\n\nSouthgate ignores such noise, trusts his instincts and his team.\n\nHe did so again on Wednesday, especially when he introduced the current people's favourite Jack Grealish to run Denmark ragged, then once a lead was established substituted the substitute with defender Kieran Trippier to close things down in what became an England masterpiece of game management until this draining experience was over.\n\nHow everyone inside Wembley celebrated. How everyone outside Wembley who supports England celebrated. It was a landmark moment, one to treasure forever if you are an England player or follower.\n\nAnd one of the most poignant and emotional moments amid the celebrations came when England's players gathered in front of the section of the ground housing their families and friends, joined in song with their loved ones.\n\nWill England's players and fans be singing again on Sunday? Who knows?\n\nThe good news after the most momentous and memorable occasion this newer Wembley has hosted is they have the chance - the first in 55 years.\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "Sam Astley said the appointment to have his bone marrow harvested had been made six weeks before the Wembley semi-final\n\nA man who missed England's semi-final win over Denmark so he could donate stem cells has been given tickets to the final.\n\nSam Astley, from Sedgley in the West Midlands, instead watched the Euro 2020 match from his hospital bed as he prepared for a procedure on Thursday.\n\nHe has been praised by the Anthony Nolan Trust and Gary Lineker.\n\nEuro 2020 sponsor Vivo is providing him with final tickets which he will collect on Friday after his discharge.\n\nMr Astley said it was \"unbelievable\" to be seeing England v Italy in the final.\n\nHis partner, Beth Hill, said he had also been offered a room in the Dorchester hotel so he could stay in London until Sunday's match.\n\nMr Astley picked up his tickets after being discharged from hospital\n\nThe smartphone manufacturer responded to calls on Twitter from Lineker and football fans trying to find Mr Astley tickets to Sunday's match as a thank you.\n\nMr Astley, who works for Yamazaki Mazak in Worcester, said the response to his story had been \"crazy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said missing the donation had not been an option, despite his girlfriend winning tickets to the Denmark match.\n\nHe said the chance to watch England in a semi-final would have been fantastic, but he quickly recognised donating stem cells was \"more important than any football game\" and he never considered delaying the procedure.\n\n\"I am obviously pleased it has taken off, because we have managed to spread awareness for the great charity Anthony Nolan so hopefully more people will sign up to their register,\" he said.\n\n\"I think because it has been such a crazy 24 hours I think it has really helped with my recovery and the adrenaline has kept me going.\"\n\nMr Astley said on Friday he was amazed by the response to his story\n\nHe said he did not know who would be receiving his stem cells, but it was expected to be a child.\n\nThe appointment to donate the bone marrow had been made six weeks ago, after he signed up to be on the Anthony Nolan Trust's register at a football tournament organised by his partner's friend Simon Wilkes, Stourbridge News reported.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said: \"Simon suffers from a form of blood cancer himself so [he] invites Anthony Nolan to the charity events and encourages as many people as possible to sign up to the register.\"\n\nMr Astley's partner Beth Hill, who has been working as a critical care nurse with coronavirus patients for the past 18 months, could not go either, after a colleague tested positive, forcing her to isolate.\n\nShe said: \"I am just so proud of him, he literally is a lifesaver and a modern day hero, it is amazing what he is doing.\"\n\nBut Mr Astley said she was the \"real hero\" and her work during the pandemic had been a \"big influence\" on his decision to become a donor.\n\nMr Astley's step-mother, Angie, who works for Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire, said she was \"bursting with pride\".\n\nThe procedure Mr Astley underwent on Thursday involved the removal of bone marrow containing stem cells from his hip bones.\n\nMs Hill said he was recovering well in hospital and had been told by the anaesthetist that he had woken up singing It's Coming Home.\n\nIn a tweet, the 24-year-old also thanked Gary Lineker for his support and for \"all the wonderful messages\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Sam has shown us all what a true hero he really is, by putting his own once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see England play at Wembley aside, to give someone with blood cancer or a blood disorder their best chance at survival and we simply cannot thank him enough,\" Anthony Nolan Trust's chief executive Henny Braund said.\n\nIn a statement, Vivo said it wanted to thank Mr Astley for \"his selfless lifesaving donation\" and had arranged for him and his girlfriend to attend the final as its guests.\n\n\"We hope that both of them enjoy the experience,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The victims of two fatal knife attacks in London have been named by police\n\nOfficers found Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, suffering from a single stab wound on Woolwich New Road, Woolwich, at 17:25 BST on Monday.\n\nDespite treatment he was pronounced dead at the scene. A 15-year-old boy has been held on suspicion of murder.\n\nHours later Keane Flynn-Harling, 16, was found stabbed in Oval Place, Vauxhall. A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nTo date, 21 teenagers have died in homicides in London in 2021. Across the whole of last year, 17 teens were killed in violent attacks in the capital.\n\nIf teenage deaths continue at the current rate, this will be the worst year for young homicides in London since 2008.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nUefa has charged England after a laser pointer was directed at Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel during Wednesday's Euro 2020 semi-final at Wembley.\n\nTelevision pictures showed a green light on Schmeichel's face just before Harry Kane took an extra-time penalty.\n\nSchmeichel saved the spot-kick but Kane scored the rebound as England won 2-1 to reach Sunday's final against Italy.\n\nEngland are also charged with causing a \"disturbance\" during Denmark's national anthem and setting off fireworks.\n\n\"The case will be dealt with by the Uefa Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) in due course,\" said a statement from European football's governing body.\n\nThere was some booing heard during the Danish national anthem and that has been criticised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman.\n• None Fifty-five years, 302 games and more than 140,000 miles - England's pursuit of final number two\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n\n\"We don't want fans to be booing teams,\" said the spokesman. \"We want fans to be showing support and being respectful.\n\n\"Uefa are looking into that, that's a matter for them but it's not something we would want to see.\"\n\nThe Football Association and Uefa officials searched for the source of the laser pointer when they were first made aware of it being used during the first half of extra time.\n\nHowever, they were unable to find those responsible.\n\nFollowing the game the Danish FA representatives were asked if they wanted to make an official complaint, but said they did not wish to take the matter any further.\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "\n• Everyone travelling to Spain (including children) must submit an online Health Control Form (in English), no more than 48 hours before departure. This will generate a QR code which needs to be presented (either digitally or as a hard copy) at the Spanish border. All travellers aged 12 and over must be able to prove they've been fully vaccinated (with both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a one-dose vaccine) at least 14 days before arrival. Proof of a negative test or recovery from Covid is not accepted. From 23:00 GMT on 13 February children aged 12-17 do not need to be double-jabbed to enter the country. Instead, they must present a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before arrival. You must have received your final vaccine dose no earlier than 270 days (about nine months) before travelling. If it was earlier than this, you must be able to show proof of having received a booster jab. There is no requirement for 14 days to have passed between receiving your booster and entering Spain. Spain (like all EU countries) will accept as proof the NHS Covid Pass, Scotland's NHS Covid Status Pass or Northern Ireland's COVIDCert NI app - these can be presented either in digital form on a phone, or printed (as long as it's dated after 1 November 2021). Fully vaccinated children aged 12 to 15 can now also use the NHS app to show their Covid status, or they can request an NHS Covid Pass letter for international travel. Children under the age of 12 do not need to show proof of vaccination. If you have not been fully vaccinated, you can only enter Spain if your journey is classed as \"essential\" by the Spanish Ministry of Health. If your journey qualifies, you will need to present either a negative PCR test taken within the previous 72 hours, or a negative antigen test/LFT taken within the previous 24 hours, or else a medical certificate to say that you have recovered from Covid in the previous six months. If you're travelling via Gibraltar, check the latest Foreign Office travel advice.\n• Wherever you are in Spain, you must observe social distancing of 1.5m (5ft). Everyone aged six and over must also wear a face mask in the following places (unless they have a medical exemption):\n• any enclosed space open to the public (eg shops, restaurants, hotels or hospitals)\n• any indoor space where people from different households mix\n• any outdoor space where it is not possible to observe social distancing (e.g. crowded streets, public demonstrations etc.)\n• all forms of public transport and all transport stations, platforms and airports Some regions may have additional restrictive measures, including:\n• restrictions on meeting people from other households indoors\n• capacity restrictions at beaches or other public areas (eg booking systems) You should check with local and regional authorities for more details. The Foreign Office has specific healthcare guidance for UK nationals visiting Spain. For more details about travelling in Spain, go to the UK Foreign Office travel advice for Spain\n• Everyone aged 12 and over travelling to the UK must fill in an online passenger locator form before they depart. Adults can complete the form for under-18s travelling with them. If you qualify as fully vaccinated, you do not need to take any tests either before or after you arrive in the UK, nor is there any need to quarantine. The same rules apply for travellers under the age of 18. If you are 18 or over, and not fully vaccinated:\n• you will need to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test, taken in the two days before you travel to the UK\n• you will need to book and pay for a PCR test, to be taken within two days of arrival in the UK. This must be booked with a private provider before you travel\n• you do not have to quarantine unless your PCR test is positive", "The Three Lions have done it. They've reached their first major final in 55 years and England fans are buzzing.\n\nEngland beat Denmark in extra time at Euro 2020 to set up a final against Italy on Sunday.\n\nGareth Southgate's side came from behind to win their semi-final 2-1 in front of around 60,000 people at Wembley Stadium.\n\nWatch key moments from an emotional night for England fans.", "Leanne Matthews, Alison Jackson and Marie Lyon all gave evidence to the review\n\nBaroness Julia Cumberlege, who led a critical review into how the health service has treated female patients, says she is angry and frustrated not enough progress has been made.\n\nHer 2020 report looked into two drugs and a medical device which caused women or their babies harm.\n\nIt made a list of recommendations to support victims and prevent future, avoidable damage.\n\nThe four UK governments are still considering the recommendations.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care in England plans to fully respond later this year.\n\nBaroness Cumberlege and her team spent two years speaking to more than 700 women and their families who experienced complications linked to three treatments.\n\nThe first is sodium valproate. This is an epilepsy drug which, if taken during pregnancy, can increase a baby's risk of developmental disorders and physical abnormalities. Campaigners say women are still not being properly warned of the risks.\n\nThe second is pelvic mesh implants, which are used to treat prolapse and incontinence. However, complications can cause debilitating pain \"like shards of glass inside the body\". The procedure is only offered on the NHS in exceptional circumstances.\n\nFinally primodos - a hormonal pregnancy test thought to be associated with birth defects and miscarriages, something manufacturer, Schering, now part of Bayer, denies. It was withdrawn from the market in 1978.\n\nThe First Do No Harm report concluded thousands of lives were ruined because officials failed to listen to female patients.\n\nIt made nine recommendations, but only two of them have been fully implemented.\n\nThese are a government apology to the victims and the promise to introduce Patient Safety Commissioners, an advocate for patients, in England and Scotland.\n\n\"If all our recommendations are not implemented, avoidable harm will continue to be performed,\" says Baroness Cumberlege. \"I hoped we would have achieved so much more in this past year. I am very angry and frustrated.\n\n\"These people are still suffering and need care and compassion. I will take their heartbreaking stories to my grave.\"\n\nBaroness Cumberlege is urging the government to reconsider its decision to rule out setting up a Redress Agency, which would compensate women and families for the suffering they have experienced.\n\nThe government is, however, looking at setting up a payment scheme that would cover the cost of providing additional care and support for those affected.\n\nLawyers representing families agree with both recommendations and have written to the Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid, asking him to implement them.\n\nAll three children in the Matthews family were born with health and learning problems after their mother took sodium valproate while pregnant.\n\nLike thousands of women, Leanne Matthews was never warned of the risks of taking sodium valproate during her three pregnancies. Her children were all born with many health and learning problems, and she fears for their future without financial support.\n\n\"It's going to be worrying when we're not here,\" she says.\n\nHer husband Warren agrees: \"What jobs are they going to do? What prospects do they have? As soon as you put down on your CV that you've got multiple medical conditions, who's going to employ you?\n\n\"When the buffer of mum and dad is gone, it's going to be the eldest daughter who has to take that responsibility, which she shouldn't have to do. She's got her own problems.\"\n\nBaroness Cumberlege also recommended that specialist centres should be set up to help women who have experienced complications following a pelvic mesh procedure, and to provide care for those affected by medications taken during pregnancy.\n\nSeven mesh centres have now been set up in England, and one in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde - but the other point is still being considered.\n\nAlison Jackson, from South Derbyshire, struggled to walk following her mesh repair\n\nAlison Jackson, from Swadlincote in South Derbyshire, used to be a keen runner, but after having mesh fitted she could hardly walk.\n\nTwo weeks ago, she had her implant removed at one of the new centres, and would like to see more people benefit.\n\n\"The referral process should be easier and there should be more sites, though only if there are enough surgeons with the right expertise,\" she said.\n\n\"Mesh removal is like getting chewing gum out of hair. I know women who have been left with permanent nerve damage. There's no guarantee I will get better, but any improvement is a good thing.\"\n\nAlison also wants the specialist services to be extended to all mesh-injured patients, such as hernia and rectopexy.\n\nTwelve months after the Cumberlege review was released, the chair of the Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests says she's losing confidence the government will make all of the recommendations law.\n\nMarie Lyon was prescribed primodos and later gave birth to a daughter whose limbs were not fully formed.\n\n\"It will all be down to money and what can they get away with,\" she says.\n\n\"That is betraying all future patients of the NHS, which is a disgrace.\"", "Sales of illicit pharmaceuticals have risen amid the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nA record number of fake online pharmacies were shut down in May as part of a global crackdown.\n\nMore than 100,000 online marketplaces offering illicit drugs were removed as part of Interpol's Operation Pangea.\n\nIn the UK, fake medicines worth more than $13m (£9.17m) were seized as part of the efforts.\n\nIt marked the biggest week for the operation since 2008, as criminals cashed in on the demand for Covid-related products.\n\nBetween 18 and 25 May, 277 arrests were made, involving 92 countries, and pharmaceuticals worth more than $20m seized.\n\nMost of the illegal medical devices seized were fake or unauthorised Covid-19 testing kits.\n\nUK authorities removed more than 3,100 advertising links for the illegal sale and supply of unlicensed medicines and 43 UK-based websites were closed down.\n\nInterpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, based in Lyon, France, facilitates international co-operation between police forces.\n\nSecretary general Jurgen Stock said the sale of illicit medicines put thousands of lives at risk.\n\n\"The online sale of illicit medicines continues to pose a threat to public safety, which is why operations such as Pangea remain vital in combating this global health scourge,\" he said.\n\n\"As the pandemic forced more people to move their lives online, criminals were quick to target these new customers.\n\n\"As crimes continue to evolve amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the authorities must remain vigilant in dismantling criminal networks involved in the proliferation of illicit pharmaceutical products especially in online platforms.\"\n\nThe global pharmaceutical industry is worth more than $1tn.\n\nVast supply chains stretch from key manufacturers in places such as China and India to packaging warehouses in Europe, South America or Asia and distributors sending medicines to every country in the world.\n\nLast year, a BBC News investigation found fake drugs for sale in Africa, with counterfeiters exploiting growing gaps in the market.", "US President Joe Biden has defended his decision to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan, saying that US operations will end on 31 August.\n\nThe fourth US president to oversee the war also defended the speed of the US withdrawal, saying it saved lives.\n\nMr Biden's speech comes as the Taliban militant group continues to seize territory around the country.\n\nUS forces have fought in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years, following the terror attacks of 11 September 2001.\n\nEarlier this year, Mr Biden set a 11 September 2021 goal of withdrawing all US troops.\n\nDonald Trump had agreed with the Taliban to pull out US troops by May 2021, but that deadline was pushed back by Mr Biden after he took office in January.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden: 'We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build'\n\n\"Just one more year of fighting in Afghanistan is not a solution,\" Mr Biden said in a White House speech, \"but a recipe for fighting there indefinitely.\"\n\nHe also denied that a Taliban takeover is \"inevitable,\" saying that the Taliban force of approximately 75,000 fighters is no match for the 300,000 Afghan security forces.\n\nEven after the total pull out is complete, the US is expected to keep 650 to 1,000 troops in Afghanistan to guard the US embassy, Kabul airport, and other key government installations.\n\nRecent polls have shown broad US support for leaving Afghanistan, with Republican voters more sceptical of the decision to withdraw.\n\nMr Biden also said that efforts are being made to get translators, interpreters and other Afghans that worked with the US government out of the country. He said 2,500 special immigrant visas have been issued to allow them to come to the United States, but only half have come so far.\n\nSenator Biden and Vice-President Biden believed the US should get out of Afghanistan. Now President Biden is Commander-in-Chief.\n\nHe was at pains to say support for Afghanistan wouldn't stop, but even more adamant that both Afghan politicians and security forces had the capacity to prevent a Taliban takeover. \"Will they do it?\" he asked.\n\nThat's what Afghans have asked - repeatedly - in the midst of continuing disarray and disunity in Kabul, and the dramatic Taliban advance in the districts.\n\nThe president's emphasis on speaking out for women and girls isn't heard in districts already under Taliban control where they're not going to school.\n\nAs a president who's known to study all the scenarios, he made it clear \"it's highly unlikely\" there will be a unified government, and not much the US could do, or should do, if Kabul collapses. That's up to Afghans - and the countries next door.\n\nLast month, Mr Biden assured Afghan leaders at a White House meeting that US aid will continue.\n\nThe vast majority of remaining foreign forces in Afghanistan have left ahead of the US 11 September deadline, leaving the Afghan military completely in charge of national security.\n\nPresident Ashraf Ghani insists that Afghan security forces are fully capable of keeping insurgents at bay, but there have been reports of thousands of Afghan troops seeking refuge in other countries to avoid the fighting.\n\nEarlier in the week, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the BBC that the group was not responsible for the recent increase in violence. He insisted that many districts had fallen to the Taliban through mediation after Afghan soldiers refused to fight.\n\nUS-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 9/11 attacks in the US that triggered the invasion. However, it has gradually been regaining territory in recent years.\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "The recent surge of Covid-19 cases in Scotland may be levelling off, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.\n\nA further 2,802 positive cases were recorded on Thursday, with Ms Sturgeon saying there was an \"apparent slowdown\" in the rise in infections.\n\nShe said this gave her cause for optimism that Scotland can move to level zero of restrictions on 19 July.\n\nHowever she stressed that measures such as the use of face masks and physical distancing will remain for some time.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament will be recalled from recess next Tuesday for Ms Sturgeon to announce whether the easing of restrictions will go ahead as planned.\n\nThe 2,802 positive tests announced on Thursday represents a drop from the 3,799 logged on Wednesday.\n\nA total of 401 people are in hospital with the virus, with 38 in intensive care, while a further four deaths have been registered.\n\nCase numbers are now 1,432 lower than they were last Thursday, while the seven-day average also appears to show a slowdown in the rise of positive cases.\n\nMs Sturgeon said there was a \"suggestion that the recent surge in cases may be to some extent levelling off now\".\n\nHowever, she said figures remained worryingly high and could still put pressure on the health service.\n\nShe said: \"We increasingly hear talk of learning to live with the virus, which we all want to be able to do.\n\n\"It is true that we can't live a restricted way of life forever as that in itself affects our health and wellbeing, and vaccines are offering us an alternative way forward.\n\n\"However, that desire to just live with it cannot mean we simply throw caution to the wind and no longer worry at all about rising levels of infection.\"\n\nThe Scottish government's route map out of lockdown would see the whole of the country move to level zero of restrictions on 19 July, before scrapping most legal curbs altogether on 9 August.\n\nA decision is to be taken on the first step on 13 July, and Ms Sturgeon said this would be based on a careful evaluation of the latest data.\n\nShe added: \"I very much hope we will be able to move ahead as planned, and the apparent slowdown in case numbers gives me more cause for optimism about that than I might have had a week ago.\"\n\nHowever, the first minister stressed that Covid \"is going to be around for some time to come\", and said this meant some curbs would have to remain.\n\nShe said: \"Its important I think to remind all of us that a move to level zero does not mean the immediate end of all restrictions.\n\n\"Many of the baseline measures like face coverings, physical distancing, hand hygiene and advising on ventilation, these are going to continue to be important mitigations to protect us and others from the virus for some time yet.\n\n\"No matter what our decision is next week, there won't be an abrupt end to these basic protective measures when we do move to level zero.\"\n\nScottish Conservative MSP Craig Hoy said continuing uncertainty over what restrictions would ease and when were not helping people's business, holiday or wedding plans.\n\nAnd he said it was \"not good enough\" that next week's statement would come just six days before the changes are due to come into force.\n\nMs Sturgeon said her government was currently reviewing its policy on self-isolation rules, including for workplaces and travellers, and would announce the outcome shortly.\n\nThe UK government has announced that fully-vaccinated people arriving in England from amber travel list destinations will no longer have to quarantine from 19 July.\n\nThe first minister also acknowledged the growing pressure on the NHS amid high case numbers, despite a lower proportion of people requiring hospital care.\n\nTwo hospitals in the north east of Scotland have reached full capacity, with calls for non-urgent procedures to be cancelled to ease the strain on services.\n\nHospitals are under pressure but it is different this time. Despite soaring case numbers, far fewer people are ending up in hospital with Covid. There's also some evidence that they don't need treatment for as long.\n\nBut hospitals are busier now than last year when many other procedures were postponed.\n\nHealth boards say the numbers of non-Covid patients they are seeing over summer is equivalent to that usually experienced in the busier winter months. Figures from Public Health Scotland show emergency departments faced their busiest ever May, with more than 112,563 attendances.\n\nAdd into that fewer available beds because of distancing requirements, juggling staff leave, staff sickness and self-isolation, and the already high vacancy rates in some areas. It doesn't take much before hospitals are at full stretch.\n\nAs ever, the NHS has to prioritise those most in need of treatment and that means some are already having to postpone non-urgent surgery.\n\nThe major burden on the NHS during this wave may turn out not to be Covid patients themselves but the wider impacts of the whole pandemic.\n\nChief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith said the remobilisation of the health service - with procedures delayed due to the pandemic now starting up again - meant hospitals were busier than normal with non-Covid work.\n\nHe added: \"What I'm hearing from colleagues is much more in the way of very complex and often quite unwell people who are presenting, particularly either in community-based services or at emergency departments, with illness which necessitates hospital admission and where the length of stay is slightly longer.\n\n\"We are also seeing increased respiratory infections, particularly in younger children where we know we have an upsurge in parainfluezna, a type of viral infection, and that is having an knock on effect on people presenting to GPs and emergency departments with unwell children.\"", "Tens of thousands of pupils have been sent home to isolate after someone else tested positive\n\nThe Scottish government has not yet decided whether to follow England in changing the self-isolation rules for school pupils and people who have been double vaccinated.\n\nScotland's education secretary said the government was \"looking very seriously\" at whether it can make changes.\n\nShirley-Anne Somerville said decisions would be taken \"as soon as we can\".\n\nBut she said any decision would be based on the clinical advice and guidance the government is given.\n\nThe UK government announced on Tuesday that fully vaccinated people in England will not have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive for Covid from 16 August.\n\nThe same policy will also apply to anyone under the age of 18 from that date, while the system of \"bubbles\" in schools that sees pupils being sent home after a positive case will also be axed.\n\nThere have been calls for the Scottish government to introduce similar changes north of the border, where thousands of pupils have missed out on learning due to having to self-isolate.\n\nMs Somerville told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that the absence rates in Scottish schools was about 4% at the end of the school term.\n\nBut only 3% of those actually had Covid - with the vast majority of absent pupils only being off school because they had to self-isolate after someone else tested positive.\n\nMeanwhile, researchers from the London School of Economics and the University of Exeter have found that pupils in Scotland lost out on an average of 64 days of learning time during the pandemic - about a third of the school year.\n\nThey also concluded that the poorest pupils suffered larger learning losses than their richer peers.\n\nMs Somerville said any decisions would be based on the expert advice the government is given\n\nMs Somerville said this was why the government was \"looking very seriously about whether we can make to changes to the self-isolation measures that are in place for children and young people as we move into the next academic year\".\n\nShe said following England in scrapping school bubbles was \"certainly one option\" that was being explored by the Covid Education Recovery Group.\n\nBut she added: \"I think people would expect us to go through that due process to make sure that parents, young people and staff have the confidence that the guidance we are putting together is fit for purpose, and that we've worked through that process together.\"\n\nMs Somerville also said potentially having different isolation rules for fully vaccinated people was being \"actively reviewed\" as a potential way of easing staffing pressures in hospitals, schools and other public services.\n\nRaigmore Hospital in Inverness was placed on \"code black\" status earlier this week after reaching capacity amid increasing Covid cases, with the local health board saying the pressure was partly due to large numbers of staff having to self-isolate.\n\nRaigmore hospital is under significant pressure partly because so many staff are having to isolate\n\nHowever, Ms Somerville stressed that the government also had a duty to protect those who have not had both doses.\n\nShe said: \"This is something that would benefit different parts of the population, different sectors of the economy.\n\n\"But again we must look at the evidence, we must look to see whether that's the right thing to do at this point of the virus because the virus is very much still here.\"\n\nMeanwhile, all travel restrictions between Scotland and the north west of England are to be lifted, with the ban on non-essential trips to Blackburn with Darwen to expire at midnight.\n\nAnd Scotland's health secretary has defended taking a family holiday to the Harry Potter studios near London during Scotland's surge in Covid cases.\n\nHumza Yousaf said he would not apologise for spending time with his family as they have seen very little of him over the last seven months.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Humza Yousaf This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDetails of the trip were revealed by the Scottish Sun newspaper.\n\nScottish Conservative chief whip Stephen Kerr questioned whether it was appropriate for the health secretary to \"disappear\" while Scotland continues to have some of the highest Covid rates in Europe.\n\nMr Kerr said: \"People are continuing to make huge sacrifices to ensure we can return to normality and that will include missing out on holidays.\"", "The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the third wave of coronavirus cases facing Africa could get worse as new and faster spreading variants drive infections.\n\nThe highly transmissible Delta variant first identified in India is spreading to more and more countries.\n\nNew weekly cases have now overtaken the highest weekly numbers recorded during the peak of the second wave in January this year.\n\nMeanwhile, only slightly more than 1% of the continent has been fully vaccinated.\n\nNew cases have been increasing for seven weeks running and rose by an average of 28% week-on-week over the past month, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\n\nThe WHO says more than 251,000 new cases were recorded in the week ending 4 July, making it the \"worst pandemic week ever\".\n\nThere are 23 countries on the continent that have so far experienced a third wave of infections, including Senegal and Malawi.\n\nUganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Zambia, Rwanda and Tunisia have been among the worst hit by a recent resurgence in infections.\n\nSouth Africa is also reporting a sustained increase in cases, with Gauteng province, where Johannesburg is located, leading with infections.\n\nYou can read Reality Check's full analysis of the situation here.", "Mikkel Damsgaard beats goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a sensational free-kick to put Denmark 1-0 up against England in their semi-final tie at Wembley.\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: How to follow the Euros on the BBC\n\nWatch highlights of Euro 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nRoger Federer says he really does not know if he will play at Wimbledon again after losing to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals.\n\nEight-time champion Federer, who turns 40 next month, looked out of sorts in a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 loss.\n\n\"Of course I would like to play it again but at my age you never know what is around the corner,\" the Swiss said.\n\n\"I will talk with my team and go from there, see what I need to do to get in better shape and be more competitive.\"\n\nAsked if this would be the last time he played on Centre Court, the 20-time Grand Slam champion replied: \"I don't know, I really don't know. I have to regroup.\n\n\"My goal for the last year was to play another Wimbledon.\n\n\"I was able to make it this year, which I was really happy about. Everything that comes after Wimbledon we will sit down and talk about it.\n\n\"I'm actually very happy to get as far as I did, even though I am disappointed I lost.\"\n\nFederer had never previously lost a set 6-0 at Wimbledon, while it was his first straight-set defeat at SW19 since losing to Croatian qualifier Mario Ancic in 2002.\n\n'You can't climb the whole mountain at once'\n\nFederer was playing only his fifth tournament in 17 months after needing two surgeries on a knee injury in 2020.\n\nThere had been doubts over his shape coming into his favourite Grand Slam, having suffered a chastening defeat at Halle earlier this month which left him uncharacteristically despondent.\n\nFollowing his defeat by Hurkacz, Federer had a similar demeanour with the pain and exhaustion clearly evident.\n\nYet, the Swiss said he was still managing to retain \"perspective\".\n\n\"You know you need a goal when you're going through rehab with what I did,\" he said.\n\n\"You can't think of the entire mountain to climb as once. You've got to go in steps. Wimbledon was the initial first super step, if you like.\n\n\"For me, now that that's over, you've just got to reassess everything. You've got to sit down, talk about it, what went well, what didn't go so well, where is the body, where is the knee, where is the mind?\n\n\"As you can see, it was a struggle for me and putting in extra effort all the time, especially when things get difficult against Felix in Halle or today against Hurkacz.\"\n\n'Time doesn't stand still for anyone - even Federer'\n\nFederer avoided a huge upset in the first round when injury robbed France's Adrian Mannarino of the chance to earn a memorable win.\n\nLooking ponderous and lacking timing, he trailed two sets to one before his opponent had to retire.\n\nFederer improved match by match as he saw off Richard Gasquet, Cameron Norrie and Lorenzo Sonego, but lacked rhythm and timing against the unruffled Hurkacz.\n\n\"There were some awkward-looking points from Roger in the second-set tie-break - something we've never seen from him on Centre Court,\" Boris Becker, a three-time Wimbledon champion, said on BBC TV.\n\n\"He would never ever say if there was a niggle, but this was very unusual. I don't know if we will ever see the great man again here.\n\n\"It's normal for anybody to make mistakes, but when you're such a perfectionist as Roger Federer, some of these mistakes were way out of his league. Not just an inch or two, much more than that. He was completely off timing.\n\n\"That can happen in a game or set, but in this case it was the whole match. It was unusual.\n\n\"We can only wonder what happened and only he can answer that. As they say, time doesn't stand still for no man or woman.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "Most parents will say the birth of their children was the best day of their lives.\n\nBut what if your baby was born while England were reaching the final of the European Championship? And what if your brother was playing in the game?\n\nThat's exactly what happened to England midfielder Declan Rice's brother on Wednesday as the Three Lions beat Denmark in the semi-finals.\n\nThe West Ham star learned of the birth of his new, minutes-old niece at the final whistle, who arrived in the world at the exact moment Harry Kane scored the winning goal.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Sport, a delighted Rice said: \"My brother has literally had a baby, as the second goal went in. He's crying his eyes out, he's had a little girl. It's a special night all round!\"\n\nQuite understandably, Rice said his \"emotions are all over the place\" as England's men reached a first final of a major tournament since they won the World Cup 55 years ago.\n\n\"A first final since 1966,\" he said. \"I so want to do it for the people at home. Seeing the reactions - I'm a fan as well. I wish I was with them cheering, we've not won anything yet. Italy are a top side but we're ready.\"\n\nObviously, we are delighted for the whole Rice family for their new arrival, and really hope, for mum's sake, having the match on in the background wasn't too distracting...", "Dates: Venues: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Click here for more details\n\nThe wait is finally over. England's men are in a major final for the first time since 1966 after a 2-1 win over Denmark in extra time at Wembley.\n\nFormer players and pundits were full of praise for Gareth Southgate's side as they ended a 55-year wait by reaching the final of Euro 2020.\n• None Euro 2020 final - Italy v England to be shown live on BBC\n• None England 'had to dig deep' to reach Euro 2020 final - Sterling\n• None Fifty-five years, 302 games and over 140,000 miles - England's pursuit of final number two\n\n'This is not a team, it's a family'\n\nAs England's players and staff celebrated by singing Sweet Caroline in front of their fans, former England midfielder Karen Carney, who was pitch-side for BBC Radio 5 Live, said the scenes were \"magical\".\n\n\"England came to this tournament and they knew they believed in-house [that they could do well], and they're not going to the final as if it's a shock,\" she said.\n\n\"This is a team. Actually it's not a team, it's a family. They are absolutely all together in this moment. I have got goosebumps.\n\n\"In time we'll always go 'where were we?' and this is so emotional down here. Gareth Southgate went up to Raheem Sterling and gave him the biggest cuddle I've ever seen. It's magical. Absolutely magical.\"\n\nGary Lineker said: \"It's been a long time coming. It's finally happened. I was doubting I'd ever see it again in my lifetime at one point.\"\n\nFormer England right-back Gary Neville added on ITV: \"We have never done this before in our lifetimes. We have had so much pain, so much let-down and now we are going to a final. These are not nearly lads, they have actually gone and done something this year.\"\n\n'I've never felt an atmosphere like I've felt today'\n\nEngland were playing in front of their largest crowd of the tournament so far, with 64,950 spectators in Wembley.\n\nCarney said it was the best atmosphere yet: \"It's so loud. Everyone's buzzing singing the songs.\n\n\"It's kicking off down here in such a positive way - it's unbelievable. Every game we've got more people and it's got louder and louder. It feels so nice and feels back to normal now.\"\n\n\"I've never felt an atmosphere like I've felt today,\" Micah Richards added. \"The fans are absolutely electric. Don't forget we're at home in Wembley. We talked about Russia a lot but this is at Wembley for everyone to see and the scenes are just electrifying I'm just in awe of this stadium. I'm in awe of just being here.\"\n\n\"The fans throughout the game, they kept going,\" said Hayes. \"They lifted the team when the players were slipping.\"\n\nBut was it a penalty?\n\nPlenty was said about the decision to award the penalty that led to England's winning goal, after Raheem Sterling had been fouled by Joakim Maehle.\n\n\"We're all England fans but we've got to say it how it is. I think the referees and the decisions in this tournament have been fantastic, but I can't see how that's not been overturned,\" admitted Richards.\n\n\"How many times have England over the years not had that little bit of luck? Today they've got the luck. Yes, we don't want to win by a dubious penalty decision but at the end of the day, if that takes us to a final, you know we've got to take it.\"\n\n\"Dubious penalty, I'm still not convinced, but who cares? We're in the final,\" added former England winger Chris Waddle on 5 Live.\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n\nEngland have one last hurdle to clear and pundits think Sunday's final against Italy will be one to remember.\n\nCarney said: \"I think the two best teams are in the final and it's going to be mouth-watering - it really is. Margins are going to be really small and it's just going to be breathtaking.\"\n\n\"If you look at Italy, they have come in as free spirits. They had nothing to lose, had an outside chance. A lot of people thought they haven't done anything but they have this amazing unbeaten record. They play with a spirit, they just enjoy it,\" Waddle added.\n\n\"They will be so determined to win it. They'll use all the experience they've got. They are a powerful side with a lot of energy about them. They might defend in numbers but they've got pace on the break and it's going to be a very difficult game for England.\"\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "England reach Euro 2020 final: How Three Lions victory unfolded on social media Last updated on .From the section European Championship", "Hospitals are under pressure but it is different this time. Despite soaring case numbers, far fewer people are ending up in hospital with Covid. There's also some evidence that they don't need treatment for as long.\n\nBut hospitals are busier now than last year when many other procedures were postponed.\n\nHealth boards say the numbers of non-Covid patients they are seeing over summer is equivalent to that usually experienced in the busier winter months. Figures from Public Health Scotland show emergency departments faced their busiest ever May, with more than 112,563 attendances.\n\nAdd into that fewer available beds because of distancing requirements, juggling staff leave, staff sickness and self-isolation, and the already high vacancy rates in some areas. It doesn't take much before hospitals are at full stretch.\n\nAs ever, the NHS has to prioritise those most in need of treatment and that means some are already having to postpone non-urgent surgery.\n\nThe major burden on the NHS during this wave may turn out not to be Covid patients themselves but the wider impacts of the whole pandemic.", "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has issued a passionate endorsement of the right-to-repair movement, despite the company's opposition.\n\nThe movement wants laws passed to guarantee users access to information and parts to repair their own devices.\n\n\"We wouldn't have had an Apple had I not grown up in a very open technology world,\" Mr Wozniak, its co-founder with Steve Jobs in the 1970s, said.\n\n\"It's time to recognise the right to repair more fully.\"\n\nExisting right-to-repair rules in Europe and the US are limited to appliances and vehicles, respectively.\n\nAnd right-to-repair advocates say Apple is one of the fiercest opponents to expanding the legislation to cover consumer electronics.\n\nIt allows repairs by its own authorised technicians only and does not generally provide spare parts or repair information.\n\nAnd it has reportedly engaged lobbyists to persuade lawmakers repairing devices can be extremely dangerous.\n\nBut Mr Wozniak, 70, said: \"Companies inhibit [the right to repair] because it gives the companies power, control, over everything.\n\n\"It's time to start doing the right things.\"\n\nMr Wozniak made his comments in an impassioned nine-and-a-half-minute reply to a request from right-to-repair campaigner Louis Rossmann on Cameo, a site that allows ordinary people to pay celebrities for a short message.\n\n\"This one has really gotten to me,\" he said.\n\n\"When starting Apple, I could never afford a teletype for input or output.\n\n\"They cost as much as two cars.\"\n\nBut he knew how TVs worked and had access to schematics - so he built his own solution to turn his TV into an early computer monitor for the Apple I.\n\n\"I didn't have to afford something I could never afford,\" he said.\n\n\"I wasn't restricted from anything that kept me from building that computer and showing the world that the future of personal computers is going to be a keyboard and a TV.\n\n\"That all came from being able to repair things, and modify them, and tap into them yourself.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Repair Preservation Group This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nHe also credited an open platform with the success of the Apple II, which he said had shipped with schematics and designs.\n\nIt had been, he said, the only source of profits at Apple for the company's first decade.\n\n\"So why stop them? Why stop the self-repair community?\" he asked.\n\n\"How was Apple hurt by the openness of the Apple II?\"\n\nMr Wozniak left Apple in the mid-80s but revealed in an interview last year he was still technically an employee, receiving a weekly paycheque of about $50 (£36) out of \"loyalty\" despite having no role in the running of the business.\n\nHe also had much to say about the value of open technology for education.\n\n\"You could repair a lot of things at low cost - but it's even more precious to know that you did it yourself,\" he said.\n\nAnd he spoke of the \"motivation and joy\" of young people learning to write software and develop hardware \"to prove to themselves they've got a little special skill in the world\", adding it was \"very motivating for creative minds, believe me - that's how I grew up\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Should devices be easier to fix?\n\nEarlier this year, Mr Rossman began trying to raise $6m to get the right to repair passed into law by a direct-ballot initiative.\n\nSo far, he has raised $750,000.\n\nAnd he has now posted a video asking for direct involvement and a donation from Mr Wozniak, saying other interested donors were waiting for a figurehead to \"go first\" before donating large amounts.\n\nApple has been contacted for comment.\n\nUS President Joe Biden is widely expected to announce some form of executive order on the topic in the coming days - as pressure also mounts from officials in Europe.", "No survivors have been found since the hours after the building collapsed on 24 June\n\nRescue teams combing the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Florida are switching from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery effort.\n\nThe decision comes about two weeks after the 12-storey Champlain Towers South fell in the middle of the night.\n\nSixty victims have been found and 80 are still missing, Surfside city officials said on Thursday.\n\nNo survivors have been found since the initial collapse, and rescue crews say many victims were found in their beds.\n\nNews that the rescue mission was ending came during a private meeting on Wednesday between families of the missing and Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah.\n\n\"We've all worked passionately day and night for two weeks to save lives. The announcement today comes as a result of a consensus by those closest to the rescue efforts that the possibility of someone still alive is near zero.\n\n\"And while there seems to be no chance of finding life in the rubble, a miracle is still possible.\"\n\nThe teams had been working in continuous 12-hour shifts, and were assisted by crews from Israel and Mexico.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"\n\nThe death toll jumped by 10 on Wednesday, after Surfside officials say they were able to remove a large section of concrete.\n\nRescuers have been filling buckets with concrete by hand, and passing them down a line as they remove debris. The rubble is being kept in a state warehouse for further inspection.\n\nThe mission has been halted several times, due to instability in the mound of rubble as well as Tropical Storm Elsa, which made landfall in Florida on Wednesday.\n\nMeanwhile, a grand jury investigation has been launched to try to determine the reason for the 24 June collapse.", "Watch as Gareth Southgate and the England team national team celebrate with a raucous Wembley crowd, sharing a rendition of 'Sweet Caroline' after beating Denmark 2-1 to advance to the Euro 2020 final.\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: How to follow the Euros on the BBC\n\nWatch highlights of Euro 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nAvailable to UK users only", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nCapacity crowds are set to return to sport events in England from 19 July without the legal requirement of vaccine passports.\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the plan to end all Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.\n\nThe move, which will be voted upon on 12 July, would end social distancing and the mandatory use of face masks.\n\nIt means there could be full stadiums for the start of the Premier League season in August.\n\nHowever, the PM said some venues may choose to make use of the NHS vaccine passport service should they wish.\n\nWimbledon has seen an increase of crowds this week, with Centre Court at 75% capacity. The All England Club have confirmed they will increase this to 100% for the quarter-finals, the semis and finals on both Court one and Centre Court.\n\nThere will also be hope for full stadiums during England's Test series against India starting on August 4, as well as at Glorious Goodwood at the end of July.\n\nA government report showed just eight Covid-19 cases were identified among 30,000 fans who attended football pilot events in April and May.\n\nBoth the Premier League and the EFL welcomed the news.\n\nThe Premier League said it was \"looking forward to full stadiums in the 2021-22 season\" and that it would work to ensure \"the return to full capacity is done in a way that keeps everyone safe\".\n\n\"We are ready to re-open and welcome fans back in numbers,\" EFL chief executive Trevor Birch said.\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The fire broke out at O'Doherty's on Railway Street in Strabane\n\nA large fire which destroyed a coffin makers in Strabane, County Tyrone, was caused by lightning, NI Fire and Rescue Service has said.\n\nThe blaze broke out at O'Doherty & Sons on Railway Street on Sunday afternoon as storms hit the north west.\n\nAt the height of the fire, 80 firefighters, 10 fire engines and four special appliances fought the flames.\n\nManus and Charles O'Doherty said the fire had destroyed their \"much loved family business\".\n\nThere was \"catastrophic damage\" to the building, said Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.\n\n\"We have concluded our investigation now and we are satisfied that it [the fire] was due to the lightning storm at the time, given the time it occurred, given the video footage we have seen and from just the evidence of the fire,\" NIFRS Assistant Group Commander Kevin McLaughlin told BBC News NI.\n\n\"It is quite unusual - a single-storey building in the middle of the town, you wouldn't expect it.\"\n\nSmoke from the fire could be seen across the town\n\nO'Doherty & Sons Ltd has been based on Railway Street since 1908.\n\n\"We've been part of the fabric of Strabane town,\" said the family in a statement. \"It's therefore a sad day for us to see so much of our family history destroyed by this fire.\"\n\n\"As a family we are absolutely devastated that a fire has destroyed our much loved family business.\"\n\nThe businessmen thanked the fire service and the \"employees, customers, suppliers, the public, and local businesses for their many messages of support at this tough time\".\n\nWest Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan said his thoughts were with the family.\n\n\"This is a family who have been on this street for 113 years,\" said Mr McCrossan.\n\n\"I cannot get out of my mind today the impact this has had on this family and on the community. It hits very hard for people, this is one of the oldest longest surviving businesses in this town.\"\n\nA number of the businesses' 27 employees were at the building on Monday morning to see how they could help, he added.\n\nFirefighters working to bring the fire under control\n\nMr McCrossan had earlier told BBC News NI he had heard an \"explosion\" on Sunday afternoon and said there had been a very loud lightning strike in the area.\n\nDerry City and Strabane District Council had warned the public to be cautious of flooding across the area on Sunday as storms hit.\n\nThe Western Trust said part of its new waiting area in the Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Hospital had to be closed due to minor flooding.\n\nA number of homes and businesses in Londonderry were badly affected, said DUP Foyle MLA Gary Middleton.\n\n\"We are still assessing the overall damage. Two of the families we were with yesterday afternoon have had to go to alternative accommodation,\" he told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\nClaudia Kassova and Daniel Fray, whose home was damaged by the flooding, returned to their Waterside home on Sunday afternoon to find a burst manhole behind their house.\n\nClaudia said the burst manhole saw water gush through the downstairs of their Waterside home.\n\n\"The water just came out of nowhere and was gushing through. We just couldn't stop it. There was nothing we could have done,\" Ms Kassova told BBC News NI.\n\n\"When the manhole burst, everything was just coming up.\"\n\nThe couple said everything on the ground floor of the house had been ruined.\n\nOn Sunday, the lower deck of the Craigavon Bridge in Londonderry was obstructed from the Duke Street direction by a car in flood water.\n\nThe council's mayor, DUP councillor Graham Warke, tweeted a picture showing flooding on the lower deck.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by graham warke This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPortstewart Promenade remained closed to traffic on Monday due to structural damage caused by heavy rain, but pedestrian access had been reinstated.\n\nMayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Richard Holmes said rainwater had backed up in the pipes under the promenade and could \"not get away fast enough\".\n\nThe promenade has reopened to pedestrians\n\nHe said work had been carried out overnight and it was hoped the road would be repaired later on Monday, and businesses were open as normal.\n\nBusinessman Damian Morelli said the road had broken up and lifted in places, following a thunderstorm at about 18:00 on Sunday evening.\n\nThe Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens said he hopes the road will be resurfaced later on Monday\n\n\"Basically the water started to lie on the promenade, run down the promenade, and then all of a sudden, the surface of the road started to break up in places,\" he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA yellow weather warning from the Met Office had been in place across the west of Northern Ireland until midnight on Sunday.\n\nA further warning for heavy, occasionally thundery, showers is in place for Northern Ireland until 20:00 on Monday.", "A new regulator will be set up with the power to prosecute property developers that do not meet safety standards, the government has announced.\n\nThe new safety regime is designed to prevent any repetition of the Grenfell Tower disaster, which killed 72 people in 2017.\n\nHousing Secretary Robert Jenrick will unveil the plans in the government's Building Safety Bill on Monday.\n\nThe new system would reassure \"the vast majority\" of residents, he said.\n\nHe also said the new regulator would provide \"essential oversight at every stage of a building's lifecycle, from design, construction, completion to occupation\".\n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said the bill would ensure there were clearly identified people responsible for the safety of the design, build and occupation of high rise buildings.\n\nAnd the bill would also give residents more routes through which to raise concerns about safety, the spokesperson said. Before the Grenfell disaster, residents said they raised the issue of fire safety in the building and were ignored.\n\nUnder the new system, property developers who fail to meet requirements could be prosecuted, and manufacturers could have their construction products taken off the market.\n\n\"The new building safety regime will be a proportionate one, ensuring those buildings requiring remediation are brought to an acceptable standard of safety swiftly, and reassuring the vast majority of residents and leaseholders in those buildings that their homes are safe,\" Mr Jenrick said.\n\nOn Sunday, the housing secretary revealed to the BBC that he planned to use the bill to strengthen the rights of residents who wished to pursue compensation from builders for sub-standard or unsafe work.\n\nAs part of the proposals, residents will have 15 years rather than just six as previously, to pursue a claim.\n\nAfter the Grenfell fire, thousands of other blocks of flats were found to be covered in similar dangerous cladding.\n\nThe government has made a £5bn fund available to remove cladding on buildings over 18 metres. But many residents have still faced huge bills for the removal of cladding and other fire safety work.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Robert Jenrick announced on Sunday that leaseholders would have 15 years to sue developers who had used \"Grenfell-style\" cladding\n\nCampaigners - speaking on behalf of leaseholders facing massive bills for safety work - said the longer time frame would not solve the problem for many people, particularly if the developer responsible had gone out of business, or if the building was more than 15 years old.\n\nLabour's shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell said people had already found the barriers to mounting legal action \"too high and costly, and outcomes ineffective\".\n\nThe new Bill does not ensure leaseholders will be protected from charges for remedial safety work. It only requires building owners to demonstrate they have explored alternative ways of meet remediation costs before passing them on to leaseholders.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A clean up was under way on Monday after 37mm of rain fell in an hour.\n\nEdinburgh was hit with nearly half of its average July rainfall in under an hour on Sunday, as storms caused flooding across the city.\n\nTrains were stopped and homes and businesses fought to keep the water out. The newly-opened St James Quarter shopping centre was also affected.\n\nCouncil flood prevention teams are working with Scottish Water to find blockages and clear surface water.\n\nA yellow warning of rain and a Sepa flood alert remain in place on Monday.\n\nEdinburgh council said up to 37mm of rain had fallen - beyond the capacity of the city's drains and sewerage system.\n\nCouncillor Lesley Macinnes, transport and environment convener, said: \"Our roads and flood prevention teams have worked extremely hard, throughout Sunday and overnight, to minimise the impact of this intense, sudden downpour.\n\n\"No city's drainage systems are designed to cope with the sort of short, sharp volume of water.\n\n\"Our sympathies are with anyone who has experienced damage to their property. Officers, along with partners, are working flat-out to make sure the aftermath is cleared as quickly as possible.\"\n\nAt a bridge in Chesser, fire crews could be seen moving vehicles stuck in the water. A couple were also pictured stuck at a bus stop on Roseburn Terrace.\n\nSunday's stormy weather also caused a problem for shoppers in the new St James Quarter, which opened last month.\n\nWater could be seen dripping down windows and onto the balconies of several floors to ground level.\n\nFire crews helped to move cars stuck in floodwater in Chesser\n\nA spokeswoman for St James Quarter said: \"Parts of the galleria were cordoned off for safety reasons.\n\n\"St James Quarter has been built to fully integrate with the city's streetscape and is not an enclosed building.\n\n\"Whilst it has been designed as a naturally-ventilated environment and allows some rain to come into the galleria, the extent of water ingress in two sections was mainly caused by severe rainfall testing areas which are still under construction.\"\n\nThree restaurants, Five Guys, Burger King and Nando's as well as Genting Casinos and Tenpin at Fountain Park in Fountainbridge were closed on Sunday due to flooding. They remain closed.\n\nCineworld at the other end of the complex was unaffected by the flooding.\n\nThree restaurants, Five Guys, Burger King and Nando's as well as Genting Casinos and Tenpin at Fountain Park in Fountainbridge were closed on Sunday due to flooding\n\nThe Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh was also closed on Monday following flooding there.\n\nOn Sunday evening, ScotRail had announced that trains between Helensburgh and Edinburgh would only run as far as Bathgate for safety reasons.\n\nBuses were arranged to run from Edinburgh to Glasgow while Network Rail workers set up pumps to clear water from railway tracks\n\nMeanwhile, a search was carried out in the River Forth for two people in a kayak after the Coastguard received a 999 call from a passer-by who was concerned about them due to the poor weather conditions.\n\nThe Coastguard was called just before 17:15 on Sunday and carried out an extensive search, involving its helicopter from Prestwick, rescue teams from Fisherrow, Kinghorn and South Queensferry and RNLI lifeboats from Kinghorn and South Queensferry.\n\nAfter nothing was found, the search was called off at about 21:00 pending further information.", "Roberts Buncis, pictured with his father, was found dead in the Fishtoft area of Boston in December\n\nA teenage boy has been convicted of murdering his 12-year-old friend after luring him to woodland and attempting to decapitate him.\n\nRoberts Buncis was found dead in the Fishtoft area of Boston on 12 December.\n\nHe had been stabbed more than 70 times in a \"brutal and prolonged\" attack and had suffered wounds \"consistent with an attempt to remove the head\".\n\nA 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, was found guilty after a trial at Lincoln Crown Court.\n\nThe court heard the defendant \"intended at the very least to inflict serious violence\" on his young victim because \"he was a snitch\".\n\nThe boy, who was 14 at the time of the attack, admitted manslaughter midway through his trial but denied murder.\n\nHowever, the jury of nine men and three women took less than two hours to convict him.\n\nRemanding the boy into custody, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said he would pass sentence at a later date, explaining to the defendant it was \"not a straightforward sentencing exercise\".\n\nRoberts Buncis died a few days before his 13th birthday\n\nThe court heard Roberts was found on ground off Alcorn Green two days before his 13th birthday.\n\nPathologist Prof Guy Rutty, who examined his body, said he had identified 22 sites of injury across the neck, chest and abdomen, some containing up to 17 separate injuries.\n\nAs well as an attempt to decapitate Roberts he said there were also injuries consistent with someone \"trying to remove the hand or fingers\".\n\nProsecutors said the defendant used such force the tip of the knife broke off and was later found embedded in Roberts' skull.\n\nGiving evidence, the defendant claimed he had met up with his friend to hand over a stash of drugs for him to sell, but began arguing when he did not receive the £50 payment he was expecting.\n\nThe teenager claimed Roberts had taken the knife to the scene and he \"lost control\" when the youngster attempted to stab him.\n\nHe told the court he recalled stabbing his victim once in the neck, but did not remember 70 other blows.\n\nFollowing the attack, the court heard the defendant ran home and tried to hide the knife and burn the clothes and gloves he was wearing.\n\nHe later messaged a friend saying \"things went wrong\" and \"this wasn't supposed to go down like this\".\n\nProsecutor Mary Loram QC said the defendant had previously discussed a plan with Roberts to rob a shop in order to get money to set himself up as a drug dealer.\n\nBut, she said, Roberts described the proposal as \"too mad\" and refused to be involved.\n\nShe told the court the defendant apparently feared that Roberts would snitch on him.\n\nSpeaking after the trial, Det Ch Insp Richard Myszczyszyn, of East Midlands Special Operations Unit, described the killing as an \"utterly senseless act\".\n\n\"It's a tragedy that deeply affected the school and the local community, and one that will stay with all of us for a lifetime,\" he said.\n\n\"The level of violence, and that it involved children, makes it all the more difficult to comprehend.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAny foreign troops left in Afghanistan after Nato's September withdrawal deadline will be at risk as occupiers, the Taliban has told the BBC.\n\nIt comes amid reports that 1,000 mainly US troops could remain on the ground to protect diplomatic missions and Kabul's international airport.\n\nNato's 20-year military mission in Afghanistan has all but ended.\n\nBut violence in the country continues to rise, with the Taliban taking more territory.\n\nUnder a deal with the militant group, the US and its Nato allies agreed to withdraw all troops in return for a commitment by the Taliban not to allow al-Qaeda or any other extremist group to operate in the areas they control.\n\nPresident Joe Biden set a deadline of 11 September - the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US - for American troops to fully withdraw, but reports suggest the pullout may be complete within days.\n\nAs Afghan forces prepare to take charge of security alone, concern is growing for the future of Kabul.\n\nTaliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said seizing Kabul militarily was \"not Taliban policy\".\n\nBut speaking to the BBC from the group's office in Qatar, he said no foreign forces - including military contractors - should remain in the city after the withdrawal was complete.\n\n\"If they leave behind their forces against the Doha agreement then in that case it will be the decision of our leadership how we proceed,\" Mr Shaheen told the BBC.\n\n\"We would react and the final decision is with our leadership,\" he added.\n\nDiplomats, NGOs and other foreign civilians would not be targeted by the Taliban, he insisted, and no ongoing protection force for them was needed.\n\n\"We are against the foreign military forces, not diplomats, NGOs and workers and NGOs functioning and embassies functioning - that is something our people need. We will not pose any threat to them,\" he said.\n\nMr Shaheen described last week's withdrawal from Bagram Airfield - once the largest US military base in Afghanistan - as a \"historic moment\".\n\nBut Farzana Kochai, a female MP, said the withdrawal was being carried out irresponsibly.\n\nAfghan government spokesman Razwan Murad told the BBC that the government was ready for talks and a ceasefire and the Taliban should now prove that they were committed to peace.\n\nSome armed men have pledged to support the Afghan army in defending Kabul against the Taliban\n\nMr Shaheen denied that the militant group had played any part in the recent uptick in violence.\n\nHe insisted that many districts had fallen to the Taliban through mediation after Afghan soldiers refused to fight.\n\nOn Sunday, the Taliban captured another area in southern Kandahar province. The militants say they now control about a quarter of the country's nearly 400 districts.\n\nThe Taliban spokesman described the current government as \"moribund\" and referred to the country as the \"Islamic emirate\" - an indication that the group envisaged a theocratic basis for governing the country and were unlikely to agree to Afghan government demands for elections.\n\nMr Shaheen said elections had so far not been raised in negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From May 2021: Top US commander General Scott Miller reflects on Nato forces' time in Afghanistan ahead of its departure\n\nUS-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in October 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 9/11 attacks in the US.\n\nPresident Biden has said the American pull-out is justified as US forces have made sure Afghanistan cannot become a base for foreign jihadists to plot against the West again.\n\nAfghan President Ashraf Ghani, meanwhile, insists that the country's security forces are fully capable of keeping insurgents at bay, but many believe the withdrawal risks casting the country back into the grip of the Taliban.\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "Ch Insp Dale Sexton was the force duty officer in the control room on the night of the attack\n\nA former Greater Manchester Police officer is being investigated by a watchdog over his evidence at a public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bomb.\n\nCh Insp Dale Sexton was the force duty officer in the control room on the night of the 2017 terror attack.\n\nThe inquiry heard he thought he had \"got away\" with concealing information to an earlier review into the bombing.\n\nThe investigation follows a referral by GMP to the police watchdog and then a complaint by victims' families.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured in the explosion at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nIn May, the inquiry heard Mr Sexton declared Operation Plato, a pre-arranged terrorist plan, within minutes but did not alert the fire and ambulance services.\n\nWhen Ch Insp Sexton, who has since retired, was then asked during his testimony about why he had not told a previous review about concealing the information, he replied: \"I felt as if I'd got away with it.\"\n\nHe said it was not a decision he was proud of but believed \"it was the right thing to do\" and accepted he should have previously told the full truth but denied lying.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nA spokesperson for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had received a voluntary conduct referral from GMP in relation to evidence provided by an officer to the inquiry and a complaint from families of the victims in relation to the same individual.\n\nIt said it had concluded an independent investigation was needed.\n\n\"We have informed the force and the complainants' legal representatives of this,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nIOPC regional director Amanda Rowe said its investigation would focus on the actions of the officer, specifically in relation to the concerns raised by GMP and the families of the victims.\n\n\"It is vital for public confidence in policing that such matters are subject to thorough and independent scrutiny, which is what we will provide,\" she said.\n\nA GMP spokeswoman said: \"The IOPC has informed us that they will be investigating the matter independently and therefore it would be inappropriate for us to comment further.\"\n\nMeanwhile, British Transport Police (BTP) said it had made a \"mandatory referral\" of five officers to the IOPC over its part in \"missed opportunities\" which \"altered the course of what happened\" on the night of the attack.\n\nBTP said in a statement that part one of the arena inquiry report found the force, among other organisations, was \"responsible for missed opportunities to alter the course of what happened on the night of the Manchester Arena attack\".\n\nIt said the report \"also states that across these organisations there were failings by individuals who played a part in causing opportunities to be missed\".\n\nThe force says it thus has a \"mandatory responsibility\" to refer the matter to the IOPC for it to \"decide if there is a requirement for an independent investigation\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The remaining part of the building, which contained no bodies, was brought down using explosives\n\nThe remaining section of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami has been demolished over safety fears as a tropical storm approaches Florida.\n\nOn Sunday night, explosive charges were used to bring down the last standing part of Champlain Towers South, which had been evacuated.\n\nOn 24 June, part of the block suddenly collapsed. Twenty-four people are known to have died and 121 are still missing.\n\nCrews resumed the search for victims within a few hours of the demolition.\n\nThey are now hoping to be able to get into the apartment block's underground garage, which they could not access safely before, and get a clearer picture of any voids that may exist in the rubble.\n\nThe demolition was brought forward after concerns were raised over the approaching Tropical Storm Elsa\n\nNo survivors have been pulled from the rubble at the site in Surfside since the first few hours after the structure's collapse.\n\nThe demolition operation was brought forward after concerns were raised over the approaching Tropical Storm Elsa, which could reach Florida on Tuesday.\n\nOn Sunday, the town's Mayor Charles Burkett said there was a danger that strong winds could bring down additional debris and endanger the lives of search crews.\n\nHe said demolition experts would be able to control how the structure fell, and that the explosion could \"potentially open up a third of the pile [of rubble]\" for emergency teams to access.\n\nThe existing rubble, meanwhile, was covered with a tarpaulin to protect it from any dust or debris caused by the collapse.\n\nWhile no other buildings in the area were evacuated, nearby residents were advised to stay indoors and close their windows until at least two hours after the demolition.\n\nMiami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the controlled implosion went \"exactly as planned\".\n\n\"I feel relief because this building was unstable. The building was hampering our search efforts,\" she told the Associated Press.\n\nTwenty-four people are known to have died when part of the 12-storey block in Surfside collapsed on 24 June\n\nMs Levine Cava expressed sympathy for the families of the missing and said those who were forced to evacuate the remaining part of the block had \"left their entire lives behind\".\n\nShe said teams scoured the structure using drones with thermal imaging cameras to make sure there were no pets still in the building.\n\nMeanwhile, officials are investigating other tower blocks in the area for potential structural faults.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to crumble remains unclear. A 2018 inspection, however, warned of \"major\" flaws in the original design.\n\nThe building association's board has said it will appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami building collapse: \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"", "Over 90% of couples live with the husband's family after marriage in India\n\nDowry payments in India's villages have been largely stable over the past few decades, a World Bank study has found.\n\nResearchers looked at 40,000 marriages that took place in rural India between 1960 and 2008.\n\nThey found that dowry was paid in 95% of the marriages even though it's been illegal in India since 1961.\n\nThe practice, often described as a social evil, continues to thrive and leaves women vulnerable to domestic violence and even death.\n\nPaying and accepting dowry is a centuries-old tradition in South Asia where the bride's parents gift cash, clothes and jewellery to the groom's family.\n\nThe study was based on dowry data from 17 Indian states that contain 96% of India's population. It focussed on rural India since a majority of Indians continue to live in villages.\n\nEconomists S Anukriti, Nishith Prakash and Sunghoh Kwon used information on value of gifts - cash and kind - received or given at the time of marriage.\n\nThey calculated \"net dowry\" as the difference between the value of gifts given by the bride's family to the groom or his family and those given by the groom's family to the bride's family. The groom's family had paid more to the bride's family in a very small number of marriages.\n\nThey found the average net dowry had been \"remarkably stable\" over time, with some inflation before 1975 and after 2000.\n\nAnd the researchers found that a groom's family spends on average about 5,000 rupees ($67; £48) in real terms in gifts to the bride's family.\n\nThe gifts from the bride's family, unsurprisingly, cost seven times more at about 32,000 rupees ($429). This implied an average real net dowry of 27,000 rupees ($361).\n\nDowries consume a substantial proportion of household savings and income: in 2007, the average net dowry in rural India was equivalent to 14% of annual household income.\n\n\"As a share of income, dowry has gone down over time because on average rural incomes have risen in India,\" said Dr Anukriti, an economist at the World Bank Research Group.\n\n\"But this is just an average claim - to calculate how large dowry is relative to household income for each household, we will need data on household income or expenditure, but unfortunately we don't have such data available,\" she said.\n\nSource: Marriage Markets and the Rise of Dowry in India by Gaurav Chiplunkar and Jeffrey Weaver\n\nA lot has changed in India between 2008 and now. But researchers say the trends or patterns of dowry payments were not likely to be too different today in the absence of any \"dramatic changes or structural breaks in marriage markets, laws, human capital of men and women and women's labour market outcomes\".\n\nThe study also found that dowry was prevalent in all major religious groups in India. Interestingly, Christians and Sikhs showed a \"striking increase in dowry\", leading to higher average dowries than Hindus and Muslims.\n\nAnother interesting finding was the substantial differences in states over time. The southern state of Kerala showed a \"stark and persistent dowry inflation\" since the 1970s and had the highest average dowry in recent years, the study found. Other states such as Haryana, Punjab and Gujarat also registered inflation in dowry. On the other hand, average dowry decreased in states of Odisha (formerly Orissa), West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.\n\nDowry gifts come in cash and kind\n\n\"We don't have definitive answers about these differences. We hope to explore this question in future research,\" Dr Anukriti said.\n\nIn a paper published in January, economists Gaurav Chiplunkar and Jeffrey Weaver used data from more than 74,000 marriages in India over the last century to explain how the dowry system had evolved over time.\n\nThe researchers found that the proportion of Indian marriages including dowry payments doubled between 1930 and 1975, and the average real value of dowry payments tripled. But post-1975, there was a decline in average dowry size.\n\nThey estimated that the total value of dowry payments in India between 1950 and 1999 was nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars.", "Passengers cram on to a train from Crewe to Bangor\n\nWales' train operator has been accused of \"empty words\" after failing to enforce social distancing rules.\n\nArfon MP Hywel Williams said Transport for Wales (TfW) had pledged to make the safety of customers an \"absolute priority\".\n\nHowever, he said the rail service then issued guidance to staff telling them not to enforce social distancing rules.\n\nTfW said that as passenger demand increases, social distancing \"will not always be possible\" during busy times.\n\n\"Unfortunately, we have seen a rise in anti-social behaviour towards our front-line staff and it is not the responsibility of individual conductors to enforce Covid regulations,\" said TfW's safety and sustainability director Leyton Powell.\n\n\"So we work closely with the British Transport Police and security staff to encourage passengers to follow the latest Covid rules.\"\n\nHe said it was important passengers planned ahead and made \"responsible decisions\" on their need to travel.\n\nBut Mr Williams said: \"Expecting ticket-paying travellers to cram into overcrowded trains is unacceptable under normal circumstances, but to allow those conditions when Covid cases are on the rise is totally irresponsible.\n\n\"TfW and the Welsh government must urgently reassess their guidance so that staff, as well as passengers, are protected as journeys increase over the summer.\"\n\nNia Jones, who lives in Mr Williams' constituency of Arfon, also called for action after describing a trip from Crewe to Bangor as \"an extremely uncomfortable experience\".\n\nTrains were virtually empty for months as all but essential travel was banned\n\nShe said: \"The train was at full capacity, with no means of properly enforcing social distancing, forcing passengers to sit side-by-side and stand in the aisles.\n\n\"TfW managers must consider what impact their hands-off approach to safety measures will have on passengers' confidence in their services.\"\n\nCalls were made for an investigation last month after images emerged of packed trains.\n\nAdam Smith had said he felt \"anxious\" after getting on a train back to his home in Newport from Barry Island, on the June Bank Holiday Monday, which had standing room only.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollowing this, Wales' train operator wrote to MPs and said: \"At TfW, the safety of our customers and your constituents is an absolute priority for us, and as society gradually unlocks as we move through the coronavirus pandemic, we're continually reviewing the services we deliver to provide the best and safest possible experience for customers.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Williams accused the operator of \"empty words\" after being shown a copy of guidance given to conductors.\n\nA copy of the communication sent to TfW conductors\n\nTitled \"management of on train social distancing,\" the guidance references the \"large volumes of passengers\" travelling by train on some routes, which provides \"challenges\".\n\nIt said social distance capacity numbers were based on individuals travelling alone - however, it said there were several factors that could influence what the \"safe capacity\" is.\n\nThese include groups travelling in bubbles, families or vulnerable people travelling with carers.\n\nPassenger numbers on trains have increased since the non-essential travel ban was lifted\n\n\"The numbers provided are a baseline for reporting social distancing capacity breaches and must not be enforced,\" it states.\n\n\"We request this to balance of risk to colleagues in trying to enforce these numbers and so as not to introduce other risks to other passengers by doing so.\n\n\"We provide information to passengers to make their own decision if they are happy to board the train.\"\n\nAll of TfW's carriages are currently in use and the fact more than 75% of train stations are unmanned makes it even more difficult to enforce social distancing.\n\nHowever, Mr Powell said conductors were encouraged to report breaches of social distancing and this information was used to look at increasing capacity, running supplementary bus services or deploying more security.\n\n\"The safety of our customers and colleagues has been a priority throughout the pandemic and we continue to implement many safety measures following industry and government guidance, including enhanced cleaning regimes on trains and at stations, queuing systems during peak times, free hand sanitiser at key stations and by ensuring people wear face coverings, unless exempt,\" he added.\n\nMr Powell urged people to use the capacity checker tool before travelling.", "The incidents happened on Oxford Street and Oxford Circus Underground station\n\nA Jewish man who was abused twice in one hour in central London was threatened because of his appearance, his brother said.\n\nYochai was \"verbally assaulted\" while on a bus into Oxford Street and then while at an underground station.\n\nHis brother said Yochai was targeted because he looked \"obviously Jewish\" and that the offenders \"were not concerned about the repercussions\".\n\nThe Met Police and British Transport Police are investigating.\n\nYochai was first abused while sitting on a bus at 23:40 BST on Saturday by a black man wearing a red, white and navy blue T-shirt and shorts and red trainers. He shouted \"free Palestine\" as he got off the bus.\n\nOnce Yochai left the bus and was walking down an escalator at Oxford Circus Tube station, the Met Police said he was subjected to a \"torrent\" of anti-Semitic abuse by a white man, who was wearing jeans, a black T-shirt and a grey jumper tied around his shoulders.\n\nAccording to his brother, Yochai had on a kippah - the skullcap worn by some Jewish men - that evening. His brother, who asked not to be named, said Yochai had been left \"very shaken\".\n\n\"The bus incident happened when the suspect noticed my brother. There was no prior communication before they lashed out [at him],\" he told the Press Association news agency.\n\n\"It wasn't just a mere verbal assault. He was very close to being physically attacked by this vicious assailant.\"\n\nYochai's brother said the passenger leaned in close to his face and tried to punch him but Yochai stopped him.\n\n\"He was shouting angrily: 'I'll give you an uppercut, I'll give you an uppercut',\" he said.\n\nYochai then managed to \"de-escalate\" the situation by talking to the passenger, but still was faced with \"ugly racist remarks and death threats\", the brother added.\n\nThe incident ended after the bus driver called the police, he said.\n\nDescribing how he felt when Yochai told him what he had experienced, his brother said: \"I was upset since this is an experience I've myself had many times as a kid. Not necessarily death threats like this but lots of verbal assaults, things thrown from cars.\n\n\"I'm not religious like my brother so I don't look obviously Jewish to be a target this way.\n\n\"It's the fact that anti-Semites are willing to do this when knowing there is CCTV means we've reached the level where they're not concerned about repercussions.\"\n\nNo arrests have been made and inquiries are continuing.\n\nSiwan Hayward, director of compliance, policing operations and security at TfL, said: \"We are appalled by the shocking incidents. All our customers have the right to travel without fear of abuse or intimidation, and hate crime has absolutely no place on our network.\"\n\nCorrection 5 July: An earlier version of this story stated incorrectly that a group of males abused the man on the London Underground; there was only a single assailant at Oxford Circus Tube station. It has also emerged that the same man was the victim in both incidents.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan after clashing with Taliban militants, officials have said.\n\nThe troops retreated over the border to \"save their own lives\", according to a statement by Tajikistan's border guard.\n\nViolence has risen in Afghanistan and the Taliban have been making significant gains, particularly in the north of the country, in recent weeks.\n\nThe surge comes as the US, UK and allies withdraw after 20 years.\n\nThe vast majority of remaining foreign forces in Afghanistan have left ahead of a September deadline. There are concerns that the Afghan military, who were supposed to take over security in the country, will collapse.\n\nUnder a deal with the Taliban, the US and its Nato allies agreed to withdraw all troops in return for a commitment by the militants not to allow any extremist group to operate in the areas they control.\n\nBut the Taliban did not agree to stop fighting Afghan forces, and now reportedly control about a third of the country.\n\nThe retreat is the third time Afghan soldiers have fled to Tajikistan over the past three days and the fifth case over the past fortnight. In total, nearly 1,600 soldiers have crossed the border.\n\nThis group of Afghan soldiers fled to Tajikistan in June\n\nThe latest group of Afghan troops sought refuge early on Monday morning after fighting with militants during the night, Tajikistan's National Security Committee said.\n\nBadakhshan and Takhar provinces, which border Tajikistan, have seen a rapid Taliban advance.\n\n\"The Taliban cut off all the roads and these people had nowhere to go but to cross the border,\" one senior Afghan official told Reuters on Monday.\n\nZabihullah Atiq, a parliamentarian from Badakhshan, said the troops had used various routes to flee. Tajik border guards said Afghan soldiers were being provided with shelter and food, but further details were not available.\n\nWith the new surge in violence across the country, Afghan forces are facing an unprecedented level of combat in the absence of foreign troops.\n\nGovernment officials have been tweeting non-stop to keep soldiers motivated by underlying their sacrifices. But much of the troops' motivation disappears amid news of retreat, collapse of key districts and casualties.\n\nMilitary officials in Kabul have talked about \"tactical retreat\" whenever insurgents made gains, but we hear from commanders in the battlefield about a lack of ammunition, and delays in sending support.\n\nIn Badakhshan province, where the government lost significant territory in recent days, local sources say many government officials \"escaped\" to Kabul way before Taliban attacks.\n\nNot only can this dishearten soldiers, but it also raises the bigger question of the loyalty of high-ranking officials in peace talks. Will political leaders - whose families already reside abroad - remain in the country if full-scale civil war erupts?\n\nPresident Ashraf Ghani insists that Afghan security forces are fully capable of keeping insurgents at bay, but there have also been reports of more soldiers seeking refuge in Pakistan and Uzbekistan to escape the fighting.\n\nNeighbouring countries are bracing themselves for a potential influx of refugees if the fighting continues to intensify.\n\nTaliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the BBC the group was not responsible for the recent increase in violence. He insisted that many districts had fallen to the Taliban through mediation after Afghan soldiers refused to fight.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor the people of Afghanistan, it is a worrying time, says Lyse Doucet, the BBC's chief international correspondent. The Taliban, who have been accused of various human rights and cultural abuses, support Islamic punishments - such as public executions of convicted murderers - as well as banning television, music and cinema, and disapproving of girls over 10 going to school.\n\n\"They are uncertain about uncertain about their own lives and the futures of their families,\" she says.\n\nZahra, a 25-year-old resident of Kabul, is among those concerned about the future.\n\n\"People are expecting a wider than ever war. A lot of people in Kabul fear that the Taliban might reach us at any time,\" she told BBC OS on World Service radio.\n\nZahra said people in Kabul feared the Taliban could reach the city \"at any time\"\n\nJamshid, a student at Kabul University, said he did not plan to stay in the country if the Taliban took power.\n\nThere are also growing concerns about how to protect diplomatic missions in Afghanistan.\n\nRussia on Monday announced that it had temporarily suspended operations at its consulate in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif because of the deteriorating security situation. Envoy Zamir Kabulov said Afghan troops had surrendered too many districts, making the situation unstable.\n\nTurkey and Iran have also suspended operations in the city, moving diplomats to Kabul, according to reports.\n\nUS-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 9/11 attacks in the US that triggered the invasion. However, it has gradually regained enough strength to seize territory again.\n\nThe Taliban entered direct talks with the US in 2018, and President Joe Biden has said the American pull-out is justified as US forces have made sure Afghanistan cannot become a base for foreign jihadists to plot against the West again.\n\nHowever, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the BBC he believed the Nato and US military mission there had failed in defeating terrorism and extremism.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe called on both the Afghan government and the Taliban to \"sit down and talk as soon as possible for peace\".\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "The Duke of Cambridge arrived alone for the service as his wife is self-isolating\n\nThe Royal Family has celebrated the 73rd anniversary of the NHS with the award of the George Cross and a cathedral service.\n\nIn a personal message, the Queen said NHS staff across the UK had worked \"with courage, compassion and dedication\" for more than 70 years.\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge joined NHS staff at a thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral in London.\n\nHe later hosted a Buckingham Palace tea party to thank NHS workers.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge had been due to join him for the events, but is now self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for Covid.\n\nThe George Cross, instituted by King George VI in 1940 during the height of the Blitz in World War Two, is awarded for \"acts of the greatest heroism or of the most courage in circumstances of extreme danger\".\n\nIn her handwritten message, the Queen wrote: \"It is with great pleasure, on behalf of a grateful nation, that I award the George Cross to the National Health Services of the United Kingdom.\n\n\"This award recognises all NHS staff, past and present, across all disciplines and all four nations.\n\n\"Over more than seven decades, and especially in recent times, you have supported the people of our country with courage, compassion and dedication, demonstrating the highest standards of public service.\n\n\"You have our enduring thanks and heartfelt appreciation.\"\n\nA copy of the handwritten message from Queen Elizabeth II in support of the award of the George Cross to the NHS\n\nNHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said the award recognised the \"skill and fortitude\" of NHS staff, who had responded to \"the worst pandemic in a century and the greatest challenge this country has faced since World War Two\".\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS England medical director, said he could not be \"prouder and more humbled\" by the work of his medical colleagues, adding that the reward recognised the contribution of the NHS since inception as well as over the last 18 months.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe awarding of the George Cross by the Queen is made on the advice of the George Cross Committee and the prime minister.\n\nThis latest award is only the third time the George Cross has been given to a collective body, country or organisation, rather than an individual.\n\nIn 1942, the George Cross was conferred on Malta by George VI, in recognition of the heroism displayed by the island's inhabitants during enemy bombardments in World War Two and in 1999, the Queen awarded the George Cross to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland, in recognition of the force's bravery.\n\nDr Chaand Nagpaul, council chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) which represents doctors, said the award would be \"a welcome recognition for many who feel exhausted - physically and mentally - after the gruelling challenge of the last year\".\n\nBut he added: \"It is also vital to ensure that healthcare professionals work in an environment where there is an adequate workforce and resources, including enough hospitals beds and facilities in general practice.\n\n\"This will be vital if we are to be able to tackle the enormous backlog of over five million patients waiting for treatment as a result of the pandemic\".It comes days after Dr Nagpaul warned that senior doctors in England would be consulted on taking industrial action if the government's 1% pay rise offer was not improved.\n\nAnd Pat Cullen, acting general secretary and chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing - which has also warned of potential industrial action over pay - said: \"Nursing staff led the foundation of the NHS and today they continue to lead the response to the pandemic.\n\n\"Along with all of their colleagues they should hold their heads high today to be recognised in this way.\"\n\nThe awarding of the George Cross by the Queen is made on the advice of the George Cross Committee and the prime minister\n\nPrince William joined senior NHS figures, frontline staff and patients at the St Paul's service, which celebrated the work of the health service in tackling Covid-19.\n\nThe cathedral's choir sang hymns as the duke entered the church and followed religious leaders past socially-distanced rows of NHS staff.\n\nAmong the congregation were Sir Simon; Dr Emily Lawson, NHS England's lead on the vaccine rollout; matron May Parsons, who gave the first Covid vaccination outside clinical trials; and Sam Foster, the nurse who administered the first Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey were also in attendance.\n\nThey were joined by members of staff who treated England's first Covid patients, as well as people who have been treated for the virus.\n\nAddressing the congregation during the service at St Paul's Sir Simon described the occasion as an opportunity for \"cautious pride in science, treatments and our vaccines\" but also a time for some \"anger and regret\" over the millions who have died with coronavirus around the world.\n\nHe said the NHS was \"an inspiring example for our generation of how out of adversity can come strength\".\n\nThe duke spoke to NHS workers during the tea party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace\n\nPrince William walks with NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens and NHS Charities Together chief executive Ellie Orton\n\nThe duke welcomed NHS workers, including respiratory ward nurses, counsellors and care workers, as well as catering managers and housekeeping coordinators, to the Buckingham Palace gardens for the NHS Big Tea.\n\nThe NHS Big Tea is organised by NHS Charities Together - which the duke and duchess have been patrons of since December 2020.\n\nThe event was one of thousands of Big Teas happening in homes, hospitals, schools and community spaces across the UK on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke to the BBC via video link\n\nAlexandra Heys, nurse ward manager in the respiratory high care unit at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said she felt \"honoured\" to be meeting the duke.\n\n\"We have all been through a lot, so seeing the public get behind the NHS Big Tea on such as massive scale is an immense boost and really makes a difference,\" she added.\n\nNHS Charities Together is an independent charity and functions as an umbrella organisation made up of 240 NHS member charities based within hospitals, mental health trusts, ambulance trusts, community health trusts and health boards across the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as firefighters race to prevent the blaze from spreading\n\nSeveral nations have answered Cyprus's appeal to help tackle a huge wildfire, described by officials as the worst in the country's history.\n\nThe UK, Greece, Italy and Israel are among those helping, including with firefighting aircraft.\n\nCyprus said missions to drop water had helped to reduce fire outbreaks, but warned that blazes could resurge.\n\nOn Sunday, four people were confirmed to have died in the fires, which have been fanned by strong winds.\n\nThe blaze has spread through the southern Limassol district and forced the evacuation of several villages.\n\nMore than 20 sq m (50 sq km) of forest and farmland have been destroyed, along with power lines.\n\nFirefighters are racing to prevent the wildfire from spreading to the Machairas National Forest Park.\n\n\"It is the worst forest fire in the history of Cyprus,\" Director of the Department of Forests Charalambos Alexandrou told local television.\n\nThe wildfire started on Saturday, and is quickly spreading\n\nThe European Commission's head of crisis management, Janez Lenarcic, said on Saturday that a co-ordinated response was under way. The EU's emergency Copernicus satellite is tracking the blaze, the commission said.\n\nSeveral aircraft are already tackling the flames, assisted by British troops stationed on the island.\n\nThe British Royal Air Force, which has a base at Akrotiri near Limassol, tweeted images of two helicopters taking part in the operations.\n\n\"We stand shoulder to shoulder with the Republic of Cyprus as we work together to overcome this tragedy,\" said the commander of British Forces Cyprus, Maj Gen Rob Thomson.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by RAF Akrotiri This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Sunday, Cyprus's Interior Minister Nicos Mouris confirmed that all four people who died in the fires were Egyptian farm workers.\n\nTheir bodies were found about 600m from their burnt-out vehicle near the village of Odos. A local policeman told AFP news agency that it appears they fled the vehicle and became trapped among the flames.\n\nThis house and a vehicle in the Larnaca region were gutted by the blaze\n\nPresident Nicos Anastasiades described the fire - in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains - as \"a tragedy\".\n\nIn a tweet, he said it was \"the largest fire since 1974\" - referring to the year Cyprus was divided following a Turkish invasion - and had caused loss of life.\n\nHe pledged that the government would \"provide immediate assistance to the victims\" and their families.\n\nFirefighters are trying to control the blaze to prevent it from reaching a national forest\n\nMr Anastasiades visited a relief centre in the village of Vavatsinia on Sunday morning, before travelling on to other affected areas.\n\nMeanwhile, police have arrested a 67-year-old man on suspicion of arson. A witness saw a man driving away from the village of Arakapas, north-east of Limassol, at the same time the fire started on Saturday, police said.\n\nCyprus has been experiencing a week-long heatwave, with temperatures reaching up to 40C (104F).\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. However, linking any single event to global warming is complicated.", "Visitors from the UK, Portugal, Russia, India and Nepal have until now been banned from entering Germany\n\nGermany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and four other variant-hit countries.\n\nThe restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal, Russia, India and Nepal, will be relaxed from Wednesday.\n\nVisitors who are fully vaccinated will also not be required to quarantine.\n\nNon-vaccinated people will however still be required to quarantine for up to 10 days, with the option to end their quarantine early with a negative test on the fifth day.\n\nThe five countries have until now been classified as \"virus variant areas\" because of the spread of the Delta and Delta Plus variants, which were first identified in India.\n\nAlthough German citizens and residents were exempt from the travel ban, they were required to quarantine for 14 days after visiting any of the five \"virus variant\" countries.\n\nThe countries will now be reclassified as \"high incidence areas\", the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Monday.\n\nOn Friday, after talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Angela Merkel said fully vaccinated Britons would soon be able to visit Germany without having to quarantine.\n\nAre you planning on travelling to Germany? How will lifting the travel ban affect you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nGermany's vaccination campaign has made big advances: by Monday 32.4m people - or 39% of the total population - had been fully vaccinated against Covid, Germany's RP news website reported. Recipients of at least one jab totalled 56.5%.\n\nThe Germany-wide infection rate has declined to about five per 100,000 people over seven days - a much lower rate than in the UK. In none of the 16 German regions is the rate above 10.\n\nCurrently Germany has 526 Covid patients in intensive care, German ntv news reports - again far below Germany's peak levels in the pandemic.\n\nOn Monday, the RKI reported 440 new infections and 31 Covid-related deaths in Germany.\n\nGermany's relaxation of restrictions came a few hours after Mr Johnson confirmed the UK was expecting to lift all Covid-related rules from 19 July.\n\nThe UK government is also expected to announce plans for fully-vaccinated British people to travel to \"amber\" countries - that is, countries designated as medium risk for Covid, including many in Europe - without having to quarantine on their return.\n\nGerman travel agents say they have a high level of bookings for short summer holidays abroad, with no apparent trend towards cancellations because of Covid.\n\nForeign Minister Heiko Maas has called for all Covid-related restrictions to be lifted once all adults in Germany have been offered vaccinations, \"which should happen during August\".\n\nAnd a YouGov survey quoted by DPA news agency said 51% of Germans questioned would support lifting all restrictions for those fully vaccinated from September. Those against totalled 39%, with the others undecided.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the BioNTech vaccine factory in the German town of Marburg (Video from March 2021)", "Richard Donner's first major break came with 1976's The Omen\n\nRichard Donner, the Hollywood director whose films included Superman and The Goonies, has died aged 91.\n\nHe passed away on Monday, his wife, the film producer Lauren Shuler Donner, told Deadline.\n\nHis first major break came with 1976's The Omen, and later produced Free Willy and The Lost Boys.\n\nSteven Spielberg, who wrote the story on which The Goonies was based, told Variety that Donner was \"gifted across so many genres\".\n\n\"Being in his circle was akin to hanging out with your favourite coach, smartest professor, fiercest motivator, most endearing friend, staunchest ally, and - of course - the greatest Goonie of all,\" Mr Spielberg said.\n\n\"He was all kid. All heart. All the time. I can't believe he's gone, but his husky, hearty laugh will stay with me always.\"\n\nDonner, left, talks with Mel Gibson on set of Lethal Weapon\n\nBorn in the Bronx, New York, Donner started in television in the early 1960s, with credits including anthology series The Twilight Zone and spy thriller The Man From Uncle.\n\nBut it wasn't until the mid-1970s that he made his mark on Hollywood. His work on 1978's Superman starring Christopher Reeve is often regarded as the first modern superhero film.\n\nDonner directed and produced The Goonies in 1985. The comedy tells the story of a group of children hunting for a hidden treasure, and has become a cult classic.\n\nMany have taken to social media to pay tribute to Donner.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dan Slott This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by edgarwright This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Sean Astin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nActor Mel Gibson, who starred in Donner's Lethal Weapon movies as well as Conspiracy Theory, told Variety that Donner was \"magnanimous of heart and soul, which he liberally gave to all who knew him.\"\n\n\"If we piled up all the good deeds he did, it would stretch to some uncharted place in the firmament. I will sorely miss him, with all his mischievous wit and wisdom,\" he said.", "Jonathan Bartley has been a Green councillor in the London borough of Lambeth since 2018\n\nJonathan Bartley is to stand down as co-leader of the Green Party in England and Wales at the end of July.\n\nThe London councillor said he wanted to give the party time to choose new leadership before the next general election.\n\nHe has co-led the party since 2016, first alongside Green MP Caroline Lucas and then current co-leader Sian Berry.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Bartley said the party's new leadership team \"needs time to get used to the role\" before voters next head to the polls.\n\nHe added it was \"increasingly clear\" the prime minister could use new powers to call a general election earlier than the planned date of 2024.\n\nMr Bartley and Ms Berry were due to face re-election in September 2022, as the Greens have a policy of electing new leaders every two years.\n\nParty officials are yet to decide whether single candidates will be able to stand in the race to replace them, as would happen for a scheduled contest.\n\nThey will also have to decide whether to elect a new deputy leadership at the same time, so the terms for the two roles can continue to run in sync.\n\nThe party normally elects its leadership and deputy leadership together, in order to meet gender balance rules in its constitution.\n\nMr Bartley and Ms Berry (R) were elected last September, alongside longstanding deputy leader Amelia Womack (L)\n\nMr Bartley added he was \"hugely proud\" of what the party had achieved in the last five years, adding it is now \"vying to be the country's third party\".\n\nHe said he planned to use his experience as co-leader to \"develop the wider movement for a progressive alliance\".\n\n\"Until progressive parties work together, there is a risk of Conservative governments for years to come,\" he said.\n\nHe added he hopes to play a \"full, if different role in the Green Party\" after stepping down.\n\nFor many years, the Greens did not have a leader, just \"principal speakers\", to distance themselves from the traditional Westminster power structures.\n\nThere are separate Green parties in Scotland and in Northern Ireland.\n• None Is the Green Party on the rise - and if so, why?", "Oxygen supplies have been running low for days\n\nIndonesia's government has ordered producers to prioritise medical oxygen amid a Covid surge and a shortage of oxygen in a number of cities.\n\nHospitals say they have almost exhausted supplies, with one reporting that 63 patients died as a result of oxygen shortages.\n\nIndonesia is recording more than 25,000 new cases every day.\n\nIncreased travel and the highly contagious Delta variant have exacerbated the crisis.\n\nIndonesia has had the worst Covid outbreak in South East Asia, with about 2.3 million positive cases and more than 60,000 deaths so far.\n\nHowever, experts warn that the overall numbers are potentially much higher because of severely inadequate testing outside the capital Jakarta.\n\nA lockdown was announced on the country's main island Java, as well as in the tourist island of Bali last week.\n\nOn Monday, two hospitals in the city of Bandung announced that they had run out of oxygen, and had to reject new patients seeking emergency treatment.\n\nOver the weekend, emergency services and intensive care units of public hospitals in the cities of Bandung, Surakarta, and Pamekasan said they were struggling with an influx of people seeking admission with some having to turn away patients.\n\nOthers have set up tents outside.\n\n\"It's a war-like emergency,\" a woman seeking treatment for her elderly mother told the BBC's Indonesian service. Her mother had first been rejected at a hospital that had run out of beds, and was only able to get admitted to a makeshift tent at another one.\n\nIn the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in Bandung, the emergency room was closed for Covid patients as of 2 July, with the lack of oxygen being one of the reasons.\n\n\"Four days ago, there was shortage of oxygen supply from distributors and vendors,\" hospital head Mulyadi told the BBC at the weekend. \"So four days ago, I tried to make the use of oxygen more efficient.\"\n\nHe added that producers are struggling to meet the increased demand from hospitals.\n\n\"Every day a lot of people come, 10 to 15 Covid-19 patients, there are a lot of queues,\" doctor Syaiful Hidayat at the Smart Pamekasan Hospital told the BBC.\n\nThe pulmonary specialist says they initially set up an emergency tent for Covid patients but were later forced to turn some patients away.\n\nDemand is also driving prices up\n\nHealth ministry official Siti Nadia Tarmizi said they had asked the gas industry to step up production of medical oxygen, and appealed to people not to hoard.\n\n\"We hope people don't stock up on oxygen,\" she said, adding that this would only worsen the shortage for others.\n\nHer comments come as people have been trying to privately secure oxygen cylinders to treat patients at home.\n\nNew cylinders ands refills are hard to come by, and prices have doubled because of high demand.\n\nIn Jakarta, the daily number of funerals following Covid protocols jumped 10-fold since early May, the government said on Sunday.\n\nThere is also a high number of infections and deaths among the country's medical frontline workers, despite most of them being vaccinated.\n\nThe country is mostly relying on the Chinese Sinovac jabs and experts are now considering giving a third dose to boost efficacy against the new Delta variant.\n\nThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said last week that the country was \"teetering on the edge of a Covid-19 catastrophe\".\n\nMeanwhile, starting Tuesday, Indonesia will change entry rules for foreign visitors, only allowing in fully vaccinated people who present a negative Covid test, the authorities said.\n\nIncoming visitors will still have to spend eight days in quarantine upon arrival.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "A US investment firm is considering making a rival offer for Morrisons, days after the UK supermarket agreed to a £6.3bn ($8.7bn) takeover.\n\nApollo Global said it was considering the move, but no approach has yet been made to Morrisons.\n\nIt is the third firm to show an interest in the UK chain in two months, fuelling speculation of a bidding war.\n\nOn Saturday, Morrisons accepted an offer by another US investment group led by the owner of Majestic Wine.\n\nThe takeover bid - led by US private equity firm Fortress Investment Group - is subject to shareholder approval, but the supermarket group's directors are recommending it is accepted.\n\nMorrisons is the UK's fourth largest UK supermarket chain, with nearly 500 shops and more than 110,000 staff.\n\nIn a short statement issued on Monday, Apollo said it was \"in the preliminary stages of evaluating a possible offer for Morrisons\".\n\nHowever, it added: \"No approach has been made to the board of Morrisons. There can be no certainty that any offer will be made, nor as to the terms on which any such offer might be made.\"\n\nShares in Morrisons surged by 11% on Monday to 269p. That took it well past the 254p per share offered by Fortress over the weekend - itself a 42% premium on the retailer's share price before the offer period.\n\nNeil Wilson, an analyst at Markets.com, said the offer \"indicates investors believe there could be more juice to be squeezed from this particular bidding war\".\n\n\"I think there could well be another offer or two and 280p might be seen before it's a knockout. We've talked fairly regularly about the amount of private equity money there is waiting for UK companies, which are cheap versus peers [overseas].\"\n\nOver the weekend, Morrisons boss Andrew Higginson said Morrison's \"performance through the pandemic\" had improved its standing and enabled it to enter discussions with Fortress from \"a hard-won position of strength\".\n\nHe said the consortium had a \"full understanding and appreciation of the fundamental character of Morrisons\".\n\nJoshua A Pack, managing partner at Fortress, said the group was committed to being \"good stewards of Morrisons\".\n\nLast month, Morrisons turned down an offer worth £5.5bn from a different private equity firm, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) , arguing the bid had significantly undervalued the business.\n\nUnder UK takeover rules, CD&R has until 17 July to come back with a firm offer. The Takeover Panel is yet to announce the deadline by which Apollo must clarify its intentions in relation to Morrisons.\n\nAnalysts have speculated that other private equity groups and e-commerce giant Amazon, which has a partnership with Morrisons, could also join the fray.\n\nYou wait ages for a bidder to emerge for one of the UK's big supermarket chains, then three turn up at once. Speculation that Apollo might be a bidder for Morrisons has circulated since another US private equity firm, Clayton, Dubillier & Rice (CDR), lodged the first takeover offer for the supermarket chain a fortnight ago.\n\nMorrisons then wrong-footed the market by announcing on Saturday morning that it had agreed a deal with a group of investors led by one of CDR's rivals, Fortress Investment. Now Apollo has indeed joined the fray, saying it is considering its own offer. While it has not yet approached the Morrisons' board, a statement to the stock exchange confirming an interest makes it clear this is more than just a passing fancy.\n\nThe market clearly expects a bid battle. This morning Morrisons shares were up 11% to 269p, well above the price agreed between the board and Fortress of 254p a share. CDR may return, Apollo is waiting in the wings, and some have still not given up hope of Amazon joining the fray. At the moment, however, Fortress, with a recommendation from the Morrisons' directors tucked into its back pocket, remains the favourite.\n\nWhat now are the chances of copycat bids for the other two large quoted UK supermarket chains, Tesco and J Sainsbury? Tesco might be simply too big for a private equity raider - its current market capitalisation is nearly £18bn, nearly three times the size of the Morrisons deal. And at Sainsbury's there is a potential blocking shareholder in the shape of Qatar Holdings, which still owns 15% of the chain. If the Qataris can be brought on side, Sainsbury's could, perhaps, become a takeover target.\n\nLarge private equity firms have been targeting UK supermarkets, which they view as undervalued and attractive due to their large property portfolios.\n\nLast year, Apollo lost out on buying Asda, Britain's third largest supermarket group, to the Issa brothers and TDR Capital.\n\nAs part of its offer, Fortress has made clear commitments not to sell off any of Morrisons' property and vowed to protect workers' jobs and pay.\n\nNevertheless, Labour urged ministers to ensure the group's commitments \"are legally binding, and met\". The Unite union said it would not co-operate with any sale without \"unbreakable guarantees\" on jobs and conditions.\n\nCatherine Shuttleworth, head of retail research agency Savvy, told the BBC's Today programme: \"Quite often private equity will look at the potential for growth, and what is there to do in these businesses. And it may be they think there's a lot more to go there and they could do something with it.\n\n\"It may be they are complementary to other businesses they've got and they believe they can put something into those businesses that will drive profit.\"\n\nShe said whoever ended up buying the chain was likely to make changes. However, they would be expected to stick to their commitments under UK takeover rules.", "Sir Tom's family attended the service along with the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire\n\nCaptain Sir Tom Moore's ashes have been buried alongside his parents and grandparents in his family grave in Yorkshire.\n\nRepresentatives of the NHS, Royal British Legion, Scouts, Guides and other groups lined the path at Morton Cemetery in Riddlesden, Keighley.\n\nAs Sir Tom requested, his headstone bears the words \"I told you I was old\".\n\nThe World War Two veteran raised more than £32m for the NHS by walking round his garden during lockdown.\n\nA short service was conducted by Keighley Town Chaplain, the Reverend Dr Jonathan Pritchard and attended by Sir Tom's daughters, grandchildren and other family members as well as the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Ed Anderson.\n\nHannah Ingram-Moore said her father was back in the place he considered home\n\nSir Tom's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said he was immensely proud to come from Keighley.\n\n\"It didn't matter where he was, this was still home to him,\" she said.\n\n\"For him to be back here in the hands and the arms of this local community, I know that made him so happy, so we're really happy too.\"\n\nMr Pritchard said it was an \"immense privilege\" to perform the ceremony.\n\n\"He was an extraordinary man who's made a real significant difference in the life of our nation,\" he said.\n\n\"He lifted our spirits and raised our vision about what is possible.\n\n\"So, I'm just very, very moved to be able to be here right at the very end and doing this.\"\n\nSir Tom requested his headstone should bear the words \"I told you I was old\"\n\nThe guard of honour arrived on two vintage double-decker buses, including members of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Keighley Cougars rugby club and the Bangladeshi Community Association.\n\nSir Tom was born and grew up in the West Yorkshire town before serving the Duke of Wellington's Regiment during World War Two.\n\nThe regiment later merged with two others to become the Yorkshire Regiment and Sir Tom was made an honorary colonel last August.\n\nDuring the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020 he walked 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday in aid of NHS charities.\n\nSir Tom was knighted for his fundraisings efforts by the Queen during a unique open-air ceremony at Windsor Castle in the summer of 2020.\n\nCaptain Sir Tom Moore raised more than £32m for NHS charities\n\nHis 100th birthday celebrations included a Spitfire flypast and he also had a number one hit with with Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir with their recording of You'll Never Walk Alone.\n\nHe died aged 100 at Bedford Hospital on 2 February after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Scottish government said people may need to continue wearing face masks in shops and on public transport\n\nThe Scottish government has said there will be \"ongoing need\" for face coverings when all other restrictions are lifted on 9 August.\n\nIt said that while measures are \"under review\" people could still be expected to wear masks on public transport and in shops.\n\nIn England, however, wearing masks is soon expected to become a \"personal responsibility\".\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nThe UK government's Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told the BBC he would like the four nations to \"move as one\" on the matter but acknowledged the picture was different across the UK.\n\nScotland is due to move to level zero on 19 July, with all other major legal restrictions scheduled to be dropped on 9 August.\n\nHowever, that does not currently include the wearing of face coverings, which could continue in certain settings - for example, shops and public transport.\n\nA spokesperson for the Scottish government said decisions had not yet been made on \"baseline\" measures after the move.\n\nThey said: \"We will take account of social and economic factors as well as the epidemiological impact on transmission and will keep measures under review.\n\n\"As the first minister has set out, we will have to manage living with Covid 19 for some time to come, even when we are able to move beyond level zero.\n\n\"There will still be some ongoing need for face coverings, for example on public transport and in retail, and we will be working with sectors to establish baseline mitigations and produce further guidance by end of July.\"\n\nWearing face coverings on public transport and in shops became a legal requirement in July last year.\n\nPeople with certain medical conditions or disabilities, and children under five, were exempt.\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July, with the public having to exercise \"judgement\" on issues like wearing face coverings.\n\nMr Jenrick told the BBC: \"We would like the whole of the union to move as one. We are going to work with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to try and be as co-ordinated as possible.\n\n\"Cases are slightly different in each of the four nations but certainly in England, our view is that things are looking positive for July 19.\"\n\nMr Jenrick said the government was \"still looking at the data\" in terms of allowing those who have been fully vaccinated to be able to holiday quarantine-free in countries on the amber list for international travel.\n\nBut he added: \"It is our objective, yes, that those who are double vaccinated should be able to travel to amber list countries as soon as possible, including for holidays.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome doctors have warned that certain measures - including the use of face masks - should be kept beyond July, with the British Medical Association (BMA) calling the rise in infections alarming.\n\nDr Christine Tait-Burkard, from the University of Edinburgh, told the BBC she favoured a more cautious approach.\n\nShe said: \"We can definitely go through the next step on 19 July despite the numbers - and that sounds absolutely mad, but the hospitalisation numbers still look very encouraging and the vaccination programme still looks encouraging\n\n\"But I'm quite a bit happier with the Scottish approach to eventually release everything in August only.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nBritish wildcard Emma Raducanu retired from her Wimbledon fourth-round match after suffering breathing difficulties as her dream debut came to a heartbreaking end.\n\nThe 18-year-old was trailing 4-6 0-3 to Ajla Tomljanovic when she called on a trainer.\n\nShe left the court to receive further treatment, but it was soon announced she would not be returning.\n\nTomljanovic will face fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty in the quarter-finals.\n\nLater on Monday, Wimbledon confirmed that Raducanu retired from the match because of \"difficulty breathing\".\n\n\"I am really sorry for her, I wish we could have finished it. I am wishing her all the best,\" Tomljanovic said.\n\nRaducanu, who was ranked 338th in the world before the tournament, had lost a tight first set and it was early in the second when she started to show signs that all was not well, frequently putting a hand to her stomach and showing hints of breathlessness.\n\nWhen Tomljanovic went 3-0 up, Raducanu called on a trainer at the change of ends, with a second medic soon following and appearing to listen to her chest.\n\nThey quickly took her off court, and after only a few minutes, it was announced Raducanu was not fit to continue.\n\nThe young Briton had enjoyed a remarkable rise over the last week at Wimbledon, her maiden Grand Slam only a month after making her WTA Tour debut.\n\nShe beat two top-50 opponents, Marketa Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea, to reach the last 16, making her the last Briton standing in the singles draws.\n\nRaducanu was proving to be the story of the championships, the likes of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the prime minister, astronaut Tim Peake and musician Liam Gallagher among thousands tweeting their support.\n\n\"In so many ways this has been a life-changing week for her,\" former world number one Tracy Austin told BBC Sport.\n\n\"She was ranked 338 and now she's going to go into the 100s so it will make it much easier for her to play higher-level tournaments.\n\n\"She has a wonderful game as far as very athletic, a very good head on her shoulders, she seems very grounded because she has stayed in school. She has got ways to win points with weapons, she's got a terrific defence, it all looks great.\"\n\nRaducanu and Tomljanovic had to wait for their meeting, the match not getting under way until 20:00 BST, owing to a five-set thriller between Alex Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime on Court One before them.\n\nBut they were welcomed on to court to a rapturous applause, the capacity of Court One - and neighbouring Centre Court - increased to 75% on Manic Monday, so-called because every men's and women's singles fourth-round match is played.\n\nLittle could separate the two once they did get going, Raducanu forced to save a break point in the second game before missing out on a break herself in the seventh as she continued to impress with her strong backhands and fine baseline strokes.\n\nRaducanu failed to convert two further break points, before world number 75 Tomljanovic, who defeated former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the previous round, capitalised on her own next break point to take the first set.\n\nIt was the first set Raducanu had dropped in the tournament, but her troubles continued as she face two break points on her opening service game of the second set, saving the first with a driving backhand down the line, but she could not save the second.\n\nBut the boisterous support in the Court One stands, cheering Raducanu's every point as though she had won a set, soon changed to concern as it became clear she was unwell.\n\nWhen it was announced she had retired, the court gave Raducanu an ovation, saddened her fairytale run had to end this way.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Ball on Hairspray closure: \"Bizarre situation where we can have a full theatre but an empty stage\"\n\nWest End musical Hairspray has scrapped all performances for 10 days after a member of its production team tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe show at the London Coliseum, which stars Michael Ball and Les Dennis, has been suspended until 14 July.\n\nThe announcement comes after a matinee performance was cancelled on Sunday.\n\nProducers said they were \"adhering to the strictest of protocols\" and the ill person \"will not have come into contact with anyone visiting the venue\".\n\nTheir statement said: \"Unfortunately, despite extremely robust measures being in place, a member within the Hairspray company has sadly tested positive for Covid-19.\"\n\nThey added: \"We want to reassure all of our audiences that due to the strict processes we have in place at the London Coliseum, this registered case will not have come into contact with anyone visiting the venue and we are confident that we have adhered to all the required health and safety requirements.\"\n\nUnder current government guidance, those who test positive for Covid-19, or who have been in close contact with someone who has, must self-isolate for 10 days.\n\n\"The safety of our customers remains our number one priority,\" the statement added. \"Everyone at both the London Coliseum and in the Hairspray team are so sorry that this means these performances cannot go ahead.\"\n\nThe opening night of the production, which sees Ball revive his role as the mother of a teenage girl growing up in 1960s Baltimore, was attended by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden last month.\n\nOrganisers said ticketholders could get a full refund or book for a new date.\n\nIt is not the only theatre show to be disrupted. London's Royal Court has announced its play Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner would be suspended between 5 and 11 July \"due to Covid isolation requirements\" after a member of the production team tested positive.\n\nThe West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat also faced delays in June.\n\nAnd the Cheltenham Music Festival lost a choir that was due to appear on Monday. But organisers found a replacement choir - The Carice Singers - who stepped in to perform the world premiere of Lillie Harris's The Dusk of Thee at just one day's notice.\n\nThe spate of cancellations prompted acclaimed playwright James Graham to describe the UK's current mass isolation policy as \"unsustainable\" on Sunday.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said anyone who tests positive would still have to self-isolate at step four of the government roadmap, probably from 19 July, but that \"close contacts\" may no longer need to do so if they are fully vaccinated.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Reykjavík City Council took part in the trial\n\nTrials of a four-day week in Iceland were an \"overwhelming success\" and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said.\n\nThe trials, in which workers were paid the same amount for shorter hours, took place between 2015 and 2019.\n\nProductivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces, researchers said.\n\nA number of other trials are now being run across the world, including in Spain and by Unilever in New Zealand.\n\nIn Iceland, the trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government eventually included more than 2,500 workers, which amounts to about 1% of Iceland's working population.\n\nA range of workplaces took part, including preschools, offices, social service providers, and hospitals.\n\nMany of them moved from a 40 hour week to a 35 or 36 hour week, researchers from UK think tank Autonomy and the Association for Sustainable Democracy (Alda) in Iceland said.\n\nThe trials led unions to renegotiate working patterns, and now 86% of Iceland's workforce have either moved to shorter hours for the same pay, or will gain the right to, the researchers said.\n\nWorkers reported feeling less stressed and at risk of burnout, and said their health and work-life balance had improved. They also reported having more time to spend with their families, do hobbies and complete household chores.\n\nWill Stronge, director of research at Autonomy, said: \"This study shows that the world's largest ever trial of a shorter working week in the public sector was by all measures an overwhelming success.\n\n\"It shows that the public sector is ripe for being a pioneer of shorter working weeks - and lessons can be learned for other governments.\"\n\nGudmundur Haraldsson, a researcher at Alda, said: \"The Icelandic shorter working week journey tells us that not only is it possible to work less in modern times, but that progressive change is possible too.\"\n\nSpain is piloting a four day working week for companies in part due to the challenges of coronavirus.\n\nAnd consumer goods giant Unilever is giving staff in New Zealand a chance to cut their hours by 20% without hurting their pay in a trial.\n\nIn May, a report commissioned by the 4 Day Week campaign from Platform London suggested that shorter hours could cut the UK's carbon footprint.", "The Scottish government says hospital admissions are lower because of the protection offered by vaccination\n\nA lack of \"natural immunity\" in the population has led to Scotland having the highest Covid rates in Europe, the national clinical director has said.\n\nJason Leitch also said Scotland had been hit hard by the infectious Delta variant becoming \"seeded\" in Glasgow.\n\nSix Scottish health boards are among the top 10 worst-hit regions in Europe, according to World Health Organization (WHO) figures.\n\nNHS Tayside has the highest rate, with 1,146 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nLothian, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Fife, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and Arran health boards are also in the top 10, along with north-east and north-west England.\n\nThe only areas in the table outside the UK are Nur-Sultan City in Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation's capital, Moscow.\n\nA further 2,372 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Monday, with 12.6% of all tests positive.\n\nIt means that more than 23,000 new infections have been detected in Scotland over the last seven days.\n\nThe latest Scottish government figures also show there are 338 Covid patients in hospital and 30 are being treated in intensive care.\n\nProf Leitch confirmed that Scotland had some of the \"highest numbers\" across the UK and Europe.\n\nHe told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the \"fundamental\" reason for the figures was the spread of the Delta variant.\n\n\"It's got seeded into our biggest, dense city in Glasgow and we've got less natural immunity because we haven't been at the top of this league table throughout the pandemic,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not a league table I want to top and I want to get us off there as quickly as we possibly can.\"\n\nHe warned that a \"big wave\" of Covid infections, fuelled by the Delta strain, was likely to overtake other parts of Europe in the next few weeks.\n\nProf Leitch also said cases linked to people gathering to watch Euro 2020 matches were \"part of the problem\".\n\n\"Scotland being out [of the Euros] is a very, very unfortunate from a sporting perspective, but probably better from a Covid perspective,\" he said.\n\nBut Prof Leitch added that the Scottish government was \"relatively optimistic\" that hospital admissions and deaths were not rising at the same rates they were earlier in the pandemic because of the protection offered by vaccination.\n\n\"We have to watch the translation of those cases into hospitalisations. Hospitalisations are now going up a little, but they're not at the levels they were in the first and second waves,\" he said.\n\n\"Intensive care is stable - [there are] really low numbers of Covid cases in intensive care.\"\n\nThe number of drop-in vaccination centres is being expanded from Monday after the sharp rise in Covid case numbers.\n\nAll mainland health boards are now offering drop-in clinics.\n\nEveryone aged 18 and over can attend for their first dose. People who had their a first jab at least eight weeks before can attend for a second dose.\n\nHowever, Scottish Labour has called for the gap between first and second vaccinations to be halved to four weeks.\n\nScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said that would help deal with the \"out of control\" spread of coronavirus.\n\nMr Sarwar pointed to guidance from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which suggests that vaccines can be effective when the two doses are administered just four weeks apart.\n\nHe accused the Scottish government of being too slow on measures such as walk-in vaccination centres and contact tracing.\n\nIn response, a spokesman for Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said an eight-week gap was \"optimal\" according to advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and \"reducing that below eight weeks would compromise the effectiveness of the vaccine and how long that effect lasts\".\n\nHe added: \"We are progressing the final stages of our successful vaccine rollout as quickly as we can.\n\n\"This is limited by supply, we can only give Pfizer to younger age groups, in addition, constraints on supply affect the pool of those who had their first dose eight weeks previously.\"\n\nLast week saw the most Covid-19 cases than at any point during the pandemic, with a peak of 4,234 new infections recorded. on 1 July.\n\nAccording to the latest ONS infection survey figures, Scotland is believed to have the highest Covid rate in the UK, with estimated levels in the Scottish population 73% higher than in England, triple those in Wales and more than four times higher than those in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Scottish government wants to move all parts of Scotland to level 0 on 19 July, which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said would be \"a significant step back to normality\".\n\nIt expects to have completed second doses for all over-40s by 26 July.\n\nTwo weeks later - on 9 August - the major remaining legal Covid restrictions could be lifted.", "LGBT activists in Georgia's capital Tbilisi have cancelled a gay rights event after their office was stormed by far-right protesters, who were filmed tearing up and burning rainbow flags.\n\nThere were also clashes between the police and far-right protesters, with at least 20 journalists reportedly injured.", "Alice Dearing, pictured wearing a Soul Cap, will be the first black woman to represent Great Britain in an Olympic swimming event at Tokyo 2020\n\nA decision not to allow swimming caps designed for afro hair at international competitions - such as Tokyo 2020 - could be reconsidered, after backlash.\n\nSoul Cap said Fina, the water sports world governing body, had told them the hats aren't suitable because they don't follow \"the natural form of the head\".\n\nThe comments sparked criticism from many swimmers with some saying it would discourage black people from the sport.\n\nFina now says it's \"reviewing the situation\" regarding the products.\n\nIn a statement, it said it understood \"the importance of inclusivity and representation\".\n\n\"Fina is committed to ensuring that all aquatics athletes have access to appropriate swimwear for competition where this swimwear does not confer a competitive advantage,\" it added.\n\nIt said it would speak to Soul Cap about using the hats at Fina's development centres, which train swimmers around the world.\n\nSoul Cap makes caps to fit over and protect dreadlocks, afros, weaves, braids, and thick and curly hair.\n\nAfro hair is naturally drier than other hair because it has fewer cell layers. The sodium hypochlorite - or bleach - found in swimming pools can dry it out more, leading to damage.\n\nYoung black swimmers told Radio 1 Newsbeat they were \"disappointed and heartbroken\" by Fina's words last week.\n\nKejai Terrelonge, 17, said hair-care is one of many barriers she's faced as a black swimmer.\n\n\"Using the smaller swimming caps that everyone else would use - it would fit on my head but because I put [protective] oil in my hair, when I was swimming it would just keep sliding off and my hair would get wet,\" said Kejai, who lives in Birmingham.\n\nSwim England released a statement to \"reassure\" people that Soul Caps are allowed at domestic competitions in England.\n\nIt said it would raise its \"concerns\" about Fina's rejection \"through the appropriate channels\".\n\n\"Swimming hats designed for afro hair can reduce barriers to the sport for under-represented groups, including black people,\" it added.\n\nWhite British children are over-represented in swimming relative to their population share, according to a report by Sport England from January 2020.\n\nAround 29.3% of white British children take part in swimming, compared with 21.9% Asian children and 20.1% of black children.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe founders of Soul Cap, Michael Chapman and Toks Ahmed-Salawudeen, said they were grateful for the support they'd had after Fina's rejection of their application to approve their hats for international competitions.\n\nThey said they grew up without learning to swim because \"we didn't think it was a sport for us, it wasn't a thing amongst our friends and it wasn't encouraged by our school or parents\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn 2017, they decided to take lessons together - where they met a black woman with afro hair who was struggling with the size of her swim cap.\n\n\"After speaking with our mums, sisters, friends and realising the lack of suitable swimwear for swimmers with afro hair, braids, locs or any type of voluminous hair - we decided to create our own,\" they said.\n\nHe tweeted that he was \"utterly shocked and disgusted\" by their decision last week, which \"penalises and further segregates the black community in the pinnacle of sport\".\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Rhiannon Lewis has painted the front of her house with a giant rainbow as a thank-you\n\nFrom the UK-wide clap for NHS workers to people volunteering to shop for their more vulnerable neighbours, the coronavirus crisis has prompted many to respond with acts of kindness and hope.\n\nSome people in Wales have decorated their homes to bring cheer.\n\nIn Splott, Cardiff, Rhiannon Lewis has painted the front of her house with a giant rainbow to thank NHS workers.\n\n\"I live in the best street ever and all my neighbours have been supportive and excited about it,\" she said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It is a really panicked time and everything has been cancelled... people are only going out once a day so my house is just something interesting to look at and cheer everyone up.\n\nPeople across the country have been putting rainbows, \"stay safe\" and \"be kind\"messages of support in their windows for NHS workers to see.\n\nChildren have been taking chalk to the pavements to create more rainbows of hope and lift spirits.\n\nGary Brew has decorated his front gate to thank NHS workers\n\nIn Boverton, Vale of Glamorgan, Gary Brew has dressed dragons on his front gate to look like frontline workers and put up a sign reading \"NHS\" decorated with hearts.\n\nMr Brew, whose wife works as a nurse at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, often decorates his gates at Christmas, Halloween and when Wales has a big rugby game, but said he felt moved to celebrate NHS workers at the moment.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Taff Guevara This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe said: \"With the crisis we're going through I thought the dragons would have to go blue for the NHS.\n\n\"I've had really nice comments [about the display]. The NHS' nurses and doctors are going beyond the mark, amazing. It's a way of saying thanks.\"\n\nSeven-year-old Shealeigh Thomas from Manorbier in Pembrokeshire has written her own message of support to frontline NHS workers.\n\nHer mother Andrea says she was moved to write the letter after watching a news report.\n\nShealeigh Thomas, seven, with the letter of thanks she has written for NHS staff\n\nShe wrote: \"Dear NHS staff, I just want to thank you for everything you have done and are doing to beat Covid-19.\n\n\"You've done everything for us and will keep doing your best today and all ways. That's [why] we love you. Thank you.\"\n\nMrs Thomas said when she saw the note her daughter had written it made her cry.\"I did get a bit emotional,\" she said.\n\n\"She's taking it [the coronavirus crisis] better than any of us, she's very calm.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Christina Harrhy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMrs Thomas, who has friends and family working for the NHS, said her daughter was \"chuffed\" to see her note shared on social media.\n\nRefuse collectors in Caerphilly have also been receiving letters of thanks from grateful residents.\n\nChristina Harrhy, chief executive of Caerphilly council, shared images of the letters on Twitter, adding: \"Some lovely kind messages left for our refuse/recycling guys. Keeping a core service going without any fuss. Thanks guys.\"\n\nIn Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, people have been keeping busy making colourful scarecrows to bring cheer.\n\nIn Swansea, staff working in the accident and emergency department at Morriston Hospital have been singing on the building's front steps.\n\nMore than 500 people commented on the video and praised their work during the outbreak.\n\nChef Andy Pearson from Pugh's Orange Tree Restaurant has been baking goods for NHS workers\n\nPugh's garden centres in Radyr, Cardiff, and Wenvoe in Vale of Glamorgan were forced to close when the government banned all \"non-essential\" retail - but the company has been trying to make the best of the situation.\n\nOne of its chefs took home leftovers from the kitchen and turned them into cakes, sausage rolls and pastries for NHS workers and lab staff in the Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales and a paramedic base in Bridgend.\n\nMany of the centres' plants have been donated to care and nursing homes and fresh fruit and veg from its food hall was distributed between houses in isolation.", "Public transport and shop workers will face more risk of infection if mask rules are dropped, unions have said.\n\nBoris Johnson is expected to confirm later that the majority of Covid restrictions in England will be lifted from 19 July.\n\nThese could include making face mask wearing voluntary and the end of 1m-plus social distancing.\n\nBut dropping mask-wearing on public transport would be \"gross negligence\", the Unite union said.\n\nA Unite spokesman, pointing to official figures, said there had been a high level of Covid deaths among bus drivers even with mandatory face mask wearing.\n\n\"To end the requirement to wear masks on public transport would be an act of gross negligence by the government,\" said Unite national officer for passenger transport Bobby Morton.\n\n\"Rates of infection are continuing to increase and not only does mask wearing reduce transmissions, it helps provide reassurance to drivers and to passengers who are nervous about using public transport.\n\n\"The idea of personal responsibility and hoping that people will wear masks is absolutely ridiculous, members are already reporting there is an increase in passengers ignoring the rules on mask wearing.\"\n\nBut industry body the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, said that travelling by train was \"low risk\" and \"any decision to leave public transport behind other parts of the economy would need to be based on the science\".\n\nIt said trains are \"well ventilated with air regularly refreshed either by air conditioning systems, or by doors and windows being opened\".\n\n\"Given that wearing a mask helps protect others, we would also support people who wished to continue wearing one in future if it becomes voluntary,\" the industry body added.\n\nCare minister Helen Whately told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she may continue to wear a mask when commuting by train from her constituency in Kent to London.\n\n\"I think it's the sort of environment where, if something's crowded, I think I might,\" she said. However, she added: \"I know personally, and I know others, aren't comfortable wearing masks all the time.\n\n\"As I've said, there are downsides to masks as there are downsides to many of the restrictions.\"\n\nRyanair said that face-masks would remain mandatory on its flights \"to protect the health of our passengers and crew\".\n\nThere is expected to be a rise in coronavirus infections when restrictions are eased, but the government hopes that vaccinations will limit hospitalisations and deaths.\n\nThe lifting of Covid restrictions was originally planned to be on 21 June, but this was pushed back to 19 July after a rise in infections driven by the Delta variant.\n\nRestrictions that are currently in place in England include the \"rule of six\" for gatherings, pubs and restaurants having to have table service, limits on how many people can be in theatres and cinemas, and nightclubs being closed. Facemasks also need to be worn in shops.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own coronavirus rules, and the Scottish government has said it could keep some basic measures, including wearing masks, at its next review in August.\n\nThe Usdaw union said face masks should continue to be mandatory for shoppers after 19 July to protect shop workers.\n\n\"Retail staff are working with the public every day and are deeply worried about catching Covid-19,\" said Paddy Lillis, Usdaw general secretary.\n\n\"This is not the right time to water down safety in stores and the government should not be removing the requirements of face coverings and distancing in busy public areas like shops.\n\n\"To speak about the wearing of face coverings in these settings in terms of personal responsibility ignores the reality that public-facing workers have no option but to interact with large numbers of people as a part of their job,\" he said.\n\nThe union urged shoppers to keep wearing face masks, and to carry on washing hands and social distancing \"to help make shops safer and limit the spread of Covid-19\".\n\nMr Lillis added that many retail workers had continued to work through the pandemic \"to keep the country supplied with essentials\".\n\n\"These key workers must be valued, respected and protected,\" he added.\n\nDan Shears, health and safety director at the GMB union, said: \"If compulsory masks are going to go then it is up to employers to control the Covid infection risk, primarily through ventilation, to keep workers and the general public safe.\"\n\nThe assistant general secretary of the Unison union, Jon Richards, said: \"Now isn't the time to throw caution to the wind, especially with infections on the rise. The economy is important, but so is public confidence.\n\n\"People want clarity from the government as restrictions are eased. They don't need a confusing free-for-all, with ministers absolving themselves of any responsibility for public health.\n\n\"Face coverings and well-ventilated workspaces provide a level of reassurance and security to staff who deal with the public. Safety laws also require their employers to keep these workers safe.\"\n\nDo you wear a face mask at work? Or do your clients or customers? What do you think should happen? Share your views and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The Duchess of Cambridge is having to self-isolate for 10 days after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for Covid.\n\nShe had been due to spend the day with the Duke of Cambridge to mark the 73rd anniversary of the NHS.\n\nBut Prince William arrived alone for a service at St Paul's Cathedral and a Buckingham Palace tea for NHS staff.\n\nKensington Palace said she does not have any symptoms, but is \"following all relevant government guidelines\".\n\nIt said in a statement: \"Last week the Duchess of Cambridge came into contact with someone who has subsequently tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home.\"\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge is greeted by William Russell, the Lord Mayor of London, as he arrives at St Paul's Cathedral for a ceremony honouring the 73rd anniversary of the NHS\n\nThe duke later hosted the NHS Big Tea in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to pay tribute to the work of NHS staff during the Covid pandemic\n\nCatherine's last public event was a visit to Wimbledon on Friday when she toured the venue and met staff in its museum and Centre Court kitchen.\n\nShe also sat with the Duke of Kent in the royal box on Centre Court and with former British number one tennis player Tim Henman on Court 14 to watch Jamie Murray play in a men's doubles match.\n\nThe duchess is patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club and a keen tennis fan, but is now likely to miss the men's and women's finals at the weekend.\n\nThe duchess was last seen in public at Wimbledon on Friday\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has received both her Covid jabs\n\nThe duchess, who has received both her Covid jabs, began self-isolating on Friday after being alerted that afternoon.\n\nThe PA news agency says she follows the royal household testing regime by taking lateral flow tests twice a week.\n\nIt reports she additionally took lateral flow tests before visiting Wimbledon and watching England's Euro 2020 victory against Germany last Tuesday at Wembley with Prince William and Prince George. Both results were negative.\n\nPrince William contracted Covid last spring but was able to carry on with telephone and online engagements while being treated by royal doctors.\n\nThe Prince of Wales also caught the virus during the same period but had milder symptoms, although he did lose his sense of smell and taste for a period.", "Dominic Cummings has redoubled his criticism of his old boss Boris Johnson, saying the PM cannot distinguish \"between truth and lies\".\n\nThe former top adviser said Mr Johnson \"lies so blatantly, so naturally, so regularly\" that he sees \"no real distinction\".\n\nThe PM's official spokesman rejected the former aide's claims about lying.\n\n\"I don't plan to engage with every allegation made,\" he added when asked about the blog by reporters on Monday.\n\nIt is the latest broadside against the PM from Mr Cummings since he was forced out of his No 10 role last year, following an internal power struggle.\n\nBut the former aide also defended his decision to join Mr Johnson's top team in 2019, despite believing him \"unfit to be PM\".\n\nIn a post to paying subscribers to his Substack website, Mr Cummings claimed Mr Johnson \"regularly admits it's ludicrous he's prime minister\".\n\nHe wrote that the PM is \"hopeless at bureaucratic infighting,\" and \"routinely says and does things so foolish that people are open-mouthed\".\n\nMr Cummings added he knew Mr Johnson was \"in any objective sense, unfit to be PM\" when he agreed to become his senior adviser in summer 2019.\n\nBut despite this, he added, he and former members of the Vote Leave campaign decided to \"roll the dice\" and join his No 10 team anyway, believing his defects could be \"partly mitigated\" in office.\n\nHe added that they also believed that, without their help, the Conservatives would fail to resolve the post-referendum \"constitutional crisis\".\n\nThis, he wrote, could have led to a second referendum and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn winning power, which would \"probably be an even bigger disaster\".\n\nHe also justified the move as a chance to deliver post-Brexit political reforms, adding they thought Mr Johnson's weaknesses could be \"turned to advantage\".\n\nBoris Johnson has been repeatedly criticised by his former top adviser\n\nHe wrote that Mr Johnson's \"ignorance of Whitehall\" and his \"desire to enjoy himself rather than work hard\" provided a \"very weird opportunity to force through certain important things that the system left to itself won't do\".\n\n\"Precisely because he doesn't know what he's doing, we may be able to get him to agree things 'the system' will think are 'extreme' but we think are necessary,\" he added.\n\n\"As often in politics the immediate prospect of a second referendum and Corbyn - with all the misery, poverty and damage to democracy this would bring - outweighed calculations about the distant future.\"\n\nDominic Cummings has been openly critical of the prime minister's abilities - or lack of them - before.\n\nIn his latest blog he suggests that the PM - who has intermittent spurts of self-awareness, according to his former aide - agreed with him.\n\nHe said in 2016 Boris Johnson told him it would be \"ludicrous\" for him to become prime minister.\n\nBut did Mr Johnson really believe that?\n\nAfter all, he is said to have uttered this self-assessment \"with a laugh\", and adding it was no more ludicrous than having David Cameron or George Osborne in No10.\n\nMr Cummings argues that a flawed Mr Johnson was better than the alternative of Jeremy Corbyn and a second referendum, but paints an unflattering picture of \"government by adviser\" - that Mr Johnson's apparent lack of interest in policy and aversion to hard work allowed his aides to step in and refocus the government's attention away from Brussels and towards science and technology.\n\nHis is only one side of the story, of course, and Mr Cummings will be keen to convince us that his decision to help Boris Johnson - whom he says is unfit to be PM - to call and win an election has had some lasting benefits.\n\nMr Cummings became an adviser to the prime minister in July 2019, when Mr Johnson entered No 10 after winning the Conservative Party leadership race, following the resignation of Theresa May.\n\nHe left his role late last year, following internal battles over his role as Mr Johnson's chief adviser.\n\nSince then he has used his personal blog, Twitter account and an appearance in May in front of MPs to criticise the government's Covid strategy and Mr Johnson personally.\n\nThis has included publishing text messages sent to him by Mr Johnson last year - including ones in which the PM apparently described former health secretary Matt Hancock as \"hopeless\".\n\nIn a subsequent post on Monday, he also took aim at the expected easing of the majority of England's remaining Covid rules on 19 July, adding it was \"obviously not\" the right call.", "The requirement to wear a mask on public transport in England looks likely to end on 19 July - despite some opposition to the idea.\n\nBut asked if there were circumstances in which he would continue to wear a face covering, Boris Johnson said it would \"depend on the circumstances\".\n\n\"Clearly there's a big difference between travelling on a crowded Tube train and sitting, late at night, in a virtually empty carriage on the main railway line,\" he said.\n\nAnd Health Secretary Sajid Javid has told the Commons it would be \"sensible\" to wear a mask on a \"very crowded\" London Underground train.\n\nBefore the PM's briefing, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he wanted the public to have a clear message over using face masks on public transport.\n\nHe told the BBC: “In London, (there) are some trains that we are responsible for, so what I wouldn’t want to do is have confusion where TfL (Transport for London) has one set of rules, and the government has other.\n\n“The government knows my view; I was somebody who was advocating for wearing face masks last year in March and April.\n\n“It was only a few months later, the government finally listened to our requests.\n\n“I want people returning to the tubes and buses as soon as possible, I want the West End to be busy and thriving.\n\n\"One way to do that is to give people confidence in public transport.\"", "Where Wales stands on maintaining facemask rules is yet to be announced.\n\nWales is going to have to \"learn to live with\" coronavirus, the nation's health minister has said.\n\nEluned Morgan spoke ahead of the UK government's announcement that it will scrap most Covid restrictions in England.\n\nThe Welsh government is yet to reveal its next moves, but they could be announced a week on Wednesday.\n\n\"Other harms\" caused by lockdown such as mental health issues were being considered, the minister said.\n\nThe Welsh government is increasingly confident the current Covid wave will cause less serious illness than before due to mass vaccination.\n\nBut Baroness Morgan said the Welsh government would not move to a \"political deadline that has been set out artificially\" by the UK government for England.\n\nThe Conservatives called for Labour to give a plan for freedoms to be restored, while Plaid Cymru said the Welsh government needed to be \"up front\" about the data.\n\nIt comes after a senior Welsh government politician said more of Wales' rules could move from being legal requirements to advice.\n\nCoronavirus cases continue to rise in Wales - the health minister said it now stands at 95 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nShe added there had a been a small increase in the number of people in hospital in Wales with Covid in the last few days, numbering around 100.\n\n\"We believe vaccination has weakened the link between the virus and hospitalisation, even in the face of the new delta variant,\" the minister told a televised briefing.\n\nOn the possible easing of restrictions, she said Wales was still in a \"very difficult situation because the case numbers are increasing exponentially\".\n\nHowever, she added: \"We need to understand that we are going to learn to live with this with this illness.\n\n\"And we are going to have to adapt as a society to a situation where we will be exposed to an extent to this new variant, and to coronavirus more generally.\"\n\nCan you spot any difference?\n\n\"People must begin to learn to live with this virus\", Downing Street is briefing journalists in England.\n\n\"We are going to learn to live with this illness,\" according to Wales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan.\n\nThe expectation is that England will do away with the vast majority of Covid rules on 19 July, whilst Scotland is aiming to get rid of most of its regulations on 9 August.\n\nBut in Wales, where transmission of the virus is at its lowest compared to the other UK nations, there is still no mention of a timescale, let alone any indication of whether we're heading in the same direction.\n\nThe Welsh government's cabinet will meet several times over the next 10 days to pore over the data, with particular focus on the impact on hospitals, ahead of an announcement next week, perhaps as early as Wednesday 14 July.\n\nIf the pressure on hospitals remains low, there will be huge political pressure on ministers to articulate what learning to live with the virus actually means.\n\nBecause as it stands, we're none the wiser.\n\nBaroness Morgan said that having seen a \"weakening\" of the link between cases and hospital admissions, \"we also have to understand that there are other harms that we need to consider and, in particular, the mental health situation, the economic situation, the social situations that people find themselves in\".\n\n\"We'll be considering those in the next few days,\" she added.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday that face mask and social distancing rules in England will be scrapped from 19 July.\n\nOn whether Wales would follow England, Baroness Morgan said that \"in an ideal world we would like to move together\", but added: \"If it's not right for Wales, we won't be doing that.\"\n\n\"We've responded to local circumstances and we will continue to do that,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A raft of restrictions could be set to go in England from 19 July but the situation in Wales is unknown\n\nAs things stand before next week's announcement, England will have different rules on face coverings and social distancing from 19 July.\n\nOne business woman in the border town of Chepstow said shoppers may avoid the town if they could go somewhere nearby in England where they did not have to wear one.\n\nLisa Roberts, of J'adore gift shop, said customers are \"refusing to wear them sometimes\" for reasons like glasses misting up and lip reading.\n\n\"People will bypass Chepstow and go somewhere else, because they just don't want the hassle of wearing one,\" she said.\n\nDawn Floyd, of St Mary's Collectables in the same town, said if the rules were different between the two countries she doubted that she could challenge her customers if they were not wearing a mask.\n\n\"How are we going to enforce somebody coming in from England to wear a facemask when it's basically a few 100 yards down the road. I can't see how we can possibly enforce that,\" said Ms Floyd.\n\n\"I don't think that would be fair to have to sort of confront them to say you can't come in unless you have a face mask,\" she added.\n\nDespite low rates of Covid admissions, NHS Wales Chief Executive Andrew Goodall said the NHS was struggling to \"catch its breath\" with a backlog of planned operations due to continued Covid-control measures.\n\nHe told Monday's briefing that 86% of hospital beds in Wales were occupied at the end of last week, with the vast majority of admissions unrelated to Covid.\n\n\"Demand for urgent and emergency care is back to pre-pandemic levels, and at times it is even busier,\" Dr Goodall said.\n\nWelsh Conservative's health spokesman, Russell George, said: \"It's long been clear we would have to learn to live with this virus, and it's encouraging Labour ministers are starting to be up front and honest with the Welsh public.\"\n\nHe added: \"Over the coming days, Labour ministers should start providing the country with clarity, hope and their plan for the restoration of freedoms in Wales - it's the least families, workers and business deserve.\"\n\nPlaid's health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said: \"Welsh government needs to be up-front about what the data is telling them, specifically on how the vaccination programme has impacted on the number of people becoming seriously ill as a result of infection.\n\n\"I, for one, am hoping that the data tells a positive story so we can move forward.\"", "Edward Lear wrote the pages to a young woman he befriended in Italy\n\nPreviously unseen poems and letters written by Victorian nonsense poet Edward Lear have been found hidden in a private collection.\n\nThe discovery was made by University of Nottingham PhD student Amy Wilcockson in the British Library.\n\nWhile sifting through manuscripts, Ms Wilcockson noticed some pages written by Lear to a young English woman he had befriended in Italy.\n\nThe university said the finds were significant.\n\nThe poems were found in a large collection of manuscripts\n\nMs Wilcockson found the pages, which contain a limerick about an old man on a bicycle, a poem and several letters, in a large collection of manuscripts known as the Charnwood Autograph Collection.\n\nThey were written by the poet - best known as the author of The Owl and The Pussycat - to Mary Mundella, the daughter of a Nottingham hosiery merchant.\n\nMary passed the correspondence down to her niece, Lady Dorothea Charnwood.\n\nMs Wilcockson said the poems made her laugh out loud\n\nMs Wilcockson said: \"I was flicking through, when I came across a poem, 'The Last of the Octopods'.\n\n\"I read the poem and laughed out loud; it was humorous and nonsensical.\n\n\"Imagine my joy when I read the signature of the poem's author.\"\n\nThere was an old man on a Bycicle,\n\nWhose nose was adorned with an Icicle;\n\nBut they said - \"If you stop,\n\n& abolish both you & your Bycicle.\n\nAfter some research it became clear the pages were unpublished and unseen by the public, and Ms Wilcockson said she realised she had \"something special\" on her hands.\n\n\"I think this is a really major find for 19th century literary studies, and it deserves a wider public audience too,\" she added.\n\nThe discoveries have now been digitised by the British Library.\n\nAmy's co-researcher Dr Edmund Downey said: \"I've felt very privileged helping bring these works to light. The texts will make a significant contribution to Lear scholarship.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Trade unions said Welsh NHS staff are 'exhausted' a year into the Covid pandemic in the UK\n\nAn \"urgent and significant pay rise\" is vital for NHS workers to reward staff and stop them leaving jobs, unions say.\n\n\"In the past year, Covid-19 has taken a terrible toll on our society. Many have sadly lost their lives and no-one has been untouched by the pandemic,\" said Welsh Partnership Forum chairman Paul Summers.\n\nNine trade unions have signed an open letter to the Welsh government.\n\nThey will give a presentation to health minister Eluned Morgan on Wednesday.\n\nThe Welsh government is still to make an announcement on potential pay rises, with reports from independent pay review bodies (PRBs) expected to be published in June.\n\nHowever, Ms Morgan suggested to Politics Wales it would be more than the 1% offered in England, adding: \"I think we've got an obligation. We've seen people on the frontline who have really suffered.\n\n\"They've really worked their socks off over the past year and so, if we do need to step in and find some additional funding that is beyond the 1%, then we'll certainly look at that.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said on Wednesday: \"We value and recognise the incredible work done by our NHS workers every day and none more so than during the pandemic'\n\n\"We haven't set an arbitrary cap on pay in our evidence to the pay review bodies and we will wait for their findings before we make an informed decision.\"\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing reacted angrily to proposals in England, saying it means £3.50 more per week in take-home pay for experienced nurses\n\nMr Summers encouraged the Welsh Government to go beyond the recommendations if they do not meet the trade unions' demands.\n\n\"Throughout Wales, the NHS and its staff have been both vital and central to supporting the people of Wales,\" he added.\n\n\"NHS staff have exhausted themselves physically and mentally in their efforts to tackle the virus and support patients in a system that was already underfunded and struggling.\n\n\"It is therefore our belief that there has never been a time when the need for an urgent and significant pay rise for NHS staff has been so great - a belief shared by so many people across Wales.\"\n\nNHS staff have been on the front line in the battle against coronavirus, caring for patients\n\nThe open letter comes jointly from nine unions - the Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Midwives, GMB, Unite, Unison, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, BMA, British Association of Occupation Therapists and the Society of Radiographers.\n\nMr Summers also called for the 2021 pay award to be backdated to December 2020, adding: \"With all the challenges that face NHS staff in the coming years, an urgent and significant pay rise is vital to reward staff and stem the tide of those leaving the NHS.\n\n\"Retaining and rewarding the skilled, dedicated and experienced NHS staff will have massive benefits on the health and wellbeing of Wales.\"\n\nIn the run-up to May's Senedd elections, Labour pledged to put in place the \"biggest recovery plan the NHS has ever seen\", a move that would include giving care workers the guarantee of a living wage.\n\nAt the time, a spokesperson referred to the situation in England, saying: \"We understand the anger of staff across the NHS at the paltry 1% pay rise offered by the UK Tory government. Unlike the Tories in England, we haven't set an arbitrary cap on pay.\n\n\"The Welsh Labour government didn't include a cap on wage increases in its evidence to the pay review bodies and we wait to see their recommendations.\"\n\nThe Royal College of Nurses (RCN) said the Welsh Government should commit to a \"12.5% increase\" for all staff\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson defended plans to give some NHS staff in England a 1% pay rise, amid warnings that \"undervalued\" nurses could quit.\n\nHe said the UK government is giving workers \"as much as we can\" in the \"tough times\" of the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe 1% rise in England, which is being considered by an independent panel, would cover most hospital staff.\n\nUK Labour responded by saying the proposal goes against a UK government \"promise\" made last year to give NHS workers a 2.1% pay rise.\n\nA bonus of £735 each was given to 222,000 Welsh NHS staff earlier this year - amounting to about £500 after tax is deducted.\n\nThe Royal College of Nurses (RCN) said the Welsh Government should commit to a \"12.5% increase\" for all staff.", "Chief medical officer Sir Michael McBride says Covid cases are expected to rise rapidly\n\nThere are no reasons not to get the Covid-19 vaccine if eligible, as Northern Ireland experiences a fourth Covid-19 wave, NI's chief medical officer has said.\n\nSir Michael McBride said cases are expected to increase rapidly.\n\nAbout 400 people with Covid could be in hospital at any one time by the end of the summer, he added.\n\nBut he said if 90% of the population gets their first jab by the end of the month, that could be reduced by half.\n\nAbout 80% of the adult eligible population in Northern Ireland have so far received their first dose, and about 60% are fully vaccinated.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has encouraged more young people to get the Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nSpeaking in the NI assembly, he said walk-in clinics would be rolled out in towns and villages across Northern Ireland in the coming weeks.\n\nInitiatives targeting specific industries such as fishing and meat processing will also be put in place.\n\n\"This is a race between the vaccine and the virus,\" the minister added.\n\nMeanwhile, chief scientific adviser Prof Ian Young said people booking overseas travel are taking a risk.\n\nHe also told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme that it was \"highly likely\" people aged over 50 would need a Covid-19 booster jab by the autumn.\n\nA further 420 cases of Covid-19, but no deaths, were reported on Monday.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI's The Nolan Show on Monday, Sir Michael said: \"We are in another wave, a fourth wave, there is no doubt about that, numbers will increase rapidly.\n\n\"We will be making the vaccine as accessible as we can. There are no reasons for not getting this vaccine if you're eligible.\"\n\nSir Michael said the risks of Covid are significant, and the risks of blood clotting from Covid \"are greater than the extremely rare risk of blood clots with the AstraZeneca vaccine\".\n\nWalk-in appointments, like the ones offered at Belfast City Hall on Saturday, are now available to over-18s across NI\n\n\"These are safe and effective vaccines so please, get the vaccine. Protect yourself and your family from Covid, and also protect yourself, if you're a young person, from long Covid.\"\n\nMeanwhile Prof Young said would-be travellers needed to recognise policies could change at their destination country, as well as back home.\n\n\"Anyone booking a foreign holiday has to recognise that they do so at risk and that's less to do with policy within Northern Ireland or within the UK, it's more to do with the way policy in other countries is changing,\" he said.\n\nHe urged potential travellers to be cautious and pay attention to the advice of the country to which they intend travelling.\n\nOverseas travel is regulated by a traffic light system, which groups countries into green, amber and red lists.\n\nA person who travels to a country on the UK government's green list is not required to self-isolate on their return.\n\nMeanwhile, from Monday, walk-in vaccinations for a second dose of either Pfizer or Astra Zeneca are now available at the Covid-19 Vaccination Centre in the SSE Arena, Belfast.\n\nPeople who have a scheduled appointment are asked to keep it, but if this is not possible, they can go directly to the centre.\n\nIt comes after appointment-free vaccine clinics operated in Belfast and County Down over the weekend in a \"final push\" to get younger people vaccinated.\n\nMr Swann said officials were watching how rising Covid-19 numbers in Northern Ireland were affecting hospital admissions.\n\nHe said there was concern at the increased number of cases \"mostly in the younger age groups\".\n\nRobin Swann says the recent rise in Covid numbers is of \"serious concern\"\n\nHe said appointment-free vaccine clinics aimed to increase the number of young people vaccinated.\n\n\"It is a serious concern in regards to how we are seeing numbers going up,\" Mr Swann told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"They are mostly in the younger age groups and that's why there's a real concerted effort in getting our vaccine programme to actually increase in regards to those specific age groups.\"\n\nMr Swann also praised healthcare workers who have been awarded the George Cross by the Queen.\n\nThe George Cross, which is the highest civilian gallantry award, has been awarded to the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care system alongside the National Health Services in England, Scotland and Wales.\n\n\"The Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been the biggest challenge faced by the health service since its inception,\" he said.\n\n\"The response from our health and care staff has been both inspirational and humbling. They are indeed the best of us.\"\n\nFighting Covid-19 sometimes feels like playing a game of snakes and ladders; move up three spaces, then something unexpected comes along and we all fall back a bit.\n\nThe Delta variant has thrown a mean dice.\n\nBy the summer of 2021, we had hoped to be opening up with confidence.\n\nInstead we are progressing cautiously with an endgame nowhere near in sight. The highs and lows continue.\n\nWhile Covid-19 infections persist across the UK, vaccines are stopping a steep rise in hospital numbers. Many will take that.\n\nJust as the BMA has described the NHS receiving the George Cross from the Queen as a \"worthy honour\", in the same breath it also remind the authorities that its vital to ensure healthcare professionals work in an environment where \"there is an adequate workforce and resources including enough hospital beds and facilities in general practice\".\n\nAs always, everything is a balancing act.\n\nAnyone over the age of 18 can get a vaccination without booking an appointment at a number of centres, including the SSE in Belfast\n\nThe health minister said Northern Ireland is unlikely to follow England's lead on the use of face coverings, where the wearing of masks is soon expected to become a \"personal responsibility\".\n\n\"We have seen the protections that have come from the wearing of face masks in certain areas,\" he said.\n\n\"It's something that the executive keeps under continual review.\"\n\nHe added the transmissibility of the Delta variant is a concern and face coverings are one of the main protections against it.\n\nAnyone over the age of 18 in Northern Ireland will be able to receive a first Covid-19 vaccination without booking an appointment at the following locations:\n\nOmagh Leisure Centre in County Tyrone will be open for first dose walk-ins on 5, 6, 7 July.\n\nThe Lakeland Forum in County Fermanagh will be open for first dose walk-ins on 8 July.\n\nAll regional vaccination centres continue to offer vaccination appointment bookings for first doses.\n\nAt the SSE Arena, Belfast, people can also walk in to receive their second dose.\n\nThose who have a scheduled appointment have been asked to keep to that, but those unable to attend can walk in and receive the vaccine between 08:30and 18:00 BST each day.\n\nSecond doses cannot be given earlier than six weeks for Pfizer and eight weeks for Astra Zeneca. Those who intend to use the walk in service should bring their vaccine card, photo ID and health and care number if available.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nBritish wildcard Emma Raducanu will headline a mouth-watering day of fourth-round singles action on the show courts on day seven of Wimbledon.\n\nRaducanu, 18, faces Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic third on Court One.\n• None It's Manic Monday at Wimbledon - choose your court to watch all men's and women's singles last-16 matches here\n\nTop seed Ashleigh Barty opens play on the same court against Barbora Krejcikova, with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer both on Centre Court.\n\nThe AELTC have also said Tuesday will mark the return of capacity crowds to Centre Court and Court One.\n\nThe quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be the first UK outdoor sporting events with capacity crowds since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nDefending champion Djokovic takes on Chile's 17th seed Cristian Garin first on Centre Court with Federer facing Italy's Lorenzo Sonego third.\n\nTop seed Djokovic is hoping to clinch his sixth, and third consecutive, Wimbledon title as part of his pursuit of the 'golden' Grand Slam (all four majors and Olympic gold in the same year).\n\nAmerican prodigy Coco Gauff's match with 2018 champion Angelique Kerber, of Germany, is second on Centre Court while German fourth seed Alexander Zverev aims to reach the quarter-finals for the first time by beating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime on Court One.\n\nBefore that, Barty - who is also hoping to make a quarter-final debut - takes on French Open champion Krejcikova, of Czech Republic, on Court One.\n\nThe fourth round will propel Raducanu further into uncharted territory as her dream Wimbledon debut enters its second week.\n\nThe 18-year-old, ranked 338th in the world and fresh from completing her A-levels, has already captured the imagination of the crowds at the All England Club after negotiating her first three matches with a maturity and poise beyond her years.\n\nAfter seeing off Russia's Vitalia Diatchenko 7-6 6-0 on her Wimbledon debut, Raducanu - who is coached by Andy Murray's father-in-law Nigel Sears - stunned former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova 6-2 6-4 to reach the third round.\n\nShe then looked unfazed during her first appearance on a show court as she beat Romania's world number 45 Sorana Cirstea 6-3 7-5 to become the youngest British woman to reach the Wimbledon last 16 in the Open era.\n\nRaducanu's opponent Tomljanovic will also be making her debut at this stage of a Grand Slam.\n\nEight-time champion Federer, who beat Britain's Cameron Norrie to reach the last 16, says he is focused on his own game as Djokovic edges closer to the 20th major title that would draw him level with the 39-year-old Swiss and Rafael Nadal.\n\n\"No, I don't think I'm playing because he's doing well or he's doing great things,\" said Federer.\n\n\"Same as Rafa. I think I'm doing my own thing. I had problems of my own with the knee. That's been the focus.\n\n\"Then again, it's just very, very impressive to see what again he's doing this year. It's going to be another big one for him in the coming days. There's always danger in the draw wherever you look.\"\n\nKerber, the only finalist left in the women's singles draw, says she expects an \"interesting\" match with 17-year-old Gauff, who beat Slovenia's Kaja Juvan 6-3 6-3 to set up the last-16 meeting.\n\n\"She's really dangerous, especially on grass court,\" said Kerber.\n\n\"I see the fire on her, as well. She's really putting all the effort she has in every single match. So I know that it will be tough match.\"\n\nWimbledon order of play on day seven", "The Ever Given has been anchored in the Great Bitter Lake since it was refloated\n\nEgypt will release the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, after it agreed a compensation deal with the vessel's owners and insurers.\n\nThe two sides said the Ever Given would be allowed on Wednesday to leave the Great Bitter Lake, the canal's midway point, where it has been impounded.\n\nThe deal's terms were not revealed, but Egypt had demanded $550m (£397m).\n\nThe 400m-long (1,312ft) Ever Given became wedged across the canal after running aground amid high winds.\n\nIt was freed six days later following a salvage operation that involved a flotilla of tug boats and dredging vessels, and during which one person was killed.\n\nGlobal trade was disrupted as hundreds of ships had to wait to pass through the 193km (120-mile) waterway, which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and provides the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. (29 March 2021) The stranded container ship is seen finally on the move and no longer blocking the canal\n\nUK Club, which insured the Ever Given's owner Shoei Kisen for third-party liabilities, announced on Sunday that a \"formal solution\" had been agreed with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to settle their dispute over compensation.\n\n\"Preparations for the release of the vessel will be made and an event marking the agreement will be held at the authority's headquarters in Ismailia in due course,\" it added.\n\nThe SCA said the event would be held on Wednesday, and that participants would be able to watch the ship leaving the canal.\n\nNeither side disclosed the amount of compensation, but SCA chairman Osama Rabie said it would receive a tug boat as part of the deal.\n\nThe SCA initially asked for $916m, including $300m for a salvage bonus and $300m for loss of reputation. But UK Club rejected the claim, describing it as \"extraordinarily large\" and \"largely unsupported\".\n\nThe SCA later lowed its demand to $550m, but the owners and insurers reportedly offered to pay $150m.\n\nThis satellite photograph shows how the Ever Given was wedged across the canal\n\nMr Rabie said in May that the Ever Given had struggled to steer and ran aground despite the efforts of two escort tugs because it was moving at a \"very high\" speed and its rudder's size \"was not appropriate\".\n\nUK Club said that while the Ever Given's owners and insurers \"fully acknowledge that the SCA is entitled to compensation for their legitimate claims arising out of this incident\", they were concerned by the allegations.\n\n\"It is important to clarify that whilst the master is ultimately responsible for the vessel, navigation in the canal transit within a convoy is controlled by the Suez Canal pilots and SCA vessel traffic management services. Such controls include the speed of the transit and the availability of escort tugs.\"\n\nThe value of the goods inside the Ever Given's 18,000 containers has been estimated at $775m. They include products for large multinational companies like Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo and Swedish furniture giant Ikea, as well as those for smaller businesses like UK-based clothing company Snuggy and bicycle maker Pearson 1860.", "Dozens of people are still missing following the collapse of the residential apartment building\n\nThe standing portion of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami is set to be demolished over safety fears as a tropical storm approaches Florida.\n\nExplosives are in place to bring down the remaining part of Champlain Towers South between 22:00 and 03:00 local time (02:00 and 07:00 GMT).\n\nSearch efforts will resume once the site is deemed safe, officials said.\n\nPart of the 12-storey block collapsed on 24 June. Twenty-four people are known to have died and 121 are missing.\n\nThe remaining unstable structure, which does not contain any bodies, is being demolished to ensure the safety of search teams.\n\nEarlier efforts to find possible survivors in the rubble following the initial collapse were suspended ahead of Sunday's planned demolition.\n\nThe controlled demolition was brought forward after concerns were raised over the approaching Tropical Storm Elsa, which could reach Florida on Tuesday.\n\nNo survivors have been pulled from the rubble at the site in Surfside since the first few hours after the structure's collapse.\n\nOn Sunday, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said there was a danger that strong winds in the coming days could bring down additional debris and endanger the lives of the search teams.\n\nHe said demolition experts could control how the structure falls, before adding that the explosion could \"potentially open up a third of the pile [of rubble]\" for emergency teams to access.\n\nThe remaining unstable structure is being demolished to ensure the safety of search teams\n\nMeanwhile, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Cava Levine advised nearby residents to remain indoors and close their windows until at least two hours after the demolition is completed.\n\nShe said the operation was \"critical to expand our scope of search - especially in the area closest to the building\".\n\nMs Cava Levine expressed sympathy for the families of the missing, adding that those who were forced to evacuate the remaining part of the building had \"left their entire lives behind\".\n\nNo other buildings in the area needed to be evacuated, she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How dogs are helping the Surfside rescue effort\n\nMs Cava Levine said teams had been scouring the structure using drones with thermal imaging for any pets that may have been left behind.\n\n\"As soon as the building is down and it is safe, our first responders with resume their search efforts,\" she told a press conference.\n\nThe families of the missing were told in advance of the decision to pause the search effort on Saturday as crews began preparations for the demolition.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Ray Jadallah said small holes were being drilled into the foundation of the building where explosive charges would be placed.\n\nA memorial has been set up for victims of the partially collapsed residential building in Surfside\n\nThe mayor signed a demolition order on Friday. There are as yet no details about compensating the owners of the affected apartments.\n\nMeanwhile, officials are investigating other tower blocks in the area for structural faults.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to crumble remains unclear. A 2018 inspection, however, warned of \"major\" design flaws in the original design.\n\nThe building association's board has said it will appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami building collapse: \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"", "Last updated on .From the section Ice hockey\n\nColumbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks has died after a \"fireworks malfunction\" at a Fourth of July party.\n\nAn initial autopsy carried out on the 24-year-old on Monday found he died as a result of chest trauma caused by a fireworks blast.\n\nHe had been in a hot tub at a house party in Novi, Michigan, at the time.\n\nInitially Michigan police said Kivenieks, a Latvia international, had died from a head injury suffered while getting out of a hot tub.\n\n\"There appears to be some fireworks that accidentally went off and launched in the direction of Mr Kivlenieks and others who were seated in the hot tub,\" lieutenant Jason Meier said.\n\nThe Latvian signed with the Blue Jackets in May 2017 and spent most of his time with the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League.\n\nHe played in two games for the Blue Jackets in 2020-21 and made six appearances - including four starts - the previous season.\n\nHe also represented his country at this year's World Championships.\n\n\"We are shocked and saddened by the loss of Matiss Kivlenieks, and we extend our deepest sympathies to his mother, Astrida, his family and friends during this devastating time,\" said Blue Jackets president of hockey operations John Davidson.\n\n\"Kivi was an outstanding young man who greeted every day and everyone with a smile and the impact he had during his four years with our organisation will not be forgotten.\"", "A review of Covid-19 restrictions in Wales will be made the week starting 12 July\n\nMore of Wales' Covid-19 rules could change over the next few weeks from being legal requirements to government advice, according to a Welsh minister.\n\nMick Antoniw said Wales was \"moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality\" but that ministers and officials would evaluate data ahead of the next review on 15 July.\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nAnd the SNP government is aiming to do the same in Scotland on 9 August.\n\nWith no date set in Wales, the Conservatives have accused the Welsh government of being \"stuck in lockdown mode\".\n\nResponding to reports on Sunday that England will move into a period without legal restrictions, where the public will have to exercise \"personal responsibility\", Andrew RT Davies MS, the leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, tweeted: \"It's time for Welsh government to provide clarity on Wales' route to normality.\"\n\nA further 535 people have tested positive for coronavirus, according to latest data published by Public Health Wales.\n\nCounsel General Mr Antoniw told the BBC's Politics Wales programme the Welsh government's \"current thinking is that we have obviously an increase in the level of infections, but we have less hospitalisation out of that\".\n\n\"We want to maximise the vaccination rates still further, and then around the 15th or 16th of July, we'll have a review, and we'll consider what further easings can be taken within the data that we actually have,\" he said.\n\n\"Setting a date has its own problems because, if you're saying you want to achieve these certain things on this particular date... it is still always dependent on what the latest information is in respect of the infection rates.\n\n\"We are certainly moving in the direction of a much greater normality.\n\n\"But the pandemic is going to be with us for some time,\" he added.\n\nMick Antoniw MS: \"There are still risks out there\"\n\nThere have only been minor changes to the rules in Wales since 7 June after the first minister announced a pause in a bid to reduce daily hospital admissions and allow time to vaccinate more people.\n\nMinisters had considered permitting more indoor mixing, allowing more people to attend indoor events and reopening ice skating rinks, before deciding to hold off.\n\nIn Wales, people are currently able to meet in private homes if they are in an extended household with a fixed set of other homes, unlike in England where six people from any household can meet.\n\nNightclubs remain closed, as they do across the UK, while limits on social distancing and how many people can meet outside remain.\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed the week starting 12 July, with any further lifting due to be announced by the first minister towards the end of the week.\n\nAsked on Politics Wales if he foresaw big changes to the rules in Wales during that review, Mr Antoniw said: \"I certainly would envisage a shift in the way in which we assess risks, that we look at things differently.\n\n\"We look at how much more can be done on the ground by way of guidelines and advice because, clearly, we're moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality.\n\n\"But it's got to be something that's based on the reality of the fact there are still risks out there.\n\n\"So, over the next week or so, all that data's going to be evaluated.\n\n\"We'll take advice from the medical officers and from the scientists, and then we'll work out basically what is the best next step forward in terms of moving towards that greater normality.\n\n\"But also in a way that doesn't put people at risk,\" he added.", "The actress, who also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, said she's \"sick of being in pain\"\n\nFormer Hollyoaks actress Stephanie Davis has spent the weekend in hospital with a \"horrific\" bout of Covid.\n\nThe 28-year-old was admitted early on Friday and has shared a series of videos from her hospital bed, where she has been on painkillers and with an oxygen mask and intravenous drip.\n\nEarly on Monday, she said she was \"all right\" but sick of \"being in pain now\".\n\nHer representatives said she had not been vaccinated because of her allergies and the risk of anaphylaxis.\n\nShe is also at high risk because of her underlying asthma, her spokeswoman said.\n\nDavis played a character called Sinead O'Connor in the Channel 4 soap from 2010 to 2019, and is also known for appearing on the BBC talent search Over the Rainbow, as well as finishing as runner-up in the 17th series of Celebrity Big Brother.\n\nIn an Instagram video posted from hospital on Friday, she said: \"Last night I got a bit of a headache before bed and my sinuses - I woke up so ill and I had to call an ambulance basically.\n\n\"I've tested positive for Covid. I feel like I've been run over. The worst part is that my skin - my front and back and my skin - I can't touch my skin and it's killing me.\n\n\"I'm in so much pain. Oh my God, this is horrible. It happens so quick. I basically woke up and I couldn't move.\"\n\nShe updated fans in the early hours of Monday, saying: \"I think I'm anxious as well because I'm getting the camera put down today, hopefully that'll see what's causing me all the pain.\n\n\"I'm going to come off this [social media] now and I just want to get myself better. My messages have been crazy so thanks very much for that.\n\n\"I'm all right, I'm just in pain,\" she added. \"I'm just sick of being in pain now.\"\n\nShe signed off by telling her followers: \"Please stay safe, wear your masks, wash your hands. This is absolutely horrific.\"\n\nThe Merseysider has a four-year-old son with Irish reality TV star Jeremy McConnell.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Firefighters working to bring the fire on Railway Street under control\n\nFirefighters remain at the scene of a large fire at a coffin makers in Strabane, County Tyrone.\n\nEighty firefighters, 10 fire engines and four special appliances were at the blaze at O'Doherty's on Railway Street.\n\nWest Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan was nearby when he heard an \"explosion\" and said there had been a \"very loud lightning strike in the wider area\".\n\nThere were thunderstorms in the area at the time, but the cause of the fire has not been confirmed.\n\nSmoke from the fire can be seen across the town\n\nThe Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said it received a call about the fire at 16:10 BST.\n\nThe operation is expected to continue on Monday, with people asked to stay out of the area due to the high level of activity.\n\nNIFRS has asked those in the nearby area to keep their windows and doors closed.\n\nRailway Street is likely to remain closed overnight to allow for a structural inspection of the building to take place.\n\nThe fire is on Railway Street in the town\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI, Mr McCrossan, who owns a pub near to where the fire is, said fire crews had managed to contain the fire to O'Doherty's, protecting surrounding properties and businesses.\n\n\"It is quite a significant blaze,\" he said.\n\n\"Luckily no one is hurt. There is a house next door, thankfully they weren't home and they weren't hurt either.\"\n\nDerry City and Strabane District Council has warned the public to be cautious of flooding across the area.\n\nThe lower deck of the Craigavon Bridge in Londonderry is obstructed from the Duke Street direction by a car in flood water.\n\nThe council's mayor, DUP councillor Graham Warke, tweeted a picture showing flooding on the lower deck.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by graham warke This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMotorists are being advised to take alternative routes.\n\nPortstewart Promenade is closed due to structural damage caused by heavy rain.\n\nPolice said they expected the road to remain closed for some time.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Derek Toms This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA yellow weather warning from the Met Office is in place across the west of Northern Ireland until midnight on Sunday.", "Sales of new vans in the UK came close to record levels during the first six months of 2021 due to a boom in home deliveries and the economy reopening.\n\nBut registrations of new cars remained sluggish, with a shortage of computer chips limiting supplies of some models.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, which released the data, said the industry was now battling against a \"long Covid\" of supply problems.\n\nThis would restrict the UK car industry's recovery, the SMMT said.\n\nDemand for electric cars, which remained relatively strong through the pandemic, has continued to rise. In June, they accounted for more than one in every 10 cars sold.\n\nPrior to the pandemic, demand for new vans was already very strong - in 2019, sales in the first six months of the year were the highest on record.\n\nIndustry experts say this was largely due to the rapid growth of online shopping and home deliveries, as well as the introduction of so-called \"clean air zones\" in several cities, which prompted businesses to invest in new vehicles.\n\nInevitably, momentum was lost during the lockdown last year, and sales fell by 20% compared with the year before. Nevertheless, the soaring popularity of home delivery services meant the vans business suffered less severely than other parts of the auto industry.\n\nNow, with the economy reopening, demand is strong once again. In the first six months of the year more than 191,500 were sold, the third highest total on record.\n\nThat happened despite the continuing shortage of computer chips, or semiconductors, which affected production volumes and deliveries in June, and took some of the energy out of the market.\n\nElectric cars accounted for more than one in 10 cars sold last month\n\nCar sales, meanwhile, which remain much higher than those of commercial vehicles in terms of overall volume, have failed to recover at the same speed.\n\nSome 186,000 new cars were registered in June, on the face of it a very significant increase of 28% over the same period last year. But the comparison is artificial; last summer, showrooms were only just beginning to reopen after the first lockdown, and sales were still very low.\n\nCompared to the average over the past decade, sales were down 16.4% in June and 26.8% for the first half of the year. While there has been a surge in demand from company fleet buyers in particular, the semiconductor shortage has affected supplies, slowing the recovery.\n\n\"With the final phases of the UK's vaccine rollout well under way and confidence increasing, the automotive sector is now battling against a 'long Covid' of vehicle supply challenges,\" explained Mike Hawes, the chief executive of the SMMT.\n\n\"The semiconductor shortages arising from Covid-constrained output globally are affecting vehicle production, disrupting supply on certain models\".\n\nDespite the disruption, sales of electric vehicles have continued to rise rapidly. In the first half the year nearly 74,000 new battery powered cars were registered - more than six times the figure from the same period in 2019.\n\nIn June, more than one in every 10 cars sold was electric, and EVs had a greater share of the market than diesels.\n\nMeanwhile, the chip shortage, which has left some customers facing long waits for their new cars, has boosted the second-hand car market. In fact, prices of used cars, which usually depreciate, have been rising.\n\n\"Demand is high\", explains Jamie Hamilton, automotive director at Deloitte. \"But the limited availability of new cars means that there are even fewer used cars coming onto the market. As a result prices have shot up.\n\n\"Unfortunately, there is little respite for the industry, with the semi-conductor shortage expected to continue causing issues throughout the year, and maybe even into 2022\".", "Children as young as three were abused while in the care of Lambeth Council, while one girl was raped \"500 times\", an investigation has heard.\n\nShirley Oaks children's home had up to 350 residents under the age of 17 living there until its closure in 1983.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse heard it was a \"frightening place\" in the 1930s.\n\nBarristers representing victims accused Lambeth Council of knowing about the abuse, but doing nothing.\n\nThe inquiry hearing, which is due to last four weeks, is investigating whether there were child protection failures by public authorities.\n\nOn Monday, the panel heard evidence from those who experienced abuse in the council's care system between the 1930s and the 1970s.\n\nA statement by one former resident said Shirley Oaks was a \"frightening place\" in the 1930s, where children received violent punishments and were force-fed until they were sick.\n\nAnother former resident, who gave verbal evidence to the inquiry, said she was \"always restrained\" and locked into a single room or a cell at Cumberlow Lodge.\n\n\"I was quite boisterous, and so, eventually, they forced me to take tranquillisers,\" she added.\n\nAnother witness, in a statement to the inquiry, said one girl was raped \"500 times\" by older boys at Shirley Oaks during the 1950s.\n\nReading the witness statement, Amelia Nice, counsel to the inquiry, said: \"(She) was then raped by a group of older boys in the grounds of Shirley Oaks.\n\n\"One boy would put a sack over her head when he raped her. [She] estimates this happened 500 times.\"\n\nAnother girl, also in the care of Lambeth council in the 1950s, was about eight years old when she began to be abused by a boy aged 17 at Shirley Oaks.\n\nIn a statement she said a staff member caught the boy naked in her room in the early days of the abuse.\n\nMs Nice told the inquiry: \"However, she, the staff member, didn't do anything, and no action was taken, and I wasn't questioned about what had happened.\n\n\"[She] told her foster carers about what had happened later on. At first, they did not believe her, but did then take her to the police station where she made a statement.\n\n\"No follow-up action, investigation or prosecution is described.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLord Clarke has told an inquiry he was \"not responsible\" for blood products during his time as health minister.\n\nAbout 3,000 people died after being given blood products containing HIV and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nAnd Lord Clarke - Conservative Health Minister 1982-85 and Health Secretary 1988-90 - is the first senior health minister from the time to testify during the inquiry into the scandal.\n\nBut he said the emerging controversy \"hardly ever came across my desk\".\n\nQuestions have been asked about what the government knew about the risks of the blood treatments and whether patients were given sufficient warning.\n\nVictims of what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history were given a clotting agent called Factor VIII which had been imported from the US, where it was made from plasma donated by prisoners and other groups at risk from blood-borne viruses.\n\nBy the mid-1980s, once HIV was better understood, the blood products were heat-treated to kill the viruses - but not before thousands of people were infected.\n\nAmong them were dozens of young haemophiliacs at a boarding school in Hampshire who died after contracting HIV.\n\nHaemophilia impairs the body's ability to clot blood and has no cure.\n\nLord Clarke told the inquiry: \"As the tragedy with the haemophiliacs developed, I was aware it was there.\n\n\"From time to time, usually on my own instigation, I got on the edge of it.\n\n\"I did not call meetings on it.\n\n\"I was never the minister directly responsible for blood products.\n\n\"I was never asked to take a decision on blood products.\n\n\"I never intervened to take a decision on blood products.\n\n\"I did intervene or get involved in discussions a bit when I wanted to be reassured.\n\n\"When I arrived [as health minister], the idea that blood products was a very big part of the department's activity is simply not true.\"\n\nAnd it was not the job of ministers to intervene or impose a personal decision on what treatments patients were given, Lord Clarke said.\n\nAs late as November 1983, the government said it was not conclusively proven that HIV could be transmitted through blood products. By then, officials were already aware of deaths linked to the treatment.\n\nLord Clarke said he accepted a share of personal responsibility for delays to the production of a public information leaflet about who should and should not donate blood. Those at high risk of contracting Aids, including homosexual men, were to be discouraged from donating.\n\n\"It's a pity it look so long,\" he told the inquiry.\n\nBut he said no-one predicted the scale of the problem and although no-one was ignoring the risk at the time, he said he also didn't want to \"cause public panic over blood transfusions\".\n\nLord Clarke was also shown evidence of minutes from a sub-committee of the Committee on the Safety of Medicines in July 1983.\n\nDespite warnings from a leading disease expert over the risks of importing infected blood plasma from the US, the committee concluded there wasn't enough alternative supply from elsewhere to recommend stopping the imports.\n\n\"It's a pity they reached that conclusion\", he said, adding that he was \"surprised\" the decision was not run past government ministers.\n\nLord Clarke's evidence marks a significant moment for survivors and their relatives, who campaigned for years to bring about the inquiry, saying the risks of the blood products were never explained and the scandal was covered up.\n\nEarlier this year, then Health Secretary Matt Hancock became the first serving cabinet minister to give evidence, telling victims he wanted \"to make sure their voices are heard\" and promising the government would pay compensation if the inquiry recommended it.\n\nLed by former High Court judge Sir Brian Langstaff, the public inquiry has been examining the circumstances of the contaminated-blood scandal since 2018.\n\nHundreds of people infected with HIV or hepatitis C and their family members have given evidence at sites across the UK.\n\nEvidence hearings are due to continue next year with the final report expected to be published in 2022 or 2023.", "Areas in the north east have been hit with flooding\n\nWarnings of potential flooding have been issued as heavy rain was forecast across Scotland.\n\nThe north east is currently the worst hit area with a Met Office amber alert taking effect from 06:00 until 06:00 on Thursday.\n\nThunder and lightning was spotted across the country from late Wednesday, following a spell of warm temperatures.\n\nMore than 100 calls were made to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service's north east control overnight.\n\nOf those calls, 53 were related to flooding alone.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFirefighters pumped water from a number of homes that were flooded in Perth, Dundee, Angus, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.\n\nDeputy Assistant Chief Officer for SFRS John MacDonald said it had been a \"challenging night\" as crews also had to attend road collisions and a number of fires.\n\nHe said: \"My thanks must go to our crews and operations control for their outstanding work overnight in very challenging conditions, and to our partners for their continued assistance.\n\n\"This was a severe weather event and the number of these incidents are increasing.\n\n\"Do not under any circumstances attempt to drive through flooded areas as you may become trapped, and take steps to protect yourself and your property from floodwater where necessary.\"\n\nFlood water could be seen rushing through Elphinstone Street in Kincardine\n\nA cyclist makes his way through a flooded street in Forres\n\nThere is also a yellow warning for rain covering much of the country from Wednesday which could see 100-120mm of rainfall in some places.\n\nThis warning takes effect from 00:00 on Wednesday until 06:00 on Thursday.\n\nAreas affected include Grampian, central Scotland, Tayside, Fife, parts of the Highlands, south west Scotland, Lothian, Scottish Borders and Strathclyde.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has also issued 19 regional flood alerts.\n\nHave you been affected by adverse weather? Do you want to share pictures and footage of conditions in your areas?\n\nYou can now get in touch with BBC Scotland on the phone messaging service, WhatsApp.\n\nTo start using the app, simply download WhatsApp on to your smartphone free from the internet.\n\nThen add our WhatsApp number +44 7902 704679 to your phone's contact list.\n\nPlease make sure you read our terms of use and privacy policy.\n\nTransport Scotland said downpours were coming in \"small patches\" however urged motorists to take care.\n\nA landslip at Gleneagles also affected train services between Perth and Stirling, but ScotRail later said the line had re-opened.\n\nA street in Forres where flood water had to be drained overnight\n\nThe worst areas affected by these are Spey Dam, Newtonmore and Kingussie in the Highlands.\n\nThe forecast means thundery showers may lead to flooding - which could happen quickly - and transport disruption, with possible delays and cancellations to train and bus services.\n\nPower cuts are also possible and some communities could become cut off due to flooding.\n\nTransport Scotland said a multi-agency response team would be operational over the coming days to monitor conditions.\n\nThe A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful reopened under traffic light control after being closed as a precaution on Tuesday ahead of the heavy rain forecast.\n\nThe area has become infamous for landslips, closures and long diversions.\n\nStein Connelly from Transport Scotland told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We are looking at a lot of surface water on the road network just now. The trunk roads are all open happy to say that and we'll do everything we can to maintain that as we get to the peak but we do ask people to be really careful as we're getting into the peak traffic.\n\n\"Leave yourself plenty of distance from the car in front and lower your speed, it can take twice as long to stop.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Met Office This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nScotRail also issued speed restrictions in a number of areas, primarily in the north east.\n\nMeanwhile Highland Council said gully emptying machines would be stationed in Muir of Ord and Dingwall as they were prone to flooding.\n\nIt added council staff are also prepared to respond with sandbags and floodgates to vulnerable properties, but advised all householders and businesses to \"remain vigilant\" and to prepare.\n\nThe harbour area in Aberdeen was impacted by flooding\n\nSeveral manhole covers have also popped open in Aberdeen due to the force of the rain. The city council warned they may be under flooded water and out of sight.\n\nFollowing a meeting of the Scottish government's resilience room (SGoRR) on Tuesday, Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the Met Office alert signalled a \"potentially damaging and dangerous\" flood risk in some areas.\n\nHe said: \"Flooding could happen quickly, even in areas not usually prone to flooding. Some communities might become cut off if roads flood, and power cuts might occur.\n\n\"Please take extra care if you are out and about, do not attempt to walk or drive through flood water, avoid camping near watercourses and ensure water conditions are safe if spending time in the water.\"\n\nHe added: \"The Scottish government is in close contact with local authorities and the emergency services to ensure people in the affected areas receive the latest information, advice and support where needed.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rooney's representatives have declined to comment on the nature of the images\n\nA complaint of blackmail is being reviewed by police in relation to photographs of former England star Wayne Rooney which were shared online.\n\nThe images, which were shared widely on social media, appear to show the Derby County manager asleep in a chair with unknown women posing beside him.\n\nIt is not known when the photos were taken but there is no suggestion he has behaved in any way inappropriately.\n\nCheshire Police said it was \"reviewing\" the complaint.\n\nRooney's representatives have declined to comment on the nature of the images.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Officer Aquilino Gonell gave an emotional statement during the first day of the US Capitol riot inquiry. He talked about returning home to his family after spending the day protecting the Capitol building.", "Seoul's presidential office says the leaders of both Koreas are exchanging letters\n\nNorth and South Korea have restored a communication hotline that was cut off by Pyongyang last June.\n\nAccording to the South's presidential office, the leaders of both countries have agreed to rebuild trust and improve ties.\n\nThey have exchanged several personal letters since April, the statement added.\n\nNorth Korea cut the hotline in June 2020 as relations soured after a failed summit between the two countries.\n\nShortly afterwards, North Korea blew up an inter-Korean border office that had been built to improve communications.\n\n\"According to the agreement made between the top leaders, the north and the south took a measure to re-operate all inter-Korean communication liaison lines from 10:00 on July 27,\" North Korea's official KCNA news agency said.\"The top leaders agreed to make a big stride in recovering mutual trust and promoting reconciliation,\" it added.\n\nRepresentatives from both sides spoke on the phone for three minutes, according to South Korea's Ministry of Unification. The ministry added that another call would be conducted on Tuesday afternoon, and henceforth everyday.\n\n\"We're glad to talk again after over a year. We hope this... [brings] good news to all Korean people,\" said the South's representative.\n\nTies between both countries improved in 2018, when South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met three times.\n\nBut this quickly broke down following the collapse of a second summit between Mr Kim and then US President Donald Trump.\n\nTensions later worsened, prompted by defector groups in the South sending propaganda across the border.\n\nThis eventually led North Korea to cut off all military and political communication links, including a hotline between their leaders.\n\nSouth Korea's president had called for the hotline to be restored and talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes.\n\nThe two Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950-1953 Korean war ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. South Korea released military footage of the explosion in the border town of Kaesong", "Watch highlights as Great Britain's quartet of twins Jennifer and Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella and Amelie Morgan win the first medal in the women's gymnastics team event for 93 years with bronze in Tokyo.\n\nWatch live coverage of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: Tokyo Olympics: Day-by-day guide to the key events, big stars and British medal hopes\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "Watch highlights as Great Britain complete a stunning comeback after beating United States 26-21 to reach the Olympic rugby sevens semi-finals at Tokyo 2020.\n\nWatch live coverage of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: Tokyo Olympics: Day-by-day guide to the key events, big stars and British medal hopes", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nGreat Britain's Bianca Walkden suffered a last-gasp defeat to South Korea's Lee Da-bin in the Olympic taekwondo +67kg semi-final.\n\nThe 29-year-old could still repeat the bronze she won in Rio four years ago and will fight again at 13:00 BST.\n\nWalkden had a two-point lead with three seconds left on the clock, but Lee landed a head kick with one second remaining to win 25-24.\n\nTeam GB's Mahama Cho lost his opening bout in the men's +80kg category.\n\nWalkden was left in tears when team-mate and two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones suffered a shock exit in the opening round on Sunday.\n\nJones watched from the sidelines as her housemate suffered yet another agonising Olympic semi-final defeat after losing in the same match in a golden-point round in Rio.\n\nBut Walkden may yet add a bronze to the silvers already won by Great Britain's Bradly Sinden and Lauren Williams.\n\n\"It is just heartbreaking for Bianca. She has put everything into this, \" said two-time Olympic taekwondo medallist Lutalo Muhammad.\n\n\"She has won everything there is to win in the sport - except the Olympic gold.\"\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nGreat Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown produced a superb run to earn an Olympic silver medal in the women's triathlon, then revealed she almost missed the Tokyo Games after a leg injury left her on crutches just 12 weeks ago.\n\nTaylor-Brown, who had to prove she was fit enough to compete a week before flying out to Japan, responded by winning a medal after fighting back from a bike puncture which left her well adrift of the leaders.\n\nThe 27-year-old was 22 seconds behind a four-woman pack - which included British team-mate Jessica Learmonth - going into the final leg.\n\nBut the 2020 world champion moved past Learmonth, who ended up finishing ninth, Germany's Laura Lindemann and American Katie Zaferes to earn a place on the podium.\n\nTaylor-Brown, who had not raced since September, said proving her fitness was \"probably more stressful\" than Tuesday's race.\n\n\"It could have been taken away from me, but I proved that I was fit, I was ready to go, I did more than they asked me to do,\" she said.\n\nBermuda's Flora Duffy claimed a historic first gold medal for her nation after taking control of the race - which started in wet and wild conditions - with a dominant run.\n\nThe 33-year-old, who rejected the chance to represent Britain as a teenager, finished one minute and 15 seconds ahead of Taylor-Brown.\n\n\"It is an incredible, special moment. I crossed the line today but I did it for everyone in Bermuda,\" said Duffy.\n\nZaferes, 32, won bronze as she finished more than a minute ahead of the rest of the field.\n\nVicky Holland, Britain's third hopeful in the event, finished 13th after recovering from a crash on her bike.\n\nTaylor-Brown's gutsy recovery means Britain have their second triathlon medal of the Games, following Alex Yee's silver in a punishing men's triathlon on Monday.\n\nTaylor-Brown was congratulated by her British team-mates in the post-race interview, with both Learmonth and Holland telling her how proud they were of her achievement.\n\nTaylor-Brown's hopes looked to be dashed when she suffered a flat back tyre less than a kilometre away from the end of the 40km bike ride.\n\nAfterwards, she said she \"panicked\" when the incident happened.\n\n\"I didn't know what to do, so I just rode out on the flat. It was panic mode but it paid off,\" she told BBC Sport.\n\nAll three medallists warmly congratulated each other beyond the finishing line, with each athlete appreciating the travails the others had faced on their respective journeys to the Olympic podium.\n\nAs Duffy crossed the line, she blew kisses to those watching on, falling on her back beyond the tape and covering her eyes with her hands as she contemplated what she had achieved.\n\nAfter winning the 2016 and 2017 world titles, followed by Commonwealth gold in 2018, Duffy spent more than a year battling a foot injury until the summer of 2019. And last winter her training was disrupted by a knee problem.\n\nThis victory was also significant for Bermuda, which became the least populous nation ever to win an Olympic gold.\n\n\"It was definitely a lot of emotion to deal with, it is slowly hitting me. This has been my dream since eight years old - I always wanted to be an Olympic champion,\" Duffy told BBC Sport.\n\n\"There have been many tears, many heartbreaks, many times I wondered if I would ever be healthy again to compete at the top.\"\n\nWhile Taylor-Brown's chances of winning gold were dashed by the puncture, she said she would have been happy with a top-five after a troubled build-up.\n\nShe withdrew from the final pre-Tokyo World Series round in Leeds because of the injury, although she did not disclose the problem at the time.\n\n\"I got a stress response in my femur 12 weeks ago. So that was a bit of a shock,\" said Taylor-Brown.\n\n\"My training had gone so well before then, though, so I knew I had all that in the bag. I wanted to keep it private.\n\n\"You don't want to show your competitors your weaknesses, and so I did just say I was ill, but I've had six weeks of building my running back again.\n\n\"It's not perfect, it's not what I wanted. It's not what anyone would want, but I think I got myself into a really good position and I was as fit as I could have been on that start-line today with the circumstances that I faced.\"\n\nLearmonth added: \"I can't believe how amazing this [Taylor-Brown] girl is. If you knew what she had been through... I can't put it into words.\"\n\nZaferes was the 2019 world champion but has struggled for form this year following the sudden death of her father Bill in April, who introduced her to the sport as a child.\n\nBritain's former world champion Non Stanford, who is a training partner of Zaferes and part of the BBC's commentary team, said she had \"goosebumps\" at what the American had achieved.\n\n\"Katie lost her father earlier this year and to get through that and win a medal at the Olympics is inspirational.\"\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "An air ambulance was called in\n\nA teenager has died and three other people have been injured in a crash in Moray.\n\nPolice said a \"distinctive\" lime green Ford Fiesta and yellow Ford Transit van were involved on the A96 between Keith and Huntly at about 19:35 on Monday.\n\nThe 18-year-old male driver of the Fiesta died at the scene. Three people - aged 19, 23 and 28 - from the van were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.\n\nThe 23-year-old was said to be in a critical condition.\n\nAn air ambulance was called in and the road was closed for nine hours, but later reopened.\n\nSgt Craig McNeil, appealing for witnesses, said: \"Inquiries are ongoing and we're appealing for people with any information, dash-cam footage and who perhaps saw either vehicle shortly before the crash to contact us.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alex Wheatle said many victims of abuse have \"stories that they want to tell\"\n\nThe only records of historical child abuse that can be used to prosecute paedophiles lie in the memories of abused children, a victim has said.\n\nAuthor Alex Wheatle said he was abused at a south London children's home where he lived from 1966 until 1978.\n\nThere was \"systematic\" physical, sexual and emotional abuse there, he said.\n\nMr Wheatle, who was appointed MBE in 2008, told the BBC few paper records would exist so victims must be made to feel \"confident\" to come forward.\n\nHe said he had addressed issues of abuse in his novels, but now aged 51 he had decided to speak publicly about the abuse he suffered at Shirley Oaks children's home.\n\n\"I have spoken about violence before but not the sexual assault,\" he said\n\nThe government has recently announced two inquiries into historical child sex abuse allegations, one of which will examine how state institutions handled their duty of care to protect children from paedophiles.\n\nMr Wheatle said it would be \"very difficult\" for any inquiry to uncover abuse years after the crimes happened.\n\n\"It really comes down to the people who suffered,\" he said.\n\n\"I hope people come forward, but people will only come forward if they feel confident they will be listened to.\"\n\nHe said high-profile abuse cases like that of Jimmy Savile had made victims feel a \"need\" to speak out.\n\n\"I know many people who have stories that they want to tell and who feel they have not been acknowledged for what they went through,\" he said.\n\n\"We need a voice, we need to be listened to, we need to be acknowledged by the state.\"\n\nMr Wheatle was appointed MBE for services to literature in 2008\n\nHe recalled being beaten at Shirley Oaks and said the children there suffered \"all sorts of abuses\".\n\n\"In the cottage where I was it was systematic,\" he said.\n\n\"It was on a daily basis.\"\n\nMr Wheatle said on one occasion he was sent to a doctor who told him to strip naked and then sexually assaulted him.\n\nHe also recalled one child being \"taken away\" for complaining. When she came back months later she was \"traumatised\" and refused to talk about what had happened to her, he said.\n\nHe said \"strange men\" were often in the grounds of the home, and some of these would \"target\" the children.\n\nMr Wheatle said there been an \"utter failure\" by social services to protect children, adding: \"They knew what was going on but they let it go.\"\n\nShirley Oaks closed in 1995 and three years later the Metropolitan Police and Lambeth Council, which ran the home, started Operation Middleton - a joint investigation into abuse at homes controlled by the council.\n\nThree people were jailed as a result of the investigation, and it found 16 alleged perpetrators had died and 19 \"could not be identified\".\n\nBut Mr Wheatle said the investigation did not properly examine \"why these people had access to children\".\n\n\"I hope these new inquiries look into that,\" he said.\n\n\"The guy who abused one of the children was living in a cottage [where the children lived] on a fold-up bed. How did that happen?\"\n\nA Lambeth Council spokeswoman said it would \"co-operate fully\" with the government inquiries.\n\n\"We are also supporting ongoing police enquiries and would urge anyone with new information to contact Lambeth Council or the police,\" she added.\n\nSpeaking about the effects of abuse, Mr Wheatle said: \"You are a child so you have no understanding of why you suffer it.\n\n\"You just live in fear all the time. You are just trying to survive.\"\n\nHe said each child had their own way of \"dealing with\" abuse.\n\n\"I was very lucky because I found writing,\" he said.\n\n\"I felt that released some of the demons that had tortured me.\n\n\"I address these feelings in two or three of my novels.\n\n\"Some people who can't find that release end up on drink, drugs or whatever.\"\n\nChief Constable Simon Bailey, the police's national lead officer for child protection and abuse investigations, said: \"Almost without exception police forces are seeing significant increases in child sexual abuse investigations.\n\n\"We do not believe that more offences are being committed but rather victims are becoming increasingly confident that they are going to be believed and that police are now dealing with such complaints in a very professional and sympathetic manner.\"", "The EU has paused its legal action against the UK for alleged breaches of the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nIt said it was doing so to create the \"necessary space\" to consider UK proposals for reforming the deal.\n\nThe legal action was started in March after the UK took unilateral action to change the implementation of the protocol.\n\nAt that time the UK delayed new checks on food, parcels and pets entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol was agreed by the UK and EU to avoid a hard border in Ireland.\n\nIt does that by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThat has created a new trade border in the Irish Sea, causing some difficulties in moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nLast week, the UK published proposals for the protocol, which amounted to a request for a major renegotiation.\n\nIt also asked for a standstill period, which would involve pausing the legal action and extending so-called grace periods.\n\nThe EU has already said it will not renegotiate the protocol but will \"consider any proposals that respect the principles\" of the deal.\n\nHowever, it has not ruled out the standstill period.\n\nA European Commission spokesperson said: \"With regards to the request for a standstill, the commission will carefully assess the new proposals made by the UK, in accordance with the necessary consultation procedures, both internally and with the European Parliament.\n\n\"In order to provide the necessary space to reflect on these issues and find durable solutions to the implementation of the protocol, we have decided at this stage not to move to the next stage of the infringement procedure, started in March.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said they had received a \"constructive reply from the Commission\".\n\n\"We look forward to engaging in talks with the EU in the weeks ahead to progress the proposals in our command paper,\" they added.\n\n\"As we set out in the Command Paper last week, significant changes are needed to ensure the Protocol is sustainable for future.\"\n\nEarlier, the EU published its proposals for simplifying some aspects of the protocol, including a plan for ensuring the continued supply of medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nThe proposals were previously announced in broad terms at the end of June, but the UK government said they do not go far enough.", "The UK economy will grow faster than expected this year as it recovers from the Covid pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.\n\nEconomic prospects for rich and poor nations have diverged more due to differing access to Covid vaccines, it said.\n\nIn a new assessment, the IMF said the world is increasingly split into two blocs.\n\nIt has upgraded growth forecasts for developed economies.\n\nBut the outlook for many developing countries has weakened.\n\nAmong the forecast revisions for this year, the largest upgrade is for the UK to 7%.\n\nBritain is also now predicted to have the joint fastest growth of the G7 leading rich countries, together with the US, although that follows a contraction last year that was the deepest in that group.\n\nThe UK's Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, welcomed what he called \"the positive signs that the economy is rebounding faster than previously expected\".\n\nHowever, he acknowledged that there were still challenges ahead and said the government would remain focused on protecting and creating as many jobs as possible.\n\nThe IMF - an international organisation that seeks to promote economic growth, trade and financial stability - says there is a division between those countries \"that can look forward to further normalisation of activity later this year - almost all advanced economies - and those that will still face resurgent infections and rising Covid death tolls\".\n\nIts report says that in the rich countries almost 40% of the population is fully vaccinated.\n\nIn emerging market economies - the more advanced developing nations - it's less than half that, and just a \"tiny fraction\" in low income countries.\n\nFor the rich countries together, growth is now predicted to be stronger this year by half a percentage point. But there is an offsetting downgrade for the rest of the world which leaves the global 2021 forecast unchanged at 6%. There is an upgrade next year to 4.9%.\n\nHowever, the IMF warns that even in countries with very low infection levels, the economic recovery is not assured as long as the virus circulates elsewhere.\n\nAnother factor fuelling the divergence is the steps taken by governments to support economic recovery. The report calls the effect in the US \"sizable\".\n\nThe report says that international action is needed to diminish divergences and strengthen global prospects. It says the immediate priority is to deploy vaccines equitably worldwide.\n\n\"Concerted, well-directed policies can make the difference between a future of durable recoveries for all economies or one with widening fault lines - as many struggle with the health crisis while a handful see conditions normalise, albeit with the constant threat of renewed flare-ups.\"\n\nThe report suggests that inflation - which has surged in some countries - is in most cases likely to subside to pre-pandemic ranges next year. It could, however, be more persistent if people and businesses come to expect higher inflation and seek to raise prices and wages in anticipation.", "Lord Clarke said the decisions in one of the NHS's worst tragedies were not taken by politicians\n\nLord Clarke will give evidence under oath to the contaminated blood scandal inquiry later - the first senior health minister from the time to testify.\n\nAround 3,000 people died after being given blood products containing HIV and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nAs late as November 1983 the government said it was not conclusively proven that HIV could be transmitted through blood products.\n\nBy then officials were already aware of deaths linked to the treatment.\n\nLord Clarke was a Conservative health minister in the early 1980s when up to 30,000 people with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders were given contaminated blood products.\n\nIt has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history.\n\nThe evidence under oath of someone who served as health minister at the time marks a significant moment for survivors and their relatives, who campaigned for years to bring about the inquiry, saying the risks of the blood products were never explained and the scandal was covered up.\n\nVictims of the scandal were given a clotting agent called Factor VIII which had been imported from the US, where it was made from plasma donated by prisoners and other groups at risk from blood-borne viruses.\n\nBy the mid-1980s, once HIV was better understood, the blood products were heat-treated to kill the viruses - but not before thousands of people were infected.\n\nAmong them were dozens of young haemophiliacs at a boarding school in Hampshire who died after contracting HIV.\n\nLord Clarke, who later became health secretary in 1988, is likely to face questions about what the government knew about the risks of the blood treatments and whether patients were given sufficient warning.\n\nBy November 1983, when the government said publicly there was \"no conclusive evidence\" HIV could be transmitted in the blood products, health officials knew of deaths linked to the treatment and assumed infection was possible.\n\nIn written evidence to the inquiry, Lord Clarke described the events as one of the worst tragedies in NHS history.\n\nBut he said he was not personally involved in key decisions at the time, which he said were clinical rather than political in nature.\n\nEarlier this year, then Health Secretary Matt Hancock became the first serving cabinet minister to give evidence, telling victims he wanted \"to make sure their voices are heard\" and promising the government would pay compensation if the inquiry recommended it.\n\nLed by former High Court judge Sir Brian Langstaff, the public inquiry has been examining the circumstances of the contaminated blood scandal since 2018.\n\nHundreds of people infected with HIV or hepatitis C and their family members have given evidence at sites across the UK.\n\nEvidence hearings are due to continue next year with the final report expected to be published in 2022 or 2023.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Capitol Hill police officer Aquilino Gonell in tears as he testifies\n\nA police officer who defended the US Capitol during a riot by Donald Trump supporters on 6 January has said he feared he would be crushed by the mob.\n\n\"This is how I'm going to die,\" a tearful Aquilino Gonell told a Congressional committee as an inquiry opened into the Washington DC attack.\n\nAnother officer, Harry Dunn, who is black, said he was racially abused.\n\nAt least 535 rioters have been arrested since the attack.\n\nProsecutors have so far secured only a few convictions.\n\nThe assault led to the political impeachment and acquittal of Republican Mr Trump, who was accused by lawmakers of inciting the riot - a claim he has repeatedly denied.\n\nThe inquiry in the House Select committee is being conducted almost entirely by Democrats, after most Republicans boycotted the proceedings.\n\nHowever, two Republicans - Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger - have broken ranks to join the investigation.\n\n\"If those responsible are not held accountable... this will remain a cancer on our constitutional republic,\" Ms Cheney said as the hearing began on Tuesday.\n\nThe nine-member select committee was formed after Republicans objected to an independent commission such as the one that investigated the 11 September 2001 attacks.\n\nThe panel - which has powers to summon witnesses - is expected to investigate the circumstances leading up to the riot and why law enforcement bodies were ill-prepared.\n\nOn Tuesday, four police officers described being beaten and assaulted by rioters who had come to disrupt the certification by Congress of President Joe Biden's election victory.\n\nOfficer Gonell described the scene as a \"medieval battlefield\".\n\nWiping away tears, he described returning home and pushing his wife away from him because of the amount of chemical irritant that had soaked into his uniform.\n\nThe Iraq War veteran went on to criticise Republicans for what he described as their \"continuous shocking attempt\" to \"ignore or destroy the truth\" about that day.\n\nOfficer Michael Fanone testified he was knocked unconscious and suffered a heart attack\n\nAsked by Ms Cheney about Mr Trump's claim that they were a \"very loving crowd,\" Sgt Gonell hit back: \"I'm still recovering from those hugs and kisses.\"\n\n\"If that was hugs and kisses, we should all go to his house and do the same thing to him.\"He later said that he did not mean for anyone to go to Mr Trump's home, and apologised for the \"outburst\".\n\nOfficer Dunn said he told several protesters that he had voted for Mr Biden.\n\n\"Does my vote not count? Am I nobody?\" he told them, after they wrongly claimed that the election was fraudulent.\n\n\"That prompted a torrent of racial epithets,\" he testified. \"One woman in a pink Maga [Make America Great Again] shirt yelled, 'You hear that, guys, this [expletive] voted for Joe Biden!\"\n\n\"No-one had ever - ever - called me a [expletive] while wearing the uniform of a Capitol police officer.\"\n\nOfficer Michael Fanone recalled being dragged into the crowd, beaten and shocked repeatedly with a taser.\n\nThe scene on 6 January was described as a \"medieval battlefield\"\n\nHe said he heard chants of \"kill him with his own gun\". Fearing for his life, he pleaded with rioters, saying he had children.\n\nAt one point during his testimony the officer slammed his fist on the desk as he accused some Republicans of showing a \"disgraceful\" indifference and betraying their oaths of office.\n\nOfficer Dunn said he did not fully process the racial insults until days later.\n\n\"I was just trying to survive that day, and get home,\" he said.\n\n\"When I was able to process it, it was so emotional. It was so disheartening and disappointing that we live in a country like that, where they attack you because of the colour of your skin.\n\n\"Just to hurt you. Those words are weapons.\"\n\nOfficer Daniel Hodges' lip trembled with emotion as he was shown a video of himself trapped in a doorway being pummelled by rioters, who he repeatedly referred to as \"terrorists\" during his testimony.\n\n\"To my perpetual confusion, I saw the Thin Blue Line flag, a symbol of support for police, more than once, as the terrorists continued to ignore our commands and attacked us,\" he said.\n\nMr Kinzinger, one of the only Republicans who voted to impeach Mr Trump for his role in the riot, appeared to hold back tears as he criticised his colleagues.\n\n\"We still don't know exactly what happened. Why? Because many in my party have treated this as just another partisan fight. It's toxic and it's a disservice to the officers and their families,\" he said.", "The number of new Covid cases reported in the UK has now fallen below 25,000.\n\nThe UK recorded 24,950 new infections on Monday - a drop of 15,000 on 39,950 cases a week ago.\n\nThe number of new cases fell for a sixth day in a row - the first time since November, during England's second national lockdown.\n\nBut immunologist Prof Peter Openshaw said while he was \"cautiously pleased,\" further daily data would show if it was a sustained fall or a \"just a blip\".\n\nProf Openshaw, who sits on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: \"It is exciting to see those rather encouraging figures, but there have been some delays in reporting the figures and we're still waiting for the full data to be released by the Office for National Statistics.\n\n\"So let's not get overexcited.\"\n\nDowning Street said earlier that while the fall in infections was \"encouraging,\" the prime minister believed the nation is \"not out of the woods yet\".\n\nThe PM's spokesman said the pandemic was \"not over\" and that \"we should still expect to see a rise in case numbers\" after the government lifted almost all legal restrictions on social contact in England a week ago.\n\nThe final relaxation of Covid rules included the removal of limits on the number of people who can meet or attend events and the reopening of nightclubs.\n\nProf Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia previously told the BBC's Jim Reed that \"it [would] not be until about next Friday before the data includes the impact\" of the 19 July unlocking.\n\nThe first few days after unlocking also saw a sustained period of sunny weather across the UK. Scientists advising the government have consistently said that the virus is less likely to spread when people are meeting outdoors.\n\nThe scale of the fall has come as a surprise to even the most optimistic scientists - and is why many are interpreting it with a little caution.\n\nOne suggestion is the decrease could look better than it actually is because of a growing reluctance of people to come forward for tests.\n\nIt will be crucial to see if the drop translates into a similar fall in hospitalisations in a week's time.\n\nSaying that, it's been clear for the past few weeks that the rate of increase in infections had begun to slow.\n\nFears of 100,000 cases a day or more look unlikely now. But it's also important to be realistic about what's likely to happen.\n\nGovernment scientists believe we are entering an extended peak where infection levels are going to bobble around for a while.\n\nThe impact of the 19 July easing has yet to be felt for one thing. That could tip the trend back upwards.\n\nBut the hope is the levels of immunity built up along with a degree of cautious behaviour will mean any rise will be short-lived.\n\nIt is the first time since the start of the pandemic that a sustained drop in cases has not coincided with a national lockdown.\n\nIn November, there was a sustained drop in new infections after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a four-week national lockdown in England to prevent a \"medical and moral disaster\" for the NHS.\n\nAlthough the numbers of cases have fallen quickly over the past week, they are still more than 10 times higher than the levels seen in early May.\n\nWhile the number of cases is falling, the number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 is still rising - although at a slower rate than during previous waves because of the impact of vaccinations.\n\nThe latest data shows there were 5,238 in-patients on 23 July, compared with 4,612 a week ago. There were also another 14 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nThe dashboard also shows 46,589,211 people have now received a first dose of a Covid vaccine, an increase of 24,551. This means that so far, more than 88% of UK adults have had a first jab.\n\nA total of 37,287,384 people have received both vaccines - a rise of 117,956 - equating to 70.5% of adults.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland's executive has agreed to to ease some Covid restrictions, including allowing theatres and concert venues to reopen from 18:00 BST on Tuesday.", "Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull tells the BBC that his nation's vaccine rollout is \"the biggest failure of public administration I can recall\".", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nGreat Britain's Bianca Walkden says her taekwondo +67kg bronze medal at Tokyo 2020 was \"not the colour I wanted\".\n\nWalkden, 29, lost in the final second of her semi-final against South Korea's Lee Da-bin.\n\nThe three-time world champion bounced back to beat Poland's Aleksandra Kowalczuk 7-3 in the bronze medal match and secure her place on the podium.\n\n\"I'm glad I came away with an Olympic medal, but it was not the colour I trained for or expected,\" said Walkden.\n\n\"I gave my heart and soul in that semi and was a little bit unlucky with some of the decisions.\n\n\"I wanted to come out and be a true champion like I train for every day, I wanted to stand there with my head held high and fight no matter what.\n\n\"I feel a little bit dead inside and it's killing me. It's a medal, just not the colour I wanted. I might paint over it when I get it home, no-one has to know.\"\n\nHer bronze meant Team GB end with three taekwondo medals, adding to silvers won by Bradly Sinden and Lauren Williams.\n\nWalkden looked composed against Kowalczuk, though she only landed four single-shot punches in the opening two rounds to hold a narrow lead going into the third.\n\nA shot to the body and then a two-point kick in the third round helped her go four points clear and she comfortably held off her opponent in the final minute to seal victory.\n\nWalkden showed considerable character to bounce back from the agonising nature of her semi-final defeat to Da-bin.\n\nShe had held a two-point lead with three seconds left on the clock, but Lee landed a head kick with one second remaining to win 25-24.\n\nIt mirrors Walkden's achievement in 2016, when she lost in the golden point round in the semi-finals and had to settle for bronze.\n\nThe Liverpool-born fighter has vowed to come back stronger and go for gold again in three years' time in Paris.\n\n\"I'll be proud when I get a gold, [Paris 2024] is only three years away,\" she added. \"I'm not that far off, I'm a three-time world champion, three-time European champion, I'm world number one and I've got two Olympic medals. Anyone else would die for that and I need to remember that.\"\n\nKorean Lee had to settle for silver after a 10-7 defeat to Serbia's Milica Mandic in the final.\n\nIt was Mandic's second Olympics gold after success at London 2012.\n\nFrench teenager Althea Laurin beat Aminata Charlene Traore of Ivory Coast to take the second bronze, alongside Walkden.\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "Covid has created hurdles for people wanting to travel overseas this summer\n\nA host of travel insurance policies will not cover cancellation costs if holidaymakers are told to self-isolate owing to a close Covid contact.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people have been pinged recently by the NHS app or contacted by the tracing service.\n\nAnalysts Defaqto said nine in 10 travel insurance policies cover the cost of cancelled holidays if the policyholder tests positive for Covid.\n\nBut for cases of self-isolation, cover falls to fewer than six in 10 policies.\n\nThe practical effects of self-isolation requests - dubbed the pingdemic - have crossed work and home lives, and led to considerable political debate.\n\nMuch of that has concentrated on people's ability to work safely, particularly in critical roles.\n\nThere has also been concern among holidaymakers, desperate for a summer getaway, that their plans may be scuppered by contracting Covid or coming into close contact with someone who has the virus.\n\nThe latest information from data specialists Defaqto, which analyses the insurance sector, found that 88% of single trip travel insurance policies on the market in the UK would pay out if a holiday was cancelled owing to a positive test.\n\nHowever, this drops to 56% if cancellation is owing to a self-isolation request. The figures are almost identical for annual policies.\n\nPeople who test positive for Covid are more likely to have insurance cover\n\nAnyone who receives notification from NHS Test and Trace is legally required to self-isolate, whereas a ping from the NHS app is advisory, but strongly recommends isolation.\n\nAnna-Marie Duthie, from Defaqto, said some insurers would be sympathetic to those required to self-isolate, so people in that situation should talk to their insurer about a claim.\n\n\"Policyholders should read their policies carefully to be sure they fully understand what cover they have, and if in doubt should contact their insurers before changing any travel plans,\" she said.\n\nThe vast majority of people take out travel insurance policies for overseas trips, although there is also cover available for domestic travel.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nMorocco's Youness Baalla brought back memories of Mike Tyson's infamous ear bite on Evander Holyfield 24 years ago by attempting something similar during a boxing match at the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nLosing in the third and final round of his last-16 heavyweight clash with New Zealand's David Nyika, Baalla moved with his mouth open to his opponent's ear and appeared to attempt to bite it.\n\nThe incident was not spotted by the referee but Nyika went on to seal a 5-0 win to progress.\n\n\"He didn't get a full mouthful,\" Nyika said. \"Luckily he had his mouthguard in and I was a bit sweaty.\n\n\"I don't remember what I said to him but I gave him a little bit of cheek.\n\n\"I have been bitten once on the chest before at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. But come on man, this is the Olympics.\"\n\nTyson bit Holyfield's ear twice during their heavyweight world title fight in Las Vegas in 1997. He was disqualified and lost his boxing licence for 15 months.\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "A car was stuck in flood water off Lisburn Road in south Belfast\n\nHeavy rainfall has caused flooding in some parts of Northern Ireland this afternoon.\n\nThe Met Office issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms across eastern counties which ended at 17:00 BST.\n\nThis alert warned of the potential for damage to buildings and difficult driving conditions, although rain is expected to continue into the evening.\n\nPolice have warned motorists in Belfast to be cautious on the roads due to the weather.\n\nOfficers said Milltown Road and Hospital Road were \"impassable city bound due to flooding in the area\".\n\nMan-hole covers also lifted on Belvoir Road and Upper Knockbreda Road due to the rainfall.\n\nA car was stuck in floodwater on the Lisburn Road, causing the route to be blocked.\n\nMyrtlefield Park, off the Lisburn Road in Belfast, experienced flooding\n\nPolice also advised motorists to avoid Stockman's Lane and to seek an alternative route.\n\nAlong with the thunderstorms, lightning was also spotted in some locations.\n\nLightning was spotted across Belfast on Tuesday afternoon\n\nIn Ballymena, police said the Lisnevenagh Road was impassable for traffic travelling into the town.\n\nMatthew Neilly, owner of Fig Design Company, a florist and interior design store in Ballyclare, County Antrim, reported his shop had flooded for \"the third time\".\n\n\"It literally became a river today,\" he told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra.\n\n\"My heart broke. All I could do was grab cushions and throws and threw them against the door to try and stop the water.\"\n\nMr Neilly estimated that about upwards of £6,000 worth of stock may have been damaged.\n\nHe said the store would be closed on Wednesday for a \"major clean-up\".\n\nFig Design Company shared an image on Facebook showing the flooding damage on Main Street in Ballyclare\n\nSteve Aiken, an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MLA for South Antrim, said emergency services were dealing with floods in Ballyclare and additional support was \"on its way\".\n\nThe former UUP leader added that sand bags were being made available for the public beside the town hall.", "More critical workers will be able to take daily tests rather than isolate when they are identified as a close contact of someone who has Covid.\n\nThe government said 1,200 extra sites would be established, with prisons, waste management and the armed forces among the sectors prioritised.\n\nSome 800 sites are already being set up for police, firefighters, supermarket depot staff and some other industries.\n\nSeveral sectors have warned of staffing shortages caused by 10-day isolations.\n\nA total of 618,903 contact tracing alerts - popularly known as pings - advising people to self-isolate for up to 10 days were sent from the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales in the week to 15 July.\n\nDaily testing for certain critical sectors in England was launched on Monday as an alternative to self-isolation for some workers. The government has not said how many sites are currently up-and-running but that it expected 500 would be set up this week.\n\nTesco is understood to be working through the details of the new scheme, while Morrisons said it was contacting staff who had been pinged to sign up for testing on a voluntary basis, but did say that it was ready to start.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said daily contact testing would play a \"vital role\" in helping to \"minimise the potential for disruption caused by rising cases, while keeping staff protected\".\n\nWhen all 2,000 testing sites are open, 800 will deal with food industry, transport and Border Force workers, as well as police and fire services.\n\nThe other 1,200 will be for people employed in prisons, waste, defence and veterinary medicine, plus the energy, pharmaceutical, telecoms, chemical, communications, water, space and fish industries.\n\nWorkers will be allowed to take the tests, rather than isolate, whether or not they are fully vaccinated.\n\nThe announcement of the scheme's extension came after the number of Covid cases reported in the UK fell to below 25,000 on Monday.\n\nFrontline health and care staff who are fully vaccinated and identified as a close contact of someone with Covid have a separate system, allowing some to go to work, subject to strict testing rules.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are among workers self-isolating after the health secretary tested positive last week.\n\nFrom 16 August, anyone in England who is fully vaccinated - and unvaccinated under-18s - will be able to take PCR tests - which are sent to a laboratory to be checked - instead of self-isolating, if pinged.\n\nSimilar rules come into force in Scotland from 9 August - and in Wales from 7 August.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gove: People should be “confident” those attending large-scale events are “less likely to be carriers of the virus\"\n\nPeople who turn down Covid vaccination are \"selfish\" and put others' lives at risk, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said.\n\nHe warned that those declining a jab could see themselves barred from events requiring \"a certain level of safety\".\n\nThe government has already said it plans mandatory vaccination for nightclubs in England from September.\n\nMinisters are also considering requiring proof of vaccination from fans attending sports venues.\n\nAs of Monday, 88.1% of adults in the UK have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 70.5% have been fully vaccinated.\n\nStudies have linked vaccination to a reduced likelihood of infection and transmission, although the double-jabbed can still catch and transmit Covid.\n\nSpeaking during a visit to Glasgow, Mr Gove said: \"Ultimately, if you can be vaccinated and you refuse to, that is a selfish act.\n\n\"You're putting other people's health and lives at risk, you should get vaccinated.\"\n\nHe said he thought \"some form of certification\" was \"the right way to go\" to try to curtail Covid spread at \"certain venues and certain events\".\n\nThe government plans to make full vaccination for those not covered by an exemption a condition of entry for nightclubs in England from September.\n\nUnlike Covid pass schemes introduced in countries such as Denmark and France, clubbers will not be able to gain entry by showing a negative test result.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said the government is considering enforcing the same rule at other venues \"where large crowds gather\" - but has not specified any so far.\n\nPolicy on vaccination certification in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be set by their devolved governments.\n\nAlso speaking on Tuesday, Scottish First Minister said people should consider it a \"collective civic duty\" to be vaccinated.\n\nShe said she would encourage those who are \"genuinely worried\" about vaccination to \"take a bit of time to find out the facts\".\n\n\"I'm not going to criticise people who have genuine concerns, but I will not stop trying to encourage you to educate yourself about the vaccine and come forward and get vaccinated,\" she added.\n\nHowever, she added that she considered \"deliberately spreading\" vaccine misinformation was \"anti-social behaviour\".\n\nVaccinations will be compulsory for staff at care homes in England, and may be extended to include more NHS staff.\n\nSome private companies including the publisher Bloomsbury, Pimlico Plumbers, and the airline Cathay Pacific, have already said they will require staff to be vaccinated.\n\nSome Conservative MPs have criticised Covid certification on civil liberties grounds, and threatened to boycott their party conference in the autumn if proof of vaccination is required of attendees.\n\nNightclub industry bodies have also reacted angrily to the government's proposals, warning it will be difficult to enforce and put them at a disadvantage to other nightspots.\n\nSpeaking on Monday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he supported the idea of using vaccine passports \"plus testing\" for mass events.\n\n\"Passports on their own aren't enough, because as we know sadly, you can be double-jabbed and still get the new [Covid] variant,\" he told LBC.\n\n\"The idea we can go back to mass sporting events or other events without any checks is not one I subscribe to,\" he said.\n\nBut he added: \"I don't want to see passports used on an everyday basis for access to critical things - like health, dentistry, food, etc.\"\n• None Covid vaccine safety - What we know", "Estelle Hedaya, from New York, worked for a jewellery company and lived on the building's sixth floor\n\nThe family of the final victim unaccounted for in a deadly apartment block collapse in Florida say her remains have been found and identified.\n\nThe discovery ends a weeks-long wait for the family of 54-year-old Estelle Hedaya, who had been missing since her building collapsed on 24 June.\n\nHer brother Ikey Hedaya told US media that local New York police delivered the news to their family on Monday.\n\nHer discovery brings the death toll in the collapse disaster to 98.\n\nSearch teams spent weeks combing the rubble for victims but said on Friday that their search had finally ended. At that time, Estelle Hedaya was still unaccounted for.\n\nMiami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Monday that police volunteers were continuing to \"carefully and meticulously\" sift through millions of pounds of debris at a secondary site looking for remains and personal items.\n\n\"We have done everything possible to bring closure to the families and I am especially proud that through these tireless efforts we were able at last to bring closure to all those who reported missing loved ones,\" she told reporters.\n\nThe number of people missing had initially been put as high as 159, but police brought that figure down after weeks of checking reports.\n\nOfficials say the site where the 12-floor Champlain Towers South building once stood is being treated as a crime scene.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old building to fall to the ground remains unknown, but a 2018 report had found structural problems with the ocean-side block.\n\nAll but one of those killed were recovered dead in the rubble, with one victim dying in hospital.\n\nA funeral is expected to take place for Estelle Hedaya in New York on Tuesday, the AP news agency reports.\n\nHer family and friends described her as outgoing and fun-loving and said she loved to travel and try new things, like salsa dancing.\n\nOther victims of the disaster include the seven-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter, a 92-year-old grandmother and the sister of Paraguay's first lady.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue shared a video to show how they're working to clear the rubble", "Under the scheme, individuals could receive between £75 and £100 to spend on high streets\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has said he would consider supporting linking the high street voucher scheme to people being fully vaccinated.\n\nThe initiative was announced last year to support retailers hit by Covid-19.\n\nAdults could receive £100 each to spend in town and city centres, with £145m of funding ring-fenced for its rollout.\n\nEconomy Minister Gordon Lyons told BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show that he would not back such a proposal.\n\n\"Such a suggestion would create unnecessary bureaucracy, throws up a range of legal issues and could ultimately jeopardise the entire scheme,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"As previously announced by the Department for the Economy, and backed by the executive, every person in Northern Ireland aged 18 and over will be eligible to apply for a pre-paid card worth £100 to spend in supporting local businesses.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Economy Minister Gordon Lyons says linking the high street voucher with vaccination is inappropriate\n\nThe health minister said he would be prepared to raise the matter with the Northern Ireland Executive.\n\n\"I'll have the discussion, will raise it at the executive committee certainly, in regards to that incentive for people coming forward to get vaccinated,\" he told the Nolan Show.\n\n\"But it will also have to be retrospective as I wouldn't want to discourage anyone who had already been vaccinated.\"\n\nRoger Pollen, from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said he could understand why the health minister would want to look at \"every possible measure he can to encourage people to come forward and get vaccinated\".\n\nBut he added that on this matter he believed \"it would be the wrong thing to do\".\n\n\"This is a policy measure that was devised and intended to reinvigorate the high street and shops and retail and so on, after being on their knees for months and months and months,\" he said.\n\n\"To try and then use it also as an incentive for people to do something completely different to my mind risks actually damaging the original policy intent and you risk falling between two stools of things you are trying to achieve.\"\n\n\"This scheme is about supporting independent retailers, the regeneration of our high streets and boosting our shattered economy,\" he told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\n\"It is not about the vaccine take up and should not be linked in this confusing way,\" he said.\n\nIn April, then economy minister Diane Dodds announced that people over the age of 18 can apply for the scheme, which could open at the end of the summer.\n\nThe high street voucher is designed to encourage spending at retail and hospitality outlets, which have been adversely affected by lockdown measures.\n\nThe money cannot be used for internet shopping and the application process will be through an online portal.\n\nIt comes after it was reported on Monday, that people attending two major music events in Belfast will have to show proof of Covid antibodies, vaccination or a negative test.\n\nCustom House Square and Belsonic will both enforce the rules for all ticket holders to the outdoor events that run over several dates in August and September.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Executive has agreed that theatres and concert venues can reopen from 18:00 on Tuesday.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann has expressed concern at a rise in Covid-19 cases in Northern Ireland\n\nMeanwhile, case numbers have been rising with Northern Ireland's chief nursing officer reporting a \"significantly increased demand\" for intensive care beds due to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland over the weekend.\n\nCharlotte McArdle said a surge in demand for services had come more quickly than was expected.\n\nTwo Northern Ireland health trusts also appealed on social media for off-duty staff to come to work on Sunday night due to hospital pressures.\n\nMr Swann said on Tuesday that there had been \"a dramatic increase in positive cases over the past couple of weeks and we've seen before those transmit into hospitalisations and into ICU\".\n\n\"We're not seeing the large numbers we've seen in previous waves, but it is putting that additional strain and stress on our health service as we try to get back to the normal work that they have been doing and we've missed over the last number of months,\" he added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Elizabeth McCourt: 'I can't forgive Lambeth for what they've done to me or my family'\n\nStaff and councillors presided over a \"culture of cover-up\" that led to more than 700 children in south London care homes suffering cruelty and sexual abuse, an inquiry has found.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse strongly criticised Lambeth Council for allowing abuse in five homes from the 1960s to the 1990s.\n\nIt said abusers were able to to infiltrate homes and the foster system.\n\nLambeth Council has made an unreserved apology to the victims.\n\nAnd a former council leader said the authority had \"clearly failed\" and she should have known about the abuse.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police also apologised \"for when we let children in the care of Lambeth down\".\n\nThe inquiry into the council, held in the summer of 2020, examined five homes - Angell Road, South Vale Assessment Centre, the Shirley Oaks complex, Ivy House and Monkton Street.\n\nThe Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) report said: \"With some exceptions, they [Lambeth Council staff] treated children in care as if they were worthless.\n\n\"As a consequence, individuals who posed a risk to children were able to infiltrate children's homes and foster care, with devastating, life-long consequences for their victims.\"\n\nOf the 705 complaints made by former residents across three such facilities, only one senior member of staff was ever disciplined by the council, the report said.\n\nAt Shirley Oaks, which closed in 1983, the council received allegations of abuse against 177 members of staff, involving at least 529 former residents.\n\nThe council was mired in corruption and financial mismanagement during the decades of abuse, with \"politicised behaviour and turmoil\" dominating its culture, according to the report.\n\nThe report partly blames the Labour council's battle against the Conservative government in the 1980s, saying it sought to \"take on the government\" to the detriment of local services.\n\n\"During that time, children in care became pawns in a toxic power game within Lambeth Council and between the council and central government,\" the report added.\n\nThe IICSA is calling on the Met Police to consider a criminal investigation into why allegations of sexual abuse made by a boy, later found dead at the Shirley Oaks care home, were not passed on to the coroner by Lambeth Council in 1977.\n\nThe force said it would assess this recommendation.\n\nShirley Oaks and South Vale were found to have been \"brutal places where violence and sexual assault were allowed to flourish\".\n\nAnother care home, Angell Road, \"systematically exposed children (including those under the age of five years) to sexual abuse,\" the report said.\n\nElizabeth McCourt, who was sexually abused at Angell Road care home, said she could not forgive Lambeth Council.\n\nThe 56-year-old told the BBC she was forced into prostitution because of the council's \"negligence\".\n\n\"I felt dirty, I felt ashamed and I felt like I had nobody to listen to me,\" she said.\n\n\"Because of what happened to me in care, and then coming out of care, I can't hold a job down... I've got a criminal record so it's very difficult for me to work.\"\n\nAn archive picture of Shirley Oaks children's home - located in Croydon but run by Lambeth Council\n\nSandra Fearon, who was at Shirley Oaks between 1964 and 1969 with her siblings, said she was violently sexually abused by a doctor from the age of 12.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme the abuse continued every week for two years until her school intervened, after she was able to tell a school nurse what had happened to her.\n\n\"I got to the point where I was probably seconds away from suicide. That's how bad my health was and the state I was in,\" she said, adding that the abuse \"absolutely destroyed me\".\n\nChildren spent time with \"social aunts\" or \"social uncles\", volunteers who worked with children without proper vetting.\n\nOne such volunteer, Geoffrey Clarke, stayed at Shirley Oaks with regular and unimpeded access to children there from the early 1970s.\n\nHe was convicted of sexually assaulting three children in 1998, but Lambeth Council is now aware of at least 40 people who have made allegations against him.\n\nClarke was charged with numerous abuse offences as part of Operation Middleton, one of five police investigations into child sexual abuse linked to Lambeth Council from 1992 to the present date. Clarke took his own life before his trial.\n\nThe inquiry criticises the Metropolitan Police for its failures to follow up evidence that may have led to the identification of further offending.\n\nSix men have been convicted since the 1990s in connection with abuse in Lambeth.\n\nThey include: William Hook, jailed for 10 years; Philip Temple, jailed for 18 years; and Leslie Paul, sent to prison for 13 years.\n\nMichael Carroll was appointed to work in a Lambeth care home in 1978 despite abusing children previously in Liverpool and failing twice to declare his offences, including when he applied to be a foster carer. He was eventually convicted and sentenced to 10 years in 1999.\n\nThe report made a number of recommendations, including that the council publishes an action plan to deal with the issues raised, as well as improving staff training, recruitment and vetting.\n\nLambeth Council has accepted the recommendations and apologised to the inquiry for creating and overseeing conditions \"where appalling and absolutely shocking and horrendous abuse was perpetrated\".\n\nIt has also paid £71.5 million in compensation to former children's home residents, with individual payments of up to £125,000.\n\nLinda Bellos, who led Lambeth Council between 1986-88, said she was \"shocked\" and \"disgusted\" by the abuse revealed in the report.\n\nMs Bellos, who was not called to give evidence by the inquiry, told the BBC: \"I should have known, there should have been transparency for the services that we were supposed to be giving to vulnerable children.\"\n\n\"We clearly failed. I hold myself responsible for that failure,\" she added.\n\nCommander Alex Murray, from the Met Police, said: \"It is clear that at different times we missed opportunities to identify offenders and investigate further. Some of the treatment of children was also unacceptable.\"\n\nHe said the force had changed the way it investigated allegations of child sexual abuse, with better training for officers, greater collaboration between social care partners and \"putting the victim at the heart of the investigation\".\n\nThe long-running IICSA is investigating claims against organisations including the church, local authorities and the armed forces.\n\nIts final report of overarching findings will be laid before Parliament next summer.\n\nSupport and resources for sexual abuse and violence are available via the BBC Action Line.", "Watch what happened when Team GB swimmer Tom Dean's family and friends gathered in his mum's garden to cheer him on to victory in the 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nWatch live coverage of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nREAD MORE: Dean & Scott take stunning gold and silver in 200m freestyle", "The design developed by Blue Origin in partnership with aerospace giants was called \"Blue Moon\"\n\nJeff Bezos has offered to cover $2bn (£1.4bn) of Nasa costs in order to be reconsidered for a key contract to build a Moon landing vehicle.\n\nIn April, the space agency awarded the $2.9bn contract to Elon Musk, rejecting a bid from Bezos' company Blue Origin.\n\nThe award is for building the landing system that will carry astronauts down to the lunar surface as early as 2024.\n\nNasa could only award the contract to one company, not two as expected because of a funding shortfall.\n\nThe space agency had received only $850m of the $3.3bn it requested from Congress to build the Moon lander.\n\nIn a letter to Nasa's administrator Bill Nelson, released on Monday, Mr Bezos wrote: \"Blue Origin will bridge the HLS [Human Landing System] budgetary funding shortfall by waiving all payments in the current and next two government fiscal years up to $2bn to get the programme back on track right now.\n\n\"This offer is not a deferral, but is an outright and permanent waiver of those payments.\"\n\nMr Bezos flew to space with his brother Mark (L) last week, in the first crewed flight of his New Shepard spacecraft\n\nAt the time of the award, Nasa's human exploration chief Kathy Lueders admitted that the space agency's current budget precluded it from selecting two companies.\n\nNasa also cited the proven record of orbital missions by Elon Musk's SpaceX firm as a factor in the award. Cost is also thought to have played a role: SpaceX's bid was the lowest-priced by some distance.\n\nThe decision meant that SpaceX's cylindrical Starship vehicle would carry the astronauts in Nasa's first mission to the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in 1972.\n\nAlabama-based defence contractor Dynetics was also vying for the contract.\n\nBezos had partnered with aerospace giants Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper in a bid to join this crucial phase of Nasa's Human Landing System programme.\n\nSpaceX's winning bid will use an adapted version of its Starship vehicle to land astronauts on the Moon\n\nTheir design was named the Blue Moon lander, and bore a passing resemblance to a beefed-up version of the lunar module (LM) that carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface in 1969.\n\nIn his letter, Bezos emphasised Blue Moon's proven heritage: \"We created a 21st Century lunar landing system inspired by the well-characterised Apollo architecture - an architecture with many benefits. One of its important benefits is that it prioritizes safety.\"\n\nMusk's Starship has pushed the envelope of spacecraft design, employing a radical approach to landing and incorporating innovative methane-fuelled engines.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard\n\nBezos also used his letter to emphasise Blue Origin's use of hydrogen fuel, which dovetails with Nasa's longer-term aims of refuelling spacecraft from water-ice mined on the Moon. The water can be split into hydrogen and oxygen propellant for rocket engines.\n\nIn Nasa's selection statement from April, SpaceX received an \"acceptable\" technical rating and an \"outstanding\" management rating. Blue Origin's bid was also rated \"acceptable\" on its technical merits but its management rating was deemed \"very good\" by the space agency.\n\nAfter losing out to SpaceX, Blue Origin filed a protest with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), alleging Nasa unfairly \"moved the goalposts at the last minute\" in the way that it awarded the contract to SpaceX.\n\nThat protest, along with one from Dynetics, is awaiting adjudication, although some in the space community regard the chances of a reversal as unlikely.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Moorfield Hotel has been extensively damaged by the fire\n\nTwo devastating fires in Shetland should act as a warning to the modular building industry, it has been claimed.\n\nThe world-famous Fair Isle Bird Observatory was lost in 2019, followed last year by the Moorfield Hotel.\n\nBoth buildings were less than 10 years old and made from factory-built units, which had been shipped up to Shetland by sea.\n\nOne expert has called for a full investigation into why the fires took hold so quickly.\n\nBoth blazes were particularly severe, and fire crews were unable to stop the spread. No-one was injured in either incident.\n\nThe observatory had no guests when it was destroyed in March 2019. Susannah and David Parnaby, who were its warden and administrator at the time, had been out when the fire started.\n\nThe wing of the observatory housing the flat where they lived for a decade was the last section to burn.\n\n\"I stayed until it was dark,\" Mrs Parnaby said. \"Where our flat was, that was the last wall to completely burn. I stayed till that point - you know, you've got to see it out, got to witness it, in a weird way.\"\n\nThe couple, who have two children, were made redundant earlier this year but have managed to stay on the island as crofters.\n\nThe Moorfield Hotel had 70 occupants on the night it caught fire in July 2020. It was due to close a week later having lost its contract to house gas plant workers.\n\nSusannah and David Parnaby lost their home in the fire\n\nA Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) investigation into the Fair Isle blaze was inconclusive, stating that the blaze was likely to have started in the roof space.\n\nThe SFRS is still investigating the Moorfield Hotel fire, but police said their inquiry was finished, having found no suspicious circumstances.\n\nModular construction is currently enjoying a boom. It is seen as cost-effective, quick and greener; the UK government wants 25% of new affordable homes to be modular.\n\nHowever, some experts are worried that there is also a fire risk and are pointing to the Shetland fires as a warning.\n\nPrefab has been around for some time, but stacking modules on top of each other is causing Ian Abley, a technical designer who works for the Fire Protection Association, some concern.\n\nIan Abley said fire getting into the cavities between modules was a problem\n\nHe writes guidance for insurers about modular buildings and has used one of the Shetland fires as an example in his latest report.\n\n\"For the Moorfield Hotel, it's a problem of the fire getting into the cavity between the modules,\" he explained.\n\n\"If it can travel from one compartment to another through unseen spaces within the compartment walls and floors, there's very little the fire brigade can do.\n\n\"If you're not very careful in the way you put it together there may be combustible materials in those cavities.\"\n\nBoth the hotel and the observatory had passed building standards approval.\n\nHowever, documents obtained via Freedom of Information show a case officer raised concerns about fire safety in the design stage of the Moorfield Hotel.\n\nBBC Scotland tracked down the man who made the notes.\n\nStewart Douglas had been concerned at the possibility of fire spreading\n\nStewart Douglas, who is now retired from Shetland Islands Council, identified his handwriting on the plans, and explained he had been concerned at the possibility of fire spreading from a bathroom into a service void.\n\nIt was not the only issue he had with the design, but these must have been addressed, he said, or the building plans would not have been approved by the council.\n\nHowever, Mr Douglas, who worked in the industry for more than four decades, said sometimes in the construction trade the plans that are signed off do not always match what is built.\n\nAsked if the Moorfield Hotel plans matched what was built, he said he could not be 100% sure.\n\n\"The only way I could be sure about that is if I'd been on site on a very regular basis, if not daily,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not the building standards officer's role or duty to ensure that work's done properly. It's the building owner's responsibility.\"\n\nFair Isle Bird Observatory (pictured in the background) was built in 2010\n\nArchitect Malcolm Fraser also watched the Shetland fires closely. He works with Construction Scotland Innovation Centre on delivering timber modular buildings, such as the Fair Isle observatory.\n\n\"What an extraordinary piece of terrible luck that both the Moorfield and the observatory, as representing the new ways of building on the islands, have both gone on fire\", he said.\n\nHe believes the investigations should be more wide-ranging, looking at the design of both buildings.\n\n\"Were there firebreaks? Did the firebreaks work? Were they installed correctly? And if so, why did the fire seem to have leapt past them?\n\n\"These are the obvious questions.\n\n\"If this is really the 'construction technology of the future' we need to find out why the fires took hold so quickly. We need the full investigations,\" he said.\n\nFair Isle Bird Observatory was destroyed by fire in 2019\n\nMcAleer and Rushe, the contractor which built the Moorfield Hotel, denied any suggestion that there were issues with the construction quality.\n\nIt said: \"Following the fire at Moorfield Hotel we provided the fire authority with all relevant documentation, including compliance certificates relating to the project, which was completed in 2013. Certificates supplied were compliant with regulations.\"\n\nBDL Hotels, former owners of the Moorfield Hotel, said they welcomed any review of fire and life safety measures.\n\n\"The Moorfield Hotel was designed and built to ensure the safety of guests and staff at all times,\" a statement said.\n\n\"The hotel was built by a specialist hotel contractor to all relevant standards, approved by building control and independently inspected by the professional team during construction and at completion.\n\n\"The fire started on the top floor, and the fire spread externally along the flat roof behind the false pitched roof. The fire's location made it extremely difficult to reach without the use of aerial firefighting equipment.\n\n\"It is sad that despite the heroic efforts of the firefighters the building could not be saved.\"\n\nAndrew H Wilson Electrical, the builder of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory, went into receivership in 2010.\n\nFair Isle Bird Observatory Trust, the owners of the observatory, declined to comment.\n\nFire safety expert Mr Abley wants assurances in the industry.\n\nHe said: \"If the construction industry doesn't know how to do cavity construction that prevents fire from spreading from one floor to another, it needs to learn and fast.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nCharlotte Dujardin equalled the most number of Olympic medals won by a British woman by claiming team dressage bronze in Tokyo.\n\nGreat Britain's Dujardin, Carl Hester and Charlotte Fry scored 7,723.0, while the United States won silver with 7,747.0 and Germany gold with 8,178.0.\n\nDujardin joins rower Dame Katherine Grainger and tennis player Kathleen McKane Godfree on five medals.\n\nDujardin, 36, won two golds at London 2012 and gold and silver at Rio 2016.\n\nShe will bid to become the only British woman to claim gold at three Olympics in Wednesday's individual final.\n\n\"To come away with another medal and be among so many other incredible, inspiring women - I'm so happy,\" Dujardin said.\n\nShe has moved alongside Grainger, who earned one gold and four silver medals in rowing across five Games, and McKane Godfree who won one gold, two silvers and two bronzes in 1920 and 1924.\n\nDujardin is one of four British women who arrived in Tokyo hoping to claim gold at a third Olympics.\n\nJade Jones' taekwondo bid came to an early end, while rower Helen Glover is in the coxless pair semi-final on Wednesday (04:20 BST) and track cyclist Laura Kenny - who has four golds across two Games - begins her campaign on Monday.\n\nGermany's Isabelle Werth - who won team dressage gold four years ago - also made history as the 52-year-old became only the third athlete to win golds at six different Olympics.\n\nTeam GB were second after Hester opened their challenge with a score of 2,577.5 and Fry followed with 2,528.5.\n\nBut the United States' last rider Sabine Schut-Kery scored 2,684.5 to move ahead and Dujardin - whose horse Gio was making its Olympic debut - could not close the gap, scoring 2,617.0.\n\nDujardin won team and individual dressage gold at London 2012 with Valegro, before the pair won individual gold and team silver in Rio four years later - the horse's final Olympics before it was retired.\n\nFor 54-year-old Hester - the oldest Team GB athlete in Japan - it is a third Olympic medal, having waited 20 years to win his first after debuting at the 1992 Games.\n\nThat debut came alongside current team-mate Fry's mother Laura, with the 25-year-old first taking dressage lessons with Hester aged 14.\n\nRiding Everdale, Fry will also compete in Wednesday's individual final (09:30 BST) as will Hester and En Vogue.\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "A nurse has spoken of her frustration at the \"red tape\" that she has said is preventing more staff from getting on to wards.\n\nThe nurse, who wished to remain anonymous, has been waiting on the completion of pre-employment checks since being offered bank shifts with the South Eastern Trust in May.\n\nIt follows a weekend when health trusts made urgent appeals for off-duty staff.\n\nThe trust said checks could sometimes be delayed for a number of reasons.\n\nThe nurse said she just wanted to help out.\n\n\"I am at home reading these appeals and I could have been down helping,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\n\"It makes my blood boil that 12 weeks after interview I'm still in pre-employment checks when I could have been answering that call.\"\n\nSo-called nursing bank shifts are filled by trained nurses who are available to work flexibly and at short notice to complement the existing workforce.\n\nMore than 70 nurses have been successfully interviewed for bank nursing shifts but have not been deployed\n\nA spokeswoman for the South Eastern Trust said checks were carried out as quickly as possible but could on occasion be delayed due to a variety of reasons.\n\n\"These may include candidates failing to return their documents in a timely manner, issues of concern arising from health and disclosure checks that require escalation and, most commonly, difficulty obtaining references for candidates,\" she said.\n\n\"Where delays do occur the trust and our colleagues in BSO Recruitment Shared Services Centre endeavour to make sure these are followed up on and actioned as soon as possible to avoid delays in candidates being able to take up posts.\"\n\nFigures obtained by BBC News NI show that 72 nurses have been successfully interviewed for bank nursing shifts but have not been deployed because paperwork has to be processed.\n\nIn Belfast, 37 nurses were interviewed over the last 18 months but are awaiting the completion of checks.\n\nIn the South Eastern Trust, 18 nurses are in a similar position.\n\nThe Western Trust has two nurses affected while eight are still going through checks in the Northern Trust area.\n\nIn the Southern Trust area there are seven nurses going through pre-employment checks.\n\nAll five health trusts have also used agency nurses to fill thousands of shifts during the past year and a half, including Belfast (91,792) and Northern Trust (73,522).\n\nThe Health Minister Robin Swann said although he understood the pressing need for more staff, he expected \"due diligence\" to be carried out for anyone going into a professional post.\n\n\"It's certainly something I'll be following up on with our service organisations and the trust as well, because we have seen a need for nurses across the system,\" he told BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show.\n\n\"I don't want to be doing anything that discourages anyone from coming forward to help us at this moment in time.\"\n\nThe nurse said that at some point \"the red tape has to go and a common sense approach taken\".\n\n\"I understand that due process has to be done and that the checks are there for patient and staff safety, but to wait six to 12 weeks to get into a clinical placement, when we constantly hear about staff shortages, does not make sense.\"\n\nThe nurse said there was a potential pool of nurses who are \"just dying to get on to the wards to work\". She added nurses had specifically done return to nursing courses.\n\n\"It's very frustrating especially when you hear about short staffing levels and appeals because people are absent, whether that's through retirement, long Covid, general sickness or isolating,\" she said.\n\n\"And then there are the waiting lists and you hear that A&Es are struggling to cope.\"\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing said recruitment delays are causing frustration\n\nThe \"sudden spike in quite sick patients\" had taken trusts by surprise, according to Dr Paul Kerr from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.\n\n\"What we are witnessing is dreadful crowding in the emergency departments across Northern Ireland, there is lack of access to emergency beds for patients that need emergency admission,\" he told Good Morning Ulster.\n\n\"These are our most vulnerable patients with heart attacks, strokes, infections, traumas and emergency presentations like that.\n\n\"This is causing a risk to those patients and indeed a risk to the staff, Covid can indeed spread from patient to patient if these patients are crowded - if 30 or 40 or 50 of them perhaps are crowded in emergency departments, awaiting admission.\"\n\nSome nurses and doctors were even leaving hospital work as a result of the \"dreadful conditions\", Dr Kerr said.\n\nAt the weekend, the Belfast and South Eastern Trusts said rising admissions of Covid and non-Covid patients was putting them under significant pressure and issued appeals on social media. The Western Trust also contacted staff via email.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said recruitment delays were causing frustration.\n\nRita Devlin, acting director of the RCN Northern Ireland, said the organisation was aware that members and managers were \"extremely frustrated\" at the length of time it takes to recruit staff into posts. She said the issue had been repeatedly raised with the Department of Health.\n\n\"These delays have an impact both on the staff waiting to be appointed and those working in areas within healthcare which are experiencing chronic staff shortages. Ultimately, this impacts upon the patients being cared for,\" Ms Devlin said.\n\n\"While we acknowledge the importance of robust checks and procedures, this process must be expedited to prevent further delays to the provision of much needed treatment and care.\"\n\nPaula Bradshaw, the Alliance Party assembly member who sits on the Stormont health committee, said the situation was \"simply unacceptable\".\n\n\"At this stage of the pandemic... we need all the experience and expertise we can get working at the front line in the health service,\" she said.\n\n\"We have over the last 18 months recognised the nature of the emergency by implementing exceptional measures across healthcare, public services and in society in general.\n\n\"This needs to be recognised also when it comes to the essentials of ensuring our health and social care system has swift access to all the workers it needs, particularly those who are already qualified.\"", "There has been a rise in the sale of unreliable infrared thermometers in the UK, say regulators who are advising people to check before they buy.\n\nThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says the Covid pandemic has created demand for devices that screen for a raised temperature.\n\nAccurate ones should carry a CE or UKCA mark, it advises.\n\nBut people should also be aware that temperature screening is not a reliable way to detect Covid.\n\nAnyone who thinks they may be infected should have a swab test.\n\nThe main symptoms of Covid, says the NHS, are:\n\nSome people have other symptoms too, such as fatigue, muscle aches and a headache, but others can have none and still be infected.\n\nIn July 2020, the MHRA issued a warning to manufacturers and suppliers of thermal cameras which cautioned them against making claims which directly relate to Covid diagnosis.\n\nMHRA spokesman Graeme Tunbridge said: \"People in the UK are unknowingly buying poor-quality infrared thermometers which do not meet the required standards of safety and performance.\n\n\"It is important that people know what to look out for when purchasing these products, or any other medical devices online. You should always look for the CE or UKCA mark on any medical device - this will either be on the device or on its packaging, and that includes when you are buying these products online.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Home-education groups say there is no basis for a government register\n\nA committee of MPs is calling for a national register of home-educated children in England, saying there is an \"unacceptable level of opaqueness\" surrounding the issue.\n\nThe Commons Education Committee says it is important to \"get a grip\" on the number in home education.\n\nIt says more data must be collected to ensure all children out of school get a suitable education.\n\nHome educators say this will increase families' lack of trust in the system.\n\nThe MPs' report - Strengthening Home Education - says the government does not collect national figures for how many children are electively home-educated and parents do not have to register the fact with councils.\n\nCommittee chair, Conservative MP Robert Halfon, said it was \"frankly astonishing\" that the government was only able to make a \"best guess\" over the standard of education children schooled at home were receiving.\n\nAccording to research by the BBC, published earlier this month, the number of children registering for home education in the UK rose by 75% in the first eight months of the current school year.\n\nIt found more than 40,000 pupils were formally taken out of school in the UK between September 2020 and April 2021, compared with an average of 23,000 over the previous two years.\n\nThe figures are based on Freedom of Information responses from 153 of the 205 county councils and unitary authorities in Great Britain, and all of Northern Ireland.\n\nThe education select committee's report notes that it is likely the coronavirus pandemic has increased the number of families choosing to pursue home education.\n\nThe MPs say some families in England face being forced into home schooling - partly due to a lack of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.\n\nThey say there must be assessment of progress in numeracy and literacy to ensure that those who are home-schooled are getting the same opportunities as their school-educated peers.\n\nThe report also says the government should meet entry costs of exams for home-educated children to help them \"gain the qualifications needed for future education, training and employment, that will allow them to play active roles in society\".\n\nCommittee chair Mr Halfon said: \"It is frankly astonishing that we are only able to make a best guess at the number of children being educated at home, particularly when the Department for Education itself concedes that there is considerable evidence that many young people are missing out on the teaching and support that they are entitled to.\n\n\"Some parents are providing their children with a high-quality educational experience, but those against greater oversight must realise that it does not follow that all home-educated children are in the same boat.\n\n\"Getting a grip on the number of young people not being taught in school with a national register for children outside of school must just be the first step in shaking up the status quo.\"\n\nMr Halfon added that local authorities must \"keep a much closer eye\" on how home-educated children were progressing, and that financial and practical support should be given to ensure home-educated children could take exams.\n\nBut the group Education Otherwise said the select committee's inquiry into home schooling was prejudiced.\n\nIts chair, Wendy Charles-Warner, told the BBC: \"Yet again we have policy recommended on the basis of rhetoric and rumour, rather than evidence.\n\n\"Parents are deeply aggrieved that the huge majority of their submissions - which make clear that there is no basis, nor benefit, in registration of home-educated children - have been ignored, in what was manifestly a predetermined outcome of a deeply prejudiced inquiry.\n\n\"This report will serve to increase home-educating families' lack of trust in public bodies even further.\"\n\nShe added: \"The only valid and reasonable recommendation in this report is that home-educated children receive fair access to examinations, a point which should not need making.\"\n\nJennifer Skillen, who runs HE Special, an online national support group for parents home-educating children with special educational needs and disabilities, welcomed the call for more support and equal access to exams.\n\nBut she said a lack of clarity about the exact numbers of families home-educating did not mean those children were not receiving an education.\n\n\"This negative assumption can influence the relationship between local authorities and families and should be avoided if the government wishes to build positive relationships,\" she said.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said the government must \"find out the reasons behind so many more families choosing home-education recently\".\n\nHe added: \"NAHT has been calling for an official register of home-educated children for some time - the fact that there is no official source of data is a sign of how unsatisfactory the situation is.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nSwimmer Tom Dean sensationally clinched Team GB's fourth gold of the Tokyo Olympics on day four of the Games as Great Britain secured its best ever start to a Games.\n\nGB claimed six medals on Tuesday, including two silvers and three bronzes, to take their tally to 13 overall and put them fifth in the medal table.\n\nIt more than doubles Britain's previous best medal haul of six after the first four days, achieved at the 2000, 2008 and 2016 Games.\n\nDean, 21, who contracted Covid for the second time six months ago, edged out compatriot Duncan Scott into second by 0.04secs in the 200m freestyle swimming.\n\nAnd Georgia Taylor-Brown fought back from a puncture on the last lap of the bike leg to take triathlon silver.\n\nThere was also a first medal in 93 years for GB's women's gymnastics team, who took bronze, as did Bianca Walkden in the taekwondo +67kg, matching her result at Rio 2016.\n\nAnd Charlotte Dujardin pulled level with rower Dame Katherine Grainger and tennis player Kathleen McKane Godfree as Britain's most decorated female Olympian, claiming her fifth career medal as Britain's dressage team won bronze.\n\nShe can become the first British woman to win gold at three consecutive Games should she retain her individual title on Wednesday.\n\nElsewhere, four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles said she had to \"focus on my mental health\" after pulling out of the women's gymnastics team final.\n\nThe American left the arena after the vault, but later returned to support her team-mates as they claimed silver behind the Russian Olympic Committee.\n\nSimon Gleave, head of sports analysis at Nielsen Gracenote, said: \"After four days, the expectation was that Great Britain would have 10 medals - three gold, five silver and two bronze medals.\n\n\"The forecast for Great Britain has therefore improved to 55 medals including 15 golds. This is likely to be enough for fifth place on the medal table on both total medals and gold medals.\"\n\nUK Sport set a medal target of between 45 and 70. Team GB won 65 medals at London 2012, followed by 67 medals in Rio in 2016 - finishing second in the medal table.\n• None Belfast's Walsh into quarter-finals as Ireland sevens side bow out with win - NI day four at the Games\n\nDean's preparations for Tokyo were badly disrupted by Covid, as he lost more than six weeks of training after contracting the illness twice, leaving him struggling to walk up the stairs.\n\n\"When I was sitting in my flat in isolation, an Olympic gold seemed a million miles off,\" he said.\n\n\"I had Covid in September and the new year. The first time wasn't too bad. The second time I wasn't able to train and it was a slow build back into training.\"\n\nAbout 70 of Dean's friends and family gathered in his mum's garden in Maidenhead to watch the race in the early hours, with a video of their celebrations going viral.\n\nHis mum Jacquie Hughes told BBC One: \"We decided, because we couldn't be there, how nice would it be for Tom to know his family and friends were together watching him.\n\n\"We invited some members of the swimming club, some neighbours, and before we knew it there were 70 people in the garden watching on a big screen.\n\n\"It was so joyous and full of passion. It was lovely. I spoke to Tom this morning and he said he watched the video over and over again.\"\n\nDean's team-mate Scott was favourite going into the final after qualifying fastest, but was beaten to the touch in a tight finish.\n\nThe result is Britain's first swimming one-two in 113 years, with both men cheered on by Adam Peaty, who retained his 100m breaststroke title on Monday.\n\nTaylor-Brown battles rain, wind and wheel rims to take silver\n\nTaylor-Brown was 22 seconds off the four-strong leading pack going into the run of the triathlon, but reeled in all her rivals except for Bermuda's Flora Duffy to claim an emotional second place.\n\nIt is Britain's second triathlon silver after Alex Yee's success on Monday.\n\nThe 27-year-old revealed after the finish she had overcome a stress fracture to her leg to make the start line, passing a late fitness test a week before departing for Tokyo.\n\n\"My training had gone so well before then though, so that was a bit of a shock, but I knew I had all of that training in the bag,\" she said.\n\n\"I wanted to keep it private. You don't want to show your competitors your weaknesses.\"\n\nHer preparations for a race in hot, humid conditions were thrown by Tropical Storm Nepartak, which brought high winds and heavy rain to the event.\n\nThen, on the bike leg, she was up with the leaders before a flat rear tyre saw her slip back on the final kilometre of the 40km route.\n\nAfterwards, she said she \"panicked\" when the incident happened.\n\n\"I didn't know what to do, so I just rode out on the flat. It was panic mode but it paid off,\" she told BBC Sport.\n\nGold medallist Duffy's success marked a piece of history as Bermuda became the least populous nation to win an Olympic gold.\n\nWhat else has happened?\n• Naomi Osaka, who lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony, lost in the third round to Marketa Vondrousova.\n• women's footballers finished top of their group after to set up a quarter-final against Australia on Friday.\n• Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury through to the quarter-finals Liam Broady reached the third round of the men's singles.\n• men's rugby sevens side progressed to a semi-final against New Zealand in dramatic fashion, recovering from going 21-0 down against the USA to win 26-21.\n• Caroline Dubois advanced into the last 16 with a comprehensive victory in her opening lightweight contest. Pat McCormack made it into the last eight of the welterweight tournament, but Cheavon Clarke\n• Zoe Smith finished eighth in the final of the women's 59kg category and Sarah Davies followed that up with fifth place in the women's 64kg.\n• Kimberley Woods finished last in the canoe slalom final, after suffering an early penalty in her run.\n• men's hockey team suffered a sobering 5-1 defeat against Germany, denting a campaign that had begun with wins over South Africa and Canada.\n• Kathleen Dawson finished sixth in the 100m backstroke, while Freya Anderson missed out on qualifying for the 200m freestyle.\n\nWhen the medals were won\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "The birds were found in the exhaust pipe of a power unit on the Airbus A320 plane\n\nA pair of kestrel chicks are \"lucky\" to be alive after they were found nesting in a jet plane's exhaust system.\n\nThe birds had not eaten for several days when engineers spotted them in the Airbus A320 undergoing repairs in the Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nRSPCA Cymru later rescued them before they were sent to Gower Bird Hospital for rehabilitation.\n\nRSPCA Insp Simon Evans said: \"I have no doubt they were rescued just in the nick of time.\"\n\nHe added: \"Kestrels are less common than a lot of people think - but rescuing any animal from an aircraft is certainly a new one on me.\"\n\nKestrel numbers declined in the 1970s, with about 46,000 breeding pairs now in the UK.\n\nThe chicks had not eaten for days when they were discovered, the RSPCA said\n\n\"We're just so very lucky mechanics hadn't started the aircraft's engine or this would have ended in disaster,\" said Insp Evans.\n\nThe passenger aircraft had been on a runway at St Athan's Bro Tathan business park for almost a year, and had been brought into a hangar for repairs.\n\nDuring maintenance work technicians Umit Atas and Luciano \"Lucky\" Ferriera spotted two pairs of eyes from inside the exhaust of an auxiliary power unit.\n\nThe birds have since been nicknamed Umit and Lucky - after their rescuers.\n\nThe chicks were discovered in the A320's exhaust", "Teddy bears and flowers were left at the scene on Wednesday morning\n\nA 29-year-old woman is being questioned over the murder of a baby in north Belfast.\n\nThe woman is also being held over the attempted murder of another child, who is in intensive care in hospital.\n\nPolice were called to the house at Brompton Park in the Ardoyne area shortly after 20:00 BST on Tuesday and found the two injured children.\n\nDespite the efforts of the emergency services, the baby was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nOn Wednesday night, police said their investigation into \"last night's tragic events is progressing\".\n\nThey added that a post-mortem examination was expected to take place on Thursday.\n\nDet Ch Insp Millar said: \"A 29-year-woman who was also in the house has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and remains in custody at this time.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the baby's family, who are being supported by family liaison officers.\n\n\"While our investigation is at any early stage, I can confirm that at this stage, we are not looking for anyone else in relation to this tragic death.\"\n\nHe thanked the local community for their support and appealed for anyone with any information to contact police.\n\nJohn Finucane, the MP for the area, said it was \"difficult to comprehend\" what had happened.\n\nNorth Belfast MP John Finucane said it was difficult to comprehend what had happened\n\n\"It's a very tight knit community, houses are very close to each other, neighbours are very close to each other,\" he said.\n\n\"I think as the area tried to get to grips with what was unfolding before them, I think shock and a certain sense of numbness just befell everybody.\n\n\"It compounds the hurt when we're dealing with somebody so young.\n\n\"Our thoughts are obviously hoping to be very positive for the other child, who's critical.\n\nEmergency services were called to a house in Brompton Park shortly after 20:15 BST\n\n\"Again we just need to now allow the authorities to come in and do their process and carry out their investigation.\"\n\nSDLP MLA Nichola Mallon said that the \"highly distressing\" events had shocked the local community.\n\nShe said: \"It is important that the PSNI are given the space and full cooperation to fully investigate this terrible incident.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the wider family and we want to thank those residents who assisted the police at the scene tonight.\"\n\nPoliticians have urged people to allow the police to carry out their investigation\n\nPeople Before Profit councillor Fiona Ferguson said the news was \"truly devastating\".\n\n\"A wave of shock began in Brompton Park last night and spread out across north Belfast,\" she said.\n\n\"After something so shocking, community solidarity, community support, rallying around each other is going to be absolutely paramount.\n\n\"I saw a number of people say last night that this is a community that's resilient and certainly this is a community that has seen a lot and has an incredible amount of community spirit.\n\n\"It's undoubtedly the case that they're going to need that now in terms of moving past this.\"", "Iraq's prime minister says there is no need for any foreign combat forces on Iraqi soil\n\nPresident Joe Biden says US forces will end their combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year, but will continue to train and advise the Iraqi military.\n\nThe announcement came after Mr Biden held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House.\n\nThere are currently 2,500 US troops in Iraq helping local forces counter what remains of the Islamic State group.\n\nNumbers of US troops are likely to stay the same but the move is being seen as an attempt to help the Iraqi PM.\n\nThe US presence in Iraq has become a major issue since top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and the leader of an Iran-backed Shia Muslim militia were killed in a US drone strike in the capital Baghdad last year.\n\nPolitical parties aligned to Iran have demanded the withdrawal of all forces from the US-led global coalition against IS, despite the continuing threat posed by the Sunni jihadist group.\n\nShia militias have meanwhile been accused by the US of carrying out hundreds of rocket, mortar and drone attacks on Iraqi military bases that host coalition forces in an apparent attempt to pressure them to leave.\n\nFor the US president, the announcement marks the end of another war that began under former President George W Bush. This year he said US troops would leave Afghanistan.\n\nSpeaking at the White House, Mr Biden told his Iraqi counterpart \"our counter-terrorism co-operation will continue even as we shift to this new phase.\"\n\nMr Kadhimi responded: \"Today our relationship is stronger than ever. Our co-operation is for the economy, the environment, health, education, culture and more.\" He has insisted no foreign combat troops are needed in Iraq.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003 to overthrow President Saddam Hussein and eliminate weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.\n\nThen President George W Bush promised a \"free and peaceful Iraq\", but it was engulfed by a bloody sectarian insurgency.\n\nUS combat troops eventually withdrew in 2011. However, they returned at the request of the Iraqi government three years later, when IS militants overran large parts of the country.\n\nFollowing the military defeat of IS in Iraq at the end of 2017, US forces remained to help prevent a resurgence of the group.\n\n\"Our role in Iraq will be dealing with being available to continue to train, to assist, to help and deal with ISIS as it arrives,\" Mr Biden added at the meeting.\n\n\"But we're not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission.\"\n\nThe BBC's Frank Gardner says the risk of IS once again sweeping aside the Iraqi army is reduced for several reasons.\n\nThe political situation in Iraq is more acceptable to the country's competing ethnic groups than it was in 2014.\n\nThe US-led coalition has spent a lot of time and effort in training up Iraq's counter-insurgency forces, and the IS leadership currently appears to be more focused on exploiting the ungoverned spaces in Africa and Afghanistan, our correspondent adds.\n\nEver since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 it has been trying to evict US forces from its neighbourhood and become the premier power in the region.\n\nIt has had little success in the Arab Gulf states where mistrust of Tehran runs deep and where the US military has facilities in all six countries.\n\nBut the US-led toppling of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq removed the most effective obstacle to Iranian expansion, and Tehran has not passed up on the opportunity since then. It has successfully inserted its Shia militias into the fabric of Iraq's security establishment, and its allies have a powerful voice in parliament.\n\nSyria's civil war has opened the door for a major Iranian military presence there, while next door in Lebanon Iran's ally Hezbollah has become the most potent force in the country.\n\nIran is playing the long game. Its leaders hope that if it keeps up the pressure, both overt and covert, it will eventually make the Middle East a region not worth America's effort to stay engaged in, militarily.\n\nHence the frequent rocket attacks on US bases and Iran's support for civil protest calling for US troops to leave.\n\nAn agreement that sees the end of US combat operations in Iraq will be seen by many in Tehran as a step in the right direction.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. American gymnast Simone Biles was praised for prioritising \"mental wellness over all else\" after pulling out of the Olympic women's team final. The head of the US Olympic team, many gymnasts, and other sportspeople were among those to praise Biles' decision. The 24-year-old withdrew from the event after her vault, saying: \"I have to focus on my mental health.\" \"You've made us so proud,\" said Sarah Hirshland, chief executive of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee. \"We applaud your decision to prioritise your mental wellness over all else and offer you the full support and resources of our Team USA community as you navigate the journey ahead.\" The US were favourites for gold after winning five successive world titles - in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019 - in addition to back-to-back Olympic gold medals in London and Rio. After scoring 13.766 - her lowest Olympic vault score - Biles left the arena, but returned to support her team-mates as they took silver behind the Russian Olympic Committee, with Great Britain claiming bronze. Biles is a 30-time Olympic and World Championship medallist, and needs four podium finishes in Tokyo to become the most decorated gymnast - male or female - in history. She is widely referred to as the 'GOAT' (Greatest Of All Time). Jamaica gymnast Danusia Francis said: \"Don't know about you but I think Simone Biles just empowered everyone to put their mental wellbeing above everything else. What a queen. GOAT in more ways than one.\" Former Great Britain gymnast Beth Tweddle, a bronze medallist in 2012, said on BBC One: \"Since 2013 she's been undefeated in the all-around so every competition she goes in, everyone expects her to be perfection, and it's just not possible. \"She was strong enough to say: 'I'm just not right today and I've got the belief in the rest of the girls. They know they can step up, that they can do their routines.' \"And she went back in, she was their chief cheerleader, and she was getting the chalk for them. That shows how much of a leader she is, to be able to make that decision. 'It all came crashing down' - Mears on his post-Olympic depression \"We have got to make sure that the health and wellbeing of every athlete is the main priority.\" France gymnast Melanie de Jesus dos Santos said: \"We are not used to seeing Simone Biles like this. I would like to say that it is not easy because she is Simone Biles and everyone is watching her. It's so difficult psychologically for her.\" Japan gymnast Mai Murakami added: \"This is very unusual for her, but if you're under a lot of pressure it can affect your body.\" Second place brought Biles her sixth Olympic medal, and she also won 19 world titles between 2013 and 2019. She has reached all five individual finals in Tokyo and is undecided on whether she will compete in her next event on Thursday, when she will attempt to become the first woman to retain the Olympic all-around title since 1968. \"We're going to see,\" she said. \"We're going to take it a day at a time and see what happens.\" Jordan Chiles, 20, replaced Biles in the women's team final, and said: \"That was a huge thing. Those were definitely some big shoes that I had to fill and I'm very happy that I was able to do that. \"Yes, she is the GOAT. I was able to show the world that not only can you fill amazing people's shoes but we also did this together as well.\" Team-mate Sunisa Lee, 18, added: \"We were all so stressed. We honestly didn't know in that moment. She's freaking Simone Biles. She carries the team basically. \"When we kind of had to step up to the plate and do what we had to do, it was very hard and stressful. But I'm very proud of us because we did that.\" After returning to the arena, Simone Biles cheered on her team-mates and celebrated USA's silver medal with her replacement Jordan Chiles Former Olympic champion and retired US gymnast Aly Raisman said: \"I feel sick to my stomach. It's horrible. I know that all of these athletes dream of this moment for their whole entire lives so I'm just completely devastated and just hoping Simone's OK. \"It's just so much pressure, and I've been watching how much pressure has been on her in the months leading up to the Games - and it's just devastating. \"Just a friendly reminder: Olympic athletes are human and they're doing the best they can. It's really hard to peak at the right moment and do the routine of your life under such pressure.\" Messages of support for Biles also came from other athletes - and figures outside sport. Boxer Manny Pacquiao said \"once a champion, always a champion\", while US alpine skier and two-time Olympic gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin added: \"Keep whipping out that smile of yours cause it is undeniably golden.\" Karl-Anthony Towns of NBA side Minnesota Timberwolves sent \"nothing but love and positivity\", while retired US figure skater Adam Rippon said: \"I can't imagine the pressure Simone has been feeling. Sending her so much love. It's easy to forget she's still human.\" Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said: \"Gratitude and support are what Simone Biles deserves. Still the GOAT and we are all just lucky to be able to see her in action.\" Unicef USA tweeted: \"Thank you for being a role model and showing the world it's OK to prioritise your mental health.\"\n• None The life and legacy of one of the UK's greatest talents: Join us for a celebration of Amy Winehouse", "The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed that theatres and concert venues can reopen from 18:00 on Tuesday.\n\nMinisters met earlier after delaying the decision, saying they wanted more information about risks.\n\nThere have been other modest changes to Covid-19 restrictions, including an increase in the number of people who can meet indoors.\n\nTen people from three households will also be allowed to meet inside a home.\n\nAs part of the move to allow theatres and concert venues to reopen, the executive has agreed live music will be permitted for rehearsals and performances with no restriction to background ambient levels of volume.\n\nAudience members must purchase tickets in advance, must have allocated seating and social distancing of 1m (3ft) will be required.\n\nÁine McCarron, marketing officer at the Playhouse in Londonderry, said she was delighted by the news.\n\n\"It's music to my ears, I just can't believe it that we have finally been given the go ahead,\" Ms McCarron told BBC News NI.\n\nShe said it was now important to \"build confidence among audience members who come through our doors\".\n\n\"We can very easily sit people 1m apart under our seating place and we can contract trace because we operate through a booking system already,\" she said.\n\nThe Lyric Theatre will be operating at a third of overall capacity for Tuesday's production of Dracula\n\nJulie McKegney, head of customer services at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, said the industry had \"been waiting for this news since March 2020\".\n\nThe theatre will be operating at a third of its overall capacity for Tuesday's production of Dracula.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Evening Extra, Ms McKegney said there would be requirements for guests to follow upon entry.\n\n\"They'll come in to the box office here that's behind perspex screens, where they'll be directed over to a sign-in point with their QR code - that's mandatory,\" she said.\n\n\"All venues have to take details of a person's first name, surname, a method of contact and a time and date of when they were in attendance for track and trace purposes.\"\n\nHowever, Belfast singer-songwriter Sir Van Morrison, who has been an outspoken critic of the Northern Ireland Executive's coronavirus restrictions, described Monday's announcement as \"shambolic\".\n\nSir Van Morrison had to cancel a series of gigs in Belfast last month due to Covid-19 restrictions\n\n\"The announcement has come so late in the day that it's a kick in the teeth,\" Sir Van said.\n\n\"Cancelled concerts that were planned for this week could have gone ahead.\n\n\"Regrettably like many other sectors, there's been no advance warning, no plan or roadmap for the industry.\n\n\"Stormont have lost the confidence in the public and are clearly deaf to our industry when making decisions.\"\n\nCommunities Minister Deirdre Hargey welcomed the return of theatres and concerts.\n\nShe said: \"I expect all venue promoters to have safety measures in place to ensure that staff and audiences are in a Covid safe environment.\n\n\"I believe that equality of access to the arts, be that through participation or as a member of the audience, is crucial and I look forward to attending a performance in the time ahead.\"\n\nMs Hargey said she will meet with the chairwoman of the Culture, Arts and Heritage Recovery Taskforce later in the week to discuss financial support for the sector.\n\nTen people from three households will be allowed to meet inside a home, with children aged 12 and under not counting towards that total.\n\nPreviously the rules permitted six people from two households to meet inside, with up to 10 people allowed if one household was bigger than six people.\n\nMinisters also agreed that people attending religious services will not have to wear face coverings during the service\n\nThe Northern Ireland Executive also agreed that people attending religious services will not have to wear face coverings during the service. It will be guidance only to wear a covering.\n\nIt will still be a legal requirement to masks when entering and exiting the building.\n\nMinisters will also strongly advise their use when singing or when moving around during services.\n\nThis all amounts to another move towards life after lockdown - changes that will be very welcome in different parts of society.\n\nThere will be relief in the arts sector - it means indoor plays, concerts and other performances can at last go ahead with restrictions.\n\nThis is another step towards the life we all used to lead but in the background there is concern about the rising number of Covid cases.\n\nIt is a day about change but there is still much caution in the air.\n\nEarlier on Monday other rules changed, including allowing 15 people from unlimited households to meet outdoors and close-contact services being allowed to operate without the need for pre-booked appointments.\n\nThe executive will meet again on Thursday to consider other Covid-19 restrictions.\n\nIt comes as another 639 positive cases were reported by the Department of Health on Monday.", "Billionaire investor and former Donald Trump adviser Thomas Barrack has pleaded not guilty to charges of acting as an agent of a foreign government.\n\nMr Barrack, 74, was a key aide to Mr Trump during his 2016 campaign.\n\nHe has been accused of illegally lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during and after the election, as well as lying to the FBI.\n\nMr Barrack entered his not guilty plea during his first court appearance on Monday in New York City.\n\nThe ex-Trump official faces federal charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements to the FBI during a 2019 interview. He was arrested in California last week.\n\nAs he left court on Monday, Mr Barrack told reporters: \"As you'd expect, the system is working... you'll all see that I'm 100% innocent.\"\n\nOn Monday Matthew Grimes, a former executive at Mr Barrack's company, also pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal lobbying. A UAE citizen, Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, 43, was charged as well and remains at large.\n\nThe three men are accused of unlawfully trying to promote UAE government interests by using Mr Barrack's connections to influence officials and media appearances.\n\nThey also allegedly promoted the candidacy of a UAE-favoured individual as US ambassador to Abu Dhabi.\n\nMr Barrack, who also served as Mr Trump's inaugural committee chairman, had been friends with the former president for four decades.\n\nThe wealthy investor is the latest ex-Trump aide to face criminal charges, like former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump Organization lawyer Michael Cohen.\n\nHis next court appearance is 2 September.\n\nMr Barrack is currently free on a $250m (£180m) bond, but must wear an electronic GPS ankle bracelet, restrict his travel and follow a curfew.", "The young boy facing the camera spoke with a smile, but everyone could see the steeliness in his eyes.\n\n\"I want to get to the Olympics and win a gold medal,\" Tom Daley told the BBC in 2005. He was holding a picture he'd made - a drawing of himself doing a handstand on the 10m diving platform at the London Games, then still seven years away.\n\n\"If I wasn't to win, it would drive me on to be at the next Olympics and get that medal then.\"\n\nDaley was just 11 when he stated that mission.\n\nSixteen years later and his dream was finally achieved. He and Matty Lee secured a historic synchronised 10m platform Olympic title at Tokyo 2020.\n\nDuring the medal ceremony tears poured from his eyes at the enormity of it all.\n\nAnd what a journey it has been. This is the story of Tom Daley's path to gold medal glory.\n\nThis achievement in Tokyo and others - including becoming world champion at 15 and twice winning Olympic bronze - owe much to a remarkable resolve that's also helped him overcome struggles away from the pool.\n\nGrowing up, he was bullied at school. In 2011, his father died at the age of 40. He feared the consequences of revealing his sexuality before coming out in 2013.\n\nDaley is Britain's most decorated diver, but he possesses a level of fame that far transcends his discipline. He has become one of sport's highest-profile gay athletes, a role model for others in the LGBTQ+ community. He has suffered several media run-ins during the course of a life lived under the spotlight.\n\nNow aged 27 and a father himself, he says he finds it \"crazy\" to see how \"focused and obsessed\" he was as a child.\n\n\"If my son was talking like that at the same age, I'd be like 'wow, calm down, take your time, enjoy it,'\" he told BBC Sport. \"But clearly there was just something in me that wanted it so much.\"\n\nTokyo - his fourth Olympics - arguably represented his last realistic chance to claim it. While that same dream drove him today, parenthood and his partner helped give him a new perspective, on both triumph and trauma.\n\n\"I thought I was going to win an Olympic gold medal in Rio, and that turned out the complete opposite by a long shot,\" recalls the diver. \"It felt like the end of the world.\n\n\"Now my world and structure is my family and it was my husband who said to me that my story wasn't finished.\n\n\"Although we didn't know it at the time, my son (Robbie) needed to see me win an Olympic gold and the fact that I can say that my son watched me become Olympic champion - albeit on TV as they couldn't be here - is such a great feeling.\"\n\nDaley has always lived and breathed for the Olympics. He vividly recalls the efforts he went to, as an 11-year-old, to watch the men's synchronised 10m platform final during Athens 2004, when Leon Taylor and Pete Waterfield won silver for Britain.\n\n\"We were on holiday in our caravan and everyone was going to the kids' clubs but I was determined to stay in and watch the diving so I was leaning out of the window with the aerial to try to get a better signal,\" he recalls while laughing.\n\nFour years later, Daley was already gaining more attention than his \"idols\" ever had. He had qualified for Beijing 2008, aged 13, and cameras were trained on his every move.\n\nHe didn't challenge for medals in China, but the crowd loved watching the young teenager - cheering on 'baby Daley' throughout the event. A star was born. But back home, it wasn't all easy.\n\n\"Some people at my school were so happy for me, but others started being really horrible and I was bullied,\" he says.\n\n\"For a long time, I just kept quiet about it, but I bottled up so much that eventually I just couldn't train and it drained me so much mentally until I had nothing left.\n\n\"It got to a point where I was always embarrassed to talk about diving and I couldn't take a compliment, because whenever someone said something nice, I had this fear I was going to be mocked.\"\n\nIt left Daley wanting to be home schooled. Instead he was offered the chance to join Plymouth College towards the end of his first year of GCSEs, a month before the 2009 World Championships.\n\nIn Rome, the revitalised 15-year-old graduated from medal contender to fully grown champion.\n\nWhile his landmark performance in the 10m platform was striking, what happened in the hour after was perhaps even more memorable. Daley rolls his eyes, but also smiles, when recalling the now infamous press conference.\n\n\"I remember seeing my dad sneak in with a BBC journalist and he had this beaming smile,\" he recalls.\n\n\"He put his hand up and said: 'I'm Rob, Tom's dad, and I want a cuddle.' I remember thinking: 'Oh my god...'\"\n\nIn the footage, Daley can be heard muttering \"dad, this is so embarrassing\" as he gingerly makes his way around the media scrum to his father - and another hoard of cameras.\n\n\"I remember him saying: 'Tom I took you to all of your training sessions, taught you to ride a bike, I changed your nappies when you were a kid.' He said it was the proudest moment of his life to see his son become world champion.\n\n\"When I look back, it was a very special moment as we'd achieved it together, and now as a father myself, I completely understand why he was so emotional.\"\n\nWhat few knew then was that Rob had been diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2006 and he appreciated not only how special these moments were, but also how precious time with his son was.\n\nMonths after Daley's success, the family learned that despite having surgery to remove 80% of the tumour three years earlier, Rob was no longer in remission.\n\nOn Friday 27 May 2011, exactly 14 months before the London 2012 Olympics began, Rob died peacefully with his family by his side.\n\n\"In a way, if he hadn't had that brain tumour, we perhaps wouldn't have been as close. We developed this great connection,\" says Daley.\n\n\"The heartbreaking thing is that the last few days, all he was asking me about were: 'Have we got tickets for London 2012 yet? Did we win the ballots, are we able to get in?'\n\n\"He was so excited about being able to see me compete and it's surreal to think of all the things he's missed.\"\n\nGrief impacts people in different ways and looking back now, more than a decade on, Daley believes he \"didn't handle it in the healthiest of ways\" at the time.\n\n\"My dad died on a Friday and I was at training on the Saturday morning, and then the funeral was on a Wednesday. I left the wake halfway through to travel and go compete at the national championships,\" he says with a shake of the head.\n\n\"Now looking back on it as an older athlete, there are more important things to life than diving, but then I knew the London Olympics was this big thing that my dad and I had always dreamed of, and there was all the motivation in the world to go be on the podium in 2012.\"\n\nAfter the loss of his father, Daley took on new responsibility as the \"man of the house\" and helped his mum, Debbie, by driving his younger brothers to school and their rugby training.\n\nHeading into his home Games, there were constant media questions about his state of mind. Comments made by British Diving's performance director added further pressure.\n\nAlexei Evangulov demanded he lose weight and also publicly criticised the diver by suggesting he might become 'Britain's Anna Kournikova' - referencing the Russian former tennis player turned model whose sporting career was said to have been damaged by media distraction.\n\nDespite \"so much pressure\", Daley delivered a brilliant bronze, which effectively saved his sport by securing the squad funding for the four years leading into Rio 2016.\n\n\"Looking back I sometimes wonder: 'Was that my time? Could it have been gold?' But there are so few people who get to become an Olympian, let alone an Olympic medallist, and to have won a bronze in front of a home crowd, I have to be proud,\" he says.\n\nDaley paid tribute to his father in his post-event interviews, but only finally allowed himself to fully grieve in the months following.\n\n\"It all hit me after the Olympics. There was this massive crash,\" he says.\n\n\"I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life any more, as London 2012 was all I'd had in my book - and for a few months I actually quit diving.\"\n\nAt this time, Daley was seeing a therapist in an attempt to overcome the \"terror\" he was experiencing when performing his 'twister' dive. A real fear had developed since camera flashes forced him to request a re-dive while performing the routine in the Olympic final.\n\nHe was also plagued by a persistent triceps injury tear, frustrated by 'fake news' stories in the press about his purchasing habits and was aware that certain people were keen to 'out' him at a time when he was still processing thoughts about his sexuality.\n\nAged 19, Daley returned to compete at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, re-tore his triceps, finished sixth and then took a trip to Los Angeles. It changed his life.\n\n\"The difficult thing I found growing up was that there are so many conflicting thoughts and feelings, and I had to live all of that out in the public eye,\" he says.\n\n\"Figuring out your sexuality is quite difficult in any way, let alone doing it under constant scrutiny and people asking constant questions and trying to figure out things.\"\n\nDaley met his now husband, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer Dustin Lance Black, while in the United States. A \"huge weight\" was soon lifted off his shoulders.\n\n\"Meeting Lance and then coming out in 2013 changed everything,\" he says. \"It allowed me to stop worrying, stop being scared and to just be me.\"\n\nFollowing a move to London, and with Jane Figueiredo as his new coach, the medals began to flow once more. A third career Commonwealth gold at Glasgow 2014 was followed by a team title as well as individual bronze at the 2015 Worlds.\n\nIn 2016, Daley entered what he felt would be his \"peak Olympics\" in Rio as one of the gold medal favourites. He warmed up for his individual event with an impressive bronze alongside new synchronised 10m partner Dan Goodfellow.\n\nBefore he competed again, team-mates Jack Laugher and Chris Mears made history by becoming Britain's first-ever Olympic diving champions - with Laugher also adding an individual 3m silver.\n\n\"When Jack and Chris won Olympic gold medal, I was like 'OMG that is my biggest dream' so I didn't get my escape strategy right and I had no mental break from everything that was going on,\" Daley says.\n\n\"After Jack won the silver, I was like, right this is my time now!\"\n\nDespite setting a new Olympic record total of 571.85 in the preliminaries, later that day the diving world was left stunned as Daley failed to reach a major final for the first time in his career. Five years on, he's still unable to explain exactly what happened.\n\n\"My nervous system, erm, my mind and body connect wasn't, erm, there,\" Daley says, uncharacteristically flustered as he watches back footage from the event for the first time.\n\n\"I've kind of blanked this out and there's still no sense in it. Sometimes I think maybe I should have stayed in the ice bath longer, or had a recovery drink at a different time, but sometimes you just have to say it was a bad day.\"\n\nIn the post-event interviews, he tearfully vowed to return for the Tokyo Games. But redemption of a sort would come far sooner - 12 months later, he delivered arguably the greatest performance of his career so far to secure a first individual world title since 2009.\n\nThe following year, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he used the platform victory gave him to speak out on issues beyond sport.\n\nInspired by his husband's activism around LGBTQ+ issues and campaigns, he called on Commonwealth countries to decriminalise homosexuality, stating that it was illegal for athletes competing in 37 of the 53 nations at the Games (70%) to be in a relationship with someone of the same sex.\n\n\"We have to talk about these things and shine a light on them in order to get change,\" he says now.\n\nDaley struggled with pneumonia, concussion and a stress fracture that year. He contemplated his future in diving, but the arrival of son Robbie revitalised him.\n\n\"Back in 2016, it felt like the end of the world,\" he says. \"Now I wish I could go back and tell myself: 'You're going to get married, have a beautiful son and things are going to get much better.'\"\n\nHowever, now 27, the daily impact of throwing his body from 10m and hitting the water at 35mph has undeniably taken its toll. Having once been the 'baby' of the team, Daley now describes himself as the \"grandad\".\n\nThe five-time European champion has taken up mindfulness, yoga and gyrotonics in a bid to prolong his career, which has been extended by at least 12 months by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"I knew going into Rio that if I'd won the Olympic gold medal it would have been my last dive,\" states Daley, who will compete individually as well as alongside new synchronised partner Matty Lee in Tokyo.\n\nNow though he is \"almost relieved\" to have had five extra \"bonus\" years in the sport and arrived in Japan \"mentally stronger\" than at any point in his life.\n\nSo, to Tokyo. Daley had long spoken about preferring to face dominant Chinese rivals in outdoor venues where the sun, wind, fluctuating crowd noises add variables to competition.\n\nThe indoor spectator-less Tokyo Olympic Aquatics Centre was seen as the perfect setting for the East Asian athletes to dominate with their style which he has previously described as \"almost robotic.\"\n\nAs expected, the defending Olympic and current world champions Chen Aisen and Cao Yuan began the synchronised 10m final strongly and looked to be going clear of their rivals at the halfway stage.\n\nDaley curled his lip as the scoreboard revealed the situation. They had been good, but not good enough for gold. He and Lee shared a brief look and nodded. They knew they had more to give.\n\nA brilliant dive followed in the fourth round and the British pair edged to within a point of their rivals with their penultimate routine.\n\nDaley and Lee produced their greatest dive - 101.01 - in the final round.\n\n2004 Olympic silver medallists Leon Taylor, who mentored Daley earlier in his career, erupted with excitement on commentary, calling the gold for Britain - before pausing and realising that while a high three-digit score was improbable, it wasn't impossible from the Chinese.\n\nDaley was nervous. The traditionally measured, calm and 'in control' diver had disappeared and, in his place, stood a man with little composure who was fidgeting.\n\nHe was anxious, jumping like a worried child. He'd been here before, waiting for judges to decide his fate - but this time was different. It was likely to be his last chance for gold.\n\nMoments later as the Chinese total was revealed, Daley leapt on to partner Lee and the tears began to flow. Not just from Daley though, but most of his team-mates, coaches and the Team GB support staff were all wiping their eyes.\n\n\"I've been diving for 20 years now and I honestly still can't believe what's happened,\" he told me moments after receiving the medal he has craved since childhood.\n\nThis was a victory for two British divers and a first-ever Olympic title for the nation in the synchronised 10m event.\n\nBut it was also much more.\n\nIt was also the completion of a journey he began with his late father over two decades ago. It was also a statement about the importance of inclusion and overcoming adversity.\n\n\"When I was a little boy, I felt like an outsider and different,\" began Daley. \"I felt I was never going to be anything because who I was wasn't what society wanted me to be.\n\n\"I hope that seeing LGBT people performing at the Olympic Games gives young kids belief and means they won't feel so frightened, scared and alone.\n\n\"Whoever you are, no matter where you come from, you can become an Olympic champion - because I did it.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Darren George is recovering from his injuries in hospital\n\nA man who was hit by a car when it crashed into a crowd in a pub beer garden says he is \"happy to be alive\".\n\nDarren George, 30, remains in hospital with leg fractures and ankle breaks after Thursday's Windsor pub crash in Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nHe was one of five pedestrians taken to hospital after the 79-year-old driver suffered what police said was a \"medical episode\" at the wheel.\n\nMr George said the incident was \"one of those freak things\".\n\nPolice advised people to avoid Pontyclun after the serious incident on Thursday\n\n\"I'm happy to be alive and happy to still have my leg,\" said Mr George, who is the only pedestrian injured in the crash who remains in hospital.\n\nThe force said the investigation into what happened was ongoing and no arrests had been made.\n\nRecalling the events of that night, Mr George said he had joined friends for a drink and to enjoy the warm weather because he was due to be working away in Exeter for a few weeks.\n\nHe said one of his friends had only just bought him a second pint of beer when he spotted the car.\n\n\"I've looked up and seen that car coming over the bridge and seen him coming across the wrong side of the road and narrowly missing a car and coming down the pavement,\" he said.\n\n\"I turned to my friend Dean and said, 'look at this mad one by here'.\"\n\nThe car crashed into the pub in the centre of the village as customers enjoyed Wales' hottest day of 2021\n\nHe said when he turned back to look at the car it was coming \"foot down, straight at us\".\n\n\"I remember just rolling and my face being up against the Windsor wall and then being back on my feet hobbling away and seeing people on the floor,\" he said.\n\n\"As I've gone to walk towards the car, I've felt pain in my leg and looked down and all I could see was my calf muscle hanging out of my leg. I thought 'that's going to hurt'.\"\n\nMr George said he initially felt angry and went to confront the driver assuming he must have been drunk, but realised he too was badly injured.\n\nHe said he has since found out the driver had become unwell at the wheel which caused the crash.\n\nA couple of Mr George's friends were also hurt, but he suffered the most significant injuries.\n\nHe said in the \"chaos\" that ensued after the crash he was helped by strangers.\n\nThe crash happened in the early evening, when many people were having a drink in the beer garden\n\n\"Some guys who came to help me out were ex-military. One of them was superb.\n\n\"One of them said he'd been on one or two tours of Afghanistan and knew exactly what to do. He kept me really calm and had a bit of a laugh with me and did what he needed to do to make sure I didn't lose my leg. He was brilliant.\"\n\nDarren George says he expects to undergo further surgery in the coming days\n\nHe is feeling positive about his recovery: \"Lucky the worst of it happened to me because I'm a bit younger than everyone else. I'm not going to bounce back from it, but I'll recover.\n\n\"It's also lucky how I was sitting. If I'd been sitting with my back to it, anything could have happened then - the worst probably.\"\n\nMr George said he expects to remain in hospital for at least the rest of the week and will undergo further surgery in the coming days.\n\nHe said the crash had put his plans to join the Royal Logistics Corps as a heavy goods vehicles driver on hold.\n\n\"What can you do? It's just one of those freak things,\" he said.", "The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, almost 20 years after being ousted by a US-led military coalition.\n\nEmboldened by the withdrawal of US troops, they now control all key cities in the country, including Kabul.\n\nThe Taliban took some areas from government by force. In other areas, the Afghan National Army withdrew without a shot being fired.\n\nAlthough renewed clashes had been going on for several weeks, from 6 August the Taliban made a more rapid advance across the country, as they took control of provincial cities.\n\nThe maps below start in early July and show the 400 or so government districts as they fell to the Taliban.\n\nUS forces based outside Afghanistan had launched air strikes against Taliban positions earlier last week, but they failed to slow the advance of the insurgents.\n\nAlthough most US troops left in July, several thousand returned to Kabul at the weekend to help evacuate American and allied personnel from the capital.\n\nThe airport in the capital was the only official route out of the country after the Taliban took control of all the major border crossings.\n\nCustoms duty on goods entering the country via crossings they control is now collected by the Taliban - although exact amounts are unclear as the volume of trade has fallen as a result of the fighting.\n\nBut, Islam Qala on the border with Iran was, for example, capable of generating more than $20 million per month.\n\nDisruption to the flow of imports and exports has affected prices of essential goods in the markets - fuel and foodstuffs in particular.\n\nUS troops and their Nato and regional allies forced the Taliban from power in November 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US.\n\nBut despite a continued international presence in the region, billions of dollars of support and training for the Afghan government forces, the Taliban regrouped and gradually regained strength in more remote areas.\n\nA BBC study in 2017 showed the Taliban were in full control of a number of districts. But the research also showed they were active in many other parts of the country, mounting weekly or monthly attacks in some areas, suggesting significantly higher strength than previous estimates.\n\nIn 2017 about 15 million people - half the population - were reported to be living in areas either controlled by the Taliban or where the Taliban were openly present.", "A decision is due to be made next week on whether the major remaining restriction will be lifted from 9 August\n\nThere are \"strong grounds for hope\" that Scotland will be able to remove most of its remaining Covid rules next month, the first minister has said.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the country was in a much better place now than it was earlier this month, when it had the highest virus rate in Europe.\n\nMs Sturgeon is due to decide next week whether to remove all of the major level zero rules from 9 August.\n\nShe told a government briefing that she was optimistic this would happen.\n\nBut she stressed that a \"sensible degree of continued caution\" would be needed to ensure the progress that has been made in recent weeks is not reversed.\n\nCase numbers in Scotland have more than halved over the past three weeks, with a daily average of 1,523 new cases last week compared to 3,305 in the week up to 2 July.\n\nThe average test positivity rate has also fallen from more than 10% at the start of the month to 7% - with the 5.6% recorded on Tuesday the lowest daily figure since the middle of June.\n\nThere had been five Scottish council areas among the 10 worst Covid hotspots across the UK at the start of July, but Ms Sturgeon said none are currently listed in the top 150.\n\nAnd more than four million people have now received their first vaccination dose, with 3.1 million having had both doses. This has been credited with limiting the number of people being hospitalised with the virus.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the uptake figures for the vaccination programme had been \"quite extraordinary\" despite concern at the apparent reluctance of some younger people to have the jab.\n\nShe added: \"We have seen some very positive development recently and that certainly gives me grounds for optimism that we will be able to continue our progress out of restrictions.\n\n\"That said, we do still need to be cautious. It's good that cases are lower than they were three weeks ago - that comes as a relief to all of us - but they are still nine times higher than they were at the start of May and we know that the Delta variant is significantly more infectious.\n\n\"So just as a sensible degree of caution up to now has helped us get case numbers back on a downward path, a sensible degree of continued caution in the period ahead will help avoid sending that progress into reverse.\"\n\nMore than four million people in Scotland have had at least one dose of a vaccine\n\nMs Sturgeon also encouraged pregnant women to have the vaccine, saying there was \"overwhelming\" evidence from around the world that it was safe.\n\nAnd she said Scotland's chief medical officer would be writing to the JCVI about its current advice that the vaccine should only be given to under-18s in the UK if they have underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk from the virus.\n\nThe expert group is continuing to assess the situation, with several other European countries now vaccinating all children over the age of 12.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the issue was more pressing in Scotland because schools are due to return after the summer holidays next month.\n\nShe said it would be \"very controversial\" to go against JCVI advice, but added: \"I think it understands how anxious all governments across the UK are to make sure we get this right.\n\n\"If we are going to end up in a position of vaccinating young people, we end up there sooner rather than later.\"\n\nThe first minister also said she would set out next week whether secondary pupils and staff will still have to wear face coverings, and whether there will be any changes to the self-isolation rules in schools.\n\nEvery area of Scotland is currently under the lowest level zero restrictions of the country's five-tier system, with Ms Sturgeon due to confirm next Tuesday whether the remaining major restrictions - such as nightclubs being closed - will be lifted.\n\nHowever, she has already signalled that people will have to continue wearing face coverings in indoor settings such as shops.\n\nAnd the government will not advise an immediate return to full office working on 9 August.", "Instagram has made new under-16s' accounts private by default so only approved followers can see posts and \"like\" or comment.\n\nTests showed only one in five opted for a public account when the private setting was the default, it said.\n\nAnd existing account holders would be sent a notification \"highlighting the benefits\" of switching to private.\n\nBut Instagram also said it was pushing ahead with new apps for under-13s, despite a backlash from some groups.\n\n\"The reality is that they are already online and, with no foolproof way to stop people from misrepresenting their age, we want to build experiences designed specifically for them, managed by parents and guardians,\" parent company Facebook said.\n\nAlthough it was also developing artificial-intelligence systems to find and remove under-age accounts.\n\nThe upcoming Online Safety Bill puts the onus on technology giants to ensure sufficient safeguards to prevent children accessing potentially harmful content.\n\nIn response, it has developed a range of child-protection measures.\n\nIn March, it announced older users would be able to message teenagers who already followed them only.\n\nBut the system relies on the age listed in the account - something younger users may lie about to avoid such restrictions.\n\nInstagram said its latest updates were about \"striking the right balance\".\n\n\"Historically, we asked young people to choose between a public account or a private account when they signed up for Instagram but our recent research showed that they appreciate a more private experience,\" the company said.\n\nAnother of its changes - preventing accounts showing \"potentially suspicious behaviour\" such as recently having been blocked from messaging or following children's accounts - would make them \"difficult to find for certain adults\", Instagram said.\n\nMeanwhile, \"a more precautionary approach\" will see advertisers able to target children based on only age, gender, and location, rather than interests and web-browsing habits.\n\nAnd while defending targeted ads in general and the optout features it has for some types, Instagram said: \"We have heard from youth advocates that young people may not be well equipped to make these decisions.\"", "Senior cabinet ministers are discussing whether to allow fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US to avoid quarantine when they arrive in England.\n\nA review of the border rules is due by 31 July - the second date in the Department for Transport's plan for a safe return to international travel.\n\nThe government's Covid Operations committee was due to meet on Wednesday morning.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said a decision would be taken shortly.\n\nCurrently, people who have been fully vaccinated in the UK do not have to quarantine when travelling from the US and EU, apart from France, because those places are on the amber list (and some EU countries are on the green list). But that exemption does not apply to people who have been vaccinated outside the UK.\n\nDowning Street and the Department for Transport declined to comment on newspaper reports the government would go ahead with the plan to also exempt people vaccinated in the US and EU.\n\nThe travel industry has been pushing for this change in the rules so that people living abroad can more easily come to the UK for holidays or to visit loved ones.\n\n\"At the moment we're in this slightly ridiculous situation where if I'm on a plane from Spain, because I'm lucky enough to have had two jabs, once we get to the UK I just wander off, no problem,\" said travel expert Simon Calder.\n\n\"But the person sitting next to me, who happens to have had their vaccinations in Spain, not in the UK, has to go and sit in a room for 10 days. Doesn't make sense.\"\n\nThe aviation industry is also calling for a change after carrying out a 10-day trial of checking the vaccination status of passengers.\n\nBritish Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow Airport wanted to demonstrate that vaccination status could be checked away from the border and allow safe entry to the UK from countries on the amber list.\n\nThe companies said 99% of documents were verified correctly during the trial, which involved about 250 fully-vaccinated participants from the US, the Caribbean and Europe, travelling to Heathrow.\n\nTwo passengers had their credentials rejected, the companies said: one because their vaccination was completed less than 14 days before travel, and the other because of a discrepancy between the name on the passport and on the vaccine card.\n\nThe relaxation of the quarantine rules for travellers into England from the EU and the US is backed by a broad coalition of government ministers, who see the benefits to the tourism industry and the economy in general.\n\n\"There's no reason not to do this,\" said one advisor. Another warned that an airline could go bankrupt if it didn't happen.\n\nA decision may be imminent but it may take days or weeks to put it into practice. For example, airlines will need time to prepare because they'll be the ones checking the documents.\n\nAnd the recent creation of an \"amber plus\" category at the last minute and without the knowledge of some members of the government shows that sometimes the process doesn't always go smoothly.\n\nThen there's travel in the other direction, with the US in no rush to allow in British travellers despite the high-profile launch of a transatlantic travel taskforce last month.\n\nBritish Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow Airport said the UK was falling behind the EU in opening up to international travellers.\n\nBA chief executive Sean Doyle said the trial provides the evidence that the government needs to allow fully vaccinated visitors from low-risk countries to come to the UK without self-isolating.\n\nHeathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said there was \"no reason to delay with rolling out the solution from July 31\", while the head of EasyJet told LBC such a change was \"the right thing\" but a \"little bit too late\".\n\nFreddie Julius runs tour company Tourist England which puts on trips for overseas visitors. He said around 80% of his customers are from the US and EU and \"over the last 18 months we've seen almost none\".\n\nTourist England said a rule change was critical for the revival of the travel sector\n\nHe said changing the rules to allow vaccinated tourists to visit without quarantining was \"critical for the revival of the inbound tourism sector\".\n\nBut he told the BBC any change needed to be lasting, adding: \"The constant easing and tightening of restrictions have made it almost impossible to plan ahead, both for tour companies and tourists.\"\n\nHowever, even if the UK changed its rules for the US, its citizens have been urged not to travel to the UK by the country's health protection agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n\nAnd the US border is currently closed to the UK, as well as many other countries, except for US citizens.\n\nThe UK and US have set up a taskforce to discuss a travel corridor, although earlier this week the White House said it had no plans to lift Covid-19 travel restrictions for non-Americans.\n\nBoris Johnson told LBC on Wednesday that \"we're talking to them the whole time\".\n\nThe EU has encouraged its members to gradually lift travel restrictions for the UK, and each country has its own rules.\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner told Sky News the potential plan was \"reckless\", adding: \"We also know that people who have had the vaccine of course can still get the virus so a testing regime is very important and crucial as well.\"\n\nUnder current rules, other countries are granted a \"traffic light\" status for arrivals - red, amber or green.\n\nThe vast majority of countries, including the US and many European countries including Spain, Italy and Germany, are on the amber list.\n\nAdults who have been fully vaccinated in the UK, and under-18s who are UK residents, no longer have to self-isolate after visiting any amber country apart from France.\n\nBut anyone who was fully vaccinated outside the UK still has to quarantine for 10 days on arrival, or pay for the test-to-release scheme to shorten their quarantine.", "About one in three middle-aged people has multiple chronic health issues, a long-running British study suggests.\n\nThe 1970 British Cohort Study has been periodically tracking the lives of about 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week.\n\nNearly 8,000 of them were surveyed for the University College London work, published in journal BMC Public Health.\n\nAnd 34% had two or more chronic health problems, such as high blood pressure and mental ill-health, at age 46-48.\n\nThe most commonly recorded health problems were:\n\nArthritis, type 2 diabetes and asthma or bronchitis also featured.\n\nLead researcher Dr Dawid Gondek said he was surprised and worried to see how many had health issues while \"still relatively young\".\n\n\"A substantial proportion of the population are already suffering from multiple long-term physical and mental-health problems in their late 40s.\n\n\"It is not a good prospect for an aging population that you can expect to live longer but many in poor health.\"\n\nDiabetes and high blood pressure were both more common among those who were obese.\n\nThose from poorer backgrounds or who experienced mental ill health as a teenager were also more likely to have poor health.\n\nAnd the researchers suggest targeted public health interventions in childhood and adolescence might improve the outcomes of future generations.\n\nEven in later life, experts advise, a good diet, limiting alcohol intake, quitting smoking and taking regular exercise can make a difference.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Surging demand for houses will last well into 2022 as buyers continue to look for more room after being cooped up during the pandemic, says property website Zoopla.\n\nA search for space has pushed up the average price of a house by 7.3% over the past year, reaching a new high of £230,700, it says.\n\nWhile houses are proving popular, flats are less sought after.\n\nBut properties of all kinds are in short supply, the firm stressed.\n\n\"Demand for houses is twice as high as typically seen at this time of year between 2017 and 2019, accelerating away from demand for flats, creating a disparity in average price growth across the two property types,\" Zoopla said.\n\n\"House prices are being supported in part by a severe shortage of homes for sale, with stock levels down some 25% in the first half of the year compared to 2020.\"\n\nThe firm said that while house prices were surging, the growth in flat prices was lagging at 1.4% over the past year.\n\n\"The rise in demand for houses is something we saw in the first lockdown,\" Grainne Gilmore, head of research at Zoopla, told the BBC.\n\n\"It's a reassessment among many homeowners of where they want to live.\"\n\nMs Gilmore said that with the rise of working from home, many people wanted a spare room that could become an office, while others were seeking garden space.\n\n\"A cohort of buyers has eroded the supply of family houses and put upward pressure on house prices more than flats over the past 12 months,\" she said.\n\n\"That's a situation that we would expect to continue into 2022.\"\n\n\"We're still seeing very high levels of demand in the market, even now with more modest stamp duty savings,\" Ms Gilmore added.\n\nThe price of the average UK house has jumped by 30% since 2007, when a typical house cost just £177,300, according to Zoopla.\n\nIn June alone, house prices were up 5.4% year-on-year, although buyer demand dipped 9% in early July because of the stamp duty holiday coming to an end.\n\nSales agreed this year are still 22% ahead of average levels in 2020.\n\nAs people are taking the opportunity to move out of big cities, house prices have grown the most in Wales at 10.2% and the North East at 8.8%.\n\nHouse price growth is weakest in London at 5.6%.\n\nFor flats, prices have risen the most in Scotland at 5.2% and the Midlands at 3.7%, but in London, flat prices have fallen by 0.5%.\n\nZoopla said it was also seeing a jump in demand for properties in outer London, up 86% on 2017-19 levels.\n\nBut the housing website said that it expected sales in London to improve, \"providing there are no further pandemic setbacks\", since the rental market had already bounced back.\n\n\"Further relaxation on the restrictions around global travel will result in a firmer pick-up in demand, which will also reverse the downward trend in pricing,\" Zoopla said.\n\nHow will higher house prices amid an increase in demand for houses affect you? Get in touch.\n\nOr use this form to get in touch:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your comment or send it via email to HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any comment you send in.", "Tokyo Olympics: Day-by-day guide to the key events and British medal hopes\n\nLast updated on .From the section Olympics", "Two Northern Ireland health trusts have appealed for off-duty staff to come to work on Sunday evening and overnight due to hospital pressures.\n\nThe Belfast and South Eastern trusts said they were under \"extreme pressure\" due to a rapid increase in patients with Covid-19.\n\nThe South Eastern Trust said it had significant staff shortages due to the need for staff to self-isolate.\n\nThe trusts made their appeals on Facebook and Twitter on Sunday.\n\nThe Belfast Trust said the Royal Victoria and Mater hospitals were affected.\n\nIn a tweet, the South Eastern Trust made its staff appeal due to pressures in the system.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Health said some surgical procedures may be cancelled due to the \"surge in demand\".\n\nThey said the impact of Covid-19 was continuing to put \"extreme strain\" on the health service, with critical care capacity facing \"very significant challenges\".\n\n\"This is very regrettable and understandably a very anxious time for patients and families.\n\n\"Staff are working tirelessly in challenging conditions to treat patients as quickly as possible.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, the Belfast Trust said pressures had arisen due to an intake of Covid-19 patients \"in excess of predictions\".\n\n\"Our teams are under extreme pressure today in the Royal Victoria Hospital and Mater Hospital as we are caring for an increasing number of Covid-19+ patients, alongside emergency admissions,\" the statement said.\n\n\"Our sickest patients in the emergency department will be assessed and treated as a priority, but some patients will regrettably have to wait considerably longer to be seen than we would wish.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the South Eastern Trust said it is \"highly likely\" that surgery will be affected in the coming days.\n\n\"As with other Trusts in Northern Ireland, the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust is under extreme pressure both in terms of increasing numbers of patients being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and higher numbers within intensive care.\n\n\"Alongside this, there is significant staff shortages due to the need for staff to self-isolate.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a later tweet, Belfast Trust thanked those who had come forward but reissued an appeal for off-duty registered nurses.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann tweeted to say the trust did not make such requests of its staff \"easily\".\n\n\"Unfortunately it is necessary as we continue to maintain the services that are expected,\" he said.\n\nSinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew said the call for off-duty staff to come into work \"is very concerning\"\n\n\"The health minister must act to ensure safe staffing levels in all hospitals and that all staff are supported.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said the trust did not make such requests of its staff \"easily\"\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and the party's health spokesperson Pam Cameron said increasing pressure on the health service demonstrated the need for young people to ensure they take up the offer of Covid vaccination.\n\nIn a joint statement, they said the number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 would have an impact on other health services.\n\nThey appealed for young people to take up the vaccine.\n\n\"Young people have been hugely affected by the impact of Covid restrictions but can now play a significant role in moving forward out of the pandemic.\n\n\"It is vital that everyone who is eligible for vaccination takes up that offer.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nJapanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffered a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earned a straight-set win in Tokyo.\n\nOsaka, 23, has been one of the faces of the Games in the Japanese capital and had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron in last week's opening ceremony.\n\nBut the four-time Grand Slam champion could not back that up by winning a medal, losing 6-1 6-4 to the world number 42 in the third round.\n\n\"I definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this,\" said the world number two.\n\n\"I think it's maybe because I haven't played in the Olympics before and for the first year it was a bit much.\"\n• None Follow all the live action on day four of Tokyo 2020\n\nOsaka, who is the reigning US Open and Australian Open champion, had won 25 of her previous 26 matches on a hard court.\n\nIt was Osaka's first tournament after withdrawing from the French Open in June, when she revealed she had \"suffered long bouts of depression\" since winning her first Grand Slam title in 2018.\n\n\"I think I'm glad with how I played, with taking that break that I had,\" she said.\n\n\"I've taken long breaks before and I've managed to do well.\n\n\"I'm not saying that I did bad right now, but I do know that my expectations were a lot higher.\n\n\"I feel like my attitude wasn't that great because I don't really know how to cope with that pressure so that's the best that I could have done in this situation.\"\n\nFollowing impressive wins in the first two rounds, Osaka looked to be shaping up nicely for a gold-medal bid but produced 32 unforced errors in a rusty performance against former French Open finalist Vondrousova.\n\nThe 22-year-old Czech hit 18 winners against 10 unforced errors as she converted five of her 11 break points in the match.\n\nOsaka's exit follows that of Australian top seed Ashleigh Barty in the first round, leaving the women's singles draw wide open.\n\nVondrousova will play Spain's Paula Badosa in the last eight.\n\nUkrainian fourth seed Elina Svitolina is the highest-ranked player left in the event but she had to fight back to beat Greece's Maria Sakkari 5-7 6-3 6-4.\n\nSwitzerland's Belinda Bencic beat French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic 1-6 6-2 6-3 while Garbine Muguruza beat Alison van Uytvanck 6-4 6-1.\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nTwo Olympic gold medals. Not bad for someone once terrified of water in case a shark came up the plughole.\n\n\"Adam Peaty\" and \"makes history\" are four words so often found in the same sentence - and they were written over and over again on Monday as he became the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title.\n\nIt was inevitable, really. Whispered before 03:13 BST on Monday but shouted thereafter, the 100m breaststroke title was only ever going to be Peaty's.\n\nHe now owns the 16 quickest times - this race the fifth fastest - over the distance in history, and is the only swimmer ever to dip under 57 seconds with his 2019 world record.\n\nOver the two lengths, he is unbeaten since 2014, a astounding run encompassing three world, four European and two Commonwealth titles - and now double Olympic gold.\n\n\"It's a big relief, I guess. I put it simply: if you were looking for a promotion and you'd been working your arse off for five years to get that promotion and you've got to prove yourself within 57 seconds, it's almost like that,\" he said. \"Under that pressure, a lot of people could fold.\n\n\"I've shown time and time again I can perform when it matters and get faster through the rounds. That's what I do.\"\n\nIt is what he does now - but Peaty hasn't always been such a beast in the water.\n\nWhen he was just 14, his front crawl was so off the mark that his coach, Mel Marshall, sent him to the slow lane.\n\nHis breaststroke, however, was a different story. \"Like a JCB eating up the water,\" she told the Telegraph.\n\nThat JCB digger was in top gear on Monday. The final's morning berth meant his world record was unlikely to be threatened, his 57.37 time half a second slower than his best.\n\nBut it was still six tenths ahead of the rest of the field, with Dutch silver medallist Arno Kamminga - the only man other than Peaty ever to go under 58 seconds - still some way off challenging him for gold.\n\n\"I have so much respect for him,\" Kamminga said. \"He's been pushing breaststroke for years now and he really set a new standard.\n\n\"If you really watch his stroke he's so perfect in the small details, and that's really pushing me in practice as well as competition to strive for perfection.\"\n\nDouble Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington said: \"He is just phenomenal. We aren't going to see many Adam Peatys in my lifetime.\"\n\nAs he climbed on to the lane rope, as he did in Rio five years ago, the weight of expectation visibly lifted off his shoulders.\n\nHe let out a roar the lion on his arm would be proud of and his post-race interview was expletive-laden, but after placing the medal around his own neck - necessary in these times - he let out the biggest puff of breath.\n\nThe build-up to these Games had not been the easiest. The year's delay amid the Covid-19 pandemic led to him installing a flume pool in his garden because facilities were shut. But make no mistake, every moment had been worth it.\n\n\"These past 18 months, every single day has almost been in the dark. Covid has taken a lot of fun out of things,\" said the 26-year-old.\n\n\"If you put it into a percentage, 99.5% or 99.9% you spend in the dark searching for a bit of light. But 0.1% was that performance there. That's why I put that amount of investment into what I do.\"\n\nThat investment hasn't been without sacrifice. Peaty became a father in September when his partner, Eiri Munro, gave birth to their son, George.\n\nIt provided him with a new perspective on life and a focus away from the pool, but even more motivation to achieve.\n\n\"Being a father, all that emotional energy - I just can't think straight of how much I've done it for them,\" said Peaty.\n\n\"I can look him in the eye and say all that time I had to go training and leave him, and all that time I had to leave her in difficult situations, it's all been worth it.\"\n\nBack home in the early hours on Monday, his little boy was watching his daddy do what he does best.\n\nAny routine his parents had him in was thrown out of the window as George sat with his mum to watch, \"very confused as to what was going on\" but excited all the same.\n\n\"It was amazing. It's going to be something we will remember for the rest of our lives,\" Munro told the BBC's Olympic Breakfast. \"It means everything.\"\n\nBack in Uttoxeter, where Peaty was born and raised, his parents, Mark and Caroline, were also watching (on an alternative channel, but we'll let that slide...).\n\nHis mum had set her alarm for 02:30, waking \"feeling sick and nervous\". While the Peaty household is usually a noisy one, this time there was silence.\n\n\"Both of us knew it was going to be close and both of us were really quiet,\" she said. \"I was pushing myself back into the sofa because I was petrified.\"\n\nPeaty will come home with one medal - maybe more from the relay events - but his mum is glad one thing won't be returning: the moustache he shaved off after the heats.\n\nMunro loved it. But Peaty's mum \"wasn't a fan at all\".\n\nMoustache lost, Olympic gold gained, there's no doubt still plenty to come from Peaty.\n\nBut when the end arrives, whenever that may be, he won't finish his career with a medal collection so bumper as those owned by Michael Phelps, or athletics' Usain Bolt.\n\nIt doesn't matter, though, because that has never been an aim. What he craves is immortality; to retire with a swim so good it will never be beaten.\n\nBet against him if you dare.\n• None Can you get the UK talking?: Find out more about the BBC's is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "The Home Office is to investigate why 2,000 Chinese merchant sailors were forcibly repatriated after World War Two, it has been confirmed.\n\nThe sailors crewed British ships bringing supplies from America but were deported from Liverpool in 1946.\n\nFuture Borders and Immigration Minister Kevin Foster has asked the Home Office to look into the decision at the time.\n\nLabour's Liverpool Riverside MP Kim Johnson said the investigation was a \"step in the right direction\".\n\nDeportation orders were served by the Home Office on the Chinese seamen during a series of police raids on the Liverpool dock area after the war ended.\n\nWithin 48 hours, the sailors, many of whom had married English women, were on their way to China.\n\nJudy Kinnin has said her mother \"suffered stress and anxiety for the rest of her life\" after her father was deported without warning.\n\n\"[She told a friend] he was just out playing Mahjong... but he never ever came home the next day at all,\" she said.\n\n\"That's when she realised something was wrong. But by then, they'd all disappeared.\"\n\nMs Johnson, who became aware of the deportations after listening to a BBC Radio 4 programme in 2005, said she was \"totally amazed that a British government could be responsible for such an heinous act of abject racism\".\n\nLeading an adjournment debate on the matter in the House of Commons on 21 July, she said it was a \"shameful stain on our history\".\n\nReplying on behalf of the government, Mr Foster expressed \"deep regret that some of those who faced the most extreme dangers of war to keep our country supplied in its darkest hour were treated in this way\".\n\nLabour MP Kim Johnson has called on the government to apologise\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Ms Johnson said a commitment to further research into the deportations was a \"step in the right direction\".\n\nShe added that \"an acknowledgement and an apology would... bring closure to lots of those family members\".\n\nThe Home Office said the deportations took place as \"part of the considerable work of demobilising and dealing with displaced people at the end of the war\".\n\n\"In Parliament last week, the Future Borders and Immigration Minister Kevin Foster expressed his regret at the way these seamen were treated and has asked the department to undertake further research into the decision that was taken at the time.\"\n\nMr Foster has asked the Home Office to report back with their findings after the summer recess.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Watch Italo Ferreira and Hiroto Ohhara ride big waves as a tropical storm hits the Tsurigasaki surfing beach during the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nWatch live coverage of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nCOVERAGE DETAILS: Tokyo Olympics: Day-by-day guide to the key events, big stars and British medal hopes", "DUP MP Sammy Wilson clashed with Edwin Poots in a private letter over his approach to the NI Protocol\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Sammy Wilson has clashed with colleague Edwin Poots in a private letter over his approach earlier this year to the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nMr Wilson said he was \"astounded and appalled\" by a response from the agriculture minister, Mr Poots.\n\nIt was regarding Brexit checks on pets travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nThe protocol is the part of the Brexit deal that creates an Irish Sea border.\n\nMr Wilson questioned why as a \"unionist minister\" Mr Poots had not \"resisted the views of his officials\".\n\nHe went on to say the officials were \"more intent on implementing the protocol\" than recognising the \"grave harm\" it caused.\n\nMr Wilson also challenged Mr Poots for \"permitting discussions\" within his department, which were at odds with the DUP position.\n\nThe letter, which was released through a Freedom of Information request, was sent in May - three days before Mr Poots was elected DUP leader.\n\nIt was in response to earlier correspondence from the minister in which he set out the new restrictions around the movement of pets between Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nIn his opening line, Mr Wilson wrote: \"At the outset, can I say I am astounded and appalled at the response I received from you.\"\n\nWithin weeks of the letter, Mr Poots did act to delay the restrictions until October\n\nHe then set out why he believed the checks on dogs moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland were unnecessary and added: \"I am astounded that the remedies which are open to you are not being pursued.\"\n\nHe asked why the checks could not be delayed for another year and questioned why the minister did not seek executive approval.\n\nHe wrote that he was surprised that Mr Poots had \"accepted the erroneous advice from your officials\", that it was a departmental matter and did not need executive approval.\n\nAt the time, Mr Wilson argued the restrictions on pet movements, which were due to come into force on 1 July, should be delayed for at least a year.\n\nWithin weeks of the letter, Mr Poots did act to delay the restrictions until October.\n\nMr Wilson wrote: \"I am surprised that you are permitting discussions to go on within your department to look at how this part of the protocol could be implemented when your party's position is that there should be no implementation of the protocol and indeed it should be replaced.\n\n\"I trust that you will reconsider the answer which you have given to me and give some hope to those who are looking for political leadership to destroy this protocol rather than meekly bow to the unreasonable demands which it makes.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Tom Dean claimed a stunning gold and Duncan Scott silver to ensure a British one-two in a fast, closely-fought 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. Dean touched home in one minute 44.22 seconds, securing a British record in his debut Games. Scott finished just 0.04secs behind his team-mate, with Fernando Scheffer of Brazil taking bronze. It is the first time since 1908 that two male British swimmers have finished on the Olympic podium together. The 21-year-old Dean had a difficult build-up to Tokyo after twice contracting coronavirus in 2020, which at one stage left him unable to \"walk up the stairs without coughing and wheezing\". Unable to train for three weeks on each occasion, he told BBC Sport it had been a real setback \"physically and mentally\" prior to the Games. \"The three week build-up back to training had to be structured to prevent any long-term damage to my heart and lungs, so it was scary,\" he explained. \"It was upsetting because no-one takes six weeks off in the build-up to an Olympics. It was a real shock to the system.\" Despite the disruption, he arrived at the Games as the second-fastest man in the year, behind Scott. \"When I was sitting in my flat in isolation, an Olympic gold seemed a million miles off,\" he said. \"It is a real honour. I watched the flag go up and the anthems be played, it is the stuff of dreams.\" The two Britons high-fived before sharing a hug as their remarkable podium finishes were confirmed. Both swimmers looked shocked as they spoke to BBC Sport afterwards, with Scott describing it as an \"unbelievable moment\". The Scot was the favourite going into the race but Dean was able to back up his rapid start with a strong finish. Scott, who won European silver in May, said he was \"just buzzing for Deano\" as the two good friends allowed their victory to sink in. About 70 of Dean's family, former coaches and friends gathered in his mum's garden in Maidenhead to watch the race in the early hours, with a video of their celebrations going viral. \"I'm delighted. It feels surreal at the moment, it feels like it's a bit of a dream,\" Dean's mum Jacquie Hughes told BBC One. \"We decided, because we couldn't be there, how nice would it be for Tom to know his family and friends were together watching him.\"We invited some members of the [swimming] club, some neighbours and before we knew it there were 70 people in the garden watching on a big screen. \"It was so joyous and full of passion. It was lovely. I spoke to Tom this morning and he said he watched the video over and over again.\" The British team - including Adam Peaty, who won a historic 100m breaststroke gold on Monday - cheered the two on from the stands, with several reduced to tears by the emotion of the moment. \"You can't describe that. When you have worked so hard, to share this medal moment with one of your best friends is an unbelievable feeling,\" two-time Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington told BBC TV. \"Duncan will be slightly disappointed because he was the fastest and the favourite but, at the end of the day, you can tell that if anyone were to beat him, he would want it to be his team-mate.\" It is the first time since 1908 that two British male swimmers have shared an Olympic podium Scott was quick to praise Dean, with the pair celebrating together on the podium as they received their Olympic medals. \"He has come on so far in the last 18 months and it is a pleasure to watch,\" Scott added. \"He is a good mate out of the pool and it is great to be able to compete against him.\" Dean's triumph ensured Britain won their fourth gold medal of the games after Peaty, Tim Pidcock, and Tom Daly and Matty Lee's successes on 'Magic Monday'. He returned to the pool on Tuesday to anchor home the British Men's 4 x 200m freestyle team to a spot in Wednesday's final. Alongside Matthew Richards, James Guy and Calum Jarvis, the quartet finished ahead of Australia and the United States - and faster than Italy, who won the other heat. Elsewhere, Britain's Kathleen Dawson finished sixth in the 100m backstroke, while Freya Anderson missed out on qualifying for the 200m freestyle. Britons Abbie Wood and Alicia Wilson qualified for the 200m individual medley in second and eighth position respectively. And American Lydia Jacoby was the shock winner in the 100m breaststroke, forcing her team-mate and Rio 2016 champion Lilly King to settle for bronze. The 17-year-old had to move from Alaska - where there is no Olympic-length pool - to train and benefited from the Games being delayed by a year to allow her to develop.\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "How are GB doing?\n\nGreat Britain have ended the penultimate day of Tokyo 2020 with 63 medals, one more than at this stage at London 2012 and three fewer than Rio 2016 after 15 days. The 20 gold medals are seven behind Rio and eight behind London. The final day in Rio delivered Joseph Joyce's boxing silver medal. In London, Anthony Joshua won boxing gold on the last day amongst three medals.\n\nThis year though, there are track cycling events on the last day with Jack Carlin and Laura Kenny as strongest potential medallists. In addition, Team GB have a guaranteed 64th medal from Lauren Price and Callum Hawkins amongst the best marathon runners.\n\nAs expected, ROC won three gold medals to overtake Great Britain on the medal table on day 15. Both have 20 gold medals but ROC have won five more silvers. On Sunday, ROC have two opportunities to win golds - in rhythmic gymnastics and handball. Russia won both of these events at the last Olympic Games and are favourites to win both again. To finish fourth on the medal table, Great Britain probably need to win two gold medals on Sunday and hope that ROC do not win both of these events.\n• None Britwatch: A daily guide on how Team GB are doing in Tokyo\n• None Find out these athletes' favourite One Hit Wonders\n• None How it all started for Blossoms and why they are still true to Stockport", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lorry driver caught on camera texting before the crash on the A27\n\nA lorry driver who was filmed texting on his mobile phone moments before he crashed into a broken-down van, injuring three people, has been jailed.\n\nDerek Holland crashed into a stationary security van on the A27, in East Sussex, injuring the van's driver, a prison escort and a prisoner on board.\n\nWhen Sussex Police examined footage from Holland's cab cameras they found he had also taken both hands off the wheel to peel a banana while driving.\n\nHe was jailed for over three years.\n\nDerek Holland was disqualified from driving for 57 months\n\nPolice found 42 separate incidents of poor driving during Holland's four-hour journey prior to the crash, which happened near Lewes, just before 11.00 BST on 10 August 2020.\n\nThese included the almost continuous use of his mobile phone while not wearing a seatbelt, and taking both hands off the wheel to peel a banana and to wave while at traffic lights, a police spokesman said.\n\nHe added: \"Throughout the journey, he used a replica seatbelt buckle in the socket to prevent the alarm from activating, and only put his actual seatbelt on when he pulled up behind a police car at a set of traffic lights.\n\n\"As soon as the police vehicle was out of sight, he removed the belt again.\"\n\nWhile being questioned, Holland, of Sutton Avenue, Seaford, admitted to police his manner of driving had been \"appalling\".\n\nHolland pleaded guilty to four charges when he appeared at Hove Crown Court, and was sentenced to three-and-a-half years' imprisonment.\n\nDet Sgt Rob Baldwin said: \"This is the worst case of prolonged distracted driving that I have seen.\n\n\"Holland had responsibility for driving a large goods vehicle, and he would have been well aware of the risks he was taking.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jordison also performed in other metal bands, including Murderdolls\n\nThe former drummer of US heavy metal band Slipknot, Joey Jordison, has died at the age of 46.\n\nIn a statement, Jordison's family said he passed away peacefully in his sleep.\n\nThey did not reveal his cause of death, but said his passing had left them with \"empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow\".\n\nJordison was one of Slipknot's original members, founding the band in 1995 along with percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray.\n\nThe group released a successful self-titled debut album four years later.\n\nThe band went on to sell millions of albums globally, find mainstream US chart success and win a Grammy award.\n\nSlipknot is best known for a unique aggressive music style and wearing horror-style masks while performing.\n\nJordison remained a part of the group until 2013. In later years, he revealed he left after being diagnosed with transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord.\n\nCorey Taylor, Slipknot's lead vocalist, posted black images to his social media accounts after news of his death broke, as did Crahan.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SHRED DJENT REDEMPTION This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPaying tribute, Skunk Anansie singer Skin said Jordison had helped to make up \"one of the most ferocious and entertaining bands we ever played with\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by skin (skunk anansie) This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWriting on Facebook, Metallica added \"RIP brother\", while another US rock band Papa Roach tweeted: \"Love you brother\".\n\nJordison (seen in white mask bottom right) wore the number one while in the band\n\nBorn Nathan Jonas Jordison in 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa, Jordison said he was given his first drum kit by his parents aged eight.\n\nHe grew up playing music and eventually joined a project named the Pale Ones in 1995, which would eventually become Slipknot.\n\nJordison formed and found success with other bands, including Murderdolls, and later performed with other well-known acts like Metallica, Korn and Rob Zombie.\n\nHis death comes just over a decade after that of fellow founding member Paul Gray, who died of a drug overdose in 2010.\n\nFans and fellow musicians paid tribute on social media following news of Jordison's death.\n\nSerj Tankian, from System of a Down, described him as an \"amazing drummer and a fantastic guy\".\n\nMeat Heafy, frontman of Orlanda heavy metal band Trivium noted how the late drummer \"changed the face of heavy music on the planet as we know it.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Matthew kiichichaos Heafy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis bandmate, drummer Alex Bent, said he was lost for words at the news. \"To call him an inspiration would be an understatement,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Countless hours studying every move behind the kit. I owe so much to Joey Jordison and could never imagine being where I am today without his influence.\"\n\n\"An absolute legend who changed the game not only for drums, but metal music as a whole,\" added popular metal YouTuber Nik Nocturnal.\n\n\"46 is no age. RIP,\" he posted online.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nFour-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles said \"I have to focus on my mental health\" after pulling out of the women's gymnastics team final.\n\nThe American left the arena after the vault, but later returned to support her team-mates as they claimed silver behind the Russian Olympic Committee.\n\nBiles, 24, scored 13.766 - her lowest Olympic vault score - before withdrawing from the event.\n\n\"After the performance I did, I just didn't want to go on,\" she said.\n\n\"I have to focus on my mental health. I just think mental health is more prevalent in sports right now.\n\n\"We have to protect our minds and our bodies and not just go out and do what the world wants us to do.\n\n\"I don't trust myself as much anymore. Maybe it's getting older. There were a couple of days when everybody tweets you and you feel the weight of the world.\n\n\"We're not just athletes. We're people at the end of the day and sometimes you just have to step back.\n\n\"I didn't want to go out and do something stupid and get hurt. I feel like a lot of athletes speaking up has really helped.\n\n\"It's so big, it's the Olympic Games. At the end of the day we don't want to be carried out of there on a stretcher.\"\n\nIn May, Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open to protect her mental health, a move publicly supported by several sportspeople including heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and basketball player Stephen Curry.\n\nBiles is the most successful US gymnast of all time, and winner of four gold medals and a bronze at Rio 2016.\n\nThe 30-time Olympic and World Championship medallist needs four podium finishes in Tokyo to become the most decorated gymnast - male or female - in history.\n\nShe has reached all five individual finals and is undecided on whether she will compete in her next event on Thursday, when she will attempt to become the first woman to retain the Olympic all-around title since 1968.\n\n\"We're going to see about Thursday,\" she said. \"We're going to take it a day at a time and see what happens.\"\n\nThe US were the favourites for the team gymnastics gold in Tokyo after winning five successive world titles - in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019 - in addition to their back-to-back Olympic gold medals in London and Rio.\n\nJordan Chiles stepped in to replace Biles and the United States were beaten to gold by the ROC, with Great Britain taking bronze.\n• None Can you get the UK talking? The BBC is looking for new voices to fund and support launch podcasts\n• None The cautionary tale of New Mexico's marijuana boom", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to confirm later the plan to lift almost all legal restrictions on social contact in England on 19 July.\n\nBut ahead of a news conference on Monday afternoon, Mr Johnson has urged people to be cautious.\n\n\"We must all take responsibility so we don't undo our progress, ensuring we continue to protect our NHS,\" he said.\n\nHe warned Covid-19 cases, currently at about 30,000 a day, would continue to rise as society reopened.\n\nThe PM's news conference will present the latest data, with Downing Street saying current modelling suggests hospital admissions, serious illness and deaths from Covid-19 will continue, but at a lower level than before the vaccination programme.\n\nNumber 10 said the delay in moving to the final stage of the roadmap out of lockdown, originally scheduled for 21 June, had allowed an additional 6.8 million first and second vaccine doses to be given out so far.\n\nThe government had also moved the expected end of restrictions closer to the school summer holidays, when transmission was likely to be lower, Downing Street said.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We are tantalisingly close to the final milestone in our road map out of lockdown, but the plan to restore our freedoms must come with a warning.\"\n\nHe said the vaccine rollout had weakened the link between infections, hospital admissions and deaths, but added the pandemic was \"not over yet\".\n\nWith cases set to rise as restrictions were lifted, \"caution is absolutely vital\", the prime minister said.\n\nAs well as the news conference, Health Secretary Sajid Javid is expected to announce the plans in Parliament.\n\nNo other country has attempted what England looks set to do in the face of rapidly increasing infection rates, driven by a more infectious variant.\n\nBut then few countries have such high levels of vaccination, plus protection from natural infection to reduce the burden of serious illness.\n\nAnd with cases already surging, the calculation is that delaying further will not achieve a great deal.\n\nThe hope is the rising wave of infection will soon hit that wall of immunity and rates will plateau, before falling.\n\nHowever, it comes with significant risks. While the link between cases and hospitalisations is weakened, it's not broken - 100,000 cases a day would probably lead to 2,000 admissions, twice what the NHS sees in the depths of winter for all respiratory infections.\n\nBut the rewards are, potentially, significant too. It's possible by the end of summer England could find itself in a position where there will be enough immunity to be close to being able to manage the virus.\n\nIt's unlikely to hit the herd immunity threshold, but close enough that huge surges of infection may be behind us.\n\nThe decision to remove restrictions is based on four tests, Downing Street said.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, an expert in infectious disease modelling who sits on the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told BBC Breakfast the country was at a \"tricky phase\" and said \"mixed messaging\" from ministers over face masks was a concern.\n\nHe said: \"I think it's actually quite confusing for people to know what the right thing to do is.\"\n\nCare Minister Helen Whately has said she looked forward to not having to wear a face mask as much, while Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he would stop wearing one as soon as \"legally possible\".\n\nBut Health Minister Edward Argar said he would continue to carry a mask even if the legal requirement ended on 19 July as expected. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there would be \"clear and strong guidance\", with people having to make their own judgements on when to wear masks.\n\nHe added that rail companies could still impose their own requirements on mask-wearing once the national regulations ended.\n\nProf Peter Openshaw, who advises the government about viral threats on the Nervtag group, told the Today programme that masks \"greatly reduce transmission\", adding it was difficult to leave it up to individual judgement when \"it is not only protecting yourself but also protecting other people\".\n\nHe added the country was at a \"crucial moment\", with hospitalisations up 66% in the past week.\n\nDr Tildesley said that when some restrictions were lifted in May there had not been a significant uptick in the spread of the virus as many people had remained cautious, and he was hopeful that would remain the case after 19 July.\n\nNearly 45.9 million people - or 87.1% of adults in the UK - have now had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. Almost 34.8 million (two-thirds of adults) have had both doses.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK recorded another 31,772 confirmed coronavirus cases, along with a further 26 deaths recorded within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nAlthough deaths remain relatively low, in the past seven days they rose by more than 66% on the previous week.\n\nAs well as ending legal requirements for face masks, the move to stage four of England's road map out of lockdown would mean there would no longer be any limits on how many people can meet and the 1m-plus rule would be lifted.\n\nThe changes on 19 July are also expected to mean nightclubs can reopen, pubs can serve people at the bar and capacity limits at concerts, theatres, sports events or places of worship would be lifted.\n\nBut the requirement to self-isolate if you are contacted by NHS Test and Trace will remain in place until 16 August, when it will be relaxed for people who have had both vaccine doses. If someone tests positive for the virus they will still be legally required to self-isolate.\n\nWales is due to review its restrictions on 15 July, while Scotland is expected to move to level 0 on 19 July and lift most legal restrictions on 9 August. Northern Ireland is due to ease some Covid measures on 26 July.", "British Transport Police (BTP) said its officers gave out first aid in Sutton-in-Ashfield after the aircraft came to a halt at about 20:50 BST on Saturday.\n\nPilot Andrew Davidson, who brought the balloon down beside the Nags Head pub, said he had never experienced such a landing in more than 30 years of flying.\n\n\"It was untidy, but we were safe,\" he said.\n\nMr Davidson, who is chairman of the Nottingham and Derby Hot Air Balloon Club, said he was \"anxious\" to land before reaching the town as he was low on fuel, but he could not find an appropriate spot.\n\n\"Unfortunately there were a lot of power lines, livestock and crops that prevented me from landing any sooner,\" he said.\n\n\"At that point you just have to make sure you can keep control of the balloon so it doesn't just drift.\"\n\nRoof tiles were knocked off the pub as the balloon descended and one of the four people on board suffered a bloody nose, Mr Davidson said.\n\nHe praised pub-goers for coming out to help and said the crash will be reported to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch and the British Balloon and Airship Club.\n\n\"This landing is very, very unusual - it's the first time I've ever done that, and I've flown hot air balloons for over 30 years,\" he said.\n\n\"I've never had one like that before, and I don't want one like that again.\n\n\"It was very interesting for the people of Sutton-in-Ashfield - I've seen some nice videos.\"\n\nBTP Nottinghamshire confirmed its officers responded and offered first aid after the crash.\n\n\"This isn't something that happens very often,\" they tweeted.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England's hope to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended with defeat in a penalty shoot-out as Italy claimed the Euro 2020 crown at Wembley.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We've got to get on together and we've got to look after what we've got,' says David Mackay\n\nA Scottish pilot was at the centre of Sir Richard Branson's historic trip to the edge of space.\n\nDavid Mackay, who grew up in Helmsdale, Sutherland, was chief pilot for Virgin Galactic's Unity test mission.\n\nThe vehicle has landed safely back on earth, following the flight above New Mexico on Sunday afternoon.\n\nSpeaking before the trip, Mr Mackay said he wanted to make commercial space flights accessible to as many people as possible.\n\n\"We are confident that the vast majority of the population of the Earth are capable of going on this space flight,\" he told BBC Scotland.\n\nThe 64-year-old was one of two pilots and four \"mission specialists\" - including Sir Richard - on the flight.\n\nThe entrepreneur said he wanted to evaluate the experience before allowing paying customers aboard next year.\n\nUnity was expected to reach an altitude of about 90km (56 miles).\n\nTowards the top of the climb, those onboard would experience a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the Earth.\n\nSir Richard Branson and his colleagues were pictured on board the VSS Unity before beginning their descent\n\nMr Mackay, who first guided a Virgin Galactic space craft 90km above Earth in February 2019, said the view was \"burned\" into his memory.\n\n\"It affected me more than I anticipated - the incredible blackness of space,\" the University of Glasgow graduate said.\n\n\"If you think about it, when you're on Earth and are looking horizontally you're looking through a lot of moisture and dust particles and even on a clear day you're still looking through miles and miles of pollution.\n\n\"But when you're up in space you're looking directly down... the colours on the ground look incredibly vivid and in contrast to this incredibly dark sky.\n\n\"And then on top of all that you see so much of the curvature of the Earth and you get a sense of scale of the planet and you realise it's not very big.\"\n\nMr Mackay (far left) and Sir Richard Branson are among a crew of six due to take part in the space trip\n\nFor at least a decade, Mr Mackey has enjoyed watching people become awestruck as they gaze upon their home planet for the first time.\n\nBut his hopes for commercial space travel extend beyond the spectacle of it all - he hopes it will inspire real change among passengers.\n\nHe said: \"It's the remoteness and fragility and our utter dependence on the thinness of the atmosphere.\n\n\"I would like to think that some of the outcomes are people will take more care of what they're doing, be much more open minded about who we are all - we're all one human race and we're all sharing this small planet that's so remote.\n\n\"There's nothing else practically habitable within reach. We've got to get on together and we've got to look after what we've got.\"\n\nEarlier this year, Unity took the first of three key test flights that would enable it to enter commercial service.\n\nSir Richard has some 600 paying customers - including movie and music stars - waiting to take the same ride.\n\nThe latest flight, took off for the 1.5-hour mission above New Mexico at about 08:40 local US time (15:40 BST) on Sunday.\n\nUnity's view of the blackness of space and the curvature of the Earth\n\nGrowing up in the Highlands in the 1960s, Mr Mackay remembers watching Buccaneers from RAF Lossiemouth fly overhead at incredible speeds on an \"almost daily basis.\"\n\nWhen he watched the moon landings and noticed most astronauts were former military test pilots, his dream of flying to space came within reach.\n\nHe took a degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Glasgow University before serving in the RAF for 16 years - but by his early 30s experienced a \"dawning realisation\" that he may not become an astronaut after all.\n\n\"The UK didn't have a human space programme, which was very disappointing to me at the time,\" he said.\n\n\"I had a great time in the air force. I loved it, but I decided to leave. I joined Virgin Atlantic and through that got into Virgin Galactic.\n\n\"My message would be never give up on your dreams, you just never know what might happen in life.\"", "Welsh language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith addressed the crowd, calling for \"urgent action\"\n\nPlans to tackle the second homes \"crisis\" in Wales are \"vague\" and \"unambitious\", a campaign group says.\n\nHundreds gathered at Llyn Celyn in Gwynedd on Saturday after the Welsh government announced plans to \"inject fairness back into the housing system\".\n\nGwynedd has the highest number of second homes at 5,098, which represents 20% of all second homes in Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was \"working at speed\" for \"sustainable solutions to what are complex issues\".\n\nMabli Siriol, chairwoman of Welsh language campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith, addressed the crowd and called for \"urgent action\".\n\nShe called for measures including new taxes and legislation to bring in price caps on second homes, and \"invest that money in our communities to bring houses back into public hands\".\n\n\"What we've got from them is vague and unambitious promises - more consultation, more pilot projects - that will take years to make a difference, which is time we can't afford to waste,\" she said.\n\nOne placard read \"hawl i fyw yn lleol\" (right to live locally)\n\nThere were 24,873 second homes registered for council tax purposes in Wales in January 2021, according to official figures.\n\nOfficials say numbers of homes could be much higher depending on the exact definition of a second home.\n\nThose looking to buy second homes or buy-to-let properties in Wales have to pay an extra 4% in land transaction tax (LTT) on top of the tax payable for their band.\n\nGwynedd has 5,098 second homes - 20% of all second homes in Wales\n\nNew figures from the Welsh Revenue Authority show 44% of all homes sold in the Gwynedd constituency of Dwyfor Meirionnydd during 2020-21 were subject to the higher rate of LTT.\n\nThe area's member of the Senedd (MS), Mabon ap Gwynfor, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: \"These latest statistics show that the housing crisis is getting worse and that the Welsh government's decision to raise the LTT by 1% hasn't worked... we have to take much more ambitious steps.\"\n\nEarlier this week the Welsh government said it would pick an area of Wales to pilot new policies aimed at \"injecting fairness back into the housing system\".\n\nIt said officials would also look at options to shut a tax \"loophole\" where some second home owners do not pay council tax.\n\nThe government has also said it will launch a Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan in the autumn.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"Fairness is at the heart of our plans, ensuring that everyone in Wales can have access to good quality, affordable housing.\n\n\"Within the first two months of forming a new government, we have set out plans to begin to address the impact of second and holiday home ownership in some communities and to protect the interests of Welsh language communities.\n\n\"We are working at speed to implement sustainable solutions to what are complex issues.\"", "An England fan said he had lost £2,000 after he bought fake tickets for the Euro 2020 final.\n\nAston Villa fan Ben Moore said he was \"sceptical\" of the offer, but it seemed believable when the seller showed him photos of the tickets.\n\nHe agreed to pay £2,000 upfront and a further £2,000 for the second seat on receipt of the tickets.\n\nBut a few hours after the money was sent, the seller blocked Mr Moore, 28, on Twitter and \"disappeared\".\n\nHe has reported the incident to his bank and Action Fraud.\n\n\"I'd been spamming the UEFA ticket portal for days, like all England fans, but I went through Twitter and came across this guy\", he said.\n\n\"He showed me the tickets through the app, so I could see pictures and they were quite believable.\"\n\nThe 28-year-old, originally from Birmingham but now living in Banbury in Oxfordshire, said he \"doesn't like doing this sort of stuff\" and has \"never been conned like this\".\n\nBen Moore (pictured with friend and family) successfully managed to get tickets for England's match against Croatia\n\nAfter sharing his experience on his Villa blog, he said another fan got in touch to say he had been duped by the same person.\n\n\"It's not nice, the money is bad, it's horrible,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm disappointed at not being able to go to the game.\n\n\"I'm a massive England fan, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity.\"\n\nHe said he used money from his mortgage savings to pay for the tickets, but was relieved he had not paid the full £4,000 asking price for the pair of tickets.\n\nMr Moore said he has also faced criticism from people online saying he was \"stupid\".\n\n\"I'm very analytical but the messages looked so genuine,\" he said.\n\n\"The deep down disappointment is not actually being able to go to the game. It's a double kick in the teeth.\"\n\nThe BBC has contacted Action Fraud for comment.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. England fans react to penalty pain: \"It's a shame it's not coming home\"\n\nFans have reacted with disappointment as England lost to Italy on penalties in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nAround 60,000 fans at Wembley witnessed the Three Lions' defeat, while millions watched in pubs, fan zones and homes across the country.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - who were at Wembley with Prince George - congratulated the Italian side.\n\nLondon's Metropolitan Police said 49 arrests were made as of 02:00 BST, amid pre-match unrest at the stadium.\n\nIt added that 19 officers \"were injured while they confronted volatile crowds\".\n\n\"Heartbreaking. Congratulations Azzurri on a great victory,\" the royal couple wrote on Twitter.\n\n\"England, you've all come so far, but sadly this time it wasn't our day. You can all hold your heads high, and be so proud of yourselves - I know there's more to come.\"\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge appeared to struggle to watch England during the penalty shoot-out at Wembley\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said England \"played like heroes\", adding: \"They have done the nation proud and deserve great credit.\"\n\nLater he also tweeted condemnation of racist abuse directed at England players who missed penalties.\n\nHe said: \"This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media.\n\n\"Those responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves.\"\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said there was \"absolutely no place for racism in football or anywhere else\" and called on social media companies to remove and prevent hate.\n\nHe also tweeted that England had \"made history this tournament\", adding: \"Few have seen an England performance - or team - like the one you gave us this summer.\"\n\nMeanwhile, newspapers delayed their first editions as they attempted to sum up the feelings of a nation. \"Lions did us proud,\" the Metro's main headline said.\n\nThere was heartbreak for Three Lions fans who had gathered in Trafalgar Square\n\nDisappointed fans in central London react alongside a line of police officers separating England and Italy supporters\n\nThere were jubilant scenes across Italy, including in Venice, as fans celebrated their team's victory\n\nItalian fans were joyous at the Fori Imperiali fanzone in Rome after their team won the penalty shootout\n\nAt Birmingham's Luna Springs big screen venue, teenager Jack Smith said: \"I feel sorry for the lads who had to take a penalty after coming on cold.\n\n\"I thought some of the bigger names would've stepped forward.\"\n\nIn Newcastle, Millie Carson, 18, said: \"We have come so far, winning would have topped it all off.\n\n\"The team has brought the country together, everyone has been loving life in these hard times.\"\n\nAhead of the game there were chaotic scenes at Wembley, with footage showing dozens of fans trying to force their way past barriers to get into stadium.\n\nScotland Yard said there was a \"breach of security\" in the afternoon \"which resulted in a small number of people getting into the stadium without a ticket\".\n\n\"Officers worked closely with security officials to prevent any further breaches,\" the Met said in a statement.\n• None Queen and PM wish England well as Euro final looms", "A picture showing a line of police before the ticket barriers\n\nA small number of ticketless fans broke into Wembley Stadium for the Euro 2020 final, after videos showed crowds pushing through barriers, police said.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates.\n\nThe FA said it was \"entirely unacceptable\" and those involved were \"an embarrassment to the England team\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it had worked with security staff to prevent further breaches and also supported officials in ejecting ticketless fans.\n\nThe FA said it would \"work with the relevant authorities to take action against anyone who is identified to have illegally forced their way into the stadium\".\n\nThe statement from police came after Wembley Stadium initially denied that anyone without a ticket had gained entry, saying: \"There were no security breaches of people without tickets getting inside the stadium.\"\n\nIn a later statement, a stadium spokesperson said: \"There was a breach of security and a small group of people got into the stadium.\n\n\"We are now working closely with stadium stewards and security to remove these people. Anyone inside the stadium without a ticket will be instantly ejected.\"\n\nFootage from inside Wembley showed fans fighting, apparently after some had forced through a door.\n\nAnd the BBC's Howard Nurse said it took until half-time for stewards to clear the gantry section meant for disabled spectators at Wembley.\n\n\"The area was rammed with people who should not have been there and it was quite an edgy situation,\" he said.\n\nHealth minister Edward Argar told Sky News action would be taken against those who had broken the law.\n\nHe said: \"It is sad when a very small number of people, a tiny minority, bring the sport into disrepute by trying to do something like this.\n\n\"Again, I would say they are not reflective of the fans of our national game and our national team.\"\n\nA large crowd was also trying to enter the fan zone in Trafalgar Square without tickets shortly before kick-off, the Met Police said.\n\nPolice said they had been \"engaging with the crowd and telling them to disperse\".\n\nAt Wembley, a man was taken to hospital after he was hit by a bus on High Road. Police said the bus driver stopped at the scene and the man's injuries were not said to be life-threatening.\n\nWembley Way was packed before the final\n\nIn footage taken at Wembley Stadium and posted by video blogger Paul Brown, fans could be seen jumping over barriers and grappling with stewards and police, as some of them were ejected.\n\nMr Brown said there were not enough police to deal with the size of the crowd.\n\nBBC News producer Warren Moran said he saw people without tickets forcing their way through the turnstiles, but could not say whether they were later ejected from the stadium.\n\nHe said dozens of people were pushing through the gates for disabled people, which were open.\n\nA video posted by Sky Sports reporter Michelle Owen showed several fans streaming over barriers as stewards looked on.\n\nShe said: \"If this is even crossing your mind, don't. You don't get far. Please don't ruin it for everyone at Wembley.\"\n\nIn addition to videos of crowds pushing past barriers, some witnesses said they had seen people getting in by \"tailgating\" behind ticket-holders through the turnstiles.\n\nThe Daily Telegraph's Ben Rumsby posted on Twitter that he and others had seen examples of this in the build-up to the final.\n\nWere you at Wembley? Did you see people break in without tickets? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadhim Zahawi: We are moving from \"you must\" to \"you are expected to\" wear a mask\n\nPeople in England should still wear masks in many indoor settings even after the Covid rules are lifted, the vaccines minister has said.\n\nThe PM is due to confirm on Monday whether most of England's lockdown rules - including the legal requirement for masks - will end on 19 July.\n\nBut Nadhim Zahawi said \"an expectation\" for people to wear masks in crowded spaces such as trains would remain.\n\nLabour said it was \"irresponsible\" to lift the legal requirement for masks.\n\nThe legal need to wear a face covering in certain places is due to remain, for the time being, in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Zahawi said wearing masks \"will help the whole country\".\n\nHe added the government wanted to stress \"both a personal responsibility and a corporate responsibility\" for the matter.\n\n\"The fortification of the vaccine programme has allowed us to cautiously move to step four [of the lockdown easing], and the PM will say more about this [on Monday],\" he said.\n\n\"The guidelines will be very clear on things like mask-wearing. There's an expectation of people to wear masks indoors, in crowded places, on public transport.\"\n\nPressed on whether this was a change in stance, Mr Zahawi said: \"We're moving from 'you must' to 'you are expected' to wear a mask in indoor spaces.\"\n\nIt comes after Health Secretary Sajid Javid told the Sunday Telegraph anyone who would not wear a mask in an enclosed space was \"just being irresponsible\".\n\nBut Labour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: \"Given Sajid Javid now considers it irresponsible to not wear masks then it would be equally irresponsible for his government to carry on with the plan to lift mask requirements while infections are heading to 100,000 a day.\"\n\nThe debate over masks comes amid concerns over the move to end most of England's remaining curbs later this month.\n\nBehind the scenes, government scientists are broadly supportive of the lifting of restrictions.\n\nBut one area of particular concern is the policy on masks.\n\nNot because mask wearing in some indoor settings will dramatically alter the course of rising infections, but because of the message it sends out.\n\nThe feeling is that it gives the impression infections no longer matter, and encourages people to think about themselves rather than others.\n\nCommunication and messaging is key during a public health crisis.\n\nBut it's important to recognise mask-wearing is not harm free.\n\nFor people who are hard of hearing, masks have caused real problems, for example.\n\nMr Javid has previously warned that virus cases could reach 100,000 a day over the summer, if the ending of restrictions goes ahead as planned on 19 July.\n\nIf that does happen, then hospital admissions could reach 2,500 a day, according to statistician Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter.\n\nProf Spiegelhalter told Andrew Marr it was \"absolutely inevitable\" that the UK would soon experience \"a big wave of cases\".\n\nHe said the hospital admission estimate was \"very high\" but \"considerably lower\" than the peak of the second wave.\n\nPatients would also likely be younger and therefore require shorter stays in hospital, Prof Spiegelhalter added.\n\nAsked whether the NHS could cope with such an eventuality, Mr Zahawi said: \"The NHS, I think, can deal with this cautious but pragmatic reopening of the economy.\"\n\nDespite the expected rise in hospital admissions, Mr Javid said what had \"shocked\" him the most since taking office two weeks ago was a warning about NHS waiting lists in England.\n\nCurrently, some 5.3 million people are waiting for routine operations and procedures in England - but Mr Javid warned that could more than double.\n\nHe said officials told him: \"It could go as high as 13 million.\"\n\nOn Sunday, the UK recorded 31,772 new cases and 26 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt is the fifth day in a row case numbers have been above 30,000, while Friday saw the highest daily figure since 22 January.\n\nRegardless of whether the NHS can cope with a rise in cases, very high case numbers could cause other problems over the summer.\n\nA requirement to self-isolate if people have had both vaccine doses will only stop on 16 August, raising fears that millions will be asked to self-isolate this summer as they mix more after 19 July.\n\nThe BBC has learned that the NHS Covid-19 app will be altered to send out fewer isolation alerts, in order to help alleviate this problem.\n\nCommenting on this, Mr Zahawi said the app \"was developed and operationalised at a time when we didn't have vaccines\".\n\nAnd on Friday, Downing Street said that officials were examining whether NHS staff could be freed of the obligation to self-isolate if \"pinged\" by the Covid app.\n• None Where do I still need to wear a mask?", "The team rode into Paris on Sunday and finished the route near the Arc de Triomphe\n\nA team of amateur cyclists led by ex-Wolves footballer Geoff Thomas MBE has completed the Tour de France route.\n\nThe team has raised over £1m for blood cancer charity Cure Leukaemia, of which Mr Thomas is a survivor.\n\nThey cycled some 2,100 miles (3,400km) battling \"extreme\" heat, illness and fatigue. The team finished the feat a week ahead of the professionals.\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate sent his former Crystal Palace teammate a good luck message ahead of the ride.\n\nHe said: \"Just wanted to send you a message to say the very best of luck with it, I hope the limbs are recovering reasonably well every night and I'm very proud of what you're doing as always. Keep battling on.\"\n\nThe cyclists also received congratulations from Chris Froome OBE.\n\nMr Thomas, from Redditch, Worcestershire, was made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June for his charity work.\n\nHe was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2003, a year after he retired from football.\n\nHe captained Palace in their 1990 FA Cup Final defeat and made over 450 club appearances for Palace, Wolves, Nottingham Forest, Crewe, Rochdale, Barnsley and Notts County.\n\nHe was also capped nine times for England.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Geoff Thomas MBE ☺️ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhen he was first diagnosed, the former midfielder was given three months to live, but overcame the disease two years later after treatment and a stem cell transplant.\n\nMr Thomas, who has completed the Tour de France on five occasions, said: \"Six weeks ago, it didn't look like this event could take place.\n\n\"Yet here we are in Paris having not only completed one of the toughest ever Tour de France routes but, more importantly, we have achieved our goal of raising £1m for the charity that helped save my life 18 years ago.\"\n\nCheers! Geoff Thomas completed the Tour de France for a fifth time\n\nHe added: \"You never know, perhaps I do have one more Tour in me\".\n\nThe charity's chief executive, James McLaughlin, said: \"Ensuring this event could go ahead has been a Herculean effort from so many people and I would like to thank everyone that has played a part in making The Tour 21 a success.\n\n\"To raise £1m is incredible and I want to thank all of the riders, their families, friends and colleagues because taking this event on requires enormous sacrifices long before the start.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England fans everywhere will be rooting for the Three Lions this Sunday when they take on Italy in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nThose in the England stars' hometowns will hope that they can bring football home - literally.\n\nThe BBC's Luxmy Gopal goes back to the boys' (grass)roots to meet those who know stars best - including Harry Kane's former school teacher and the England squad's unofficial barber.", "Kalvin Phillips is difficult to miss in Leeds City Centre after being featured on a huge mural by artist Akse P19\n\nFirst it was the Championship, then it was the Premier League's turn, now he's made a huge mark on the international stage.\n\nSince Kalvin Phillips set up Raheem Sterling for England's opening goal of Euro 2020 against Croatia, fans across England and beyond have started to take notice.\n\nLeeds United supporters have known about the 25-year-old's talent for years, but not quite as long as his first coach.\n\nThe holding midfielder played youth football for his local side Wortley for seven years, with Elland Road scouts soon taking notice and snapping him up for Leeds' academy, aged 14.\n\nPaul Hatfield, who coached him at Wortley Juniors, based just three miles away from Elland Road, said: \"We were playing a tournament up at Farnley Academy, one of the guys from Leeds spotted him and said, 'I like him, who's he?'\n\n\"I said 'That's Kalvin Phillips', and some of the passes he was doing on that day he's doing for England now. He covered all the pitch too.\"\n\nPaul Hatfield, who has been with Wortley Football Club for 28 years, says Phillips \"just got better and better\"\n\nPhillips, who joined Wortley when he was eight years old, left to continue his footballing education with Leeds - with many fellow junior players deciding to leave too, such was his influence.\n\n\"Kalvin did stand out, he'd never miss training, always trained hard, listened to us - if something went wrong, he'd get his shoulders up, got on with it and started playing again,\" Mr Hatfield continued.\n\n\"Win, lose or draw, he'd come off still smiling.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kalvin Phillips This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe player, nicknamed the 'Yorkshire Pirlo' - after Andrea Pirlo - in honour of his playmaking ability, will face the retired Italy great's home country on Sunday in England's first major men's final in 55 years.\n\nCo-headteacher Karen Loney, one of many staff members at Whingate Primary School who remember Phillips as a pupil, said: \"His mum recently posted a snippet of Kalvin's Year 6 report. In it, I use the phrase 'laid-back attitude' and you can still see that now.\n\n\"A happy, smiley, bright boy who did well across the board, worked hard and loved nothing more than chasing a football round at breaks and lunchtimes.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kalvin Phillips: Leeds United midfielder takes Ian Wright on a tour of his football roots\n\nOn the streets of Wortley, everyone has a story about Phillips - with some more tenuous than others.\n\nAt Cafe Blanco, owner Molly said: \"Well, he came in and bought an omelette and some sandwiches, and my co-owner, she had a photograph with him.\n\n\"It's nice to know a local lad done good.\"\n\nAndy Rhodes and Karen Loney are two of several teachers at Whingate Primary School who remember Phillips\n\nSome homes in Wortley have been decorated in tribute to both England and the local hero\n\nOver the railway tracks from his old primary school is 'Mushy Field', his usual spot for a kickabout as a child.\n\nOn a field that earned its nickname because of its proximity to a mushroom farm, Phillips mucked in and even found the time for a match with his mates after signing as a professional.\n\nSeveral of Phillips' friends were in the crowd at Wembley to see him play in England's semi-final win against Denmark, including Micaiah Williams.\n\nFriends of Kalvin Phillips receive his match shirt following the Three Lions' 2-1 semi final win\n\nMr Williams said: \"That's why he stayed on for the full 120 minutes and still had energy until the last second.\n\n\"It's great to see just a normal, humble guy doing so well.\"\n\nKalvin is not only a great footballer but a wonderful human being. I'll always remember his debut at Wolves in 2015 when he crunched one of the hosts' senior players, Kevin McDonald, with what has since become his trademark tackle.\n\nThat aggression and competitive nature betrays a laid-back and respectful approach to life, illuminated by a beaming smile.\n\nHe has always shown a self-awareness and politeness which has helped him cope not only with the demands and scrutiny of the national press, but also with the criticism that came from a section of the Leeds United support who were not convinced by his ability when he was in the Championship.\n\nHe says United head coach Marcelo Bielsa has had a huge influence on his career, but so have predecessors such as Neil Redfearn and others in the academy at Thorp Arch who gave him his chance.\n\nHe has proved the doubters wrong by combining hard work and considerable talent to become one of the bedrocks of England's success at Euro 2020.\n\nHis rise to the Premier League and to representing England has the city bursting with pride for a local lad who loved his late Granny Val and adores his amazing family. Nice guys can win.\n\nThe player's upbringing was not always an easy one, with his father serving time in prison and his mother working long hours.\n\nSpeaking to Ian Wright and Football Focus about his mother, Phillips said: \"It was just at the weekends we've seen her as she was busy working.\n\n\"We used to get up for school about eight o'clock and she'd drop us off in a car that wouldn't quite work properly, we'd see her for half an hour in the mornings, we'd go to my grandma's after school until she'd finish work.\"\n\nTeachers at Whingate Primary School say they are \"immensely proud\" of Phillips' achievements\n\nPhillips has also spoken about how close he was to his late grandmother Valerie Crosby, who died in February.\n\nAfter England's win against Denmark, he joined the post-match celebrations wearing a shirt with 'Granny Val' on the back in tribute to her.\n\nMr Hatfield said: \"He lives five minutes away from here, he's a Wortley lad and his granny said for him not to leave Leeds at all, so I can't see him leaving - but you never know.\"\n\nPhillips, watched on by friends and family across west Leeds, has featured in every game England has played in Euro 2020\n\nHis impact hasn't gone unnoticed back at his former school, with teacher Andy Rhodes, who taught Phillips in Year 5, noticing his skills influencing the next generation of midfielders in Leeds.\n\n\"There's now more children who like to hit 20 or 30-yard balls, the long pass has definitely been picked up on,\" he said.\n\n\"A 'Kalvin Phillips pass' involves hitting it very hard across the pitch.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "NHS waiting lists in England could more than double in the coming months, the health secretary has said.\n\nCurrently, some 5.3 million people are waiting for routine operations and procedures in England.\n\nSajid Javid told the Sunday Telegraph he was \"shocked\" when officials warned him that the backlog could reach 13 million patients.\n\nBut he added he was confident most remaining curbs would be lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nMr Javid, who became health secretary two weeks ago after his predecessor Matt Hancock resigned following an apology for breaking social-distancing rules, said waiting lists were his priority.\n\nHe told the Sunday Telegraph: \"What shocked me the most is when I was told that the waiting list is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.\n\n\"It's gone up from 3.5 million to 5.3 million as of today, and I said to the officials, so what do you mean 'a lot worse', thinking maybe it goes from 5.3 million to six million, seven million. They said no, it's going to go up by millions... it could go as high as 13 million.\n\n\"Hearing that figure of 13 million, it has absolutely focused my mind, and it's going to be one of my top priorities to deal with because we can't have that.\"\n\nAmong the solutions, Mr Javid said, would be to pay private healthcare providers to continue to treat NHS patients, and keeping virtual doctors' appointments.\n\nA BBC analysis found in May that almost a third of hospitals had seen long waits for treatment increase - with more than 10% of patients going a year or more without treatment.\n\nIn March, around five million patients were waiting for surgery - the highest number since modern records began.\n\nIt comes as Covid case numbers rose above 30,000 for the fourth day in a row on Saturday, amid concerns over the move to end most of England's remaining curbs later this month.\n\nMr Javid has previously warned that virus cases could reach 100,000 a day over the summer, if the ending of restrictions goes ahead as planned on 19 July.\n\nIf that does happen, then hospital admissions could reach 2,500 a day, according to statistician Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter.\n\nAppearing on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One, Prof Spiegelhalter said it was \"absolutely inevitable\" that the UK would soon experience \"a big wave of cases\".\n\nHe said the hospital admissions estimate was \"very high\" but \"considerably lower\" than the peak of the second wave.\"\n\nPatients would also likely be younger and therefore require shorter stays in hospital, Prof Spiegelhalter added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Speaking on Sunday the vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, said the NHS could deal with a cautious reopening of the economy\n\nProf Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the academy was \"cautious about issuing dire warnings\" but she had become \"profoundly concerned\" over the last couple of weeks about the idea of lifting restrictions in England on 19 July.\n\n\"There seems to be a misapprehension that life will return to normal from then and that we can throw away all the precautions and, frankly, that would be dangerous,\" she said.\n\nA few hospitals in the UK have announced that non-urgent surgery is being postponed because of rising admissions of Covid patients, very high patient numbers at A&E, and staff self-isolating, the BBC's health editor Hugh Pym reported.\n\nIn Wales, home births were suspended by the Swansea Bay health board due to the number of staff self-isolating or unwell.\n\nHealth experts in Scotland said clinicians were \"resigned\" to spiralling Covid cases putting more pressure on health services in the coming weeks.\n\nHowever, the link between Covid, hospitalisation and death has been weakened by the vaccine rollout, with admissions to hospital and deaths below the levels seen last winter.\n\nBeing fully vaccinated reduces the risk of symptomatic Covid-19 by about 90%, and hospitalisation by up to 94%, depending on the jab.\n\nEngland fans attending Sunday's Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley will be offered on-the-spot jabs at a nearby vaccination centre.\n\nProf Stephen Powis, of NHS England, described the vaccine as the \"best defence\" and urged fans to \"be a team player and get both your vaccinations in what is a game of two jabs\".\n\nThe NHS will also air an advert during TV coverage of the final to encourage people who have not been vaccinated to get their jab.\n\nSo far, 45.7 million first doses have been distributed by the NHS across the UK - more than 86% of all UK adults.\n\nMeanwhile, experts have warned it is possible to catch two coronavirus variants at the same time after an unvaccinated 90-year-old woman in Belgium became sick with the Alpha and Beta types simultaneously.", "Jonathan Coleman was best known as Jono\n\nTributes have been paid to radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman who has died at the age of 65.\n\nThe fast-talking DJ, who was born in London, had a long broadcasting career in both the UK and Australia.\n\nHe was diagnosed with prostate cancer four years ago and died on Friday with his wife and children by his side, his family said.\n\nHis wife Margot said they would \"miss him beyond words\", while others have paid tribute to the \"giant of radio\".\n\nColeman, who was known best as Jono, was born in Hackney on 29 February 1956.\n\nHis family moved to Australia where he first appeared on TV screens in 1979 and soon after featured on various radio stations.\n\nHe presented numerous radio shows in the UK including the Russ and Jono show on Virgin Radio\n\nHe later spent 16 years in the UK where he presented the Russ and Jono Show with Russell Williams on Virgin Radio in the 1990s, as well as other programmes on BBC Radio London and Heart 106.2.\n\nIn a statement, his wife said they had been \"soul mates for close to 40 years\" and described him as someone \"with enormous talent and the special gift to make people laugh\".\n\nShe added her husband had wanted to be remembered \"for doing a good deed every day\", and that this reflected his \"generosity and caring nature\".\n\nAmong those to pay tribute was his former fellow presenter Williams who said working together had been the \"best of times and right now it feels like the worst of times\".\n\n\"Rest easy 'Little buddy' and 'Thank You Very Much Indeed'. Blessed to have had him in my life,\" he wrote.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Radio London This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFilm star Russell Crowe tweeted that Coleman was a \"lovely man\", while radio and television presenter Jeremy Vine described him as a \"giant of radio\".\n\nBBC Radio London also paid tribute, tweeting: \"We are so sad at the news that our former colleague Jono Coleman has died from cancer at the age of 65.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with Jono's wife Margot and his children today.\"", "England are one win away from a first major trophy since 1966 but standing in the way of the Three Lions and European glory is a revitalised and vibrant Italy.\n\nWhile Gareth Southgate's side enjoyed a successful run in the 2018 World Cup, narrowly losing to Croatia in the semi-finals, this is Italy's first appearance in a major tournament since the 2016 European Championship.\n\nThe World Cup in Russia was the first time Italy had not qualified for a major tournament in 60 years but, since Roberto Mancini took over in 2018, they have gone 33 matches unbeaten and are in the 2020 Euro final.\n\nHere is everything you need to know about key figures in this Italy side.\n\nMancini took charge of Italy in 2018, six months after they failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup under Gian Piero Ventura.\n\nThey have since blossomed and are on a 33-match unbeaten streak dating back to September 2018.\n\nA stylish forward in his playing days - which included four goals in 36 Italy appearances over a decade - the always impeccably-dressed Mancini has become an icon from the touchline.\n\nItaly have won 28, drawn eight and lost only two under the former Man City boss, while also breaking their own international record of going 19 hours without conceding before Austria scored against them in the last 16.\n\nItalian football has traditionally been associated with miserly defending and a reluctance to play expansively, even when a game is won. Until this summer, Italy had never scored more than two goals in a European Championship match, despite winning the competition once and twice finishing as runners-up.\n\nIn this tournament, however, adopting Manini's new adventurous style of play they won their first two games 3-0 against Turkey and Switzerland blowing both teams away with vibrant performances full of attacking intent.\n\nYou never have to look too far though for signs of that old Italian art of defending to be in evidence.\n\nGiorgio Chiellini has nailed the art of defending next to Leonardo Bonucci and the 36-year-old skipper brings immense experience to an otherwise youthful Italy squad, after 17 years and 111 caps for Italy.\n\nTwo World Cups, two European Championships, retirement, a comeback from retirement, a Luis Suarez bite, a new anterior cruciate ligament and a Jordi Alba bear hug later, Chiellini leads Italy into the 2020 Euro final.\n\nHopefully Harry Kane likes hugs and is not psyched out by Chiellini's calm character filled with humour, smiles and playful punches.\n\nAnd, while this is undoubtedly a more adventurous Azzurri than previous Italian sides, there have been signs of their old tricks and defensive mastery as the tournament has progressed - very much led by Chiellini.\n\nThe Juventus centre-back loves nothing better than defending. His roars and high fives to celebrate a headed clearance or a big tackle have been as evident as his cheerleading role has among the players and supporters.\n\nHe played for Italy under-21s in the first official game at the new Wembley 15 years ago - refusing to leave the field after receiving a head wound - and England will know that, to beat the new Italy at Wembley on Sunday, they will have to get past one of the most cunning, determined and finest defenders of the past 20 years.\n\nFormer England striker Alan Shearer told the BBC after Italy's quarter-final win over Belgium: \"The Italians had to use all of their know-how and experience in that last 10 or 15 minutes. The two old guys at the back were brilliant.\"\n\nFederico and Enrico Chiesa have become the first father and son to score in the European Championship, but where Enrico's Italy did not get out of the group stage of the 1996 Euros, Federico is looking to go all the way to glory.\n\nAt 23, Juventus' Chiesa has emerged as a nation's favourite, scoring two goals this tournament so far including a superb curler against Spain in the semi-final, already half of his father's international goal tally.\n\nGareth Southgate is more than familiar with Chiesa senior - after clashing with him in Italy's goalless draw with England in Rome in 1997, which secured World Cup qualification for the Three Lions.\n\nThis time around Southgate will have to watch from the touchline unable to make that thunderous tackle that upset Enrico so much and hope that Chiesa doesn't score against his England on Sunday.\n\nIn 2016, Gianluigi Donnarumma became the youngest player to be called up for the Italian national team since 1911 at 17-years-old.\n\nHe also became the youngest player to play for the national team after being subbed on for Gianluigi Buffon later that year against France.\n\nDonnarumma had big shoes to fill after 176-cap, World Cup winner Buffon's retirement, but the 22-year-old has not disappointed since becoming Italy's number one keeper.\n\nNot only has the Italian keeper conceded just three goals in six matches this tournament, but he paved the way to the final after saving Alvaro Morata's penalty in the semi-final shootout against Spain.\n\nThe Italian has been with AC Milan since he was 14, but Donnarumma is a free agent this summer and, after an impressive 2020 Euro display, he won't be short of offers with Paris St-German heavily tipped to sign him .\n\nHow Insigne has defied the odds\n\nLorenzo Insigne had to prove his small stature did not affect his footballing abilities after being told time after time that he would not get to the top because of his size.\n\nA young Insigne was about to give up on his footballing dream after countless rejections, before finally being given his big chance by Napoli at 15, where he still plays now 15 years later.\n\nInsigne stands at 5ft 3in and luckily for him, due to Covid, mascots are not allowed to walk out with the team anymore saving him from being paired with the tallest mascot and another social media meme...\n\nThough he will not win headers against John Stones and Harry Maguire, Insigne can dance through a defensive line and curl the ball in at the far post without breaking a sweat - as he did against Belgium in the quarter-final.\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Contact groups will not longer be required for school and college pupils in Wales from September\n\nFrom September face coverings will no longer be routinely recommended in classrooms, the Welsh government has announced.\n\nCurrent guidance says masks should be worn by secondary pupils if social distancing cannot be maintained.\n\nFace masks have not been required in schools in England since 17 May.\n\nWales' education minister announced the change in a letter to headteachers as well as further plans to \"bring some normality back to education\".\n\nJeremy Miles said contact groups would no longer be required for school and college pupils, and the normal school timetable would return.\n\nHe said the test, trace and protect (TTP) system would be applied instead.\n\nMr Miles added that the changes were possible as, by the end of September, all adults in Wales will have been offered both vaccinations and a \"growing body of evidence\" showed young people were \"more at harm from missing school than from Covid\".\n\n\"Lots of young people I have spoken to have said that they don't believe the current system is proportionate. They just want to be treated the same as everyone else - and that sounds fair to me,\" he said.\n\nA Local Covid-19 Infection Control Decision Framework will be published at the start of the autumn term.\n\nThe Welsh government has said the framework will enable schools and colleges to tailor some interventions to reflect the level of risk identified locally.\n\nIt said they would be supported by public health officials and local authorities to ensure measures are appropriate to their circumstances.\n\nBut the Welsh Conservatives education spokesperson Laura Anne Jones said: \"I remain concerned that the Welsh Labour government's much maligned Covid-19 Infection Control Decision Framework will not be ready until the start of the autumn term.\n\n\"Schools need more clarity about their level of responsibility as soon as possible and this important detail must be expedited by Labour ministers.\"\n\nIn Scotland all secondary pupils have been wearing face coverings in school corridors and classrooms but the Scottish government is looking at the role of masks in general society after 9 August, when many restrictions will be lifted.", "High hopes and nerves gave way to fear and sorrow as England lost to Italy on penalties during their first major international final in 55 years.\n\nHere is a selection of photos before, during, and after the historic match.\n\nEmotions were on display as thousands of fans turned up to Wembley to show their support.\n\nThere was a festive atmosphere outside stadium.\n\nThis fan used the occasion to show off his England tattoos.\n\nThousands of supporters cheered and chanted in the build-up to the match.\n\nHopes were high as fans gathered around the country to watch the game.\n\nThe Red Arrows performed a flyover above Wembley Stadium in support of the England team.\n\nA large replica of The Henri Delaunay Trophy is seen while performers dance inside the stadium prior to kick-off.\n\nThis was English football's most important day for more than half a century and the team was urged on by a fervent crowd.\n\nEngland were up and running with an early goal from Luke Shaw after two minutes.\n\nFans in Manchester had barely settled into their seats before the opportunity for celebration.\n\nWembley grew anxious as Italy gained possession. Experience proved critical for the Azzurri (Blues).\n\nItaly dominated possession and Leonardo Bonucci restored parity from close range in the 67th minute.\n\nItaly's goal dampened the party atmosphere at the fan zone in Trafford Park, Manchester.\n\nIt was a very tough second half for England, with Italy in control. As extra time loomed, Giorgio Chiellini fouled Bukayo Saka.\n\nA tense period of extra time failed to find a winner, it was on to penalties.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge appeared unable to watch.\n\nUnder Gareth Southgate, the young side provided the nation with hope.\n\nEngland missed three of their five penalties, Marcus Rashford hitting a post and Gianluigi Donnarumma denying Jadon Sancho.\n\nItalian fans at home in Rome were tense as Jordan Pickford kept England hopes alive with saves from Andrea Belotti and Jorginho.\n\nArsenal teenager Bukayo Saka saw the giant Italy goalkeeper save his spot-kick.\n\nThe tearful 19-year-old Saka, who showed such courage to step forward, was consoled by his team-mates and manager.\n\nThe moment in Manchester when it became clear the dream was finally over\n\nIn the end, it was spot-kick suffering for England once again as jubilant Italian squad rushed towards their keeper to celebrate victory.\n\nItaly fans cheered in Piccadilly Circus in central London as their team won.\n\nThere were triumphant scenes across Italy. Here supporters celebrate in Piazza del Duomo in Milan.\n\nEngland fans at the Trafalgar Square Fan Zone in London were dejected after the loss.\n\nThe result was a familiar tale of disappointment.\n\nItaly edged over the line and both Southgate and his players looked devastated, as were the fans at Wembley.\n\nEngland's years of hurt go on. Dreams of a major trophy shattered once more.\n\nItaly's players and staff celebrated in front of their exultant fans. Euro 2020 was their sixth major tournament title, only Germany (seven) have won more.\n\nAs despondent fans made their way home, a huge clean-up operation began.\n\nAll photographs are subject to copyright.", "Flags are out all over Italy for today's Euro 2020 final\n\n\"Do the English really put pineapple on pizza?\" asks the Italian daily La Repubblica in a piece by its London correspondent. \"Rarely,\" it concludes, \"but the real problem is adding cream to spaghetti carbonara.\"\n\nSunday's Euro final is not just a clash of sport, but of cultures.\n\n\"The thing about us Italians is that we are a country of beauty,\" says the newspaper Corriere della Sera. \"We don't just score goals, we score beautiful goals.\" It adds: \"There's no such thing as a badly-dressed Italian, just some Italians who aren't interested in dressing well.\"\n\nBut for all that divides these markedly different countries - few Italians rave about British cuisine, in case you were wondering - there are many similarities.\n\nFootball runs through the veins of both nations. While England have been waiting for international football glory since 1966, Italy last won a European title in 1968 and are also impatient for triumph (though two World Cup wins since, in 1982 and 2006, have eased the pain).\n\nAnd both teams have been revolutionised by their managers, with Gareth Southgate and Roberto Mancini bringing in younger players and laying ghosts of the past to rest - England with its failure to reach an international final for decades and Italy with its non-qualification for the 2018 World Cup, labelled \"an apocalypse\" by the country's leading sports newspaper.\n\n\"Mancini is the central man of this Italian miracle,\" says Alvaro Moretti, the deputy editor of the daily Il Messaggero and its former sports editor.\n\nAlvaro Moretti says Roberto Mancini has rekindled the fortunes of the Italy team\n\n\"When he took over in 2018, he believed from the start that he would arrive at this point. He's very charismatic, he's very elegant. And he decided that his approach would be enjoyment, to bring happiness to the Italian team - and to the Italian people.\"\n\nThat is, perhaps, the overriding feeling in Italy as it watches gli Azzurri (the Blues) go into this final - joy. The first country in the West to be crushed by the Coronavirus pandemic, whose inundated intensive care units forewarned others of what was to come, has seen infection levels drop sharply so as to be able to lift most restrictions and for Italians to watch their team's triumphant performances in bars.\n\n\"I'm even happier about the rebirth of Italy than about the final itself,\" says Gianluca Santangeli, sitting in his newspaper kiosk in the Trastevere district of Rome.\n\nGianluca Santangeli is celebrating the lifting of Covid restrictions\n\n\"That people can go out without masks and watch it on big screens is a relief.\" As for his prediction? \"I believe in fate,\" he says. \"But I think Italy should play our classic tactics: strong defence and counter-attack, since we're facing a good England team at home.\"\n\nThe match has, of course, split loyalties among the many Anglo-Italian couples, including Elisa Sandri, who lives in Brighton with her British partner but is currently back in Rome.\n\nEnjoying a coffee with her old friend, Anna, she jokes that she's had the odd heated discussion over the match with English colleagues but with her partner, \"we've been watching the games together and cheering for each other, so I think it'll be fine\".\n\n\"In any case it'll be a win-win for me,\" she adds. \"I just love the atmosphere here when Italy plays. Everyone comes together, cheers and hugs, you make new friends. I think England might win…but if it goes to penalties, they won't!\"\n\nElisa Sandri (R) says Italians have come together during the Euro 2020 matches\n\nShopping for tomatoes at a nearby market, Morosina Zorzi has other concerns.\n\n\"The main thing I'm worried about is that my son's wedding is happening at the same time as the match,\" she says.\n\n\"He doesn't want a big screen at the reception, so I think the guests will be watching it on their phones - and I'm sure some of them will leave to go and watch it.\"\n\nShe admits she's not a football fan but says: \"If Italy win I'll be happy because of the national spirit - though Rome will be a mess with all the partying.\"\n\nThis proud nation is sure of victory over England in most respects - beaches, food, fashion. But for football-mad Italians, a win tonight might just be the sweetest of all.\n\nMorosina Zorzi says a win for Italy will lift the national spirit\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joanne and Alfonso live in Bedford, which is called England's \"Little Italy\" for its large Italian population", "Conor McGregor was sensationally defeated for the second time in two fights after breaking his leg at UFC 264 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.\n\nThe Irishman, 32, was stopped after the first round against former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier.\n\nReplays showed his ankle rolling over as he stepped backwards seconds before the end of the round and the fight was stopped by doctors, handing Poirier a second straight win in their trilogy.\n\n\"This is not over,\" McGregor said.\n\n\"If I have to take it outside, let's take it outside,\" he added as he was interviewed while sitting on the canvas with his ankle strapped in a protective cast, before being taken out of the ring on a stretcher.\n\nUFC president Dana White said after the fight McGregor had broken the lower tibia in his left shin.\n\nMcGregor had defeated Poirier via first-round TKO at UFC 178 in 2014, but the American, also 32, evened the score with a second-round TKO at UFC 257 in January.\n\nIt meant the rivalry was perfectly poised heading into their trilogy bout in Las Vegas, and it was Poirier who emerged victorious in unfortunate circumstances.\n• None Relive the best reaction from Poirier v McGregor 3\n\nThe action was fast and furious as McGregor switched his tactics from the second fight and opened up with a succession of kicks.\n\nBut Poirier kept his cool and, after fending off McGregor's early attacks, pushed forward with a flurry of punches before eventually forcing the action against the cage.\n\nMcGregor attempted to surprise Poirier with a guillotine choke, but the American stayed calm and escaped before punishing McGregor with heavy punches and elbows from top position.\n\nAnd, when the fight returned to the feet, both men attempted to throw huge shots, with McGregor rolling his ankle when stumbling backward. Poirier then poured on the pressure in search of a finish, but the Irishman was saved by the buzzer.\n\nHowever, it quickly became apparent that McGregor had suffered a serious injury, with replays showing the Irishman's leg breaking as he stepped backward.\n\nThe event was the first time the UFC had played to a full crowd in its home town since UFC 248 in March 2020, as a capacity crowd packed the 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.\n\nThe level of anticipation was down in large part to an ill-tempered fight week that saw McGregor turn up the heat on Poirier in an attempt to get under the Louisiana man's skin as the fight drew closer.\n\nWhile the build-up to their second bout at UFC 257 was remarkably cordial, tensions were sky high before the trilogy bout, with McGregor issuing a chilling warning to his opponent ahead of fight night, declaring, \"I'm gonna make this man pay with his life. And I mean it!\" after the pair faced off at the ceremonial weigh-ins on Friday.\n\nIt meant the atmosphere inside the arena was electric by the time both men made their walk to the octagon.\n\nAnd tensions were still high at the conclusion of the bout, with Poirier suggesting a checked leg kick caused the initial injury to McGregor and his stumble later in the round exacerbating the injury and forcing the stoppage.\n\n\"He fractured it in one of the checks at the beginning of the fight and he broke it on a punch, for sure. I felt something, he was kicking me hard,\" he said.\n\n\"There's no coming back from that,\" the American added. \"He was saying he was going to murder me, that I'd leave here in a coffin. You don't talk like that about people. I hope he gets home safe to his beautiful family.\"\n\nMcGregor angrily rejected that assessment as he vowed the rivalry between the pair was far from over.\n\n'McGregor can't end his legacy on this'\n\nNick Peet, MMA journalist on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"Conor McGregor can't end his legacy on this, a freak injury. It won't sit right with him.\n\n\"Let's not get away from the fact we got one round of action, and that was categorically won by Dustin Poirier.\n\n\"You wanted a conclusive finish so the trilogy could end but now the trilogy hasn't ended, in my opinion.\n\n\"We've got to see something else. To end it here doesn't sit right with me. I don't think Poirier-McGregor is done.\"\n\nJack Shore, Welsh UFC bantamweight on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"It was a really dominant first round from Dustin Poirier, it's just a shame to see it end the way it did. The fact it ends in an injury does take something away.\n\n\"There's definitely unfinished business. McGregor's a fighter first. Despite everything else he's got going on, he'll always want to fight.\n\n\"He's not going to want to go out like this, to let this be the end. He's going to come back and there's many options for him.\"\n\nWhat's next for both men?\n\nFor Poirier, a lightweight title shot with undisputed 155-pound champion Charles Oliveira awaits, with the Brazilian in attendance in Las Vegas.\n\nMcGregor's future looks less certain, however.\n\nThe nature of his injury means it may be some time before he is back to fighting fitness again. But, once he is ready to return, his star power means he will still have plenty of options in front of him.\n\nThe Irishman remains the UFC's biggest box-office draw, but after four stoppage defeats from his past seven bouts - and only one win at lightweight in the UFC - it will need him to defeat a legitimate contender to position him for a potential shot at the lightweight belt.\n\nHowever, McGregor could opt to pursue another trilogy fight with the first man to defeat him inside the octagon, Nate Diaz, while a bout against \"BMF\" champion Jorge Masvidal may also offer the type of stylistic match-up the Dubliner would likely relish.\n\nAnother option could be Rafael dos Anjos. The pair were due to face off for the lightweight title at UFC 196 before a broken foot sustained by the Brazilian forced the ex-lightweight champion off the card. Dos Anjos was drafted in as a back-up fighter for Saturday's main event, and was involved in an angry altercation with McGregor earlier in the week.\n\nThen there is the lure of a return to boxing. McGregor was preparing to face Manny Pacquiao before his defeat to Poirier in January derailed those plans, and that match-up could potentially be revisited once McGregor is back to full fitness.\n\nThere is also the option of taking on the man who has repeatedly called him out for a boxing match - YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul - while a rematch with Floyd Mayweather is something both men have spoken openly about.\n\nHowever, given the events of Saturday night in Las Vegas, the fight McGregor is most likely to pursue upon his return is a fourth bout with Poirier.\n\nThe best of the rest\n\nIn the night's co-main event, former welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns kept himself in the title picture with a unanimous decision victory over fellow former title challenger Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson.\n\nBurns mixed up his grappling with his striking to keep Thompson on the back foot as he earned scores of 29-28 on all three scorecards before calling for bouts against Nate Diaz, Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards.\n\nAlso on the main card, Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa made a huge impression on the Las Vegas crowd as he danced to the octagon to the Spice Girls' Wannabe, then knocked out Greg Hardy in stunning fashion before celebrating with a succession of 'shoeys' - drinking beer from a shoe - in front of the fans.\n\nThe main card kicked off with a stellar display from rising bantamweight contender Sean O'Malley, who finished gritty short-notice debutant Kris Moutinho with 27 seconds remaining.\n\nAnd there was also a big knockout on the preliminary card, as South Africa's former KSW champion Dricus du Plessis finished American Trevin Giles with a straight right in the second round of their middleweight bout.\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "Watch the decisive final penalties of the dramatic shootout as Italy beat England 3-2 on spot-kicks to win the European Championship after a tense 120 minutes ended 1-1 at Wembley.", "Italian football fans have been celebrating across the country after their football team defeated England 3-2 on penalties in the Euro 2020 final in London.\n\nThe team were given a hero's welcome as they arrived back in Rome on Monday.\n\nCrowds cheered as Captain Giorgio Chiellini held up the trophy, won only once before by Italy in 1968.\n\nThe BBC's Mark Lowen in Rome says the victory has brought joy back to Italy after the hell of the pandemic.\n\nThe star of what they're calling an Italian miracle is coach Roberto Mancini, transforming a national team from the shame of failing to qualify for the last World Cup to a side unbeaten now in 34 games.\n\nHe has brought youth and confidence to the Italian team and made Italians fall back in love with the \"Azzurri\".\n\nCaptain Giorgio Chiellini wore a crown on his head as the team arrived to cheering crowds at their hotel.\n\nThe triumphant team landed at Rome's Fiumicino airport early on Monday morning. Crowds cheered as they disembarked, and later as they arrived at their hotel.\n\nChiellini - wearing a crown - held aloft the trophy, which he'd kept next to him on his bed overnight.\n\nLater in the day, they were welcomed by Italian President Sergio Mattarella, before going on to meet Prime Minister Mario Draghi later.\n\nSunday night began with stunned silence as England scored an early goal but was transformed by the elation of the Italian equaliser.\n\nWild celebrations followed after a penalty shoot-out that some could barely watch from nerves.\n\nAt a fan zone in Rome, thousands of supporters started jumping in pure elation, shouting and hugging each other after a missed penalty by England's Bukayo Saka signalled Italy's victory.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I am so happy! We are Euro champions, I am going to celebrate all night, I am going to celebrate all night!\" Beatrice Mattioli in Rome told Reuters news agency.\n\n\"It's incredible, it's incredible, you can't feel better than this, it is amazing, we won the final!\" said Stefano Gucci, another supporter in the Italian capital.\n\nIn Naples, fans sounded car horns as they drove around the southern Italian city\n\nThere were nervy moments for Italian supporters during the tense final that ended 1-1 after extra-time", "It is possible to catch two Covid variants at the same time, experts are warning after seeing a double infection in a 90-year-old woman who became sick with the Alpha and Beta types first identified in the UK and South Africa.\n\nThe woman, who died in March 2021 in Belgium, had not been vaccinated.\n\nHer doctors suspect she contracted the infections from two different people.\n\nThey believe it is the first documented case of its kind and, although rare, similar dual infections are happening.\n\nHer case is being discussed at this year's European Congress on Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.\n\nIn January 2021, scientists in Brazil reported that two people had been simultaneously infected with two types of coronavirus, one of them a variant of concern called Gamma.\n\nResearchers from Portugal, meanwhile, recently treated a 17-year-old who appeared to have caught a second type of Covid while still recovering from a different, pre-existing Covid infection.\n\nThe 90-year-old, who was infected with the two \"variants of concern\" - the most worrying new versions of coronavirus that experts are tracking - had been admitted to hospital after experiencing some falls, but later developed worsening respiratory symptoms.\n\nLaboratory tests on samples taken when she was admitted revealed she had Covid-19, caused by two different mutated versions of the pandemic virus, simultaneously - Alpha and Beta.\n\nLead researcher Dr Anne Vankeerberghen, from the OLV hospital in Aalst, Belgium, said: \"Both these variants were circulating in Belgium at the time, so it is likely that the lady was co-infected with different viruses from two different people. Unfortunately, we don't know how she became infected.\n\n\"She was a lady who lived alone, but she got a lot of helpers coming in to care for her.\n\n\"Whether the co-infection of the two variants of concern played a role in the fast deterioration of the patient is difficult to say.\"\n\nViruses constantly evolve by mutating as they replicate. This creates new versions or variants.\n\nCovid has undergone some important changes that may give it an advantage - for example, by increasing its ability to replicate or dodge some of our existing immunity from past infection or vaccination.\n\nThe most concerning ones are being closely monitored by scientists and are called variants of concern.\n\nCurrently, in the UK, it is the Delta variant that is spreading the most.\n\nExperts are confident that existing vaccines offer good protection against it.\n\nScientists are designing new Covid vaccines that will be an even better match for new variants, and could be used as boosters.\n\nProf Lawrence Young, an expert in virology at the University of Warwick, said: \"Detecting two dominant variants of concern in a single person is not a surprise - these could have been passed on by a single infected individual, or by contact with multiple infected people.\"\n\nHe said more studies were needed to determine whether such infections in any way compromise the efficacy of vaccination, or make for a worse case of Covid-19.", "Firefighters are struggling to contain California's Beckwourth Complex fires\n\nWildfires are raging in the west of the United States as the region is hit by a heatwave that has brought record temperatures to several areas.\n\nCommunities have been told to evacuate as firefighters struggle to battle the blazes in the extreme conditions.\n\nIn California, residents were urged to cut power consumption after interstate power lines were knocked out.\n\nOn Saturday, two firefighters in Arizona died when their aircraft crashed while responding to a blaze.\n\nMeanwhile, Las Vegas, Nevada, matched its all-time temperature high of 47.2C (117F) on Saturday.\n\nFirefighters battling the many wildfires in the region say the air is so dry that much of the water dropped by aircraft to quell the flames evaporates before it reaches the ground.\n\nIt comes just weeks after another dangerous heatwave hit North America, in which hundreds of sudden deaths were recorded, many of them suspected of being heat-related.\n\nThe region experienced its hottest June on record, according to the EU's Earth observation programme.\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. But linking any single event to global warming is complicated.\n\nHowever, a study by climate researchers said the heat that scorched western Canada and the US at the end of June was \"virtually impossible\" without climate change.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nArizona's Bureau of Land Management paid tribute to the two \"brave wildland firefighters\" who died in a plane crash while performing aerial reconnaissance, command and control over the lightning-caused Cedar Basin Fire.\n\n\"Our hearts are heavy tonight with sincere condolences to families, loved ones and firefighters affected by this tragic aviation accident\", the agency said.\n\nThe accident occurred at around noon local time (19:00 GMT) on Saturday near the small community of Wikieup. Further information was not immediately available and the firefighters have not been officially named.\n\nIn the north of Nevada, near the border with California, people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires triggered by lightning strikes tore through parts of the Sierra Nevada forest region.\n\nOne fire, which more than doubled in size between Friday and Saturday, sent up a giant cloud of smoke and ash which, combined with the dry heat, generated its own lightning, according to the Los Angeles Times.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by alertwildfire This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"As long as it's this hot and we have these low humidities, it's kind of hard to tell when and where we're going to catch this,\" Lisa Cox, information officer for the so-called Beckwourth Complex fires, told the newspaper.\n\nIn Oregon, a wildfire fanned by strong winds in the Fremont-Winema National Forest doubled in size to 120 sq miles (311 sq km) on Saturday.\n\nThe fire damaged power cables that send electricity to California. Power grid operators in California urged customers to conserve electricity by reducing their use of appliances and to keep thermostats higher during the evening when solar energy is diminished or no longer available.\n\nIn Idaho, Governor Brad Little last week declared a wildfire emergency and mobilised the state's National Guard to help fight fires also sparked by lightning.\n\nFires have also been burning in Canada's western province of British Columbia amid unusually hot, dry weather. An entire village was wiped out in a blaze earlier this month after it recorded Canada's highest ever temperature of 49.6C (121.3F).\n\nThe country on Sunday ordered new railway safety rules for areas where there is a high wildfire risk. The rules will require Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway to take a number of precautions, including reducing train speeds when there is an extreme fire risk and removing combustible material near tracks.\n\nSeveral areas in Nevada and California have matched or passed temperature records, according to preliminary data by the National Weather Service (NWS), and the extreme heat is expected to continue.\n\nA temperature of 54.4C (130F) was registered in California's Death Valley on Friday, matching one recorded in August 2020 - which some argue is the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth. A temperature of 56.7C (134F) was registered in the area in 1913, but this is contested by climate experts.\n\nMillions of people are under an excessive heat warning, with those affected urged to drink plenty of water and stay in air-conditioned buildings where possible.\n\nCooling centres - air-conditioned public spaces - have been set up in some areas to help residents get relief from the heatwave.\n\nA cooling centre was set up at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland to help people affected by the heatwave\n\nHeat warnings have also been issued in parts of Canada, with those affected urged to consider rescheduling outdoor activities for cooler periods of the day, and monitor for symptoms of heat stroke or heat exhaustion.", "As Rushden and Diamonds chairman Max Griggs took the club in the Football League\n\nMax Griggs who founded the original Rushden and Diamonds FC and made his fortune with Dr Martens footwear has died.\n\nIts successor club, AFC Rushden and Diamonds, said Mr Griggs passed away on Thursday.\n\nChairman Ralph Burditt said his colleagues were devastated by the news.\n\nHe said Mr Griggs regularly attended the Northamptonshire club's home games until the autumn lockdown and was a \"pivotal person in the club's history\".\n\n\"We wouldn't be here without him. Everyone in the local area linked to the members could only say what a wonderful, kind down-to-earth man he was,\" said Mr Burditt.\n\nAt Saturday's pre-season match against Cambridge City, players wore black armbands in respect.\n\nSocial media has seen an outpouring of tributes.\n\nThe director of Peterborough United, Barry Fry, said: \"He was a wonderful man, a great man, what he did for Rushden and Diamonds.\n\n\"He gave the club to the fans - a great football man. He will be sadly missed. They don't make them like him anymore.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Peterborough United This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMax Griggs' business success was partly built by putting Dr Martens at the heart of Northampton Shoes and Boots, based in Wollaston.\n\nIn 1960, Mr Griggs and his brothers bought the UK patent rights to the Dr Martens boot with its air-cushioned sole, which became popular with several British youth cults.\n\nMr Griggs formed Rushden and Diamonds FC in 1992 by merging two neighbouring clubs, Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds, with the aim of getting the single, larger club into the Football League.\n\nHe was at the helm at Nene Park for 11 years and achieved that dream, before retiring as chairman in 2003.\n\nManager Brian Talbot celebrates a 1998 FA Cup victory over Doncaster at Nene Park with Max Griggs\n\nRushden and Diamonds FC folded in 2011, with the present day \"phoenix\" club AFC Rushden and Diamonds formed by a small group of supporters.\n\nIn 2014, Max Griggs and his son Stephen gave the club, the stadium and the 22 acres of land at Nene Park to the Supporters' Trust.\n\nAs well as £20m worth of assets, the Griggs Group also gave the trust a cash injection of £750,000.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by AFC Rushden & Diamonds This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAFC said it planned to further commemorate Mr Griggs' life at the Northampton Town friendly on 21 July.\n\nThe club currently plays in the Southern League Premier Division Central.\n\nMax Griggs (left) and his son Stephen Griggs, at Nene Park, Irthlingborough in 2005\n\nMr Griggs' family have not yet commented on his death.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There have been 12 overdoses in the area since Wednesday, according to the health board\n\nA man has died after a spate of drug overdoses in the last week in Swansea.\n\nSouth Wales Police are investigating the unexplained death of a man in the Waun Wen area of the city on Saturday.\n\nIt comes after a number of people ended up in Swansea's Morriston Hospital after taking what is believed to be a \"bad batch\" of drugs.\n\nSwansea Bay University Health Board has issued an \"urgent warning about the dangers of taking drugs\" after 12 overdoses in the area since Wednesday.\n\nThe health board had said earlier in the week that fake prescription anti-anxiety pills - being sold illegally as Valium and Xanax - was thought to be behind the cause of the overdoses.\n\n\"While initially people were warned about fake anti-anxiety drugs possibly being linked to the overdoses, it is still not clear what is behind the incidents, and other drugs could be involved,\" the health board has now said .\n\nSeveral people had been left seriously ill in hospital in Swansea earlier in the week and the health board contacted police due to the number of overdoses in a short space of time.\n\nSouth Wales Police said the man's cause of death is \"unknown\" and officers were \"keeping an open mind\" about the circumstances surrounding it.\n\nSwansea Bay health board had thought fake tablets were being sold as Valium and Xanax\n\nSwansea Bay health board public health director Keith Reid offered his \"condolences to the family and friends of the person who has died\".\n\n\"It's important that we see drug use primarily as a public health problem and recognise its very real impact on individuals and families in our communities,\" he said.\n\n\"This number of overdose cases in such a short time is highly concerning and we don't know clearly yet what drug or drugs may be behind it so we are advising people to take extreme care.\"\n\nThe health board said most doctors at the 750-bed hospital at Morriston and almost all members of the intensive care and anaesthetics teams had been involved in the care of the patients.\n\n\"We have sadly heard that these drugs have led to a death, which is a tragic waste of a life full of potential,\" said Morriston's A&E consultant Adrian Stallwood.\n• None 'Fake pills' leave several seriously ill in hospital\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Luís Filipe Vieira suspended his current term as Benfica's president on Friday\n\nA judge in Portugal has ordered that the president of Benfica, the country's biggest football club, be kept under house arrest until he posts €3m (£2.6m; $3.6m) bail.\n\nLuís Filipe Vieira, 72, is being investigated for suspected tax fraud, money laundering and other crimes.\n\nHe had been Benfica's president since 2003, but suspended his current term on Friday - two days after his detention.\n\nMr Vieira's lawyer says his client \"is convinced of his innocence\".\n\nProsecutors and tax inspectors have searched dozens of premises, including club offices.\n\nThree other people who were earlier detained for questioning have been released on bail.\n\nThe prosecutors are investigating deals worth more than €100m that may have resulted in heavy losses to the Portuguese state and several companies.\n\nThe Lisbon-based club has stressed that it is not under investigation.\n\nThe position of Benfica's president has been taken over by Rui Costa, a former Benfica star and Mr Vieira's vice-president.\n• None How Benfica develop players envied by the elite", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nExtreme heat is building in the western United States, with forecasts of record-breaking temperatures in the states of California and Nevada.\n\nIt comes just weeks after another dangerous heatwave hit North America, and the region has experienced the hottest June on record.\n\nCalifornia's Death Valley on Friday recorded a high of 54.4C (130F), with similar heat expected this weekend.\n\nMillions of people in the US are under warnings of excessive heat.\n\nThe National Weather Service has advised those affected to drink plenty of water and stay in air conditioned buildings.\n\nThe temperature in Death Valley on Friday matched one recorded in August 2020 - which some argue is the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth. A temperature of 56.7C (134F) was recorded in 1913, but this is contested by climate experts.\n\nFirefighters battling the many wildfires in the region say the air is so dry that much of the water dropped by aircraft to quell the flames evaporates before it reaches the ground.\n\nIn the north of Nevada, near the border with California, people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires triggered by lightning strikes tore through parts of the Sierra Nevada forest region.\n\nForecasters say Las Vegas's record of 47.2C (117F) could also be passed.\n\nIn Oregon, more evacuation orders were issued when a wildfire fanned by strong winds in the Fremont-Winema National Forest grew from nearly 26 sq miles (67 sq km) on Thursday to nearly 61 sq miles on Friday.\n\nThe heatwave has left huge areas of California bone-dry and prone to wildfires\n\nA cooling centre was set up at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland to help people affected by the heatwave\n\nThe fire was threatening power cables that send electricity to California. Power grid operators in California have urged customers to conserve electricity by reducing their use of appliances and to keep thermostats higher during the evening when solar energy is diminished or no longer available.\n\nIn Idaho, Governor Brad Little declared a wildfire emergency and mobilised the state's National Guard to help fight fires also sparked by lightning.\n\nCanada is also bracing for extreme heat, though it is not expected to approach the temperatures seen at the end of last month when the village Lytton in British Columbia reached 49.6C (121F), breaking the country's highest recorded temperature.\n\nThe heatwave saw spikes in sudden deaths and increases in hospital visits for heat-related illnesses.\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. But linking any single event to global warming is complicated.\n\nA study by climate researchers said the heat that scorched western Canada and the US at the end of June was \"virtually impossible\" without climate change.", "The cameraman was covering the anti-LGBT protests in the capital when he was attacked\n\nPolice in Georgia have launched a criminal investigation into the death of a cameraman who was attacked while covering an anti-Pride event.\n\nLekso Lashkarava suffered severe facial injuries during the attack in Tbilisi on 5 July but was discharged from hospital. He was found dead on Sunday.\n\nThe Georgian interior ministry said four people have been arrested.\n\nPride was called off on Monday after violent groups targeted the offices of LGBT campaigners.\n\nWhile discrimination against sexual orientation is illegal in Georgia, the country - which lies between Eastern Europe and Western Asia - remains very conservative.\n\nLashkarava was attacked by anti-LGBT protesters who were demonstrating against the planned Pride events. He was one of more than 50 journalists attacked on that day.\n\nLashkarava's editor at TV Pirveli said the cameraman had complained of severe pain when he saw him on Friday.\n\nAn official cause of death has not been announced. Georgia's interior ministry has announced that it has launched a criminal investigation.\n\nPrime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili described Lashkarava's death as an \"unimaginable tragedy\" but he faces calls to step down. He, along with his government, has been accused of orchestrating a violent campaign against journalists by people in the media industry.\n\nTwo marches are set to take place on Sunday. One is calling for the government's resignation and another has been organised by representatives from media outlets.\n\nReporters Without Borders condemned last week's attacks, saying journalists \"sustained injuries that included concussion, chemical burns and broken arms\".\n\nIt accused authorities of \"culpable passivity\" and said police had failed to protect reporters.\n\nActivists had organised five days of Pride events but in a statement on Monday, Tbilisi Pride said local authorities had \"not only failed to secure safety of the queer community and our supporters, but actively hampered us from exercising the right of assembly\" ahead of the planned march.\n\nGeorgia's interior ministry had previously called on the organisers to cancel the Pride march due to safety concerns while Mr Gharibashvili described the event as \"unacceptable for a large segment of the Georgian society\".\n\nThe Georgian Orthodox Church, which strongly opposes LGBT activists, had also called for a public prayer meeting against the Pride event.\n\nIt is not the first time that there has been violence at an anti-LGBT march. In 2019, far-right protesters joined demonstrations against the premiere of Georgia's first LGBTQ film in Tbilisi.", "Esther Bejarano, one of the last survivors of an orchestra formed in the Auschwitz death camp, has died aged 96.\n\nShe died at a Jewish hospital in the German city of Hamburg on Saturday.\n\nThe orchestra, formed of 40 women inmates, had to perform at the concentration camp whenever prisoners were marched off to work or when new trains arrived with Jews on board.\n\nLater in life, she dedicated her time to making sure the world did not forget about the Holocaust.\n\nBejarano's sister and parents were killed by the Nazis. She was sent to Auschwitz when she was 18 and was forced into hard labour, carrying heavy stones.\n\nBut one day she discovered that SS guards were looking for an accordion player to join the camp's orchestra. Despite not knowing how to play the instrument, she volunteered.\n\nShe recalled the Auschwitz Women's Orchestra having to play to new arrivals.\n\n\"You knew they were going to be gassed, and all you could do was stand there and play,\" she told Deutsche Welle in 2014.\n\nShe was eventually transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women, where she managed to escape.\n\n\"Esther Bejarano survived Auschwitz because she played accordion in the camp's orchestra. She dedicated her life to music and to the fight against racism and anti-Semitism,\" Meron Mendel, head of the Anne Frank Education Centre said on Twitter.\n\nAfter the end of the World War Two, she lived in Israel and became a singer before returning to Germany in 1960.\n\nShe dedicated the rest of her life to educating people about the Holocaust and fighting xenophobia.\n\nGerman Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Bejarano was an important voice in the fight against racism and anti-Semitism.\n\nBejarano co-founded the International Auschwitz Committee and delivered speeches to schools about her life. She also performed alongside her children, playing Yiddish melodies and Jewish resistance songs in a group they named Confidence.\n\n\"It is my revenge that I go to the schools, that I tell people what happened back then. So that nothing like that can ever happen again,\" she once said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Luke Garbutt and Brendan Galloway have told Newsbeat their stories of Gareth Southgate as a manager\n\nWhen it comes to Gareth Southgate, you'll hear a lot said about his style.\n\nAnd we're not talking about his waistcoats - which seem to have been ditched for Euro 2020 - but his management style and how he's led England in this year's football tournament.\n\nSo what's his secret? Is it making sure that the players are getting an early night before a match? Or that they eat a special meal?\n\nApparently it's a lot simpler than that: he'll just be having a chat.\n\n\"One thing that stood out for me was, before every game, he would come around and check up on every single player,\" Brendan Galloway tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\nBrendan (right) was part of Southgate's England Under-21 squad\n\nThe 25-year-old Plymouth Argyle player was managed by Southgate in the England Under-21 squad, from 2015 to 2017.\n\n\"He would ask players how they're feeling and that was quite special to me because you could tell that he was a very busy man, but he always wanted them to be in the best state possible before a game.\"\n\nBrendan says there isn't just a focus on playing football, but creating a fun environment.\n\n\"It's unique and I think that's what helps the squad to take their mind off it sometimes.\n\n\"You know, to just go enjoy shooting some hoops or playing some golf or whether it be the unicorns and the pool...\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Euro 2020: Unicorns are back - England squad let off steam in pool\n\nHe was part of Southgate's U21 squad from 2014 to 2016 and played alongside current England players Luke Shaw, Harry Kane and John Stones.\n\n\"He was good at managing the group as a whole,\" Luke says.\n\n\"You have to manage 23 players and make sure they're all happy and feeling involved, or like they're part of the tournament.\"\n\nLuke says the fact a lot of the England players have grown up with Gareth Southgate as their manager has been a factor in the team's success since he took over.\n\n\"There's so much continuity in the management, the coaching staff, even the physios - it's like going into a club atmosphere,\" he says.\n\nBrendan says Southgate also makes sure each player feels they can express themselves and don't change who they are.\n\nBrendan's received more than a few wise words from Southgate\n\nBoth players say Southgate had a calming influence on the Under-21 team.\n\nLuke says: \"I found him a really good manager to work for, from decision-making and when to bring players on to the right starting line-ups - he was brilliant.\"\n\nAnd what about rituals before a game?\n\nBrendan says he always puts on his left boot first - but doesn't know if Southgate has any lucky quirks of his own.\n\nHowever, it hasn't gone unnoticed that the waistcoats the England manager wore during the World Cup in 2018 haven't made an appearance in the Euros.\n\n\"I think that he's just got a new look and I think that it suits him,\" Brendan says.\n\n\"I'm not sure if you can read anything into it though.\"\n\nSome eagle-eyed fans say for the past few games, Gareth has been wearing an apparently lucky spotted tie.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIs the lucky tie the new waistcoat?\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Social distancing rules may be scrapped in England on 19 July, but what about Wales?\n\nIt is \"difficult to see\" how Wales can avoid setting a date for ending Covid restrictions now England and Scotland have set so-called freedom days.\n\nWales' former chief medical officer said it was a \"big dilemma\" for the Welsh government who will outline the next lockdown easing next week.\n\nDame Deirdre Hine said low case rates and high vaccination rates makes Wales \"better placed to make that decision.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it was taking a \"cautious approach\" to ending rules.\n\nGovernments in England and Scotland have outlined when Covid lockdown restrictions will end while full vaccinated UK residents arriving in England from amber travel list destinations will not have to quarantine from 19 July.\n\nWales is considering following England's lead on travel from amber countries but the Welsh government has not said when Covid rules - like legally wearing a face mask and social distancing rules - will be scrapped here in Wales.\n\nMinisters in Wales have previously said their approach to reopening will not be \"driven by artificial dates\".\n\nDame Deirdre said the plan to end restrictions in England on 19 July was \"a big gamble\" for the UK government and also a \"big dilemma\" for the Welsh government.\n\nDame Deirdre Hine has previously criticised the lack of preparation for such a pandemic despite years of warnings\n\n\"They will of course come under pressure to set a date and it's difficult in some ways to see how they can get away, if you like, without setting a date,\" Dame Deirdre told the BBC's Politics Wales programme.\n\n\"Our vaccinations rates are higher, the rate of infection is spreading not as high as parts of England, so arguably they are better placed to make that decision.\n\n\"And that in itself will be a form of pressure on them.\"\n\nHowever, Dame Deirdre added that she had confidence that the Welsh government would not abandon its \"consistently cautious\" approach.\n\nThe UK government's plan for England includes ending the legal requirement to wear a face covering in some settings.\n\nDame Deirdre said that was an \"unnecessary risk\", and recommended the use of face coverings on public transport and in shops should remain mandatory.\n\n\"I don't think, with the best will in the world, you can rely on people to take their own judgement on this,\" she added.\n\nDame Deirdre, who is regarded as one of Wales' leading medical experts, also warned it would take \"a lot of time\" to return to normality and that \"there will, in time, come to be an acceptable level of deaths\" from Covid.\n\nFollowing renewed calls from opposition parties and a number of doctors for a Wales-only inquiry into the pandemic, she said such a review \"would be a mistake\" as it would not be possible to \"disentangle the Welsh response from that of the rest of the UK\".\n\nShe added, however, that there was now was a need for an early review into the pandemic \"to give some pointers as to how we should be looking ahead\".\n\nDame Deirdre believes people should still cover their faces on public transport\n\n\"There will be another pandemic of some sort...we do need to be prepared for that,\" said Dame Deirdre, who also established the Welsh breast cancer screening programme.\n\nA past president of the British Medical Association and Royal Society of Medicine, Dame Deirdre also oversaw the official inquiry into the 2009 UK swine flu pandemic.\n\nLast October, she accused successive governments of having failed to prepare for such a pandemic despite being warned for years of the risks.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We are continuing to take a cautious approach to unlocking restrictions in Wales in order to keep people as safe as possible.\n\n\"As a result of this approach and the efforts of everyone in Wales, we have the lowest rates of coronavirus in the UK. We also have one of the highest rates of vaccination in the world - with more than 70% of adults in Wales now fully vaccinated.\n\n\"The first minister will confirm the outcome of the latest review of restrictions next Wednesday.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nDate: Kick-off: Venue:Coverage: Live on BBC One and iPlayer from 18:20. Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Live text commentary, goal clips, report and highlights on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nEngland are one win away from a first major tournament triumph since 1966 - and you can watch and follow all the action from the Euro 2020 final with Italy on the BBC.\n\nSunday's match, which kicks off at Wembley at 20:00 BST, is live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.\n\nBuild-up starts from 18:20 for the biggest game for the Three Lions since the 1966 World Cup final.\n\nFormer England striker Gary Lineker will be joined at Wembley by ex-England captain Alan Shearer and former Three Lions players Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard.\n\nGabby Logan will be pitchside, and alongside her will be former England women's defender Alex Scott and World Cup and European Championship winner Jurgen Klinsmann.\n• None 55 years, 302 games & more than 140,000 miles - England's pursuit of final number two\n\nOn commentary duties will be Guy Mowbray and former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas.\n\nKelly Somers will also be at Wembley with all of the squad news and player interviews.\n\nBBC Radio 5 Live will have full match commentary from Wembley.\n\nMark Chapman presents build-up from 18:00 and there is a special 606 with Alistair Bruce-Ball and Chris Sutton from 23:00.\n\nThe BBC Sport website will have build-up to the final throughout Sunday followed by live text commentary, goal clips, highlights, report and reaction.\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "Projects providing family planning services will be among those to benefit from the temporary funding\n\nA group of philanthropists, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are to provide £93.5m emergency funding to cover some UK foreign aid cuts.\n\nThey said the temporary funding would help save \"critical projects\" and ensure progress was not \"wasted\".\n\nThe government has decided to reduce this year's spending on overseas aid from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%.\n\nIt said the financial impact of the pandemic had forced ministers to take \"tough but necessary decisions\".\n\nThe group, which also includes the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, the ELMA Foundation and Open Society Foundations, said the emergency funds would help projects tackling preventable diseases and providing family planning and sexual health services.\n\nThey said it would prevent life-saving drugs from being thrown away because they pass their expiry date, and ensure women living in the poorest parts of the world are able to avoid unplanned pregnancies.\n\nThe UN's family planning agency (UNFPA) looks set to lose some 85% of its funding from the UK, a drop of about £130m.\n\nA spokeswoman for the funder consortium, Kate Hampton, chief executive of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, said: \"These life-saving treatments are cost-effective investments. If they go unfunded this year, British taxpayer generosity will be wasted as clinics are closed and essential drugs expire and are thrown away.\"\n\nThe emergency funding was welcomed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who said it was \"desperately needed\".\n\nHowever, he called on the government to restore its commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on foreign aid.\n\nConservative MP Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, said: \"When Britain withdraws, others step in. By cutting our aid, we have given states such as China and Russia an opportunity to expand their influence at Britain's expense.\"\n\nCharities including Oxfam and ActionAid have criticised the cuts - which amount to around £4bn a year - warning that they have already forced projects to be cancelled.\n\nMany Tory MPs have also spoken out against the move, which went against the pledge in the 2019 Conservative election manifesto to stick to the 0.7% figure.\n\nBut Chancellor Rishi Sunak has previously said it was hard to \"justify\" the commitment with the UK facing record borrowing, and with a national debt of well over £2 trillion.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"The UK will spend more than £10bn to improve global health, fight poverty and tackle climate change this year - making us one of the biggest aid donors in the G7.\"\n\n\"We have always been clear that the government will return to spending 0.7% of GNI [gross national income] on international development as soon as the fiscal situation allows,\" the spokesperson added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How does Sydney feel about the Covid lockdown?\n\nAustralia has reported its first locally contracted coronavirus death this year.\n\nThe authorities said a woman, in her 90s, died in Sydney. She had contracted the virus in a family setting.\n\nNew South Wales reported 77 new cases on Sunday. There are now 52 people in hospital, with 15 in intensive care.\n\nSydney is currently in lockdown, as Australia's largest city fights to contain the highly transmissible Delta strain of the virus.\n\nThe reported death is the state's 57th and the first in 10 months.\n\nNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned that the number of new daily infections would rise further on Monday.\n\n\"I'll be shocked if it's less than 100,\" she said at a briefing on Sunday.\n\nShe said she feared that \"tomorrow and the few days afterwards will be worse, much worse than we've seen today\".\n\nAustralia has recorded 911 deaths and more than 31,000 cases since the pandemic began.\n\nFewer than 10% of Australians have been fully vaccinated\n\nA stay-at-home order covering more than five million residents in the Greater Sydney, Wollongong and Central Coast areas was due to be lifted on Friday. It has now been extended to 16 July. .\n\nThe New South Wales government said it recognised the \"pain and stress\" that lockdown was causing families and businesses.\n\nLess than 10% of Australians are fully vaccinated. A lack of supplies, specifically of the Pfizer vaccine, means many Australians will not be able to get a jab until the final months of the year.\n\nAustralia has used lockdowns and swift contact tracing to combat outbreaks of the virus when it has breached the nation's strict border defences.", "Police remain in the area to intercept any further packages\n\nPackages of cocaine with an estimated street value of £2m have been found floating off an East Sussex beach.\n\nThe drugs were first discovered in the water off Seaford on Thursday, with several further finds made since.\n\nPolice remained in the area in an attempt to intercept any further packages, and officers urged anyone who makes a discovery to call 999.\n\nThree men arrested on suspicion of importing class-A drugs have been released on bail, Sussex Police said.\n\nA man and a woman arrested on suspicion of other drugs offences have also been bailed.\n\nTwo consignments of cocaine were found in Hastings and Newhaven in May\n\nIn May, the National Crime Agency started an investigation after dozens of waterproof bags containing 960kg of cocaine were found on beaches in Hastings and Newhaven.\n\nThe NCA estimated that haul, if cut and sold in the UK, would have fetched £80m.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The location of the Adam Street bonfire is inviting tension and trouble, said the deputy first minister\n\nNI Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill has defended a failed legal bid to force police to help contractors remove a bonfire in north Belfast.\n\nThe Sinn Féin vice-president said ministers had \"a duty to uphold the law\" by taking the action.\n\nThe bonfire in Adam Street is in the unionist Tiger's Bay area and is close to an interface with the nationalist New Lodge.\n\nUnionist politicians have said the bonfire is \"a celebration of culture\".\n\nPolice had said the Adam Street bonfire was one of a small number in Northern Ireland causing concern.\n\nHowever, they refused to help contractors remove the bonfire as they said it would create a \"real and immediate risk to life\".\n\nInfrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon of the SDLP and Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey of Sinn Féin took the court action, but it was dismissed by a judge on Friday.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Sunday Politics programme, Ms O'Neill said: \"It's disappointing to see the outcome of the court ruling but I do think it was absolutely the right thing to do.\"\n\nShe claimed bonfires were illegal and that the Adam Street bonfire builders were trespassing on government-owned land.\n\n\"So the ministers have a duty to uphold the law and actually take the case to the courts.\"\n\nMichelle O'Neill said her main concern was for those living near the bonfire\n\nAt the court hearing, a barrister acting for the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) told the court of untested intelligence which indicated a potential ballistics threat to officers and contractors if an attempt was made to remove the bonfire.\n\nResponding to reports in The Sunday Times that loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) had brought weapons into the area, Ms O'Neill said: \"Why is it acceptable to anyone in this day and age that their threat is more dominant than the rights of the citizens that are being attacked in these areas?\"\n\nShe added that bonfires in interface areas \"invited\" tension and trouble and the motivations of those building them should be questioned.\n\nShe said: \"Putting a bonfire on an interface area does beg the question: Is it there only to antagonise?\n\n\"These bonfires should not be happening in interface areas.\n\n\"Those who want to celebrate the Twelfth, that's absolutely their entitlement, they should do that, but bonfires in interface areas are not acceptable.\n\n\"I just hope that we have a weekend where we're not looking at the scenes we witnessed a number of weeks ago whenever we saw tension in interface areas, none of us want to see that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Adam Street bonfire is located in the loyalist Tiger's Bay area\n\nSpeaking on Saturday, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) assembly member for the area William Humphrey said the court case should never have been brought and was a \"complete waste of taxpayers' money\".\n\nHe said: \"We're coming up to the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, the glorious revolution, there is a tradition of bonfires being lit in the Protestant/unionist community going back to the glorious revolution - and that's what we're here to do, celebrate our culture.\n\n\"The bonfire is here because we've had houses built where it was previously situated.\"\n\nLarge crowds gathered at a bonfire in the Corcrain area of Portadown\n\nHundreds of Eleventh Night bonfires will be lit in loyalist communities across Northern Ireland over the weekend, most of them late on Sunday night, to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season - the Twelfth of July.\n\nSome bonfires were lit on Saturday night, including in the Corcrain area of Portadown in County Armagh.", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nNovak Djokovic won his sixth Wimbledon title to equal Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's record of 20 men's Grand Slam victories after fighting back to beat Italy's Matteo Berrettini.\n\nThe 34-year-old Serb won 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3 in front of a passionate and vocal 15,000 crowd on Centre Court.\n\nSeventh seed Berrettini, 25, received loud backing but could not maintain his advantage in his first major final.\n\nTop seed Djokovic has now won all three Grand Slam men's titles in 2021.\n\n\"Winning Wimbledon was always the biggest dream for me when I was a kid,\" said the world number one, who dropped a set for only the second time in the SW19 fortnight.\n\n\"A seven-year-old boy in Serbia constructing a Wimbledon trophy with improvised materials and standing here with a sixth real trophy is incredible. It is amazing.\"\n\nHaving already claimed the Australian Open and French Open, Djokovic is the fifth man in history - and only the second in the Open era after Rod Laver in 1969 - to win the first three majors of the season.\n\nAnd with Djokovic retaining his crown at the All England Club, he has moved a step closer to becoming the second player to achieve a 'Golden Slam'.\n\nOnly Germany's Steffi Graf in 1988 has ever won all four majors and the Olympics in a calendar year.\n\nBerrettini saved two match points at 5-3 in the fourth set with a controlled volley and a 101mph forehand winner down the line. But the Italian could not fight off the third as he sliced a backhand into the net.\n\nDjokovic fell flat on his back with his arms outstretched after sealing a hard-fought victory, while Berrettini's contrasting emotions on the opposite baseline - bending over double with his hands on his knees - illustrated the effort he had expended in defeat.\n\nAfter taking the acclaim of a rapturous Centre Court crowd, Djokovic climbed up to his support team to celebrate before finding a few spare seconds to have a selfie with one young fan.\n\n'The journey is not stopping here,' vows Djokovic\n\nDjokovic has made no secret of the fact he is motivated by creating history, having already spent more weeks as world number one than any other man and now targeting the most major titles.\n\nWhen Djokovic won his first Slam at the 2008 Australian Open, Federer - who is almost six years older than the Serb - had claimed 12 of his 20 majors. Djokovic was still stuck on one when Federer claimed his 16th in 2010.\n\nNow, Djokovic has moved level with Federer - and Nadal, who caught up with the Swiss at last year's French Open - for the first time.\n\n\"I have to pay tribute to Rafa and Roger. They are legends of our sport and the two greatest players I have faced,\" said Djokovic, who won his second Grand Slam in 2011 and has now won a total of 19 in the past decade.\n\n\"They are the reason why I am where I am today. They made me realise what I had to do to get stronger - mentally, physically and tactically.\n\n\"The last 10 years have been an incredible journey that is not stopping here.\"\n\nNot only did Djokovic have to contend with Berrettini's fierce serving and thumping forehand, he also had to deal with the loud vocal support for the popular Italian.\n\nThere were moments when Djokovic seemed irked by chanting of his opponent's name, responding with steely glares and exchanges with the crowd.\n\nDespite that, there was nothing other rapturous acclaim when he sealed a third successive title on Centre Court.\n\nBerrettini beaten but not down\n\nIt was not a straightforward afternoon against the in-form Berrettini, though.\n\nThe world number nine warmed up for the All England Club by lifting the Queen's title, extending his winning record on the British grass courts this summer to 11 matches by reaching the SW19 final.\n\nThere was a tense start from both men in a stadium allowed a 100% capacity, with two double faults from Djokovic in the opening game showing even the all-time greats still suffer from nerves on the biggest of occasions.\n\nAfter settling down to break for 3-1 and then move 5-2 ahead, Djokovic missed a set point in the eighth game and was unable to serve out in the following game as Berrettini broke back.\n\nIt felt as though Berrettini needed to win the first set to stand any chance of victory and it seemed the Centre Court crowd also knew how important the tie-break was for the Italian.\n\nHolding a 6-4 lead, he landed a 138mph ace down the middle to clinch the opening set after one hour and 10 minutes.\n\nDjokovic came out fighting at the start of the second set. After breaking in the first game, he earned another in the third when the pressure told on Berrettini and he dumped a forehand into the net on the third break point.\n\nFrom a 5-1 lead, Djokovic was pegged back to 5-4 again after Berrettini fended off three set points in the ninth game.\n\nUnlike the first set, Djokovic had the comfort of a double break and at the second attempt served out to love to level.\n\nWith the crowd chanting in support of Berrettini, Djokovic gained an early break in the third set which he would not concede. The Serb responded to that break by prodding his temple to indicate his mental resolve and clarity of thought in the most tense moments of the biggest matches.\n\nA tight fourth set hung in the balance until Djokovic set up a break point at 3-3 with a glorious cross-court forehand winner. Berrettini produced a double fault, giving Djokovic a lead that he would not relinquish.\n\n\"I'm really happy with the final and hopefully it will not be my last one here or my last one in a Slam,\" said Berrettini.\n\n\"I'm so honoured to be here and it's been a really great run for two weeks.\n\n\"Also with [winning] Queen's, I could not ask for more, well, maybe, a bit more.\"\n\n'Djokovic has taken tennis to another level' - reaction\n\nFormer British number one Tim Henman on BBC TV: \"It has really been a fantastic tournament with a very worthy winner. Djokovic had an incredible tournament, he came in as a huge favourite and he put in an absolute masterclass in the two weeks. No doubt the best player won this tournament.\n\n\"He talks about his hunger, desire and motivation but there is no doubt he want to be the leader of that conversation when it comes to numbers of Grand Slams. The calendar Grand Slam is absolutely on the cards and is one of the greatest achievements in the sport. After the challenges of 2020 to have the players back in the stadium - it's a great way to finish.\"\n\nFormer Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"It is entirely sensational that Novak has been able to win the 20th Grand Slam. What a final - we have been so lucky to witness such a great level from both players. Berrettini pushed Djokovic - it takes two players to have such a great fight. Novak Djokovic has just taken tennis to another level.\"\n\nSix-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker on BBC TV: \"It has been a difficult three weeks, just playing and being in the hotel, you need great people around you on your side and it's great for Novak to show his appreciation for his team.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy was \"incredibly painful\" but the players gave \"everything they possibly could\", said manager Gareth Southgate.\n\nThe Three Lions, appearing in their first major men's final for 55 years, were agonisingly beaten on penalties following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes.\n\n\"We are all together. They have given the country some unbelievable memories,\" Southgate said on BBC One.\n\nCaptain Harry Kane said defeat would \"hurt for the rest of our careers\".\n\n\"We should be extremely proud as a group of what we have achieved,\" the Tottenham striker added.\n\n\"I couldn't have given more, the boys couldn't have given more.\n\n\"Penalties is the worst feeling in the world when you lose. It wasn't our night but it's been a fantastic tournament and we should hold our heads high.\n\n\"It's going to hurt for a while, but we're on the right track and we're building and hopefully we can progress from this next year.\"\n• None Best XI of Euro 2020: Pick your team of the tournament\n\n'The players should be incredibly proud'\n\nEngland reached their first men's European Championship final by topping their group, then defeating Germany, Ukraine and Denmark in the knockout stage.\n\nLuke Shaw gave them a stunning start to the Wembley showpiece by scoring in the second minute, but Leonardo Bonucci levelled in the second half.\n\nThey were the only two goals of the game, and Italy edged home 3-2 on penalties as Marcus Rashford hit the post, and Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka had efforts saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma.\n\nSouthgate said: \"Tonight is going to be extremely difficult for all of us, of course. You have to feel that disappointment because the opportunities to win trophies like this are so rare in your life.\n\n\"But when they reflect on what they have done, they should be incredibly proud of themselves.\n\n\"The players have been an absolute credit. They have given everything they possibly could.\n\n\"They have been an absolute joy to work with and they have gone further than we've gone for so long. But it is incredibly painful in that dressing room.\"\n\nSouthgate said the Duke of Cambridge, who is president of the Football Association, had been to see the England players after the game.\n\n\"I just said we could have no recriminations. The calls for the penalties were mine,\" he added.\n\n\"They have done more than any other England team in over 50 years.\"\n\nDefender Harry Maguire missed the first two games because of an ankle injury but was a mainstay thereafter, being part of a backline that conceded just two goals in the tournament and none from open play.\n\nThe Manchester United captain told BBC Sport: \"It is hard to take any positives at the moment. We are heartbroken. We are all devastated. The lads gave absolutely everything and emptied our tanks on the pitch.\n\n\"It was a ding-dong battle - we had the first half, they had the second, and extra time could have gone either way. It wasn't our night on penalties. The fine margins went for them, the bounce of the ball. We are disappointed.\n\n\"We conceded a wonder strike from a free-kick [against Denmark] and a set-play in which it has ricocheted three or four times and it fell to them.\n\n\"Games are decided on fine margins and it was with them tonight, not us.\"\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nLionel Messi ended his wait for a first major international title as Argentina beat Brazil in the Copa America final in Rio's Maracana stadium.\n\nMessi, 34, dropped to the ground in joy at the full-time whistle and was swiftly mobbed by his team-mates, before being hurled in the air in celebration, as he finally claimed top-level honours with his country in his 10th major tournament.\n\nHe also helped end Argentina's 28-year spell since they last won the competition and was named player of the tournament after his four goals in the competition.\n\nAngel di Maria proved the matchwinner with his superb lob, after taking down Rodrigo de Paul's lofted pass.\n\nMessi had a chance to sign off the win but slipped with the goal at his mercy, in what would have been the perfect finale for the Argentine captain.\n\n\"The happiness is immense,\" said Messi after the game as he also praised the attitude of the Argentina squad. \"Many times I dreamed of this.\n\n\"I had a lot of confidence in this group that became very strong since the last Copa America. It is a group of very good people, who always push forward, who never complain about anything.\"\n\nDefending champions Brazil were disappointing, with their only chances of note coming when Richarlison and Gabriel Barbosa forced saves from Emi Martinez.\n\nIn a contrast of emotions, Messi's opposite number 10 and former Barcelona team-mate Neymar sank to his knees in tears at the final whistle, as his own personal pursuit of international success continues, having missed Brazil's 2019 Copa win through injury.\n\nThe pair, who played together at the Nou Camp between 2013 and 2017 before the Brazilian's move to Paris St-Germain, embraced in a long-lasting hug while they waited for the trophy ceremony.\n\n\"If you knew the way that he [Messi] played in the Copa America you'd love him even more,\" said Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni.\n\n\"You can never do without a player like him, even when he is not fully fit like in this game and the previous one.\"\n• None Why Messi is the greatest - Lineker\n\nThe game was watched by a small crowd of 7,000 invited guests, because of Covid-19 restrictions, but was the first of the tournament to have spectators in attendance.\n\nThe sparse home supporters made their voices heard, though, particularly every time Messi touched the ball, booing and jeering the forward.\n\nThe tournament, delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic and moved from initial co-hosts Colombia and Argentina, was switched to Brazil in a last-minute decision which received criticism in light of a surge in coronavirus cases in the country.\n\nIt was clear from the ecstatic Argentina celebrations at full-time, with Messi the focal point, that this squad's drive to triumph against their old rival was as much for their legendary forward as it was the nation.\n\nIt has been 15 years since Messi first represented Argentina at a major tournament and after four World Cups and six Copa America appearances, taking in 53 matches, he finally has the major international title he - and his country - has craved.\n\nDespite being one of the most decorated and brilliant players of the modern era - and arguably all time - with 10 La Liga titles, four Champions Leagues and six Ballons d'Or, questions over his lack of impact on the international stage have hung over his legacy.\n\nAnd while many will say his greatness has been cemented, regardless of what he achieves with Argentina, this lengthy wait for a maiden senior trophy with his country will go a long way to silencing any doubters.\n\nRepeated failures with Argentina have been painful for the forward, who went as far as announcing his retirement - before later reversing the decision - after losing a second consecutive Copa America final in 2016, his third defeat in the final of the competition and coming just two years after suffering a loss in the 2014 World Cup final.\n\n\"In the end he [Messi] did not throw in the towel and he succeeded,\" said Scaloni.\n\n\"We are talking about the best footballer of all time and everyone knew how important it was for him to win a title with the national team.\"\n\nMessi was not explosive against Brazil, with few opportunities to get on the ball after Argentina showed defensive resolve once taking the lead in a niggly game disrupted by 41 fouls, but he carried the ball well, particularly in the latter stages, to help relieve pressure.\n\nQuestions about his immediate future will now continue to be asked, with Messi now a free agent after his Barcelona contract ended two weeks ago - although Barca have stepped up their attempts to keep hold of their star man with negotiations continuing.\n\nThere also remains the prospect of Messi going for what would likely be his last chance of winning the World Cup - something Argentina have not done since 1986 - should he lead his country out in Qatar at the age of 35 in December 2022.\n• None Attempt saved. Rodrigo de Paul (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Gonzalo Montiel (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Gabi (Brazil) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt missed. Thiago Silva (Brazil) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Danilo (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Gabi (Brazil) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.\n• None Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "G20 finance ministers have backed an \"historic\" plan which will see multinational companies pay their \"fair share\" of tax around the world.\n\nThe plan to battle tax avoidance puts in place a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15%.\n\nIt is likely to affect companies like Amazon and Facebook.\n\nSo far, 132 countries have signed up to the framework, being championed by The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).\n\nThe agreement is a further boost for the plan signed up to by leaders of the G7 major economies in Cornwall a month ago.\n\nThe G20 finance ministers - who represent 19 countries with the largest and fastest-growing economies, as well as the European Union - announced their support following a two-day meeting in Venice, Italy.\n\nThe UK's Chancellor Rishi Sunak hailed the deal as \"historic\", adding it would ensure the \"global tax system is fit for purpose in a digital age\".\n\nFrench Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said there would be \"no turning back\".\n\n\"We are putting an end to the race to the bottom and the digital giants will now pay their fair share of taxes,\" he added. \"It's a once-in-a-century tax revolution.\"\n\nThe policy - which will also make companies pay more in the countries where they do business - will now go to a meeting of G20 leaders in October for final consideration.\n\nGovernments have long grappled with the challenge of taxing global companies operating across many countries.\n\nThat challenge has grown with the boom in huge tech corporations like Amazon and Facebook.\n\nAt the moment companies can set up local branches in countries that have relatively low corporate tax rates and declare profits there.\n\nThat means they only pay the local rate of tax, even if the profits mainly come from sales made elsewhere. This is legal and commonly done.\n\nThe deal aims to stop this from happening in two ways.\n\nFirstly it aims to make companies pay more tax in the countries where they are selling their products or services, rather than wherever they end up declaring their profits.\n\nSecondly, a global minimum tax rate would help avoid countries undercutting each other with low tax rates.\n\nNot everyone is in favour, however. Ireland is among those countries which have yet to sign up.", "Euro 2020 final Italy v England - how you rated the players Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nEngland's bid to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended in penalty shootout agony at Wembley as Italy won Euro 2020. But it was Three Lions left-back Luke Shaw who was chosen as your player of the match, with a rating of 7.66 after his superb second-minute goal. Federico Chiesa was Italy's top-rated player with 7.20, while goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who saved penalties from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka achieved 6.86.\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Scotland's GPs are \"firefighting\" to catch up with the huge backlog in non-Covid care caused by the pandemic, it has been claimed.\n\nHealth service providers across the country have been warning that they are being stretched to the limit.\n\nThree hospitals were placed on \"code black\" status last week, having reached capacity due to a rise in Covid cases.\n\nGPs say they are now facing even greater strain as more patients turn to their local surgeries for support.\n\nIt comes as the the Scottish government announced £12m in additional funding to health boards across Scotland to support non-Covid emergency care.\n\nGlasgow GP Dr Punam Krishan told BBC Radio Scotland's Sunday Show there had been \"no stop, no break, no respite\" for exhausted healthcare workers.\n\nShe said: \"We've been trying to manage, as best we can, all non-Covid care. We are playing catch-up while trying to support our patients with all the new issues of long Covid and mental health.\n\n\"We are taking the bulk of everything that's coming our way. Patients can't get hospital appointments or there are long waiting lists and they fall back to us GPs.\"\n\nDr Krishan added: \"We are just trying our best to firefight, hoping that at some point we'll be able to get a bit of air.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf said it was hoped the extra £12m would help put measures in place to reduce waiting times for urgent or emergency treatment.\n\nThe Scottish government said the new funding added to £380m already provided during the pandemic\n\nThe immediate focus will also be on boosting staffing levels and available beds, he said.\n\nMr Yousaf added: \"We are working closely with those health boards experiencing the greatest challenges to ensure the funding delivers the improvements required.\n\n\"Our NHS staff continue to work tirelessly to respond to the pandemic whilst providing vital non-Covid treatment and safe patient care.\n\n\"Any reductions to service will be short-term to ensure those of most critical need have immediate medical attention.\n\n\"Urgent treatment, including vital cancer treatment, will continue during this challenging period.\"\n\nThe health secretary told the Sunday Show that the Scottish government had already provided health boards with £380m to help with pandemic costs, including PPE and the ongoing vaccination programme.\n\nBut Dr Krishan said more work also needed to be done \"with GPs on the ground\".\n\nShe said: \"We've got flu season coming upon us now and it's just a sense of 'here we go again'.\n\n\"Now we've got boosters on the scene too. That communication needs to come to us well ahead of it actually happening. And who is going to provide that?\n\n\"We need the support and help - we need to be seen as human beings as well.\"\n\nA survey earlier this year found two-thirds of GPs described their workload as unmanageable.\n\nThe doctors' union, BMA Scotland, said it was \"more concerned than for a long time\" about the pressure on GPs.\n\nDr Patricia Moultrie, deputy chair of the Scottish GPs committee of the BMA, told the Scotland on Sunday newspaper: \"General practices are in a very difficult place workload-wise, and we are very anxious about what the future weeks and months hold.\n\n\"It does look as though long Covid is going to be an illness that's going to be managed in the community, and it's good that fewer people are being admitted to hospital.\n\n\"But looking at the numbers that we're seeing, we are very concerned about the workload that is going to be sitting in the community with the pandemic.\"", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate: Time:Venue: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 Live, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app\n\nRoy Hodgson sat behind a desk in Chantilly uttering the words that would become his epitaph as England manager: \"I don't really know what I'm doing here.\"\n\nHodgson meant he did not understand why he was being forced to attend a press conference the day after he had resigned following the humiliating defeat by Iceland in the last 16 of Euro 2016 in France.\n\nHowever, it was a comment that worked on many levels.\n\nIt perhaps reflected the scrambled state of mind of a decent man and manager who had presided over possibly England's worst ever performance.\n\nThis is what England do to you. They offer hope, despair, optimism, pessimism, elation, misery. Quite often in the space of the same 90 minutes.\n\nFive years on from the embarrassment of Nice, England have the chance to experience their biggest high since the 1966 World Cup win when they face Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium.\n\nThis is the moment many England fans, and those of us who track these events at close quarters, thought we would never see.\n\nIs this landmark day going to be glorious payback for the years of falling short? A nation turns its eyes to Gareth Southgate and England.\n\nObserving England may be many things but it is never dull, especially for those of us who have travelled this particular road in one form or another for 25 years.\n\nIt was an ominous sign that the first England game I covered, in a previous journalistic life, was the agonising loss on penalties to Germany in the Euro 96 semi-final. It was perfect preparation for events to come.\n\nI have covered England for the BBC at every major tournament since 2002 and, as would become a regular occurrence, there was plenty of optimism on the flight to Osaka's Kansai Airport.\n\nAnd, apart from at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and this glorious delayed Euro 2020, it was misplaced.\n\nThe Japanese city of Sapporo provided the high point of England's 2002 World Cup campaign, hosting a victory for Sven-Goran Eriksson's side against Argentina under the Superdome, all played out amid lingering resentment from the South Americans' acrimonious victory over England on penalties at France 1998.\n\nThe morning after the night before, one unwitting England reporter making his exit mistakenly jumped on to the waiting Argentina team bus.\n\nNo names - let us say for the sake of this story that it was the Press Association's legendary England scribe John Curtis - but he greeted a still boiling mad Argentina striker Gabriel Batistuta with the unwise words: \"Sorry Gabriel mate. England media bus. You need to get off and get on your own bus.\"\n\nCue this poor unfortunate being manhandled off the coach and bundled into the hotel foyer, closely followed by his luggage, to the strains of a Mexican mariachi band entertaining the guests.\n\nBut the laughs did not last long. Elimination came with a quarter-final loss to eventual champions Brazil, the sight of a slowly backpedalling David Seaman still clear in the mind's eye as Ronaldinho's free-kick looped over him. The veteran was later ushered past the waiting media in tears, accompanied by a Football Association representative.\n\nQualification has always been relatively straightforward and competitions difficult but Euro 2004 must always be regarded as the one that got away under Eriksson's laid-back, star struck regime.\n\nA superb England team was bolstered by the emergence of Everton's explosive teenage superstar Wayne Rooney as the tournament was engulfed by \"Roo-mania\".\n\nThe phenomenon captured global attention, calls being taken from all parts of the world seeking the flimsiest piece of unknown information about the England striker.\n\nThose of us who attended the same school as him, much earlier obviously, basked in this reflected glory when asked to tell his story.\n\nAs ever, England were a huge story.\n\nAs ever, it ended in bitter disappointment, a loss on penalties to Portugal in the quarter-finals in Lisbon's iconic Stadium of Light.\n\nRooney left that game early with a broken foot as England's hopes were sabotaged by his injury and a Sol Campbell goal controversially disallowed.\n\nGreece won Euro 2004. The rest of us wondered how England had not.\n\nThe list of near-misses and misfortune seemed endless until the hope of these past four weeks.\n\nEriksson's reign ended two years later in the circus of Baden-Baden at the 2006 Germany World Cup, with that beautiful town overtaken by WAGs and the attendant paparazzi, turning England's actual football into a sideshow.\n\nAshley Cole's then wife Cheryl and David Beckham's wife Victoria were the centre of attention and a small bar named Garibaldi's became WAG HQ, the owner's ship sailing lucratively into town on a nightly basis.\n\nEngland's performance at the tournament probably needed overshadowing, again eliminated by Portugal on penalties at the quarter-final stage, this time hampered by a red card for Rooney, sent off for lashing out at Ricardo Carvalho.\n\nFabio Capello followed as England manager and was supposed to bring a winning mentality and a stern authority. One out of two was not enough.\n\nInstead, the South Africa World Cup in 2010 produced an England campaign of unrelenting misery, turgid football and eventually a complete and utter pasting.\n\nAs low points go, it takes some beating but England have certainly tried until Southgate's superb renaissance.\n\nCapello appeared to lose the plot completely on the eve of the tournament with the advent of a commercial enterprise called The Capello Index, which rated the performances of players. Not ideal when it involved his own.\n\nAs we trooped into the lavish surroundings of so-called 'Camp Capello' at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus outside Rustenburg, even the most casual observer could detect a truly rotten atmosphere.\n\nOne player said: \"When we open our windows, we could be anywhere. You wouldn't know you were even in South Africa in this place.\"\n\nCapello turned on the media, ranting at a photographer he wrongly assumed was taking pictures of the treatment room.\n\nEngland's grim performance in a 3-0 warm-up win over local team Platinum Stars had the optimists among us confident they were not as shoddy as they looked, and they were simply keeping their powder dry.\n\nHow wrong we were.\n\nAmid stiff competition, the goalless draw with Algeria in Cape Town is the worst international game I have ever covered. The game when literally nothing happened.\n\nAt least not until a frustrated Rooney turned his frustration on a TV camera and attacked England's critical fans, a blessing in disguise for those of us needing something spicy to say.\n\nThe team and fans had become detached, a world away from what we have seen at Euro 2020.\n\nNot even the controversy surrounding Frank Lampard's shot - not given as a goal despite bouncing over the line - could rescue any consolation from a 4-1 loss to Germany in the last 16.\n\nEuro 2012 was almost a free hit for the recently appointed Hodgson, in after Capello's resignation, but old habits die hard and once again it ended with defeat, this time against Italy on penalties in the quarter-final.\n\nIt almost ended in arrest and a period of incarceration for this reporter after a foolish attempt to defend comedian Bernie Clifton in a discussion with a large-hatted Kyiv policeman trying to move on England's brass band.\n\nHaving been wrongly identified as the band's manager by a \"mischievous\" colleague, the explanation that Clifton was an English national treasure famous for running around with an ostrich between his legs cut no ice, unsurprisingly, with the forces of the law.\n\nThat episode raises a smile now, but looking back at Hodgson's reign does not.\n\nHe had been England manager for two years when the World Cup landed in the location of the sport's romantic dreams, Brazil, with the final at the iconic Maracana Stadium.\n\nEngland's preparations in Miami lasted longer than their actual involvement in the tournament, out after successive defeats against Italy and Uruguay. We learned their fate as phones started pinging on touchdown back in Rio after Costa Rica had beaten Italy.\n\nIn a reflection of the time, expectations were so low that England were actually applauded off by their fans after a dismal goalless dead rubber against Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte completed the campaign.\n\nThrow in another shambles at Euro 2016 and this is what makes the renaissance under Southgate and a group of players the nation has come to love so satisfying.\n\nBonds that never existed before, especially in the era of the so-called 'Golden Generation', have been forged here.\n\nBeing around England has become a more relaxed experience - and what a joy it is to see them winning regularly, when the pressure is really on.\n\nIt has been a long time since Japan in 2002, many thousands of miles, occasional joy, much misery and tales to tell - but the Euro 2020 final now offers up the prospect of the happy, glorious ending so many following this story thought would always remain elusive.\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "LCpl Mongan had complained that he was being bullied before his death\n\nAn Army investigation into the unexplained death of a British soldier has identified serious failings in its duty of care.\n\nThe decomposing body of Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan was discovered in his barracks in Catterick, North Yorkshire, on 23 January last year.\n\nHe had been missing for three weeks without anyone noticing.\n\nThe Army said the delay in discovering he was dead was \"unacceptable and profoundly regrettable\".\n\nThe BBC has seen a copy of the Army's Service Inquiry Report into his death.\n\nThe report, which has not yet been made public, says that \"failings in the proper management of personnel led to the delay in the discovery of L/Cpl Mongan\".\n\nThe report also shows that LCpl Mongan's complaints of bullying and concerns about his welfare had not been properly investigated or passed on. The panel which carried out the inquiry concludes that its report \"makes for sobering reading\".\n\nThe Royal Signals soldier, who had served in Iraq, had been spending his Christmas leave in his room at Catterick Barracks, but was due to start an attachment with the Army's 77 Brigade in Berkshire on 7 January 2020. But neither camp noticed that he was missing.\n\nWhile duty officers in Catterick had been told to contact those remaining in the barracks over the Christmas period to \"ensure they are safe and well\", the inquiry found the plan had \"not been communicated and implemented as effectively as it should have\".\n\nThere was no roll call or head count at Hermitage Camp in Berkshire, when LCpl Mongan was meant to turn up for work in the new year. The report says it is \"distressing\" that his absence was not noticed by the units involved.\n\nBefore his death LCpl Mongan had complained that he was being bullied. He had kept a record of his \"perceived mistreatment\". The inquiry panel found there had not been a proper investigation into the allegations.\n\nMongan was also a victim of a serious assault in Catterick in November 2018 which was being investigated by the Royal Military Police. Support for the victim was \"not effective\", the report says.\n\nThere were also welfare and medical concerns surrounding the soldier which were not properly recorded or relayed. In 2016 it was reported he had made \"an attempt on his own life\". While this was addressed at the time the information was not passed on.\n\nAs recently as 2019 he was described as being in an \"emotional state\" - with one witness saying he found him \"sat on his bed… uncontrollably crying\".\n\nThe report has been seen by his wife Beth. In a statement she said \"it's clear Bernie felt bullied and his mental health suffered\". Though separated, the mother of his three children had kept in contact.\n\nShe said \"he was telling people he was afraid and he was not checked properly in the days before he died\".\n\nEmma Norton, who runs the Centre for Military Justice, said the failings bear a striking similarity to other cases. She said the death of Cpl Anne-Marie Ellement in 2011 also showed the Army's failure to properly transfer information about her potential vulnerability.\n\n\"Despite all the reassurances to the family in that case... the Army now appears to admit that the same thing happened to Bernie,\" she said.\n\nIn a statement, Brig Edward Chamberlain, head of the Army Personnel Services Group, said: \"There were clearly failings in our duty of care to Lance Corporal Mongan.\n\n\"The delay in discovering he was deceased was unacceptable and profoundly regrettable. We are truly sorry that such a situation should have arisen.\"\n\nHe said the wellbeing of members of the armed forces was \"critical\", adding: \"In this case, we fell short of the standard which our armed forces and their families are entitled to expect, and for that we apologise.\"\n\n\"We will implement all the recommendations in the Service Inquiry to ensure an incident like this does not happen again.\"", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's bid to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended in the familiar agony of defeat in a penalty shootout as Italy claimed the Euro 2020 crown at Wembley.\n\nOn a night of anticipation, tension and ultimate heartbreak in a feverish atmosphere, England looked on course for their most joyous day since 30 July 1966 when Luke Shaw gave them the perfect start after two minutes.\n\nItaly, unbeaten in 33 matches before this final, slowly edged their way back into the game and were level in the 67th minute when Leonardo Bonucci pounced after England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford turned Marco Verratti's header on to a post.\n\nAnd after a tense period of extra time failed to find a winner, it was on to penalties and bitter disappointment for England manager Gareth Southgate and his players, who had gone into this final on a wave of expectation and high emotion.\n\nEngland missed three of their five penalties, Marcus Rashford hitting a post and Gianluigi Donnarumma denying Jadon Sancho before - so cruelly for such a fine young player - Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka also saw the giant Italy goalkeeper save his spot-kick.\n\nHarry Kane and Harry Maguire scored for England but, while Pickford kept hopes alive with saves from Andrea Belotti and Jorginho, Domenico Berardi, Bonucci and Federico Bernardeschi scored for Italy.\n\nThe tearful 19-year-old Saka, who showed such courage to step forward, was consoled by his team-mates and manager, but there was no real consolation for them or the expectant fans packed into Wembley.\n• None Reaction to England's defeat by Italy on penalties in the Euro 2020 final\n\nEngland come up short as Italy triumph\n\nEngland's years of hurt go on but it looked for the first 30 minutes of this final that the moment the country has waited more than 20,000 days for had finally arrived.\n\nSouthgate's side came firing out of the blocks and the manager's one change - replacing Saka with Kieran Trippier - paid an instant dividend as Trippier ran on to Kane's perfect pass to find the onrushing Shaw at the far post and he slammed an emphatic finish past Donnarumma.\n\nEngland were up and running and urged on by a vast, frenzied crowd they had this talented, streetwise Italian side on the back foot until they suddenly gained a foothold in the closing phase of the first half.\n\nItaly dominated possession, and it was no surprise when they restored parity, then looking the more likely winners as Southgate's side, so full of running early on, started to labour, particularly after losing the outstanding Declan Rice to a knock.\n\nSouthgate surprisingly waited until extra time to introduce Jack Grealish but by that stage the game was locked on course for penalties and so it proved.\n\nSancho and Rashford came on in the closing moments, presumably in readiness for penalties, but sadly for Southgate, who has got so much right in Euro 2020, this was one move that did not pay off as both failed with their spot-kicks.\n\nPickford performed heroics to save two penalties but he was also left in tears after England's fate was sealed.\n\nItaly edged over the line and both Southgate and his players looked devastated as they took sympathetic applause from England's fans, who had arrived with such high hopes but filed out of Wembley with their dreams of a major trophy shattered once more.\n\nEngland came close when they reached the semi-final of the World Cup in Moscow in 2018 but this loss will cut even deeper after they made such smooth progress to the final and had the chance to finally claim a second trophy in what was effectively a home tournament with its climax at Wembley.\n\nThey have made progress - but still England could not clear the final hurdle.\n\nEngland's loss will be felt deeply after such impressive progress through the knockout stage with wins against Germany, Ukraine and Denmark.\n\nSouthgate must now digest whether he got it right in the final when it came to his approach, substitutions and penalty-takers but when the dust settles England can reflect on progress made.\n\nEngland took one step further than they did in Russia and Southgate now has a potent blend of youth and experience to work with as he plots a course to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.\n\nSaka came of age in this tournament while England have exciting young in the shape of Sancho, Phil Foden, Mason Mount and Jude Bellingham, augmented by Grealish.\n\nRaheem Sterling had had a stellar campaign, Kane showed flashes of his world-class ability and the central defensive pair of John Stones and Maguire were solid. Pickford also made an outstanding contribution in goal.\n\nThis will offer no comfort in the hours following such a devastating loss, but England can at least move forward with optimism.\n\nAs Italy's players and staff celebrated in front of their exultant fans, manager Roberto Mancini was left to reflect on an outstanding job, their 34th game unbeaten crowned with the Euro 2020 title.\n\nMancini has put together an impressive mix of youth and experience, and at the back he can still rely on those two old warhorses of Juventus and Italy, Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, as durable as ever despite a combined age of 70.\n\nItaly proved their pedigree with wins over Belgium and Spain in the knockout stage and were unfazed by having to face a thunderous Wembley packed with England fans.\n\nAnd all done after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which was regarded as a national sporting humiliation.\n\nNow Italy are back as the winners of Euro 2020, testimony to the work of Mancini and his players.\n• None Italy have won their second European Championship title, and first in 53 years (also 1968); it's the longest ever gap between championships in the tournament by a single nation, surpassing Spain's 44-year wait from 1964 to 2008.\n• None England have won just 22% (two of nine) of their major tournament shootouts (World Cup/Euros), the lowest ratio of any European nation to have been involved in three or more.\n• None Italy found themselves trailing in a game for the first time at Euro 2020, while overall they spent 65 minutes behind against England in the final, 21 more than they had been behind in their 33-game unbeaten run (in all competitions) coming into the final (44).\n• None England posted their lowest possession in a game at Wembley (34.4%) since November 2016 v Spain (34.3%).\n• None Gareth Southgate has made at least one change to the England starting XI for 37 consecutive matches, making a total of 200 changes in that time and last staying with the same starting line-up in the 2018 World Cup semi-final.\n• None At one minute 57 seconds, Luke Shaw's opener (his first ever goal for England) was the quickest goal scored in the final of the European Championship, while it was also England's quickest in the competition overall and the earliest Italy have ever conceded in the competition.\n• None At 34 years and 71 days, Italy's Leonardo Bonucci became the oldest player ever to score in a European Championship final, and second-oldest for a European side in any major tournament final (World Cup/Euros), after Nils Liedholm for Sweden v Brazil at the 1958 World Cup (35 years, 264 days).\n• None Against Italy, Harry Kane failed to muster a shot or create a goal-scoring chance for only the second time in his 61 appearances for England, also doing so in a friendly against Switzerland in September 2018.\n• None Penalty saved! Bukayo Saka (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Jorginho (Italy) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Jadon Sancho (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(3), England 1(2). Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Penalty missed! Still Italy 1(2), England 1(2). Marcus Rashford (England) hits the left post with a right footed shot.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(2), England 1(2). Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1(2). Harry Maguire (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Andrea Belotti (Italy) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1(1). Harry Kane (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1. Domenico Berardi (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Bryan Cristante (Italy) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate: Time: Venue: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 Live, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app\n\nAs England reached their first men's major tournament final in 55 years, we asked you who should start for the Three Lions in Sunday's Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley?\n\nWith Gareth Southgate's side just one victory away from winning the European Championship on home soil, the majority of you think he should stick with the same XI he picked against Denmark.\n\nOnce again the formation is a 4-3-3, with 60.66% of you wanting to see that. So who makes the cut? And who misses out?\n\nJordan Pickford was selected in more than 90% of your teams. The Everton goalkeeper has conceded only one goal so far at Euro 2020 and has kept five clean sheets, two more than any other keeper.\n\nHarry Maguire and John Stones remain your preferred partnership in front of Pickford. Maguire is the most selected player overall, while Stones is fifth.\n\nEither side of them, Kyle Walker is your first-choice right-back (73.01 %) with Luke Shaw favoured to start on the left (73.82 %).\n\nDeclan Rice (33.36 %), Kalvin Phillips (33.88 %) and Mason Mount (16.7 %) all retain their places in midfield and are once again selected by you to start in front of the back four.\n\nThree Lions top scorer Harry Kane is the second-most selected player overall. After failing to score in England's three group games, skipper Kane now has four goals, one behind the tournament's joint-top goalscorers - Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and the Czech Republic's Patrik Schick.\n\nRaheem Sterling was the most selected player on both the left and right side of the attack. The Manchester City forward received considerably more picks on the left-hand side, so Bukayo Saka makes the team on the right as he was the second-most selected player in that position.\n\nAnd while Jack Grealish was a popular choice overall, he wasn't selected as the first or second pick in any position, so just misses out on your XI.\n\nYou can still pick your England XI below, but your selection won't be counted towards the result. Don't forget to share your picks on social media using #bbcfootball.\n\nMy England XI to start against Italy Select your England XI to start against Italy at Euro 2020\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "The Royal Welsh Show celebrated its 100th birthday in 2019 - the last time it was held due to Covid\n\nWales' festivals could be \"left behind\" if no date is given for ending Covid restrictions, organisers of the Royal Welsh Show have said.\n\nEngland has a target of 19 July and Scotland plans to lift remaining legal restrictions on 9 August, but no date has been given in Wales.\n\nSteve Hughson said Wales' \"cautious approach\" was now becoming untenable.\n\nEconomy Minister Vaughan Gething said ministers would not \"blow the doors off\" to lift rules at the same time.\n\nThere have only been minor changes to Covid rules in Wales since the start of June, after First Minister Mark Drakeford announced a pause in order to \"reduce the peak number of daily hospital admissions\" and allow time to vaccinate more people.\n\nSince 7 June, large outdoor events, such as concerts, football matches and organised runs, have been able to go ahead for crowds of up to 4,000 people standing or 10,000 people sitting down.\n\nOrganisers must undertake full risk assessments and put in place measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, including social distancing.\n\nSteve Hughson says Wales' \"cautious approach is now becoming untenable\"\n\nThe 2021 Royal Welsh Show is being held virtually for a second year, but organisers hope it will return to Llanelwedd near Builth Wells in Powys in 2022.\n\nMr Hughson, chief executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, said: \"The differences across the border are causing frustration, commercial disadvantage and confusion with people coming across the border.\n\n\"We need Welsh government to take a long hard look and there is a lot of pressure for them to do something in the next weeks and months to align.\n\n\"There's a fear that Wales will be left behind, or left on its own.\n\n\"I congratulate Welsh government for its cautious approach and vaccine rollout, which has left it with some of the best numbers in the UK, but that cautious approach is now becoming untenable.\n\n\"We can no longer rely on this when England and Scotland are open for business.\"\n\nJoe Worley says there has not been enough advice on how to make festivals compliant with Covid restrictions\n\nJoe Worley is the co-founder of Westival festival near Manobier in Pembrokeshire.\n\nThe 2021 event had been planned from 22-26 July, but has been moved to 2022.\n\nHe said: \"They've said festivals can go ahead if they're socially distanced, but what's been frustrating is the lack of advice and guidance on how to actually do that.\"\n\nWestival was started four years ago by two friends\n\nThe planned restriction end dates in England and Scotland have left him with mixed emotions: \"Obviously I'm really, really happy that those things [festivals in England and Scotland] are going to go ahead, it means that a lot of people do get like a festival kind of summer, but I guess it is frustrating to see that we've kind of not followed suit.\n\n\"We've vaccinated more people than anyone else in the UK so it seems like we should be ahead of England, if anything.\"\n\nGreen Gathering is a festival with a focus on environmental and social justice\n\nEm Weirdigan is festival director of Green Gathering near Chepstow in Monmouthshire, which has been postponed to August 2022.\n\nShe said: \"We're hugely disappointed but we don't blame the Welsh government for focusing more heavily on health than economics and we understand the regulations are designed to keep people in Wales safe.\"\n\nShe said it was a \"shame there wasn't scope for flexibility\", adding: \"We had plans to run what we believe would have been a safe festival, with outdoor stages on a site renowned for its wide open spaces.\n\n\"We won't be defeated and will return to Chepstow.\"\n\nJoseph Fort and Rosalind Ventris are co-artistic directors of the Cowbridge Music Festival\n\nJoseph Fort is the co-artistic director of October's Cowbridge Music Festival in the Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nHe said they had planned for three different scenarios - 2m social distancing, 1m social distancing and no restrictions.\n\nIf distancing is in place, they plan to run each event twice.\n\nHe said planning had been \"tricky\" but they had received a lot of support: \"The British Association of Festivals have been really helpful and the key thing we've done is talk to everybody else doing other festivals - everybody seems to be taking different gambles, but we're all looking at what each other are doing and talking to each other a lot.\"\n\nCowbridge Music Festival is held at the town's Holy Cross Church\n\nHe does not think having a lockdown end date in Wales would have helped: \"I think that the English guidelines kind of give the illusion of security... we may have to have further lockdown in the autumn.\n\n\"In October, wherever the festival was, there are just still so many unknowns that we don't just don't really know.\"\n\nBut head of Wales at the Federation of Small Businesses Ben Cottam said it was really important \"that the first minister now comes up with a timeline\".\n\n\"Welsh government has to move on the public health data that it has available, but it is really important that businesses have a time scale to plan to,\" he added.\n\nThe UK government's Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said he agreed with Mr Cottam, adding: \"I think if Wales is considerably out of step with the rest of the UK, people in Wales will want to know what the what the reasoning is behind that.\"\n\nHe also acknowledged it was a devolved matter and \"up to the Welsh government\".\n\nWelsh Economy Minister Vaughan Gething told the Senedd decisions would be driven by data.\n\nOn calls to end social distancing to help businesses, Mr Gething said: \"I am optimistic about the choices that we will get to make.\n\n\"But we do so in a manner that is responsible, and not driven by demands to simply blow the doors off and allow everything to happen at the same time, as in other parts of the United Kingdom.\"\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"Decisions on the way forward on any further relaxation of restrictions on events will be taken as part of the regular 21-day review process.\n\n\"The onus is on the event organiser, in this instance the director, to undertake a full risk assessment and put in place any necessary mitigations.\"", "Date: Time: Venue: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 Live, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app\n\nFor all the sporting success England has enjoyed over the past 20 years, its men's football team remains the one which, for most people, determines the sporting identity of the nation.\n\nOver the past two decades there have been memorable and long-awaited World Cup wins for England teams in rugby union and cricket, and the country has, of course, played a major part in Britain's emergence as an Olympic and Paralympic superpower.\n\nYet, until recently, the football team had proved stubbornly unable to follow suit. An outlier.\n\nAfter reaching the semi-finals of both the 1990 World Cup and Euro '96, England became sadly symbolic of sporting underachievement. And for many fans this period of failure was made more frustrating given it coincided with the growth and success of the Premier League. Many wondered if it may indeed be partly to blame, with the influx of overseas managers and players.\n\nFor years, every major tournament setback seemed to be a precursor to managerial resignations, Football Association reviews and deep regret. Bad luck, divided squads and failure under pressure etched into the very identity of the team.\n\nNot since Gareth Southgate guided his young team to the last four of the 2018 World Cup, then proved it was no fluke by reaching the country's first major men's final since 1966.\n\nVictory against Italy would complete the team's renaissance, one that proves England can produce successful international managers after all. A team which just five years ago suffered arguably its lowest ever moment when crashing out of Euro 2016 to minnows Iceland. A collective of players who, unlike so many of those that came before, seem to relish representing their country and are inspired - not diminished - by wearing the Three Lions.\n• None Everything you need to read, watch or listen to before England v Italy\n\nEven if England lose, the sense is that huge progress has been made. The national sporting psyche has been healed, and future tournaments can be approached with optimism and confidence, rather than trepidation.\n\nBut the importance and relevance of this team can only be understood by assessing its impact off the field too. After almost 18 months of the pandemic, England's campaign has given many people the lift and distraction they craved, providing some healing when it was needed most.\n\nIndicative of a new era of athlete activism, this group of diverse players also appear to have the social awareness, humility, and confidence to express themselves. By taking a knee before matches in order to highlight their support for racial equality for instance, this has meant some controversy and criticism. But backed by their manager, they have held their ground, inspiring millions in the process, and for many, proving a unifying force at a time of deep social and political division.\n\nSunday's final will be one of the great collective experiences this country has shared. One that may even surpass the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.\n\nThat event was also watched by vast numbers, appeared to bring families and communities together, and made the country feel good about itself. But much has happened in the nine years since that night, and for many, this game, and this team, feels even more significant as a result.\n• None Watch: All the best video from Euro 2020\n• None Euro 2020 final preview - Italy v England: Southgate wants fans to roar side to victory\n• None 'A special group, standing up for the things that matter' - meet the England squad player by player\n\nThe foundations for this were arguably laid down in 1997, when former FA technical director Howard Wilkinson reshaped football's academy system.\n\nBut 31 January 2011 was a date when the route to the Euro 2020 began.\n\nBy coincidence, Southgate joined the FA as its new director of elite development on the day building work began at the national football centre - St George's Park.\n\nThe 330-acre site near Burton-on-Trent had been bought by the FA 10 years earlier and was Wilkinson's brainchild, but after much delay it eventually opened in 2012.\n\nWith a hotel, 12 pitches and elite training facilities, it had everything to host all of England's age-group teams, but it also created \"a hive of information sharing\", according to Mike Rigg, the FA's head of talent management from 2013 to 2015.\n\nIt was also where Southgate and former FA director of development Sir Trevor Brooking hatched their 10-year plan to get England playing the more attractive and successful football, which has finally borne fruit.\n\n\"It's a facility where you cannot walk down the corridor without bumping into 20 different people from football,\" Rigg says. \"It might be performance analysts or sports scientists and you would spend the whole day talking about football, whether it was in the offices, out on the pitch or in the canteen.\"\n\nGetting coaches for each team together on a regular basis was something learned on one of several \"spying missions\" to the Spanish FA, says Rigg.\n• None Listen, download, subscribe on BBC Sounds: Daily Euros - all about Gareth Southgate\n\nIf St George's Park gave everyone a feeling they were all heading in the same direction, in 2013 Greg Dyke then cranked the pressure up by setting England the target of reaching the Euro 2020 semi-finals and winning the 2022 World Cup.\n\nSoon afterwards, a clock was installed in a newly built coaches' room counting down the days to Qatar 2022.\n\n\"I think everybody thought I was nuts saying that,\" says Dyke. \"But today it looks a lot more hopeful. The idea was to give everybody a lift.\"\n\nIt certainly focused minds, according to Rigg, who is now technical director at Burnley.\n\n\"It was nine years away at the time, but then we started analysing: how many camps would that be? What are the ages of the players that are going to be around in 2022, how much contact time can we have with these players?\" he says.\n\n\"That nine years quickly became a matter of hours and the best thing that the 2022 target did was forcing change.\"\n\nThankfully, Dyke found the cash to do that. It led to increasing the number of youth teams so the FA would see players in years between competition age groups, starting from under-15s. It meant they could have more of an influence on players who they would only see 55 days a year.\n\nBut there was still a key piece of the jigsaw to solve: getting the might of Premier League clubs onside.\n\nThe lack of trust between the FA and the Premier League was defined by players of the so-called 'golden generation' who would form club cliques while on England duty and, despite their talent, would never reach the heights of the current squad.\n\nThat also extended to clubs and the FA. The Premier League was at the peak of professionalism, but when on England duty, standards seemingly slipped.\n\n\"The confidence that clubs had in sending their players into England teams at all levels, wasn't at its highest,\" says Rigg, who has previously worked at Manchester City and Fulham.\n\n\"Clubs were saying that the players were coming back from international football in a worse state. They were brushing shoulders with other players, they were talking about contracts, agents were in their ears, and talking about different experiences in games and training.\"\n\nEnter Dan Ashworth, the former West Brom technical director, who took over from the departing Southgate in 2013 to become its new director of elite development. He quickly improved the relationship between clubs and the FA, which has never looked back.\n\n\"Dan said it had to change,\" Rigg says. \"It had to be an experience that would benefit the players' development and not detract in any way. We attacked it from every single angle.\"\n\nPart of that was helped by being based at St George's Park. But Ashworth also introduced a more elite staff structure including head of performance Dave Reddin, who had worked with England Rugby and the British Olympic Association, and head of player and coach development Matt Crocker was brought in from Southampton.\n\nThey all helped launch an 'England DNA' in 2014, which made for a consistent playing style across all age groups, which was boiled down to six key principles. It also introduced players to the values expected of them, and they were also offered more education and support.\n\nIn essence, England players were experiencing an elite performance culture - mirroring what they had at their clubs.\n\nAshworth's club background meant he came into the FA knowing two key things.\n\nFirstly, that England players' technical development would largely rely on what happened in clubs. But secondly, that the players were mostly in good hands and a further revolution was to come.\n\nPlaying time in first teams for English youngsters was a problem. But back at the training grounds, change was happening. Clubs had agreed to boost their youth team coaching programmes by creating a £320m Elite Player Performance Plan. Training hours were doubled and academies were graded based on performance. The FA also overhauled its coaching courses to focus on younger age groups.\n\nAt first, there was not much difference in Premier League first teams, but proof that the talent existed came when England youth teams began winning tournaments.\n\nAshworth, elevated to technical director, and his colleagues had prioritised success at youth level, believing that would lead to trophies for the senior team. Both Spain and Germany had both won under-19 and under-21 titles before going on to win respective World Cups in 2010 and 2014.\n\nIn 2010, there were already signs of potential when England won the under-17 European Championship, a first age-group title in 27 years. Another followed in 2014.\n\nThen in 2017, English football exploded. The under-17s and under-20s won their respective World Cups, the under-18s won the Toulon tournament and the under-19s won the European Championship. Included in those sides were current England players Phil Foden, Jadon Sancho and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.\n\n\"Out of five age groups, four of them won trophies,\" said Brooking. \"You looked at those five years and thought we've got some great players coming through and that was the moment you knew the next few years were going to be great.\"\n\nAround the same time, Borussia Dortmund signed Sancho, with other teenagers soon following him to Germany, which Brooking said \"was unheard of\". It was further recognition of a special group.\n\nWhen Ashworth left his role at the FA at the start of 2019, Southgate said: \"In terms of the work of a technical director, I don't think Dan could have had a bigger impact with the plans he put in place at the FA.\"\n\nBut having translated that youth team success to an unexpected semi-final at the 2018 World Cup, could Southgate take the team to the next level?\n\nSouthgate the final piece of the jigsaw\n\nThere are many people who have played a part in getting England to their first major final in 55 years, but several think Southgate has been the cornerstone.\n\nIf it hadn't been for a newspaper sting involving previous manager Sam Allardyce, who only lasted one game in charge, perhaps Southgate may not even have got the job.\n\nBut having played his part in setting up the FA's vision, visiting clubs and coaches up and down the country to set out what a new England looked like, and having worked with many of the players in the current squad when he returned to the FA as under-21s manager in 2013, he has been perfectly placed.\n\n\"Gareth was in the FA and at St George's Park so when he became England manager [in 2016] he was rooted in that structure and without him I'm not sure it would have all worked,\" says Dyke.\n\nSouthgate has taken the team to new levels by working hard on the team's culture and identity. Players are now presented with their caps rather than receiving them by post, and are assigned a legacy number which shows them their position in the long list of players who have represented the Three Lions.\n\nOver the past two years, Southgate has spoken about how the team reflect a modern Britain, and has built a bond between the team and the country.\n\nBefore Euro 2020, the 50-year-old wrote in the Players' Tribune: \"It's about how we conduct ourselves on and off the pitch, how we bring people together, how we inspire and unite, how we create memories that last beyond the 90 minutes. That last beyond the summer. That last forever.\"\n\n\"Eight or nine years ago, it was Gareth who was in at seven o'clock in the morning when we'd have Monday morning meetings at St George's Park,\" says Rigg. \"He's been fundamental and central to it all.\"\n\nBrooking adds: \"Gareth has a fantastic knowledge of individual players and their characters in order to get the best out of the squad.\n\n\"I hope Sunday is the one, but I guarantee that we'll be there or thereabouts for the next 10 years.\"\n• None Gareth Southgate - by those who know him best\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch Sir Richard Branson's flight to the edge of space (and back)\n\nBillionaire Sir Richard Branson has successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.\n\nThe UK entrepreneur flew high above New Mexico in the US in the vehicle that his company has been developing for 17 years.\n\nThe trip was, he said, the \"experience of a lifetime\".\n\nHe returned safely to Earth just over an hour after leaving the ground.\n\n\"I have dreamt of this moment since I was a kid, but honestly nothing can prepare you for the view of Earth from space,\" he said in a press conference following the flight. \"The whole thing was just magical.\"\n\nThe trip also makes him the first of the new space tourism pioneers to try out their own vehicles, beating Amazon's Jeff Bezos and SpaceX's Elon Musk.\n\nUnity soars into the New Mexico sky\n\nThe height reached by Sir Richard in the rocket plane, known as Unity, was 85km (282,000ft; 53 miles).\n\nThe businessman was accompanied on the mission by the vehicle's two pilots, Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci, and three Galactic employees - Beth Moses, Colin Bennett and Sirisha Bandla.\n\nThe latter trio and Sir Richard were presented with commercial astronaut wings after the flight by former space station commander and Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSir Richard billed the flight as a test of the space tourism experience he expects to begin selling to customers from next year.\n\n\"I've had my notebook with me and I've written down 30 or 40 little things that will make the experience for the next person who goes to space with us that much better,\" he said. \"The only way sometimes you can find these little things is to get in a spaceship and go to space and experience it for yourself.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Today space is Virgin territory\": The moment Sir Richard Branson's rocket plane reached its highest altitude\n\nSome 600 individuals have already paid deposits for tickets that will cost them up to $250,000 (£180,000).\n\nThese are all people who want to reach a height where they can see the sky turn black and marvel at the Earth's horizon as it curves away into the distance. Such a flight should also afford them about five minutes of weightlessness during which they will be allowed to float around inside Unity's cabin.\n\nIt's been a long road for Sir Richard to get to this point. He first announced his intention to make a space plane in 2004, with the belief he could start a commercial service by 2007.\n\nBut technical difficulties, including a fatal crash during a development flight in 2014, have made the space project one of the most challenging ventures of his career.\n\nAlso on the flight: Two pilots and three crewmates from Virgin Galactic\n\nSpace tourism is a sector being rekindled after a decade's hiatus, and it's about to get very competitive.\n\nThroughout the 2000s, seven wealthy individuals paid to visit the International Space Station (ISS). But this adventurism, organised under the patronage of the Russian space agency, ceased in 2009.\n\nNow, new initiatives abound. As well as Sir Richard's approach, there are projects coming from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and the California tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.\n\nThe Russians, too, are reprising their commercial flights to the ISS, and there are even those who want to launch private space stations for people to visit. Among these is Axiom, a company started by a former Nasa ISS programme manager.\n\nElon Musk travelled to New Mexico to support his friend (he intends to ride Unity at some point); and following the flight, Mr Bezos sent his congratulations.\n\nThere's clearly something of an edge in the Branson-Bezos relationship, however.\n\nOn Friday, the retail billionaire's Blue Origin space company had issued a tweet that took a pop at Virgin Galactic's Unity vehicle. The posting repeated a claim that anyone who flew on the rocket plane would forever have an asterisk by their name because they wouldn't reach the \"internationally recognised\" altitude for where space begins - the so-called Kármán line of 100km.\n\nThe US government has always recognised the boundary of space to be at about 80km (50 miles) and it awards astronaut wings to anyone who exceeds this altitude. Before Sunday, only 580 people had ever been above this height.\n\nUnity is a sub-orbital vehicle. This means it can't achieve the velocity and altitude necessary to keep it up in space to circle the globe.\n\nThe vehicle is designed to give its passengers stunning views at the top of its climb and allow them a few minutes to experience weightlessness.\n\nUnity is first carried by a much bigger aeroplane to an altitude of about 15km (50,000ft), where it is released.\n\nA rocket motor in the back of Unity then ignites to blast the ship skyward.\n\nThe maximum height achievable by Unity is roughly 90km (55 miles, or 295,000ft). Passengers are allowed to unbuckle to float to a window.\n\nUnity folds its tailbooms on descent to stabilise its fall before then gliding home.", "Face masks will continue to be law in most places for months to come in Wales\n\nPeople travelling into Wales from England will be told to wear face masks by rail companies, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.\n\nFace coverings continue to be mandatory on public transport and in shops in Wales, while in England people will just be advised to wear them.\n\nMr Drakeford said it would be \"simpler\" if the same face-mask rules were applied across the whole of the UK.\n\nIt comes after he announced major changes to Covid rules in Wales.\n\nThe legal requirement to wear a face covering in shops, public transport and other enclosed public spaces in England will end on Monday, with the UK government only advising people to wear masks.\n\nThe majority of Covid rules in Wales are set to be scrapped from 7 August, as the nation moves into alert level zero.\n\nHowever, face masks will still be legally required in shops and most indoor public places, meaning greater rules will exist here than over the border in England.\n\nSpeaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain on Thursday, Mr Drakeford said it would be \"simpler and clearer for everybody\" if the UK government were to \"bring itself in line\" with Wales and Scotland on face coverings.\n\n\"I think it will be difficult for people in England to know exactly what is required of them,\" he added.\n\nTransport for Wales has already said it will ask passengers travelling cross-border to continue to wear masks.\n\nEarlier on Thursday, speaking on BBC Breakfast, Mr Drakeford said public transport companies would \"make sure that people are aware that when travelling in Wales different rules apply\".\n\nFrom Saturday, the numbers of people who are able to meet up indoors and outdoors will increase as Wales moves \"fully\" into alert level one.\n\nThe Welsh government previously took the decision to hold back on some parts of the level one unlocking four weeks ago due to the rise in cases because of the more transmissible Delta variant.\n\nSocial distancing laws in Wales outdoors will be scrapped, meaning people will be able to go within two metres of people they do not live with - or who are not in their extended households - without breaking Covid laws.\n\nHowever, while this means people will be able to hug many friends - as long as they do so outside - for the first time in months, the Welsh government has urged people to \"exercise caution\" when getting close to those they do not live with.\n\n\"Coronavirus is still circulating in the community and we would encourage everyone to think about how they can protect themselves and their loved ones,\" they said.\n\nAlso on Saturday, changes to indoor rules mean any six people will be able to meet in a private home - meaning people can eat together and stay overnight and go on holiday together. These people do not have to be in your extended household.\n\nSocial distancing laws are set to end on 7 August, when Wales is set to move into its current lowest level of Covid restrictions - known as alert level zero - dependant on the public health situation.\n\nInstead, businesses will be left to decide if they still need to keep customers and workers apart through risk assessment, and to bring in their own measures, such as social distancing and queuing systems, and increased ventilation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid: What are the latest rules to be relaxed?\n\nHowever, cafe and business owners told BBC Radio Wales they were concerned the Welsh government was asking them to make decisions which affected people's health.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan said it was not asking pub landlords and other business owners to be \"doctors\" and there were \"clear guidelines\" to help them set rules.\n\n\"Most places have been doing these measures since the beginning of the pandemic... what they need to do is to make sure those rules are known to those people who work there... or who want to enter those premises,\" she said.\n\nShe dismissed claims that not having set rules could cause confusion, saying she was sure \"people will act responsibly\" when thinking about changes.\n\nWhile face masks will remain mandatory in shops and many other public places, from 7 August people will not have to wear them in pubs, restaurants and cafes.\n\nMs Morgan said this was because people already had to take masks off to eat and drink and the rules were to protect the most vulnerable people in society who still had to go to the supermarket.\n\n\"The big difference between going to shops is that a lot of people don't have any choice and they have to go to shops in order to make sure they are going to be able to eat,\" she said.", "Croatia has already reported a 40% increase in tourists relative to last year\n\nOne of the UK's biggest travel companies has said it is currently unable to plan holidays to Croatia and Bulgaria because of government advice.\n\nBoth countries will be added to the UK's green list from 04:00 BST on Monday, meaning people can travel there without isolating on return.\n\nHowever the government's travel advice pages for both countries advises against \"all but essential travel'.\n\nIndustry body Airlines UK said it was causing huge confusion for carriers.\n\nGovernment travel advice affects operators' and passengers' insurance and so many are unable to offer holidays there unless this advice changes.\n\nWhen previous UK green lists have been announced, the travel advice to newly listed \"green\" countries has been updated to allow non-essential travel.\n\nThe travel advice issued by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is independent from the government's traffic light system.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, said the \"refusal\" to align FCDO advice with international travel policies was causing huge problems.\n\n\"Carriers... have no idea if they are able to operate, despite the fact that in this case both Bulgaria and Croatia are now on the green list and the change comes into effect in four days.\n\n\"We still have little idea if the advice will change or not, which just isn't tenable when you're trying to provide clarity and transparency to passengers,\" Mr Alderslade added.\n\nThe FCDO says travel advice pages remain under constant review to ensure they reflect the most up-to-date information and advice, and the travel advice for a number of countries has changed over the last week.\n\nFCDO added this is an ongoing process and further changes to other amber and green list countries may take place before 19th of July.", "Letting small family farms go to the wall will \"break the backbone of Britain's rural communities\", Prince Charles has said.\n\nThe focus on producing plentiful and cheap food threatens the survival of the country's smaller farms, he says.\n\nIf they go it will \"rip the heart out of the British countryside\", he warns.\n\nThe government says it wants to support all farmers and \"the choices that they take on their own holdings\".\n\nIt comes ahead of the publication of the National Food Strategy, the first major review of Britain's food system in more than 70 years.\n\nThe strategy was commissioned by the government and is headed by Henry Dimbleby, the founder of the Leon restaurant chain.\n\nThursday's report will explore the links between food production and environmental degradation including climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and the sustainable use of resources.\n\nIt will include recommendations for the government, which has promised to respond with a White Paper within six months.\n\nThe first part of the strategy was published in July last year and highlighted the connection between obesity, poverty and the UK's high Covid-19 death toll.\n\nThe Prince of Wales has been concerned with food and the environment for most of his adult life.\n\nHis latest intervention comes in the form of an essay for Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nIn it, he condemns the super-efficient intensive agricultural system that produces much of the food we eat as a \"dead end\".\n\nHe describes how, over the years, he has watched with increasing concern as many of the nation's \"precious landscapes\" have been slowly diminished in the name of \"efficiency\".\n\nWe don't take account of what he calls the \"hidden costs\" of modern industrial farming, warns the prince.\n\nHe cites damage to soils and watercourses and the emissions that add to global warming.\n\n\"We must put nature back at the heart of the equation\", he urges, or we risk undermining the true source of all our prosperity - nature.\n\n\"How we produce food has a direct impact on the Earth's capacity to sustain us, which has a direct impact on human health and economic prosperity,\" he says.\n\nHe does find some cause for optimism, however.\n\nHe says he is increasingly confident we can achieve a transition to more sustainable forms of agriculture and praises the efforts of high-profile figures including footballer Marcus Rashford, chef Jamie Oliver and Henry Dimbleby to improve the nation's food system from \"field to fork\".\n\nHe describes visiting a new centre for farm and food education in the Cotswolds which aims to produce healthy food in an environmentally-friendly and economically-viable way.\n\nThere are promising investment opportunities in these kind of innovative approaches to agriculture, he believes, and he says he is working to link private investors with the pioneers of these new sustainable approaches to farming.\n\nA particular concern is improving soil health and fertility.\n\n\"If we regenerate degraded soils around the world, we could capture as much as 70% of the world's carbon emissions,\" the Prince suggests.\n\n\"Only by benefitting nature can we benefit people,\" concludes the Prince.\n\nAnd that is the only way of ensuring the future of our living planet, he says.\n\nThe Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said new environmental land management schemes would \"support farmers to produce high quality food in a more sustainable way, and deliver the environmental change that we all want to see\".\n\n\"Our new system will be centred around incentivising sustainable farming practices alongside profitable food production and rewarding farmers for producing public goods such as better air and water quality, protecting wildlife and soil health,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"We want to support all of our farmers, and the choices that they take on their own holdings. We have recently set out further details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, which will eventually be open to every farmer in England.\"", "Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford were both abused after missing penalties\n\nFive people have been arrested after England footballers were racially abused online following their Euro 2020 final defeat.\n\nMarcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were targeted after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nChief Constable Mark Roberts said the abuse was \"utterly vile\".\n\n\"If we identify that you are behind this crime, we will track you down and you will face the serious consequences of your shameful actions,\" he said.\n\nPolice said \"a torrent of racist comments aimed at some of the team's black players\" appeared on social media platforms on Sunday, after England lost on penalties to Italy in the final at Wembley.\n\nThe UK Football Policing Unit said its team was working through \"a significant number of reports of racist abuse\".\n\nThe latest arrest was made by Cheshire Police, who have arrested a 42-year-old man from Runcorn on suspicion of displaying threatening, abusive or insulting written material that is likely to stir up racial hatred.\n\nThe force said he was arrested as part of an investigation into a racist social media message, which was posted after the Euro 2020 final.\n\nThe man has been released under investigation pending further inquiries.\n\nChief Constable Mark Roberts, National Police Chiefs' Council football policing lead, said the racial abuse \"has quite rightly shocked and appalled people across the country\".\n\n\"Our England team have been true role models during the tournament, conducting themselves with professionalism and dignity. I'm disgusted there are individuals out there who think it's acceptable to direct such abhorrent abuse at them, or at anybody else.\"\n\nHe said the investigation would continue to try to find those responsible and officers were working closely with social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate has said the racist abuse aimed at Rashford, Sancho and Saka was \"unforgivable\".\n\nAnd Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to ban people guilty of sending racist abuse to footballers from attending matches.\n\nHe said he would ensure the \"football banning order regime is changed\" to crack down on racism.\n\nThe UK Football Policing Unit said, as of 13 July, 897 football-related incidents and 264 arrests had been recorded across the country in the 24-hour period surrounding the final.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"Levelling up is not a jam-spreading exercise\"\n\nBoris Johnson has set out the \"skeleton\" of a plan to \"level up\" the country, by spreading power and opportunity more evenly.\n\nIn a speech in Coventry, the PM insisted his flagship policy will not make the \"rich parts\" of the UK poorer but would be a \"win win\" for everyone.\n\nHe also pledged to hand more power to local leaders, with the possibility of elected mayors for counties.\n\nThe party's deputy leader Angela Rayner dismissed the PM's promises as a \"PR exercise\", adding that Mr Johnson \"does not do detail, he does soundbites\".\n\n\"It is all jam tomorrow and a load of baloney. What he pretends and what he says he is going to do, is not what happens in reality.\"\n\nIn a wide-ranging speech, Mr Johnson said the government wanted to \"rewrite the rulebook\" on local devolution and offer county areas in England \"new deals\" to give them the same powers as those currently given to major cities.\n\nAnd he promised a flexible approach to those deals, including the option for directly elected mayors, but said there was no \"one-size-fits-all\" template.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister “promises jam tomorrow” but fails to deliver says the Labour leader.\n\nThe former London mayor urged local leaders with ideas for how to improve their communities to come forward, promising to give them \"the tools to make things happen for their communities\"..\n\nHe said he did not want to see the return of what he called \"loony-left\" councils, but added: \"We will deal with anybody.\"\n\nThe Conservatives first promised to \"level up\" the country in their manifesto for the 2019 general election, in which they targeted - and won - so-called \"red wall\" parliamentary seats in the Midlands and northern England previously dominated by Labour.\n\nThe plan, some of which has already been outlined, involves investing in transport, skills and businesses to address regional disparities.\n\nThe government is expected to publish more details in September.\n\nAsked what his clear strategy was for \"levelling up\", he said: \"I am respectfully going to urge you to just go back over some of what I said because I do think that in all fairness there was at least the skeleton of what to do.\"\n\nBoris Johnson again tried to explain the purpose of the \"levelling up\" agenda and talked about the UK's huge regional imbalances, entrenched inequalities and squandered opportunities.\n\nIn well-trailed remarks he also said that the aim of getting more government spending and private investment into poorer parts of the UK would not come at the detriment of London and the south east - an attempt to reassure traditional Tory voters who might be feeling left out themselves.\n\nIn terms of policy prescription the speech was fairly thin.\n\nA White Paper is promised in the autumn and today Mr Johnson clattered through a list of things - from tackling crime, building football pitches, laying railway lines - that he seemed to say all fell under the umbrella of levelling up.\n\nBut he also proposed greater regional devolution and suggested county leaders could get new powers.\n\nHe said if anyone could think of a better title than county mayors they should email him, which rather summed up the speech.\n\nIn his speech, the prime minister said the government will have \"made progress in levelling up when we have begun to raise living standards, spread opportunity, improved our public services and restored people's sense of pride in their community\".\n\nInvesting in more deprived areas will relieve pressure on parts of the UK that are \"over-heating\" and that previous governments focused too much on \"areas where house prices are already high and where transport is already congested\", he added.\n\nBut he insisted that there will not be \"levelling down\" in prosperous places, adding: \"We don't want to decapitate the tall poppies.\n\n\"We don't think you can make the poor parts of the country richer by making the rich parts poorer.\"\n\nHe said that \"levelling up is not a jam-spreading operation. It's not robbing Peter to pay Paul. It's not zero-sum. It's win-win\".\n\nThe PM's speech was welcomed by county councils.\n\nCounty Councils Network spokesman Martin Hill said: \"Local areas should be able to decide the most appropriate devolution arrangements for counties\".\n\nHe added: \"We are pleased that this looks firmly on the table.\"", "Younger adults admitted to hospital with Covid are almost as likely to suffer from complications as those over 50 years old, a study has found.\n\nFour in 10 of those between 19 and 49 developed problems with their kidneys, lungs or other organs while treated.\n\nThe research looked at 73,197 adults of all ages across 302 UK hospitals in the first wave of Covid in 2020.\n\n\"The message is that this is not just a disease of the elderly and frail,\" said Prof Calum Semple, who led the work.\n\n\"The data reinforces the fact that Covid is not flu and we are seeing even young adults coming into hospital suffering significant complications, some of which will require furthering monitoring and potentially further treatment in the future.\"\n\nThe study, conducted by researchers at seven UK universities, the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England, looked at the number of \"complications\" in those needing hospital treatment for Covid-19, defined as an organ-specific medical diagnosis.\n\nOverall, around half of all adult patients suffered a least one complication during their hospital stay. The most common was a kidney injury, followed by lung and heart damage.\n\nThe highest rates were in those over 50 years old, with 51% reporting at least one problem. But they were also \"very common\" in younger age groups. Some 37% of 30 to 39 year olds and 44% of 40 to 49 year olds had at least one complication recorded by nurses and medical students involved in the study.\n\nDoctors are not yet certain how a severe Covid illness can cause organ damage, but it is thought in some cases the body's own immune system can spark an inflammatory response and injure healthy tissue.\n\nPaul Godfrey, from Frinton in Essex, developed Covid in March 2020 after suffering what he thought was a chest infection.\n\nPaul, who was 31 at the time of diagnosis and has the lung condition bronchiectasis, said: \"There's no doubt about it - the NHS staff who cared for me saved my life. I would not be here today if it wasn't for them.\"\n\nPaul Godfrey is still dealing with the damage caused to his body by Covid\n\nThe study, published in the medical journal the Lancet, found that those with pre-existing conditions were more likely to report complications but the risk was high even in young, previously healthy individuals.\n\nPaul was diagnosed with pneumonia in Colchester hospital and was told the bottom half of both his lungs had collapsed. He narrowly avoided being placed in an induced coma and spent two weeks on a Covid ward before he was allowed home in a wheelchair.\n\nThe research showed that 13% of 19 to 29 year olds and 17% of 30 to 39 year olds hospitalised with Covid were unable to look after themselves at discharge and had to rely on friends and family.\n\n\"It was the worst experience of my life and I am still dealing with it 18 months later,\" said Paul, who continues to suffer from extreme fatigue and breathlessness caused by his illness.\n\n\"I don't really know what the damage is to my body so I am just praying I get back to what I was.\"\n\nAge is the single largest factor in determining a severe Covid infection.\n\nOf the 406,687 people taken to hospital with the disease in England since the start of the pandemic, 62% were over the age of 65.\n\nThat leaves another 155,866 under the age of 65 who have needed hospital treatment since February 2020.\n\nHigher vaccination rates in the elderly and vulnerable population mean that the average age of those hospitalised with the disease has been falling.\n\nIn the week ending 4 July, there were just 17 people over 85 years old admitted to hospital with Covid in England, compared with 478 aged between 25 and 44.\n\nThe research was conducted in the first wave of the pandemic between 17 January and 4 August 2020 - before vaccines were available and new variants of the virus had been detected.\n\nThe authors said the data suggested those with more severe Covid symptoms at admission to hospital were more likely to suffer serious health problems, showing the importance of vaccines in reducing the severity of the disease in this latest wave.\n\nThe study was only designed to look at short-term complications during a hospital stay but there is evidence some organ damage can persist, becoming a form of what is known as long Covid.\n\n\"We do know from other infectious diseases that these sorts of problems with your kidneys or heart can develop into longer-term complications,\" said Dr Annemarie Docherty, senior clinical lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and a consultant in intensive care medicine.\n\n\"I think it's reasonable to expect that this may be the same with Covid-19.\"", "The equipment destined for China was built by specialist firm Forsyths\n\nAn entire whisky distillery is being shipped out from Scotland to China on Friday.\n\nMore than 35 tonnes of equipment, including stills, flooring, control valves and pipework, is leaving Buckie in Moray for the port of Tianjin.\n\nThe equipment will be assembled at a facility being built in Inner Mongolia.\n\nThe shipment is part of a £3m \"design and build\" deal signed between Forfar firm Valentine International and China's Mengtai Group in 2019.\n\nThe facility in Ordos will become Inner Mongolia's first whisky distillery when it opens, probably at the end of this year.\n\nAll of the distillery equipment was built by Rothes-based firm Forsyths, which is sending a team of five engineers to supervise assembly.\n\nForsyths have a team in Hong Kong to provide after-sales back-up and services.\n\nValentine International chairman and managing director David Valentine said the project was the brainchild of Mengtai chairman Ao Fengting, who planned to create a \"globally award-winning whisky\".\n\nDistillery washbacks are among the items being shipped to China\n\nMr Valentine, who specialises in establishing commercial ventures in China, said: \"Scotland is the home of whisky and has the greatest expertise in terms of distillery equipment manufacture, which is why Mr Fengting believes we will deliver a world-beating project for him in Ordos.\"\n\nIt is Mengtai's first venture into the world of whisky. One of Inner Mongolia's largest private firms, its core businesses include coal production and electricity generation.\n\nThe £3m deal between Mengtai Group and Valentine was signed two years ago\n\nIn a separate development, Valentine International has signed a \"strategic agreement\" with Mengtai to supply bulk whiskies for China.\n\nMr Valentine declined to name the whisky distiller in that deal but said it was a \"long-established\" firm.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government should raise its ambitions on paying farmers to improve the countryside, the report says\n\nAn independent review of UK food policy is calling for \"a gold standard level of scrutiny\" to ensure new trade deals do not undermine the environment.\n\nVerification schemes should address concerns such as imports of beef reared on land recently cleared of rainforest.\n\nAnd the government should press on with plans to pay English farmers to improve the countryside.\n\nThe report aims to ensure a food system that is healthy, affordable, sustainable, resilient, and productive.\n\nIt was commissioned by the government in 2019.\n\nAuthor of the first report of the National Food Strategy, food entrepreneur Henry Dimbleby, said the UK had a \"once-in-a-lifetime opportunity\" to decide what kind of trading nation it wanted to be when the transition period ends.\n\n\"We should use that freedom to decide that we want to uphold standards,\" he said.\n\n\"And the government should be confident of scrutiny on the trade deals that it is doing.\"\n\nTrade deals should not only increase wealth but restore the environment and protect animal welfare, he added.\n\nA second report will examine the food system in more depth\n\nThe 110-page report calls for the adoption of a statutory duty that would give Parliament the opportunity to properly scrutinise any new trade deals.\n\nAnd it urges the government to press on with its Environmental Land Management Scheme, which would pay English farmers £2.4bn a year to improve the countryside, such as by capturing carbon or increasing biodiversity.\n\n\"Be bolder. Go faster,\" the report said.\n\nThe second part of the National Food Strategy, due to be published in 2021, will examine issues such as climate change, biodiversity, pollution and zoonotic disease.\n\nCommenting, Minette Batters, president of the NFU, said that now the UK can pursue its own path through trade, it must ensure \"our environmental, animal welfare and safety standards are not undermined so that our farmers can continue producing high quality, sustainable food\".\n\nThe report's main remit is for England, with health and food governed separately under devolution.", "Doctors and midwives fear next week's relaxation of Covid restrictions will lead to an increase in infections among pregnant women.\n\nThe warning comes from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).\n\nPregnant women can be at greater risk of getting severely ill with Covid.\n\nSo the experts are urging women to get the Covid vaccine \"to protect yourself, your baby and your family\".\n\nEvidence shows having the Covid jab is safe during pregnancy.\n\nThe risk of being very ill with Covid is increaed in the late stage of pregnancy, in part due to the pressure exerted on the lungs by the growing foetus.\n\nMothers who give birth while infected are more likely to need an emergency Caesarean and had higher rates of stillbirth, although the actual increases remain low.\n\nThe RCOG told the BBC its data suggests 58% of pregnant women have declined a Covid vaccine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why it's recommended you get the Covid vaccine if you're pregnant\n\nIt acknowledged \"mixed messages\" about the safety of the vaccine at the start of the programme had caused confusion - but said it was disappointed there had not been more direct campaigns targeted at pregnant women by the government and NHS England, since vaccination was approved for the group in April.\n\nThe RCOG says pregnant women were the only clinically vulnerable group not prioritised for vaccination.\n\nThe Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) now advises that pregnant women should all be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines where available, at the same time as the rest of the population.\n\nResearch from the US, involving more than 90,000 pregnant people found no risk, and experts say there is no reason to think there is any increased risk of miscarriage - as the vaccine does not appear to cross from the mother to child via the placenta.\n\nBoth colleges are urging those who are pregnant or considering pregnancy who have not yet been vaccinated to consider getting a jab as soon as possible and book their second doses as soon as they are eligible.\n\nUnvaccinated or partially vaccinated pregnant women should take steps to avoid infection by continuing to practice social distancing, particularly in their third trimester, they say.\n\nDr Edward Morris, RCOG president, said: \"We are concerned that increasing rates of Covid infection will adversely impact pregnant women.\n\n\"We know that those who are pregnant with Covid are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill, and the vaccine is the safest and most effective way of protecting women and their babies.\"\n\nGill Walton, RCM chief executive, said: \"Along with mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing, vaccination is a vital tool in the fight to protect yourself against this virus.\n\n\"If you are unsure or worried about this, do speak to your midwife or doctor to get the facts so that you can make an informed decision.\n\n\"All the evidence is showing that having the Covid jab is safe during pregnancy, and I do urge you to have the vaccine to protect yourself, your baby and your family.\"", "Menorca is among the holiday hotspots moving to the amber list\n\nIbiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera are being moved onto the government's amber travel list for England.\n\nThe Balearic Islands will join the list from 04:00 BST on Monday, 15 days after they were moved to the green watchlist.\n\nThe Scottish and Welsh governments said they will do the same, and Northern Ireland is expected to follow suit.\n\nFrom Monday, only people aged over 18 who are not fully vaccinated will still have to quarantine on returning from an amber list country.\n\nThe requirement to self-isolate is being scrapped for the fully vaccinated and under-18s from Monday in England, Scotland and Wales but travellers in Northern Ireland will have to wait another week before the rule change.\n\nThe British Virgin Islands are also moving to the amber list, while Cuba, Indonesia, Myanmar and Sierra Leone will be moved to the strictest red list.\n\nBulgaria and Hong Kong will move to the green list, while Croatia and Taiwan join the green watchlist, which means they are at risk of being moved to amber.\n\nIt is understood that data indicates a big rise in cases in the Balearic Islands following end-of-term parties.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said case rates had doubled since the islands were added to the green watchlist, which meant the government needed to \"move quickly\".\n\nHe also warned that people travelling abroad this summer will need to make sure they can get their money back or rebook their accommodation, adding that \"no-one can be out there thinking we can travel and just rely on things not changing\".\n\nBut package holiday firm Tui said the \"continued lack of transparency\" about the methodology and data behind the changes was making it \"incredibly difficult for customers to book far in advance with confidence\".\n\nEasyJet said it could not understand why people were going to be allowed to attend nightclubs from Monday without a mask or social distancing but the government was \"not comfortable with people going to the beaches of Europe where the infection rates are lower than in the UK\".\n\nVirgin Atlantic called for the government to \"act decisively\" and add nations with high vaccination rates, such as the US, to the green list at the next review.\n\nLabour criticised the government for not publishing the country-by-country data that informs its traffic light system.\n\nShadow transport secretary Jim McMahon said: \"People are booking holidays in good faith and now face the prospect of losing out because ministers refuse to be straight with the public.\"\n\nMedi Jones Williams said she still planned to go on holiday to Majorca, despite the changes\n\nMedi Jones Williams, from Bristol, booked a holiday to Majorca on Friday and said she still planned to fly there on Saturday for her seven-day trip.\n\nThe 25-year-old had her first vaccine three weeks ago, and is now looking to get a second dose as soon as possible.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"I'm still going to go because I'm sick of everything. I feel like if I don't it will never happen because things keep changing.\n\n\"I do understand why they have to vaccinate older people first but when they got to 40 they should have vaccinated everyone.\n\n\"It doesn't make sense to open on Monday when not everyone is vaccinated.\"\n\nMr Shapps defended the government's traffic light system, saying that the categories mean \"people can see, broadly-speaking, where these countries are classified\".\n\nHe added: \"We're not in control of this virus, particularly in how it affects other counties, their levels of vaccinations, their level of genomic sequencing, their testing regimes.\"\n\nTravelling to green list destinations was likely to be a \"better bet\" than those on the green watchlist, he said, but cautioned \"there are no guarantees\".\n\nHe urged people to come forward and get both vaccine doses to give them \"one more piece of security when you do go off to travel\".\n\nThe changes will come as bad news for travellers who are over 18 and not yet double vaccinated.\n\nThe government says they can still pay for additional tests on day five as part of test-to-release and are advising everyone to get their jabs as quickly as possible.\n\nUnder the change to amber list travel rules, announced last week, fully-jabbed people will still be required to take a test three days before they return and on the second day after they are back - but they will now be exempted from a day eight test.\n\nFrom Monday - when most Covid rules in England end - the guidance that people should not travel to amber list countries will be removed.\n\nFewer than 30 destinations are on the green list, which do not require people to quarantine on their return.\n\nMore than 50 countries are on the strictest red list, which requires arrivals to pay to self-isolate in a hotel.\n\nBut most places - including holiday hotspots such as mainland Spain, Greece and the US - are on the amber list.\n\nGreen watchlist countries do not require arrivals to quarantine but are at risk of being moved to amber.\n\nMeanwhile, more than two thirds of adults in the UK - some 35 million people - have now received both vaccine doses, the government announced on Wednesday.\n\nThe government said it meant it had hit its target of vaccinating two thirds of adults by 19 July early.\n\nSome 46,037,090 people have received a first dose while 35,155,767 have had both doses - the equivalent of 87.4% and 66.7% of the adult population respectively.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson described the milestone as \"another extraordinary achievement\", adding that it was enabling the UK to \"cautiously ease restrictions next week and return closer towards normal life\".\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK recorded another 42,302 cases and 49 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, according to the daily government figures.\n\nAre you a holidaymaker or a travel agent? How will you be affected by this change to the travel list? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Google has been criticised for suggesting routes up Ben Nevis and other Munros which are \"potentially fatal\" and direct people off a cliff.\n\nScottish mountaineering charities have urged hill-walkers not to use Google Maps to guide them up the mountains.\n\nThey said there have been a number of recent incidents involving routes downloaded off the internet which have resulted in \"injury or worse\".\n\nGoogle told BBC Scotland it was investigating the issue.\n\nEarlier the John Muir Trust, which looks after the summit of Ben Nevis, said it has attempted to raise the issue with the internet giant but its approaches have been \"met with silence\".\n\nThe charities said certain searches for the route up Ben Nevis on Google Maps direct people to the car park nearest the summit as the crow flies.\n\nHowever they describe the route from that point as \"highly dangerous, even for experienced climbers\".\n\nNathan Berrie, the trust's Nevis conservation officer, said they often come across groups of inexperienced walkers heading towards Steall Falls or up the south slopes of Ben Nevis.\n\nOne route on An Teallach led walkers to a cliff and another on Ben Nevis took the user through rocky, pathless terrain\n\nHeather Morning, Mountaineering Scotland's mountain safety adviser, said: \"For those new to hill walking, it would seem perfectly logical to check out Google Maps for information on how to get to your chosen mountain.\n\n\"But when you input Ben Nevis and click on the 'car' icon, up pops a map of your route, taking you to the car park at the head of Glen Nevis, followed by a dotted line appearing to show a route to the summit.\"\n\nShe added: \"Even the most experienced mountaineer would have difficulty following this route.\n\n\"The line goes through very steep, rocky, and pathless terrain where even in good visibility it would be challenging to find a safe line.\n\n\"Add in low cloud and rain and the suggested Google line is potentially fatal.\"\n\nOther popular Munros have also fallen foul of the app.\n\nThe charity said for An Teallach in the north-west, a \"walking\" route suggested by search engine would take people over a cliff.\n\nMs Morning said: \"It's all too easy to assume that information on the internet is all good stuff, correct, up to date and safe.\n\n\"Sadly, experience shows this is not the case and there have been a number of incidents recently where following routes downloaded off the internet have resulted in injury or worse.\"\n\nShe added: \"Walkers and climbers with even a little experience will know to read information from a map, whether digital or paper, and if they are looking for downloadable routes know to use reputable sources and check several sources to ensure the information they are accessing is the right route for their level of experience and ability.\"\n\nThe Google maps app takes the most direct route, which can also be dangerous terrain\n\nMountaineering Scotland and John Muir Trust recommended climbers cross-check information on a map or consult a local guide.\n\nA spokesperson for Google said: \"We built Google Maps with safety and reliability in mind, and are working quickly to investigate the routing issue on Ben Nevis.\n\n\"In addition to using authoritative data and high definition imagery to update the map, we encourage local organisations to provide geographic information about roads and routes through our Geo Data Upload tool.\"", "A therapy made from a Covid patient's own blood is being trialled to treat lung scarring that's left after hospitalisation.\n\nDoctors at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London have begun a small trial using patients’ white blood cells.", "Claudia-Rose Moor was able to gift her heart, as well as her liver and a kidney\n\nThe family of a young woman who died following a car crash say they are \"incredibly proud\" her organs were used to save three other people.\n\nClaudia-Rose Moor, 23, from St Leonards, East Sussex, was critically injured in the crash in April 2020.\n\nFor four days doctors at the Royal Sussex County Hospital tried to save her, but she did not survive.\n\nDespite the pandemic affecting the number of organ transplants, Miss Moor gifted her heart, liver and a kidney.\n\nAfter she was given the news Miss Moor would not survive, her mother, Nichola, recalled a family conversation from a year earlier, in which her daughter had insisted she wanted to be an organ donor.\n\n\"I just knew I had to make it happen,\" Mrs Moor said.\n\n\"She would give anyone anything, she was so generous, and her lasting legacy is giving life to three other people.\n\n\"She treated strangers as friends and that's what's so poignant about her being a donor.\"\n\nCoronavirus meant there was a possibility the donation would not go ahead.\n\nTransplants became riskier to perform due to concerns around safely treating patients in hospitals, and a lack of available resources.\n\n\"Luckily, she was able to donate three organs, which is amazing, we are so incredibly proud,\" Mrs Moor added.\n\nA report published earlier by NHS Blood and Transplant revealed the number of transplants fell by 20% between March 2020 and March 2021.\n\nThe report said 487 people died waiting for a transplant last year, compared to 372 the year before.\n\nCarl Flynn, 32, from Manchester, received a heart transplant during the pandemic.\n\nHe was put on the waiting list after nearly dying of a heart attack aged 25.\n\nHe got a call on his birthday and said: \"It was the most amazing present I will ever receive.\n\n\"I think about my donor family every day. I can't thank them enough for their kindness.\"\n\nMr Flynn's operation was successful, and extra measure were in place due to covid\n\nDue to the backlog there are about 7,000 people waiting for a transplant in the UK - the highest number since 2012/2013.\n\nJohn Forsythe, NHS Blood and Transplant medical director, said team efforts had been \"phenomenal\", but added: \"Organ donation and transplantation will take some time to recover completely.\"\n\nIn May 2020 organ donation law changed in England and Scotland to an opt-out system; meaning it is now assumed people want to donate after death unless they register otherwise.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage : Watch live on BBC Two from 08:15 BST. Live text coverage on the BBC Sport website. Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live from 08:30 BST.\n\nDefender Demi Stokes said the Great Britain's women's football squad \"feel strongly\" about their decision to take the knee before games at the Tokyo Olympics this month.\n\nRules around athletes protesting at Tokyo 2020 were relaxed by the International Olympic Committee.\n\nHead coach Hege Riise said the squad \"were all united\" in their decision.\n\n\"We know we have a big part to play. It's important we use our platforms to help in any way we can,\" said Stokes.\n\n\"We all feel strongly as individuals and as a team. We all understand what's been going on around racism and discrimination. It is the people that don't have a voice that we are standing up for.\n\n\"We want to show to everyone this is something serious. It's still happening. What a way to do it, on an Olympic stage.\"\n• None 'I had to start from scratch' - Kirby's journey\n• None What are the new sports at Tokyo 2020?\n• None How to follow Tokyo 2020 on the BBC\n\nPlayers in the women's and men's game have been taking the knee to highlight racial injustice.\n\nHead coach Riise said the squad were \"glad the IOC acknowledged the importance of this form of freedom of expression\".\n\nShe added: \"We were all united in our decision to continue doing whatever we can to raise awareness of racism and discrimination in all its forms, standing in unity and solidarity with all those whose lives are affected.\n\n\"We are clear that taking the knee is an important symbol of peaceful protest against discrimination, injustice and inequality in society.\"\n\nBritish Olympic Association's (BOA) Andy Anson added: \"By taking the knee, our women's football side are embodying the values of Team GB.\"\n\n'Not the time to go silent on the issue'\n\nTeam GB players and staff approached the BOA with their intention to take the knee and it was relayed to the IOC.\n\nChelsea goalkeeper Carly Telford said it was \"one of the first things we discussed as a group\" and they were keen to make a statement as one of the first nations to compete at the Olympics.\n\nTeam GB's first group game is against Chile on 21 July in Sapporo, two days before the opening ceremony.\n\n\"We also wanted to feel that the other nations - whether it's in football or other sports - could feel free to do that as well,\" she added.\n\nThe IOC granted Team GB's wishes under new rules which state athletes will be able to \"express their views\" before and after competing, as well as when speaking to the media, but cannot do so during events, opening and closing ceremonies, victory ceremonies - on the podium - and at the Olympic Village.\n\nAny protest is not allowed to be \"disruptive\", including unfurling a flag or banner during \"the introduction of another athlete or team\".\n\nAnd any gesture cannot be \"targeted, directly or indirectly, against people, countries, organisations and/or their dignity\".\n\nThe new guidelines followed consultation with thousands of athletes around the world.\n\nTelford added: \"The power that the Olympics has worldwide, I think it's important that we get that message across.\n\n\"Unfortunately, it's not easy for people to live freely based on the colour of their skin, the sex they choose to be or the people they choose to be with in life.\n\n\"It's a huge opportunity to show the world that people can be who they want.\"\n\nArsenal defender Leah Williamson added: \"I don't think this is the time to go silent on this issue and it's just been proven the other day with the boys in England's squad.\n\n\"It should be something that we celebrate - the diversity that we have in Britain.\"\n\nWhy do players take the knee?\n\nAmerican footballer Colin Kaepernick took the knee during the national anthem before a match in 2016 and it has since become a prominent symbol in sport and during anti-racism protests.\n\nFollowing the murder of George Floyd last year, players and officials in the Premier League and EFL took the knee on the restart of the 2019-20 season in June 2020 to highlight racial inequality and discrimination.\n\nWomen's football followed suit during the 2020-21 season, alongside national teams.\n\nLast month, England men's international Tyrone Mings said the team wanted to \"educate and inform\" in response to criticism from Home Secretary Priti Patel for taking the knee.\n\nShe had previously described taking the knee as \"gesture politics\".\n\nThe England players were booed by some fans for making the gesture prior to their Euro 2020 opener against Croatia at Wembley.\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate said his players decided to continue during Euro 2020 and said they felt \"more determined than ever\".\n\nEngland trio Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were targeted on social media after missing penalties in a shootout defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nAsked whether members of the Team GB squad considered not using social media during the Olympics, Stokes said: \"Everyone is different in the way they will use social media but in tournament football I think it's important to still stay engaged and let people know what's going on.\n\n\"You almost have to protect yourself as well. When [England's Euro 2020 final] went to penalties, you instantly think 'I hope they score' because I just knew exactly what was coming. That's an awful position to be in.\"\n\nThe FA also confirmed Scotland's Kim Little, Wales' Sophie Ingle and England's Steph Houghton have all been named as captains of the Team GB squad.\n\nEach player will wear the armband on rotation throughout the tournament.\n\nScotland vice-captain Little and England skipper Houghton are also captains at their clubs Arsenal and Manchester City respectively, while Ingle, who plays for Chelsea, wears the armband for Wales.\n\n\"They bring such different things on the pitch and off the pitch,\" said Telford. \"They represent who we are as people. They represent our nations.\n\n\"It's going to take 22 of us to get us over the line if we want to win a gold medal and the three that she's chosen to wear the armband are vital parts of it.\"\n\nThe squad flew out to Japan to begin preparations at a training camp in Yokohama last week.\n\nMidfielder Little wore the armband during a behind-closed-doors friendly against New Zealand on Wednesday, which Team GB are believed to have won 3-0 .\n\nTeam GB will also face Japan and Canada in Group E. The top two teams will advance to the quarter-finals, as well as the best third-place finishers.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel has worked with four US presidents in 16 years\n\nThe US and Germany will stand together against Russian aggression, President Joe Biden said as he welcomed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington.\n\nMr Biden said he had voiced concern to Mrs Merkel over a Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline, but they agreed Moscow cannot be allowed to use energy as a weapon.\n\nThe US president said the two allies also opposed anti-democratic actions by China.\n\nMrs Merkel, who has worked with four US presidents, is leaving office.\n\n\"We stand together and will continue to stand together to defend our eastern flank allies at Nato against Russian aggression,\" Mr Biden told Thursday's joint news conference with Mrs Merkel.\n\nHe acknowledged the two did not see eye to eye on the nearly complete $11bn (£8bn) Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. The White House has said it will be used by Russia as leverage over Ukraine and other neighbours.\n\n\"Good friends can disagree,\" said Mr Biden, who recently waived sanctions against Nord Stream 2.\n\nThe US president also said: \"We will stand up for democratic principles and human rights when we see China or any other country working to undermine free and open societies.\"\n\nDespite being strong trade partners, Berlin has at times been critical of Beijing on the issue of human rights.\n\nMr Biden also told reporters the US had no plans \"at the moment\" to send troops to Haiti amid growing unrest after the assassination of its president.\n\nAsked about ongoing protests in Cuba, Mr Biden said the \"failed state\" was repressing its citizens.\n\n\"Communism is a failed system, a universally failed system,\" he said. \"And I don't see socialism as a very useful substitute.\"\n\nBoth leaders emphasised the amicable nature of their hour-long meeting, with Mrs Merkel referring more than once to her host as \"Dear Joe\".\n\nMr Biden told his guest: \"I will miss seeing you at our summits.\"\n\nMrs Merkel expressed \"sympathy\" for the dozens of people killed by heavy flooding back home in Germany.\n\nThe German leader had a frosty relationship with Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, and occasional tension, too, with George W Bush and Barack Obama, the other two presidents her tenure has spanned.\n\nMrs Merkel, who became chancellor in 2005, is not running again in September's elections. Her Christian Democratic Union leads opinion polls.\n• None Angela Merkel and four US presidents. Video, 00:03:58Angela Merkel and four US presidents", "The UK's small shopkeepers are struggling under a £1.7bn mountain of debt, a former retail chief has warned.\n\nIndependent High Street businesses now owe four times as much as they did a year ago, said Bill Grimsey, ex-boss of Wickes, Iceland and Focus DIY.\n\nThe warning comes in his latest report into the future of town centres and High Streets.\n\nUnless the government steps in, the UK could face a \"tsunami\" of shop closures this autumn, he said.\n\nAccording to Mr Grimsey, small shops have survived the pandemic by borrowing, but are now faced with the task of paying it back.\n\n\"Our High Street independents have experienced a new-found appreciation during lockdown,\" he said.\n\n\"But they've also been forced to take on government-backed loans, which they would not have normally been able to get because their balance sheets wouldn't allow it. Now they are struggling to manage a mountain of debt and need help.\"\n\nThe review is calling for a government \"forgiveness\" scheme to write off such loans for viable small businesses.\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said: \"Our unprecedented £350bn Covid support package has provided a lifeline to hundreds of thousands of businesses across the UK - through loans, grants, tax cuts, business rates holidays and the furlough scheme.\n\n\"The government has always been clear that Bounce Back Loans are loans to be repaid and that they may not be the right answer for all businesses.\n\n\"We've provided further support and flexibility to businesses that took out Bounce Back Loans by introducing the Pay as You Grow options, so that loan terms can be extended, monthly repayments reduced and a repayment holiday taken for up to six months.\"\n\n\"The French government is already working on a policy to save small businesses from being crushed by debt and we need to do the same to save thousands,\" said Mr Grimsey.\n\nOtherwise, he added, a \"tsunami\" of small independent shop closures could follow in the wake of the 17,500 chain stores that shut down in 2020.\n\nOne bright spot has been the rise of the fast-growing hair and beauty sector. But here, too, there were challenges, Mr Grimsey said, pointing out that the sector is largely unregulated compared with other European countries.\n\nWorking conditions had also become more insecure, with 63% of people working in beauty salons now self-employed, he added.\n\n\"Britain is at a crossroads and the pandemic has brought about sweeping changes that will make a decisive break with a traditional High Street model,\" he warned.\n\n\"But we can't build our way out of trouble. To unlock the potential of our High Streets, we need to focus on people, partnerships and communities as well.\n\n\"Britain needs a social recovery to lock in an economic one and our High Streets should lead by example.\"", "Staff absences could see shortages of meat products, the industry has warned.\n\nMeat processors are seeing up to one in 10 of their workforce told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app.\n\nSome companies could be forced “to start shutting down production lines all together,” warned Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).\n\nAs Covid cases exceed 250,000 a week, a growing number of businesses are reporting disruption due to absence.\n\nThe UK meat processing industry employs about 97,000 workers in the UK, but it was suffering from shortages before the pandemic began.\n\nMany firms were operating with 10% fewer staff than they needed. The latest increase in absences has added to the problem.\n\n“As a result, companies are having to simplify down their range of products to compensate for key skills being removed from their production lines,” says Mr Allen.\n\n“If the UK workforce situation deteriorates further, companies will be forced to start shutting down production lines all together.”\n\nThe BMPA represents about 90% of the industry by value of production.\n\nThe first products to be hit could be the cuts which require more work from skilled butchers, such as French-trimmed lamb chops with the fat removed, according to Mr Allen.\n\nThese are also among the most profitable lines for processors, so the financial impact could be significant.\n\nMr Allen called for greater clarity about how long to isolate for when pinged by the app and continued access for business to free Covid testing kits, which is due to end on 19 July.\n\nBusinesses are warning of increasing levels of Covid absence, as the current wave of infections grows. The number of people notified by the app in England and Wales recently passed half a million in a single week.\n\nLord Bilimoria, president of the CBI - which represents 190,000 businesses - said that number came as a \"genuine shock.\"\n\n\"Staff shortages are being felt acutely across all sectors and in all areas of business particularly, hospitality and leisure,\" he said.\n\nLord Bilimoria believes the NHS Test and Trace system needs an \"overhaul\" and is calling on the government to \"urgently\" bring forward its plans to allow double-jabbed individuals not to self-isolate if they have been informed by the app that they have come into contact with a Covid positive individual.\n\nEarlier this month, Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned that the number of cases could hit 100,000 a day - more than double the current level.\n\nCar-makers Nissan and Rolls-Royce have warned that production could be affected by large numbers of staff being told to isolate and UK Hospitality, the trade body for bars and restaurants, said it was causing “carnage” among its members.\n\nFrom 16 August, the rules in England will change so that anyone who has had two vaccinations will not be required to self-isolate if the app says they have been in close contact with an infected person.\n\nPost-Brexit recruitment difficulties have made staffing problems worse in the meat processing industry, with some firms drawing 80% of their staff from the European Union, according to Mr Allen.\n\n“We’ve been calling on the government for months to add butchers to the Shortage Occupation List, which would allow the industry to temporarily fill these growing vacancies with overseas workers until the current crisis has passed,” he said.", "Flu and other winter viruses will make a comeback in autumn, but vaccines should help\n\nA surge in flu and other respiratory viruses could put pressure on people's health and the NHS this winter, warns a report by leading medics.\n\nThey say testing for flu, Covid and a respiratory virus common in children and the elderly - called RSV - may help doctors treat cases more quickly.\n\nThe Academy of Medical Sciences report calls for people with any symptoms to isolate and stay at home.\n\nThis will help protect against all respiratory viruses this winter.\n\nThe report, by 29 leading experts and requested by the government, says there is great uncertainty about what the next few months will hold across the UK, but it urges policymakers to prepare for a challenging winter.\n\nDuring lockdown last winter, the UK population was hardly exposed to the viruses which normally circulate. But they are now set to make a comeback as restrictions lift and society opens up.\n\nAlready this summer, there has been a rise in winter viruses in children coming to A&E.\n\nReport author Prof Azra Ghani, from Imperial College London, says their modelling suggests a summer peak of Covid-19 infections \"with subsequent local outbreaks over winter\".\n\nBut \"we can't completely rule out another winter wave\", she said.\n\n\"Whilst we expect the peak in deaths to be considerably lower than last winter, under some scenarios we could see hospital admissions rise to similar levels.\"\n\nIn a worst-case scenario this could mean around twice the levels of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as a normal autumn and winter, the report says.\n\nThere are between 10,000 and 30,000 deaths from flu in a normal winter, and about 20,000 children under five are admitted to hospital each year with RSV, which can cause a lung infection called bronchiolitis.\n\nThe authors say these viruses often produce similar symptoms, so testing for all three at once would help distinguish between them.\n\nThis could be done through Test and Trace or in GP practices, but the turnaround would need to be very fast so that anti-virals could be used to treat flu in the most vulnerable.\n\nDr Alexander Edwards, from the University of Reading, said the \"triple tests\" had \"great appeal\", but the logistics could be a challenge.\n\n\"Whether there will be enough instruments and testing capacity available for this to be available widely in primary care remains to be seen,\" he said.\n\nThe report also recommends booster Covid vaccines alongside flu vaccines this autumn to reduce the spread of the virus, which is already being planned by the NHS for the over-50s, and improving infection control in hospitals.\n\nIt says all adults need to be vaccinated against Covid by September. Currently, two-thirds of UK adults have received two doses and 87% have had one dose.\n\nBut the number one way to reduce transmission is for people to have a test when they have symptoms and stay at home if they are ill, says Prof Dame Anne Johnson, president of the Academy of Medical Sciences.\n\n\"We are calling on the government to urgently strengthen the financial and practical support that will allow all people to self-isolate if they need to, whatever their circumstances,\" she said.\n\nThe medics also emphasise the importance of face coverings, social distancing and meeting friends outdoors - to protect against Covid as well as other respiratory viruses, as society opens up.\n• None Improving Health Through Research - The Academy of Medical Sciences The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Canadians say the conditions are \"unbearable\"\n\nNorth America experienced its warmest June on record, according to the EU's Earth observation programme.\n\nThat will come as no surprise given the unprecedentedly high temperatures recently recorded during the heatwave that hit Canada and parts of the US.\n\nBut UK residents may be startled to learn that despite the rain and cloud they experienced, it was the second warmest June on record for Europe.\n\nIt was also the fourth warmest June ever recorded worldwide.\n\nCopernicus, the EU's Earth observation programme, produces its figures for world temperatures from computer-generated analyses using billions of measurements from satellites, aircraft and weather stations around the world.\n\nClimate experts say the findings point to a frightening escalation in temperature extremes.\n\n\"We are getting used to record high temperatures being recorded somewhere around the world every year now,\" says Prof Peter Stott of the UK Met Office.\n\nHe says what meteorologists like him find shocking is not that the world is experiencing more heatwaves but that temperature records are increasingly being broken by such large margins.\n\nIn Canada and the north-western US, several cities recorded temperatures a full 5 degrees Celsius above previous records.\n\nA Siberian heatwave last year saw temperatures more than 5C above the previous record between January and June.\n\nA study by the Met Office on the extreme heat in the Russian region found that reaching such temperatures was almost impossible without human-caused climate change.\n\nIt anticipates similar results from studies of the Canadian heatwave.\n\nIts initial calculations suggest the odds of the sort of temperatures experienced in Canada occurring without climate change are very low indeed, says Professor Stott.\n\n\"It is telling us that changes in average climate are leading to rapid escalation not just of extreme temperatures, but of extraordinarily extreme temperatures,\" he adds.\n\nThat is exactly what the science says we should expect, Prof Friederike Otto of the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University told the BBC.\n\n\"Every decade the world has increased the rate of greenhouse gas emissions and that has increased the rate of warming. So, of course, heat records are being broken more frequently,\" she maintains.\n\nProf Otto believes the risks from the increasing number of heatwaves the world now experiences is not taken seriously enough.\n\nThe UK has also been experiencing soaring temperatures\n\nStorms and flood provide dramatic before-and-after images and cause widespread damage to property.\n\nHeatwaves, by contrast, do not leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Prof Otto describes them as \"silent killers\".\n\n\"People rarely drop dead on the street, but die quietly in their poorly insulated and un-air-conditioned homes.\"\n\nIndeed, how many victims these events claim is often only apparent months after the event when statisticians can calculate excess mortality.\n\nProf Otto says even if we do manage to achieve the dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that many countries around the world are now committed to, we will still see more frequent and more intense heatwaves than we have today.\n\nShe advises that, alongside cutting carbon emissions, we should be investing in adaption and resilience to ensure our communities can withstand the higher temperatures we can expect in the future.", "Naledi was forced to throw her baby from a burning building in Durban, South Africa.\n\nIt happened as riots and lootings erupted across South Africa, following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.\n\nShe told the BBC's Nomsa Maseko what happened.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's Bukayo Saka said he \"knew instantly the kind of hate\" he was going to receive after his penalty was saved during Sunday's Euro 2020 final.\n\nSaka, 19, and Jadon Sancho had spot-kicks saved and Marcus Rashford hit a post as Italy beat England in a penalty shootout to win the tournament.\n\nAll three players received racist abuse on social media after the game.\n\n\"I will not let that moment or the negativity that I've received this week break me,\" Saka posted on social media.\n\nThe 19-year-old Arsenal player directed his comments about the way he was treated online at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.\n• None I won't apologise for who I am - Rashford\n• None What more can be done to stop racist abuse online?\n\nSaka was one of England's most impressive players in their run to the final, and manager Gareth Southgate said earlier this week he had \"brought a smile to so many people's faces\" and \"become a hugely popular member of the group\".\n\nIn his post, Saka said: \"I knew instantly the kind of hate that I was about to receive and that is a sad reality that your powerful platforms are not doing enough to stop these messages.\n\n\"I don't want any child or adult to have to receive the hateful and hurtful messages that me Marcus and Jadon have received this week.\n\n\"There is no place for racism or hate of any kind in football or in any area of society.\n\n\"And, to the majority of people coming together to call out the people sending these messages, by taking action and reporting these comments to the police and by driving out the hate by being kind to one another, we will win.\n\nFive people have been arrested after Saka and his team-mates were racially abused online.\n\nTwitter said earlier in the week it had removed more than 1,000 posts over the previous 24 hours and suspended a number of accounts for violating its rules.\n\nFacebook, which also owns Instagram, said it had \"quickly removed comments\" directed at players on its platforms.\n\nSouthgate described the racist abuse as \"unforgivable\", and captain Harry Kane told those who sent it: \"You're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to ban people guilty of sending racist abuse to footballers from attending matches.\n\nSaka said he was thankful to those people who have \"campaigned on my behalf and sent me heartfelt letters, wished me and my family well\".\n\n\"This message won't do it justice how grateful I am for all the love that I have received, and I feel that I need to thank everyone who has supported me,\" he said.\n\nLike Rashford and Sancho before him, he apologised for his penalty miss. He said he and his team-mates would work hard \"to make sure this generation knows how it feels to win\".\n\n\"There are no words to tell you how disappointed I was with the result and my penalty,\" he said.\n\n\"I really believed we would win this for you. I'm sorry that we couldn't bring it home for you this year.\"\n• None Who will find the best takeaway in town?: Game of Thrones' Hodor goes against Radio 1's Gemma Bradley\n• None Football, Racism and Social Media streaming now on BBC iPlayer", "The UK, France and the UN are hosting a virtual climate meeting on Saturday. About 75 world leaders will attend, marking five years since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement. Pope Francis will also address the meeting.\n\nThis virtual gathering is taking place after the pandemic caused the postponement of the annual Conference of the Parties, due to take place in Glasgow this year.\n\nNations will be revealing how they intend to cut their greenhouse gas emissions which means we’ll find out if their commitments are ambitious enough to stop the worst effects of climate change. But just what is climate change? And why are scientists calling for urgent action?\n\nThis video was first published in January 2020.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gareth Eve’s wife, BBC Newcastle presenter Lisa Shaw, died in hospital after a bleed on the brain\n\nA man whose wife's death is being investigated over possible links to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab is calling for people to have their choice of vaccine.\n\nA coroner is considering if the vaccine contributed to the death of BBC radio presenter Lisa Shaw, 44, in May.\n\nHer husband Gareth Eve said the jab had been \"outstanding\" but its \"risks\" should be \"recognised\".\n\nThe government said 81 million vaccines had been administered, with benefits outweighing risks for most people.\n\nMr Eve said he and his wife, who was a presenter on BBC Radio Newcastle, had both been \"excited\" about being vaccinated so she could \"give her mam a hug\" having been a \"stickler\" for following lockdown rules.\n\nLisa Shaw was a presenter on BBC Radio Newcastle until her death in May\n\nA week after getting her first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, she started getting headaches and ended up being taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) for treatment for blood clots.\n\nHe said the treatments initially seemed to work well, but when he went to visit her on a Sunday afternoon she seemed confused and was suffering further headaches.\n\nDoctors diagnosed a bleed on the brain and she was transferred to the hospital's high dependency unit.\n\n\"I went to see her and she told me to go home and see our son because it was late,\" Mr Eve told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire.\n\n\"She said 'I'm tired'. I gave her a kiss. And I never spoke to her again.\"\n\nThere is a known side-effect to the AstraZeneca vaccine that is very rare, known as vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT). That's a condition where clots form in combination with low platelet levels, and that is something that doesn't happen naturally. Therefore, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) thinks there is a strong likelihood that it is the vaccine causing this.\n\nThere have been almost 400 cases - most after the first dose - with 71 deaths, so it's about one death per 650,000 doses.\n\nThere is some suggestion there's a slightly higher risk in women than men but it's not absolutely clear, and slightly higher incidence in young people. That is why initially the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said initially people under 30 should not have the AstraZeneca vaccine, which they changed to under 40 in May.\n\nAll medicines including vaccines have risks as well as benefits. For individuals and society, you have to set that against the risks you are trying to prevent, which is Covid.\n\nWith Covid there have been something like 1,900 deaths per one million people in the UK and Covid itself is known to be a serious cause of clots.\n\nSomething like one in five people hospitalised with Covid will end up with clots.\n\nMr Eve said he was \"absolutely not an anti-vaxxer\" but while \"we don't know this information, maybe the answer is to give people the alternative\".\n\n\"It's not as if we don't have other vaccines available to us, so while there is this cloud over AstraZeneca, maybe put it on ice and say we are going to look into giving people the other jab,\" he said.\n\nMr Eve added: \"What the vaccine has done is unbelievable. The work these people have done to get the country back on its feet is outstanding.\n\n\"But we need to recognise there are families who have been affected by this jab.\"\n\nHe said he realised the number of fatalities linked to the vaccine was a \"drop in the ocean\" but said: \"It hasn't been a drop in the ocean for our family, it has hit our family like a tidal wave.\"\n\nThe BBC asked the Department of Health if people should be given a choice of vaccine and a government spokesperson said: \"We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of Ms Shaw and our thoughts are with the family.\n\n\"As the UK's independent medicines regulator, the MHRA, and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation have said, for the vast majority of people, the benefits of preventing serious illness and death outweigh any risks and the vaccines have saved thousands of lives.\n\n\"People will be offered a vaccine that is most suitable for them. For example, everyone under the age of 40 will be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine, as advised by the JCVI.\n\n\"Those who have already had a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine should receive a second dose of the same brand, irrespective of age, except for the very small number of people who experienced blood clots with low platelet counts from their first vaccination.\"\n\nMHRA chief executive Dr June Raine said: \"It is still vitally important that people come forward for their vaccination and for their second dose when invited to do so.\"\n\nShe said suspected side-effects linked to vaccines can be reported to the MHRA's yellow card scheme.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "Mr de Vries acted as an adviser to people involved in criminal cases\n\nThe prominent Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries, who was shot and seriously wounded in central Amsterdam nine days ago, has died.\n\n\"Peter fought to the end, but was unable to win the battle,\" a statement from his relatives said.\n\nThe 64-year-old was shot in the head minutes after leaving a TV studio.\n\nThe shooting shocked the Netherlands, where Mr de Vries was well-known for his investigations of mobsters and drug lords. Two suspects were arrested.\n\nMr de Vries had won critical acclaim for his reporting on the Dutch underworld - including the 1983 kidnapping of the beer millionaire Freddy Heineken.\n\nThe statement released by his relatives on Thursday said he died \"surrounded by the people who love him\".\n\n\"Peter has lived by his conviction: 'On bended knee is no way to be free',\" the statement added.\n\nThe family asked for space to process his death in peace.\n\nFlowers have been left at the spot where he was shot\n\nDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the veteran journalist was \"afraid of nothing and no-one\".\n\n\"We owe it to Peter R de Vries to ensure that justice takes its course,\" he tweeted.\n\nMr de Vries was attacked on the evening of 6 July while walking away from a television studio following a chat show on the Lange Leidsedwarsstraat in central Amsterdam.\n\nFive shots were fired at close range and he was hit in the head.\n\nHis son, Royce de Vries, said at the time that the family's \"worst nightmare came true\".\n\nWell known for his coverage of the criminal underworld, Mr de Vries covered many high-profile crimes, including the Heineken abduction.\n\nIn 2013, Mr Heineken's kidnapper, Willem Holleeder, was convicted of making threats against the journalist.\n\nOne of the Netherlands' most notorious gangsters, Holleeder was given a life sentence in 2019 for his involvement in five murders.\n\nA novel Mr de Vries wrote about the case was later adapted into the movie Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, starring Anthony Hopkins.\n\nThe journalist also won an Emmy Award for a television show he made about Natalee Holloway, a US teenager who disappeared on the Caribbean island of Aruba in 2005.\n\nHe frequently acted as a spokesman for witnesses in police or court cases, and had been acting as an adviser to Nabil B, a former gang member testifying in the case against alleged drug lord Ridouan Taghi.\n\nMr de Vries had previously faced danger because of his work and needed police protection after receiving threats in connection with his coverage of criminal cases.\n\nIn 2019, police told him he was on the hit list of the Netherlands' most wanted criminal.\n\nEU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted her condolences, with the message: \"Investigative journalists are vital to our democracies. We must do everything we can to protect them.\"\n\nThe two men held on suspicion of the murder are a 21-year-old from Rotterdam and a 35-year-old Pole. Police have not described them in any detail.", "Twenty-six people were arrested outside the stadium\n\nThe Met Police has denied its policing operation at the Euro 2020 final failed, claiming it had warned Wembley that many ticketless fans were on the way.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates for Sunday's England v Italy match at the stadium.\n\nThe force said police action may have prevented the match being called off.\n\nPolice and the Football Association are reviewing how the match was handled.\n\nOne football supporter who got in without a ticket told the BBC that stewards were accepting bribes as fans broke in through a disabled entrance.\n\nThe man, from Birmingham, said he had joined a social media chat group called \"Wembley Jib\" where between 3,000 and 4,000 people exchanged tactics for breaking into the stadium.\n\n\"Jibbing\" is football slang for getting in without paying.\n\nHe said: \"When we got there at 13:00 we were hanging around and a Wembley steward came up asking if we'd got tickets. We said no and he said 'do you want to give me money to get in?'\"\n\n\"He said it would be £500 each. I had only taken out £250 for a bribe.\"\n\nThe fan claimed that even when people were thrown out of the stadium they were not escorted away and simply tried to get back in.\n\n\"There were police officers there about 50 in groups of 10. They were standing too far back though, weren't getting involved or were too late if something happened.\"\n\nThe FA said the majority of the trouble happened in areas that were the responsibility of police.\n\nThe Met's statement appeared to be aimed at defending itself against suggestions poor policing was to blame for an incident which may threaten Britain's chances of bidding for the 2030 World Cup.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ros Atkins on... the trouble at Wembley\n\nSources say it is unusual for officers in riot gear to be sent from the start in such large numbers to police a football match.\n\nDeputy Assistant Commissioner Jane Connors said the operation at Wembley was \"one of the most significant and comprehensive policing plans the Met has ever committed to a football match of this scale\".\n\nShe said: \"Police commanders recognised this could result in ticketless fans attempting to get into the stadium; they updated security officials at Wembley of this risk.\"\n\nShe added that stewards at the stadium became \"overwhelmed\" soon after the gates opened.\n\n\"I do not accept that the policing operation failed and I stand by the difficult decisions made by police officers and the Met's public order commanders,\" she said.\n\n\"Without their immediate intervention, it is possible that this game could have been abandoned.\"\n\nIn a BBC interview on Tuesday the FA claimed the majority of the trouble was in Wembley Way, outside the stadium, in an area which was the responsibility of the police.\n\nTwenty-six people have been arrested following events at Wembley and another 25 in central London.\n\nUefa has launched disciplinary action over what happened\n\nThe anonymous fan who spoke to the BBC said people were chanting \"jib, jib, jib\" and people were discussing whether to attempt it on Twitter for days before the match.\n\nHe and friends showed a video on their phones of an e-ticket being verified to stewards to gain access to the outer perimeter.\n\nThey abandoned an attempt to \"tailgate\" legitimate ticket-holders before pushing their way into the main stadium through a disabled entrance.\n\n\"The ticketed fans attacked those with no tickets and although once inside it wasn't crowded, there was pushing and squeezing to get in,\" the man added.\n\n\"If England were in a final and I didn't have a ticket I'd do it again.\"\n\nIt is likely many of those trying to get access did so because they knew there would be a large number of empty seats due to Covid restrictions.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Matt Hancock quit the cabinet after leaked images of him kissing Gina Coladangelo were published\n\nInvestigators have seized computers after searches at two homes over the leaking of CCTV footage of Matt Hancock kissing an aide in his office.\n\nThe images, published by the Sun last month, led to Mr Hancock resigning as health secretary after he admitted breaking social distancing rules.\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said raids were carried out as it investigates an alleged data breach.\n\nThe Sun says an \"angry whistleblower\" first alerted it to the images.\n\nBut the newspaper's editor, Victoria Newton, has stated she would rather go to prison than reveal the leaker's identity.\n\nMr Hancock, who is married with three children, resigned on 27 June after the images of him kissing his long-time friend and former aide Gina Coladangelo were published two days earlier.\n\nHis relationship with the married mother-of-three is understood to be serious, with Mr Hancock having ended his own 15-year marriage.\n\nThe ICO announced on Thursday that it had set up an inquiry into the images leak.\n\nIt said the Department of Health and Social Care and the security and property management firm Emcor had submitted a complaint, alleging the CCTV stills had been taken without permission.\n\nOfficers searched two homes in southern England on Thursday, seizing personal computer equipment and electronic devices.\n\nSteve Eckersley, the ICO's director of investigations, said: \"It's vital that all people, which includes the employees of government departments and members of the public who interact with them, have trust and confidence in the protection of their personal data.\n\n\"In these circumstances, the ICO aims to react swiftly and effectively to investigate where there is a risk that other people may have unlawfully obtained personal data. We have an ongoing investigation and will not be commenting further until it is concluded.\"\n\nAfter the pictures were published, concerns were raised over security within government buildings.\n\nJustice Secretary Robert Buckland said he had asked for his own office to be swept for \"unauthorised devices\", telling Sky News this was to prevent any chance of a \"national security breach\".\n\nBut Ms Newton wrote in the New Statesman magazine last month that the use of the pictures had been \"a serious piece of responsible journalism\" about a cabinet minister \"behaving with extraordinary hypocrisy\".\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"We take the security of our personnel, systems and estates extremely seriously and the department will continue to engage and cooperate with the Information Commissioner's Office while they assess the information provided.\"", "A review of Covid-19 restrictions in Wales will be made the week starting 12 July\n\nMore of Wales' Covid-19 rules could change over the next few weeks from being legal requirements to government advice, according to a Welsh minister.\n\nMick Antoniw said Wales was \"moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality\" but that ministers and officials would evaluate data ahead of the next review on 15 July.\n\nAll legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nAnd the SNP government is aiming to do the same in Scotland on 9 August.\n\nWith no date set in Wales, the Conservatives have accused the Welsh government of being \"stuck in lockdown mode\".\n\nResponding to reports on Sunday that England will move into a period without legal restrictions, where the public will have to exercise \"personal responsibility\", Andrew RT Davies MS, the leader of the Conservatives in the Senedd, tweeted: \"It's time for Welsh government to provide clarity on Wales' route to normality.\"\n\nA further 535 people have tested positive for coronavirus, according to latest data published by Public Health Wales.\n\nCounsel General Mr Antoniw told the BBC's Politics Wales programme the Welsh government's \"current thinking is that we have obviously an increase in the level of infections, but we have less hospitalisation out of that\".\n\n\"We want to maximise the vaccination rates still further, and then around the 15th or 16th of July, we'll have a review, and we'll consider what further easings can be taken within the data that we actually have,\" he said.\n\n\"Setting a date has its own problems because, if you're saying you want to achieve these certain things on this particular date... it is still always dependent on what the latest information is in respect of the infection rates.\n\n\"We are certainly moving in the direction of a much greater normality.\n\n\"But the pandemic is going to be with us for some time,\" he added.\n\nMick Antoniw MS: \"There are still risks out there\"\n\nThere have only been minor changes to the rules in Wales since 7 June after the first minister announced a pause in a bid to reduce daily hospital admissions and allow time to vaccinate more people.\n\nMinisters had considered permitting more indoor mixing, allowing more people to attend indoor events and reopening ice skating rinks, before deciding to hold off.\n\nIn Wales, people are currently able to meet in private homes if they are in an extended household with a fixed set of other homes, unlike in England where six people from any household can meet.\n\nNightclubs remain closed, as they do across the UK, while limits on social distancing and how many people can meet outside remain.\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed the week starting 12 July, with any further lifting due to be announced by the first minister towards the end of the week.\n\nAsked on Politics Wales if he foresaw big changes to the rules in Wales during that review, Mr Antoniw said: \"I certainly would envisage a shift in the way in which we assess risks, that we look at things differently.\n\n\"We look at how much more can be done on the ground by way of guidelines and advice because, clearly, we're moving to a stage where we are having increasing normality.\n\n\"But it's got to be something that's based on the reality of the fact there are still risks out there.\n\n\"So, over the next week or so, all that data's going to be evaluated.\n\n\"We'll take advice from the medical officers and from the scientists, and then we'll work out basically what is the best next step forward in terms of moving towards that greater normality.\n\n\"But also in a way that doesn't put people at risk,\" he added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bereaved Long Covid survivor asks 'do we really know what we're doing?'\n\nA man who lost his wife to Covid just weeks after catching it himself is warning restrictions are being lifted too quickly across the UK.\n\nGwyn Tovey, 72, from Carmarthenshire, is caring for his 94-year-old mother Betty, who also caught the virus, while dealing with long Covid himself.\n\nHe said there would not be \"freedom\" for any families who have endured similar trauma.\n\nHis wife Rita died just weeks after Gwyn picked up the virus in December.\n\nMost Covid rules will be scrapped in Wales from 7 August, when legal limits on the number of people who can meet others will end.\n\nFace masks will still be required in most indoor settings, except in places such as pubs, restaurants and cafes.\n\nIn England, almost all legal restrictions on social contact will be removed on 19 July, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning the pandemic was \"not over\" and telling people to proceed with caution.\n\nGwyn Tovey said his wife Rita was \"queen of her domain\" in her \"she shed\"\n\nWhen Gwyn and Rita moved into their new property in the village of Penygroes a decade ago, they referred to it as their \"forever home\".\n\nThen last year, Gwyn, a retired lecturer, took on part-time warehouse work to save up to buy Rita, who was 74, a mobility scooter for Christmas.\n\n\"I simply phoned into work to say 'I've been diagnosed, I will have to self-isolate for 10 days' and the extent I thought that would go to was that I would lose my part-time job,\" he said.\n\nBut he lost so much more.\n\nFour days later, Rita collapsed at home with the effects of Covid and, after three weeks, died in hospital on New Year's Day.\n\nGwyn's mother, Betty, was also admitted with the virus and, at one point, all three were being treated at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli.\n\nGwyn Tovey caught Covid just before Christmas and his wife died on New Year's Day\n\nBetty was later transferred to the town's field hospital for recuperating Covid patients.\n\nIt's where the BBC first met her in February, on the day she was discharged to return to live with her grieving son.\n\nY Cwtch, a cafe in Penygroes, now delivers some of Betty's meals, while Gwyn prepares the rest and generally cares for her, although has his own problems with complications from thrombosis.\n\nHe said he struggled to secure more appropriate residential care for his mother.\n\nGwyn's mother Betty says her late daughter-in-law was her best friend\n\nBetty has recovered from the virus, despite other medical concerns.\n\n\"Thank God, I'm feeling better,\" she said. \"I was sorry to lose Rita. She was my best friend.\"\n\nAs for Gwyn: \"He's good as gold. He's a good boy, a good son,\" she laughed, adding: \"The way I brought him up.\"\n\nWith restrictions being lifted around the UK, Gwyn has particular worries.\n\n\"I really think it's too soon. People should take great care when you're talking about dispensing with face masks in school, do we really know what we're doing?\n\n\"It's one heck of a rush. Do we really need to push so hard to perhaps dispense with many of the benefits that have already accrued?\n\n\"Where is freedom coming from or those who go on to follow myself, my family, and catch the same virus and perhaps also have a death in the family?\"\n\nWhile he does his best to shape out a new life, Gwyn has a cherished memory. Across the garden from the shed he refers to as the \"man cave\" is what Rita called her \"she shed\", which has her initials on the outside.\n\n\"She's standing there at the door, queen of her domain, looking really,\" he took a long pause, \"really happy. My abiding memory\".", "Insurers could replace written-off or stolen petrol cars with electric vehicles as part of a wide-ranging plan to improve sustainability.\n\nThe Association of British Insurers (ABI) said the plans could \"herald a new approach\" to the many thousands of claims settled each year.\n\nDamaged gas boilers could also be replaced with more sustainable models.\n\nConsumers would also be encouraged to accept recycled parts as part of a roadmap to tackle climate change.\n\nMembers of the ABI settled 2.6 million motor insurance claims last year, and 737,000 property claims.\n\nThe sector has been widely criticised for its approach on pricing, particularly rising premiums for loyal customers.\n\nHowever, it believes it can have a significant impact on improving transport emissions and other environmental issues.\n\nOn Wednesday, the government unveiled its own green transport policy, although it was ridiculed by environmentalists.\n\nThe ABI's Climate Change Roadmap is a plan to get insurers moving towards a net-zero target. It reflects the huge range of sectors in which insurers operate.\n\nIt includes educating pension savers about their choices of investment, and the resulting environmental impact.\n\nHowever. the most eye-catching aspect of the plan is the proposal that insurers should consider replacing written-off or stolen petrol cars with electric vehicles. Road transport is one of the heaviest polluting areas of society.\n\nInsurers are also hoping to encourage the development of a sustainable secondary market for electric vehicles, and work on consistent policies for re-using and recycling charging equipment.\n\nCustomers may also be encouraged to accept repaired or recycled items as part of a settlement for damaged or stolen property, rather than brand new items.\n\nThey will also investigate how items damaged during a flood or storm could be sent for re-use or repair.\n\nHuw Evans, director general of the ABI, said: \"We all know the environmental crisis is the greatest threat facing our planet and all sectors need to challenge themselves like never before.\n\n\"We accept that our sector's emission are amongst the most of any industry in the economy but, conversely, this means we are uniquely placed to drive the transition including through huge investment potential in the green economy and our reach to millions of customers.\"", "The UK is \"not out of the woods yet\" and people should act with caution as Covid restrictions in England end on Monday, Prof Chris Whitty has said.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer warned that Covid hospitalisations were doubling every three weeks and could hit \"scary numbers\" in future.\n\nProf Whitty said the pandemic still had a \"long way to run in the UK\".\n\nSolicitor General Lucy Frazer said while cases will rise, there were \"consequences for not opening up\".\n\nBut she warned: \"Of course, if we get into a situation where it is unacceptable and we do need to put back further restrictions, then that of course is something the government will look at.\"\n\nThe ONS figures for England represent a rise on the previous week, when one in 160 people were estimated to have the virus.\n\nProf Whitty told an online seminar hosted by the Science Museum on Thursday evening that the situation in the UK could become very dangerous for individual hospitals.\n\nHe said: \"I don't think we should underestimate the fact that we could get into trouble again surprisingly fast.\n\n\"I think saying the numbers in hospital are low now, that does not mean the numbers will be low in hospital in five, six, seven, eight weeks' time.\n\n\"They could actually be really quite serious.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've still got 2,000 people in hospital and that number is increasing. If we double from 2,000 to 4,000 from 4,000 to 8,000, 8,000 and so on it doesn't take many doubling times until you're in very, very large numbers indeed.\"\n\nWhile Prof Whitty cautioned \"we are not by any means out of the woods yet\", he added that \"we are in much better shape due to the vaccine programme, and drugs, and a variety of other things\".\n\n\"But this has got a long way to run in the UK, and it's got even further to run globally,\" he said.\n\nProf Whitty warned the doubling rate could see the situation become dangerous for individual hospitals\n\nBut Prof Whitty said it was crucial that from 19 July in England, people \"take things incredibly slowly\" - adding that he anticipated most people would still take precautions.\n\n\"If you look over what people have done, and in fact if you look at what people intend to do now, people have been incredibly good at saying, 'I may be a relatively low risk, but people around me are at high risk, and I'm going to modify my behaviours, I'm going to reduce my contacts, I'm going to improve ventilation...',\" he said.\n\nFrom 19 July, almost all legal restrictions on social contact will be removed in England, but some guidance will remain. Different rules apply in the the rest of the UK.\n\nNightclubs will be allowed to reopen for the first time since March last year and capacity limits will be removed for all venues and events.\n\nThere will no longer be any limits on how many people can meet and the 1m-plus distancing rule will also end.\n\nThe legal requirement to wear face coverings in some enclosed public places will expire, but Health Secretary Sajid Javid has previously said masks would still be \"expected and recommended\" in crowded indoor areas.\n\nBut the UK's two largest supermarkets - Tesco and Sainsbury's - have said they will continue to ask shoppers to wear masks from Monday to protect staff and shoppers.\n\nProf Whitty predicted that in the medium term, coronavirus could mutate into a \"vaccine escape variant\" that could take the UK \"some of the way backwards\" into the worst days of the pandemic.\n\n\"The further out in time we go, the more tools we have at our disposal from science, the less likely that is but you can never take that possibility completely off the table,\" he said.\n\n\"But you know, science has done a phenomenal job so far and it will continue to do so.\"\n\nProf Whitty's comments echo his statements at Monday's Downing Street coronavirus briefing where Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the final stage of unlocking in England would take place on 19 July.\n\nThe chief medical officer said the \"overwhelming view\" of the scientific community was that moving \"slowly\" through the next step of easing restrictions was \"essential\".\n\nHe added that while the numbers of people being admitted to hospital with Covid were \"not trivial\", they were rising at a much lower rate than previous waves.\n\nExplaining the government's approach, Ms Frazer told Sky News: \"It is really important that we get the balance right between ensuring that we keep this virus under control and we take the necessary clinical measures to do that, but that we also recognise that there are consequences of not opening up and not allowing people to go about their daily lives.\"\n\nShe added that \"a large number of people have been vaccinated, we've had a really tough time, we're still asking people to take responsibility and we do need to ask ourselves, if we don't open up now, when will we be able to open up?\"\n\nOn Thursday, the UK recorded new 48,553 new infections and a further 63 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nDelta virus variant cases rose by 17% in the latest week, with a further 36,800 recorded, Public Health England (PHE) said.\n\nThe variant continues to account for approximately 99% of confirmed cases of coronavirus across the UK.\n\nThe ONS estimated one in 90 people in Scotland had the virus in the week to 10 July, one in 360 in Wales, and one in 290 in Northern Ireland.", "Several users reporting racist abuse on Bukayo Saka's Instagram were told the comments were \"probably\" within guidelines\n\nInstagram has admitted a mistake in its technology meant racist comments and emojis were not removed.\n\nIt comes after a flood of racist abuse was directed at England footballers Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho following the men's Euro 2020 final.\n\nInstagram boss Adam Mosseri said content had \"mistakenly\" been identified as within guidelines instead of referred to human moderators.\n\nThe issue had now been fixed, he said.\n\n“We have technology to try and prioritise reports and we were mistakenly marking some of these as benign comments, which they are absolutely not,” he told BBC News.\n\n“The issue has since been addressed.\n\n\"Reports on these types of comments should [now] be reviewed properly.”\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adam Mosseri 😷 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Monday, BBC News reported a comment containing several orangutan emojis on Saka’s Instagram.\n\nWithin minutes, a notification was received saying the platform’s technology “found that this comment probably doesn’t go against our guidelines”.\n\nBBC News requested a further review but received no response.\n\nOn Thursday, Saka himself responded to the abuse.\n\n\"To the social media platforms... I don't want any child or adult to have to receive the hateful and hurtful messages that me, Marcus and Jadon have received this week,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I knew instantly the kind of hate that I was about to receive and that is a sad reality that your powerful platforms are not doing enough to stop these messages.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Bukayo Saka This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollowing Mr Mosseri’s comments, on Wednesday night, several more racist comments and emojis were reported - but no notification of the results of any review was received.\n\nA quick scroll on Saka's account reveals plenty more racist comments yet to be reported and removed.\n\n“It is absolutely not OK to send racist emojis, or any kind of hate speech, on Instagram,” Mr Mosseri added in a series of tweets.\n\n\"To imply otherwise is to be deliberately misleading and sensational.\n\n“Emojis are difficult, as are words whose meaning changes based on context.\n\n\"Slurs evolve as well, so the work is never done.”\n\nRacism on Instagram has been a long-standing issue, with a vast amount of content to moderate.\n\nIn April, Liverpool Football Club criticised the platform after some of its players were sent racist monkey emojis.\n\nInstagram has previously consulted with anti-discrimination and anti-bullying groups to curate a list of offensive terms, phrases and emojis.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Racist abuse of England players is \"unforgivable\", England manager Gareth Southgate says\n\nUsers can also filter out specific words or emojis on their accounts, by changing the Hidden Words tool in settings.\n\nBut Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Center for Countering Hate (CCDH) said it was \"beyond belief\" that racist abuse continued to bypass Instagram's filters.\n\n\"Of the 105 accounts we identified as having racially abused England footballers, 88 are still up,\" he said, adding it was \"a far cry\" from the social network's promised solution.\n\n\"From its failure to identify monkey emojis as racist, to its flat-out refusal to issue lifetime bans to racists, Instagram - and its parent company Facebook - have failed to act,\" he said.\n\n\"We have heard enough talk. It's time for the UK Government to follow Germany's lead in passing laws and impose serious financial penalties on firms that give a megaphone to racism and extremism.\"", "Larry Nassar has been given at least 300 years in jail for his crimes\n\nThe FBI disregarded allegations about a prolific USA Gymnastics child abuser and later made serious errors in the investigation, a watchdog has found.\n\nThe long-awaited report gave a scathing assessment of the FBI's investigation into former team doctor Larry Nassar.\n\nNassar was sentenced to over 300 years in jail in 2018 for molesting gymnasts.\n\nNumerous missteps and cover-ups by FBI agents allowed his abuse to continue for months after the case was first opened, the report found.\n\nRachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse Nassar of abuse, said that while the US justice department's internal review exposed serious failings, there was a lack of accountability.\n\n\"This report lays bare the corruption, but its conclusion says 'doesn't matter'. Because nothing happens now,\" she wrote in a series of tweets. \"These agents retire on government pensions while survivors fight to stay alive.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What it was like to testify against Larry Nassar\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the FBI acknowledged the findings of the report, calling the handling of the Nassar file \"inexcusable and a discredit to this organisation\".\n\n\"We will take all necessary steps to ensure that the failures of the employees outlined in the report do not happen again,\" the agency said.\n\nThe 119-page report by the Department of Justice Inspector General found that despite the seriousness of the allegations against Nassar, the FBI field office in Indianapolis dragged its feet in responding.\n\nIn July 2015, following an internal review into Nassar, USA Gymnastics reported a number of allegations to the FBI in Indianapolis. After some \"limited follow-up\" that summer, the agency \"did not undertake any investigative activity\" on the case for more than eight months.\n\nDuring that time, the report said, Nassar's sexual assaults continued.\n\nConfronted by their mistakes, two FBI officials lied during interviews to cover up their errors, the report said.\n\nAt the time the allegations surfaced, one of the FBI agents, Jay Abbott, had been in discussions with USA Gymnastics officials about a job with the Olympic Committee. Mr Abbott retired from the agency in 2018.\n\nThe other, an unnamed employee, \"is no longer a supervisor\", the FBI said on Wednesday, and will not work on FBI matters until an internal investigation is complete.\n\nMr Abbott's lawyer, Josh Minkler, said in a statement to Reuters news agency that his client \"thanks the law enforcement officers and prosecutors who brought Larry Nassar to justice\".\n\nThe internal review into the FBI's handling of the Nassar case was launched in 2018 when the disgraced doctor was sentenced to decades behind bars.\n\nHe has been accused of sexual abuse by more than 330 women and girls from USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, including Olympic stars Simone Biles and Aly Raisman.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Gnodde is the boss of Goldman Sachs International\n\nBankers returning on Monday to Goldman Sachs' £1bn London head office will be required to wear masks in the building despite the easing of government rules.\n\nHowever, unlike some competitors, Goldman will not require staff to be vaccinated to come into work.\n\nIt hopes 70% of UK staff will return to the office in the coming weeks.\n\nThe boss of Goldman Sachs International Richard Gnodde said the company remained as committed to its London head office as ever.\n\nMr Gnodde told the BBC: \"The centre of gravity for our workforce is going to be in our buildings and it will be in this building.\n\n\"Our focus is very much on securing a safe workplace. People will still be wearing masks in the building.\"\n\nHe said the bank would not insist on people being vaccinated in order to come in, nor would they force people to return if they felt uncomfortable doing so: \"[We will] continue to manage our exit from this in a cautious and appropriate way to make sure that our people feel comfortable.\"\n\nFinancial services is a crown jewel in the UK economy and contributes 12% of all taxes paid in the UK.\n\nSince the Brexit vote, more than £1tn of customer and company money, trillions more in transaction volumes and an estimated 8,000 jobs have left the capital. This has left some questioning whether that crown was in danger of slipping.\n\nOn the day real royalty in the shape of Prince Charles visited Goldman's offices, Mr Gnodde told the BBC that the future for London remains bright.\n\n\"We put this building in place through the Brexit period and it really underscores our confidence that London will remain one of the world's leading financial centres,\" Mr Gnodde said.\n\n\"There has been some movement of assets. So you know, that has gone. And our access to the European market is not as free as it used to be. We have to build and create new opportunities.\"\n\nRichard Gnodde said the company remained committed to its London head office\n\nBut there was also a thinly disguised warning. Creating those opportunities will need the help of the government and regulators to keep London competitive with other international centres.\n\nMr Gnodde thinks that lessons can be learnt from the big bank deregulation of financial services in 1985.\n\n\"The UK was unambiguously supportive of financial services - it was crystal clear. I really want to stress this point - certainty - in terms of support for business is absolutely key.\n\n\"And it has to be consistent. You can't support business on Monday and Tuesday, and then criticise it on a Wednesday and Thursday… that sends a confusing message. Certainty is critical.\"\n\nWhen City bosses talk about competitiveness, it's often code for lighter regulation. Outside the EU, many have called for a bonfire of regulation. If Mr Gnodde had the match which bits would he burn?\n\n\"Eliminate duplication and unnecessary excessive reporting. Let's do what we have to do to have effective regulation. But let's cut out some of the bureaucratic elements to enable firms to use their capital resources efficiently.\"\n\nSome traders have been working in Canary Wharf during the pandemic\n\nDoing more business with the fastest growing parts of the globe means grappling with the economic might of China. How complicated could that be when Chinese firms are being booted out of telecoms infrastructure, democracy in Hong Kong is under assault and China is facing allegations of using forced labour of the Uyghur population?\n\n\"I think this this is a multifaceted relationship,\" he answered.\n\n\"I think our relationship with China, in many ways will be as a partner. If we're going to tackle climate change, we're going to have to do this together. We live on the same planet. They will be a customer and a client of many of our businesses. And then absolutely, we should have the right appropriate conversations on the political arena in the areas where we compete.\"\n\nIt's a big world out there with plenty of opportunity - and while Mr Gnodde accepts the UK outside the EU is arguably a smaller fish, that's not necessarily an bad thing.\n\n\"Sometimes being a smaller fish is an advantage. Your level of paranoia goes up - you need to move to innovate, to create. Look over the last century and the issues that this country has been through and we're absolutely confident that the people of Britain will take it forward again.\"\n\nStatements like that will be sure to help mend a sometime fractious relationship between the City and the government over the past few years.", "More torrential rain is expected from the low pressure system that brought Germany's devastating flooding as it continues its slow-moving track. Nick Miller reports", "Last updated on .From the section Darts\n\nFormer BDO world darts champion Andy Fordham has died at the age of 59.\n\nFordham, nicknamed 'The Viking', won the tournament at the Lakeside 17 years ago, after four previous semi-final defeats.\n\nThe one-time Kent publican admitted to drinking heavily during matches and collapsed at the 2007 event.\n\nBut despite battling a number of health issues he played in the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts after coming through qualifying.\n\nA statement on the BDO website said: \"The British Darts Organisation is deeply saddened to hear of the loss of the darts legend Andy (The Viking) Fordham, a true gentleman of the game who will be deeply missed by all.\n\n\"Our hearts and thoughts are with his family at this time.\"\n\nTwo-time BDO world finalist Bobby George was among those to pay tribute on Twitter.\n\n\"Just heard the devastating news that Andy Fordham has passed away. He was a gentle giant and loved by all,\" he said.\n\n\"Our condolences go out to his wife Jenny family and friends. RIP Andy Fordham the Viking.\"\n\nFordham, who required a life-saving bowel operation in 2020 and was diagnosed with coronavirus at the start of this year, beat Mervyn King 6-3 in the BDO world final in 2004.\n\nAfter a health scare in 2007 when doctors told Fordham his liver was 75% dead, he enrolled on reality TV show Celebrity Fit Club.\n\nHe joined the Professional Darts Corporation in 2009, but the Bristol-born player later returned to the BDO.\n\nHe qualified for the Grand Slam of Darts in 2015, in which he claimed a first televised win in 10 years over Wayne Jones.", "The number of job vacancies in the UK surpassed pre-pandemic levels in the three months to June, according to new data.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics said there were 862,000 jobs on offer between April and June, 77,500 higher than the first three months of 2020.\n\nThe rise was driven by vacancies in hospitality and retailing.\n\nThe number of people on payrolls also grew in June, showing the biggest rise since the start of the pandemic.\n\nIt increased by 356,000 in June to 28.9 million.\n\nThere was a sharp increase in payrolls in both the food and accommodation sectors as more people returned to work, following a further easing of Covid restrictions in England during May that allowed the hospitality industry to reopen.\n\nSome regions of the UK saw payroll numbers rise past levels seen before Covid forced the country into lockdown, including the North East, the North West, the East Midlands and Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, the ONS said the number of payroll workers remained 206,000 below pre-pandemic levels.\n\n\"The labour market is continuing to recover, with the number of employees on payroll up again strongly in June,\" said Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS.\n\n\"However, it is still over 200,000 down on pre-pandemic levels, while a large number of workers remain on furlough.\"\n\nThe ONS also said that the unemployment rate was 4.8% between March and May, representing a fall from 5% between December and February.\n\nCommenting on the sharp rise in vacancies, Chris Gray, director at recruitment firm Manpower UK, said: \"I think what we're seeing is that we're already in a tight labour market. Employers are already having to be very creative.\n\n\"But some are also a little bit anxious, maybe desperate, and advertising the same job more than once, so we've got to be mindful of some of those inflated numbers.\"\n\nThe ONS said arts, entertainment and recreation recorded the sharpest rise in vacancies. It added that in the accommodation and food services sectors, vacancies increased by 73,400 to 102,000.\n\n\"In this sector, there is evidence of a shortage of skilled staff and of employees finding alternative areas of employment prior to the sector reopening,\" it said.\n\nThe rise in vacancies above pre-pandemic levels may sound like good news but to businesses it points to a problem: skills shortages.\n\n\"The recruitment difficulties faced by firms go well beyond temporary bottlenecks and with many facing an increasing skills gap, staff shortages may drag on any recovery,\" according to the British Chambers of Commerce.\n\nIt combines unpleasantly with other labour market figures released today, showing that the number of UK-born workers in the workforce has dropped by more than a million from the end of 2019 to the first quarter of this year to 26.12 million.\n\nMeanwhile, the number of non-UK-born workers has only risen by about 200,000, according to the ONS, to 6.06 million. And the number of EU-born workers is down from 2.43 million to 2.3 million, although that fall is much smaller than many had predicted last year.\n\nSeeing the number of UK-born workers drop by a million is probably not what most Brexit supporters were hoping for. But, of course, it is almost certainly an effect not so much of Brexit but of the pandemic and successive lockdowns.\n\nSome of those UK-born workers will have re-joined the workforce since March and the reliability of the figures is questioned by some.\n\nBut it underlines what businesses say the labour market needs right now: retraining on a big scale to upskill those UK-born workers who've left the workforce and meet some of those skills shortages that could hold the recovery back.\n\nCompanies have recently told the BBC they are having difficulties recruiting staff.\n\nMark Lee, who runs the Red Lion Country Inn, a B&B in Yorkshire, said before the pandemic he would receive about 50 applications if he advertised a job. However, he is now struggling to fill a number of roles.\n\nA survey of recruitment firms by accountancy firm KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation found a number of factors contributing to problems in hiring workers, including Brexit, pandemic-related uncertainty and the furlough scheme.\n\nHowever, Ruth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said: \"While there is growing evidence that firms are finding it more difficult to hire workers, we suspect that most of these labour shortages will prove temporary and that they will be confined to a few sectors.\"\n\nAre you an employer struggling to recruit?\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "President Bolsonaro tweeted a picture of himself in hospital\n\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, 66, may need emergency surgery after suffering persistent hiccups for 10 days, his office says.\n\nHe is being transferred to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo tests for an obstructed intestine.\n\nIn a tweet, Mr Bolsonaro said he would be \"back soon, God willing\".\n\nThere have been concerns about the far-right leader's health since he was stabbed in the intestines while campaigning in 2018.\n\nMr Bolsonaro was seriously wounded in the attack and lost 40% of his blood. He has had several operations since the stabbing.\n\nThe president went to the military hospital in Brasilia early on Wednesday, and medics said then that he would be under observation for 24 to 48 hours.\n\nBut later the same day, the president's office said Antonio Luiz Macedo, the surgeon who operated on Mr Bolsonaro in 2018, had recommended the president be transferred to São Paulo for additional tests and possible surgery.\n\nFabio Faria, Brazil's communication's manager, told reporters Mr Bolsonaro had been sedated in the morning ahead of being taken to São Paulo.\n\nThe president's son Flavio told CNN Brasil that his father had undergone a procedure to remove liquid from his stomach as a precaution.\n\nFlavio added that his father had had trouble speaking, but that if surgery were needed it should not be a serious procedure.\n\nMr Bolsonaro earlier tweeted a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed, fitted with sensors and cables, with someone who appears to be a priest standing by his bedside.\n\nAfter two-and-a-half years of a controversial presidency, Mr Bolsonaro is under growing pressure over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nAt the beginning of the month, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest over allegations of corruption involving the purchase of vaccines.\n\nThe Brazilian leader has been heavily criticised for a lack of a national response to the crisis and his scepticism toward vaccines, lockdowns and mask-wearing requirements.\n\nLast month, deaths with the virus in Brazil passed 500,000 - the second-highest in the world after the US.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bolsonaro removed his mask after announcing he had tested positive for coronavirus\n\nMr Bolsonaro himself caught Covid-19 a year ago but has fully recovered.", "Environmental activists fear for the Papua rainforest - among the most biodiverse places in the world\n\nA Korean palm oil giant has been rejected from the world's leading green certification body in the wake of a BBC investigation.\n\nThe BBC had earlier found evidence that the Korindo group had been buying up swathes of Asia's largest remaining rainforests in the remote Indonesian province of Papua.\n\nA visual analysis suggested that fires had then been deliberately set to these forests, a clear violation of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).\n\nThe regulator's tree logo - found on paper products throughout the UK and Europe - is meant to tell consumers the product is sourced from ethical and sustainable companies.\n\nAt the time of the BBC's investigation late last year, the FSC said they would not expel Korindo but were working with the Korean company to address social and environmental problems.\n\nBut now the green body says the relationship has \"become untenable\" and Korindo's trademark licenses with FSC will be terminated from October.\n\n\"We were not able to verify improvements in Korindo's social and environmental performance,\" Kim Carstensen, FSC international director general said.\n\nHe said the decision would \"give us clarity and a breath of fresh air while Korindo continues its efforts to improve.\"\n\nKorindo groups chief sustainability officer Kwangyul Peck said in a statement that the company was \"very shocked by the FSC decision.\"\n\nHe insists they were following all the steps of \"an agreed roadmap of improvements\" and said despite their expulsion from the FSC \"they remain committed to sustainability and human rights.\"\n\nKorindo controls more land in Papua than any other conglomerate. The company has cleared nearly 60,000 hectares of forests inside its government-granted concessions - an area the size of Chicago or Seoul.\n\nA 2018 report by the FSC into the allegations against Korindo was never published, after legal threats from the company, but the BBC obtained a copy.\n\nThe report found \"evidence beyond reasonable doubt\" that Korindo's palm oil operation destroyed 30,000 hectares of high conservation forest in breach of FSC regulations and that the company was, \"on the balance of probability … supporting the violation of traditional and human rights for its own benefit.\"\n\nA visual investigation by the Forensic Architecture group at Goldsmiths University in London and Greenpeace International, published in conjunction with the BBC, also found evidence that indicated deliberate burning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how the Forensic Architecture Group established what was happening in Papua\n\nKiki Taufik, head of the Greenpeace Southeast Asia forest campaign said the FSC decision was \"better late than never\" saying they had \"finally come to their senses\".\n\nBut he said the Indonesian government continues to \"grant companies like Korindo forest concessions, allowing them to violate the rights of indigenous people.\"\n\n\"It is crucial that buyers and certification bodies don't keep helping them create a facade of sustainability and transparency,\" he said.\n\nAfter the BBC's investigation last year, the Indonesian parliament had launched an inquiry into Korindo's conduct - though the findings have not been made public.\n\nThe rich rainforest in Papua, among the most biodiverse places on earth, is threatened by deforestation\n\nThe Korindo group strongly denies starting any fires or involvement in any human rights violations, saying it follows the law. They also insisted they paid fair compensation to tribes.\n\nIndonesia is the world's largest exporter of palm oil - found in everything from shampoo to biscuits - and Papua is its newest frontier.\n\nThe rich forests in the remote province of Papua had until recently escaped relatively untouched, but the government has rapidly opened the area up to investors, vowing to bring prosperity to one of the poorest regions in the country.\n\nVast areas of forest have been cleared to make way for row upon row of oil palm trees.\n\nIndonesia's palm oil exports were worth about $19bn (£14bn) last year, according to data from Gapki, the nation's palm oil association.", "Judicial diversity is improving - but very slowly - and not much at all for black candidates\n\nLawyers from most minority backgrounds are now more likely than their white counterparts to want to become judges - but less likely to succeed.\n\nLatest statistics reveal that while the proportion of black, Asian or minority ethnic solicitors and barristers wanting to oversee justice has significantly increased, the body that recommends who is appointed is generally less likely to put their names forward.\n\nA breakdown of the figures for three years shows the chances of black candidates being recommended are lower than those for any other minority group.\n\nThe proportion of judges from Asian and other ethnic backgrounds has been increasing since 2014, but the proportion who are black has remained the same.\n\nOf the 5,000 judges in post in courts and tribunals across England and Wales, 5% are Asian or Asian British, and 1% are black.\n\nIn the most senior and important roles, such as the High Court, the proportion of people belonging to ethnic minorities presiding over cases remains far lower than in other areas of justice.\n\nThe data revealing the continuing disparities covers 93 selection and recommendation exercises carried out over three years by the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC).\n\nThe JAC reviews applications from qualified and experienced lawyers who want to switch into judicial roles in England and Wales. It recommends candidates to the prime minister, for the Queen to confirm.\n\nThe annual report on judicial diversity published by the Ministry of Justice said that while change in the system was slow, due to the long careers many judges serve, data over three years had revealed \"varying disparities\" that needed to be more closely examined.\n\nIt found that while almost a quarter of applications for judicial positions were now coming from black, Asian and other minority groups, only 12% of those candidates made it through.\n\n\"The recommendation rates from the eligible pool for Asian candidates were an estimated 36% lower than for white candidates,\" said the report.\n\n\"Rates for black candidates were an estimated 73% lower than for white candidates. In contrast, recommendation rates from the eligible pool for mixed ethnicity candidates were an estimated 82% higher than for white candidates.\n\n\"All of these rate differences are statistically significant, meaning that we can be confident that there are real differences between ethnicity groups in terms of rates of progression through to the judiciary.\"\n\nThe slower progression for black and minority groups is concerning, the Law Society's I. Stephanie Boyce says\n\nI. Stephanie Boyce, president of the Law Society, the professional body for solicitors, said: \"When the intersection of gender, ethnicity and professional background is considered, these disparities are brought into sharper relief.\n\n\"While we are encouraged by the slight increase in the percentage of women in the judiciary, we remain very concerned as to lower success rates in the judicial applications process and the slower progression through the judiciary for black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and for solicitors.\"\n\nAnd Derek Sweeting QC, chairman of the Bar Council, the body for barristers, said the profession didn't know why the disparities were still continuing, despite efforts to improve diversity.\n\n\"Until we understand whether there is a problem in the appointment process, or whether the issue is experience - or both - we are operating in the dark,\" said Mr Sweeting.\n\nThe Judicial Appointments Commission has been contacted for comment.", "WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time.\n\nAt present, WhatsApp is linked to a user's phone. Its desktop and web apps need that device to be connected and receiving messages.\n\nBut the new feature will let users send and receive messages \"even if your phone battery is dead\".\n\nUp to four other devices - like PCs and tablets - can be used together, WhatsApp said.\n\nTo begin with, the new feature will be rolled out as a beta test for a \"small group of users\", and the team plans to improve performance and add features before enabling it for everyone.\n\nEnd-to-end encryption - a key selling point for WhatsApp - will still work under this new system, it said.\n\nSeveral other messaging apps already have such a feature, including rival encrypted app Signal, which requires a phone for sign-up, but not to exchange messages.\n\nBut the feature has long been requested by WhatsApp users - of which there are a reported two billion.\n\nIn a blog post announcing the move, Facebook engineers said the change needed a \"rethink\" of WhatsApp's software design.\n\nThat is because the current version \"uses a smartphone app as the primary device, making the phone the source of truth for all user data and the only device capable of end-to-end encrypting messages for another user [or] initiating calls\", the company said.\n\nWhatsApp Web and other non-smartphone apps are essentially a \"mirror\" of what happens on the phone.\n\nBut that system has significant drawbacks familiar to many regular users, as the web app is known to frequently disconnect.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Will Cathcart\n\nIt also means that only one so-called \"companion app\" can be active at a time - so loading WhatsApp on another device will disconnect a WhatsApp web window.\n\n\"The new WhatsApp multi-device architecture removes these hurdles, no longer requiring a smartphone to be the source of truth, while still keeping user data seamlessly and securely synchronised and private,\" the company said.\n\nOn a technical level, the solution was giving every device its own \"identity key\", and WhatsApp keeps a record of which keys belong to the same user account. That means it does not need to store messages on its own server, which could lead to privacy concerns.\n\nBut Jake Moore, a security specialist at anti-virus-company Eset, said that no matter how robust the security is, having messages on more devices could still be a concern.\n\n\"There will always be a malicious actor looking to create a workaround,\" he said.\n\n\"Domestic abusers and stalkers could now have the potential of using this new feature to their advantage, by creating additional endpoints in order to capture any synchronised private communications.\"\n\nHe also said that social engineering is an \"ever-increasing\" threat, and the responsibility lies with the user to keep an eye out for potential misuse.\n\n\"It is therefore vital that people are aware of all the devices that are connected to their account,\" he warned.", "The district of Ahrweiler became deluged overnight Image caption: The district of Ahrweiler became deluged overnight\n\n\"Around 01:30 there was a huge bang that woke us all up - and then we saw the water come up from below,\" Julia Krätz, a resident of Heimersheim in the Ahrweiler district, said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper .\n\nMs Krätz said she became panicked as the water rose overnight and at one point witnessed a family up to their chests in water being rescued by the fire brigade in a boat.\n\n\"We heard them crying out, 'Help, we're scared'. We were panicked because we didn't know how fast the water would rise,\" she said.\n\nShe said she and others had to watch helplessly as their cars were carried away and crushed together by floodwaters.\n\nMs Krätz told the newspaper they have been left without electricity, water and are still barricaded by flooding as firefighters and local farmers try to help.", "Firefighters have been responding to flood damage in Schuld, Germany\n\nRescue workers are continuing to search for stranded residents after deadly flooding hit parts of Europe.\n\nAt least 33 people have been confirmed dead in western Germany, as heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks and swept away homes and vehicles. Many others are still missing.\n\nSix people have been killed in Belgium, while other neighbouring countries have also been affected.\n\nRoads have been submerged in the Belgian city of Liege\n\nIn Verviers, people waded through the flooded streets\n\nCars in Verviers have been piling up\n\nSome of the most dramatic images came from the German village of Schuld, in the Ahrweiler district of Rhineland-Palatinate, where a state of emergency has been declared.\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nThe German army has been deployed in some areas to help with rescue operations.\n\nThe flooding has left piles of debris in Schuld\n\nHomes in the area have been damaged and destroyed\n\nThe extreme weather has also left hundreds of thousands of people in Germany without power.\n\nStreets have also been flooded in the German town of Kyllburg\n\nHeavy rains were also seen in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, where dozens of people were evacuated from their homes.\n\nThe fire brigade helped to evacuate people in South Limburg, the Netherlands\n\nMakeshift bridges were erected over floodwater in Stansstad, Switzerland\n\nForecasts suggest more heavy rain is due in much of western Europe on Thursday and Friday.\n\nThis campsite was flooded in Ottenbach, Switzerland", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stolen car driven on railway tracks at Cheshunt to escape police\n\nA stolen vehicle was driven down railway tracks in front of stunned passengers to evade police in what a witness described as \"like a scene from Grand Theft Auto\".\n\nThe black Land Rover Discovery was then abandoned on the track near Cheshunt railway station, Hertfordshire, having earlier sped away from a police stop.\n\nTwo officers were injured in the incident, which saw one of them thrown from the car.\n\nA hunt is under way for the driver.\n\nIt was abandoned on the railway line nearby, causing major disruption to rail services.\n\nHertfordshire Police said it was made aware at about 09:30 BST that the vehicle had travelled into the county from Essex.\n\nThe force said it was found in Cheshunt, where Essex officers attempted to speak to the driver.\n\nAn officer was thrown from the car as it sped off, damaging several vehicles.\n\nThe officers involved did not require hospital treatment and were being supported, it said.\n\nAli was at Cheshunt station when he saw the incident\n\nVideo footage shows the vehicle then being driven along the track beside the platform at Cheshunt station.\n\nAn eyewitness, Ali, said he was left \"gobsmacked\" by what he saw there.\n\n\"It was like a scene from Grand Theft Auto, the video game,\" he said.\n\nHe was due to catch a train, but missed it due to the incident.\n\nTwitter user ContainerDave said he saw the vehicle on the railway tracks\n\nGreater Anglia, Stansted Express and London Overground services have been affected.\n\nNational Rail Enquiries said lines had reopened and the disruption had now ended.\n\nHertfordshire Police said its officers attended and assisted with the search and the vehicle was found abandoned on the track in Windmill Lane.\n\nIt said the vehicle was not struck by a train at any point and that a search to find the driver continued.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) said its officers also responded to the incident.\n\nA Network Rail spokeswoman said the car had been taken off the line and repair work to the track was due to take place.\n\nWitnesses to the incident are asked to contact Hertfordshire police.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for more access and transparency\n\nThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged China to be more co-operative with the WHO's second phase of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19.\n\nDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for more access and transparency.\n\nThe first phase of the WHO's investigation ended in February.\n\nIt concluded that it was highly unlikely that the virus came from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, and that it probably originated in bats.\n\nSpeaking in Geneva on Thursday, Dr Tedros said the WHO needed access to raw patient data from just before and the start of the pandemic this time around.\n\nChina did not share this data with the WHO team during the first investigation, he added.\n\nHe also called for clear information about the laboratory in Wuhan, stating that as a medical professional himself, he knew accidents could happen.\n\nThis was the strongest indication yet that the WHO is still considering the lab leak theory, despite its experts saying this was unlikely, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva.\n\nSpeculation about a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology - one of China's top virus research labs - began last year and was propagated by former US President Donald Trump.\n\nDr Tedros also warned against the idea that the pandemic was coming to an end.\n\nThe WHO's emergency committee said that new and more dangerous variants were expected to spread around the world.\n\n\"The pandemic is nowhere near finished,\" the committee warned in a statement.\n\nCommittee chairman Didier Houssin said \"we are still running after this virus and the virus is still running after us\".\n\nCoronavirus-linked deaths in Africa surged by 43% in the space of a week, driven by a lack of intensive-care beds and oxygen, according to the WHO.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Peter Daszak: \"Our focus needs to shift to those supply chains to the (Huanan Seafood) Market\"", "The singer had previously expressed a preference to select her own legal team\n\nBritney Spears has told a US court she wants to charge her father Jamie for his alleged \"conservatorship abuse\".\n\n\"I'm here to press charges. I'm angry and I will go there,\" the singer said over a lawyer's phone on Wednesday.\n\nHer emotional statement came as a Los Angeles judge ruled Spears can choose her own lawyer in her fight to end the controversial legal arrangement.\n\nA conservatorship is granted by a court for individuals who are unable to make their own decisions.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by britneyspears This article contains content provided by Instagram. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nConservatorship abuse can involve financially exploiting or imposing excessive personal restrictions on someone in your care.\n\nIf a court rules that abuse has taken place, the appointed conservator could be removed/suspended and may face financial penalties such as reimbursement payments and legal costs.\n\nFollowing the ruling, the singer posted an Instagram video of herself doing cartwheels in celebration with a caption thanking her fans and adding \"#FreeBritney\".\n\nIt is the first time she has used the hashtag, which has been used by her supporters to campaign against the conservatorship she has been subject to since 2008.\n\nThis week's hearing saw Spears address a court for the second time in less than a month.\n\nIn court last month, she made a dramatic plea to demanded that her father be removed from the legal agreement that has controlled her affairs for years.\n\n\"You're allowing my dad to ruin my life,\" she reiterated on Wednesday. \"I have to get rid of my dad and charge him with conservatorship abuse.\"\n\nThe conservatorship was put in place in 2008, when concerns over Spears' mental health prompted her father to petition the court for legal authority over his daughter's life.\n\nSpears' supporters rallied outside the court, and also gathered on the other side of the country in central Washington DC as the hearing was being held.\n\nLast month a judge denied the pop star's request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship. Judge Brenda Penny said she could not make a ruling until the singer files a formal petition to terminate the arrangement.\n\nWednesday's court ruling paves the way for Spears' lawyer of choice, former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart, to take charge of the complex legal battle.\n\nHe will replace Samuel Ingham, the court-appointed lawyer who had been representing Spears since 2008 before stepping down last week.\n\nDuring the hearing, Mr Ingham interrupted the court to say Spears was texting him. The singer wanted to address the court again, he said.\n\nThe judge officially accepted Mr Ingham's resignation before inviting Spears to speak.\n\nMr Rosengart, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer who has previously represented Steven Spielberg and Sean Penn, was also in court.\n\nA tearful Spears told the court that under the conservatorship, her hair vitamins and coffee had been confiscated.\n\n\"Ma'am, that's not abuse, that's just [expletive] cruelty,\" she told Judge Penny. \"Excuse my language, but it's the truth.\"\n\nThe singer said her top priority was removing her father from his role in the legal arrangement that governs her personal and financial affairs.\n\nShe said she did not wish to submit to a \"stupid\" medical assessment and would be \"happy\" for co-conservator Jodi Montgomery to remain.\n\nSpears continued: \"I just want you to understand how much of my time they have taken by forcing me to do these psyche tests and nothing comes of it.\"\n\nShe said she has \"extreme abandonment issues\" because of her father.\n\nThe singer also told the court she was \"extremely scared of my dad\", who is a recovering alcoholic, and feared he was always going to \"show up drunk somewhere and embarrass me\".\n\nJamie Spears is currently the sole person in charge of his daughter' $60m (£43m) estate.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What we can all learn from Britney Spears’ case\n\nBut his lawyers have previously denied he was responsible for the restrictions apparently placed on his daughter's private life.\n\nThe singer, a mother of two, said at last month's hearing that she wanted to marry her boyfriend and have another baby, but the conservatorship would not allow her to do so.\n\nShe claimed she was prevented from having a contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD) removed, to make sure that she didn't get pregnant.\n\nWhile her father has overseen her estate for 13 years, his legal team say he has not been in charge of her personal affairs since September 2019, when he stepped down from that role due to ill health.\n\nHe was replaced on a temporary basis by Ms Montgomery, the co-conservator and care-giver of the singer.\n\nHis lawyers have requested an inquiry to establish the accuracy of his daughter's testimony.\n\nThe lawyers said the father was \"concerned \" about his daughter's well-being.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Dr Catherine Monaghan says she fears for the future\n\n\"We are planning for war and praying for peace.\"\n\nDr Catherine Monaghan, a consultant in respiratory medicine at the University Hospital of North Tees, has worked all through the pandemic's first and second waves and now is facing up to the bleak reality of a third Covid surge.\n\n\"We are absolutely gutted - it's really hard - I know the whole country wants this to be over - but the reality is that's not what is happening in the hospital,\" she said.\n\n\"People are still critically unwell with it - I cannot quite believe we're back at this stage again - it's really worrying.\"\n\nStaff, already exhausted, she said, were demoralised at having to reopen a Covid ward which required full protective equipment.\n\n\"Nurses understandably are really distressed at having to go through this again - having to put on the full PPE - it's very stressful.\"\n\nThe hospital, in Stockton-on-Tees, currently has 22 Covid patients, five of whom are in intensive care. That is a lot less than the peak in January - but the number has increased sharply from just six in a single week.\n\nThe average ages are lower than during the first two waves, and at least two of the seriously ill patients are in their 30s and unvaccinated.\n\nThe north-east of England has seen a surge in cases with eight out of the current top 10 hotspots in the UK.\n\nAlmost all the cases nationally involve the Delta variant which first started surging in the north-west of England and Glasgow, so its spread through the North East is unsurprising. The demographics in urban areas are similar, with health inequalities and social deprivation and underlying health conditions leaving some patients vulnerable.\n\nThe number of hospital patients with Covid is above where it was in early April, a trend already seen in the north-west of England. Services are being stretched because of high demand and staff needing to isolate.\n\nHealth leaders in South Tyneside and Sunderland have made an appeal to the public to stick carefully to social distancing guidelines, to wear face masks in all health settings and to get the vaccine as soon as possible. Visits to adult wards have been suspended at three sites.\n\nOn Teesside there has been a plea to people to act with caution, and to continue with face coverings when recommended even after legal restrictions in England are lifted on 19 July.\n\nAndy Preston, the elected mayor of Middlesbrough, told the BBC: \"We are putting a message out in Middlesbrough that rates are ballooning. This thing is spreading like wildfire across the whole region.\n\n\"We are not saying to panic, we are not saying for people to be terrified. We are saying to people just be really careful.\n\n\"This is now about schools, it's about businesses, it's about jobs and it's about mental wellbeing. People are getting pinged on apps left right and centre. They are being frightened, confused, don't know what to do.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sandra Forsyth says she regretted not getting vaccinated when she contracted Covid\n\nLocal resident Sandra Forsyth told us that she regretted not getting vaccinated when she contracted Covid: \"It's a nightmare. Out of breath. Just awful. I was hospitalised for a day and we've had the ambulance out to me as well because it's all on the chest.\"\n\nShe said she would get a jab as soon as possible and she urged others who hadn't done so to think again.\n\nAt the University Hospital of North Tees, they are continuing to provide normal cancer services and non-urgent care.\n\nBut Chris Tulloch, deputy medical director of North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust, says with case numbers predicted to continue rising into August, the situation could become more challenging.\n\n\"We are coping, but I would say we are just coping. And if things get more serious I think it will be more difficult to deal with, and we may have to make difficult decisions about what we are treating.\n\nChris Tulloch says a further deterioration will make things very difficult\n\n\"We did have to stop our elective surgery programme last year because we needed the staff from theatre, who have the expertise in ventilation and looking after the critically ill, to look after patients with Covid.\"\n\nHospital staff say they understand the desire of people to regain some of the freedoms lost during lockdown, but they are worried about the implications if all social distancing is immediately abandoned.\n\nDr Monaghan says the NHS will cope but the behaviour of local communities from 19 July will determine how serious the challenge will be.\n\n\"We are praying that the public do maintain some sense of perspective on this - somewhere between everybody being locked down and getting what they want.\"", "The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp was produced in 1856\n\nAn $8.3m (£6.2m) stamp is returning to the UK for the first time in 143 years, after being sold at auction to a British rare stamp dealer.\n\nThe British Guiana 1c Magenta was bought by rare stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons last month.\n\nThe dealer said that, gram for gram, the stamp is thought to be the most valuable man-made item in the world.\n\nIt is the only survivor of a small batch printed on the former British colony British Guiana, now Guyana.\n\nThe stamp, printed on magenta paper and measuring 29 x 26mm, bears a three-masted ship and the colony's motto, \"We give and expect in return\".\n\nIt went into circulation in 1856, when a shipment of stamps was delayed from London and the colony's postmaster asked printers to make three types of temporary stamp until the shipment arrived.\n\nOnce it arrived, the postmaster ordered them to be taken out of circulation - but one of the one cent stamps survived.\n\nIt was discovered around 20 years later and returned to Britain for a short time, but was then sent to a collection abroad.\n\nOn arriving at Heathrow Airport, it will be met by an armoured truck and will go on display at Stanley Gibbons' shop in London in a specially commissioned, zero-oxygen frame.\n\nGraham Shircore, chief executive of Stanley Gibbons, called it \"the Holy Grail of philately\".\n\n\"It's truly one of a kind, and we're delighted to be welcoming it back on to British soil where we hope it will remain,\" he said.\n\nThe dealer intends to make the stamp available to collectors through a shared-ownership scheme.\n\n\"This isn't just for wealthy collectors. We are developing a pricing model that will allow anyone to join the club,\" he added.\n\nThe stamp has been on display at the Smithsonian National Stamp Museum in Washington DC, on loan from its former owner, the US shoe designer Stuart Weitzman.\n\nIt has marks from all of its previous owners, including the government of France and John du Pont, who was convicted in 1997 of murdering Olympic Gold Medallist David Schultz and died in prison in 2010.", "More than 12,500 people have died with coronavirus, since the first reported death in Scotland on 13 March 2020.\n\nHere are the stories of some of those who have lost their lives.\n\nIf you would like to pay tribute to a loved one lost to Covid, please use the form below or email newsonline-scotland@bbc.co.uk and ensure you have read our terms and conditions and privacy policy.\n\nJean was born in 1937 Maryhill and spoke often and fondly of her childhood in \"the Butney\". This involved real hardships - including war-time evacuation to Holytown - though Jean's memories were all good and Maryhill became a touchstone when dementia became a factor in recent years.\n\nWorking at Rolls-Royce Hillington, Jean was transferred to its Derby HQ where, as a young woman, she made small component parts for jet engines. Even in her 80s, Jean could still perform all the machinist actions (with sound effects).\n\nShe loved to paint landscapes and had a life-long passion for music, especially jazz (with Frankie and Ella being constants). She was a great singer and dancer, always up for fun and laughs, brightening up any party.\n\nHer family said Jean was a fabulous mum to two daughters, a brilliant friend, and a warm-hearted women with kindness for everyone and anyone. She died on 27 October 2020.\n\nRashelle Baird's family describe her as \"kind, bubbly, and always the life and soul of the party\".\n\nThe 27-year-old mother-of-three from Brechin had put off appointments to get the vaccine because she was busy with her children.\n\nHer family stressed she was not anti-vaccine. \"She wanted to get her vaccine but she put her kids first,\" her father Stephen said.\n\nRashelle, who had asthma, initially thought she had caught a cold from her children, but her symptoms worsened and she was admitted to hospital.\n\nShe died in November 2021 after several days in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, having been placed in an induced coma in the intensive care unit.\n\nDavid Trower worked as a clerical officer in the A&E department of University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie before retiring in 2016.\n\nBut he was committed to the NHS and even in retirement he chose to continue to work shifts, through NHS Lanarkshire's staff bank, right up until February. He died on 9 March 2021, aged 67.\n\nHis colleagues thought highly of him, saying: \"We have many happy memories of shifts together, laughs, nights out, and listening to all his stories of his many holidays abroad. We will miss him.\"\n\nBernadette White, his sister, said he was a caring, gentle and loving man with a wicked sense of humour.\n\nShe added: \"The last seven years, I would say, is when David started to live his life, doing the things that made him happy without having to worry about anyone else.\"\n\nStephen Stewart met his future wife, Heather, at a youth club when he was just 14. They got engaged on his 17th birthday and he had just turned 20 when they married.\n\nThe couple, who lived in Motherwell, came from \"very different\" backgrounds but they grew up together during their 25-year marriage while raising their only child.\n\nStephen took pride in his work for concrete manufacturer FP McCann, latterly as a lab technician working out what strength the concrete needed to be for certain projects.\n\nOutside work, he loved fishing, computer games, gadgets and during the first lockdown he managed to build a hot tub shelter with the help of a series of YouTube videos.\n\nHe died of Covid pneumonia at University Hospital Wishaw on 19 February 2021, aged 45.\n\nNan Douglas worked her way up from shorthand typist to headteacher during a remarkable career.\n\nShe was already a mother of three when she left her job as a school secretary at West Calder High School to enrol at Moray House in Edinburgh where she qualified as a primary school teacher.\n\nAfter losing her husband John when she was just 43, she found solace in working with disabled children and went on to be appointed head of Pinewood Special School in Blackburn, West Lothian.\n\nFollowing a spell living in Cornwall during her retirement, she returned to Scotland where she hosted a \"living wake\" with 80 friends and family on her 90th birthday.\n\nShe lived independently in Milnathort, Kinross, and was admitted to hospital for a minor issue just before Christmas 2020. But she picked up Covid and never left. She died on 19 February 2021, aged 95.\n\nGraeme McGrath's greatest passions were rowing and the River Clyde.\n\nOn the day of his funeral, fellow rowers held oars in a guard of honour at Glasgow Green in a tribute appreciated by his wife Anne and their three sons.\n\nFor 40 years Graeme volunteered with the Glasgow Humane Society and was often called on to row rescue boats on the Clyde, or to help evacuate families during floods.\n\nAfter undergoing a kidney transplant in his 50s, he was unable to get out on the river as much. He retired from his job as a Thomas Cook travel agent and moved to Prestwick in Ayrshire.\n\nBut he still felt the pull of the Clyde and regularly returned to the city to meet friends and row safety boats at regattas.\n\nHe died with Covid on 15 February 2021 at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, aged 66, after being admitted for an infection affecting his heart.\n\nTommy Morrow spent most of his life in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, where he met his partner Jackie and raised their children, Demi and Mark.\n\nHis family described him as a character and not a day went by without them laughing at his jokes.\n\nHe loved camping and fishing in places like Stornoway with his friends but the most important people in his life were his family, including grandchildren, Lacey and Louden.\n\nDuring his career he worked in various well-known hotels and restaurants in Glasgow but he had not worked for some years due to poor health, including COPD.\n\nHe died with Covid on 15 February 2021, aged 53. \"It was so cruel - he was so close to getting the vaccine,\" his family said.\n\nTommy Rooney was a bus driver for 36 years and hugely popular with colleagues at First Bus in Larbert.\n\nOn the day of his funeral they were among dozens of people who lined the streets and applauded as his cortege passed the depot.\n\nFirst Bus operations manager Jason Hackett told the Falkirk Herald that Tommy was the \"heart and soul\" of the Larbert station.\n\nMarried to Margaret, the Bonnybridge man had two daughters and a granddaughter who described him as a \"humble but proud family man who put everyone else's needs before his own\".\n\nAn avid Celtic fan, he spent much of the pandemic driving key workers to their essential duties. He died on 12 February 2021, aged 57.\n\nDavid Gray's first grandchild - a girl called Islay - was born in July 2020. The proud \"papa\" used to say that she was the love of his life and she gave him a reason to wake up in the morning.\n\nTragically, the 62-year-old only got to spend five months with her before falling ill with Covid. He died on 3 February 2021.\n\nDavid lived in Erskine and worked for BAE Systems for 20 years, first as a mechanical fitter then as records manager dealing with secret files for the Ministry of Defence.\n\nHis family describe him as \"music daft\" - he played guitar and he was performing a gig with his band in Glasgow when he met his wife, Joyce, 40 years ago.\n\nThey went on to have two children - Darren and Danielle - as well as his beloved Cocker Spaniels, Buster and Shimmer, who he described as his \"bairns\".\n\nHarry Osborne was a Dunkirk veteran whose life was full of adventures - his daughter said he was still able to recall stories until just a few days before he died.\n\nMr Osborne was deployed to France months after joining the Territorial Army in Glasgow, served with the 77th Highland Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery and later became a surveyor.\n\nFriends recall how upon joining, he promised his mother he would not swear and instead would say \"cricky jings\", which became his nickname in the forces.\n\nHe was also known as a keen golfer with a \"wicked sense of humour\".\n\nMr Osborne died from Covid-19 on 25 January, nine months after celebrating his 100th birthday.\n\nConnie Simpson's grandchildren say she was more like a pal than a granny - she was full of fun and laughter, and was always the first up to dance at a party.\n\nBorn in Kinning Park, Glasgow, she moved to the east end after marrying John who she met at the Barrowlands when they were teenagers.\n\nWhile John was away with the Merchant Navy, she brought up their four children in a house \"surrounded by love\", before taking work as a curtain consultant.\n\nShe was fabulous even in her 80s - she loved getting her hair, eyebrows and manicure done, meeting friends at Mecca Bingo in Parkhead and at a local pensioners' club.\n\nConnie died on 23 January 2021 at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow, aged 82.\n\nSheila Gartly was as \"bright as a button\" and the \"heart of our family\", her loved ones said.\n\nShe was born and brought up in Deskford, Moray, before marrying and moving to Keith in 1954. Widowed in 1975, she remarried but lost her second husband in 2005.\n\nDuring her working life she had jobs in a florist and in a fish shop - both of which she thoroughly enjoyed.\n\nShe loved to watch the birds in her garden, read her daily newspaper, listen to traditional Scottish music, and the spring and summer when the nights were lighter and flowers bloomed.\n\nIn 2019 she had surgery on a broken leg but she was recovering well. She died with Covid on 19 January 2021, aged 86.\n\nAlex Goldie was an electrical engineer who latterly worked as a lecturer at Stow College in Glasgow before his retirement.\n\nHis family said he was a gregarious man, always interested in other people, who took great delight and pride in the antics and education of his two great-grandsons, Charlie and Joe.\n\nDuring his long life he enjoyed skiing, tennis, pottery, sailing, golf, holidays in Europe, Australia and North America, single malts and red wine.\n\nHe had been well cared for by Randolph Hill nursing home in Dunblane for 19 months after developing dementia. Covid restrictions meant he had not seen his family, other than by Skype, for a year.\n\nHe is thought to have contracted the virus on a trip to A&E after a fall. He died on 14 January, aged 100.\n\nVincent Logan became one of the youngest bishops in the world when he was ordained Bishop of Dunkeld in 1981, aged 39.\n\nHe served the Roman Catholic diocese for almost 32 years before his retirement in 2012.\n\nThe Scottish Catholic Church said he was \"dedicated and energetic\" and had \"an energy and zeal in all he did\".\n\nBorn in Bathgate in 1941, he was ordained a priest in Edinburgh in 1964. He died on 14 January, aged 79, the day after his friend the Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia.\n\n\"Both bishops succumbed to the lethal effects of the coronavirus,\" the current Bishop of Dunkeld, Stephen Robson, added.\n\nThe Archbishop of Glasgow, the Most Reverend Philip Tartaglia, died suddenly at his home in the city on 13 January - the Feast of St Mungo, the Patron Saint of Glasgow.\n\nHe had been self-isolating after testing positive for Covid shortly after Christmas.\n\nBorn in Glasgow in 1951, he was ordained a priest in 1975 and had served as leader of Scotland's largest Catholic community since 2012.\n\nScotland's Catholic bishops described Archbishop Tartaglia as a \"gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor who combined compassion with a piercing intellect\".\n\nAmong those who paid tribute were First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken, who described the archbishop as \"a true Glaswegian\".\n\nLiz Shingleston was a well-known figure in the village of Dunragit and her death on 13 January had a big impact on the small community near Stranraer.\n\n\"Her hearse passed the bottom of the village and the amount of people who turned out to pay their respects was overwhelming,\" said her daughter, Lisa.\n\nLiz spent her early childhood in New Luce but moved to the railway station cottage in Dunragit where her father worked as a signalman.\n\nDuring a varied working life, Liz left school to work in the laboratory of the nearby Nestle factory and later replaced her own mother as the local school's dinner lady.\n\nThe 73-year-old was devoted to her grandchildren and great-grandson but she also liked to treat herself to afternoon tea (with Prosecco) at Trump Turnberry.\n\nHugh Polland, who was known as Shug to his friends and family, was born and raised in Glasgow's Easterhouse.\n\nHe was well known in the area where he ran the Casbah Pub for many years during the 1980s and early 90s.\n\nA huge Celtic fan, he loved to play golf and took up photography later in life - becoming \"unofficial photographer\" at many friends' weddings, christening and parties.\n\n\"Everyone wanted him at their party not just to take photos but because of his personality,\" said his son, Tony McAllister. \"Everyone loved him because what you seen is what you got.\"\n\nShug died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 5 January, aged 70. His sudden death has left his family heartbroken.\n\nFor more than 75 years George Wight lived on his dairy farm in the village of Drumoak in Aberdeenshire.\n\nBut he had more than one string to his bow - as well as being a dairy farmer, for 25 years he was also the publican of his local, the Irvine Arms.\n\nA loyal Aberdeen FC fan, he was one of the lucky ones - he was in Gothenburg in 1983 to see the his beloved Dons lift the European Cup Winners Cup.\n\nHe was devoted to his family, including wife Claire and their four children, and despite suffering a series of bereavements and health setbacks, he always bounced back.\n\n\"He was an inspiration and a hardy soul who kept going no matter what life threw at him,\" they said. George died at a nursing home on 4 January 2021, aged 85.\n\nHugh Bell loved to dance. As a young man, when he doing his national service with the RAF, he was a regular at the dancing at the YMCA in Paisley.\n\nIt was there he met the love of his life, Margaret. They were married for 63 years and had two children Alan and Stuart. Margaret passed away in 2013.\n\nA keen ballroom dancer, Hugh was often first on the dance floor and in his later years he enjoyed dancing to the entertainment at Southerness caravan park, near Dumfries, where Stuart and his friend had a holiday home.\n\nHe was a bright, bubbly sociable man who spent a career in logistics before working as a lollipop man in his retirement.\n\nHugh died on 31 December at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, aged 92.\n\nDavid Warnock was a keen sportsman who loved squash, tennis, rugby, football, cycling and climbing munros.\n\nIn fact, it was on the tennis courts in Aberdeen that he met his teenage sweetheart, Zena. He was 17 and she was 14 - they were married for 62 years.\n\nAn electrical engineer, he worked for Pye Communications, moving first to Cambridge and then Edinburgh.\n\nHe was a quiet man who never complained about anything and was happiest around his family - including four children, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.\n\nHis second great-grandchild was born shortly after he died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 31 December. He was 85.\n\nHenry Anderson, an SNP councillor on Perth and Kinross Council, died with Covid on 27 December.\n\nHe had represented the Almond and Earn ward since 2012 and colleagues said he would be \"hugely missed\".\n\nAmong those who paid tribute to the 68-year-old was Deputy First Minister John Swinney, who described him as \"a good, decent man and a faithful councillor\".\n\nMurray Lyle, the leader of Perth and Kinross Council, said Mr Anderson was an excellent advocate for his ward and \"passionate about local issues\".\n\n\"I had the pleasure of working with Henry for several years on the Local Review Body and always his enjoyed his company, good humour and sense of fun when we were out visiting planning sites.\"\n\nTeenage sweethearts Bryson Mitchell and his wife Irene were due to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary in January,\n\nThey met when he was an 18-year-old apprentice electrician and was assigned to a contract with the company where Irene, who was 16, was working.\n\nAfter marrying in 1961, Bryson spent his adult life in Paisley and 35 years working as an aircraft electrician with British Airways.\n\nThe couple had two children and four grandchildren, who described him as a quiet man with a great sense of humour. \"He was kind and generous, very hardworking, and he lived for his family,\" they said.\n\nHe was in hospital being treated for an acute illness when he contracted Covid. He died on Christmas Eve, aged 82.\n\nAs a child, Sandy Adam survived pioneering surgery to remove his voice box - an operation that left him unable to speak normally.\n\nInstead he learned a different way to communicate - oesophageal speech (swallowing air) - by drinking lots of lemonade. He had a life-long hatred of the fizzy drink after that.\n\nAfter training to be a dentist in Dundee, he returned to his hometown of Aberdeen. In addition to surgeries around the city, at one time he worked at Craiginches Prison one afternoon a week.\n\nA father and a grandfather, he loved tinkering with cars, pranking his two children and sitting in the sun with a glass of red wine.\n\nThe 81-year-old, who had dementia, died on 16 December, shortly after testing positive for Covid.\n\nDavid Barr was born and grew up in Paisley and for more than 40 years he worked in the town's Anchor Mill.\n\nAs well as being a keen bowler, a church elder, and an active member of Martyrs Church Men's Club, he had a gift for carpentry.\n\nThe dolls houses and garages that he made for his children and grandchildren were much loved and they are still treasured.\n\nHis favourite place in the world was the East Neuk of Fife, where he spent many happy holidays.\n\nDavid had an underlying respiratory condition and he was admitted to hospital with shortness of breath in December. He died within days of being diagnosed with Covid on 16 December, aged 86.\n\nAna Lisa Sayson was a nurse who moved from the Philippines to work for the NHS in Scotland.\n\nShe was a staff nurse at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow before she moved to Glasgow Royal Infirmary during the Covid crisis. The mother-of-two died on 15 December after testing positive for the virus.\n\n\"Ana Lisa was a much-loved member of the team and an incredibly compassionate nurse who was devoted to the care of her patients,\" said John Stuart, the chief nurse at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.\n\n\"Ana Lisa came to our country from the Philippines to care for our loved ones and my heart goes out to her family and especially her husband and children.\n\n\"My thoughts, and the thoughts of all of her NHS family here in Glasgow, are with them at this terribly sad time.\"\n\nBilly and May Fannin were married for 62 years after meeting at a ballroom in Glasgow in 1955.\n\nMay was a bookkeeper who gave up her job to look after her grandchildren in the 1980s. \"Her life revolved around her four grandchildren,\" their younger daughter Jennifer told BBC Scotland.\n\nBilly was a joiner by trade but his real passion was singing, performing under the name Scott Allan. And as a member of Equity, he also took on work as an extra on TV programmes like Take the High Road and Taggart.\n\nHe loved being the centre of attention and \"if he was chocolate he would have eaten himself\", Jennifer joked.\n\nWhen the couple from Barrhead caught Covid, their two daughters also fell ill with the virus and had to self-isolate. They were heartbroken they could not be with their 84-year-old mother when she died in hospital on 6 December.\n\nBut they chose not tell their 88-year-old father about her death, as he was also in hospital and had dementia. Jennifer was able to visit him to say goodbye before he slipped away just eight days after the passing of his wife.\n\nShe was president of the city's Bangladesh Association, a civil servant at Glasgow City Council and, according to her family, \"a pillar of the community\".\n\nThey said she was a \"devoted mother, daughter, aunt and friend [but] she would prefer to be remembered as a social activist, volunteer and community advocate\".\n\nBoth Mridula and her husband, Sarwar Hassan, were admitted to hospital with Covid in November. He was discharged but Mridula was moved to Aberdeen for specialist treatment.\n\nHer husband and two sons were able to spend time with her before she died at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 12 December, aged 50.\n\nBridget Turner and her husband Alan worked for years in the window blinds industry before setting up their own business, A&B Window Blinds, in 1992.\n\nThey lived next door to the shop in Paisley, where Bridget worked in the office and Alan went out to do the measuring. Their years of hard work paid off and the family business remains successful.\n\nThe mother-of-three \"loved a good gab and a good catch-up with friends\", according to her daughter, Lisa. \"She was amazing, such a good friend to lots of people.\"\n\nWhen the children were young, family holidays were spent at the Isle of Whithorn but later the couple, who moved to Greenock, spent winters in Gran Canaria where they made friends from around the world.\n\nBridget was treated for Covid at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, where she received \"amazing care\". She died, aged 71, on 7 December after saying goodbye to her family.\n\nAndrew Slorance was a civil servant in charge of the Scottish government's planning and response to crisis situations - including the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe grew up in Hawick and became a journalist before joining the Scotland Office. He led the new Scottish Parliament's media team when it opened in 1999, then became the official spokesman for First Minister Alex Salmond.\n\nA father-of-five, he was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma in 2015. He documented his experience of the rare cancer - including six rounds of chemotherapy - in a blog he called \"The fight of my life\".\n\nHe relapsed in 2019 and a stem cell transplant scheduled for Easter 2020 was delayed by Covid. While shielding at home in Edinburgh, he spent the first part of the pandemic working on the government's response from a spare room.\n\nMr Slorance was finally admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow for his stem cell transplant in October. He tested positive for Covid shortly after that and died on 5 December, aged 49.\n\nTributes from across the political spectrum, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, have been paid to Mr Slorance. His wife, Louise, told BBC Scotland: \"He was a proud family man who was the life and soul of any party, loving and loyal.\"\n\nAllan Harper was a salesman at Topps Tiles for 23 years, mainly in the Hillington branch.\n\nHe met Caroline through a dating website 21 years ago. They were due to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in July.\n\nA father-of-one, he lived in Craigton, in the south-west of Glasgow, where he enjoyed computer games and playing pool with work colleagues.\n\nCaroline said they would spend their days off and holidays together with their three cats \"who sometimes got more attention than me\".\n\nHe was a kind man, a \"true gentleman\" and her \"forever love\", she added. He died on 1 December 2020, aged 60.\n\nEileen Terry was born and brought up in Renfrew before marrying Bob and moving to Milngavie in 1968.\n\nHe was a keen golfer and when their sons, Robert and David, reached secondary school she decided the time was right to join him on the golf course.\n\nIt led to a lifetime's love of the sport and she became the ladies captain of Clober Golf Club in 2001 - the club's centenary year.\n\nHer family say she was a kind and generous lady who was well-known in her local community, where she worked as a home help until her retirement.\n\nShe spent her final years in Mavisbank Nursing Home in Bishopbriggs after developing vascular dementia. She died in hospital on 25 November 2020, aged 84.\n\nDavie Burgess was one of 10 siblings born in the Townhead area of Glasgow, but he had a lifelong love of the fresh air and the scenery of the Scottish countryside.\n\nAs a young man, he worked as a fireman on the steam train to Crianlarich - a trip which included a two-hour stopover allowing him to explore the hills.\n\nLater in life he loved driving up to Acharacle to visit his son and his family, where he could go for long walks with his grandchildren and their dog, Mac.\n\nMarried for 60 years to May, the father-of-three worked for the Milk Marketing Board at Hogganfield Loch. He was a hard worker who even after he \"retired\" took on three jobs, including running a caravan park.\n\nHis family described him as a \"gentleman\" and a \"man of pride\". He died on 25 November, aged 86.\n\nRod Moore spent 40 years with the ambulance service, working as a technician, a paramedic, a trainer and then in managerial roles before returning to the front line and the job he loved.\n\nThe football fan from Falkirk was married to Clare for 31 years and they had a son, Craig.\n\n\"He was my best friend, he was always happy, joking around all the time, he was so funny... he made me laugh every day,\" Clare told BBC Scotland.\n\nAnd he was so close to their son \"you wouldn't have got a sheet of paper between them\", she added.\n\nAlthough they were not able to see Rod for four weeks while he was treated in hospital for Covid, they we allowed one final visit to say goodbye before he died on 21 November, aged 63.\n\nTom Kenmure was a manager at the Tesco distribution centre in Livingston, where he had worked for 28 years.\n\nThe 51-year-old was a friendly, sociable man and in normal times he liked nothing better than driving around the country exploring \"any little shop he could find\".\n\nAfter the restrictions came into force, the father-of-two from Carluke did everything he could to keep himself and his family safe from Covid.\n\nBut on the 6 October he felt a tightness in his chest on his way to work and had to get tested. It came back positive the next day.\n\nHe spent two weeks in Wishaw General before being transferred to an ECMO machine at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He died on 17 November.\n\nAndrew, or \"Andra\", Kettrick was a porter at Stirling Royal Infirmary for 28 years.\n\nHe would take patients out on \"mystery tours\" in a \"big blue hospital ambulance bus\" his son, also Andrew, told BBC Scotland.\n\n\"The old people loved my dad as he would often stop and buy them all fish and chips or ice cream - all this was paid for out of his pocket,\" he said.\n\nMr Kettrick's work was recognised by hospital bosses and they put him forward for a British Empire Medal which he received in 1991.\n\nThe father-of-three, from Cowie, Stirling, died at Caledonia Court care home in Larbert on 17 November. He was 86.\n\nJim - Flocky - Flockhart was the public face of the firefighters' strike in Glasgow in 1973.\n\nA leading figure in the Fire Brigade Union, he regularly appeared on TV and in newspapers during the controversial 10-day strike over pay.\n\nFirefighting was a dangerous - sometimes fatal - job in the \"tinderbox city\" and Jim was hailed a hero by colleagues after the dispute ended with a famous victory for the strikers.\n\nHe retired to Darvel in Ayrshire where he enjoyed a pint in the Black Bull and spent many years driving friends and local elderly men on trips around Scotland and to Ireland.\n\nA father and grandfather, he died with Covid on 13 November with his daughters Yvonne and Julie by his side. He was 77.\n\nTom Maley never wanted for anything, but after enduring months of Covid restrictions this year the 73-year-old retired joiner set his heart on a big Christmas tree.\n\nIt had been a tough year for the normally sociable pensioner who was renowned for his jokes (good and bad) and was devoted to his wife of 53 years, Georgina, and their family.\n\nThey usually decorate a small table-top tree for the festive season, but this year Mr Maley ordered a 5ft showstopper illuminated with multi-coloured stars to fill the window of their Grangemouth home.\n\nThe great-grandfather will never get to see the tree in its full glory. He died at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert on 12 November, shortly after falling ill with Covid-19.\n\nHis granddaughter Claire Taylor told BBC Scotland, said: \"My gran has made sure that the tree he ordered will go up and it will shine bright for Granda.\"\n\nTracey Donnelly was born and brought up in Edinburgh but she moved to the north-east of England after meeting her husband, George.\n\n\"I loved her the first time I saw her, and I always will,\" he said. \"She was so loving and kind - just an extra-special person in every way.\"\n\nTracey had four children, three step-children and eight grandchildren, and she worked as a support worker for the North East Autism Society.\n\nCare manager Michael Ross, said: \"She loved her family, and she loved the service-users in her care. This tragic news has ripped the heart out of the team and her colleagues are absolutely devastated.\"\n\nShe died at Sunderland General Hospital in mid-November after testing positive for coronavirus. She was 53.\n\nJim Grant was originally from Bo'ness but he spent most of his life in Grangemouth where he brought up two daughters, Margaret and Senga, with his wife Mary.\n\nHe worked as a labourer at BP before taking early retirement when he was 60.\n\nThe 88-year-old great-grandfather spent his last months at the Caledonian Court care home in Larbert before his death on 8 November. He was one of 20 residents who died in the space of a month after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nHis granddaughter, Nicole Ritchie, said he was a gentleman who always had a huge smile on his face, and his death had had a huge impact on the family.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland \"As a family, we would like to thank Caledonian Court from the bottom of our hearts. They looked after my grandad for the last 11 months of his life and they couldn't have done a better job, he was so happy and very well looked after.\"\n\nFor more than 20 years until her retirement in February 2020, Liz Khan was a support worker for adults with learning and physical disabilities.\n\nShe also ran a drama group for them - it was always more than a job to her, her family said.\n\nLiz was also an elder at her local church, St Margaret's Parish Church in the Muirhouse area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.\n\n\"She devoted her life to her work, church and family,\" her children Stephen, Sonia and Lorraine told BBC Scotland.\n\nLiz died in hospital with Covid on 26 October 2020, aged 67 - eight months into her retirement.\n\nWhen Marie Ward broke her wrist in 2019, she asked her consultant whether she would be able to play the piano once it had healed.\n\nHe assured her she would, but when she replied \"that's great because I couldn't before\", the previously serious and solemn medic cracked up.\n\nShe was always laughing and joking, according to her granddaughter, Abby McNicol, and she enjoyed nothing more than knitting, shopping and a \"good blether\".\n\nMarried to Robert for 53 years, they started life together in a single-end tenement in Househillwood in Glasgow. Moving to a three-bedroom council house in Johnstone was \"like winning the lottery\".\n\nThe mother-of-three and grandmother-of-11 died on 18 October 2020, aged 83.\n\nFrances Brown spent lockdown shielding in her room in the Glasgow care home where she had lived for almost 10 years.\n\nAfter months of keeping in touch via video calls, the 76-year-old was finally able to meet up with her sister, Anne Turnbull, in August.\n\nMs Turnbull said her sister, who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bi-polar disorder, had a special bond with staff at the David Cargill care home.\n\nAnd she praised the home which remained Covid-free until a staff member tested positive on 4 October. Frances contracted the virus and died in hospital on 13 October.\n\nIn a statement, the care home described Frances as \"the most incredible woman, a real character, and an absolute pleasure to know and care for\".\n\nAfter a long battle against illness throughout the year, great grandfather Charlie Armstrong died on 10 October.\n\nThe 82-year-old retired property manager from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, had been allowed home after receiving treatment at Glasgow Royal Infirmary for chest problems.\n\nEight days later he was readmitted to the hospital and tested positive for coronavirus. The family say they were told he must have contracted Covid during his earlier stay at the Infirmary.\n\nHis wife, Joyce, who was also treated in hospital for the virus, said: \"He was very generous, very loving and very funny and he hated seeing anybody being put down. He didn't like to see injustice. He would stand up for people.\n\n\"We were together for 40 years and he was a very good father and a very good husband to me.\"\n\nMargaret Kerrigan was a \"force to be reckoned with\", according to her family - a matriarch who commanded respect.\n\nShe was born in Plymouth but her family moved to Glasgow when she was young. Growing up in Govan in the 1950s, she learned to be a \"tough cookie\".\n\nIt meant she must have been perfectly suited to her job as bar manager at Curlers in Byres Road in the 1960s. And it was there she met Joe, a customer at the pub, who she married in 1970.\n\nHe worked as a school janitor during many of their 50 years of marriage, and they had four sons, 12 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.\n\nClydebank Bowling Club provided Joe with a good social life, while Margaret loved having her family around her and going to the bingo.\n\nJoe had dementia and he died at Hill View care home in Dalmuir on 19 April 2020, aged 78. Margaret fell ill during the second wave and died in hospital on 8 October, aged 73.\n\nFormer ambulance technician George Cairns was a resident at LittleInch Care Home in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.\n\nHis family said the move from his Renfrew flat to the home in January had reinvigorated him and brought out his mischievous sense of humour.\n\nDuring the lockdown period Mr Cairns, who was bipolar, even joked about topping up his tan in the garden.\n\nThe 71-year-old tested positive for Covid-19 on 8 May despite displaying no symptoms, but his condition deteriorated and he died in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley nine days later.\n\nHis daughter, Gillian, paid tribute to his caring nature, saying: \"Even if you only met him once he would tell you a story, a terrible joke or offer a supportive ear when you needed it the most.\"\n\nRetired farmer Jock Brown was a keen ice hockey player in his youth, and he represented Scotland for six years in the 1950s.\n\nHe told his family that he was selected for the team because he was the only Scotsman who played as goal tender (goalkeeper) at the time. They insist this is not true.\n\nMarried to Mary for 48 years, they had two children and four grandchildren.\n\nHe farmed near Falkirk - on land next to what is now home to The Kelpies - until his retirement in the 1980s.\n\nMr Brown's family said he was a quiet man with a great sense of humour. He had dementia and he died with Covid-19 at Burnbrae care home in Falkirk on 14 May. He was 89.\n\nIna Beaton was a well-known figure on the Isle of Skye and she lived in her own home in Balmaqueen until two years ago.\n\nShe died on 11 May aged 103, the seventh resident of Home Farm care home in Portree to die after contracting Covid-19.\n\nIna lived through the Great War and the 1919 Spanish Flu outbreak. During World War Two she moved to Glasgow to work as a conductress on the trams and survived the Clydebank blitz.\n\nHer grandson, Ailean Beaton, said his loss was shared across the island, especially the north end \"where she was mum, granny, friend to more than just the Beatons.\n\n\"Her crystal memory and broad experience of life in Skye over several generations meant that she contributed to our shared knowledge of the place we're from, its language and culture,\" he added.\n\nBetty Steele grew up in Paisley but later moved to Corby, Northamptonshire - the town known as \"little Scotland\".\n\nShe had seven children, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, and she lived for her family, according to her granddaughter, Debbie Smiley.\n\nHer house was always the meeting point, and she was the life and soul of the party.\n\n\"She had such a zest for life, and anything she did it was done with care and love for others,\" Debbie added.\n\nJohn Angus Gordon, 83, spent the last few years of his life at the Home Farm care home in Portree on Skye.\n\nHe had dementia and the sense of touch reassured him - he liked to shake a hand or hold the hand of the person he was talking to.\n\nUnable to visit the home, his family spoke to him for the last time in a video-call a few hours before he died on 5 May.\n\nAs he listened to their voices, he reached out to the hand of the carer sitting with him, dressed in full personal protective equipment.\n\n\"We found it quite poignant that my dad put out his hand to hers and she was wearing these blue protective gloves,\" said his son, John.\n\nPaul McCaffrey was an \"amazing dad\" of two children and two step-children who was always busy, according to his partner Caroline McNultry.\n\n\"He was always helping someone, whether he was in someone's house helping them out or just on-the-go in work all the time,\" she said.\n\nThe healthy 49-year-old from Glasgow fell ill after returning home from work at a care home where he was a highly-regarded maintenance manager.\n\nRather than the traditional coronavirus symptoms, he complained of a headache and aching limbs but he was eventually admitted to hospital in Glasgow where he tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nHe was transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where he could be hooked up to an ECMO machine, which performs the tasks of the lungs. After three weeks, he died on 4 May.\n\nHGV driver Jim Russell kept his lorries so spotlessly clean he was known as \"Big Gorgeous\" by colleagues who joked that he must have worn his slippers in his cab.\n\nHe was a big character who loved cars, trucks, motorbikes, lorries and going to Truckfest with his fiancée Connie McCready, who he affectionately nicknamed \"Isa\" after the Still Game character.\n\nThis photograph was taken at the last concert the couple attended together on 8 March 2020.\n\nThey met online in 2014 and were due to get married last summer but Mr Russell fell ill with Covid three weeks after the concert. He died on 4 May, aged 51.\n\n\"Everyone is talking about life getting back to normal when coming out of lockdown, however for myself and many many others we are terrified as our lives will never be normal again,\" Connie said.\n\nClive Andrews was born in Trinidad and in 1967 he moved to Edinburgh where he \"immediately felt like he belonged\", according to his daughter, Nadine.\n\nThe father-of-six worked as a senior lecturer in ergonomics at Napier College, but he was also committed to the arts.\n\nDevoted to promoting and supporting artists and musicians, he held committee roles with groups including Theatre Alba and the Scottish Arts Council.\n\nHe helped establish the Edinburgh International Harp Festival and volunteered every year for decades with the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival.\n\nClive was a lover of life (and of salsa dancing), his family said. He died at The Elms Care Home in Edinburgh on 3 May 2020, aged 86.\n\nRobert Black was a paramedic but he was also a talented musician and part of the team behind Argyll FM.\n\nPaying tribute to him on social media, the community radio station said he was \"a genuine good guy... everyone was his pal\".\n\nThe Mull of Kintyre Music Festival described him as \"one of our pals\" and a \"true gent, wonderful musician\".\n\nHe was a well-known and loved character in Campbeltown, according to Kintyre Community Resilience Group.\n\nThe father-of-two died in hospital in Glasgow on 2 May.\n\nKaren Hutton was a \"much-loved\" care home nurse who died with coronavirus days after her granddaughter was born.\n\nThe 58-year-old was a staff nurse in the dementia unit at Lochleven Care Home in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.\n\nHer only daughter, Lauren, gave birth to a girl just two weeks ago, according to care home operators Thistle Healthcare.\n\nCare home manager Andrew Chalmers-Gall said: \"Karen was a tenacious advocate for her residents and she always put their needs first.\"\n\nShe died at home in Carnoustie, Angus, on 28 April after testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nMark McCarron Gillan bought his wife, Jan, flowers every Friday - a small gesture but something that she still misses following his death on 27 April.\n\nThey were married for 23 years, after first meeting as teenagers, and they have three daughters - twins Ebony and Hope, who are 20, and Brenna, 19.\n\nWhen his colleagues at a soap factory in Queenslie, Glasgow, learned of his death, they stopped production for the first time since opening.\n\nThey were among dozens of people - including friends and neighbours - who lined the streets on the day of his funeral to say a final farewell to the 53-year-old.\n\nMark loved golf, football and hill walking but he was also a family man. \"There is a such a void left in each of us and every life that he touched,\" his wife said.\n\nAlastair Sinclair split his younger years between Reay in Caithness and Lanark before being called up for national service.\n\nBut his army career was cut short when he stood on a mine in Korea and lost a foot.\n\nHis son told BBC Scotland that he was persuaded to pursue a career in developing artificial limbs as he was being fitted for his own prosthetic.\n\nIn retirement, the father-of-three moved with his wife from Newtown Mearns in East Renfrewshire to Wishaw in North Lanarkshire.\n\nHe moved into Erskine Park care home in Bishopton shortly before lockdown and died, aged 87, five weeks later on 27 April.\n\nPearl Paterson grew up in Dennistoun in the east end of Glasgow and was just 10 years old when World War II broke out.\n\nShe was a teenager when she joined the Women's Land Army but it wasn't until she was in her 80s that she received official recognition - and a badge - for her efforts from the UK government.\n\nPearl spent much of her working life employed as a domestic assistant in hotels across Scotland, before settling in Largs, Ayrshire, with her daughter, Fiona.\n\nAn animal lover, she had a special Chihuahua called Flash, and she read the People's Friend magazine every week.\n\nOn her 91st birthday in March, her family was able wave to her in the conservatory at her care home in Glasgow. She died with Covid-19 on 26 April.\n\nAnnie Munro's home was always filled with people - her husband, six children and many nieces and nephews who would often come to visit.\n\nHer family used to joke that the house in Eaglesham must have \"rubber walls\" and they often had to share beds and would \"wake up with somebody's feet up their nose\".\n\nShe was a real homemaker who could as easily run up a set of curtains as make a batch of jam from fruit she had grown in her own garden. She never turned anyone away who needed help.\n\nA mild-mannered woman, she never had any need to raise her voice - a look over the top of her spectacles was enough to keep her children under control.\n\nIn later life she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and her daughter, Linda, became her main carer before she moved into a care home. Annie died on 25 April, aged 84.\n\nKnown to all as Gogs, Gordon Reid was a taxi driver from Edinburgh who loved football, played golf, enjoyed a pint and doted on his grandchildren.\n\nHe stopped working as a precaution four days before the lockdown came into force but within a week had fallen ill with Covid-19.\n\nHis wife, Elaine, and daughter Leemo Goudie, were able to spend some time with him in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before he died on 24 April, aged 68.\n\nLeemo said: \"My dad was a normal guy, no health issues, a non-smoker, fairly fit. It can happen to anyone.\"\n\nAs only a small number of mourners could attend his funeral, people stood and applauded as his hearse passed some of his favourite places in the city.\n\nDavid Allan joined a local running club in Edinburgh in retirement, after spending 36 years as a science technician at the city's Trinity Academy.\n\nThe fit and healthy 64-year-old was training for a half marathon and was planning to take part in some Park Runs in Sydney during a trip to visit his nephew in Australia this year.\n\nWhen the holiday - including a trip to Fiji - was cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions, David was pragmatic and told his wife, Glenda, they could rearrange for a later date.\n\nIt was a shock when he tested positive for Covid-19 after being admitted to hospital with a chest infection. He died on 24 April after more than four weeks in ICU.\n\nGlenda took comfort from the funeral, when neighbours lined the streets, running club friends and former colleagues stood outside the crematorium, and hundreds watched the service online.\n\nAngie Cunningham worked for NHS Borders for more than 30 years before her death.\n\nThe 60-year-old from Tweedbank was a much-respected and valued colleague who provided \"amazing care\" to her patients, the health board said.\n\nAs well as being a much-loved mother, sister, granny and great-granny, she was proud to be a nurse, her family added.\n\nShe died in the intensive care unit at Borders General Hospital from Covid-19 on 22 April, NHS Borders confirmed.\n\nKirsty Jones, a healthcare support worker with NHS Lanarkshire, was a bubbly, larger than life character, according to her colleagues.\n\nShe joined the health board after leaving school at 17 and spent much of her career working with older patients.\n\nBut the 41-year-old recently took up a role on the frontline of the pandemic, working at an assessment centre in Airdrie.\n\nHer husband, Nigel, said she devoted her life to caring for others and was a wonderful wife and mother to their two sons.\n\nAndy McGinley used to say he didn't need to win the lottery - his family meant he was already a millionaire.\n\nHe was brought up by adoptive parents in Glasgow's Maryhill area during World War Two and went on to become a carpenter at John Brown's Shipyard.\n\nAlthough he first met his wife, Margaret, at primary school they lost touch and got together after meeting at the Barrowland Ballroom years later.\n\nThey spent almost all of their 62 years of married life in the same house in Barmulloch, where they had five children. They also had 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.\n\nHe loved his garden, bowls, and a sing-song at family gatherings - his party piece was \"I'm glad that I was born in Glasgow\". He died on 29 April 2020, aged 84.\n\nEvelyn Brown dedicated her life to her family and her community. Born and bred in Peterhead, she was married to Charles for 50 years and they had two children.\n\nShe gave up her job as a bank manager to care for her son Craig after he was born with Down's syndrome in the 1970s.\n\nHer daughter Emma, who was born two years later, said her mother was a selfless woman who loved spoiling her grandchildren with \"gifts and love\".\n\nMrs Brown was an adult Guide leader and later a district commissioner, she volunteered with Barnardo's and was an active member of the Church of Scotland.\n\nAfter her death at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 19 April, aged 75, her family raised £3,000 in her name for the hospital's staff garden.\n\nWaqar Hussain Choudhry was a popular shopkeeper in the north of Glasgow.\n\nThe 65-year-old ran a convenience store on Skerray Street in Milton where he was affectionately known as Wacca.\n\nFollowing his death on 17 April 2020, well-wishers left flowers outside the shop he ran for almost 40 years.\n\nThey told The Glasgow Times that the father-of-three served generations of school children and put an extra sweet in their bags.\n\nHis son Zeeshan Chaudhry told the BBC: \"My beloved father was the most amazing hardworking human and parent.\"\n\nJane Murphy was known as \"Mama Murphy\" by close friends and colleagues at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.\n\nShe worked at the city hospital for almost 30 years, first as a cleaner before retraining as a clinical support worker.\n\nThe 73-year-old, from Bonnyrigg, was placed on sick leave due to her age when the pandemic broke out.\n\nIt's understood the mother-of-two died on 16 April.\n\nHer friend Gerry Taylor said: \"She wasn't afraid to tell nurses, doctors or consultants if they were not pulling their weight and they loved her for it.\"\n\nMary McCann, 70, was a \"strong, wonderful woman\" who was dedicated to her family, according to her son, David.\n\nShe spent the last three months of her life in an East Kilbride care home, having being diagnosed with cancer last year.\n\nThe grandmother was doing well in the Whitehills home, where she was putting on weight and smiling again, David said.\n\nBut in early April she developed a urinary tract infection. Her condition deteriorated quickly and within days she was struggling to breathe.\n\nShe died in the care home on 16 April with her son, Derek, by her side.\n\nVerity Watson met her husband Adam (Adie) in a bible class and together they raised three sons, Alan, Gordon and Adam.\n\nThey lived in South Africa for a few years but returned to their beloved home of Rutherglen in 1970.\n\nShe worked at the local Coulls Bakers until retiring aged 72 but in her spare time she enjoyed bowls, knitting and - best of all - a cream cake with a cup of tea.\n\nHer family were unable to be with her when she died at Roger Park Care Home on 15 April 2020, after a short stay in hospital.\n\nHer son Adam said he couldn't thank staff enough for their \"invaluable support\", sitting with his mother in her final moments. She was 98.\n\nDavid Whittick joined the Royal Navy as a pilot on his 18th birthday in the midst of World War Two. Aged 19, as part of 835 Naval Air Squadron, he was flying off aircraft carrier HMS Nairana in the Arctic.\n\nAlmost 70 years later he received the Arctic Star for his role in Arctic Convoys - described by Sir Winston Churchill as \"the worst journey in the world\".\n\nHe survived two serious accidents during his long civilian career with Scottish Airways and later British Airways, before dedicating himself to supporting the Riding for the Disabled charity in his retirement.\n\nHis work - including helping to raise funds for a purpose-built facility at Summerston in Glasgow - led to him being appointed an OBE by the Queen for his services to charity.\n\nHe was married to Joyce for more than 60 years and they had four children. His son, Peter, said he lived a full and active life, even enjoying a trip on a seaplane in January this year. He died at Erskine care home in Bishopton on 14 April, aged 95, after falling ill with coronavirus.\n\nHer daughter Linda, a lawyer for the BBC, had hoped she would survive the virus as she was from \"strong stock\".\n\nShe last saw her mother in March when she travelled from London to warn her they may not be able to visit her during the pandemic.\n\nThe pensioner had been \"extremely distressed\" afterwards, Ms Duncan said.\n\nShe was taken to Edinburgh's Western General Hospital on 12 April and died three days later.\n\nDerek Wilkie worked for 27 years as a firefighter before retiring in December 2017.\n\nHe had senior roles in Badenoch and Strathspey, and Shetland before becoming station commander for Inverness and Nairn District.\n\nColleagues said he was a \"diligent and capable firefighter... with a larger than life personality\".\n\nHis wife and two sons - who all work for the NHS - thanked those who cared for Mr Wilkie and urged people to stay at home.\n\nHe died at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness on 12 April.\n\nFormer Merchant Navy engineer Bill Campbell died of suspected Covid-19 at Erskine Park care home in Bishopton.\n\nThe 86-year-old had dementia and carers initially thought he had a chest infection but he developed a cough and a high temperature.\n\nHis condition deteriorated and he died on Easter Sunday, with his daughter, Linda Verlaque - in full protective clothing - by his side.\n\nShe praised the work of carers at the home but she said his death was \"horrific\" as undertakers came to take away his body in full hazmat gear and goggles.\n\n\"Instead of having people surrounding me and giving me a hug to say everything was all right, everyone was just standing there and we were watching my dad being taken away, which was traumatic,\" she said.\n\nProud Welshman Glyn Edwards did not learn to speak English until he was five years old, but in adulthood he made Edinburgh his home.\n\nA contemporary of Neil Kinnock at Cardiff University, he worked as a civil servant in London before marrying and moving to Scotland.\n\nHe was a regular at Robbie's Bar on Leith Walk where he was known as \"McTaffy\" but he could be a solitary character who could easily lose himself in a book or a concert.\n\nClassical music, politics and poetry were his passions - as a teenager he won a major Welsh poetry contest and his daughter, Mhairi Jarvie, treasures a ring-binder full of his poems.\n\nShe affectionately described her father as a cross between Coronation Street's Ken Barlow and Victor Meldrew - \"intelligent, opinionated, political, but grumpy and a tad anti-social\".\n\nMaths teacher Gerry McHugh was a \"true gentleman\", able to inspire every single student who walked through his door.\n\nHis death would have a \"devastating effect\" on the Notre Dame High School community in Greenock, head teacher Katie Couttie said.\n\nUnable to attend his funeral due to the lockdown, past and current pupils found a unique way to pay tribute to the 58-year-old.\n\nThey wore red and posted images on social media in memory of the lifelong Manchester United fan.\n\nEileen McCarron died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary less than 24 hours after falling ill. She had no underlying health concerns.\n\nA mother of three daughters, she spent 18 years working as a nursery teacher at Save the Children's Charles Street playgroup in Glasgow's Germiston.\n\nShe gave up the job to look after her only grandson, Patrick. Her husband of more than 35 years, also Patrick, died suddenly in 1997, aged just 57.\n\nAs well as volunteering at a Barnardo's charity shop, she liked shopping, knitting, going out for coffees and lunches, and holidays with her family.\n\nShe was 79 when she died on 9 April, leaving her family devastated and unable to comfort each other during lockdown. They had still not been able to hold a memorial service nine months later.\n\nHelen McMillan was 10 days short of her 85th birthday when she died at Almond Court care home in Glasgow's Drumchapel on 9 April.\n\nShe spent most of her life in Summerston, where she widely known as \"Auntie Ellen\" - even to those she wasn't related to.\n\n\"Everybody loved my mum,\" her daughter, Jackie Marlow, told BBC Scotland. \"She knew everybody in the community and was the life and soul of the party.\"\n\nHelen worked in McLellan's rubber factory in Maryhill until she was in her 50s.\n\nA grandmother to Hayley and Josh, she developed dementia in later life but she was still \"pretty agile and loving life\", her daughter said.\n\nMary Martin and her husband, Alex, were keen ballroom dancers.\n\nAlthough their roots were firmly in Glasgow, they spent seven years in Dunblane where they were tasked with encouraging people on to the dancefloor at the Dunblane Hydro.\n\nBefore that, Mrs Martin brought up her family in Mount Vernon, later moving to Bearsden. She had three children, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.\n\nHer daughter, Sandra O'Neill, told BBC Scotland she was \"just a wonderful person - gentle and kind\".\n\nIn her later years she had vascular dementia and she lived at the Almond Court care home in Drumchapel. She died there on 8 April, aged 88.\n\nVic and Maureen Sharp, who were both 74, had been together since they were teenagers.\n\nUnderlying health conditions meant the couple from Oakley in Fife were both asked to shield themselves during lockdown.\n\nBut their daughter, Yvonne Sharp, believes the letter came too late and they caught the virus during a weekly trip to the supermarket.\n\nMaureen died in hospital on 8 April and then, Yvonne said, her father \"just gave up\". He died the following day.\n\nOnly six members of the family could attend their funeral but a piper led the funeral cortege through Oakley, where locals lined the streets.\n\nWhen Ann Tonner left the Nazareth House orphanage in Glasgow as teenager, she was one of the few women of colour in the city, according to her son, Tony McCaffery.\n\nShe was \"exotic-looking and quite glamourous\" and was soon in demand as a model for local shops and boutiques before working as a celebrated hot-dog girl in an Odeon cinema.\n\nHer first husband tragically died and her second was largely absent, leaving her to bring up six children and - at times - hold down five jobs at once.\n\nShe was a \"remarkable, formidable woman with a strong work ethic\", Mr McCaffery told BBC Scotland, but she was also a \"gentle soul with an incredibly child-like sense of humour\".\n\nA grandmother and great-grandmother, Mrs Tonner died at a nursing home in Glasgow where she was living with Alzheimer's, on 8 April. She was 84.\n\nMary Nixon was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was just 18 but she was determined to never let it hold her back.\n\nBorn and raised in Greenock, she was a lone parent to four children who described her as a \"strong, independent woman who lived life to the full\".\n\n\"My mum made being a single parent look easy\", her daughter Alexis said. \"We were very happy kids growing up. Everyone loved her and always said she was a 'wee gem'.\"\n\nWhen she fell seriously ill in 2014, her family was told to prepare for the worst, but their \"invincible\" mum rallied, though she lost her mobility.\n\nShe died with Covid on 7 April 2020, aged 66. After everything she had been through in life, her family said they felt \"robbed... that this awful virus has taken her from us\".\n\nJanice Graham was the first NHS worker to die with coronavirus in Scotland.\n\nThe health care support worker and district nurse died at Inverclyde Royal Hospital on 6 April.\n\nOne colleague said she had a \"bright and engaging personality and razor sharp wit\".\n\nAnother said the 58-year-old was the \"most kind, caring and compassionate HCA I have had the privilege to work with\".\n\nHer son, Craig, told STV News he would miss everything about her.\n\nNewly-wed Andy Wyness developed a high temperature and a cough following a trip to Wales.\n\nWhen his symptoms worsened the 53-year-old drove himself from his Wishaw home to an appointment at an assessment centre.\n\nThat was the last time his wife, Sandra, saw him.\n\nThe grandfather, who was a keen bowler, was taken straight to hospital by ambulance. He died on 6 April.\n\n\"Even walking out the house that night, although I knew he wasn't well, I never imagined he would never walk back in,\" Sandra said.\n\nRita Hawthorn spent the first 35 years of her life in Hamilton, where she was born, grew up and had her own family.\n\nBut when her husband, Robert, lost his job as a miner the couple and their three children re-located from the west of Scotland to the far north in 1973.\n\nWhile Robert took up a new job at the Scottish Instruments Factory in Wick, she worked as a cleaner at a nearby job centre and became secretary of the Highlands and Islands Civil Service Union.\n\nShe was sadly widowed at 51 but she was \"fiercely independent\" and went on to fulfil her dreams of travelling - a trip up the Nile, a safari in South Africa, and solo bus tours to Austria and Paris.\n\nRita, who was a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, fell ill during the first week of lockdown. She died at Caithness General Hospital on 6 April, aged 82.\n\nBill Paul grew up in Giffnock on the south side of Glasgow and did his national service as a radar operator with the RAF in Malta.\n\nIn his youth he was an extremely accomplished tennis player and it was through the sport that he met his first wife, Frances, who died in 1984.\n\nWith his second wife, Liz, he loved to play golf and travel - hobbies that he continued after her death in 2012.\n\nAn extremely active man, he loved to go on cruises with a group of like-minded friends. However his last cruise to the Caribbean was cut short by the pandemic in March.\n\nHe returned home to Arran and fell ill with Covid within a week. He died at Lamlash Hospital on 5 April, aged 81.\n\nMofizul Islam was beginning a new life in Scotland after relocating from Bangladesh when he fell ill with coronavirus.\n\nHis family believe the 49-year-old caught the virus on his daily three-hour journeys between their Edinburgh home and his job at a pizza outlet in Midlothian.\n\nHe died on 5 April and was buried in the Muslim section of a city cemetery but his wife and children were in isolation and unable to attend.\n\nHis death has left the family \"completely helpless\", according to a family friend as they have no documents, no bank account and they are struggling for money.\n\n\"We are very worried about our future because we don't have our father,\" said Mofizul's 19-year-old son, Azahural. \"He was everything for us. And now we are just hopeless.\"\n\nCatherine Sweeney was a \"wonderful mother, sister and beloved aunty\", her family said after her death on 4 April.\n\nBorn and raised in Dumbarton, she worked as a home carer for more than 20 years.\n\nHer family said she would be sorely missed after a \"lifetime of service\" to the community.\n\nAnd they praised the medics at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley who \"heroically\" looked after her in her final days.\n\nJimmy Andrews was 17 years old when began his career in Glasgow Corporation's finance department in 1955.\n\nBy the turn of the century, he had risen to become chief executive of Glasgow City Council and in 2001 he was appointed CBE for services to local government - a \"career highlight\".\n\nHe was born in Kilsyth but spent much of his life living in Strathblane, Stirlingshire, with his wife of 52 years, Mary.\n\nIn retirement, he \"enjoyed life to the full\", spending time with his three children and six grandchildren, and visiting horse racing courses throughout the country.\n\nA gentle, intelligent man with a great sense of humour, he died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 3 April 2020, aged 81.\n\nLord Gordon of Strathblane was a former political editor of STV and he founded Radio Clyde.\n\nHe died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 31 March after contracting coronavirus, Radio Clyde reported. He was 83.\n\nHis family paid tribute to his \"generosity, his kindness and his enthusiasm for life\".\n\nFormer First Minister Jack McConnell said Lord Gordon had \"an outstanding career in business and public service\".\n\nRyan Storrie was in Scotland to celebrate his 40th birthday with a trip to a Rangers match when he fell ill.\n\nThe father-of-two was from Ardrossan but lived in Dubai.\n\nWhen he developed symptoms, the asthmatic isolated in his hotel room and waited for the virus to run its course.\n\nHis condition deteriorated but he wouldn't let his wife, Hilary, phone 999 as he was convinced he would recover and didn't want to bother the NHS.\n\nShe found him dead in his room on 31 March.\n\nMary and Andy Leaman began self-isolating at the end of March after falling ill with flu-like symptoms.\n\nTheir son, Andy, told the Glasgow Evening Times the couple were married 50 years and doted on their only granddaughter, nine-year-old Anna.\n\nMrs Leaman died at home in Castlemilk on 30 March - four days after the death of Anna's maternal grandfather, Dougie Chambers.\n\nThe schoolgirl lost her third grandparent almost three weeks later when Mr Leaman died in hospital on 19 April.\n\nHer mother, Lynsey Chalmers, told BBC Scotland: \"For a nine-year-old girl whose three grandparents were her world... why does a wee girl need to get punished like that over and over again?\"\n\nRobert Tarbet was \"self-opinionated and witty\", according to his daughter, Paula Karoly, but also \"hardworking, loyal and beautiful\".\n\nHe spent his working life as a plumber with Glasgow City Council before retiring in the early 2000s.\n\nIn his spare time, the sociable man was a mason who was a keen follower of Rangers FC. He loved country and western music and watching musicals in the theatre.\n\nA father and a grandfather-of-three, he was being treated for cancer when he contracted coronavirus.\n\nHe died on 29 March at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, aged 76.\n\nSchool janitor Ian Wilson was at home in Coatbridge for two weeks with a high temperature and delirium before being admitted to hospital.\n\nDespite his worsening condition, doctors initially told his wife, Sandra, she would not be able to visit the 72-year-old who had a heart condition and diabetes.\n\nStaff eventually granted access provided she wore protective equipment - a decision which meant she could be at her husband's side when he died on 29 March.\n\nAlthough nurses were unable to comfort her with a hug due to social distancing protocols, Mrs Wilson is grateful they allowed her to be with her partner at the end.\n\n\"I was able to talk to him and just say goodbye. I've got strength from that,\" she said.\n\nDougie Chambers was one of several people who fell ill after the 40th birthday party of his daughter, Wendy, on 7 March.\n\nWithin days, the 66-year-old, who had an underlying health condition, went into hospital and tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nMr Chambers, who was from Castlemilk in Glasgow, died two weeks later, on 26 March.\n\nTwo other members of his extended family - Andy and Mary Leaman - also contracted the virus and later died.\n\nWendy said: \"If we knew then what we know now, we wouldn't have had the party. It wouldn't have happened.\"\n\nDanny Cairns was a healthy 68-year-old before he fell ill with coronavirus, according to his brother, Hugh.\n\nWhen he developed a cough and sore throat at the end of March, he isolated at home in Greenock.\n\nBut within days he was so ill he had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.\n\nIn a video call from his hospital bed, his last words to his brother were: \"I'm on my way out, mate\".\n\nHe died on 26 March, three days after arriving in hospital.\n\nMargaret Innes lived with her daughter, Sally McNaught, in Edinburgh for four years before her death at the very beginning of the pandemic.\n\nShe was housebound and very frail but she loved sitting with their pet cat and dog, doing crosswords and watching quiz shows.\n\nHer favourite soap was Neighbours and she used to say \"I'm off to Australia now\".\n\nMs McNaught said they stopped visitors coming to the house a week before lockdown, they washed their hands, cleaned everything and thought they would be safe.\n\nBut Ms Innes woke up on Mother's Day with severe breathing difficulties. She died on 25 March, three days after going into hospital. She was 93.\n\nHas one of your loved ones died recently after contracting Covid? We would like to pay tribute to some of them on the BBC Scotland website.\n\nIf you would like to see your relative or friend featured, use the form below to send us your details and we could be in touch.\n\nIn some cases your details will be published, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions.\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Henry Dimbleby says the \"junk food cycle must be broken\"\n\nSugar and salt should be taxed and vegetables prescribed by the NHS, an independent review of the food we eat has suggested.\n\nThe report, led by businessman Henry Dimbleby, said taxes raised could extend free school meal provision and support better diets among the poorest.\n\nEngland's National Food Strategy also wants GPs to try prescribing fruit and vegetables to encourage healthy eating.\n\nBoris Johnson said he was not attracted to extra taxes on hard-working people.\n\nThe prime minister added he would study the report, and promised the government would respond with proposals for future laws within six months.\n\nMeanwhile, the food industry warned new taxes on wholesale sugar and salt could lead to higher food prices in shops.\n\nIan Wright, of the Food and Drink Federation, which represents manufacturers, said: \"Obesity and food is very much about poverty, and we need measures to tackle poverty and to help people to make choices they need to make.\"\n\nThe review, commissioned by the government in 2019, said historic reforms of the food system are needed to protect the NHS, improve the health of the nation and save the environment.\n\nThe new taxes would be applied to wholesale sugar and salt purchased by manufacturers, which could in turn raise some prices on shelves.\n\nBut Mr Dimbleby said: \"We do not actually believe that for most things it will hike the price - what it will do is it will reformulate, it will make people take sugar and salt out.\"\n\nThe review described the Covid-19 pandemic as a \"painful reality check\" that has revealed the scale of food-related ill-health.\n\n\"Our high obesity rate has been a major factor in the UK's tragically high death rate,\" said Mr Dimbleby, who co-founded the fast food chain Leon.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the focus should turn to preventing people getting to the NHS.\n\nHe said his proposals - if implemented in full - could save 38 calories per person per day, helping the average person lose 2kg (4.4lb) in weight a year.\n\nAsked if this was an example of the nanny state where the posh tell the poor what is good for them, Mr Dimbleby said \"it's only posh people who ever say that to me... if you go to communities, they really want to change our food system\".\n\nPsychologist David Halpern, who advises the government, told Today taxing sugar and salt could act as a \"double nudge\" on behaviour.\n\nHe compared the concept to the sugar levy on soft drinks, introduced in April 2018 and which drove manufacturers to remove sugar from products through reformulation.\n\nHe added that levy led to a reduction of sugar added into soft drinks of about a third, while sales also rose at the same time.\n\nPoor diet contributes to 64,000 deaths a year in England alone and costs the economy £74bn, the review said.\n\nIt claims more than half of over-45s now live with diet-related health conditions.\n\nAnd our eating habits are not just damaging our health, they are also destroying the environment, the review warned.\n\nThe food we eat accounts for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the review.\n\nThe global food system is the single biggest contributor to biodiversity loss, deforestation, drought, freshwater pollution and the collapse of aquatic wildlife, said the review.\n\nIt is also the second-biggest contributor to climate change, after the energy industry.\n\nCalorie for calorie, highly processed foods are three times cheaper than healthy food, the report found.\n\nThe review recommended the new tax be set at £3/kg for sugar and £6/kg for salt sold wholesale for use in processed foods, or in restaurants and catering businesses.\n\nThis would represent a very dramatic increase in the cost of these two important ingredients.\n\nThe tax could raise as much as £3.4bn a year, the review team calculated.\n\nBut the previous sugar levy on soft drinks brought in less tax revenue than expected because manufacturers voluntarily reduced the amount of sugar to avoid it.\n\nThe National Food Strategy recognised that by raising prices of some products the sugar and salt tax would be likely to put extra financial strain on the poorest families.\n\nIn a series of recommendations designed to get fresh food and ingredients to low-income households with children, it recommended:\n\nIt encouraged the government to set a target to reduce the nation's meat consumption by 30% over 10 years.\n\nOther recommendations included helping farmers transition to more sustainable farming methods and dividing land equally between high intensity farming, environment-friendly low-intensity agriculture and nature reserves.\n\nThe first part of the two-part review was published last summer and looked at food as part of trade deals and farming payments.\n\nRestaurateur and Great British Bake-Off judge Prue Leith called it \"a compelling and overdue plan of action\" which, if adopted, would put \"our food system on the right path to health and prosperity\".\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas said she wanted to see government policies designed to meet Mr Dimbleby's recommendations but feared it could end up being ignored.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Let cooking teachers do what they're good at\"", "A further 11 Covid deaths have been registered in the last 24 hours in Scotland - the highest since 30 March.\n\nThe Scottish government data records deaths registered within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt also revealed there were 2,636 new virus cases, which is 8.1% of those tested on Tuesday.\n\nSeparate weekly figures, which record all death certificates that mention Covid, show there were 30 deaths between 5-11 July.\n\nThe National Records of Scotland statistics represent an increase of eight from the previous week.\n\nThe daily figures mean that the average number of reported deaths a day is now 4.6 - the highest figure since 2 April.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths under that measure to 7,772.\n\nA Public Health Scotland (PHS) report has also shown that 41 people in Scotland have died with Covid-19, despite having had both doses of a vaccine.\n\nThe figures showed the deaths occurred by 7 July among those who had tested positive for the virus two weeks or more after having their second vaccination.\n\nIn these cases Covid-19 was recorded as \"primary or contributing cause of death\", the health body said.\n\nThe PHS report noted: \"This equates to 0.001% of those who have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines.\"\n\nIts latest report on Covid cases in Scotland showed that over the four weeks from 12 June to 9 July, about 65% of those who had a positive PCR test were unvaccinated.\n\nMeanwhile just over half of Covid-19 hospital admissions over the same four-week period were amongst unvaccinated individuals, with 70.6% of this group being aged under 40.\n\nA total of 515 patients are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid, including 46 in intensive care.\n\nWhile the figures have been rising steadily they remain far below peak of the second wave of the pandemic in January when more than 2,000 people were in hospital.\n\nEarlier this month daily Covid cases, driven by the more infectious Delta variant, surpassed 4,000 for the first time since mass testing began.\n\nThe spike came after Public Health Scotland linked hundreds of cases to people travelling to London for Scotland's Euros game with England on 18 June.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed Scotland will move to level zero on Monday but with certain \"modifications\" to the original plan for easing restrictions.\n\nFace coverings will remain mandatory for \"some time\", but it is her intention to lift all other restrictions on 9 August as more people will be vaccinated by then.", "An outline planning application for the gigafactory has been submitted\n\n\"Mission critical\" plans have been submitted for an electric car battery plant that could create up to 6,000 new jobs.\n\nProposals for the \"gigafactory\" at Coventry Airport were first put forward in February.\n\nCoventry City Council is putting forward the blueprint alongside Coventry Airport Ltd.\n\nSteve Turner, from the Unite union, said the factory would be a \"shot in the arm\" for the West Midlands economy.\n\nBackers say the plant, which would be 5.7 million sq ft in size, could attract £2bn of investment.\n\nThe city council and Warwick District Council will vote on the proposals later this year.\n\nIf plans are passed, the site could be operational by 2025, though it would need investment from the private sector.\n\nThe factory will be powered by 100% green energy, and will be able to recycle used batteries as well as build new ones, according to the plans.\n\nCar manufacturer Tesla is building its fourth \"gigafactory\" in Germany\n\nCouncillor George Duggins, leader of Coventry City Council, said the submission of the plans was the \"next important step\" in the drive to bring battery production to the West Midlands.\n\n\"We are the ideal location for a gigafactory as the home of the UK automotive sector, alongside world-leading research in battery technology,\" he said.\n\nThe city is already home to the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, a research centre for the next-generation battery technologies.\n\nAndy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, said it was \"mission critical that the West Midlands secures a gigafactory\" to safeguard its key industry, economy and the \"future of our planet\".\n\nMr Turner, Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing, said members have been \"battling\" for the factory to come to Coventry, adding it would be a \"shot in the arm for the region\".\n\n\"We urge the government to get onside, work with us to get this gigafactory up and running so that the country can take another step forward in electric battery production,\" he said.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A number of people are believed to have died in a motorway crash involving two lorries and several cars, police have said.\n\nIt happened on the northbound carriageway of the A1(M) at Bowburn, between Bradbury and Carrville, County Durham, at 18:20 BST.\n\nThe motorway has been closed in both directions.\n\nAppealing for dashcam footage of the crash, Durham Police said there \"appear to have been fatalities\".\n\nThe North East Ambulance Service said it was \"incredibly busy\" dealing with the crash, which it warned could lead to delays in attending other emergencies in the area.\n\nDurham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service said it had taken more than an hour to put out the lorry fire.\n\nSeven crews, including Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service's Heavy Rescue Unit, had been sent to the site, it said.\n\n\"On arrival at the scene crews were faced with a multi-vehicle collision across both carriageways and a heavy goods vehicle well alight,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe Great North Air Ambulance was also deployed to transport casualties.\n\nThe motorway is expected to remain shut between junctions 60 and 62 for a number of hours and motorists are being advised to avoid the area.\n\nHave you been affected by this story? Please share your experiences.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nick Smith, whose house caught fire, said his family could have been killed\n\nA TikTok influencer whose house caught fire in a suspected arson attack has said his family could have been killed.\n\nAbout 25 firefighters spent 90 minutes tackling a fire started by a car alight at Nick Smith's home in Welling, south-east London, on Wednesday night.\n\nMr Smith says he is \"devastated\" and fortunate his wife and three children, aged six, eight and six weeks, escaped the blaze without injury.\n\nThe cause of the suspected arson is being investigated, police have said.\n\nMr Smith says he spent four months \"and all of our hard-worked money\" renovating their home\n\nMr Smith, whose The Smithy Family account has more than 2.5m followers on video sharing site TikTok, describes himself as \"a guy with ADHD who wants people to do well, spreads positivity and joy, and is a bit of an idiot with my family\".\n\nThe 33-year-old says he used to work seven days a week bricklaying but that has changed since social media stardom.\n\nHe added: \"Doing social media means I'm there for my kids and I'm enjoying their time and company and it's been wonderful and joyous. But it's also been devastating and and damaging.\n\n\"We've come to the realisation that in the world of social media you're better off hidden.\"\n\nThe London Fire Brigade said crews attended reports of a car alight and fire investigation dogs were used to \"help identify any ignitable substances present\".\n\nThe Met Police confirmed they are treating the cause of the fire as suspected arson.\n\nMr Smith said whoever did this \"may have not had any reaction at all and there might have been seven dead people\".\n\nHe said: \"For those 15 seconds of fun in your eyes, it could have taken away many years from my family.\"\n\nNobody was injured in the blaze\n\nMr Smith believes the incident was motivated by jealousy.\n\nHe added: \"I love seeing people do well. We want to see other people prosper and do well and I know that there's some people in life that are struggling and they don't like it when other people are prospering or doing well.\"\n\nHe vowed this would not stop him from sharing videos with fans.\n\nHe said: \"I just want to be with my family, and I want to be safe, and I want to protect them, and we need to step back, to readjust, reassess and find out what the best way to move forward is.\n\n\"At the end of the day, I'm not going to give up what's making us happy.\"", "A man who lost his wife to Covid just weeks after catching it himself, has warned restrictions are being lifted too quickly across the UK.\n\nGwyn Tovey, 72, from Carmarthenshire, has been caring for his 94-year-old mother Betty, who also caught the virus and has dementia, while dealing with long Covid himself.\n\nHis wife Rita died just weeks after Gwyn picked up the virus in December.\n\nRegarding lockdown easing across the UK, he asked: \"Do we really know what we're doing? Is it one heck of a rush?\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Government proposals on the legacy of the past will \"draw a line under the Troubles\" - PM\n\nThe government has confirmed it intends to bring forward legislation to ban all prosecutions related to the Troubles.\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Boris Johnson said the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to \"draw a line under the Troubles\".\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told Parliament it was a decision not taken lightly.\n\nSome victims' groups and Stormont's executive parties have expressed opposition to the proposals.\n\nHowever, Mr Lewis said it was \"the best way to help Northern Ireland move further along the road to reconciliation\".\n\nIn his Commons statement, he outlined a \"statute of limitations, to apply equally to all Troubles-related incidents\".\n\nIt is understood it would apply to former members of the security forces as well as ex-paramilitaries.\n\nA statute of limitations is a law which prevents legal proceedings being taken after a certain period of time.\n\nThe plans also include an end to all legacy inquests and civil actions related to the conflict.\n\nThe government's paper makes no mention of what might happen to cases currently before the courts.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"A painful recognition of where we are\" - NI Secretary Brandon Lewis\n\nMr Lewis said: \"We know that the prospect of the end of criminal prosecutions will be difficult for some to accept, and this is not a position that we take lightly.\n\n\"But we have arrived at the view that this would be the best way to facilitate an effective information retrieval and provision process, and the best way to help Northern Ireland move further along the road to reconciliation.\n\n\"It is a painful recognition of the reality of where we are.\"\n\nMr Lewis said that the proposals also include a body to help families recover information on Troubles incidents and an oral history initiative.\n\n\"Ongoing litigation processes often fail to deliver for families and victims, and their continued presence in a society which is trying to heal from the wounds of its past risks preventing it being able to move forward,\" he said.\n\nIn terms of \"drawing a line\", this is incredibly far-reaching.\n\nIt goes beyond a ban on Troubles-era prosecutions, of which there have been just nine in the past six years.\n\nEnding legacy inquests and civil actions is arguably of greater impact when you consider the figures.\n\nCurrently, there around 36 inquests relating to the Troubles due to be heard.\n\nMany of these relate to killings by the Army and police.\n\nAlongside this, there are more than 1,000 civil claims lodged against the Ministry of Defence and other state agencies.\n\nThe government is proposing all this is closed down in a new approach which is sweeping in scope.\n\nHowever, the opposition is loud.\n\nThe Irish government says it is not a fait accompli or a done deal.\n\nBut with a big majority at Westminster, the government has set off in a direction of travel which few predict will be reversed.\n\nNorthern Ireland's five main political parties, the Irish government and several victims' groups have been highly critical of any suggested blanket ban on prosecutions for Troubles-era offences.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said a meeting of the Stormont Party Leaders Forum is expected to take place with Mr Lewis on Friday.\n\nHe said he hoped the parties would use it to express their joint opposition to the proposals.\n\nEarlier, the prime minister defended the government's plans as \"measured and balanced\".\n\nBoris Johnson told MPs: \"The sad fact remains that there are many members of the armed services who continue to face the threat of vexatious prosecutions well into their 70s and 80s.\n\n\"We are finally bringing forward a solution to this problem, to enable the people of Northern Ireland to draw a line under the Troubles and to enable the people of Northern Ireland to move forward.\"\n\nA statute of limitations would end all prosecutions in Troubles-related cases\n\nPrior to the announcement, Northern Ireland's largest cross-community victims' group, Wave, said \"victims and survivors should not be treated this way\".\n\nIt added that if Mr Lewis \"is serious about effectively dealing with legacy he must talk to those most impacted by pain and trauma\".\n\nReports that the secretary of state was to announce a plan to end Troubles prosecutions also angered relatives of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.\n\nJulie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine, was among 21 people killed in the IRA bomb attacks, has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to protest against the reported proposal.\n\n\"At what point did your government lose all sight of its moral, ethical and judicial backbone? ,\" Ms Hambleton's letter asks.\n\nTwo IRA bombs exploded at the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town in Birmingham in November 1974\n\nJohn Teggart, whose father Danny was one of the victims of the Ballymurphy shootings in 1971, said the proposals were a \"slap in the face\" for victims.\n\n\"It dances on the graves of all our loved ones and all those who affected in the conflict,\" he told BBC News NI's Evening Extra.\n\nSerena Hamilton, whose father Cpl David Graham was an Ulster Defence Regiment soldier killed by the IRA in Coalisland, County Tyrone, in 1977, said she was \"absolutely disgusted\".\n\n\"How can you move forward when you haven't got justice in the first place for such heinous crimes that happened to the likes of my father?,\" she asked on Evening Extra.\n\nLord Dannatt, a former Army chief, who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, said the proposals represented the \"least worst option\" and offered families a way to get answers about what happened.\n\n\"There is now a mechanism where questions can be asked, facts can be ascertained and they will be able to get some degree of closure in knowing what happened because the people answering those questions, whether they're paramilitaries or retired soldiers, will be able to answer those questions truthfully and honestly without the fear of being prosecuted and dragged through the courts.\"\n\nAmnesty International rejected the proposals as showing an \"appalling and offensive disregard for victims\".\n\nIts Northern Ireland campaign manager, Grainne Teggart, said: \"Many victims are having their worst fears realised in these proposals, the government is closing down paths to justice.\"\n\nIan Simpson, from the Northern Ireland Veterans' Association, said \"today is a shameful day\".\n\nHe continued: \"Today, the veterans and innocent victims have been betrayed to the uttermost by Boris Johnson and the British government.\n\n\"People who held the line in Northern Ireland, who gave us peace in Northern Ireland, have been put on a pedestal with terrorists, people who went out on a daily basis to murder and to maim.\"\n\nThe government statement followed significant recent developments in a number of high-profile Troubles prosecution cases.\n\nIn May, two former paratroopers were acquitted of the 1972 murder of Official IRA man Joe McCann after their trial collapsed due to the inadmissibility of prosecution evidence.\n\nJoe McCann was shot near his home in the Markets area of Belfast in April 1972\n\nBoth soldiers had been interviewed by a police legacy unit, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET), in 2010 and it was that evidence which formed a substantial part of the prosecution's case.\n\nBut the judge ruled that evidence inadmissible and as the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) did not appeal against that decision, the case could not proceed.\n\nThen, earlier this month, the McCann murder trial collapse had implications for two other high-profile cases - the Bloody Sunday trial and the prosecution for the murder of 15-year-old Daniel Hegarty.\n\nThe PPS met the families of Daniel Hegarty and two men killed on Bloody Sunday to explain that given \"related evidential features\" to the McCann case, prosecutors no longer believed there was a reasonable prospect that key evidence against the soldiers accused of their loved one's murders would be ruled admissible.\n\nThe Bloody Sunday case was due to be formally dismissed in court last week, but instead it was adjourned following a legal challenge by a brother of one of the men shot dead on Bloody Sunday.", "Oliver Daemen is the son of Somerset Capital Partners CEO Joes Daemen\n\nAn 18-year-old is to become the youngest person to fly to space when he joins Jeff Bezos on the first human flight by his space company on 20 July.\n\nOliver Daemen will fly in place of an anonymous $28m (£20m) winning bidder of a public auction.\n\nThe winner of the auction could not fly on the mission \"due to scheduling conflicts\", Mr Bezos' space venture Blue Origin said.\n\nThe teenager is the son of Somerset Capital Partners CEO Joes Daemen.\n\nMr Daemen had secured a seat on the second flight but was moved up to the first when the winning bidder pulled out, Blue Origin said. He then chose to instead fly his son, who is a physics student.\n\nHe will join 82-year-old Wally Funk, who will become the oldest ever person in space. Mr Bezos and his brother Mark will make up the rest of the passengers on the New Shepard rocket.\n\nThe previous winner of the auction has remained anonymous, even as the launch edged closer, and the nature of the \"conflicts\" which led to their withdrawal have not been disclosed.\n\nBlue Origin have not said how much Mr Daeman's ticket cost.\n\nIt said the flight will fulfil a lifelong dream for the teenager, \"who has been fascinated by space, the Moon and rockets since he was four\".\n\nThe company plans to launch its passengers more than 100km (62 miles) above the Earth's surface, allowing them to experience microgravity.\n\nThe capsule will then return to Earth using parachutes on a trip expected to last about 10 minutes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Five things to know about Amazon boss Jeff Bezos\n\nJeff Bezos is one of the world's richest people.\n\nHe created Blue Origin in 2000 and announced last month that he and his brother would embark on the flight - describing it as something he had wanted to do \"all my life\".\n\nThe flight comes after billionaire Sir Richard Branson successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane last week.", "A man whose wife died after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab has said a vaccine damages scheme needs to be made easier for families to access.\n\nKurt Weideling lost his wife Nicola in May after the 45-year-old suffered rare complications after the jab.\n\nHe is now trying to apply for compensation through the UK government's Vaccine Damage Payment programme, which was set up in 1979 and offers those who are \"severely disabled as a result of a vaccination against certain diseases\" a one-off tax-free payment of £120,000.\n\nHe said people like Nicola \"have effectively died as heroes\" as they had made the sacrifice for a vaccine programme that has saved thousands of lives.\n\nThere was a \"pretty fundamental ethical responsibility to those families\" who have lost loved ones who have had the jab, after the UK continued with its vaccine programme \"knowing that a certain number of people would die\", he added.\n\nThe government says it has received 145 claims for vaccine damage payments after a Covid vaccination but, to date, no payments have been made.\n\nThe Department of Health says vaccines are safe and effective and have already prevented 30,000 Covid deaths in England.", "Boris Johnson says he is not attracted to proposals for new taxes intended to reduce sugar and salt.\n\nThe PM said a government-commissioned review of the food we eat was likely to contain good ideas, but he did not want to impact \"hard-working people\".\n\nThe review, led by businessman Henry Dimbleby, said taxes raised could extend free school meal provision and support better diets among the poorest.\n\nMr Johnson's official spokesman said the PM would \"carefully consider\" the report, and promised the government would respond with proposals for future laws in six months' time.\n\nMeanwhile, the food industry warned new taxes on wholesale sugar and salt could lead to higher food prices in shops.\n\nIan Wright, of the Food and Drink Federation, which represents manufacturers, said obesity and food was very much about poverty. \"We need measures to tackle poverty and to help people to make choices they need to make,\" he said.\n\nThe review says historic reforms of the food system are needed to protect the NHS, improve the health of the nation and save the environment.\n\nThe new taxes would be applied to wholesale sugar and salt purchased by manufacturers, which could in turn raise some prices on shelves.\n\nBut Mr Dimbleby said: \"We do not actually believe that for most things it will hike the price - what it will do is it will reformulate, it will make people take sugar and salt out.\"\n\nThe review describes the Covid-19 pandemic as a \"painful reality check\" that has revealed the scale of food-related ill-health.\n\n\"Our high obesity rate has been a major factor in the UK's tragically high death rate,\" said Mr Dimbleby, who co-founded the fast food chain Leon.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the focus should turn to preventing people getting to the NHS.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Henry Dimbleby says the \"junk food cycle must be broken\"\n\nHe said his proposals - if implemented in full - could save 38 calories per person per day, helping the average person lose 2kg (4.4lb) in weight a year.\n\nAsked if this was an example of the nanny state where the posh tell the poor what is good for them, Mr Dimbleby said \"it's only posh people who ever say that to me... if you go to communities, they really want to change our food system\".\n\nPsychologist David Halpern, who advises the government, told Today taxing sugar and salt could act as a \"double nudge\" on behaviour.\n\nHe compared the concept to the sugar levy on soft drinks, introduced in April 2018 and which drove manufacturers to remove sugar from products through reformulation.\n\nHe added that levy led to a reduction of sugar added into soft drinks of about a third, while sales also rose at the same time.\n\nPoor diet contributes to 64,000 deaths a year in England alone and costs the economy £74bn, the review says.\n\nIt claims more than half of over-45s now live with diet-related health conditions.\n\nAnd our eating habits are not just damaging our health, they are also destroying the environment, the review warns.\n\nThe food we eat accounts for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the review.\n\nThe global food system is the single biggest contributor to biodiversity loss, deforestation, drought, freshwater pollution and the collapse of aquatic wildlife, says the review.\n\nIt is also the second-biggest contributor to climate change, after the energy industry.\n\nCalorie for calorie, highly processed foods are three times cheaper than healthy food, the report found.\n\nThe review recommended the new tax be set at £3/kg for sugar and £6/kg for salt sold wholesale for use in processed foods, or in restaurants and catering businesses.\n\nThis would represent a very dramatic increase in the cost of these two important ingredients.\n\nThe tax could raise as much as £3.4bn a year, the review team calculated.\n\nBut the previous sugar levy on soft drinks brought in less tax revenue than expected because manufacturers voluntarily reduced the amount of sugar to avoid it.\n\nThe National Food Strategy recognised that by raising prices of some products the sugar and salt tax would be likely to put extra financial strain on the poorest families.\n\nIn a series of recommendations designed to get fresh food and ingredients to low-income households with children, it recommended:\n\nIt encouraged the government to set a target to reduce the nation's meat consumption by 30% over 10 years.\n\nOther recommendations included helping farmers transition to more sustainable farming methods and dividing land equally between high intensity farming, environment-friendly low-intensity agriculture and nature reserves.\n\nThe first part of the two-part review was published last summer and looked at food as part of trade deals and farming payments.\n\nRestauranteur and Great British Bake-Off judge Prue Leith called it \"a compelling and overdue plan of action\" which, if adopted, would put \"our food system on the right path to health and prosperity\".\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas said she wanted to see government policies designed to meet Mr Dimbleby's recommendations but feared it could end up being ignored.\n\nThe government announced a UK-wide pre-9pm ban on TV adverts for food high in sugar, salt and fat last month.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Let cooking teachers do what they're good at\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The deadly floods have left homes and cars destroyed\n\nAt least 70 people have died in Germany and Belgium after record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks.\n\nMost of the victims were in Germany, but at least 11 have died in Belgium, with more reported missing.\n\nThe German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia were worst hit, but the Netherlands is also badly affected.\n\nMore heavy rain is forecast across the region on Friday, while local officials have blamed climate change.\n\nArmin Laschet, the premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, blamed the extreme weather on global warming during a visit to a hard-hit area.\n\n\"We will be faced with such events over and over, and that means we need to speed up climate protection measures... because climate change isn't confined to one state,\" he said.\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, but linking any single event to global warming is complicated.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is in the US ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden, called the flooding a \"catastrophe\" and said she was \"grieving those who have lost their lives\".\n\n\"My thoughts are with you, and you can trust that all forces of our government - federal, regional and community - collectively will do everything under the most difficult conditions to save lives, alleviate dangers and to relieve distress.\"\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nIn Germany, police helicopters and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to affected areas to help stranded residents.\n\nDozens of people waited on rooftops to be rescued.\n\nSchools have been closed around the west of Germany, while transport links have been severely disrupted.\n\nAbout 25 houses are in danger of collapsing in the district of Schuld bei Adenau in the mountainous Eifel region, where a state of emergency has been declared, according to German broadcaster SWR.\n\nIt said some houses had been completely cut-off and could no longer be reached by boat.\n\nThe army has been deployed to help people in affected areas\n\nResidents in the region told AFP news agency they were stunned by the disaster.\n\n\"Nobody was expecting this - where did all this rain come from? It's crazy,\" Annemarie Mueller, a 65-year-old resident of Mayen, said. \"It made such a loud noise and given how fast it came down we thought it would break the door down.\"\n\nLocal teacher Ortrud Meyer, 36, said she had \"never seen anything like this\".\n\n\"My father-in-law is almost 80, he's from Mayen, and he says he's never experienced anything like this,\" she said.\n\nIn Belgium, dramatic footage of the floods showed cars being swept away along a street in the city of Verviers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Météo Express This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nResidents of Liège, Belgium's third-largest urban area after Brussels and Antwerp, were ordered to evacuate. Those unable to leave should move to the upper floors of their buildings, local officials said.\n\nThe Meuse river which flows through the city is expected to rise by another 1.5 metres, despite being on the verge of overflowing already. Officials are also concerned that a dam bridge in the area may collapse and urged people to help each other.\n\n\"The crisis situation is exceptional and solidarity must prevail,\" the local authority said in a statement.\n\nResidents of the Belgian town of Pepinster, which lies at the confluence of two rivers in Liège province, were evacuated in a large truck on Thursday, but conditions in the municipality of Trooz are so bad that evacuation efforts have been halted.\n\nIn the Netherlands, there have been no casualties reported but thousands of people in towns and villages along the Meuse river have been urged to leave their houses quickly.\n\nIn the Dutch city of Maastricht, 10,000 people have been ordered to evacuate.\n\nAnd flooding in Valkenburg, close to the Belgian and German borders, engulfed the town centre and forced the evacuation of several nursing homes.\n\nHave you been affected by the flooding? Please share your experiences.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The UK's two largest supermarkets will continue to ask shoppers to wear masks, even after the legal requirement to do so in England is dropped on Monday.\n\nSainsbury's and Tesco have joined the bookseller, Waterstones, which has said customers should wear masks to protect staff and other shoppers.\n\nSainsbury's said signs and tannoy announcements would remind shoppers to cover their faces.\n\nTesco said it wanted to \"be on the safe side\".\n\nThe chain will also continue to limit the number of shoppers in store at any one time.\n\nThe government has said it \"expects and recommends\" shoppers in England to wear face masks from Monday. But the legal requirement to cover your face in enclosed spaces will end. Different rules apply in the devolved nations.\n\nThe new guidance leaves firms to decide their own safety policies after 19 July when Covid rules are lifted.\n\nAlong with Tesco, Sainsbury's and Waterstones, several other businesses and organisations have said they will ask customers to keep their masks. They include:\n\nThe decision poses a dilemma for businesses, however, since it is not clear whether encouraging mask-wearing will put off or attract shoppers.\n\nPrimark has said it won't have signage requesting customers to wear masks but hopes they will continue to do so. John Timpson, founder of the keycutting and shoe repair chain, said the decision would be left to customers.\n\nSainsbury's said its strategy reflected feedback from customers and colleagues, with the majority of those surveyed in favour of keeping the mask policy in place.\n\nThe chain said some Covid measures, such as screens between self-service checkouts and checkout queues, would be gradually removed. However screens between checkout staff and customers will remain in place.\n\nThe recommendation to wear a mask is based on scientists' advice that it will help prevent the wearer from infecting others through the wider dispersal of airborne particles.\n\nCritics of the government's new strategy say, given the current rapid spread of the virus, rules on mask-wearing should be retained after other social restrictions are eased in England on 19 July. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are maintaining stricter rules on face-coverings.\n\nThe trades union body, the TUC, called the government's strategy in England \"a recipe for rising infections\".\n\nThe shop workers' union, Usdaw, said the policy would create confusion and put shop workers at risk.\n\nIn its advice, the government says: \"Face coverings are no longer required by law. However, the government expects and recommends that people continue to wear a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.\"\n\nIt said this would apply to offices, factories, shops, construction sites, and close-contact services such as hairdressers and beauticians.\n\nThe government said it expected any return to work to be \"gradual\" and asked employers to continue to use measures to reduce potential Covid spread, such as risk assessments, thorough cleaning and ensuring adequate ventilation.\n\nHowever, much of the language in the guidance involves \"encouraging\" employers, staff and customers to \"consider\" measures which are already widespread, such as hand-washing, sanitiser use and contactless payments.\n\nThe TUC's general secretary, Frances O'Grady, said the guidelines \"have been published without proper consultation with unions or employers, just two full working days before restrictions end on Monday\".\n\n\"Instead of providing clear and consistent guidance on how to keep staff safe at work, the government is abandoning workers and employers,\" she said.\n\nEmployers body the Institute of Directors said the guidance \"fails to inspire confidence in the return to work\".\n\nDr Roger Barker, policy director at the Institute of Directors, said: \"Like everybody else, businesses across the country having been awaiting 'freedom day' with bated breath.\n\n\"But instead we have had a series of mixed messages and patchwork requirements from government that have dampened that enthusiasm.\"\n\nThe British Retail Consortium, which represents big chains, said violence and abuse against shop workers had been on the rise during the pandemic, adding that \"colleagues cannot be put in the firing line because of this change in policy\".\n\nChief executive of the trade body Helen Dickinson said retailers will be asking customers to be \"considerate to those around them\" when choosing whether to wear a face covering.\n\nThe beauty industry trade body Babtac said that they will be working with members to provide more clarity.\n\nHead of Babtac, Lesley Blair, told the BBC that while it may no longer be law, the group \"would certainly encourage\" their members to continue to wear masks for the time being, especially when working in close proximity to customers.", "A longer gap between first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine makes the body's immune system produce more infection-fighting antibodies, UK researchers have found.\n\nExperts say the findings support the UK's decision on extending dosing intervals from the initial recommendation of three weeks.\n\nAn eight-week gap seems to be the sweet spot for tackling the Delta variant.\n\nThe UK initially extended the dosing gap to 12 weeks at the end of 2020.\n\nBut as the vaccination programme has been rolled out through the age groups - everyone over 18 has now been offered at least their first jab - people have been encouraged to bring their second jab forward and get it after eight weeks.\n\nThe government-funded work is published in a pre-print paper not yet peer reviewed.\n\nFor the study, the researchers compared the immune responses of 503 NHS staff who received their two shots at different intervals in late 2020 and early 2021, when the Alpha Covid variant, first identified in Kent, was rapidly spreading.\n\nAntibody levels in their blood were measured a month after the second vaccine dose.\n\nProf Susanna Dunachie, the joint chief investigator in the Pitch study, at Oxford University, said two doses were better than one but the timing of the second was somewhat flexible depending on the circumstances.\n\nFor the UK's current situation, she said: \"Eight weeks is about the sweet spot for me, because people do want to get the two vaccine [doses] and there is a lot of Delta out there right now.\n\n\"Unfortunately, I can't see this virus disappearing, so you want to balance that against getting the best protection that you can.\"\n\nDr Rebecca Payne, one of the study authors, from Newcastle University, said: \"Our study provides reassuring evidence that both dosing schedules generate robust immune responses against Sars-CoV-2 after two doses.\n\n\"We now need to carry out more follow-up studies to understand the full clinical significance of our findings.\"\n\nReal-world data from Public Health England shows the Pfizer vaccine is effective at reducing levels of serious disease, hospital admissions and death, even after one dose.\n\nVaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said: \"The findings from this latest Pitch study are hugely significant not just for the UK but for the world, helping us better understand the mechanics behind our immune response to Covid-19 and the importance of getting both doses of the vaccine.\n\n\"As we raced to offer a vaccine to all adults, we took the [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] JCVI's advice to shorten the dosing interval from 12 to eight weeks, to help protect more people against the Delta variant.\n\n\"This latest study provides further evidence that this interval results in a strong immune response and supports our decision.\n\n\"I urge every adult to get both doses of the vaccine, protect yourself and those around you, and we are looking to offer millions of the most vulnerable a booster jab from September to ensure this protection is maintained.\"\n\nThe Pfizer jab is one of three currently being used in the UK, along with vaccines made by Oxford-AstraZeneca and Moderna.", "Planners can effectively ignore climate change when they are deciding whether to grant permission for new road schemes, environmentalists have said.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has promised a review of £27bn highways policy which will be completed within two years.\n\nBut in the meantime, planners can use existing guidelines.\n\nCampaigners say these ignore the cumulative effects of major road projects.\n\nThey say Mr Shapps should be blocking new schemes until a new climate-friendly policy is developed.\n\nMany scientists say no new infrastructure should be built unless it is low-carbon.\n\nThe debate has been raised because government policies for infrastructure were devised before ministers committed to virtually abolishing carbon emissions for the whole UK economy.\n\nThe policy debate is still catching up.\n\nCurrently guidance to planners states: “Any increase in carbon emissions is not a reason to refuse development consent, unless the increase in carbon emissions resulting from the proposed scheme are so significant that it would have a material impact on the ability of government to meet its carbon reduction targets.”\n\nCampaigners say the government must take account of the cumulative climate effect of its entire roads programme – not just of individual schemes.\n\nThey have been chivvying Mr Shapps for 18 months to update the roads strategy to combat the climate crisis.\n\nHe has now promised to review it – but not for up to two years.\n\nChris Todd, from Transport Action Network, said, \"As our roads melt and places around the world face record temperatures and floods, the words ‘climate emergency’ appear to have no meaning within the Department for Transport.\n\n“Instead, all we seem to get are delay, delay and yet more delay. Having now finally accepted the inevitable, Mr Shapps is still fiddling while the planet burns.”\n\nMr Todd said the test for carbon in the guidelines was \"utterly ridiculous\".\n\n\"A road scheme's emissions, however large, are never going to be significant compared to a five year carbon budget for the whole of the UK,\" he said. \"It's high time the government corrected this ludicrous state of affairs.\"\n\nAA president Edmund King has called for better rural broadband\n\nHowever, Edmund King, AA president, said that zero emission cars will still need roads to drive on.\n\n“So while it is correct to review the roads programme and especially the expansion of smart motorways, it is naïve to think we wouldn’t need to sort out the bottlenecks and dangerous hotspots.”\n\nMr King, though, also wants a major government investment in rural broadband to reduce the need for travel.\n\nAnd Mr Shapps himself says he wants to get people out of their cars to reduce emissions and improve health.\n\nA government spokesman said that the Department for Transport and Highways England have both published \"ambitious plans to get to net zero highways\".\n\n\"This will see the UK rapidly cut carbon from road construction, maintenance and operations, and support the transition to zero emission vehicles - putting roads at the heart of the low carbon economy,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nAmong the schemes pending approval is the Lower Thames Crossing – a massive project that campaigners complain would produce over 5 million tonnes of carbon emissions.\n\nThe campaigners also complain that smart motorways, which allow vehicles to run on the hard shoulder, are treated as permitted development without the need for planning permission or any assessment of carbon impacts.\n\nEmissions come from the creation of the road-building materials such as cement, as well as from petrol and diesel cars and lorries that will be using new road space.\n\nOnly last week Mr Shapps told holidaymakers they could carry on flying because technology would solve emissions from aviation.\n\nThis flew in the face of a recommendation from the Climate Change Committee which says ministers must dampen the projected increase in demand for flying – as well as seeking technology solutions.", "Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed in the Real IRA attack\n\nIt is plausible that there was a real prospect the 1998 Omagh bombing could have been prevented by the security services, a judge has ruled.\n\nMr Justice Mark Horner also called for new investigations on both sides of the Irish border.\n\nHe made the ruling at Belfast High Court in a case brought by Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was one of the victims.\n\nThe 29 victims of the Real IRA attack included a woman pregnant with twins.\n\nIt was the biggest single atrocity in the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.\n\nNo one has ever been convicted of carrying out the attack.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his ruling, the judge said: \"I am satisfied that certain grounds when considered separately or together give rise to plausible allegations that there was a real prospect of preventing the Omagh bombing.\n\n\"These grounds involve, inter alia, the consideration of terrorist activity on both sides of the border by prominent dissident terrorist republicans leading up to the Omagh bomb.\"\n\nHe added: \"It is not within my power to order any type of investigation to take place in the Republic of Ireland but there is a real advantage in an Article 2 compliant investigation proceeding in the Republic of Ireland simultaneously with one in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Any investigation will have to look specifically at the issue of whether a more proactive campaign of disruption, especially if co-ordinated north and south of the border, had a real prospect of preventing the Omagh bombing, and whether, without the benefit of hindsight, the potential advantages of taking a much more aggressive approach towards the suspected terrorists outweighed the potential disadvantages inherent in such an approach.\"\n\nThe judge said he was \"not going to order a public inquiry to look at the arguable grounds of preventability\".\n\nResponding to the verdict, Michael Gallagher said: \"The court's conclusions today, almost 23 years after the Omagh bomb, vindicate the consistent view that there are significant issues that need to be appropriately investigated.\n\n\"The only mechanism that can bring about truth and justice is a full public inquiry.\"\n\nMr Gallagher told the media the judgement was \"quite difficult to take in\" due to the \"enormity\" of what the judge said.\n\n\"For a very long time there's been no doubt in my mind that Omagh was a preventable atrocity, but nobody wanted to hear that message, not the Irish government, not the British government, but now we have an independent person who has said it.\"\n\nStanley McCombe and Michael Gallagher, who lost loved ones in the bombing, respond to Friday's ruling\n\nThe conclusion of this long awaited ruling only runs to one page, but the fuller judgement will follow in due course.\n\nEssentially Mr Justice Horner says two things: it is plausible the Omagh bomb could have been prevented and the allegations around pre-attack intelligence merit an investigation.\n\nI think the government will find it very, very difficult to resist the ruling here.\n\nThat's not to say they may not challenge it and seek to overturn it.\n\nThere may be parallels with the Patrick Finucane case as they too have won court cases in which they have found there hasn't been an adequate investigation and the government has resisted or stalled on a public inquiry and an investigation in that case.\n\nWe may not see something happening very quickly.\n\nSecretary of State Brandon Lewis said the families deserve answers and he had \"great respect for their patience, grace and determination\".\n\nHe added: \"We recognise that today the court has set out that there are 'plausible allegations that there was a real prospect of preventing the Omagh bombing' and that more should be done to investigate this.\n\n\"The UK government will take time to consider the judge's statement and all its recommendations carefully as we wait for the full judgment to be published.\"\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin said that \"evil people\" carried out the 1998 attack which he described as \"absolutely reckless, appalling and gave such heartache\".\n\nHe said: \"We're going to analyse the judgement and do what is necessary in terms of the citizens on the island of Ireland.\"\n\nThe legal case began in 2013 and concluded two years ago, but the judgement has only now been delivered.\n\nThe Lord chief justice's office blamed the delay on the assessment of \"sensitive\" documents.\n\nRUC and forensic officers sift through the debris of the Omagh explosion\n\nThe legal action followed a decision by the government to reject the need for a public inquiry eight years ago.\n\nIt said there had been multiple investigations, including those involving the Police Ombudsman.\n\nCentral to Mr Gallagher's case were claims that intelligence from intelligence agents, MI5 and RUC officers could have been drawn together to prevent the bombing.\n\nThere were national security issues around the hearing of evidence, which delayed matters, but it concluded in July 2019.", "Alison Drew says the language school in Scarborough should be crowded with students\n\nFor English language schools, the vocabulary that's been most important in recent times has been \"empty\".\n\nBecause since the pandemic began last year, many language schools have not had any overseas students to teach.\n\nDan Methven, who teaches in the Anglolang school in Scarborough, says for two summers now they have had a \"ghost school\" without students.\n\nEnglish UK, representing language schools, says the sector, worth £1.4bn each year, is in danger of collapse.\n\nLanguage schools have complained that their problems have been overlooked, with fee-paying overseas students still staying away because of worries about Covid and travel restrictions.\n\nAt the Anglolang school, in the North Yorkshire resort town, there should be about 2,500 students coming for English lessons each year, from countries such as Spain and Italy, says academic manager Alison Drew.\n\n\"We're a forgotten industry,\" she says, walking through empty classrooms and the school's big garden which would usually be packed with teenagers heading out on trips.\n\nIn a series of special reports, BBC News has been looking at the challenges and opportunities in seaside towns such as Scarborough.\n\nAs well as the worsening financial pressure on the school, she says there is a wider loss to the seaside town's local economy.\n\n\"Students pay to stay with host families, we take them out on excursions, 10 coaches at a time. There's a knock-on effect,\" she says.\n\nThe doors are open but there are no students to teach this summer\n\n\"Imagine any business with 16 months of no money,\" says Mr Methven, a senior teacher at the school. \"Missing one summer was inconceivable, missing two is ridiculous.\"\n\nHe says while other parts of tourism and hospitality are getting back on their feet, language schools are still effectively closed, when parents are unwilling to risk sending their children overseas during the pandemic.\n\nThe cancellations started before the official lockdown last March, he says, and in such a seasonal business this year has more or less been written off, meaning it will have been two years without students.\n\nAs well as the town's missing income, the teachers are disappointed about the cultural exchanges being lost.\n\n\"It's a really important part of young people's lives, the first time they've been away from home,\" says Mr Methven.\n\nStaff at the Anglolang school have been furloughed, but the teachers are worried about how long such private schools can survive.\n\nA group of 36 MPs have written to Boris Johnson calling for support for a language-teaching sector they say is of \"huge national strategic importance\".\n\nThe MPs warn that many language schools are on the \"brink of collapse\", putting at risk 35,000 jobs and the £1.4bn brought each year into local economies.\n\nThe wider seaside economy is losing out from the lack of language students\n\n\"As a seasonal industry relying on inbound tourism, there is a very real risk that many of these businesses will close,\" says the letter signed by MPs, including Andrew Lewer and Sir Graham Brady.\n\nJodie Grey, chief executive of English UK, said: \"We cannot now see any prospect of significant recovery until 2022.\"\n\nShe said some language schools, such as Anglolang, had received help with business rates from councils - but others were still facing charges which she said could force them to close.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Business (BEIS) said: \"We appreciate the significant impact the pandemic has had on businesses, including English language schools, which is why we have backed them with our unprecedented £352bn package of support.\n\n\"The furlough scheme and support for the self-employed is also in place until September, and eligible businesses continue to benefit from business rates relief of 75% over the year, VAT cuts and the Recovery Loan Scheme.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sarm Heslop's parents said they \"still have hope\" she will be found\n\nThe parents of a British woman who vanished from her boyfriend's yacht in the US Virgin Islands \"still have hope\" she will be found alive.\n\nSarm Heslop, 41, from Southampton, was reported missing by Ryan Bane, from his boat off St John over four months ago.\n\nPeter Heslop and Brenda Street say they are in a \"living nightmare\" and still have no answers about what happened.\n\nMr Bane, the last person to have seen her, has declined detectives' request for an interview, according to police.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, from their home in Essex, Ms Heslop's parents said they \"still believe she will come back\" and just want to find her and uncover the truth.\n\nMs Street said: \"I feel like I'm in a numb bubble - I can't bear anybody talking about her or looking sorry for me, it's just horrible. I wake up every morning and it's the same nightmare.\n\n\"I really believe in my heart that if she was gone I'd feel it - I still have hope.\"\n\nMs Heslop, a former flight attendant, had been staying and working with Mr Bane, a US citizen, on the catamaran Siren Song.\n\nShe was known to have gone for dinner in St John, which was under a 22:00 local-time Covid curfew, with Mr Bane on 7 March.\n\nHe reported her missing to police at 02:30 on 8 March - his call to the coastguard then took a further nine hours.\n\nFour months after she vanished, what happened to the former flight attendant is still not known\n\n\"It just drives me nuts. What happened between 02:00 and 11:45 in the morning? He didn't shout and holler - he didn't ask for nobody, he just made a phone call to the police. There's just no answers,\" Mr Heslop said.\n\nMs Street added: \"We can't understand why it took him so long - there's such a time lapse and nobody has seen her since she left the restaurant.\n\n\"If you were that last person to see that person wouldn't you just go and answer the questions, be involved in the investigation, be there asking questions?\n\n\"Any person would surely do anything they could to help find somebody that he was supposed to love. What sort of human being wouldn't be there to help - he should just come forth and cooperate.\"\n\nShe added the only time she saw Mr Bane was \"when he called on that fateful day on WhatsApp\".\n\nSarm Heslop had been staying on the catamaran Siren Song\n\nThey want Mr Bane to come forward to police and a full forensic search to be carried out on the boat.\n\nMs Heslop's possessions, including her bank cards and mobile phone, were found on the boat when she vanished.\n\nFollowing her disappearance, Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) searched the island and its coastline using divers, drones and dogs.\n\nIn a statement issued at the time, VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said: \"Soon after reporting Ms Heslop missing, Mr Bane acquired the services of an attorney.\n\n\"Upon his attorney's advice, Mr Bane exercised his constitutional right to remain silent and denied officers' requests to search the vessel.\"\n\nUS citizen Ryan Bane reported Sarm Heslop missing to police at 02:30 on 8 March\n\nIn April the force said detectives had been unable to confirm if she was onboard the catamaran as reported by Mr Bane on 7 March.\n\nIn its latest statement VIPD said: \"We would like to interview Ryan Bane.\n\n\"We cannot confirm Mr Bane's location, however, we urge him to make contact with us to aid us with this investigation.\"\n\nMs Heslop is known to have had dinner in St John with US citizen Mr Bane on 7 March\n\nMr Bane's lawyer said: \"If Mr Bane's presence is legally required in the territory, he will return upon such a demand.\n\n\"He met with the US Coast Guard, answered all questions posed to him, and gave them unfettered access to the vessel as well as to Sarm's personal belongings including her phone and iPad.\n\n\"Mr Bane had nothing to do with Sarm's disappearance and remains heartbroken that she is missing.\"\n\nFriends of Ms Heslop in the UK have offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information and set up a Missing Sarm Heslop Facebook page to share information about her disappearance.\n\nThanking her friends for their ongoing support, Ms Heslop's parents added: \"They have become good friends to us - they have worked endlessly and they are hurting as well.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Train companies have said they may have to reduce timetables to cope with shortages of staff forced to isolate by the NHS Covid app.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators, said that as Covid cases were increasing, more staff were being \"pinged\" by the app.\n\nIt said that while companies were working to \"minimise any disruption, there may be an impact on services\".\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) said it had agreed to reduced timetables.\n\n\"We recognise the challenges operators are facing due to staff shortages and have agreed that they can consider a reduced or revised timetable in the event of serious shortages,\" a DfT spokesperson said.\n\n\"These timetables must prioritise safe and reliable services and we urge passengers to check before they travel.\"\n\nThe number of people in England and Wales being \"pinged\" by the NHS app rose by 17% to 618,903 alerts in the week to 15 July.\n\nSome rail companies have already announced cancellations because of pinging. Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Thameslink and Southern trains, has announced it will introduce a reduced timetable from Monday 26 July.\n\nGTR said: \"Unfortunately, like other industries across the country, coronavirus continues to affect our operations. We have fewer colleagues available at the moment due to a significant increase recently in the number of our people affected by Covid-19.\n\n\"Our colleagues have continued to work tirelessly throughout the pandemic and we're really sorry for any inconvenience caused by the latest changes.\"\n\nWest Midlands Trains, which operates West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern, also said it has a driver shortage after being unable to train new workers due to Covid restrictions and social distancing rules.\n\nThe company had recruited over 100 drivers as they anticipated many existing drivers were due to retire but it has now lost 25,000 training days and said it will take a year to catch up.\n\nMeanwhile, a senior rail source has told the BBC that the government's plan to require rail companies to apply for exemptions for \"pinged\" workers is completely unmanageable and will lead to cancellations.\n\n\"It will take longer to deal with cases than the isolation,\" the source said. \"This is very much a current problem and an ongoing risk.\n\n\"The crux of the government's thinking appears to be how essential certain roles are. But trains get essential workers to work. This does not mean transport is sorted and is not a comfort to those doing the timetable or arranging train drivers' schedules.\"\n\nThe source added that the vast majority of train drivers were already double-vaccinated and that the government had \"set the bar very high\" for exemptions.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nSailor Hannah Mills and rower Mohamed Sbihi have been chosen to carry the flag for Great Britain at Friday's Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony.\n\nMills, who won gold at Rio 2016 and silver at London 2012, will become the fourth British woman to carry the flag at a summer Games.\n\nIt is the first time nations have been allowed to select male and female flag bearers for the Games.\n\n\"It's not something I ever dreamed would be a possibility,\" Mills said.\n\nThe 33-year-old told BBC Sport she was \"completely overwhelmed\" by being chosen to bear the flag.\n\n\"I got super emotional when I found out,\" she said.\n\n\"Mark England [Team GB chef de mission] told me in front of the whole sailing team, which was a really cool moment, and then we had to rush out of the door and go sailing.\n\n\"I went and had 30 seconds on my own and it all just bubbled up as to what it meant. It is the greatest honour in my career.\"\n\nSbihi, also 33, who won gold in the coxless four in Rio and bronze in the men's eight in London, will become the fourth rower to carry the flag at the opening ceremony.\n\n\"It is an iconic moment within the Olympic movement - people remember those images,\" said Sbihi, who missed the opening ceremonies in 2016 and 2012 because of the schedule of the rowing competition.\n\n\"It will be really special and will complete my Olympic puzzle. I've won a medal, been to the closing ceremony but now to actually turn up at an opening ceremony and be at the head of the team alongside Hannah, it will be a lifetime memory that I will never forget.\"\n\nA British Olympic Association panel selected the pair to be flag bearers after each sport put forward athletes to a shortlist.\n\nOlympic and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray carried the flag in Rio five years ago, while cyclist Chris Hoy led Team GB into London's Olympic Stadium in 2012.\n\nMeanwhile, the show director of the opening ceremony, Kentaro Kobayashi, has been dismissed after footage from the 1990s recently emerged in which he seems to be making jokes about the Holocaust.\n\nAfter his removal, organisers are now reassessing how to hold Friday's event.\n\nIt comes days after a composer quit the team creating the ceremony after it emerged he had bullied classmates with disabilities at school.\n\nOrganisers have also confirmed that two more athletes in the village are among 12 new cases positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the total of cases related to Games personnel to 91.\n\nThe opening ceremony begins at midday BST on Friday and will be live on BBC One, BBC Red Button and online.\n• None How Britain's Olympic dreams were rebuilt after a disappointing 1996\n• None Dominic Cummings on his role in Brexit, the pandemic and the government", "\"I've had big things. I'm trying to get to the great things.\"\n\nIn Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's world, two Olympic gold medals and nine World Championship titles only count as 'big'.\n\nThree Olympic gold medals, now that would be 'great'.\n\nIf the Jamaican sprinter justifies favouritism in the 100m, she'd be the first woman to win one individual Olympic track and field event three times, adding to her victories in 2008 and 2012.\n\n\"Man, that would be crazy,\" she tells BBC Sport with a laugh.\n\n\"For me, looking back I never even thought of myself as an Olympian. I never thought that I wanted to be a professional runner, I was just doing it, I wasn't thinking about it. To see how far I've come and the things I've been able to accomplish, I still pinch myself because I just cannot believe it.\"\n\nShe's also a strong contender in the 200m, and isn't playing down her chances.\n\n\"I am definitely looking forward to standing on the podium in both\".\n• None An Olympics like no other - Tokyo preview\n• None The world according to Dina Asher-Smith\n• None Five documentaries to get you in the mood for Tokyo 2020\n\nDespite admitting she is \"not young in terms of track\", Fraser-Pryce has shown blistering pace this season.\n\nIn June, she clocked 10.63 seconds in the 100m, in doing so becoming the fastest woman alive, and the second-fastest of all time behind American legend Florence Griffith-Joyner.\n\n\"I was floored, I couldn't even believe it. I am excited I was able to come so close [to Griffith-Joyner's record of 10.49secs, set in 1988] and I am definitely looking forward to going even faster in Tokyo.\n\n\"Nobody is going in there thinking 'OK she already won the medal' or something like that, you have to go there and actually deliver.\"\n\nOne of those bidding for the same glory is 200m world champion Dina Asher-Smith. What does Fraser-Pryce think of the Team GB star's chances?\n\n\"I can't tell you about her chances,\" she says, \"but Dina is a good athlete, she is very talented. At the end of the day I am not really focused on one individual, because to do that will take yourself out of the competition and I'm not about to take myself out of the competition.\"\n\nWhen both Fraser-Pryce and Asher-Smith line up for the 100m heats next week, they won't be joined by one of their fiercest rivals, 21-year-old US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, who is serving a one-month ban for testing positive for marijuana.\n\nFraser-Pryce is animated and engaged, but a question about Richardson's case produces by far her shortest answer.\n\n'My son comes first'\n\nRichardson's absence aside, there is plenty Fraser-Pryce does think about, including her desire to keep pushing for improvements in the treatment of female athletes.\n\n\"Even now in 2021 females are doing so much better, even in terms of track, than our male counterparts, and it's just about the media or sponsors and just fans overall giving us that respect that we deserve,\" she says.\n\n\"It's not easy to get up as women and continue to do this work and push the barriers and not being recognised for our efforts.\"\n\nAn inevitability of the upcoming Games is that it will bring renewed focus on shoe technology.\n\nBut Fraser-Pryce believes it's wrong to place too much emphasis on the spikes being worn.\n\n\"You can give the spike to everyone in the world and it doesn't mean they will run the same time as you or even better.\n\n\"If we just sit and think 'Oh it's just the spike', then it's one of those shoes that when Dorothy hits them she gets to Oz, and it's not. It requires work.\"\n\nThere is no denying Fraser-Pryce has put in the work. This will be her first Olympics as a mother - she gave birth to her son Zyon in 2017.\n\nClimbing her way back to the top of the sport after two years out hasn't been without difficulty, but is a source of huge pride and has offered her a new sense of perspective.\n\n\"It doesn't matter what happens on the field, my biggest accomplishment will always be my son and being able to come back to competition after having my son is also a big accomplishment, and giving other female athletes hope of whatever it is you want to do in life, you do not allow anybody to dictate what you do and when you stop. You can keep going.\n\n\"My son comes first. He doesn't even understand a gold medal or a silver medal - he's always upbeat and happy.\"\n\nZyon might not know the difference between gold and silver, but his mother certainly does.\n• None What does unionism mean now?: Andrea Catherwood explores what Brexit has done to unionism in Ireland", "A man died at Newport's Puregym despite other members trying to help\n\nAn investigation has been launched after a man died in a city centre gym.\n\nThe 52-year-old collapsed at the unstaffed PureGym in Newport on Wednesday night and waited 45 minutes for an ambulance to arrive.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said they have been under \"extreme pressures\" and \"some patients have waited a long time\" and will start an internal probe.\n\nFellow gym users used an on-site defibrillator on the man until the paramedics arrived.\n\nThe man collapsed and was \"complaining of chest pain and said he couldn't breathe\" at 23:35 BST at the gym in the Kingsway Shopping Centre at John Frost Square.\n\n\"The gentleman was on the floor because it was hot, one man was fanning him to cool him down because they thought he might just be overheated,\" one gym member told BBC Wales, who said the man initially \"seemed ok\".\n\n\"But then he was complaining of chest pain and said he couldn't breathe.\"\n\nThe ambulance was called at 23:41 and PureGym, whose 24-hour Newport site was unstaffed between 22:00 and 06:00, said paramedics arrived on site at 00:24.\n\n\"We are really sorry to hear about this patient's passing and would like to extend our thoughts and deepest sympathies to their loved ones,\" said Lee Brooks of the Welsh Ambulance Service.\n\n\"We have sought to be upfront with the public about the extreme pressures on our ambulance service this week, and as a result, some patients have waited a long time for our help.\n\n\"We are looking into the circumstances of what happened and will be reaching out to the patient's family directly.\"\n\nPureGym confirmed a man in their Newport gym had \"medical difficulties which tragically resulted in his death.\n\nThe firm said a manager was on the scene within 45 minutes and added: \"We extend our deep condolences to his family and friends.\n\n\"This gym is staffed from 0600 to 2200 but is unstaffed outside these hours when it is supported by our central support team including access to a help point and CCTV monitoring.\n\n\"This is in line with industry protocols and operating procedures.\n\n\"We appreciate how distressing this incident is for those members in the gym at the time and have contacted them to provide support\".", "The \"United Pingdom\" can get as technologically diverse as its politics.\n\nScotland seems to be avoiding the huge hit to business from the NHS Covid app in England, sending vast numbers of \"pings\" that tell people they have to self-isolate.\n\nIn only one week this month, England had 520,000 pings of the contact-tracing app. Entire business critical teams are off work.\n\nMore than a 10th of workers in Sunderland's Nissan plant are off. It's affecting the teams that make sea ports function.\n\nAround 900 workers at Nissan's Sunderland plant were sent home after being told to self-isolate\n\nWarehouse workers are decimated. The existing difficulties with a big shortage of lorry drivers, due to Brexit and a backlog of driver tests, are being made much worse.\n\nBusinesses are being forced to close, cut shifts or reduce opening hours. Goods are not being picked up on schedule, and deliveries are being delayed. That could soon begin to affect fuel supplies to petrol stations.\n\nThe knock-on effect of disruption in warehouses and supply chains is affecting the supply of goods into other parts of the UK, with fresh food the first to become obvious.\n\nYet the root problem of the contact-tracing app - doing its job assiduously, we have to assume, rather than simply going rogue - is not affecting Scotland to anything like the same extent.\n\nWhy? I've been trying to find out.\n\nSince its launch last September, the Protect Scotland app has had fewer than 60,000 notification \"pings\" in total, which should be for those within two metres of an infected person for at least 15 minutes.\n\nThat could be explained by different patterns of infection. And although Scottish infections have very recently been falling while English ones rise, the patterns have not been so different that they could be the only explanation.\n\nA further reason may be that the NHS England app is combined with a code scanner with which people can register their presence in a restaurant or pub. The Scottish app lacks that incentive to download it, and to keep it active.\n\nFigures show around half of those who originally downloaded the Scottish app no longer have it active. There is no equivalent figure for the English app.\n\nIn England, any positive Covid test will be automatically registered through the app\n\nAsked at a media briefing earlier this week why there are far fewer app pings, the deputy chief medical officer, Nicola Steedman, explained the software is more complex in the English app, but no less sensitive.\n\nWhile the difference may reflect the falling number of infections in Scotland, she also suggested it has to to do with those asked to key in a code to say they have had a positive test.\n\nIn England, if you book a Covid test through the app, any positive result will be automatically registered.\n\nIn Scotland, it requires the affected person to do that. It is anonymous, so there is no penalty for failing to do so, but Dr Steedman called on people to help the test and protect system by doing so.\n\nLarry Breen is head of health and life sciences at NearForm, the Irish company that designed the Protect Scotland app.\n\nThe Irish software firm provides a similar service to Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Jersey, Gibraltar, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia and Delaware.\n\nHe can explain how his system works, but isn't able to say how the English one is different. He confirms, however, that it is more complex than \"deployed in the marketplace elsewhere\".\n\nBluetooth technology can be set to register every connection as you walk down the street\n\nThe technology depends on Bluetooth connections with other smart phones in proximity.\n\nAs you walk down the street, it can be set to register everyone you pass within, say, five metres. That would create a very high level of connection.\n\nSo different variables can be set, primarily those of distance and time. Scotland and England are both supposed to be set to the same: up to two metres proximity for 15 minutes.\n\nIs there any way of knowing the non-compliance rate of those Scots being pinged with a positive infection, and then failing to register that with the system? No.\n\nThe Scottish app is \"privacy-preserving first\". It's completely anonymised. It is possible to see what happens on the app, but obviously impossible to tell when and where it's being ignored.", "Northern Ireland has provisionally recorded its highest ever temperature for the third time in less than a week.\n\nA weather station in the city of Armagh recorded a temperature of 31.4 C at 15.20 on Thursday.\n\nThis compares to the 31.3C which Castlederg recorded on Wednesday and the 31.2C which Ballywatticock recorded on Saturday.\n\nAn amber warning for heat has been issued by Met Office the until the end of Friday.\n\nThe previous record of 30.8C stood for 38 years.\n\nThe Met Office has still to officially verify this week's temperatures.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Met Office This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNI Water has also asked the public to \"use water responsibly\" as there is a \"possibility\" that a hosepipe ban may be introduced.\n\nIn response, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council have turned off all water features in the area, including the water jets in Lisburn's Market Square.\n\nThe council said it had taken the precautions due to increased temperatures and \"the need to protect our water supplies\".\n\nThe hot weather caused disruption to travel in parts of Northern Ireland on Thursday.\n\nRail services were delayed after speed restrictions were put in place due to high track temperatures.\n\nTicket sales to Helen's Bay, County Down, were also suspended in an attempt to manage the large number of passengers travelling to the area.\n\nTranslink said it had taken the decision to manage capacity for return journeys.\n\nIt asked people to consider whether their journey was \"completely necessary\" and to allow extra time for travel.\n\nInfrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon said people should avoid visiting places where there is a chance large numbers of people will gather.\n\nMs Mallon said the high temperatures have also affected the road network, with bitumen in some roads having softened.\n\nThe Met Office issued the extreme heat warning, with Met Éireann warnings also in place in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe Met Office warning comes with an appeal to watch out for heat exhaustion and sunburn.\n\nTemperatures on Valentia Island did not fall below 20.5C on Wednesday night\n\nElsewhere, the Republic of Ireland recorded its first tropical night for 20 years.\n\nTemperatures on Valentia Island, County Kerry, one of Ireland's most westerly points, did not fall below 20.5C overnight on Wednesday.\n\nTropical nights, meaning shaded air remains above 20C all night, are rare in Ireland, having previously only been recorded six times.", "Watch as Team GB enter the Olympic opening ceremony for Tokyo 2020, led by joint flagbearers Hannah Mills and Mohamed Sbihi.\n\nWatch highlights of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer", "Chris Leeds was found dead after paying two women money to travel to the UK, inquest hears\n\nA man who killed himself after being preyed upon by romance scammers was a \"gentle soul\" whose three children \"loved him to the moon and back\".\n\nChris Leeds, 43, a roofer from Dolgellau, Gwynedd, was found dead by a friend on 5 December.\n\nMr Leeds had spoken to two women who told him they were from Africa and wanted a relationship, but started asking for money, an inquest heard.\n\nHis brother Phil said his death had \"left such a hole in our lives\".\n\nThe inquest, held in Caernarfon on Friday, heard Mr Leeds sent at least £500 to one woman so she could fly to the UK, but she soon sought more cash.\n\nMr Leeds's friend Gareth Evans told the inquest he knew he had been scammed the first time, but then started speaking to another woman \"in Nigeria\" called \"Paramount\", who also asked for money.\n\nHe sent her money too and she was meant to land in the UK two days before his death, the hearing was told.\n\nWhen he visited Mr Leeds, Mr Evans said he had been upset. He returned later to check on him, but found Mr Leeds hanging.\n\nChris Leeds was found dead after paying two women money to travel to the UK, inquest hears\n\nConcluding Mr Leeds had taken his own life, coroner Kate Sutherland said: \"He may well have been scammed and had been suffering from embarrassment.\n\n\"He appears to have been scammed by a person or persons purporting to be a woman or women from Africa. He was hugely impacted.\n\n\"This is a truly, truly tragic case. He had years and years ahead of him. It presents a stark warning about the dangers out there.\"\n\nChris's sons loved him \"to the moon and back\", says his brother\n\nPhil Leeds said his brother was a gentle soul \"who loved his three boys, Ed, Davy and Jonny, to the moon and back\".\n\nHis brother started talking to women online after the breakdown of the relationship with his long-term partner in 2018, and had \"battled drinking\", Phil Leeds explained.\n\nAfter being scammed out of hundreds of pounds on the first occasion \"with a lady who promised to come here and live with and love him forever\", he fell victim a second time.\n\nBut this time, Mr Leeds parted with thousands of pounds and \"put his life and soul and bank balance into getting this lady here with the same promises\",\" he said.\n\nPhil Leeds added: \"He was loved, no, adored by us all, and we miss him so, so much. It leaves such a hole in our lives.\"\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in the article, information on the support available can be found at BBC Action Line.", "Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, represented himself at the trial at the Royal Courts of Justice\n\nEnglish Defence League founder Tommy Robinson has been ordered to pay £100,000 in libel damages to a Syrian schoolboy.\n\nThe anti-Islam activist, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, published two Facebook videos in response to a viral clip of Jamal Hijazi being attacked.\n\nHe failed to convince the High Court his claims, such as Mr Hijazi attacking \"young English girls\", were true.\n\nMr Justice Nicklin found in Mr Hijazi's favour after a trial earlier this year.\n\nThe judge also ordered Mr Yaxley-Lennon to pay legal costs understood by the BBC to amount to about £500,000.\n\nMr Hijazi was filmed being attacked in the playground at Almondbury School in Huddersfield in October 2018.\n\nShortly after the video of the assault went viral, Mr Yaxley-Lennon claimed in two Facebook videos that the teenager was \"not innocent and he violently attacks young English girls in his school\".\n\nIn clips viewed by nearly one million people, the 38-year-old also claimed Mr Hijazi \"beat a girl black and blue\" and threatened to stab another boy at his school, allegations denied by Mr Hijazi.\n\n\"As was entirely predictable, the claimant then became the target of abuse which ultimately led to him and his family having to leave their home, and the claimant to have to abandon his education.\n\n\"The defendant is responsible for this harm, some of the scars of which, particularly the impact on the claimant's education, are likely to last for many years, if not a lifetime.\"\n\nThe judge said Mr Yaxley-Lennon's defence that the \"very serious\" allegations were substantially true had not been proved, and he had used language \"calculated to inflame the situation\".\n\n\"The defendant's contribution to this media frenzy was a deliberate effort to portray the claimant as being, far from an innocent victim, but in fact a violent aggressor,\" he added.\n\nAt a further hearing, the judge granted an injunction against Mr Yaxley-Lennon preventing him from repeating the allegations.\n\nThe final damages and costs figures will be agreed and submitted to the High Court at forthcoming hearings to establish Mr Yaxley-Lennon's means and assets.\n\nStephen Yaxley-Lennon's repeated jailings down the years - including nine months for interfering with a trial of a sexual grooming gang - have failed to silence him. But a turning of the legal screw on his finances may have a more profound effect.\n\nHe made a small fortune from his provocative social media channels attacking Islam and Muslims - enough to fund a lifestyle that would be the envy of many, complete with a large country house.\n\nThe cash began to dry up as he was thrown off Facebook and Youtube and some of his wealthy benefactors in North American backed away. Today, his social media reach is a shadow of what it once was. It's never been clear how much he made and where it has all gone - and that's why this judgement is so important. Not only does it vindicate Jamal Hijazi - but it opens the door to a court examination of his finances and how he affords to keep his activities going.\n\nJamal Hijazi's lawyers welcomed the judgement and praised Mr Hijazi's \"courage\" in pursuing the claim.\n\nFrancesca Flood, from Burlingtons Legal, said: \"Jamal and his family now wish to put this matter behind them in order that they can get on with their lives.\n\n\"They do, however, wish to extend their gratitude to the Great British public for their support and generosity, without which this legal action would not have been possible.\"\n\nDuring a trial in April, Catrin Evans QC, for Mr Hijazi, said that Mr Yaxley-Lennon's comments led to the teenager \"facing death threats and extremist agitation\" and that he should receive damages of between £150,000 and £190,000.\n\nShe described Mr Yaxley-Lennon as \"a well-known extreme-right advocate\" with an \"anti-Muslim agenda\" who used social media to spread his views.\n\nHis videos \"turned Jamal into the aggressor and the bully into a righteous white knight\", she said.\n\nMr Yaxley-Lennon, who represented himself during the trial, maintained he was an independent journalist, telling the court: \"The media simply had zero interest in the other side of this story, the uncomfortable truth.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pandemic fashionistas have been accessorising their Crocs with Jibbitz charms\n\nFrom the Oscar's to the Love Island fire pit - there's no doubt Crocs have made a pandemic comeback.\n\nOn Thursday, the chunky shoe-maker reported record sales of $640m (£465m) in the three months to 30 June - nearly double the same period last year.\n\nAnd the trend shows no sign of slowing down - the firm raised its revenue outlook for the rest of the year.\n\nThe company's boss said there was strong demand for the shoes globally.\n\nNet income before tax grew to $190.5m between April and the end of June from a previous $54.7m.\n\nIts chief executive, Andrew Rees, now expects revenue for 2021 to rise by as much as 65%, compared to an increase of up to 50% the company forecast in April.\n\n\"We continue to see strong consumer demand for the Crocs brand globally,\" Mr Rees said.\n\nPeople have turned to the footwear company for foamy clogs to pair with their lockdown outfits.\n\nBoosted by customers staying at home, the Colorado-based firm said on Thursday that digital sales were up 25.4% and make up more than a third of total sales.\n\nBut even as restrictions ease, TikTokkers taking part in the #CrocsChallenge and celebrities haven't put the shoes to the back of the wardrobe yet.\n\nSuits you sir: Questlove wore a pair of gold Crocs at this year's Academy Awards\n\nAs the shoes, popular with medical professionals, have staged a comeback, copy-cat versions have sprung up.\n\nCrocs said last month that it had filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in a bid to crack down on companies it says are importing copies from overseas.\n\nIt has also recently filed trademark infringement lawsuits against 21 shops, including retail giant Walmart, according to trade publication Footwear News.\n\nAnd there are some worries the firm might not be able to keep up with demand for its collaborations with the likes of singer Justin Bieber and fashion house Balenciaga because of the pandemic.\n\nMr Rees told journalists on Thursday that its biggest manufacturing site in Vietnam may see temporary closures.\n\nDespite that, he said Crocs is still \"incredibly optimistic about our business\".\n\nIn a presentation for investors, it said it was counting on sandals and \"Jibbitz\" shoe charms, which Crocs aficionados can use to customise their shoes, for future growth.\n\nIt is also set to focus on celebrity campaigns in Asia, and China in particular, where it sees the \"largest long-term growth opportunity\".", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nThen aged 10, she used to hop aboard to travel the six miles from her home in Halewood to Liverpool Harriers' base in Wavertree Park.\n\nShe headed there as a high jumper. Her talent was obvious - tall and agile, she had broken a 29-year-old school record at her first attempt.\n\nHer mother Tracey, who would have preferred her daughter to dance, sat reluctantly alongside her, riding routes through south Liverpool's suburbs.\n\nThe high jump session lasted 60 minutes. Not a lot longer than it took to get there. It seemed a hassle for only an hour.\n\nBut if Katarina stuck around for the running session that followed the high jump, maybe it was worth the trip after all.\n\nWhen she did and proved she could sprint as well as she could leap, a coach mentioned an event that combined them all. Johnson-Thompson's path was set.\n\nAlthough Katarina and Tracey didn't realise it then, that bus ride was only the beginning of the journey.\n\nAged 13 she took a National Express coach down to Stoke for her first age-grade national championship.\n\nBy 19, she was riding a wave of national emotion instead, appearing as Jessica Ennis-Hill's heir apparent at London 2012.\n\nIt was a steep and rapid rise.\n\n\"I was one of the first athletes on the track - the heptathlon was on the first day,\" Johnson-Thompson tells BBC Sport. \"I was used to competing with 40 people and there were 80,000 people screaming for anyone in Team GB.\n\n\"I was actually shaking as I was so excited. I was absolutely loving life; there was zero expectation.\"\n\nThat changed. The pace of progress slowed to nearer normal. But the hype and expectation did not.\n\n\"With Jess taking time out to have her first child, everyone was still watching the event but the star wasn't there. I thought I had to step in to fill those shoes,\" remembers Johnson-Thompson.\n\n\"I don't think I had those transitional years. I just got thrown into the deep end and I think 2015 and 2016 in particular were those two years where I just couldn't handle it.\"\n\nAt the World Championships in Beijing in 2015, she fouled on each of her three long jumps, wrecking any hope of medal. After that disappointment, she changed her screensaver to a shot of her foot straying beyond the take-off board. It was a daily reminder to spur herself to better.\n\nA year later, though, she arrived at the Olympics in Rio mentally and physically spent. A quad tear and knee surgery fuelled her demons and self-doubt and she finished sixth.\n\n\"If I did a bad throw I would wonder what the commentators were saying - I bet they are ripping into me,\" she says.\n\n\"It was this really toxic negative voice I would always have talking to myself when I was competing.\n\n\"I think I believed a lot of people who were saying these things. It got to that point I thought 'am I a heptathlete'?\n\n\"That victory lap in Rio was the third consecutive year where I was doing the same thing and getting the same results.\"\n\nThings had stalled. Something had to change.\n\nThere was a safe option. To stay at home, 10 minutes from Tracey, with the same coach she had had since she was 15. Maybe she could shift to specialising in the high jump. It would be a return to the very beginning.\n\nThe other option was a swerve into the unknown.\n\nIf Katarina is a self-confessed 'homebird', Tracey flew the nest early. As a teenager, she left England alone in the early 1980s to travel to Paris, looking for work at the famous Moulin Rouge nightclub.\n\n\"My mum was a show girl, a dancer in the can-can,\" says Johnson-Thompson.\n\n\"She travelled the world from a very young age. It is not like it was now where you can stay in touch with people. She left home and she had to write letters to my nan.\"\n\nAnd in November 2016, daughter followed mother, packing her bags for France, sensing her dreams couldn't be fulfilled at home.\n\nShe rented a small flat in Montpellier, deep in the south of the country and threw her lot in with coach Jean-Yves Cochand.\n\nHe changed her training and her technique from the ground up. New run-ups for the jumps, new body angles on the throws, a new emphasis on strength in the sprints. A shift to little and often, with Johnson-Thompson moving away from a mix of heavy sessions and rest days.\n\nBut most importantly he and fellow coaches Bertrand Valcin and Bruno Gajer changed her mindset.\n\nCochand revealed to Johnson-Thompson that he had nicknamed her 'Droopy' on account of her hangdog demeanour in competition. And it had to change.\n\nJohnson-Thompson didn't speak French, but she quickly caught on to the meaning of 'C'est la vie'\n\n\"Bertrand is my coach now. He is chilled in competition and that chills me out when I see him chilled,\" she says.\n\n\"My training partner Kevin Meyer, a French decathlete, has a really, really strong mindset too. He came to Berlin for the European Championships in 2018 as the world champion, but did three fouls in the long jump [the same error Johnson-Thompson made in Beijing in 2015].\n\n\"He came to the cameras, shrugged and said: 'It's sport. I wanted to give my best performance on the day and that meant that these things happen.'\n\n\"Two months later he went out and broke the decathlon world record and it is forgotten about.\n\n\"Whereas for me, I went into hiding, I went into my mum's hotel and was crying all night.\n\n\"I'd be punishing myself for it all the time. Up until 2018 or 2019 every time I'd get on a long jump runway I'd think about that.\n\n\"I knew leaving Liverpool was necessary - and my mum did as well - for me to get to where I wanted to get to.\"\n\nHeading to the 2019 World Championships in Doha, there was neither the fizzing excitement of 2012 nor the doom and dread of 2016 for Johnson-Thompson, just an acceptance of self and that what would be would be.\n\n\"I was ready to go and I was ready to lose as well,\" she says.\n\n\"I didn't feel any sort of expectation to get a medal because I just knew I was in a good shape to do a good score, and I knew I was going to do it regardless of anybody else's score.\"\n\nJohnson-Thompson upset the defending champion and Olympic gold medallist Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium to stand on top of the world, looking down on the doubters.\n\n\"The main emotion was relief - that I have got this now and if everything else fails I've got this,\" she says.\n\n\"There's been lots of times when I didn't believe and I went away believing other people's opinions.\"\n\nFrom there, it seemed like a smooth, straight road to Tokyo and the biggest stage of all. The Olympic heptathlon was due to start 10 months and a day after she took world gold.\n\nBut then… events. A global pandemic shunted the Games back a year. And then, in late December 2020, Johnson-Thompson ruptured her Achilles tendon. Worse it was her take-off foot, the one that bears extreme load and complete trust when she competes in the long jump and high jump.\n\nThe injury nearly derailed her entirely.\n\n\"I was devastated and at one point it could have gone one of two ways but I'm glad it went in the best direction for me,\" she says.\n\n\"It has been a long and tough road, but I am glad I am at the other end of it.\"\n\nShe has a different screensaver now to help her find her way. It's from Liverpool, four miles from where that bus journey ended and her own began.\n\nIt's of Liverpool football team, her team, celebrating in front of the Kop, having pulled off a comeback for the ages against Barcelona.\n\n\"I take huge inspiration from Liverpool, to know that comebacks like that are possible and never to write anyone off,\" she says.\n\nShe comes into the Olympics under-cooked, but also potentially underestimated. That magical, mystery tour that started in Halewood could yet end on the top step of the Tokyo podium.\n• None What does unionism mean now?: Andrea Catherwood explores what Brexit has done to unionism in Ireland", "The MoD is investigating the death of a soldier at Larkhill barracks in Salisbury\n\nThe Ministry of Defence is investigating the death of a soldier at an Army barracks.\n\nEmergency services were called to Larkhill garrison in Salisbury at 12:20 BST on Thursday following the death of a woman in her 30s, police said.\n\nWiltshire Police said it was not treating the death as suspicious and its thoughts were with her family.\n\nIn a statement the Ministry of Defence said: \"We can confirm the death of a soldier on July 22.\n\n\"The circumstances surrounding this death are being investigated and it would be inappropriate to comment any further at this time.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the soldier's family and friends at this difficult time.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nYou might hear lots of athletes saying it's their dream to win an Olympic gold medal. The difference for Katie Archibald is she actually dreams about it.\n\n\"I imagine gold,\" the Scot tells BBC Sport. \"When I'm going through the events in my mind, we win... in my dream.\"\n\nArchibald already has a coveted gold medal, having been part of the record-setting team pursuit quartet which swept all before them in Rio de Janeiro five years ago.\n\nShe has a chance of another in the same event in Tokyo, as well as the Madison, which is on the women's programme for the first time.\n\nBritain's cyclists - now viewed as a prolific mine for medals - have barely competed in 2021, but the expectation to deliver remains, particularly in the women's pursuit, where the team broke the world record in every round on route to victory in 2016 as the distance went from 3,000 to 4,000m.\n\n\"It's a strange world when there becomes an expectation of a world record, isn't it? Because it happened at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics,\" Archibald laughs.\n\n\"If I'm totally honest, I do still have the expectation that world record will tumble at the Games. We've seen quite a few nations come close to it through this cycle but not quite there.\"\n\n'I'm sure pressure will come'\n\nA ferocious competitor in her own right, Archibald will be a major player in one of the main storylines of the Olympics from a British perspective.\n\nLaura Kenny is aiming to become the country's most successful Olympian ever, with fellow cyclist husband Jason - who currently shares the British record of six gold medals with Chris Hoy - her main competitor for that title.\n\nAs well as working together in the team pursuit, Archibald and Kenny are partners in the Madison. So does the Scot feel the extra pressure of helping her team-mate make history?\n\n\"If I took a second to step back and think about the external image of it all there would be a lot of pressure,\" she says. \"I haven't so far felt a lot of pressure but I'm sure it'll come.\n\n\"Because our primary team is the team pursuit - we're definite equals there and the strength we both bring and the dynamic it lays down makes it feel really natural when we transition to a Madison pairing.\n\n\"It's funny, big and little. We're a funny pair. Laura's Britain's most successful female Olympian - four Olympic gold medals - she has a 100% hit rate.\n\n\"To have that on side, you forget about it sometimes. I think we work pretty well together. I'm - what's the synonym we use now that we use for bossy now that's not as sexist sounding? - yeah, I'm quite often the forceful voice of the team, but we get it done.\"\n\nEvery athlete has their own story about the pandemic. Some were raring to go last year and the postponement robbed them of a chance to compete at their peak, others are grateful for the extra time.\n\nArchibald falls into the latter camp having been - by her own assessment - slightly short of her best in 2020, but has now taken strength from the isolation inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nA \"borderline robotic\" lifestyle which consisted of mile after mile after mile on the bike has allowed her to get into peak condition once more.\n\nSo after a long slog to get to this point, and with the pressure of success building, will Archibald be able to enjoy the Games?\n\n\"That's something that I've not reflected on,\" she says. \"I've told you the way I imagine things in my head. When it's my dream it goes the way I'd like it to so I imagine enjoying every single second.\n\n\"I know it'll be different with either a reduced crowd or no crowd at all. But that's the way it's got to be and we're just thrilled to get the chance to go to an Olympic Games.\"", "US pilot Grant Thompson met Ian Simpson to thank him personally for his quick intervention after seeing flames from his jet\n\nA plane spotter who alerted an airbase to a jet \"malfunction\" averted a potential disaster, its pilot said.\n\nIan Simpson called RAF Lakenheath after seeing flames and sparks come out of Maj Grant Thompson's F-15E Strike Eagle on take-off.\n\nPhotographer Mr Simpson regularly watches jets take off from the United States Air Force base in Suffolk.\n\nThe pilot said Mr Simpson's quick actions had \"100%\" saved his life, adding: \"His initiative was awesome.\"\n\nIan Simpson alerted the US base after he saw sparks and flames coming from the rear of the F-15E Strike Eagle jet\n\nMr Simpson said he called the base's switch board and was put through to flight control, who alerted the pilot.\n\n\"It was quite shocking really. You do see flames called an afterburner, which they use to take off,\" Mr Simpson said.\n\n\"But that is normally turned off as soon as they leave the runway.\"\n\nMaj Grant Thompson said he had no idea there was an issue with the jet.\n\nMr Simpson photographed the jet after it took off from RAF Lakenheath\n\n\"From our perspective, it was a normal take off,\" he said.\n\nIt was only when he was told to contact the base that he was informed \"a member of the local population had noticed something abnormal on our take-off, which was potentially a nozzle malfunction\".\n\n\"One of our wingmen looked us over and they noticed there was something wrong with our right engine, a nozzle didn't look quite right, at which point we brought the aircraft back safely,\" said Maj Thompson.\n\nThe pair met on Wednesday where the pilot was able to thank him in person for averting a potential disaster and \"100% saving his life\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The widow of the former head of the civil service has told the BBC her late husband was effectively \"gagged\" by a government inquiry into lobbying.\n\nThe review said Lord Jeremy Heywood failed to fully consider conflicts of interest over a government role for the financier Lex Greensill.\n\nLady Suzanne Heywood said the report had \"scapegoated\" her late husband.\n\nIt also failed to reflect the role of ministers in signing off Mr Greensill's appointment, she added.\n\nA Cabinet Office spokesperson said the process had been \"fair\" and the review had listened to Lady Heywood's concerns.\n\nLord Heywood, who died of cancer in 2018, was at the heart of Downing Street for several decades, serving under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, before becoming cabinet secretary under David Cameron.\n\nLawyer Nigel Boardman was drafted in by Boris Johnson in April this year to examine the role played by Mr Greensill in government. The review was prompted by revelations about Mr Cameron lobbying ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital, which collapsed in March this year.\n\nMr Boardman's report, published on Thursday, found the Australian financier had sometimes enjoyed an \"extraordinarily privileged\" relationship with ministers.\n\nIt said Lord Heywood had been \"primarily responsible\" for bringing Mr Greensill into government under the coalition government.\n\nBut Lady Heywood, herself a former senior civil servant, who is now the chief executive of an international investment house, said the Boardman review was \"a fabricated attack\" on her late husband.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she accused the inquiry of \"trying to set up my husband, as far as I can see, to divert attention from things which happened much later after he died\".\n\nSuzanne and Jeremy Heywood, pictured here in 2012 when he received a knighthood\n\nShe said nobody was allowed to represent her husband during the review, and she was only given access to the review documents last week - whereas all other parties had access from when the review started in April.\n\nLady Heywood said this \"goes against every possible precedent - if you take the Dyson Review, the Bloody Sunday Review, all of those allowed representation from people who are no longer with us … he effectively gagged my husband in order to scapegoat him in the process.\"\n\nShe added that Mr Greensill had been \"appointed with ministerial authority\" ten years ago with \"a completely clear record\", at a point when \"supply chain finance had been highlighted by the coalition government as a priority\".\n\nShe said she was \"horrified\" by the \"absolutely horrible process\" of the review.\n\nLex Greensill was an unpaid adviser to then Prime Minister David Cameron\n\nIn a statement after the report's release, Lady Heywood described the report as \"nothing less than a travesty\", adding: \"His absence is being exploited to distort the facts of a decade ago and divert attention from the current government's embarrassment at the collapse of Greensill Capital long after Jeremy's death.\"\n\nDuring Mr Cameron's time in Downing Street, Mr Greensill worked informally in government before being made an unpaid adviser on supply chain finance - a technique aimed at making it easier for businesses to receive payments.\n\nMr Boardman said Lord Heywood, then cabinet secretary, later appointed him to a role in the Cabinet Office's Economic and Development Secretariat.\n\nHe says it came as Mr Greensill was trying to set up Greensill Capital, his firm that specialised in supply chain financing itself.\n\nMr Boardman found Mr Greensill was able to \"leverage his position\" to hold meetings with major companies, and gave him a \"marketing platform\" for his business.\n\nDavid Cameron has defended his work for Greensill Capital\n\nHe specifically criticises Lord Heywood, saying it \"should have been apparent\" that Mr Greensill was building a company and he \"should have considered the issue of conflicts of interest\".\n\n\"It is unclear why Mr Greensill was permitted to remain an adviser to government on supply chain finance under these circumstances,\" he added.\n\nMr Boardman said it was unclear whether ministerial approval was \"sought or obtained\" for Mr Greensill's appointment to his later role.\n\nBut Mr Boardman said readers of the report should \"bear in mind\" that it could not include the personal explanation of Lord Heywood, who died in November 2018.\n\nA Cabinet Office spokesperson said the government recognised Lord Heywood's \"incredible contribution to public life\", adding that \"this report does not dispute that\".\n\n\"This has been a fair process and we have listened to Lady Heywood's concerns. We will now consider the report carefully and will respond in due course,\" they added.", "There is a small chance of flooding and power cuts, forecasters warn\n\nThe heatwave is set to come to end this weekend after forecasters issued warnings for rain and thunderstorms covering much of south Wales.\n\nThe Met Office said \"heavy, thundery showers\" are likely, which could be \"torrential\" with the potential for up to 100mm falling in places.\n\nLightning and hail are also expected after Wales basked in temperatures of up to 31C this week.\n\nThere is a small chance of flooding and power cuts, forecasters warned.\n\nThe extreme heat warning, the first issued by the Met Office, was due to end on Thursday night in Wales.\n\nThe Met Office updated its forecast on Friday, and has now issued two separate yellow rain warnings.\n\nThe first, which come into force at 20:00 BST on Friday and ends at 22:00 on Saturday, covers Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nSaturday's weather warning for thunderstorms covers much of south Wales\n\nThe second runs from 09:00 until midnight on Sunday and covers Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.", "The proportion of people aged 20 to 29 testing positive for Covid in England has hit record levels, officials say.\n\nPublic Health England's figures show, in the last week, 1,155 people in their 20s tested positive for every 100,000 in the population.\n\nExperts say this is the highest rate of cases in any age group since mass-testing began and urge everyone in this group to get both jabs.\n\nIt comes as data shows 59% of people in their 20s have had one jab.\n\nMeanwhile people aged 85 and above continue to be most likely to need hospital care.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said hospital admissions and deaths were not growing as quickly as in previous waves, but cases were on the rise and would be monitored.\n\nThe data covers 12 to 18 July, and looks at the average number of people testing positive per 100,000 people of the same age in the population.\n\nDr Doyle added: \"It is vital we all remain cautious.\n\n\"Remember that meeting outside is safer than inside, get two doses of the vaccine as soon as you can, isolate if you are told to by NHS Test & Trace and if you show symptoms stay home and get a PCR test.\"\n\nThe rise in this age group will partly be because many people in their 20s will not yet have had both jabs and because of greater chances to socialise as restrictions eased.\n\nThe latest government data for England show around 59% of people in the 20-29 age group have had at least one coronavirus jab.\n\nAcross the UK 87.8% of the adult population has had one dose of the vaccine and 69.2% has had two doses.\n\nVaccination figures are highest for the older age groups who were offered the jab earlier.\n\nRecent figures suggest the vaccination programme has reduced hospital admissions and deaths, with a fewer than one in 1,000 infections now estimated to result in death - compared with one in 60 during last winter.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sub-postmasters wrongly convicted of offences in a Post Office IT scandal will get interim compensation of up to £100,000, the government has said.\n\nAs of this week, a total of 59 former sub-postmasters have had their convictions quashed - with more due in court over the coming months.\n\nMore people have been affected by the scandal than in any other miscarriage of justice in the UK.\n\nThe government has agreed to fund the initial payments.\n\nThose affected can still seek extra compensation at a later date, via mediated settlements or through the civil courts. Some of those claims could add up to millions of pounds.\n\nPostal Affairs Minister Paul Scully said: \"The suffering and distress these postmasters and their families have gone through cannot be overstated. While nothing will make up for the years of pain they faced after this appalling injustice, I hope this initial step provides a measure of comfort.\n\n\"The Post Office has started to turn a corner in terms of dealing with its past mistakes - and this government will support them in doing so wherever possible.\"\n\nThere were more than 700 prosecutions based on evidence from the Horizon software system.\n\nHundreds of people who ran Post Office branches were subsequently convicted of various offences, including theft and false accounting, when the system was used.\n\nThe Horizon system was designed to record the transactions carried out in a post office branch\n\nFollowing the convictions some of these former postmasters went to prison, were shunned by their communities, and struggled to secure work. Some lost their homes and even failed to get insurance owing to their convictions. Some have since died.\n\nHowever, the IT was found to have bugs and defects that left a black hole in accounts.\n\nFollowing a series of court cases, many have received some civil compensation and some have had their convictions overturned.\n\nThe Post Office said the interim payments would be offered to those who were \"badly failed\" whilst final compensation arrangements were established.\n\nIts chief executive, Nick Read, said: \"Ensuring compensation is made as quickly as possible is a priority for Post Office.\n\n\"Whilst we cannot change the past, this is an important step towards meaningful compensation for victims and we will offer payments as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe Post Office is contacting postmasters and will aim to make an offer for an interim payment within 28 days of receiving an application from those whose overturned convictions relied on Horizon evidence.\n\nAnyone who has received a share of the civil payout can still receive the latest compensation, if their Horizon-related conviction is overturned.\n\nChi Onwurah, Labour's shadow business minister, said: \"This news is bittersweet - for those sub-postmasters who lost their jobs, homes, and reputations, for those who have still not had their convictions overturned and so will not be in scope, and for those who lost their lives, for whom this news comes too late.\"\n\nNeil Hudgell, of Hudgell Solicitors, which represents some of the postmasters, described the announcement of interim compensation as a \"cautiously positive step\"\n\n\"This cannot be a delaying gesture though. This is money to which these clients are entitled. With regards to how final settlements are agreed, we want them to come to the table and be meaningful in what they put forward,\" he said.\n• None Why were hundreds of sub-postmasters prosecuted?", "Giulia Benedetta Calabrese, right, and her two St Andrews University friends received their first dose in England and their second in Scotland\n\nThree students have been refused exemption from travel quarantine rules because their vaccination certificates do not show they have had two jabs.\n\nThe St Andrews University friends all received their first dose in England and their second in Scotland.\n\nBut only the second jab shows up on their NHS Scotland paperwork - meaning they would have to isolate if they travel abroad.\n\nThe BBC has also learned of problems for English students studying in Wales.\n\nThe Scottish and Welsh governments and NHS Digital - which covers England - have said they are working to resolve the issue.\n\nSince 19 July, adults in Scotland who were fully-vaccinated in the UK have no longer had to quarantine for 10 days on return from amber-list countries, with the exception of France.\n\nOn the same day, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that ministers planned to make proof of full vaccination a condition of entry to venues with large crowds in England from the end of September.\n\nBut Giulia Benedetta Calabrese - a PhD student at St Andrews - fears the paperwork confusion between health authorities in Scotland and England may force her to miss her brother's wedding at home in Italy.\n\nShe said: \"I have been very careful to ensure I got both vaccines and had all the paperwork ready to travel.\n\n\"I can't understand why the vaccination programmes in England and Scotland are struggling to match up people who have moved across the border, between jabs.\n\n\"I know there are many more people that have had similar experiences to me and I don't think it's fair that we have to go through all of that.\"\n\nMs Calabrese, 28, moved to St Andrews to start her PhD in neuroscience in November 2020.\n\nShe has sought the help of her new MP, Liberal Democrat Wendy Chamberlain, who has raised the issue with Scotland's health secretary Humza Yousaf.\n\nMs Chamberlain described the confusion between NHS Scotland and NHS England as \"a shameful situation that should never even have come up\".\n\nShe said: \"Many people, including thousands of students every year, move between the four nations of the UK.\n\n\"Yet confusion between our separate vaccine programmes has reached the point where jags received elsewhere in the UK have not been recognised by NHS Scotland.\"\n\nThere is currently no UK-wide system to show where individual doses of the vaccine were delivered\n\nThe BBC also heard from Kate Loynes from London, whose son is at university in Cardiff.\n\nShe said that it had been \"incredibly frustrating trying to establish how to obtain proof of his full vaccination\".\n\nHer son had his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in Wales and his second at a walk-in vaccination centre in London.\n\nMs Loynes said that when he tried to get proof of his fully-vaccinated status, the Welsh health system could not trace the vaccine administered in England.\n\nMeanwhile, his GP in London was unable to record the Welsh vaccination on the software system in England.\n\nThe Scottish government told the BBC it would look to see if it could assist with the St Andrews cases.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We are working at pace to align vaccination records from different nations of the UK and have a process in place for sharing data between England and Scotland.\n\n\"We continue to work towards replacing the record of vaccination status with a digital record of Covid status, which will include vaccination and testing data to be used for outbound international travel.\"\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We are working with NHS Digital to resolve this issue.\"\n\nAn NHS Digital spokeswoman said: \"The NHS Covid Pass service is helping tens of thousands of people to demonstrate their vaccination status quickly, easily and for free. We are currently working to ensure that all vaccination information is shared across the devolved administrations.\n\n\"We are working on a solution for people who are registered with a GP in England, who have received one or both of their vaccinations in Wales or Scotland, to see their records in the NHS Covid Pass, and will roll it out as soon as it is ready.\"", "A vice-president of Equatorial Guinea who is said to have spent £199,000 ($275,000) on a glove worn by Michael Jackson is among five people to receive new UK \"anti-corruption\" sanctions.\n\nTeodoro Obiang Mangue is also accused of buying luxury mansions and cars.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the new sanctions targeted \"individuals who have lined their own pockets at the expense of their citizens\".\n\nThe four other targets were from Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Iraq.\n\n\"The UK is committed to fighting the blight of corruption and holding those responsible for its corrosive effect to account,\" Mr Raab said.\n\n\"Corruption drains the wealth of poorer nations, keeps their people trapped in poverty and poisons the well of democracy.\"\n\nThe sanctions will see the UK impose asset freezes and travel bans to prevent named individuals channelling money through UK banks or from entering the country.\n\nMr Obiang is the son of Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and was appointed as a government minister in 1998.\n\nThe UK said investigations and media reports suggested he has spent more than £363m ($500m) since being appointed, far above his government salary.\n\nExtravagant spending cited in support of the sanctions by UK officials is said to have included a $100m mansion in Paris, a $38m private jet, a luxury yacht and dozens of luxury vehicles including Ferraris, Bentleys and Aston Martins.\n\nThe UK said Mr Obiang also holds a collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia including a $275,000 crystal-covered glove which the singer wore on his 1980s Bad tour.\n\nMichael Jackson's \"Bad Tour\" glove was auctioned in Beverly Hills, California, in 2010\n\nAmong the other four targets was Zimbabwean businessman Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei, who the UK said was profiting from misappropriation of property in a way that led to accelerated deflation and increased the price of essentials.\n\nIn Venezuela, Alex Nain Saab Morán and Alvaro Enrique Pulido Vargas were accused by the UK of exploiting two public programmes for poor citizens.\n\nAnd a provincial governor in Iraq, Nawfal Hammadi Al-Sultan, was accused by the UK of misappropriating public funds meant for reconstruction efforts. Al-Sultan is currently serving a combined five-year prison sentence in the country.\n\nMore than 2% of global GDP is lost to corruption every year, and corruption increases the cost of doing business for individual companies by as much as 10%, according to government figures.\n\nThe first set of UK sanctions under the global anti-corruption sanctions regime came in April, when 22 individuals allegedly involved in serious corruption cases in Russia, South Africa, South Sudan and Latin America were targeted.", "An Australian activewear firm has been fined £2.6m (5m Australian dollars) for claiming its clothing \"eliminated\" and stopped the spread of Covid.\n\nLorna Jane had advertised that its clothing used \"a groundbreaking technology\" called LJ Shield to prevent the \"transferal of all pathogens\".\n\nHowever, in a ruling, a judge said the company's claim was \"exploitative, predatory and potentially dangerous\".\n\nLorna Jane said it accepted the court's ruling.\n\nThe company maintained that it had been misled by its own supplier. \"A trusted supplier sold us a product that did not perform as promised,\" said Lorna Jane chief executive Bill Clarkson.\n\nLorna Jane claimed its clothing could prevent the spread of Covid-19\n\n\"They led us to believe the technology behind LJ Shield was being sold elsewhere in Australia, the USA, China, and Taiwan and that it was both anti-bacterial and anti-viral. We believed we were passing on a benefit to our customers.\"\n\nThe legal action was brought by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) after Lorna Jane began marketing the clothing last July during the Covid pandemic.\n\nIn a judgement published on Friday, a federal court judge found that Lorna Jane \"represented to consumers that it had a reasonable scientific or technological basis\" to make its claims when it had none.\n\nThe court fined the company \"for making false and misleading representations to consumers and engaging in conduct liable to mislead the public\".\n\nRod Sims, chairman of the ACCC, said: \"This was dreadful conduct as it involved making serious claims regarding public health when there was no basis for them.\"\n\nHe added: \"The whole marketing campaign was based upon consumers' desire for greater protection against the global pandemic.\"\n\nThe company also admitted that its founder, Lorna Jane Clarkson, who is also its chief creative officer, authorised and approved the LJ Shield activewear promotional material and personally made some false statements in a press release and an Instagram video.\n\nThe judge said he had taken into account that \"the conduct emanated from a high managerial level within the company\" and \"was directed by Ms Clarkson\".\n\nLorna Jane Clarkson started the business more than 30 years ago\n\nMs Clarkson, who was born in Lancashire but emigrated to Australia with her family when she was a child, started the business more than 30 years ago.\n\nLorna Jane, which has stores across Australia, New Zealand, the US and Singapore, has been ordered by the judge to publish corrective notices. It is also not allowed to make any anti-virus claims related to its activewear clothing for three years unless it has reasonable basis to do so.\n\nLast week, the company was also fined 40,000 Australian dollars by the Therapeutic Goods Administration drug regulator for \"alleged unlawful advertising\" in relation to Covid.\n\nIt said: \"This kind of advertising could have detrimental consequences for the Australian community, creating a false sense of security and leading people to be less vigilant about hygiene and social distancing.\"", "The government has said it will not search the private email account of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock for discussions on official business.\n\nDowning Street has admitted Mr Hancock, who quit last month, used his personal address for this reason.\n\nThe campaign group Good Law Project argued his inbox should be checked for the sake of transparency.\n\nBut the government rejected this, saying a sweep of emails was \"neither necessary nor proportionate\".\n\nThe Sunday Times has reported that, as a result of Mr Hancock's use of his personal account, the government does not have a record of much of his decision-making during the pandemic.\n\nThis, it said, included negotiating PPE contracts, creating the test-and-trace programme and overseeing the care homes strategy.\n\nMinisters are not banned from using personal emails for work purposes.\n\nBut, according to guidance, they should consider whether communications contain \"substantive discussions or decisions generated in the course of conducting government business\".\n\nIf they do, ministers should \"take steps to ensure the relevant information is accessible\", such as copying emails from their personal account to a government account, so they are automatically stored on Whitehall systems.\n\nBut the advice goes on to say that what counts as government business is not always \"clear cut\" - and that it is up to ministers themselves to decide.\n\nIn a letter sent by its lawyers on 13 July, the Good Law Project asked the government to search the private email account of Mr Hancock, as well as those of health minister Lord Bethell, international trade minister Greg Hands and former Treasury minister Lord Deighton.\n\nIt said this was a \"straightforward\" request that should be dealt with in a \"straightforward manner\".\n\nBut the government responded that, in the course of a \"disclosure exercise\", it had already searched more than 1.4 million documents.\n\nIt added: \"Nothing in those documents... indicated that it was necessary to search the private emails of the four named individuals to ensure that all relevant information and all material facts were put before the court in compliance with the duty of candour.\"\n\nResponding to this, Good Law Project director Jo Maugham said: \"We have arrived a rather bizarre situation.\n\n\"The government won't look to see what business [ministers] chose to use their private email addresses to conduct.\n\n\"They clearly don't want the public to know what's there - and perhaps they fear finding out themselves.\"\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner described the government's response as \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nShe added that emails sent and received by current and former ministers \"must be secured\" for any future public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe Cabinet Office - which co-ordinates government policy and sets guidelines for ministers' email use - declined to comment.\n\nMr Hancock resigned as health secretary last month after admitting breaching social distancing guidelines by kissing an aide in his government office.\n\nIt was later reported by the Sunday Times that he and Lord Bethell had used their personal email accounts to conduct government business.\n\nDowning Street initially said this was not the case, but later corrected this statement.\n\nA spokesperson at the time said ministers could use \"various forms of communication as long as they take heed of the guidance\".", "Gary Lineker is a TV presenter and former England footballer\n\nMatch of the Day presenter Gary Lineker is to front a new ITV cash giveaway gameshow entitled Sitting on a Fortune, it was confirmed on Thursday.\n\nThe show will involve six players choosing where to position themselves in a row of seats in order to answer questions worth up to £100,000.\n\n\"Really looking forward to this,\" he tweeted. \"Think you'll love it.\"\n\nEarlier this month it was revealed that Lineker remains the BBC's top earner despite agreeing to a pay cut.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gary Lineker 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, the former England footballer said: \"I am absolutely delighted to be hosting what I think and hope will be a show that people love.\n\n\"It's going to be full of tension with high stakes and bags of drama from start to finish - everything a great game show should be. I can't wait for the viewers at home to experience the fun and the excitement of Sitting On A Fortune.\"\n\nThe gameshow will find contestants positioning themselves in a row of seats, one behind another. But only the player in the chair at the head of the line will gets the chance to answer questions and remain in play for the jackpot.\n\nWrong answers will see them relegated to the back of the line.\n\nKatie Rawcliffe, head of commissioning at ITV Entertainment said they were \"delighted\" to be working with Lineker, adding the show is \"all about players backing themselves and showing courage - something he knows all about\".\n\nLineker revealed at the end of last season that he is to leave his other job as the anchor of BT Sport's Champions League football coverage.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The former Manchester United player is due to go on trial in January\n\nWales manager Ryan Giggs has pleaded not guilty to using controlling behaviour and assaulting his ex-girlfriend.\n\nMr Giggs denied assaulting Kate Greville and her sister Emma Greville, at his home in Salford last November.\n\nOn Friday, Manchester Crown Court heard claims that Mr Giggs used a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour against Ms Greville.\n\nIt included claims he kicked her naked out of a hotel room.\n\nThe former Manchester United player pleaded not guilty to using controlling behaviour against Ms Greville, 36, between August 2017 and November 2020.\n\nAppearing in court, the alleged details of the behaviour were read out to Mr Giggs.\n\nIt included claims he threatened to send emails to her friends and employers about their sexual relationship, and threw her belongings out of his house when she questioned him about relationships with other women.\n\nHe also allegedly kicked her in the back, and threw her out of a London hotel room naked, when she accused him of flirting with other women.\n\nMr Giggs is said to have turned up uninvited at his ex-girlfriend's home, gym and workplace\n\nMr Giggs denied assaulting Ms Greville and causing her actual bodily harm following an incident at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on 1 November last year.\n\nHe also pleaded not guilty to common assault by beating of Ms Greville's younger sister, Emma, in the same alleged incident.\n\nThe former winger is due to go on trial at Manchester Crown Court on 24 January.\n\nThe former Manchester United winger is one of British football's most-decorated footballers following his 24-year career at Old Trafford and was appointed an OBE in 2007 before winning the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 2009.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nThe British and Irish Lions and Harlequins have both criticised former Ireland international Neil Francis' \"offensive\" description of fly-half Marcus Smith.\n\nFrancis, 57, made a comment about Smith's skin colour in an episode of the Irish Independent's Left Wing podcast, which was published on 14 July but drew attention on social media this week.\n\n\"We find the remarks relating to Marcus Smith offensive and have written to the Independent to express our deep dissatisfaction,\" said the Lions.\n\nHarlequins, who have also written to the newspaper, said they were \"disgusted\" by the \"racist\" comments made by Francis.\n\nFrancis said: \"I would never intentionally or wilfully make a comment to disparage somebody on the basis of the colour of anyone's skin. Never! The comments have been interpreted differently from what I intended and I apologise sincerely for that.\n\n\"I fully apologise for any offence taken by the player and his family. I intend to apologise directly to him shortly if he is agreeable. I also apologise to anyone who also took offence to what I said.\"\n• None Where the Lions series may be won and lost\n\nFormer Quins player Ugo Monye, the ex-Lions and England wing, added on Twitter: \"The fact Neil Francis said what he did is appalling, but to publish it and no-one challenge him is as equally appalling.\"\n\nPublisher Mediahuis Ireland said: \"We acknowledge that Mr Francis says his comments were inadvertent but we have decided to end our relationship with him and he will no longer write columns or contribute to our podcasts.\"\n\nSmith, 22, was born in the Philippines to a British father and a Filipina mother, and moved to England when he was 13.\n\nHe made his debut for England earlier this month, before being called out to South Africa by the Lions as fly-half cover.\n\nHe made an impressive first appearance for the touring side in their 49-3 win over the Stormers but has not been included in the matchday 23 for the first Test against the Springboks on Saturday.\n• None Listen to Rugby Union Weekly: the Test team and TMOs", "Stephanie Isaacson's case had been cold for 32 years\n\nThe 1989 murder of a 14-year-old girl in Las Vegas has been solved by using what experts say is the smallest-ever amount of human DNA to crack a case.\n\nStephanie Isaacson's murder case had gone cold until new technology made it possible to test what little remained of the suspect's DNA: the equivalent of just 15 human cells.\n\nPolice on Wednesday said they had identified the suspect by using genome sequencing and public genealogy data.\n\n\"I'm glad they found who murdered my daughter,\" Stephanie's mother wrote in a statement that was read to reporters at Wednesday's news conference.\n\n\"I never believed the case would be solved.\"\n\nThirty-two years ago, Stephanie's body was found near the route she normally walked to school in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had been assaulted and strangled.\n\nThis year, police were able to pick up the case again after a donation from a local resident. They turned over the DNA samples left to Othram, a Texas-based genome-sequencing lab that specialises in cold cases.\n\nTypical consumer DNA testing kits collect about 750 to 1,000 nanograms of DNA in a sample. These samples are uploaded to public websites specialising in ancestry or health.\n\nBut crime scenes may only contain tens to hundreds of nanograms of DNA. And in this case, only 0.12 nanograms - or about 15 cells' worth - were available for testing.\n\nUsing ancestry databases the researchers were able to identify the suspect's cousin. Eventually they matched the DNA to Darren Roy Marchand.\n\nMarchand's DNA from a previous 1986 murder case was still on record, and was used to confirm the match.\n\nHe was never convicted and died by suicide in 1995.\n\nThe genomic technology used to solve the case is the same that was used to catch the notorious Golden State Killer in 2018.\n\n\"This was a huge milestone,\" Othram chief executive David Mittelman told the BBC.\n\n\"When you can access information from such a small amount of DNA, it really opens up the opportunity to so many other cases that have been historically considered cold and unsolvable.\"\n\nThe company is currently working on cases dating back as far as 1881.", "Mick Norcross, 57, was found dead at his home in Essex on 21 January\n\nNightclub owner and The Only Way Is Essex star Mick Norcross took his own life, a coroner has ruled.\n\nThe businessman and father of Kirk Norcross, who also appeared in the ITV show, was found dead at his home in Bulphan at 15:15 GMT on 21 January.\n\nThe 57-year-old had financial concerns, Chelmsford Coroner's Court heard.\n\nHe had taken out a £3.6m bank loan and a bridging loan secured against his main residence.\n\nInsp Neil Armstrong of Essex Police told the inquest that Mr Norcross had been involved in three property developments that were over schedule.\n\nHe said Mr Norcross may have faced \"the loss of a lifetime's work and potentially the family home... and it appeared that was weighing heavily on him\".\n\nMr Norcross first appeared on Towie in 2011 as the owner of the Sugar Hut nightclub in Brentwood.\n\nIn a statement read by the coroner, his son Kirk said lockdown had changed him.\n\nHe said his father had started sleeping in the mornings.\n\n\"It was almost like he had a black cloud over his head,\" he said.\n\n\"He would make passing comments, 'this money is not worth this agg (aggravation), I'm better offing myself'.\n\n\"I never took this seriously - I thought he was just joking.\"\n\nMick Norcross's partner Samantha Keahey said in a statement that he sold a Range Rover, an Aston Martin and a van and cashed in his private pension early.\n\n\"Mick has always supported his family as long as I've known him and the thought of not being able to support his family frightened him,\" she said.\n\nEssex's senior coroner Lincoln Brookes told the hearing: \"He had been under a great deal of pressure and I accept the evidence of his family that he was a very proud man who saw himself as a provider.\"\n\nThe inquest concluded that Mr Norcross died by suicide.\n\nThe star posted a tweet to his 505,000 followers on the day he died, saying: \"At the end remind yourself that you did the best you could. And that's good enough.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, information and support is available from BBC Action Line.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The victims of the terror attack at the Munich Olympics have been remembered during Tokyo's opening ceremony, the first time in nearly half a century.\n\nA moment's silence commemorated the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian gunmen in 1972.\n\nFamilies of the victims had for years been urging Olympic organisers to honour them at an opening ceremony, but had their requests repeatedly rejected.\n\n\"Finally there is justice,\" two of the victims' widows said.\n\n\"We went through 49 years of struggle and never gave up,\" said Ankie Spitzer and Ilana Romano, who were at Friday's ceremony.\n\nThe Munich massacre on 5 September 1972 is one of the darkest chapter's in Olympic history.\n\nEleven members of the Israeli team were taken hostage inside the Olympic village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group.\n\nTwo were shot dead almost immediately, while the others were killed during a gun battle with West German police at a nearby airfield, as the militants tried to take them out of the country.\n\n\"We remember those who lost their lives during the Olympic Games,\" an announcer said during the ceremony.\n\n\"One group still holds a strong place in all our memories and stand for all those we have lost at the games - the members of the Israeli delegation at the Olympic Games Munich 1972,\" the announcer added, as the stadium darkened and a soft blue light illuminated parts of the arena.\n\nThe move was praised by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.\n\n\"I welcome this important and historic moment. May their memory be blessed,\" he wrote wrote on Twitter.\n\nRelatives of those killed sought for them to be remembered at opening ceremonies but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had previously ignored the calls.\n\nThe IOC faced criticism after rejecting a request for a minute's silence at the London 2012 Games to mark the 40th anniversary of the attack.\n\nOrganisers said the ceremony was not a \"fit\" atmosphere for a tribute.\n\nIn 2016, the IOC created a \"Place of Mourning\" in Rio's Olympic village to commemorate those who had died during the Games.\n\nAfter watching Friday's tribute in Tokyo, Ms Spitzer and Ms Romano said they could not hold back their tears.\n\n\"This is the moment we've waited for,\" the widows added.", "Caravan drivers could face difficult driving conditions as storms hit southern England and Wales\n\nHolidaymakers travelling this weekend have been warned to expect flooding, thunderstorms and 55mph gusts of wind.\n\nThe Met Office issued a yellow warning for Saturday - with heavy rain likely to cause some disruption across the southern half of England and Wales.\n\nCampsites may face high winds while cars towing caravans could face tricky driving conditions.\n\nThe thunderstorms come after days of high temperatures, which prompted Met Office warnings for extreme heat.\n\nAs the heatwave broke on Friday, there were warnings of strong, gusty winds particularly in exposed coastal areas and hilly places.\n\nThunderstorms were forecast to move into southern England overnight, reaching south Wales and the Midlands early on Saturday.\n\nFrequent lightning and the possibility of large hailstones falling as well as torrential rainfall were likely, the Met Office said.\n\nFirefighters were called to a house in Andover, in Hampshire, on Friday night after it was struck by lightning and its roof was partially destroyed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nForecasters warned of a chance of flooding and power cuts - with up to 35mm of rain predicted to fall within in an hour in southern counties of England, and further slow-moving thunderstorms forecast to develop on Saturday afternoon.\n\nLatitude Festival-goers in Suffolk could be at risk from thunderstorms and heavy rain on Sunday\n\nFurther heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected on Sunday across southern and eastern England, with the yellow warning stretching into East Anglia, possibly affecting Latitude Festival in Suffolk.\n\nUp to 80 or 100mm of rainfall could build up in some locations over the course of the day, the Met Office says.\n\nHave you been affected by the bad weather? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "About half of Italians are now fully vaccinated - but many are missing their appointments because of the summer holiday season\n\nItaly is introducing a mandatory Covid vaccination certificate from 6 August, the latest country in Europe to announce such a scheme.\n\nThe move will allow those aged 12 and over who have received at least one jab to access a range of venues, including indoor restaurants, cinemas and gyms.\n\nHowever, after disagreements within the governing coalition, the pass will not be needed for transport.\n\nThe virus is surging again in Italy, driven by the delta variant.\n\nThe number of new cases doubled over the past week, with more than 5,000 infections reported on Thursday.\n\nThe so-called Green Pass, either in digital or paper form, will also be valid for anyone who has had a negative test within the previous 48 hours or who has recovered from Covid in the past six months.\n\nAbout half of Italians are now fully vaccinated - but the summer holiday season is dissuading some to turn up for their appointments, says the BBC's Mark Lowen, in Rome.\n\nItaly has confirmed more than 4.3 million infections since the start of the outbreak, with nearly 128,000 Covid-related deaths.\n\nItalian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has condemned right-wing politicians who have discouraged young people from being jabbed.\n\nHe said it was as \"a call for people to die\".\n\nCorrection 28 October 2021: This article has been updated to make clear that the Green Pass will also be valid for people who have tested negative for Covid-19 or have recovered from the virus.", "Bezos and the Blue Origin team may not qualify as astronauts\n\nIn a move that pours cold water on the dreams of a few billionaire space explorers, the US has tightened its definition of the word \"astronaut\".\n\nNew Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules say astronaut hopefuls must be part of the flight crew and make contributions to space flight safety.\n\nThat means Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson may not yet be astronauts in the eyes of the US government.\n\nThese are the first changes since the FAA wings programme began in 2004.\n\nThe Commercial Astronaut Wings programme updates were announced on Tuesday - the same day that Amazon's Mr Bezos flew aboard a Blue Origin rocket to the edge of space.\n\nTo qualify as commercial astronauts, space-goers must travel 50 miles (80km) above the Earth's surface, which both Mr Bezos and Mr Branson accomplished.\n\nBut altitude aside, the agency says would-be astronauts must have also \"demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to public safety, or contributed to human space flight safety\".\n\nWhat exactly counts as such is determined by FAA officials.\n\nIn a statement, the FAA said that these changes brought the wings scheme more in line with its role to protect public safety during commercial space flights.\n\nOn 11 July, Sir Richard flew on-board Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo to the edge of space as a test before allowing customers aboard next year.\n\nMr Bezos and the three other crew members who flew on Blue Origin's spacecraft may have less claim to the coveted title. Ahead of the launch, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said that \"there's really nothing for a crew member to do\" on the autonomous vehicle.\n\nThose wishing for commercial wings need to be nominated for them as well. An FAA spokesperson told CNN they are not currently reviewing any submissions.\n\nThere are two other ways to earn astronaut wings in the US - through the military or Nasa.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard\n\nThe wings spotted on Mr Bezos and Sir Richard following their flights were custom-made pins by their own companies.\n\nHowever, a glimmer of hope remains for Sir Richard, Mr Bezos and any future stargazers hoping to be recognised as astronauts.\n\nThe new order notes that honorary awards can be given based on merit - at the discretion of the FAA's associate administrator.\n\nAstronaut wings were first awarded to astronauts Alan Shepard Jr and Virgil Grissom in the early 1960s for their participation in the Mercury Seven programme.", "Gunshots were reported outside a Mexican restaurant in the capital\n\nA gunman has opened fire outside a restaurant in an upscale area of Washington DC, about a mile (1.5km) from the White House.\n\nDiners at outside tables ran for cover as more than 20 shots were fired.\n\nWitnesses said the gunman fled by car after shooting towards a Mexican restaurant in the Logan Circle area.\n\nTwo people were shot, and local police believe one of them was the intended target of the attack.\n\nWhile rates of most violent crimes have gone down, assaults with a gun are on the rise - not just in Washington DC but in many American cities.\n\nAccording to Washington DC crime statistics, the rate of assaults committed with a gun has risen each year since 2018. So far, 471 assaults with a gun have been reported in 2021. This time last year, there had been 434.\n\nHowever, most of the gun violence in Washington is concentrated in poorer parts of the city, in the South East and North East districts.\n\nAt a news conference, Police Chief Robert Contee said officers were able to respond to Thursday night's shooting \"within five seconds\" because they were already investigating another shooting in the area.\n\nAmong those who witnessed the attack in Logan Circle was CNN presenter Jim Acosta.\n\n\"Just hear[d] what sounded like gun shots on 14th street in NW DC. People fleeing the popular Le Diplomate restaurant which seemed a few blocks away,\" he tweeted.\n\nJess Davidson, 27, was in the Mexican restaurant when the gunfire broke out.\n\n\"It's terrifying,\" she told the BBC. \"I thought I was going to die.\n\n\"It's something that you always fear, living in the US, but nothing can prepare you for that moment,\" said Ms Davidson. \"It's incredibly angering - people feel the way that I do every single day, when they're in shopping malls, baseball games, movie theatres, schools.\"\n\nUS President Joe Biden has promised to take action on gun crime, with tighter rules on some kinds of guns and enhanced background checks.\n\nHowever, he faces an uphill task. The right to bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment to the US Constitution and many people see gun control laws as infringing on this constitutional right.\n\nOn Thursday, the US justice department said it had established \"strike forces\" to curb illegal gun trafficking in five key regions, including Washington DC.\n\nI get alerts on my phone when there is breaking news. Tonight's concerns a shooting - not that unusual. It is in my home city, Washington DC. Again, not remarkable.\n\nIn a city divided into quadrants, shootings in South East or North East Washington are not uncommon. But this is reports of around 20-30 shots ringing out in North West DC, about a mile from the White House.\n\nIt is where the well-to-do go out to eat. It is where you never think that the scourge of gun violence which affects the poorer areas of the city will result in bullet casings on your doorstep. But it has.\n\nAnd this is a week after there was a shooting incident outside the Washington Nationals baseball stadium while thousands were inside watching the ballgame. This was profoundly shocking for a city in which the professional middle class don't expect to be caught up in this.\n\nLooking at social media tonight, you'd think it was an incident that had left many dead, such is the shock; such are the sharp intakes of breath. Mercifully it hasn't.\n\nBut maybe this can serve as a wake-up. According to stats, there are as many - if not more - guns in circulation in the US than there are people. About 35,000 thousand people die each year in the US from gunshot wounds, or 100 people per day.\n\nThat is higher by a factor of many, many times than virtually every other advanced industrial society. But for the most part, gunshots tend not to ring out where the policymakers, where the journalists, where the diplomats and the doctors and the lawyers live.", "Parents are being warned to look out for the signs of a common childhood respiratory illness, RSV, cases of which unusually appear to be rising rapidly in the summer.\n\nRSV is a very common winter virus - but social distancing and lockdowns kept it at bay earlier this year.\n\nAnd this means young children have not been exposed and developed immunity.\n\nPublic Health England said it would just cause mild illness for most but some under-twos were at higher risk.\n\nThese can include infants born prematurely or with a heart condition.\n\nAnd they can be at risk of more serious complications, including breathing difficulties caused by bronchiolitis.\n\nPHE said parents should contact their GP or call NHS 111 if their child:\n\nThey should dial 999 for an ambulance if:\n\nPHE medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said: \"This winter, we expect levels of common seasonal illnesses such as cold and flu to increase, as people mix more and given that fewer people will have built up natural immunity during the pandemic.\n\n\"Children under two are at a particular risk of severe infections from common seasonal illnesses.\"\n\nPHE has raised the alarm after its surveillance programme, from samples taken by GPs and hospitals, found the positivity rate for RSV had risen from 1.2% to 8.9% in the past five weeks.\n\nIt comes just weeks after the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said accident and emergency units were seeing a rise in young children being brought in with what seemed to be winter viruses.\n• None RCPCH - The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A computer key that can unlock the files of hundreds of companies which were hacked in a large-scale cyber-attack has been obtained.\n\nUS IT firm Kaseya - which was the first to be targeted earlier this month - said it got the key from a “trusted third party”.\n\nRansomware is malicious software that steals computer data and scrambles it so the victim cannot gain access.\n\nThe hackers then ask for payment in return for releasing the files.\n\nKaseya’s decryptor key will allow customers to retrieve missing files, without paying the ransom.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe company’s spokeswoman Dana Liedholm declined to answer whether Kaseya had paid for access to the key.\n\nShe told tech blog Bleeping Computer that the firm was actively helping customers restore their files.\n\nThe \"supply chain\" attack initially targeted Kaseya, before spreading through corporate networks which use its software.\n\nKaseya estimated that between 800 and 1,500 businesses were affected, including 500 Swedish Coop supermarkets and 11 schools in New Zealand.\n\nAfter the attack at the beginning of July, criminal ransomware gang REvil demanded $70m worth of Bitcoin in return for a key that would unlock the stolen files.\n\nBut members of the group disappeared from the internet in the days following the incident, leaving companies with no way of retrieving the data until now.\n\nWho is the mystery gifter?\n\nThat’s the big question in the cyber-security world at the moment.\n\nBut really it is irrelevant for two reasons.\n\nFirstly, giving away the key now is far too late for most of the victims of this massive ransomware attack.\n\nThe most desperate companies would have paid the gang already to get their operations back online, and others would hopefully be on their way to recovering by now without the help of the criminals.\n\nSecondly, the mystery gifter was most probably linked to - or working with - the criminals directly.\n\nIt seems improbable that a well-run and experienced cyber-crime group like REvil would have accidentally leaked its most prized possession, or had it taken by some sort of secret law enforcement operation.\n\nI’m told by a hacker who claims to be a part of the inner circle that it was \"a trusted partner\" who gave the key away on behalf of the group’s leader, who calls himself Unknown.\n\nMy contact says it’s all part of \"a new beginning\".\n\nSo while some are calling this the end of the REvil group, it could well be the start of something else.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children in Need highlights: Joe Wicks and Murray v Crouch at paddle tennis\n\nChildren in Need and Comic Relief, the BBC's annual charity fundraising TV specials, will be broadcast from the corporation's Salford studios from 2021 onwards.\n\nThe move, announced on Friday, is part of the BBC's commitment to the nations and regions outside of London.\n\nChildren in Need chief executive Simon Antrobus said the team was \"hugely excited\" to be heading to Salford.\n\nThe 2020 charity appeal show raised a total of £57 million. for UK charities.\n\nBroadcast on BBC One, the programme featured appearances from singer Kylie Minogue, footballer Marcus Rashford and fitness coach Joe Wicks.\n\n\"The past year has left lasting effects on the lives of children and young people facing disadvantage,\" Antrobus said.\n\n\"The 2021 Appeal show will be a chance for us to come together as a nation and demonstrate that we will always be here for the children and young people across the UK that need us most.\"\n\nJustin Bieber's Comic Relief performance aired on the same day that he released his album, Justice\n\nHis Comic Relief counterpart, Samir Patel, added: \"The support we get from the public all around the country but particularly in the North is simply outstanding.\n\n\"To get back in a live studio with a full crew and studio audience at our new home will be a treat - roll on next March!\"\n\nJustin Bieber and the Duke of Cambridge were among famous faces who took part in this year's Red Nose Day, which was also broadcast on BBC One.\n\nChildren In Need, which will take place again in November, focuses on assisting UK charities; while Comic Relief is intended to help people in poverty around the world and will be broadcast again in March next year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Tokyo Olympics: Day-by-day guide to the key events and British medal hopes\n\nLast updated on .From the section Olympics", "InSight's instrumentation has detected more than 700 seismic events since early 2019\n\nScientists say they now have some absolute numbers to describe the internal rock structure of Mars.\n\nThe data comes from the InSight spacecraft, which has been sensing quakes on the planet since early 2019.\n\nThe Nasa-led mission reveals the average thickness of Mars' crust to be between 24km and 72km - somewhat thinner than had been expected.\n\nBut the key finding is the size of the planet's core. Its radius of 1,830km is at the top end of previous estimates.\n\nThis is the first time science has managed to directly map the internal layering of a planet apart from the Earth. It's been done also for the Moon, but Mars (total radius: 3,390km) is on a much larger scale.\n\nHaving this information allows researchers to better understand the formation and evolution of different planetary bodies.\n\nInsight achieved its results in the same way that seismologists study internal layering on Earth - by tracking the signals from quakes.\n\nThese events release waves of energy. Changes in the path and velocity of the waves will betray the nature of the rocky materials through which they are passing.\n\nThe seismometer system deployed by the Nasa probe has observed hundreds of tremors, with a handful over the past two years having just the right properties to \"image\" Mars' interior.\n\nThe instrument team, which is led from France and the UK, determines the rigid outer part, or crust, of Mars to be either 20km or 39km thick directly under the probe (depending on the precise sub-layering that exists). Extrapolating to the known surface geology of the rest of the planet, this suggests an average thickness of between 24km and 72km. By contrast, Earth's average crustal thickness is 15-20km. Only in a continental region like the Himalayas can it reach 70km.\n\nThe really interesting number, however, is for the core. Signals from \"Marsquakes\" bouncing off this metal feature indicate that it starts nearly halfway down from the surface, at a depth of about 1,560km - and that it's in a liquid state. Most prior estimates called for a smaller core.\n\nThe InSight probe was launched to Mars in 2018, landing in the November of that year\n\nThe mission team says two fascinating consequences flow from the new direct observations.\n\nThe first is that the known mass and moment of inertia for Mars imply the core will be much less dense than previously thought, and that the iron-nickel alloy that dominates its composition must be strongly enriched in lighter elements, such as sulphur.\n\nThe second consequence relates to the layer inbetween the core and crust - the mantle. This is now thinner than previously assumed and appears to be a simple layer of rock with no major gradations, unlike in the Earth.\n\nAgain, based on Mars' known size, it's highly unlikely this mantle can achieve the pressures where the mineral bridgmanite becomes stable.\n\nOn Earth, this stiff mineral blankets the core, slowing convection and the loss of heat. On early Mars, its absence would therefore have led to rapid cooling.\n\nThis initially would have permitted strong convection in the metal core and a dynamo effect that drove a global magnetic field. But this, of course, has now switched off. Today, no global magnetic field can be detected at the planet.\n\nIf it were there, it would provide some shielding to protect its surface from the damaging radiation that constantly rains down from space and makes the world extremely inhospitable.\n\nThe surface of Mars is cold and dry, and bombarded with radiation\n\nProf Tom Pike from Imperial College London, UK, is one of the principal investigators on Insight's seismometer system. He told BBC News: \"We've been able for the first time to look inside another planet using seismology, and what we have seen on Mars is that we have a bigger core and a lighter core than what was expected. And that does tell us quite a bit about how the planet evolved over geological time.\"\n\nDr Sanne Cottaar from Cambridge University is not on the mission team. She described the Insight results as a tour de force, given just how difficult it is to study the very small quakes that occur on Mars. They never get above a Magnitude 4, which humans would only notice within several kilometres of an event's epicenter.\n\n\"Marsquakes are very, very faint,\" she said. \"It's much more challenging than doing seismology on Earth. Mission scientists have also had to develop methods for how to work with just the one seismometer represented by the InSight lander. So to then see this data come out, and for them to actually be able to look inside the planet with that data, is really quite impressive.\"\n\nDetails about the internal structure of Mars are reported in a series of scholarly papers in Science magazine. Dr Cottaar has a perspective published alongside them.", "Susanna Ohlen is a presenter for the Good Morning Germany programme on German broadcaster RTL\n\nA German presenter has apologised after being caught smearing mud on her clothes moments before appearing on television from a town ravaged by last week's historic floods.\n\nSusanna Ohlen, 39, said she acted after feeling \"ashamed\" of reporting from the town in her clean clothes.\n\nThe broadcaster RTL said she had been suspended for breaching its standards after the video went viral.\n\nIn a statement, Ms Ohlen said she had made a \"serious mistake\".\n\nShe had been reporting from Bad Münstereifel in North Rhine-Westphalia, where record rainfall destroyed homes and left dozens dead last week.\n\nMs Ohlen said she had been helping aid efforts in the days before filming for RTL's Good Morning Germany programme on Monday.\n\nBut before going on air, she felt \"ashamed to stand in front of the camera in clean clothes\", she said.\n\nWithout thinking, she said, \"I smeared mud on my clothes\".\n\nAt that point, a video of her bending down to spread dirt on her hands and clothes was apparently filmed by an onlooker and later posted to social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nApologising for her actions, Ms Ohlen said \"this should never have happened to me\" in her statement.\n\nRTL said Ms Ohlen had been put on leave after the video came to its attention.\n\nThe broadcaster did not say whether further action would be taken.\n\nGermany's worst flooding in decades devastated parts of the country last week, leaving at least 170 people dead and causing billions in damage.\n\nDozens are still missing as clean-up operations continue.\n\nEuropean leaders have blamed climate change for the floods, which have also affected Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Retail sales in the UK rose between May and June, boosted by demand for food and drink as millions watched the Euro 2020 football tournament.\n\nSales rose 0.5% month-on-month following a drop in May, official figures showed.\n\nGrowth came from \"food and drink sales, boosted by football fans across Britain enjoying the Euros\", the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.\n\nJune retail sales were 9.5% higher than before the pandemic in February 2020.\n\nThe largest contribution to total retail sales growth in June was from food shops where sales rose by 4.2%.\n\nSupermarkets sales had dropped in May as shoppers chose to dine out after some Covid restrictions were lifted in the hospitality sector.\n\nThe ONS said: \"Feedback from some retailers suggested that sales were positively boosted in June by the start of the Euro 2020 football championship.\"\n\nConversely, sales at non-food shops dropped by 1.7% between May and June, with a sharp fall in demand for furniture and clothing.\n\nThe ONS said sales of petrol and diesel rose by 2.3% \"as people continued to increase their amount of travel\". But it said sales of automotive fuel remain 2,1% below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nCoronavirus restrictions easing explained the sharp monthly rise in sales in April; non-essential shops reopened and there was pent-up demand. There was subsequent a drop in May, the month hospitality re-started outdoors so people could eat out again.\n\nWith no big changes of restrictions in June, the overall number is less dramatic. But retailers are likely to view these figures as encouraging, especially with June sales more than 9% above pre-virus levels.\n\nDespite a small fall, internet shopping still accounted for comfortably over a quarter of spending. That's still a greater proportion than before the pandemic. Further evidence of how the past 18 months have shifted consumer behaviour, potentially for good.\n\nTotal retail sales for June were better than an expected 0.1% fall. Aled Patchett, head of retail and consumer goods at Lloyds Bank, said: \"Retailers will be hoping June marked the start of the turnaround they have been hoping for.\"\n\nHe added: \"All eyes now are on the impact of the gradual unlocking of society across the UK. On the surface the easing of restrictions and commuters returning back to city centre offices should be good news for the sector, but workers having to self-isolate means many businesses are reporting a shortage of staff just as demand looks likely to peak.\"\n\nPeople continued to shop online but the amount they spent fell by 4.7% between May and June in all sectors except for clothing.\n\nThe overall proportion of retail spending online fell to 26.7% from 28.4% in May, the fourth consecutive monthly fall. \"Retailers suggested that the easing of retail restrictions had affected online sales as consumers returned to physical stores,\" said the ONS.", "Covid cases are down for the third consecutive day in the UK, latest daily figures show.\n\nThe UK recorded 36,389 new infections - a further drop from 46,558 logged on 20 July.\n\nIt is too soon to say if cases have peaked, however, given that the statistics do not capture the impact of unlocking that happened on 19 July.\n\nOne expert said it will take a few weeks after relaxing restrictions to know for certain.\n\nProf Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia said: \"I would caution that this may just be a temporary slowing in reports before we start to see a return to exponential growth towards the end of next week as a result of the ending of restrictions last week.\"\n\nIt is possible cases will increase again, with some measures, such as the R rate, still suggesting the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe latest estimate of R - which measures how quickly the virus is spreading - is unchanged from the previous week at 1.2 to 1.4.\n\nIt means that on average, every 10 people infected with coronavirus goes on to infect between 12 and 14 others.\n\nThe estimated daily growth rate shows signs of a possible slowdown, however. This week's estimate is that infections are growing at between 4% and 6% a day, down from between 4% and 7% last week.\n\nMeanwhile, data from the Office for National Statistics based on swab tests in the community suggests 1.3% of the population - or one in 80 people - has the virus, up from one in 100 the week before.\n\nAccording to the ONS figures for the week up to 17 July:\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant currently accounts for almost every Covid infection in the UK.\n\nA new report from Public Health England warns of a small but increased risk of catching this variant, first identified in India, even if you have had Covid before.\n\nIt says 897 cases out of 68,688 Delta infections recorded in an 11-week period from April to June were possible reinfections.\n\nProf Rowland Kao, a professor of epidemiology and data science at Edinburgh University, said: \"Any decline is always welcome but its too early to say whether this is sustained.\n\n\"It's important to remember that there are still many people highly vulnerable to severe Covid infection, and with infection numbers still high, some remaining caution is merited.\"\n\nThis story was corrected to say cases fell for three days in a row and not four days as originally stated.", "Simpson, pictured in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 2016, is a well-known foreign correspondent\n\nKate Garraway and Richard Madeley apologised to viewers after John Simpson swore live on Friday's edition of Good Morning Britain.\n\nThe veteran foreign correspondent was being interviewed on the ITV breakfast show at around 0650 BST.\n\nDiscussing his recent novel, the 76-year-old recalled his experience of a mock execution while working in Beirut.\n\nAfter Simpson used an offensive word, Madeley said: \"Obviously we apologise to anyone who was offended.\"\n\nSimpson had been explaining that about 80% of the events featured in his novel had either happened to him or people close to him during their careers as foreign correspondents, adding that the protagonist both \"is me and it isn't\".\n\nGood Morning Britain tweeted a clip of the interview, although not the section which featured the offending word.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter Madeley asked whether a mock execution detailed in the book was based on real life, Simpson said: \"It was me in Beirut some years ago and I was made to kneel down.\n\n\"A guy stuck a gun in the back of my neck and pulled the trigger and I thought my last moment had come.\n\n\"And then everybody laughed and I got up and I brushed off my knees and I thought, 'I've got to reassert myself here'.\n\n\"So I said to the guy who had fired the gun, or hadn't fired the gun, 'Do you know what? You're a real [expletive]'.\"\n\nSimpson held his hands up then covered his mouth after realising his mistake, and immediately apologised.\n\nGarraway joked he was \"also in trouble now for saying that on breakfast television\".\n\nShe added: \"We won't give you a mock execution. You are OK John, you are OK.\" She also apologised to viewers.\n\nSimpson, pictured in Syria in 2016, has reported from more than 30 war zones during his career\n\nMadeley is one of several guest presenters who has been drafted in to present the show following Piers Morgan's departure in March.\n\nA permanent replacement for Morgan has not yet been announced.\n\nSimpson has been a well-known foreign correspondent for the BBC for decades, after first joining the corporation in 1970.\n\nHe has interviewed world leaders and reported from more than 120 countries, including 30 war zones.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Daily rapid testing of school pupils who are close contacts of a Covid case did not lead to more virus spread than sending them home, a study has found.\n\nAround 2% of close contacts with test results turned out to have coronavirus.\n\nThe findings, which have not yet been peer-reviewed, did not prove that a policy of rapid testing led to fewer Covid-related absences.\n\nBut the study authors say that schools that successfully implement daily testing should see fewer absences.\n\nCovid rules in many UK schools will be different for the new school year.\n\nBut the policy has created huge disruption to children's education since September.\n\nAny requirement for children and adults to self-isolate as close contacts will be removed in England from mid-August, as already announced by the government.\n\nThe Scottish government is reviewing its approach to self-isolation for school children, who return to lessons in August. In Wales, the education minister has said he wants to minimise the number of pupils self-isolating.\n\nSince March, schools have offered twice weekly rapid tests to all pupils, with those testing positive having to self-isolate, along with close contacts, for 10 days. They replaced PCR tests, which were sent away to a lab for results, when students had symptoms.\n\nBut that's meant growing numbers of pupils absent from school - around one million were off due to Covid in England last week.\n\nBut only 47,000 of those actually had Covid - the rest were defined as close contacts so had to self-isolate and stay off school, even though they were in the routine of taking tests to establish whether they had become infected.\n\nThis pre-print study, in 200 secondary schools and colleges in England, between April and June 2021, suggests there is another way, with less than 2% of children exposed to Covid-19 in schools ending up infected in tests done on pupils without symptoms.\n\nSusan Hopkins, chief medical adviser for NHS Test and Trace said the study was \"a major breakthrough\"\n\n\"Children and parents have made enormous personal sacrifices throughout this pandemic by isolating when needed, and we all know the disruption it has caused in their lives,\" she said.\n\n\"We've been trying to find safe alternatives, and this study gives us evidence of safe alternatives to isolation for school contacts.\"\n\nThe University of Oxford study asked half of the schools to continue with the current policy while the other half invited close contacts of positive cases to take lateral flow tests every day at school. If they tested negative, they were allowed to attend school as normal.\n\nInvolving more than 200,000 students and 20,000 staff, the study found no evidence that the rate of students and staff developing Covid symptoms was different in the group doing daily testing compared with the group of close contacts isolating at home.\n\nThe study could not prove that the policy cut school absences, but the researchers claim that daily contact testing could reduce absences by up to 39%.\n\nThe researchers said pupils and staff were more likely to take daily tests because there was no social penalty to doing them, as there was with isolation when friends had to be named as close contacts.\n\nAlthough they admit lateral flow tests aren't perfect, they say the tests are good at identifying people who are most infectious, who can then be withdrawn from school.\n\nDavid Eyre, study author and associate professor at the University of Oxford, said the findings were \"good news for students, parents and teachers\".\n\n\"The study supports earlier findings from Test and Trace data showing that most children who are in contact with Covid-19 in schools don't go on to get infected.\n\n\"Daily testing was able to identify most of the small number that do, which allowed them to safely isolate at home, while allowing the large majority of other students and staff to remain in school.\"\n\nProf James Hargreaves, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said there were some limitations with the study, and better follow-up in the schools studied would have been reassuring.\n\nProf Paul Hunter, from the University of East Anglia, said schools would probably still need some controls on their return.\n\n\"At least daily testing... will have less harm on children's education than the current exclusion policy, whether or not it has real benefit in controlling the epidemic,\" he said.\n\nThe researchers said they were now doing whole genome sequencing to understand whether coronavirus cases in the study were linked to each other. This will help them understand how the virus is spread in schools and colleges.", "Many popular websites fell offline on Thursday in a widespread global outage of service.\n\nVisitors attempting to reach some sites received DNS errors, meaning their requests could not reach the websites.\n\nAffected services included Airbnb, UPS, HSBC bank, British Airways and the PlayStation network used for online games.\n\nOne popular DNS provider, Akamai, reported \"an emerging issue\" with its Edge DNS service.\n\nIt has now tweeted that the issue has been fixed and \"the service is resuming normal operations\".\n\nInternet outage monitoring platform DownDetector had reported thousands of problems from its users across dozens of platforms.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPreviously it said the issue had been a \"partial outage\" - and some users reported being able to access some compromised services in different regions.\n\nAs some websites began to appear again for users in Europe and the US, others in Asian nations continued to report problems.\n\nDNS - short for Domain Name System - turns the human-readable web addresses we use, such as bbc.com, into addresses that point to a computer server somewhere online.\n\nDisruptions often mean that a web browser cannot find the content it is looking for.\n\nIt is the second such widespread outage in two months.\n\nIn June, cloud computing provider Fastly had an interrupted service which took down a large number of high-profile websites around the world, including many international newspapers and government websites.\n\nIn that case, it later emerged that a settings change by one customer had inadvertently affected the entire infrastructure.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gareth Southgate, speaking on Twitter in a 10 Downing Street message: ''Go and get it (your Covid vaccine) done''\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate is urging younger people to get vaccinated, saying it is a chance to \"get your freedom back\".\n\nIt comes after it was revealed the proportion of people aged 20 to 29 testing positive for Covid in England had hit record levels.\n\nIn the message, released by 10 Downing Street, he said vaccination was \"our best route out of this problem\".\n\nMany young adults have not received a first vaccine dose yet.\n\nAbout 34% of 18 to 29-year-olds in England - about three million people - have not been vaccinated at all. In Scotland, about 30% are not yet vaccinated.\n\nBut half of all under-30s in England - more than four million people - received a first dose in the three weeks after the vaccination programme was opened to people in their 20s in June. And the vaccination rate is still climbing for this group in England and Scotland.\n\nSouthgate started by thanking fans for their support of the England team at Euro 2020, before saying: \"We know the last 18 months have been incredibly difficult for everybody.\n\n\"And there's no doubt that the vaccination programme is our best route out of this problem, not only for us as a country but across the world.\n\n\"So I just wanted to say how important it is, if you haven't had your vaccine yet, to go and get it done.\"\n\nHe said \"oldies\" like him could now \"crack on\" with their lives if they were fully vaccinated, adding that \"for you younger ones especially, it's the chance for everything to open up, to get your freedom back\".\n\nThe former England player continued: \"So much of that is going to rest on you having the vaccine.\n\n\"So, don't put it off any longer, go and get it done, we can open everything up, we can protect the people we need to protect and you guys will get your freedom back.\"\n\nThe video has been shared widely on social media.\n\nPublic Health England's figures show, in the last week, 1,155 people in their 20s tested positive for every 100,000 in the population.\n\nThat is the highest rate of cases in any age group since mass-testing began, experts said, urging everyone in this group to get both jabs.", "13 Reasons Why star Tommy Dorfman has announced she is transgender.\n\nThe actress played male character Ryan Shaver, and confirmed on Instagram her pronouns are now \"she/her\".\n\nThe 29-year-old wrote that she was \"thrilled to reintroduce myself as the woman I am today\".\n\n\"I'm especially grateful to every single trans person who walked this path, broke down barriers, and risked their lives to live authentically,\" she added.\n\nIn an interview with Time magazine, Tommy said for the last year she has been \"privately identifying and living as a woman - a trans woman\".\n\nShe also said she would not be changing her name.\n\n\"I'm named after my mum's brother who passed a month after I was born, and I feel very connected to that name, to an uncle who held me as he was dying.\"\n\n\"This is an evolution of Tommy. I'm becoming more Tommy,\" she added.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by tommy.dorfman This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTommy has been showing the changes in her style and appearance for months on Instagram, and said she needed to publicly address her gender identity to maintain control of her own narrative.\n\n\"I've been living in this other version of coming out where I don't feel safe enough to talk about it, so I just do it. But I recognise that transitioning is beautiful. Why not let the world see what that looks like?\" she said.\n\n\"With this medical transition, there has been discourse about my body, and it began to feel overwhelming.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by tommy.dorfman This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTommy said coming out was \"always viewed as this grand reveal\", but that \"she was never not out\".\n\n\"I view today as a reintroduction to me as a woman, having made a transition medically.\"\n\nTommy added it was \"impossible to separate my personal and professional transition\".\n\nShe was given her first role as a woman in Lena Dunham's upcoming film Sharp Stick, which she calls \"exciting and validating\".\n\n\"I'm thinking about how I can infuse my trans body into film and television\", she said.\n\n\"Thank you to all the trans woman that showed me who I am, how to live, celebrate myself, and take up space in this world,\" she added on Instagram.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Last updated on .From the section The Hundred\n\nOval Invincibles edged out Manchester Originals by nine runs as the men's Hundred kicked off in entertaining fashion at The Oval.\n\nAfter a thrilling opening women's game on Wednesday, the men's opener also went the distance as Manchester chased 146 to win.\n\nAfter a poor start, Originals' Carlos Brathwaite hit 37 from 29 balls but, with 19 needed from the last five balls, the West Indies international was caught.\n\nIt was a fine Invincibles bowling performance which secured the win after captain Sam Billings had earlier hit 49 to lead a recovery from 32-3 to 145-8 from their 100 balls.\n\nHere are BBC Sport's takeaways from the Invincibles' win.\n\nAnother entertaining night at The Oval\n\nThis match didn't quite match the drama of the women's opener but it was still another entertaining night at The Oval - the match lit up by nutmegs, diving catches and a pair of brilliant brothers, two of 15 internationals across the two XIs.\n\nManchester started badly in their chase, England's Phil Salt and Jos Buttler making just four and eight respectively. After 41 balls they were 50-4.\n\nBut with Brathwaite at the crease almost anything is possible - as England fans know after he downed Ben Stokes in stunning fashion in the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup final.\n\nNeeding 47 runs from the last 20 balls he hit England's Tom Curran for six and the home crowd of 18,126 - another positive attendance at the start of cricket's newest competition - were nervous.\n\nUltimately, though, it was the other Curran, Sam - Tom's younger brother - who had Brathwaite caught at long-on, leaving the West Indies star to slump from the field dejected, taking Manchester's hopes with him.\n\nAt the halfway stage, Manchester were probably favourites after restricting the Invincibles to a below-par score.\n\nUp stepped the Invincibles bowling attack - led by the Currans.\n\nTom had already impressed the crowd with a nutmeg shot with the bat. With the ball - his now trademark headband on - he bowled the penultimate set of five balls and removed Calvin Harrison, who made 23 from 16 in support of Brathwaite.\n\nTwenty-three-year-old Sam, hair bleached blonde a la Phil Foden, bowled the first five balls and the last five, deceiving the Manchester batters with slower balls, which he later told BBC Sport he has honed with the help of West Indies' all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.\n\nIt was was impressive from the two local England internationals, both of whom came through the Surrey academy.\n\nThey were supported well by another England international Reece Topley, who had the dangerous Joe Clarke caught behind for 15, and a less well-known name, spinner Nathan Sowter, who chipped in with 2-18.\n\nButtler, a key member of England's 2019 World Cup-winning team, is one of the most destructive batters in the world at his best.\n\nHere, as he did in England's Twenty20 win over Pakistan on Tuesday, he struggled for fluency.\n\nHe only hit one four in his 10 balls - a reverse sweep one ball before he was dismissed.\n\nAll of Manchester's star names, skipper Buttler and Salt with the bat, or Matt Parkinson with the ball, had quiet nights.\n\nButtler will only have one more game in The Hundred before leaving for England duty but the others must find their feet for Manchester to go far.\n\nSam Billings' knock was crucial. He largely targeted the leg side, hitting two big sixes.\n\nBut impressive too was how he marshalled his team in the field. A change in the field helped see off Buttler and he even took a well-timed strategic time out with 10 balls needed and the game in the balance.\n\n\"He has just gone about it cleverly,\" said England Women's World Cup winner and BBC pundit Alex Hartley.\n\n\"Buttler hit a reverse sweep, he put that fielder back so Buttler had to go over extra cover and that is where he was caught. Billings has been absolutely outstanding.\"\n\nThe game also saw new tactics, brought about by The Hundred's new rules, begin to emerge.\n\nBoth Sam Curran and Manchester left-arm spinner Tom Hartley took up the option of bowling 10 consecutive deliveries at the start of each innings.\n\nIn Invincibles' batting innings and in an attempt to take advantage of the fielding restrictions, Sam Curran was promoted to open, an unfamiliar position the left-hander who usually bats in the middle order.\n\nHe hit a six from his fourth ball but then became Hartley's first victim, bowled by a quicker delivery by the spinner.\n\nHartley was probably the Originals' most impressive bowler, also dismissing England batter Jason Roy - he was caught brilliantly by Tom Lammonby diving forward in the deep for 20 - and taking 2-20 despite bowling 15 balls in the powerplay and five at the end.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. The honour fell to Naomi Osaka to light the flame, the beacon of hope the Olympics attempts to be. It marked the official opening of Tokyo 2020, a year later than planned, and in the midst of a global pandemic. Perhaps as expected, Friday's opening ceremony was not of the usual ilk. No carnival like Rio, no skydiving monarchs like London, but a more sombre tone, a sobering reminder that this is a Games taking place in a world still facing its toughest challenge. \"Today is a moment of hope,\" said Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). \"Yes, it is very different from what all of us had imagined. But let us cherish this moment because finally we are all here together.\" This Games is going to be different, dampened by masks, positive tests and the absence of fans. But it is still the Olympics; still the greatest show on Earth, still faster, higher, stronger and now together. The opening ceremony had faced many a scandal before it even started on Friday, its director fired on the eve of the Games for historic jokes about the Holocaust, days after its composer resigned after it emerged he had bullied classmates with disabilities at school. The ceremony itself was modest, a reminder of all the world has gone through yet offered hope for what is to come. But the lack of a crowd was stark as socially distanced and masked athletes - though some went without - waved to empty stands, no roar accompanying their march into the stadium. A 22-strong Team GB delegation was among them, led by flag bearers Moe Sbihi and Hannah Mills of rowing and sailing respectively. Smatterings of applause sounded from the few inside. Just the media and some 900 dignitaries watched on in the 68,000-seater venue, including US First Lady Dr Jill Biden and French president Emmanuel Macron. The build-up to these Games has been long, and it's not one that all are welcoming with open arms. Outside the stadium, as the hours ticked down to the start of the ceremony, hundreds of locals had gathered, simmering with excitement and pride and desperate to join in. But as day turned to night, the mood soured, protesters making their voices heard with chants of \"stop the Olympics\" heard by the few seated in the stadium. To inside, where all was subdued yet intimate, a nod to the world's resilience and its togetherness in the fight against a global threat. The ceremony also paid tribute to the universality of sport, its power to unite those of different cultures and backgrounds and provide a sense of hope, even in the most troubling of times. \"Here is a vision for the future, one that embodies 'unity in diversity', one of peace and respect for one another,\" said Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto. \"This is the power of sport, and an expression of the fundamental values of the Olympic movement. This is its essence.\" At the heart of the stadium stood the Olympic cauldron, a representation of the sun atop Mount Fuji. It later opened like a flower, embodying \"vitality and hope\". Earlier, the Japanese flag had entered carried by athletes, but also by healthcare workers, after which a moment of silence was held to remember those lost. The Olympic rings were then formed, crafted of timber from trees grown of seeds brought by athletes in 1964 - the last time the Games came to Tokyo. After the athlete parade - as lengthy as ever - the performances continued. Some 1,824 drones formed a revolving globe above the stadium, before musicians including John Legend and Keith Urban delivered a moving rendition of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 'Imagine'. A somewhat surprising inclusion came after the speeches and the raising of the Olympic flag - Susan Boyle. Yes, you read that right. The Scottish singer hasn't made the trip to Tokyo, but her rendition of 'Wings To Fly' - a song released in 1971 by a Japanese folk group - accompanied the symbolic release of doves. Not live doves, fear not, but rather projections and special effects acknowledging the \"peaceful intent\" of the Games. A clever display of the sport pictograms followed, but the final act was reserved for four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka, a representation of the new Japan, a person bringing change to her homeland. The 23-year-old was delivered the torch by 14 others, a group featuring past and present athletes, including a summer and winter Paralympic gold medallist, doctors, nurses and students. She ascended 'Mount Fuji', lighting the flame, before fireworks adorned the Tokyo night sky. And so to the sport. While some is already under way, the first medals will be awarded on Saturday, with four Britons taking on the men's cycling road race and shooter Seonaid McIntosh competing in the women's 10m air rifle. Swimmer Adam Peaty, rower Helen Glover and the men's artistic gymnastics team are among those also starting their campaigns. And with that, there are just four words left needing to be said.\n• None Aimee Fuller speaks to Tom Daley on his final shot at gold\n• None What does unionism mean now?: Andrea Catherwood explores the impact of Brexit and calls for an Irish referendum", "The opportunities offered and frictions caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol are clear, the chief executive of Invest NI has said.\n\nKevin Holland said there was now more clarity for businesses and investors after a long period of uncertainty when the Brexit deal was being negotiated.\n\nThe protocol is the part of the deal that keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU single market for goods.\n\nMr Holland said Invest NI was helping firms explain how the protocol worked.\n\nHe made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business programme as the economic development agency published its end-of-year results.\n\nHe said there had been \"frictions\" resulting from the post-Brexit trade arrangement for Northern Ireland.\n\n\"There have been frictions because we've seen them,\" he said.\n\nKevin Holland says potential investors want to know the practicalities of setting up in Northern Ireland\n\n\"We have invested a lot of time in webinars and advice sessions with businesses in Northern Ireland to explain to them how the new configuration works between the UK and Europe, what is the best way to manage the frictions.\n\n\"We've had companies who have talked to us and want to explore the opportunities.\"\n\nThis week the UK government demanded a redrawing of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which it had agreed with the EU last winter.\n\nIt said the resulting checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain had proven to be unsustainable and were damaging the \"fabric\" of the UK.\n\nBut the EU responded by saying it would not agree to renegotiate the terms of the deal.\n\nAsked if potential foreign investors had queried the political split between the UK and the EU in relation to the protocol, Mr Holland said: \"When we talk to businesses we focus on the practicalities.\n\n\"In terms of political discussions that go on on a daily basis, that is not the part we focus on.\n\n\"There has been real progress over the last few years.\n\nSome unionists have protested against the Northern Ireland Protocol, claiming it weakens the UK union\n\n\"If you look at where we were last June, there was very little clarity and businesses were saying 'we want certainty, we want to understand what is happening'.\n\n\"[Since the Brexit deal], I think it's pretty clear actually what businesses need to do to operate successfully in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"[It's clear] what frictions... are still there and what the opportunities there can be for the future for the benefit of businesses setting up in or expanding from Northern Ireland.\"\n\nInvest NI's end-of-year results show it made 3,000 offers of financial assistance during the 2020-21 financial year.\n\nMr Holland said the organisation had adapted quickly to also assist with the rollout of government support schemes during the pandemic.\n\nHe said he was confident about attracting new investors.\n\n\"We are having a lot of conversations... our pipeline is very strong, as strong as it has been over the last four years,\" he said.\n\n\"The challenge is actually bringing people here because of Covid and travel restrictions.\n\nInvest NI is the publicly-funded economic development agency for Northern Ireland\n\n\"Northern Ireland is a very attractive destination and I think over the last year it has made a name for itself with global companies.\n\n\"They've seen the resilience of Northern Irish businesses and the speed at which they adapted quickly.\n\n\"Just to move a deal across the line, to get the final signature on a dotted line, we really need some of those investors to come here and we look forward to the opening-up to be able to do that.\"\n\nMr Holland was also asked if Invest NI provided value for money.\n\n\"In spite of the traumatic year we've lived through we have hit the targets we set four years ago before anyone had heard about Covid or even Brexit,\" he replied.\n\n\"We certainly deliver what we commit to.\n\n\"If you look at our investment returns, for every £1 we invest into businesses they match with £5.\n\n\"So for every £1 we disperse, you get £6 into the economy.\"\n\nYou can listen to Inside Business on BBC Radio Ulster on Friday at 17:30 BST or on the BBC Sounds app.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nEngland winger Jadon Sancho says joining Manchester United is \"a dream come true\" after he completed his £73m move from Borussia Dortmund.\n\nSancho is the second most expensive English player of all time behind his new United team-mate Harry Maguire.\n\n\"I'll always be grateful to Dortmund for giving me the opportunity to play first-team football, although I always knew that I would return to England,\" 21-year-old Sancho said.\n\n\"The chance to join Manchester United is a dream come true and I just cannot wait to perform in the Premier League.\n\n\"This is a young and exciting squad and I know, together, we can develop into something special to bring the success that the fans deserve.\"\n\nUnited agreed the fee for Sancho on 1 July and his five-year contract with the club has a further 12 month option.\n\nThe completion of the deal brings to an end United's protracted pursuit of former Manchester City player Sancho. They had expected to sign him last summer but could not agree a fee.\n\nSancho scored 50 goals and registered 57 assists in 137 appearances for Dortmund.\n\nUnited boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Old Trafford will give Sancho \"the platform he needs to release his untapped talent\".\n\n\"Jadon epitomises the type of player I want to bring to the club - he is a forward player in the best traditions of Manchester United,\" Solskjaer told the club website.\n\n\"He will form an integral part of my squad for years to come and we look forward to seeing him blossom. His goals and assists records speak for themselves and he will also bring tremendous pace, flair and creativity to the team.\"\n• None Sancho has medical at Man Utd as £73m move edges closer\n\nSancho's return to the English game comes after he helped the national team reach the final of the European Championship, where they were beatenon penalties by Italy.\n\nThe former City youth player, along with Bukayo Saka and now United team-mate Marcus Rashford, were subjected to racial abuse on social media after they failed to score in the decisive shootout.\n\nSancho's move to Old Trafford will see him not only link up with England team-mate Rashford, but also Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood in what could prove a formidable attack for Solskjaer's side.\n\nSancho scored 16 goals in all competitions during the 2020-21 season, five fewer than Rashford, but four more than Greenwood, and nine more than Martial. Cavani, who joined United on a free transfer last year after leaving Paris St-Germain, netted 17.\n\nIn four seasons at Dortmund, Sancho notched 57 assists and created 65 big chances, more than Rashford, Martial, Greenwood and Cavani during the same period.\n\nSancho v Manchester United forwards - since start of 2017-18 season (all competitions)\n\nSancho also stacks up well when compared to some of the biggest names in Europe.\n\nSince the start of the 2018-19 season, only seven players have more combined goals and assists than the England international. Of those players, only Barcelona's Lionel Messi (43) has created more goals than Sancho (41) in that time.\n\nGoals and assists - Europe's top five leagues since 2018-19\n\nMarch 2000: Born in Camberwell, south London, growing up in nearby Kennington.\n\n2007: Spotted by Watford at the age of seven, registering as a player two years later.\n\nMarch 2015: Joins Manchester City shortly before his 15th birthday for a fee rising up to £500,000.\n\nAugust 2017: Leaves City aged 17 without making a senior appearance, joining Borussia Dortmund for about £10m.\n\nOctober 2017: Part of England squad that wins the U17 World Cup, though he only takes part in the group stage before being recalled by Dortmund. Makes his Dortmund debut as a late substitute in a 2-2 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt.\n\nApril 2018: Scores his first Dortmund goal in a 4-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen a month after his 18th birthday.\n\nOctober 2018: Makes his England debut aged 18 in their Nations League draw with Croatia, the first player born in the 2000s to play for the Three Lions.\n\nSeptember 2019: Scores his first England goals at the age of 19 in a 5-3 win against Kosovo.\n\nFebruary 2020: Becomes the only teenager to score 25 Bundesliga goals after hitting the opener in a 5-0 win over Union Berlin a month before his 20th birthday.\n\nJune 2020: Ends the 2019-20 season with 20 goals and 18 assists in 44 appearances for Dortmund in all competitions.\n\nMay 2021: After his proposed move to Old Trafford fell through in 2020, Sancho notches 16 goals and 20 assists across all competitions in 2020-21 for Dortmund, earning him a spot in Gareth Southgate's Euro 2020 squad.\n\nJuly 2021: Completes his move to Old Trafford.\n\nFind all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.\n• None Get news and features about your favourite team direct to your phone with the BBC Sport App's Premier League club news notifications, along with line-ups, latest scores and results. Download the App here:\n• None Notifications, Live Guide, social media and more with BBC Sport", "As we reported earlier, thousands of people have been heading to Suffolk for the Latitude Festival, which was cancelled last year because of the pandemic.\n\nThe four-day music and arts festival - which began yesterday - is expected to attract about 40,000 people per day and is operating under a government event safety trial.\n\nTriathlete Libby Butler was determined to attend the festival and continue with her training. She's camping there all week and says she's been swimming in the lake on-site.\n\n\"I feel really safe,\" she says. \"Everyone is very much aware that Covid is still around and everybody is being really respectful.\n\n\"It is very odd. I live on my own in a little village in the Cotswolds so there are not many people about. So I found it very strange in the arena last night being around all of these people.\n\n\"I'm sure that will ease off as the weekend goes on and I'll be a bit more relaxed.\"\n\nJosh Gosling, 18, who is enjoying his fourth Latitude Festival, says it's really nice to be back.\n\n\"It is the first big event we've had since lockdown so it was a bit weird really with having all the crowds and mingling with people.\"\n\nAny concerns soon faded however he said he even enjoyed a spell of crowd surfing on Thursday night.\n\n\"Quite a lot of us have already had Covid in the past couple of months,\" says friend Gus Pater. \"So we all feel pretty confident about it and quite safe.\n\n\"I was fine with it [Covid], though I still can't smell anything. It kind of reassures me that I will be all right.\"\n\nYou can read more here.", "Two teen basketball teams in a small Irish coastal town will soon have a spring in their step after securing sponsorship from a US supermodel.\n\nEmily Ratajkowski answered a funding appeal for kit for the under-15 and under-16 boys of Bantry Basketball Club in County Cork ahead of the new season.\n\nHer support has set the teams' Snapchat group \"on fire\", said coach Pat Curran.\n\nHe said the family of the model, actress and activist had long been \"ingrained\" in the Bantry community.\n\nThe 30-year-old's parents have a home in the town and her father John played for the basketball club \"about 20 years ago\", Pat told BBC News NI.\n\nThe closure of many Irish businesses during the country's Covid-19 lockdown had meant that the club was finding it difficult to get sponsorship this year.\n\n\"I was speaking John the other night so I just said to him if Emily would be interested in sponsoring one of the teams,\" said the coach.\n\nThe Bantry boys - pictured at the start of 2020 with coach Pat Curran - will have the name of Ratajkowski's clothing company on their jerseys\n\n\"He texted her and she was back within five minutes, saying: 'Absolutely I'd love to do it'.\n\nHer financial support will help to buy new kits and cover training expenses for the teams over the next two years.\n\nBut Pat said the deal was about much more than money.\n\nHe said Ratajkowski's \"great sense of social justice\" made her an inspiration for the club's young players.\n\n\"Everyone knows Emily Ratajkowski, the model and the actress, but there's a lot more to her,\" he said.\n\n\"She's used a platform over and over again to be an advocate for marginalised groups such as immigrants.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Bantry Basketball Club This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"That is very inspirational to young people and it sets a really good example of an equal and accepting society and that's what we strive for in our club.\n\n\"There's a lot going on in young people's heads, especially with the closure of sport, the closure of schools [due to the coronavirus lockdown].\n\n\"She's someone that they can really look up look up to with her advocacies and how she carries herself - she really encapsulates that ethos of inclusivity.\"\n\nPat said the \"feel-good story\" had caused a stir in Bantry, with the town revelling in it.\n\n\"My own son was delighted - he'd know Emily's parents really well,\" he said.\n\n\"He's been telling me that the Snapchat group is on fire at the moment.\"", "The parents of a missing 11-year-old girl said they were in a \"state of shock\" as police stepped up their search for her.\n\nThe girl left her home in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on Thursday and travelled to London by train overnight.\n\nHer parents urged her to let them know she was OK.\n\n\"We miss you, we want you to come home. We want to at least know you're safe. You're not in any trouble. Please contact us or the police,\" they said.\n\n\"We are in a state of shock. We want to know where she is, who she's with, but most of all, that she's safe. Please come home.\"\n\nThe girl left home without her parents' knowledge and travelled to Bolton railway station, arriving at 20:20 BST.\n\nShe then came into contact with an unknown man and woman, who were believed to be worried about her, and travelled on the same train as her to Manchester Piccadilly, police have said.\n\nShe was then seen boarding a train from Manchester Piccadilly at 21:27 to Birmingham New Street before getting onto another train at 23:10 to London Euston, arriving at 01:13.\n\nShe left Euston station alone and went onto Eversholt Street towards Euston Road at 01:17.\n\nPolice believe she was at London Bridge Tube Station at 11:16 and may be in the area around Tower Bridge.\n\nThe force is also looking to trace the man and woman, who travelled on the same train as her from Bolton to Manchester Piccadilly.\n\nDetectives think they may know where the girl was going after arriving in London.\n\nThe child, who is of Ethiopian heritage and described as having a slim build, was last seen wearing a black Hijab with a blue headscarf and black dress.\n\nPolice say the woman, who is described as black, of slim build, was wearing a light blue tunic, black pants and black trainers with a white sole.\n\nThe woman's face was covered with a white face mask and she was carrying an orange carrier bag.\n\nDet Ch Insp Paul Rollinson said: \"We are understandably extremely concerned about the welfare of this young girl who was reported missing to us last night as it would seem extremely out of character.\"\n\nHe added that she may have travelled to the city to pursue her ambition of setting up a clothing business near Tower Bridge or to go sightseeing.\n\nPolice said the child had not spoken to friends or family about her plans to catch a train to the capital.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "11,000 were told to isolate in Wales in one week of July.\n\nIsolation for fully vaccinated people in close contact with a positive Covid case is expected to end during August.\n\nThe Welsh government reiterated its plans after it emerged 11,417 people were told to quarantine by the NHS Covid app between 8 and 15 July.\n\nIt is also discussing whether further measures are needed in the NHS and other critical services.\n\nBut it has not joined England in backing a list of key workers that will be exempt from isolation.\n\nThe Welsh government said it intends to ease the restriction on isolation during the next three week review period, which begins on 7 August - but a precise date has not been set.\n\nHealth Minister Eluned Morgan said the number of people being asked to self-isolate, whether by the app or by a contact tracer, has been increasing as cases rise.\n\nIt is a legal requirement to isolate if told to by a contact tracer, but the same legal duty does not apply to the app.\n\nHowever, the Welsh government said app users should follow the instruction \"to help minimise the virus' spread\".\n\nWhile 11,417 were asked to isolate in Wales the week ending 14 July, 607,486 alerts were sent in England.\n\nThere had been 9,940 people who received an alert in Wales the week before. In the week ending 2 June, it was 457.\n\nMs Morgan said that case rates and contacts are not at the levels seen elsewhere in the UK.\n\nBut she said: \"The increase in notifications to contacts advising them to self-isolate illustrates that the NHS Covid 19 App is working effectively and doing what it is designed to do.\"\n\n\"In August, as part of the next 21 day review cycle, we aim to remove the requirement for people who have been fully vaccinated to self-isolate if they are a close contact of someone who has tested positive.\"\n\nThe review cycle begins on 7 August, when the Welsh government plans to end most of Wales' coronavirus rules.\n\n\"We will also consider other potential exemptions, such as for those under the age of 18,\" she wrote.\n\nShe added that in the next few weeks there is potential for critical services, such as the NHS and social care, to face \"additional pressures\" because of contacts self-isolating.\n\nThe minister said they working closely with the NHS and social care \"to agree effective mitigation\".\n\n\"Our regional incident management teams who are responsible for Covid prevention and response planning have also been asked to consider whether isolation poses any risks to critical services and infrastructure and advise on any possible response that may be considered necessary.\"\n\nPeople asked to self-isolate by contact tracers are required to isolate for ten days.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives' Russell George called for a review of the app: \"We can't afford to lose public confidence and this isolation period needs to be urgently reviewed.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and BBC Sounds; Live text, video clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nThe BBC will bring you live coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics across BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, radio and online.\n\nBBC One and BBC Two will broadcast more than 350 hours of action - covering all 33 sports from 21 July to 8 August - with a second stream available on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app.\n\nBBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra also bring you live commentary every day, plus a daily podcast on BBC Sounds, and there will be live text, video clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nWhy does the BBC have fewer live video streams for Tokyo 2020?\n\nAs announced in February 2017, the BBC's coverage of the Olympic games has changed.\n\nThe BBC will continue to bring extensive coverage from the Games, including all the must see moments. A network channel alongside the live stream will offer live coverage and highlights - so throughout each day of the Games, this global sporting event will be brought to the widest possible audience.\n\nHowever, the BBC is no longer able to offer live streams of every sport due to the terms of the licensing arrangements laid down by the rights-holder (Discovery).\n\nDiscovery bought European-wide rights to the Olympics Games in 2016 in a 1.3bn euros deal, worth £922m at the time, and is airing Tokyo 2020 action in the UK through Eurosport.\n\nEvent start times are subject to change and the BBC is not responsible for any that may be made. Also, coverage can be subject to late schedule changes, so details may differ from this page.\n\n22:30 on Saturday to 11:40 on Sunday - BBC One\n• None Quiz: How well do you know the Olympics?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"No-one likes gin and tonic with the ice melted\"\n\nA pub and a restaurant have both closed due to scorching temperatures in Wales.\n\nThe Pipeworks Bar said the heat was \"unbearable\" for staff behind the bar at Pontyclun in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nThe Stone Crab restaurant in the Welsh seaside resort of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire has also shut and said it \"cannot let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather\".\n\nThe Met Office issued one of its new-style extreme heat weather warnings for the first time for parts of the UK, including larges parts of Wales.\n\nThe amber warning will be in place until Thursday, when temperatures are expected to peak and could reach 33C (91.4F) in some western areas.\n\nIn a Facebook statement, the Pipeworks Bar said: \"As well as being too hot outside, it's unbearable behind our bar.\n\n\"Everything that is keeping the drinks cold is making us even hotter,\" it said, referring to its three fridges.\n\n\"Plus, masks are just horrid to wear at the moment. So, it's only fair on the staff that we give them a couple of days off... We didn't ever think we would close due to sun.\"\n\nOwner Simon Cole said he was also thinking of the customer enjoyment when making the decision.\n\n\"I went there and had a pint on my day off and the pint was warm within five minutes and it wasn't very nice,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\nHe said as well as the fridges, he had an ice machine which pumped out hot air and there was no air conditioning. Even the outdoor area which has a pergola was \"like a greenhouse\".\n\nSimon Cole said the Pipeworks registered 40C inside when he opened it up\n\nThe temperature inside the bar when he opened up had registered 40C and a bottle of spirits he picked up was hot to the touch.\n\n\"It's mainly just for our staff to have a break and not have to endure the heat. I think they felt relief,\" he said.\n\n\"We have great staff. I messaged them at the weekend and they said it was awful.\n\n\"It's not worth the money to have upset staff. It's [only closing] for a few days.\"\n\nThe Stone Crab said on Facebook it was \"with a heavy heart and with deep thought\" that they have closed until Friday due to the Met Office's extreme temperature weather warnings.\n\n\"We cannot in good knowledge let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather,\" their statement said.\n\n\"We have already been under significant pressure whilst working due to this heat wave, and the new warnings that have come out this evening make it unsafe for our staff to work, let alone the hours that we are all working due to staff shortages in the area.\"\n\nUnder UK law, there is no legal right to leave work when workplaces hit a certain temperature.\n\nHowever under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, employers have a legal obligation to provide a \"reasonable\" temperature in the workplace, although that does not mean they have to provide air conditioning, for example.\n\nBy 14:00 BST on Tuesday, Cardiff had recorded the highest temperature in Wales at 30.2C, with Usk in Monmouthshire and Llysdinam in Powys both registering 29.3C, the Met Office said.\n\nThe highest temperature of the year in Wales was set on Monday in Cardiff at 30.9C, and could still be beaten on Tuesday as temperatures are still rising.\n\nHealth services have issued advice to the public on how to stay cool and safe in the heat.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service declared a business continuity incident - where service is at risk of being disrupted - because of pressure on its services and asked people to think carefully before calling an ambulance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Welsh Ambulance This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt said the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, coupled with the warm weather and an influx of holidaymakers and day-trippers to Wales, meant it was facing a busy summer period.\n\nCardiff and Vale University Health Board said its emergency unit remained very busy and asked people not to attend unless it was life-threatening but to ring for an appointment instead.\n\nHywel Dafydd, consultant plastic surgeon at Morriston Hospital's Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, warned people to be very careful in the hot weather, especially in regard to protecting children.\n\n\"The UV index is very high at the moment, and so the risk of getting severe damage from the sun in the form of sunburn is very, very high and it will happen very quickly,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"My advice primarily is to stay out of the sun, particularly in the height of the sun between the hours of 11am and 3pm, and if you do have to be in the sun then protect yourself by wearing high factor sun screen such as factor 50 and cover up by wearing long-sleeved light cotton or linen-type shirts, wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect your face, and sunglasses.\"\n\nHe said children who got a severe blistering sunburn before the age of 10 doubled their risk of getting melanoma skin cancer, which was more prevalent among people aged 16-30.\n\nNetwork Rail said three watchmen were on the lines to monitor temperatures since early morning and had identified three places where speed restrictions were needed, including Llanbister in Powys, where trains were running at 20mph.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nIt isn't always the big names and blue-riband events.\n\nAt an Olympic Games, with the eyes of the world watching, small moments and unknown backstories can suddenly resonate far further.\n\nBBC Sport has pulled together 10 times when the Olympics has shown that courage, love and compassion don't stop when the starting gun fires.\n\nThe London velodrome was where Great Britain hit the richest seam of gold in 2012.\n\nIn total, seven golds arrived on the velodrome's pine boards, nearly double any other venue.\n\nAnd maybe the best came last. Thirty-six-year-old Chris Hoy, who had already announced he would not compete at a fifth Games, won the keirin to become Britain's most successful Olympian with six golds.\n\n\"I was picking out people's faces when I was on the podium,\" he said looking back in 2014.\n\n\"There were team-mates, coaches, support staff, family, other riders from other countries, you caught people's eyes and realised that it was the end of the most incredible journey.\"\n\nThe United States women's gymnastics team arrived at Atlanta 1996 as the Magnificent Seven - a stellar group who could finally challenge the Russian team who, in different guises, had won the last two all-around titles.\n\nComing to the final rotation, it seemed that the Americans had it won with a comfortable 0.897 point lead over their rivals.\n\nHowever a streak of slips and falls on the vault meant the gold could slip away.\n\nEighteen-year-old Kerri Strug was the last American to vault. She landed awkwardly on her first attempt, ending up on her backside, twisting her ankle in the process.\n\nWith pain etched across her face, she knew she had to vault again, and land it, if her country was to win gold.\n\nShe did. Hopping in pain as she acknowledged the judges, she then crawled off the mat and had to be carried to the medal podium.\n\n\"The Olympics is about more than gold medals,\" she said in 2012.\n\n\"It's about human spirit, the heart and the drive that a lot of athletes have and human beings have in general.\"\n\nAcross many years of broadcasting, John Inverdale had seen it all.\n\nBut the veteran broadcaster was struggling before he even started interviewing Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase.\n\nThe pair had to be helped up the steps from the pontoon to the media area such was the effort they had put into a courageous but unsuccessful attempt to hold off their Danish rivals in the lightweight double sculls final at London 2012.\n\n\"I'm just sorry to everyone we've let down,\" said Hunter into the microphone.\n\n\"You've let nobody down,\" interjected Inverdale, his voice clearly wobbling.\n\nDerek Redmond felt in good shape in the 400m semi-finals at Barcelona 1992, so he decided to push a little harder to secure a better lane draw for the final.\n\nHis hamstring failed him however, leaving him sprawled on the track.\n\nHis father Jim, watching in the stadium, leapt down from the stands to console his son, only to find Derek was determined to finish.\n\nVarious officials tried to stop the pair as they slowly made their way to the line, Derek hobbling and crying more and more. Jim gave them short shrift.\n\n\"I'd never heard my dad using four-letter words,\" Derek said. \"I learned a few new ones.\"\n\nCathy Freeman's win at Sydney 2000 was not for one nation, but two.\n\nHer grandmother was one of the 'Stolen Generations', one of more than 100,000 Aboriginal children taken from their parents in a government programme of forced assimilation.\n\nAfter winning gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, she carried both the Australia and Aboriginal flags on her victory laps. The team's chef de mission told her she would be sent home if she repeated her celebration.\n\nBy the time the 2000 came round she was the face of of the Games, her image wrapped around skyscraper and blazing from television screens.\n\nShe carried the pressure to win gold and celebrated once more with the Australian and Aboriginal flags together.\n\nThirty-six years before Muhammad Ali had transfixed an Olympic crowd with his balletic agility and blurring hand speed, winning gold in Rome in 1960.\n\nAt the Atlanta 1996 opening ceremony, Ali beset by Parkinson's Disease, face fixed, hands trembling, lit the Olympic flame.\n\nBetween the two moments, Ali had emerged as one of the most important cultural figures of the age, advocating for civil rights and peace.\n\nGemma Gibbons only really realised that she had made her gesture when a scrum of reporters started asking her about it.\n\nIt was only a second. It could easily have been missed. The camera nearly did.\n\nAfter beating world champion Audrey Tcheumeo in the -78kg semi-final at London 2012, the British judoka, tears in her eyes, looked up to the ceiling and mouthed 'I love Mum'.\n\nGibbons' mother Jeanette had died eight years before, when Gemma was 17, from leukaemia.\n\n\"I don't know why I did it, it just came out with all those emotions,\" she said in 2020.\n\n\"My mum played a massive part in me becoming the judo player that I did, she sacrificed a lot and I just was, and still am, so thankful for that.\"\n\nGermany's Matthias Steiner was in bronze medal position when he stepped up to on to the stage in the men's +105kg class, with a considerable 10kg deficit to make up on the leader.\n\nHe could easily have not been there at all.\n\nThe previous year, his wife had died when a speeding driver hit her car head on.\n\n\"I had to make a decision, whether to just stop or to carry on weightlifting,\" he said in 2014.\n\n\"I realised that even if I stopped, what had happened was not going to change.\"\n\nHe carried on, stepped up to that final lift and hoisted it high above his head to snatch gold.\n\nOn the podium, he posed with his medal in one hand and photo of his wife Susann in the other.\n\n\"I just wanted to show the world that I didn't want to be standing up there alone,\" he said.\n\nFor some, it was a beautiful moment of young love.\n\nChina's He Zi had won silver in the three-metre springboard and was just heading off the platform after the medal ceremony when she turned to find her boyfriend Qin Kai alongside her.\n\nClutching a diamond ring and a glass-encased rose and holding back tears, he got down on one knee to propose.\n\nZi welling up, nodded her acceptance to cheers from the crowd.\n\nOthers viewers, however were not moved in the same way with some accusing Qin of gate-crashing his fiancee's moment of individual glory.\n\n10. Tears on the streets of Athens\n\nBritain's Paula Radcliffe arrived in the Greek capital as the world record holder and hot favourite in the marathon.\n\nUnfortunately the conditions were similarly warm.\n\nThe course began in the village that gives the event its name, before climbing in incline and temperature.\n\nRadcliffe never made it to the finish at Panathinaiko Stadium, instead stopping three miles short, slumped on a pavement kerb and in tears.\n\n\"The worst thing that could have happened to her had happened,\" wrote Radcliffe's coach and husband Gary Lough\n\n\"I put my arms around her but there was nothing I could say. She was numb. It was like part of us had died, or at least a part of our lives had gone.\"\n\nIf you are viewing this page on the BBC News app please click here to vote.\n• None Who will find the best takeaway in town?: Game of Thrones' Hodor goes against Radio 1's Gemma Bradley\n• None Football, Racism and Social Media streaming now on BBC iPlayer", "Euro 2020 and the Copa America may be over, but the summer of international tournament football is not done yet. The Tokyo Olympics is just around the corner and some well-known faces, as well as some stars of tomorrow, will be going for gold.\n\nThe Team GB women's squad will be going for glory in Tokyo, and, even without a British man's team going, there is plenty to look forward to in the men's competition.\n\nWhat is the format and why is there no Team GB men's football side?\n\nTwo groups of four teams will compete for gold between 21 July and 7 August.\n\nTypically, each team must select a squad of players under the age of 23 with three designated over-age players, but because the Olympics was delayed by a year due to Covid-19, that has been changed to under 24, meaning players must be born after 1 January 1997.\n\nTeams qualified through each regional confederation's respective developmental tournament, for example the 2019 European Under-21 Championships, which has seen Spain, Romania, France and Germany reach Tokyo.\n\nIn 2012, when London was hosting, Team GB put forward a men's team for the first time. But subsequent attempts to re-form in 2016 were shelved after the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations didn't back the plans and they haven't been tried again. Because of England's failure to get out of the groups at the Under-21 Euros, Team GB wouldn't have qualified anyway.\n\nHowever, Tokyo 2020 will be Great Britain's women's second appearance at the tournament.\n\nSuperstars including Neymar and Lionel Messi have competed in the past and won gold. Here are some of the teams and players to watch at this Games...\n\nGold medallists from five years ago when they hosted the Games in Rio, Brazil will once again be red hot favourites to defend their crown. Notable members of this squad include Arsenal striker Gabriel Martinelli, Reinier, a midfielder on loan from Real Madrid at Borussia Dortmund, and perhaps their key player, Everton's Richarlison, who helped the senior side to the Copa America final earlier in the summer. Eleven of the 22 players selected currently ply their trade outside their homeland, including Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz.\n\nHaving initially turned down requests for 24-year-old Richarlison to head to the Games, the Toffees relented and allowed him to go. But having played so much football since the end of last season, it is unlikely he'll return for Rafael Benitez's Premier League game against Southampton just a week after the Olympic men's football final.\n\nHertha Berlin striker Matheus Cunha is another talent worth watching, having scored seven goals in the struggling Bundesliga side last term. Sevilla defender Diego Carlos, 28, and Barcelona legend Dani Alves, now 38 and with Sao Paolo, join Athletico Paranaense goalkeeper Santos, 31, as the overaged contingent.\n\nNo fewer than six players from Luis Enrique's Euro 2020 squad have been chosen to represent La Roja again. That list includes 17-year-old Pedri, who was a breakout star at the tournament having impressed at Barcelona last season, Real Sociedad's Mikel Oyarzabal, Dani Olmo of RB Leipzig, Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon, Eric Garcia, formerly of Manchester City and now Barcelona and Villarreal's Pau Torres.\n\nTheir three designated older players were not involved in Spain's journey to the Euros semi-finals: Mikel Merino, once of Newcastle United and now Real Sociedad, former Arsenal loanee Dani Ceballos, and Real Madrid winger Marco Asensio, all of whom will be 25 during the Games, are their choices.\n\nStriker Rafa Mir could be something of a wildcard. Despite joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018, he is yet to make a mark at Molineux, but he enjoyed an impressive season in La Liga despite getting relegated with Huesca, scoring 13 goals in 38 games.\n\nThere will be a number of players familiar to those who watch the English top flight, including Burnley striker Chris Wood, who will be looking to lead the line for New Zealand as one of their over-aged selections. The 29-year-old has scored 24 goals in 57 appearances for the All Whites since making his debut in 2009. West Ham defender Winston Reid, 33, who spent last season on loan at Brentford, is also in their squad.\n\nManchester United defender Eric Bailly, 27, will be there for Ivory Coast alongside clubmate Amad Diallo, the exciting teenage winger who joined the Red Devils from Atalanta last season.\n\nInterestingly, Tottenham Hotspur star SonHeung-min has been left out of South Korea's squad despite the 28-year-old being given the green light by his club, because coach Hak-bum Kim says his fitness needs to be protected.\n\nLiverpool's Mohamed Salah has been left out of Egypt's squad, despite being named provisionally.\n\nOthers to watch out for\n\nThere are a number of exciting prospects looking to make a name for themselves. Argentina's Esequiel Barco is a pacey, dynamic winger currently with Atlanta United in Major League Soccer. He'll be hoping to help La Albiceleste win gold for the first time since 2008.\n\nJapan hold home advantage, which could be key, and Takefusa Kubo will be a big player for them. The Real Madrid playmaker is only 20 and hasn't played for Los Blancos yet but has begun to establish himself in Spain through loan spells at Real Mallorca, Villarreal and Getafe.\n\nFrance's depth of youth is evident again, despite Rennes objecting to midfield sensation Eduardo Camavinga being included in their squad. Both Andre Pierre-Gignac, 35, and former Newcastle winger Florian Thauvin, 28, who now play for Tigres in Mexico, join the overage list. Maximilian Arnold, 27, and Max Kruse, 33, are the biggest names in Stefan Kuntz's Germany side.", "Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nThe Tokyo Olympic Games are upon us. They look and feel different to any other Games of times gone by, but they are here. At last.\n\nWith an unexpected additional year of preparation under their belts, more than 11,300 athletes from 207 nations will compete over the next couple of weeks, all vying to get their hands on the medal they've worked so long for.\n\nWhen the Games were postponed in March 2020, organisers said the Olympic flame \"could become the light at the end of the tunnel\". With the Covid-19 pandemic still raging worldwide, that metaphorical tunnel is still being traversed, but Friday's opening ceremony offers a glimmer of that light.\n\n\"I think it will be a moment of joy and relief when entering the stadium, a moment of joy in particular for the athletes because I know how much they are longing for this moment,\" said International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.\n\n\"Then they can finally be there, they can enjoy this moment under very special circumstances.\"\n\nMasks, quarantine, saliva tests. Make no mistake, these are an Olympics like no other.\n\nWith Tokyo in a state of emergency throughout the Olympics after a spike in Covid-19 infections, the Games have come under huge criticism from the Japanese public, the majority of whom have said they want the Olympics to be cancelled or postponed again.\n\nBut safety is paramount for the organisers, and huge precautions are being taken, including holding the Games behind closed doors with no fans, from either Japan or overseas, being permitted inside venues.\n\nAs for the athletes, they are under strict restrictions too. They must wear a face mask at all times - except when eating, drinking, training, competing or sleeping - and minimise physical interaction with others, and are being tested for Covid-19 every day.\n\nBut unfortunately the virus has affected the Games already, before they have officially started.\n\nOn Friday, 19 new cases of Covid-19 were reported, bringing the total of cases related to Games personnel to 106. There have been 11 positive cases among athletes in Tokyo.\n\nSix Team GB athletes have had to isolate in their rooms after being identified as close contacts of someone on their flight who later tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nUS tennis player Coco Gauff had to pull out of her debut Games after testing positive before arriving in Tokyo, while Team GB's Dan Evans and Johanna Konta and world number one shooter Amber Hill withdrew for the same reason.\n\nThere will be a record 339 medal events held across 33 sports, with five new sports - and 34 new events in total - added to the Tokyo 2020 programme by the IOC. Some 48.8% of athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics are women - a record figure.\n\nThe five new sports are karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, baseball/softball and surfing. Baseball and softball technically aren't 'new' sports on the Olympic programme, but they haven't been contested at a Games since Beijing 2008.\n\nNew events have been introduced to the boxing, canoe slalom, canoe sprint, cycling, rowing and swimming programmes, while there are new mixed-gender events including a 4x100m mixed medley relay in swimming and a mixed relay in triathlon.\n\nThese sports have been introduced in a bid to attract younger audiences and reflect \"the trend of urbanisation of sport\".\n\nIOC president Bach said: \"We want to take sport to the youth. With the many options that young people have, we cannot expect anymore that they will come automatically to us. We have to go to them.\"\n\nThis year's Games are also doing their bit for sustainability. The medals are made from recycled mobile phones, while the Olympic torch was made from aluminium waste from temporary housing built in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.\n\nOnly eight new competition venues have been built from scratch, while much of the energy powering Tokyo 2020 comes from renewable sources.\n\nIn total, the Games will cost £11.5bn, up 22% because of the one-year delay.\n\nFor the first time in 125 years, Team GB have chosen more female athletes than male to compete in an Olympics, with 201 of the 376 athletes originally selected being women. There will be British representation in 26 of the 33 Olympic sports in Tokyo.\n\nTeam GB won 65 medals at London 2012, increasing to 67 in Rio four years later. In Tokyo, UK Sport says it hopes between 45 and 70 medals will be won.\n\nThis has reduced from the ambition of between 54 and 92 medals that was set in 2018, taking into account the \"extraordinary circumstances\" presented to athletes and staff in the build-up to the Games.\n• None Who is in Great Britain and Northern Ireland's team?\n\nBut who will win those medals?\n\nSwimmer Adam Peaty (100m breaststroke), gymnast Max Whitlock (pommel horse) and taekwondo star Jade Jones are tipped to retain their gold medals from Rio, with Jones - the 57kg winner in London and Rio - bidding to become the first British female athlete to win gold at three successive Olympic Games.\n\nTrack cyclists Jason and Laura Kenny both have the chance to become GB's most successful Olympian - Jason is currently tied for the record with Sir Chris Hoy on six golds, while Laura is already Britain's most successful female Olympian with four golds.\n\nSprinter Dina Asher-Smith is the face of the Games for Team GB and has medal chances in the 100m and 200m, while skateboarder Sky Brown, GB's youngest Olympian at just 13, is a medal contender in the women's park event.\n\nSailor Hannah Mills and rower Mohamed Sbihi will lead Team GB into Friday's opening ceremony, with Tokyo being the first Olympics at which nations can select two flag bearers in a bid to increase gender equality.\n\nAmerican gymnast Simone Biles was one of the standout stars in Rio five years ago.\n\nThe 24-year-old won four golds and one bronze at her debut Games and is set to compete in all five events again. If she defends her all-around title she would be the first Olympic gymnast to do so since 1968.\n\nTwo more Americans are expected to dominate in the swimming pool. Caeleb Dressel has 'just' the two Olympic golds so far but the 24-year-old is favourite to win up to six gold medals in Tokyo, while Katie Ledecky, who won four golds in Rio to add to her one from London 2012, is expected to compete in up to six events.\n\nIn the Olympic Stadium, look out for Jamaica's six-time Olympic medal-winning sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as well as Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis.\n\nSerbia's tennis world number one Novak Djokovic continues his pursuit of a Golden Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles this year, and needing the Olympic and US Open titles to complete the feat.\n\nBut arguably one of the most anticipated performances of the Tokyo Games will come from 43-year-old transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard.\n\nNew Zealand's Hubbard, who broke male national records as a junior, will be the first trans athlete to compete at the Olympics in an individual event - the women's 87kg category.\n• None Ten global stars to watch out for at the Games\n• None How Britain's Olympic dreams were rebuilt after a disappointing 1996\n• None Dominic Cummings on his role in Brexit, the pandemic and the government", "Printers have become an essential gadget for some during pandemic lockdowns\n\nA study by consumer watchdog Which? has found that branded printer ink remains \"staggeringly\" more expensive than third-party alternatives.\n\nIn some cases printer ink is pricier than some champagnes, its survey found.\n\nNon-branded ink cartridges perform as well or better than their branded alternatives, it suggested.\n\nManufacturers are suggesting customers do not use third-party ink, with some even blocking them from doing so.\n\nHome printers have become an essential piece of kit in homes over the pandemic, crucial for both home-working and home-schooling.\n\nThe watchdog surveyed 10,000 consumers who own inkjet printers, half of whom said they used their printer at least once a week,\n\nIt has done similar surveys in the past, and this year concluded that \"staggering cost differences\" still remain between own-brand and third-party ink suppliers.\n\nPrinter ink can need replacing several times a year\n\nIt also found that 28 HP printers now use a system called \"dynamic security\" which recognises cartridges which use non-HP chips, and stops them from working.\n\nOther manufacturers promote 'approved', 'original' or 'guaranteed' cartridges on their websites and in instruction manuals.\n\nIt has left consumers confused, said Which?. 56% said that they would only use branded ink, with 39% avoiding third-party ink over fears that they would not work in their printer.\n\nBut at the same time people gave similar print quality ratings for original and third-party inks, with 16 non-branded inks coming out ahead of Brother, Canon, Epson and HP.\n\nAdam French, Which? consumer rights expert, said: \"Printer ink shouldn't cost more than a bottle of high-end champagne or Chanel No 5.\n\n\"We've found that there are lots of third-party products that are outperforming their branded counterparts at a fraction of the cost.\"\n\nHe added that deciding which ink to put in a printer should be \"a personal choice and not dictated by the make of your printer\".\n\nIn response, HP said that customers had the option to use HP Instant Ink, a subscription service which it claimed can save customers up to 70%.\n\n\"HP offers customers the flexibility to use Original HP cartridges or third-party cartridges that retain the original HP chip or circuitry,\" it said.\n\nEpson also highlights its EcoTank printer models which it said come with enough ink to print for up to three years, with replacement bottles costing £7.99.\n\n\"As non-genuine inks are not designed or tested by Epson, we cannot guarantee these inks will not damage the printer,\" it added.\n\nBrother said that its own brand inks were of a \"higher quality\" but that customers had the choice of whether to use them or non-branded alternatives.\n\nAnd Canon said that while third-party inks can work with its printers, \"the technology inside is designed to function correctly with our genuine inks\".\n• None How can we make washing machines last?", "Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault\n\nBBC journalist Ishleen Kaur was a passionate yoga teacher with Sivananda, one of the biggest yoga movements in the world, until a disturbing social media post led her to uncover multiple allegations of sexual abuse spanning decades, right up to the present day.\n\nSince I discovered yoga in my mid-20s, it had become a huge part of my world. Like many devoted yogis, it was not just an exercise class for me, but a way of life. I didn't just teach classes at my local Sivananda centre, I volunteered to cook and clean there too. Sivananda teachings influenced every aspect of my existence.\n\nBut then in December 2019, I received a notification on my phone. It was a post in my Sivananda Facebook group about the movement's late revered founder, Swami Vishnudevananda.\n\nA woman called Julie Salter had written that Vishnudevananda had sexually abused her for three years at the Sivananda headquarters in Canada.\n\nShe wrote that when she finally found the strength - decades later - to report this to the Sivananda management board, \"the reactions ranged from silence, to the attempt to silence\".\n\nI have now interviewed 14 women who allege abuse at the hands of senior Sivananda teachers, many of whom have not spoken about this to family and friends, let alone made it public. I have also spoken to a former staff member who says her concerns were not addressed by the Sivananda board.\n\nMy investigation has exposed claims of an abuse of power and influence within the organisation I once held so dear.\n\nI vividly remember my first day at the Sivananda ashram in Kerala, southern India, where I trained as a yoga teacher in 2014. On the wall was a magnificent photo of Swami Vishnudevananda, Sivananda's late founder, and the man Julie would go on to expose.\n\nHis teachings were so powerful that many yogis renounced all worldly connections and dedicated their lives to the organisation.\n\nI could understand why. I was going through a very challenging time and Sivananda gave me a new-found peace. The asanas - or postures - gave me physical strength; Sivananda's principles of karma, positive thinking and meditation nourished my soul.\n\nIshleen at the Sivananda ashram in Kerala\n\nIn 2015 I married a man who was living in London. I felt daunted by the idea of moving to be with him there, until I discovered there was a Sivananda centre in Putney, not far from our new home. My husband would joke that the centre was my first love, not him.\n\nIshleen on the stage at a Sivananda demonstration\n\nTwo months after Julie Salter's Facebook post, two Sivananda board members flew in from Europe to talk to the Putney staff. I hoped they would answer at least some of the many questions I had swirling around my head. But their response was vague, and they seemed defensive during the Q and A that followed.\n\nI knew I would have to speak to Julie myself.\n\nOriginally from New Zealand, Julie was 20 and travelling in Israel when she first came across the teachings of Sivananda. She quickly became immersed in the life of the movement, and in 1978, moved to its headquarters in Canada.\n\nVishnudevananda was based there and Julie was asked to become his personal assistant, something she initially regarded as a privilege.\n\nBut she says her schedule was brutal. She worked from 05:00 until almost midnight, seven days a week - all without pay. She says Swami Vishnudevananda became unpredictable, often shouting at her.\n\n\"So of course, my own boundaries were getting more and more weakened,\" she tells me.\n\nAnd then events took a darker turn.\n\nOne day when Julie was working in Vishnudevananda's house, she found him lying down listening to devotional tapes. He asked her to lie down next to him. When Julie said she didn't understand what he wanted, he told her: \"Tantra yoga\" - a yoga practice which has become associated with spiritual sex, but simply means working towards spiritual enlightenment through deep relaxation. Nevertheless, Julie says Vishnudevananda had only ever referenced it in theoretical terms, during a lecture.\n\n\"I said: 'I don't understand,' and despite everything in my body and mind saying, 'No', I did lay down. And then there was the sexual contact. And then after that, I was downstairs again, working, and in total shame - and everything else - anguish, self blame, guilt.\"\n\nJulie says she was coerced into various sexual acts, including penetrative sex, for more than three years.\n\nGuru is a BBC investigation by Ishleen Kaur and produced by Louise Adamou. Listen to the podcast on the World Service/BBC Sounds, on The Documentary or in Hindi\n\nThe guru-disciple relationship, known in yoga as the guru shishya parampara, is an unspoken agreement that the follower will surrender to the guru's wishes.\n\nShe now considers Vishnudevananda's actions to have been rape, as her position made her ill-equipped to consent given the \"power dynamics\" at play.\n\n\"I was quite isolated, I was living on the other side of the world from family, anything I knew in the past. I was financially dependent on the organisation.\"\n\nI then spoke to two women who had responded within minutes to Julie's Facebook post, alleging Vishnudevananda had abused them too.\n\nPamela told me Vishnudevananda raped her during a retreat in 1978 at Windsor Castle in London, as she was lying in a deep state of relaxation, known in yoga as corpse pose.\n\nLucille says he raped her three times during the mid '70s in the Canadian ashram. She says the first two times she naively justified it as tantric yoga, but the third time he gave her money and she felt \"like a prostitute\".\n\nVishnudevananda died in 1993 but it took Julie another six years to find the strength to leave the organisation.\n\nHer only hope is that, by speaking out now, she can save others from suffering in the way that she did. Because as I was to discover, Vishnudevananda may have died, but the abuse of Sivananda devotees did not die with him. Julie's Facebook post had opened a floodgate.\n\nI've since spoken to 11 women who have made serious allegations against two other Sivananda teachers, one of whom the BBC believes is still active in the organisation.\n\nAmong the shocking allegations is an account by Marie (not her real name), who says she was groomed by one teacher - who we can't name for legal reasons - over a number of years. She says she was really confused when their relationship became sexual but felt she had no choice but to go along with it. After more than a year without any sexual contact from him, she remembers one occasion when he came into her room uninvited. Silently, he got on top of her, penetrated her, ejaculated, and left without saying a word.\n\nFive other women have told me that this same man sexually abused them. They don't know each other but their stories all follow a similar pattern of grooming and assault.\n\nCatherine (not her real name), was just 12 years old, and attending a Sivananda children's camp in Canada in the '80s when she said the teacher first took a sexual interest in her. She says the man would massage her and touch her bottom. When she was 15, he began touching her more explicitly, grabbing her between her legs and touching her breasts. She says the last time he assaulted her she was 17. She was taking a nap and woke up to find him on top of her. She left the organisation that day.\n\nAnother complainant says she was assaulted by the same man as recently as 2019.\n\nWe contacted this man and offered him the opportunity to respond, but he has failed to address the allegations we have put to him. The BBC understands he is still actively involved in Sivananda in India, although the organisation denies this.\n\nThe other teacher accused of abuse is Maurizio Finocchi, also known as Swami Mahadevananda. I have spoken to eight women about their allegations against him. One of them, Wendy, was working as Mahadevananda's personal assistant in the Canada headquarters in 2006.\n\nOne of her jobs was to print out his emails and take them to his cabin. On the day in question, he called her to bring the emails and his breakfast through to his bedroom where he was sitting up in bed. As she handed him a tray, she says he grabbed her arm and flipped the sheet back, under which she realised he was masturbating. She says he then ejaculated onto her arm.\n\n\"And I just remember feeling that I was almost not human to him. I was really a means to an end.\"\n\nWendy says if women approached senior staff to report worrying - and in some cases, criminal - behaviour, the staff would cast it in the framework of a spiritual teaching called \"guru's grace\".\n\n\"If something was problematic or confusing - and I'm talking about even administrative things… but certainly around sexual relations and questionable relationships - you'd be told: 'No, the fact that you're having a problem is actually 'guru's grace'.\n\n\"As in you're being taught some kind of a valuable lesson.\"\n\nWe contacted Mahadevananda to offer him the opportunity to respond to the allegations, but our request went unanswered.\n\nThe BBC has, however, seen a copy of an email he sent to a lawyer who has been crowdfunded by a Sivananda community Facebook group, called Project Satya, which I became a member of. In the email he apologises for what he calls his \"misdeeds\", and promises to \"endeavour not to do it again\".\n\nAnother thing I wanted to understand was, how much of this did Sivananda's management already know?\n\nJulie tells me she finally found the strength to report her abuse in 2003 when she attended a meeting with a member of the Executive Members' Board (EBM) - the board created by Vishnudevananda to act as Sivananda caretakers after his death. She says that board member was Swami Mahadevananda.\n\n\"We were there for a while, but basically he acknowledged that he had known about it for years.\"\n\nSwami Mahadevananda is one of the other teachers who faces sexual abuse allegations - but at the time Julie didn't know this.\n\nJulie says she told four more board members about her allegation over the next few weeks.\n\nThe trustees deny that Julie discussed her allegations with them in 2003. However the BBC has seen an email from Mahadevananda in which he confirms he did meet Julie at that time. He describes it as informal, but says after this meeting the allegations became \"open knowledge\".\n\nIn 2006, Julie attended a mediated meeting with EBM, where discussions over some kind of financial support for her took place. The abuse allegations were also raised.\n\nThe trustees told the BBC that both sides were pleased with the results at the time, but Julie says nothing ever materialised. So the following year Julie's solicitor wrote to the board seeking compensation and threatening a claim for damages.\n\nIn response, she received a letter from the EBM's solicitor questioning why Julie was raising the matter so long after the alleged abuse.\n\nSivananda say that after the meeting with Julie they began implementing protocols for members and guests designed to give everyone a safe environment in which to speak out about such allegations.\n\nWe asked them why they continue to revere the man who sexually abused her. The \"Sivananda Organisation honours its lineage and its teachings\", was their response.\n\nVishnudevananda, pictured here with Peter Sellers, used to take 'peace flights' to places of conflict\n\nAs for Mahadevananda, our investigation has found evidence that the board knew about his alleged sexual impropriety as early as 1999. Because he himself admitted it to them.\n\nSwami Saradananda, an American woman on the EBM at the time, told us that in 1998/99 she received a phone call from the director of the Delhi ashram in tears. The director told her that Mahadevananda was walking around without his trousers - which Saradananda took to mean in his underwear.\n\nWhen she phoned to challenge Mahadevananda, he explained that wasn't right. He wasn't in his underwear - he was naked. And that wasn't his only revelation.\n\n\"He told me that he hadn't worn anything below the waist, and he had come into the office where [the Delhi director] was working and masturbated in front of her.\"\n\nSwami Saradananda, deeply disturbed, says she raised this at the next EBM meeting.\n\nShe says all recording devices were switched off and the secretary sent out of the room.\n\nMahadevananda was present and she says he confirmed her account was true.\n\n\"And he said: 'But if she doesn't want me to do it, OK, big deal. I won't do it any more.'\"\n\nWhen she interrupted to ask how they were going to deal with Mahadevananda's admission, one of the board replied: \"Well, he already said he's not going to do it any more. What do you want? His blood?\"\n\nWithin a few months, Saradananda received a fax telling her that she had been voted off the board. We put this allegation to the EBM but they did not respond.\n\nSaradananda's revelations might account for the lack of surprise Wendy faced in 2006 when she told a senior member of staff in the Canadian headquarters that Mahadevananda had ejaculated on her.\n\nHis response, she says, was: \"Damn, not again.\"\n\nThe staff member told her not to worry - the organisation had arranged for Swami Mahadevananda to have counselling.\n\n\"I wasn't aware that in Canada this would be defined as sexual assault. And I wasn't aware at that time that this could have been taken to the police,\" Wendy told me.\n\nThirteen years later, the EBM did eventually investigate Mahadevananda, and then announced his retirement in their monthly magazine - a retirement which they have acknowledged they are funding. The notice said the executive board thanked him for his \"devoted and inspiring service\".\n\nCarol Merchasin, the lawyer crowdfunded by Project Satya, says she has spoken to 25-to-30 women who have alleged sexual assault against Sivananda staff. She says she has found every one of them to be credible.\n\nIn the case of Catherine, she questions why the incident was not reported to the police once the Trustees became aware of the allegations. When, many years later, her parents found out and confronted them, Carol says they told them that nothing could be done without evidence.\n\nThe EBM has told us the teacher who is alleged to have abused Catherine and others has been suspended from duties while they investigate. But we have been told by several sources that he is still involved in Sivananda's Indian ashrams, and when I called the Kerala ashram, I was told he did in fact teach a full course there earlier this year.\n\nThe EBM declined to be interviewed, but sent us a statement which we set out here in full:\n\n\"The Board of Trustees fully sympathises with those who came forward and offers any individual who feels that they might have been affected by the conduct referred to in the [BBC investigation] its assurance that it will not tolerate abuse or disregard inappropriate behaviour. It apologises unreservedly for any historic mistakes which it made in addressing the allegations detailed in the [investigation].\n\n\"As a result of those allegations, Sivananda has commissioned an independent investigation, and has appointed legal experts who have helped to review and implement safeguarding policies, and put in place appropriate training. The Sivananda Organisation has established a confidential reporting facility for anyone who is concerned about abuse. It is an absolute priority for the Sivananda Organisation that anyone coming into contact with it, in whatever capacity, is safeguarded from abuse or suffering. The Sivananda Organisation is a monastic order dedicated to physical, mental, and spiritual health and is committed to the safety of all of its members.\"\n\nI have seen four of the investigation reports into the teacher we cannot name, all of which conclude that on the balance of probability the survivors are credible and their testimonies are truthful, and that two of them did report their abuse to the EBM.\n\nIn April I returned to the Putney ashram where I had spent the last five years as a teacher and devotee. But this time I did not go inside.\n\nIt struck me that the all-consuming nature of Sivananda that had attracted me was also what could make it so dangerous. The women I have spoken to all told me it was easy to lose a sense of reality, which made it harder to question what was going on.\n\nAnd I am aware that during our investigation the women who came forward were all Westerners. But it seems there are also Indian survivors - I've seen emails from women detailing what happened to them but they were too scared to speak to me.\n\nAs for myself, it's over for me and Sivananda.", "Wally Funk has been trying to reach space for six decades\n\nBarrier-breaking female aviator Wally Funk has become the oldest-ever person to fly in space.\n\nThe 82-year-old blasted into space alongside the billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, and an 18-year-old student.\n\n\"I didn't think I'd ever get to go up,\" said Ms Funk, who has spent the past six decades trying to reach space.\n\nShe trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s, but was overlooked for a space flight because she was a woman.\n\nThe quartet were launched skyward on New Shepard, a rocket developed by Mr Bezos's firm, Blue Origin, from the Texan desert.\n\nThe craft travelled at nearly three times the speed of sound, reaching a height of nearly 100km (62 miles) above the Earth's surface.\n\nThe capsule then returned to Earth using parachutes on a trip that lasted little more than 10 minutes.\n\nAs she exited the vessel, Ms Funk gleefully spread her arms wide as a small crowd cheered.\n\nBorn in New Mexico in 1939, Wally Funk says she has had a life-long love of aviation, taking her first flying lesson aged nine.\n\nSince then, she has logged 19,600 flight hours across her career and taught some 3,000 people to fly.\n\nAt 21, Funk volunteered in 1961 for the Women in Space programme where she underwent rigorous physical and mental testing in the hope of becoming an astronaut.\n\nBut the scheme was later abruptly cancelled and she and the other women - collectively known as the Mercury 13 - never made it to space with Nasa.\n\n\"No one has waited longer,\" Mr Bezos wrote about Funk (pictured) on his post\n\nShe nevertheless became the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, and the first female flight instructor at a US military base.\n\nMs Funk previously spent $200,000 (£145,000) in 2010 on a ticket for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic programme - which recently got FAA approval to start taking paying customers on its own rocket missions.\n\nMr Bezos had invited Ms Funk as an \"honoured guest\" on the flight earlier this month, sharing video on Instagram of him telling her the news.\n\n\"No one has waited longer,\" Mr Bezos said as he told Ms Funk she had been chosen for the trip.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I can't tell people watching how fabulous I feel to have been picked by Blue Origin to go on this trip\" Ms Funk said in the video, adding she expected to \"love every second\" of the journey.\n\nThroughout the flight, Ms Funk could be heard whooping and saying \"wow\".\n\nAfter the rocket landed, the four were greeted with cheers and champagne from family and friends.\n\nA grinning Ms Funk embraced the Amazon founder and thanked him for inviting her on the trip.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Euro 2020: Harry Kane & Raheem Sterling goals see England through to quarter-finals\n\nEngland fans who do not live in the UK will be able to buy tickets for the team's quarter-final against Ukraine in Rome.\n\nThe FA has returned its allocation of tickets for Saturday's match - which will now be sold to registered England fans through the Uefa website.\n\nCovid travel restrictions mean that fans in the UK have been told not to travel to the game.\n\nAround 2,300 tickets went on sale on Wednesday evening.\n\nThe Football Association was entitled to an allocation of 2,560 tickets for Saturday's match - 16% of the agreed capacity of 16,000 at Stadio Olimpico.\n\nCurrent rules state that UK passengers travelling to Italy must provide proof of a negative coronavirus test taken 48 hours before travelling and then isolate for five days.\n\nHowever, UK nationals living in Europe are able to travel without quarantining as long as they have proof of full vaccination or a negative test.\n\nFans who are registered as an England supporter on Uefa's ticket portal but do not live in the UK are able to buy them.\n\nOn Tuesday evening, there were jubilant scenes at Wembley as Gareth Southgate's side beat Germany 2-0 in front of 41,973 fans, while a peak TV audience of 20.6 million watched on BBC One.\n\nDowning Street said people should not travel to amber list countries such as Italy and urged fans to follow the rules.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"Obviously we appreciate how fans will want to do everything possible to support the England team but we do need to balance that against the need to protect public health.\n\n\"We would urge everyone to comply with the guidelines and rules that we have in place.\"\n\nItalian media are reporting that the interior ministry is devising a plan to strengthen controls at transport hubs like airports ahead of Saturday's match.\n\nANSA, the Italian news agency, quotes government sources saying that the five-day quarantine rule for all those who arrive from the UK has to be \"strictly followed\" and there will be \"no exceptions\".\n\nOne England fan who will be able to travel to the match is Luke Curner, who lives in Helmstedt in Germany but is originally from Kent.\n\nThe 36-year-old German language student told the BBC News it was \"incredible\" to watch England beat Germany while surrounded by his German wife's family and friends after \"all the years of hurt\".\n\n\"We've got two young daughters and when England scored the goals both of them woke up screaming because of me, so my wife was not happy,\" he said.\n\n\"Luckily I get to take her to Rome at the weekend so I will make up for it that way.\"\n\nHaving bought his tickets back in 2019 for his birthday weekend he said \"all the stars had aligned for the game\" - and while it was sad that the England fans would not be able to travel, he felt lucky.\n\n\"Unfortunately our seats are right at the back of the stadium so I am going to have to be very loud to make myself heard in the stadium,\" he said.\n\nDawn Hughes, who is originally from the Wirral but now lives in Rome, said she was on her phone in search of tickets as soon as England won - and managed to get one.\n\nShe said the last year had been \"awful\" with her catching Covid but said she would be \"elated\" if England won the tournament.\n\n\"With everything that's been going on, it would just be magic for everyone,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Make this your ringtone, England 2-0 Germany' - Scenes & reaction after famous win\n\nEngland's win was their first in a knockout tie over Germany since the 1966 World Cup final.\n\nFormer England captain Alan Shearer said he couldn't remember Wembley ever being that loud for an England game, despite the reduced capacity, describing the atmosphere as \"incredible\".\n\nSouthgate said the team started talking about their next game in the dressing room. \"It's a dangerous moment for us,\" he said.\n\n\"We'll have that warmth of success and the feeling around the country that we've only got to turn up to win the thing - and we know it's going to be an immense challenge from here on.\"\n\nIf England beat Ukraine, they will play the Czech Republic or Denmark in the semi-finals.\n\nIf England get to the final, Saturday's trip to Rome will be the only one of their seven matches not at Wembley.\n\nAre you an England fan who is able to go to the game? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Mr Johnson made his comments during a visit to a paint factory in the constituency\n\nBoris Johnson has said voters in Batley and Spen are focused on \"a positive change\" in the area rather than the row over ex-health secretary Matt Hancock.\n\nThe prime minister was in the West Yorkshire constituency ahead of Thursday's by-election.\n\nHe was asked if Mr Hancock's resignation had damaged the campaign.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"I think what people are focused on, what people on the doorsteps are saying... is that we want to have a positive change in Batley.\"\n\nHe told reporters during a visit to the Johnstone's Paints factory in Batley: \"I read about that story on the Friday, and we had a new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on Saturday.\n\n\"And we see the opportunity, now that we're coming towards the end of the pandemic, as we get all the jabs in, we see an opportunity for a jobs-led recovery here in Batley and Spen and across the whole country.\"\n\nHe said the Conservative Party's contender, Leeds councillor Ryan Stephenson, was a \"fantastic local candidate\" who was \"passionate\" about the area he hoped would become his constituency.\n\nThe by-election was triggered after Tracy Brabin, who won the seat for Labour in 2019 with a 3,525 majority over the Conservatives, was elected as the mayor of West Yorkshire in May.\n\nA total of 16 candidates will contest the by-election on Thursday.\n\nThese are the candidates (listed alphabetically by surname):\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US fashion giant Gap has confirmed it plans to close all its 81 stores in the UK and Ireland and go online-only.\n\nThe firm said it would close all its stores \"in a phased manner\" between the end of August and the end of September.\n\nThis includes 19 stores that were already scheduled to close in July as their leases were expiring.\n\nThe company has not disclosed how many employees the closures will affect, but will shortly start a consultation process with the staff.\n\nThe firm said it was \"not exiting the UK market\" and would continue to offer a web-based store when all the shops had closed.\n\nA Gap spokesperson said the decision followed a strategic review of its European business.\n\nAs a result, Gap is also looking to offload its stores in France and Italy.\n\nGap was a big hit when it first opened in the UK back in 1987, famous for its hoodies and sweatshirts. But in recent years, it has struggled to stay relevant, resorting to prolific discounting to pull shoppers in. That left Gap in a weak position to withstand the turmoil of a global pandemic.\n\nIt launched a strategic review of its entire European operations last autumn, warning that it was considering closing all its UK stores. Just a few weeks ago, 19 store closures were announced - now the rest of them will close as well.\n\nGap blamed what it described as market dynamics - in other words, the huge shift to internet shopping. It's going online-only, just like Debenhams and Sir Philip Green's Arcadia group. It's yet another famous name bidding a retreat from our High Streets, adding to the challenge of what to do with empty shops.\n\nKate Hardcastle, a consumer and retail expert says the closure is because Gap failed to keep up with the competition by not offering enough variety or being as cheap as competitors such as Primark.\n\n\"The brands you want to shop with in physical retail have to have so much more than just products on offer, they have to have purpose,\" she says.\n\n\"It just didn't feel like a company that had embraced the new consumer,\" she adds.\n\nThe company said it was in negotiations with another firm to take over all of its French stores.\n\nIn Italy, Gap said it was in discussions with a partner for the potential acquisition of the stores there.\n\n\"We believe in Gap's global brand power. We are executing against Gap's Power Plan and partnering to amplify our global reach,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"We are not exiting the UK market. We will continue to run and operate our Gap e-commerce business in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.\"\n\nA source close to the company said that it had seen rapid uptake of internet shopping for its clothes in the UK since the pandemic-enforced lockdowns.\n\nThe move comes as the latest blow to UK High Streets, already reeling from the collapse of the Debenhams and Arcadia retail empires during the pandemic.\n\nThe Debenhams brand continues online after being bought by retailer Boohoo for £55m in January - and now Gap has added to the ranks of bricks-and-mortar clothing chains that have moved to cyberspace.\n\nDo you work for Gap? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "German confectionery giant Haribo has said it is struggling to deliver its sweets to shops in the UK because of a shortage of lorry drivers.\n\nIt said that like many other producers and retailers, it was \"experiencing challenges\" that were hitting supplies.\n\nThe haulage industry has blamed the pandemic and Brexit for thousands of unfilled HGV driver jobs.\n\nThe government said it had taken action, by increasing HGV driving test capacity and funding apprenticeships.\n\nThe problems affect all Haribo sweets, including Goldbears and Tangfastics. The company said it was \"working with partners across the food and drink industry\" to address the problem.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association believes there is currently a shortfall of about 60,000 drivers.\n\nIt estimates that some 30,000 HGV driving tests did not take place last year because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe haulage industry is one of a number of sectors having trouble finding suitable staff as the economy reopens, leading some experts to talk of the UK's missing workers.\n\nKate Shoesmith, deputy chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, told the BBC last month that before the pandemic, many lorry drivers in the UK had been nationals of EU countries, particularly Romania and Bulgaria.\n\nThey stayed in the UK after the Brexit referendum, but started leaving when coronavirus struck, she said.\n\n\"They have either sourced work in their home countries or they feel it's not right to return to the UK, either because of Brexit or the pandemic,\" Ms Shoesmith added.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We're working with industry and have already taken action on HGV driver shortages, including ramping up vocational test capacity, and funding apprenticeships.\n\n\"However, most of the solutions are likely to be driven by industry, with progress already being made in testing and hiring, and a big push towards improving pay, working conditions and diversity.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Catherine Smallwood said the virus was being spread where fans mixed outside the stadiums\n\nCovid-19 infections have risen by 10% in a week in Europe after two months in decline and the risk of a new wave of cases is growing, says the World Health Organization.\n\nRegional director Hans Kluge said the risk had been heightened by sluggish vaccine rollouts, new variants and increased social mixing.\n\nThere was also a danger that Euro 2020 could act as a \"super-spreader\".\n\nHundreds of fans returning from London and St Petersburg have tested positive.\n\nWHO senior emergency officer Catherine Smallwood called on host cities to do more to monitor the movement of fans.\n\n\"What we need to look at is around the stadia,\" she said, highlighting travel before and after matches. \"What's happening after the games? Are they going into crowded bars and pubs?\"\n\nThe Delta variant, which originated in India, is seen as the biggest threat by many countries in Europe. The European Union's disease control agency ECDC estimates that it could account for 90% of cases by the end of August.\n\nRussia has seen record numbers of deaths for the past three days, with 672 fatalities and 23,543 new cases announced on Thursday alone. Most of the new cases in Moscow are of the Delta variant, and top health officials are also talking of a new Delta-plus variant.\n\nHundreds of Finland fans returned from Russia with Covid infections\n\nEuro 2020 host city St Petersburg recorded 115 deaths in the past 24 hours on Thursday, on the eve of its sixth and last tournament match between Spain and Switzerland.\n\nFinnish health authorities appealed to the public to avoid travelling to Russia after 400 infections were linked to fans returning from St Petersburg on 21 June.\n\nEuropean football's governing body, Uefa, was branded \"irresponsible\" by German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, who said it was clear that hugging supporters would help spread the virus. He was particularly critical of the decision to allow 60,000 supporters into the stadium at Budapest and at Wembley in London for the semi-finals and final.\n\n\"I cannot explain why UEFA is not being sensible... I suspect it is due to commercialism,\" he told reporters. Uefa is adamant that decisions on the number of fans allowed inside a stadium \"fall under the responsibility of the competent local authorities\".\n\nThousands of Scotland fans gathered in Leicester Square ahead of the match with England\n\nPublic Health Scotland said on Wednesday that 1,294 Covid cases had been linked to people who had travelled to London for the Euro 2020 match against England on 18 June, including 397 fans who were at Wembley.\n\nAcross the UK, another 27,989 cases have been recorded, the highest number since January. However, 62.7% of UK adults have had two vaccine doses.\n\nThe EU's medicine agency says that two doses of the vaccines it has so far approved appear to provide protection against the Delta variant.\n\nWhile vaccine rollouts have accelerated across the EU in recent months and at least one in three people have had both doses, that is not the case in Russia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia is hosting Euro 2020 matches but the alarm is being sounded about a new wave of coronavirus\n\nPresident Vladimir Putin appealed on Wednesday for Russians to get vaccinated, however only 16% have had a single shot so far. Moscow health clinics have begun offering booster jabs in an attempt to curb the spread, however local reports say supplies of at least one vaccine have run out in the city's clinics.\n\nHans Kluge said that across the WHO's Europe region, which includes Central Asia, only 24% of people were covered and half of elderly people and 40% of health care workers remained unprotected.", "There have been worries too many pupils are having to self-isolate and lose time in school\n\nThe government is not monitoring how many Covid cases in England are being prevented by sending pupils home from school to self-isolate.\n\nThis is despite the huge disruption to education caused by the policy.\n\nCurrently 279,000 children are at home because they have had close contact with an infected person in school.\n\nThe government said the policy is helping to curb the spread of the virus, but scientists said it was impossible to tell without the data.\n\nResearch suggests children, particularly younger ones, are less likely to transmit the virus if infected.\n\nBut the approach used by schools means that for every positive case, 20 other pupils on average are being asked to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nMinisters have indicated they want to see the system replaced in time for the start of the new school year in the autumn.\n\nTrials have been carried out to see if rapid testing of close contacts can be used instead of self-isolation.\n\nHead teachers' leader Paul Whiteman said schools needed to be told how alternative arrangements would work, and how safety would be maintained for all members of the school community.\n\nProf Robert Dingwall, of Nottingham Trent University, said the lack of data on who tested positive during self-isolation meant the benefit the policy was having in return for the cost to education was unclear.\n\nAnd given most adults had been vaccinated, and children remained at very low risk, he said there was no reason to even introduce testing in the autumn as a replacement for automatic self-isolation.\n\n\"I don't see why we can't get back to normal in September and children stay at home if they are sick,\" Prof Dingwall said.\n\n\"There are growing levels of natural immunity building up in children anyway, and we know schools are not big drivers of transmission.\"\n\nDr Julian Tang, an expert in virus, at the University of Leicester, said treating Covid like flu and other respiratory viruses was perhaps the logical step as society learned to live with the virus.\n\n\"We don't impose any further restrictions for other viruses - we could do the same for Covid,\" he said.\n\nHis only concern would be for potential risk of \"long Covid\", Dr Tang added.\n\nA government spokeswoman said: \"We are aware that a minority of children are experiencing disruption as a result of self-isolation at the moment, which is why the health secretary and education secretary are working to get education back to normal as quickly as possible.\"", "It comes days after Spears said she was \"traumatised\" by the arrangement\n\nA financial firm has asked to withdraw as co-conservator of pop star Britney Spears' financial affairs, citing her objections in court last week.\n\nThe Bessemer Trust are named as joint guardians of her estate, along with her father Jamie Spears.\n\nThe star previously asked through a lawyer to end her father's involvement but last week gave explosive testimony against the entire arrangement.\n\nShe described the conservatorship as \"abusive\" and asked for her life back.\n\nBessemer Trust filed a motion to withdraw from the arrangement on Thursday, just one day after the latest order in the long-running legal saga upheld their role as co-conservators.\n\nThe financial firm cited the singer's 23 June court testimony as the reason it wants to quit.\n\nIn a court filing, the company said it had \"relied on the representations\" that the ongoing conservatorship was voluntary and that all parties, including Spears, had consented to its involvement.\n\nThe firm said it had heard Britney Spears's desire to terminate the conservatorship and was seeking to respect her wishes.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the Bessemer Trust for a statement.\n\nBritney Spears has been under a conservatorship arrangement, governing her personal and financial affairs, for more than a decade.\n\nHer father was initially put in charge of both parts in 2008 after she was twice hospitalised amid a series of public incidents that sparked widespread concern about her wellbeing.\n\nThe arrangement has been extended in the years since, with many of the details and hearings kept outside of the public eye.\n\nThe Bessemer Trust only officially entered the arrangement as co-conservators on Wednesday after a US judge denied a request to remove Jamie Spears from the agreement. That decision, which did not factor in last week's hearing, was in response to a request by the singer's court-appointed lawyer last year asking for the financial firm to be the only party involved.\n\nSamuel Ingham had argued the 39-year-old was afraid of her father and said she refused to return to the stage while he remained in control of her career.\n\nAt a specially-convened hearing last week, Britney Spears described the conservatorship as \"abusive\" and said she wanted it to end.\n\nThe testimony was the singer's first full public statement about her situation and has sparked an outpouring of public support for her bid for freedom.\n\nIt came after years of speculation and concern from fans campaigning under the banner of #FreeBritney.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpeaking for 23 minutes, the star alleged she had been drugged, forced to perform against her will and prevented from having children under the arrangement.\n\n\"I've been in denial. I've been in shock. I am traumatised,\" she told the court. \"I just want my life back.\"\n\nHowever, her lawyer is yet to file a formal request to terminate the conservatorship.", "The streets here in Surfside are not any quieter today, a week after the Champlain Towers South collapse. But they are more tense as search and rescue efforts are halted because of safety concerns regarding part of the structure that’s still standing.\n\nThat’s the last thing families still waiting for news of their loved ones want to hear, especially when every second counts.\n\nJust this morning, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky reported that rescue teams had heard the voice of a woman trapped in the rubble. Crews heard her voice for several hours but could not get to her - and then she could no longer be heard.\n\nPablo Rodriguez, whose mother and grandmother were both in the building when it collapsed, no longer believes they will be found alive. But he wants their remains to be found for closure.\n\n“We're hoping that at least we can have a proper burial and go through the whole grieving process.”\n\nIt is not yet clear when the search operations will continue.", "Changes the criteria for terminally-ill people to be fast-tracked for benefits is to be brought forward before May 2022\n\nRules on how terminally-ill people can access benefits are to be widened, the communities minister has said.\n\nCurrently, benefits can only be fast-tracked for patients if a clinician states their death can \"reasonably be expected within six months\".\n\nStormont has faced calls in recent years to change this.\n\nDeirdre Hargey said the criteria will be extended to 12 months, allowing more terminally-ill people to avail of the process.\n\nIn a written statement on Wednesday, the minister said she would bring forward legislation to make the changes before the next assembly election is due in May 2022.\n\n\"The changes I will make will apply to all of the five social security benefits to which the special rules apply,\" she said.\n\n\"This is an important step forward that will mean more people who find themselves in the devastating position of being terminally ill will benefit from fast-tracked access to financial support through social security benefits.\n\n\"They will not have to go through assessments and will get automatic access to benefits earlier.\"\n\nDeirdre Hargey said the change will apply to the five eligible social security benefits\n\nCraig Harrison, policy and public affairs manager for Marie Curie Northern Ireland, said he \"warmly welcomed\" the decision.\n\n\"This will change the lives of countless dying people in Northern Ireland for the better,\" he said.\n\n\"The legislation required to deliver this must be passed as quickly as possible and the changes monitored to ensure they are working as well as they can.\"", "A busier world: How life was before the pandemic\n\nOne member of the cabinet couldn't have been clearer on their hopes for the removal of legal restrictions on our lives in England on 19 July.\n\nBear in mind that nothing is final, no conclusive decisions have been made.\n\nThat cabinet minister may not get their wish entirely.\n\nBut every time one of their colleagues has opened their mouth in the last few days, the chances of the rules being removed more or less entirely in less than three weeks has seemed to increase.\n\nExpectation is building that the one-metre-plus rule that has made normal business for workplaces, pubs and public places so hard will go.\n\nIt seems likely the compulsory wearing of masks will be ditched too.\n\nAnd the rules that have controlled the size even of private gatherings are expected to disappear.\n\nYou might wonder about the logic of how long they can last in any case. How can it be sustainable for us to watch the crowds at Wembley in our living rooms, but not be allowed to have more than five friends over to watch the match if they happen to live in different places?\n\nIt doesn't seem that government will be able to change the rules to ease the frustrations of thousands of parents whose kids are stuck at home again before the end of the term in England.\n\nThe prime minister has asked parents to be patient. But there is a hope that clubs or play schemes in the school holidays won't have to be subject to the same limits and, as ministers have indicated, the rules will look very different when it's time to go back to school.\n\nThe government is still likely, though, to give advice, or urge some caution.\n\nBoris Johnson's instinct is to allow life after 19 July to get back to something as close to normality before the pandemic as possible.\n\nIt's almost holiday time for millions of people - but where will they go?\n\nBut messages about the importance of hand washing, or ventilation, are likely to remain.\n\nIsolation and testing are still expected to be important, even though the government is searching for a way of reducing the burden on those who have been double jabbed.\n\nTravel for those who have had both vaccinations is likely to ease up, but don't expect booking a spot on the lounger or jumping on a plane to be straightforward this summer.\n\nAbove all, perhaps, Downing Street won't be in a position to say that restrictions have gone, never to return.\n\nBoris Johnson has some big decisions to make\n\nWhen the announcement comes, perhaps in less than a week, ministers will have to balance a return to some norms with the reality that cases will continue to go up, perhaps by significant numbers.\n\nThe number of people being sent to hospital is therefore likely to rise as well.\n\nBut the vaccine should mean those increases simply won't translate into an awful spike in the number of people losing their lives to the disease.\n\nWe may not, though, see ministers pushing people to get back out into the world again. Exhortations to get out and spend, to \"eat out to help out\" or swarm back to the office are not likely to be a feature this year.\n\nRemember, no final decisions have been taken, but after many months the political sentiment is moving in one direction - towards scrapping most of the limits that have controlled so much of our lives for so long.", "Most infected pets tend to be asymptomatic or display mild Covid symptoms\n\nCovid is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the disease, research suggests.\n\nSwabs were taken from 310 pets in 196 households where a human infection had been detected.\n\nSix cats and seven dogs returned a positive PCR result, while 54 animals tested positive for virus antibodies.\n\n\"If you have Covid, you should avoid contact with your cat or dog, just as you would do with other people,\" Dr Els Broens, from Utrecht University, said.\n\n\"The main concern is not the animals' health but the potential risk that pets could act as a reservoir of the virus and reintroduce it into the human population.\"\n\nThe authors of the study said no evidence of pet-to-owner transmission had been recorded to date but it would be difficult to detect while the virus was still spreading easily between humans.\n\nMost infected pets tend to be asymptomatic or display mild Covid symptoms.\n\nA mobile veterinary clinic from the Dutch Stray Cat Foundation was used for the research\n\nResearchers from Utrecht University sent a mobile veterinary clinic to households in the Netherlands that had tested positive for Covid at some point in the past 200 days.\n\nSwabs were taken from their pet cats and dogs to test for evidence of a current infection, while blood samples were also tested for antibodies suggesting a past exposure to Covid.\n\nThe results were presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases:\n\nFollow-up tests showed all the PCR-positive (polymerase chain reaction) animals cleared the infection and went on to develop antibodies.\n\nThe researchers say the most likely route of virus transmission is from human to animal, rather than the other way round.\n\n\"We can't say there is a 0% risk of owners catching Covid from their pets,\" Veterinary Microbiological Diagnostic Centre Dr Broens said.\n\n\"At the moment, the pandemic is still being driven by human-to-human infections, so we just wouldn't detect it.\"\n\nVets in Russia have started vaccinating some animals against the disease.\n\nBut Dr Broens said: \"I don't see the scientific evidence for that now.\n\n\"It seems unlikely that pets play a role in the pandemic.\"\n\nA separate study run by the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, found cats that slept on their owner's bed seemed to be at particular risk of infection.\n\nA total of 48 cats and 54 dogs from 77 households were tested for Covid antibodies and their owners asked about their interaction with their pets.\n\nAbout 67% of the owned cats and 43% of the owned dogs tested positive, compared with 9% of dogs and cats from an animal shelter and 3% of stray cats in the area.\n\nA quarter of the pets displayed a symptom of the disease, from loss of appetite to difficulty breathing.\n\nAnd although most cases were mild, three were severe.\n\nThe study's authors said cats' biology may make them more susceptible to Covid.\n\nCats are also more likely to sleep near their owner's face than dogs, increasing their exposure to any infection.\n\nCambridge University veterinary medicine department head Prof James Wood said the two studies added to other evidence suggesting a substantial proportion of cats and dogs may catch the virus from their owners.\n\n\"The Dutch study is robustly conducted and shows that around 20% of exposed pets may be infected and that they eventually clear the infection just as most humans do,\" he said.\n\n\"Most reports are that this infection appears to be asymptomatic.\n\n\"It also seems that the virus does not normally transmit from dogs and cats to either other animals or their owners.\"", "Sir Richard has been busy of late training for his trip to the edge of space\n\nSir Richard Branson has named the date he'll fly to the edge of space. It will be 11 July, or very soon after.\n\nHe'll be a passenger in the back of the Unity rocket plane his Virgin Galactic company has been developing in the US for the better part of two decades.\n\nThe vehicle can climb to an altitude of 90km (295,000ft), giving those onboard a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the Earth.\n\nSome 600 individuals have already lodged deposits to take the ride.\n\nWitnessing the British entrepreneur do it means those customers are now getting extremely close to having to hand over the full ticket price, which in some cases will be $250,000 (£180,000).\n\nSir Richard Branson said: \"I truly believe that space belongs to all of us. After 17 years of research, engineering and innovation, the new commercial space industry is poised to open the Universe to humankind and change the world for good.\n\n\"It's one thing to have a dream of making space more accessible to all; it's another for an incredible team to collectively turn that dream into reality.\"\n\nThe Unity rocket plane climbs to an altitude of 90km (295,000ft)\n\nAbsolutely key to Virgin Galactic moving forward with its business was the granting last week of a commercial spaceflight licence by the Federal Aviation Administration.\n\nSunday 11 July is the opening of what's termed a flight \"window\". The Galactic team will aim to make the ascent on that day, but it could of course be delayed because of unfavourable weather conditions or perhaps a technical issue.\n\nIf the mission does indeed go ahead on that Sunday, it would mean Sir Richard stealing a march on his rival in sub-orbital space tourism, fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.\n\nThe founder of the online retail empire Amazon.com has sunk a fortune into his hobby of building rockets and has announced his own trip to the edge of space on 20 July.\n\nHe's invited three individuals to join him in his New Shepard booster and capsule system: his brother Mark; a mystery person who paid $28m (£20m) at auction for a seat; and the famed female aviator Wally Funk.\n\nEighty-two-year old Funk trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s and will become the oldest ever spacefarer when she rockets to an altitude of 100km with Mr Bezos.\n\nThe Amazon man has yet to detail how he'll sell tickets more generally for New Shepard, but this is his plan.\n\nWally Funk will be the oldest person ever to go to space when she flies with Jeff Bezos\n\nSir Richard has clearly moved his first flight up in response to Mr Bezos naming the date for his inaugural mission.\n\nThe original schedule for the next Unity flight called for four Virgin Galactic employees to ride as passengers to test the cabin experience for future tourists. Only after that outing was Sir Richard supposed to strap himself in.\n\nHe'll now be one of the four testers - alongside Beth Moses, Galactic's chief astronaut instructor; Colin Bennett, lead operations engineer; and Sirisha Bandla, vice president of government affairs.\n\nThe two pilots up front will be Dave Mackay and Michael \"Sooch\" Masucci.\n\nSpace tourism is a sector being rekindled after a decade's hiatus.\n\nThroughout the 2000s, seven wealthy individuals paid to visit the International Space Station (ISS). But this adventurism, organised under the patronage of the Russian space agency, ceased in 2009.\n\nNow, new initiatives abound, and some of these will be aiming much higher than the sub-orbital flights from Sir Richard and Jeff Bezos.\n\nCalifornia tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has already lined up several private missions in his Dragon capsules. These vehicles reach several hundred km above the Earth and will stay up for days.\n\nThe Russians, too, are reprising their commercial flights to the ISS, and there are even those who want to launch private space stations for people to visit. Among these is Axiom, a company started by a former Nasa ISS programme manager.\n\nThe New Shepard rocket and capsule flies from West Texas", "Ollie had a very big heart and ordered warm clothes for homeless people who lived near the hospital, his mother Penny said\n\nA hospital has apologised and pledged to review visiting restrictions after it prevented parents from seeing their dying son in his final weeks.\n\nOllie Bibby, of South Benfleet, Essex, died of leukaemia at University College London Hospital (UCLH) on 5 May.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer highlighted the case in the House of Commons on Wednesday.\n\nMr Bibby's mother Penny said: \"All we want from this is for policies to be reviewed. This has to stop.\"\n\nMrs Bibby said the letter from Tim Jaggard, acting chief executive of UCLH, was a \"pleasant surprise\" and she hoped it would help other people be with their loved ones in hospital.\n\n\"This is the outcome we wanted. We just don't want any other families to go through this. We feel like Ollie would be proud of us for taking a stand on this,\" she said.\n\nOllie was a non-materialistic, old-fashioned person with lots of friends and a passion for football, his family said\n\nShe said Mr Jaggard wrote that the hospital was trying \"to get the balance right between keeping patients safe and compassion\" and was \"sorry\" if it failed at this.\n\nHe added: \"I would like to assure you we are reviewing how we implement the national guidance.\"\n\nMrs Bibby said it was not fair that visiting rules were \"like a lottery\", with each hospital interpreting national government guidance differently.\n\nHer 27-year-old son died the day before Matt Hancock was filmed kissing a colleague, prompting his resignation as health secretary.\n\nMrs Bibby subsequently said she was \"livid\" he broke social distancing rules, as she was prevented from being with her son.\n\nWhile he was dying in hospital, her son felt like he was \"in prison\", she said, and begged to see his family, but they were \"treated like criminals\" and \"barely allowed in\" due to Covid restrictions.\n\nSir Keir raised the case in the first Prime Minister's Questions since Mr Hancock resigned.\n\nHowever, Mrs Bibby said she felt Boris Johnson \"dismissed\" his question and avoided answering it.\n\nOllie's parents Simon and Penny were angry that Matt Hancock had broken social distancing rules while they were stopped from seeing their son\n\nOllie's girlfriend Georgia was only allowed to see him twice in the seven weeks he was in hospital before he died\n\nIn a statement, a UCLH spokesperson said the hospital had always followed national visiting guidelines to protect patients, many of whom were extremely vulnerable, from Covid-19.\n\n\"We know safety needs to be balanced with compassion for patients' individual circumstances so our staff do have some scope for discretion around visiting,\" they said.\n\nAdditional visiting arrangements had been put in place for Mr Bibby's family, they added.\n\n\"It has been a challenge to strike this balance during the pandemic but we believe our staff have always tried their best in very difficult circumstances and we are always looking at how we can improve further.\n\n\"We are reviewing how we implement national visiting guidance during the pandemic and listening to what our patients and their families tell us about the impact it has on their care.\n\n\"We are in contact with Oliver's family to learn from their experiences and our deepest sympathies go to his parents, brothers and wider family and friends at this very difficult time.\"\n\nOllie was very close to his family, including his three brothers Sam, Casey and Ronnie\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The talks are taking place at Chequers, the prime minister's country residence\n\nPM Boris Johnson is discussing Covid travel restrictions with Angela Merkel in her final official visit to the UK as German chancellor.\n\nMrs Merkel, who is due to step down later this year, has previously called for all UK travellers to Europe to face quarantine.\n\nTrade and post-Brexit relations are also on the agenda.\n\nThe chancellor arrived at Chequers, the prime minister's Buckinghamshire residence, earlier for the talks.\n\nShe will also meet the Queen at Windsor Castle and address a meeting of the UK cabinet - the first foreign leader to do so since President Clinton in 1997, although on this occasion the meeting will be a virtual one.\n\nLast week Mrs Merkel, who has been in power since 2005, said she wanted other countries to follow Germany's lead by introducing tougher restrictions for UK travellers because of concerns about the Delta variant.\n\nSince May, travellers from the UK have been banned from entering Germany, aside from a few limited exceptions. Those who are allowed to arrive from the UK must quarantine for 14 days.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to announce the latest steps towards ending lockdown in England in the next few days, with international travel high on the agenda.\n\nIn contrast to Mrs Merkel, he said on Thursday that double vaccinations could be a \"liberator\" as millions of people plan their summer breaks.\n\nThe pair will dine on an three-course meal featuring British produce including an English asparagus tart and Oxfordshire beef fillet during a working lunch.\n\nAhead of the chancellor's visit, Mr Johnson said: \"The UK and Germany have a steadfast friendship and a shared outlook on many issues.\"\n\nHe is expected to announce the creation of an annual £10,000 award for a UK or Germany-based female scientist who has excelled in the field of astrophysics.\n\nThe two leaders greeted with an elbow bump\n\n\"Our scientists, innovators and industrialists work together every day to make the world a better place,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"Over the 16 years of Chancellor Merkel's tenure the UK-Germany relationship has been re-energised and reinvigorated for a new era.\n\n\"And the new joint ventures we will agree will leave a legacy that will last for generations.\"\n\nThe visit will be Mrs Merkel's 22nd to the UK since taking office and is one of a series of farewell trips, with US President Joe Biden among those expected to host her later in the summer.\n\nShe and Mr Johnson last met at the G7 summit in Cornwall in June.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nTwelve-year-old Sky Brown is set to become the youngest British summer Olympian of all time after being named in the Team GB skateboarding squad.\n\nBrown qualified based on world rankings in June and has now made it through the formal selection process.\n\nShe will compete in the women's park event in Tokyo this summer and is currently ranked third in the world.\n\nIt is the first time skateboarding will feature at the Olympics, which is set to begin on 23 July.\n\nSky's dad Stu is English, but moved to the USA in his teens, before meeting mum Mieko in Japan. Born in Miyazaki, Sky spends half of her school year in Japan and half in the US.\n\nAt the age of eight, Brown competed in the Vans US Open, making her the youngest person ever to compete at the event. On her return in 2018 she finished in the top 10.\n\nThe talented skateboarder also won US TV show Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, with partner JT Church.\n\nThe 2019 world bronze medallist - and first ever female to land a 'frontside 540' trick - is joined in the GB team by Bombette Martin, 14.\n\nManhattan-born Martin was among 20 skateboarders who also qualified for the park discipline based on world ranking.\n\nTeam GB's chef de mission Mark England said: \"I couldn't think of two better athletes to act as ambassadors for Team GB in this exciting new Olympic sport and we wish Sky and Bombette the very best of luck in their final preparations.\"\n\nBrown has fully recovered from a horrific fall last year which saw her suffer skull fractures and a broken wrist and hand.\n\nShe first got into skateboarding by learning tricks on YouTube, and could potentially become the youngest Olympic medallist for 85 years. She will turn 13 before the Games begin in late July.\n\nFigure skater Cecilia Colledge represented Great Britain at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid aged 11, a record Brown could have beaten if the 2020 Games were not postponed.\n\nThere are no British men competing in the event, but the men's park will see 46-year-old Rune Glifberg, of Denmark, feature.\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Stephen Nolan says he stands \"side-by-side\" with people who have been targeted by online abusers\n\nA person who used anonymous Twitter accounts to make defamatory remarks about Stephen Nolan has apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure damages sum.\n\nThe BBC radio and TV presenter traced the identity of the person who was behind an online campaign against him.\n\nIn a statement issued by the person's lawyer, they admitted that the claims they made were \"totally unsubstantiated and without foundation\".\n\nMr Nolan said: \"This should be a warning to all trolls.\"\n\nThe individual admitted running a campaign which \"involved the systematic dissemination of false and defamatory allegations\" against Mr Nolan.\n\nTwo Twitter accounts and an online petition were set up in a defamatory campaign against Stephen Nolan\n\nThey had been behind the Pastor Jimberoo and Pastor Jimberoo's Ghost accounts on Twitter and had also created an online petition against the presenter.\n\nThe aim of the petition - based \"entirely on false and defamatory allegations\" - was to undermine and damage Mr Nolan's professional reputation, they said.\n\n\"I unreservedly apologise to Mr Nolan for any distress caused and confirm that the aforesaid Twitter accounts have since been deleted,\" they added.\n\nThe individual's statement was issued by their Belfast-based lawyer Kevin Winters.\n\nMr Nolan, who presents shows on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio 5 Live, said the individual had been running a \"malicious campaign designed to undermine me and hinder my journalism\".\n\n\"I am deeply grateful to the BBC, who will always judge me fairly on its editorial standards rather than the lies this individual attempted to propagate,\" he said.\n\nThe broadcaster said he would no longer tolerate the \"vile abuse\" aimed at him as well as other journalists, politicians, public figures and private citizens.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme he found the online campaign \"scary\" at times and decided \"enough was enough\".\n\n\"It got to the stage where I felt helpless and I don't feel helpless in my life, it's not how I run my life,\" he said.\n\n\"The criminal law couldn't protect me and so I decided 'you know what? I'm going to fight back'.\"\n\nHe said he would \"love to\" meet the person responsible.\n\n\"The important thing for me is to send out a very, very, strong message that if you get off on abusing people you will be tracked down and you will have a high price to pay,\" he added.\n\nStephen Nolan's lawyer Paul Tweed said the person running the abusive campaign \"pleaded for anonymity\"\n\nThe individual said they had agreed to pay a six-figure sum in damages as well as Mr Nolan's legal costs.\n\nPaul Tweed, the libel lawyer acting for Mr Nolan, said the \"troll\" had been traced and notice of the legal action had been served to him in person.\n\n\"There was immediate contrition and categoric statements of regret, with the individual pleading for anonymity due to his expressed personal security concerns,\" said Mr Tweed.\n\n\"Despite this attempt to destroy his reputation with falsehoods, Mr Nolan has agreed not to name this individual, dependent on his future conduct.\"\n\nMr Tweed said that legal letters had also been issued to other people and action would be taken against those who published or spread similar false allegations about Mr Nolan.", "Patricia, now 19, applied for asylum two years ago and is among 65,000 people awaiting a decision\n\nThe number of migrants waiting in the UK for their asylum claims to be processed was nine times higher by the end of last year than it was in 2010.\n\nOne is Patricia, 19, who fled war and abuse in Liberia and says her mental health has suffered during the two years she has waited for a decision.\n\nThere are currently 65,000 people in the queue, official figures obtained by the Refugee Council suggest.\n\nThe Home Office said it had a plan to \"fix the broken asylum system\".\n\nThe Refugee Council obtained the figures from the Home Office under Freedom of Information legislation.\n\nThe organisation's analysis shows the pandemic has contributed to a backlog which rose by a quarter in 2020.\n\nAsylum seekers have told the BBC how being in limbo has affected their mental health.\n\nPatricia, who asked not to use her real name, told the BBC she was given up by her family as a baby in war-torn Liberia.\n\nIn her teens, abuse from her foster family forced her to run away.\n\nPeople traffickers brought her to Britain two years ago, aged 17, and she claimed asylum.\n\nInitially, officials said they would respond to her application \"as soon as possible\" and talked about looking at the case \"for 45 days\".\n\n\"The 45 days has taken more than two years now,\" she says.\n\nHaving her life put on hold for so long \"has had a big effect,\" she says.\n\n\"I can't sleep well. I can't do anything good that I have to do\".\n\nWithout an asylum decision, she cannot work, find a permanent home or take part in the vocational part of her college course.\n\nHaving lost touch with her family years ago, Patricia has no support and she describes the wait as a \"very tough time for me\".\n\nKemal was a maths teacher before he said he had to flee persecution by the Turkish government because of his links to the banned Gulenist movement.\n\nThe only contact he has had with his wife and children for two years is through the internet.\n\nHe lives in shared accommodation in Gateshead but the Home Office has yet to provide an initial ruling on whether his claim to have suffered political persecution in Turkey entitles him to refugee status.\n\nHe says the wait has made him anxious and depressed.\n\n\"I was down, gloomy every day... for example last year, around three months... I just cannot sleep, something happening in my throat... I don't know what's happening.\n\n\"If I didn't have faith, I could do myself bad things.\"\n\nChildren are among new arrivals seeking asylum in the UK\n\nRefugee Council chief executive Enver Solomon says the backlog should be top of the agenda when it comes to reform of the asylum system.\n\n\"If you look at what the government has published, its proposals to reform the asylum system, there's nothing in it that talks about backlogs and delay, there's nothing in it which sets out a plan to address this problem.\"\n\nThe Home Office told the BBC it had a plan to \"fix the broken asylum system, which has been abused by those who have come here illegally, leading to increased numbers in the system and preventing genuine cases being looked at quickly.\n\n\"This is the most significant overhaul of our asylum system in decades, which will increase the fairness and efficacy of our system so that we can better protect and support those in genuine need of asylum.\n\n\"We are working to streamline cases and have already made significant progress in prioritising those with acute vulnerability but we are determined to clear the backlog to help speed up decisions and prevent people remaining in the system for long periods of time.\"", "Bill Cosby has left prison after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court.\n\nThe US comedian, who served more than two years of a three to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia, was transported to his nearby residence in a white car.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. As furlough support reduces we hear from a worker who has been in and out of work over 15 months.\n\nMore than a million workers came off furlough in May as the economy reopened, leaving the scheme supporting the fewest people since the start of the pandemic.\n\nAt the end of May, 2.4 million people still relied on the scheme for their income, the latest HMRC figures show.\n\nThe furlough measures are being phased out by the end of September.\n\nBut with parts of the economy still limited by the virus, some firms are calling for an extension to the scheme.\n\nTerry George, who owns the Mission night club in Leeds as well as several other venues, said he expected some of his staff would be made redundant as a result of the phase-out of furlough.\n\n\"We can't afford to pay people out of a pot that has no money coming in,\" he told the BBC's Today programme. \"We're going to have to lose some staff.\"\n\nHe called for the scheme to be extended until businesses such as his were back up and running.\n\nOver the next three months, firms will have to shoulder more of the costs of the scheme as the government starts to wind down its support. Staff will continue to receive 80% of their wages, but employers will pay part of that for the first time.\n\n\"The furlough isn't simply being switched off,\" Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC's Today programme. \"All we're saying is that the employer should contribute something to the payroll, and then over time, over the next three months, the furlough will be will be taken away.\n\n\"It's a difficult balanced decision to make, the furlough wasn't going to last forever,\" he added. \"I think, as we open up in two weeks' time, this is the right time to think about the balance of payroll, which the government pays and which employers pay.\"\n\nThe Treasury said its furlough funding was still substantial and had deliberately been retained over the summer to provide more certainty.\n\nLabour questioned whether it was fair to ask bosses to contribute towards the salaries of furloughed staff if they were not yet permitted to reopen.\n\n\"Nightclubs can't open today, they don't know what capacity and rules they will be working under when they do, they have no income, they are still racking up debts, and today they have to start paying towards furlough payments,\" said Jeff Smith MP.\n\nThe government has spent £66bn on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, as furlough is officially known, and it has supported 11.6 million jobs since March 2020.\n\nBut as the economy has gradually reopened many workers have returned to their jobs.\n\nEstimates from the Office for National Statistics' weekly survey suggest that numbers continued to fall in June, and that there are now between 1.3 million and 1.9 million people on the scheme.\n\nGemma Walker from Bradford, loves her job as an account manager for Newmarket Holidays. But because she's on furlough she hasn't worked for 15 months, an experience she has found difficult.\n\n\"I felt an overwhelming sense of guilt about the colleagues at Newmarket who are still working,\" she says. \"They've really held the fort for the rest of our team.\"\n\nShe used to travel around the country, talking to clients and going to conferences.\n\n\"When something like that is completely taken away from you, you almost feel lost,\" she says. \"My purpose is gone now because this is what I've worked towards my whole career, starting way back when I was 17 years old.\n\nThe furlough scheme has helped to prevent a spike in unemployment; jobless rates have remained below 5%, despite the pandemic shock to the economy.\n\nEmployers have been able to retain qualified staff, and reopen businesses quickly when pandemic restrictions allowed.\n\n\"The furlough scheme has been critical. It's part of the difference between survival and not,\" said Mark Vincent, chief financial officer at travel company Newmarket Holidays.\n\nBut he said that his firm, like others in the travel sector, would inevitably need to consider redundancies.\n\n\"In those winter months, we're all going to be loss-making and therefore, we're going to have to relook at what we do with our staffing.\"\n\nSteve Haslam, who owns pub chain TLC Inns, said he was very grateful that the government had provided an income to his employees, but he is more sceptical of the benefits to business, particularly the idea it would help firms retain staff.\n\n\"A lot of people didn't come back to work... because they just didn't want to come back, either into the industry or they'd gone off and found second jobs. We had one site where 80% of staff left.\"\n\nHe believes the end of furlough will make it easier for hospitality businesses like his to recruit new staff.\n\nAt some of TLC Inns' sites it has been difficult to retain staff despite furlough\n\nAt the start of the pandemic, most of those on furlough were in younger age brackets.\n\nBut as the economy has reopened, many younger workers have returned to their old jobs or to new ones. Now about half of the people left on furlough are over 45, according to the Resolution Foundation.\n\nThe think tank says that older workers on furlough are now more likely to be let go, if businesses decide to restructure in the face of uncertainty.\n\n\"Reopening the economy has led to a surge in people returning to work from furlough, particularly young people in sectors like hospitality and leisure,\" said Karl Handscomb, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation.\n\n\"But not everyone is back working. Over one in four older workers who were furloughed during the recent lockdown have remained parked on furlough during the reopening, and now face a higher risk of unemployment as the scheme starts to be unwound.\"\n\nThe hundreds of billions in support has been dizzying, historic, and effective at keeping unemployment much lower, but now the great rollback begins.\n\nThough the economy is bouncing back strongly, this is a moment of acute sensitivity, as businesses start to discover whether they will keep going as government support is slowly withdrawn.\n\nThe most significant change will be a reduction in the generosity of the furlough scheme. Employers must find the equivalent of a tenth of their workers' wages, with that proportion increasing next month.\n\nThe holiday for stamp duty will also begin to be tapered, the business rates holiday becomes less generous, and delayed payments for VAT will restart.\n\nAll this comes with restrictions still in place, and some sectors, such as travel, very unlikely to get back to normal soon.\n\nBusiness groups representing small businesses have warned of a serious economic flashpoint.\n\nIt is unclear whether the end of furlough will lead to a significant rise in the unemployment rate, according to Tony Wilson, director of the Institute for Employment Studies.\n\nGiven the strength of the economic recovery, the number of job vacancies being advertised, and the fall in the number of people on furlough since the beginning of the year, Mr Wilson said the number of people being made unemployed could be in the \"low hundreds of thousands rather than the millions\" as feared last year.\n\nHe said that by September, when the scheme ends, the number of people on full furlough \"will be pretty low indeed\".", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United say they are \"delighted\" after agreeing a fee in principle of 85m euros (£73m) with Borussia Dortmund for Jadon Sancho.\n\nThe 21-year-old England winger is expected to sign a five-year contract with the option of a sixth.\n\nHe will finalise terms and complete a medical after his Euro 2020 campaign.\n\nThe fee, payable over five equal instalments, will see Sancho become the second most expensive English player of all time behind Harry Maguire.\n\nDefender Maguire joined United from Leicester for £80m in 2019.\n\nManchester City are due 15% of the profit Dortmund will make on Sancho, who joined the Bundesliga club from the Blues for £10m four years ago. That equates to about £9.5m.\n\nUnited boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has identified four key positions he wants to improve as they look to build on their progress last season.\n\nSolskjaer is now targeting a central defender as the next part of his recruitment before the new season.\n\nBBC Sport understands contact has been made with Real Madrid about France World Cup-winning defender Raphael Varane.\n\nThe 28-year-old's contract expires next summer and there are doubts over whether he will be offered an extension that would meet his demands.\n\nIt is thought Real may be willing to let the player leave the Bernabeu for around £50m.\n\nAfter steering his side to second in the Premier League and the Europa League final, Solskjaer is looking to strengthen the right side of his midfield, then the central defensive, midfield and attacking areas.\n\nSancho fills the first of those.\n\nThe deal brings to an end a long chase for the Londoner. United expected to sign him last summer but could not agree a fee.\n\nSancho scored 50 goals and registered 57 assists in 137 appearances for Dortmund, scoring twice in the German Cup final to help the Bundesliga side to a 4-1 victory over RB Leipzig in May.\n\nHe has won 20 caps for England since making his international debut in 2018, scoring three goals, and was named in the Bundesliga Team of the Season in 2018-19 and 2019-20.\n• None Could Sancho be heir to Messi's crown?\n\nMarch 2000: Born in Camberwell, south London, growing up in nearby Kennington.\n\n2007: Spotted by Watford at the age of seven, registering as a player two years later.\n\nMarch 2015: Joins Manchester City shortly before his 15th birthday for a fee rising up to £500,000.\n\nAugust 2017: Leaves City aged 17 without making a senior appearance, joining Borussia Dortmund for about £10m.\n\nOctober 2017: Part of England squad that wins the U17 World Cup, though he only takes part in the group stage before being recalled by Dortmund. Makes his Dortmund debut as a late substitute in a 2-2 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt.\n\nApril 2018: Scores his first Dortmund goal in a 4-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen a month after his 18th birthday.\n\nOctober 2018: Makes his England debut aged 18 in their Nations League draw with Croatia, the first player born in the 2000s to play for the Three Lions.\n\nSeptember 2019: Scores his first England goals at the age of 19 in a 5-3 win against Kosovo.\n\nFebruary 2020: Becomes the only teenager to score 25 Bundesliga goals after hitting the opener in a 5-0 win over Union Berlin a month before his 20th birthday.\n\nJune 2020: Ends the 2019-20 season with 20 goals and 18 assists in 44 appearances for Dortmund in all competitions.\n\nMay 2021: After his proposed move to Old Trafford fell through in 2020, Sancho notches 16 goals and 20 assists across all competitions in 2020-21 for Dortmund, earning him a spot in Gareth Southgate's Euro 2020 squad.\n\nSancho's move to Old Trafford will see him link up with Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood in what could prove a formidable attack for Solskjaer's side.\n\nSancho scored 16 goals in all competitions during the 2020-21 season, five fewer than Rashford, but four more than Greenwood, and nine more than Martial. Cavani, who joined United on a free transfer last year after leaving Paris St-Germain, netted 17.\n\nIn four seasons at Dortmund, Sancho notched 57 assists and created 65 big chances, more than Rashford, Martial, Greenwood and Cavani during the same period.\n\nSancho v Manchester United forwards - since start of 2017-18 season (all competitions)\n\nSancho also stacks up well when compared to some of the biggest names in Europe.\n\nSince the start of the 2018-19 season, only seven players have more combined goals and assists than the England international. Of those players, only Barcelona's Lionel Messi (43) has created more goals than Sancho (41) in that time.\n\nGoals and assists - Europe's top five leagues since 2018-19\n\n'One of the most exciting players in Europe' - what they've said about Sancho\n\nFormer Watford youth coach Louis Lancaster: \"It doesn't matter if he's walking out on Hackney Marshes or Wembley in front of 80,000 people - it's football, it's fun. What you've seen of him is nothing compared to what's to come.\"\n\nFormer Watford academy team-mate Perry Price: \"He's always mentioned big clubs - Real Madrid, Barcelona. It was always part of his plans. He sacrificed his youth for football.\"\n\nFormer Borussia Dortmund boss Lucien Favre: \"Jadon's a world-class player, no question about that. I've rarely seen a player who has come so far at such a young age.\"\n\nBorussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc: \"Jadon Sancho is definitely one of the most exciting players in Europe.\"\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate:\" Jadon's is an unusual story for a young English player. He's been brave enough to go abroad and play. He is a player that excites us a lot.\"\n• None The one-night stand that has blockbuster consequences\n• None What do they wish they had known before entering the villa?", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nEighteen-year-old British wildcard Emma Raducanu stunned former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon third round.\n\nRaducanu, who finished her A-Levels two months ago, won 6-2 6-4.\n\nRanked 338th in the world, she will next face Sorana Cirstea after the Romanian defeated Victoria Azarenka.\n\n\"Just to be able to be at the championships, I feel like I'm on a holiday,\" she said.\n\n\"It's unbelievable. I just want to stay here for as long as I can.\"\n\nRaducanu is making her Grand Slam debut, having only made her maiden appearance on the WTA Tour in June.\n\nShe has been touted as the future of British women's tennis, earning a Fed Cup call-up earlier in the year, and continues as the only female Briton remaining in the Wimbledon singles draw.\n• None Jamie Murray column: 'I live five minutes from Wimbledon but have to stay in hotel bubble'\n• None Barty grinds out win as draw opens up\n• None Keeping up with the Kordas? You need majors in two sports to match this extraordinary family\n• None Watson and Dart through in doubles\n\nShe will pocket £115,000 for reaching the third round - around four times her career earnings to date of $39,558 (£28,762).\n\nRaducanu defeated Russia's Vitalia Diatchenko in the first round on Wednesday, before her shock win over Czech world number 41 Vondrousova.\n\nShe looked dominant from the off on court 12. After Vondrousova held her opening service game, Raducanu then won five games on the bounce to go a double break up.\n\nIt left her opponent stunned, the 22-year-old frequently shaking her head in frustration as she struggled to contain the even younger whipper-snapper on the other side of the net.\n\nBut in the second set, it looked as though Vondrousova was going to take back control, winning the first three games as the nerves crept into Raducanu's play.\n\nYet buoyed by the home crowd, Raducanu managed to scramble her way back, her powerful hitting helping her to twice break back before Vondrousova sent a forehand return into the net to hand the Briton victory.\n\nShe is the youngest British woman to reach the Wimbledon third round since Elena Baltacha did so in 2002, also as an 18-year-old.\n\n\"I think from a young age, my parents always drilled into me that my attitude was the most important thing, and it's either going to make or break my career,\" she told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"Now I'm the one who is leading that and I find that's the best way I cope with those pressured situations.\"\n\nBorn in Canada to a Romanian father and a Chinese mother, Raducanu moved to Britain at the age of two and grew up in London.\n\nInitially starting in ballet, she was thrown into a variety of sports by her father, including horse riding, swimming, basketball and go-karting.\n\nBut it was tennis that stuck, with Raducanu first picking up a tennis racquet at the age of five and going on to join the Bromley Tennis Academy.\n\nShe is now one of 12 players on the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, alongside the likes of Jack Draper, Katie Boulter, Aidan McHugh and Francesca Jones.\n\nShe has won three ITF titles and, after completing her A Levels in maths and economics, will now focus on tennis full time.\n\nAsked if she would prefer top grades in her exams or a place in the fourth round, she said: \"I'd have to say round four of Wimbledon.\n\n\"I think anyone that knows me would be like, what? Everyone thinks I'm absolutely fanatic about my school results. They think I have such an inflated ego about it.\n\n\"Actually, I would say I have high standards of myself. That's helped me get to where I am in terms of tennis and also in terms of school results.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Dennis has definitely been a first-class menace for 70 years\n\nA set of 10 stamps celebrating 70 years of Beano bad boy Dennis the Menace has been issued by the Royal Mail.\n\nSix of them look back at the evolution of the comic book character from his black-and-white days in 1951 to the arrival of his pet dog Gnasher.\n\nAnother four stamps have been illustrated by the current cartoonist to celebrate the 70th anniversary.\n\nNatasha Ayivor, from the Royal Mail, said Dennis had entertained generations with his \"mischief and mayhem\".\n\nCurrent artist Nigel Parkinson said he had always wanted to work for the Beano and pestered bosses to draw Dennis before he landed his \"big gig\" depicting the perennial naughty schoolboy in 1999.\n\n\"Dennis is an anarchic figure, people like to live their rebellion vicariously through him,\" the Liverpool-based cartoonist said.\n\nMr Parkinson, a cartoonist for more than 40 years with comics such as Whizzer and Chips as well as with Cor!!, said he kept the character fresh by introducing subtle variations.\n\n\"Dennis doesn't really date because he lives in Beano-time which is a different place to the rest of us,\" he said.\n\nSix stamps look back at the evolution of Dennis from his black-and-white days to the arrival of Gnasher\n\nDennis - \"the world's wildest boy\" - was first brought to life in a pencil sketch on the back of a cigarette packet in January 1951.\n\nHe made his Beano debut in issue number 45 on 17 March 1951 but it would be another few weeks before he donned his signature red and black striped jumper in a half-page strip, illustrated by artist David Law.\n\nReaders were offered their first glimpse of his trademark cheeky schoolboy antics such as ignoring signs to \"keep off the grass\" at a local park with comedy consequences.\n\nSince then, several famous faces have made guest appearances in the Beano over the years, including Simon Cowell, Andy Murray and One Direction, with Dennis even meeting royalty.\n\nDennis's dog Gnasher arrived on the scene in 1968 when he found the Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound wandering the streets of Beanotown.\n\nThe artist at the time was asked to draw a dog which looked like Dennis but with four legs.\n\nShortly after the Beano celebrated its 60th anniversary in 1998, Dennis's mum and dad had a big surprise in store with the arrival of little sister Bea.\n\nFans were also gobsmacked in 2015 when it was revealed that Dennis's dad was in fact the Dennis the Menace from the 1980s.\n\nDennis has known Gnasher since 1968\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour activists campaigning ahead of the Batley and Spen by-election have been pelted with eggs and kicked in the head, the region's mayor has said.\n\nTracy Brabin said she was leafleting for Labour in Batley on Sunday, when her group was \"followed, verbally abused and physically assaulted\".\n\nThe West Yorkshire mayor and former Batley and Spen MP said campaigners included young people and the elderly.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police has issued an image of a man wanted over the attacks.\n\nThe force said it sought to speak to the man in relation to eggs being thrown at canvassers in Whitaker Street, Batley, at about 16.30 BST on Sunday.\n\nIt said four offences of assault had been recorded, including one in which a man suffered minor injuries from being punched and kicked.\n\nThe force said it believed three suspects, described as Asian men wearing hooded tops, were involved.\n\nMs Brabin - who also holds the police and crime commissioner role for the region - praised officers for their swift response.\n\nShe said: \"The group I was with included young people and the elderly. I witnessed them being egged, pushed and forced to the ground and kicked in the head.\n\n\"We know why tensions are rising in our streets. Those who want to sow division are not welcome in our community.\n\n\"The actions of these people do not represent the Batley and Spen I know. We are kinder than this.\"\n\nWest Yorkshire Police has issued a CCTV still of a man who may have information about the attacks in Batley\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Batley, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"I think it's appalling that people should face abuse of that kind, absolutely appalling.\"\n\nSunday's attacks followed a video shared online of Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater - the sister of former MP Jo Cox, who was murdered in the constituency in 2016 - being shouted at in the street by a man on Friday.\n\nIn the clip, he raises his voice at her before she is pursued by a group to a car.\n\nHalifax Labour MP Holly Lynch, who has also been campaigning in the constituency, said: \"There has been a series of increasingly serious and violent attacks in recent days and this is absolutely unacceptable.\n\n\"Lawless thugs are seeking to intimidate and attack those involved in the proper democratic process.\"\n\nVoters in Batley will go to the polls on 1 July\n\nPolice attended a demonstration in Batley on Saturday, in which about 400 people took part and passed off \"largely without incident\".\n\nThree arrests were made - two for public order offences and one for possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nThe by-election, triggered when Ms Brabin stood down following her election as West Yorkshire's mayor, takes place on Thursday.\n\nThese are the candidates (listed alphabetically by surname):\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Allen Weisselberg (centre) is chief financial officer of the Trump Organization\n\nFormer US President Donald Trump's company and its finance chief have been charged with tax-related crimes.\n\nAllen Weisselberg, 73, turned himself in to New York authorities on Thursday. He was later charged with concealing $1.7m (£1.2m) worth of income.\n\nProsecutors say the 15-year-long scheme helped executives evade taxes by giving benefits, such as rent and school fees, that were hidden from the authorities.\n\nLawyers for the firm and Mr Weisselberg have pleaded not guilty to tax fraud.\n\nNo charges were brought against Mr Trump personally, though prosecutors said the former president had signed some of the cheques at the centre of the case.\n\nThe Trump Organization is a family holding company that owns hotels, golf clubs and other properties - and the cornerstone of a global brand that encompassed book deals, TV shows and Trump-emblazoned skyscrapers.\n\nThe criminal charges are the first to arise from long-running investigations into alleged fraud by both the Manhattan district attorney and the state attorney general.\n\nThe inquiry by District Attorney Cyrus Vance focused on whether Mr Weisselberg and other company executives received benefits such as apartment rentals or leased cars without reporting them properly on their tax returns.\n\nThe charges announced on Thursday include tax fraud and falsifying business records.\n\nAt the hearing at Manhattan's criminal court, prosecutor Carey Dunne said this was a \"sweeping and audacious\" scheme involving \"off-the-books payments\".\n\n\"It was orchestrated by the most senior executives who were financially benefiting themselves and the company, by getting secret pay raises at the expense of state and federal taxpayers,\" he said.\n\nMr Weisselberg \"is prepared to fight these charges in court,\" his lawyers said.\n\nMr Trump and his allies have said the investigations are politically motivated. The indictment was served as Mr Trump has been discussing a potential comeback run for president in 2024.\n\nThe ex-president issued a statement slamming the announcement: \"The political witch hunt by the radical left Democrats, with New York now taking over the assignment, continues.\n\n\"It is dividing our country like never before,\" he said.\n\nEarlier on Thursday, the Trump Organization said Mr Vance was using Mr Weisselberg, who has worked for Trump's business for nearly 50 years, \"as a pawn in a scorched earth attempt to harm the former president\".\n\n\"This is not justice; this is politics,\" the company said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A flashback through four turbulent years of Trump\n\nHowever, during the court proceedings, prosecutor Carey Dunne said: \"To address what this case is not about: It's not about politics.\n\n\"This investigation, which is ongoing, has been thorough, careful and proper, and has been limited to subject matters within our New York jurisdiction.\"\n\nIf the company is found guilty, however, certain business partners might draw a line under their relationship with the Trump Organization and the company could face fines.\n\nNew York City, for example, has already announced it will terminate contracts with the firm to run skating rinks, a carousel and a golf course, in the aftermath of the US Capitol riots.\n\nDaniel Goldman, who was lead lawyer in the US House of Representatives for the first impeachment of Mr Trump in 2019, tweeted that the indictment could spur lenders to call in their loans, driving the Trump Organization to bankruptcy.\n\nThe investigations will also take into account eight years of Mr Trump's personal and corporate tax returns, obtained by prosecutors after a long legal battle, which ended in the Supreme Court in February.\n\nMr Trump, who inherited money from his father and went on to become a property developer, is the first president since Gerald Ford in the 1970s not to have made his tax returns public.\n\nDespite facing a number of investigations, the former president has denied any wrongdoing personally or in his business.\n\nNew York City has already cut business ties with the twice-impeached former president.", "People attending this summer's Latitude Festival will have to provide evidence of a negative Covid test or double vaccination\n\nThe organiser of the Latitude Festival has said Covid testing meant those attending this month's event could \"jump, dance and hug\" in safety.\n\nAnyone attending the festival must show proof of a negative lateral flow test or double vaccination.\n\nThe event in Suffolk starts three days after the government expects to lift all limits on social contact.\n\nMelvin Benn said: \"I'm looking forward to opening the gates more than anything that you could possibly imagine.\"\n\nLatitude organiser Melvin Benn said the festival would be a \"safe event\"\n\nThe 40,000-capacity event at Henham Park is part of the government's events research programme (ERP).\n\n\"It will be quite an emotional moment for me and I think it will be emotional for the music industry at large as it really will be the first event that opens properly as a camping event anywhere in the world,\" said Mr Benn, managing director of the Festival Republic Group.\n\nHe said a number of ministers and MPs would be at the the four-day event, which begins on 22 July.\n\nMusical headliners will include Wolf Alice and the Chemical Brothers.\n\nMr Benn said the \"core preventative measure happens before you arrive\" at Latitude.\n\nMercury Prize winners Wolf Alice are one of the headliners for this year's Latitude Festival\n\n\"That means that if you're jumping up and down, waving your arms around, having a hug with somebody, you know that that person that you're enjoying the music with, that you're enjoying the theatre with, that you're enjoying the dancing with, they're also tested clear of Covid at the same time, so it provides that security and safety that everybody's looking for,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm spending more time talking to government ministers and DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) officials than I'm talking to bands and managers and agents at the moment.\n\n\"The truth is there are a number of ministers and MPs coming to the event... as members of the general public, so they know exactly what it is.\"\n\nLatitude takes place at Henham Park, near Southwold, in Suffolk\n\nBastille will co-headline on Sunday, along with Bombay Bicycle Club\n\nMr Benn worked with the ERP on May's pilot music festival in Liverpool, attended by 5,000, and on a reduced-capacity Download Festival attended by 10,000 last month, down from the usual 110,000.\n\nHe said results from Download were not yet available but there had been \"no alarm calls\" since.\n\nReading and Leeds festivals will take place in August, with about 190,000 due to attend in total.\n\n\"I think that's going to be a hell of a party period, a great weekend for us all, but of course we'll be watching the guidelines and following the procedures that the government want us to do,\" he said.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Joe Biden has said it is still possible to find survivors in the rubble of a building that collapsed last week near Miami in Florida.\n\nSpeaking after meeting families of people who died or are still missing, he said they were going \"through hell\", and that federal funding for the rescue effort would continue for a month.\n\nHe also said it was essential to find out what caused the collapse.\n\nEighteen bodies have been recovered but 145 people are still unaccounted for.\n\nRescue efforts resumed on Thursday evening after a 15-hour halt amid concerns about the stability of the remaining structure of the Champlain Towers South. Nobody has been pulled alive from the rubble since the first hours after the disaster.\n\nMiami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said officials were planning for the possible demolition of the remaining structure, and a decision would need to be made \"extremely carefully and methodically,\" given how it would affect the search-and-rescue mission.\n\nEarlier this week, in an interview with news outlet WPLG, a rescue worker recalled hearing a woman's voice underneath the debris - and his team's desperate attempt to get her out.\n\n\"We were continuously talking to her... 'Honey we got you. We're going to get to you',\" the worker said.\n\nBut despite their continuous efforts, the woman died of her injuries.\n\nAddressing relatives in a private meeting, President Biden drew his own experience of grief as he offered his prayers and support. In a video posted on social media, he was seen speaking in sombre tones about the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident.\n\nLater in a news conference, he said the \"whole nation\" was mourning with the families, and that he was \"holding out hope\" that survivors could be found.\n\n\"They're praying and pleading that 'God, let there be a miracle',\" he said. \"There is still a possibility that someone could be alive, that someone is breathing.\"\n\nPresident Biden also met firefighters and other first responders who have been working at the site and paid respects at the memorial site for the victims alongside First Lady Jill Biden.\n\nEight days after the disaster, officials are still searching for answers about what might have caused the 40-year-old block's sudden collapse in the town of Surfside, north of Miami.\n\nExperts gathering information at the scene are considering a range of possible causes - from structural defects to environmental influences - and whether a combination of factors may have triggered the fall.\n\nAt the news conference, President Biden noted that many of the victims' families mentioned potential causes, such as rising sea levels and climate change. But he added: \"I don't think there is at this point any definitive judgement as to why it collapsed.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, it emerged that residents had received a letter in April warning them of worsening structural damage to the building.\n\nLawsuits are already being filed over the disaster, with the latest accusing the block's building association of \"reckless and negligent conduct\".\n\nMiami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said she would convene a special grand jury to examine building safety and \"what steps we can take to safeguard our residents\" from similar disasters in the future.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pentre residents say they want someone to take responsibility\n\nSevere flooding in a village during Storm Dennis was mainly caused by \"woody debris\" blocking a culvert, a report has found.\n\nPentre was hit by flooding five times in 2020, affecting 159 homes and 10 businesses.\n\nA report by Rhondda Cynon Taf council said there was a \"significant blockage by woody materials\".\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said not all the debris was related to its tree felling above Pentre.\n\nIt said it disputed the report's \"inference that its harvesting operations were the primary cause of the flooding\", adding that the felling was done properly.\n\nThe council said \"unprecedented rainfall\" during Storm Dennis, which hit Wales on 15 and 16 February 2020, caused river levels to rise to record highs, as the area recorded its most significant flooding since the 1970s.\n\nHomes and businesses were hit by the flooding during Storm Dennis\n\nIt said \"significant impacts\" were identified by the council's flood risk management team, including stories from affected residents, and information collected by the public health team, NRW and Welsh Water.\n\n\"The main source of flooding in the initial flood was due to a significant blockage by woody materials... at the Pentre Road culvert inlet,\" said the report.\n\n\"It resulted in water flowing down Pentre Road, onto Elizabeth Street and Queen Street, and towards the lower streets of the village.\"\n\nColin Hughes said the impact on his home insurance was huge\n\nColin Hughes, who has lived in Pentre since 1986, said the floods were \"horrendous\", with water reaching up to the window sill before coming through the front door.\n\n\"It was like a beach down here. I'd never seen anything like it and I don't want to see anything like it again either.\n\n\"Last year my insurance went right up, from £198 to £800-odd. And this year they refused to give us any insurance at all,\" he said.\n\nAnn Evans said there was nothing she could do to protect her home from the flood\n\nAnn Evans said water had entered her home very quickly and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.\n\n\"Before you knew it, it was above your knees,\" she said.\n\n\"It was devastating. I wouldn't like to see that happen ever again.\"\n\nShe said she wanted to see those responsible for the blocked culvert to be held to account.\n\nRainfall during Storm Dennis was described as unprecedented\n\nThe council report said the culvert inlet, managed by NRW, had been blocked by woody debris washed off the mountainside, including an area where NRW had been felling trees.\n\nThis \"severely reduced the hydraulic capacity of the inlet,\" the report said.\n\nA review of the inlet itself found \"irrefutable\" evidence that it would have had sufficient capacity to deal with the storm event if there was no blockage.\n\nAs the woody debris washed down into the culvert network, it led to repeat flooding in the lower reaches of Pentre in subsequent storms, the report found.\n\nMud and silt entered the highway drainage infrastructure, which \"substantially reduced its capacity\".\n\nAndrew Morgan, leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council, said the investigation had been robust and included \"significant engagement with residents and businesses impacted\" to identify the underlying causes of the flooding.\n\n\"It is evident that blockage of the culvert inlet by woody material severely impacted upon the ability of the drainage infrastructure to manage this unprecedented level of rainfall,\" he said.\n\nNRW said its own report found felling operations were \"not likely to have been the primary cause of the flooding\".\n\n\"We accept that woody material washed off the mountains above Pentre may have contributed to blockages to the culvert system, which also included a significant amount of soil and rock,\" it continued.\n\n\"However, a proportion of the woody debris was unrelated to NRW's felling operations and was washed down as a natural consequence of such an extreme event.\n\n\"NRW therefore disagrees with the report's inference that its harvesting operations were the primary cause of the flooding during Storm Dennis.\"\n\nAction to reduce the risk of future flooding includes significant upgrades to the Pentre Road inlet to reduce potential blockages, with multiple overflow systems in case of another blockage.\n\nA permanently monitored alarm system and CCTV will remotely alert the council of any problems.\n\nA \"super catchpit\" at Pleasant Street, capable of containing six tonnes of debris, aims to reduce the risk of debris being carried to the lower parts of the culvert system.\n\nNRW's water and forest management plans will be reviewed, including the treatment of tree clippings and refuse close to an ordinary watercourse.\n\nIn a statement, Welsh Water said: \"We sympathise with all those affected by the flooding events which occurred during the torrential rainfall events seen in 2020 and understand the devastating impact this can have.\"\n\nThe company said its network \"was operating as it should have done during the storms\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Double Covid jabs will be \"a liberator\", Boris Johnson says\n\nThe PM says he is hoping England will return to as close to the pre-pandemic status quo as possible on 19 July.\n\nBoris Johnson said he would set out in the next few days what step four of the roadmap out of lockdown - due in just over two weeks - will look like.\n\nBut he added some \"extra precautions\" may still be needed and urged patience over the possibility of scrapping isolation for whole bubbles in schools.\n\nThe PM also said double jabs would be \"a liberator\" for foreign travel.\n\nOn Thursday, the UK recorded 27,989 new Covid cases, the highest daily figure reported since 29 January, and a further 22 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nDuring a visit to a new Nissan plant in Sunderland, Mr Johnson was asked whether measures such as social distancing and masks would be removed on 19 July.\n\n\"I know how impatient people are to get back to total normality, as indeed am I,\" he said.\n\n\"But I think I've said it before, we'll be wanting to go back to a world that is as close to the status quo, ante-Covid, as possible. Try to get back to life as close to it was before Covid.\n\n\"But there may be some things we have to do, extra precautions that we have to take, but I'll be setting them out.\"\n\nAsked about reports that fully-vaccinated people may be able to travel from amber-list countries without quarantining by 26 July, the prime minister told reporters: \"Everybody who is frustrated about travel over the summer - double jabs will be a liberator.\n\n\"I want travel to be possible but I've got to stress that this year will not be like every other year, because of the difficulties with Covid. People shouldn't expect it will be completely hassle-free.\"\n\nThe government has previously said it wants to scrap quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers returning from amber-list countries \"later in the summer\".\n\nMost popular holiday destinations are currently on the amber list, meaning people must isolate for up to 10 days on their return to the UK.\n\nThe prime minister was sounding very confident about lifting restrictions on 19 July, on his visit this morning to the Nissan vehicle factory in Sunderland.\n\nWhat everyone wants to know is how far he'll go when it comes to masks, social distancing, school bubbles, travel.\n\nThe feeling around Whitehall is that it's going to be very close to a return to normal life.\n\nI'm hearing that an announcement laying out these details could come as soon as next week, with final confirmation giving formal go-ahead a week later.\n\nThere are concerns after crowds of football fans celebrated England's win against Germany in the European Championships on Tuesday.\n\nProf Christina Pagel, of University College London, told the BBC there was \"potential for lots of superspreader events all across Europe\" as a result of the tournament.\n\n\"Not just from fans travelling to actual matches, but fans travelling to the cities and then going out to the bars and celebrating, on trains, on public transport, but also at each other's houses,\" she said.\n\nThe UK recorded 26,068 new cases on Wednesday - the highest daily figure since 29 January.\n\nHowever, deaths remain low, with 14 deaths within 28 days of a positive test recorded on Wednesday.\n\nAlthough the country has seen a \"big increase in cases\", Mr Johnson said this was \"not translating into a big increase in serious illness and deaths\".\n\nHe said it looked \"ever clearer\" that the vaccination programme had \"broken the link between infection and mortality\".\n\n\"That gives us the scope, we think, on the 19th, to go ahead cautiously and irreversibly,\" he added.\n\nOn the possibility of replacing isolation with daily testing to prevent whole groups of pupils needing to stay at home, Mr Johnson said Public Health England (PHE) were looking at the advantages of this.\n\n\"I understand people's frustration when whole classes, whole bubbles, are sent home and people are asked to isolate,\" he said.\n\nHowever, the prime minister said PHE had not yet concluded their research, adding: \"So what I want to do is just to be cautious as we go forward to that natural firebreak of the summer holidays when the risk in schools will greatly diminish, and just ask people to be a little bit patient,\" he said.\n\nIf a pupil tests positive, anyone who has been in close contact with them is told to self-isolate.\n\nThis can result in whole classes or year groups being sent home.\n\nMore than 375,000 pupils in England are currently out of school because of Covid - but only 15,000 are positive cases.\n\nIt comes after a letter from 48 Conservative MPs urged the prime minister to end what they described as the \"disproportionate\" and \"unsustainable\" bubble system.\n\nThe group, including former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and the chair of the Commons Education Committee Robert Halfon, are calling for schools to go \"back to normal\" on 19 July, when other restrictions in England are due to be lifted.\n\nMeanwhile, sociologist Prof Robert Dingwall, one of the scientists advising the government, said \"we have to ask very hard questions\" about what restrictions and the test-and-trace programme are achieving now the most vulnerable have been offered a vaccine.\n\nProfessor Dingwall, who sits on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), told BBC Radio 4's World at One: \"We have never thought it was important to do differential diagnosis of school children with respiratory infections.\n\n\"If they're not well enough to go to school, they don't go to school - that's the sort of equilibrium we need to be moving towards when the school year restarts in the autumn.\"", "Unionist leaders had argued the protocol was not compatible with EU law\n\nThe Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, a High Court judge in Belfast has ruled.\n\nA group of unionist politicians, including Arlene Foster and Lord Trimble, had challenged the protocol in judicial review proceedings.\n\nThey claimed it was unlawful because it conflicts with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and the Acts of Union.\n\nBut Mr Justice Colton rejected their challenge on all grounds on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nMr Colton found that the Withdrawal Agreement Act, which includes the protocol, does conflict with the 1800 Acts of Union in respect of free trade between Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, he added that the relevant parts of the Acts of Union are \"impliedly repealed\" by the Withdrawal Agreement Act.\n\nThat means that the more recent legislation automatically overrides the older laws.\n\nHe said the Acts of Union could not be used to override the \"clear specific will of Parliament\".\n\nNormally, a constitutional law, like the Acts of Union, can only be expressly repealed, but they can be impliedly by another constitutional law.\n\nThe judge said the Withdrawal Agreement Act meets the definition of a constitutional law.\n\nHe also rejected the argument that the protocol had changed the constitutional status as defined in the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFurthermore, he found that the secretary of state did have the power to change Stormont's usual cross-community voting mechanism.\n\nNormally, Stormont must approve controversial issues by a cross-community vote but the protocol will be subject to a straight-majority vote.\n\nThe judge said the secretary of state had the power to do this on two grounds: that it was necessary to reflect the will of Parliament in implementing the Withdrawal Agreement Act and that it concerns international relations which is not a devolved matter.\n\nFurther areas of challenge concerning EU law were also rejected.\n\nThe judge was also critical of an analogy used by the applicants' barrister when he compared the operation of the protocol to the Vichy regime.\n\nVichy was the collaborationist French administration during the Nazi occupation.\n\nThe judge said such a comparison was \"unhelpful\".\n\nAn adjoining case, taken by Belfast pastor Clifford Peeples, was also dismissed by the judge.\n\nOthers pursuing the lead judicial review case included former Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken, TUV leader Jim Allister, former Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib and Baroness Hoey.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'NI and GB have been severed by the Protocol'\n\nWednesday's judgement is likely to be appealed and the case could ultimately be heard by the Supreme Court before the end of 2021.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the government would \"study in detail\" the High Court ruling, after being asked about it during Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nDUP MP Ian Paisley asked if the government would \"reverse the mistakes of the Northern Ireland Protocol, seize the moment, defend the union to unilaterally fix and put Northern Ireland out of its commercial, social and economic misery\".\n\nMr Johnson said: \"Nothing will affect the position of Northern Ireland as part of the UK - we will make sure we uphold that.\"\n\nAlliance MP Stephen Farry also urged the prime minister to accept the ruling as a \"watershed where we can stop talking about the protocol in constitutional and identity terms\".\n\nThe prime minister replied that the \"best thing\" the EU could do was remove all the problems associated with the protocol's application.\n\n\"I hope all that can be fixed indeed and then we can move on,\" he added.\n\nDUP leader designate Sir Jeffrey Donaldson described the ruling as \"politically significant\" and would have potential consequences for \"the future stability of political institutions\".\n\nIn a tweet, he said the judgement confirmed the \"protocol damages our constitutional position in the UK contrary to the principle of consent and various agreements\".\n\nUlster Unionist MLA Steve Aiken said his party acknowledged the decision, but said it is \"an issue of such magnitude that it needs to be appealed to a higher court\".\n\nSpeaking at a press conference in Belfast following the judgement, Mr Habib said: \"The only positive you might put on it is we do now officially know that the union of the United Kingdom has been trampled on by the protocol.\"\n\nMr Habib said the prime minister now \"has to face up to the reality that his own judicial system has said that the union of the United Kingdom has been broken\".\n\nFormer Labour MP Kate Hoey - now Baroness Hoey - said it must be \"absolutely clear that this is only the beginning of the legal challenge and also of peoples' protests against what has been done to us without consent\".\n\nTUV leader Jim Allister said the court ruling \"confirmed the protocol is dismantling the union\".\n\nMr Allister said the ruling \"underscores the necessity to step up the political battle against the protocol\".\n\nHe said the UK government must \"now reverse the mistake of repeal, if the PM's words mean anything\".\n\n\"No more propping up the Belfast Agreement institutions while the protocol manoeuvres us out of the union,\" he added.\n\nSinn Féin MLA Declan Kearney said \"there is no credible alternative to the protocol\".\n\n\"It's ironic that the Tory/DUP cheerleaders of Brexit are now so opposed to the protocol that was made necessary by their reckless pursuit of a hard Brexit,\" he said.", "Becky and David Salisbury worry that they could face repeated closures under the current rules\n\nBecky Salisbury and her husband David were in the car on Sunday when they got the news: one of the staff at their pub, the Alford Arms in Berkhamsted, had tested positive for Covid.\n\nSo, after a rollercoaster year, overhauling how they work and installing every hygiene measure they could think of, the pub is now closed again, for 10 days.\n\n\"It's frustrating,\" says Becky. \"Having made some profit recently with nice weather and a good garden, unfortunately it's all going to go down the pan.\"\n\nBecky and David are far from the only ones in this situation. Pubs and restaurants across the country are finding operating day-to-day a minefield.\n\nIt only takes one case on site, and the NHS Test and Trace alerts come thick and fast, instructing staff to isolate. Without them, venues can't open.\n\nIt isn't sustainable, the industry says, especially as cases continue to rise so rapidly.\n\nThe government says self-isolation remains an essential part of the effort to control the spread of the virus.\n\nIan Payne, chairman of the nationwide Stonegate group of pubs, wrote on social media that the chain has around 1,000 people off, because they had been alerted by NHS Test and Trace, and 15 sites closed, because the management team were self-isolating.\n\nThe Wetherspoon pub chain said six members of its staff had tested positive, leading to 69 further employees being required to self-isolate.\n\nNick Collins, chief executive of the chain Loungers, which operates 173 cafe-bars, has also had to temporarily close some sites, and reallocate staff between venues.\n\n\"It's really challenging,\" he said, but he now fears that it \"could get worse\" as rates of the virus continue to rise.\n\nNick Collins says test and trace disruptions are incredibly frustrating\n\nAs a result, the body representing pubs and restaurants, UKHospitality, is calling on the government to reconsider the rules on isolation.\n\n\"For some weeks, we have been telling government about the severe staff shortages at venues,\" said UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls.\n\nShe said some team members were being told to isolate even if they hadn't shared shifts with colleagues who tested positive.\n\nStaff in the hospitality industry often work long hours\n\nUKHospitality would like to see a testing system that monitors whether staff are still negative for the virus, but allows them to continue working.\n\n\"If the system remains as it is, there's a threat of mass isolations, which would hugely damage trade, putting many companies at risk of failure,\" said Ms Nicholls.\n\n\"A strong focus on testing when cases are identified, rather than isolating fit and healthy people, would help to avoid mass isolations,\" she said.\n\nThe government is running a pilot scheme to see whether allowing people who have been exposed to the virus to take daily tests instead of isolating is effective at controlling its spread.\n\nThe government would continue to support the hospitality industry, but self-isolation was currently an essential part of the strategy for protecting the public, a government spokesperson said.\n\n\"By self-isolating, people are helping to break the chains of transmission while protecting friends and family from the virus and minimising the risk of further disruption in schools,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nWithout a change to the rules, pubs such as Becky and David's, which cannot switch staff between multiple sites, fear they could end up yo-yoing between being open and closed all summer.\n\n\"I think the risk to all hospitality of having more than one closure this summer is really high,\" says Becky.\n\n\"We've done everything we can and we are still utterly vulnerable.\"\n\n\"We have a machine that cleans the air. The staff wear hand cream that gives them four hours of protection. We clean religiously. But there's no way I can protect the staff from being pinged,\" she says.\n\nShe has gently asked her team to be as careful as they can outside work, but they are mostly young and she says she can't ask them not to see their friends. Yet she knows that is the age group where levels of the virus are highest.\n\n\"We're reopening on Tuesday and we're really excited. But there's every chance someone could be in contact on Wednesday and we'd have to close again. It could happen,\" she says.", "Like many, Michele Merlo, Assistant General Manager of Crazy Pizza has been on and off the furlough scheme for the last 15 months.\n\nHe's struggled but says he \"wouldn't mind going back to furlough again if it's really necessary, just to make sure everybody is going to be safe\".\n\nFor now though, he's back at work in London and wants to encourage others, particularly in the hospitality sector, to remain positive.\n\nThe government's contribution to the scheme starts to scale back from July, so we spoke to Michele to see what his experience had been like.", "Front-line health workers and the over 70s will be among the first to get a third jab\n\nWales' coronavirus booster jab programme is likely to begin in September under Welsh government plans.\n\nIt comes after UK officials gave the green light to give the most vulnerable a third dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nInterim advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) says boosters will help maintain protection against Covid and variants.\n\nWales' health minister said the advice \"very much aligns with our thinking and our planning assumptions to date\".\n\nEluned Morgan added: \"NHS Wales has been planning on the assumption of a September/October booster for cohorts 1-9, with around a six month gap following a second dose and health boards have submitted their initial plans on this basis.\n\n\"We will be working with health boards to ensure they are ready to deliver a booster programme from the start of September in line with this advice.\"\n\nJCVI has recommended that people are prioritised in two stages.\n\nFront-line health and social care workers, those in older people's care homes, the clinically extremely vulnerable and those over 70 are in the first stage.\n\nAll adults aged over 50 are included in the second group.\n\nThese groups should receive a third vaccine as soon as possible from September:\n\nDr Richard Vautrey, British Medical Association GP committee chairman, said: \"JCVI have listened to organisations such as the BMA by giving early notice of the roll out being prioritised alongside the annual flu vaccination campaign.\n\n\"As all doctors well know, winter brings with it a surge in illnesses and infections, and we hope that by protecting our most vulnerable patients with both Covid-19 and flu vaccines, we will prevent more people becoming seriously ill and dying.\n\n\"In turn, we hope that this will alleviate pressures on the whole NHS and social care, at a time when we know it is always at its most strained.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Public Health Wales figures showed about 72% people (2,257,737) in Wales have now had at least one Covid vaccine.\n\nOf these, 1,659,754 (53%) have had their second jab.\n\nMark Roscrow of the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership said giving the population a third vaccination would be \"a big team effort\".\n\nHe said the \"people behind the scenes have done a huge amount\".\n\n\"We've done quite a lot of work and pre-planning and thinking through what needs to be done to make this happen,\" he told Gareth Lewis on BBC Radio Wales.\n\nHe said it was likely the third vaccine offered would be an alternative to the one initially offered to each patient for the first and second doses.\n\nMr Roscrow said the booster jab coinciding with the winter flu jab was an \"added complication\".", "A group of leading scientists is calling for the UK's official list of Covid symptoms to be expanded to ensure cases are not missed.\n\nThey point out the World Health Organization and US guidance include many other symptoms - such as a sore throat and runny nose.\n\nOthers warn this needs to be balanced against the risk of needlessly testing those who have other common illnesses.\n\nGovernment officials say they keep the symptom list under constant review.\n\nCurrent NHS advice states people should self-isolate and get a test if they have a high fever, a new continuous cough or a loss or change to their sense of smell or taste.\n\nBut the group of experts - including Prof Calum Semple, of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) - points out not everyone who catches Covid displays these classic symptoms.\n\nWriting in The BMJ, they say \"unofficial\" symptoms such as a runny nose, headaches and muscle aches are more commonly seen in younger people, who are now more likely than older people to be infected.\n\nRecent analysis by the Zoe Covid Symptom study, for example, suggests headache, sore throat and runny nose are now the most commonly reported symptoms linked to Covid infection in the UK.\n\nAnd researchers, including Dr Alex Crozier, from University College London, say the situation is now very different from when the list was first published, with greater testing capacity and more knowledge about the disease.\n\nThey acknowledge the approach could increase the demand on testing centres and the number of people isolating.\n\nBut they say with careful implementation, there would be important gains - including reducing transmission at a time when new variants are emerging.\n\nAnd the current \"narrow\" list could miss contagious people, particularly at the start of their illness, when they are more likely have non-classical symptoms and most likely to spread the disease.\n\nDr Alexander Edwards, at the University of Reading, said the group raised valid points about spotting infection.\n\nBut he said: \"The big difficulty is in accurately finding people who are infected, without needlessly testing other people with other symptoms.\n\n\"Many are very common - and the best way to judge the likelihood of someone having Covid is a combination of symptoms, their risk of exposure, plus testing.\"\n\nDr Edwards added: \"Unless you can effectively support infected individuals to isolate from others and thereby break the chain of infection, testing alone doesn't reduce the burden of this disease.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care official said: \"Since the start of the pandemic, we have acknowledged Covid has a much longer list of symptoms than the ones initially used in the case definition and our experts keep the list of symptoms under review.\n\n\"With around one in three people not showing symptoms of Covid, we have made regular, rapid testing available twice a week for free for everyone in England.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ollie had a very big heart and bought warm clothes for homeless people who lived near the hospital, his mother said\n\nA mother stopped from seeing her dying son in his final weeks said she felt Boris Johnson \"dismissed\" a question about what happened to her family.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer highlighted the case of Ollie Bibby, 27, who was not able to see his family as he died in hospital.\n\nMr Johnson said he \"shared the grief of Ollie and his family and millions of people up and down the country\".\n\nPenny Bibby said all families who have made sacrifices \"must be listened to\".\n\nHer son, from South Benfleet, Essex, died of leukaemia in hospital on 5 May, a day before Matt Hancock was filmed kissing a colleague, prompting his resignation as health secretary.\n\nMr Bibby had begged to see his family in the weeks before his death.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer raises the case of Ollie Bibby, who was only allowed to see one relative in his final days in hospital\n\nSir Keir raised the case in the first Prime Minister's Questions since Mr Hancock resigned and asked why he had not been sacked.\n\nHe said he had spoken to the Bibby family, who had followed the rules and made \"huge sacrifices\", in contrast to Mr Hancock, who had set the rules.\n\n\"Every time, it's the same old story,\" said Sir Keir. \"Where the British people are doing everything asked of them, it's one rule for them, another rule for everybody else.\"\n\nOllie was a non-materialistic, old-fashioned person with lots of friends and a passion for football, his family said\n\nIn response, Mr Johnson said: \"We all share the grief and pain of Ollie and his family and millions of people up and down the country have endured the privations that this country has been through in order to get the pandemic under control, and that is why we had a change of health secretary a day after the story appeared.\n\n\"And that's why as a government, instead of focusing on stuff in the Westminster bubble, we are focusing on rolling out those vaccines at a rate that will make sure that people like Ollie and his family do not have to suffer in the future.\"\n\nHis spokeswoman later said he \"absolutely was not\" referring to the case of Ollie Bibby when he spoke about the Westminster bubble.\n\nMrs Bibby said the response made her family feel \"not important\".\n\n\"Boris Johnson just dismissed the question, he avoided answering it entirely, which made us feel like we're not important,\" she said.\n\n\"He keeps going on about vaccinations, but there are no guarantees that families can be together on their death bed, even if everyone is vaccinated.\n\n\"There are no signs that anything is going to change.\"\n\nShe previously said she was \"livid\" Mr Hancock broke social distancing rules, while her family were \"treated like criminals\" as they battled to see Ollie in the weeks before he died.\n\nShe said she had received hundreds of \"heartbreaking\" messages from families in similar situations since her story came to light.\n\nOllie's girlfriend Georgia was only allowed to see him twice in the seven weeks he was in hospital before he died\n\n\"I have lost confidence in this government now,\" she said.\n\n\"There needs to be a plan, this can't go on. How many more families need to be kept apart while loved ones are dying?\"\n\nSir Keir told the BBC: \"What came across powerfully in my conversation with Penny was the huge dignity which she and her family have shown through this terrible ordeal.\n\n\"Ollie's case demonstrates the huge sacrifices that families have made during this pandemic to follow the rules. That's why it was important for me to raise with the prime minister today.\"\n\nOllie's three brothers Sam, Casey and Ronnie were not able to say a proper goodbye to him, their mother said\n\nMr Bibby spent seven weeks at University College London Hospital before he died. His parents said they did not blame the staff, who were following rules, but most of his family were \"denied the chance to say goodbye properly\".\n\nThe hospital said it was \"confident that Ollie received appropriate care and treatment and that regular visits were allowed in line with hospital guidance\" but it would look to \"learn from the family's experience\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 200 high-profile women have signed an open letter asking for concrete action to tackle abuse on social media platforms.\n\nThe letter - signed by women including former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard, ex-US tennis player Billie Jean King and British actresses Thandiwe Newton and Emma Watson - has been published at the UN Generation Equality Forum.\n\nMs Gillard told the BBC: \"As prime minister of Australia, like other women in the public domain, I regularly received highly gendered and ugly social media, including the circulation of pornographic cartoons.\"\n\nShe added that it made her \"angry and frustrated that women still face this kind of abuse\".\n\nThe letter was addressed to the chief executives of Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter, and asked them to \"urgently prioritise the safety of women on your platforms\".\n\nThe social media chiefs have said that they will commit to improving systems on reporting abuse, and filter what users see and who can interact with them online.\n\nHowever, some campaigners have expressed concerns that these commitments do not go far enough.\n\n\"These abstract statements offer tech companies a good PR opportunity, but these aren't real commitments,\" says Lucina Di Meco, co-founder of #ShePersisted Global, which tackles online attacks against women.\n\n\"They aren't specifically offering to look at content moderation or algorithmic preferences that will reward bad behaviour. So far, we are still putting the burden on women.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe letter reads: \"The internet is the town square of the 21st Century. It is where debate takes place, communities are built, products are sold and reputations are made.\n\n\"But the scale of online abuse means that, for too many women, these digital town squares are unsafe. This is a threat to progress on gender equality.\"\n\nThe letter also pointed to a 2020 study of more than 4,000 adult women by The Economist Intelligence Unit, which found that 38% of them in 51 countries have had direct experience of online intimidation.\n\nAnd it also emphasises online abuse is worse for marginalised groups and black, Asian, Latin American and mixed-race women.\n\n\"It is really important that we recognise that abuse and harassment against women on social media platforms is widespread, and that it is one of the biggest barriers to gender equality,\" said Azmina Dhrodia, senior policy manager at the World Wide Web Foundation, who organised the letter.\n\nAzerbaijani journalist Arzu Geybulla, who took part in the consultations, told the BBC that constant online harassment made her want to leave her career.\n\nShe added that she wondered if tech platforms would \"ever take trolling and harassment seriously\".\n\nTikTok already has a \"prompt\" that asks people to reconsider the impact of their words before posting a comment which may contain inappropriate or other key words, and Twitter has features to limit the posts people see.\n\nVijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of legal, public policy, and trust and safety, said: \"While we have made recent strides in giving people greater control to manage their safety, we know there is still much work to be done.\n\n\"We are committed to addressing this issue and working with industry partners and civil society to build a safer internet.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Facebook also announced a Women's Safety Hub to centralise its existing resources to deal with online abuse, and a dedicated global Women's Safety Advisory board which they say will monitor and make recommendations on safety.\n\nThe commitments are part of a series of announcements made at the UN's Generation Equality Forum in Paris.\n\nThe World Wide Web Foundation says it will track the tech companies against the commitments they've made, and report annually on their progress.", "Estate agent Lewis Hughes in video footage from the incident on Sunday evening\n\nA man has apologised after footage emerged showing England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, being accosted in a park.\n\nLewis Hughes, from Romford, told the Sun he was sorry for \"any upset I caused\".\n\nThe video shows two men laughing and jeering as they grab hold of Prof Whitty, who struggles to free himself.\n\nThe Met Police are investigating the footage, which the force said happened in St James's Park in London on Sunday.\n\nMr Hughes, a 24-year-old estate agent, told the newspaper he had lost his job following the incident.\n\n\"If I made [Prof Whitty] feel uncomfortable, which it does look like I did, then I am sorry to him for that,\" he said.\n\nHis friend Jonathan Chew, 24, said: \"We just wanted a selfie.\"\n\nMr Chew told the Sun he had ADHD and autism, adding: \"Sometimes things seem a good idea and really they're not.\"\n\nMr Hughes said the pair had been on an anti-vax march in London when they spotted Prof Whitty.\n\nPolice said when officers spoke to Prof Whitty, he had not suffered any injuries and told them at the time that he did not wish to make any allegations.\n\nThey added that the incident had been recorded as a common assault and continued to be investigated.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and several other MPs condemned the incident.\n\nIn its latest statement on Tuesday evening, the Met said: \"We are aware of a video being shared online showing an incident that took place in St James's Park at around 19:20 on the evening of Sunday, 27 June.\n\n\"Officers were in the vicinity policing a nearby demonstration and intervened when they saw what was happening.\n\n\"They spoke to the victim and checked his welfare. He had not suffered any injuries and informed officers that at that time he did not wish to make any allegations. He then went on his way.\n\n\"Officers continued to speak to the two men and recorded their details. They were robustly warned about their behaviour and ordered to leave the area.\"\n\nIt was not the first time Prof Whitty has been filmed being confronted by a member of the public.\n\nEarlier this month, a man in Oxford accused him of lying to the public about coronavirus, while in February a man accosted the chief medical officer outside Westminster.\n\nAnd a group of people gathered outside what was apparently Prof Whitty's London flat on Saturday, chanting and shouting.\n\nProf Chris Whitty (left) has regularly appeared alongside the PM at televised Covid briefings\n\nSince the start of the coronavirus crisis, he has been front and centre of the UK's decision-making and communication of messages to the public.\n\nHe took on the chief medical officer role in October 2019, and until the coronavirus threat emerged, had never done broadcast interviews or held press briefings or conferences.\n\nOne of the country's foremost experts in infectious diseases, he has worked as a doctor in Africa and Asia, as well as the UK.\n\nHe continues to practise medicine at University College London Hospitals, where he was spotted doing a shift over Christmas.\n\nHis mother was a teacher and his father was a diplomat who was murdered by terrorists in Greece after they flagged him down in his car in 1984.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nEight-time champion Roger Federer continued his dominance over France's Richard Gasquet to set up a Wimbledon third-round meeting with British number two Cameron Norrie.\n\nFederer, 39, extended his winning record over 35-year-old Gasquet to 19-2 with a 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 6-4 victory.\n\nNorrie reached the last 32 for the first time with a 6-3 6-1 6-2 win against Australian wildcard Alex Bolt.\n\n\"I hope the crowd gets into it,\" said sixth seed Federer on facing Norrie.\n\n\"I understand if they cheer for him and if it is for me it is because of the last 20 years and all the big wins I've had here.\n\n\"Cam is a good guy, he's had a wonderful year and played great at Queen's, backing that up here.\"\n\nThen the Swiss quipped: \"But enough now - he needs to go out! I need to go through.\"\n\nNorrie, 25, has been one of the leading players on the ATP Tour this year, demonstrating his form and ability earlier on Thursday in front of an impressed home crowd on Court One.\n\nThe 29th seed lost the first three games against Bolt before winning 11 in a row to turn around the contest.\n\nNorrie broke twice more in the final set and was given a standing ovation after clinching victory.\n\nWhen asked about the possibility of playing 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer, Norrie joked: \"Come on Gasquet!\"\n\nWhether serious or not, Norrie did not get his wish but looks sure to give Federer a tough test on Saturday.\n\nThe smiling Briton added: \"If there is a time to play Roger, I guess now is the best - but he is still a decent player!\"\n• None Jamie Murray column: 'I live five minutes from Wimbledon but have to stay in hotel bubble'\n• None Barty grinds out win as draw opens up\n• None Zverev and Medvedev into third round in straight sets\n• None Keeping up with the Kordas? You need majors in two sports to match this extraordinary family\n\nFederer 'very happy' after blowing off more cobwebs\n\nFederer struggled in his opening match against Adrian Mannarino, avoiding a huge upset as injury robbed the Frenchman of the chance to earn a memorable win.\n\nThere have been doubts about Federer's own form and fitness.\n\nAfter two knee surgeries, Federer made his Grand Slam return after a 16-month absence at last month's French Open but pulled out before his last-16 match to \"protect his body\".\n\nThat was followed by a chastening defeat at Halle which left him uncharacteristically despondent afterwards.\n\nBut, after a slow start against Gasquet, Federer dominated the first-set tie-break and then loosened up to ease through the next two sets.\n\n\"It's not the most important to feel your absolute best in the first and second round,\" Federer said.\n\n\"What you really don't want to do is go out because then you really have to look at everything and question yourself.\n\n\"I'm in the third round, I'm really happy with my level right now. Today was special and I'm very happy with that.\"\n\nPossibly third time lucky against one of the 'Big Three'?\n\nBolt, ranked 149th, was handed a wildcard after winning a Challenger title in Nottingham last month and made a lightning start as he attempted to earn a ninth successive victory.\n\nBut Norrie quickly computed what he needed to do against another left-hander, constantly making his opponent play with his relentless returning.\n\n\"It was a tricky start, he came out firing and I was down a break,\" said Norrie, who beat French former world number 10 Lucas Pouille in the second round on Wednesday.\n\n\"I felt the court was easier to move on than court two yesterday and I could really trust the foot.\n\n\"I was moving really strong out the corners and didn't give him too much. There was a lot of improvement from the other day.\n\n\"I'm very happy to be in the third round and I couldn't be more pleased for myself.\"\n\nOnly two players have won more matches than Norrie on the ATP Tour this year - Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas and Russia's Andrey Rublev, who are both ranked in the top 10.\n\nNorrie has climbed to a career-high ranking of 34th, leading to him being seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time.\n\nDespite that success, and reaching the Queen's final in the run-up to Wimbledon, there will still be plenty across Britain who know little about his pedigree.\n\nBorn in South Africa to Scottish and Welsh parents, he switched allegiance to Britain in 2013 and has enjoyed by far the best year of his career in 2021.\n\nReaching the Wimbledon last 32 means he has made a Grand Slam third round for the third time running - and will again face one of the sport's all-time greats there.\n\nSpain's Rafael Nadal beat him at this year's Australian Open and French Open, but Norrie showed enough in both of those matches - and says he has learned from playing more of the biggest names in recent months - to potentially cause an upset.\n\nAnd if any of the Wimbledon fans think they hear some unsavoury language from Norrie during rallies, he has explained how they are mistaken.\n\n\"I'm not swearing at all. I think when I'm hitting the ball, I'm saying 'shh,' like releasing air,\" he said.\n\n\"I think the crowd think that I am swearing because I hear a couple people mumbling. I think I'm trying to get a little more topspin on the ball.\n\n\"That's what I'm trying to do. I'm not swearing. I'm not swearing.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Beth Ferrier, who alleges she was assaulted by Bill Cosby, successfully campaigned to change sexual assault laws in Colorado\n\nMore than 50 women allege they have been sexually assaulted by the comedian Bill Cosby, but only one woman will face him in criminal court. Campaigners say laws which set deadlines on when these crimes can be reported, deny survivors justice.\n\nIt started when he was just eight. A man, well known to his family, began grooming him.\n\nFifty years later, Kevin Sweeney is finally able to talk about the sexual abuse to which he was subjected.\n\n\"It quickly escalated to inappropriate touching, and eventually rape,\" explains Mr Sweeney.\n\nIt continued until Mr Sweeney was 13 years old. His abuser threatened to harm his siblings and parents if he told anyone, so he stayed silent.\n\nNow a school teacher, married with children, Mr Sweeney lived with his secret for decades.\n\nIn his early forties, after learning his abuser had died, he worked up the courage to tell his wife.\n\n\"It took about 8 months of therapy before I could say the word rape,\" he explains.\n\nBy then, it was too late to seek justice - even if his attacker had been alive, he could not have pressed charges, thanks to the statute of limitations on such crimes in his home state.\n\nStatutes of limitation set deadlines on when someone can file a criminal complaint.\n\nIn murder cases there is no time frame, but for many other crimes, the clock starts ticking after an alleged offence occurs. When it comes to allegations of rape and sexual assault, states have different laws. The window of opportunity can vary from a few years, to a few decades. In sixteen states there is no limit.\n\nCampaigners say this law has impeded many of those who are accusing Bill Cosby from seeking justice. Proponents say it's necessary to keep the justice system fair.\n\nFifty-eight women have come forward claiming Mr Cosby sexually assaulted them - allegations spanning from the 1960s to the late 2000s.\n\nBill Cosby is due to face trial in June 2017\n\nBut only one of these women has brought charges against Mr Cosby.\n\n\"For most of these accusations, it was simply too late for a prosecutor to even consider them,\" Gloria Allred, the lawyer representing more than 30 of the women, recently wrote.\n\nMr Cosby is due to go on trial in June next year, accused by Andrea Constand of drugging and abusing her in Pennsylvania in January 2004. He denies the allegations and all the others.\n\nMs Constand first went to the police in 2005, but prosecutors initially said there wasn't enough evidence to press charges.\n\nLast year the case was reopened, after new evidence emerged. Ms Constand filed her case a few days before the statute of limitations - which is 14 years in Pennsylvania - was about to expire.\n\nBut other women who accuse Mr Cosby of sexual assault say they feel cheated.\n\nLise-Lotte Lubin says she passed out after Mr Cosby gave her two alcoholic drinks and petted her hair at a hotel in Nevada in 1989. She believes she was drugged by the comedian.\n\nLise-Lotte Lubin alleges she was assaulted by Cosby in 1989\n\nShe tried to file a police complaint at the start of 2015, after other women came forward with stories very similar to her own. Because the four year statute of limitations in Nevada had passed, it was too late.\n\nTestifying before a judiciary committee in March of that year, she said, \"I now understand that the law prevents the victim in my circumstances from seeking justice.\"\n\nIn May 2015, a new law was passed giving survivors up to 20 years to report an alleged sexual crime. Ms Lubin, who was one of the leaders of the campaign for change, said the new law would provide survivors of sexual assault \"much needed time\" to come forward.\n\nIn June this year, Beth Ferrier and Heidi Thomas, who both allege Mr Cosby assaulted them in the 1980s, celebrated as politicians in Colorado doubled the statute of limitations there from 10 to 20 years.\n\nMr Sweeney also successfully fought to change the statute of limitations in his current home state, Ohio.\n\nIn June 2015, the state increased the time sexual assault survivors have to file a complaint, from 20 to 25 years. He hopes the limitation will be removed completely one day.\n\n\"Imagine that your wife or your daughter or your sister or mother had had this experience, and that you did everything you could as their parent or spouse to get them to a point where they were strong enough to testify but then found out you couldn't because time was up.\n\n\"What would you say to them then?\"\n\nThe cover of New York magazine featured 35 of the women who have came forward with accusations against Bill Cosby\n\nThe fight to change statute of limitation laws across the US has been met with resistance. The Catholic Church has lobbied against proposals to change child sexual assault laws in several states.\n\nMany legal experts argue these laws exist to protect defendants.\n\nJoe Patrice, a former lawyer who edits the legal news publication Above the Law, believes there needs to be a cut-off point so a defendant isn't at the mercy of prosecution indefinitely.\n\nLawyer Gloria Alldred represents some of Mr Cosby's alleged victims, and has fought to change the law\n\nKeeping a case within a set period avoids a scenario where memories fade and it becomes one person's word against another's, he argues. Mr Patrice is also concerned that in sexual assault cases where DNA is crucial, evidence could get corrupted over time.\n\nBut it can take decades for DNA evidence to come back in the first place. In a number of states, including Ohio, rape kits lie untested for decades.\n\nAmy Roberts had to wait nine years for her rape kit to come back.\n\nTwo decades ago, a man broke into her college apartment and raped her at knifepoint.\n\n\"I thought he was going to kill me,\" she said. \"After I left, I went to the hospital and got a rape kit done, and I reported it to the police and basically that's where it stayed for a while.\"\n\nChild sexual abuse survivors have been campaigning for change, for decades\n\nMs Roberts' attacker still hasn't been caught. Like Mr Sweeney, she also testified before the state Senate in Ohio.\n\nAs part of the new changes introduced, victims now have an additional five years to file a case after DNA is found.\n\n\"Rape is such a traumatic crime. It's almost 20 years and I still feel like it's affected my core.\n\n\"The idea that there's an arbitrary timeline that a person can no longer be held accountable makes no sense.\"\n\nThe publicity the Cosby case has thrown onto these issues could bring about even more change.\n\nIn California, a state where some of Mr Cosby's accusers live, a bill called SB 813 was recently passed to end the statute of limitations for rape, child sex abuse, and other sex crimes.\n\nGovernor Jerry Brown has until the end of September to sign the bill into law.\n\nConnie Leyva (in blue) helped spearhead a law to end the statute of limitations for rape in California. It's now up to the Governor to decide whether to sign it.\n\nThe author of the bill, State Senator Connie Leyva, says the high burden of proof still stands in these cases.\n\n\"SB 813 simply ensures that the door does not slam in the face of victims,\" she says.\n\nAnd for Mr Sweeney, it's important that door always stays open.\n\n\"One of the dangers of statutes of limitations is that it's assuming a victim's healing process is linear and logical. But it's not.\n\n\"It's more like a wave pattern. I feel strong today, but tomorrow I don't.\"", "More than a dozen women have accused the rock singer of abuse\n\nModel Ashley Morgan Smithline says was subjected to rape, sexual assault, bodily harm and unlawful imprisonment, amongst other allegations.\n\nThe star \"repeatedly threatened\" her life, saying he would \"find her\" and \"kill her if she left him\", she said in court documents filed in Los Angeles.\n\nA representative for Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, said \"We strongly deny Ms Smithline's claims\".\n\n\"There are so many falsehoods within her claims that we wouldn't know where to begin to answer them,\" they continued.\n\n\"This relationship, to the limited extent it was a relationship, lasted less than a week in 2010. Manson hasn't seen Ms Smithline since then.\"\n\nIf you are affected by the issues raised in this story, information and support can be found on the following pages.\n\nThe claims outlined in Smithline's court case echo the story she told People magazine earlier this year.\n\nThe model said Warner first contacted her in the summer of 2010, asking for photographs and saying he wanted to cast her in a film.\n\nAccording to the court documents, Warner soon became \"infatuated\" with her and said she \"was the perfect girl for him\".\n\nIn November 2010, he flew her to Los Angeles, saying he had cast her in a remake of the Patricia Arquette movie True Romance, Smithline claims. Soon after she arrived, he asked her to move into his apartment and they began a consensual sexual relationship.\n\n\"However, it quickly became apparent that consensual sex was not enough for Mr Warner,\" the legal case states.\n\nSmithline alleges that, on one occasion, she \"awoke from unconsciousness\" to find she was being sexually assaulted.\n\nOn other occasions, he physically assaulted her and forced her to watch movie scenes depicting abuse and murder, the documents claim.\n\nSmithline, who is Jewish, also alleges she was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse - and says Warner once threw a \"Nazi knife\" at her, \"only barely missing her face\".\n\nAlthough she wanted to leave the relationship, Warner cut her off from her family, and \"manipulated Ms Smithline into a state of near-total isolation\", allowing him to assume \"complete control\" over her life, the case says.\n\nThe abuse lasted two years, she claims, leaving her with \"complex post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic attacks as a result\".\n\n\"The scars left from Mr. Warner's knife cuts are a daily reminder of the torment Ms Smithline endured and survived,\" the documents add.\n\nThe musician also faced accusations from his former fiancée, Evan Rachel Wood\n\nSmithline is the fourth woman to sue the rock singer, after Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco, Warner's former personal assistant Ashley Walters, and a woman who has chosen to remain anonymous. Many of their allegations are of a similar nature, including claims of sexual and physical abuse.\n\nIn total, more than a dozen women have come forward with allegations against the musician, including his ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wood.\n\nSince then, his record label, booking agent, and manager have severed ties with him. Planned appearances on the TV shows American Gods and Creep show have also been scrapped.\n\nWarner posted a statement on his Instagram account in February, denying any wrongdoing.\n\n\"Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality,\" he wrote.\n\n\"My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners. Regardless of how - and why - others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The bird's lack of pigmentation is caused by a genetic condition called leucism\n\nA rare white puffin has been spotted on a small island off the Sutherland coast in the Highlands.\n\nThe Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) said the bird was first seen on Handa Island in mid-June by seabird fieldworker Dora Hamilton.\n\nThe young puffin has only a few black feathers and its bill is largely orange.\n\nSWT said the bird's lack of pigmentation was caused by a genetic condition called leucism.\n\nThe trust manages the island as a wildlife reserve.\n\nHanda wildlife ranger Erika Faggiani said: \"When you live and work on Handa you are surrounded by amazing wildlife all the time, but this leucistic puffin is one of the most unusual things I've seen in my three seasons on the island.\n\n\"This is a very rare sighting.\n\n\"There are only a small number of reports of leucism at seabird colonies around the UK, including one puffin which bred on Handa in 2018 and 2019 which had light brown feathers instead of black.\n\nAtlantic puffins spend most of the year at sea and come ashore in spring to breed, nesting in cliff-top burrows.\n\nOn Handa Island a small breeding population of puffins is bolstered later in the summer by hundreds of non-breeding birds.\n\nSWT said despite the nickname \"clowns of the sea\", puffins are agile birds that can fly up to 55mph, beating their wings 400 times a minute.\n\nAtlantic puffins are listed as a species vulnerable to extinction\n\nThey can also dive for up to one minute at a time, pushing through the water with their wings as they hunt for small fish.\n\nAtlantic puffins are listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as vulnerable to extinction.\n\nSWT said: \"They face a number of threats including a dramatic decline in sand eels, one of their most important sources of food.\"", "Daily Covid cases reported in Scotland have surpassed 4,000 for the first time since mass testing began.\n\nAccording to Scottish government figures, 10.5% of those who were tested on Wednesday returned positive results.\n\nIt comes after Public Health Scotland linked hundreds of cases to people travelling to London for Scotland's Euros game with England on 18 June.\n\nThird wave cases in Scotland began to surpass January's peak towards the end of June.\n\nThe Scottish government has now confirmed that 4,234 new cases of Covid were reported within the past 24 hours, as well as six deaths.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has previously said the \"steep rise\" in cases showed that people should be \"really careful\".\n\nBut she said there was \"positive news\" from the vaccine programme, which she said was preventing a similar rise in the number of people in hospital or losing their lives.\n\nOn Wednesday she tweeted: \"Vaccines are now doing much of the work we needed heavy restrictions to do in the last wave. And thankfully, we continue to see a much lower burden of serious illness.\n\n\"We continue to monitor cases - and, crucially, hospital/ICU numbers - carefully. However, by following all the advice, we all play a part in keeping country safe.\"\n\nFigures show that more than 10% of tests taken on Wednesday were positive\n\nPatients being treated for Covid in hospital have steadily grown since mid-May, jumping from 235 on Wednesday to 275 on Thursday - however ICU patients have fallen to 16.\n\nEarlier in June, tens of thousands of football fans are believed to have travelled to London despite warnings not to do so unless they had a ticket or a safe place to watch the match - with many gathering in large groups.\n\nPublic Health Scotland said it had tagged positive Covid cases if they attended either a Euro 2020 organised event, such as a match at Hampden or Wembley Stadium or the Fanzone at Glasgow Green.\n\nPeople who tested positive after attending an informal gathering, such as a pub or a house party to watch a match, were also tagged.\n\nThe report said 1,294 of the 1,991 total cases had reported travelling to London, including 397 who were actually at the match.\n\nNational clinical director Prof Jason Leitch told BBC Scotland that the huge increase in Covid-19 cases was straining Scotland's contact tracing system but said it was \"not collapsing\".\n\nFigures from Public Health Scotland suggest it is now taking longer to contact infectious people and to track down their close contacts.\n\nOpposition parties have called for more resources to be given to the Test and Protect system, warning that it was \"reaching breaking point\" and \"buckling under the pressure\".\n\nMeanwhile, 3,816,251 people have received the first dose of the vaccine and 2,722,725 have received their second dose.\n\nIt has emerged the NHS has been given the green light to start planning a booster programme in the UK ahead of this winter which could see 30 million people receive a third dose.\n\nA bigger flu season than normal is expected, meaning extra protection against the virus is likely to be needed.\n\nAll adults aged 50 and over, and anyone younger who qualifies for a flu jab should receive a Covid booster.\n\nTalks are ongoing over how this programme will be rolled out in Scotland.", "Ministers say they have held off further easing of lockdown rules while cases rise\n\nThe Welsh government is \"stuck in lockdown mode\" and should stop \"treating the Welsh people like children\", the Conservatives have said.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford has held off lifting restrictions amid concerns over the Delta variant.\n\nThe Tories called for ministers to set out a dated plan for when they will lift all restrictions.\n\nMr Drakeford's government said its approach to reopening was led by the data and not \"by artificial dates\".\n\nWelsh Conservative Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies said a plan was needed given data showing the number of people in hospital with Covid has fallen to a record low.\n\nThe party did not propose its own date for scrapping lockdown restrictions, but said it would like to see them end \"as soon as it is safe to do so\".\n\nAccording to the latest data from Public Health Wales there were 86 Covid patients in hospital beds in Wales on 30 June - a record low for the second day running.\n\nHowever the case rate across Wales on Thursday was 66.5 per 100,000 people - the highest since 23 February.\n\nThere have only been minor changes to the rules in Wales since 7 June, after the first minister announced a pause in order to \"reduce the peak number of daily hospital admissions\" and allow time to vaccinate more people.\n\nMinisters had considered permitting more indoor mixing, allowing more people to attend indoor events and reopening ice skating rinks, before deciding to hold off.\n\nCurrently in Wales people are able to meet in private homes if they are in an extended household with a fixed set of other homes, unlike in England where six people from any household can meet.\n\nNightclubs remain closed, as they do across the UK, while limits on social distancing and how many people can meet outside remain.\n\nSome Covid-19 lockdown rules and guidance remains in place in Wales\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed again in a fortnight, with any further lifting due to be announced by Mr Drakeford on 15 July - no dates have otherwise been set.\n\nHowever the UK government's new Health Secretary Sajid Javid has already said he sees \"no reason\" why restrictions in England will not end on 19 July.\n\nThe end of England's lockdown was originally scheduled for 21 June, but was pushed back by four weeks.\n\nThe Scottish government hopes to lift the final major restrictions in Scotland on 9 August.\n\nMr Davies said: \"Given the data, it's important the Welsh Labour government now provides families, schools, workers and businesses with their plan for restoring all freedoms and releasing restrictions in Wales, as has been seen in Scotland and England.\n\n\"Sadly, the Welsh government is stuck in lockdown mode and can't shift gears into recovery because it means actually having to tackle some of the issues that Labour have failed to tackle over the past two decades.\n\n\"Instead of treating the Welsh people like children, the Welsh government needs to talk to them like adults.\n\n\"People will understand that no date ministers choose comes with zero risk for Covid.\n\n\"Sadly, it can't be eliminated and moving forward we will have to learn to live with it like we do with other viruses,\" he said.\n\nAsked what the Welsh Conservatives would do, and whether they would support lifting restrictions on 19 July, a spokesman said: \"Ministers will have access to advice and data not currently afforded to opposition parties.\n\n\"However, we would like to see restrictions lifted in Wales as soon as it is safe to do so. The virus doesn't recognise Offa's Dyke and our preference has long been for a consistent UK-wide approach, but the data may suggest some nuances are required in Wales.\"\n\nAhead of May's Senedd election the Welsh Conservatives published a plan to end lockdown that broadly aligned with the UK government's plans at the time.\n\nIt included a proposal to possibly end social distancing in Wales by 21 June.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"Since the start of the pandemic we have taken a cautious, phased approach to reopening and have been led by the data that is presented to the cabinet by the chief medical officer and our scientific adviser, and not driven by artificial dates.\n\n\"We review the coronavirus regulations every three weeks and update members of the Senedd and the public about whether we are able to relax these, in line with our coronavirus control plan.\"", "For the past 18 months the government has been subsidising the wages of employees hit by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe furlough scheme was the centrepiece of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's \"unprecedented\" intervention in the economy, designed to stave off a wave of job losses as the country closed down in the face of the virus.\n\nIt protected the incomes of millions of people across the UK working sectors that could no longer operate, such as live music, nightclubs, the travel industry, business events, hospitality and retail businesses.\n\nNow that scheme is ending, requiring firms to shoulder full responsibility for those employees again or let them go.\n\nDuring the lifetime of the scheme about 11.6 million jobs were supported, with a steep take-up in the first few months especially.\n\nThat doesn't mean the government was ever paying 11 million people's wages at the same time.\n\nAccording to data from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the number of people on furlough peaked at 8.9 million on 8 May last year. It then fell steadily until late 2020, when it picked up again, without ever hitting the heights of the first lockdown.\n\nSince then, numbers have continued to fall, although around 1.6 million were still relying on the scheme at the end of July, the last date for which figures are available from HMRC.\n\n\"To all those at home right now, anxious about the days ahead, I say this: you will not face this alone,\" the chancellor said, announcing the furlough scheme in March 2020.\n\nAlthough he has since become one of the country's best-known politicians, Mr Sunak was fairly new in his post at the time, and he had just kicked off his chancellorship with a Budget that included a jawdropping a £30bn package to boost the economy and get the country through the virus outbreak.\n\nBut it turned out to be nowhere near enough. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to give furlough its official title, along with other support measures, would end up incurring a far bigger bill, requiring the government to borrow much more than it would in normal times, month after month.\n\nUnder the scheme, the government initially paid 80% of the wages of people who could not work, or whose employers could no longer afford to pay them, up to a monthly limit of £2,500.\n\nBut by the end of the scheme the government was contributing only 60%, with employers shouldering a 20% share themselves\n\nOverall it cost the government nearly £70bn, but has been praised by the Resolution Foundation think-tank as a \"great success\", protecting people's living standards and preventing what many feared would be a catastrophic rise in unemployment.\n\nWhile workers were furloughed in every age group it was younger workers who accounted for a large proportion of those on furlough.\n\nYounger people were more likely to be employed in the sectors of the economy worst hit by the coronavirus lockdown measures including hospitality and retail.\n\nSince March 2020, more women than men have been furloughed although according to the latest figures more men remained on furlough towards the end of the scheme.\n\nSome sectors of the economy made more use of the furlough scheme than others.\n\nWith pubs and restaurants particularly badly affected by coronavirus curbs, the hospitality industry saw a high number of workers furloughed.\n\nAnd non-essential shops were closed at the height of the lockdown, so retailers made big claims on the government's resources. However, some large employers in that sector, notably supermarkets - who remained open during lockdowns, have since repaid the cash.\n\nPeople working in the arts, entertainment and other leisure activities were also more likely to find themselves on furlough than those in other walks of life.\n\nThe scheme was designed to keep people connected to jobs that would return after the pandemic peak passed.\n\nHowever over the last 18 months some of those on furlough have been made redundant, especially during the period late last year when it looked as though the furlough scheme was coming to an end.\n\nIn recent months, as the economy reopened and continued to grow, the number of redundancies has fallen.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation has described the furlough scheme overall as \"a very successful and well-implemented policy intervention\".\n\nBut its recent research suggested there remained a \"real risk\" to the jobs of those still on the scheme as it ends, particularly for those in parts of the travel sector, which still hasn't returned to normal operation, and for older workers.\n\nAnd doubts have been voiced in other quarters over some aspects of the scheme.\n\nIt has drawn fire from the Commons Public Accounts Committee, which wants all firms benefiting from the scheme to be named publicly in the interests of transparency.\n\nThe committee has spoken dismissively of \"hastily drawn up economic support schemes\" that provided \"unacceptable room for fraud against taxpayers\".\n\nHMRC, which administered the furlough scheme, has suggested that up to 10% of the money delivered by the scheme to mid-August 2020 - £3.5bn - may have been paid out in fraud or error.\n\nApart from that, there is the question of whether it has delayed the process of people making the shift from jobs that are no longer viable to take up new opportunities.\n\nThe number of vacancies fell sharply during the early stages of the pandemic, but job vacancies are now considerably up on last year with staff shortages affecting several sectors.\n\nSome have blamed furlough for keeping workers out of action during the last few months, waiting to see if their old jobs will still be there for them, when some firms have been desperately trying to recruit new workers.\n\nAre you coming to the end of your furlough? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Kayden's mother said he was a \"bright boy\" who \"made people laugh\" and was \"really popular in school\"\n\nAn 11-year-old boy who died after being found unresponsive in bed had undiagnosed type 1 diabetes, an inquest has heard.\n\nKayden Hall, from Cwmbran in Torfaen, died at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales on 5 June 2020 with diabetic ketoacidosis.\n\nThe dangerous condition occurs when diabetes is undiagnosed and the body starts to run out of insulin.\n\nNewport Coroner's Court heard signs \"can be subtle and go unnoticed\".\n\nSenior coroner for Gwent Caroline Saunders recorded a conclusion of death by natural causes.\n\nShe also raised concerns about access to medical services during the pandemic, saying what was available had been \"poorly communicated\".\n\nThe court heard evidence from a police statement from Kayden's mother Melanie Hall who said her son became unwell on 1 June.\n\nShe said he told her he was \"struggling to go to toilet and his chest was tight\".\n\nThe court heard over the next few days Kayden ate little apart from some Weetabix and was sick on a number of occasions which was \"black and watery\".\n\nMs Hall said she did not think she would be able to get an appointment for her son because of restrictions caused by Covid-19.\n\nBy 4 June, Kayden was still unwell and Ms Hall said when she \"went upstairs, he was laid on his bed, under the covers - I could see his eyes were open and I put my hand on his shoulders to wake him up\".\n\nWhen she could not wake him, the family called 999.\n\nThe court heard Ms Hall told police officers who arrived at the scene that Kayden had not been to the GP as she believed she would not be able to get an appointment because of Covid restrictions. \"There was no way I could get an appointment, he didn't have a temperature,\" she had said.\n\nKayden was taken to the University Hospital of Wales where doctors believed his admission was due to \"severe diabetic ketoacidosis, which had led to cardiac arrest\".\n\nA statement by the intensive care consultant who treated Kayden, Dr Anna Barrow, said his glucose levels on arrival were 50 - the court heard a normal level was about five.\n\nA CT scan showed what was described as an \"unsurvivable brain injury\".\n\nFollowing discussions with Ms Hall the ventilator was turned off.\n\n\"He died in her arms in the paediatric intensive care unit,\" Dr Barrow said in her statement.\n\nDr Andrew Bamber, a consultant paediatric pathologist at the North Bristol NHS Trust, who reviewed Kayden's death, said there were a number of contributory factors that led to his death.\n\nHe said that meant it was \"hard to give a turning point\" of when earlier intervention might have saved his life.\n\nA cause of death was given as hypoxic brain damage, caused by diabetic ketoacidosis with contributory factors of aspiration and inflammation in his pancreas.\n\nKayden had \"no significant medical history\" apart from using inhalers for asthma, the inquest was told.\n\nDr Bamber explained that signs of type 1 diabetes, such as weight loss and being more thirsty, were difficult to spot in children.\n\nBut he said it was likely Kayden \"had diabetes for much longer\" than when the more severe symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis appeared in the days before his death.\n\nThe court also heard from Sara Davies, a family engagement officer based at Coed Eva Primary in Cwmbran, where Kayden had attended for the whole of his primary education.\n\nShe said she visited the family every week during the pandemic, as well as every day when Kayden was in school.\n\nShe said she \"saw nothing\" that worried her and that there had been \"no signs\".\n\nShe last saw Kayden on the Wednesday before he died and had taken food to the family.\n\nCoroner Caroline Saunders said Kayden was an \"undiagnosed diabetic and died from the effects of diabetic ketoacidosis\".\n\nShe recorded a conclusion of death by natural causes and sent her \"sincere condolences to the family\".\n\nIn her statement, his mother described Kayden as a \"bright boy\" who \"made people laugh\" and was \"really popular in school\".\n\nDai Williams, director of Diabetes UK Cymru, said: \"During lockdown, we were concerned that fewer cases were being diagnosed in children in Wales and have intensified our campaign to reach more people and ensure that the symptoms become common knowledge.\n\n\"Diabetes is serious, can be life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated. Most people seem to think that this only happens to others, but it happened to me and I almost lost my son - better safe than sorry so if you're worried, check it out.\"", "The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex will meet later to unveil a statue of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, on what would have been her 60th birthday.\n\nThe event will be William and Harry's first appearance together since the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral in April.\n\nCommissioned by the brothers in 2017, the statue will stand in Kensington Palace's redesigned Sunken Garden.\n\nAt the time, they said they hoped it would help visitors to the palace \"reflect on her life and her legacy\".\n\nHarry, who lives in the US with his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, and their two children, arrived in the UK last week in order to complete his quarantine ahead of Thursday's event.\n\nOn Wednesday, he paid a surprise visit to children's charity WellChild's awards ceremony for seriously ill children in the UK.\n\nKensington Palace confirmed that, in addition to the royal brothers, members of Diana's close family will attend the unveiling, which is due to take place this afternoon.\n\nThe committee that oversaw the statue's creation and the redesign of the garden that will be its home will also attend.\n\nIan Rank-Broadley, who has a long track record of creating images of the Royal Family, was chosen to sculpt it, and he will also be among the guests.\n\nThe statue will be unveiled at Kensington Palace's Sunken Garden\n\nThe ceremony - scaled back due to Covid restrictions - will be a \"small event and a very personal moment for the family\", a source told the PA News agency.\n\nKensington Palace said the Sunken Garden had been \"one of the princess's favourite locations\" when she lived there.\n\nMore than 4,000 flowers have been planted for the garden's redesign, which has taken 1,000 hours to complete.\n\nThe garden, which sits within London's Hyde Park, will be open to the public to visit for free from tomorrow, in line with Kensington Palace's opening hours.\n\nThe birthday flowers and balloons outside the railings of Kensington Palace are a reminder that despite her death almost 24 years ago, Diana has not been forgotten.\n\nBack when they were on much friendlier terms, Princes William and Harry commissioned this statue to be a permanent reminder of her \"positive impact on the UK and the world\".\n\nMuch has changed since then. Physically, the Sunken Garden has been redesigned and replanted with her favourite flowers.\n\nBut it is the changed relationship between her two boys which will overshadow much of the unveiling.\n\nThis will be a family event but William and Harry will know that the small number of cameras allowed in to capture the moment will be trained on them and their interactions.\n\nIt will add to the pressure they will be feeling on a deeply personal and poignant day for them.\n\nTributes to Princess Diana were seen outside Kensington Palace on Thursday\n\nSpeaking about his mother's death in a recent interview, Harry said he had been willing to drink and take drugs to cope with the pain of losing her.\n\nHe also spoke of his family's unwillingness to talk about the death, and how he was expected to \"suffer\" in silence.\n\nThe comments, along with a series of other revelations, followed the Sussexes' decision to step down as senior royals at the beginning of 2020.\n\nPrincess Diana was killed in a car crash in August 1997, when Prince William and Prince Harry were aged just 15 and 12.\n\nPrincess Diana with her sons in 1993 at Thorpe Park in Surrey\n\nThe princes with their mother on a visit to Niagara Falls in 1991\n\nIan Rank-Broadley is no stranger to depicting royalty. His effigy of the Queen appeared on all UK and Commonwealth coins since 1998, while another of his likenesses of the monarch appears on a plaque at the Supreme Court in Parliament Square.\n\nEarlier this month a limited-edition £5 coin commemorating the life of the Duke of Edinburgh featuring Rank-Broadley's likeness of Prince Philip was unveiled on Armed Forces Day.\n\nTwo of his sculptures - a group of stretcher bearers carrying a wounded soldier and another group tending to an injured comrade - can be seen at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.\n\nHis other work includes a sculpture of a machine gunner that stands on the Royal Anglian Regimental Memorial at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.\n\nOne of Ian Rank-Broadley's sculptures can be seen at the National Memorial Arboretum", "The dispute is over the size of the type (top right) that shows the source of election material\n\nGeorge Galloway has threatened to take legal action against a council in a row over font sizes on his by-election posters.\n\nThe adverts for his campaign as the Workers Party candidate in Thursday's Batley and Spen ballot were taken down.\n\nKirklees Council said the adverts broke election rules but Mr Galloway accused the Labour-run authority of a \"blatantly partisan move\".\n\nIt said the posters \"did not meet the standards required\".\n\nAccording to the council, mandatory text, known as an imprint, identifying the source of the campaign material appears too small.\n\nMr Galloway said the local authority had \"used taxpayer money and council staff to remove hundreds of posters\" and had not returned them to his campaign headquarters.\n\n\"But it is clear there are no levels to which Labour won't stoop in this by-election.\" he said.\n\n\"Gone is the notion of a free and fair election\".\n\nJames Giles, Mr Galloway's campaign manager, said it had instructed lawyers and reported the removal to West Yorkshire Police and the Electoral Commission.\n\nKirklees Council said it had received a complaint about some of the posters and had asked Mr Galloway's campaign to \"correct the problem\" before taking them down.\n\nCandidates could place posters on street furniture during the election campaign if the posters met certain requirements, said a council statement.\n\nOne was \"all imprints on these election materials have to have a font size of at least 12\".\n\nThe size was important as the source of election materials needed to be \"clear and transparent\", it said.\n\n\"These rules are set out in our election campaign policy which all candidates received as part of their nomination pack\", the council added.\n\nThere are 16 candidates standing in Thursday's by-election.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Nissan has announced a major expansion of electric vehicle production at its car plant in Sunderland which will create 1,650 new jobs.\n\nThe Japanese carmaker will build its new-generation all-electric model at the site as part of a £1bn investment that will also support thousands of jobs in the supply chain.\n\nAnd Nissan's partner, Envision AESC, will build an electric battery plant.\n\nOf the £1bn investment, Nissan said it would invest up to £423m to produce a new-generation all-electric vehicle in the UK, building on the success of its existing electric car, the Leaf.\n\nProduction of the new model will create 909 new jobs and more than 4,500 in its UK supply chain.\n\nOther production locations have not yet been confirmed. More details about the new vehicle will be released closer to the car's launch date.\n\nEnvision's new gigafactory will eventually provide batteries to power up to 100,000 Nissan electric vehicles a year. It will create 750 new jobs and secure 300 existing roles.\n\nIt is hoped the new plant will operational in time for 2024, when the level of UK-made components in cars manufactured in the UK is required to start increasing, in line with the terms of the UK's trade deal with the EU.\n\nThe majority of Nissan's Sunderland-assembled cars are sold in the EU.\n\nMeanwhile, the BBC has been told that an investment at Vauxhall's car plant at Ellesmere Port is \"weeks away\" - a move that could secure the future of the plant.\n\nIt is expected that a promise of government aid could see Vauxhall's parent company, Stellantis, commit to building a new model at the factory.\n\nFrom 2030, sales of new cars and vans powered solely by petrol or diesel will be banned in the UK. However, some hybrids will still be allowed.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"The great thing about this investment and the creation of this gigafactory is it is going to drive down the cost of electric vehicles (EVs), not just for people who are currently buying them but so ordinary families can buy EVs as a matter of course and that will start happening in just a few years' time.\"\n\nAhead of the Brexit deal, Nissan had warned over the future of the Sunderland plant if the government was unable to secure an agreement with the EU.\n\nAt the time, Nissan's chief operating officer, Ashwani Gupta, said: \"If it happens without any sustainable business case obviously it is not a question of Sunderland or not Sunderland, obviously our UK business will not be sustainable, that's it.\"\n\nHowever, on Thursday Mr Gupta told the BBC: \"The key success factor for Brexit has always been trade friendly business conditions to sustain our business not only in the UK but in the whole of Europe and thanks to Brexit, Nissan is moving forward to use Brexit as an opportunity.\"\n\nNissan's chief operating officer, Ashwani Gupta, announced the expansion at the firm's Sunderland plant\n\nHe declined to say how much money the UK government would contribute to the expansion plan, stating that talks were continuing. \"But, for sure, without the government support it would have not been possible,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson said Nissan's announcement was \"a major vote of confidence in the UK\" and \"a pivotal moment in our electric vehicle revolution\".\n\nAsked about how much government money was contributing to the new plant, he said: \"We will review our support as the project develops and due diligence takes place... and after this details of the award will be in the public domain.\"\n\nMike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), said the announcement was \"great news for the sector, the region and all those employed locally\".\n\nHowever, he told the BBC that for the full transition to electric car manufacturing \"it's not enough. We need a lot more. We have a number of factories in the UK, producing up to 1.5 million vehicles. So we need to see this sort of investment multiplied\".\n\n\"Germany and other parts of Europe, Eastern Europe in particular, are way ahead of us in terms of those committed investments,\" Mr Hawes said.\n\nThe news that Nissan is pumping hundreds of millions of pounds into a massive expansion of UK-based electric car manufacturing is a huge boost to the North East and the UK car industry as a whole. These are long-term investments that will create thousands of jobs. The prime minister and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng will welcome the chance to answer critics who say the UK is falling behind European rivals in securing all-important battery production capacity, seen as essential as a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in 2030 approaches.\n\nBut amidst the euphoria, a few sobering facts. By industry estimates, the UK is currently on course to have less than a tenth of the battery production capacity of Germany by 2025. From 2024, under the terms of the UK-EU Brexit deal, the percentage of components required to be sourced within the UK or EU begins to rise if UK-assembled cars are to avoid tariffs when exported to the EU - where most Nissans are sold. If you don't have a battery industry, you won't have a car industry.\n\nAlthough the precise details have not been disclosed, the government is thought to have contributed tens of millions of pounds towards the cost of the project. The prime minister will argue that it kills two prized economic birds - decarbonisation and levelling up - with one stone. Workers, unions and local politicians in the North East will consider it money well spent. But industry experts are clear: this must be the first of many such investments if the UK is to keep up with the biggest revolution in car technology since they were invented.\n\nEarlier this week, a report commissioned by the SMMT said a series of factories producing electric car batteries needed to be built in the UK to secure the future of the country's automotive industry.\n\nIt said the government should announce a \"binding target\" of 60 gigawatt hours of battery capacity to be in place by 2030.\n\nThe report said that at the moment, the UK is on track to have 12 gigawatt hours worth of lithium battery capacity by 2025. This compares with 164 gigawatt hours in Germany.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, told the BBC's Today programme: \"I don't think we are falling behind. Germany has a huge tradition of automotive manufacturing, we know that, and we are establishing gigafactories here in the UK.\"\n\nLabour's shadow business secretary, Ed Miliband, welcomed the new gigafactory but said: \"Ministers cannot be complacent.\"\n\n\"Only this week, the SMMT said that the government was falling behind our competitors and the Faraday Institution estimates we need seven gigafactories by 2040.\"\n\nThe SMMT-commissioned study, written by policy and research company Public First, also called for the installation of at least 2.3 million charging points nationwide before the end of the decade.\n\nThis is aimed at giving confidence to drivers - particularly those with no off-road parking at home - to invest in zero-emission vehicles.\n\nMr Kwarteng said that this could be achieved: \"I think the way in which economies can transform is remarkable and I think nine years to hit those targets is sufficient.\"", "Donald Rumsfeld was one of the main architects of the Iraq war that led to years of deadly violence\n\nDonald Rumsfeld, the two-time US defence secretary who was one of the main architects of the Iraq war, has died at the age of 88.\n\nServing under President George W Bush, he was a key proponent of the so-called \"war on terror\" after the 9/11 attacks.\n\nUS forces invaded Iraq in 2003 after claiming the country had weapons of mass destruction, but no such weapons were found.\n\nMr Rumsfeld resigned three years later amid the fallout from the conflict.\n\nHe staunchly defended his record, but many experts blamed him for decisions that led to difficulties in Iraq and the wider region.\n\nOn Wednesday, his family said he had died at home in the town of Taos, New Mexico. \"History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"But for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we will remember his unwavering love for his wife Joyce, his family and friends, and the integrity he brought to a life dedicated to country.\"\n\nReacting to the news, President Bush described him as \"a man of intelligence, integrity, and almost inexhaustible energy\" and an \"exemplary public servant\" who \"never flinched from responsibility\".\n\nUS defence secretary Lloyd Austin, meanwhile, said: \"Secretary Rumsfeld was propelled by his boundless energy, probing intellect, and abiding commitment to serve his country.\"\n\nDonald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and oldest to person to have served as US defence secretary\n\nBorn in Chicago in 1932, Mr Rumsfeld's political and private career spanned decades. He first came to Washington DC in the 1960s and served in multiple positions under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.\n\nIn 1975, he became the youngest person to be named defence secretary and later became the oldest to serve in the role during his second stint under President Bush.\n\nHe was at the Pentagon when the building was hit by a hijacked airplane during the 9/11 attacks. Mr Rumsfeld was among the first to reach the smouldering crash site, and he helped carry the wounded in stretchers.\n\nLess than a month later, US forces began an air campaign against al-Qaeda, the group responsible for the attacks, and the Taliban in Afghanistan, toppling the regime within weeks.\n\nThe administration's attention then turned to Iraq, which had played no role in the attacks. Mr Rumsfeld made the case for the March 2003 invasion, arguing that the country's weapons of mass destruction posed a danger to the world. No such weapons were ever found.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iraq war: 'We are systematically programmed to kill'\n\nMr Rumsfeld was known for his rollicking news conferences in which he sparred with reporters. One of the most memorable moments came in 2002, when he gave a much-mocked answer about \"known knowns\" and \"known unknowns\" after being asked whether there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.\n\nHis tenure was also marked by photos that surfaced in 2004 of US personnel abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, and the treatment of foreign terrorism suspects at a prison set up at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.\n\nMr Rumsfeld, however, largely remained defiant over his record after leaving office. In a 2011 memoir, which he titled Known and Unknown, he defended his decisions around the Iraq war but did express regret over some of his comments.", "A man was arrested at Oxford Circus and taken to hospital\n\nA suspected knifeman was detained by members of the public after a stabbing attack in central London.\n\nOfficers arrested the man in Oxford Circus, close to Regent Street, at about 20:00 BST.\n\nAnother man who was treated at the scene for stab wounds was taken to hospital where he remains in a critical condition, Scotland Yard said.\n\nThe arrested man is being treated for a non-life threatening head injury, the force said.\n\nPolice were called to reports of a stabbing in Oxford Circus\n\nA crime scene is in place and officers remain in the area, it added.\n\nA London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: \"We treated a man at the scene for stab wounds and took him by road to a major trauma centre.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir Tim Berners-Lee at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in March 1998\n\nThe original source code for the world wide web has been sold as a non-fungible token, making $5.4m (£3.9m).\n\nNFTs are certificates of ownership for digital assets, which often do not have a physical representation.\n\nThey do not necessarily include copyright control - and critics say they are get-rich-quick schemes that are bad for the environment.\n\nWorld-wide-web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee sold the NFT to an unidentified buyer, through auction house Sotheby’s.\n\nThe highest bid stood at $3.5m for most of the last day of the auction - but there were a flurry of bids in the closing 15 minutes.\n\nThe auction began on 23 June, with an opening bid of $1,000.\n\nThe profits would go towards causes chosen by Sir Tim and his wife, Sotheby’s said.\n\nFour different items were sold as part of a single NFT:\n\nThe sale surpassed the $2.9m (£2m) spent on Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet but fell short of the record amount an NFT has been sold for - $69m, for digital artwork by Beeple, at Christie’s auction house, in March.\n\nSir Tim created the world wide web, in 1989, by connecting different pieces of information on the early internet through hyperlinks.\n\nHe built the first web browser and server, refusing to patent his invention.\n\nIn 1993, Cern, the research organisation Sir Tim worked for at the time, relinquished all its rights to the technology and put it in the open domain.\n\nAnd when the NFT auction was announced, Sir Tim told the Guardian: “The core codes and protocols on the web are royalty free, just as they always have been.\n\n“I’m not selling the web – you won’t have to start paying money to follow links.\n\n“I’m not even selling the source code.\n\n\"I’m selling a picture that I made, with a Python program that I wrote myself, of what the source code would look like if it was stuck on the wall and signed by me.”\n\nSotheby's described the lot as \"the only signed copy of the code for the first web browser in existence\", comparing its sale to that of the handwritten documents of a historic figure.\n\nNFTs have been criticised for their impact on the environment, as the blockchain - where the records of ownership are stored on a digital ledger - requires huge amounts of energy to run.\n\nSotheby’s said it would pay for a carbon offset for the “minting and transaction costs of the sale”.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nBritain's Andy Murray defied the odds yet again as he reached the Wimbledon third round by beating German qualifier Oscar Otte in another thriller which finished under the Centre Court lights.\n\nThe Scot led by a set and a break but momentum switched to Otte, an SW19 debutant ranked 151st in the world.\n\nMurray, 34, looked weary as Otte won the third set for a 2-1 lead, before darkness forced the pair off court.\n\nBut with the crowd behind him, Murray fought back to win 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-2.\n\nThe 7,500 fans allowed inside Centre Court as part of the government's event research programme had been subdued until Murray - who thought in 2019 he would have to retire because of a serious hip injury - urged them for more support from the fourth set onwards.\n\nThen it turned into an electric atmosphere as a pumped-up Murray played himself towards victory, backed by the sound of singing and chanting from the partisan crowd.\n\n\"I enjoyed the end of the match. The middle part not so much,\" said Murray, who has had a series of niggling injuries since having career-saving hip resurfacing surgery.\n\n\"What an atmosphere to play in at the end. The whole crowd was amazing but there were a few guys in there getting me fired up. I needed everyone's help.\"\n• None Follow live text, TV and radio reaction to another extraordinary night for Murray\n\nIt was another incredible evening for Murray at the All England Club, coming just 48 hours after the two-time champion had beaten Georgian 24th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili.\n\nLike that match, Murray returned reinvigorated - mentally, physically and tactically - from the enforced break for the roof to be closed.\n\nAfter the pair returned to the court from a 15-minute pause, Murray won seven of the next nine games to take control.\n\nThere was still time for more tension and excitement. Murray struggled to hold serve for 5-2, getting over the line with a stretching volley which left even his watching wife Kim shaking her head in disbelief.\n\nThen, he sealed a remarkable victory with a moment of brilliance. On the first of two match points, with Otte racing forward, Murray produced an inch-perfect lob which left him smiling and shaking his head as Centre Court erupted.\n\nNow Murray will face a step up in class when he plays Canadian 10th seed Denis Shapovalov in the third round on Friday.\n\nShapovalov, 22, will be well rested after being given a walkover on Wednesday because of a rib injury to second-round opponent Pablo Andujar of Spain.\n\nWhen he made a first Wimbledon singles appearance in four years on Monday, Murray produced arguably his most impressive display since returning from the serious hip surgery in January 2019 which he thought would end his career.\n\nThe next question was whether he would be able to recover sufficiently for another Grand Slam match 48 hours later.\n\nMurray had spoken about how he could \"barely walk\" the day after beating Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka at the US Open last year - the last time he had played five sets.\n\nThat was down to the niggling groin injury which has continued to dog 118th-ranked Murray over the nine months since.\n\nEncouragingly he had been able to practice at the All England Club on Tuesday and initially looked to be moving well against 27-year-old Otte.\n\nMurray moved through the gears nicely to take the opening set with a second break of serve, then looked completely in command when he broke again for a 3-1 lead in the second.\n\nA sloppy service game let the German instantly wipe that out and, playing with more aggression and confidence, Otte broke for 4-3 with the help of three wonderful winners.\n\nAs Otte served out the set, Murray became more despondent. The chuntering we have seen throughout his career became more intense, while his body language had a sense of resignation.\n\nThe Centre Court atmosphere had become subdued and virtual silence - other than Otte's roar of celebration - greeted the end of the third.\n\nMurray had barely rallied the crowd up to that point, but suddenly seemed to realise he needed to feed off a louder atmosphere.\n\nThe fans obliged and that inspired Murray, who was now landing the winners and reaching the balls which he could not in the middle part of the match.\n\n\"I had to do something different. I started going for my shots more, started dictating more of the points,\" he said.\n\n\"Because of the lack of matches I didn't make the right decisions a lot of the time.\"\n\n'Not bad for a guy with a metal hip'\n\nBritish number two Heather Watson joked Murray's performance was \"not bad for a guy with a metal hip\", while GB Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong said he was an \"absolute legend\".\n\n\"Now that's what you call entertainment,\" added Great Britain Davis Cup captain Leon Smith.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None The one-night stand that has blockbuster consequences\n• None What do they wish they had known before entering the villa?", "Counting is under way in the Batley and Spen by-election, with Labour desperate not to lose a seat it has held since 1997 to the Conservatives.\n\nSixteen candidates are running in the West Yorkshire constituency, the best known of them being former Labour and Respect MP George Galloway.\n\nThe campaign has been marred by acrimony, personal abuse and allegations of dirty tricks.\n\nThe by-election result is expected to come at around 05:00 BST on Friday.\n\nTurnout was 47.6%, with some 37,786 verified ballots cast out of a total electorate of 79,373, Kirklees Council said.\n\nIn another by-election in May the Conservatives took Hartlepool, a once rock-solid Labour seat, with a majority of almost 7,000 votes.\n\nThis came in addition to the loss by Labour of more than 300 councillors in England's local elections.\n\nThe Batley and Spen contest is seen as an important test for leader Sir Keir Starmer, who, it has been reported, could face a challenge from his deputy Angela Rayner if the party loses another northern English constituency to the Tories.\n\nSir Keir's team insists he will fight the next general election and friends of Ms Rayner say she is not planning to oppose her boss.\n\nThe Batley and Spen vote was called after the previous MP, former Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin, became West Yorkshire's first elected mayor in May.\n\nShe first won the seat in a by-election following the murder of previous MP Jo Cox by a far-right extremist in Birstall, part of the constituency, in 2016.\n\nMs Cox's sister, Kim Leadbeater, is Labour's candidate this time, but she faces a strong challenge from Conservative Ryan Stephenson.\n\nIn a statement after the polls closed, she said there had been \"many highs\" to the election campaign but also \"some unacceptable lows\".\n\n\"The acts of intimidation and violence by some who have come here with the sole aim of sowing division have been deeply upsetting to witness,\" she said.\n\n\"Whatever the result... the first priorities of the new MP must be to bring our community together and start working for local people in every part of the constituency.\"\n\nLabour's majority at the 2019 general election was 3,525 - slightly smaller than in Hartlepool.\n\nBut the by-election result in Batley and Spen is expected to be close, although the involvement of Mr Galloway, running for the Workers Party, has added to the sense of uncertainty.\n\nGeorge Galloway will be hoping for a repeat of his 2012 by-election upset\n\nThe contest has at times become very bitter, with Labour activists claiming earlier this week that they had been egged, kicked and verbally assaulted while out campaigning.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson described such behaviour as \"absolutely appalling\".\n\nAnd on Wednesday Mr Galloway threatened legal action against Kirklees Council, which is overseeing the by-election, after it took down his posters.\n\nThis happened after officials said the text identifying the details of his political party was too small.\n\nMr Galloway, who pulled off a by-election upset in 2012 when he took Bradford West from Labour for his Respect Party, said earlier this week: \"I'm standing against Keir Starmer. If Keir Starmer loses this by-election, it's curtains for Keir Starmer.\"\n\nThe Conservatives have fought a relatively low-key campaign but Mr Stephenson has said he is \"squarely focused on talking to voters about the issues that matter here\".\n\n\"George Galloway and Keir Starmer's candidate have been fighting like cats in a sack over internal Labour Party issues,\" he told Yorkshire Live, \"and that's a matter for them.\"\n\nThe candidates were (in alphabetical order):", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nThe \"proud mama\" said it best about her daughter's record-breaking run: \"Oh my days we knew it was on!\"\n\nEilish McColgan put in a career-best performance worthy of the history books as she shattered Paula Radcliffe's 5,000m British women's record at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo.\n\nRadcliffe, whose mark stood for 17 years, hailed the Scot on social media.\n\nMother and coach Liz - a storied former Scottish athlete herself - was understandably thrilled.\n\n\"@EilishMccolgan the fastest ever British 5k runner... proud mama, proud coach,\" she posted on Twitter.\n\nMcColgan's startling run bodes well for her third Olympic Games this summer, as she raced round in 14 minutes 28.55 seconds to smash Radcliffe's previous mark of 14:29.11.\n\nThe 30-year-old also took a whopping 18 seconds off her own previous best - 14:46.17 - which had stood as a Scottish record since October 2019.\n\nMcColgan is now fifth on the European all-time list and is just the seventh European to run a sub 14:30 time.\n\nIt was only enough for fourth place on the night, with Kenya's Hellen Obiri winning in 14:26.38 while Ethiopia's Fantu Worku (14:26.80) and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (14:28.24) completed the podium.\n\nBut it was a famous Scottish sporting performance that will live long in the memory.", "A man leaves a booth after being vaccinated in Beijing Image caption: A man leaves a booth after being vaccinated in Beijing\n\nChina has now carried out 1.24bn vaccinations, according to the latest government data.\n\nAs the country has 1.4bn people, this equates to 88% of the population having received a single dose, or 44% fully vaccinated.\n\nThis means that China has been successful in meeting its goal of vaccinating 40% of the population by the end of June.\n\nThe national Global Times newspaper says “several provinces said they had achieved the goal in advance”.\n\nIts success is due to the country being a major producer of domestic vaccines; the National Health Commission says China has the capacity to produce \"close to five billion vaccine doses\" annually.\n\nThe country will now aim to ensure that 70% of the population are vaccinated by the end of the year.\n\nOfficials have said the threshold for “herd immunity” in China will be where at least 80% of the population are vaccinated. The aim is to meet this by early 2022; but some cities, including the capital Beijing, say they are already there.\n\nMeanwhile, Taiwan has vaccinated roughly 7% of its 23.5m population . Vaccination has been slower here due to short supply. Originally, Taiwan only had several hundreds of thousands of doses of AstraZeneca.\n\nHowever, since experiencing a severe outbreak in May, it has received millions of doses of both AstraZeneca and Moderna from Japan and the US.\n\nAnother batch of doses has just arrived in Taiwan in the last 24 hours - this time from the Netherlands.\n\nTaiwan is an island that has, for all practical purposes, been independent since 1950, but which China regards as a rebel region that must be reunited with the mainland - by force if necessary.", "Products such as washing machines, TVs and fridges should become easier to repair and cheaper to run under new rules coming into force.\n\nManufacturers are now legally required to make spare parts available to people buying electrical appliances.\n\nThe aim of the new rules is to extend the lifespan of products by up to 10 years and benefit the environment.\n\nHowever, one company said that the new rules could make white goods more expensive.\n\nThe right to repair rules are designed to tackle \"built-in obsolescence\" where manufacturers deliberately build appliances to break down after a certain period to encourage consumers to buy new ones.\n\nThe new rules apply to products bought from Thursday, but manufacturers have a grace period of up to two years to make spare parts available.\n\nMany consumers have complained that goods don't last long enough, then can't be fixed in the home.\n\nAdam French from consumer group Which? said that electrical items end up in landfill too often \"because they are either too costly or difficult to fix\".\n\nThe rules \"should ensure products last longer and help reduce electrical waste\", he said.\n\nOnly parts for \"simple and safe\" repairs will be available directly to consumers, including \"door hinges on your washing machine or replacement baskets and trays for your fridge-freezers\", he said.\n\n\"Other parts that involve more difficult repairs will only be available to professional repairers, such as the motor or heating element in your washing machine,\" he said.\n\nThe government has also made changes to energy efficiency standards, which it has estimated will knock an average of £75 per year off energy bills, and cut carbon emissions.\n\n\"The tougher standards will ensure more of our electrical goods can be fixed rather than have to be thrown away when they stop working, putting more money back in the pockets of consumers,\" said energy minister Anne Marie Trevelyan.\n\nThese new rules should bring an end to the frustration of having to throw away an item because a small part is no longer working and no longer in stock.\n\nOften the seal around a fridge, the detergent drawer on a washing machine, or the runners on a dishwasher break. Rather than having to buy a whole new product, replacement parts must now be sold directly by the manufacturer for 10 years, whether or not they are still selling the complete item in their range.\n\nThis isn't a law about who is responsible for the repair. If it's still within warranty, then the manufacturer or the retailer should repair it, but after that, you are at least now guaranteed access to a replacement part. You'll probably have to buy it, and you may have to pay someone to fit it if it's a complicated internal part, but at least you should be able to get hold of it.\n\nHaving the right to repair is a step removed from having the confidence to actually attempt one, though. It's a much bigger cultural shift to convince people to fix it and not to fling it.\n\nEnvironmental expert Libby Peake, head of resource policy at Green Alliance, said that the new regulations \"represent a small, first step towards giving people the long-lasting repairable products they want\".\n\nHowever, she said it was not accurate to say the new rules create a \"legal right to repair\".\n\n\"The government hasn't given consumers any such right, as the spare parts and repairability criteria are only directed at professional repairers, not at the people who own products,\" she said.\n\n\"There is also no guarantee that spare parts and repair services will be affordable, so considerable barriers remain to making this the easiest, default option,\" she added.\n\nJohn Elliot said white goods could become more expensive\n\nOne company said the legislation could make appliances more expensive. John Elliot, executive chairman of Ebac, said his business had always focused on the long-term reliability of a product.\n\n\"We don't look to make the cheapest washing machine. We look for one that's going to do the job and last a long time,\" he said.\n\nThe firm has been manufacturing dehumidifiers, water coolers and washing machines for five decades, at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.\n\n\"Our focus is reliability - not just a low initial cost,\" Mr Elliot said. \"The secret of a product that's easy to repair and long-lasting is in the design.\"\n\nOverall, Mr Elliot said, the legislation will not make much difference to his business. But it will to competitors, who have been in a race to the bottom on prices for many white goods.\n\n\"I can't think of one example where we could not repair a product,\" he added. \"I checked, and the oldest machine we repaired was 25 years old.\"\n\nRob Johnson, operations director at repair business Pacifica, said that his firm was now hoping to recruit engineers because of the new rules.\n\nThe company already has 400 qualified engineers going into homes to fix about 6,000 appliances per week.\n\nHe said the legislation \"gives customers real choice\" about whether to repair or replace their product.\n\nHowever, he said that business was still brisk for quick fixes to items such as dishwasher filters, washing machine seals and broken fridge or freezer doors.\n\nPeople have different comfort levels when it comes to the thought of tackling home repairs on appliances, according to YouGov research for BBC News.\n\nMen said they felt more comfortable than women in trying to fix appliances across the board.\n\nMost of the appliances featured in the new legislation can be found in the kitchen. However, data suggests few feel comfortable taking advantage of the increased availability of spare parts.\n\nOf the kitchen appliances covered under the new rules, Britons are most comfortable repairing their washing machines (22%) including some one-in-three men (32%) and half as many women (14%). But people are less comfortable with dishwashers (16%).", "Queen Elizabeth II was shown a wave energy converter model during a visit to the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute\n\nTackling climate change will mean a change to \"the way we do things\", the Queen has said as she met experts on global warming in Edinburgh.\n\nThe Queen and the Princess Royal visited the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI) ahead of COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November.\n\nIt was the monarch's final engagement as part of the traditional Royal Week visit to Scotland.\n\nShe arrived at the University of Edinburgh in a hybrid 4x4 vehicle.\n\nDuring her visit she was shown a wave energy converter model, which is designed to provide cost-effective clean electricity.\n\nThe Queen spoke to experts from Climate XChange, an independent research group that advises the Scottish government.\n\nRegarding the impact of tackling the global issue, she said: \"It does mean we are going to have to change the way we do things really, in the end.\"\n\nAnne Marte Bergeseng, knowledge exchange manager at the organisation, said her discussion with the monarch covered \"everything\" about a greener future and what that means for our way of living.\n\nThe tour coincided with the announcement of the Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI), a project aiming to boost global leadership on the adaption to and mitigation of climate change.\n\nEEI will be a focal point for the university's research on the climate, and will have an emphasis on supporting global partnerships to deliver solutions.\n\nThe Queen arrived at the University of Edinburgh in a hybrid electric 4x4 vehicle\n\nThe Queen and her daughter Anne also met representatives from the Children's Parliament who explained their recent contribution to Scotland's Climate Assembly.\n\nThe children presented the monarch with two rowan trees that will be planted as part of the Queen's Green Canopy, a UK-wide tree planting initiative to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee next year.\n\nThe Queen finished the event by unveiling a plaque for the institute and listening to a speech from university principal Peter Mathieson.\n\nHe spoke about the challenges faced by the workforce during the pandemic and what it may mean for the future.\n\nAfter the presentation, the Queen said: \"It's very unnatural for us, obviously we're going to have to change our lives a bit.\n\n\"Nothing can be quite normal again or what we thought.\"\n\nDave Reay, ECCI executive director, described the royal visit as \"amazing\".\n\n\"It's a massive honour to have Her Majesty and Her Royal Highness come to visit the ECCI and be so interested in all the different actions we have been taking,\" he said.", "People returning to England from abroad could face peak-time airport queues of up to six hours when travel measures are eased, a union has warned.\n\nFully jabbed UK citizens coming back from amber list countries will no longer need to quarantine from 19 July.\n\nThe Immigration Service Union said the \"sheer number\" of passengers arriving and a shortage of Border Force officers would slow down checks.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps also admitted travel could be \"disrupted\".\n\nBut he added that airports, airlines and train and ferry companies were developing apps to cut queues.\n\nOn Thursday, the government announced that fully vaccinated UK residents returning to England from amber list travel destinations - including popular holiday countries such as Spain, France, Italy and the US - would no longer have to quarantine from Monday 19 July.\n\nBut they will still have to present three documents in addition to passports:\n\nNorthern Ireland plans to adopt the same changes from 26 July, while both Scotland and Wales have said they will consider whether to do the same.\n\nAirlines and travel agents have reported a surge in bookings for overseas holidays since England's new rules were announced.\n\nHoliday spots such as Magaluf in Majorca could fill up with thousands of tourists from England later this summer\n\nBut Lucy Moreton, the Immigration Service Union's professional officer, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the government needed to recruit more Border Force workers to cope with the increased demand.\n\nOrdinary passport checks took two to four minutes per person, she said, adding that those involving the Covid-related documents increased this to eight to 12 minutes.\n\n\"At the moment we are seeing peak-time queues somewhere in the one-to-two-hour mark, where we have got several aircraft that arrive at the same time,\" Ms Moreton added.\n\nShe told the BBC News website that larger passenger numbers would further slow checks and create airport queues \"three times longer\" than at present.\n\nA government spokesperson said the \"utmost priority\" was protecting public health and that \"for the time being passengers will need to accept an increase in the time taken at each stage of their journey\".\n\n\"While some restrictions remain in place, we are working at pace to smooth the process, including the roll-out of our e-gate upgrade programme during the summer and deploying additional Border Force officers,\" they added.", "Phil Foden congratulates Harry Kane after his decisive goal against Denmark\n\nAlmost 24m viewers watched England's historic Euro 2020 victory against Denmark on Wednesday on ITV and ITV+1.\n\nAccording to overnight figures, the semi-final at Wembley Stadium brought an average audience of 23.86m.\n\nThe last five minutes of the match drew a peak audience of 25.71m - almost 5m more than the peak audience recorded during Saturday's match against Ukraine.\n\nThe game was the most watched non-news event since Croatia knocked England out of the 2018 World Cup.\n\nThat match was watched by 24.3m on 11 July 2018, with a peak of 26.5m tuning into ITV's coverage.\n\nEngland's 4-0 win over Ukraine on Sunday attracted a peak TV audience of 20.9m, making it the most-watched live TV event of the year up to that point.\n\nThe most watched event of recent years remains the Prime Minister's May 2020 coronavirus announcement, which was seen by 27.49m viewers across six different channels.\n\nSunday's Euros final will be shown on both BBC One and ITV and could break the viewing record set by the 32.3m who watched England win the World Cup Final in 1966.\n\nThe official audience for Wednesday's match may rise when those who saw it via ITV's catch-up service are taken into account.\n\nDavid Baddiel and Frank Skinner were among the crowd at Wembley Stadium\n\nEngland's players sent the nation into delirium on Wednesday after beating Denmark by two goals to one after extra time.\n\nStriker Harry Kane scored the decisive goal after England were awarded a penalty. Kane's initial strike was blocked by Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel but he was able to tuck away the rebound.\n\nGoverning body Uefa has since charged England after a laser pointer was directed at Schmeichel as Kane prepared to shoot.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Lord Frost is appearing in person before the committee\n\nThe UK's Brexit minister has described negotiations with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol as \"a little tense\" at the moment.\n\nLord Frost appeared in person at Stormont's Executive Office committee on Friday.\n\nHe said the UK and EU needed to find a \"new balance\" to ensure problems with the protocol's implementation were resolved.\n\nBut he said elements of the protocol were also currently \"working well\".\n\nLord Frost's evidence to the committee came just a week after the EU's chief negotiator gave evidence to the committee.\n\nAppearing before the committee, Lord Frost repeated that the government is preparing to publish its plans for the future of the protocol in the next fortnight, before Parliament rises for the summer recess.\n\nHe said the EU had still not responded to 12 papers tabled by the UK.\n\nThe EU has said a temporary Swiss-style veterinary agreement for Northern Ireland, in which the UK continues to follow EU agri-food rules, could be a solution, but it has been rejected by the UK.\n\nLord Frost accused the EU of being unreasonable in responding to some of the UK's concerns.\n\n\"Their solution is 'why don't you adopt our rules, then there won't be a problem'. We're accused of being ideological but it seems to me, equally ideological to say 'why don't you just adopt our laws?'\"\n\nHe said there were possible resolutions but that \"getting politics in the right place seems to be difficult\".\n\nLord Frost's appearance at the committee comes just over a week after EU chief negotiator Maros Sefcovic addressed a Stormont committee\n\n\"It is a little tense at the moment. Nobody wants that but the protocol issues are at the core.\n\n\"There is a big prize if we can get this right, it does need both sides to take the situation seriously and fix the problems that currently exist,\" he added.\n\nThe protocol is the part of the Brexit deal which keeps Northern Ireland in the EU single market for goods and means EU customs rules are enforced at its ports.\n\nIt was agreed by the UK and EU in October 2019 and was subject to further negotiation and agreement in 2020.\n\nLord Frost helped to negotiate the protocol on behalf of the UK government, but previously said it was not being implemented as he intended.\n\nUnder the terms of the Brexit withdrawal treaty, the protocol can only be removed by a majority vote of the Stormont Assembly, with a vote due in 2024.\n\nCommittee chairman, the SDLP's Colin McGrath, said the government needed to \"own your deal\" and work to develop pragmatic solutions.\n\nSinn Féin's Pat Sheehan put it to Lord Frost that political problems with the protocol were being \"completely overblown\" and that a majority of businesses in Northern Ireland were supportive of the protocol.\n\nThe minister replied that GB-NI trade opportunities had changed and in some cases, disappeared, and that was not what the government had \"wanted to achieve\" when delivering Brexit.\n\n\"Nobody that I've spoken to from a wide range of political and civil society, businesses, nobody thinks it's working perfectly as it should, or have suggested improvements,\" he added.\n\nEarlier on Friday, Lord Frost had met business representatives from Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade, and other business leaders.\n\nFormer DUP Economy Minister Diane Dodds said the government needed to recognise that the protocol had no support from any unionist parties at Stormont.\n\n\"You and the EU have overridden consent and now want majority rule. What are you going to do to restore the balance of consent?,\" she asked.\n\nLord Frost said he had \"a good deal of sympathy\" for that argument.\n\n\"The consent mechanism is an albeit imperfect way of allowing the institutions here to say, looking at all these variances it's working tolerably, or looking at them all, it's not working,\" he added.\n\n\"If you don't have a fairly broad consent at most points, this is not simply something about in four years' time - you need to have broad consent to make it workable and that's why it worries us so much that we don't have it.\n\nUlster Unionist vice-chair of the committee, John Stewart asked Lord Frost to explain what any \"rebalancing\" of the protocol would look like.\n\nLord Frost said he would not reveal the details prior to a statement being made in Parliament, but added that the \"fundamental issue\" was finding a way to ensure goods could move from GB to NI in a \"freer way than possible\" at present.\n\nLord Frost's appearance at the committee comes just over a week after EU chief negotiator Maros Sefcovic gave evidence to MLAs about the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nLast week, the EU agreed to a UK request to delay a ban on chilled meat products from Great Britain being sold in Northern Ireland.\n\nProducts such as chilled sausages were due to be prohibited from 1 July as a consequence of the protocol arrangement, but this has been postponed for another three months.", "The plane was carrying eight skydivers and a pilot\n\nAll nine people have died on board an aeroplane carrying skydivers, that crashed in Sweden, police say.\n\nThe plane was carrying eight skydivers and a pilot when it crashed close to the runway at Orebro airport, about 160km (100 miles) west of Stockholm, on Thursday.\n\nThe crash is thought to have happened as the plane was taking off.\n\n\"It's a very severe accident,\" Swedish police said on their website. \"Everyone on board the crashed plane has died.\"\n\nThe small propeller plane, a DHC-2 Beaver, had been rented by a local skydiving club for a summer event, local media reported.\n\n\"It is with great sadness and sorrow that I have received the tragic information about the plane crash in Orebro,\" he tweeted. \"My thoughts are with the victims, their families and loved ones in this very difficult time.\"\n\nIn a similar incident in 2019, nine people died when a plane carrying them for a parachute jump crashed in the north of the country soon after taking off. The crash investigation showed the plane had been improperly loaded.", "The body of Sarah Everard was found hidden in woodland\n\nMet Police officer Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard.\n\nThe firearms officer snatched her as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham on 3 March, driving her away in a car he had hired.\n\nThe 33-year-old's body was found a week later in woodland near Ashford, Kent, metres from land owned by Couzens. She had been raped and strangled.\n\nCouzens, 48, will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 29 September.\n\nMet Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick was in court when Couzens pleaded guilty.\n\nSpeaking outside the Old Bailey, Dame Cressida said she felt \"sickened, angered and devastated\" by his crimes.\n\nShe added: \"They are dreadful and everyone in policing feels betrayed.\n\n\"Sarah was a fantastic, talented young woman with her whole life ahead of her and that has been snatched away.\"\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct said on Friday that a total of 12 gross misconduct or misconduct notices had so far been served on police officers from multiple forces in relation to the Couzens case, including about the handling of two separate claims that Couzens had indecently exposed himself.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Commissioner Cressida Dick: \"All of us in the Met are sickened, angered and devastated\"\n\nProsecutor Tom Little QC told the court that Couzens and marketing executive Ms Everard had been \"total strangers to each other\".\n\nOn the night Ms Everard was snatched, she and Couzens were seen on camera standing by his hire car.\n\nIt was parked on the pavement with its hazard lights flashing.\n\nWayne Couzens had previously pleaded guilty to kidnap and rape\n\nCouzens drove them out of London to Tilmanstone, near Deal in Kent. Investigators were able to track the route he took using CCTV and identified the driver through the car hire firm.\n\nThe police constable had made the booking in his own name, picking up the Vauxhall Astra on the afternoon of the abduction and returning it the next morning. He was arrested on 9 March, only minutes after he had wiped the data from his mobile phone.\n\nIn Court 12 of the Old Bailey five members of Sarah Everard's family sat listening as police officer Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty to her murder.\n\nOn video-link from Belmarsh Prison he kept his head down and was shaking slightly.\n\nAs the barrister representing Couzens said his guilty plea was a sign of his remorse and the burden he would have to bear, Sarah's mother raised her hands.\n\nIt seemed as if she was saying that wasn't much comfort now.\n\nThe Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick was also in court. Her force caught the murderer, only to discover it was one of her own officers.\n\nSarah Everard was described as \"beautiful, thoughtful and incredibly kind\"\n\nIn his police interview, Couzens said he had got into trouble with a gang of Eastern Europeans who threatened him and his family.\n\nThey demanded he deliver \"another girl\" after he had underpaid a prostitute a few weeks before, the firearms officer said.\n\nHe claimed he kidnapped Ms Everard, drove out of London and handed her over to three men in a van in a layby in Kent, while she was alive and uninjured.\n\nMs Everard's family was in court for Couzens' guilty plea\n\nMeanwhile, police found out that Couzens and his wife owned a small patch of woodland in Ashford.\n\nPhone data led officers to the site and Ms Everard's body was found just outside the property boundary the day after Couzens' arrest.\n\nCouzens entered his guilty plea via video-link from Belmarsh Prison\n\nMs Everard was abducted by the police officer while walking along a busy road\n\nOn Friday, Couzens' defence barrister told the court his client's admission of murder \"represents a truly guilty plea and remorse for what he did and, as he put it to us this morning, he will bear the burden for the rest of his life - his words - 'as I deserve'.\"\n\nJudge Lord Justice Fulford - who before adjourning the case discussed legal precedents for whole-life prison sentences - told the court: \"This has been a mammoth investigation which has produced some very significant results in terms of being able to understand what happened.\"\n\nSpeaking after the conviction, the Crown Prosecution Service's Carolyn Oakley said: \"Wayne Couzens lied to the police when he was arrested and to date, he has refused to comment.\n\n\"We still do not know what drove him to commit this appalling crime against a stranger.\n\n\"Today is a day to remember Sarah and our thoughts remain with her family and friends.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nNaomi Osaka has called for \"privacy\" and \"empathy\" from the press when she returns to action, saying she never wants her personal medical history to be scrutinised again.\n\nThe Japanese player withdrew from May's French Open after avoiding news conferences to protect her mental health.\n\n\"In any other line of work, you would be forgiven for taking a personal day here and there, so long as it's not habitual,\" she wrote in Time magazine.\n\nShe continued: \"You wouldn't have to divulge your most personal symptoms to your employer; there would likely be HR measures protecting at least some level of privacy.\n\n\"Perhaps we should give athletes the right to take a mental break from media scrutiny on a rare occasion without being subject to strict sanctions.\"\n\nWhen Osaka did not fulfil her media commitments at Roland Garros, organisers fined her.\n\nGrand Slam organisers said she could face expulsion from the tournament should she refuse to take part in media duties.\n\nThe four-time Grand Slam champion then withdrew the following day, revealing she had \"suffered long bouts of depression\" since winning her first major at the 2018 US Open.\n\n\"I felt under a great amount of pressure to disclose my symptoms - frankly because the press and the tournament did not believe me,\" she said.\n\n\"I do not wish that on anyone and hope that we can enact measures to protect athletes, especially the fragile ones. I also do not want to have to engage in a scrutiny of my personal medical history ever again. So I ask the press for some level of privacy and empathy next time we meet.\"\n\nThe four Grand Slams later said they wanted to \"create meaningful improvements\" in supporting players and that they empathised with the pressures players may face.\n\nOsaka has not competed since the French Open but is due to play at her home Olympics in Tokyo later this month.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Afghan soldiers search a man at a checkpoint in Herat province. The army has lost ground to the Taliban.\n\nThe Taliban have captured major border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan in a sweeping offensive across northern Afghanistan, officials say.\n\nThe militants say they seized two key border towns - Islam Qala near Iran, and Torghundi bordering Turkmenistan.\n\nVideo footage appeared to show Taliban forces taking down the Afghan flag from the roof of a border customs office.\n\nThe Taliban are rapidly retaking land across Afghanistan as the US-led mission removes the last of its troops.\n\nTaliban officials say their fighters have taken control of 85% of territory in Afghanistan - a claim impossible to independently verify and disputed by the government.\n\nOther estimates have put the amount of territory the Taliban controls at more than a third of the country's 400 districts, including an arc of land from the Iranian border in the west to the frontier with China on the other side of the country.\n\nThe Americans earlier this week quietly departed from Bagram airfield, a sprawling base that was the centre of US operations in Afghanistan and once held tens of thousands of troops.\n\nAfghan officials acknowledged the loss of the Islam Qala and Torghundi border crossings, both in Herat province.\n\nThe Islam Qala crossing is one of the biggest trade gateways into Iran, generating an estimated $20m (£14m) in monthly revenue for the government. The Torghundi border town is one of two trade gateways into Turkmenistan.\n\nAfghan forces are trying to recapture the two border crossings, a government spokesperson said.\n\n\"All Afghan security forces including the border units are present in the area, and efforts are under way to recapture the site,\" interior ministry spokesman Tareq Arian told the AFP news agency.\n\nZabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said the Islam Qala crossing was \"under our full control\".\n\nReports said Taliban fighters had seized five districts in Herat without a fight.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kian Sharifi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarlier this week, more than 1,000 members of the Afghan security forces fled into Tajikistan, which lies north-east of Afghanistan, as the Taliban advanced around them.\n\nRussia on Friday said the Taliban had taken control of about two-thirds of the Afghan-Tajik border in a swift advance. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow was urging all sides in Afghanistan to \"show restraint\".\n\nThe reports came hours after US President Joe Biden defended his administration's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.\n\n\"I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome,\" Mr Biden said.\n\nHe admitted it was \"highly unlikely\" the Afghan government would be able to control the entire country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden: 'We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build'\n\nSome US intelligence analysts fear the Taliban could seize control of the country within six months, according to an assessment distributed to officials in June.\n\nAfghan President Ashraf Ghani has insisted that Afghan security forces are capable of keeping the Taliban at bay, and Afghan forces appear to have retaken lost ground in some areas.\n\nAccording to officials, troops on Wednesday recaptured government buildings in the western city of Qala-e-Naw - the first major provincial capital entered by the Taliban in their latest offensive.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'For Afghanistan's war to end, there has to be a political agreement'\n\nUK Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter told the BBC's Today programme that one of three scenarios would likely unfold in Afghanistan.\n\nFirstly, the Afghan government could \"hold the ring, as it's demonstrating through holding all the provincial capitals at the moment\", he said.\n\n\"The second scenario I think is a very sad scenario, where the country fractures and you see the government collapse. You see the Taliban perhaps controlling part of the country, and the other nationalities and ethnicities controlling other parts of the country, like we saw in the 1990s,\" he said.\n\n\"A third, more hopeful, scenario, is where you actually see a political compromise and talks occurring. US operations in Afghanistan will officially end on 31 August, but the vast majority of foreign troops have already left.\"\n\nPeace talks between the government and the Taliban continue, but the talks have regularly stalled and failed to progress significantly.\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "The UK still buys £115m worth of CDs a year\n\nSupermarket giant Sainsbury's says it has decided to stop selling CDs and DVDs as streaming services take their toll on sales of the products.\n\nA spokesperson said Sainsbury's customers increasingly went for music and films online instead of buying the shiny silver discs.\n\nThe firm said sales were being phased out, although it would continue to sell vinyl records in some stores.\n\nCD sales have shrunk in the past decade but were still worth £115m last year.\n\nOther big supermarkets show no sign of following Sainsbury's lead, with larger branches of Tesco, Asda and Morrisons still stocking a range of CDs and DVDs.\n\n\"Our customers increasingly go online for entertainment, so earlier this year we took the decision to gradually phase out the sale of DVDs and CDs, so that we can dedicate extra space to food and popular products like clothing and homewares,\" Sainsbury's said.\n\nThe decision is another sign that the CD, once the dominant means of buying and selling recorded music, is long past its heyday.\n\nWith sales hit first by the MP3 music file, then by streaming services such as Spotify and Deezer, the silver disc is now seen as unfashionable in many circles.\n\nWorse still, the format that it was designed to kill off, the vinyl record, has enjoyed a resurgence, with UK sales climbing to 4.8 million last year, bringing in revenue of more than £86m.\n\nThat was still well short of the money brought in by CDs. But according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the value of record sales in 2021 is expected to surpass that of CDs for the first time since the late 1980s.\n\n\"The CD has proved exceptionally successful for nearly 40 years and remains a format of choice for many music fans who value sound quality, convenience and collectability,\" said a BPI spokesperson.\n\n\"Although demand has been following a long-term trend as consumers increasingly transition to streaming, resilient demand is likely to continue for many years, enhanced by special editions and other collectible releases.\n\n\"If some retailers now see the format as less of a priority, this will create a further opportunity for others, such as independent shops and specialist chains such as HMV, to cater to the continuing demand.\"\n\nMusic industry observer Graham Jones points out that supermarkets have always carried a very limited selection of CDs, with an emphasis on big names such as Ed Sheeran.\n\nBut as his book Last Shop Standing makes clear, the supermarkets could still make life difficult for record shops, especially by undercutting them on price.\n\nIn one chapter, he recounts an incident from 2008, when a shop in the East Midlands found that rather than ordering copies of the latest Coldplay CD from the record company, it was cheaper to buy them on special offer from Morrisons and Asda and resell them.\n\nHowever, such incidents are unlikely to be repeated these days.\n\n\"Sales of CDs are slowing down, so I can understand why Sainsbury's are pulling out, really,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Vinyl is incredibly fashionable and the CD has gone out of fashion.\n\n\"A lot of indies [independent shops] may be stocking less CDs than they used to, but they're still selling. There's this myth that the CD is completely dead.\"", "The UK may be withdrawing most of its troops from Afghanistan but it was not defeated on the battlefield, the head of the British armed forces has said.\n\nIt comes after the mother of the youngest British soldier to die there questioned what had been achieved.\n\nChief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter said attacks such as 9/11 had been prevented from \"occurring from Afghanistan\" in the period since.\n\nHe added \"not a day goes by\" without him thinking of the 457 UK lives lost.\n\nConfirming most of Britain's troops had now left Afghanistan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there could \"never be a perfect moment\" to withdraw but the UK's presence there was \"never intended to be permanent\".\n\nLucy Aldridge, mother of William Aldridge, who was 18 when he was killed in 2009, told the BBC: \"I'd like to see with my own eyes, what did we achieve? What was the sacrifice for? Because it's too high a price to pay.\"\n\nAsked for his response to Ms Aldridge, Gen Carter told the Today programme he \"absolutely\" understood \"where the bereaved come from\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"We have to live with our losses for the rest of our lives\" - mother Lucy Aldridge reflects on the loss of her son William\n\n\"All those who fought in Afghanistan can hold their heads up very high,\" he said.\n\n\"The British military was not defeated on the battlefield. They showed remarkable adaptability against a very cunning and nefarious opponent, and they showed phenomenal courage under great pressure.\n\n\"And, at the end of the day, we have prevented attacks like the one we saw from al-Qaeda on 9/11 ever occurring from Afghanistan in this intervening period, and I think there's no reason to suppose that that can't prevail.\"\n\nAt the height of the war, Nato had more than 130,000 troops from 50 nations in Afghanistan. The UK had 9,500 personnel and 137 bases in Helmand province alone.\n\nBut with both the US and UK withdrawing their troops from Afghanistan, violence has been rising and the Taliban are thought to now control more than a third of the country's 400 districts.\n\nOn Friday, Afghan officials said the Taliban had captured a major border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran.\n\nGen Carter said the Afghan army had made a strategic decision to withdraw from some rural parts of the country and concentrate forces on key urban areas.\n\nAsked if he thought the almost two decades spent there had been a success or a failure, Gen Carter said it was \"too early to judge\" - and he saw three possible scenarios that could play out.\n\n\"I think, first and foremost, the current Afghan government, with its very well-trained army, could hold the ring, as it's demonstrating through holding all of the provincial capitals at the moment,\" he said.\n\n\"The second scenario - a very sad scenario - is where the country fractures and you see that government collapse, the Taliban perhaps controlling part of the country and the other nationalities and ethnicities controlling other parts of the country, like we saw in the 1990s.\n\n\"Then I think there is a third, more hopeful scenario, which is where you actually see a political compromise and talks occurring.\n\n\"If the current Afghan government holds on for long enough and proves to the Taliban it can't be defeated, then I think the third scenario becomes ever more likely.\"\n\nAsked if the US and UK were abandoning their responsibilities by leaving, the general said both nations would maintain a \"diplomatic presence in Kabul for the foreseeable future\".\n\nHe added the current Afghan army was the best the country had ever had, and that Afghan government institutions, including the army, would continue to receive support in the form of international funding.\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Grant Shapps: 'As our restrictions change, the NHS app needs to change in line'\n\nThe NHS Covid contact tracing app used in England and Wales may need to change as coronavirus restrictions change, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\nEngland ending the 1m-plus rule on 19 July may mean the app's sensitivity needs to be reduced, he said.\n\nThe app detects the distance between users and the length of time spent in close proximity - currently 2m or less and more than 15 minutes.\n\nIt comes amid a huge rise in alerts as infections surge.\n\nThe system allows people who test positive to anonymously share their test result, triggering alerts for those detected as close contacts in the days before the test.\n\nUnder current rules, those who receive an alert are asked to stay at home for up to 10 days, although the Department of Health said the app \"is, and always has been, advisory\" - unlike the requirement to isolate if you are contacted directly by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nThe hospitality industry and NHS trusts have warned MPs the knock-on effect for the economy and workplaces could be huge.\n\nOne possible solution could be to change the sensitivity of the app, so it would tell people to self-isolate only after closer and more prolonged contact.\n\nBut sources at the app developers told the BBC they have not yet been asked to do this, although they are planning a change from 16 August when people would be able to record that they were fully vaccinated to turn off the self-isolation countdown timer.\n\nMr Shapps told BBC Breakfast: \"As our restrictions change, of course the app needs to change. Things like replacing the 1m-plus rule on 19 July might well lead to a review of the way the app itself needs to function.\"\n\nBut he said the app was still \"very important as one of the tools in our armoury\". He said there were still large numbers of people downloading it and said he had not seen any data showing people were deleting it.\n\nThe most recent figures for the last week of June show an extra 300,000 downloads, bringing the total to more than 26 million, but it is not known how many people are active users.\n\n\"It's in our interests as a society to carry on doing the things that protect each other,\" Mr Shapps said.\n\nTechnically, it wouldn't be very difficult to tweak the app to make it less \"sensitive\" - the hard bit is working out exactly what those tweaks should be.\n\nCurrently, two phones with the app installed, exchange a digital handshake, via bluetooth, every five minutes. It registers how far apart they are, and for how long.\n\nIf one of those phones then goes on to report a positive Covid test, other phones who were two metres away or less, for a duration of 15 minutes during a 24 hour period, are likely to receive an isolation alert.\n\nAs we have learned more about the virus, other factors have also been incorporated such as how infectious the person was likely to have been at the time the two phones were in close proximity.\n\nChanging those parameters would be straightforward.\n\nBut fundamentally it's the volume of cases which are driving the volume of isolation alerts, not the app itself. In the last week of June there were 356,000 alerts, triggered by 61,000 positive test reports - that's about six app users isolating per Covid case.\n\nWhen you look at it like that, it doesn't sound so excessive.\n\nAnd because of the app's focus on privacy nobody, including the government, the police and the NHS knows who has been \"pinged\" - making it legally unenforceable.\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was concerned about the possible changes, saying weakening the app would undermine the track and trace system the government had spent billions on.\n\nHe said: \"This feels like taking the batteries out of the smoke detector and that is never a good idea.\"\n\nA Downing Street source stressed people were still being encouraged to self-isolate if they got an alert, adding the Department of Health's statement that the app was advisory was consistent with the government's message to \"act cautiously, especially as we know cases will rise\".\n\nDr Jenny Harries, the head of the new UK Health Security Agency, told MPs on Thursday she was \"aware that people are choosing not to use the app\" when asked about concerns people have been deleting it to avoid being \"pinged\".\n\nHinting at a change, she added there was \"work ongoing at the moment because it is entirely possible to tune the app to ensure that it is appropriate to the risk\".\n\nA source close to Health Secretary Sajid Javid told the BBC \"we are looking at the sensitivity of the app\" and pointed out the sensitivity had been changed before.\n\nBut they did not say exactly what would change. At present, if two phones running the app are close for long enough, and one of the two users later shares a positive coronavirus test via the app, then the other will receive an alert.\n\nYou can also use the app to \"check-in\" to venues so you can be notified of any positive cases you may have encountered there, although the requirement to check-in will be lifted in England when lockdown rules ease further on 19 July.\n\nA total of 496 venue alerts - which use the check-in data to alert people to potential contact with a positive case - were sent between 24 June and 30 June.\n\nBut alerts for people coming into close contact with someone testing positive soared by more than 60% in the last week of June to 360,000.\n\nAt the end of May, there were only 16,000 alerts in a week.\n\nA BBC analysis has estimated 4.5 million people could be asked to self-isolate between this week and 16 August, as the number of infections continues to rise.\n\nThe NHS Covid-19 app is used in England and Wales. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own powers to set coronavirus regulations and separate test-and-trace programmes.\n\nOn Thursday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak acknowledged there was \"frustration\" at how the NHS contact tracing app could continue to order the double jabbed to isolate.\n\nProf Sir Jonathan Montgomery, a healthcare law expert from University College London who advised the government on the initial launch of the app, said it could still be useful but the government needed to issue new guidance.\n\n\"The real reason we shouldn't abandon the tool is because so many transmissions of Covid happen before people realise they are unwell,\" he told Times Radio.\n\n\"What the app does is enable you to be careful, and what the government needs to say is 'what does care look like in the new world?'.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the country was \"moving to a system of testing rather than self-isolation\".\n\n\"I rely on the NHS app, as many people do,\" he said.\n\n\"I know how difficult it has been for people and I'm sorry for the hassle that people experienced as a result of this - it is coming to an end.\"\n\nA further 32,551 new coronavirus cases were recorded on Thursday, alongside another 35 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nDefending champion Novak Djokovic needed all of his nous and quality to edge past Denis Shapovalov and set up a Wimbledon men's final with Italy's Matteo Berrettini on Sunday.\n\nCanada's Shapovalov, 22, played superbly for the most part, only for Djokovic to claim the key moments on his way to a 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 7-5 win.\n\nThe seventh seed is the first Italian to reach the men's singles final.\n\nThe Queen's champion used his big forehand and serve to good effect to reach his first Grand Slam final, with Sunday's showpiece taking place just hours before his nation take on England in football's Euro 2020 final.\n\nThe 25-year-old is the first Italian man to reach a Grand Slam final since 1976.\n\n\"I have no words, really,\" Berrettini said. \"I need a couple of hours to understand what happened.\n\n\"I think I never dreamed about this because it was too much for a dream.\"\n\nFive-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic is now one more victory away from retaining the crown he won in 2018 and 2019, and therefore equalling the all-time men's record of 20 major victories set by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.\n\nBut it was far from a straightforward passage for the 34-year-old Serb.\n\nThe world number one needed all of his skill and spirit to see off 10th seed Shapovalov in an entertaining contest which had Centre Court gripped.\n\nIn his first major semi-final, Shapovalov did not deliver in the key moments - and that proved costly.\n\n\"I don't think the scoreline says enough about the match, he was serving for the first set, was probably the better player for the second set. He had most of the chances,\" said Djokovic, who has reached his 30th Grand Slam final.\n\n\"I would like to give him a round of applause for all he has done this fortnight. We will see a lot of him in the future, definitely. He is a great player.\"\n\nThe left-handed Canadian came out swinging off both flanks, his heavy hitting rocking Djokovic and drawing wondrous gasps from the almost-capacity 15,000 crowd.\n\nHe was unable to serve out the opening set or then convert any of five break points - which all came in a 10-minute spell across two service games - that would have seen him take control of the second set.\n\n\"Novak does a really good job of putting pressure on when it's needed, and you feel it exactly in those moments. He steps up. He does that really well,\" said 2016 Wimbledon boys' champion Shapovalov.\n\nThree more break points went begging for Shapovalov at the start of the third set and, although he continued to ask questions, Djokovic always seemed to have the answers.\n\nPlenty of balls continued to come back from the Serb in the rallies and, like in the second set, the pressure again told on Shapovalov as he lost serve for a 6-5 deficit.\n\nWith Shapovalov receiving support from a Wimbledon crowd that likes to see an underdog succeed, Djokovic remained steely and serene throughout most of the match.\n\nBut the ferocious roar of celebration which greeted the ace that sealed victory illustrated his relief.\n\nIn contrast, Shapovalov departed in tears as he received a standing ovation.\n\n\"I think what hurt so much this time was just that I felt like the game is there and it's possible to go and play for the trophy,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a feeling I've never had before, so that's why it just hurt so much. I felt like I was outplaying Novak in parts of the match. If you're outplaying Novak, you can beat anyone.\"\n\nBerrettini, 25, had been tipped by many for a deep run at Wimbledon after his displays at Queen's, where he became the the first player to win the title on debut since Boris Becker in 1985.\n\nIt will not have escaped the Italian's notice that Germany's Becker went on to win the title at the All England Club that year.\n\nIt is not just his power on the serve and a forehand that draws gasps from the crowd, it is also his pinpoint accuracy that has proved a weapon during a smooth passage to the final in which he has dropped just three sets.\n\nHurkacz, appearing in his first Grand Slam semi-final, had made a confident start with a hold to love in the first game of the match and held off three break points in his next service game before handing Berrettini a break with an tame effort into the net.\n\nThat was part of a run of 11 games in a row that the Italian won before Hurkacz, 24, finally held his serve and began to make a match of it by taking the third set to a tie-break that he took early control of.\n\nHurkacz had the packed Centre Court crowd behind him, initially perhaps more in sympathy when his shot-making had disintegrated. The net worked in Berrettini's favour and even his Hawk-Eye challenge showed the point was against him by the width of a blade of grass.\n\nThey roared and so did he when a Berrettini forehand crashed against the net to take the match into a fourth set and make it a more competitive spectacle.\n\nBut 14th seed Hurkacz, who had knocked out eight-time champion Roger Federer in straight sets in the quarter-finals, then went an early break down as Berrettini loosened up and rediscovered his form.\n\nHe failed to convert a match point on the Pole's serve at 5-3 but made no mistake in the following game, where he set up match point with his 22nd ace.\n\nHe sealed the victory with another huge serve that Hurkacz could only return long to become the first Italian man since Adriano Panatta at the 1976 French Open to reach a major singles final.\n• None The robotic arm that was inspired by elephants\n• None Is there such thing as a perfect penalty? Can science help footballers shoot the perfect shot?", "Watch as Harleen Deol takes a stunning juggling catch on the boundary to dismiss England's Amy Jones in the first T20 international at Northampton.\n\nWATCH: Highlights of England's victory over India on BBC iPlayer (UK only)", "Some types of oral contraceptive pill can now be sold over the counter at pharmacies without a prescription, the UK's drug regulator has ruled.\n\nThe landmark decision should make access easier for people, although buyers will still need to have a consultation with the pharmacist.\n\nThe reclassification applies to two brands of \"progesterone only\" pill - Hana and Lovima.\n\nThe move has been welcomed by campaigners who say the coronavirus pandemic has made a difficult situation even worse for those trying to access contraception services.\n\nSexual health doctors say services have been stretched and underfunded for some time.\n\nHana and Lovima, which contain 75 micrograms of desogestrel, are still available for free on prescription too.\n\nThey should be taken once a day, with no break between packs. If a dose is missed by more than 12 hours, the contraceptive effect may fail.\n\nTaken correctly, the mini pill is more than 99% effective, meaning fewer than one in 100 women using it will get pregnant in a year. In reality, because of a range of factors, it is about 91% effective.\n\nMost women can take desogestrel even if they are over 35 and smoke, unlike the combined pill, where risks can outweigh benefits.\n\nDr June Raine, head of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, said: \"This is good news for women and families.\n\n\"We have consulted a wide range of people to enable us to reach the decision to make this contraceptive available for the first time in the UK without prescription. We received many responses to our consultation, the majority of which supported this approach.\"\n\nThe Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said it was delighted by the news.\n\nDr Asha Kasliwal, president of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, said: \"Progestogen-only contraceptive pills are safe, reliable, easy to use and are an incredibly popular contraceptive method. Availability over the counter in pharmacies will make it easier for women to access essential contraception to avoid unplanned pregnancies during and beyond Covid-19.\"\n\nShe said successive cuts to public health budgets have made it harder for women to get the contraception they need.\n\n\"Reclassification may also reduce unnecessary pressures on GPs, who will not need to see patients for repeat prescriptions.\n\n\"However, reclassification of one brand is only the first step, and buying contraception should definitely not be the only solution. We are calling for these pills to be available to everyone for free in community pharmacies, as well as the reclassification of other contraceptives moving forward.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The \"face\" of Neptune appears over Newhaven harbour wall\n\nNeptune seems to have made an appearance on the East Sussex coast during a storm.\n\nThe sighting of the \"face\" of the Roman god of water was captured by BBC photographer Jeff Overs in Newhaven on Tuesday.\n\nHe took the picture as waves crashed over the harbour wall during the storm.\n\nThe sighting seems to be an example of pareidolia - when an image is seen in an otherwise random or ambiguous visual pattern.\n\nMr Overs said he took the photo at about 09:00 BST at high tide in winds of more than 50mph (80km/h).\n\n\"It's become a popular location for photographers because the sea 'boils' in high wind against the sea wall.\n\n\"The waves splash into the high wind and when blown back occasionally make patterns that look like (pareidolic) ghoulish faces.\"\n\nHe said the small wave in the foreground resembles a hand.\n\n\"It's a straight shot and I haven't manipulated the image at all,\" Mr Overs said.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "Cathy Cochrane's \"laughing seal\" at Machrihanish. Cathy said: \"I spent quite a while just sitting watching this beautiful seal. I am sure he was laughing his head off at the mad woman out so early with a camera taking pictures, but he obliged with a few wonderful poses.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Grant Shapps: 'As our restrictions change, the NHS app needs to change in line'\n\nPeople should continue using the NHS Covid contact tracing app in England and Wales and isolate when asked to do so, Downing Street has said.\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said the app had been an \"important tool\" and Boris Johnson continued to use it.\n\nThe software detects the distance between users and the length of time spent in close proximity - currently 2m or less and more than 15 minutes.\n\nIt comes amid a huge rise in alerts as infections surge.\n\nThe latest government figures show UK infections are continuing to rise, with 35,707 Covid cases reported on Friday - the highest daily cases figure since 22 January. A further 29 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were also recorded.\n\nEarlier Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the app's sensitivity may need to change when the 1m-plus rule ends on 19 July.\n\nThe system allows people who test positive to anonymously share their test result, triggering alerts for those detected as close contacts in the days before the test.\n\nUnder current rules, those who receive an alert are asked to stay at home for up to 10 days, although the Department of Health said the app \"is, and always has been, advisory\" - unlike the requirement to isolate if you are contacted directly by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nThe hospitality industry and NHS trusts have warned MPs the knock-on effect for the economy and workplaces could be huge.\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said: \"A large number of the population continues to use the app and it has been an important tool in getting people to isolate and break the chain of transmission.\n\n\"It is important that people continue to isolate if they are asked to do so. We continue to ask people to isolate if they are asked to through the app.\"\n\nThe Welsh government has said people in Wales should continue to use the app even if social distancing rules differ from those in England. No date has been given for the end of the 1m-plus rule in Wales.\n\nOne possible solution could be to change the sensitivity of the app, so it would tell people to self-isolate only after closer and more prolonged contact.\n\nBut sources at the app developers told the BBC they have not yet been asked to do this, although they are planning a change from 16 August when people would be able to record that they were fully vaccinated to turn off the self-isolation countdown timer.\n\nMr Shapps told BBC Breakfast: \"As our restrictions change, of course the app needs to change. Things like replacing the 1m-plus rule on 19 July might well lead to a review of the way the app itself needs to function.\"\n\nThe most recent figures for the last week of June show an extra 300,000 downloads, bringing the total to more than 26 million, but it is not known how many people are active users.\n\n\"It's in our interests as a society to carry on doing the things that protect each other,\" Mr Shapps said.\n\nTechnically, it wouldn't be very difficult to tweak the app to make it less \"sensitive\" - the hard bit is working out exactly what those tweaks should be.\n\nCurrently, two phones with the app installed, exchange a digital handshake, via bluetooth, every five minutes. It registers how far apart they are, and for how long.\n\nIf one of those phones then goes on to report a positive Covid test, other phones who were two metres away or less, for a duration of 15 minutes during a 24 hour period, are likely to receive an isolation alert.\n\nAs we have learned more about the virus, other factors have also been incorporated such as how infectious the person was likely to have been at the time the two phones were in close proximity.\n\nChanging those parameters would be straightforward.\n\nBut fundamentally it's the volume of cases which are driving the volume of isolation alerts, not the app itself. In the last week of June there were 356,000 alerts, triggered by 61,000 positive test reports - that's about six app users isolating per Covid case.\n\nWhen you look at it like that, it doesn't sound so excessive.\n\nAnd because of the app's focus on privacy nobody, including the government, the police and the NHS knows who has been \"pinged\" - making it legally unenforceable.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was concerned about the possible changes, saying weakening the app would undermine the track and trace system the government had spent billions on.\n\nHe said: \"This feels like taking the batteries out of the smoke detector and that is never a good idea.\"\n\nDr Jenny Harries, the head of the new UK Health Security Agency, told MPs on Thursday she was \"aware that people are choosing not to use the app\" when asked about concerns people have been deleting it to avoid being \"pinged\".\n\nHinting at a change, she added there was \"work ongoing at the moment because it is entirely possible to tune the app to ensure that it is appropriate to the risk\".\n\nA source close to Health Secretary Sajid Javid told the BBC \"we are looking at the sensitivity of the app\" and pointed out the sensitivity had been changed before - although they did not say what would change.\n\nAt present, if two phones running the app are close for long enough, and one of the two users later shares a positive coronavirus test via the app, then the other will receive an alert.\n\nUsers can also use the app to \"check-in\" to venues enabling it to notify them of any positive cases they may have encountered there -although the requirement to check-in will be lifted in England when lockdown rules ease further on 19 July.\n\nA total of 496 venue alerts - which use the check-in data to alert people to potential contact with a positive case - were sent between 24 June and 30 June.\n\nBut alerts for people coming into close contact with someone testing positive soared by more than 60% in the last week of June to 360,000.\n\nAt the end of May, there were only 16,000 alerts in a week.\n\nA BBC analysis has estimated 4.5 million people could be asked to self-isolate between this week and 16 August, as the number of infections continues to rise.\n\nThe NHS Covid-19 app is used in England and Wales. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own powers to set coronavirus regulations and separate test-and-trace programmes.\n\nProf Sir Jonathan Montgomery, a healthcare law expert from University College London who advised the government on the initial launch of the app, said it could still be useful but the government needed to issue new guidance.\n\n\"The real reason we shouldn't abandon the tool is because so many transmissions of Covid happen before people realise they are unwell,\" he told Times Radio.", "Wales lost to Denmark in Euro 2020 - but should fans now support their neighbours?\n\nBrexit, Covid-19 and the Euro 2020 final are three things that may appear to have little in common.\n\nBut are they all helping to shape our identity as Welsh, British, or both?\n\nWhen England take the field in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, they will be cheered by some the other side of the Severn, with others supporting Italy.\n\nWhether you back the Three Lions or not comes down to a complex social identity with layers similar to a Russian doll, said psychologist Dr Simon Williams.\n\n\"Different layers become more prominent on different occasions and in different contexts,\" the Swansea University behaviour expert said.\n\n\"So, for example, watching the Olympics, we might identify, along with a friend from England, as all being Team GB - that is Great British. Watching the Euros, we might connect more with our Welsh identity and our friend with their English identity.\n\n\"Watching club football, we might narrow our identity further and connect with our identity as a Swansea fan, while a fellow Welsh friend focused in on their identity as a Cardiff fan.\"\n\nWales fans cheered their team on as they reached the last 16 of Euro 2020\n\nWhat separates it from mere sporting tribalism, though, is a \"long and complex history\" linked to Wales' status as a distinct nation, with its own political and cultural identity separate from England, Dr Williams added.\n\nHe believes developments over the past few years have led Welsh people to contemplate this more than ever.\n\nDuring the pandemic, for example, a distinct border in terms of rules emerged for the first time in centuries, while a Welsh first minister was leading the efforts in the crisis rather than a British prime minister.\n\nDr Williams said: \"Whereas before, a person living in Wales might have had a sense of a dual identity as Welsh and British, now, if they were in favour of remaining in the European Union, they might have more of a sense of being Welsh and European, which might weaken their sense of connection to a British identity and therefore their willingness to support England.\n\n\"Identity is key to understanding why some Welsh fans are willing to support England and others prefer to support anyone England is playing.\"\n\nYou are unlikely to see scenes like this in Wales - but you could see lots of support for England\n\nHowever, as we live an increasingly cosmopolitan age, with more migration and mobility than ever before, Welsh people now have closer ties with England - in the form of close or extended family, friends and colleagues - than they would have had a few generations ago.\n\n\"So, this might be another factor behind why some Welsh fans are more willing than others to support England as their second team,\" he said.\n\nAnother factor is historically \"Welshness\" being defined as something different to England, with Dr Williams adding: \"In extreme cases, this manifests as anti-Englishness and discrimination.\n\n\"More often than not, however, it is intended in a harmless and playful way - that is as banter.\"\n\nBut overall, perhaps geography is the biggest factor.\n\n\"Rivalry is often territorial - think local derbies - which is why England and Wales, and England and Scotland are big rivalries,\" said Dr Williams\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe layers Dr Williams described as being more prominent at different times is perhaps evident in a number of situations - such as at Euro 2016, when footage emerged of the Wales team cheering as England lost to Iceland in the last 16.\n\nIn that tournament, Wales reached the semi-final, but with the side failing to emulate the success at Euro 2020, defender from that tournament James Collins threw his weight behind England.\n\n\"If Wales don't go and win it, I'm supporting England as far as they can go,\" he said.\n\nHe was not the only one, with former Wales rugby union and Great Britain rugby league star Jonathan Davies tweeting: \"Come on England, Wales and Scotland are out so come on carry the UK flag\", before adding: \"I knew it would split opinion but there you go.\"\n\nOne fifth of the Welsh population was born in England, while more than 50% of those in Powys have no Welsh identity, according to the last census released\n\nThere is another factor which could influence how much support England receive in Wales - 636,000 people (21% of the population) were actually born over the border, according to the 2011 census.\n\nIt also found 34.1% of the population have no Welsh identity, with the figure highest in Flintshire (57.3%), Conwy (52.4%) and Powys (52.4%).\n\nHowever, if identity is the biggest determinant, as Dr Williams suggest, 66% who responded to the census expressed their national identity as Welsh, with it highest in areas of the south Wales valleys - more than 70% in Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly.\n\nJohn Cook from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, said \"as a Welshman, I could never support England\", adding: \"I was living in England a few years ago and had nothing but abuse because I'm Welsh and love Wales.\"\n\nA poll of 2,000 fans conducted by YouGov for Betfair before the tournament found 47% of Wales supporters would back England.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe situation could be even more complicated though due to Sunday's opponents - there were once 300 Italian cafes in Wales, with thousands claiming heritage from the country.\n\nWales' former world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe tweeted \"Forza Italia\" following one of the country's previous wins, while others including Chiara Bertelli, 42, who lives in Swansea, will also be supporting the land of their fathers.\n\nChiara - on a trip to Italy - will be backing her dad's homeland on Sunday\n\nHer dad hails from Loano in northern Italy and she said: \"We've always supported Italy in my house growing up, in football especially, and I will be on Sunday.\n\n\"We generally supported England after Italy in the World Cup or Euros as Wales often didn't make it through, but now Wales have become more competitive, it makes it more interesting.\"\n\nWhile she admitted she likes Gareth Southgate and the English players, Chiara added: \"I'm pleased for them they have gotten this far, but as a nation Italy will always get my support.\n\n\"If it was Italy versus Wales, though, I would be far more torn, obviously.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as Zaila Avant-garde becomes the first African American to win the contest\n\nA teenage basketball prodigy has become the first African American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee.\n\nZaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana, cruised to victory with the word \"murraya\", a type of tropical tree.\n\nTo get to that point she had to spell out \"querimonious\" and \"solidungulate\".\n\nDespite practising for up to seven hours a day, she describes spelling as a side hobby - Zaila's main focus is on becoming a basketball pro.\n\nShe already holds three world records for dribbling multiple balls at once, and has appeared in an advertisement with the NBA megastar Stephen Curry.\n\nZaila saw off a field of 11 finalists on Thursday to win the title and bagged a first-place prize of $50,000 (£36,000) at the event in Orlando, Florida.\n\nIn the final round, she beat 12-year-old Chaitra Thummala of Frisco, Texas.\n\nThe spelling bee was cancelled last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nIt was the first time since 2008 that at least one champion or co-champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee was not of South Asian descent, the Associated Press news agency reports.\n\nZaila had earlier in the evening hesitated over the word nepeta, a herbal mint, but managed to spell it correctly.\n\n\"For spelling, I usually try to do about 13,000 words [per day], and that usually takes about seven hours or so,\" the home-schooled teen told New Orleans paper the Times-Picayune.\n\n\"We don't let it go way too overboard, of course. I've got school and basketball to do.\"\n\nZaila is the second black girl to win the tournament - Jody-Anne Maxwell, of Jamaica, was crowned champion in 1998 at the age of 12.\n\nIn 2019, eight children came joint-first for the first time in the spelling bee's history. The tournament was cancelled last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From 2019: Can these Spelling Bee parents spell as well as their kids?", "Deputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling has apologised to families of the 22 people who died\n\nA police chief has apologised \"unreservedly\" for failings by his force in the emergency service response to the Manchester Arena bombing.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling said Greater Manchester Police's failure to establish effective inter-service communications was \"unacceptable\".\n\nHe was giving evidence at the public inquiry into the May 2017 attack which killed 22 people and injured hundreds.\n\nMr Pilling also praised the actions of the \"brave\" first responders.\n\n\"I would like to offer condolences from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to all those who lost loved ones, who suffered injuries or hurt, or have been affected in any way by the tragic events at the Manchester Arena in 2017,\" he said.\n\n\"The response of so many of our staff, particularly first responders on the night, was exemplary, extraordinarily brave and quite humbling.\n\n\"However, I would like to acknowledge and apologise for failings by Greater Manchester Police, principally failing to carry out the basic functions of Jesip (Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles) in the early stages of the incident which impacted considerably on joint working.\"\n\nMr Pilling said a failure to notify other emergency services of the declaration of Operation Plato - a pre-planned response to a terror incident - and a failure to establish effective communications with other emergency services was \"unacceptable and we apologise for this unreservedly\".\n\n\"This is an apology not just to the victims and the families but also to all those affected by the attack including our emergency services colleagues,\" he said.\n\nHe said \"significant work\" had been undertaken to address many of the issues and added: \"I would like to give absolute assurance our efforts to address these failings and any others which are identified will continue in the future.\"\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nThe inquiry has heard the other blue light emergency services were unable to get through to the phone line of GMP's force duty officer (FDO), the initial commander of the incident.\n\nOnly three paramedics entered the City Room foyer - the scene of the blast at the end of an Ariana Grande concert - and the fire service attended more than two hours later.\n\nNick de la Poer QC, counsel to the inquiry, asked Mr Pilling: \"From what you have seen of the evidence, was there sufficient resilience around the FDO on the night of 22 May?\"\n\nMr Pilling replied: \"I believe if certain things had been in place or if actions had been allocated in a certain way by the FDO then in terms of the number of people, the resilience around him, I believe yes there was.\"\n\nThe officer agreed there was insufficient effort put in up to the first 90 minutes after the explosion to ensure all emergency service partners met at a rendezvous point.\n\nHe accepted GMP must share a responsibility for that failure as it was the primary partner in the terrorist response and was expected to take the lead.\n\nGeoff Harris said on the night of the attack, there was a failure of leadership within the fire service\n\nA senior fire chief has also apologised for a \"gross failure\" in the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) response to the attack.\n\nRetired assistant chief fire officer Geoff Harris, who was effectively second in command on the night, said the response was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\n\"It was far from adequate or effective,\" he told the inquiry.\n\n\"I extend my personal apologies for the failure of the fire and rescue service to respond adequately on that night.\n\n\"I don't think there's any one single point of failure. There are a number of issues that arose.\"\n\nMr Harris, who had more than 35 years of service before retiring, said some of his officers were \"stuck in a loop\" of trying to contact the police and displayed \"some inertia\" in overcoming the communication problems.\n\nPaul Greaney QC, lead counsel to the inquiry, asked if the delay represented \"not just a failure but a gross failure in response\".\n\nHe agreed that on the night there had been a failure of leadership within GMFRS and that it was \"too risk averse\" in its response.\n\nA few hours after the bombing, Mr Harris met firefighters who were \"fuming\" about the failed response.\n\nHe recalled there was a \"ring of firefighters around me\" demanding answers which he was unable to give.\n\n\"Not only did we let down the people of Greater Manchester, we let those firefighters down,\" he said.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Stormont executive agreed 26 July as an indicative date for easing quarantine rules\n\nFrom 26 July, fully vaccinated people returning to Northern Ireland from so-called amber countries will not have to quarantine under new indicative dates agreed by the executive for lifting Covid restrictions.\n\nStormont ministers agreed the changes when they met on Thursday.\n\nThey also agreed that theatres are to be allowed to reopen on 26 July.\n\nThe requirement for face coverings to be worn in places of worship could also be removed then.\n\nHowever, most proposals will need to be ratified at an executive meeting on 22 July.\n\nThe plans agreed at Thursday's executive meeting mean that Northern Ireland will not directly follow the approach Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined for England.\n\nHe has said masks will no longer be required and social distancing rules will be scrapped for England at the final stage of his government's plan, due to take effect on 19 July.\n\nThe plan to end the mandatory wearing of masks in England on 19 July will not be replicated in Northern Ireland\n\nStormont ministers have agreed to make the following changes on 26 July, subject to health advice:\n\nIt is understood ministers also agreed to consider removing the guidelines for students to wear face coverings in classrooms and school \"bubbles\" but that, along with other measures, would be subject to public health conditions on 22 July.\n\nIt is understood the executive has agreed to give consideration to the full return of live music and dancing without mitigations later in August.\n\nThe BBC understands ministers will at that stage, also look at lifting remaining restrictions on mandatory use of face coverings, as well as the removal of social distancing and isolating.\n\nThe government's Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has set out his plans for England.\n\nFrom 19 July, fully vaccinated adults there will not need to isolate from amber list countries.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is believed all of the measures would still need to be rubber stamped closer to the time at an executive meeting on 22 July.\n\nTheatres and some other audience venues have been closed or had to restrict numbers throughout the pandemic because of social-distancing guidance.\n\nThey had previously been given an indicative date of 21 June for their reopening but the executive has so far delayed that.\n\nJimmy Fay of the Lyric Theatre in Belfast said on Thursday that the vaccination programme had been \"such a success that we need to look at a date, preferably in September, when we can remove all social distancing in theatres\".\n\nSome other indoor entertainment venues such as cinemas have been allowed to resume trading.\n\nSpeaking after the executive meeting, First Minister Paul Givan said ministers from his party - the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - believed more progress could be made \"at a faster pace\".\n\n\"We believe that is backed up by all of the data, the scientific evidence, the impact on our economy and the impact on family and wider society,\" said Mr Givan.\n\nThe minister said the executive had received a \"very positive report\" about a falling number of Covid-19-related deaths, but that other ministers decided they wanted to \"move forward at a slower pace\".\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the executive had taken a \"cautious\" and \"steady\" approach, which she believed was the \"right one\".\n\nShe said \"the Boris Johnson approach\" to easing restrictions was reckless.\n\n\"Based on our own information and our own data we have taken decisions today that demonstrates progress, demonstrates that we're able to continue to make some easements,\" said Ms O'Neill.\n\nEarlier Sir Michael McBride, Northern Ireland's chief medical officer, has expressed concern about mixed messages on issues such as masks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"It's important that we guard against sending the public mixed messages about the evidence around matters such as face coverings and the benefit of face coverings,\" he said.\n\n\"Whether those are mandatory or whether those are voluntary, those are policy matters and ultimately a matter for ministers.\"\n\nInfrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon met representatives from the Unite union ahead of the executive meeting.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The overall risk of children becoming severely ill or dying from Covid is extremely low, a new analysis of Covid infection data confirms.\n\nData from the first 12 months of the pandemic in England shows 25 under-18s died from Covid.\n\nThose living with multiple chronic illnesses and neuro-disabilities were most at risk, though the overall risk remained low.\n\nThe conclusions are being considered by the UK's vaccine advisory group.\n\nCurrently, under-18s are not routinely offered Covid vaccines, even if they have other underlying health conditions that put them at risk.\n\nScientists from University College London, and the Universities of York, Bristol and Liverpool say their studies of children are the most comprehensive yet anywhere in the world.\n\nThey checked England's public health data and found most of the young people who had died of Covid-19 had underlying health conditions:\n\nResearchers estimate that 25 deaths in a population of some 12 million children in England gives a broad, overall mortality rate of 2 per million children.\n\nCurrent data shows some 128,301 people in the UK have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test since the pandemic started.\n\nSeparately, scientists considered all children and young people in England who had an emergency hospital admission for Covid up to February 2021:\n\nLead researcher Prof Russell Viner said complex decisions around vaccinating and shielding children required input from many sources - not their work alone.\n\nBut he said if there were adequate vaccines, their research suggested certain groups of children could benefit from receiving Covid jabs.\n\nHe added: \"I think from our data, and in my entirely personal opinion, it would be very reasonable to vaccinate a number of groups we have studied, who don't have a particularly high risk of death, but we do know that their risk of having severe illness and coming to intensive care, while still low, is higher than the general population.\"\n\nHe said further vaccine data - expected imminently from other countries, including the US and Israel - should be taken into account when making the decision.\n\nDr Elizabeth Whittaker, from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Imperial College London, said it was encouraging they were seeing very few seriously unwell children in hospital.\n\nShe added: \"Although this data covers up to February 2021, this hasn't changed recently with the Delta variant. We hope this data will be reassuring for children and young people and their families.\"", "Southern Water has been fined a record £90m for deliberately dumping billions of litres of raw sewage into the sea.\n\nThe company admitted 6,971 illegal spills from 17 sites in Hampshire, Kent and West Sussex between 2010 and 2015.\n\nHis Honour Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson said the offences had been \"committed deliberately\" by Southern Water's board of directors at the time.\n\nLawyers for the company had told Canterbury Crown Court the spills were the result of \"negligence\".\n\nThe offences were discovered as part of the Environment Agency's largest ever criminal investigation, which began after shellfish were found to be contaminated with E. coli.\n\nRaw sewage had been diverted away from treatment works and into the environment, allowing the company to avoid financial penalties and the costs of upkeep and upgrades, the court heard.\n\nMr Justice Johnson said Southern Water \"showed a shocking and wholesale disregard for the environment, for the precious and delicate ecosystems along the north Kent and Solent coastlines, to human health and to the fisheries and other legitimate businesses that depend on the vitality of the coastal waters\".\n\nThe total volume of untreated sewage dumped into the environment was estimated between 16 to 21 billion litres, or 7,400 Olympic-sized swimming pools, the court heard.\n\nIn Bedhampton Creek, in Havant, Hampshire, anglers reported finding sanitary towels, condoms and tissues in the water, along with a strong smell of sewage, the court heard.\n\nResidents in Swalecliffe, Kent, said discharges from the sewage works were \"occurring events\", the court heard.\n\nThe company illegally discharged raw sewage into the environment in Swalecliffe, Kent\n\nThe \"sheer scale\" of offending meant it was \"inherently unlikely this was due to a small number of rogue employees\".\n\n\"It is far more likely to be due to deliberate disregard for the law from the top down,\" the judge said.\n\nThe offences had been aggravated by Southern Water's \"persistent pollution of the environment\" which had led to 168 previous convictions and cautions, he said.\n\nHe said the scale of the fine was intended to \"bring home to the management of this and other companies the need to comply with laws that are designed to protect the environment\".\n\nIt is the largest sentence issued by a court after an Environment Agency investigation, exceeding a £20m fine received by Thames Water in 2017.\n\nIn March 2020, Southern Water admitted 51 counts at Maidstone Crown Court, covering discharges of untreated sewage from sites in:\n\nDuring periods of heavy rain, water companies are permitted to divert untreated waste water away from treatment plants, discharging sewage straight into the environment to prevent sewers backing up.\n\nHowever, the Environment Agency found that on thousands of occasions untreated sewage had left Southern Water sites through this route during periods of lower rainfall.\n\nDirecting sewage straight into rivers and seas improved the quality of treated water leaving the works, which is regularly tested and can lead to heavy fines if standards fall, the court heard.\n\nMr Justice Johnson said the offences had been motivated by a desire to \"focus the company's attention on those metrics that increase its income, disregarding its wider compliance obligations\".\n\nChief executive Ian McAulay, who was appointed in 2017, was in court on Friday alongside chairman Keith Lough, who joined in 2019.\n\nAfter the hearing, Mr McAulay said: \"We have heard what the judge has said today and will reflect closely on the sentence and his remarks.\n\n\"He has rightly put the environment front and centre which is what matters to all of us. \"\n\nMr McAulay said the fine would not affect customers' bills or infrastructure investments, with shareholders due to bear the cost.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Britain's Mark Cavendish made history in the Tour de France as he equalled Belgian great Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins.\n\nThe Deceuninck-Quick Step rider won the sprint into Carcassonne by a few inches ahead of team-mate Michael Morkov.\n\n\"It's what I dreamed of as a kid. I've worked so hard for it,\" said Cavendish.\n\nBriton Simon Yates of Team Bike Exchange abandoned the race following a crash in which several riders fell down a ravine.\n\nTadej Pogacar of UAE-Team Emirates remains in the leader's yellow jersey on a day that will be remembered for Cavendish's exploits, 13 years on from his first win at the Tour.\n\nAn emotional and physically drained Cavendish embraced each of his team-mates at the finish and cried out \"we've made history\" as he hugged Davide Ballerini.\n\nCavendish added: \"I'm so dead - 220km in that heat, in that wind. I went so deep there - the boys were incredible. I can't believe it.\n\n\"For a lot of the day it didn't feel like it was going to happen. I was so on the limit. You saw that at the end [which was] slightly uphill.\n\n\"It is just like my first one [win on the Tour]. It was what I dreamed of as a kid and it is what I dream of now. I have worked so hard for it.\"\n\n'Maybe he will beat it'\n\nIf Cavendish can survive the mountain stages in the Pyrenees to come, he could yet eclipse the mark that Merckx, a five-time overall winner of the Tour, set in 1975.\n\nThe Manx rider should have two more opportunities to take the record outright, first on stage 19 into Libourne and then on the final day of the race on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, where he has previously won a record four times.\n\nThe 219.9km stage from Nimes was tagged as a day for the breakaway but Deceuninck-Quick-Step largely maintained control of the peloton with Ballerini and Morkov, arguably the world's best lead-out rider, coming to the fore late on.\n\n\"He [Cavendish] knew I was picking the right moment,\" said Danish rider Morkov. \"He had a beautiful victory. It is only the second race I have done with him. The experience he has is extraordinary.\n\n\"We went into this Tour thinking, 'if we could bring him to one stage victory it would be more than amazing'. Now he has taken four. He told me a couple of years ago that he needed just one Tour de France to tie to the record. Maybe he will beat it. \"", "Richard Okorogheye had sickle cell disease and left home without his medication\n\nThe police watchdog has issued misconduct notices to two Met Police staff over the way a student's disappearance was handled.\n\nRichard Okorogheye, 19, went missing from his home in Ladbroke Grove, west London, on 22 March.\n\nHis body was found 20 miles away in Epping Forest, Essex, two weeks later.\n\n\"There is an indication that they may have failed to pass on new and relevant information,\" the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said.\n\nMr Okorogheye's mother, Evidence Joel, has previously alleged that when her son's disappearance was first reported, police \"did nothing\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Evidence Joel, Richard Okorogheye's mother: \"He loved life, he had plans, he had aspirations\"\n\nMr Okorogheye, who had sickle cell disease, left home without his medication but was not officially recorded as missing until 08:00 GMT on 24 March.\n\nThe IOPC explained that the serving of misconduct notices did not mean that disciplinary proceedings would follow.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We can confirm that we have served misconduct notices on two members of Metropolitan Police Service staff as there is an indication that they may have failed to pass on new and relevant information relating to Richard Okorogheye to the team responsible for conducting missing person assessments.\"\n\nThe Met said previously that, as a matter of routine, a referral had been made to its Directorate of Professional Standards, as the 19-year-old had been reported missing by his family before his body was found.", "The app is an important part of controlling the spread of Covid, the Welsh government says\n\nPeople in Wales should still use the NHS Covid-19 app even if social distancing rules differ from England, the Welsh government has said.\n\nThe UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said changes to the app could be made, with England set to scrap its lockdown rules on 19 July.\n\nThe app also covers Wales, where a similar date has not been given.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was working to ensure any changes to the app align with policies in Wales.\n\nThe app detects the distance between smartphone users and the length of time spent in close proximity - currently 2m or less and for more than 15 minutes.\n\nIt allows people who test positive to anonymously share their test result, triggering alerts for those detected as close contacts in the days before the test.\n\nThose who are alerted then have to self-isolate.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Grant Shapps: \"As our restrictions change, the NHS app needs to change in line\"\n\nBut under plans in England, 1m-plus social distancing rules would be scrapped and the app's sensitivity reduced.\n\nAny changes to Wales' Covid rules will be announced on 15 July.\n\nCovid lockdown rules have often differed in the UK nations during the course of the pandemic, with face masks in shops made mandatory in England before Wales, while Wales entered autumn and winter lockdowns earlier than elsewhere.\n\nOn Tuesday, Wales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the country was going to have to \"learn to live with coronavirus\" but the Welsh government would not move to a \"political deadline that has been set out artificially\" across the border.\n\nThe Welsh government said on Friday: \"We are working closely with the UK government on potential changes to the NHS Covid app to ensure it aligns with Welsh policies.\n\n\"People in Wales are encouraged to download and use the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\n\"It's an important part of our Test, Trace, Protect programme to control the spread of Covid-19.\"", "Covid vaccines are highly effective in people with underlying health conditions who were advised to shield earlier in the pandemic, real-world UK data reveals.\n\nThe study of more than a million people in at-risk groups shows two doses of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines are needed for this protection.\n\nBeing double-jabbed reduced the risk of symptomatic Covid-19 by around 90%.\n\nOne dose cut it by about 60%, says Public Health England (PHE).\n\nIt takes a couple of weeks for the protection offered by a second to kick in.\n\nProtection against hospitalisation and death in at-risk groups is expected to be greater than protection against symptomatic disease, as has been seen in studies of the general population, although more data is needed to confirm this.\n\nThe preprint study findings also cover a time period when the Alpha, or UK, coronavirus variant was dominant, rather than the Delta one, which is behind most infections occurring now.\n\nBut experts are increasingly confident that existing vaccines still work well against Delta.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at PHE, said: \"This real-world data shows for the first time that most people who are clinically vulnerable to Covid-19 still receive high levels of protection after two doses of vaccine.\n\n\"It is vital that anyone with an underlying condition gets both doses, especially people with weakened immune systems as they gain so much more benefit from the second dose.\"\n\nIn the study, one dose of vaccine was, on average, only 4% effective in people with weakened immune systems. Efficacy increased to 74%, however, after two doses.\n\nThe charity Blood Cancer UK says much more data is needed to assess vaccine efficacy in different groups of people who are immunocompromised.\n\nChief Executive Gemma Peters said: \"The study states that vaccine response is lower in the immunocompromised, and there are too few immunocompromised people to draw confident conclusions. Also, there are a wide range of health conditions that weaken people's immune systems, and it is unhelpful to make generalised conclusions.\n\n\"Our advice to people with blood cancer remains the same. While there is a lot of uncertainty, there is enough reason to think the vaccines may not work as well for some people with blood cancer to continue to be cautious even after having both doses.\"\n• None 'You can't keep yourself wrapped in cotton wool'\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sam Astley said the appointment to have his bone marrow harvested had been made six weeks before the Wembley semi-final\n\nA man who missed England's semi-final win over Denmark so he could donate stem cells has been given tickets to the final.\n\nSam Astley, from Sedgley in the West Midlands, instead watched the Euro 2020 match from his hospital bed as he prepared for a procedure on Thursday.\n\nHe has been praised by the Anthony Nolan Trust and Gary Lineker.\n\nEuro 2020 sponsor Vivo is providing him with final tickets which he will collect on Friday after his discharge.\n\nMr Astley said it was \"unbelievable\" to be seeing England v Italy in the final.\n\nHis partner, Beth Hill, said he had also been offered a room in the Dorchester hotel so he could stay in London until Sunday's match.\n\nMr Astley picked up his tickets after being discharged from hospital\n\nThe smartphone manufacturer responded to calls on Twitter from Lineker and football fans trying to find Mr Astley tickets to Sunday's match as a thank you.\n\nMr Astley, who works for Yamazaki Mazak in Worcester, said the response to his story had been \"crazy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said missing the donation had not been an option, despite his girlfriend winning tickets to the Denmark match.\n\nHe said the chance to watch England in a semi-final would have been fantastic, but he quickly recognised donating stem cells was \"more important than any football game\" and he never considered delaying the procedure.\n\n\"I am obviously pleased it has taken off, because we have managed to spread awareness for the great charity Anthony Nolan so hopefully more people will sign up to their register,\" he said.\n\n\"I think because it has been such a crazy 24 hours I think it has really helped with my recovery and the adrenaline has kept me going.\"\n\nMr Astley said on Friday he was amazed by the response to his story\n\nHe said he did not know who would be receiving his stem cells, but it was expected to be a child.\n\nThe appointment to donate the bone marrow had been made six weeks ago, after he signed up to be on the Anthony Nolan Trust's register at a football tournament organised by his partner's friend Simon Wilkes, Stourbridge News reported.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said: \"Simon suffers from a form of blood cancer himself so [he] invites Anthony Nolan to the charity events and encourages as many people as possible to sign up to the register.\"\n\nMr Astley's partner Beth Hill, who has been working as a critical care nurse with coronavirus patients for the past 18 months, could not go either, after a colleague tested positive, forcing her to isolate.\n\nShe said: \"I am just so proud of him, he literally is a lifesaver and a modern day hero, it is amazing what he is doing.\"\n\nBut Mr Astley said she was the \"real hero\" and her work during the pandemic had been a \"big influence\" on his decision to become a donor.\n\nMr Astley's step-mother, Angie, who works for Telford and Wrekin Council in Shropshire, said she was \"bursting with pride\".\n\nThe procedure Mr Astley underwent on Thursday involved the removal of bone marrow containing stem cells from his hip bones.\n\nMs Hill said he was recovering well in hospital and had been told by the anaesthetist that he had woken up singing It's Coming Home.\n\nIn a tweet, the 24-year-old also thanked Gary Lineker for his support and for \"all the wonderful messages\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Sam has shown us all what a true hero he really is, by putting his own once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see England play at Wembley aside, to give someone with blood cancer or a blood disorder their best chance at survival and we simply cannot thank him enough,\" Anthony Nolan Trust's chief executive Henny Braund said.\n\nIn a statement, Vivo said it wanted to thank Mr Astley for \"his selfless lifesaving donation\" and had arranged for him and his girlfriend to attend the final as its guests.\n\n\"We hope that both of them enjoy the experience,\" it added.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The victims of two fatal knife attacks in London have been named by police\n\nOfficers found Tamim Ian Habimana, 15, suffering from a single stab wound on Woolwich New Road, Woolwich, at 17:25 BST on Monday.\n\nDespite treatment he was pronounced dead at the scene. A 15-year-old boy has been held on suspicion of murder.\n\nHours later Keane Flynn-Harling, 16, was found stabbed in Oval Place, Vauxhall. A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nTo date, 21 teenagers have died in homicides in London in 2021. Across the whole of last year, 17 teens were killed in violent attacks in the capital.\n\nIf teenage deaths continue at the current rate, this will be the worst year for young homicides in London since 2008.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nUefa has charged England after a laser pointer was directed at Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel during Wednesday's Euro 2020 semi-final at Wembley.\n\nTelevision pictures showed a green light on Schmeichel's face just before Harry Kane took an extra-time penalty.\n\nSchmeichel saved the spot-kick but Kane scored the rebound as England won 2-1 to reach Sunday's final against Italy.\n\nEngland are also charged with causing a \"disturbance\" during Denmark's national anthem and setting off fireworks.\n\n\"The case will be dealt with by the Uefa Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) in due course,\" said a statement from European football's governing body.\n\nThere was some booing heard during the Danish national anthem and that has been criticised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman.\n• None Fifty-five years, 302 games and more than 140,000 miles - England's pursuit of final number two\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n\n\"We don't want fans to be booing teams,\" said the spokesman. \"We want fans to be showing support and being respectful.\n\n\"Uefa are looking into that, that's a matter for them but it's not something we would want to see.\"\n\nThe Football Association and Uefa officials searched for the source of the laser pointer when they were first made aware of it being used during the first half of extra time.\n\nHowever, they were unable to find those responsible.\n\nFollowing the game the Danish FA representatives were asked if they wanted to make an official complaint, but said they did not wish to take the matter any further.\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "Boxer Chris Eubank's son Sebastian has died days before his 30th birthday, his father's representatives have said.\n\nSebastian had followed his father's footsteps and become a professional boxer.\n\nThe British middleweight Eubank Snr said he and his family were \"devastated\" to hear of his son's death in Dubai, where he lived.\n\nAnd Chris Eubank Jnr tweeted: \"Sorry I wasn't there to watch your back like a big brother's supposed to.\"\n\nSebastian, the third-eldest of Eubank Snr's children, leaves behind his wife Salma and son Raheem who was born a month ago, Eubank Snr said.\n\nThe Sun newspaper reported that Sebastian had been found dead on the beach after drowning.\n\nSebastian Eubank followed his father's footsteps by becoming a professional boxer\n\nIn a statement, Eubank Snr said: \"Sebastian grew up in Hove in England but in the last few years made his life in Dubai where he had a wide circle of friends and was a leader in the adoption of a healthy lifestyle and of alternative therapies.\n\n\"As well as being a personal trainer and professional boxer, Sebastian was also a deep thinker who liked to challenge accepted wisdom.\n\n\"He was loved and respected by all who knew him and will be forever in the thoughts of friends and family. As a family we now kindly ask to be given space and privacy to celebrate his life and remember the son, the brother, the husband, the friend.\"\n\nSebastian's mother Karron Meadows said: \"Our whole family is grieving at the huge loss of our son and brother, Sebastian.\"\n\nAnd in a series of emotional tweets, Sebastian's brother, Eubank Jnr, wrote: \"I haven't cried since I was 12 years old… yesterday I cried the whole day.\n\n\"Can't believe you're really gone man but you'll always be in my heart, mind and spirit.\"\n\nHe added Sebastian would live on \"through your beautiful new born son and I will treat him like my own\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Chris Eubank Jr This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFormer world boxing champion Joe Calzaghe and the YouTuber and boxer KSI were among those to pay tribute to Sebastian.\n\n\"Really Saddened to hear the news of the passing of Seb Eubank. Thoughts and Prayers to Chris and family,\" Calzaghe said.\n\nSebastian's promoters and agents, Kalle and Nisse Sauerland, described him as a \"true gentleman and a sincere human being\".\n\nPromoter Eddie Hearn added: \"So saddened by the news of the passing of Seb Eubank. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.\"\n\nEubank Snr, 54, held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles between 1990 and 1995 and was undefeated in his first 10 years as a professional.", "Heart inflammation is a \"very rare\" side-effect of the Covid vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, according to regulators in Europe.\n\nThe European Medicines Agency said the side-effects were more common in younger men.\n\nThe medicines safety body said the benefits of Covid vaccines continue to far outweigh any risks.\n\nBut doctors and patients have been advised to be aware of the symptoms of heart inflammation.\n\nThese include chest pain, a feeling of breathlessness and a pounding or fluttering heartbeat. Anyone with these symptoms should see a doctor.\n\nTwo conditions were linked to the vaccines - inflammation of the heart muscle itself, known as myocarditis, and inflammation of the fluid-filled sac the heart sits in, known as pericarditis.\n\nFive people died. The review said they were all either elderly or had other health conditions.\n\nThe UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has also been investigating the link.\n\nIt reported: \"A consistent pattern of cases occurring more frequently in young males and shortly after the second dose of the vaccines.\n\n\"These reports are extremely rare, and the events are typically mild with individuals usually recovering within a short time with standard treatment and rest,\" it added.\n\nMost cases are thought to be within 14 days of vaccination.\n\nWhile the risk is very rare, it is more likely to develop in young people - who are currently the focus on the vaccination campaign in the UK.\n\nConcerns about the side-effects have already played into the UK debate around vaccinating children, who are at lower risk of Covid.\n\nMyocarditis and pericarditis will be officially listed as side-effects in the UK and Europe, mirroring a move by the regulators in the US last month.\n\n\"The chance of these conditions occurring is very low, but you should be aware of the symptoms so that you can get prompt medical treatment to help recovery and avoid complications,\" the EMA said.\n\nThe link with heart inflammation was found only in the vaccines that rely on mRNA technology to train the immune system.\n\nThere was no link found for vaccines such as Oxford-AstraZeneca or Janssen, which use a genetically modified virus.\n\nHowever, the EMA has advised anyone with a history of capillary leak syndrome should not be given the Janssen vaccine. This is a rare but serious syndrome in which fluid leaks from blood vessels in the body.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mason Mount fan Belle says she won't sell the shirt she was gifted and won't be washing it\n\nA girl whose reaction to being given Mason's Mount's shirt after England's win over Denmark went viral has described the experience as \"crazy\".\n\nBelle McNally, 10, from Bromley, south-east London, cried tears of joy when the midfielder handed her his shirt at Wembley.\n\nEngland won 2-1 after extra time and will play Italy at the national stadium, a game she hopes to attend.\n\n\"I'm going to frame it. I don't want to sell or wash it,\" she said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rem Williams This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBelle says she has been recognised by members of the public after a video of her ecstatic reaction to receiving the number 19 shirt on Wednesday was watched millions of times.\n\nShe says she attracted the Chelsea player's attention at a previous match when he smiled and waved at her from the team bus and so decided to make a flag for him.\n\nBelle (right) and her father Tommy spoke to BBC Breakfast\n\nShe said: \"I didn't realise until the last moment because when he walked over, he was coming in my direction but he was looking the other way so I didn't expect it.\n\n\"When he came over and stood right in front of me, that's when I finally realised I had it in my hands and it was just crazy.\"\n\nHer father Tommy revealed they had been trying to attract the Portsmouth-born player's attention before the game had even kicked off.\n\nMason Mount (left) after giving his shirt to Belle\n\n\"She's small but very mouthy and was shouting 'Mason Mount' as he was warming up and she managed to catch his eye in the warm up and he saw her flag so luckily made an impression and was hoping after the game ended, maybe she'd catch his eye and be the lucky recipient of the shirt.\n\n\"The plan worked perfectly and to be honest we're still in dreamland. It's just been crazy.\n\n\"Since the game, we haven't come down to earth.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Sunday Times reported that Matt Hancock used a private email for official business\n\nThe government is facing a legal challenge over the use of private email accounts and WhatsApp by ministers and senior officials.\n\nCampaign group Good Law Project believes current official guidance on it leaves an \"accountability gap\".\n\nIt follows reports about health ministers using private email to discuss government business.\n\nThe government said the guidelines were \"appropriate\" and official business was conducted in line with guidance.\n\nIt is not against the rules for ministers to use private email - but Cabinet Office guidelines say \"substantive discussions\" and formal decisions should be accessible.\n\nBut Good Law Project believes the government's approach is unlawful - and is seeking to challenge it in the courts.\n\nIn a pre-action notice sent to a number of government departments and seen by the BBC, the group alleges the use of \"non-governmental communications systems\" breaches obligations to preserve records of decision-making.\n\nThe group, which campaigns for transparency and has raised a number of concerns about how government contracts were awarded during the pandemic, also says the current policy fails to comply with Freedom of Information laws.\n\nThe document refers to WhatsApp messages recently published by the PM's ex-adviser Dominic Cummings, which appear to show government business being discussed.\n\nIt also refers to reports in the Sunday Times that former health secretary Matt Hancock used a private Gmail address for government business.\n\nCabinet Office advice makes clear \"substantive discussions or decisions generated in the course of conducting government business\" should be accessible - for example by copying it to a government email address.\n\nHowever, Good Law Project argues there is \"little evidence\" that messages sent by private email or WhatsApp \"are generally recorded properly\".\n\nThe organisation also argues the guidance is unfit for purpose, because it does not make clear when it is acceptable for personal email addresses to be used.\n\nHealth minister Lord Bethell, another of those named in the action, has said that while some third parties \"in their enthusiasm\" often contact ministers via their personal email accounts, \"that's not the same as using a personal email for formal departmental decision-making\".\n\nHe has also told peers: \"I am absolutely rigorous in ensuring that government business is conducted through the correct formal channels.\"\n\nGemma Abbott, legal director of Good Law Project, said: \"We don't just think the current approach is wrong, we think it's unlawful.\n\n\"If successful, this legal action could close this accountability gap, paving the way for a robust, lawful policy on the use of private email and Whatsapp.\"\n\nThe government has 14 days to respond to the Good Law Project's solicitors. It would then be for a court to decide whether a judicial review goes ahead.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"There are appropriate arrangements in place for the management of electronic communications, including instant messages and emails.\n\n\"Ministers and officials are aware of the guidance around personal email usage, and government business is conducted in line with that guidance.\"\n\nThe UK's data watchdog is already looking into the use of private email accounts at the department for health.\n\nInformation commissioner Elizabeth Denham expressed concern it could lead to a \"loss of transparency\".\n\nShe wrote earlier this week: \"My worry is that information in private email accounts or messaging services is forgotten, overlooked, autodeleted or otherwise not available when a freedom of information request is later made.\n\n\"This frustrates the freedom of information process, and puts at risk the preservation of official records of decision making.\"\n\nLabour has demanded a \"full scale investigation\" into whether private emails had been used to discuss government contracts.\n• None Why ministers have two mobile phones", "US President Joe Biden has defended his decision to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan, saying that US operations will end on 31 August.\n\nThe fourth US president to oversee the war also defended the speed of the US withdrawal, saying it saved lives.\n\nMr Biden's speech comes as the Taliban militant group continues to seize territory around the country.\n\nUS forces have fought in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years, following the terror attacks of 11 September 2001.\n\nEarlier this year, Mr Biden set a 11 September 2021 goal of withdrawing all US troops.\n\nDonald Trump had agreed with the Taliban to pull out US troops by May 2021, but that deadline was pushed back by Mr Biden after he took office in January.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden: 'We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build'\n\n\"Just one more year of fighting in Afghanistan is not a solution,\" Mr Biden said in a White House speech, \"but a recipe for fighting there indefinitely.\"\n\nHe also denied that a Taliban takeover is \"inevitable,\" saying that the Taliban force of approximately 75,000 fighters is no match for the 300,000 Afghan security forces.\n\nEven after the total pull out is complete, the US is expected to keep 650 to 1,000 troops in Afghanistan to guard the US embassy, Kabul airport, and other key government installations.\n\nRecent polls have shown broad US support for leaving Afghanistan, with Republican voters more sceptical of the decision to withdraw.\n\nMr Biden also said that efforts are being made to get translators, interpreters and other Afghans that worked with the US government out of the country. He said 2,500 special immigrant visas have been issued to allow them to come to the United States, but only half have come so far.\n\nSenator Biden and Vice-President Biden believed the US should get out of Afghanistan. Now President Biden is Commander-in-Chief.\n\nHe was at pains to say support for Afghanistan wouldn't stop, but even more adamant that both Afghan politicians and security forces had the capacity to prevent a Taliban takeover. \"Will they do it?\" he asked.\n\nThat's what Afghans have asked - repeatedly - in the midst of continuing disarray and disunity in Kabul, and the dramatic Taliban advance in the districts.\n\nThe president's emphasis on speaking out for women and girls isn't heard in districts already under Taliban control where they're not going to school.\n\nAs a president who's known to study all the scenarios, he made it clear \"it's highly unlikely\" there will be a unified government, and not much the US could do, or should do, if Kabul collapses. That's up to Afghans - and the countries next door.\n\nLast month, Mr Biden assured Afghan leaders at a White House meeting that US aid will continue.\n\nThe vast majority of remaining foreign forces in Afghanistan have left ahead of the US 11 September deadline, leaving the Afghan military completely in charge of national security.\n\nPresident Ashraf Ghani insists that Afghan security forces are fully capable of keeping insurgents at bay, but there have been reports of thousands of Afghan troops seeking refuge in other countries to avoid the fighting.\n\nEarlier in the week, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the BBC that the group was not responsible for the recent increase in violence. He insisted that many districts had fallen to the Taliban through mediation after Afghan soldiers refused to fight.\n\nUS-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 9/11 attacks in the US that triggered the invasion. However, it has gradually been regaining territory in recent years.\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "Lebanon's financial crisis has led to acute electricity shortages, and many rely on private generators\n\nLebanon's two main power plants were switched off on Friday, plunging much of the country into a near-total blackout.\n\nThe shutdown - caused by the two plants running out of fuel - worsens a crisis that has seen people receive just two hours of electricity a day.\n\nA lack of foreign currency has made it hard to pay overseas energy suppliers.\n\nPharmacies have also gone on strike over medicine shortages caused by the failure to pay foreign importers.\n\nLebanon's two biggest power stations, Deir Ammar and Zahrani - which together provide about 40% of the country's electricity - shut down on Friday, their owner Electricite Du Liban (EDL) said.\n\nShips loaded with gas oil had refused to offload the fuel before money was transferred to their owners' accounts in dollars.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by sebastian usher This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn the eastern city of Zahle, EDL asked residents to reduce their consumption to a minimum, saying the \"power supply has been cut across Lebanese territories indefinitely\".\n\nAs the BBC's Sebastian Usher notes, swathes of the country are now facing water rationing as well. The pumping stations are powered by diesel, and lack the supplies they need to function.\n\nLebanon has suffered a severe economic crisis over the past 18 months, and its currency - the Lebanese Pound - has collapsed to record lows.\n\nSome local healthcare companies have already run out of medicines needed to treat cancer and heart disease.\n\nPharmacies closed their doors on Friday in protest at the shortages.\n\nThe association of pharmacy owners announced a \"general open-ended strike across Lebanon\", claiming 80% of stores in the capital Beirut were shut.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Six-year-old Sedra is one of the people whose lives have been put at risk by Lebanon's energy crisis\n\nThe failing economy has left half the population living in poverty and prompted mass protests, demanding the removal of a political elite accused of corruption and negligence.\n\nPower cuts are not unusual in Lebanon - the country hasn't had 24/7 electricity for decades.\n\nState-generated power was rationed, and people filled in the gaps by plugging in to a parallel system of private generators.\n\nToday, it wasn't just a gap. For the first time, the entire grid went offline, and the private generators became the only source of power.\n\nBut they too are under pressure. They run on diesel, which is hard to find, and they simply don't have the capacity to completely replace state electricity. On top of this, they have become very expensive, and thus unaffordable for a lot of people.\n\nThis means that most people in Lebanon are currently facing long hours of total blackout.\n\nLebanon is currently facing financial and economic collapse. It's hard for the people here to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Literally.", "Residents of New York have been sharing videos of flooded subways and partially submerged cars, as the remnants of Storm Elsa pass through the city area.\n\nThe tropical storm has weakened since it passed over northern Florida, but the National Weather Service has warned that New York city area could see more flooding and heavy rain.", "Young adults on Tayside are being urged to get vaccinated as soon as possible\n\nNHS Tayside has urged 18-29 year-olds to get vaccinated amid a surge in Covid cases that has put some young patients in intensive care.\n\nThe region has the highest Covid rate in Scotland and been one of the worst affected in Europe in recent weeks.\n\nNinewells Hospital in Dundee has had to open another critical care ward to accommodate Covid patients.\n\nAnd there are said to be young people among those being treated in intensive care and high dependency units.\n\nIt comes as experts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) say that for the week to 3 July, one in 100 people in Scotland has Covid - up from one in 150 and the highest level since the week to 16 January.\n\nNinewells had no Covid patients in April but on Thursday of this week it had 58, with 11 of them in the critical care unit.\n\nDr Emma Fletcher - Tayside's director of public health - said the situation was \"exceptionally serious\" and urged people aged between 18 and 29 to get themselves vaccinated.\n\nIn a video message, she said: \"This is the highest number of patients we have had since 12 February and our rate per 100,000 population is more than 10 times what it was just a few weeks ago.\n\n\"Unfortunately there are young people right now with Covid in Ninewells - not only in our general wards, but also in our intensive care unit and our high dependency unit.\n\n\"So today we have a simple plea: Please go and get your vaccination.\"\n\nThe recent surge in cases across Scotland appears to have stabilised slightly this week, however, Dr Fletcher said the number of people testing positive in Tayside remained in the hundreds every day.\n\nShe added: \"One of the biggest reasons that I am concerned is that having high numbers of cases in the community has a big knock on effect on our hospitals as it inevitably results in more people requiring hospital care.\"\n\nThe new ward at Ninewells has the capacity to treat a further 30 Covid patients.\n\nOther health boards are also under pressure due to the recent spike in case numbers.\n\nNHS Lanarkshire said it is considering scaling back non-urgent procedures because of \"workforce pressures\" and rising Covid admissions.\n\nRaigmore in the Highlands, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin, Moray, have all postponed all non-urgent procedures after being placed in \"code black\" status.\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish government has confirmed additional staff will be deployed over the coming week to bolster the Test and Protect contact tracing system.\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf believes recent changes are helping its performance and it is now contacting \"unprecedented numbers\" of people.\n\nHe said: \"This extra workforce is important, but the success of the system going forward will not simply be about staffing numbers.\n\n\"Test and Protect will change as the population becomes more protected by vaccination and it will still play a key role in mitigating clusters and outbreaks in high risk settings, slowing infection spread and protecting populations at risk.\"\n\nMr Yousaf said text messages are now being used to contact lower risk cases in order to prioritise calls for higher risk cases.\n\nHe added: \"I'm confident that the performance of Test and Protect has started to improve in recent days.\"\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives accused the SNP of allowing the system to get \"completely overwhelmed\" before taking action.\n\nThe party's health spokeswoman, Annie Wells, warned that the problems could delay lockdown easing plans.\n\nMs Wells said: \"They took their eye off the ball at a critical moment and failed to resource the system to cope with a surge in cases in Scotland.\n\n\"SNP ministers are now performing a U-turn and playing catch-up to try and stop any further and spread of Covid, ahead of the planned easing of restrictions in the coming weeks.\n\n\"It is on their watch that more staff weren't already recruited to ensure Test and Protect was still working robustly, which is threatening to put the relaxation of restrictions at risk for people and businesses.\"", "The under 30s account for between 60% and 68% of positive tests\n\nFriends and families need to encourage the under-30s to get a Covid vaccine, a health chief has said.\n\nWales' deputy chief medical officer for vaccines Dr Gill Richardson said one-in-four 18 to 29-year-olds were not vaccinated and \"the health boards can only do so much\".\n\nAll adults should have been offered a jab, and most health boards now offer walk-in vaccinations centres.\n\nBut over 130,0000 under-30s in Wales have not had a vaccine.\n\nOnly about 5,500 people under 30 received a first dose in the latest week, down from nearly 7,800 the week before and 13,150 the week before that.\n\nBack in November, only about 35% of positive tests were among the under-30s but that proportion has risen to between 60% and 68%.\n\nDr Richardson urged those who have not had a vaccine to visit a walk-in clinic at the weekend.\n\nShe told BBC Radio Wales: \"We need families and partners and friends to encourage that one-in-four. Everybody knows who those one-in-four are.\n\n\"If you are in those age groups and you've got a friend that hasn't yet had the vaccine... please just encourage them to go and chat, just go along and have a chat, and discuss any concerns that you have.\n\n\"The health boards can only do so much.\"\n\nShe said some people in the age group had \"a lot of other things on their minds\".\n\n\"The Euros for instance, there's all sorts of things, like work and studies and childcare,\" she said.\n\nShe said details of walk-in centres could be found on health board websites.\n\nDr Bnar Talabani is a doctor and scientist from Cardiff who encourages people to take the vaccine using social media such as TikTok and Instagram.\n\nShe said some younger people think they did not need a vaccine because they were young and well, but that did not mean they were safe from Covid.\n\nShe said: : \"We focus so much on hospitalisation and deaths, which tends to be rare in young people, but sadly it can happen in young people if you're completely healthy and well. We have seen people like that end up in hospital and sadly die.\n\n\"But actually, what's more important and what people I don't think have focused on as well, is long Covid, which is just as common in young people as in middle-aged and older people.\n\n\"It's a irretractable fatigue so people can't return to work, can't return to university, and are really struggling to return to school - because we've also seen it in children, adolescents - and it's also irreversible organ damage.\"\n\nThe higher case rates among the under-25s has been driving the rates in those local authority areas where they are highest.\n\nThe latest Public Health Wales breakdown has shown cases among under-25s across north Wales and in Cardiff in particular continue to have higher incidences.\n\nThe highest cases rate for under-25s was in Wrexham with 412.4 cases per 100,000 - that's 165 cases in the last week.\n\nThe area has 6,000 young people who have not yet taken up a vaccine.\n\nWrexham also has above average cases among the over 65s.\n\nTwo-thirds of the cases in Cardiff were among the under 25s.", "The star has deleted the Instagram post in which she was alleged to have shared a copyrighted image\n\nDua Lipa is being sued after allegedly putting a paparazzi photo of herself on Instagram.\n\nAccording to US court documents, the star was snapped queuing at an airport in February 2019 and later shared the shot with her fans \"without permission or authorisation\".\n\nIntegral Images says Lipa profited from the photo, as her Instagram feed acts as a marketing tool for her music.\n\nIt is seeking $150,000 (£108,000) damages and has asked for a jury trial.\n\nThe company is also asking for an order preventing the singer from further acts of infringement, as well as legal costs.\n\nLipa posted the photo to her Instagram account on 7 February 2019, about four days after it was taken.\n\nThe now-deleted post shows the star standing in line, clutching her airline ticket and passport, while wearing an oversize hat,\n\n\"I'll be living under big fluffy hats until further notice,\" she wrote in the caption.\n\nIntegral Images had applied to register copyright for the images, and the request was granted on 20 February 2021 - after Lipa's Instagram post - according to records from the US Copyright Office.\n\nThe company claims Lipa \"knowingly\" posted the photo to social media without permission, and stood to make money from the shot.\n\nCourt documents obtained by the BBC claim her Instagram account is \"monetised in that it contains content designed to accumulate followers who are directed to, via link and/or advertisement, consume and purchase [her] content\".\n\nLipa's team has been contacted for a response.\n\nThe singer performed a medley of her hits at this year's Brits, going on to win two awards\n\nAlthough many people assume they can post an image in which they are the subject, copyright law means the photographer usually owns the rights.\n\nLipa is not the first star to be sued for sharing paparazzi images of themselves to social media. Gigi Hadid, Liam Hemsworth and Khloe Kardashian have all faced similar cases, while in 2019 both Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber settled complaints brought by photographer Robert Barbera.\n\nIn the same year, Jennifer Lopez was sued by the Splashy News and Picture Agency for posting a photo of herself and Alex Rodriguez to Instagram. The company later voluntarily dismissed the complaint with prejudice.\n\nOutside of the legal case Lipa is having a stellar year, winning best album at the Brits and best pop album at the Grammys for her lockdown antidote Future Nostalgia.\n\nShe has also landed her first film role, starring alongside Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard and Samuel L Jackson in the upcoming spy thriller Argylle.\n\nLipa will also provide original music for the film's title track and score.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Three Lions is still sung on the terraces, 25 years after its debut\n\nAs Gareth Southgate's England team prepare to face Italy in the Euro 2020 final, fans have been volleying football songs back into the charts.\n\nThree Lions is the most popular song in the run-up to the match, jumping 18 places to number four.\n\nFive more anthems have been pulled off the subs bench and placed in the Top 100, including Fat Les's Vindaloo (36) and Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline (48).\n\nBut Ed Sheeran's Bad Habits saw off the competition to remain at number one.\n\nHis new single spends its second week at the top with 103,000 chart sales, including 10.9 million streams - an improvement on its opening week performance.\n\nOlivia Rodrigo is at number two with her pop-punk anthem Good 4 U, while her debut album Sour returns to the top of the album chart.\n\nThe US teenager, previously best known for starring in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, has become this year's break-out star since releasing break-up ballad Drivers License in January.\n\nEarlier this week the Official Charts Company confirmed she had scored the biggest-selling album of 2021 so far, with 170,000 copies sold in total.\n\nRodrigo managed to see off a challenge from '70s rock legends Queen, who released a 40th anniversary edition of their Greatest Hits album last Friday.\n\nThe collection - already the biggest-seller of all time in the UK - leapt back up the charts to number two, with most of its sales coming on CD, cassette and vinyl.\n\nRegardless of England's fortunes in Sunday's big game, Three Lions could end up topping next week's charts.\n\nOriginally recorded for Euro '96, it has already reached number one a record-breaking four times - most recently after England's semi-final defeat in the 2018 World Cup.\n\nThe song's famous \"football's coming home\" chant was written by The Lightning Seeds and comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel, who have sold more than 1.6 million copies of the song in the last 25 years.\n\nBobby Moore with the Jules Rimet trophy in 1966\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Alice Hodgkinson was reported missing after failing to turn up for work\n\nThe body of an English teacher who went missing in Japan has been found.\n\nAlice Hodgkinson, from Nottingham, was reported missing by her manager on 1 July after she failed to arrive at work in Tokyo.\n\nNottinghamshire Police said there were not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding her death.\n\nThe 28-year-old's family said she was \"an intelligent, adventurous, confident, caring, young woman with a tremendous sense of humour\".\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was \"supporting her family at this difficult time\" and was \"in contact with local authorities in Japan\".\n\nMs Hodgkinson taught at Shane English School and lived in the neighbouring Kanagawa prefecture.\n\nHer family paid tribute to friends and family in the UK and Japan who helped with efforts to find her.\n\n\"Their support at this difficult time has been truly humbling,\" they said.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick says she has told the family of Sarah Everard \"how very sorry I'm am for their loss, for their pain and their suffering\".\n\nShe was speaking outside the Old Bailey after Met Police officer Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty to murdering marketing executive Ms Everard.\n\nDame Cressida said the Met was \"sickened, angered and devastated by this man's crimes - they are dreadful\".", "Wayne Couzens will be sentenced for the murder of Sarah Everard in September\n\nPC Wayne Couzens was accused of indecent exposure six years before he murdered Sarah Everard, it has emerged.\n\nKent Police is now being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over whether it handled the allegations in 2015 properly.\n\nThe IOPC is also examining allegations the Met Police did not investigate adequately another claim that Couzens had exposed himself.\n\nThat alleged incident happened in south London only days before the killing.\n\nFirearms officer Couzens has pleaded guilty to the 33-year-old marketing executive's murder. He will be sentenced in September.\n\nTwo officers are under investigation for possible breaches of professional standards in relation to the alleged flashing offence in London, said to have happened in a fast-food restaurant.\n\nIn total, the IOPC said 12 gross misconduct or misconduct notices had so far been served on police officers from several forces relating to the Couzens case.\n\nOne IOPC investigation is examining allegations that a probationary Met constable, who was at a cordon around a scene of investigation in the case, shared an \"inappropriate graphic\" with colleagues via social media. Three officers have been served with gross misconduct notices in relation to that allegation.\n\nSarah Everard was abducted in south London by Couzens, who drove her to Kent where he raped and strangled her\n\nThe IOPC is also looking into allegations that officers from several different police forces breached standards of professional behaviour by sharing via a messaging app information that was linked to the prosecution of Couzens.\n\nOne officer has been served with a gross misconduct notice and another six have received misconduct notices.\n\nAdditionally, the IOPC is examining the circumstances around Couzens sustaining head injuries in custody, on 10 and 12 March, while he was being held on suspicion of Ms Everard's murder.\n\nIt said all officers in that inquiry were being treated as witnesses.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Commissioner Cressida Dick: \"All of us in the Met are sickened, angered and devastated\"\n\nCouzens joined the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) in March 2011, leaving to work for the Met in September 2018.\n\nHe was initially based in Bromley in south-east London then moved to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, where his primary role was uniformed patrols, mainly at a range of embassies in the central London.\n\nThe CNC said Couzens served for eight months at Sellafield in Cumbria before transferring to Dungeness, Kent, where he was based for the rest of his service.\n\nBefore joining the CNC, he was with Kent Police.\n\nThe CNC said Couzens underwent an \"enhanced level of vetting\" and had no records of complaints or misconduct made against him.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK is experiencing a marked increase in new Covid infections, say experts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nLatest data from swab tests in the community suggests one in every 160 people has the virus.\n\nThat is up from one in every 250 in the previous week. For England, it is the highest level since mid February.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant now accounts for 99% of cases, according to Public Health England.\n\nAround two-thirds of adults have now been double jabbed against the virus, and experts say this is helping prevent very big rises in Covid hospitalisations, although admissions are increasing.\n\nMany of the infections being seen are among teenagers and young adults.\n\nAn estimated 400,000 people in the UK are thought to have been positive in the week to 3 July.\n\nThe final step of unlocking is expected to go ahead as planned on 19 July in England. It will be confirmed on 12 July after a review of data.\n\nOn Friday the latest government figures showed an increase of 35,707 Covid cases across the UK - the highest daily figure since 22 January. A further 29 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were also recorded.\n\nAccording to the ONS Infection Survey findings for the week to July 3:\n\nEngland's coronavirus R number has risen slightly to between 1.2 and 1.5, which means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 12 and 15 other people.\n\nLast week R was between 1.1 and 1.3.\n\nSarah Crofts from the ONS said: \"We are seeing marked increases in infections across all four UK countries driven by the Delta variant, which continues to be the most common across the UK.\n\n\"As the vaccine rollout continues and restrictions are further lifted, it is crucial that we continue to closely monitor the data.\"\n\nDr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, said the sharp increase in cases being seen had not been followed by a similar increase in hospitalisation and death, suggesting the vaccines were working well.\n\n\"Two doses of the available vaccines offer a high level of protection against the Delta variant.\n\n\"Getting both jabs is the best way to ensure you and the people you love remain safe, so we once again urge everyone to come forward as soon as they are eligible.\n\n\"As we approach the planned end of restrictions, we must remain cautious and careful. Cases are rising across the country, and whilst the vaccines offer excellent protection, they do not offer 100% protection.\n\n\"Be sensible, and follow 'hands, face, space, fresh air' at all times and make sure to get tested if required.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The murder of Sarah Everard sparked a national outcry, spurring women to share their experiences of feeling unsafe on the streets. Many included a sense of the teller lining themselves up shoulder-to-shoulder with her: \"She was the same age as me\", \"I used to live near her\", \"I've walked the same route\".\n\nMs Everard didn't set herself up to be such an everywoman, a symbol of longstanding - and ongoing - violence against women. She had no choice in her name becoming a battle cry for change.\n\nThe private, excoriating grief of friends and family seems to have been subsumed by the wider - albeit important and valid - reactions of protest and polemic, marches and mass mourning.\n\nSarah Everard was a daughter, sister, friend and colleague. According to those in the know, she was dreadful at karaoke but \"brilliant\" at everything else.\n\nThere were just 38 minutes between the time this \"clever, articulate and caring\" woman left a friend's house and the last time she was seen.\n\nThe final image of her, captured by a bus camera, also showed a white Vauxhall Astra with its hazard lights on and both front doors open.\n\nThe car had been hired specifically for kidnapping a woman. It was returned to the rental company the following morning, having served its purpose.\n\nHer body was found a week later in a woodland stream in Ashford, Kent, where her killer owned a patch of land.\n\nA complete stranger, a police officer, had kidnapped, raped and murdered her.\n\nHe knew what he was doing, this man who killed her for his own gratuitous wants.\n\nOutwardly, he had what appeared to be a perfectly ordinary life. A responsible job. Wife and children. A house in Deal in Kent he shared with them.\n\nBut the 48-year-old officer's façade hid the actions of a sexual predator who had been planning the crime - although not yet selecting his victim - in chilling detail. On 28 February, three days before he killed Ms Everard, he had been accused of indecent exposure in a branch of McDonald's. It wasn't the first time.\n\nThe very same day, he bought a roll of self-adhesive plastic described as \"carpet protector\" and booked the hire car he would use to abduct the marketing executive. He arranged for time off work.\n\nAfter he killed Ms Everard, he bought builders' bags, a tarpaulin and a cargo net, wiped his phone and concocted an implausible and time-wasting web of lies about his involvement in her disappearance.\n\nThat they won't have to sit through the grisly evidence and twisted lies of a trial must be scant relief to her loved ones.\n\nMs Everard should have had a brilliant future, a lot to look forward to. She had bounced back after a relationship breakup and was seeing someone new. She had just started a new job.\n\nShe, her boyfriend Josh Lowth and four others were planning a trip to Ibiza at the end of summer.\n\nOne of Ms Everard's friends said: \"What I loved about her was that she had depth. She wasn't a vapid, nice person. She had opinions, sarcasm and wanted things to be better.\n\n\"We could trust her to fight the good fight.\"\n\nMs Everard grew up in York, with an older brother and sister. Her father was a professor and her mother a charity worker.\n\nDescribed by her family as \"bright and beautiful\", \"kind and thoughtful\", \"caring and dependable\", she \"always put others first and had the most amazing sense of humour. She was strong and principled and a shining example to us all\".\n\nRose Woollard has been a close friend of Ms Everard since university, and was one of the first to become alarmed. She contacted the BBC in an attempt to raise awareness before Ms Everard's disappearance had become an official police investigation.\n\nMs Woollard said: \"Sarah has always been an exceptional friend, dropping everything to be there to support her friends, whenever they need her.\n\n\"It was only recently that she was telling me the good news about her new role, which she was excited to start.\"\n\n\"She was sunshine and light, and made you feel warm and good and safe,\" said another friend. \"I feel angry about it as well, but my main anger is that it happened to her.\"\n\nA former colleague said: \"Sometimes you meet a person with a beautiful soul and it shines through.\n\n\"There is nothing anyone can say that will make things better for her family and loved ones. They must be in hell. I can only say that Sarah was a very special person and will be missed by so many.\"\n\nThe uproar over Ms Everard's death, and what she has come to represent, led one friend to say: \"I would like to just say who she was to me, as a person.\n\n\"Finding the right words is so hard.\n\n\"I can't sum her up in a few well-chosen words, nor express what she meant to me by sharing memories. I can only skim the surface now in the wake of the horror and the anger, and work through the rest alone in the weeks and months to follow.\n\n\"Sarah was open. Honest. Unflinching in her ability to listen and empathise. There are some people you know for a relatively short time, but whom you instantly strike up a close bond with due to your similarities - Sarah was one of these people. We shared a lot, and I was never in any doubt of her discretion or sincerity in her support and kindness. We laughed, we cried. We talked about the future.\n\nA simple post on Facebook on 14 June said: \"Happy Birthday Sarah Everard. I miss you today, and every single day\".\n\nWhen she was taken, Ms Everard was less than a mile from her flat in Brixton. The killer had been cruising around for more than four hours before he saw her for the first time. Years of predatory behaviour, days of planning, hours of scouting, and mere minutes to trap his prey.\n\nThis was a decision he made. It was not a frenzied attack in which a person loses self-control. It was cool-headed and clinical.\n\nInvestigators are looking into the hypothesis he used his police ID card as a means to stop Ms Everard, under the guise of questioning her about Covid restrictions.\n\nAt any point he could have driven away.", "The NHS Covid-19 app will be altered to send out fewer isolation alerts, the BBC has learned.\n\nThe team behind the contact tracing app for England and Wales has been told to adjust the measurements which trigger the alerts, a source has confirmed.\n\nThe time frame for the change is not yet known.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps had suggested that the app might need to change for the planned lifting of restrictions in England on 19 July.\n\nThe app has so far been downloaded nearly 26m times in England and Wales.\n\nBut businesses and individuals have raised concerns that too many people were being advised to self-isolate for up to 10 days, following close contact with a device that later reported a positive Covid test result.\n\nA requirement to self-isolate if people have had both vaccine doses will only stop on 16 August, raising fears that millions would be asked to self-isolate this summer as they mixed more after 19 July, and cases rise.\n\nThe UK is experiencing a marked increase in Covid infections, according to the Office for National Statistics, with the latest data suggesting one in every 160 people has the virus.\n\nThat is up from one in every 250 in the previous week and an estimated 400,000 people are thought to have been positive in the week to 3 July.\n\n\"Things are moving fast,\" said the source at the app team.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said the app was doing \"exactly what it was designed to do\".\n\nThe app user's phone detects others that are around it, using bluetooth.\n\nPeople who later test positive for Covid can anonymously share their test result, triggering alerts for all those flagged as close contacts in the days before the test.\n\nCurrently this is devices at a distance of 2m or less, for a minimum of 15 minutes during a 24 hour period. This formula has been tweaked several times since the app launched in September 2020, and additional variables have also been factored in as more has been learned about the infectious nature of the virus.\n\nIt is these parameters which are to be adjusted, and the source said the changes could be made very quickly.\n\nHowever, Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has expressed concerns about making the changes as case numbers increase.\n\n\"This feels like taking the batteries out of the smoke detector and that is never a good idea,\" he said.\n\nIn the week of the 30 June some 356,000 alerts were triggered following the input of 61,000 positive Covid tests - an average of about six isolation requests per case.\n\nThe isolation alerts are not legally enforceable - unlike the requirement to isolate if you are contacted directly by NHS Test and Trace.\n\n\"The app is, and has always been, advisory,\" said the Department of Health in a statement.\n\n\"In the context of rising cases it is vital people are aware of their personal risk so they can make informed decisions on their behaviour to protect those around them.\"\n\nDowning Street said the app had been an \"important tool\" and people should continue using it and isolate when asked to do so.\n\nThe NHS Covid-19 app is used in England and Wales. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own powers to set coronavirus regulations and separate test-and-trace programmes.\n\nThe Welsh government has said people in Wales should continue to use the app even if social distancing rules in Wales differ from those in England.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nHarry Kane says England have bonded with the public by being \"normal lads\" who hope to fulfil childhood dreams in \"the biggest game of all our careers\".\n\nCaptain Kane could lift England's first trophy in 55 years if they beat Italy to win Euro 2020 at Wembley on Sunday.\n\nThe possibility has seen his name referenced alongside 1966 World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore.\n\n\"Whenever your name is mentioned in company like that, it gives motivation and confidence,\" Kane told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I think it's the biggest game in my career so far and probably the biggest game of all of our careers so far.\n\n\"You dream of these moments as a kid - lifting trophies for your country. And we have that opportunity now.\n\n\"These are the opportunities you have to grab with both hands.\"\n• None '25 hour days' - Southgate by those who know him\n\nEngland's success in the championship has followed positive headlines featuring a number of the squad's players.\n\nStriker Marcus Rashford has won praise for assisting a number of good causes, while forward Raheem Sterling will receive an MBE for his services to racial equality in sport.\n\nMidfielder Jordan Henderson helped orchestrate financial support for good causes from Premier League players during the coronavirus pandemic and England's players have already said they will donate a chunk of their prize money from the Euros to National Health Service.\n\nSpeaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, Tottenham striker Kane added: \"I think we've shown that were just normal, normal lads.\n\n\"We know that the ultimate goal is to finish the job now. But yeah, for sure everyone should be proud of the way they've represented themselves and obviously their friends and family across across the country.\"\n\nItaly have won their last 14 fixtures - conceding just twice in normal time - and Kane admits the four-time World Cup winners will prove \"tough\" opponents.\n\nCentral defender John Stones says England have been motivated by scenes of celebration on social media in recent days and - like his captain - is aware of how fans dream of being in the players' position.\n\n\"It's difficult to put into words,\" the Manchester City defender said. \"We have definitely thrived off the fans.\n\n\"I suppose we are living their dream, right at the front , out on the pitch. We can't thank them enough for all their support through the tough times and the good.\n\n\"The support is deeply appreciated by us as players. We are proud to represent them, the country and we hope we do them proud on Sunday.\"\n\nStones moved to praise manager Gareth Southgate, highlighting his \"calmness\", a quality he says then \"passes through the team\".\n\nHe also explained he hopes Sterling can go on to be named player of the tournament.\n\nHis Manchester City team-mate has delivered superb displays and scored three times in England's passage to the final.\n\nHis fine form follows a season during which he opened up about facing racist abuse on social media and where his place in the England starting line-up was questioned.\n\n\"I couldn't be happier for him,\" said Stones. \"He's gone through some difficult times personally. You can see it's motivated him and he's come out the other end a better player. That's what top players do, they find something, a way to excel as a person and a player.\n\n\"He has done that on and off the pitch. He really deserves it.\"\n\nSouthgate knows he is one win away from joining the late Sir Alf Ramsey - England manager in 1966 - as the only men to guide their country to major honours.\n\nThe 50-year-old has highlighted Italy's 33-match unbeaten run as evidence of the test his side face in only the second major final in England's history.\n\n\"We can win it, but we've got to get it spot on to win it,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"I said to the players yesterday, people are respecting how they've been and that they've represented the country in the right way, but now they have a choice of what colour medal.\n\n\"We know the size of the challenge, but what a brilliant challenge for us to have and what a brilliant opportunity for the players to write one more piece of history.\n\n\"I know it won't be enough for me and for the rest of the staff and for the players if we don't win it now.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nThe trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas on 24 July has been postponed after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nA source close to Fury told BBC Sport the WBC world heavyweight champion was deeply frustrated by the situation.\n\nFury tested positive on Thursday and after discussions with medical experts the fight was called off - it is likely to be rescheduled for October.\n\nThe WBC have confirmed the postponement, while an official announcement from the promoters Top Rank is expected later on Friday.\n\nFury beat Wilder to become WBC champion in February 2020 - 14 months after the pair shared a thrilling draw in Los Angeles.\n\nNeither man has fought since Fury's victory in Las Vegas.\n\nAfter a third fight fell through several times because of complications around the Covid-19 pandemic, Fury sought to move on and face fellow Briton Anthony Joshua, who holds the other three significant titles at heavyweight.\n\nBut an arbitration hearing ruled Wilder had contractual grounds for a third contest.\n\nFury is unbeaten in his 31 fights, while Wilder has just one defeat in 44 outings.\n\nBBC boxing correspondent Mike Costello said the delay \"also jeopardises the chances of Fury taking on Anthony Joshua later this year in a unification showdown\".\n\nHe added: \"Joshua's team have been negotiating with the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk about a possible contest in September.\"\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music? James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Adam Street bonfire is located in the loyalist Tiger's Bay area\n\nTwo Stormont ministers have failed in a High Court bid to force police to assist in the removal of a contentious loyalist bonfire in north Belfast.\n\nThe bonfire is located in the unionist Tiger's Bay area, close to an interface with the nationalist New Lodge.\n\nLast week, police said the Adam Street bonfire was one of a small number in Northern Ireland causing concern.\n\nHowever, they have refused to help contractors remove the bonfire as they say that to do so would risk disorder.\n\nThe legal action was taken by Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon and Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey.\n\nIt was dismissed on Friday night after a judge refused an earlier, similar case taken by a New Lodge resident to direct Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers to intervene at the Tiger's Bay site.\n\nAfter the failed legal bid, Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said the PSNI had been working \"to ensure a peaceful summer and that will continue over the next number of days\".\n\n\"We would urge those within local communities to remain calm,\" he added.\n\nSome New Lodge residents say they feel threatened as a result of the bonfire\n\nMs Hargey said she was disappointed by the court's decision.\n\nShe said it remained her view that the bonfire was \"not appropriate at this interface location\".\n\n\"In 2021 those people living at community interfaces should not have to tolerate illegal bonfires which threaten their properties and safety,\" said the minister.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin had said the PSNI should \"do its job\" by removing the bonfire.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) Environment Minister Edwin Poots had written to his executive colleagues warning them that initiating legal action would breach the ministerial code.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson had criticised the move by the two ministers.\n\n\"Here we have two ministers preparing to take the police to court, saying that they should have the right to direct the police on operational matters - that's wrong,\" he told BBC's Talkback programme.\n\n\"It is important in the kind of society we want to build that the police have operational independence.\n\n\"We need to de-escalate this situation. If the DUP were doing what Sinn Féin and the SDLP are doing we would be called out on it.\"\n\nIn Mr Poots' letter to the ministers, he said any decision to take a judicial review would need to be taken by the executive as a whole.\n\nMs O'Neill, the Sinn Féin vice-president, had accused the PSNI of being \"more interested in facilitating the bonfire than going into the site and doing their job to remove it\".\n\nAsked whether the legal action being taken by two Stormont departments was in breach of the ministerial code, she said: \"Any government ministers shouldn't have to take the PSNI to court to do their job.\"\n\nMs O'Neill said she had spoken to residents living in the area who felt \"under attack\" and said she believed the DUP leader and other unionist representatives should encourage community representatives to find an alternative location for the bonfire.\n\n\"I hope that common sense prevails, I hope we don't have disruption,\" she said.\n\n\"People are more than entitled to celebrate their culture but culture isn't bonfires and culture isn't other communities feeling under attack so I hope there's a peaceful weekend ahead.\"\n\nHundreds of Eleventh Night bonfires will be lit in loyalist communities across Northern Ireland over the weekend, most of them late on Sunday night, to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season - the Twelfth of July.\n\nDUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his deputy leader Paula Bradley visited the bonfire site on Thursday night\n\nThe road on Adam Street on which the Tiger's Bay bonfire has been built is owned by the Department for Infrastructure.\n\nThe department has sought and secured the assistance of Belfast City Council (BCC) to remove the pyre.\n\nHowever, in order for council contractors to carry out the operation they need protection from the PSNI.\n\nThe police are refusing to do so, having made the assessment that an intervention would risk disorder, placing people, including children, congregating at the bonfire at risk.\n\nIn the letter, seen by the PA news agency, the ministers argued that the PSNI's refusal to act runs contrary to its statutory responsibilities under the Police (NI) Act 2000, namely to protect life and property, preserve order, prevent the commission of offences and bring offenders to justice.\n\nOn Friday evening, former boxer Carl Frampton, who grew up in Tiger's Bay, said bonfires played a \"big part in a lot of people's cultures and traditions here\" and that \"all cultures should be respected\".\n\nHe said that because of the row about the bonfire this week, \"you'd be forgiven for thinking\" this year was the first time one had been built at that location.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Carl Frampton MBE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe remembered \"helping to build and watch the bonfire being lit on that exact spot\" as a young boy.\n\nHe said that \"attacks on neighbouring communities\" were \"wrong and need to stop\".", "The UK's economy grew more slowly than expected in May after a rebound in the hospitality sector was offset by disruptions to car production.\n\nThe economy expanded by 0.8% in May as coronavirus restrictions eased to allow pubs and restaurants to serve indoors.\n\nWhile that was the fourth consecutive month of growth, it was also a slowdown from the 2% growth seen in April.\n\nThe economy is still 3.1% below pre-pandemic levels, the Office for National Statistics said.\n\n\"Of course, the pace of the recovery was always going to slow as the economy climbed back towards its pre-crisis level. But we hadn't expected it to slow so much so soon,\" said Paul Dales, an economist with Capital Economics.\n\nPubs and restaurants \"were responsible for the vast majority of the growth seen in May\", said Jonathan Athow, ONS deputy national statistician for economic statistics\n\n\"Hotels also saw a marked recovery as restrictions lifted,\" he added.\n\nAccommodation and food services grew by a massive 37.1% in May, with the overall services sector growing 0.9%.\n\nBut UK carmakers struggled with a shortage of microchips, with the manufacture of transport equipment falling by 16.5%.\n\nConstruction firms were hit by very wet weather in May as firms lost working days, although the ONS said the sector remained 0.3% above February 2020's pre-pandemic level.\n\nBritish Chambers of Commerce head of economics Suren Thiru said: \"While the latest figures confirm the rebound in economic activity continued into May, the sharp slowdown in growth suggests that the recovery is losing a little steam as the temporary boost, from the earlier phases of reopening, fades.\"\n\nOverall, in the three months to May, economic output rose by 3.6%, helped by strong retail sales, and as pubs, restaurants and schools reopened from March.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"The government is continuing to support the recovery, with the furlough scheme in place until September, and schemes like Restart helping people who have sadly lost their jobs get back into work.\"\n\nLooking ahead, Emma-Lou Montgomery, associate director at Fidelity International, said: \"A sporting summer may not directly cause an 'it's coming home' bounce, but the impact on consumer confidence can't be ignored.\n\n\"That being said, there are many unknowns ahead. The UK is set on its roadmap to 'freedom day' but cases are rising, challenges in the labour market persist and the initial spending boom could slow in pace.\"\n\nAfter shrinking at the start of the year under renewed lockdowns, the economy is meant to be surging back. On a chart, a line graph looks like the second bounce of a precipitous economic bungee jump.\n\nIn that light, today's figures are a disappointment. The consensus forecast was for growth of 1.5% in May.\n\nInstead we got barely half that - 0.8% - with activity in construction shrinking for the second month in a row and manufacturing also down.\n\nSome of that was down to one-off factors such as the shortage of microchips, which forced carmakers to send workers home.\n\nBut while activity in restaurants and pubs jumped as customers were allowed inside for the first time in months, it's clear that our economic bungee cord is slackening before it was expected.\n\nThe economy remains 3.1% below where it was in February last year, and no larger than it was in January 2017, making it one of the two weakest performers in the G20 group of advanced economies.\n\nIn the UK, new GDP figures are produced every month, but the quarterly figures - covering three months at a time - are the most widely watched.\n\nIn a growing economy, quarterly GDP will be slightly bigger than the quarter before, a sign that people are doing more work and getting (on average) a little bit richer.\n\nMost economists, politicians and businesses like to see GDP rising steadily.\n\nRising GDP means more jobs are likely to be created, and workers are more likely to get better pay rises.\n\nIf GDP is falling, then the economy is shrinking - bad news for businesses and workers. If GDP falls for two quarters in a row, that is known as a recession, which can mean pay freezes and lost jobs.\n\nA separate statement from the Office for National Statistics on trade figures showed that the UK is still importing more goods from outside the EU than from the bloc following Brexit. However, the difference is narrowing.\n\nThe value of imports from non-EU countries were £20bn in May, while imports from the bloc - many of which face new barriers to cross-border trade - were £18.4bn, the ONS said.\n\nThe value of goods exported to non-EU countries - £13.7bn - was also higher than to EU countries, at £12.9bn.", "The PM was photographed in his car leaving the Euro 2020 semi-final without his mask on Image caption: The PM was photographed in his car leaving the Euro 2020 semi-final without his mask on\n\nDowning Street has defended Boris Johnson after he was seen leaving England's Euro 2020 semi-final in his official car without wearing a face covering\n\nA No 10 spokesman confirmed that ministers are supposed to wear masks while travelling in their government cars.\n\nHowever, the spokesman insisted the prime minister had put his mask on \"shortly after\" he got in the vehicle.\n\nJohnson had been at Wembley with his wife, Carrie, to cheer on England in their 2-1 victory over Denmark on Wednesday evening.\n\nPhotographs of their departure in the PM's ministerial Range Rover in The Mirror showed that while his wife, his driver and his security detail were all masked, Johnson's face was uncovered.\n\nThe spokesman says: \"He was getting into the car and, in line with the guidance, put his mask on very shortly afterwards.\"", "The situation with Covid will get worse before it gets better with cases \"rising dramatically\", medical leaders have warned.\n\nThe Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said people should remain cautious, taking measures such as wearing face coverings in crowded indoor spaces.\n\nIt has warned that the NHS is \"under unprecedented pressure\".\n\nOn Monday the government is expected to confirm whether the easing of measures in England will go ahead on 19 July.\n\nThe UK is experiencing a marked increase in cases according to the Office for National Statistics, while Health Secretary Sajid Javid has previously said he would expect numbers of infections to reach about \"50,000 new cases a day\" by that date.\n\nOn Saturday, the UK recorded 32,367 new cases and 34 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt is the fourth day in a row case numbers have been above 30,000, while Friday saw the highest daily figure since 22 January.\n\nProf Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the academy was \"cautious about issuing dire warnings\" but she had become \"profoundly concerned\" over the last couple of weeks about the idea of removing all restrictions on 19 July.\n\n\"There seems to be a misapprehension that life will return to normal from then and that we can throw away all the precautions and, frankly, that would be dangerous,\" she said.\n\nIn a statement the academy, which represents 23 medical bodies responsible for training and development in various specialties, said it was essential that people took a responsible approach when restrictions were formally lifted.\n\nIt warned that there was \"little doubt that things will get worse before they get better\".\n\nThe academy said there were reports of routine care being postponed due to healthcare professionals isolating amid mounting pressure as people who had stayed away from the NHS during the pandemic now sought treatment.\n\nIt added that the growth of long Covid, as well as the backlog of elective work which had built up during the crisis, meant that \"it is like the worst of a bad winter in July\".\n\n\"There is no doubt that we will get to a position when this dangerous and erratic disease is largely under control for the population as a whole and we can 'learn to live with' Covid-19.\n\n\"However, we are not in that position yet and sadly, we have to expect things to get worse again.\"\n\nA few hospitals in the UK have announced that non-urgent surgery is being postponed because of rising admissions of Covid patients, very high patient numbers at A&E and staff absences caused by self-isolation requirements.\n\nNow medical leaders suggest this will become more widespread and are predicting that across the NHS things will get worse before they get better.\n\nThe sobering message is that this is the situation, even after the success of the vaccination programme in reducing the relative levels of hospital admissions and deaths.\n\nIn essence, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - the professional voice of doctors - is saying that the Covid impact will be felt for many more months and right through next winter.\n\nProf Anthony Harnden, who is deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation which advises the government on the vaccine rollout, said that although it was \"worrying\" that infections were rising again, \"at some point we have got to get back to normality\".\n\nHe told the Today programme: \"We're in the middle of summer and, providing people carry on behaving responsibly - which I think they will do - then we're in a much better position\" than in previous waves.\n\nHe said the vaccination programme had gone \"incredibly well\" but there was still \"a long way to go\", adding that increasing vaccination rates was key.\n\nProf Harnden said around 55% of 18 to 29-year-olds had received their first dose of a Covid vaccine nationally but it was the early stages and he was confident of better uptake among young people.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, an epidemiologist and member of the SPI-M modelling group, told Times Radio that high levels of cases could \"challenge the virus\" to mutate into variants which the current vaccines are less effective against.\n\nHe added that there was \"a risk\" with the planned 19 July reopening but that should decrease \"as we go through August and we get more people vaccinated\".\n\nMost Covid rules are set to end in England from 19 July. Announcing the plan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that if the government did not go ahead with the easing of restrictions now then it ran the risk of \"either opening up at a very difficult time when the virus has an edge\" or \"putting everything off to next year\".\n\nThe government has previously said it has taken a cautious approach to the roadmap in England, delaying the next step to allow for millions more vaccinations so those most at risk are fully protected.\n\nAmong the changes to restrictions that have been announced are:\n\nMeanwhile, a study has found that Covid vaccines are highly effective in people with underlying health conditions who were advised to shield earlier in the pandemic.\n\nBeing fully vaccinated reduced the risk of symptomatic Covid-19 by about 90%.", "Comedian Tom O'Connor died in hospital in Buckinghamshire on Sunday aged 81, his family has said. He had had Parkinson's for over a decade.\n\nHis son Steve Finan O'Connor said he was a \"unique comedian who was light years ahead of political correctness\".\n\nO'Connor rose to fame on TV show Opportunity Knocks, which he won three times.\n\nHe went on to star in The Comedians and host shows including Name That Tune, Crosswits and the Tom O'Connor Show.\n\nHe leaves a wife and four children, as well as 16 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.\n\nHis son added: \"Tom was famously known for a brand of humour that was 100% clean and always totally family friendly.\"\n\nHe said his father, who was also an actor, was a \"firm TV favourite\".\n\nO'Connor was born in Bootle, Merseyside, and went on to become a maths teacher and assistant headteacher.\n\nHe started his showbusiness career as a singer, before introducing comedy into his act - he was still teaching during the day, and performing on the club circuit at night.\n\nO'Connor had his own show in the 1980s\n\nHe became a professional entertainer in 1972, establishing himself as a household name with shows like Pick Pockets and The Zodiac Game.\n\nHe hosted Name That Tune from 1976 until 1983.\n\nHis career also saw him appearing at the Royal Variety Show at the London Palladium and being the subject of This Is Your Life.\n\nAs well as hosting quiz shows - which also included I've Got a Secret and Gambit - he was also an actor, starring as Father Tom in daytime soap Doctors in the early 2000s. He won the celebrity edition of Come Dine With Me in 2010 and competed on the Pointless Celebrities quiz show with his daughter-in-law, Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis, the following year.\n\nO'Connor also made appearances as a guest in Countdown's dictionary corner and received an award from the Channel 4 quiz for being the first to mark 100 appearances on the show.\n\nIn a video on his website, O'Connor said: \"When I grew up as a kid in wartime Merseyside, I never dreamed I'd have a career that started as a schoolteacher, went to folk singer, then country and western singer, stand-up talker and TV presenter. I've been lucky.\"\n\nDenise Lewis said she had watched his TV shows with her mother on Saturday nights and when she first met him, was overwhelmed at how sweet, genuine and kind he was.\n\n\"It was exactly the person we saw on TV day and night,\" she added.\n\nTV presenter Piers Morgan was among those to pay tribute to O'Connor, calling him a \"Liverpool legend and a very funny man\".\n\n\"Sad news. Thanks for all the laughs, Tom,\" he said on Twitter.\n\nBBC Breakfast host Dan Walker tweeted that O'Connor was \"kind, funny and a true gent\".\n\nLiverpool City Council said: \"Sad news breaking about the death of veteran Liverpool comedian Tom O'Connor. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.\"", "About 50 people were seen arriving in Dungeness in a dinghy on Monday\n\nA group of about 50 people have crossed the English Channel and landed on a Kent beach in a single dinghy.\n\nPhotographs show dozens of people, including women and young children, arriving at Dungeness on Monday.\n\nOn Sunday, eight boats carrying 241 migrants reached the UK, the Home Office said. Nearly 8,000 people have reached the UK in about 345 boats in 2021.\n\nThe Home Office said it was bringing forward new laws to deter crossings.\n\nThe dinghy's arrival was watched over by the crew of an RNLI lifeboat\n\nThe average number of people in each small boat has increased sharply in the past year, according to BBC analysis of Home Office figures.\n\nIn 2020, an average of 13 people arrived in each dinghy, rising to 22 per boat this year.\n\nDan O'Mahoney, clandestine channel threat commander, said: \"We continue to target gangs responsible for these crossings.\n\n\"We have doubled the number of police officers on the ground in France, leading to more interceptions and arrests.\"\n\nFrench authorities intercepted seven small boats, preventing 129 people making the crossing on Sunday.\n\nNew legislation was unveiled this month which the government hopes will deter migrants crossing the English Channel.\n\nThe Nationality and Borders Bill will make it a crime to knowingly arrive in the UK without permission, punishable by a prison sentence of up to four years.\n\nMr O'Mahoney said: \"Our New Plan for Immigration will break the business model of these criminal gangs whilst welcoming people through safe and legal routes.\"\n\nThe Home Office has been asked to comment on Monday's crossings.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sami Sabet, Carina Price, Hasmukh Shingadia, Jerry Hosi and Timothy Brentnall outside the court\n\nThe Court of Appeal has cleared 12 more former subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted of offences during the Post Office Horizon scandal.\n\nIt brings the total of judgements overturned to 59, but hundreds more are hoping for similar decisions.\n\nBetween 1999 and 2015, they were sacked or prosecuted after money appeared to vanish from accounts at their branches.\n\nThe problems were caused by the Horizon computer system in Post Office branches which turned out to be flawed.\n\nSome subpostmasters were imprisoned after being convicted of stealing money.\n\nIn April, 39 people had verdicts against them overturned, following on from the overturning of six other convictions in December.\n\nMore people have been affected by this than in any other miscarriage of justice in the UK.\n\nThe Horizon system was first rolled out in 1999 to some post offices to be used for a variety of tasks including accounting and stocktaking.\n\nBut from an early stage, it appeared to have significant bugs which could cause the system to misreport, sometimes involving substantial sums of money.\n\nHorizon-based evidence was used by the Post Office to successfully prosecute 736 people.\n\nThree judges quashed the convictions of Robert Ambrose, Hasmukh Shingadia, John Armstrong, Timothy Brentnall, Jerry Hosi, Gurdeep Singh Dhale, John Dickson, Abiodun Omotoso, Malcolm Watkins, Sami Sabet, Carina Price and Rizwan Manjra.\n\nTheir appeals were unopposed by the Post Office.\n\nAt a hearing in March, the court heard subpostmasters' lives were \"irreparably ruined\", with some losing marriages, jobs and homes after they were prosecuted by the Post Office.\n\nAn independent inquiry is being held into the affair.\n\nThe Horizon system was designed to record the transactions carried out in a post office branch\n\nOne of the 12, Hasmukh Shingadia, came under particular scrutiny as he was a guest the the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.\n\nHe ran the local Post Office and shop in Upper Bucklebury, West Berkshire, and had become friends with the family of Kate Middleton, seeing her grow up and selling her sweets at the shop.\n\nHe repaid the shortfall to the Post Office, was handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service.\n\nMr Shingadia said: \"What has happened to people has been appalling. Those who were in charge of the Post Office must be held to account at a Public Inquiry now, and dealt with appropriately from whatever that inquiry uncovers.\"\n\nHaving spoken to many who have had their convictions overturned it's not possible to over-state the importance of this news to the 12 individuals who have had their lives and careers shattered by wrongful convictions. Many faced time in prison, bankruptcy, and were unable to find new work because of their criminal records.\n\nBut for hundreds of others in the same position, hoping to wipe their criminal records clean, today also brings more worrying news. Although the 12 who have had their names cleared were unopposed, another 15 people's cases are being opposed by the Post Office. A judge will now decide whether the Court will grant permission to appeal against those convictions, which may not happen until the Autumn.\n\nAlthough the Post Office has said they urge \"anybody who believes that they may have a relevant case to come forward\", it's clearly not going to be the straightforward process that many had hoped for. After years of fighting the Post Office at every turn to clear their names the battles are not over yet.\n\nMonday's cases were the fourth group represented by Hudgell Solicitors to see their appeals through to a successful conclusion.\n\nNeil Hudgell said it had been another significant day in court for a group of people who suffered badly.\n\nThey \"did no wrong, were bullied into admitting to crimes they had not committed, made to pay back large sums of money they had not taken and who saw their lives irreparably damaged as a result\". he said.\n\nHe added: \"This group again includes people who spent time in prison. Sadly, what happened to each individual and their families can never be reversed. That makes it all the more important for it to be recognised by the Post Office and the courts.\"\n\nA Post Office spokesperson said: \"Post Office is sincerely sorry for past failures and we welcome the Court's decision today to quash convictions without delay in the appeals we supported.\n\n\"We are making strenuous efforts to fairly address historical miscarriages of justice, including an extensive review of prosecutions since 1999 to identify and disclose all material which might affect the safety of convictions.\n\n\"We are also transforming our organisation to prevent such events ever happening again and to re-set our relationship with postmasters.\"\n\nListen to the background of the saga: The Great Post Office Trial on BBC Sounds", "Double world champion para-athlete Olivia Breen said she was left angry and speechless after being told to wear \"more appropriate\" shorts.\n\nBreen, 24, says an official at the English Championships on Sunday told her the briefs were \"too short and revealing\".\n\nThe sprinter and long jumper said she was highlighting the incident to stop it happening to others.\n\n\"It made me feel really angry and it's very wrong,\" said Breen.\n\n\"You know they can't comment on what we can and can't wear.\"\n\nBreen won a world championship gold medal in the T35-38 4x100m class in 2015 and again in 2017 in the T38 long jump and has been wearing the same style of competition briefs from her sponsor throughout her career.\n\n\"They are like high-waisted bikini bottoms,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme.\n\n\"I've worn them for nine years, I've never had a problem and we should feel comfortable with what we wear.\n\n\"We want to be as light as possible when we're competing, not having to feel heavy, and to feel comfortable.\n\n\"We should just wear what we're entitled to wear.\"\n\nBreen, who also won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Paralympics, told the programme the incident occurred after she competed in the long jump in Bedford.\n\n\"I'd just finished my competition and was thanking the officials for their help and their support and this official came up to me and said 'can I talk to you?' and I was like yeah, what's the problem?\n\n\"She said 'I think what you're wearing is very revealing and I think you should consider buying shorts'. I didn't know what to say I was left speechless and my first thought process was 'are you joking?'.\"\n\nBreen believes male athletes would not face similar scrutiny or criticism but, after posting about the incident on social media, said other females have told her they have suffered similar experiences.\n\n\"I've never personally felt self-conscious, but yesterday made me feel very angry and obviously from the response on Instagram and Twitter that I've had, it has happened to a lot of young girls and athletes and it needs to change,\" she added.\n\n\"I think people haven't spoken out about it because they feel afraid and I want people to feel confident and speak out about it because it's wrong what happened and this needs to stop happening to us.\n\n\"I'm just going to take it as far as I can. I really want to get the message out there and I obviously want to make a change in female sport so people can't make comments again about what we can and can't wear.\"\n\nAnother British athlete, shot putter Amelia Stricker, said officials who made such \"unnecessary\" comments should not officiate, a point of view Breen shares.\n\n\"Yes I do very strongly [agree],\" she said.\n\n\"They do an amazing job and I really appreciate their support but they can't make comments on what we wear. They are there to do their job and help us, not by commenting on what we wear, regardless.\"\n\nAn England Athletics spokesperson said: \"We are aware of the post and will be investigating as a matter of urgency. The wellbeing of all participants in athletics is of the utmost importance and everyone should feel comfortable to compete and participate in the sport.\"\n\nBBC Wales Sport has learned Breen has since spoken to England Athletics and they will be investigating the incident.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'This is what life's about' - clubbers in England enjoy a return to the dancefloor\n\nPlans to make Covid vaccine passports mandatory at nightclubs are \"deeply concerning,\" Greater Manchester's night-time economy advisor has said.\n\nFull vaccination will be a condition of entry to clubs and other venues with large crowds from September.\n\nSacha Lord, who runs the Warehouse Project club nights, said the government \"appears to have wiped out live gigs for a whole generation\".\n\nThe government said it had launched a hospitality strategy to help.\n\nThe announcement came on the day nightclubs were allowed to reopen after almost 18 months of closure.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told a press conference earlier: \"I don't want to have to close nightclubs again as they have elsewhere. But it does mean nightclubs need to do the socially responsible thing.\n\n\"As we said last week, we do reserve the right to mandate certification at any point if it's necessary to reduce transmission.\"\n\nMr Lord said the industry had been taken by surprise by the latest announcement.\n\n\"I am not a scientist or a doctor, but I am deeply concerned by the discriminatory nature for those who either can't have the vaccine for medical reasons or age, or who do not want to,\" he said.\n\n\"With this one move, the Government appears to have wiped out live gigs for a whole generation.\"\n\nHe added: \"How will nightclubs now compete against pubs and bars down the road where these restrictions aren't needed, or attract punters who can just as easily have a house party without these enforcements in place.\n\n\"I have been in the nightlife and events industry for over 25 years, but I cannot see any reason why anyone would now want to enter this sector with such financially damaging restrictions in place.\"\n\nHe said over the last 18 months businesses had seen how the government \"has really not understood\" their needs and how they operate.\n\nHe added: \"The ten o'clock curfew is a perfect example, pushing hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets at exactly the same time. That did far worse than good.\n\n\"We saw ridiculous substantial meal rules - the Scotch egg rule.\n\n\"I took them to the High Court to compel them to drop that, which saved many businesses and jobs across the whole of the UK.\n\n\"So time and time again, we have seen so many mistakes.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We appreciate the significant impact the pandemic has had on the hospitality industry - including the night-time economy.\n\n\"[This] is why, on top of our unprecedented £352bn package of business support, just last week we launched our hospitality strategy to help the sector recover as well as boost resilience long-term.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Ballywatticock has marked its moment in the sun after what appears to be a new high temperature for Northern Ireland\n\nNorthern Ireland's new highest recorded temperature could be exceeded this week, the Met Office has suggested.\n\nThe hottest day on record was provisionally reported on Saturday when the temperature in Ballywatticock, near Newtownards in County Down, hit 31.2C.\n\n\"It is possible the [provisional] record may be challenged again on Wednesday or Thursday,\" said John Wylie of the Met Office.\n\n\"This time it is more likely across central or western parts.\"\n\nThe previous high was 30.8C set in the summers of 1976 and 1983.\n\nMr Wylie said that Saturday's temperature record was \"quoted as provisional until the site has been checked by the Met Office\".\n\n\"This value will then be compared to other maximum temperatures nearby with the prevailing weather situation,\" he said.\n\n\"At the moment we're not seeing anything which might cause us to suspect that value.\"\n\nAn official inspection of the Ballywatticock weather station will take place on Tuesday\n\nThe checks were standard practice, he said, with a small group of people having to assess the information and decide whether the temperature \"can be accepted as a new regional maximum\".\n\nMr Wylie said the \"footprint of climate change\" was being seen \"all over our weather patterns now all over the northern hemisphere\".\n\n\"These extreme events where temperatures might have hit 30C in Northern Ireland - originally we'd have been seeing that every seven years,\" he said.\n\n\"In the last while that has come down to every three or four years.\n\n\"These events are becoming more extreme and more frequent.\"\n\nThere are about 30 weather stations in Northern Ireland, which include a mixture of automatic and manual recording.\n\nDonald Ferguson, the Met Office's regional network manager for Northern Ireland, is due to inspect the station at Ballywatticock on Tuesday.\n\nTemperatures in Northern Ireland could surpass 30C again this week, says the Met Office\n\nHis inspection was an important part of the record verification process, he said.\n\n\"I have to check the equipment is fully functional and compare it against my reading on my inspector-standard instrument,\" he added.\n\n\"I also have to check the exposure of all the instruments, for example how much shelter the instrument [at Ballywatticock] has - not too much and not too little.\n\n\"This is the first part of the process - hopefully we will have official confirmation within a week.\n\n\"Why we have to check is that, for example there were record temperatures reported in Strathclyde Park near Motherwell a few years ago and when they went out to check it was an ice-cream van pumping out heat across the thermometer.\"\n\nMr Wylie, who is Met Office weather advisor for Northern Ireland, said he believed several factors had combined to produce the high temperature reading at Ballywatticock.\n\nKillowen, also in County Down, had hit 29.9C, before that figure was overtaken later in the day.\n\nKillowen by Carlingford Lough also had high temperatures on Saturday\n\n\"It was a very hot day - the reason we got it is we have been sitting under high pressure for several days,\" said Mr Wylie.\n\n\"The temperatures had been rising slowly day on day and with light winds, unbroken sunshine and extremely dry ground conditions.\n\n\"We are less than a month past the summer solstice and the sun is very high in the sky, which means we are getting maximum benefit from solar heating.\n\n\"All of the conditions came together at the right time and right proportions.\"\n\nThis week was going to be another hot week, he said.\n\n\"Temperatures [will be] rising again from Tuesday to Thursday and it will be Friday or the weekend before they return to more normal weather for Northern Ireland.\"", "Some children and young people aged over 12 in Northern Ireland are to be offered a Covid vaccine.\n\nOfficials say those with specific underlying health conditions and who are at risk of serious illness from the virus can now receive the Pfizer/BioNtech jab.\n\nTeenagers within three months of their 18th birthday can also get a jab.\n\nAt present health officials are not recommending routine universal vaccination of under 18s.\n\nThe list of eligibility currently includes those with severe neuro-disabilities, Down's Syndrome, underlying conditions resulting in immunosuppression, and those with profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe learning disabilities or who are on the learning disability register.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said the vaccination programme had always been \"guided by the expert advice\".\n\n\"The decision by the medicines regulator to approve the Pfizer vaccine for use in this younger age group has only been taken after rigorous assessment of both safety and effectiveness,\" he said.\n\nMr Swann said the announcement by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) underlined the important role of the vaccines.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann says the vaccination programme is guided by expert advice\n\nThe JCVI advises government ministers on which people should be offered a vaccine.\n\nAdditionally, vaccines will be offered to young people over 12 who live with someone who is immunosuppressed.\n\nThis is aimed at providing increased protection for the more vulnerable members of the household.\n\nParent or guardian consent will be required ahead of vaccination.\n\nNorthern Ireland chief medical officer Sir Michael McBride said the JCVI had carefully examined the risk of Covid-19 to children and young people against the potential benefits of vaccination.\n\n\"While the evidence strongly indicates that almost all children and young people are at very low risk from Covid-19, a small number of children and young people with underlying chronic conditions are at increased risk and will benefit from the protection offered by vaccination.\"\n\nSir Michael said the JCVI will keep this advice under review.\n\nThe Department of Health is continuing to operate a number of walk-in Covid-19 vaccine clinics across Northern Ireland this week.\n\nThe appointment-free pop-ups were established as part of a \"final push\" to get younger people vaccinated.\n\nMeanwhile, the Department of Health has said the Northern Ireland version of the Covid-19 vaccine certificate app should be ready to go from Monday 26 July.\n\nCurrently travellers are using an interim system to prove that they have had both jabs.\n\nAnyone travelling from Northern Ireland between 20 and 25 July can access a downloadable certificate and QR code.\n\nDr Eddie O'Neill, from the department, said certificates are \"designed specially for the EU specification\".\n\nHe said the certificate and QR code should be readily usable within the EU.\n\nDr O'Neill said once people download the app, they'll be invited to register an account, prove their identity and then be able to request a certificate.\n\n\"There's an automated matching process and then on their app they will be able to get the QR code,\" he told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\nHe said that it works in a similar way to the NHS app in England.\n\nLast week, more than two million people in the Republic of Ireland got their certificates, which contain QR codes, by email and post.\n\nBut most Irish passport holders in Northern Ireland will not be able to access the certificate because they were vaccinated outside of the Republic of Ireland.\n\nAnother 1,776 positive cases of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland were reported on Monday - that figure is more than triple the number reported on Sunday which was 537.\n\nThere has been one further coronavirus-related death.\n\nDeputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she has been \"quite disturbed by some of the imagery \" she has witnessed in the last 24 hours after Covid restrictions were lifted in England.\n\nThe move means there are no limits on how many people can meet and it means nightclubs can open for the first time since March 2020.\n\nMs O'Neill said the Northern Ireland Executive would always \"set its own path and would continue to do so\".\n\nEast Antrim Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Sammy Wilson criticised Mr Swann, saying he should not try to \"blackmail ministers into just listening to the Covid obsessed advice that seems to be prevalent in policy making at present\".\n\nMr Swann`s party colleague Alan Chambers supported the health minister, saying exercising caution was the correct approach.\n\nMeanwhile, anyone travelling to Northern Ireland from France must continue to self-isolate for 10 days on arrival.\n\nFrom Monday, anyone arriving from a country on the so-called amber list do not have to quarantine if fully UK vaccinated.\n\nHowever, the Department of Health said this will not apply to arrivals from France due to \"the persistent presence of cases ... of the Beta variant\".", "Lord Lloyd-Webber with the cast and crew of the Cinderella production\n\nAndrew Lloyd Webber has said the theatre industry is \"on its knees\" due to self-isolation Covd-19 rules.\n\nHe was speaking after the opening two nights of his new show Cinderella were cancelled because some cast and crew members were told to self-isolate.\n\nHe said the current system was \"completely, completely untenable\" and pleaded with the government to listen.\n\nCulture secretary Oliver Dowden has said he was \"deeply disappointed\" to hear about Cinderella's closure.\n\n\"Whilst the need to self isolate is an economy wide issue, I recognise the particular challenges it presents to the arts and I'm strongly making the case for that in government,\" Mr Dowden added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMonday and Tuesday's Cinderella performances at the Gillian Lynne theatre in London were halted after a member of the cast tested positive for Covid-19 at the weekend, resulting in close contacts having to self-isolate.\n\nThat positive test had already led to two preview performances being scrapped on Saturday.\n\nAnother West End musical, The Prince of Egypt, also announced it had to cancel shows on Monday and Tuesday after a single positive Covid-19 case within the company.\n\nIt will put on socially-distanced performances on Wednesday and Thursday before retuning to full capacity on Friday.\n\nAnd a theatre in Hull has had to cancel its first full-capacity performances since last year after cast members tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nHull New Theatre had been due to stage a short run of smash-hit West End show Six the Musical this week. The shows have now been rescheduled to next April.\n\nLord Lloyd-Webber said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson \"doesn't seem to grasp what we're about in theatre\".\n\nLord Lloyd-Webber's Gillian Lynne Theatre in London is playing host to the show\n\nHe said that close contacts of the positive case had been given additional PCR tests, as had anyone due to perform on Monday night. All those tests came back negative.\n\nIt's not clear when the show will now open.\n\nA spokesman for the production told the BBC: \"It's hard to see a route forward under the current rules, but we will do everything we can to come back.\"\n\nLord Lloyd-Webber said he is determined to open Cinderella in London and has so far ignored \"siren voices\" suggesting he moves it to Broadway.\n\n\"I'm not going to do that, I can't do that,\" he said. \"I'm a Brit and we've got a fantastic cast and so we will open here, but who knows? 2084? I don't know.\"\n\nLord Lloyd Webber added: \"We cannot function with this current system. We can't isolate every time somebody may or may not have it. It just simply doesn't work.\n\n\"Please, please will this government for once listen to us. Listen. We do know what we're doing, we do. Just listen and knock all these platitudes and endless, endless blunt instruments that don't apply across the board.\"\n\nLord Lloyd-Webber added Mr Dowden \"does his best\" but \"I don't think he's really able to be that effective\".\n\n\"This is the last chance for this government to show they have the remotest interest in theatre,\" he said. \"I do worry at the end of the day that the government doesn't regard theatre as anything other than nice to have.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I don't think they have a clue of what the real economic value to the country theatre is, and indeed all forms of live entertainment.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's so vital this government understands the economics of what they're doing, let alone the idiocy.\n\nBut not everyone was sympathetic to Lord Lloyd-Webber's situation, including theatre critic Mark Shenton.\n\n\"No one MADE him try to open a new musical in a pandemic. And yet now it's everyone else's fault but his own,\" he wrote.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Mark Shenton 💙 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome West End shows have re-opened recently or have opened at full capacity having operated at 50% capacity prior to Monday's rule changes. They include Lord Lloyd-Webber's Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.\n\nSome of the musicals and plays currently open in the West End:\n\nOther shows are set to open or re-open later this month, including Phantom of the Opera, Come From Away and Anything Goes.\n\nHowever, Sir Kenneth Branagh's theatre company announced on Monday it had axed an upcoming London production after Covid-enforced absences stopped its cast attending rehearsals.\n\nAlso on Monday, Lord Lloyd-Webber said: \"Freedom day had turned into closure day,\" referring to 19 July being the date when many coronavirus restrictions were lifted in England.\n\n\"We have been forced into a devastating decision which will affect the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of people and disappoint the thousands who have booked to see the show,\" said Lord Lloyd-Webber.\n\n\"Cinderella was ready to go. My sadness for our cast and crew, our loyal audience and the industry I have been fighting for is impossible to put into words.\"\n\nThe composer and music mogul is the owner of seven London theatres\n\nCinderella opened last month with an audience capacity of 50% after Lord Lloyd-Webber rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson's offer for it to be included in the live events pilot scheme.\n\nActress Carrie Fletcher tweeted on Monday to say she was \"completely and utterly gutted\" at the news.\n\nMichael Ball, currently starring in Hairspray in the West End, which recently had to scrap 10 of its performances due to a positive Covid test, tweeted his sympathy.\n\nActors' union Equity said in a statement: \"Due regard must be given by the government to the industry's pleas to enable the opening of productions where it is safe to do so, and it must bring forward the planned changes to self-isolation rules.\"\n\nEquity previously called for workers in the entertainment industry who have come into close contact with someone with Covid-19 to not have to self-isolate (unless they have tested positive themselves) from 19 July when other restrictions were lifted, rather than the current planned date of 16 August.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Katie Hopkins had her visa revoked before being sent back to the UK\n\nFar-right British commentator Katie Hopkins has been sent home from Australia for bragging about flouting hotel quarantine rules.\n\nMs Hopkins - who has often drawn anger for racist remarks - had entered the country to star in the reality TV show Big Brother Australia.\n\nOn Friday she posted a video from her Sydney hotel room where she joked about putting frontline staff at risk.\n\nIn the video, Ms Hopkins said she planned to \"lie in wait\" for workers to deliver food to her room so she could open the door \"naked with no face mask\".\n\nShe also called lockdowns the \"greatest hoax in human history\". Australia's two biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, are both in lockdown after local cases of Covid-19 were detected.\n\nThe post has since been wiped from her Instagram.\n\nOn Monday, the Australian government confirmed it had cancelled her visa, after the TV programme sacked her.\n\nPolice said she had been fined A$1,000 (£537; US$737) for not wearing a face mask, and was escorted to the airport to be sent back to the UK.\n\nHome Affairs Minister Karen Andrews called Ms Hopkins' comments \"appalling\" and a \"slap in the face\" for Australians in lockdown.\n\n\"Personally, I'm very pleased she'll be leaving,\" she told broadcaster ABC.\n\nMs Hopkins has not commented on her deportation, but on Sunday said she had been \"joking\" in the video.\n\nThe controversial commentator was banned from Twitter last year for breaching its policy on hateful conduct.\n\nMs Hopkins, a favourite of ex-US President Donald Trump, has called migrants \"cockroaches\" and described Islam as \"repugnant\".\n\nMs Andrews said the decision to allow Ms Hopkins to enter the country had been made by the New South Wales state government \"on the basis of potential benefit to the economy\".\n\nBut opponents accused the national government of \"allowing a far-right troll into Australia\". Ms Hopkins was also detained in South Africa in 2018 for spreading racial hate.\n\n\"The decision… is particularly painful for the 35,000 Australians who remain stranded overseas,\" said Labor MP Andrew Giles.\n\nAustralia closed its borders in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, preventing many citizens outside the country from returning. The policy has prolonged family separations.\n\nBut dozens of celebrities, sports stars and others with exemptions have been able to bypass the rule.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Heartless\" Queensland bars US couple from seeing dying father", "Children over 12 who are at higher risk of getting ill if they catch Covid will be offered the jab, the vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed.\n\nBut the vast majority of children in the UK, who are low risk, will not be offered the vaccine for now.\n\nHowever, some healthy children over 12 who live with other vulnerable people can have the vaccine, as well as those on the cusp of turning 18.\n\nIt means, overall, around 370,000 children will be eligible.\n\nThe UK is in marked contrast with other countries - such as the US and Canada - which have mass vaccinated children aged 12 to 17.\n\nThe decision is based on recommendations from the UK's vaccines experts - the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Ministers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each then approve the plans.\n\nThose newly eligible include vulnerable children, aged 12 to 15, with:\n\nVulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds were already able to get the vaccine.\n\nThose aged 12 to 17 will also be offered a vaccine if they live with somebody with a weak immune system.\n\nTeenagers within three months of their 18th birthday will be offered the jab - the aim is to protect people leaving school before they start work or university.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi says children aged 12-17 with health conditions will be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine\n\nMr Zahawi said the NHS had been asked to offer the vaccine as soon as possible and that eligible children would be contacted by the health service.\n\nThey will all be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine because it is the only one approved for use in children aged 12 to 17 in the UK.\n\nThe European Medicines Agency says heart inflammation following the vaccine is a very rare side effect which can be treated with rest and anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen.\n\nDo you have any questions about masks, rule changes and vaccinations?\n\nProf Anthony Harnden, the deputy chairman of the JCVI, said: \"The primary aim of the vaccination programme has always been to prevent hospitalisations and deaths.\n\n\"Based on the fact that previously well children, if they do get Covid-19, are likely to have a very mild form of the disease, the health benefits of vaccinating them are small.\"\n\nFewer than 30 children have died with Covid in the UK.\n\nThe JCVI also says the benefit of vaccinating children to prevent the virus spreading to older age groups is unclear with so many vulnerable adults already fully immunised.\n\nNor is there good evidence that giving children the vaccine could prevent them getting long Covid, says the JCVI.\n\nBut Prof Lawrence Young, a virologist Warwick Medical School, said: \"This is a worrying decision at a time when we are now relying on vaccination and personal responsibility, as opposed to mandated restrictions, to get us through the pandemic.\n\n\"While infected children mostly get mild symptoms, Covid-19 causes more deaths and hospitalisations in children compared to other viral diseases which have been deemed severe enough to warrant vaccination for example flu.\"", "Searches are ongoing for a man believed to have got into difficulty in Wakefield\n\nRescuers have warned of the invisible but deadly dangers of open water after six people drowned in English lakes and rivers over the weekend.\n\nBodies were recovered on Sunday in Manchester, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Cumbria.\n\nSearches for two more people are ongoing in the Lake District and West Yorkshire.\n\nThe Royal Life Saving Society urged the public to use caution when entering the water.\n\nLakes, beaches and rivers were busy on Saturday and Sunday as the UK had its hottest days of the year so far.\n\nEmergency service across England were called to reports of people missing after entering bodies of water.\n\nCheshire Police are also searching for a 16-year-old boy over fears he fell into the River Weaver in Frodsham.\n\nMeanwhile, searches are continuing for a man in his 30s from London who was seen in Crummock Water in the Lake District, and for a man who was reported as having difficulties in a lake at Pugneys Country Park in Wakefield.\n\nA girl died in hospital after being pulled from a lake in Witney, Oxfordshire\n\nLee Heard, from the Royal Life Saving Society, said open-water swimming in hot weather placed people at risk of cold water shock.\n\n\"The difference between the air temperature and water temperature can literally take your breath away... it is silent, invisible and deadly.\n\n\"Water can also hide debris, strong currents and sudden changes in depth that can catch out even the strongest swimmers.\"\n\nThe charity said about 402 deaths a year were \"entirely preventable\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service\n\nFire services across the country have issued warnings as sun-seekers continue to flock to canals, reservoirs, lakes and beaches amid the the current hot spell.\n\nAll four nations of the UK recorded their hottest day of the year over the weekend and forecasters predict the weather will last for much of the week.\n\nFor the first time the Met Office has issued an extreme heat warning.\n\nIt covers large parts of Wales, all of south-west England and parts of southern and central England until Thursday evening.\n\nThe Met Office said temperatures could climb to a maximum of 33C (91.4F).\n\nThe long-range weekend forecast for suggests spells of rain or showers are likely for many areas.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour leader Keir Starmer: Johnson and Sunak changed isolation decision because they'd been \"busted\"\n\nLifting all coronavirus restrictions is \"reckless\", Sir Keir Starmer has said, as most legal limits on social contact are eased in England.\n\nThe legal requirement to wear a mask has ended, but the government says it \"expects and recommends\" the continued wearing of face coverings in crowded areas such as public transport.\n\nHowever, the Labour leader argued that the measure should stay in place.\n\nSir Keir also attacked the PM's character saying he \"causes chaos\".\n\nOn Sunday, the PM said now was the \"right moment\" to remove rules aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus.\n\nHowever, Boris Johnson urged caution, adding: \"We've got to remember that this virus is sadly still out there - cases are rising, we can see the extreme contagiousness of the Delta variant.\"\n\nFrom midnight on Sunday the government allowed nightclubs to reopen and lifted limits on social contact.\n\nSir Keir argued that the prime minister's \"chaotic\" leadership style is \"dangerous\" and has \"deadly consequences for the country\".\n\nHe said because of Mr Johnson's leadership and mistakes during the pandemic \"people have died, more will do so.\"\n\nIn addition to maintaining face masks, the Labour leader said guidance advising people to work from home where they can should remain in place and that buildings needed better ventilation.\n\nConfusion was the word on almost everybody's lips in the first rush hour commute since rule changes were introduced.\n\nAround three quarters of people were wearing masks but although face coverings are mandatory on TfL services, they're not on Thameslink trains which serve the station.\n\nAs passengers make the short journey across the platform, the advice changes meaning they can either remove or apply their face coverings depending on which direction they are travelling.\n\nChristopher McCready, who lives in Scotland but works in London, said he would continue wearing a mask despite having contracted the virus a month ago but, like many, he called for greater clarity.\n\n\"The whole island should be under the same rules,\" he said.\n\nUK-wide guidance recommending against travel to amber list countries is also being removed.\n\nAdults who have been fully vaccinated in the UK will not have to self-isolate for 10 days after visiting these countries - with the exception of those returning from France to England, Scotland or Wales, because of concerns over the spread of the Beta variant of the virus.\n\nIn Scotland, limits on social contact will remain in place and face coverings will still be mandatory, however some restrictions have been eased and pubs will be able to open until midnight.\n\nRestrictions are set to be relaxed in Wales on 7 August and in Northern Ireland on 26 July.\n\nAcross the country, coronavirus infections numbers continue to rise with 39,950 cases reported on Monday and more than 50,000 on Saturday.\n\nA further 19 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test were also recorded.\n\nSome scientists have predicted that UK infections could hit 200,000 a day later in the summer.\n\nHowever, modelling suggests hospital admissions, serious illness and deaths from Covid-19 will be at a lower level than in previous peaks, due to more than 68% of UK adults being fully vaccinated.\n\nSpeaking to the House of Commons, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed that children over 12 who are at higher risk of getting ill if they catch Covid would be offered the jab.\n\nThe decision was based on recommendations from the UK's vaccines experts - the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).\n\nHe also said people in roles such as air traffic controllers would not have to self-isolate in order to work if they had received their second vaccination more than two weeks ago.\n\nMr Zahawi said the individuals would need to self-isolate \"at all other times\" and that those who are eligible for this exemption would receive \"personalised letters setting out the steps they must follow\".\n\nThe minister also announced that \"by the end of September\" people going to nightclubs or other venues with large crowds would need to prove that they had been fully vaccinated.\n\nHe said negative test would \"no longer be sufficient\" but there would be exemptions for those with \"genuine medical reasons\" for not being vaccinated.\n\nSir Keir also used his speech to attack the prime minister for his initial decision to avoid self isolating by taking part in a pilot scheme, which would allow him to continue to go to work while taking daily tests.\n\nMr Johnson and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak were contacted by NHS Test and Trace after Health Secretary Sajid Javid tested positive for Covid on Saturday.\n\nThe two men had been in a meeting with Mr Javid on Friday.\n\nDowning Street initially said Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak would not have to isolate because they were taking part in the pilot, but this plan was quickly dropped, following criticism from the opposition that it represented \"one rule for them and another for the rest of us\".\n\nSir Keir accused the prime minister and chancellor of having \"played the system\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Zahawi denied the government had taken the public for \"fools\", following Mr Johnson's U-turn on self-isolating.\n\nHe said the prime minister had \"talked about considering\" taking part in the pilot scheme \"then very quickly realised the right thing to do self-isolate because it sends a very powerful message to everyone.\"\n\nSir Keir also questioned why the prime minister was isolating in Chequers - his country retreat - rather than Downing Street.\n\n\"You would have thought given the amount of money spent refurbishing Downing Street he would have been happy staying there,\" he said.\n\nNo 10 has said the prime minister travelled to Chequers immediately after his meeting with Mr Javid and had been there when he was contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nBoris Johnson is isolating at the prime ministerial country retreat Chequers in Buckinghamshire\n\nThe rise in infections has led to concern about the number of people being asked to isolate, with some businesses forced to shut some of their sites due to a lack of staff.\n\nThe government has said some fully vaccinated frontline NHS staff in England will be allowed to continue working if contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nHowever, the prime minister's spokesman has ruled out modifying the NHS Covid app to ensure it sends fewer isolation alerts.", "Colin Pitchfork, now 61, has spent 33 years in prison\n\nA man who raped and murdered two 15-year-old girls will not be placed on the sex offenders register when he is released.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it was because Colin Pitchfork's crimes were committed before 1997, when the register was introduced.\n\nIt said he would be subject to conditions \"far stricter\" than those imposed on registered sex offenders.\n\nThese will include GPS tagging and regular polygraph examinations.\n\nA government spokesperson said their \"thoughts remain with the families of Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth\", the two girls raped and strangled by Pitchfork in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.\n\n\"Colin Pitchfork will be on licence for life and subject to supervision and conditions far stricter than the sex offenders register,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"If he breaches these, he faces being sent back to prison.\"\n\nPitchfork, now 61, was the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988. The judge said the killings were \"particularly sadistic\" and he doubted Pitchfork would ever be released.\n\nHowever, the Parole Board said last month that he was suitable for release.\n\nThis led to a challenge by Justice Secretary Robert Buckland, but this was refused by a judge-led review.\n\nPitchfork is being kept in prison until final arrangements, such as where he is going to be housed, are completed.\n\nWhen he is freed, he will have regular meetings with his probation officer, which is standard for those released on licence.\n\nDawn Ashworth's uncle Philip Musson told the BBC the result of the judge-led review sent the wrong message\n\nPitchfork's additional conditions include measures to protect his victims' families from unwanted contact with him.\n\nLike all prisoners released on licence, he can be recalled to prison if he breaches his conditions.\n\nAt the time the Justice Secretary Robert Buckland's challenge was refused, Dawn's uncle Philip Musson said: \"It sends the message that child rapists, killers, murderers can at some point in time resume their lives when they themselves have deprived their victims of their lives.\n\n\"That's an unacceptable position as far as I'm concerned.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A New York police officer has been praised for helping to save the life of a stabbing victim, using an empty crisp packet and some tape.\n\nThe incident was captured on body cam footage in Harlem.\n\nThe victim is in a critical but stable position.", "Esraa Abdel Fattah became known as \"Facebook Girl\" for her online videos\n\nEsraa Abdel Fattah, one of the most prominent faces of the 2011 revolution in Egypt, has been released from jail.\n\nThe 43-year-old activist and journalist had spent almost two years in detention after being arrested in October 2019.\n\nShe had been charged with \"spreading false news\" and collaborating with a terrorist group.\n\nHer lawyer confirmed on Sunday that Ms Abdel Fattah was out of prison, hours after the surprise decision to release her.\n\nEsraa Abdel Fattah has a long history of activism and played a prominent role in the 2011 protests which helped topple the decades-long rule of the regime of Hosni Mubarak.\n\nShe was one of the first Egyptian activists to use social media to help organise anti-government demonstrations, earning her the nickname \"Facebook Girl\". She was later nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and named a Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine.\n\nMs Abdel Fattah had been in pre-trial detention since being taken into custody amid a wave of arrests back in 2019.\n\nEgypt's current leader, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, has overseen what human rights groups say is an unprecedented crackdown on dissent.\n\nHe has been in power since leading the military's overthrow in 2013 of Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi.\n\nMs Abdel Fattah claimed she had been tortured by security forces while in custody and went on a hunger strike in protest.\n\nA number of other prominent journalists and opposition figures, including activist Gamal el-Gamal and Abdel Nasser Ismail - leader of the Popular Alliance party - were also freed this weekend.\n\nHowever the releases come days after US officials voiced fresh concerns after another prominent activist was indicted in Egypt.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Women were at the forefront of the demonstrations in Tahrir Square in Cairo", "A massive clean up operation is under way in Germany\n\nGermany's government has hit back at criticism over its warning systems after the worst flooding in decades left at least 160 people dead.\n\nThe deluge caught many off guard, sweeping away houses and leaving residents trapped in rising waters. More than 170 people are still missing.\n\nThe opposition Green Party said the disaster showed Germany must prepare better for extreme weather events.\n\nLocal communities should decide how to respond, he said. Under Germany's political system, regional states are responsible for emergency efforts.\n\n\"It would be completely inconceivable for such a catastrophe to be managed centrally from any one place - you need local knowledge,\" he said.\n\nHe called the criticism \"cheap election rhetoric\". Germany votes in September to elect a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel. She is retiring after 16 years in power.\n\nFlood warning systems sent out alerts a few days before the heavy rain. However, they failed to reach many residents or officials in time.\n\nArmin Schuster, head of the Federal Office for Civil Protection, said \"the warning infrastructure wasn't our problem, but the effectiveness with which authorities and the population reacted to these warnings\".\n\nHe said \"we sent out 150 warnings via our apps, via the media\". But in many cases, he said, it was impossible to predict even half an hour ahead which places would be hit hardest.\n\nBut some have questioned the usefulness of warning apps, as the floods severed many phone links.\n\nMany factors contribute to flooding, but a warming atmosphere caused by climate change makes extreme rainfall more likely.\n\nOn the ground the risk of floods is easing as the weather improves.\n\nIn the severely hit Ahrweiler area, in Rhineland-Palatinate, the death toll rose to 117 on Monday. In North Rhine-Westphalia, at least 46 people died.\n\nA massive clean-up is under way. German media report oil pollution of rivers, including parts of the Rhine, from heating oil in flooded cellars and abandoned cars.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government is considering an aid package of about €400m (£344m; $470m).\n\nDonations, including clothes and other essentials for people left homeless, have poured in from other parts of Germany.\n\nA priority is to provide drinking water. In some flooded areas, officials say, damaged water pipes cannot be repaired quickly.", "Some fully vaccinated frontline NHS staff in England will be allowed to carry on working if exposed to someone with Covid, the government has said, amid concerns over employee shortages.\n\nStaff, including social care, will be exempted from isolating in \"exceptional circumstances\", when absences could lead to a \"significant risk of harm\".\n\nThey will need to show a negative PCR test and take daily lateral flow tests.\n\nIt comes amid a surge in cases and a rise in people told to self-isolate.\n\nMore than 500,000 alerts telling people to quarantine were sent by the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales in the first week of July, with supermarkets among the latest businesses to say they may have to cut opening hours or shut shops due to a lack of staff.\n\nThose \"pinged\" by the app are advised to self-isolate for 10 days, but those contacted by NHS Test and Trace in England via text, email or phone can be fined if they do not self-isolate.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care says the measure is being introduced to \"alleviate pressure on NHS and social care services\".\n\nThe exemption will apply to both staff who have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace and those advised to self-isolate by the app.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"As we learn to live with this virus, it's important that we ensure frontline staff can keep providing the best possible care and support to people up and down the country.\n\n\"These new rules will fortify our collective defences against this awful virus, by allowing fully vaccinated frontline NHS and social care staff to continue to work when needed.\"\n\nThe qualifying criteria will be determined on a case-by-case basis following a risk assessment, the government said.\n\nDr Jenny Harries, UK Health Security Agency chief executive, said guidance had been issued for situations \"where there is a significant risk to health or safety resulting from staff absence or a critical service cannot run\".\n\nThe announcement comes as most legal restrictions on social contact are being lifted in England.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are self-isolating after having contact with Mr Javid, who announced on Saturday that he had tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe UK recorded a further 48,161 cases and 25 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test on Sunday.", "Everyone knows Dominic Cummings's name, and usually not for flattering reasons.\n\nHaving covered politics for nearly 20 years, it is at the heart of my job to get to know senior figures in all the political parties, and advisers in government and in opposition.\n\nBut I have never known a backroom figure who has caused such rage, or who has enjoyed stirring up his opponents quite as much.\n\nIt's no secret that he has fallen out with Boris Johnson in spectacular style. It's hard to think of a bust-up and betrayal that's been as vicious and sustained.\n\nMr Cummings has written thousands of words about what he sees as Mr Johnson's flaws already.\n\nHe gave seven hours of brutally unrelenting evidence to MPs about the many things that he believes went wrong during the government's handling of the pandemic.\n\nThe former aide is an important witness to recent history but has his own agenda, and has been accused of trying to rewrite that history to give himself a more flattering role.\n\nMr Cummings has never before though agreed to sit down and account for his own role in the pandemic, and also be questioned about his own efforts helping Mr Johnson in office, securing a Brexit deal and a huge election victory, or his time as boss of the Vote Leave campaign.\n\nDominic Cummings spent seven hours setting out his grievances during a recent session with MPs\n\nIndeed, the first time that he promised he would do an interview, one day, was after the referendum in 2016, when we asked if he would answer questions about how he ran that campaign, how it behaved, and how it won.\n\nIn the five years that followed so much has happened that has changed the UK.\n\nCummings's detractors would say he is responsible for much of the political trauma. He became a household name because of the public outrage at his journey out of lockdown.\n\nNo-one was closer to the prime minister in government for more than a year.\n\nAside from Mr Johnson himself, perhaps no one else's decisions and judgements counted as much over a crucial period.\n\nArguably, no one other political campaigner's view of the world made such a difference to the country in recent times.\n\nAnd certainly, no one other political adviser has inspired such venom, attracted such conspiracy theories, and launched thousands of memes.\n\nThere are many people in the Conservative Party who believe his credibility is shot because of how he has explicitly tried to attack Mr Johnson in recent months.\n\nMPs have already expressed frustration that, in their view, he hasn't provided overwhelming evidence of the explosive claims he's already made.\n\nGiven his own reputation for provocation and playing with reality as a campaigner, it's not unreasonable to wonder if he can be believed now.\n\nDominic Cummings is not known as a formal dresser\n\nHis arguments at times can seem contradictory, even though it feels like he has clear scripts in his head that he wants to follow.\n\nMr Cummings styles himself as someone who only wants to do what he thinks is the right thing, whatever it takes, and doesn't care very much what anyone else thinks.\n\nDespite his normal sartorial choices - crumpled shirts, beanie hats and tracksuit bottoms while in No 10 - he cared enough when we sat down this month to wear a new shirt for our interview, fresh with creases from the packet.\n\nHe arrived wearing a baseball cap along with his face mask, to avoid being spotted, and pages of scrawled notes in preparation.\n\nAnd rather than slink off into infamy, five years after he first said he would talk, we sat down and spoke for hours with the cameras rolling.\n\nThe interview might make you want to throw rocks at the TV. He might provoke you, in the way that winding his opponents up became his political trademark. His picture of what went on in Downing Street might alarm you too.\n\nBut his claims are very much his version of events.\n\nThey might help you understand more, for better or worse, what has really gone in in the last few years and what his extraordinary fallout with Mr Johnson was really about.\n\nWhatever you think of Dominic Cummings, when big things happened, he was in the room.", "The president promised to be back at work on Monday\n\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been released from hospital four days after being admitted with serious intestine problems.\n\nMr Bolsonaro, 66, had been suffering persistent hiccups for 10 days.\n\nThere have been concerns about the far-right leader's health since he was stabbed in the intestines while campaigning in 2018.\n\nMr Bolsonaro was seriously wounded in the attack and lost 40% of his blood. He has had several operations since.\n\nAfter treatment for an obstruction to the intestine, which did not need surgery, he promised to be back at his office on Monday morning.\n\n\"Only God can remove me from that chair,\" Mr Bolsonaro said upon leaving hospital, in reference to the presidency.\n\n\"I wanted to leave from day one, but they didn't let me. I hope in 10 days I'll be eating barbecued ribs, eating anything,\" he added.\n\nPresident Bolsonaro had tweeted a picture of himself in hospital\n\nHe also rejected recent corruption accusations against his former health minister over negotiations to purchase overpriced coronavirus vaccines.\n\nThe allegations are part of a major congressional inquiry into the Brazilian government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nAfter two-and-a-half years of a controversial presidency, Mr Bolsonaro is under growing pressure over his handling of the pandemic.\n\nAt the beginning of the month, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest over the corruption allegations.\n\nThe Brazilian leader has been heavily criticised for the lack of a national response to the crisis and his scepticism toward vaccines, lockdowns and mask-wearing.\n\nLast month, Covid deaths surpassed 500,000 - the second-highest in the world after the US.\n\nMr Bolsonaro himself caught Covid-19 a year ago but has fully recovered.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bolsonaro removed his mask after announcing he had tested positive for coronavirus", "The government will set out further steps this week on the commissioning of abortion services for Northern Ireland, BBC News NI understands.\n\nIn March, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis took new powers allowing him to direct Stormont to act.\n\nNorthern Ireland's abortion laws changed last year after Westminster acted during the absence of devolution.\n\nBut the commissioning of services has been stalled due to disagreement within the five-party executive.\n\nIn May, the government said if Stormont's Department of Health did not take \"concrete steps\" towards commissioning services before Parliament's summer recess, it stood \"ready to act\".\n\nThe regulations state that the secretary of state is acting as required to uphold legal and human rights duties on Northern Ireland abortion services.\n\nThe Department of Health has maintained that the matter is \"controversial\" and any decision on abortion services must be made by the whole executive.\n\nHowever, Stormont parties remain deadlocked over the issue meaning there has been no movement in recent months.\n\nIn May, proposals from Ulster Unionist Health Minister Robin Swann on commissioning of abortion services were blocked from executive discussion by the DUP.\n\nThe party is opposed to abortion and has previously criticised Mr Lewis for taking powers to act, saying it would have \"serious consequences for devolution\".\n\nSinn Féin, the SDLP and Alliance have said they would support the commissioning of services being imposed by Westminster, if it remains stalled by the executive.\n\nA Westminster source said the government is expected to set out what it will do next towards the end of this week.\n\nAbortion laws changed in Northern Ireland in March 2020, allowing terminations to take place in some circumstances.\n\nAccording to the latest figures from Stormont's Department of Health, 1,556 terminations have taken place in Northern Ireland since March 2020.\n\nBut health trusts have been only carrying out limited services, meaning some women seeking an abortion beyond 10 weeks in their pregnancy have had to travel to Great Britain to access services.\n\nThe delay in commissioning a fully-funded and staffed model is currently being challenged in a judicial review at Belfast's High Court.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nMost legal restrictions imposed to halt the spread of coronavirus in England are lifted today, with the removal of limits on the number of people you can meet or the events you can attend. Some people have already been out clubbing. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still urging caution.\n\nFibre in Leeds was among the clubs opening its doors at midnight on Monday\n\nIn Scotland, you might still be unable to visit nightclubs but pubs and restaurants can now open until midnight, as the nation moves to its lowest level of restrictions. It means up to eight adults from four households can meet indoors at home, and as many as 10 in a pub or restaurant. Up to 15 people from 15 households can meet outdoors, with as many as 200 allowed at weddings and funerals.\n\nAmid rising concerns over shortages caused by the number of people being told to isolate by the NHS Covid-19 app, some fully vaccinated frontline NHS staff in England are to be allowed to carry on working when \"pinged\". Staff, including social care workers, will be exempt from isolating in \"exceptional circumstances\", when absences could lead to a \"significant risk of harm\".\n\nBritish commentator Katie Hopkins will be deported from Australia for bragging about flouting hotel quarantine rules by opening her hotel room door without a mask, says the Canberra government. Ms Hopkins, who was to star in TV's Big Brother Australia, posted a video - now wiped - saying she would \"lie in wait\" for workers to deliver food so she could open the door \"naked with no face mask\".\n\nAs restrictions ease across the UK, most people might be glad to see the end of limits on life. But for some, the switch to online prompted by the pandemic is a development they don't want to see reversed. Author Jase Puddicombe, 27, says it's been \"life-changing\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n...you can remind yourself of any changes to rules or restrictions wherever you live, by checking our guide.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The night time industry has been \"taken by surprise\" by the announcement that it will become a requirement to be fully vaccinated in order to attend clubs and other crowded venues in England, says Sacha Lord, night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester.\n\nHe says: \"I am not a scientist or a doctor, but I am deeply concerned by the discriminatory nature for those who either can't have the vaccine for medical reasons or age, or who do not want to. Surely these answers should have been given at the same time as this announcement.\"\n\nHe continues: \"Where does this leave festivals or live music events catering specifically for teenagers or children who aren't being vaccinated? Does this now mean young people, who have already suffered hugely during this pandemic, now won't be able to experience the thrill of seeing their favourite artist on stage?\n\n\"With this one move, the Government appears to have wiped out live gigs for a whole generation.\"\n\nHe adds that there are \"questions over how these checks will be enforced\" and about the financial impact of nightclubs competing with pubs and bars without such restrictions.\n\n\"I have been in the nightlife and events industry for over 25 years, but I cannot see any reason why anyone would now want to enter this sector with such financially damaging restrictions in place,\" he adds.", "More than 600 self-service ticket machines were installed at stations across the north of England\n\nNorthern rail's new self-service ticket machines have been targeted by a suspected ransomware cyber-attack.\n\nThe system has been offline since last week and an investigation is under way.\n\nIt comes just two months after 621 of the touch-screen units were installed at 420 stations across the north of England at a cost of £17m.\n\nThe government-run operator said it had taken \"swift action\" along with its supplier, Flowbird, and customer and payment data had not been compromised.\n\nOnly the servers which operate the ticket machines have been affected, Northern said.\n\n\"This is the subject of an ongoing investigation with our supplier, but indications are that the ticket machine service has been subject to a ransomware cyber-attack,\" it confirmed.\n\nFlowbird said the problem was first identified through cyber monitoring systems.\n\n\"We immediately instigated our major incident procedure in order to protect other parts of the network and our checks have shown there has been no compromise to any personal data,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nNorthern's website said there had been a fault with the self-service ticket machines and it had been experiencing \"technical difficulties\".\n\nCustomers have been advised to use either its app or website to buy tickets in advance, and they can be collected from one of its ticket offices.\n\n\"We are working to restore normal operation to our ticket machines as soon as possible,\" it added.\n\n\"Customers who have already bought tickets to be collected at a machine, or who would normally use 'promise to pay' slips, should board their booked service and either speak to the conductor or to Northern staff at their destination station.\"\n\nNorthern, which was previously operated by Arriva Rail North, was taken over by the government last year after a series of problems including a timetable change which led to delays and cancellations to services.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard regularly received death threats after the publication of the cartoon in 2005\n\nKurt Westergaard, a Danish cartoonist whose caricature of the Prophet Muhammad outraged many Muslims worldwide, has died at the age of 86.\n\nHe died after a long illness, his family told the Berlingske newspaper on Sunday.\n\nWestergaard was a cartoonist for the conservative Jyllands-Posten newspaper from the early 1980s.\n\nHe became world famous in 2005 for his controversial image of the Prophet Muhammad in the newspaper.\n\nHe was behind the most controversial one of 12 cartoons published by the newspaper to make a point about self-censorship and criticism of Islam. It showed the prophet wearing a turban in the shape of a bomb.\n\nImages of the Prophet Muhammad are taboo in Islamic tradition and many Muslims considered the cartoons extremely and deliberately offensive.\n\nThe cartoons led to protests in Denmark and across the Muslim world. Danish embassies were attacked and dozens died in the riots that followed.\n\nThe publication of the cartoons has left a lasting legacy. In 2015, 12 people were killed in an attack by Islamist militants on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had published the cartoons.\n\nWestergaard also received several death threats and was a target of assassination attempts. He first went into hiding but then decided to live openly in a heavily fortified home.\n\nIn 2008, Danish authorities charged three people with planning to murder Westergaard. Two years later they caught a man armed with a knife breaking into his home. Mohamed Geele was later convicted of attempted murder and terrorism and was jailed for nine years.\n\nIn his later years, Westergaard had to live with a bodyguard at secret addresses.\n\nSpeaking to Reuters news agency in 2008, Westergaard said he had no regrets about his drawing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Many media organisations found ways of covering the story without showing the cartoons\n\nHe said the cartoon had generated \"important\" discussion about the place of Islam in Western countries with secular values.\n\n\"I would do it the same way (again) because I think that this cartoon crisis in a way is a catalyst which is intensifying the adaptation of Islam,\" he said.\n\n\"We are discussing the two cultures, the two religions as never before and that is important.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn American father and son have been sentenced for their role in ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan in 2019.\n\nThe Tokyo court sentenced US Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor to two years in prison.\n\nHis son Peter was handed a term of one year and eight months.\n\nThe pair were extradited from the US over claims they smuggled Mr Ghosn out of Japan in a luggage box on a private jet as he awaited trial.\n\nJapanese prosecutors had been seeking prison terms of two years and 10 months for Michael Taylor and two years and six months for Peter.\n\nThey were accused of orchestrating Mr Ghosn's escape to Lebanon from western Japan's Kansai airport in December 2019 and receiving $1.3m (£950,000) for their services.\n\nBoth had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges and said that they regretted their actions.\n\nPrivate security specialist Michael Taylor and his son Peter fought a months-long battle to avoid extradition over the case, before the US Supreme Court handed them over to the Japanese authorities in March.\n\nThe former Nissan boss is now an international fugitive living in his childhood home of Lebanon, which has no extradition treaty with Japan.\n\nMr Ghosn was on bail while awaiting trial on four counts of financial misconduct, which he denies, when he managed to slip past authorities in a case and onto a private jet, the court heard.\n\nUS prosecutors called his escape \"one of the most brazen and well-orchestrated escape acts in recent history\".\n\nMichael Taylor and his son Peter posed as musicians to help Carlos Ghosn escape\n\nAfter his arrival in Lebanon, Mr Ghosn said he was a \"hostage\" in Japan, left with a choice between dying there or running.\n\nA Turkish court convicted an executive of Turkish jet company MNG and two pilots over their role in flying him out of Japan.\n\nMr Ghosn was first arrested on charges of financial misconduct in November 2018 for allegedly under-reporting his pay package for the five years to 2015.\n\nIn an exclusive interview with the BBC broadcast earlier this month, Mr Ghosn told of how he disguised himself to slip unnoticed through the streets of Tokyo, why a large music equipment box was chosen to smuggle him out of Japan and the elation he felt when he finally landed in his native Lebanon.\n\nYou can watch Storyville Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight on iPlayer.", "Amanda Harris is using a wheelchair, trike, and crutches to navigate the path\n\nA lack of information about disabled access at some of Wales' tourism destinations is a \"restriction on freedom\", says a campaign group.\n\nDisability Wales said some locations were seen as no-go areas for wheelchair users and people with mobility issues.\n\nThe problem has been highlighted by one partially paralysed woman, who is attempting to navigate the Wales Coastal Path.\n\nAmanda Harris has started working with path teams to identify improvements.\n\nThe 47-year-old was badly injured in a cycling accident seven years ago.\n\nShe has become determined to complete the 870-mile (1,400km) coastal challenge, using a wheelchair, trike, and crutches when necessary.\n\n\"A few years ago, after my injury I thought perhaps I wouldn't be able to get out and explore these places,\" said Ms Harris, who lives in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nA view over the beach at Llangrannog, Ceredigion, from the Wales Coast Path\n\nHer injury means she can only walk for short distances and she uses a wheelchair.\n\n\"It is all about improving information. There is a lack of information at the moment,\" she said.\n\n\"I've been relying on people to tell me what's accessible and what's not.\n\n\"And that's quite hard because I don't know if it's accessible for me.\n\n\"Every mobility problem is different, so what someone sees is accessible might not be to me.\n\n\"So, it's about getting that information out there so people can see what the terrain is like and make a decision for themselves.\"\n\nAmanda Harris has completed 50 miles so far on the Wales Coastal Path\n\nMiranda Evans, policy and programmes manager at Disability Wales, said the issue \"takes away disabled people's freedom\".\n\n\"There needs to be a solution that doesn't restrict disabled people's access, because it also affects parents, carers and other family members,\" she said.\n\n\"On certain beauty spots, and along the coastal path, disabled people might have to turn around and go home because they can't progress on their routes.\n\n\"It destroys the experience and knocks people's confidence, and they're not likely to venture that far afield again because it's very restrictive.\"\n\nThe campaign group said it wanted better information online \"at our fingertips\".\n\nTricia Cottnam is the officer for the south Wales section of the coastal path which covers the route between Gower in the west and Chepstow in the east.\n\n\"What we are trying to do is get as many people as possible to use the path,\" she said.\n\n\"There are going to be limitations because of its very nature.\"\n\nPart of the Wales Coast Path at Overton on the Gower Peninsula\n\nOpened in 2012, the path became the first in the world to stretch the length of entire nation's coast from the Dee estuary in Flintshire, to the Severn estuary in Monmouthshire.\n\n\"You will come across rocky surfaces on cliffs, steep gradients and sand dunes but that's the nature and the beauty of the coast path,\" said Ms Cottnam.\n\n\"But there are small changes we can make, where we can explain about the gradients, explain about the type of surface there might be, what type of gates or stiles are on parts of the path, so people can decide whether to make that journey or not.\n\n\"And it's all about description and not prescription. It can't be one size fits all. We must be flexible.\"\n\nFor Ms Harris, a former patient at Cardiff's Rookwood Hospital, the challenge of the path is proving harder than she expected.\n\nShe has completed 50 miles so far (80km), and has been raising money for Horatio's Garden, which creates gardens in NHS spinal injury centres, and the Rookwood Spur charity.\n\nThe money will provide a tranquil space for spinal injury patients at Llandough Hospital in the Vale of Glamorgan, which is where the new Welsh Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Centre is being located, to replace facilities at the Rookwood site.\n\n\"There's already areas which I think could be improved such as access alongside stiles and dropped curbs in some places, and I've already fed that information back to Wales Coast Path,\" said Ms Harris.\n\n\"I know certain areas in the Gower, Pembrokeshire, Llŷn Peninsula, aren't going to be accessible for me but I have a team of helpers who will do these parts I can't do.\n\n\"It's going to be a great journey.\n\n\"I'm loving that I'm finding places that are accessible and getting that information out there and improving the situation for a lot of people.\"", "One of Aneurin Bevan's slogans - \"We will Tredegarise you\" - is on the wall\n\nA building that was pivotal in the formation of the NHS opens to the public later and it is hoped it will help rejuvenate a Blaenau Gwent town.\n\nNumber 10, The Circle, was home to the Tredegar Medical Aid Society, which was used as a blueprint by Aneurin Bevan when he set up the National Health Service for the UK in 1948.\n\nHowever, the building became derelict.\n\nThe Coalfields Regeneration Trust bought it in 2019 and hopes it will make Tredegar a \"destination town\".\n\n\"This small but important building helped pioneer healthcare as we know it today,\" the trust said.\n\n\"The NHS has been vital in the fight against Covid-19 and now more than ever we should celebrate the role a Welsh town played in helping inspire the creation of this vitally important service.\"\n\nSet up in 1890, the Tredegar Medical Aid Society aimed to provide healthcare free at the point of use for coal and iron workers and their families.\n\nThe original sign for the building will go on display\n\nDespite the legacy it left, the building on The Circle was neglected, with Mr Bevan's old office turned into a store room and old artefacts left scattered around.\n\nNow, after being given a new lease of life through a £500,000 investment, it will celebrate the social and political history of the town.\n\nAs well as explaining to visitors the history of the NHS, the new heritage centre will direct them to other nearby landmarks such as Bedwellty House, the Chartist Cave and the Aneurin Bevan memorial stones.\n\nTredegar has many important landmarks, such as Bedwellty House, where political heavyweights including Mr Bevan and former Labour party leaders Michael Foot and Neil Kinnock once debated\n\n\"The Coalfields Regeneration Trust purchased the building in recognition of its huge importance to the history of Tredegar and the formation of the NHS and its potential as a heritage centre to tell a great story and to help regenerate the town centre,\" said head of operations Alun Taylor.\n\nSet up to support former mining communities across the UK, the trust is planning similar initiatives in towns across the valleys.\n\nAreas of the building have been recreated to show how they would have looked at the time\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some fully vaccinated people in critical roles in England will be able to continue working even if told to self-isolate after being in close contact with someone who has Covid.\n\nInstead those eligible - including NHS and care staff - will be able to take daily tests, the government said.\n\nA list of critical workers is due to be published, but the PM said it included food, utility and border staff.\n\nIt follows mounting criticism of the impact of self-isolation on industry.\n\nThose eligible will be specifically named on a letter from a government department. \"This is not a blanket exemption for any sector or role,\" a government spokesman said.\n\nThe new rule is limited to those without Covid symptoms and was announced as most remaining curbs in England ended on Monday, including face mask laws.\n\nMeanwhile, a further 39,950 cases were recorded on Monday alongside another 19 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told a news conference that test, trace and isolate was still an \"essential\" part of the government's Covid response.\n\nHe said close contacts of positive cases were five times more likely to contract Covid and that a \"continuing sacrifice\" would be required.\n\nSpeaking while isolating at his country residence, Mr Johnson said workers involved in the supply of food, water and electricity, as well as staff on the border and on the railways, would be among those exempt from self-isolation.\n\nBut he said this would be for work purposes only and involve a \"very, very small number of named critical workers\" with employers contacted by letter.\n\nHe added that the government did not want to \"extend it too widely because this is one of the few shots we've got left in our locker to stop the chain reaction of the spread of Covid\".\n\nAlthough it was unclear exactly which jobs would be eligible, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi earlier confirmed the change would apply to health and social care workers in England.\n\nIn Scotland, NHS staff will shortly receive similar guidance on self-isolation, deputy chief medical officer Dr Dave Caesar said.\n\nIt came as Mr Zahawi confirmed a limited group of children, many with underlying conditions, would be eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as soon as possible in England.\n\nHe also confirmed that proof of full vaccination would be required in \"large crowded settings\" such as nightclubs from the end of September in England - after all over-18s have had the chance to receive both vaccine doses.\n\nUnder current self-isolation rules in England, anyone who is traced as a close contact of a confirmed positive case must isolate for 10 days, whether or not they have received both doses of a vaccine.\n\nAn upcoming change from 16 August will mean people who are fully vaccinated will be able to skip isolation by taking a daily Covid test.\n\nUnder-18s will also no longer be required to self-isolate from 16 August if they are contact traced.\n\nSimilar rules are due to come into force in Scotland from 9 August - and in Wales from 7 August.\n\nMr Johnson, along with Chancellor Rishi Sunak, is self-isolating after being in close contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive over the weekend after feeling unwell on Friday evening.\n\nThe PM appeared at Monday's news conference via video call from Buckinghamshire, alongside England's deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam and the UK's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance in Downing Street.\n\nAmid a surge in infections linked to the Delta virus variant, a BBC analysis previously showed more than 4.5 million people could be asked to self-isolate between 7 July and 16 August.\n\nFigures last week showed more than 530,000 contact tracing alerts were sent from the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales between 1 July and 7 July.\n\nPeople can also be told to self-isolate through a separate process run by NHS Test and Trace backed by laws.\n\nPub chains, supermarkets and other businesses have warned of the crippling effect blanket stay-at-home orders for close contacts were having on their operations.\n\nTheatre impresario Andrew Lloyd-Webber said on Monday that self-isolation rules had forced the cancellation of performances of his new West End show Cinderella.\n\nEach UK nation is in charge of its own coronavirus regulations. England ended most of its remaining restrictions on Monday, while Scotland also eased some curbs as it moved to level zero.\n\nSome restrictions were lifted in Wales on Saturday, bringing an end to social-distancing outside. In Northern Ireland, a new Covid-19 certificate app is being prepared for launch next week amid a \"final push\" to get younger people vaccinated.\n\nThe number of daily Covid cases is often lower at the beginning of the week due to reporting delays and a \"weekend effect\".\n\nThe number of patients admitted to hospital with Covid in the last seven days was 39.5% higher than the previous week, government data showed, with 4,317 admissions over the latest period.\n\nThe number of deaths in the last seven days was 48% higher than the previous week, with 296 recorded.", "Oil producing nations have agreed to increase their output, with the aim of reducing prices and easing pressure on the world economy.\n\nThe Opec cartel and partners such as Russia will boost supply from August after prices climbed to two-and-half-year highs during the pandemic.\n\nThe move should have an impact on petrol prices at the pump, which have also rocketed.\n\nThe price of Brent crude oil is up 43% this year to almost $74 a barrel.\n\nLast year, Opec and its partners cut production by a record 10 million barrels per day (bpd) amid a pandemic-induced slump in demand and collapsing prices.\n\nHowever, this year the price of oil has surged as economies have reopened, contributing to rising inflation in some countries and threatening to put the brakes on the global recovery.\n\nOil producers have been seeking to ease the cuts, but a row between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates threatened to derail the plans earlier in July.\n\nAbu Dhabi had blocked a proposal by Riyadh and Moscow to extend output curbs to 2022 after they rejected its demand to produce more oil.\n\nThe unusually public dispute between the close allies had raised fears about the stability of the \"Opec +\" cartel, which controls more than 50% of the world's oil supplies.\n\nUnder the new deal, Opec and partners have agreed to increase supply by a further two million barrels per day from August until December 2021 to help stabilise the market.\n\nHigher output quotas have also been agreed for several members from May 2022, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Kuwait and Iraq.\n\nThe cartel said it would phase out by September 2022 oil production cuts that were brought in last year.\n\nRussian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told public television channel Rossia 24 that the members had been \"constructive\" and found \"consensus\".\n\n\"The pandemic is not yet overcome, but we are seeing that thanks to vaccination all over the world, demand for our production is recovering as is the use of cars and air planes,\" he said.\n\n\"It is therefore very important for us to fulfil our responsibilities and allow a recovery of the world economy.\"", "Two South Africa footballers have become the first competitors to test positive for coronavirus in the athletes' village in Tokyo - five days before the start of the Olympic Games.\n\nMeanwhile, six athletes and two staff members from Team GB's athletics team, who were required to self-isolate after being identified as close contacts with a fellow passenger on their inbound flight to Japan, have resumed training.\n\nThe athletes have all produced multiple negative PCR results during their time in isolation.\n\nSouth Africa's Football Association confirmed Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi as their positive cases.\n\nMario Masha, the South Africa football team's video analyst, also tested positive on Saturday.\n\nOrganisers say 21 South Africa players and officials have been identified as close contacts.\n\nThey are confined to their rooms in the Olympic village, with all of their meals delivered to the door, and they must take daily PCR tests.\n\nAll the results on Sunday were negative and as long as that continues, the squad will be will be allowed to train in a bubble as they prepare for their match against Japan on Thursday.\n• None American Coco Gauff latest tennis star to withdraw from Olympics after positive Covid test\n\n\"We have three positive cases of Covid-19 in the camp here, two players and an official,\" said South Africa team manager Mxolisi Sibam.\n\n\"There is daily screening which included taking temperature and saliva testing.\n\n\"Masha and Monyane reported high temperatures and positive saliva tests and were then taken to do the nasal test, which we all had initially taken - and they unfortunately tested positive for Covid through that test. Mahlatsi is the latest player to go through the same process.\"\n\nMonyane, a right-back with Orlando Pirates in his homeland, posted on social media when the team arrived in Tokyo.\n\nSouth Africa Sevens rugby coach Neil Powell also tested positive on Sunday on arrival in Japan and is now isolating in Kagoshima, where the squad is based for a pre-Games training camp.\n\nOn Monday, the Czech Olympic Committee announced that beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic had tested positive in the athletes' village, two days after a staff member had tested positive following their arrival in Tokyo on a charter flight from Prague.\n\nOrganisers had earlier announced six new cases connected to the Olympics including media, contractors and other personnel, though none of those were in the village.\n\nThat brings the total number of positive cases to 62, with 29 among the 22,000 accredited people who have arrived from abroad.\n\nInfection rates are rising among the general population of Tokyo, topping 1,000 new cases for four consecutive days. Polls show many Japanese people oppose holding the Games with the influx of overseas visitors it entails.\n\nOne of the Games' sponsors, Toyota, said its executives would not be attending Friday's opening ceremony, an event spectators were already unable to attend.\n\nThe manufacturer also confirmed it would not run any Olympics-related adverts in Japan because of the uncertainty around the Games among the country's population, though adverts would still be aired internationally.\n• None Athletes 'probably very worried' - Games chief after positive test in village\n\nThe British Olympic Association (BOA) said six athletes and two staff members from the athletics team were identified as close contacts of an individual who is not from the Team GB delegation in Tokyo and were required to self-isolate in their rooms at the association's preparation camp.\n\nThe athletes have since been cleared to return to training after they all produced multiple negative PCR results, though they are training away from other Team GB athletes at present as a precaution.\n\nIn response to the initial news of the isolation, British athlete Taylor Campbell, who will compete in the hammer throw in Tokyo, said cases like this would be \"unavoidable\".\n\n\"I'm on a flight now with GB members and instead of putting us together at the back of the flight we are mixed among the public,\" he tweeted.\n\n\"We asked at the desk to be moved next to other team members onto empty rows but weren't allowed to change our seat. We have trained hard to get in this position to now risk it all on something out of our control.\"\n\nSpeaking on Saturday, Games chief Seiko Hashimoto said: \"Athletes who are coming to Japan are probably very worried. I understand that.\n\n\"We are doing everything to prevent any Covid outbreaks. If we end up with an outbreak we will make sure we have a plan in place to respond.\"\n\nAustralia's entire athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics were quarantined in their rooms on Saturday at their pre-Games training camp in Cairns, following a Covid-19 scare.\n\nAn inconclusive test had been returned by an official but subsequent tests were negative, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirmed on Sunday.\n\nAthletes have since been permitted to compete in a warm-up event.\n\n\"My understanding is [Athletics Australia] applied an abundance of caution,\" said David Hughes, the AOC's chief medical officer.\n\nDr Brian McCloskey, who has overseen the Covid counter-measures at Tokyo 2020, has suggested the risk of the virus spreading during the Games is minimal and that the positive cases announced over the weekend were proof the system to reduce infection was working.\n\n\"What we're seeing is what we expected to see,\" said McCloskey, who is an expert in emergency planning and led the planning operation for public health services at the London 2012 Olympics.\n\n\"If I thought that all the tests that we did were going to negative then I wouldn't bother doing the tests in the first place. We do the tests because they are a way of filtering out people who might be developing an infection who might become a risk later.\n\n\"Each layer of filtering is a reduction of risk for everybody else and that's what we expected to see. The numbers we're seeing are actually extremely low. They're probably lower than we expected to see if anything.\n\n\"We know that nine out of ten people close contacting do not get coronavirus and do not spread it to anyone else and therefore the science suggests that penalising all ten is illogical. So what we try to do is focus on the measures that reduce the risk as much as possible and that's by making sure they don't interact with other people.\n\n\"There are no absolute certainties in the world, coronavirus or anything else, so I'm not going to start and guarantee people won't be close-contacted out of the Games. All I will say is it is as unlikely to happen as we can make it.\n\n\"If it happens, we manage the situation to ensure it doesn't pose a risk to anybody else.\"\n• None How to be a teenager and an elite athlete: Hear from one of the youngest participants at Tokyo 2020\n• None George the Poet is back with season three of his award-winning podcast", "Hundreds of bags of rubbish were collected from Snowdonia in the last year\n\nThe rise in people exploring the UK's beauty spots has seen a rise in countryside litter.\n\nWith staycations on the rise because of foreign travel restrictions, a national park has asked litter-bugs to confess: \"Why did you mess up our mountains?\"\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority hopes visitors who dropped litter will anonymously say why they did it in an online survey.\n\nPark bosses want to know why some people did not take their rubbish home.\n\nWales' beauty spots have seen large visitor numbers during the coronavirus lockdown and Snowdonia, the 823-sq mile (2,130 sq km) area around Snowdon, has seen its fair share of litter.\n\nAbout 600,000 people a year climb Wales' highest peak, at the heart of Wales' oldest national park, but some do not take their rubbish home.\n\nAbout 200 bags of litter were collected from the slopes of Snowdon in the two months over the summer of 2020, according to a group of volunteers who have helped with litter picks\n\nThe park authority has said firepits, camping gear, cigarettes and even human waste have been just some things left behind by visitors.\n\nVolunteers have been helping keep the slopes of Snowdon litter free\n\nNow Angela Jones, the national park's partnerships manager, is hoping to learn why some people drop litter instead of taking it with them.\n\nQuestions on the survey ask people why some left their camping equipment behind and who visitors think is responsible for clearing up any rubbish.\n\n\"The gathering insights bit is the tricky bit,\" said Ms Jones. \"We want to get the people who have done it tell us why.\"\n\nSnowdon is the highest peak in Wales at 3,560ft (1,085m)\n\nRubbish was dumped outside places like the Snowdon summit cafe\n\nThe authority has been distributing the questionnaire using social media.\n\n\"But if we get enough people to fill it in, we can get a better understanding.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe park authority is working with Bangor University on the project and will analyse the answers to help the authority reduce litter in Snowdonia.\n\n\"Hopefully, we'll have an impact,\" said Ms Jones. \"It's worth trying to help us understand what people are thinking.\"\n\nThe Snowdonia litter survey will close at the end of May.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die\", Dominic Cummings told MPs\n\nThousands of people died needlessly as a result of government mistakes in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Dominic Cummings has said.\n\nThe PM's former top aide said Boris Johnson was \"unfit for the job\", claiming he had ignored scientific advice and wrongly delayed lockdowns.\n\nHe also claimed Matt Hancock should have been fired for lying - something denied by the health secretary.\n\n\"Tens of thousands of people died, who didn't need to die,\" Mr Cummings added.\n\nAt a marathon seven-hour evidence session, the former Downing Street insider painted a picture of policy failure, dithering and a government that had no useful plan for handling a pandemic.\n\nHe told MPs: \"The truth is that senior ministers, senior officials, senior advisers like me fell disastrously short of the standards that the public has a right to expect of its government in a crisis like this.\"\n\nHe added: \"I would like to say to all the families of those who died unnecessarily how sorry I am for the mistakes that were made and for my own mistakes at that.\"\n\nMr Cummings - who was forced out of Number 10 at the end of last year after an internal power struggle - said those on the front line of the pandemic were like \"lions\" being \"led by donkeys\".\n\nBut he claimed Mr Johnson had told him he liked to be surrounded by \"chaos\" in Downing Street, because it meant everyone had to look to the PM \"to see who is in charge\".\n\nAsked if he thought Mr Johnson was a \"fit and proper person\" to get the UK through the pandemic, Mr Cummings replied: \"No.\"\n\nMr Johnson hit back at some of his former aide's allegations at Prime Minister's Questions, insisting that the government's priority had always been to \"save lives\".\n\nBut Mr Cummings said that despite nearly losing his own life to Covid, the PM thought the first national lockdown, on 23 March last year, had been a mistake - and he was against a so-called \"circuit breaker\" lockdown in autumn 2020 for economic reasons, despite scientific advice.\n\nAsked on what basis the PM had taken this decision, Mr Cummings said: \"He wasn't taking any advice, he was just taking his own decision that he was going to ignore the advice.\"\n\nHe added: \"The cabinet wasn't involved or asked.\"\n\nAsked if the prime minister had said he would rather see \"bodies pile high\" than take the country into a third lockdown, as reported by the BBC, Mr Cummings said: \"I heard that in the prime minister's study.\"\n\nThe former adviser reserved his most savage criticism for Matt Hancock, claiming the health secretary should have been fired for \"15 to 20\" different things - accusing him of \"criminal, disgraceful behaviour that caused serious harm\".\n\nHe said he had repeatedly called on Mr Johnson to sack Mr Hancock, calling him \"completely incapable of doing the job\".\n\nThe prime minister had been furious when he came back to work after recovering from coronavirus to find that untested patients had been discharged to care homes in England, thereby allowing the virus to spread, Mr Cummings claimed.\n\nBoth he and the PM had been told \"categorically in March that people will be tested before they went back to care homes\".\n\nSubsequent government claims about putting a \"shield\" around care homes were \"complete nonsense\", he said.\n\nMr Cummings also attacked Mr Hancock over PPE shortages, and accused him of \"disgraceful behaviour\" in setting a \"stupid\" target of offering 100,000 Covid tests a day, which he said had disrupted wider work to establish the test and trace system.\n\nCommittee chairman Greg Clark said Mr Cummings must provide written evidence to back up his claims about Mr Hancock, who will be quizzed by the MPs in two weeks' time.\n\nMr Hancock said he had not seen Mr Cummings' evidence in full adding \"instead I've been dealing with getting the vaccination rollout going, especially to over-30s, and saving lives\".\n\nHowever he added that he would have \"more to say\" when he gives a statement to the House of Commons on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock: \"I haven't seen the performance today in full\"\n\nEarlier, a spokesman for Mr Hancock said: \"We absolutely reject Mr Cummings' claims about the health secretary.\n\n\"The health secretary will continue to work closely with the prime minister to deliver the vaccine rollout, tackle the risks posed by variants and support the NHS and social care sector to recover from this pandemic.\"\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said the \"very grave allegations\" appeared to be \"well-founded\" and the health secretary \"needs to give us an explanation\" if the country is to \"maintain confidence in him\".\n\nIn other explosive claims, Mr Cummings said:\n\nMr Cummings was questioned by the Health and Science select committees, for their inquiry into \"lessons learnt\" on the government's response to the pandemic.\n\nBefore the hearing began, he tweeted a picture of a whiteboard on which the government's \"plan B\" for the first wave of the virus was sketched out.\n\nDominic Cummings has tweeted a series of whiteboard images relating to Covid meetings\n\nHe told the MPs the original plan had been for limited intervention, with the hope of achieving \"herd immunity\", and he was \"completely baffled\" by Downing Street's denial of this.\n\nHe said the herd immunity strategy was abandoned when the scale of the death toll that would result from it became clear.\n\nMr Cummings was frank about some of his own failings - and admitted that his defence of a trip to County Durham during the first lockdown had \"undermined public confidence\".\n\nBut he said he had made the journey due to threats against his family - and he defended his claim that he had driven his family to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight, saying the story was too \"weird\" to have been made up.\n\nHe also gave his version of his departure from Downing Street, saying his relationship with Mr Johnson had broken down after the second national lockdown in October.\n\n\"The fact that his girlfriend (Carrie Symonds) also wanted rid of me was relevant but not the heart of the problem,\" he told MPs.\n\nHe said he regarded Mr Johnson as \"unfit for the job\" and that he had been \"trying to create a structure around him (the PM) to try and stop what I thought were extremely bad decisions and push other things through against his wishes\".\n\nHe also described how a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee on 12 March had been disrupted by US President Donald Trump wanting to start a \"bombing campaign\" against Iraq.\n\nAt the same time, he added, Mr Johnson's partner Carrie Symonds was \"going crackers\" about a \"completely trivial\" story in the Times regarding the dog she co-owned with the prime minister.\n\nResponding to Mr Cummings' evidence, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said: \"Boris Johnson's casual disregard for the safety of the British people has had fatal consequences.\n\n\"From care homes to borders, repeatedly locking down too late and failing to learn from his mistakes, the PM's decisions and failures resulted in tens of thousands of avoidable deaths.\"\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson told MPs: \"The handling of this pandemic has been one of the most difficult things this country has had to do for a very long time and none of the decisions have been easy,\" he said.\n\n\"To go into a lockdown is a traumatic thing for a country, to deal with a pandemic on this scale has been appallingly difficult, and we have at every stage tried to minimise loss of life, to save lives, to protect the NHS and we have followed the best scientific advice that we can.\"\n\nHe added that he had not seen Mr Cummings' evidence to the select committee.\n\nConservative MP Tobias Ellwood defended the prime minister, saying that ministers should be free to speak their minds and even ask \"silly questions\" without \"fear that one day they may be quoted or misquoted back to you\".\n\n\"That completely diminishes the competence of the No 10 machine,\" he told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\nMore than 127,000 people diagnosed with coronavirus have died in the UK since the start of the pandemic.", "Broadcaster Guto Harri has quit GB News after he was suspended for taking the knee during a discussion about racism towards England's black footballers.\n\nHarri confirmed his decision to leave the new channel to BBC Wales on Sunday.\n\nLast week, GB News apologised after the TV journalist made the gesture, which it said breached its standards.\n\nOn Friday, incoming presenter and former Ukip leader Nigel Farage said he \"will not be taking the knee for anyone\" on his new show.\n\nIn his resignation letter, seen by the BBC, Harri asked the organisation to \"please explain how that [Farage's stance] does not breach editorial standards but I did\".\n\nThe BBC has asked GB News for a comment.\n\nWriting in The Sunday Times, Harri, a former BBC correspondent and advisor to Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London, noted how when he had joined the new channel he \"liked and trusted those in charge and supported the broad vision\".\n\nHowever, he declared that GB News was \"rapidly becoming an absurd parody of what it proclaimed to be\".\n\nHe said he had discussed taking the knee with colleagues and superiors prior to doing so on-air and was not asked to refrain from doing so.\n\n\"GB News captured the moment and proudly cascaded it through social media,\" he wrote. \"Watch five minutes of the channel and you'll see how presenters are encouraged to speak freely, confront sensitive subjects, engage in difficult debates and make a case.\n\nGuto Harri is a former GB News and BBC journalist, who was also a former advisor to Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London\n\n\"However, what followed was a tsunami of disappointment, resentment and hate. Old friends were amused to see me described as woke and Marxist. By Thursday night, the boss called and I'd been taken off air for the summer.\"\n\nHe added: \"Whatever nerdy academics tell you about Black Lives Matter associations, taking the knee is now a simple, bold statement that you reject racism. And if that's an issue for a channel or government, it's a big problem for all of us.\"\n\nHis actions sparked a backlash and boycott threat from some viewers, prompting officials from the channel to admit: \"We let both sides of the argument down by oversimplifying a very complex issue.\"\n\nGB News chair Andrew Neil has said the channel is \"finding its feet\" but has a \"great future\" ahead of it.\n\nMeanwhile, another GB News presenter, Alistair Stewart, will be off air for a while after one of his horses bolted and knocked him over, breaking his hip.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Video conferencing firm Zoom has struck a multibillion dollar deal to buy a cloud-based call centre operator in a bet on the future of hybrid working.\n\nThe firm announced the $14.7bn (£10.7bn) acquisition of Five9 in a blog post on Sunday.\n\nZoom boss Eric Yuan said the deal would allow its customers to \"reimagine the way they do business\".\n\nIt marks the firm's biggest takeover, and comes even though staff are beginning to return to the office.\n\nInvestors have been watching for clues as to how the firm would fare as social distancing restrictions lift and more people are vaccinated.\n\nThe pandemic, which prompted an abrupt shift to remote work for many businesses around the world, transformed Zoom into a household name practically overnight.\n\nZoom has said it does not expect growth to continue at the pace it enjoyed last year, but so far business remains strong.\n\nThe company expects sales to rise more than 40% this year, reaching more than $3.7bn (£2.66bn).\n\nIn the last three months of 2020, sales were up 370% compared to the same period in 2019, hitting $882.5m, it said in March.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From pet and child interruptions to catching fire, here's a look at the times online meetings went wrong\n\nThe firm, which charges businesses for its remote meeting software in addition to more limited free use for the general public, said the acquisition of Five9 marked a shift in strategy. It is now prioritising its cloud-calling product Zoom Phone and conference-hosting product Zoom Rooms.\n\n\"This acquisition is... positioning us to accelerate Zoom's growth and play an even stronger role in driving the digital future, bringing companies and their customers closer together,\" its founder Eric Yuan said.\n\nFive9's call centre software is used by more than 2,000 clients such as Under Armour, Lululemon and Olympus, and the deal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2022 having been approved by the boards of both companies.\n\n\"This is a high-priced deal which appears to attempt to build out the Zoom Phone offering,\" said Neil Campling, an analyst at Mirabaud Securities.\n\nBut he added: \"Paying such a high price for a non-differentiated offering smacks of attempts to move into adjacent markets as Zoom fatigue sets in.\"\n\nA question mark has been raised over the future of hybrid working, although other tech firms such as Google and Microsoft have invested in their video-conferencing offer during the pandemic.\n\nBut others such as global workspace provider IWG have said that they expect working from home some of the time will become the norm - especially as firms will be looking to save money and be more environmentally-friendly by using less office space.", "Przystal said she was \"beyond excited\" to be joining Strictly Come Dancing\n\nA winning performer on BBC One's The Greatest Dancer is to join Strictly Come Dancing's professional line-up.\n\nPoland's Jowita Przystal, who won 2020's series of The Greatest Dancer with partner Michael Danilczuk, is one of four new additions to the team.\n\nUkraine's Nikita Kuzmin, South Africa's Cameron Lombard and Kai Widdrington from the UK have also been recruited.\n\nThe announcement comes after Anton Du Beke and Janette Manrara left the pro dancer line-up to take on other roles.\n\nDu Beke is to replace Bruno Tonioli on the judging panel for the next series of Strictly, having briefly filled in for Motsi Mabuse in 2020.\n\nManrara, meanwhile, is replacing Zoe Ball as the host of Strictly's spin-off show Strictly: It Takes Two.\n\nAljaž Škorjanec, Giovanni Pernice, Gorka Marquez, Graziano Di Prima, Johannes Radebe and Neil Jones will return to complete the male contingent of professionals.\n\nThey will be joined by their returning female counterparts Amy Dowden, Dianne Buswell, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Luba Mushtuk, Nadiya Bychkova, Nancy Xu and Oti Mabuse.\n\nMichael Danilczuk and Jowita Przystal with Oti Mabuse after winning The Greatest Dancer\n\nMabuse will be familiar with Przystal, having been a celebrity dance captain on The Greatest Dancer before it was axed last year after its second series.\n\nPrzystal described joining Strictly as her \"biggest dream come true\", adding: \"I'm still pinching myself to check if this is real.\n\n\"I am beyond excited to be joining the Strictly Come Dancing family and I can't wait to give all of my heart and soul on that dance floor.\"\n\nThe 26-year-old started ballroom dancing at the age of 12 and is an Open Latin Champion in her native country.\n\nShe joined the cast of touring dance company Burn the Floor in 2015 before moving to the UK in 2019.\n\nNikita Kuzmin was born in Ukraine but moved to Italy at the age of nine. Over the next nine years he became a six-time Italian champion in Latin and Ballroom.\n\nLast year the 23-year-old, who began dancing at four, was a professional dancer on Let's Dance, the German version of Strictly Come Dancing.\n\n\"I've always been amazed by the magic Strictly Come Dancing brings,\" he said. \"No matter what country I have found myself living in, I've never missed a chance to watch it.\n\n\"Joining it as a professional dancer is my big chance to make some magic on the most famous dance floor. I can't wait to give it my all.\"\n\nCameron Lombard is another early starter, having begun competing in his native South Africa at the age of six.\n\nThe 20-year-old is the reigning South African Latin champion and was a finalist on South Africa's Got Talent in 2012.\n\nLombard said joining Strictly was both a \"life-changing opportunity and \"a challenge\" to be accepted \"with both hands\".\n\n\"I am excited beyond imagination and looking forward to leaving my mark on the dance floor,\" he continued.\n\nKai Widdrington took up dancing at the age of nine and was World Junior Latin-American champion by the time he was 14.\n\nNow 25, he appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2012 and has been a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars in Ireland since 2017.\n\n\"To be a professional dancer on the show is the most amazing feeling and the biggest accomplishment of my career,\" he said.\n\n\"I can't wait to step onto the Strictly floor and experience the exciting times that lie ahead.\"\n\nStrictly Come Dancing will return for its 19th series this autumn.\n\nComedian Bill Bailey was crowned the winner of the 2020 series alongside partner Oti Mabuse, who also won the 2019 series with actor Kelvin Fletcher.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The attack affected about a quarter of a million Microsoft Exchange servers\n\nThe UK, US and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year.\n\nThe attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting at least 30,000 organisations globally.\n\nWestern security services believe it signals a shift from a targeted espionage campaign to a smash-and-grab raid, leading to concerns Chinese cyber-behaviour is escalating.\n\nThe Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) has also been accused of wider espionage activity and a broader pattern of \"reckless\" behaviour.\n\nChina has previously denied allegations of hacking and says it opposes all forms of cyber-crime.\n\nThe unified call-out of Beijing shows the gravity with which this case has been taken. Western intelligence officials say aspects are markedly more serious than anything they have seen before.\n\nIt began in January when hackers from a Chinese-linked group known as Hafnium began exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange. They used the vulnerability to insert backdoors into systems which they could return to later.\n\nThe UK said the attack was likely to enable large-scale espionage, including the acquisition of personal information and intellectual property.\n\nIt was mainly carried out against specific systems which aligned with Hafnium's previous targets, such as defence contractors, think tanks and universities.\n\n\"We believe that cyber-operators working under the control of Chinese intelligence learned about the Microsoft vulnerability in early January, and were racing to exploit the vulnerability before [it] was widely identified in the public domain,\" a security source told the BBC.\n\nIf this had been all, it would have been just another espionage operation. But in late February something significant changed.\n\nThe targeted attack became a mass pile-in when other China-based groups began to exploit the vulnerability. The targets scaled up to encompass key industries and governments worldwide.\n\nIt had turned from targeted espionage to a massive smash-and-grab raid.\n\nWestern security sources believe Hafnium obtained advance knowledge that Microsoft intended to patch or close the vulnerability, and so shared it with other China-based groups to maximise the benefit before it became obsolete.\n\nIt was the recklessness of the decision to spread the vulnerability that helped drive the decision to call out the Chinese publicly, officials say.\n\nThe UK is also understood to have raised the issue of Chinese cyber-activity in private with Beijing over an extended period, including handing over dossiers of evidence.\n\nMicrosoft went public about the vulnerability on 2 March and offered a patch to close it. At this point, more hackers around the world had realised its value and piled in.\n\nAround a quarter of a million systems globally were left exposed - often small or medium-sized businesses and organisations - and at least 30,000 were compromised.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China is denying allegations that its military is responsible for cyber attacks on global companies\n\nWestern governments accuse the MSS of using hackers for hire and want it to sever ties with them.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office said the Chinese government had \"ignored repeated calls to end its reckless campaign, instead allowing state-backed actors to increase the scale of their attacks and act recklessly when caught\".\n\nThe White House said it reserved the right to take additional actions against China over its cyber activities.\n\nThe EU, meanwhile, said the hack had \"resulted in security risks and significant economic loss for our government institutions and private companies\".\n\nBut Western spies are still struggling to understand why Chinese behaviour has changed. If the hackers were authorised to escalate, it would suggest a step-change in what the country is willing to do and raise the fear that they no longer care about being caught.\n\nThat is partly why so many governments have joined together to signal their concerns. Japan, Australia, Canada and New Zealand have joined Nato in issuing a statement in \"solidarity\".\n\nThe countries also called out wider Chinese behaviour which it linked to two groups known as APT 40 and APT 31, which are believed to be linked to the MSS.\n\nDespite the strong language, there are no signs of fresh sanctions against China. In contrast, new sanctions were placed on Russia for the recent SolarWinds campaign which many experts believe was less serious than the Microsoft Exchange campaign linked to China.\n\nSome officials, however, hope China is more sensitive than Russia to international pressure.\n\nThe US Department of Justice has announced criminal charges against four MSS hackers which it said were linked to a long-term campaign targeting foreign governments and entities in key sectors in a least a dozen countries.\n\nUltimately, Western security sources believe the MSS is behind all the activity revealed today and hope co-ordinated international action will put pressure on their activities.", "Rail operator LNER has said it will not enforce social distancing\n\nScotland's social distancing regulations are being reviewed following a row with cross-border rail operators, the first minister has said.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said lawyers would see whether \"clarification or tightening\" of the 1m rule was necessary.\n\nOn Monday London North Eastern Railway (LNER) told customers it was operating \"under English guidance\" as the measure had been lifted down south.\n\nOperator Avanti West Coast also refused to enforce the 1m rule on its cross-border services, and will instead make announcements about changes in restrictions as trains enter Scotland.\n\nCurrently people in Scotland should stay 1m from each other in public places - but the rule has been lifted in England.\n\nScottish legislation states that anyone providing a service in a level zero area take measures to ensure that \"as far as reasonably practicable\", that a 1m distance is maintained.\n\nDuring a Covid briefing on Tuesday, the first minister said she had seen commentary suggesting trains may not be included in the law because they were not classified as \"premises\".\n\nThe first minister said her legal team would review social distancing rules\n\nShe said: \"I've just asked our lawyers to look at that to see whether there is any clarification or tightening required.\n\n\"But the intention is clear. I would expect companies operating in Scotland to follow the law in Scotland and follow the guidance in place in Scotland, even if it is not contained in statute.\"\n\nHours after saying it would not enforce Scottish regulations, LNER changed its position saying it was \"reviewing its approach\" on Anglo-Scottish services.\n\nIt said it would provide an update in due course.\n\nA spokesperson for the firm said: \"The safety of our customers and colleagues remains our top priority. We are continuing to provide an enhanced cleaning programme onboard our trains and at our stations as well as reminding customers to wear a face mask, unless exempt.\n\n\"We are also using our reservation system to prevent overcrowding and our website to continue to inform customers which are our least busy and busier services.\"\n\nThe first minister thanked the firm for \"making clear\" it would follow Scottish guidance.\n\nAvanti West Coast will take an advisory position with social distancing rules\n\nThe BBC understands that Avanti West Coast will make announcements on trains leaving Carlisle, advising people of Scotland's social distancing rules to give them a chance to move seats.\n\nThe firm has encouraged passengers to travel at quieter times.\n\nMeanwhile, operator ScotRail said \"physical distancing can't be guaranteed\" in stations or on trains and asks people to \"take personal responsibility\".\n\nTransport Scotland earlier said the \"law was clear\" and that rail operators had to take steps to ensure social distancing was \"reasonably practicable\" in level zero areas.\n\nA spokesman said: \"It is our expectation that operators providing a public transport service in Scotland to comply with the law as far as is reasonably practical and inform passengers using their services.\"Transport Scotland officials received assurance from LNER on Friday that their messages to customers would be changed to reflect and respect Scottish government law and guidance. It is not acceptable that LNER has continued to issue inaccurate advice.\"\n\nScotland has moved to the lowest level of Covid restrictions, while England has lifted most legal restrictions.\n\nThe move means more people in Scotland will be allowed to meet indoors and attend weddings and funerals but there are some \"modifications\".\n\nIn public places, one-metre physical distancing remains for people from different households.\n\nSome limits on outdoor meetings are also being maintained and the mandatory use of face coverings is to remain in place for \"some time\".", "The Met Office has issued one of its new-style extreme heat weather warnings for the first time for parts of the UK.\n\nThe amber warning covers large parts of Wales, all of south-west England and parts of southern and central England.\n\nIt will be in place until Thursday, when temperatures are expected to peak.\n\nIt warns of the potential impact of the heat on people's health, as the UK experiences a prolonged period of sweltering conditions.\n\nAll four UK nations recorded the hottest day of the year over the weekend, and forecasters warned temperatures would continue to climb and could reach 33C (91.4F) in some western areas.\n\nSteven Ramsdale, from the Met Office, said: \"The high temperatures are going to continue through a large part of this week.\n\n\"Many areas will continue to reach heatwave thresholds but the amber extreme heat warning focuses on western areas where the most unusually high temperatures are likely to persist.\"\n\nThe UK's highest temperature of the year so far was recorded on Sunday at Heathrow, where it reached 31.6C (88.9F), while on the same day Wales hit a high of 30.2C (86.4F) in Cardiff.\n\nOn Saturday, Northern Ireland saw its hottest day since records began with 31.2C (88.1F) in Ballywatticock, County Down, while Scotland reached 28.2C (82.8F) in Threave, in Dumfries and Galloway.\n\nThe Met Office launched its new extreme heat warning at the start of June 2021 to highlight potential widespread disruption and adverse health effects.\n\nIt comes after a record-breaking number of heatwave deaths were recorded in England last summer.\n\nThe Met Office warning advises that people vulnerable to extreme heat are likely to experience \"adverse health effects\", while the rest of the population could suffer heat exhaustion and other heat-related illnesses.\n\nIt also warns that more people are likely to visit coastal areas, lakes and rivers leading to an \"increased risk of water safety incidents\".\n\nSix people drowned in English lakes and rivers over the weekend, with rescuers warning of the invisible but deadly dangers of open water.\n\nThese farmers harvesting radishes in Tarleton, Lancashire, had to endure sweltering conditions on Monday\n\nChloe Brimicombe, a PhD heatwaves researcher at the University of Reading, said there were likely to be increased hospital admissions over the next few days due to heat stress - which is a build up of body heat as conditions prevent people from cooling down - and other heat-related health issues.\n\nShe said: \"Vulnerable people do die. Outdoor workers can get long-term kidney disease. We can also see a rise in air pollution, which affects people's lungs.\"\n\nHeatwaves are becoming more likely and more extreme because of human-induced climate change.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began, and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.", "At Ocado's warehouses, hundreds of robots zip around a grid, collecting groceries and bringing them to members of staff who will pack them into boxes.\n\nOcado has cancelled thousands of orders after a fire at a fulfilment centre in south-east London on Friday.\n\nThe online grocer said the blaze started when three of the robots that help pick its groceries collided at the Erith site.\n\nAbout 800 staff had to be evacuated and firefighters worked through the night to contain the incident.\n\nIt is the second fire involving robots at Ocado. Its Andover facility burned down in 2019 after an electrical fault.\n\nShares in the company slipped by about 3% in early trade on Monday.\n\nOcado handles up to 150,000 orders a week at the Erith warehouse.\n\nThe company said the fire would cause \"disruption to operations\" but that it was \"working to restore normal service as soon as possible\".\n\n\"We expect the facility to begin operating within the coming week and thank customers whose orders are affected for their patience.\n\n\"We would like to also thank the London Fire Brigade and all the other emergency services for their hard work and professionalism in dealing with this incident.\"\n\nOcado was the UK's third largest online grocer last year\n\nIt said no one had been injured in the fire and all its staff were safe. The damage is limited to a small section of its warehouse, it added, although it could not say when the site would reopen.\n\nThe retailer has contacted all affected customers, but there was a mixed reaction on social media.\n\nOne angry customer tweeted: \"I'm sorry that there is a fire and glad that it appears no one is hurt, but why do I have to find out on twitter?\"\n\nShe added: \"This is the 3rd or 4th order in a row that has been messed up.\"\n\nOthers expressed support for the firm, with one tweeting: \"Whilst it may be inconvenient, some more compassion for the business and staff affected might be nice!\"\n\nAt Erith, hundreds of robots zip around a grid, collecting groceries and bringing them to members of staff who will pack them into boxes, which are then loaded on to trucks for delivery.\n\nHowever, a fault in a battery charging unit caused a robot to catch light at Ocado's Andover distribution centre in 2019.\n\nThe site, which processed 30,000 orders a week at the time, burned for four days and was completely destroyed. It has since been rebuilt.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Flames and smoke were seen from miles around during the fire in 2019\n\nOcado, which was the UK's third biggest online grocer last year, has seen huge growth during the pandemic, with sales up 40% in the first three months of the year.\n\nIt also continues to strike technology licensing partnerships with grocery chains around the world, including Groupe Casino in France and Kroger in the US.", "The Duke of Sussex will share \"mistakes and lessons learned\" during his life in a memoir to be published next year.\n\nAnnouncing the deal with publishers Penguin Random House, Prince Harry said he would reflect \"the highs and lows\" and be \"accurate and wholly truthful\".\n\nHarry, who alongside his wife Meghan stepped back from royal duties last year, will donate proceeds to charity.\n\nThe BBC has been told the duke has recently spoken privately with his family about writing the book.\n\nA spokesperson for the duke added that he would not be expected to obtain permission for the project from Buckingham Palace.\n\nThey did not provide additional details on what share of the proceeds would be donated to charity.\n\nAnd Penguin did not disclose the terms of its deal, which includes an audio book and international rights.\n\nThe duke, 36, said in a statement: \"I'm writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become.\"\n\nHe added: \"I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story - the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned - I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think.\n\n\"I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to share what I've learned over the course of my life so far and excited for people to read a first hand account of my life that's accurate and wholly truthful.\"\n\nMarkus Dohle, of Penguin Random House, described the duke as being among \"world-renowned leaders, icons, and change-makers we have been privileged to publish over the years\".\n\nA press release described the book as \"intimate and heartfelt\" and \"honest and moving\".\n\nIt added: \"Prince Harry will offer an honest and captivating personal portrait, one that shows readers that behind everything they think they know lies an inspiring, courageous, and uplifting human story.\"\n\nThe Sussexes have established an organisation called Archewell, which has production arms alongside a non-profit foundation.\n\nIn May, it was announced that the Duchess of Sussex would publish a children's book, the Bench, about father-son relationships, as seen through the eyes of mothers with the same publisher.\n\nIt was said to be inspired by the bond between Harry and their son.\n\nHarry and Meghan, 39, now live in the US with their two-year-old son Archie, and their daughter Lilibet, who was born in California on 4 June.\n\nThe couple's son, Archie, was born in the UK before they settled in the US\n\nEarlier this month, the duke joined his older brother, the Duke of Cambridge, at Kensington Palace to unveil a statue of Diana, Princess of Wales on what would have been their mother's 60th birthday.\n\nHarry has previously spoken of what he has described as his family's unwillingness to talk about his mother's death and of his use of drink and drugs to cope with the pain of losing her.\n\nHe has also said he wanted to \"break the cycle\" of the \"pain and suffering\" of his upbringing with his own children.", "Supermarkets have warned they will have to cut opening hours or even shut shops if the number of workers forced to self-isolate continues to rise.\n\nM&S said the number of workers being notified by the NHS app is rising exponentially, and it may have to reduce hours if there are shortages.\n\nA leading supermarket, which declined to be named, said it could lead to massive disruption of food supplies.\n\n\"And there's a risk that there won't be sufficient staff to open shops.\"\n\nLast week, over 500,000 alerts were sent to users of the NHS Test and Trace app in England and Wales for the week to 7 July, a rise of 46% on the previous week.\n\nM&S chief executive Steve Rowe told The Times that the number of people being forced to self-isolate is \"a major issue across every industry at the moment\".\n\nHe said: \"Our Covid cases are roughly doubling every week and the pinging level is about three to one of Covid cases, so we're seeing that growing exponentially.\"\n\nHe said: \"If there's shortages we'll have to manage it by changing hours of stores, reducing hours.\"\n\nFrom 16 August, people who have been fully vaccinated will not have to self-isolate if they are \"pinged\" by the NHS app when they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid. They will instead be advised to take PCR test as soon as possible.\n\nMorrisons says, along with the rest of the country, they are seeing a rise in self-isolations\n\nBut another UK supermarket warned: \"The clock is ticking and the government needs to act fast to get people back to work if they have a negative test.\n\n\"If not, we could be heading towards crisis point next month.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Morrisons said: \"As per the whole of the UK, we are experiencing a rise in cases and close contact notifications.\"\n\nBut she added: \"We provide guidance and support for colleagues who may need to self-isolate including sick pay and have Covid secure controls in place in all our stores to ensure we can continue to operate and keep them open. Throughout the whole of the pandemic, we have not been required to close a store.\"\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC), which represents the industry, said that the government must bring forward the changes on self-isolation from 16 August \"so that people who are fully vaccinated or have a negative test are not forced to needlessly quarantine\" when they are contacted by the app.\n\nBRC chief executive, Helen Dickinson, said: \"We are already seeing a serious impact on retail operations as a result of staff having to self-isolate and this will only get worse right across the economy, as cases are already rising fast and the final restrictions are eased.\"\n\nLord Karan Bilimoria, president of the Confederation of British Industry, said that amid \"crippling staff shortages, speed is of the essence\".\n\nHe called for an immediate end to \"the self-isolation period of 10 days for people who are double-jabbed\" and \"a route out of isolation for those not yet fully vaccinated through daily lateral flow tests\".\n\nIt comes as both the prime minister and the chancellor u-turned on a decision not to self-isolate after coming into contact with health Secretary Sajid Javid, who announced on Saturday that he had tested positive for Covid.\n\nBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak initially said they planned to keep working on essential government business under a pilot scheme that involves daily testing.\n\nHowever, it prompted a backlash by opposition parties as well as the managing director of the retailer Iceland, Richard Walker, who tweeted: \"Shame the hundreds of Iceland staff who've been pinged can't avoid self-isolation. We can all do a daily lateral flow test.\"\n\nThe rising number of people being forced to self-isolate is impacting other sectors. Car-makers Nissan and Rolls-Royce have both warned that staff shortages could impact production at their plants.\n\nAround 10% of workers at Nissan's Sunderland plant are self-isolating\n\nAround 900 workers at Nissan's Sunderland plant have been sent home after being told to self-isolate.\n\nRolls-Royce said it may have to halve production if more employees are contacted by the Test and Trace app.\n\nMr Rowe also said: \"Where the industry will see the pain is in the supply chain, because logistics runs tight anyway to be efficient.\"\n\nThe union Community, which represents steelworkers across the UK as well as people working in logistics, said rising cases of coronavirus coupled with staff members having to self-isolate, has led to a lack of drivers being able to work.\n\n\"This is causing disruption in the industry, and reinforces the evidence government has been reckless in its approach to easing restrictions and should reconsider its approach,\" a spokesman for Community said.\n\nOn Monday, final Covid restrictions will be lifted in England, including the legal requirement to wear a face mask in enclosed spaces.\n\nOn Friday, the number of daily coronavirus cases reported in the UK surpassed 50,000 for the first time since mid-January. It recorded 54,674 cases on Saturday.", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nMax Verstappen has accused Lewis Hamilton of being \"disrespectful\" and \"unsportsmanlike\" following their collision in the British Grand Prix.\n\nThe Red Bull driver was taken to hospital for precautionary checks after suffering an impact of 51G in the first-lap crash.\n\n\"Very disappointed to be taken out like this,\" Verstappen said.\n\n\"Watching the celebrations while still in hospital is disrespectful and unsportsmanlike... but we move on.\"\n• None 'A seismic moment that will become a defining part of F1 history'\n\nVerstappen later confirmed he had been released from hospital.\n\nThe 23-year-old Dutchman posted a picture of himself with his father Jos in Coventry Hospital alongside the caption: \"Cleared from the hospital after all the checks were ok. Thank you to everyone for all the nice messages and best wishes.\"\n\nA Red Bull statement added: \"We are pleased to confirm that Max was released from hospital at 22:00 [BST] this evening, following a thorough medical examination, without any major injuries.\"\n\nHamilton was given a 10-second penalty for the incident, which dropped him to fourth place after his pit stop, but the Briton fought back to overtake Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to win a dramatic race.\n\nVerstappen said in his earlier Twitter post: \"The penalty given does not help us and doesn't do justice to the dangerous move Lewis made on track.\"\n\nSpeaking after the race, Hamilton said: \"I was pretty far alongside him, but I could see he wasn't going to back out. But then we went into the corner and we collided.\n\n\"Of course that's never the way I want to win a race or just in general to race, but these things do happen.\"\n\nIn a tweet posted later on Sunday, Hamilton added: \"Today is a reminder of the dangers in this sport. I send my best wishes to Max who is an incredible competitor. I'm glad to hear he is ok. I will always race hard but always fairly.\"\n\nThe incident happened at Copse corner, which is taken at 190mph in a Formula 1 car. Hamilton overtook two other drivers there during the race, including the move that claimed the lead from Leclerc.\n\nRed Bull team principal Christian Horner said Hamilton's move was \"an amateur mistake, a desperate mistake\", adding: \"It is disappointing and annoying; his actions have jeopardised another driver's safety.\"\n\nHorner added: \"Putting a fellow driver in hospital and writing off a car and receiving a menial penalty and winning a grand prix doesn't feel like much of a penalty.\n\n\"To stick a wheel up the inside at Copse corner, one of the fastest corners anywhere, there is only ever going to be one consequence of that.\n\n\"We are just lucky someone wasn't seriously hurt. Thankfully we got away with it.\"\n\nAnd Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko said: \"Such dangerous and reckless behaviour should be punished with a suspension or something.\"\n\nBut Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff responded: \"It is a situation we all have seen in the past when great drivers race with each other. When nobody is prepared to give in, these kinds of situations can happen. But it takes two to tango.\"\n\nThe British Grand Prix stewards judged Hamilton to be \"predominantly at fault\". They said Hamilton went into the corner \"slightly behind and on the inside\", saying that he was \"on a line that did not reach the apex of the corner, with room available to the inside\".\n\nHamilton, who won the British Grand Prix for an eighth time to move eight points behind Verstappen in the current drivers' standings, declined to comment on Horner's criticisms.\n\nBut he said: \"It is important for all of us to take a step back. I am sure emotions are running high there and I know what it's like to lose points and be in that position.\"\n\nHamilton also rejected claims he should apologise for the incident in the context of being penalised.\n\n\"I don't think I am in a position to have to apologise for anything,\" added the seven-time world champion. \"We are out there racing.\n\n\"There will be a lot of tough races coming up. We have to learn to strike a decent balance.\n\n\"I don't agree with the stewards, but I take the penalty on the chin and get on with my job. Everyone is going to have a different opinion and I don't particularly care what people think, I just do what I do.\"\n• None How to be a teenager and an elite athlete: Hear from one of the youngest participants at Tokyo 2020\n• None George the Poet is back with season three of his award-winning podcast", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'This is what life's about' - clubbers cheer on their first night out in 16 months\n\nNightclubs in England have reopened but there's a warning the industry has been \"decimated\".\n\nClub owners say ministers \"just don't care\" about the sector and figures given to Radio 1 Newsbeat by UK Hospitality show a quarter have closed in the past six years.\n\nIts records show there were 1,694 in 2015 and 1,203 in February this year.\n\nThe government says it has done \"everything it can\" to support the industry.\n\nIn 2015 half had closed in the previous decade and experts warn many have been left in a limbo by delays to ending lockdown.\n\n\"Many have closed but have been in a hibernation state,\" says Kate Nicholls from the trade body.\n\n\"They have survived the black swan of Covid but have still got the recovery to overcome and the level of debt businesses will exit with will mean many will fall over in the next two years.\"\n\nHundreds of people turned out at Fibre in Leeds for their first club night out since the start of the pandemic\n\n\"It's a shame the government doesn't understand that we are £30bn industry,\" says Simeon Aldred from, one of the biggest venues in the country, Printworks London.\n\n\"I don't think we are forgotten, they just don't care,\" he tells Newsbeat.\n\n\"It's been exhausting with the government saying start, now stop, now start, now stop and every time that happens we lose tens of millions of pounds.\"\n\nBig name DJs like Jax Jones say they feel abandoned\n\n\"My life in the space of 24 hours came to a halt,\" Jax Jones tell Newsbeat from his recording studio.\n\n\"It feels like we are second class citizens, we provide a big revenue for the government and we are a big cultural hub for this country.\n\n\"Our sound is recognised around the world and I just don't think our leaders give it the respect it deserves.\n\n\"We were first to close and last to open, our leaders are so out of touch.\"\n\nThere's a concern that the past 18 months will have an impact on new talent coming through\n\n\"A lot of people's mental health has been affected massively,\" is the worry for Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free.\n\n\"It's not all about getting mashed up with your mates, it's pure escapism.\"\n\nClub owners and promoters say lockdown has pushed them and their finances to the edge.\n\nTake the Welly club in Hull for example, it went out of business after more than a hundred years in July 2020.\n\n\"My bank manager thinks it's madness to buy this place\" says Aaron Mellor owner of Tokyo Industries which owns a chain of venues across the North of England.\n\n\"We're humans and we need this kind of social interaction.\"\n\nHe doesn't think the government values his type of venue.\n\n\"They're stuck in a world of the 1990s. We're generating new music, creative talent and music is one of our last great exports.\"\n\n\"We're also a viable commercial business, one pound in every three that goes over the bar goes to the government and we employ a lot of young people.\"\n\nThe government says it's spent billions supporting the cultural industry.\n\n\"Nightclubs still have access to our unprecedented £352bn package of support, including the furlough scheme, loan guarantees, protection from eviction, Restart Grants worth up to £18,000 and business rates relief,\" a Government spokesperson said.\n\n\"Thanks to the success of our vaccination programme, all remaining businesses will be able to reopen, such as nightclubs, at Step 4.\"\n\nAfter all the gloom there is hope according to DJ and promoter Yousef who put on the government test events in Liverpool.\n\n\"The appetite from the raver is unprecedented. They want to get out and party which means they want to buy tickets. So hopefully that's the springboard required.\"\n\n\"It's going to be a big year for dance music in general.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson \"put his own interests ahead of people's lives\"\n\nBoris Johnson was reluctant to tighten Covid restrictions as cases rose last autumn because he thought people dying from it were \"essentially all over 80\", Dominic Cummings has claimed.\n\nHe also said the prime minister had messaged him to say: \"I no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff.\"\n\nMr Johnson had wanted to let Covid \"wash through the country\" rather than destroy the economy, Mr Cummings said.\n\nThe claims came in an interview with BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nIt is the first time Mr Cummings - Mr Johnson's former chief adviser - has given a one-on-one TV interview during his career in politics.\n\nIn response, Downing Street said the prime minister had taken the \"necessary action to protect lives and livelihoods, guided by the best scientific advice\" throughout the pandemic.\n\nAnd the government had prevented the NHS \"from being overwhelmed through three national lockdowns\", a spokesperson added.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview, Mr Cummings also said that, near the start of the pandemic last year, Mr Johnson had wanted to keep his weekly face-to-face meetings with the Queen going - but he had to warn his boss that she might die if she caught coronavirus.\n\nAnd he defended his controversial decision to drive to his parents' farm in County Durham after the first lockdown started, but admitted he had not \"come clean\" about all the reasons behind it, including \"security concerns\" around his family home in London.\n\nThis is the first major interview Mr Cummings has given, but he has answered MPs' questions on the government's response to Covid.\n\nThe claims made at that session were explosive, but he's since been criticised for failing to provide the evidence to back up some of those assertions.\n\nDominic Cummings: The Interview will be broadcast in the UK on BBC Two at 19:00 BST on Tuesday, and it will be available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds\n\nCovid cases dipped last summer but began to rise rapidly again as autumn started, prompting a debate within government about what measures were needed.\n\nMr Cummings told the BBC that he, UK chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty had pushed for tougher restrictions from mid-September - Sir Patrick and Professor Whitty declined to comment.\n\nMr Cummings went on to allege Mr Johnson had said: \"No, no no, no, no, I'm not doing it.\"\n\nThe prime minister had \"parts of the media and Tory party screaming\" not to increase restrictions and \"always referred\" to the Daily Telegraph, for which he had previously written a column, as \"my real boss\", Mr Cummings said.\n\nDominic Cummings quit as the PM's chief adviser last autumn following a Downing Street power struggle\n\nOn 13 October, with Covid deaths having risen to more than 100 a day, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for a \"circuit-breaker\" lockdown of two to three weeks, but the government decided against this.\n\nIn a WhatsApp message sent on 15 October, shared with the BBC, Mr Johnson appears to have described himself as \"slightly rocked by some of the data on Covid fatalities\".\n\nThe \"median age\" for those dying was between 81 and 82 for men and 85 for women, the prime minister allegedly wrote, adding: \"That is above life expectancy. So get Covid and Live longer.\n\n\"Hardly anyone under 60 goes into hospital... and of those virtually all survive. And I no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff. Folks I think we may need to recalibrate... There are max 3m in this country aged over 80.\"\n\nHe reportedly went on to write: \"It shows we don't go for nationwide lockdown.\"\n\nBut on 31 October the prime minister announced a four-week lockdown for England to begin on 5 November, saying this was needed to protect the NHS as figures suggested deaths could reach \"several thousand a day\" without \"tough action\".\n\nSpeaking on Tuesday, Business Minister Paul Scully defended the PM's actions during the autumn, adding that economic restrictions also had an impact on people's health and lives and \"you have to take all of those factors into account\".\n\nHe said the 17-day so-called firebreak lockdown in Wales, introduced around two weeks before England's autumn lockdown, \"didn't have a particularly big effect at the time\".\n\n\"These decisions are not quite as black and white as necessarily we can make them now,\" he told Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nLooking back to the start of the pandemic, Mr Cummings told the BBC he had intervened to stop Mr Johnson continuing to see the Queen, then aged 93, for weekly face-to-face meetings.\n\nMr Cummings claimed that, on 18 March last year, the PM had said: \"I'm going to see the Queen... That's what I do every Wednesday. Sod this. I'm going to go and see her.\"\n\nBoris Johnson's face-to-face meetings with the Queen did not restart until June this year\n\nHe added that he had told Mr Johnson: \"There's people in this office who are isolating. You might have coronavirus. I might have coronavirus.\n\n\"You can't go and see the Queen. What if you go and see her and give the Queen coronavirus? You obviously can't go.\"\n\nHe continued: \"I just said, 'If you give her coronavirus and she dies, what are you going to [do]? You can't do that. You can't risk that. That's completely insane.'\n\n\"And [the PM] said - he basically just hadn't thought it through - 'Yeah...I can't go'.\"\n\nDowning Street denied that this incident took place and Buckingham Palace declined to comment.\n\nOn 27 March last year, four days after the first lockdown began, Mr Cummings drove his wife and son from London to his parents' farm in County Durham.\n\nWhile staying there, he made a 30-mile road journey to Barnard Castle on 12 April, which he later said had been to test his eyesight before the 260-mile drive back to London.\n\nWhen these details were revealed they provoked huge anger - and accusations of double standards at a time when the government had banned all but essential long-distance travel.\n\nIn his BBC interview, Mr Cummings said that, during the Barnard Castle trip, he had been trying to work out \"Do I feel OK driving?\"\n\nDominic Cummings faced the press in the Downing Street garden last May\n\nHe also said he had decided to move his family to County Durham before his wife fell ill with suspected Covid because of security concerns over his home in London.\n\nAsked why he had given a story that was \"not the 100% truth\" when he held a special press conference in the Downing Street rose garden on 25 May, Mr Cummings admitted that \"the way we handled the whole thing was wrong\".\n\n\"What I should have done is either just resigned and said nothing about anything,\" he said, \"or I should have spoken to my family and said, 'Listen, we're just gonna have to come clean about the whole thing.'\"\n\nMr Cummings was repeatedly challenged throughout the interview to back up his version of events.\n\nHe says many of his claims will be corroborated if there is a public inquiry.\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Justin Madders said NHS workers, patients, and the relatives of Covid victims would find Mr Cummings's interview \"shocking and difficult to hear\".\n\n\"The revelations are further evidence that the prime minister has made the wrong calls time and again at the expense of public health,\" he added.\n\n\"Boris Johnson is reckless, unfit to govern and a public inquiry cannot be delayed\".\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"Since the start of the pandemic, the prime minister has taken the necessary action to protect lives and livelihoods, guided by the best scientific advice.\n\n\"The government he leads has delivered the fastest vaccination rollout in Europe, saved millions of jobs through the furlough scheme and prevented the NHS from being overwhelmed through three national lockdowns.\n\n\"The government is entirely focused on emerging cautiously from the pandemic and building back better.\"\n\nSir Iain Duncan Smith - who briefly employed Mr Cummings as an adviser when he was Conservative leader, said the prime minister should be judged on the decisions he made, rather than the processes that led up to them.\n\nOf Mr Cummings, he said: \"He obviously is a very bitter man, I know I employed him, I sacked him. I know exactly how he works, this will go on for some time.\"", "Dominic Cummings was never going to go quietly after being forced out of Downing Street at the end of last year.\n\nBut the number, and seriousness, of his claims about what went on at the heart of government, as ministers battled to get on top of the coronavirus crisis, are unprecedented in modern times.\n\nRarely has a former adviser made so many potentially damaging revelations about a sitting prime minister.\n\nHis critics say Mr Cummings is motivated by revenge against Boris Johnson, and will not rest until the PM has been removed from No 10.\n\nMr Cummings insists he is driven by a desire to make what he views as a broken and chaotic government machine work better in future.\n\nHe left his Downing Street role following an internal power struggle, amid claims the PM's then-fiancee had blocked the promotion of one of his allies, Lee Cain, after months of internal warfare.\n\nIn his final year at Downing Street, Mr Cummings had a £40,000 pay rise, taking his salary to between £140,000 and £144,999.\n\nThere was speculation that the 49-year-old would seek a post-politics career as the first head of Aria, the UK's new \"high risk\" science agency, which had been one of his pet projects.\n\nBut he appears to have a different career path in mind.\n\nIn February, he started a technology consultancy firm, Siwah Ltd. He is the sole director of the firm, according to Companies House, and it is registered at an address in his native Durham, in north-east England. This would appear to be a successor to Dynamic Maps, his previous tech consultancy.\n\nBut in recent months, most of his time appears to have been taken up with spilling the beans on his time in government.\n\nThe BBC did not pay Mr Cummings for his exclusive interview with political editor Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nAnd he has not yet taken the time-honoured route of selling his story to a newspaper, or signing a book deal.\n\nBut he has found a way of generating income through online platform Substack, where he has launched a newsletter.\n\nHe plans to give out information on the coronavirus pandemic and his time in Downing Street for free, but \"more recondite stuff on the media, Westminster, 'inside No 10', how did we get Brexit done in 2019, the 2019 election etc\" will only be available to subscribers who pay £10 a month.\n\nHe is also offering his marketing and election campaigning expertise, for fees that \"slide from zero to lots depending on who you are / your project\".\n\nThis new venture has incurred the wrath of Whitehall watchdog Lord Pickles, who chairs the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), which vets jobs taken by former ministers and top officials.\n\nIn a letter to Cabinet Office Minister Micheal Gove, he says Mr Cummings has sought advice on working as a consultant.\n\nBut he adds: \"It appears that Mr Cummings is offering various services for payment via a blog hosted on Substack, the blog for which he is also receiving subscription payments.\n\n\"Mr Cummings has failed to seek the committee's advice on this commercial undertaking, nor has the committee received the courtesy of a reply to our letter requesting an explanation.\n\n\"Failure to seek and await advice before taking up work is a breach of the government's rules.\"\n\nThere are few repercussions for failing to consult Acoba, however.\n\nLittle was heard from Mr Cummings for several months after his departure from Downing Street - but that all changed in April.\n\nAfter being named in media reports as the source of government leaks, he launched a scathing attack on Mr Johnson via a 1,000-word blog post in April.\n\nAs well as denying he was behind the leaks, he went on to make a series of accusations against the PM and questioned his \"competence and integrity\".\n\nThe following month, Mr Cummings expanded on his criticisms at a seven-hour select committee appearance, declaring Boris Johnson \"unfit for the job\", and claiming he had ignored scientific advice and wrongly delayed lockdowns.\n\nHe also turned his fire on then-health secretary Matt Hancock, who he said should have been fired for lying.\n\nThis sparked a bitter war of words with Mr Hancock, who flatly denied all of Mr Cummings's allegations.\n\nIt thrust Mr Cummings back into the spotlight for the first time since his now infamous visit to County Durham, four days after the start of the first national lockdown, in March last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhile staying with his family at his father's farm, he made a 30-mile road journey to Barnard Castle, which he later said had been to test his eyesight before the 260-mile drive back to London.\n\nThis revelation - at a specially-convened press conference in the Downing Street garden - made Mr Cummings a household name and led to furious allegations of double standards at a time when the government had banned all but essential long-distance travel.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Cummings said that, during the Barnard Castle trip, he had been trying to work out \"Do I feel OK driving?\"\n\nHe also said he had decided to move his family to County Durham before his wife fell ill with suspected Covid because of security concerns over his home in London.\n\nAsked why he had given a story that was \"not the 100% truth\" when he held a special press conference in the Downing Street rose garden on 25 May, Mr Cummings admitted that \"the way we handled the whole thing was wrong\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cummings says he drove to Barnard Castle to test vision\n\nBoris Johnson stood by his adviser throughout the Barnard Castle episode - to the consternation of some of his supporters, who feared it was undermining his attempts to hold the country together during a national crisis.\n\nSome said the episode burned through the political capital the prime minister had generated months earlier during the 2019 general election.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson defends his senior adviser Dominic Cummings in May 2020\n\nBut it is hard to overstate how important Mr Cummings was to the Johnson project.\n\nThe two are very different characters - Mr Johnson likes to be popular, Mr Cummings appears indifferent to such concerns - but they formed a strong bond in the white heat of the 2016 Vote Leave campaign to get Britain out of the EU, which Mr Cummings led as campaign director.\n\nThe combination of Mr Johnson, the flamboyant household-name frontman, with Mr Cummings, the ruthless, data-driven strategist, with a flair for an eye-catching slogan, proved to be unbeatable.\n\nMr Cummings was credited with formulating the \"take back control\" slogan that appears to have struck a chord with so many referendum voters, changing the course of British history.\n\nYet some were surprised when Mr Cummings was brought into the heart of government as Mr Johnson's chief adviser, given his past record of rubbing senior Tory politicians up the wrong way.\n\nIt proved to be a shrewd move. It was Mr Cummings who devised the high-risk strategy of pushing for the 2019 election to be fought on a \"Get Brexit Done\" ticket, focusing on winning seats in Labour heartlands, something no previous Tory leader had managed to do in decades.\n\nMany of the policy ideas that have shaped the Johnson government's agenda have his fingerprints all over them.\n\n\"Levelling up\" - moving power and money out of London and the South East of England - is a Cummings project, as are plans to shake-up the civil service, take on the judiciary and reform the planning system.\n\nThe team that surrounded Mr Cummings at Downing Street, some of whom are Vote Leave veterans, were fiercely loyal to him and shared a sense that they were outsiders in Whitehall, battling an entrenched \"elite\".\n\nLee Cain, the former Downing Street and Vote Leave communications chief, left No 10 just before Mr Cummings did.\n\nMr Cummings watches the PM in action at a coronavirus briefing\n\nThere had been rumours of a rift between the Vote Leave veterans and other No 10 aides, who didn't like Mr Cummings's and Mr Cain's abrasive style.\n\nThere were tales of crackdowns on special advisers suspected of leaking to the media and angry, dismissive behaviour towards Tory MPs, civil servants and even secretaries of state.\n\nNone of this will have come as much of a surprise to veteran Cummings watchers.\n\nMr Cummings has been in and around the upper reaches of government and the Conservative Party for nearly two decades, and has made a career out of defying conventional wisdom and challenging the established order.\n\nBut he has never been a member of the Conservative Party, or any party, and appears to have little time for most MPs.\n\nA longstanding Eurosceptic who cut his campaigning teeth as a director of the anti-euro Business for Sterling group, Mr Cummings's other passion is changing the way government operates.\n\nHe grabbed headlines when he posted an advert on his personal blog for \"weirdos and misfits with odd skills\" to work in government, arguing that the civil service lacked \"deep expertise\" in many policy areas.\n\nThe Vote Leave bus was one of its most notable campaign tactics\n\nMr Cummings is a native of Durham, in the North East of England. His father, Robert, was an oil rig engineer and his mother, Morag, a teacher and behavioural specialist.\n\nHe went to a state primary school and was then privately educated at Durham School. He graduated from Oxford University with a first-class degree in modern history and spent some time in Russia, where he was involved with an ill-fated attempt to launch an airline, among other projects.\n\nHe is married to Spectator journalist Mary Wakefield, the daughter of aristocrat Sir Humphry Wakefield, whose family seat is Chillingam Castle, in Northumberland.\n\nAfter a stint as campaign director for Business for Sterling, Mr Cummings spent eight months as chief strategy adviser to then Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, who fired him.\n\nHe played a key role in the 2004 campaign against an elected regional assembly in his native North East.\n\nIn what turned out to be a dry run for the Brexit campaign, the North East Says No team won the referendum with a mix of eye-catching stunts - including an inflatable white elephant - and snappy slogans that tapped into the growing anti-politics mood among the public.\n\nHe is then said to have retreated to his father's farm, in County Durham, where he spent his time reading science and history books in an effort to attain a better understanding of the world.\n\nMr Cummings facing questions from the media outside his home\n\nHe re-emerged in 2007 as a special adviser to Michael Gove, who became education secretary in 2010 and turned out to be something of a kindred spirit.\n\nThe pair would rail against what they called \"the blob\" - the informal alliance of senior civil servants and teachers' unions that sought, in their opinion, to frustrate their attempts at reform.\n\nHe left of his own accord to set up a free school, having alienated a number of senior people in the education ministry and the Conservative Party.\n\nHe once described former Brexit Secretary David Davis as \"thick as mince\" and as \"lazy as a toad\" and irritated David Cameron, the then prime minister, who called him a \"career psychopath\".\n\nBenedict Cumberbatch was widely praised for his portrayal of Dominic Cummings in Brexit: The Uncivil War\n\nHis appointment as head of the Vote Leave campaign - dramatised in Channel 4 drama Brexit: The Uncivil War - was seen as a risk worth taking by those putting the campaign together but he left a controversial legacy.\n\nVote Leave was found to have broken electoral law over spending limits by the Electoral Commission and Mr Cummings was held in contempt of Parliament for failing to respond to a summons to appear before and give evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.\n\nLike most advisers, he shunned media interviews when he was in government, and his rare appearances before MPs were characterised by animosity on both sides.\n\nAll that has changed in recent weeks, but it would be a brave person who said he had now joined the ranks of the former Westminster insiders who make their living as pundits - a class he appears to view with as much disdain as he does his former colleagues in government.", "Undercover footage filmed by campaign group Animal Aid, at Drury and Sons abattoir\n\nThousands of racehorses are being sent to slaughterhouses in Britain and Ireland, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.\n\nSome of the slaughtered animals were once owned and trained by some of the biggest names in racing.\n\nCovert recording also showed how rules designed to protect horses from a cruel death appear to be regularly ignored at one of the UK's biggest abattoirs.\n\nThe abattoir told the BBC it did not accept any form of animal abuse.\n\nOne expert described the covert footage, from cameras installed by the campaign group Animal Aid, as evidence of clear breaches of the regulations.\n\nLast February, a picture of top trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse sent shockwaves through the world of racing and beyond.\n\nElliott, who has trained three winners of the Grand National, was roundly condemned, and suspended from the sport until 9 September this year.\n\nThe incident caused uproar, but it also highlighted the fate of many horses in the industry who die while racing, in training or in abattoirs.\n\nFreedom of information requests revealed that 4,000 former racehorses were slaughtered in Britain and Ireland since the beginning of 2019. Most, but not all, were trained in Ireland.\n\nAnimal Aid, which has long campaigned for an end to horse racing, set up covert cameras at Drury and Sons, an abattoir in England which has a licence to kill horses.\n\n\"When we looked at the footage we were absolutely astounded at the sheer volume of young thoroughbreds,\" said Animal Aid spokesman Dene Stansall.\n\nThe footage was recorded over four days at the end of 2019 and the start of 2020.\n\nIt captured dozens of former racehorses being slaughtered, the majority of them from Ireland and the majority young.\n\nSome of the horses shot in the abattoir had previous illustrious racing careers, winning thousands of pounds.\n\nThree of them had been trained by Gordon Elliott at his state-of-the-art stables in County Meath, Ireland.\n\nHe told Panorama none of the three animals were sent to the abattoir by him.\n\nThe horses had retired from racing due to injury, he said, and were not under his care when they were killed.\n\nElliott said two of the horses were sent to a horse dealer \"to be rehomed if possible, and if not, to be humanely euthanised\" in line with the regulations.\n\nHe said he gave the third horse to another rider as requested by its owner.\n\nAnd he said the first time he learned of their fate was when Panorama contacted him.\n\nElliott said he has ensured the appropriate and proper treatment and welfare of animals that have been in his possession and has rehomed a substantial number of them.\n\nWatch Panorama: The Dark Side of Horse Racing, on BBC One on Monday at 20:30 BST, or later on BBC iPlayer.\n\nAnimal Aid's cameras also captured what appear to be breaches of rules designed to protect animals from unnecessary cruelty.\n\nThe regulations say horses should not be killed in sight of each other.\n\nThe footage recorded horses being shot together 26 times over the four days of filming.\n\nProf Daniel Mills, a veterinary behavioural specialist from the University of Lincoln, who has seen the footage, said: \"A gunshot going off is going to be startling, seeing another horse suddenly drop, these are all going to be very distressing for a horse in this situation.\"\n\nUndercover footage filmed by campaign group Animal Aid, at Drury and Sons abattoir\n\nThat is not the only breach of the rules.\n\nThe regulations also say every effort should be made to ensure a rapid death. But the footage showed that sometimes the death was far from instant.\n\nOn 91 occasions the cameras recorded a slaughterman shooting horses, not close up, but from a distance.\n\nReviewing the footage of one such killing, Prof Mills said: \"It doesn't look like the horse is even stunned. You can see it's turning its head. It seems to have got some control actually over its head and neck.\n\n\"Taking a shot from a distance at a horse, to me, that's completely out of order. If you're going to euthanise a horse, you've got to get a bullet in the right place.\n\n\"If that's representative of how they're being killed, then we've got a really serious problem.\"\n\nThe abattoir, Drury and Sons, told Panorama that they \"take great care to maintain high welfare conditions and do not accept any form of animal abuse\".\n\nThey said all horses are \"humanely destroyed'' and that on occasions where issues do occur, they take ''swift action to review and rectify\" them.\n\nSome of the racehorses killed while Animal Aid cameras were filming had been transported from Ireland, travelling more than 350 miles (560km) by road and sea.\n\nSome animals were said to be carrying career-ending injuries.\n\nVeterinary expert Dr Hannah Donovan, who reviewed the footage, said: \"[Travelling] 350 miles potentially carrying an injury is not a humane process. This is unnecessary suffering.\"\n\nDr Donovan said: \"The bottom line is horses, if they are to be euthanised, could and should be euthanised at home. Simple as that.\"\n\nProf Mills said the racing authorities' own guidelines clearly set out what should happen to horses when their racing career ends.\n\n\"The industry's own regulations recommend that you should make provision for all the animals that you're responsible for,\" he said.\n\nHorse Racing Ireland, the governing body for racing in Ireland, said it placed great importance on the welfare of the people and horses in the industry.\n\nThe British Horseracing Authority said it has demonstrated \"a clear commitment to improving already high standards of care for racehorses… before, during and after racing\".\n\nIt said it would \"consider carefully any issues raised\" by the Panorama programme.\n\nDene Stansall of Animal Aid said: \"I can understand why people are attracted to racing, because I was attracted to it myself.\n\n\"[But] because of the poor welfare record, the number of horses dying and being killed in slaughterhouses, I can no longer support that - and I think a lot of the public would feel the same way.\"\n\nPanorama: The Dark Side of Horse Racing, is on BBC One on Monday at 20:30 BST, or watch later on BBC iPlayer.", "Ben & Jerry's has said it will stop selling its ice cream in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.\n\nThe US company said sales \"in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)\" were \"inconsistent with our values\".\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the move was \"morally wrong\" and would prove to be \"financially wrong\".\n\nThe West Bank and East Jerusalem have been under Israeli control since the 1967 Middle East war.\n\nMore than 600,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements there. Most of the international community considers the settlements illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.\n\nIn a statement shared to its Twitter and Instagram pages on Monday, Ben & Jerry's said its decision reflected the concerns of \"fans and trusted partners\".\n\nThe changes would be made by allowing current licensing arrangements to expire at the end of next year, it added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ben & Jerry's This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We have a longstanding partnership with our licensee, who manufactures Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel and distributes it in the region,\" the statement said.\n\n\"We have been working to change this, and so we have informed our licensee that we will not renew the license agreement when it expires at the end of next year.\"\n\nBen & Jerry's also runs two \"scoop shops\" in Israel and said it would distribute its goods in Israel through a different agreement, the details of which would be announced \"when we're ready\".\n\nUK firm Unilever, which has owned Ben & Jerry's since 2000, says the decision was taken and announced by Ben & Jerry's and its independent board, but it remained \"fully committed\" to maintaining a presence in Israel.\n\nBen & Jerry's Israeli licensee was quoted by the Haaretz newspaper as saying: \"Global Ben & Jerry's decided not to renew the agreement with us in another year and a half in light of our refusal [to comply] with their demand and stop selling throughout Israel.\"\n\n\"We call on the Israeli government and consumers not to permit a boycott of Israel... Ice cream is not part of politics.\"\n\n\"The boycott of Israel - a democracy surrounded by islands of terror - reflects a complete loss of bearings. The boycott does not work and will not work, and we will fight it with all our might,\" Mr Bennett said.\n\nBen Cohen and Jerry Greenfield set up the company in 1978\n\nForeign Minister Yair Lapid called Ben & Jerry's move a \"disgraceful capitulation\" to anti-Semitism and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which calls for a complete boycott of Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians.\n\n\"Over 30 states in the United States have passed anti-BDS legislation in recent years. I plan on asking each of them to enforce these laws against Ben & Jerry's,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for BDS, Mahmoud Nawajaa, it welcomed Ben & Jerry's decision and called on the company \"to end all its procedures with the apartheid Israel\".\n\nBen & Jerry's - which was founded in 1978 by best friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield - has a track record of campaigning on social issues such as LGBTQ+ rights and climate change.\n• None Patel takes on Ben and Jerry's over migrant boats", "A Florida man has become the first to be sentenced to prison for his part in the US Capitol riots on 6 January.\n\nPaul Allard Hodgkins pleaded guilty in June to one felony count of entering the Capitol to obstruct Congress. He was jailed for eight months.\n\nProsecutors had asked for a term of 18 months, saying Hodgkins \"contributed to the collective threat to democracy\".\n\nThe sentence is expected to set a benchmark for hundreds of upcoming cases from the Capitol riots.\n\nHodgkins, 38, told a Washington DC court that taking part in the invasion of the Capitol had been a \"foolish decision\".\n\nHe said he regretted \"the damage that day's incident caused and the way this country that I love has been hurt\".\n\nThe crane operator from Tampa, was among an estimated 800 people who breached the Capitol on 6 January.\n\nThe FBI has so far arrested more than 535 people for criminal activity on the day of the siege.\n\nVideo footage shows Hodgkins inside the Senate chamber, wearing a Trump 2020 t-shirt, with a pair of goggles around his neck and a Trump flag slung over his shoulder.\n\nCourt documents include a selfie taken by Hodgkins inside the Senate. One of the most prominent participants in the riots, the so-called QAnon Shaman, can be seen in the background.\n\nProsecutors noted that Hodgkins did not personally engage in violence or destroy property.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA lawyer for Hodgkins had asked for judge for leniency, saying any sentence given \"will pale in comparison\" to the lifelong shame he will carry.\n\nHodgkins' felony sentence follows one other Capitol riot sentence issued so far.\n\nAnna Morgan-Lloyd, a 49-year-old woman from Indiana, received three years of probation and no jail time after pleading guilty in June to a disorderly conduct charge, a misdemeanour.\n\nMs Morgan-Lloyd, who was inside the Capitol for around 10 minutes and did not engage in violence, apologised for taking part.", "Nerve-less Collin Morikawa shot a scintillating bogey-free final round to clinch the Claret Jug on his Open Championship debut as returning fans soaked up the victory at a sun-drenched Royal St George's.\n\nThe American wrestled hold of the lead with three birdies to finish the front nine and held off the charging Jordan Spieth to win by two strokes on the Kent coast.\n\nThe 24-year-old, who won his first major on his US PGA Championship debut last year, becomes the first Open debutant to win since Ben Curtis did so at this course in 2003.\n\n\"This is one of the best moments of my life,\" he said. \"Look at all these fans. To see some of the best crowds I have ever seen, I'm looking forward to making my trip every year.\"\n\nMorikawa's four-under 66 saw him win on 15 under, with 2017 champion Spieth also recording a final-day 66 to finish as his fellow American's nearest challenger.\n\nUS Open champion Jon Rahm birdied four of his last six holes to card a 66 and finish joint third on 11 under with overnight leader Louis Oosthuizen, who closed with a 71.\n\nScotland's Robert MacIntyre finished as the top British player in a tie for eighth after a final-day 67 saw him finish at seven under par, two ahead of England's Paul Casey at five under.\n\nUp to 32,000 spectators flooded through the gates on Sunday and were treated to a blockbuster final round as the only players to make the cut in all four of this year's men's majors finished as the top four in Sandwich.\n\nIt was a fitting finale at Royal St George's as the venue belatedly got to hold the 149th edition of golf's oldest major after last year's championship was cancelled because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nShane Lowry's victory at Royal Portrush two years ago was beginning to feel like it hailed from a different era when sport was locked down and, while six majors have since been played in the US, this was the first to be staged on this side of the Atlantic Ocean since the Irishman's iconic victory in 2019.\n\nRain before the tournament thickened up the rough and provided receptive fairways and forgiving greens, but that meant once the wind dropped players were able to shoot low scores on Friday before organisers responded with tricky pin positions for the weekend.\n\nHowever, it was Oosthuizen who held on to a one-stroke lead heading into Sunday's final round, looking to record a wire-to-wire victory and win his second Open title.\n\nMorikawa admitted he had little experience of links golf - and recorded his worst result as a professional when finishing joint 71st at last week's Scottish Open - so the benign conditions perhaps suited the Californian, who is regarded as of one of the game's finest iron players.\n\nAmid the searing heat on Sunday, the world number four also showed he has the temperament to add further to his major tally.\n\nAs three successive birdies dropped for Morikawa he suddenly found himself taking a four-stroke lead as he hit the turn, with Oosthuizen stuttering in the final pairing alongside him.\n\nBut the first flicker of emotion from the American came at the 10th when he made a superb up-and-down from the back of the green to save par, fist-pumping in celebration.\n\nBy this point the Spieth charge was alive but Morikawa birdied 14 to keep his compatriot at arm's length and, with roars going off further up the course, saved par again at 15.\n\nFrom there it was a case of keeping his nerve as the anticipation grew among the excited fans, but that was no trouble for Morikawa who took a two-shot lead down the last and strode on the 18th green to huge applause, moments away from becoming the first man to win on his Open debut in 18 years.\n\nHe two-putted for a final par to see out the victory and then waved and clapped the fans packing out the 18th grandstand in fittingly composed fashion.\n\n\"I tell everyone I am not the biggest history guy but I want to add myself to history and make memories for myself,\" said Morikawa, admitting he will \"have a few drinks\" from the Claret Jug.\n\n\"Everything about this week was very special, to cap it on my caddie's birthday, even more special.\n\n\"I've had belief in myself since turning pro that I can do it. When it's coming to these tournaments, courses and styles that I have never played, I do my homework Monday to Wednesday to know what I need to do.\"\n\nSouth African Oosthuizen went to sleep on the first three nights of the championship as The Open leader, but the wait to realise his dream of adding another Claret Jug to the one he won at St Andrews in 2010 continues.\n\nHe had only made three bogeys in the whole tournament before his final round but carded as many on Sunday as the tension showed, living out a nightmare seventh hole where he splashed from bunker to bunker either side of the green while Morikawa birdied.\n\nOosthuizen's luck almost changed when he hit the pin with his tee shot on the par-three 11th and his ball nearly dropped in for a hole-in-one, instead taking a birdie.\n\nBut the 38-year-old has finished runner-up six times in major championships and there was a knowing look of resignation when he bogeyed the 13th.\n\nHe did claw one stroke back on the following hole but by that time Morikawa was in full control, with Oosthuizen carding his only over-par round of the week to finish four back.\n\nAfter a bogey-bogey finish on Saturday - the latter of which coming when he missed a two-foot putt - it was going to need something special from Spieth to challenge from three strokes back in the final round.\n\nBogeys at four and six made that task even harder but the three-time major champion sparked into life with an eagle at the par-five seventh and continued his hot streak with birdies either side of the turn.\n\nSpieth has not won a major title since winning The Open at Royal Birkdale in 2017 but when he made successive birdies at 13 and 14 the chatter from fans along the ropes was that perhaps there was a chance he was about to end that drought.\n\nUltimately Morikawa's controlled performance down the stretch meant that was beyond his reach, leaving Spieth to rue his mistakes on Saturday.\n\n\"I'm proud of going six-under in the last 12 in this golf tournament and putting some pressure on Collin,\" said the world number 23.\n\n\"From what I've heard, since he made a big par save on 10, made a putt up the ridge on 14 and a par save on 15, I needed a break and I didn't get it from him.\n\n\"I did all I could. So I'm upset because I really felt like I played well enough to win and made a couple of really dumb mistakes - like just stepping in and missing on 18 yesterday, not really thinking about it.\n\n\"But at the same time, I did everything I could in the past few hours to win this championship.\"\n\nRahm, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson were other players who left themselves with too much ground to make up on the final day.\n\nSpanish world number two Rahm entered the week as the short-odds favourite and followed an opening 71 with rounds of 64, 68 and then a 66, that featured an eagle and four straight birdies.\n\n\"It's easy to think about all the things that could have been better,\" he said. \"The biggest mistake was that first round.\"\n\nFour-time major winner Koepka's 65 lifted him to joint sixth on eight under but he admitted it was a \"back-door top 10\" after a 72 on Saturday took him out of contention.\n\nWorld number one Johnson had a similarly poor third round, his closing 67 lifting him to seven under.", "Diane Simons said she would not challenge people who did not wear masks\n\nThe glorious weather is bringing a lift to both to people's spirits and to the numbers out and about at Welsh resorts.\n\nBut as the sun and the start of the summer holidays coincide with a lifting of Covid restrictions in England, will this cause confusion for visitors?\n\nWales still has indoor social distancing laws in place and a requirement to wear face coverings.\n\nSo how have visitors from England and retailers from the Welsh seaside resort of Rhyl been coping with Wales' rules?\n\nThe Beach Shop is hoping for an economic boost from the warn weather, where Diane Simons was helping her daughter run the business on Rhyl's seafront.\n\nMs Simons said the weather had helped sales, adding: \"We're very grateful for it. We've waited a long time.\n\n\"People ask if you have to wear a mask in the shop and they have been very good. Obviously not everybody abides by it but most people do.\"\n\nShe said she would not be challenging people who did not wear coverings. \"Not from this weekend,\" she explained.\n\n\"If they walk in with a mask, I'm very pleased. If they don't we stand back.\"\n\nShe did not expect much to change with the relaxation of the rules in England.\n\n\"People realise the rules are not the same but on the whole they are very good,\" added Diane.\n\nSarah and Sharon both plan to keep using masks whatever the rules\n\n\"They're out to enjoy themselves and that's it. People are appreciating Wales and we're glad to serve them.\"\n\nOver on the beach, Sarah was visiting with her friend Sharon from Rhuddlan.\n\n\"I just came back from London yesterday and it was heaving,\" said Sarah.\n\n\"People weren't wearing masks. I think we're more protected in Wales because it's not as densely populated.\n\nShe said even if rules were to be relaxed in Wales, she would still wear one in places like supermarkets.\n\n\"I think it's a gradual process. It's difficult to imagine that one day you have to protect yourself and the next day it's total freedom.\n\n\"With the numbers still increasing you've just got to be wary, haven't you?\"\n\nTracey Rush thinks having differing rules in Wales and England could be a problem\n\nTracey Rush had come for a trip from her home in Wrexham, on the border with England.\n\n\"I actually work in a hospital and I'm very used to wearing a mask,\" she said.\n\n\"We went away a few weeks ago and a lot of English people were not wearing masks at all.\n\n\"It's a problem going forward I think, that we're going to have to have Welsh and English rules being so different.\"\n\nWhatever the the rules will end up as in Wales, she thinks she will continue to wear her mask.\n\n\"I work in a place where there's high-risk people so [I'll wear it] to protect myself and to protect any spread from where I work,\" said Tracey, adding she was expecting to have to wear a mask in work for at least 12 months more.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some visitors to Wales' mountains and coastline have \"no respect\", a conservation charity says\n\nHigh numbers of people expected in Wales' beauty spots over the bank holiday weekend are being urged to respect areas and \"leave no trace\".\n\nIt follows a rise in vandalism, overnight camping and littering at Carmarthenshire beauty spot Morfa Bychan beach.\n\nNational Trust Cymru said the site of special scientific interest was being put at risk.\n\nA \"high volume of visitors\" is expected this bank holiday across Wales.\n\nNational Trust Cymru has appealed to the public not to park overnight near the Morfa Bychan beach, ahead of the bank holiday weekend.\n\nIt said the secluded beach's plants, wildlife and ecology were being put at risk by \"wild\" camping, rubbish dumping and human waste.\n\nAs the bank holiday weekend approaches, there's an appeal for the public to follow the Countryside Code, stay at authorised campsites and take their litter home to protect the ecology of some of Wales' most scenic spots.\n\nStuart McDonnell, area ranger for National Trust Cymru in Carmarthenshire, said the vandalism which was \"destroying a unique habitat\" was \"disheartening\" for his team.\n\n\"These places are jewels to come to but unfortunately the people who are coming here have no respect for the land or the wildlife,\" he said.\n\nThe gate from the car park to the beach is usually locked, but has been vandalised several times over the last year by \"wild\" campers using portable angle grinders to gain access to the spot.\n\nNational Trust Cymru's rangers have also had to deal with rubbish, toilet waste and left-over BBQs and said they have seen evidence of illegal felling in the area surrounding the beach.\n\nThe gate from the car park to the beach has been vandalised numerous times over the last year, with footpath gates and posts \"chopped up and used for campfires\".\n\nThe trust is working with local agencies, including the local MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire - and Secretary of State for Wales, Simon Hart, to highlight the issue.\n\nMr Hart said he was delighted that people wanted to enjoy the beach, but added: \"It is being spoiled by a selfish few.\n\n\"Local residents regularly pile up the rubbish and the National Trust is very good about collecting it - one autumn we even cleared away an old trampoline and a dead caravan.\n\n\"We think there are sufficient laws to deal with it - we've just got to get the evidence and give the police every possible chance of dealing with it.\"\n\nVandalism at the secluded beach has been \"steadily increasing for the last five years\", an area ranger says\n\nBut Rebecca Williams, director of conservation with National Trust Cymru, said fines or stricter measures would be \"difficult\" to implement.\n\n\"Fines are difficult - it means having people here overnight, putting their safety at risk, so we need to work with the local community to raise awareness of the impact the damage is having,\" she said.\n\nNational Trust is also looking for volunteers to act as what they call \"coastodians\" to help look after places like Morfa Bychan with regular beach cleans.\n\nThis summer is expected to be \"the busiest ever\" for RNLI lifeguards and volunteer lifeboat crews in Wales\n\nMorfa Bychan beach is the latest in a long list of sites across Wales which have seen a rise in vandalism and \"wild\" overnight camping.\n\nRichard Owen, from Natural Resources Wales, reminded those enjoying Wales' landscapes this weekend to \"leave no trace\" of their visit and ensure enjoyment outdoors is not done at \"the expense of nature\".\n\n\"The scenes of abandoned campsites, damaged habitats, verge parking, as well as litter, are totally unacceptable and a blight on Wales' reputation as home to some of the world's greatest landscapes,\" he said.\n\nHundreds of bags of rubbish were collected from Snowdonia in the last year\n\nMeanwhile, in north west Wales, plans are in place for a busy bank holiday weekend.\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority, local councils and North Wales Police, said they had learned lessons after seeing an increase in litter and illegal camping, after restrictions were eased after the first lockdown last year.\n\nThey said they were \"anticipating a significantly high volume of visitors\" to the area over the bank holiday and urged visitors to respect the rules and not put a strain on resources.\n\nEmyr Williams, Snowdonia National Park Authority's chief executive, said there would be extra shuttle bus services in Snowdon's Yr Wyddfa and Ogwen areas, temporary and permanent signage and pre-booking at Pen-y-Pass.\n\n\"We need to remember that Snowdonia is a protected area where people live and work and we also recognise the countless hours the dedicated hard-working team of volunteers give to the area and appreciate their hard work and generosity,\" he said.\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority are expecting high numbers of visitors over the bank holiday\n\nSupt Neil Thomas, of North Wales Police, said when lockdown rules lifted last year, the force saw \"dangerous, irresponsible and illegal parking which posed a risk to public safety\" in many beauty spots, including Ogwen and Pen-y-Pass.\n\n\"Patrols will continue throughout the bank holiday weekend and we'll continue to work with our partners to ensure the rules are being followed,\" he said.\n\nHe urged anybody considering visiting areas such as Snowdonia to be responsible and think about where they park.\n\nPeople are urged to \"respect the water and think about their own safety\" by the RNLI\n\nMeanwhile, Chris Cousens, RNLI water safety lead in Wales, said they were expecting this summer to be \"the busiest ever\" for lifeguards and volunteer lifeboat crews in Wales.\n\nHe urged people to \"respect the water, think about their own safety and know what to do in an emergency\" as well as enjoying being on beaches.\n\nThe RNLI warning to swimmers and coastal walkers follows a survey predicting unprecedented numbers of people on Wales' beaches, with an estimated 30 million visitors expected in the coming months as people opt for 'staycations'.\n\nIn a survey commissioned by the RNLI, 75% of 16 to 64-year-olds expect to visit a UK beach or the coast between April and September, with around half of that number likely to do so three or more times.", "Iceland and Greene King say they have had to shut shops and pubs due to staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app.\n\nIceland said that after keeping all of its stores open during lockdown, it has now had to shut some because 1,000 staff have been \"pinged\" by the app.\n\nChief executive Richard Walker said: \"The great irony is that we're now all getting vaccinated.\"\n\nGreene King has closed 33 pubs in the past week due to staff self-isolating.\n\nBoss Nick Mackenzie said the pubs group also had to shorten opening hours at some sites. He added that across the hospitality industry about one in five team members have been affected, \"and therefore it is causing a real issue for us setting up a business on a daily basis\".\n\nRecent figures showed more than 500,000 people in England and Wales were \"pinged\" by the app in the week to 7 July, up 46% on the previous week.\n\nPeople who have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 must self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nBusiness lobby group the CBI has warned that \"crippling staff shortages\" risk hampering an economic recovery.\n\nVauxhall confirmed on Monday that it has reduced its daily shifts from three to two at its Luton plant \"because of increasing numbers of employees who have been contacted by the app\".\n\nA spokesman for the carmaker said Vauxhall was about to embark on its yearly three-week shutdown from Friday, 23 July. By the time the Luton plant restarts in August it hopes \"the situation will have improved\".\n\nOthers in the car industry have also been affected by high levels of staff self-isolating. Nissan and Rolls-Royce have both warned that staff shortages could affect production.\n\nMeanwhile, a group representing some of the UK's biggest ports said staff shortages caused by people having to self-isolate after being contacted by the NHS app represented \"one of the most significant threats to ports' resilience in recent years\".\n\nThe UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG), which represents Felixstowe, the Port of Liverpool, Southampton and others, says that absence rates caused by staff self-isolating are at 10% at some ports.\n\n\"Whilst ports are maintaining all the controls on site that have - so far - kept ports open through the pandemic, we have no control over what happens in the wider world,\" said Tim Morris, chief executive of UKMPG.\n\nIceland's Mr Walker said that as well closing some stores, the chain has also had to reduce opening hours in some circumstances. \"The concern is that as this thing rises exponentially as we've just been hearing. It could get a lot worse a lot quicker,\" he told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nMr Walker said 4% of Iceland's 30,000-strong workforce was now absent. \"In fact, we've just announced employing an additional 2,000 people on top of that to give us a deeper pool of labour, because so many people are now getting pinged.\"\n\nThe number of Covid cases in England and Wales surpassed 50,000 on both Friday and Saturday, the highest number since mid-January. On Monday, England lifted final Covid restrictions, including the legal requirement to wear a face covering to prevent the spread of the virus.\n\nWales is expected to scrap most rules on 7 August though this will not include face masks. Scotland has moved to the lowest level of restrictions of Covid restrictions but face coverings must be worn for a further three weeks. Northern Ireland will decide on Thursday to ease rules on seven days' time.\n\nPureGym's chief executive, Humphrey Cobbold, said his business had managed to keep all of its sites open despite rising numbers of employees forced to self-isolate, but it had been difficult.\n\n\"Up to 25%, in some areas, of our staff have been asked to self-isolate,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Through flexibility and sharing of labour across sites, we've been able to keep sites open so far but it's been a very close call in certain circumstances.\"\n\nKate Lester, founder and chief executive of Diamond Logistics, which runs a UK network of fulfilment and delivery centres, said the company has had to delay opening a new site at Motherwell in Scotland because between 20% and 25% of staff are off work.\n\n\"We're actually having to delay that launch for over a month which deprives our new network partner of his income and in addition to that it deprives his clients of vital logistics services,\" she said.\n\nToday is potentially a big day for many businesses. Capacity limits are gone; venues can fill up if they want to. That means many pubs and restaurants, for example, have the chance of turning a profit again.\n\nBosses have longed for this day since the pandemic began. But they face another growing problem. As infections rise, so too are the number of people told they must self-isolate after coming into contact with a positive case. This is causing a staffing problem for many, many firms. Venues and stores have had to close. Opening hours have been curtailed.\n\nThere is a clamour from companies, demanding the government immediately change the self-isolation rules to exempt people who have had both Covid-19 vaccines and test negative. The regime is due to be overhauled in a month's time.\n\nHowever, business leaders fear many more staff will be told to stay at home and therefore businesses will be forced to close at a time when they hoped to making money again.\n\nThe CBI has called for an immediate end to the 10-day self-isolation period for people who have been fully vaccinated. It also said daily lateral flow tests could help people who have not received both jabs get back to work.\n\nFrom 16 August, people who have been fully vaccinated will not have to self-isolate if they are \"pinged\" by the NHS app when they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid. They will instead be advised to take PCR test as soon as possible.\n\nOn Sunday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were forced to U-turn on a decision not to self-isolate after coming into contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive for Covid on Saturday.\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Sunak had said initially that they would not need to isolate as they were taking part in a pilot scheme that involves daily testing instead. But this sparked a backlash from opposition parties and businesses.\n\nGreene King's Mr Mackenzie said the government needed to bring the \"test and release\" scheme forward to allow more people to come into work and \"get us back to normal again\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Adam Romain pleads for police help as his children scream during riot\n\nThe reasons why violence and rioting broke out in Swansea two months ago are to be examined by a panel of experts.\n\nCars were burnt and windows smashed in the Mayhill area after a vigil to a young man who had died turned violent.\n\nEthan Powell's father Jonathan Russ later condemned those who rioted at his son's vigil, calling them \"scumbags\".\n\nThe independent review into the riot will look at the background to the violence and see if lessons can be learned.\n\nSeven police officers were injured and 20 people were arrested on suspicion of unlawful violence following the disturbances.\n\nA joint review between Swansea council, South Wales Police and its Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) will be led by a panel made up of chairwoman Prof Elwen Evans QC, police expert Martin Jones and local government consultant Jack Straw.\n\nThe Mayhill street looked \"like a war zone\", one of the residents said\n\nSome residents said they no longer felt safe in their home after being targeted by rioters.\n\nSwansea council said residents and community leaders had joined with the authorities to provide assistance to those affected in the aftermath of the events of 20 May.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Stewart said: \"The unlawful disturbances we saw were shocking.\n\n\"They were the actions of yobs and criminals and were in no way a true reflection of the wonderful communities of Mayhill and Waun Wen - or of the majority of the people of Swansea.\n\n\"We took immediate action to support residents after the disturbances and we are still working side-by-side with families, young people, local councillors and community leaders in the recovery.\"\n\nBut he added it was \"essential\" to answer questions raised by the community and learn more about the background to the events and their consequences.\n\nSeven police officers were injured and 20 people were arrested on suspicion of unlawful violence\n\nResidents directly affected by the disturbances, along with community groups, will be invited to give feedback to the panel.\n\nThe review is being supported by the Welsh government.\n\nSouth Wales PCC Alun Michael added: \"The review will examine what led up to that incident, whether it could have been predicted and the way in which agencies responded to support the local community and restore confidence after the event.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By the end of September, full vaccination will be required in order to enter nightclubs, says the PM\n\nPeople attending nightclubs and other venues where large crowds gather in England will need to be fully vaccinated from the end of September, the government says.\n\nLatest figures show 35% of 18 to 30-year-olds have not had their first jab.\n\nCurrently nightclubs and other crowded venues are only encouraged to ask clubbers to show proof of vaccination, a negative test result or immunity.\n\nBut Boris Johnson said he was concerned by the continuing risk of transmission.\n\nThe announcement came on the day nightclubs in England were allowed to reopen after 16 months of closure.\n\nThe prime minister told a press conference on Monday: \"I don't want to have to close nightclubs again as they have elsewhere. But it does mean nightclubs need to do the socially responsible thing.\n\n\"As we said last week, we do reserve the right to mandate certification at any point if it's necessary to reduce transmission.\n\n\"And I should serve notice now that by the end of September, when all over 18s have had their chance to be double jabbed we're planning to make full vaccination the condition of entry to nightclubs and other venues where large crowds gather.\"\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said nightclubs and other such venues could be \"potential super spreading events\" because of crowds in close contact.\n\n\"I would expect that with opening of nightclubs, we'll continue to see an increase in cases, and we will see outbreaks related to specific nightclubs as well,\" he said.\n\nHow have you been affected by issues covered in this story?\n\nNightclubs are still closed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Welsh government said it would never mandate the use of vaccination certificates but that businesses would be free to ask for them.\n\nAcross the UK, 39,950 cases were recorded on Monday alongside another 19 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt's easy to understand how a loud and busy nightclub could be the perfect stomping ground for Covid.\n\nHaving lots of people packed closely together, snogging, singing and shouting in a confined space with relatively poor ventilation creates ideal conditions for a virus carried in our spit to spread.\n\nAdd in the fact that many of those attending may not have had two or even one dose of a vaccine that helps protect against catching and transmitting the virus, and you could have a super-spreading event on your hands.\n\nThe Netherlands recently tried reopening its clubs and quickly decided to close them again amid rising infection rates. Its government said most of the new infections occurred in nightlife settings and parties with large numbers of people.\n\nFor now, it is asking its citizens to use their common sense and act responsibly; keeping gatherings small and manageable. Time will tell if the UK might go the same way.\n\nMany nightclubs have shut down during the pandemic and the industry reacted angrily to the prime minister's announcement.\n\n\"So, 'freedom day' for nightclubs lasted around 17 hours then,\" said Michael Kill, boss of the Night Time Industries Association.\n\n\"Leaving aside the fact that this is yet another chaotic U-turn that will leave nightclubs who have been planning for reopening for months having to make more changes to the way they operate - this is still a bad idea.\n\n\"80% of nightclubs have said they do not want to implement Covid passports, worrying about difficulties with enforcing the system and a reduction in spontaneous consumers, as well as being put at a competitive disadvantage with pubs and bars that aren't subject to the same restrictions and yet provide similar environments.\"\n\nBoss of UK Hospitality Kate Nicholls called the announcement \"a hammer blow\" for a struggling industry trying to rebuild.\n\nOne major nightclub firm, Rekom UK, which owns 42 venues including chains Pryzm, Bar&Beyond, and Fiction, said clubs had become a political football.\n\nBoss Peter Marks said: \"Mandatory Covid passports may make sense one day once the entire adult population has been offered vaccines, but does government really think this threat will entice the 'vaccine wary' to take the vaccine? They will just stay later in the pubs and hold their parties in their houses.\"\n\nMark Harper MP, who chairs the Covid Recovery Group of Conservative backbenchers, also criticised the plans, saying the government was \"effectively moving to compulsory vaccination.\"\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons, he called on the government to bring forward the evidence for the policy in September ahead of any vote, saying he didn't think the evidence from pilot schemes supported the idea.\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi MP promised to share the evidence with the Commons, \"working with the nightclub industry or at-risk large scale events that are indoors\".", "Hundreds of bags of rubbish were collected from Snowdonia last year\n\nThere are calls to respect beauty spots as the weather gets hotter and Covid restrictions are eased in Wales.\n\nNatural Resource Wales (NRW) has urged sun-worshippers and beauty seekers to respect local communities ahead of an expected arrival of visitors over the next few weeks during the summer break.\n\nParking, littering and vandalism were all reported as problems for popular areas last year.\n\nNRW said patrols would be increased but individuals must \"behave responsibly\".\n\nOn Saturday, some restrictions were lifted in Wales, meaning people no longer have to socially distance outside.\n\nFrom 7 August, more rules will be removed - including the end to most other social distancing and the requirement to wear mask inside pubs and restaurants.\n\nBeaches were busy over the weekend as restrictions were removed and temperatures soared\n\nNRW said its sites had already seen a significant increase in visitors since lockdown began to be eased in March.\n\nBut while the majority of visitors left no trace behind, many sites had been \"bearing the brunt\" of some who \"show little to no regard or respect for the areas they have come to enjoy\", it said.\n\nThat included forests being used as \"makeshift car parks and campsites\" and the scattering of litter and other waste.\n\nNRW said it would be working with the police and \"will not hesitate to take enforcement action\" to prevent a repeat of last summer.\n\nRichard Owen, team leader for estate recreation planning and land stewardship, said: \"While we are delighted to welcome people back to our sites... we must maintain a balance between the wishes of individuals to enjoy the outdoors and the responsibilities each and every one of us has to protect nature and to respect our local communities.\"\n\nCar parks have been full as many make the trip to Welsh beauty spots\n\nA continuing problem for some sites is mess left behind by people camping, barbecuing and lighting bonfires.\n\nNRW said one of the most prevalent issues it experienced in the Welsh countryside was the impact of wildfires and fly camping - where people pitch tents or park campervans without the landowner's permission and do not clean up after themselves.\n\nLast summer in Porth Ysgaden, Gwynedd, there were reports that human waste was dumped into the sea.\n\nNRW is urging people to follow the Countryside Code, including parking responsibly, planning ahead to avoid crowds and cleaning up after themselves.\n\nEmma Edwards-Jones said people needed to take personal responsibility\n\nEmma Edwards-Jones is projects manager at Snowdonia-Active - a non-profit consultancy for outdoor activities and conservation.\n\nShe said people needed to take personal responsibility when outdoors and to plan thoroughly for activities.\n\nThe majority of people were being responsible and doing it right, she said, \"but there are some who haven't ventured into the outdoors before and for example, are buying a paddleboard in the morning then heading straight out onto the water in the afternoon\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, some haven't got the understanding that it isn't a playground and they don't know how to take care of themselves, others and the environment they have come to enjoy.\n\n\"For some who have not done a lot outdoors they don't always know what to expect and they're surprised by rural environments with limited access to facilities such as toilets and parking - there is a real lack of understanding of how to behave.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 500 cars were parked along the roads in Snowdonia last July\n\nShe said personal safety was not just about themselves but reducing the strain on emergency services and respecting the environment.\n\n\"We ask people to ask themselves three questions before they set off: do I know what the weather will be like? do I have the right gear? do I have the right skills?\n\n\"Personal safety and responsibility for the environment come hand in hand - a lot of people work hard to care for our landscapes and we want to work with visitors so that everyone can enjoy the coast and countryside of Wales,\" she said.\n\nLesley Jones says litter is a real danger to wildlife\n\nLesley Jones, chief executive of Keep Wales Tidy, said it was essential rivers, beaches, parks and green spaces were kept clean and safe for everyone to enjoy.\n\n\"We saw a devastating increase in litter at iconic beauty spots when restrictions eased last summer and none of us want to see the same thing happen again this year.\n\n\"Litter attracts more litter. Just one piece becomes just two pieces, until the tens and the hundreds of pieces are a real and growing danger to wildlife and to our own health and well-being and it is no longer possible for these areas to be enjoyed,\" she said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nCapacity crowds are set to return to sport events in England from 19 July without the legal requirement of vaccine passports.\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the plan to end all Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.\n\nThe move, which will be voted upon on 12 July, would end social distancing and the mandatory use of face masks.\n\nIt means there could be full stadiums for the start of the Premier League season in August.\n\nHowever, the PM said some venues may choose to make use of the NHS vaccine passport service should they wish.\n\nWimbledon has seen an increase of crowds this week, with Centre Court at 75% capacity. The All England Club have confirmed they will increase this to 100% for the quarter-finals, the semis and finals on both Court one and Centre Court.\n\nThere will also be hope for full stadiums during England's Test series against India starting on August 4, as well as at Glorious Goodwood at the end of July.\n\nA government report showed just eight Covid-19 cases were identified among 30,000 fans who attended football pilot events in April and May.\n\nBoth the Premier League and the EFL welcomed the news.\n\nThe Premier League said it was \"looking forward to full stadiums in the 2021-22 season\" and that it would work to ensure \"the return to full capacity is done in a way that keeps everyone safe\".\n\n\"We are ready to re-open and welcome fans back in numbers,\" EFL chief executive Trevor Birch said.\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "The Welsh government has said each case was being investigated\n\nMore than 30 doctors, health professionals and campaigners have called for an \"urgent investigation\" into the Welsh government's handling of the Covid pandemic.\n\nNot holding an inquiry immediately will lead to unnecessary deaths, they said.\n\nIt comes after Newyddion S4C revealed 1,860 patients who died up to May 2021 \"definitely\" or \"probably\" were infected in hospital.\n\nSenedd opposition leaders said it showed the need for Wales' own inquiry.\n\nThe Welsh government has agreed to take part in a UK-wide public inquiry, saying it is the most appropriate way to scrutinise their decision making during the pandemic.\n\nIn an open letter the group, mostly made up of doctors working in the Welsh NHS, called for scrutiny of the \"decisions and actions undertaken\" so far so that lessons can be learned.\n\n35 signatories said delaying an investigation \"risks increasing pressure on an already overwhelmed NHS\".\n\n\"More importantly, avoiding an immediate official inquiry will certainly lead to further economic harm, long term incapacity and unnecessary loss of life.\"\n\nIt said a probe should examine how health care organisations can reduce deaths related within hospitals, and what support is offered to people with long Covid.\n\nAn investigation should also examine how to improve the Test, Trace and Protect system, it said.\n\nThe letter calls for an investigation \"undertaken without delay so that lessons can be learnt as we head into further waves of COVID-19 infections with the possibility of new vaccine resistant strains ahead and normal winter pressures\".\n\nSignatories include 26 doctors, former Labour MP Ann Clwyd and others from the Medics4MaskUpWales group.\n\nThe Welsh government has been asked to comment.\n\nA UK inquiry is expected to have chapters with \"a specific focus on Wales\", Lesley Griffiths said\n\nIn the Senedd on Tuesday, Conservative group leader Andrew RT Davies said it was \"the wrong decision\" for the Welsh government not to hold its own inquiry.\n\n\"One in three people in certain health boards were acquiring the Covid virus in a hospital setting because of the decisions taken here in Wales,\" he said.\n\n\"People will be bemused that you're not prepared to put yourself under the spotlight of scrutiny.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said: \"I think, in all honesty, that opens you up to the charge of ducking scrutiny.\"\n\nStanding in for Mark Drakeford, Trefnydd (government business minister) Lesley Griffiths said the first minister had agreed to a four-nation inquiry because it would examine the \"inter-dependencies\" between the nations of the UK.\n\nThe Welsh government expected \"chapters to have a specific focus on Wales\", she said.\n\nShe said \"far too many people have died\".\n\n\"We have done everything we can, obviously, as have the hospitals and care homes themselves to keep the virus out,\" she told the Welsh Parliament.\n\n\"But of course it doesn't stop at the door of hospitals. It doesn't stop at the door of care homes.\"\n\nHospitals were like \"a small town\", adding: \"You are unable to stop the virus coming in, unfortunately.\"\n\nSince the start of the pandemic, more than 7,100 probable and definite hospital infections have been recorded by Public Health Wales.\n\nThe figures have dropped back in recent weeks, reflecting a falling number of people in hospital with Covid. About 1% of all Covid infections are now acquired in hospital and the rest in the community.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nItaly beat Spain on penalties to reach the Euro 2020 final after an enthralling semi-final at a noisy Wembley.\n\nAfter Alvaro Morata's penalty was saved, Jorginho strolled up to score and set up a final with either England or Denmark in London on Sunday.\n\nFederico Chiesa looked as if he had sent Italy - who are unbeaten in 33 games - to the final in normal time with a delightful curled finish to cap off a quick counter.\n\nBut Morata stepped off the bench to slot an equaliser with 10 minutes to go after a one-two with Dani Olmo.\n\nHowever, the Juventus forward's penalty miss in the shootout proved costly as Spain lost a semi-final for the first time in their history.\n\nFears about an empty stadium or quiet crowd proved unfounded despite tickets still being on sale during the day, and with fans unable to fly from either country without having to quarantine for too long to watch the game.\n\nRoberto Mancini's Italy side have been arguably the best team in the tournament - and had won their previous 13 games - and deserve their place in the final.\n• None Relive the action from Italy's win over Spain\n\nHowever, this was the toughest they have had to work, and they only managed one shot between Morata's equaliser and the shootout.\n\nIt is an especially sad end to the Euros for Morata. He has wasted numerous chances during the tournament - with his family having to endure threats from fans - and his equaliser looked set to change the narrative before he failed from the spot.\n\nMancini's machine keeps on going\n\nItaly's style of play has changed as the tournament has gone on, with the Azzurri reverting to their old defensive ways, and it has taken them through to the final.\n\nThey were free-scoring and impressive in the group stages - while also solid at the back - taking their run to 11 wins in a row without conceding.\n\nBut they needed extra time to beat Austria in the last 16 and then dug in to beat Belgium 2-1 last time out.\n\nMancini took over a team that failed to even qualify for the 2018 World Cup and has now led them to the next major final.\n\nSurprisingly, the four-time world champions have only ever won one European Championship - all the way back in 1968.\n\nThey lost the 2000 and 2012 finals - but will hope to go one better this time at Wembley.\n\nEmerson was a competent but unspectacular replacement for the injured Leonardo Spinazzola at left-back and hit the bar from a tight angle with their only effort of the first half.\n\nTheir breakthrough came from a counter-attack that began with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and ended with Chiesa's perfect finish from near the edge of the box leaving Unai Simon rooted to the spot.\n\nThey had a couple of chances to wrap the game up, but Domenico Berardi shot straight at Simon both times before Morata equalised.\n\nFrom that stage on it looked as if they were playing for penalties - and that was the way it turned out.\n\nThe Azzurri got off to the worst possible start when Manuel Locatelli's penalty was saved, but they converted the rest of their spot-kicks with Jorginho nonchalantly waiting for Spain keeper Simon to move before slotting the other way to send them through to the final.\n\nSpain's wastefulness catches up with them\n\nSpain have grown into the tournament and go home as the top scorers to date with 13 goals. And yet it should have been much more.\n\nTen of those goals came in two games and otherwise they have struggled in front of goal. Slovakia are the only team they beat in 90 minutes at Euro 2020.\n\nThey started with no recognised striker on Tuesday - Morata was left on the bench - with Mikel Oyarzabal and Dani Olmo lively but wasteful in front of goal.\n\nLuis Enrique's side ended with 16 shots to Italy's seven - but managed only one more effort on target than their opponents at Wembley.\n\nSpain had won all five previous semi-final appearances in major tournaments - including their successes in 2008, 2010 and 2012 when they dominated world football - but that 100% run has now come to an end.\n\nThey played some good football and deserved to level when Morata ran onto Olmo's return pass to slot home.\n\nBut in the shootout Olmo blazed over before Morata's weak kick was saved.\n\nThe summer is not over for six of them, however, with Olmo, Simon, Oyarzabal, Pau Torres, Eric Garcia and Pedri - who all played on Tuesday - in Spain's Olympic football squad. The tournament in Tokyo starts in 17 days.\n• None Italy have now reached their 10th major tournament final, progressing to the final of the European Championship for the fourth time.\n• None This was the 10th occasion both Spain and Italy have competed in a penalty shootout at a major tournament, more than any other European nations.\n• None Italy v Spain (10) is now the most played fixture amongst European nations in major tournament history.\n• None This was the ninth time Italy have gone to extra time at the Euros, more than any other team, while Spain equalled the record for extra time appearances at a single edition of the competition (three - level with Portugal in 2016).\n• None Italy have scored 12 goals at Euro 2020, their joint-highest total at a major tournament. Spain have scored 13 goals at Euro 2020, their best goal return at a single edition of the Euros.\n• None Italy became just the second side in European Championship history to have as many as five different players score two or more goals at a single edition of the competition (Chiesa, Pessina, Insigne, Immobile and Locatelli), after France in 2000.\n• None Alvaro Morata has scored more goals at the European Championship than any other Spain player (six), overtaking Fernando Torres' five goals.\n• None Federico Chiesa has scored twice in his past three games for Italy - he managed a solitary goal in his first 28 appearances for the Azzurri.\n• None Spain's Pedri became the first European player in major tournament history to start six matches at the age of 18 or below.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(4), Spain 1(2). Jorginho (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Álvaro Morata (Spain) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(3), Spain 1(2). Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(2), Spain 1(2). Thiago (Spain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(2), Spain 1(1). Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), Spain 1(1). Gerard Moreno (Spain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), Spain 1. Andrea Belotti (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Dani Olmo (Spain) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Dani Olmo should be disappointed.\n• None Penalty saved! Manuel Locatelli (Italy) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Offside, Italy. Giorgio Chiellini tries a through ball, but Andrea Belotti is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Italy. Domenico Berardi tries a through ball, but Andrea Belotti is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music?: James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "The Australian Grand Prix has been called off for the second year in a row because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe Australian round of the MotoGP world championship, scheduled for 24 October, has also been cancelled.\n\nThe Formula 1 event was due to take place from 19-21 November but has been abandoned because of tight border controls in Australia.\n\nAustralian Grand Prix Corporation chairman Paul Little said he was \"deeply disappointed\" in a statement.\n\n\"We appreciate the challenge Australia faces with current international travel restrictions and the importance of vaccinations,\" he added.\n\nThe Australian Grand Prix was called off in 2020 and put in place to open the current season on 14 March, only for the date to be moved to November because of border controls.\n\nIts November date race was only to be followed by two more in the F1 season - Saudi Arabia and the season-ending Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.\n\nBut Australian border rules require visitors to quarantine for 14 days, a condition of entry expected to be in place until at least the end of the year.\n\nOrganisers of the event ultimately cited \"restrictions and logistical challenges relating to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,\" for the cancellation.\n\nFormula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali said a 23-race season would still be possible despite the cancellation.\n\n\"While it is disappointing we won't be racing in Australia this season, we are confident we can deliver a 23-race season in 2021 and we have a number of options to take forward,\" he said.\n\nMcLaren's Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo said the news was a \"huge disappointment\" for drivers but add they \"understand the reasons\".\n\n\"For me personally, I can't wait to have the chance to race at home again, and it'll be even sweeter when we do because it's been so long,\" Ricciardo added. \"Fingers crossed things can change for 2022 and we get to see the awesome fans at Albert Park again and put on a good show for them.\"\n\nThe Australian round of the MotoGP world championship, scheduled to take place at Phillip Island, has also now been wiped out for a second successive year.\n\nThe event organisers said: \"The ongoing pandemic and resulting travel complications and logistical restrictions mean it has not been possible to confirm the viability of the event at this time, and it will therefore not feature on the 2021 calendar.\"\n\nThe Malaysia MotoGP has been brought forward to take place on from 22-24 October, the original dates of the Australia event.\n\nThe autumn period of the season is proving problematic for Formula 1, because of the complications of long-distance travel, and the different stages of the pandemic in various parts of the world.\n\nSingapore last month preceded Australia in cancelling its Grand Prix as a result of its tight border controls, and the schedule for October and November looks thin.\n\nThere are questions over the Japanese and Mexican races at the beginning and end of October, as well as the Brazilian event on the first weekend in November.\n\nJapan will make a final decision on its race at Suzuka on 8-10 October after the Olympics, and its destiny likely hangs on whether there are any Covid-related problems at the Tokyo Games.\n\nMexico and Brazil both have high rates of infection, which was the reason those races were cancelled last year.\n\nHowever, both Mexico City and Sao Paulo want to run their Grands Prix and, with vaccine programmes accelerating around the world, F1 may well decide to push ahead with them.\n\nThis decision is influenced by the fact that Sao Paulo has said it expects to have all its citizens double vaccinated by September, and that the majority of the F1 team personnel are either fully vaccinated or close to it by now.\n\nThat changes the balance of risk in the eyes of the sport's bosses.\n\nChina, whose race was postponed in March and has not yet been officially cancelled, has been mooted as a potential destination in November, but BBC Sport understands a race there is now highly unlikely this year.\n\nTo fill any remaining gaps, F1 has the option of adding a second race in Austin, Texas, in addition to the US Grand Prix on 22-24 October, and a second race in Bahrain, which hosted the season-opener in March. This could take place on the track's outer loop, the layout that hosted last year's Sakhir Grand Prix.\n\nAnd F1 bosses continue to look at other options as Domenicali pushes ahead with his plans to host a record-breaking 23-race season.", "Wimbledon 2021: Emma Raducanu is 'feeling better' after retiring from fourth-round match Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\n'It's been the best week of my life' - Raducanu Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details Emma Raducanu says the \"whole experience\" of her run to the Wimbledon fourth round \"caught up\" with her but she is \"feeling better\" after Monday's mid-match retirement. The 18-year-old Briton said she \"started to breathe heavily and felt dizzy\" after the first set against Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia. She described not being able to carry on as \"the hardest thing in the world\". \"I will cherish everything we have achieved together this week,\" she said. Raducanu was trailing 4-6 0-3 to Tomljanovic when she became unwell, leaving the court before it was announced she would not be returning. Raducanu said on Tuesday she began to feel ill after some \"super intense rallies\" during the first set.\n• None Barty cruises into Wimbledon semi-finals for first time\n• None 'Sense of normality' as capacity crowds return at Wimbledon \"I found it very difficult to regulate my breathing. It was emphasised my some long rallies we had towards the end of the first set which made it tough for me to keep my composure and breathing in check,\" she told Sue Barker on BBC TV. \"At the beginning of the second set was when I was struggling with it the most and I called the trainer. \"I don't know what caused it, I think it was a combination of everything that has gone on behind the scenes and the accumulation of the excitement and the buzz.\" Raducanu had only made her WTA Tour debut in June, but beat two top-50 players on her way to the last 16. She said her whirlwind week at SW19 had been \"the best of my life\". \"It's a great learning experience for me and a great step forward and hopefully next time I will be better prepared,\" she said. \"I'm doing well and I'm feeling a lot better this morning. I'm very disappointed I couldn't finish the match.\" Anne Keothavong, who captains Raducanu in the Billie Jean King Cup, said the teenager will \"come back better prepared and stronger\". \"It was a difficult situation for her to be in, and for everyone to witness, but she'll be just fine,\" she told BBC TV. \"It was always going to be a difficult match given the hype and the buzz around it, but she'll learn from this. \"It's been a fantastic Wimbledon debut for her, and next year she'll come better prepared and stronger for it.\" Wimbledon 2021: How British teenager Raducanu lit up the first week of Wimbledon Raducanu and Tomljanovic did not start their match until 20:00 BST, after it was scheduled last on Court One following a five-set thriller between Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime. In a statement, Wimbledon said: \"The scheduling of the order of play each day at the Championships is a complex operation, and although we take great care when scheduling matches and allocating courts on a daily basis, it is not an exact science. \"All decisions are made with fairness and the best interests of the tournament, players, spectators and our worldwide broadcast audience at heart, but the unpredictable nature of the length of matches and the British weather can and will cause disruption to any schedule.\" Raducanu said she had no problem with the scheduling, adding: \"I was prepared to go out there whatever time of day I was required to. \"I was so excited. To have the opportunity to go on Court One was something I appreciated and relished.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone Keothavong, who brought Raducanu into the Billie Jean King Cup - formerly Fed Cup - squad earlier in the year, said the teenager would be keen to return to the court as soon as possible. \"Everyone is going to want a piece of her, but she's got good people around her who will do whatever they can to make sure her feet stay on the ground,\" she said. \"She's a sensible young girl, and she still hasn't played a full year on the tour yet, so for her she'll want to get right back at it. But it's a lot to take in, and we do have to remind ourselves that she's still very young and it is still all very new.\"\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "Police said Graeme Perks was stabbed at his home in Nottinghamshire\n\nA doctor has denied the attempted murder of a fellow plastic surgeon who was stabbed in his home while his family was upstairs.\n\nGraeme Perks, 65, was stabbed in his abdomen and chest in Halam, Nottinghamshire, on 14 January.\n\nThe highly-respected plastic surgeon was left \"fighting for his life\" following the attack.\n\nJonathan Peter Brooks, 57, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder at Nottingham Crown Court.\n\nMr Brooks, of Landseer Road, Southwell, also denied three counts of attempted arson with intent to endanger life and possession of a knife in a public place.\n\nMr Brooks was remanded in custody by Judge Gregory Dickinson QC until a further hearing on 31 August.\n\nA trial date has been set for 27 September.\n\nThe two men were colleagues at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.\n\nMr Perks worked in London, Sheffield, Newcastle and Melbourne, Australia, before returning to the UK in the mid-1990s and working in Nottingham.\n\nIn 2013 and 2014, Mr Perks served as president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), which described him as \"one of the most highly-regarded and respected surgeons in the profession\".\n\nHe was also a member of the board of the International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies between 2016 and 2018.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Roberts Buncis, pictured with his father, was found dead in the Fishtoft area of Boston in December\n\nA teenage boy has been convicted of murdering his 12-year-old friend after luring him to woodland and attempting to decapitate him.\n\nRoberts Buncis was found dead in the Fishtoft area of Boston on 12 December.\n\nHe had been stabbed more than 70 times in a \"brutal and prolonged\" attack and had suffered wounds \"consistent with an attempt to remove the head\".\n\nA 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, was found guilty after a trial at Lincoln Crown Court.\n\nThe court heard the defendant \"intended at the very least to inflict serious violence\" on his young victim because \"he was a snitch\".\n\nThe boy, who was 14 at the time of the attack, admitted manslaughter midway through his trial but denied murder.\n\nHowever, the jury of nine men and three women took less than two hours to convict him.\n\nRemanding the boy into custody, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said he would pass sentence at a later date, explaining to the defendant it was \"not a straightforward sentencing exercise\".\n\nRoberts Buncis died a few days before his 13th birthday\n\nThe court heard Roberts was found on ground off Alcorn Green two days before his 13th birthday.\n\nPathologist Prof Guy Rutty, who examined his body, said he had identified 22 sites of injury across the neck, chest and abdomen, some containing up to 17 separate injuries.\n\nAs well as an attempt to decapitate Roberts he said there were also injuries consistent with someone \"trying to remove the hand or fingers\".\n\nProsecutors said the defendant used such force the tip of the knife broke off and was later found embedded in Roberts' skull.\n\nGiving evidence, the defendant claimed he had met up with his friend to hand over a stash of drugs for him to sell, but began arguing when he did not receive the £50 payment he was expecting.\n\nThe teenager claimed Roberts had taken the knife to the scene and he \"lost control\" when the youngster attempted to stab him.\n\nHe told the court he recalled stabbing his victim once in the neck, but did not remember 70 other blows.\n\nFollowing the attack, the court heard the defendant ran home and tried to hide the knife and burn the clothes and gloves he was wearing.\n\nHe later messaged a friend saying \"things went wrong\" and \"this wasn't supposed to go down like this\".\n\nProsecutor Mary Loram QC said the defendant had previously discussed a plan with Roberts to rob a shop in order to get money to set himself up as a drug dealer.\n\nBut, she said, Roberts described the proposal as \"too mad\" and refused to be involved.\n\nShe told the court the defendant apparently feared that Roberts would snitch on him.\n\nSpeaking after the trial, Det Ch Insp Richard Myszczyszyn, of East Midlands Special Operations Unit, described the killing as an \"utterly senseless act\".\n\n\"It's a tragedy that deeply affected the school and the local community, and one that will stay with all of us for a lifetime,\" he said.\n\n\"The level of violence, and that it involved children, makes it all the more difficult to comprehend.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ch Insp Dale Sexton was the force duty officer in the control room on the night of the attack\n\nA former Greater Manchester Police officer is being investigated by a watchdog over his evidence at a public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bomb.\n\nCh Insp Dale Sexton was the force duty officer in the control room on the night of the 2017 terror attack.\n\nThe inquiry heard he thought he had \"got away\" with concealing information to an earlier review into the bombing.\n\nThe investigation follows a referral by GMP to the police watchdog and then a complaint by victims' families.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured in the explosion at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.\n\nIn May, the inquiry heard Mr Sexton declared Operation Plato, a pre-arranged terrorist plan, within minutes but did not alert the fire and ambulance services.\n\nWhen Ch Insp Sexton, who has since retired, was then asked during his testimony about why he had not told a previous review about concealing the information, he replied: \"I felt as if I'd got away with it.\"\n\nHe said it was not a decision he was proud of but believed \"it was the right thing to do\" and accepted he should have previously told the full truth but denied lying.\n\nTwenty-two people were killed in the May 2017 bombing\n\nA spokesperson for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had received a voluntary conduct referral from GMP in relation to evidence provided by an officer to the inquiry and a complaint from families of the victims in relation to the same individual.\n\nIt said it had concluded an independent investigation was needed.\n\n\"We have informed the force and the complainants' legal representatives of this,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nIOPC regional director Amanda Rowe said its investigation would focus on the actions of the officer, specifically in relation to the concerns raised by GMP and the families of the victims.\n\n\"It is vital for public confidence in policing that such matters are subject to thorough and independent scrutiny, which is what we will provide,\" she said.\n\nA GMP spokeswoman said: \"The IOPC has informed us that they will be investigating the matter independently and therefore it would be inappropriate for us to comment further.\"\n\nMeanwhile, British Transport Police (BTP) said it had made a \"mandatory referral\" of five officers to the IOPC over its part in \"missed opportunities\" which \"altered the course of what happened\" on the night of the attack.\n\nBTP said in a statement that part one of the arena inquiry report found the force, among other organisations, was \"responsible for missed opportunities to alter the course of what happened on the night of the Manchester Arena attack\".\n\nIt said the report \"also states that across these organisations there were failings by individuals who played a part in causing opportunities to be missed\".\n\nThe force says it thus has a \"mandatory responsibility\" to refer the matter to the IOPC for it to \"decide if there is a requirement for an independent investigation\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Women will be rehabilitated closer to their children and family\n\nA residential centre for women will be created in Wales, as an alternative to custody for those convicted of low-level crimes.\n\nIt will be the first of its kind in Wales or England and will focus on rehabilitation.\n\nThe announcement was made along with £2.5m being made available to community services supporting women at risk of being drawn into crime.\n\nIt will be awarded later this year and cover costs such as wages and rent.\n\nThe investment is part of the the UK government's female offender strategy which looks to tackle the root causes of offending and divert women away from criminality and prison.\n\n\"Residential women centres will offer a robust alternative to short prison sentences and directly tackle the issues which often underlie offending, like substance misuse and mental health problems,\" said Justice Minister Lucy Frazer.\n\nIt will enable Welsh women to stay closer to home and maintain close ties with children and wider family - something the UK government believes is key in reducing offending.\n\n\"Having the first residential women's centre in Wales will mean more women being supported through rehabilitation closer to home, helping them adjust back to life in their communities,\" said Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart.\n\nThe Welsh Government also welcomed the move, with chief whip Jane Hutt saying: \"Welsh women need a safe and secure facility that is fit for purpose, while allowing them to maintain contact with their families, particularly children. The current Covid-19 outbreak has highlighted this even further.\"\n\nThe two governments will now work together to identify a provider and site, with the aim of opening the centre by the end of 2021.\n\nFunding of £2.5m will also be given to groups involved in tackling issues such as domestic abuse, drug and alcohol rehabilitation.\n\nMany within the criminal justice system in Wales have been waiting for this news for years.\n\nOn average, there are fewer than 300 Welsh women in prison, but those numbers have been going up.\n\nOver the last decade, more than three quarters of them were given a sentence of less than a year - in fact, a quarter of them were sent to prison for a month or less.\n\nWhich means they'll typically have committed non-violent crimes like theft.\n\nGiven over half the women in prison have suffered domestic violence and many will have mental health or substance misuse problems, it's widely acknowledged that if you tackle and support those issues, you've a better chance of rehabilitating and reducing reoffending.\n\nAs well as the personal cost, there's also a huge cost implication to the state as women's prison places cost £15,000 more per prisoner than a similar place for a man.\n\nThe challenge now will be deciding where to locate the new facility - it's been argued in the past that one would be needed in both north and south Wales.\n\nWith a budget of £800,000, the facility will have 12 beds but will also act as a community resource to support many more women caught up in the criminal justice system, whether they've been given a custodial sentence or not.", "England fans will be hoping the team reaches Sunday's showdown\n\nLicensing laws are to be relaxed to allow pubs to stay open later for Sunday's Euro 2020 final, Downing Street has confirmed.\n\nPremises will be able to stay open for an extra 45 minutes until 11.15pm, in case the game goes to extra time and penalties.\n\nThe measure would apply whether or not England get to the final.\n\nIt follows similar moves for the 2014 World Cup and events such as royal weddings.\n\nThe move is expected to be brought in through a temporary tweak to licensing laws that apply in England and Wales.\n\nSunday's final at London's Wembley Stadium will kick off at 20.00 BST, with capacity capped at 60,000 fans due to Covid restrictions.\n\nEngland play Denmark in the semi-final on Wednesday, and would face either Italy or Spain, who will play each other later, if they win.\n\nThe rule change is expected to save pubs from having to apply to their local authority for a special licence to extend their opening hours.\n\nNormally pubs would have had to apply for this licence 10 days in advance for it to be processed.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said: \"The entire nation's been gripped by the Euros and this will allow people to enjoy the match in pubs if they wish to do so.\"\n• None Wembley to be allowed at least 60,000 fans", "Sam Heughan is funding a 10-year programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland\n\nOutlander star Sam Heughan is funding a new Scottish drama scholarship and scriptwriting competition.\n\nThe Hollywood actor has created a 10-year programme in his name at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS).\n\nHeughan graduated with a BA in acting from the Glasgow arts institution in 2003. His investment will support students to study in the city.\n\nHe found worldwide fame in US time-travelling series Outlander, which is filmed at locations across Scotland.\n\nHeughan said: \"I learned so much at the Conservatoire, the support that they gave me and even now, the community that they've built.\n\n\"It felt really important to be able to give back, to help inspire some of the students and support them, because I know that there's so much creativity and talent coming out of this very special building.\"\n\nHeughan has invested in three annual scholarships for undergraduate students.\n\nSam Heughan at RCS with deputy principal Dr Lois Fitch and principal Prof Jeffrey Sharkey\n\nThey will be awarded for the new academic year in September to two Scottish students on the BA Acting programme and a non-Scottish student on any course in the school of drama, dance, production and film.\n\nIn addition, the Sam Heughan Scriptwriting Award will be introduced later this year to encourage emerging artists to expand their creative skills.\n\nRCS principal, Prof Jeffrey Sharkey, said: \"Sam Heughan is an inspiration, he firmly believes in giving back, in sharing the opportunities that he experienced studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.\n\n\"We thank Sam deeply for this generous gift and we look forward to working with him to create fantastic opportunities for students, who will follow in the footsteps of a wonderful ambassador, not just for RCS but for Scotland.\"\n\nHeughan was born in Balmaclellan in Dumfries and Galloway. He had various theatre and TV roles before being cast in the hit US drama Outlander.\n\nIt follows the adventures of World War Two nurse Claire, played by Caitriona Balfe, and Heughan's 18th Century Jacobite Highlander Jamie Fraser.\n\nIt is based on the books of author Diana Gabaldon and broadcasts on Amazon Prime in the UK. Season six is due to air in 2022.\n\nIt was also announced last month that Heughan will star alongside Ewan McGregor and Mark Strong in the adventure film Everest - inspired by the Jeffrey Archer novel Paths of Glory.\n\nThe Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is attended by 1,200 students from 60 countries. It provides specialist teaching across music, drama, dance and film production.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA woman jailed for two years for neglecting her children believes it could have been avoided had she got the mental health support she needed.\n\nHer home was found to be knee-deep in rubbish, with cat and rodent droppings and no hot water or heating.\n\nThe Corston Report in 2007 said only high-risk women should be jailed.\n\nBut a majority of Welsh women in prison are there for non-violent offences, while ministers have accepted short sentences are not generally beneficial.\n\nThere are growing calls for assurances that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will fund at least one new women's centre in Wales, to give the courts more sentencing options.\n\nThe MoJ said it wants to see fewer women serving short custodial sentences \"as evidence clearly shows that putting them into prison can do more harm than good for society\".\n\nThe mother, from south Wales, had suffered with depression for years but after an abusive relationship ended she was left isolated, struggling to cope alone and her mental health deteriorated.\n\n\"I hold my hands up, I did live like that and it was disgusting, but I also cleaned my act up, for the sake of making somewhere safe, happy and clean for [my children],\" said Louise, whose name has been changed to protect her children's identities.\n\n\"Louise\" says she has cleaned up her act and is getting help with her mental health\n\n\"I kept thinking to myself I know they can't live like this, but I physically could not pull myself out of it, to be able to sort everything else out. It still hurts now that I couldn't do it, it's something I'm very ashamed of.\"\n\nIn March 2018, she was given a two-year custodial sentence, which was later suspended by the Court of Appeal. By then she had already served 11 weeks in jail and had lost her council house.\n\n\"I've lost everything, I lost my house, all my possessions, I've self-harmed, I've cut myself to try and make myself feel nothing, just to go completely numb,\" she said.\n\n\"The help I'm getting now, if I'd got that four years ago I'd never have ended up in that situation.\"\n\nRhondda AM Leanne Wood, a former probation officer, said there needed to be as wide a number of sentencing options available as possible.\n\n\"I think we have to send fewer women to prison, generally, because when you look at the prison population you see people with chronic problems that need help and support,\" said the former Plaid Cymru leader.\n\n\"I accept some people need to be in a residential setting for their own safety - and perhaps for the safety of others - but we're talking about a tiny number among the female offending population.\"\n\nProf Kate Williams, from the Centre for Criminology at the University of South Wales, said judges need to be made more aware of the needs of women caught up in the criminal justice system.\n\n\"The punishment we typically give women is too harsh\", she said. \"Many of the problems that turn out to be criminal offending actually start because of issues they have to face and can't deal with, and we criminalise them for it, instead of trying to be a bit more understanding.\"\n\nThe number of females given immediate custodial sentences in Wales increased by 18% in the five years to 2016\n\nA MoJ spokesperson said: \"We want to see fewer women serving short custodial sentences as evidence clearly shows that putting them into prison can do more harm than good for society, failing to cut the cycle of reoffending and often exacerbating already difficult family circumstances.\n\n\"Instead, we are shifting the focus to managing women in the community where they can access a wider range of support, for example helping them with substance misuse and mental health problems.\"", "Knives were visible on the street following the stabbing in Woolwich\n\nTwo teenage boys have been stabbed to death within hours of one another on London's streets.\n\nA 15-year-old was found wounded in Woolwich, south-east London, shortly before 17:30 BST on Monday.\n\nJust over six hours later police were called to Oval Place, Vauxhall, where a 16-year-old boy was discovered stabbed.\n\nNo arrests have been made over the Oval Place attack but a 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the Woolwich stabbing.\n\nTo date, 21 teenagers have died in homicides in London in 2021. Across the whole of last year, 17 teenagers were killed in violent attacks in the capital.\n\nIf teenage deaths continue at the current rate, this will be the worst year for young homicides in London since 2008.\n\nThe families of both of the killed boys have been informed, police said\n\nThe 15-year-old boy was found with a stab injury on Woolwich New Road.\n\nPictures on social media showed members of the public holding up sheets to provide privacy as emergency crews tried to save the boy's life.\n\nHe was treated by paramedics but was pronounced dead at 18:10.\n\nMembers of the public placed flowers with personal messages near the site of the stabbing in Vauxhall\n\nThree knives were visible on the street following the attack.\n\nPolice arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of murder after he arrived at a south London hospital with a stab wound.\n\nHis injury was not thought to be life-threatening, the Met said.\n\nSupt Petra Lazar said it was \"shocking and extremely saddening that a teenage boy has lost his life as the result of knife crime\".\n\nThe officer added that the attack would \"understandably cause worry and concern to local residents and I would like to reassure them my officers are supporting the murder detectives in every way we can\".\n\nPolice were called shortly before midnight to Oval Place, where a 16-year-old boy was stabbed\n\nThe 16-year-old boy who was killed in Oval Place, Vauxhall, was also pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nPolice and paramedics had been called to the area at 23:45. The families of both killed teenagers have been informed, Scotland Yard said.\n\n\"Unfortunately, as shocking as it is, it's not uncommon,\" said one resident of Elworth House near the site of the stabbing.\n\n\"You always have issues here. It's really bad,\" he said.\n\nThey warned it would happen. Now the prediction by the Met and City Hall, that violence would surge as lockdown eased, is being realised.\n\nLast week the mayor announced more money for diversion schemes and the Met promised a \"relentless focus… on suppressing violence\".\n\nIt's hard not to feel sceptical. We've heard it all before and the killings continue - teenage lives, ebbing away on pavements as people film the chaos on their phones.\n\nI've seen the Met's efforts to take weapons off the streets. I don't doubt officers' determination to stop the stabbings - after all, they are usually first on the scene, carrying the trauma of what they've seen way beyond the end of their shift.\n\nLast year a police wellbeing survey carried out by the College of Policing found that 64% of officers had symptoms of post-traumatic stress.\n\nBut what of the trauma experienced by London's teenagers? We've asked time after time how we can stem the violence.\n\nNow we must ask ourselves the same question once more because as those grieving in Vauxhall and Woolwich know all too well, what we are doing isn't working.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said: \"I am heartbroken and appalled by the deaths of two teenagers in our city.\n\n\"Every loss of life leaves a family and a community devastated. My thoughts remain with the victims' family and friends at this extremely difficult time.\n\n\"I am determined to do everything in my power to support the police and our communities to put an end to these horrendous crimes and keep our young people safe.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan after clashing with Taliban militants, officials have said.\n\nThe troops retreated over the border to \"save their own lives\", according to a statement by Tajikistan's border guard.\n\nViolence has risen in Afghanistan and the Taliban have been making significant gains, particularly in the north of the country, in recent weeks.\n\nThe surge comes as the US, UK and allies withdraw after 20 years.\n\nThe vast majority of remaining foreign forces in Afghanistan have left ahead of a September deadline. There are concerns that the Afghan military, who were supposed to take over security in the country, will collapse.\n\nUnder a deal with the Taliban, the US and its Nato allies agreed to withdraw all troops in return for a commitment by the militants not to allow any extremist group to operate in the areas they control.\n\nBut the Taliban did not agree to stop fighting Afghan forces, and now reportedly control about a third of the country.\n\nThe retreat is the third time Afghan soldiers have fled to Tajikistan over the past three days and the fifth case over the past fortnight. In total, nearly 1,600 soldiers have crossed the border.\n\nThis group of Afghan soldiers fled to Tajikistan in June\n\nThe latest group of Afghan troops sought refuge early on Monday morning after fighting with militants during the night, Tajikistan's National Security Committee said.\n\nBadakhshan and Takhar provinces, which border Tajikistan, have seen a rapid Taliban advance.\n\n\"The Taliban cut off all the roads and these people had nowhere to go but to cross the border,\" one senior Afghan official told Reuters on Monday.\n\nZabihullah Atiq, a parliamentarian from Badakhshan, said the troops had used various routes to flee. Tajik border guards said Afghan soldiers were being provided with shelter and food, but further details were not available.\n\nWith the new surge in violence across the country, Afghan forces are facing an unprecedented level of combat in the absence of foreign troops.\n\nGovernment officials have been tweeting non-stop to keep soldiers motivated by underlying their sacrifices. But much of the troops' motivation disappears amid news of retreat, collapse of key districts and casualties.\n\nMilitary officials in Kabul have talked about \"tactical retreat\" whenever insurgents made gains, but we hear from commanders in the battlefield about a lack of ammunition, and delays in sending support.\n\nIn Badakhshan province, where the government lost significant territory in recent days, local sources say many government officials \"escaped\" to Kabul way before Taliban attacks.\n\nNot only can this dishearten soldiers, but it also raises the bigger question of the loyalty of high-ranking officials in peace talks. Will political leaders - whose families already reside abroad - remain in the country if full-scale civil war erupts?\n\nPresident Ashraf Ghani insists that Afghan security forces are fully capable of keeping insurgents at bay, but there have also been reports of more soldiers seeking refuge in Pakistan and Uzbekistan to escape the fighting.\n\nNeighbouring countries are bracing themselves for a potential influx of refugees if the fighting continues to intensify.\n\nTaliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the BBC the group was not responsible for the recent increase in violence. He insisted that many districts had fallen to the Taliban through mediation after Afghan soldiers refused to fight.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor the people of Afghanistan, it is a worrying time, says Lyse Doucet, the BBC's chief international correspondent. The Taliban, who have been accused of various human rights and cultural abuses, support Islamic punishments - such as public executions of convicted murderers - as well as banning television, music and cinema, and disapproving of girls over 10 going to school.\n\n\"They are uncertain about uncertain about their own lives and the futures of their families,\" she says.\n\nZahra, a 25-year-old resident of Kabul, is among those concerned about the future.\n\n\"People are expecting a wider than ever war. A lot of people in Kabul fear that the Taliban might reach us at any time,\" she told BBC OS on World Service radio.\n\nZahra said people in Kabul feared the Taliban could reach the city \"at any time\"\n\nJamshid, a student at Kabul University, said he did not plan to stay in the country if the Taliban took power.\n\nThere are also growing concerns about how to protect diplomatic missions in Afghanistan.\n\nRussia on Monday announced that it had temporarily suspended operations at its consulate in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif because of the deteriorating security situation. Envoy Zamir Kabulov said Afghan troops had surrendered too many districts, making the situation unstable.\n\nTurkey and Iran have also suspended operations in the city, moving diplomats to Kabul, according to reports.\n\nUS-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in 2001. The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 9/11 attacks in the US that triggered the invasion. However, it has gradually regained enough strength to seize territory again.\n\nThe Taliban entered direct talks with the US in 2018, and President Joe Biden has said the American pull-out is justified as US forces have made sure Afghanistan cannot become a base for foreign jihadists to plot against the West again.\n\nHowever, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the BBC he believed the Nato and US military mission there had failed in defeating terrorism and extremism.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe called on both the Afghan government and the Taliban to \"sit down and talk as soon as possible for peace\".\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "Visitors from the UK, Portugal, Russia, India and Nepal have until now been banned from entering Germany\n\nGermany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and four other variant-hit countries.\n\nThe restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal, Russia, India and Nepal, will be relaxed from Wednesday.\n\nVisitors who are fully vaccinated will also not be required to quarantine.\n\nNon-vaccinated people will however still be required to quarantine for up to 10 days, with the option to end their quarantine early with a negative test on the fifth day.\n\nThe five countries have until now been classified as \"virus variant areas\" because of the spread of the Delta and Delta Plus variants, which were first identified in India.\n\nAlthough German citizens and residents were exempt from the travel ban, they were required to quarantine for 14 days after visiting any of the five \"virus variant\" countries.\n\nThe countries will now be reclassified as \"high incidence areas\", the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Monday.\n\nOn Friday, after talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Angela Merkel said fully vaccinated Britons would soon be able to visit Germany without having to quarantine.\n\nAre you planning on travelling to Germany? How will lifting the travel ban affect you? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nGermany's vaccination campaign has made big advances: by Monday 32.4m people - or 39% of the total population - had been fully vaccinated against Covid, Germany's RP news website reported. Recipients of at least one jab totalled 56.5%.\n\nThe Germany-wide infection rate has declined to about five per 100,000 people over seven days - a much lower rate than in the UK. In none of the 16 German regions is the rate above 10.\n\nCurrently Germany has 526 Covid patients in intensive care, German ntv news reports - again far below Germany's peak levels in the pandemic.\n\nOn Monday, the RKI reported 440 new infections and 31 Covid-related deaths in Germany.\n\nGermany's relaxation of restrictions came a few hours after Mr Johnson confirmed the UK was expecting to lift all Covid-related rules from 19 July.\n\nThe UK government is also expected to announce plans for fully-vaccinated British people to travel to \"amber\" countries - that is, countries designated as medium risk for Covid, including many in Europe - without having to quarantine on their return.\n\nGerman travel agents say they have a high level of bookings for short summer holidays abroad, with no apparent trend towards cancellations because of Covid.\n\nForeign Minister Heiko Maas has called for all Covid-related restrictions to be lifted once all adults in Germany have been offered vaccinations, \"which should happen during August\".\n\nAnd a YouGov survey quoted by DPA news agency said 51% of Germans questioned would support lifting all restrictions for those fully vaccinated from September. Those against totalled 39%, with the others undecided.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the BioNTech vaccine factory in the German town of Marburg (Video from March 2021)", "Mourners gathered to say goodbye to the Guara family in Surfside\n\nThe first funerals have been held for victims of the Florida building collapse, 12 days after the disaster.\n\nThe Guara family - Marcus, 52, Anaely Rodriguez, 42, and their daughters, Lucia, 11, and Emma, four - are among 46 people now known to have died when Champlain Towers South collapsed on 24 June.\n\nMore than 90 people are still missing, with 70 confirmed to have been inside.\n\nRescue efforts are continuing, but no one has been found alive since the first morning.\n\nThe teams are still carefully sorting through the wreckage of the 12-storey building in Surfside, just north of Miami, even as experts warn the chance of finding survivors is now slim.\n\nTuesday's funerals took place just a few blocks away at St Joseph's, the Catholic church where the Guaras had worshipped.\n\nThree coffins were carried into the church. The family decided to bury the sisters together, in a coffin decorated with pink and purple ribbons. They are among the youngest known victims of the collapse.\n\nThe family had lived on the eighth floor. Marcus Guara - a sales manager who raised money for a number of charities - was found first, two days after the collapse. Anaely Rodriguez and their two girls were found four days later.\n\nMr Guara's cousin Peter Milián, speaking in the church, said he took comfort from the fact the couple had died with their children.\n\n\"As ironic as it may sound I truly believe God watched over them by not making them suffer without Lucia and Emma,\" he said.\n\nSisters Lucia, 10, and Emma, four, were placed in a coffin together at their family's request\n\nAnnette Guara Hurst, Mr Guara's sister, told WSVN in an interview a few days earlier that the family were relieved all four had been found as \"not too many people have had that blessing\".\n\nSo far, rescuers have removed more than 124 tons (five million pounds) of debris from the site, according to Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky. But they had not found any \"liveable spaces\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, we are not seeing anything positive,\" he told a press conference on Tuesday.\n\nRescue efforts are now being further slowed by high winds from Storm Elsa, which is approaching from the south.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami building collapse: \"People went to sleep, and then they died\"\n\n\"The wind is hampering the large cranes moving very heavy debris,\" Surfside Mayor Charles Burket told reporters.\n\nMeanwhile, officials are investigating other tower blocks in the area for potential structural faults.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to crumble remains unclear. A 2018 inspection, however, warned of \"major\" flaws in the original design.\n\nThe building association's board has said it will appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".", "Richard Donner's first major break came with 1976's The Omen\n\nRichard Donner, the Hollywood director whose films included Superman and The Goonies, has died aged 91.\n\nHe passed away on Monday, his wife, the film producer Lauren Shuler Donner, told Deadline.\n\nHis first major break came with 1976's The Omen, and later produced Free Willy and The Lost Boys.\n\nSteven Spielberg, who wrote the story on which The Goonies was based, told Variety that Donner was \"gifted across so many genres\".\n\n\"Being in his circle was akin to hanging out with your favourite coach, smartest professor, fiercest motivator, most endearing friend, staunchest ally, and - of course - the greatest Goonie of all,\" Mr Spielberg said.\n\n\"He was all kid. All heart. All the time. I can't believe he's gone, but his husky, hearty laugh will stay with me always.\"\n\nDonner, left, talks with Mel Gibson on set of Lethal Weapon\n\nBorn in the Bronx, New York, Donner started in television in the early 1960s, with credits including anthology series The Twilight Zone and spy thriller The Man From Uncle.\n\nBut it wasn't until the mid-1970s that he made his mark on Hollywood. His work on 1978's Superman starring Christopher Reeve is often regarded as the first modern superhero film.\n\nDonner directed and produced The Goonies in 1985. The comedy tells the story of a group of children hunting for a hidden treasure, and has become a cult classic.\n\nMany have taken to social media to pay tribute to Donner.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dan Slott This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by edgarwright This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Sean Astin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nActor Mel Gibson, who starred in Donner's Lethal Weapon movies as well as Conspiracy Theory, told Variety that Donner was \"magnanimous of heart and soul, which he liberally gave to all who knew him.\"\n\n\"If we piled up all the good deeds he did, it would stretch to some uncharted place in the firmament. I will sorely miss him, with all his mischievous wit and wisdom,\" he said.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate:Kick-off:Venue: Coverage: Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Highlights on BBC One at 23:20 BST; Full replay on BBC One 00:55 Thursday; Text commentary, report and highlights on the BBC Sport website.\n\nEngland are preparing to face Denmark in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 at Wembley on Wednesday, knowing victory will secure them a place in a major men's tournament final for the first time since 1966.\n\nGareth Southgate's side will face Italy in Sunday's final if they defeat the Danes in front of around 60,000 mostly England fans at Wembley.\n\nMillions more are expected to cheer the Three Lions on from home, in pubs and designated fan parks after a peak TV audience of 20.9 million watched them cruise past Ukraine 4-0 in the quarter-finals last Saturday.\n\n\"We don't have as good a football history as we like to believe sometimes,\" said Southgate. \"These players are making massive strides and breaking down barriers all the time.\n\n\"We have never been to a European Championship final so we can be the first England team to do that which is really exciting.\"\n\nTravel restrictions imposed by the UK to curb the spread of coronavirus means fans based in Denmark will not be able to cheer on their team at Wembley.\n\nInstead some 6,000 tickets for the semi-final have been made available to Danes living in the UK. The Danish FA has sent 1,000 jerseys and other red and white merchandise to London for fans attending.\n\nEngland, who have never won the European Championship, are looking to reach a first major tournament final for 55 years.\n\nThey have appeared in five previous World Cup or European Championship semi-finals but only advanced once.\n\nHowever, there is mounting excitement - and hope has turned to expectation - that Southgate's side can deliver a first major tournament triumph since the 1966 World Cup.\n\nCars and homes are decked out with England flags while pubs have been given permission to stay open an extra 45 minutes until 23:15 BST on Sunday, in case the final at Wembley, which kicks-off at 20:00, goes to extra time and penalties.\n\nMeanwhile, England supporters have been serenading their team through the tournament with chants of 'Football's Coming Home', the anthem that first became popular when the Three Lions reached the Euro 96 semi-finals.\n\nAsked what it would mean to ruin England's dreams of Euro glory, Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel said: \"Has it ever been home? I don't know. Have you ever won it?\"\n\nBut England captain Harry Kane said the team was in a strong position to put that right.\n\n\"He's right in terms it hasn't 'come home' in this competition for us,\" said Kane. \"We know if we can get it right then it should be enough to get us over the line.\"\n• None Denmark's journey through the eyes of the country\n\nWill Southgate make changes and what formation?\n\nNineteen-year-old Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has recovered from the knock that forced him to miss the Ukraine win but Southgate must decide whether to stick with the same XI that started in Rome or make changes.\n\nThe England boss used a 4-2-3-1 formation last time out and has to choose whether to revert back to a 3-4-3 set-up with the aim of stifling the Danes.\n\nDenmark boss Kasper Hjulmand has no fresh injury concerns and could name an unchanged starting line-up for the third game despite the head coach admitting that fatigue is a concern.\n\nHjulmand said on Monday \"the tank was emptied\" during the quarter-final win over the Czech Republic.\n• None How Shaw went from fall-guy to Euro 2020 star\n• None Kane as dangerous as Ronaldo, says former Denmark boss\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n\nEuro 2020 has already seen England end a 55-year wait for a knockout tie victory over Germany but Southgate is only too aware the Three Lions have fallen agonisingly short on their past four semi-final appearances at major tournaments.\n\nIn 2018, his side were denied a place in the World Cup final after an extra time defeat to Croatia in Moscow.\n\n\"We are ready for the game, the players are ready, they have got tremendous experience themselves having been in this situation before,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"Our preparations have been calm and we know we are playing a very good opponent. It's going to be a really tight game and an exciting game for everybody.\"\n\nHow tough will Denmark be?\n\nDenmark have become one of the stories of the tournament and have gone from strength to strength since the trauma of their opening game, when midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest.\n\nFormer Tottenham player Eriksen, who has since been discharged from hospital, scored the winner from the penalty spot the last time Denmark visited Wembley to play England in the Nations League in October 2020, as Harry Maguire was sent off.\n\nThe Danes, who lost their first two games to Finland and Belgium, have won three matches in a row to reach the semi-finals.\n\nIt is nearly three decades since the Danes shocked the continent with their victory at Euro 1992, taking advantage of a late call-up to the finals to produce their country's greatest sporting moment.\n\nThey are just two Wembley wins away from writing another fairytale.\n\n\"We almost lost our best player, our best friend and the heart of the team,\" said Hjulmand. \"We have tried to fight through these emotions and we have played fantastic football.\n\n\"We've shown who we are and I am very proud.\"\n\n'Denmark to score - but England to win'\n\nDenmark have been on an amazing journey since the trauma of Eriksen's cardiac arrest.\n\nThey play very much an English style of football in that they are physical when they need to be, but they have got some skilful players in key areas.\n\nThey will give England a good game, and I think they will become the first side to score against Gareth Southgate's side at Euro 2020.\n\nI still think England will have too much for them, but it might not be Southgate's first-choice team that sees them off - it might be the forwards who come off the bench in the second half who do that.\n\nEngland have a 68% chance of beating Denmark and securing a place in the European Championship final, according to Simon Gleave, head of sports analysis at sports data company Nielsen's Gracenote.\n\n\"Home advantage plays a big role in this, increasing England's winning chance by 12% and reducing Denmark's by the same,\" he said.\n\nGleave said Denmark's chances of winning Euro 2020 had risen to 14.3%. \"They will be England's toughest opposition to date [at Euro 2020],\" he said.\n• None England's only win in their past six competitive games against Denmark was a 3-0 victory in the round of 16 at the 2002 World Cup.\n• None The only other match at a major tournament between England and Denmark was a goalless draw in the group stage of Euro 92 - a tournament the Danes went on to win.\n• None The seven meetings between the sides at Wembley have all ended 1-0, with England recording five wins and Denmark two.\n• None England won their first semi-final at a major tournament, beating Portugal at the 1966 World Cup, but have been eliminated in their subsequent four matches at this stage (the 1990 and 2018 World Cups plus Euro 68 and 96). They were also beaten by the Dutch in the semi-finals of the Nations League in 2019.\n• None Kane's total of nine goals at major tournaments is one shy of the England record, held by Gary Lineker.\n• None Luke Shaw's total of three assists during this tournament equals the record for an Englishman at a single European Championship, matching David Beckham's haul at Euro 2000.\n• None Before Wednesday's game, England have played 36 matches at the European Championship - the most of any side without reaching at least one final.\n• None Denmark were eliminated at this stage of the European Championship by the USSR in 1964 and lost to Spain on penalties in 1984, but won a shootout against the Netherlands to advance to the final of Euro 92 - which they won.\n• None Their 29-year gap between European Championship semi-finals appearances is the longest by any nation.\n• None Hjulmand's side have scored 11 goals at Euro 2020. It is Denmark's highest total in a single edition of a major tournament, surpassing the 10 they netted at the 1986 World Cup.\n• None Forward Mikkel Damsgaard has scored three goals and assisted four in his seven games for Denmark.\n• None Was 2016 the ultimate year for music?: James Acaster tries to convince other comedians it was\n• None Some graves hold more secrets than others...", "The second homes issue has sparked campaigns in Wales\n\nChanges to local taxes, government house purchase schemes and planning laws could be introduced to tackle a second homes \"crisis\" in Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government will pick an area of Wales to pilot new policies in an attempt to \"inject fairness back into the housing system\".\n\nOfficials will also look at options to shut a tax \"loophole\" where some second home owners do not pay council tax.\n\nBut the plans were accused of being \"weak\" and \"vague\" by Plaid Cymru.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives also questioned whether second homes were making areas unaffordable.\n\nThere were 24,873 second homes registered for council tax purposes in January 2021, according to official figures.\n\nOfficials say numbers of homes could be much higher depending on the exact definition of a second home.\n\nGwynedd has the highest number of second homes at 5,098, which represents 20% of all second homes in Wales.\n\nThere are 4,068 in Pembrokeshire, while Cardiff has 3,477, Anglesey 2,139 and 2,104 in Swansea.\n\nRachel Kelway-Lewis would like to buy in Pembrokeshire, but is currently living in a caravan\n\nRachel Kelway-Lewis, 25, is among those finding it difficult to get on the housing ladder in Wales.\n\nOriginally from the village of Solva in Pembrokeshire, she is now living in a caravan she rents just outside St Davids.\n\n\"It's incredibly difficult\" to get on the housing ladder in the area, the Carmarthenshire council worker said.\n\n\"Currently there's plots being sold for £350,000 alone... luxury developments, when so many local people can't afford to live in the area they've grown up in.\n\n\"I moved away for university and then I've come back to the area.\n\n\"I'd really like to buy locally and I work full-time, but unfortunately we're being priced out by second homeowners.\"\n\nCampaigners and politicians in west and north Wales have been calling on the government to act to tackle what they believe is a second homes crisis.\n\nIn response to a report on the issue by Dr Simon Brooks, of Swansea University, the Welsh government is promising \"a summer of action which will determine how we tackle this issue now and into the future\".\n\nHousing Minister Julie James says \"the urgency and gravity of this situation calls for further intervention\"\n\nJulie James, the climate change minister responsible for housing, said Wales was the only part of the UK to give councils the power to introduce a 100% council tax premium on second homes, but added \"the urgency and gravity of this situation calls for further intervention\".\n\nThe minister is proposing three solutions:\n\nPolicy measures will be trialled and evaluated in a pilot area, which will be decided over the summer, before being considered for wider rollout.\n\nA Welsh Language Community Housing Plan, to protect the particular interests of Welsh language communities, will be published for consultation in the autumn.\n\nThe Gwynedd council area has the highest number of second homes in Wales\n\n\"The continuing rise of house prices mean people, especially younger generations, can no longer afford to live in the communities they have grown up in,\" Ms James said.\n\n\"A high concentration of second homes or holiday lets can have a very detrimental impact on small communities, and in some areas could compromise the Welsh language being spoken at a community level.\"\n\nBut Welsh Conservative climate change spokeswoman Janet Finch-Saunders argued that while rising house prices mean people can no longer to afford to live in their home communities, \"the minister has made a grave error by linking this to second homes\". \"The report by Dr Simon Brooks made important points, including that there is little evidence that second homes are the main cause of high house prices as opposed to buyers moving to reside there permanently.\"\n\nShe called for Ms James \"to restore the Right-to-Buy in those crisis communities in Wales, reinvesting sale proceeds into more social housing and protecting homes from sale for 10 years\".\n\nEven the beach huts in the village of Abersoch are hot property, with one selling for £153,000 in 2016\n\nMabon ap Gwynfor, housing spokesman for Plaid, said: \"These weak measures will not be nearly enough to truly get to grips with a housing emergency that is fast engulfing our communities at an alarming rate.\n\n\"There is nothing here about closing the council tax loophole. There is nothing here about imposing caps on second homes. And there is nothing here about bringing numbers of holiday homes into community ownership through public intervention.\n\n\"In fact, there is no detail just vague plans for more consultation,\" he added.\n\nResearch by Gwynedd council suggests that over 60% of people in the area are priced out of their local communities, with second homes making up 11% of the county's housing stock.\n\nCouncil leader Dyfrig Siencyn, a Plaid councillor, said: \"Consultations and pilot schemes will not assist young people keen to get onto the housing ladder this year, it is therefore exasperating to see that no direct immediate action will be made to support people now.\"", "Health Secretary Sajid Javid says double-jabbed people in England will not have to self-isolate from 16 August.", "Jonathan Chew was charged on Monday over the incident in St James's Park\n\nA second man has been charged with common assault after England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty was accosted in a London park.\n\nJonathan Chew, 24, from Chelmsford, Essex, was charged on Monday over the incident, which took place in St James's Park on 27 June.\n\nOfficers spoke to the uninjured victim and checked his welfare, a Met Police spokesman said.\n\nThey then reviewed video footage that emerged on social media.\n\nMr Chew was also charged with obstructing police and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday afternoon.\n\nLewis Hughes, 23, of Wigton Way in Romford, east London, was charged with common assault last week.\n\nMr Hughes previously apologised for any \"upset\" caused and said he had lost his job as an estate agent over the incident.\n\n\"If I made [Prof Whitty] feel uncomfortable, which it does look like I did, then I am sorry to him for that,\" he told the Sun.\n\nEstate agent Lewis Hughes was charged last week with common assault\n\nPolice previously said that when they spoke to Prof Whitty at the time he did not wish to make any allegations.\n\nIt was not the first time Prof Whitty has been filmed being confronted by a member of the public.\n\nEarlier this month, a man in Oxford accused him of lying to the public about coronavirus, while in February a man accosted the chief medical officer in Westminster.\n\nAnd a group of people gathered outside what was apparently Prof Whitty's London flat on Saturday, chanting and shouting.\n\nMr Hughes and Mr Chew will both appear before Westminster magistrates again on 30 July.\n\nProf Chris Whitty (left) has regularly appeared alongside the PM at televised Covid briefings\n\nSince the start of the coronavirus crisis, he has been front and centre of the UK's decision-making and communication of messages to the public.\n\nHe took on the chief medical officer role in October 2019, and until the coronavirus threat emerged, had never done broadcast interviews or held press briefings or conferences.\n\nOne of the country's foremost experts in infectious diseases, he has worked as a doctor in Africa and Asia, as well as the UK.\n\nHe continues to practise medicine at University College London Hospitals, where he was spotted doing a shift over Christmas.\n\nHis mother was a teacher and his father was a diplomat who was murdered by terrorists in Greece after they flagged him down in his car in 1984.", "Covid-related pupil absence in England has hit a new high since all students returned to school in March this year.\n\nOver 640,000 pupils in England were not in school due to Covid last week - up from 375,000 the week before.\n\nOf these, just 62,000 were confirmed or suspected Covid cases.\n\nThe statistics come as England's Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the system of sending whole \"bubbles\" home after a positive case would be scrapped at the end of term.\n\nThe Department for Education figures show the highest number of Covid-related absences since the return to school in March, with 8.5% of children out of school on 1 July, up from 5.1% on 24 June.\n\nThis takes the total number of children not in school in England to 641,200.\n\nIn primary schools, Covid-related absence was 7.4% on 1 July, up from 4.5% on the previous week.\n\nWhile in secondary schools - where the data is adjusted for the fact that Year 11s and Year 13s have now finished school - Covid-related absence was 10.4%, up from 6.2% on 24 June.\n\nNick Brook, deputy general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said the latest figures made for \"grim reading\".\n\n\"Whilst the government might argue that scrapping bubbles and changing rules around self-isolation will reduce the number of pupils missing education, we should be equally worried about the significant rise we have seen in confirmed and suspected cases in a single week,\" he said.\n\n\"These latest figures only serves to demonstrate why the government must take urgent action and put alternative measures in place to keep school communities safe.\"\n\nJulie McCulloch, director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders, said the rise in absence was \"massive\".\n\n\"The vast majority of these absences are children who are self-isolating not because they necessarily have the virus themselves, but because of potential contact with a positive case,\" she said.\n\n\"It highlights why the government's rules on Covid management in schools and colleges must change in order to end this educational disruption, and the prime minister yesterday confirmed this will happen as part of the step 4 roadmap in England.\"\n\nGeorge Hebdith's 13-year-old son Zack has missed just over six weeks of his education since September because of having to self-isolate.\n\n\"Zack has never tested positive for a case in the three instances where he has been isolating so I would argue, on his behalf, he's been sent home unnecessarily,\" says Mr Hebdith, from north-east London.\n\nThis has had a negative impact on his education, his well-being and his relationships with his friends, he adds.\n\nAlthough Zack isn't taking public exams this year, his father worries about the long-term impact of missing so much school.\n\n\"He's in Year 8, it's probably not one of the more important years, but who is going to remember this when he does his GCSEs in a couple of years' time.\n\n\"He's missed a whole term's worth of learning. How is that to be caught back up? How is that going to impact him in the future?\n\n\"If the way it's done for the next academic year is the same, then what's to stop it happening again, then this is going to snowball.\"\n\nMr Hebditch says the emphasis needs to change in September from sending them home \"just in case\" to \"keep children in school\".\n\n\"Rather than being like it is now, which seems to be to isolate for the protection of the wider community.\"\n\nHe says children should only be sent home if they have symptoms or test positive for Covid.", "England v Pakistan: Hosts name nine uncapped players in new squad after Covid-19 outbreak Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEoin Morgan and Joe Root were part of England's original squad England have named an inexperienced 18-man replacement squad for their ODI series with Pakistan after three players and four staff members tested positive for Covid-19. The team were due to begin the series with an ODI in Cardiff on Thursday. But tests administered on Monday returned seven positive results and the rest of England's party will be required to self isolate as a result. The new squad features nine uncapped players. Ben Stokes returns to captain the squad having been absent after sustaining a broken finger when playing in the IPL earlier this year. The uncapped contingent comprises Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Lewis Gregory, Will Jacks, Tom Helm, Dan Lawrence, David Payne, Phil Salt and John Simpson, although Crawley, Gregory and Lawrence have represented England in other formats. There is no recall for Nottinghamshire batsman Alex Hales, who has not played for England since being removed from the World Cup squad for an \"off-field incident\" in May 2019. Chris Silverwood will also return to coach the new squad. He had been sitting out the Pakistan games to take a break before next month's Test series against India. An ECB statement said those impacted by the positive tests \"will now observe a period of self-isolation from 4 July following the UK Government's protocol on quarantine. \"The remaining members of the party have been deemed close contacts and will also isolate.\" Stokes has been absent from England duty after sustaining a broken finger in April ECB chief executive officer Tom Harrison added: \"We have been mindful that the emergence of the Delta variant, along with our move away from the stringent enforcement of bio secure environments, could increase the chances of an outbreak. \"We made a strategic choice to try to adapt protocols, in order to support the overall wellbeing of our players and management staff who have spent much of the last 14 months living in very restricted conditions. \"Overnight we have worked swiftly to identify a new squad, and we are grateful to Ben Stokes who will return to England duties to captain.\" The original squad, which had been named on Saturday, will now face a 10-day isolation that spans all three ODIs against Pakistan. Thursday's fixture at Sophia Gardens is followed by games at Lord's on 10 July and Edgbaston three days later. England then face three Twenty20 fixtures against Pakistan on 16, 18 and 20 July. Ben Stokes has only just come back to cricket himself. He has played a few games for Durham and is inching himself back. It will be a great chance for some and England had a big squad anyway for cover, including coronavirus. Fortunately from England's point of view this is not the highest-profile series they are in. The Twenty20 series is important and there are not many games left for that team to get organised for the World Cup. The 50-overs stuff that starts is not so important but there will be a real disappointment amongst the England camp if these players then do miss the Twenty20 series. Ashley Giles, managing director of England men's cricket, said the enforced changes gave the new players an opportunity to prove their mettle at the highest level. \"It's an exciting group of players, with some young talent and some players who have impressed at domestic level over a long period of time,\" said Giles. \"We're in unprecedented territory, in terms of replacing an entire squad and management team, and I'm very proud of how everyone has come together in order to get it done - both those within the ECB and from the county game. \"Ben hasn't captained our ODI side before so it's a huge honour for him. We all wish him well and it's a role I'm sure he'll thrive in. \"I'd like to also put on record the thanks of the ECB to the PCB for their support and understanding during this time.\"\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "New York has become the first US state to declare a disaster emergency order to address rising gun violence.\n\nNew York state saw 51 shootings over the 4 July holiday weekend, Governor Andrew Cuomo said as he signed the executive order.\n\nThe directive will funnel $138.7m (£100m) towards gun violence intervention and prevention programmes.\n\nIt comes amid reports of a rise in gun deaths countrywide, including nearly 200 over the past weekend.\n\nIn March, the FBI released preliminary 2020 statistics showing a significant jump - 25% - in murders from the year before. So far, the upward trend has continued into 2021. In the US, the majority of homicides are gun-related.\n\nUS President Joe Biden unveiled a White House strategy to combat the rise in homicides in late June, which includes curtailing rogue gun dealers and firearms trafficking. It also delegates more funding for personnel - including law enforcement.\n\nGovernor Cuomo's state disaster declaration describes gun violence as a public health crisis, and made several comparisons to the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting public health response.\n\n\"If you look at the recent numbers, more people are now dying from gun violence and crime than Covid,\" the Democratic governor said.\n\n\"Just like we did with Covid, New York is going to lead the nation once again with a comprehensive approach to combating and preventing gun violence.\"\n\nMr Cuomo's emergency declaration releases emergency funds that he will direct towards:\n\nAs New York emerged as the epicentre of the US coronavirus outbreak last year, Mr Cuomo was widely hailed by US media for his handling of the pandemic.\n\nHe has since faced accusations of a cover-up since it emerged his office undercounted Covid-19 deaths among its nursing home residents by thousands, after his administration issued a directive in March 2020 ordering those facilities to take in coronavirus patients.\n\nScrutiny of the governor was compounded by multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including those of current and former state employees - which he denies.\n\nA recent poll by Siena College found that just one-third of voters in the majority Democratic state want Mr Cuomo to run for re-election. Nearly a quarter of those polled said he should resign immediately.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nBritish wildcard Emma Raducanu retired from her Wimbledon fourth-round match after suffering breathing difficulties as her dream debut came to a heartbreaking end.\n\nThe 18-year-old was trailing 4-6 0-3 to Ajla Tomljanovic when she called on a trainer.\n\nShe left the court to receive further treatment, but it was soon announced she would not be returning.\n\nTomljanovic will face fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty in the quarter-finals.\n\nLater on Monday, Wimbledon confirmed that Raducanu retired from the match because of \"difficulty breathing\".\n\n\"I am really sorry for her, I wish we could have finished it. I am wishing her all the best,\" Tomljanovic said.\n\nRaducanu, who was ranked 338th in the world before the tournament, had lost a tight first set and it was early in the second when she started to show signs that all was not well, frequently putting a hand to her stomach and showing hints of breathlessness.\n\nWhen Tomljanovic went 3-0 up, Raducanu called on a trainer at the change of ends, with a second medic soon following and appearing to listen to her chest.\n\nThey quickly took her off court, and after only a few minutes, it was announced Raducanu was not fit to continue.\n\nThe young Briton had enjoyed a remarkable rise over the last week at Wimbledon, her maiden Grand Slam only a month after making her WTA Tour debut.\n\nShe beat two top-50 opponents, Marketa Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea, to reach the last 16, making her the last Briton standing in the singles draws.\n\nRaducanu was proving to be the story of the championships, the likes of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the prime minister, astronaut Tim Peake and musician Liam Gallagher among thousands tweeting their support.\n\n\"In so many ways this has been a life-changing week for her,\" former world number one Tracy Austin told BBC Sport.\n\n\"She was ranked 338 and now she's going to go into the 100s so it will make it much easier for her to play higher-level tournaments.\n\n\"She has a wonderful game as far as very athletic, a very good head on her shoulders, she seems very grounded because she has stayed in school. She has got ways to win points with weapons, she's got a terrific defence, it all looks great.\"\n\nRaducanu and Tomljanovic had to wait for their meeting, the match not getting under way until 20:00 BST, owing to a five-set thriller between Alex Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime on Court One before them.\n\nBut they were welcomed on to court to a rapturous applause, the capacity of Court One - and neighbouring Centre Court - increased to 75% on Manic Monday, so-called because every men's and women's singles fourth-round match is played.\n\nLittle could separate the two once they did get going, Raducanu forced to save a break point in the second game before missing out on a break herself in the seventh as she continued to impress with her strong backhands and fine baseline strokes.\n\nRaducanu failed to convert two further break points, before world number 75 Tomljanovic, who defeated former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the previous round, capitalised on her own next break point to take the first set.\n\nIt was the first set Raducanu had dropped in the tournament, but her troubles continued as she face two break points on her opening service game of the second set, saving the first with a driving backhand down the line, but she could not save the second.\n\nBut the boisterous support in the Court One stands, cheering Raducanu's every point as though she had won a set, soon changed to concern as it became clear she was unwell.\n\nWhen it was announced she had retired, the court gave Raducanu an ovation, saddened her fairytale run had to end this way.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None A race to play football in all seven continents\n• None The rise and fall of a super-influencer: A shocking true story of a con artist and her global following", "Scotland is still on track to see Covid restrictions lifted next month, the Scottish government has said.\n\nFinance Secretary Kate Forbes said the plan was for Scotland to move to level zero on 19 July, with remaining legal restrictions lifted on 9 August.\n\nMs Forbes said the data would be closely monitored, after it was revealed that Scotland has the highest Covid rates in Europe.\n\nMost of England's Covid restrictions are due to end on 19 July.\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that in England face masks will no longer be legally required and distancing rules will be scrapped.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, Ms Forbes said many restrictions would be eased as planned in Scotland too - despite the record high number of Covid cases reported in recent weeks.\n\nHowever, she said some measures, such as the wearing of face coverings, would remain in place in Scotland.\n\n\"We expect some baseline measures - for example face masks, some limitations on working from home and so on - will continue for a longer period of time,\" she said.\n\n\"We are lifting the limits and lifting as much of the legal restrictions as possible. So that means physical distancing, it means the attendee caps on, for example, life events like weddings or being in stadiums and that kind of thing.\n\n\"But we do think that there will still be some baseline measures, for example, the wearing of face masks which will continue for a longer period of time.\"\n\nShe said the virus was still with us, and that we were at a \"fragile moment\" in the pandemic.\n\nAlthough the virus is still highly contagious, the link between transmission and hospitalisation has been weakened but not broken completely, she said.\n\nThe finance secretary added that the data was being closely monitored, and that the plans for what will be lifted on 19 July would be unveiled on 13 July.\n\nScotland's exit from lockdown is following the same pattern as much of the rest of the pandemic.\n\nThe rhetoric from politicians in Edinburgh is notably more cautious than that of their counterparts in London, but ultimately they are all traveling on the same path.\n\nWords like \"irreversible\" and \"guarantee\" are absent, but ministers still bat away any question of delaying their plans or re-imposing any restrictions.\n\nAnd while there is talk of retaining \"mitigations\" like face coverings, it remains unclear whether this will be a legal requirement, or simply guidance - and thus in effect no different to plans down south.\n\nThere is a particular challenge for politicians, who are pulled in different directions by the complexities of the pandemic and managing the public's expectations as well as their behaviour.\n\nThe Scottish government has developed a reputation as a careful, canny operation - but ministers also apparently feel compelled to lift restrictions despite case numbers hitting record highs.\n\nAnd the opposition Scottish Conservatives are in a similarly curious bind, finding themselves stressing how awful the situation is - while insisting that ministers continue with the current plan.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives' Douglas Ross said it was time to learn to live with the virus, and called for restrictions to be eased as planned in the weeks ahead.\n\nHe told Good Morning Scotland: \"People die from a number of ailments all the time. And we have to learn to live with Covid-19. It's going to be with us going forward and I think it is time to start to get our lives back to normal as much as possible.\"\n\nHe said there were other harms caused by Covid restrictions.\n\n\"We are also seeing people during this pandemic dying from cancer - because they weren't diagnosed in time, or couldn't get their treatment, or they didn't feel they were able to go and see their doctor or get an appointment at hospital over the last 16 months,\" he said.\n\n\"We cannot simply say we are going to keep lockdown to stop people dying from Covid if they are suffering or dying of other illnesses.\"\n\nOn whether people should continue to be mandated to wear face masks, Mr Ross said it should be a personal decision.\n\n\"I think that is a personal decision and one that is perfectly acceptable,\" he said.\n\nOn Monday, there were 2,372 new cases of Covid confirmed in Scotland. Last week saw the most Covid-19 cases than at any point during the pandemic, with a peak of 4,234 new infections recorded on 1 July.\n\nThe national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, attributed this to a lack of \"natural immunity\" in the population.\n\nHe said Scotland had been hit hard by the more infectious Delta variant becoming \"seeded\" in Glasgow.\n\nProf Leitch also linked the surge in part to people gathering to watch Euro 2020 matches.\n\nHowever, he said hospital admissions and deaths were not rising at the same rates they were earlier in the pandemic - because of the protection offered by vaccination.\n\nHe added that a \"big wave\" of Covid infections, fuelled by the Delta strain, was likely to overtake other parts of Europe in the weeks ahead.", "Reykjavík City Council took part in the trial\n\nTrials of a four-day week in Iceland were an \"overwhelming success\" and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said.\n\nThe trials, in which workers were paid the same amount for shorter hours, took place between 2015 and 2019.\n\nProductivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces, researchers said.\n\nA number of other trials are now being run across the world, including in Spain and by Unilever in New Zealand.\n\nIn Iceland, the trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government eventually included more than 2,500 workers, which amounts to about 1% of Iceland's working population.\n\nA range of workplaces took part, including preschools, offices, social service providers, and hospitals.\n\nMany of them moved from a 40 hour week to a 35 or 36 hour week, researchers from UK think tank Autonomy and the Association for Sustainable Democracy (Alda) in Iceland said.\n\nThe trials led unions to renegotiate working patterns, and now 86% of Iceland's workforce have either moved to shorter hours for the same pay, or will gain the right to, the researchers said.\n\nWorkers reported feeling less stressed and at risk of burnout, and said their health and work-life balance had improved. They also reported having more time to spend with their families, do hobbies and complete household chores.\n\nWill Stronge, director of research at Autonomy, said: \"This study shows that the world's largest ever trial of a shorter working week in the public sector was by all measures an overwhelming success.\n\n\"It shows that the public sector is ripe for being a pioneer of shorter working weeks - and lessons can be learned for other governments.\"\n\nGudmundur Haraldsson, a researcher at Alda, said: \"The Icelandic shorter working week journey tells us that not only is it possible to work less in modern times, but that progressive change is possible too.\"\n\nSpain is piloting a four day working week for companies in part due to the challenges of coronavirus.\n\nAnd consumer goods giant Unilever is giving staff in New Zealand a chance to cut their hours by 20% without hurting their pay in a trial.\n\nIn May, a report commissioned by the 4 Day Week campaign from Platform London suggested that shorter hours could cut the UK's carbon footprint.", "The Scottish government says hospital admissions are lower because of the protection offered by vaccination\n\nA lack of \"natural immunity\" in the population has led to Scotland having the highest Covid rates in Europe, the national clinical director has said.\n\nJason Leitch also said Scotland had been hit hard by the infectious Delta variant becoming \"seeded\" in Glasgow.\n\nSix Scottish health boards are among the top 10 worst-hit regions in Europe, according to World Health Organization (WHO) figures.\n\nNHS Tayside has the highest rate, with 1,146 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nLothian, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Fife, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and Arran health boards are also in the top 10, along with north-east and north-west England.\n\nThe only areas in the table outside the UK are Nur-Sultan City in Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation's capital, Moscow.\n\nA further 2,372 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Monday, with 12.6% of all tests positive.\n\nIt means that more than 23,000 new infections have been detected in Scotland over the last seven days.\n\nThe latest Scottish government figures also show there are 338 Covid patients in hospital and 30 are being treated in intensive care.\n\nProf Leitch confirmed that Scotland had some of the \"highest numbers\" across the UK and Europe.\n\nHe told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the \"fundamental\" reason for the figures was the spread of the Delta variant.\n\n\"It's got seeded into our biggest, dense city in Glasgow and we've got less natural immunity because we haven't been at the top of this league table throughout the pandemic,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not a league table I want to top and I want to get us off there as quickly as we possibly can.\"\n\nHe warned that a \"big wave\" of Covid infections, fuelled by the Delta strain, was likely to overtake other parts of Europe in the next few weeks.\n\nProf Leitch also said cases linked to people gathering to watch Euro 2020 matches were \"part of the problem\".\n\n\"Scotland being out [of the Euros] is a very, very unfortunate from a sporting perspective, but probably better from a Covid perspective,\" he said.\n\nBut Prof Leitch added that the Scottish government was \"relatively optimistic\" that hospital admissions and deaths were not rising at the same rates they were earlier in the pandemic because of the protection offered by vaccination.\n\n\"We have to watch the translation of those cases into hospitalisations. Hospitalisations are now going up a little, but they're not at the levels they were in the first and second waves,\" he said.\n\n\"Intensive care is stable - [there are] really low numbers of Covid cases in intensive care.\"\n\nThe number of drop-in vaccination centres is being expanded from Monday after the sharp rise in Covid case numbers.\n\nAll mainland health boards are now offering drop-in clinics.\n\nEveryone aged 18 and over can attend for their first dose. People who had their a first jab at least eight weeks before can attend for a second dose.\n\nHowever, Scottish Labour has called for the gap between first and second vaccinations to be halved to four weeks.\n\nScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said that would help deal with the \"out of control\" spread of coronavirus.\n\nMr Sarwar pointed to guidance from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which suggests that vaccines can be effective when the two doses are administered just four weeks apart.\n\nHe accused the Scottish government of being too slow on measures such as walk-in vaccination centres and contact tracing.\n\nIn response, a spokesman for Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said an eight-week gap was \"optimal\" according to advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and \"reducing that below eight weeks would compromise the effectiveness of the vaccine and how long that effect lasts\".\n\nHe added: \"We are progressing the final stages of our successful vaccine rollout as quickly as we can.\n\n\"This is limited by supply, we can only give Pfizer to younger age groups, in addition, constraints on supply affect the pool of those who had their first dose eight weeks previously.\"\n\nLast week saw the most Covid-19 cases than at any point during the pandemic, with a peak of 4,234 new infections recorded. on 1 July.\n\nAccording to the latest ONS infection survey figures, Scotland is believed to have the highest Covid rate in the UK, with estimated levels in the Scottish population 73% higher than in England, triple those in Wales and more than four times higher than those in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Scottish government wants to move all parts of Scotland to level 0 on 19 July, which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said would be \"a significant step back to normality\".\n\nIt expects to have completed second doses for all over-40s by 26 July.\n\nTwo weeks later - on 9 August - the major remaining legal Covid restrictions could be lifted.", "Proposals for England and Wales mean people who claim to have been raped will still face pressure to hand over their phones to police and prosecutors, says the victims' commissioner.\n\nThe government's apology to rape victims has been \"undermined\" by the move, Dame Vera Baird told the BBC.\n\nThe Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill sets limits to police access to victims' phone data.\n\nBut these safeguards should be stronger, argues Dame Vera.\n\nThe Home Office says there will be a code of practice alongside the new law to protect the privacy of victims and witnesses.\n\nLast month, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland apologised to rape victims for low conviction rates in England and Wales and promised \"to do a lot better\".\n\nBut Dame Vera warns that while the proposed legislation requires police to get the agreement of potential rape victims to hand over their phones or other personal data such as medical records, it does not define exactly what \"agreement\" means.\n\nNor does it set limits on what information can be downloaded from phones, nor how it might be used.\n\n\"It is definitely a backward step,\" says Dame Vera, \"and it definitely clashes with the apology from ministers and with the intention in the rape review to focus on the defendant and less on the complainant.\"\n\nVictims of sexual crimes are often put under pressure by police and prosecutors to hand over their phones because of the possibility they might have sent private messages which undermine their evidence.\n\nThis is voluntary, but victims are often told the case will be closed if they do not comply, and some withdraw because they are uncomfortable handing over private data.\n\nSarah Jenkin has taken the rare step of waiving her legal right to anonymity because of her anger at the way she was treated after alleging she had been raped.\n\nShe had been drinking heavily and was unable to give a detailed account of what had happened. The man whom she accused denied rape.\n\nSarah said the police had not initially wanted to access her phone but later said it was necessary.\n\n\"I got the impression that it had been requested that the police get that information. Requested by, I assume, the CPS...\n\nSarah Jenkin says the CPS questioned her account, claiming there were inconsistencies in her phone messages\n\n\"I feel very angry about what has happened, the trauma that I've suffered directly from the treatment of particular aspects of the criminal justice system is unbelievable.\"\n\nSarah said the CPS claimed there were inconsistencies in her messages to friends.\n\n\"They seemed, certainly in my case, to be using this information as a way to try to discredit me, discredit my account, imply that I'm not a credible witness.\"\n\nHowever, she said, her personal messages would have also made it clear she was gay, and had no history with men, suggesting it was unlikely she would have consented to sex.\n\n\"This was something that I raised with the CPS only to be told that my sexuality wasn't relevant, which was very hurtful,\" she told the BBC.\n\nThe case was dropped by the CPS after prosecutors said they would offer no evidence. The man she accused was acquitted.\n\nEven a tighter law, to protect victims of crime, would only go so far in restoring her trust in the justice system, she said.\n\nA Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said the case was stopped after a \"careful review\" because it did not meet the legal test required for a prosecution.\n\n\"Every rape case that comes to the CPS is dealt with by a specialist prosecutor in a dedicated rape and sexual offences unit.\n\n\"Each one is decided on its own merits and whenever the legal test is met, we will not hesitate to prosecute.\"\n\nPolice forces have already ditched a process for obtaining large amounts of phone data, described by campaigners as a \"digital strip-search\".\n\nBut recent research for the government's review of rape cases, suggested it was often prosecutors, rather than police officers, who pushed for victims' data, to enable \"robust\" charging decisions.\n\nIn a statement, the Home Office said the new law would \"outline the general duties\" of police and prosecutors but there would also be a code of practice on how the powers should be used, to protect the privacy of victims and witnesses.\n\nWork is underway to ensure the criminal justice system only takes information from victims \"where it is necessary for the investigation and not as a matter of course,\" said an official.\n\nDame Vera says that, behind the scenes, senior police officers support her attempts to protect victims.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service has, in the past, been accused of investigating the person reporting a rape or sexual assault, rather than the suspect, and of trying to prevent cases going to court if they are less likely to result in a conviction.\n\nThis was one of the reasons why the government, through Mr Buckland, apologised to rape victims.\n\nThe government's rape review concluded: \"These are trends of which we are deeply ashamed.\"\n\n\"Victims of rape are being failed.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFully vaccinated people in England will not have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive for Covid from 16 August, the health secretary says.\n\nSajid Javid told MPs the same policy would also apply to anyone under the age of 18 from that date.\n\nThe government would give more details this week on self-isolation rules for international travel, he added.\n\nMeanwhile, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced the end of \"bubbles\" in schools from 19 July.\n\nThis system has led to large numbers of pupils being sent home if a single child has a positive test.\n\nCovid-related pupil absence in England has hit a new high since all students returned to school in March - with 640,000 pupils in England not in school due to Covid last week.\n\nOn Monday, the prime minister confirmed he intended to scrap most of the remaining restrictions in England on 19 July, including the laws on mask wearing and rules on social distancing.\n\nA further 28,773 cases were reported across the UK on Tuesday, and there were another 37 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIn a statement to the House of Commons, the health secretary said: \"From 16 August when even more people will have the protection of both doses, and when modelling suggests the risks from the virus will be even lower, anyone who is a close contact of a positive case will no longer have to self-isolate if they have been fully vaccinated.\n\n\"If someone gets their second dose just before or just after 16 August, they'll need to wait two weeks, after which their second jab can take effect and give them these new freedoms.\"\n\nAs under-18s are not routinely jabbed, he said a similar exemption from self-isolation rules would be extended to them.\n\nMr Javid said adults who had been in close contact with a positive case would be \"advised\" to get a PCR test as soon as possible to make sure they had not been infected, while for children it would be dependent on their age.\n\nPeople identified as close contacts of a confirmed Covid case are currently required to self-isolate for up to 10 full days when contacted by NHS Test and Trace.\n\nHe added that \"of course\" anyone that tested positive would have to self-isolate whether they have had the jab or not.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said the date for the changes was chosen to allow more people to become double jabbed and with rising case numbers \"it makes sense\" to keep protective measures in place until mid-August.\n\nIt said if fully-vaccinated users of the NHS Covid-19 app are notified that a contact has tested positive after 16 August, they will be able to tell it they have had both jabs.\n\nIndustry group UK Hospitality said Mr Javid's announcement \"doesn't go far enough, quickly enough\".\n\nChief executive Kate Nicholls said it \"fails to recognise the carnage the current system\" is causing with pub and restaurant staff who \"have been told to isolate despite not having shared shifts with colleagues who tested positive\".\n\nThe NHS Confederation, representing hospital leaders, said the move \"may act as an incentive for people to have both jabs, but we must also remember that no vaccine is 100% effective... it's still vital that people continue to get tested, and isolate if they have Covid\".\n\nThe education secretary confirmed that the rules on pupils in England self-isolating would be ending\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps will update MPs this week on international travel and removing \"the need for fully-vaccinated arrivals to isolate when they return from an amber list country\", Mr Javid said.\n\nEarlier, the health secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he would expect cases numbers by 19 July to be \"at least double\" what they were now \"so around 50,000 new cases a day\".\n\n\"As we ease and go into the summer we expect them to rise significantly and they could go as high as 100,000 case numbers,\" he said.\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said Mr Javid had justified allowing infections to climb by pointing to the UK \"building a protective wall\" of vaccines.\n\nHowever, Mr Ashworth said the \"wall is only part built\", and data from Israel suggested that the infectious Delta variant could be transmitted through fully vaccinated people.\n\nHe said he \"understood the rationale\" for Mr Javid's announcement but believed that the \"biggest barrier to an effective isolation policy\" was a \"lack of financial incentive to stay at home\".\n\nHe also called for a U-turn on the decision to make mask-wearing voluntary, saying: \"Yes, let's have freedom but not a high-risk free-for-all - keep masks for now, fix sick pay, and let's unlock in a safe and sustainable way.\"\n\nThe Scottish government has said it may continue to require masks in certain settings even after 9 August, when it is hoped the final curbs will end.\n\nAhead of a review on 15 July in Wales, ministers said people would need to learn to live with Covid.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the prime minister's approach to ending coronavirus restrictions in England was reckless.\n\nShe said Northern Ireland, which is due to review its rules on 8 July, would make its own decisions but would \"not be following that model\".\n\nIreland's deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar called England's plan \"too risky\" and warned if things went wrong there would be a \"spillover effect\" into neighbouring countries.\n\nAsked about contingency planning for potential vaccine-resistant variants, Mr Javid told MPs: \"Reasonable experts will have different views on this... we are making some proportionate and balanced changes but border controls are staying in place. We are keeping the test, track and isolate policy in place.\"\n\nThe lifting of the remaining restrictions and now the ending of quarantining for the close contacts of people who are infected are bold moves.\n\nNo other country in the world has tried this in the face of a rapidly increasing level of Covid infection driven by a more infectious variant.\n\nSo, of course, it comes with risks. While the link between infections and serious illness has been weakened, it has not been broken altogether.\n\nIf cases reach 100,000 a day, that could translate to close to 2,000 hospital admissions a day - twice what the NHS would see for all types of respiratory illness in the depths of winter.\n\nSoon afterwards, you would expect so see Covid deaths top 100 a day. And what if infection rates rise even further? Should we compare this to flu? In a bad winter those deaths can top 20,000.\n\nThese are difficult questions to answer. The hope of government scientists is that the wall of immunity built up by the vaccination programme and natural infection will halt the rise in rates before we have to.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College - whose modelling helped lead to the first nationwide restrictions - said as restrictions eased there was the potential for the UK to have a very large numbers of cases - 150,000 to 200,000 a day - which could \"still cause some pressure to the health system\".\n\nHowever he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that although it was a \"slight gamble\" he thought it was \"justifiable\", adding \"I'm reasonably optimistic.\"\n\nHe said the vaccines would keep deaths far lower than in previous waves. \"The ratio which we saw in the past between case numbers and deaths has been reduced by more like eight to 10-fold.\"\n\nIn the worst-case scenario there \"may need to be a course correction later\", he added.\n\nBusinesses have given mixed reactions to the plans to ease rules in England from 19 July.\n\nMelvin Benn, chief executive of Festival Republic, which runs the Reading and Leeds festivals, said the government had \"got this right\", adding that \"the country wants to reopen, we are tired of this, we want to reopen\".\n\nHe also said he was not inclined to encourage festival guests to wear masks - even indoors.\n\nHowever, Jacinta Rowsell, manager of the Westfield shopping centre in London, said staff would still \"encourage guests\" to wear masks as they wanted people visiting to feel safe.", "Paul Green (left) and Cleveland Davidson said they felt vindicated after their convictions were quashed\n\nThree men jailed for allegedly attempting to rob a corrupt police officer nearly 50 years ago have had their convictions overturned.\n\nCourtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson were arrested after leaving Stockwell station in 1972.\n\nThe trio, part of the so-called \"Stockwell Six\", were jailed largely on evidence from British Transport Police (BTP) officer Derek Ridgewell.\n\n\"It's vindication... It was a total stitch-up\" Mr Davidson said.\n\nThe men, all aged between 17 and 20 at the time, were accused of trying to rob Ridgewell, who was in plain clothes and had previously served in the South Rhodesian, now Zimbabwean, police force.\n\nThey were travelling on the London Underground from Stockwell station in south London, when Ridgewell claimed they attempted to rob him, before he fought back and arrested them with a team of undercover officers.\n\nAlthough each of the six pleaded not guilty, five were convicted and sent to jail or borstal, a youth detention centre, despite telling jurors that police officers had lied and subjected them to violence and threats.\n\nThe two remaining members of the Stockwell Six who were convicted, Texo Joseph Johnson and Ronald De'Souza, have not yet been traced.\n\nSpeaking outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Mr Davidson revealed it had \"ruined\" his life.\n\nHe said: \"It's vindication that we were innocent at the time. We were only young then, we did nothing.\"\n\nMr Davidson said Ridgewell was a \"corrupt and wicked and evil police officer\", adding: \"We don't know how many other people Ridgewell stitched up... it's just endless.\"\n\nThe Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which referred the convictions to the Court of Appeal, said it was \"desperate to find other men who were part of this group of friends so many years ago\".\n\nPaul Green (left) and Cleveland Davidson had their convictions overturned at the Court of Appeal\n\nAt a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday, the Court of Appeal cleared Mr Harriot, Mr Green and Mr Davidson, nearly five decades after they were convicted.\n\nQuashing the convictions and allowing the appeal, Sir Julian Flaux, sitting with Mr Justice Linden and Mr Justice Wall, said: \"It is most unfortunate that it has taken nearly 50 years to rectify the injustice suffered by these appellants.\"\n\nThe Stockwell Six case is the third time Ridgewell's corruption has led to wrongful convictions being overturned by the Court of Appeal.\n\nRidgewell was involved in a number of high-profile and controversial cases in the early 1970s, culminating in the 1973 acquittals of the \"Tottenham Court Road Two\" - two young Jesuits studying at Oxford University.\n\nHe was then moved into a department investigating mailbag theft, where he joined up with two criminals with whom he split the profits of stolen mailbags.\n\nRidgewell was eventually caught and jailed for seven years, dying of a heart attack in prison in 1982 at the age of 37.\n\nIn December 2019, three members of the \"Oval Four\" - who were arrested at Oval Underground station in 1972 and accused of stealing handbags by Ridgewell's \"mugging squad\" - also had their convictions overturned. The final member was cleared in March 2020 prompting calls for a \"wholesale review\" of all cases linked to Ridgewell.\n\nBTP Deputy Chief Constable Adrian Hanstock said: \"It is wholly regrettable that the criminal actions of a discredited former officer of this force over four decades ago led to these unsound prosecutions.\n\n\"I apologise unreservedly for the distress, anxiety and impact this will have undoubtedly caused those who were wrongly convicted.\"\n\nMr Hanstock added that, having \"examined all available records\" of investigations where Ridgewell was the principal officer, the force \"have not identified any additional matters that we feel should be referred for external review\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "LGBT activists in Georgia's capital Tbilisi have cancelled a gay rights event after their office was stormed by far-right protesters, who were filmed tearing up and burning rainbow flags.\n\nThere were also clashes between the police and far-right protesters, with at least 20 journalists reportedly injured.", "The Duchess of Cambridge is having to self-isolate for 10 days after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for Covid.\n\nShe had been due to spend the day with the Duke of Cambridge to mark the 73rd anniversary of the NHS.\n\nBut Prince William arrived alone for a service at St Paul's Cathedral and a Buckingham Palace tea for NHS staff.\n\nKensington Palace said she does not have any symptoms, but is \"following all relevant government guidelines\".\n\nIt said in a statement: \"Last week the Duchess of Cambridge came into contact with someone who has subsequently tested positive for Covid-19.\n\n\"Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home.\"\n\nThe Duke of Cambridge is greeted by William Russell, the Lord Mayor of London, as he arrives at St Paul's Cathedral for a ceremony honouring the 73rd anniversary of the NHS\n\nThe duke later hosted the NHS Big Tea in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to pay tribute to the work of NHS staff during the Covid pandemic\n\nCatherine's last public event was a visit to Wimbledon on Friday when she toured the venue and met staff in its museum and Centre Court kitchen.\n\nShe also sat with the Duke of Kent in the royal box on Centre Court and with former British number one tennis player Tim Henman on Court 14 to watch Jamie Murray play in a men's doubles match.\n\nThe duchess is patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club and a keen tennis fan, but is now likely to miss the men's and women's finals at the weekend.\n\nThe duchess was last seen in public at Wimbledon on Friday\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has received both her Covid jabs\n\nThe duchess, who has received both her Covid jabs, began self-isolating on Friday after being alerted that afternoon.\n\nThe PA news agency says she follows the royal household testing regime by taking lateral flow tests twice a week.\n\nIt reports she additionally took lateral flow tests before visiting Wimbledon and watching England's Euro 2020 victory against Germany last Tuesday at Wembley with Prince William and Prince George. Both results were negative.\n\nPrince William contracted Covid last spring but was able to carry on with telephone and online engagements while being treated by royal doctors.\n\nThe Prince of Wales also caught the virus during the same period but had milder symptoms, although he did lose his sense of smell and taste for a period.", "England's schools will find out later how the government plans to relax rules that have led to large numbers of pupils being sent home if a single child has a positive Covid test.\n\nLast week the \"bubble\" system saw more than 375,000 children sent home.\n\nIt has meant missed days of lessons for thousands of pupils and frustration for parents juggling work and childcare.\n\nThe announcement will come amid a backlash to government plans to ditch rules on the wearing of face masks.\n\nLabour, trade unions and some scientists have said now is not the time to change the rules on masks as case numbers continue to rise rapidly, driven by the new, more infectious Delta variant.\n\nMeanwhile, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said he would make an announcement to MPs later on self-isolation changes for those who have had been fully vaccinated.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"We will have a more proportionate system of test, trace and isolate and it is absolutely right that those that have been double jabbed, that we can take a different approach than the one we can take today.\"\n\nHe said the UK was now entering \"uncharted territory\" as it moved to lift legal restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of coronavirus but he said the decision had to be made because of the \"other health problems\" millions of people were facing.\n\nAt a Downing Street press conference on Monday, Boris Johnson confirmed he intended to scrap the laws on mask wearing and social distancing in the final stage of England's Covid lockdown roadmap on 19 July.\n\nThe date will be confirmed on 12 July after a review of the latest data.\n\nOther changes announced on Monday include the planned reopening of nightclubs for the first time since the pandemic began, an end to all legal limits on the number of people who can attend events and the scrapping of guidance to work from home.\n\nOn schools, Mr Johnson said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson would outline a move away from sending \"bubbles\" home and from contact isolation for pupils so as to \"greatly reduce the impact on schools of Covid outbreaks\".\n\n\"And obviously the way forward is with testing rather than by sending the bubbles home,\" he added.\n\nThere has been widespread concern that thousands of pupils are missing school unnecessarily.\n\nLast month the number sent home from school for Covid-related reasons quadrupled - but only about 4% were confirmed cases, with most pupils sent home because of a potential contact at school.\n\nMr Williamson is expected to say the changes will come into effect on 19 July, alongside the lifting of other Covid restrictions.\n\nThe PM's message on Monday was it was \"now or never\" to lift the restrictions.\n\nHe said the success of the vaccine rollout had weakened the link between cases and deaths.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM Boris Johnson: \"If we can't reopen in next few weeks, when will we?\"\n\n\"If we don't go ahead now, when we've clearly done so much with the vaccination programme to break the link... when would we go ahead?\"\n\nHe added: \"We run the risk of either opening up at a very difficult time when the virus has an edge, has an advantage, in the cold months, or again putting everything off to next year.\"\n\nOn Monday, a further 27,334 cases were reported across the UK - and another nine deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIn a sombre warning, Mr Johnson warned cases were predicted to rise to 50,000 a day later this month - and more people would die.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College, whose modelling led to the first nationwide restrictions, said there was the potential for the UK to have a very large numbers of cases - 150,000 to 200,000 a day - which could \"still cause some pressure to the health system\".\n\nHowever he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that although it was a \"slight gamble\" he thought it was \"justifiable\", adding \"I'm reasonably optimistic\".\n\nHe said that in the worst-case scenario there \"may need to be a course correction later\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer: \"Lifting all protections, in one go, when the infection rate is going up, is reckless\"\n\nLabour politicians, as well as some doctors and trade unions, have expressed concern that the lifting of the restrictions may be premature.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the government's plan was \"reckless\" and urged a more \"balanced approach\" to keep protections in place.\n\nHe suggested the compulsory use of masks in enclosed spaces and on public transport.\n\nGreater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who is opposed to the lifting of the face-covering rule, said that while he had the power to continue to make them mandatory on Manchester's tram network, he would not do so as \"I just don't see how we would be able to enforce it\".\n\nAnd Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said discussions were planned between Transport for London, the Department for Transport and other transport providers \"before we decide our next steps\".\n\nTrade union Unite, which represents tens of thousands of public transport workers, said it would be \"an act of gross negligence by the government\" to end the requirement to wear face coverings on public transport in two weeks.\n\nDr Nathalie MacDermott, an infectious diseases expert at Kings College London, said that now was not the right time to lift all restrictions.\n\n\"If we give the virus a foothold now by removing restrictions, we're probably just setting ourselves up for a bigger problem in the autumn,\" she told BBC's Newsnight.\n\n\"We should be waiting until all of our adult population - and possibly some of our younger adult population, or children and young people - are immunised, fully immunised, before we reduce our restrictions.\"\n\nSpeaking alongside Mr Johnson on Monday, England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty warned this coming winter \"may be very difficult for the NHS\".\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the link between cases, hospital admission and death had been \"weakened, not broken\" by the vaccines.\n\nAt the press conference, there was also a suggestion that a new tracing system would be introduced for fully vaccinated people, with an announcement expected this week.\n\nMr Johnson said a test, trace and isolate system that is \"proportionate to the pandemic\" would continue to be used.\n\n\"You will have to self-isolate if you test positive or are told to do so by NHS test and trace,\" he said.\n\n\"We are looking to move to a different regime for fully vaccinated contacts of those testing positive, and also for children.\"\n\nMr Johnson also ruled out making domestic vaccine passports mandatory at this stage in the pandemic.\n\nHe said Covid status certificates would not be needed for entry to venues or events, but he said businesses might choose to employ checks of an individual's NHS app to see their status.\n\nOn the vaccine roll-out, Mr Johnson said the gap between first and second vaccine jabs for the under-40s would be shortened from 12 weeks to eight.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are in charge of their own coronavirus rules.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it may continue to require masks in certain settings even after 9 August, when it is hoped the final curbs will end.\n\nAhead of a review on 15 July in Wales, ministers said people would need to learn to live with Covid. Rules in Northern Ireland have just eased, with another review due on 8 July.\n\nIs your child or your child's teacher self-isolating? Please tell us your story by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is one of the most costly animal diseases in the world\n\nPigs are to be genetically engineered to resist one of the world's most costly animal diseases.\n\nPorcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome costs about £1.8bn ($2.5bn) in lost revenue each year in the US and Europe.\n\nResearchers at Edinburgh University's Roslin Institute hope it will lead the way to the pigs being available to global pork-producing markets.\n\nThe pig research, however, raises some animal welfare issues.\n\nCritics say creating disease-resistant animals will discourage farmers from improving the welfare of their livestock.\n\nSome believe the way the animals are kept can make them less prone to contracting the virus that causes the syndrome.\n\nThe disease causes breathing problems and deaths in young animals and can result in pregnant sows losing their litters.\n\nVaccines have mostly failed to stop the spread of the virus that causes the syndrome, which is endemic in most pig-producing countries worldwide.\n\nThe Roslin Institute has produced pigs that can resist the disease by editing their genetic code.\n\nProf Bruce Whitelaw, Roslin Institute interim director, said: \"Roslin is rightly recognised for pioneering animal biotechnology that enables genetic engineering of farmed animals.\"\n\nThe research received funding from both Genus and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dean Gray wrote the letter urging the first minister to intervene in his brother's case\n\nThe mother of a boy who suffers life-threatening seizures says she is devastated at Nicola Sturgeon's response to her son's plea to make medicine available to his brother.\n\nKaren Gray's eight-year-old son Murray had hundreds of seizures a day before taking the cannabis-based drug Bedrolite, bought from the Netherlands.\n\nThe drug costs £1,300 per month on private prescription.\n\nMurray's brother Dean, 13, wrote to Ms Sturgeon asking for help to pay for it.\n\nHowever, the first minister has now responded saying medication has to be proven to be safe before it will be available on the NHS.\n\nMs Gray, from Edinburgh, says the SNP leader's letter was disappointing and does not help Murray.\n\nNicola Sturgeon replied to Dean's letter about his little brother\n\nShe told BBC News: \"We are delighted and grateful that the first minister took the time to write to us - it did seem like a very personal letter.\n\n\"But it's infuriating because she is saying about safety and the NHS won't prescribe the medicine, but the NHS is prescribing the very same cannabis oil to two other children in the UK.\"\n\nMurray suffers from a severe, complex epilepsy called Doose Syndrome. He had multiple seizures every day and his anti-epilepsy medication caused serious side-effects.\n\nMs Gray said: \"Murray was basically dying in front of us in hospital and the NHS couldn't do anything.\n\n\"The only way to take the cannabis oil legally was to get a private neurologist. She writes the prescription because she knows it's safe for Murray. He hasn't had a seizure in two years and no side-effects.\"\n\nSince legalisation in 2018, only three medical cannabis products have been licensed by the UK-wide Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).\n\nThese are Sativex, which is used to treat severe spasticity in MS patients, Nabilone for chemotherapy-induced nausea, and Epidyolex for rare forms of childhood epilepsy. Only Epidyolex can be prescribed by the NHS in Scotland.\n\nMurray initially responded to Epidyolex but his mother said it eventually stopped working. She believes this is because it did not contain THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.\n\nMs Gray hoped the first minister would help the family get Bedrolite prescribed on the NHS or help to find funding for it.\n\nMurray Gray used to suffer hundreds of seizures a day - but now lives a normal life after taking medical cannabis\n\nBut Ms Sturgeon replied: \"For doctors to make decisions about which medicines to prescribe for their patients, they need to know that the medicines they are prescribing are safe to use.\n\n\"In order to prescribe medicines like those Murray currently takes on the NHS in Scotland (which means they will be dispensed for free), we need stronger evidence on their safety and use than we currently have.\n\n\"Just now, specialist doctors in the NHS who treat children with epilepsy and similar medical conditions aren't confident about prescribing cannabis oils, including Bedrolite, until there is better evidence available following a clinical trial.\"\n\nShe said that the Scottish government had encouraged the manufacturer to take part in future clinical trials of these medicines.\n\nMurray in 2019 after taking Epidyolex - the only medical cannabis prescribed in Scotland\n\nHis mother said: \"Before, we were constantly in hospital with him, he was in a wheelchair and he was wearing a protective helmet.\n\n\"Now, he is able to go to school full-time, he runs about. He is having no seizures and no side-effects, when he was having loads of side-effects with all the anti-epileptic drugs that he was given.\"\n\nShe added: \"It's just infuriating that there are children in the UK being prescribed the exact same cannabis oil that Murray takes through the NHS. It's just not fair at all.\"\n\nMurray's private prescription costs the family £1,300 a month, which they rely on friends and family to raise.\n\nMs Gray fears there will come a time when they cannot afford it.\n\nShe said she planned to reply to the first minister to explain the situation further.\n\nPeter Carroll is director of the End Our Pain campaign which is lobbying MPs for financial help for families paying out thousands of pounds on private prescriptions.\n\nHe said: \"It is touching the first minister replied to Dean's letter but frustrating that it didn't address the point.\n\n\"Families like Karen's have proved beyond doubt that the medication is life-transforming. If the issue is safety, then Karen has the best evidence it is safe.\n\n\"Our appeal is that now is the time to cut across the bureaucracy and give these families some money to pay for private prescriptions while they work on more widespread prescribing.\"", "Shoppers are starting to return to pre-pandemic habits when it comes to buying food, according to two leading grocers.\n\nSainsbury's says demand for online sales has fallen from peak levels as people return to shopping in stores.\n\nBoss Simon Roberts also said mask wearing in stores would be a matter of \"personal choice\" after Covid rules are lifted in England on 19 July.\n\nMeanwhile online grocer Ocado said average order sizes have been falling as people start to eat out more often.\n\nHowever, both Sainsbury's and Ocado said online sales were way above pre-pandemic levels. Sainsbury's says 18% of its sales are online, compared with 8% in 2019-20.\n\nSainsbury's - the UK's second largest supermarket chain - also said online sales jumped 29% in the first quarter of its financial year compared with last year, and were 142% higher than before coronavirus struck.\n\nHowever, it added: \"As restrictions continue to ease, customers are beginning to return to more normal shopping patterns, with online demand reducing gradually from peak levels and transaction numbers increasing in stores.\"\n\nTrading overall at Sainsbury's was stronger than expected in the 16 weeks to 26 June. with sales up by 1.6% from a year earlier.\n\nThe retailer said there were a number of areas of concern, however, including potential price pressures from rising commodity prices and freight costs.\n\nMr Roberts also said the business was facing challenges from a shortage of HGV drivers and there had been an increase in staff absence because of Covid.\n\nHe said he would consult staff on their views on face masks, but said the decision to wear one would be down to individual choice.\n\n\"There are two very distinct points of view. One is customers and colleagues who can't wait for the restrictions to lift and not to have to wear a mask for example, and others who are keen to continue to do that,\" Mr Roberts said.\n\n\"I think in the end it will come down to the choices that individual customers and colleagues want to make. It is going to be driven by customer and by colleague choice.\"\n\nOcado said its retail revenues - which covers its joint venture with Marks and Spencer - had grown 19.8% to £1.2bn in the six months to 30 May.\n\nHowever, it added: \"With the easing of social distancing restrictions meaning fewer meals consumed at home, basket sizes in the second quarter have begun to move toward pre-Covid-19 levels, exiting the period 10% lower than the average for the half.\"", "The China-Myanmar border gate has been closed Image caption: The China-Myanmar border gate has been closed\n\nIn the past 48 hours, there has been a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 in the city of Ruili in southwestern China.\n\nRuili, in Yunnan province, sits next to the border with Myanmar. Three people tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and today a further three symptomatic cases have been recorded, along with two asymptomatic cases. The majority of those affected are Burmese nationals.\n\nYesterday, a mass testing drive was launched in the city, which has a population of 210,000 people.\n\nThe bridge that connects China with Myanmar has been closed and the residential areas where patients have tested positive have gone into lockdown.\n\nThis is not the first time that Ruili has experienced an outbreak - the city has had four waves of the virus throughout the pandemic. The most recent outbreak happened in March-April, affecting some 100 people.\n\nThe national Global Times newspaper says that “the long border and the Delta virus strain that is widespread among South Asian countries may have contributed to the epidemic resurgence”.\n\nPrevious outbreaks have largely been blamed on “illegal” border crossings. However, since its last major outbreak, Global Times notes that local officials and militias have been mobilised to guard the villages at the border.", "Dominic Cummings has redoubled his criticism of his old boss Boris Johnson, saying the PM cannot distinguish \"between truth and lies\".\n\nThe former top adviser said Mr Johnson \"lies so blatantly, so naturally, so regularly\" that he sees \"no real distinction\".\n\nThe PM's official spokesman rejected the former aide's claims about lying.\n\n\"I don't plan to engage with every allegation made,\" he added when asked about the blog by reporters on Monday.\n\nIt is the latest broadside against the PM from Mr Cummings since he was forced out of his No 10 role last year, following an internal power struggle.\n\nBut the former aide also defended his decision to join Mr Johnson's top team in 2019, despite believing him \"unfit to be PM\".\n\nIn a post to paying subscribers to his Substack website, Mr Cummings claimed Mr Johnson \"regularly admits it's ludicrous he's prime minister\".\n\nHe wrote that the PM is \"hopeless at bureaucratic infighting,\" and \"routinely says and does things so foolish that people are open-mouthed\".\n\nMr Cummings added he knew Mr Johnson was \"in any objective sense, unfit to be PM\" when he agreed to become his senior adviser in summer 2019.\n\nBut despite this, he added, he and former members of the Vote Leave campaign decided to \"roll the dice\" and join his No 10 team anyway, believing his defects could be \"partly mitigated\" in office.\n\nHe added that they also believed that, without their help, the Conservatives would fail to resolve the post-referendum \"constitutional crisis\".\n\nThis, he wrote, could have led to a second referendum and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn winning power, which would \"probably be an even bigger disaster\".\n\nHe also justified the move as a chance to deliver post-Brexit political reforms, adding they thought Mr Johnson's weaknesses could be \"turned to advantage\".\n\nBoris Johnson has been repeatedly criticised by his former top adviser\n\nHe wrote that Mr Johnson's \"ignorance of Whitehall\" and his \"desire to enjoy himself rather than work hard\" provided a \"very weird opportunity to force through certain important things that the system left to itself won't do\".\n\n\"Precisely because he doesn't know what he's doing, we may be able to get him to agree things 'the system' will think are 'extreme' but we think are necessary,\" he added.\n\n\"As often in politics the immediate prospect of a second referendum and Corbyn - with all the misery, poverty and damage to democracy this would bring - outweighed calculations about the distant future.\"\n\nDominic Cummings has been openly critical of the prime minister's abilities - or lack of them - before.\n\nIn his latest blog he suggests that the PM - who has intermittent spurts of self-awareness, according to his former aide - agreed with him.\n\nHe said in 2016 Boris Johnson told him it would be \"ludicrous\" for him to become prime minister.\n\nBut did Mr Johnson really believe that?\n\nAfter all, he is said to have uttered this self-assessment \"with a laugh\", and adding it was no more ludicrous than having David Cameron or George Osborne in No10.\n\nMr Cummings argues that a flawed Mr Johnson was better than the alternative of Jeremy Corbyn and a second referendum, but paints an unflattering picture of \"government by adviser\" - that Mr Johnson's apparent lack of interest in policy and aversion to hard work allowed his aides to step in and refocus the government's attention away from Brussels and towards science and technology.\n\nHis is only one side of the story, of course, and Mr Cummings will be keen to convince us that his decision to help Boris Johnson - whom he says is unfit to be PM - to call and win an election has had some lasting benefits.\n\nMr Cummings became an adviser to the prime minister in July 2019, when Mr Johnson entered No 10 after winning the Conservative Party leadership race, following the resignation of Theresa May.\n\nHe left his role late last year, following internal battles over his role as Mr Johnson's chief adviser.\n\nSince then he has used his personal blog, Twitter account and an appearance in May in front of MPs to criticise the government's Covid strategy and Mr Johnson personally.\n\nThis has included publishing text messages sent to him by Mr Johnson last year - including ones in which the PM apparently described former health secretary Matt Hancock as \"hopeless\".\n\nIn a subsequent post on Monday, he also took aim at the expected easing of the majority of England's remaining Covid rules on 19 July, adding it was \"obviously not\" the right call.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening. We'll have another update for you tomorrow morning.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid has set out plans for the end of self isolation for double-vaccinated people in England if they come into contact with an infected person. The measure - being introduced from 16 August - will also apply to under-18s even if they haven't had a jab. Currently, people in contact with someone who tests positive for Covid have to isolate for up to 10 days. On Monday, the prime minister confirmed he intended to scrap most of the remaining restrictions in England on 19 July, including the laws on mask wearing and rules on social distancing. But as this piece on pubs, public transport, and other businesses makes clear - it's not the end of masks just yet.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Health Secretary Sajid Javid outlines new rules for double-jabbed in England\n\nThe system of sending \"bubbles\" of children home after a positive Covid case is being axed in England, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed. He said it would cease at the end of summer term. The bubble system had been necessary to limit virus spread but was now causing disruption to pupils' lives, he told MPs. Teaching unions have warned against easing rules as cases are still rising. The changes were announced as the latest official statistics for England show the number of pupils who missed school last week to Covid hit a record high of 641,000. Only 28,000 of these had a confirmed case of Covid-19.\n\nThe Bank of England has said it will ask staff to come in to the office a minimum of once a week from September. Its approach reflects that of many firms which do not plan to ask staff to return full time to the office after current government guidance changes. Currently people who can work from home are being asked to continue to do so, but this is set to end on 19 July. Many office workers have worked predominantly from home since the first lockdown in March last year.\n\n\"The girls just wanted to know why their brothers could be educated but they're made to go to kitchens.\" During the coronavirus pandemic, Devanshi Ranjan has taught over 1,000 children, mainly girls, who weren't able to access education across the slums of New Delhi in India. For her efforts, the 21-year-old won the Diana Award, set up in memory of Princess Diana to honour young people who work to improve the lives of others. Read her story.\n\nPencils and books were provided for the kids in Devanshi's classes\n\nIn the eyes of the artist, they're as shocking as a dead animal or a diamond-studded skull - and they say as much about life and death. Dozens of oil paintings of cherry blossom by Damien Hirst are going on public view for the first time this week, in Paris. The new exhibition, at the Fondation Cartier, delayed twice because of Covid restrictions, brings together around a third of the 100 canvases painted by Hirst, including during long periods working alone during lockdown, without his team of assistants.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page. Confused about the rules on self-isolation? Check our explainer.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. 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Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nMark Cavendish sprinted to his 33rd stage victory at the Tour de France to move within one win of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx's all-time record.\n\nThe Manx rider, 36, held off Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen to win stage 10 in Valence after a perfect lead-out.\n\nDeceuninck-Quick-Step's Cavendish also won stages four and six of this Tour.\n\nThere are two more sprints this week and two more in the last week, ending with the Champs-Elysees finale, where Cavendish has won a record four times.\n\nDefending champion Tadej Pogacar finished safely in the main bunch to retain the leader's yellow jersey.\n\nCavendish also extended his advantage in the green jersey points classification and now leads Australia's Michael Matthews by 59 points, with Italy's Sonny Colbrelli a further 23 behind.\n\n\"It was an old-school, run-of-the-mill, like you read in the cycling magazines, textbook lead-out,\" said Cavendish, who won the 2011 green jersey.\n\n\"We got the lads on the front to pull as fast as they can so no one can come past you.\n\n\"I didn't really do anything until the last 150m because of my team.\"\n\nOf his three wins in this year's race, this victory was perhaps the most reminiscent of the usual way he surged to his 30 stage wins between 2008 and 2016.\n\nWith the strongest sprint train in the race dominating the front, Cavendish was able to stay on the wheel of Michael Morkov, widely regarded as the best lead-out man in cycling, to launch late and have time to put his arms up in celebration, even as others closed in.\n\nHe once again lavishly praised his team-mates, saying he was \"humbled\" to have the likes of Tour of Flanders champion Kasper Asgreen and world champion Julian Alaphilippe pulling for him.\n\nMany other elite sprinters are missing, with Caleb Ewan breaking his collarbone in a crash on stage three, which was won by Tim Merlier, who has since abandoned, while Dylan Groenewegen was not selected.\n\nHowever, that does not diminish the achievements of Cavendish here, having not been used to riding with this sprint train, which had been preparing to ride for last year's green jersey winner Sam Bennett.\n\nCavendish had already made a resurgence earlier this year with four wins, but he has taken the opportunity to step in for the injured Bennett brilliantly and completely repaid the faith shown in him by Deceunick-Quick-Step in re-signing him after years of illness and loss of form.\n\nHaving not contested the intermediate sprint, Cavendish said after the stage finish that he is only focusing on stage wins and that the green jersey is a bonus.\n\nYet with his nearest green jersey contenders not threatening in bunch sprint finishes and record seven-time winner Peter Sagan seemingly not challenging for it this year, Cavendish is looking increasingly likely to claim his second green jersey - as long as he makes it to Paris.\n\nWednesday's Stage 11 is a decisive day for the general classification contenders, featuring two ascents of the famous Mont Ventoux.", "Mr Lyons is the assembly member (MLA) for East Antrim\n\nGordon Lyons has been appointed to replace Paul Frew as NI economy minister, Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has announced.\n\nMr Frew had been appointed by Sir Jeffrey's predecessor Edwin Poots, who will remain as agriculture minister.\n\nSir Jeffrey said there would be a \"fundamental reshuffle\" in September.\n\nPaul Givan remains as first minister, with Michelle McIlveen continuing as education minister.\n\nSir Jeffrey became DUP leader last month after Mr Poots resigned 21 days into the role following an internal party row about the timing of Mr Givan's appointment.\n\nMr Poots had made sweeping changes to many of the DUP's positions, both at ministerial level and on assembly committees.\n\nIt followed his victory over Sir Jeffrey in the DUP's first leadership contest in its 50-year history.\n\nHowever, this came after the ousting of Arlene Foster which publicly exposed divisions in the party.\n\nEdwin Poots was in charge of the previous reshuffle of the DUP's ministerial team\n\nIn a statement on Tuesday, Sir Jeffrey said he was making \"limited\" changes to ministers and post-holders \"so as to minimise any impact personnel changes would have on the business of delivering for people across Northern Ireland\".\n\n\"I am mindful that our executive team, in conjunction with ministers from other parties, has further significant work to do in the next short period,\" he added.\n\n\"I do however intend to conduct a more fundamental reshuffle of posts in September.\"\n\nSir Jeffrey, who is the MP for Lagan Valley, has also indicated that at some stage he planned to return to the assembly and become first minister.\n\nIn an interview with UTV on Monday, he said he hoped to return to Stormont \"later this year\".\n\nMr Lyons, the assembly member (MLA) for East Antrim, has previously served as agriculture minister when he stood in for Edwin Poots on health grounds earlier this year.\n\nHe was also a junior minister in the executive office.\n\nIn a social media post he said he was \"delighted\" to be appointed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSir Jeffrey praised Mr Frew for \"progressing a number of important issues\" in the party over recent weeks, but said Mr Lyons was \"well-equipped to take on the role\" of economy minister.\n\n\"I know he will be focused on rebuilding and revitalising Northern Ireland's economy as we emerge from the Covid pandemic,\" he added.", "Vauxhall owner Stellantis has announced plans to build electric vans at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire.\n\nThe £100m investment, which the UK government will contribute to, will safeguard more than 1,000 factory jobs.\n\nThe future of the plant has been in doubt after Vauxhall's parent company scrapped plans to build its new Astra model there.\n\nThe Ellesmere Port plant will also make electric passenger car models for Vauxhall, Opel, Peugeot and Citroën.\n\nProduction of an all-electric van will start in 2022, the carmaker said.\n\nThe government has held talks with Stellantis about options for the Cheshire factory and ministers are understood to have offered about £30m in financial support.\n\nCarlos Tavares, head of Stellantis, had previously warned that the company would no longer invest in pure diesel or petrol cars at the plant, and said a decision on where it would build electric vehicles would depend on the UK government's support of the car sector.\n\nMr Tavares said: \"Performance is always the trigger for sustainability and this £100m investment demonstrates our commitment to the UK and to Ellesmere Port.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"It's a huge vote of confidence in our economy, in the people of Ellesmere Port, and in our fantastic post-Brexit trading relationships.\"\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: \"Ellesmere Port's proud tradition in auto manufacturing will continue for many years to come thanks to today's investment.\"\n\nHe said that the investment will also \"secure thousands of jobs across the region in the supply chain\".\n\n\"In this global race to secure electric vehicle production, we are proud to support Britain's auto sector in this crucial transition as we work to build back better,\" Mr Kwarteng added.\n\nMr Tavares said the fate of Ellesmere Port will depend on the UK government's commitment to the car industry\n\nSales of vans have been booming during the pandemic, as a result of growing home delivery sales.\n\nVauxhall's Luton plant is currently operating at full capacity so Stellantis wants to expand production at Ellesmere Port to serve the UK market.\n\nLike other manufacturers it is also preparing for an all-electric future. The UK will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, with other European countries setting similar targets.\n\nLast week, Japanese carmaker Nissan announced an expansion of electric vehicle production at its car plant in Sunderland which will create 1,650 new jobs.\n\nHollie Hughes, 24, an engineer at the Ellesmere Port plant, who started as an apprentice nearly eight years ago, said the plans were \"so exciting\", especially the electric vehicle aspect.\n\n\"It's a massive highlight for Ellesmere Port,\" she said, adding that her team will be \"heavily involved\" in implementing the plans.\n\nOliver Holden, 27, a manufacturing engineer at the plant, said the employees had waited a long time for the announcement.\n\n\"From today, everyone will be pleased - the mood will be lifted, I believe,\" he said. \"Everyone now can focus on the next challenges and move towards the future.\"\n\nProfessor David Bailey, an economist at Birmingham Business School, told the BBC's Today programme that Vauxhall's plans would support jobs in the short term, but there was a question over how sustainable they would make Ellesmere Port.\n\n\"There is there is no [Stellantis electric vehicle] battery plant being built in the UK... so if batteries are being brought in from France and elsewhere, that's going to add to costs and it's going leave Ellesmere Port as a relatively high-cost location,\" he said.\n\n\"[Building one in the UK] would really anchor vehicle production at Stellantis at Ellesmere Port and Luton in the UK.\n\n\"Longer term we're going to need a lot of batteries in the UK and we will need battery plants to keep mass car and vehicle production here.\"\n\nStellantis is currently building two battery plants, one in France and one in Germany, and is looking to establish a third, rumoured to be in Italy.\n\nThe two \"gigafactories\" at Douvrin in France and Kaiserslautern in Germany will get French and German government support of €1.3bn (£1.1bn).\n\nThe Ellesmere Port plant will have a new body shop and investment in general assembly and on site battery pack assembly. Work will begin on potential wind and solar farms at the site.\n\nStellantis will also consult on the creation of a UK parts distribution centre which will require further investment.\n\nThe outlook for the British automotive industry is certainly a lot rosier now than it was just a few months ago.\n\nWithout investment in new products every few years, car plants die; and the ageing factory at Ellesmere Port has long been regarded as particularly vulnerable.\n\nEarlier this year Carlos Tavares, the acerbic chief executive of Vauxhall's parent company Stellantis, made it very clear that investment would only arrive if the government itself were prepared to support the industry.\n\nIt appears the government has done just that, with both Nissan and Stellantis, pledging to spend serious amounts of money developing electric vehicles here as a result.\n\nBut there's a long way to go to secure the future of car manufacturing, as it prepares for an all-electric future. After years of uncertainty over the outcome of Brexit, which made carmakers reluctant to commit to new plans, the UK is still playing catch-up.\n\nSo while the news from Nissan and Vauxhall has been widely welcomed, people within the sector agree that much more is needed.\n\nStellantis is the world's fifth-largest carmaker and also owns Peugeot, Fiat and Chrysler.\n\nEllesmere Port, acquired by Vauxhall Motors in 1957 from the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, initially developed the site as a sub-assembly and engine production line for its Dunstable and Luton factories.\n\nIt produced its first car, the Vauxhall Viva, in 1964, and produced the Viva, Chevette, and Vauxhall and Opel Astra.\n\nEmployment peaked at the site in 1975, with 12,000 people on staff.", "The Pentagon is scrapping a multibillion dollar cloud computing contract, which sparked a row between Microsoft and Amazon.\n\nThe US Department of Defense said the $10bn contract no longer met its current needs due to the \"shifting technology environment\".\n\nMicrosoft was awarded the contract, but Amazon claimed President Trump had influenced the decision.\n\nAmazon and Microsoft will both have the opportunity to bid for a new contract.\n\nAfter Microsoft won the massive Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (Jedi) contract, it drew complaints and a legal challenge from tech rival Amazon, which claimed that the choice was politically motivated.\n\nThe Department of Defense (DoD) said in a statement on Tuesday: \"With the shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the Jedi Cloud contract, which has long been delayed, no longer meets the requirements to fill the DoD's capability gaps.\"\n\nIt added that it would seek new proposals \"from a limited number of sources\", including both Amazon and Microsoft.\n\nThe two tech giants are the only suppliers it said would be capable of meeting the brief, although it would consider other firms.\n\nThe Jedi system was designed to replace the DoD's ageing computer networks with one single cloud system, which would have hosted classified secrets and provided artificial intelligence-based analysis to the military.\n\nBut after the work was awarded to Microsoft in 2019, Amazon - which was seen as the favourite for the project - filed a legal challenge to object.\n\nThe Pentagon press release said a lot of things.\n\nIt talked of how technology had \"evolved\", about \"cloud conservancy\", and industry \"advances\".\n\nBut it omitted one crucial detail - that Amazon had accused Donald Trump of exercising undue influence over the decision.\n\nThe former president didn't exactly hide his distaste for Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos.\n\nMr Trump referred to the Washington Post (which Mr Bezos owns) as 'Amazon Washington Post' and penned tweets about him calling him 'Jeff Bozo'.\n\nWhen Amazon pitched for a lucrative government cloud computing contract, many analysts believed they were the ones to beat.\n\nHowever, they didn't win that contract. Amazon has since been arguing that Mr Trump exercised undue influence in the procurement process.\n\nThe Pentagon faced extended legal challenges by Amazon, and it seems likely that, too, was a factor in this decision.\n\nAn Amazon Web Services spokesperson told the BBC: \"We understand and agree with the DoD's decision.\n\n\"Unfortunately, the contract award was not based on the merits of the proposals and instead was the result of outside influence that has no place in government procurement.\"\n\nThey added that they \"look forward\" to supporting the department's modernisation efforts.\n\nMicrosoft said in a statement on Tuesday: \"It's clear the DoD trusts Microsoft and our technology, and we're confident that we'll continue to be successful as the DoD selects partners for new work.\"", "The Reverend Andrew Rawding has been a Church of Ireland minister for a decade\n\nA Church of Ireland minister has resigned his post claiming that the church is \"structurally, culturally and socially homophobic\".\n\nThe Reverend Andrew Rawding is rector of Brackaville, Donaghendry and Ballyclog in County Tyrone.\n\nHe announced his resignation in his three parish churches on Sunday morning.\n\nThe Church of Ireland declined to comment on Mr Rawding's resignation and comments when contacted by BBC News NI.\n\nMr Rawding said that his parishioners were in shock and some were in tears when he said he was resigning.\n\nMr Rawding assisted with the organisation of Mid Ulster Pride\n\nHe told BBC News NI that many had \"expressed sadness\" that he was leaving his role.\n\nHe has been a Church of Ireland minister for a decade and has previously helped run Pride parades in the mid Ulster area.\n\nMr Rawding claimed that the Church of Ireland was \"structurally, culturally and socially homophobic\".\n\n\"There are some kind and compassionate individuals but corporately, at best there is indifference, at worst there is hypocrisy,\" he said.\n\nHe also claimed that there was \"an aggressive and proactive opposition to full inclusion and equality for LGBT+ people, with some people still weaponising Bible verses and using the language of condemnation and rejection\".\n\n\"I have made a public stance in the past as a Church of Ireland rector to send a message to the LGBT+ community that it's OK to be LGBT+ and to be a Christian and to show my full support for same-sex marriages within the Church of Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"Currently the stance is homophobic and discriminatory.\"\n\nMr Rawding said he was \"originally motivated\" to make this stance within his parishes.\n\n\"Although sadly there are still grandparents and relatives who will not accept LGBT children within their own families,\" he added.\n\nThe Church of Ireland has established a select committee on sexuality to enable \"the listening, dialogue and learning process on all aspects concerning human sexuality in the context of Christian belief to continue\".\n\nThat committee reported in 2016 and found that how a gay Christian in the Church of Ireland felt they were treated often depended on \"the stance of the rector\".\n\nThe Church of Ireland synod had previously said that \"members of the Church have at times hurt and wounded people by words and actions, in relation to human sexuality\".\n\nBut Mr Rawding said that, in his view, the \"listening process\" carried out by the church had been a \"tick-box exercise\".\n\n\"At no point has anyone in a position of authority within the Church of Ireland been in touch with me or during a conversation with me said: 'Thanks for making a compassionate stand Andrew, let's see how we can progress this',\" he said.\n\n\"All I have had is blank looks and silence, or comments like: 'I'm not homophobic because I know gay people', or even: 'You need to be careful because people will think you're gay.'\n\nDissatisfaction with Church's stance had been building\n\nMr Rawding's resignation came as a surprise, according to his parishioners. Many were in shock and in tears when he announced it.\n\nHe is someone who has spoken out quite openly in the past for his support for LGBT rights and his disappointment in the church's negative attitude to LGBT people as he saw it.\n\nHe was one of those behind the first Mid Ulster pride parade, carrying a banner apologising for the church's attitude to LGBT people, so he has been someone who made his views known on the issue for quite a while.\n\nWhen he had spoken out in the past in support of LGBT rights, he'd had very little or no support from senior church figures.\n\nLike all Christian denominations, the Church of Ireland has been wrestling with LGBT issues and how to treat members who are LGBT.\n\nIt does seem like dissatisfaction with the Church of Ireland's stance on LGBT rights has been building up with Mr Rawding for some time.\n\n\"In my experience, the listening process to LGBT+ people has been a tick-box exercise, being seen to be doing the right thing but not exercising courageous and compassionate leadership.\"\n\nMr Rawding said there was a very serious issue of self harm and \"suicidal ideation\" within the LGBT community.\n\n\"Particularly when people in the Church of Ireland and other churches continue to proactively discriminate against LGBT+ people and use the language of 'sin' in relation to not just someone's identity but their very being,\" he added.\n\nMr Rawding said that he now plans to start a degree in social work.\n\nHe said that was to \"follow a call to help encourage and empower those people that Jesus called \"the least of these\", that is those adults and children who through no fault of their own have been let down by society and the churches,\" he said.\n\nIn June, a Presbyterian minister in County Antrim - the Reverend Ian Carton - stood down over that church's decision to deny same-sex couples full membership.", "Where Wales stands on maintaining facemask rules is yet to be announced.\n\nWales is going to have to \"learn to live with\" coronavirus, the nation's health minister has said.\n\nEluned Morgan spoke ahead of the UK government's announcement that it will scrap most Covid restrictions in England.\n\nThe Welsh government is yet to reveal its next moves, but they could be announced a week on Wednesday.\n\n\"Other harms\" caused by lockdown such as mental health issues were being considered, the minister said.\n\nThe Welsh government is increasingly confident the current Covid wave will cause less serious illness than before due to mass vaccination.\n\nBut Baroness Morgan said the Welsh government would not move to a \"political deadline that has been set out artificially\" by the UK government for England.\n\nThe Conservatives called for Labour to give a plan for freedoms to be restored, while Plaid Cymru said the Welsh government needed to be \"up front\" about the data.\n\nIt comes after a senior Welsh government politician said more of Wales' rules could move from being legal requirements to advice.\n\nCoronavirus cases continue to rise in Wales - the health minister said it now stands at 95 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nShe added there had a been a small increase in the number of people in hospital in Wales with Covid in the last few days, numbering around 100.\n\n\"We believe vaccination has weakened the link between the virus and hospitalisation, even in the face of the new delta variant,\" the minister told a televised briefing.\n\nOn the possible easing of restrictions, she said Wales was still in a \"very difficult situation because the case numbers are increasing exponentially\".\n\nHowever, she added: \"We need to understand that we are going to learn to live with this with this illness.\n\n\"And we are going to have to adapt as a society to a situation where we will be exposed to an extent to this new variant, and to coronavirus more generally.\"\n\nCan you spot any difference?\n\n\"People must begin to learn to live with this virus\", Downing Street is briefing journalists in England.\n\n\"We are going to learn to live with this illness,\" according to Wales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan.\n\nThe expectation is that England will do away with the vast majority of Covid rules on 19 July, whilst Scotland is aiming to get rid of most of its regulations on 9 August.\n\nBut in Wales, where transmission of the virus is at its lowest compared to the other UK nations, there is still no mention of a timescale, let alone any indication of whether we're heading in the same direction.\n\nThe Welsh government's cabinet will meet several times over the next 10 days to pore over the data, with particular focus on the impact on hospitals, ahead of an announcement next week, perhaps as early as Wednesday 14 July.\n\nIf the pressure on hospitals remains low, there will be huge political pressure on ministers to articulate what learning to live with the virus actually means.\n\nBecause as it stands, we're none the wiser.\n\nBaroness Morgan said that having seen a \"weakening\" of the link between cases and hospital admissions, \"we also have to understand that there are other harms that we need to consider and, in particular, the mental health situation, the economic situation, the social situations that people find themselves in\".\n\n\"We'll be considering those in the next few days,\" she added.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday that face mask and social distancing rules in England will be scrapped from 19 July.\n\nOn whether Wales would follow England, Baroness Morgan said that \"in an ideal world we would like to move together\", but added: \"If it's not right for Wales, we won't be doing that.\"\n\n\"We've responded to local circumstances and we will continue to do that,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A raft of restrictions could be set to go in England from 19 July but the situation in Wales is unknown\n\nAs things stand before next week's announcement, England will have different rules on face coverings and social distancing from 19 July.\n\nOne business woman in the border town of Chepstow said shoppers may avoid the town if they could go somewhere nearby in England where they did not have to wear one.\n\nLisa Roberts, of J'adore gift shop, said customers are \"refusing to wear them sometimes\" for reasons like glasses misting up and lip reading.\n\n\"People will bypass Chepstow and go somewhere else, because they just don't want the hassle of wearing one,\" she said.\n\nDawn Floyd, of St Mary's Collectables in the same town, said if the rules were different between the two countries she doubted that she could challenge her customers if they were not wearing a mask.\n\n\"How are we going to enforce somebody coming in from England to wear a facemask when it's basically a few 100 yards down the road. I can't see how we can possibly enforce that,\" said Ms Floyd.\n\n\"I don't think that would be fair to have to sort of confront them to say you can't come in unless you have a face mask,\" she added.\n\nDespite low rates of Covid admissions, NHS Wales Chief Executive Andrew Goodall said the NHS was struggling to \"catch its breath\" with a backlog of planned operations due to continued Covid-control measures.\n\nHe told Monday's briefing that 86% of hospital beds in Wales were occupied at the end of last week, with the vast majority of admissions unrelated to Covid.\n\n\"Demand for urgent and emergency care is back to pre-pandemic levels, and at times it is even busier,\" Dr Goodall said.\n\nWelsh Conservative's health spokesman, Russell George, said: \"It's long been clear we would have to learn to live with this virus, and it's encouraging Labour ministers are starting to be up front and honest with the Welsh public.\"\n\nHe added: \"Over the coming days, Labour ministers should start providing the country with clarity, hope and their plan for the restoration of freedoms in Wales - it's the least families, workers and business deserve.\"\n\nPlaid's health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth said: \"Welsh government needs to be up-front about what the data is telling them, specifically on how the vaccination programme has impacted on the number of people becoming seriously ill as a result of infection.\n\n\"I, for one, am hoping that the data tells a positive story so we can move forward.\"", "Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were found by a search party of loved ones, two days after a gathering to celebrate the older sister's birthday\n\nA man who stabbed two sisters at random in a supposed demonic pact - a \"sacrifice\" he seemingly believed would enable him to win the lottery - has been found guilty of their murder.\n\nDanyal Hussein, 19, killed Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman at Fryent Country Park in Wembley on 6 June 2020.\n\nHe repeatedly stabbed them after a birthday party for Ms Henry.\n\nTheir bodies were found there by Ms Smallman's boyfriend the day after they had been reported missing to police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mina Smallman: \"We hope that some good will come out of this horrible story\"\n\nThe Old Bailey heard how the sisters had been with a small group of friends to celebrate Ms Henry's 46th birthday.\n\nWhen the others left they decided to stay as they were enjoying themselves. They lit fairy lights, listened to music and danced, the trial heard.\n\nAfter they failed to make it home, loved ones went back to the park to search for them and two days later found the women's sunglasses and a knife.\n\nAdam Stone, 27-year-old Ms Smallman's partner, then discovered the two bodies intertwined in the undergrowth while he was on the phone to the police.\n\nIn a victim impact statement read out in court, the sisters' mother Mina Smallman said: \"No-one expects their children to die before them but to have two of your three children murdered overnight is just incomprehensible.\n\n\"If any good comes out of this, at least another four women will not meet a similar end in a so-called pact with a so-called demon.\"\n\nDanyal Hussein had a long-standing interest in mythology, Satanism, and the occult\n\nIt can be reported for the first time that Hussein had previously been referred by his school to the government's counter-extremism programme, Prevent.\n\nIn October 2017, aged 15, he was referred to the de-radicalisation scheme because of content he had accessed on school computers, including far-right material.\n\nHussein had a long-standing interest in mythology, Satanism, and the occult.\n\nHe was put on the \"Channel programme\" - for the most concerning Prevent cases - which discharged him in 2018, although he was seen again six and 12 months later.\n\nChannel involves a multi-agency panel responsible for assessing the risk posed by a referred person. The programme is then charged with developing a support plan for the individual concerned.\n\nThe sisters had been with a small group of friends in Fryent Country Park and stayed on after others left\n\nDuring the trial, the jury heard Ms Henry had been stabbed eight times and Ms Smallman 28 times.\n\nHussein also cut himself during the attack and it was DNA evidence found at the crime scene that connected him to the murders.\n\nNearly a month after the deaths, a DNA familial link was made by police to Hussein's father, who had a past caution, and officers raided the defendant's home.\n\nIn his bedroom, they found three lottery tickets folded inside a letter signed in blood. In it, Hussein promised to sacrifice six women every six months in exchange for winning the Mega Millions Super Jackpot.\n\nA document found signed in Hussein's blood, in which he promised to sacrifice women, was found in his bedroom\n\nOver the 10 days following the killings, he spent more than £160 on lottery tickets and bets, all without success.\n\nIn another note found in his room, Hussein offered blood to \"demon Queen Byleth\" in exchange for making a girl at his school fall in love with him.\n\nThe jury heard blood found in the park was a billion times more likely to have come from the teenage suspect than anyone else, while CCTV footage showed him buying a set of knives from Asda the day before the killings.\n\nThe sisters' mobile phones were found dumped in a pond in the park\n\nFollowing his arrest he told police he had Asperger's syndrome and trouble with his memory, but then refused to answer any questions.\n\nHussein did not give evidence during the trial but denied he was the person who carried out the killings.\n\nAs well as being convicted of two counts of murder, he was found guilty of possessing an offensive weapon.\n\nThe 19-year-old is due to be sentenced on 22 September.\n\nMrs Justice Whipple ordered psychiatric reports to be carried out ahead of sentencing. She told the defendant he faced a long prison term.\n\nOn the night of the attack, Ms Smallman and Ms Henry took multiple images of themselves dancing\n\nDet Ch Insp Simon Harding, the senior investigating officer, described the case as \"one of the most shocking and chilling\" he had dealt with.\n\nHe said the two victims \"had lots of friends and lived life to the full\", while footage taken by them on the night they died showed \"their bond and shared pleasure in being in each other's company\".\n\nThe senior officer also described Hussein as an \"arrogant\" and \"evil\" killer who had acted as a \"belligerent child\" in court.\n\n\"He has behaved like a teenage boy but he has committed some of the most savage crimes we have seen for many years,\" he said.\n\nA book of spells, handwritten demon symbols and the two blood pacts were found by police in Hussein's bedroom\n\nTwo Met Police officers, PC Deniz Jaffer, 47, and PC Jamie Lewis, 32, have been charged with misconduct in public office for taking \"non-official and inappropriate photographs\" of the murder scene.\n\nThe pair, who are both suspended from duty, are due to appear at the Old Bailey on 13 July to enter a plea formally.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is carrying out a separate inquiry into how the Met handled calls from worried relatives and friends of Ms Smallman and Ms Henry before their bodies were discovered.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Retired people could see a bumper rise in the state pension next year, according to official forecasters.\n\nPredictions suggest that the link with earnings growth could mean an 8% rise in the amount paid from April 2022.\n\nThat would cost the government £3bn more than previously expected, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).\n\nBut UK state pensions remain less generous than much of Europe, and are vital for millions of people.\n\nThe rise in pensions each year is one of the most hotly-debated policy decisions for the government and the Treasury.\n\nIt is governed by what is known as the triple lock - a Conservative manifesto promise until at least 2024.\n\nThis means the state pension increases in line with the rising cost of living seen in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation, increasing average wages, or 2.5%, whichever of those three is highest.\n\nNear the end of each year, the government sets the level of state pension to be paid from the following April. It makes the judgement based on data from the Office for National Statistics.\n\nThe most relevant for the next rise in state pension will be the highest of the three elements of the triple lock, which is likely to be the increasing level of average wages.\n\nThe OBR is the government's official, but independent, forecaster. Late last year, and early this year, it predicted wages would rise by 4.6%.\n\nNow, it is expecting the increase to be higher. The Bank of England has suggested it could be an 8% rise.\n\n\"If earnings growth… were 8%, that would add around £3bn a year to spending [on the state pension] relative to our forecast,\" the OBR said in its Fiscal Risks Report.\n\nSo the cost to the taxpayer would be £3bn more than what was already predicted to be a significant rise. The effect continues into subsequent years.\n\nHowever, that does not mean all pensioners are going to be laughing all the way to the bank.\n\nThe UK state pension is one of the less generous in Europe.\n\nFormer pensions minister Sir Steve Webb said it was still \"far from a King's ransom\".\n\nIn addition, lots of low-paid workers have lost their jobs during the pandemic, the OBR points out. The effect of that trend is that it skews the comparison of wages, meaning that average wages are driven by higher paid workers and rising faster.\n\nThat means the people who are losing their jobs now, are the very same people who are more likely to rely on the state pension in the future. They will not have built up additional private or workplace pensions.\n\nWhen asked in October whether the triple lock was safe, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"Yes, our manifesto commitments are there and that is very much the legislative position.\n\n\"We care very much about pensioners and making sure they have security and that's indeed our policy.\"\n\nThe government does have an option in law to decide how the calculations are made. If the rise in average wages is considered to be an anomaly, then it could decide to break the link and give a smaller rise to pensioners.\n\nThe age at which people receive the state pension has been increasing as people live longer. It is currently 66 for men and women, and the government has plans for the increase to 68 to be brought forward.", "Steve Gallant, John Crilly and Darryn Frost chased Usman Khan on to the bridge before armed police arrived\n\nA convicted murderer who tackled the Fishmongers' Hall attacker Usman Khan on London Bridge is to be freed from prison on licence.\n\nSteve Gallant was serving a life sentence for murder when he helped stop Khan's terror attack in November 2019.\n\nMr Gallant was on day release to attend the prisoner rehabilitation conference where Khan stabbed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones to death.\n\nKhan was restrained by Mr Gallant and two others before being shot by police.\n\nOnce the attack began, he helped chase Khan out on to London Bridge.\n\nAs ex-prisoner John Crilly sprayed Khan with a fire extinguisher, and Darryn Frost jabbed him with a narwhal tusk, Mr Gallant pulled him to the ground where the three men held him until armed officers arrived.\n\nSix police officers from the Met and City of London fired 20 times at Khan, including 18 shots in a 90-second period.\n\nMr Gallant was jailed for 17 years in 2005 for the murder of ex-firefighter Barrie Jackson in Hull.\n\nHis sentence was reduced by 10 months by the Justice Secretary Robert Buckland because of his bravery on London Bridge.\n\nThis meant that Mr Gallant was eligible for release on licence from 29 June this year.\n\nJack Merritt, right, who died in the London Bridge attack, worked with Steve Gallant, left, on the Learning Together rehabilitation course\n\nFollowing a hearing on 21 June the Parole Board decided Mr Gallant could be released on licence with conditions including a curfew, regular substance abuse tests and avoiding contact with his victim's family.\n\nMr Gallant has been in an open prison since 2019 and has done courses to do with problem-solving, alcohol and violence.\n\nIn a statement the Parole Board said: \"The panel also recognised Mr Gallant's conduct during this incident but was clear that it was not a reason to direct his release.\"\n\nMr Gallant's solicitor Neil Hudgell said: \"When I first met Steve he struck me as a hugely articulate and reflective person with a wealth of insight into the prison system.\n\n\"He is a shining example of reformation not only for himself, but others he has helped.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An Afghan army soldier surveys belongings left by the US military when it departed Bagram Airbase\n\nThe US military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base's new commander said.\n\nGeneral Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 03:00 local time on Friday, and that the Afghan military found out hours later.\n\nBagram also contains a prison, and there are reportedly up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners left in the facility.\n\nThe Taliban have been advancing rapidly in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw.\n\nGeneral Kohistani said on Monday that Afghan forces were expecting the Taliban to attack Bagram.\n\nSpeaking to reporters at the airbase, he said he was already receiving reports the group was making \"movements in rural areas\" nearby.\n\n\"You know, if we compare ourselves with the Americans, it's a big difference,\" Gen Kohistani said. \"But according to our capabilities... we are trying to do the best and as much as possible secure and serve all the people.\"\n\nAn Afghan army soldier keeps watch at Bagram, the morning after US troops withdrew during the night\n\nThe US announced on Friday that it had vacated Bagram, effectively completing its military campaign in Afghanistan ahead of the official end date of 11 September, announced by President Joe Biden earlier this year.\n\nThe withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is more than 90% completed, the Pentagon's Central Command said on Tuesday.\n\nThe Americans left behind about 3.5 million items, Gen Kohistani said, including tens of thousands of bottles of water, energy drinks and military ready-made meals, known as MREs. They also left behind thousands of civilian vehicles, without keys, and hundreds of armoured vehicles, the Associated Press reported.\n\nThey took heavy weapons with them and detonated some ammunition stocks, but left behind small weapons and ammunition for the Afghans, Gen Kohistani said.\n\nAsked by the Associated Press about the late-night withdrawal from the base, US military spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett referred to a statement issued last week that said US forces had co-ordinated their departure from various bases with Afghan leaders.\n\nThe US military left behind thousands of civilian vehicles and hundreds of armoured vehicles\n\nWithin 20 minutes of the US's departure on Friday night the electricity was shut down and the base was plunged into darkness, the AP reported - a signal to looters who smashed through barriers and ransacked the abandoned buildings. Leftover items from the base have ended up in nearby scrap yards and second hand shops.\n\nAt its height, Bagram base was home to tens of thousands of troops. It ballooned from a basic Afghan air base to a mini-city with swimming pools, cinemas, spas and imported fast food outlets Burger King and Pizza Hut.\n\nThe airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s, becoming its main base in the 1980s as it defended its occupation of Afghanistan.\n\nIt was later occupied by the Moscow-backed Afghan government and then a mujahideen administration, before eventually winding up in Taliban hands when the group swept to power in the mid 1990s.\n\nWhen the US invaded in 2001, it deposed the Taliban and took control of the airbase, transforming it into a sprawling complex from which it fought its war against the group.\n\nA pair of military boots lie on the floor next to other abandoned equipment in a scrap yard near Bagram airbase\n\nThe late-night withdrawal by the US hands control of the base to a much less well-equipped force that could struggle to defend it from the Taliban, which has made swift advances in recent weeks across the country, seizing rural districts and surrounding some larger cities.\n\nThe group claims to have taken more than 10 new districts in the past 24 hours. Despite the movements on the ground, stalled peace talks were renewed last week between representatives of the Taliban and Afghan government in Doha, the capital of Qatar.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nZabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, told the BBC that they would present a plan to the team negotiating on behalf of the Afghan government and both sides would discuss it.\n\nGen Kohistani has roughly 3,000 troops under his command - significantly less than the tens of thousands of US and allied soldiers that once occupied Bagram airbase.\n\nAbout 1,000 Afghan soldiers fighting the Taliban in the north of the country fled over the border into Tajikistan on Monday, according to officials, raising fears over the military's ability to stave off further advances by the group.\n\nOn Tuesday, a diplomat said Germany had closed its consulate general in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. The last German troops left the country last week.\n\nTwenty years of conflict in Afghanistan – what happened when? From 9/11, to intense fighting on the ground, and now full withdrawal of US-led forces, here’s what happened. Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, carries out the largest terror attack ever conducted on US soil. The World Trade Centre is reduced to rubble Four commercial airliners are hijacked. Two are flown into the World Trade Centre in New York, which collapses. One hits the Pentagon building in Washington, and one crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed. A US-led coalition bombs Taliban and al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan. Targets include Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad. The Taliban, who took power after a decade-long Soviet occupation was followed by civil war, refuse to hand over Bin Laden. Their air defences and small fleet of fighter aircraft are destroyed. The Northern Alliance, a group of anti-Taliban rebels backed by coalition forces, enters Kabul as the Taliban flee the city. Coalition-backed Northern Alliance fighters ride tanks into Kabul as the Taliban retreat By the 13 November 2001, all Taliban have either fled or been neutralised. Other cities quickly fall. After protracted negotiations at a “loya jirga” or grand assembly, the new Afghan constitution is signed into law. The constitution paves the way for presidential elections in October 2004. Hamid Karzai led anti-Taliban groups around Kandahar before becoming president Hamid Karzai, the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe, becomes the first president under the new constitution. He serves two five-year terms as president. British troops arrive in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the south of the country. Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment lead the first UK deployment to Helmand Their initial mission is to support reconstruction projects, but they are quickly drawn into combat operations. More than 450 British troops lose their lives in Afghanistan over the course of the conflict. US President Barack Obama approves a major increase in the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. At their peak, they number about 140,000. US troops in intense combat operations in the south of the country The so-called “surge” is modelled on US strategy in Iraq where US forces focussed on protecting the civilian population as well as killing insurgent fighters. Bin Laden is traced to a compound located less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy The leader of al-Qaeda is killed in an assault by US Navy Seals on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. Bin Laden’s body is removed and buried at sea. The operation ends a 10-year hunt led by the CIA. The confirmation that Bin Laden had been living on Pakistani soil fuels accusations in the US that Pakistan is an unreliable ally in the war on terror. The founder of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, dies. His death is kept secret for more than two years. The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s According to Afghan intelligence, Mullah Omar dies of health problems at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Pakistan denies that he was in the country. At a ceremony in Kabul, Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. With the surge now over, the US withdraws thousands of troops. Most of those who remain focus on training and supporting the Afghan security forces. The Taliban launch a series of suicide attacks, car bombings and other assaults. The parliament building in Kabul, and the city of Kunduz are attacked. Islamic State militants begin operations in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says more than 45,000 members of his country’s security forces have been killed since he became leader in 2014. The figure is far higher than previously thought. The US and the Taliban sign an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar. The US and Nato allies agree to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. The deal lays out a timetable for full withdrawal US president Joe Biden announces that all US troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the country, including Kabul. Afghan security forces collapse in the face of the Taliban advance.", "The storm is expected to dump up to 15 inches of rain as it exits Cuba\n\nAfter causing devastation in the Caribbean, Tropical Storm Elsa is moving north towards the Florida Keys.\n\nMore than 100,000 people in Cuba were evacuated before Elsa hit on Monday, causing mudslides and \"flooding rains\".\n\nIn the days before, the storm passed over the Dominican Republic and St Lucia, killing three people.\n\nOfficials in Florida have said they are \"very hopeful\" that they won't have to pause rescue efforts at the site of a collapsed building in Miami.\n\nThe demolition of the partially collapsed apartment block had been brought forward, for fear that Elsa might topple the building in an uncontrolled way.\n\nForecasters have since shifted the storm's likely path westward, suggesting that rather than hitting Florida directly, it will only skim the state's southwest coast.\n\nThe storm is expected to approach the Florida Keys on Tuesday.\n\nElsa is now heading north from Cuba towards the Florida Keys\n\nCuba's meteorological institute Insmet said the storm had passed through the island with winds of up to 100km/h, with \"some stronger gusts\".\n\nIt added that Elsa was expected to dump heavy rains over the island as it exited.\n\nBy 21:00 local time on Monday (01:00 GMT on Tuesday) Elsa had moved out of Cuba towards the Gulf of Mexico.\n\nJose Rubiera, Cuba's best known meteorologist, said on state television: \"The rain is coming behind the centre so the fact it is moving out to sea along the northern coast between Havana and Mayabeque... does not mean the rain is over.\"\n\nRainfall of 13 to 25 cm (five to 10 inches) was forecast across parts of Cuba on Monday night, with up to 38 cm (15 inches) in specific areas, the NHC said.\n\nThe storm hit Cuba as the country battled its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the start of the pandemic, raising fears that the mass evacuations could lead to a further spike in infections.\n\nOn Friday, Elsa became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before weakening to a tropical storm.\n\nAt least two people died on Saturday when walls collapsed in high winds in the Dominican Republic on Saturday.\n\nThe victims were a 15-year-old boy in Barahona, in the south of the country, and a 75-year-old woman west of the capital, Santo Domingo.\n\nOn the Eastern Caribbean island of St Lucia, one man also died, according to Prime Minister Allen Chastanet.\n\nIn Barbados, hundreds of homes have reportedly been damaged.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Tougher sentences should be imposed on people who deliberately try to infect police officers with Covid, according to the Scottish Police Federation.\n\nThe body which represents rank and file officers warned its members face a \"new level of risk\".\n\nMore than 1,000 police assaults in the past year involved spitting or coughing or were otherwise linked to the virus.\n\nThe federation said this year alone there had been more than 420 cases of spitting recorded.\n\nIt said the culprits were often treated too leniently by the courts.\n\nThe federation said Chief Constable Iain Livingstone had made it clear violent and abusive behaviour against officers would not be accepted.\n\nIt said that while these acts had always carried the risk of spreading infectious diseases such as hepatitis and HIV, there was a new level of risk because of Covid.\n\nThe SPF's general secretary, Calum Steele, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that very few cases resulted in imprisonment, which meant there was a \"lack of a deterrent\".\n\nHe said of the 420 cases this year you could \"probably count on the fingers of one hand\" the number which resulted in a custodial sentence.\n\n\"If assaults of this nature do not warrant a prison sentence, then what on earth kind of offence does?\", he added.\n\nHe said if a custodial sentence was not imposed it was incumbent that an explanation was provided about why this was not appropriate.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Fiona Taylor said: \"Officers and staff work with dedication and a commitment to helping people and violence and abuse against them is utterly deplorable and unacceptable. It is not simply part of the job and will not be tolerated.\"\n\nAs well as assaults, officers have reported Covid-related incidents after having their masks dislodged during a struggle.\n\nLast year, the SPF called for anyone who commits such an assault to be automatically held in custody until they appear in court.\n\nThe issue was highlighted in the justice and social affairs magazine 1919.\n\nIt reported that among those convicted was former West Bromwich Albion and Wrexham footballer James Hurst, who coughed at police officers after claiming he had coronavirus. He was given a community sentence.\n\nOther cases have resulted in custodial sentences, including George Crean, who spat at a police officer and \"joked\" about coronavirus. He was jailed for 12 months.\n\nStephen Gilhoolie, who was spotted carrying a knife, was sentenced to 25 months after he claimed to have the virus and coughed on officers during his arrest.\n\nFigures released in May show assaults increased overall by 6.3% in 2020-21 compared with the previous year, with 6,942 attacks recorded on officers and staff.\n\nOf these, 1,087 were Covid-related after analysts searched for case keywords such as \"spit\" and \"cough\".\n\nHowever, the true figure will be higher with no data available from the Borders, Edinburgh, Highland or Tayside divisions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kirsty McKell has waived her right to anonymity to urge other victims of sexual abuse to speak out\n\nA woman raped by an Elvis impersonator when she was a 15-year-old dancer has said \"he no longer controls her life\" after he was finally put behind bars.\n\nKirsty McKell was abused by Clayton Sandlin in 2002 when he was starring in a show on Blackpool's Central Pier.\n\nShe has taken the rare step of waiving her right to anonymity to urge other victims of sexual abuse to speak out.\n\nMs McKell, 34, said she could \"move on\" after Sandlin, 62, was jailed for eight years almost 20 years later.\n\nIn the summer of 2002, Ms McKell was in a Blackpool dance troupe performing on stage with the Elvis impersonator - also known as Clayton Mark - in the Legends tribute act.\n\nThen aged 43, Sandlin soon began targeting her.\n\n\"I remember a time he came back stage and just groped me. I didn't know what to do. I just froze,\" she told BBC North West Tonight.\n\nShe said Sandlin, of Queens Promenade in Blackpool, started giving her money to put credit on her phone and would \"make me ring him\" and \"do awful things\" down the phone.\n\nMs McKell said it then \"escalated from there\" but she was too frightened and confused to tell anyone.\n\nClayton Sandlin performed as Elvis in a show on Blackpool's Central Pier\n\nMs McKell said when rumours of the abuse began to circulate she was urged to deny anything had happened and it was decided she could go on stage in the weeks Sandlin was not on the bill.\n\nShe said it was \"absolutely horrific\" that he was \"allowed to continue performing as if he hadn't done anything wrong and I was the problem that was removed\".\n\nWhen the show ended, Ms McKell never danced professionally again and said the trauma destroyed her life.\n\n\"My first blueprint of men has been shrouded in rape and manipulation and grooming and so I've struggled my whole life to trust men,\" she said.\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by the issues covered in the story, BBC Action Line has details of organisations offering help and support.\n\nHowever, after therapy almost two decades later Ms McKell decided to go to the police.\n\nDetectives approached her friend Hannah Gray, who danced with her in the troupe, and her teenage diaries corroborated Ms McKell's account.\n\nWhile she did not know of the abuse, passages of the diary were read out during a trial at Preston Crown Court and helped secure the conviction of Sandlin, who was described by Lancashire Police as \"predatory and dangerous\".\n\nHe was jailed last week after a jury found him guilty of one count of rape and two counts of indecent assault.\n\nDet Con Adam Weaver said Sandlin \"used a position of trust to exploit the victim, then 15, before committing several horrific sexual attacks\".\n\nKirsty McKell says she can now move on after the performer was jailed for raping her when she was 15\n\nMs McKell said when the verdict was read out she felt \"an utter release from my body\".\n\n\"I have been believed and I thought 'it's done, it's over. I can move on',\" she said.\n\nMs McKell said she now wanted to remove \"the shame attached to sexual assault and being a sexual assault victim\" and encourage other victims to speak out.\n\n\"I never thought we'd get a conviction but by the powers of the investigation, who did an incredible job, it just grew legs,\" she said.\n\n\"There's no DNA evidence. No-one saw us. It's 20 years ago. And yet, still we've done it.\n\n\"So to anyone thinking it might not be worth it, even if it doesn't get to court, you've had your truth heard. And that's so important.\n\n\"He no longer controls my life. I've taken back control. And that's amazing.\"\n\nMs McKell has also had an emotional reunion with her friend Ms Gray after Sandlin's sentencing.\n\n\"I'm so sorry because we just didn't know what had happened to you at that time and now I know and I'm really, really sorry,\" Ms Gray told her.\n\nMs McKell told her she had no need to apologise and thanked her for supporting her through the investigation and handing over her diaries.\n\nA spokesman for Legends said it did not produce the show in 2002 and had no knowledge of the abuse until police contacted them in 2020 but had fully co-operated with the investigation.\n\nThe producer of the 2002 show said no abuse was reported to him and that if it had been, anyone involved would have been suspended and the police notified immediately.\n\nYou can watch Kirsty McKell's full story on BBC North West Tonight at 18:30 BST on Tuesday 6 July or watch afterwards on the iPlayer.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Covid rules that have seen hundreds of thousands of pupils miss out on learning due to self-isolation are being axed in England, it is confirmed.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said the system of sending \"bubbles\" of children home after a positive case would cease at the end of summer term.\n\nThe bubble system had been necessary to limit virus spread but was now causing disruption to pupils' lives, he said.\n\nTeaching unions warned against easing rules as cases are still rising.\n\nThe changes to schools guidance will take effect at the same time as the country eases restrictions and moves to stage four. This is expected to be on 19 July - with confirmation of this due next Monday.\n\nHowever, some schools break up a few days before that.\n\nThe need for face masks, social distancing measures and staggered start and finish times in schools will be scrapped from September, Mr Williamson said.\n\nThe Covid testing regime for pupils will be transferred to the NHS track and trace system, Mr Williamson said.\n\nInstead, secondary schools will be asked to offer pupils two Covid tests at the beginning of the autumn term, as a one-off event.\n\nThe changes were announced as the latest official statistics for England show the number of pupils out and self-isolating due to Covid hit a record high of 641,000 pupils.\n\nOnly 28,000 of these had a confirmed case of Covid-19.\n\nThe \"bubble\" system in England's schools is to be scrapped\n\nMr Williamson told the Commons: \"Keeping children in consistent groups was essential to control the spread of the virus when our population was less vaccinated.\n\n\"We recognise that the system of bubbles and isolation is causing disruption to many children's education.\n\n\"That is why we'll be ending bubbles and transferring contact tracing to the NHS Test and Trace system for early years settings, schools and colleges.\"\n\nDepartment for Education figures show that in the autumn term (2020), some 33 million days of school were missed by pupils observing Covid isolation rules.\n\nEarlier, Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced that from 16 August under 18s would not have to isolate unless they themselves had tested positive for Covid.\n\nThis will prevent large numbers of youngsters having to stay at home because they have been in contact with someone who has the virus.\n\nMr Williamson said: \"I do not think it is acceptable that children should face greater restrictions over and above those of wider society, especially since they have given up so much to keep older generations safe during this pandemic.\"\n\nHe said: \"Where there are outbreaks schools and colleges may be contacted by NHS Test and Trace and they will also work with local health teams as they currently do now.\n\n\"We're also setting out new rules that mean from the 16 August children will only need to isolate if they have tested positive for Covid-19.\"\n\nAlice has been sent home to isolate three times this year\n\nAlice is a student at Westhoughton High School in Bolton, one of the areas of the country most significantly impacted by Covid.\n\nShe has had to self-isolate three times this school year and says it has been very difficult to study at home.\n\n\"I'm really lucky because my mum's a teacher so she's been able to help me on some things, but I've been struggling on how to do the difficult work in isolation,\" says Alice.\n\n\"It was hard because you're not face-to-face with a teacher - when you're in class teachers can read your facial expressions and tell when you're struggling and they can come and work individually with you.\n\n\"But when you're at home you're kind of struggling on your own.\"\n\nAlice has also struggled not seeing her friends.\n\nShe says being in school is always the best option and makes her feel more confident about her GCSE study. \"I'm not worrying as much,\" she says.\n\nDr Patrick Roach, general secretary of National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers, said it was unclear how the changes would prevent disruption from happening.\n\n\"Removing the requirement for pupils to self-isolate when they have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive may well accelerate the spread of the virus in schools and cause even higher levels of disruption for pupils and teachers. \"\n\nGeoff Barton, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, said this significant relaxation of measures would be greeted with some trepidation after the past 15 months.\n\nBut he added that it simply would not be fair to continue with the current controls which have \"blighted the lives of children and young people\", when the adult population was largely vaccinated.\n\nThe education secretary also said there would be no restrictions on in-person teaching and learning in universities as national restrictions are lifted.\n\nThe latest huge increase in pupils being sent home shows the chaos threatening the end of term in England's schools.\n\nScrapping the bubble system and changing the rules about isolation is intended to reduce the disruption - because as this week's figures show, 96% of those at home because of Covid do not have Covid.\n\nThis is now about \"managing Covid\" next term rather than expecting it to disappear.\n\nThere is also another troubling issue revealed by these attendance figures. While more than 641,000 are off school for Covid-related issues there are almost as many again who are absent for other, mostly unexplained, reasons.\n\nThe non-Covid absence numbers are way higher than would usually be off sick - and it raises questions about whether families are keeping pupils off school or large numbers of children have effectively stopped attending.\n\nThe reasons, like the risks, are unknown but worrying. But it means more than 1.2 million children are missing from school.\n• None How are Covid rules changing across UK schools?", "Last updated on .From the section Ice hockey\n\nColumbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks has died after a \"fireworks malfunction\" at a Fourth of July party.\n\nAn initial autopsy carried out on the 24-year-old on Monday found he died as a result of chest trauma caused by a fireworks blast.\n\nHe had been in a hot tub at a house party in Novi, Michigan, at the time.\n\nInitially Michigan police said Kivenieks, a Latvia international, had died from a head injury suffered while getting out of a hot tub.\n\n\"There appears to be some fireworks that accidentally went off and launched in the direction of Mr Kivlenieks and others who were seated in the hot tub,\" lieutenant Jason Meier said.\n\nThe Latvian signed with the Blue Jackets in May 2017 and spent most of his time with the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League.\n\nHe played in two games for the Blue Jackets in 2020-21 and made six appearances - including four starts - the previous season.\n\nHe also represented his country at this year's World Championships.\n\n\"We are shocked and saddened by the loss of Matiss Kivlenieks, and we extend our deepest sympathies to his mother, Astrida, his family and friends during this devastating time,\" said Blue Jackets president of hockey operations John Davidson.\n\n\"Kivi was an outstanding young man who greeted every day and everyone with a smile and the impact he had during his four years with our organisation will not be forgotten.\"", "A hillside tribute to those who died of Covid in Rhondda Cynon Taf, which has the highest mortality rate during the pandemic in Wales\n\nNearly a quarter of people who have died with Covid-19 in Wales were infected in hospital, figures have revealed.\n\nThere have been 1,860 patient deaths up to 1 May, 2021, where they \"definitely\" or \"probably\" caught it in hospital, test results showed.\n\nThe figures were revealed in a Freedom of Information request by Welsh language news programme Newyddion S4C.\n\nThe Welsh government said each case was being investigated.\n\n\"Definite\" cases are defined by health boards as those who tested positive more than 14 days after being admitted to hospital.\n\n\"Probable\" cases are when positive tests are collected between seven and 14 days after admission.\n\nIn two of the seven health board areas, figures for Hywel Dda and Swansea Bay showed one in three Covid deaths were due to hospital onset cases.\n\nData for all deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate was requested. Most health boards supplied that data but two - Hywel Dda and Betsi Cadwaladr - gave figures for deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test.\n\nFigures for Powys health board have not been included, as it has no general hospitals and the most seriously ill patients were treated in England.\n\nDennis Keirle's family want answers about how patients have caught Covid in hospitals\n\nDennis Keirle recovered from cancer but suffered stomach pains and went for treatment at Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf. He died in April 2020, aged 79, and his family believe he caught Covid there.\n\nHis granddaughter Carlee Keirle said: \"I don't know how hospitals have let this happen.\n\n\"I'd like to see a Wales-wide inquiry.\"\n\nShe said it would give families such as her's \"peace of mind\".\n\nFormer Labour MP Betty Williams also lost her husband Evan, to Covid, in April last year.\n\nWhen he was admitted to hospital with acute pneumonia, he was twice tested for Covid, with both returning negative results. But after his death, his wife discovered he had tested positive for the virus.\n\nBetty Williams' husband Evan died at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor last April\n\n\"If those two results were negative, he's been there a fortnight before dying and had a positive result - the result coming out just hours after he died,\" she said.\n\n\"I can't prove anything, that's difficult. It looks likely to me [he caught the virus in hospital] but I'll leave that to everyone else's imagination.\"\n\nShe has written to the health board's chief executive to complain about her husband's treatment, claiming that she was denied access to doctors to discuss his condition and that a \"do not resuscitate order\" was placed on Mr Williams without her knowledge.\n\n\"I last saw him in the ambulance going down the hill here but I feel the lack of answers from Betsi Cadwaladr are disgusting,\" she told Newyddion S4C.\n\n\"I'll never get Evan back, but I feel by asking questions about the way in which his case was dealt, it will hopefully help others.\"\n\nThe health board's chief executive Jo Whitehead said: \"We recognise Mrs Williams remains concerned about her husband's care and this is being further investigated by senior clinical staff.\"\n\nGP Dr Eilir Hughes has been one of the founders of the Fresh Air campaign, which has called for improved ventilation and adequate PPE to be used to combat Covid-19.\n\nHe said: \"It isn't surprising a high number of those who caught the virus at hospital subsequently died, as they represent some of the most vulnerable people in society, and we know the virus is more dangerous for them.\n\n\"However, the Welsh government now need to prioritise measures to prevent aerosol spread of Covid-19. Things such as ventilation, using UV-C light to sterilise air and asking patients to wear a mask if they can tolerate doing so.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Welsh government said: \"The NHS in Wales has worked incredibly hard throughout the pandemic to do all it can to keep the virus out of hospitals and to protect people being cared for, often in very difficult circumstances.\n\n\"Strict infection prevention and control guidance has been followed and we have issued extensive guidance on social distancing and hospital visiting.\n\n\"Testing has been in widespread use in the NHS; staff were among the first to be vaccinated and hundreds of millions of items of PPE have been used to help protect staff and patients.\n\n\"Despite all these measures, unfortunately infection has occurred in hospitals and very sadly people have died after contracting Covid in hospitals. Each case is being thoroughly investigated.\"", "Hamza Mansoor was described by his family as having \"a warm and bubbly personality\"\n\nA man who drowned during a trip to the beach was \"amazing\" and \"always smiling\", his family said.\n\nHamza Mansoor, who was 21 and from Stoke-on-Trent, was one of five friends who got in to difficulties at Crosby beach, Merseyside, on Tuesday. He died a short time after being pulled from the sea.\n\nHis family said the people who helped in the rescue attempts were \"heroes\".\n\nMerseyside Police said the coastguard, RNLI, firefighters, police and ambulance service were all involved in the operation to rescue the men, who were in their 20s, and three were taken to hospital,\n\nMr Mansoor was also known as Hamza Kayani.\n\nA statement from his family said: \"Hamza's tragic death is a huge loss for our family, his friends and the community of Stoke-on-Trent.\n\n\"He had a warm and bubbly personality for which he will be fondly remembered.\"\n\nThey thanked \"all the heroes at Crosby Beach who tried their best to save Hamza and his friends\".\n\n\"Due to their actions, many families have been spared the heartache we are going through,\" they added.\n\nThe men, in their 20s, got into trouble in the water at Crosby beach\n\nThe mosque said prayers had been held for Mr Mansoor and said it was \"saddened to hear about the loss of life and especially when they are so young\".\n\nLeaders urged people to be careful of going into open water.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video from New South Wales Police showed clashes in Sydney\n\nDemonstrations have taken place in Australian cities against tight restrictions imposed to tackle a rise in Covid cases.\n\nThousands gathered in Sydney, with smaller protests held in Melbourne and Brisbane.\n\nPeople chanted \"freedom\" as they marched through the centre of Sydney. Officers said they had made 57 arrests.\n\nAustralian governments have re-imposed lockdowns across the country amid a surge in new infections.\n\nThe arrival of the highly contagious Delta variant has challenged the country's previous strategy of border closures, quarantine programmes and snap lockdowns which helped keep cases low.\n\nVaccination rates remain the lowest among developed nations, with fewer than 14% of people jabbed.\n\nOn Saturday thousands of people marched to the centre of Sydney through the suburb of Haymarket.\n\nNew South Wales (NSW) health authority had moments ago declared the area a Covid hotspot, public broadcaster ABC News reports.\n\nSome held placards reading \"Drop your mask, raise your voice\" and \"Wake Up Australia\".\n\nProtesters blocked roads and gathered outside Sydney's town hall. One group threw bottles at mounted officers.\n\n\"The NSW Police Force recognises and supports the rights of individuals and groups to exercise their rights of free speech and peaceful assembly, however, today's protest is in breach of the current Covid-19 Public Health Orders,\" a statement from the force read.\n\nSmaller events also took place in Melbourne, where people lit flares outside Parliament House, and in Brisbane, at the Botanic Gardens.\n\nSome 13 million Australians - about half its population - are now back in lockdown.\n\nSydney has now been under lockdown for four weeks, but continues to see cases rise.\n\nNSW officials announced a record increase of 163 new infections on Saturday.\n\nState health minister Brad Hazzard echoed calls by premier Gladys Berejiklian for other states to send extra vaccine doses to NSW.\n\n\"If it gets worse here in New South Wales, it could actually create massive problems for the whole country,\" Mr Hazzard reportedly said.\n\n\"New South Wales is the gateway to the rest of Australia.\"\n\nAccording to Johns Hopkins University data, the country has overall recorded 32,594 cases and 916 deaths.\n• None Anger as half of Australians back in lockdown", "Firefighters say their search for bodies in the rubble of the collapsed Florida apartment block has finally ended, but one victim remains unaccounted for.\n\nAt least 97 people were killed when the 12-storey Champlain Towers South fell in the early hours of 24 June.\n\nBut the remains of 54-year-old Estelle Hedaya are yet to be identified.\n\nHer family say the official end of the search has left them feeling helpless and worried she will be forgotten.\n\nNobody has been pulled alive from the rubble since the first hours after the disaster, and officials formally switched from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery effort on 7 July.\n\nBattling tropical storms and the risk of unstable debris, rescuers worked through more than 13,000 tonnes of broken concrete.\n\nThe Surfside site has mostly been cleared, with the rubble moved to a state warehouse for further inspection.\n\nAfter the search ended, officials thanked firefighters who worked 12-hour shifts while camping out at the site.\n\n\"It's obviously devastating. It's obviously a difficult situation across the board,\" Fire Chief Alan Cominsky said at a ceremony on Friday.\n\n\"I couldn't be prouder of the men and women that represent Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.\"\n\nThe mission had to be been halted several times, due to instability in the mound of rubble as well as Tropical Storm Elsa. Officials had to order the part of the building that remained standing be demolished on 4 July.\n\nEstelle Hedaya's relatives are devastated to hear the search has officially ended\n\nOfficials say there are no more bodies to be found at the site, but the conclusion has come as devastating news to friends and relatives of Estelle Hedaya, believed to be the disaster's 98th victim.\n\nHer younger brother Ikey has given DNA samples and visited the site twice to see the search efforts for himself.\n\n\"As we enter month two alone, without any other families, we feel helpless,\" he told the Associated Press news agency.\n\nAnother friend Leah Sutton, who had known Ms Hedaya since birth, told the agency: \"They seem to be packing up and congratulating everyone on a job well done. And yes, they deserve all the accolades, but after they find Estelle. \"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue shared a video to show how they're working to clear the rubble\n\nOther victims of the disaster include the seven-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter, a 92-year-old grandmother and the sister of Paraguay's first lady.\n\nThe site - which is being treated as a crime scene - is now under the control of police.\n\nWhat caused the 40-year-old building to fall to the ground while its residents slept remains unknown.\n\nBut a 2018 report that found structural problems has prompted several inquiries, including a grand jury investigation.\n\nThe building association's board said it would appoint an \"independent receiver... to oversee the legal and claims process\".\n\nThe tragedy has led authorities to check housing blocks across southern Florida for similar issues.", "Firefighters have advised residents near Yokesford Hill Industrial Estate to stay inside and keep windows shut\n\nA blaze involving 35,000 tonnes of waste has broken out at an industrial estate.\n\nHampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service has been at the scene at Yokesford Hill Industrial Estate in Romsey since about 04:00 BST.\n\nNearby residents have been advised to stay inside and keep windows shut due to the spread of smoke.\n\nYokesford Hill has been closed and members of the public have been advised to avoid the area.\n\nCrews have been on the scene since about 05:00 BST\n\nA spokesperson for the fire service said the cause of the blaze was currently unknown.\n\nThey said 18 crews were attending the blaze and \"expected to be there for some time\".\n\nYokesford Hill has been closed while firefighters continue to tackle the blaze\n\nPortchester Fire Station said the fire involved 35,000 tonnes of waste\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK government spent a record £8.7bn in interest on repaying its debts last month, official figures show.\n\nThe figure was more than three times as much as the £2.7bn in interest payments seen in June 2020.\n\nThe reason was a surge in inflation, which raised the value of index-linked government bonds.\n\nOverall borrowing - the difference between spending and tax income - was £22.8bn, which was £5.5bn lower than June last year.\n\nHowever, the figure was the second-highest for June since records began.\n\nBorrowing has been hitting record levels, with billions being spent on measures such as furlough payments.\n\nBut the cost of servicing all that borrowing has been rising too. Government gilts, for instance, are uprated in line with Retail Price Index inflation, which is higher than the headline consumer inflation rate.\n\nHowever, analysts stressed that despite the record payment, debt servicing costs as a share of GDP remain low by historic standards.\n\nRuth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said: \"While debt servicing costs will stay higher than the [Office for Budget Responsibility] expects over the next few years, the public finances should reap the benefits of a fuller recovery in GDP than the OBR expects, meaning that the deficit will still fall faster.\"\n\nThe huge amount of borrowing over the past year has now pushed government debt up to more than £2.2 trillion, or about 99.7% of GDP - a rate not seen since the early 1960s.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned that the lower-than-expected borrowing seen in recent months was likely to prove only temporary, leaving Chancellor Rishi Sunak with \"very little room for manoeuvre\" in his forthcoming Spending Review.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) now estimates that the government borrowed a total of £297.7bn in the financial year to March.\n\nThat was 14.2% of the UK's GDP and the highest level since the end of World War Two.\n\nThe ONS said the cost of measures to support individuals and businesses during the pandemic meant that day-to-day spending by the government rose by £204.3bn to £942.7bn last year.\n\nIn response to the latest figures, the chancellor said he was \"proud of the unprecedented package of support we put in place to protect jobs and help thousands of businesses survive the pandemic\".\n\nHe added: \"However, it's also right that we ensure debt remains under control in the medium term, and that's why I made some tough choices at the last Budget to put the public finances on a sustainable path.\"\n\nAccording to the IFS, those tough choices will persist, even though the economy is recovering more quickly than expected at the time of the Budget.\n\n\"We now forecast that borrowing in 2021-22 could come in some £30bn lower than the £234bn forecast in the March Budget,\" the IFS said.\n\n\"But this near-term improvement in the outlook is not expected to persist.\n\n\"Permanent economic damage done by the pandemic and rising debt interest costs mean that, under our forecast, the chancellor has little, if any, additional headroom against his stated medium-term target of current budget balance (borrowing only to invest, not to fund day-to-day spending).\"\n\nThat would leave Mr Sunak with virtually no additional room for permanent giveaways in this year's Spending Review, the IFS added.\n\nHow you view the state of the public finances depends on which measure you pick. If you compare the amount of borrowing that the government needed to do in June to plug the gap between its income from taxes and the amount it spent, it's the second-highest on record. But then you remember that records only go back to 1993. Compared to last June, it's down by £5.5bn.\n\nSimilarly with the overall debt (simply put, all the borrowings over the years added up). It's risen - to 99.7% of the size of the economy as measured by gross domestic product, its highest on that measure since 1961. But then you look further back and realise public debt was larger than the size of the economy for 40 of the last 100 years.\n\nGiven that the pandemic has put the economy on something like a war footing, it's worth noting that after World War Two, it was 2.5 times the size. The reaction of the government then was not to cut spending, but to embark on the biggest expansion of state spending in history. Sixteen years later, in 1961, prosperity was secure, taxes rolled in and both borrowing and debt dropped rapidly.\n\nAs a proportion of the economy, it's businesses' debts, rather than government debts, that are now larger - a consequence of the fact that many small and medium-sized businesses have been given no choice but to borrow their way through the pandemic. Arguably it's that debt, rather than the government \"debt\" (mostly \"borrowed\" from itself by issuing currency), which needs the most urgent policy attention in the wake of the pandemic.\n\nRuth Gregory of Capital Economics said the government had borrowed less in June than forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility, which had expected it to be £25.2bn.\n\nShe said higher tax receipts and stronger GDP growth were further signs that the strong economic recovery was starting to feed through into lower government borrowing.\n\nHowever, she cautioned that higher taxes were still in the offing as Mr Sunak attempts to rebalance the books after the cost of the pandemic.\n\n\"We suspect the chancellor will 'bank' any improvement in the deficit rather than scale back the planned tax hikes and spending cuts set to hit the economy. At least by 2022-23, the economy should be strong enough to cope with it,\" she said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gareth Southgate, speaking on Twitter in a 10 Downing Street message: ''Go and get it (your Covid vaccine) done''\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate is urging younger people to get vaccinated, saying it is a chance to \"get your freedom back\".\n\nIt comes after it was revealed the proportion of people aged 20 to 29 testing positive for Covid in England had hit record levels.\n\nIn the message, released by 10 Downing Street, he said vaccination was \"our best route out of this problem\".\n\nMany young adults have not received a first vaccine dose yet.\n\nAbout 34% of 18 to 29-year-olds in England - about three million people - have not been vaccinated at all. In Scotland, about 30% are not yet vaccinated.\n\nBut half of all under-30s in England - more than four million people - received a first dose in the three weeks after the vaccination programme was opened to people in their 20s in June. And the vaccination rate is still climbing for this group in England and Scotland.\n\nSouthgate started by thanking fans for their support of the England team at Euro 2020, before saying: \"We know the last 18 months have been incredibly difficult for everybody.\n\n\"And there's no doubt that the vaccination programme is our best route out of this problem, not only for us as a country but across the world.\n\n\"So I just wanted to say how important it is, if you haven't had your vaccine yet, to go and get it done.\"\n\nHe said \"oldies\" like him could now \"crack on\" with their lives if they were fully vaccinated, adding that \"for you younger ones especially, it's the chance for everything to open up, to get your freedom back\".\n\nThe former England player continued: \"So much of that is going to rest on you having the vaccine.\n\n\"So, don't put it off any longer, go and get it done, we can open everything up, we can protect the people we need to protect and you guys will get your freedom back.\"\n\nThe video has been shared widely on social media.\n\nPublic Health England's figures show, in the last week, 1,155 people in their 20s tested positive for every 100,000 in the population.\n\nThat is the highest rate of cases in any age group since mass-testing began, experts said, urging everyone in this group to get both jabs.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The bomb was detonated by an Army disposal team on Saturday afternoon\n\nA live World War Two bomb unearthed by builders on a housing development has been destroyed in a controlled explosion.\n\nThe 500lb (227kg) device was found on the new-build estate in Goole, East Yorkshire, on Thursday.\n\nEight homes were evacuated and the M62 was shut between junctions 35 and 37 as a safety precaution.\n\nHumberside Police said the device was successfully detonated at 16:22 BST on Saturday.\n\nAll residents have been able to return to their homes and local business are no longer being asked to remain closed.\n\nThe force also said a no-fly zone and the closures of the M62 and other roads nearby had since been lifted.\n\nThere had been significant traffic congestion and delays on Saturday as a result of the measures.\n\nThe device was found on an East Yorkshire housing development on Thursday\n\nJohn Sharpe, site manager of the Beal Homes development, said he received a call from workers just after midday on Thursday.\n\n\"They didn't know what they'd dug up at first and a guy went down into the hole because we thought it was a metal pipe.\n\n\"As he uncovered it he realised it was a bomb and got out pretty quickly,\" he said.\n\nMr Sharpe said the bomb was believed to have been dropped by a Lancaster bomber during a crash-landing.\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Bomb found on housing development to be blown up\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The move follows worries last summer's scenes of severe congestion were being repeated\n\nAuthorities have begun towing away dangerously-parked cars in Snowdonia.\n\nThe move comes amid concern last summer's scenes of severe congestion were being repeated.\n\nOn Saturday, a Seat Leon and Dacia Duster were removed for causing dangerous obstruction on the A5 at Dyffryn Ogwen, near Bethesda.\n\nThey were taken as part of a joint operation by Gwynedd Council, Snowdonia National Park Authority, and North Wales Police.\n\nRecent hot weather has drawn people \"in their thousands\", said Gwynedd councillor Gareth Griffith.\n\nA Dacia Duster and Seat Leon were towed by the authorities\n\n\"There have been instances of dangerous parking and we are reacting to it,\" he said.\n\n\"Last year was an exception, hopefully. Over the winter months we have made plans.\n\n\"What we weren't anticipating was how many people would come to the area and we are reacting to that as best we can.\"\n\nHe insisted Gwynedd was open and everybody was welcome, but all they were asking was for people to \"respect the area\".\n\n\"We're not asking much,\" he said. \"It's just common sense at the end of the day.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. There was \"chaos\" on the roads around Snowdon last year\n\nSnowdonia National Park Authority chairman, Wyn Jones, said the problem was not as bad as last year, but there still a number of people parking irresponsibly.\n\n\"The numbers we've got coming to Snowdonia seem to be as high as it was last year,\" he said.\n\n\"There are an awful lot of people coming to this area.\"\n\nIn one weekend last July, more than 500 cars parked on mountain roads in Snowdonia, with people camping in laybys to hike up Snowdon.", "Britain's Adam Peaty continues his seven-year unbeaten streak in the 100m breaststroke by winning his qualifying heat to advance to the semi finals with a time of 57.56 seconds.\n\nREAD MORE: Peaty through to breaststroke semi-finals\n\nWatch highlights of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "Rescuers have moved tens of thousands of people to safety\n\nRescuers are scouring devastated parts of western India for survivors after heavy rains caused deadly floods.\n\nTens of thousands of people have been moved out of affected areas, with record-breaking rainfall reported along parts of the coast.\n\nThe states of Goa and Maharashtra have been badly affected, with many feared missing near the financial hub Mumbai.\n\nAt least 136 people have died in Maharashtra, while in neighbouring Goa hundreds of homes have been damaged.\n\nMany factors contribute to flooding, but experts say climate change caused by global warming makes extreme rainfall more likely.\n\nHeavy rains and flooding have also hit western Europe and parts of China in recent weeks, while North America has grappled with scorching heatwaves.\n\nThe monsoon season in India lasts from June to September each year.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by ѕαtчα prαdhαnसत्य नारायण प्रधान ସତ୍ଯପ୍ରଧାନ-DG NDRF This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRescuers have struggled to reach affected residents. Landslides have blocked roads, including the main highway between Mumbai and Goa, and officials have deployed helicopters, divers and naval rescue teams.\n\nGoa's Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said flooding there was the worst in decades, and had caused \"widespread damage\".\n\nIn the state of Maharashtra, major rivers are at risk of bursting their banks. Some 90,000 people have been evacuated so far in the state.\n\nThe village of Taliye, southeast of Mumbai, saw landslides flatten most of its homes. An official told Reuters news agency at least 42 people had died there.\n\nWeather experts say heavy rains will continue to lash the city over the next few days.\n\nIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was \"anguished\" by the loss of lives.\n\n\"The situation in Maharashtra due to heavy rains is being closely monitored and assistance is being provided to the affected,\" he tweeted.", "The woman was found in East Street, Bury, on Friday\n\nThe death of a woman from severe burn injuries is being treated as murder.\n\nThe 31-year-old died in hospital after emergency workers were called to East Street, Bury, at about 19:30 BST on Friday.\n\nThree men aged 24, 26 and 34 have been arrested and remain in custody, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nThe force did not reveal what offences they were held on suspicion of but said they believed it to be an isolated incident.\n\nOfficers and fire investigators were working to establish how the woman came to be injured.\n\nDet Ch Insp Daniel Clegg said the force's investigation into \"a truly devastating incident\" was in its early stages but it was following a number of lines of inquiry.\n\n\"If you, or anyone you know has any information that might help us, please get in touch as soon as possible,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The victims of the terror attack at the Munich Olympics have been remembered during Tokyo's opening ceremony, the first time in nearly half a century.\n\nA moment's silence commemorated the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian gunmen in 1972.\n\nFamilies of the victims had for years been urging Olympic organisers to honour them at an opening ceremony, but had their requests repeatedly rejected.\n\n\"Finally there is justice,\" two of the victims' widows said.\n\n\"We went through 49 years of struggle and never gave up,\" said Ankie Spitzer and Ilana Romano, who were at Friday's ceremony.\n\nThe Munich massacre on 5 September 1972 is one of the darkest chapter's in Olympic history.\n\nEleven members of the Israeli team were taken hostage inside the Olympic village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group.\n\nTwo were shot dead almost immediately, while the others were killed during a gun battle with West German police at a nearby airfield, as the militants tried to take them out of the country.\n\n\"We remember those who lost their lives during the Olympic Games,\" an announcer said during the ceremony.\n\n\"One group still holds a strong place in all our memories and stand for all those we have lost at the games - the members of the Israeli delegation at the Olympic Games Munich 1972,\" the announcer added, as the stadium darkened and a soft blue light illuminated parts of the arena.\n\nThe move was praised by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.\n\n\"I welcome this important and historic moment. May their memory be blessed,\" he wrote wrote on Twitter.\n\nRelatives of those killed sought for them to be remembered at opening ceremonies but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had previously ignored the calls.\n\nThe IOC faced criticism after rejecting a request for a minute's silence at the London 2012 Games to mark the 40th anniversary of the attack.\n\nOrganisers said the ceremony was not a \"fit\" atmosphere for a tribute.\n\nIn 2016, the IOC created a \"Place of Mourning\" in Rio's Olympic village to commemorate those who had died during the Games.\n\nAfter watching Friday's tribute in Tokyo, Ms Spitzer and Ms Romano said they could not hold back their tears.\n\n\"This is the moment we've waited for,\" the widows added.", "Caravan drivers could face difficult driving conditions as storms hit southern England and Wales\n\nHolidaymakers travelling this weekend have been warned to expect flooding, thunderstorms and 55mph gusts of wind.\n\nThe Met Office issued a yellow warning for Saturday - with heavy rain likely to cause some disruption across the southern half of England and Wales.\n\nCampsites may face high winds while cars towing caravans could face tricky driving conditions.\n\nThe thunderstorms come after days of high temperatures, which prompted Met Office warnings for extreme heat.\n\nAs the heatwave broke on Friday, there were warnings of strong, gusty winds particularly in exposed coastal areas and hilly places.\n\nThunderstorms were forecast to move into southern England overnight, reaching south Wales and the Midlands early on Saturday.\n\nFrequent lightning and the possibility of large hailstones falling as well as torrential rainfall were likely, the Met Office said.\n\nFirefighters were called to a house in Andover, in Hampshire, on Friday night after it was struck by lightning and its roof was partially destroyed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nForecasters warned of a chance of flooding and power cuts - with up to 35mm of rain predicted to fall within in an hour in southern counties of England, and further slow-moving thunderstorms forecast to develop on Saturday afternoon.\n\nLatitude Festival-goers in Suffolk could be at risk from thunderstorms and heavy rain on Sunday\n\nFurther heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected on Sunday across southern and eastern England, with the yellow warning stretching into East Anglia, possibly affecting Latitude Festival in Suffolk.\n\nUp to 80 or 100mm of rainfall could build up in some locations over the course of the day, the Met Office says.\n\nHave you been affected by the bad weather? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Team GB's Helen Glover \"has a fight on her hands\" to win her third rowing gold medal after a disappointing display in the heats at the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nThe mother-of-three finished third alongside partner Polly Swann in the women's pairs, which was enough to advance to Tuesday's semi-finals but with a slow time compared to their rivals.\n\nGlover is aiming to complete a remarkable comeback as she becomes the first British mother to compete in an Olympics in rowing, 14 months after giving birth to twins.\n\nThe defeat was her first for more than a decade, which has spanned 51 races and included Olympic golds in 2012 and 2016.\n\nOlympic rowing gold medallist Dame Katherine Grainger told BBC One: \"We haven't seen Helen back in the boat for five years.\n\n\"We all have - and continue to have - high hopes but... we also haven't seen the rest of the world for almost two years.\n\n\"So, Helen and Polly came back to do the Europeans and they won it, which was impressive.\n\n\"The big risks, the leading nations while Helen has been away have been the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia - they were all to come back in and what they have shown here at the global level is just how good they are.\n\n\"They have a fight on their hands but this is the Olympics, they won't give the title up easily.\"\n\nGlover admitted it was not an ideal start and also added that it was her son Logan's third birthday: \"There's so much more important things going on than just racing a heat out here in Tokyo. There's my little boy at home. We'll celebrate when I get back.\n\n\"It wasn't our perfect row but I guess there's value in learning in the early rounds. We're open to what's going to come next.\"\n\nElsewhere, the men's four - Ollie Cook, Matt Rossiter, Rory Gibbs and Sholto Carnegie - are bidding for the GB boat's sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal and eased to victory in their heat to progress straight to the final.\n\nEmily Craig and Imogen Grant are into the semi-finals of the lightweight double sculls, finishing second in their heat behind Romania.\n\nThe women's four - Rowan McKellar, Harriet Taylor, Karen Bennett and Rebecca Shorten - were fourth in their heat and must fight through the repechage to stand a chance of reaching the final, as must the men's eight, featuring GB flagbearer Moe Sbihi, who placed third in their heat.", "Supermarkets have warned they will have to cut opening hours or even shut shops if the number of workers forced to self-isolate continues to rise.\n\nM&S said the number of workers being notified by the NHS app is rising exponentially, and it may have to reduce hours if there are shortages.\n\nA leading supermarket, which declined to be named, said it could lead to massive disruption of food supplies.\n\n\"And there's a risk that there won't be sufficient staff to open shops.\"\n\nLast week, over 500,000 alerts were sent to users of the NHS Test and Trace app in England and Wales for the week to 7 July, a rise of 46% on the previous week.\n\nM&S chief executive Steve Rowe told The Times that the number of people being forced to self-isolate is \"a major issue across every industry at the moment\".\n\nHe said: \"Our Covid cases are roughly doubling every week and the pinging level is about three to one of Covid cases, so we're seeing that growing exponentially.\"\n\nHe said: \"If there's shortages we'll have to manage it by changing hours of stores, reducing hours.\"\n\nFrom 16 August, people who have been fully vaccinated will not have to self-isolate if they are \"pinged\" by the NHS app when they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid. They will instead be advised to take PCR test as soon as possible.\n\nMorrisons says, along with the rest of the country, they are seeing a rise in self-isolations\n\nBut another UK supermarket warned: \"The clock is ticking and the government needs to act fast to get people back to work if they have a negative test.\n\n\"If not, we could be heading towards crisis point next month.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Morrisons said: \"As per the whole of the UK, we are experiencing a rise in cases and close contact notifications.\"\n\nBut she added: \"We provide guidance and support for colleagues who may need to self-isolate including sick pay and have Covid secure controls in place in all our stores to ensure we can continue to operate and keep them open. Throughout the whole of the pandemic, we have not been required to close a store.\"\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC), which represents the industry, said that the government must bring forward the changes on self-isolation from 16 August \"so that people who are fully vaccinated or have a negative test are not forced to needlessly quarantine\" when they are contacted by the app.\n\nBRC chief executive, Helen Dickinson, said: \"We are already seeing a serious impact on retail operations as a result of staff having to self-isolate and this will only get worse right across the economy, as cases are already rising fast and the final restrictions are eased.\"\n\nLord Karan Bilimoria, president of the Confederation of British Industry, said that amid \"crippling staff shortages, speed is of the essence\".\n\nHe called for an immediate end to \"the self-isolation period of 10 days for people who are double-jabbed\" and \"a route out of isolation for those not yet fully vaccinated through daily lateral flow tests\".\n\nIt comes as both the prime minister and the chancellor u-turned on a decision not to self-isolate after coming into contact with health Secretary Sajid Javid, who announced on Saturday that he had tested positive for Covid.\n\nBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak initially said they planned to keep working on essential government business under a pilot scheme that involves daily testing.\n\nHowever, it prompted a backlash by opposition parties as well as the managing director of the retailer Iceland, Richard Walker, who tweeted: \"Shame the hundreds of Iceland staff who've been pinged can't avoid self-isolation. We can all do a daily lateral flow test.\"\n\nThe rising number of people being forced to self-isolate is impacting other sectors. Car-makers Nissan and Rolls-Royce have both warned that staff shortages could impact production at their plants.\n\nAround 10% of workers at Nissan's Sunderland plant are self-isolating\n\nAround 900 workers at Nissan's Sunderland plant have been sent home after being told to self-isolate.\n\nRolls-Royce said it may have to halve production if more employees are contacted by the Test and Trace app.\n\nMr Rowe also said: \"Where the industry will see the pain is in the supply chain, because logistics runs tight anyway to be efficient.\"\n\nThe union Community, which represents steelworkers across the UK as well as people working in logistics, said rising cases of coronavirus coupled with staff members having to self-isolate, has led to a lack of drivers being able to work.\n\n\"This is causing disruption in the industry, and reinforces the evidence government has been reckless in its approach to easing restrictions and should reconsider its approach,\" a spokesman for Community said.\n\nOn Monday, final Covid restrictions will be lifted in England, including the legal requirement to wear a face mask in enclosed spaces.\n\nOn Friday, the number of daily coronavirus cases reported in the UK surpassed 50,000 for the first time since mid-January. It recorded 54,674 cases on Saturday.", "Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nRower Polly Swann has not had to look hard to find perspective as she approaches what may well be her final Olympic Games.\n\nAs a junior doctor who returned to the hospital after the coronavirus pandemic led to an NHS rallying cry for help, she has seen suffering at first hand at St John's Hospital, Livingston.\n\n\"I remember being in ICU and seeing quite a young guy on a ventilator,\" the 33-year-old says.\n\n\"I found that really hard. Even when you're working in a hospital, it's easy to think it's ok for people unless they're a bit older or they've got other health problems. But seeing this young guy on a ventilator just hit me.\n\n\"It just made me realise and really appreciate my health and what I've got - my ability to go out and do the sport I love - that's special and it's given me a real perspective. There are dark moments, but you have to be able to take yourself out of that.\"\n\nWorking on a surgical ward while training to row at the Olympics seems like a scarcely feasible task and, despite Swann's modesty, she does not try to sugarcoat the experience.\n\nHaving decided to make a comeback in 2019 following a sabbatical after the Rio Games - where she earned a silver as part of the women's eight - Swann had just moved home to Edinburgh for lockdown.\n\nBefore, after, or between shifts, she would train. Rowing machine in the hall, exercise bike in the shed, she was relentless. Before she went back to work, it was studying to which she had to adapt her schedule. How did her head not explode?\n\n\"With quite a lot of crying, a few tantrums and a lot of support,\" she laughs. \"Because medicine came first, I had to think outside of the box with training. I had a really great team at Edinburgh Uni, bending over backwards so we could deliver something in terms of performance in the summer of 2019.\n\n\"My mum, dad, and brother are still in Edinburgh so they definitely helped out with meals and stuff. I saw some pretty dark days - you don't get an awful lot of sleep when you're studying, and in the hospital, and then trying to train. It's a bit of a whirlwind.\"\n\n'I wanted to throw the towel in'\n\nSwann is as positive, bright and upbeat as they come, but there is an inner steel and determination.\n\nShe says the Olympics will likely be her last event before focusing on being an anaesthetist, but she \"daydreams\" of a comeback for Paris in 2024, when she'll be 36. She can't conceive of letting go of rowing completely.\n\nIt's one of the most physically draining sports around and the training is not what most people would describe as fun. Even Swann struggles to pinpoint exactly what keeps her going through the gruelling days.\n\n\"There was a lot of times where I wanted to throw the towel in,\" she says. \"I remember one of my physiologists, Pete Bonner, made me do this really intense pace the same day I had a medical school final.\n\n\"I was basically crying, having a tantrum and I think I literally threw a towel at him. He reminded me who I am and he was like, 'you just have to do this one thing and then after that you can go and sleep'.\n\n\"It's just day-by-day, not losing yourself, because it is tough, but it's not the worst thing in the world. I'm very lucky to be able to have two passions - clearly there's a lot of conflict between the two of them, but if I wake up every day and try to do my best then that's all I can ask.\"\n\nNow the hard work is mostly done and the Olympics await. Like most athletes, Swann regrets the occasion won't be the \"full shebang\", with crowds and the usual buzz in the host country.\n\nHowever, it doesn't dilute the meaning personally. Despite being in the box seat after European Championship success in April, she wept in the car park after training once she opened the letter confirming her selection.\n\nThe chance she took by coming back in 2019, and then when adding her job back in last year with all its physical and mental toils, had paid off.\n\nAptly, Swann is reunited with two-time gold medallist Helen Glover, 34, in the women's pair and there is a sense of fate about their reunion.\n\nThe pair won World Championship gold together in 2013 and are both on the comeback trail. Glover returned last year and became the first mum to be selected for the British team, having trained at home while raising three children under the age of three.\n\nThe remarkable pair won the Europeans together on their return and are poised to go again.\n\n\"We had a conversation where we said that we couldn't let it go, couldn't stop thinking about rowing, which is really geeky isn't it?\" Swann laughs.\n\n\"I was a complete geek - I would look up all the times of people in the regattas and stuff, and see who's been selected for what team, and I just really wanted to know all the information. Apparently she was the same, so obviously we had unfinished business.\n\n\"I just came about and I just think it's been nice to spend time together again. We could have been in different boats, but it's quite poetic that we get to do this again for the last time. Although never say never!\"\n\nAsked, despite all the other distractions in their lives, if they are still targeting gold, Swann grins and pauses.\n\n\"Yeah you've got to go for it, haven't you? The field for the women's pair is very spicy - we've got the world's best, record holders, world champions in our event, as well as people who have been beating these people that have got world records.\n\n\"I's going to be a stacked event, but if you don't put yourself in a position to win then you're never going to know - so we'll give it a whirl.\"", "An 11-year-old girl who sparked a nationwide search when she went missing has been found safe and well.\n\nThe girl left her home in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on Thursday and travelled to London Euston, arriving at 01:13 BST on Friday.\n\nHer parents who had publicly urged her to contact them, said they were \"incredibly relieved\".\n\nPolice said she was found in London earlier and officers were now working to reunite her with her parents.\n\nDet Ch Insp Paul Rollinson said: \"She was found in London earlier today so we are now working to reunite her with her parents, who are as you can imagine, incredibly relieved.\n\n\"The last couple of days have been every parent's worst nightmare, so I know they will agree with me when I say a huge thank you to everyone who has shared our appeal to find the child.\n\n\"Your help has been invaluable, so thank you.\n\n\"We would now ask that their privacy be respected, so they can be together as a family.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "French officials say more than 160,000 people across the country have taken part in latest protests against government moves to curb the spread of Covid-19.\n\nIn Paris, anti-riot police fired tear gas as clashes broke out during protests, and made several arrests.", "A Garda (police) patrol car was struck by a gunshot after shots were fired at police in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday.\n\nThe marked Garda car, with unarmed uniformed officers inside, was on patrol in Tallaght at about 02:30 local time.\n\nThey saw three men, one armed with a handgun and one with a baseball bat.\n\nThe man with the handgun fired a number of shots towards the police car, one of which struck the vehicle, police say.\n\nNone of the officers were injured and the three men fled.\n\nNo arrests have been made and police have appealed for anyone with any information to contact them.", "The RNLI has warned of the potential dangers of swimming in lakes and rivers after six people died entering water on the island of Ireland during the past week.\n\nThey included two teenagers who died following incidents in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nKevin Rahill of the RNLI stressed that people should stick to a \"lifeguarded beach\".\n\nHe said rivers, lakes and reservoirs had \"hidden obstacles\" that can trap.\n\n\"They can be potentially dangerous in the fact that they can be rather deep - fresh water is normally colder than sea water,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"And there can be hidden dangers as well, hidden obstacles in waters like that that can trap people and make it difficult for people to move around.\n\n\"And also very often in lakes and rivers and reservoirs getting in and out can be a bit more difficult than a beach.\"\n\nThe RNLI has warned about the dangers of swimming in rivers and lakes\n\nMr Rahill, who is the RNLI's regional water safety lead, said that with the recent spell of hot weather there is the \"potential for more incidents in terms of people getting into difficulty\".\n\n\"If possible, swimming at a lifeguarded beach will certainly keep the number of incidents down,\" he added.\n\n\"Swim at a lifeguarded area, that's probably the most important thing to think of.\n\n\"If you are not familiar with the area, the lifeguards will know it, so they will be able to tell you where's safe and where's not safe - and swim between the flags.\"\n\nHe also highlighted the 'float to live' message if people did fall in the water.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ross MacLeod, RNLI : \"Rest and relax in the water\"\n\nThe RNLI's appeal came as the UN prepares to host its first World Drowning Prevention Day on Sunday (25 July).\n\nIrish Water Safety has said the majority of water tragedies occur in inland waterways and has emphasised the potential dangers of swimming in rivers and lakes.\n\nMeanwhile, Gerard O'Flynn, operations manager with the Irish Coastguard, told Irish broadcaster RTÉ it had responded to about 1,690 incidents this year to date, compared to 1,340 at the same time last year.\n\nHe said that \"the excellent weather combined with restrictions on other recreational activities\" has led to more people in the water.\n\nHe urged people not to swim alone and to avoid using inflatable toys in the open water.\n\nMr O'Flynn also appealed to jet ski users to be sensitive to other swimmers.\n\nSwimmers have been asked to stick to a \"lifeguarded beach\"\n\nHe said the increased popularity of open water swimming has seen many people swimming longer distances and he called on people to make sure they are visible in the sea by wearing a cap and a tow float.\n\nNorthern Ireland Water has said \"that there is no time for complacency around water\".\n\nIt has urged \"the community, especially children and young people, to take care around all bodies of water\".\n\nThe ESB in the Republic of Ireland has also reminded people of the dangers of swimming in reservoirs.\n\nIt said: \"These areas are not appropriate for swimming because of the risk of deep and fast-flowing waters, changing water levels and uneven ground.\"\n\nOn Friday, a man in his 60s died after swimming off Dollymount Strand in north Dublin - the sixth death to come from people entering water in the island of Ireland in the past week.\n\nThe five other people died after going into lakes.\n\nA 15-year-old boy who was rescued from a lake in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday afternoon died in hospital on Thursday.\n\nThe boy was swimming in Lough Sheelin, at a meeting point of counties Westmeath, Meath and Cavan.\n\nJay Moffett, 13, was taken to hospital after entering water in the Canal Court area of Scarva, but later died\n\nEarlier in the week, Jay Moffett, 13, died in hospital after going into water in the Canal Court area of Scarva, County Down on Monday afternoon.\n\nThree adults also died in three separate incidents in the past week in County Fermanagh, on the Longford-Cavan border, and in County Leitrim.", "The opportunities offered and frictions caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol are clear, the chief executive of Invest NI has said.\n\nKevin Holland said there was now more clarity for businesses and investors after a long period of uncertainty when the Brexit deal was being negotiated.\n\nThe protocol is the part of the deal that keeps Northern Ireland aligned with the EU single market for goods.\n\nMr Holland said Invest NI was helping firms explain how the protocol worked.\n\nHe made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business programme as the economic development agency published its end-of-year results.\n\nHe said there had been \"frictions\" resulting from the post-Brexit trade arrangement for Northern Ireland.\n\n\"There have been frictions because we've seen them,\" he said.\n\nKevin Holland says potential investors want to know the practicalities of setting up in Northern Ireland\n\n\"We have invested a lot of time in webinars and advice sessions with businesses in Northern Ireland to explain to them how the new configuration works between the UK and Europe, what is the best way to manage the frictions.\n\n\"We've had companies who have talked to us and want to explore the opportunities.\"\n\nThis week the UK government demanded a redrawing of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which it had agreed with the EU last winter.\n\nIt said the resulting checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain had proven to be unsustainable and were damaging the \"fabric\" of the UK.\n\nBut the EU responded by saying it would not agree to renegotiate the terms of the deal.\n\nAsked if potential foreign investors had queried the political split between the UK and the EU in relation to the protocol, Mr Holland said: \"When we talk to businesses we focus on the practicalities.\n\n\"In terms of political discussions that go on on a daily basis, that is not the part we focus on.\n\n\"There has been real progress over the last few years.\n\nSome unionists have protested against the Northern Ireland Protocol, claiming it weakens the UK union\n\n\"If you look at where we were last June, there was very little clarity and businesses were saying 'we want certainty, we want to understand what is happening'.\n\n\"[Since the Brexit deal], I think it's pretty clear actually what businesses need to do to operate successfully in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"[It's clear] what frictions... are still there and what the opportunities there can be for the future for the benefit of businesses setting up in or expanding from Northern Ireland.\"\n\nInvest NI's end-of-year results show it made 3,000 offers of financial assistance during the 2020-21 financial year.\n\nMr Holland said the organisation had adapted quickly to also assist with the rollout of government support schemes during the pandemic.\n\nHe said he was confident about attracting new investors.\n\n\"We are having a lot of conversations... our pipeline is very strong, as strong as it has been over the last four years,\" he said.\n\n\"The challenge is actually bringing people here because of Covid and travel restrictions.\n\nInvest NI is the publicly-funded economic development agency for Northern Ireland\n\n\"Northern Ireland is a very attractive destination and I think over the last year it has made a name for itself with global companies.\n\n\"They've seen the resilience of Northern Irish businesses and the speed at which they adapted quickly.\n\n\"Just to move a deal across the line, to get the final signature on a dotted line, we really need some of those investors to come here and we look forward to the opening-up to be able to do that.\"\n\nMr Holland was also asked if Invest NI provided value for money.\n\n\"In spite of the traumatic year we've lived through we have hit the targets we set four years ago before anyone had heard about Covid or even Brexit,\" he replied.\n\n\"We certainly deliver what we commit to.\n\n\"If you look at our investment returns, for every £1 we invest into businesses they match with £5.\n\n\"So for every £1 we disperse, you get £6 into the economy.\"\n\nYou can listen to Inside Business on BBC Radio Ulster on Friday at 17:30 BST or on the BBC Sounds app.", "Bezos and the Blue Origin team may not qualify as astronauts\n\nIn a move that pours cold water on the dreams of a few billionaire space explorers, the US has tightened its definition of the word \"astronaut\".\n\nNew Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules say astronaut hopefuls must be part of the flight crew and make contributions to space flight safety.\n\nThat means Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson may not yet be astronauts in the eyes of the US government.\n\nThese are the first changes since the FAA wings programme began in 2004.\n\nThe Commercial Astronaut Wings programme updates were announced on Tuesday - the same day that Amazon's Mr Bezos flew aboard a Blue Origin rocket to the edge of space.\n\nTo qualify as commercial astronauts, space-goers must travel 50 miles (80km) above the Earth's surface, which both Mr Bezos and Mr Branson accomplished.\n\nBut altitude aside, the agency says would-be astronauts must have also \"demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to public safety, or contributed to human space flight safety\".\n\nWhat exactly counts as such is determined by FAA officials.\n\nIn a statement, the FAA said that these changes brought the wings scheme more in line with its role to protect public safety during commercial space flights.\n\nOn 11 July, Sir Richard flew on-board Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo to the edge of space as a test before allowing customers aboard next year.\n\nMr Bezos and the three other crew members who flew on Blue Origin's spacecraft may have less claim to the coveted title. Ahead of the launch, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said that \"there's really nothing for a crew member to do\" on the autonomous vehicle.\n\nThose wishing for commercial wings need to be nominated for them as well. An FAA spokesperson told CNN they are not currently reviewing any submissions.\n\nThere are two other ways to earn astronaut wings in the US - through the military or Nasa.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard\n\nThe wings spotted on Mr Bezos and Sir Richard following their flights were custom-made pins by their own companies.\n\nHowever, a glimmer of hope remains for Sir Richard, Mr Bezos and any future stargazers hoping to be recognised as astronauts.\n\nThe new order notes that honorary awards can be given based on merit - at the discretion of the FAA's associate administrator.\n\nAstronaut wings were first awarded to astronauts Alan Shepard Jr and Virgil Grissom in the early 1960s for their participation in the Mercury Seven programme.", "BBC business correspondent Emma Simpson tries out go-karting on a track in a former Debenhams beauty hall\n\nI'm taking a spin on a go-kart track with a difference. It's the old beauty hall of the Debenhams store in south-west London.\n\nThe escalators are the only trace of the former department store which remain. All four floors are now being transformed into a high-tech entertainment venue.\n\nAs we filmed, shoppers stopped to take photos when the shutters briefly opened giving a glimpse of the flashing lights and builders beavering away inside.\n\n\"We're creating a department store of fun,\" says Michael Harrison, the co-founder of Gravity which is due to open on 1 August.\n\n\"We have three bars, two restaurants, go-karting, a bowling alley, huge screens to watch sporting events and adventure golf. This is the future of the High Street. It's about experience,\" he says.\n\nMichael has no shortage of retail landlords now ringing him up offering him potential new locations.\n\nThey're grappling with the need to rethink, or repurpose, empty shops. Latest figures suggest one in seven stores, on average, are lying vacant. And in some places the number is far higher.\n\nThe UK's biggest property company, Landsec, owns the Southside shopping mall where Gravity is based. Its other centres include Bluewater in Kent and Trinity in Leeds.\n\nGravity co-founder Michael Harrison says commercial landlords are keen for him to set up more entertainment venues\n\nLandsec boss Mark Allan thinks a quarter of what is currently retail space will need to be turned into something else.\n\n\"For me, it's really difficult to think of an example where you have 25% of something that it exists in the UK that is no longer required. And so you're not going to solve that sort of a problem by tinkering around the edges,\" he says.\n\nThe pain won't be evenly spread either, says Mr Allan: \"Some places are going to be virtually empty and they are not going to survive as retail in any shape or form.\n\n\"Some are going to be absolutely fine - rents are lower, sales are lower and they're worth less than they were but fundamentally they've got a role to play longer term and some places are going to be in the middle where they are going to survive but they need some investment.\"\n\nSome industry experts think the amount of redundant retail space is even higher. So how did we get here?\n\nWe've seen a huge proliferation of shops over the last 40 years. Retail has just been growing and growing, from out of town retail parks and shopping centres to so called clone towns dominated by chains, who were willing to pay higher rents.\n\nThat retail property boom is now over. Many of our town centres will have to find a new purpose.\n\nLandsec chief executive Mark Allan says people need to come together to reshape their town centres in new ways\n\nWe've been talking about how to save the High Street for more than a decade but the pandemic has turbo charged the problems now.\n\nMr Allan says it's time to act. \"Covid has been a tipping point. If we don't tackle it over the next couple of years together then there's a real risk some of this redundant retail property sits there for decades empty and that would be a disaster for the communities where that property is located.\"\n\nAnd he says there's no single party that can solve the problem: \"This needs people to come together. I think it's a significant moment and a really big opportunity, particularly for those centres and high streets where there is no future for retail, for radical, bold, thinking. I think it could be exciting.\"\n\nStockton-on Tees has one of the boldest plans to reshape its entire town centre. It has decided to demolish a large part of its high street.\n\nThe local council bought Stockton's two shopping centres and plans to knock one of them down, creating a new riverside park to make the town a greener, nicer place.\n\nThe £37m project is largely being funded with money from the Tees Valley Combined Authority and the Government's Future High Streets Fund.\n\nThe Castlegate mall was built in the 1970s, an era when local authorities were falling over themselves to attract big retail development.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former staff reminisce about life at their town's Debenhams branch\n\n\"Retail is still very important, but we now need to consolidate it to meet the demand,\" says councillor Nigel Cooke, cabinet member for regeneration.\n\nBusinesses who want to stay will eventually move into the other shopping centre further up the street.\n\nThe scheme is part of a wider masterplan to market Stockton as an events town. The main high street, the widest in the UK, has been spruced up with new paving, lighting and a big water fountain. The council is also paying for the renovation of the town's Grade II-listed art deco Globe Theatre.\n\n\"I think it is money well spent and I am convinced it's the right thing to do. We need to get people back onto the high street either to live, to work or to enjoy themselves,\" insists Mr Cooke.\n\n\"It would be easy to hide under my desk and say guys, we can't do anything, let's just wait for the good times to come back. But we have to do something.. nothing is risk free, it's about managing the risk.\"\n\nBut Stockton has now got a large, empty Debenhams to contend with, too.\n\nTown centre regeneration is often complicated stuff, with a myriad of owners, stakeholders and issues to solve.\n\nIt's taken Stockton 13 years to get this far and it's only a third of the way through. But given the magnitude of the challenges now, doing nothing is no longer an option.", "In 2014, Esther Dingley and Dan Colegate swapped their life in Durham for an open-ended campervan tour of Europe\n\nHuman remains may have been found close to where hiker Esther Dingley went missing in the Pyrenees mountains, her family have been told.\n\nThe 37-year-old had been walking alone near the Spain-France border and was last seen on 22 November.\n\nCharity LBT Global, which has been representing the family, said the family were \"urgently seeking clarification\" on the latest discovery.\n\nIt added any developments were expected to take \"days or even weeks\".\n\nEarlier this month, Dan Colegate, Ms Dingley's partner of 20 years, told the BBC he would never give up the search for the \"love of his life\".\n\nThe couple swapped their life in Durham for an open-ended campervan tour of Europe in 2014.\n\nMr Colegate was house-sitting at a French farmhouse on 22 November, when Ms Dingley went missing on a solo hike.\n\nShe last spoke to him via a WhatsApp video call from atop the Pic de Sauvegarde on that date.\n\nEsther Dingley's partner Dan Colegate has been told of possible \"remains\" found near where the hiker disappeared\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nAdam Peaty began the defence of his Olympic 100m breaststroke title in impressive style as Team GB beat hosts Japan in the women's football on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Games.\n\nPeaty cruised into the semi-finals in 57.56 seconds, the eighth fastest time in history.\n\nIn Sapporo, Ellen White scored GB's only goal of the game as Hege Riise's side continued their winning start to the Olympics.\n\nEarlier, Helen Glover's ambition to retain her women's pairs rowing title got off to a shaky start alongside Polly Swann.\n\nIn what was Glover's first defeat in more than a decade, she and Swann finished third in their heat, some way off the pace but enough to ensure their berth in Tuesday's semi-finals.\n\nTeam GB's Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury got off to a promising start in the men's doubles, beating French second seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 6-3 6-2.\n\nIn gymnastics, defending champion Max Whitlock eased through to the pommel horse final with a score of 14.900 points in qualification.\n\nAnd if all that isn't enough, here's some of what else happened on Saturday.\n• Adam Yates Geraint Thomas did not finish after crashing.\n• James Wilby Aimee Wilmott Max Litchfield were among the swimmers progressing in their events.\n• Charlotte Fry cruised into the individual dressage final, topping her qualifying group with Everdale with a personal best score of 77.096%.\n• Karriss Artingstall beat Botswana's Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi, the world number four, in her opening bout.\n\nWorld record holder Peaty is GB's strongest hope for a medal in Tokyo and he got his campaign off to the perfect start as he topped the timesheets in the 100m breaststroke.\n\nThe 26-year-old, who won the event in Rio five years ago and is unbeaten over the distance since 2014, is aiming to become the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title.\n\nArno Kamminga of the Netherlands, one of Peaty's biggest rivals for gold, was only 0.24 seconds slower in second overall, while fellow Briton Wilby qualified in sixth place.\n\nPeaty will go again in the semi-finals on Sunday (03:33 BST) with his world record of 56.88secs likely to be threatened.\n\n\"[It was] really weird with no crowd, really weird,\" Peaty said afterwards.\n\n\"It doesn't feel like an Olympics. It's not the same, of course it's not, but obviously when you go back to the [athletes'] village, that's when it does.\n\n\"Heats are heats. I always have cobwebs - it's pretty much the exact same time I did in Rio - and I always build on that. We will just see where we go from here.\"\n\nGreat Britain guaranteed their progress to the knockout stages of the women's football with victory over London 2012 silver medallists Japan.\n\nWhite scored the winner, her third goal of the tournament, nodding in a cross from full-back Lucy Bronze in the 74th minute.\n\nThey now top Group E with one game remaining, against Canada on Tuesday (12:00 BST kick-off).\n\nTeam GB head coach Hege Riise said: \"We are all happy with two wins now. It puts us in a good position, able to rest players and recover well - we are very happy.\n\n\"We put Sophie Ingle in more as a defensive player against Japan, I think that worked well.\n\n\"Of course attacking-wise we lacked a little, but we knew that could happen. I feel like the connection has got better and better each game and that's what we need to get used to.\n\n\"In the second half we changed the formation a little. We came out well and controlled the game much better.\"\n\n'Not our perfect row' for Glover & Swann\n\nGlover has become the first British mother to row at an Olympics but her impressive comeback has not gone entirely smoothly in Japan.\n\nHer defeat with Swann in the heat - won by Australia - was Glover's first since 2011, a run spanning 51 races and including Olympic golds in 2012 and 2016 alongside Heather Stanning.\n\n\"It wasn't our perfect row but I guess there's value in learning in the early rounds,\" she said. \"We're open to what's going to come next.\"\n\nElsewhere for GB's rowers, the men's four - the British boat bidding for its sixth consecutive gold in the event - won their heat to progress to the final. The quartet of Ollie Cook, Matt Rossiter, Rory Gibbs and Sholto Carnegie are all making their Olympic debuts and have got big shoes to fill.\n\nEmily Craig and Imogen Grant are into the semi-finals of the lightweight double sculls, but the women's four and men's eight must go again in the repechages if they are to reach the finals after finishing fourth and third in their heats respectively.\n\nMurray and Salisbury win but Watson out\n\nMurray and Salisbury's doubles partnership is a new one but one that seems to have gelled nicely, as they beat the French Open champions.\n\nMurray is the defending two-time Olympic champion in the men's singles and won silver in the mixed doubles at London 2012 with Laura Robson, while Salisbury is making his Olympic debut.\n\nThey will play Germany's Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz next for a place in the quarter-finals.\n\nBut it was an early exit for Heather Watson, who lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round of the women's singles.\n\nJamie Murray and Neal Skupski later beat Argentina's Andres Molteni and Horacio Zeballos 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 (13-11).\n\nOlympics Games executive director Christophe Dubi has warned athletes they will be punished if they ignore anti-Covid measures.\n\nIt follows Friday's opening ceremony in which most of the Kyrgyztan and Tajikistan team members along with Pakistan's two flag bearers did not wear masks, which are required at all times, except for when training, competing, eating or sleeping.\n\nOne more athlete has tested positive for Covid-19, the 12th competitor to return a positive test in Tokyo and the 123rd case in total.\n\nDutch rower Finn Florijn is the first athlete to test positive for Covid-19 after competing in Tokyo.\n\nHe finished fourth in his heat of the men's single sculls race on Friday, and was due to race in the repechages on Saturday, but was withdrawn from the Games.\n\nThere are also concerns about the heat in Tokyo, after a Russian archer fainted in the high temperatures during qualifying on Friday, while the rowing schedule was changed as a result.\n\nCyclists in the men's road race visibly struggled with the heat, spraying water down themselves and putting ice packs in their jerseys, and tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova had to take a medical timeout after feeling dizzy.\n• None In gymnastics, twin sisters Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, Alice Kinsella and Amelie Morgan take on qualification day (03:55-05:35 BST).\n• None GB's women's hockey team launch their Olympic title defence with their opening match against Germany (01:30 BST).\n• None Jade Jones goes for her third Olympic taekwondo title (opening round 03:52 BST)\n• None In tennis, Andy Murray, Japan's Naomi Osaka and Australia's newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty start their singles campaigns.\n• None \"Anything but gold will be a fail to me\": Follow Jade Jones as she prepares to make British Olympic history\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nShe had to put her own medal round her neck and sing the national anthem behind a mask, but Chinese shooter Yang Qian still celebrated winning the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nThe morning after the delayed Games had opened with a scaled-back and sombre ceremony, Yang won the 10-metre rifle competition in front of empty stands.\n\nShe was handed her medal on a tray by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach in accordance with the Covid-19 protocols that will affect every aspect of these Games.\n\nRock music had been piped into the venue and only a handful of Chinese support staff were there to congratulate her on her victory after a nail-biting final in which she clinched victory with an Olympic record over Russian Anastasiia Galashina in the last round, but she savoured the moment.\n\n\"I'm extremely proud and happy to win,\" said Yang, 21.\n• None \"Anything but gold will be a fail to me\": Follow Jade Jones as she prepares to make British Olympic history\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and business leaders have urged Boris Johnson to end self-isolation for contacts of Covid cases if they are fully vaccinated.\n\nThe PM is under growing pressure to replace the 10-day quarantine with daily testing for those alerted by the NHS Covid-19 app or Test and Trace.\n\nIt comes amid concerns of staffing shortages across sectors - including hospitality and the food supply chain.\n\nThe government plans to end isolation for those double-jabbed by 16 August.\n\nBut business leaders and cross-party politicians want the prime minister to bring forward the date - saying businesses are being put at risk by the \"pingdemic\".\n\nIn a letter to Mr Johnson, Mr Khan joined UK Hospitality, the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the capital's branch of the Federation of Small Businesses to demand change.\n\nNearly 608,000 contact tracing alerts were sent in England in the week between 8 and 15 July - a record high.\n\nHospitality businesses, such as pubs and restaurants, are struggling with staff shortages, causing some to close temporarily, the letter says.\n\n\"The summer months are crucial for many businesses' recovery and their ability to recover must not be put in jeopardy,\" it reads.\n\n\"We are therefore calling on you to ensure that the necessary testing is in place to enable people who have been double vaccinated for longer than two weeks and pinged by the NHS Covid app, to immediately return to work, following a negative PCR test, rather than having to self-isolate.\"\n\nThis would help employers and employees to retain faith in the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales, the signatories say.\n\nHospitality firms aren't the only industries to suffer staff shortages due to self-isolation - a number of railway companies have announced reduced timetables for the weekend or beyond.\n\nBin collections, the police, and the food supply chain have also been affected, among other sectors.\n\nThe prime minister himself is isolating, as is the leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nMeanwhile, police, firefighters, Border Force staff, transport and freight workers will be able to join the daily contact workplace testing scheme, meaning they can avoid self-isolation if they are a contact of a Covid case.\n\nThe scheme was announced by the government on Thursday, initially for supermarket depots and food manufacturers.\n\nBut - separately to the mayor's letter - some in the food industry say the plan isn't enough.\n\nBritish Frozen Food Federation chief executive Richard Harrow said workers may be freed up in some areas, such as factories, but not others, such as supermarkets.\n\n\"It shows that yet again government does not understand how connected the food supply chain is,\" he told the PA news agency.\n\n\"Only opening part is unlikely to solve the overall issue. Plus, who is in and who is out, who decides and how do they decide?\n\n\"Confusion continues to pervade and I have been advised no list until Monday. This is worse than useless.\"\n\nIceland managing director Richard Walker said he was \"deeply disappointed to see supermarket store workers omitted from the list [of sectors that wouldn't need to isolate]\".\n\nFriday's daily figures showed Covid cases were down for the third consecutive day in the UK, with 36,389 new infections.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nGreat Britain's defending champion Max Whitlock safely reached the pommel horse final at the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nWhitlock was third after scoring 14.900 points, with the top eight making the 1 August final.\n\nIreland's Rhys McClenaghan was joint leader in the pommel standings after a score of 15.266.\n\nBritain also reached the team final, qualifying in fifth with a points tally of 256.594.\n\nThe quartet of Whitlock, Joe Fraser, James Hall and Giarnni Regini-Moran qualified in fifth place.\n\nWhitlock had been cheered on from home by his two-year-old daughter Willow in a video posted on social media by his wife Leah, and admitted to being relieved after qualifying.\n\n\"I can say on behalf of every gymnast that qualification is the hardest and most nerve-racking thing ever, because everything rides on it,\" said Whitlock.\n\nJoe Fraser was Britain's top all-around scoring gymnast, accumulating 86.298 across the apparatus to qualify in fifth place for the final where he will be joined by James Hall, who scored 84.431 for 12th.\n\nFraser will also be in the parallel bars final, with the 2019 world champion qualifying in sixth with15.400.", "Pop star Mabel performed \"banger after banger after banger\" as the sun set behind Latitude's main stage\n\n\"We've had so many dreams about this,\" says Dream Wife's guitarist Alice Go, as the band prepare to play their first show since January 2020.\n\n\"I had a dream that we couldn't find any food until just before the show - and when we did, we were so hungry we gorged ourselves,\" she continues.\n\n\"Then we couldn't play because we were too full... And actually, I'm quite full now. I'm worried about digestion time.\"\n\nOn stage an hour later, there are no signs of gastric problems as the punk trio head-bang and high-kick their way through a set so raucous it might register on the Richter scale.\n\n\"Rock and roll is an extreme sport, kids,\" Mjöll informs the sweat-drenched crowd. \"And that was the best work-out ever.\"\n\nDream Wife (pictured in 2019) gave one of the most incendiary performances on Latitude's first day\n\nLike everyone else, the band are overwhelmed at being back in gig-land for Latitude - the UK's first full-capacity festival since 2019 (alongside Sheffield's Tramlines, which also takes place this weekend).\n\nPart of the government's live event pilot scheme, Latitude has brought 40,000 mask-less but Covid-tested fans to Suffolk for three days of music, comedy, drama and entertainment.\n\nBut this is no normal festival audience. Walking around Henham Park, there's an unmistakable sense of liberation amid the densely-packed music fans - many of whom started the day with a Disco Yoga session and followed that up with an old-skool hip-hop singalong in the BBC Sounds arena. They're that enthusiastic.\n\nThe festival will admit 40,000 people every day this weekend\n\nWhen the relatively-unknown alt-pop artist Lynks opens the main stage at midday, he's instantly taken aback.\n\n\"A mosh pit on the first song? I love it!\" he marvels.\n\n\"I can't believe this is my first crowd back,\" says pop star Mabel later in the day. \"You've given me enough energy for a lifetime.\"\n\nAfter 18 months indoors, its almost like the pandemic never happened. Everyone is crammed together, whether they're dancing to Hot Chip, queuing for the portaloos or throwing paper cups of water over their fellow festival-goers. At least, I hope it's water.\n\n\"Remember to stay hydrated and pace yourself when drinking alcohol,\" pings a message on the festival's official app at 15:30. It's already too late.\n\nNot that everyone's gone feral - that was never likely at the toddler-friendly, hedonism-free Latitude - but there's a carefree abandon that's oddly reminiscent of a bygone era (ie 2019).\n\nFor the artists, the atmosphere is no less euphoric.\n\n\"This is very momentous for us,\" says Theo Ellis of headliners Wolf Alice. \"We're super-emotional, super-buzzy, super-nervous.\"\n\n\"When we arrived and we were given our passes, there was a real unspoken moment of everyone just being incredibly emotional,\" adds pop singer Maisie Peters - whose cherubic pop ballad Favourite Ex is an early crowd favourite.\n\n\"Performing was perfect. It felt exactly right - and like what the point of everything is. Wonderful and affirming.\"\n\nBut many bands are also aware of how precarious the live music scene still is, especially as the UK experiences a steep rise in Covid cases.\n\n\"Arriving here was surreal and magical - but a little bit frightening at the same time,\" says Dream Wife's Podpadec.\n\nBackstage, some musicians are staying in bubbles so they don't jeopardise future shows. And three acts - Fontaines DC, Alfie Templeman and Arlo Parks - have had to pull out after testing positive.\n\nParks told fans she'd been struck down on Friday, despite being \"as careful as possible\" in the run-up to the festival.\n\n\"As recommended, I'm now stuck in isolation, sniffling in bed, feeling very upset to let all you angels down,\" she wrote on social media.\n\nArlo Parks tested positive for Covid on Friday morning, a day after being nominated for the Mercury Prize\n\n\"Even though it's very safe and everyone's been tested, I felt like I was breaking the rules,\" says Camilla Staveley-Taylor - whose band The Staves play a quietly spectacular teatime set on the BBC Sounds stage.\n\n\"We've got gigs every weekend over the summer,\" adds her sister Jessica, \"and the reality is that we have to isolate between shows because it's a job where, if you can't go to work, no-one can cover you.\"\n\n\"There's also the pressure of how that affects the crew and the rest of the band,\" says Camilla.\n\n\"Everyone's had a really hard time this last couple of years, so if I get it [Covid], then all of them are out of work. So we're not really having much of a life until the summer is over.\"\n\nAlmost everyone describes the event as \"surreal\"; a relic of the before-times. And it turns out that playing to an audience after 18 months of livestreams takes a bit of getting used to.\n\n\"I felt like I'd been teleported on stage,\" Camilla says,\n\n\"I was sort of remembering the chords for the songs,\" Jessica adds, \"and then I was like, 'Oh no, there are some people here as well!'\"\n\nThe Staves played without their sister, Emily (right), who is currently caring for her one-year-old daughter\n\nBut if anything, the fans' enthusiasm spurs the musicians on. Mabel has to leave the stage on three separate occasions because, she says, the audience is \"making me [dance] so hard, my earpiece is falling out\".\n\nThe biggest beneficiaries are opening night headliners Wolf Alice, who draw a crowd of thousands to their blistering, euphoric set.\n\nOpening with the ferocious alt-rock anthem Smile, it's a masterclass in dynamics and pacing, as they intersperse their biggest hits (Bros, Don't Delete The Kisses, Moaning Lisa Smile) with the dreamy, layered soundscapes of their latest album, Blue Weekend.\n\nWolf Alice played an intimate warm-up show in Bournemouth the night before their biggest-ever festival slot\n\nHighlights include the snarling Giant Peach and a tender, acoustic version of Safe From Heartbreak - after which the band catch each other's eyes burst into laughter, relieved at getting the harmonies right.\n\nTowards the end of the set, the band's normally implacable frontwoman Ellie Rowsell surveys the sea of people and smiles, \"There are no words. No words.\"\n\nAnd as the final chords of The Last Man On Earth ring out, the band turn and blow kisses to the crowd, who respond in kind.\n\nIt's a fitting reminder of how much both sides have missed each other.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nThe Tokyo 2020 Olympics are just 8 days away, so it's time to brush up on your knowledge.\n\nBut how much of an expert are you already?\n\nTake our quiz below!\n\nOops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.\n• None How well do you remember GB's Rio 2016 gold rush?\n• None How much do you know about Olympic history?\n• None Who will find the best takeaway in town?: Game of Thrones' Hodor goes against Radio 1's Gemma Bradley\n• None Football, Racism and Social Media streaming now on BBC iPlayer", "Cain was placed in a coma and his family played messages from his heroes to try and pull him through\n\nFamily of a 13-year-old who had a stroke while cycling said his life has been changed forever after paramedics were blocked from helping him.\n\nCain was collapsed at Maerdy reservoir, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 16 July.\n\nHis friends called 999, but ambulance crews struggled to reach him due to boulders blocking the road.\n\nWelsh Water said it installed the boulders on an access route to the reservoir after the barrier had been \"repeatedly vandalised\".\n\nIt added that a sign with emergency contact details for 999 crews to call to use the road had also been damaged.\n\nCain's aunt Shelley Caviell said she could not believe her nephew, who was always outdoors, fishing, playing rugby, cycling and building dens, had had a stroke.\n\n\"He's such an outdoorsy child... how is his life going to be impacted now by this, by not being able to walk and things? Hopefully the doctors will be able to help him.\n\n\"Cain's life has been dramatically altered forever because the ambulance couldn't drive to him.\n\nCain, from Ferndale, was out with his friends when he started calling for help from his 15-year-old brother Cullun before fainting.\n\nAfter being unable to get phone signal at the reservoir, one of his friends ran to the village to ring 999, while his other friends, brother and cousin put him in the recovery position.\n\n\"We were so lucky that his friends acted quickly,\" said Ms Caviell.\n\nShe said that when ambulances arrived, the gates were locked and boulders were blocking the way in, meaning Cain's dad Neil, who rushed to the reservoir, had to take the paramedics on the back of a quad bike.\n\nCain's aunt said someone could die on the site if the boulders were not removed\n\nMs Caviell said Cain's parents, Gemma Caviell and Neil Griffiths, initially thought he had heat exhaustion and dehydration .\n\nHowever, after being taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, doctors discovered he had suffered a stroke and had a blood clot on the brain.\n\nMs Caviell said doctors told her there was a \"vital four-hour window\" for treatment after Cain had the stroke, and she said this had been missed due to the delay.\n\nCain's parents are by his side as he has treatment at hospital in Bristol\n\nCain, a keen rugby and football fan, was placed in an induced coma and put on a ventilator and his parents played clips of messages of support from sports stars though headphones.\n\nDozens of stars, including Gareth Bale and Shane Williams, sent video messages to the family, and the family now hope to show him the full messages.\n\nCain went outside in a wheelchair with his brother Callun and cousin Gethin, who were with him when he collapsed\n\nCain, who is being treated at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, is now awake, off the ventilator and has managed to go outside in his wheelchair, but has lost movement in the right side of his body and is unable to speak.\n\nMs Caviell said, while the outlook was positive and there was hope that with intense rehabilitation he would regain some movement and his speech, there was a long road ahead.\n\n\"It's heart-breaking. We really hope he will be able to get back to being able to walk, but he may never get his leg moving again.\"\n\nDoctors are now trying to find out why Cain had a stroke.\n\nThe family said the community response had been fantastic with people placing stickers on car windows and wearing ribbons to show support\n\nCain's family fear someone will die unless Welsh Water removes the boulders.\n\nWelsh Water said the boulders had been installed on one of the access routes after \"repeated vandalism\" to original barrier.\n\n\"We did also put signage in place where the boulders are located with a telephone number to call should emergency access be required but this has also been vandalised,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We are in the process of replacing the sign and will also be liaising with all of the emergency services to advise them of the contact number should they need emergency access in future.\"\n\nMs Caviell added: \"It's a massive open pool of water, if someone was drowning, they would not live.\"", "Giulia Benedetta Calabrese, right, and her two St Andrews University friends received their first dose in England and their second in Scotland\n\nThree students have been refused exemption from travel quarantine rules because their vaccination certificates do not show they have had two jabs.\n\nThe St Andrews University friends all received their first dose in England and their second in Scotland.\n\nBut only the second jab shows up on their NHS Scotland paperwork - meaning they would have to isolate if they travel abroad.\n\nThe BBC has also learned of problems for English students studying in Wales.\n\nThe Scottish and Welsh governments and NHS Digital - which covers England - have said they are working to resolve the issue.\n\nSince 19 July, adults in Scotland who were fully-vaccinated in the UK have no longer had to quarantine for 10 days on return from amber-list countries, with the exception of France.\n\nOn the same day, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that ministers planned to make proof of full vaccination a condition of entry to venues with large crowds in England from the end of September.\n\nBut Giulia Benedetta Calabrese - a PhD student at St Andrews - fears the paperwork confusion between health authorities in Scotland and England may force her to miss her brother's wedding at home in Italy.\n\nShe said: \"I have been very careful to ensure I got both vaccines and had all the paperwork ready to travel.\n\n\"I can't understand why the vaccination programmes in England and Scotland are struggling to match up people who have moved across the border, between jabs.\n\n\"I know there are many more people that have had similar experiences to me and I don't think it's fair that we have to go through all of that.\"\n\nMs Calabrese, 28, moved to St Andrews to start her PhD in neuroscience in November 2020.\n\nShe has sought the help of her new MP, Liberal Democrat Wendy Chamberlain, who has raised the issue with Scotland's health secretary Humza Yousaf.\n\nMs Chamberlain described the confusion between NHS Scotland and NHS England as \"a shameful situation that should never even have come up\".\n\nShe said: \"Many people, including thousands of students every year, move between the four nations of the UK.\n\n\"Yet confusion between our separate vaccine programmes has reached the point where jags received elsewhere in the UK have not been recognised by NHS Scotland.\"\n\nThere is currently no UK-wide system to show where individual doses of the vaccine were delivered\n\nThe BBC also heard from Kate Loynes from London, whose son is at university in Cardiff.\n\nShe said that it had been \"incredibly frustrating trying to establish how to obtain proof of his full vaccination\".\n\nHer son had his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in Wales and his second at a walk-in vaccination centre in London.\n\nMs Loynes said that when he tried to get proof of his fully-vaccinated status, the Welsh health system could not trace the vaccine administered in England.\n\nMeanwhile, his GP in London was unable to record the Welsh vaccination on the software system in England.\n\nThe Scottish government told the BBC it would look to see if it could assist with the St Andrews cases.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We are working at pace to align vaccination records from different nations of the UK and have a process in place for sharing data between England and Scotland.\n\n\"We continue to work towards replacing the record of vaccination status with a digital record of Covid status, which will include vaccination and testing data to be used for outbound international travel.\"\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We are working with NHS Digital to resolve this issue.\"\n\nAn NHS Digital spokeswoman said: \"The NHS Covid Pass service is helping tens of thousands of people to demonstrate their vaccination status quickly, easily and for free. We are currently working to ensure that all vaccination information is shared across the devolved administrations.\n\n\"We are working on a solution for people who are registered with a GP in England, who have received one or both of their vaccinations in Wales or Scotland, to see their records in the NHS Covid Pass, and will roll it out as soon as it is ready.\"", "A California man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines on social media has died after a month-long battle with the virus.\n\nStephen Harmon, a member of the Hillsong megachurch, had been a vocal opponent of vaccines, making a series of jokes about not having the vaccine.\n\n\"Got 99 problems but a vax ain't one,\" the 34-year-old tweeted to his 7,000 followers in June.\n\nHe was treated for pneumonia and Covid-19 in a hospital outside Los Angeles, where he died on Wednesday.\n\nIn the days leading up to his death, Mr Harmon documented his fight to stay alive, posting pictures of himself in his hospital bed.\n\n\"Please pray y'all, they really want to intubate me and put me on a ventilator,\" he said.\n\nIn his final tweet on Wednesday, Mr Harmon said he had decided to go under intubation.\n\n\"Don't know when I'll wake up, please pray,\" he wrote.\n\nDespite his struggle with the virus, Mr Harmon still said he would reject being jabbed, saying his religious faith would protect him.\n\nPrior to his death, had joked about the pandemic and vaccines, sharing memes saying he trusted the Bible over top US disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci.\n\nHillsong founder Brian Houston confirmed news of his death in a tweet on Thursday.\n\n\"Ben has just passed on to us the devastating news that our beloved friend, Stephen Harmon has passed away from Covid. Heartbreaking,\" Mr Houston said.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by brianchouston This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn an Instagram post, he paid tribute to Mr Harmon.\n\n\"He was one of the most generous people I know and he had so much in front of him,\" he wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"He would always turn up to our grandkids soccer games and he will be missed by so many. RIP.\"\n\nHe added that the church encourages its members \"to follow the guidance of their doctors\".\n\nCalifornia has seen a rise in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks, with the majority of those being taken to hospital unvaccinated.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lightning was filmed in several locations after a heatwave gave way to storms\n\nLightning has damaged homes in Hampshire and severe weather warnings are in place as the heatwave gives way to thunderstorms and torrential rain.\n\nTwo women escaped unharmed after a pair of houses in Andover were partially destroyed in the early hours.\n\nThe Met Office issued a yellow alert for storms, and warned of flooding, hail and 55mph gusts of wind in southern England and Wales.\n\nIt comes after days of extreme heat - and as many set off on summer holidays.\n\nHampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service tweeted a picture of two semi-detached properties struck by lightning in Andover's Mercia Avenue. A spokesman said the roof was severely damaged.\n\nNeighbour Barrie Austen said the roof had been \"completely ablaze\".\n\n\"The side that supports the roof - that collapsed as well, and then the flames spread into next door,\" he told the PA news agency.\n\nMr Austen said two sisters lived at the property, adding that one resident who was attended by paramedics \"seemed shaken but OK\".\n\n\"I think the lightning hit the roof, woke them up and they just got out.\"\n\nThe roof of the property was \"completely ablaze\" following the lightning strike\n\nThe fire service said a 70-year-old woman had been assessed by paramedics but did not require hospital treatment.\n\nWhile it was a wet and stormy start for many in the south of England, Northern Ireland and western Scotland saw sunshine and temperatures approaching 28C on Saturday.\n\nThe Met Office thunderstorm warning for southern England and Wales was in place until 22:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nA second yellow warning for thunderstorms is in place from 05:00 BST to 00:00 BST and covers most of southern England, areas of central England and south east Wales.\n\nThe Met Office has warned the heavy showers and thunderstorms could result in flooding and disruption to transport in some places.\n\nIt comes as many people set off for their summer break this weekend with the school holidays beginning across parts of the UK.\n\nTorrential rain and electric storms are likely to affect those attending the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, with the Met Office yellow warning stretching into East Anglia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCooler weather is predicted across the UK from Sunday, with further heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing in from France across southern and eastern England.\n\nBBC Weather's Alina Jenkins said an area of low pressure meant that \"for much of next week, the theme is showers, longer spells of rain and it will be feeling cooler, both by day and by night.\"\n\nWalkers enjoyed the sunnier weather on Mount Snowdon in Gwynedd on Saturday\n\nMike Hall captured a lightning bolt over the rooftops of Winchester early on Saturday\n\nBBC Weather tweeted a striking image of Portsmouth by Weather Watcher Ian, as a storm thundered over the city\n\nA full moon rises behind Edinburgh Castle on Friday night - otherwise known as the Thunder Moon, it is synonymous with summer storms\n\nIt comes as the UK recorded its hottest temperature of the year so far on Tuesday - 32.2C at Heathrow Airport in west London.\n\nIn the same week, the Met Office issued its first extreme heat warning for areas of the UK. The alert covered large parts of Wales, all of south-west England and parts of southern and central England.\n\nHave you been affected by the bad weather? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The parents of a missing 11-year-old girl said they were in a \"state of shock\" as police stepped up their search for her.\n\nThe girl left her home in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on Thursday and travelled to London by train overnight.\n\nHer parents urged her to let them know she was OK.\n\n\"We miss you, we want you to come home. We want to at least know you're safe. You're not in any trouble. Please contact us or the police,\" they said.\n\n\"We are in a state of shock. We want to know where she is, who she's with, but most of all, that she's safe. Please come home.\"\n\nThe girl left home without her parents' knowledge and travelled to Bolton railway station, arriving at 20:20 BST.\n\nShe then came into contact with an unknown man and woman, who were believed to be worried about her, and travelled on the same train as her to Manchester Piccadilly, police have said.\n\nShe was then seen boarding a train from Manchester Piccadilly at 21:27 to Birmingham New Street before getting onto another train at 23:10 to London Euston, arriving at 01:13.\n\nShe left Euston station alone and went onto Eversholt Street towards Euston Road at 01:17.\n\nPolice believe she was at London Bridge Tube Station at 11:16 and may be in the area around Tower Bridge.\n\nThe force is also looking to trace the man and woman, who travelled on the same train as her from Bolton to Manchester Piccadilly.\n\nDetectives think they may know where the girl was going after arriving in London.\n\nThe child, who is of Ethiopian heritage and described as having a slim build, was last seen wearing a black Hijab with a blue headscarf and black dress.\n\nPolice say the woman, who is described as black, of slim build, was wearing a light blue tunic, black pants and black trainers with a white sole.\n\nThe woman's face was covered with a white face mask and she was carrying an orange carrier bag.\n\nDet Ch Insp Paul Rollinson said: \"We are understandably extremely concerned about the welfare of this young girl who was reported missing to us last night as it would seem extremely out of character.\"\n\nHe added that she may have travelled to the city to pursue her ambition of setting up a clothing business near Tower Bridge or to go sightseeing.\n\nPolice said the child had not spoken to friends or family about her plans to catch a train to the capital.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Passengers reported long queues and a lack of information at Stansted Airport\n\nAirlines and airports say they are having their busiest weekend since the pandemic began as schools close and the summer holidays begin for millions.\n\nHeathrow Airport expects 60,000 passengers to depart daily, while Gatwick says it expects 250 flights a day - up from a low of just 15.\n\nBut the numbers are still far below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nSpain is the top destination for UK travellers, followed by Greece.\n\nAfter 18 months in which the travel industry has been devastated by the pandemic, companies including EasyJet, TUI and Jet2, as well as major airports, said they would have more passengers this weekend than at any time since the pandemic began.\n\nAir travel companies said the decision to let fully vaccinated travellers visit amber list countries without quarantining on their return had encouraged people to consider more destinations.\n\nTravellers at London Stansted Airport in Essex reported snaking queues at check-in and security - with one passenger telling the BBC they felt it was \"chaos\" with staff overwhelmed.\n\nCamilla McMyn said some passengers were upset after missing flights due to the long queues. \"I haven't been crammed up next to so many people for a long time,\" she added.\n\nSome 1,330 flights were due at Stansted between Friday and Monday, up from 735 during the same weekend in 2020.\n\nGatwick Airport is back up to 250 flights a day, but still well short of its usual 950 daily flights before the pandemic\n\nManchester Airport said it was \"an encouraging but tentative step towards recovery\", but it said the government's \"chaotic and unpredictable\" approach to international travel had damaged confidence.\n\nEasyJet suggested the vaccination programme had given the travel industry a boost, with many Britons saying they were much more likely to want to travel once they had been double-vaccinated and that travel had been a major motivation for getting jabbed for many of them.\n\nWhat are your travel plans this weekend? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Tokyo Olympics: Helen Glover and Polly Swann into semi-finals, Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury win Last updated on .From the section Olympics", "Taxpayers will bear the costs of Covid \"for decades\" - and an inquiry will not come soon enough to learn lessons from the pandemic, MPs have said.\n\nIn two new reports, the Public Accounts Committee said No 10's response to the crisis has exposed UK taxpayers to \"significant financial risks\".\n\nThe MPs also attacked government spending on unusable protective kit.\n\nThe Department of Health said there were \"processes\" to ensure spending gives taxpayers value for money.\n\nIn the cross-party reports published on Sunday, the PAC said the taxpayer would be exposed to \"significant financial risks for decades to come\" with the estimated cost of the government's measures having already hit £372bn in May.\n\nUK government debt is now over £2.2 trillion, or about 99.7% of GDP - a rate not seen since the early 1960s. In June alone, debt interest cost £8.7bn.\n\nIn one example of future Covid costs, the PAC says taxpayers could be liable for an estimated £26 billion of bad loans, out of a total £92 billion of loans guaranteed by the government.\n\nThe report states: \"While we acknowledge that there was a need to relax the usual rules surrounding major spending decisions... we are concerned that this has created serious risks that may require managing for years.\"\n\nPAC chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier said: \"With eye-watering sums of money spent on Covid measures so far, the government needs to be clear, now, how this will be managed going forward, and over what period of time.\"\n\nThe MPs also said they are \"concerned that despite spending over £10bn on supplies, the [personal protective equipment] stockpile is not fit for purpose\".\n\nOut of 32 billion items of PPE ordered by the Department of Health and Social Care, the committee said 11 billion had been distributed, while 12.6 billion are stored in the UK as central stock.\n\nBut some 8.4 billion items on order from other countries have still not arrived in the UK.\n\nThe stockpile, MPs added, is costing about £6.7m a week to store, with potential waste levels \"unacceptably high\".\n\nAccording to the report, there were 10,000 shipping containers of PPE still to be unpacked as of May this year - but that it had already been determined that 2.1 billion PPE items were unusable in medical settings.\n\nThe MPs said this equated to more than £2bn of taxpayers' money - and was over five times the estimate of PPE found to be unfit for purpose given to MPs by DHSC in January.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged there will be an independent public inquiry into government's handling of the pandemic - with an expected start date of Spring 2022.\n\nThe PAC said it was \"clear that government cannot wait for the review before learning important lessons\" and must instead present a Covid recovery plan in the autumn spending review.\n\nDame Meg added: \"If coronavirus is with us for a long time, the financial hangover could leave future generations with a big headache.\"\n\nA DHSC spokeswoman said: \"There are robust processes in place to ensure that government spending always provides value for money for the taxpayer.\n\n\"We have worked tirelessly to source life-saving PPE to protect health and care staff, and we have delivered over 12.7 billion items to the frontline at record speed.\"\n\nMeanwhile, an analysis by the Labour party suggests that the holiday plans of nearly six million Britons could be ruined if Spain and Greece are added to the \"amber plus\" list alongside France.\n\nThe party said an estimated 5,857,558 people faced last-minute quarantine requirements after booking trips over the \"summer of chaos\".\n\nSince 19 July, fully vaccinated adults returning to the UK from amber list countries have not needed need to complete the 10-day quarantine period.\n\nBut ministers removed the exemption for France amid fears over the Beta Covid variant, creating what critics say is an \"amber plus\" category on government's traffic light system for international travel.\n\nLabour's shadow transport secretary Jim McMahon said: \"Not only have they failed to protect our borders, allowing Covid cases to rocket - they also refuse to be straight with the public and give them the information they need to book travel with confidence.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Transport said: \"The travel list allocations have not changed for Spain or Greece.\"\n\nHe added that officials were \"closely monitoring the data\" and would take \"swift action\" should the data reveal a change in risk to England from these countries.", "R. Kelly was one of the biggest R&B stars of the 1990s\n\nUS R&B star R. Kelly has been accused of fresh abuse allegations, including the claim he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy.\n\nProsecutors allege the singer abused the teenager after meeting him at a Chicago McDonald's in 2006.\n\nThey want evidence of this, and other alleged but uncharged crimes, to be heard at Kelly's trial in August.\n\nKelly denies ever abusing anyone, and his lawyers have not responded to the latest allegations.\n\nThe Grammy-winner, real name Robert Kelly, is set to face trial in New York next month on charges including child sexual exploitation, making indecent images of minors, racketeering and obstruction of justice.\n\nThe charges involve six unnamed women and girls.\n\nNow, prosecutors would also like jurors to hear about more than a dozen other people they say Kelly abused, threatened or mistreated.\n\nThey include a 17-year-old boy and aspiring musician, whom Kelly allegedly met at a McDonald's and then invited to his Chicago studio.\n\nAfter offering to help the boy with his music career, Kelly is said to have later propositioned and had sexual contact with him while he was still underage.\n\nThe prosecutors say the boy introduced Kelly to a male friend, who was either 16 or 17, with whom the singer had a sexual relationship several years later.\n\nThey also allege the star forced several female sexual partners - including a minor - to have sex with the young man as he filmed them.\n\nProsecutors say the two boys' accounts and those of others will show Kelly's alleged crimes \"were not isolated events and were part of a larger pattern\".\n\nThe judge is yet to rule on whether the evidence will be considered.\n\nKelly, who was one of the biggest R&B stars of the 1990s, has been in jail for almost two years as he awaits trial.\n\nHis New York trial is scheduled to begin on 9 August.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and BBC Sounds; Live text, video clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nThe BBC will bring you live coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics across BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, radio and online.\n\nBBC One and BBC Two will broadcast more than 350 hours of action - covering all 33 sports from 21 July to 8 August - with a second stream available on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app.\n\nBBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra also bring you live commentary every day, plus a daily podcast on BBC Sounds, and there will be live text, video clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nWhy does the BBC have fewer live video streams for Tokyo 2020?\n\nAs announced in February 2017, the BBC's coverage of the Olympic games has changed.\n\nThe BBC will continue to bring extensive coverage from the Games, including all the must see moments. A network channel alongside the live stream will offer live coverage and highlights - so throughout each day of the Games, this global sporting event will be brought to the widest possible audience.\n\nHowever, the BBC is no longer able to offer live streams of every sport due to the terms of the licensing arrangements laid down by the rights-holder (Discovery).\n\nDiscovery bought European-wide rights to the Olympics Games in 2016 in a 1.3bn euros deal, worth £922m at the time, and is airing Tokyo 2020 action in the UK through Eurosport.\n\nEvent start times are subject to change and the BBC is not responsible for any that may be made. Also, coverage can be subject to late schedule changes, so details may differ from this page.\n\n22:30 on Saturday to 11:40 on Sunday - BBC One\n• None Quiz: How well do you know the Olympics?", "The killer whale was being cared for by a team of volunteers\n\nA baby orca found stranded in New Zealand has died, after a huge effort to reunite him with his mother failed.\n\nThe killer whale - named Toa - washed ashore near the capital Wellington 10 days ago, prompting a desperate search to find his family in nearby waters.\n\nBelieved to be two to six months old and about 2.5m (8ft) long, the orphan could not survive alone in the ocean.\n\nHis fate gripped the nation, with hundreds of people volunteering to help the nationwide search.\n\nToa - Maori for \"warrior\" - was separated from his pod and found by two teenagers in a rockpool in Plimmerton, north of Wellington.\n\nConservationists placed him in a makeshift pool, where he was fed via a special teat every four hours.\n\nA fleet of aircraft and on-shore observers scoured hundreds of miles of coastline for Toa's pod in the hope his mother could be found.\n\nBut Whale Rescue, an organisation that had been helping care for Toa, said his condition suddenly deteriorated on Friday. Vets rushed to help but were unable to save him.\n\n\"We have to report that a little time ago Toa passed away,\" the organisation said. \"As you can all imagine we are devastated.\"\n\nThe team had hoped to reunite Toa with his mother, or if that failed, have him adopted by another pod.\n\nIan Angus, marine species manager at the Department of Conservation, said Toa's carers \"threw everything at trying to save him\".\n\n\"We were always aware that the longer he was in captivity, away from his mother, the more likely it was that his health would deteriorate,\" Mr Angus said.\n\n\"Toa passed quickly, surrounded by love, with his last days made as comfortable as possible.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby\n\nCoverage: Follow live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nBritish and Irish Lions prop Wyn Jones has been ruled out of Saturday's first Test against South Africa in Cape Town.\n\nThe 29-year-old Wales loose-head has withdrawn with a minor shoulder injury suffered in training on Thursday.\n\nJones is replaced in the starting XV by Scotland's Rory Sutherland, with Mako Vunipola of England added to the bench.\n\n\"It's really bad luck for Wyn and we all feel for him missing out on tonight's game,\" said Lions head coach Warren Gatland.\n\n\"However, we're confident he'll be back in training next week and have no plans to bring in anyone else at this stage.\"\n\nScarlets front-row Jones was set to be one of three Welsh starters, alongside Lions skipper and lock Alun Wyn Jones and fly-half Dan Biggar.\n\nProp Jones has been in fine form this tour, adding a try against South Africa A to his impressive scrummaging and work in the loose.\n\nBut fellow loose-heads Sutherland and Vunipola have also shown up well, with the Lions demonstrating their strength in depth.\n• None \"Anything but gold will be a fail to me\": Follow Jade Jones as she prepares to make British Olympic history\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Susanna Ohlen is a presenter for the Good Morning Germany programme on German broadcaster RTL\n\nA German presenter has apologised after being caught smearing mud on her clothes moments before appearing on television from a town ravaged by last week's historic floods.\n\nSusanna Ohlen, 39, said she acted after feeling \"ashamed\" of reporting from the town in her clean clothes.\n\nThe broadcaster RTL said she had been suspended for breaching its standards after the video went viral.\n\nIn a statement, Ms Ohlen said she had made a \"serious mistake\".\n\nShe had been reporting from Bad Münstereifel in North Rhine-Westphalia, where record rainfall destroyed homes and left dozens dead last week.\n\nMs Ohlen said she had been helping aid efforts in the days before filming for RTL's Good Morning Germany programme on Monday.\n\nBut before going on air, she felt \"ashamed to stand in front of the camera in clean clothes\", she said.\n\nWithout thinking, she said, \"I smeared mud on my clothes\".\n\nAt that point, a video of her bending down to spread dirt on her hands and clothes was apparently filmed by an onlooker and later posted to social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nApologising for her actions, Ms Ohlen said \"this should never have happened to me\" in her statement.\n\nRTL said Ms Ohlen had been put on leave after the video came to its attention.\n\nThe broadcaster did not say whether further action would be taken.\n\nGermany's worst flooding in decades devastated parts of the country last week, leaving at least 170 people dead and causing billions in damage.\n\nDozens are still missing as clean-up operations continue.\n\nEuropean leaders have blamed climate change for the floods, which have also affected Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has signed a new deal with the club until 2024, with an option for a further year.\n\nThe Norwegian, 48, took over permanently in March 2019, having been put in interim charge when Jose Mourinho departed three months earlier.\n\nHe led United to second place in the Premier League last season and the Europa League final, which they lost.\n\nSolskjaer said he was \"delighted\" at signing the new contract.\n\n\"We are more confident than ever that, under Ole's leadership, we are heading in the right direction,\" said United's executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward.\n\n\"Ole and his staff have worked tirelessly putting the foundations in place for long-term success on the pitch.\n\n\"The results of that have become increasingly visible over the past two seasons and we are all looking forward to seeing this exciting team develop further in the years ahead.\n\n\"What is especially pleasing is the way this progress has been achieved with a blend of young, homegrown talent and top-class recruits, playing attacking football in the best traditions of Manchester United.\"\n\nSolskjaer spent 11 seasons as a United player, scoring the winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final.\n\nHe became United's fourth permanent manager since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 when he signed a three-year contract in March 2019.\n\nSolskjaer led the Old Trafford club to third in his first full season when they also got to the semi-finals of the Europa League before losing to Sevilla.\n\nIn the last campaign, United finished 12 points behind champions Manchester City in claiming the runners-up spot, while they were beaten by Villareal on penalties in the Europa League final.\n\nThe news of Solskjaer's new deal follows the confirmation of the club signing England winger Jadon Sancho for £73m from Borussia Dortmund.\n\n\"Everyone knows the feeling I have for this club,\" said Solskjaer.\n\n\"It is an exciting time for Manchester United. We have built a squad with a good balance of youth and experienced players that are hungry for success.\n\n\"I have a fantastic coaching team around me and we are all ready to take that next step on our journey.\n\n\"Manchester United wants to be winning the biggest and best trophies and that's what we are all striving for. We have improved, both on and off the pitch, and that will continue over the coming seasons.\"\n\nShould Ole Gunner Solskjaer get to the end of his new contract, since Ernest Mangnall between 1903 and 1912, only Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson will have been in charge for more games as Manchester United manager than the Norwegian.\n\nThat in itself underlines the faith the club have in Solskjaer.\n\nThe arrival of Jadon Sancho less than 24 hours earlier is a signing very much in the United traditions, which is what the manager was tasked with returning to Old Trafford when he answered the SOS call from Ed Woodward to replace Jose Mourinho in December 2018.\n\nIn truth, this news is not really a surprise. United could not have allowed Solskjaer's contract to run into its final season because of the uncertainty it would bring.\n\nAnd, in fairness to him, it has taken longer to put together a squad capable of challenging for the biggest prizes.\n\nHowever, if, as appears likely, Raphael Varane arrives from Real Madrid and the Paul Pogba situation can be resolved satisfactorily - if he leaves a top-class midfield signing is essential - then, at the very least, United must compete. They looked like doing that in the Premier League in January, but eventually fell behind Manchester City.\n\nSolskjaer also needs to deliver a trophy.\n\nIt is clear there is a bond between manager and club - and a shared desire for success. But, like every manager, Solskjaer will be judged on results. United have improved, but the safety net that existed during his first two-and-a-half years in charge will not stay in place forever.\n• None \"Anything but gold will be a fail to me\": Follow Jade Jones as she prepares to make British Olympic history\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "The former Manchester United player is due to go on trial in January\n\nWales manager Ryan Giggs has pleaded not guilty to using controlling behaviour and assaulting his ex-girlfriend.\n\nMr Giggs denied assaulting Kate Greville and her sister Emma Greville, at his home in Salford last November.\n\nOn Friday, Manchester Crown Court heard claims that Mr Giggs used a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour against Ms Greville.\n\nIt included claims he kicked her naked out of a hotel room.\n\nThe former Manchester United player pleaded not guilty to using controlling behaviour against Ms Greville, 36, between August 2017 and November 2020.\n\nAppearing in court, the alleged details of the behaviour were read out to Mr Giggs.\n\nIt included claims he threatened to send emails to her friends and employers about their sexual relationship, and threw her belongings out of his house when she questioned him about relationships with other women.\n\nHe also allegedly kicked her in the back, and threw her out of a London hotel room naked, when she accused him of flirting with other women.\n\nMr Giggs is said to have turned up uninvited at his ex-girlfriend's home, gym and workplace\n\nMr Giggs denied assaulting Ms Greville and causing her actual bodily harm following an incident at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on 1 November last year.\n\nHe also pleaded not guilty to common assault by beating of Ms Greville's younger sister, Emma, in the same alleged incident.\n\nThe former winger is due to go on trial at Manchester Crown Court on 24 January.\n\nThe former Manchester United winger is one of British football's most-decorated footballers following his 24-year career at Old Trafford and was appointed an OBE in 2007 before winning the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 2009.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nThe British and Irish Lions and Harlequins have both criticised former Ireland international Neil Francis' \"offensive\" description of fly-half Marcus Smith.\n\nFrancis, 57, made a comment about Smith's skin colour in an episode of the Irish Independent's Left Wing podcast, which was published on 14 July but drew attention on social media this week.\n\n\"We find the remarks relating to Marcus Smith offensive and have written to the Independent to express our deep dissatisfaction,\" said the Lions.\n\nHarlequins, who have also written to the newspaper, said they were \"disgusted\" by the \"racist\" comments made by Francis.\n\nFrancis said: \"I would never intentionally or wilfully make a comment to disparage somebody on the basis of the colour of anyone's skin. Never! The comments have been interpreted differently from what I intended and I apologise sincerely for that.\n\n\"I fully apologise for any offence taken by the player and his family. I intend to apologise directly to him shortly if he is agreeable. I also apologise to anyone who also took offence to what I said.\"\n• None Where the Lions series may be won and lost\n\nFormer Quins player Ugo Monye, the ex-Lions and England wing, added on Twitter: \"The fact Neil Francis said what he did is appalling, but to publish it and no-one challenge him is as equally appalling.\"\n\nPublisher Mediahuis Ireland said: \"We acknowledge that Mr Francis says his comments were inadvertent but we have decided to end our relationship with him and he will no longer write columns or contribute to our podcasts.\"\n\nSmith, 22, was born in the Philippines to a British father and a Filipina mother, and moved to England when he was 13.\n\nHe made his debut for England earlier this month, before being called out to South Africa by the Lions as fly-half cover.\n\nHe made an impressive first appearance for the touring side in their 49-3 win over the Stormers but has not been included in the matchday 23 for the first Test against the Springboks on Saturday.\n• None Listen to Rugby Union Weekly: the Test team and TMOs", "Watch some of the best moments from the opening events of the Tokyo Olympics including a 12-year-old table tennis player and the debut of 3x3 basketball.\n\nWatch highlights of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer", "People have been warned to take extra care swimming in open water after dozens drowned during recent hot weather.\n\nThe Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) described this week's deaths as \"devastating\" and urged people to choose supervised spots to cool off.\n\nA 19-year-old man in Lancashire became the latest to die after getting into difficulty near St Anne's Pier.\n\nEarlier, a boy aged 16 died after going swimming at Loch Lomond in Scotland.\n\nThe family of a 21-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent who died after being pulled from the sea at Crosby beach, Merseyside, on Tuesday described him as \"amazing\" and \"always smiling\".\n\nLee Heard, charity director of the RLSS, told the BBC he was aware of 28 people who had died in water, both inland and at the coast, across the UK since 14 July, as temperatures soared in many places.\n\nHe said water deaths often peaked between May and August. \"After the last week, I think the message is that anybody who does not have substantial experience of swimming in cold open water to not go in,\" he said.\n\n\"If people do wish to cool off in water, we advise they do so in supervised settings. Local authorities are putting on lifeguards around inland lakes, and there are aqua parks.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Float to live: \"Rest and relax in the water\"\n\nMr Heard added that while wild swimming had become more popular in recent years, those partaking in the sport were often more experienced and took more precautions than casual swimmers.\n\nHM Coastguard said on Friday there had been nine deaths at the coast in the previous 10 days.\n\nCoastguard officer Fran Wilkins warned there were \"a lot of dangers and risks\" on beaches and at the coastline and swimmers could \"very quickly get into a situation where you may need help\".\n\nPeople can experience problems in open water when they underestimate how cold the water is, find themselves submerged unexpectedly, or get caught in a strong current at sea.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I can't say how much I miss him'\n\nThe RLSS has launched its \"summer water safety\" campaign warning about cold water shock, which can affect people's ability to breathe normally, even in warm summer weather.\n\nIt advises people to keep their mouths away from the water until their breathing returns to normal by rolling on their back.\n\nThen it says those in water should immediately swim towards an exit before their muscles cool - or find something to help them float - and call for help.\n\nSunday 25 July is World Drowning Prevention Day - the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) describes drowning as a worldwide epidemic that claims an estimated 235,000 lives every year.\n\nThe Coastguard and RNLI have jointly called for families to take care at the coast during the school holidays, after revealing RNLI lifeguards saved the lives of 54 children and teenagers last summer.\n\nOf those, 64% (35) were aged 12 or under, while RNLI lifeguards also came to the aid of another 12,344 under-18s between June and September 2020.\n\nEarly long-range weather forecasts from the Met Office suggest there may be a period of high pressure bringing above-average temperatures in some parts of the UK in mid-August.", "Covid cases are down for the third consecutive day in the UK, latest daily figures show.\n\nThe UK recorded 36,389 new infections - a further drop from 46,558 logged on 20 July.\n\nIt is too soon to say if cases have peaked, however, given that the statistics do not capture the impact of unlocking that happened on 19 July.\n\nOne expert said it will take a few weeks after relaxing restrictions to know for certain.\n\nProf Paul Hunter from the University of East Anglia said: \"I would caution that this may just be a temporary slowing in reports before we start to see a return to exponential growth towards the end of next week as a result of the ending of restrictions last week.\"\n\nIt is possible cases will increase again, with some measures, such as the R rate, still suggesting the epidemic is growing.\n\nThe latest estimate of R - which measures how quickly the virus is spreading - is unchanged from the previous week at 1.2 to 1.4.\n\nIt means that on average, every 10 people infected with coronavirus goes on to infect between 12 and 14 others.\n\nThe estimated daily growth rate shows signs of a possible slowdown, however. This week's estimate is that infections are growing at between 4% and 6% a day, down from between 4% and 7% last week.\n\nMeanwhile, data from the Office for National Statistics based on swab tests in the community suggests 1.3% of the population - or one in 80 people - has the virus, up from one in 100 the week before.\n\nAccording to the ONS figures for the week up to 17 July:\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant currently accounts for almost every Covid infection in the UK.\n\nA new report from Public Health England warns of a small but increased risk of catching this variant, first identified in India, even if you have had Covid before.\n\nIt says 897 cases out of 68,688 Delta infections recorded in an 11-week period from April to June were possible reinfections.\n\nProf Rowland Kao, a professor of epidemiology and data science at Edinburgh University, said: \"Any decline is always welcome but its too early to say whether this is sustained.\n\n\"It's important to remember that there are still many people highly vulnerable to severe Covid infection, and with infection numbers still high, some remaining caution is merited.\"\n\nThis story was corrected to say cases fell for three days in a row and not four days as originally stated.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nThe British and Irish Lions drew first blood in the series against South Africa after fighting back from nine points down at half-time to win 22-17.\n\nThe tourists were adrift at the break after Handre Pollard's four penalties.\n\nBut hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie scrambled over from short range four minutes after the break to change the tide.\n\nFaf de Klerk's scrappy try briefly restored the world champions' cushion but Dan Biggar's boot and the tourists' superior conditioning saw them home.\n\nThe Lions survived a late onslaught when Owen Farrell's penalty three minutes from time was followed by a desperate last-ditch attack from the hosts as they searched for a score-tying try in vain.\n• None Reaction after the Lions clinch the first Test against South Africa\n\nWith the next two Tests to be played at the same sea-level venue, rather than Johannesburg as originally planned, the Lions will return to Cape Town Stadium in seven days looking for the kill and a first series win in South Africa since the iconic 1997 success.\n\nSouth Africa's winless streak in the city now stretches back to September 2014. The hosts, who have played only one Test in 20 months, will wonder how the match and momentum slipped away from them after a controlled and composed first half.\n\nTwelve years ago, the Lions were caught cold by a Springbok blitz of hits and heft in the first Test. On that occasion they conceded a try inside the first five minutes and were 19 points down early in the second half.\n\nLukhanyo Am landed a huge hit on Elliot Daly in midfield, but, overall, the Lions of 2021 more than matched their hosts physically in the opening exchanges.\n\nInstead, South Africa's shrewd kicking game, forcing the Lions to play from deep, and the tourists' occasional indiscipline, Tom Curry and Elliot Daly chief among the culprits, gave Handre Pollard four shots at goal and the Boks a 12-3 lead on the half hour.\n\nBiggar and Elliot Daly both missed chances to cut the deficit from the tee, before Robbie Henshaw squandered the best opening either side had created in the final minute of a cagey half.\n\nThe Lions centre hared clear on a blind-side break after Biggar's quick hands beat South Africa's rush defence. However, with options on either shoulder, Henshaw couldn't get a pass away before full-back Willie Le Roux dislodged the ball with a superb cover tackle.\n\nIt seemed it might be costly. Instead it was a sign of things to come.\n\nThe game opened up in the second half with Cowan-Dickie burrowing over at the back of a rolling maul that steamrolled through the heart of the Springbok pack four minutes after the interval. The Lions rarely looked back.\n\nLions coach Warren Gatland had placed South African video official Marius Jonker under the microscope earlier in the week, questioning why there was no alternative neutral TMO when New Zealander Brendon Pickerill was unable to travel to South Africa.\n\nThe spotlight duly swung on Jonker with two hair's-width calls in the space of two minutes after Cowan-Dickie's score.\n\nFirst, Jonker overturned referee Nic Berry's on-field decision, ruling out Willie Le Roux's try for an offside that only he could see for certain.\n\nShortly after, Jonker could not see any evidence of a knock-on from Pieter-Steph du Toit as Makazole Mapimpi's kick ahead caused chaos and De Klerk dotted down in the fray.\n\nBut that score could not stop the momentum slipping away from South Africa.\n\nThe hosts, playing only their second Test since their Rugby World Cup final win in November 2019, looked long on fatigue and short on stamina.\n\nTheir much-vaunted bomb-squad front row - Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx and Steven Kitshoff - failed to deliver the expected edge in the scrum as they arrived off the bench.\n\nAnd Lions' coach Warren Gatland's faith that South Africa would fade if they kept the tempo high and the ball in play was eventually borne out to the delight of the entire squad who spilled onto the pitch at the final whistle.\n\nSame time, same day, same XV?\n\nGatland and his coaches came to their selection meeting earlier in the week with only seven unanimous picks in their various starting line-ups.\n\nIn the unlikely event that Maro Itoje was not one of them, he certainly will be when the backroom reconvene ahead of the second Test.\n\nThe England second row, a talismanic figure in the drawn series against New Zealand four years ago, was once again supreme, scrapping for every inch and pilfering breakdown ball, including one critical turnover in the shadow of his own posts.\n\nCourtney Lawes was a more contentious choice in the starting back row. But his abrasive ball-carrying and appetite for work saw him wrestle his way into the ascendancy as the match wore on.\n\nThe performance of the replacement front row - Mako Vunipola, Ken Owens and Kyle Sinckler - may give Gatland food for thought as well, particularly given Cowan-Dickie's brief wobbles at the line-out in the first half.\n• None 'Anything but gold will be a fail to me': Follow Jade Jones as she prepares to make British Olympic history\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "Stephanie Isaacson's case had been cold for 32 years\n\nThe 1989 murder of a 14-year-old girl in Las Vegas has been solved by using what experts say is the smallest-ever amount of human DNA to crack a case.\n\nStephanie Isaacson's murder case had gone cold until new technology made it possible to test what little remained of the suspect's DNA: the equivalent of just 15 human cells.\n\nPolice on Wednesday said they had identified the suspect by using genome sequencing and public genealogy data.\n\n\"I'm glad they found who murdered my daughter,\" Stephanie's mother wrote in a statement that was read to reporters at Wednesday's news conference.\n\n\"I never believed the case would be solved.\"\n\nThirty-two years ago, Stephanie's body was found near the route she normally walked to school in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had been assaulted and strangled.\n\nThis year, police were able to pick up the case again after a donation from a local resident. They turned over the DNA samples left to Othram, a Texas-based genome-sequencing lab that specialises in cold cases.\n\nTypical consumer DNA testing kits collect about 750 to 1,000 nanograms of DNA in a sample. These samples are uploaded to public websites specialising in ancestry or health.\n\nBut crime scenes may only contain tens to hundreds of nanograms of DNA. And in this case, only 0.12 nanograms - or about 15 cells' worth - were available for testing.\n\nUsing ancestry databases the researchers were able to identify the suspect's cousin. Eventually they matched the DNA to Darren Roy Marchand.\n\nMarchand's DNA from a previous 1986 murder case was still on record, and was used to confirm the match.\n\nHe was never convicted and died by suicide in 1995.\n\nThe genomic technology used to solve the case is the same that was used to catch the notorious Golden State Killer in 2018.\n\n\"This was a huge milestone,\" Othram chief executive David Mittelman told the BBC.\n\n\"When you can access information from such a small amount of DNA, it really opens up the opportunity to so many other cases that have been historically considered cold and unsolvable.\"\n\nThe company is currently working on cases dating back as far as 1881.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nGreat Britain's Geraint Thomas saw his medal hopes in the men's road race dashed after crashing for a second successive Games as Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won gold at the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nThe 35-year-old, who also came off his bike at Rio 2016, suffered a fall involving team-mate Tao Geoghegan Hart.\n\nThomas, the 2018 Tour de France winner, eventually pulled out with 60km to go.\n\nCarapaz, 28, motored clear to win a thrilling race by one minute seven seconds from Belgium's Wout van Aert.\n\nVan Aert won the sprint for silver, beating Slovenia's Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar, who took bronze.\n\nBritish rider Adam Yates briefly led that sprint but finished ninth, while his twin brother Simon was 17th.\n\n\"I'm feeling beaten up but not too bad,\" said Thomas, who will now focus on Wednesday's time trial.\n\n\"I've definitely felt worse. The muscles and everything went into spasm almost.\n\n\"It was a freak thing. Tao slipped on the metal ridge in the middle of the road and I had nowhere to go, I just went straight down.\n\n\"We live to fight another day and I'll try to rest up now to give Wednesday one last go.\"\n\nThe riders finished in front of around 10,000 fans at the Fuji International Speedway circuit, with venues outside Tokyo allowed to host up to 50% capacity.\n\nThousands of onlookers also lined the streets to get a glimpse of the competitors as the 234km route weaved its way out of the city towards the foothills of Mount Fuji.\n\nAn early breakaway group opened a gap of more than 17 minutes as they hit the ascent towards the Doshi Road, the first of five climbs on a mountainous course.\n\nIt was on that stretch the British pair crashed, with two-time team pursuit gold medallist Thomas tumbling over Geoghegan Hart after the 2020 Giro d'Italia champion lost his front wheel.\n\nThat will have brought back memories of 2016 for Thomas, when he fell during the final descent in Rio, and of this year's Tour de France when the Welshman dislocated his shoulder.\n\nThe leading riders were eventually reeled in and Pogacar saw a bid to break free snuffed out, before Carapaz and American Brandon McNulty went clear.\n\nBut it was Carapaz who had the legs to pull away once more for a superb solo victory that earned Ecuador only their second Olympics gold medal.\n• None \"Anything but gold will be a fail to me\": Follow Jade Jones as she prepares to make British Olympic history\n• None How has Dirty Sanchez's Mat Pritchard turned into an ultra-endurance athlete?", "The group was hit by the car near the North Pier along Blackpool's Golden Mile\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car hit a group of people on Blackpool's promenade.\n\nPolice responded to reports that a car had driven at pedestrians near the North Pier at about 05:25 BST.\n\nOfficers stopped the red Peugeot on a residential street and the driver fled the scene, Lancashire Police said.\n\nA 30-year-old Manchester man arrested after a search of the area remains in custody.\n\nOfficers do not know whether members of the group who were hit by the car sought medical attention and have urged them to get in touch.\n\nInsp Abi Finch-Hall added: \"Despite the early hour there were several pedestrians in the area at the time.\n\n\"We believe there are also witnesses who have not yet been spoken to by police.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A scheme allowing key workers to avoid Covid self-isolation in England has been significantly expanded following criticism it did not go far enough.\n\nPolice, fire, Border Force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join a daily workplace test scheme, whether they are vaccinated or not.\n\nSome 10,000 supermarket depot and food factory workers will also be eligible. Testing is expected to start next week.\n\nSeveral sectors have warned of staff shortages in recent days.\n\nTransport for London warned of line closures and cancellations this weekend as more than 300 members of staff are self-isolating.\n\nAnd Thameslink tweeted that fewer trains were able to run \"due to unavailability of train crew having an impact across the network\" and told the BBC \"coronavirus has been affecting our business and colleagues\".\n\nSouthern and Avanti West Coast said they would also have slimmed down services from Monday.\n\nCurrently, most people identified as close contacts of someone with coronavirus have to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are among those self-isolating after Health Secretary Sajid Javid tested positive last week.\n\nMr Javid tweeted that he had made a \"full recovery\" and but faced criticism after he added that people should get vaccinated \"as we learn to live with, rather than cower from, this virus\".\n\nLabour's shadow justice secretary David Lammy accused Javid of having \"insulted\" people who followed the rules to protect others and Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman Munira Wilson said Mr Javid's tweet was \"outrageous\" and said he owed the millions who were shielding an apology.\n\nLabour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Bridget Phillipson, said the government needed to \"give clear guidance\" on self-isolation rules or \"risk making this summer of chaos and confusion even worse\".\n\nPolice forces, local authorities, transport providers and supermarkets have been among those calling for a review of the rules to avoid crippling shutdowns or skeleton operations.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said daily testing would keep frontline teams safe while they continued to serve the public and communities.\n\nFrom 16 August anyone in England who is fully vaccinated - and unvaccinated under-18s - will be able to take daily tests instead of self-isolating. Similar rules come into force in Scotland from 9 August - and in Wales from 7 August.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan has joined leading business figures in urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to bring this date forward and end self-isolation for close contacts if they are fully vaccinated.\n\nGrowing numbers of people have been told to self-isolate, with almost 608,000 contact tracing alerts sent from the NHS Covid-19 app in the week to 15 July - a record high.\n\nThe number having to self-isolate has been blamed for shortages of some products in supermarkets and staffing problems for frontline services.\n\nThe daily test scheme means eligible workers who are alerted by the app in England - or contacted by NHS Test and Trace - will be able to continue working if they test negative each day, whatever their vaccination status.\n\nPorts, airports, rail infrastructure and haulage workers, alongside frontline police, fire and Border Force staff will now be eligible.\n\nThe government has announced an extra 200 testing sites to help screen these workers - but these will not open until Monday at the earliest.\n\nConfusion, if not some chaos, has reigned in Whitehall over the past 24 hours as ministers and officials grapple with the large numbers of people being told to self-isolate.\n\nDepartments have expressed concern about their ability to maintain key public services.\n\nMinisters have now announced an expansion of workplace testing sites to include staff at the Border Force, police and fire services and key transport sectors.\n\nThe same measure was introduced on Thursday for food distribution workers.\n\nHowever, a government official told me that they would be expected to leave self-isolation only for work.\n\nCritics are already questioning how realistic or fair an idea that can be.\n\nA separate scheme in England allows employers to apply in advance for exemptions for named fully vaccinated critical workers in a small number of industries, such as the energy sector.\n\nIn Scotland, critical workers in the health, food and transport sectors can apply to be exempt from self-isolation.\n\nMeanwhile, England manager Gareth Southgate is urging younger people to get vaccinated, saying it is a chance to \"get your freedom back\".\n\nAbout 34% of 18 to 29-year-olds in England - about three million people - have not been vaccinated at all. In Scotland, about 30% are not yet vaccinated.\n\nA total of 83,239,491 vaccines have been given in the UK, 46,476,845 first doses and 36,762,646 second doses, according to the latest government figures.\n\nSaturday's daily figures showed Covid cases were down for the fourth consecutive day in the UK, with 31,795 new infections, a fall of almost 5,000 from the previous day.\n\nHowever, it is too soon to say whether cases have peaked given that the statistics do not capture the impact of unlocking that happened on 19 July.\n\nThe latest estimate of R - which measures how quickly the virus is spreading - is unchanged from the previous week at 1.2 to 1.4.\n\nIt means that on average, every 10 people infected with coronavirus goes on to infect between 12 and 14 others.", "The ambulance service was called after an incident on a swing ride\n\nSix people, including at least three children, have been taken to hospital following an incident on a swing ride at a funfair in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.\n\nTheir injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, the ambulance service said.\n\nEmergency services were called to the scene shortly before 18:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nA passenger on the ride told BBC News NI it was a \"terrifying experience\".\n\nThose injured were taken to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, the Royal Victoria Hospital, and Antrim Area Hospital.\n\nA number of other patients were also discharged at the scene.\n\nLee Toner, 29, who was on the ride with his partner when the incident happened, said the swings had started to knock into each other, and hit parts of the ride.\n\nLee Toner was on the ride with his partner when the incident happened\n\n\"As it took off, it started hitting the boards on the outside, and hitting the lights,\" he said.\n\n\"I was having to use my legs to push off the cart in front of me, the cart my partner was in was going into the back of me, going into the side boards as well.\"\n\nFour emergency ambulance crews, a rapid response vehicle, an ambulance and air ambulance attended the incident.\n\nThree fire appliances, a specialist rescue team and the Red Cross also attended.\n\nIt is understood the incident happened when the swings were close to the ground.\n\nA spokesperson for Planet Fun, which operates the funfair, said emergency procedures were taken after an incident on its ride, and at no stage did the ride collapse.\n\n\"We immediately sought assistance from the NI Ambulance Service,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"We have also reported the incident to the HSE and will co-operate fully with the agency to understand exactly what happened.\n\n\"Health and safety is central to all operations at Planet Fun and will offer whatever assistance is required to those customers affected.\"\n\nPlanet Fun said it would make no further comment until the HSE has completed its investigation.\n\nWriting on social media, Health Minister Robin Swann said his thoughts were \"with all who have been injured and affected by this incident\".\n\n\"I wish everyone a speedy recovery and I want to sincerely thank the ambulance, paramedics and fire crews that responded so rapidly to what could have been something more tragic,\" he said.\n\nThe main Belfast Road was closed for a period of time but has now re-opened to traffic.\n\nCheryl Johnston, a DUP councillor for the area said parents were \"extremely worried\" about the incident.\n\n\"There are young children, there are families. It is just awful,\" she said.\n\n\"So just hopefully everybody recovers. It's something I know we all didn't expect tonight, and I hope everybody can rally around.\"\n\nWere you at the funfair yesterday? Did you witness the incident? If you feel able to get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Retail sales enjoyed a springtime bounceback, with growth in High Street sales from April to June making it the best three months on record, industry body figures indicate.\n\nSales in the period rose 28.4% from a year ago, and were up 10.4% from 2019.\n\nJune's sunny weather and the Euro 2020 tournament helped to boost trade, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.\n\nBut the BRC warned that many retailers still faced \"strong headwinds\" as the UK economy recovers from the pandemic.\n\nIn June, fashion and footwear did well during the brief burst of sunshine, while the start of the Euro 2020 football championship provided a boost for TVs, snack food and beer.\n\nHowever, online sales remained much higher than their pre-pandemic levels, suggesting the shift to online was \"here to stay\", the BRC-KPMG retail sales report found.\n\nThere were also signs of a dilution in retail consumer spending as the hospitality and leisure sectors reopened, leading to a \"fight for share of wallet\", it said.\n\n\"Retailers are facing challenges on a number of fronts, particularly convincing consumers that it's safe to shop in store as restrictions around mask wearing and social distancing come to an end,\" said Paul Martin, UK head of retail at KPMG.\n\nBut he added that High Street retailers were hoping for a \"summer boost\" with the lifting of Covid restrictions.\n\nBRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said: \"The second quarter of 2021 saw exceptional growth as the gradual unlocking of the UK economy encouraged a release of pent-up demand built up over previous lockdowns.\n\n\"In June, while growth in food sales began to slow, non-food sales were bolstered by growing consumer confidence and the continued unleashing of consumer demand.\n\n\"With many people taking staycations, or cheaper UK-based holidays, many have found they have a little extra to spend at the shops, with strong growth in-store in June.\"\n\nFashion and footwear enjoyed a sales surge, said the BRC\n\nMs Dickinson said \"consumer comfort with the next stage of the roadmap\" would be key.\n\nMany customers were looking forward to a return to a more normal shopping experience, while others might be discouraged by changes in face-covering rules, she added.\n\nShe said the government would need to reassure the public on safety, while pushing forward with its \"hugely successful\" vaccination programme.\n\n\"The public will also need to be understanding of one another during the easing of restrictions,\" she warned.\n\n\"There has been a big rise in violence and abuse against retail workers during the pandemic and colleagues cannot be put in the firing line because of this change in policy.\"\n\nNew data from Barclaycard indicates that consumer spending rose 11.1% in June compared with the same period in 2019, as warmer weather and the easing of pandemic restrictions led to an economic uplift.\n\nBarclaycard said spending on fuel, hotels, resorts and accommodation all grew for the first time since the pandemic began, as holidaymakers booked and embarked on UK breaks.\n\nFace-to-face retail grew 9.7%, the credit card firm said. However, there were signs that pent-up demand was easing off, as clothing and furniture stores recorded smaller increases than in May.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. England fans react to penalty pain: \"It's a shame it's not coming home\"\n\nFans have reacted with disappointment as England lost to Italy on penalties in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nAround 60,000 fans at Wembley witnessed the Three Lions' defeat, while millions watched in pubs, fan zones and homes across the country.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - who were at Wembley with Prince George - congratulated the Italian side.\n\nLondon's Metropolitan Police said 49 arrests were made as of 02:00 BST, amid pre-match unrest at the stadium.\n\nIt added that 19 officers \"were injured while they confronted volatile crowds\".\n\n\"Heartbreaking. Congratulations Azzurri on a great victory,\" the royal couple wrote on Twitter.\n\n\"England, you've all come so far, but sadly this time it wasn't our day. You can all hold your heads high, and be so proud of yourselves - I know there's more to come.\"\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge appeared to struggle to watch England during the penalty shoot-out at Wembley\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said England \"played like heroes\", adding: \"They have done the nation proud and deserve great credit.\"\n\nLater he also tweeted condemnation of racist abuse directed at England players who missed penalties.\n\nHe said: \"This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media.\n\n\"Those responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves.\"\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said there was \"absolutely no place for racism in football or anywhere else\" and called on social media companies to remove and prevent hate.\n\nHe also tweeted that England had \"made history this tournament\", adding: \"Few have seen an England performance - or team - like the one you gave us this summer.\"\n\nMeanwhile, newspapers delayed their first editions as they attempted to sum up the feelings of a nation. \"Lions did us proud,\" the Metro's main headline said.\n\nThere was heartbreak for Three Lions fans who had gathered in Trafalgar Square\n\nDisappointed fans in central London react alongside a line of police officers separating England and Italy supporters\n\nThere were jubilant scenes across Italy, including in Venice, as fans celebrated their team's victory\n\nItalian fans were joyous at the Fori Imperiali fanzone in Rome after their team won the penalty shootout\n\nAt Birmingham's Luna Springs big screen venue, teenager Jack Smith said: \"I feel sorry for the lads who had to take a penalty after coming on cold.\n\n\"I thought some of the bigger names would've stepped forward.\"\n\nIn Newcastle, Millie Carson, 18, said: \"We have come so far, winning would have topped it all off.\n\n\"The team has brought the country together, everyone has been loving life in these hard times.\"\n\nAhead of the game there were chaotic scenes at Wembley, with footage showing dozens of fans trying to force their way past barriers to get into stadium.\n\nScotland Yard said there was a \"breach of security\" in the afternoon \"which resulted in a small number of people getting into the stadium without a ticket\".\n\n\"Officers worked closely with security officials to prevent any further breaches,\" the Met said in a statement.\n• None Queen and PM wish England well as Euro final looms", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland captain Harry Kane has told those behind the racist abuse of team-mates Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka: \"You're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n\nAll three players missed penalties in the 3-2 shootout loss to Italy in Sunday's Euro 2020 final.\n\nThey were targeted on social media after the game.\n\n\"They deserve support and backing, not the vile racist abuse they've had since last night,\" Kane said.\n\n\"Three lads who were brilliant all summer had the courage to step up and take a pen when the stakes were high,\" the Tottenham striker added on Twitter.\n\n\"If you abuse anyone on social media you're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n• None Boris Johnson failed leadership test over taking the knee, says Keir Starmer\n• None Southgate keen to lead England to Qatar but feels like 'stomach has been ripped out'\n• None 'It is down to me' - Southgate rallies round England penalty trio\n• None Pupils tell England team 'You're all heroes to us'\n\nDefender Tyrone Mings also took to Twitter to talk of his pride in the team reaching the final but added : \"Waking up today and seeing my brothers being racially abused for being brave enough to put themselves in a position to help this country, is something that sickens, but doesn't surprise me.\"\n\nHe went on to criticise Home Secretary Priti Patel who last month described players taking the knee against racism as \"gesture politics\".\n\nEarlier, manager Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse issued after the defeat was \"unforgivable\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and the Football Association also condemned it.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said \"it will not be tolerated\", while the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) has also launched an investigation.\n\nChief Constable Mark Roberts, the National Police Chiefs' Council Football Policing Lead, said police were working with Facebook, Instagram and Twitter \"and enquiries are already being progressed\".\n\n\"It's just not what we stand for,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"We have been a beacon of light in bringing people together, in people being able to relate to the national team, and the national team stands for everybody and so that togetherness has to continue.\n\n\"We have shown the power our country has when it does come together and has that energy and positivity together.\n\n\"It's my decision who takes the penalties, it's not a case of players not volunteering or more experienced players backing out.\"\n\nEngland and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham tweeted a picture of the three players wearing crowns and wrote: \"We win together and we lose together. So proud to have team-mates with such top character. As for the racism, hurtful but not surprising. Will never get bored of saying that more needs to be done. Educate and control the platforms.\"\n\nEuropean football's governing body Uefa condemned the \"disgusting racist abuse\", adding: \"We stand by the players and the FA's call for the strongest possible punishments.\"\n\nOn Monday, League Two side Leyton Orient said they had banned a fan for life in connection with the abuse.\n\n\"The supporter in question's actions on Twitter were alerted to the club late last night, and action has been taken swiftly to issue a banning order,\" the club said.\n\nMeanwhile, Premier League side Wolves said they had passed details to police after being alerted to racist abuse from one of their supporters.\n\nAnd a parish councillor in Shropshire has resigned after racist posts appeared on his personal Facebook page in the wake of England's defeat.\n\nPaul Bradbury, a member of Pontesbury Parish Council, said his account had been hacked.\n\nWest Mercia Police said it had arrested a man in his 60s from Minsterley, Shropshire, on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and he remained in police custody.\n\nEngland had reached their first final in a major tournament since winning the World Cup in 1966 and, despite taking the lead against Italy, drew 1-1 after extra time before a penalty shootout.\n\n\"This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media,\" said the prime minister.\n\nHe later started a Downing Street briefing by praising the players, adding: \"They brought joy to this country and to those who have been directing racist abuse I say 'shame on you and I hope you will crawl back under the rock from which you emerged'.\"\n\nEngland's players have taken a knee before games at the Euros to highlight the fight against racial inequality.\n\nOn the day the tournament started on 11 June, the prime minister did not condemn fans who jeered when England players took the knee during two warm-up games.\n\nInstead, Johnson said he wanted to see fans \"getting behind the team to cheer them on\" - and was then accused of not having \"the guts to call it out\" by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThe FA said it was \"appalled\" by the \"online racism\" directed at the three players following the defeat at Wembley.\n\nIt added: \"We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team.\n\n\"We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.\n\n\"We will continue to do everything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life consequences.\n\n\"Social media companies need to step up and take accountability and action to ban abusers from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support making their platforms free from this type of abhorrent abuse.\"\n\nIn February, the government threatened social media companies with \"large fines\" if they failed to tackle abuse on their platforms.\n\n\"It's unbelievable that we are still talking about it,\" FA chief executive Mark Bullingham told BBC Sport. \"We've been so clear, these social media companies need to act. They need to stamp it out and they can do that. \"We are reiterating a call for the government to bring in the Online Harms Bill as soon as they can. We don't think it's acceptable in any walk of life for this racist abuse to happen and we want it to stop.\"\n\nRashford highlighted racial abuse he received on social media in May after losing the Europa League final with Manchester United.\n\nAnd last year Sancho was among sport stars protesting against racism following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.\n\nSocial media companies have been criticised for a perceived lack of action on racist abuse on their platforms, and in April Instagram announced a tool to enable users to automatically filter out abusive messages from those they do not follow.\n\nFollowing numerous instances of online abuse, a number of clubs, players, athletes and sporting bodies took part in a four-day boycott of social media in April to encourage companies to take a stronger stance against racist and sexist abuse.\n\nOn the back of the abuse suffered by England's players after the Euro 2020 final, Facebook said it had recently announced tougher measures on its Instagram platform, including permanently deleting accounts that repeatedly send abusive direct messages.\n\n\"No one should have to experience racist abuse anywhere, and we don't want it on Instagram,\" said a Facebook spokesperson.\n\n\"We quickly removed comments and accounts directing abuse at England's footballers last night and we'll continue to take action against those that break our rules.\n\n\"In addition to our work to remove this content, we encourage all players to turn on Hidden Words, a tool which means no one has to see abuse in their comments or DMs.\n\n\"No one thing will fix this challenge overnight, but we're committed to keeping our community safe from abuse.\"\n\nTwitter said it had removed more than 1,000 posts over the past 24 hours and suspended a number of accounts for violating its rules.\n\nSouthgate said his team would \"heal together as a team now\" and that \"we're there for them [Sancho, Rashford and Saka] and I know that 99% of the public will be as well\".\n\nHe added: \"Bukayo in particular has been an absolute star in this tournament, incredible maturity and the way he has played has brought a smile to so many people's faces.\n\n\"He's become such a popular member of the group and I know he has got everybody's support.\"\n\nThe Professional Footballers' Association joined the condemnation, saying those responsible \"represent the worst of us\", and that the response from social media companies was \"insufficient\".\n\n\"Racist abuse causes trauma. It will impact the targeted players, their team-mates, and we know it will also affect their peers,\" the PFA said.\n\n\"It causes hurt to all the other fans who view online hate, and it will inevitably live with the next aspiring generation of young players.\"\n\nArsenal proud of Saka - and other reaction\n\nFormer England striker and BBC pundit Alan Shearer said he hoped \"social media companies expose these individuals\" who post online abuse.\n\n\"There are so many positives for social media but also so many negatives,\" Shearer told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"The positives are that it allows so many of these players and squad to show their personality on the pitch and, most importantly, off the pitch.\n\n\"But on the negative side, what on earth are people thinking about - when these guys have been brave enough to take a penalty - to go online and abuse these players?\n\n\"What is wrong with some people? It is just so sad and ridiculous. I hope the social media companies expose these individuals. Absolutely disgusting.\"\n\nSaka, who had his penalty saved by Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, was consoled by his team-mates and England manager Southgate following his spot-kick.\n\nThe 19-year-old has been at Arsenal since he was seven and the Gunners said they were \"proud\" of the winger's exploits at Euro 2020 and told him to \"hold your head high\".\n\n\"Last night we witnessed the leadership and character we've always known and loved in Bukayo,\" said an Arsenal statement.\n\n\"However, this feeling of pride quickly turned to sorrow at the racist comments our young player was subjected to on his social media platforms after the final whistle.\n\n\"Once again, we are sad to have to say we condemn the racism of a number of black players.\n\n\"This cannot continue and the social media platforms and authorities must act to ensure this disgusting abuse to which our players are subjected on a daily basis stops now.\n\n\"We have processes in place internally at Arsenal to ensure our players are supported both emotionally and practically on this issue but sadly there is only so much we can do.\"\n\nSeven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wrote on Instagram it \"shows how much work still needs to be done\" to tackle the problem of online racist abuse.\n\nFormer England defender Gary Neville criticised the stance of the prime minister and feared the worst when Sancho, Rashford and Saka missed their penalties.\n\n\"I wasn't surprised in the slightest that I woke up to those headlines,\" Neville told Sky News.\n\n\"I expected it the minute that the three players that missed, missed.\"\n\nThis is the biggest test yet for the social media giants in their attempts to crack down on racial abuse of footballers - and so far it's not going well.\n\nSuch is the volume of abusive comments that the companies rely increasingly on automated systems to weed it out. But these have severe limitations. On example - an orangutan emoji was used in an Instagram comment about one England footballer. But the user who reported it got a message saying \"our technology has found that this comment doesn't go against our Community Guidelines.\"\n\nThe message from Instagram went on to admit \"our technology isn't perfect\" - and made it clear that the human moderation team hadn't been able to review the decision because of the volume of reports.\n\nThere will be pressure on the companies to make it impossible to use certain words or emojis - but they will point to criticism from others who say they should not be policing speech that may be distasteful but is not illegal.", "High hopes and nerves gave way to fear and sorrow as England lost to Italy on penalties during their first major international final in 55 years.\n\nHere is a selection of photos before, during, and after the historic match.\n\nEmotions were on display as thousands of fans turned up to Wembley to show their support.\n\nThere was a festive atmosphere outside stadium.\n\nThis fan used the occasion to show off his England tattoos.\n\nThousands of supporters cheered and chanted in the build-up to the match.\n\nHopes were high as fans gathered around the country to watch the game.\n\nThe Red Arrows performed a flyover above Wembley Stadium in support of the England team.\n\nA large replica of The Henri Delaunay Trophy is seen while performers dance inside the stadium prior to kick-off.\n\nThis was English football's most important day for more than half a century and the team was urged on by a fervent crowd.\n\nEngland were up and running with an early goal from Luke Shaw after two minutes.\n\nFans in Manchester had barely settled into their seats before the opportunity for celebration.\n\nWembley grew anxious as Italy gained possession. Experience proved critical for the Azzurri (Blues).\n\nItaly dominated possession and Leonardo Bonucci restored parity from close range in the 67th minute.\n\nItaly's goal dampened the party atmosphere at the fan zone in Trafford Park, Manchester.\n\nIt was a very tough second half for England, with Italy in control. As extra time loomed, Giorgio Chiellini fouled Bukayo Saka.\n\nA tense period of extra time failed to find a winner, it was on to penalties.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge appeared unable to watch.\n\nUnder Gareth Southgate, the young side provided the nation with hope.\n\nEngland missed three of their five penalties, Marcus Rashford hitting a post and Gianluigi Donnarumma denying Jadon Sancho.\n\nItalian fans at home in Rome were tense as Jordan Pickford kept England hopes alive with saves from Andrea Belotti and Jorginho.\n\nArsenal teenager Bukayo Saka saw the giant Italy goalkeeper save his spot-kick.\n\nThe tearful 19-year-old Saka, who showed such courage to step forward, was consoled by his team-mates and manager.\n\nThe moment in Manchester when it became clear the dream was finally over\n\nIn the end, it was spot-kick suffering for England once again as jubilant Italian squad rushed towards their keeper to celebrate victory.\n\nItaly fans cheered in Piccadilly Circus in central London as their team won.\n\nThere were triumphant scenes across Italy. Here supporters celebrate in Piazza del Duomo in Milan.\n\nEngland fans at the Trafalgar Square Fan Zone in London were dejected after the loss.\n\nThe result was a familiar tale of disappointment.\n\nItaly edged over the line and both Southgate and his players looked devastated, as were the fans at Wembley.\n\nEngland's years of hurt go on. Dreams of a major trophy shattered once more.\n\nItaly's players and staff celebrated in front of their exultant fans. Euro 2020 was their sixth major tournament title, only Germany (seven) have won more.\n\nAs despondent fans made their way home, a huge clean-up operation began.\n\nAll photographs are subject to copyright.", "Nick, who makes video games, has seen his industry boom during the pandemic but he says that does not mean he and his team are still \"powering through\".\n\nAfter more than a year of rolling lockdowns, which have afforded him more time to speak to friends and family, Nick (not his real name) told the BBC he \"realised that life is a lot more fragile than it seemed\".\n\nHe says he has \"absolutely\" become less focused on his career since the beginning of the crisis.\n\nAnd he's not alone. That's according to a study by Aviva, which found 47% of employees were less career-focused because of the pandemic.\n\nAround two in five people said they could never switch off from work.\n\n\"One result of this always-on, ever-present culture is that 40% of employees are concerned about work-related burnout,\" the insurer said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to spot if you are suffering 'burnout'\n\nHalf of people complained that the boundary between work and home had become \"increasingly blurred\". And the impact of that has disproportionately affected women, with 46% concerned about burnout - compared to 35% of men.\n\nMeanwhile, 24% of women said the pandemic had a negative impact on their work-life balance. That compares to 16% of men.\n\nDebbie Bullock, wellbeing lead at Aviva, told the BBC's Today programme that the pandemic and lockdown had \"given people pause for thought about where work fits into their lives\".\n\nShe added that technology and the digital age meant it had \"become harder for some people to switch off\" from work.\n\n\"The pandemic may have been a collective experience, but the impact has been fragmented in so many ways, with women especially facing particularly acute stresses from the blurring of lines between home and work,\" Ms Bullock said.\n\nShe said it was important for employers to be aware and respond to the difficulties staff are facing and take action to help: \"If you don't make time for wellness you are going to have to potentially make time for illness.\"\n\nNick said: \"From a business perspective, happy [and] satisfied people will stick around and do their best work, but also, at the end of the day, what's the point of always doing more if it makes us miserable?\"\n\nAviva's study of more than 2,000 employees of larger companies found that just 14% would favour returning to the office full time, with 15% saying they would prefer to work from home five days a week.\n\nMen were more likely to favour a full return to the office, while more women said they would rather work from home full time.\n\nAviva said employers would need to \"carefully examine\" how they bring staff back to avoid deepening the gender divide between men and women.\n\nIt warned of \"the risk that those - often women - with primary care roles for their children or parents are put under increasing strain\".\n\n\"The journey towards the workplace of the future has been accelerated by the pandemic,\" Aviva's Ms Bullock said.\n\n\"Employees will look for something in return to encourage them back to the office, and employers must ensure offices become a destination for collaborating, mentoring and socialising to rebuild relationships.\"\n\nLast month, dating app Bumble shut its offices for a week to combat workplace stress. Its 700 staff worldwide were told to switch off and focus on themselves.\n\nOne senior executive at the firm tweeted that founder Whitney Wolfe Herd had made the move \"having correctly intuited our collective burnout\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe family of a woman who is in prison in Kuwait have urged the UK government to help to secure her release.\n\nSara Assayed, 35, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, works as a primary school teacher in Kuwait City, where she has been living since she was 17.\n\nShe was jailed for 10 years in March 2021 when drugs were allegedly found in her car. Despite being cleared on appeal last month, she remains in jail.\n\nThe Foreign Office confirmed it was assisting a British national.\n\nThe Kuwaiti government has been asked to comment.\n\nMs Assayed was arrested in March 2019 after she was stopped in her car on her way home from school with another teacher, and police officers alleged drugs were found in the vehicle.\n\nAfter being unable to leave the country for months while on bail, Ms Assayed was jailed.\n\nThe teacher won an appeal against her conviction appeal on 15 June and has been told the Kuwaiti authorities intend to deport her to the UK.\n\nBut her family say she is still in prison, where she has been kept in a solitary cell.\n\nSara Assayed's parents have been trying to secure her release\n\nHer mother Helen Conibear and father Ziad Assayed, who live in Barry, have described the situation as \"heart-breaking\" and said it was taking a terrible toll on their daughter's mental health.\n\n\"We're just worried and she's crying. She calls at night and she's crying,\" Mr Assayed told BBC Wales.\n\nThey say their daughter always maintained her innocence and was not allowed to speak during her trial, which lasted just minutes.\n\nThe Kuwaiti appeal court quashed her conviction last month after ruling there was insufficient evidence.\n\nShe remains in jail and the process to begin her deportation appears to have stalled.\n\nHer parents said they have been bitterly disappointed with the response from the British Embassy in Kuwait and from the Foreign Office.\n\nThey said they have spent about £20,000 in legal fees.\n\n\"Every time I contact the Foreign Office they say: 'We can't do anything',\" said Mr Assayed.\n\nMr Assayed is a Jordanian-born engineer and his family spent several years living and working in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.\n\nThe family moved to Kuwait in 2002, and Ms Assayed decided to continue her education and career in the country when her parents later returned to Barry.\n\nMs Assayed, 35, has been living in Kuwait since she was 18\n\n\"We're all trying. The whole family is trying,\" said Ms Conibear. \"We've sent emails to MPs, we've tried everything.\"\n\nMr Assayed added: \"From the beginning, we believe that the police investigation was all fabricated. They took her car, they put something in the car and then it came back.\"\n\nHe later visited Sara in the prison in the Kuwaiti desert and described the conditions as \"overcrowded\" and \"inhumane\".\n\nHe added: \"We were waiting for her to be deported. Kuwaiti law says that anyone who was involved in a case, whether guilty or not guilty, has to be deported from Kuwait.\"\n\nSara Assayed has been cleared of any wrongdoing but is still in prison awaiting deportation\n\nThe family have tried to get assistance from charities including Prisoners Abroad and Amnesty International, but were told they could not help in Sara's case.\n\n\"We just want them to accelerate her deportation,\" Mr Assayed said.\n\n\"The worst feeling is the feeling of being helpless. She needs our help and we can't help her. She's there for the wrong reasons. It's unjust for her to be in prison when she's innocent.\n\n\"She wants to hear news about her case and nobody is telling her anything. We just need to know some dates so she can have hope. She doesn't have hope.\"\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said: \"We are assisting a British national who is detained in Kuwait and are in touch with their family and the local authorities.\"", "Thousands have taken to the streets in Cuba, in protest over the government’s handling of both coronavirus and the economy.\n\nIt’s unusual to see people demonstrate openly in the tightly-controlled Communist-run island, as those speaking out risk being detained.\n\nHowever, pro-government supporters of President Miguel Díaz-Cane also came to his defence, after the president himself urged people to “defend the revolution”.", "Police remain in the area to intercept any further packages\n\nPackages of cocaine with an estimated street value of £2m have been found floating off an East Sussex beach.\n\nThe drugs were first discovered in the water off Seaford on Thursday, with several further finds made since.\n\nPolice remained in the area in an attempt to intercept any further packages, and officers urged anyone who makes a discovery to call 999.\n\nThree men arrested on suspicion of importing class-A drugs have been released on bail, Sussex Police said.\n\nA man and a woman arrested on suspicion of other drugs offences have also been bailed.\n\nTwo consignments of cocaine were found in Hastings and Newhaven in May\n\nIn May, the National Crime Agency started an investigation after dozens of waterproof bags containing 960kg of cocaine were found on beaches in Hastings and Newhaven.\n\nThe NCA estimated that haul, if cut and sold in the UK, would have fetched £80m.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHeavy rain has caused flash floods in various parts of London.\n\nCars have been submerged as roads filled with water while train services have also been cancelled.\n\nPhotos on social media showed parts of south-west London including Barnes, Raynes Park and Richmond had been affected, as had areas of north London including Golders Green and Highgate.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade tweeted it had received more than 150 calls about flooding in south-west London alone.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPolice based in south-west London advised drivers to avoid the area around Raynes Park station due to the flooding.\n\n\"Roads are flooded and dangerous to drive down,\" they warned.\n\nMPS Westminster also tweeted people had been evacuated from buildings after flooding hit parts of Hammersmith including Colville Terrace, Holland Road and Ladbroke Grove.\n\nNorth Kensington was one of the places hit by heavy rainfall\n\nA lightning strike has also damaged signalling at Epsom affecting trains between London Waterloo and Dorking.\n\nOperators have said trains could be cancelled or delayed with commuters advised to check before they travel.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Gareth Furby This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTrains in and out of London Euston have been cancelled due to the tracks being flooded\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson set out England's reopening on 19 July: \"The pandemic is not over\"\n\nEngland will move to the final stage of easing Covid restrictions on 19 July, ministers have confirmed.\n\nIt means almost all legal restrictions on social contact will be removed.\n\nBut the prime minister said it was vital to proceed with \"caution\", warning \"this pandemic is not over\" .\n\nThe peak of the current wave is not expected before mid-August and could lead to between 1,000 and 2,000 hospital admissions per day, according to government scientists.\n\nCentral estimates from modellers advising the government also show that Covid deaths are expected to be between 100 and 200 per day at the peak, although there is a large amount of uncertainty.\n\nEarlier, the health secretary told the House of Commons cases could reach 100,000 a day later in the summer but he did not believe this would put \"unsustainable pressure on the NHS\".\n\nVaccinations had created a \"protective wall\", which would mean we could \"withstand a summer wave\", Sajid Javid added.\n\nBoris Johnson later told a Downing Street press conference that coronavirus \"continues to carry risks for you and your family\".\n\n\"We cannot simply revert instantly from Monday July 19 to life as it was before Covid,\" he said.\n\nThe prime minister added that he hoped the roadmap would be \"irreversible\" but \"in order to have that, it has also got to be a cautious approach\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sajid Javid on England's lockdown easing: \"If not now, when?\"\n\nWhile virtually all legal restrictions will be lifted, some guidance will remain.\n\nFor example, the legal requirement to wear face coverings in some enclosed public places will be removed but Mr Javid said they were still \"expected and recommended\" in crowded indoor areas.\n\nNightclubs will also be allowed to reopen for the first time since March 2020 and capacity limits will be removed for all venues and events.\n\nThere will no longer be any limits on how many people can meet and the 1m-plus distancing rule will be removed.\n\nBut nightclubs and other venues with large crowds will be encouraged to use Covid status certification - so-called domestic vaccine passports - \"as a matter of social responsibility\", the prime minister said.\n\nThese would allow people to show they are double-jabbed, have had a negative test result or have natural immunity after recovering from Covid-19, using the NHS app.\n\nIn guidance published after the press conference, the government said it \"reserves the right\" to make certification mandatory in certain venues if necessary in the future.\n\nGovernment guidance to work from home where possible will be lifted, but ministers are encouraging a gradual return to the workplace.\n\nMr Javid also said people should act with \"personal responsibility\" and \"try to meet people outside where possible\".\n\nThe requirement to self-isolate if you are contacted by NHS Test and Trace will remain in place until 16 August, when it will be relaxed for people who are fully vaccinated and for the under-18s. If someone tests positive for the virus they will still be legally required to self-isolate.\n\nWales is due to review its restrictions on 15 July, while Scotland is expected to move to level 0 - the lowest level of restrictions in its roadmap - on 19 July and lift most legal restrictions on 9 August. Northern Ireland is due to ease some Covid measures on 26 July.\n\nFreedom Day, as it has been dubbed, is on.\n\nBut make no mistake this is not where England - and the rest of the UK for that matter - hoped it would be.\n\nHospital admissions will almost certainly rise above 1,000 a day in the coming weeks - similar to what the NHS would see in the depths of winter for all types of respiratory infection.\n\nIt's not enough to overwhelm the NHS, but it does mean less non-Covid care.\n\nHowever, infection rates were always going to rise at this point of the unlocking and so the big question is when and at what point this wave will peak.\n\nThere's huge uncertainty about this. Small things can make a big difference, including how people behave.\n\nThat's why government scientists have pushed behind the scenes for ministers to change tone on mask-wearing in crowded indoor places - if nothing else it reinforces the message that infection rates still do matter.\n\nBut those same scientists are also in broad agreement that now is the best time, rather than wait until the autumn when other viruses like flu begin to circulate.\n\nThe decision is a gamble, but it's a calculated one, they say.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said the \"overwhelming view\" of the scientific community was that moving \"slowly\" through the next step of easing restrictions was \"essential\".\n\n\"The slower we take it, the fewer people will have Covid, the smaller the peak will be, and the smaller the number of people who go into hospital and die,\" he said.\n\nBy moving slowly, he said modelling suggested the pressure on the NHS would not be \"unsustainable\".\n\nProf Whitty said there was less agreement on the \"ideal date\" to lift restrictions as there is \"no such thing as an ideal date\" .\n\nHowever, he said a further delay would mean opening up when schools return in autumn, or in winter, when the virus has an advantage and hospitals are under more pressure.\n\nHe added that while the numbers of people being admitted to hospital with Covid were \"not trivial\", they were rising at a much lower rate than previous waves.\n\nLabour criticised the government's approach to unlocking on 19 July as \"high risk\" and \"fatalistic\".\n\nShadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth told MPs in the Commons: \"Instead of caution [the health secretary] is putting his foot down the on the accelerator while throwing the seat belt off.\"\n\n\"That means potentially thousands [of people] suffering debilitating Long Covid. It means, as more cases arise, potentially more escape and the threat of new more transmissible variants emerging,\" he added.\n\nThe British Chambers of Commerce said many businesses would be \"sighing with relief\" to get the green light to reopen but they \"still don't have the full picture they desperately need to properly plan for unlocking\".\n\nClaire Walker, co-executive director, said: \"Business leaders aren't public health experts and cannot be expected to know how best to operate when confusing and sometimes contradictory advice is coming from official sources.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded 34,471 new cases, as well as six deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt is the sixth consecutive day cases have been above 30,000.\n\nThe number of deaths recorded on Mondays are often lower due to reporting lags over the weekend.\n\nMore than 45.9 million people - or 87% of adults in the UK - have now had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. And more than 34.8 million - around two-thirds of adults - have had both doses.\n\nThe final stage of England's roadmap out of lockdown, which was originally scheduled for 21 June, was delayed to allow more people to be vaccinated.\n\nMr Javid said the government was \"on track\" to beat its target to offer every adult a first dose by 19 July.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse aimed at Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy was \"unforgivable\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson and the Football Association also condemned it.\n\nAll three players missed penalties in the 3-2 shootout loss and were targeted on social media after the game.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said \"it will not be tolerated\".\n\n\"It's just not what we stand for,\" said Southgate.\n\n\"We have been a beacon of light in bringing people together, in people being able to relate to the national team, and the national team stands for everybody and so that togetherness has to continue.\n\n\"We have shown the power our country has when it does come together and has that energy and positivity together.\n\n\"It's my decision who takes the penalties, it's not a case of players not volunteering or more experienced players backing out.\"\n\nEngland and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham tweeted a picture of the three players wearing crowns and wrote: \"We win together and we lose together. So proud to have team-mates with such top character. As for the racism, hurtful but not surprising. Will never get bored of saying that more needs to be done. Educate and control the platforms.\"\n• None Boris Johnson failed leadership test over taking the knee, says Keir Starmer\n• None Southgate keen to lead England to Qatar but feels like 'stomach has been ripped out'\n• None 'It is down to me' - Southgate rallies round England penalty trio\n• None Pupils tell England team 'You're all heroes to us'\n\nEuropean football's governing body Uefa condemned the \"disgusting racist abuse\", adding: \"We stand by the players and the FA's call for the strongest possible punishments.\"\n\nOn Monday, League Two side Leyton Orient said they had banned a fan for life in connection with the abuse.\n\n\"The supporter in question's actions on Twitter were alerted to the club late last night, and action has been taken swiftly to issue a banning order,\" the club said.\n\nEngland had reached their first final in a major tournament since winning the World Cup in 1966 and, despite taking the lead against Italy, drew 1-1 after extra time before a penalty shootout.\n\n\"This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media,\" said the prime minister.\n\nHe later started a Downing Street briefing by praising the players, adding: \"They brought joy to this country and to those who have been directing racist abuse I say 'shame on you and I hope you will crawl back under the rock from which you emerged'.\"\n\nEngland's players have taken a knee before games at the Euros to highlight the fight against racial inequality.\n\nOn the day the tournament started on 11 June, the prime minister did not condemn fans who jeered when England players took the knee during two warm-up games.\n\nInstead, Johnson said he wanted to see fans \"getting behind the team to cheer them on\" - and was then accused of not having \"the guts to call it out\" by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThe FA said it was \"appalled\" by the \"online racism\" directed at the three players following the defeat at Wembley.\n\nIt added: \"We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team.\n\n\"We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.\n\n\"We will continue to do everything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life consequences.\n\n\"Social media companies need to step up and take accountability and action to ban abusers from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support making their platforms free from this type of abhorrent abuse.\"\n\nIn February, the government threatened social media companies with \"large fines\" if they failed to tackle abuse on their platforms.\n\n\"It's unbelievable that we are still talking about it,\" FA chief executive Mark Bullingham told BBC Sport. \"We've been so clear, these social media companies need to act. They need to stamp it out and they can do that. \"We are reiterating a call for the government to bring in the Online Harms Bill as soon as they can. We don't think it's acceptable in any walk of life for this racist abuse to happen and we want it to stop.\"\n\nRashford highlighted racial abuse he received on social media in May after losing the Europa League final with Manchester United.\n\nAnd last year Sancho was among sport stars protesting against racism following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.\n\nSocial media companies have been criticised for a perceived lack of action on racist abuse on their platforms, and in April Instagram announced a tool to enable users to automatically filter out abusive messages from those they do not follow.\n\nFollowing numerous instances of online abuse, a number of clubs, players, athletes and sporting bodies took part in a four-day boycott of social media in April to encourage companies to take a stronger stance against racist and sexist abuse.\n\nOn the back of the abuse suffered by England's players after the Euro 2020 final, Facebook said it had recently announced tougher measures on its Instagram platform, including permanently deleting accounts that repeatedly send abusive direct messages.\n\n\"No one should have to experience racist abuse anywhere, and we don't want it on Instagram,\" said a Facebook spokesperson.\n\n\"We quickly removed comments and accounts directing abuse at England's footballers last night and we'll continue to take action against those that break our rules.\n\n\"In addition to our work to remove this content, we encourage all players to turn on Hidden Words, a tool which means no one has to see abuse in their comments or DMs.\n\n\"No one thing will fix this challenge overnight, but we're committed to keeping our community safe from abuse.\"\n\nTwitter said it had removed more than 1,000 posts over the past 24 hours and suspended a number of accounts for violating its rules.\n\nSouthgate said his team would \"heal together as a team now\" and that \"we're there for them [Sancho, Rashford and Saka] and I know that 99% of the public will be as well\".\n\nHe added: \"Bukayo in particular has been an absolute star in this tournament, incredible maturity and the way he has played has brought a smile to so many people's faces.\n\n\"He's become such a popular member of the group and I know he has got everybody's support.\"\n\nThe Professional Footballers' Association joined the condemnation, saying those responsible \"represent the worst of us\", and that the response from social media companies was \"insufficient\".\n\n\"Racist abuse causes trauma. It will impact the targeted players, their team-mates, and we know it will also affect their peers,\" the PFA said.\n\n\"It causes hurt to all the other fans who view online hate, and it will inevitably live with the next aspiring generation of young players.\"\n\nArsenal proud of Saka - and other reaction\n\nFormer England striker and BBC pundit Alan Shearer said he hoped \"social media companies expose these individuals\" who post online abuse.\n\n\"There are so many positives for social media but also so many negatives,\" Shearer told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"The positives are that it allows so many of these players and squad to show their personality on the pitch and, most importantly, off the pitch.\n\n\"But on the negative side, what on earth are people thinking about - when these guys have been brave enough to take a penalty - to go online and abuse these players?\n\n\"What is wrong with some people? It is just so sad and ridiculous. I hope the social media companies expose these individuals. Absolutely disgusting.\"\n\nSaka, who had his penalty saved by Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, was consoled by his team-mates and England manager Southgate following his spot-kick.\n\nThe 19-year-old has been at Arsenal since he was seven and the Gunners said they were \"proud\" of the winger's exploits at Euro 2020 and told him to \"hold your head high\".\n\n\"Last night we witnessed the leadership and character we've always known and loved in Bukayo,\" said an Arsenal statement.\n\n\"However, this feeling of pride quickly turned to sorrow at the racist comments our young player was subjected to on his social media platforms after the final whistle.\n\n\"Once again, we are sad to have to say we condemn the racism of a number of black players.\n\n\"This cannot continue and the social media platforms and authorities must act to ensure this disgusting abuse to which our players are subjected on a daily basis stops now.\n\n\"We have processes in place internally at Arsenal to ensure our players are supported both emotionally and practically on this issue but sadly there is only so much we can do.\"\n\nSeven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wrote on Instagram it \"shows how much work still needs to be done\" to tackle the problem of online racist abuse.\n\nFormer England defender Gary Neville criticised the stance of the prime minister and feared the worst when Sancho, Rashford and Saka missed their penalties.\n\n\"I wasn't surprised in the slightest that I woke up to those headlines,\" Neville told Sky News.\n\n\"I expected it the minute that the three players that missed, missed.\"\n\nThis is the biggest test yet for the social media giants in their attempts to crack down on racial abuse of footballers - and so far it's not going well.\n\nSuch is the volume of abusive comments that the companies rely increasingly on automated systems to weed it out. But these have severe limitations. On example - an orangutan emoji was used in an Instagram comment about one England footballer. But the user who reported it got a message saying \"our technology has found that this comment doesn't go against our Community Guidelines.\"\n\nThe message from Instagram went on to admit \"our technology isn't perfect\" - and made it clear that the human moderation team hadn't been able to review the decision because of the volume of reports.\n\nThere will be pressure on the companies to make it impossible to use certain words or emojis - but they will point to criticism from others who say they should not be policing speech that may be distasteful but is not illegal.", "A picture showing a line of police before the ticket barriers\n\nA small number of ticketless fans broke into Wembley Stadium for the Euro 2020 final, after videos showed crowds pushing through barriers, police said.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates.\n\nThe FA said it was \"entirely unacceptable\" and those involved were \"an embarrassment to the England team\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it had worked with security staff to prevent further breaches and also supported officials in ejecting ticketless fans.\n\nThe FA said it would \"work with the relevant authorities to take action against anyone who is identified to have illegally forced their way into the stadium\".\n\nThe statement from police came after Wembley Stadium initially denied that anyone without a ticket had gained entry, saying: \"There were no security breaches of people without tickets getting inside the stadium.\"\n\nIn a later statement, a stadium spokesperson said: \"There was a breach of security and a small group of people got into the stadium.\n\n\"We are now working closely with stadium stewards and security to remove these people. Anyone inside the stadium without a ticket will be instantly ejected.\"\n\nFootage from inside Wembley showed fans fighting, apparently after some had forced through a door.\n\nAnd the BBC's Howard Nurse said it took until half-time for stewards to clear the gantry section meant for disabled spectators at Wembley.\n\n\"The area was rammed with people who should not have been there and it was quite an edgy situation,\" he said.\n\nHealth minister Edward Argar told Sky News action would be taken against those who had broken the law.\n\nHe said: \"It is sad when a very small number of people, a tiny minority, bring the sport into disrepute by trying to do something like this.\n\n\"Again, I would say they are not reflective of the fans of our national game and our national team.\"\n\nA large crowd was also trying to enter the fan zone in Trafalgar Square without tickets shortly before kick-off, the Met Police said.\n\nPolice said they had been \"engaging with the crowd and telling them to disperse\".\n\nAt Wembley, a man was taken to hospital after he was hit by a bus on High Road. Police said the bus driver stopped at the scene and the man's injuries were not said to be life-threatening.\n\nWembley Way was packed before the final\n\nIn footage taken at Wembley Stadium and posted by video blogger Paul Brown, fans could be seen jumping over barriers and grappling with stewards and police, as some of them were ejected.\n\nMr Brown said there were not enough police to deal with the size of the crowd.\n\nBBC News producer Warren Moran said he saw people without tickets forcing their way through the turnstiles, but could not say whether they were later ejected from the stadium.\n\nHe said dozens of people were pushing through the gates for disabled people, which were open.\n\nA video posted by Sky Sports reporter Michelle Owen showed several fans streaming over barriers as stewards looked on.\n\nShe said: \"If this is even crossing your mind, don't. You don't get far. Please don't ruin it for everyone at Wembley.\"\n\nIn addition to videos of crowds pushing past barriers, some witnesses said they had seen people getting in by \"tailgating\" behind ticket-holders through the turnstiles.\n\nThe Daily Telegraph's Ben Rumsby posted on Twitter that he and others had seen examples of this in the build-up to the final.\n\nWere you at Wembley? Did you see people break in without tickets? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Heathrow's Terminal 5 saw long queues at security on Monday morning because of the absence of more than 100 staff.\n\nThe airport said the issue had arisen because the security staff were instructed to self-isolate by the NHS Test and Trace app.\n\nSome passengers experienced lengthy queues from 06:00. Many complained that there was limited social distancing.\n\nIt comes as the government faces calls to bring forward changes to Covid self-isolation rules.\n\nThe disruption affected only Terminal 5 and did not involve Border Force officers.\n\nSome passengers complained on Twitter about \"total chaos\" and posted pictures of large crowds at the terminal.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOne passenger, Kathryn Wylie, was travelling to Glasgow when she was caught up in the disruption. \"It was manic,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"In Terminal 5, both security queues were backed up, with little being done to move people forward who had the closest upcoming flights.\n\n\"Luckily, one lady came through handing out water, but I'm not sure that went on very long.\n\n\"Once you finally got through to the security screening, there were maybe only two to four of the belts functioning, which made the whole process even more drawn out.\"\n\nKathryn said that once she was on board the plane, its departure was delayed for another hour to allow people to get onto the flight who had not yet made it through security.\n\nKeaton Stone, a BBC producer on The Sky at Night, also tweeted about the queues.\n\n\"Never seen Heathrow so busy!!!!\" he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMost Covid restrictions are due to end on 19 July, however planned changes to self-isolation rules are not expected until 16 August at the earliest.\n\nBut many companies, especially in the hospitality and leisure sectors, say their reopening plans are in disarray due to the number of staff having to isolate because they have come into close contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid.\n\nOn Monday, business lobby group the CBI urged ministers to bring forward changes to the rules, saying it would help ensure reopening was a \"confident\" not \"anxious\" process.\n\nA Heathrow spokesperson said: \"Earlier today, we experienced some passenger congestion in Terminal 5 departures, due to colleagues being instructed to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace.\n\n\"We have activated additional team members to assist passengers with their journeys and the operation has now returned to normal. We apologise to our passengers for any inconvenience caused.\"\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care has been approached for comment on the NHS test and Trace app.\n\nAre you affected by the disruption? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video shows fans breaking through a Wembley Stadium entrance before the final\n\nThe Football Association (FA) will conduct a full review after a \"large number of drunken yobs\" tried to force their way in to Wembley without tickets ahead of the Euro 2020 final.\n\nFans fought with stewards and police as they attempted to break through gates.\n\nFA chief executive Mark Bullingham apologised to legitimate fans who were affected and said the security team had \"never seen anything like it\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it worked with security to prevent breaches.\n\nMr Bullingham said he was not sure those who broke in were real fans.\n\n\"There were a large number of drunken yobs trying to force their way in, we run a stadium not a fortress,\" he said.\n\n\"I have to apologise to any fans whose experience was affected and any of the team who had to cope with this.\"\n\nHe said the FA would work with the police to ban anyone who had forced their way in and to prevent such an event happening again.\n\nDowning Street has criticised those who stormed the stadium without tickets.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"Those scenes were unacceptable and we condemn violence, anti-social behaviour and abuse in the strongest possible terms.\"\n\nLis Nixon, 62, from Oxfordshire, who was at the match, said it was \"horrible\" and \"put you off going\".\n\nShe said she was pushed and crushed while queuing to get into the stadium and said once inside, there were large numbers of ticketless fans in rows and blocking exits with some people so drunk they had fallen to the ground and were just left there.\n\nShe said the stewards were \"overwhelmed\" and had \"lost control\" of the situation.\n\nRoberta Cuppari (right) with her friend at Wembley\n\nItaly supporter Roberta Cuppari said she and her friend had to watch the match crushed in a corner while being sworn at and abused after ticketless fans took their seats and refused to move.\n\n\"It was the worst thing I have ever seen,\" said the 38-year-old mother-of-three. \"There were people urinating, people doing drugs.\"\n\nShe said people had pushed through behind them at the entrance, refusing to show their tickets or proof of Covid tests but security had not done anything, even when she had called for help.\n\nMs Cuppari, from Weybridge, Surrey, said it was unsafe and she was glad not to have brought her seven-year-old son, who would have been \"put off football for life\".\n\nA Football Association spokesperson initially denied anyone without a ticket had gained entry, saying there were \"no security breaches of people without tickets getting inside the stadium\".\n\nIn a later statement, a stadium spokesperson said: \"There was a breach of security and a small group of people got into the stadium.\n\n\"We are now working closely with stadium stewards and security to remove these people. Anyone inside the stadium without a ticket will be instantly ejected.\"\n\nFormer footballer Dominic Matteo said he had decided not to go into Wembley, despite having a ticket for the match, because of concerns for safety having had health issues in recent years.\n\nHe said he felt sorry for the stewards who were not equipped to deal with the situation with people \"running in from all different angles just up to no good\".\n\n\"It was very scary. I'm 47 years old, I'm a man, I can look after myself, but it felt very intimidating and them people trying to get in, they got in through the disabled entrance, which is scandalous,\" he said.\n\nA large crowd had also been trying to enter the fan zone in Trafalgar Square without tickets shortly before kick-off, the Met Police said.\n\nPolice said they had been \"engaging with the crowd and telling them to disperse\".\n\nSome people inside Wembley said there had been fans standing on the concourse for the entire first half, watching the match.\n\nAfter the match, riot police could be seen breaking through crowds outside Wembley Stadium as fans departed.\n\nBeer bottles were thrown amid chants against Italy. The Met Police said there had been 45 arrests by officers policing the final, with 19 officers injured \"while they confronted volatile crowds\".\n\nPolice forces across the country said they had been called to 875 incidents relating to the match - more than double the number during any previous football tournament. There were 246 arrests.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said the \"violent minority\" who assaulted officers were not \"true fans\".\n\nThe FA, prime minister and Duke of Cambridge have also condemned the racist abuse aimed at penalty-takers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka.\n\nThe UK Football Policing Unit said it had launched an investigation to identify those posting racist abuse on social media.\n\nThe unsavoury scenes at Wembley before and during England's Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy were the result of an uneasy, threatening undercurrent of tension that had been building up throughout the day.\n\nSeveral hours before kick-off, thousands of fans, many fuelled by alcohol, were packed into areas around the stadium in an increasingly frenzied atmosphere that always threatened to get out of hand.\n\nSecurity was ineffective and it is rare at a major final for supporters to be able to get so close to the stadium without tickets. I was offered money for my accreditation lanyard just yards from the media entrance - unthinkable at any such showpiece event I have previously attended.\n\nInevitably, the situation boiled over into the frightening sight of barriers being stormed by scores of ticketless fans desperate to get inside Wembley, with children left terrified, others knocked to the ground, aisles full and the area reserved for disabled spectators swamped with supporters looking for anywhere to sit.\n\nFans who had legitimately paid to watch England's first major final for 55 years were left struggling to watch the game.\n\nStewards, perhaps understandably, were overwhelmed by the numbers they were having to deal with. It certainly did not appear to be a \"small group\" as originally stated.\n\nWere you at Wembley? Did you see people break in without tickets? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Watch the decisive final penalties of the dramatic shootout as Italy beat England 3-2 on spot-kicks to win the European Championship after a tense 120 minutes ended 1-1 at Wembley.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland forward Marcus Rashford apologised for his penalty miss but said he \"will never apologise for who I am\" after he was one of three players subjected to racist abuse following England's Euro 2020 final defeat.\n\nRashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka missed their spot-kicks as Italy won 3-2 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.\n\nAll three players were targeted on social media after the game.\n\n\"I felt as if I'd let everyone down,\" Rashford wrote in a statement.\n\nThe 23-year-old Manchester United attacker added: \"I can take critique of my performance all day long, my penalty was not good enough, it should have gone in but I will never apologise for who I am and where I came from.\n\n\"I've felt no prouder moment than wearing those three lions on my chest and seeing my family cheer me on in a crowd of tens of thousands.\"\n• None Hate Won't Win: Your messages of appreciation to England team\n• None Southgate keen to lead England to Qatar but feels like 'stomach has been ripped out'\n• None Pupils tell England team 'You're all heroes to us'\n\nA mural in Rashford's hometown of Withington was defaced after his penalty miss, before it was covered in messages of support.\n\nOn Monday, England boss Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse was \"unforgivable\", and Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Football Association also condemned it.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said \"it will not be tolerated\", while the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) has also launched an investigation.\n\n\"I don't even know where to start and I don't even know how to put into words how I am feeling at this exact time.\n\n\"I've had a difficult season, I think that's been clear for everyone to see and I probably went into that final with a lack of confidence. I've always backed myself for a penalty, but something didn't feel quite right.\n\n\"During the long run-up I was saving myself a bit of time and unfortunately the result was not what I wanted. I felt as though I had let my team-mates down. I felt as if I'd let everyone down. A penalty was all I'd been asked to contribute for the team. I can score penalties in my sleep, so why not that one?\n\n\"It's been playing in my head over and over since I struck the ball and there's probably not a word to quite describe how it feels. Final. 55 years. 1 penalty. History. All I can say is sorry. I wish it had of gone differently.\n\n\"Whilst I continue to say sorry I want to shout out my team-mates. This summer has been one of the best camps I've experienced and you've all played a role in that.\n\n\"A brotherhood has been built that is unbreakable. Your success is my success. Your failures are mine.\n\n\"I've grown into a sport where I expected to read things written about myself.\n\n\"Whether it be the colour of my skin, where I grew up, or, most recently, how I decide to spend my time off the pitch.\n\n\"I can take critique of my performance all day long, my penalty was not good enough, it should have gone in but I will never apologise for who I am and where I came from. I've felt no prouder moment than wearing those three lions on my chest and seeing my family cheer me on in a crowd of tens of thousands.\n\n\"I dreamt of days like this. The messages I've received today have been positively overwhelming and seeing the response in Withington had me on the verge of tears. The communities that always wrapped their arms around me continue to hold me up.\n\n\"I'm Marcus Rashford, 23-year-old black man from Withington and Wythenshawe, South Manchester. If I have nothing else I have that. For all the kind messages thank you. I'll be back stronger. We'll be back stronger.\"\n\nThe Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) says shared data with Channel 4 news after the Euro 2020 final highlighted that more than 850,000 tweets were analysed across the whole tournament and showed:\n• None 167 posts were considered to be \"high-risk\" abuse.\n\nThe PFA said that, while a number of these tweets were delete, the accounts have not been permanently suspended by Twitter.\n\n\"Our preliminary analysis suggests the volume of abuse flagged around the Euro 2020 final, aimed mainly at Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling, was higher than the rest of the tournament combined,\" the PFA added.\n\nTwitter said it had removed more than 1,000 posts over the past 24 hours and suspended a number of accounts for violating its rules.\n\nFacebook said it had recently announced tougher measures on its Instagram platform, including permanently deleting accounts that repeatedly send abusive direct messages.\n\n'You're not England fans and we don't want you'\n\nEngland captain Harry Kane has told those behind the racist abuse of Rashford, Sancho and Saka: \"You're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n\nThe Tottenham striker added on Twitter: \"They deserve support and backing, not the vile racist abuse they've had since last night.\n\n\"Three lads who were brilliant all summer had the courage to step up and take a pen when the stakes were high.\n\n\"If you abuse anyone on social media you're not an England fan and we don't want you.\"\n\nDefender Tyrone Mings also used Twitter to talk of his pride in the team reaching the final but added: \"Waking up today and seeing my brothers being racially abused for being brave enough to put themselves in a position to help this country, is something that sickens, but doesn't surprise me.\"\n\nHe went on to criticise Home Secretary Priti Patel, who last month described players taking the knee against racism as \"gesture politics\".\n\nEngland midfielder Kalvin Phillips said he was \"disgusted\" at the racist abuse directed towards his team-mates.\n\n\"Nothing but love and respect for my brothers for their courage,\" he wrote.\n\nFree meals and book clubs - Rashford's work off the pitch\n\nIn October last year, Rashford was given an MBE for services to vulnerable children in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe successfully campaigned for the government to allow about 1.3 million children to claim free school meal vouchers in England's summer holidays\n\nRashford also set up a book club to get disadvantaged children reading more.\n\nHe has previously highlighted incidents of when he has been the target of racial abuse, saying he received \"at least 70 racial slurs\" on social media following Manchester United's Europa League final loss to Villarreal in May.\n• None The Sports Desk team look at the problematic side of Euro 2020\n• None Why Elon Musk believes it's our only hope", "Social distancing rules may be scrapped in England on 19 July, but what about Wales?\n\nIt is \"difficult to see\" how Wales can avoid setting a date for ending Covid restrictions now England and Scotland have set so-called freedom days.\n\nWales' former chief medical officer said it was a \"big dilemma\" for the Welsh government who will outline the next lockdown easing next week.\n\nDame Deirdre Hine said low case rates and high vaccination rates makes Wales \"better placed to make that decision.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it was taking a \"cautious approach\" to ending rules.\n\nGovernments in England and Scotland have outlined when Covid lockdown restrictions will end while full vaccinated UK residents arriving in England from amber travel list destinations will not have to quarantine from 19 July.\n\nWales is considering following England's lead on travel from amber countries but the Welsh government has not said when Covid rules - like legally wearing a face mask and social distancing rules - will be scrapped here in Wales.\n\nMinisters in Wales have previously said their approach to reopening will not be \"driven by artificial dates\".\n\nDame Deirdre said the plan to end restrictions in England on 19 July was \"a big gamble\" for the UK government and also a \"big dilemma\" for the Welsh government.\n\nDame Deirdre Hine has previously criticised the lack of preparation for such a pandemic despite years of warnings\n\n\"They will of course come under pressure to set a date and it's difficult in some ways to see how they can get away, if you like, without setting a date,\" Dame Deirdre told the BBC's Politics Wales programme.\n\n\"Our vaccinations rates are higher, the rate of infection is spreading not as high as parts of England, so arguably they are better placed to make that decision.\n\n\"And that in itself will be a form of pressure on them.\"\n\nHowever, Dame Deirdre added that she had confidence that the Welsh government would not abandon its \"consistently cautious\" approach.\n\nThe UK government's plan for England includes ending the legal requirement to wear a face covering in some settings.\n\nDame Deirdre said that was an \"unnecessary risk\", and recommended the use of face coverings on public transport and in shops should remain mandatory.\n\n\"I don't think, with the best will in the world, you can rely on people to take their own judgement on this,\" she added.\n\nDame Deirdre, who is regarded as one of Wales' leading medical experts, also warned it would take \"a lot of time\" to return to normality and that \"there will, in time, come to be an acceptable level of deaths\" from Covid.\n\nFollowing renewed calls from opposition parties and a number of doctors for a Wales-only inquiry into the pandemic, she said such a review \"would be a mistake\" as it would not be possible to \"disentangle the Welsh response from that of the rest of the UK\".\n\nShe added, however, that there was now was a need for an early review into the pandemic \"to give some pointers as to how we should be looking ahead\".\n\nDame Deirdre believes people should still cover their faces on public transport\n\n\"There will be another pandemic of some sort...we do need to be prepared for that,\" said Dame Deirdre, who also established the Welsh breast cancer screening programme.\n\nA past president of the British Medical Association and Royal Society of Medicine, Dame Deirdre also oversaw the official inquiry into the 2009 UK swine flu pandemic.\n\nLast October, she accused successive governments of having failed to prepare for such a pandemic despite being warned for years of the risks.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We are continuing to take a cautious approach to unlocking restrictions in Wales in order to keep people as safe as possible.\n\n\"As a result of this approach and the efforts of everyone in Wales, we have the lowest rates of coronavirus in the UK. We also have one of the highest rates of vaccination in the world - with more than 70% of adults in Wales now fully vaccinated.\n\n\"The first minister will confirm the outcome of the latest review of restrictions next Wednesday.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People will need to speak at least a \"courtesy\" level of basic Welsh in order to get jobs with the Welsh government in future.\n\nThis includes answering the phone bilingually, as well as pronouncing and understanding simple words.\n\nCandidates will be expected to show the skills either on appointment or within six months of recruitment.\n\nThe Conservatives said the government's priority \"should be recruiting the best person for the job\".\n\nThe move is part of what the Welsh government called a \"significant change\" to its recruitment policies, as part of an aim to become bilingual.\n\nJob adverts for civil servants working in the Cathays Park administration will no longer say Welsh language skills are not required, but that it will be \"desirable, essential or to be taught on the post\" for every vacancy or new post.\n\nThe Welsh government's Cymraeg 2050 plan, which aims to increase the number of Welsh speakers to one million, includes civil servants being able to understand the language.\n\nAll posts advertised will require people to demonstrate at least a basic \"courtesy\" level of Welsh language skills \"within an agreed timeframe\" - usually within six months of starting.\n\nCourtesy-level Welsh is defined as an ability to:\n\nA Welsh Conservative spokesman said the party was \"committed to delivering one million Welsh speakers, but at a time of national recovery, the Welsh government's priority should be recruiting the best person for the job\".\n\n\"Currently a large majority of people in Wales - nearly three-quarters - do not speak Welsh, but that shouldn't prohibit them from working in the civil service and contributing to Welsh public life.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do you run Welsh Government when social distancing?\n\nThere were 34 million page views of the Welsh government's website in English over the past year, compared to 652,000 in Welsh.\n\nMinisters' private offices received 41,037 items of correspondence - 970 (2.36%) were in Welsh.\n\nOf the phone calls received from outside the Welsh government, 4.3% were in Welsh and 95.7% were in English.\n\nThe Welsh government said \"everyone has the potential to be a Welsh speaker and this strategy does not conflict with our commitment to being open, inclusive and diverse\"\n\nIt said, although Welsh-language skills will progressively be needed for more posts, \"developing a bilingual workforce does not mean (or imply) those skills being a universal pre-requisite for joining the Welsh government\".\n\nIt also said it would be \"investing in staff and providing opportunities to learn Welsh and develop language skills\", as well as people being given \"both time and motivation\" to improve their skills.\n\nSince 2018, all posts advertised in the Senedd Commission - which runs the Welsh Parliament from day to day and is separate from the government - also required \"at least a basic level\" of Welsh, with candidates \"expected to either evidence those skills on appointment or commit to gain those skills as part of the induction process\".\n\nThere are about 5,500 full time equivalent staff at the Welsh government.\n\nOf the 112 posts advertised externally during 2020-21, 25 deemed Welsh language skills not necessary, 64 desirable, three \"learnt on appointment\" and 20 essential.\n\nBetween 2020 and 2021, there was a 44% increase in requests from Welsh government staff for weekly Welsh lessons.", "A sealed copy of video game Super Mario 64 has sold at auction for more than $1.5m (£1.1m), shattering records.\n\nThe 1996 cartridge was a launch title for the Nintendo 64 console, and was one of the most influential early 3D platformers.\n\nThe auction house said there were \"fewer than five\" copies in such good condition.\n\nThe sale dwarfed another record-breaker, an original Legend of Zelda cartridge, set just two days before.\n\nThat original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) cartridge sold for $870,000 on Friday, briefly making it the world's most expensive game.\n\nNeither game was bought for the rarity of its gameplay experience - Nintendo has rereleased both for its Nintendo Switch console.\n\nInstead, they have value as physical memorabilia, in the same way as rare trading cards.\n\nThe Super Mario 64 cartridge was graded by video game collectable firm Wata at a 9.8 A++ rating - meaning it is both in near-perfect condition and its seal is intact and \"like new\".\n\nA high rating is not enough to guarantee a high auction price - although it helps. Another copy of Super Mario 64 in the same auction with a 9.6 A++ rating sold for a comparatively affordable $13,200.\n\nBut rarer copies of more popular games attract the most bids.\n\nSuper Mario 64 was the best-selling game for the Nintendo 64 system, and is widely seen as an important game in video game history. It marked Mario's first move into three dimensions, distinct from his side-scrolling origins.\n\nWhile many modern gamers feel it has not aged particularly well and is widely thought to have significant camera issues, it is still considered among the best video games ever made. Heritage Auctions, the company behind the sale, was taken by surprise at the huge price it eventually attracted.\n\nAhead of the auction, much of the attention had been on the rare Zelda cartridge.\n\nThe 9.0 A-sealed copy of 1988's The Legend of Zelda was the first game in the series, and has gone on to be one of the best-performing and most critically-acclaimed in Nintendo's entire catalogue.\n\nIt was expected to reach a high price because this copy belonged to an early production run - making it one of the first ever made to still exist. Heritage Auctions said that to its knowledge, only one earlier production copy is known to exist, and may never be put on sale.\n\n\"This copy [is] the earliest sealed copy anyone can realistically hope to obtain,\" it wrote.\n\nMany expressed surprise that the Mario cartridge - which sold millions and millions of copies - sold for so much.\n\nKelsey Lewin, a director at California's Video Game History Foundation, tweeted: \"despite a lack of population reports, there are many known sealed Super Mario 64 first prints\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Chris Kohler This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nVideo game collectables have been fetching higher and higher prices, leading some to question whether the market is over-inflated.\n\nThe sale of the Zelda cartridge shattered the previous record, set in April for an original NES cartridge of Super Mario Bros, the first side-scrolling platformer featuring the famous plumber, which sold for $660,000.\n\nThe record-breaking auction this week saw a huge range of collectable games go for high prices - a copy of Final Fantasy III for the Super Nintendo sold for $96,000, as did a copy of Zelda: A Link to the Past.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy was \"incredibly painful\" but the players gave \"everything they possibly could\", said manager Gareth Southgate.\n\nThe Three Lions, appearing in their first major men's final for 55 years, were agonisingly beaten on penalties following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes.\n\n\"We are all together. They have given the country some unbelievable memories,\" Southgate said on BBC One.\n\nCaptain Harry Kane said defeat would \"hurt for the rest of our careers\".\n\n\"We should be extremely proud as a group of what we have achieved,\" the Tottenham striker added.\n\n\"I couldn't have given more, the boys couldn't have given more.\n\n\"Penalties is the worst feeling in the world when you lose. It wasn't our night but it's been a fantastic tournament and we should hold our heads high.\n\n\"It's going to hurt for a while, but we're on the right track and we're building and hopefully we can progress from this next year.\"\n• None Best XI of Euro 2020: Pick your team of the tournament\n\n'The players should be incredibly proud'\n\nEngland reached their first men's European Championship final by topping their group, then defeating Germany, Ukraine and Denmark in the knockout stage.\n\nLuke Shaw gave them a stunning start to the Wembley showpiece by scoring in the second minute, but Leonardo Bonucci levelled in the second half.\n\nThey were the only two goals of the game, and Italy edged home 3-2 on penalties as Marcus Rashford hit the post, and Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka had efforts saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma.\n\nSouthgate said: \"Tonight is going to be extremely difficult for all of us, of course. You have to feel that disappointment because the opportunities to win trophies like this are so rare in your life.\n\n\"But when they reflect on what they have done, they should be incredibly proud of themselves.\n\n\"The players have been an absolute credit. They have given everything they possibly could.\n\n\"They have been an absolute joy to work with and they have gone further than we've gone for so long. But it is incredibly painful in that dressing room.\"\n\nSouthgate said the Duke of Cambridge, who is president of the Football Association, had been to see the England players after the game.\n\n\"I just said we could have no recriminations. The calls for the penalties were mine,\" he added.\n\n\"They have done more than any other England team in over 50 years.\"\n\nDefender Harry Maguire missed the first two games because of an ankle injury but was a mainstay thereafter, being part of a backline that conceded just two goals in the tournament and none from open play.\n\nThe Manchester United captain told BBC Sport: \"It is hard to take any positives at the moment. We are heartbroken. We are all devastated. The lads gave absolutely everything and emptied our tanks on the pitch.\n\n\"It was a ding-dong battle - we had the first half, they had the second, and extra time could have gone either way. It wasn't our night on penalties. The fine margins went for them, the bounce of the ball. We are disappointed.\n\n\"We conceded a wonder strike from a free-kick [against Denmark] and a set-play in which it has ricocheted three or four times and it fell to them.\n\n\"Games are decided on fine margins and it was with them tonight, not us.\"\n• None Listen to the latest Daily Euros podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "An England supporter was reduced to tears after a BBC reporter broke the news of England's defeat in the Euro 2020 final to him.\n\nJames Ansell, from Nottingham, went to bed early on Sunday night and missed the match between England and Italy.\n\nMr Ansell said the TV in his houseboat had broken and his phone was not working properly.\n\nThe 76-year-old was on his way to buy a newspaper to find out the score when he was approached by the BBC's Navtej Johal.\n\nHe asked Mr Johal to reveal the score ahead of his purchase, and was stunned when he heard England had experienced more penalty heartache.\n\n\"Oh, not again? Are you joking?\" Mr Ansell said.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "The prime minister must start delivering an ambitious levelling-up programme for the north of England \"at pace\", according to a group of 50 Conservative MPs.\n\nThe Northern Research Group is calling for an economic strategy focused on helping communities in the North rebuild after the pandemic.\n\nIt wants special grants for deprived areas outside London.\n\nMinisters say they are \"totally committed to levelling up\".\n\nThe NRG was founded by a number of Conservatives who won so-called red wall seats from Labour at the 2019 general election and want to push the government for greater investment for northern areas.\n\nThe pandemic has renewed attention on regional disparities.\n\nA recent study by the Northern Health Science Alliance found the North has been hit harder than the rest of England during coronavirus, \"exacerbating\" regional inequalities.\n\nAt the Queen's Speech in May, ministers said they would \"level-up opportunities across all parts of the United Kingdom as Britain recovers from the pandemic\".\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is also expected to deliver a speech shortly on the issue.\n\nNRG chairman Jake Berry told the BBC: \"We have been in lockdown longer than any other area of the country.\n\n\"It's time for the government to show the North some love with a summer of levelling up.\"\n\nHe said the prime minister relies for his majority in Parliament on votes in the North and there is now an opportunity to encourage investment, jobs and industry there.\n\nHe added: \"Since December 2019, we have heard a lot about plans to level up the North, now is the time to show how we can deliver.\n\n\"No one in the North cares about internal governmental turf wars.\n\n\"They want real jobs, real change, and real opportunities.\n\n\"It's time to start delivering an ambitious programme at pace if we are going to see real progress this summer.\"\n\nThe group wants a recovery plan focused on infrastructure.\n\nIt is calling for automatic grants to help deprived areas outside London, the formation of a northern growth board and - as part of a plan for better transport - the abolition of road tax and fuel duty, to be replaced with a system under which revenue raised would be kept in the North.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We're investing £100bn in infrastructure this year, as well as creating a new £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund, establishing free ports across the UK and a new UK infrastructure bank in Leeds to harness private investment and fund new projects.\"\n\nThe spokesman said ministers will publish a Levelling Up White Paper later this year, which will set out plans to \"improve livelihoods across the country as we recover from the pandemic\".", "Euro 2020 final Italy v England - how you rated the players Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nEngland's bid to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended in penalty shootout agony at Wembley as Italy won Euro 2020. But it was Three Lions left-back Luke Shaw who was chosen as your player of the match, with a rating of 7.66 after his superb second-minute goal. Federico Chiesa was Italy's top-rated player with 7.20, while goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who saved penalties from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka achieved 6.86.\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "The mural was vandalised shortly after England lost in a penalty shootout\n\nA mural honouring footballer Marcus Rashford has been vandalised with graffiti following England's defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nThe artwork in Withington, Manchester, was defaced shortly after England lost in a penalty shootout on Sunday.\n\nRashford, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, missed a penalty and was targeted with racist abuse on social media after the game.\n\nSeveral swear words were daubed across the mural alongside the word \"Saka\".\n\nGreater Manchester Police said an investigation had been launched after the force received a report of racially aggravated damage at 02:50 BST.\n\nAppealing for information, Ch Supt Paul Savill said: \"Hate crime in any form is completely unacceptable and not welcome here in our city.\"\n\nThere has been an outpouring of support for Rashford on social media and people have also posted positive messages over the covered-up graffiti on the mural.\n\nThe positive messages include \"role model\", \"wonderful human\" and \"hero\" written on a red heart.\n\nIn response to the graffiti fans have been posting messages of support on the mural\n\nThere has also been an outpouring of support for Rashford on social media\n\nThe artwork, based on a photograph by Daniel Cheetham and painted by street artist Akse, was created in collaboration with Withington Walls, a community street art project.\n\nIt was commissioned in recognition of Rashford's work to tackle child food poverty.\n\nThe Manchester United forward's mother provided the quote on the mural, which reads: \"Take pride in knowing that your struggle will play the biggest role in your purpose.\"\n\nEd Wellard, who co-founded Withington Walls, said he woke up to the news the mural had been defaced.\n\n\"I've come out to fix what I could immediately and cover up what I couldn't and hopefully we will get the artist out to come and fix it,\" he said.\n\n\"We dared to dream yesterday and our hopes were dashed but to wake up to this is more depressing. Racism seems to be more and more prevalent.\"\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham described the mural defacement as a \"despicable, shameful act\".\n\n\"We could not be more proud of Marcus Rashford and his role in taking our country to its first major final in 55 years,\" he tweeted.\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse aimed at Rashford, Sancho and Saka was \"unforgivable\".\n\n\"It's just not what we stand for,\" he said.\n\nMarcus Rashford was one of three England players to miss in the penalty shootout\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson described the abuse of players as \"appalling,\" adding the team deserved \"to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media\".\n\n\"Those responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves,\" he said.\n\nThe FA also said it was \"appalled\" by the targeting of the three players following the defeat at Wembley.\n\nRashford has previously spoken out about receiving racist abuse on social media following Manchester United's Europa League final defeat - also on penalties - to Villarreal.\n\nTweeting in May, he said he had counted \"at least 70 racial slurs on my social accounts\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "What measures might be needed in autumn and winter?\n\nDan Bloom of The Mirror says he understands there could be up to 100 to 200 deaths a day, according to the modelling - is that a price the government is willing to pay for freedom, he wants to know? The PM says the reality is that both deaths and hospitalisations are sadly going to rise, whenever you decide to unlock. \"We simply have to recognise that\", he adds. Bloom also asks the scientists what measures might be needed this autumn and winter. Chris Whitty says it has already been said there is likely to be an increase in flu and other respiratory diseases this winter - and now there would be Covid on top of this. This would probably lead to people taking \"sensible precautions\" but that is different to there being restrictions, which is an issue for ministers, he adds. It is not an inevitability that because of a surge, there will be anything ministers have to do, he adds. The reality is that it is going to come in winter and possibly other winters, says the chief medical officer.", "Wales is currently at alert level one which means face coverings are mandatory in all indoor public places\n\nShop staff are \"scared\" about customers not wearing face masks due to Covid-19, a union representative has said.\n\n\"Customers will just ignore the advice that is given in Wales and just do what they want,\" said Tracey Davies from shop workers union Usdaw based in Neath.\n\nMs Davies told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast there had been a \"few\" difficult moments when staff had to ask customers to wear a mask but it was \"calming down in a lot of stores - not in all\".\n\n\"You take away the plastic screening in front of a checkout and their masks, they have no protection whatsoever,\" she said.\n\n\"It should continue to be made compulsory for shoppers to wear masks to protect the retail staff.\"\n\nThe Welsh government has said face coverings in Wales would still be mandatory on public transport and in health and social care settings.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is due to confirm on Monday whether most of England's lockdown rules - including the legal requirement for masks - will end on 19 July.\n\nAnd Scotland said it planned to lift remaining legal restrictions on 9 August.\n\nThe Welsh government's next 21-day review of the coronavirus regulations is due to take place on Wednesday.\n\nWelsh ministers have already told school pupils that wearing face coverings in the classroom will no longer be recommended from September.\n\nWales is currently at alert level one in its response to the pandemic which means face coverings are mandatory in all indoor public places.\n\nPaul Slater, landlord of the Trotting Mare pub on the Wrexham border with Shropshire, said he had spoken with customers and staff who have decided to continue to \"wear our masks to protect ourselves\".\n\nHe said having the same Covid rules either side of the border would prevent \"confusion\".\n\n\"People are getting a bit fed up as the rules are changing all the time between the two countries,\" he said.\n\n\"The confusion comes because of where the pub is. A lot of people aren't aware that we're actually in Wales.\"\n\nCaerphilly GP Dr David Bailey, chair of doctor's group the BMA in Wales, said it would be a \"sensible idea\" if face masks continued to be mandatory.\n\n\"The risk hasn't gone away,\" he told the radio programme.\n\nWales' Covid rate has risen to 136 cases per 100,000 people in the latest rolling seven-day period, up from under 10 since the end of May due to the emergence of the Delta variant.\n\n\"I think it's sensible to be cautious and try to make sure that this doesn't peak too high because we are seeing a doubling [in cases] literally in two or three weeks,\" he said.\n\nUsdaw regional secretary Nick Ireland said: \"Retailers may be able to attempt to enforce their own face covering policies, but in the absence of a legal requirement, as has already been highlighted by the British Retail Consortium, this could result in further significant increases in abuse, threats and violence towards retail workers.\n\n\"Wearing a face covering in crowded public areas like shops is not merely a personal choice, it is an important measure to help protect workers who have no option but to interact with large numbers of people as a part of their job.\"\n\nOn Sunday, Wales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan said ministers had focused on places like public transport with \"enclosed places with not very obvious ventilation methods\".\n\n\"We are still discussing whether we need to go further and whether we want to introduce this also at retail level,\" she said.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nEngland's bid to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended in the familiar agony of defeat in a penalty shootout as Italy claimed the Euro 2020 crown at Wembley.\n\nOn a night of anticipation, tension and ultimate heartbreak in a feverish atmosphere, England looked on course for their most joyous day since 30 July 1966 when Luke Shaw gave them the perfect start after two minutes.\n\nItaly, unbeaten in 33 matches before this final, slowly edged their way back into the game and were level in the 67th minute when Leonardo Bonucci pounced after England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford turned Marco Verratti's header on to a post.\n\nAnd after a tense period of extra time failed to find a winner, it was on to penalties and bitter disappointment for England manager Gareth Southgate and his players, who had gone into this final on a wave of expectation and high emotion.\n\nEngland missed three of their five penalties, Marcus Rashford hitting a post and Gianluigi Donnarumma denying Jadon Sancho before - so cruelly for such a fine young player - Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka also saw the giant Italy goalkeeper save his spot-kick.\n\nHarry Kane and Harry Maguire scored for England but, while Pickford kept hopes alive with saves from Andrea Belotti and Jorginho, Domenico Berardi, Bonucci and Federico Bernardeschi scored for Italy.\n\nThe tearful 19-year-old Saka, who showed such courage to step forward, was consoled by his team-mates and manager, but there was no real consolation for them or the expectant fans packed into Wembley.\n• None Reaction to England's defeat by Italy on penalties in the Euro 2020 final\n\nEngland come up short as Italy triumph\n\nEngland's years of hurt go on but it looked for the first 30 minutes of this final that the moment the country has waited more than 20,000 days for had finally arrived.\n\nSouthgate's side came firing out of the blocks and the manager's one change - replacing Saka with Kieran Trippier - paid an instant dividend as Trippier ran on to Kane's perfect pass to find the onrushing Shaw at the far post and he slammed an emphatic finish past Donnarumma.\n\nEngland were up and running and urged on by a vast, frenzied crowd they had this talented, streetwise Italian side on the back foot until they suddenly gained a foothold in the closing phase of the first half.\n\nItaly dominated possession, and it was no surprise when they restored parity, then looking the more likely winners as Southgate's side, so full of running early on, started to labour, particularly after losing the outstanding Declan Rice to a knock.\n\nSouthgate surprisingly waited until extra time to introduce Jack Grealish but by that stage the game was locked on course for penalties and so it proved.\n\nSancho and Rashford came on in the closing moments, presumably in readiness for penalties, but sadly for Southgate, who has got so much right in Euro 2020, this was one move that did not pay off as both failed with their spot-kicks.\n\nPickford performed heroics to save two penalties but he was also left in tears after England's fate was sealed.\n\nItaly edged over the line and both Southgate and his players looked devastated as they took sympathetic applause from England's fans, who had arrived with such high hopes but filed out of Wembley with their dreams of a major trophy shattered once more.\n\nEngland came close when they reached the semi-final of the World Cup in Moscow in 2018 but this loss will cut even deeper after they made such smooth progress to the final and had the chance to finally claim a second trophy in what was effectively a home tournament with its climax at Wembley.\n\nThey have made progress - but still England could not clear the final hurdle.\n\nEngland's loss will be felt deeply after such impressive progress through the knockout stage with wins against Germany, Ukraine and Denmark.\n\nSouthgate must now digest whether he got it right in the final when it came to his approach, substitutions and penalty-takers but when the dust settles England can reflect on progress made.\n\nEngland took one step further than they did in Russia and Southgate now has a potent blend of youth and experience to work with as he plots a course to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.\n\nSaka came of age in this tournament while England have exciting young in the shape of Sancho, Phil Foden, Mason Mount and Jude Bellingham, augmented by Grealish.\n\nRaheem Sterling had had a stellar campaign, Kane showed flashes of his world-class ability and the central defensive pair of John Stones and Maguire were solid. Pickford also made an outstanding contribution in goal.\n\nThis will offer no comfort in the hours following such a devastating loss, but England can at least move forward with optimism.\n\nAs Italy's players and staff celebrated in front of their exultant fans, manager Roberto Mancini was left to reflect on an outstanding job, their 34th game unbeaten crowned with the Euro 2020 title.\n\nMancini has put together an impressive mix of youth and experience, and at the back he can still rely on those two old warhorses of Juventus and Italy, Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, as durable as ever despite a combined age of 70.\n\nItaly proved their pedigree with wins over Belgium and Spain in the knockout stage and were unfazed by having to face a thunderous Wembley packed with England fans.\n\nAnd all done after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which was regarded as a national sporting humiliation.\n\nNow Italy are back as the winners of Euro 2020, testimony to the work of Mancini and his players.\n• None Italy have won their second European Championship title, and first in 53 years (also 1968); it's the longest ever gap between championships in the tournament by a single nation, surpassing Spain's 44-year wait from 1964 to 2008.\n• None England have won just 22% (two of nine) of their major tournament shootouts (World Cup/Euros), the lowest ratio of any European nation to have been involved in three or more.\n• None Italy found themselves trailing in a game for the first time at Euro 2020, while overall they spent 65 minutes behind against England in the final, 21 more than they had been behind in their 33-game unbeaten run (in all competitions) coming into the final (44).\n• None England posted their lowest possession in a game at Wembley (34.4%) since November 2016 v Spain (34.3%).\n• None Gareth Southgate has made at least one change to the England starting XI for 37 consecutive matches, making a total of 200 changes in that time and last staying with the same starting line-up in the 2018 World Cup semi-final.\n• None At one minute 57 seconds, Luke Shaw's opener (his first ever goal for England) was the quickest goal scored in the final of the European Championship, while it was also England's quickest in the competition overall and the earliest Italy have ever conceded in the competition.\n• None At 34 years and 71 days, Italy's Leonardo Bonucci became the oldest player ever to score in a European Championship final, and second-oldest for a European side in any major tournament final (World Cup/Euros), after Nils Liedholm for Sweden v Brazil at the 1958 World Cup (35 years, 264 days).\n• None Against Italy, Harry Kane failed to muster a shot or create a goal-scoring chance for only the second time in his 61 appearances for England, also doing so in a friendly against Switzerland in September 2018.\n• None Penalty saved! Bukayo Saka (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Jorginho (Italy) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Jadon Sancho (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(3), England 1(2). Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Penalty missed! Still Italy 1(2), England 1(2). Marcus Rashford (England) hits the left post with a right footed shot.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(2), England 1(2). Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1(2). Harry Maguire (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Andrea Belotti (Italy) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1(1). Harry Kane (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! Italy 1(1), England 1. Domenico Berardi (Italy) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Bryan Cristante (Italy) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Dawn Cavanagh said lockdown had a severe impact on her disabled son's mental health\n\n\"He would sob down the phone, 'mummy come and get me'.\"\n\nDawn Cavanagh said going 15 weeks in the first lockdown without seeing her son Jack, who lives in residential care, was \"awful\".\n\nThe 18-year-old, who has a learning disability, epilepsy, autism and ADHD, became anxious, depressed and started to self-harm, his mum said.\n\nMany disabled people felt \"abandoned\" during the pandemic, a report has found.\n\nDisabled people also made up almost 70% of Covid deaths in the first few months of the outbreak in Wales.\n\nThe Welsh government has set up a taskforce to address the inequalities highlighted by the report.\n\nHowever its author, Prof Debbie Foster of Cardiff University, is disappointed there will not be a Wales-specific Covid public inquiry having heard \"horrific and disturbing\" evidence.\n\nMrs Cavanagh, who lives near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, was unable to visit Jack at his specialist residential service more than 100 miles away in the Vale of Glamorgan.\n\n\"It had huge implications for his mental health and wellbeing,\" she said.\n\n\"He would sob down the phone 'mummy come and get me, daddy come and get me'.\n\n\"And then he started to self-harm, his behaviour deteriorated, he became very anxious, very depressed. It was just awful.\n\n\"Jack was actually asking members of staff, 'Will you be my mummy? Will you be my daddy?'\n\n\"He genuinely didn't understand what was happening or where we were. It couldn't be explained to him.\"\n\nMany disabled people like Jack Cavanagh felt \"abandoned\" during the pandemic\n\nDawn believes the importance of infection control came at the cost of human rights and the balance struck by the government was not right for disabled people.\n\n\"If we're going to learn anything it's getting Welsh government [and] organisations to understand the reality of disabled people's lives and consulting with them,\" she said.\n\nProf Foster said that consultation did not happen when Covid policy decisions were made.\n\n\"Disabled people just weren't around the table, they weren't being discussed,\" she said.\n\nAbout 20% of the Welsh population are classed as disabled under the ONS's definition of someone whose daily life is limited because of poor health or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months.\n\nThe report also refers to a study by Public Health Wales that found people with a learning disabilities were considerably more likely to die from Covid than others.\n\nLearning Disability Wales said the report was \"damning\" while Prof Foster said the death statistics warranted a public inquiry in Wales.\n\n\"We've been told that because the UK is having a public inquiry they won't do a separate public inquiry,\" she said.\n\n\"It's a real disappointment because 68% of all deaths being attributed to disabled people is very high and it's actually a Welsh statistic, so we would have liked to seen some investigation in Wales itself.\"\n\nProf Foster says the disproportionate Covid death statistics for disabled people warrants a public inquiry in Wales\n\nProf Foster believes many of the failings were preventable and said while the Welsh government was aware of the issues, there was an \"implementation gap\" with NHS Wales, local government and public services.\n\nShe added: \"If there's an under representation of certain voices in policy making, then the problem is that their interests and their particular perspective is not reflected in policy and implementation of policy.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it had already taken steps to look at the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on disabled people and had put tackling inequality \"at the heart\" of decision making.\n\nIt has established Covid Moral and Ethical Advisory Group for Wales (CMEAG-Wales) to advise policy makers and is addressing the under-representation of disabled people in public appointments.\n\n\"We have worked with disability groups throughout the pandemic to understand the impact of coronavirus on their lives,\" a Welsh government spokesperson said.\n\n\"As a result, we have already taken actions to address the concerns raised in this report, including the establishment of a minister-led taskforce, which will determine how and what further action we need to take to address the inequalities faced by disabled people, many of which were exacerbated by the pandemic.\"\n• None Locked out- liberating disabled people’s lives and rights in Wales beyond Covid-19 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nDate: Time: Venue: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 Live, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app\n\nAs England reached their first men's major tournament final in 55 years, we asked you who should start for the Three Lions in Sunday's Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley?\n\nWith Gareth Southgate's side just one victory away from winning the European Championship on home soil, the majority of you think he should stick with the same XI he picked against Denmark.\n\nOnce again the formation is a 4-3-3, with 60.66% of you wanting to see that. So who makes the cut? And who misses out?\n\nJordan Pickford was selected in more than 90% of your teams. The Everton goalkeeper has conceded only one goal so far at Euro 2020 and has kept five clean sheets, two more than any other keeper.\n\nHarry Maguire and John Stones remain your preferred partnership in front of Pickford. Maguire is the most selected player overall, while Stones is fifth.\n\nEither side of them, Kyle Walker is your first-choice right-back (73.01 %) with Luke Shaw favoured to start on the left (73.82 %).\n\nDeclan Rice (33.36 %), Kalvin Phillips (33.88 %) and Mason Mount (16.7 %) all retain their places in midfield and are once again selected by you to start in front of the back four.\n\nThree Lions top scorer Harry Kane is the second-most selected player overall. After failing to score in England's three group games, skipper Kane now has four goals, one behind the tournament's joint-top goalscorers - Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and the Czech Republic's Patrik Schick.\n\nRaheem Sterling was the most selected player on both the left and right side of the attack. The Manchester City forward received considerably more picks on the left-hand side, so Bukayo Saka makes the team on the right as he was the second-most selected player in that position.\n\nAnd while Jack Grealish was a popular choice overall, he wasn't selected as the first or second pick in any position, so just misses out on your XI.\n\nYou can still pick your England XI below, but your selection won't be counted towards the result. Don't forget to share your picks on social media using #bbcfootball.\n\nMy England XI to start against Italy Select your England XI to start against Italy at Euro 2020\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "England's hope to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended with defeat in a penalty shoot-out as Italy claimed the Euro 2020 crown at Wembley.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nThe pain of another penalty shootout defeat was overwhelming as England lost to Italy in the Euro 2020 final - but in the midst of disappointment, there was a feeling of hope and an inkling that this was just the start of a new chapter.\n\nIt was the same as has so often been the case - England get close but ultimately lose on penalties.\n\nBut under Gareth Southgate, this young side have provided the nation with hope and a togetherness which has not always been there.\n\n\"They have brought us a joy that definitely my generation and below have never felt watching an England team,\" said former captain Rio Ferdinand.\n\nEight years ago, then-chairman of the Football Association Greg Dyke told BBC Sport England's targets were to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2020 and to win the World Cup two years later.\n\nEngland are well on track, so can we be optimistic for the future?\n\n'They have made us feel proud'\n\nAt 19 years and 309 days, England's Bukayo Saka became the fourth-youngest European Championship finalist. Mason Mount and Declan Rice, both aged 22, started the game, while 21-year-old Jadon Sancho came on as a substitute.\n\nJude Bellingham, 18, Reece James, 21 and Phil Foden, 21 all featured in the tournament too, showing the depth of young talent in this England squad.\n\n\"They have given us hope and something to smile about,\" former England captain Alan Shearer told BBC One. \"It's just devastating after everything they have given us.\n\n\"It will be tough for them now. Hopefully, they will get over it.\n\n\"It will hurt like hell for the rest of their careers but they have made us feel so proud over this last month.\"\n\nEx-England midfielder and recent Chelsea manager Frank Lampard added: \"There will be lessons to learn. You realise at this level what it does to you. We were asking a lot of these players.\n\n\"There were some outstanding performances. But Italy, with their experienced players, were confident on the ball even when they were losing the game. Those are the lessons you learn.\n\n\"We've seen individuals and the team grow. We've seen the nation grow behind them.\"\n\nFerdinand added: \"They lifted the country up when we needed it.\"\n\n'Beaten by the best team - it just wasn't meant to be'\n\nAmid the pain of defeat, England can take heart from the Italians' response to a setback, winning these Euros after the low of failing even to reach the 2018 World Cup.\n\nThat was described as the \"apocalypse\" in the Italian media. On the cover of Gazzetta dello Sport, the headline simply read: \"The end.\"\n\nThree years later, Roberto Mancini has turned them into the best team in Europe.\n\n\"We were beaten by the best team in the tournament and the best team in the 120 minutes,\" said Ferdinand.\n\nFormer England defender Micah Richards said: \"I'm proud of the England team, but I'm also proud of the Italian team. Mancini will finally get the credit he deserves because his team have been outstanding throughout the entire tournament.\"\n\nEx-England midfielder Jermaine Jenas was impressed by how Mancini's side responded to going behind, saying: \"It takes a lot to steady the ship when they came into this cauldron of fire and passion and given the support for this England side.\n\n\"I think it was that experience they had at the back that slowly started to shift the tie into their favour.\"\n\nAnd former striker Chris Sutton added on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"The better team won on the night. Italy just had the edge.\"\n• None 'Out of despair, Italy brought joy to a nation'\n\nWhile experience proved critical for Italy, age is on England's side as they boasted one of the youngest squads at these Euros.\n\nAnd this tournament has shown that in Southgate they have a tournament-savvy manager. His early team selections were questioned and he was perceived as being too negative when he named five defenders against Germany.\n\nHe also fought criticism at a perceived hesitancy to play creative midfielder Jack Grealish.\n\nBut in getting to the final, his decisions were vindicated.\n\n\"With a World Cup right around the corner, I can only feel that with this experience, this hurt and this pain that they are sharing with the country, England will be able to use this tournament as fuel to achieve something special - as they have done here already,\" said Jenas.\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "The team rode into Paris on Sunday and finished the route near the Arc de Triomphe\n\nA team of amateur cyclists led by ex-Wolves footballer Geoff Thomas MBE has completed the Tour de France route.\n\nThe team has raised over £1m for blood cancer charity Cure Leukaemia, of which Mr Thomas is a survivor.\n\nThey cycled some 2,100 miles (3,400km) battling \"extreme\" heat, illness and fatigue. The team finished the feat a week ahead of the professionals.\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate sent his former Crystal Palace teammate a good luck message ahead of the ride.\n\nHe said: \"Just wanted to send you a message to say the very best of luck with it, I hope the limbs are recovering reasonably well every night and I'm very proud of what you're doing as always. Keep battling on.\"\n\nThe cyclists also received congratulations from Chris Froome OBE.\n\nMr Thomas, from Redditch, Worcestershire, was made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June for his charity work.\n\nHe was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2003, a year after he retired from football.\n\nHe captained Palace in their 1990 FA Cup Final defeat and made over 450 club appearances for Palace, Wolves, Nottingham Forest, Crewe, Rochdale, Barnsley and Notts County.\n\nHe was also capped nine times for England.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhen he was first diagnosed, the former midfielder was given three months to live, but overcame the disease two years later after treatment and a stem cell transplant.\n\nMr Thomas, who has completed the Tour de France on five occasions, said: \"Six weeks ago, it didn't look like this event could take place.\n\n\"Yet here we are in Paris having not only completed one of the toughest ever Tour de France routes but, more importantly, we have achieved our goal of raising £1m for the charity that helped save my life 18 years ago.\"\n\nCheers! Geoff Thomas completed the Tour de France for a fifth time\n\nHe added: \"You never know, perhaps I do have one more Tour in me\".\n\nThe charity's chief executive, James McLaughlin, said: \"Ensuring this event could go ahead has been a Herculean effort from so many people and I would like to thank everyone that has played a part in making The Tour 21 a success.\n\n\"To raise £1m is incredible and I want to thank all of the riders, their families, friends and colleagues because taking this event on requires enormous sacrifices long before the start.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England footballer Tyrone Mings has accused the home secretary of pretending to be disgusted by racist abuse, after she previously described taking the knee as \"gesture politics\".\n\nMarcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were targeted after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nPriti Patel said she was \"disgusted\" by the online abuse directed at the trio.\n\nMings said she had \"stoked the fire\" by refusing to criticise fans who booed the England team for taking the knee.\n\nMs Patel declined to comment on his tweet, but Downing Street said the home secretary was \"working every day to clamp down on hate crime, racism and violence\".\n\nMings, who was a member of the England Euros squad, was angered by a perceived lack of action by the government when some fans booed the players taking the knee before the tournament.\n\nThe act of taking the knee has become a prominent symbol in sport and during anti-racist protests in recent years, and England players have been adopting the stance at the start of their matches.\n\nSpeaking to GB News about the England players' protest in June, Ms Patel said she did not support \"people participating in that type of gesture politics\".\n\nAsked if she would criticise fans who booed England players taking the knee she said: \"That's a choice for them, quite frankly.\"\n\nWriting on Twitter on Monday evening, Mings said: \"You don't get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as 'Gesture Politics' and then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we're campaigning against, happens.\".\n\nAsked if Ms Patel was wrong to call taking the knee \"gesture politics\", Treasury minister Stephen Barclay told BBC Breakfast: \"We need to respect people making their points in different ways.\"\n\nDefending the home secretary, Downing Street added: \"There is no place for racism in this country and she is backing the police to hold those responsible for this abuse accountable.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said he had \"full respect\" for players who took the knee, adding that everyone should show respect to those who did so.\n\nHe said: \"I think it's a perfectly acceptable way to show that solidarity. I wish more people would show respect in that way.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson is due to hold a meeting with social media companies including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Snapchat later to discuss online abuse.\n\nBut former Premier League footballer Anton Ferdinand, himself a victim of racist abuse during his career, told the government to \"sort your own house out\" before going after social media platforms.\n\nHe said there was no point in the government talking about what it was planning to do when, as \"the people that run this country\", they are \"not condemning\" those that boo players taking the knee.\n\nHe added: \"How can you not condemn that, but then come out and say it's about social media?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rashford mural tributes: 'Something beautiful out of something negative'\n\nRashford apologised for the missed penalty in a statement posted on Twitter on Monday, but added: \"I will never apologise for who I am and where I came from.\"\n\nA mural of Rashford in his hometown of Withington was defaced after his penalty miss - but it was later covered in messages of support and solidarity.\n\nRashford said he was \"on the verge of tears\" when he saw the supportive messages.\n\nThe mural has since been repaired.\n\nWithington Walls co-founder Ed Wellard, who commissioned the artwork, said the people responsible for defacing it should be educated not punished.\n\nThe mural of Marcus Rashford has now been cleaned\n\nEngland captain Harry Kane said Rashford, Saka and Sancho \"deserve support and backing, not the vile racist abuse they've had\".\n\n\"If you abuse anyone on social media you're not an England fan and we don't want you,\" he added.\n\nEarlier on Monday, England boss Gareth Southgate said the racist abuse issued after the defeat was \"unforgivable\". The Football Association also condemned it.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said \"it will not be tolerated\", while the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) has also launched an investigation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Young black footballers say they were not surprised to see England players receive racist abuse\n\nMings's intervention comes after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused Mr Johnson of having \"failed the test of leadership\" by not condemning fans who booed England players taking the knee.\n\nAhead of Euro 2020, after England's final warm-up game, Downing Street stopped short of condemning fans who had booed players who took part in the anti-racism protest.\n\nBut later that week, Mr Johnson said he wanted supporters to be \"cheering and not booing\" the England players.\n\nAfter Sunday's match, Mr Johnson praised the England football team, who he said had \"played like heroes\" and \"brought joy to this country\".\n\nAddressing those who sent abuse, the prime minister said: \"Shame on you - I hope you will crawl back under the rock from which you emerged.\"\n\nSir Keir said Mr Johnson's comments had come too late, adding: \"The actions and inactions of leaders have consequences, so I'm afraid the prime minister's words today ring hollow.\"\n\nBukayo Saka has been among the players to receive racist abuse online\n\nThe home secretary was also criticised by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi - a former Conservative minister - who said: \"If we 'whistle' and the 'dog' reacts we can't be shocked if it barks and bites. It's time to stop the culture wars that are feeding division. Dog whistles win votes but destroy nations.\"\n\nHowever, another Conservative MP Fay Jones told the BBC she supported players trying to fight racism but added that taking the knee \"is a political symbol and I think that's the problem that certain people have had with it\".\n\nThe abuse received in the aftermath of the match has also raised questions about the role of social media companies.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons, Ms Patel said social media companies could \"no longer ignore some of the appalling, vile, racist, violent and hateful content that appears on their platforms\".\n\n\"We have been clear that if they do not stamp this out we will take action against them in the Online Safety Bill,\" she added.\n\nThe proposed legislation is yet to be published but it could give the media watchdog Ofcom powers to fine social media companies up to £18m if they fail in their \"duty of care\".\n\nThe Football Association has also urged social media companies to ban abusers from their platforms, as well as gathering evidence to make prosecutions easier.\n\nIn a statement, Facebook said it had \"quickly removed comments and accounts directing abuse at England's footballers\".", "England fans everywhere will be rooting for the Three Lions this Sunday when they take on Italy in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nThose in the England stars' hometowns will hope that they can bring football home - literally.\n\nThe BBC's Luxmy Gopal goes back to the boys' (grass)roots to meet those who know stars best - including Harry Kane's former school teacher and the England squad's unofficial barber.", "Italian football fans have been celebrating across the country after their football team defeated England 3-2 on penalties in the Euro 2020 final in London.\n\nThe team were given a hero's welcome as they arrived back in Rome on Monday.\n\nCrowds cheered as Captain Giorgio Chiellini held up the trophy, won only once before by Italy in 1968.\n\nThe BBC's Mark Lowen in Rome says the victory has brought joy back to Italy after the hell of the pandemic.\n\nThe star of what they're calling an Italian miracle is coach Roberto Mancini, transforming a national team from the shame of failing to qualify for the last World Cup to a side unbeaten now in 34 games.\n\nHe has brought youth and confidence to the Italian team and made Italians fall back in love with the \"Azzurri\".\n\nCaptain Giorgio Chiellini wore a crown on his head as the team arrived to cheering crowds at their hotel.\n\nThe triumphant team landed at Rome's Fiumicino airport early on Monday morning. Crowds cheered as they disembarked, and later as they arrived at their hotel.\n\nChiellini - wearing a crown - held aloft the trophy, which he'd kept next to him on his bed overnight.\n\nLater in the day, they were welcomed by Italian President Sergio Mattarella, before going on to meet Prime Minister Mario Draghi later.\n\nSunday night began with stunned silence as England scored an early goal but was transformed by the elation of the Italian equaliser.\n\nWild celebrations followed after a penalty shoot-out that some could barely watch from nerves.\n\nAt a fan zone in Rome, thousands of supporters started jumping in pure elation, shouting and hugging each other after a missed penalty by England's Bukayo Saka signalled Italy's victory.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I am so happy! We are Euro champions, I am going to celebrate all night, I am going to celebrate all night!\" Beatrice Mattioli in Rome told Reuters news agency.\n\n\"It's incredible, it's incredible, you can't feel better than this, it is amazing, we won the final!\" said Stefano Gucci, another supporter in the Italian capital.\n\nIn Naples, fans sounded car horns as they drove around the southern Italian city\n\nThere were nervy moments for Italian supporters during the tense final that ended 1-1 after extra-time", "As Rushden and Diamonds chairman Max Griggs took the club in the Football League\n\nMax Griggs who founded the original Rushden and Diamonds FC and made his fortune with Dr Martens footwear has died.\n\nIts successor club, AFC Rushden and Diamonds, said Mr Griggs passed away on Thursday.\n\nChairman Ralph Burditt said his colleagues were devastated by the news.\n\nHe said Mr Griggs regularly attended the Northamptonshire club's home games until the autumn lockdown and was a \"pivotal person in the club's history\".\n\n\"We wouldn't be here without him. Everyone in the local area linked to the members could only say what a wonderful, kind down-to-earth man he was,\" said Mr Burditt.\n\nAt Saturday's pre-season match against Cambridge City, players wore black armbands in respect.\n\nSocial media has seen an outpouring of tributes.\n\nThe director of Peterborough United, Barry Fry, said: \"He was a wonderful man, a great man, what he did for Rushden and Diamonds.\n\n\"He gave the club to the fans - a great football man. He will be sadly missed. They don't make them like him anymore.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Peterborough United This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMax Griggs' business success was partly built by putting Dr Martens at the heart of Northampton Shoes and Boots, based in Wollaston.\n\nIn 1960, Mr Griggs and his brothers bought the UK patent rights to the Dr Martens boot with its air-cushioned sole, which became popular with several British youth cults.\n\nMr Griggs formed Rushden and Diamonds FC in 1992 by merging two neighbouring clubs, Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds, with the aim of getting the single, larger club into the Football League.\n\nHe was at the helm at Nene Park for 11 years and achieved that dream, before retiring as chairman in 2003.\n\nManager Brian Talbot celebrates a 1998 FA Cup victory over Doncaster at Nene Park with Max Griggs\n\nRushden and Diamonds FC folded in 2011, with the present day \"phoenix\" club AFC Rushden and Diamonds formed by a small group of supporters.\n\nIn 2014, Max Griggs and his son Stephen gave the club, the stadium and the 22 acres of land at Nene Park to the Supporters' Trust.\n\nAs well as £20m worth of assets, the Griggs Group also gave the trust a cash injection of £750,000.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by AFC Rushden & Diamonds This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAFC said it planned to further commemorate Mr Griggs' life at the Northampton Town friendly on 21 July.\n\nThe club currently plays in the Southern League Premier Division Central.\n\nMax Griggs (left) and his son Stephen Griggs, at Nene Park, Irthlingborough in 2005\n\nMr Griggs' family have not yet commented on his death.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The cameraman was covering the anti-LGBT protests in the capital when he was attacked\n\nPolice in Georgia have launched a criminal investigation into the death of a cameraman who was attacked while covering an anti-Pride event.\n\nLekso Lashkarava suffered severe facial injuries during the attack in Tbilisi on 5 July but was discharged from hospital. He was found dead on Sunday.\n\nThe Georgian interior ministry said four people have been arrested.\n\nPride was called off on Monday after violent groups targeted the offices of LGBT campaigners.\n\nWhile discrimination against sexual orientation is illegal in Georgia, the country - which lies between Eastern Europe and Western Asia - remains very conservative.\n\nLashkarava was attacked by anti-LGBT protesters who were demonstrating against the planned Pride events. He was one of more than 50 journalists attacked on that day.\n\nLashkarava's editor at TV Pirveli said the cameraman had complained of severe pain when he saw him on Friday.\n\nAn official cause of death has not been announced. Georgia's interior ministry has announced that it has launched a criminal investigation.\n\nPrime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili described Lashkarava's death as an \"unimaginable tragedy\" but he faces calls to step down. He, along with his government, has been accused of orchestrating a violent campaign against journalists by people in the media industry.\n\nTwo marches are set to take place on Sunday. One is calling for the government's resignation and another has been organised by representatives from media outlets.\n\nReporters Without Borders condemned last week's attacks, saying journalists \"sustained injuries that included concussion, chemical burns and broken arms\".\n\nIt accused authorities of \"culpable passivity\" and said police had failed to protect reporters.\n\nActivists had organised five days of Pride events but in a statement on Monday, Tbilisi Pride said local authorities had \"not only failed to secure safety of the queer community and our supporters, but actively hampered us from exercising the right of assembly\" ahead of the planned march.\n\nGeorgia's interior ministry had previously called on the organisers to cancel the Pride march due to safety concerns while Mr Gharibashvili described the event as \"unacceptable for a large segment of the Georgian society\".\n\nThe Georgian Orthodox Church, which strongly opposes LGBT activists, had also called for a public prayer meeting against the Pride event.\n\nIt is not the first time that there has been violence at an anti-LGBT march. In 2019, far-right protesters joined demonstrations against the premiere of Georgia's first LGBTQ film in Tbilisi.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This shopping centre in Durban was ransacked on Sunday\n\nSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for people to \"stand against violence\" in response to deadly unrest triggered by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.\n\nAt least six people have been killed and nearly 500 arrested since Zuma handed himself in to police last week.\n\nShops have been looted and buildings set on fire.\n\nTroops have been deployed in Gauteng province, and in Zuma's home province of KwaZulu-Natal.\n\nZuma was convicted of contempt of court after failing to attend an inquiry into corruption during his presidency.\n\nThe 79-year-old, who denies corruption, was given a 15-month prison sentence. He is hoping to get the sentence rescinded or reduced by the country's constitutional Court. However, legal experts say his chances of success are slim.\n\nIn a televised address on Monday, Mr Ramaphosa condemned \"acts of public violence of a kind rarely seen in the history of our democracy\".\n\nPolice have accused people of taking advantage of the unrest\n\nThe unrest began as protests against Zuma's jailing but has escalated and broadened.\n\nImages from Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal, showed shops ransacked and businesses set on fire. In Johannesburg looters were seen taking televisions, microwave ovens and clothes.\n\n\"What we are witnessing now are opportunistic acts of criminality, with groups of people instigating chaos merely as a cover for looting and theft,\" Mr Ramaphosa said.\n\n\"There is no grievance or political cause that can justify the violence and destruction that we have seen in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.\"\n\nOn Sunday, protesters armed with sticks, golf clubs and branches were seen marching through Johannesburg's central business district.\n\nThe violence has affected Covid vaccination drives, with some chemists saying vaccination sites had been \"destroyed and looted,\" AFP news agency reports. Some sites have been forced to close amid safety concerns.\n\n\"Our vaccination programme has been severely disrupted just as it was gaining momentum. This will have lasting effects on our progress in economic recovery,\" President Ramaphosa said.\n\nSeparately to his imprisonment for contempt of court, Zuma is being tried on corruption charges. He pleaded not guilty last month in a case involving a $5bn (£3bn) arms deal from the 1990s.\n\nHis supporters argue he is the victim of a political witch hunt, orchestrated by Ramaphosa allies.", "People covered the defaced part of the mural with hearts and supportive messages\n\nMarcus Rashford has said he was \"on the verge of tears\" when he saw his mural which was vandalised had been covered in hearts and supportive notes.\n\nThe artwork in Withington, Manchester, was defaced following England's defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nNotes and drawings with the words \"role model\", \"wonderful human\" and \"hero\" have been attached to the wall.\n\nRashford said: \"The communities that always wrapped their arms around me continue to hold me up.\"\n\nThose who brought the messages and hearts said they wanted to show solidarity with the Manchester United striker and stand against racism.\n\nRashford missed a penalty in the 3-2 shootout loss, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka.\n\nAll three players have since been targeted with racist abuse on social media.\n\nRashford tweeted he was sorry for missing his penalty, adding that he \"wished it had gone differently\" but then paid tribute to those who added messages on the mural.\n\nNotes with the words \"role model\" and \"hero\" were placed over the defaced mural\n\nThe 23-year-old said: \"The messages I had received today have been positively overwhelming and seeing the response in Withington had me on the verge of tears.\n\n\"The communities that always wrapped their arms around me continue to hold me up.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Marcus Rashford MBE This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarlier Greater Manchester Police said an investigation had begun after the force received a report of racially-aggravated damage at the mural at 02:50 BST.\n\nSeveral swear words were daubed across the mural alongside the word \"Saka\".\n\nThere has been an outpouring of support for Rashford on social media and people have also posted positive messages over the covered-up graffiti on the mural.\n\nChildren stuck up drawings and described Rashford, Sancho and Saka as \"national heroes\".\n\nOne card thanked Rashford for his \"passion, compassion and desire to change lives\"\n\nOthers wrote cards to thank Rashford for his work to tackle child food poverty.\n\n\"Thank you for your passion, compassion and desire to change lives,\" one note said.\n\nLaura Morris, 36, a season ticket holder for Manchester United who lives in Didsbury, said she visited the mural because she was upset it had been vandalised.\n\n\"He was so brave taking that penalty.\n\n\"Seeing what people have done to the mural is so disgusting so I wanted to show our solidarity for him,\" she said.\n\nA crowdfunding appeal to fix the damage to the mural has raised nearly £18,000.\n\nMany Mancunians have expressed shock, disappointment and fury that the mural of a \"local lad\" who has made significant achievements on and off the pitch, despite only being 23 years old, was defaced.\n\nYet at the same time, many aren't surprised that racism has yet again surfaced.\n\nA number of locals have been sticking up hearts, flags and notes expressing their support and admiration for Rashford.\n\nOthers watched in silence or took pictures while they tried to cover up the vandalism in the rain.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nEngland fell short once again against an old foe - the penalty shootout - as they suffered Euro 2020 final heartbreak.\n\nThere's no need to clean up the spare room just yet - football isn't coming home. Instead, it's coming Rome.\n\nOn an emotional night for England, which started so well with a goal in the second minute, it ended in agony after penalties saw Italy victorious following a 1-1 draw.\n\nHere's how social media took it all in.\n\nWe're not crying, you are…\n\nBefore kick-off, this got us in the mood.\n\nIt did not take England very long to get off the mark. Two minutes in, Luke Shaw scored with his left to put the home side ahead.\n\nShaw's renaissance seems to be continuing apace.\n\nThe fans certainly enjoyed it.\n\nPenny for the thoughts of former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, who has been critical of Shaw in the past.\n\nAmong the fans at Wembley, David Beckham and Tom Cruise looked like they were enjoying things.\n\nItalian job not done yet\n\nAs half-time approached, Federico Chiesa delivered a little reminder to England not to get complacent.\n\nThat would have been his third goal of the tournament.\n\nTrying to keep cool\n\nActor Ross Kemp, as usual, was there to offer some words of encouragement to the team, that included stuff like: \"Cool heads.\" It doesn't look like he's following his own advice really.\n\nItaly were knocking on the door in the second half, and eventually got their reward in the 67th minute.\n\nThe man who inspired Italy's comeback was the evergreen Leonardo Bonucci.\n\nChiesa was substituted late on in the game. But it had been some performance.\n\nIt was a very tough second half for England, with Italy in control.\n\nAs extra time loomed, Giorgio Chiellini must have thought things were all over because he went to swap shirts early with Bukayo Saka.\n\nOne of the biggest cheers of the night from the England fans came in extra time, when Jack Grealish was brought on for Mason Mount.\n\nCould have seen red\n\nThere was a bad foul on Grealish in the second half of the extra period.\n\nAs if it was written in the stars, penalties would decide the fate of Gareth Southgate's men.\n\nIn the end, it was spot-kick suffering for England once again.\n\nDespite the disappointment, Southgate's team were praised for their overall efforts.\n\nIn particular, there was a lot of love and support for the young players who were brave enough to step up and take a penalty.\n\nAnd lots of pundits backed England to keep getting better.\n\nThe lads even got the Royal seal of approval.\n\nFittingly, Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, the hero in two penalty shootouts in the tournament, was named Player of Euro 2020.\n\n'It's going to hurt now'\n\nSkipper Harry Kane summed up the feelings of the England camp after the match.\n\nWhat a night for Italy's Leonardo Bonucci. Named Uefa's 'Star of the Match', the Juventus defender scrambled the equaliser, scored his penalty in the shootout, and then screamed down the pitchside camera \"It's coming to Rome!\" as Italy celebrated. The 34-year-old was just as busy post-match...\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "The location of the Adam Street bonfire is inviting tension and trouble, said the deputy first minister\n\nNI Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill has defended a failed legal bid to force police to help contractors remove a bonfire in north Belfast.\n\nThe Sinn Féin vice-president said ministers had \"a duty to uphold the law\" by taking the action.\n\nThe bonfire in Adam Street is in the unionist Tiger's Bay area and is close to an interface with the nationalist New Lodge.\n\nUnionist politicians have said the bonfire is \"a celebration of culture\".\n\nPolice had said the Adam Street bonfire was one of a small number in Northern Ireland causing concern.\n\nHowever, they refused to help contractors remove the bonfire as they said it would create a \"real and immediate risk to life\".\n\nInfrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon of the SDLP and Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey of Sinn Féin took the court action, but it was dismissed by a judge on Friday.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Sunday Politics programme, Ms O'Neill said: \"It's disappointing to see the outcome of the court ruling but I do think it was absolutely the right thing to do.\"\n\nShe claimed bonfires were illegal and that the Adam Street bonfire builders were trespassing on government-owned land.\n\n\"So the ministers have a duty to uphold the law and actually take the case to the courts.\"\n\nMichelle O'Neill said her main concern was for those living near the bonfire\n\nAt the court hearing, a barrister acting for the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) told the court of untested intelligence which indicated a potential ballistics threat to officers and contractors if an attempt was made to remove the bonfire.\n\nResponding to reports in The Sunday Times that loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) had brought weapons into the area, Ms O'Neill said: \"Why is it acceptable to anyone in this day and age that their threat is more dominant than the rights of the citizens that are being attacked in these areas?\"\n\nShe added that bonfires in interface areas \"invited\" tension and trouble and the motivations of those building them should be questioned.\n\nShe said: \"Putting a bonfire on an interface area does beg the question: Is it there only to antagonise?\n\n\"These bonfires should not be happening in interface areas.\n\n\"Those who want to celebrate the Twelfth, that's absolutely their entitlement, they should do that, but bonfires in interface areas are not acceptable.\n\n\"I just hope that we have a weekend where we're not looking at the scenes we witnessed a number of weeks ago whenever we saw tension in interface areas, none of us want to see that.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Adam Street bonfire is located in the loyalist Tiger's Bay area\n\nSpeaking on Saturday, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) assembly member for the area William Humphrey said the court case should never have been brought and was a \"complete waste of taxpayers' money\".\n\nHe said: \"We're coming up to the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, the glorious revolution, there is a tradition of bonfires being lit in the Protestant/unionist community going back to the glorious revolution - and that's what we're here to do, celebrate our culture.\n\n\"The bonfire is here because we've had houses built where it was previously situated.\"\n\nLarge crowds gathered at a bonfire in the Corcrain area of Portadown\n\nHundreds of Eleventh Night bonfires will be lit in loyalist communities across Northern Ireland over the weekend, most of them late on Sunday night, to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season - the Twelfth of July.\n\nSome bonfires were lit on Saturday night, including in the Corcrain area of Portadown in County Armagh.", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nNovak Djokovic won his sixth Wimbledon title to equal Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's record of 20 men's Grand Slam victories after fighting back to beat Italy's Matteo Berrettini.\n\nThe 34-year-old Serb won 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4 6-3 in front of a passionate and vocal 15,000 crowd on Centre Court.\n\nSeventh seed Berrettini, 25, received loud backing but could not maintain his advantage in his first major final.\n\nTop seed Djokovic has now won all three Grand Slam men's titles in 2021.\n\n\"Winning Wimbledon was always the biggest dream for me when I was a kid,\" said the world number one, who dropped a set for only the second time in the SW19 fortnight.\n\n\"A seven-year-old boy in Serbia constructing a Wimbledon trophy with improvised materials and standing here with a sixth real trophy is incredible. It is amazing.\"\n\nHaving already claimed the Australian Open and French Open, Djokovic is the fifth man in history - and only the second in the Open era after Rod Laver in 1969 - to win the first three majors of the season.\n\nAnd with Djokovic retaining his crown at the All England Club, he has moved a step closer to becoming the second player to achieve a 'Golden Slam'.\n\nOnly Germany's Steffi Graf in 1988 has ever won all four majors and the Olympics in a calendar year.\n\nBerrettini saved two match points at 5-3 in the fourth set with a controlled volley and a 101mph forehand winner down the line. But the Italian could not fight off the third as he sliced a backhand into the net.\n\nDjokovic fell flat on his back with his arms outstretched after sealing a hard-fought victory, while Berrettini's contrasting emotions on the opposite baseline - bending over double with his hands on his knees - illustrated the effort he had expended in defeat.\n\nAfter taking the acclaim of a rapturous Centre Court crowd, Djokovic climbed up to his support team to celebrate before finding a few spare seconds to have a selfie with one young fan.\n\n'The journey is not stopping here,' vows Djokovic\n\nDjokovic has made no secret of the fact he is motivated by creating history, having already spent more weeks as world number one than any other man and now targeting the most major titles.\n\nWhen Djokovic won his first Slam at the 2008 Australian Open, Federer - who is almost six years older than the Serb - had claimed 12 of his 20 majors. Djokovic was still stuck on one when Federer claimed his 16th in 2010.\n\nNow, Djokovic has moved level with Federer - and Nadal, who caught up with the Swiss at last year's French Open - for the first time.\n\n\"I have to pay tribute to Rafa and Roger. They are legends of our sport and the two greatest players I have faced,\" said Djokovic, who won his second Grand Slam in 2011 and has now won a total of 19 in the past decade.\n\n\"They are the reason why I am where I am today. They made me realise what I had to do to get stronger - mentally, physically and tactically.\n\n\"The last 10 years have been an incredible journey that is not stopping here.\"\n\nNot only did Djokovic have to contend with Berrettini's fierce serving and thumping forehand, he also had to deal with the loud vocal support for the popular Italian.\n\nThere were moments when Djokovic seemed irked by chanting of his opponent's name, responding with steely glares and exchanges with the crowd.\n\nDespite that, there was nothing other rapturous acclaim when he sealed a third successive title on Centre Court.\n\nBerrettini beaten but not down\n\nIt was not a straightforward afternoon against the in-form Berrettini, though.\n\nThe world number nine warmed up for the All England Club by lifting the Queen's title, extending his winning record on the British grass courts this summer to 11 matches by reaching the SW19 final.\n\nThere was a tense start from both men in a stadium allowed a 100% capacity, with two double faults from Djokovic in the opening game showing even the all-time greats still suffer from nerves on the biggest of occasions.\n\nAfter settling down to break for 3-1 and then move 5-2 ahead, Djokovic missed a set point in the eighth game and was unable to serve out in the following game as Berrettini broke back.\n\nIt felt as though Berrettini needed to win the first set to stand any chance of victory and it seemed the Centre Court crowd also knew how important the tie-break was for the Italian.\n\nHolding a 6-4 lead, he landed a 138mph ace down the middle to clinch the opening set after one hour and 10 minutes.\n\nDjokovic came out fighting at the start of the second set. After breaking in the first game, he earned another in the third when the pressure told on Berrettini and he dumped a forehand into the net on the third break point.\n\nFrom a 5-1 lead, Djokovic was pegged back to 5-4 again after Berrettini fended off three set points in the ninth game.\n\nUnlike the first set, Djokovic had the comfort of a double break and at the second attempt served out to love to level.\n\nWith the crowd chanting in support of Berrettini, Djokovic gained an early break in the third set which he would not concede. The Serb responded to that break by prodding his temple to indicate his mental resolve and clarity of thought in the most tense moments of the biggest matches.\n\nA tight fourth set hung in the balance until Djokovic set up a break point at 3-3 with a glorious cross-court forehand winner. Berrettini produced a double fault, giving Djokovic a lead that he would not relinquish.\n\n\"I'm really happy with the final and hopefully it will not be my last one here or my last one in a Slam,\" said Berrettini.\n\n\"I'm so honoured to be here and it's been a really great run for two weeks.\n\n\"Also with [winning] Queen's, I could not ask for more, well, maybe, a bit more.\"\n\n'Djokovic has taken tennis to another level' - reaction\n\nFormer British number one Tim Henman on BBC TV: \"It has really been a fantastic tournament with a very worthy winner. Djokovic had an incredible tournament, he came in as a huge favourite and he put in an absolute masterclass in the two weeks. No doubt the best player won this tournament.\n\n\"He talks about his hunger, desire and motivation but there is no doubt he want to be the leader of that conversation when it comes to numbers of Grand Slams. The calendar Grand Slam is absolutely on the cards and is one of the greatest achievements in the sport. After the challenges of 2020 to have the players back in the stadium - it's a great way to finish.\"\n\nFormer Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"It is entirely sensational that Novak has been able to win the 20th Grand Slam. What a final - we have been so lucky to witness such a great level from both players. Berrettini pushed Djokovic - it takes two players to have such a great fight. Novak Djokovic has just taken tennis to another level.\"\n\nSix-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker on BBC TV: \"It has been a difficult three weeks, just playing and being in the hotel, you need great people around you on your side and it's great for Novak to show his appreciation for his team.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Members of \"The Base\" tried to groom teenagers in the UK and elsewhere as recruits\n\nAn American neo-Nazi group which is led from Russia is to be banned as a terrorist organisation, the Home Secretary has said.\n\nPriti Patel condemned \"evil white supremacist groups, who target vulnerable people across the world\".\n\nThe Base will be the fifth extreme right-wing group to be proscribed in the UK under anti-terror laws.\n\nLast year BBC Panorama exposed the organisation's recruitments efforts in the UK.\n\nA BBC investigation also exposed the group's American founder Rinaldo Nazzaro and revealed how he was directing The Base from his St Petersburg home.\n\nThe Base, formed in 2018, seeks to create terrorist cells in the US and other countries in an attempt to establish fascist, white ethno-states through a \"race war\".\n\nMembers have engaged in training with weapons and explosives. Several men linked to the group are being prosecuted in the US for offences including conspiracy to murder.\n\nThe group has been heavily disrupted, although leading figures like Nazzaro remain active.\n\nA formal ban in the UK, which will come into force this week if approved by MPs, will make membership or support for the group a terrorism offence with a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.\n\nThe group is directed by Rinaldo Nazzaro, a former FBI and Pentagon employee who now lives in Russia\n\nThe Home Office said the group shared aims and ideologies with Atomwaffen Division, and its alias National Socialist Order, which was banned earlier this year.\n\nThe other right-wing extremist groups proscribed as terror organisations are National Action and Sonnenkrieg Division - both created in the UK - as well as Feuerkrieg Division, founded in Estonia.\n\nThe Panorama investigation into The Base exposed how Nazzaro and other men interviewed and groomed young recruits from Britain and other countries.\n\nThe investigation showed how another leading group member, Matthew Baccari, ran a notorious neo-Nazi online forum linked to multiple terrorism prosecutions in UK courts.\n\nNazzaro, who used to work for the FBI and the Pentagon, moved to Russia around the time he created The Base.\n\nIn November a feature-length interview with Nazzaro was broadcast on Russian state television.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nItaly's celebrating supporters packed one end of a mostly deserted Wembley and turned England's anthem back on them as they sang \"football's coming home\".\n\nThe irony would not have been lost on England's players, fans or manager Gareth Southgate as this was the joyous scene they had in mind at the start of a frantic, tension-packed night in an edgy Wembley atmosphere.\n\nThis was the party England and their fans were planning but once again they were left pressing their noses up against the window, their aspirations wrecked by a heartbreaking loss to Italy on penalties in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nEngland's despair was encapsulated by the sight of Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka waiting anxiously to take a penalty he had to score in the shootout. The nation was watching and it was down to a rookie 19-year-old to keep the dream alive.\n\nSaka, who deserves huge credit for stepping forward and for his fine Euro 2020 in general, saw the giant figure of Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma keep out his spot-kick and it was all over for England. Again.\n\nIt was not supposed to end like this.\n\nThe chimes of Big Ben and the sight of the Red Arrows flashing overhead in the pre-match ceremony whipped Wembley into a frenzy - or even more of a frenzy.\n\nAnd when Luke Shaw capped a lightning England start with a goal after two minutes, the players and their fans were dreaming of ending a 55-year wait as Italy were pushed onto the back foot.\n\nInstead, on a nail-biting night, a familiar tale of disappointment and woe unfolded for the hosts, Italy first equalising through Leonardo Bonucci before the same old finale arrived in the shape of a 3-2 defeat on penalties.\n\nIt all seemed a world away from what went before, when England fans besieged Wembley hours before kick-off, during which it must be noted that there were unsavoury scenes of supporters bursting their way through barriers to gain entry to the stadium, with 45 arrests also made.\n• None Best XI of Euro 2020: Pick your team of the tournament\n• None Watch all of the penalty shootout between Italy and England in the final of Euro 2020\n• None England defeat will 'hurt for rest of careers' - Harry Kane\n\nThis was English football's most important day for more than half a century. It felt like it in every fibre of Wembley.\n\nOnce Big Ben had chimed its last and the Red Arrows had flown back to base, smoke hung heavy in the humid, steamy conditions after a pre-match display of pyrotechnics that gave the occasion the air of a rock concert.\n\nEngland fans unveiled a large banner emblazoned with the words \"History In The Making\" under dark and foreboding skies as a downpour hit Wembley, even the normally immaculate Italy manager Roberto Mancini accepting it was time for a waterproof jacket.\n\nAnd so to the highest point of England's night, Shaw's goal, which was greeted with such sound and fury by the home fans that the ground and its surrounds shook and bounced in celebration.\n\nSouthgate's response was a low-key fist pump while Mancini threw his hands in the air lamenting how Italy, who went into this final on the back of a 33-match unbeaten run, could concede so cheaply.\n\nEngland pushed, Italy were cagey, and all the while Wembley was a tinderbox of emotions.\n\nThe country had waited more than 20,000 days to finally claim that major crown and the opportunity to do it on home soil was almost overwhelming.\n\nThis was a crowd waiting to rejoice, a nation waiting to celebrate, but Italy, streetwise and talented, set about putting Wembley on edge with possession and they did it successfully.\n\nEngland stalled, conceded territory. Wembley grew anxious and Italy, predictably, played on the nerves of a nation and all those in a stadium whose actual attendance will probably remain unknown given how many people without tickets found their way in.\n\nThey demanded Jack Grealish, the new people's champion, and it was a surprise Southgate waited until the 99th minute to introduce a player who may have at least given those two teak-tough defensive enforcers Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini - combined age 70 - some worrying moments.\n\nEngland's supporters almost gave a groan of acceptance when Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers sounded the conclusion of extra time.\n\nThey have seen this movie before. They know how it usually ends. And they were right.\n\nEngland's three substitutes Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Saka all missed, plenty of eyebrows raised as to how it fell to the latter, on the most pressurised night of his emerging football career, to suffer the same fate that befell Southgate himself in the Euro '96 semi-final here against Germany.\n\nSaka has come of age in this tournament. He will be an England player for years to come. He deserves no criticism or abuse for showing such courage - all of which will be no consolation to a very fine young man on this night.\n\nEngland lost impetus and Wembley's worries ran alongside each other. Somehow their convictions seemed to desert them, even Southgate himself seemingly reluctant to change the course of a game that ran Italy's way.\n\nAs England's supporters gave Southgate and his players a measure of acclaim, deserved for their efforts at Euro 2020, the scale of the disappointment hit home to all.\n\nThe wait goes on until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.\n\nEngland went a step further than their defeat against Croatia in the 2018 World Cup semi-final in Moscow; progress of sorts but not enough to soothe this suffering.\n\nSouthgate is overseeing genuine development in England's national side and no-one will forget the scenes of jubilation after Wembley wins against Germany and in the semi-final against Denmark.\n\nThis was meant to be the night football, as the chorus goes, came home. Instead England were left singing the same old song.\n\nItaly were deserved Euro 2020 winners. The best team won this tournament.\n\nEngland and Southgate must lift themselves again and start counting the days until they can have another crack at ending the talk of years of hurt, of no trophies since 1966.\n\nOn this night, however, after so much fevered build-up and belief that this was the night England finally won that elusive silverware, there was once again only the crushing pain of another defeat.\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "The easing of restrictions brought back nightlife to city streets in the Netherlands\n\nDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologised for \"an error of judgement\" in scrapping most coronavirus restrictions in the country.\n\nThe easing three weeks ago led to infection levels surging to their highest this year as nightlife resumed for large numbers of young people.\n\nCurbs on bars, restaurants and nightclubs were reimposed on Friday.\n\nPreviously Mr Rutte had refused to take any blame for the opening up, describing it as a \"logical step\".\n\nOn Saturday, the country's public health institute reported more than 10,000 new Covid cases, the highest number in a single day since December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Are pandemics the new normal?\n\nBut so far this has not translated into a significant increase in hospital admissions, as most of the new cases are among young people.\n\nMore than 46% of the Netherlands' adult population - mostly from older age groups - is fully vaccinated. More than 77% have received at least one dose.\n\nMr Rutte's apology comes as countries across Europe face rising numbers of cases of the Delta variant.", "Once again, social-media companies are facing criticism as their platforms are used to racially abuse football players, following the dramatic conclusion of the Euro 2020 men's tournament on Sunday night.\n\nAnd make no mistake, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the technology giants to defend these incidents. How can they not be held more responsible for the content they share to millions?\n\nIn a nutshell, social-media platforms have not been regulated in the same way as traditional media such as the BBC, because they are not categorised as publishers or broadcasters.\n\nIf racist comments appeared below this article, written not by me but by someone who had read it, the BBC would be immediately accountable, as part of an arrangement with the regulator Ofcom.\n\nBut Ofcom does not yet have powers over the likes of Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter, which have until now been largely self-regulating - although, that is coming, as part of the long-anticipated Online Safety Bill.\n\nWhether the threat of large fines is enough to focus the minds of these multi-million dollar businesses remains to be seen, however. But it is not just in the UK that regulation is planned.\n\nIn fairness, while the BBC does have a large global presence, it does not have to deal with anything like the volume of content and video, written and uploaded in real time by anybody and everybody, a platform such as Facebook, with its two billion users, does.\n\nSocial-media platforms are looking to automation for answers\n\nThis sheer volume swamps the armies of human moderators employed by those platforms.\n\nSome describe nightmare shifts sifting through the worst and most graphic content imaginable and then making decisions about what should be done with it.\n\nSo, the solution these companies are all pouring countless time and money into is automation.\n\nAlgorithms trained to seek out offensive material before it is published, the blanket banning of incendiary (and illegal) hashtags, the use of techniques such as \"hashing\", which create a kind of digital fingerprint of a video, and then block any content bearing the same marker, are already in regular use.\n\nBut so far, automation remains a bit of a blunt instrument.\n\nIt is not yet sophisticated enough to understand nuance, context, different cultural norms, crafty edits - and there would be very little support for an anonymous algorithm, built by an unelected US technology giant, effectively censoring Western people's speech without these factors (China of course has its own state censorship and US social-media platforms are banned).\n\nHere is an example - a friend last night reported an anonymous account that had posted an orangutan emoji beneath an Instagram post belonging to England's Bukayo Saka.\n\nNow, nobody is going to blanket-ban that emoji.\n\nBut in this context, and given Saka is a young black player whose penalty kick was one of those that failed in the deciding moments of the England v Italy Euro 2020 final, the intention is pretty clear.\n\nThe response my friend received to her complaint was: \"Our technology has found that this probably doesn't go against our community guidelines,\" - although, it went on to add the automation \"isn't perfect\".\n\nShe has appealed against the decision but who knows when it will get a pair of human eyes on it?\n\nOn Twitter, meanwhile, a user was apparently able to use an extremely offensive racial slur in a tweet about a footballer, before deleting the message.\n\nIn a statement, Facebook, which owns Instagram, said it had \"quickly removed comments\" directed at players.\n\n\"No-one should have to experience racist abuse anywhere - and we don't want it on Instagram,\" it said.\n\nTwitter's response was similar - in 24 hours, it had removed 1,000 posts and blocked accounts sharing hateful content, using \"a combination of machine learning based automation and human review\", it said.\n\nBoth companies also said they had tools and filters that could be activated to stop account holders from seeing abusive content - but this does not solve the problem of the content being shared in the first place.\n\n\"No one thing will fix this challenge overnight,\" Facebook added.\n\nAnd perhaps that is what really lies at the heart of all this - it is not necessarily the limitations of technology that are the issue but old-fashioned human nature.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said, on Twitter ironically, those responsible for posting racist abuse should \"be ashamed of themselves\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Boris Johnson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut for some people, there is something seemingly irresistible about hiding behind a keyboard and saying things they would in all likelihood never say out loud, in person.\n\nNever before have people had access not only to those they want to berate but also a potentially enormous audience of those who will listen - and join in.\n\nFor some, it has proved a heady and intoxicating mix - and one that has quickly established itself as the norm.\n\nI was talking to someone recently about something controversial that happened 20 years ago.\n\nHer first question was about how social-media had responded.\n\nI hesitated for a moment, wondering why I could not remember that detail - and then realised it was simply because it did not exist.", "The under 30s account for between 60% and 68% of positive tests\n\nFriends and families need to encourage the under-30s to get a Covid vaccine, a health chief has said.\n\nWales' deputy chief medical officer for vaccines Dr Gill Richardson said one-in-four 18 to 29-year-olds were not vaccinated and \"the health boards can only do so much\".\n\nAll adults should have been offered a jab, and most health boards now offer walk-in vaccinations centres.\n\nBut over 130,0000 under-30s in Wales have not had a vaccine.\n\nOnly about 5,500 people under 30 received a first dose in the latest week, down from nearly 7,800 the week before and 13,150 the week before that.\n\nBack in November, only about 35% of positive tests were among the under-30s but that proportion has risen to between 60% and 68%.\n\nDr Richardson urged those who have not had a vaccine to visit a walk-in clinic at the weekend.\n\nShe told BBC Radio Wales: \"We need families and partners and friends to encourage that one-in-four. Everybody knows who those one-in-four are.\n\n\"If you are in those age groups and you've got a friend that hasn't yet had the vaccine... please just encourage them to go and chat, just go along and have a chat, and discuss any concerns that you have.\n\n\"The health boards can only do so much.\"\n\nShe said some people in the age group had \"a lot of other things on their minds\".\n\n\"The Euros for instance, there's all sorts of things, like work and studies and childcare,\" she said.\n\nShe said details of walk-in centres could be found on health board websites.\n\nDr Bnar Talabani is a doctor and scientist from Cardiff who encourages people to take the vaccine using social media such as TikTok and Instagram.\n\nShe said some younger people think they did not need a vaccine because they were young and well, but that did not mean they were safe from Covid.\n\nShe said: : \"We focus so much on hospitalisation and deaths, which tends to be rare in young people, but sadly it can happen in young people if you're completely healthy and well. We have seen people like that end up in hospital and sadly die.\n\n\"But actually, what's more important and what people I don't think have focused on as well, is long Covid, which is just as common in young people as in middle-aged and older people.\n\n\"It's a irretractable fatigue so people can't return to work, can't return to university, and are really struggling to return to school - because we've also seen it in children, adolescents - and it's also irreversible organ damage.\"\n\nThe higher case rates among the under-25s has been driving the rates in those local authority areas where they are highest.\n\nThe latest Public Health Wales breakdown has shown cases among under-25s across north Wales and in Cardiff in particular continue to have higher incidences.\n\nThe highest cases rate for under-25s was in Wrexham with 412.4 cases per 100,000 - that's 165 cases in the last week.\n\nThe area has 6,000 young people who have not yet taken up a vaccine.\n\nWrexham also has above average cases among the over 65s.\n\nTwo-thirds of the cases in Cardiff were among the under 25s.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch Sir Richard Branson's flight to the edge of space (and back)\n\nBillionaire Sir Richard Branson has successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.\n\nThe UK entrepreneur flew high above New Mexico in the US in the vehicle that his company has been developing for 17 years.\n\nThe trip was, he said, the \"experience of a lifetime\".\n\nHe returned safely to Earth just over an hour after leaving the ground.\n\n\"I have dreamt of this moment since I was a kid, but honestly nothing can prepare you for the view of Earth from space,\" he said in a press conference following the flight. \"The whole thing was just magical.\"\n\nThe trip also makes him the first of the new space tourism pioneers to try out their own vehicles, beating Amazon's Jeff Bezos and SpaceX's Elon Musk.\n\nUnity soars into the New Mexico sky\n\nThe height reached by Sir Richard in the rocket plane, known as Unity, was 85km (282,000ft; 53 miles).\n\nThe businessman was accompanied on the mission by the vehicle's two pilots, Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci, and three Galactic employees - Beth Moses, Colin Bennett and Sirisha Bandla.\n\nThe latter trio and Sir Richard were presented with commercial astronaut wings after the flight by former space station commander and Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSir Richard billed the flight as a test of the space tourism experience he expects to begin selling to customers from next year.\n\n\"I've had my notebook with me and I've written down 30 or 40 little things that will make the experience for the next person who goes to space with us that much better,\" he said. \"The only way sometimes you can find these little things is to get in a spaceship and go to space and experience it for yourself.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Today space is Virgin territory\": The moment Sir Richard Branson's rocket plane reached its highest altitude\n\nSome 600 individuals have already paid deposits for tickets that will cost them up to $250,000 (£180,000).\n\nThese are all people who want to reach a height where they can see the sky turn black and marvel at the Earth's horizon as it curves away into the distance. Such a flight should also afford them about five minutes of weightlessness during which they will be allowed to float around inside Unity's cabin.\n\nIt's been a long road for Sir Richard to get to this point. He first announced his intention to make a space plane in 2004, with the belief he could start a commercial service by 2007.\n\nBut technical difficulties, including a fatal crash during a development flight in 2014, have made the space project one of the most challenging ventures of his career.\n\nAlso on the flight: Two pilots and three crewmates from Virgin Galactic\n\nSpace tourism is a sector being rekindled after a decade's hiatus, and it's about to get very competitive.\n\nThroughout the 2000s, seven wealthy individuals paid to visit the International Space Station (ISS). But this adventurism, organised under the patronage of the Russian space agency, ceased in 2009.\n\nNow, new initiatives abound. As well as Sir Richard's approach, there are projects coming from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and the California tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.\n\nThe Russians, too, are reprising their commercial flights to the ISS, and there are even those who want to launch private space stations for people to visit. Among these is Axiom, a company started by a former Nasa ISS programme manager.\n\nElon Musk travelled to New Mexico to support his friend (he intends to ride Unity at some point); and following the flight, Mr Bezos sent his congratulations.\n\nThere's clearly something of an edge in the Branson-Bezos relationship, however.\n\nOn Friday, the retail billionaire's Blue Origin space company had issued a tweet that took a pop at Virgin Galactic's Unity vehicle. The posting repeated a claim that anyone who flew on the rocket plane would forever have an asterisk by their name because they wouldn't reach the \"internationally recognised\" altitude for where space begins - the so-called Kármán line of 100km.\n\nThe US government has always recognised the boundary of space to be at about 80km (50 miles) and it awards astronaut wings to anyone who exceeds this altitude. Before Sunday, only 580 people had ever been above this height.\n\nUnity is a sub-orbital vehicle. This means it can't achieve the velocity and altitude necessary to keep it up in space to circle the globe.\n\nThe vehicle is designed to give its passengers stunning views at the top of its climb and allow them a few minutes to experience weightlessness.\n\nUnity is first carried by a much bigger aeroplane to an altitude of about 15km (50,000ft), where it is released.\n\nA rocket motor in the back of Unity then ignites to blast the ship skyward.\n\nThe maximum height achievable by Unity is roughly 90km (55 miles, or 295,000ft). Passengers are allowed to unbuckle to float to a window.\n\nUnity folds its tailbooms on descent to stabilise its fall before then gliding home.", "The boy was stabbed in Bensham Manor Road, near the junction with Swain Road, Thornton Heath\n\nTwo men have been arrested following the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in south London.\n\nThe Met Police said a 19-year-old man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of murder after the attack in Croydon on Friday.\n\nOfficers were called at 15:00 BST by staff at a south London hospital. The boy had been taken there by members of the public, police added.\n\nThe victim died in hospital on Sunday. His next of kin has been informed.\n\nThe Met said the boy had been stabbed a short time earlier in Bensham Manor Road near the junction with Swain Road, Thornton Heath.\n\nA 22-year-old man was also arrested at the same address in Croydon on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs.\n\nDet Ch Insp Kate Blackburn said: \"We are urging anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage from in or around Bensham Manor Road at around 14:45 on Friday afternoon to get in touch with us.\n\n\"We believe the victim was stabbed in Bensham Manor Road following an incident with two people riding a moped.\n\n\"As such, we are also urging people to think back and consider if they may have seen the moped before or after the stabbing or have knowledge of the incident.\n\n\"No matter how insignificant the information may seem to you, please contact the police as soon as possible.\n\n\"I appreciate the local community's support and understanding while we continue to conduct our inquiries. At this stage of the investigation I do not believe that this murder is linked to any other homicides or other violent incidents.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to confirm later the plan to lift almost all legal restrictions on social contact in England on 19 July.\n\nBut ahead of a news conference on Monday afternoon, Mr Johnson has urged people to be cautious.\n\n\"We must all take responsibility so we don't undo our progress, ensuring we continue to protect our NHS,\" he said.\n\nHe warned Covid-19 cases, currently at about 30,000 a day, would continue to rise as society reopened.\n\nThe PM's news conference will present the latest data, with Downing Street saying current modelling suggests hospital admissions, serious illness and deaths from Covid-19 will continue, but at a lower level than before the vaccination programme.\n\nNumber 10 said the delay in moving to the final stage of the roadmap out of lockdown, originally scheduled for 21 June, had allowed an additional 6.8 million first and second vaccine doses to be given out so far.\n\nThe government had also moved the expected end of restrictions closer to the school summer holidays, when transmission was likely to be lower, Downing Street said.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We are tantalisingly close to the final milestone in our road map out of lockdown, but the plan to restore our freedoms must come with a warning.\"\n\nHe said the vaccine rollout had weakened the link between infections, hospital admissions and deaths, but added the pandemic was \"not over yet\".\n\nWith cases set to rise as restrictions were lifted, \"caution is absolutely vital\", the prime minister said.\n\nAs well as the news conference, Health Secretary Sajid Javid is expected to announce the plans in Parliament.\n\nNo other country has attempted what England looks set to do in the face of rapidly increasing infection rates, driven by a more infectious variant.\n\nBut then few countries have such high levels of vaccination, plus protection from natural infection to reduce the burden of serious illness.\n\nAnd with cases already surging, the calculation is that delaying further will not achieve a great deal.\n\nThe hope is the rising wave of infection will soon hit that wall of immunity and rates will plateau, before falling.\n\nHowever, it comes with significant risks. While the link between cases and hospitalisations is weakened, it's not broken - 100,000 cases a day would probably lead to 2,000 admissions, twice what the NHS sees in the depths of winter for all respiratory infections.\n\nBut the rewards are, potentially, significant too. It's possible by the end of summer England could find itself in a position where there will be enough immunity to be close to being able to manage the virus.\n\nIt's unlikely to hit the herd immunity threshold, but close enough that huge surges of infection may be behind us.\n\nThe decision to remove restrictions is based on four tests, Downing Street said.\n\nDr Mike Tildesley, an expert in infectious disease modelling who sits on the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told BBC Breakfast the country was at a \"tricky phase\" and said \"mixed messaging\" from ministers over face masks was a concern.\n\nHe said: \"I think it's actually quite confusing for people to know what the right thing to do is.\"\n\nCare Minister Helen Whately has said she looked forward to not having to wear a face mask as much, while Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he would stop wearing one as soon as \"legally possible\".\n\nBut Health Minister Edward Argar said he would continue to carry a mask even if the legal requirement ended on 19 July as expected. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there would be \"clear and strong guidance\", with people having to make their own judgements on when to wear masks.\n\nHe added that rail companies could still impose their own requirements on mask-wearing once the national regulations ended.\n\nProf Peter Openshaw, who advises the government about viral threats on the Nervtag group, told the Today programme that masks \"greatly reduce transmission\", adding it was difficult to leave it up to individual judgement when \"it is not only protecting yourself but also protecting other people\".\n\nHe added the country was at a \"crucial moment\", with hospitalisations up 66% in the past week.\n\nDr Tildesley said that when some restrictions were lifted in May there had not been a significant uptick in the spread of the virus as many people had remained cautious, and he was hopeful that would remain the case after 19 July.\n\nNearly 45.9 million people - or 87.1% of adults in the UK - have now had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. Almost 34.8 million (two-thirds of adults) have had both doses.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK recorded another 31,772 confirmed coronavirus cases, along with a further 26 deaths recorded within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nAlthough deaths remain relatively low, in the past seven days they rose by more than 66% on the previous week.\n\nAs well as ending legal requirements for face masks, the move to stage four of England's road map out of lockdown would mean there would no longer be any limits on how many people can meet and the 1m-plus rule would be lifted.\n\nThe changes on 19 July are also expected to mean nightclubs can reopen, pubs can serve people at the bar and capacity limits at concerts, theatres, sports events or places of worship would be lifted.\n\nBut the requirement to self-isolate if you are contacted by NHS Test and Trace will remain in place until 16 August, when it will be relaxed for people who have had both vaccine doses. If someone tests positive for the virus they will still be legally required to self-isolate.\n\nWales is due to review its restrictions on 15 July, while Scotland is expected to move to level 0 on 19 July and lift most legal restrictions on 9 August. Northern Ireland is due to ease some Covid measures on 26 July.", "England manager Gareth Southgate says he hopes to guide the team to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but needs time to rest before considering contract talks.\n\nSouthgate spoke to media on the morning after England's Euro 2020 final shootout loss to Italy and said he felt like his \"stomach has been ripped out\".\n\nHe is under contract until after the 2022 winter World Cup, and the Football Association is keen to renew his deal.\n\n\"As I sit here today, I would want to be taking the team to Qatar,\" he said.\n\n\"We of course have to qualify for Qatar. I need some time to watch last night's game again, to reflect on the tournament.\n\n\"I need a rest. It's an amazing experience to lead your country in these tournaments, but it takes its toll.\"\n\nSouthgate was visibly dejected as he addressed the media about 12 hours after England's dramatic Wembley defeat in the country's first major men's final since the 1966 World Cup.\n\nHe stressed his desire to not rush contract talks was \"not financial\" and that it was \"great\" to have the Football Association's \"internal support\".\n• None Gareth Southgate: By those who know him best\n• None 'It is down to me' - Southgate rallies around penalty miss trio\n\n\"There's a lot to think through,\" he added. \"I feel we've made progress over four years. A lot of things we've done right and we know this team isn't at its peak yet.\n\n\"When you're in sport and you get to finals, those opportunities are so rare, so to be close, it's very hard the day after. You have given everything - the emotions are drained.\n\n\"We will go again. It's too easy to say we can go to the World Cup in Qatar and win - that's a bit glib. We still have to qualify. You have to start the cycle again.\n\n\"But to be able to work with these players every day has been fantastic, so when it comes to the end like it has now, it's hard.\"\n\nEngland had one of the youngest squads at Euro 2020, fuelling hope some of the country's young talents will develop further by the time the 2022 World Cup begins.\n\nSouthgate disagreed when asked if England were \"too nice\" to win the biggest tournaments, insisting teams would not be able to reach the final if that were the case.\n\n\"All of this team can go again but the young ones are still two to four years from peaking,\" he added.\n\n\"I know as I reflect over the coming days there are a huge number of positives and these players will be far better for going through so many important wins and landmarks.\"\n\n'He's a workaholic - this is a chance for him to push on'\n\nFormer Crystal Palace manager Alan Smith is a close family friend of Southgate's and was at Wembley with the England manager's parents and wife.\n\n\"They're so supportive of Gareth,\" Smith told BBC Sport. \"They've lived through all the hardships. Football is not always on an upward strip, it has lots of downs. I saw last night the character of the family watching the penalties. They didn't duck away from it, they watched it.\n\n\"It was great seeing Gareth come in after and just saying 'hello mum and dad, hello darling' - because they've been away so long. It shows the merit of that family.\n\n\"I think this is a chance now for him to push on. He is a workaholic and he will be back in on Wednesday thinking of the games that are coming up. He will sit down with Steve Holland, Chris Powell and his other staff to see if we can build on what's been achieved.\"\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Mr Walley's family said he would be greatly missed\n\nThe family of a 19-year-old found dead in a house in Wrexham say he had \"so much to look forward to\".\n\nKyle Patrick Walley was found by police officers after they were called to an address in Eglwysfan, Rhosymedre, on Sunday.\n\nHis family said he had the \"biggest smile and sense of humour\", they were devastated by his death and he would be greatly missed by many.\n\nAn 18-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Walley's family said he was loving and kind and they were devastated by his death.\n\n\"You made us laugh, made us smile, you had so much to look forward to: college apprenticeship in September and so much more,\" they said.\n\nPolice have warned of highly graphic footage being circulated on social media and urged people not to share it.\n\nDet Ch Insp Alun Oldfield said that the incident and footage had affected many young people in the community.\n\n\"As such, school liaison officers and the neighbourhood policing team are working closely with colleagues at Wrexham council to offer the appropriate support and reassurance to the local community,\" he said.\n\nWrexham council said school staff and social care workers were ready to provide emotional support to any children and young people affected.\n\nOn Sunday, the force issued a brief statement saying it had been called to an incident just after 17:00 BST and that there was \"no on-going risk to members of the public\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Indigenous Kichua locate themselves as they slug through rainforest mangroves en route to investigate deforestation alerts\n\nTechnology can help indigenous communities to significantly curb deforestation, according to a new study.\n\nIndigenous people living in the Peruvian Amazon were equipped by conservation groups with satellite data and smartphones.\n\nThey were able to reduce tree losses by half in the first year of the project.\n\nReductions were greater in communities facing threats from illegal gold mining, logging and drugs.\n\nOver one-third of the Amazon rainforest lies within the territory of approximately 3,344 acknowledged indigenous communities.\n\nCommunity leaders are joined by environmental enforcement agents to investigate an illegal rainforest clearing on their territory\n\nBut for decades, these areas have been under attack from outsiders who are determined to cut down trees for a range of purposes including mining, logging and the planting of illicit crops like the coca plants used to manufacture cocaine.\n\nOver the past 40 years, governments and environmentalists have invested heavily in the use of satellite technology to monitor the removal of trees.\n\nGovernments in Brazil, Peru and Colombia have put in place a system of high-resolution deforestation alerts, but there is little evidence that this information reaches the indigenous communities most affected.\n\nThis new research set out to see if putting information directly into the hands of forest communities would make a difference.\n\nIn this randomised, controlled study, the authors identified 76 remote villages in the Peruvian Amazon, with 36 randomly-assigned to participate in this new monitoring programme.\n\nThirty-seven other communities served as a control group and continued with their existing forest management practices.\n\nThree members of each selected community were trained in the use of technology and shown how to carry out patrols to verify deforestation.\n\nWhen satellite information showed suspected deforestation activity in an area, photos and GPS coordinates were loaded onto USB drives and carried up the Amazon river and delivered by couriers.\n\nThe information was then downloaded onto specialised smartphone apps which would guide the community monitors to the suspected locations.\n\nWhen the forest patrols confirmed any unauthorised deforestation, they would report back to a general assembly of community members to decide on the best approach.\n\nIn cases where drug dealers were involved, the community could decide to report the issue to law enforcement.\n\nA Kichua monitor fills out a report confirming an occurrence of illegal deforestation after returning from a forest patrol\n\nIf the activity was perceived as less risky, community members could intervene directly and drive the offenders off their land.\n\nWhen the researchers examined the impact of the new approach, they found that deforestation dropped by 52% in the first year, and by 21% in the second.\n\n\"It's quite a sizeable impact,\" said Jacob Kopas, an independent researcher and an author on the paper.\n\n\"We saw evidence of fewer instances of tree cover loss in the programme communities compared with control communities.\"\n\n\"On average, those communities managed to avert 8.8 hectares of deforestation within the first year. But the communities that were most threatened, the ones that had more deforestation in the past were the ones pulling more weight and were reducing deforestation more than in others.\"\n\nIndigenous groups welcomed the research, saying it is among the first peer-reviewed studies to show the benefits of empowering local communities.\n\n\"The study provides evidence that supporting our communities with the latest technology and training can help reduce deforestation in our territories,\" said Jorge Perez Rubio, the president of the Loreto regional indigenous organization (ORPIO), where the study was carried out.\n\nDeforestation alerts are transported to remote, off-grid communities by boat on a monthly basis\n\nThe scale of the problem of deforestation in indigenous areas is significant. Between 2000 and 2015, around 17% of tree loss in the Amazon occurred on nationally-protected or areas assigned to indigenous peoples.\n\nThis is expected to increase in the coming years.\n\n\"Over the next decade, if nothing changes, indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin are projected to lose 4.4 million hectares of rainforest, mostly to outsiders who encroach on their territories to cut down trees,\" says Cameron Ellis, with the Rainforest Foundation US, who helped facilitate the study.\n\n\"But if the community-based forest monitoring methodology could be widely adopted and local governance strengthened, forest loss in the Amazon could be reduced by as much as 20% across all indigenous lands.\"\n\n\"If the approach were targeted to regions with high deforestation rates, forest loss in those areas could be cut by more than three quarters.\"\n\nThe study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).", "Formula 1 great Lewis Hamilton says helping motorsport become more diverse will be \"the most valuable\" thing he has achieved in his career.\n\nHamilton said he hoped the findings of a study he commissioned into improving the representation of minorities in the industry would be \"part of my legacy\".\n\nThe report was conducted in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering.\n\n\"I look back at my young self and wish it was different and I want to be a part of that change,\" Hamilton said.\n\n\"If I can change that, it would be the most valuable thing for me.\"\n• None 'Max is walking away with it right now,' says Hamilton\n\nThe Hamilton Commission's report was compiled by a series of experts on education, motorsport and diversity.\n\nIt found wider societal issues were affecting black students' opportunities within the UK motorsport industry, as well as specific barriers within the industry itself.\n\nMercedes driver Hamilton, a seven-time Formula 1 world champion, said: \"We realise it's not just the motorsport industry that needs to change; we found there are still systemic issues facing young black people at all levels of the education system.\"\n\nWhy do the report?\n\nHamilton started work on setting up the commission after the 2019 F1 season, when he noticed the lack of ethnic minorities in photos taken by the teams.\n\nHe made its existence public last summer, after the global outcry against racial discrimination that followed the killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd by US police.\n\nHamilton, F1's only black driver, said: \"The question has always been asked: 'What do I want my legacy to be?' I remember not perhaps giving it much thought.\n\n\"When I was younger, it was to be regarded as one of the best F1 drivers, but over time I have had the success, and the joy that brings is always short-lived.\n\n\"I have been thinking: 'Gee, there must be a reason that I somehow slipped through the cracks and not only got into the sport but am at the front of it and what am I going to do with all these titles?'\n\n\"The universe works in mysterious ways. At the end of 2019, I came up with this commission idea and we had started working on it and then the whole thing happened with George and that whole movement and it coincided with what we were trying to do and I really felt like I had discovered my purpose.\n\n\"I would like to be remembered for much more than winning championships, which is an amazing thing on its own, but for actually helping people and changing the industry and the viewpoints.\n\n\"We are all the same. We all bleed the same. There is no reason why it shouldn't be as diverse as the world around us. All it takes is the shift of the needle and then in the long distance that can be a whole continent's size. It could be huge.\"\n\nWhat are the recommendations?\n\nAmong the impediments to black success in the motorsport industry, the report found evidence of both explicit racism, and a lack of regard for the issue, as well as practical and logistical obstacles for candidates from minority backgrounds.\n\nAmong the issues raised were that none of the F1 teams had ethnicity data for their employees. Rhys Morgan, director at the Royal Academy of Engineering and an author of the report, said their figure of 1% of F1 employees being black was an estimation as a result.\n\nThe report highlighted recruitment practices in F1 tended to favour students from a select group of high-ranking universities, and a series of issues preventing the rise of black students in particular in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects subjects in schools.\n\nHamilton said he wanted it to be a \"commission of action\".\n\nPublished on Tuesday, in the build-up to this weekend's British Grand Prix, the report makes 10 recommendations focused on access to Stem subjects.\n• None Asking F1 teams and the wider industry to implement a diversity and inclusion charter\n• None Broadening access beyond the typical recruitment from a select group of universities, to include higher and degree apprenticeships\n• None The establishment of a fund to address factors contributing to the high proportion of students from black backgrounds being excluded from schools\n• None New approaches to increase the number of black students studying Stem subjects that lead to careers in engineering\n• None Creating scholarship programmes for black students to study degrees in engineering and related subjects\n\nHamilton said he believed education was key to solving the lack of representation in motorsport, and racism in society as a whole.\n\nHe said the racist abuse suffered by England players Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday was \"devastating to see, but shows that as a nation we have a long, long way to go\".\n\n\"In my opinion it stems from education,\" Hamilton said. \"Growing up in a system where you don't learn about where you come from - I am only learning now.\n\n\"People ask me: 'Where do you come from?' I was born in the UK but half my family is from the West Indies, but never knowing the history of the West Indies.\n\n\"And I have been doing a deep dive trying to find out where in Africa my family originates from.\n\n\"It is an educational thing and that definitely needs to shift within the [school] curriculum.\n\n\"We need more support from social media platforms; we had the blackout earlier in the year but it's not enough. We need to stop that abuse that happens online.\n\n\"But definitely this commission highlighted one of the areas we can improve and I hope it starts a ripple effort of more change moving forwards.\"\n\nHamilton said he was working closely with F1 and governing body the FIA on the topic.\n\nF1 president Stefano Domenicali said the report was \"comprehensive and impressive\", adding: \"We completely agree that we need to increase diversity across the sport and we have taken action to address this and will be announcing more actions in the coming days.\n\n\"We want a sport that is representative of our hugely diverse fanbase and that is why F1, the FIA and all the teams are working hard to deliver on our detailed plans to create positive change across the sport.\n\n\"There is always more to do and the report will stimulate thoughts about further actions that are required.\"\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "A series of smaller parades were held across Northern Ireland\n\nAbout 100 Orange Order parades have taken place across Northern Ireland in a more localised Twelfth of July than usual.\n\nOrganisers said they would stick to plans for parades of 500 people due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe traditional parades were cancelled last year due to the health emergency when people were asked to celebrate the event in their own homes and gardens.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Jonathan Roberts said he was \"pleased\" with how things had unfolded.\n\n\"I would like to thank and acknowledge all of the people who helped make this a safe and enjoyable day for many,\" he commented.\n\n\"We will be continuing our duties throughout the night to keep our communities safe.\"\n\nParliament Buildings at Stormont was lit up to mark the Twelfth\n\nThe last time the Twelfth took place in 2019, the policing operation cost £1.2m.\n\nThe Parades Commission had imposed conditions on a number of marches this year.\n\nA planned nationalist protest in west Belfast was cancelled after the Orange Order amended the proposed route.\n\nDespite the removal of a 500-person limit on public gatherings in the NI executive's restrictions, the Orange Order said it would stick to its original plans for scaled-down parades.\n\nIn Belfast, a number of small parades took place before the main march at 10:00 BST.\n\nEven though the event returned this year, it was not a normal Twelfth and was organised weeks ago with health regulations in mind.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'This year it's the Twelfth near you'\n\nBands gathered at Carlisle Circus in north Belfast before the scheduled walk through the city centre and onto Shaw's Bridge in the south of the city.\n\nNo return parades or large gatherings for speeches were planned.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mark Simpson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSeven parades took place in County Fermanagh, including in the village of Magheraveely, near Newtownbutler, which has not hosted a Twelfth for almost 100 years.\n\nAmong those watching was 98-year-old William Robinson who provided the field for the demonstration and was a young boy the last time it was held there.\n\nRestrictions on numbers meant a smaller event with 11 lodges and eight bands took part.\n\nThe Parades Commission issued determinations on events in Belfast, Portadown, Lurgan, Bellaghy and Rasharkin; in some instances restricting march routes near flashpoint areas.\n\nIn west Belfast, a nationalist protest on Springfield Road was cancelled after the Orange Order dropped plans to walk through the gates of the Workman Avenue peace line.\n\nMembers of Seagoe Loyal Orange Lodge were among those taking part in the parade in Portadown\n\nIn the run-up to the Twelfth, the Order had urged members, bands people and spectators to be mindful of the public health situation.\n\nOn Monday morning, the Rev Mervyn Gibson, the grand secretary of the Orange Order, welcomed the relatively low turnout of spectators at the main Belfast parade.\n\nMr Gibson, who watched the parade pass the Ulster Hall in Bedford Street, said he was pleased with how the day had gone given the reduction in marches as a result of the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"Of course it is different this year.\n\n\"Last year it was the Twelfth at home, this year it's the Twelfth near you.\n\n\"Normally this place would be six-deep with people but actually we have achieved what we have set out to achieve, we wanted to spread the crowds across Northern Ireland.\"\n\nMarching bands from Orange lodges all over Northern Ireland usually parade on 12 July\n\nEach year, the Twelfth celebrations by the Orange Order mark the anniversary of the victory of Protestant William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690.\n\nThe Orange Order was formed near Loughgall in County Armagh in 1795, when its founding members pledged their loyalty to the royal family and swore to defend the Protestant faith.\n\nIn June, it was announced that the 2021 parades would go ahead after discussions between the Orange Order, then-First Minister Arlene Foster, Health Minister Robin Swann and Northern Ireland's chief medical officer.\n\nOrangemen took part in the parade in Limavady\n\nThe Grand Lodge's grand master Edward Stevenson said the day was a \"great success\" and had been a \"welcome sight\" for many people after the difficulties of the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"Today we witnessed a huge turnout at 100 parades across the province.\n\n\"Many lodges swelled with new members, excellent bands and a large turnout of spectators. Those who say our institution, our culture and traditions are dying will have been very disappointed.\"\n\nMr Stevenson spent the day with his home district in Newtownstewart, in County Tyrone.\n• None Twelfth of July parades to go ahead in 2021", "Ministers hope progress with the vaccine programme means restrictions can be eased\n\nNicola Sturgeon is to confirm whether Scotland's Covid-19 restrictions can be eased as planned in the coming weeks.\n\nThe Scottish Parliament is to be recalled from recess for a statement from the first minister at 14:00.\n\nThe government had set a target of moving the whole country to level zero from 19 July, before lifting most legal restrictions from 9 August.\n\nHowever, the country has since been hit by a record-breaking wave of infections which has put pressure on NHS services.\n\nMinisters said they believed the peak of the latest wave had passed. Ms Sturgeon said she was hopeful that some changes could go ahead as planned.\n\nShe is meeting her cabinet to review the latest data on Tuesday morning before announcing the decision to MSPs in the afternoon.\n\nDifferent Covid-19 restrictions are in force across Scotland, with areas in the central belt including Glasgow and Edinburgh in level two and other areas like Aberdeenshire, Fife and the Highlands in level one.\n\nOrkney, Shetland and many island communities are already in level zero. Ms Sturgeon had set a target of moving the whole country to this level on 19 July - the same date as most restrictions will be lifted in England.\n\nThis would see the number of people who are allowed to meet up indoors public spaces such as bars and restaurants increased to 10 adults from four households, and to eight people from four households for private homes.\n\nPublic Health expert Prof Linda Bauld from Edinburgh University, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme she believed the planned easing would go ahead.\n\nShe said: \"What I am expecting to hear is that we will proceed to level 0 on 19 July. There are a basket of indicators the Scottish government will be looking at.\n\n\"Starting with cases we see a decline in the seven-day average - 2,650, down from 3,800 a week before that. We have got more people in hospital now - just under 470 people - and we have three or four health board areas or hospitals that are definitely under strain, but others are coping . And the average deaths is about three or four a week which is regrettable.\n\n\"You can see that although the situation is still fragile it is showing some signs of being sustainable and we are able to cope with it.\"\n\nThe first minister said she wanted to move \"beyond level zero\" by scrapping the bulk of legal restrictions from 9 August, while maintaining some mitigations such as the use of face coverings in enclosed areas.\n\nShe warned that these dates were \"not set in stone\" after Scotland was hit by a wave of new infections which at one point saw the country have the worst daily case rates in Europe.\n\nMs Sturgeon was hopeful that some level changes could go ahead as planned\n\nA further 2,134 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Monday - down on figures from recent weeks, but still with 11% of tests coming back positive.\n\nHowever, the number of people in hospital has not risen as dramatically, with ministers saying the vaccine programme had \"weakened\" the link between catching the virus and becoming seriously ill.\n\nMs Sturgeon suggested that the plans could be modified, saying the government could potentially \"proceed with some planned changes but hold back on others\".\n\nThis led to claims that Scotland could be heading for a \"level 0.5\", with opposition leaders saying this would create uncertainty for people and businesses that had been making plans based on the current timetable.\n\nThe first minister said that \"this is a time for care and caution\", adding: \"Over the next few weeks as we complete the vaccination programme, it is really important that we don't let the virus outrun us.\"\n\nAnd she raised questions about the UK government's approach of lifting most restrictions from 19 July, saying this was \"something of an exception\" when viewed \"against the backdrop of sharply increasing case numbers\".\n\nMinisters say the peak of the latest wave of cases may have passed\n\nThe Scottish Parliament is currently in recess for the summer break, but will be recalled for the virtual session at 14:00. It will give opposition leaders the chance to question the first minister on her plans.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives want the government to press forward with plans for easing restrictions, saying the country must \"keep moving forward\".\n\nParty leader Douglas Ross said ministers had failed to boost the vaccine programme and the Test and Protect system, but said \"the public should not be punished\" for this.\n\nHe added: \"If Tuesday's statement does not deliver a plan of action for tackling the virus and a clear timetable for exiting restrictions, Nicola Sturgeon risks losing public buy-in. \"\n\nHolyrood is being recalled for a virtual session for the Covid-19 update\n\nScottish Labour wants the time between vaccine doses cut to four weeks and extra resources directed to the contact tracing system.\n\nDeputy leader Jackie Baillie said the government had \"lost control of the pandemic\" and must take \"immediate action\".\n\nShe said: \"We are at a crucial moment in the pandemic - it's about time we showed the urgency and ambition that we need.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish Greens called for a cautious approach, with co-leader Lorna Slater saying the government should \"take a safer, more gradual approach until the vaccine programme is further on\".\n\nAnd Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said Ms Sturgeon must set out \"concrete action and urgent changes around the rules and expectations for self-isolation\" amid concerns about staff shortages in hospitals.\n\nMs Sturgeon has said the government is reviewing rules for self-isolation and quarantine, although it is not known if a decision will be announced on Tuesday.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\n\"It is down to me.\"\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate knows only too well the pain a penalty shootout can cause, and he was quick to console Bukayo Saka, then take responsibility, after the Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy.\n\nAfter Saka's penalty was saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma, the 19-year-old was understandably distraught - putting his head into his shirt - but he was quickly surrounded by team-mates who again displayed the strong bond that had been evident throughout the tournament.\n\nAs Saka fought back the tears, he was hugged by Southgate, whose mind must have turned back to his penalty heartbreak at Euro 96.\n\nTwenty-five years on, he had seen Marcus Rashford hit a post and Jadon Sancho and Saka have their spot-kicks saved as Italy edged home 3-2 after a 1-1 draw.\n• None Best XI of Euro 2020: Pick your team of the tournament\n\n\"It is down to me,\" said Southgate of the penalty misses.\n\n\"I decided on the penalty-takers based on what they have done in training.\n\n\"Nobody is on their own. We have won together as a team and it is on all of us together to not be able to win this game.\n\n\"In terms of penalties, it is my call and it totally rests with me.\"\n\nWhat have the players said\n\nExtra-time substitute Jack Grealish - responding to criticism by ITV pundit Roy Keane for not taking a penalty - tweeted: \"I said I wanted to take one!\n\n\"The gaffer [Southgate] has made so many right decisions through this tournament and he did tonight. But I won't have people say that I didn't want to take a peno when I said I will…\"\n\nEngland team-mate Jordan Henderson said the defeat \"hurts even more this morning\", adding, \"this team deserved more\".\n\nPosting on Instagram, the Liverpool captain said: \"Been incredible to be a part of this campaign and see the joy it's brought fans around the country after a very tough 18 months or so.\n\n\"To see the growth of individuals and as a collective has been incredible, the character we've shown, the desire and sacrifice for each other has been something really special.\n\n\"It says a lot about the lads who took a penalty last night, huge courage, but we win and lose as a team and we will learn from this experience. Thank you all for your incredible support, we didn't manage to get over the line in the end, but we will be back, this is just the beginning.\"\n\nAt a news conference on Monday morning, Southgate said that ensuring his players were supported after the penalty heartbreak was \"top of my thinking\" in the hours after the final.\n\n\"We've got to make sure that we're there, and aligned with their club, and making sure that we look after those boys, absolutely.\n\n\"It's my decision who takes the penalties, it's not a case of players not volunteering or more experienced players backing out.\"\n\nSaka, like so many of England's players, had played a big role in helping Southgate's side become the first Three Lions squad to reach a major men's final in 55 years.\n\nHe started and impressed as England overcame a significant historical hump by beating Germany in the last 16, and was again in the starting XI for the semi-final win against Denmark.\n\nIn that game, at 19 years and 305 days, he became the youngest Englishman to start a match at the semi-final stage or later of a major tournament and it was his cross that led to Simon Kjaer turning into his own net to give England the lead.\n\nAfter Sunday's game, Southgate said no blame should be placed on any of his players.\n\n\"You cannot have any recriminations,\" he said.\n\n\"They have done more than any other team in over 50 years.\"\n\n'The best players in the world miss penalties'\n\nFormer England captain Alan Shearer said those who missed should be praised for stepping up in such a high-pressure encounter, especially considering their age.\n\n\"For the youngsters to say, 'yes, I'll go on and take a penalty'... you have to give them credit for that,\" Shearer said on BBC One.\n\n\"But it will be tough for them now. Hopefully, they will get over it.\"\n\n\"There is no way anyone can blame and point the finger,\" he said on BBC One.\n\n\"It is a lottery. I have seen seasoned players turn away and not take a penalty.\n\n\"The best players in the world miss penalties at times.\"\n\n'Everyone should tweet Saka, Sancho and Rashford their support'\n\nRashford, Saka and Sancho were racially abused on social media after the game.\n\nThe Football Association said in a statement: \"We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team.\"\n\nAnd there was huge support for the three players - and the rest of the squad.\n\nDan Tree: Everyone should be tweeting @BukayoSaka87, @Sanchooo10 & @MarcusRashford their support. They have done the nation proud the past 5 weeks & will be feeling awful right now but they had the guts to stand up and got us to the final!\n\nStephen: I am glad these young men have Southgate as manager. He'll look after them in defeat and show them how proud he is of them.\n\nJamie: Absolutely gutted, but couldn't be prouder of this team. This team have given us such a fantastic few weeks. Thank you.\n• None The incredible account of Ian Botham going from zero to hero, twice\n• None Relive all the best bits of the series with Euros legends and England stars", "Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish and manager Gareth Southgate were dejected as they left the field\n\nA TV audience of the Euro 2020 final peaked at 30.95 million viewers, overnight figures show.\n\nRatings peaked during extra time in the match between England and Italy at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, which was broadcast on both the BBC and ITV.\n\nAn average of 29.85m watched the whole game, according to the figures.\n\nBroadcast on both the BBC and ITV, the combined figure makes it the highest TV audience since the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997.\n\nWhile England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford saved two of the Azzurri's spot kicks, the Lions' striker Marcus Rashford hit the post before Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka had their spot-kicks saved to hand Italy victory.\n\n\"You can cut ratings in so many different ways and audience measurement has changed over the years, but safe to say this: it is among the biggest audiences in UK broadcasting history,\" said Deadline's international editor Jake Kanter.\n\nTo give a recent comparison, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement announcing strict new coronavirus restrictions in March last year was watched by more than 27 million, the highest audience in recent history.\n\nMarcus Rashford was brought on during extra time, when the TV audience peaked\n\nIn footballing terms, the highest ratings before Sunday's figures were released came from the West Germany v England semi-final at the World Cup in 1990, watched by 25.2 million.\n\nThat also featured a painful penalty shootout exit for England.\n\nThe official audience for Sunday's match may rise when those who saw it via catch-up services are taken into account.\n\nThe majority of people watched on BBC compared to ITV by a factor of more than four to one. The figures include those watching on ITV+1.\n\nAlso on Sunday, a peak audience of 7.8 million watched Novak Djokovic beat Matteo Berrettini in the Men's Singles Final at Wimbledon.\n\nBarbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, said in a statement: \"Once again sport has united a nation when we needed it most. The power of the performances at Euro 2020 and Wimbledon have been a relief to many who enjoyed the passion, drive and commitment of the talented athletes that have put on some memorable displays over this past month.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Firefighters are struggling to contain California's Beckwourth Complex fires\n\nWildfires are raging in the west of the United States as the region is hit by a heatwave that has brought record temperatures to several areas.\n\nCommunities have been told to evacuate as firefighters struggle to battle the blazes in the extreme conditions.\n\nIn California, residents were urged to cut power consumption after interstate power lines were knocked out.\n\nOn Saturday, two firefighters in Arizona died when their aircraft crashed while responding to a blaze.\n\nMeanwhile, Las Vegas, Nevada, matched its all-time temperature high of 47.2C (117F) on Saturday.\n\nFirefighters battling the many wildfires in the region say the air is so dry that much of the water dropped by aircraft to quell the flames evaporates before it reaches the ground.\n\nIt comes just weeks after another dangerous heatwave hit North America, in which hundreds of sudden deaths were recorded, many of them suspected of being heat-related.\n\nThe region experienced its hottest June on record, according to the EU's Earth observation programme.\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. But linking any single event to global warming is complicated.\n\nHowever, a study by climate researchers said the heat that scorched western Canada and the US at the end of June was \"virtually impossible\" without climate change.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nArizona's Bureau of Land Management paid tribute to the two \"brave wildland firefighters\" who died in a plane crash while performing aerial reconnaissance, command and control over the lightning-caused Cedar Basin Fire.\n\n\"Our hearts are heavy tonight with sincere condolences to families, loved ones and firefighters affected by this tragic aviation accident\", the agency said.\n\nThe accident occurred at around noon local time (19:00 GMT) on Saturday near the small community of Wikieup. Further information was not immediately available and the firefighters have not been officially named.\n\nIn the north of Nevada, near the border with California, people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires triggered by lightning strikes tore through parts of the Sierra Nevada forest region.\n\nOne fire, which more than doubled in size between Friday and Saturday, sent up a giant cloud of smoke and ash which, combined with the dry heat, generated its own lightning, according to the Los Angeles Times.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by alertwildfire This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"As long as it's this hot and we have these low humidities, it's kind of hard to tell when and where we're going to catch this,\" Lisa Cox, information officer for the so-called Beckwourth Complex fires, told the newspaper.\n\nIn Oregon, a wildfire fanned by strong winds in the Fremont-Winema National Forest doubled in size to 120 sq miles (311 sq km) on Saturday.\n\nThe fire damaged power cables that send electricity to California. Power grid operators in California urged customers to conserve electricity by reducing their use of appliances and to keep thermostats higher during the evening when solar energy is diminished or no longer available.\n\nIn Idaho, Governor Brad Little last week declared a wildfire emergency and mobilised the state's National Guard to help fight fires also sparked by lightning.\n\nFires have also been burning in Canada's western province of British Columbia amid unusually hot, dry weather. An entire village was wiped out in a blaze earlier this month after it recorded Canada's highest ever temperature of 49.6C (121.3F).\n\nThe country on Sunday ordered new railway safety rules for areas where there is a high wildfire risk. The rules will require Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway to take a number of precautions, including reducing train speeds when there is an extreme fire risk and removing combustible material near tracks.\n\nSeveral areas in Nevada and California have matched or passed temperature records, according to preliminary data by the National Weather Service (NWS), and the extreme heat is expected to continue.\n\nA temperature of 54.4C (130F) was registered in California's Death Valley on Friday, matching one recorded in August 2020 - which some argue is the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth. A temperature of 56.7C (134F) was registered in the area in 1913, but this is contested by climate experts.\n\nMillions of people are under an excessive heat warning, with those affected urged to drink plenty of water and stay in air-conditioned buildings where possible.\n\nCooling centres - air-conditioned public spaces - have been set up in some areas to help residents get relief from the heatwave.\n\nA cooling centre was set up at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland to help people affected by the heatwave\n\nHeat warnings have also been issued in parts of Canada, with those affected urged to consider rescheduling outdoor activities for cooler periods of the day, and monitor for symptoms of heat stroke or heat exhaustion.", "The Rothermere family is considering making a bid to take the owner of the Daily Mail news group private.\n\nA formal offer is dependent on the Daily Mail and General Trust selling its insurance and Cazoo financial arms.\n\nThe family founded the Daily Mail, which listed on the London stock market in 1932 and expanded into a multi-media business.\n\nA DMGT statement said that the directors were \"minded\" to accept the family's offer.\n\nLord Rothermere is already the controlling shareholder of DMGT through a 28% stake owned by his family trust, RCL. After the sale of the financial assets, RCL would bid about £810m for the remainder of the smaller DMGT group.\n\nDMGT said it intended to distribute the proceeds of a sale of RMS along with its cash and its stake in a listed Cazoo via a special dividend, with a cash element of about 610p.\n\nMonday's DMGT statement said discussions to sell the insurance business were continuing, and if a deal was agreed, it could be completed in the third quarter of this year.\n\nIt is unclear which companies are interested in buying the insurance division, RMS, but the statement said DMGT had received \"a number of inquiries from third parties\".\n\nIn March, online car seller Cazoo Holdings, in which DMGT has a stake of around 20%, agreed to go public in New York through a merger with a blank-check acquisition company - a so-called Spac - which is expected to provide DMGT with cash and shares worth more than $1bn.\n\nThe DMGT owns the Metro and i news operations, and also Daily Mail online, one of the most visited news websites in the world. Last year, the Daily Mail eclipsed the Sun as the UK's best-selling daily newspaper.\n\nThe business traces its roots to 1896, when the Daily Mail was launched by Harold and Alfred Harmsworth.\n\nDMGT's shake-up is the latest in a string of deals, including the sale of its education business, Hobsons, energy data operation Genscape and property website Zoopla.\n\nUnder stock market rules, Lord Rothermere now has until 9 August to make a formal offer or confirm no deal will be made.\n\nThe Daily Mail has been - arguably - the most influential newspaper in Britain for the past three decades, cowing cabinet ministers and swaying policy with punchy reporting, relentless campaigns and its claim to be the voice of a silent conservative majority.\n\nDespite that influence, however, it is a relatively small part of Daily Mail and General Trust, the company that owns it. DMGT has a broad range of media interests, even after the rapid slimming down of recent years that has seen the sale of interests in online estate agencies and the offloading of financial information provider Euromoney. Now that slimming down will accelerate - and if the Rothermere family's bid goes through, the company's shares will be taken off the London Stock Exchange.\n\nDMGT has received an offer for one of its largest and most valuable businesses, RMS. It provides specialist information to insurance companies. DMGT's interest in Cazoo, the online car-sales company, will be spun off via a stock market listing in the US.\n\nUnder the plan outlined this morning, the cash and shares from those two transactions will be handed back to investors, and Lord Rothermere's family company will then buy out all the other shareholders.\n\nThe big question is why Lord Rothermere wants to do this. It should be possible to return cash to shareholders and keep DMGT as a listed company.\n\nSources close to the DMGT camp this morning said the company had been difficult to value for public company investors and that these transactions would simplify its structure and return cash. That does not answer the question of the listing.\n\nBig shareholders normally take companies private when they wish to avoid all the disclosure and governance requirements that come with a stock exchange listing, or have a plan for a big shift in strategy or operations that will be easier to push through once they are the sole shareholder.\n\nExpect much speculation about whether Lord Rothermere has such a change in mind for the Daily Mail.", "The government has said bus and train companies must decide whether passengers have to wear face coverings on their services from Monday, when Covid rules are relaxed in England.\n\nFace masks have been mandatory on public transport for the past year to reduce the spread of the virus.\n\nBut those rules will be replaced with government guidance advising passengers to wear masks only on busy services.\n\nTransport firms will be left to decide whether to enforce that advice and how.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said masks would still be \"recommended\" on public transport, but people without a face covering would no longer be fined after restrictions are eased on 19 July.\n\nNevertheless, bus and train companies will still be able to turn away passengers who refuse to wear one - unless they are exempt.\n\nThe Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said some of the 3.8m people classed as clinically vulnerable would be \"fearful\" to go on public transport if masks were not compulsory.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he had not yet taken the decision whether to require masks on trams in Manchester as he wanted to avoid adding to people's confusion.\n\nTreasury Minister Stephen Barclay told BBC Breakfast the emphasis was now on \"trusting the British public\" to take a cautious approach and there would be specific guidance for vulnerable people.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said the safest option would be to continue to legally require people to wear masks on public transport.\n\nHis comments came as Labour criticised the government's approach to unlocking in England as \"high risk\" and \"fatalistic\".\n\nWhile virtually all legal restrictions in England will be lifted on Monday, some guidance will remain.\n\nThere will no longer be any limits on how many people can meet and the 1m-plus distancing rule will be removed.\n\nNightclubs will also be allowed to reopen for the first time since March 2020 and capacity limits will be removed for all venues and events.\n\nBut nightclubs and other venues with large crowds will be encouraged to use Covid status certification - so-called domestic vaccine passports - \"as a matter of social responsibility\", Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.\n\nGovernment guidance to work from home where possible will be lifted, but ministers are encouraging a gradual return to the workplace.\n\nOn face coverings, Mr Johnson said: \"We expect and recommend that people wear a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces where you come into contact with those you don't normally meet, such as on public transport.\"\n\nAsked if Monday's rule changes were irreversible, as has been repeatedly stated, Mr Johnson said he hoped they were but \"we must rule nothing out\".\n\nAnd in the Commons, Mr Javid said the government will \"have a review\" in September \"to make sure that we're properly set up for autumn and for winter\".\n\nTransport companies have been weighing up whether to mandate masks or not. If you're flying, chances are you will still need to wear one; many airlines have decided to keep masks as a requirement for travel.\n\nBut most train, bus and coach operators in England will now decide they won't be mandatory, following the lead set by rail and passenger groups.\n\nCompanies will still ask passengers to wear masks when services are busy. But there's concern among many transport operators that a blanket requirement could make people think that public transport is more dangerous than other indoor settings, like restaurants and pubs. We haven't yet heard from the London Mayor about whether masks will be required on Transport for London-run services.\n\nWales and Scotland both still require anyone travelling on public transport to wear a mask by law, meaning that those taking services that cross the border from England will have notices reminding them to wear a face covering unless exempt. It is the second time this has happened during the course of the pandemic.\n\nThe Confederation of Passenger Transport - a trade group representing bus and coach companies - said passengers will find it \"difficult to understand\" why the prime minister has \"singled out public transport as somewhere to wear a face covering when a range of other activities share its characteristics.\"\n\nThe group said it wanted clear guidance for operators and customers, adding that it was important to respect everyone's right to choose whether to wear a face covering once restrictions had eased.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, said its members would ask passengers to wear face coverings in busy indoor settings \"out of respect for others\".\n\nIt said enhanced cleaning would continue after 19 July and train companies would provide better information about how busy services are.\n\nWales' First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed masks would continue to be required on public transport and in healthcare settings \"even if\" the nation relaxes restrictions, which are due to be reviewed on 15 July.\n\nRules regarding face coverings are due to be considered next month in Northern Ireland, which is due to ease some Covid measures on 26 July.\n\nScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is due to make an announcement about restrictions on Tuesday. Scotland is expected to move to level 0 - the lowest level of restrictions in its roadmap - on 19 July and lift most legal restrictions on 9 August.\n\nThe prime minister said it was vital to proceed with \"caution\" in England after 19 July, warning \"this pandemic is not over\" .\n\nThe peak of the current wave is not expected before mid-August and could lead to between 1,000 and 2,000 hospital admissions per day, according to government scientists.\n\nCentral estimates from modellers advising the government also show that Covid deaths are expected to be between 100 and 200 per day at the peak, although there is a large amount of uncertainty.\n\nOn Monday, the UK recorded 34,471 new cases, as well as six deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt was the sixth consecutive day that cases were above 30,000.\n\nThe number of deaths recorded on Mondays are often lower due to reporting lags over the weekend.\n\nMore than 45.9 million people - or 87% of adults in the UK - have now had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. And more than 34.8 million - around two-thirds of adults - have had both doses.", "There are children in Syria whose whole lives have been lived against a background of conflict\n\nProtecting children's education in conflict zones such as Syria is to be supported with £15.8m of UK funding.\n\nThere are children at school in Syria who have spent their entire lives in wartime and fearing attack.\n\nA Syrian education project leader said there were children who did not know what a shopping mall was - but who could identify every war plane.\n\nForeign Secretary Dominic Raab said the aid would help some of the \"world's most vulnerable children\".\n\nBut aid agencies have previously called on the government to reverse its cuts in the overall aid budget - with a group of prominent Conservative MPs trying to overturn the cut from 0.7% to 0.5% of national income.\n\nThe Syrian Education Programme, supported by UK aid and operating in opposition-held north-west Syria, has helped to keep children in school, pay teachers and address the psychological problems of children during the decade-long conflict.\n\n\"The other day I was discussing a reading activity for children and we had the word for 'shopping mall' - and the children did not know what that meant,\" said a Syrian project leader, working with pupils who have grown up with war as a constant background.\n\nBut he said the same children could identify any type of military plane from the sound they made - in a place where conflict and people being made refugees had been their experience of childhood.\n\n\"That's not how children should be raised,\" the Syrian project leader told the BBC, remaining anonymous for security reasons.\n\nSchools have been a \"lifeline\" for children in war zones\n\n\"They need to know what's happening outside. They have lost a lot, but believe me, when you speak to the teachers, they have high expectations.\n\n\"They think education is the window to the world.\"\n\nDespite schools facing attacks and bombing raids, as well as the Covid pandemic, pupils in this region of a militarily-divided country are still studying and taking exams.\n\nThis is giving children \"hope and skills, protection, confidence and self-esteem\", said Helen Grant, the UK prime minister's special envoy for girls' education.\n\n\"When they get to school they've often been traumatised because of the bombings,\" said Mrs Grant, and even if the \"school\" is only a space in a tent, it becomes a \"lifeline\" where children can make friends and rebuild their self-confidence.\n\nHelen Grant, the UK prime minister's special envoy for girls' education, visiting a school in Uganda\n\nKeeping schools open is a chance to break the \"cycles of poverty\" for families, said Mrs Grant, who warned that girls were particularly vulnerable to missing out on school in such conflict zones.\n\n\"Schools are very much providing hope and a sense of optimism and a future - and that is desperately, desperately needed,\" said the special envoy and MP.\n\nMany teachers in this part of Syria have to work unpaid - and the project leader said continuing to volunteer to go to school for these teachers was \"an act of defiance, an act of faith\".\n\nBut he welcomed the aid funding which would pay teachers - otherwise they would eventually have to close schools and get other jobs.\n\nThe £15.8m funding announced by the UK government will focus on finding effective ways to sustain education in places with major, long-running disruptions, such as wars, political violence, refugees being pushed over borders or natural disasters.\n\nAs well as Syria, this will support education in northern Nigeria, Jordan, Myanmar, South Sudan and Lebanon.\n\n\"Children living in conflicts and protracted, long-term crisis settings are without any doubt some of the most vulnerable in the world,\" said Mrs Grant.\n\nAnd girls are particularly at risk, she said, more likely to miss out on school and in danger of sexual violence, early marriage and human trafficking.\n\nThe funding comes from £400m previously earmarked for supporting girls' education and there will also be £430m aid from the UK for the Global Partnership for Education, an international co-ordinating body which aims to raise $5bn (£3.5bn) at an education summit this month.", "The government has explored ways to address a shortage of haulage workers, including creating a short-term visa scheme for foreign lorry drivers, the BBC understands.\n\nA combination of the Covid pandemic and Brexit has left haulage firms struggling to recruit drivers.\n\nDifferent government departments have discussed options with the industry, including bringing in such visas.\n\nBut the Home Office said there are no plans to introduce the visas.\n\nThe industry is pushing for drivers to be added to the so-called Shortage Occupations list, allowing them to qualify for a skilled worker visa.\n\n\"We need long-term solutions to recruit a new generation of British lorry drivers into the trade, but short-term there is an urgent need for foreign drivers to be allowed in, under the Shortage Occupations list,\" said Rod McKenzie, managing director of policy at the Road Haulage Association (RHA).\n\nThe government wants the industry to employ British hauliers.\n\nBut the industry said that it was impractical in the short term because of the immediacy of the need and the training costs involved.\n\nLast week, transport minister Baroness Vere said she had discussed this issue with the haulage sector two years ago, adding: \"It was very clear then that foreign labour would not be available to it.\"\n\nNevertheless, with the training for an HGV driver typically taking six to nine months, people within the industry insist urgent action is needed to overcome the immediate crisis.\n\nBusinesses have warned that as the economy reopens, a lack of drivers is jeopardising deliveries to retailers and pushing up prices for consumers.\n\nThe sector is suffering from the impact of the pandemic, which prevented thousands of new drivers from taking their tests last year.\n\nAt the same time, many foreign hauliers returned home when work dried up during the early stages of the Covid outbreak and have since been unable to return because of immigration rules brought in after Brexit.\n\nThe RHA estimates that there is currently a shortfall of about 60,000 hauliers and said that the situation for food supplies was \"close to a crisis point\".\n\nThere was a risk that some items would run out in supermarkets at certain times in a way similar to \"rolling blackouts\" for electricity, it said.\n\n\"We're seeing a real danger to our supplies in the UK because of driver shortages,\" said Mr McKenzie.\n\nWith the government set to lift almost all legal restrictions on social contact in England on 19 July, the further opening of the economy could lead to a \"day of reckoning\", he said.\n\nWhile the industry has been increasing wages to try to attract staff, it is limited by slim profit margins, Mr McKenzie said.\n\nIt costs thousands of pounds to train up drivers and that is out of reach of many haulage firms and prospective drivers, he added.\n\nAlex Veitch, general manager of public policy at industry body Logistics UK, said the situation \"has become a crisis\".\n\n\"We need government to provide funding for driver training to open the industry up to as many people as possible and deliver their commitment to provide safe, secure parking for drivers.\n\n\"Meanwhile, without a temporary visa for drivers - similar to that recently granted to agricultural workers to pick vital crops - the supply chain will break down,\" he said.\n\nThe government has already relaxed strict limits on driving time to allow hauliers to work for longer each day.\n\nHowever, while that plan has been welcomed by wholesalers, it has faced criticism on safety grounds.\n\n\"Extending lorry drivers' hours, as the government is doing, is a bad idea. Tired drivers don't make better drivers or safer roads,\" Mr McKenzie said.", "People across the UK are being asked to take part in an annual count of butterflies amid fears they have been affected by poor weather this spring.\n\nTV naturalist Chris Packham said participating in the Big Butterfly Count could provide key research on the impact of climate change on wildlife.\n\nMembers of the public should spend 15 minutes outside counting the number and type of butterflies they see.\n\nThe annual count will take place over the next three weeks.\n\nButterfly Conservation, the wildlife charity running the scheme, said its current records show that many species of butterflies have been affected by this year's unseasonably cold and wet spring.\n\nIt said there had been particularly low numbers of speckled wood butterflies, while small tortoiseshells, commas, green-veined whites, large whites and red admirals are also down on their 10-year average.\n\nDespite April being the sunniest on record, there was a record number of frosts, and May saw the wettest weather for 50 years.\n\nConservationists warn the UK is seeing a rising number of extreme weather events, which its thought is a result of climate change, and want to learn about the effects on native butterflies so they can better understand the longer term impact on nature.\n\nPackham, who is vice-president of Butterfly Conservation, said: \"Biodiversity and climate crisis is an urgent issue and it can be overwhelming to think about what we can do as individuals to really make a difference.\n\n\"Because butterflies and moths make excellent indicators of the impacts of climate change and other human environmental factors, collecting data on their numbers is really important.\n\n\"So, something as simple as recording a butterfly spotted in your garden, at your local park or on your window box can play a part in vital research into a global problem. It's a really valuable contribution everyone can make.\"\n\nDr Zoe Randle, senior surveys officer at Butterfly Conservation, said the count - along with other research - is already showing changes in the populations of butterflies and moths.\n\n\"Climate change and other human-led impacts are causing some species to be found in new areas, while others are becoming harder to find in the UK at all,\" she said.\n\nLast year more than 145,000 recordings were submitted to the Big Butterfly Count, but 2020 saw the lowest average number of butterflies logged since it began 12 years ago, and the charity's scientists want to see if that trend continues in 2021.\n\nDr Randle added: \"We really need the public's help to understand what is happening to our butterfly and moth populations. It's a small but crucial thing everyone can do.\n\n\"This information will not only help us to protect these species, but also to inform what effect the changing climate is having on our biodiversity.\"\n\nThis year's Big Butterfly Count is being launched at Winchester Science Centre and runs nationwide from 16 July to 8 August.", "More than 2,500 people have been arrested over the deadly unrest\n\nSouth Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the violence that has rocked the country was pre-planned, describing it as an assault on democracy.\n\nRiots were sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.\n\nThe death toll has risen to 212, up by almost 100 since Thursday, the government said.\n\nPolice officers have been protecting deliveries of food to supermarkets after days of widespread looting led to shortages.\n\nAn estimated $1bn (£720m) worth of stock was stolen in KwaZulu-Natal with at least 800 retail shops looted, a mayor in the province said.\n\n\"It is quite clear that all these incidents of unrest and looting were instigated - there were people who planned it and co-ordinated it,\" Mr Ramaphosa said in a visit to KwaZulu-Natal, Mr Zuma's home province and the epicentre of the violence.\n\nThe president said the riots were an attempt to hijack South Africa's democracy. He told supporters that instigators had been identified, but didn't elaborate.\n\n\"We are going after them,\" he added.\n\nIn KwaZulu-Natal, many have been queuing for food, sometimes from the early hours of the morning just to get a few items.\n\nPeople waiting told the BBC that they were concerned about feeding their families, getting formula and nappies for their babies, and even food for their pets.\n\nThe week of violence in the province has left roads damaged or blocked by rioters and the government wants to make sure the food supply is not disrupted, said Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, an acting minister.\n\nSoldiers have been deployed to potential flashpoints and police are providing escorts for the transportation of oxygen, medicines and other key goods, she said.\n\nIn a 30-minute televised address later on Friday, Mr Ramaphosa said there was no shortage of food or supplies and urged people against panic buying.\n\nHe said more than 2,500 people had been arrested in connection with the unrest and urged South Africans to come together.\n\n\"If we stand together, no insurrection or violence in this country will succeed,\" he said. \"We are engaged in a struggle to defend our democracy, our Constitution, our livelihoods and our safety.\n\n\"This is not a battle that we can afford to lose.\"\n\nProtests began last week after Zuma handed himself in to police to serve a 15-month sentence for contempt of court.\n\nZuma's supporters reacted furiously to his imprisonment, blockading major roads and calling for a shutdown to demand his release.\n\nThe protests descended into riots on a scale rarely seen in South Africa. Businesses in every sector were looted, burnt and petrol-bombed in cities and towns across KwaZulu-Natal, as well as Gauteng, which surrounds the country's biggest city, Johannesburg.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The South African community standing up to looters", "Petrol prices have climbed to their highest level in almost eight years, says motoring organisation the AA.\n\nAverage prices have hit 133p a litre, it says, almost 20p higher than in November. Diesel prices are also up.\n\nThe rise comes as families fill up the tank for summer getaways. Rival motoring body the RAC is forecasting an exceptionally busy summer on UK roads.\n\nThe increase in fuel costs comes after a steady rise in oil prices and has added to fears of rising inflation.\n\nOil prices have risen over the past year from about $43 a barrel to more than $70 now.\n\nFigures released this week showed the rate of inflation in the UK hit 2.5% in the year to June, the highest for nearly three years, with rising fuel prices one of the causes of the increase.\n\nThe last time UK drivers had to deal with fuel prices this high was at the beginning of October 2013.\n\n\"Surging pump prices continue to drain family and other consumer spending,\" said Luke Bosdet, the AA's fuel price spokesman.\n\n\"A family with two petrol cars would have spent around £230 on fuel in November had Covid lockdowns not discouraged travel. Now, the monthly cost of refuelling their vehicles is above £265.\"\n\nThe RAC says drivers are planning an estimated 29 million UK holidays this year, with 16 million of these in the school holidays alone.\n\nIts survey of 2,500 drivers says the number of people making firm UK holiday bookings has risen 20% since April, with the RAC figures suggesting the West Country - Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset - will receive the largest numbers of holidaymakers.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rashford mural tributes: 'Something beautiful out of something negative'\n\nVandalism that was sprayed on a mural of Marcus Rashford is \"not believed to be of a racial nature\", say police.\n\nThe work in Withington, where Rashford grew up, was defaced after England lost in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nOfficers say they have several lines of inquiry and are \"keeping an open mind\" about the possible motive.\n\nThe mural, which was covered in positive messages after the vandalism, has since been restored by street artist Akse.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said officers were examining CCTV from the area and forensic evidence from the spray paint used.\n\nNo arrests have been made.\n\nA police spokesperson said: \"While the content of the vandalism is not believed to be of a racial nature, officers are keeping an open mind as to the motive behind defacing the artwork.\"\n\nSupt Richard Timson added: \"On Monday morning when we saw the damage done to the mural in Withington we were all left appalled, and we stand with the rest of the community whose solidarity against this vile abuse ever since has really shown the best of our city.\"\n\nHundreds of messages have been left on the mural\n\nHundreds of heartfelt notes were placed on the artwork, which is painted on the side of the Coffee House Cafe on Copson Street.\n\nEd Wellard, who commissioned the mural, said the notes would be \"retained, recorded and if possible displayed\".\n\nThe artwork was defaced with several swear words shortly after Rashford missed a penalty, along with Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, in the 3-2 shootout loss on Sunday.\n\nAll three players were also targeted with racist abuse on social media following the match.\n\nGreater Manchester Police launched an investigation after it received a report of racially aggravated damage at the mural at 02:50 BST on Monday.\n\nRashford said he was \"lost for words\" as hundreds of people also gathered for an anti-racism demonstration at the mural on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe mural is painted on the side of the Coffee House Cafe on Copson Street\n\nFollow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The Soutar family have appealed for dad Iain to be quickly reunited with both of his daughters\n\nThe family of a cancer patient with days to live have pleaded that his expat daughter be allowed to fly home to Scotland immediately to say goodbye.\n\nIain Soutar, from Milngavie, is receiving palliative care after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.\n\nHis Dubai-based daughter Laura is quarantining in Majorca after the Scottish government refused to exempt her from self-isolating in Scotland.\n\nThe family fear her return could be too late to give her dad \"a final hug\".\n\nIf she returns to Scotland immediately, she would have to restart her 10 day isolation period in a hotel, and would only be allowed to make a visit to her father before returning to self-isolation.\n\nIf she completes her 10-day isolation in Majorca, she would not arrive in Scotland until Tuesday and says the delay has been unbearable given her father's deteriorating condition.\n\nSpeaking from her Majorca hotel room, she said: \"I just want to be home with my dad, spending these last days, weeks, with him.\"\n\nLaura Soutar will not be allowed to fly back to Scotland until next week\n\nIain's other daughter Rebecca McCarron added: \"We feel like we are counting down until Laura comes home, but we are also counting down the days my dad's got left with us.\n\n\"My dad wants my sister home. My dad is holding on for my sister. He has said that himself, and told Laura he will be here when she comes back and that's all we can hope for at the moment.\"\n\nThe United Arab Emirates has been designated by the Scottish and UK governments as a red list country for international travel.\n\nIt means anyone returning - regardless of their vaccination status - must self-isolate for 10 days in a government-approved quarantine hotel.\n\nLaura Soutar hoped the government would allow her to speed up the process by flying in via the Balearic Islands, which are currently on the green list.\n\nNext Monday, Majorca along with neighbouring Menorca and Ibiza will be moved on to the amber list.\n\nFrom the same date, fully-vaccinated adults and under-18s in Scotland will no longer have to self-isolate after visiting amber-list countries.\n\nLaura on a family holiday with her father Iain and mother Merlyn\n\nHowever, despite repeated appeals for an exemption on compassionate grounds, the family feel they have been let down by the \"cruel\" international quarantine system.\n\nScotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch, said visits to see relatives receiving end-of-life care were exempt from travel restrictions - but only if self-isolation protocols have been safely completed.\n\nHe said: \"This is a dreadful story and my heart goes out to the family.\n\n\"I'm afraid the fundamental restrictions still apply though. An individual coming from an amber or a red country is a higher risk of virus, That, I'm afraid, is a fact.\"\n\nLaura's sister Rebecca has urged the government to do more the help families in the same situation.\n\nShe said: \"We're suffering in having to deal with this every single day. There needs to be some leeway for families and people in this situation trying to get home to see loved ones.\n\n\"We have been told my dad has just days and it's adding extra stress on to an already horrendous time.\n\n\"We need this family time. We are such a close family, the four of us, and we just need her back.\n\n\"A few days would make so much of a difference to us, to have those moments that we can with each other.\"\n\nRebecca McCarron said there should be more compassion shown to families\n\nRebecca said the sight of thousands of fans being allowed into the country for events like the recent Euro 2020 football championships was particularly galling.\n\nShe said \"All these people flying in from all over the globe to sit side by side and watch sporting events, when all we want is my sister home.\n\n\"My dad wants his daughter home so that we can have a hug and say goodbye.\"\n\nThe Scottish government said it sympathised with the Soutars, but that the isolation rules had to be strict \"to reduce the risk of importation of new strains of the virus\".\n\nAn official letter to the family said: \"In assessing exemptions, we are very mindful that for many people going into managed quarantine will be challenging.\n\n\"We are also mindful that these measures have been introduced to reduce the risk of importation of new strains of the virus and that high levels of exemptions risk undermining the effectiveness of these measures.\"\n\nIt adds: \"Our view therefore is that we need to apply a high threshold of what would constitute compassionate circumstances given the reference to 'exceptional' in the regulations.\n\n\"We have considered all the circumstances presented in your daughter's case and we cannot agree to an exemption.\"\n\nUnder the current rules, loved ones of people receiving end-of-life care can make a visit but must immediately return to self-isolation afterwards.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said: \"Our thoughts are with Laura and her family during what must be an incredibly difficult time.\"", "A man has been charged with racially abusing football pundit and former England player Rio Ferdinand.\n\nJamie Arnold is accused of using racist words and gestures at a match at Wolverhampton Wanderers against Manchester United on 23 May, West Midlands Police said.\n\nThe 31-year-old from Stone, Staffordshire, has also been charged with making homophobic comments.\n\nMr Arnold is due to appear at Dudley Magistrates Court on 29 July.\n\nHe was arrested during the game, which was the first time fans had returned to the Molineux ground since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nMr Ferdinand had tweeted about an incident during the game, which United won 1-2, while Wolves said it was \"deeply sorry\" for his experience.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Younger adults admitted to hospital with Covid are almost as likely to suffer from complications as those over 50 years old, a study has found.\n\nFour in 10 of those between 19 and 49 developed problems with their kidneys, lungs or other organs while treated.\n\nThe research looked at 73,197 adults of all ages across 302 UK hospitals in the first wave of Covid in 2020.\n\n\"The message is that this is not just a disease of the elderly and frail,\" said Prof Calum Semple, who led the work.\n\n\"The data reinforces the fact that Covid is not flu and we are seeing even young adults coming into hospital suffering significant complications, some of which will require furthering monitoring and potentially further treatment in the future.\"\n\nThe study, conducted by researchers at seven UK universities, the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England, looked at the number of \"complications\" in those needing hospital treatment for Covid-19, defined as an organ-specific medical diagnosis.\n\nOverall, around half of all adult patients suffered a least one complication during their hospital stay. The most common was a kidney injury, followed by lung and heart damage.\n\nThe highest rates were in those over 50 years old, with 51% reporting at least one problem. But they were also \"very common\" in younger age groups. Some 37% of 30 to 39 year olds and 44% of 40 to 49 year olds had at least one complication recorded by nurses and medical students involved in the study.\n\nDoctors are not yet certain how a severe Covid illness can cause organ damage, but it is thought in some cases the body's own immune system can spark an inflammatory response and injure healthy tissue.\n\nPaul Godfrey, from Frinton in Essex, developed Covid in March 2020 after suffering what he thought was a chest infection.\n\nPaul, who was 31 at the time of diagnosis and has the lung condition bronchiectasis, said: \"There's no doubt about it - the NHS staff who cared for me saved my life. I would not be here today if it wasn't for them.\"\n\nPaul Godfrey is still dealing with the damage caused to his body by Covid\n\nThe study, published in the medical journal the Lancet, found that those with pre-existing conditions were more likely to report complications but the risk was high even in young, previously healthy individuals.\n\nPaul was diagnosed with pneumonia in Colchester hospital and was told the bottom half of both his lungs had collapsed. He narrowly avoided being placed in an induced coma and spent two weeks on a Covid ward before he was allowed home in a wheelchair.\n\nThe research showed that 13% of 19 to 29 year olds and 17% of 30 to 39 year olds hospitalised with Covid were unable to look after themselves at discharge and had to rely on friends and family.\n\n\"It was the worst experience of my life and I am still dealing with it 18 months later,\" said Paul, who continues to suffer from extreme fatigue and breathlessness caused by his illness.\n\n\"I don't really know what the damage is to my body so I am just praying I get back to what I was.\"\n\nAge is the single largest factor in determining a severe Covid infection.\n\nOf the 406,687 people taken to hospital with the disease in England since the start of the pandemic, 62% were over the age of 65.\n\nThat leaves another 155,866 under the age of 65 who have needed hospital treatment since February 2020.\n\nHigher vaccination rates in the elderly and vulnerable population mean that the average age of those hospitalised with the disease has been falling.\n\nIn the week ending 4 July, there were just 17 people over 85 years old admitted to hospital with Covid in England, compared with 478 aged between 25 and 44.\n\nThe research was conducted in the first wave of the pandemic between 17 January and 4 August 2020 - before vaccines were available and new variants of the virus had been detected.\n\nThe authors said the data suggested those with more severe Covid symptoms at admission to hospital were more likely to suffer serious health problems, showing the importance of vaccines in reducing the severity of the disease in this latest wave.\n\nThe study was only designed to look at short-term complications during a hospital stay but there is evidence some organ damage can persist, becoming a form of what is known as long Covid.\n\n\"We do know from other infectious diseases that these sorts of problems with your kidneys or heart can develop into longer-term complications,\" said Dr Annemarie Docherty, senior clinical lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and a consultant in intensive care medicine.\n\n\"I think it's reasonable to expect that this may be the same with Covid-19.\"", "The equipment destined for China was built by specialist firm Forsyths\n\nAn entire whisky distillery is being shipped out from Scotland to China on Friday.\n\nMore than 35 tonnes of equipment, including stills, flooring, control valves and pipework, is leaving Buckie in Moray for the port of Tianjin.\n\nThe equipment will be assembled at a facility being built in Inner Mongolia.\n\nThe shipment is part of a £3m \"design and build\" deal signed between Forfar firm Valentine International and China's Mengtai Group in 2019.\n\nThe facility in Ordos will become Inner Mongolia's first whisky distillery when it opens, probably at the end of this year.\n\nAll of the distillery equipment was built by Rothes-based firm Forsyths, which is sending a team of five engineers to supervise assembly.\n\nForsyths have a team in Hong Kong to provide after-sales back-up and services.\n\nValentine International chairman and managing director David Valentine said the project was the brainchild of Mengtai chairman Ao Fengting, who planned to create a \"globally award-winning whisky\".\n\nDistillery washbacks are among the items being shipped to China\n\nMr Valentine, who specialises in establishing commercial ventures in China, said: \"Scotland is the home of whisky and has the greatest expertise in terms of distillery equipment manufacture, which is why Mr Fengting believes we will deliver a world-beating project for him in Ordos.\"\n\nIt is Mengtai's first venture into the world of whisky. One of Inner Mongolia's largest private firms, its core businesses include coal production and electricity generation.\n\nThe £3m deal between Mengtai Group and Valentine was signed two years ago\n\nIn a separate development, Valentine International has signed a \"strategic agreement\" with Mengtai to supply bulk whiskies for China.\n\nMr Valentine declined to name the whisky distiller in that deal but said it was a \"long-established\" firm.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Menorca is among the holiday hotspots moving to the amber list\n\nIbiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera are being moved onto the government's amber travel list for England.\n\nThe Balearic Islands will join the list from 04:00 BST on Monday, 15 days after they were moved to the green watchlist.\n\nThe Scottish and Welsh governments said they will do the same, and Northern Ireland is expected to follow suit.\n\nFrom Monday, only people aged over 18 who are not fully vaccinated will still have to quarantine on returning from an amber list country.\n\nThe requirement to self-isolate is being scrapped for the fully vaccinated and under-18s from Monday in England, Scotland and Wales but travellers in Northern Ireland will have to wait another week before the rule change.\n\nThe British Virgin Islands are also moving to the amber list, while Cuba, Indonesia, Myanmar and Sierra Leone will be moved to the strictest red list.\n\nBulgaria and Hong Kong will move to the green list, while Croatia and Taiwan join the green watchlist, which means they are at risk of being moved to amber.\n\nIt is understood that data indicates a big rise in cases in the Balearic Islands following end-of-term parties.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said case rates had doubled since the islands were added to the green watchlist, which meant the government needed to \"move quickly\".\n\nHe also warned that people travelling abroad this summer will need to make sure they can get their money back or rebook their accommodation, adding that \"no-one can be out there thinking we can travel and just rely on things not changing\".\n\nBut package holiday firm Tui said the \"continued lack of transparency\" about the methodology and data behind the changes was making it \"incredibly difficult for customers to book far in advance with confidence\".\n\nEasyJet said it could not understand why people were going to be allowed to attend nightclubs from Monday without a mask or social distancing but the government was \"not comfortable with people going to the beaches of Europe where the infection rates are lower than in the UK\".\n\nVirgin Atlantic called for the government to \"act decisively\" and add nations with high vaccination rates, such as the US, to the green list at the next review.\n\nLabour criticised the government for not publishing the country-by-country data that informs its traffic light system.\n\nShadow transport secretary Jim McMahon said: \"People are booking holidays in good faith and now face the prospect of losing out because ministers refuse to be straight with the public.\"\n\nMedi Jones Williams said she still planned to go on holiday to Majorca, despite the changes\n\nMedi Jones Williams, from Bristol, booked a holiday to Majorca on Friday and said she still planned to fly there on Saturday for her seven-day trip.\n\nThe 25-year-old had her first vaccine three weeks ago, and is now looking to get a second dose as soon as possible.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"I'm still going to go because I'm sick of everything. I feel like if I don't it will never happen because things keep changing.\n\n\"I do understand why they have to vaccinate older people first but when they got to 40 they should have vaccinated everyone.\n\n\"It doesn't make sense to open on Monday when not everyone is vaccinated.\"\n\nMr Shapps defended the government's traffic light system, saying that the categories mean \"people can see, broadly-speaking, where these countries are classified\".\n\nHe added: \"We're not in control of this virus, particularly in how it affects other counties, their levels of vaccinations, their level of genomic sequencing, their testing regimes.\"\n\nTravelling to green list destinations was likely to be a \"better bet\" than those on the green watchlist, he said, but cautioned \"there are no guarantees\".\n\nHe urged people to come forward and get both vaccine doses to give them \"one more piece of security when you do go off to travel\".\n\nThe changes will come as bad news for travellers who are over 18 and not yet double vaccinated.\n\nThe government says they can still pay for additional tests on day five as part of test-to-release and are advising everyone to get their jabs as quickly as possible.\n\nUnder the change to amber list travel rules, announced last week, fully-jabbed people will still be required to take a test three days before they return and on the second day after they are back - but they will now be exempted from a day eight test.\n\nFrom Monday - when most Covid rules in England end - the guidance that people should not travel to amber list countries will be removed.\n\nFewer than 30 destinations are on the green list, which do not require people to quarantine on their return.\n\nMore than 50 countries are on the strictest red list, which requires arrivals to pay to self-isolate in a hotel.\n\nBut most places - including holiday hotspots such as mainland Spain, Greece and the US - are on the amber list.\n\nGreen watchlist countries do not require arrivals to quarantine but are at risk of being moved to amber.\n\nMeanwhile, more than two thirds of adults in the UK - some 35 million people - have now received both vaccine doses, the government announced on Wednesday.\n\nThe government said it meant it had hit its target of vaccinating two thirds of adults by 19 July early.\n\nSome 46,037,090 people have received a first dose while 35,155,767 have had both doses - the equivalent of 87.4% and 66.7% of the adult population respectively.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson described the milestone as \"another extraordinary achievement\", adding that it was enabling the UK to \"cautiously ease restrictions next week and return closer towards normal life\".\n\nOn Wednesday, the UK recorded another 42,302 cases and 49 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, according to the daily government figures.\n\nAre you a holidaymaker or a travel agent? How will you be affected by this change to the travel list? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A therapy made from a Covid patient's own blood is being trialled to treat lung scarring that's left after hospitalisation.\n\nDoctors at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London have begun a small trial using patients’ white blood cells.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel has worked with four US presidents in 16 years\n\nThe US and Germany will stand together against Russian aggression, President Joe Biden said as he welcomed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington.\n\nMr Biden said he had voiced concern to Mrs Merkel over a Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline, but they agreed Moscow cannot be allowed to use energy as a weapon.\n\nThe US president said the two allies also opposed anti-democratic actions by China.\n\nMrs Merkel, who has worked with four US presidents, is leaving office.\n\n\"We stand together and will continue to stand together to defend our eastern flank allies at Nato against Russian aggression,\" Mr Biden told Thursday's joint news conference with Mrs Merkel.\n\nHe acknowledged the two did not see eye to eye on the nearly complete $11bn (£8bn) Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. The White House has said it will be used by Russia as leverage over Ukraine and other neighbours.\n\n\"Good friends can disagree,\" said Mr Biden, who recently waived sanctions against Nord Stream 2.\n\nThe US president also said: \"We will stand up for democratic principles and human rights when we see China or any other country working to undermine free and open societies.\"\n\nDespite being strong trade partners, Berlin has at times been critical of Beijing on the issue of human rights.\n\nMr Biden also told reporters the US had no plans \"at the moment\" to send troops to Haiti amid growing unrest after the assassination of its president.\n\nAsked about ongoing protests in Cuba, Mr Biden said the \"failed state\" was repressing its citizens.\n\n\"Communism is a failed system, a universally failed system,\" he said. \"And I don't see socialism as a very useful substitute.\"\n\nBoth leaders emphasised the amicable nature of their hour-long meeting, with Mrs Merkel referring more than once to her host as \"Dear Joe\".\n\nMr Biden told his guest: \"I will miss seeing you at our summits.\"\n\nMrs Merkel expressed \"sympathy\" for the dozens of people killed by heavy flooding back home in Germany.\n\nThe German leader had a frosty relationship with Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, and occasional tension, too, with George W Bush and Barack Obama, the other two presidents her tenure has spanned.\n\nMrs Merkel, who became chancellor in 2005, is not running again in September's elections. Her Christian Democratic Union leads opinion polls.\n• None Angela Merkel and four US presidents. Video, 00:03:58Angela Merkel and four US presidents", "Fully jabbed travellers returning to England and Wales from France will still have to quarantine from Monday.\n\nFrom 19 July, adults who have been double jabbed in the UK arriving from amber list countries will not need to isolate for 10 days.\n\nBut the government said the easing would not apply to France due to \"persistent\" cases of the Beta variant, first identified in South Africa.\n\nThere are concerns vaccines may not work as well against the Beta variant.\n\nThe Beta variant accounts for about 10% of new infections in France, but that includes the Indian Ocean territories of Reunion and Mayotte, where the variant is near-universal.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant - first identified in India - accounts for almost all new cases in the UK.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"We have always been clear that we will not hesitate to take rapid action at our borders to stop the spread of Covid-19 and protect the gains made by our successful vaccination programme.\n\n\"With restrictions lifting on Monday across the country, we will do everything we can to ensure international travel is conducted as safely as possible, and protect our borders from the threat of variants.\"\n\nTravel firms have criticised the move, accusing the government of causing confusion.\n\nWillie Walsh, the director-general of the International Air Transport Association said \"the UK has no coherent policy on international travel\" and is \"destroying its own travel sector and the thousands of jobs that rely on it\".\n\nThe government announcement means that anyone who has been in France in the previous 10 days will need to quarantine on arrival to England in their own accommodation and will need a day two and day eight test, regardless of their vaccination status.\n\nThis includes any fully vaccinated individual who transits through France from either a green or another amber country.\n\nBut ministers indicated that Eurostar passengers on services travelling through France would not need to quarantine if their train did not stop in the country.\n\nExisting amber list exemptions for key workers such as hauliers will remain in place.\n\nMeanwhile, France has tightened its rules for UK travellers who are not fully vaccinated, requiring a negative test in the 24 hours before arrival from Sunday, rather than the 48 hours allowed previously.\n\nBut anyone fully vaccinated with a jab from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson will be exempt from providing a negative test.\n\nFrench MEP Veronique Trillet-Lenoir told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that it was \"difficult to understand\" the UK rules, as the Beta variant is \"not present at all\" in mainland France, with France's cases mainly being found in its overseas territories.\n\nBBC Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield said there had been no official response from the French government yet, but it would be pushing for an explanation from its London counterpart for the toughened policy.\n\nTravellers to the UK from France will still have the option of shortening their quarantine period through the Test to Release scheme - if they pay for a test on day five and are negative.\n\nFor arrivals from other amber list countries, the requirement to quarantine is being scrapped for the fully vaccinated and under-18s from Monday in all parts of the UK.\n\nEach UK nation sets its own travel rules.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said ministers were \"considering the best approach\" for arrivals from France \"as we look to adopt a four nation approach on international travel, where possible\".\n\nWales said it would be following the change set by England, while Northern Ireland is yet to announce its intention.\n\nProf John Edmunds, an epidemiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a government adviser on the Sage committee, said the Beta variant was at low levels in the UK but, as immunity from vaccines increases, \"conditions are right\" for it to gain an advantage.\n\nHe told the Today programme that the Beta variant is probably less infectious than the dominant Delta variant, but it appears to be better able to evade the immune response from vaccines - particularly from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.\n\nThe UK is currently facing a \"long and drawn out\" wave of infections from the Delta variant, he said, as it will not be brought down by lockdowns as previous peaks were.\n\nHe said cases are on course to hit 100,000 a day in about two weeks, although school closures may help to bring down the surge or cause it to level off. But high levels of infection were likely throughout the rest of the summer and autumn, he said.\n\nTravel trade body Abta said the changes to travel to France will delay \"any meaningful recovery for the industry\", adding that financial support needed to be given to the sector.\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of industry group Airlines UK, said: \"These random rule changes make it almost impossible for travellers and industry to plan ahead, and can only further undermine consumer trust at the very peak of the summer season.\"\n\nJohan Lundgren, chief executive of EasyJet, said the government was \"making it up as they go along and causing confusion and uncertainty\".\n\nLabour said the move had created \"complete chaos\".\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said: \"In effect the government has announced yet another category for travel and they've done it on a Friday evening... It is travellers and the travelling industry that is paying the price.\"\n\nGeorgina Thomas, a nurse from Buckinghamshire, is one of those affected by the change.\n\nThe 32-year-old has been visiting her parents in the countryside between La Rochelle and Bordeaux for the last three weeks with her baby daughter.\n\n\"I'm frustrated with the inconsistent approach the government are taking, it doesn't all appear logical,\" she told the PA news agency.\n\n\"If a quarantine is necessary then so be it but I'm confident that my risk will be higher when I return to the UK.\"\n\nMs Thomas, who is still on maternity leave, added: \"It will be a long 10 days but we are the fortunate ones, I understand that, plenty will think we shouldn't be travelling anyway.\"\n\nJames Miles from West Sussex said the quarantine requirement had put his plans to visit his girlfriend in France for the first time since 1 January in jeopardy.\n\n\"This is really affecting people's lives,\" he said. \"Seven months is a long time not to see your partner. I can't even see the light at the end of the tunnel. Where do we go from here?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Miles says his plans to visit his partner in France have been thrown into doubt\n\nAnne, a British citizen living in Paris who did not wish to give her second name, has not seen her family in 18 months, with her parents yet to meet their granddaughter, who was born in Paris last autumn.\n\nThe 31-year-old told the BBC she had booked their trip to London for late August on Friday morning - just hours before the announcement was made.\n\nShe also suggested most of the Beta variant cases were not found in mainland France.\n\n\"How can the government encourage non vaccinated people in the UK to stop wearing masks and start going clubbing, yet oblige fully vaccinated travellers from France to quarantine?\" Anne added.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said: \"Whilst we are committed to continuing to open up international travel safely, our absolute priority is to protect public health here in the UK.\"\n\nThere had been reports the government was considering adding France to the red list for travel.\n\nOnly UK or Irish nationals or UK residents are allowed to travel from red list countries and they must then quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days, at a cost of £1,750 for one adult.\n\nIt comes just two days after the government announced popular holiday destinations Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera would be moved to the amber list.\n\nOn Friday, more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases were reported in the UK for the first time since mid-January.", "The UK's small shopkeepers are struggling under a £1.7bn mountain of debt, a former retail chief has warned.\n\nIndependent High Street businesses now owe four times as much as they did a year ago, said Bill Grimsey, ex-boss of Wickes, Iceland and Focus DIY.\n\nThe warning comes in his latest report into the future of town centres and High Streets.\n\nUnless the government steps in, the UK could face a \"tsunami\" of shop closures this autumn, he said.\n\nAccording to Mr Grimsey, small shops have survived the pandemic by borrowing, but are now faced with the task of paying it back.\n\n\"Our High Street independents have experienced a new-found appreciation during lockdown,\" he said.\n\n\"But they've also been forced to take on government-backed loans, which they would not have normally been able to get because their balance sheets wouldn't allow it. Now they are struggling to manage a mountain of debt and need help.\"\n\nThe review is calling for a government \"forgiveness\" scheme to write off such loans for viable small businesses.\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said: \"Our unprecedented £350bn Covid support package has provided a lifeline to hundreds of thousands of businesses across the UK - through loans, grants, tax cuts, business rates holidays and the furlough scheme.\n\n\"The government has always been clear that Bounce Back Loans are loans to be repaid and that they may not be the right answer for all businesses.\n\n\"We've provided further support and flexibility to businesses that took out Bounce Back Loans by introducing the Pay as You Grow options, so that loan terms can be extended, monthly repayments reduced and a repayment holiday taken for up to six months.\"\n\n\"The French government is already working on a policy to save small businesses from being crushed by debt and we need to do the same to save thousands,\" said Mr Grimsey.\n\nOtherwise, he added, a \"tsunami\" of small independent shop closures could follow in the wake of the 17,500 chain stores that shut down in 2020.\n\nOne bright spot has been the rise of the fast-growing hair and beauty sector. But here, too, there were challenges, Mr Grimsey said, pointing out that the sector is largely unregulated compared with other European countries.\n\nWorking conditions had also become more insecure, with 63% of people working in beauty salons now self-employed, he added.\n\n\"Britain is at a crossroads and the pandemic has brought about sweeping changes that will make a decisive break with a traditional High Street model,\" he warned.\n\n\"But we can't build our way out of trouble. To unlock the potential of our High Streets, we need to focus on people, partnerships and communities as well.\n\n\"Britain needs a social recovery to lock in an economic one and our High Streets should lead by example.\"", "Police and the Crown Prosecution Service are involved in a blame game over a drop in rape prosecutions, a watchdogs' report has said.\n\nCPS figures for 2019-20 show 1,439 suspects were convicted of rape or lesser offences in England and Wales, the lowest level since records began.\n\nThis is down from 1,925 the previous year despite a rise in reports of rape.\n\nThe review by the police and CPS watchdogs calls for an urgent shift in the way rape cases are investigated.\n\nIn particular, it identified \"finger pointing\" and a \"deep division\" between agencies over dismal conviction rates.\n\n\"At a national level, there is a lot of activity to improve the response to rape,\" the report said.\n\n\"But beneath the surface of these joint structures, we were told of continuing underlying tensions between the police and the CPS, and a desire on both sides to blame the other for low charge and conviction rates.\"\n\nThe report by the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate said that until this blame culture was eradicated a real shift in attitudes seemed unachievable.\n\nIn response to the review, the CPS and the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) have announced that they will be strengthening their collaboration, operating more closely from the outset of cases.\n\nWendy Williams, from the Inspectorate of Constabulary, welcomed the commitment from the top but said more needed to be done on the ground to break what she described as this vicious cycle.\n\nSue Hemming, CPS director of legal services, said the service accepted that far too few victims were currently seeing their cases reach court and insisted they were \"working hard\" to turn this around.\n\n\"We agree closer collaboration and communication with police from the outset of a rape complaint is essential to driving up the number of strong prosecutions and that a blame culture serves no one,\" she said.\n\nKatie Russell, of Rape Crisis England and Wales, said: \"We could not agree more that both police and the Crown Prosecution Service must begin to take responsibility for their own roles in the catastrophic failure of criminal justice for victims and survivors of sexual offences if we stand a chance of successfully tackling this unacceptable and urgent situation.\"\n\nTemporary Chief Constable Sarah Crew, who is the NPCC lead for rape, said the new agreement to work more closely with the CPS in the early days of the investigation should mean stronger cases and faster charging decisions.\n\nThis should reduce the chance of a victim withdrawing their support, she added.\n\nThe report follows the government's rape review, published last month, in which it apologised for \"failing\" rape victims and set out plans for a \"system and culture change\".", "Staff absences could see shortages of meat products, the industry has warned.\n\nMeat processors are seeing up to one in 10 of their workforce told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app.\n\nSome companies could be forced “to start shutting down production lines all together,” warned Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).\n\nAs Covid cases exceed 250,000 a week, a growing number of businesses are reporting disruption due to absence.\n\nThe UK meat processing industry employs about 97,000 workers in the UK, but it was suffering from shortages before the pandemic began.\n\nMany firms were operating with 10% fewer staff than they needed. The latest increase in absences has added to the problem.\n\n“As a result, companies are having to simplify down their range of products to compensate for key skills being removed from their production lines,” says Mr Allen.\n\n“If the UK workforce situation deteriorates further, companies will be forced to start shutting down production lines all together.”\n\nThe BMPA represents about 90% of the industry by value of production.\n\nThe first products to be hit could be the cuts which require more work from skilled butchers, such as French-trimmed lamb chops with the fat removed, according to Mr Allen.\n\nThese are also among the most profitable lines for processors, so the financial impact could be significant.\n\nMr Allen called for greater clarity about how long to isolate for when pinged by the app and continued access for business to free Covid testing kits, which is due to end on 19 July.\n\nBusinesses are warning of increasing levels of Covid absence, as the current wave of infections grows. The number of people notified by the app in England and Wales recently passed half a million in a single week.\n\nLord Bilimoria, president of the CBI - which represents 190,000 businesses - said that number came as a \"genuine shock.\"\n\n\"Staff shortages are being felt acutely across all sectors and in all areas of business particularly, hospitality and leisure,\" he said.\n\nLord Bilimoria believes the NHS Test and Trace system needs an \"overhaul\" and is calling on the government to \"urgently\" bring forward its plans to allow double-jabbed individuals not to self-isolate if they have been informed by the app that they have come into contact with a Covid positive individual.\n\nEarlier this month, Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned that the number of cases could hit 100,000 a day - more than double the current level.\n\nCar-makers Nissan and Rolls-Royce have warned that production could be affected by large numbers of staff being told to isolate and UK Hospitality, the trade body for bars and restaurants, said it was causing “carnage” among its members.\n\nFrom 16 August, the rules in England will change so that anyone who has had two vaccinations will not be required to self-isolate if the app says they have been in close contact with an infected person.\n\nPost-Brexit recruitment difficulties have made staffing problems worse in the meat processing industry, with some firms drawing 80% of their staff from the European Union, according to Mr Allen.\n\n“We’ve been calling on the government for months to add butchers to the Shortage Occupation List, which would allow the industry to temporarily fill these growing vacancies with overseas workers until the current crisis has passed,” he said.", "Tomasz Schafernaker has the latest update on the deadly flooding in Germany and Belgium after days of heavy rain.", "Covid infections have risen again in much of the UK, say experts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nLatest data from swab tests in the community suggests in England, where Covid rules are due to be dropped, one in every 95 people has the virus.\n\nThat is up from one in every 160 in the previous week.\n\nIn Scotland, estimates suggest one in every 90 people is infected, while in Northern Ireland it is one in 290 and in Wales it is one in 360.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant accounts for almost every case.\n\nThe latest data suggests that just over 650,000 people, or 1% of the population in the UK, would test positive for coronavirus in the week to 10 July - up from 400,000 people the previous week.\n\nThe ONS says the percentage of people testing positive has \"continued to increase\" in England and Scotland, whereas the \"trend is uncertain\" in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nSarah Crofts, head of Analytical Outputs for the Covid-19 Infection Survey, said: \"Infections have increased across much of the UK, with England currently at levels last seen in February this year.\n\n\"With infection rates continuing to rise and restrictions easing, keeping a close eye on the data is crucial to see how much protection is provided by the vaccination programmes.\"\n\nProf Whitty told an online seminar hosted by the Science Museum on Thursday evening that the situation in the UK could become very dangerous for individual hospitals.\n\nHe said: \"I don't think we should underestimate the fact that we could get into trouble again surprisingly fast.\n\n\"Saying the numbers in hospital are low now, that does not mean the numbers will be low in hospital in five, six, seven, eight weeks' time.\n\n\"They could actually be really quite serious.\"\n\nMs Frazer told Sky News the government could not rule out reintroducing restrictions in England if the virus situation became \"unacceptable\".\n\nEngland's coronavirus R number range has decreased slightly to between 1.2 and 1.4, which means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 12 and 14 other people.\n\nLast week, R was between 1.2 and 1.5.\n\nOn Thursday, the UK recorded new 48,553 new infections and a further 63 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nDelta virus variant cases rose by 17% in the latest week, with a further 36,800 recorded, Public Health England (PHE) said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A mystery 19th-Century botanist has been found, thanks to sleuthing work by the public.\n\nIsabella Anne Allen had been known only by the secrets she left behind, tucked between the pages of an old book.\n\nBut following an appeal for information, on the BBC News website, she has now been traced to the village of Madresfield, Worcestershire.\n\nHer story came to light when clues such as pressed flowers, poems and doodles were found inside The English Flora.\n\nDonated to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) decades ago, the botanical text was rediscovered by staff sorting through boxes ahead of a move to a new library.\n\nAnd libraries and exhibitions head Fiona Davison said the clues within revealed its original owner \"would have been a figure in the local society and in public\".\n\n\"She is a gardener as well as a botanist - it has become part and parcel of being an intelligent, well-to-do, well respected pillar of the community,\" she said.\n\nWithin hours of the story's publication on the BBC News website, there were several suggested leads, from Cornwall to York.\n\nBut one individual cropped up several times.\n\nThe United Kingdom Census of 1851 confirmed spinster and landowner Isabella Anne Allen, born in 1810, lived with her parents, John Henry and Susannah Rebekah, and several servants at Rhydd House, Madresfield.\n\nThe property, with its gardens and woodlands at the foot of the Malvern Hills close to the River Severn, offered plenty of opportunities for plant collecting.\n\nAnd an article in the Worcestershire Chronicle, from July 1860, revealed \"several excellent roses were sent to the [Malvern Horticultural and Floral Show] by Miss Allen of the Rhydd\".\n\nAllen died five years later and was buried in Madresfield, leaving her personal possessions to her sister, Ann, who in turn bequeathed her \"old set of books and wild flowers\" to her niece Maria Alice Empson.\n\nIt may have been Empson who donated the four volumes of The English Flora to the RHS library before her death in 1948.\n\nAnd further scrutiny of the book, given to Allen at the age of 18 by her friend Mrs Green, revealed the words \"The Rhydd, Worcestershire\" pencilled next to an entry for Vinca major (greater periwinkle, a trailing vine with violet flowers).\n\nThe book has numerous wild-plant specimens inserted in the pages\n\nMs Davison is delighted the jigsaw pieces have finally fallen into place.\n\n\"A big thank you to everybody who responded to the call,\" she said, \"as soon as the story went up we were, within hours, getting a steady stream of emails coming into the library inquiry inbox - and from all over the world.\"\n\nAllen lived at a time when botany was a popular scientific subject for women in the higher social classes.\n\nMany contributed to herbaria, the collections of preserved plants that form the cornerstone of botanical study, while others were skilled botanical artists.\n\nLater in the 19th Century, botany became regarded as a professional activity for specialists and experts rather than amateurs - and women's contributions to the field were belittled.\n\nBut women continued to participate in botany, especially by writing for other women, children, and general readers.\n\nAllen's copy of The English Flora is in a fragile state but will be sent off to conservators and, once in better repair, take pride of place at the new library at RHS Hilltop, Wisley, where it will be used to inspire a new generation of naturalists.\n\n\"One of the really fascinating things about gardening books and botany books is that they were often owned by women - and these little clues get left in them,\" Ms Davison said.\n\n\"Looking for women in the margins is a thing we will be doing a lot more of.\"\n• None Appeal to identify botanist who slipped from history", "There was a frank exchange between the Northern Ireland secretary and Stormont leaders over legacy proposals.\n\nSpeaking after the meeting, the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there had been a \"fairly robust conversation\" with Brandon Lewis.\n\nThe government has outlined a package of measures, including an end to civil actions, prosecutions and inquests.\n\nIt has been widely rejected by the executive parties, Irish government and victims.\n\nIrish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney, who was also in the meeting, said the UK government's position was not set in stone.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Assembly is being recalled on Tuesday to debate the proposals.\n\nAhead of this, a further meeting of the Stormont Party Leaders' Forum is scheduled for Monday.\n\nSinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald said she will chair the meeting, but Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said he will \"not be attending discussions on legacy chaired by Sinn Féin\".\n\n\"It was Mary-Lou McDonald who said that the IRA campaign was justified without a thought for the thousands of victims created by the IRA terror machine,\" he said, referencing an interview with the Sunday Independent last year.\n\nSinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald said she will chair the meeting on Monday\n\nMr Beattie and Alliance Party leader Naomi Long have accused Ms McDonald of \"misrepresenting\" the role of chair at the forum.\n\nNaomi Long said this month's meeting is Sinn Féin's \"turn\" and \"the agenda is set by all the leaders, not the chair\".\n\nShe said Sinn Féin's statement on its role was \"a complete over-reach\" which was \"both provocative and counterproductive\".\n\nA Sinn Féin spokesperson said that the forum meets monthly, and has done so routinely since it was established.\n\nThe hosting and chairing rotates, and this month it is the turn of Sinn Féin.\n\nThey added: \"Sinn Féin have put legacy on the agenda given the huge hurt caused by the British government to victims and survivors by their latest legacy proposals, which political leaders will want to discuss.\"\n\nSir Jeffrey Donaldson said the forum was not to be a \"single issue agenda meeting\".\n\n\"There were a range of issues that were to be raised and discussed at that meeting, but clearly the meeting cannot take place if legacy is on the agenda, that's evident because all party leaders have to be in attendance,\" he said.\n\nMany victims of the conflict have said they will be denied an opportunity to seek justice if a statute of limitations is introduced.\n\nThe legal mechanism would prevent proceedings being brought after a certain time period.\n\nThis would offer protection to both former members of the security forces and ex-paramilitaries.\n\nThe government has yet to set out what will happen to the eight live Troubles-related cases that are before the courts.\n\nAfter the meeting on Friday morning, Sir Jeffrey said each party had outlined their views in relation to legacy to the Northern Ireland secretary.\n\nHe said he had met victims' groups earlier in the morning who were very concerned by government proposals and \"what they believe amounts to some form of amnesty\".\n\nSir Jeffrey says Mr Lewis showed a \"willingness to listen\" to parties and victims\n\n\"They believe passionately that the opportunity for victims and families to pursue justice should not be closed off,\" he said, adding that he had reiterated their comments to Mr Lewis.\n\nHe said Mr Lewis had given a commitment that he will be \"reaching out to representatives of victims groups to hear what they have to say.\"\n\n\"He also made clear the parties must have an input into designing the process that takes this forward,\" Sir Jeffrey added.\n\nMr Coveney said Mr Lewis had confirmed that the proposals were \"simply a position paper that is contributing to the process that in now under way\".\n\nIrish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney says there is no \"pre-determined outcome\"\n\n\"There is no pre-determined outcome here,\" Mr Coveney said.\n\n\"Some have sold the British government's position during the week as a fait accompli. There is no fait accompli.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is not a case of the British government outlining a position and then going through some form of consultation process and then moving ahead with that position anyway in the autumn - if that is what we are at, well then we have real problems.\"\n\nSDLP leader Colum Eastwood said there had been a lot of \"straight talking\" in the meeting.\n\nMr Eastwood said he remained sceptical about a consultation process when many believe the government will press ahead with its plan to end troubles-related prosecutions.\n\nBut he warned against the parties walking away from the process as he said that would play into the hands of the government.\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the meeting confirmed the \"British government are acting in total bad faith\".\n\nUUP leader Doug Beattie said the meeting did not provide \"any solutions for innocent victims\". Mr Beattie also said the Irish government needs to do more than bring \"warm smiles, but little else\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The roots of Northern Ireland’s Troubles lie deep in Irish history\n\nAlliance leader Naomi Long told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme that the implementation of any such legislation would be a \"major challenge\" for her party.\n\n\"It is about the issue of being required as justice minister to administer something that I would believe to be fundamentally flawed and unjust,\" she said.\n\n\"We would need as a party to consider the implications of that. We have provided a justice minister in the executive for all but one of the years that devolution has been operational.\n\n\"If this is imposed on the executive it will need still to be implemented, and that raises major questions in terms of whether or not we would be comfortable being the party that would have to implement that.\"\n\nColin Parry said he accepted the government's legacy proposals as an attempt to improve relations\n\nThe father of a 12-year-old boy killed in an IRA bomb has said while he does not support or approve of the proposals, he does accept them.\n\nColin Parry, whose son Tim died in explosion in Warrington in 1993, said it was important to focus on the future rather than the past.\n\nHe told BBC News NI: \"I accept them because I think peace-building is a pragmatic business.\n\n\"We can't bring Tim back, and even if the bombers were disclosed or revealed, it certainly wouldn't make me any happier.\n\n\"In fact in many ways it might unsettle me far more.\"\n\nMr Parry said he respected victims' families who took a different view, and hoped they would in turn respect his opinion.", "The US wants to locate a giant new radar system in the UK to track objects in deep space.\n\nThe US Space Force is developing the global system to identify potential \"targets\" up to 36,000km away, in areas of deep space where a lot of military satellites are positioned.\n\nOther sites would include Texas and Australia.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said the new radar capability has the potential to make space \"safer and more secure\".\n\nIt comes amid growing concerns about congestion, competition and even an arms race in space.\n\nBoth the US and Britain have accused Russia and China of developing weapons which could be used to take out satellites.\n\nLast year alone more than 1,000 new satellites were launched into space - including 10 by the US military.\n\nThe plans to develop the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability - or DARC - are being developed at the US Space and Missile Systems Center.\n\nIt was one of the sites visited by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and UK defence chiefs this week on a visit to California. They also held discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX.\n\nLt Col Jack Walker of the US Space Force told the BBC the US was \"in discussion\" with the UK about putting the radars \"possibly in Scotland or further south\".\n\nHe said the site would house \"anywhere from 10 to 15 parabolic antenna (large satellite dishes) for tracking and four to six for transmitting\" and cover an area of about 1km square.\n\nEach radar dish will be 15 metres in diameter.\n\nCol Walker said the purpose of the system would be to \"detect and track targets which could potentially be threats to our high-value assets\".\n\n\"It could be from the Chinese, it could be from the Russians, it could be anti-satellite or it could be debris in space,\" he said.\n\nThe US already operates an early warning system to detect ballistic missiles in space, which includes a service at RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire.\n\nBut the radar systems at the secretive RAF base can only detect objects up to 20,000km (12,400 miles) away.\n\nThe new DARC system will be able to see much further.\n\nCol Walker says it will be able to detect an object the size of a football up to 36,000km (22,400 miles) away.\n\nOn the US visit, the UK's chief of the air staff, Sir Michael Wigston, said \"right now the UK is focused on understanding what's going on in the dark corners of space\".\n\nHe said the increasing congestion and competition in space \"all point to needing to rapidly build our understanding of what's going on\".\n\nSir Michael has predicted the next war could be won or lost in space.\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace said the government would be publishing a space strategy in the autumn.\n\nHe said space was under threat and the UK needed to protect its key national infrastructure.\n\nMr Wallace said he did not think there was going to be \"moonraker and Star Wars lasers in space\".\n\nThe UK's military doctrine would not be about \"wrecking space but defending and protecting space\", he added.\n\nA Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: \"This new radar capability has the potential to make space safer and more secure, helping to protect our satellite system by tracking and monitoring objects.\n\n\"We are exploring our potential partnership with the USA on DARC and discussions so far have been positive.\"", "The lawsuit accuses prosecutors of breaching federal child pornography laws (Pictured: Bianca with mother)\n\nThe mother of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 has filed a lawsuit accusing officials of sharing sex and murder videos with the media.\n\nThe death of Bianca Devins prompted widespread media attention when images posted by her murderer went viral.\n\nNow her family's lawsuit alleges that explicit footage recorded by her killer was given to documentary makers.\n\nThe family is suing Oneida County in New York State and officials including local District Attorney Scott McNamara.\n\nThe filing alleges they \"acted unconscionably and lawlessly\" toward the victim with \"reckless dissemination of evidence\" to media producers seeking to cover the case.\n\nThe lawsuit claims Kimberly Devins, Bianca's mother, was shattered to learn videos taken by Brandon Clark had been shared. She now fears the material of them having sex will also go viral online, like the other images he shared of her daughter's murder.\n\nIt also accuses officials of breaking federal child pornography laws, because the evidence included video footage of Bianca having sex with Brandon Clark before he killed her.\n\nThe BBC contacted Oneida County District Attorney's Office and Mr McNamara, but both are yet to respond.\n\nBianca Devins was killed in July 2019 by Clark, 21, who stabbed the teenager in his car as they were driving home from a concert in Queens, a borough of New York City.\n\nHe documented the attack online - posting graphic images of Bianca's body to platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, as well as a Discord server used by her friends.\n\nHe attempted to take his own life after the murder, but survived. He was prosecuted and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in March this year.\n\nImages Clark posted of Bianca Devins' body spread rapidly on social media in the aftermath of her murder. The public nature of her killing led to rapid growth in both her and her killer's Instagram accounts, with impersonators popping up and reposting the images to take advantage of the morbid interest.\n\nKimberley Devins has said she still receives online abuse and graphic photographs of her daughter's body from trolls.\n\nAfter his arrest, it emerged that Clark had also recorded videos of the murder. The lawsuit says that dashboard clips showed him having sex with the 17-year-old before stabbing her to death after accusing her of infidelity in a \"jealous rage\".\n\nKimberly Devins long-feared this footage would be made public and, according to her lawsuit, sought assurance from Oneida County prosecutors that the material would be protected.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges she was later told by two sets of documentary makers that the sex and murder videos had been shared with them by the district attorney's office, along with nude photographs from her daughter's phone.\n\nThe lawsuit says Bianca Devins' family were told graphic evidence was shared with documentary makers\n\nCarrie Goldberg, a lawyer who specialises in sexual exploitation, is representing Kimberly Devins.\n\n\"This has been emotionally devastating and fatiguing,\" Ms Goldberg told the BBC. \"The family has not had a day of peace since Bianca died over two years ago.\"\n\nShe described the mother's experience of \"perpetual hell\" as she continues to receive graphic online abuse, including the images of her daughter's body.\n\nThe lawsuit also alleges that Kimberly Devins has repeatedly been denied access to the evidence that has been shared with the media.\n\nIt says law enforcement officials previously told Kimberly that New York state's child pornography laws, which have a younger limit, did not apply on the shared material as Bianca was 17. Both she, her legal counsel and the lawsuit say the video and nude photographs are unlawful under federal law and accuse the plaintiffs of disseminating child pornography.\n\nThe lawsuit is seeking punitive damages and an injunction to stop the material being shared any further.\n\nThe BBC contacted the documentary producers named on the lawsuit for comment.\n\nKimberly Devins has spoken about wanting to change the laws on graphic content being shared on social media in the aftermath of her daughter's killing.\n\nMs Goldberg says she is also hoping to pursue legal action against social media firms relating to the case.", "Bahrain-Victorious' Matej Mohoric won stage 19 of the Tour de France, denying Mark Cavendish an opportunity to break the record for stage wins he shares with Eddy Merckx.\n\nCavendish had hoped to compete for a 35th stage win, but a breakaway of 20 riders left the peloton well behind.\n\nCavendish will get another chance in Sunday's final stage, which finishes on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.\n\nMohoric's second win of the Tour comes after his team's hotel was raided by French police on Wednesday over an allegation of doping.\n\nHe said after his win: \"I was thinking mostly about what happened two days ago. You feel a bit like a criminal. It's a good thing the police are checking - of course they found nothing, because we have nothing to hide.\n\n\"But I'm a bit disappointed with the system - it's not a nice thing when police walk into into your room and start going through all your belongings.\n\n\"Even if you have nothing to hide it feels a bit weird when they go through your personal things, photos of your family, your phone and your messages.\"\n\nThe largely flat 207km stage into Libourne was expected to result in a sprint finish, with all eyes on Cavendish, who was warmly embraced by Belgian cycling legend Merckx at the start in Mourenx.\n\nHowever, after a frenetic opening and early crashes involving Geraint Thomas, Rafal Majka, Enric Mas, Sonny Colbrelli and Cavendish, a large breakaway was allowed to escape by a peloton with little appetite to deliver a meaningful chase on the back of several punishing days in the Pyrenees.\n\nAnd Mohoric delivered a replica of the superb solo attack that carried him to victory on stage seven, riding clear with 26km to go and extending his lead as the chasing group failed to organise themselves.\n\nThe peloton rolled home almost 21 minutes later, and Pogacar will defend a lead of five minutes and 45 seconds over Jonas Vingegaard in Saturday's 30.8km individual time trial from Libourne to Saint Emilion.\n\nCavendish apologised to his mechanics after video emerged of him complaining about his bike before storming off to the team bus.\n\nFootage showed the 36-year-old screaming at his team before slamming a bike into the ground at the start of the stage.\n\n\"During a day of the Tour de France, as riders we are put in a perilous situation and I wanted my bike to be perfect, in order to help me stay safe,\" he wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"My bike had some problems when I got on it this morning. Despite this, I should not have reacted in the way that I did and not so publicly.\n\n\"Although they know how short I can be when I'm stressed, no-one, especially those you care about, deserve to have a voice raised to them.\"", "Police crash investigators have been at the scene of the crash on the A1(M) in County Durham throughout Friday\n\nThree people have died in a crash on the A1(M) which involved six vehicles, police said.\n\nTwo lorries and four cars were caught up in the crash at Bowburn, County Durham, at about 18:20 BST on Thursday.\n\nDurham Police said three people from two of the cars died at the scene.\n\nA man, 41, who was driving one of the lorries has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, the force said.\n\nA man who was driving a Toyota Hilux and a man and woman from a Vauxhall Crossland all died at the scene.\n\nA police spokeswoman said formal identification was expected \"to take some time\" but families had been informed.\n\nSeveral others were injured in the collision, with two people requiring hospital treatment, she said.\n\nThe spokeswoman said: \"Due to the complexity of the scene, there is ongoing work to safely recover evidence and remove vehicles which will take some time.\"\n\nDet Supt Dave Ashton said it was a \"harrowing incident\" and has been \"incredibly upsetting and distressing for those who witnessed the collision, and for the emergency responders, including police officers, firefighters and paramedics, who attended the scene\".\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who have lost their loved ones,\" Mr Ashton said.\n\nHe also urged members of the public not to share pictures or videos of the crash online \"out of dignity and respect for those who have lost their lives\".\n\nThe Great North Air Ambulance was called to the scene, as well as police, paramedics and firefighters\n\nMr Ashton said the road would stay shut for the rest of the day and would need to be assessed for damage before it could be opened.\n\n\"Motorists should avoid the area and plan ahead if they need to travel,\" he said.\n\n\"We understand the significant disruption that this incident has caused, and would like to thank people for their patience, understanding and co-operation while we work at the scene.\"\n\nDurham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service said it had taken more than an hour to put out the lorry fire.\n\nSeven crews, including a specialist unit from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, were sent to the site, it said.\n\nThe Great North Air Ambulance was also deployed to transport casualties.\n\nThe police force is appealing for dashcam footage or photographs of the crash to be uploaded to a specialist website.\n\nHave you been affected by this story? Please share your experiences.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Johnny Rotten (left) and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols in 1978\n\nA legal battle between three former members of the Sex Pistols has begun in the High Court in London.\n\nGuitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook are suing frontman John Lydon to allow the use of their songs in a new Danny Boyle-directed TV series, Pistol.\n\nThe show, which is being made by Disney, is based on Jones's memoir.\n\nBut Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten - has said he is not prepared to approve the necessary licences for the punk band's music unless ordered to by a court.\n\nThe Sex Pistols blazed a trail for UK punk in the 1970s, with a short but explosive career which included classic tracks like Anarchy in the UK, God Save the Queen and Pretty Vacant.\n\nThe six-part show, based on Jones's Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol, has reignited longstanding feuds among the surviving members of the band.\n\nOn Thursday, Mark Cunningham QC, representing Lydon, said in written arguments that his client believes the book \"depicts him in a hostile and unflattering light\".\n\nEdmund Cullen, the lawyer representing Jones and Cook, called the relationship between the former bandmates \"bitter and fractious\", noting how there had been failed attempts to resolve their differences.\n\nActors Louis Partridge and Emma Appleton, aka Sid and Nancy, seen on the set of Pistol in April\n\nMr Cullen said that under the terms of a band agreement made in 1998, decisions regarding licensing requests could be determined on a \"majority rules basis\".\n\nHe said Lydon was the only member of the band who was preventing the songs from being used by Oscar-winning director Boyle. Former bassist Glen Matlock and the estate of the late Sid Vicious support the licensing, he noted.\n\nIn a Sunday Times interview in April, Lydon said the script has been written and an actor selected to play him without his participation or consent, and that he had been put \"in a corner like a rat\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA heat-health warning has been issued for England as temperatures are predicted to surge at the weekend.\n\nIssuing the alert, Public Health England (PHE) urged people to take steps to stay cool and help those who may be at risk in the warmer weather.\n\nTemperatures are set to soar as high as 31C (87.8F) on Sunday and Monday.\n\nThe Met Office said the level two heat-health alert covered the majority of England and would remain in force until Tuesday.\n\nWill Lang, the Met Office's head of civil contingencies said: \"Across most parts of the UK we're expecting to see temperatures building, reaching heatwave thresholds across the majority of England over the weekend.\n\n\"High temperatures will remain a feature of the forecast until Tuesday, when fresher conditions arrive curtailing heatwave levels.\"\n\nA woman shelters from the bright sun at Beckenham Place Park\n\nThe heat rises during the 149th Open at Royal St George's in Sandwich\n\nMotor racing fans settle in at Silverstone ahead of the F1 Grand Prix\n\nTemperatures of 21C (69F) make an appearance in Glasgow city centre during a shoot for the fifth Indiana Jones film\n\nDr Owen Landeg, PHE's scientific and technical lead, said: \"Much of the advice on beating the heat is common sense and for many people spells of warmer weather are something they very much enjoy.\n\n\"However, for some people, such as older people, those with underlying health conditions and young children, the summer heat can bring real health risks.\n\n\"That's why we're urging everyone to keep an eye on those you know who may be at risk.\"\n\nPHE suggested ways to stay safe in the heat included keeping homes cool by closing curtains, drinking plenty of fluids and staying out of the sun between 11:00 BST and 15:00 BST when UV rays are strongest.\n\nIt also reminded people to never leave anyone in a closed, parked vehicle, especially infants, young children or animals.", "Almost every night, a handful of young men slip across the well-guarded border, swimming across a fast-flowing brown river and trudging into Sudan to escape what they say is a sudden upsurge in ethnic violence in the far western corner of Ethiopia's Tigray region.\n\nThis fertile area, still held by soldiers and militias loyal to Ethiopia's federal government, is now seen as a likely next target for Tigray's rebel fighters, as they seek to strengthen their control over the region and secure a potentially crucial supply route into neighbouring Sudan.\n\nThe conflict in Tigray is now showing dangerous signs of transforming into a more widespread ethnic conflict that could suck in other parts of Ethiopia.\n\n\"They gave us two days to leave, or we would be killed,\" said one 18-year-old Tigrayan, who'd just crossed the river with three school friends and asked for his identity to be hidden to protect relatives still living inside Ethiopia.\n\nHe accused soldiers from the nearby region of Amhara - who currently control the key border town of Humera - of targeting Tigrayan men of fighting age.\n\nThe River Sittet marks the border between Ethiopia and Sudan\n\nThere are many reports that Amhara conscripts and volunteers are now being rushed to reinforce the area, along with other militia forces from different parts of the country including Oromia and Sidama.\n\n\"The Amhara militia are going door to door. If they know you are a Tigrayan they kill or arrest you. We feel bad because it is our country. Anyone who can escape is fleeing,\" said another teenager, speaking early one morning, in the isolated Sudanese border town of Hamdayet, just across the border from Humera.\n\nThe BBC spoke to eight people who'd left Humera in recent days and told similar stories of ethnic cleansing. But with phone lines inside Tigray cut, it has been difficult to seek independent confirmation.\n\nThe Ethiopian government has meanwhile indicated that it may end its unilateral ceasefire in Tigray, blaming \"provocations\" by the rebel forces, and appears to be mobilising more troops from different regions.\n\nSurrounded by muddy fields and now buffeted nightly by spectacular summer storms, Hamdayet has become a transit point for thousands of Tigrayan refugees - and almost certainly for rebel fighters too - who cross in and out of the town, sometimes slipping through nearby Eritrea.\n\nThe flow of refugees has slowed in recent months. It began last November, when the conflict in Tigray first erupted between forces loyal to the regional government and Ethiopia's federal state.\n\nWar is inevitable - it is ethnic cleansing\"\n\nSome 50,000 refugees are currently sheltering in Sudanese camps close to the border, often in grim conditions as the rainy season sets in and their makeshift tents are repeatedly broken by fierce winds. The UN refugee agency has faced growing criticism about the humanitarian situation in the camps.\n\nMultiple security and intelligence sources in the region told the BBC that the upsurge of ethnic violence inside Tigray - particularly in and around Humera - was a sign that a major battle could be imminent. After its spectacular recent successes further south and east, the rebel Tigray Defence Forces are widely expected to try to seize all of western Tigray before the rains cut off much access.\n\nBut the town lies in disputed territory, long-claimed by ethnic Amharas, who took control of the area soon after the Tigray conflict began. The concern is that an escalating conflict here will further enflame ethnic tensions in Ethiopia, and could also fuel instability in Sudan and Eritrea.\n\n\"It's going to go on - the war - for sure. The Amhara and the Tigrayan people used to be as brother and sister. But we are not giving up our land so the blood[shed] is going to continue,\" said a bank worker and mother of two, who recently arrived in Hamdayet and asked for her name to be withheld.\n\n\"War is inevitable. There is a new surge of mass arrests [by Amhara militia]. It is ethnic cleansing. The forceful eviction of Tigrayans from western Tigray is getting intense right now,\" said Tewodros Tefera, a surgeon who fled across the border into Sudan late last year, and now runs a tiny clinic serving thousands of refugees and locals in Hamdayet.\n\nLike many Tigrayan refugees, Dr Tewodros now appears committed to the idea of a complete break from Ethiopia - full independence for Tigray.\n\n\"Thinking of being an Ethiopian now is gone. I don't want to be in the same category with these people that have raped my sisters, that have killed by my brothers and sisters. So, the idea of [holding] the same passport is gone,\" he said.", "The UK is \"not out of the woods yet\" and people should act with caution as Covid restrictions in England end on Monday, Prof Chris Whitty has said.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer warned that Covid hospitalisations were doubling every three weeks and could hit \"scary numbers\" in future.\n\nProf Whitty said the pandemic still had a \"long way to run in the UK\".\n\nSolicitor General Lucy Frazer said while cases will rise, there were \"consequences for not opening up\".\n\nBut she warned: \"Of course, if we get into a situation where it is unacceptable and we do need to put back further restrictions, then that of course is something the government will look at.\"\n\nThe ONS figures for England represent a rise on the previous week, when one in 160 people were estimated to have the virus.\n\nProf Whitty told an online seminar hosted by the Science Museum on Thursday evening that the situation in the UK could become very dangerous for individual hospitals.\n\nHe said: \"I don't think we should underestimate the fact that we could get into trouble again surprisingly fast.\n\n\"I think saying the numbers in hospital are low now, that does not mean the numbers will be low in hospital in five, six, seven, eight weeks' time.\n\n\"They could actually be really quite serious.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've still got 2,000 people in hospital and that number is increasing. If we double from 2,000 to 4,000 from 4,000 to 8,000, 8,000 and so on it doesn't take many doubling times until you're in very, very large numbers indeed.\"\n\nWhile Prof Whitty cautioned \"we are not by any means out of the woods yet\", he added that \"we are in much better shape due to the vaccine programme, and drugs, and a variety of other things\".\n\n\"But this has got a long way to run in the UK, and it's got even further to run globally,\" he said.\n\nProf Whitty warned the doubling rate could see the situation become dangerous for individual hospitals\n\nBut Prof Whitty said it was crucial that from 19 July in England, people \"take things incredibly slowly\" - adding that he anticipated most people would still take precautions.\n\n\"If you look over what people have done, and in fact if you look at what people intend to do now, people have been incredibly good at saying, 'I may be a relatively low risk, but people around me are at high risk, and I'm going to modify my behaviours, I'm going to reduce my contacts, I'm going to improve ventilation...',\" he said.\n\nFrom 19 July, almost all legal restrictions on social contact will be removed in England, but some guidance will remain. Different rules apply in the the rest of the UK.\n\nNightclubs will be allowed to reopen for the first time since March last year and capacity limits will be removed for all venues and events.\n\nThere will no longer be any limits on how many people can meet and the 1m-plus distancing rule will also end.\n\nThe legal requirement to wear face coverings in some enclosed public places will expire, but Health Secretary Sajid Javid has previously said masks would still be \"expected and recommended\" in crowded indoor areas.\n\nBut the UK's two largest supermarkets - Tesco and Sainsbury's - have said they will continue to ask shoppers to wear masks from Monday to protect staff and shoppers.\n\nProf Whitty predicted that in the medium term, coronavirus could mutate into a \"vaccine escape variant\" that could take the UK \"some of the way backwards\" into the worst days of the pandemic.\n\n\"The further out in time we go, the more tools we have at our disposal from science, the less likely that is but you can never take that possibility completely off the table,\" he said.\n\n\"But you know, science has done a phenomenal job so far and it will continue to do so.\"\n\nProf Whitty's comments echo his statements at Monday's Downing Street coronavirus briefing where Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the final stage of unlocking in England would take place on 19 July.\n\nThe chief medical officer said the \"overwhelming view\" of the scientific community was that moving \"slowly\" through the next step of easing restrictions was \"essential\".\n\nHe added that while the numbers of people being admitted to hospital with Covid were \"not trivial\", they were rising at a much lower rate than previous waves.\n\nExplaining the government's approach, Ms Frazer told Sky News: \"It is really important that we get the balance right between ensuring that we keep this virus under control and we take the necessary clinical measures to do that, but that we also recognise that there are consequences of not opening up and not allowing people to go about their daily lives.\"\n\nShe added that \"a large number of people have been vaccinated, we've had a really tough time, we're still asking people to take responsibility and we do need to ask ourselves, if we don't open up now, when will we be able to open up?\"\n\nOn Thursday, the UK recorded new 48,553 new infections and a further 63 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nDelta virus variant cases rose by 17% in the latest week, with a further 36,800 recorded, Public Health England (PHE) said.\n\nThe variant continues to account for approximately 99% of confirmed cases of coronavirus across the UK.\n\nThe ONS estimated one in 90 people in Scotland had the virus in the week to 10 July, one in 360 in Wales, and one in 290 in Northern Ireland.", "Retailers have warned about staff shortages because of self-isolation rules\n\nFears are growing of a \"surge\" in workers and medical staff having to self-isolate when most Covid rules end in England and Scotland on Monday.\n\nThere were new calls for the government to review plans not to ease isolation rules in England before 16 August.\n\nTransport unions warned of \"dire consequences\" next week as more staff are being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid app and told to self-isolate.\n\nNissan, Rolls-Royce, hospitals and schools have all raised concerns.\n\nHowever, the prime minister's spokesman said on Friday that the tracing app was \"one of the best tools we have\" to tackle coronavirus. \"We are asking people contacted by the app to continue to isolate,\" he said.\n\nDespite Monday being called \"freedom day\" in England and Scotland, critics say that without bringing forward the relaxation of quarantine rules, companies and institutions face a staff crisis as more people have to self-isolate.\n\nMinisters are examining whether to make the NHS app less sensitive, with 530,126 alerts having been sent in England and Wales during the first week of July.\n\nFully-vaccinated individuals in England will be exempt from having to quarantine over close contact with people suffering Covid-19, but this change will not be introduced until mid-August.\n\nRail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary Mick Lynch warned that Monday \"will see a surge in workers pinged with a self-isolation instruction next week\".\n\n\"Even at this late stage, the government, the train operators and the bus companies should issue a clear, legally-backed instruction that levels up the rest of the UK to the safety standards that will remain in force in Wales and Scotland,\" he added.\n\nSegolen Goodburn runs her florist on her own - a \"ping\" means it would have to close.\n\nPubs and restaurants also issued warnings over possibly having to close their doors because of the level of pings.\n\nUK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls said the industry was facing \"significant staffing challenges\", with up to as many as a fifth of staff isolating at any one time.\n\n\"Without better intervention, operators will continue to be forced to reduce their operating hours or to close venues completely, missing the opportunity to begin on their road to recovery,\" she said.\n\n\"We urge the government to move quicker on this issue to prevent the summer being cancelled, and vast swathes of the population unnecessarily confined to their homes.\"\n\nHugh Osmond, the founder of Punch Taverns, called for those pinged on the NHS app to be allowed to go back to work if they get a PCR test that is negative.\n\n\"It is absolute chaos, and clearly the app really isn't fit for purpose because people are getting pinged all over the place, and the vast majority do not ever test positive, let alone be ill,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nSegolen Goodburn, who runs Stem Florists, in Ealing, west London, told the BBC: \"If I get pinged, there is only me - so the shop would have to close. There is no one else to take over. That's the biggest worry.\"\n\nRachael Hunt, owner of the Cinnamon Café, also in Ealing, said: \"I'm one of the lucky ones, none of my staff have been pinged so far,\" she says. \"But if my staff got pinged, I'd have to shut down.\"\n\nAndrew Goodacre, chief executive of the British Independent Retailers Association, told the BBC: \"In a small shop, if one member of staff tests positive, it's likely that nearly all that team will be deemed to be in close contact, including the owner. Most likely, the shop has to close,\" he says.\n\n\"That's a tragedy when they're just in the process of rebuilding their business,\" he adds.\n\nCar firms Nissan and Rolls-Royce have warned production could be hit because of staff self-isolating\n\nLord Bilimoria, president of the CBI employers' group which represents 190,000 businesses, said on Thursday that the number of people now required to self-isolate came as a \"genuine shock\".\n\n\"Staff shortages are being felt acutely across all sectors and in all areas of business particularly hospitality and leisure,\" he said.\n\nLord Bilimoria believes the NHS Test and Trace system needs an \"overhaul\" and wants the government to \"urgently\" bring forward its plans to allow double-jabbed individuals not to self-isolate.\n\nCarmakers Nissan and Rolls-Royce have warned that production could be affected by large numbers of staff being told to isolate, and UK Hospitality, the trade body for bars and restaurants, said it was causing \"carnage\" among its members.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer Chris Whitty has warned that the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 could reach \"quite scary\" levels within weeks.\n\nThe Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine issued a joint call on Friday to exempt double-jabbed NHS staff from isolation over close contacts.\n\n\"The risk of patients contracting Covid from vaccinated healthcare staff is minimal compared to the damage that patients could suffer by having their treatment delayed,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Without this exemption in place, the NHS will not be able to address the waiting lists. We encourage the government to not wait until August to free vaccinated healthcare workers from the isolation rules - we need this to happen now.\"\n\nChris Hopson, the chief executive of NHS Providers, said the hospital trusts the organisation represents are increasingly concerned over dealing with the care backlog \"with large numbers of staff unable to work\".\n\n\"We know that national leaders are working hard to find a solution to this problem. The key is that this solution is delivered as a matter of urgency,\" he added.\n\nHealth bosses in Sunderland have asked staff to consider postponing holidays to help the trust as it comes under \"extreme pressure\" because of a surge in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe Downing Street spokesman said that, as Covid cases go up, it was expected the number of people asked to isolate would increase.\n\nHe would not be drawn on possible exemptions for specific industries, saying the government wouldn't comment on \"hypotheticals\" - while adding all things are kept \"under review.\"\n\nDowning Street also downplayed the possibility of being \"pinged\" through a wall shared with a neighbour, following widespread reports on Friday. The spokesman said it was \"highly unlikely\" because the app uses low-energy Bluetooth.\n\nThe government is therefore \"confident\" that this is not contributing to a \"large number of individuals being asked to self-isolate\", he said.", "One in every 90 people in Scotland is infected with Covid, say experts from the Office for National Statistics.\n\nLatest data from swab tests in the community suggests case numbers have risen again across much of the UK.\n\nThe Scottish figure is up from one in every 100 the previous week - and compares with one in every 95 in England, one in 290 in Northern Ireland and one in 360 in Wales.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant accounts for almost every case.\n\nIt comes as Scotland prepares to move to level zero restrictions on Monday, allowing more people to meet indoors and outside, and extending hospitality opening hours.\n\nOver the past 24 hours, 2,047 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Scotland. There were five new reported deaths of people who had tested positive.\n\nThe number of people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid fell from 543 to 532, while there were 48 people with recently confirmed Covid in intensive care (up one).\n\nThe latest ONS data suggests that just over 650,000 people, or 1% of the population in the UK, would test positive for coronavirus in the week to 10 July - up from 400,000 people the previous week.\n\nThe ONS says the percentage of people testing positive has \"continued to increase\" in Scotland and England, whereas the \"trend is uncertain\" in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nSarah Crofts, head of analytical outputs for the Covid-19 Infection Survey, said: \"With infection rates continuing to rise and restrictions easing, keeping a close eye on the data is crucial to see how much protection is provided by the vaccination programmes.\"\n\nA survey from the ONS suggests two-thirds of the public plan to keep wearing face coverings in shops and on public transport.\n\nFrom Monday they will no longer be a legal requirement in England, but Nicola Sturgeon has said they are likely to remain mandatory in public places for \"some time\".\n\nOver half of adults said they were looking forward to going on holiday abroad when coronavirus rules end.\n\nMeanwhile, it has been confirmed that the Covid vaccination centre at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow will close after this weekend.\n\nThe Scottish government and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said the move comes as the focus shifts to community drop-ins and mobile facilities.\n\nThe Hydro will offer its final jab on Sunday before being handed back in preparation for the COP26 UN climate change conference later this year.\n\nScotland's health secretary Humza Yousaf said: \"By close of play on Sunday, every adult in the NHSGGC area who attended their scheduled appointment will have received their first dose.\n\n\"But we urge anyone who hasn't come forward for whatever reason to pop into the Hydro as staff mark its final day as a vaccination centre.\n\n\"Staff there have made a massive contribution to the successful roll-out of the vaccination programme, carrying out up to 5,000 vaccinations a day, and I want thank each and every one of them.\"", "Artist's impression of Ewen Fergusson (circled) with Boris Johnson and other Bullingdon members in 1987\n\nLabour has accused Boris Johnson of \"cronyism\" after he appointed a university friend to a committee advising him on ethical standards.\n\nFormer lawyer Ewen Fergusson will begin a five-year stint on the Committee on Standards in Public Life next month.\n\nHe was a member of Oxford University's Bullingdon Club at the same time as the prime minister.\n\nNo 10 rejected the cronyism allegation, saying the role had been filled by \"open and fair competition\".\n\nMr Fergusson features in a famous 1987 picture of Bullingdon members, alongside Mr Johnson and former Conservative PM David Cameron.\n\nMr Cameron and Mr Johnson have always been reluctant to talk about their membership of the club, which is known for its riotous behaviour.\n\nPermission to use a photograph of the \"class of 87\" posing in their club tailcoats on the steps of Christ Church college, Oxford, was withdrawn by the rights holder.\n\nA painting of the image by artist Rona Marsden has been used instead by media outlets.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said on Friday that Mr Fergusson had applied for the ethics committee role \"through open and fair competition\".\n\nHis application was \"carefully considered\" by a panel, which interviewed him and found him \"suitable for appointment,\" the spokesman added.\n\nAsked when Mr Johnson last spoke to Mr Fergusson, the spokesman said he had not asked the prime minister directly about it.\n\nLabour's deputy leader Angela Rayner called on the government to publish correspondence between the Cabinet Office, the panel and Downing Street on Mr Fergusson's appointment.\n\n\"If it does not, it will confirm the suspicion that they think there is one rule for them and another for everyone else,\" she said.\n\nThe son of a British diplomat, Mr Fergusson has been a self-employed business adviser since 2018, when he left City law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.\n\nAccording to a LinkedIn profile, he is \"crafting a second career\" combining advisory roles to creative businesses and public sector positions.\n\nHis role on the standards committee, announced on Thursday, will see him advise the prime minister on ethical standards in public life.\n\nThe committee, set up in the 1990s in the wake of the \"cash for questions\" scandal, also conducts inquiries into issues like political finance and lobbying.\n\nMr Fergusson will fill one of five roles on the eight-person committee made by appointment of the PM, following a suitability assessment by a panel.\n\nLabour, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives also appoint a further three members between them.\n\nBoris Johnson studied at Oxford University at the same time as Mr Fergusson\n\nThe job advert for the part-time role listed personal integrity and strength of character among sought-after characteristics from candidates applying.\n\nIt also said applicants needed an interest in ethical standards, and the ability to command the confidence of MPs and ministers.\n\nApplicants were assessed by a four-member panel including ex-MI5 chief Lord Evans, who chairs the committee, and Anne Longfield, the former children's commissioner for England.\n\nMembers of the committee do not receive a salary, but can claim £240 per each day worked, plus expenses for travel and subsistence.\n\nAccording to the job description, members are expected to work an average of 24 days a year, possibly more if the committee is conducting a review.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Gnodde is the boss of Goldman Sachs International\n\nBankers returning on Monday to Goldman Sachs' £1bn London head office will be required to wear masks in the building despite the easing of government rules.\n\nHowever, unlike some competitors, Goldman will not require staff to be vaccinated to come into work.\n\nIt hopes 70% of UK staff will return to the office in the coming weeks.\n\nThe boss of Goldman Sachs International Richard Gnodde said the company remained as committed to its London head office as ever.\n\nMr Gnodde told the BBC: \"The centre of gravity for our workforce is going to be in our buildings and it will be in this building.\n\n\"Our focus is very much on securing a safe workplace. People will still be wearing masks in the building.\"\n\nHe said the bank would not insist on people being vaccinated in order to come in, nor would they force people to return if they felt uncomfortable doing so: \"[We will] continue to manage our exit from this in a cautious and appropriate way to make sure that our people feel comfortable.\"\n\nFinancial services is a crown jewel in the UK economy and contributes 12% of all taxes paid in the UK.\n\nSince the Brexit vote, more than £1tn of customer and company money, trillions more in transaction volumes and an estimated 8,000 jobs have left the capital. This has left some questioning whether that crown was in danger of slipping.\n\nOn the day real royalty in the shape of Prince Charles visited Goldman's offices, Mr Gnodde told the BBC that the future for London remains bright.\n\n\"We put this building in place through the Brexit period and it really underscores our confidence that London will remain one of the world's leading financial centres,\" Mr Gnodde said.\n\n\"There has been some movement of assets. So you know, that has gone. And our access to the European market is not as free as it used to be. We have to build and create new opportunities.\"\n\nRichard Gnodde said the company remained committed to its London head office\n\nBut there was also a thinly disguised warning. Creating those opportunities will need the help of the government and regulators to keep London competitive with other international centres.\n\nMr Gnodde thinks that lessons can be learnt from the big bank deregulation of financial services in 1985.\n\n\"The UK was unambiguously supportive of financial services - it was crystal clear. I really want to stress this point - certainty - in terms of support for business is absolutely key.\n\n\"And it has to be consistent. You can't support business on Monday and Tuesday, and then criticise it on a Wednesday and Thursday… that sends a confusing message. Certainty is critical.\"\n\nWhen City bosses talk about competitiveness, it's often code for lighter regulation. Outside the EU, many have called for a bonfire of regulation. If Mr Gnodde had the match which bits would he burn?\n\n\"Eliminate duplication and unnecessary excessive reporting. Let's do what we have to do to have effective regulation. But let's cut out some of the bureaucratic elements to enable firms to use their capital resources efficiently.\"\n\nSome traders have been working in Canary Wharf during the pandemic\n\nDoing more business with the fastest growing parts of the globe means grappling with the economic might of China. How complicated could that be when Chinese firms are being booted out of telecoms infrastructure, democracy in Hong Kong is under assault and China is facing allegations of using forced labour of the Uyghur population?\n\n\"I think this this is a multifaceted relationship,\" he answered.\n\n\"I think our relationship with China, in many ways will be as a partner. If we're going to tackle climate change, we're going to have to do this together. We live on the same planet. They will be a customer and a client of many of our businesses. And then absolutely, we should have the right appropriate conversations on the political arena in the areas where we compete.\"\n\nIt's a big world out there with plenty of opportunity - and while Mr Gnodde accepts the UK outside the EU is arguably a smaller fish, that's not necessarily an bad thing.\n\n\"Sometimes being a smaller fish is an advantage. Your level of paranoia goes up - you need to move to innovate, to create. Look over the last century and the issues that this country has been through and we're absolutely confident that the people of Britain will take it forward again.\"\n\nStatements like that will be sure to help mend a sometime fractious relationship between the City and the government over the past few years.", "More torrential rain is expected from the low pressure system that brought Germany's devastating flooding as it continues its slow-moving track. Nick Miller reports", "Severe flooding has hit western Germany, leaving more than 50 people dead.\n\nBuildings and vehicles were washed away and hundreds of people were evacuated.\n\nPolice and the army were deployed to some areas to help residents.", "These men are seen carrying cat boxes in Pepinster, Belgium Image caption: These men are seen carrying cat boxes in Pepinster, Belgium\n\nWhile the main focus has been on helping those in danger, many people have also been seen rescuing their pets and other animals from the devastation.\n\nGerman Uwe Gödecke told Deutsche Welle that he was able to flee out of his kitchen window with his wife and their dog Kuno, before being rescued by a German Red Cross motor boat.\n\nThis man managed to carry his dog to safety in Ensival, Belgium Image caption: This man managed to carry his dog to safety in Ensival, Belgium\n\nBut these two dogs in a house in Trooz in Belgium were still waiting to be rescued... Image caption: But these two dogs in a house in Trooz in Belgium were still waiting to be rescued...\n\nMeanwhile, two women were seen trying to get their animals out of an evacuation zone in the Netherlands where a burst dyke has prompted fears of rising floodwater.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stolen car driven on railway tracks at Cheshunt to escape police\n\nThe person who drove a car along a railway line to evade police has yet to be found, a force said.\n\nThe black Land Rover Discovery had sped away from a police stop and was abandoned on the track near Cheshunt railway station, Hertfordshire.\n\nPolice said the car was stolen from Braintree on Sunday and two officers were injured in Thursday's chase.\n\nHertfordshire Police said: \"We're still making a number of inquiries to trace the driver.\"\n\nThe force said it was made aware at about 09:30 BST on Thursday that the vehicle had travelled into the county from Essex.\n\nIt said it was found in Cheshunt, where Essex officers attempted to speak to the driver.\n\nSeveral vehicles were damaged and an officer was thrown from the car as it sped off.\n\nThe officers involved did not require hospital treatment, police said.\n\nVideo footage showed the vehicle being driven along the track beside the platform at Cheshunt station.\n\nAn eyewitness, Ali, said he was left \"gobsmacked\" by what he saw there.\n\n\"It was like a scene from Grand Theft Auto, the video game,\" he said.\n\nTwitter user ContainerDave said he saw the vehicle on the railway tracks\n\nHe was due to catch a train, but missed it due to the incident.\n\nRail services were affected for a period but later resumed as normal.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Mixed Martial Arts\n\nConor McGregor says he was already injured before suffering a broken leg in the fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264.\n\nThe Irishman, 33, said he had \"multiple stress fractures\" to his shinbone above the ankle when he was beaten by American Poirier in Las Vegas.\n\nMcGregor said on Instagram there had been talks about whether the fight would take place.\n\nHe added: \"I have trouble with the ankle anyway.\"\n\nTelevision replays of the bout showed McGregor rolling his ankle as he stepped backwards, seconds before the end of the first round, which resulted in a break to the lower tibia in his left shin.\n\nThe fight was stopped by doctors and former interim lightweight champion Poirier, 32, was handed a second straight win in their trilogy of bouts.\n\nFilming himself on a motorised scooter while recovering from surgery, McGregor said UFC officials were aware of the issue prior to him entering the octagon last weekend.\n\n\"Everyone keeps asking me at what point did the leg break?\" he said. \"Ask [UFC president] Dana White, ask the UFC, ask Dr [Jeffrey] Davidson, the head doctor of the UFC.\n\n\"They knew... I had stress fractures on my leg going into that cage.\n\n\"There was debate about pulling the thing out because I was sparring with no shin pads and I kicked the knee a few times, so I had multiple stress fractures in the shin bone above the ankle.\"\n\nMcGregor added training sessions for the lightweight encounter were difficult as he kept twisting his ankle.\n\n\"I even did a lot of training sessions when the ankle was sore, I still wouldn't stop training,\" he said. \"I used to train on my back and that's how I developed those ground and pound shots from the back.\n\n\"It was a skill I developed because of the damaged leg and I had to adjust my training.\"\n\nMcGregor, a former two-weight world champion, revealed in the video he now has a titanium rod inserted in his leg, from his knee down to his ankle.\n\nOnce he has regained balance and strength, McGregor joked he would have an \"unbreakable\" titanium leg, like \"Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2\".", "Harri said: \"I think we should all take the knee. In fact, why not take the knee now.\"\n\nGB News host Guto Harri is not expected to appear for the rest of the summer after the channel said he breached its standards by taking the knee on air in support of England footballers.\n\nHarri was discussing the racist abuse against black players after England's defeat in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nBut his actions sparked a backlash and boycott threat from some viewers.\n\nGB News said: \"We let both sides of the argument down by oversimplifying a very complex issue.\"\n\nHarri, a former BBC correspondent who was an advisor to Boris Johnson when he was mayor of London, made the kneeling gesture on Tuesday, saying: \"I've never understood why people find it offensive.\n\n\"Having seen over the last few days just how close to the surface, just how deep-rooted and hideously ugly racism in some English football fans is, I totally get it why the [football] squad thought we have to say, day in day out, that racism is not on.\n\n\"I may have underestimated how close to the surface the racism still was, so much so that I think we should all take the knee. In fact, why not take the knee now and just say it's an important gesture.\n\n\"It's not about me in the studio, but for them to do that as footballers on the field makes sense.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Guto Harri This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe later tweeted that GB News was \"above all about free speech\" and that he didn't believe England footballers were \"endorsing the narrow divisive aims of BLM [Black Lives Matter\".\n\nOn Thursday, the channel responded with a tweet saying: \"GB News stands four square against racism in all its forms. We do not have a company line on taking the knee.\n\n\"Some of our guests have been in favour, some against. All are anti-racist. We have editorial standards that all GB News journalists uphold.\"\n\nBut a follow-up post continued: \"On Tuesday a contributing presenter took the knee live on air and this was an unacceptable breach of our standards.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by GB News This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe channel launched last month, and there were reports on Friday that its director of programmes had stepped down.\n\nGB News chairman and presenter Andrew Neil, who is currently on leave, later defended the channel's rocky start.\n\n\"Start ups are fraught and fractious,\" he tweeted. \"@GBNEWS is no exception. But the news channel is finding its feet and has a great future. Watch this space.\"\n\nThe act of taking the knee has become a prominent but controversial symbol in sport and during anti-racist protests in recent years, and England players have been adopting the stance at the start of their matches.\n\nMarcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were targeted after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final.\n\nAll three players received racist abuse on social media after the game and five people have been arrested, with Cheshire Police Chief Constable Mark Roberts calling the abuse was \"utterly vile\".\n\nJadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford were both abused after missing penalties\n\nHarri, who GB News described as a \"contributing presenter\", was working alongside Mercy Muroki on the channel's mid-morning programme, Brazier & Muroki, which is usually co-presented by Colin Brazier.", "Free flu vaccines will be offered this winter to children aged two to 16 in England, as well as people aged 50 and over or in \"at-risk\" groups, amid the double threat of Covid and influenza.\n\nExperts hope for a record-breaking rollout reaching more than 35 million people, including more teenagers than ever before.\n\nLast winter there was a high uptake, with 19 million doses given.\n\nUnder-16s will be offered the vaccine in nasal spray rather than as a jab.\n\nAn expanded secondary school programme means, for the first time, pupils up to Year 11 (aged 11 to 16) will be invited, not just those in their first academic year - Year 7 - like last winter.\n\nWhen the programme begins in September, the flu vaccine will be available for free on the NHS to:\n\nPeople who are not in these groups will be able to pay for a flu vaccine at some supermarkets and High Street chemists, once available.\n\nFlu levels were lower than expected across the world last winter, which experts attribute to infection control measures introduced to stop Covid, such as mask wearing, social distancing and lockdowns.\n\nIt is not clear what this winter may hold for flu and Covid.\n\nResearch from Public Health England, carried out in the first pandemic wave before any Covid vaccine had been made or given, suggests risk of death is more than doubled for people who catch flu on top of coronavirus, compared to coronavirus alone.\n\nFlu by itself can also be a serious condition - it kills about 11,000 people in England each year.\n\nAlongside the flu drive, the government is preparing for a booster programme of Covid vaccines for those most vulnerable, such as older people and those with underlying health conditions.\n\nDr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England, said: \"Last winter, flu activity was extremely low, but this is no reason for complacency as it means less people have built up a defence against the virus.\n\n\"Combined with the likelihood that Covid will still be circulating, this makes the coming flu season highly unpredictable.\"\n\nHealth and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said: \"We want to build a wall of protection by immunising a record number of people.\n\n\"With the nation getting closer to normal life, we must learn to live with Covid-19 alongside other viruses and we're offering the free flu jab to millions more people to help keep them safe this winter.\"", "MS Island Sky will be the first cruise ship to visit Scotland since the pandemic\n\nThe first cruise ship to visit Scotland since the Covid pandemic is set to arrive in Lerwick Harbour next week.\n\nIt follows the Scottish government's lifting of a virus-related ban and the reopening of the country's ports to cruise ships on UK-only sailings.\n\nDomestic voyages to and from English ports have been operating since mid-May.\n\nOperated by Noble Caledonia, the MS Island Sky will berth at Victoria Pier on Monday with 66 passengers on board.\n\nThe vessel, which is operating at half its capacity, will complete a full circumnavigation of the UK, taking in some rarely visited and remote locations.\n\nMike Deegan, head of fleet operations for Noble Caledonia, said: \"We are delighted to be re-affirming our strong connections with our friends in Scotland, a country we have visited regularly over the last 30 years.\n\n\"Our strict Covid-safe protocols, both on board and ashore, will ensure we shall visit with safety of local communities and those on-board paramount.\"\n\nCruise passengers arriving at Lerwick harbour before the lockdown ban came into force\n\nLast year was expected to be a record year for Shetland with about 100 visits booked.\n\nBut only two cruise ships docked in February before the pandemic forced Scotland into lockdown.\n\nIn the initial phase of restarting, passengers coming ashore at Lerwick are likely to travel in \"bubbles\" of up to 15. They will also observe all safety protocols, such as using face coverings and hand hygiene.\n\nLerwick Port Authority chief executive, Captain Calum Grains, said: \"We've been working through the many steps required with all interested parties to ensure that Covid measures are in place to protect everyone involved during cruise ship visits.\n\n\"These measures meet official requirements and complement the comprehensive steps taken by cruise operators which set some of the highest standards seen in the tourism industry.\"\n\nSteve Matheson, Shetland Islands manager for VisitScotland, welcomed the return of cruise ships and said they would provide a financial boost for local bus operators, tour guides, attractions and retailers.\n\nLast month passengers on a cruise ship touring the UK were told they would not be allowed to disembark in Greenock, Inverclyde.\n\nThe MSC Virtuosa's operator said Scottish government Covid rules blocked it from entering the port.\n\nAccording to Scottish government guidelines domestic cruises with more than 12 passengers will only be allowed when all of Scotland reaches level one.\n\nSome parts of the country are still in level two but, from Monday all, of Scotland will move into level zero.\n• None Cruise ship not allowed to dock in Scotland", "Almost every night, a handful of young men slip across the well-guarded border, swimming across a fast-flowing brown river and trudging into Sudan to escape what they say is a sudden upsurge in ethnic violence in the far western corner of Ethiopia's Tigray region.\n\nThis fertile area, still held by soldiers and militias loyal to Ethiopia's federal government, is now seen as a likely next target for Tigray's rebel fighters, as they seek to strengthen their control over the region and secure a potentially crucial supply route into neighbouring Sudan.\n\nThe conflict in Tigray is now showing dangerous signs of transforming into a more widespread ethnic conflict that could suck in other parts of Ethiopia.\n\n\"They gave us two days to leave, or we would be killed,\" said one 18-year-old Tigrayan, who'd just crossed the river with three school friends and asked for his identity to be hidden to protect relatives still living inside Ethiopia.\n\nHe accused soldiers from the nearby region of Amhara - who currently control the key border town of Humera - of targeting Tigrayan men of fighting age.\n\nThe River Sittet marks the border between Ethiopia and Sudan\n\nThere are many reports that Amhara conscripts and volunteers are now being rushed to reinforce the area, along with other militia forces from different parts of the country including Oromia and Sidama.\n\n\"The Amhara militia are going door to door. If they know you are a Tigrayan they kill or arrest you. We feel bad because it is our country. Anyone who can escape is fleeing,\" said another teenager, speaking early one morning, in the isolated Sudanese border town of Hamdayet, just across the border from Humera.\n\nThe BBC spoke to eight people who'd left Humera in recent days and told similar stories of ethnic cleansing. But with phone lines inside Tigray cut, it has been difficult to seek independent confirmation.\n\nThe Ethiopian government has meanwhile indicated that it may end its unilateral ceasefire in Tigray, blaming \"provocations\" by the rebel forces, and appears to be mobilising more troops from different regions.\n\nSurrounded by muddy fields and now buffeted nightly by spectacular summer storms, Hamdayet has become a transit point for thousands of Tigrayan refugees - and almost certainly for rebel fighters too - who cross in and out of the town, sometimes slipping through nearby Eritrea.\n\nThe flow of refugees has slowed in recent months. It began last November, when the conflict in Tigray first erupted between forces loyal to the regional government and Ethiopia's federal state.\n\nWar is inevitable - it is ethnic cleansing\"\n\nSome 50,000 refugees are currently sheltering in Sudanese camps close to the border, often in grim conditions as the rainy season sets in and their makeshift tents are repeatedly broken by fierce winds. The UN refugee agency has faced growing criticism about the humanitarian situation in the camps.\n\nMultiple security and intelligence sources in the region told the BBC that the upsurge of ethnic violence inside Tigray - particularly in and around Humera - was a sign that a major battle could be imminent. After its spectacular recent successes further south and east, the rebel Tigray Defence Forces are widely expected to try to seize all of western Tigray before the rains cut off much access.\n\nBut the town lies in disputed territory, long-claimed by ethnic Amharas, who took control of the area soon after the Tigray conflict began. The concern is that an escalating conflict here will further enflame ethnic tensions in Ethiopia, and could also fuel instability in Sudan and Eritrea.\n\n\"It's going to go on - the war - for sure. The Amhara and the Tigrayan people used to be as brother and sister. But we are not giving up our land so the blood[shed] is going to continue,\" said a bank worker and mother of two, who recently arrived in Hamdayet and asked for her name to be withheld.\n\n\"War is inevitable. There is a new surge of mass arrests [by Amhara militia]. It is ethnic cleansing. The forceful eviction of Tigrayans from western Tigray is getting intense right now,\" said Tewodros Tefera, a surgeon who fled across the border into Sudan late last year, and now runs a tiny clinic serving thousands of refugees and locals in Hamdayet.\n\nLike many Tigrayan refugees, Dr Tewodros now appears committed to the idea of a complete break from Ethiopia - full independence for Tigray.\n\n\"Thinking of being an Ethiopian now is gone. I don't want to be in the same category with these people that have raped my sisters, that have killed by my brothers and sisters. So, the idea of [holding] the same passport is gone,\" he said.", "Firefighters have been responding to flood damage in Schuld, Germany\n\nRescue workers are continuing to search for stranded residents after deadly flooding hit parts of Europe.\n\nAt least 33 people have been confirmed dead in western Germany, as heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks and swept away homes and vehicles. Many others are still missing.\n\nSix people have been killed in Belgium, while other neighbouring countries have also been affected.\n\nRoads have been submerged in the Belgian city of Liege\n\nIn Verviers, people waded through the flooded streets\n\nCars in Verviers have been piling up\n\nSome of the most dramatic images came from the German village of Schuld, in the Ahrweiler district of Rhineland-Palatinate, where a state of emergency has been declared.\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nThe German army has been deployed in some areas to help with rescue operations.\n\nThe flooding has left piles of debris in Schuld\n\nHomes in the area have been damaged and destroyed\n\nThe extreme weather has also left hundreds of thousands of people in Germany without power.\n\nStreets have also been flooded in the German town of Kyllburg\n\nHeavy rains were also seen in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, where dozens of people were evacuated from their homes.\n\nThe fire brigade helped to evacuate people in South Limburg, the Netherlands\n\nMakeshift bridges were erected over floodwater in Stansstad, Switzerland\n\nForecasts suggest more heavy rain is due in much of western Europe on Thursday and Friday.\n\nThis campsite was flooded in Ottenbach, Switzerland", "Last updated on .From the section Triathlon\n\nThe Ironman Wales triathlon event due to be held in Pembrokeshire has been cancelled for the second successive year because of Covid-19.\n\nThe event, which attracts thousands of athletes and spectators to west Wales, was due to take place on 12 September.\n\nOrganisers accepted Pembrokeshire County Council's recommendation not to hold the event, though they said the decision was made with \"a heavy heart\".\n\nIronman Wales is said to be worth £3.7m to the local economy.\n\nThe event is now due to return on 11 September, 2022, with Ironman announcing that a new five-year agreement has been reached with Pembrokeshire County Council which means Ironman Wales will happen annually in Tenby until 2026.\n\n\"After careful evaluation of the recent government announcement in Wales, we have been working closely with Pembrokeshire County Council to find a way forward for this year's event,\" said an Ironman statement.\n\n\"Uncertainties around moving to alert level zero in Wales, the current epidemiological infection rate and the unique event site at Tenby and Pembrokeshire, as well as large crowds [being] expected to gather on race day, were discussed in a meeting with local authorities.\n\n\"Due to the unique race site in Tenby, the recommendation has been made not to support the host agreement for this year and to reschedule the event to 2022.\n\n\"While we were hoping otherwise, we respect the council's position and will follow its recommendation to reschedule the event to 2022.\"\n\nPembrokeshire first hosted the Ironman - which comprises of a 2.4-mile (3.86km) swim, a 112-mile (180km) bike ride and a marathon - a decade ago.\n\nBilled as one of the world's toughest endurance events, it has attracted athletes from all over the world.\n\nPembrokeshire County Council cabinet member for major events Phil Baker said the decision to postpone had been taken in the interests of public safety.\n\n\"Given the sheer number of spectators that have always supported Ironman, the narrow nature of parts of the course and the uncertainty that remains over the Covid-19 situation, following extensive discussions with organisers, we have reluctantly decided it is not possible for us to support the event this year,\" he said.", "England is experiencing an unseasonable rise in winter vomiting virus, officials are warning.\n\nPublic Health England (PHE) says 154 norovirus outbreaks have been reported in the last five weeks, compared to an average of 53 over the same time period in the previous five years.\n\nMost have been in educational settings, particularly in nurseries.\n\nCases are returning to pre-pandemic levels across all age groups and settings and people should be on alert.\n\nIt is very contagious - people sick with it can shed billions of norovirus particles. It only takes a few of these virus particles to infect others.\n\nProf Saheer Gharbia from PHE said: \"Norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug, has been at lower levels than normal throughout the pandemic with less opportunity to spread between people in the community but as restrictions have eased we have seen an increase in cases across all age groups.\"\n\nPHE says it is possible that unusual or more out-of-season increases could be seen in the coming months following further easing of Covid control measures. A similar pattern was seen in Australia when it relaxed some restrictions.\n\nIn Scotland, reported cases are currently below the five year average for summer months.\n\nIf you or a child has norovirus, the advice is to stay at home. Do not return to work or send children to school until 48 hours after symptoms have cleared.\n\nAvoid visiting your GP but if you are concerned, particularly about a young child or baby with symptoms, do contact NHS 111 or talk to your GP by phone, says PHE.\n\nThe officials say they will continue to closely monitor the situation. And they say there are practical things you can do to reduce your risk of catching and spreading it:\n\nSymptoms, which can include a high temperature, abdominal pain and aching limbs as well as vomiting, appear one to two days after people become infected.\n\nPeople can pass on norovirus or shed the virus during this period but are most infectious when they have symptoms.\n\nOutbreaks have been known to affect hospitals and care homes too. Avoid visiting elderly or poorly relatives, particularly if they are in hospital, experts advise.\n\nDr Nick Scriven, past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: \"We are now just days away from the lifting of the remaining [Covid] restrictions in England and our NHS is under great strain.\n\n\"This has been compounded today by the warning that cases of norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug, have now reached pre-pandemic levels in summer.\n\n\"Considering the impact this has when it makes its way into hospitals - bed closures, infecting seriously unwell people and staff absence - it is frankly very worrying.\"\n\nProf Paul Hunter, from the Norwich School of Medicine at the University of East Anglia, said the increase of cases of norovirus in children \"almost certainly\" reflected reduced immunity to this infection as a result of not being exposed to it as the country locked down for Covid.\n\n\"We have already started to see cases rising for some of the other respiratory viruses and this reminds us that as we come out of lockdown we are likely to start seeing many other infections rising that may cause problems for public health and the NHS.\n\n\"Doctors in new Zealand have coined the phrase 'immunity debt' to describe this phenomenon.\n\n\"As yet we do not know how much of an additional burden this will cause for public health in the UK but we need to monitor this.\"", "SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said he has received death threats after naming a former soldier facing murder charges over his actions on Bloody Sunday.\n\nThe Foyle MP used parliamentary privilege to identify Soldier F during a House of Commons debate this week.\n\nHe said he had since received deaths threats online and via email.\n\nPolice said they had received a complaint \"that threatening and offensive comments had been made online\" on Thursday.\n\nThey added that inquiries into the matter are ongoing.\n\nThe SDLP leader said the the police were treating the threats seriously, but he added he would not be deterred from standing up for the Bloody Sunday families.\n\n\"It is not nice, particularly when you have a family,\" he said.\n\n\"I did what I thought was right on behalf of the Bloody Sunday families. Those people have faced a whole lot worse than death threats.\"\n\nHe said those responsible can \"expect a knock on the door\" from police.\n\nSoldier F is accused of the murders of William McKinney (left) and James Wray\n\nThe Foyle MP named Soldier F during a debate in the House of Commons on the Armed Forces Bill on Tuesday afternoon.\n\nThe speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle has since said Mr Eastwood \"broke no rules\".\n\nSoldier F is facing two murder charges over the killings of William McKinney and James Wray and five attempted murder charges for his actions on Bloody Sunday in 1972 when 13 people were shot dead by paratroopers.\n\nHe was granted anonymity after the judge hearing the case concluded \"a real risk does exist\" to the life of Soldier F and he is right to \"feel genuine fear\".\n\nBut the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it planned to withdraw the charges after reviewing the case and decided statements were no longer admissible evidence.\n\nThe case was due to be formally dismissed in court last week, but a legal challenge by a brother of William McKinney forced an adjournment.\n\nLeave has been granted for a judicial review into the PPS's decision not to proceed with the prosecution.\n\nThe case is due to be heard in September.", "Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for more access and transparency\n\nThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged China to be more co-operative with the WHO's second phase of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19.\n\nDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for more access and transparency.\n\nThe first phase of the WHO's investigation ended in February.\n\nIt concluded that it was highly unlikely that the virus came from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, and that it probably originated in bats.\n\nSpeaking in Geneva on Thursday, Dr Tedros said the WHO needed access to raw patient data from just before and the start of the pandemic this time around.\n\nChina did not share this data with the WHO team during the first investigation, he added.\n\nHe also called for clear information about the laboratory in Wuhan, stating that as a medical professional himself, he knew accidents could happen.\n\nThis was the strongest indication yet that the WHO is still considering the lab leak theory, despite its experts saying this was unlikely, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva.\n\nSpeculation about a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology - one of China's top virus research labs - began last year and was propagated by former US President Donald Trump.\n\nDr Tedros also warned against the idea that the pandemic was coming to an end.\n\nThe WHO's emergency committee said that new and more dangerous variants were expected to spread around the world.\n\n\"The pandemic is nowhere near finished,\" the committee warned in a statement.\n\nCommittee chairman Didier Houssin said \"we are still running after this virus and the virus is still running after us\".\n\nCoronavirus-linked deaths in Africa surged by 43% in the space of a week, driven by a lack of intensive-care beds and oxygen, according to the WHO.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Peter Daszak: \"Our focus needs to shift to those supply chains to the (Huanan Seafood) Market\"", "The vaccine rollout has been extended to more over 18s - but the latest government data suggests that some young people remain hesitant about getting the jab.\n\nBBC Asian Network is helping the South Asian community to understand key issues around the pandemic in five languages: Gujarati, Punjabi, Sylheti, Tamil and Urdu.\n\nDoctors talk through some of the key concerns and explain the Covid vaccine guidance.\n\nDr Anita Raja explains what the current advice is in Urdu.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do over-18s need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine? Dr Anita Raja explains in Urdu.\n\nDr Salim Modan explains what the current advice is in Gujarati.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do over-18s need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine? Dr Salim Modan explains in Gujarati.\n\nDr Carter Singh explains what the current advice is in Punjabi.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do over-18s need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine? Dr Carter Singh explains in Punjabi.\n\nDr Archana Sasitharan explains what the current advice is in Tamil.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do over-18s need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine? Dr Archana Sasitharan explains in Tamil.\n\nDr Abdul Mannan explains what the current advice is in Sylheti.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do over-18s need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine? Dr Abdul Mannan explains in Sylheti.", "More than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases have been reported in the UK for the first time since mid-January.\n\nThere were 51,870 cases recorded - the highest figure since 15 January - and 49 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nFrom Monday, lockdown rules will end in England - although some guidance will remain.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said the number of people in hospital with Covid was doubling roughly every three weeks.\n\nThe UK is \"not out of the woods yet\" and people should act with caution as restrictions are eased on Monday, he added.\n\nThe highest number of daily cases the UK has recorded so far is 68,053 on 8 January.\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid previously warned case numbers could reach 50,000 a day by 19 July, and as high as 100,000 over the summer.\n\nMeanwhile, separate Office for National Statistics data suggests Covid infections have risen again in much of the UK.\n\nLatest figures from swab tests in the community suggest in England one in every 95 people has the virus - up from one in 160 in the previous week.\n\nIn Scotland, one in every 90 people is estimated to be infected, while in Northern Ireland it is one in 290 and in Wales one in 360.\n\nThe more infectious Delta variant accounts for almost every case.\n\nIt is estimated that just over 650,000 people, or 1% of the population in the UK, would have tested positive for coronavirus in the week to 10 July - up from 400,000 people the previous week.\n\nThe ONS says the percentage of people testing positive has \"continued to increase\" in England and Scotland, whereas the \"trend is uncertain\" in Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nPassing 50,000 cases a day feels like a worrying landmark, but is it?\n\nWe were last at those levels around the peak of the second wave in January, when it took a tough lockdown to prevent hospitals buckling.\n\nBut now more fuel is being thrown on the fire as restrictions ease in England and Scotland on Monday, and Wales on Saturday.\n\nCases will go even higher. How high? Nobody knows for sure.\n\nLetting this happen is possible only because vaccines have transformed the danger posed by a summer wave. Without them, we'd be debating locking down.\n\nYet vaccines have not eliminated the Covid threat.\n\nLetting the virus spread could still put pressure on hospitals, leave people with long Covid and be hugely disruptive as large numbers of people need to isolate.\n\nReaching 50,000 daily cases doesn't mean the same as it did six months ago, but doesn't mean it will be smooth sailing.\n\nAs cases rise, more people are being forced to isolate, with businesses warning of staffing shortages.\n\nMore than half a million self-isolation alerts were sent to people using the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales during the first week of July - a rise of 46% on the previous week.\n\nAlerts are sent through the app to tell individuals they have been in close contact with a positive coronavirus case and should to isolate for 10 days.\n\nThe number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid is also rising - but at a much lower rate than during previous waves because of the impact of vaccinations.\n\nMore than 46.1 million people in the UK have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine - 87.6% of adults, while more than 35.5 million - 67.5% of adults - have had both doses, according to the latest figures.\n\nIt comes ahead of almost all legal restrictions on social contact being lifted in England on Monday.\n\nLockdown rules are also being eased in Scotland on the same date, although there will still be some curbs, including on how many people can meet.\n\nIn Wales, restrictions are easing slightly on Saturday but most will remain in place until at least 7 August.\n\nNorthern Ireland is due to lift more restrictions on 26 July.\n\nEarlier, Solicitor General Lucy Frazer said that while cases would rise in the coming days, there were \"consequences for not opening up\".\n\nBut she told Sky News the government could not rule out reintroducing restrictions in England if the virus situation became \"unacceptable\".", "Residents of Merzbach were rescued by helicopter after floods devastated the area.\n\nDozens of people have died and many more are missing after severe floods in Germany.\n\nOther areas of Europe, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, have also been badly affected.", "Wayne Couzens will be sentenced for the murder of Sarah Everard in September\n\nThe police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police, a week after admitting the crime.\n\nWayne Couzens, 48, pleaded guilty on 9 July to the murder of the 33-year-old marketing executive.\n\nThe hearing was held as soon as possible after PC Couzens' guilty plea, the Met Police said.\n\nHe had previously pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, on 8 June, to the kidnap and rape of Ms Everard.\n\nAssistant Commissioner Helen Ball sacked him with immediate effect.\n\nThe disciplinary hearing was held in private after Met bosses ruled that \"the need for transparency was outweighed by the risk of interfering with criminal proceedings\", and the decision was published straight afterwards.\n\nPolice misconduct hearings would normally be held in public. The Met said it would not release - until they are heard in open court - any details of the hearing, which involve the events leading up to Ms Everard's death.\n\nSarah Everard was optimistic about her future, friends said\n\nCouzens had planned an abduction at least three days in advance, hiring a car and buying carpet protector. He encountered Ms Everard as she walked home to her flat in Brixton from a friend's house in Clapham on 3 March.\n\nInvestigators are looking into whether he used his police identification to persuade Ms Everard into the car. The firearms officer spent the day he abducted Ms Everard working at the US Embassy.\n\nMs Everard's friends raised the alarm when they were unable to contact her the following day.\n\nHer body was found a week later, in an industrial rubble sack, near land Couzens owned in Kent. Ms Everard had been strangled.\n\nMs Ball said: \"Couzens has betrayed everything we, the police, stand for and following his guilty pleas and convictions I have dismissed him today.\n\n\"All of us in the Met are horrified, sickened and angered by this man's crimes. Sarah was a young woman who had her life cruelly snatched away from her. I know she is sorely missed by so many people and our thoughts remain with her loved ones. We are so profoundly sorry.\"\n\nIt emerged that the former officer was suspected of indecent exposure at fast-food restaurants in London and Kent, although he was still allowed to remain on active service.\n\nCouzens is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 29 September.", "Devastating floods have hit parts of western Europe after record rainfall caused swollen rivers to burst their banks.\n\nAt least 100 people have died in Germany and 22 deaths have been reported in Belgium.\n\nForecasts suggest more heavy rain is due in much of the region on Friday.\n\nThe Rhine river flooded the German city of Cologne on Thursday\n\nCars were overturned in the streets of the Belgian city of Verviers\n\nSome of the most dramatic images came from the German village of Schuld, in the Ahrweiler district of Rhineland-Palatinate, where a state of emergency has been declared.\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nSome 200,000 homes were also left without power.\n\nThousands of relief workers and soldiers are helping police with search and rescue efforts.\n\nRoads have been destroyed by the floods in Schuld\n\nVehicles have been crushed and swept away by the flood water in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler\n\nHeavy rains were also seen in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, where dozens of people were evacuated from their homes.\n\nThe Belgian city of Liège has also been hit by heavy flooding with the mayor telling people to leave if they can\n\nThe fire brigade helped to evacuate people in South Limburg, the Netherlands\n\nA mobile flood barrier has been installed in Lucern, Switzerland\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Scarlett Phillips says there was a \"horrendous noise\" when the ceiling caved in\n\nA baby has been taken to hospital after part of the ceiling collapsed at an Asda supermarket.\n\nEmergency services were called to the store on Cavendish Street in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester at about 16:35 BST on Thursday.\n\n\"The noise was horrendous, there was dust everywhere,\" said witness Scarlett Phillips. \"A baby was screaming.\"\n\nA woman and two young children were taken to hospital, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confirmed.\n\nAn Asda spokesman said the family had gone to hospital as a precaution, adding: \"We are pleased to hear they are all ok.\"\n\nMs Phillips, 31, from Dukinfield in Tameside said: \"The roof started peeling towards us, the noise was horrendous.\n\n\"Then there was dust everywhere and a baby screaming... It shook everyone up but we've peeled the plaster off and been back this morning.\"\n\nShe praised Asda staff who had been \"fantastic and checking how everyone was\".\n\nNorth West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said an infant was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.\n\nA fire service spokeswoman said firefighters were at the scene for about two hours.\n\n\"A full evacuation of the store took place while fire crews made the scene safe,\" she said.\n\n\"Three casualties - a woman and two young children - were transferred to the care of colleagues from NWAS and conveyed to hospital.\"\n\nThe supermarket said it was \"continuing to work with the relevant authorities\" as an investigation continued into how \"a small section of the ceiling\" had collapsed.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n• None Asda: How to buy a £6.8bn supermarket for £780m", "Alan Bircher was not nominated to the Tokyo Olympics coaching team for 2021, Swim England said\n\nA former world silver medallist is among the coaches suspended following a review into welfare issues at a swimming club.\n\nSwim England launched an independent review following concerns raised by parents of swimmers at Shropshire's Ellesmere College Titans Swimming Club.\n\nAlan Bircher was among \"some of the programme coaches currently suspended\", it said.\n\nMr Bircher, director of swimming at the club, has been approached for comment.\n\nAs a result of the review, Swim England said, Mr Bircher was not nominated to the Tokyo Olympics coaching team for 2021 and will not be part of the team at the Games.\n\nMr Bircher had been named as a Team GB coach in April as part of the open water team at the Tokyo Games, but earlier this month stepped down due to family reasons.\n\nHe was an international swimmer from 1997 to 2008, winning silver at the world championship in Dubai in 2004, and formerly a GB world championship lead coach.\n\nSwim England said the report had identified \"welfare and governance issues\", adding it had immediately implemented all the recommendations \"to ensure a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone in the club\", which has included a \"complete change of the governance structure of the club\".\n\nIt said Swim England officers were working alongside members to put in place a revised structure and procedures.\n\nFollowing the suspensions, it said, coaching support has been secured, overseen by an experienced Swim England talent coach, and an independent welfare officer was supporting the club.\n\n\"Swim England will remain working with the club until such time as we are content our robust safeguarding and welfare procedures and policies are embedded within the governance of the club,\" it said.\n\n\"The suspended coaching staff will not return to the programme until such time as all conditions set out in the report have been met to the satisfaction of Swim England.\n\n\"The welfare and safety of all of Swim England's members and British Swimming's athletes is of paramount importance and we continue to prioritise our duty of care to all within our sport.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Germany has taken the brunt of the flooding across central Europe\n\nTop climate scientists have admitted they failed to predict the intensity of the German floods and the North American heat dome.\n\nThey've correctly warned over decades that a fast-warming climate would bring worse bursts of rain and more damaging heatwaves.\n\nBut they say their computers are not powerful enough to accurately project the severity of those extremes.\n\nThey want governments to spend big on a shared climate super-computer.\n\nComputers are fundamental to weather forecasting and climate change, and computing will underpin the new climate science “Bible”, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) next month.\n\nBut former Met Office chief scientist Prof Dame Julia Slingo told BBC News: \"We should be alarmed because the IPCC (climate computer) models are just not good enough.\n\n\"(We need) an international centre to deliver the quantum leap to climate models that capture the fundamental physics that drive extremes.\n\n\"Unless we do that we will continue to underestimate the intensity/frequency of extremes and the increasingly unprecedented nature of them.\"\n\nShe said the costs of the computer, which would be in the hundreds of millions of pounds, would \"pale into insignificance\" compared with the costs of extreme events for which society is unprepared.\n\nDame Julia is striving to promote this initiative at the COP26 climate summit in November.\n\nShe, and other scientists, agree climate change is an emergency. But Oxford Prof Tim Palmer told me: \"It’s is impossible to say how much of an emergency we are in because we don’t have the tools to answer the question.\n\n\"We need a commitment and vision with the magnitude of CERN (Europe's major physics research centre) if we are to build climate models that can accurately simulate the extremes of climate like the Canadian heatwave.\"\n\nCanada's heatwave has been accompanied by the inevitable wildfires\n\nMost importantly researchers need to assess whether places such as North America or Germany will face extremes like the heat dome and the floods every 20 years, 10 years, five years – or maybe even every year. This level of accuracy currently isn’t possible.\n\nSome scientists argue that it's futile to wait for the IPCC to say how bad climate change will be.\n\nThat's partly because the panel's \"Bible\", which is supposed to gather in one place the sum of knowledge on climate change, will actually already be out of date when it’s published because review deadlines closed before the German and American extreme extremes (sic).\n\nProf Bill McGuire, for instance, from UCL, told me: \"The obvious acceleration of the breakdown of our stable climate simply confirms that - when it comes to the climate emergency - we are in deep, deep s***!\n\n\"Many in the climate science community would agree, in private if not in public.\n\n\"The IPCC's reports tend to be both conservative and consensus. They’re conservative, because insufficient attention has been given to the importance of tipping points, feedback loops and outlier predictions; consensus, because more extreme scenarios have tended to be marginalised.\n\n\"Plenty of peer-reviewed papers not addressed in IPCC documentation present far more pessimistic scenarios. There is no reason why a consensus viewpoint should be right, and we need to be preparing for the worst, even if we still hope for the best.\"\n\nCows cool off in a pond to beat the heat wave in Larkana, Pakistan, in June\n\nCambridge Prof Mike Hulme is worried by this tone. He told me: \"It's well known that the IPCC works on a slower timescale than does the weather - and for good reason.\n\n\"Science takes time to mature, and for uncertainties to be properly contextualised. I think it is dangerous if people start trying to undermine IPCC reports before they are even published,\" he told me.\n\n\"Yes, there are weather extremes and some of them – like heatwaves and some hurricane intensities - are getting more extreme, but this is all predictable according to IPCC models.\n\n\"I think it is dangerous to start banging the drum for more and more emergency talk.\n\n\"We have seen the damage emergencies can do with the pandemic, fuelled by the psychology of fear through the social amplification of risk.\n\nMeanwhile, the former UK government chief scientist, Prof Sir David King, recently set up the Climate Change Advisory Group to fill the gaps he believes are left by IPCC science.\n\nOne group member, Prof Mark Maslin from UCL, said of the IPCC: \"The executive summary has to be agreed and signed off by 193 countries; reports are every 6-7 years and because of the time they take to write they are usually 1-2 years behind the literature.\n\n\"Are they still fit for purpose - yes, as they provide an essential service linking scientists, social scientists and economists all around the world and provide the baseline estimates of what will happen to governments and companies.\n\n\"Are they fit for dealing with a rapidly evolving climate and political landscape - No!”", "Uber has said passengers will still be required to wear a face covering when using its services after Covid restrictions are relaxed across Britain on Monday.\n\nFace masks have been required in taxis and on public transport for the past year to reduce the spread of the virus.\n\nBut Uber has said it will keep its \"no mask, no ride\" policy in place.\n\nThat's despite rules in England being replaced with guidance advising people to wear masks in enclosed spaces.\n\nUber said the policy was for the safety of both its passengers and drivers, although it will not apply if people are exempt.\n\n\"As cities continue to open up, we will ensure that face coverings or masks continue to be a mandatory requirement, unless exempt, when travelling with Uber across the UK,\" the ride-hailing firm's UK general manager Ash Kebriti said.\n\nUber is the latest transport operator to announce that masks will continue to be mandatory on its services after Monday.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared masks mandatory on public transport in the capital and Greater Anglia has said masks will remain compulsory on its services.\n\nMayors including Greater Manchester's Andy Burnham and West Midlands' Andy Street have urged passengers to continue wearing face coverings but do not have the power to make it mandatory.\n\nThe government has previously said masks were still \"expected and recommended\" in crowded indoor areas, but people in England will not be required by law to wear them from Monday.\n\nSome airlines have confirmed that masks will still be compulsory after 19 July, while other businesses such as shops, restaurants and pubs are still setting out their plans.\n\nOn Friday, pub chain Wetherspoons said it planned to retain floor screens between tables, one-way systems and limits on the number of people in its pubs. But it said that customers and employees would be able to choose whether they wear a mask.\n\nMeanwhile, the Co-op has said face coverings will only be \"strongly encouraged\" in its supermarkets, rather than mandatory.\n\nIn Scotland, the mandatory use of face coverings will remain in place for \"some time\", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said, even after the country eases most of its other restrictions on 19 July.\n\nIn Wales, masks will continue to be required by law in some settings, including public transport.", "We're bringing our live page to a close now.\n\nWe will be back with all the latest reaction as coronavirus restrictions are eased in England and Scotland on Monday. It promises to be a landmark day in this pandemic.\n\nToday's coverage has been written by Emma Harrison and Lauren Turner.\n\nIt was edited by Dan Coles and John Hand.", "A number of people are believed to have died in a motorway crash involving two lorries and several cars, police have said.\n\nIt happened on the northbound carriageway of the A1(M) at Bowburn, between Bradbury and Carrville, County Durham, at 18:20 BST.\n\nThe motorway has been closed in both directions.\n\nAppealing for dashcam footage of the crash, Durham Police said there \"appear to have been fatalities\".\n\nThe North East Ambulance Service said it was \"incredibly busy\" dealing with the crash, which it warned could lead to delays in attending other emergencies in the area.\n\nDurham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service said it had taken more than an hour to put out the lorry fire.\n\nSeven crews, including Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service's Heavy Rescue Unit, had been sent to the site, it said.\n\n\"On arrival at the scene crews were faced with a multi-vehicle collision across both carriageways and a heavy goods vehicle well alight,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe Great North Air Ambulance was also deployed to transport casualties.\n\nThe motorway is expected to remain shut between junctions 60 and 62 for a number of hours and motorists are being advised to avoid the area.\n\nHave you been affected by this story? Please share your experiences.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The deadly floods have left homes and cars destroyed\n\nAt least 70 people have died in Germany and Belgium after record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks.\n\nMost of the victims were in Germany, but at least 11 have died in Belgium, with more reported missing.\n\nThe German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia were worst hit, but the Netherlands is also badly affected.\n\nMore heavy rain is forecast across the region on Friday, while local officials have blamed climate change.\n\nArmin Laschet, the premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, blamed the extreme weather on global warming during a visit to a hard-hit area.\n\n\"We will be faced with such events over and over, and that means we need to speed up climate protection measures... because climate change isn't confined to one state,\" he said.\n\nExperts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, but linking any single event to global warming is complicated.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is in the US ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden, called the flooding a \"catastrophe\" and said she was \"grieving those who have lost their lives\".\n\n\"My thoughts are with you, and you can trust that all forces of our government - federal, regional and community - collectively will do everything under the most difficult conditions to save lives, alleviate dangers and to relieve distress.\"\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nIn Germany, police helicopters and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to affected areas to help stranded residents.\n\nDozens of people waited on rooftops to be rescued.\n\nSchools have been closed around the west of Germany, while transport links have been severely disrupted.\n\nAbout 25 houses are in danger of collapsing in the district of Schuld bei Adenau in the mountainous Eifel region, where a state of emergency has been declared, according to German broadcaster SWR.\n\nIt said some houses had been completely cut-off and could no longer be reached by boat.\n\nThe army has been deployed to help people in affected areas\n\nResidents in the region told AFP news agency they were stunned by the disaster.\n\n\"Nobody was expecting this - where did all this rain come from? It's crazy,\" Annemarie Mueller, a 65-year-old resident of Mayen, said. \"It made such a loud noise and given how fast it came down we thought it would break the door down.\"\n\nLocal teacher Ortrud Meyer, 36, said she had \"never seen anything like this\".\n\n\"My father-in-law is almost 80, he's from Mayen, and he says he's never experienced anything like this,\" she said.\n\nIn Belgium, dramatic footage of the floods showed cars being swept away along a street in the city of Verviers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Météo Express This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nResidents of Liège, Belgium's third-largest urban area after Brussels and Antwerp, were ordered to evacuate. Those unable to leave should move to the upper floors of their buildings, local officials said.\n\nThe Meuse river which flows through the city is expected to rise by another 1.5 metres, despite being on the verge of overflowing already. Officials are also concerned that a dam bridge in the area may collapse and urged people to help each other.\n\n\"The crisis situation is exceptional and solidarity must prevail,\" the local authority said in a statement.\n\nResidents of the Belgian town of Pepinster, which lies at the confluence of two rivers in Liège province, were evacuated in a large truck on Thursday, but conditions in the municipality of Trooz are so bad that evacuation efforts have been halted.\n\nIn the Netherlands, there have been no casualties reported but thousands of people in towns and villages along the Meuse river have been urged to leave their houses quickly.\n\nIn the Dutch city of Maastricht, 10,000 people have been ordered to evacuate.\n\nAnd flooding in Valkenburg, close to the Belgian and German borders, engulfed the town centre and forced the evacuation of several nursing homes.\n\nHave you been affected by the flooding? Please share your experiences.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: \"Trust has to be earned\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to \"sweat blood over months and years to earn respect\" from voters.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after taking questions from ex-Labour voters in Blackpool, Sir Keir admitted \"there is a trust issue\" for his party.\n\nHe also said he had been \"utterly frustrated\" the pandemic had stopped him meeting voters around the country.\n\nSir Keir took over from Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in April 2020, vowing to lead the party into \"a new era\".\n\nAfter initially enjoying high approval ratings, Sir Keir has had a bruising 2021, with the loss of a traditional stronghold, Hartlepool, to the Conservatives in a by-election, and Boris Johnson's party opening up a large lead in the opinion polls.\n\nHe launched a policy review, and a reshuffle of his top team, after the Hartlepool defeat, and the party managed to hang on to Batley and Spen, in West Yorkshire, in another by-election.\n\nBut Sir Keir is under pressure from many of his own MPs to turn Labour's fortunes around and set out what he stands for.\n\nHe has embarked on a summer tour of Britain, to listen to voters' concerns and sell Labour's message.\n\nAt the first event, in Blackpool, which has two Conservative MPs, he was grilled about the benefits system, trust in politicians, employment and education, among other subjects.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: \"It makes me utterly frustrated that we have been acting in a pandemic\"\n\nBut several panel members, former Labour voters selected by an independent polling company, said that they had never heard of him before the event.\n\nHe found this \"utterly frustrating\", he told BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg, but added: \"I never thought that this would be turned around in a year or 18 months.\n\n\"I never thought that in one evening, I'd persuade 12 people to change their vote.\n\n\"This is a slow, long, hard road. But every vote has to be earned.\"\n\nThe Labour leader outlined three policies to the audience - a jobs guarantee for workers under 25, a recovery fund for children's education after the pandemic, and a \"buy British\" plan for public spending.\n\nThe plans received a mixed reception, with some of the panel saying he was \"wasting his time\", but others welcoming the idea of more support for children who had lost out during the pandemic.\n\nAsked about the reception from the ex-Labour voters, he said: \"I'd much rather the sort of robust discussion I had tonight, than the warm bath of simply talking to people who already agree with me.\"\n\nThe audience also discussed anti-Semitism in Labour and former leader Mr Corbyn, who now sits as an independent MP after Sir Keir withdrew the whip from him.\n\n\"To turn this into an argument about Jeremy Corbyn is to do exactly what I want the Labour Party to stop doing.\" Sir Keir told Laura Kuenssberg after the event.\n\n\"We have been looking internally, we need to turn ourselves inside out, and be talking to and engaging with voters.\"\n\nThe Labour leader refused to say whether or not he would allow Mr Corbyn to sit as a Labour MP again saying only that there was a process being run by the party's chief whip.\n\nMr Corbyn was suspended both as a Labour MP and party member over his response to a human rights watchdog on anti-Semitism in Labour.\n\nHe has since been reinstated as a party member but has not yet been readmitted into the parliamentary Labour party.\n\nCatherine said her family had been miners and that she was a dyed-in-the-wool Labour voter, but the leadership of Tony Blair had put her off the party.\n\nShe said \"in her heart of hearts\" she wanted to be Labour again but wasn't sure if she could believe Sir Keir.\n\nJosephine said the Labour leader came across as \"a nice guy\" but said people hadn't \"got a chance to get to know him\", given the pandemic.\n\nShe added that she sometimes wondered if Blackpool had been \"forgotten about\" and asked Sir Keir how he would tackle child poverty in the area.\n\nFrank said he stopped voting Labour following the Iraq war. He also brought up then-Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling a Labour voter a \"bigot\" after she expressed concerns about immigration.\n\nHe added that Sir Keir had been \"outflanked on the charisma side\" by Boris Johnson. \"Boris Johnson gets away with murder,\" he added.\n\nZacky told the Labour leader that he needed to \"get rid of all those bickering people\" within the party and reach the voters \"who have been with you before\".\n\nNatalie admitted she had had \"no idea\" who Sir Keir was. Asked what she thought of when someone said Labour, she said \"debt\".\n\nFollowing the event, she said: \"I felt listened to, which is an absolute delight\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer is quizzed by former Labour voters in Blackpool - including some who'd never heard of him before", "Millennium Bridge in Bute Park was cordoned off by police\n\nA man has been left with life-threatening injuries after being assaulted in a city park, police have said.\n\nLarge parts of Bute Park, in Cardiff, were cordoned off after police were called to reports of an assault at about 01:10 BST on Tuesday.\n\nA man sustained serious head injures and is being treated at the University Hospital of Wales.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it was a \"violent and sustained attack\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Mark O'Shea said: \"To subject another person to violence in this way is intolerable, and we are carrying out a number of lines of inquiries to locate those involved.\n\n\"We know a number of people were around the area, and in Bute Park, at the time so if you witnessed the incident, or may have heard what took place, please come forward.\"\n\nInitially, only an area around Servini's cafe was closed off\n\nA major incident room has been set up at Cardiff Central Police Station as officers investigate the crime.\n\nThe force urged anyone who was in the Castle Street area between midnight and 02:00 on Tuesday, and has any dash cam or mobile phone footage, to share it with them.\n\nMembers of the public were urged to stay away from the park, which would normally be very busy on a sunny day, while some entrances to the park, including the Millennium Bridge over the River Taff, had been shut.\n\nInitially, a smaller area around Servini's cafe was cordoned off, but the police later expanded the area.\n\nSome entrances to Bute Park were closed, including this one by Pettigrew's tearooms\n\nCardiff council said: \"Prior to the pandemic, key city centre entrances to Bute Park were locked every night at sunset.\n\n\"The park is a large public open space and while it is not possible to prevent access after dark entirely, following the two recent serious incidents in the park, a decision has been taken to return to this locking regime with immediate effect.\"", "The health secretary has confirmed at-risk children over 12 would be offered the vaccine\n\nThe Scottish government has confirmed children over 12 who are at higher risk of falling ill from Covid will be offered the vaccine.\n\nHowever the majority of children, who are low risk, will not be offered the jab for now.\n\nIt follows the latest recommendations of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).\n\nHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed the move after getting his second jab.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland: \"We always follow JCVI advice and will continue to do so.\"\n\nUK Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed that the UK government will also follow the JCVI advice.\n\nSome healthy children over 12 who live with other vulnerable people can also have the vaccine, as well as those on the cusp of turning 18.\n\nThey will be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine because it is the only one approved for use in children aged 12 to 17 in the UK.\n\nThose newly eligible, according to the JCVI recommendations, include vulnerable children aged 12 to 15 with:\n\nIn a statement on Twitter, My Yousaf said he was the father of a 12-year-old and he knew \"feelings are strong\" on the subject of vaccinating children.\n\nHe added: \"Universal vaccination of under 18s isn't recommended. This position is very much being kept under review.\n\n\"JCVI on balance would like to review more data on vaccine effect on young people, so prefer a precautionary approach, given the low risk of serious illness from Covid to young people.\"\n\nMr Yousaf added that the position for children generally was being kept under review and experts were continuing to look at the data.\n\nMr Yousaf receivd his second vaccination at Glasgow Central Mosque\n\nVulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds were already able to get the vaccine.\n\nThose aged 12 to 17 will also be offered a vaccine if they live with somebody with a weak immune system.\n\nTeenagers within three months of their 18th birthday will be offered the jab - the aim is to protect people leaving school before they start work or university.\n\nScotland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith said work was under way to deliver the vaccines in the \"forthcoming weeks\".\n\nHe added: \"I know that the committee will give any additional update to advice as soon as the evidence supports this and, in the meantime, we will offer the vaccine to those children and young people currently recommended.\"\n\nDr Smith said young people who turn 18 by 31 July were already being vaccinated and invites would continue to be rolled out for those who reach the milestone within a three-month window.\n\nPublic health expert Prof Linda Bauld later told BBC Scotland's The Nine that the JCVI may be waiting to make a decision based on the health outcomes of \"millions\" of young people vaccinated in countries like the US and Canada.\n\nExperts would be looking at instances of rare heart conditions which may be linked to certain vaccines, she said.\n\nProf Linda Bauld told The Nine that questions will be asked about vaccination campaigns for young people in the US\n\n\"When you have a very big campaign in the US and Canada encouraging parents to bring their teenagers forward for vaccination, as a message to getting out in the face of Delta, parents in the UK will be asking questions about that,\" Prof Bauld said.\n\n\"The benefit of the JCVI waiting to see more teenagers vaccinated is they will get a lot more safety data from the millions of young people in the US. That seems to be the strategy but it is going to be controversial.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Yousaf confirmed every adult in Scotland has now been invited for a vaccination appointment and added the programme is \"significantly ahead of schedule\".\n\nHowever almost a third (30.6%) of younger adults have still not been vaccinated, according to the latest statistics published by the Scottish government.\n\nIt is hoped all adults will have received their second dose by 12 September.\n\nMr Yousaf added: \"It is vital that everyone takes the opportunity to get both doses of their vaccination when this is offered. The second dose gives greater and longer lasting protection, and should not be missed.\n\n\"Vaccination is crucial to protect ourselves, our families and our communities, and to help us on the path back to normality.\"\n\nLatest Scottish government figures show 3,981,950 people have now received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 2,978,746 have received their second dose.\n• None Hundreds of thousands of under-18s to get vaccine", "Ministers are looking to overhaul the legal process for people to nominate someone to take financial and health decisions on their behalf if they lose the ability to act for themselves.\n\nThere are more than five million registered Lasting Powers of Attorney - or LPAs - in England and Wales.\n\nBut there are concerns the system is too slow and difficult to use.\n\nUnder the current paper-based application process, it can taken months for powers to be handed over.\n\nThe proposals would see the service become predominantly digital, with alternatives remaining for those unable to use the internet.\n\nAn LPA is a legal document which allows people to appoint someone else to make decisions about their welfare, money or property.\n\nThey are often used by older people to choose someone to make decisions for them when they lose the mental capacity to do so in the future - but they can be made by anyone over the age of 18.\n\nA three-month consultation will examine how technology can be used to reform the process of witnessing, improve access and speed up the service.\n\nThe government is also considering creating a fast-track for families who need to quickly set up an LPA for a relative who has suffered a sudden change in their health.\n\nAnd it will look at making the process of objecting to an LPA simpler, as well as introducing new safeguards to protect against fraud and abuse.\n\nJustice Minister Alex Chalk said: \"A lasting power of attorney provides comfort and security to millions of people as they plan for old age. These changes will make the service quicker to use, easy to access and even more secure from fraud.\"\n\nNick Goodwin, Public Guardian for England and Wales, said the proposals would make the service \"fit for the modern world\".\n\n\"More people are taking the vital step to plan for the future by applying for lasting powers of attorney, and we want to make sure that it is as safe and simple as possible to do so,\" he added.", "The Queen has visited the Cardiff Bay parliament several times since its formation\n\nThe Home Office advised against the Queen opening the future Welsh Assembly ahead of the devolution referendum in 1997, newly released papers show.\n\nAn official wrote such an event would not be appropriate, with the body not able make new laws at the start.\n\nAs it would be \"wholly subordinate\" to Westminster \"no question of direct relations with the sovereign would arise\", she wrote.\n\nThe monarch went on to attend the official opening of the body in 1999.\n\nThe 1997 files from the National Archives files also show that former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair was urged to visit Wales to bolster support in the vote on whether to set up the Welsh Assembly.\n\nAfter the referendum took place a senior official blamed what he called the Welsh \"language mafia\" for the narrow result.\n\nThe assembly changed its name to the Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru in 2020.\n\nIt was established in 1999 following the referendum in September 1997, with 50.3% of voters supporting Yes and 49.7% voting No, on a turnout of 50.22%.\n\nWhen it was created it could not pass its own bills into law, but that changed in 2011 following a further referendum.\n\nA letter from a senior civil servant to the then Wales Office, dated 19 June 1997, said: \"Although it is intended that The Queen or Her representative should formally open the Scottish Parliament, we do not think that the same treatment would be appropriate for the Welsh Assembly, which has no primary legislative functions.\"\n\nIt added that there had been no discussion about it at a cabinet sub-committee on devolution, \"presumably because it was assumed that as a body wholly subordinate to the Westminster Parliament no question of direct relations with the sovereign would arise\".\n\nThe monarch, together with the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles, opened the Assembly on 27 May 1999.\n\nShe has visited the Cardiff Bay parliament on several occasions since, including the official opening of the Senedd building in 2007, and at the start of the last term in 2016.\n\nWelsh ministers also became appointees of the Crown in 2007.\n\nThe Queen officially opened the Senedd building in 2007\n\nThe papers also show that a Downing Street official had urged Tony Blair to visit Wales ahead of the 1997 referendum to campaign for the assembly's creation.\n\nThe official said Welsh public opinion was \"finely balanced\" and Mr Blair should do his \"July regional tour there\".\n\nHowever, the official added: \"Watch out for the Welsh National Show. This is a ghastly cows and National Costume affair.\"\n\nThe former prime minister went on to take part in the pro-devolution campaign, visiting south Wales in July 1997.\n\nThe documents released by the National Archives also included a confidential memo which identified a number of issues with the Yes campaign, proffering suggestions on why the result was not more clear cut.\n\nIt highlighted an \"absence of clear political direction\" and \"no clear campaign strategy\".\n\nThe memo also suggested the campaign failed to adequately counter the accusation from the \"no\" campaign that people \"will be forced to speak Welsh\".\n\nPeter Hain, the parliamentary under-secretary for Wales, was said to be \"particularly concerned about the need to reform Wales' Labour Party\" to ensure it was both \"better at campaigning\" and offered \"proper opportunities for women candidates\".\n\nAnd Pat McFadden, a Downing Street aide who would become a Labour MP in 2005, agreed attacks over cost and allegations of an assembly creating \"jobs for the boys\" were successful \"because we could not advance a good positive reason for having an Assembly\".\n\nHe said: \"In other words, the cost would have been more defensible if it was for something people thought was worth having.\"\n\nHe added, in his note to Jonathan Powell, Mr Blair's chief of staff: \"On the Welsh language you know my view - this scared people in much of Wales who already resent the language mafia.\"\n\nMr Blair later said he \"steamrolled\" devolution into being in Wales despite objections from many within his party.", "The Duke of Sussex will share \"mistakes and lessons learned\" during his life in a memoir to be published next year.\n\nAnnouncing the deal with publishers Penguin Random House, Prince Harry said he would reflect \"the highs and lows\" and be \"accurate and wholly truthful\".\n\nHarry, who alongside his wife Meghan stepped back from royal duties last year, will donate proceeds to charity.\n\nThe BBC has been told the duke has recently spoken privately with his family about writing the book.\n\nA spokesperson for the duke added that he would not be expected to obtain permission for the project from Buckingham Palace.\n\nThey did not provide additional details on what share of the proceeds would be donated to charity.\n\nAnd Penguin did not disclose the terms of its deal, which includes an audio book and international rights.\n\nThe duke, 36, said in a statement: \"I'm writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become.\"\n\nHe added: \"I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story - the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned - I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think.\n\n\"I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to share what I've learned over the course of my life so far and excited for people to read a first hand account of my life that's accurate and wholly truthful.\"\n\nMarkus Dohle, of Penguin Random House, described the duke as being among \"world-renowned leaders, icons, and change-makers we have been privileged to publish over the years\".\n\nA press release described the book as \"intimate and heartfelt\" and \"honest and moving\".\n\nIt added: \"Prince Harry will offer an honest and captivating personal portrait, one that shows readers that behind everything they think they know lies an inspiring, courageous, and uplifting human story.\"\n\nThe Sussexes have established an organisation called Archewell, which has production arms alongside a non-profit foundation.\n\nIn May, it was announced that the Duchess of Sussex would publish a children's book, the Bench, about father-son relationships, as seen through the eyes of mothers with the same publisher.\n\nIt was said to be inspired by the bond between Harry and their son.\n\nHarry and Meghan, 39, now live in the US with their two-year-old son Archie, and their daughter Lilibet, who was born in California on 4 June.\n\nThe couple's son, Archie, was born in the UK before they settled in the US\n\nEarlier this month, the duke joined his older brother, the Duke of Cambridge, at Kensington Palace to unveil a statue of Diana, Princess of Wales on what would have been their mother's 60th birthday.\n\nHarry has previously spoken of what he has described as his family's unwillingness to talk about his mother's death and of his use of drink and drugs to cope with the pain of losing her.\n\nHe has also said he wanted to \"break the cycle\" of the \"pain and suffering\" of his upbringing with his own children.", "John Kerry has travelled the world in recent months including going to Moscow last week\n\nUS climate envoy John Kerry has called on China to increase the speed and depth of its efforts to cut carbon.\n\nWithout sufficient emissions reductions by China, Mr Kerry said, the global goal of keeping temperatures under 1.5C was \"essentially impossible\".\n\nMr Kerry said he was convinced that China could do more and the US was willing to work closely to secure a reasonable climate future.\n\nEvery major economy must now commit to meaningful reductions by 2030, he said.\n\nMr Kerry was speaking at Kew Gardens in London, ahead of a G20 environment ministers meeting in Italy later this week.\n\nReferring to the key COP26 gathering in Glasgow in November, the former Secretary of State said that \"in little more than 100 days we can save the next 100 years\".\n\nDoing so would not be easy he said. Mr Kerry said that the promises made during and since the Paris climate agreement in 2015 would still see the world's temperature increase by 2.5-3C.\n\n\"We're already seeing dramatic consequences with 1.2C of warming,\" he said, referring to recent heatwaves in the US and Canada, and flooding in Europe.\n\n\"To contemplate doubling that is to invite catastrophe.\"\n\nHe castigated the efforts of some countries which are still building new coal-fired power stations. He was scornful of nations that are illegally cutting down the rainforest\n\n\"They're removing the lungs of the world, destroying irreplaceable biodiversity and destabilising the climate all at the same time.\"\n\nObservers say that the envoy was likely referring to Brazil and Indonesia.\n\nRecent flooding in Germany has put climate change on the top of the political agenda\n\nMr Kerry paid special attention to the efforts of China, saying the country was now \"the largest driver of climate change\".\n\nChina has promised to peak emissions by 2030 - but the US diplomat said that was not good enough.\n\n\"If China sticks with its current plant and does not peak its emissions until 2030, then the entire rest of the world must go to zero by 2040 or even 2035,\" he warned.\n\n\"There is simply no alternative because without sufficient reduction by China, the goal of 1.5C is essentially impossible. China's partnership and leadership on this issue of extraordinary international consequence is essential.\"\n\nMr Kerry said he was convinced that China could outperform the targets it had set itself and that despite their diplomatic differences, the US was keen to co-operate.\n\nHeatwaves are hitting many parts of the world as the climate warms\n\nHe also said all other major economies would have to step up, with more ambitious targets and plans for the next decade.\n\nMr Kerry's comments come as new research shows that G20 countries are continuing to support fossil fuels in ways that are incompatible with the goals of the Paris agreement.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is behind the extreme heat?\n\nAccording to Bloomberg's Climate Policy Factbook, G20 nations collectively cut fossil fuel funding by 10% from 2015 to 2019. However, eight countries, including the US, Canada and Australia increased their financial support for oil, coal and gas in this period.\n\nLast week, Mr Kerry travelled to Moscow where both sides agreed that the climate issue is one of common interest. President Putin said that Moscow \"attaches great importance\" to achieving the goals of the Paris climate agreement.\n\nIn May, Mr Kerry was criticised by some scientists for rejecting the idea that Americans would have to change their consumption habits, for example, eating less meat.", "The BBC understands that over 400 migrants tried to cross the Channel in small boats on Monday, a record for a single day.\n\nIt comes after eight boats carrying 241 migrants reached the UK on Sunday. So far this year, nearly 8,000 people have reached the UK in about 345 boats.\n\nIt comes as the government’s proposed Nationality and Borders Bill receives its second reading in Parliament. If passed it would mean migrants entering without authorisation could face up to four years in prison.\n\nThe Refugee Council has called the proposed measures callous and brutal.\n\nThe BBC's Jon Donnison spoke to some of those trying to make the dangerous journey.\n\nRead more on this story.", "The Met Office has issued one of its new-style extreme heat weather warnings for the first time for parts of the UK.\n\nThe amber warning covers large parts of Wales, all of south-west England and parts of southern and central England.\n\nIt will be in place until Thursday, when temperatures are expected to peak.\n\nIt warns of the potential impact of the heat on people's health, as the UK experiences a prolonged period of sweltering conditions.\n\nAll four UK nations recorded the hottest day of the year over the weekend, and forecasters warned temperatures would continue to climb and could reach 33C (91.4F) in some western areas.\n\nSteven Ramsdale, from the Met Office, said: \"The high temperatures are going to continue through a large part of this week.\n\n\"Many areas will continue to reach heatwave thresholds but the amber extreme heat warning focuses on western areas where the most unusually high temperatures are likely to persist.\"\n\nThe UK's highest temperature of the year so far was recorded on Sunday at Heathrow, where it reached 31.6C (88.9F), while on the same day Wales hit a high of 30.2C (86.4F) in Cardiff.\n\nOn Saturday, Northern Ireland saw its hottest day since records began with 31.2C (88.1F) in Ballywatticock, County Down, while Scotland reached 28.2C (82.8F) in Threave, in Dumfries and Galloway.\n\nThe Met Office launched its new extreme heat warning at the start of June 2021 to highlight potential widespread disruption and adverse health effects.\n\nIt comes after a record-breaking number of heatwave deaths were recorded in England last summer.\n\nThe Met Office warning advises that people vulnerable to extreme heat are likely to experience \"adverse health effects\", while the rest of the population could suffer heat exhaustion and other heat-related illnesses.\n\nIt also warns that more people are likely to visit coastal areas, lakes and rivers leading to an \"increased risk of water safety incidents\".\n\nSix people drowned in English lakes and rivers over the weekend, with rescuers warning of the invisible but deadly dangers of open water.\n\nThese farmers harvesting radishes in Tarleton, Lancashire, had to endure sweltering conditions on Monday\n\nChloe Brimicombe, a PhD heatwaves researcher at the University of Reading, said there were likely to be increased hospital admissions over the next few days due to heat stress - which is a build up of body heat as conditions prevent people from cooling down - and other heat-related health issues.\n\nShe said: \"Vulnerable people do die. Outdoor workers can get long-term kidney disease. We can also see a rise in air pollution, which affects people's lungs.\"\n\nHeatwaves are becoming more likely and more extreme because of human-induced climate change.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began, and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.", "Last updated on .From the section Olympics\n\nRescheduling the Tokyo Olympics \"caused sleepless nights\" but must go ahead \"to give hope\" for the future, says International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.\n\nBach says cancellation \"was never an option\" despite the difficulties involved in hosting the event amid the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe opening ceremony for the delayed 2020 Games is on Friday.\n\n\"The IOC never abandons the athletes,\" said Bach.\n\n\"Cancellation would have been the easy way for us. We could have drawn on the insurance that we had at the time and moved on to Paris 2024.\n\n\"But in fact, cancellation was never an option for us.\n\n\"In order to arrive at this day today, we had to give confidence. We had to show a way out of this crisis. We had to provide stability. We had to build trust. We had to give hope.\"\n• None First Covid athletes at Olympic village in Tokyo\n\nToshiro Muto, the head of the Games organising committee, did not rule out a late cancellation of the event if there is a surge in Covid-19 cases.\n\nMuto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers and hold discussions with organisers if necessary.\n\n'Nobody had ever done this before'\n\nThe Olympics and Paralympics were postponed for a year in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time in the Olympic Games' 124-year modern history that they have been delayed.\n\nBach admits the unprecedented decision created serious doubts as to whether the Games could go ahead all.\n\n\"I can admit that we did not know how complex this would be,\" he said in a speech to mark the start of the 138th IOC Session in Tokyo.\n\n\"There was no blueprint. Nobody had ever done this before.\n\n\"Over the past 15 months, we had to take daily decisions on very uncertain grounds. We had doubts every day. We deliberated and discussed. There were sleepless nights. Like everyone else in the world, we did not know, I did not know, what the future would hold.\n\n\"Imagine for a moment what it would have meant if the leader of the Olympic movement, the IOC, would have added to the already many doubts surrounding the Olympic Games. It would have poured fuel on to this fire.\n\n\"Our doubts could have become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Olympic Games could have fallen to pieces. That is why we had to keep these doubts to ourselves.\n\n\"We did it together. We did it for the athletes.\"\n\nOrganisers have warned overseas athletes, officials and journalists attending the games against visiting restaurants that open after 8pm or serve alcohol, citing concerns over the possible spread of Covid-19.\n\nJapan has declared a state of emergency for Tokyo that will run through its hosting of the Games and public concern has grown over what impact the influx of tens of thousands of attendees could have on infection rates.\n\nJapanese media have reported cases of people accredited for the Games drinking in Tokyo's downtown areas or violating quarantines.\n\n\"Even after your first 14 days in Japan, this will be perceived as visiting a business that operates illegally and could constitute a grave reputational risk to yourself, your organisation, and the Tokyo 2020 Games,\" organisers said in a note sent to Covid-19 liaison officers responsible for ensuring the participants follow the protocols.\n\nMeanwhile, Czech beach volleyball trainer Simon Nausch is the third member of the Czech delegation to test positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 71.\n\nBeach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic recorded a positive test on Monday, two days after a staff member had tested positive following their arrival in Tokyo on a charter flight from Prague.\n\nNausch and Perusic have both left the Olympic village to isolate.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDominic Cummings has revealed he discussed ousting Boris Johnson within days of the Conservatives winning the December 2019 election by a landslide.\n\nThe PM's former chief adviser told the BBC it seemed that, by mid-January 2020, Mr Johnson did not \"have a plan\".\n\nMr Cummings also alleged the PM's wife Carrie Johnson had tried to influence government appointments.\n\nBut, despite quitting Downing Street last autumn following a power struggle, he denied being motivated by revenge.\n\nAsked about Mr Cummings's comments, a government spokesperson said ministers were fully focused on recovery from the pandemic and restoring the economy.\n\nIn his first major TV interview, Mr Cummings - who ran the Vote Leave campaign in the 2016 EU referendum campaign before working as the prime minister's adviser - told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that:\n\nThe Conservatives won the 2019 general election with a far better than expected 80-seat Commons majority, after a campaign involving Mr Cummings and other former Vote Leave staff in which they promised to \"get Brexit done\".\n\nMr Cummings claimed that Carrie Johnson - then Carrie Symonds - had been pleased to have Vote Leave veterans working in Downing Street until then.\n\nBut he added: \"As soon as the election was won, her view was 'Why should it be Dominic and the Vote Leave team? Why shouldn't it be me that's pulling the strings?'\"\n\nDominic Cummings: The Interview will be broadcast in the UK on BBC Two at 19:00 BST on Tuesday, and it will be available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds\n\nMr Cummings said he and his allies began to fear for their positions by January 2020 and started discussing Mr Johnson's future.\n\n\"[People] were already saying, 'By the summer, either we'll all have gone from here or we'll be in the process of trying to get rid of [Mr Johnson] and get someone else in as prime minister',\" he said.\n\nDefending the discussions about removing the democratically elected Mr Johnson, Mr Cummings said: \"He [the prime minister] doesn't have a plan, he doesn't know how to be prime minister and we only got him in there because we had to solve a certain problem not because he was the right person to be running the country.\"\n\nBoris Johnson married Carrie Symonds, with whom he has one child, in May\n\nHe also said: \"The situation we found ourselves in is that, within days... the prime minister's girlfriend is trying to get rid of us and appoint complete clowns to certain key jobs.\"\n\nBad feelings remained within Downing Street, Mr Cummings said, with his relationship with the prime minister effectively broken by July last year.\n\nFour months later, on 14 November, he quit his government job.\n\nHis departure also came at a point when the prime minister was \"fed up with the media portrayal of him being a kind of puppet for the Vote Leave team - it was driving him round the bend\", Mr Cummings said.\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson declined to comment in detail on Mr Cummings's allegations against Mrs Johnson, but said: \"Political appointments are entirely made by the prime minister.\"\n\nDespite running the successful Vote Leave campaign in the referendum, Mr Cummings said that \"no-one on Earth\" could be certain it had been the right decision to quit the EU.\n\n\"I think anyone who says they're sure about questions like that has a screw loose, whether you're on the Remain side or on our side,\" he said.\n\n\"One of the reasons why we won is... we didn't think we were all right and all Remainers were idiots or traitors or anything else.\"\n\nThe claim that the UK was giving the EU £350m a week caused huge controversy during the referendum campaign\n\nBut the Leave campaign has come in for criticism over its use during the campaign of a controversial claim that the UK was giving £350m a week to the EU.\n\nQuestioned over this, Mr Cummings said it had been a trap \"to try and drive the Remain campaign and the people running it crazy, so they would start arguing about it\".\n\nUK voters decided by 51.9% to 48.1% to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.\n\nAsked whether the UK had become more divided and politics more brutal in the years since, and whether he had damaged to the country through his campaigning style, Mr Cummings replied: \"Obviously I think Brexit was a good thing… I think that the way in which the world has worked out since 2016 vindicates the arguments that Vote Leave made in all sorts of ways.\n\n\"I think it's good that Brexit happened.\"\n\nIn recent months, Mr Cummings has written several blogs highly critical of Mr Johnson and attacked his competence and handling of the the pandemic when appearing before a parliamentary select committee.\n\nBut he denied that doing all this, and agreeing to be interviewed by the BBC, was part of a quest for revenge.\n\nMr Cummings admitted that people thought of him \"generally as a nightmare\", but said it \"doesn't matter if people are upset\" by attempts to reform government.\n\n\"A lot of people have a pop at me, but you don't see me crying about it,\" he said.\n\nHe also revealed that he had not spoken to the prime minister since quitting, having not answered a call from Mr Johnson shortly after he left Downing Street.\n\nIt did not \"bother me one way or the other\" whether they would speak again, he added.\n\nMr Cummings was repeatedly challenged throughout his BBC interview to back up his version of events.\n\nHe said many of his claims about the workings of government would be corroborated if there was a public inquiry into its handling of the Covid pandemic.", "About 50 people were seen arriving in Dungeness in a dinghy on Monday\n\nA group of about 50 people have crossed the English Channel and landed on a Kent beach in a single dinghy.\n\nPhotographs show dozens of people, including women and young children, arriving at Dungeness on Monday.\n\nOn Sunday, eight boats carrying 241 migrants reached the UK, the Home Office said. Nearly 8,000 people have reached the UK in about 345 boats in 2021.\n\nThe Home Office said it was bringing forward new laws to deter crossings.\n\nThe dinghy's arrival was watched over by the crew of an RNLI lifeboat\n\nThe average number of people in each small boat has increased sharply in the past year, according to BBC analysis of Home Office figures.\n\nIn 2020, an average of 13 people arrived in each dinghy, rising to 22 per boat this year.\n\nDan O'Mahoney, clandestine channel threat commander, said: \"We continue to target gangs responsible for these crossings.\n\n\"We have doubled the number of police officers on the ground in France, leading to more interceptions and arrests.\"\n\nFrench authorities intercepted seven small boats, preventing 129 people making the crossing on Sunday.\n\nNew legislation was unveiled this month which the government hopes will deter migrants crossing the English Channel.\n\nThe Nationality and Borders Bill will make it a crime to knowingly arrive in the UK without permission, punishable by a prison sentence of up to four years.\n\nMr O'Mahoney said: \"Our New Plan for Immigration will break the business model of these criminal gangs whilst welcoming people through safe and legal routes.\"\n\nThe Home Office has been asked to comment on Monday's crossings.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The foreign secretary has accused the EU of seeking \"to undermine the UK's sovereignty over Gibraltar\".\n\nDominic Raab said he was \"disappointed\" by EU proposals for a post-Brexit deal over the British overseas territory.\n\nMr Raab said a draft mandate from the European Commission \"directly conflicts\" with a framework deal agreed by the UK, Gibraltar and Spain last December.\n\nEU leaders must sign off on the EU's mandate before negotiations can begin.\n\nGibraltar's sovereignty is disputed by Spain and Britain. The territory was not included in the trade agreement settled between the EU and the UK last year and a separate deal has to be agreed.\n\nIt is thought that British objections to the EU plans centre on the nature of proposed new border arrangements in Gibraltar.\n\nLast December's political deal between the UK, Gibraltar and Spain gave a prominent role to the EU's border agency Frontex but the Commission's mandate appears to give greater responsibility to Spanish officials.\n\nIn a statement, the foreign secretary said: \"We have consistently showed pragmatism and flexibility in the search for arrangements that work for all sides, and we are disappointed that this has not been reciprocated. We urge the EU to think again.\"\n\nThe European Commission said the proposed negotiating directives \"put forward solutions to remove physical checks and controls on persons and goods\" at the border between Spain and Gibraltar.\n\n\"It is without prejudice to the issues of sovereignty and jurisdiction, and focuses on cooperation in the region,\" the bloc added.\n\nThe mandate includes rules for establishing responsibility for asylum, visas, residence permits and police cooperation and information exchange.\n\nThe EU's post-Brexit negotiator, Maros Sefcovic, said its proposals seek to make a \"positive impact\" on those living either side of the border with Spain while protecting the single market.\n\n\"By putting forward this draft mandate, we are honouring the political commitment we made to Spain to start the negotiations of a separate agreement between the EU and the UK on Gibraltar.\n\n\"This is a detailed mandate, which aims to have a positive impact for those living and working on either side of the border between Spain and Gibraltar, while protecting the integrity of the Schengen Area and the single market.\"\n\nIn March the Foreign Secretary, and Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo agreed a joint approach to the negotiations on a new Gibraltar treaty between the EU and the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jon Donnison spoke to some of the migrants trying to make the dangerous journey\n\nAt least 430 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK on Monday - a new record for a single day - the Home Office has said.\n\nThe department said it was taking \"substantial steps to tackle the unacceptable problem of illegal migration\".\n\nAround 50 people were seen landing on the beach at Dungeness in Kent after crossing in one dinghy.\n\nIt comes after eight boats carrying 241 migrants reached the UK on Sunday.\n\nOn Tuesday, there were further beach landings at Dungeness and Dover, further along the coast.\n\nAlready this year, nearly 8,000 people have reached the UK in about 345 boats.\n\nThe previous daily high of 416 was set in September 2020.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has pledged to make Channel crossings \"unviable\", with new legislation that will make it a crime to knowingly arrive in the UK without permission.\n\nThe Nationality and Borders Bill, which is currently being considered by MPs, will mean migrants entering without permission could face up to four years in prison.\n\nThe government hopes the overhaul of asylum rules will deter migrants making the crossing.\n\nBut the plans have been criticised by charities including Refugee Action, which has called them \"extreme and nasty\".\n\nThe home secretary's proposals to change the asylum system are back in Parliament today - and Ms Patel will tell MPs that the British people have had enough of what she calls open borders and uncontrolled migration.\n\nExcluding the pandemic period, the UK consistently receives far fewer asylum applications than comparable nations. In 2019, some 45,000 sought asylum in the UK. That's about a third of the number in France - and 1% of the total number of refugees marooned in Turkey following the war in Syria.\n\nThe current rate of small-boat arrivals isn't even a record in UK asylum terms. They average out at 39 a day and, on 2019's figures, are about a third of all asylum applicants.\n\nBut more importantly, the total is seven times lower than the records seen during the Tony Blair years.\n\nWhat is however costing an awful lot of money are the well-documented and worsening delays in the Home Office's £1bn asylum system.\n\nParliamentary data shows that the total number of asylum seekers who are in limbo waiting for a decision on their futures, or removal after a rejection, has doubled since 2014.\n\nThe dinghy's arrival was watched over by the crew of an RNLI lifeboat\n\nDan O'Mahoney, clandestine channel threat commander, said: \"There is an unacceptable rise in dangerous small boat crossings across the channel because of a surge in illegal migration across Europe.\n\n\"People should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach and not risk their lives making these dangerous crossings. We are continuing to pursue the criminals behind these illegal crossings.\"\n\nHe added that the Nationality and Borders Bill would \"protect lives and break this cycle of illegal crossings\" and the government was continuing to return those with no legal right to remain in the UK.\n\nBut Amnesty International's Steve Valdez-Symonds told the BBC the new legislation was an \"extremely reckless and dangerous response\" to the issue and would not tackle the problem of people smugglers.\n\nInstead, he said it was likely to drive desperate people to avoid the authorities, leaving them vulnerable to further exploitation and slavery.", "Music and entertainment retailer HMV has said it is looking to open 10 new stores this year as it continues to put its faith in High Street stores.\n\nThe plans include a search for a new London flagship site.\n\nIts former London landmark store on Oxford Street closed along with many others after HMV fell into administration more than two years ago.\n\nIt was bought by Canadian music retail executive Doug Putman, who says he still thinks stores have a future.\n\n\"People obviously love going out shopping, they like touching and feeling and that's something that online is not going to replace,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"I do believe... you're going to get more people trying to open up different stores and have different ideas.\n\n\"I'm still very optimistic on the [HMV] business and business as a whole on the High Street. I still think the High Street is just something so special.\"\n\nThe new store plans were announced as HMV commemorates opening its first store on London's Oxford Street 100 years ago.\n\nHe said he could not give any details as to where the replacement flagship store in London would be as they were still taking a \"very hard look\" trying to find the best site.\n\nHowever, Mr Putman added that the long-term viability of the new stores was dependent on what the government did about business rates, which are currently being levied at a reduced rate until April next year.\n\nHMV would not be signing \"any long-term deals\" for the new stores, he said, given the level of uncertainty in the retail sector.\n\nCanadian Doug Putman bought HMV from administrators more than two years ago\n\nAn HMV spokesman added: \"We're continuing to expand with new sites, looking at a combination of factors before making a decision. The upcoming business rates review will no doubt have an impact, not only on HMV, but on the wider British High Street. In some locations, even with good deals from landlords, rates make stores unviable.\"\n\nMr Putman said HMV's online business had done well throughout the pandemic, helping to offset the loss of sales in stores.\n\n\"Our online business - very similar to most retailers - doubled, tripled throughout the pandemic... [but] it still doesn't obviously make up for the loss of 100-plus stores.\"\n\nMusic stores have been particularly affected by the shift to digital over the years. The challenges from music downloading and streaming have added to the general shift to online sales affecting most retailers.\n\nEarlier this month, supermarket giant Sainsbury's said it had stopped selling CDs and DVDs as its customers increasingly went for music and films online.\n\nCD sales have shrunk in the past decade but were still worth £115m last year and vinyl sales continue to enjoy a revival of fortunes.\n\nThere aren't many companies that have continued to trade on our High Streets for a century. That HMV survives may surprise many who wonder how a bricks-and-mortar retailer of physical media survives in a world of downloads and streaming.\n\nThe venerable brand has focused on staying relevant to pop culture fans. The company's Canadian owner appears to have continued faith in the UK High Street at a time when it's undergoing a change just as challenging as any in HMV's history. New stores are planned just as some people have questioned the purpose of the High Street post-pandemic.\n\nUK retailers have been through a deeply painful period of forced temporary closure, plunging sales and an accelerated shift to online shopping. Despite financial support from the government, some businesses have not survived the pandemic and the pain may not be over.\n\nThere are dire predictions of thousands of more High Street closures to come, as firms are weighed down by lockdown loans. The profound changes taking place in retail cannot be stopped, but businesses say they need the government to act.\n\nA radical change to the business rates regime is top of most retailers' list of requests. Ministers are already conducting a fundamental review of the rates system and the outcome should be published in the autumn. Confidence is also key at a time when many shoppers are anxious about the ending of the legal requirement to wear a face covering in England.", "Double world champion para-athlete Olivia Breen said she was left angry and speechless after being told to wear \"more appropriate\" shorts.\n\nBreen, 24, says an official at the English Championships on Sunday told her the briefs were \"too short and revealing\".\n\nThe sprinter and long jumper said she was highlighting the incident to stop it happening to others.\n\n\"It made me feel really angry and it's very wrong,\" said Breen.\n\n\"You know they can't comment on what we can and can't wear.\"\n\nBreen won a world championship gold medal in the T35-38 4x100m class in 2015 and again in 2017 in the T38 long jump and has been wearing the same style of competition briefs from her sponsor throughout her career.\n\n\"They are like high-waisted bikini bottoms,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme.\n\n\"I've worn them for nine years, I've never had a problem and we should feel comfortable with what we wear.\n\n\"We want to be as light as possible when we're competing, not having to feel heavy, and to feel comfortable.\n\n\"We should just wear what we're entitled to wear.\"\n\nBreen, who also won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Paralympics, told the programme the incident occurred after she competed in the long jump in Bedford.\n\n\"I'd just finished my competition and was thanking the officials for their help and their support and this official came up to me and said 'can I talk to you?' and I was like yeah, what's the problem?\n\n\"She said 'I think what you're wearing is very revealing and I think you should consider buying shorts'. I didn't know what to say I was left speechless and my first thought process was 'are you joking?'.\"\n\nBreen believes male athletes would not face similar scrutiny or criticism but, after posting about the incident on social media, said other females have told her they have suffered similar experiences.\n\n\"I've never personally felt self-conscious, but yesterday made me feel very angry and obviously from the response on Instagram and Twitter that I've had, it has happened to a lot of young girls and athletes and it needs to change,\" she added.\n\n\"I think people haven't spoken out about it because they feel afraid and I want people to feel confident and speak out about it because it's wrong what happened and this needs to stop happening to us.\n\n\"I'm just going to take it as far as I can. I really want to get the message out there and I obviously want to make a change in female sport so people can't make comments again about what we can and can't wear.\"\n\nAnother British athlete, shot putter Amelia Stricker, said officials who made such \"unnecessary\" comments should not officiate, a point of view Breen shares.\n\n\"Yes I do very strongly [agree],\" she said.\n\n\"They do an amazing job and I really appreciate their support but they can't make comments on what we wear. They are there to do their job and help us, not by commenting on what we wear, regardless.\"\n\nAn England Athletics spokesperson said: \"We are aware of the post and will be investigating as a matter of urgency. The wellbeing of all participants in athletics is of the utmost importance and everyone should feel comfortable to compete and participate in the sport.\"\n\nBBC Wales Sport has learned Breen has since spoken to England Athletics and they will be investigating the incident.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Vaccinating younger teens 'should not be ruled out'\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged the UK vaccines authority not to \"rule out\" offering all teenagers a Covid-19 jab.\n\nChildren over 12 who are at higher risk of falling ill from the virus are to be added to the vaccine programme.\n\nBut the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said there would be little benefit in doing this for all young people.\n\nMs Sturgeon said it was \"extremely important\" this was kept under review.\n\nThe Scottish government is to follow the JCVI advice - which is to offer doses to children with certain health conditions and those who live with other vulnerable people.\n\nBut chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith has written to the group asking that the matter be kept under \"close and ongoing review\".\n\nThe JCVI conducted a study of whether children aged 12 to 17 should all be offered a Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nThey concluded that those with severe neurodisabilities, Down's syndrome, a severely weakened immune system or profound learning disabilities should be offered a jab - along with over-12s who live with someone with a weak immune system.\n\nHowever, the group stopped short of recommending that all teens should be included in the vaccine drive.\n\nProf Anthony Harnden, the group's deputy chairman, said: \"The primary aim of the vaccination programme has always been to prevent hospitalisations and deaths.\n\n\"Based on the fact that previously well children, if they do get Covid-19, are likely to have a very mild form of the disease, the health benefits of vaccinating them are small.\"\n\nOther countries including the US and Canada have added children aged 12 to 17 to their mass vaccination programmes, and Ms Sturgeon said it was important to learn from developments there.\n\nShe said: \"The Scottish government has always followed the advice of the JCVI, and for good reason.\n\n\"But I am acutely aware that some other countries are vaccinating younger teenagers, and I certainly consider it to be extremely important that this is not ruled out here.\n\n\"The chief medical officer is writing to the JCVI asking that the benefit of vaccinating all 12 to 17-year-olds is kept under close and ongoing review and that it takes account of all available data from countries already doing this.\n\n\"I think that is really important - if there is a benefit to be got from vaccinating younger teenagers then it's really important that younger people do not miss out on that.\"\n\nYoung people who are eligible will be offered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, as it is the only one approved for use in children aged 12 to 17 in the UK.\n\nVulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds were already able to get the vaccine, while teenagers within three months of their 18th birthday will also be offered a jab - with the aim of protecting school leavers before they start work or university.\n\nFewer than 30 children have died with Covid-19 in the UK, and the JCVI also says the benefit of vaccinating children to stop them spreading the virus to older age groups is unclear with so many vulnerable adults already fully immunised.\n\nThe Scottish government is encouraging more young people to come forward for vaccination, with the 18 to 29 age group and young men in particular less likely to have had a jab.\n\nThe JCVI has concluded that until there is more safety data on vaccines in children then it is best only to offer it to those for whom there is a direct benefit.\n\nIt says the vast majority of children will experience mild illness if they contract Covid, so at this moment in time the chance of rare vaccine side effects is a greater risk.\n\nBut there is not universal consensus on this view. Some experts say that more attention should be paid to the possible complications of long Covid in children and the use of vaccines to stem the spread of coronavirus.\n\nThe Scottish government has always accepted the advice of the JCVI and will continue to do so here, but the country will face challenges first.\n\nSchools go back earlier here and Scotland generally has higher numbers of under-18s starting college or university than other parts of the UK. That could lead to a very disrupted start to term and some students feeling like they are unprotected as they move into halls of residence.\n\nGiven some other countries are already routinely vaccinating 12-18 year olds, this is one reason why the chief medical officer is writing to the JCVI asking for the decision to be regularly and closely reviewed.\n\nMs Sturgeon said that \"each and every person who gets jagged helps us take a step back to normality\", and that any groups who do not do so present a \"vulnerability against the virus\".\n\nShe said: \"Covid is less of a threat to young people, but that doesn't mean it poses no threat at all.\n\n\"Some young people do need hospital care when they get the virus, some can even end up in intensive care, and as we know young people can get long Covid - which we still don't fully understand the implications of.\n\n\"So please get vaccinated as soon as you possibly can. If you know somebody in a younger age group in your own family who hasn't had the vaccine yet, please encourage them to do so.\n\n\"It is the single most important thing any of us can do right now to give protection to ourselves, to protect others, and to help all of us collectively get back to normality.\"\n\nOpposition parties have called on the Scottish government to do more to push through the final phases of the programme.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross questioned the decision to close the NHS Louisa Jordan vaccination hub at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.\n\nHe said: \"I think we have got to look at opportunities for getting people vaccinated in every part of Scotland and that means keeping the Hydro and other vaccination centres open.\"\n\nAnd Labour's Daniel Johnson said there were still problems with inviting people for jabs, saying some were still not receiving blue letters.\n\nHe said: \"I think there are clear and obvious issues that we never got to the bottom of in terms of how the vaccination programme has been operating, particularly around communication. We need to grapple with those and deal with them instead of brushing them aside.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jon Donnison spoke to some of the migrants trying to make the dangerous journey\n\nFrance will double the number of police patrolling its beaches as part of a deal with the UK to stem the number of migrants crossing the English Channel.\n\nIt comes as the number of people crossing the Channel this year has now overtaken 2020's total.\n\nThe UK will pay more than £54m as part of the deal, which will also improve intelligence sharing.\n\nBut Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont suggested it would not have an impact as the French coastline is too big.\n\nHe told the Today programme: \"The fact is, we've seen it before. Having more money, having more police officers, having more controls, will not prevent people to succeed in these crossing attempts.\n\n\"We have too many kilometres of shore to monitor.\"\n\nThe funding will also be used for better technology to target those who organise the crossings, the Home Office said.\n\nA group of migrants was seen arriving at Dover on Wednesday morning, bringing the total number this year to more than the 8,461 who made the crossing in 2020.\n\nOn Monday at least 430 migrants crossed the Channel - a record for one day. The previous daily high of 416 was set in September last year.\n\nThe Home Office said on Tuesday 287 people had landed in the UK.\n\nUK Home Secretary Priti Patel and French interior minister Gerald Darmanin have agreed to \"strengthen co-operation\" over the crossings.\n\nThe Home Office said UK support last year helped France double the number of officers deployed daily on the beaches of its northern coast.\n\nIt said this resulted in France preventing twice as many crossings so far this year compared with the same period in 2020.\n\nHowever, it said the people who facilitated the crossings had now changed their tactics and had moved further up the French coast, \"forcing migrants to take even longer, riskier journeys\".\n\nMr Dumont added that the French are not supposed to intervene at sea - yet former Border Force chief Tony Smith has called for joint patrols.\n\nMr Smith said: \"That seems to be a step too far for the French at the moment. The French position is they are not prepared to intervene on the high seas, only on land.\"\n\nA group of people thought to be migrants are escorted by Border Patrol in Dungeness on Tuesday\n\nThe new support announced by the UK would enable France \"to respond by posting more security forces further up the coast, installing and utilising the latest surveillance equipment throughout northern France\", the Home Office said.\n\nHome Office minister Victoria Atkins insisted that a £28m deal between the UK and France last November, to double police patrols on French beaches, had made a difference, saying it had prevented some 7,500 people crossing the Channel.\n\nMs Atkins told Today it was an \"incredibly complicated\" situation and that the UK was trying to work with other countries to make sure \"when people arrive in a safe country, they remain there and do not try to make that hazardous journey\". She said the government wanted \"safe routes for legal migrants\" and to crack down on the gangs bringing people over.\n\nFrom the famous White Cliffs of Dover, we watched this morning as another group of migrants was brought to shore by the Border Force, having been picked up in the Channel.\n\nConditions at sea are once again incredibly calm and the sun is shining, so these are unlikely to be the only arrivals today.\n\nAlmost 1,000 people have reached the UK by boat in the past three days, putting pressure on the home secretary to act.\n\nPriti Patel is now pledging more money to the French authorities to try to prevent the crossings. But the deal struck last night is very similar to one agreed between Britain and France last November - which has failed to stem the numbers arriving, though the Home Office points out the number of crossings being prevented by the French authorities has doubled.\n\nThe government here accepts there is no quick and easy fix to problems with the asylum system, but there's no doubt the home secretary will want to see swift results in return for the increased investment in northern France.\n\nMs Patel has previously pledged to make Channel crossings \"unviable\", with new legislation that will make it a crime to knowingly arrive in the UK without permission.\n\nThe Nationality and Borders Bill, which is currently being considered by MPs, will mean migrants entering without permission could face up to four years in prison.\n\nThe government hopes the overhaul of asylum rules will deter migrants from making the crossing.\n\nBut the plans have been criticised by charities including Refugee Action, which has called them \"extreme and nasty\".\n\nA dinghy's arrival being watched over by the crew of an RNLI lifeboat\n\nDan O'Mahoney, Clandestine Channel Threat Commander for the Home Office, said: \"There is an unacceptable rise in dangerous small boat crossings across the Channel because of a surge in illegal migration across Europe.\n\n\"People should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach and not risk their lives making these dangerous crossings. We are continuing to pursue the criminals behind these illegal crossings.\"\n\nHe added that the Nationality and Borders Bill would \"protect lives and break this cycle of illegal crossings\" and the government was continuing to return those with no legal right to remain in the UK.\n\nBut Amnesty International's Steve Valdez-Symonds told the BBC the new legislation was an \"extremely reckless and dangerous response\" to the issue and would not tackle the problem of people smugglers.\n\nInstead, he said it was likely to drive desperate people to avoid the authorities, leaving them vulnerable to further exploitation and slavery.\n\nLabour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Home Office announcement was \"yet more empty words from the Conservatives about agreeing a deal with France to address trafficking gangs\".\n\nHe said ministers promised a plan with France in August 2020, \"yet almost a year later they are still making empty promises, letting down victims, and allowing criminals to continue their evil trade\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'This is what life's about' - clubbers in England enjoy a return to the dancefloor\n\nPlans to make Covid vaccine passports mandatory at nightclubs are \"deeply concerning,\" Greater Manchester's night-time economy advisor has said.\n\nFull vaccination will be a condition of entry to clubs and other venues with large crowds from September.\n\nSacha Lord, who runs the Warehouse Project club nights, said the government \"appears to have wiped out live gigs for a whole generation\".\n\nThe government said it had launched a hospitality strategy to help.\n\nThe announcement came on the day nightclubs were allowed to reopen after almost 18 months of closure.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told a press conference earlier: \"I don't want to have to close nightclubs again as they have elsewhere. But it does mean nightclubs need to do the socially responsible thing.\n\n\"As we said last week, we do reserve the right to mandate certification at any point if it's necessary to reduce transmission.\"\n\nMr Lord said the industry had been taken by surprise by the latest announcement.\n\n\"I am not a scientist or a doctor, but I am deeply concerned by the discriminatory nature for those who either can't have the vaccine for medical reasons or age, or who do not want to,\" he said.\n\n\"With this one move, the Government appears to have wiped out live gigs for a whole generation.\"\n\nHe added: \"How will nightclubs now compete against pubs and bars down the road where these restrictions aren't needed, or attract punters who can just as easily have a house party without these enforcements in place.\n\n\"I have been in the nightlife and events industry for over 25 years, but I cannot see any reason why anyone would now want to enter this sector with such financially damaging restrictions in place.\"\n\nHe said over the last 18 months businesses had seen how the government \"has really not understood\" their needs and how they operate.\n\nHe added: \"The ten o'clock curfew is a perfect example, pushing hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets at exactly the same time. That did far worse than good.\n\n\"We saw ridiculous substantial meal rules - the Scotch egg rule.\n\n\"I took them to the High Court to compel them to drop that, which saved many businesses and jobs across the whole of the UK.\n\n\"So time and time again, we have seen so many mistakes.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We appreciate the significant impact the pandemic has had on the hospitality industry - including the night-time economy.\n\n\"[This] is why, on top of our unprecedented £352bn package of business support, just last week we launched our hospitality strategy to help the sector recover as well as boost resilience long-term.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Government officials were too slow to tell many women they would be affected by the rising state pension age, the Parliamentary Ombudsman has ruled.\n\nThe finding brings the prospect of compensation closer for thousands of women born in the 1950s who have long been furious about the issue.\n\nIt marks a significant victory for the Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaign.\n\nHowever, the ombudsman has no power to refund \"lost\" pensions.\n\nIt is also unable to recommend that anyone receive their state pension any earlier than the current law allows.\n\nAngela Madden, who chairs the Waspi campaign, said: \"The findings reinforce what we, unfortunately, knew all along; that the DWP failed to adequately inform 3.8 million 1950s-born women that their state pension age would be increasing.\n\n\"These women have been waiting for many years for compensation. We cannot wait any longer. We are calling on the government to agree fair and adequate compensation rather than allow what has become a vicious cycle of government inaction to continue.\"\n\nThe age at which people receive the state pension has been increasing as people live longer, and currently stands at 66 for men and women.\n\nThe increases have been controversial. Campaigners claim women born in the 1950s have been treated unfairly by rapid changes and the way they were communicated to those affected.\n\nMany thousands said they had no idea they would have to wait longer to receive their state pension, and had suffered financial and emotional distress as a result.\n\nThe ombudsman's initial finding of maladministration by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) centres on a delay in providing direct information to this group of women.\n\nWhile some women were aware of the general policy change, they did not know it would affect them personally.\n\nThe ombudsman said that letters should have been sent directly to these women more than two years earlier than they were. For some, the delay was much longer.\n\n\"We have found that DWP failed to act quickly enough once it knew a significant proportion of women were not aware of changes to their state pension age,\" said Amanda Amroliwala, chief executive of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.\n\n\"It should have written to the women affected at least 28 months earlier than it did. We will now consider the impact of these failings, and what action should be taken to address them.\"\n\nMs Madden, from Waspi, said the DWP's own research showed that women were not sufficiently aware of the changes \"yet they failed to act\".\n\n\"This inaction had devastating and life-altering impacts on women across the country,\" she said.\n\nThe ombudsman considered six sample cases, but said the DWP should apply any subsequent recommendations to all of those affected.\n\nWhereas Waspi has called for bridging payments, the separate Backto60 group has campaigned for the state pension age for women affected to be returned to 60, and for these women to be refunded the pensions they had \"lost\" owing to the changes.\n\nThe ombudsman has no power to do so, but it can recommend compensation is paid to those affected by the DWP's maladministration.\n\nThere is no timeline for the remainder of its investigations, but it is planning to move as quickly as possible.\n\nIt is unable to recommend any change in policy, which could have brought much larger sums in compensation. A series of court decisions found in favour of the government in terms of the changing pension age itself.\n\nA DWP spokesman said: \"Both the High Court and Court of Appeal have supported the actions of the DWP, under successive governments dating back to 1995, and the Supreme Court refused the claimants permission to appeal.\n\n\"In a move towards gender equality, it was decided more than 25 years ago to make the state pension age the same for men and women.\"", "Mr Castillo won the popular vote in elections last month, but was accused of voter fraud by right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori\n\nPedro Castillo has been declared president-elect of Peru, weeks after winning the popular vote in a tightly-contested run-off election.\n\nThe country's election authority announced its verdict after reviewing claims of electoral fraud by his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori.\n\nMr Castillo, a 51-year-old former school teacher and union leader, secured just over 50% of the votes.\n\nHe will now be sworn in as Peru's president on 28 July.\n\nAfter the jury announced its verdict, Mr Castillo gave a speech in the capital, Lima.\n\n\"We are going to work together and bring this country together,\" said Mr Castillo, according to news outlet RPP. \"We are going to reject anything that goes against democracy.\"\n\nIn a tweet, Peru's current President Francisco Sagasti said he welcomed the announcement.\n\n\"May this be the beginning of a new stage of reconciliation, consensus and unity,\" he added.\n\nMr Castillo burst onto the national scene four years ago when he led thousands of teachers on successful strike over pay.\n\nDuring his presidential campaign, Mr Castillo pledged to nationalise Peru's lucrative mining and hydrocarbon sectors, and said he would aim to create a million new jobs in a year.\n\nHe also proposed re-introducing the death penalty to help tackle crime.\n\nMr Castillo won last month's election by a margin of only 44,000 votes - beating Ms Fujimori in her third bid for the presidency.\n\nHe has previously claimed victory, but a series of legal challenges by Ms Fujimori delayed an official verdict from election officials.\n\nMs Fujimori had provided little evidence of her claims of election fraud, and Castillo's Free Peru party has rejected the accusations. Electoral observers, including the Organisation of American States, have also said they have found no irregularities.\n\nAhead of Monday night's announcement, Ms Fujimori said she would accept the result.\n\n\"The truth will come out anyway,\" she added. \"We are all going to work together to re-establish legitimacy in our country.\"\n\nMs Fujimori is the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is in jail serving a 25-year sentence for crimes including corruption and human rights abuses.\n\nMs Fujimori herself is being investigated for alleged corruption and money laundering, claims she says are politically motivated. Her failure to become president means prosecutors can now proceed with the charges against her.\n\nYou might also be interested in:\n\nHow communities come together to replace an Inca rope bridge.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The rope bridge that's been rewoven for over 500 years", "Industry bodies have reacted with dismay at the government's plan for firms to apply for staff to be exempt from coronavirus self-isolation rules.\n\nThe government has said there will be no list of critical workers exempt from isolating rules and exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\".\n\nKaren Dee, chief executive of the airport operators association, said the scheme was \"simply unworkable\".\n\nThe food supply industry called for clarity on how the scheme would work.\n\nThe new policy comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that fully-vaccinated people in critical roles in England would be able to continue working even if told to self-isolate after being in close contact with someone who has Covid. The new rule is limited to those without Covid symptoms.\n\nIndividual businesses will have to contact their relevant government department to apply for any exemption.\n\nThose deemed eligible, which includes NHS and care staff, will be able to take daily tests instead.\n\nDowning Street said that the first exemptions around self-isolation have been given in some critical sectors.\n\nThe number of exceptions outside of the NHS is expected to be relatively small, and not reach the high tens of thousands.\n\nThere are ongoing discussions with companies in critical industries.\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said: \"A number of those exemptions are in process of being granted or have been granted.\"\n\nFirms have warned of increasing staff shortages caused by people being forced to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app. Iceland and Greene King said on Monday they had had to shut shops and pubs as a result.\n\nBusiness lobby group the CBI has warned that the problem could hamper the economic recovery.\n\nRod McKenzie, of the Road Haulage Association, said the plan felt like it had been \"thought up on the hoof without proper organisation or thought\".\n\n\"Truckers were classed as essential workers at the start of the pandemic; now they may be or may not be,\" he said.\n\n\"It's too confusing. The criteria isn't clear and it risks being both unfair and devastating to an already creaking supply chain.\"\n\nMs Dee, of the airport operators association, said the government \"must reconsider and exempt categories of workers\", such as airport security staff and air traffic controllers from the requirement to self-isolate.\n\n\"As 24-hour operations, we need clear rules that are workable and easy to implement or there is a risk of unnecessary temporary closures,\" she said.\n\n\"Applying for each individual for an exemption from self-quarantine if they are 'pinged' is simply unworkable.\"\n\nShane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, said: \"What is the application process for businesses to use this? Who will qualify? Do you have to prove you are severely affected? How long will it take?\n\n\"If it's not simple and quick, it will not help and most businesses will have to ignore it.\n\nHe said the number of people absent in the food sector due to isolation requests was \"growing exponentially across the food supply chain\".\n\nAndrew Selley is the chief executive of food wholesaler Bidfood, which has about 5,000 employees across the UK and 24 depots.\n\nHe said the number of staff who were self-isolating changed on a day-to-day basis, but added the company had \"well over 100 people\" off at the moment.\n\nThe firm, which has large contracts with schools, hospitals and prisons, recently had half a shift off at one depot due to staff being told to isolate.\n\nMr Selley said it was a \"little ridiculous\" to expect individual companies to seek exemptions for staff who had been told to self-isolate.\n\nHe added entire sectors, such as food supply, should be exempted and the government's scheme should work in the \"same way it did for key workers\" at the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nThe government has said it is \"crucial\" for people to quarantine after being \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid-19 app.\n\nIts message comes after business minister Paul Scully said it was a decision for individuals and employers whether they should isolate after a \"ping\" from the app.\n\nThe Times reported that another minister in the business department, Lord Grimstone of Boscobel, stressed in a letter to one large employer that the app was only an \"advisory tool\" and that people were not under any \"legal duty\".\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesman said \"business-critical areas\" would be able to apply to be exempt from isolating.\n\n\"It's not a blanket exemption and my understanding is we're not going to be producing a list covering individual sectors,\" he said.\n\n\"It's important that anyone who feels they're in a critical industry or wants to raise potential issues because of isolation are able to contact departments and get advice and where necessary get exemptions.\"\n\nAsked specifically about supermarket workers, the spokesman said: \"We're not seeking to draw lines specifically around who or who is not exempt.\n\n\"What's important is to make sure critical services are able to function and get that balance right between requiring people to isolate... but also making sure critical services can function.\"", "Production at some of Nike's largest plants in Vietnam has been disrupted as Covid has spread through factories.\n\nThe company refused to comment on whether store supplies would see shortages as a result of the outbreak.\n\nAbout half of Nike's shoes were manufactured in Vietnam in the last financial year, so this will mean challenges for its supply chain.\n\nVietnam has seen a record rise in cases since last April with many infection clusters in its industrial provinces.\n\nApple, Samsung and Puma could also be affected by the surge in cases recorded at suppliers' factories in the country.\n\n\"The health and safety of our teammates, as well as that of our suppliers, remains our top priority,\" a statement from Nike said.\n\nNike said the company would continue to work with its suppliers to support them in response to the rise in Covid cases.\n\n\"We are confident in Nike's ability to navigate these near-term dynamics, and we remain prudent in our planning,\" the statement added.\n\nOne of Nike's worst affected suppliers in the region, Pou Chen Corp, also makes footwear for Adidas and is the world's largest manufacturer of branded trainers.\n\nIt suspended operations at its plant in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday due to the outbreak in infections.\n\nIn a statement, the country's health ministry said Pou Chen's Pouyuen Vietnam factory would be suspended for 10 days.\n\nThe factory is Ho Chi Minh City's largest employer, with a total of 56,000 workers. But it was unable to stay open and arrange for its workers to sleep at the factory, as was required by authorities to limit the spread of infections, according to the health ministry.\n\nNike employs over 450,000 workers in the country, 80 % of whom are women.\n\nSimilar challenges could also be faced for Puma, whose footwear is also manufactured in the country. Apple and Samsung also have large suppliers in the worst affected factories in the northern region of Vietnam.\n\nApple did not give a comment on whether the outbreak will mean item shortages in shops, while Adidas, Puma and Samsung did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for comment.\n\nSamsung makes around half of its phones in Vietnam and has had to stop work at three factories in Ho Chin Minh City. According to the health ministry's website, Samsung Electronics is planning for workers to sleep at the plants and has currently cut its staffing to 3,000 from 7,000.\n\nMany firms had begun to move their production from China to countries such as Vietnam as a result of challenges from tariffs over the course of the pandemic.\n\nDr Patsy Perry, senior lecturer in fashion business at Manchester Metropolitan University, told the BBC these problems are compounded by the Covid-related surge in demand for athletic wear as people have been spending more time at home.\n\n\"This shows the risk of overreliance on a particular sourcing region,\" she explained.\n\nBu, Dr Perry said that Nike's manufacturing map means it could potentially move production the other countries, depending how agile its supply chain relationships are.\n\n\"Costs might increase in the short term if it needs to move production into more expensive areas, but it's more important to service demand than risking a stock-out situation,\" Dr Perry added.\n\nDr Steve New, professor of operations management at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, told the BBC that previously, because Vietnam has been effective at containing Covid, it has been able to respond rapidly with short local shutdowns. But he said that as the situation worsens, \"it will be much harder to pursue this approach without much more significant disruption to the supply chain.\"\n\nVietnam has vaccinated around 4% of its 100 million population. Its capital Hanoi has stopped all non-essential services due to new clusters of Covid infections and on Sunday urged its citizens to stay at home.\n\nThe government added factory workers to its vaccine priority list after the rise in cases in late April forced manufacturing areas in the north of the country to close.", "Some fully vaccinated people in critical roles in England will be able to continue working even if told to self-isolate after being in close contact with someone who has Covid.\n\nInstead those eligible - including NHS and care staff - will be able to take daily tests, the government said.\n\nA list of critical workers is due to be published, but the PM said it included food, utility and border staff.\n\nIt follows mounting criticism of the impact of self-isolation on industry.\n\nThose eligible will be specifically named on a letter from a government department. \"This is not a blanket exemption for any sector or role,\" a government spokesman said.\n\nThe new rule is limited to those without Covid symptoms and was announced as most remaining curbs in England ended on Monday, including face mask laws.\n\nMeanwhile, a further 39,950 cases were recorded on Monday alongside another 19 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told a news conference that test, trace and isolate was still an \"essential\" part of the government's Covid response.\n\nHe said close contacts of positive cases were five times more likely to contract Covid and that a \"continuing sacrifice\" would be required.\n\nSpeaking while isolating at his country residence, Mr Johnson said workers involved in the supply of food, water and electricity, as well as staff on the border and on the railways, would be among those exempt from self-isolation.\n\nBut he said this would be for work purposes only and involve a \"very, very small number of named critical workers\" with employers contacted by letter.\n\nHe added that the government did not want to \"extend it too widely because this is one of the few shots we've got left in our locker to stop the chain reaction of the spread of Covid\".\n\nAlthough it was unclear exactly which jobs would be eligible, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi earlier confirmed the change would apply to health and social care workers in England.\n\nIn Scotland, NHS staff will shortly receive similar guidance on self-isolation, deputy chief medical officer Dr Dave Caesar said.\n\nIt came as Mr Zahawi confirmed a limited group of children, many with underlying conditions, would be eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as soon as possible in England.\n\nHe also confirmed that proof of full vaccination would be required in \"large crowded settings\" such as nightclubs from the end of September in England - after all over-18s have had the chance to receive both vaccine doses.\n\nUnder current self-isolation rules in England, anyone who is traced as a close contact of a confirmed positive case must isolate for 10 days, whether or not they have received both doses of a vaccine.\n\nAn upcoming change from 16 August will mean people who are fully vaccinated will be able to skip isolation by taking a daily Covid test.\n\nUnder-18s will also no longer be required to self-isolate from 16 August if they are contact traced.\n\nSimilar rules are due to come into force in Scotland from 9 August - and in Wales from 7 August.\n\nMr Johnson, along with Chancellor Rishi Sunak, is self-isolating after being in close contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive over the weekend after feeling unwell on Friday evening.\n\nThe PM appeared at Monday's news conference via video call from Buckinghamshire, alongside England's deputy chief medical officer Prof Jonathan Van-Tam and the UK's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance in Downing Street.\n\nAmid a surge in infections linked to the Delta virus variant, a BBC analysis previously showed more than 4.5 million people could be asked to self-isolate between 7 July and 16 August.\n\nFigures last week showed more than 530,000 contact tracing alerts were sent from the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales between 1 July and 7 July.\n\nPeople can also be told to self-isolate through a separate process run by NHS Test and Trace backed by laws.\n\nPub chains, supermarkets and other businesses have warned of the crippling effect blanket stay-at-home orders for close contacts were having on their operations.\n\nTheatre impresario Andrew Lloyd-Webber said on Monday that self-isolation rules had forced the cancellation of performances of his new West End show Cinderella.\n\nEach UK nation is in charge of its own coronavirus regulations. England ended most of its remaining restrictions on Monday, while Scotland also eased some curbs as it moved to level zero.\n\nSome restrictions were lifted in Wales on Saturday, bringing an end to social-distancing outside. In Northern Ireland, a new Covid-19 certificate app is being prepared for launch next week amid a \"final push\" to get younger people vaccinated.\n\nThe number of daily Covid cases is often lower at the beginning of the week due to reporting delays and a \"weekend effect\".\n\nThe number of patients admitted to hospital with Covid in the last seven days was 39.5% higher than the previous week, government data showed, with 4,317 admissions over the latest period.\n\nThe number of deaths in the last seven days was 48% higher than the previous week, with 296 recorded.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on the first human flight of New Shepard\n\nBillionaire Jeff Bezos has made a short journey to space, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard.\n\nHe was accompanied by Mark Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race, and an 18-year-old student.\n\nThey travelled in a capsule with the biggest windows flown in space, offering stunning views of the Earth.\n\nWhen the capsule touched back down after the 10-minute, 10-second flight, Jeff Bezos exclaimed: \"Best day ever!\"\n\nNew Shepard, built by Bezos' company Blue Origin, is designed to serve the burgeoning market for space tourism.\n\nAmazon founder Mr Bezos - and other participants in the \"billionaire space race\" - have been criticised for offering what some see as joy rides for the super-wealthy. Critics say the money could be spent on pay rises for employees or fighting climate change.\n\nHowever, Mr Bezos insists he has an environmental vision: \"We need to take all heavy industry, all polluting industry and move it into space, and keep Earth as this beautiful gem of a planet that it is,\" he told MSNBC.\n\n\"It's going to take decades and decades to achieve, but you have to start, and big things start with small steps... that's what this sub-orbital tourism mission allows us to do, it allows us to practice over and over.\"\n\nOn this flight was the oldest person who has been to space - Ms Funk - and the youngest, student Oliver Daemen.\n\nThe spacecraft lifted off at 14:12 BST (09:12 EDT) from a private launch site near Van Horn, Texas.\n\nAt a post-launch news briefing, Jeff Bezos said: \"My expectations were high and they were dramatically exceeded.\"\n\nTwo minutes into the flight, the capsule separated from its rocket and continued upwards towards the Karman Line - the most widely recognised boundary of space, that lies 100km up. The newly minted-astronauts shouted \"wow!\" and cheered.\n\nThe moment the capsule touched down in the West Texas desert\n\nThe post-flight briefing was shown video of the occupants performing somersaults and tumbles during four minutes of weightlessness. Stunning views of the Earth could be seen outside.\n\nJeff Bezos said he was surprised by the sensation of microgravity: \"It felt so normal,\" he explained.\n\nMs Funk added: \"It was great, I loved it, I can hardly wait to go again.\"\n\nIn the 1960s, Ms Funk was one member of a group of women called the Mercury 13. They underwent the same screening tests as male astronauts, but never got to fly under the US national space programme.\n\nMr Bezos told CBS News on Monday: \"Wally can outrun all of us. During the Mercury 13, she was better than all the men and I can guarantee that's still true today.\"\n\nBezos' brother Mark, 53, is a senior vice president at Robin Hood, a New York-based charity.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOliver Daemen is the son of a Dutch financier. He had originally secured a seat on the second flight, but was drafted in to replaced the anonymous winner of a public auction who had to pull out from the trip with Bezos.\n\nThe capsule reached a maximum altitude of around 107km (351,210ft) before starting its descent, parachuting down to a soft landing in the West Texas desert.\n\nMr Bezos was delighted as he stepped out of the capsule after landing\n\nThe passengers' families were at the landing site to greet them\n\nOn the way down, Jeff Bezos told mission control: \"You have a very happy crew up here.\"\n\nMark revealed that iconic items from aviation history were brought along on the flight. These included a piece of canvas used on the Wright brothers' first plane, a medallion made from the vehicle that performed the first hot air balloon flight in 1783 and a pair of goggles used by pilot Amelia Earhart.\n\nJeff Bezos recently resigned as chief executive of Amazon, the e-commerce giant he founded, in order to concentrate on his other ventures, including Blue Origin.\n• None Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on New Shepard. Video, 00:02:17Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on New Shepard", "A plan to crack down on online rip-offs including making it illegal for people to write or host fake reviews has been outlined by the government.\n\nThe proposals would see bigger fines for firms that trick consumers into spending more than they want to online.\n\nBusinesses offering subscriptions would also be required to make clear exactly what consumers are signing up for and allow them to cancel easily.\n\nConsumer champion Which? said the plans should be \"swiftly implemented\".\n\nRocio Concha, Which? director of policy and advocacy, said the pandemic had highlighted weaknesses in consumer protections that allowed \"unscrupulous businesses to exploit customers\".\n\nBusinesses will be prevented from manipulating customers to spend more than they want\n\nUnder the government's proposals, regulators would receive help to stamp out tactics used to manipulate people browsing for goods and services online.\n\nThis includes punishing businesses that trick consumers into spending more than they want to, and \"negative nudges\" - when businesses pay to have their product feature highly on a trader's website while hiding the fact they paid for it.\n\nThe government said it would also get tough on prepayment schemes such as Christmas savings clubs - where customers choose Christmas hampers and vouchers months in advance, and then make regular payments towards the goods over the course of the year.\n\nUnder the plans such schemes would have to safeguard customers' money in future. The aim is to prevent scandals such as Farepak, which saw tens of thousands of people lose all they had saved for Christmas when the company went bust in 2006.\n\nFor the used car and home improvement sectors where consumers often make big one-off purchases, the government will make it mandatory for businesses to take part in arbitration or mediation where disputes arise over a transaction, so that consumer gripes are not dragged through the courts.\n\nFor many of us it's become almost second nature to check a review site before buying or booking everything from restaurants, to holiday accommodation or trades people. Reviews matter, and that's why a whole industry has been spawned paying people to churn out fake positive reviews.\n\nThe regulator has been making noises about trying to clamp down for a while, but now the government wants to tighten up the rules and make it illegal to pay someone to write or host a fake review. Hitting the host sites as well as the company being reviewed is the easier and potentially more effective way of trying to tackle the problem, rather than playing whack-a-mole with individual reviews that emerge.\n\nThe difficulty, as ever, is going to be enforcement because regulators are always playing catch-up. New teeth for the Competition and Markets Authority will help but can never provide full protection for consumers.\n\nBusiness Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the government was \"giving businesses confidence that they're competing on fair terms, and the public confidence they're getting a good deal\".\n\nConsumer and small business minister Paul Scully added: \"When consumers part with their hard-earned cash, they've got every right to expect they'll get their money's worth. Cowboy builders aren't welcome in 21st century Britain.\"\n\nThe government's proposals are part of a new consultation on reforming competition and consumer policy to give the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) enhanced powers to tackle consumer rip-offs and bad business practices.\n\nThe government said there would be tougher penalties for those who break the law, with new powers for the CMA to issue fines of up to 10% of a firm's global turnover.\n\nThe new legislation will make it illegal for people to leave fake reviews\n\nOther punishments which the CMA could enforce include disqualifying company directors who make false declarations to the regulator and being able to block so-called \"killer acquisitions\", where big businesses snap up prospective rivals before they can launch new services or products.\n\nThe CMA will be able to enforce consumer law directly, rather than having to go through a court process, the government said.\n\nThe watchdog will also be required produce regular \"state of competition\" reports under the plans to look at the vibrancy of competition in the UK's markets.", "Ateeq Rafiq died after becoming trapped under a Gold Class chair at Vue cinema, based at StarCity in Birmingham\n\nThe Vue cinema chain has been fined £750,000 for safety breaches which led to the death of a man who became trapped under a chair.\n\nIt was also ordered to pay £130,000 in costs for what Judge Heidi Kubik QC said was \"an accident that never should have happened\".\n\nAteeq Rafiq died in March 2018 after he was crushed by a motorised footrest at Birmingham's Star City cinema.\n\nThe judge said there had been a \"complete lack of a risk assessment\".\n\nMr Rafiq, 24, became trapped after searching for his keys and the father-of-one, from Aston, suffered \"catastrophic\" brain injuries.\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive said the force that came down on him was the equivalent to a weight of three-quarters of a tonne.\n\nAnd an inquest, which ended in a verdict of accidental death, was told the reclining chair had been missing a bar that would have allowed him to be released by hand.\n\nThe inquest jury foreman said there had been \"missed opportunities to undertake comprehensive safety checks of the chairs\".\n\n\"If the seat had been fitted and maintained in the correct manner, Mr Rafiq would not have died,\" he said.\n\nVue Entertainment Ltd pleaded guilty in April 2021 to failing to carry out an adequate risk assessment and failing to ensure the safety of visitors to the cinema.\n\nJudge Kubik said: \"Nothing I can say can ameliorate the loss suffered by his wife and family.\n\n\"It is conceded that clearly a number of members of the public were exposed to the same risk of harm. The complete lack of a risk assessment was a significant cause of the actual harm that resulted.\"\n\nBut she also accepted mitigation presented by the cinema chain and said: \"It is obviously positive mitigation on behalf of this company that they have no previous convictions or matters coming before the court. They have a very positive health and safety record.\"\n\nThe prosecution was brought by Birmingham City Council, with the support of the Health and Safety Executive.\n\nSpeaking after the sentence, councillor Philip Davis, the chair of the Licensing and Public Protection Committee, said: \"As a result of these failings by Vue, a young man who had gone to the cinema with his wife suffered fatal injuries.\n\n\"People go to the cinema to enjoy films with friends and family, no-one should have to consider whether their safety is at risk while watching a film.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nBoris Johnson was reluctant to tighten Covid restrictions as cases rose last autumn because he thought people dying from it were \"essentially all over 80\", his former chief adviser says. Dominic Cummings tells the BBC the prime minister messaged him to say: \"I no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff.\" A Downing Street spokesperson said Mr Johnson had three times prevented the NHS from being overwhelmed by imposing national lockdowns and during the pandemic has \"taken the necessary action to protect lives and livelihoods, guided by the best scientific advice\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson \"put his own interests ahead of people's lives\"\n\nThe government will give more details today about its plans to relax isolation rules for critical workers in England who are \"pinged\" by the NHS Test and Trace app. The prime minister has said some fully vaccinated food, utility and border workers will join nurses and care staff in qualifying for the exemption. You can read more about the current self-isolation rules here.\n\nHospitalisations due to coronavirus are rising, even as the UK's nations have been gradually easing restrictions. We hear from patients at a hospital in Nottingham, who urge the public to continue to take precautions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. On patient says she's undergoing \"the worst experience\"\n\nSome dubbed Monday's easing of restrictions a \"Grand Reopening\". But it's far from business-as-usual for most companies as the pandemic continues to affect the way they trade. We hear from small businesses in York, where some still strongly encourage use of masks, others are struggling with staff isolation and many are missing international tourists.\n\nDespite the reopening, in York many firms do not expect the streets to be packed any time soon.\n\nThe start of the school summer holidays have combined with the current heatwave to give a welcome boost to pandemic-hit Welsh resorts. But are differences in Welsh and English national rules on wearing masks causing problems with tourists? \"People realise the rules are not the same but on the whole they are very good,\" says beach shop worker Diane Simons. Read how others feel.\n\nMs Simons said she would not challenge people who did not wear masks\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nWith hundreds of thousands of UK children at higher risk from coronavirus infection to be offered a Covid vaccine, here's who is eligible and why.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStolen cars being sent freewheeling down a residential hill during a riot were already a \"known danger\" to authorities, it has been claimed.\n\nFather-of-two Adam Romain had to flee his house after it was targeted in the riots in Swansea in May when he tried to stop youths setting fire to his car.\n\nHe claimed he warned police and Swansea council in February after a car was sent down his road in Mayhill.\n\nThe council said it was \"isolated\" and there was a \"bigger discussion\".\n\nIt comes after a joint review was announced to understand why rioting broke out in the Waun Wen Road area of Mayhill where \"yobs\" torched cars and threw bricks at houses on 20 May.\n\nSeven police officers were injured in the violence - involving about \"100 lads\" according to witnesses - which was condemned by First Minister Mark Drakeford as \"completely unacceptable\" and Home Secretary Priti Patel as \"disgraceful\".\n\nPolice have since made about 30 arrests, and now an independent panel of experts, including South Wales Police, its Police and Crime Commissioner and Swansea council, will investigate why the disturbance happened.\n\nMr Romain was targeted after he tried to stop rioters attacking his car - but the delivery driver had to flee his home after they started throwing missiles at his house.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Adam Romain pleads for police help as his children scream during riot\n\nBut he has claimed he warned the authorities about possible unrest on the Mayhill estate.\n\n\"Back in February we had an incident which was about 02:00,\" he recalled.\n\n\"A vehicle was taken from the top of the hill and basically freewheeled down.\"\n\nHe said it came \"flying down\" and smashed \"through this barrier\" put half-way down the steep Waun Wen Road near the house he has lived in for four years.\n\nAdam Romain said this car was stolen and pushed down the hill in February\n\nA crashed stolen car after it was rolled down Swansea's steep Waun Wen Road in February\n\n\"It hit both and landed in that diagonal way across the road,\" said Mr Romain.\n\n\"The police and the council would have known now because of this event that there is a danger and the bollards were not going to protect very much.\n\n\"It was a known danger already, we did request some concrete bollards, it would be interesting to know how we can improve the response towards the communities issues.\"\n\nMr Romain's mother Christina added: \"This is an extreme inaction, failing and people should be made accountable.\"\n\nThe leader of the council insisted there were plans in place to prevent anti-social behaviour on the road - but they had not yet been introduced.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"That issue, as far as I'm aware, was isolated,\" said councillor Rob Stewart, who had previously called the violence \"disgusting behaviour by yobs\".\n\n\"There was a much bigger discussion going on around motorcycles, about people being able to cycle fast up and down the hill.\n\n\"That meant we were looking at a much different solution to just putting a bollard in.\n\n\"We are looking at a park and play area, a re-greening of the whole area - a complete break in the area between this road and that road.\n\n\"The solution being worked up was one that was a much better solution for the community.\n\n\"I don't hold to the premise even putting these in would have prevented somebody trying to roll a car down if they were criminal and intent on criminal activity on that evening.\"\n\nFamilies spoke of being trapped in houses, with police being \"pelted with rocks\" as they tried to break up the riot.\n\nSouth Wales Police's response has been criticised by some residents after a vigil for 19-year-old Ethan Powell, who had recently died, turned into violence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Adam Romain says his family are leaving Mayhill because they no longer feel safe\n\n\"I can fully appreciate that for the people living on Waun Wen Road, and the surrounding areas, this would have been a terrifying experience for them,\" said Chief Supt Jo Maal.\n\n\"In terms of the response, we will look at all of these aspects. What calls were made to us and over what period of time we responded. But that will become apparent in due course.\"\n\nMr Romain, for example, said he dialled 999 on three occasions after coming back to his home after a frantic call from his partner.\n\n\"It felt like I was driving into a war zone,\" Mr Romain told BBC Wales Investigates.\n\n\"They gave some explanations but nothing was satisfactory. Nothing that they said to me was 'ok, I understand completely'.\n\n\"There were some individual officers [who] apologised. They accept that there was a failing on that side.\"\n\nThere are plans to regenerate that area of Swansea, collectively known as \"the hill\", which overlooks the city and Swansea Bay.\n\n\"There will be and there has been significant investment in Mayhill, Townhill and Gors,\" said Mr Stewart.\n\n\"About £50m has gone into housing on the hill. That investment has gone in but we're on a journey to try and shore up the community, to support it as we come out of the Covid pandemic.\"\n\nBBC Wales Investigates: Mayhill Riot. BBC1 Wales on Wednesday at 19:30 BST or catch-up after on BBCiPlayer.", "A massive clean up operation is under way in Germany\n\nGermany's government has hit back at criticism over its warning systems after the worst flooding in decades left at least 160 people dead.\n\nThe deluge caught many off guard, sweeping away houses and leaving residents trapped in rising waters. More than 170 people are still missing.\n\nThe opposition Green Party said the disaster showed Germany must prepare better for extreme weather events.\n\nLocal communities should decide how to respond, he said. Under Germany's political system, regional states are responsible for emergency efforts.\n\n\"It would be completely inconceivable for such a catastrophe to be managed centrally from any one place - you need local knowledge,\" he said.\n\nHe called the criticism \"cheap election rhetoric\". Germany votes in September to elect a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel. She is retiring after 16 years in power.\n\nFlood warning systems sent out alerts a few days before the heavy rain. However, they failed to reach many residents or officials in time.\n\nArmin Schuster, head of the Federal Office for Civil Protection, said \"the warning infrastructure wasn't our problem, but the effectiveness with which authorities and the population reacted to these warnings\".\n\nHe said \"we sent out 150 warnings via our apps, via the media\". But in many cases, he said, it was impossible to predict even half an hour ahead which places would be hit hardest.\n\nBut some have questioned the usefulness of warning apps, as the floods severed many phone links.\n\nMany factors contribute to flooding, but a warming atmosphere caused by climate change makes extreme rainfall more likely.\n\nOn the ground the risk of floods is easing as the weather improves.\n\nIn the severely hit Ahrweiler area, in Rhineland-Palatinate, the death toll rose to 117 on Monday. In North Rhine-Westphalia, at least 46 people died.\n\nA massive clean-up is under way. German media report oil pollution of rivers, including parts of the Rhine, from heating oil in flooded cellars and abandoned cars.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe government is considering an aid package of about €400m (£344m; $470m).\n\nDonations, including clothes and other essentials for people left homeless, have poured in from other parts of Germany.\n\nA priority is to provide drinking water. In some flooded areas, officials say, damaged water pipes cannot be repaired quickly.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson \"put his own interests ahead of people's lives\"\n\nBoris Johnson was reluctant to tighten Covid restrictions as cases rose last autumn because he thought people dying from it were \"essentially all over 80\", Dominic Cummings has claimed.\n\nHe also said the prime minister had messaged him to say: \"I no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff.\"\n\nMr Johnson had wanted to let Covid \"wash through the country\" rather than destroy the economy, Mr Cummings said.\n\nThe claims came in an interview with BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nIt is the first time Mr Cummings - Mr Johnson's former chief adviser - has given a one-on-one TV interview during his career in politics.\n\nIn response, Downing Street said the prime minister had taken the \"necessary action to protect lives and livelihoods, guided by the best scientific advice\" throughout the pandemic.\n\nAnd the government had prevented the NHS \"from being overwhelmed through three national lockdowns\", a spokesperson added.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview, Mr Cummings also said that, near the start of the pandemic last year, Mr Johnson had wanted to keep his weekly face-to-face meetings with the Queen going - but he had to warn his boss that she might die if she caught coronavirus.\n\nAnd he defended his controversial decision to drive to his parents' farm in County Durham after the first lockdown started, but admitted he had not \"come clean\" about all the reasons behind it, including \"security concerns\" around his family home in London.\n\nThis is the first major interview Mr Cummings has given, but he has answered MPs' questions on the government's response to Covid.\n\nThe claims made at that session were explosive, but he's since been criticised for failing to provide the evidence to back up some of those assertions.\n\nDominic Cummings: The Interview will be broadcast in the UK on BBC Two at 19:00 BST on Tuesday, and it will be available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds\n\nCovid cases dipped last summer but began to rise rapidly again as autumn started, prompting a debate within government about what measures were needed.\n\nMr Cummings told the BBC that he, UK chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty had pushed for tougher restrictions from mid-September - Sir Patrick and Professor Whitty declined to comment.\n\nMr Cummings went on to allege Mr Johnson had said: \"No, no no, no, no, I'm not doing it.\"\n\nThe prime minister had \"parts of the media and Tory party screaming\" not to increase restrictions and \"always referred\" to the Daily Telegraph, for which he had previously written a column, as \"my real boss\", Mr Cummings said.\n\nDominic Cummings quit as the PM's chief adviser last autumn following a Downing Street power struggle\n\nOn 13 October, with Covid deaths having risen to more than 100 a day, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for a \"circuit-breaker\" lockdown of two to three weeks, but the government decided against this.\n\nIn a WhatsApp message sent on 15 October, shared with the BBC, Mr Johnson appears to have described himself as \"slightly rocked by some of the data on Covid fatalities\".\n\nThe \"median age\" for those dying was between 81 and 82 for men and 85 for women, the prime minister allegedly wrote, adding: \"That is above life expectancy. So get Covid and Live longer.\n\n\"Hardly anyone under 60 goes into hospital... and of those virtually all survive. And I no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff. Folks I think we may need to recalibrate... There are max 3m in this country aged over 80.\"\n\nHe reportedly went on to write: \"It shows we don't go for nationwide lockdown.\"\n\nBut on 31 October the prime minister announced a four-week lockdown for England to begin on 5 November, saying this was needed to protect the NHS as figures suggested deaths could reach \"several thousand a day\" without \"tough action\".\n\nSpeaking on Tuesday, Business Minister Paul Scully defended the PM's actions during the autumn, adding that economic restrictions also had an impact on people's health and lives and \"you have to take all of those factors into account\".\n\nHe said the 17-day so-called firebreak lockdown in Wales, introduced around two weeks before England's autumn lockdown, \"didn't have a particularly big effect at the time\".\n\n\"These decisions are not quite as black and white as necessarily we can make them now,\" he told Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nLooking back to the start of the pandemic, Mr Cummings told the BBC he had intervened to stop Mr Johnson continuing to see the Queen, then aged 93, for weekly face-to-face meetings.\n\nMr Cummings claimed that, on 18 March last year, the PM had said: \"I'm going to see the Queen... That's what I do every Wednesday. Sod this. I'm going to go and see her.\"\n\nBoris Johnson's face-to-face meetings with the Queen did not restart until June this year\n\nHe added that he had told Mr Johnson: \"There's people in this office who are isolating. You might have coronavirus. I might have coronavirus.\n\n\"You can't go and see the Queen. What if you go and see her and give the Queen coronavirus? You obviously can't go.\"\n\nHe continued: \"I just said, 'If you give her coronavirus and she dies, what are you going to [do]? You can't do that. You can't risk that. That's completely insane.'\n\n\"And [the PM] said - he basically just hadn't thought it through - 'Yeah...I can't go'.\"\n\nDowning Street denied that this incident took place and Buckingham Palace declined to comment.\n\nOn 27 March last year, four days after the first lockdown began, Mr Cummings drove his wife and son from London to his parents' farm in County Durham.\n\nWhile staying there, he made a 30-mile road journey to Barnard Castle on 12 April, which he later said had been to test his eyesight before the 260-mile drive back to London.\n\nWhen these details were revealed they provoked huge anger - and accusations of double standards at a time when the government had banned all but essential long-distance travel.\n\nIn his BBC interview, Mr Cummings said that, during the Barnard Castle trip, he had been trying to work out \"Do I feel OK driving?\"\n\nDominic Cummings faced the press in the Downing Street garden last May\n\nHe also said he had decided to move his family to County Durham before his wife fell ill with suspected Covid because of security concerns over his home in London.\n\nAsked why he had given a story that was \"not the 100% truth\" when he held a special press conference in the Downing Street rose garden on 25 May, Mr Cummings admitted that \"the way we handled the whole thing was wrong\".\n\n\"What I should have done is either just resigned and said nothing about anything,\" he said, \"or I should have spoken to my family and said, 'Listen, we're just gonna have to come clean about the whole thing.'\"\n\nMr Cummings was repeatedly challenged throughout the interview to back up his version of events.\n\nHe says many of his claims will be corroborated if there is a public inquiry.\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Justin Madders said NHS workers, patients, and the relatives of Covid victims would find Mr Cummings's interview \"shocking and difficult to hear\".\n\n\"The revelations are further evidence that the prime minister has made the wrong calls time and again at the expense of public health,\" he added.\n\n\"Boris Johnson is reckless, unfit to govern and a public inquiry cannot be delayed\".\n\nA Downing Street spokesperson said: \"Since the start of the pandemic, the prime minister has taken the necessary action to protect lives and livelihoods, guided by the best scientific advice.\n\n\"The government he leads has delivered the fastest vaccination rollout in Europe, saved millions of jobs through the furlough scheme and prevented the NHS from being overwhelmed through three national lockdowns.\n\n\"The government is entirely focused on emerging cautiously from the pandemic and building back better.\"\n\nSir Iain Duncan Smith - who briefly employed Mr Cummings as an adviser when he was Conservative leader, said the prime minister should be judged on the decisions he made, rather than the processes that led up to them.\n\nOf Mr Cummings, he said: \"He obviously is a very bitter man, I know I employed him, I sacked him. I know exactly how he works, this will go on for some time.\"", "Everyone knows Dominic Cummings's name, and usually not for flattering reasons.\n\nHaving covered politics for nearly 20 years, it is at the heart of my job to get to know senior figures in all the political parties, and advisers in government and in opposition.\n\nBut I have never known a backroom figure who has caused such rage, or who has enjoyed stirring up his opponents quite as much.\n\nIt's no secret that he has fallen out with Boris Johnson in spectacular style. It's hard to think of a bust-up and betrayal that's been as vicious and sustained.\n\nMr Cummings has written thousands of words about what he sees as Mr Johnson's flaws already.\n\nHe gave seven hours of brutally unrelenting evidence to MPs about the many things that he believes went wrong during the government's handling of the pandemic.\n\nThe former aide is an important witness to recent history but has his own agenda, and has been accused of trying to rewrite that history to give himself a more flattering role.\n\nMr Cummings has never before though agreed to sit down and account for his own role in the pandemic, and also be questioned about his own efforts helping Mr Johnson in office, securing a Brexit deal and a huge election victory, or his time as boss of the Vote Leave campaign.\n\nDominic Cummings spent seven hours setting out his grievances during a recent session with MPs\n\nIndeed, the first time that he promised he would do an interview, one day, was after the referendum in 2016, when we asked if he would answer questions about how he ran that campaign, how it behaved, and how it won.\n\nIn the five years that followed so much has happened that has changed the UK.\n\nCummings's detractors would say he is responsible for much of the political trauma. He became a household name because of the public outrage at his journey out of lockdown.\n\nNo-one was closer to the prime minister in government for more than a year.\n\nAside from Mr Johnson himself, perhaps no one else's decisions and judgements counted as much over a crucial period.\n\nArguably, no one other political campaigner's view of the world made such a difference to the country in recent times.\n\nAnd certainly, no one other political adviser has inspired such venom, attracted such conspiracy theories, and launched thousands of memes.\n\nThere are many people in the Conservative Party who believe his credibility is shot because of how he has explicitly tried to attack Mr Johnson in recent months.\n\nMPs have already expressed frustration that, in their view, he hasn't provided overwhelming evidence of the explosive claims he's already made.\n\nGiven his own reputation for provocation and playing with reality as a campaigner, it's not unreasonable to wonder if he can be believed now.\n\nDominic Cummings is not known as a formal dresser\n\nHis arguments at times can seem contradictory, even though it feels like he has clear scripts in his head that he wants to follow.\n\nMr Cummings styles himself as someone who only wants to do what he thinks is the right thing, whatever it takes, and doesn't care very much what anyone else thinks.\n\nDespite his normal sartorial choices - crumpled shirts, beanie hats and tracksuit bottoms while in No 10 - he cared enough when we sat down this month to wear a new shirt for our interview, fresh with creases from the packet.\n\nHe arrived wearing a baseball cap along with his face mask, to avoid being spotted, and pages of scrawled notes in preparation.\n\nAnd rather than slink off into infamy, five years after he first said he would talk, we sat down and spoke for hours with the cameras rolling.\n\nThe interview might make you want to throw rocks at the TV. He might provoke you, in the way that winding his opponents up became his political trademark. His picture of what went on in Downing Street might alarm you too.\n\nBut his claims are very much his version of events.\n\nThey might help you understand more, for better or worse, what has really gone in in the last few years and what his extraordinary fallout with Mr Johnson was really about.\n\nWhatever you think of Dominic Cummings, when big things happened, he was in the room.", "The petition set up by Matthew Tovey (centre) is due to be delivered to Number 10 on Tuesday\n\nAn NHS Wales nurse who started a petition seeking a 15% pay rise for health and social care staff has gathered almost 800,000 names.\n\nMatthew Tovey, from Merthyr Tydfil, said NHS staff had been hailed as heroes during the Covid-19 pandemic and deserved to be rewarded.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was considering findings before making any decision on pay rises.\n\nThe UK government is due to publish its long-awaited NHS pay report soon.\n\n\"We've been all been hailed as heroes and angels who were working in unimaginable conditions,\" hospital nurse Mr Tovey told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"We had limited resources, scarce PPE. It was a terrifying experience.\"\n\nMr Tovey said staff morale was \"on the floor\", and that colleagues were \"leaving the profession in droves\".\n\n\"We're already heading into a third wave, and it's sort of impossible to recruit new nurses,\" he added.\n\n\"A 15% pay raise would draw staff into the vacant posts and shows our true worth.\"\n\nA bonus of £735 each was given to 222,000 Welsh NHS staff earlier this year\n\nThe petition is due to be delivered to Number 10 Downing Street on Tuesday.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has defended plans to give some NHS staff in England a 1% pay rise, prompting threats of industrial action.\n\nPay review bodies covering most NHS workers have made recommendations which have not yet been published.\n\nThe Welsh government will make a decision based on the review's recommendations as health is a devolved issue in Wales.\n\nA Welsh government spokesperson said: \"We haven't set an arbitrary cap on pay in our evidence to the pay review bodies and we are considering findings before we make an informed decision.\"\n\nA UK government spokesperson said: \"Throughout the pandemic the UK government has always ensured Wales is getting the right support - with £8.6bn of additional spending.\"\n\nLast month, nine trade unions signed an open letter to the Welsh government saying an \"urgent and significant pay rise\" was vital for NHS workers to reward staff and stop them leaving jobs.\n\nThe Royal College of Nurses (RCN) said the Welsh government should commit to a 12.5% increase for all staff.\n\nA bonus of £735 each was given to 222,000 Welsh NHS staff earlier this year - amounting to about £500 after tax is deducted.", "The NHS website lists the main symptoms of Covid as a high temperature, a new continuous cough and a loss or change in your sense of smell and taste.\n\nBut scientists at the Zoe Covid Symptom Study say that, if you've been jabbed, your symptoms might be more like a bad cold.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Christina Hu explained: \"The current top symptoms that are being reported by Covid-positive people in the Zoe Covid Study are...milder things like runny nose, headache and sore throat.\n\n\"Our data is really showing that post-vaccination, symptoms are certainly more mild and comparable to a bad cold.\"\n\nChristina added that the symptoms could also have changed because more younger people were catching Covid.\n\nShe called on listeners to tell other people about the new symptoms.\n\n\"It does seem unlikely that the government is going to change the official list any time soon so we are calling on the listeners to spread the word about this,\" she said.\n\nListen to 5 Live on the free BBC Sounds app.", "David Cameron showed a \"significant lack of judgement\" in the way he lobbied the government on behalf of Greensill Capital, a report has found.\n\nThe Treasury committee also questioned the former prime minister's judgement on the financial health of the now-collapsed lending firm.\n\nThe report comes after Mr Cameron was found to have lobbied for Greensill by sending texts to the chancellor.\n\nMr Cameron said he acted in good faith but there were \"lessons to be learnt\".\n\nThe Treasury committee said that while Mr Cameron did not break the rules over lobbying by former ministers, there was a \"good case for strengthening them\", with the current ones offering \"insufficient strength\".\n\nThe committee concluded Mr Cameron's \"less formal means\" to lobby the government to help Greensill, where he was an advisor, were \"aided by his previous position of prime minister\".\n\nThey added had he \"taken a broader and more enquiring assessment of the business\", there were \"signals available\" which might have led him to take a \"more restrained approach\" when asking the government to help the firm.\n\nMel Stride, chair of the Treasury committee, said the Treasury \"should have encouraged\" Mr Cameron into \"more formal lines of communication as soon as it had identified his personal financial incentives\".\n\nHe added: \"However, the Treasury took the right decision to reject the objectives of his lobbying, and the committee found that Treasury ministers and officials behaved with complete and absolute integrity.\"\n\nAt the start of the coronavirus pandemic the government said it would back loans to large companies struggling in lockdown.\n\nGreensill Capital, which has since collapsed, made seven loans totalling £350m to companies owned by Sanjeev Gupta's business empire, GFG Alliance, which included Liberty Steel, the UK's third-largest steel manufacturer which employs 3,000 people.\n\nIt was revealed in March, that when advising Greensill, the former prime minister texted Conservative ministers within the Treasury to appeal for access to emergency loans for the finance firm, but the requests were rejected.\n\nMr Cameron has been cleared of breaking any rules over his lobbying, however critics have continued to question his access to ministers.\n\nThe Treasury committee said the \"central argument\" for Greensill's attempt to gain access to government support was \"more of a sales pitch than a reality\".\n\nThe committee acknowledged Treasury officials and ministers behaved properly in their handling of Mr Cameron's lobbying, and \"took the right decision\" in preventing Greensill from accessing the Covid Corporate Financing Facility.\n\nHowever, they added members were \"very surprised\" by the Treasury's claim that Mr Cameron's former position had no meaningful effect on how Greensill's application for access to the CCFF was dealt with.\n\n\"Mr Cameron was an ex-prime minister, who had worked with those he was lobbying and had access to their mobile phone numbers,\" the committee said.\n\n\"The committee believes that the Treasury's unwillingness to accept that it could have made any better choices in how it engaged in this case is a missed opportunity for reflection.\"\n\nIn response to the report, Mr Cameron said: \"While I am pleased that the report confirms I broke no rules, I very much take on board its wider points.\n\n\"I always acted in good faith, and had no idea until the end of last year that Greensill Capital was in danger of failure.\n\n\"However, I have been clear all along that there are lessons to be learnt. As I said to the committee, I accept that communications of this nature should be done in future through only the most formal of channels.\n\n\"I agree that the guidance on how former ministers engage with government could be updated and was pleased to provide some suggestions on this to the committee.\"\n\nA Treasury spokesman said: \"This report is clear that the Treasury was right to consider Greensill's proposals, right to ultimately reject their proposals, and concludes that the Treasury behaved with absolute integrity throughout the process.\"\n\nDeputy Labour leader Angela Rayner said Mr Cameron being cleared of breaking any rules \"proves that the rules that are supposed to regulate lobbying are completely unfit for purpose\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die\", Dominic Cummings told MPs\n\nThousands of people died needlessly as a result of government mistakes in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Dominic Cummings has said.\n\nThe PM's former top aide said Boris Johnson was \"unfit for the job\", claiming he had ignored scientific advice and wrongly delayed lockdowns.\n\nHe also claimed Matt Hancock should have been fired for lying - something denied by the health secretary.\n\n\"Tens of thousands of people died, who didn't need to die,\" Mr Cummings added.\n\nAt a marathon seven-hour evidence session, the former Downing Street insider painted a picture of policy failure, dithering and a government that had no useful plan for handling a pandemic.\n\nHe told MPs: \"The truth is that senior ministers, senior officials, senior advisers like me fell disastrously short of the standards that the public has a right to expect of its government in a crisis like this.\"\n\nHe added: \"I would like to say to all the families of those who died unnecessarily how sorry I am for the mistakes that were made and for my own mistakes at that.\"\n\nMr Cummings - who was forced out of Number 10 at the end of last year after an internal power struggle - said those on the front line of the pandemic were like \"lions\" being \"led by donkeys\".\n\nBut he claimed Mr Johnson had told him he liked to be surrounded by \"chaos\" in Downing Street, because it meant everyone had to look to the PM \"to see who is in charge\".\n\nAsked if he thought Mr Johnson was a \"fit and proper person\" to get the UK through the pandemic, Mr Cummings replied: \"No.\"\n\nMr Johnson hit back at some of his former aide's allegations at Prime Minister's Questions, insisting that the government's priority had always been to \"save lives\".\n\nBut Mr Cummings said that despite nearly losing his own life to Covid, the PM thought the first national lockdown, on 23 March last year, had been a mistake - and he was against a so-called \"circuit breaker\" lockdown in autumn 2020 for economic reasons, despite scientific advice.\n\nAsked on what basis the PM had taken this decision, Mr Cummings said: \"He wasn't taking any advice, he was just taking his own decision that he was going to ignore the advice.\"\n\nHe added: \"The cabinet wasn't involved or asked.\"\n\nAsked if the prime minister had said he would rather see \"bodies pile high\" than take the country into a third lockdown, as reported by the BBC, Mr Cummings said: \"I heard that in the prime minister's study.\"\n\nThe former adviser reserved his most savage criticism for Matt Hancock, claiming the health secretary should have been fired for \"15 to 20\" different things - accusing him of \"criminal, disgraceful behaviour that caused serious harm\".\n\nHe said he had repeatedly called on Mr Johnson to sack Mr Hancock, calling him \"completely incapable of doing the job\".\n\nThe prime minister had been furious when he came back to work after recovering from coronavirus to find that untested patients had been discharged to care homes in England, thereby allowing the virus to spread, Mr Cummings claimed.\n\nBoth he and the PM had been told \"categorically in March that people will be tested before they went back to care homes\".\n\nSubsequent government claims about putting a \"shield\" around care homes were \"complete nonsense\", he said.\n\nMr Cummings also attacked Mr Hancock over PPE shortages, and accused him of \"disgraceful behaviour\" in setting a \"stupid\" target of offering 100,000 Covid tests a day, which he said had disrupted wider work to establish the test and trace system.\n\nCommittee chairman Greg Clark said Mr Cummings must provide written evidence to back up his claims about Mr Hancock, who will be quizzed by the MPs in two weeks' time.\n\nMr Hancock said he had not seen Mr Cummings' evidence in full adding \"instead I've been dealing with getting the vaccination rollout going, especially to over-30s, and saving lives\".\n\nHowever he added that he would have \"more to say\" when he gives a statement to the House of Commons on Thursday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Hancock: \"I haven't seen the performance today in full\"\n\nEarlier, a spokesman for Mr Hancock said: \"We absolutely reject Mr Cummings' claims about the health secretary.\n\n\"The health secretary will continue to work closely with the prime minister to deliver the vaccine rollout, tackle the risks posed by variants and support the NHS and social care sector to recover from this pandemic.\"\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said the \"very grave allegations\" appeared to be \"well-founded\" and the health secretary \"needs to give us an explanation\" if the country is to \"maintain confidence in him\".\n\nIn other explosive claims, Mr Cummings said:\n\nMr Cummings was questioned by the Health and Science select committees, for their inquiry into \"lessons learnt\" on the government's response to the pandemic.\n\nBefore the hearing began, he tweeted a picture of a whiteboard on which the government's \"plan B\" for the first wave of the virus was sketched out.\n\nDominic Cummings has tweeted a series of whiteboard images relating to Covid meetings\n\nHe told the MPs the original plan had been for limited intervention, with the hope of achieving \"herd immunity\", and he was \"completely baffled\" by Downing Street's denial of this.\n\nHe said the herd immunity strategy was abandoned when the scale of the death toll that would result from it became clear.\n\nMr Cummings was frank about some of his own failings - and admitted that his defence of a trip to County Durham during the first lockdown had \"undermined public confidence\".\n\nBut he said he had made the journey due to threats against his family - and he defended his claim that he had driven his family to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight, saying the story was too \"weird\" to have been made up.\n\nHe also gave his version of his departure from Downing Street, saying his relationship with Mr Johnson had broken down after the second national lockdown in October.\n\n\"The fact that his girlfriend (Carrie Symonds) also wanted rid of me was relevant but not the heart of the problem,\" he told MPs.\n\nHe said he regarded Mr Johnson as \"unfit for the job\" and that he had been \"trying to create a structure around him (the PM) to try and stop what I thought were extremely bad decisions and push other things through against his wishes\".\n\nHe also described how a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee on 12 March had been disrupted by US President Donald Trump wanting to start a \"bombing campaign\" against Iraq.\n\nAt the same time, he added, Mr Johnson's partner Carrie Symonds was \"going crackers\" about a \"completely trivial\" story in the Times regarding the dog she co-owned with the prime minister.\n\nResponding to Mr Cummings' evidence, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said: \"Boris Johnson's casual disregard for the safety of the British people has had fatal consequences.\n\n\"From care homes to borders, repeatedly locking down too late and failing to learn from his mistakes, the PM's decisions and failures resulted in tens of thousands of avoidable deaths.\"\n\nSpeaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson told MPs: \"The handling of this pandemic has been one of the most difficult things this country has had to do for a very long time and none of the decisions have been easy,\" he said.\n\n\"To go into a lockdown is a traumatic thing for a country, to deal with a pandemic on this scale has been appallingly difficult, and we have at every stage tried to minimise loss of life, to save lives, to protect the NHS and we have followed the best scientific advice that we can.\"\n\nHe added that he had not seen Mr Cummings' evidence to the select committee.\n\nConservative MP Tobias Ellwood defended the prime minister, saying that ministers should be free to speak their minds and even ask \"silly questions\" without \"fear that one day they may be quoted or misquoted back to you\".\n\n\"That completely diminishes the competence of the No 10 machine,\" he told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\nMore than 127,000 people diagnosed with coronavirus have died in the UK since the start of the pandemic.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"No-one likes gin and tonic with the ice melted\"\n\nA pub and a restaurant have both closed due to scorching temperatures in Wales.\n\nThe Pipeworks Bar said the heat was \"unbearable\" for staff behind the bar at Pontyclun in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nThe Stone Crab restaurant in the Welsh seaside resort of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire has also shut and said it \"cannot let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather\".\n\nThe Met Office issued one of its new-style extreme heat weather warnings for the first time for parts of the UK, including larges parts of Wales.\n\nThe amber warning will be in place until Thursday, when temperatures are expected to peak and could reach 33C (91.4F) in some western areas.\n\nIn a Facebook statement, the Pipeworks Bar said: \"As well as being too hot outside, it's unbearable behind our bar.\n\n\"Everything that is keeping the drinks cold is making us even hotter,\" it said, referring to its three fridges.\n\n\"Plus, masks are just horrid to wear at the moment. So, it's only fair on the staff that we give them a couple of days off... We didn't ever think we would close due to sun.\"\n\nOwner Simon Cole said he was also thinking of the customer enjoyment when making the decision.\n\n\"I went there and had a pint on my day off and the pint was warm within five minutes and it wasn't very nice,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\nHe said as well as the fridges, he had an ice machine which pumped out hot air and there was no air conditioning. Even the outdoor area which has a pergola was \"like a greenhouse\".\n\nSimon Cole said the Pipeworks registered 40C inside when he opened it up\n\nThe temperature inside the bar when he opened up had registered 40C and a bottle of spirits he picked up was hot to the touch.\n\n\"It's mainly just for our staff to have a break and not have to endure the heat. I think they felt relief,\" he said.\n\n\"We have great staff. I messaged them at the weekend and they said it was awful.\n\n\"It's not worth the money to have upset staff. It's [only closing] for a few days.\"\n\nThe Stone Crab said on Facebook it was \"with a heavy heart and with deep thought\" that they have closed until Friday due to the Met Office's extreme temperature weather warnings.\n\n\"We cannot in good knowledge let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather,\" their statement said.\n\n\"We have already been under significant pressure whilst working due to this heat wave, and the new warnings that have come out this evening make it unsafe for our staff to work, let alone the hours that we are all working due to staff shortages in the area.\"\n\nUnder UK law, there is no legal right to leave work when workplaces hit a certain temperature.\n\nHowever under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, employers have a legal obligation to provide a \"reasonable\" temperature in the workplace, although that does not mean they have to provide air conditioning, for example.\n\nBy 14:00 BST on Tuesday, Cardiff had recorded the highest temperature in Wales at 30.2C, with Usk in Monmouthshire and Llysdinam in Powys both registering 29.3C, the Met Office said.\n\nThe highest temperature of the year in Wales was set on Monday in Cardiff at 30.9C, and could still be beaten on Tuesday as temperatures are still rising.\n\nHealth services have issued advice to the public on how to stay cool and safe in the heat.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service declared a business continuity incident - where service is at risk of being disrupted - because of pressure on its services and asked people to think carefully before calling an ambulance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Welsh Ambulance This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt said the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, coupled with the warm weather and an influx of holidaymakers and day-trippers to Wales, meant it was facing a busy summer period.\n\nCardiff and Vale University Health Board said its emergency unit remained very busy and asked people not to attend unless it was life-threatening but to ring for an appointment instead.\n\nHywel Dafydd, consultant plastic surgeon at Morriston Hospital's Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, warned people to be very careful in the hot weather, especially in regard to protecting children.\n\n\"The UV index is very high at the moment, and so the risk of getting severe damage from the sun in the form of sunburn is very, very high and it will happen very quickly,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"My advice primarily is to stay out of the sun, particularly in the height of the sun between the hours of 11am and 3pm, and if you do have to be in the sun then protect yourself by wearing high factor sun screen such as factor 50 and cover up by wearing long-sleeved light cotton or linen-type shirts, wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect your face, and sunglasses.\"\n\nHe said children who got a severe blistering sunburn before the age of 10 doubled their risk of getting melanoma skin cancer, which was more prevalent among people aged 16-30.\n\nNetwork Rail said three watchmen were on the lines to monitor temperatures since early morning and had identified three places where speed restrictions were needed, including Llanbister in Powys, where trains were running at 20mph.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn the US state of Oregon, the nation's largest active wildfire has burned through more than 364,000 acres, prompting thousands of evacuations.\n\nOver 2,000 firefighters are tackling the so-called Bootleg Fire - one of the largest blazes in Oregon's history.\n\nSince starting on 6 July, it has already scorched an area larger than the city of Los Angeles.\n\nIt is one of more than 80 major fires raging across 13 US states, spurred by recent heat waves and high winds.\n\nClimate change increases the risk of the hot, dry weather that is likely to fuel wildfires.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions..\n\nThe Bootleg Fire in Oregon, named after the nearby Bootleg Spring, has forced at least 2,000 residents from mostly rural areas to abandon their homes. At least 160 homes and buildings have been destroyed so far. No deaths have yet been reported.\n\nAuthorities said that about one-third of the fire's perimeter had been contained.\n\n\"We've had to fight for pretty much every foot of this, but we're getting there,\" said John Flannigan, an operations section chief at a news conference on Monday.\n\nMr Flannigan described the intensity of the fire as that of a hurricane, saying that it had ripped trees out of the ground.\n\nThe blaze has grown so large that it is effectively creating its own weather. Intense wildfires, like Bootleg, move with such energy that they can create pyrocumulus clouds - also known as \"fire clouds\". These clouds are so hot and big they can create their own weather systems, like hurricane and lightning.\n\nSayyid Bey's home near the town of Bly in Oregon was burned to the ground\n\nOne resident near the town of Bly whose home was destroyed by the Bootleg Fire, Sayyid Bey, said he watched from afar as the blaze burned through the trees towards his property. \"It was red, like we were on Mars,\" he said.\n\nThe fire, which is burning 300 miles (480km) south-east of Portland, threatens to destroy thousands more properties as it continues to spread.\n\nTwo evacuation centres have been set up for residents in several cities, including Klamath Falls and Redmond.\n\nTemperatures are expected to be between 10 and 15 degrees Fahrenheit above normal and the region is also experiencing a drought, which could worsen in the days ahead. Thunder and lightning are also forecast, likely to spur further fires.\n\nWildfires have already torn through more than 1.2m acres of the country this year, mainly in western states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. It marks a heavier-than-normal start to the US wildfire season.\n\nMore than 4,000 blazes have been recorded by the organisation so far in 2021, which is almost double last year's total.\n\nIn California alone, five times as many acres have burned compared with the same period last year.\n\nFire seasons are becoming longer and more intense year over year, Nick Schuler, deputy chief of Cal Fire told the BBC.\n\n\"Ten years ago in California, people viewed wildfires as a rural problem,\" he said. \"Now no matter where you live in California, people are impacted by it. Every acre in California will burn at some point.\"\n\nThe rest of the country is not unaffected by the destruction. On Tuesday, the US east coast woke up to hazy skies and a bright-red sun caused by wildfire smoke.\n\nIn neighbouring Canada, more than 150 new fires started burning in this past weekend alone, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 4,300 blazes have been recorded by the non-profit in 2021 so far.\n\nIn the province of British Columbia alone, crews are battling hundreds of fires, straining available accommodation for those who have been forced to flee.\n\nOn Tuesday, the province declared a state of emergency in response to the wildfires.\n\nCanada has also issued health warnings due to wildfire smoke spreading nearly 2,000km across the nation. The elderly, children and those with cardiovascular issues are advised to limit outdoor activities and drink extra water until the smoke passes.\n\n\"Winnipeg smells like a campfire right now,\" tweeted one reporter. \"I've never experienced smoke like this in my entire life.\"\n\nThere are nearly 800 wildfires currently burning in Canada, with no sign of rain in the forecast for the western provinces.\n\nExperts have told the BBC that due to a multi-year drought, the potential for a historic 2021 North American wildfire season is \"sky-high\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwelve people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters.\n\nVideo shared on social media shows evening commuters just managing to keep their heads above water. Water is seen rushing onto platforms.\n\nMore than 500 people were eventually rescued from the tunnels in Henan province, officials said.\n\nDays of rain have caused widespread damage and led to 200,000 evacuations.\n\nAbove ground, roads have been turned into rivers, with cars and debris swept along in fast moving currents. A number of pedestrians have had to be rescued.\n\nIn total, 25 people have died in Henan province and more than a dozen cities are affected. President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that there had been \"significant loss of life and damage to property\".\n\nSeveral dams and reservoirs have breached warning levels, and soldiers have been mobilised to divert rivers which have burst their banks. Flights and trains in many parts of Henan have also been suspended.\n\nIn the provincial capital Zhengzhou, the equivalent of a year's average rainfall has fallen in just three days.\n\nOn Tuesday, some of the city's flood defences were overwhelmed and water began flowing down into the railway tunnels.\n\nSurvivors have described how water leaked through the doors, rising slowly from \"our ankles to our knees to our necks\". \"All of us who could, stood on the subway seats,\" one woman wrote on Chinese social network site Weibo.\n\nChildren were lifted out of the water by their parents, while others threw off anything which might hold them down.\n\nAfter about half an hour, one passenger said it became \"hard to breathe\".\n\nAn order to shut down the line came at 18:10 local time (10:10 GMT) so the evacuation could begin, Zhengzhou government officials said in a statement. Five people are being treated for injuries, with 12 having died.\n\nElsewhere in the central Chinese city, children had to be rescued from a flooded nursery school.\n\nState media aired footage of them being floated out in plastic tubs by rescuers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CGTN This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou Hospital also briefly lost power on Tuesday night, though this has now been restored, said a statement on Weibo by the Zhengzhou Municipal Party Committee.\n\nIt added that 600 critically ill patients had been transferred to another location.\n\nAnother resident, identified as Mr Liu, 27, told BBC Chinese he had had \"no water, no electricity, and no internet\".\n\n\"Never in my life had I seen so much rain,\" Mr Liu added. \"There was one hour where the rain was just pouring down on us from the heavens, and everything went completely white.\"\n\nBut the rising waters were not just confined to Zhengzhou.\n\nA 20-metre (65ft) breach has emerged in the dam in Luoyang city after it was damaged by storms, officials said. Soldiers have been deployed to the area and a statement from the army warned it could \"collapse at any time\".\n\nAnother user said that residents in Sishui town were stuck on rooftops. \"We don't know how to swim… the whole village is about to be washed away,\" the person wrote.\n\nHenan has experienced \"rare and severe rainfall\" since Saturday, China's meteorological authority said on Wednesday.\n\nZhengzhou saw 624mm of rainfall on Tuesday, with a third of that amount falling between 16:00 and 17:00 alone, which \"smashed historical records\".\n\nIt forecasted that parts of the region would continue to see \"severe or extremely severe storms\" and that the heavy rain was likely to end only on Thursday.\n\nMany factors contribute to flooding, but a warming atmosphere caused by climate change makes extreme rainfall more likely.\n\nPart of the Yellow River basin in China, Henan has several major river systems running through the province which are prone to flooding.\n\nZhengzhou, which has a population of 12 million, sits on the banks of the Yellow River itself.\n\nScientists have warned that widespread dam construction has exacerbated climate change problems in China's flood zone, says the BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell.\n\nConnections between rivers and lakes have been cut and disrupted flood plains which once absorbed much of the region's annual summer downpours.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nFans attending sports venues with capacities of about 20,000 or more may be required to show proof of full vaccination from the end of September, under plans being considered by the government.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday there was a plan to mandate certification at nightclubs and \"other venues where large crowds gather\".\n\nThe BBC understands the definition of what constitutes a large crowd and what type of venues would fall under this label is yet to be determined.\n\nDowning Street said on Tuesday that its focus is on \"closed indoor settings\".\n\nThe prime minister's official spokesperson said: \"We're not seeking to draw lines around particular settings.\n\n\"I think Professor [Jonathan] van Tam and the PM talked about the sort of areas where we'd be looking at enclosed spaces where large groups of people are brought together.\n\n\"We're going to be looking at the latest data which currently is very focused on nightclubs. But we'll be looking at the data both here and globally to consider what's the best approach.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"As the Prime Minister said, we reserve the right to do what is necessary to protect the public and reduce transmission, including mandating Covid certification in certain settings.\n\n\"We are working closely with organisations that operate large, crowded settings, where people are likely to be in close proximity to others outside their household, to encourage the use of the NHS Covid pass, where appropriate.\"\n\nIndoor venues are expected to be treated differently to outdoor ones, and sports organisations are known to be seeking clarity on the matter.\n\nThe Racecourse Association (RCA), for example, said it would be speaking to the government and industry stakeholders \"to understand the detail behind this plan\", and said it would be a \"significant logistical operation\".\n\nThe RCA added: \"It is vital that horse racing and the wider sports/leisure economies have contingency plans to avoid commercially damaging restrictions being re-imposed but equally allow us to host safe events\".\n\nThe UK government allowed the crowd capacity at Wembley to be raised to more than 60,000 for the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020.\n\nPermitted under the government's Events Research Programme, fans attending Wembley were required to follow a number of strict entry requirements, including having a negative Covid-19 test or proof of full vaccination.\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said on Monday that nightclubs and other such venues could be \"potential super-spreading events\" because of crowds in close contact.\n\nA capacity crowd of 140,000 attended the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday - the largest crowd for a sporting event in the UK since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThere, all adults had to provide proof of full vaccination or be in possession of a negative test.\n\nIn Scotland, Rangers have been given permission to have 17,000 fans present at their Scottish Premiership opener against Livingston on 31 July.\n\nIn May, Premier League executive director Bill Bush told the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus that a \"single magic wand like a vaccine passport\" would be \"too narrow and too prescriptive\".\n\nHe said he wanted to work with the Government on a \"broader-based\" solution to certification at events.\n\nIt is understood consultation with Premier League clubs on what approach will be taken to checking fans on entry to stadia next season is ongoing.\n• None DJ Target, Krept and Konan hunt for the next big MC\n• None It's boys versus girls when it comes to decorating this house share!", "Northern Ireland's chief scientific adviser has said he is concerned about the uptake of vaccination.\n\nProf Ian Young said about 18% of adults have still not come forward for their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.\n\nIt comes as Health Minister Robin Swann said first doses of the vaccine will end at Northern Ireland's mass vaccination centres on 31 July.\n\nMr Swann said the vaccination programme would not be available indefinitely.\n\nVaccination centres are sited at the SSE Arena in Belfast, as well as the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Foyle Arena in Londonderry, Omagh Leisure Centre, Lakeland Forum, South Lake Craigavon and the Seven Towers in Ballymena.\n\nA total of 2,175,663 Covid-19 vaccines had been administered in Northern Ireland as of Tuesday afternoon.\n\nOf those, 1,187,005 were first doses and 988,658 were second doses.\n\nNorthern Ireland's rate is the lowest in the UK.\n\nReferring to those who had not come forward for vaccines, Prof Young said: \"That means 18% who are just as susceptible to the most severe effects of Covid as they were earlier in the epidemic.\"\n\nHe said he was also very concerned about the rise in cases and hospital admissions in Northern Ireland.\n\nProf Ian Young said he was concerned that 18% of adults have not come forward for their first vaccine doses\n\n\"Pressures on our hospitals have been very significant all through the summer for multiple reasons,\" he said.\n\n\"Certainly adding a significantly increased number of Covid admissions on top of that is going to bring considerable pressures to bear and I know our hospitals are thinking carefully about how they can best manage and cope with that as we go through the next six to eight weeks.\n\n\"Unfortunately I think that there will be some increases in deaths, which is inevitable as a result of a very large number of cases leading to quite a large number of hospitalisations and patients in critical care.\n\n\"But the number of deaths, the proportion of deaths from Covid, will be much less than in previous waves of the epidemic as a result of the impacts of vaccination and of improved treatments, which have gradually come into place during the last 18 months.\"\n\nAnother 1,138 positive cases were reported by the Department of Health on Tuesday. This includes samples taken in recent days, not necessarily in the last 24 hours.\n\nThe Department of Health is continuing to operate a number of walk-in Covid-19 vaccine clinics across Northern Ireland this week.\n\nThe appointment-free pop-ups were established as part of a \"final push\" to get younger people vaccinated.\n\nChief medical officer Sir Michael McBride said young people presenting for first doses in Northern Ireland is lower than other areas of the United Kingdom.\n\nVaccination rates in Northern Ireland are the lowest in the UK\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Nolan Show on Tuesday, he said: \"Unfortunately, over the past number of weeks, the number of people presenting to get a first dose of the vaccine has slowed quite significantly, particularly in the younger age groups.\"\n\nHe added: \"There is 6% more people in England, eight percent in Scotland and 10% more in Wales.\"\n\nSir Michael also discouraged young people from believing false vaccine rumours circulating on social media.\n\nHe estimated, based on current modelling, that by the end of this month Northern Ireland may exceed \"over 2,000 Covid-19 cases a day\" and \"by the middle of August that could be anywhere between 3,000 - 4,000 cases\".\n\nHe said if Northern Ireland could increase the number of people getting their first doses by 5% it could could reduce the number of new cases by half.\n\nThe chief medical officer said that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has provided interim advice on a booster vaccination programme in Northern Ireland.\n\nHe said it could be rolled out for over-50s and clinically vulnerable people from September.\n\nPatricia Donnelly, head of Northern Ireland's vaccination campaign, urges younger people to get vaccinated\n\nPatricia Donnelly, the head of Northern Ireland's vaccination campaign, said \"if you want to return to normality, do your part and come forward for vaccination\".\n\n\"Overall we've been very pleased, until we've reached this younger age group. It's our under 30s who have given us that lower overall up-take level,\" she said.\n\nThe health minister, Mr Swann, said there was a \"new surge in Covid cases\" and now was the right time to get vaccinated.\n\n\"A new surge in Covid cases is under way and getting your jab will protect you and others. It will also help our health service cope, by pushing down infection numbers and hospital admissions.\"\n\nHe said that aspects of the programme will have to be stood down in the coming weeks.\n\n\"We will maintain some provision for people who belatedly change their minds and decide they want a jab after all. But it won't be as convenient or as widely accessible as it is currently.\n\n\"We will have to start standing down the mass vaccination centres in August, with first doses there ending on 31 July.\n\n\"This will allow us to redeploy much-needed staff back into the health service. Also, the SSE Arena and the leisure centres that we've been using can't be commandeered for vaccination use forever.\"\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann says the vaccination programme is guided by expert advice\n\nMr Swann said that GPs' role in the vaccination programme had shifted from first and second doses to preparing for the vaccine booster dose.\n\n\"It is simply not possible to maintain a mass vaccination programme of this nature as a permanent feature of our health service. That is an unavoidable fact,\" the minister said.\n\nOn Monday, it was confirmed that some children and young people aged over 12 in Northern Ireland are to be offered a Covid vaccine.\n\nOfficials say those with specific underlying health conditions and who are at risk of serious illness from the virus can now receive the Pfizer/BioNtech jab.\n\nTeenagers within three months of their 18th birthday can also get a jab.\n\nAt present health officials are not recommending routine universal vaccination of under-18s.\n\nThe list of eligibility currently includes those with severe neuro-disabilities, Down's Syndrome, underlying conditions resulting in immunosuppression, and those with profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe learning disabilities or who are on the learning disability register.\n\nIn England, face coverings are no longer required by law and nightclubs have been allowed to reopen.\n\nDUP MP Sammy Wilson said Northern Ireland \"should quickly be moving to that situation\".\n\n\"We're not seeing the increase in deaths that was hanging over us when the discussions took the place - we're seeing impact vaccines has had in dealing with cases,\" he told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\nHe said he did not think teenagers should be given the vaccine.\n\n\"When you look that risk that children have from Covid, it's very low,\" he added.", "Virgin Media has told its customers to keep wi-fi routers out of direct sunlight in case they overheat.\n\nThe warning was contained in a recently published page offering \"top tips for a strong, reliable connection this summer\".\n\nOverheating is a problem to which many electronic devices can be prone.\n\nIf the router becomes too hot, it may \"slow down your connection or even grind to a halt altogether\", the company warns.\n\nBut there was \"no widespread issue\" of hubs overheating during the current England heatwave, a Virgin Media representative told BBC News.\n\nAnd the company said it tested devices to ensure they worked in a range of temperatures.\n\nAs electric current moves through electronic devices, it generates heat.\n\nMany powerful devices, such as gaming computers, need sophisticated cooling systems to dissipate heat.\n\nAnd additional heat from sunlight, and warm surrounding air increases the chance of overheating.\n\n\"Just like laptops, phones and games consoles, routers require ventilation to get rid of excess heat,\" Uswitch.com broadband expert Catherine Hiley said.\n\n\"Therefore, you should avoid placing them in or near direct sunlight.\"\n\nAnd anyone using a fan might consider placing the router in the path of the moving air.\n\n\"If your router is regularly overheating, it could indicate that the device has an underlying problem or that it is getting too old to function properly,\" Ms Hiley added.\n\nISP Review said routers could usually cope with temperatures near 40C - so if kept in shade, a UK heatwave should not normally pose a problem.\n\nThe warmth of routers could be attractive to pets, however, and \"we'd strongly advise against allowing your pets to rest on top of your router - even in winter\".\n\nDust can also accumulate on routers, clogging air vents.\n\nAnd Virgin Media advises keeping them in a cool but not enclosed place.", "The man started playing football on the carriageway while stuck in long tailbacks\n\nA man stuck in long tailbacks when a lorry fire shut a motorway started playing football on the carriageway.\n\nA stretch of the M4 in Wiltshire was closed in both directions on Friday as firefighters dealt with the burning vehicle.\n\nWith traffic backed up and at a standstill for nearly three hours, one man decided to have a kickabout in the middle of the road.\n\nPolice warned of the \"extremely hazardous\" behaviour of the public.\n\nInspector Mark Freeman, of Wiltshire Police, said: \"We are aware of reports that some people ventured on to the closed carriageways after the M4 was closed to allow emergency services to attend a lorry fire on Friday.\n\n\"I would remind members of the public that such behaviour is potentially extremely hazardous and could distract emergency services from attending an incident.\"\n\nThe fire broke out on the M4 eastbound between junction 15 at Swindon and junction 14 at Hungerford.\n\nThe warning comes as drivers also struck cones while driving and filming the blaze.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIrish and British horse-racing authorities have condemned footage that revealed evidence of a UK abattoir breaking welfare rules when slaughtering former racehorses.\n\nHorse Racing Ireland said the footage - which featured in a BBC Panorama investigation - was abhorrent.\n\nThe British Horseracing Authority (BHA) met welfare experts earlier to discuss the issue \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nThe abattoir told the BBC it did not accept any form of animal abuse.\n\nThe covert footage, recorded by the anti-horse racing campaign group Animal Aid, showed horses being killed in front of each other and being shot from a distance at Drury and Sons - one of the UK's biggest abattoirs and one of the few licensed to slaughter horses.\n\nVeterinary experts said these actions broke guidelines, causing extra pain and trauma for the horses involved.\n\nBHA welfare director James Given said: \"We're all clear that the transporting of horses from Ireland to be euthanised in Britain must stop.\n\n\"So too should those practices in the abattoir featured in the programme, which appeared to cause distress to horses.\"\n\nThe BHA said a new welfare strategy, published in 2020, specifically sought to address the care of horses after their racing days were over.\n\nHorse Racing Ireland chief executive Brian Kavanagh said: \"The images we saw last night were abhorrent to all within Irish racing and in no way reflect the care and attention given to the overwhelming majority of horses in Ireland.\"\n\nFreedom of Information requests have revealed that 4,000 former racehorses have been slaughtered in Britain and Ireland since the beginning of 2019.\n\nThe vast majority were trained in Ireland, and some were once owned and trained by some of the biggest names in racing.\n\nThe Panorama film also included claims that attempts were being made to get contaminated horse meat into the human food chain by falsifying paperwork and tampering with horse microchips.\n\nHorse meat is not popular in the UK, but there is a sizeable export market for it in Europe. Horse passports and matching microchips are important as they show which animals have been treated with medicines that could be harmful to humans, such as the painkiller Bute.\n\nHorse Racing Ireland said it had contacted the Irish police about one attempt to tamper with a horse's microchip, as revealed in the Panorama investigation. At the time, an on-site Foods Standards Agency vet spotted the problem and the horse was not sold for meat.\n\nIn response to the Panorama investigation, the UK government's Food Standards Agency (FSA), which regulates abattoirs, said: \"Upholding animal welfare and the safety and authenticity of the food we eat is a top priority for the government.\"\n\nIt said it worked closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs \"to ensure that animal welfare is maintained at all stages of food production and that all our food is correctly labelled and safe to eat\".\n\nThe BHA and Horse Racing Ireland said they would support an investigation by UK authorities.\n\nThe abattoir, Drury and Sons, told Panorama they \"take great care to maintain high welfare conditions and do not accept any form of animal abuse\".\n\nThey said all horses are \"humanely destroyed',' and that on occasions where issues do occur, they take ''swift action to review and rectify them\".\n\nWatch the full investigation, Panorama: The Dark Side of Horse Racing, on BBC iPlayer.", "A plan for Scotland’s health service to recover from the impact of dealing with Covid is set to be launched.\n\nDr Nicola Steedman, Scotland's deputy chief medical officer, says the strategy will set out how the NHS can catch up on the appointments and operations cancelled as a result of Covid.\n\nDr Steedman says the NHS is “very keen on learning from Covid” and how services can be offered in a better way.\n\nThe Scottish government official also says the strategy will have “supporting NHS staff” at its heart, given the toll Covid has had on many of them.", "French officials said that if true the reports about President Macron would be very serious\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron is one of several world leaders believed to have been targeted for phone hacking using spyware, media reports say.\n\nThe software, known as Pegasus, infects phones and allows operators to spy on their targets.\n\nThe leaders are on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of Israeli-based firm NSO Group. The list was leaked to major news outlets.\n\nIt says the software is intended for use against criminals and terrorists.\n\nIt says it is made available only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies with good human rights records.\n\nThe original investigation which led to the reports - by Paris-based NGO Forbidden Stories and the human rights group Amnesty International - was \"full of wrong assumptions and uncorroborated theories\", the Israel-based group said.\n\nThe reports are part of a series of news articles suggesting thousands of prominent people have been targeted.\n\nFrench newspaper Le Monde reports that Moroccan intelligence services identified a phone that Mr Macron had been using since 2017.\n\nMorocco has denied being a client of Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus.\n\nBeing on the list does not mean that the software was used but it does mean that the person was a potential target.\n\nIt is not clear if the software was ever installed on the French president's phone.\n\nNumbers on the leaked list are also said to include those of President Baram Salih of Iraq and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa, as well as the current prime ministers of Pakistan, Egypt and Morocco, and the King of Morocco.\n\nMore than 600 government officials and politicians from 34 countries are on the list.\n\nThe French presidency said that if the revelations were true, they would be very serious.\n\nForeign leaders are always a top target for spies - intercepting their communications means uncovering their intentions and secrets.\n\nPoliticians and officials know they are frequently targeted but when this becomes public it can cause real fall-out.\n\nEspecially because it is not always just a country's adversaries who are involved.\n\nBack in 2013, it emerged that America's NSA was potentially tapping dozens of world leaders - including ally German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone, causing severe embarrassment and a fairly hefty diplomatic row.\n\nWhat is notable about the latest reports is that the possibility of carrying out surveillance against foreign leaders is now potentially for sale and available to a much wider range of states.\n\nIt is not clear how many of those on this list were actually targeted but even the possibility will do much to raise the pressure on NSO Group - and the governments who might have targeted other leaders.", "Dominic Cummings was never going to go quietly after being forced out of Downing Street at the end of last year.\n\nBut the number, and seriousness, of his claims about what went on at the heart of government, as ministers battled to get on top of the coronavirus crisis, are unprecedented in modern times.\n\nRarely has a former adviser made so many potentially damaging revelations about a sitting prime minister.\n\nHis critics say Mr Cummings is motivated by revenge against Boris Johnson, and will not rest until the PM has been removed from No 10.\n\nMr Cummings insists he is driven by a desire to make what he views as a broken and chaotic government machine work better in future.\n\nHe left his Downing Street role following an internal power struggle, amid claims the PM's then-fiancee had blocked the promotion of one of his allies, Lee Cain, after months of internal warfare.\n\nIn his final year at Downing Street, Mr Cummings had a £40,000 pay rise, taking his salary to between £140,000 and £144,999.\n\nThere was speculation that the 49-year-old would seek a post-politics career as the first head of Aria, the UK's new \"high risk\" science agency, which had been one of his pet projects.\n\nBut he appears to have a different career path in mind.\n\nIn February, he started a technology consultancy firm, Siwah Ltd. He is the sole director of the firm, according to Companies House, and it is registered at an address in his native Durham, in north-east England. This would appear to be a successor to Dynamic Maps, his previous tech consultancy.\n\nBut in recent months, most of his time appears to have been taken up with spilling the beans on his time in government.\n\nThe BBC did not pay Mr Cummings for his exclusive interview with political editor Laura Kuenssberg.\n\nAnd he has not yet taken the time-honoured route of selling his story to a newspaper, or signing a book deal.\n\nBut he has found a way of generating income through online platform Substack, where he has launched a newsletter.\n\nHe plans to give out information on the coronavirus pandemic and his time in Downing Street for free, but \"more recondite stuff on the media, Westminster, 'inside No 10', how did we get Brexit done in 2019, the 2019 election etc\" will only be available to subscribers who pay £10 a month.\n\nHe is also offering his marketing and election campaigning expertise, for fees that \"slide from zero to lots depending on who you are / your project\".\n\nThis new venture has incurred the wrath of Whitehall watchdog Lord Pickles, who chairs the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), which vets jobs taken by former ministers and top officials.\n\nIn a letter to Cabinet Office Minister Micheal Gove, he says Mr Cummings has sought advice on working as a consultant.\n\nBut he adds: \"It appears that Mr Cummings is offering various services for payment via a blog hosted on Substack, the blog for which he is also receiving subscription payments.\n\n\"Mr Cummings has failed to seek the committee's advice on this commercial undertaking, nor has the committee received the courtesy of a reply to our letter requesting an explanation.\n\n\"Failure to seek and await advice before taking up work is a breach of the government's rules.\"\n\nThere are few repercussions for failing to consult Acoba, however.\n\nLittle was heard from Mr Cummings for several months after his departure from Downing Street - but that all changed in April.\n\nAfter being named in media reports as the source of government leaks, he launched a scathing attack on Mr Johnson via a 1,000-word blog post in April.\n\nAs well as denying he was behind the leaks, he went on to make a series of accusations against the PM and questioned his \"competence and integrity\".\n\nThe following month, Mr Cummings expanded on his criticisms at a seven-hour select committee appearance, declaring Boris Johnson \"unfit for the job\", and claiming he had ignored scientific advice and wrongly delayed lockdowns.\n\nHe also turned his fire on then-health secretary Matt Hancock, who he said should have been fired for lying.\n\nThis sparked a bitter war of words with Mr Hancock, who flatly denied all of Mr Cummings's allegations.\n\nIt thrust Mr Cummings back into the spotlight for the first time since his now infamous visit to County Durham, four days after the start of the first national lockdown, in March last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhile staying with his family at his father's farm, he made a 30-mile road journey to Barnard Castle, which he later said had been to test his eyesight before the 260-mile drive back to London.\n\nThis revelation - at a specially-convened press conference in the Downing Street garden - made Mr Cummings a household name and led to furious allegations of double standards at a time when the government had banned all but essential long-distance travel.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Cummings said that, during the Barnard Castle trip, he had been trying to work out \"Do I feel OK driving?\"\n\nHe also said he had decided to move his family to County Durham before his wife fell ill with suspected Covid because of security concerns over his home in London.\n\nAsked why he had given a story that was \"not the 100% truth\" when he held a special press conference in the Downing Street rose garden on 25 May, Mr Cummings admitted that \"the way we handled the whole thing was wrong\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cummings says he drove to Barnard Castle to test vision\n\nBoris Johnson stood by his adviser throughout the Barnard Castle episode - to the consternation of some of his supporters, who feared it was undermining his attempts to hold the country together during a national crisis.\n\nSome said the episode burned through the political capital the prime minister had generated months earlier during the 2019 general election.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson defends his senior adviser Dominic Cummings in May 2020\n\nBut it is hard to overstate how important Mr Cummings was to the Johnson project.\n\nThe two are very different characters - Mr Johnson likes to be popular, Mr Cummings appears indifferent to such concerns - but they formed a strong bond in the white heat of the 2016 Vote Leave campaign to get Britain out of the EU, which Mr Cummings led as campaign director.\n\nThe combination of Mr Johnson, the flamboyant household-name frontman, with Mr Cummings, the ruthless, data-driven strategist, with a flair for an eye-catching slogan, proved to be unbeatable.\n\nMr Cummings was credited with formulating the \"take back control\" slogan that appears to have struck a chord with so many referendum voters, changing the course of British history.\n\nYet some were surprised when Mr Cummings was brought into the heart of government as Mr Johnson's chief adviser, given his past record of rubbing senior Tory politicians up the wrong way.\n\nIt proved to be a shrewd move. It was Mr Cummings who devised the high-risk strategy of pushing for the 2019 election to be fought on a \"Get Brexit Done\" ticket, focusing on winning seats in Labour heartlands, something no previous Tory leader had managed to do in decades.\n\nMany of the policy ideas that have shaped the Johnson government's agenda have his fingerprints all over them.\n\n\"Levelling up\" - moving power and money out of London and the South East of England - is a Cummings project, as are plans to shake-up the civil service, take on the judiciary and reform the planning system.\n\nThe team that surrounded Mr Cummings at Downing Street, some of whom are Vote Leave veterans, were fiercely loyal to him and shared a sense that they were outsiders in Whitehall, battling an entrenched \"elite\".\n\nLee Cain, the former Downing Street and Vote Leave communications chief, left No 10 just before Mr Cummings did.\n\nMr Cummings watches the PM in action at a coronavirus briefing\n\nThere had been rumours of a rift between the Vote Leave veterans and other No 10 aides, who didn't like Mr Cummings's and Mr Cain's abrasive style.\n\nThere were tales of crackdowns on special advisers suspected of leaking to the media and angry, dismissive behaviour towards Tory MPs, civil servants and even secretaries of state.\n\nNone of this will have come as much of a surprise to veteran Cummings watchers.\n\nMr Cummings has been in and around the upper reaches of government and the Conservative Party for nearly two decades, and has made a career out of defying conventional wisdom and challenging the established order.\n\nBut he has never been a member of the Conservative Party, or any party, and appears to have little time for most MPs.\n\nA longstanding Eurosceptic who cut his campaigning teeth as a director of the anti-euro Business for Sterling group, Mr Cummings's other passion is changing the way government operates.\n\nHe grabbed headlines when he posted an advert on his personal blog for \"weirdos and misfits with odd skills\" to work in government, arguing that the civil service lacked \"deep expertise\" in many policy areas.\n\nThe Vote Leave bus was one of its most notable campaign tactics\n\nMr Cummings is a native of Durham, in the North East of England. His father, Robert, was an oil rig engineer and his mother, Morag, a teacher and behavioural specialist.\n\nHe went to a state primary school and was then privately educated at Durham School. He graduated from Oxford University with a first-class degree in modern history and spent some time in Russia, where he was involved with an ill-fated attempt to launch an airline, among other projects.\n\nHe is married to Spectator journalist Mary Wakefield, the daughter of aristocrat Sir Humphry Wakefield, whose family seat is Chillingam Castle, in Northumberland.\n\nAfter a stint as campaign director for Business for Sterling, Mr Cummings spent eight months as chief strategy adviser to then Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, who fired him.\n\nHe played a key role in the 2004 campaign against an elected regional assembly in his native North East.\n\nIn what turned out to be a dry run for the Brexit campaign, the North East Says No team won the referendum with a mix of eye-catching stunts - including an inflatable white elephant - and snappy slogans that tapped into the growing anti-politics mood among the public.\n\nHe is then said to have retreated to his father's farm, in County Durham, where he spent his time reading science and history books in an effort to attain a better understanding of the world.\n\nMr Cummings facing questions from the media outside his home\n\nHe re-emerged in 2007 as a special adviser to Michael Gove, who became education secretary in 2010 and turned out to be something of a kindred spirit.\n\nThe pair would rail against what they called \"the blob\" - the informal alliance of senior civil servants and teachers' unions that sought, in their opinion, to frustrate their attempts at reform.\n\nHe left of his own accord to set up a free school, having alienated a number of senior people in the education ministry and the Conservative Party.\n\nHe once described former Brexit Secretary David Davis as \"thick as mince\" and as \"lazy as a toad\" and irritated David Cameron, the then prime minister, who called him a \"career psychopath\".\n\nBenedict Cumberbatch was widely praised for his portrayal of Dominic Cummings in Brexit: The Uncivil War\n\nHis appointment as head of the Vote Leave campaign - dramatised in Channel 4 drama Brexit: The Uncivil War - was seen as a risk worth taking by those putting the campaign together but he left a controversial legacy.\n\nVote Leave was found to have broken electoral law over spending limits by the Electoral Commission and Mr Cummings was held in contempt of Parliament for failing to respond to a summons to appear before and give evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.\n\nLike most advisers, he shunned media interviews when he was in government, and his rare appearances before MPs were characterised by animosity on both sides.\n\nAll that has changed in recent weeks, but it would be a brave person who said he had now joined the ranks of the former Westminster insiders who make their living as pundits - a class he appears to view with as much disdain as he does his former colleagues in government.", "The first Covid death was registered in Rhondda Cynon Taf for six weeks\n\nThere were three deaths registered involving Covid in Wales in the latest week - the same as the previous week.\n\nDeaths from all causes were above normal levels, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nThe deaths involving Covid were in hospitals in Denbighshire and Wrexham and one in hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf - the first in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg area for six weeks.\n\nOne of the deaths occurred back on 19 June, the others on 2 and 7 July.\n\nThere can be a lag in some deaths being registered.\n\nThere have been five deaths across Wales in the latest month up to 9 July.\n\nSo-called excess deaths, which compare all registered deaths with previous years, have been below average for 16 of the past 19 weeks. But there were 84 deaths above the five-year average in the latest week.\n\nThe number of deaths we would normally expect to see at this point in a typical year is seen as a reliable measure of the pandemic.\n\nThe number of deaths from all causes in Wales rose to 639 in the week ending 9 July, with 0.5% mentioning Covid on the death certificate.\n\nDeaths from all causes were also above average in England and Scotland. Data has been delayed for Northern Ireland.\n\nDeaths involving Covid increased in all regions of England, especially the north west.\n\nWhen looking across the course of the pandemic so far, there have been 49,486 deaths from all causes in Wales, with 7,907 (16%) mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate.\n\nThis was 4,979 deaths above the five-year average.\n\nThe number of patients testing positive for Covid has increased in Welsh hospitals to their highest point since early April.\n\nThere are also 20 patients in critical care or on invasive ventilation. This is the highest number since 26 March although 87% down on January's peak.\n\nThe figure for confirmed Covid patients in hospital beds has risen to an average of 87.\n\nOn Monday, admissions to hospitals of confirmed and suspected Covid-19 cases were running at a daily seven-day average of 12, the highest point since the start of June.\n\nCovid admissions now make up 1% of all hospital admissions.\n\nCase rates are rising but the numbers ending up in hospital were nearly five times higher at the same point during the second wave of the pandemic.\n\nThis shows the weakening link between positive tests and hospital cases, although any rise will be a worry for hospital doctors, already anticipating a seasonal rise in emergency cases.\n\nThe ambulance service has already issued a warning over increasing pressure.\n\nCase rates are still rising in Wales, with Denbighshire showing the highest numbers in Wales.\n\nThere have been 127 positive tests in Rhyl in the past week, and more in communities including Prestatyn and Denbigh.\n\nAcross Wales, average daily cases are running at 837 a day.\n\nThe \"doubling time\" - the time it takes for the number of cases to double in size - is now 16 days, which suggests the rate of growth is slowing down.\n\nThe under 30s make up 52% of all positive tests for the latest day, which is less than we have been seeing in the past few weeks.\n\nPublic Health Wales reported no further deaths on Tuesday.\n\nMeanwhile, Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) said there has been a \"steady increase\" in Covid cases in staff and residents at care homes since the start of June.\n\nForty homes had notified the organisation of at least one case in the past seven days. Only three local authority areas had no cases. Carmarthenshire and Denbighshire each had five homes reporting cases.\n\nBut there have been no deaths involving residents, according to the figures published by CIW.\n\nLatest figures show 72.4% of Wales' total population have had first vaccine doses, 61.3% have had second doses.\n\nThe past two days have seen the two lowest number of daily first doses, with Monday the lowest on 582. Second doses are now 92% of all vaccinations.\n\nThere are still nearly 126,000 (26.2%) of 18 to 29-year-olds yet to have a first dose. They made up about two-thirds of the first doses given out on Monday.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ben & Jerry's has said it will stop selling its ice cream in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.\n\nThe US company said sales \"in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)\" were \"inconsistent with our values\".\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the move was \"morally wrong\" and would prove to be \"financially wrong\".\n\nThe West Bank and East Jerusalem have been under Israeli control since the 1967 Middle East war.\n\nMore than 600,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements there. Most of the international community considers the settlements illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.\n\nIn a statement shared to its Twitter and Instagram pages on Monday, Ben & Jerry's said its decision reflected the concerns of \"fans and trusted partners\".\n\nThe changes would be made by allowing current licensing arrangements to expire at the end of next year, it added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ben & Jerry's This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We have a longstanding partnership with our licensee, who manufactures Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel and distributes it in the region,\" the statement said.\n\n\"We have been working to change this, and so we have informed our licensee that we will not renew the license agreement when it expires at the end of next year.\"\n\nBen & Jerry's also runs two \"scoop shops\" in Israel and said it would distribute its goods in Israel through a different agreement, the details of which would be announced \"when we're ready\".\n\nUK firm Unilever, which has owned Ben & Jerry's since 2000, says the decision was taken and announced by Ben & Jerry's and its independent board, but it remained \"fully committed\" to maintaining a presence in Israel.\n\nBen & Jerry's Israeli licensee was quoted by the Haaretz newspaper as saying: \"Global Ben & Jerry's decided not to renew the agreement with us in another year and a half in light of our refusal [to comply] with their demand and stop selling throughout Israel.\"\n\n\"We call on the Israeli government and consumers not to permit a boycott of Israel... Ice cream is not part of politics.\"\n\n\"The boycott of Israel - a democracy surrounded by islands of terror - reflects a complete loss of bearings. The boycott does not work and will not work, and we will fight it with all our might,\" Mr Bennett said.\n\nBen Cohen and Jerry Greenfield set up the company in 1978\n\nForeign Minister Yair Lapid called Ben & Jerry's move a \"disgraceful capitulation\" to anti-Semitism and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which calls for a complete boycott of Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians.\n\n\"Over 30 states in the United States have passed anti-BDS legislation in recent years. I plan on asking each of them to enforce these laws against Ben & Jerry's,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for BDS, Mahmoud Nawajaa, it welcomed Ben & Jerry's decision and called on the company \"to end all its procedures with the apartheid Israel\".\n\nBen & Jerry's - which was founded in 1978 by best friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield - has a track record of campaigning on social issues such as LGBTQ+ rights and climate change.\n• None Patel takes on Ben and Jerry's over migrant boats", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening. We'll have another update for you on Wednesday morning.\n\nDowning Street is insisting it is \"crucial\" to self-isolate when sent an alert by the Covid app - and businesses should help employees to do so. The remarks came after business minister Paul Scully said he would encourage people who are \"pinged\" to self-isolate but they can make an \"informed decision\". The app has always been voluntary to download and any alerts are advisory. The government also says there will be no list of critical workers exempt from isolating rules and exemptions will be \"considered on a case-by-case basis\". Individual businesses will have to contact their relevant government department to apply for any exemption.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is urging the UK vaccines authority not to \"rule out\" offering all teenagers a Covid-19 jab. Children over 12 who are at higher risk of falling ill from the virus are to be added to the vaccine programme. But the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation says there would be little benefit in doing this for all young people. Ms Sturgeon says it is \"extremely important\" that this is kept under review. Here's our explainer on which children are being vaccinated and why.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid in Scotland: Vaccinating younger teens 'should not be ruled out'\n\nAlmost a quarter of pupils in England were out of school last week, according to the latest official attendance figures showing the impact of Covid. In secondary schools, the absence rate was nearer a third of pupils, while in primaries it was 17%. Elaine Blowers and her family in Hampshire are among those affected by having to self isolate. She tells the BBC each time it happens, the mental health of her daughter Gracie and son Harley is affected. Our explainer looks at how school will be different next term.\n\nRescheduling the Tokyo Olympics \"caused sleepless nights\" but the Games must go ahead \"to give hope\" for the future, says International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. He says cancellation \"was never an option\" despite the difficulties involved in hosting the event during the Covid pandemic. The opening ceremony for the delayed 2020 Games is on Friday. Meanwhile, BBC Scotland's Olympics team has been forced to isolate in Tokyo.\n\nThe Balearic Islands were added to the UK's amber list last week only 15 days after they were added to the green watchlist, meaning many people will have to isolate when they return. Despite the government's changes to travel restrictions, our reporter speaks to people in north-east England in the video below who are seeing their holiday plans through. Find out more about the travel rules here.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nRestrictions have eased further this week in England and Scotland, so here's a reminder of the self-isolation rules.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "A Florida man has become the first to be sentenced to prison for his part in the US Capitol riots on 6 January.\n\nPaul Allard Hodgkins pleaded guilty in June to one felony count of entering the Capitol to obstruct Congress. He was jailed for eight months.\n\nProsecutors had asked for a term of 18 months, saying Hodgkins \"contributed to the collective threat to democracy\".\n\nThe sentence is expected to set a benchmark for hundreds of upcoming cases from the Capitol riots.\n\nHodgkins, 38, told a Washington DC court that taking part in the invasion of the Capitol had been a \"foolish decision\".\n\nHe said he regretted \"the damage that day's incident caused and the way this country that I love has been hurt\".\n\nThe crane operator from Tampa, was among an estimated 800 people who breached the Capitol on 6 January.\n\nThe FBI has so far arrested more than 535 people for criminal activity on the day of the siege.\n\nVideo footage shows Hodgkins inside the Senate chamber, wearing a Trump 2020 t-shirt, with a pair of goggles around his neck and a Trump flag slung over his shoulder.\n\nCourt documents include a selfie taken by Hodgkins inside the Senate. One of the most prominent participants in the riots, the so-called QAnon Shaman, can be seen in the background.\n\nProsecutors noted that Hodgkins did not personally engage in violence or destroy property.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA lawyer for Hodgkins had asked for judge for leniency, saying any sentence given \"will pale in comparison\" to the lifelong shame he will carry.\n\nHodgkins' felony sentence follows one other Capitol riot sentence issued so far.\n\nAnna Morgan-Lloyd, a 49-year-old woman from Indiana, received three years of probation and no jail time after pleading guilty in June to a disorderly conduct charge, a misdemeanour.\n\nMs Morgan-Lloyd, who was inside the Capitol for around 10 minutes and did not engage in violence, apologised for taking part.", "Sunny skies turned to heavy rain and hail across the East of England, as the Met Office issued an amber warning for thunderstorms.\n\nSeveral Twitter users posted videos of the torrential showers, in stark contrast to the earlier sun which saw parts of the region heat up to 30C (86F).\n\nThe Met Office says the weather could lead to localised flooding and travel disruption.\n\nThe hot weather is expected to continue for the rest of the week.", "Tony Blair's admission of the British government's culpability over the Irish Famine was neither written nor approved by the former PM before it was sent, National Archive papers show.\n\nMr Blair's private secretary Sir John Holmes wrote it but could not reach him for final approval, according to files.\n\nThe 1997 statement was welcomed as an overdue recognition of British failure.\n\nMore than a million people died between 1845-52 in the famine, when the entire island of Ireland was part of the UK.\n\nAnd about two million more people emigrated over a decade.\n\nIn May 1997, the newly-elected prime minister was invited to send a message to the official commemoration of the Irish Famine, held in the small town of Millstreet in County Cork.\n\nMr Blair's statement was read by actor Gabriel Byrne on 31 May as the prime minister was unable to attend the event.\n\nThe message was needed at short notice and Sir John could not reach Mr Blair for his final approval, the documents released by the National Archives, in Kew, revealed.\n\nOn 30 May, Sir John wrote to Mr Blair: \"I tried to clear the principle of this with you this afternoon by telephone, but you were not around.\"\n\nSir John said he wanted to \"avoid the impression of a snub\" so approved the text \"off my own bat\" and sent it to the British Embassy in Dublin.\n\nHe knew the statement would \"get quite a lot of publicity\".\n\nIt recognised the famine as a \"defining event\" in the history of Ireland and Britain and said: \"Those who governed in London at the time failed their people through standing by while a crop failure turned into a massive human tragedy.\"\n\nSir John considered this \"fell well short of an apology\" and was \"no more than a statement of fact\".\n\nMore than one million people died in the Great Famine of 1845-52, marked by the Famine Memorial in Dublin\n\nHe said he had checked with \"all and sundry\" including Alastair Campbell, then Downing Street press secretary, and \"everyone\" thought that reference was right.\n\nHowever, it was seen by the Irish press as an \"implicit apology\" and was warmly welcomed.\n\nThe British Ambassador to Ireland, Veronica Sutherland, wrote: \"In all the circumstances, events could not have turned out better.\"\n\nThe then Taoiseach [Irish PM] John Bruton said: \"The prime minister is to be complimented for the thought and care shown in this statement.\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Sir John said he remembered what happened because he \"drafted something I thought was not particularly novel and was somewhat surprised to find that the following morning it was the lead item on the BBC\".\n\nHe said he was \"a bit nervous\" because he \"hadn't had time to clear it [the statement] with the prime minister in advance\".\n\nBut, he said, Mr Blair did not challenge him, saying he believed the prime minister to be \"very happy with what I'd done\" as it was \"very important in sending psychological messages about readiness to be sensitive to nationalist, Irish concerns\".\n\nThis was important \"in creating the right sort of atmosphere for the ceasefire, for the talks and so on\".\n\nSir John said while it was an \"unexceptionable\" statement it had a huge impact and was a useful thing to do.\n\nHe did not remember any comeback for him, he said, adding: \"Luckily.\"\n\nThe statement was not an apology, Sir John said, it was an acknowledgement that the British government had not done enough to prevent the consequences of the famine.", "Video conferencing firm Zoom has struck a multibillion dollar deal to buy a cloud-based call centre operator in a bet on the future of hybrid working.\n\nThe firm announced the $14.7bn (£10.7bn) acquisition of Five9 in a blog post on Sunday.\n\nZoom boss Eric Yuan said the deal would allow its customers to \"reimagine the way they do business\".\n\nIt marks the firm's biggest takeover, and comes even though staff are beginning to return to the office.\n\nInvestors have been watching for clues as to how the firm would fare as social distancing restrictions lift and more people are vaccinated.\n\nThe pandemic, which prompted an abrupt shift to remote work for many businesses around the world, transformed Zoom into a household name practically overnight.\n\nZoom has said it does not expect growth to continue at the pace it enjoyed last year, but so far business remains strong.\n\nThe company expects sales to rise more than 40% this year, reaching more than $3.7bn (£2.66bn).\n\nIn the last three months of 2020, sales were up 370% compared to the same period in 2019, hitting $882.5m, it said in March.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From pet and child interruptions to catching fire, here's a look at the times online meetings went wrong\n\nThe firm, which charges businesses for its remote meeting software in addition to more limited free use for the general public, said the acquisition of Five9 marked a shift in strategy. It is now prioritising its cloud-calling product Zoom Phone and conference-hosting product Zoom Rooms.\n\n\"This acquisition is... positioning us to accelerate Zoom's growth and play an even stronger role in driving the digital future, bringing companies and their customers closer together,\" its founder Eric Yuan said.\n\nFive9's call centre software is used by more than 2,000 clients such as Under Armour, Lululemon and Olympus, and the deal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2022 having been approved by the boards of both companies.\n\n\"This is a high-priced deal which appears to attempt to build out the Zoom Phone offering,\" said Neil Campling, an analyst at Mirabaud Securities.\n\nBut he added: \"Paying such a high price for a non-differentiated offering smacks of attempts to move into adjacent markets as Zoom fatigue sets in.\"\n\nA question mark has been raised over the future of hybrid working, although other tech firms such as Google and Microsoft have invested in their video-conferencing offer during the pandemic.\n\nBut others such as global workspace provider IWG have said that they expect working from home some of the time will become the norm - especially as firms will be looking to save money and be more environmentally-friendly by using less office space.", "Kenneth Macharia said he would have faced persecution in Kenya for being gay\n\nA gay African rugby player threatened with deportation has won the right to remain in the UK.\n\nKen Macharia, 41, who moved to the UK more than a decade ago has been granted refugee status.\n\nWithout it he feared he could have been sent back to Kenya, where homosexual activity is illegal and punishable with heavy jail sentences.\n\nA campaign was started by the gay- and bisexual-inclusive Bristol Bisons RFC, where Mr Macharia is a club member.\n\nA judge found he would be at \"real risk of serious harm as a gay man\" and that his \"human rights would be breached\" were he to be removed from the UK.\n\nA first-tier tribunal of the immigration and asylum chamber upheld Mr Macharia's appeal against deportation.\n\nSpeaking afterwards, Mr Macharia said: \"When I tell people close to me the news, they are jumping with joy and excitement, I put on a smile and pretend to share the same level of enthusiasm.\n\n\"It's been a very long struggle, since 2016.\n\n\"I have had my hopes crushed too many times. I can't help wondering what will go wrong.\n\n\"The sadness has not gone away. I used to be optimistic. It will be a while before I am again.\n\n\"I am very grateful for all the support I have received. Very many people came to my aid at my time of need.\n\n\"The list is very long, some I know, some I don't. Thanks to each and everyone of you.\n\n\"It will take me a bit of time to truly believe this nightmare is over and be at the same level of enthusiasm as you.\"\n\nMr Macharia received support from friends and teammates in the UK\n\nBristol Bisons RFC said: \"We are delighted to announce that, after five years of battling with the UK Home Office - a fight which was increased in intensity in 2019 when Ken was threatened with immediate removal from the country - our very own Ken has won his asylum appeal and been granted refugee status.\n\n\"We'd like to thank everyone for their continued support throughout the past couple of years.\"\n\nMr Macharia, who lives in Glastonbury, Somerset, feared mob violence or blackmail in the east African nation where the Foreign Office warned gay British travellers that holding hands or kissing in public could lead to imprisonment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The footballer has been suspended from a Premier League club while police inquiries continue\n\nA Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of child sex offences.\n\nThe 31-year-old man, who has not been named for legal reasons, was detained on Friday by Greater Manchester Police.\n\nIn a statement, the player's club confirmed he had been suspended and added it would \"continue supporting the authorities with inquiries and would not be commenting further\".\n\nThe footballer has since been bailed pending further inquiries.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Elaine says repeated periods of self-isolation are a worry for her children's mental health\n\nAlmost a quarter (23.3%) of pupils in England were out of school last week, the latest official attendance figures show.\n\nThis means there were 1.7 million pupils absent, up from 1.5 million the week before.\n\nThe latest figures include over a million off for Covid-related reasons, but only 47,000 actually had Covid.\n\nIn secondary schools, the absence rate was nearer a third (32.7%) of pupils, while in primaries it was 17%.\n\nSome 661,500 pupils out of the total were absent from school for unspecified non-Covid related reasons.\n\nThese figures show a snapshot of the situation in state schools last Thursday - before changes introduced from 19 July, which are intended to reduce the numbers having to be sent home.\n\nThere has been speculation that many families may have chosen to take their children out of school early so isolation rules do not interfere with holiday plans.\n\nWhile others, including some teaching unions, have highlighted the impact of the pandemic on pupil engagement and mental health.\n\nElaine Blowers and her family in Hampshire are among many hundreds of thousands of families affected by having to self isolate.\n\nShe says each time it happens, the mental health of her daughter Gracie and son Harley is affected.\n\nMrs Blowers, a mum of two young, primary-aged children in Andover told how her son and daughter had to isolate due to one person in their class testing positive. Both children took a PCR test and were Covid-negative.\n\nHer son, Harley, has special needs and has missed out on the additional help he gets in school and has not really got on well with home-learning. And she explained how her daughter, Gracie, experiences anxiety every time she has to isolate - developing nightmares and stomach pains.\n\n\"What is frustrating is that it is not the first time this has happened,\" she says.\n\n\"Every time we have always been negative and felt very frustrated that my children have had to be locked up and I've had to lose an income unnecessarily.\"\n\nElaine runs her own business as a childminder working from home, so every time her children need to isolate, it impacts her business.\n\nShe said the current situation was tricky for parents.\n\n\"I know some parents have approached schools to keep children off so not to affect holidays. But other parents are still choosing to keep children in school.\n\n\"We've stuck to the rules but begrudgingly.\"\n\nElaine says both her children have really suffered by not being in school, but she does not blame the school which she says has been \"fantastic\" in offering support.\n\n\"The prime minister needs to get a grip and allow for people that are contacted to get a PCR test and if negative return to work or school. This needs to change now - 16 August is too late,\" she says, referring to the date when Covid self-isolation rules are expected to change.\n\n\"It is having such a negative impact on businesses and people's, including children's, mental health.\"\n\nA Department for Education (DfE) spokesman said: \"Our priority is for schools and colleges to deliver face-to-face, high quality education to all pupils as we know that being out of education causes significant harm to educational attainment, life chances, mental and physical health.\n\n\"Where children have needed to isolate, they must be offered immediate access to high-quality remote education.\"\n\nHe added that the DfE had now removed its system of grouping pupils in \"bubbles\" to restrict transmission, and that self-isolation would not be required next term for pupils coming into contact with positive cases.\n\nThe National Association of Head Teachers' general secretary Paul Whiteman said the government's decision to end \"bubbles\" and school isolation requirements was intended to stop so many missing school.\n\nBut he warned that rising case numbers would mean more disruption, unless there was action to prevent transmission in schools.\n\n\"The government's own modelling predicts that the number of cases among children and young people is only going to get worse by the start of next term,\" he added.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the latest figures \"bring a year of unprecedented educational disruption to a grim end\".\n\nHe said schools and colleges needed substantial financial and practical support for on-site testing for students and ventilation systems\n\n\"This work cannot be done on the cheap and the government needs to stop counting the pennies and address the situation with a proper injection of support and funding,\" he added.\n\nNatalie Perera, chief executive of the Education Policy Institute said the stark figures on pupil absence underline the importance of education recovery programmes.\n\n\"Supporting pupils through this crisis has to be a number one priority for the government,\" she said. \"We need to see far more ambitious and better-targeted education recovery policies which address the scale of this challenge.\"", "There were seven deaths on farms in Wales in 2020-21, compared with three in 2019-20\n\nThe number of fatal farming accidents in Wales more than doubled last year, according to official figures.\n\nA report by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) showed there were seven deaths in 2020-21, compared with three in 2019-20.\n\nFarmer Alun Hopkins, 80, said he would take more care after he broke his ankle and spent two days in hospital when he was charged by a cow in February.\n\nThe HSE called it \"disappointing\" and urged farmers to call out bad practice.\n\nThe rise in Wales reflected a similar increase across the UK, where there were 41 fatal incidents in 2020-21, compared with 23 in 2019-20.\n\nThe provisional figure for 2020-21 was also higher than the UK five-year average of 33 deaths per year between 2016 and 2021.\n\nMore than half the fatal incidents in the UK involved people aged over 60, and there was also a large increase in victims among the 45-54 age group.\n\nThe main causes included moving vehicles, animals, contact with machinery and being struck by an object.\n\nFarmer Alun Hopkins needed hospital treatment after being attacked by a cow\n\nAlun Hopkins was struck by a cow on his farm near the village of Pisgah, in Ceredigion, in February.\n\nHe said: \"I went to tag a newborn calf in the calving pen. The calf was quiet and I was on my way out when the cow hit me.\n\n\"I fell to the floor where she kept ramming me. I managed to fight her off, open the gate and limped up to the house.\"\n\nMr Hopkins was taken by air ambulance to Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth, where he spent two nights with a broken ankle.\n\nAnimals are one of the biggest causes of fatal injuries on farms\n\nHe said: \"I was shocked more than anything. I've had a few hits before, but nothing like this.\"\n\nAlun said farmers should think twice before doing any job on the farm.\n\n\"I should have waited for my son to help me. One to tag the calf and one to watch the cow,\" he reflected.\n\n\"That's what will happen next time. I'm not going to risk it. It's happened once, it could happen again.\"\n\nFarmers should call out poor practice, the HSE says\n\nAgriculture has the worst rate of fatal injury among workers of the main industrial sectors - 20 times higher than the all-industry rate, according to the HSE.\n\n\"It is not acceptable that agriculture continues to fail to manage risk in the workplace,\" said HSE's acting head of agriculture, Adrian Hodkinson.\n\n\"We need everyone to play their part to improve their behaviour, do things the right way and call out poor practices whenever they are seen.\"\n\nHe added: \"It is disappointing to be highlighting another high annual fatality rate in the industry when the causes are well known and the precautions to avoid injury are straightforward.\"\n\nWyn Thomas says farmers have been \"so stressed\" during the pandemic\n\nBut a Welsh charity which provides a helpline for farmers said the extra stress and isolation caused by the pandemic may have contributed to an increase serious incidents.\n\n\"The more worries farmers face, the more stress they're under, the less help they have, the more likely you are to see accidents happening on farms,\" said Wyn Thomas, from the Tir Dewi organisation.\n\n\"It's a terrible state of affairs that farmers are so stressed and so worried about so many issues, that things go wrong and things happen.\"\n\nGlyn Davies, ambassador for the Wales Farm Safety Partnership, said his message to farmers was to \"take care\".\n\n\"Make sure you know what you're doing, prepare ahead, make sue you have the right equipment, think about what you're going to do, take a few seconds, a few minutes - that's the main thing,\" he said.", "Rockets could be heard exploding nearby during prayers in Afghanistan to mark the start of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha.\n\nWorship at the presidential palace in Kabul continued despite the attack, with some appearing frightened and unsure of what to do.\n\nThe prayers were being broadcast live and President Ashraf Ghani was in attendance.\n\nThe attack came amid a rise in violence in the country, as foreign troops withdraw after 20 years.\n\nRead more: Life in Afghanistan after America leaves", "Rail operator LNER has said it will not enforce social distancing\n\nScotland's social distancing regulations are being reviewed following a row with cross-border rail operators, the first minister has said.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said lawyers would see whether \"clarification or tightening\" of the 1m rule was necessary.\n\nOn Monday London North Eastern Railway (LNER) told customers it was operating \"under English guidance\" as the measure had been lifted down south.\n\nOperator Avanti West Coast also refused to enforce the 1m rule on its cross-border services, and will instead make announcements about changes in restrictions as trains enter Scotland.\n\nCurrently people in Scotland should stay 1m from each other in public places - but the rule has been lifted in England.\n\nScottish legislation states that anyone providing a service in a level zero area take measures to ensure that \"as far as reasonably practicable\", that a 1m distance is maintained.\n\nDuring a Covid briefing on Tuesday, the first minister said she had seen commentary suggesting trains may not be included in the law because they were not classified as \"premises\".\n\nThe first minister said her legal team would review social distancing rules\n\nShe said: \"I've just asked our lawyers to look at that to see whether there is any clarification or tightening required.\n\n\"But the intention is clear. I would expect companies operating in Scotland to follow the law in Scotland and follow the guidance in place in Scotland, even if it is not contained in statute.\"\n\nHours after saying it would not enforce Scottish regulations, LNER changed its position saying it was \"reviewing its approach\" on Anglo-Scottish services.\n\nIt said it would provide an update in due course.\n\nA spokesperson for the firm said: \"The safety of our customers and colleagues remains our top priority. We are continuing to provide an enhanced cleaning programme onboard our trains and at our stations as well as reminding customers to wear a face mask, unless exempt.\n\n\"We are also using our reservation system to prevent overcrowding and our website to continue to inform customers which are our least busy and busier services.\"\n\nThe first minister thanked the firm for \"making clear\" it would follow Scottish guidance.\n\nAvanti West Coast will take an advisory position with social distancing rules\n\nThe BBC understands that Avanti West Coast will make announcements on trains leaving Carlisle, advising people of Scotland's social distancing rules to give them a chance to move seats.\n\nThe firm has encouraged passengers to travel at quieter times.\n\nMeanwhile, operator ScotRail said \"physical distancing can't be guaranteed\" in stations or on trains and asks people to \"take personal responsibility\".\n\nTransport Scotland earlier said the \"law was clear\" and that rail operators had to take steps to ensure social distancing was \"reasonably practicable\" in level zero areas.\n\nA spokesman said: \"It is our expectation that operators providing a public transport service in Scotland to comply with the law as far as is reasonably practical and inform passengers using their services.\"Transport Scotland officials received assurance from LNER on Friday that their messages to customers would be changed to reflect and respect Scottish government law and guidance. It is not acceptable that LNER has continued to issue inaccurate advice.\"\n\nScotland has moved to the lowest level of Covid restrictions, while England has lifted most legal restrictions.\n\nThe move means more people in Scotland will be allowed to meet indoors and attend weddings and funerals but there are some \"modifications\".\n\nIn public places, one-metre physical distancing remains for people from different households.\n\nSome limits on outdoor meetings are also being maintained and the mandatory use of face coverings is to remain in place for \"some time\".", "Police are not treating the death as suspicious\n\nA 13-year-old boy has died after entering a lake in a County Down village, police have said.\n\nIt is understood that the incident happened in the Canal Court area of Scarva at about 15:30 on Monday.\n\nEmergency services, including the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Air Ambulance and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS), attended the scene.\n\nThe teenager was taken to hospital where he later died.\n\nPolice are not treating the death as suspicious.\n\nGary Magwood, of the NIFRS, told BBC News NI that crews attended a \"traumatic\" scene.\n\n\"Crews assisted and gave medical aid,\" said Mr Magwood. He added the teenager was then taken to Craigavon Area Hospital where he later died.\n\n\"This is very traumatic for the crews and for those in the local area.\n\n\"Our condolences go out to the family.\"\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Carla Lockhart said the news was \"devastating\".\n\n\"Please remember the family in your prayers as they come to terms with this harrowing tragedy,\" she added.", "Travellers to England from green and amber list countries may no longer face Covid checks on arrival - according to a union representing border staff.\n\nOfficers will no longer routinely verify arrivals have tested negative before departure or completed a passenger locator form, the ISU said.\n\nThe Guardian first reported the change and said it aimed to reduce queues.\n\nThe government said carriers were checking all necessary requirements including forms and test bookings.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"This legal requirement on carriers is underpinned by a robust compliance regime, which is overseen by regulators.\n\n\"Compliance with these rules is essential in order to protect the population from new variants of Covid-19, and so there will be tough fines for those who do not follow the rules.\"\n\nAirlines UK, which represents easyJet, Tui and British Airways among others, said: \"Carriers are committed to working with Border Force on these requirements, which is why compliance has remained consistently extremely high.\"\n\nBut Labour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds accused the government of \"yet more staggering incompetence\" and added: \"They must - urgently - get a grip.\"\n\nFrom Monday, carriers were asked to begin checking vaccine status certification. They were already legally required to ensure passengers have completed necessary requirements before travelling.\n\nThe Guardian said it had seen a leaked memo that told border staff they no longer had to search for a passenger locator form when the computer system failed to find one.\n\nThe memo also reportedly confirmed that electronic border gates \"will no longer refer passengers to in-person checks by Border Force officers if a passenger locator form is not found\".\n\nThe memo, which the Guardian said became operational on Monday as other restrictions eased in England, has not been seen by the BBC.\n\nBorder Force officers were previously instructed to check 100% of passenger Covid documentation at the border - a direction blamed by some for contributing to queues of up to six hours.\n\nPreviously about 10% of passenger Covid documentation had been checked.\n\nBut Lucy Moreton, of the ISU trade union, confirmed the reported memo was accurate.\n\n\"Ultimately this is a political decision,\" Ms Moreton said.\n\n\"Certainly, it will reduce queue times significantly and hopefully also the level of verbal abuse to which Border Force staff are subject.\n\n\"That is welcome to us. The impact on the UK's Covid security is ultimately a scientific determination.\"\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has warned of continuing disruption to travel, saying passengers should expect much of that to be focused at check-in and before travel, rather than at the border.\n\nAll arrivals regardless of where they are coming from abroad are required to test negative before departure and have valid proof of their test status.\n\nThey are also required to conduct another test two days after their arrival, and prove this is organised pre-departure.\n\nAll travellers to the UK must complete a passenger locator form with basic details including an address.\n\nThose arriving from amber list countries, who are not fully vaccinated, must also complete a further test on day eight and quarantine at an address listed on the form.\n\nPeople who have been fully vaccinated are no longer required to carry out home quarantine when arriving from an amber list country.\n\nArrivals from red list countries must quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days, at a cost of at least £1,750 per adult.\n• None What Covid rules do holiday destinations have?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By the end of September, full vaccination will be required in order to enter nightclubs, says the PM\n\nPeople attending nightclubs and other venues where large crowds gather in England will need to be fully vaccinated from the end of September, the government says.\n\nLatest figures show 35% of 18 to 30-year-olds have not had their first jab.\n\nCurrently nightclubs and other crowded venues are only encouraged to ask clubbers to show proof of vaccination, a negative test result or immunity.\n\nBut Boris Johnson said he was concerned by the continuing risk of transmission.\n\nThe announcement came on the day nightclubs in England were allowed to reopen after 16 months of closure.\n\nThe prime minister told a press conference on Monday: \"I don't want to have to close nightclubs again as they have elsewhere. But it does mean nightclubs need to do the socially responsible thing.\n\n\"As we said last week, we do reserve the right to mandate certification at any point if it's necessary to reduce transmission.\n\n\"And I should serve notice now that by the end of September, when all over 18s have had their chance to be double jabbed we're planning to make full vaccination the condition of entry to nightclubs and other venues where large crowds gather.\"\n\nChief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said nightclubs and other such venues could be \"potential super spreading events\" because of crowds in close contact.\n\n\"I would expect that with opening of nightclubs, we'll continue to see an increase in cases, and we will see outbreaks related to specific nightclubs as well,\" he said.\n\nHow have you been affected by issues covered in this story?\n\nNightclubs are still closed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Welsh government said it would never mandate the use of vaccination certificates but that businesses would be free to ask for them.\n\nAcross the UK, 39,950 cases were recorded on Monday alongside another 19 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nIt's easy to understand how a loud and busy nightclub could be the perfect stomping ground for Covid.\n\nHaving lots of people packed closely together, snogging, singing and shouting in a confined space with relatively poor ventilation creates ideal conditions for a virus carried in our spit to spread.\n\nAdd in the fact that many of those attending may not have had two or even one dose of a vaccine that helps protect against catching and transmitting the virus, and you could have a super-spreading event on your hands.\n\nThe Netherlands recently tried reopening its clubs and quickly decided to close them again amid rising infection rates. Its government said most of the new infections occurred in nightlife settings and parties with large numbers of people.\n\nFor now, it is asking its citizens to use their common sense and act responsibly; keeping gatherings small and manageable. Time will tell if the UK might go the same way.\n\nMany nightclubs have shut down during the pandemic and the industry reacted angrily to the prime minister's announcement.\n\n\"So, 'freedom day' for nightclubs lasted around 17 hours then,\" said Michael Kill, boss of the Night Time Industries Association.\n\n\"Leaving aside the fact that this is yet another chaotic U-turn that will leave nightclubs who have been planning for reopening for months having to make more changes to the way they operate - this is still a bad idea.\n\n\"80% of nightclubs have said they do not want to implement Covid passports, worrying about difficulties with enforcing the system and a reduction in spontaneous consumers, as well as being put at a competitive disadvantage with pubs and bars that aren't subject to the same restrictions and yet provide similar environments.\"\n\nBoss of UK Hospitality Kate Nicholls called the announcement \"a hammer blow\" for a struggling industry trying to rebuild.\n\nOne major nightclub firm, Rekom UK, which owns 42 venues including chains Pryzm, Bar&Beyond, and Fiction, said clubs had become a political football.\n\nBoss Peter Marks said: \"Mandatory Covid passports may make sense one day once the entire adult population has been offered vaccines, but does government really think this threat will entice the 'vaccine wary' to take the vaccine? They will just stay later in the pubs and hold their parties in their houses.\"\n\nMark Harper MP, who chairs the Covid Recovery Group of Conservative backbenchers, also criticised the plans, saying the government was \"effectively moving to compulsory vaccination.\"\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons, he called on the government to bring forward the evidence for the policy in September ahead of any vote, saying he didn't think the evidence from pilot schemes supported the idea.\n\nVaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi MP promised to share the evidence with the Commons, \"working with the nightclub industry or at-risk large scale events that are indoors\".", "Downing Street has insisted it is \"crucial\" to self-isolate when sent an alert by the Covid app - and businesses should help employees to do so.\n\nIt comes after business minister Paul Scully said he would encourage people who are \"pinged\" to self-isolate but they can make an \"informed decision\".\n\nThe app has always been voluntary to download and any alerts are advisory.\n\nLabour accused the government of \"making it up as they go along\" and creating confusion.\n\nIn recent days, there has been widespread criticism that the app has been sending out so many alerts that hundreds of thousands of people are self-isolating and missing work, causing widespread disruption.\n\nPub chains, supermarkets, transport networks and other businesses have warned of the crippling effect blanket stay-at-home orders for close contacts were having on their operations.\n\nPeople who are \"pinged\" by the NHS Covid app and told they have been in close contact with someone with coronavirus are advised - but not legally obliged - to self-isolate for 10 days.\n\nHowever, anyone contacted directly by NHS Test and Trace - either by phone, text or email - must self-isolate.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK reported a further 46,558 new daily Covid cases alongside another 96 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nMeanwhile, a \"very small\" number of critical workers - including NHS and care staff - could carry on working even if told to self-isolate under a new government scheme.\n\nIndustry bodies reacted to the plan with dismay, describing it as \"simply unworkable\", amid confusion over how it would operate.\n\nDowning Street confirmed the first exemptions had been issued under the scheme by government departments.\n\nNo 10 was unable to say how many people the government will approve for the loosened rules.\n\nPlans for the fully vaccinated to be made exempt from self-isolation were delayed until 16 August in England, with ministers warning at the time of a huge knock-on for the economy and workplaces, including the NHS.\n\nIn a BBC interview, Mr Scully was asked whether people should self-isolate if they are \"pinged\". \"I would absolutely encourage people to do that. But they can make an informed decision,\" he replied.\n\n\"I don't want to have to mandate people and tell people what to do as government any longer than I really have to.\n\n\"But they do have a responsibility to themselves, to their families and to their communities. It's by doing the right thing that we can keep Covid at bay.\"\n\nEarlier, he told Times Radio that self-isolating after being told to by the app was a decision for individuals and employers.\n\n\"It's important to understand the rules,\" he said. \"You have to legally isolate if you are... contacted by Test and Trace, or if you're trying to claim isolation payments. The app is there to allow you to make informed decisions.\"\n\nThe Times is also reporting that ministers have written to major manufacturers emphasising that staff are not legally obliged to isolate if \"pinged\". Investment minister Lord Grimstone told one large employer the app was only an \"advisory tool\" and that people were not under any \"legal duty\", the paper said.\n\nFollowing the ministers' comments, Downing Street attempted to clarify the government's position, insisting isolation remained the \"most important action\" people can take to stop the spread of the virus.\n\n\"Given the risk of having and spreading the virus when people have been in contact with someone with Covid, it is crucial people isolate when they are told to do so, either by NHS Test and Trace or by the NHS Covid app,\" a No 10 spokeswoman said.\n\n\"Businesses should be supporting employees to isolate, they should not be encouraging them to break isolation.\"\n\nNow that legal restrictions have been lifted in England, cases of coronavirus will undoubtedly rise further.\n\nBut a significant number of adults are not yet fully vaccinated.\n\nIn the meantime, the test and trace system remains the only way the government can contain the virus to a level it deems acceptable.\n\nSo the message on how closely people should follow the advice to isolate if \"pinged\" by the app is crucial.\n\nAlthough it's not a legal requirement to do so (only if contacted directly by test and trace) any suggestion that it's up to you, optional, or a judgement call risks undermining the government's entire approach.\n\nThat's why we saw a junior minister's choice of words was quickly corrected by Downing Street this morning.\n\nThe rules change next month, allowing double jabbed adults to avoid isolation.\n\nUntil then the government will have to hope it can keep the public's confidence in the app and its instructions to isolate.\n\nJohn Edmunds, professor of infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a member of Sage, said contact tracing and self-isolation should be maintained \"as stringently as we can\".\n\n\"We have one of the highest rates of cases in the world right now. The NHS has been under strain for a long time and they are busy trying to catch up on operations and are very, very busy. So to put them under more pressure now is going to be awkward,\" he told Times Radio.\n\nJustin Madders, Labour's shadow health minister, accused the government of \"making it up as they go along\".\n\n\"Yet again there is more confusion and incompetence from the heart of government at the expense of public health. They need to get a grip,\" he said.\n\nWhile the Covid app can only advise people to self-isolate, anyone in England who is called, texted or emailed by NHS Test and Trace must isolate for 10 days.\n\nFailure to self-isolate for the full time period can result in a fine, starting from £1,000.", "The dispute is over the size of the type (top right) that shows the source of election material\n\nGeorge Galloway has threatened to take legal action against a council in a row over font sizes on his by-election posters.\n\nThe adverts for his campaign as the Workers Party candidate in Thursday's Batley and Spen ballot were taken down.\n\nKirklees Council said the adverts broke election rules but Mr Galloway accused the Labour-run authority of a \"blatantly partisan move\".\n\nIt said the posters \"did not meet the standards required\".\n\nAccording to the council, mandatory text, known as an imprint, identifying the source of the campaign material appears too small.\n\nMr Galloway said the local authority had \"used taxpayer money and council staff to remove hundreds of posters\" and had not returned them to his campaign headquarters.\n\n\"But it is clear there are no levels to which Labour won't stoop in this by-election.\" he said.\n\n\"Gone is the notion of a free and fair election\".\n\nJames Giles, Mr Galloway's campaign manager, said it had instructed lawyers and reported the removal to West Yorkshire Police and the Electoral Commission.\n\nKirklees Council said it had received a complaint about some of the posters and had asked Mr Galloway's campaign to \"correct the problem\" before taking them down.\n\nCandidates could place posters on street furniture during the election campaign if the posters met certain requirements, said a council statement.\n\nOne was \"all imprints on these election materials have to have a font size of at least 12\".\n\nThe size was important as the source of election materials needed to be \"clear and transparent\", it said.\n\n\"These rules are set out in our election campaign policy which all candidates received as part of their nomination pack\", the council added.\n\nThere are 16 candidates standing in Thursday's by-election.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Paula Bradley was elected as deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in May\n\nThe DUP's deputy leader Paula Bradley has apologised for remarks made by some of her party colleagues in the past about the LGBT community.\n\nMs Bradley admitted that some of the things said by the DUP over the past 50 years had been \"absolutely atrocious\".\n\nShe added their remarks \"fed into the hatred\" endured by LGBT people.\n\nShe was taking part in an online event hosted by Pink News, during which she was asked if the DUP should apologise for comments over its history.\n\nMs Bradley, who represents North Belfast in the Northern Ireland Assembly, was elected deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in May.\n\nShe has previously been described as the DUP's most liberal assembly member.\n\nOn Thursday, Ms Bradley was among representatives of six of the largest parties in Northern Ireland who took part in an online discussion about LGBT rights, chaired by John O'Doherty from the Rainbow Project.\n\nHe asked Ms Bradley if there would ever be a time \"when the DUP would, or if they should, apologise for the hurt and harm caused to LGBTQI Plus people in the last 50 years\".\n\n\"I am not going to defend some of the things that have been said over the years because they've been absolutely atrocious, they've been shocking,\" she replied.\n\n\"I certainly couldn't stand by many of those comments - in fact all of those comments - because I know the hurt that they cause people and I know that fed into the hatred that some people have had to endure in their life and I think that's absolutely wrong.\n\n\"I think the vast majority of those people who made those comments are no longer there and the ones that are there have said that they have learned their lessons - that their language at times has not been right.\"\n\nMs Bradley said it was an issue she had raised \"on numerous occasions\" within the DUP, adding that language used by elected representatives had an impact in wider society.\n\nResponding to the question on whether the DUP should apologise, she said: \"I can certainly say I apologise for what others have said and done in the past, because I do think there have been some very hurtful comments and some language that really should not have been used.\"\n• None Who is the new DUP leader's 'critical friend'?", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nAndy Murray's Wimbledon run came to an end as beating Canadian 10th seed Denis Shapovalov proved a step too far on his singles comeback.\n\nMurray's loss came after British number one Dan Evans saw his bid to reach the last 16 for the first time ended by American prodigy Sebastian Korda.\n\nEvans, 31, had not dropped a set in his opening two matches, but was beaten 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 by the SW19 debutant.\n\nThe 22nd seed came unstuck against 20-year-old Korda, who is ranked 50th in the world but looked unfazed on the big stage.\n\nThe exits of Murray and Evans leave Cameron Norrie as the last British man able to reach the second week of this year's tournament in the singles.\n\nNorrie plays eight-time champion Roger Federer on Saturday, the same day as the last Briton in the women's singles, 18-year-old Emma Raducanu, faces Sorana Cirstea.\n\n\"This is a dream come true for me,\" Shapovalov said after beating former world number one Murray.\n\n\"I put in countless years of hard work to play on Centre Court and to play Andy in a match like this.\n\n\"He is truly an inspiration to many people - including me.\n\n\"It is amazing to be here and I don't think I could have played any better.\"\n• None Is the hard work worth it? - Murray wants improvement after Wimbledon exit\n\nClassy Shapovalov proves step too far for Murray\n\nThrilling victories in his opening two matches resulted in Murray defying the odds yet again - but 22-year-old Shapovalov represented a sharp step up in class.\n\nMurray made slow starts in the opening two sets, trailing 5-1 in both as the Canadian showed his quality, and even the Scot found this challenge insurmountable.\n\nThe circumstances in which he beat Georgian 24th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili and German qualifier Oscar Otte were impressive as he survived a wobble in the first and fought back to win a dramatic five-setter in the second.\n\nIn both of those matches Murray returned rejuvenated under the roof after the players went off because of darkness.\n\nThis time, against an energetic opponent who hit a total of 42 winners, another enforced break before the third set could not help the Scot.\n\nUnder the lights, Shapovalov refused to ease off. The world number 12 continued to make Murray work in his service games and dominated his own for another 5-1 lead in the third set.\n\nA mature performance was sealed with an ace as Murray, the 2013 and 2016 champion, departed to another standing ovation.\n\nNevertheless, Murray will reflect on the success of his return to the Wimbledon singles - following a four-year absence - once the disappointment of this defeat wears off.\n\nIn January 2019, the three-time Grand Slam champion thought he would have to retire as he prepared to have metal inserted into his hip through a resurfacing surgery.\n\nThe fact Murray has even been able to play matches at Wimbledon again, let alone win them and create special atmospheres on Centre Court, has been a testament to his greatness.\n\n\"I told him at the net that he is my hero,\" added Shapovalov, who will play Spanish eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the last 16.\n\n\"Achievements aside, to be able to come back with an injury like this and playing the tennis he is playing, it has been vintage Andy. It was fun to see as a fan.\"\n\n'It hurts to come up short' - Evans\n\nEvans, ranked 26th in the world, looked sorely disappointed after losing on Centre Court, going down to a youngster considered one of the rising stars of the sport.\n\n\"It was a good chance to have a decent run. It hurts to come up short,\" Evans told BBC Sport.\n\n\"It feels like I'm running out time. It was a good opportunity at home. It's tough to go out like that.\"\n\nKorda, son of former Australian Open champion Petr, played with clarity and confidence throughout most of the match.\n\nThe tall right-hander demonstrated his all-round ability in front of the 7,500 fans, forcing mistakes from Evans with his powerful forehand and showing a willingness to go to the net.\n\n\"He's got the game, the belief, the composure - he's got it all, actually. Things can only get better,\" former Wimbledon champion John McEnroe said in his role as a BBC television analyst.\n\nBy contrast, the Englishman was restless throughout and regularly shouted towards his box as he was unable to find a way around Korda.\n\nHis frustration peaked when he failed to consolidate a break for a 5-2 lead in the fourth set, before a double fault effectively destroyed his chances when it helped put Korda 5-4 up.\n\n\"I think I played the better tennis in the fourth set. I had chances,\" said Evans. \"I just couldn't string tennis together in long enough periods of time.\"\n\nKorda, though, still had to keep his nerve and serve out. He missed a smash for 0-30 to give Evans - and the crowd - hope, but responded with a service winner and backhand down the line to level.\n\nA 123mph ace down the middle teed up a first match point, which he calmly took with another smash.\n\nKorda raised both hands in the air as he looked towards his father, who was watching on, as a despondent Evans quickly left court.\n\nKorda will now look forward to playing his first Wimbledon last-16 match on his 21st birthday, when he faces Russian 25th seed Karen Khachanov on Monday.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Pioneering war reporter Martha Gellhorn has been honoured with a plaque at her former home in Monmouthshire.\n\nMs Gellhorn, who died in 1998, covered 12 conflicts in a career spanning six decades.\n\nAt the age of 76, she came out of retirement to report on the miners' strike from Newbridge in 1984.\n\nIt was the sixth purple plaque to be erected in Wales, marking the achievements of women from all walks of life.\n\nMs Gellhorn was already a published writer when she visited Madrid during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s with her future husband, Ernest Hemingway.\n\nOnce there, she began reporting on the plight of civilians in the besieged city and from then on, her work always focused on the ordinary people affected by conflict and hardship.\n\n\"I began to write about what happens to what we now call real people, and perhaps that was different,\" she told the BBC's HARDtalk programme in 1997.\n\n\"Nobody else was doing it because that wasn't the thing, I mean the thing was to rush out and say whether somebody had advanced or retreated.\n\n\"Even when I began writing about any of the soldiers, it was always as people.\"\n\nMs Gellhorn was the only woman reporter at the D-Day landings. Having been refused accreditation, she got there by stowing away in the toilet of a hospital ship until it set sail.\n\nShe went ashore with medics to help bring back the wounded and reported on what she saw and heard.\n\nMartha Gellhorn was present shortly after the Dachau concentration camp was liberated - an experience she says always haunted her\n\nMs Gellhorn wrote about the Dachau concentration camp shortly after it was liberated in one of the 20th Century's most famous pieces of reportage.\n\nShe told HARDtalk it was an experience which always haunted her.\n\n\"It was just so much more cruel than war. Here were people being kept in conditions of inhumanity and slavery and cruelty such as I had never even imagined possible, let alone seen.\n\n\"I didn't exaggerate it. I just described it.\"\n\nIn one of her last assignments she went to Newbridge to write about the miners' strike in 1984 and returned there years later at the age of 88 for a BBC documentary.\n\nOn both occasions, former miner Alan Sandel drove her around the area.\n\n\"I heard via the grapevine that she was feisty, no way was she feisty with me,\" he said of their first meeting.\n\n\"She was a proper lady and the aura that she gave… was that she would care about the everyday person. She would really go that extra mile for them as far as I can remember.\n\n\"It was a very enjoyable day and a privilege to have met her.\"\n\nMr Sandel made quite an impression on Ms Gellhorn too - in her article on the strike, she describes him as a \"charming grey-haired miner\" who speaks of the beauty of the Ebbw valley.\n\nAlan Sandel says it was a privilege to have met Martha Gellhorn\n\nWhen reminded of this, Mr Sandel chuckles: \"I always admire people who speak the truth.\"\n\nMs Gellhorn paid tribute to the people of Newbridge at the end of the documentary.\n\n\"It has been wonderful to spend two days with good people, that was my feeling about them 13 years ago and it's my feeling now. These are genuinely, simply, unpretentiously, unselfconsciously good people.\"\n\nAmerican by birth, Ms Gellhorn lived in Europe for most of her life and for many years, had a cottage near Devauden in Monmouthshire, which provided sanctuary from the chaos and conflict she reported on.\n\nA purple plaque has been unveiled at the cottage\n\nNow a purple plaque has been unveiled there in her honour.\n\n\"Martha Gellhorn came to this lovely spot in Wales to recharge her emotional batteries. She loved the magic of being alone. There was a kind of independence about it, which she thoroughly enjoyed,\" he said.\n\n\"She wanted to be known as a fiction writer but had ended up being perhaps the best-known foreign correspondent of her generation.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nItaly set up a Euro 2020 semi-final match with Spain after edging an exhilarating tie with Belgium in Munich.\n\nThe game may not have been a goal feast like some of the last-16 ties but it was an intense battle between two excellent teams playing fantastic football.\n\nItaly have been arguably the best team at the tournament so far, while Belgium are the world's top-ranked team.\n\nThe Azzurri's two goals - which took the team up to 13 consecutive wins and 32 games without defeat - were of the highest quality.\n\nNicolo Barella wriggled through three defenders before drilling in the opener and Lorenzo Insigne ran from the halfway line before curling in one of the goals of the tournament.\n\nBelgium were given hope late in the first half when Giovanni di Lorenzo fouled Jeremy Doku and Romelu Lukaku scored the penalty.\n\nBoth sides had chances to score again in a breathless second half but with no goals it was the Azzurri who progressed.\n\nRoberto Mancini's side face Spain at Wembley on Tuesday but they may have to do so without impressive left-back Leonardo Spinazzola, who went off on a stretcher late on.\n\nItaly cruised through their group with three wins - without conceding a goal - but all those were at home in Rome.\n\nBut they were nowhere near as impressive in the last-16 tie against Austria at Wembley, needing extra time to win 2-1.\n\nThis result in Germany, however, was probably the best of their near-three-year unbeaten run - and the most important too.\n\nIt was a breathless start and Leonardo Bonucci bundled in early on - but the goal was disallowed by the video assistant referee for offside.\n\nGianluigi Donnarumma made a couple of good saves to keep them level before Insigne cut inside and curled just wide - just a sighter for things to come.\n\nTheir opener came as Belgium tried to play their way out of defence and Marco Verratti found Barella, who fired home after some lovely footwork.\n\nInsigne then scored a stunning strike to make it 2-0 as he picked the ball up in midfield and cut inside before curling home from outside the box.\n\nThey looked comfortable at that stage but then Di Lorenzo needlessly fouled Doku and Lukaku gave Belgium hope.\n\nMancini's side had chances after the break - although not as many as Belgium - with Spinazzola, Federico Chiesa and Insigne all going close.\n\nThe moment that summed up their day - and Italian football in general - arrived when Spinazzola blocked a Lukaku shot and Bonucci and captain Giorgio Chiellini, back from injury, celebrated with him as if it was the winner.\n\nIn truth it was as good as a winner because they never let that lead slip.\n\nThey must now be considered favourites against a less-than-impressive Spain in London next week.\n\nBelgium's squad is full of talented players, having been an unremarkable international team for the previous decade or more. But they have not made the most of it.\n\nThey finished third at the 2018 World Cup but did not even get as far as the semis this time. Euro 80, when they lost to West Germany, remains their only final.\n\nBelgium's back three had an average age of 33. Only two of their starting line-up are under the age of 28.\n\nSo was this their last real chance?\n\nKevin de Bruyne, 30 now, gave them a major boost before kick-off when he was passed fit to start.\n\nHe forced Donnarumma into a diving save, as did Lukaku. They trailed to two world-class goals before teenager Doku, who replaced the injured Eden Hazard, won a penalty that Lukaku scored.\n\nThe Inter Milan striker has scored 24 goals in his last 23 appearances for Belgium.\n\nFootball is a game of narrow margins and there were a few what-if moments, mostly involving Lukaku.\n\nIt looked for all the world like he was going to level in the second half when De Bruyne rolled the ball across the six-yard box but Lukaku somehow shot straight at defender Spinazzola.\n\nHe was inches away again when Nacer Chadli's deflected cross flew just over his head with an empty net in front of him. That was one of Chadli's three touches having come on and then off again with injury.\n\nThe next World Cup - Qatar 2022 - is only 18 months away so Belgium might have one last chance, although whether Roberto Martinez will still be in charge then is not clear.\n• None Italy have reached the semi-finals of a major tournament for the 12th time. The only European nation to do so more is Germany (20).\n• None Italy coach Roberto Mancini became only the second coach in European Championship history to win each of his first five matches in the finals after Michel Hidalgo, who won all five of his matches in charge of France in 1984.\n• None Including the qualifying rounds, Italy have won each of their last 15 European Championship matches, a competition record. Belgium had won 14 before this game.\n• None No Belgian player has scored more goals than Romelu Lukaku at either the European Championship (six) or the World Cup (five, level with Marc Wilmots).\n• None Nicolo Barella has scored six goals in 27 caps, compared to seven in 116 club games since his international debut.\n• None Jeremy Doku became the youngest player ever to play a major tournament knockout stage match for Belgium (19y 36d) and was the first teenager to win a penalty at the Euros since Wayne Rooney for England vs France in 2004.\n• None The average age of the five starting centre-backs in this match was 34 years and 234 days, with Giorgio Chiellini (36) and Leonardo Bonucci (34) for Italy, and Thomas Vermaelen (35), Jan Vertonghen (34) and Toby Alderweireld (32) for Belgium.\n• None Follow reaction to the game here\n\nNavigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nUS sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has received a one-month ban after testing positive for marijuana - and is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics.\n\nThe Texan, 21, won the 100m at the US Olympic trials in Oregon in June.\n\nBut the positive test for Richardson, who in April became the sixth-fastest woman in history, means her qualification result has been expunged.\n\n\"Don't judge me, because I am human, I just happen to run a little faster,\" she told NBC's Today show.\n\nThe athlete's positive test came at the Olympic trials event, where she finished well clear of the field in 10.86 seconds.\n\nThe trials came just a week after the death of her biological mother, and Richardson explained she had used cannabis as a way of coping.\n\n\"I apologise for the fact that I didn't even know how to control my emotions or deal with that during that time,\" she told the US broadcaster on Friday.\n\nAs Richardson was giving her interview, the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) announced she had accepted the suspension for what it said was \"a substance of abuse\" rather than for enhancing performance.\n\n\"The rules are clear, but this is heartbreaking on many levels,\" said Usada chief executive Travis Tygart.\n\n\"Hopefully, her acceptance of responsibility and apology will be an important example to us all that we can successfully overcome our regrettable decisions, despite the costly consequences of this one to her.\"\n\nThe ban runs from the date of her provisional suspension, 28 June.\n\nIn theory she could be free to compete at the Olympics as her suspension ends before Tokyo's track and field programme begins on 30 July.\n\nBut her results at the trials have been wiped out and Usada said her eligibility for Tokyo would be a decision for US Track and Field (USATF) and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.\n\nWhen asked whether she still hoped to take part in the Games, Richardson said she would focus on herself, and suggested she would not be competing in Tokyo.\n\n\"I greatly apologise if I let you guys down - and I did. This will be the last time the US comes home without a gold in the 100m,\" she added.\n\n\"I'm 21, I'm very young, I have plenty of Games left in me to compete in and plenty of talent that backs me up because everything I do comes naturally to me, no steroids or anything.\n\n\"This incident was about marijuana so after my sanction is up I'll be back. Next time I step on the track I'll be ready for whatever anti-doping agencies come and [they will] get whatever they need because this will never happen again.\"\n\nUSATF said it would be supporting the sprinter.\n\n\"Sha'Carri Richardson's situation is incredibly unfortunate and devastating for everyone involved,\" it said. \"Athlete health and well-being continue to be one of USATF's most critical priorities and we will work with Sha'Carri to ensure she has ample resources to overcome any mental health challenges now and in the future.\"\n\nCannabis is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and carries a ban of up to four years.\n\nHowever, that can be reduced to three months if athletes can show taking it was not related to sports performance.\n\nAny ban can be reduced further still, to one month, if athletes agree to a treatment programme.\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "Asda has announced it will make hybrid working permanent at its head offices once Covid restrictions are lifted.\n\nThe supermarket group said staff at Asda House in Leeds and George House in Leicester can choose where they work.\n\nAround 4,000 staff work at both offices, with the majority based in Leeds.\n\nEngland is set to lift final Covid measures on 19 July and many businesses have indicated they will continue to allow flexible working.\n\nHowever, not all companies plan to embrace a hybrid approach. Goldman Sachs International has said it wants people to come back into the office once restrictions have ended.\n\nAsda said its new approach \"will encourage colleagues to select the best location to do their job\", including home, head office or even a store or depot.\n\nWhen employees have meetings or training, they will be encouraged to come into the office.\n\nBut Asda said staff also \"have the flexibility to work from home when it is more productive to do so, such as tasks that involve planning or research\".\n\nAsda's plan is similar to one adopted by Nationwide, which will allow the building society's 13,000 office employees to \"work anywhere\".\n\nNationwide is closing three offices in Swindon and the 3,000 staff based at those sites can either move to the nearby headquarters, work from home or mix the two. Some employees may be able to work from a local High Street branch if they prefer, instead of travelling to an office.\n\nJacki Simpson, Asda's vice president of people operations, said: \"We have learned a great deal about working patterns during the last 16 months and have seen colleagues work productively across different locations.\"\n\nShe said the retailer had consulted with staff about how they wanted to work in the future.\n\n\"We know they welcome the increased flexibility of remote working,\" she said. \"However, they also acknowledge there is some work that is simply better done from the office, so as we move forward a hybrid working model is the right approach for our people and the business.\"", "Thirteen people were killed and 15 people wounded on 30 January 1972 after members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on a civil rights demonstration in Londonderry.\n\nBBC News NI looks back at the events of the day, and the inquiries that have taken place to date.", "Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault\n\nBBC journalist Ishleen Kaur was a passionate yoga teacher with Sivananda, one of the biggest yoga movements in the world, until a disturbing social media post led her to uncover multiple allegations of sexual abuse spanning decades, right up to the present day.\n\nSince I discovered yoga in my mid-20s, it had become a huge part of my world. Like many devoted yogis, it was not just an exercise class for me, but a way of life. I didn't just teach classes at my local Sivananda centre, I volunteered to cook and clean there too. Sivananda teachings influenced every aspect of my existence.\n\nBut then in December 2019, I received a notification on my phone. It was a post in my Sivananda Facebook group about the movement's late revered founder, Swami Vishnudevananda.\n\nA woman called Julie Salter had written that Vishnudevananda had sexually abused her for three years at the Sivananda headquarters in Canada.\n\nShe wrote that when she finally found the strength - decades later - to report this to the Sivananda management board, \"the reactions ranged from silence, to the attempt to silence\".\n\nI have now interviewed 14 women who allege abuse at the hands of senior Sivananda teachers, many of whom have not spoken about this to family and friends, let alone made it public. I have also spoken to a former staff member who says her concerns were not addressed by the Sivananda board.\n\nMy investigation has exposed claims of an abuse of power and influence within the organisation I once held so dear.\n\nI vividly remember my first day at the Sivananda ashram in Kerala, southern India, where I trained as a yoga teacher in 2014. On the wall was a magnificent photo of Swami Vishnudevananda, Sivananda's late founder, and the man Julie would go on to expose.\n\nHis teachings were so powerful that many yogis renounced all worldly connections and dedicated their lives to the organisation.\n\nI could understand why. I was going through a very challenging time and Sivananda gave me a new-found peace. The asanas - or postures - gave me physical strength; Sivananda's principles of karma, positive thinking and meditation nourished my soul.\n\nIshleen at the Sivananda ashram in Kerala\n\nIn 2015 I married a man who was living in London. I felt daunted by the idea of moving to be with him there, until I discovered there was a Sivananda centre in Putney, not far from our new home. My husband would joke that the centre was my first love, not him.\n\nIshleen on the stage at a Sivananda demonstration\n\nTwo months after Julie Salter's Facebook post, two Sivananda board members flew in from Europe to talk to the Putney staff. I hoped they would answer at least some of the many questions I had swirling around my head. But their response was vague, and they seemed defensive during the Q and A that followed.\n\nI knew I would have to speak to Julie myself.\n\nOriginally from New Zealand, Julie was 20 and travelling in Israel when she first came across the teachings of Sivananda. She quickly became immersed in the life of the movement, and in 1978, moved to its headquarters in Canada.\n\nVishnudevananda was based there and Julie was asked to become his personal assistant, something she initially regarded as a privilege.\n\nBut she says her schedule was brutal. She worked from 05:00 until almost midnight, seven days a week - all without pay. She says Swami Vishnudevananda became unpredictable, often shouting at her.\n\n\"So of course, my own boundaries were getting more and more weakened,\" she tells me.\n\nAnd then events took a darker turn.\n\nOne day when Julie was working in Vishnudevananda's house, she found him lying down listening to devotional tapes. He asked her to lie down next to him. When Julie said she didn't understand what he wanted, he told her: \"Tantra yoga\" - a yoga practice which has become associated with spiritual sex, but simply means working towards spiritual enlightenment through deep relaxation. Nevertheless, Julie says Vishnudevananda had only ever referenced it in theoretical terms, during a lecture.\n\n\"I said: 'I don't understand,' and despite everything in my body and mind saying, 'No', I did lay down. And then there was the sexual contact. And then after that, I was downstairs again, working, and in total shame - and everything else - anguish, self blame, guilt.\"\n\nJulie says she was coerced into various sexual acts, including penetrative sex, for more than three years.\n\nGuru is a BBC investigation by Ishleen Kaur and produced by Louise Adamou. Listen to the podcast on the World Service/BBC Sounds, on The Documentary or in Hindi\n\nThe guru-disciple relationship, known in yoga as the guru shishya parampara, is an unspoken agreement that the follower will surrender to the guru's wishes.\n\nShe now considers Vishnudevananda's actions to have been rape, as her position made her ill-equipped to consent given the \"power dynamics\" at play.\n\n\"I was quite isolated, I was living on the other side of the world from family, anything I knew in the past. I was financially dependent on the organisation.\"\n\nI then spoke to two women who had responded within minutes to Julie's Facebook post, alleging Vishnudevananda had abused them too.\n\nPamela told me Vishnudevananda raped her during a retreat in 1978 at Windsor Castle in London, as she was lying in a deep state of relaxation, known in yoga as corpse pose.\n\nLucille says he raped her three times during the mid '70s in the Canadian ashram. She says the first two times she naively justified it as tantric yoga, but the third time he gave her money and she felt \"like a prostitute\".\n\nVishnudevananda died in 1993 but it took Julie another six years to find the strength to leave the organisation.\n\nHer only hope is that, by speaking out now, she can save others from suffering in the way that she did. Because as I was to discover, Vishnudevananda may have died, but the abuse of Sivananda devotees did not die with him. Julie's Facebook post had opened a floodgate.\n\nI've since spoken to 11 women who have made serious allegations against two other Sivananda teachers, one of whom the BBC believes is still active in the organisation.\n\nAmong the shocking allegations is an account by Marie (not her real name), who says she was groomed by one teacher - who we can't name for legal reasons - over a number of years. She says she was really confused when their relationship became sexual but felt she had no choice but to go along with it. After more than a year without any sexual contact from him, she remembers one occasion when he came into her room uninvited. Silently, he got on top of her, penetrated her, ejaculated, and left without saying a word.\n\nFive other women have told me that this same man sexually abused them. They don't know each other but their stories all follow a similar pattern of grooming and assault.\n\nCatherine (not her real name), was just 12 years old, and attending a Sivananda children's camp in Canada in the '80s when she said the teacher first took a sexual interest in her. She says the man would massage her and touch her bottom. When she was 15, he began touching her more explicitly, grabbing her between her legs and touching her breasts. She says the last time he assaulted her she was 17. She was taking a nap and woke up to find him on top of her. She left the organisation that day.\n\nAnother complainant says she was assaulted by the same man as recently as 2019.\n\nWe contacted this man and offered him the opportunity to respond, but he has failed to address the allegations we have put to him. The BBC understands he is still actively involved in Sivananda in India, although the organisation denies this.\n\nThe other teacher accused of abuse is Maurizio Finocchi, also known as Swami Mahadevananda. I have spoken to eight women about their allegations against him. One of them, Wendy, was working as Mahadevananda's personal assistant in the Canada headquarters in 2006.\n\nOne of her jobs was to print out his emails and take them to his cabin. On the day in question, he called her to bring the emails and his breakfast through to his bedroom where he was sitting up in bed. As she handed him a tray, she says he grabbed her arm and flipped the sheet back, under which she realised he was masturbating. She says he then ejaculated onto her arm.\n\n\"And I just remember feeling that I was almost not human to him. I was really a means to an end.\"\n\nWendy says if women approached senior staff to report worrying - and in some cases, criminal - behaviour, the staff would cast it in the framework of a spiritual teaching called \"guru's grace\".\n\n\"If something was problematic or confusing - and I'm talking about even administrative things… but certainly around sexual relations and questionable relationships - you'd be told: 'No, the fact that you're having a problem is actually 'guru's grace'.\n\n\"As in you're being taught some kind of a valuable lesson.\"\n\nWe contacted Mahadevananda to offer him the opportunity to respond to the allegations, but our request went unanswered.\n\nThe BBC has, however, seen a copy of an email he sent to a lawyer who has been crowdfunded by a Sivananda community Facebook group, called Project Satya, which I became a member of. In the email he apologises for what he calls his \"misdeeds\", and promises to \"endeavour not to do it again\".\n\nAnother thing I wanted to understand was, how much of this did Sivananda's management already know?\n\nJulie tells me she finally found the strength to report her abuse in 2003 when she attended a meeting with a member of the Executive Members' Board (EBM) - the board created by Vishnudevananda to act as Sivananda caretakers after his death. She says that board member was Swami Mahadevananda.\n\n\"We were there for a while, but basically he acknowledged that he had known about it for years.\"\n\nSwami Mahadevananda is one of the other teachers who faces sexual abuse allegations - but at the time Julie didn't know this.\n\nJulie says she told four more board members about her allegation over the next few weeks.\n\nThe trustees deny that Julie discussed her allegations with them in 2003. However the BBC has seen an email from Mahadevananda in which he confirms he did meet Julie at that time. He describes it as informal, but says after this meeting the allegations became \"open knowledge\".\n\nIn 2006, Julie attended a mediated meeting with EBM, where discussions over some kind of financial support for her took place. The abuse allegations were also raised.\n\nThe trustees told the BBC that both sides were pleased with the results at the time, but Julie says nothing ever materialised. So the following year Julie's solicitor wrote to the board seeking compensation and threatening a claim for damages.\n\nIn response, she received a letter from the EBM's solicitor questioning why Julie was raising the matter so long after the alleged abuse.\n\nSivananda say that after the meeting with Julie they began implementing protocols for members and guests designed to give everyone a safe environment in which to speak out about such allegations.\n\nWe asked them why they continue to revere the man who sexually abused her. The \"Sivananda Organisation honours its lineage and its teachings\", was their response.\n\nVishnudevananda, pictured here with Peter Sellers, used to take 'peace flights' to places of conflict\n\nAs for Mahadevananda, our investigation has found evidence that the board knew about his alleged sexual impropriety as early as 1999. Because he himself admitted it to them.\n\nSwami Saradananda, an American woman on the EBM at the time, told us that in 1998/99 she received a phone call from the director of the Delhi ashram in tears. The director told her that Mahadevananda was walking around without his trousers - which Saradananda took to mean in his underwear.\n\nWhen she phoned to challenge Mahadevananda, he explained that wasn't right. He wasn't in his underwear - he was naked. And that wasn't his only revelation.\n\n\"He told me that he hadn't worn anything below the waist, and he had come into the office where [the Delhi director] was working and masturbated in front of her.\"\n\nSwami Saradananda, deeply disturbed, says she raised this at the next EBM meeting.\n\nShe says all recording devices were switched off and the secretary sent out of the room.\n\nMahadevananda was present and she says he confirmed her account was true.\n\n\"And he said: 'But if she doesn't want me to do it, OK, big deal. I won't do it any more.'\"\n\nWhen she interrupted to ask how they were going to deal with Mahadevananda's admission, one of the board replied: \"Well, he already said he's not going to do it any more. What do you want? His blood?\"\n\nWithin a few months, Saradananda received a fax telling her that she had been voted off the board. We put this allegation to the EBM but they did not respond.\n\nSaradananda's revelations might account for the lack of surprise Wendy faced in 2006 when she told a senior member of staff in the Canadian headquarters that Mahadevananda had ejaculated on her.\n\nHis response, she says, was: \"Damn, not again.\"\n\nThe staff member told her not to worry - the organisation had arranged for Swami Mahadevananda to have counselling.\n\n\"I wasn't aware that in Canada this would be defined as sexual assault. And I wasn't aware at that time that this could have been taken to the police,\" Wendy told me.\n\nThirteen years later, the EBM did eventually investigate Mahadevananda, and then announced his retirement in their monthly magazine - a retirement which they have acknowledged they are funding. The notice said the executive board thanked him for his \"devoted and inspiring service\".\n\nCarol Merchasin, the lawyer crowdfunded by Project Satya, says she has spoken to 25-to-30 women who have alleged sexual assault against Sivananda staff. She says she has found every one of them to be credible.\n\nIn the case of Catherine, she questions why the incident was not reported to the police once the Trustees became aware of the allegations. When, many years later, her parents found out and confronted them, Carol says they told them that nothing could be done without evidence.\n\nThe EBM has told us the teacher who is alleged to have abused Catherine and others has been suspended from duties while they investigate. But we have been told by several sources that he is still involved in Sivananda's Indian ashrams, and when I called the Kerala ashram, I was told he did in fact teach a full course there earlier this year.\n\nThe EBM declined to be interviewed, but sent us a statement which we set out here in full:\n\n\"The Board of Trustees fully sympathises with those who came forward and offers any individual who feels that they might have been affected by the conduct referred to in the [BBC investigation] its assurance that it will not tolerate abuse or disregard inappropriate behaviour. It apologises unreservedly for any historic mistakes which it made in addressing the allegations detailed in the [investigation].\n\n\"As a result of those allegations, Sivananda has commissioned an independent investigation, and has appointed legal experts who have helped to review and implement safeguarding policies, and put in place appropriate training. The Sivananda Organisation has established a confidential reporting facility for anyone who is concerned about abuse. It is an absolute priority for the Sivananda Organisation that anyone coming into contact with it, in whatever capacity, is safeguarded from abuse or suffering. The Sivananda Organisation is a monastic order dedicated to physical, mental, and spiritual health and is committed to the safety of all of its members.\"\n\nI have seen four of the investigation reports into the teacher we cannot name, all of which conclude that on the balance of probability the survivors are credible and their testimonies are truthful, and that two of them did report their abuse to the EBM.\n\nIn April I returned to the Putney ashram where I had spent the last five years as a teacher and devotee. But this time I did not go inside.\n\nIt struck me that the all-consuming nature of Sivananda that had attracted me was also what could make it so dangerous. The women I have spoken to all told me it was easy to lose a sense of reality, which made it harder to question what was going on.\n\nAnd I am aware that during our investigation the women who came forward were all Westerners. But it seems there are also Indian survivors - I've seen emails from women detailing what happened to them but they were too scared to speak to me.\n\nAs for myself, it's over for me and Sivananda.", "Aysha Powell still has sandbags outside her home, 18 months after the flood\n\nPeople whose homes were severely flooded during Storm Dennis have called for compensation.\n\nFlooding in Pentre was mainly caused by \"woody debris\" blocking a culvert on land managed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), a report by Rhondda Cynon Taf council has found.\n\nNRW said not all the debris was related to its tree felling above Pentre.\n\nAysha Powell, whose home was flooded, said NRW \"should be ashamed of themselves\" and pay compensation.\n\nMs Powell, whose home was one of 159 in Pentre hit by flooding in 2020, added: \"It is appalling. We want compensation because our insurances have gone up, it's ruined our homes, the stress.\n\n\"I know one neighbour whose son thought he was going to die that night - it's upsetting to hear children have gone through that and also some families haven't had a penny because they [insurance providers] said it's a natural disaster.\"\n\nPentre was hit by flooding five times in 2020, affecting 159 homes and 10 businesses.\n\nRainfall during Storm Dennis was described as unprecedented\n\nAnother resident, Mair Hughes, added: \"I think all of us should be compensated... we should get compensation from somewhere for all the heartache we've had.\"\n\nLabour MP for Rhondda Chris Bryant added: \"The report is really thorough and it proves what we all knew, which is basically the way that NRW cut down the trees on the mountains and then left lots of brash, logs and chunks of wood on the mountain which ended up getting into the watercourse was what caused the flooding.\n\n\"NRW must pay compensation to people here, they can't just pretend it has nothing to do with them, the facts are there, clear as a pikestaff.\"\n\nConservative Member of the Senedd (MS) Janet Finch-Saunders agreed NRW should compensate residents, adding: \"NRW and the Welsh government need to step up to the plate now and do need to admit some sort of liability.\"\n\nThe Welsh government has been asked to comment.\n\nHomes and businesses were hit by the flooding during Storm Dennis\n\nNRW disputes the report's \"inference that its harvesting operations were the primary cause of the flooding\", adding that the felling was done properly.\n\nThe council said \"unprecedented rainfall\" during Storm Dennis, which hit Wales on 15 and 16 February 2020, caused river levels to rise to record highs, as the area recorded its most significant flooding since the 1970s.\n\nIt said \"significant impacts\" were identified by the council's flood risk management team, including stories from affected residents and information collected by the public health team, NRW and Welsh Water.\n\n\"The main source of flooding in the initial flood was due to a significant blockage by woody materials... at the Pentre Road culvert inlet,\" said the report.\n\nNRW said its own report found felling operations were \"not likely to have been the primary cause of the flooding\".\n\n\"We accept that woody material washed off the mountains above Pentre may have contributed to blockages to the culvert system, which also included a significant amount of soil and rock,\" it continued.\n\n\"However, a proportion of the woody debris was unrelated to NRW's felling operations and was washed down as a natural consequence of such an extreme event.\n\n\"NRW therefore disagrees with the report's inference that its harvesting operations were the primary cause of the flooding during Storm Dennis.\"\n\nAction to reduce the risk of future flooding includes significant upgrades to the Pentre Road inlet to reduce potential blockages, with multiple overflow systems in case of another blockage.\n\nA permanently monitored alarm system and CCTV will remotely alert the council of any problems.\n\nA \"super catchpit\" at Pleasant Street, capable of containing six tonnes of debris, aims to reduce the risk of debris being carried to the lower parts of the culvert system.\n\nNRW's water and forest management plans will be reviewed, including the treatment of tree clippings and refuse close to an ordinary watercourse.\n\nWelsh Water said its network \"was operating as it should have done during the storms\".", "The Batley and Spen campaign trail may be remembered for some ugly flare-ups and instances of intimidation on the streets, but the finale at the count provided a dramatic conclusion with Labour retaining its seat by a narrow margin.\n\nIn her acceptance speech on stage in Huddersfield, Kim Leadbeater said she was \"absolutely delighted that the people of Batley and Spen have rejected division and they've voted for hope\".\n\nCandidates said it was the first time they had seen police officers at an election count.\n\nDrama built throughout the night at Cathedral House, as rumours spread throughout the press balcony about how narrow the contest had become.\n\nAt about 05:00 BST, counters began to check the bundles of ballot papers twice - extending the anticipation.\n\nAs George Galloway, who finished third and represented the Workers Party of Britain, addressed a small crowd outside the building, Ms Leadbeater was whisked away in a black car.\n\nShe now represents the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, who was murdered in the constituency in 2016.\n\nSpeaking outside the count, Mr Galloway, of the Workers Party, said he would apply to have the result set aside by the courts\n\nLabour Bradford West MP Naz Shah, who has been among those supporting Ms Leadbeater on the campaign trail in recent weeks, said the by-election had been \"exhausting on all levels\".\n\n\"Emotionally it really has been because of the history and the legacy,\" she told the Local Democracy Reporting Service.\n\n\"This is no normal election and to have to protect Kim knowing that here is a woman standing for election that lost her own sibling on these streets… it has not been easy for people and it makes it much more than just winning an election for us.\"\n\nScreens surrounded the counters as part of the venue's Covid-19 measures\n\nThe one-way signs at the count's venue - a 1,500-capacity church and home of the Huddersfield Christian Fellowship - still showed directions for those heading for their Covid jab, which it had been used for before Thursday night.\n\nSplit into two giant pens, with candidates nervously patrolling a central reservation area, the counters patiently piled up the unusually long ballot papers, with 16 options available to those living in the West Yorkshire constituency.\n\nHowling laud Hope of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party gained 107 votes\n\nWith a field of runners to rival the Grand National, it was the Labour candidate who won by a nose, or 323 votes, despite strong competition by Conservative Ryan Stephenson.\n\nMr Galloway said he would take legal action to get the result set aside, claiming his election effort had been damaged by a \"false statement\" that he had laughed while Ms Leadbeater was abused on the campaign trail.\n\nThe Liberal Democrat candidate said it was the first time he had seen police officers attend a count\n\nSpeaking about his concerns during the campaign, Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat candidate, said: \"I don't think it felt particularly safe, the fact that we've got police at an election count is a new experience.\n\n\"I was doing an interview in a park in Batley and a man wearing a balaclava was filming us, which in itself is a little worrying and odd.\"\n\nHe said on Thursday night it was the first time he had seen police officers attend a count.\n\nCorey Robinson, of the Yorkshire Party, said: \"We saw people coming into the constituency both Kim and I grew up in and causing that division.\n\n\"It's not right and it's not what Batley and Spen needs.\"\n\nTurnout was 47.6%, with some 37,786 verified ballots cast out of a total electorate of 79,373, Kirklees Council said.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Stendhal music festival will be held for the first time since 2019\n\nLive music in Northern Ireland can resume from 5 July, as part of further relaxations of Covid-19 rules.\n\nMusic performed indoors will be restricted to an ambient sound level only, with screens placed in front of musicians, the executive has confirmed.\n\nNo volume restrictions will apply to live music at outdoor events.\n\nFrom 17:00 BST on Friday, the cap on outdoor gatherings will be removed, and from Monday, more households will be able to gather in a private garden.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Executive said it had decided to push ahead with relaxations despite the increase in coronavirus cases linked to the Delta variant.\n\nOn Thursday, the executive was told the variant now accounts for three-quarters of the cases here.\n\n\"We will continue to monitor the situation closely,\" they said.\n\n\"We will have a particular focus on the hospitalisations resulting from the increase in cases and the potential pressure on our health service.\"\n\nFrom Monday, the number of households allowed to gather in a private garden increases to five from three, but the maximum number of people is still 15.\n\nAlso from 5 July, all gatherings - indoors and outdoors (excluding those in domestic settings) - will now only be subject to a risk assessment if they have more than 15 people for indoors or more than 30 for outdoors.\n\nOvernight residential stays for children and young people can also resume.\n\nThe decision has been welcomed by Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey.\n\n\"I have been advocating for a relaxation of these restrictions as soon as is safely possible,\" she said.\n\nCommunities Minister Deirdre Hargey and Alan Simms at a Belfast live music venue on Thursday\n\n\"The hospitality and arts sectors have been severely impacted by the effects of this pandemic and these relaxations in the regulations will ease some of that burden in a measured, safe and sustainable way.\"\n\nMs Hargey had been urged by a Department for Communities taskforce to allow for the return of live music and reopening of entertainment venues\n\nIn a letter obtained by BBC NI, the Culture, Arts and Heritage Taskforce wrote that \"continuing delays\" in reopening were putting venues at risk and \"imposing huge stresses\" on people's incomes and wellbeing.\n\nThe first music festival to be held in Northern Ireland since the pandemic began is to go ahead next weekend, its organisers have confirmed.\n\nStendhal festival, held on a farm near Limavady, County Londonderry, would normally host crowds of 10,000.\n\nDirector Ross Parkhill said the confirmation was an \"incredible relief\" and the first step on the \"ladder back to normality\".\n\nStendhal's attendance will be cut to a quarter of its usual 10,000-strong crowd\n\nHe said the biggest change would be capacity - with a quarter of visitors expected compared to 2019 crowds.\n\n\"We are buzzing to finally, finally be able to say we are 100% on.\n\n\"We could run for more people in July, but we want to ease ourselves back into things because there are a number of new protocols around social distancing that we have to implement and manage, and we want to ensure that we get that spot on.\n\n\"Social distancing will be required, masks outdoors are optional but recommended, while masks in any indoor spaces will remain mandatory.\n\n\"We must ensure that campers remain in their bubbles in the campsites at all times and that people do not enter other bubble's tents.\"\n\nA number of musicians protested at Stormont earlier on Thursday against the restrictions on live music\n\nThe executive is yet to make a decision on theatres.\n\nBBC News NI understands further relaxations will be discussed at the executive meeting next week, and will be depend on data.\n\nLive music, plays, performances and exhibitions have been allowed to resume in England, Scotland and Wales - albeit with limited audience numbers due to social distancing measures.\n\nLive music is not currently permitted in Northern Ireland, whether in venues, hospitality or at weddings.", "ITV has condemned death threats sent to Love Island contestant Chloe Burrows, calling them \"wholly unacceptable\".\n\nOn Wednesday night's show, Burrows chose to recouple with Aaron Francis, leaving Shannon Singh single.\n\nThe move resulted in Shannon departing the dating programme, causing people to send threats to Burrows online, with some encouraging her to kill herself.\n\nIn a message posted to her Instagram, the 25-year-old's family described the trolling as \"absolutely disgusting\".\n\n\"This morning we woke up to yet another DM [direct message] encouraging Chloe to kill herself - there have been hundreds,\" they wrote.\n\n\"Not only that, but people are flooding her inbox threatening to kill her themselves. People... this is a game show, there is a cash prize!\"\n\nLove Island is now in its seventh series\n\nThe family said they understood the \"frustration\" around Singh's eviction - but that Burrows, from Bicester in Oxfordshire, \"does not deserve to die\" as a result.\n\n\"Have the deaths of Sophie, Mike, and Caroline taught us nothing?\" they added, referring to former contestants Sophie Gradon, Mike Thalassitis and ex-host Caroline Flack.\n\nAll three died by suicide, although their deaths were not linked to the show or social media trolling.\n\nIn a statement posted to Twitter, ITV said: \"We want Love Island to be a positive experience for all of our cast and their friends and family members.\n\n\"Last night's episode created strong reactions but some viewers' posts were wholly unacceptable.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Love Island This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt added: \"We take these matters extremely seriously and will support cast members and their families in reporting such posts.\n\n\"We would once again urge all of our viewers to think before posting, and remember that our Islanders are people with feelings.\"\n\nLove Island returned to screens on Monday after an 18-month break enforced by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAhead of the new series, ITV published duty of care protocols for contestants, who will be offered \"comprehensive psychological support\" and a \"proactive aftercare package\" on their return from the island.\n\nThis includes therapy sessions and training on the impact of social media, \"how to handle potential negativity\", as well as financial management.", "The plant will create 400 jobs in its first phase\n\nA new glass factory is to open in Ebbw Vale, eventually employing 650 people.\n\nThe plant on the Rassau Industrial Estate will involve 400 jobs in its first phase.\n\nTurkish family business Ciner expects it to be operating within eighteen months. It will import sand to make new glass on site and recycle used glass.\n\nJobs on offer will range from factory work to scientists and research and development.\n\nCiner looked at several sites, including one in Bridgend.\n\nThe glass market is expanding as businesses turn away from plastic.", "Kim Leadbeater says her first priority as MP of Batley and Spen is to get people together for conversations that will make a difference.\n\nShe told BBC News: \"The message now is let's think about the way that we want our country to be run, the way that we want our politics to be done. Let's think about what it means to people.\"\n\nShe says she is concerned about the number of people who don't vote \"because they're just disengaged with it\".\n\n\"I don't blame them for not coming out and voting when they've seen some of the scenes they've seen over the last few weeks. So let's think about how we can make politics more relateable and how we can engage people with it more,\" she says.\n\n\"My first priority is to start getting people together, that's my big thing, that's one of the things I'm good at.\n\n\"So whether it's crime and antisocial behaviour, whether it's the state of the roads, who are the people who can make a difference, who are the people who can act on these things, let's get the councillors together, let's get the police involved let's look at where we can get some funding, get people around the table and have those conversations.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gareth Evans had been hoping to run his first half marathon to raise cash for cancer charities\n\nThe postponement of this year's Cardiff Half Marathon will be a further blow for charities, it is warned.\n\nOrganisers Run 4 Wales say the decision to cancel the event for the third time was due to uncertainty over social distancing rules in Wales.\n\nCalon Hearts director Sharon Owen said she had been forced to work from her garage due to the pandemic.\n\nMs Owen said the situation was \"pretty tough,\" adding charities seemed to be left out \"all the time\".\n\nThe Welsh government said it was supporting the sector under the Cultural Recovery Fund, and Cardiff council said it supported Run 4 Wales' decision.\n\nShe said Calon Hearts - a small charity which provides defibrillators and training to use them - gave up its office last year because she could not afford to keep it open, which was \"upsetting\".\n\nShe said just herself and one other person now run the charity from her her garage, supported by \"amazing volunteers\".\n\nCalon Hearts director Sharon Owen said the pandemic had been \"horrible\" for the charity\n\n\"The weekend of lockdown saw us lose quite a lot of money in events people were organising for us, and I saw where it was going from there,\" Ms Owen told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"It makes you stop and think: 'What's going to happen?' I had a total meltdown in thinking: 'Where is this money going to come from?'\n\n\"It's an outdoor event and you see the scenes that have been happening in Wembley: 60,000 supporters, and then Ascot and Wimbledon, and we can't do events here in Wales outside.\"\n\nMs Owen said Calon Hearts is \"not like big charities that have got big reserves\".\n\n\"I'm now working from my garage,\" an emotional Ms Owen told Oliver Hides. \"But that is what you do because you believe in the cause.\"\n\nPhae Jones, of Ty Hafan, agreed there would be a \"financial impact\" from the race suspension\n\nPhae Jones, of Ty Hafan hospice in the Vale of Glamorgan, agreed there would be a \"financial impact\" from the race suspension.\n\n\"It's a reminder that we rely heavily on voluntary raised income,\" she said.\n\n\"On the last two occasions, when the half marathon should have taken place, our supporters who were running would have generated more than £100,000, so it's an incredible sum of money.\"\n\nChild cancer charity Latch Cymru would normally expect to raise about £10,000 from the event.\n\n\"When you see other events in stadiums going ahead and thousands of people sitting together in them, it's just frustrating really,\" added Latch general manager Iwan Jones.\n\nThe decision to suspend the event was taken after discussions between the Welsh government and Cardiff council.\n\nRunner Gareth Evans was going to raise money for a cancer charity\n\nRunner Gareth Evans, from Cardiff, said he was \"disappointed\" it had been postponed again as it was going to be his first half marathon and he was due to raise money for a cancer charity.\n\nHe added: \"My two-year-old niece was diagnosed with a brain tumour earlier this year and I wanted to do something for the charity that's been supporting my family.\"\n\nIt is now hoped two events will take place in 2022, with the second race in October.\n\nRun 4 Wales chief executive Matt Newman said on Thursday: \"At present there are no plans to relax the two-metre social distancing rules, which provides significant operational challenges for mass-participation event organisers\".\n\nRunners are being encouraged to participate in a \"virtual\" event instead.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"We have been in discussion throughout the pandemic with Run 4 Wales, including in relation to the decision to postpone.\n\n\"Major events are a vital part of Wales' visitor economy and that is why we have looked to support the sector, including Run 4 Wales, under the Cultural Recovery Fund.\"\n\nSince its foundation in 2003, the Cardiff Half Marathon has become the UK's third-largest race after the London Marathon and the Great North Run.", "Belarus has closed its border with Ukraine, claiming that arms are being smuggled into the country.\n\nPresident Alexander Lukashenko says it is part of an attempt by outside powers to overthrow his authoritarian regime.\n\nMr Lukashenko claimed - without providing proof - that his security services had uncovered a foreign-backed terrorist sleeper cells plotting to oust him from power.\n\n\"They have crossed the line. We cannot forgive them,\" he said.\n\nHe alleged the weapons were being shipped to terrorist cells funded by Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and the US.\n\n\"A huge amount of weapons is coming from Ukraine to Belarus. That's why I ordered border-security forces to fully close the border with Ukraine,\" Mr Lukashenko said, at a ceremony marking the country's 30 years of independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union.\n\nHe said he would confront Germany's Angela Merkel and other leaders about the claims.\n\nUkraine denied interfering in Belarus's domestic affairs and said closing the 1,084-km (674-mile) border would make its people \"suffer\".\n\nBelarus shares a border with Ukraine in the south. It borders Poland and Lithuania in the west, Latvia in the north, and Russia in the east.\n\nThe move deepens a standoff between Belarus and outside powers.\n\nIn May his government prompted international outrage when it forced a Ryanair flight to land and arrested of a government critic who was onboard.", "Drop-in Covid vaccination clinics are to be opened in all areas of mainland Scotland from Monday.\n\nEach health board will offer first doses without an appointment to people aged 18 or over.\n\nSecond doses will be available for those who received their first injection at least eight weeks earlier.\n\nThe latest figures released on Friday showed that 3,823 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours, and four additional deaths.\n\nOn Thursday, the number of daily cases reported in Scotland surpassed 4,000 for the first time - although that fell to 3,823 on Friday - as the virus surges across the country.\n\nFigures released by the Office for National Statistics said that Scotland continued to have the highest Covid rate in the UK last week, with about one in every 150 people thought to have the virus.\n\nThis equates to about 35,900 people.\n\nThe figure for England was one in 260 people, while in Wales it was one in every 450 people, and in Northern Ireland one in every 670.\n\nConcerns have been raised about the length of time it is taking for contact tracers to get in touch with people who test positive in Scotland - with the country's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch admitting the system was \"straining\" under the pressure of the high case load.\n\nScottish Labour has said the country's vaccination programme appeared to slow last month - particularly in areas where the cases are highest - and questioned why it has taken Scotland so long to follow England in introducing walk-in vaccine centres for all adults.\n\nThe Scottish government hopes the drop-in clinics will make it easier for people to get the jab, which is helping to limit the number of people falling seriously ill and dying despite the spike in cases.\n\nMobile vaccination units, run by the Scottish Ambulance Service, will also be operating for two weeks in locations including city centre transport hubs and shopping centres.\n\nThe locations of the drop-in clinics and mobile units will be made available on NHS health board websites, as well as the NHS Inform website.\n\nPeople can also use the NHS Inform site to rearrange the time or location of a vaccination appointment if, for example, it is more convenient for them to be vaccinated closer to their work than their home.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the drop-in centres could be used by people who already have an appointment scheduled in the future, or those who have missed an appointment.\n\nMore than 3.8 million people in Scotland have had at least one vaccine dose, while more than 2.7 million have had both doses.\n\nMs Sturgeon said more than 60% of those eligible for the vaccine have now had both doses, and that more than 50% of the entire population was now fully vaccinated.\n\n\"That is an important milestone and one that will be increasing our levels of protection against this virus,\" she said.\n\nMore than 2.7 million people have had both doses of a vaccine in Scotland\n\nThe aim is for everyone over the age of 18 to have had their first shot by 18 July.\n\nPlans are also been drawn up to give people over the age of 50 booster shots in the autumn.\n\nThe first minister said the \"surge in new cases\" was being led by the more contagious Delta variant, which was first identified in India.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the vaccines were now doing much of the work lockdown did previously.\n\nBut she warned: \"All of us do still need to play a part over and above vaccination to make sure that we get through this next period as safely as possible.\n\n\"The rising cases is a reminder that we still need to be cautious, this variant of the virus is spreading quickly, we know that Covid is potentially dangerous.\n\n\"No vaccine is 100% effective but these ones are very effective after two doses, so even if you still get the virus, your chances of becoming very ill with it are much reduced.\"\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives' health spokeswoman, Annie Wells, welcomed the success of the vaccination programme and urged people to get their second dose as soon as possible.\n\nMs Wells said the public want the vaccine roll-out and contact tracing system to \"work even faster\" amid rising cases, to drive case numbers back down.\n\nScottish Labour said the party had been calling for walk-in vaccination centres for weeks and it welcomed the rollout.\n\n\"Given that vaccination rates were slowing down instead of ramping up, this is not before time,\" the party's health spokeswoman, Jackie Baillie, said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man was arrested at Oxford Circus and taken to hospital\n\nA suspected knifeman was detained by members of the public after a stabbing attack in central London.\n\nOfficers arrested the man in Oxford Circus, close to Regent Street, at about 20:00 BST.\n\nAnother man who was treated at the scene for stab wounds was taken to hospital where he remains in a critical condition, Scotland Yard said.\n\nThe arrested man is being treated for a non-life threatening head injury, the force said.\n\nPolice were called to reports of a stabbing in Oxford Circus\n\nA crime scene is in place and officers remain in the area, it added.\n\nA London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: \"We treated a man at the scene for stab wounds and took him by road to a major trauma centre.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA prominent statue of Queen Victoria has been torn down by protesters in Canada as anger grows over the deaths of indigenous children at residential schools.\n\nThe protesters cheered as the statue at the legislature in Manitoba's capital Winnipeg was toppled on Thursday.\n\nA smaller statue of Queen Elizabeth II was also upended nearby.\n\nLocal media say police used a stun gun to arrest a man at the scene but the protest was largely peaceful.\n\nThe toppling of the statues came on Canada Day, an annual celebration on 1 July that marks the country's founding by British colonies in 1867.\n\nThe recent discoveries of unmarked indigenous Canadian graves at residential schools had prompted calls for national celebrations to be called off.\n\nA statue of Queen Elizabeth II was also torn down\n\nThe British government condemned the toppling of the two statues.\n\n\"We obviously condemn any defacing of statues of the Queen,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"Our thoughts,\" the spokesman added, \"are with Canada's indigenous community following these tragic discoveries and we follow these issues closely and continue to engage with the government of Canada with indigenous matters.\"\n\nMore than 150,000 indigenous Canadian children were taken from their families and forced to attend the schools during the 19th and 20th Centuries with the aim of forcibly assimilating them into society.\n\nAn estimated 6,000 children died while attending these schools. Students were often housed in poorly built, poorly heated and unsanitary facilities.\n\nMunicipalities across Canada cancelled celebrations and statues of figures involved with residential schools have been vandalised or removed.\n\nIn Winnipeg, thousands took to the streets to honour victims of residential schools and rally support for indigenous communities.\n\nA group of protesters staged a rally against the treatment of indigenous children at Canada's residential schools\n\nThe statue was torn down on Canada Day, a national holiday that marks the country's founding\n\nA group of protesters had marched on the Manitoba Legislature as part of a demonstration against the deaths of indigenous Canadian children at residential schools.\n\nMonarch of the UK, Canada and other territories from 1837 until her death in 1901, Queen Victoria was on the throne during the founding of the Canadian confederation. The British Crown negotiated treaties with indigenous First Nations in Canada and the government enacted its residential schools policy during her reign.\n\nAt the protest in Winnipeg, the statue of Queen Victoria was daubed in red paint while a sign saying \"we were children\" was left nearby.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by APTN News This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA survivor of a residential school, Belinda Vandenbroeck, told Canadian broadcaster CBC she felt no remorse about the toppling of the statue, which she had had no part in.\n\n\"She [Queen Victoria] means nothing to me except that her policies and her colonialism is what is dictating us right to this minute as you and I speak,\" Ms Vandenbroeck said.\n\nSymbols of empire, colonialism and slavery have been targeted by protesters at demonstrations against racial injustice across the globe in the past year. Those demonstrations exploded worldwide following the death of African-American man George Floyd in May 2020.\n\nLast year, several prominent statues of Confederate leaders and slave owners were torn down and vandalised in the US, generating heated debate about monuments.\n\nSimilar scenes were seen in the UK, where Black Lives Matter demonstrators tore down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and threw it into a harbour during a protest in the city of Bristol.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters in Bristol pull down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston", "Some participants had already travelled for the event\n\nA popular obstacle race in Midlothian has been cancelled the night before the event after the council withdrew its licence because of Covid restrictions.\n\nAbout 5,000 people had been due to take part in Tough Mudder at Dalkeith Country Park over 3 and 4 July.\n\nParticipants were contacted on Friday night, less than 15 hours before the event started, and told not to attend.\n\nMidlothian Council said \"clarification\" of Scottish government Covid guidance had led to the licence being revoked.\n\nThe area is still under level two Covid restrictions, with the second highest case rate in Scotland. On Saturday, the area registered 706.3 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nThe licence was granted on Wednesday - against the advice of the council's safety advisory group. On Friday, a letter arrived from the Scottish government's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch, which made clear there was a cap of 500 people per day - not at a time - on the number of participants in an event under level two restrictions.\n\nA spokesman for the council said: \"Following receipt of a letter from Prof Jason Leitch there then followed a meeting with the Scottish government, which provided clarification as to interpretation of the guidance.\n\n\"During the meeting it was made clear that a maximum of 500 participants per day are allowed at events in level two areas.\n\n\"There was then a further meeting with elected members which resulted in the decision being taken to suspend the licence. Tough Mudder was informed of this decision.\"\n\nThe event was due to take place at Dalkeith Country Park on Saturday and Sunday\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said protecting public health was priority, adding that the decision to withdraw the event's licence was a matter for Midlothian Council.\n\nShe added: \"Our guidance on mass participation events has remained the same - clearly limiting participants to a maximum of 500 per day in level two areas.\"\n\nThe event was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 race was due to take place under significant restrictions, with no camping or social activities before or after the race.\n\nThose taking part also had to present a negative Covid test before they would be allowed to run.\n\nIn a statement posted on its website on Friday night, Tough Mudder said: \"At 18:27 this evening we received communication from Midlothian Council that our issued licence to host this event was revoked.\n\n\"This intervention comes just 48 hours after the council voted to support our event licence, having reviewed the latest guidelines and considered the extensive safety measures we'd put in place. \"\n\nIt continued: \"We're grateful to the team for the months of work they put in with the council, accommodating every request made and consistently demonstrating we could deliver a safe event.\n\n\"We're deeply frustrated with this last-minute revocation. And we're devastated not to be able to celebrate a return to in-person events with you, our Mudder community.\"\n\nTough Mudder later added that although there were some 2,500 people participating over the course of 12 hours each day, there would be no more than 500 people on site at any one time.\n\nIt added that \"bubbles\" of 50 participants would start the course in waves.\n\nSteve Beattie and his daughter Emily had been in training for Tough Mudder for a year\n\nSteve Beattie had travelled from Dundee with his 16-year-old daughter Emily - who was hoping to tackle the course for the first time.\n\n\"We don't have a lot in common and this is something that brings us both together,\" said Steve. \"My daughter has been really, really excited about this for the past few months through a very difficult time.\n\n\"For it to be taken away literally at the last moment is really sad.\"\n\nMr Beattie said following the event's first cancellation, the two have spent the last year in training, as well as making additional preparations for accommodation and cleaning supplies.\n\nHe said: \"We did spend about £112 on a hotel and if we'd known a wee bit sooner we'd have been able to cancel that and get our money back.\n\n\"But it's not about the money, it's the opportunity to get to spend time with like-minded individuals - that idea of a community.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Tough Mudder This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTough Mudder's statement highlighted the impact the last-minute cancellation would have on its staff, contractors and suppliers. It acknowledged that many people had already travelled to attend the event.\n\nAnd it mentioned other events which have been allowed to go ahead.\n\nIt said: \"The irony is not lost on us that just this past weekend, almost 16,000 rugby fans gathered together in Murrayfield, just 10 minutes up the road.\n\n\"We will continue our challenge of the decision to ensure other customers and other businesses do not suffer the same unreasonable last minute reversal of previously granted permissions.\"\n\nMany people posted their anger on Twitter.\n\nOne, @mbhwhu, wrote: \"Gutted for you all, the crew, the contractors, the volleys and those travelled and some still on their way! Absolute madness.\"\n\n@ChelleDevlin wrote: \"As difficult as this decision is to hear, I believe it to be the right one albeit I do not agree with the last minute notice. I live in Dalkeith and the Covid cases have rocketed this week - fall out from the Scotland game. See u next year.\"\n\nThose who had entered have been given the choice of a refund or attending a future event.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel says Germany will relax the need for quarantine rules for some travellers\n\nDouble-jabbed people should be able to travel from the UK to Germany without quarantining \"in the foreseeable future\", Angela Merkel has said.\n\nThe German chancellor said her country was \"continuously reviewing\" its Covid travel restrictions, after meeting Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\n\nMr Johnson said he thought progress was being made on the issue.\n\nMrs Merkel is visiting the UK in her final official trip as chancellor.\n\nIn a press conference following their talks at Chequers, the prime minister's Buckinghamshire residence, the two leaders spoke about trade and post-Brexit relations.\n\nThe chancellor was then asked when Britons who have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine should expect to be able to travel to Germany.\n\nShe said Germany had adopted restrictions in response to the Delta variant, which she said was now spreading \"very rapidly\" in her country.\n\n\"But as you know we are reviewing continuously our travel restrictions and we think that in the foreseeable future those who have received double jabs will then, according to our classification - and now Britain obviously is a high incidence area - will be able to travel again without having to go into quarantine,\" she said.\n\n\"At the beginning we didn't have much experience with this variant but we're dealing with it,\" she added.\n\n\"And that is a continuous learning process... we have to adjust time and again to the most recent developments.\"\n\nMrs Merkel, who is due to step down later this year, also met the Queen at Windsor Castle.\n\nAnd she addressed a meeting of the UK cabinet - the first foreign leader to do so since President Clinton in 1997, although on this occasion the meeting was a virtual one.\n\nLast week said she wanted other countries to follow Germany's lead by introducing tougher restrictions for UK travellers because of concerns about the Delta variant, which was first identified in India.\n\nSince May, travellers from the UK have been banned from entering Germany, aside from a few limited exceptions. Those who are allowed in from the UK must quarantine for 14 days.\n\nHowever, Mrs Merkel did express \"grave concern\" about the numbers of football fans attending Euro 2020 matches at Wembley Stadium, and said she had outlined this during their talks.\n\n\"We in Germany, as you know, have less people attend games in the Munich stadium but the British government will obviously take its own decision,\" she said.\n\n\"But I am very much concerned whether it is not a bit too much.\"\n\nMr Johnson said sporting events were being opened up in a \"very careful and controlled manner\" and that vaccinations had built up a \"very considerable wall of immunity\" in the UK.\n\nHe is expected to announce the latest steps towards ending lockdown in England in the next few days, with international travel high on the agenda.\n\nThe talks follow reports that the European Union's passport scheme does not recognise doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India known as Covishield.\n\nMr Johnson said during the press conference he was \"very confident\" that there \"will not prove to be a problem\" for travellers who have received these jabs.\n\nOn Friday, the UK recorded 27,125 new Covid cases and a further 27 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nMore than 85% of UK adults have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and more than 63% are fully vaccinated, according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.", "The talks are taking place at Chequers, the prime minister's country residence\n\nPM Boris Johnson is discussing Covid travel restrictions with Angela Merkel in her final official visit to the UK as German chancellor.\n\nMrs Merkel, who is due to step down later this year, has previously called for all UK travellers to Europe to face quarantine.\n\nTrade and post-Brexit relations are also on the agenda.\n\nThe chancellor arrived at Chequers, the prime minister's Buckinghamshire residence, earlier for the talks.\n\nShe will also meet the Queen at Windsor Castle and address a meeting of the UK cabinet - the first foreign leader to do so since President Clinton in 1997, although on this occasion the meeting will be a virtual one.\n\nLast week Mrs Merkel, who has been in power since 2005, said she wanted other countries to follow Germany's lead by introducing tougher restrictions for UK travellers because of concerns about the Delta variant.\n\nSince May, travellers from the UK have been banned from entering Germany, aside from a few limited exceptions. Those who are allowed to arrive from the UK must quarantine for 14 days.\n\nMr Johnson is expected to announce the latest steps towards ending lockdown in England in the next few days, with international travel high on the agenda.\n\nIn contrast to Mrs Merkel, he said on Thursday that double vaccinations could be a \"liberator\" as millions of people plan their summer breaks.\n\nThe pair will dine on an three-course meal featuring British produce including an English asparagus tart and Oxfordshire beef fillet during a working lunch.\n\nAhead of the chancellor's visit, Mr Johnson said: \"The UK and Germany have a steadfast friendship and a shared outlook on many issues.\"\n\nHe is expected to announce the creation of an annual £10,000 award for a UK or Germany-based female scientist who has excelled in the field of astrophysics.\n\nThe two leaders greeted with an elbow bump\n\n\"Our scientists, innovators and industrialists work together every day to make the world a better place,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"Over the 16 years of Chancellor Merkel's tenure the UK-Germany relationship has been re-energised and reinvigorated for a new era.\n\n\"And the new joint ventures we will agree will leave a legacy that will last for generations.\"\n\nThe visit will be Mrs Merkel's 22nd to the UK since taking office and is one of a series of farewell trips, with US President Joe Biden among those expected to host her later in the summer.\n\nShe and Mr Johnson last met at the G7 summit in Cornwall in June.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Family of Harry Dunn: \"We finally feel we're making steps in the right direction\"\n\nThe parents of Harry Dunn said they had \"spoken for him\" after giving evidence in a damages claim against their son's alleged killer in the US.\n\nThe 19-year-old died near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August 2019, when a car driven by suspect Anne Sacoolas hit his motorbike.\n\nShe later left the country, claiming diplomatic immunity.\n\nHis mother, Charlotte Charles, said: \"We stood up and spoke for him as he cannot speak for himself now.\"\n\nMr Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nMrs Sacoolas's car struck Harry Dunn's motorbike moments after she left the RAF base where her husband worked for a US intelligence agency.\n\nThe 43-year-old was charged with causing the teenager's death by dangerous driving after her departure from the UK, but an extradition request was rejected by the US State Department in January last year.\n\nMrs Charles and Tim Dunn faced lawyers acting on behalf of Mrs Sacoolas and gave legal testimony under oath during their depositions after flying out to Washington DC.\n\nCharlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, the parents of Harry Dunn, have flown out to the US for the hearing\n\nMrs Sacoolas must also give legal testimony by the end of August as part of the civil claim brought against her and her husband Jonathan.\n\nThe depositions are part of a process in the Dunn family's claim, in which relevant documentation will be handed over ahead of a trial at the end of the year.\n\nAlexandria District Court in the US state of Virginia heard the couple's intelligence work was a \"factor\" in their departure from the UK - with the Sacoolases leaving for \"security reasons\".\n\nA banner that says Justice 4 Harry has been placed near the entrance of RAF Croughton\n\nHarry Dunn's mother said: \"We can't go into the detail of what happened at all but we were required to come out to the USA to do the depositions in person and that is just what we have done.\n\n\"Although it has been an arduous day and a difficult trip, right smack in the middle of the pandemic, the reality is that it is easy for us to come to the States and for us to talk about our son Harry and the impact his loss has had on all of us.\n\n\"We are enduring life, not living it, but we will do everything in our power to get justice for our boy and for ourselves.\n\n\"He deserves that. We deserve that, and we will not stop until we have achieved justice in both the civil and criminal cases.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the death of teenager Harry Dunn became a diplomatic struggle between the UK and US\n\nMr Dunn's father said Harry was \"going to leave a huge legacy behind him with everything our campaign has achieved\".\n\n\"This trip could not have gone any better and I feel we have taken another giant step towards getting justice in the civil claim,\" he said.\n\n\"We know the path is now clear in the criminal case too and I want to appeal on behalf of my family to the authorities in both London and Washington to do everything within their power to help alleviate our suffering a little and speed up the process of justice in the criminal case.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the path was now clear for the UK to push for a form of \"virtual trial or process\".\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\n• None Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Johnson made his comments during a visit to a paint factory in the constituency\n\nBoris Johnson has said voters in Batley and Spen are focused on \"a positive change\" in the area rather than the row over ex-health secretary Matt Hancock.\n\nThe prime minister was in the West Yorkshire constituency ahead of Thursday's by-election.\n\nHe was asked if Mr Hancock's resignation had damaged the campaign.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"I think what people are focused on, what people on the doorsteps are saying... is that we want to have a positive change in Batley.\"\n\nHe told reporters during a visit to the Johnstone's Paints factory in Batley: \"I read about that story on the Friday, and we had a new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on Saturday.\n\n\"And we see the opportunity, now that we're coming towards the end of the pandemic, as we get all the jabs in, we see an opportunity for a jobs-led recovery here in Batley and Spen and across the whole country.\"\n\nHe said the Conservative Party's contender, Leeds councillor Ryan Stephenson, was a \"fantastic local candidate\" who was \"passionate\" about the area he hoped would become his constituency.\n\nThe by-election was triggered after Tracy Brabin, who won the seat for Labour in 2019 with a 3,525 majority over the Conservatives, was elected as the mayor of West Yorkshire in May.\n\nA total of 16 candidates will contest the by-election on Thursday.\n\nThese are the candidates (listed alphabetically by surname):\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC Bitesize has removed references to the \"benefits\" of climate change on its website, following complaints online.\n\nThe education website listed \"healthier outdoor lifestyles\" as one of the pluses of having warmer temperatures.\n\nOthers included easier access to oil in Alaska and Siberia, new shipping routes created by melting ice, and more tourist destinations.\n\nClimate expert and writer George Monbiot called the list, which has now been removed, \"an absolute disgrace\".\n\n\"This is what BBC Bitesize is teaching our children about climate breakdown,\" the Guardian journalist tweeted.\n\n\"I'm sorry, but it's an absolute disgrace. You could come away thinking: 'On balance, it sounds pretty good'.\"\n\nStuart Lock, the chief executive of Bedford's Advantage Schools trust, said the article did not \"align with the national curriculum\" and \"needs reconsidering\".\n\nThe BBC said on Friday: \"We have reviewed the page and have amended the content to be in line with current curricula.\"\n\nThe guide, which is aimed at GCSE geography students, now only shows the negative impacts of climate change - such as sea levels rising and droughts and floods becoming more likely.\n\nOn Thursday, the Queen said tackling climate change would mean a change to \"the way we do things\", as she met experts on global warming in Edinburgh.\n\nGovernment advisers said last month the UK is woefully unprepared to deal with changes occurring to the climate.\n\nThey warned of more severe heat waves, especially in big cities, and more intense rainfall, with an increased risk of flooding across most of the UK.\n\nIn 2018, the BBC admitted its coverage of climate change had been \"wrong too often\", telling staff: \"You do not need a denier to balance the debate\".", "A US police officer played a Taylor Swift song on his phone in a bid to prevent activists who were filming him uploading the video to YouTube.\n\nHowever, the officer's efforts were in vain as the clip of the encounter in Oakland, California promptly went viral.\n\nAlameda County police told the BBC it was not \"approved behaviour\".\n\nThe video was filmed by members of the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP), which says it is a coalition that seeks to \"eradicate police terror in communities of colour\".\n\nSome of them were protesting outside the courthouse at the pre-trial hearing of a San Leandro officer charged with the manslaughter of a black man.\n\nIn the video, the officer says: \"You can record all you want, I just know it can't be posted to YouTube.\"\n\nWhen asked if playing music in this way is procedure, the officer responds: \"It's not specifically outlined.\"\n\nLater in the video, he confirms: \"I'm playing music so that you can't post on YouTube.\"\n\nThe sheriff's department said: \"We have seen the video and referred it to our internal affairs bureau. This is not approved behaviour. It will not happen again.\"\n\nThe video, which was posted on 1 July, has had more than 180,000 views and remains online. It is also visible on the APTP's Twitter page.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Anti Police-Terror Project This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nVice news has reported on cases of other California-based officers starting to play Beatles songs while being filmed.\n\nAnd activists have suggested this is so clips are removed, because of copyright issues surrounding the music.\n\nOn the YouTube page, the APTP wrote: \"We'd heard about this phenomenon, but no-one had captured it on video until now. Now not only do we have a video of a cop doing it, we also have the cop admitting why he was doing it\".\n\nWhile video-sharing platforms and social networks do use automated systems to flag and remove copyright material, the rules vary.\n\n\"Videos uploaded to YouTube are scanned against a database of files that have been submitted to us by content owners,\" it says.\n\nCopyright owners can then decide whether to block, monetise or track the content.\n\nBut the idea that playing copyright music could be a tactic used by police to avoid sharing online and on social media has attracted serious attention following the removal of activist videos.\n\nLast year, Nick Simmons and Adam Holland of Harvard University's Lumen project, which studies copyright content removal, noted that a number of videos linked to Black Lives Matter protests had been removed because they contained copyrighted music.\n\nThe researchers suggested that \"law enforcement\", or anyone else who wanted to stop videos being shared, \"need only make sure that copyrighted audio is present with sufficiently recognisable clarity and volume in the background of a protest or other event\".\n\nThe pair called it: \"A chilling prospect indeed.\"", "The decisions to discontinue the murder cases against veterans known as Soldier F and Soldier B centre on statements from many years ago.\n\nThe Public Prosecution Service (PPS) revisited this key evidence in recent weeks.\n\nReviews followed the collapse of the Joe McCann murder trial when statements by Soldier A and Soldier C were ruled inadmissible and they were acquitted.\n\nFor the PPS, it presented a knock-on problem.\n\nIn the Joe McCann case, the judge decided statements by the former soldiers could not be used as evidence.\n\nWhen interviewed in 1972, they admitted shooting Mr McCann, a member of the Official IRA, but they were not cautioned and had no access to legal advice.\n\nIn 2010, they were re-interviewed by the police Historical Enquiries Team (HET), but they were not under arrest nor was any mention made that they were under suspicion for murder.\n\nTheir 1972 statements were read into the record also and this, claimed the PPS, made them admissible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut the judge decided otherwise.\n\nAccording to the PPS, the Soldier B and Soldier F cases display \"related features\".\n\nIn the case of Soldier B, the crucial bit of evidence was a written statement he gave to the HET in 2006 in which he admitted firing the shots in \"self-defence\" which hit Daniel and Christopher Hegarty.\n\nBut he was not made aware he was suspected of an offence - nor was he told the purpose of the interview was to obtain evidence.\n\nIn light of what happened in the trial of Soldiers A and C, the PPS decided this is now a \"significant deficiency that tainted\" Soldier B's statement.\n\nWithout it, there was no other evidence, such as ballistics, relating to the discharge of Soldier B's weapon.\n\nSoldier B's statement from 1972 was also inadmissible as having been made without caution, but it was not going to be relied upon anyway.\n\nWhen it came to Soldier F, the parallels are less direct.\n\nAgain, his original statements from 1972 were made without the benefit of a caution or legal advice.\n\nBut up to now, prosecutors had felt statements made in the same circumstances by other soldiers identifying him as firing shots could be admitted as \"hearsay evidence\" come his trial.\n\nTheir view has now changed.\n\n\"The stance taken by the court in A and C demonstrated in clear terms that compelled statements are regarded as legally flawed and evidentially diminished,\" the PPS stated in an 11-page document explaining things.\n\n\"It was concluded there was no reasonable prospect of a court acceding to an application to admit as hearsay evidence the 1972 compelled statements.\"\n\nTwo other prosecutions involving retired soldiers were also reviewed.\n\nBut they are proceeding as planned.\n\nDenis Hutchings is facing attempted murder charges in respect of the fatal shooting of John Pat Cunningham near Benburb in Tyrone in 1974.\n\nDavid Holden is charged with manslaughter over the death of Aidan McAnespie in Aughnacloy in Tyrone in 1988.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: \"What a fantastic victory... of hope over division\"\n\nSir Keir Starmer has declared \"Labour is back\" after the party held on at the Batley and Spen by-election.\n\nThe Labour leader headed to the West Yorkshire constituency to celebrate Kim Leadbeater's narrow 323-vote win.\n\nHe said it was a victory for \"hope over division, and decency over hatred\", after a bitter campaign, and \"just the start\" for Labour.\n\nMs Leadbeater will now represent the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, who was murdered there in 2016.\n\nSir Keir hailed her \"incredible courage\" in standing for the seat, and claimed \"Labour is coming home\".\n\nWriting in the Guardian, he also promised the by-election would be \"a turning point, a sign that the politics of division and dishonesty won't win out, that unity and decency can\".\n\nThe result will come as a relief to Sir Keir, who has been under pressure following recent election defeats for his party.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the Conservative candidate Ryan Stephenson ran an \"incredibly positive campaign\" and \"did very well to reduce a longstanding Labour majority\".\n\nSpeaking at a Downing Street press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Johnson claimed the by-election result was the \"third biggest swing in favour of the government since the War\".\n\nMs Leadbeater took the seat with 13,296 votes, giving her a slim victory over Mr Stephenson with 12,973.\n\nFormer Labour and Respect MP George Galloway, standing for the Workers Party of Britain party, came third with 8,264.\n\nThe former Bradford West MP had sought to win support from the seat's Labour voters, with the aim of toppling Sir Keir as Labour leader.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Leadbeater MP: ''If I can be half the MP that Jo was, I know that I'll do her proud''\n\nHis campaign had targeted voters unhappy at the party's stance on issues including the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and the disputed territory of Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan.\n\nAn ethnically diverse seat, about 20% of the population is from an Asian background, with just under 19% being Muslim.\n\nSpeaking in Cleckheaton, Sir Keir said Ms Leadbeater had won despite a split in Labour's vote, because \"former Tory voters voted for her\".\n\n\"The Tories had a clean hit, nobody was going against them, and they didn't win,\" he added.\n\nWriting in the Guardian on Saturday, he said: \"And as we emerge from restrictions, there is now a real opportunity to harness the solidarity and national spirit that we've seen over the last year.\n\n\"To make sure that after the last year of sacrifice, we build a more united, fair, and secure country.\n\n\"To rebuild our economy and our public services, to bring our communities back together and to put honesty and integrity back at the heart of our politics.\"\n\nSir Keir was reportedly facing a potential challenge from his deputy Angela Rayner if the party lost another northern English constituency to the Tories.\n\nIt comes after the Tories took Hartlepool, a once rock-solid Labour seat in May, alongside losing more than 300 councillors in England's local elections.\n\nBut Andrew Scattergood, co-chair of the Momentum campaign set up to campaign for former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, said the party could not \"portray this as a massive victory\".\n\n\"We squeaked it over the line and there are some serious concerns,\" he told the BBC News Channel.\n\nThe Batley and Spen result will take some pressure off Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThe atmosphere in Labour circles at Westminster since May's local elections has been febrile.\n\nSome Labour MPs fear things can only get worse - that more seats that were once safe are at risk.\n\nThere was a swing of nearly 3% from Labour to the Conservatives in Batley and Spen - if a similar swing was reproduced nationally, at a general election, Labour would have lost 11 seats.\n\nLabour know their party's problems go deeper than the question of leadership - but preparations were being made for a worse result in Batley and Spen.\n\nSixteen candidates in total ran in the contest. Turnout was 47.6%, with 37,786 verified ballots cast out of a total electorate of 79,373.\n\nThe vote was triggered after the previous Labour MP for the seat, Tracy Brabin, became West Yorkshire's first elected mayor in May.\n\nShe first won the seat in a by-election after Ms Cox was murdered by a far-right extremist in Birstall, part of the constituency, in 2016.\n\nThe Conservatives fought a relatively low-key campaign, with Mr Stephenson saying he was focused on talking to voters about \"the issues that matter here\".\n\nConservative Party co-chair Amanda Milling said it had been a \"disappointing result\" for her party.\n\nShe said the recent resignation of Matt Hancock as health secretary after breaking social distancing rules was \"one of a number of different issues that came up\" that had been raised by voters on the doorstep.\n\nBut she added that for her party to \"run this close\" was still \"exceptional\", given it has been in government since 2010.\n\nAre you a Batley and Spen voter? How did you vote and why? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Patricia, now 19, applied for asylum two years ago and is among 65,000 people awaiting a decision\n\nThe number of migrants waiting in the UK for their asylum claims to be processed was nine times higher by the end of last year than it was in 2010.\n\nOne is Patricia, 19, who fled war and abuse in Liberia and says her mental health has suffered during the two years she has waited for a decision.\n\nThere are currently 65,000 people in the queue, official figures obtained by the Refugee Council suggest.\n\nThe Home Office said it had a plan to \"fix the broken asylum system\".\n\nThe Refugee Council obtained the figures from the Home Office under Freedom of Information legislation.\n\nThe organisation's analysis shows the pandemic has contributed to a backlog which rose by a quarter in 2020.\n\nAsylum seekers have told the BBC how being in limbo has affected their mental health.\n\nPatricia, who asked not to use her real name, told the BBC she was given up by her family as a baby in war-torn Liberia.\n\nIn her teens, abuse from her foster family forced her to run away.\n\nPeople traffickers brought her to Britain two years ago, aged 17, and she claimed asylum.\n\nInitially, officials said they would respond to her application \"as soon as possible\" and talked about looking at the case \"for 45 days\".\n\n\"The 45 days has taken more than two years now,\" she says.\n\nHaving her life put on hold for so long \"has had a big effect,\" she says.\n\n\"I can't sleep well. I can't do anything good that I have to do\".\n\nWithout an asylum decision, she cannot work, find a permanent home or take part in the vocational part of her college course.\n\nHaving lost touch with her family years ago, Patricia has no support and she describes the wait as a \"very tough time for me\".\n\nKemal was a maths teacher before he said he had to flee persecution by the Turkish government because of his links to the banned Gulenist movement.\n\nThe only contact he has had with his wife and children for two years is through the internet.\n\nHe lives in shared accommodation in Gateshead but the Home Office has yet to provide an initial ruling on whether his claim to have suffered political persecution in Turkey entitles him to refugee status.\n\nHe says the wait has made him anxious and depressed.\n\n\"I was down, gloomy every day... for example last year, around three months... I just cannot sleep, something happening in my throat... I don't know what's happening.\n\n\"If I didn't have faith, I could do myself bad things.\"\n\nChildren are among new arrivals seeking asylum in the UK\n\nRefugee Council chief executive Enver Solomon says the backlog should be top of the agenda when it comes to reform of the asylum system.\n\n\"If you look at what the government has published, its proposals to reform the asylum system, there's nothing in it that talks about backlogs and delay, there's nothing in it which sets out a plan to address this problem.\"\n\nThe Home Office told the BBC it had a plan to \"fix the broken asylum system, which has been abused by those who have come here illegally, leading to increased numbers in the system and preventing genuine cases being looked at quickly.\n\n\"This is the most significant overhaul of our asylum system in decades, which will increase the fairness and efficacy of our system so that we can better protect and support those in genuine need of asylum.\n\n\"We are working to streamline cases and have already made significant progress in prioritising those with acute vulnerability but we are determined to clear the backlog to help speed up decisions and prevent people remaining in the system for long periods of time.\"", "Asa Butterfield, Sandra Marvin and Russell Tovey all appear in the film urging people to get a jab\n\nCelebrities including actors and pop stars are fronting a video campaign urging people to get their Covid jab.\n\nIt sees West End and Emmerdale actress Sandra Marvin and Nicola Roberts, of Girls Aloud, perform The Rhythm Of Life, from 1966 musical Sweet Charity.\n\nThey are joined by actors Sir Derek Jacobi, Sex Education's Asa Butterfield and comedian David Walliams.\n\nA tap-dancing Jim Broadbent concludes the song, saying \"just get a vaccination\".\n\nThe short film, directed by Josie Rourke, is being released ahead of the NHS's 73rd birthday - with sites across England lit up in blue on Saturday to pay tribute to the work of NHS staff during the pandemic.\n\nIt begins with Broadbent entering an empty theatre before being treated to a star-studded performance of The Rhythm Of Life - later joining in, tap-dancing in a pair of glittery blue shoes.\n\nDavid Walliams said he wanted the UK to get back to the \"all-singing, all-dancing, rhythm of life that we love\"\n\nDon Warrington, Russell Tovey and Colin Salmon also feature in the ensemble song, alongside a chorus line of West End dancers dressed in NHS blue.\n\nAhead of the launch, Walliams said the NHS had done an \"absolutely fantastic job\" in rolling out the vaccine; adding: \"As we do in the film, I want to implore everyone to get their vaccine when called so we can get back to the all-singing, all-dancing, rhythm of life that we love.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBroadbent added: \"The film gave us the chance to show our appreciation and celebration for the vaccine rollout in the best way we know how.\n\n\"Vaccines are helping us get back to everything we love and every industry - including the arts - couldn't be more grateful to each and every person for getting their vaccine.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Sajid Javid said the vaccine was \"the best way to help protect yourself and your loved ones\" and urged people not to delay in booking their jab when they were invited to do so.\n\nThe new film is the latest in a string of star-studded campaign videos aimed at encouraging people to accept a Covid vaccine when they are invited.\n\nIn February, celebrities including comedian Romesh Ranganathan appeared in a film aimed at dispelling misinformation about the vaccine among some ethnic minority communities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Romesh Ranganathan says his mother initially had doubts over having the vaccine\n\nThe government aims to have offered a first dose to all adults by 19 July - the date when the final stage of lockdown easing is scheduled to go ahead.It also hopes to have at least 65% of adults fully vaccinated at that point, which it hopes will enable more big summer events to go ahead safely.\n\nSo far, more than 45 million people - 85.5% of the UK adult population - have had a first dose of a Covid vaccine.\n\nMore than 33 million have received both doses - around 63% of adults - according to the government's coronavirus dashboard.\n\nOn Saturday evening, the Wembley arch, the Liver building in Liverpool, and Salisbury Cathedral will be among more than 70 sites across England that will be lit up to mark the 73rd anniversary of the NHS on Monday.\n\nThe nationwide tribute is also intended to thank NHS staff for for their work during the pandemic.\n\nVaccination centres, football stadiums, town halls, churches, hospitals and bridges will also be lit up blue.\n\nIt comes as events are held across the country to pay tribute to health workers who have lost their lives to Covid-19.\n\nA small number of NHS staff from north-west England will attend a memorial service at the London Blossom Garden on Saturday in memory of colleagues who died while caring for patients during the pandemic.\n\nThe garden, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, was planted as a living memorial to those who lost their lives and pays tribute to key workers.", "German confectionery giant Haribo has said it is struggling to deliver its sweets to shops in the UK because of a shortage of lorry drivers.\n\nIt said that like many other producers and retailers, it was \"experiencing challenges\" that were hitting supplies.\n\nThe haulage industry has blamed the pandemic and Brexit for thousands of unfilled HGV driver jobs.\n\nThe government said it had taken action, by increasing HGV driving test capacity and funding apprenticeships.\n\nThe problems affect all Haribo sweets, including Goldbears and Tangfastics. The company said it was \"working with partners across the food and drink industry\" to address the problem.\n\nThe Road Haulage Association believes there is currently a shortfall of about 60,000 drivers.\n\nIt estimates that some 30,000 HGV driving tests did not take place last year because of the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe haulage industry is one of a number of sectors having trouble finding suitable staff as the economy reopens, leading some experts to talk of the UK's missing workers.\n\nKate Shoesmith, deputy chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, told the BBC last month that before the pandemic, many lorry drivers in the UK had been nationals of EU countries, particularly Romania and Bulgaria.\n\nThey stayed in the UK after the Brexit referendum, but started leaving when coronavirus struck, she said.\n\n\"They have either sourced work in their home countries or they feel it's not right to return to the UK, either because of Brexit or the pandemic,\" Ms Shoesmith added.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We're working with industry and have already taken action on HGV driver shortages, including ramping up vocational test capacity, and funding apprenticeships.\n\n\"However, most of the solutions are likely to be driven by industry, with progress already being made in testing and hiring, and a big push towards improving pay, working conditions and diversity.\"", "Police were called around 01:00 BST on Thursday\n\nA 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death at a house in south London.\n\nPolice found a 16-year-old boy with stab wounds at a residential address on Bracken Avenue, Croydon, on Thursday.\n\nDespite treatment, the teenager was pronounced dead around 01:30 BST. Next of kin have been informed but formal identification has not taken place.\n\nThe 15-year-old boy was arrested in Brighton on Friday, and is being held in East Sussex, the Met Police said.\n\nA post-mortem examination will be held in due course and the force is retaining an \"open mind\" as to the motive.\n\nDet Ch Insp Dave Blair, of the Met's Specialist Crime Command, said: \"Despite this early arrest, we still want to hear from anyone who has information relating to this horrific incident.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Leadbeater MP: ''If I can be half the MP that Jo was, I know that I'll do her proud''\n\nKim Leadbeater has narrowly won the Batley and Spen by-election for Labour, defeating her Conservative rival by just 323 votes.\n\nThe self-styled \"proud Yorkshirewoman\" is the sister of Jo Cox, the constituency's former MP who was murdered by a right-wing extremist in 2016.\n\nMs Leadbeater said it was \"inevitable\" to think about her sister and her family as she celebrated her victory.\n\nShe said her success in the by-election was down to having being \"born and bred\" in the constituency.\n\nFollowing her selection as Labour's candidate, she said: \"I'm a proud Yorkshirewoman and have lived in Batley and Spen all my life.\n\n\"I have a deep understanding of the area, its people and some of the challenges it faces.\"\n\nMs Leadbeater was born in Heckmondwike in 1976, two years younger than sister Jo, to parents Jean and Gordon.\n\nHer father was a factory worker and her mother was a school secretary.\n\nShe said she had \"loads of happy memories\" of her childhood in the area.\n\n\"A lot of that is centred around family: getting together for fish and chips on a Saturday afternoon; going down to Woolworths in Heckmondwike to get our pick-and-mix.\n\n\"To be part of a family is really special.\"\n\nKim Leadbeater, pictured with parents Jean and Gordon, has been a spokesperson for the annual Great Get Together\n\nAlong with her sister, Ms Leadbeater attended the primary school and then the grammar school in Heckmondwike, before working in local shops and subsequently becoming an exercise instructor.\n\nShe returned to education in her mid-20s and eventually qualified as a teacher, going on to lecture at Kirklees College and Bradford College.\n\nShe would later set up her own fitness and wellbeing business.\n\nThe death of sister Jo in 2016 saw her thrust into the public eye as her family mourned their loss.\n\nShe would go on to become an ambassador with the foundation established in Ms Cox's memory and has campaigned on issues her sister fought for, such as social cohesion and loneliness.\n\nMs Leadbeater has also been a spokesperson for the annual Great Get Together, a weekend of community events usually held across the UK at the end of June.\n\nShe has spoken frequently about the importance of community - pledging that would be a focus if she became the new MP for the constituency.\n\n\"I think one of the things I would look to achieve across the area is to ensure every person in Batley and Spen feels like they are part of a community,\" she said.\n\nDuring the coronavirus pandemic, Kim Leadbeater co-ordinated mutual aid groups and since March 2020 she has raised £53,000 in direct support for the most vulnerable.\n\nIn the New Year Honours, she was appointed MBE for her charity work.\n\nKim Leadbeater (left) said she would be proud if she was \"half as good an MP\" as sister Jo Cox (right)\n\nReflecting on her decision to stand for election in the same constituency her sister had been the MP, she said it had been \"really emotional\".\n\n\"As a family, this is a huge deal. If I can be half as good an MP as Jo was then I will be very proud.\n\n\"It was a massive decision for us as a family and it was a family decision to put myself forward.\"\n\nPutting her campaign's success down to focusing on local issues, she said: \"People want an MP who cares about this community.\"\n\nShe added: \"As somebody who has lived here their whole life, I think that's where the connection came from through this campaign.\n\n\"The fact that I am born and bred here has been really important to people.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hear how the pilot keeps calm under pressure\n\nA Boeing 737 cargo plane with two people on board has ditched off the coast of Hawaii after experiencing engine trouble.\n\nThe aircraft was en route from Honolulu to the island of Maui, but went down in the water soon after taking off from Daniel K Inouye International Airport.\n\nThe Coast Guard rescued both pilots from the sea early on Friday morning.\n\nOne was found clinging to the plane's tail and airlifted to safety, Reuters news agency reports.\n\nAccording to officials from the state's transport department, quoted by local outlet Hawaii News Now (HNN), he was airlifted to Queen's Medical Center and taken to intensive care in critical condition.\n\nRescuers brought the other pilot to shore by boat, HNN said. He is reportedly in a serious condition with a head injury.\n\nFootage broadcast by NBC shows a man thought to be one of the pilots being taken away in a wheelchair. He appears to be conscious.\n\nThe pilots knew they were in trouble.\n\n\"We've lost number one engine,\" a crew member tells air traffic control, according to a recording posted online.\n\n\"We're going to lose the other engine, too. It's running very hot.\"\n\nThe plane was en route from Honolulu to Kahului on the island of Maui when it crashed\n\nA Boeing statement reported by US media said they were in contact with authorities about the incident and are \"closely monitoring the situation\".\n\nThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident.\n\n\"The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the aircraft in the water,\" the FAA said in a statement.\n\nFlight tracking website Flightradar24 tweeted that it was a 737-200 cargo aeroplane operated for the carrier Transair since 2014. It was built in 1975 and first delivered to Pacific Western Airlines.\n\nTransair Flight 810 left Honolulu bound for Kahului at 01:33 local time (11:33 GMT), Flightradar 24 said, but turned back quickly afterwards, and crashed into the water after just minutes in the air.\n\nAccording to its website, Transair has been in business since 1982 and is one of Hawaii's biggest air cargo operators. It has a fleet of five Boeing 737s, it said.\n\nThis aircraft is not the same as a Boeing 737 Max, the aircraft temporarily grounded by authorities after two fatal passenger airline crashes in 2018 and 2019 respectively.\n\nThe 737 Max was cleared to fly again by US regulators in 2020, but it recently came under further scrutiny.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Flightradar24 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault\n\nBBC journalist Ishleen Kaur was a passionate yoga teacher with Sivananda, one of the biggest yoga movements in the world, until a disturbing social media post led her to uncover multiple allegations of sexual abuse spanning decades, right up to the present day.\n\nSince I discovered yoga in my mid-20s, it had become a huge part of my world. Like many devoted yogis, it was not just an exercise class for me, but a way of life. I didn't just teach classes at my local Sivananda centre, I volunteered to cook and clean there too. Sivananda teachings influenced every aspect of my existence.\n\nBut then in December 2019, I received a notification on my phone. It was a post in my Sivananda Facebook group about the movement's late revered founder, Swami Vishnudevananda.\n\nA woman called Julie Salter had written that Vishnudevananda had sexually abused her for three years at the Sivananda headquarters in Canada.\n\nShe wrote that when she finally found the strength - decades later - to report this to the Sivananda management board, \"the reactions ranged from silence, to the attempt to silence\".\n\nI have now interviewed 14 women who allege abuse at the hands of senior Sivananda teachers, many of whom have not spoken about this to family and friends, let alone made it public. I have also spoken to a former staff member who says her concerns were not addressed by the Sivananda board.\n\nMy investigation has exposed claims of an abuse of power and influence within the organisation I once held so dear.\n\nI vividly remember my first day at the Sivananda ashram in Kerala, southern India, where I trained as a yoga teacher in 2014. On the wall was a magnificent photo of Swami Vishnudevananda, Sivananda's late founder, and the man Julie would go on to expose.\n\nHis teachings were so powerful that many yogis renounced all worldly connections and dedicated their lives to the organisation.\n\nI could understand why. I was going through a very challenging time and Sivananda gave me a new-found peace. The asanas - or postures - gave me physical strength; Sivananda's principles of karma, positive thinking and meditation nourished my soul.\n\nIshleen at the Sivananda ashram in Kerala\n\nIn 2015 I married a man who was living in London. I felt daunted by the idea of moving to be with him there, until I discovered there was a Sivananda centre in Putney, not far from our new home. My husband would joke that the centre was my first love, not him.\n\nIshleen on the stage at a Sivananda demonstration\n\nTwo months after Julie Salter's Facebook post, two Sivananda board members flew in from Europe to talk to the Putney staff. I hoped they would answer at least some of the many questions I had swirling around my head. But their response was vague, and they seemed defensive during the Q and A that followed.\n\nI knew I would have to speak to Julie myself.\n\nOriginally from New Zealand, Julie was 20 and travelling in Israel when she first came across the teachings of Sivananda. She quickly became immersed in the life of the movement, and in 1978, moved to its headquarters in Canada.\n\nVishnudevananda was based there and Julie was asked to become his personal assistant, something she initially regarded as a privilege.\n\nBut she says her schedule was brutal. She worked from 05:00 until almost midnight, seven days a week - all without pay. She says Swami Vishnudevananda became unpredictable, often shouting at her.\n\n\"So of course, my own boundaries were getting more and more weakened,\" she tells me.\n\nAnd then events took a darker turn.\n\nOne day when Julie was working in Vishnudevananda's house, she found him lying down listening to devotional tapes. He asked her to lie down next to him. When Julie said she didn't understand what he wanted, he told her: \"Tantra yoga\" - a yoga practice which has become associated with spiritual sex, but simply means working towards spiritual enlightenment through deep relaxation. Nevertheless, Julie says Vishnudevananda had only ever referenced it in theoretical terms, during a lecture.\n\n\"I said: 'I don't understand,' and despite everything in my body and mind saying, 'No', I did lay down. And then there was the sexual contact. And then after that, I was downstairs again, working, and in total shame - and everything else - anguish, self blame, guilt.\"\n\nJulie says she was coerced into various sexual acts, including penetrative sex, for more than three years.\n\nGuru is a BBC investigation by Ishleen Kaur and produced by Louise Adamou. Listen to the podcast on the World Service/BBC Sounds, on The Documentary or in Hindi\n\nThe guru-disciple relationship, known in yoga as the guru shishya parampara, is an unspoken agreement that the follower will surrender to the guru's wishes.\n\nShe now considers Vishnudevananda's actions to have been rape, as her position made her ill-equipped to consent given the \"power dynamics\" at play.\n\n\"I was quite isolated, I was living on the other side of the world from family, anything I knew in the past. I was financially dependent on the organisation.\"\n\nI then spoke to two women who had responded within minutes to Julie's Facebook post, alleging Vishnudevananda had abused them too.\n\nPamela told me Vishnudevananda raped her during a retreat in 1978 at Windsor Castle in London, as she was lying in a deep state of relaxation, known in yoga as corpse pose.\n\nLucille says he raped her three times during the mid '70s in the Canadian ashram. She says the first two times she naively justified it as tantric yoga, but the third time he gave her money and she felt \"like a prostitute\".\n\nVishnudevananda died in 1993 but it took Julie another six years to find the strength to leave the organisation.\n\nHer only hope is that, by speaking out now, she can save others from suffering in the way that she did. Because as I was to discover, Vishnudevananda may have died, but the abuse of Sivananda devotees did not die with him. Julie's Facebook post had opened a floodgate.\n\nI've since spoken to 11 women who have made serious allegations against two other Sivananda teachers, one of whom the BBC believes is still active in the organisation.\n\nAmong the shocking allegations is an account by Marie (not her real name), who says she was groomed by one teacher - who we can't name for legal reasons - over a number of years. She says she was really confused when their relationship became sexual but felt she had no choice but to go along with it. After more than a year without any sexual contact from him, she remembers one occasion when he came into her room uninvited. Silently, he got on top of her, penetrated her, ejaculated, and left without saying a word.\n\nFive other women have told me that this same man sexually abused them. They don't know each other but their stories all follow a similar pattern of grooming and assault.\n\nCatherine (not her real name), was just 12 years old, and attending a Sivananda children's camp in Canada in the '80s when she said the teacher first took a sexual interest in her. She says the man would massage her and touch her bottom. When she was 15, he began touching her more explicitly, grabbing her between her legs and touching her breasts. She says the last time he assaulted her she was 17. She was taking a nap and woke up to find him on top of her. She left the organisation that day.\n\nAnother complainant says she was assaulted by the same man as recently as 2019.\n\nWe contacted this man and offered him the opportunity to respond, but he has failed to address the allegations we have put to him. The BBC understands he is still actively involved in Sivananda in India, although the organisation denies this.\n\nThe other teacher accused of abuse is Maurizio Finocchi, also known as Swami Mahadevananda. I have spoken to eight women about their allegations against him. One of them, Wendy, was working as Mahadevananda's personal assistant in the Canada headquarters in 2006.\n\nOne of her jobs was to print out his emails and take them to his cabin. On the day in question, he called her to bring the emails and his breakfast through to his bedroom where he was sitting up in bed. As she handed him a tray, she says he grabbed her arm and flipped the sheet back, under which she realised he was masturbating. She says he then ejaculated onto her arm.\n\n\"And I just remember feeling that I was almost not human to him. I was really a means to an end.\"\n\nWendy says if women approached senior staff to report worrying - and in some cases, criminal - behaviour, the staff would cast it in the framework of a spiritual teaching called \"guru's grace\".\n\n\"If something was problematic or confusing - and I'm talking about even administrative things… but certainly around sexual relations and questionable relationships - you'd be told: 'No, the fact that you're having a problem is actually 'guru's grace'.\n\n\"As in you're being taught some kind of a valuable lesson.\"\n\nWe contacted Mahadevananda to offer him the opportunity to respond to the allegations, but our request went unanswered.\n\nThe BBC has, however, seen a copy of an email he sent to a lawyer who has been crowdfunded by a Sivananda community Facebook group, called Project Satya, which I became a member of. In the email he apologises for what he calls his \"misdeeds\", and promises to \"endeavour not to do it again\".\n\nAnother thing I wanted to understand was, how much of this did Sivananda's management already know?\n\nJulie tells me she finally found the strength to report her abuse in 2003 when she attended a meeting with a member of the Executive Members' Board (EBM) - the board created by Vishnudevananda to act as Sivananda caretakers after his death. She says that board member was Swami Mahadevananda.\n\n\"We were there for a while, but basically he acknowledged that he had known about it for years.\"\n\nSwami Mahadevananda is one of the other teachers who faces sexual abuse allegations - but at the time Julie didn't know this.\n\nJulie says she told four more board members about her allegation over the next few weeks.\n\nThe trustees deny that Julie discussed her allegations with them in 2003. However the BBC has seen an email from Mahadevananda in which he confirms he did meet Julie at that time. He describes it as informal, but says after this meeting the allegations became \"open knowledge\".\n\nIn 2006, Julie attended a mediated meeting with EBM, where discussions over some kind of financial support for her took place. The abuse allegations were also raised.\n\nThe trustees told the BBC that both sides were pleased with the results at the time, but Julie says nothing ever materialised. So the following year Julie's solicitor wrote to the board seeking compensation and threatening a claim for damages.\n\nIn response, she received a letter from the EBM's solicitor questioning why Julie was raising the matter so long after the alleged abuse.\n\nSivananda say that after the meeting with Julie they began implementing protocols for members and guests designed to give everyone a safe environment in which to speak out about such allegations.\n\nWe asked them why they continue to revere the man who sexually abused her. The \"Sivananda Organisation honours its lineage and its teachings\", was their response.\n\nVishnudevananda, pictured here with Peter Sellers, used to take 'peace flights' to places of conflict\n\nAs for Mahadevananda, our investigation has found evidence that the board knew about his alleged sexual impropriety as early as 1999. Because he himself admitted it to them.\n\nSwami Saradananda, an American woman on the EBM at the time, told us that in 1998/99 she received a phone call from the director of the Delhi ashram in tears. The director told her that Mahadevananda was walking around without his trousers - which Saradananda took to mean in his underwear.\n\nWhen she phoned to challenge Mahadevananda, he explained that wasn't right. He wasn't in his underwear - he was naked. And that wasn't his only revelation.\n\n\"He told me that he hadn't worn anything below the waist, and he had come into the office where [the Delhi director] was working and masturbated in front of her.\"\n\nSwami Saradananda, deeply disturbed, says she raised this at the next EBM meeting.\n\nShe says all recording devices were switched off and the secretary sent out of the room.\n\nMahadevananda was present and she says he confirmed her account was true.\n\n\"And he said: 'But if she doesn't want me to do it, OK, big deal. I won't do it any more.'\"\n\nWhen she interrupted to ask how they were going to deal with Mahadevananda's admission, one of the board replied: \"Well, he already said he's not going to do it any more. What do you want? His blood?\"\n\nWithin a few months, Saradananda received a fax telling her that she had been voted off the board. We put this allegation to the EBM but they did not respond.\n\nSaradananda's revelations might account for the lack of surprise Wendy faced in 2006 when she told a senior member of staff in the Canadian headquarters that Mahadevananda had ejaculated on her.\n\nHis response, she says, was: \"Damn, not again.\"\n\nThe staff member told her not to worry - the organisation had arranged for Swami Mahadevananda to have counselling.\n\n\"I wasn't aware that in Canada this would be defined as sexual assault. And I wasn't aware at that time that this could have been taken to the police,\" Wendy told me.\n\nThirteen years later, the EBM did eventually investigate Mahadevananda, and then announced his retirement in their monthly magazine - a retirement which they have acknowledged they are funding. The notice said the executive board thanked him for his \"devoted and inspiring service\".\n\nCarol Merchasin, the lawyer crowdfunded by Project Satya, says she has spoken to 25-to-30 women who have alleged sexual assault against Sivananda staff. She says she has found every one of them to be credible.\n\nIn the case of Catherine, she questions why the incident was not reported to the police once the Trustees became aware of the allegations. When, many years later, her parents found out and confronted them, Carol says they told them that nothing could be done without evidence.\n\nThe EBM has told us the teacher who is alleged to have abused Catherine and others has been suspended from duties while they investigate. But we have been told by several sources that he is still involved in Sivananda's Indian ashrams, and when I called the Kerala ashram, I was told he did in fact teach a full course there earlier this year.\n\nThe EBM declined to be interviewed, but sent us a statement which we set out here in full:\n\n\"The Board of Trustees fully sympathises with those who came forward and offers any individual who feels that they might have been affected by the conduct referred to in the [BBC investigation] its assurance that it will not tolerate abuse or disregard inappropriate behaviour. It apologises unreservedly for any historic mistakes which it made in addressing the allegations detailed in the [investigation].\n\n\"As a result of those allegations, Sivananda has commissioned an independent investigation, and has appointed legal experts who have helped to review and implement safeguarding policies, and put in place appropriate training. The Sivananda Organisation has established a confidential reporting facility for anyone who is concerned about abuse. It is an absolute priority for the Sivananda Organisation that anyone coming into contact with it, in whatever capacity, is safeguarded from abuse or suffering. The Sivananda Organisation is a monastic order dedicated to physical, mental, and spiritual health and is committed to the safety of all of its members.\"\n\nI have seen four of the investigation reports into the teacher we cannot name, all of which conclude that on the balance of probability the survivors are credible and their testimonies are truthful, and that two of them did report their abuse to the EBM.\n\nIn April I returned to the Putney ashram where I had spent the last five years as a teacher and devotee. But this time I did not go inside.\n\nIt struck me that the all-consuming nature of Sivananda that had attracted me was also what could make it so dangerous. The women I have spoken to all told me it was easy to lose a sense of reality, which made it harder to question what was going on.\n\nAnd I am aware that during our investigation the women who came forward were all Westerners. But it seems there are also Indian survivors - I've seen emails from women detailing what happened to them but they were too scared to speak to me.\n\nAs for myself, it's over for me and Sivananda.", "All three leaders have had something to cheer about in recent weeks\n\nLabour has reason to be cheerful - and that hasn't happened much lately.\n\nHolding on to Batley and Spen in a by-election means the party keeps one of its seats on the green Commons benches and it will be filled by a standout candidate, in Kim Leadbeater.\n\nAnd the result has also saved Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer from what would have been, at the very least, a weekend of public criticism and concerns, and at the worst, could have boiled over into an attempt to oust him.\n\nLabour insiders are heartened too by how some voters who chose the Tories in 2019, or in the local elections a couple of months ago, switched to them, even allowing the party to catch up with the Conservatives in some wards where they had come third in May.\n\nBut even the most ardent backer of Keir Starmer would not imagine that all his problems have disappeared.\n\nGeorge Galloway managed to peel away thousands of traditional Labour voters.\n\nAnd there's barely-disguised hostility to Sir Keir from some on the left, who were discussing the possibility of replacing him as leader.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Leadbeater MP: ''If I can be half the MP that Jo was, I know that I'll do her proud''\n\nInitial enthusiasm about the possibilities his leadership held has disappeared for many MPs.\n\nAnd there is genuine concern among some of his close supporters about his ability to excite voters.\n\nOne shadow minister said: \"I've never seen the air go out of a leadership so quickly.\"\n\nThis by-election pumps a bit of oxygen back in, and may give Keir Starmer some much-needed confidence.\n\nBut doubts about his long-term prospects run deep.\n\nGeorge Galloway took votes from Labour in Batley and Spen\n\nIt is always foolish to read too much into by-elections.\n\nThis is the fourth in recent weeks.\n\nOne of those was the Airdrie and Shotts by-election in mid May, where the SNP held the seat.\n\nIt also saw Scotland's second-ever female Muslim MP elected - Anum Qaisar-Javed.\n\nBut it's the trio of Hartlepool, Chesham and Amersham and now Batley and Spen, which had very different results, and are very different places - and they throw up some common themes for both of the big Westminster parties.\n\nLabour still has real problems holding on to voters even in parts of the country they held for a long time - in Batley thousands of them were persuaded by George Galloway.\n\nIn Hartlepool, there was a thumping swing to the Tories (who also benefitted hugely from voters who had chosen the Brexit Party in 2019). The party has to work out how to make their existing vote stick, even before they set out trying to woo new voters.\n\nThe Tories had spotted opportunity in Batley and Spen long before the seat even became vacant.\n\nYes, historically it is unusual for sitting governments to win new seats in by-elections.\n\nBut they certainly were hopeful, and the formula that has proved so successful turning seats in much of the North of England blue in recent times didn't work.\n\nVoters noticed recent allegations of sleaze too, despite the prime minister's repeated claim that those kind of issues are just part of the \"Westminster bubble\".\n\nJust as in Amersham, where the Lib Dems completely overwhelmed the Conservatives, voters looked at the government and didn't like everything they saw.\n\nBoris Johnson and his ministers have got used to parading the undoubted success of the UK's vaccine programme as an answer to almost every claim made against them.\n\nBut there's a sense the political power of that, and the faith many voters have wanted to place in the government during the pandemic, have started to fade.\n\nThese three by elections, in their different ways, make plain that the obstacles in Labour's path to power are enormous.\n\nBut also that the Tories can't take their vast Commons majority for granted - and that their historical advance in the past few years may have stalled.\n\nAnother lesson perhaps, is that as the government hopes life is returning to normal, politics is moving that way too.", "Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove and his journalist wife Sarah Vine have \"agreed to separate\", a joint spokesman for the couple has said.\n\nThe pair are \"in the process of finalising their divorce\", the spokesman added.\n\nMr Gove and Ms Vine, a columnist for the Daily Mail, have been married since 2001 and have two children.\n\nA friend of the couple told the PA news agency they had \"drifted apart\" and \"no-one else is involved\".\n\n\"This is a difficult and sad decision for Michael and Sarah after 20 years of marriage,\" the friend added.\n\n\"It is an entirely amicable separation and there is no-one else involved.\n\n\"They have drifted apart over the past couple of years but they remain friends.\n\n\"Their absolute priority is the children.\"\n\nThe couple, who met when they both worked as journalists on the Times newspaper, were among the most high profile couples at Westminster.\n\nMs Vine has written in her Mail column about how they fell out with close friends David and Samantha Cameron, over Mr Gove's decision to campaign for Brexit in the 2016 referendum.\n\nIn a recent newspaper column, Sarah Vine wrote about the strains of being married to a minister, in a piece about former Health Secretary Matt Hancock's affair with an aide.\n\nShe wrote that Westminster \"can change a person\", adding that \"the problem with the wife who has known you since way before you were king of the world is that she sees through your facade\".\n\nThe piece added: \"She knows that, deep down inside, you are not the Master of the Universe you purport to be\".\n\nBorn in Edinburgh in August 1967, Mr Gove was adopted when he was four months old by a family in Aberdeen.\n\nHe studied English at Oxford University, where he was president of the Union.\n\nHe was elected Conservative MP for Surrey Heath in 2005 and has held a string of high profile ministerial roles, including Education, Environment and Justice before moving to the Cabinet Office.\n\nAs justice secretary, he was one of the key figures in the 2016 Vote Leave campaign alongside the then London mayor Boris Johnson.\n\nWhen Mr Cameron resigned as prime minister after losing the Brexit referendum, Mr Gove initially backed Mr Johnson to replace him.\n\nBut in a move that stunned Westminster, he dramatically withdrew his support and decided to run for the leadership himself.\n\nHe said he had decided \"reluctantly but firmly\" that Mr Johnson was not capable of uniting the party or the country, but he failed to gain enough to support to win the contest.", "Senior doctors in England will be consulted on taking industrial action if the government's 1% pay rise offer is not improved.\n\nThe British Medical Association says it will ask members about stopping paid and unpaid overtime if there is not a figure nearer 4%.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing has already said it will consider balloting over industrial action.\n\nIt has called for a 12.5% pay rise this year.\n\nPay review bodies covering most NHS workers have made recommendations which have not yet been published.\n\nIn England, ministers must decide whether in the light of those reports they will increase their proposed 1% offer.\n\nIndustrial action by consultants would involve stopping paid and unpaid overtime, which would affect patient clinics and attempts by hospitals to reduce waiting lists, the BMA says.\n\nIt argues that senior doctors are exhausted and feel undervalued because of previous below inflation pay rises.\n\nIf industrial action is taken it would be the first by consultants since the 1970s apart from a day of action over pensions in 2012.\n\nMike Henley, a consultant urologist in the East Midlands, says consultants' pay has been steadily eroded compared to other salaries in the public sector.\n\n\"I want to get back to fairness. Like everyone, I would rather not stop doing overtime,\" he says.\n\n\"But consultants do incredibly busy and stressful jobs - and we are underpaid compared to lawyers, for example.\n\n\"I don't expect to be paid like someone working in the City, but I don't expect to have a third of my pay removed either.\"\n\nMr Henley said the pandemic had made his job even more difficult and caring for patients had become more complex.\n\n\"For many, its been like wartime medicine,\" he says.\n\nThe Department of Health said the government was committed to a wage rise for NHS staff, including consultants, when pay increases elsewhere in the public sector had been paused.\n\nThe health department recommended the 1% pay award to the independent panel that advises the government on NHS salaries. It would cover nearly all hospital staff, but not GPs and dentists.\n\nNurses have described the proposed pay rise as \"insulting\", with unions threatening strike action and warning that the \"pitiful\" rise may lead staff to quit their jobs - worsening staffing issues in the health service.\n\nTalks on pay are underway in Wales where the government has said it will not set a 1% ceiling on pay awards.\n\nIn Northern Ireland all NHS staff have been offered a £500 bonus this year. Bonuses have also been offered in Scotland where longer-term pay negotiations are ongoing.\n\nConsultants, at the top end on NHS salary scales because of their years of medical experience and leadership, have not been minded to get involved in public pay disputes till now.\n\nThe possible overtime bans could slow down attempts to reduce hospital waiting lists.\n\nThis could be seen as sabre rattling and a bid to sway ministers ahead of their wage announcement.\n\nBut it is indicative of the likely level of anger across the NHS workforce if the government response to the pay review bodies' recommendations is not far off the original 1% proposal.", "Police were called to Oxford Circus at about 20:00 BST on Thursday\n\nA 60-year-old man who was stabbed in a \"random and unprovoked assault\" in central London has died, sparking a murder investigation.\n\nA man was detained by members of the public in Oxford Circus, close to Regent Street, on Thursday evening.\n\nThe 25-year-old was then arrested by police, initially on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nThe victim was taken to hospital but died from his injuries.\n\nThe suspect, who was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder, was also taken to hospital with a non life-threatening head injury.\n\nDet Ch Insp Vicky Tunstall said the assault was \"random and unprovoked\" and is urging those with mobile phone or dashcam footage to come forward.\n\nShe said: \"It is clear that this area of Oxford Circus was very busy at the time of the attack. Members of the public intervened to detain the suspect and I hope to trace and speak to them, to secure their accounts and offer support.\n\n\"In particular, I would like to trace two young males with skateboards who led this intervention.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It comes days after Spears said she was \"traumatised\" by the arrangement\n\nA financial firm has asked to withdraw as co-conservator of pop star Britney Spears' financial affairs, citing her objections in court last week.\n\nThe Bessemer Trust are named as joint guardians of her estate, along with her father Jamie Spears.\n\nThe star previously asked through a lawyer to end her father's involvement but last week gave explosive testimony against the entire arrangement.\n\nShe described the conservatorship as \"abusive\" and asked for her life back.\n\nBessemer Trust filed a motion to withdraw from the arrangement on Thursday, just one day after the latest order in the long-running legal saga upheld their role as co-conservators.\n\nThe financial firm cited the singer's 23 June court testimony as the reason it wants to quit.\n\nIn a court filing, the company said it had \"relied on the representations\" that the ongoing conservatorship was voluntary and that all parties, including Spears, had consented to its involvement.\n\nThe firm said it had heard Britney Spears's desire to terminate the conservatorship and was seeking to respect her wishes.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the Bessemer Trust for a statement.\n\nBritney Spears has been under a conservatorship arrangement, governing her personal and financial affairs, for more than a decade.\n\nHer father was initially put in charge of both parts in 2008 after she was twice hospitalised amid a series of public incidents that sparked widespread concern about her wellbeing.\n\nThe arrangement has been extended in the years since, with many of the details and hearings kept outside of the public eye.\n\nThe Bessemer Trust only officially entered the arrangement as co-conservators on Wednesday after a US judge denied a request to remove Jamie Spears from the agreement. That decision, which did not factor in last week's hearing, was in response to a request by the singer's court-appointed lawyer last year asking for the financial firm to be the only party involved.\n\nSamuel Ingham had argued the 39-year-old was afraid of her father and said she refused to return to the stage while he remained in control of her career.\n\nAt a specially-convened hearing last week, Britney Spears described the conservatorship as \"abusive\" and said she wanted it to end.\n\nThe testimony was the singer's first full public statement about her situation and has sparked an outpouring of public support for her bid for freedom.\n\nIt came after years of speculation and concern from fans campaigning under the banner of #FreeBritney.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpeaking for 23 minutes, the star alleged she had been drugged, forced to perform against her will and prevented from having children under the arrangement.\n\n\"I've been in denial. I've been in shock. I am traumatised,\" she told the court. \"I just want my life back.\"\n\nHowever, her lawyer is yet to file a formal request to terminate the conservatorship.", "The blue screen of death also has a sad face, which was added in 2012.\n\nMicrosoft’s so-called blue screen of death (BSoD) will turn black in the new Windows 11 operating system, according to those with access to a preview of the software.\n\nThe screen appears when users have a problem on their computer, often prompting a restart.\n\nA black background will replace blue, matching the logon and shutdown screens in the new system, the Verge reported.\n\nThe BBC has contacted Microsoft for comment.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by msk | 😷 This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BSoD allows IT professionals to diagnose hardware and memory issues.\n\nIt usually includes information and data that can help to analyse what problem caused the screen to appear.\n\nIn 2016, a QR code was added to it which users can scan to find out more information about the fault.\n\nWindows 8 also added an unhappy face to the screen in 2012.\n\nPhotos of the new screen suggest both the QR code and :( symbol will remain on the black version.\n\nWindows 11 was launched last month and will be available as a free update to existing Windows 10 users - although some devices are unable to run the new system, which requires a minimum of 64 gigabytes of storage and 4 gigabytes of RAM.\n\nMicrosoft will wind down Windows 10 in 2025.\n\nAnother visual change is that the start button has been moved to the bottom centre of the screen from the bottom left.\n\nThe start menu is now centre-aligned and available in a dark mode\n\nDevelopers who are part of Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program - which gives them access to an early version of Windows 11 - revealed the black screen of death on social media.\n\nMembers of the program have also reported other issues, including installing the new system and using the start menu, according to Bleeping Computer.\n\nWindows 11 will be available more widely later this year, but Microsoft has not given an exact date.", "Counting is under way in the Batley and Spen by-election, with Labour desperate not to lose a seat it has held since 1997 to the Conservatives.\n\nSixteen candidates are running in the West Yorkshire constituency, the best known of them being former Labour and Respect MP George Galloway.\n\nThe campaign has been marred by acrimony, personal abuse and allegations of dirty tricks.\n\nThe by-election result is expected to come at around 05:00 BST on Friday.\n\nTurnout was 47.6%, with some 37,786 verified ballots cast out of a total electorate of 79,373, Kirklees Council said.\n\nIn another by-election in May the Conservatives took Hartlepool, a once rock-solid Labour seat, with a majority of almost 7,000 votes.\n\nThis came in addition to the loss by Labour of more than 300 councillors in England's local elections.\n\nThe Batley and Spen contest is seen as an important test for leader Sir Keir Starmer, who, it has been reported, could face a challenge from his deputy Angela Rayner if the party loses another northern English constituency to the Tories.\n\nSir Keir's team insists he will fight the next general election and friends of Ms Rayner say she is not planning to oppose her boss.\n\nThe Batley and Spen vote was called after the previous MP, former Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin, became West Yorkshire's first elected mayor in May.\n\nShe first won the seat in a by-election following the murder of previous MP Jo Cox by a far-right extremist in Birstall, part of the constituency, in 2016.\n\nMs Cox's sister, Kim Leadbeater, is Labour's candidate this time, but she faces a strong challenge from Conservative Ryan Stephenson.\n\nIn a statement after the polls closed, she said there had been \"many highs\" to the election campaign but also \"some unacceptable lows\".\n\n\"The acts of intimidation and violence by some who have come here with the sole aim of sowing division have been deeply upsetting to witness,\" she said.\n\n\"Whatever the result... the first priorities of the new MP must be to bring our community together and start working for local people in every part of the constituency.\"\n\nLabour's majority at the 2019 general election was 3,525 - slightly smaller than in Hartlepool.\n\nBut the by-election result in Batley and Spen is expected to be close, although the involvement of Mr Galloway, running for the Workers Party, has added to the sense of uncertainty.\n\nGeorge Galloway will be hoping for a repeat of his 2012 by-election upset\n\nThe contest has at times become very bitter, with Labour activists claiming earlier this week that they had been egged, kicked and verbally assaulted while out campaigning.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson described such behaviour as \"absolutely appalling\".\n\nAnd on Wednesday Mr Galloway threatened legal action against Kirklees Council, which is overseeing the by-election, after it took down his posters.\n\nThis happened after officials said the text identifying the details of his political party was too small.\n\nMr Galloway, who pulled off a by-election upset in 2012 when he took Bradford West from Labour for his Respect Party, said earlier this week: \"I'm standing against Keir Starmer. If Keir Starmer loses this by-election, it's curtains for Keir Starmer.\"\n\nThe Conservatives have fought a relatively low-key campaign but Mr Stephenson has said he is \"squarely focused on talking to voters about the issues that matter here\".\n\n\"George Galloway and Keir Starmer's candidate have been fighting like cats in a sack over internal Labour Party issues,\" he told Yorkshire Live, \"and that's a matter for them.\"\n\nThe candidates were (in alphabetical order):", "Top row, left to right: Patrick \"Paddy\" Doherty, Gerald Donaghey, John \"Jackie\" Duddy, Hugh Gilmour, Michael Kelly, Michael McDaid, Kevin McElhinney. Bottom row, left to right: Bernard McGuigan, Gerard McKinney, William McKinney, William Nash, James Wray, John Young\n\nThirteen people were shot dead when soldiers opened fire on marchers during a civil rights march in Londonderry on 30 January 1972.\n\nIt became known as Bloody Sunday and these are the victims:\n\nMarried father-of-six Patrick Doherty, known as Paddy, was 31 years old when he joined the march.\n\nHe worked in the city's Du Pont factory and was an active member of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association.\n\nMr Doherty died as he was trying to crawl to safety.\n\nIn the Saville Report - a re-examination of the events of Bloody Sunday carried out by Lord Mark Saville and published in 2010 - said Mr Doherty was unarmed.\n\nThe inquiry also found there was \"no doubt\" he was shot by Soldier F, who changed his story over the years.\n\nThe Widgery Inquiry - announced the day after Bloody Sunday and chaired by Lord Widgery - largely cleared the soldiers and British authorities of blame, although he described the soldiers' shooting as \"bordering on the reckless\".\n\nThat earlier inquiry said that if the soldier had shot Mr Doherty in the belief he had a pistol, that belief was \"mistaken\".\n\nThe 17year-old was a member of the IRA's youth wing, Fianna na Éireann.\n\nHe had become involved in the civil unrest and had been jailed for six months for rioting the year before.\n\nA police photograph taken shortly after he was pronounced dead showed a nailbomb in Mr Donaghey's pocket.\n\nA soldier later said he had found four nailbombs among Mr Donaghey's clothing.\n\nWidgery dismissed claims that the devices had been planted after death - saying nobody had offered any evidence to the contrary.\n\nBut the Saville Inquiry heard that neither the soldier who first examined Mr Donaghey nor the Army medical officer who received him at an aid post had found anything suspicious when they checked the teenager.\n\nIn conclusion, Saville found the nailbombs were \"probably\" on Mr Donaghey but said he was not preparing to throw them at the time nor was he shot because he was carrying them.\n\nThe report said he was shot by Soldier G while trying to escape from the soldiers.\n\nOne of a family of 15, the factory worker is thought to have been the first to be killed.\n\nThe 17-year-old boxer, known a Jackie, had represented his club in bouts across Ireland and in Liverpool.\n\nHe had attended the march \"for the craic\" with his friends and against his father's advice.\n\nThe picture above shows a group of people carrying the dying teenager though the streets of Derry, lead by the then Fr (later Bishop) Edward Daly waving a bloodied handkerchief.\n\nIt became one of the enduring images of Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nThe Saville report concluded Mr Duddy was unarmed and \"probably\" shot by Soldier R, as he ran away from soldiers.\n\nWidgery said he had not been armed and was probably hit by a bullet intended for someone else.\n\nThe 17-year-old was the youngest of eight children and a trainee tyre fitter.\n\nHe was shot as he was running away from the soldiers in a crowd of up to 50 people.\n\nA woman said she heard him cry \"I'm hit, I'm hit\". A single bullet had struck him in the chest and arm.\n\nThe teenager was pulled to safety behind a barricade but died shortly afterwards.\n\nSaville said Mr Gilmour was unarmed and Soldier U had fired at him as he ran away from the soldiers.\n\nWidgery concluded Mr Gilmour was not shot from behind and had probably been standing on a barricade when he was hit.\n\nThe 17-year-old had been training to be a sewing machine mechanic and the march was his first taste of the civil rights movement.\n\nHe went, his family said, because his friends were going.\n\nHe was shot in the stomach near a barricade.\n\nHe was carried to the safety of a house and died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.\n\nAt Saville, Soldier F admitted that he had shot Michael Kelly - but said that he had only fired at people with bombs or weapons.\n\nWidgery said forensic tests found firearms residue on Mr Kelly's right cuff and that indicated he was close to someone who was firing at the soldiers from the barricade.\n\n\"But I do not think that this was Kelly, nor am I satisfied that he was throwing a bomb at the time when he was shot,\" said Widgery.\n\nThe second-youngest of a family of 12, the 20-year-old worked as a barman.\n\nMr McDaid was arrested but then escaped out of the back of an Army vehicle before being shot near a barricade.\n\nSaville concluded that Mr McDaid was unarmed and he was shot by either Soldier P, Soldier J or Soldier E.\n\nWidgery could not identify who had fired the shot.\n\nForensic tests found lead particles on Mr McDaid's jacket and right hand, and Widgery discounted the possibility that the clothing and body had been contaminated by residue from soldiers or their vehicles.\n\nThe 17-year-old was the middle child of five and was described as a hardworking supermarket employee.\n\nHe was shot as he tried to make his way to safety.\n\nSaville said Soldier L or Soldier M shot Mr McElhinney, who was \"unarmed\", as he crawled away from the soldiers. It suggests they probably did so on the orders of senior officers.\n\nWidgery said the firer was probably \"Sergeant K\".\n\n\"He described two men crawling from the barricade in the direction of the door of the flats and said that the rear man was carrying a rifle. He fired one aimed shot but could not say whether it hit.\n\n\"Sergeant K obviously acted with responsibility and restraint.\"\n\nA 41-year-old married man with six children, Bernard McGuigan was a factory worker and handyman.\n\nShot as he went to the aid of Patrick Doherty, Mr McGuigan was waving a white handkerchief as a single bullet struck the back of his head.\n\nHe fell to the ground, beside a 19-year-old paramedic.\n\n\"He raised his hand in the air and shouted 'Don't shoot, don't shoot'. And seconds later he was just shot and landed in my lap.\"\n\nSaville found there was \"no doubt\" Soldier F had shot an unarmed Mr McGuigan.\n\nWidgery said forensic tests had found lead residue on his hands and a scarf, consistent with the cloth having been wrapped around a revolver that had been fired.\n\nHis widow denied the scarf belonged to her husband, and Widgery concluded it was not possible to say whether Mr McGuigan was using or carrying a weapon.\n\nA father-of-eight whose youngest was born eight days after his death on Bloody Sunday and named after him.\n\nThe 35-year-old was shot as he tried to make his way to safety.\n\nThe Saville Report concluded Soldier G, a private, shot an \"unarmed\" Gerard McKinney. That bullet passed through him before hitting another victim, Gerald Donaghey.\n\nWidgery said his death was one of the most confusing episodes of the day and that forensic tests found no evidence that Mr McKinney had handled weapons.\n\nA printer at the Derry Journal newspaper, the 27-year-old was the oldest of 10 and was engaged to be married.\n\nA keen amateur photographer, he had set out to film the Bloody Sunday march on a camera he had received as a Christmas present.\n\nLike Gerald McKinney (no relation), he was in a group and was shot as he ran for cover.\n\n\"Willie was not a stone-thrower, a bomber or a gunman. He had gone to the civil rights march in the role of amateur photographer,\" said the newspaper's tribute to him.\n\nSaville said there were four soldiers - E, F, G or H - who could have fired at Mr McKinney and another victim, Jim Wray. Up to five more people were injured by the same group of soldiers.\n\nAll four soldiers insisted they had shot at people carrying bombs or firearms - claims rejected by Saville.\n\nThe Widgery report put William McKinney's death in the same category as Gerald McKinney - both men had been shot without justification.\n\nIn March 2019, the Public Prosecution Service said there was enough evidence to prosecute Soldier F for the murders of James Wray and William McKinney.\n\nOn 2 July 2021, it was announced the prosecution of Soldier F would not continue.\n\nReviews of the cases were prompted by the collapse of the trial in Belfast of two other veterans for Troubles-era offences.\n\nThe PPS said that given \"related evidential features\", it concluded \"there was no longer a reasonable prospect of key evidence in proceedings against Soldier F... being ruled admissible\".\n\nThe 19-year-old dock worker was the seventh of 13 children and the brother of Olympic boxer Charlie Nash.\n\nMr Nash was shot in the chest near a barricade. Alexander Nash saw his son being shot and went to help him, and was then shot himself.\n\nSaville concluded that shots fired by Soldier P, Soldier J and Soldier E, caused the deaths of William Nash, as well as victims Michael McDaid and John Young.\n\nThe inquiry rejected claims that the three soldiers fired because the men were armed.\n\nSoldier P told Widgery that he had returned fire after a man consistent with Mr Nash's description had fired first.\n\n\"In view of the site of the injury it is possible that Soldier P has given an accurate account of the death of Nash,\" said the report.\n\nThe 22-year-old had worked in England for some time and was engaged to an English girl.\n\nFriends said he was outgoing and worked in a city bar and dancehall at weekends.\n\nHis entire family had attended the march after going to Mass together.\n\nMr Wray's death, like that of Gerald McKinney and William McKinney, happened during the chaos as people ran for cover.\n\nSaville said Mr Wray, who posed no great danger, was shot twice in the back and there were four soldiers who could have fired at him - soldiers E, F, G or H.\n\nThe second shot was probably fired as he lay wounded, said Saville, meaning there could have been \"no possible justification\".\n\nWidgery said there was no photographic evidence of what had happened to Mr Wray, but he had been in the general vicinity of where soldiers claimed that civilians had opened fired.\n\nOn 2 July 2021, it was announced the prosecution of Soldier F for the murder of James Wray and William McKinney would not continue.\n\nThe 17-year-old was the youngest of six and worked in a menswear shop.\n\nHe was shot near a barricade as he tried to take cover.\n\nSaville concluded John Young was killed in the same shooting incident that claimed the lives of William Nash and Michael McDaid.\n\nHe also said he was unarmed and shot by soldiers P, J or E.\n\nOne witness told Widgery that Mr Young had gone to help another teenager who had been shot.\n\nWidgery said: \"Young was undoubtedly associated with the youths who were throwing missiles at the soldiers from the barricade and the track of the bullet suggests that he was facing the soldiers at the time.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full details\n\nEighteen-year-old British wildcard Emma Raducanu stunned former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon third round.\n\nRaducanu, who finished her A-Levels two months ago, won 6-2 6-4.\n\nRanked 338th in the world, she will next face Sorana Cirstea after the Romanian defeated Victoria Azarenka.\n\n\"Just to be able to be at the championships, I feel like I'm on a holiday,\" she said.\n\n\"It's unbelievable. I just want to stay here for as long as I can.\"\n\nRaducanu is making her Grand Slam debut, having only made her maiden appearance on the WTA Tour in June.\n\nShe has been touted as the future of British women's tennis, earning a Fed Cup call-up earlier in the year, and continues as the only female Briton remaining in the Wimbledon singles draw.\n• None Jamie Murray column: 'I live five minutes from Wimbledon but have to stay in hotel bubble'\n• None Barty grinds out win as draw opens up\n• None Keeping up with the Kordas? You need majors in two sports to match this extraordinary family\n• None Watson and Dart through in doubles\n\nShe will pocket £115,000 for reaching the third round - around four times her career earnings to date of $39,558 (£28,762).\n\nRaducanu defeated Russia's Vitalia Diatchenko in the first round on Wednesday, before her shock win over Czech world number 41 Vondrousova.\n\nShe looked dominant from the off on court 12. After Vondrousova held her opening service game, Raducanu then won five games on the bounce to go a double break up.\n\nIt left her opponent stunned, the 22-year-old frequently shaking her head in frustration as she struggled to contain the even younger whipper-snapper on the other side of the net.\n\nBut in the second set, it looked as though Vondrousova was going to take back control, winning the first three games as the nerves crept into Raducanu's play.\n\nYet buoyed by the home crowd, Raducanu managed to scramble her way back, her powerful hitting helping her to twice break back before Vondrousova sent a forehand return into the net to hand the Briton victory.\n\nShe is the youngest British woman to reach the Wimbledon third round since Elena Baltacha did so in 2002, also as an 18-year-old.\n\n\"I think from a young age, my parents always drilled into me that my attitude was the most important thing, and it's either going to make or break my career,\" she told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"Now I'm the one who is leading that and I find that's the best way I cope with those pressured situations.\"\n\nBorn in Canada to a Romanian father and a Chinese mother, Raducanu moved to Britain at the age of two and grew up in London.\n\nInitially starting in ballet, she was thrown into a variety of sports by her father, including horse riding, swimming, basketball and go-karting.\n\nBut it was tennis that stuck, with Raducanu first picking up a tennis racquet at the age of five and going on to join the Bromley Tennis Academy.\n\nShe is now one of 12 players on the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, alongside the likes of Jack Draper, Katie Boulter, Aidan McHugh and Francesca Jones.\n\nShe has won three ITF titles and, after completing her A Levels in maths and economics, will now focus on tennis full time.\n\nAsked if she would prefer top grades in her exams or a place in the fourth round, she said: \"I'd have to say round four of Wimbledon.\n\n\"I think anyone that knows me would be like, what? Everyone thinks I'm absolutely fanatic about my school results. They think I have such an inflated ego about it.\n\n\"Actually, I would say I have high standards of myself. That's helped me get to where I am in terms of tennis and also in terms of school results.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Here are five titles to help you escape", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 25 June and 2 July.\n\nSend your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs that can be found here.\n\nPlease also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly.\n\nConditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions.\n\nPuffin else matters: Charles Colliar captured this seabird making sure it got its catch back to its burrow on Lunga in the Treshnish Isles.\n\nLava lamp: Brian Potter thought the light in Assynt made it look like Stac Pollaidh had just erupted.\n\nA river runs through it: Stewart MacFarlane captured this tranquil scene in Dean Village in Edinburgh.\n\nFlower power: Yvonne Beresford saw this bee flying between her Nasturtiums in her back garden near Elsrickle, South Lanarkshire.\n\nHare-brained idea: A beautiful brown hare caught snacking on the farmer's crops in Angus.\n\nLooking fly: Peter Spalding captured this incredible picture of Burnet moths in Larbert, Falkirk.\n\nCounting sheep: Valerie Pegler saw these sleeping sheep next to Loch Lomond.\n\nRoom with a view: Castle Stalker reflected on Loch Laich, near Appin in the Western Highlands. Laura Colacino said the walk to this view is wheelchair accessible.\n\nYou otter come in: This otter in Beauly made the water look so inviting, Sam Mcconnell thought.\n\nInfinity and beyond: Jamie Macdonald enjoyed his walk along Rosemarkie beach in Fortrose.\n\nBuckle udder the strain: Ricardo Gabriel saw this Highland cow decide to take a break on the beach in Fionnphort on the Isle of Mull.\n\nMoved to deers: Steve Ewens was all alone with these deer just off the Bealach na Bà with the Cuillin Ridge of Skye partially hidden by mist.\n\nStrike a pose: Alli McMahon caught this red squirrel trying to reach an itch in Morton Loch, Tayport\n\nFifty Shades of Hay: Jane Termini Taylor captured the sunset on this field near Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway.\n\nWoody Woodpecker: Tracey Ross spotted this male great spotted woodpecker tending to his chicks in Angus.\n\nScene and not heard: Richard Petrie captured this tranquil setting at LochTay.\n\nReflections of a fox: William Johnston said this fox was basking in the evening sun on the opposite side of the canal on Glasgow's Kelvin walkway. He was thrilled to be able to get the fox and his reflection in one frame.\n\nThe fresh breath of brightness burning: Elaine Hamilton took this picture of Anniesland Tower from Glencoe Street in Glasgow.\n\nTreasure Island: Peter Allen took this photograph looking back at Catacol village on the north end of the Isle of Arran, showing the turquoise waters caused by algae.\n\nNothing can ruin this view: Simon Dunsmore took this photo of Lady Anstruther’s tower with Elie Ness lighthouse in the background whilst visiting Elie in Fife.\n\nBird's eye view: Mark Peggie caught this nosy pheasant at her window in Pencaitland, East Lothian.\n\nAsk us skiff you need anything: These rowers look like they are making their skiffs go fast in Lamlash Bay at the Isle of Arran. Picture by Liam Blizard.\n\nKelp I'm on my own: Stephen Hall captured this lonely piece of seaweed on Belhaven Bay Beach, Dunbar.\n\nAll tied up in knots: Jamie Whitelaw took this picture of the 'From the Sea' sculpture made of string overlooking Calgary Bay on the Isle of Mull.\n\nWater you think about this? Dorrie Baker captured the Union Canal looking very picturesque in Edinburgh.\n\nSteaming along: Graham Paton caught this great angle of the Flying Scotsman returning to Edinburgh after a Fife trip\n\nPlant life: Curtis Welsh said this intense field of colour was a spectacle near Ancrum in the Scottish Borders.\n\nView from above: Martin Bell took this picture of Lochindorb Castle near Grantown on Spey.\n\nFisherman's friends: James Johnston said this picture was taken at the Boatshore cove at Cockenzie where years ago the wee sailing yawls would land their catch.\n\nTook the wind out of his sails: Stephen McCaveny was blown away by this scene in Ullapool.\n\nNot too grainy: Sue McCann captured this field of ripening barley at Braefoot.\n\nRock your world: Rob Jenkins thought this was a 'magical sunset' over Loch Quoich.\n\nHeron time: Jim Vaas was there at the right moment to capture this heron in flight over the River Teviot at Roxburgh in the Borders.\n\nMount your blessings: Molly Stevenson was stunned by the scenery at Glen Etive.\n\nWet behind the ears: Chris Elder's nine-year-old daughter, Niamh, loved playing in Loch Morlich.\n\nSeas the day: Inna Baltaca said her daughter has been making the most of their holiday at Camusdarach Beach in Morar.\n\nFowl-mouthed: Graham Grosie photographed these two squabbling gulls fighting for their perch at St Abbs.\n\nAuld Reekie: Mustafa Kheraluwala took this picture from the top of Calton Hill giving an incredible view of Edinburgh and its famous skyline.\n\nFall fowl: Davey Jay said he nearly lost his eye capturing this shot of a tern in the Isle of May.\n\nSpiralling out of control: Jessica Poce was amazed at the stairs in Princes Square in Glasgow\n\nFlying ban: Emily Alexander said this poplar hawk moth was hitching a ride to Islay on the MV Finlaggan ferry.\n\nDon't count your chickens: Five-year-old Ella Rose with Hamish the chicken at the Ark on the Clyde, Finlaystone Country Park.\n\nPlease ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).\n\nIn contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide.\n\nHowever, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News.\n\nAt no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law.\n\nYou can find more information here.\n\nAll photos are subject to copyright.", "Becky and David Salisbury worry that they could face repeated closures under the current rules\n\nBecky Salisbury and her husband David were in the car on Sunday when they got the news: one of the staff at their pub, the Alford Arms in Berkhamsted, had tested positive for Covid.\n\nSo, after a rollercoaster year, overhauling how they work and installing every hygiene measure they could think of, the pub is now closed again, for 10 days.\n\n\"It's frustrating,\" says Becky. \"Having made some profit recently with nice weather and a good garden, unfortunately it's all going to go down the pan.\"\n\nBecky and David are far from the only ones in this situation. Pubs and restaurants across the country are finding operating day-to-day a minefield.\n\nIt only takes one case on site, and the NHS Test and Trace alerts come thick and fast, instructing staff to isolate. Without them, venues can't open.\n\nIt isn't sustainable, the industry says, especially as cases continue to rise so rapidly.\n\nThe government says self-isolation remains an essential part of the effort to control the spread of the virus.\n\nIan Payne, chairman of the nationwide Stonegate group of pubs, wrote on social media that the chain has around 1,000 people off, because they had been alerted by NHS Test and Trace, and 15 sites closed, because the management team were self-isolating.\n\nThe Wetherspoon pub chain said six members of its staff had tested positive, leading to 69 further employees being required to self-isolate.\n\nNick Collins, chief executive of the chain Loungers, which operates 173 cafe-bars, has also had to temporarily close some sites, and reallocate staff between venues.\n\n\"It's really challenging,\" he said, but he now fears that it \"could get worse\" as rates of the virus continue to rise.\n\nNick Collins says test and trace disruptions are incredibly frustrating\n\nAs a result, the body representing pubs and restaurants, UKHospitality, is calling on the government to reconsider the rules on isolation.\n\n\"For some weeks, we have been telling government about the severe staff shortages at venues,\" said UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls.\n\nShe said some team members were being told to isolate even if they hadn't shared shifts with colleagues who tested positive.\n\nStaff in the hospitality industry often work long hours\n\nUKHospitality would like to see a testing system that monitors whether staff are still negative for the virus, but allows them to continue working.\n\n\"If the system remains as it is, there's a threat of mass isolations, which would hugely damage trade, putting many companies at risk of failure,\" said Ms Nicholls.\n\n\"A strong focus on testing when cases are identified, rather than isolating fit and healthy people, would help to avoid mass isolations,\" she said.\n\nThe government is running a pilot scheme to see whether allowing people who have been exposed to the virus to take daily tests instead of isolating is effective at controlling its spread.\n\nThe government would continue to support the hospitality industry, but self-isolation was currently an essential part of the strategy for protecting the public, a government spokesperson said.\n\n\"By self-isolating, people are helping to break the chains of transmission while protecting friends and family from the virus and minimising the risk of further disruption in schools,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nWithout a change to the rules, pubs such as Becky and David's, which cannot switch staff between multiple sites, fear they could end up yo-yoing between being open and closed all summer.\n\n\"I think the risk to all hospitality of having more than one closure this summer is really high,\" says Becky.\n\n\"We've done everything we can and we are still utterly vulnerable.\"\n\n\"We have a machine that cleans the air. The staff wear hand cream that gives them four hours of protection. We clean religiously. But there's no way I can protect the staff from being pinged,\" she says.\n\nShe has gently asked her team to be as careful as they can outside work, but they are mostly young and she says she can't ask them not to see their friends. Yet she knows that is the age group where levels of the virus are highest.\n\n\"We're reopening on Tuesday and we're really excited. But there's every chance someone could be in contact on Wednesday and we'd have to close again. It could happen,\" she says.", "Labour activists campaigning ahead of the Batley and Spen by-election have been pelted with eggs and kicked in the head, the region's mayor has said.\n\nTracy Brabin said she was leafleting for Labour in Batley on Sunday, when her group was \"followed, verbally abused and physically assaulted\".\n\nThe West Yorkshire mayor and former Batley and Spen MP said campaigners included young people and the elderly.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police has issued an image of a man wanted over the attacks.\n\nThe force said it sought to speak to the man in relation to eggs being thrown at canvassers in Whitaker Street, Batley, at about 16.30 BST on Sunday.\n\nIt said four offences of assault had been recorded, including one in which a man suffered minor injuries from being punched and kicked.\n\nThe force said it believed three suspects, described as Asian men wearing hooded tops, were involved.\n\nMs Brabin - who also holds the police and crime commissioner role for the region - praised officers for their swift response.\n\nShe said: \"The group I was with included young people and the elderly. I witnessed them being egged, pushed and forced to the ground and kicked in the head.\n\n\"We know why tensions are rising in our streets. Those who want to sow division are not welcome in our community.\n\n\"The actions of these people do not represent the Batley and Spen I know. We are kinder than this.\"\n\nWest Yorkshire Police has issued a CCTV still of a man who may have information about the attacks in Batley\n\nSpeaking on a visit to Batley, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: \"I think it's appalling that people should face abuse of that kind, absolutely appalling.\"\n\nSunday's attacks followed a video shared online of Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater - the sister of former MP Jo Cox, who was murdered in the constituency in 2016 - being shouted at in the street by a man on Friday.\n\nIn the clip, he raises his voice at her before she is pursued by a group to a car.\n\nHalifax Labour MP Holly Lynch, who has also been campaigning in the constituency, said: \"There has been a series of increasingly serious and violent attacks in recent days and this is absolutely unacceptable.\n\n\"Lawless thugs are seeking to intimidate and attack those involved in the proper democratic process.\"\n\nVoters in Batley will go to the polls on 1 July\n\nPolice attended a demonstration in Batley on Saturday, in which about 400 people took part and passed off \"largely without incident\".\n\nThree arrests were made - two for public order offences and one for possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nThe by-election, triggered when Ms Brabin stood down following her election as West Yorkshire's mayor, takes place on Thursday.\n\nThese are the candidates (listed alphabetically by surname):\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Allen Weisselberg (centre) is chief financial officer of the Trump Organization\n\nFormer US President Donald Trump's company and its finance chief have been charged with tax-related crimes.\n\nAllen Weisselberg, 73, turned himself in to New York authorities on Thursday. He was later charged with concealing $1.7m (£1.2m) worth of income.\n\nProsecutors say the 15-year-long scheme helped executives evade taxes by giving benefits, such as rent and school fees, that were hidden from the authorities.\n\nLawyers for the firm and Mr Weisselberg have pleaded not guilty to tax fraud.\n\nNo charges were brought against Mr Trump personally, though prosecutors said the former president had signed some of the cheques at the centre of the case.\n\nThe Trump Organization is a family holding company that owns hotels, golf clubs and other properties - and the cornerstone of a global brand that encompassed book deals, TV shows and Trump-emblazoned skyscrapers.\n\nThe criminal charges are the first to arise from long-running investigations into alleged fraud by both the Manhattan district attorney and the state attorney general.\n\nThe inquiry by District Attorney Cyrus Vance focused on whether Mr Weisselberg and other company executives received benefits such as apartment rentals or leased cars without reporting them properly on their tax returns.\n\nThe charges announced on Thursday include tax fraud and falsifying business records.\n\nAt the hearing at Manhattan's criminal court, prosecutor Carey Dunne said this was a \"sweeping and audacious\" scheme involving \"off-the-books payments\".\n\n\"It was orchestrated by the most senior executives who were financially benefiting themselves and the company, by getting secret pay raises at the expense of state and federal taxpayers,\" he said.\n\nMr Weisselberg \"is prepared to fight these charges in court,\" his lawyers said.\n\nMr Trump and his allies have said the investigations are politically motivated. The indictment was served as Mr Trump has been discussing a potential comeback run for president in 2024.\n\nThe ex-president issued a statement slamming the announcement: \"The political witch hunt by the radical left Democrats, with New York now taking over the assignment, continues.\n\n\"It is dividing our country like never before,\" he said.\n\nEarlier on Thursday, the Trump Organization said Mr Vance was using Mr Weisselberg, who has worked for Trump's business for nearly 50 years, \"as a pawn in a scorched earth attempt to harm the former president\".\n\n\"This is not justice; this is politics,\" the company said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A flashback through four turbulent years of Trump\n\nHowever, during the court proceedings, prosecutor Carey Dunne said: \"To address what this case is not about: It's not about politics.\n\n\"This investigation, which is ongoing, has been thorough, careful and proper, and has been limited to subject matters within our New York jurisdiction.\"\n\nIf the company is found guilty, however, certain business partners might draw a line under their relationship with the Trump Organization and the company could face fines.\n\nNew York City, for example, has already announced it will terminate contracts with the firm to run skating rinks, a carousel and a golf course, in the aftermath of the US Capitol riots.\n\nDaniel Goldman, who was lead lawyer in the US House of Representatives for the first impeachment of Mr Trump in 2019, tweeted that the indictment could spur lenders to call in their loans, driving the Trump Organization to bankruptcy.\n\nThe investigations will also take into account eight years of Mr Trump's personal and corporate tax returns, obtained by prosecutors after a long legal battle, which ended in the Supreme Court in February.\n\nMr Trump, who inherited money from his father and went on to become a property developer, is the first president since Gerald Ford in the 1970s not to have made his tax returns public.\n\nDespite facing a number of investigations, the former president has denied any wrongdoing personally or in his business.\n\nNew York City has already cut business ties with the twice-impeached former president.", "The distinctive novelty keyring was found at the scene of the murder\n\nDetectives have released images of a distinctive novelty keyring in a fresh bid to solve one of Scotland's most baffling cold cases.\n\nShona Stevens was savagely attacked near her home in Irvine, North Ayrshire, in November 1994.\n\nMs Stevens, 31, suffered severe head injuries and died in hospital three days later.\n\nThe semi-naked toy figure, which is 8mm tall, was discovered at the scene and officers believe it may be significant.\n\nPolice said the cartoon-style figure looked as if it had broken off a keyring.\n\nIt was found during the initial search but has not formed part of previous appeals, including one to mark the 25th anniversary.\n\nA poster from the time of Shona Stevens' murder\n\nDet Insp Fraser Normansell, of the major investigation team, said: \"We know the item didn't belong to Shona and, while we can't be sure of its origins, we believe it may hold significance to this case.\n\n\"Although it was found almost 27 years ago, it's very distinctive and could prove vital to our inquiries.\n\n\"I'm urging anyone with information to come forward and help us get justice for Shona.\"\n\nThe mother-of-one was attacked on 10 November 1994, just minutes after she left the Co-op store within Bourtreehill Shopping Centre.\n\nShe was last seen alone at about 13:10 on Towerlands Road and was then found approximately 200 yards (180m) from her home, within a wooded area, about 10 minutes later.\n\nDet Insp Normansell added: \"I'm asking anyone who believes they recognise this item or who has any information, no matter how small, to please get in touch.\n\n\"We are committed to getting Shona's devastated family the answers they deserve.\"\n\nShona's mother, Mhairi Smith, issued an emotional appeal to the media a week after the murder in November 1994\n\nDetectives have set up an online portal to encourage members of the public to submit information directly to the major incident team for Operation Short, who are based at the Scottish Crime Campus in Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire.\n\nOfficers believe a weapon was involved but it was never recovered.\n\nAt the time of the 25th anniversary appeal, police said the inquiry team was keeping an open mind as to a motive for the crime.\n\nBut the force would not disclose whether officers had a DNA profile of the suspect but said technology was constantly creating new forensic opportunities.\n\nDuring the Elaine Doyle murder trial in 2014 a court heard that convicted killer Gavin McGuire was interviewed in connection with Ms Stevens' murder.\n\nThe then Strathclyde Police staged a reconstruction of Ms Stevens' final movements\n\nDespite extensive media coverage, including a reconstruction of Ms Stevens' final movements, no-one has been brought to justice.\n\nThe footpath where Ms Stevens was found was regularly used by the public to access Bourtreehill Shopping Centre.\n\nAs part of the last appeal in 2019 Ms Stevens' family issued brief statements through Police Scotland.\n\nDaughter Candice said: \"I was only seven at the time of my mum's murder but that does not make it any easier to deal with.\n\n\"I spent a large part of my childhood years growing up without my mum and I would please ask anyone who knows anything about the incident to please come forward.\"\n\nThe victim's mother, Mhairi Smith, said: \"I cannot emphasise enough how important even the smallest piece of information could be in being able to give me and my family closure.\n\n\"I want to know who was responsible for this attack and why they did it. If you have any information about Shona and her murder please contact the police.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police are searching land off Medbourne Lane, close to junction 15 of the M4\n\nSuspected human remains have been found close to a motorway.\n\nA large police presence can be seen in woodland off Medbourne Lane, close to junction 15 of the M4 near Swindon.\n\nWiltshire Police said it could take weeks to identify the \"old\" remains but specialist officers were meticulously combing the scene.\n\nIt said officers expected to remain there \"over the next few days and weeks\" and would provide further updates when possible.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Covid infections are continuing to rise across the UK, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data suggests.\n\nBut officials say vaccines are stopping similar rises in hospital admissions, and they are urging everyone to come forward for both doses.\n\n\"It will help us to break the chain of transmission, and save lives,\" said Dr Jenny Harries, from the UK Health Security Agency.\n\nEngland is due to lift most remaining Covid restrictions on 19 July.\n\nAccording to ONS estimates, there was \"a notable increase in infection rates\" across England, Wales and Scotland during the week ending 26 June.\n\nOne in every 250 people may now be infected by coronavirus, it says.\n\nIn Scotland, which has not seen estimated level of infections this high since the start of February, one in every 150 people could be infected.\n\nThese rises are driven by the Delta variant and, although infection rates are now similar to February, it is hoped fewer people will go on to become ill with severe symptoms, because of the vaccination programme.\n\nRecent government figures suggest that vaccines have already reduced hospital admissions and deaths.\n\nFewer than one in 1,000 infections is now leading to a death - compared with one in 60 last winter.\n\nBut ONS figures, based on swab tests on thousands of people in their own homes, suggest:\n\nSarah Crofts, from the ONS Covid-19 Infection Survey, said: \"It is crucial we continue to monitor infection rates and the impact of the vaccination programmes.\"\n\nThe highest percentage of people testing positive in England was in the North East (1%) and North West (0.9%).\n\nPositive tests rose in all age groups, except among those aged 70 and over.\n\nVirus levels in England were highest in the young, particularly those aged 17 to 24 and children in school years 7-11.\n\nOfficial government figures also show that cases are continuing to rise. There were 27,125 new cases reported on 2 July - up from 15,810 a week before - and 27 deaths. Around 1,800 people are currently in hospital with Covid.\n\nProf Kevin McConway said he hoped and expected the vaccines to make a difference - but caution was still needed.\n\n\"As more of the youngest adults have at least one vaccine dose, and more middle-aged and younger people have both doses, the numbers of people who would test positive will increase more slowly,\" he said.\n\n\"If that doesn't happen, and infections do continue to double in something like every two weeks, it won't take all that many weeks until infections are back at the sort of levels we've seen in previous peaks - so we can't stop being vigilant, particularly as and when more restrictions are removed.\"\n\nProf James Naismith, from the University of Oxford, said the delta variant would sweep through developing countries which were much less prepared.\n\n\"Once delta gets going it will overwhelm health care systems very rapidly unless vaccination improves.\n\n\"More thought needs given to whether vaccinating young children in the rich world is as important and ethically justified as vaccinating key workers and the most vulnerable in developing countries.\"", "Ministers say they have held off further easing of lockdown rules while cases rise\n\nThe Welsh government is \"stuck in lockdown mode\" and should stop \"treating the Welsh people like children\", the Conservatives have said.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford has held off lifting restrictions amid concerns over the Delta variant.\n\nThe Tories called for ministers to set out a dated plan for when they will lift all restrictions.\n\nMr Drakeford's government said its approach to reopening was led by the data and not \"by artificial dates\".\n\nWelsh Conservative Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies said a plan was needed given data showing the number of people in hospital with Covid has fallen to a record low.\n\nThe party did not propose its own date for scrapping lockdown restrictions, but said it would like to see them end \"as soon as it is safe to do so\".\n\nAccording to the latest data from Public Health Wales there were 86 Covid patients in hospital beds in Wales on 30 June - a record low for the second day running.\n\nHowever the case rate across Wales on Thursday was 66.5 per 100,000 people - the highest since 23 February.\n\nThere have only been minor changes to the rules in Wales since 7 June, after the first minister announced a pause in order to \"reduce the peak number of daily hospital admissions\" and allow time to vaccinate more people.\n\nMinisters had considered permitting more indoor mixing, allowing more people to attend indoor events and reopening ice skating rinks, before deciding to hold off.\n\nCurrently in Wales people are able to meet in private homes if they are in an extended household with a fixed set of other homes, unlike in England where six people from any household can meet.\n\nNightclubs remain closed, as they do across the UK, while limits on social distancing and how many people can meet outside remain.\n\nSome Covid-19 lockdown rules and guidance remains in place in Wales\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed again in a fortnight, with any further lifting due to be announced by Mr Drakeford on 15 July - no dates have otherwise been set.\n\nHowever the UK government's new Health Secretary Sajid Javid has already said he sees \"no reason\" why restrictions in England will not end on 19 July.\n\nThe end of England's lockdown was originally scheduled for 21 June, but was pushed back by four weeks.\n\nThe Scottish government hopes to lift the final major restrictions in Scotland on 9 August.\n\nMr Davies said: \"Given the data, it's important the Welsh Labour government now provides families, schools, workers and businesses with their plan for restoring all freedoms and releasing restrictions in Wales, as has been seen in Scotland and England.\n\n\"Sadly, the Welsh government is stuck in lockdown mode and can't shift gears into recovery because it means actually having to tackle some of the issues that Labour have failed to tackle over the past two decades.\n\n\"Instead of treating the Welsh people like children, the Welsh government needs to talk to them like adults.\n\n\"People will understand that no date ministers choose comes with zero risk for Covid.\n\n\"Sadly, it can't be eliminated and moving forward we will have to learn to live with it like we do with other viruses,\" he said.\n\nAsked what the Welsh Conservatives would do, and whether they would support lifting restrictions on 19 July, a spokesman said: \"Ministers will have access to advice and data not currently afforded to opposition parties.\n\n\"However, we would like to see restrictions lifted in Wales as soon as it is safe to do so. The virus doesn't recognise Offa's Dyke and our preference has long been for a consistent UK-wide approach, but the data may suggest some nuances are required in Wales.\"\n\nAhead of May's Senedd election the Welsh Conservatives published a plan to end lockdown that broadly aligned with the UK government's plans at the time.\n\nIt included a proposal to possibly end social distancing in Wales by 21 June.\n\nA Welsh government spokesman said: \"Since the start of the pandemic we have taken a cautious, phased approach to reopening and have been led by the data that is presented to the cabinet by the chief medical officer and our scientific adviser, and not driven by artificial dates.\n\n\"We review the coronavirus regulations every three weeks and update members of the Senedd and the public about whether we are able to relax these, in line with our coronavirus control plan.\"", "Stellantis owns Vauxhall, which makes cars and vans in Ellesmere Port\n\nThe owner of Vauxhall could announce as early as next week plans to build electric vans at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire, the BBC understands.\n\nThe investment, said to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds, would safeguard about 1,000 factory jobs.\n\nThe future of the plant had been in doubt after Vauxhall's parent company, Stellantis, scrapped plans to build a new Astra model there.\n\nNissan this week said it will make new electric cars at its Sunderland plant.\n\nStellantis has been discussing options for the site with the UK government for several months, and is known to have been seeking financial support for its plans.\n\nSales of vans have been booming during the pandemic, as a result of growing home delivery sales.\n\nMaking vans may not be particularly glamorous, but right now it makes a lot of sense.\n\nWhile car sales have been badly affected by the pandemic, demand for smaller commercial vehicles has been soaring, due to the home delivery boom. Fleet operators are increasingly turning to low-emission options because of the tax advantages they provide.\n\nFor Carlos Tavares, the pragmatic and outspoken CEO of Stellantis, it offers a useful compromise. He has been scathing about the UK government's plans to outlaw the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 - accusing them of destroying his company's business model in the UK.\n\nNow there is a new business model - and with Mr Tavares having previously made it clear that future production in the UK would depend on what support the government could offer, it's likely help from the taxpayer will be part of it.\n\nStellantis is the world's fifth-largest car maker and also owns Peugeot, Fiat and Chrysler.\n\nThe push into electric vehicle manufacturing has grown since the UK and other European countries announced a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars as of 2030.\n\nNissan on Thursday announced a major expansion of electric vehicle production at its car plant in Sunderland which will create 1,650 new jobs.\n\nThe Japanese carmaker will build its new-generation all-electric model at the site as part of a £1bn investment that will also support thousands of jobs in the supply chain.\n\nAnd Nissan's partner, Envision AESC, will build an electric battery plant.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Joe Biden has said it is still possible to find survivors in the rubble of a building that collapsed last week near Miami in Florida.\n\nSpeaking after meeting families of people who died or are still missing, he said they were going \"through hell\", and that federal funding for the rescue effort would continue for a month.\n\nHe also said it was essential to find out what caused the collapse.\n\nEighteen bodies have been recovered but 145 people are still unaccounted for.\n\nRescue efforts resumed on Thursday evening after a 15-hour halt amid concerns about the stability of the remaining structure of the Champlain Towers South. Nobody has been pulled alive from the rubble since the first hours after the disaster.\n\nMiami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said officials were planning for the possible demolition of the remaining structure, and a decision would need to be made \"extremely carefully and methodically,\" given how it would affect the search-and-rescue mission.\n\nEarlier this week, in an interview with news outlet WPLG, a rescue worker recalled hearing a woman's voice underneath the debris - and his team's desperate attempt to get her out.\n\n\"We were continuously talking to her... 'Honey we got you. We're going to get to you',\" the worker said.\n\nBut despite their continuous efforts, the woman died of her injuries.\n\nAddressing relatives in a private meeting, President Biden drew his own experience of grief as he offered his prayers and support. In a video posted on social media, he was seen speaking in sombre tones about the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident.\n\nLater in a news conference, he said the \"whole nation\" was mourning with the families, and that he was \"holding out hope\" that survivors could be found.\n\n\"They're praying and pleading that 'God, let there be a miracle',\" he said. \"There is still a possibility that someone could be alive, that someone is breathing.\"\n\nPresident Biden also met firefighters and other first responders who have been working at the site and paid respects at the memorial site for the victims alongside First Lady Jill Biden.\n\nEight days after the disaster, officials are still searching for answers about what might have caused the 40-year-old block's sudden collapse in the town of Surfside, north of Miami.\n\nExperts gathering information at the scene are considering a range of possible causes - from structural defects to environmental influences - and whether a combination of factors may have triggered the fall.\n\nAt the news conference, President Biden noted that many of the victims' families mentioned potential causes, such as rising sea levels and climate change. But he added: \"I don't think there is at this point any definitive judgement as to why it collapsed.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, it emerged that residents had received a letter in April warning them of worsening structural damage to the building.\n\nLawsuits are already being filed over the disaster, with the latest accusing the block's building association of \"reckless and negligent conduct\".\n\nMiami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said she would convene a special grand jury to examine building safety and \"what steps we can take to safeguard our residents\" from similar disasters in the future.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.\n\nThe government says a 1% pay rise for NHS workers in England is all it can afford amid the financial pressures of the pandemic. Nurses have called that an insult and threatened to strike. Now senior doctors in England will be consulted on industrial action - in the form of refusing to work overtime, which could affect patient clinics - if the offer is not improved to a figure nearer 4%.\n\nCovid travel restrictions will be on the agenda - along with trade and post-Brexit relations - when Angela Merkel makes her last official visit to the UK as German chancellor later. She will meet Boris Johnson for talks at the PM's country residence, Chequers. Mrs Merkel is thought to want to ban all UK tourists from entering the European Union because of concerns over the Delta Covid variant.\n\nAfter a rollercoaster year of lockdown-enforced closures, overhauling how they work and installing numerous hygiene measures, the Alford Arms pub in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, is closed again. Owners Becky and David Salisbury say a staff member tested positive for Covid, meaning self-isolation for colleagues - and no trade - for 10 days. They are far from the only ones, and the industry argues the situation is unsustainable.\n\nBecky and David Salisbury worry that they could face repeated closures under the current rules\n\nVaccination centres across most of Wales will be open for people to walk in without an appointment from Saturday. Three-quarters of people aged under 50 in Wales have now had their first Covid-19 jab, the Welsh government says. All over-18s should already have received an offer of a vaccine and young adults in particular are urged to attend.\n\nBuilding materials, microprocessors, garden chairs... We've got used to supply shortages during the pandemic but can we cope without sweets? German confectionery giant Haribo says it is struggling to deliver to shops in the UK because there aren't enough lorry drivers. The Road Haulage Association estimates 30,000 HGV driving tests didn't happen last year.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nHere's what the new EU vaccine passport means for travel.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\n\nIn some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Leadbeater: ''If I can be half the MP that Jo was, I know that I'll do her proud''\n\nLabour's Kim Leadbeater has narrowly won the Batley and Spen by-election following a bitter campaign.\n\nAfter defeating her Conservative rival by just 323 votes, she said constituents had \"rejected division\" and \"voted for hope\".\n\nIt means she will now represent the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, who was murdered there in 2016.\n\nThe result will ease pressure on Labour leader Keir Starmer after recent election defeats for his party.\n\nMs Leadbeater said the \"vast majority\" of her conversations with voters during the campaign were about local rather than national issues.\n\nAsked on BBC Breakfast whether Sir Keir had been an asset or a problem, she said: \"The focus of the campaign was very much listening to local people.\"\n\nThe campaign in West Yorkshire was marred by acrimony, personal abuse and allegations of dirty tricks.\n\nJo Cox's widower Brendan Cox said Ms Leadbeater had been \"incredibly brave\" to put herself forward, and he was \"incredibly proud\" of her.\n\n\"It was a very bruising and pretty horrible campaign at times,\" he added.\n\nConservative candidate Ryan Stephenson came second with 12,973, with former Labour and Respect MP George Galloway third with 8,264.\n\nSpeaking outside the count, Mr Galloway said he would apply to have the result set aside by the courts, citing a \"false statement\" made about him during the campaign.\n\nMr Galloway, standing for the Workers Party of Britain party, had targeted Labour voters with the aim of toppling Sir Keir as Labour leader.\n\nHis campaign sought to win support from voters unhappy at the party's stance on issues including the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and the disputed territory of Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan.\n\nAn ethnically diverse seat, about 20% of the population is from an Asian background, with just under 19% being Muslim.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment the Batley and Spen by-election results were announced\n\nSir Keir, who welcomed it as a \"fantastic result\", will head to the seat on Friday to congratulate his party's victorious candidate.\n\nIt had been reported he may have faced a challenge from his deputy Angela Rayner if the party lost another northern English constituency to the Tories.\n\nIt comes after the Conservatives took Hartlepool, a once rock-solid Labour seat in May, alongside losing more than 300 councillors in England's local elections.\n\nAndrew Scattergood, co-chair of the Momentum campaign set up to campaign for former leader Jeremy Corbyn, said Labour could not \"portray this as a massive victory\".\n\n\"We squeaked it over the line and there are some serious concerns,\" he told the BBC News Channel.\n\nLabour has held the seat of Batley and Spen since 1997, so a victory might well sound like it was expected.\n\nHowever, there was an expectation Labour would lose and there were a number of factors working against them.\n\nOne was the fact that Labour has struggled in by-elections recently and lost Hartlepool, for example.\n\nAnother was George Galloway, who took votes from traditional Labour voters in Batley and Spen's sizeable Asian community.\n\nThe expectation in Westminster was that the Tories would sneak through the middle and win this seat - that hasn't happened.\n\nSir Keir Starmer will breathe a big sigh of relief, because he would have been in real trouble with another by-election loss.\n\nThe fact that hasn't happened means his supporters are in a pretty good mood this morning.\n\nThey're saying it shows some of the questions being asked of him over the last few weeks have been a bit over-hyped, and that he can win.\n\nSixteen candidates in total ran in contest. Turnout was 47.6%, with 37,786 verified ballots cast out of a total electorate of 79,373.\n\nThe vote was triggered after the previous Labour MP for the seat, Tracy Brabin, became West Yorkshire's first elected mayor in May.\n\nShe first won the seat in a by-election after Ms Cox was murdered by a far-right extremist in Birstall, part of the constituency, in 2016.\n\nThe Conservatives fought a relatively low-key campaign, with Mr Stephenson saying he was focused on talking to voters about \"the issues that matter here\".\n\nConservative Party co-chair Amanda Milling said it had been a \"disappointing result\" for her party.\n\nShe said the recent resignation of Matt Hancock as health secretary after breaking social distancing rules was \"one of a number of different issues that came up\" that had been raised by voters on the doorstep.\n\nBut she added that for her party to \"run this close\" was still \"exceptional\", given it has been in government since 2010.", "Labour's Kim Leadbeater has won the Batley and Spen by-election after a closely-fought campaign, with a narrow majority of 323.\n\nThe result means Ms Leadbeater now represents the seat previously held by her sister Jo Cox, who was murdered in the constituency in 2016.", "Boris Johnson has said he is \"very confident\" there \"will not prove to be a problem\" for travellers who have received an Indian-made Covid jab.\n\nIt comes after reports the European Union's passport scheme does not recognise the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India.\n\nThe UK's medicines regulator has shared its data on the jab with its European counterpart, Downing Street said.\n\nVaccine expert Prof Adam Finn said the vaccines were \"exactly the same stuff\".\n\nThe Daily Telegraph had reported that millions of people who have received doses from batches manufactured in India could face being blocked from taking European holidays.\n\nThe UK has received five million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute, which manufactures the jab under the name Covishield - although that name is not used in the UK.\n\nThe Serum Institute has not received approval to make the Covid jab from the European drugs regulator but has been cleared by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).\n\nHowever, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said all AstraZeneca vaccines administered in the UK would appear under the brand name Vaxzevria - the same as the AstraZeneca jab produced elsewhere - on the NHS Covid Pass.\n\nIt said \"no Covishield jabs have been administered in the UK\".\n\nOn Friday the UK recorded 27,125 new cases of coronavirus and a further 27 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.\n\nCurrently the EU is rolling out a Digital Covid Certificate so travellers can prove their vaccination status in order to be exempt from quarantining when crossing an international border.\n\nA European Commission spokesman said that while entry to the EU should be allowed to those who are fully vaccinated with EU authorised jabs, member states could make their own decision on whether to allow entry for people vaccinated with jabs on the World Health Organization's emergency list - which includes Covishield.\n\nSeveral European countries have already approved the Covishield jab for travel. These include Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Iceland and Switzerland.\n\nAt the moment the EU does not accept the UK's NHS app for Covid certification but a UK government spokesman said it will be \"a key service\" as international travel is reopened.\n\nIndividual countries including Greece and Spain do accept it.\n\nWith batch numbers being visible via the UK's Covid pass it is not clear if officials EU countries could check if a person had received a dose originating in India.\n\nEarlier, Downing Street said the MHRA had shared its assessment of the vaccines with its European counterpart - the European Medicines Agency (EMA) - to assist the approvals process.\n\nDuring a press conference with German Chancellor Angel Merkel, the UK prime minister, Mr Johnson, said he saw \"no reason at all\" why MHRA-approved vaccines should not be used for vaccine passports.\n\nMrs Merkel said that \"in the foreseeable future\" those with double jabs in high incidence areas, like Britain, \"will be able to travel again without having to go into quarantine\".\n\nThe Serum Institute is reportedly seeking emergency authorisation from Europe for the Covishield jab, which has widely been distributed in poorer countries as part of the Covavax scheme.\n\nAstraZeneca also says it is working with the EMA on the \"inclusion of Covishield as a recognised vaccine for immunisation passports\" - although the EMA says there is currently no application for market authorisation.\n\nProf Finn, a member of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), told BBC Radio 4's Today programme people should not be worried that they were any less protected by the Covishield jab and said the \"administrative hurdle\" should be \"straightened out\".\n\n\"We're in the early days of this new world of needed vaccine passports and there are lots of aspects of this that are still being sorted out for the first time,\" he said.\n\n\"But it's clearly, ultimately not in anyone's interest, including the European Union, to create hurdles that don't need to be there.\"", "Germany were knocked out by England in the last 16 match of Euro 2020 on Tuesday\n\nA football fan from south Wales is raising money for a young German girl who was abused online to \"show her not everyone in the UK is horrible\".\n\nThe comments were made by England fans on social media when the little girl was pictured crying in the crowd after England beat Germany in the Euros.\n\nJoel Hughes has so far raised more than £8,000 for a \"nice treat\" for the girl.\n\nThe young girl was filmed crying during England's 2-0 win over Germany at Wembley\n\nMr Hughes, from Caerleon, Newport, said he would like to make contact with the girl's family about the online fundraiser.\n\nThe 51-year-old businessman told BBC Wales: \"I watched the match, it was a good match. I was aware of some of the negative atmosphere, you could hear the booing and whatever, but I didn't think any more of it.\"\n\nBut after seeing the \"vile abuse of the images of that little girl\" online, Mr Hughes said he thought: \"I've had enough of this.\"\n\nMr Hughes said he thinks the UK has \"turned into such an intolerant country,\" and that \"there's so much xenophobia now\".\n\nJoel Hughes says he has \"had enough\" of seeing xenophobic abuse disguised as football banter\n\n\"We have a vocal minority of idiots who are swamping out the good in the UK and they're ruining our perception on the world stage and they're ruining our relationship with our friends and partners in Europe,\" he added.\n\nHe decided to try to redress the balance by showing \"there is some good in the UK\".\n\n\"It's striking a chord with a lot of people who are fed up with this kind of online abuse,\" Mr Hughes said.\n\n\"I'm not trying to change the world here... if we can end up putting a smile on that girl's face or making her parents understand that there is actually good in the UK, then at least we've done one thing.\"\n\nIf the girl's family are not found, or do not want to be involved, he said he would donate the proceeds to a \"cause that is closely aligned to the spirit of the campaign\".", "Estate agent Lewis Hughes in video footage from the incident on Sunday evening\n\nA man has been charged with common assault after England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty was accosted by a group of men in a London park.\n\nLewis Hughes, 23, of Wigton Way in Romford, east London, was charged on Thursday over the incident, which took place on Sunday, the Met Police said.\n\nOfficers spoke to the victim, who had not suffered any injuries, and checked his welfare, the force added.\n\nThey then reviewed video footage that emerged later.\n\nMr Hughes was charged by postal requisition and will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 30 July.\n\n\"At approximately 19:20hrs on Sunday, 27 June officers in St James's Park became aware of a man being accosted by a group of men,\" the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.\n\n\"Officers subsequently reviewed video footage which emerged after the incident and the matter was referred to the Public Order Crime Team. Enquiries continue.\"\n\nA video of the incident had been widely shared on social media.\n\nMr Hughes previously apologised for any \"upset\" caused and said he had lost his job as an estate agent over the incident.\n\n\"If I made [Prof Whitty] feel uncomfortable, which it does look like I did, then I am sorry to him for that,\" he told the Sun.\n\nPolice previously said that when they spoke to Prof Whitty at the time he did not wish to make any allegations.\n\nIt was not the first time Prof Whitty has been filmed being confronted by a member of the public.\n\nEarlier this month, a man in Oxford accused him of lying to the public about coronavirus, while in February a man accosted the chief medical officer in Westminster.\n\nAnd a group of people gathered outside what was apparently Prof Whitty's London flat on Saturday, chanting and shouting.\n\nProf Chris Whitty (left) has regularly appeared alongside the PM at televised Covid briefings\n\nSince the start of the coronavirus crisis, he has been front and centre of the UK's decision-making and communication of messages to the public.\n\nHe took on the chief medical officer role in October 2019, and until the coronavirus threat emerged, had never done broadcast interviews or held press briefings or conferences.\n\nOne of the country's foremost experts in infectious diseases, he has worked as a doctor in Africa and Asia, as well as the UK.\n\nHe continues to practise medicine at University College London Hospitals, where he was spotted doing a shift over Christmas.\n\nHis mother was a teacher and his father was a diplomat who was murdered by terrorists in Greece after they flagged him down in his car in 1984.\n• None Chris Whitty: The man with our lives in his hands", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Phil and Pete Jones pay an emotional tribute to their niece Saskia in the family's first interview\n\nThe organisers of the Fishmongers' Hall event where two people were killed by a convicted terrorist should step down, one of the victim's families have said.\n\nSaskia Jones' uncles say they would be \"insulted\" if the leaders of Cambridge University Learning Together programme stayed in their roles.\n\nSaskia and Jack Merritt were stabbed to death by Usman Khan at the event, held in central London, in November 2019.\n\nAn inquest concluded key authorities had lost sight of the risk Khan posed.\n\nKhan - who had gone to prison for plotting to set up a terrorist training camp - was a guest at the prisoner education event, held by Learning Together.\n\nHowever, Saskia, who had been a volunteer for the programme, wasn't told about his background before she sat down at his table and started chatting with him.\n\nTwo hours after their conversation, Khan stabbed both her and Jack Merritt to death. Khan was then chased onto nearby London Bridge by some of the other guests, where he was shot dead by police.\n\nLast month, the jury in the Fishmongers' Hall inquest concluded that the agencies responsible for managing him had been \"blinded\" by his \"poster boy image\".\n\nThe Cambridge University Learning Together programme teaches university students and student prisoners side-by-side and Khan became one of their students in prison. Learning Together, among others, saw him as a success story. They put him on their promo leaflets and gave him a computer.\n\nKhan had been monitored in the community by the probation service, the police and MI5. They allowed him to go to Fishmongers' Hall that day without a police escort.\n\nSaskia had been a volunteer for the Learning Together programme\n\nIn the family's first interview since the attack, Saskia's uncles - Pete and Phil Jones - told the BBC they felt compelled to speak out after hearing evidence at the inquest.\n\nAt it, the two programme leaders - Dr Ruth Armstrong and Dr Amy Ludlow - were asked if they would now rule out working with terrorist offenders in the future. Dr Ludlow said they couldn't rule it out because there was \"no research evidence\" to support excluding an entire category of prisoner.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Phil Jones said he believes the answer revealed the organisation's arrogance: ''The main evidence we have now is that it wasn't a wise idea.\" He said Khan had been able to \"manipulate their organisation\".\n\nImages released at the inquest showed Usman Khan sitting with Saskia Jones\n\nPete said the two Cambridge academics - who founded the education programme - had \"lost sight of their duty to protect their staff, volunteers and the public''. He was \"astounded\" they failed to consider how they might have done things differently, he added.\n\nLearning Together, which has received several awards and was praised by the independent prison inspector in 2017, has been suspended by Cambridge University as it reviews how it is run.\n\nHowever, Saskia's family believe it is not credible for Dr Armstrong and Dr Ludlow to continue to lead the organisation. ''They shouldn't be leading an organisation that got something badly and tragically wrong,\" Phil added.\n\nHe says the knowledge Saskia, from Stratford-upon-Avon, would have been friendly to Khan in the moments before her death was ''difficult to take''. ''It's actually emotionally difficult to come to terms with anyone sitting almost next to someone for that amount of time,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video footage shows Usman Khan at Fishmongers Hall before carrying out the attack.\n\nThe nature of the relationship between the prison system and Learning Together came under intense scrutiny at the inquest.\n\nIt emerged that while Khan was at the maximum security HMP Whitemoor, the governor of the prison and its head of education were both studying masters in criminology at Cambridge, where Learning Together is based.\n\nIt also emerged that the event at Fishmongers' Hall had been paid for by the Ministry of Justice as part of a £214,000 grant, and one of the guests was Dr Jamie Bennett, the deputy director of security and counter-terrorism for the entire prison and probation service.\n\nPeter Clarke, the former chief inspector of prisons and former head of counter-terrorism for the Metropolitan Police, said the awarding of the Ministry of Justice grant needed to be looked at.\n\n''I think there are some questions to be asked about how that funding came to be allocated to the Learning Together programme,\" Mr Clarke, now a senior fellow at the Policy Exchange think tank, said.\n\n\"Having been a public servant for well over 40 years, I was surprised to see that a programme, which hadn't been evaluated in terms of what it was actually delivering, what outcomes were being delivered by it, was afforded such a large amount of funding - that is puzzling to me.''\n\nThe Ministry of Justice says a carefully-considered decision on the future of Learning Together future will be taken in due course and that its sympathies remain with the families of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt.\n\nIn a statement, Cambridge University said it had a responsibility to ensure \"appropriate lessons\" are learned from the attack.\n\n\"The jury for the inquests identified failures by a number of state services as significant contributory factors to the tragedy,\" it said in a statement. \"We are grateful to witnesses from HM Prison and Probation Service and beyond who testified to the positive impact of education delivered by the Learning Together team.''", "Sir Richard has been busy of late training for his trip to the edge of space\n\nSir Richard Branson has named the date he'll fly to the edge of space. It will be 11 July, or very soon after.\n\nHe'll be a passenger in the back of the Unity rocket plane his Virgin Galactic company has been developing in the US for the better part of two decades.\n\nThe vehicle can climb to an altitude of 90km (295,000ft), giving those onboard a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the Earth.\n\nSome 600 individuals have already lodged deposits to take the ride.\n\nWitnessing the British entrepreneur do it means those customers are now getting extremely close to having to hand over the full ticket price, which in some cases will be $250,000 (£180,000).\n\nSir Richard Branson said: \"I truly believe that space belongs to all of us. After 17 years of research, engineering and innovation, the new commercial space industry is poised to open the Universe to humankind and change the world for good.\n\n\"It's one thing to have a dream of making space more accessible to all; it's another for an incredible team to collectively turn that dream into reality.\"\n\nThe Unity rocket plane climbs to an altitude of 90km (295,000ft)\n\nAbsolutely key to Virgin Galactic moving forward with its business was the granting last week of a commercial spaceflight licence by the Federal Aviation Administration.\n\nSunday 11 July is the opening of what's termed a flight \"window\". The Galactic team will aim to make the ascent on that day, but it could of course be delayed because of unfavourable weather conditions or perhaps a technical issue.\n\nIf the mission does indeed go ahead on that Sunday, it would mean Sir Richard stealing a march on his rival in sub-orbital space tourism, fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.\n\nThe founder of the online retail empire Amazon.com has sunk a fortune into his hobby of building rockets and has announced his own trip to the edge of space on 20 July.\n\nHe's invited three individuals to join him in his New Shepard booster and capsule system: his brother Mark; a mystery person who paid $28m (£20m) at auction for a seat; and the famed female aviator Wally Funk.\n\nEighty-two-year old Funk trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s and will become the oldest ever spacefarer when she rockets to an altitude of 100km with Mr Bezos.\n\nThe Amazon man has yet to detail how he'll sell tickets more generally for New Shepard, but this is his plan.\n\nWally Funk will be the oldest person ever to go to space when she flies with Jeff Bezos\n\nSir Richard has clearly moved his first flight up in response to Mr Bezos naming the date for his inaugural mission.\n\nThe original schedule for the next Unity flight called for four Virgin Galactic employees to ride as passengers to test the cabin experience for future tourists. Only after that outing was Sir Richard supposed to strap himself in.\n\nHe'll now be one of the four testers - alongside Beth Moses, Galactic's chief astronaut instructor; Colin Bennett, lead operations engineer; and Sirisha Bandla, vice president of government affairs.\n\nThe two pilots up front will be Dave Mackay and Michael \"Sooch\" Masucci.\n\nSpace tourism is a sector being rekindled after a decade's hiatus.\n\nThroughout the 2000s, seven wealthy individuals paid to visit the International Space Station (ISS). But this adventurism, organised under the patronage of the Russian space agency, ceased in 2009.\n\nNow, new initiatives abound, and some of these will be aiming much higher than the sub-orbital flights from Sir Richard and Jeff Bezos.\n\nCalifornia tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has already lined up several private missions in his Dragon capsules. These vehicles reach several hundred km above the Earth and will stay up for days.\n\nThe Russians, too, are reprising their commercial flights to the ISS, and there are even those who want to launch private space stations for people to visit. Among these is Axiom, a company started by a former Nasa ISS programme manager.\n\nThe New Shepard rocket and capsule flies from West Texas"], "link": ["http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57913424", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57880118", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57909836", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57909168", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57911122", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57918823", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57909188", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-57920928", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57906031", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57919573", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-57914160", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57918265", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57910510", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57922543", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57908888", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57921985", 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