UKIP's Farage finds new French ally

Summary: UKIP's Nigel Farage got a tumultuous reception in Paris on Sunday from a fellow Eurosceptic party, whose great advantage - as far as he is concerned - is that it is NOT the far-right National Front (FN).

By Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Paris Debout la Republique (DLR: Stand up, the Republic!) is the political vehicle of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, a 52-year-old dissident Gaullist who feels the mainstream centre-right UMP party has sold out to Brussels. It is not a big party (he got less than 2% at the last presidentials), but it does have a niche - among respectable middle-class types who believe in the nation state. Several hundred of Mr Dupont-Aignan's supporters crammed into the Alhambra Theatre near Place de la Republique for the launch of his Euro 2014 campaign. After a series of less-than-thrilling speeches from various DLR hopefuls, they got what they came for: a taste of the famous English firebrand. Clearly Nigel Farage's name carries weight in these French circles. Nicolas Dupont-Aignan was almost pathetically keen to be seen at the UK Independence Party leader's side, insisting he come back to the stage for a triumphant hand-in-upraised-hand pose for the cameras. At the climax, the crowds were ecstatically chanting "Nigel! Nigel! Nigel!" Avoiding 'baggage' In his address, Mr Farage explained why he had chosen DLR as a partner in France, and not Marine Le Pen's FN (boos, hisses). Eurosceptics had to show the world that they were not extremists, that national sovereignty and national currency were normal aspirations. But the FN, he said, had too much political baggage. It could never entirely kick off its anti-Semitic past. Interestingly I spoke to Mr Farage afterwards, and he was more nuanced in his critique of the FN. Marine Le Pen had "taken the party to new highs, and is achieving remarkable things in this country. I make no bones about it, she's got some good qualities," he said. He said he could foresee a European Parliament in which UKIP and the FN vote together on any number of different subjects - along with the "British Conservatives on a good day and some hard left characters from the Mediterranean". But as for being in the same political family as the FN - that was not on the cards. This is no doubt intelligent politics. For all Marine Le Pen has done in detoxifying the brand, the FN is still too hot to handle. Its kiss for UKIP would be the kiss of death. But it is worth bearing in mind that in terms of popular support, the French Eurosceptic equivalent of UKIP is certainly not Dupont-Aignan's minuscule DLR. It IS the National Front.

यूकेआईपी के निगेल फराज को रविवार को पेरिस में एक साथी यूरोसेप्टिक पार्टी से एक उथल-पुथल भरा स्वागत मिला, जिसका सबसे बड़ा लाभ-जहां तक उनका संबंध है-यह है कि यह दूर-दराज़ राष्ट्रीय मोर्चा (एफएन) नहीं है।


Dartford Crossing measures to cut traffic jams agreed

Summary: Measures to improve journey times and reduce congestion at the Dartford Crossing have been agreed by Highways England and Kent County Council.

Drivers heading northbound towards Essex have faced extensive queues and delays despite the introduction of the Dart Charge payment system in 2014. The improvements include new lane markings, vehicle activated signs and upgraded traffic lights. Highways England said the improvements would be in place as soon as possible. Spokesman Tommy Whittingham said: "We need to do everything we can to keep this vital transport gateway flowing." Related Internet Links Dart Charge Department for Transport Highways England Sanef Kent County Council

यात्रा के समय में सुधार और डार्टफोर्ड क्रॉसिंग पर भीड़ को कम करने के उपायों पर राजमार्ग इंग्लैंड और केंट काउंटी परिषद द्वारा सहमति व्यक्त की गई है।


Ilford stabbing: Murder charge over Ché Morrison death

Summary: A man has appeared in court charged with murder after another man was stabbed to death outside a train station in east London.

Ché Morrison, 20, was attacked on Cranbrook Road, outside Ilford station, on 26 February. Florent Okende, of Eastern Avenue, Redbridge, appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court earlier. Mr Okende, 20, was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Wednesday. He has been charged with murder, possession of a pointed or bladed article and possession of cannabis. Mr Morrison's family described him as a "very ambitious young man" who had "many aspirations for his future".

पूर्वी लंदन में एक रेलवे स्टेशन के बाहर एक अन्य व्यक्ति की चाकू मारकर हत्या करने के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


Harry Dunn death: Is extraditing Anne Sacoolas a realistic prospect?

Summary: Harry Dunn's grieving family is desperate to know what happened in their son's final moments. The person who can provide those details and give them some degree of closure, is Anne Sacoolas, the American woman suspected of driving the car involved in the fatal crash.

By Clive ColemanLegal correspondent, BBC News Mrs Sacoolas, 42, returned to the United States days after the crash which killed 19-year-old Harry. At the time, she had diplomatic immunity, but both the British and US governments agree she no longer has. Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn travelled to Washington this week to meet Donald Trump but rejected a meeting at the White House with Mrs Sacoolas, saying they felt "a little ambushed" when the president revealed she was in the next room. They want to meet her in the UK with professional mediators and counsellors in attendance, but so far, Mrs Sacoolas has refused to leave the US. So, what are the legal options that might provide Harry's parents with the meeting and the details of their son's death? Can Anne Sacoolas be extradited? In order for Mrs Sacoolas to be extradited from the US, she firstly would need to be charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with a criminal offence which is serious enough to warrant it. Prosecutors will make a decision once they have been passed the case file by the police who have investigated and gathered all the available relevant evidence. The decision to charge is made if - based on that evidence - there is a realistic prospect of conviction (sometimes referred to as "a better than 50% chance") and it is in the public interest to charge. What could she be charged with? The most likely charge Mrs Sacoolas could face over the crash near RAF Croughton would be one of four which cover causing death by driving. These are: There has been no suggestion that Mrs Sacoolas was driving under the influence of drink or drugs, or driving while unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured. So, the possible offences would appear to be causing death by dangerous, or careless or inconsiderate driving. For dangerous driving the standard of the offender's driving will have been so bad as to have created an obvious risk of danger. In cases of careless driving, the level of blame can vary enormously from being on the borderline of dangerous driving to as little as misjudging the speed of another vehicle or momentary inattention while tuning a car radio. Both offences would qualify as extraditable offences as both carry maximum sentences in excess of 12 months. The maximum prison sentence the court can impose for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years. For causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving it is 5 years. The maximum sentence is rarely imposed and reserved for rare cases where blame is exceptionally high. How does the extradition process work? Extradition to and from the United States is governed by the Extradition Act 2003. Once charged, a CPS prosecutor would go before a magistrates' court and give an overview of the case, outlining the offence or offences charged and any relevant legal provisions, and set out the evidence supporting the charge(s). This would include sworn statements from witnesses, CCTV, expert crash examination reports, etc. The witnesses would have to attend to swear on oath that their statements (called depositions) are true. A crown prosecutor would then swear a statement which explains the offence in English and Welsh law. All the case papers will be sent to the Home Office which will make a diplomatic request via the Foreign Office to the US Department of Justice to arrest Mrs Sacoolas, pending extradition. If the extradition request is executed by the US Department of Justice, it will go before a US court. A judge will need to be satisfied that there is "probable cause" to suspect Mrs Sacoolas is guilty of the offence charged. That is commonly defined as "a reasonable amount of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong to justify a prudent and cautious person's belief that certain facts are true". What problems could arise? Suspects are extradited from the US to the UK under the 2003 Extradition Act on a regular basis, but there can be problems. Daniel Sternberg, a barrister specialising in extradition law at Temple Garden Chambers in London said the UK government's options for obtaining Mrs Sacoolas's extradition are fairly limited. "It would be up to the US authorities whether they give effect to an extradition request from the UK. There could be any number of reasons why they would choose not to do so. Were the request to be executed and Mrs Sacoolas brought before a US court, she would then have the opportunity to raise objections to her extradition. "She might argue that she was covered by diplomatic immunity when the alleged offence occurred." There is no defined time limit for extradition, unlike the prescribed 60 days proscribed under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) scheme, which fast tracks the extradition of suspects between EU member states. The US process could be dragged out for years, especially if Mrs Sacoolas seeks to argue that she was, and remains, protected by diplomatic immunity. What other options are available? If the UK authorities wanted to put pressure on, they could put together a request and arrest warrant and seek an Interpol "red notice". It is not an international arrest warrant, rather a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action. It means that the person suspected of a crime faces arrest if they travel abroad. It contains two main types of information: Red notices are published by Interpol at the request of a member country and must comply with its constitution and rules. However, the British government pursuing a red notice could be construed by the US as a hostile act. "While a red notice theoretically could be used to put pressure on Mrs Sacoolas, they are supposed to be used to locate and provisionally arrest a person," said Mr Sternberg. "In this case, Mrs Sacoolas's whereabouts are known. The effect of a red notice would be to make foreign travel difficult for her as she would be liable to arrest were she to travel outside of the US." Whether or not Mrs Sacoolas is extradited back to the UK to face charges and explain in court precisely what happened in the fatal accident will depend on the quality of the evidence gathered by the police, the CPS decision to charge, the US accepting the UK's request to extradite, and the US courts being persuaded that extradition is warranted. It is far from straightforward.

हैरी डन का शोकाकुल परिवार यह जानने के लिए बेताब है कि उनके बेटे के अंतिम क्षणों में क्या हुआ। जो व्यक्ति उन विवरणों को प्रदान कर सकता है और उन्हें कुछ हद तक बंद कर सकता है, वह है ऐनी सैकूलस, अमेरिकी महिला जिस पर घातक दुर्घटना में शामिल कार चलाने का संदेह है।


D-Day landings: Remembering the Battle of Berjou

Summary: Barely 500 people live in the French village of Berjou, but as international leaders marked the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings amid great pomp and ceremony, a smaller, more intimate reunion has been taking place to remember a significant battle to restore liberty to a sleepy but strategic corner of Normandy, 80km (50 miles) away.

By Jackie StorerBBC News Outside Berjou's 19th Century Catholic church, an elderly bowler-hatted Englishman holds court. "The last time I came into Berjou was in a tank," he told the gathering of about 100 villagers, local children, World War Two veterans and their families. "But we didn't come as conquerors; we came as your friends." Unsteady on his feet, yet with his back ramrod straight, 89-year-old Captain David Render was there to commemorate 26 comrades from the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry killed or wounded almost 70 years earlier helping to liberate Berjou, and to unveil a plaque in their memory. The Rangers were part of the 8th Armoured Brigade and among thousands of soldiers who landed on Gold Beach on D-Day. They were the first British unit to enter Bayeux - the first French town to be liberated from Nazi occupation on 7 June. More than two months later, on 15 August 1944, they were involved in a Herculean attempt to navigate their Sherman tanks across the Noireau river and through steep, wooded hills to capture the Berjou Ridge. It was part of the closing episode of the Battle of Falaise Pocket, when Allied troops encircled German occupiers, before driving them out of Normandy, paving the way for the liberation of Paris. Hope of returning Capt Render, then a 19-year-old commander of three Sherman tanks, said just getting the vehicles off the landing craft on 7 June, 24 hours after D-Day, had been challenging enough. "The first one went into a hole in the sand and turned upside down with the men in it and disappeared," he said. "At the same time we were being attacked by heavy machine gun fire and Messerschmitt 109s flying above." Looking around the sunny Norman village, with its boulangerie, brick and stone built Church of St Michael and World War One memorial to Le Poilu, the archetypal French infantryman, Capt Render recalled: "When I came through here all the houses were damaged. "It's hard to believe the lanes are so peaceful now; in those days we were moving from one tree to the next, constantly under fear of attack." Sherwood Rangers regiment timeline: Watching the service from his wheelchair, Gunner Stan Cox, 89, described being in the first tank into Bayeux on 7 June. "We more or less walked in - there was no opposition at all. The people were running about the town with German underclothes after they had raided one of their stores. "We then headed off for Tilly-sur-Seulles, but a shell hit our tank, which started a fire going. The other four got away, but as I jumped off, I was hit by shrapnel and landed behind the tank, which I thought would roll on top of me. "I was pulled out of the way and five minutes later the tank blew up. A few moments longer and I would've been roasted alive." His friend, Graham Stevenson, 89, from Walsall, missed the D-Day landings after he was put in the guard house for seven days for rudeness to a superior officer. When he finally rejoined his unit a couple of weeks later, his Sherman tank was shelled and he was hit by machine gun fire, almost costing him his arm and forcing his exit from the war. Private Stevenson was only 16 when he served at El Alamein and the push through North Africa, having lied about his age. "This had been quite an emotional trip. I'm here for all the men who can't be, but I hope to return again one day." Villagers' gratitude Annette Conway, from Banbury in Oxfordshire, attended the Berjou ceremony on behalf of her late father, Leslie Skinner, the regimental padre, who insisted on recovering the dead and writing to the families of each one killed. "To be trapped in a tank was a horrible way to die, so he used to clear all bodies from the tanks himself," she said. "He wouldn't let anybody else into them. "He accounted for every single casualty - nobody in that regiment was posted missing apart from when he was injured himself. He was shot in the head by a sniper, but the bullet was deflected by his cap badge and his Bible absorbed the blast." Mrs Conway added: "I think the men took a lot of comfort from the way he dealt with the dead, and some of them still say to me: 'We all loved your father.'" While peace has returned to the quiet village of Berjou, the scars of that fierce battle remain. Just a two-minute walk from the Sherwood Rangers' newly-laid plaque, villager Robert Guillain, 89, shows the bullet holes left in his kitchen door by British troops who "cleared" the house with a Bren light machine gun, killing two Germans hiding on the other side. Like many others in the village, Mr Guillain's home is full of reminders of the conflict. Only a week ago, he dusted off a British rifle he had kept on top of a bedroom cupboard since 1944 to be put on display in Berjou's recently opened museum dedicated to the battle. But as the Sherwood Rangers' veterans left the service of commemoration in Berjou, local MP Philippe Senaux summed up a sentiment shared by the whole village: "We're just pleased we've had the opportunity to thank them so much for what they have done."

बमुश्किल 500 लोग फ्रांसीसी गाँव बर्जौ में रहते हैं, लेकिन जैसे ही अंतर्राष्ट्रीय नेताओं ने बड़ी धूमधाम और समारोह के बीच डी-डे लैंडिंग की 70 वीं वर्षगांठ को चिह्नित किया, 80 किमी (50 मील) दूर नॉरमैंडी के एक नींद में लेकिन रणनीतिक कोने में स्वतंत्रता बहाल करने के लिए एक महत्वपूर्ण लड़ाई को याद करने के लिए एक छोटा, अधिक अंतरंग पुनर्मिलन हो रहा है।


Sexual assault on campus: A student's story

Summary: As students go back to university this month, some of Scotland's universities have launched new initiatives to combat sexual assault on campus . Experts say that sexual violence is a growing, but largely hidden, problem, which is particularly prominent among young people between the ages of 17 and 25. BBC Scotland News spoke to a woman who was raped when she was a student about her experience. The case went to trial but the accused was found not guilty. She says the attack has had a devastating effect on her life. The woman asked to remain anonymous.

By Claire DiamondBBC Scotland news website "I went on a night out with my friends and their flatmates. The more I think about it now, I think I might have had my drink spiked or something similar. I'm not sure. "I went home with someone, and I don't remember really agreeing to it... I remember not really knowing who he was. My mind kept jumping to being in a taxi with him then being at his house. There's no in-between in my memory. "And then I found myself being strangled and raped, basically. It was a very, very, scary experience. I thought I couldn't breathe. "I remember running out of the place. I ran into some workers who helped me get back to the friends who I was out with. 'I'd been raped' "I didn't even want to phone the police. I didn't realise what had happened to me. It was my best friend at the time who really pushed me to report it. He was the one who dialled the number and calmed me down. "He told me I'd been raped. I didn't want to believe it at first - I didn't want it to be real. From then on, it was just a blur of police officers getting statements and rape kits and stuff like that. "It was around four in the morning by this point. The officers that were in charge of these kinds of things weren't on duty yet, so it was police officers that took care of me. "It was quite scary just being in the police station. Then we had to go to the guy's flat that it happened at to confirm that's where I was raped. I stayed in the police car - it was very traumatic. "So was the rape kit. I remember lying there, shaking and crying. I hadn't had much sleep. I got to go and have a shower before going back in to the police station for more questioning and to make a witness statement. 'So unjust' "I was up for nearly two days by the time everything had blown over and I was able to go home and understand what had happened to me. I understand now that there's nothing I can do to change it. I went through a long period of being very, very angry. "I'm not at peace with it, now all I can do is use my experiences to help other people and prevent it from happening in the future if I can. "I decided to go through with it because the thought of him getting away with it sparked so much anger. "Once I realised what had happened I did not want to let it go. It was so unjust. I didn't want to wonder down the line, what if I had reported it? It was something that I couldn't really live with if I hadn't reported it. I felt like I had to at least try, otherwise I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it. "It took nearly two years before anything came of it. I found the trial terrifying - extremely intimidating. I felt like I was on trial, like I was being judged by the jury. 'Felt alone' "I was made to feel like I deserved this in some way or let it happen, or I was just making it up. That was something the defence lawyer said to me right off the bat - he accused me of making it all up. That was really hard to take. "I remember bursting into tears, but I kept going because I just wanted it to be over. It was really difficult. "I later understood that everyone in the courtroom that wasn't the jury and the defence lawyers believed me, in a sense, because the case doesn't make it through to that late a stage unless they think it can result in a conviction. "Being made out to be a liar was awful. It took me a long time to get over that - it's up there with the night I was raped. "Although I received plenty of support when I was at university, I didn't see anybody in a similar circumstance - I felt quite alone. I want people to understand the impact it has on survivors. I want people to see that it's not just a one night thing or whatever - it has a lasting effect on the person for the rest of their life and affects all aspects of life. "I also want people who are survivors of rape - men and women - to understand that they are not alone and it happens quite a lot, unfortunately, and that there is support out there."

जैसे-जैसे छात्र इस महीने विश्वविद्यालय में वापस जाते हैं, स्कॉटलैंड के कुछ विश्वविद्यालयों ने परिसर में यौन उत्पीड़न से निपटने के लिए नई पहल शुरू की है। विशेषज्ञों का कहना है कि यौन हिंसा एक बढ़ती हुई, लेकिन काफी हद तक छिपी हुई, समस्या है, जो विशेष रूप से 17 से 25 वर्ष की आयु के युवाओं में प्रमुख है। बीबीसी स्कॉटलैंड न्यूज ने एक महिला से अपने अनुभव के बारे में बात की, जिसके साथ बलात्कार किया गया था जब वह एक छात्रा थी। मामला मुकदमे में चला गया लेकिन आरोपी को दोषी नहीं पाया गया। वह कहती है कि हमले का उसके जीवन पर विनाशकारी प्रभाव पड़ा है। महिला को गुमनाम रहने के लिए कहा गया।


Push to ensure pupils are 'politically literate'

Summary: "There's a fire inside of our generation that is so willing to change everything and it's motivating us to become more politically active than any other teenage group this past century," says Lisandr Qose, an 18-year-old from east London who has been taking political literacy lessons at school.

By Jack FenwickWestminster Hour And it's true that in many ways it feels like young people are more engaged in politics than ever. Issues like Black Lives Matter, the climate crisis and LGBT rights have captured the attention of Generation Z. But when it comes to the ballot box, the UK youth vote still lags behind. The 2017 election's so-called "youthquake" turned out to be little more than a tremor, and polling by Ipsos Mori suggests turnout among the 18-24 age group was just 47% in 2019. A new group of MPs and peers, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Political Literacy, held its inaugural meeting this month and says that change should begin in the classroom. Politics a 'big mystery' "We've got a real problem in the UK about engaging young people in voting and more broadly in the democratic process," says Cat Smith, Labour's shadow minister for young people and a co-vice chair of the new parliamentary group. "I know from speaking to pupils in local schools that quite often one of the barriers is they feel that they do not know enough about politics, it's a great big mystery. "However, there are some schools which do teach political literacy really well and I can see the difference between those pupils and other pupils. "The engagement with me as an elected representative is so much more meaningful and I am convinced that therefore they're more likely to want to engage in the process, to partake in democracy." Citizenship education has been on the national curriculum in England since 2002, pupils in Scotland are expected to learn about politics through Modern Studies classes and similar teaching also takes place in Wales and Northern Ireland. But Dr James Weinberg, an academic at the University of Sheffield and one of the new group's co-founders, says in reality most schools are not able to teach political literacy adequately. "Research that I did last year and other research projects similar to it, have found that it's only taught discretely in a fifth of schools." He says that research carried out by the Department for Education in 2019 "suggested that just one in seven schools have a single trained citizenship teacher and, where the subject is taught or reported to be taught, it accounts for just 1.5% of learning hours". The APPG will be working with Shout Out UK, an organisation that already runs classes in schools across the country, focusing on topics including how to form and debate opinions and where to source accurate information. "When we were getting to Year 12, registering to vote, it would have really been nice to have that background knowledge already," says Zeynep Celik Kocak, a Year 13 pupil enrolled on one of Shout Out UK's classes at Mossbourne Community Academy in Hackney, East London. The pupils here all say that one of the biggest things they've learned is how to spot when a news story might be fake. "I remember during the first lockdown, a specific 5G video, it went viral all over social media," says Lisandr Qose. "I remember people from different schools posting about it, people from my school posting about it." Spotting fake news Goldinne Opoku-Agyemann agrees: "Some of my peers, even though they would seem rational people, they also tend to fall for these kind of things as well because they don't go out of their way to research." But she says the political literacy lessons meant she didn't fall for the conspiracy theory. "They taught us how fake news and all of the phenomena around that is really misleading. I honestly didn't fall for it because they taught us how to identify and rather than spreading the fake news, you go and search for it for yourself." The APPG wants all pupils across the UK to receive a similar level of political literacy teaching as those at Mossbourne Community Academy. It will also campaign for a new politics qualification - likely to be a BTEC or GCSE - and conduct further research into the links between civic teaching and engagement. The group is made up of parliamentarians from across the political divide - Conservative MP Simon Fell and Labour peer Iain McNicol will act as chairs - but how can it reassure parents that lessons about issues such as Brexit and coronavirus will be impartial? James Weinberg says: "That is already written into law. The 1996 Education Act makes it very clear that teachers and teaching staff can't be imposing or advocating partisan opinions in the classroom. We have to trust our teachers to be able to teach civic competencies, to teach political literacy." 'Difficult topics' But he acknowledges that for this to happen effectively, teachers will need to be given the right tools. "Provide them with initial teacher training schemes and continuing professional development that make them feel comfortable addressing what are sometimes controversial and difficult topics," he says. A lack of engagement and understanding in politics is not unique to younger generations. The pupils at Mossbourne Community Academy all said they would have liked to understand Brexit more, but during the Brexit drama of 2019, YouGov found only 13% of British adults knew exactly what "backstop" meant, while only three in 10 understood the details of a "no-deal Brexit". "I do think that in terms of political literacy there is a problem not just amongst young people, there are plenty of people that I speak to that feel they don't understand how politics works," says Cat Smith. But she says it's right that the group is focusing solely on young people. "This APPG is focused on young people and I guess in some ways that's probably the best place to start. "If we invest in young people now and they engage in the democratic process, hopefully that is creating the habit of a lifetime and will solve the problem in the longer term." Listen to Jack's report on BBC Radio 4's The Westminster Hour at 10pm on Sunday. Around the BBC GCSE PSHE and Citizenship - BBC Bitesize

पूर्वी लंदन के 18 वर्षीय लिसांद्र कोसे, जो स्कूल में राजनीतिक साक्षरता का पाठ पढ़ रहे हैं, कहते हैं, "हमारी पीढ़ी के अंदर एक आग है जो सब कुछ बदलने के लिए तैयार है और यह हमें पिछली शताब्दी में किसी भी अन्य किशोर समूह की तुलना में राजनीतिक रूप से अधिक सक्रिय होने के लिए प्रेरित कर रही है।"


Ilfracombe stabbing: Two held for attempted murder

Summary: Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing left a man with life-threatening injuries.

The 19-year-old victim was attacked at Bicclescombe Park in Ilfracombe, Devon on Saturday evening. He remains in hospital after police were called at about 22:50 GMT. Police said a 21-year-old man from Bideford and a 29-year-old man from Barnstaple had been arrested and were in police custody. Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. Follow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk. Related Internet Links Devon and Cornwall Police

छुरा घोंपने से एक व्यक्ति की जान को खतरे में डालने वाली चोटों के बाद हत्या के प्रयास के संदेह में दो लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


US set for year of fear

Summary: The romanticised view of US presidential elections is that they present quadrennial opportunities for national renewal; that they are expressions of hope and optimism that reflect this country's founding belief in its inexorable advancement and improvement.

Nick BryantNew York correspondent Peered at through rose-coloured spectacles, they become the democratic flowering of American exceptionalism. Some post-war examples might include John F Kennedy's victory in 1960, which was interpreted as bringing the somnolence of the Eisenhower years to an end and unbridling the frenetic energy of the Sixties. At the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan is credited with bringing closure to America's long national nightmare of Vietnam and Watergate. In 2008, Barack Obama seemed to personify how America could renew itself after the destruction of the Twin Towers and the collapse of Lehman Brothers. On closer examination, however, those elections don't just look like expressions of hope but also outpourings of fear. Jack Kennedy exploited Cold War anxieties that America was falling behind the Soviet Union, even inventing a "missile gap" that gave Moscow the supposed nuclear edge. Ronald Reagan kicked off his election campaign by championing "states' rights" in Philadelphia, Mississippi - the site of the "Mississippi Burning" murders in the 1960s - using language that articulated southern white fears about the encroachment of the federal government and advancement of African-Americans in a setting loaded with shadowy symbolism. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Barack Obama profited from anxieties that the American economy was in meltdown. Deep pool of resentment All three benefited from what the political theorist Richard Hofstadter memorably described in the mid-1960s as "the paranoid style in American politics". "American politics has often been an arena for angry minds," wrote Hofstadter, a line penned in 1964 that resonates just as strongly today. Now, as then, American elections commonly witness the triumph of fear over hope. As we enter election year, there is a deep pool of nervousness and resentment from which to draw. On the economic front, there is the shrinkage of the American middle class. New figures from Pew Research suggest that for the first time in more than four decades, the middle class is no longer in the majority. People becoming wealthy enough to be defined as "better off" explain some of this shrinkage. But 20% of Americans are now in the lowest income tier, compared with 16% in the early 1970s. The median wealth of middle-class households has also seen a dramatic fall over the course of this century, decreasing by 28% from 2001 to 2013. Pew found also that median incomes in all wealth brackets were lower in 2014 than in 2000. The "American dream" is not such an animating force. What's often called the Uberisation of the economy - the move towards freelancing and flexible working arrangements - is eroding the traditional compact between employer and employee. Terror fears Fears about economic security overlap with fears about national security. In the aftermath of the San Bernardino and Paris attacks, Americans are more fearful about the prospect of terrorist attacks than at any time since 9/11, according to a poll conducted by the New York Times and CBS News. Some 44% of the public thought an attack was "very" likely in the next few months. A poll this month from Gallup suggested that Americans regard terrorism as the country's number one problem. Confidence in American institutions has also been on the wane, as seen in another Gallup poll. Here are the results for how many people said they had a "great deal of confidence" in the following: These are not good days for the American establishment, whose pillars look increasingly wobbly. Gun control debate Beyond these statistics lies further evidence of national anxiety. The spate of mass shootings - almost one a day in 2015 - has not just spread fears about public safety, but seemingly heightened concerns among gun owners that the federal government will some day restrict the availability of firearms (not that gun control is going anywhere in Congress). That offers one explanation for the spike in gun sales on Black Friday in November, when the FBI ran a record-breaking 185,345 background checks, about two per second. US gun crime in 2015 Figures up to 3 December 353 Mass shootings 62 shootings at schools 12,223 people killed in gun incidents 24,722 people injured in gun incidents The Black Lives Matter campaign continues to highlight the brutal excesses of certain police officers. In recent months, a number of leading American university campuses, including Yale, have been restless. Even American football, the national winter sport, seems to be in a perpetual state of scandal. Populism flourishing Add to that the unchecked rise of China, the difficulty in combating the group calling itself Islamic State, the inability to humble Vladimir Putin, the failure to defeat the Taliban and a nagging sense of the waning of American international influence and that pool of resentment increasingly resembles a toxic swamp. The state of the union is perturbed and anxious. America is beset by a climate of uncertainty and fear in which populist campaigns, like those mounted by Donald Trump on the right and Bernie Sanders on the left, can flourish. Worryingly for Hillary Clinton, periods of national anxiety also have a tendency of producing party change in the White House. One thinks of Jack Kennedy in 1960, Richard Nixon in 1968, Jimmy Carter in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Bill Clinton in 1992. Back then, Bill Clinton cast himself as the candidate who still believed "in a place called Hope", his birthplace, but his success stemmed from enunciating the economic apprehensions of "the forgotten middle class". For all the demographic and electoral map advantages that the Democrats have come to enjoy in presidential politics, Hillary Clinton will also need to give voice to middle class anxieties about stagnant incomes, wealth inequality and dwindling opportunity. It explains the tweet that launched her campaign back in April: "Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion." Whoever ends up on top, the campaign will provide yet more evidence of the paranoid style in American politics. It will not be marked by a sense of national renewal or sunniness. Rather, 2016 looks set to be a year of fear.

अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति चुनावों का रोमांटिक दृष्टिकोण यह है कि वे राष्ट्रीय नवीकरण के लिए चौगुना अवसर प्रस्तुत करते हैं; कि वे आशा और आशावाद की अभिव्यक्तियाँ हैं जो इस देश की अतुलनीय प्रगति और सुधार में इस देश के संस्थापक विश्वास को दर्शाती हैं।


liberation struggle has emerged victorious-Thamilchelvan

Summary: The UN secretary-general’s condemnation of the killing of a top Tamil Tiger and four others on Monday shows that the international community has understood the Tamil struggle, the movement’s political wing leader said at the funeral of E.Kousalyan.

SP Thamilchelvan said that the liberation struggle has emerged victorious, but the enemy has failed to recognise this victory. He spoke at a meeting held before last rites of Kousalyan and four others were performed at Thandiyadi Marty’s Memorial in Batticaloa. The Sri Lankan government and other forces that condemn the Tamil struggle will recognise the future, stability, strength and truthfulness of the movement soon, said Thamilchelvan. Top LTTE leaders including S Karikalan, E Pararajasingham, head of Tamil Eelam Judiciary and Thamilenthi, head of LTTE’s finance division attended the funeral. They were escorted by ceasefire monitors and Sri Lanka army personnel on their trip from Kilinochchi. The corteges of the deceased LTTE members were taken to several locations for the public to pay their last respects. A large number of people including political readers, religious leaders and Muslim leaders paid their last respects to the deceased LTTE members. Meanwhile, the cortege of Chandraneru Ariyanayagam, former Parliamentarian of the Tamil National Alliance, was brought to Batticaloa from Colombo and placed with the bodies of the other deceased LTTE members for public respect at the Devanayagam Hall in Batticaloa. All coffins were draped in the LTTE flag and Ariyanayagam was posthumously declared a national hero by the LTTE leadership.

संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासचिव द्वारा सोमवार को एक शीर्ष तमिल बाघ और चार अन्य की हत्या की निंदा से पता चलता है कि अंतर्राष्ट्रीय समुदाय तमिल संघर्ष को समझ गया है, आंदोलन के राजनीतिक विंग के नेता ने E.Kousalyan के अंतिम संस्कार में कहा।


Nun told boy in her care he was 'garbage'

Summary: A nun told a boy he was "garbage" and was being sent to Australia from Scotland because "your family doesn't want you, your country doesn't want you", an inquiry has heard.

A witness told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry he was 11 when he was forced to emigrate in the 1950s. He was then sexually abused by priests at a care home in Tasmania. The man accused the British government at the time of robbing him of a family, a country and an education. The evidence was heard as the inquiry in Edinburgh continues examining children's homes, no longer operating, which were run by the Catholic order the Sisters of Nazareth in Scotland. Christopher Booth, 77, who waived his right to anonymity, said he was admitted to Nazareth House in Aberdeen at the age of 10 in 1951 - a place where he described the regime as "brutal". 'Constant abuse' He said he was there for about seven months before he was sent to Australia as a child migrant in 1952. Mr Booth told how a nun informed him of the move, telling him: "Your family doesn't want you, your country doesn't want you, you're just garbage". He said he was given a "thrashing" after a relative went to the home to complain about him being moved overseas and said his mother later told him she had "not agreed to send me to Australia". Mr Booth described how he was sent with a group of children from elsewhere in the UK to Australia and he was then taken out to Tasmania. Nobody showed him where Australia was on a map, he said. The witness said he was sexually abused by priests in Australia, saying the abuse was "constant" and made him feel ashamed. Mr Booth also told of receiving a "thrashing" from a priest, saying they "all had their choice of weapon" such as a cane or leather strap. He said of the British authorities at the time: "I was born a Scotsman. When I was sent to Australia I was robbed of a family, I was robbed of a country, I was robbed of an education." Asked about his earlier time at Nazareth House in Aberdeen, Mr Booth told of regular thrashings at the hands of nuns using canes. Children would be hit "until you cried", he said. "They were very happy to see if they could break you," he told the inquiry. Asked why the thrashings were dished out, he replied: "Looking back with hindsight now, I think they enjoyed it. I think they looked forward to some of the boys breaking the rules." Mr Booth told inquiry chairwoman Lady Smith "there was no affection shown to any of the boys" at Nazareth House. Another witness, who cannot be named, told how he was at Nazareth House in Aberdeen for a few weeks in the 1960s. 'No support' Asked about the regime there, he said: "The word that comes to mind was cold, brutal. "It was like the regime was designed for the convenience of the staff rather than considering the needs of the children. "You were tolerated as long as you did what you were told and if you weren't, you were punished. "It was on an industrial scale, it was almost warehousing people. They were doing the minimal to get you through but not really enough to see people as individuals and to support them." The inquiry continues.

एक नन ने एक लड़के से कहा कि वह "बेकार" था और उसे स्कॉटलैंड से ऑस्ट्रेलिया भेजा जा रहा था क्योंकि "आपका परिवार आपको नहीं चाहता, आपका देश आपको नहीं चाहता", एक जांच में पता चला है।


Cult of Dos Santos and the state of Angola

Summary: In many ways the Angolan capital, Luanda, feels like Africa's best kept secret. Fifteen years after emerging from a bitter civil war in which Cold War rivalries were counted in lives lost, parts of the city look like Dubai.

By Karen AllenBBC News, Luanda Smart glass-fronted buildings reach up to the sky and virtually every vehicle downtown is a large shimmering 4x4. This is what oil money looks like. It has paid for Angola's impressive infrastructural development, five ports and an expansive road network, a welfare state that many other African nations could only dream of, with hospitals populated by top-class Cuban doctors and schools where the textbooks are free. Yet when global oil prices plummeted, the cracks began to show. Angola found itself in fiscal crisis, unable to pay the bills, restock its hospitals, pay the doctors or collect the rubbish. A yellow fever outbreak helped to expose the shortcomings of what some consider to have been skewed priorities and a sense of complacency in a country that imports most of what it needs and depends almost exclusively on oil. The slump in prices appears to have encouraged Angola's leaders to open up to the rest of the world and expand ties beyond the established links with Cuba, Brazil, China and Portugal. It is an "opportunity rather than a crisis", says Antonio da Silva, who heads APIX - the Agency for Investments and Exports Promotion - a body set up to encourage more foreign investment and trade. He admits the time is long overdue for Angola to diversify and the oil shock could help to accelerate that long promised change and recalibrate Angola's relationship with the world. He points to fast-food chains, agribusiness and environmental companies eager to do business here - but when I ask him about corruption, he plays it down. Angola is the 12th most corrupt country in the world, according to Transparency International. The rankings measure perceptions, but a poor rating does little for business confidence surely, especially with potential "suitors" such as Britain, which now has legislation targeting companies that pay overseas bribes. New systems have been put in place for foreign businesses "cutting out the middle-man", Mr Da Silva offers by way of assurance. But what if the middle-men and women are at the top, as many commentators would seem to suggest? At the helm of this African oil giant, is President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. A man who has led Angola for the past 37 years and made his country a beacon of hope for others held back by poor infrastructural development. He has declared his intention to stand down from office after elections next year. Stepping down would seem to indicate a loosening of his grip on power and a change of direction, but the appointment of his daughter to a top job, suggests otherwise. Isabel dos Santos, the richest woman in Africa, has just been named president of the state oil giant Sonangol. She has a reputation as a slick operator, has interests that range from telecoms, real estate and diamonds and is considered as an accomplished businesswoman in in her own right. She has, in the words of journalist Simon Allison, "shattered the glass ceiling of Africa's male-dominated business world" - but it is hard to separate the woman from the name. When the news hit the streets that "Isabel" was to head up Sonangol, some people grumbled. While Mr Da Silva reminded us of her track record in business, others view her appointment as part of an elaborate plan to shore up the Dos Santos dynasty and the powerful elite who have benefited from the oil giant's funds. Sonangol is responsible for half of Angola's gross domestic product (GDP), but critics accuse it of being unproductive and opaque - a vast omnipresent entity whose coffers have been plundered by powerful oligarchs. Isabel dos Santos: Plans to privatise the oil giant to make it more productive and transparent do little to appease sceptics such as Rafael Marques, a human rights campaigner and journalist. He questions how much Angola is really transforming. "The oil crisis has exposed problems in the way our country is run," he says, and until that is addressed and Angola gets a properly functioning democracy, little will have changed. "This skewed economy, which protects the wealth of a privileged few", he states bluntly, will continue to be vulnerable to external shocks and "foreign investors risk perpetrating that system of patronage". Meanwhile, President Dos Santos's son Jose Filomeno de Sousa dos Santos, in charge of the Sovereign Wealth Fund, has also found himself in the spotlight. The fund, designed to promote development for the poor through the use of oil revenues, is estimated to be worth some $5bn. But it has been been dismissed by some as a device to launder money out of Angola. The shadowy body has recently found itself the subject of documents leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, with links to Swiss bankers again raising questions about transparency. It is easy to be seduced by a city such as Luanda, but not far from the shimmering buildings are the shantytowns, where support for Dos Santos in next year's election cannot be guaranteed. Here, the effects of the oil crisis are being felt hardest as food prices soar and access to dollars is limited. People now speak openly about their irritation at what they consider a nepotistic clique that looks after its own. It is where young people yearning for a change at the top vent their frustrations on social media. Their parents may be tired of fighting, after 30 years of civil war, but the fact that there is access to social media gives them hope and a powerful platform. Hope that future investors in a country oozing potential such as Angola will help lobby for a change of direction before it is too late.

कई मायनों में अंगोला की राजधानी, लुआंडा, अफ्रीका की सबसे अच्छी तरह से रखी गई गोपनीयता की तरह महसूस करती है। एक कड़वे गृहयुद्ध से उभरने के पंद्रह साल बाद, जिसमें शीत युद्ध की प्रतिद्वंद्विता को खोए हुए जीवन में गिना गया था, शहर के कुछ हिस्से दुबई की तरह दिखते हैं।


Bradley Lowery: Boy with cancer is Sunderland mascot

Summary: A five-year-old boy with terminal cancer has appeared as a mascot at the Sunderland v Chelsea game.

Bradley Lowery, from Blackhall Colliery near Hartlepool, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2013. More than £700,000 was raised to pay for treatment in the USA, including a donation of £200,000 from Everton. However, last week his mother Gemma revealed his cancer had grown and treatment would only give him more time. On Tuesday it was revealed that Bradley had been sent more than 11,000 Christmas cards from well-wishers. A campaign to encourage people to send him the cards had been organised by an Everton fan.

टर्मिनल कैंसर से पीड़ित एक पाँच वर्षीय लड़का सुंदरलैंड बनाम चेल्सी खेल में एक शुभंकर के रूप में दिखाई दिया है।


Back to the future: Are we re-living the Major years?

Summary: It may be old age but I'm starting to get flashbacks to the John Major years. It was a time when, aside from the normal ups and downs of political life, the government's luck ran out and it began to be blamed for things that weren't its fault.

David CornockParliamentary correspondent, Wales The then Labour leader John Smith was able to joke about the then prime minister's struggles. "The man with the non-Midas touch is in charge," he said. "It is no wonder that we live in a country where the Grand National does not start and hotels fall into the sea." I recalled that line when the slogan behind the prime minister started to disintegrate as she croaked her way through a speech that was interrupted by a serial prankster. None of the above was her fault, any more than what Michael Fallon did with his hand 15 years ago, but politics is a brutal business. Sex scandals without any sex can cost a cabinet career. No political party at Westminster, so far as I know, has claimed it is immune from inappropriate behaviour by its politicians but the spotlight will shine most brightly on the Conservatives as they are in power. The prime minister will meet other party leaders on Monday to discuss ways to protect staff who work here. Mrs May has talked of a need to set up an independent, transparent grievance procedure for MPs' staff. Protecting journalists such as my colleague Elliw Gwawr from unwanted advances by MPs will be more of a challenge and probably require a change of culture at Westminster. Elliw had bad experiences covering the National Assembly too. Presiding officer Elin Jones says the assembly has comprehensive safeguards in place but she has convened a meeting of party leaders on Tuesday to review the current arrangements. 'Endemic' At Westminster, Swansea West Labour MP Geraint Davies told BBC Radio Wales: "The problem we have got is a sort of endemic cultural problem that has built up over many years, it's parliament's fault to a certain extent. "When I arrived 1997 the background was public school boys who arriving with a hierarchical view of the world alongside a system where there was no career structure, no human resources no appraisals no support for staff or even MPs. "There needs to be a more professional approach to people's progress and a more transparent appraisals and a clarity over what is reasonable. Some of these things are clearly unreasonable. There have been advice notes sent out about behaviour and this sort of stuff, but it should be self-evident in terns of common sense. There are institutional cultural problems which need to be shaken up professionally." Shaking up the institutional problems is a job for all political parties, despite the current focus on the Conservatives, and the outcome should be one that should last longer than any parliament or government. In the Major years, ministers lost their jobs once they were revealed to have had extra-marital affairs after a "back to basics" briefing was misinterpreted. In the May years, an affair might get you on a "dossier" of Westminster gossip but wouldn't necessarily cost you your job. At least not yet. (The "dossier", by the way, includes some names that, as far as I know, shouldn't be on it and at least one case of mistaken ministerial identity). John Major's days in Downing Street were made miserable by Tory splits over Europe. You don't need me to draw the parallel but delivering a successful Brexit will be a walk in the party compared to the rows over the Maastricht Treaty. At least the Grand National ran on time this year but the parallels continue. Politicshome editor Kevin Schofield tweeted that a Tory MP had told him: "We are being led by John Major in a skirt". Things didn't end well for Mr Major. So how does the prime minister get herself out of her current difficulties? A cones hotline, anyone?

यह बुढ़ापा हो सकता है लेकिन मुझे जॉन मेजर के वर्षों के बारे में ताज़ा जानकारी मिलने लगी है। यह एक ऐसा समय था जब राजनीतिक जीवन के सामान्य उतार-चढ़ाव के अलावा, सरकार का भाग्य समाप्त हो गया और इसे उन चीजों के लिए दोषी ठहराया जाने लगा जो उसकी गलती नहीं थीं।


Girls Takeover: Teen becomes Finland's PM for the day

Summary: Finland may frequently top lists for gender equality.

But Prime Minister Sanna Marin has taken the fight to end the gender gap one step further and let a 16-year-old girl fill her seat for the day. Aava Murto may not be making any new laws on Wednesday, but she is meeting politicians throughout the day to highlight women's rights in technology. The swap comes ahead of the UN's Day of the Girl, and is part of a global campaign by a children's charity. It is the fourth year Finland has taken part in Plan International's "Girls Takeover", which allows teenagers from countries from across the globe to step into the shoes of leaders in politics and other sectors for a day. This year's focus is on promoting digital skills and technological opportunities for girls, with Kenya, Peru, Sudan and Vietnam among the countries holding their own swaps. "It is a pleasure to be speaking here before you today - although, in a way, I wish that I did not have to stand here, that campaigns like the Girls' Takeover were no longer necessary," Miss Murto said in a speech on Wednesday. "However, the truth is that we have not yet achieved gender equality - not anywhere on earth. Although we have accomplished a great lot of good in this area, there is still much work that needs to be done. " The teenager, who actively campaigns on climate and human rights issues, applied to take part in the scheme. She will round off the day by meeting the prime minister to discuss gender equality in technology on Wednesday evening. Speaking ahead of the event, Finland's Prime Minister Marin stressed the importance of ensuring technologies are made "accessible to everyone", adding: "They must not deepen the digital divide between countries or within societies." Last year, Finland came third in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report. However, women remain under-represented in the technology sector. Ms Marin became the world's youngest prime minister when she was sworn in last year at the age of 34. She is the Finland's third female prime minister and leads a centre-left coalition with four other parties - all headed by women, three of whom are under 35. You may also be interested in:

फिनलैंड अक्सर लैंगिक समानता के लिए सूची में शीर्ष पर हो सकता है।


Local elections: Nominations close for May poll

Summary: Nominations for May's local elections in Wales have closed.

More than 1,200 seats will be available across 22 local authorities in Wales on Thursday 4 May. With 580 councillors, Labour is defending the most seats. Plaid Cymru has 170, the Conservatives 104 and the Liberal Democrats 75. The results are due from the early hours of Friday morning. There are 13 overnight counts and nine the next day. In terms of councils, Labour has a majority on 10 local authorities and leads two others as the largest group. Plaid Cymru has a majority on one local authority and leads two others as a minority administration. The Conservatives run one council with Liberal Democrat help.

वेल्स में मई के स्थानीय चुनावों के लिए नामांकन बंद हो गए हैं।


Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival near Beauly under way

Summary: The ninth Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival is under way near Beauly in the Highlands.

Finishing on Saturday night, the event features music and a fashion show called Ciao Bella. Acts appearing include Travis, The Wombats, Frightened Rabbit and Beverley Knight. Also, the Ballachuilish Hellhounds and Buzzcocks. Last month, the tickets for the festival sold out for the fourth year running.

नौवां बेलाड्रम टार्टन हार्ट फेस्टिवल हाइलैंड्स में ब्यूली के पास चल रहा है।


What if my A-level grades are worse than I'd expected?

Summary: While thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be celebrating good grades on A-level results day, others will be facing difficult decisions. Teenagers in Scotland received the results of their equivalent, Highers, earlier this month.

The BBC News website offers some pointers for those who did not get the grades they needed or were hoping for. What should I do on A-level results day? You may get your results by text, online, email or in the post, but it is still a good idea to go to your school or college on results day. By doing this, you can get help and advice from your teachers. Universities will have already got your results, and schools can use the Ucas Track system to trace the progress of students' application. What should I do if I do not get the grades I need? Try not to panic, because there are options open to you. If you do not have the grades for your first-choice university or course, you may get offered a place with your second option. If you miss out on both your firm and insurance choice and still want to go to university, you can try to get a place through Clearing. However, most spare places are filled within a few days, so you will need to act decisively and fast. Nick Davy from the Association of Colleges will answer your questions and concerns on the BBC News Facebook page from 1530 BST. Send us your questions. How do I get a university place through Clearing? Clearing is a system offered by the university admissions service, Ucas, that finds suitable vacancies on degree courses. If you are flexible and have reasonably good exam results, there is a good chance of finding a course. You can approach as many universities as you wish during Clearing, so do not feel that you have to accept the first offer. How do I find out what courses are available and choose the best one for me? Official vacancy lists are published on results day on the Ucas website from 00:01 BST on Thursday, 14 August, and in the Telegraph newspaper. You do not have to stick to the subject choices that you made originally. There may be other areas that might suit you better on the basis of the grades you have. How do I give myself the best chance of getting a place through Clearing? You can prepare in advance by researching courses and universities that are of interest to you. Plan to get your results as early in the day as you can to give yourself a head start. Universities and colleges will want to speak to you directly, not to your parents. Be prepared to explain why you want to study on that course. How do I challenge my results? If you feel strongly that your grades are wrong and do not reflect your ability, you can ask for a re-mark of your papers. Requests for re-marking can only be done through your school or college. Priority re-marks can be requested for those students with university places at stake. There is a fee for this service, which is reimbursed only if there is a grade change. The Joint Council for Qualifications has guidelines on the post-results service available to schools. What if I get better grades than expected? Ucas operates a system called Adjustment for those candidates who get better results than expected and want to try for a more competitive university. Candidates have a five-day window in which to showcase their application to universities. If you do not find a suitable place somewhere else through Adjustment, you will remain accepted at your original choice. Would it be better to wait until next year and try again? There is always the possibility of taking a gap year - and perhaps doing some volunteer work, travelling or getting a job - and reapplying for degree courses this autumn for 2015. It may be better to wait a year and go somewhere that is right for you rather than make a hasty decision you will regret later. You could also ask your local further education college for information about other routes to degree-level qualifications, such as foundation degrees and diplomas. Could I do something else altogether? Not everyone goes to university and many who do not go carve out highly successful careers - take Sir Richard Branson, Lord Alan Sugar, Kirstie Allsopp and Karren Brady. Some careers such as accountancy can be pursued with qualifications you study for while working. Apprenticeships are also an option - vacancies are listed on the National Apprenticeships Service website. Sites such as Not Going to Uni might give you a few ideas. But remember, many professions such as teaching and law do require a degree and you could find that some doors are closed to you later in life (or are much harder to open) if you do not have one. Where can I go for advice? The Ucas website has lots of advice about navigating Clearing and Adjustment. You can follow Ucas on Twitter @ucas_online or on Facebook.com/ucasonline for up-to-date information. For information on your own progress you can also call the Ucas customer support centre on 0371 468 0468. Lines will be open from 0730-2000 on results day, 08:00-19:00 on Friday, 15 August , 09:00-17:00 on Saturday 16 and 10:00-16:00 on Sunday 17. For more general careers advice you can also call the national Exam Results Helpline on 0808 100 8000, which is run by Ucas on behalf of the Department for Education. It is staffed by careers advisers, is already open and will run for 10 days after results day. Calls are free from most landlines and selected mobile networks. The government website Gov.uk might also help you make decisions. If you need help with career choices, you can also call an adviser at the National Careers Service on 0800 100 900. I am Scottish and did not do well in my Highers. What can I do? The government-funded agency, Skills Development Scotland, has a helpline on 0800 917 8000 (open 09:00 to 17:30, seven days a week) that offers advice. Scottish students can still use Ucas and its services to find a university place.

जबकि इंग्लैंड, वेल्स और उत्तरी आयरलैंड में हजारों छात्र ए-स्तर के परिणाम दिवस पर अच्छे ग्रेड का जश्न मनाएंगे, अन्य को कठिन निर्णयों का सामना करना पड़ेगा। स्कॉटलैंड में किशोरों को इस महीने की शुरुआत में उनके समकक्ष, हिगर्स के परिणाम प्राप्त हुए।


Thousands of jobs to go at Dounreay over next 15 years

Summary: An estimated 2,000 jobs are to go at the Dounreay nuclear power complex over the next 15 years, the Caithness site's operator has said.

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), which has the largest single workforce at the plant, has shed about 300 staff over the last five years. A £2.2m programme has been launched to help DSRL employees and those of its contractors to find new work. The project is being led by Caithness Chamber of Commerce. About 50 companies are involved in demolishing and cleaning up Dounreay. DSRL employs about 900 people. The site's operator has previously said jobs at the plant would be reduced as more of the facilities were flattened and less work was available.

कैथनेस साइट के संचालक ने कहा है कि अगले 15 वर्षों में डौनरे परमाणु ऊर्जा परिसर में अनुमानित 2,000 नौकरियां जाने वाली हैं।


The curtains are twitching at Bute House

Summary: She is not, we are told, measuring the curtains at Bute House just yet. Ruth Davidson, that is. The Scottish Conservative leader told her party's conference at Murrayfield that, much as she would like to occupy the First Minister's official residence, she thought it unlikely.

Brian TaylorPolitical editor, Scotland But she hopes to be a fairly frequent guest as the principal Opposition leader at Holyrood. Consider the strategy here, born of a combination of external circumstance and internal calculation, of both facing reality and seeking to reshape it. Ruth Davidson's pitch to be the second party at Holyrood is, of course, predicated upon a presumption of who will be first. She is positing the return of Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister. Given the SNP's apparent lead in the polls, that would seem to be at the very least a working proposition. So how to gain ground for the Tories? The strategy here is to position the Conservatives as the bulwark standing in the way of the SNP. The Tories calculate that there is a significant section of the electorate who either dislike or distrust the SNP - or, perhaps, simply wish their power to be constrained. Who are seeking balance. The Tories believe there is a mood there to be tapped. 'Tory legacy' So, in that sense, their pitch derives from the referendum result, however much they may state that they wish Scotland to move on from the referendum period. I believe that desire to be genuine but, nevertheless, the Tories hope to derive a legacy. The SNP have contrived to corral the 45, the Yes voters, to remain in their camp for the UK General Election and quite possibly the Holyrood contest. In similar fashion, the Tories hope that a substantial section of the 55, the No voters, can now be recruited to pitch the Conservatives into the role of guarding against untrammelled SNP power. To do so, the Tories, of course, need to overtake Labour. Rather a big ask - but that is their objective. They pursue this in a range of ways. Firstly, they suggest that Labour - and the Liberal Democrats - are no longer true, unalloyed Unionists. They make this point by noting that both parties have signalled that members would be free to campaign for independence, should they choose, in a future referendum. I would suggest that this argument in its pure form is relatively weak. Firstly, Kezia Dugdale and Willie Rennie are not actively encouraging Yes campaigners in their ranks. They are simply acknowledging their potential presence. Secondly, the Conservatives are pursuing just such an open policy with regard to the referendum on the EU - to the extent that Cabinet members in the UK Government are openly on competing sides. However, the Scottish Tory pitch may work in another way. If there is a constituency which distrusts the SNP, if that same constituency dislikes the concept of a second referendum, then the Tories may well be able to depict themselves as the most stalwart in standing against that notion. Then there is the tax question. Ruth Davidson was hugely, hugely tempted to offer an eye-catching tax cut in her manifesto for May's elections. And she insists she remains an advocate of small government and low tax. But she ruled out the prospect for a series of reasons, having tested the water on the doorsteps. She found that a tax cut was not trusted, not believed. Further, it risked prompting questions about possible cuts in service provision - tricky territory for the Tories. Thirdly, the ground shifted when Labour and the LibDems proposed a penny increase in income tax for Scotland. The Tories could undercut them without changing the tax rates. They could depict their MSPs as a phalanx against higher tax. Incidentally, the Scottish Tories will suggest that Scotland should match the plans by the Chancellor for an increase in the threshold at which folk enter the upper rate. That, they suggest, would amount to a tax cut in Scotland - but without altering the parity with the UK upon which they lay stress. 'Reputation for diligence' In essence, the offer to the voters from the Tories is transactional. It is a deal, a bargain. They are saying: vote for us and we will stand firm against a second independence referendum and against tax rises. We will be a bulwark against these plans. There is a further factor underlying the Tory offer. And that is Ruth Davidson herself. It was intriguing to notice how often she talked of electing "me and my team". Once an ingénue, she has now gained experience and - the party believes - a reputation for determination and diligence. It is still a tough sell pitching for the Tories in Scotland. Nobody denies that. But the party strategists believe that she wins respect and, perhaps, can win votes. The electors will decide whether the strategy is successful. But will it all be subsumed by the European debate? That topic was everywhere at conference. On the floor, on the fringe, in gossipy groups. The divisions may be honourable within the Tories. But they are stark and they are real. There was, though, some evidence of anger at any who attempted to be over-partisan on this topic at a conference where the immediate objective was to focus upon the Holyrood elections. The party leadership in Scotland must simply hope that they - and the voters - can operate in silos; can keep the European choice in reserve, pending the Scottish elections on May 5.

हमें बताया गया है कि वह अभी ब्यूट हाउस के पर्दे नहीं माप रही हैं. रूथ डेविडसन, यानी. स्कॉटिश कंज़र्वेटिव नेता ने मर्रेफ़ील्ड में अपनी पार्टी के सम्मेलन में कहा कि, जितना वह प्रथम मंत्री के आधिकारिक निवास पर कब्जा करना चाहती हैं, उन्होंने सोचा कि इसकी संभावना नहीं है।


Gary Dean: Three bailed in Barnsley woodland murder inquiry

Summary: Three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a man who's body was found in woodland near his home have been bailed.

Gary Dean, 48, was found with severe injuries in Silkstone Common, near Barnsley, on 6 September. South Yorkshire Police said he died as a result of injuries sustained from a significant assault. A man and a woman, aged 40 and 76, arrested on suspicion of murder have been bailed pending further enquiries. The force said a 49-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender has also been released on bail. Mr Dean's body was discovered in a wooded area behind Moorend Lane, close to the Trans Pennine Trail cycle and footpath. Related Internet Links South Yorkshire Police

एक व्यक्ति की हत्या के मामले में गिरफ्तार किए गए तीन संदिग्धों को जमानत दे दी गई है, जिसका शव उसके घर के पास जंगल में मिला था।


Horse stuck in mud rescued from River Windrush

Summary: A horse which was trapped in mud on a riverbank had to be rescued by firefighters.

The horse got stuck in the mud near the River Windrush, close to Willow Farm in Witney, Oxfordshire, at about 08:47 BST on Saturday. Up to 10 firefighters helped with the rescue operation using specialist animal rescue equipment. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue said the horse was freed without injury with the assistance of a vet and the owner. For more stories of pets and animals being rescued follow us on Pinterest Related Internet Links Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

एक घोड़ा जो नदी के किनारे मिट्टी में फंस गया था, उसे अग्निशामकों द्वारा बचाया जाना था।


Three men seriously injured by truck on wrong side of road

Summary: Three men are in hospital with serious leg injuries after being hit by a truck driving the wrong way down a road.

West Mercia Police said they were struck at 22:45 on Friday on the A449 at Crossway Green in Worcestershire. The lorry then drove off and was later found abandoned nearby. The force said it wants to talk to a passing motorist who stopped to help and the occupants of a silver vehicle which was also believed to be involved in the incident.

सड़क पर गलत रास्ते से जा रहे एक ट्रक से टकराने के बाद पैर में गंभीर चोटों के साथ तीन लोग अस्पताल में हैं।


Road closed for Guernsey Electricity cable repair work

Summary: The main route along St Peter Port's sea front is to be dug up by Guernsey Electricity as it repairs a fault.

The landward side of the Town Quay will be closed on Monday and the two lanes normally used for southbound traffic will become a contra-flow. To allow for this, a central island will be removed, which will mean the Quay becomes one way southbound for 12 hours from 18:00 BST on Sunday. Guernsey Electricity has estimated the cable repairs will take one week. Northbound traffic will be diverted via La Charroterie and The Grange.

सेंट पीटर पोर्ट के समुद्री मोर्चे के साथ मुख्य मार्ग को ग्वेर्नसे इलेक्ट्रिसिटी द्वारा खोदा जाना है क्योंकि यह एक फॉल्ट की मरम्मत करता है।


Treating a gunshot to the head - extreme brain surgery

Summary: Surgeons treating Gabrielle Giffords, the US congresswoman who survived a gunshot wound to the head, have had to remove half her skull in a bid to save her damaged brain. But why is such an extreme step necessary?

By Michelle RobertsHealth reporter, BBC News Ms Giffords' doctors say she is incredibly lucky. Despite a close-range bullet travelling through the left half of her brain, she has survived and is already responding to simple commands like squeezing of the hand. Very few people with gunshot wounds like hers live through the ordeal. But to save her life surgeons have had to use extreme measures - cutting away half of her skull and putting it on ice. The technique, called a hemicraniectomy, may sound crude and barbaric to the untrained, but it could mean the difference between life and death for Ms Gifford. Although she may have beaten the bullet, it is the damage it has left in its wake that her doctors now need to worry about. Like any other part of the body, when the brain is injured it will swell. But because it is housed in a bony box - the skull - the swelling has nowhere to go. Left untreated, the pressure would mount and cause further damage to the jelly-like substance that is the brain. Hole in the head Excessive intracranial pressure can cause damage to delicate brain tissues leading to lasting disability. Even higher pressure can cause death. Faced with this, doctors have few options other than to find a way to let the pressure out. They can try drugs to take down the swelling or drain off some of the fluid that bathes the brain, but in extreme cases, surgery may be the only answer. For the procedure, the surgeon removes a section of the skull - a "bone flap" - to give the swelling brain room to expand. The bone flap removed is preserved in a fridge until it can replaced once doctors have the swelling under control. Eventually it can be screwed back on using metal plates, which can be removed once the bone has knitted together. Making a hole in the head is not a new idea. Surgeons have been doing it for centuries. Evidence of trepanation, or making burr holes, has been found in prehistoric human remains from Neolithic times onward, using sharp objects like teeth as tools rather than the precision surgical saws and drills used today. Historians believe the procedures were used to treat a range of ailments, possibly including mental illness as well as epilepsy and migraines. While this sounds like something too dangerous to try in the days before modern medicine and the discovery of antibiotics, human remains show some patients did survive the operation. Resting brain Today, craniectomies are frequently used by military surgeons in Afghanistan to treat soldiers with severe traumatic brain injury due to bomb blast and high velocity penetrating missile injuries. Indeed, Ms Giffords' trauma surgeon Dr Peter Rhee is a former military doctor who served in Afghanistan. He told reporters that Ms Giffords was fortunate that the bullet had stayed on one side and had not hit areas of the brain that are almost always fatal. Surgeons also did not have to remove much dead brain tissue, another positive sign. But only time will tell how she will fare. Swelling can take several days to peak, and may take more than a week to go down. Ms Giffords is currently heavily sedated in a coma-like state that helps rest her brain. An update from the doctors on her condition is expected later on Monday.

अमेरिकी सांसद गैब्रिएल गिफोर्ड, जो सिर पर गोली लगने से बच गई थीं, उनका इलाज करने वाले सर्जनों को उनके क्षतिग्रस्त मस्तिष्क को बचाने के लिए उनकी आधी खोपड़ी निकालनी पड़ी। लेकिन इतना बड़ा कदम क्यों जरूरी है?


Crews at third fire in weeks at Chirk Kronospan factory

Summary: Firefighters have attended a third blaze at a Wrexham wood products factory in recent weeks.

Three engines were called to the scene at Kronospan in Chirk, on Sunday at about 10:00 BST. The fire was contained in a production area at the factory, which manufactures wood panel products and laminate flooring. There was a fire at the factory last Wednesday, which was contained before crews arrived, and another on 12 June.

अग्निशामकों ने हाल के हफ्तों में रेक्सम लकड़ी के उत्पादों के कारखाने में तीसरी आग पर काबू पाया है।


Man in court accused of sharing of IS videos

Summary: A man has appeared before the Old Bailey accused of sharing Islamic State group videos.

German national Florian Flegel, 22, was arrested at Stansted Airport in Essex on 22 October when he was about to board a flight to Germany. He is charged with five counts of disseminating terrorist publications, including Islamic State group propaganda videos. Mr Flegel, from Dusseldorf, appeared by video link from HMP Wandsworth. Mr Justice Sweeney set a trial for 28 June next year at Woolwich Crown Court.

इस्लामिक स्टेट समूह के वीडियो साझा करने के आरोपी ओल्ड बेली के सामने एक व्यक्ति पेश हुआ है।


The foiled Nigerian kidnap plot

Summary: In London in 1984, a team of Nigerians and Israelis attempted to kidnap and repatriate the exiled former Nigerian minister Umaru Dikko. Mr Dikko, who had fled Nigeria after a military coup, was accused of stealing $1bn (£625m) of government money.

By Alex LastBBC World Service The plot was foiled by a young British customs officer, Charles David Morrow, who has now told the BBC World Service Witness programme what happened. On a summer's day, Mr Dikko walked out of his front door in an upmarket neighbourhood of Bayswater in London. Within seconds he had been grabbed by two men and bundled into the back of a transit van. "I remember the very violent way in which I was grabbed and hurled into a van, with a huge fellow sitting on my head - and the way in which they immediately put on me handcuffs and chains on my legs," he told the BBC a year later. Mr Dikko had been minister for transport in the government of Shehu Shagari until it was overthrown by the military at the end of 1983. He fled to London accused by Nigeria's new rulers of embezzlement - a charge he has always denied. Labelled "Nigeria's most wanted man", a plot was hatched to get both him and the money back. The extraordinary plan was to kidnap Mr Dikko, drug him, stick him into a specially made crate and put him on a plane back to Nigeria - alive. Israeli anaesthetist An Israeli alleged former Mossad agent, Alexander Barak, was recruited to lead the kidnap team. It included a Nigerian intelligence officer, Maj Mohammed Yusufu, and Israeli nationals Felix Abitbol and Dr Lev-Arie Shapiro, who was to inject Mr Dikko with an anaesthetic. The kidnappers switched vehicles in a car park by London Zoo and headed towards Stansted airport where a Nigerian Airways plane was waiting. They injected Mr Dikko and laid him, unconscious, in a crate. The Israeli anaesthetist climbed into the crate as well, carrying medical equipment to make sure Mr Dikko didn't die en route. Barak and Abitbol got into a second crate. Both boxes were then sealed. At the cargo terminal of Stansted Airport, 40 miles (64km) north of London, a Nigerian diplomat was anxiously waiting for the crates to arrive. Also on duty that day was a young customs officer, Charles David Morrow. Diplomatic bag "The day had gone fairly normally until about 3pm. Then we had the handling agents come through and say that there was a cargo due to go on a Nigerian Airways 707, but the people delivering it didn't want it manifested," Mr Morrow said. "I went downstairs to see who they were and what was happening. I met a guy who turned out to be a Nigerian diplomat called Mr Edet. He showed me his passport and he said it was diplomatic cargo. Being ignorant of such matters, I asked him what it was, and he told me it was just documents and things." No-one on duty at Stansted had dealt with a diplomatic bag before and Mr Morrow went to check the procedure. Just then a colleague returned from the passenger terminal with some startling news. There was an All Ports Bulletin from Scotland Yard saying that a Nigerian had been kidnapped and it was suspected he would be smuggled out of the country. The police had been alerted by Mr Dikko's secretary who had witnessed his abduction from a window in the house. Hearing the news, Mr Morrow realised he had a problem on his hands. "I just put two and two together. The classic customs approach is not to look for the goods, you look for the space," he said. "So I am looking out of the window and I can see the space which is these two crates, clearly big enough to get a man inside. We've got a Nigerian Airways 707, which we don't normally see. They don't want the crates manifested, so there would be no record of them having gone through. And there was very little other cargo going on board the aircraft. "If you want to hide a tree, you hide it in the forest. You don't stick it out in the middle of Essex." By the book But any cargo designated as a diplomatic bag is protected by the Vienna Convention from being opened by customs officers. So Mr Morrow got on the phone to the British Foreign Office. "To qualify as a 'diplomatic bag' they clearly had to be marked with the words 'Diplomatic Bag' and they had to be accompanied by an accredited courier with the appropriate documentation. It was fair to say they had a Nigerian diplomat - I'd seen his passport - but they didn't have the right paperwork and they weren't marked 'Diplomatic Bag'," he said. The decision was taken that the crates could be opened - but it would be done by the book. That required the presence of a Nigerian diplomat, but as Mr Morrow pointed out, one was already on hand. By now, the crates were up on special trolleys ready to be loaded on to the plane. "Peter, the cargo manager, hit the lid on the bottom and lifted it. And as he lifted it, the Nigerian diplomat, who was standing next to me, took off like a startled rabbit across the tarmac," Mr Morrow said. "You have to remember we are on an airfield which is square miles of nothing. He ran about five yards (4.5m), realised no-one was chasing him and then stopped. "Peter looked into the crate and said: 'There's bodies inside!' He parked a forklift truck so its tines lay across the top of the crate so it couldn't be opened. Mr Morrow dialled the emergency number 999. "My name's Morrow, from Customs at Stansted. We've got some bodies in a crate. Do you think you can send someone over," he recalls saying. "They said: 'Alive or Dead?' "I said: 'That's a very good point. I don't know.' "They said: 'We'll send an ambulance as well.'" After half an hour, police started to arrive, and they opened the second crate. Inside they found an unconscious Mr Dikko, and a very much awake Israeli anaesthetist. Mr Dikko was lying on his back in the corner of the crate. "He had no shirt on, he had a heart monitor on him, and he had a tube in his throat to keep his airway open. No shoes and socks and handcuffs around his ankles. The Israeli anaesthetist was in there, clearly to keep him alive," recalls Mr Morrow. The kidnappers in the other crate were unrepentant. They said Mr Dikko was the biggest crook in the world. The Nigerian intelligence officer and the three Israelis all received prison sentences in the UK. Diplomatic relations between the UK and Nigeria broke down and were only fully restored two years later. The Nigerian and Israeli governments have always denied involvement in the kidnapping. Mr Dikko returned to Nigeria the following decade and still lives there. Mr Morrow was commended for actions that day by the head of UK Customs, who described the incident as a "very tricky situation". Alex Last's report was broadcast on the BBC World Service's Witness programme. You can download a podcast of the programme or browse the archive.

1984 में लंदन में, नाइजीरियाई और इजरायलियों की एक टीम ने निर्वासित पूर्व नाइजीरियाई मंत्री उमरू डिको का अपहरण करने और उन्हें वापस भेजने का प्रयास किया। श्री डिको, जो एक सैन्य तख्तापलट के बाद नाइजीरिया से भाग गए थे, पर सरकारी धन के $1bn (£625m) की चोरी का आरोप लगाया गया था।


Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon watches 1985 sea rescue for the first time

Summary: In 1985, pop star Simon Le Bon "looked into the eyes of death" when the yacht he was racing capsized. Thirty-one years later, he watched footage of the dramatic sea rescue for the first time.

By Sian DaviesBBC News "It's the most dangerous situation I've ever been in," said the Duran Duran front man. During the Fastnet race, which Le Bon was using in preparation for an attempt to sail around the world, his 71ft craft Drum ran into difficulty off the Cornish coast. The keel broke and the boat capsized, trapping the crew underneath. Just three years earlier, keen yachtsman Le Bon and his bandmates had been sailing around the Caribbean filming the video for their Top 10 hit Rio - one of the 80s' most memorable pop promos. 'Rock star in his pants' But now he found himself stuck underneath an upturned vessel, a mixture of diesel fumes and battery acid filling his lungs. "That was when I looked into the eyes of death," he said. As the crew lay trapped inside the yacht, they heard the beating sound of a helicopter overhead, as the 771 Royal Naval Air Squadron began its rescue mission. Le Bon was trapped inside for 40 minutes, with water around his legs before help came, along with five crew members. The rest of the men on board scrambled on top of the upturned boat, managing to communicate with their colleagues through the hull. "It wasn't completely black because we had the refracted daylight coming through the sea. It was wet, and everything was upside down because you're walking on the ceiling," Le Bon said. The singer's own rescue began when diver Larry Slater from 771 "popped up" inside the boat and began to lead him to safety. "I had to go down to come up. I dived in and started going up - as I came up the waistband of my long johns got caught and pulled down. "As I came up to the surface I stopped about 2ft away. I wanted to breathe but if I did I knew that would be the end of me. "I managed to get them off my feet and came up with a big smile on my face. "I got winched off into the helicopter and one of the guys called 'Hey Simon, where's your pants?' because I was just stood there in my knickers. As he watches the footage, a wry smile spreads across the singer's face as he sees himself back on dry land, clad in a white jacket with his bare legs on show. "There's me, there's a rock star in his underpants." Le Bon watched the film of the rescue for the first time while taking part in a BBC One documentary about the helicopter crew that saved him. He said it was "heartening" and "amazing" to see himself and his fellow crew members being plucked to safety. "I [thought about] it a week afterwards and it made me shake. It was very frightening," he said. The squadron which rescued Le Bon and 26 crew members will be decommissioned this week after 41 years based at Culdrose, Cornwall. It is thought to have rescued about 15,000 people in that time. Major rescues include the 1979 Fastnet race disaster, when more than 70 boats capsized and 19 sailors died, and the Boscastle floods in 2004 when dozens of residents were winched to safety. Now, its responsibilities have been handed over to a commercial operator handled by the Coastguard. 771 Royal Naval Air Squadron - Royal Navy search and rescue started in 1953 - 771 Naval Air Squadron moved to Culdrose in 1971 - It has six Sea King helicopters - 771 is believed to have rescued 15,000 people - Five George Medals have been awarded to 771 aircrew, along with 15 Queens Gallantry Medals and dozens of others - The squadron will cease to exist on 22 March, 2016 Le Bon pays an emotional tribute to his rescuers in the BBC One programme, Rescue 193. "I am grateful to 771 Squadron for saving my life, for saving the lives of the other guys on Drum," he said. "These are guys who face extraordinary danger on a daily basis." He has met diver Mr Slater twice since his ordeal inside Drum. Slater was awarded the George Medal for the rescue, given for acts of great bravery. "He knows how much I owe to him, and I know how much I owe and what these people do with their lives - the bravery and devotion," Le Bon said. "I know they have to look at it as just a job because maybe it would become something they couldn't face. But it's a hell of a job." Rescue 193 is on BBC One South West on Monday 21 March at 7:30pm and on the BBC iPlayer.

1985 में, पॉप स्टार साइमन ले बॉन ने "मौत की आँखों में देखा" जब वह नौका पलट गई थी। इकतीस साल बाद, उन्होंने पहली बार नाटकीय समुद्री बचाव के फुटेज देखे।


Wigton house fire: Man, 92, dies

Summary: A 92-year-old man has died in a fire in the ground floor of a house in Cumbria.

Three fire engines were called to the semi-detached home in Rydal Close, Wigton, at around 16:00 GMT on Thursday and crews spent three hours tackling the blaze. Cumbria Police said the death was not believed to be suspicious. Police are working with Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service to establish the cause of the fire. The man's next of kin have been informed.

कुम्ब्रिया में एक घर की निचली मंजिल में आग लगने से 92 वर्षीय एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई है।


What exam cheating tells us about distrust in Kenya

Summary: In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu, a former high-school teacher, examines the measures the Kenyan government has put in place to tackle cheating in national exams, which begin in early November.

Shipping containers are a common feature of the Kenyan landscape. You'll find these steel boxes converted into comfortable homes, clinics and offices. Others are turned into shops and granaries to store farm products. But now shipping containers have entered the sphere of learning. Starting this year, national examinations materials will be stored in secure shipping containers and placed under 24-hour armed police surveillance. This is just one of the many new tough measures that the government is introducing to curb cheating in national exams. In a country where people often rely on well-connected relatives and friends to succeed, education is everything. Such is the thirst for personal development that around 20:00 on weekday evenings, you'll find the streets of Nairobi and other urban centres teeming with people of all ages going home from class. Evening classes are a popular way for Kenyans to acquire a second or third degree with the hope of rising higher in life. Competition for promotion or for the few job opportunities that become available is intense, leading to a desperate desire for more and better academic qualifications. Joseph Warungu: "There is a crisis of trust in Kenyan society." This pressure to succeed starts at primary school. As a result, cartels have emerged to take advantage. Working with some of the former national examinations council officials, police officers and teachers, these cartels have found a way to get hold of exam papers and sell them to desperate students and parents. But last year things got out of hand as the cheating reached industrial proportions. More than 5,000 primary and secondary school students had their exam results cancelled; the national examinations board was disbanded and some senior managers fired. Nearly 200 people including police officers were arrested and charged over exam malpractices. There is a crisis of trust in Kenyan society. The government cannot trust the teacher to prepare the students for exams without cheating. The teacher cannot trust the government to oversee the exams without cheating. The student cannot trust himself to pass the exam without cheating. And so in comes the tough steel containers to try and safeguard trust. This year the government is not taking any chances. By the time national exams begin in November, invigilators will have been vetted afresh. Head teachers will now be held personally liable for any incidents of cheating that occur in their schools because they will have the sole responsibility of collecting from, and returning, the exam materials to the containers at central distribution points. The government is so confident of the measures it has taken that the cabinet secretary for education gave this warning: "I want to tell all children in candidate classes, that they better prepare for the exams. The monkey business that has been going on shall never happen again". But education is not the only sector suffering from the trust deficit. Governance is badly hit. Recently, a group of more than 30 elected County Assembly members, who were planning to impeach their Nyeri county governor in central Kenya, decided to spend the night inside the County Assembly under police guard, fearing that their opponents would kidnap them to frustrate the motion. And in the last few days news has emerged of an invention to help curb drink driving. The device, developed by a young university student, has an inbuilt breathalyser that detects the driver's alcohol level. If it's too high, the device transmits a signal and prevents the engine from starting. So why the need for such a device? Road accidents kill an average of 3,000 people a year in Kenya and many of the accidents are caused by speeding and drink driving. The government doesn't trust drivers not to get behind the wheel while drunk, and so it introduced alcohol breathalysers operated by traffic police. But the public does not trust the police, because they can be easily bribed. And the drunk driver does not trust anyone else to drive him home safely, except himself. And so enter the Alcohol and Sound Detection System being developed by a young Kenyan. It would be far cheaper and more effective to transform the Kenyan mind from within. Instead the focus is on the symptoms of the epidemic: If they cheat in exams, lock up exam materials in steel containers. If democracy is in danger, hide it in locked chambers. If the driver is too drunk to drive, let the car talk to him. I think I'll now just retire to my shipping container house and trust that society will sort itself out. More from Joseph Warungu: Should the UK join the African Union? Kenyans beg for mercy Doctors take on traditional healers Why Kenya has banned on-air sex

अफ्रीकी पत्रकारों के पत्रों की हमारी श्रृंखला में, एक पूर्व हाई-स्कूल शिक्षक, जोसेफ वारुंगु, केन्याई सरकार द्वारा नवंबर की शुरुआत में शुरू होने वाली राष्ट्रीय परीक्षाओं में धोखाधड़ी से निपटने के लिए किए गए उपायों की जांच करता है।


Official Singles Chart rules are changing to help new bands break through

Summary: The rules of the Official Singles Chart are changing.

It's after streams on sites like Spotify meant Ed Sheeran managed to get 16 tracks from one album into the top 20 earlier this year. From now on acts will be limited to having three songs on the chart at any one time. There are also new rules about streaming. The people behind the changes argue they will make it easier for new bands to get noticed. At the moment, the chart is calculated through a combination of physical sales, digital sales and streams - with 150 streams counting as one sale. But the number of songs being streamed worldwide per week has doubled to 1.2 billion since January 2016. In March, Ed Sheeran's ÷ became the first major album to exploit a flaw in the system - brought about by this growth in popularity. Millions of people used services like Spotify and Apple Music to listen to the record from beginning to end. This meant every track on it made a significant dent in the singles chart. The new rules, which come into effect on 7 July, are designed to keep the Official Singles Chart about singles - not album tracks. From then, only an artist's most popular three songs will be allowed in the top 100. There will also be a new ratio of streams to sales, 300:1, which will apply when a song's been in the chart for a number of weeks and is dropping in popularity. This is designed to help new tracks work their way up the chart, without being inhibited by old album tracks which are past their peak. If you've not quite got your head around it, don't worry - these rules are pretty complicated. But it says they should help the chart "reflect how fans are engaging with music in an increasingly streaming led world". Tests suggest the changes should increase the number of chart artists by 20% and chart hits by 11%. Find us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat

आधिकारिक एकल चार्ट के नियम बदल रहे हैं।


Former Australian Olympian Scott Miller held over 'hidden drugs haul'

Summary: Former Australian Olympian swimmer Scott Miller has been arrested in a police raid, following an investigation into a A$2m (£1.1m; $1.6m) drugs haul.

Mr Miller, now aged 45, was held at his home in the Sydney suburb of Rozelle. Another man, 47, was detained in the nearby Balmain area. New South Wales police allege the pair have concealed methylamphetamine, known as ice, inside candles. Mr Miller won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. The two arrested men were taken to a police station after the police raid on Tuesday morning, and are expected to be charged shortly. They have so far made no public comments on the latest developments. Earlier this year, New South Wales detectives launched an investigation into a suspected criminal syndicate involved in drug supplies across the Australian state, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reports.

पूर्व ऑस्ट्रेलियाई ओलंपियन तैराक स्कॉट मिलर को ए $2 मिलियन (£1.1 मिलियन; $1.6 मिलियन) नशीली दवाओं की बरामदगी की जांच के बाद एक पुलिस छापे में गिरफ्तार किया गया है।