Why Xi Jinping's visit to India is significant

Summary: This is an interesting month in India's diplomatic diary.

By Harsh V Pant King's College, London After a successful visit to Japan earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday. He will be following this up with his visit to the US at the end of September. And it is being claimed that both Mr Xi's visit to India and Mr Modi's visit to Washington will pack quite a punch. Given the recent history of turbulence in Sino-Indian ties, the visit of the Chinese president to India will be closely watched and analysed. As chief minister of Gujarat, Mr Modi travelled to China five times, more than to any other nation, and he has been visibly impressed by China's economic success. His landslide electoral victory in May was viewed by some in Beijing as a harbinger of better times, with Mr Modi being described as India's "Nixon" who will take Sino-Indian ties to new heights. Personal rapport This early exuberance has now given way to a more realistic appraisal but Beijing views Mr Modi as a strong leader who can deliver. An early outreach to Mr Modi was, therefore, seen as essential in making sure that Delhi does not gravitate rapidly to an emerging anti-China coalition in the larger Indo-Pacific as the US fashions its strategic rebalance to the region. Mr Xi will start his visit from Modi's home state of Gujarat on Mr Modi's 64th birthday on Wednesday where he will be personally welcomed by the Indian prime minister and treated to a sumptuous traditional dinner on the banks of the Sabarmati river. Mr Modi and Mr Xi have already met previously at the Brics summit in Brazil where they were able to develop a personal rapport which they would like to use to make this visit a success. Much like Mr Modi, Mr Xi is also a strong nationalist leader who has a hardline orientation on national security but remains eager to co-operate on economic issues. Mr Modi's room for diplomatic manoeuvering is considerably higher than that of his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, who was constrained by his lack of political authority and his party's seeming foreign policy ineptitude. Where the Congress Party has been paralysed by an almost irrational fear of offending Chinese sensitivities and in the process ended up jeopardising Delhi's ties with its partners like Japan and the US, Mr Modi has taken a more confident position from the very time he assumed office. Where he has openly talked of Chinese "expansionism" and has started taking concrete measures to insulate India from the negative effects of China's rapid military modernisation, he has also made it clear that he would be going all out to woo Chinese investments into India. Mr Modi's energetic diplomacy in his first few months in office seems to have put China on notice that Delhi is not without options in a rapidly evolving global geostrategic context. It has increased India's strategic space which Mr Modi would now like to leverage in his engagement with Beijing. In a sign that the focus of Mr Xi's visit will be on energising trade ties, the Chinese president will be accompanied by more than 100 Chinese businesspeople. China is likely to announce several major investment initiatives in India as the Chinese corporate sector starts looking at India with renewed interest under Mr Modi. India has been averse to Chinese participation in many sectors of the economy, thereby reducing the flow of Chinese foreign direct investment into India despite its dire need for it. Chinese companies will now be encouraged to invest in India by unveiling dedicated industrial parks in India. China is India's largest trading partner but with an increasing trade deficit hovering around $40bn. This is something that Mr Modi remains focused on rectifying. This focus on trade and economic issues does not mean that Mr Modi's government can afford to soft pedal on strategic issues. 'Maritime silk road' Last week, India's Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, made it clear China must respect India's territorial claim over Arunachal Pradesh. "For India to agree to a one-China policy, China should reaffirm one-India policy," argued Ms Swaraj. The Sino-Indian relationship faces a number of challenges - from the vexed boundary issue to a growing trade imbalance. Public perceptions have turned negative as mutual distrust between China and India has grown in the last few years. According to the Indian Home Ministry, there have been 334 "transgressions" by Chinese troops over the Indian border in the first 216 days of this year. China's growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean poses its own challenge to India. Mr Xi's visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka before coming to India underscores Beijing's commitment to develop close links with the island states of the Indian Ocean. China's plans for a "maritime silk road" connected by cross-border infrastructure will further cement Beijing's role in the region as both Male and Colombo have lapped up China's invitation to join this initiative. India has been invited too but it remains ambivalent about the project and is yet to make up its mind. The challenges are immense but so is this opportunity which is presented by the emergence of strong political leaderships in Beijing and Delhi. Both Mr Modi and Mr Xi have recognised this. It remains to be seen if they will be able to grasp the nettle this week. Harsh V Pant is Professor of International Relations at King's College, London.

यह भारत की राजनयिक डायरी में एक दिलचस्प महीना है।


Sponsored planks raise funds for Hastings Pier

Summary: Sponsored wooden planks are to be sold as part of a fundraising effort towards rebuilding Hastings Pier, which was destroyed by fire last year.

Each plank will bear a plaque with the name of its sponsor and will be in a visible deck area on the pier. The Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust said money raised would match funding from larger grants from organisations such as the Heritage Lottery Fund. It recently unveiled the architects firm which will design a new look pier. Sponsors will have to pledge at least £50 for a plank on the East Sussex pier.

प्रायोजित लकड़ी के तख्तों को हेस्टिंग्स पियर के पुनर्निर्माण की दिशा में धन उगाहने के प्रयास के हिस्से के रूप में बेचा जाना है, जो पिछले साल आग से नष्ट हो गया था।


Murdoch: What next for the media mogul after Sky deal?

Summary: Comcast's victory in the long battle to win control of Sky, the satellite broadcaster founded by Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, is the latest milestone in the media tycoon's colourful career that spans six decades.

By Chris JohnstonBusiness reporter, BBC News It comes less than a year after the Australian sold the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox, including Fox's film and television studios, to Walt Disney for $52bn. Yet anyone thinking these deals mark the end of an era - or even the end - for Mr Murdoch would be sorely underestimating him. His passion has always been news - more specifically newspapers - which laid the foundations for his empire and also gave it its name, News Corp. That company is still controlled by Mr Murdoch and contains his print media interests. The 87-year-old was born into a family that owned several papers in Australia and was left an afternoon title in Adelaide called The News by his father when he died. After reviving an ailing afternoon paper in Sydney, Mr Murdoch did the same trick the UK - first with the News of the World, before swooping on the Sun in 1969. Against the odds, the "red-top" tabloid had became the UK's biggest-selling newspaper by 1980, overtaking the Daily Mirror, after adopting controversial features such as putting a topless model on page three. The paper once sold close to four million copies a day - a number that has fallen to just over 1.4 million copies, but still has the highest daily sale according to ABC. The Daily Mail, its closest rival, sells 1.27 million copies a day. Despite owning the Times - once known as the UK's "paper of record" - since 1981, the Sun has always been the title that Mr Murdoch cares about the most. While the Sky deal means the tycoon no longer owns a TV news outlet in the UK, his two daily papers remain a crucial part of the media landscape in a country where the broadcast news agenda is still shaped by print. As Prof Stewart Purvis, a journalism academic at City, University of London, points out, Mr Murdoch still controls the most popular and one of the most respected newspapers in Britain in the Sun and the Times. He has also retained Fox News - the high-ratings US news channel beloved of conservatives and the current occupant of the White House - as well as Sky News Australia. News Corp dominates the newspaper market down under, owning the biggest-selling dailies in Sydney and Melbourne as well as the sole national title, The Australian, along with the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post in the US. Over the years the Sun has often boasted about its ability to make or break governments. In contrast, Prof Purvis says Mr Murdoch's pay TV business has been very successful and wealth-creating, but did not bring much political influence. Nevertheless, ministers have tried not to upset either Sky or Mr Murdoch - something he says is unlikely to change following the deal for the satellite broadcaster: "Governments will still be wary of [Murdoch's] power in the media." Indeed, the recent downfall of Malcolm Turnbull as Australian prime minister was partly attributed to a campaign waged by Murdoch newspapers against his energy policy. Given the continued slide in newspaper advertising revenue, the company's UK division (cunningly called News UK) is looking to diversify its revenue streams. One example is its recent purchase of the Virgin Radio brand and poaching Chris Evans from Radio 2 to present the station's breakfast show. The company also owns Talk Radio and has been flashing its chequebook to attract high-profile presenters such as Matthew Wright to the speech station. Radio is a "business that could grow" for News UK, Prof Purvis adds. More consolidation in the media sector is likely as big media companies seek scale in a world increasingly dominated by the likes of Amazon and Google. Richard Greenfield, an analyst at research firm BTIG, likens the trend to the opening scene in the documentary March of the Penguins: "The penguins huddle to survive winter. With Disney/Fox and Comcast/Sky, it's penguins huddling - winter is still coming."

1980 के दशक में रूपर्ट मर्डोक द्वारा स्थापित उपग्रह प्रसारक स्काई पर नियंत्रण पाने की लंबी लड़ाई में कॉमकास्ट की जीत, मीडिया टाइकून के रंगीन करियर में नवीनतम मील का पत्थर है जो छह दशकों तक फैला हुआ है।


Forced penetration: If a woman forces a man to have sex, is that rape?

Summary: When a man has penetrative sex with a woman without her consent, that's rape. But what if a woman makes a man have penetrative sex with her, without his consent? That's not rape under the law of England and Wales, but the author of a new study of the phenomenon says perhaps it should be.

By Katie SilverBBC News Some readers will find this story disturbing Dr Siobhan Weare of Lancaster University Law School carried out the first research into forced penetration in the UK in 2016-7, gathering information from more than 200 men via an online survey. Her latest study, published this week - based on one-to-one interviews with 30 men between May 2018 and July 2019 - explores in greater detail the context in which forced penetration occurs, its consequences, and the response of the criminal justice system. All the participants were anonymised, but I will call one of them John. John says the first sign that something was wrong was when his partner started to self-harm. After a particularly frightening incident he rushed her to A&E for treatment. The couple spent hours discussing possible psychological causes. About six months later instead of harming herself, she trained her sights on John. "I was sitting in the living room and she just came in from the kitchen, punched me very hard on the nose and ran off giggling," John says. "The violence then started happening quite regularly." She tried to get help from her GP, John says. She had some counselling, and she was referred to a psychologist - though didn't attend the appointment. She'd come home from her job "and basically demand sex", he says. "She would be violent, and it got to the stage that I dreaded her coming back from work." On one occasion John woke up to find that his partner had handcuffed his right arm to the metal bed frame. Then she started hitting him on the head with a loudspeaker from the stereo system beside the bed, tied up his other arm with some nylon rope and tried to force him to have sex. Scared and in pain, John was unable to comply with her demands - so she beat him again and left him chained up for half an hour, before returning and freeing him. Afterwards she refused to talk about what had happened. Not long after that she became pregnant, and the violence abated. But a few months after the baby was born, John again woke one night to discover that he was being handcuffed to the bed. Then, he says, his partner force-fed him Viagra and gagged him. "There was nothing I could do about it," he says. "Later I went and sat in the shower for I dunno how long… I eventually went downstairs. The first thing she said to me when I went into the room was, 'What's for dinner?'" When John has tried to tell people about it, he says he has often met with disbelief. "I've been asked why I didn't leave the house. Well, it was my house that I'd bought for my kids. And the financial side as well, I was so locked into the relationship financially," he says. "I still get disbelief because it's like, 'Well why didn't you hit her back?' I get that quite a lot. Well that's a lot easier said than done. "I wish I'd run away a lot sooner." Find out more Listen to Katie Silver and Alex Skeel discuss Siobhan Weare's research into forced penetration on the BBC Sounds podcast, The Next Episode Aspects of John's story are repeated in the experiences of some of the other men Dr Weare has interviewed. One of her findings is that the perpetrator in "forced-to-penetrate" (FTP) cases is often a female partner or ex-partner (her research focuses only on forced penetration involving men and women), and that the experience is frequently one element in a wider pattern of domestic abuse. The experience of disbelief is also mentioned by other interviewees. "You must have enjoyed it or you'd have reported it sooner," one man says he was told by a police officer. Another participant said: "We're scared to talk about it and embarrassed, and when we do talk about it, we're not believed, because we're men. How can a man possibly be abused? Look at him, he's a man." Weare's other findings include: One myth Weare's research dispels is that forced penetration is impossible because men are physically stronger than women. Another is that men view all sexual opportunities with women as positive. A third myth is that if men have an erection they must want sex. In fact, Weare says, "an erection is purely a physiological response to stimulus". "Men can obtain and sustain an erection even if they're scared, angry, terrified etc," she says. "There's also research that shows women can respond sexually when they are raped (e.g. have an orgasm) because their body is responding physiologically. This is an issue for both male and female victims that is not discussed enough, but there is clear evidence in this area." A number of the participants in Weare's 2017 study reported FTP experiences after getting extremely drunk or high, and being unable to stop what was happening. One of those interviewed for the new study describes going home with a woman after a night out clubbing, and blacking out after being given what he suspects was a date rape drug. He says he was then forced to engage in non-consensual sex. Where to get help Safeline - male survivors' telephone helpline Male Survivors Partnership directory of services Another describes being coerced into sex while working at a holiday camp one summer, while he was a student. A female co-worker had discovered a letter he had written to a boyfriend, and threatened to out him as gay unless he slept with her. She thought that if he had sex with a woman "this would transform my life and I would be straight", he says. As he had not come out to his friends, family or co-workers he felt that he had no choice but to comply. Weare says that most of the participants in the latest study regarded their forced-to-penetrate experiences as "rape", and some were frustrated that it would not count as rape under the law of England and Wales. There was frustration also that British society would most likely not recognise it as rape. "Talking about the fact that your ex-partner used to get drunk and force herself on you, rape you essentially, it's like most blokes' fantasy isn't it?" said one of the participants. "Down the pub, you know, she gets a bit drunk, she gets a bit frisky 'Yay! Oh that would be fantastic! I would love a bit of that!' No you really wouldn't, you bloody wouldn't. It's not the way that you think it is." In one of Weare's papers - titled "Oh, you're a guy, how could you be raped by a woman, that makes no sense" - she points out that in several US states rape is broadly defined as non-consensual sexual intercourse, and that in the Australian state of Victoria a specific offence exists of "rape by compelling penetration". One of eight recommendations made in the latest study is that reform of the law of rape to include FTP cases requires "serious consideration". You may also be interested in: When Hannah Price was sexually assaulted as a student, she felt unable to report it. She has since discovered she is far from alone - and that sexual assault may be far more common on campus than official figures suggest. 'I was raped as a student - and I'm not the only one'

जब कोई पुरुष किसी महिला के साथ उसकी सहमति के बिना यौन संबंध बनाता है, तो वह बलात्कार है। लेकिन क्या होगा यदि कोई महिला किसी पुरुष से उसकी सहमति के बिना यौन संबंध बनाती है? यह इंग्लैंड और वेल्स के कानून के तहत बलात्कार नहीं है, लेकिन इस घटना के एक नए अध्ययन के लेखक का कहना है कि शायद ऐसा होना चाहिए।


Brexit: What is the SNP's policy?

Summary: The Scottish National Party (SNP) has consistently voted against Theresa May's Brexit deal in Westminster. The party has also pushed the UK government to rule out leaving the European Union (EU) with no deal, arguing that such an outcome would have a "severe and disproportionate" impact on Scotland.

By Tom EdgingtonBBC Reality Check So what is the SNP's Brexit policy? 'Coalition of opposition' The Scottish government's ultimate objective, of course, is for an independent Scotland that is a full member of the European Union. If the UK ended up leaving the EU, which it is currently scheduled to do by 31 October, the SNP says it would seek a second referendum on Scottish independence by 2021. The party is strongly opposed to Brexit, and points out that Scotland voted "overwhelmingly" in favour of staying in the EU in the referendum - with the result 62% Remain and 38% Leave. Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has previously said that the 35 SNP MPs at Westminster would back any proposals for a confirmatory referendum on the Brexit terms - a so-called "People's Vote". But if the option to remain is not available, the SNP says it could not support any Brexit deal that does not include Scotland remaining a member of both the EU single market and customs union. It says this could be done either through a differentiated deal that would see Scotland stay in both when the rest of the UK leaves - or through its preferred option of the UK as a whole retaining full membership of them. So what would it mean in practice if the SNP's policy was adopted and the UK remained in the single market and customs union? Please upgrade your browser Your guide to Brexit jargon What could the UK do and not do? Under this version of Brexit, the UK would continue to have full access to the single market and very few trade barriers with the EU. That means there would be the same friction-free flow of goods to and from the remaining 27 member countries. The SNP says remaining in the single market would "protect jobs, living standards, our economy and public services". But by remaining part of the customs union, the UK would not be allowed to negotiate its own free trade deals with countries outside the EU. The UK would also be tied to EU rules and regulations and it would have very little capacity to change them. That's because having left the EU, the UK would no longer have any MEPs or representation on the European Commission. Also, despite no longer being an EU member, the UK would have to abide by freedom of movement rules. So EU citizens would still be allowed to live and work in the UK and vice versa. The UK would also have to continue to make a contribution to the EU budget, although the exact amount would be subject to negotiation. Currently, the UK pays about £10.8bn net a year. The UK would, though, be able to leave both the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which would save money in EU budget contributions and allow the UK to set its own policy in these areas. But the more the UK restricts access for EU boats to UK fishing waters, the more the EU is likely to restrict access for UK fish produce to EU markets. Unique relationship At the moment, there is no country in Europe that is a member of both the single market and the customs union, but not part of the EU. So the SNP is arguing for an arrangement that would be unique. The closest equivalent would be Norway, which is not part of the EU, but is part of the single market, through its membership of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The other EFTA members are Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. In order to continue to have access to the single market, the UK would need to formally apply to EFTA to become its fifth member. The EFTA has its own court, but it still needs to pay heed to European Court of Justice rulings when it comes to disputes involving EU law. But Norway is not part of the customs union, something which the SNP also wants the UK to retain. Mrs May has resisted any previous attempts to go along with a Norway-style Brexit model, arguing that it "wouldn't deliver on the vote of the British people". However, it would alleviate the problem of preventing a possible hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic - something for which negotiators on both sides are still trying to find a long-term solution. Backstop Speaking of Northern Ireland, the SNP is unhappy with the Irish "backstop" proposal contained in the draft withdrawal agreement which Theresa May has negotiated. The backstop would be triggered if the transition period expires without a new trade deal being ready in time. The SNP argues that if this happens, Northern Ireland will gain a competitive advantage over Scotland. That's because Northern Ireland would be in a deeper customs relationship with the EU, and it would be closer entwined with the rules of the single market than the rest of the UK. Ms Sturgeon says this would mean Northern Ireland businesses would get easier access to the single market, which she fears would have a "devastating" impact on Scottish jobs and investment. The SNP's argument is: if Northern Ireland can have such arrangements, why can't Scotland? The UK government's answer is that the backstop is needed to protect the Good Friday peace agreement and that Northern Ireland is in a unique situation, given it shares a physical border with an EU country. This amounts to another reason why the SNP favours continued membership of the customs union and the single market for the whole of the UK. Read more from Reality Check Send us your questions Follow us on Twitter

स्कॉटिश नेशनल पार्टी (एसएनपी) ने वेस्टमिंस्टर में थेरेसा मे के ब्रेक्सिट सौदे के खिलाफ लगातार मतदान किया है। पार्टी ने यूके सरकार को बिना किसी सौदे के यूरोपीय संघ (ईयू) को छोड़ने से इनकार करने के लिए भी प्रेरित किया है, यह तर्क देते हुए कि इस तरह के परिणाम का स्कॉटलैंड पर "गंभीर और असमान" प्रभाव पड़ेगा।


Blantyre fatal shooting: 23-year-old man charged

Summary: A 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting in South Lanarkshire.

Graham Williamson, of Caithness Street, was in his back garden in Blantyre on 17 August when he was shot. He managed to make his way on to the street, where he was helped by members of the public until an ambulance arrived. Mr Williamson, 26, was taken to University Hospital Wishaw but died a short time later. The 23-year-old is expected to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Wednesday Police Scotland said its inquiries were ongoing.

दक्षिण लनार्कशायर में एक घातक गोलीबारी के संबंध में एक 23 वर्षीय व्यक्ति पर आरोप लगाया गया है।


Setting boundaries: Drawing up Scotland's new electoral map

Summary: The latest set of proposals for Scotland's new electoral map have gone out for consultation, amid calls for the government to scrap the review altogether. How did we get to the current plans, and what might they mean for Scotland's MPs?

By Philip SimBBC Scotland News What's the big idea? Under current electoral law, boundary reviews have to be carried out periodically to keep up with demographic changes - for example, so that fast-growing urban areas have enough representation. The government would also like to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600 - saving the taxpayer money in paying for them, but leaving each MP with more constituents to represent and thus more work to do. There have been various claims of political gerrymandering around the proposed changes, with speculation about which party might benefit, but the review itself is carried out by a non-partisan Boundary Commission for each of the UK's constituent countries. North of the border, the job falls to the Boundary Commission for Scotland. This group is headed up by Lord Matthews, a High Court and Court of Session judge, alongside two commissioners - Ailsa Henderson and Paula Sharp - and a secretary, civil servant Isabel Drummond-Murray. They drew up an initial set of proposals in October 2016, and have now set about fine-tuning them in response to comments from the public. How are these changes decided? The maps drawn up for new constituencies are based on three key criteria: The latter two rules are set out in legislation, which leaves only a narrow window for changes in some cases. In addition, the island constituencies of Orkney and Shetland and Na h-Eileanan an Iar are protected under law, which leaves two less to be tinkered with. The Commission team said they were unable to amend their initial plans for some seats - like the new ones in the Highlands area - because they had to satisfy both the population and size requirements, and the constituencies can only stretch in so many directions. The current plans for the new Highland North seat have it sitting at 12,985 sq km, barely squeaking in under the limit. There is almost literally no room for manoeuvre. Lord Matthews said: "Where the legislation has allowed it, we have tried to respond to the views expressed to us. However in some areas we have been unable to make changes because of the constraints on constituency design within which we work." Where might the biggest changes be seen? Unless you live in one of the island seats protected under law, the chances are you might see some changes, at least in name. The only seat which will remain untouched from the 2005 election will be East Lothian, which follows the boundaries of the local council. The impact of the changes is really spread across the country as a whole, but is most noticeable in a few standout examples. Under the plans, Glasgow would encapsulate six seats, rather than the current seven. This is not a case of a particular Glasgow seat disappearing, and MP X disappearing as a result; as the map above shows, the changes would be widespread. There are also some fairly labyrinthine changes in the north east of the country, with Gordon mostly being merged into the old Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine seat and part of Banff and Buchan, while Angus grows into Kincardine and Angus North - which itself loses some territory to Angus South and Dundee East, which eats up the northern part of what used to be two Dundee seats. Yes, it's complicated - and far-reaching. This is why, rather than being able to pinpoint a particular MP being out of a job as a result of the changes, in most places a wider bun-fight will develop over nominations for the next election. Neighbourhood disputes If the changes go through, come the next election each party will suddenly need one less candidate from Glasgow. This could mean some sitting MPs might find themselves up against current colleagues just to make it onto a ballot paper. And because almost every constituency is taking over territory from their old neighbours, incumbents might hope to pick and choose which of the new options gives them the best hope of re-election. Another good example of this is in the Highlands, where three large constituencies could turn into two even larger seats (with the addition of the neighbouring Moray seat expanding somewhat and various other bits of territory changing hands - again, it's all rather complicated). This could pit the SNP's Westminster group leader Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) against his colleague Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) for the right to be the party's candidate for Highland South. To the east, a swathe of four seats gained by the Conservatives in the most recent election could, at the next vote, only make up three constituencies. Banff and Buchan, Gordon, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine and Angus are merging together into three larger seats - Kincardine and Angus North, Gordon and Deeside and an expanded Banff and Buchan. This will leave four newly elected Scottish Tories - Andrew Bowie, Kirstene Hair, Colin Clark and David Duguid - competing for just three candidacies. In the political game of musical chairs, one seat has been removed. Just next door to the south, SNP representative Stewart Hosie could see his Dundee East seat - once the safest in Scotland - lose most of its city wards as it is swallowed up in the new Angus South and Dundee East constituency. The SNP has done well in the city in recent years, but lost Angus to the Conservatives in June. Might Mr Hosie be tempted to challenge colleague Chris Law (currently MP for Dundee West) for the new Dundee seat instead? Such quandaries are common. Questions also abound for Labour's Ian Murray, whose stronghold of Edinburgh South - the current safest seat in Scotland - would be torn neatly in two, as the seat shifts westward and becomes Edinburgh Southside. In any case, the boundary commissioners stress that they "never look at the electoral impact" of the changes, given their non-partisan standing. "We can't, and we don't." How much has changed since last October? Some 2,000 responses were sent in to the consultation on the initial proposals, in formats varying from emails to letters to Christmas cards. Many of the changes called for have been reflected in the latest draft. Some of the changes are small - seven of the constituencies are simply having their names changed from those initially proposed - while others are more significant. But in the tricky world of boundary-balancing, even tiny changes can have big impacts. Banchory, a town in Aberdeenshire, was initially placed in Kincardine and Angus North. Following more than 200 complaints from residents who could see the River Dee out of their window but were for some reason not in Deeside, the commissioners moved it back - but this led to "fairly large knock-on effects" in terms of population sizes, necessitating further changes elsewhere. Changes were also called for in Fife and Perthshire, where plans to overlap parts of these communities apparently "were not liked by local residents" - with the 100-odd negative responses "predominantly" from those on the Perthshire side. Did they just not fancy being Fifers? Anyway, are all of these changes a sign that the commission got it wrong with the initial proposals? They say no - this is merely fine-tuning, and in many ways a good thing, with public opinion being taken into account. Ms Henderson, who is also a professor at Edinburgh University, said: "It's not that we got it wrong last time - it's that we're trying respond to public consultation and stay within the rules." What's in a name? There has been much debate over the names of proposed new constituencies. As seats have expanded to take in different areas, commissioners over the years have been keen to reflect the communities covered. But this can resulted in unwieldy names, such as the aforementioned Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, which some baffled voters have complained about. Hence, the new proposals see East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow become simply Lanarkshire South West. Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Monklands East becomes Lanarkshire North. Those seats in the north of the country which previously name-checked more or less every large settlement nearby have become Highlands North and Highlands South. All much simpler, the thinking goes - although it does mean that for the first time, there might be no constituency naming Inverness. In one of the quirkier changes, the commission also propose turning Dumfries and Galloway into...Galloway and Dumfries. Is it actually going to happen? In the end, all of the Boundary Commission's work may be for nothing, as speculation has emerged that Prime Minister Theresa May is set to bin the review altogether. The Times newspaper quoted "three senior sources" in a story in September revealing that the plans - which were included in the Conservative manifesto for June's snap election - are "likely to be scrapped" due to backbench opposition. With speculation that the DUP might not back Mrs May's government over a review, there may be no chance of a parliamentary majority in favour of them - MPs even voted in opposition to cutting their numbers in 2016. Such a move has been backed by some opposition parties, who have called for the proposals to be binned; the SNP say that "fiddling with the boundaries of MPs' constituencies is the last thing the UK government should be wasting its time on" at present. The commissioners say they are not listening to the speculation - they just have to keep their heads down and keep working on the proposals until they are told otherwise. But it is hard to imagine they would not privately be somewhat frustrated if the detailed, meticulous work they have put in poring over maps and spreadsheets all turns out out to be for nought.

स्कॉटलैंड के नए चुनावी नक्शे के लिए प्रस्तावों का नवीनतम सेट परामर्श के लिए बाहर चला गया है, सरकार से समीक्षा को पूरी तरह से रद्द करने की मांग के बीच। हम वर्तमान योजनाओं पर कैसे पहुंचे, और स्कॉटलैंड के सांसदों के लिए उनका क्या मतलब हो सकता है?


NI Utility Regulator reviewing gas and electricity tariffs

Summary: Northern Ireland's Utility Regulator is reviewing gas and electricity tariffs that could lead to a cut in prices later this year.

The reviews will conclude during February to allow any changes to bills to take effect from 1 April. The regulatory framework for energy in NI means movements in wholesale costs should be reflected in consumer bills. Wholesale gas prices, a major component in both gas and electricity bills, have been falling in recent months. In a statement the regulator said: "As the regulator of Power NI we continuously monitor the components that make up the company's electricity tariff. "Separately we have also been progressing a review of regulated gas tariffs - in respect of Airtricity Gas Supply (for the greater Belfast area) and Firmus Energy (for the ten towns area)."

उत्तरी आयरलैंड का उपयोगिता नियामक गैस और बिजली शुल्क की समीक्षा कर रहा है जिससे इस साल के अंत में कीमतों में कटौती हो सकती है।


What do the Commons defeats mean for Brexit?

Summary: It took little more than an hour for the government to be defeated on three fronts in the Commons on Tuesday, in what the papers are calling a day of mayhem and humiliation for Theresa May. But what does it all mean for Brexit?

17:45 GMT: The most significant defeat. Pro-European Conservative rebel Dominic Grieve wins support for his amendment, which he says will give Parliament a direct say in what happens if Mrs May's deal is rejected by MPs in a vote next Tuesday. This means instead of merely taking note of what the government tells them, MPs can exert more influence by voting on what they want the government to do. Some think this could effectively slim the chances of a no-deal Brexit, as MPs push for a "Plan B" alternative to Mrs May's deal and seek to prevent any chance of Britain leaving the EU without a deal in place. Anything MPs vote for would still have to be put into law by the government. Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom insists MPs still do not have the power to block a no-deal Brexit. Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg says the amendment could possibly work in Mrs May's favour. She says some Brexiteers might feel the PM's deal would be their best bet - if Mrs May's deal is rejected, then amended, they risk it coming out softer than the current deal. 16:58 GMT: Ministers are found in contempt of Parliament for refusing to publish the full legal advice they had received before agreeing the Brexit deal. This is a very serious telling-off for ministers - and unprecedented in modern politics. They had argued that to publish it would break convention and was not in the national interest, but MPs ruled they had ignored a binding Commons vote to publish it, in full. Leader of the Commons Ms Leadsom was forced to back down and has now published the six pages of advice in full. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox had, on Monday, published an overview of his legal advice which Labour said was not legal advice but "simply described the deal". In his full letter to the PM, dated 13 November, Mr Cox said her deal could result in the UK becoming stuck in "protracted and repeating rounds of negotiations". He also advised that the proposed backstop arrangement with the EU to prevent a hard Irish border could "endure indefinitely". 16:40 GMT: Ministers try to refer the matter of releasing the full legal advice to the Commons Privileges Committee by tabling an amendment. MPs reject it by 311 votes to 307, opening the way for the contempt vote.

मंगलवार को कॉमन्स में सरकार को तीन मोर्चों पर हारने में एक घंटे से थोड़ा अधिक समय लगा, जिसे अखबार थेरेसा मे के लिए तबाही और अपमान का दिन बता रहे हैं। लेकिन ब्रेक्सिट के लिए इन सब का क्या मतलब है?


Ryanair announces new destinations from East Midlands Airport

Summary: Ryanair has announced six new routes from East Midlands Airport.

The budget airline will offer flights to Barcelona and Almeria (Spain), Chania (Crete), Zadar (Croatia), Corfu and Rhodes from summer 2012. The Irish carrier now offers 36 destinations from the Castle Donington airport. Ryanair said the new routes would increase its traffic at the airport to about 1.8m people a year and would help it sustain 1,800 local jobs in 2012. East Midlands Airport recently had its first ever flight to New York, offered by budget airline Jet2.com. Related Internet Links East Midlands Airport

रयानएयर ने ईस्ट मिडलैंड्स हवाई अड्डे से छह नए मार्गों की घोषणा की है।


Warning after fire at Carlisle's Central Plaza Hotel

Summary: People have been warned not to enter a derelict hotel in Carlisle which was badly damaged in a fire.

An investigation is under way into the cause of the incident at the former Crown Plaza Hotel on 25 July. While the building is structurally stable, the interior has been assessed as extremely dangerous due to missing floors and partial ceiling collapses. The council is attempting to make the property, which has been surrounded by scaffolding for years, secure. Forensic investigations into the fire, which started in the main stairwell, are continuing.

लोगों को कार्लिस्ले में एक परित्यक्त होटल में प्रवेश नहीं करने की चेतावनी दी गई है जो आग में बुरी तरह से क्षतिग्रस्त हो गया था।


Tesco shares bolstered by sales rise

Summary: (Close): The London market closed higher on Thursday, with Tesco among the winners after it reported a second consecutive quarter of rising sales.

The benchmark FTSE 100 index finished up 76.91 points, or 1.2%, at 6,338.10. Tesco shares rose 1.8% to 169.50p after the supermarket said it was "encouraged" by its progress, with UK like-for-like sales up 0.3%. The UK's biggest supermarket chain said it had agreed to sell its Harris & Hoole coffee shop chain to Caffe Nero. In the FTSE 250, shares in DS Smith rose 6.1% after the packaging company's full-year results beat expectations. For the year to 30 April, adjusted pre-tax profits climbed 12% to £332m. On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.6% against the dollar to $1.48010, and edged higher against the euro to €1.30260.

(बंद): लंदन का बाजार गुरुवार को उच्च स्तर पर बंद हुआ, जिसमें टेस्को ने लगातार दूसरी तिमाही में बढ़ती बिक्री की सूचना दी।


M6 Coventry: 'Drunk' lorry driver fell on to motorway

Summary: A driver who was reported as being in cardiac arrest after falling from the cab of his lorry was actually over the drink drive limit, police have said.

Warwickshire Police said it was called after the man ended up lying in lane one of the M6 northbound at junction two, Coventry, on Saturday night. The motorway was closed and an ambulance was called, police said. The man was later arrested. In a post on Facebook, the Operational Patrol Unit said it "beggars belief". The driver provided a reading almost three times the drink drive limit once in police custody, said officers. He will be remanded to appear in court on Monday, they added. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone.

पुलिस ने कहा है कि एक चालक जिसे अपने लॉरी की कैब से गिरने के बाद दिल का दौरा पड़ने की सूचना मिली थी, वह वास्तव में शराब पीकर गाड़ी चलाने की सीमा से अधिक था।


How a divided India fuelled the rise of the gurus

Summary: The followers of a popular Indian guru in northern India have rampaged through towns, vandalising property, setting railway stations on fire, smashing cars, setting media vans alight and clashing with security forces. Several lives have been lost in the violence.

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent They are angry because a court found Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of raping two women at the headquarters of his religious group, known as Dera Sacha Sauda, in 2002. To his millions of supporters - mostly underprivileged, lower caste men and women - Singh is a protean leader of his flock. He mutates effortlessly from spiritual leader to flashy entertainer. He talks about a life lived in "reasonable restraint", but himself lives opulently. The guru of bling - as some call him - is the main actor in garish, self-produced films and the lead singer in noisy open air concerts packed to the gills by a captive audience of devoted follower-fans. His first music album was curiously titled Highway Love Charger and apparently sold millions of copies. The guru's social outreach is equally intriguing. Singh runs charities, and so-called movements to promote blood, eye and cadaver donations. He campaigns for vegetarianism. But he also makes gay men sign declarations vowing to "give up homosexual behaviour" under his "holy guidance", and was once accused of forcing followers to undergo castration to "get closer to god". A journalist who visited the sprawling headquarters of Singh's dera - a religious group, Punjab has more than 100 of them - told me she was struck by buildings with human ear-shaped windows and high turquoise walls topped with multi-coloured fruit-shaped water tanks. "It seemed to me," she told me, "that he's a guru who lives out his dreams and fantasies - movie star, rock singer, do-gooder, political influencer - through his group and his devotees. In the process, he also helps his followers to dream big." India has always had gurus for as longer as one can remember. There are global gurus like the flamboyant Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to whom the Beatles turned to for spiritual salvation in the 1960s. And there are domestic gurus for rich and poor with huge followings. The gurus count politicians, film and cricket stars, bureaucrats and ordinary people among their devotees. They run schools and hospitals. They peddle influence as superstitious politicians run to them for advice and votes of their devotees. Proximity to a guru legitimises a politician and adds to his power. Gurus like Singh virtually run parallel states, providing services to followers. The 50-year-old Singh, who will be sentenced on Monday, is one of the more controversial ones. In the past, gurus - or "godmen" as they are called in India - have been accused of murder, rape, trafficking, assault, sexual abuse and fraud. Singh himself has been accused of mocking Sikh and Hindu figures, and investigated for murder and rape. Although the bulk of his devotees are lower caste, poor and underprivileged, his core group include highly-educated professional followers. Many believe that millions of people flock to the dozens of religious groups like Singh's because they feel that mainstream politics and religion have failed them. In what they feel is an increasingly inequitable world, they feel let down by their politicians and priests, and turn to gurus and shamans for succour. "In many ways the rise of gurus like Singh tells us something about how conventional politics and religion have been failing a large number of people. So they turn to unconventional religion to seek some dignity and quality. Such groups have arisen in many parts of the democratic, modern world. They find equality by sharing common spaces and ceremonies with millions of fellow followers," sociologist Shiv Visvanathan told me. Not without reason Singh's followers share a common invented surname, Insan (Human) - as opposed to an individual surname which reveals your caste and place in society. Clearly, the rise of the gurus and religious groups tells us how deeply divided and hierarchical India remains. Friday's violence once again showed how such gurus can end up running a parallel state, and the seeming powerlessness of the state itself.

उत्तर भारत में एक लोकप्रिय भारतीय गुरु के अनुयायियों ने शहरों में तोड़फोड़ की, संपत्ति में तोड़फोड़ की, रेलवे स्टेशनों में आग लगा दी, कारों को तोड़ दिया, मीडिया वैन में आग लगा दी और सुरक्षा बलों के साथ झड़प की। हिंसा में कई लोगों की जान चली गई।


Man is jailed for stabbing murder

Summary: A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a man in a street in Suffolk last year.

Lewis Watson, 23, of Rubens Walk, Sudbury, was stabbed in Cavendish Way, Sudbury, on 26 September 2009. He died later at the West Suffolk Hospital. Andrew Rowlands, 27, of The Croft, Sudbury, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court for sentencing and was jailed for life. The judge ordered that he serve a minimum of 17 years.

पिछले साल सफ़ोक में एक सड़क पर एक व्यक्ति की हत्या के लिए एक व्यक्ति को आजीवन कारावास की सजा सुनाई गई है।


Cigarettes and spoons: Christmas gifts from years ago

Summary: It's not always easy to pick the perfect gift for that special someone - but brands know how to convince the Christmas shopper to open their wallet, suspend their parsimony and shell out on luxuries and "must haves".

However, some of these advertisements of the past might not have pulled upon our heart - or purse - strings as much as current campaigns (unless ladies back then were more into cutlery than perhaps they are today). Take this stroll down memory lane to the days when gentlemen would delightedly rip open a pack of cigarettes under the tree, while the children got busy with their molten glass kits and mother rejoiced over her sit-down ironing board. What women want? Domestic drudgery appears to be a theme when it came to finding something special for the lady in your life. Whether it was the thousands of people writing to Mrs Christmas in the hope of unwrapping a sit-down ironing board, or the "ideal present" of a beige-handled stainless steel set of batter spoon and apple corer, the place for females was most definitely in the home. It wasn't all work work work, though. Once the chores had been done, every good wife made herself attractive for her husband. As one advert for hair tape (yes, hair tape) went: "When you were a little girl, receiving a Christmas doll was very important. Now being one is". One for the women's libbers. If that wasn't inspirational enough, there was also an array of lascivious Father Christmases to pander to. Acceptable methods of keeping them happy seemingly included: wearing a transparent negligee while admiring Santa's shiny footwear (in an advert for boot polish); and trimming the tree while up a ladder wearing high heels, seamed stockings and a short skirt (in an advert for stockings, which came in sizes "tall, tiny and in-between"). For those who felt their figures or faces were not up to scratch, there were plenty of aids on the market. Nuns - not usually fans of cosmetics - were used to sell cases of perfumed toilet powder, while a company called Sargol tried to persuade women with their tablets that "well-developed bodies" were always admired, whether "at the theatre or in the ballroom". Something for the man of the house Once the house was spick and span, caring womenfolk would also ensure their husbands were comfortable and well-supplied with smoking paraphernalia and slippers. But the man of the house would not receive gifts much more exciting than their wife's festive accumulation of spatulas. Cigarettes in bulk, razor blades and nightwear were on the list. You might also be interested in Men are such simple folk, this advert suggests, that they desire nothing more than a "colourful ensemble" to feel "a king in his own castle". Meanwhile, the gift of "a longer lifetime" can be provided by... smoking a pipe. With a carefree disregard for accurate interpretation of statistics, the people at Kaywoodie announced that one can "add to a man's years" by giving him a pipe. All on the grounds that "doctors" found "pipe-smokers live longer than other types of smokers". But presumably not longer than non-smokers. The crowd-pleasers Some gifts were for all the family to enjoy. There was literally no situation that could not be improved with a Thermos container, one advert suggests. Whether buying a present for a yachtsman sweetheart or a physician uncle, Thermos had it covered. Described as the receptacle that "unites summer and winter", perhaps the insulated items were best used in the autumn. Having a phone on a Christmas wish-list isn't merely a modern phenomenon. The "hand-microphone" of 1933 - allegedly popularly known as the "handy" - was coveted by well-to-do Brits, who were urged to write to the General Post Office in London to order one. "Both charming and permanently useful" as well as being "shapely in design and efficient in use", those lucky enough to own one could also buy a special cosy to keep it snug. For the kids Children were in the position of receiving gifts that were both boring - like a box of handkerchiefs - to some that were frankly alarming. The Gilbert glass-blowing kit provided "fascinating and instructive fun" while the company's other safety-unconscious pre-teen gifts included a molten lead-casting kit and a chemistry set with ingredients and instructions on how to make explosives. The Atomic Energy Lab, complete with radioactive samples, allowed children to create and watch nuclear reactions. Among other activities, the lab set suggested "playing hide and seek with the gamma ray source", challenging players to a game using a Geiger counter to locate a radioactive sample hidden in a room. Helpfully, also popped into the kit was a coupon for ordering replacement uranium and radium through the post. Decades later, it was (perhaps unsurprisingly) described as "the world's most dangerous toy". Less "exciting!" but possibly more "safe!" than the Atomic Energy Lab was the traditional sled - the version marketed by SL Allen and Co was bafflingly aimed at every "live" girl and boy. And moving further along the safety scale - although not completely without risk - was the Fox's Glacier Mint. Like most small, hard choking hazards, it was "the ideal gift for kiddies' parties" and would certainly aid "a digestive Christmas". Food "glorious" food Unlikely to aid a digestive Christmas are these delights - an edible candle concocted from cranberry sauce, mayonnaise and gelatin, with a handful of walnuts chucked in to make the texture truly tempting. And sophisticated housewives were urged to keep the treats flowing by encasing leftovers in jelly. Jell-o suggested putting sweetcorn, carrots and cauliflower in sweet lemon or lime flavour. It may have been better to stick with the children's nuclear reactor. .

उस विशेष व्यक्ति के लिए सही उपहार चुनना हमेशा आसान नहीं होता है-लेकिन ब्रांड जानते हैं कि क्रिसमस की खरीदारी करने वाले को अपना बटुआ खोलने के लिए कैसे राजी किया जाए, अपनी लापरवाही को निलंबित करें और विलासिता पर खर्च करें और "उनके पास होना चाहिए"।


Snowdonia rescues: Five walkers airlifted in separate incidents

Summary: Three walkers have been airlifted off Snowdonia after a woman fell 50ft, hit a couple, knocking the man unconscious.

She was 500ft up when she fell at Tryfan in the Ogwen Valley, Gwynedd, and collided with the husband and wife. All three, from Merseyside, were airlifted by RAF helicopter and flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, with minor injuries. In a separate incident on Saturday at Tryfan, a couple was rescued after getting lost. The woman, from Ecuador, also fell and had to be flown to hospital.

स्नोडोनिया के पास एक महिला के 50 फीट नीचे गिरने, एक जोड़े को टक्कर मारने और आदमी को बेहोश करने के बाद तीन पैदल चलने वालों को एयरलिफ्ट किया गया है।


Bat nav: Animals' 3D brain compass found

Summary: By recording from the brains of bats as they flew and landed, scientists have found that the animals have a "neural compass" - allowing them to keep track of exactly where and even which way up they are.

These head-direction cells track bats in three dimensions as they manoeuvre. The researchers think a similar 3D internal navigation system is likely to be found throughout the animal kingdom. The findings are published in the journal Nature. Lead researcher Arseny Finkelstein, from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, explained that this was the first time measurements had been taken from animals as they had flown around a space in any direction and even carried out their acrobatic upside-down landings. "We're the only lab currently able to conduct wireless recordings in flying animals," he told BBC News. "A tiny device attached to the bats allows us to monitor the activity of single neurons while the animal is freely moving." Decades of study of the brain's internal navigation system garnered three renowned neuroscientists this year's Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine. The research, primarily in rats, revealed how animals had "place" and "grid" cells - essentially building a map in the brain and coding for where on that map an animal was at any time. Mr Finkelstein and his colleagues' work in bats has revealed that their brains also have "pitch" and "roll" cells. These tell the animal whether it is pointing upwards or downwards and whether its head is tilted one way or the other. "Some of the neurons are encoding a combination [of the two]," Mr Finkelstein explained. "So they're sensitive to a particular position of the head when it's at a particular angle." Taking recordings from these head-direction cells to see exactly when they were active, the researchers showed that the animals had a 3D positioning system - a physical representation in their brains of where they were, where they were pointing which way up they were. "And we don't think our results are specific to bats," said Mr Finkelstein. "Bats and rats are separated by millions of years of evolution. And yet, if you look at the same brain regions of these two species, you find place cells, head-direction cells, and you find grid cells. "That's why we think this might be relevant for humans too. So we think that's one of the exciting elements in neuroscience." In a related article, Prof May-Britt Moser, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, who shared in the 2014 Nobel, described the work as a "beautiful study". Mr Finkelstein added that an understanding of how animals, including humans, built a "sense of place" was important in our understanding of memory. "To remember events, we need some sort of encoding of where we were," he explained. "So, many people think these cells could be a scaffold for [our memories]."

चमगादड़ के उड़ते और उतरते समय उनके दिमाग से रिकॉर्डिंग करके, वैज्ञानिकों ने पाया है कि जानवरों में एक "तंत्रिका कम्पास" होता है-जिससे वे ठीक से यह पता लगा सकते हैं कि वे कहाँ और यहाँ तक कि किस तरफ हैं।


Viewpoint: Why my mum should be allowed a wife

Summary: Australia's Marriage Act specifies that marriage is the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others. As the nation's political leaders debate whether this should be changed to make same-sex marriage legal, Sydney woman Lori Saywell told the BBC why she thinks her mother should be allowed to marry her female partner.

I am tired of hearing that legalising "gay marriage" will damage children and ruin the sanctity of marriage. As an adult child of gay parents, I can confidently say that it is not homosexuals who stand to wreak such havoc. Infidelity, substance abuse, gambling, emotional, verbal and sexual assault, distrust and dishonesty - these are the true causes of marriage breakdown. My parents divorced when I was 13. After that, my mother Deb fell in love with Sue, the woman she now considers to be her wife, and they were together all through my teenage years. 'It was an adjustment' I am a high school teacher who has lived overseas. I don't attend a church but consider myself a Christian. Getting married in Australia People often ask how I was affected growing up with a lesbian mother. I won't lie, it was an adjustment and something I had to work through but so was hitting puberty, experiencing my first heartbreak and dealing with death. Any change in life requires time to process and adjust. However, I maintain that my mother's relationship with my stepmother (whom I love dearly) has been more of an example of what I believe marriage should be than my biological parents' relationship ever was. My mother and her partner have a deep-seated love for each other that is built on trust, loyalty and a mutual respect for the need to consider their respective children first. Children can adapt and can function in a household with only one parent or a parent with a new partner, or a widowed parent. All of these things require time, honest discussion and support but there is no difference between a child witnessing their parents' divorce and falling in love again to what I have experienced. The argument that homosexuals choose who they fall in love with and who they are attracted to is baseless. In the same way, I didn't wake up one day and decide to be heterosexual; I just am. For centuries, we have seen and read about inequality, and we look back and teach our children that these inequalities were wrong. Yet there are still people today teaching their children that a man who loves a man or a woman who loves a woman is an abomination. I won't call people who disagree with same sex marriage bigots because I want to spread love and acceptance. However, I think it is important to remember that one person's religious beliefs cannot bind the actions of other people who don't share those beliefs. I am in a healthy, loving relationship with a beautiful man, and I have no hesitation in claiming that my mother's relationship with her "wife" has been a positive influence in my life, teaching me about commitment, love, sacrifice and honesty. To me, their bond is exactly what a marriage should be. If I described my mother's relationship without using gender references I know people would imagine a well-rounded, balanced and healthy relationship. I want to see my mother marry the love of her life. I want to celebrate their union and recognise their commitment to myself and my brothers in our blended family. I want them to know that as they age together they won't have to worry about the legalities of their union, and that they can feel safe in the knowledge they provided an example of what a happy, healthy marriage should look like.

ऑस्ट्रेलिया का विवाह अधिनियम निर्दिष्ट करता है कि विवाह एक पुरुष और एक महिला का मिलन है जिसमें अन्य सभी को शामिल नहीं किया गया है। जैसा कि देश के राजनीतिक नेता इस बात पर बहस कर रहे हैं कि क्या समलैंगिक विवाह को वैध बनाने के लिए इसे बदला जाना चाहिए, सिडनी की महिला लोरी सेवेल ने बीबीसी को बताया कि वह क्यों सोचती है कि उसकी माँ को उसकी महिला साथी से शादी करने की अनुमति दी जानी चाहिए।


Saving coffee from extinction

Summary: Two billion cups of coffee are drunk around the world every day and 25 million families rely on growing coffee for a living. Over the past 15 years, consumption of the drink has risen by 43% - but researchers are warning that the world's most popular coffee, Arabica, is under threat.

By Julian Siddle and Vibeke VenemaBBC World Service Although there are 124 known species of coffee, most of the coffee that's grown comes from just two - Arabica and Robusta. Robusta makes up about 30% of global coffee production, and is mainly used for instant coffee. As the name implies, it is a strong plant - but for many, its taste cannot compare to the smooth and complex flavours of Arabica. It is Arabica that drives the industry and accounts for the majority of coffee grown worldwide, but it is a more fragile plant and only tolerates a narrow band of environmental conditions. It is particularly sensitive to changes in temperature and rainfall. In 2012, research by a team from the UK's Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, revealed a bleak picture for wild coffee in Ethiopia, where Arabica originated. They did a computer modelling exercise to predict how environmental changes would affect Arabica for the rest of the century. They forecast that the number of locations where wild Arabica coffee grows could decrease by 85% by 2080 - the worst-case outcome was a 99.7% reduction. "If we don't do anything now and over the next 20 years, by end of the century, wild Arabica in Ethiopia could be extinct - that's in the worst-case scenario," says Dr Aaron Davis, head of coffee research at Kew, who led the project. The report made headlines around the world and spurred the industry into action. Since then, the team from Kew and their partners in Ethiopia have covered 25,000km in Ethiopia, visiting coffee producing areas to compare their predictions with what is happening in reality. "It's important to see what's happening on the ground, observing what influence climate change is having on coffee now, and talking to farmers. They can tell us what has happened, sometimes taking us back many decades, with several generations of farmers involved," says Davis. The team is now working with the Ethiopian government to find ways to safeguard the coffee industry. Moving production to higher ground - where it's cooler - might be part of the solution. Some areas currently unsuitable for coffee growing may become suitable in the future. "It's jeopardy and threat in some areas, but opportunity in others," says Davis. Little was known about wild Arabica until quite recently - it was not until the end of the 19th Century that scientists confirmed it as an Ethiopian plant, rather than Arabian, as the name suggested. Dr Tadesse Woldermariam Gole, an Ethiopian wild coffee specialist, only completed his work on mapping wild Arabica a few years ago. It is now known that wild Arabica coffee grows only in southern Ethiopia, on either side of the Rift Valley, and on the Boma plateau in South Sudan. Kew's research has wide-ranging implications, not just for Ethiopia's many small-scale coffee producers, but also for the rest of the world. Anything that poses a threat to the indigenous, wild varieties of Arabica grown in Ethiopia is likely to affect commercial varieties even more. Environment is a key factor, but there is another reason too - genetics. "Wild species have much greater genetic diversity - anything happening in the wild populations is usually amplified in commercial varieties where the genetic diversity is so much less," says Justin Moat, Kew's head of spatial analysis. Commercial coffee, grown in plantations, is thought to have no more than 10% of the genetic variety of wild Arabica. Put simply, it is in-bred. The reasons for this lack of genetic diversity are partly historical. Many plantations were established from single plants, shipped out to various colonies - a single plant was taken from Amsterdam's botanical gardens to Surinam in 1718, another was sent to Martinique in 1720, and so on. And since then, very few new varieties have been developed. "Unlike many other crop species, coffee has had very little research behind it, says Dr Timothy Schilling, executive director of the World Coffee Research institute (WCR). Schilling says coffee is "an orphan crop", meaning it has been grown in tropical countries that did not have the resources to invest in research. Coffee only has about 40 plant breeders, compared to thousands in crops like corn, rice or wheat. "Richer countries buy it, roast it and drink it, but have not paid for the agronomy. Only now is the industry waking up and seeing the need for it. The coffee industry has realised no-one else is doing it - it's going to have to be us," says Schilling. "But there is a big gap in our knowledge. For example we didn't know the genetic base was so small." Just how small became clear earlier this year. In 2013 WCR thought it had found a gold mine of genetic variation - 870 strains of wild Arabica coffee, growing in Costa Rica's Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Education. The plants had been collected in Ethiopia the 1960s by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization and distributed to more than a dozen countries in an effort to increase diversity - this was one of the only collections to survive. "We took every one of those strains and sequenced the DNA strands and matched them one by one to see what diversity there was," says Schilling. "We got the results back in the beginning of the year and there was amazingly little diversity. It was a big shock. We knew it was small, but not that small." "As a result, we don't have the diversity in available Arabica coffees that we need for the next 200 years." Lack of diversity in crops can have disastrous consequences - it makes them more susceptible to disease. And coffee has a foe - coffee leaf rust. The fungus wiped out Sri Lanka's coffee plantations entirely in the late 1800s, and there was a bad outbreak in 2013 in Central America. The coffee grown there had no resistance to the disease - the crop relied on the protection of low temperatures at higher altitudes. This is why Schilling is embarking on an ambitious plan - "to recreate Arabica, but with better breeding." The origins of Arabica are pretty extraordinary. It is a hybrid of two types of coffee, C eugenioides and C canephora (Robusta coffee). "It's a love story actually," says Schilling. "Arabica has two parents that met some 10-15,000 years ago and combined to create Arabica. It was a one-time-only event, a one-night stand, if you will. "So even from the get-go, the genetic base was not that big, just one C eugenioides getting it on with one C canephora." He now intends to recreate that hybrid and improve on it. "What we aim to do is to get a bunch of highly diverse C eugenioides and C canephora and cross them, to recreate C arabica but better - more diverse." Schilling points out that this is not genetic engineering, but old-fashioned breeding, using modern techniques - and that it could take decades. In the shorter term, WCR has decided to start another breeding programme, too. "We need to take all the good things of Robusta and combine them with Arabica," he says. "Robusta is hardy and produces a lot, but it has a notoriously awful taste." It may seem obvious, but taste is the critical factor in any breeding programme. This aspect has been ignored in the past, sometimes with disastrous consequences. In the late 1800s, after coffee leaf rust devastated the Arabica plantations in Sri Lanka, the British government decided to grow a new type of coffee: Liberica. They tried in vain to convince the public that it would be a good substitute. "Liberica is a strong grower and a prolific cropper but it just doesn't taste very good, and for many tastes a bit like vegetable soup," says Davis. The Ceylon Observer recorded the venture's dismal failure in a series of articles. "They start off saying it is great coffee. Then, five years later: 'Well it will be good for the US market, they like strong coffee,' to: 'Will anybody drink this coffee?'" says Davis. So does nothing taste as good as Arabica? "Coffea stenophylla, sometimes known as the highland coffee of Sierra Leone, is supposed to be incredible," says Schilling. Drunk locally, in 1896 it was described by Kew as one of the two species of coffee which could "prove a formidable rival of the Arabian coffee" - the other was Liberica. Who knows, if the British had opted for C stenophylla instead, what coffee would taste like today. Davis is not sure the answer lies in using different species of coffee. "Most wild coffee species either don't taste very good or produce small crops, although there are some species that could have potential, either as crops themselves or as part of breeding programmes. But this won't happen overnight," he says. This is why the work of Kew and its partners, especially those in Ethiopia, to safeguard the existing indigenous population of wild Arabica is so vital - the hope is that this will provide the tools to ensure coffee's survival. Colombia Perhaps the country that has historically been most closely associated with coffee is Colombia. Half a century ago, coffee accounted for 80% of Colombia's exports although it's a lot less now. Coffee exports were helped by a global marketing campaign based on a fictional character known as Juan Valdez. He was a caricature of a typical Colombian coffee farmer. Burundi Other countries are trying to make their mark on the world coffee market too. Burundi is one of them. Following the end of its civil war in 2006, coffee now accounts for the bulk of its foreign exports. India Global coffee consumption is even rising in India, the home of tea. Listen to The Food Chain on Coffee: Globalisation's drink of choice. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

दुनिया भर में हर दिन दो अरब कप कॉफी पी जाती है और 25 मिलियन परिवार जीविकोपार्जन के लिए कॉफी उगाने पर निर्भर हैं। पिछले 15 वर्षों में, पेय की खपत में 43 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि हुई है-लेकिन शोधकर्ता चेतावनी दे रहे हैं कि दुनिया की सबसे लोकप्रिय कॉफी, अरेबिका, खतरे में है।


The man who became Britain's biggest crystal meth dealer

Summary: Richard Lubbock was a middle-class coin dealer when, in 2003, he separated from his wife and swapped his quiet life for clubbing and drugs. He ended up being imprisoned for possessing crystal meth worth more than £1.5m.

By Claire Williams and Adam EleyBBC Victoria Derbyshire programme When 30 police officers stormed Richard Lubbock's luxury apartment in 2009, as he sat half-dressed watching a documentary series about World War Two, one thought crossed his mind: "Thank God it's over." The coin dealer, aged 62 at the time, had by then become what was said to be Britain's biggest dealer of crystal meth. His involvement had grown over several years - the catalyst being the separation from his wife after coming out as gay. He began going to nightclubs, looking to meet new people. But he was not successful. "At the age of 55, going clubbing was fine but I couldn't talk with anyone," he tells BBC Two's Victoria Derbyshire programme. "People would dance next to me but I felt really awkward." The solution, he told himself at the time, was to start selling drugs. It had an effect. "People would come up to me for a reason, to start chatting," he says. Over subsequent years, however, following this path was to drag the businessman from his middle-class lifestyle into addiction and an entirely new, criminal lifestyle. Lubbock, originally from Elstree, Hertfordshire, bought two penthouse apartments in Limehouse, east London, and started dealing. This included crystal meth, a highly addictive class-A drug. The repercussions of his dealing on others, he says, "wasn't on my mind" - but there are serious associated health risks, including of heart attack. Overdose can lead to death. There is also evidence suggesting long-term use can cause brain damage and severe psychosis. Asked about this, Lubbock says he regrets his actions and "obviously knew it was wrong... but I didn't want to stop as I was enjoying myself". "It's true, I think, I wanted to be caught." His son James - who had finished university and was working in social media marketing - remembers his father was "changing", his health "deteriorating". But, he says, any attempts to challenge his behaviour were dismissed. "I'm small fry, the police don't care about me," would be his father's response, James says. Asked if he considered calling the authorities himself, James says he "thought about it" but hoped that his father would "see reason and go back to being a normal dad". "I was convinced if he went to prison he would be bullied and wouldn't survive a day." During this time, James's mother Marilyn died of cancer. But his father's habits, and growing drugs operation, continued. Richard was not there to support his ex-wife, James says, nor there for him when he was struggling to cope with his mother's death. Drugs in freezer Instead, during Richard's addiction, he introduced James to crystal meth, for which, he says, he can never forgive himself. At that point, by his own admission, he was in a "state". And then, one day, police burst through the door. Richard says he kept calm and still - probably an effect of the drug. Crystal meth with a street value of £1.5m was found, some of it stashed in the freezer alongside his favourite brand of ice cream. The story hit the headlines. James - who has written a book about his father's story - was at work when he got a phone call from his friend. He saw the local news report first, and hoped the coverage would die down - but then it became national news. "I was distraught," he says, "they said he had been caught red-handed, and would go to jail for a long time." Life 'back on track' His father was given an eight-year sentence, serving four. Richard, far from being aggrieved, was grateful. He says it enabled him to get his life back on track. "It went by the fastest four years of my life. I was doing things I was enjoying," he says. "I became an assistant teacher [in the prison] for English and maths," he says, adding that he was put in charge of his wing's football team. "These guys were desperate for advice from someone like a father figure. By doing that, it gave them all a meaning and helped me personally. "I got a sense of achievement I had never felt before." James describes his father's prison time as a "rebirth". "He was completely broken when he went in. "But they helped him out, and took pity on him as someone who hadn't really lived a criminal life. "He was able to live a structured life which helped his mental state. It gave him a confidence that he could be OK," he says. Richard was released in 2013. Now 72, he is living in a housing association flat and "seeing the family as much as I can". "The time since I got out has gone by even faster than before." He is unequivocal that he will never return to drugs. Instead, it is his family that now means the most to him. "My granddaughters are so important to me," he says. "I feel young again when I am with them." For information and support on addiction, visit the BBC's Action Line. Follow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.

रिचर्ड लब्बॉक एक मध्यमवर्गीय सिक्का व्यापारी थे, जब 2003 में, वह अपनी पत्नी से अलग हो गए और अपने शांत जीवन को क्लब और ड्रग्स के लिए बदल दिया। उन्हें 15 लाख पाउंड से अधिक मूल्य का क्रिस्टल मेथ रखने के लिए जेल जाना पड़ा।


Connecting with jazz sensation Baker

Summary: Josephine Baker's extraordinary life and career can sound like a work of fiction. Growing up dirt-poor in Illinois, she became one of France's most glamorous entertainers from the 1930s. Yet Josephine and I, Cush Jumbo's new one-woman show about Baker at the Bush Theatre in London, sets out to be more than a mere biography.

By Vincent DowdWorld Service radio Before discussing Josephine and I, its star and writer Cush Jumbo addresses her own memorable name. "It does intrigue people," she says. "The surname is from my Nigerian dad. And the Cush is because both my parents were really into Egyptology and Kush was an important kingdom in ancient times." At 27, Jumbo has already created a stir in plays at the Royal Exchange in Manchester such as Pygmalion and A Doll's House. She was also nominated for an Olivier for playing Mark Antony in an all-female Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Josephine and I is the first piece she has written. Its origins, she says, lie in her childhood. "I was eight or nine when I first saw Josephine Baker on TV. I already loved watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies, and then one Sunday afternoon I caught Josephine's film Zouzou on Channel 4. 'She was a star' "It was in French and I had absolutely no idea who she was, but I was hooked. Even though Zouzou was made in 1934, I felt I was looking at myself in a mirror. "I'd never felt that with the white, blonde movie stars I'd seen in the past. Here was a black woman who wasn't playing a maid or a nurse or a subordinate character. She was a star." Three years ago, Jumbo sat down to write a play about Josephine Baker. "But it was like a straightforward biopic on stage," she explains. "It told the story of how Josephine escaped poverty in East St Louis through her talent as a dancer and entertainer. The script more or less ended when she arrived in Paris." There is plenty to dramatise in Josephine Baker's early life. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in the poorest part of East St Louis, it is unclear who her father was. From her early teens she was dancing on stage. At 15, she moved to New York City. As the new show relates, Josephine was the gawky dancer at the end of the line who played for laughs. It was the other girls who were employed for their physical glamour. Yet Josephine's stage ability was obvious, and at 19 she accepted a contract to perform in Paris for far more money than she was getting at home. "I think we've avoided looking back and making everything totally political for Josephine," says Jumbo. "I suspect her motivations for leaving America were mixed. "At one level, I'm sure she was overjoyed that someone had offered her a lead part in Paris and she jumped at it. I know that feeling myself as an actress - a big chance comes along and you can't afford to say no. "But she had also seen the terrible East St Louis race riots of 1917, and of course she was aware of the Jim Crow laws active in the South. She felt she wasn't going to get much further as a black woman on stage." Self-invention Working with Phyllida Lloyd, director of Mamma Mia! and the Donmar's Julius Caesar, Jumbo built some of her own experiences into Josephine and I. The show draws out parallels with Baker's career, so her recreation of Baker's life on stage is continually interrupted by discussions of her own complex life in London as an actress hoping for a big role on American TV. Jumbo contemplates how pleased her boyfriend David (described as "an environmentalist") might be if she actually gets the part. We even meet Henry, Jumbo's dog. Yet the audience is never quite sure how much of this is true and how much is a performance. "[The character of] The Girl is a facet of me," says Jumbo. "I would say around 85% of what she says on stage would also be true of my own life. But that doesn't mean it's me." The play's bigger point is probably that Josephine Baker, even more than most performers, was a total self-invention. Josephine and I plays with the audience, just as she did. "When Josephine came to France she spoke barely any French and was basically a dancer. But she was smart and she quickly re-invented herself as an actress and singer. Only a few years later she was appearing on screen in Zouzou opposite Jean Gabin. "If you listen to interviews she did with American journalists after the war, she adopted a French accent because she thought it would be exotic and more interesting. "But then when she talks to the BBC in the '50s she uses a very posh English accent. In some ways she was outrageous." Josephine Baker died in 1975 at the age of 68. "The arc of her life", says Jumbo, "is fascinating. "I could have done a show about Billie Holiday or Nina Simone who are better known. When I told people of my own generation I was working on this show, there was no one who knew who Josephine was. "That struck me as something that needed to be addressed. She's an absolutely revelatory person, who I think a modern audience will love." Josephine and I runs at the Bush Theatre in London until 17 August.

जोसेफिन बेकर का असाधारण जीवन और करियर एक काल्पनिक रचना की तरह लग सकता है। इलिनोइस में गरीब अवस्था में पली-बढ़ती हुई, वह 1930 के दशक से फ्रांस की सबसे ग्लैमरस मनोरंजनकर्ताओं में से एक बन गई। फिर भी जोसेफिन और मैं, लंदन के बुश थिएटर में बेकर के बारे में कुश जंबो का नया वन-वुमन शो, केवल एक जीवनी से अधिक है।


Two men shot outside Coventry pub

Summary: Two men have been shot outside a pub in Coventry.

West Midlands Police were called to the Jordan Well area in the city centre just before 00:30 BST on Saturday. A 22-year-old man was found with head injuries and a 26-year-old man suffered injuries to his arm. Both men remain in hospital and officers said none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening. Police said inquiries were ongoing and urged anyone with information to come forward. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone.

कोवेंट्री में एक पब के बाहर दो लोगों को गोली मार दी गई है।


Wales' learning disability football team makes debut against Northern Ireland

Summary: A new squad of Welsh footballers has tasted international competition.

By Luke ReddyBBC News The first Wales learning disability team faced Northern Ireland at Bangor City's Nantporth Stadium in Gwynedd, losing 2-0 to the visitors. More than 700 players represent clubs in the Welsh Pan-Disability League and 16 were chosen for the fixture. "It's a massive achievement and I can't say just how proud I am to be involved in it and it's the same for the lads," said team manager Grant Kalahar. "All of these lads have learning difficulties. There are other attributable issues as well, such as the frustrations that come with not being able to learn and there's behavioural problems attached. "So what we tend to do is get to know the players absolutely inside out, so we can see the little triggers early." 'Extra special' The Football Association of Wales said more than 400 people turned up to watch the match on Thursday. Players are eligible for the international squad if they have an IQ of below 75. They are all aged between 16 and 23 and the chance to pull on the red jersey is a dream come true for some. "I didn't know I was being watched but then I was told by my boss that I'd been picked for the Welsh squad," said striker Chike Iwobi, speaking before the game. "Then we were sent letters. It felt really great. I think it's good to interact with new players and learn more about them." Midfielder Scott Hopkins said: "I'm excited. I can't wait to get there. It will be tough but I think we've got a chance to win." Despite starting disabled football programmes nine years ago, the Welsh Football Trust chose to grow a large player base before creating a national squad. In Northern Ireland, Wales faced a side who have played at international level since 2003 and finished sixth in the 2006 World Cup for Players with Intellectual Disability. Their manager Alan Crooks labelled the fixture as "extra special" due to it being a first for Wales. Two intense training camps were used to school the players in the build up to the fixture with videos, walk-through demonstrations and diagrams used to aid learning. Sports science tips to boost performance and lectures to build the confidence of players were features of each camp. "The players' attitude has been spot on," said trust development co-ordinator Rob Franklin. "Whether it be the sports science which is new to many, the dietary requirements and what's expected. You can't question it, it's been really positive." The trust's aim is to field a team in next year's home nations competition but squads for players with other disabilities could soon be up and running. Development programme manager Jamie Clewer said: "We have plans to start a deaf squad this season and then on from there in 2014 we're looking at partially sighted and cerebral palsy."

वेल्श फुटबॉलरों के एक नए दस्ते ने अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रतियोगिता का स्वाद चखा है।


Who are Wales' new AMs?

Summary: Meet Wales' new assembly members - all 22 of them.

The new Senedd term marks the largest turnover of assembly members since the institution began in 1999. More than a third of the intake is completely new to the assembly, with only nine of the current group of 60 AMs having been in the chamber when it was formed. Not all of new AMs are unknown to politics - with four former MPs and one former MEP, as well as one former AM who has returned. None of the new group are Conservatives, with 10 new Labour AMs, five new Plaid AMs and seven UKIP members. Hannah Blythyn - Labour, Delyn Hannah Blythyn is the new Labour AM for Delyn after the previous assembly representative, Sandy Mewies, stood down. She won the seat with a majority of more than 3,500 votes. Ms Blythyn is from Flintshire and before becoming an AM she worked as a political and policy officer for the Unite union. Dawn Bowden - Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Dawn Bowden began her working life as a secretary in the NHS before progressing through the trade union movement to become head of health for Unison Cymru in 2012. She spent five years as a former borough councillor in Kingswood, near Bristol. Ms Bowdon was selected for Labour in Merthyr after former education minister Huw Lewis stood down at the May elections. Rhianon Passmore - Labour, Islwyn Rhianon Passmore is a former teacher and lecturer. A former Caerphilly county councillor and cabinet member responsible for education, she has also led voluntary organisations and won awards for community regeneration work. Jayne Bryant - Labour, Newport West Born in Newport and a member of the Labour Party since the age of 17, Ms Bryant is a former staff member for Newport West MP Paul Flynn. She has been involved in the annual Caerleon Arts Festival and the local Fairtrade group. She succeeds former presiding officer Dame Rosemary Butler, who stepped down after 17 years in the assembly. Vikki Howells - Labour, Cynon Valley Vikki Howells is Labour's new AM for Cynon Valley after the Christine Chapman stood down. Ms Howells was educated at St John Baptist Church in Wales High school, Aberdare, before studying International and Welsh History at Cardiff University. She has worked as a history teacher at St Cenydd Community School, Caerphilly, since 2000. Jeremy Miles - Labour, Neath A Welsh-speaking lawyer from Pontarddulais, he is also one of three openly gay members of the assembly. He succeeds former deputy minister Gwenda Thomas, who stood down at the election. Hefin David - Labour, Caerphilly A senior lecturer in human resource management at Cardiff Metropolitan University, he is a county councillor in Caerphilly where he chairs the policy and resources scrutiny committee. He succeeds former communities minister Jeff Cuthbert, who stood down from the assembly and was elected police and crime commissioner for Gwent. Lee Waters - Labour, Llanelli The new Labour AM for Llanelli won the seat with a majority of 382 over Plaid Cymru. Mr Waters, who is from Ammanford, was previously director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs think tank and a journalist with ITV Wales and BBC Wales. Huw Irranca-Davies - Labour, Ogmore Mr Irranca-Davies was previously the MP for the same constituency and a UK minister. Born in Gowerton, Swansea, he stepped down from the House of Commons to stand for the assembly seat and won with a majority of 9,468 over Plaid Cymru. Mr Irranca-Davies succeeds Labour's Janice Gregory, who stepped down at the assembly election. Adam Price - Plaid Cymru, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Mr Price was MP for the constituency between 2001 and 2010. After standing down from parliament he worked as a research fellow at Harvard University in the United States and then as an adviser to Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood. Born in Carmarthen he took the assembly seat with an 8,700 majority over Labour, retaining a seat for Plaid previously held by Rhodri Glyn Thomas. Sian Gwenllian - Plaid Cymru, Arfon Ms Gwenllian is the new Plaid Cymru AM for Arfon. She won the seat with a majority of just over 4,000 votes. She is from Gwynedd and a former journalist with BBC Wales and HTV. Nathan Gill - UKIP, North Wales Mr Gill is UKIP Wales leader and also a member of the European Parliament, after being elected as an MEP in 2014. He was previously an assistant to the former UKIP MEP John Bufton and before that the director of a number of family businesses provided care services. Michelle Brown - UKIP, North Wales A law graduate, Ms Brown has most recently been working as a legal adviser to an engineering company, after previously working in the recruitment sector, mainly advising on contracts and employment law. She grew up in Mostyn and went to school in Holywell and Flint. Mark Reckless - UKIP, South Wales East Mr Reckless was previously the Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood in Kent. A former City lawyer, Mr Reckless defected to UKIP in 2014, forcing a by-election which he won but he went on to lose the seat at the 2015 general election. Mr Reckless was born in 1970 in Eltham, south-east London and has been an economist for an investment bank and a barrister. David Rowlands - UKIP, South Wales East Mr Rowlands is from the Sirhowy Valley. He has run several small businesses and is a former chairman of UKIP Wales. Steffan Lewis - Plaid Cymru, South Wales East Mr Lewis, from Crosskeys, is a former communications and research officer at the National Assembly. He previously worked for Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood. Caroline Jones - UKIP, South Wales West Ms Jones is a former teacher and prison service manager. She once stood as a Conservative police and crime commissioner candidate and currently sits on UKIP's national executive committee. Dai Lloyd - Plaid Cymru, South Wales West Mr Lloyd is one of two Plaid AMs elected in the South Wales West region. Born in Gwynedd, he is a GP with a practice in Swansea. Dr Lloyd is not new to the assembly - he was an AM from 1999 to 2011. Neil Hamilton - UKIP, Mid and West Wales Mr Hamilton, a former Conservative MP for Tatton, was born in Fleur De Lis near Blackwood, and grew up in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. He is leader of the UKIP group in the assembly. Eluned Morgan - Labour, Mid and West Wales Ms Morgan is also a member of the House of Lords and was previously an MEP from 1994 to 2009. Ms Morgan grew up in Ely in Cardiff and worked as a researcher for S4C and the BBC before becoming the youngest member of the European Parliament aged 27. Gareth Bennett - UKIP, South Wales Central Mr Bennett is a former newspaper reporter and Cardiff City fan who has written books about the club. He said he has also worked in "quite an array" of different jobs, including call centres, pubs, shops and on building sites. Neil McEvoy - Plaid, South Wales Central Mr McEvoy is a modern languages teacher and and Cardiff councillor. He was deputy leader of the authority as part of a Lib Dem-Plaid Cymru coalition from 2008 to 2012.

वेल्स के नए विधानसभा सदस्यों से मिलें-उनमें से सभी 22।


Bay TV extends transmission to Neath and Port Talbot

Summary: A company that won a bid to set up a local TV channel in the Swansea area has successfully applied to extend its transmission to Neath and Port Talbot.

Bay TV's licence, which it won in January 2014 to cover the Swansea and Llanelli areas, plans to begin broadcasting in the autumn. Bay TV Swansea secured one of three local TV licences awarded in Wales. Made in Cardiff launched in October, while Bay TV Clwyd is due to start in Mold, Flintshire, later this year. Bay TV said it hopes to extend its coverage to Carmarthen in the future.

स्वानसी क्षेत्र में एक स्थानीय टीवी चैनल स्थापित करने के लिए बोली जीतने वाली एक कंपनी ने नेथ और पोर्ट टैलबोट तक अपने प्रसारण का विस्तार करने के लिए सफलतापूर्वक आवेदन किया है।


Guernsey States' saving priorities 'wrong'

Summary: The States of Guernsey has got its priorities wrong in its efforts to save money, one island politician has said.

Deputy John Gollop said he believed resources were being misplaced under the fundamental spending review. He said issues such as outsourcing, over staffing and staff pay grades should be considered rather than, for instance, closing public toilets. Deputy Gollop said resources were being "misplaced" targeting "minor things". The fundamental spending review, which was agreed in 2008, is a five-year strategy aimed at saving the States of Guernsey up to £70m.

एक द्वीप राजनेता ने कहा है कि ग्वेर्नसे राज्यों ने पैसे बचाने के अपने प्रयासों में अपनी प्राथमिकताओं को गलत पाया है।


Hinterland: TV drama mural plan for Aberystwyth building

Summary: The brooding face of Det Ch Insp Tom Mathias from TV drama Hinterland could soon be staring out at people in Ceredigion.

Plans have been submitted to Ceredigion council to paint a mural on the side of a building in Aberystwyth. It would feature Richard Harrington, who plays the lead role in the programme, which is filmed in the area. If approved, the mural would be painted on the exterior wall of the Art Shop on Pier Street. The bilingual S4C drama - called Y Gwyll in Welsh and Hinterland in English - has been exported to the US and was first screened on TV there in June.

टीवी ड्रामा हिंटरलैंड के डिटे सीएच इंस्पेक्टर टॉम मथियास का परेशान करने वाला चेहरा जल्द ही सेरेडिगियन में लोगों को देख सकता है।


One in hospital after bus crashes into bridge in Heath

Summary: One person was taken to hospital after a bus with schoolchildren on board crashed into a bridge in Cardiff.

The railway bridge over Heath Halt Road, in the Heath area of the city, was damaged in the collision with a double-decker bus on Wednesday morning. Train services running through Heath High Level and Cardiff Queen street were cancelled or delayed by up to 45 minutes. One patient was taken to the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff.

कार्डिफ में स्कूली बच्चों के साथ एक बस के पुल से टकराने के बाद एक व्यक्ति को अस्पताल ले जाया गया।


Zachary Davies denies machete attack murder bid

Summary: A man charged with attempted murder following a hammer and machete attack at a Tesco store in Mold, north Wales, has appeared in court.

Zachary Davies, 25, of Mold, appeared in Mold Crown Court via video link from Ashworth Hospital to deny attempting to murder Sarandev Bhambra of Leeds. Mr Bhambra, 24, suffered deep cuts to his head, back and hands following an assault in January. The trial was adjourned until 22 June. Mr Davies was remanded in custody.

उत्तरी वेल्स के मोल्ड में एक टेस्को स्टोर पर हथौड़े और चाकू से हमले के बाद हत्या के प्रयास के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।