Tom Bell shooting: Two charged with boxer murder

Summary: Two men have been charged with the murder of a boxer who was shot at a pub in Doncaster.

Tom Bell, 21, was shot through a window at the Maple Tree in Woodfield Way, Balby, on 17 January and died later in hospital. South Yorkshire Police said Joseph Bennia, 28, from Balby, and Scott Gocoul, 29, from Bilton, near Hull, had been charged with murder. Both are due to appear at Doncaster Magistrates' Court on Thursday. A post-mortem examination found Mr Bell died from a shotgun wound to his chest and abdomen.

डॉनकास्टर में एक पब में गोली लगने वाले एक मुक्केबाज की हत्या का आरोप दो लोगों पर लगाया गया है।


The homeless teen who studied by candlelight

Summary: Mimi Beard became homeless when she was 16. When she moved into a shelter, she was the only girl and the youngest one there. She describes how she survived by relying on food banks and studying by candlelight.

Just two years ago I felt lost and without direction - I was struggling with every aspect of my life. My upbringing was turbulent, with social workers, counsellors and house moves littering my first 13 years. My dad left when I was four months old and I cared for my mum who had major mental and physical health problems. But when I was 16, I couldn't stay any longer and had nowhere to go, so I became homeless. I was put up in the YMCA in Penzance by the council where I was the only girl and the youngest person there. I didn't have any option - I had nowhere else to go. Everyone assumed I had been causing problems at home and had been thrown out but it wasn't like that. It was very interesting to battle people's prejudices. I was being bullied at school and so hadn't been attending - only going back for exams - but I got eight GCSEs and did enough to start my A Levels. I moved to another supported housing unit, which did not have a good track record. Nobody had ever completed their A levels, in fact, almost 100% of the tenants had dropped out of education altogether, so I knew the odds were against me. I had to pay some bills there and everyday basics were a battle: how long could I afford to keep the electrics on? Was there enough left to heat the water for a shower? Should food take precedence? I can't even begin to count how many hours I must have studied for college by candlelight. I was always being told off for having so many candles in my room because of the fire risk. In the evenings, everyone would be sitting around and drinking, and I'd be in the corner writing up my notes. I was known as the "sad" one because I was always studying when everyone else was having fun. And, as much as I hate to admit it, I very nearly gave up, reluctant but defeated, ready to become a statistic. I had to leave during my first year to sort myself out. Life was bleak, I was tired and I couldn't see a way out. Things got really bad and on Halloween in 2017, when I was 19, I took an overdose of prescription drugs. It put me in a coma and doctors told my mum to come to intensive care as they didn't know if I would pull through. I am so lucky to have woken up. The overdose was a line in the sand for me and I knew I had to turn things around. A tech company called Hi9 had been to the shelter giving advice to people and saw something in me. The owners, Wo King and Kate Gibson, took me under their wing and they are the reason why I am where I am now. I realised the only viable route out could come from my studies and I began to study as if my life depended on it - because, in reality, it did. For those of us who experience homelessness at a young age, we fall down so many steps we can't even see the doors closing - the possibilities being missed, life's options narrowing with every step. I knew from an early age I would never walk the same path as my friends but that didn't necessarily mean I couldn't succeed. When my peers were looking at universities to apply to I was looking for a sofa to sleep on, because I was homeless again after a break-up. When my friends went to private tutoring, I went to the food bank. They do their best to provide you with the basics but it isn't proper meals. Food banks are a great cause, but it isn't nutritious. You're living on plain pasta and rice. And it was hard. But I got through my first year and started to really think about a career in finance. I was working at Hi9 in the evenings and at weekends, filling in grant applications and learning about emerging technologies. Although I didn't have any experience, my love for business studies spurred me on. With that little bit more confidence and support, I pushed myself to apply for work experience. As standard, I wrote to accountancy firms, hoping for a reply. On a whim I sent off an application to the work experience programme at top four accounting firm, KPMG, knowing full well that dozens of people would be too. I thought I had no chance of getting in, but I also knew if I didn't try I would never know for sure. Anyway, what was there to lose? The process was long, with exams, essays, and video interviews. I couldn't afford the expected smart clothes, so Kate gave me hers whenever it was needed. I was aware that for the first time in my life I was wearing more money than I had ever owned. I don't think I can truthfully say that at any point I felt confident of being chosen. Why should I? I hadn't networked with the appropriate people, I didn't come from a good school and I certainly didn't have the self-confidence to blag my way through it all. So you can imagine my surprise when I opened the all-important email that told me I had been accepted. You might also be interested in: Youth homelessness Source: Centrepoint After my first day there I cried because I was the only person there who wasn't from private or grammar school and who couldn't afford to stay in a hotel overnight. It was a short programme, but I had my foot in the door and I was making a dent in the wall around me. KPMG informed us we would be allowed to fast-track for recruitment at the firm as we had already completed some of the exams, but although I knew I wanted to be in accounting, I wasn't sure KPMG was where I definitely wanted to be. I kept repeating to myself, you've done it, you can't be ignored now, and that helped. That was at the start of my second year of A-levels. I ended up getting As in psychology and business studies, with a B in economics. I also got my Level 1 Association of Accounting Technicians qualification. I was so happy because the grades meant I would start an apprenticeship at Francis Clark accountants in Cornwall. I am still there now and it is going really well. I'm planning to stay with the firm when my apprenticeship finishes early next year. I'm now 20 and hope my situation is something people can learn from. If you work hard you can get out of a difficult situation. I hope that I can in some way give a voice to people who don't know how to make themselves heard. As told to Johnny O'Shea.

मिमी बियर्ड 16 साल की उम्र में बेघर हो गई। जब वह एक आश्रय में चली गई, तो वह एकमात्र लड़की थी और वहाँ सबसे छोटी थी। वह बताती है कि कैसे वह खाद्य बैंकों पर भरोसा करके और मोमबत्ती की रोशनी में पढ़ाई करके जीवित रही।


Crews tackle fire at old garrison in Colchester

Summary: More than 30 firefighters have been called to a blaze at a former garrison in Essex.

The fire is close to the site of a blaze which destroyed the Officers' Club at the old Colchester Garrison in July, the fire service said. Crews were called at 1920 BST and found a wooden building well alight. Roads around the site were cordoned off and have since been re-opened. The fire was prevented from spreading to an adjacent abbey.

एसेक्स में एक पूर्व गैरीसन में आग लगने के लिए 30 से अधिक अग्निशामकों को बुलाया गया है।


York student confronted by fat, naked man perfoming a sex act

Summary: A student walking alone was confronted by a fat, naked man performing a sex act on himself, police have said.

The 20-year-old woman was walking along Windmill Lane in the direction of Hull Road, York on Sunday afternoon, said North Yorkshire Police. The man, who was bare-chested and had his trousers pulled down around his ankles then stood in front of her. He was described as white, aged between 35 and 45 years, about 5ft 10in tall with a fat build. Police said they are conducting "a trawl of CCTV covering the area" and increasing patrols. They asked for anyone with information to come forward.

पुलिस ने कहा है कि अकेले चलने वाले एक छात्र का सामना एक मोटे, नग्न व्यक्ति से हुआ जो खुद पर यौन क्रिया कर रहा था।


China parade to display past and future

Summary: President Xi Jinping will on Thursday preside over an enormous military parade in Beijing in commemoration of China's World War Two victory over Japan 70 years ago. Alexander Neill from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) examines what we can expect to see.

In an unprecedented show of military might, Beijing has promised never-seen-before firepower on display. More than 10,000 Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops and 1,000 honour guards from 17 foreign countries will file past Mao Zedong's portrait, Chinese politburo members and assembled dignitaries on the rostrum in Tiananmen Square. Nearly 200 aircraft will fly in formation over the crowds. Thirty heads of state and government leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, will attend the parade. Most Chinese commentators believe that the first ever parade marking Japan's defeat is long overdue. The event has been formulated to generate deep historical resonance with the alleged sacrifice of more than 14 million Chinese victims of Japanese imperial militarism. Mr Xi will present commemorative medals to veterans who fought in what China calls "the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression". China's contribution This parade is a significant opportunity for the world to better understand the huge contribution Chinese forces made to the ultimate defeat of Japan in 1945. When war broke out in Europe in 1939, China had already witnessed Japanese aggression on its own soil for eight years and had been invaded two years earlier. According to Chinese state media, of the nearly two million Japanese soldiers killed by the allies during World War Two; 70% of them were on Chinese soil. The parade on Thursday will involve PLA units with histories of combat with the Japanese imperial army. Among them will be the Northeast United Anti-Japanese Force and South China Guerrillas. Two veteran contingents comprising both communist and Kuomintang (KMT) combatants, many in their nineties, will also be on parade, as will a contingent of descendants of war heroes from that period. Leading from the front The PLA has also paid special attention to the role of women in China's armed forces. Fifty-one servicewomen will march in the Chinese honour guard, which recruited women for the first time last year. Tian Ou - China's first and only female general to join the parade - will lead the formation. In addition, an all-female medical team named after the Canadian doctor Norman Bethune, who served with China's Eighth Route Army during the war, will be on parade. Another novel element to the parade will be the presence of more than 50 of Gen Tian's male counterparts in the march-past - literally leading from the front - as opposed to standing with the dignitaries as with past parades. The Chinese media has reported that with an average age of 53, this cohort of generals have each lost about 11lbs (5kg) in weight in training for the event. 'Carrier killer' In previous national day parades China has rolled out new weapons systems, but this event will be on a different order of magnitude. According to Chinese defence sources, more than 500 items of latest Chinese weaponry will be displayed, 84% of which will be revealed in public for the first time. The air force will show its latest upgraded long-range bombers, fighter jets, early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft as well as helicopter gunships, while the PLA Navy (PLAN) will display its latest carrier-capable fighter jets and anti-ship missiles. A special feature of the parade's air display will be an air refuelling demonstration 500m above Tiananmen Square. Military analysts are anticipating that a large number of China's latest and most sophisticated weapons systems will be on show, including drones, air defence, command and control systems and seven types of ballistic missile. Pride of place will be the arsenal of the PLA's Second Artillery Force (SAF), the guardian of China's nuclear ballistic missile capability. The DF-21D ballistic missile, dubbed the "carrier killer", is expected to be on show, along with the latest variants of China's intercontinental ballistic missile capability. Such systems are controversial because they could be deployed by the PLA against US and its allies in what the Pentagon describes as an "Anti-Access, Area Denial" (A2AD) campaign. The US Pacific Command is concerned that such tactics would be designed to keep the US at bay if, for example, a conflict between China and Taiwan were to break out. Strategic signalling? The theme of the parade has also courted controversy, with the notable absence of Western leaders. During a period of strained relations between China and Japan, as well as increasing military tension in the Asia Pacific region, some leaders are reluctant to be associated with what they may view as a nationalistic, anti-Japanese mass rally. Mr Putin's presence may have also deterred Western attendance. Despite this, the Chinese authorities have been at pains to emphasise that no specific countries have been targeted by the parade. Some also view the parade as a symbol of China's dissatisfaction with the US-dominated post-war order that China, the "forgotten ally", helped to establish. Part of President Xi's "China dream" is the creation a new more collective and inclusive Asian security architecture, offering an alternative to the US-led military alliance system introduced after Japan's defeat in 1945. At the Shangri-La Dialogue Asia Security Summit in Singapore this year, PLA Deputy Chief of the General staff Admiral Sun Jianguo delivered a similar message, which was also enshrined in China's recent Military Strategy white paper. The parade thus serves a dual role: a reflection of the past and a signal for the future. China's official narrative of the horrors of China's wartime past - historical humiliation at the hands of colonial powers - is directly linked to China's current concerns over sovereignty and territorial integrity including the East and South China Seas. At a visceral level within Chinese society, it is impossible to detach the past from the present. The historical element to the parade and the display of new weaponry thus seeks to embody President Xi's goals of national rejuvenation and deliver a potent warning to any adversary. But there is also a powerful domestic message at a time of deep economic anxiety for China - Xi Jinping's resolve as the chief of the armed wing of the communist party to protect China's core interests. Alexander Neill is Shangri-La Dialogue senior fellow

राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग गुरुवार को 70 साल पहले जापान पर चीन की द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध की जीत के उपलक्ष्य में बीजिंग में एक विशाल सैन्य परेड की अध्यक्षता करेंगे। इंटरनेशनल इंस्टीट्यूट फॉर स्ट्रैटेजिक स्टडीज (आईआईएसएस) के अलेक्जेंडर नील इस बात की जांच करते हैं कि हम क्या देखने की उम्मीद कर सकते हैं।


Leicestershire canal landslide work due to start

Summary: Work to clear the site of a landslide at a Leicestershire canal which has disrupted boat traffic is due to start.

A 60m (195 ft) stretch of the Grand Union Canal north of Foxton is blocked after heavy rainfall in December caused a slippage of earth into the water. Canal and River Trust engineers will dredge a channel through the centre of the obstructed waterway later. Neil Owen, of the River Trust, said single lane boat traffic should be able to get through when the work is done.

लीसेस्टरशायर नहर में भूस्खलन की जगह को साफ करने का काम शुरू होने वाला है, जिससे नाव यातायात बाधित हो गया है।


Upon arrival, Trump sees Europe in stark terms

Summary: President Trump sees Europe as a place filled with cheaters and bedlam - and as a place populated by lovely people. Soon he'll be meeting with European leaders and will try to explain his contrasting views. What could go wrong?

By Tara McKelveyBBC News, Rome On Wednesday, Trump will spend his first full day in Europe as the US president. He's said so many different things about the place - sometimes he says he loves the continent and other times calls it a hellhole - that it's hard to know how things will go. One thing is certain: his schedule is packed. He'll visit Rome, the Vatican and Brussels on Wednesday, speaking on that day with Pope Francis and later in the evening with King Philippe of the Belgians. On Thursday he'll spend the day in Brussels, having lunch with President Emmanuel Macron of France and talking with European Union officials, then he heads to Sicily for a Group of Seven meeting. During his whirlwind tour of the continent, he'll speak with the Europeans about Nato and defence spending of various countries (he thinks they should make a bigger financial commitment to the alliance). He'll also talk about US foreign policy and his vision for the nation's role on the global stage. Over the course of the trip he's likely to be preoccupied, however, with the recent controversies in Washington, including the sacking of the FBI director James Comey and his own relationship with Russian officials. His meetings in Europe could go well, or they could go very badly. So much depends upon his mood, say those who are close to him, and on the temperament of those who meet with him. Trump is a "salesman", said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of Italian studies and history at NYU, and for that reason he's likely to adjust his remarks to make the people around him happy - at least for the moment. Why has Trump been so harsh on Iran? Saudi deals kick off Trump foreign tour How will homebody Trump cope abroad? Trump-Russia scandal: How did we get here? His aides believe that one of the president's strengths is his ability to deal with people in the moment and adapt on the fly. They cast him as a dealmaker par excellence, closing a sale when the time is right (or abruptly upping the ante), and in this way justify the way that he's expressed so many, conflicting views of the continent. Michael S Smith, a terrorism analyst who has advised the US government, said: "The biggest challenge he's going to face is managing relationships after sending so many mixed signals." He's offered up odd, disjointed praise: "Belgium is a beautiful city," he once said (he's also called Brussels "a hellhole"). He seems to be fond of Scotland, the place where his mother was born. Still he's not exactly embraced local customs. Last year he visited a Scottish town with pubs where, as one of his travelling companions told me, "They served rabbit." So they drove to a town about 25 miles away with a McDonald's. It was another sign that he doesn't embrace European traditions and - sometimes at least - views them with distaste. On a more serious level he's said Nato is "obsolete" and then seemed to change his mind. He once described Germany as a "total mess", tweeting that the country "owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!" In his reckoning, the Europeans exploit trade deals. He's said the trade agreements are "very unfair to the United States." He's said he doesn't think the EU "matters very much for the United States", and he's described it as "basically a vehicle for Germany". He was elected in part because of his outspoken manner and his tough, uncompromising positions: he made it clear that America wasn't going to get pushed around - by the Europeans or anybody else - and that he'd focus on American interests. It's harder to act like a pit bull about American interests when you're talking to people who don't see them as their priority. Since taking office, he's tried to make amends with the Germans and the other Europeans who've visited the White House. More recently he's been advised to soften his tone while he's in Belgium and Italy, and to downplay his views about trade. Still he's not going to soft-pedal all of his views. George Mason University's Francis Buckley, who worked on a foreign-policy speech for Trump during the campaign, said Trump has made it clear Europeans must contribute more to Nato and believes, Buckley explained, "that would have to be corrected". Critics of the administration believe that the president has a dark view of Europe and has aligned himself with nationalist forces - and point to his generous assessment of authoritarian leaders in Russia and Turkey. In this way the president's views are, said Ben-Ghiat, "destabilising". Smith adds: "The president has been posturing his intention to align the US with Russia in a manner that most people would consider stunning." Smith said he hoped the president's travels through Europe would help to clarify his positions towards Nato, the EU and other institutions and dispel concerns about his intentions. Up to this point, Smith said: "It's all been a fog of known unknowns."

राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प यूरोप को धोखेबाजों और बेडलम से भरी जगह के रूप में देखते हैं-और सुंदर लोगों से भरी जगह के रूप में। जल्द ही वह यूरोपीय नेताओं के साथ बैठक करेंगे और अपने विपरीत विचारों को समझाने की कोशिश करेंगे। क्या गलत हो सकता है?


The hidden lives of those who care

Summary: While nobody sets out to be an unpaid carer, it is a job more than six million people currently perform, according to the 2011 Census. This hidden workforce, thought to save the economy £119bn a year, is drawn from all ages and backgrounds.

By Laurence CawleyBBC News Here are a few of their stories. Gill "You'll be listening to the radio on a Friday and somebody will say 'hey, it's nearly the weekend' or 'the weekend's nearly here'," says Gill West, who is a full time carer for her father George. "And? That makes absolutely no difference to carers. Carers don't have weekends." George, 86, has Alzheimer's Disease and vascular dementia. He and Gill live in Harrow, north-west London. In the three-and-a-half years that Gill - previously a human resources project consultant - has cared for her father, she has had just 10 days off. "I now have a very different life," she says. "It is tough and it is difficult. "When you meet up with your 'normal' friends you realise they are all living 'normally' - they might be talking about a promotion or a holiday or a new purchase. My whole world is caring. "When you meet with other carers you can have a laugh about the things that happen in our daily lives." As well as setting up a number of coffee mornings for carers, Gill, using her HR skills, has also developed her own courses to help new carers. "I felt lost and isolated when I started out on my caring journey and wanted to help others, something positive to make my journey more worthwhile." Rachel and Anjeli Rachel and Anjeli Diack's mother has multiple sclerosis. "Our dad (Trevor) does most of the caring", says Anjeli, 12, of King's Lynn, Norfolk. "But he works full time and we are needed to help out. "In the last six months we have done more and more caring for mum and also lots more cleaning up and tidying up in the house because mum can't do things like that anymore. "We help with her medication too, which is sometimes difficult to get right with all the different tablets she needs to take every day." Shivakuru and Meenadchyammah Shivakuru Selvathurai removes his spectacles to wipe the tears from his eyes. A Tamil refugee, he has been describing the horrors of the Sri Lankan civil war he witnessed first hand. He, his wife Meenadchyammah and their daughter Anutha fled in 2001. They lived first in Liverpool and then in Harrow. Shivakuru, 70, knows better than most the polarities of violence and kindness of which human beings are capable. Anutha, 37, has profound learning difficulties and needs round-the-clock care. Yet Anutha's considerable needs are dwarfed by Shivakuru and Meenadchyammah's need to give. Not just to their daughter, but to the wider community. "We have needed so much help," he says, "with our housing problems, language difficulties with the authorities, getting the right support from health service providers and money advice for our daughter who has some intensive and pressing needs. "We are so very grateful to the UK Government and the British people generally." Shivakuru has been a residents group champion, he volunteers for the NHS, the Royal British Legion, the Army Benevolent Fund and other charities. He is a multiple recipient of the Harrow Heroes Volunteer Award. Why does he do it? The answer, he says, is that when he and his family were in desperate need, the UK provided them with sanctuary. His role now, he says, is to give something back. Ronnie and Roger Ronnie Lewis struggles to speak. "Some days I can't stop crying," she says. Before her first severe stroke a decade ago, Ronnie, who lives beside a busy carriageway in west Norfolk, was an avid artist. She still has her bright and airy studio, the walls lined with box upon box of arts and crafts materiel. But now even the simplest of tasks - such as gluing small feathers to a piece of paper - takes enormous effort. "And some days I'm so tired I cannot get out of bed." Two further strokes followed that first one 10 years ago. Her husband, Roger, a former publican, is her carer. "There is not much time for anything besides being a carer," he says. "I do like to potter around our garden and I still nurture the idea of doing some more wine-making again one day." Mukesh "For me, being a carer is a blessing," says 49-year-old Mukesh Maroo. Mukesh arrived in the UK from Kenya at the age of 10. While his late father ran a successful business in the UK, he believes the "shock" of emigrating - the "longing for home" and a sense of "isolation" - had a profound and lasting effect on his mother, for whom he is a primary carer. In the aftermath of major knee surgery, Mukesh, himself a successful businessman, now finds himself both a carer and a recipient of care. Mukesh, who lives in Harrow, says caring brings people back to fundamental needs - of loving, being loved, of giving and asking for the help of others. "Too many people are almost 'cocooned' from each other - what we all need to again do is switch on our ability to care, by lessening our suspicions of each other," he says. Jackie For most of us, booking a holiday has become a simple series of steps, clicking boxes on a website and entering payment details. Not so for Jackie Haverson, who lives with her husband and two disabled daughters in King's Lynn. One daughter has epilepsy and dyspraxia, the other attention deficit disorder. "When we book a hotel abroad we have to check what type of lights they use (because some can trigger an epileptic fit), where the nearest hospital is, how we might get to that hospital if we need it, how busy it is, what disabled facilities they have and so on," she says. "We have to plan everything strategically and do it so far ahead. But we do it because we want our girls to enjoy their childhood." A few weeks ago, Jackie and her husband went out for their first drink together in about four years. After half an hour, the babysitter - who knows the daughters well - found she could not cope with their needs. "We didn't even finish our drinks." Related Internet Links Harrow Carers West Norfolk Carers

जबकि कोई भी अवैतनिक देखभाल करने वाला नहीं है, 2011 की जनगणना के अनुसार, यह एक ऐसा काम है जो वर्तमान में 60 लाख से अधिक लोग करते हैं। यह छिपा हुआ कार्यबल, जिसे प्रति वर्ष 119 बिलियन पाउंड की अर्थव्यवस्था को बचाने के लिए सोचा जाता है, सभी उम्र और पृष्ठभूमि से लिया जाता है।


Nottingham: The city where they keep finding caves

Summary: Nottingham's 544 caves have been used as everything from dungeons to bomb shelters throughout history but 100 of them were only discovered in the past four years. Take a look at how many of the caverns are still in use today.

By Neil HeathBBC News, Nottingham In 1330, the young King Edward III and a group of conspirators crept through a secret tunnel into the city's castle and took prisoner Roger de Mortimer, a nobleman who had until then effectively been England's ruler. The tunnel later became known as Mortimer's Hole but this daring coup was made possible by the city's network of man-made caves within the sandstone rock. The caves appear to have existed for as long as Nottingham and as far back as 868, a Welsh monk named Asser referred to the settlement as Tig Guocobauc, which means "house" or "place of caves". Archaeologist Dr David Strange-Walker, project manager of Nottingham Caves Survey, has been mapping the city's caves for the past four years and has recently discovered scores more than were previously known. The work has also led to the development of a new smart phone app to allow people to explore the city's caves from above the ground. He said cave dwelling had been an intrinsic part of the city's history, particularly during the Industrial Revolution when an influx of people arrived to find work. "The upshot was there was a great crush in the city," said the archaeologist. "[And] slum landlords were housing families in caves, which is all fairly horrific." Despite the 1845 Enclosure Act, which made it illegal for people to live in caves within Nottingham, many still had to find somewhere to live. "Areas outside the city had caves [and they] became like shanty towns," he said. "Some caves had proper frontages, others had a sheet of metal over the front, no fresh air, sanitation, nothing." Deep beneath the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre are the last remnants of Drury Hill, one of the streets in the former 19th Century slums of Narrow Marsh, where poor sanitation led to the spread of cholera, tuberculosis and smallpox. Whole families would sleep and eat in one room, with some even living in grotto-like caves below in a desperate attempt to solve the problem of overcrowding. Near to the ruins is the UK's only known underground tannery where eight-year-old children lived and worked in appalling conditions, filling vats with urine and excrement to create ammonia for the tanning process. Today, the area is used as the City of Caves tourist attraction and is the only part of Nottingham's vast subterranean network that is open to the public to explore and learn the grisly truth about the city's cave dwelling heritage. Andy Fowler, one of the attraction's tour guides, said conditions were particularly nasty for the child workers, who also had to live in the foul-smelling caverns, during the 1500s. He said: "One of their jobs was to mix fresh animal skins with water and quicklime solution to strip them of their flesh and fat. They would have ended up with hands like claws as a result." However, despite their poor life expectancy and the wretched conditions, the one thing they were immune from was the bubonic plague. Mr Fowler said: "The rats and mites [that spread the disease] weren't found in the tannery so the workers weren't affected by the plague. Life was a double edged sword, really." As part of the tour, visitors can pass through an old pub cellar which has a hole the size of a golf ball in its ceiling. It is thought the cave was used by criminals or other plotters who could be alerted to the presence of the authorities by someone dropping stones through the hole from the street above. Legend has it that Dick Turpin, or even Robin Hood, were the plotters in different eras, but it was more likely to have been members of the Luddite movement in the 19th Century. Lenton Hermitage, or Park Rock, a network of caves cut into an outcrop of sandstone in Castle Boulevard, was used as a dwelling during the 13th Century and later became a hunting lodge, a bowling club pavilion, a World War II air raid shelter and even a caravan showroom in 1985. The large caves, which are protected as a scheduled monument by English Heritage, are hidden from view by several apartment blocks overlooking Nottingham Canal. However, residents like Paul Watkins, are putting them to good use today as a secure area to keep bicycles but also to fight Gotham City's villains. He said: "My kids use them as Batman caves and one of them makes little films in them, it's fantastic. But they're pretty annoyed with me that we're moving down the road." Many caves around Nottingham were created for brewing, and storing, beer and ales due to their consistently cool temperature all year round. The owners of the Hand and Heart, in Derby Road, use their ancient structure as a restaurant and said their customers love the novelty of dining in the caverns. The road is a hotbed for caves and some are still being discovered. Property developer Paul O'Shea bought a 150-year-old building in Derby Road, in January, to convert into student apartments, when he found a trapdoor leading deep into long forgotten chambers. Mr O'Shea, who is looking at turning his caverns into a bar, said: "It was a bonus [discovering it] and everyone has been amazed by what's down here." He contacted Dr Strange-Walker who at first thought it was probably a cave he knew about but a shock was in store. He said: "I had a good look at all our records and found no record of it whatsoever, so for us it's a brand new cave, number 544. A new cave is always very exciting." Dr Strange-Walker believes it was used as a cellar for a long lost pub known as The Old Milton's Head which dated back to the 1840s. He added: "It's a really good example that there are lots of other caves around the city that we don't know about and there aren't any records for. "They do keep turning up and something we want to do is look for more of these caves so we can boost numbers up to 600, 700, who knows."

नॉटिंघम की 544 गुफाओं का उपयोग पूरे इतिहास में तहखाने से लेकर बम आश्रयों तक सब कुछ के रूप में किया गया है, लेकिन उनमें से 100 की खोज केवल पिछले चार वर्षों में की गई थी। एक नज़र डालें कि आज भी कितनी गुफाएं उपयोग में हैं।


My Money: 'This was not a normal week!'

Summary: My Money is a series looking at how people spend their money - and the sometimes tough decisions they have to make. Here Alex Wright from Leicester takes us through a week in his life during the coronavirus pandemic.

Alex, 29, is a venue manager of a gaming arcade and earns £25,000 a year. However, he has been placed on furlough since March. His partner Rebekah is an NHS nurse and has recently started maternity leave following the birth of their twin daughters, Eden and Indie, last week. They have two older boys, Rory, five and Casper, four. Over to Alex.... The day starts at 7:00 with the newborn twins needing a feed. They came home yesterday after being at the hospital for the past few days and are on a feeding plan to help them gain weight as they were born nearly five weeks early, which means they will need formula in addition to breast milk. We never intended to use formula as breast milk is a lot cheaper! But when it comes to health, there is no discussion needed. We've had a new Tesco open close by so I take a walk to see if the formula is in stock and how much it costs, whilst also taking the opportunity to use their coffee machine! They have the formula but it's slightly more expensive than our usual shop so I do not purchase it. I do pick up a coffee, a Red Bull, a couple of croissants for our other two children and some bacon for £7.85. 12:30. We have a visit from the community midwife to see the twins. Everything is ok and both gained some weight! Going to come back again in two days to make sure all ok. Rest of the day is spent tidying. Our house with six in has suddenly gotten a whole lot messier! The twins are settling in and getting used to the new noisier surroundings generated by their older brothers. I purchase the formula from Sainsbury's where it is £10.50. Total spend: £18.35 7:00. I check my bank account and see the direct debit for the gas and electricity has been taken today (£42.84). We're using slightly less than this so the account is now £5.86 in credit. Usually I would be at work now but being on furlough is a strange situation, I've never not been at work since turning 18. The time at home is great, even more so since the twins' arrival, but it does feel like something is missing, let alone £200 less in my pay. To help with this, we have taken the option of a mortgage holiday which is saving us £627 a month. 11:30. We take a walk to the park for a picnic with a detour to the shop for supplies (£19.95). I always make sure I scan my Nectar card app as my points balance is worth over £55. Hoping to have this close to £100 in time for Christmas. 16:00. I plan to laminate the hallway but when I start I realise I've lost my hammer. I rip out the old skirting board and clean up before going to buy a new one. It's Casper's birthday on Friday and Rebekah asks me to pick up some things for his party so with these, a new hammer, some other bits and a couple of new t-shirts, I've spent £54.81. When I return I tell her to never send me shopping again on my own, I always seem to buy more than intended! Total spend: £117.60 11:00. The community midwife arrives and Indie has gained a lot of weight but Eden is still the same. We're advised to keep to the feeding plan and she will return to check again on Friday. 13:30. During lockdown, we decluttered and listed a few items on eBay. A Nintendo Wii sells for £36, so Rory and I take a walk to the post oﬃce. We nip into the shop ﬁrst for a drink and a sneaky chocolate bar (£2.10). I tell him that he's not to tell his brother or mum! Postage and packaging costs £14.49 and it's on its way to its new owners. 17:00. I'm informed I will be returning to work on 8 June. This is a surprise as I wasn't expecting to be back till July but the arcade I manage is being classed as a non-essential shop. I have mixed emotions, probably more so because of the surprise at being allowed to open. I pass the message on to my team who, reassuringly, respond with excitement. 17:30. I don't usually drink alcohol at home but seeing friends having drinks tempts me. £18.80 and a case of beers later and drinks for Rebekah and the boys, we're out in the garden. Total spend: £35.39 Total made: £36.00 10:00. I have a busy day planned today. I agreed to help my mum's partner by moving a load of mixed concrete for him from a wagon. When I finish, there's a KFC close by which doesn't look busy so I pop by and have a ﬁllet stacker meal which is £6.59. 16:00. On to the next job ﬁnishing the laminate ﬂooring at home. Some diﬃcult cuts to do round the stairs, doorway and piping but the job is complete and I'm happy with how it has turned out. 18:00. Need to pick up party food for Casper's birthday tomorrow. I can't remember the last time I ﬁlled the car up and it comes to £58.14, usually this would cost close to £70 every couple of weeks so love the low oil prices! Then to the supermarket where I spend £161.53 on food, tableware, party supplies and some tiny baby clothes as the girls are not ﬁtting their up to one-month outﬁts. I spend the rest of the evening building a go-kart whilst my partner wraps the presents we've been hiding in the wardrobe. Total spend: £226.26 It's party day! Casper is turning four today and what a strange time to be in! It would have been his ﬁrst real party with pre-school friends but sadly, not going to be the case. To try and make the day special, we found a bouncy castle company still operating and ordered one for the garden. 7:00. No surprise with the early start, the birthday boy jumps on to our bed super excited. Whilst this blog is about money, there is nothing quite as valuable as seeing that excited smile on your child's face. 8:00. The bouncy castle arrives and is inﬂated. They disinfect the castle prior to leaving and we pay them £55 for the day. The boys waste no time in jumping on! 11:00. The community midwife arrives to weigh the twins again. Both have put on weight, enough for no further additional visits, with the next being at 21 days. 11:30. So throughout the day, lots of text messages and phone calls arranging times for visitors to bring presents for Casper whilst complying with social distancing measures. Certainly a different type of party than we're used to. However all is worth it, especially when the birthday boy says it's the best birthday ever. 20:00. After a tiring day, a Chinese has been ordered (21.80). No way either of us are cooking tonight. Total spend: £76.80 My Money More blogs from the BBC's My Money Series: 12:15. As I am soon returning to work, I draft up some rotas ready for the reopening. It will be strange going back after so long and still so many questions. Will we be busy? How will customers react to the changes? And most importantly, will my team and myself stay safe? 13:30. A further DIY task, today the glamorous job of sealing a toilet base. Two young boys tend to "miss". However, all doesn't go to plan as one of the screws is damaged. After an hour of trying to remove, I begrudgingly order a screw extractor and some screws for click and collect which comes to £11.57. Get home but still no luck. I clean as much of the area and scrub underneath as much as I can then seal the base. Disappointed at a job half done and wasted money. 18:30. The day is wrapped up with a conference call to discuss fundraising ideas for Lutterworth Town FC, who I am the club secretary for, and a night on the sofa in front of the telly. Total spend: £11.57 A quick look at today's forecast, another hot day on the cards so we decide to have a barbecue. 12:30. Off to the supermarket to pick up some coal, drinks and food to cook and prepare. £43.60 spent and plenty to enjoy. 14:00. The BBQ is going well, sun is shining and the boys are playing nicely together and the girls have been sleeping most of the time. 20:00. So after a relaxing chilled out day, me and Rebekah talk about the crazy week we've had. This coming week we need to decide what to do as we have the option of sending Rory back to school from 8 June. It seems like everything is going back to normal. Total spend: £43.60 Total spent this week: £493.57 How does Alex feel about his week? This week was by no means a normal week! Normally we would have done a weekly shop, maybe filled the car with fuel, made another couple of trips to the shop and spent around £150-£200. Being on furlough, and I'm sure others can relate, has left me a lot of newfound free time. I feel this has assisted in making the weekly spend creep up to help the days go by. I don't know how I would class myself with spending. On the one hand, I always look for the cheapest deals and have no problem in not buying something there and then because it's the easy option. But on the other hand, I do tend to put a few non-essential items in the basket. This My Money exercise has certainly opened my eyes to what I actually do spend. However, despite spending almost double on our usual week, this week has created memories to last a lifetime and you just can't put a price on that! We're looking for more people to share what they spend their money on. If you're interested, please email my.money@bbc.co.uk or get in touch via our My Money (World) Facebook group, or if you live in the UK, please join our My Money (UK) Facebook group and we'll aim to contact you.

माई मनी एक श्रृंखला है जिसमें देखा जाता है कि लोग अपना पैसा कैसे खर्च करते हैं-और कभी-कभी उन्हें कठिन निर्णय लेने पड़ते हैं। यहाँ लीसेस्टर के एलेक्स राइट हमें कोरोनावायरस महामारी के दौरान अपने जीवन में एक सप्ताह के बारे में बताते हैं।


SNP take control of East Dunbartonshire Council

Summary: The SNP will take control of East Dunbartonshire Council.

The party formed a minority administration after a council meeting following local elections earlier this month. Before the poll, Labour and the Conservatives ran a minority administration between them. While the SNP are now the biggest single party, they fall well short of an overall majority with just seven of the council's 22 seats. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have six councillors each, Labour has two and there is one independent. Most of Scotland's 32 local authorities have now formed administrations, but a few are still to reach decisions. Stirling Council voted on Wednesday evening to back an SNP-Labour coalition. Christine Simpson (Labour) was named as the new provost and Graham Houston (SNP) as depute convener. West Lothian and Edinburgh councils are due to hold meetings on Thursday, after both adjourned meetings last week. 'Deal blocked' In West Lothian, a proposed coalition between Labour and the Conservatives was blocked by Labour's Scottish Executive Committee. Labour has indicated that it hopes to find a way of governing as a minority. There has been no sign yet of a deal to run Edinburgh Council. The SNP is the largest party with the Conservatives in second place. The SNP and Labour have each made it clear they will not do formal deals with the Conservatives in Edinburgh. Inverclyde Council will also hold a meeting on Thursday. Generally, councils now have either minority administrations led by the biggest local party or coalitions which include the biggest local party, but there are a number of significant exceptions. In Aberdeen, the Labour group and the Conservatives have formed a coalition which keeps the SNP out - the Labour councillors have been suspended from the party for going ahead with the deal which was not supported by the party's Scottish Executive Committee. The SNP has also been kept out of control in Argyll and Bute, Angus, Moray and North Lanarkshire. The Conservatives are not part of the administration in Dumfries and Galloway and East Renfrewshire. What about the other councils? Aberdeen - Labour suspended nine councillors after they agreed a coalition deal with the Conservatives. Aberdeenshire - A coalition of Conservative, Liberal Democrats and independent councillors will run the council. Angus - Conservatives, Independents and Liberal Democrats form the administration. Argyll and Bute - Independent, Lib Dem and Conservative coalition Clackmannanshire - The first meeting of the new council could not agree an administration. They will meet again on 1 June. Dumfries and Galloway - A coalition between Labour and the SNP has taken control, meaning the Conservative group, which won most seats, is kept out of the administration. Dundee City - SNP to form administration with Independent. East Ayrshire Council - SNP minority administration East Dunbartonshire - SNP minority administration East Lothian- Labour minority administration East Renfrewshire - The SNP and Labour are set to run the council despite the Conservatives winning the most seats. Edinburgh - No agreement reached. A new administration will not now be formed for at least another week. Falkirk - SNP minority takes control of the council Fife - Joint leadership, with power shared equally between SNP and Labour. Glasgow - The SNP has formed a minority administration, ending almost 40 years of Labour dominance. Highland - 28 independents along with 10 Lib Dems and three Labour have formed an administration, keeping out the SNP and Tories. Inverclyde - Meeting Thursday 25 May at 16:00 Midlothian - Labour will run a minority administration Moray - The Conservative group of eight councillors is to join forces with six of the independent members. North Ayrshire - Labour will continue to run the council despite a surge from the Scottish Conservatives in the local elections. The SNP has the same number of seats as Labour. North Lanarkshire - Labour has formed a minority administration. There will be no formal coalition agreement with the Tories. Perth and Kinross - A Conservative-led coalition with the Lib Dems and independents. Renfrewshire Council - will operate as an SNP minority administration. South Ayrshire - A coalition of SNP, Labour and independent councillors has been formed to run the council. Scottish Borders - A new Conservative-independent coalition has taken formal control. It was previously an SNP/Lib Dem/independent administration. South Lanarkshire - Labour members abstained in a vote on forming an alliance with the Tories. The SNP took control of the council, with a minority administration. They are seven seats short of a majority but the other parties could agree to work together. Stirling - The SNP and Labour agree a coaltion to run the council. West Dunbartonshire - It will be an SNP-independent administration. The 10 SNP councillors have joined with one of the two independents to form an administration. West Lothian - No deal agreed after Scottish Labour's ruling body told councillors not to enter a coalition with the Conservatives. They will meet again on Thursday. Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland - All administrations dominated by independents.

एसएनपी पूर्वी डनबार्टनशायर परिषद का नियंत्रण अपने हाथ में ले लेगा।


Uber versus black cabs: Battle lines drawn

Summary: A clash is about to take place on the capital's streets that sees the old pitted against the new. The livelihoods of London's iconic cabbies are at stake. But could they be stifling opportunities for a new breed of driver - that could even include you?

By Dougal ShawTechnology reporter London's black-cab drivers are preparing to cause gridlock in the capital on Wednesday, in protest at Transport for London's stance towards a mobile phone app that allows users to book private vehicles, using GPS technology to set the fare. It's the hottest topic of conversation amongst cab drivers since Olympic traffic lanes. What should be done about Uber? Black-cab driver Lloyd Baldwin is in no doubt. "Our beef with Uber is that these drivers have come straight into London, and have been licensed straight away by Transport for London. We're regulated to within an inch of our lives. "We don't do protests willy-nilly for petty things, we feel it's our only course. "We just want them to be treated exactly the same as we are." The issue of "regulation" covers a multitude of sins as far as the black-cab drivers are concerned, from the extent to which Uber drivers are security-vetted to a driver's profit margins. But perhaps the battle can best be summed up by two symbols that sit proudly on each rival's dashboard: the fare-calculating taximeter and the smartphone. Curb competition In the five years of its existence, San Francisco-based Uber has expanded its operation into more than 100 cities across 30 countries, causing conflict in its wake with traditional taxi associations. Its proposition is simple: users download an app to their mobile which they use to book cabs, wherever they may be. That much has already been offered to Londoners by firms like Kabbee and Hailo. Uber has provoked controversy because of its pool of drivers. Anyone with a Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) licence can sign up with them. This has allowed Uber to build up a vast number of drivers quickly, many of whom only work part-time. This makes Uber more like a minicab firm. But unlike a traditional minicab firm, there are no human operators available to take your booking on the phone at their offices. The process is completely automated by Uber's software, which allocates your booking to the driver best placed to take it on. Uber evangelist Ben John never imagined he would end up driving a cab round London. Ironically, it was the digital revolution that got him into this situation. A successful A&R man for over a decade in the music industry, his profit margins suddenly shrunk as music downloads disrupted the record labels' business model. For him, Uber has been a lifeline, providing him with lucrative, flexible work as he establishes his new start-up business selling e-cigarettes. Evidently grateful, he has become something of an Uber evangelist. "You can log in and off from work as you want to, which allows you to do other things with your day," he says, while keeping an eye on the phone protruding from his dashboard. "Because [Uber] are not actually a cab firm, they are just a software firm, they're just a third party that passes on the jobs, they are able to charge much more competitive prices, and are able to pay the drivers a great deal more as well." A lack of overheads allows Uber to offer drivers 80% of the customer's fare. Ultimately, Mr John doesn't think that Uber threatens the black cab trade. "What I'm seeing is that Uber are actually expanding the number of people who would otherwise not use minicabs." Back to black From the comfort of his black cab, Lloyd Baldwin begs to differ. "We're not afraid of competition. We've faced competition from minicabs for 40 years." But in this case, Mr Baldwin believes the competition is not on a level playing field. "Transport for London now aren't sure if they [Uber] should have been given a licence or not, hence they've gone to the High Court for a judgment on it, but they still licensed them before they were sure." The issue at stake is whether Uber's use of the smartphone equates to a taximeter, a talismanic object for black cab drivers, which they feel only they have the right to use. TfL's original position was that it did not believe Uber was infringing the law because its kit did not require a physical connection between the device and the vehicle, as is the case with the equipment used by black cabs. The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) dispute this. Mr Baldwin wonders why Uber was able to introduce the smartphone as a way of measuring fares without more scrutiny. "We suspect that they [Uber] are backed by big, multi-billion pound companies," he says. His suspicion extends to Amazon, which is not in fact connected to Uber. However, Goldman Sachs and Google do offer it financial backing. Uber evangelist Ben John is careful to always refer to his smartphone as a "GPS device", rather than a meter, and is keen to talk up its benefits. "The difference is that there is actually a lot of recourse if you believe as a customer that your driver is taking an overly long route, you can go back to Uber, and the price given back to you if need be." You can also nominate a friend or loved-one to track your journey, as a security feature. However, GPS-tracking could also be the Achilles heel of the firm, if data privacy fears arise. Uber has already handed over details on some of its customers' journeys to the authorities. By law, minicab and black-cab firms have to do the same, but they simply don't record their customer's journeys in the same level of digital detail. Uber allies? The cause of the black-cab drivers recently suffered a reverse with the announcement that app Hailo - which at first offered its services only to black cabs - would be working with private-hire vehicles. "We feel that they used us to give them a place in the market, they used our reputation and our good name," says Mr Baldwin. "We just feel used by Hailo," he says, with more bitterness in his voice than he reserves for Uber or TfL. Twenty years ago, he explains, when mobile phones were still uncommon objects, he invested three very tough years of his life learning to become a black-cab driver. He devoted long hours to learning The Knowledge, the fabled test of a driver's memory of London's sprawling streets, which also includes a psychological test to see how you deal with difficult customers. He thought those years of hardship were worth it, because he was earning a lifetime of guaranteed work, and the badge of pride that is the black cab. But Uber and Hailo appear to be taking a bet on a different future where there is no meaningful distinction between black cabs and minicabs. It's this vision of the future that the black cabbies are protesting against on Wednesday.

राजधानी की सड़कों पर एक टकराव होने वाला है जिसमें पुराने को नए के खिलाफ खड़ा देखा जा सकता है। लंदन के प्रतिष्ठित टैक्सी चालकों की आजीविका दांव पर है। लेकिन क्या वे ड्राइवर की एक नई नस्ल के लिए अवसरों को दबा सकते हैं-जिसमें आप भी शामिल हो सकते हैं?


Cork murder: Teen arrested over house party stabbing

Summary: A 17-year-old boy has been arrested by gardaí (Irish police) investigating the murder of Cameron Blair in Cork.

The 20-year-old was stabbed at a house party in Bandon Road in the west of the city on 16 January. He died from his injuries at Cork University Hospital, prompting a murder investigation. Irish national broadcaster RTÉ reported the teenager presented himself by appointment for questioning on Thursday. Mr Blair, from the village of Ballinascarthy in County Cork, was a second-year student at Cork Institute of Technology. Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Dr Paul Colton, said he was well known locally as a rugby player and athlete.

कॉर्क में कैमरून ब्लेयर की हत्या की जांच कर रहे गार्डाई (आयरिश पुलिस) ने एक 17 वर्षीय लड़के को गिरफ्तार किया है।


Firmly on the path to a political solution - President

Summary: President Mahinda Rajapaksa has assured that Sri Lanka is firmly on the path to a political solution while militarily dealing with the Tamil Tigers.President Rajapaksa was addressing the 2nd Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) on Thursday.

“Sri Lanka wholeheartedly supports the BIMSTEC Convention on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism, Organized Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking as an important and vital milestone in our efforts on counter terrorism,” said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Fighting terrorism "Terrorist groups are able to sustain themselves by illegal fundraising, narcotics and people trafficking, money laundering using international networks, and arms and ammunition smuggling including through the sea routes in the Bay of Bengal. I urge you to consider setting up a mechanism to effectively police the seas of the Bay of Bengal, to deny these terrorists mobility and connectivity. “For over two decades, Sri Lanka has been facing a tremendous challenge to our democratic way of life through the barbaric actions of a terrorist group, the LTTE. There is no doubt that such groups have to be dealt with militarily. At the same time Sri Lanka believes that any underlying causes, exploited by the terrorists in an attempt to seek legitimacy for their operations, should be dealt with politically. I wish to assure this august gathering that we are firmly on the path to a political solution,” President Rajapaksa said. expertise in poverty alleviation The President also explained the success of his adminstration on its efforts to eradicate poverty in Sri Lanka. "After three years of active implementation, a majority of the proposals contained in the ‘Mahinda Chintana’ which is my election manifesto, have delivered many benefits to my people. A number of poverty alleviation programmes, both direct and indirect, indeed have proved to be success stories, and have empowered the rural people". President Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka will continue to share her experiences in the field of poverty alleviation with the other Member States, while contributing whole-heartedly to the collective effort against poverty. In his speech, the president thanked India for its hospitality.

राष्ट्रपति महिंदा राजपक्षे ने आश्वासन दिया है कि श्रीलंका दृढ़ता से एक राजनीतिक समाधान की राह पर है, जबकि तमिल राजपक्षे के साथ सैन्य रूप से निपटने के लिए गुरुवार को बे ऑफ बंगाल इनिशिएटिव फॉर मल्टी-सेक्टोरल टेक्निकल एंड इकोनॉमिक कोऑपरेशन (बिम्सटेक) के दूसरे शिखर सम्मेलन को संबोधित कर रहे थे।


Broadmarsh liquidation hands control of site to council

Summary: Control of a half-finished shopping centre site has been returned to a city council after the company which was set up to oversee the redevelopment was officially wound up.

Nottingham's 1970s Broadmarsh Centre was undergoing a redesign when the coronavirus lockdown hit. The partnership in charge of the redevelopment - Broadmarsh Retail Limited - has gone into liquidation. The partnership included owners Intu, who are in administration. The liquidation was announced by The Insolvency Service, a government agency, which said the partnership did not have any employees or customers. "The effect of this notice is to hand control of the site back to Nottingham City Council as freeholder," it said. Intu declined to comment. The city council, which owns the site and has already put £17m into the project said it was, "awaiting the outcome of legal processes." Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

पुनर्विकास की देखरेख के लिए स्थापित कंपनी के आधिकारिक रूप से समाप्त होने के बाद एक आधे-तैयार खरीदारी केंद्र स्थल का नियंत्रण नगर परिषद को वापस कर दिया गया है।


Stuart Hall: Victim and colleagues recall presenter's sexual behaviour

Summary: The inquiry into abuse carried out by Stuart Hall heard from dozens of witnesses. Here is some of the evidence given by former colleagues who worked with the disgraced presenter, and testimony from a victim.

Victim: 'I was groomed with alcohol' A victim of Stuart Hall's abuse, who cannot be identified, told the BBC she was introduced as his "niece or goddaughter" and was brought into BBC buildings and to football matches. She said she was "plied with alcohol - this was standard. There was always champagne". She said she was "sometimes locked in" the BBC car park. She said she felt: "Numb, numb, numb." "It's a very different scenario walking through the BBC today from then. There's security. You're signed in, you're signed out. In those days, I was there and nobody knew I was there." She said it "never occurred to me that I should tell someone. I don't want my parents to feel ashamed of me, to wonder about me. That's the way grooming works". She described being "quite withdrawn and didn't want to get into conversation with anyone". 'I saw him with young girls in his dressing room' Deborah Robinson, who worked with Hall as a producer at the BBC in Manchester, said she saw him in his dressing room on Friday afternoons with young teenage girls "on more than one occasion". She said Hall was a "celebrity and I was a young journalist. [Celebrities] had a lot of power - he was well known," she added. "For me to say anything at work about, 'what you are doing here on BBC premises', it wasn't done." In a BBC interview, she said: "The BBC was a very different organisation and society was different because we didn't understand child abuse - the thought of a celebrity doing something unspeakable with two young girls on public premises; I didn't think it was possible. "It was only afterwards when all these accounts came out, and you realised that, yes, what I saw was wrong, then. "You just didn't think that child abuse could occur in a public office. How could you?" 'I knew they were not his nieces' Former studio worker Gerry Clarke recalled a specific occasion when he saw Hall bringing two girls, aged between 14 and 16, to his dressing room during rehearsals for a Children in Need programme. Mr Clarke's recollection accords with the evidence of a woman who remembered going to see Hall as a child with her friend. He said he had seen girls of this age range on the studio monitor at Oxford Road, "possibly between five and 10 times". He knew they were not Hall's nieces, but it did not bother him because he just never "thought that way". Mr Clarke recalled an incident when he went to collect Hall from his dressing room. Hall had his trousers down and was holding a vibrating massager used for sports injuries in his hand. One of the girls invited by Hall to the BBC studios for elocution lessons told the investigation that Hall referred to her and her friend as "nieces". 'He took young, pretty guests to his dressing room' A journalist working in the Manchester television newsroom in the late 1980s, known as AH6, described a cookery slot on the regional TV news programme where Hall would be joined by guests. "If they were young and pretty, everyone would know that they would not see Hall around before the programme as he would lock himself in with them in his dressing room/ green room." She said: "It was known that [he] liked to entertain guests in his dressing room and you would know not to go in there... it was a bit 'nod, nod, wink, wink'." 'Hall could do what he liked' Former BBC colleague Linda McDougall, who worked at BBC Manchester in the late 1960s and 70s, said Hall was a "nuisance to women". "If you were female, at the slightest opportunity, he put his arms around you and forced his body against yours." Ms McDougall said he would show up at lunchtime and, within seconds, would be touching her under the guise of saying 'good morning'." When she complained, other women in the newsroom who were typists and generally much older told her: "That's the way things are", and she ought not to take it seriously. When she complained to her editor, his reaction was "to laugh it off". She described Hall as "King of the BBC in Manchester and he could do what he liked; I'm sure he believed he could as well." 'He had very wandering hands' A witness called CH22, who worked in the newsroom in the early to mid-1980s, described how Hall would push himself at her and "grab a [breast]". She did not report it. She thought if she had reported the incident, people might have said: "That's Stuart Hall for you." She said she would not tolerate such behaviour now. Another witness, AH4, said: "Absolutely none of us ladies would walk up the narrow stairs in front of him, whether wearing a skirt or trousers. You could say 'he had very wandering hands'." Hall was 'untouchable' Former reporter Michael Delahaye, who worked with Hall in Manchester between 1972 and 1975, said: "Stuart Hall WAS Look North. "Stuart knew this, often alluded to it and I believe traded upon it. More to the point, BBC management knew it." Mr Delahaye said this gave Hall "considerable licence" and made management "reluctant to challenge him for fear of losing him". "In short, Stuart's celebrity status (greatly enhanced as it was by It's a Knockout) rendered him relatively untouchable." Source: BBC interview and Dame Linda Dobbs report

स्टुअर्ट हॉल द्वारा किए गए दुर्व्यवहार की जांच दर्जनों गवाहों से सुनी गई। यहाँ पूर्व सहयोगियों द्वारा दिए गए कुछ सबूत हैं जो अपमानित प्रस्तुतकर्ता के साथ काम करते थे, और एक पीड़ित की गवाही।


A141 March car crash leaves two cars in flames

Summary: Two motorists were seriously injured when their cars crashed and burst into flames.

The head-on collision happened on the A141 near March, in Cambridgeshire, at about 06:00 GMT. Police arrested one of the drivers on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs. Both cars were destroyed in the fire and the road was closed for more than two hours, but has since reopened.

दो मोटर चालक गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गए जब उनकी कारें दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गईं और आग लग गई।


Stretch of A9 in Sutherland closed by wildfire

Summary: A wildfire has forced the closure of a stretch of the A9 in the Highlands.

Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service said 40 firefighters were tackling the blaze at the Clashmore and Dornoch Bridge roundabout. The emergency services were alerted to the fire in Sutherland at about 15:40. Police have shut the road because of the amount of drifting smoke. The incident is the latest wildfire firefighters have been called to in the past few weeks.

जंगल की आग ने हाइलैंड्स में ए9 के एक हिस्से को बंद करने के लिए मजबूर कर दिया है।


European Square: Hashtag of Ukraine protest

Summary: You wouldn't necessarily expect the European Union to be such a rallying cry in Ukraine, but Ukrainians are so enraged by a government decision to suspend trade deal negotiations with the EU that they have been rallying protesters under the hashtag #євромайдан ("European Square").

By BBC TrendingWhat's popular and why First tweeted early on Thursday morning, the hashtag had been used more than 21,000 times by Friday as overnight opposition demonstrations were held in the cities of Donetsk, Ivano-Frankovsk, Lutsk, Uzhgorod and Lviv. Kiev's Independence Square is a focal point for protests - just as it was during 2004's so-called Orange Revolution. Then, protesters were bolstered not just by their strength in numbers but also by SMS messages: Mobile phones were key for organising protests, avoiding police cordons and ordering supplies. Now the protests are mostly being galvanised by social media. Ukrainian digital marketing expert Maksym Savanevskyy says there has been an explosion of calls-to-arms online since the government's decision on EU talks. WBC heavyweight boxing champion and would-be Ukrainian president Vitali Klitschko tweeted: "Friends! All those who came to Maydan [Independence Square], well done! Who has not done it yet - join us now!" The protest hashtag was also gaining traction on the VKontakte social media network, and Mr Klitschko tweeted a link to a speech he made on the square saying that once the protest was 100,000-strong, "we'll go for Yanukovych" - referring to President Viktor Yanukovych. But although Facebook, Twitter and other social media are buzzing with rallying calls for a major protest on Sunday, questions remain as to whether that will translate into big numbers on the rain-soaked streets of Kiev. "Many people tell you of their protest fatigue, and many believe that not just the numbers but the spirit of the Orange Revolution will hardly be repeated - whatever the tools," says the former head of the BBC's Ukrainian service Olexiy Solohubenko. Reporting by Michael Hirst

आप यूरोपीय संघ से यूक्रेन में इस तरह के प्रदर्शन की उम्मीद नहीं करेंगे, लेकिन यूक्रेन के लोग यूरोपीय संघ के साथ व्यापार समझौते की बातचीत को निलंबित करने के सरकारी फैसले से इतने नाराज हैं कि वे हैशटैग #євромайдан ("यूरोपीय स्क्वायर") के तहत प्रदर्शनकारियों को एकजुट कर रहे हैं।


Queuing: Is it really the British way?

Summary: It's nearly finals weekend at Wimbledon when thousands of people will be forming an orderly queue to get in. But is queuing politely really the British way?

By Denise WintermanBBC News Magazine Queuing, it's what the British are renowned for doing - and doing very well. Better than anyone else in the world, if reputation is to be believed. Take the Wimbledon queue. It's held up as a supreme example of Britain's prowess when it comes to queuing. The likes of tea, cake and camping chairs often make an appearance. It even has its own code of conduct in case, heaven forbid, anyone doesn't understand how the queue works. But Wimbledon is an exception when it comes to standing in a long line, say social historians. Despite the UK's formidable global reputation, queuing in a calm, good-natured manner has not always come naturally. "We're supposed to be so wonderful at it but really that reputation is built around a whole mythology to do with the British and queuing," says Dr Joe Moran, a social historian and author of Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime. The temporary nature of queues makes it hard to trace their history, but key historical events are said to have shaped how the British queue and their reputation for being so good at it. One is the industrial revolution. "The orderly queue seems to have been an established social form in the early 19th Century, a product of more urbanised, industrial societies which brought masses of people together," says Moran. People were moving in huge numbers from the countryside into towns changing the patterns of daily life, including shopping. "More of a barter system existed in local markets, the whole way people shopped was more informal," says historian Juliet Gardiner. "Traders started moving from market stalls into shops as they moved into towns. In the more formal setting of a shop people had to start to queue up in a more structured way." Despite the mass expansion of manufacturing not everyone reaped the financial rewards and poverty was rife. "Queuing started to become associated with extreme hardship as the poor had to queue to access handouts and charity," says Dr Kate Bradley, a lecturer in social history and social policy at the University of Kent. But what really shaped Britain's reputation as civilised queuers was World War II. "Propaganda at the time was all about doing your duty and taking your turn," says Bradley. "It was a way the government tried to control a situation in uncertain times." The queue became loaded with meaning, drawing on notions of decency, fair play and democracy and the myth of the British as patient queuers was forged, says Moran. "In reality there were arguments and disturbances, often the police had to be brought in to sort things out and restore order. Queuing was exhausting, frustrating and tense. "Things that weren't rationed would go on sale spasmodically, word would go round and long queues would start to form. People often joined the end of a queue without knowing exactly what it was for, they just hoped it would be something useful." The notion of the orderly queue is a belief that is still cherished today. "It's a story we still like to tell about ourselves," says Moran. "We like to think it fits in with a particular idea we have of our national character - that we're pragmatic and phlegmatic." Others argue that the British are good at organising themselves into a queue but not so good at waiting in it. In the post-war years things flipped and the queue came to represent everything that was wrong about British society. Politicians and social commentators tried to make capital out of them, like the dole queue in the 1980s. But the nation's reputation for queuing patiently remained intact. Wimbledon and other events - from queuing for Glastonbury to the Queen's 60th Jubilee concert - were and still are held aloft as British queuing at its best, but they are not the type of queue people experience in everyday life. "The queue at Wimbledon is part of the whole ritual. You certainly don't get the same warm glow of togetherness waiting for the bus or standing in a line at the bank," says Moran. It's the bus queue that is often cited as an example of the demise of civilised queuing. In some places it's every man, woman and child for themselves when the bus draws up. But cultural historians say there is little evidence that people behaved any better in years gone by. "What we do know is people have been complaining about the disintegration of queue discipline for almost as long as they have been lauding the queue as the essence of British decency," says Moran. What makes standing in a line for a bus problematic is that people have to police the queue themselves. "The people who push to get on a bus are the same people who wait patiently in other queues," says Dr Michael Sinclair, a consultant counselling psychologist with City Psychology Group. "The difference is in the bus queue people have to enforce the rules themselves. This is when the system can break down. We all want things to be done the way we'd like, the problem is people have different ideas of what that should be." In most other places, like the bank or supermarket, people are shown how to queue so lines are controlled a lot better, says David Worthington, a professor in the department of management science at the University of Lancaster who has researched queues. Poles with retractable straps, numbered ticket machines - developed in Sweden in the 1960s - and electronic called-forward systems, tell people what to do and when. "People know where they are in the queue and that is important when it comes to keeping things organised," he says. Other queue myths have also been picked apart over the years. The notion that other nations can't queue like the British is outdated, says Worthington. The motives behind the UK's intolerance of queue-jumping have also been questioned. "When people tackle breaches of queue discipline it's not really the notion of fair play that is driving them, it is protecting their own interests," says Bradley. Ultimately, if the British can avoid standing in a line they will, just like everyone else. You can follow the Magazine on Twitter and on Facebook Your observations about queuing: As a UK/Canadian dual citizen who has spent considerable time in both countries, and who loves and feels loyal to both, I can report unequivocally that Canadians are the superior queuers. Most particularly when they are driving, but everywhere really, and most apparently when queues require self organization, like waiting to use a bank machine. Michael Robinson, Canada. Singaporeans are the world's best queuers in my opinion. When H&M first opened they had people queuing around the block all day, every day for a week - if three came out, three were let in. It was quite a bizarre thing to witness. Laura, Cambridge. A globetrotter, I have been trampled in a "queue" to get on a ferry in Switzerland, watched Chinese in Hong Kong rush onto a subway train so fast you could hear the "click" as their backsides hit the seats, seen the Turkish barging into an otherwise orderly line at passport control in Turkey and both Indians and Egyptians waiting patiently despite the hot sun. Megan, Cheshire UK. Having worked in a variety of airports for eight years now I have seen the splendid queues which form at check ins, security areas and passport control. But as stated in the article, yes the Brits can form queues but waiting in them? That is another story. I have heard it all before. "That queue is going faster than my queue", "they have pushed in front", "someone must be training on this desk as it is the slowest", "I was here first" to name but a few. The tutting and watch looking normally starts after about 20 minutes. Queuing is something I tolerate knowing that it is something that sometimes we just have to do. We can't all be first, and someone has to be last. Lucy, Portugal. In Beijing the Chinese form very orderly queues whilst waiting at a subway station. There is no jostling for position or cutting in. They walk round a queue rather than through it. Immediately the train doors are open it is every man, and woman, for themselves. The very idea of a queue disintegrates and the evidence is gone. Trevor Daynes, Beijing, China. I have lived in three different countries outside of the UK and let me tell you the British are fantastic at queuing. Whether it be at a bus stop, at a shop, there is no comparison. The only place that seems to lack the typical British queuing is when one is at a bar, pub or club. Jared King, Civitanova, Italy. Canadians are very good at forming and observing queues. At automatic banking machines in shopping centres or with street-access, for example, we form a single line that starts about two metres behind the people using the machines. We leave room for passersby and afford the people at the machines privacy to conduct their business, and as each person finishes his/her banking, the next in line moves to that machine. Waiting for a bus, however... not so much. Ruthanne Urquhart, Ottawa, Canada. I was picking up a few odds and ends one day, when an American couple stopped me at the tills and asked me how the queue worked. Whether they genuinely did not know, or whether our reputation for queuing is that formidable, I will never find out. They seemed delighted with the information they received in any case. Sacha Jones, Wigan. British best at Queuing? When it suits us we can be awesome at it, and we love a good whinge when other folks don't adhere to our own high queuing standards, but we have our lapses as well. Take boarding a Ryanair flight for instance. Queue etiquette means nothing.... it's every man/woman/child for themselves. Nick Exley, Bradford, West Yorkshire

विंबलडन में यह लगभग अंतिम सप्ताहांत है जब हजारों लोग अंदर जाने के लिए एक व्यवस्थित कतार बना रहे होंगे। लेकिन क्या विनम्रता से कतार में खड़े होना वास्तव में ब्रिटिश तरीका है?


Humanist campaign challenges blasphemy laws

Summary: Blasphemy laws are being challenged in a new global campaign launched by a coalition of humanist organisations. The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) says that, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, the time is right for countries to abolish laws that protect religious sensibilities. But blasphemy laws nevertheless remain popular in many parts of the world.

By John McManusBBC Social Affairs Reporter The attacks on the staff of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine led to a massive response in defence of free speech - in France, but also across the world. Equally intensely, some parts of the world saw protests against both the original cartoons, and the subsequent publication of another image of the Prophet Muhammad. There is a particular prohibition against showing the image of Muhammad in some strands of Islam, but the crime of blasphemy can be found in many religions and countries. To its supporters, it's a crucial way of protecting religious feelings and minorities; for others, it impedes free speech and can be used to suppress political dissent. Minority persecution Sonja Eggerickx is the president of IHEU which works to promote an evidence-led ethical society. She says the campaign is intended to support local people on the ground already working against blasphemy laws. "The idea that 'insult' to religion is a crime is why humanists like Asif Mohiuddin are jailed in Bangladesh, is why secularists like Raif Badawi are being lashed in Saudi Arabia, is why atheists and religious minorities are persecuted in places like Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, Sudan, and the list goes on," she says. Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes in May 2014 by a Saudi court after being found guilty of insulting Islamic religious figures on his blog. Pakistan also has severe laws protecting religious feelings. Asia Bibi, a 50-year-old mother-of-five, has been on death row since 2010 after being convicted of insulting Islam during an argument over a glass of water. John Pontifex from the charity Aid to the Church in Need, which campaigns for Christian minorities, says many cases never reach court. "They [blasphemy laws] give the fig leaf of respectability to acts of violence against Christians and others accused of crimes they very often have not committed," he said. But do blasphemy laws help society in any way? The Pew Research Centre has found that the laws are most common in the Middle East and North Africa. And it is from this region that the most vocal advocates of the laws can be found. The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, which represents 56 Islamic states, has repeatedly tried to get United Nations support for an international measure to outlaw insults to religion. It says that such a resolution would protect groups from discrimination. Last year, the organisation's secretary general, Iyan Ameen Madani, said that freedom of expression was clashing with Islamic teachings. He criticised countries who refused to limit free speech, which he said was harming religious minorities. "Muslim countries enacting laws to ensure respect for the sanctity and reputation of religious values, scriptures and personalities for promotion of peace in society, are criticised on account of limiting this freedom through blasphemy laws," he said. Those laws are not just found in the Middle East. Blasphemy in Europe In Denmark, paragraph 140 of the penal code is about blasphemy. The paragraph has not been used since 1938 when a Nazi group was convicted for anti-Semitic propaganda. In Myanmar, also known as Burma, in December, three men were charged by the authorities with insulting religion after they allegedly distributed a picture depicting Buddha wearing headphones. Some European countries also criminalise anti-religious sentiments in some form. In 2012 there were 99 convictions for "public blasphemy" in Malta, with punishments ranging from fines to imprisonment. And in 2014, Russian MPs voted for a new law against offending religious feelings. It followed a political protest by members of the group Pussy Riot in Moscow's Orthodox cathedral. The charge against the three included "insult to religious feelings". In Ireland, campaigners are furious that the government there has reneged on a promise to hold a referendum on its blasphemy laws, which were themselves only introduced in 2009. And last year, a Greek man who satirised a dead Orthodox monk on Facebook was sentenced to 10 months in prison. Those who want to extend religious insult laws are also making plans. The UN Human Rights Council says it is likely that the issue of insulting religions will be raised at the council's upcoming sessions in March, at the request of Saudi Arabia. 'Minority voices' The IHEU campaign, though, is not about encouraging discrimination, says Bob Churchill, its director of communications. "Our campaign does not target laws against incitement to hatred, which are legitimate," he said. Mr Churchill also rejects the charge of cultural imperialism. "The reality is that minority voices for change and reform are there. The problem is they often cannot be heard."

मानवतावादी संगठनों के एक गठबंधन द्वारा शुरू किए गए एक नए वैश्विक अभियान में ईशनिंदा कानूनों को चुनौती दी जा रही है। अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानवतावादी और नैतिक संघ (आई. एच. ई. यू.) का कहना है कि फ्रांस में चार्ली हेब्दो हमलों के मद्देनजर, देशों के लिए धार्मिक संवेदनाओं की रक्षा करने वाले कानूनों को समाप्त करने का सही समय है। लेकिन ईशनिंदा कानून फिर भी दुनिया के कई हिस्सों में लोकप्रिय हैं।


How one boy from Ireland became an app developer at 12

Summary: At the age of 12, Jordan Casey created a game that trended in the Apple iTunes store. Now 15, he's the chief executive of his own business, Casey Games . BBC Trending caught up with him to find out how he became a tech prodigy.

By BBC Trending What's popular and why Casey first developed an interest in games when he was nine because he "thought it would be a fun hobby to blog about". After a short time writing about the games he was playing, he decided to make his own apps. "At the time I was playing a game which had a tool to make your own house. So I figured this is how making your own game would work, only a bit more complex," he says. "I went to a store, bought a book on programming and started watching videos on YouTube. It all took off from there." In 2012 he topped the charts in the Apple Store in his native Ireland with a game called Alien Ball. It was his first attempt to make a game suitable for iPhone, and the success came as a surprise. "Alien Ball was a version of Space Invaders. Originally it was just an experimental game to test out the iPhone technology. I didn't expect it to do so well," he says. The fact that the game was made by someone so young also helped. During the Apple review process, Casey wrote "by a 12 year old" in the description. That caught the company's attention. They contacted him and subsequently featured the game on their site. He's made several apps since then, including a sequel to Alien Ball. In 2013 Casey ventured into more complicated software with the launch of TeachWare, an app which allows teachers to manage student information. "I came up with the idea when my teacher lost her big black book with all of the students details of attendance and test results. I wanted to make something reliable. It's encrypted and saved in the cloud so you can't lose your information." TeachWare is now being used in parts of Asia, Africa and Europe and it won an award at an exhibition for young scientists. When we meet him, Jordan Casey is confident, unassuming and relaxed. But he says that wasn't always the case. "I used to be really shy and I wasn't used to all of this attention. When I was 12 I was invited to the Cannes Lions festival. They treated me like I was famous and put me in a limo and stuff. It was really surreal and it happened really fast. In January I was making my own game and four months later I'm being shipped off to talk about my story." Casey lives with his parents in Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. He goes to school and has a schedule for homework and his business. Like any ordinary teenager he enjoys spending time with his friends and playing football. And his coding expertise has come in handy for some teenage pranks. "For my mum on Mother's Day I made an app and it looked like a search engine. Every time she tried to search something on it, it would just come up with 'Happy Mother's Day.' I was also trying to persuade her to let me have a sleepover so under the Mother's Day greeting it said 'Can I please have a sleepover?' in the search results," he says. Despite his success he still considers his business a hobby - one that he's glad is catching on. "When I started out at age nine, there weren't a lot of kids coding. But in the last four or five years, it's completely changed. Coding has become a normal hobby now - I think that's really cool." Reporting by Anne-Marie Tomchak You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending All our stories are at bbc.com/trending

12 साल की उम्र में, जॉर्डन केसी ने एक गेम बनाया जो एप्पल आईट्यून्स स्टोर में ट्रेंड कर रहा था। अब 15, वह अपने स्वयं के व्यवसाय, केसी गेम्स के मुख्य कार्यकारी हैं। बीबीसी ट्रेंडिंग ने उनसे यह पता लगाने के लिए संपर्क किया कि वे कैसे एक तकनीकी विलक्षण बन गए।


Gutted: Europe's fishing deal with the UK

Summary: The deal on fisheries required concessions from both the EU and the UK - but that only gets them to 2026, when the same issues return Until then, the British make modest inroads into Europe's share of catch quotas, much of that for species Britain has to export The penalties for breaking this short-term deal could be severe, and serve notice that access to European markets will come at a price, in access to British waters

Douglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, Scotland 'Kicking the can down the road': it was one of those expressions that came to characterise four and a half years of Brexit negotiations, as two prime ministers struggled to find a way to square impossible expectations in their own ranks with a formidable negotiating team on the other side of the table. It hasn't ended. The fisheries can has been kicked down Cannery Row to 30 June 2026. The issue wasn't resolved. It was postponed. Some time before that date - probably not long, if recent experience is any guide - we'll be pitched back into the most difficult bit of the Brexit negotiations. Some things will have changed by then. UK vessels will have around an eighth more of the total catch from UK waters, or roughly 25% more than they have now. They will have received £100m from the UK government to expand and update the fleet. And perhaps there will be a more realistic set of expectations of what Brexit can achieve. In some ways, fish was the starting point of Brexit - the 'expendable' sector in the 1970s that stoked up resentment for the next 50 years. That partly explains why it was the last issue to be resolved - still in dispute even hours after the scheduled Christmas Eve announcement time for a deal had come and gone. And while the negotiators dispute has ended for now, it is one of the most hotly contested elements of the outcome. Fishery organisations, along with the Scottish National Party, say it is deeply or bitterly disappointing, and that promises have been broken. The UK government concedes that it had to give some ground, but got most of what it wanted. And to the SNP, Conservatives hits back with the accusation of 'hypocrisy' - that SNP policy is to get Scotland back into the European Union, and its Common Fisheries Policy. Sovereign rights "Annexe Fish.4: protocol on access to waters", on page 899 of the EU version of the agreed text, sets out the most contentious issues with more clarity than you'll find on most other pages. It uses British language about "independent coastal states" exercising "sovereign rights". It asserts that sharing of waters should be negotiated annually - again, a British demand. It takes the EU view in "noting the social and economic benefits of a further period of stability", it continues the fishing access established over recent years. That period lasts longer than the British wanted, and less time than the EU would have preferred, resolving the trickiest of issues in two brief sentences: "Article 1: An adjustment period is hereby established. The adjustment period shall last from 1 January 2021 until 30 June 2026". During those five and a half years, shares will be "reasonably commensurate" with recent shares of fishing quotas and opportunities. Those stocks not restricted by quota are to retain the average tonnage of EU catch in UK waters (and vice versa) during 2012 to 2016. The same boats, or their direct replacement, must be allowed into each other's waters. But then? The answer is on page 274: "Any subsequent changes to the shares... after 30 June 2026 are a matter for the relevant multilateral fora". In other words, back to the negotiating table. Sprats and pouts The British side established the sovereignty issue. But for the period of the transition, they got much less of a cut than the British fishers expected in European quota. According to the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, using figures that were briefed on Christmas Eve but don't appear in the agreement document, UK boats will see an increase of 25%. The Federation quotes officials saying 2021 will see a 15% increase, and from 2022 to 2025, each year will see an increase of only 2.5%. It won't be uniformly across all species. An annexe in the UK-EU agreement sets out the changes across stocks in different sea areas. Fisheries expert Griffin Carpenter, of the New Economics Foundation, explains that the really big increases in quota for UK vessels are in species they don't target much now, and for which there isn't much market in Britain; North Sea hake, up 36%, west of Scotland saithe, up 33%, English Channel sprat, rising 32%. Likewise Norway pout caught in the North Sea, for which British boats will gain a 20% increase in share of the total catch. But starting from a very low base, that's a 400% increase in the amount they can land. The most lucrative species are the ones where the UK's boats already have a share, and the relative increase in catch quota is more modest: herring, mackerel and whiting, which are mostly exported. Possibly the best news for the white fish fleet, many of them out of north-east Scotland, is that the quota for cod is up 29% in the west of Scotland sea area, 22% around Rockall and 10% in the North Sea. Retaliation At least they know they can sell cod in the UK. Many of the other species require access for exports to European markets. And that's why it's worth taking a look at page 275 of the agreement: "Article FISH.14: Remedial measures and dispute resolution". That's where the Europeans set out their response if they lose any more than the agreed quota changes in the next five years. First, they would block access for UK boats in EU waters. Then they would introduce tariffs on fishery products. And if that's not proportionate to the "economic and societal impact", they would introduce tariffs on other goods. If that still isn't commensurate, they have a right to suspend the whole trade deal, and include in that the reciprocal agreement on road transport. Such measures are subject to a tribunal judging whether these "remedies" are fair and proportionate. But the message is clear: break this deal on fisheries for the next five years, and the EU will use the agreement to throw the kitchen sink at Britain in retaliation. It also serves notice that any deal after June 2026 is going to link access for European vessels into UK waters with access of UK fishery products to European markets. That shouldn't surprise us. In negotiating the deal, Michel Barnier has made it clear that the two will be tied together: asserting British sovereignty comes at a price, and that price will be access to Europe's marketplace. It's a reminder that the deal struck on Christmas Eve begins with no tariffs or quotas. But as Britain chooses to diverge, there's no guarantee that it will stay that way.

मत्स्य पालन पर सौदे के लिए यूरोपीय संघ और ब्रिटेन दोनों से रियायतों की आवश्यकता थी-लेकिन यह केवल उन्हें 2026 तक ले जाता है, जब वही मुद्दे वापस आते हैं तब तक, अंग्रेज यूरोप के कैच कोटा के हिस्से में मामूली पैठ बनाते हैं, जिसका अधिकांश हिस्सा प्रजातियों के लिए ब्रिटेन को निर्यात करना पड़ता है इस अल्पकालिक सौदे को तोड़ने के लिए दंड गंभीर हो सकता है, और यह ध्यान दिया जा सकता है कि यूरोपीय बाजारों तक पहुंच ब्रिटिश जल तक पहुंच में एक कीमत पर आएगी।


A4e: Fifth person arrested over fraud claims

Summary: A fifth person has been arrested over allegations of fraud in connection with welfare to work company A4e.

The 35-year-old woman was arrested by appointment at a police station in Berkshire on Wednesday. Four other people were arrested in January, two men aged 35 and 41, and two women aged 28 and 49. All five remain on bail until mid April. The Sheffield-based company handles millions of pounds worth of government contracts for welfare-to-work schemes.

वेल्फेयर टू वर्क कंपनी ए4ई के संबंध में धोखाधड़ी के आरोप में पांचवें व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Coronavirus: Pub shut down for 'shamelessly' serving

Summary: A pub which was "shamelessly" serving customers despite being ordered to stop trading because of coronavirus has been shut down.

The Staffordshire Arms in Burngreave, Sheffield was served with a prohibition notice on Friday but it was reported the pub continued to serve people. Police and the council used new coronavirus legislation to shut the premises down. The same action was also taken to shut the Prince of Vape shop in Sheffield.

एक पब जो कोरोनावायरस के कारण व्यापार बंद करने के आदेश के बावजूद "बेशर्मी से" ग्राहकों की सेवा कर रहा था, उसे बंद कर दिया गया है।