China fuels anger over Seoul's missile move

Summary: The deployment in South Korea of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) missile defence system has been slammed by Beijing. Now the Chinese Communist Party is calling on its people to embrace their ill will towards their neighbours.

By Stephen McDonellBBC News, Beijing It's incredible the speed with which China's leaders can just switch on anti-South Korea sentiment here. The Communist Party has complete control of the Chinese media. So the instructions go out and a way of thinking is simply poured into the community from above. The giant Costa Serena cruise ship docked at South Korea's spectacular island of Jeju at the weekend. Eighty charter buses stood by with their guides. They were ready to take Chinese tourists around the sights of this old fishing community with its ancient volcanoes and pristine beaches. With its visa-free travel for Chinese citizens, Jeju has been a popular destination for tourists from the Middle Kingdom. Not this time. After the cruise ship docked, some 3,400 Chinese passengers reportedly refused to disembark. It was said to be a protest at the deployment of Thaad in South Korea. In China's state-controlled media coverage, it is not as if you get a range of views. Here is a view you will not hear expressed on, say, a Chinese Central Television panel show: "Look everyone, I know we're all a bit angry about this but we should try and see it from a South Korean perspective. They're worried about those North Korean missiles which we are regularly seeing being tested raining down on Seoul from just across the border." No, you will not hear that view. Basically the only perspective that gets an airing is that the Thaad battery allows the Americans to see deep into China, that this is a threat to our homeland and that the South Korean company Lotte Group provided the land for it on a golf course. Not surprisingly, Lotte supermarkets in China have found themselves in breach of fire regulations and the like, and are being forced to shut their doors. This may, however, turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the company because patriotic citizens have already started taking matters into their own hands. One woman went into a Lotte outlet and filmed herself for social media opening packets of instant noodles and drinks before putting them back. Outside Lotte supermarkets, small-ish protests are being being allowed to go ahead and the momentum is building. Two men in Shandong filmed themselves on the footpath outside an electrical appliance store with the Chinese national anthem blaring out. Next to them was a large cardboard box. After revealing its contents, with the stirring "qi lai, qi lai" (rise up, rise up) echoing around the buildings, they then proceeded to use a sledge hammer to smash an LG-brand washing machine to pieces. Next victim (from the same South Korean brand): a large flat-screen TV. The red banner next to them read: "We would rather destroy these than sell them." The small crowd of passers by watching the ceremony made sure that it spread across social media. Elsewhere, a large group of students were filmed at the Shijixing Primary School. The camera panned across them in their hundreds as they chanted slogans in scenes reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution: "Boycott South Korea! Drive Lotte out of China! This all starts from us! Resist Thaad! Love your country!" Then there's the song. Somebody has re-recorded the well-known pop song The Dedication of Love with new lyrics. It, too, is travelling around social media like wildfire. "It's a call from the heart. // It's a show of love. Danger is approaching us. // So all Chinese people should wake up. In South Korea the US deploys Thaad. // Which can monitor more than half of China. Lotte makes a lot of money in China. // Yet still offers a place to the US. Aaaaaaaaaa. Chinese people should stand up. // Only if our country is safe can we exist." 'They provoked us' At the weekend I was monitoring social media and had the following conversation with a woman in Beijing. Woman: I'm watching the news about the North Korea situation. Stephen: Oh well that's a very important issue. Woman: I'm thinking of exactly how I can destroy their country [South Korea]. Stephen: You want to destroy their country? Woman: If I had the opportunity. That's right, I would destroy it. Stephen: Why do you have such a dark view of this? Woman: They provoked us first. Stephen: I think you should possibly take a calmer view of this situation. Woman: No, no, no. They don't understand the fury in our country. Stephen: They say they're worried about North Korean missiles. Woman: Other countries all think we're always submissive and accommodating because we're afraid but they don't understand our anger against a common enemy. Stephen: Isn't it reasonable for South Korea to be afraid of North Korean missiles? If you were South Korean might you not you also be worried about the situation with the North? Woman: According to my understanding, our blood is boiling. We're waiting for the order from our leaders and we won't turn back. We're not afraid to die. Stephen: According to South Korea's way of thinking, they might see Thaad as not having anything to do with China. Woman: If this Korean supermarket is only losing Chinese customers that's too easy for them. If we are going to fight we need to cut the grass from the roots. Either we die or they die. Our leaders are opposed to Thaad so we need to support them and our country. Whatever North Korea does is not our concern. We only care about our country. Stephen: I really think you should look at this situation a little more calmly. Woman: Until our country gives the order we will do nothing too extreme. We can only stop buying Korean products online. I can't really hurt South Korea by myself. My power is not enough. Stephen: Isn't peace the most important thing? Woman: Our country has a saying: "Anyone who offends our country, no matter how far away it is, we will go and strike them." Chairman Mao said: "If somebody doesn't hurt me I won't hurt them back but anyone who harms me I will definitely harm them back." Stephen: Your country says? Don't you have a mind of your own? Woman: A brain is for making money. State affairs do not require a brain. We simply follow commands. Stephen: You are sounding a little like a robot. Woman: Yes. The Chinese Communist Party is definitely playing with fire by stirring up such emotions in order to achieve a political result. In the past, when the party unleashed this type of sentiment against Japan or the Philippines it had to rein its people in before the situation got out of hand. But you get the feeling that this dispute's flames still have quite a bit of fanning to come.

दक्षिण कोरिया में अमेरिकी टर्मिनल हाई एल्टीट्यूड एरिया डिफेंस (थाड) मिसाइल रक्षा प्रणाली की तैनाती की बीजिंग ने आलोचना की है। अब चीनी कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी अपने लोगों से अपने पड़ोसियों के प्रति अपनी दुर्भावना को गले लगाने का आह्वान कर रही है।


‘I’ve got a lot of living to do’

Summary: Diagnosed with terminal breast cancer in her early 20s, Kris Hallenga is determined the disease is not seen as something that affects only older women. Through her charity, CoppaFeel!, she is fighting to raise awareness of breast cancer in young people.

By Lucy WallisBBC News "I don't think I'll ever forget the minor details of that day," says Kris Hallenga. "The weather was beautiful. I can remember exactly what I wore - this miniskirt with tights. My mum said it was way too short, but I wore it anyway. "The doctor just walked into this tiny little room and in a roundabout way just spat out the fact that I had breast cancer," says Hallenga. A week after the diagnosis, scans revealed the cancer had spread to her spine. That was five years ago, when Hallenga was 23. "I had stage four cancer, there is no stage five. I know the drugs can stop working at any time, so until then I've got a lot of living to do." Cancer staging is used by doctors to describe the size of the tumour and the extent to which the disease has spread. At stage one, the cancer tends to be smaller and contained within the area it started in. By stage four the cancer can be any size and has spread to another area of the body. Hallenga discovered she had metastatic, or advanced breast cancer, in 2009 after a late diagnosis. "That was end of innocence really," says her mother, Jane. "All of a sudden you have to realise and start fighting against what's been handed to you, this fate." Hallenga says she will never know whether she would now be free of breast cancer if she had been diagnosed earlier. The cancer has since spread to her pelvis, liver and hips and she also has a tumour in her brain. She has hospital visits every month, body scans every three months and takes a range of medication to help slow the spread of the disease. "When I was diagnosed I read that my life expectancy was just two and a half years. Thanks to treatment, I'm still here five years later, but so is my cancer," says Hallenga. She is determined that other young people should be trained to spot the early warning signs of the disease and check their breasts regularly. A month after her diagnosis, Hallenga set up a charity called CoppaFeel! with her twin sister, Maren, to help raise awareness at schools and music festivals about the importance of early diagnosis. The chance of developing breast cancer before the age of 30 is around 0.05% or one in 2,000, which increases to one in 50 or 2% before the age of 50. One in three women diagnosed with breast cancer in England is aged over 70. Although the risk of getting the disease does increase with age, some studies suggest the types of breast cancer diagnosed in younger women can be more aggressive. Therefore, survival rates can be lower for younger women with breast cancer than for those in their 50s or 60s. In 2005-09, 90% of women in England aged 50-69 were alive five years after diagnosis, compared with 84% of females aged 15-39. The earlier the diagnosis, the less chance the cancer will have spread to another part of the body. Approximately 10% of women with stage four, or advanced tumours, live for more than 10 years, compared with 85% of women with stage one breast cancers. Young women who have been diagnosed late after an emergency referral often contact Hallenga for advice and support. She has come to see herself as a voice for those who are going through the same thing. Her family, however, wish she would just sometimes take a break. "She's like this superwoman who is taking on the world, trying to save lives, trying to beat this cancer," says her sister, Maren. "I think sometimes she just needs to have a good cry about it or just get [angry] about it." According to Kris Hallenga there is no real respite when living with advanced cancer. "You can never predict what's going to happen from one day to the next, and you can never say, 'Oh I'm fine, I'm in remission,' none of that exists. "This is incurable and it's going to happen at some stage. I just wish it happens a few million years in the future, or never," says Hallenga. However, she is making the most of everything in her life and says that every day she enjoys and is grateful for is "another level of acceptance". "Cancer has given me a life and given meaning to what I do with my life. "I'd really hope and like to think that I would have that same appreciation of life even if I didn't have cancer, but this has just made it all the more important." As she stresses on her Twitter feed, she does not want to be described by anyone as "fighting," "suffering" or "battling". She would rather be known as "simply living". Kris: Dying to Live will be broadcast on Wednesday, 26 March, at 21:00 GMT on BBC Three. Or catch up later on BBC iPlayer

20 के दशक की शुरुआत में अंतिम स्तन कैंसर का पता चलने पर, क्रिस हेलेंगा ने निर्धारित किया कि इस बीमारी को केवल बड़ी उम्र की महिलाओं को प्रभावित करने वाली चीज़ के रूप में नहीं देखा जाता है। अपने दान, कोप्पाफिल! के माध्यम से, वह युवाओं में स्तन कैंसर के बारे में जागरूकता बढ़ाने के लिए लड़ रही है।


Vietnam's illegal trade in rhino horn

Summary: Record numbers of rhinos are being poached and killed in South Africa for their horn. Many of those horns end up being sold illegally for their supposed medicinal properties - in countries such as Vietnam.

By Sue Lloyd RobertsBBC Newsnight On 30 December 2013, a park ranger on patrol in South Africa stumbled across the body of a two-tonne, 3m-long dead rhino. Its horn had been torn from its face and it had almost certainly died in slow agony. The ranger used his radio to contact the park HQ saying simply, "Another one gone." They knew immediately what he meant. The death took the number of rhinos poached and killed for their horn last year to 1,004, a 50% increase over the previous year. The South African department of environmental affairs says 668 were killed in 2012. A decade ago, in 2003, only 22 rhinos were poached. If it continues at this rate, the African rhino could face extinction, according to Naomi Doak of the respected wildlife monitoring network, Traffic. "We are going to reach the tipping point for rhinos," she says. "By the end of 2014, we're starting to be in the negative in terms of deaths and poaching outstripping birth and the population will start to decline very quickly." Traditional Medicine Street in Hanoi bustles with street vendors balancing their wares on bicycles while dodging cars. People crowd on to the pavement to drink tea, smoke and play card games. It feels a world away from the vast plains of the South African veldt. But these two worlds are inextricably and, for the rhino, tragically connected. I am told it is the place to buy rhino horn in Hanoi, so I decide to see how easy it is. Journalists are closely monitored, though, in this one-party communist state, so my minder is never far away. It has been illegal to buy or sell rhino horn in Vietnam for eight years and the traders all shake their heads at my request to buy. "It hasn't been sold in the street for a long time," says one. But when I return later - without my minder, and with a hidden camera - traders are happy to oblige. I claim to have a sick husband. One trader tells me that if I grind the horn in to powder and mix it with alcohol, it will cure his cancer. "For the middle stage of cancer, it has a 85-to-90% success rate," he says. At $6,000 (£3,660) for 100g (3.5oz), it is more expensive than gold in Vietnam, at current prices. And yet, biologists say, the main component of the rhino horn is a material similar to the human finger nail. I go to another who claims he is a traditional medicine doctor and say I am looking for a hangover cure. "You've come to the right place," says Mr Nguyen, and shoves a large piece of rhino horn in my hands. "It cures fever and is good for removing poisons from the body which makes it a good remedy for hangovers." I have been warned that a lot of the horn sold on Traditional Medicine Street is fake and I ask Nguyen to reassure me. "I went to South Africa myself," he says and shows me his hunting permit to shoot two rhinos in 2009. His wife accompanied him and he has a picture of his eight-year-old son standing beside an animal he shot and killed. He shows me documents, all stamped by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), which approve the export from South Africa and the import to Vietnam of a "trophy horn". He tells me all this makes the sale perfectly legal. But it is not. Most of the rhinos in the wild are found in South Africa where the black rhino is considered endangered and the white rhino remains in the threatened category. Nonetheless, rhino hunting is permitted under strict rules - fewer than 100 experienced hunters can apply for a permit every year to shoot just one rhino and they're legally required to keep the horn intact, as a trophy. The argument is that hunting encourages privately owned rhino parks and therefore adds to rhino numbers. Permits costing tens of thousands of dollars contribute to the local economy. In 2010, the last Javan rhino in Vietnam disappeared, a subspecies hunted to extinction. As the Javan rhino became scarcer at home, Vietnamese hunters started applying for South African permits. By 2010, there were more Vietnamese applying to shoot a rhino in South Africa than any other nationality. But, like Nguyen on Traditional Medicine Street, they were found to be abusing the system. Against the rules, they were importing the horns back to Vietnam and selling them. When South Africa banned Vietnamese hunters in 2012, organised crime syndicates took over who now employ poachers to supply the market for horn in Vietnam and other Asian countries, including China. Vietnam became a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 20 years ago. The Cites secretariat has been urging the Vietnamese government for some years to tighten the laws and penalties against those selling horns. They were expected to have new laws in place in time for a conference on illegal wildlife trading being held in London this week. I asked Do Quang Tung, who is charged with getting his government to comply with Cites demands, why it is taking so long? "Well, in order to prepare any regulation or law, you can't just make it in one year, it takes time you know," he says, The trouble is, the wildlife experts say there is no time. Mary Rice, executive director of the Environmental Investigation Agency warns: "What we are witnessing right now is the wholesale slaughter of a species, being poached to supply what is ultimately a growing and unsustainable market in Vietnam - and elsewhere. The international community should urgently focus its attentions on pursuing and convicting the criminals behind the organised networks perpetrating the trade." Follow @BBCNewsMagazine on Twitter and on Facebook

दक्षिण अफ्रीका में रिकॉर्ड संख्या में गैंडों का अवैध शिकार किया जा रहा है और उनके सींग के लिए उन्हें मार दिया जा रहा है। उनमें से कई सींग अपने कथित औषधीय गुणों के लिए अवैध रूप से बेचे जा रहे हैं-वियतनाम जैसे देशों में।


Ramsey police station relocates as part of regeneration

Summary: Ramsey police station will relocate from the Courthouse to the Town Hall as part of long-term regeneration plans for the north of the Isle of Man.

The town's post office will move from the Court Row building into the Courthouse on Parliament Street. It is hoped the building reshuffle will encourage more people into the centre of the town. Chamber of Commerce Chairman Chris Blatcher said: "The move will complement future regeneration plans". He added: "This is a ground-breaking initiative and has been brought about in the spirit of a true government and community partnership. "Real progress is being made in revitalising the town".

रामसे पुलिस स्टेशन आइल ऑफ मैन के उत्तर के लिए दीर्घकालिक पुनर्जनन योजनाओं के हिस्से के रूप में कोर्टहाउस से टाउन हॉल में स्थानांतरित हो जाएगा।


Chinese firm buys 14 wind farm projects across Ireland

Summary: A Chinese energy company has bought seven wind farm projects in Northern Ireland and a further seven in the Republic of Ireland for a reported 350m euros (£300m).

By John CampbellBBC News NI Economics & Business Editor The China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has taken control of the projects from Dublin-based Gaelectric. The deal consists of 10 operating wind farms. A further four will be operational by mid-2017. Dr Wei Lu, chief executive of CGN Europe Energy, said this was the group's first acquisition in the energy sector in Ireland.

एक चीनी ऊर्जा कंपनी ने उत्तरी आयरलैंड में सात और आयरलैंड गणराज्य में सात पवन ऊर्जा परियोजनाओं को 350 मिलियन यूरो (300 मिलियन पाउंड) में खरीदा है।


What's on in Parliament?

Summary: A combination of the latest Brexit manoeuvres, a beleaguered home secretary and an important round of local elections should mean plenty of fizz in Parliament next week.

Mark D'ArcyParliamentary correspondent A clear sign of a fluid political situation is the sudden outbreak of halo-polishing among potential Tory leadership contenders - but this is a week which could offer stumbling blocks to a variety of ministers in a variety of parliamentary venues. The government faces a backbench rebellion orchestrated by former chief whip Andrew Mitchell, on Tuesday during debate on the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill - and the numbers he has mustered are such that the smart move for ministers might be to embrace the amendment he has produced with Labour's Margaret Hodge, on financial transparency in tax havens in UK overseas territories. The predictable drubbing ministers are receiving in the Lords, over the EU (Withdrawal) Bill looks set to continue, meaning more difficult votes in the Commons on tough Brexit issues, further down the line. A longer term worry for ministers will be the muscle-flexing on the committee corridor, where Sarah Wollaston's Health Committee, fresh from forcing the government to embrace a tax on sugary fizzy drinks, is holding more hearings on childhood obesity, which will probably feed into an attempt to drive anti-obesity policy. So there are plenty of hazards to trip ambitious ministers, or alternatively give them a change to demonstrate sure-footedness - and that's before we get to the full dress Opposition Day attack on the Home Secretary Amber Rudd over the Windrush issue. And, as ever, some of the biggest events of any parliamentary week are around urgent questions and ministerial statements that are only scheduled at the beginning of each sitting day - so I can't usually predict them in advance. Here's my rundown of the Westminster week ahead: Monday The Commons opens (2.30pm) with Housing, Communities and Local Government questions. The usual clutch of post weekend statements and UQs can be expected at 3.30pm. Then MPs polish off two bills. First the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill - where there are competing sets of amendments from Labour and Conservative backbenchers on the theme of limiting the permissible difference between the cheapest advertised rate and the most expensive rate. The key difference seems to be whether that cap would be a temporary expedient while the energy market was reformed, or a permanent restriction. There are also amendments on the need to protect vulnerable customers, including ensuring those who currently benefit under a safeguard tariff. I'm not sure the backbench Conservative amendments will be pushed to a vote, since the game appears to be to try and influence the government rather than inflict another Commons defeat, but there is clear backbench discontent about what some see as a ham-fisted intervention in the energy market. After that, MPs turn to the Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Bill, which strengthens the rules on shining lasers at aircraft, and, for the first time, makes it an offence to shine a laser at cars, trains, ships and air traffic control. The bill has already been through the Lords and seems to be in good shape, given that as I write there are no amendments down. So this looks like a very rapid rubber-stamping exercise. In Westminster Hall, the Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate on a Windrush-related e-petition, no 216539 which calls for an immigration amnesty for anyone who arrived In Britain as a minor that between 1948 to 1971. It calls on the government to stop all deportations, change the burden of proof and establish an amnesty for anyone who was a minor - as well as providing compensation for loss and hurt. It has attracted 177,305 signatures. My committee pick is the Housing, Communities and Local Government hearing (4pm) on the planning guidance on fracking - the controversial method of extracting oil and gas embedded in shale underground. The witnesses include the frackers and anti-fracking campaigners. In the Lords (2.30pm) the main event is day 4 of report stage consideration of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. Peers have already made some major changes to the bill - and the government has been defeated by majorities ranging from 50 votes to 128. And the debate on this may be the most important so far - on setting the terms of Parliament's "Meaningful Vote" on Britain's divorce deal. The key amendment is number 49, proposed by a tell-tale list of cross-party heavyweights, in this case Viscount Hailsham (the Major-era cabinet minister Douglas Hogg); the crossbench former diplomat Lord Hannay; Labour's Brexit spokespeer Baroness Hayter and the senior Lib Dem Lord Wallace of Saltaire. This kind of list, signalling a carefully assembled coalition of support, has become the hallmark of the most important amendments. This one gives Parliament a vote before ministers can walk away with 'No Deal' and allows the Commons to decide what course of action the government should take - in the event of Parliament rejecting the draft withdrawal agreement, the promised additional statute, or the 'No Deal' scenario. This is looks like the vehicle for a Remain counterattack, because it puts ministers and their Brexit strategy much more firmly on a parliamentary leash than does the "Grieve amendment" passed by the Commons. It would be a surprise if peers didn't vote this through, probably with a big majority; but it must be the amendment minsters would most wish to strike out, when the bill bounces back to the Commons. The Commons opens (11.30 am) with Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy questions. The Scottish Conservative Alister Jack has a Ten Minute Rule Bill tidying up the law around putting penalty points on a driving licence - his Road Traffic Offenders (Surrender of Driving Licences etc.) Bill will mean that licences will no longer have to be handed over or posted in before a person can accept a fixed penalty notice or conditional offer. Then come the report and third reading debates on the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill. Expect some major action over a backbench amendment co-sponsored by the former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell and the former Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, and campaigner for tax transparency, Margaret Hodge. They want to require tax havens under UK jurisdiction to set up public registers of beneficial ownership of companies registered there. The amendment has 40 signatures, including 19 Conservatives, which should be enough to pass it, even if the government resists. They hope, therefore, that ministers will accept it, however reluctantly. In addition, the government is offering amendments to add a "Magnitsky Clause" to the bill, allowing personalised sanctions against individuals where there are reasonable grounds to believe they are implicated in gross human rights abuses - like the murder of the Russian accountant Sergei Magnitsky, who blew the whistle on massive fraud in his country. The government resisted Labour amendments along these lines during the committee stage of the bill, but, in the wake of the Salisbury poisoning, it has now changed its mind, and the Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan has agreed new amendments with Labour. In Westminster Hall, the Labour MP Bambos Charalambous leads a debate (9.30am) on safeguarding children and young people in sport. This follows up the case of one of his constituents who was a victim of the football coach Barry Bennell, who was found guilty of sexual abuse. He wants to identify any loopholes in the laws and safeguarding system, and to examine what steps have been taken by sport governing bodies. Labour's Nick Thomas Symonds leads a debate on bowel cancer screening (11am), and later, at 2.30pm the Chair of the All Party parliamentary Group on Cancer, John Baron, has a debate to raise the APPG's continuing concerns that all of the £200m cancer transformation funding is getting through to the NHS front line. Other debates are on solitary confinement of children in the justice system (4pm) and on the global ban on cosmetic animal testing. The SNP's Dr Lisa Cameron, who is leading the debate, says that over 80% of countries globally still allow animal testing for cosmetics. She says the campaign to ban cosmetic testing on animals worldwide has overwhelming public support and should be adopted in a resolution by the UN. My committee pick is Health and Social Care Committee's hearing on childhood obesity (2.30pm) which features evidence from superchef Jamie Oliver and a series of nutrition experts. In the Lords (2.30pm) the main business is consideration of Commons amendments to the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill - there may still be some attempt to toughen up the bill's provisions on cold calling to sell financial products. After that peers will rattle through a series of orders and regulations including one on Royal Wedding Licensing Hours. MPs open (11.30am) with Welsh questions, followed at noon by Prime Minister's Questions. The DUP's Emma Little Pengelly has a Ten Minute Rule Bill on support for victims who have been severely injured or bereaved as a result of acts of terrorism and to a set up a review of pension support for them. Then, Labour will look to keep up pressure on the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, with an Opposition Day debate on Windrush and creating a "hostile environment" for illegal immigrants. At the moment the Tory troops are rallying around her - but the steady drip drip of revelations about the conduct of immigration policy has not helped her. In Westminster Hall, the subjects for debate are: the case for HPV vaccination in boys (9.30am); the working conditions of prison officers (11am); government policy on reducing plastic waste in the maritime environment (2.30 pm); ticket touting and musical events (4pm) and grandchildren's access right to their grandparents (4.30pm). On the committee corridor a familiar figure returns - the former Chancellor George Osborne gives evidence to the Education Committee on education in the north (10am) in his role as chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. In the Lords (3pm) it's devolution day in the detailed consideration of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill..... this includes one of the touchier facets of the bill, the section dealing with EU powers which had been promised to the devolved administrations. This covers issues like farm subsidies, food labelling and even fertiliser regulation....and unusually the key amendments are the ones proposed by the government, having struck a compromise deal which has peeled the Labour government in Wales away from its alliance with the SNP administration in Holyrood. One snag with this debate is that the SNP have no peers - they don't, on principle, appoint members to the Lords - but some of their arguments may be made for them by Plaid Cymru peers and maybe others. MPs meet at 9.30am for Brexit questions - but the benches may be rather thinly populated, given that it is local election day in London and many other urban areas. Conscious that the troops may be deployed elsewhere, the House business managers have made sure that nothing particularly important is burdening the agenda - the main debate is on the May adjournment, one of those amorphous debates where any MP can speak on any subject. In Westminster Hall (1.30pm), there's a debate on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee's report on the effectiveness of local authority overview and scrutiny committees. In the Lords (11 am) peers debate a committee report on Brexit: sanctions policy. Neither House is sitting on Friday.

नवीनतम ब्रेक्सिट पैंतरेबाज़ी, एक संकटग्रस्त गृह सचिव और स्थानीय चुनावों के एक महत्वपूर्ण दौर के संयोजन का मतलब अगले सप्ताह संसद में काफी हलचल होनी चाहिए।


Birkdale shooting: Man charged over death of Stephen Maguire

Summary: A suspect has been charged with murdering a man who was shot inside a house while a six-year-old child and a woman were upstairs.

Stephen Maguire, 27, was shot in the stomach and leg at a house on Guildford Road, Birkdale, at about 23:35 BST on 16 March. Three other men have previously been charged in connection with his death. Patrick Moogan, 34, of no fixed address appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court earlier, Merseyside Police said. He has been charged with murder, kidnap, robbery and possession of a firearm and ammunition. Why not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk

एक संदिग्ध पर एक आदमी की हत्या का आरोप लगाया गया है जिसे एक घर के अंदर गोली मार दी गई थी, जबकि एक छह साल का बच्चा और एक महिला ऊपर थे।


Jersey to get Freedom of Information law 'by 2015'

Summary: Jersey's Freedom of Information law should be in force by 2015 after politicians formally voted it in.

The new law, which gives access to information held by States departments, was passed on Wednesday. Deputy Rob Duhamel called for the law to be referred to scrutiny but he was defeated with only his own vote in favour. The States have asked the Chief Minister to make sure the new law comes into force in 2015. Deputy Roy le Herissier said he was concerned the law could be lost altogether amid concerns it could cost too much and be too complicated to introduce.

राजनेताओं द्वारा औपचारिक रूप से मतदान करने के बाद जर्सी का सूचना की स्वतंत्रता कानून 2015 तक लागू होना चाहिए।


‘Superheroes don’t work 90-hour weeks’

Summary: One in eight employees works more than 48 hours a week, analysis by the TUC, seen by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, suggests. But some companies are experimenting to see if it is possible to achieve a better work-life balance.

By Michael CowanBBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme "Some of the superheroes of our time, they are the guys who say, 'I work 90 hours, 100 hours, 120 hours,'" says design company director Marei Wollersberger. "People read those figures and they say, 'That's what's going to make me successful, I'm going to do the same,'... but that's not true." Staff at her company, Normally Design, in London, work a four-day week but are paid as if they were doing the traditional five days. The days remain eight-hours long. She says it's key to the company's success - they can be just as profitable in fewer hours, as employees work more efficiently. In fact, working outside of business hours is not seen as a positive - managers check if there is anything wrong if it happens. Other companies have found it difficult to meet clients' needs after moving to Swedish-style six-hour days. But Normally Design employee Basil Safwat says the shorter weeks do not mean cramming five days of work into four and he has had to work longer hours only a couple of times in two years at the company "There's a social encouragement to make sure you use that fifth day for yourself and not to do work," he says. "You're not going to get Brownie points for replying to emails on the fifth day." Ms Wollersberger says: "We've seen people wait for their whole life for the big moment when they retire and then have the luxury to do all of the things you really want to do and fulfil your dreams. "But we've seen in a few cases that never happens as you get ill or you're older by then. "Maybe we can just flip that round. Maybe we can take that time and move it forward and give it back to ourselves and our employees." Mental health Office for National Statistics labour market data analysed by the TUC found 3,337,000 employees were now working more than 48 hours a week, a rise of 250,000 since 2001. Mental health charity Mind said poor work-life balance could lead to poor mental health in the workplace, which costs the UK economy up to £100bn per year. Stress can leave workers unable to concentrate and less motivated. Gemma Godfrey, chief executive of investment management company Moola, says: "Workers in Germany, for example, could actually stop working on a Thursday and yet still produce more than we do. "So, therefore, greater and longer working hours doesn't necessarily mean that we're more productive, especially when it negatively impacts our health and our ability to do our job." But, she says, the solution involves caring for employees' overall wellbeing, not simply cutting hours. She says: "How are we looking after them? Are we also looking at lifestyle benefits, harnessing modern technology to be able to offer greater flexibility as well as making sure we still deliver? "That's what's going to drive profits and the economy." Retention rates The 100 staff at Pursuit Marketing, in Glasgow, have worked a four-day week since a successful trial in 2016. It says productivity increased initially by about 38%, settling to about 30% over the past year, with turnover rising from £2.2m to £5m. Operations director Lorraine Gray says other companies choose to work with Pursuit Marketing because of the way it treats staff. "The culture in the workplace drives better results, better performance, a happier workforce. So, our retention rates are really high. We can attract the best talent," she says. "When our staff are in the office, they're far more productive. They're focused on what they need to do. And they want to enjoy that three-day weekend every weekend and not be worried about work." Watch the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.

बीबीसी के विक्टोरिया डर्बीशायर कार्यक्रम द्वारा देखे गए टीयूसी के विश्लेषण से पता चलता है कि आठ में से एक कर्मचारी सप्ताह में 48 घंटे से अधिक काम करता है। लेकिन कुछ कंपनियां यह देखने के लिए प्रयोग कर रही हैं कि क्या बेहतर कार्य-जीवन संतुलन प्राप्त करना संभव है।


Five top parenting tips that could be in official lessons

Summary: What are the key things that every parent should know before they take on what is arguably the most important job of their life? After a call from a leading public health expert for parents in the UK to have lessons provided by the government, we have invited educational psychologist Zubeida Dasgupta to offer five useful tips for parenting to help promote mental well-being in children.

1 Attach and tune in Help children to feel safe from the start with good attachment, being attuned to them and setting clear and consistent boundaries. It's about your relationship, knowing what your child needs at that moment. Do they need you? Or a bit of space? You have to be ready to see what they need. If the relationship is an attuned one, then the child feels safe and can manage difficulties in the outside world. There's a lot of evidence, (as the FPH says in its report) that children who don't get that in the first 1,001 days, don't develop secure attachment. We use Video Interaction Guidance to support parents - reviewing little clips that show their interactions working well. Showing those moments of joy help them to feel good about their parenting. And help their communication, interactions and relationship with their child. 2 Look after your own mental health Be aware of what can make us stressed, anxious or depressed. Do we have a network of support - be that a partner, friends, school, or the local council's parenting classes? Make sure there is support for yourself, that makes parenting less isolating, that there is space to offload. For working parents it can be really stressful to balance raising kids and working. If we feel good and are calm, if we feel mentally well, we can better support our children. 3 Don't overfill their days Give children time and space. We try to overfill their days with activities when we could be taking our foot off the accelerator and just "being". Too much activity puts pressure and expectation on children. That doesn't give them space to be with themselves and become self-aware. We are often in "rushing" mode, not "being" mode. If we have space in time and in our minds we can listen to what our children say, be that verbally, or non-verbally. Then they are more likely to talk about their feelings. It doesn't have to be hours, just spend 10 minutes joining your child's world - observing, joining in, following their play. Discuss feelings in everyday situations. In books, what do the characters feel? Gently show interest in feelings and thoughts. This helps children develop vocabulary for talking about feelings. 4 Learn resilience, bear frustration. Help children to become more resilient, even from an early age. If they can't get a cube in a shape sorter, we can't bear their frustration and help them to do it. But we all need to bear frustration throughout life. Learning to become resilient and deal with it is a good skill. Be a sensitive parent who can judge how far they can support their child to tolerate frustration. Then, if they have managed something well, help them notice what they have done, help them reflect. 5 The "other" five-a-day As the NHS website says, make sure you have your five-a-day for mental wellbeing. They are: be mindful; connect; exercise; learn something new; and give to others. The idea is that if you should do a little bit of each of those every day. Just like the five-a-day portions of fruit and vegetables that keep the family physically healthy, these keep you mentally healthy. Parents should also trust their instinct and if they are concerned about their child's mental health, seek advice from their GP. And an extra tip, just for fun... ... is to have fun. After all, laughter releases happy hormones.

प्रत्येक माता-पिता को अपने जीवन का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण काम करने से पहले किन प्रमुख बातों के बारे में पता होना चाहिए? ब्रिटेन में एक प्रमुख सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य विशेषज्ञ द्वारा माता-पिता को सरकार द्वारा प्रदान किए गए सबक के लिए कॉल करने के बाद, हमने शैक्षिक मनोवैज्ञानिक जुबेदा दासगुप्ता को बच्चों में मानसिक कल्याण को बढ़ावा देने में मदद करने के लिए पालन-पोषण के लिए पांच उपयोगी सुझाव देने के लिए आमंत्रित किया है।


Oldbury pub fight leaves man in critical condition

Summary: A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being punched in the face outside a pub.

West Midlands Police said officers responded to disorder outside the Phoenix pub in Martley Road, Oldbury, shortly after 21:00 BST on Saturday. It is understood the victim suffered serious head injuries after being hit to the floor. The force is investigating the assault and has seized CCTV from the premises. It has also appealed for witnesses. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk Related Internet Links West Midlands Police

एक पब के बाहर चेहरे पर मुक्का मारने के बाद अस्पताल में एक व्यक्ति की हालत गंभीर है।


Much is an echo of March - but a lot is different too

Summary: By 8pm on Monday it felt inevitable.

Laura KuenssbergPolitical editor@bbclaurakon Twitter But it doesn't mean that a national instruction to close the doors was automatic. Or indeed that new lockdowns in England and Scotland aren't still dramatic and painful. With tightening up in Wales and Northern Ireland too, the spread of coronavirus this winter has been faster than governments' attempts to keep up with it - leaving leaders with little choice but to take more of our choices away. There is much that's an echo of March. Work, school, life outside the home will be constrained in so many ways, with terrible and expensive side-effects for the economy. This time, it's already spluttering - restrictions being turned on and off for months have starved so much trade of vital business. But there's a lot that's different too. After so long, the public is less forgiving of the actions taken, and there is frustration particularly over last-minute changes for schools; fatigue too with having to live under such limits. Vaccine 'should be entire focus' By now, Boris Johnson's opponents, inside and outside the Tory party, have plenty of evidence to suggest that he would rather put off difficult decisions. But there is another profound change, that the prime minister was unsurprisingly keen to point out on live TV, where the UK, at the moment, has a leading reputation. Vaccines exist, partly due to UK science, and are being injected into willing arms already. The scientific triumph still needs to be turned into a logistical victory. But if around 13 million vaccines can be offered over the next six weeks, we may be on the way. One member of the cabinet told me: "We should do absolutely nothing but this, the vaccine - it should be the entire focus of the government; every government shoulder should be put to every government wheel." It's not just the country's health and economic fortunes riding on hitting that stretching target, but the government's reputation too.

सोमवार को रात 8 बजे तक यह अपरिहार्य महसूस हुआ।


India-Iran relations: Why Bollywood is our common language

Summary: With Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting Iran, there's been lots of talk in Delhi about the relationship between our two countries. But for me, a holiday I had in Iran last year told me more about our middle eastern neighbour than any political pundit could.

By Vandana VijayBBC Hindi 1. We are all Shah Rukh Khan fans When I travelled to Iran last year, I received a warm welcome from many strangers - in part because the subject of Bollywood is great icebreaker. On my first day in Tehran, a guard outside the Sadabad Palace museum asked me shyly: "Are you Hindustani (Indian), do you know Shah Rukh Khan?" For the uninitiated, Shah Rukh Khan is one of the biggest superstars of Indian cinema with a fan following around the world. As my friend and I took a selfie with the Iranian Bollywood fan, something inside told me that I was in for a treat. And I wasn't wrong. 2. A secret love of lipstick During my travels, as I was getting myself photographed in local attire, an old lady came towards me. We tried to communicate, but couldn't understand each other's language. Then she mimicked an Indian lady applying lipstick and a Bindi (an adornment worn on the forehead by some Indian women). Once I realised what she wanted, I handed her my lipstick. She deftly applied it on her lips, looked in the mirror and blushed like a new bride. Then she furiously removed the lipstick, as if someone was watching over her. Before I knew it, she had planted a kiss on my cheeks, hugged me and left. I can still feel the warmth of that hug. I don't know what her reasons were. All I know that this was a moment of female solidarity that needed no words. 3. Fashion and nose jobs There was lot for me to learn and unlearn about Iran. Knowingly or unknowingly, we all carry stereotypes in our minds. When I arrived, I was curious to know more about the position of women in Iran. As I roamed around on the streets of Iran, I saw women making a fashion statement every now and then with their clothing. The young girls were smartly dressed in jeans, with highlighted hair loosely covered by fashionable and colourful headscarves. They all carried beautifully accessorised handbags. I also saw young boys and girls sitting in parks holding hands. And then there was the peculiar case of bandaged noses. Almost on every nook and corner, I saw women with bandages on their noses. How could so many women could have hurt their noses in one go? I kept wondering. So curiosity took the better of me and I asked someone. It turns out the women hadn't broken their noses, but had undergone nose jobs! Apparently, nose jobs are a big hit amongst Iranian women, something I had never known. I'd read about life being hard for women in Iran, but clearly many women are keen to access fashion, and if they have the money, will go to great lengths to get the look they want. 4. Vegetarian options Being a pure vegetarian, I was worried about food options in Iran as I'd previously had a difficult time in China But it turns out we have some common roots - and common food cultures. Vegetarian Parsi food came to my rescue. Zoroastrianism is one of world's oldest religions and was founded in ancient Iran about 3,500 years ago. In the 10th Century, a group of Iranians fled, seeking religious freedom, and ended up on the shores of Gujarat in India where they are now known as Indian Parsi community. Since then, the Parsis settled in India have maintained strong connections with Iran And if you are a vegetarian like me, who does not even eat eggs, Parsi restaurants in Iran ensure you are well fed. 5. Diamonds aren't forever? As an Indian, I was also intrigued by the National Jewellery Museum in Tehran which houses many diamonds from India including the famous Dariya re Noor diamond, said to be the largest pink diamond of world. Historians claim it was looted by the Persian emperor Nadir Shah from India but there is no high profile campaign to get it back, unlike the Kohinoor diamond held in Britain. Before showing these diamonds, the Iranian guide would say to the Indian visitors: "Let bygones be bygones", with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. Actually, relations between the two countries are much more than just food, poetry, music and films and nostalgia. There are bigger issues like oil, sanctions, diplomacy and strategy to be taken care of. But as a wanderer visiting Iran, I was happy to see another side of the country, and realise that despite any political differences, we also have a lot in common.

भारतीय प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की ईरान यात्रा के साथ, दिल्ली में हमारे दोनों देशों के बीच संबंधों के बारे में बहुत सारी बातें हुई हैं। लेकिन मेरे लिए, पिछले साल ईरान में एक छुट्टी ने मुझे हमारे मध्य पूर्वी पड़ोसी के बारे में किसी भी राजनीतिक पंडित की तुलना में अधिक बताया।


Junior doctors' strike: Why is there no Wales dispute?

Summary: Hospitals in England are facing more disruption as junior doctors are due to stage a week of strikes in the ongoing dispute with the UK government over a new contract. Why are junior doctors not on strike in Wales?

By Owain ClarkeBBC Wales health correspondent Because the NHS in Wales is devolved. Since 1999, the Welsh Government has been in charge of running the health service. Ministers in Cardiff are responsible for negotiating the specific terms and conditions for doctors working in the Welsh NHS. For the time being the Welsh Government, like the Scottish government, says it intends to stick with the junior doctors contract already in force. Hence junior doctors in Wales will work as normal during the industrial action in England, which is due to take place from 08:00 to 17:00 BST from 12 to 16 September with more expected to follow. So will what's happening in England have no bearing at all on what happens in Wales? The dispute between the junior doctors, the NHS in England and the UK government is extremely complex. But generally speaking, it centres around introducing new working conditions including changing the way junior doctors are paid for working on weekends. The UK government insists the new contract means the NHS in England will be better placed to provide better care seven days a week. But the BMA insists it will increase the pressure on junior doctors and result in a less safe care for patients. While there are moves to improve access to care at weekends elsewhere in the UK, the plans are not on the scale of what the government in England is trying to achieve. For example, in Wales the focus has been on more weekend access to diagnostic tests, pharmacies and therapies rather than creating more seven-day working across the whole system. But that's not to stay if big changes eventually occur in terms and conditions in England that the Welsh Government won't have to consider the implications carefully. It would be very difficult for the NHS on both sides of the border with radically different contracts for staff doing similar jobs. That's why until now the Welsh health secretary has, in my view, been cautious not to try to make too much political capital out of the dispute in England. The Welsh Government is perhaps aware difficult negotiations, such as those that have occurred previously on GP and consultant contracts, may have to eventually take place here. However the Welsh Government insists any negotiations it takes part in will be undertaken in the spirit of "partnership". And last November, the then Health Minister Mark Drakeford encouraged junior doctors and medical professionals to consider working in Wales if unhappy in England. Are any patients living in Wales affected by the action over the border? Most patients living in Wales won't be affected. But those patients from Wales who were scheduled perhaps to get specialist treatment in England could face disruption. Similarly individuals - for example people living near the border in Monmouthshire and Powys who for reasons of geography generally get seen at hospitals in England - may see appointments postponed. So to what extent do junior doctors in Wales back the position of the BMA in England? Generally, junior doctors in Wales support their colleagues in England. BMA Wales said: "We fully support our colleagues in England who have planned industrial action. We are one profession, and we stand together. "Across the UK, the BMA wants a contract that is fair for doctors, safe for patients and safeguards the future of the NHS everywhere. "This is well supported: the BMA's ballot of its members received a near unanimous vote for industrial action in England. The approach taken by the government in England is an attack on us all." There has previously been support for the action from Welsh rugby star Jamie Roberts. He is a qualified doctor, although has never worked as one. He's currently playing for Harlequins and studying for a MPhil at Cambridge. He tweeted during the first strike: "The #juniordoctors have my full support today." However not everyone agrees; the BMA's former Welsh council chairman, former surgeon Russell Hopkins, wrote to the Daily Telegraph when doctors went on strike in February, saying the organisation has "morphed" into a left-wing political body, giving "little thought to patient care". The former surgeon and manager of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff also said he intended to hand back his fellowship of the organisation. The BMA responded: "Everyone is entitled to their view and junior doctors certainly do not take the decision to take industrial action lightly." What does the Welsh Government say? Ahead of the latest proposed action, the Welsh Government has issued a statement. "We prefer dialogue and agreement over dispute and imposition and we will not impose a junior doctors contract here in Wales," said a spokesman. "Wales has a strong tradition of working in partnership with our staff and their representatives and we've had constructive talks with BMA Cymru regarding the ongoing dispute in England. "We welcome their plans to survey junior doctor members to judge their mood in relation to the contract situation. "We will only move to discuss a new contract for junior doctors when we judge the time is right. In the meantime, we continue to offer attractive working arrangements and a positive training experience, based on the existing contractual arrangements." The spokesman said they would also "seek to ensure there is no adverse impact" on Welsh patients who would routinely access emergency and planned care service at English hospitals.

इंग्लैंड के अस्पतालों को और अधिक व्यवधान का सामना करना पड़ रहा है क्योंकि एक नए अनुबंध को लेकर ब्रिटेन सरकार के साथ चल रहे विवाद में जूनियर डॉक्टरों को एक सप्ताह की हड़ताल करनी है। वेल्स में जूनियर डॉक्टर हड़ताल पर क्यों नहीं हैं?


Nepal quake 'followed historic pattern'

Summary: Nepal's devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake on Saturday was primed over 80 years ago by its last massive earthquake in 1934, which razed around a quarter of Kathmandu to the ground and killed over 17,000 people.

By Kate RaviliousScience writer This latest quake follows the same pattern as a duo of big tremors that occurred over 700 years ago, and results from a domino effect of strain transferring along the fault, geologists say. The researchers discovered the likely existence of this doublet effect only in recent weeks, during field work in the region. Saturday's quake, which struck an area in central Nepal, between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, has had a far-reaching impact. More than 4,000 people have lost their lives, with victims in Bangladesh, India, Tibet, and on Mount Everest, where avalanches were triggered. Death tolls and casualty figures are likely to rise over the coming days, and the risk of landslides on slopes made unstable by the quake mean that the danger is far from passed. Trench investigations In a sadly prescient turn of events, Laurent Bollinger, from the CEA research agency in France, and his colleagues, uncovered the historical pattern of earthquakes during fieldwork in Nepal last month, and anticipated a major earthquake in exactly the location where Saturday's big tremor has taken place. Down in the jungle in central southern Nepal, Bollinger's team dug trenches across the country's main earthquake fault (which runs for more than 1,000km from west to east), at the place where the fault meets the surface, and used fragments of charcoal buried within the fault to carbon-date when the fault had last moved. Ancient texts mention a number of major earthquakes, but locating them on the ground is notoriously difficult. Monsoon rains wash soils down the hillsides and dense jungle covers much of the land, quickly obscuring earthquake ruptures. Bollinger's group was able to show that this segment of fault had not moved for a long time. "We showed that this fault was not responsible for the great earthquakes of 1505 and 1833, and that the last time it moved was most likely 1344," says Bollinger, who presented his findings to the Nepal Geological Society two weeks ago. Previously, the team had worked on the neighbouring segment of fault, which lies to the east of Kathmandu, and had shown that this segment experienced major quakes in 1255, and then more recently in 1934. The deadly pattern of quakes around Kathmandu When Bollinger and his colleagues saw this historic pattern of events, they became greatly concerned. "We could see that both Kathmandu and Pokhara would now be particularly exposed to earthquakes rupturing the main fault, where it likely last did in 1344, between the two cities," explains Paul Tapponnier, from the Earth Observatory of Singapore, who was working with Bollinger. When a large earthquake occurs, it is common for the movement to transfer strain further along the earthquake fault, and this seems to be what happened in 1255. Over the following 89 years, strain accumulated in the neighbouring westerly segment of fault, finally rupturing in 1344. Now, history has repeated itself, with the 1934 fault transferring strain westwards along the fault, which has finally been released today, 81 years later. And, worryingly, the team warns there could be more to come. "Early calculations suggest that Saturday's magnitude-7.8 earthquake is probably not big enough to rupture all the way to the surface, so there is still likely to be more strain stored, and we should probably expect another big earthquake to the west and south of this one in the coming decades," says Bollinger. You can follow Kate on Twitter

नेपाल में शनिवार को आया विनाशकारी भूकंप 80 साल पहले 1934 में आया था, जिसमें काठमांडू का लगभग एक चौथाई हिस्सा तबाह हो गया था और 17,000 से अधिक लोग मारे गए थे।


Guys Marsh Prison workshop fire investigation launched

Summary: An investigation has been launched into the cause of a fire which broke out in the workshop of Guys Marsh Prison in Dorset.

Fifty firefighters were brought in to fight the fire at the prison south of Shaftesbury at about 08:50 BST. A Prison Service spokesperson said the blaze was extinguised by 10:30 BST and an investigation has now been launched. There were no injuries to staff or prisoners and the fire was contained in the workshop. The rural prison is a designated Foreign National Prisoner Centre and has a capacity of 578.

डोरसेट में गाय्स मार्श जेल की कार्यशाला में आग लगने के कारण की जांच शुरू कर दी गई है।


Profile: Tim Davie

Summary: Tim Davie has been appointed acting director general of the BBC following the resignation of George Entwistle in the wake of the Newsnight broadcast on 2 November which wrongly implicated ex-senior Tory Lord McAlpine in a child sex abuse scandal.

Mr Davie, 45, takes over as the BBC's governing body - the BBC Trust - begins the process of agreeing on a permanent successor. He will be in charge of leading an organisation reeling from the aftermath of what the chairman of the Trust, Lord Patten, described as "the unacceptable mistakes and the unacceptable shoddy journalism which has caused so much controversy". In October 2012, he was appointed as the new chief executive of BBC Worldwide and was due to take over in December. Mr Davie has been in his current role of director of BBC Audio & Music, with overall responsibility for BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4, and the BBC digital radio stations 1Xtra, 6Music, BBC 4Extra, and the Asian Network, for four years. He also oversaw the three BBC orchestras in England, the BBC Singers, and the BBC Proms; classical music & performance television, factual radio and radio drama production are all within his remit, under the Audio and Music production department. Mr Davie had to deal with some delicate situations under his tenure. Soon after he began his current post, he had to address prank calls made by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on Radio 2. The decision to shut 6 Music under his tenure, which was later reversed, also brought scrutiny. Private sector Tim Davie became head of Audio & Music on 1 September 2008. From April 2005, he was director of the BBC's Marketing, Communications & Audiences division. He joined the corporation from his post as vice-president, Marketing and Franchise, PepsiCo Europe. After reading English at Cambridge University, he joined Procter and Gamble's marketing department, becoming a Brand Manager in 1991. He is a member of the BBC's Executive Board, a trustee of BBC Children in Need, and board member of Radio Joint Audience Research - Rajar - the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. Mr Davie is married with three young sons.

2 नवंबर को न्यूजनाइट प्रसारण के मद्देनजर जॉर्ज एंटविसल के इस्तीफे के बाद टिम डेवी को बीबीसी का कार्यवाहक महानिदेशक नियुक्त किया गया है, जिसमें पूर्व वरिष्ठ टोरी लॉर्ड मैकएल्पाइन को बाल यौन शोषण घोटाले में गलत तरीके से फंसाया गया था।


Deadly anthrax disease 'discovered in Hungarian beef'

Summary: Five people are being monitored at a Hungarian hospital after the discovery of the deadly anthrax disease in samples of beef, reports say.

The five were admitted to hospital over concerns that they may have been infected by the disease. The disease was discovered in frozen meat from two animals that had been slaughtered illegally, the Hungarian health agency says. Anthrax is caused by a bacteria that occurs naturally in soil. Symptoms of anthrax exposure include skin ulcers, nausea, vomiting and fever. Left untreated, it can lead to death. The animals in the latest outbreak were reportedly slaughtered at a farm in Tiszafured, a town 160km (99 miles) east of Budapest.

रिपोर्टों में कहा गया है कि गोमांस के नमूनों में घातक एंथ्रेक्स रोग की खोज के बाद हंगरी के एक अस्पताल में पांच लोगों की निगरानी की जा रही है।


How Stonehenge site became the world's largest military training camp

Summary: Many of England's historic sites - some of which played key roles defending the country in past centuries - were given new roles during World War One. Tudor castles came to the defence of the nation once again, while country houses helped wounded soldiers recover.

The ancient stones at Stonehenge found themselves at the centre of the world's largest military camp. English Heritage is telling the story in a new exhibition at the site in Wiltshire, which runs until April 2015. Click to see how the stones and other historic gems fared between 1914-18 - with English Heritage's Senior Historian Paul Pattison. And scroll down further to see some of the images from the photo film. Soldiers at Stonehenge: Salisbury Plain and the journey to the First World War can be seen at Stonehenge until 12 April 2015. All images above and in the photo film subject to copyright. Images from English Heritage, J T Fuller, T S Crawford, Glenbow Museum (Canada), Stanley C Jenkins Collection, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society History Archive, Malcolm McCarthy and Private Collection. Additional material courtesy Getty Images. Video: Music by KPM Music. Photo film production by Paul Kerley. Related: BBC World War One English Heritage English Heritage - Soldiers at Stonehenge You might also like: Abram Games: Posters that framed the nation Ordinary beauty - Edwin Smith's striking photographs Who was the world's first trainspotter?

इंग्लैंड के कई ऐतिहासिक स्थलों-जिनमें से कुछ ने पिछली शताब्दियों में देश की रक्षा करने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई थी-को प्रथम विश्व युद्ध के दौरान नई भूमिकाएँ दी गईं। ट्यूडर महल एक बार फिर राष्ट्र की रक्षा के लिए आए, जबकि ग्रामीण घरों ने घायल सैनिकों को ठीक होने में मदद की।


Cardiff terror plot accused, 17, denies charges

Summary: A 17 year old boy has denied planning a terror attack in Cardiff.

The teenager, from Rhondda Cynon Taff, is charged with preparation of terrorist acts by obtaining a knife and hammer last month. He appeared before Birmingham Crown Court on Monday where he pleaded not guilty to five charges. A 10-day trial has been fixed to be heard from 13 November.

एक 17 वर्षीय लड़के ने कार्डिफ में आतंकवादी हमले की योजना बनाने से इनकार किया है।


Why we said 'I do' after 30 years together

Summary: Lately, Sue Elliott-Nicholls has been to lots of weddings where the bride and groom have been together for decades. And last month she, too, did the deed in her 50s. So why are all these middle-aged couples finally opting for marriage?

"You must get married," advised a friend who had just tied the knot after 25 years with her partner. "Because if one of you dies, the other person could lose the house to inheritance tax." You only pay inheritance tax if you have assets worth more than £325,000 - but in some parts of the country that applies to almost anyone who owns their own home. And there you have it - that's why I'm going to more weddings in my 50s than I ever went to in my 20s. No-one got married when we were in our 20s - it wasn't cool. Now it seems to make sense, because spouses inherit their partner's assets tax-free. House prices have soared to criminal levels in the South East. No-one can afford to buy, no-one can afford to move, and our grown-up kids can't afford to live independently in the cities they grew up in. But hey, something good can come out of this: we can have a party and tell ourselves there is a good financial reason for it... that it's actually a way of saving for the future. We can celebrate with our grown-up kids, and they can wear ridiculous suits. So after 30 years, my "husband" (I still feel silly saying it) and I have finally got hitched. Before popping the question I mentioned it to another friend who had got married after 25 years. (Yes, I discuss all major family decisions with friends before mentioning them to the actual family.) "What if it all goes wrong?" I asked her. "Sue," she said, rolling her eyes. "It's already gone wrong, you've been together 30 years, it's gone wrong and you've pulled it back into line, multiple times, because that's life." She was right. After 30 years Tony and I have been through many ups and downs - including getting evicted while pregnant , the death of parents, finally buying half a house, wonderful holidays, tracing biological families, and cancer. So, one Tuesday night I looked at him, swearing at the oven door as he tried to fix it, trousers slipping down to reveal a fine builder's bum, and told him I thought we should get married and why. "OK," he said as he screwed the door back on. "Book it." I sat at the kitchen table with the laptop open at the bookings page on the town hall website and we chose our date. In the months leading up to that date we had a few 5am wobbles. Why were we fixing something that wasn't broken? And what would it be like to get our complicated families together in one room for the first time in 30 years? What I hadn't realised was how much fun it would be. We laughed from beginning to end. And other people I have spoken to say it was the same for them. Anne and Ron decided to get the ceremony done with just their three kids and celebrate with a party at a later date. "We needed to get it done but, I don't know, it felt embarrassing to do it in front of people," says Anne. Her oldest son got the time wrong and so had to jump in a cab - he arrived covered in paint. Her second son had lost his passport so was on the phone from Stansted airport throughout the whole thing and her daughter was annoyed because she didn't realise there were going to be photos. "I would have dressed up if I'd known," she complained. Find out more Sue Elliott-Nicholls contributed to the Woman's Hour special, on BBC Radio 4, Why get married? Click here to listen online "It was a shambolic event generally," says Anne. "The registrar put some ghastly music on and let us have a moment - and of course we just fell about laughing. It brings out the bad behaviour somehow." Paddy and Christina left their two small kids with Christina's mum and jetted off to Vegas for an Elvis wedding after 15 years together. "Well," Christina says. "Paddy forgot my birthday. I think later that day he realised and then had to work fast. He rang my parents, got them to come up and have the kids, booked the tickets and arranged for us to go to Las Vegas, because for some reason I'd always wanted to get married in Las Vegas." Phew, well done Paddy. Pretty drastic measures - still, crisis avoided. Best friends Ginny and Jennifer had a problem. They both wanted to marry their partners of 30 and 20 years respectively but didn't really want to invite their large families. On the other hand, they didn't want the event to be too small either. "I feel it would have gone a bit flat really if it had just been Chris and I and the kids," says Jennifer. "So she phoned me one night," Ginny continues, "And said, 'I've had an idea. How about a joint wedding? We could be your witnesses, you could be our witnesses, that way we can keep it small, we could go out for a meal or something and it'll all be done and dusted within a few hours?'" It was a lovely day, they both agree. A few weeks after Tony and I got married it became legal for heterosexual couples to have a civil partnership. As there was no mention of God or obeying in our registry office service I wasn't too bothered - but Jennifer and Ginny said they both would have gone for that option if it had been available. Because all these late weddings came about for practical reasons. There is a sobering moment when we all become aware of our mortality. Cancer was a factor when it came to making our decision. Thankfully, Tony's treatment was successful and he is in remission, but I realised then that if it had been otherwise, we might have had to sell our home. When Jennifer married, she was in remission from cancer - she had lost her sister to cancer three years earlier. And as the mother of two young children, Christina wanted to make sure all the bases had been covered, should anything ever happen to her. In fact, Paddy and Christina opted out of the Elvis wedding when they found out he was going to sing five numbers. They decided it might be embarrassing, after a while, with just the two of them standing there awkwardly. Instead they opted for the drive-through - or as Paddy likes to call it, the drive-by. A quick couple of minutes standing up out of the sunroof of a stretch limo while the slightly worse-for-wear registrar declared them wed. Because, after that many years, you can do what you like. I took the bus to the Town Hall with the girls and picked up my flowers on the way, we had people back to our house because that's where all our happy memories are, we got take-away Turkish food from the mosque around the corner. My friend made a cake and my biological mum made my dress, after surreptitious fittings in the Top Shop changing rooms in our lunch breaks. But there was a moment, a brief moment when our boys were outside the mayor's parlour waiting to escort me in and I walked in to see my partner, suited and booted, looking so healthy and happy that I had to catch my breath. Anne and Ron had a party a few months after their official debacle at the registry office with the kids. This, for them, was the main event. "The party was about celebrating staying together, and the family," Anne remembers. "It was about restating something that we felt 20-odd years ago which you don't really ever say in the normal course of things," says Ron. "There's a reason we stayed together, it's not inertia - at least, not on my part." They both laugh. They had a sort of mock service where Anne's oldest son, Alex, made a speech about how much his stepdad Ron meant to him. Alex's dad had died before Anne and Ron got together. "Alex was really moving," says Anne, looking at Ron. "Talking about you, talking about when his dad died. When would you ever say any of that?" You may also like: When Pakistani designer Nashra Balagamwala produced a board game about arranged marriage, most news reports about her wrongly assumed she was dead against it. Actually her position is far more nuanced - and one goal is to explain to people in the UK and elsewhere how it works. Read: 'I want to explain arranged marriage to people in the West' Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

हाल ही में, सू इलियट-निकोल्स कई शादियों में गई हैं जहाँ दुल्हन और दूल्हा दशकों से साथ रहे हैं। और पिछले महीने उन्होंने भी अपने 50 के दशक में यह काम किया था। तो फिर ये सभी अधेड़ उम्र के जोड़े आखिरकार शादी का विकल्प क्यों चुन रहे हैं?


US mid-terms: Will young people bother to vote?

Summary: This election has been billed as one in which young people form a powerful voting bloc, propelled by the momentum generated by school shootings earlier in the year, and mobilised by celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rihanna. But will they turn up on the day?

Young turnout in mid-term elections in the US is historically low but some signs, including participation in recent primaries and voter registration, suggest that numbers may be higher this year. At the same time, however, other data indicate that very little may change. Let's take a look at key factors. 1. Millennials are more politically engaged A survey of people aged 22 to 38 found that 62% were "looking forward" to the vote on 6 November, a large increase from the 46% recorded in 2014 and 39% in 2010, according to the Pew Research Center. Recent special and primary elections had higher turnout than previous years fuelled, in part, by greater participation of young voters, says Dr Michael McDonald, an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. He runs the United States Elections Project, which has election data from as far back as 1787. Early signs suggest that this could happen again next month. "You do expect young voters to be more engaged in this election than in recent [ones]," according to Dr McDonald. Health care, immigration and the economy are some of the most important issues for them, according to surveys, and they tend to engage more with candidates addressing those subjects. 2. But they usually don't bother to actually vote Despite all of the above, don't forget that young turnout in mid-term elections is historically low, hovering around 20%. They are also the age group most likely to not vote. There have been some initiatives to change that. Apart from calls from politicians and celebrities (more on that later), more than 100 companies - including Walmart, the country's largest employer - have joined the campaign Time to Vote. The goal is to boost participation among their employees, many of them young voters - a different Pew survey suggested that conflicting work or school schedule was a reason for a third of those interviewed to miss voting. Lyft and Uber, for example, are offering discount or even free rides for some voters. "People vote when they're interested," Dr McDonald says. "The issues have to matter to the voters in order for them to be engaged and young people, because they haven't been exposed to politics for as long, don't have strong attachments or aren't following politics as close as older people." How to register 3. Politics has been, well, depressing And deeply partisan. And polarised. All of this could either encourage young people to vote or contribute to keep them away from the process. A poll by MTV/AP-Norc in July with people aged 15-34 suggested that: That pessimism, however, can actually boost participation, says Dr McDonald. "Anger is a very potent emotion that can motivate people to participate in elections. Negativity doesn't necessarily have a negative impact. It can turn some people off... but it energises [many]." In 2013, Steven Olikara founded the non-partisan group Millennial Action Project to encourage bipartisan dialogue among young legislators. He said one of their top priorities is to take the "legislative process into the digital age," where much of the debate happens, and "making government more transparent." Writing at the website Salon, he adds: "Beyond writing legislation, young elected officials are chipping away at political dysfunction by engaging in constructive, civil discourse." 4. Activism after Parkland The movement for gun control created by the survivors of February's high-school shooting in Parkland, Florida, raised hopes of more political youth engagement. There are mixed conclusions on that. Based on information available from 46 states, Target Smart, a Democratic political analytics firm, said there was an increase of 2.16% in registrations of 18-29 year olds nationwide following the shooting that left 17 students and workers dead. Some states with critical elections had significant increases, like Pennsylvania (10 point rise), Arizona (7.6) and Florida (7.9). "The spike in voter registration activity comes on the heels of the grassroots movement to address gun violence issues," they said. But a Washington Post analysis of data tracked by Aristotle Inc found almost no change in registration numbers on that age group. Even in Florida. 5. The celebrity effect Or is there one? First, there was Taylor Swift. Citing events in "the past two years", the singer endorsed two Democrats in her home state, Tennessee, to her 112 million followers on Instagram last weekend. The post itself was liked by more than 1.6 million people. Vote.org's Kamari Guthrie was quoted by Buzzfeed News as saying the site had seen a "registrations spike" in the state and also a bump in registration nationwide following the singer's post in the popular photo-sharing platform. "Thank God for Taylor Swift," Ms Guthrie reportedly said. The singer's announcement came ahead of a registration deadline in Tennessee and other states, when numbers usually go up, so it is difficult to say with certainty that the Swift effect is behind the rise. Ms Guthrie, however, told the New York Times she had "never seen a 24- or 36- or 48-hour period like this" since Vote.org was created, in 2016. And many of those who registered were young people, she said. The impact of famous people backing political candidates or causes is debated. Some experts say there is no concrete evidence that celebrities' endorsements or positions have a significant impact on voters. In any case, Rihanna, Kanye West and others have also made their political feelings publicly known.

इस चुनाव को एक ऐसे चुनाव के रूप में प्रस्तुत किया गया है जिसमें युवा लोग एक शक्तिशाली मतदान समूह बनाते हैं, जो वर्ष की शुरुआत में स्कूल की गोलीबारी से उत्पन्न गति से प्रेरित है, और टेलर स्विफ्ट और रिहाना जैसी हस्तियों द्वारा जुटाया गया है। लेकिन क्या वे उस दिन आएंगे?


Bournemouth A338 works: Motorists warned of evening closures

Summary: Motorists are being warned of further road closures as one of the final phases of work to rebuild the main route into Bournemouth gets under way.

The A338 will be shut for six nights in both directions between the Ashley Heath Roundabout and Cooper Dean Roundabout from 20:00 BST. The evening closures are part of a £22m project that started in September. The 40-year-old Bournemouth Spur Road is being rebuilt because of crumbling foundations. The work, expected to be completed by June, involves a re-development of the route between the Ashley Heath Roundabout and Blackwater Junction. The authority has advised motorists to "plan ahead".

मोटर चालकों को आगे सड़क बंद होने की चेतावनी दी जा रही है क्योंकि बोर्नमाउथ में मुख्य मार्ग के पुनर्निर्माण के लिए काम के अंतिम चरणों में से एक चल रहा है।


Teenager held in Paris over Hull hit-and-run murder bid

Summary: A 19-year-old man has been detained in Paris on suspicion of attempted murder after a cyclist was injured in a hit-and-run in Hull.

The 43-year-old man was knocked down "by a car which drove off" near a retail park on Mount Pleasant at about 16:30 GMT on Wednesday, police said. He was seriously hurt and is being treated in hospital for chest injuries. Officers said the teenager boarded a train to the French capital where he was "picked up at the other end". Humberside Police said he was being brought back for questioning in connection with the "suspected attempted murder". The force has appealed for witnesses and anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward.

पेरिस में एक 19 वर्षीय व्यक्ति को हत्या के प्रयास के संदेह में हिरासत में लिया गया है, जब हल में एक हिट-एंड-रन में एक साइकिल चालक घायल हो गया था।


Terrified victims of Thai trafficking face uncertain future

Summary: For at least five years, the Andaman coast of Thailand has been the scene of some horrific abuses, mainly against ethnic Rohingyas, a Muslim minority group fleeing persecution in Myanmar, also known as Burma.

By Jonathan HeadBBC South East Asia Correspondent In 2009, the Thai Navy was found to be towing boats packed with Rohingyas out to sea, and leaving them to drift. Hundreds are believed to have died. More recently Thai police and military personnel have been accused of selling Rohingyas who washed up on Thailand's shores to human traffickers. These abuses are in part what caused Thailand to be downgraded to the lowest rank in the annual US report on human trafficking. Successive Thai governments have promised to stamp out this scourge. But the recent discovery of 171 mainly Bangladeshi men being held captive in jungle camps shows how much still needs to be done. What started as opportunistic exploitation of Rohingyas appears to have mutated into an organised slave trade. Repeated beatings Eighty-one of the men are now being sheltered in a local government hall in the town of Takua Pa. They sit there listlessly, some nursing ugly wounds inflicted by their captors. At times, tears slide down their faces as they recall their ordeal, and think of homes and families in Bangladesh. They all tell very similar stories. Eighteen year-old Abdurrahim still hobbles from a savage blow to his knee inflicted by one of his guards after he asked for more food. Originally from Bogra, in northern Bangladesh, he told me he was trying to find work in the capital Dacca when an elderly man offered him a job paying around $6 (£3.73) a day. He travelled with this man to Cox's Bazar, he said, and was taken to a small house up in the hills. There he was tied up, drugged, and woke up on board a boat. He spent seven or eight days at sea, he says, where he was repeatedly beaten. After that, the group was unloaded on the Thai coast, and taken to a camp hidden in a mangrove forest. They gave us no food, he said. "We survived by eating leaves." Absar Mia is 27, from Teknaf, close to the border with Myanmar. He is married with three young children. "My heart is burning for home," he said. "All I think about is how I can get home, how I can see my mother again, how I can see my little boys and girl again. That's why I'm crying." He described being offered a job by a man, and waiting for him on a hill near Teknaf. Suddenly he was grabbed, his hands tied, his mouth gagged. He said he struggled as he was taken out to a boat, and was beaten. Ayub was working as an agricultural labourer in Chittagong, southeast Bangladesh, but he said the work ran out. A man suggested he go to Cox's Bazaar. There he suddenly found himself being grabbed, tied up and forced onto a boat which he said was already crowded with people. He repeatedly asked where they were taking him, but said the guards threatened to kill him if he did not shut up. He, too, has three children. Tracked down That they were rescued from their captors is due to the determination of local district chief, Manit Pianthiong. A 28-year veteran of the area, who got the chief's job nine months ago, he is all too familiar with the human trafficking which goes on along the indented coastline of Takua Pa. Mr Pianthiong says he is trying to curb all forms of smuggling, but he is focusing in particular on the human trade, which he says is damaging the image of the entire country. He encourages people in fishing communities along the coast to alert him to any signs of large groups of people being held. That is how he heard about these three groups of mainly Bangladeshi men, and a few Rohingyas. The first group of 37 was found last month. Then, on 11 October, his men tracked down another group of 53. The last group, of 81, was surrounded in a forest camp near the road on 13 October. They had been driven by their guards from one camp to another in an attempt to evade the authorities. Mr Pianthiong believes many more were not rescued, and may have been sold. Two of the guards have now been detained. One of them was identified by the Bangladeshis as the most brutal of their captors, a man they called Keke. Whether this man, and his bosses, are brought to justice, depends on the government in Bangkok. Illegal immigrants Mr Pianthiong said he wants to go after the trafficking kingpins in the region, people with powerful connections. But that would require him to get much stronger backing, and so far that is not happening. Senior figures in the police and the social welfare ministry are resisting his efforts to have all the Bangladeshi men classified as victims of trafficking. The second group of 53 has already been given that status, which gives them proper support and shelter, and would allow them to go back to Bangladesh quickly. However, the police are talking about reversing that decision. Instead, they want then to be jailed as illegal immigrants. It is difficult to know why they want this outcome, for people who have all the appearance of victims. Perhaps it is to avoid having to admit that trafficking continues in Thailand. Perhaps it is because they are reluctant to go after the trafficking kingpins. The result, though, could be disastrous for the Bangladeshis. People have been known to be stuck in Thai immigration prisons for many years. In the case of Rohingyas, some were actually sold back to human traffickers. How Thailand handles the case of these men will surely be a test of its declared willingness to turn its back on a shameful record of trafficking, and take meaningful action to end the trade in people.

कम से कम पाँच वर्षों से, थाईलैंड का अंडमान तट कुछ भयानक दुर्व्यवहारों का दृश्य रहा है, मुख्य रूप से जातीय रोहिंग्याओं के खिलाफ, जो म्यांमार में उत्पीड़न से भाग रहे एक मुस्लिम अल्पसंख्यक समूह है, जिसे बर्मा के नाम से भी जाना जाता है।


MP calls for investment in Midland Mainline services

Summary: The Midland Mainline runs through the centre of the country, it carries more than 13 million passengers a year, and yet according to the MP for Kettering , when it comes to investment it's the most overlooked rail line in Britain.

Deborah McGurranPolitical editor, East of England "In recent years, some £12 billion has been spent on the rail network, but only £200 million has been spent on the Midland Mainline," he told a debate in Parliament. "Ours is very much this country's overlooked line, even though we connect so many places of importance." With the government drawing up a new list of rail spending priorities MPs across the region are calling debates fighting for their stretch of line. Speedier services This week it was Mr Hollobone's turn and he believes there's a strong case to be made for the Midland Mainline. "Despite having a very good punctuality record, the Midland Mainline is the slowest of any of the inter-city lines," he said. "Due to under-investment in the past 20 years, Midland Mainline trains cannot go at their top speed on any stretch of the track. "Most other inter-city lines can go up to 125 mph, but despite the fact that InterCity 125s run on the line, their top speed is mostly limited to 100 mph." Passenger numbers, he said, had increased by 127% over the last 15 years and a further 28% rise is expected in the next 10 years. Upgrading and electrification of the line would be of immense benefit to Kettering and to the East Midlands. It would lead to faster and more frequent services and deliver £450 million of economic benefits to the region. In particular he wants to see three pinch points tackled: they are at Leicester, Derby and the stretch between Kettering, Harborough and Wigston. Rail investment We're starting to feel sorry for the rail minister Theresa Villiers and her colleague Norman Baker who take it in turn to listen to these pleas for rail improvements and then each time have to give roughly the same response. Ms Villiers acknowledged the importance of the Midland Mainline, pointing out that it had received "important investment" in recent years. New stations had been delivered at Corby and East Midlands Parkway, there had been major improvements at Loughborough, Sheffield and St Pancras, and further improvements were in the pipeline. She recognised that any improvements to the line would pay for themselves within 10 years. But she warned that "the government's response to the campaign will depend on what is affordable within budgets". Mr Hollobone made a very strong case for the Midland Mainline but we were struck by how few other MPs came along to support him. Other debates calling for improvements to rail lines in the region have been much better attended with neighbouring MPs supporting each other. Will the minister take that into account or will she just focus on the strength of the argument?

मिडलैंड मेनलाइन देश के केंद्र से होकर गुजरती है, यह एक वर्ष में 13 मिलियन से अधिक यात्रियों को ले जाती है, और फिर भी केटरिंग के सांसद के अनुसार, जब निवेश की बात आती है तो यह ब्रिटेन में सबसे अधिक अनदेखी की जाने वाली रेल लाइन है।


Mother and son rescued from tidal mud near Havant

Summary: A mother and her young son had to be rescued after getting stuck in tidal mud near a coastal park.

The pair became trapped up to their knees near Havant, Hampshire, shortly after 14:00 GMT on Monday. Crews from three stations were called to Harts Farm Way, near Broadmarsh Coastal Park, where the woman and child were trapped about 30ft (10m) from the shore. The firefighters used inflatable walkways to reach them. Follow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk. Related Internet Links Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

एक तटीय उद्यान के पास ज्वारीय मिट्टी में फंसने के बाद एक माँ और उसके छोटे बेटे को बचाना पड़ा।


Owl clings to ambulance roof for trip to Bridgend A&E

Summary: An owl flew into an ambulance heading to a hospital - then clung on to the blue lights until it arrived.

The bird was on the roof when the ambulance stopped at the A&E at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend at 04:00 GMT on Sunday. Staff said the bird seemed a little stunned and had damage to its eye, but was otherwise unhurt. Maes Glas vets agreed to look after the owl, which is now being cared for at the Gower Bird Sanctuary.

एक उल्लू ने अस्पताल जाने वाली एम्बुलेंस में उड़ान भरी-फिर नीली रोशनी से चिपक गया जब तक कि वह नहीं आया।


Man denies Charlotte Brown speedboat death

Summary: A man has denied killing his date in a speedboat accident on the River Thames.

Jack Shepherd, 30, of Paddington in west London, is charged with manslaughter after he and Charlotte Brown, 24, ended up in the river just before midnight on 8 December 2015. Police were called to reports of someone in distress near Wandsworth Bridge at about 23:45 BST. Ms Brown, from London, died later in hospital. Mr Shepherd is due to face a three-week trial at the Old Bailey on 2 July.

एक आदमी ने टेम्स नदी पर एक स्पीडबोट दुर्घटना में अपनी तारीख को मारने से इनकार किया है।


Bob Hawke: The rambunctious rogue who led Australia

Summary: In an era of Australian leadership turmoil, the death of Bob Hawke, a beloved former prime minister, feels especially poignant ahead of a national election on Saturday, writes the BBC's Hywel Griffith in Sydney.

Australia loves a larrikin - a rambunctious rogue who does not care about convention. In Bob Hawke, who died on Thursday at 89, the country found a natural leader, happy to play the role. Though he swore off alcohol while in office, well into his late 80s, he would still perform his famous party-trick of downing a glass of beer at cricket matches, always to rapturous applause. But Hawke's antics belied a sharp political mind that understood the need to build consensus and keep the voters on his side. "These acts of drinking, these acts of womanising, as much as they got out into the public eye were a calculated risk on his part," says associate Prof Anika Gauja from the University of Sydney. "It was cultivated on his part to perpetuate his image of an easy-going guy. I'm not sure whether in today's style of politics, whether he'd be seen as too much of a liability in the social media age." Hawke's eight years as Australian prime minister - still a record for a Labor leader - stands in conspicuous contrast to the most recent decade of turmoil in Australian politics. No prime minister has served a full three-year term since another long-serving leader, conservative John Howard, left office in 2007. For many Australians, both men - though ideological opposites - recall a kind of carefree stability that is lacking in today's politics. And Hawke still holds the highest approval rating of any serving Australian prime minister. Australian election 2019 Despite poor health, he had been active in public consciousness in recent days - releasing spirited statements to promote Labor's cause. Inevitably, his death will loom large in the remaining hours of Australia's election campaign. Prime Minister Scott Morrison saluted him for having "a unique ability to speak to all Australians" and said he would be "greatly missed". Labor leader Bill Shorten - who, like Hawke, forged his career in trade unions - paid tribute to a man he called "Australia's favourite son". Charisma and ambition Hawke was born in 1929 to a family with strong connections to the Labor movement. By the age of 15 he had told friends he would one day be prime minister. After studying in Perth, Oxford and Canberra, he entered a career in the trade unions, where he honed his famous negotiating skills. In 1974, they were called upon to help convince Frank Sinatra to retract sexist comments he had made on tour in Australia, after the singer called female journalists "buck-and-a-half" prostitutes. Sinatra had initially refused to apologise, prompting fury and reports that airport workers would refuse to refuel his plane. It ended in a bizarre standoff at a Sydney hotel. Over cognac and cigars there, Hawke persuaded Sinatra to issue a statement of regret, ending a nationwide boycott of Sinatra's shows. Hawke had become a public figure long before he entered parliament at the age of 50, and within three years he rose to become Labor leader and prime minster. His first, landslide election victory in 1983 gave him a mandate to push through contentious changes, with an agenda of privatisation and deregulation at odds with his party's traditions. But some of his reforms were clearly too ambitious. As he set his sights on a third election victory in 1987 he pledged that "by 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty". He would come to regret that defining moment, especially as the written version of his speech said only no child "need live in poverty." It was a rare slip of the tongue for a politician who seemed so comfortable and relaxed on the big stage. Internationally, he helped renew Australia's floundering friendship with the United States by committing troops to the Gulf War. But Bob Hawke was also aware of the need to seek allies closer to home. "His image could be quite perplexing to foreigners, but I think Bob Hawke will be remembered as the Australian prime minister who really started engaging with Asia," says Associate Professor Anika Gauja. "His move to internationalise Australia's economy will be remembered very positively." Inevitably his popularity dimmed at home when Australia's economic fortunes worsened, and after eight years in office, in 1991, he was replaced by his long-time Labor colleague and rival Paul Keating. There was little love lost between the two men, although Bob Hawke did later claim he was grateful to Keating for ousting him from office, as it meant he had the opportunity to re-marry. In 1995 he divorced his first wife Hazel in order to marry his biographer Blanche d'Alpuget, with whom he had had a long-running extra-marital affair. Despite losing power, Hawke regularly appeared in public alongside Blanche, his reputation restored and his place in history assured. Among legacies still felt today, Hawke's government launched Medicare - Australia's universal healthcare system - and outlawed sexual discrimination in the workplace. It also restricted uranium mining on indigenous lands, and prevented the damming of Tasmania's world heritage-listed Franklin River. Hawke also led international efforts to protect Antarctica from mining, after refusing to ratify a proposal put to Antarctic Treaty nations. "I just couldn't believe it. Here was the last pristine continent," Hawke recalled to the Sydney Morning Herald in 2016. "We were going to be called upon to ratify it and I thought: 'no bloody way'." His death is perhaps felt even more acutely at a time when Australians are preparing to head to the ballot box on Saturday. As one former Hawke staffer and now ABC presenter, Barrie Cassidy, noted soon after his former boss's death: "What a sense of timing." For most Australians, he will always be remembered as the prime minister who loved a drink and joke, and made the serious work of politics look like fun.

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