Google Glass sales halted but firm says kit is not dead

Summary: Google is ending sales of its Google Glass eyewear.

The company insists it is still committed to launching the smart glasses as a consumer product, but will stop producing Glass in its present form. Instead it will focus on "future versions of Glass" with work carried out by a different division to before. The Explorer programme, which gave software developers the chance to buy Glass for $1,500 (£990) will close. The programme was launched in the United States in 2013. It was then opened up to anyone and was launched in the UK last summer. It had been expected that it would be followed reasonably quickly by a full consumer launch. From next week, the search firm will stop taking orders for the product but it says it will continue to support companies that are using Glass. New home The Glass team will also move out of the Google X division which engages in "blue sky" research, and become a separate undertaking, under its current manager Ivy Ross. She and the Glass team will report to Tony Fadell, the chief executive of the home automation business Nest, acquired by Google a year ago. He said the project had "broken ground and allowed us to learn what's important to consumers and enterprises alike" and he was excited to be working with the team "to integrate those learnings into future products". Google says it is committed to working on the future of the product, but gave no timescale for the launch of any new version. Restaurant ban The Glass project received the enthusiastic backing of Google's co-founder Sergey Brin. He presided over a spectacular unveiling which saw skydivers jump out of an aircraft wearing Glass and beam what they were seeing to a conference in San Francisco. Early users of Glass were very excited about the product, which enabled them get information in a small screen above their right eye, take photos and videos, and get directions. The technology blogger Robert Scoble said he could not now imagine living a day without the product, and was even photographed wearing it in the shower. But he and others soon tired of Glass, complaining that it was not evolving in the ways that had been promised. There were also concerns about privacy and safety, with some bars and restaurants banning the use of the smart glasses on their premises. Other companies have launched smart glasses and various other forms of wearable technology. But no single product has yet proved the major hit that technology companies are looking for as they seek out the next big thing. Analysis: Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC technology correspondent Google has tried to present this announcement as just another step in the evolution of an amazing innovation. But make no mistake - Google Glass is dead, at least in its present form. As I found when I spent a couple of months wearing Glass, it has a number of really useful aspects - in particular the camera. There is however one huge disadvantage - it makes its users look daft, and that meant that it was never going to appeal to a wide audience. But Google will now have to deal with a disgruntled community of Explorers who paid a large sum for a device which they must have believed would eventually evolve into something more useful. The Glass team can at least continue its work out of the spotlight without the pressure of deadlines. Tony Fadell, the former Apple designer Google acquired with his smart thermostat firm Nest, will oversee the future of the product. Both he and the Glass team leader Ivy Ross, who has come from the fashion world, will know that form as well as function will have to be at the centre of any successful piece of wearable technology.

गूगल अपने गूगल ग्लास आईवियर की बिक्री बंद कर रहा है।


'We are trapped in the house that killed our son'

Summary: When Kye Gbangbola and Nicole Lawler moved into their house on the banks of the River Thames in Surrey, it looked like the perfect place to raise a family. Sixteen years later, it stands as a reminder of Zane, the son they lost, while their fight for answers continues over what caused his death.

By Tanya GuptaBBC News On 7 February 2014, Mr Gbangbola spent the evening working upstairs in his study, where he was writing to the Environment Agency requesting an urgent meeting about the effects of several weeks of flooding, which had left the basement of the house underwater. Ms Lawler and Zane watched the Winter Olympics opening ceremony and later she carried her seven-year-old son to bed. But not long afterwards, Ms Lawler, who was acutely ill herself, found him unconscious, while his father - who would be left paralysed - was critically ill in another room. Zane was taken to hospital but later pronounced dead. Ms Lawler has described how her son died in her arms and how she held him "until his little fingers froze around mine". The couple believe the inquest into their son's death, which concluded in September 2016, was flawed. Zane's death was attributed by the coroner to carbon monoxide poisoning from a petrol-powered pump used by the couple to clear floodwater - but which they insist was not in use. They believe a former landfill site behind their home in Chertsey was the source of hydrogen cyanide gas, which was forced up and out of the earth by the "piston effect" of the swollen river raising the level of the water table underground, and it was this gas that killed Zane. Firefighters found high levels of hydrogen cyanide at the property, according to the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which has "serious concerns" about how the inquest was conducted. Still unable to sell the house, the couple remain there, constantly reminded of the absence of their son. They had moved into the four-bedroom home 10 years earlier. Surrounded by floodplain meadows, the house looked out on to boats sailing on the river and the 18th Century stone arches of Chertsey Bridge. It also backed on to a field with a lake and grazing horses. They were close to London and the countryside of well-to-do Surrey. The location seemed idyllic. When the couple bought the property, they knew it was in a flood-risk area, but Mr Gbangbola, a European buildings expert, believed it was a risk that could be managed and insured against. Zane was born on 21 October 2006. When he was older, Ms Lawler - an environmental expert who worked on the London 2012 sustainability strategy - was able to drop her son at school, fly from nearby Heathrow to the Netherlands to attend a business meeting, and be back for home time, dinner and bed. Zane would race along the riverside path and explore Chertsey Meads, where he discovered a BMX track and became an ace on his bike. Around the corner was Dumsey Meadow, home to his "wishing tree", where his mother hid treasures for him to find. When Mr Gbangbola and Ms Lawler bought the house, they said no environmental searches identified that the field behind it was a former landfill site, and that this information only came to light after their son had died. They have spent the past six years gathering information they say was not explored or disclosed at the inquest, and which they want to be put before an independent panel inquiry. This includes the existence of a Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) military tank-testing facility, identified as a former industrial site in Runnymede council's land contamination strategy. A former Ministry of Defence (MoD) engineer, who asked to remain anonymous, has told the BBC he believes subcontractors working for the tank-research facility five miles from the house used to dump waste chemicals in local gravel pits, including behind Zane's house. He said those chemicals were by-products from anti-rust and anti-corrosion tank coatings and he claimed they could produce cyanide. They would have been put into drums that rusted and corroded over the years, allowing chemicals to leach into the ground, he alleged. The BBC has agreed to protect his identity as a former MoD worker, but has therefore been unable to verify the claims. It recently emerged during a commemoration for Zane, held at the House of Lords, that experts from the government's defence laboratory, Porton Down, were involved in the response to his death. At that event, Manchester's Labour mayor Andy Burnham said: "I want the truth about Zane. I don't think we do have the truth about what happened to this lovely little boy. "There were many authorities involved," the former health secretary said. "Porton Down was also involved. Did any of this come out in the inquest? No it didn't. Therefore, the full story clearly wasn't told at the inquest and it needs to be." In his report at the conclusion of the inquest, the coroner Richard Travers cited an expert who said high levels of hydrogen cyanide were rare and all associated with former gasworks, while a council officer said there had been no significant pollution incidents on the land behind Zane's home since the 1950s. However, another report referred to by the coroner did acknowledge that illegal tipping could have taken place, and a further expert, geo-environmentalist Gavin Roberts, told the inquest it was possible floodwater had triggered a one-off discharge of hydrogen cyanide and carried it to the basement of the house. The coroner's report did not look at the area's military and defence history. In December, the FBU's general secretary Matt Wrack wrote to the family: "Our members attended that fateful day in 2014 and found hydrogen cyanide in your home." He said there were "disturbing gaps in the evidence", adding: "The unregulated landfill site adjacent to your home seems to have released the nerve gas and there must now be an independent inquiry so this can be looked at, and those found responsible must be held to account." Ann Boater grew up in the house by the Thames, which was sold by her mother Jocelyn to Mr Gbangbola and Ms Lawler in 2004. She remembers a childhood that included rambling across fields and wading through floods in gumboots when the water levels rose. The garden and the cellar of the house would flood from time to time, she remembers, but it only ever took the labels off the wine bottles stored there and it never reached her mother Jocelyn's prized parquet floor. "It was never anything other than exciting," she said. "It was a worry for my mother but there was a lot that was very beautiful about living there." She has described how what was a gravel pit in the field behind the property was later used as a waste dump and was for a time unregulated, before it deteriorated into an eyesore. For a time "anyone could throw anything in it", she said. "There were rusty old mattresses and we bounced on them," she said. "But then there was a period when it was such an eyesore, we didn't want to go there at all." Eventually the rubbish tip was filled in and forgotten about, she recalls. Now a member of the Green Party who has stood as a council election candidate in Islington, Ms Boater has called for the land to be tested properly. "If something's happened, we need to know it's not going to happen again," she said. Six years on from the floods, the house by the river now stands as a reminder of what happened to the boy who lived there. There is a campaign board at the front of the property, while in the back garden there is still a child's playhouse and a football. Zane's parents had to stay out of their home for a year after his death, while investigations took place there. Mr Gbangbola said that after the devastation the family had suffered, it was in a sense shocking to find the house unchanged. "The house was completely normal," he said. "The only thing removed was Zane, so the desire to live there had gone." By the time she and her partner returned to the house, Zane's smell had gone from his room and his clothes, Ms Lawler said. Describing their lives on the Chertsey riverbank now, she simply said: "It's no longer a home." The couple have said they would leave the property if they could, but have found they are unable to sell it. After the death of Zane, they received a letter from a lawyer offering them £10,000 from a prospective buyer for the house - a move that Mr Gbangbola described as opportunistic and cynical. In 2017, the couple applied for permission to build a gas-proofed and flood-protected house in their garden so Mr Gbangbola could have a wheelchair-accessible home - he said so much work was needed to adapt the existing house to his needs that this approach made financial sense. However, consent was refused for what was described as inappropriate development in the greenbelt. Meanwhile, no estate agent is prepared to value the house while their dispute continues and questions remain over the landfill site, Mr Gbangbola said. "The place is empty for us as a family. What can you do when you can't sell it? You have to suffer that trauma, day in, day out. "There's no heart, or voice, or laughter, no banging around. It's no longer the same." The BBC has taken all claims about historical contamination in the area to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Environment Agency and Defra, and also to the two local authorities, Runnymede and Spelthorne councils. The tank facility was run by the former Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, which was part of the MoD and was later split into the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and Qinetiq. The BBC approached DSTL, which has its headquarters at Porton Down, for comment but was referred to the MoD.

जब केय गाबंगबोला और निकोल लॉलर सरे में थेम्स नदी के तट पर अपने घर में चले गए, तो यह एक परिवार का पालन-पोषण करने के लिए एकदम सही जगह लग रही थी। सोलह साल बाद, यह ज़ेन की याद दिलाता है, जिस बेटे को उन्होंने खो दिया था, जबकि जवाब के लिए उनकी लड़ाई जारी है कि उनकी मृत्यु का कारण क्या था।


Sony unveils NGP - successor to PSP handheld console

Summary: Sony has unveiled its new handheld games console the PSP 2.

By Dan WhitworthNewsbeat technology reporter At a special event in Tokyo, company bosses revealed what they are officially calling the NGP or Next Generation Portable. There were no details on how much it is likely to cost but it is expected to be out sometime towards the end of 2011. The NGP is being launched into an increasingly competitive market with Nintendo's 3DS out soon and a boom in mobile gaming on smartphones. Dual analogue sticks The device boasts a 5-inch OLED touch screen screen as well as Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity to enable people to download games and other content. The oval design (182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm) also features a rear panel touchpad to control certain actions and a motion sensor. There is a front and rear camera too plus the traditional navigation buttons and, for the first time, dual analogue sticks. Executives at Sony hope the new features will be good enough to win over gamers. Its predecessor, the PSP, was launched in 2004 and to date has sold 65 million units. But that is less than half the number of sales of Nintendo's DS (136 million). Nintendo are also launching the world's first 3D handheld games console in March, the 3DS. The 3DS has generated a huge amount of hype, partly because users don't need special glasses for the 3D content to work. Meanwhile smartphones are also fuelling a boom in mobile gaming leaving some experts wondering whether specific handheld games consoles are becoming redundant. PlayStation phone A popular title like Angry Birds costs a fraction of the price of console games to develop and is also cheaper for customers to buy. Yet with around 40 million downloads it has raked in millions of pounds for developers Rovio. However, Sony is more than aware of the potential of mobile gaming. The heavily rumoured PlayStation phone is expected to be unveiled at next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It also announced its new PlayStation Suite application for Google Android phones at the Tokyo conference. Out later this year, that will let users run video games with the same quality of the original PlayStation and be compatible with the NGP. Follow our technology reporter Dan Whitworth on Twitter

सोनी ने अपने नए हैंडहेल्ड गेम कंसोल पी. एस. पी. 2 का अनावरण किया है।


Five reasons the Home Office is so tough for ministers to run

Summary: The Home Office is the arm of government where at any given moment the political equivalent of a grenade can go off without notice, potentially destroying the careers of ambitious ministers - and occasionally their officials too.

Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent@BBCDomCon Twitter The latest victim is Amber Rudd, ejected over the Windrush affair, almost exactly 12 years after one of her predecessors, Charles Clarke, was sacked over another immigration fiasco. Rather than being daunted by the prospect of walking into the department, her successor, Sajid Javid, has promised a new approach. Not only has he pledged to do "whatever it takes" to put right problems faced by the Windrush generation, he has also disowned the phrase "hostile environment" in relation to immigration control. But he is also on a steep learning curve, because the Home Office is such a hard place to run. Here are five reasons why the Home Office can be such a poisoned chalice. 1. It's so big and complex, more things can go wrong than anywhere else In financial terms, the Home Office is a minnow. It spends about £14bn, excluding income from migration-related fees such as visas and passports. But it has a long list of responsibilities, which has evolved since the department's creation in 1782, as the National Archives has charted. How the Home Office grew: Key milestones Today, it's a behemoth. It not only oversees the police in England and Wales, but MI5, all of the UK's immigration and border apparatus, and a host of bodies responsible for issues ranging from the licensing of bouncers through to the ethics of DNA retention and the use of CCTV cameras. Every day there could be a civil servant knocking on the home secretary's door from a corner of the department the minister may never have heard of. 2. The Home Office is at the sharp end of some of government's toughest problems The department's mission boils down to three simple goals for its 31,000 staff: But the specifics of what is required to meet those objectives are ever-changing, as people who want to do bad things find novel ways to do them. In the 1980s, for instance, priorities included the fight against the IRA and car crime. Today, the terrorism threat is dominated by jihadist movements that few people fully understand. Separately, crime is moving online, with billions of pounds being lost every year to tech-savvy fraudsters. Just last summer, the National Crime Agency said modern-day slavery now affected every town and city and was closely linked to global organised people trafficking, All these new problems have been emerging in an era that has seen falling spending - leading many critics to say the department's 2010 settlement with the Treasury has added to the likelihood that things will go wrong. And just when you think it's all change, old problems return. Just weeks before her resignation, Amber Rudd launched the Home Office's latest attempt to deal with serious violent crime - the sixth such plan in 20 years. Sometimes, the best laid plans are quickly out of date. During her Home Office tenure, Theresa May took on the policing establishment and officials pushed through some important changes many said were long overdue. But there are already calls for more rethinking of the police because of changing demands for their time, such as increasing prioritisation of cybercrimes, domestic violence and sexual offences. On top of these big strategic questions, the home secretary has to take operational decisions that directly affect national security. Almost every day, the latest holder of that office, Sajid Javid, will see a secret list of requests from MI5 and some chief constables to bug very (some potentially) dangerous people. If the minister gets any of these calls wrong, the consequences - either for security or the freedom of someone wrongly accused - could be huge. 3. It's a department where things need to be controlled - but sometimes can't be The Home Office has a "command and control" culture because so much of its work is aimed at controlling things deemed bad for society. But sometimes things go terribly wrong. Twelve years ago, the department came as close as it had ever been to being broken up when the then Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, failed to put in place a plan to deport foreign national offenders at the end of their sentences. Quite simply, the prisons arm and the immigration removal arm weren't working together. Charles Clarke was subsequently sacked by then Prime Minister Tony Blair, and replaced by John Reid, who would later describe the UK Border Agency as "not fit for purpose". The immigration system has since gone through a series of major internal changes - and the Home Office gave up prisons to the newly created Ministry of Justice. It was meant to make life easier for the home secretary - but time has shown that controlling immigration remains hugely problematic. The National Audit Office has repeatedly complained that poor Home Office decisions come from poor information. Nowhere is that more obvious than with the Windrush scandal, or in a string of reports that have criticised other elements of the immigration system. Some have called for immigration to be given its own ministry. But there's neither appetite for that in Whitehall nor any concrete evidence that it would help. Instead, the department is trying hard to change its internal culture - and one of the biggest challenges it faces is tackling relatively poor staff morale. Official surveys suggest it's lower than elsewhere in Whitehall - although there has been an improvement since 2016. 4. It's a place where politics and the law regularly come to blows Every week new threats to take the home secretary to court end up on the desk of government lawyers. In the past year alone, the department has been defeated in the Supreme Court over its "deport first, appeal later" policy, told that it can't remove EU rough sleepers from the country, and - most recently - ordered to pay punitive damages in a removal case that the Court of Appeal concluded it should never have fought. Sometimes a tough-sounding policy can't be translated into workable law. Then Prime Minister Tony Blair discovered this 18 years ago when police chiefs and Home Office officials demolished what they thought was an unworkable plan to march drunken louts to cash machines to make them pay on-the-spot fines. Three years ago, then Prime Minister David Cameron promised to ban "extremists", a plan Theresa May also backed, despite critics predicting it would be legally very difficult to deliver. The legislation has yet to materialise. 5. The biggest problems are always yet to come Nobody has any idea yet how Brexit will affect the department, beyond the simple fact that the Home Office will need to monitor and manage millions more people than before. But there's still no sign of an immigration bill that will explain the government's objectives after the post-Brexit transition - a situation that Parliament's Home Affairs Committee has described as "unacceptable". Whatever is the next crisis in the making, no matter how bad the Windrush crisis currently looks, the one thing that is certain about the Home Office is that another opportunity to destroy a political career is always just around the corner.

गृह कार्यालय सरकार की एक शाखा है जहां किसी भी समय ग्रेनेड के राजनीतिक समकक्ष बिना किसी सूचना के विस्फोट हो सकता है, जो संभावित रूप से महत्वाकांक्षी मंत्रियों के करियर को नष्ट कर सकता है-और कभी-कभी उनके अधिकारियों को भी।


Baftas 2012: Surprises and celebrations

Summary: Fred West drama Appropriate Adult may have taken the main acting prizes at the Bafta Television Awards, but there were many other winners with cause to celebrate. Here is a taste of what went on backstage at the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank

By Tim MastersEntertainment and arts correspondent, BBC News With so many of the Bafta awards going to shows set to return to our screens , there was a certain irony when the first prize of the night went to a series that had recently been axed. The Fades, a supernatural drama broadcast on BBC Three last year, won best drama series. It was revealed in April that it has not been recommissioned. The central premise was that dead people not allowed into heaven could come back to earth as vengeful beings. The cast included Daniel Kaluuya, Johnny Harris and Daniela Nardini. "A couple of years ago we were thrilled to even get a commission for a show that was this ambitious," said producer Caroline Skinner backstage. "Obviously we would have loved to do several series, and we had ideas for at least another two when we were making it." She said fans had taken their show to their hearts and the Bafta win did not feel like a "bittersweet" victory. Writer Jack Thorne said: "We still had stories to tell, and it's a shame we're not getting to tell those stories." It was the hope of executive producer Susan Hogg that the Bafta accolade would get the six episodes that were made a wider audience. "The people who commissioned it were taking a massive risk with a show like this and it paid off," she said. By contrast, Shane Meadows' This is England '88 - which won the mini-series prize - is set to continue with a new story set against the rave culture of 1990. Co-written by Jack Thorne, This is England '88 beat ITV1's Appropriate Adult, Channel 4's Top Boy and BBC Two's The Crimson Petal and the White. The hard-hitting Channel 4 drama stars Thomas Turgoose as Shaun, Vicky McClure as Lol and Joe Gilgun as Woody. "This is England started out as my story, the character of Shaun was me in a lot of ways," said Meadows. He said the win was all the more exciting as it came in the same week as the Stone Roses reunion concert in Warrington. "The Stone Roses are my all-time favourite band," confessed Meadows. "I thought there's no way we can top seeing the Stone Roses coming back after 15 years - and somehow it happened." The film-maker is making a documentary about the Roses, and the band will figure in Meadows' final sequel This is England '90, about "the Hacienda and Madchester". Said Meadows: "Skinhead culture was something I attached myself to as an 11-year-old boy, but the Stone Roses I loved, so This is England '90 is me signing off with something that I truly loved." Ab Fab return Jennifer Saunders received the female comedy performance award for her reprisal of her role as PR agent Edina Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous. She was nominated for the same role in 1992. Ab Fab returned at Christmas and New Year with two specials, with a third story to air before the Olympics. "It felt it was right to bring it back because there was a different feel in the world, and we thought let's see what they're doing now," said Saunders backstage. She said it hadn't been difficult getting back into character as Eddy for the Christmas special. "She's such a part of me anyway that actually it's very hard to shake her off." Saunders hopes to start filming a big screen version of the show next year. Also on the comedy front, BBC1's Mrs Brown's Boys won the sitcom category, beating competition including Rev and Fresh Meat. Its star, Brendan O'Carroll, said: "All we wanted to do was make people laugh and it seems to have worked." The show had missed out on the same award last year. O'Carroll, who plays the loud Irish matriarch Agnes Brown, said he hadn't expected to win. "I didn't think I'd win a raffle - I was expecting to be clapping for someone else." He recalled how the character started out as a five-minute slot on Irish radio in 1992. "We got paid 50 T-shirts a week from the radio station which we sold at the gigs. That's how we financed ourselves. It's taken them 20 years to get the joke." After the success of the TV series, a film is in the pipeline, due to shoot in 2013. O'Carroll said not to expect any foreign locations or Hollywood guest stars. "Having said that, if Eddie Murphy wants to be in it, who's going to stop him? He can play my sister," he laughed. Corrie crowned In the annual battle of the soaps, Coronation Street walked away with the soap and continuing drama award, its first Bafta since 2004. "It's the big one," said William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, "and we feel we deserved it, after all the work that we did on the 50th anniversary and I didn't feel that we got the just desserts for that." Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson said the episode judged by Bafta had focused on the aftermath of Carla Connor's rape by her fiance Frank Foster. "We followed what happens after a rape is reported. It was a different, bold and unusual episode for Coronation Street and I'm really proud of it," he said. Pratchett's 'strange subject' The BBC enjoyed a strong showing in the factual categories: best factual series went to Our War; current affairs was won by Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed (Panorama) and the single documentary award was given to Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die - the best-selling author's examination of euthanasia. Pratchett, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, thanked the BBC for "allowing us to tackle this rather strange subject for a documentary". He paid tribute to the family of Peter Smedley, who allowed the documentary team to film his final days at a clinic. Asked about his own health, Pratchett said: "It is said that knowing that one day you will die is the beginning of wisdom. "I have no fear whatsover of death, although I've got a dreadful fear of a bad death."

फ्रेड वेस्ट के नाटक एप्रोप्रिएट एडल्ट ने बाफ्टा टेलीविजन अवार्ड्स में मुख्य अभिनय पुरस्कार जीते होंगे, लेकिन जश्न मनाने के लिए कई अन्य विजेता थे। यहाँ लंदन के साउथ बैंक पर रॉयल फेस्टिवल हॉल में मंच के पीछे क्या हुआ, इसका एक स्वाद है।


My Money: 'Instead of the holiday buffet, it's egg and toast at home'

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

Priya is 29 and works full-time as an architect for a global construction company. When she's not designing buildings, her interests include drawing cartoon illustrations and enjoying a good exercise session to train towards becoming a fitness instructor. She is also active in campaigning for racial equality and diversity. She lives with her fiancé Ben and his mother. She and Ben would have been on holiday in Madeira this week, but it was cancelled due to the pandemic. Over to Priya... I would have preferred to spend this week on holiday with Ben. Alas, Madeira was cancelled so have decided to have the week off anyway to refresh. We did luckily receive a full refund from the travel company a week before we were due to fly out, without any problems. Instead of an all-inclusive breakfast buffet which would have been on offer, I had to settle for some toast with cherry jam, a boiled egg and a mug of tea. To wake my bank balance up, a direct debit went out for my share of our rent (£475). To wake my body up, I booked an ad hoc morning session at 11:00 with my personal trainer (£15). I have a virtual practical assessment in six weeks' time to become a Bodycombat instructor myself, so have planned my workouts and meals for the next month. Just before lunch at 12:30, I placed some of the ingredients I need for the week in our online grocery shopping order (£15.40). I spent the afternoon going through some theory reading for my instructor course, followed by a bout of the Animal Crossing game on Nintendo Switch. I "met up" with my brother on there and we usually explore our "islands" and buy/sell fruit, clothes and other items. Needless to say, the spending on the game will not be included in this diary! We caught up for an hour together from 17:00, then after some dinner, I watched a film with Ben and his mum. Total spend: £505.40 I woke up around 8:00 again, which isn't a surprise given that my body has hit a regular rhythm. After finishing breakfast, I was pleased to see that it was pay day! Not that I was worried as I managed to put aside a good £700 last month towards savings, thanks to less eating out and splashing on any gadgets/electronics, which is a guilty habit of mine from time to time. I did, however, use my credit card last month to buy new clothes (mostly trousers), renew our home/contents insurance and on other supermarket shops, so I managed to pay this bill off (£299.65), and am keeping track of the remainder of my bills that will go out tomorrow. Total spend: £299.65 I have no idea why I woke up at 5:00 today, but forced a couple more hours' sleep before getting up at 8:15 and cooking scrambled eggs on toast. According to transactions that went out, my share of the gas/electricity bill (£29.93) and council tax (£74.50) were both paid today. In addition, my monthly car finance payment went out (£128.39), but I have no regrets having my first car as it's been getting me from A to B on many occasions when I needed it. Right now, it's not been on the road much, but saves an average of £30 or so a month on petrol! At 10:00, I dialled into a weekly call with my Slimming World group (£2), to connect with other people who have the same goal of living healthier lifestyles. I have lost a stone so far since the start of lockdown, and have still got another six pounds before I get to my target weight. It's great to have a group who can hold each other accountable, while motivating each other. At 11:00, I started doing chores, such as ironing clothes. I ate lunch at 13:00, then spent the afternoon and early evening working on a new digital cartoon illustration artwork as part of a "lockdown" series. The themes have been based on common activities that people have been up to during the Covid-19 period. I will sell them as prints and use the proceeds to go to charity. After finishing dinner at 20:00, Ben, his mother and I played a German dice game called Kniffel, which we have been playing most evenings before going to bed. It does get competitive, even though a lot of the time, it's down to luck! Total spend: £234.82 I slept in a bit until around 9:00, before opting for some cereal for breakfast and jumping straight onto my laptop to complete some architectural work for a friend. Yes, I know, I should not have been working, but this was more of a freelance job and meant some extra earnings to go towards savings. The very last bill went out for our Spotify Family account (£14.99), which has been justified for a long time, given that Ben and I listen to our respective music playlists on a daily basis. I wrapped up what I needed to finish by lunch at 13:00, and Ben, his mother and I treated ourselves to our weekly Thursday lasagne. At 14:00, I decided to go for a walk into town and visited the one shop which sells specific South Asian ingredients. I had been craving for a very long time a dish called dosa, which is essentially a lentil and rice pancake, originating from South India, where my family are from. Making the batter for dosa is a lengthy process which involves soaking lentils, rice and fenugreek, grinding it, then leaving it to ferment before cooking. I found everything I was looking for in this shop (£12.87), including some vegetables that my Ben's mum requested. As soon as I got home at 15:00, I began the soaking process for the dosa batter. Total spend: £27.86 Today would have been when Ben and I would have returned from our now-cancelled holiday. I failed miserably in terms of not thinking about work, as I still had to wake up at 7:45, have a quick cereal breakfast, and jump on a call at 8:30 to meet my company's events team and one of our new directors who agreed to participate in the virtual event I am helping to organise with another colleague for the following week. It was a highly positive call and I felt so much more relaxed that the event will go smoothly. Ben's mother invited guests round for lunch in our garden (keeping social distancing, mind!) at around 12:00, and it was a delightful occasion with lots of chatter until around 15:00 when they left. I immediately left to head into town to meet a friend, and parked my car at a place where parking was relatively decent for the amount of time I was intending to stay (£3.50). My friend and I got to sit in one of the parks by the river in Canterbury and the weather was certainly kind to us. We later went for a walk along the main High Street. I do use Hotel Chocolat's velvetiser machine, which is essentially a hot chocolate machine, at home during the working week as an occasional treat, and I was starting to run out of sachets. So, we popped into the Hotel Chocolat store where I bought a box of a new flavour I hadn't tried yet: raspberry and white chocolate (£12). Total spend: £15.50 My Money More blogs from the BBC's My Money Series: The weather was up and down during the day, which didn't make it an entirely exciting agenda ahead. I woke up at 8:15, had a quick breakfast, then at 9:00, Ben's mother and I took part in a virtual pilates class. Even with some relatively sore muscles afterwards, we spent the rest of the morning clearing out the garage of any items which could be either given to charity, sold online or thrown away into a skip. We ate lunch at 13:00, and I decided to spend most of the afternoon having a nap from about 15:00 until 19:00. I recharged by getting into a quick strength-based workout in the evening and playing another dice game of Kniffel before heading to bed. A relatively lazy but spend-free day! Total spend: £0 I can categorically say that during this week off, this was genuinely the best and most relaxing day of the entire week. A shame it is just before going back to work, but still got to at least feel like the day was well spent. I woke up at 9:30, finished breakfast at around 10:30, then spent the morning sitting outside in the garden, completing more of my digital illustration. I had seen an email the day before about the pub down the road from us being open for the weekend only to test the waters to see how their revenue goes, before opening up more regularly as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased. Ben, his mother and I figured that it was worth seeing how things were going, so we headed down there at 12:30 as soon as it opened and split the cost of some drinks between us (£5.60). The pub had a one-way system, we got to order from the table itself using a phone app, and we sat outside in the garden where the sun was shining. A great way to spend Sunday, before we headed back to the house for lunch at 13:30. From 15:00 until 17:00, I played online board games with my brother and one of our mutual friends. It is something we choose to do on a weekly basis, also given that my brother is a huge fan of board games in general. I proceeded to do a dance aerobic exercise at 19:00, before having dinner and ending the week with a final dice game of Kniffel. Total spend: £5.60 Total spent this week: £1,088.83 How does Priya feel about her week? It happens to be one of those weeks where it is the end of the month, so there is income but also natural outgoings. I feel generally, I am not spending on shopping or eating/drinking out as much as I used to, but the coronavirus lockdown has forced me to plan for the more important, justifiable things that I can save towards, including in the long run. The small "treats" could add up, but I will be sure to continue to be careful going forward. It has been an interesting process to look at my week, not only in terms of spending but the simple things in daily life which make each day purposeful, especially with people I appreciate very much. We're looking for more people to share what they spend their money on. If you're interested, please email my.money@bbc.co.uk or get in touch via our My Money (World) Facebook group, or if you live in the UK, please join our My Money (UK) Facebook group and we'll aim to contact you.

माई मनी एक श्रृंखला है जिसमें देखा गया है कि लोग अपना पैसा कैसे खर्च करते हैं-और कभी-कभी उन्हें कठिन निर्णय लेने पड़ते हैं। यहाँ केंट के कैंटरबरी की प्रिया अय्यर हमें कोरोनावायरस महामारी के दौरान अपने जीवन में एक सप्ताह के बारे में बताती हैं।


Arrest after two killed in Basildon Roundacre car crash

Summary: A man has been arrested after two pedestrians were killed in a town centre collision with a car.

The woman, in her late 30s, was declared dead at the scene in Roundacre, Basildon, following the collision at 20:45 GMT on Tuesday. The man, thought to be in his mid 30s, died later in hospital. Essex Police arrested a 26-year-old man from Laindon on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Police are appealing for witnesses. The arrested man was driving a VW Passat at the time of the collision, police say.

शहर के केंद्र में एक कार से टक्कर में दो पैदल चलने वालों की मौत के बाद एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Rhyl bowling green club set for skate park

Summary: A disused bowls club green could be converted into a skate park at Rhyl.

East Parade Bowls Club comprises four greens but one has become disused so Denbighshire council's leisure development partner, Alliance Leisure, is seeking permission to develop it. Denbighshire council leader Hugh Evans said the authority was trying to develop a "vibrant active zone" in the town. The plans will be put before councillors at a later date.

एक अप्रयुक्त बाउल क्लब ग्रीन को राइल में एक स्केट पार्क में परिवर्तित किया जा सकता है।


BBC journalist's 'typically Indian' beating

Summary: Last month journalist Amarnath Tewary, a BBC contributor in the Indian state of Bihar, was beaten up by a baseball bat-wielding gang as he was tending to his roses in the gardens of his flat. Amarnath Tewary suffered severe bruising and cuts in an attack he says was carried out by members of the local Bharatiya Janata Party party. Police have so far made no progress in tracing his assailants, and the exact motives for the assault are not entirely clear. Here he describes events in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the attack.

You might expect that as the BBC correspondent in Bihar I would only be assaulted for exposing large-scale wrongdoing. But, if the police are to be believed, the truth to my assault is much more trivial than that. They say that I was assaulted because of my criticism of the inept running of the management association of the block of flats where I live. That may be true, but what they have refrained from mentioning is that the target of my disdain just so happens to be a leading local member of India's BJP party who has in the past been the subject of my reports about the scourge of corruption in Bihar. Harsher punishments My ordeal began on a quiet Indian winter's day two weeks ago, when I was watering the plants in the gardens of the block of flats where I live in Patna, the state capital of Bihar. The scene was in many respects quintessentially Indian, both in the tranquillity of this night-time pursuit and in the sudden and brutal violence that ended it. Absorbed in the gardening, I only half-noticed a group of people - some armed and some carrying baseball bats - had suddenly surrounded me. They set upon me, raining blows in a prolonged assault. I received injuries to my face, chest and legs. But by Indian standards, I suppose I got off lightly. I have no doubts as to who was responsible for the attack. It was orchestrated by the local political leader who has, for some reason, taken a dislike to me - either because of disagreements over the running of the management association or because she disliked the overall tenor of my political reporting. I suspect the latter is a far more credible explanation. Similar but far harsher punishments have been meted out on countless occasions to braver individuals in India who are courageous enough to take on politicians and big business. They are often forcefully removed, usually without much subtlety and usually without the police wanting to get involved. I am determined not to let my attack wear me down. In some ways I was more concerned about my broken plant pots and the long-nurtured plants they contained. Reign of terror The police investigation has ground to a halt. I cannot help thinking that this can only be because the politician I believe organised the attack - who denies any involvement - is an influential member of the BJP, a junior partner in Bihar's coalition government. The police response can only be described as lethargic. It not only took more than 12 days to send an officer to the scene of the crime, but they also turned a blind eye to what I believe is a blatant intimidation campaign against me and potential witnesses at the housing complex where I live. A group of heavies - all associated with the perpetrator of the attack - have begun patrolling the area, creating what in effect is a reign of terror to bring pressure for the allegations to be dropped. But there is some good news. The assault has received saturation coverage in the press, creating such a stir that even Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has personally pledged to take action. Mr Kumar has over the years earned himself a creditable reputation for re-introducing the rule of law in Bihar, a state that is still known as one of the most lawless in India. Bihar to many people is synonymous with murder and extortion, its fertile soil the scene of bloody caste wars. The Economist described it as a place which "everybody avoided visiting and dreaded becoming". Mr Kumar has said he wants to restore Bihar's reputation - it was supposed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment and was at the forefront of India's freedom struggle against the British. But before Bihar can be restored to its golden age, violent attacks with impunity will need to be forever consigned to the past.

पिछले महीने भारतीय राज्य बिहार में बी. बी. सी. के योगदानकर्ता पत्रकार अमरनाथ तिवारी को बेसबॉल बैट चलाने वाले एक गिरोह ने पीटा था क्योंकि वह अपने फ्लैट के बगीचे में अपने गुलाबों की देखभाल कर रहे थे। अमरनाथ तिवारी को स्थानीय भारतीय जनता पार्टी के सदस्यों द्वारा किए गए हमले में गंभीर चोटें आईं और उन्हें चोटें आईं। पुलिस ने अभी तक अपने हमलावरों का पता लगाने में कोई प्रगति नहीं की है, और हमले के सटीक उद्देश्य पूरी तरह से स्पष्ट नहीं हैं। यहाँ वह हमले से पहले और उसके बाद की घटनाओं का वर्णन करता है।


Could the UK work with two different time zones?

Summary: Plans to change UK time to improve tourism have been floated but have prompted objections in Scotland. So why couldn't Scotland and the rest of the UK have different time zones? And what are the other logistical issues?

By Denise WintermanBBC News Magazine Moving the UK's clocks forward has always been controversial. Now the government's new tourism strategy, due out in the next few weeks, is expected to suggest just that. It would see British Summer Time (BST) maintained during the winter months and "double summertime" applied during summer months, putting the UK one hour ahead of GMT during winter and two hours ahead during summer. It would see clocks move forward by an hour from GMT in the winter and a further hour in the summer, to match Central European Time, meaning lighter nights but darker mornings. MP Rebecca Harris is championing such changes in the Daylight Saving Bill in Parliament. She says the move would allow an extra 235 hours of daylight after work every year and deliver benefits including 100 fewer deaths from road crashes annually. It would also purportedly save £200m a year for the NHS because of fewer accidents, boost British tourism revenue by £3.5bn and reduce carbon dioxide emissions through people leaving lights and heating off, it is claimed. It's been debated repeatedly over the years and has even been tried twice, albeit temporarily. The clocks were moved forward by an hour during World War II, to maximise productivity at munitions factories and ensure people got home safely before the blackout. It was again tried between 1968 and 1971. But after complaints in Scotland and northern England, MPs voted to end the experiment. Distinguished advocates over the years have included Winston Churchill and today's supporters are many and varied, from the Football Association to Greenpeace. But what are the logistical implications of changing the clocks? The Scotland argument For years the case in favour of changing the clocks has struggled because of Scotland. If it was introduced some of the northern-most areas would not see daylight until 10am during the winter months. Opponents argue this would increase accidents and make farmers' lives harder. So could Scotland have a different time zone? It's been suggested several times over the years, but never been taken seriously. The list of objections include the havoc it would cause to travel timetables and the UK-wide TV schedule. And what if you worked in one nation and lived in the other? But Russia and other large countries survive with multiple time zones. In the US some states operate on different times. The southern part of Idaho is an hour in front of the northern part. People learn to factor in the difference and eventually it becomes automatic. Travel timetables are always shown in local time and when meetings are arranged - for work or pleasure - people add "your time" or "my time" to clarify. But UK Prime Minister David Cameron says he is determined to keep Britain a "united time zone". Alasdair Allan, SNP MSP for the Western Isles in Scotland, is also against the idea because it would alienate Scotland and make commutes across the border difficult. Even those in favour of changing the clocks are against different time zones, arguing Scotland has the most to gain from change. Dr Mayer Hillman, who has campaigned for daylight saving for the past 40 years, recently researched what the implications would be for Scotland for the Policy Studies Institute (PSI). He says Scotland would benefit more than the rest of the UK in terms of the economy. He estimates an extra £300m would be generated from tourism and 7,000 new jobs created. The most serious criticism of changing the clocks is that darker mornings will mean more accidents, especially among children walking to school. When the change was made between 1968 and 1971 it did result in more deaths on the roads in the dark mornings, a fact that was widely reported. But it was more than offset by a reduction of accidents in the evenings, something that has never been as widely reported. Overall there was a net fall in deaths and injuries on the roads, but many still perceive the clock change to be more dangerous. "There were a lot of misconceptions about the success of the experiment at the time and they still persist," says a spokeswoman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), which supports the move. "But if you read through studies done back then they clearly show an overall decrease in deaths on the road. Studies since have also concluded the change would save lives and we agree." A recent report by the Transport Research Laboratory - called Road Safety Beyond 2010 - suggests changing the clocks could reduce UK road deaths by 82 per year and serious injuries by about 212. It estimates that could save the government £1.4bn in terms of road safety benefits alone over 10 years. Statistics also show there are over 50% more fatal and serious injuries on roads from November to February during peak afternoon times among adults, compared with the morning rush, says Dr Hillman. When it comes to children there are three times as many. In the past farmers have been "fingered" as influential opponents of changing the clocks, says the National Farmers' Union (NFU). But it's not the case now. It takes a neutral stance to the proposals and says if anything, slightly more of its members are in favour of change. "The NFU of England and Wales has no strong views on whether we should or should not put the clocks forward," says NFU director of policy Martin Haworth. "The last time we tested opinion among our members there was a narrow majority in favour of lighter evenings." NFU Scotland takes a neutral stance too, but says there are concerns among rural communities about losing light in the mornings. Significant changes in farming mean many of the arguments previously used are now redundant. Yes, dairy farmers still get up early to milk cows, but the animals are mostly kept indoors during winter and milked in artificially lit parlours. Daylight doesn't matter. Attitudes to changing the clocks largely depend on what people do on their farms, says the NFU. "Whether extra daylight would be more beneficial in the morning or the evening depends very much on the work pattern on each individual farm," says Mr Haworth. When it comes to tourism, there are strong arguments for changing the clocks. The extra hours of afternoon daylight will boost tourism revenue to the tune of £3.5bn in the UK and generate around 8,000 new jobs, according to a 2008 PSI report on the issue. For companies dealing with clients abroad, moving in line with other European countries has obvious benefits. A report done by the Greater London Authority said changing the clocks would provide 40% more business time overlap with the continent for businesses in the City and enable people to attend morning meetings in Europe without staying overnight. This also applies to many businesses outside London. "It's barmy that a great trading city like London is so out of kilter with the rest of Europe," says London Mayor Boris Johnson. It would also provide more working time in the morning for trading with Asian markets. But pushing the UK an hour eastwards would narrow the opportunity to speak to companies in the US, especially the West Coast, which would be nine or 10 hours behind the UK. Much of Scotland's trade is also with Europe and is worth £15bn to the Scottish economy annually, says the PSI report on the implications for the nation. The time difference reduces efficiency for companies, it adds. For many people it doesn't matter how many hours of extra daylight they get in the afternoon, it's the extra darkness in the morning that is the issue. "You see it when the clocks change now, in the winter people think 'oh, God' and in the spring their mood is uplifted," says Dr Hillman. But he argues daylight hours in the morning are usually wasted anyway, because we aren't up or are just getting ready to go out. The extra daylight hours in the afternoon can be better used. Mr Allan says he understands the motivations of campaigners who want to change the clocks, but it is massively unpopular in Scotland and a lot of that is down to waking up in the dark. "I recognise many of the benefits, like boosting the tourist industry and it staying lighter longer in the day," he says. "But there just isn't an appetite for change in Scotland and much of that is because people don't like getting up in the dark on winter mornings. I have to listen to what constituents are saying to me." And it's not just because humans are lazy, we're built that way. The sleep body clock is orientated towards daylight and sensitive to it, says Prof Jim Horne of the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University. "Biologically we're designed to wake up with the sunrise. If we do, it resets the body clock, makes us more alert and happier. It's more of a struggle to wake up if it's dark. That has psychological implications, we are more gloomy."

पर्यटन में सुधार के लिए यू. के. के समय को बदलने की योजनाएँ बनाई गई हैं लेकिन स्कॉटलैंड में आपत्तियों को प्रेरित किया है। तो स्कॉटलैंड और शेष यू. के. के अलग-अलग समय क्षेत्र क्यों नहीं हो सकते हैं? और अन्य लॉजिस्टिक मुद्दे क्या हैं?


Scientists test mystery blue slime from Highland site

Summary: Scientists are helping to determine how best to dispose of a mystery blue slime found among goods delivered to an industrial estate at Inverness Airport.

The substance was in a sealed tin inside a container of supplies sent from India to building products firm Hambleside Danelaw. Interface, a service that helps firms to get academic expertise, put the company in touch with the scientists. A lab at Inverness College UHI is now analysing the slime. Once it is known what the substance is made of, the Hambleside Danelaw will be able to dispose of it appropriately.

वैज्ञानिक यह निर्धारित करने में मदद कर रहे हैं कि इनवर्नेस हवाई अड्डे पर एक औद्योगिक संपत्ति को दिए गए सामानों में पाए गए एक रहस्यमय नीले रंग के मैल का सबसे अच्छा निपटान कैसे किया जाए।


Pokemon Go player calls 999 to report 'stolen Pokemon'

Summary: A Pokemon Go player called 999 to report stolen Pokemon.

The emergency call was made at 11:15 BST on Friday, the day after the hit smartphone game was launched in the UK, Gloucestershire Police said. The operator ended the conversation "swiftly" after giving "words of advice" about when it was appropriate to call 999, a spokesman said. The game sees players search for digital creatures in real-life locations. Since its launch, its popularity has prompted a series of safety warnings, and reports of players finding themselves in dangerous situations. Last week, a group of teenage boys entered an underground cave network in Wiltshire to search for Pokemon and got stuck 100ft below ground. Police in Northern Ireland warned players to be careful while playing the game, and not to trespass on other people's property. Nottinghamshire Police said it had received seven phone calls reporting "suspicious activity" in the past week, but it turned out to be people hunting Pokemon. Three students were robbed at knifepoint while playing the game in Manchester, while Greater Manchester Police warned the app may alert predators to where children are planning to be. In South Yorkshire, a group of players were praised after they alerted police to a burglary taking place at an industrial estate in Doncaster on Sunday.

एक पोकेमॉन गो खिलाड़ी ने चोरी हुए पोकेमॉन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए 999 पर कॉल किया।


Rare act of dissent at China's annual parliament

Summary: After 11 days of interminable speeches, followed by ritualistic voting to approve everything put before it, China's annual parliamentary gathering will, once again, leave little worthy of note in its wake.

By John SudworthBBC News, Beijing That is precisely the intention of course because it is not meant to hold power to account. That is kept tightly in the hands of the ruling Communist Party, and the key policies have long been decided in advance. Nonetheless, every year, the meetings do provide an occasional glimpse of something meaningful for those watching closely. Here then are two of them for 2016; the first, a rare act of dissent that could not be stifled and the second, paradoxically, an all-too-common act of obeisance that was mysteriously hidden from view. Much has already been written about Jiang Hong. As thousands of his fellow delegates began arriving in Beijing two weeks ago, with their rubber stamps at the ready, Mr Jiang had different ideas. He had already given an interview to a Chinese online current affairs magazine, Caixin, suggesting that delegates should be free to speak their own minds, rather than be compelled blithely to follow the will of the party. Government censors promptly deleted that interview, a clear demonstration that delegates are not free to do anything of the sort. Undeterred, Mr Jiang proceeded to give another interview to the same magazine in which he described the censorship as "terrible and bewildering". Published along with a daring photo of a mouth gagged with masking tape, that follow-up article was deleted too. Hurried away But still far from cowed, Mr Jiang agreed to a BBC interview, conducted inside the meeting hall close to Tiananmen Square. "If a society only listens to one voice, then mistakes can be made," he told us. "A good way to prevent this from happening is to let everyone speak up, to give us the whole picture." "I feel there's been an increase in things being deleted online - articles and blogs and posts on Wechat," he continued. "This has made people worried about expressing their opinions." Before we could finish our interview, Jiang Hong was hurried away by an official who insisted that we would make him late for his meeting - something other media outlets have experienced amid reports that delegates have been advised against impromptu discussions with the foreign media. But Mr Jiang's determined insistence on exercising his right to free speech illustrates how China's annual parliament is not always quite so rigid and compliant as it first seems. For the few who choose to use the opportunity, with the media access and at least the pretence of openness, it offers a precious moment in which they can push the boundaries a bit and, in doing so, highlight the debates that are often rumoured to be raging inside the ruling elite. And Mr Jiang has done exactly that. The response to his comments suggests that there is growing disquiet over the recent tightening of the restrictions on freedom of expression, with even one state-run newspaper weighing in with an old saying that "a thousand yes men cannot compare with one person who criticises frankly". Lavish production And so to our second moment at this year's event, one that has also lifted the curtain somewhat on the hidden tensions behind the scenes. It came inside the Great Hall of the People as China's President Xi Jinping attended a sideline meeting of the Province of Hunan Communist Party Committee. The Provincial Party Secretary Xu Shousheng is in mid-flow when his speech takes an unexpected change of tack. "Before Chinese New Year," he says to President Xi, "a song by the title 'I don't know how to address you' went viral online in Hunan." The lavish production, reportedly commissioned by the Hunan government, tells the story of one of Xi Jinping's visits to the Hunan countryside, and Mr Xu was keen to sing its praises. "It vividly reflects [your] devotion to the poverty-stricken village of Shibadong," he tells him. Mr Xi can be seen smiling and nodding slightly, although soon after video links of the exchange, along with references to the viral song being raised at the meeting, were seemingly deleted from the internet, with the links returning instead the familiar error message for removed content. At a time when the main message of this year's parliament was meant to be the Communist Party's efforts to boost a flagging economy, with the looming threat of mass industrial layoffs, having the nation's top brass compose songs to each other and then crow about them, probably does not seem like the best exercise in public relations. Nonetheless, tribute songs to Xi Jinping have become something of a musical genre in their own right in recent years, leading to speculation that such public displays of devotion are being encouraged as part of a growing cult of personality around him. While spontaneous songs written and sung by grass roots performers - of which there are many - are one thing, for such tributes to be commissioned by senior party officials is altogether different. Along with the crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech, as well as an increasingly ideological tone, some observers worry that Chinese politics is now taking a more authoritarian direction of the kind not seen since the days of Chairman Mao. And with the normal political process so opaque and closed, the things we can glimpse on the edges of China's parliamentary set pieces are sometimes all we have to go on in trying to assess the truth. The last word, perhaps, should go to Jiang Hong, the censored but still determined delegate. "What's happening now is a lot better than what happened during the Cultural Revolution," he tells us. "However, in terms of citizens' freedom of expression, there are still obstacles. At least I can still express my thoughts; I can voice my opinion within the boundaries of this meeting. "But what really upsets me is that I can't express my opinion to the public. In this aspect, there's still a lot of improvement needed in our country. "

11 दिनों के अंतहीन भाषणों के बाद, उसके सामने रखी गई हर चीज को मंजूरी देने के लिए अनुष्ठानिक मतदान के बाद, चीन की वार्षिक संसदीय सभा, एक बार फिर, इसके मद्देनजर बहुत कम ध्यान देने योग्य छोड़ेगी।


Crowthorne murder inquiry: Man and woman charged

Summary: A man and a woman have been charged with murder after a man was found stabbed in the middle of a road.

Zelous Smythe, 27, from Camberley, Surrey, was found in Nine Mile Ride in Crowthorne, Berkshire, at 14:00 GMT on Monday. Paramedics treated him at the scene but he died shortly afterwards. A post mortem examination found he died from a single stab wound to his chest. Victoria Quinton, 20, of Helmsdale, Bracknell, and Oliver Allerton, 27, have been charged with murder. They are due to appear at Reading Magistrates' Court later.

सड़क के बीच में एक आदमी को चाकू से घायल पाए जाने के बाद एक पुरुष और एक महिला पर हत्या का आरोप लगाया गया है।


Cairngorms kilted ski and torchlit descent postponed

Summary: Events to help mark the 50th anniversary of mechanised ski uplift in the Cairngorms have been cancelled due to a lack of snow.

Staff at the CairnGorm Mountain resort said snow was restricted to its upper bowls. A mass descent by skiers and snowboarders wearing kilts and also a torchlit event have been delayed until there is more snow at lower levels. CairnGorm Mountain said falling temperatures have been forecast. The events had been planned for Saturday.

केयर्नगोर्म्स में मशीनीकृत स्की उत्थान की 50वीं वर्षगांठ को चिह्नित करने में मदद करने वाले कार्यक्रमों को बर्फ की कमी के कारण रद्द कर दिया गया है।


Mouswald Primary earmarked for closure in July

Summary: A primary school in Dumfries and Galloway which is attended by just two pupils is likely to close in July.

Mouswald Primary near Dumfries is the second school local council officials have recommended for closure in the last two months. St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary in Dalbeattie is also earmarked to shut. Dumfries and Galloway Council officers have recommended that children from Mouswald attend nearby Collin Primary School. They said parents, staff and members of the community accepted the proposed closure at a consultation meeting. Related Internet Links Dumfries and Galloway Council

डमफ्रीज और गैलोवे में एक प्राथमिक विद्यालय, जिसमें केवल दो छात्र पढ़ते हैं, के जुलाई में बंद होने की संभावना है।


Storm Christoph: Warnings issued for NI and Republic of Ireland

Summary: Weather warnings are in place after Storm Christoph arrived on Monday.

By Barra BestBBC News NI Weather Presenter The system, which is moving in from the Atlantic, will bring rain which could lead to flooding. The Met Office is warning of between 20-30mm rainfall quite widely across Northern Ireland, with up to 50mm over higher ground. The yellow weather warning, which came into effect at midnight on Monday, will be in place until 12:00 GMT on Wednesday. This is the third named storm of the winter season after Bella in December, and Storm Aiden in October 2020. In the Republic of Ireland, weather service Met Éireann has also issued rainfall warnings for 11 counties in the midlands. It is warning of some river and localised flooding with rainfall accumulations of 30-50mm, possibly higher over mountains.

सोमवार को तूफान क्रिस्टोफ के आने के बाद मौसम की चेतावनी जारी की गई है।


Iconic Marcliffe Hotel site in Aberdeen set for 189 homes

Summary: Detailed planning permission is being sought for a major housing development on the site of Aberdeen's iconic Marcliffe Hotel.

The five-star hotel - a popular venue for wedding receptions and functions - has been at its North Deeside Road venue since 1993. Housebuilder Stewart Milne wants to demolish the hotel and create 189 properties. The owner, Stewart Spence, is retiring, and sold the site. Meanwhile, the former Victoria Road Primary School in Torry has been earmarked for redevelopment. Barratt has submitted a proposal of application notice with Aberdeen City Council to build more than 50 homes at the site.

एबरडीन के प्रतिष्ठित मार्क्लिफ होटल के स्थल पर एक प्रमुख आवास विकास के लिए विस्तृत योजना की अनुमति मांगी जा रही है।


Tens of thousands at Foyle Maritime Festival

Summary: Londonderry's Foyle Maritime Festival has now been running for a week and has just one more day to go, but it hit its peak on Friday night, as the spectacle that was the 'Voyages' showpiece attracted record breaking crowds to the event.

According to Derry City and Strabane District Council, tens of thousands of people lined up along the quayside to gaze out at illuminated tall ships, animated light shows, aerial performances and an explosive finale as fireworks shot into the night sky, reflecting on the River Foyle. The Voyages showcase was the highlight of the nine day festival, which ends on Sunday when the Clipper Round the World yacht race fleet leaves the city's marina, to embark on their final race to Liverpool. Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, councillor John Boyle, hailed everyone involved: "I would like to congratulate the council's festival and events team on pulling off yet another night to remember and all the statutory agencies who worked so well together to manage an event of this scale. "Last night's event took the celebrations to a new level with the captivating parade of light on the Foyle preceding the stunning fireworks display. "There has been a packed programme of events all week and it has been fantastic to see so many local people and visitors in our city out enjoying the festivities." Between the coinciding arrival of the clipper fleet, and thousands more arriving in the city for the Foyle Cup, it has been a rather busy week for the area - and there has been no shortage of things to do. With the quayside full to the brim with market stalls, the hunger-inducing scent of burgers and seafood dishes lingering in the air, and pop-up bars serving crisp local pints, the festival is already reaping the rewards. The mayor explained to BBC News NI earlier on in the week that for every pound invested by the council, they are seeing £2.20 coming back into the economy. Event co-ordinator, Helena Hasson, said: "The Foyle Maritime Festival has been superb, thousands have turned out already. "Everyone has been coming out to see the Clipper yachts and enjoy the huge number of events taking place along the river including our hugely successful Flavours of the Foyle and the Irish navy boat tours." The festival comes to a close on Sunday afternoon, with the final event consisting of waving off the Clipper fleet at the Parade of Sail. The skippers and their crew make their way out of the marina towards Greencastle in County Donegal, before setting off on the final leg of the year-long race around the world, which ends where it started back in Liverpool. Derry duo, Conall Morrison and Roseann McGlinchey, received a warm welcome home when their boat berthed in the marina on 10 July, after being at sea for the past 11 months. The quayside is expected to be equally bustling again on Sunday afternoon, as their supporters are expected to cheer them on in a bid to win their final race. In spite of the recent trouble over the past couple of weeks, the locals and visitors haven't allowed it to put a damper on the festivities. Mary Loughrey, from Strabane said: "It's really refreshing to see so many smiling faces along the quay. "There's been a lot of negativity in the media recently so this is lovely to see. "I took my four children down to try some different foods. Of course all they wanted was the sugary donuts. "I hope everyone enjoys the week and takes in the wonderful sounds and smells. Derry knows how to put on a show." Iain Coke, crew member on the Visit Seattle Clipper yacht was taken aback by the open arms of the city: "It's certainly the biggest crowds that we've got, here, it's amazing the number of people here. "We've had some great welcomes around the world but this is pretty special."

लंदनडेरी का फॉयल मैरीटाइम फेस्टिवल अब एक सप्ताह से चल रहा है और अभी सिर्फ एक और दिन बाकी है, लेकिन यह शुक्रवार की रात को अपने चरम पर पहुंच गया, क्योंकि 'वॉयेजेस' शोपीस ने इस कार्यक्रम में रिकॉर्ड तोड़ भीड़ को आकर्षित किया।


Norwich Cathedral falcon's first egg hatches

Summary: A first egg laid by a peregrine falcon nesting on Norwich Cathedral's spire in 2014 has hatched.

The Hawk and Owl Trust, which has been filming the event with CCTV, said the chick was first spotted at 19:39 GMT on Saturday. A trust spokesman said: "The male came in and almost pushed the female off the eggs to get a glimpse. "The female came back at 20:17 GMT and we got another look." Four chicks hatched in 2013, the second brood in the city since 2011 and among the first in 200 years. A watch-point at the cathedral, run by the Hawk and Owl Trust, is open until the end of June.

2014 में नॉर्विच कैथेड्रल के शिखर पर घोंसले बनाने वाले पेरेग्रीन बाज़ द्वारा दिया गया पहला अंडा निकला है।


Viewpoints: Tackling the sexualisation of children

Summary: Concerns about easy access to pornography, an over-sexualised culture and low self-esteem and body image were voiced repeatedly at teacher union conferences this Easter.

Teachers said they were worried about pupils growing up in a culture where pornographic images were widely available and teenagers felt pressured to have a "perfect" body. So what is the best way forward for protecting the young and also educating children and young people about the dangers they may face? The BBC News website has gathered a range of viewpoints. Helen Porter, teacher from Berkshire and member of Association of Teachers and Lecturers Having heard of a 13-year-old girl taking part in an amateur porn video, I felt sickened and moved to ask for more research on this issue and more guidance and training for teachers, so that we can help to educate youngsters about the consequences of viewing so much porn. They cannot foresee these consequences for themselves. I think lessons about the dangerous consequences of viewing porn, sexting etc should be part of the sex and relationship education (SRE) curriculum. Teachers will need to be well trained and provided with appropriate resources to deliver such lessons effectively. It may also be necessary to alert younger children (10-11 years) about some of these dangers. This would need to be handled very sensitively and again, more research and teacher training is required. It would be wonderful if we could limit the viewing of porn by young people, however, it is very unlikely that we will ever be able to stop it. We must ensure that we educate our children about the dangers and consequences of viewing porn, so that they can make sensible decisions for themselves. I also think lessons on body image and well-being should be included as part of the personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum. We suggest at least one one-hour lesson each year. This education should start young and certainly by the age of eight or nine and continue until at least 16. These lessons should aim to shift the focus from idealized body image to healthy bodies that are fit-for-purpose. So healthy diet and appropriate exercise are important, but everyone should be encouraged to feel proud of their body whatever their shape/size/colour/proportions. Schools must also implement measures to raise self esteem for all pupils. Central YMCA Qualifications have developed a suite of three qualifications in personal well-being and body image. It is hoped that more secondary schools will offer these to pupils. BBC School Reporters from Tarporley High School in Cheshire Lizzie, aged 15: The media should use more plus-size models. That would help young people - especially girls - feel better about themselves. The media shouldn't give out this image that people have perfect bodies, perfect skin, perfect hair all the time. I think there's a responsibility on parents to monitor their children's use on the computer, but then they still have phones and iPods and other devices, so there's only so much that can be done. I don't think the dangers of sexting are clear enough to young people. I think lots of young people think it's just for fun and there's a really dangerous side to it. Ellie, aged 15: When I go on Facebook, you see so many pictures of people and it makes me feel more pressured to make myself look nice. There are "likes" on pictures, so if someone has 1,000 "likes" on their picture and you don't, it makes you feel a bit more pressured to get more! But I don't think much can be done about it, to be honest. They should stop having Page Three girls in the newspapers - it's basically giving people really easy access to it so they don't even have to go out of their way, and that's wrong. If people want to find pornography they can do, but making it so easy with Page Three isn't helping. I do think that teachers and schools could do more. They can't control what anyone does outside of school, but if they ran assemblies on it or something like that so we understand the dangers. Ben, aged 15: I think porn is a bigger problem now, because it's pretty much everywhere. If anyone wants to have a look at something, they can just google it. But I don't think there's much you can do about it - the internet is such a big thing, and you can't shut it down. Reg Bailey, chief executive of the Mothers' Union and author of the Bailey Review Life moves on very quickly, sometimes the technology outpaces the children and young people's ability - and parents' ability - to understand what the issues are. So if a child sends a self-generated picture and sends it to a boyfriend, they might be unaware of the potential consequences of that at the time. Parents find it difficult to talk about these topics. Sometimes technology becomes an excuse not to talk about these difficult topics. If we can encourage children and young people to talk to their parents, they're the ones who can do something about it. Teachers need to be aware of the issues and that's quite an education as the ball moves fast and children are very fast at picking up this technology. Most schools will make attempts to deal with these issues, but often it can become a tick-box exercise. It really needs someone who will engage with it. Schools need to engage with parents - they can hold open evenings where they get someone in from industry to talk to parents and explain the potential hazards out there and how they can protect their children. But you can't just say to people it's down to the teachers or the parents to deal with the problems - everyone has to take responsibility. So, for example, parental controls need to be easy for people to use - quite often they're not, they need to be more family-friendly, easier to turn on. But the trouble with them is that they can give parents a false sense of security. Really the best filter is emotionally resilient children who know what is and isn't appropriate material to look at and engage with. Children and young people are much more aware of these things than we realise, but they need our help to steer their way through it. I would encourage parents not to shy away from it, but to deal with it. You could get very depressed about it all, but I'm optimistic because we can make a difference. We need goodwill from industry, parents need to feel more confident and children need to be emotionally resilient. Anne Godfrey, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Marketing In 2011, Reg Bailey, author of the Bailey review of the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood, described an increasingly "sexualised" wallpaper surrounding children and called on businesses and the media to play their part in taking positive measures to prevent this from continuing. Just under two years later and, whilst we've seen great progress in this area, there is still work to be done. Parents, teachers, politicians and industry all have a role to play. Teachers and parents can help children to navigate a complicated landscape armed with the relevant resources, tools and support from industry bodies and government. CIM works with its members to ensure they understand their responsibility as marketing professionals and the impact their business decisions have on consumers and society. We believe that by looking at the marketing decisions which lead to the creation of these inappropriate adverts and products, we can help treat some of the causes of the problem, and not just the symptoms. Siobhan Freegard, founder of Netmums Almost every parent we speak with on Netmums is concerned and worries that their child is growing up far too fast. A recent Netmums study found 89% of parents agree modern children are under much more pressure and grow up far faster than previous generations. Over half say their child believes body image and appearance is the most important thing about someone, which is a shocking reflection on what modern society values. Almost a third also said their child was being sexualized too early and felt pushed into being interested in sex before they were ready. Clearly something is going badly wrong with childhood but it is hard for parents to tackle, as there is no single cause. Rather there is a toxic combination of marketing, media and peer pressure which means children no longer want to be seen as children, even when as parents we know they still are. The purpose of schooling isn't just academic leaning, but to create a rounded person. Schools are about to start teaching personal finance so kids can manage their money, so it makes perfect sense to teach personal well-being so kids can bolster their sense of self-worth. The purpose of this shouldn't be to "take the burden" off parents but to work with parents and make sure - together - we are raising a generation of happy, healthy children. In many ways we are in the middle of a big experiment, as no generation before has ever grown up with instant access to so much information, and much of it being information we would naturally wish to shield them from. There is no roadmap to success so we need to put our children's well-being first on every step along this new journey. Our children may think we are being overcautious, but rising levels of child depression, eating disorders and self-harm show we are right to be cautious until the full effects of placing so much pressure on youngsters is fully understood. Lucy Emmerson, principal officer of the Sex Education Forum Providing sex and relationships education (SRE) in school and at home is vital because adults can offer factually correct information and an opportunity for safe discussion that matches the maturity of the child. Some secondary schools are also choosing to teach a lesson directly about pornography with older pupils, for example, Year 10 and 11. A lesson with this age-group could explore questions such as "Does pornography present particular values in relation to power, gender and sexual behaviour?" and "What are realistic and unrealistic standards for bodily appearance?" Parents have a crucial role in SRE. Most parents are supportive of SRE and want to have a role at home and expect school to cover it as well. However many parents fail to fulfil the role they aspire to and wish that they found it easier to talk to their children about growing up, sex and relationships. This often reflects parents' own poor experiences of SRE and their feeling of embarrassment about the subject. The research shows that SRE is more effective if home and school are involved. Schools and parents can work together on starting an open dialogue about SRE. Teaching children and young people to be critical consumers of media and able to discuss issues about the body, gender and sexual behaviour will equip them with "filters in their head" to be more in control of the media available to them. As a society we also need to be more open and honest about sex and relationships and more confident about the language we use.

इस ईस्टर पर शिक्षक संघ सम्मेलनों में पोर्नोग्राफी तक आसान पहुंच, एक अति-यौन संस्कृति और कम आत्मसम्मान और शरीर की छवि के बारे में बार-बार चिंता व्यक्त की गई।


Rakhine state: Hatred and despair in Myanmar's restive region

Summary: Climbing a small, scrubby hill behind the little riverside town of Mrauk U, a dreamy landscape reveals itself, of centuries-old stupas wreathed in mist, dotted with farming communities.

By Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent Anywhere else this spectacular monument would surely be overrun by tourists. But in Mrauk U just a handful of foreigners have dozens of Buddhist temples to themselves. The site lies in Rakhine state, an isolated region at the western corner of Myanmar, with poor infrastructure and, in recent years, terrible headlines. Mrauk U's history helps explain why Rakhine state has experienced such serious sectarian violence, culminating in the expulsion of much of the Rohingya population, and the destruction of hundreds of their villages. 'Under colonial rule' Tun Ne Win is a bright and energetic young man who works as a tour guide at the temples. He is also the secretary-general of the local branch of the Arakan National Party (ANP). The ANP has ridden, and at times inflamed, the fierce resentment and ethnic pride felt by Rakhine Buddhists, who consider themselves the state's indigenous people, to become the strongest political organisation there. "It feels like we are still living under colonial rule", he told me. "Because we don't have any power or self-determination. We don't feel we have freedom. Because everything is centralised by the government." Tun Ne Win eagerly took me around the extraordinary stone cloisters of Shite-thaung temple, lined with thousands of relief carvings. A sketch of Mrauk U by a 17th century Dutch artist depicts what was then one of Asia's most important trading centres. After that, say the Rakhine, it was all downhill. In 1784 Arakan, as it was then known, was brutally conquered by the forces of Burmese King Bodawpaya. Tens of thousands of Rakhine were taken as slaves, or fled over the border to what was then British-ruled Bengal. Forty-two years later it was the British who occupied Arakan, in the first of three stages of colonising all of Burma. Under British rule, large numbers of migrants from Bengal came to Arakan to work, augmenting the existing Muslim population, and igniting a primal fear among the Rakhine, which propels today's ethnic conflict. "We feel it's very hard for Rakhine people, stuck between Islamisation and Burmanisation", says Mr Tun. "We have no power. We are poor. We are just trying to develop our people, our state. It's very hard for us to protect our identity. Maybe 50 or 100 years later, Rakhine, a nation in this country, will disappear." An invisible community Mr Tun's party, the ANP, has been accused by human rights groups of stirring up communal tension in 2012, when the first serious sectarian clashes broke out with Rohingya Muslims. There was violence on both sides, but the Muslim population came off much worse, confined now by the security forces to their villages, or to cramped and squalid camps. Mrauk U saw some of the most serious clashes, including an attack on the village of Yan Thein in which, say human rights researchers, 70 Rohingyas, some of them children, were killed. For tourists visiting Mrauk U the Muslim population is invisible; a sign at Sittwe Airport warns foreigners that they cannot visit their communities without a permit. We were able to drive through areas where Muslims could be seen from the road, but with two police special branch officers constantly following us, we could not risk stopping to talk to them. The government justifies this segregation of the two communities by citing the hostility the Rakhine feel towards their Muslim neighbours. But that segregation is one-sided, imposed, along with other restrictions, only on the Rohingyas, and other Muslims caught up in the violence. The Rakhine, however, do not feel that the government is on their side at all. In a discussion with a group of villagers a few kilometres outside Mrauk U, we heard heated criticism of the government, for leaving Rakhine so poor, for exploiting the state's resources, and most recently, for the deaths of seven men, shot by the police, as they protested against a ban on a ceremony to mark the conquest of 1784. "We hate the police even more than the Bengalis", said one woman, using the term they prefer for Rohingya Muslims. Poverty is driving huge numbers of young Rakhine people elsewhere in search of work, only reinforcing the fear that they will be demographically swamped by Muslims. We used to live together like brothers, said one woman, until 2012. So what changed? No-one seemed sure, but they were convinced the central government had a hand in the breakdown, although they all had long lists of alleged Muslim atrocities to recount, some of which were probably genuine, but some, they admitted, just hearsay. Rampant drug and alcohol abuse is also taking its toll; Rakhine has become an important smuggling route for methamphetamines made in north-eastern Myanmar, en route to India and the Middle East, via Bangladesh. The historic resentment the Rakhine feel towards the Burmese state makes the conflict in their state a complex, three-way battle. Although the rise of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a Rohingya militant group whose attacks triggered the military operation which drove out the refugees, has attracted plenty of international interest, there is another armed group, the Arakan Army (AA), claiming to fight for Rakhine rights. Over the past two years the AA has killed far more Burmese soldiers than ARSA. People in Mrauk U did not hide their sympathy for the insurgents, and I was told a number of young men had recently joined them. A question of identity The government has now promised to follow the recommendations made last year by a commission, headed by the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in addressing the problems in Rakhine State. The commission argued that economic development was the key to easing communal friction, but stressed the requirement to persuade both Muslim and Rakhine communities that they will benefit from it. It also argued that discrimination against Muslims must end, and that they should get citizenship. The refugees in Bangladesh have made this a condition for coming back. I did not meet a single Rakhine in Mrauk U who accepted this. They are convinced that the Muslim population has been swollen by illegal immigration from Bangladesh, and by Muslims deliberately having large families. Nothing could shake that conviction. This is the reason they object to the term Rohingya. They believe using it is a strategy by the Muslim population of Rakhine to win official recognition as an ethnic group, allowing them to demand a separate Rohingya state along the Bangladesh border, and advancing what the Rakhine Buddhists believe is the eventual extinction of their identity. The government has done little to challenge this view, now widely shared in the rest of the country. There is also real fear among the Rakhine that the Rohingyas, after their brutal expulsion, will be more militant, bent on vengeance. For now repatriation of the refugees seems impossible. If and when it does happen, it will be very difficult to persuade the Rakhine that this is not yet another central government plot against them. We did eventually manage to meet some Rohingya, by chance, as they gathered their harvest close to the main road. By then we had shaken off our police escort. They were a relatively prosperous family, owning a few fields and some cattle. But they were constantly frightened, they said, of the security forces and their Buddhist neighbours. They had not joined the exodus to Bangladesh, in part because they were so far from the border and feared what might happen to them on the long journey. But they believed they might yet have to abandon their homes, and go.

नदी के किनारे स्थित छोटे से शहर म्राक यू के पीछे एक छोटी, झाड़ीदार पहाड़ी पर चढ़ते हुए, एक स्वप्निल परिदृश्य खुद को प्रकट करता है, जिसमें सदियों पुराने स्तूप धुंध में डूबे हुए हैं, जो कृषक समुदायों से भरे हुए हैं।


Wiley reveals tour dates and new album details

Summary: Wiley has announced plans to tour the UK in 2012.

The tour begins in Norwich on Friday 20 January and wraps up with a date at the Scala in London on Wednesday 1 February. The new dates coincide with the release of the rapper's new album Evolve Or Be Extinct, which is released on 19 January. The album will feature production from Most Wanted Mega, who has also produced Wiley's new single Boom Blast. Wiley has previously had chart success in the UK with Cash In My Pocket, which was a collaboration with Daniel Merriweather. His biggest hit to date is Wearing My Rolex, which reached the top three in 2008. The tour dates are as follows: Norwich Waterfront - 20 January Manchester HMV - 21 Coventry Kasbah - 22 Glasgow ABC2 - 23 Edinburgh HMV - 25 Middlesbrough Empire - 26 Birmingham Institute - 27 Liverpool Masque - 28 Brighton Concorde - 30 Swansea Sin City - 31 London Scala - February 1

विली ने 2012 में ब्रिटेन का दौरा करने की योजना की घोषणा की है।


Guernsey school internet services reviewed

Summary: A review into internet provision for schools and colleges in Guernsey is being launched this week.

It follows concern that young people's education is suffering because of inadequate broadband access. Education Minister Robert Sillars said the whole education system relied on equivalent internet services to those used by a single UK primary school. He said it caused significant problems for teachers and students and needed to be addressed.

ग्वेर्नसे में स्कूलों और कॉलेजों के लिए इंटरनेट प्रावधान की समीक्षा इस सप्ताह शुरू की जा रही है।


Covid: First care home residents in Wales get vaccine

Summary: Covid vaccinations for care home residents in Wales will begin later.

A pilot for the Pfizer/BioNtech jab will start at a care home in north Wales, with teams going to other health boards across Wales later in the week. Wales' health minister said "if all goes well" officials will roll out care home vaccination "ahead of Christmas". Care home owners said it was "early steps in a great journey" but warned the vaccination did not mean an open door policy for families of residents. Initially the vaccine will be given to care homes near hospital pharmacies and the pilot will start at a care home in the Mold area of Flintshire on Wednesday morning before a possible rollout. But the group that represents care homes in Wales said the rise in Covid rates across Wales - with some areas among the highest in the UK - meant homes would be "careful" and "cautious" with family visits to residents over the Christmas period. Latest figures show Wales has the worst infection rate of the four UK nations - with a case rate of 416.5 cases per 100,000 people over seven days - with Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend in the top four worst affected local authority areas. "Nobody wants to be separated at Christmas," said Care Forum Wales chairman Mario Kreft. "But there are rises in community transmission across Wales, so we must be very careful as we go forward in these next weeks and months. "We could see all residents vaccinated by, let's say, February, so we're only weeks away. "Let's be cautious and not risk anybody's lives by just worrying about the next visit or the next couple of visits. Let's just be safe and see ourselves right through to 2021." But while Wales' Older People's Commissioner was "delighted" the pilot had started, she said it was "crucial" care home residents can have visits from loved ones. "As it is likely to be some time before all older people living in care homes are protected by the vaccine, it is crucial that residents can stay in close contact with their loved ones," said Helena Herklots. She added she wanted "safe visits can go ahead wherever possible, which will be particularly important over the Christmas period". Welsh officials had previously not been able to say when vaccination of care home residents would begin, despite the group being a priority for the vaccine programme. Vaughan Gething, Wales' health minister, initially said it would not be safe to get the jab to care homes because the vaccine needs to be kept at -70c and health chiefs wanted to use a small number of hubs. But Pfizer has since confirmed the vaccine could be "packed down" into smaller pack sizes, allowing it to go to care homes, which Mr Gething said can "bring a new level of protection to some of our most vulnerable people". Care home residents began to receive the vaccine in Scotland on Monday. A report had said care homes had been "badly let down" during the coronavirus pandemic with almost 30,000 more residents in England and Wales dying during the the early part of the pandemic than during the same period in 2019. "The pandemic has been a particularly difficult time for older people living in care homes and their loved ones," said Ms Herklots. "I know that staff working across our health and social care systems will be doing all they can to ensure that these pilot initiatives are successful so that the vaccine can be delivered to more care homes throughout Wales." The coronavirus vaccine rollout in Wales started last week with front-line health care and social care workers prioritised and about 4,000 people have had their first of two doses of the jab. Mr Gething said: "We need to continue to make sure we can safely transport the vaccine to people who can't come to clinics. "If all goes well this week, we will roll out care home vaccination ahead of Christmas, bringing a new level of protection to some of our most vulnerable people."

वेल्स में देखभाल गृह के निवासियों के लिए कोविड टीकाकरण बाद में शुरू होगा।


Travelodge plans new Scottish hotels for events sector

Summary: Travelodge has announced plans to tap into Scotland's growing events sector by opening new hotels in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The budget hotel chain said the move would lead to the creation of 60 jobs. One hotel will be near the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), while the second will be near the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow. Travelodge said "third party investors" were investing about £15m in the projects. Paul Harvey, from Travelodge, said: "Scotland's events sector is growing from strength to strength. "However, there is a shortage of good quality and low-cost accommodation close to major event venues such as the EICC and SEC."

ट्रैवलॉज ने एडिनबर्ग और ग्लासगो में नए होटल खोलकर स्कॉटलैंड के बढ़ते आयोजन क्षेत्र का लाभ उठाने की योजना की घोषणा की है।