Noble's Hospital beds inspire nine-year-old triathlete

Summary: A girl with cerebral palsy who raised almost £13,000 by taking part in a triathlon, tripling her target, has said she was inspired to do it by a hospital's "uncomfortable" beds.

Chloe Rollitt swam 150m (490ft) as part of a team with Paralympic skiers Menna Fitzpatrick and Jennifer Kehoe. The nine-year-old had hoped to raise £4,000 for the Isle of Man's Noble's Hospital, where she had been treated. However, she raised £12,780 in a month, which paid for 14 new beds for parents. Chloe, who also has epilepsy, was selected for the Superhero Tri, which is part of a series for people with disabilities, in August. She said her selection inspired her to want to raise money for the hospital's children's ward, where she had previously been treated. The money she raised was used to buy toys for children and beds for parents to stay overnight. Returning to the ward to see the items, Chloe said she was "really proud". "They need some beds, because the other ones are really uncomfortable," she added. Her mother Jo said she had been "blown away" by the donations.

सेरेब्रल पाल्सी से पीड़ित एक लड़की, जिसने ट्रायथलॉन में भाग लेकर अपने लक्ष्य को तीन गुना करके लगभग 13,000 पाउंड जुटाए, ने कहा है कि वह अस्पताल के "असहज" बिस्तरों से ऐसा करने के लिए प्रेरित हुई थी।


Motorcyclist who died in crash with car in Moray named

Summary: A 37-year-old motorcyclist who died in a crash with a car in Moray has been named.

Andrew Pearce, of Garmouth, died after his black Suzuki was in collision with a red Citroen on the B9015 near Garmouth at about 17:30 on Tuesday. The 54-year-old female driver of the car was uninjured. Police Scotland want to hear from anyone who may have been travelling on the road around the time and saw either vehicle before to the collision. The road was closed for several hours to allow for crash investigation work.

मोरे में एक कार के साथ दुर्घटना में मारे गए 37 वर्षीय मोटरसाइकिल सवार का नाम लिया गया है।


Cannabis oil: 'I've spent £34,000 to keep my epileptic daughter alive'

Summary: Laws around the use of medical cannabis were changed in England in 2018 to recognise its benefit for some patients. BBC News spoke to the families of three children with severe epilepsy about the battle they have faced to get the treatment.

By Charlie JonesBBC News 'We felt we had to break the law' Tannine Montgomery says she has spent £34,000 and broken the law to keep her daughter alive. Six-year-old Indie-Rose, from Clare in Suffolk, has severe epilepsy and can have up to 50 seizures a month without medical cannabis oil. Since it was legalised two years ago, only a handful of NHS prescriptions have been issued. The Department of Health and Social Care says more research is needed before it can be routinely prescribed. Ms Montgomery says her daughter's life has been transformed since she started taking medical cannabis three years ago. "We went from constant seizures and being in hospital all the time to her being happy and attending school," she says. It remains illegal to import cannabis oils without a special licence. Ms Montgomery says the family flew to the Netherlands to obtain it from a Dutch doctor, using a private UK prescription, because the NHS refused to pay for it. It was costing them £1,500 a month - a cost which would triple if they acquired the licence. Their medication was seized last year at Stansted Airport. Since Covid-19 restrictions were placed on travel, the family has been unable to fly. They have now run out of the oil, called Bedrolite, and Indie-Rose has started having severe seizures again. They are also concerned that Brexit will have implications for obtaining it. What is medical cannabis? Ms Montgomery says: "We have never wanted to break the law. We felt we had to, to keep Indie-Rose alive, but that option is not even open to us at the moment. "I'm not sleeping and my anxiety is through the roof." 'His quality of life has really improved' When medical cannabis was legalised, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced guidance for the NHS saying there was not enough evidence to recommend cannabis-based medicines for severe epilepsy. Epidoylex is recommended by NICE, but many families say it has not worked for their children. The parents of three-year-old Charlie Hughes, from Norwich, are mounting the first legal challenge to the guidelines. Charlie went from having up to 120 seizures a day to fewer than 20, became more vocal, took an interest in his toys and began to feed himself after taking Bedrolite, his family says. But doctors say they cannot prescribe it due to the guidelines. Charlie's family could no longer afford Bedrolite, which was costing them up to £3,000 a month, so they switched to a cheaper version from Israel called Celixir20, which costs them £600 a month. They were offered Epidoylex on the NHS, but did not want to risk giving it to Charlie after speaking to other families. His father Matt Hughes said: "Last week he painted his first picture, he is doing so well, his quality of life has really improved. It is so unfair that the burden is on us to fund it." 'Alfie goes months without seizures' Alfie Dingley, who has a severe and rare form of epilepsy, helped bring about the legalisation of medical cannabis. In June 2018, the nine-year-old, from Kenilworth, in Warwickshire, became the first person in the UK to be granted a licence for Bedrolite. It is thought only two other people have had it granted since. It followed a campaign led by his mother Hannah Deacon, who says the NHS prescription changed their lives. She says: "Alfie goes for months at a time without seizures. It is not a cure, but we are not dealing with life-threatening emergencies every week. "He was violent and aggressive before and we had no quality of life. "It needs to be available to everyone. It will save the NHS millions of pounds a year by reducing the time children with severe epilepsy spend in hospital." Miss Deacon says there has been a "campaign of fear" against medical cannabis which has left doctors scared to prescribe it. "We are so lucky, but we feel so bad for the other families in this terrible situation," she says. "It is barbaric what they have had to go through to keep their families safe." She has set up a charitable organisation called MedCan Support with Matt Hughes to help other families in this situation. What did the Department for Health say? A spokesman said Epidoylex could be prescribed on the NHS because there was clear evidence of its "safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness". He said they sympathised with "patients dealing with challenging conditions" but "more evidence" was needed "to routinely prescribe and fund other treatments on the NHS and we continue to back further research and look at how to minimise the costs of these medicines". Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk Related Internet Links MEDCAN SUPPORT

कुछ रोगियों के लिए इसके लाभ को पहचानने के लिए 2018 में इंग्लैंड में मेडिकल कैनबिस के उपयोग के आसपास के कानूनों को बदल दिया गया था। बीबीसी न्यूज़ ने गंभीर मिर्गी से पीड़ित तीन बच्चों के परिवारों से इलाज के लिए हुई लड़ाई के बारे में बात की।


St Gilbert's abuse: School master cruelty case dismissed

Summary: A former school master charged with being involved in historical abuse has had the charges against him dismissed.

Vincent Rochford, 87, of Barton Lane, Manchester, denied one charge of child cruelty and one of assault relating to his time at St Gilbert's in Hartlebury, Worcestershire. The case against him was disposed at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution Service said it "offered no further evidence". Latest news and updates from the West Midlands St Gilbert's, which closed in 1986, received boys as young as 11 when they were convicted of petty misdemeanours.

ऐतिहासिक दुर्व्यवहार में शामिल होने के आरोप में एक पूर्व स्कूल मास्टर के खिलाफ लगाए गए आरोपों को खारिज कर दिया गया है।


Nottingham letterbox firework 'could have killed someone'

Summary: Police said it was lucky nobody was injured or killed when a lit firework was put through the letterbox of a house in Nottingham.

It caused a small fire at the property in Botany Avenue, St Ann's, but there were no injuries. Nottinghamshire Police said patrols had been stepped up in the area following the incident at 19:30 GMT on Friday. No arrests have been made but the force is appealing for witnesses to come forward. Beat manager PC Brian Dacunha said: "Incidents like these are very serious and we are doing everything we can to track down the offenders. "We are lucky no-one was injured or worse following the incident." Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

पुलिस ने कहा कि यह सौभाग्य की बात है कि जब नॉटिंघम में एक घर के लेटरबॉक्स में आतिशबाजी की गई तो कोई घायल या मारा नहीं गया।


Man bailed over A31 Bentley cyclist crash death

Summary: A man arrested after a cyclist died following a crash with a van on the A31 in Hampshire has been bailed.

Cyclist Lee Martin, 48, from Basingstoke, died in hospital after he was hit by a white Ford Transit van, near to the junction with Station Road at Bentley on Wednesday. A 29-year-old man, from Alton, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has been released on bail until 18 December pending further inquiries. A statement released on behalf of Mr Martin's family, said they were "devastated". It said: "He was a protective and loyal husband, father, son and brother. "Big Lee will be missed by many friends and family members, but he will never be forgotten."

हैम्पशायर में ए31 पर एक वैन के साथ दुर्घटना के बाद एक साइकिल चालक की मृत्यु के बाद गिरफ्तार किए गए एक व्यक्ति को जमानत दे दी गई है।


India's corruption scandals

Summary: India's ruling Congress party has been hit by a series of damaging corruption scandals over the past year. The opposition has made regular calls for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resign, only adding to the difficulties of a politician once seen as India's most honest.

BBC news considers the major corruption controversies to have beset the government in its second term of office. TELECOMS LICENCES In February 2012, the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecommunications licences awarded to companies in 2008. The licences were issued by former minister Andimuthu Raja, who is accused of mis-selling bandwidth in what has been called India's biggest corruption scandal. He is alleged to have issued the frequency licences on a "first-come, first-served" basis instead of auctioning them. Mr Raja denies wrongdoing. In March last year, a former aide of Mr Raja, who owned a real estate company, committed suicide . Auditors estimate the alleged mis-selling of the licences cost the exchequer nearly $40bn (£24.5bn) in lost revenue in what some analysts are calling India's biggest ever scandal . The scandal has claimed two other politicians: Mr Raja's colleague in the southern DMK party, MP undefined , was arrested last year in connection with the scandal; and Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran resigned last year following allegations that he coerced the founder of the mobile phone firm Aircel to sell off his stake to a firm favoured by the minister. He denies the allegation. Police have also questioned business leaders , TV bosses and political figures in connection with the alleged scam. ARMY BRIBERY ROW In March 2012, army chief Gen VK Singh said a defence industry lobbyist had offered him a bribe of $2.7m (£1.7m) if the army bought hundreds of trucks that the general considered "sub-standard". The general's allegation, made in an interview with The Hindu newspaper , provoked outrage in parliament and Defence Minister AK Antony promised an investigation. He acknowledged the general had come to him with the allegation more than a year earlier and asked for a written complaint. The general did not put the complaint in writing and both men seemed to have dropped the matter. Two days after the interview came out, a letter from Gen Singh to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh complaining that India's defences were largely obsolete and woefully inadequate was leaked, provoking more outrage in parliament. This, despite a multi-billion dollar procurement drive in recent years to modernise the army's equipment. Analysts say the modernisation drive has been hampered by a lack of planning and acrimony between the military and the defence ministry. WIKILEAKS: 'CASH FOR VOTES' There was uproar in India's parliament on 17 March 2011 after a leaked cable from the whistle-blowing Wikileaks website described how a senior Congress aide showed a US embassy official "chests of cash" allegedly used to bribe MPs to support the government in a crucial vote of confidence in 2008. The vote was over a controversial deal between India and the US which paved the way for India to massively expand its nuclear power capability. The government's left-wing allies withdrew support, but Congress narrowly survived the vote. Opposition parties at the time accused the government of offering cash for votes. The Congress party and all of those named in the cable deny the allegations. The leak came just days after a new report by consultancy KPMG said that corruption threatened India's growth . It said that it wasn't simply the daily diet of petty bribes that hold back the economy, but the huge scams where billions of dollars are allegedly siphoned off by government and industry. In July 2011, two people - a politician's aide and a political activist - were arrested in connection with the scandal. The Supreme Court criticised the police for carrying out a "shoddy probe". A senior MP, Amar Singh, was also questioned after he was accused of offering to bribe opposition MPs to abstain from the vote. He denies the allegation. ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF FORCED OUT In early March 2010 the head of India's anti-corruption watchdog, PJ Thomas, was forced to resign by the Supreme Court on the grounds that he himself faces corruption charges. The decision was an embarrassment for Manmohan Singh because he chaired the committee that cleared his appointment and publicly supported him. Mr Thomas says the charges - which are 20 years old - are baseless. He has never been arrested and the charges have also never been tested by a judge in court. MAHARASHTRA WIDOWS In November 2010 Ashok Chavan, the chief minister of Maharashtra, one of India's most prosperous states, was forced to quit over his alleged role in a scam involving homes for war widows . Retired senior army officers and relatives of senior politicians are accused of helping themselves to apartments in the Adarsh Society building in Mumbai that were meant for war widows. Mr Chavan denies any wrongdoing. He was ordered to resign by Congress leaders while the matter is investigated. In March 2012, a retired bureaucrat and two former army personnel were charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and criminal misconduct in connection with the case. COMMONWEALTH GAMES The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi were beset by more than poor organisation: police arrested various Games officials for alleged financial irregularities. The build-up to the event was overshadowed by revelations of sleaze, incompetence and missed construction deadlines. And in January 2011, yet another Congress party head rolled when Suresh Kalmadi, the Games organising committee chief, was removed from this post . He has been under investigation over claims of corruption and denies any wrongdoing. In August last year, a report by India's state auditor tabled in parliament said preparations for the Games were deeply flawed, riddled with favouritism and vastly over budget. It said there were serious irregularities with bidding and contracts, and that the seven years organisers had to prepare were wasted. The games cost $4.1bn (£2.5bn) instead of the $270m (£166m) first estimated, while revenue was only $38m (£23m). The government said parliament would reflect on the report and "decide what needs to be done". MINING SCANDALS BS Yeddyurappa of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quit as chief minister of the southern state of Karnataka in July 2011 after he was indicted in a mining scandal. An anti-corruption report alleges the scam cost the exchequer more than $3bn (£1.8bn) between 2006 and 2010. Mr Yeddyurappa denies any wrongdoing. Correspondents say illegal mining has been rife for years in Karnataka. The state produces about 45 million tonnes of iron ore a year and exports more than half of it to China. The anti-corruption report on mining in Karnataka found that the promoters of privately-owned mining companies in the Bellary region - where most of the mines are located - paid off politicians, and then joined politics themselves, rising to positions in the state government. These mining businessmen-turned-politicians exerted so much influence over the local officials that the Indian media began describing Bellary as a "new republic". In November last year, a report claimed that nearly half the iron ore exported from the western state of Goa was illegally mined. A draft report from government auditors that was leaked in March 2012 estimated that India lost $210bn between 2004 and 2010 by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding. But the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said the draft report was still under preparation and "the details being brought out were observations which are under discussion at a very preliminary stage".

भारत की सत्तारूढ़ कांग्रेस पार्टी पिछले एक साल में कई विनाशकारी भ्रष्टाचार घोटालों का शिकार हुई है। विपक्ष ने नियमित रूप से प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह से इस्तीफे की मांग की है, जिससे एक राजनेता की कठिनाइयों में वृद्धि हुई है जिसे कभी भारत के सबसे ईमानदार के रूप में देखा जाता था।


Coventry City groundshare with Northampton 'a disaster'

Summary: A long-running rent dispute between Coventry City and the owners of the football club's stadium looks set to see the Sky Blues play home matches in Northampton next season. The deal would see Coventry - a Premier League team until 12 years ago and FA Cup winners as recently as 1987 but now in the third tier of English football - play home games 34 miles from the city. Fans have already begun to voice their anguish at the idea of their club leaving Coventry, even if only on a temporary basis.

Pat Raybould has been a Coventry City supporter for about 55 years and says she has missed only one home game and one away game in that time. She is "gutted" the Sky Blues look set to share Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium for the next three seasons but said she felt it would not be fair to the players or management to no longer attend matches. But, she said, she has "a principle" that Coventry City should play in Coventry. "I jumped one side of the fence to the other over the past few weeks. My problem is, having supported them for that long, I want to support the team," she said. Olympic venue Ms Raybould said she did not drive, but "if logistics are right", she was 99% sure she would go to Northampton. But she said she would only pay for a ticket and "won't put any extra money into the club" by buying programmes or shirts. Coventry City played at Highfield Road for 106 years - including the halcyon days of the FA Cup win and a 34-year unbroken spell in the top flight - before moving to the Ricoh Arena in 2005. The new, larger stadium, outside the city centre, also hosts concerts and was used as one of the venues for the London 2012 Olympic football. But it has never staged Premier League football, with the Sky Blues unable to regain top flight status and indeed relegated to League One a year ago. Sisu, owners of the club since 2007, had been looking at options for a new stadium after being involved in a rent dispute with Ricoh owners Arena Coventry Ltd (ACL) for over a year. The club put itself into administration earlier this year after being taken to court to face an administration order from ACL over a year's unpaid rent of £1.3m. But the plan to hire Northampton's ground for home games, which still needs approval from the Football League, has come despite an offer from the stadium's owners to allow City to use the Ricoh Arena rent-free next season. Supporter Mike Grimes said he was concerned how the change would affect his mother, who has been a season ticket holder for more than 40 years. 'Terribly sad day' He said: "We have a great stadium in Coventry. Why they think this move is in any way sustainable is beyond me. "The people I feel the most sorry for are the older loyal fans who have seen us rise and then fall so ungracefully, thanks to bad leadership. "It's fans like my mum who now can't afford to support her beloved club - that is what truly breaks my heart. "We will end up like Wimbledon. A terribly sad day." Michael Doherty from Tile Hill, who is 55 and has been a supporter since he was 11, said he "would not travel". He said: "I don't see anybody going there because Coventry wouldn't benefit from it." Rob Griffiths, from Nuneaton, said: "I think it's dreadful. I think Sisu... they're just destroying the club. I wouldn't travel to Northampton to see them." Another supporter, Roy Windross, from Bulkington, said "they shouldn't have left Highfield Road". Kevin Upton, from Coventry, a fan for about 20 years, said he did not even go to the Ricoh Arena any more and had become so disillusioned with the club he now regarded it as a "waste of space, waste of money". Last month, a group of about 100 Coventry City fans protested outside the Ricoh Arena in an attempt to keep the club in the city. Supporters also travelled to London to post letters at the offices of Sisu and the Football League over their fears of the temporary move to another ground. 'A wonderful stadium' Chairman of the Sky Blues Trust John Fletcher said 98% of its members were against assisting a move away from the city when polled earlier this year. Mr Fletcher, who said he was keen to hear from the Football League, said he would not be prepared to travel to Northampton. "We're running a Not One Penny More campaign," he said. "And that's what I'll be doing - not a penny will I give them until they move back to the Ricoh." Legendary former manager John Sillett, who led the team to the FA Cup victory of 1987, said: "I've watched football all my life and played it, and I've never seen a set-up like what's going on at Coventry at the moment. "How these people couldn't get together and sort out such a wonderful stadium as the Ricoh..." He said one of his fondest memories of the FA Cup triumph was returning to the city after the win. Mr Sillett said: "Seeing faces that were so happy and so proud... and to think what they must be thinking now, sitting there like I am, in tears for what's going on at that football club."

कोवेंट्री सिटी और फुटबॉल क्लब के स्टेडियम के मालिकों के बीच लंबे समय से चल रहा किराया विवाद अगले सत्र में स्काई ब्लूज़ को नॉर्थम्प्टन में घरेलू मैच खेलते हुए देखने के लिए तैयार है। इस सौदे में कोवेंट्री को देखा जाएगा-12 साल पहले तक एक प्रीमियर लीग टीम और एफए कप विजेता हाल ही में 1987 में लेकिन अब अंग्रेजी फुटबॉल के तीसरे स्तर में-शहर से 34 मील की दूरी पर घरेलू खेल खेलते हैं। प्रशंसकों ने पहले से ही अपने क्लब के कोवेंट्री छोड़ने के विचार पर अपनी पीड़ा व्यक्त करना शुरू कर दिया है, भले ही केवल अस्थायी आधार पर हो।


Newspaper headlines: Tory MPs' hospital anger, and PM 'in retreat'

Summary: There is mutiny in the air, according to the front pages.

By BBC NewsStaff The Sunday Telegraph talks of the biggest rebellion of Boris Johnson's premiership, with up to 100 backbenchers threatening to vote against his new coronavirus measures. The Sunday Times believes the prime minister has already "capitulated" by signalling millions of people facing the toughest restrictions will see them eased in just over two weeks. For his part, Mr Johnson has written an article in the Mail on Sunday urging the people of Britain not to flout the new rules. He makes reference to the war film, The Great Escape, arguing that we are nearly out of captivity but if we try to jump the fence now we will become tangled in the last barbed wire. The pivotal vote on coronavirus tiers could be quickly followed by the end of the Brexit talks. Brexit talks countdown The Telegraph says it has been told by multiple government sources that negotiations with the European Union are likely to conclude by next weekend, with Downing Street warning that No Deal is under-priced. Sir Iain Duncan Smith writes in the Sunday Express that the government would be in "grave peril" if Mr Johnson fails to deliver on sovereignty. The Sunday Times thinks the European Commission is leaning on its own negotiator to get a deal - and that the PM will speak to the Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, to find common ground on fishing quotas. Undercover reporters for the Mail on Sunday say they have exposed a shadowy fundraising cell seeking to free Islamic State brides in Syria. One of its journalists, posing as a drug dealer who had converted to Islam, got in touch with a "fixer" in Turkey - and later arranged to leave £4,500 for her contact at a service station in west London. A motorcyclist is photographed picking up the brown envelope before later discovering it contains only a crossword puzzle book. The paper says the investigation reignites concerns about the dangers of Islamic States supporters in the UK, and that it passed the information on to Scotland Yard. Sign up for a morning briefing direct to your inbox The Sun on Sunday reports that Mairead Philpott, who killed her six children in a house fire in Derby, has been released after serving half of her 17-year jail term for manslaughter. It says she was freed on the first day she was eligible to be released on licence and that she will be given a new identity. Former neighbours speak of their disgust, with one saying she should have received six life sentences. Special forces bake off The Daily Star Sunday reveals that elite troops from the Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Boat Service have settled their rivalries - with a bake off. The units had been battling in the Welsh Countryside to show which was tougher in a series of tests. But after sniping, close-quarters combat and hostage rescue failed to break the deadlock, it was decided each force would bake a Victoria sponge. All the cakes had soggy bottoms and one was so undercooked it was almost raw - but it was enough for the SAS to be declared the winners. The Star's headline is "Choux Dares Wins".

मुख पृष्ठों के अनुसार, हवा में विद्रोह है।


Sitting members: When politicians and their parties disagree

Summary: "Keep up people - we've got two independent AMs who are still members of their parties. We've got an independent AM in the Labour government. And another AM in a party's group who isn't a member of that party."

By Andy RobertsBBC News That's the observation of one BBC Wales journalist on the latest UKIP row which has seen its assembly group first gain and then lose a new member within the space of a fortnight. Like her predecessor Nathan Gill, Mandy Jones says she remains a member of the party but will sit as an independent member of the Senedd. As for the other independents, one is Neil McEvoy who is suspended from the Plaid Cymru group but is still in the party. Lord Elis-Thomas is the independent AM with a government post, while Mark Reckless - elected in 2016 as a UKIP AM - now sits with the Conservatives. But there are no clear rules which say an elected politician should stand down or seek re-election if they leave the party for which they were elected - literally "crossing the floor" in the case of MPs in the House of Commons. Among MPs, there is a widely-held belief - however arguable - that under the first-past-the-post electoral system people are voting for their favourite candidate rather than a party, although their national leaders might claim some if not all of the credit. Sir Winston Churchill was one of the most famous serial defectors in his younger days - a Conservative who turned Liberal in 1904 in support of free trade, before standing as an independent in 1922 and returning to the Tories in 1924. Commenting on his changes of political allegiance, Sir Winston said: "Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat." Prof Roger Awan-Scully of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre says: "There is no clear precedent for what people should do in circumstances where they defect from one party to be an independent, or from one party to another. "Some people have at times in the past chosen to stand down to fight a by-election - more commonly they don't." So an MP or AM is not obliged to stand down and seek re-election unless they want to make a point. Mark Reckless himself was a rare case in point - a Conservative MP who defected to UKIP, he stood down to fight a by-election under his new party colours and won, although his old party took the seat back at the 2015 general election. As a result, he found himself available to help run the UKIP campaign - and win election himself - a year later in Wales. More often than not, a defecting MP or AM will sit tight, claiming they have a personal mandate, which may or may not be proved true if and when they choose to face the voters at the next scheduled election. But for someone elected via the Welsh Assembly's regional list - where people are asked with their second vote to choose a party rather than a candidate - the claim of a personal mandate could be less justified. As far as UKIP voters in north Wales are concerned, Prof Awan-Scully does not believe that they are being denied their electoral choice, pointing out that both Nathan Gill and Mandy Jones remain card-carrying members of their party. "Their assembly group has been so fractious," he says. "People are in a sense getting a UKIP AM but not somebody who's going to be sitting as part of their group. "There's very little understanding amongst most of the public as to how the additional member system [or regional list] works - there's very low recognition of most list AMs and I think most people have very little idea of how the two-ballot system works. "To most people this will be incredibly obscure. "There's certainly no clear reason to see why someone who was the next candidate on the list should stand down, just because the rest of the group decide they don't want her. "There are much wider issues about the electoral system that might be dealt with than whether someone's maybe had a falling out with their party colleagues, and therefore no longer sits within that party group."

"लोगों से बात करते रहें-हमारे पास दो स्वतंत्र ए. एम. हैं जो अभी भी अपनी पार्टियों के सदस्य हैं। हमारे पास लेबर सरकार में एक स्वतंत्र ए. एम. है। और एक पार्टी के समूह में एक और ए. एम. है जो उस पार्टी का सदस्य नहीं है।"


Coronavirus: UK to test inhaled vaccines

Summary: UK researchers are to begin trials of inhaled coronavirus vaccines.

By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Delivering doses directly to the lungs might give a better immune response than conventional jabs, they say. The Imperial College London team will use two frontrunners already in development - the Oxford one recently paused in trials and one from Imperial that entered human testing in June. There are nearly 180 candidates being explored globally - but none has yet reached the end goal. About 30 healthy volunteers will be given the vaccines as a mist or aerosol - in the same way asthma drugs are delivered with a nebuliser machine and a mask or mouthpiece. The seasonal flu jab can also be given as a nasal spray rather than an injection. Lead researcher Dr Chris Chiu said: "The current pandemic is caused by a respiratory virus which primarily infects people through the cells lining the nose, throat and lungs. "These surfaces are specialised and produce a different immune response to the rest of the body. "So it is critical we explore whether targeting the airways directly can provide an effective response compared to a vaccine injected into muscle." Prof Robin Shattock, research lead on the Imperial vaccine, said: "A number of groups around the world are currently working on clinical trials for Covid-19 vaccines. "And these will tell us whether these candidates can produce a systemic immune response against the virus. "However, these trials are unlikely to tell us anything about the localised response in the nose, throat and airways - where the virus primarily attacks and invades cells. "It may well be that one group has the right vaccine but the wrong delivery method. "And only trials such as this will be able to tell us that."

ब्रिटेन के शोधकर्ता सांस से लिए जाने वाले कोरोना वायरस टीकों का परीक्षण शुरू करने वाले हैं।


Jedburgh tool firm fined over worker's drill injury

Summary: A tool manufacturing firm has been fined £100,000 after one of its workers was injured while operating a drill.

At Jedburgh Sheriff Court, LS Starrett admitted breaching health and safety regulations at its Oxnam Road factory in the town in October 2018. A court heard how a worker was badly injured after a glove got caught and drew his hand into the drill. The company admitted failing to assess the risk of wearing gloves while operating the machinery.

ड्रिल के संचालन के दौरान एक कर्मचारी के घायल होने के बाद एक उपकरण निर्माण फर्म पर 100,000 पाउंड का जुर्माना लगाया गया है।


US media review: NSA revelations on Prism

Summary: The reports of a secret court document on phone record collection, followed by claims in The Guardian and The Washington Post about Prism - an alleged programme to tap into the servers of internet companies - are being extensively discussed in the US media.

Many commentators believe a debate is needed on how much intrusion into Americans' privacy is acceptable in the interests of national security. The Washington Post asks why Americans did not know about the phone surveillance programme until now. The paper says that the public needs more explanation to be able to make a reasonable assessment of whether these programmes are worth the security benefits. In a blistering editorial, the New York Times also calls for greater explanation. Accusing the Obama administration of issuing "platitudes", the paper says the president "is proving the truism that the executive branch will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it". Drawing parallels with the seizure of Associated Press phone records and the killing of US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in 2011, the administration's assurances have never been persuasive, it claims. Questioning the apparent use of the Patriot Act to get hold of the Verizon phone records, the paper argues the legislation should be sharply curtailed, if not repealed. The Los Angeles Times says this week's disclosures underscore how US intelligence and law enforcement now "secretly glean vast amounts of information from communications technology". Phone and internet users' ability to challenge the practices will be limited by the fact that legally much of the data is considered to belong to the companies, not individual service users, the paper reports. 'Another policy disappointment' The San Francisco Chronicle says the collection of millions of phone records "conducted with only the barest legal oversight" is "another policy disappointment from a president who came to office promising to ease the worst of the panicky, ill-considered policies launched after the Sept. 11 attacks 13 years ago". Writing on The Daily Beast, Megan McArdle describes surveillance as "an indiscriminately bipartisan vice". Regardless of who is in the White House, they will secretly collect massive pools of data on US citizens, she claims. Likening the practice to East Germany, she fears that Americans will "yawn" at allegations of "spying". Alexander Bolton on The Hill reports that senators had been aware of the administration's surveillance practices "for years", though some lawmakers said they "do not remember being briefed on the full extent of intelligence activities". 'Nightmare' On the libertarian Hit & Run blog, Peter Suderman argues that congressional legislators have "actively resisted even modest attempts at oversight... under the pretence that those modest efforts would undermine national security". On the Huffington Post, Susan Landau argues, referring to an earlier scandal, that journalists are the "canaries in the coal mine" - the first to suffer privacy violations in the name of surveillance. "The invasiveness of this data is hard to underestimate," she writes, providing a "treasure trove that the Stasi [East German secret police] could only dream of. "That it is occurring in the United States is a nightmare."

फोन रिकॉर्ड संग्रह पर एक गुप्त अदालती दस्तावेज़ की रिपोर्ट, जिसके बाद द गार्जियन और द वाशिंगटन पोस्ट में प्रिज्म के बारे में दावे-इंटरनेट कंपनियों के सर्वर में टैप करने के लिए एक कथित कार्यक्रम-अमेरिकी मीडिया में व्यापक रूप से चर्चा की जा रही है।


Cyril Ramaphosa - South African union leader, mine boss, president

Summary: A lover of fast cars, vintage wine, trout fishing and game farming, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is one of the country's wealthiest politicians with a net worth of about $450m (£340m) .

Little more than a year after becoming leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) and achieving his long-held dream of becoming president, he has vowed to end corruption following his election victory in May. Once a leading trade unionist, he became the symbol of black capitalism in South Africa after the ANC came to power at the end of white-minority rule in 1994. But business was never his passion. His first love was politics and he harboured ambitions to become the deputy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president. When Mr Mandela overlooked him, he was said to have been so upset that he refused to attend Mr Mandela's inauguration as president. He also declined to take a post in government. Mr Mandela's chief negotiator Instead, Mr Ramaphosa - a lawyer - became an MP and chairman of the constitutional assembly, playing the lead role in drafting South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, one of the most liberal in the world. He was also well known on the global stage, having served as Mr Mandela's chief negotiator in the talks that led to the end of apartheid in 1994, and was invited to be one of two international arms inspectors in Northern Ireland - playing a key role in the peace process by inspecting the IRA's secret arms dumps. To the dismay of many South Africans who saw him as the most credible politician of the post-Mandela generation, Mr Ramaphosa later withdrew from the political centre-stage to become a businessman. At the time, it was not common for black people in a white-dominated sector, especially for a trade unionist who in the 1980s had organised the biggest mining strike in South Africa's history, to increase pressure on the apartheid government. As white businessmen tried to accommodate him, Mr Ramaphosa acquired a stake in nearly every key sector - from telecoms and the media (where he rarely interfered in the editorial independence of newspapers he owned) to beverages and fast food (he owned the South African franchise of the US chain, McDonalds) to mining. 'Foreign puppet' Mr Ramaphosa always kept a foothold in the ANC, serving on its top leadership body, the National Executive Committee - a position that, his critics say, gave him insider information and unparalleled access to government ministers as he built his business empire. These accusations grew after police killed 34 workers in August 2012 at the Marikana platinum mine - the most deadly police action since white minority rule ended. With Mr Ramaphosa then a director in Lonmin - the multinational that owns the mine - he was accused of betraying the workers he once fought for, especially after emails emerged showing he had called for action against the miners for engaging in "dastardly criminal acts" - an apparent reference to their wildcat and violent strike. You may also be interested in: Although a judge-led inquiry cleared him of involvement in the killings, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema portrayed Mr Ramaphosa as a puppet of white business and foreigners. "Every mine has a politician inside. They [whites] give them money every month, they call it shares. But it is a protection fee to protect whites against the workers," he said. However, Mr Ramaphosa, as global financial publication Forbes put it, "stepped back from his business pursuits to avoid conflicts of interest" after becoming South Africa's deputy president in 2014. Even as general-secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1980s, Mr Ramaphosa was known for his lavish lifestyle. As his biographer Anthony Butler wrote in Johannesburg's Mail and Guardian newspaper, "Ramaphosa has always believed that education, the arts, vintage wine and fast cars should not be reserved for the rich or middle-class whites. As a union leader he always flew first class. Seven things about Cyril Ramaphosa: "He also insisted that his regional negotiators, some of whom had never been inside a hotel before, should stay in the same luxury hotels as their management counterparts." National apology over cattle auction Also the owner of a farm with highly prized cattle, Mr Ramaphosa - who is married to Tshepo Motsepe, the sister of South Africa's richest black businessman, Patrice Motsepe - once went to an auction to bid for a buffalo and her calf. He offered about 19.5m rand ($2.3m; £1.4m), but could not match the 20m rand offered by rival bidder Jaco Troskie, the son of South African film magnate Boet Troskie. His role in the auction came to haunt him after the Marikana killings, as his critics accused him of spending lavishly on animals but not paying workers a decent wage. To salvage his credibility in the ANC and the trade union movement, he apologised on national radio. "I regret it because it is an excessive price in the sea of poverty. I belong to a community and it was one of those moments when I was blind-sighted," he said. Although to some his reputation was tarnished, he rose to become ANC deputy leader in 2012 and South Africa's deputy president in 2014, giving legitimacy to the scandal-hit presidency of Jacob Zuma. But if he thought Mr Zuma would back him as his successor, he was wrong. Cyril Ramaphosa's rivals: The then president threw his weight behind his ex-wife and former African Union Commission chief, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, leaving Mr Ramaphosa to fight hard to become ANC leader. In an increasingly bitter campaign, Mr Ramaphosa became the anti-Zuma candidate, saying he would fight corruption, which was widely seen as a dig at the man who remained his boss at the national level. He also said he believed the woman who accused Mr Zuma of rape even though the ex-president had been acquitted in court. 'Crooks who steal money should go to jail' Mr Mandela thwarted Mr Ramaphosa's presidential ambitions in 1994 when, under pressure from his ANC colleagues, he chose the more senior Thabo Mbeki as his deputy. At the time, Mr Mandela's former doctor and businessman, Nthatho Motlana, said that Mr Ramaphosa - then only in his 40s - had age on his side, that he should move into business and return to the political frontline at a later stage. More than 20 years later, this is exactly what the suave and urbane Mr Ramaphosa did to the delight of his allies, who see him as the ANC's prodigal son. He proved victorious in the May election despite facing a serious challenge from Zuma allies in the ANC - and an electorate that is getting increasingly fed up of corruption scandals, a sluggish economy, an unemployment rate of 27% and frequent electricity blackouts. Indeed, Mr Ramaphosa said during a victory speech in Johannesburg that the party's lowest ever score of 58% was due to voters expressing their frustration. The 66-year-old is trying to balance those calling for more radical reforms over issues such as land redistribution - pushed by the EFF - and the interests of the business community. Six months after becoming president, Mr Ramaphosa announced that the constitution would be amended to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation - something that is still going through parliament - but he has been at pains to say there will be no land grabs, as witnessed in neighbouring Zimbabwe. And vowing to rid South Africa of corruption, he has established the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into "state capture" - which is currently looking into allegations of graft by former President Zuma and the wealthy Gupta family who are accused of trying to influence political decisions. Mr Zuma and the Gupta family deny any wrongdoing. "The crooks who steal money should go to jail. They must wear the orange overall [for prisoners]," he said recently. Those waiting for convictions will hope the anti-corruption drive will not get stuck like the commuter train Mr Ramaphosa took whilst out campaigning in February. A journey that should have taken 45 minutes took the president and the other passengers four hours.

तेज कारों, पुरानी शराब, ट्राउट मछली पकड़ने और खेल खेती के प्रेमी, दक्षिण अफ्रीका के राष्ट्रपति सिरिल रामफोसा देश के सबसे धनी राजनेताओं में से एक हैं, जिनकी कुल संपत्ति लगभग 450 मिलियन डॉलर (340 मिलियन पाउंड) है।


"Little green men" or "Russian invaders"?

Summary: The internet has no shortage of photographs and videos showing armed men in Crimea who look like members of the Russian military. Their guns are the same as those used by the Russian army, their lorries have Russian number plates and they speak in Russian accents.

By Vitaly ShevchenkoBBC Monitoring Yet according to President Vladimir Putin, they are in fact members of "self-defence groups" organised by the locals who bought all their uniforms and hardware in a shop. This poses a challenge to the media covering the crisis: what do you call people who are officially not there? The state-run and pro-government media in Russia have chosen to take little notice of them, and the heavily armed men are rarely if ever shown on TV. Instead, they show groups of lightly-armed "volunteers" described as local "self-defence groups". "Polite men" Russian journalists less aligned with the Kremlin often use the phrase "polite men". According to centrist daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta, "'polite, armed men' are in charge of Crimea now". Describing them as Russian troops in the Russian media "is not the done thing, and even dangerous, too," prominent photojournalist Denis Sinyakov comments on independent website Colta. According to popular blogger Ilya Varlamov, the term "polite men" was invented by spin doctors who arrived in Crimea from Moscow. "They are creating an image of a Russian liberator-soldier wearing a nice new uniform and armed with beautiful weapons, who has come to defend peaceful towns and villages," Mr Varlamov says. "Little green men" Another phrase used by reporters in Russia and Ukraine alike is "little green men", which refers both to the colour of their uniforms and their unconfirmed origin. Their involvement in Crimea is a "tragicomic masquerade", says Russian liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which argues that "the little green men will turn into Russian troops very soon". According to Kiev-based private TV channel One Plus One, the term "little green men" was coined by local residents in Crimea. It is now frequently mentioned on Ukrainian TV, by a defence ministry spokesman in his posts on Facebook and even by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in his recent addresses to parliament. Some Ukrainian journalists have criticised the use of this term. "Colleagues, stop using the affectionate term 'little green men' to describe the Russian troops," tweeted journalist Svyatoslav Tseholko. "Otherwise you get the impression that we trust Putin more than we do common sense." 'Russian invaders' Most journalists in Ukraine, however, have little doubt about the true identity of the pro-Russian armed men. "Russian invaders" and "occupiers from Russia" is how popular Kiev-based news website Ukrayinska Pravda describes the military men in Crimea. Meanwhile, analytical daily Den calls them "Russian extremists", echoing language used by the Russian media to describe Islamist militants. Even outlets previously supportive of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych - such as Segodnya, a tabloid owned by Ukraine's richest man Rinat Akhmetov, - are now calling the military presence in Crimea "an armed intervention". Ukraine's most popular TV channel Inter is treading a more cautious line. Previously critical of the protests that led to President Yanukovych's downfall, Inter speaks of "unknown armed men" in Crimea. But it also said that they were bringing Russian military hardware to the peninsula. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

इंटरनेट पर तस्वीरों और वीडियो की कोई कमी नहीं है जिसमें क्रीमिया में हथियारबंद लोगों को दिखाया गया है जो रूसी सेना के सदस्यों की तरह दिखते हैं। उनकी बंदूकें रूसी सेना द्वारा उपयोग की जाने वाली बंदूकों के समान हैं, उनकी गाड़ियों में रूसी नंबर प्लेटें हैं और वे रूसी लहजे में बोलते हैं।


Malaysia elections: Could Mahathir Mohamad make a comeback?

Summary: Among the torrent of election propaganda being produced in the campaigns to lead Malaysia for the next five years, one slickly-produced video stands out.

By Jonathan HeadSoutheast Asia correspondent In it, an adorable young Malay girl suddenly finds herself looking up at the grandfatherly face of the man who ruled and profoundly shaped Malaysia for 22 years, and now, at the astonishing age of 92, is leading the challenge to his former party, the United Malays National Organisation's (UMNO) monopoly on power. "I am already old," explains Mr Mahathir Mohamad to the girl, as tears fill his eyes. "I haven't much time left. I have to do some work to rebuild our country; perhaps because of mistakes I, myself, made in the past." In the background we hear the song Salam Terakhir (Final Greeting), by one of Malaysia's most popular performers Sudirman Arshad, who died in 1992 at the age of 37. The comeback of Mr Mahathir has electrified an election contest, which might otherwise have been very one-sided, reviving an opposition alliance which had started to disintegrate after the re-imprisonment in 2015 of its leader, Anwar Ibrahim. Mr Anwar, who, in one of many ironies in this election, was originally jailed in 1999 on the orders of Mr Mahathir, was released in 2004, but then found himself facing the same sodomy charges again after coming close to defeating UMNO at the last election in 2013. Without him, the likelihood of a serious challenge this time to Prime Minister Najib Razak had seemed remote. Mr Mahathir was for 18 years an implacable opponent of Anwar Ibrahim, perhaps the only Malay politician who could match him in cleverness and charisma. At one time his chosen successor, they disagreed over how to deal with the financial crisis which struck South East Asia in 1997, with Mr Anwar arguing that the government could no longer afford the lavish, state-funded companies with which Mr Mahathir hoped to lift the prosperity of ethnic Malays. Mr Anwar was sacked, started an opposition movement called Reformasi, and then, after 18 days of campaigning against his one-time mentor, arrested and charged with sodomy - a charge he has always denied. As recently as 2013, Mr Mahathir told me in an interview that Mr Anwar was immoral and unfit to lead the country. But after abandoning UMNO two years ago and arranging a surprise reconciliation with Mr Anwar, he says his former protégé "made a mistake in his youth, and has been punished enough". "What is important is that we work together, and the family of Anwar works with me, closely, supporting each other in order to get rid of Najib," he tells me now. For Mr Anwar's family, who, like him, have always insisted all the sodomy charges were trumped up, this is a bittersweet but necessary alliance. Only Mr Mahathir has the stature to give the opposition Pakatan Harapan alliance a broad enough electoral appeal. "On a personal level it's obviously very, very difficult," his daughter Nurul Nuha told me. "But we are trying to push that aside. If my dad can accept such a travesty, the things that have been done to him, what can I do, as a daughter? It's about the future of Malaysia, a better place for my kids to grow up in." To watch Mr Mahathir take the stage, to a whooping, cheering crowd nearly all less than half his age, is to find yourself shaking off disbelief that a 92-year-old man can stand unassisted for half an hour - delivering a withering and witty speech savaging the Prime Minister's alleged corruption and misuse of national resources - and that he should still be driven by an ambition that in the past made him one of the world's best-known politicians. "Ladies and gentlemen," he says in his relaxed and chatty manner. "I apologise to everyone, that I am the one who elevated Najib, the biggest mistake in my life. I want to correct that mistake." The contrast with Mr Najib, the man he is trying to unseat, is striking. At a well-organised gathering in a government-funded high-rise housing project in Kuala Lumpur's Lembah Pantai constituency, the cheers for the Prime Minister were less rousing, his speech more stilted. He lacks the stage presence and biting wit of his elderly predecessor, but he has powerful advantages which will, most likely, propel him back into power. In his speech Mr Najib accused the sitting MP, Nurul Izzar Anwar, star opposition candidate and eldest daughter of Anwar Ibrahim, of fleeing because, he said, she was afraid of losing. But Ms Nurul has been moved to contest a safe seat once held by her father, in opposition-dominated Penang. This is because recent and controversial boundary changes, and the inclusion of the votes of thousands of police officers who tend to support the government, have significantly reduced her prospects of holding Lembah Pantai. These boundary changes now leave some opposition strongholds with populations five or six times higher than rural constituencies, which tend to support the governing Barisan Nasional coalition, dominated by Mr Najib's UMNO party. Some estimates show Barisan getting an extra eight of the 222 parliamentary seats from these changes, and that it could win a majority with as little as 20% of the popular vote. Opposition supporters have for many years complained of unfair advantages like this. This time some believe the election is so rigged it is hardly worth contesting. Six opposition candidates have already been disqualified by the notionally-independent election commission on seemingly questionable technicalities. There are complaints about the misuse of postal voting, of the electoral register, and even the inexplicable decision to hold the election mid-week, rather than a weekend, making it harder for voters who have to travel. The other significant advantage Mr Najib deployed in his Lembah Pantai speech was government generosity - he promised an additional 1 million ringgit ($255,000; £190,000) to improve the apartments. Other Barisan candidates have promised cash handouts for constituencies that vote for their candidates - bribery, insists the opposition, though the government's supporters are equally scathing of what they say are unsustainable economic promises by the opposition. This underlines what is the most important issue for most Malaysians, the economy. This could be a vulnerability for a government which, while maintaining healthy national growth rates, has recently introduced the country's first sales tax and cut fuel subsidies - contributing to what many people say are painful increases in the cost of living. But many poorer Malaysians - mostly ethnic Malays, though there are poor Indians and Chinese Malaysians too - view UMNO and Barisan as synonymous with the rapid development of their country in the 1980s and 1990s. Mr Najib can, and does, remind the Malay majority that it is his party that has guaranteed the special privileges for Malays and their religion, Islam, in an economy where the Chinese minority has long dominated the top spots. A vote for the opposition, he warned, is a vote for the Democratic Action Party (DAP), the mainly ethnic Chinese party which has the largest number of seats in Pakatan Harapan, the opposition coalition. Such calls risk exposing ethnic fault lines in Malaysia's multiracial society, but after nearly all Chinese voters backed the opposition in 2013 - the so-called Chinese Tsunami - the main battle in this election is for Malay voters, more than 60% of the total. That is why the opposition, robbed of their best Malay vote-winner by Anwar Ibrahim's imprisonment, have teamed up with Mr Mahathir. As the architect of the economic "miracle" of the 1990s, and the policy favouring Malays in government jobs and education, he alone gives Pakatan Harapan a chance of winning enough ethnic Malay votes. The government has dismissed Mr Mahathir's defection to the opposition as a hopeless throwback to the past, although it is careful not to be too critical of a man viewed by many as the father of modern Malaysia. In his speech Mr Najib accused the former strongman of allowing himself to be used by the DAP to divide the Malay community. "We are not going to be unrealistic about his influence," says Youth and Sport Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. "He was prime minister for 22 years. He has a big influence over Malaysians. But we are putting forward a government for the next 30 years - do we want to turn back the clock, go back to a time of repression and crony capitalism?" Mr Mahathir though has zeroed in on today's corruption stories, in particular the scandal over the alleged misuse of massive amounts of money held in a government-backed investment body called 1MDB, which is the subject of investigations by the US Department of Justice, and in at least five other countries. Nearly $700 million (£515 million) was placed in Mr Najib's personal account - money he insists was a donation from a Saudi prince. The revelations about 1MDB have badly damaged Mr Najib's international reputation, and may cost him votes in this election. But investigations and reporting of the affair inside Malaysia have been stifled, and Mr Najib has re-established firm control over UMNO. For all of the opposition's efforts to capitalise on the scandal, it does not appear to resonate much with undecided voters. So Mr Mahathir is also talking about more digestible issues; the extravagant spending habits of Mr Najib's wife, the threat to Malaysian jobs and land from big investment projects funded by China - all the time assuring Malays that with him at the helm, their special privileges would be protected. Will it work, this dramatic defection to the opposition? Long-time opponents of Mr Mahathir, some of whom were jailed for their dissent, are now holding their noses, explaining that this is the only way to break UMNO's 61-year grip on power. Some uncommitted voters told me that with the former prime minister in the opposition camp, it was now hard to see them as any better than the government. And rural Malays will remember Mr Mahathir's historic role - but also be reluctant to bite the government hand that feeds them. As Mr Mahathir himself told me, Malays are timid people who do not like to challenge authority. The odds are still against it, but if Pakatan Harapan does pull off a historic victory, ending UMNO's long monopoly, Mahathir Mohamad would become prime minister as he approaches his 93rd birthday. The plan then is that Anwar Ibrahim, the man he once had jailed, and for years was his bitterest rival, would be pardoned, and replace him. But is this seemingly indestructible political veteran finally ready to retire, this time for good? No-one in Malaysia will be betting on it. Mahathir Mohamad Najib Razak In a nutshell: Malaysian elections

अगले पाँच वर्षों के लिए मलेशिया का नेतृत्व करने के अभियानों में चुनाव प्रचार की धार के बीच, एक चतुराई से निर्मित वीडियो अलग है।


Rio 2016: Was Chinese proposal romantic or just a form of male control?

Summary: The crowd loved it - but did He Zi?

By Tom SpenderBBC News The Chinese diver had tears in her eyes when fellow athlete Qin Kai proposed during her silver medal ceremony. A smile, however, took a lot longer to appear. She eventually said yes to her boyfriend of six years, but his very public stunt has since divided opinion around the world. Why do some people propose in public? Watch the moment of the proposal (UK viewers only) The proposal in pictures In China, where unusual marriage proposals are widely shared and commented on, some gushed over the "romantic gesture of a lifetime" but others were sceptical. "What a way to add pressure to her, having the entire world watch her as she makes such a private and life-changing decision," wrote Gu Jueyang on microblogging site Weibo. "If she rejects his offer of marriage, she will be labelled a cruel person by billions around the world, watching. It may be masked as romantic but I feel otherwise." One Weibo user even accused the couple of a cynical grab for celebrity status: "Publicity and timing - all essential to becoming China's new golden couple," he wrote. Meanwhile on the BBC Facebook page, some users criticised "sexist" media coverage that they said focused more on the proposal than on Ms He's sporting achievement. "People get married all the time, only a few have the chance to achieve Olympic glory. Or should the little lady be relieved a man will have her?" asked Zoe MacGechan. 'Control mechanism' London-based author Sunny Singh tweeted that the proposal revealed a sense of male entitlement. She described it to the BBC as "a dick move, and definitely not romantic". "It's a control mechanism, a way of saying 'You may just have won an Olympic medal, or be a CEO or have designed a spacecraft, but really the most important thing is you're my wife'," she said. "Imagine if it was someone like Michael Phelps receiving a medal and a woman came up and proposed - people would laugh at her. When men experience success, women are expected to stand aside and cheer from the background." Mr Qin had also taken advantage of what must already have been an emotional moment, Ms Singh said. "You would also have to be extremely brave to say no at that point. You've won a medal, you're in public, you've worked your whole life for this. Even the best human being is likely to be emotionally shaky and vulnerable at such a moment. And women are taught from an early age to be nice and not to say no," she added. Mr Qin's proposal was not the first to take place at the Rio Games - earlier Marjorie Enya entered the pitch after the first Women's Rugby Sevens Final between Australia and New Zealand and asked Brazilian player Isadora Cerullo to marry her. But that was different, Ms Singh said, because it did not involve hijacking a medal ceremony. 'All about the Olympics' However, others said Mr Qin had simply been "shouting his love from the rooftops" and there was nothing wrong with that. Daisy Amodio, founder of proposal consultants The Proposers, said the move made sense because they were both athletes. "For this couple it was all about the Olympics. They have been through four years of training, dedication and hard work so why not do it there? The reward for them afterwards is we've done this really amazing thing, let's get married. It's very special," she said. Ms Amodio said proposing in public could be risky - and some do go spectacularly wrong - but not as risky as many might think. "You need to be 100% sure that person is going to accept. However some girls are literally begging their boyfriends to propose. I was begging my boyfriend to propose for five years," she said. About half the proposals arranged by Ms Amodio's company take place in public, she said, but demand has flattened off after growing for several years and many of those now planning to pop the question opt for a location with an amazing view rather than a big audience. However Ms Amodio was unsurprised by delight shown by the crowd - if not by Ms He herself - when Mr Qin got down on bended knee. "People like to see a happy story, particularly when there's so much doom and gloom in the news," she said.

भीड़ ने इसे पसंद किया-लेकिन क्या उन्होंने इसे पसंद किया?


Polar science diary

Summary: Science writer and broadcaster Sue Nelson is at the world's largest polar science conference, which is taking place in Oslo, Norway from 8-12 June. Experts have gathered to discuss everything polar - from penguins and sea ice to permafrost and Inuit communities. She is writing a daily diary for BBC News about her time there.

Friday 11 June: Fever pitch Across the Arctic, bore holes are drilled into permafrost - the frozen ground upon which many communities live - so that sensors can measure the planet's health. "It's like sticking a thermometer into the Earth," explained Antoni Lewkowicz from the University of Ottawa, "and the patient has a fever." Prompted by International Polar Year, a project assessed temperature changes in permafrost over thirty years. The results were published for the first time during the polar science conference and show that, in North America and parts of Russia, temperatures have risen by a steady 0.2 - 0.3 degrees C each decade. "In North Alaska it's worse," said Lewkowicz. "The permafrost has warmed by 2.5 degrees since 1985." Lewkowicz, a member of the International Permafrost Association, is in no doubt about the importance of their findings. "We can see what's happening in the permafrost all the way round the Arctic for the first time and in some places it's actually thawing. Permafrost doesn't lie." In areas covering northern Sweden, Finland, Norway and north-west Russia, a winter thaw is affecting both small and large communities, from reindeer herders to the forestry industry. Reindeer eat lichen beneath the snow during winter but thawing causes a crust of ice and stops reindeer reaching their food. "In Sweden herders have to buy additional feeding pellets or hay," said Carina Keskitalo, a political scientist in the department of social and economic geography at the University of Umea, Sweden. "Some small herders can't afford this and are going out of business." Even big business is suffering. "In forestry you need hard ground in order to harvest," said Keskitalo, "but you can't drive in the soft ground and in some areas you can't harvest." The changes in climate are forcing companies to rethink their machinery. Communities are being forced to rethink their livelihoods. If ever any proof was needed of the sheer enormity and range of changes affecting our planet's poles, then this polar science conference has delivered. Thursday 10 June: Winners and losers The Arctic is home to all manner of creatures and not all of them are welcome. Over the last few years, killer whales have being spotted in areas where they've never been seen before - and the consequences are deadly. The sea ice is melting and, without ice as a natural barrier, killer whales are entering new territories. For one of the world's most natural predators, a veritable feast awaits. For the seals, narwhals, belugas and other whales that make up their diet, it's a bloodbath. When the balance of an ecosystem shifts, there are always winners and losers. In the Western Arctic diving sea ducks and walruses are definitely losers. "The type of neighbourhood these creatures live in is changing," said biological oceanographer Jackie Grebmeier, from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. "Their food supply is declining because of the retreating ice." The life cycles of many Arctic species are synchronised with the seasons. The timing of events along the food chain - such as the blooming of nutrient rich algae - has now become out of sync and this is affecting the clams, worms and small crustaceans that walruses feed on. Walruses and sea ducks also use ice to rest on during feeding. Without ice platforms they use more energy as well as needing to dive deeper to try to find more food. Dr Grebmeier becomes visibly upset when describing lone walrus calves barking from stress. In 2008 the United Nations Environment Programme passed a resolution expressing "extreme concern" over the impact of climate change and highlighted potential consequences. These included the disappearance of sea ice, flora, fauna, permafrost peatlands and the decline of certain species. The Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010 report, officially launched at the conference this evening, provides evidence that some of these anticipated impacts are already taking place - and that the repercussions will be global. Wednesday 9 June: Vuntut Gwitchin Polar science is not all about penguins and polar bears. The changes in ice cover and permafrost are also affecting the lives and livelihoods of communities within the northern polar region. Representatives from many of these communities are here - which explains the reindeer-skin Saami tents outside the conference hall entrance - and the colourful presence of traditional dress. It took a second glance, however, to realise that one woman in a frilled skirt, silver tassled belt, embroidered shawl and red pom poms on her pointed leather shoes, was also sporting a modern Puma sports bag and trendy glasses. I met Samantha Frost-Lindstrom from the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation community in the northern Yukon, Canada, to try and persuade her to be my guest on Friday's Polar Exchange. Vuntut Gwitchin means "people of the lakes" and Samantha lives within the Arctic Circle in the Old Crow Flats. Currently working as a field assistant to a permafrost scientist, her community has already noticed considerable changes. "Spring comes early, there's a lot less snow and the river is lower," she said. As water is the only form of local transport to different camps in this isolated area, the change is a significant problem. "There's not as much salmon as there was when I was little either," she added. Hunting is an important way of life for the Vuntut Gwitchin. "We eat caribou three times a day." There are now less people in the community and the loss of hunting, due to declining numbers of caribou, also means the young are not being taught traditional skills. Shel Graupe, director of Natural Resources for the Vuntut Gwitchen Government, quoted one of the community elders. "Hard times are coming." Tuesday 8 June: Polar Eurovision The Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon joined 2,000 polar scientists this morning for the official conference opening. A choir of white clad youths could be seen singing sweetly on the screens outside. It reminded me of the recent Eurovision song contest in Oslo. "It was the same presenter," Linda Capper from the British Antarctic Survey laughed. Fun stuff aside, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's special adviser on Arctic and Antarctic issues set most tongues wagging. Dr Arthur Chilingharov announced that Russia is proposing an international decade devoted to polar science. Obviously a two-year-long "International Polar Year" was not enough. The proposal is being warmly received as all agree that much more science needs to be done at the poles - especially when lives and livelihoods are at stake. Professor Tim Naish, one of my guests in today's Polar Exchange session, couldn't be clearer about the risks ahead. Director of the Antarctic Research Centre at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, Professor Naish told me: "The international scientific community assessed all the latest science post Copenhagen and it's converging on agreeing a sea level rise of 1m by the end of the century." This is double the figure quoted in the IPCC report - possibly because the dynamic effects of large ice sheets were not included. Naish wasn't finished. "It's heading towards an upper limit of 2m." The impact would be considerable. "It's huge," he agreed. "One-hundred-and-fifty-million people live within one metre's elevation above sea level." Understandably, our first polar exchange theme concerns sea levels. There is dismay at the lack of trust surrounding the effects of climate change because these people are at the front line and have seen it for themselves. And the news isn't good. Preview: Lost in Translation Question: When is a year not a year? Answer: when it's International Polar Year. This ambitious scientific programme, concentrating on the Arctic and Antarctic, ran from March 2007 until March 2009. A two-year year, in other words. But it's hardly surprising when there's so much to cover - be it rising sea levels, tracking sea birds or how killer whales are invading the Arctic due to melting ice. This week many of the scientists who completed projects for International Polar Year are descending on the small town of Lillestrom near Oslo. They will share research and early findings to provide the most updated picture of what is going on at the poles of our Earth. More than 2,000 people from 60 countries are expected. Many arrived several days ago for pre-conference meetings but the official start is tomorrow. Appropriately, for a conference on polar science, everyone is going to Oslo's City Hall tonight for an "icebreaker". I am here to host three Polar Exchange sessions - each based on the X-Change events I also host for the British Science Association - informal interviews with scientists in a café or bar. Something seems to have been lost in translation. I've just walked around the enormous conference venue and discovered that my "intimate" session is to be held in the enormous 3000 seat plenary hall. More pop concert than café and not a bar in sight. Just row upon row of chairs...

विज्ञान लेखक और प्रसारक सू नेल्सन दुनिया के सबसे बड़े ध्रुवीय विज्ञान सम्मेलन में हैं, जो जून से ओस्लो, नॉर्वे में हो रहा है। विशेषज्ञ ध्रुवीय सब कुछ पर चर्चा करने के लिए एकत्र हुए हैं-पेंगुइन और समुद्री बर्फ से लेकर पर्माफ्रॉस्ट और इनुइट समुदायों तक। वह वहाँ अपने समय के बारे में बीबीसी न्यूज़ के लिए एक दैनिक डायरी लिख रही हैं।


The week ahead in Parliament

Summary: It may not be the all-singing, all-dancing multi-year announcement on tax and spending planned before the pandemic, but the chancellor's spending review statement on Wednesday will still dominate the parliamentary week - not least because any financial planning is inevitably shrouded in the uncertainties around coronavirus and the post-Brexit trade talks.

Mark D'ArcyParliamentary correspondent MPs will crawl over the figures released alongside the statement for clues as to what big spending plans might be dropped when the vast bill for keeping the economy afloat falls due. Elsewhere, it's a week of Brexit preparation, with both houses processing a cascade of Brexit regulations. The big one will be the orders underpinning controls on heavy lorries in Kent, if there are delays at the Channel Tunnel and the ports at the end of the Brexit transition. But, as ever in Westminster, there will be sub-plots. Here are four to look out for: And here's my rundown of the week ahead: Monday 23 November The Commons opens (14:30) with an hour of Education Questions. After that, expect the usual quota of post-weekend ministerial statements and urgent questions. Then, MPs will be asked to approve regulations to restrict the movements of heavy lorries in Kent. The Draft Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) (Amendment) Order 2020 amends the special regulations designed to control lorries queuing to access the Channel Tunnel, in the event of delays after the end of the Brexit transition period at midnight on 31 December. The order adds new requirements for drivers to obtain a valid Kent Access Permit (KAP) to allow them to take goods to the EU via the Channel Tunnel or the Port of Dover. And it allows the government to restrict KAPs to lorries carrying only priority goods. The government's reasonable worst-case scenario suggests delays, caused by the inspection of customs documents, could cut the freight flow to 60 to 80 per cent of usual levels in the weeks following the end of the transition period - and that could lead to queues through Kent of up to 7,000 lorries in February. Incidentally, the House of Lords EU Goods sub-committee (12:30) will hear evidence from two panels of witnesses on traffic management in and out of Kent and how the KAPS will be enforced. In Westminster Hall, MPs debate e-petitions 333869 and 309851, relating to Covid-19 restrictions on gyms and sport. The first petition, which has more than 608,000 signatures, states: "In the event of a spike we would like you not to close gyms as a measure to stop any spread of Covid." The second petition, which has more than 257,000 signatures, argues that the Government should allow golf courses to open so families or individuals can exercise safely. MPs then turn to a petition calling for sanctions on members of the Nigerian government and police force involved in any human rights abuses. It has more than 219,000 signatures. On the committee corridor, the special Defence Sub-Committee on Foreign Involvement in the Defence Supply Chain (15:15) hears expert evidence on both the new National Security and Investment Bill (which received its second reading in the Commons this week) and involvement from hostile foreign states. In the Lords (13:00), ministers field questions on making misogyny a hate crime, opportunities for new entrants into farming, the future of high street travel agents, and protecting migrant women who have been subjected to domestic abuse and have no recourse to public funds Then peers continue their detailed report stage scrutiny of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill. The main issues in play include a one-month consent mechanism with devolved administrations on regulations, proposed by Labour's Baroness Hayter, the crossbencher Baroness Finlay and the Labour former Welsh Secretary, Lord Hain. There are also amendments to ensure the independence of the proposed Office for the Internal Market from the Competition and Markets Authority, and on the Shared Prosperity Fund. The government had put down amendments which would require consultation with the devolved administrations and a review of the operation of the legislation after a year. Tuesday 24 November MPs open (11:30) with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Questions. The day's Ten Minute Rule Motion, from the Conservative Alan Mak, is on creating a new national system of volunteer reservists for the NHS in England, modelled on Armed Forces reservists and police special constables. It proposes a new, uniformed standing reserve of clinical and non-clinical volunteers, which NHS hospitals and other Health Service bodies can call upon when staffing demands increase - for example during a public health emergency, a seasonal flu epidemic, or critical incidents like terrorist attacks or major accidents. Next, MPs look at Lords amendments to the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill. Back in June peers voted to remove a clause that would have given UK and devolved ministers powers to implement any international law agreement by regulations rather than legislation, on the grounds that it gave ministers too much power to make law without reference to Parliament. There will also be debates on a couple of issues around the in-house disciplinary system. First, the appointment of members to the independent expert panel, which will consider complaints of bullying and harassment against MP, brought under the new Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS). Second, whether to approve the Committee on Standards' recommendations on closing a loophole in the system which means that complaints against former MPs who are now in the House of Lords, about their conduct while MPs, cannot be investigated. In Westminster Hall, subjects for debate include the adequacy of funding for local authorities during the pandemic (14:30) and business and economic opportunities after Huawei's exclusion from the 5G network (16:30) On the committee corridor, Health and Social Care/Science and Technology joint inquiry, "Coronavirus: Lessons learnt," (10:15) will question experts on the effectiveness of the government's actions - and then (11:00) they will quiz Health Secretary Matt Hancock on the effectiveness of test, trace and isolate, mask-wearing, social distancing, and lockdown in containing the coronavirus. Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) continues its "levelling up" inquiry (10:30) with an evidence from city mayors - including Bristol's Marvin Rees, Leicester's Sir Peter Soulsby and Newham's Rokhsana Fiaz - plus representatives from the Midlands Engine, the Northern Powerhouse and the Western Gateway. The aims is to look how far "powerhouses" and city mayors have enhanced economic capacity and delivery in their areas. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is before the Defence Committee (15:15) to talk about Defence's contribution to the UK's pandemic response - although the implications of the defence review announced by the prime minister are bound to come up. In the Lords (12:00), question time ranges across the benefits of adult learning delivered through the Union Learning Fund, money spent on the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal project per week, and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people from domestic abuse. Then, peers turn to the detail of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill. This is the probing, shadow-boxing stage of the process, so votes are not usually held. There will be probing amendments to tease out issues around immunity from either civil or criminal liability, civil redress, prior judicial authorisation, necessity and proportionality of a criminal conduct authorisation, and the code of practice for such sources. Wednesday 25 November Commons business opens (11:30) with half an hour of Women and Equalities Questions, followed, at noon by Prime Minister's Questions. But that will probably be eclipsed by the statement from the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, on the 2020 spending review. The day's Ten Minute Rule Bill, from Labour's Gerald Jones, is the Driving Offences (Amendment) Bill, which aims to change the law on prosecution of driving offences that occur on private land next to a public road. This follows from the case of a child in his Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency who was killed by a runaway vehicle that rolled from a private drive down a hill. Mr Jones says the case could not be prosecuted under current legislation, so he wants the law changed. The day's main debate is on the new UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. In Westminster Hall, there's a bit of a Northern Powerhouse flavour to events, with debates on infrastructure spending in the north of England (09:30) and on the government's levelling up agenda and the Tees Valley (16:30). Labour's Clive Efford leads a debate on the future of football governance (14:30). In the Lords (12:00), questions to ministers range across equitable access to vaccines for Covid-19, establishing new lorry customs sites close to ports and strategic road networks in Wales, and reviewing government policies on nuclear weapons. Then peers move on to their final day of report stage consideration of the UK Internal Market Bill. Key issues include state aid and devolved authorities. Thursday 26 November MPs begin their day (09:30) with forty minutes of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions. This is followed by a mini-question time for the MPs who speak for the Church Commissioners, the House of Commons Commission and Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, the Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission. Then comes the weekly Commons business statement from the leader of the House. Jacob Rees-Mogg. The main debates, chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, are on the final report from Climate Assembly UK on the path to net zero, and the Work and Pensions Select Committee Report on the DWP's response to the coronavirus outbreak. In Westminster Hall, there are debates on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on freedom of religion or belief (13:30), and international development and gender-based violence (15:00). The Public Accounts Committee takes evidence on managing colleges' financial sustainability (10:00). In the Lords (12.00). ministers field questions on the 2021 G7 Summit in the UK, the SEND Futures initiative and internal review of special educational needs provision (that's from the former education secretary, Lord Blunkett), and the report by the Select Committee on the Rural Economy "Time for a strategy for the rural economy". Then peers consider Commons reasons for rejecting their amendments to the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill - the measure to redraw the electoral map so that there is less variation in the number of voters in Commons seats. The Commons voted to reject a series of amendments stipulating that constituency boundaries should be reviewed every ten years, rather than every eight; to transfer the power to appoint deputy chairs of the boundary commissions from the Lord Chancellor to the Lord Chief Justice, and other issues. The appointments issue may be a sticking point. Next, it's peers' turn to debate the Draft Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) (Amendment) Order 2020, which will have been before the Commons on Monday. Friday 27 November The Commons is not planning any further sitting Fridays this year, but a determined hard core of peers are in action (11.00) and will be debating regulations on audiovisual media services, renewal of radio licences, supplementary protection certificates and product safety, and Metrology etc.

यह महामारी से पहले नियोजित कर और खर्च पर सर्व-गायन, सर्व-नृत्य बहु-वर्षीय घोषणा नहीं हो सकती है, लेकिन बुधवार को कुलाधिपति का खर्च समीक्षा बयान अभी भी संसदीय सप्ताह पर हावी रहेगा-कम से कम इसलिए नहीं कि कोई भी वित्तीय योजना अनिवार्य रूप से कोरोनावायरस और ब्रेक्सिट के बाद की व्यापार वार्ता के आसपास की अनिश्चितताओं में डूबी हुई है।


Poole Hospital opens revamped maternity unit

Summary: A £4m maternity unit has opened at Poole Hospital.

The St Mary's unit at the hospital in Dorset underwent an upgrade to handle an additional 1,400 births a year. The midwife-led St Mary's now boasts 13 extra maternity beds, three extra birthing pools, a refurbished neo-natal intensive care unit and new private rooms. Head of midwifery Sandra Chitty said the investment allowed the unit to "keep pace with demand". St Mary's delivered more than 4,600 babies in 2013 and deals with high-risk births across East Dorset. The £4m upgrade is part of £6.2m allocated to improving maternity care at Poole Hospital in recent years. The total of five birthing pools now includes two pools for higher-risk mums, which the hospital said was "unusual". Ms Chitty said: "The increase in capacity at St Mary's is extremely welcome, and supports us in our aims of offering the very best birth experience possible. "The new birthing centre with its improved facilities for water births will be led by the community midwives, and will mean much better continuity of care for women classed as low-risk- patients."

पूल अस्पताल में 4 मिलियन पाउंड की प्रसूति इकाई खोली गई है।


The people with arthritis struggling to work

Summary: Some 600,000 people with arthritis are missing out on the opportunity to work, according to the charity Arthritis Research UK. BBC presenter Julian Worricker, who has psoriatic arthritis, spoke to people trying to juggle staying in work with a painful and debilitating condition.

Britain is a nation of "put up and shut up" when it comes to workplace health. That's according to leading charity Arthritis Research UK. This isn't just based on anecdotal evidence - before Christmas the charity questioned more than 2,000 people about their attitudes and experience regarding health and the workplace. One theme arose time and time again - people's willingness to suffer in silence. The survey's key findings were: I have arthritis. Not rheumatoid, but another inflammatory form of the disease - psoriatic arthritis. It's linked to the common skin complaint, psoriasis. I'm lucky in that I've rarely had serious flare-ups. I'm now taking a drug that dramatically improves my symptoms, and at work I can think of only a handful of occasions when I've been hampered, discomforted or forced to make adjustments for any nagging pain I may have been experiencing. But for thousands of other people in the UK it's a very different story. What is arthritis? Source: Arthritis Research UK Sarah Dillingham is a case in point. She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in her 20s when she was working in a high-pressure corporate environment. During bad flare-ups she had to cope with extreme fatigue and intense pain. Everyday tasks, even holding a pen, were difficult. Commuting, or as Sarah put it "being bashed about on the tube", really took it out of her. Over 10 years she struggled to control her symptoms. "My world became all about my job because in order to go in and deliver I could only do that if I got up early to deal with the pain. I didn't have any social life. Your world does shrink in quite an unhealthy way," she says. She experienced the best and the worst from the people she worked alongside. She tells me: "A fantastic colleague used to help by writing on the white board for me during presentations when I couldn't lift my arms up." But one boss made it very clear that Sarah's health issues were not something to be considered important, forcing her to try and act as if there was no problem at all. Christine Lewis's story taps into some of the same narrative. She was a nurse when she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, but daily work tasks became too much for her and she switched her career to banking. Initially her new employers were very receptive to her needs, but as time went on they became less supportive. "They employed someone to come and assess me. She assessed my working environment and made various recommendations." They suggested minor changes to her desk and workstation, Christine told me. "They said that things don't happen very quickly in business. A year later, still nothing," she says. Sarah's and Christine's stories diverge at this point. Sarah is now her own boss, works mainly from home, and can manage her travel so that it rarely coincides with the London rush hour. As an employer, partly as a result of what she went through as an employee, she's a believer in what she calls "sensible flexibility". She says: "I absolutely understand the importance of hiring people who will give 100%. "At the same time pretty much everyone has something in their life, whether that's a long-term medical condition, or young children or having to care for someone. "It can be as simple as being able to hold meetings over Skype, or an ergonomic mouse which is very cheap." Christine, by contrast, took medical retirement at the age of 48. She feels she still had a number of good working years ahead of her but, without the necessary adjustments being made in the office to help her manage, she felt she had no choice but to give up her job. "Employers are missing out on the wealth of experience that people have," she says. "Being that bit older, I've got a house. I've had children, I've been a housewife and all that actually is quite a lot of experience that employers should tap into." The Department for Work and Pensions told us that funding is available through the government's Access to Work scheme to pay for equipment or support that a disabled person might need in the workplace. Stories like those of Sarah and Christine might well influence the government's thinking in the coming months. Disability Works Disability Works: Breaking down barriers in business More Disability stories It says it wants to halve what's known as the disability gap - that's the difference between employment rates of disabled and non-disabled people - and it's been consulting on how best to do that. The Labour MP, Frank Field, chairs the parliamentary work and pensions committee. A lot of evidence about work and disability has come before him in recent months. "Nobody doubts the will of the government wishing to do this. What's worrying is whether they've really thought about how hard this objective is to achieve," he says. One suggestion is to encourage employers using incentives. "One should have, in this coming Budget, a reduction in national insurance contributions to those employers who say I'm taking [disabled] people onto my payroll," he says. During our conversation Mr Field highlighted one statistic that put into perspective what the government wants to do: according to the Learning and Work Institute, halving that disability gap will take - at current rates - 200 years. Arthritis and work Source: Arthritis Care Julian Worricker presents a mini-series about arthritis on You & Yours, from Wednesday 22 February to Friday 24 February at 12.15GMT on BBC Radio 4.

चैरिटी आर्थराइटिस रिसर्च यूके के अनुसार, गठिया से पीड़ित लगभग 600,000 लोग काम करने का अवसर खो रहे हैं। बीबीसी प्रस्तुतकर्ता जूलियन वॉरिकर, जिन्हें सोरियाटिक आर्थराइटिस है, ने उन लोगों से बात की जो दर्दनाक और कमजोर स्थिति के साथ काम में रहने की कोशिश कर रहे थे।


Cuba helicopter crash: Five dead after aircraft left Holguín

Summary: A Cuban military helicopter has crashed into a hill in the east of the island, killing all five people on board, the armed forces ministry said.

The aircraft crashed after leaving the eastern province of Holguín for a short trip to Guantánamo province, it said. The identities of the victims have not been released. An investigation has been launched. The last serious air accident in Cuba was in May 2018 when a plane crashed on take-off at Havana airport. A total of 112 passengers died in that accident. One person survived.

सशस्त्र बल मंत्रालय ने कहा कि क्यूबा का एक सैन्य हेलीकॉप्टर द्वीप के पूर्व में एक पहाड़ी पर दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गया, जिसमें सवार सभी पांच लोगों की मौत हो गई।


EU summit moves from Russia to Brexit

Summary: After a night of heated dinner debate over Russia, EU leaders turn their palates and attention this morning to a breakfast - though as this summit timetable keeps shifting, possibly brunch - discussion about Brexit.

Katya AdlerEurope editor@BBCkatyaadleron Twitter The two issues are closely linked. Theresa May came to Brussels looking for a robust response to the Salisbury attack. This was important for her not just in security terms. It was also her first test after a year of often bad-tempered Brexit negotiations to see if she could still rally European support in times of need. She could. EU leaders are divided over what action they want to take against Russia after Salisbury, but they often fall out over foreign policy. This is not a reflection of fading solidarity with the UK because of Brexit. In fact, the EU is adamant on maintaining close security relations with a post-Brexit Britain. Traditionally Brussels has looked to the US for protection, but an unpredictable President Trump in the White House means EU leaders now think Europe should be better prepared to defend itself - in terms of cyber-security, preventing further terror attacks, and the prudent use of sanctions. With this they want the UK's help. The EU's future relationship with the UK will thus be at the heart of Friday's Brexit debate at the summit. It's the moment the UK has been waiting for - when European leaders give the nod to their chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, to (finally, from a British point of view) begin talks about trade and the rest of the EU-UK post-Brexit relationship. London hopes this will lead to a groundbreaking trade deal between the two sides - one so deep and wide-reaching that, among other things, it will dissipate concerns about the appearance of a post-Brexit hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This, until now, has been a persistent sticking point in Brexit negotiations. Brussels remains sceptical but the UK government hopes trade talks will see EU unity over Brexit crumble, to its advantage, as the national interests of individual countries come to the fore. It was easy for EU leaders to stick together in the first phase of Brexit negotiations - about the "Brexit bill" presented to the UK. They all wanted money. But look ahead to a future trade deal, and EU countries start to sing from different hymn sheets. Denmark is focused on fishing quotas, while Luxembourg fixates on financial services, Poland ponders security pacts and France and Germany insist on no rule-bending at all for the UK. EU leaders will attempt to contain their differences but it's going to be an interesting few months. In the meantime another special on the Brexit menu will be the rubber-stamping of the transition arrangement, the 21-month period after the UK formally leaves the EU on 29 March 2019. Businesses in the UK and the EU are thrilled about this. Uncertainty over Brexit has been costly, and fears there could be no deal at all were commonplace before this week. These fears shouldn't disappear entirely. Brexit negotiations could still break down. If they do, under the EU mantra of "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed", the transition period could be scrapped before it begins. That said, EU leaders sound optimistic that a Brexit deal will be struck- though many question why the UK should be UK delighted that Brussels has allowed it to sign trade deals with other countries during the transition period. "Doesn't Downing Street realise," one EU diplomat muttered to me, "no country: not the US, Japan, no-one will want to complete a trade deal with the UK until they know what kind of relationship London has with us (the EU)? "That's what will clinch the UK's value to them." You won't be surprised when I tell you that UK negotiators disagree.

रूस पर रात के खाने की गरमागरम बहस के बाद, यूरोपीय संघ के नेता आज सुबह नाश्ते की ओर अपना ध्यान केंद्रित करते हैं-हालाँकि जैसा कि यह शिखर सम्मेलन का समय बदलता रहता है, संभवतः ब्रंच-ब्रेक्सिट के बारे में चर्चा।