Coronavirus: Principality Stadium hospital accepts first patients

Summary: Wales' biggest hospital has accepted its first 12 patients.

The temporary 2,000-bed Dragon's Heart Hospital, inside the Principality Stadium, aims to ease the pressure on the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic. The field hospital, which was opened by Prince Charles last week, is the second biggest in the UK behind London's Nightingale hospital. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) said more patients would be admitted later this week. The health board said patients were being transferred from University Hospital of Wales (UHW) and University Hospital Llandough, both in Cardiff. The opening of beds at the hospital would allow the health board to undertake "more urgent and emergency scheduled care", according to Stuart Walker, executive medical director at CAVUHB. He said it was "always our intention" to open extra beds to ease pressures elsewhere. "We may also need to offer some surge capacity to neighbouring regions, plus to offer some capacity to local residents of care and nursing homes to facilitate separation of residents with and without Covid infection," Mr Walker added. The hospital will be a "step-up and step-down" facility, meaning it will provide care for patients at the end of their treatment for Covid-19, as well as palliative care for patients not expected to survive. Almost 400 staff have been trained to work at the hospital. The first patients will move into a 25-bed ward staffed by a ward sister, nurses and healthcare support workers, assistant director of workforce Rachel Gidman said. "Not only have we looked at the types of care we are providing for patients, but we are also focused on staff welfare and wellbeing," she added. "Staff have the same facilities here just as in any of our other hospitals despite this building being a sports stadium just a month ago."

वेल्स के सबसे बड़े अस्पताल ने अपने पहले 12 रोगियों को स्वीकार किया है।


Birmingham pub bombings: Who were the victims?

Summary: On 21 November 1974, two bombs ripped through the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs in Birmingham, killing 21 and injuring 220.

Some 44 years later, inquests into the deaths have concluded they were unlawfully killed. Friends and family members have read out pen portraits for victims of the atrocity. Here, in their own words, families and friends pay tribute to the 21. Michael Beasley, John Rowlands, Stanley Bodman, John Clifford Jones and James Caddick Michael Beasley, a regular at the Mulberry Bush, was with friends Stan Bodman, John Rowlands, Cliff Jones and James Caddick on the night of the bombings. He loved everything about films and often visited the Odeon at New Street, Birmingham, said a solicitor who read out his pen portrait. On the night of the bombings, the 30-year-old spoke to Mary Jones, wife of the pub's licensee. "He told her he found a lucky pixie charm on the bus on the way to town that night and he gave the charm to her. "Mary kept the charm and always carried it with her following that evening." Father-of-two John Rowlands had served in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy and later joined Land Rover in Tyseley, where he worked as an electrician and eventually became a foreman. "To some he was a bit of a card, a joker, and a good bloke to go to the pub with," his son Paul said. His other son Stephen, who himself joined the air force, said when he had been on leave he had always gone with his father to his "favourite pub", the Mulberry Bush. Paul added: "I wish only he had lived long enough to see his grandchild and great grandchildren grow up." Stanley Bodman, 47, was an electrician working in the city centre at the time of the bombings. Described as a "larger than life personality" by son Paul Bodman, he told the inquests his father had been ex-RAF and "fully aware of the devastation a bomb could do". He said his father had a great love of sport, especially boxing and cricket, and spent time at Edgbaston watching Warwickshire. "He was one of the funniest and kindest people anyone could ever wish to meet and he was taken away from his family far too soon," Mr Bodman said. John Clifford Jones, known to friends as Cliff, had been married to his wife Gladys for 30 years and had four children, his son George Jones told the inquests. He worked as a postman at New Street station, though his main interest was gardening. His son said his father had served in France and Belgium during World War Two, enlisting at the age of 18. The serviceman suffered wounds to his abdomen, elbow and thigh when caught up in burst of machine gun fire nearing the end of hostilities in 1945. His parents were in his 70s when he was killed and survived him by eight years. They never came to terms with their loss and the "cruel and barbaric way" he died, Mr Jones said. "He was a modest, unassuming man that took interest in all that was going on around him. He had a strong sense of right and wrong." In 1973 he helped put out a blaze in the Rotunda building, receiving a letter of thanks from the chief fire officer. Market porter James Caddick worked at St Martin's Market in Birmingham. He had previously been married and had two daughters. Shortly before the bombings he met Nora Caddick, who became his partner. They intended to marry and lived together in Aston with Nora's son John, the inquests were told. Neil Marsh and Paul Davies Youngest victim Neil Marsh was just days away from his 17th birthday when he was killed alongside his friend Paul Davies, 17. Neil's cousin Danielle Fairweather-Tipping told the hearings he had been given the pet name 'Tommy' by his grandparents who raised him in Jamaica before he rejoined his mother in England in 1967, aged 10. Though there is no photograph of him, the court was shown a picture of his mother at his grave taken on 14 February. Ms Fairweather-Tipping said Neil's brother Gary had been six at the time of his death but remembered him being "caring and very kind, and that he loved to draw". Paul's daughter Michelle Sealey and son Paul Anthony Bridgewater said their reggae-loving father would "never be forgotten". Ms Sealey, who was six months old when he died, said: "I never tire of hearing stories about him. He was loved by the ladies and was quite charming I was told." A "massive Bruce Lee fan" who would practise his moves at home, Paul also supported Aston Villa, a passion shared by his son, the inquests heard. Ms Sealey added: "After hearing stories about him, I remember I would daydream about him being around and what kind of relationship we would have had." Maxine Hambleton and Jane Davis Maxine Hambleton was 18 when she was killed in the Tavern in the Town with her friend Jane Davis. She had been in the pub to meet friends and hand out invitations to a housewarming party. Her brother Brian spoke of giving her a lift into the city that night and of since feeling he had "literally driven my sister to her death". Her youngest sister Julie told the hearings Miss Hambleton, who worked at the Miss Selfridge outlet in Lewis's, would have been the first in the family to go to university but had died without ever knowing she had won a place. Julie Hambleton added: "She was born to set the world on fire, no matter what she did or where she went." Jane Davis had just returned from grape picking in the Champagne region of France with Miss Hambleton and had been due to share photos of their trip that night, her brother Brian Davis said. "We will not be able to hear Jane's voice, but we do still have her words in the postcards," he added. Mr Davis said the 17-year-old had had aspirations to become a nuclear physicist, adding: "I remember Jane as a loving, loyal and accomplished young woman with the world at her feet." Stephen Whalley and Lynn Bennett Stephen Whalley was with his girlfriend Lynn Bennett on the night they died in the Tavern in the Town. They met through the NME's lonely hearts pages. Miss Bennett, a punchcard operator, was "very petite and looked great in miniskirts and platforms", her sister Claire Luckman said. Her passion was Birmingham City Football Club but, after the bombings, her father "never stepped foot in the ground again, such was the pain of losing Lynn". A statement read on behalf of Mr Whalley's elderly mother, who was too frail to attend, said: "While I would love the world to know about my son Stephen and the lovely young man he was, it is just too difficult and painful for me to recall any memories I have because it is too traumatic to remember. "Stephen was our only child who had his whole life ahead of him." Desmond and Eugene Reilly Brothers Desmond and Eugene Reilly were in the Tavern in the Town. Their older brother Sean, 26 at the time of their deaths, said his sister Mary, then 17, had seen Desmond on the afternoon of 21 November looking for Eugene to celebrate. "Mary said Desmond was in great spirits, he was delighted that his wife Elaine was pregnant," he said. "Desmond just invited her to join them for a drink but she had just finished work and said that her mother was expecting them home for dinner." Marilyn Nash and Anne Hayes Friends Marilyn Nash, 22, and Anne Hayes, 19, were in the Tavern in the Town when they died. Miss Nash left school at 16 and was working as a supervisor at Miss Selfridge in Lewis's department store. She often went to the pub for a drink after work with Miss Hayes. Miss Hayes, from Sutton Coldfield, was a shop assistant at Miss Selfridge after leaving school to become an apprentice hairdresser. Charles Gray and Thomas Chaytor On the night of the bombings, Charles Gray visited the Mulberry Bush for the first time. The solicitor to the inquest said the 44-year-old, who was born in Scotland and moved to Birmingham after completing National Service, had previously worked at toffee-making factory Fillerys. In 1974 he worked in Longbridge as a mechanic with car manufacturer British Leyland and had never missed a day's work, the inquests heard. Described by his family as a "lovely, quiet man", he was a private person and was "always known for being well dressed". Thomas Chaytor, meanwhile, had been working part-time at the Tavern in the Town for just a few weeks before the attack. He had been adopted as a child and was a divorcee with two young children. Mr Chaytor met his girlfriend Susan Hands in 1971 when they were working at Rackhams department store in the city centre. She described him as a "very social character, living life to the full". Ms Hands said: "After the events in 1974, as a 23-year-old, I had to rebuild my life. "I have no idea how things would have turned out had the bombings not occurred." Pamela Palmer, Maureen Roberts, Trevor Thrupp and James Craig Pamela Palmer worked in an office but was in further education and being taught to drive by her sister Pauline Curzon's husband when she lost her life in the attack. Ms Curzon described her as a "lovely sister". "That Thursday evening she was going for a drink with her boyfriend, we didn't know the destination," Ms Curzon said. She said her father had called at about 11 o'clock concerned she had not returned and went to town to look for her, returning at six the next morning with the news. "Her companionship and kindness is a memory I treasure," added Ms Curzon Maureen Roberts was 20 years old when she died, an only child of Ivy and Douglas. She intended to marry Fred Bromley and was described as "a happy go lucky girl with many friends and a great sense of humour". The hearings were told she had "striking auburn hair, the colour of gold", and always put other people first. "She brought her neighbours presents every Christmas and would take time to visit neighbours who lived nearby," the jury heard. Shortly before her death she had returned from a holiday in Spain. Father-of-three Trevor Thrupp, who worked as a railway guard, had an "infectious" laugh and had been the "life and soul of the party", his son Paul said. The dedicated family man, who was married to Lilian, also enjoyed fishing. "We spent many weekends as a family joining him on trips around the area," his son said. "Our special memory is trips to Stourport where we would all pile on the bus to spend the day with dad, fishing on the River Severn." Mr Thrupp said his father's laugh had been infectious, adding: "We remember him crying and falling off the sofa when watching Laurel and Hardy. "We keep his memory alive by telling our children what a great hard working man he was." James Craig, known as Jimmy, was a motor factory worker whose family was originally from Northern Ireland. "His only interest was playing football," his brother Bill Craig said. "Sometimes he would play twice on a Sunday: Go out Sunday morning, come home, have his dinner, go out Sunday afternoon and play for somebody else." A triallist for Birmingham City in the 1960s, he could neither read nor write. His brother said he was the last one to die as a result of the pub bombings, passing away on the afternoon of 9 December 1974. Amendment 14 March 2019: This story has been updated to reflect the most recent information that 220 people were injured in the blasts.

21 नवंबर 1974 को, बर्मिंघम में टाउन पब में शहतूत बुश और टैवर्न में दो बम विस्फोट हुए, जिसमें 21 लोगों की मौत हो गई और 220 घायल हो गए।


Why the elderly care crisis is here to stay

Summary: Another day, another story about old age care.

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent The report from the Care Quality Commission that a quarter of home care services are not meeting all the quality and safety standards makes depressing reading. Evidence of rushed appointments, botched assessment and revolving door of carers suggests the system is on its knees. The temptation is to think that will all change with the introduction of the cap on costs that the government announced on Monday. But sadly that is not the case. The complex nature of the system means the reforms should help reduce the need for people to sell their homes to pay for care. But they do little - perhaps nothing - to improve the quality of services on offer. The last decade has seen services squeezed until the pips squeak. In fact, they have got so bad that just over a year ago the Equality and Human Rights Commission said some services were "breaching human rights". 'More for less' Much of the system - both care homes and home care - is provided by private firms or voluntary sector organisations. They look after a mix of self-funders - about 500,000 - and those who get state help from councils - just over one million. Talk to them and they will describe how local authorities have been wanting more for less. Research by the UK Homecare Association, which represents the firms providing carers to help the elderly with basic tasks such as washing, eating and dressing, shows that councils have been putting pressure on them to reduce the length of visits. Three quarters are now less than 30 minutes in duration, including 10% which are less than 15 minutes. Those paying for their own care are not immune - agencies have pared back on their visits to cover costs. Councils understandably point out that they are doing the best they can. They have been ploughing more and more into the system as a proportion of their resources at the expense of other areas such as leisure centres and libraries. Social care, including services for younger disabled adults, now accounts for nearly half of their spending. But the total pot for care is still shrinking as the huge cuts in government funding for councils - it is falling by over a quarter this parliament - means local authorities have been unable to protect the sector entirely. The budget for social care stands at just over £14bn - a £1bn cut in real terms. If that happened in the NHS there would be outrage. Councils have responded by rationing access to care so only the most needy can get it. It means despite the ageing population the numbers getting help has actually fallen in the past five years, leaving an estimated one million without any help. In years gone by these people would have been looked after by younger relatives. But with families more dispersed and the children of the elderly often pensioners themselves this is not always possible. Stephen Burke, director of the United for All Ages charity and author of the Good Care Guide, is scathing. He believes the government has pulled a "con of the worst sorts" by giving the impression it has solved the problem of old age care. Other are more generous. Councillor David Rogers, from the Local Government Association, has welcomed the cap as an important step forward, but says more needs to be done to tackle the quality issue. "Without an urgent injection of money to meet rising demand in the short term things will continue to get worse." With the over 65 population expected to rise by 50% over the next 25 years, expect to hear much more about the care crisis.

एक और दिन, वृद्धावस्था की देखभाल के बारे में एक और कहानी।


Charity calls for schools to provide asthma inhalers

Summary: A charity is seeking a change in the law to allow schools to have inhalers available for asthma emergencies.

Thousand of children in Northern Ireland suffer from the condition. Joan O'Hagan, from Asthma UK, said they were needlessly at risk. "It's the most common long-term condition in schools," she said. "There are approximately 19,000 who are at risk currently, who perhaps have forgotten their inhaler and there isn't one available to them."

एक दान संस्था स्कूलों को अस्थमा की आपात स्थितियों के लिए इनहेलर उपलब्ध कराने की अनुमति देने के लिए कानून में बदलाव की मांग कर रही है।


Salmond allegations: What do we know?

Summary: Two people have made sexual harassment complaints against Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond. The complaints, which he denies, relate to his time in office. Why have they come to light now?

Why are the allegations being made now? In November, in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the #Metoo movement, there were concerns over reports that women at all levels in the Scottish Parliament had experienced harassment. At the same time, MPs at Westminster were accused of intimidating or propositioning young women inappropriately. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called for an internal review to be carried out of the Scottish government's procedures for handling complaints in the workplace. As part of that review, a new procedure on handling harassment complaints involving current or former ministers was introduced. Two complaints in relation to Mr Salmond were made in January of this year. According to the Daily Record, they relate to events in 2013 when he was first minister. Scotland's top civil servant, Leslie Evans, informed Mr Salmond on Wednesday 22 August that she was considering the public interest in making the fact of the complaints and investigation publicly known. Mr Salmond, who was Scottish first minister from 2007 to 2014 and oversaw the independence referendum, instigated legal action aimed at preventing the Scottish government revealing details of its investigation but later dropped those proceedings. The next evening, Mr Salmond put out a statement denying claims of harassment and saying he was launching a court action to contest the Scottish government's complaints process. What are the allegations? The details of the claims of sexual harassment and who made them have not been officially released. The Scottish government's permanent secretary, Ms Evans, would only confirm that two complaints of sexual harassment had been made against Mr Salmond. The Scottish government insisted the investigation had been "entirely confidential". However, the Daily Record, which broke the story on Thursday 23 August, later claimed to have seen the wording of an allegation by a Scottish government staff member. It says she alleges Mr Salmond touched her bottom and breasts through her clothing while she was alone with him at at the first minister's official residence, Bute House, in December 2013. Police Scotland has confirmed that it is "carrying out an assessment of information which we have received and inquiries are at an early stage". Mr Salmond has strongly denied any claims of harassment or criminality. He also accused someone in the Scottish government of "sustained leaking" of the "most unfair kind". He said it was "crucial" to find out who in government was responsible. Why is Mr Salmond going to court? The former first minister was told in March this year that allegations had been made against him and he had been assured that the process would be confidential. He claims he has still not been allowed to see the evidence against him. His statement called the procedure "unjust" and said he had not been able to properly challenge the case against him. Mr Salmond said the procedure, put into operation by Ms Evans three years after he left office, was "grossly unfair" and would lead to prejudicial outcomes. On Wednesday 29 August, Mr Salmond lodged a petition with the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial Review. It will decide the issue of the lawfulness of the procedure. The court will now seek a response from the Scottish government. It is likely to be some weeks before there is a hearing before a judge. Did Nicola Sturgeon know about the claims? First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she became aware in April that Mr Salmond was being investigated. In fact, it was Mr Salmond himself that told her. She said she had no prior knowledge of complaints being made against him. Ms Sturgeon said she had taken "no role in the process" and not spoken about it publicly because she did not want to compromise the internal investigation. She said the fact that complaints were made could not be ignored or swept under the carpet." Why did Mr Salmond resign from the SNP? Mr Salmond announced on Wednesday 29 August he was resigning from the SNP. The ex-first minister said he intended to apply to rejoin the party once he had an opportunity to clear his name. He said he was quitting because he wanted to avoid potential divisions within the party, which has faced calls to suspend him. What happens next? A Judicial Review will consider whether a proper "decision-making process" was followed by the Scottish government. It will not look at whether or not the "correct" decision was made. The court will seek to ensure that principles of natural justice and fairness have been followed. Before the review can be heard Mr Salmond must appeal to the Court of Session for permission to proceed. Permission will only be granted where the Judicial Review has "a real prospect of success". His petition was formally lodged with the court earlier this week, and the Scottish government will now have an opportunity to respond.

स्कॉटलैंड के पूर्व प्रथम मंत्री एलेक्स सैल्मंड के खिलाफ दो लोगों ने यौन उत्पीड़न की शिकायतें की हैं। जिन शिकायतों से वह इनकार करते हैं, वे उनके कार्यकाल से संबंधित हैं। वे अब सामने क्यों आई हैं?


'It was either die, or get help'

Summary: Sandra has been an alcoholic for 26 years. She's now in her 40s and had been offending for about 20 years. She got a Community Payback Order as an alternative to prison two years ago, and started going to Tomorrow's Women, a community justice project which deals with the most hard-to-reach women in Glasgow. She hasn't had a drink or committed a crime in well over a year.

Sandra (not her real name) says: "When I first started coming to Tomorrow's Women, I wouldn't really engage - I was still drinking and I didn't want to face up to my problems. I was frightened. "But last January, I decided I'd had enough - suicidal thoughts were coming into my head and I asked to go into rehab. Mentally and physically I was just broken. It was either die or get help. "The staff from Tomorrow's Women helped me get into rehab, they came up to see me all the time. I started receiving trauma counselling. And it's made a massive, massive difference to my life. "I was drinking because I didn't feel great about myself, I had no confidence because of a trauma experience and incidents that had happened in my life up until my 20s. I just let myself get used and abused, I suppose, for years. I felt that was all I deserved. "When I came out of rehab, I started coming back here to Tomorrow's Women. The staff got me a flat, a cracking flat at the other end of the city. I had to change everything about my life - I really started engaging. So that's what helped. But it was very difficult. "People think projects like this are a soft option, that prison's the hard bit. But I would say dealing with all your problems is harder. I went through every emotion that you could imagine. And at times I wanted to throw in the towel. It was so painful. "I feel on top of the world now. I've made brilliant friends at Tomorrow's Women. I think the fact that it's all women is important. And the fact that it's a multi-agency service - you're not going from one side of Glasgow to the other. Somebody's helping you with your housing, mental health, all in the one place. "A few weeks ago, I wasn't well, and the women offered to come up and get my shopping. It's wee things like that. With the lassies and the staff - nothing's fake. You're not tossed to the side because you're just classed as an alcoholic. Somebody's taking an interest in you and they're not looking for anything from you. It's meant a lot to me." Women Prisoners: Throw Away the Key? will be broadcast on BBC One Scotland on Wednesday 15 June, at 21;30, and for a month afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.

सैंड्रा 26 साल से शराबी है। वह अब अपने 40 के दशक में है और लगभग 20 साल से अपराध कर रही थी। उसे दो साल पहले जेल के विकल्प के रूप में एक सामुदायिक भुगतान आदेश मिला, और उसने टुमॉरोज़ वीमेन में जाना शुरू कर दिया, एक सामुदायिक न्याय परियोजना जो ग्लासगो में सबसे कठिन पहुँच वाली महिलाओं से संबंधित है। उसने एक साल से अधिक समय से शराब नहीं पी है या कोई अपराध नहीं किया है।


Hillsborough disaster: Full list of victims

Summary: Ninety-six people died as a result of the Hillsborough football stadium disaster in 1989, their ages ranging from 10 to 67 years.

A report by Hillsborough Independent Panel found that 41 of the 96 who died had the "potential to survive". New inquests into their deaths have been ordered after the original accidental death verdicts were quashed at the High Court in December 2012 after years of campaigning by relatives. Here is a full list of those who died.

1989 में हिल्सबोरो फुटबॉल स्टेडियम आपदा के परिणामस्वरूप छियानबे लोगों की मृत्यु हो गई, उनकी आयु 10 से 67 वर्ष तक थी।


Cowes chain ferry closed after accident

Summary: A man has been seriously injured after he was pinned between a car and a metal ramp on an Isle of Wight chain ferry.

The Cowes floating bridge worker was taken to hospital with suspected head and leg injuries just before 19:00 BST. The driver of the car, who is believed to have accelerated by accident on to the bridge, was treated by paramedics at the scene. Isle of Wight Council said the chain ferry was "currently suspended until further notice". The statement added that it was "due to the vessel being damaged by a vehicle that drove into it". The floating bridge provides a foot passenger and vehicle link across the River Medina between Cowes and East Cowes. The closure is expected to cause disruption for the start of the annual Cowes Week on Saturday.

आइल ऑफ वाइट चेन फेरी पर एक कार और धातु के रैंप के बीच फंसने से एक व्यक्ति गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गया है।


888 Holdings shares soar on Ladbrokes takeover talks

Summary: Shares in online betting firm 888 Holdings have soared by about 20% after it confirmed it is in talks to be bought by larger rival Ladbrokes.

888 Holdings said discussions were in "the early stages", and there was "no certainty" that Ladbrokes would make a formal offer. Ladbrokes added that it had yet to decide the terms of any deal proposal it may make to 888 Holdings. Ladbrokes is one of the UK's largest betting companies. It has 2,220 shops and a website operation. 888 Holdings is a solely internet-based business. Ladbrokes traces its origin back to 1886, while 888 Holdings was founded in 1997.

ऑनलाइन सट्टेबाजी फर्म 888 होल्डिंग्स के शेयरों में लगभग 20 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि हुई है, जब इसने पुष्टि की कि यह बड़े प्रतिद्वंद्वी लैडब्रॉक्स द्वारा खरीदे जाने के लिए बातचीत कर रहा है।


'The NHS turned its back on mum - and it cost us £250,000'

Summary: Spending on vital care services for the elderly has been cut by a quarter per head since 2010, a BBC analysis shows. It has left growing numbers of families struggling to get the help they need. One family caught in this trap told the BBC about their struggles.

By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Fifteen years ago Russell Byfield retired. He had worked hard all his life building up his heating and plumbing business. It was time to enjoy his retirement with his wife Maureen. They had plans to travel, spend time with their family and enjoy their leisure. But within a couple of years, all that changed. Maureen was diagnosed with dementia. She was in her early 70s. A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. Does your area spend more on over 65s than average? Enter your postcode or council name Pounds spent per person over 65 since 2014-2015 If you can't see the calculator, tap or click here. The condition developed slowly at first, but gradually the caring responsibilities took their toll on Russell. He had a mini-stroke and then a heart attack in quick succession 10 years ago. "It was clear he could not continue looking after mum," says his daughter Sandy Sweet, 59. "The only option was to move her into a home. Her dementia was progressing and my dad's health was getting worse." 'We found a fantastic home' At the time Russell and Maureen were living in West Yorkshire, but Sandy and her brother were both living in the south of England. The family decided the best solution would be for Russell and Maureen to sell the family home and move nearer to their children. That meant finding a nursing home for Maureen and a new property for Russell. Russell, who is now 85, ended up buying a bungalow very close to his son's home in Wiltshire, while Maureen, now 86, moved into a nursing home run in neighbouring Berkshire. "It's a fantastic home. We are very pleased with it." She said the only problem was that Leeds City Council, which was classed as the "home" local authority because of where Maureen had been living, would not fund the whole cost and the NHS refused to contribute too despite Maureen receiving nursing care. 'It is so unfair' Sandy says: "We had to pay nearly half of it - about £500 a week. "It seems so unfair. If she had cancer, the NHS would have been there for her. "But she had a brain disease and so we didn't get any help from the NHS, despite the fact she needed nursing care." Nine years on, the family had spent around £250,000. Sandy says: "We just felt we could not contribute any more. All dad had was his pension and his bungalow." The finances were reassessed and Leeds agreed to meet the full cost. "I'm not angry with the council. It is the system that is wrong. "I met Theresa May at the Tory Party Conference this year - I told her that." The Byfields are not the only family affected The family's experience is not unique though. The Alzheimer's Society says thousands of families find themselves in this situation. The typical cost of dementia care is £100,000, although for some it can top £500,000 during a person's lifetime in care. Alzheimer's Society chief executive Jeremy Hughes says: "It's heartbreaking to hear stories like Sandy's, her family let down by the system they've paid into all their lives, abandoning them when they need it most. "Because dementia care is so expensive, hard to access, and often poor quality, a silent army of partners, sons, daughters and friends are having to step in." He would like to see the inequity addressed by the government - ministers have promised to publish a Green Paper on social care funding in England. But he is concerned that it has not yet been published - it was expected to be out in the summer. And it is not only dementia patients who are being let down. Research by Age UK shows that once you factor in other illnesses and conditions there are 1.4 million over-65s who do not receive the help they need. It represents a rise of nearly one-fifth in only two years. Care funding has been cut It is not surprising. Funding for older people's care has been cut. An analysis by the BBC found reported council spending on care for the over-65s has fallen by a quarter to £747 per head in England since 2010 once inflation is taken into account - although the government said this did not take into account a separate pot largely funded by the NHS which is aimed care services. It is worth over £2bn a year. While facing the same pressures of an ageing population, in comparison, Wales and Scotland have largely protected their budgets. There is no comparable data available for Northern Ireland. Councils, which administer the system, have sympathy for the plight of the vulnerable who rely on their services. The Local Government Association (LGA) became so fed up with waiting for the government that it produced its own Green Paper. It called for tax rises so town halls could invest more in the system. Councillor Ian Hudspeth, from the LGA, says services are at "breaking point". "Work to find a long-term funding solution for adult social care has been kicked into the long grass by successive governments for the past two decades," he says. "The current situation is unsustainable and is failing people on a daily basis." Data journalism by Tom Calver, Ros Anning and Ed Lowther. The care tool was designed by Sandra Rodriguez Chillida and developed by Scott Jarvis. Methodology: The figures above were calculated from publically available information from NHS Digital, the Scottish Government and StatsWales. Spend is then divided by the elderly population to calculate spend per head in each year. Figures were also adjusted for inflation. The drop in spending for England was calculated by combining the drop from 2010-11 to 2013-14, when the methodology for these statistics was changed, with the drop from 2014-15 to 2017-18.

बी. बी. सी. के एक विश्लेषण से पता चलता है कि 2010 से बुजुर्गों के लिए महत्वपूर्ण देखभाल सेवाओं पर खर्च में प्रति व्यक्ति एक चौथाई की कटौती की गई है। इसने परिवारों की बढ़ती संख्या को अपनी जरूरत की मदद पाने के लिए संघर्ष करना छोड़ दिया है। इस जाल में फंसे एक परिवार ने बी. बी. सी. को अपने संघर्षों के बारे में बताया।


Second man charged over Swindon hit-and-run crash

Summary: A second man has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged hit-and-run crash which left a man seriously ill.

A 26-year-old man was struck by a car outside the Dolphin Hotel in Rodbourne Road, Swindon, on 6 March and remains in a life-threatening condition. Benjamin Danso-Obeng, 28, of Handel Street, Swindon was charged alongside 20-year-old Mohammed Shajeed Ali. Both men will next appear at Bristol Crown Court on 20 April. Related Internet Links HM Courts & Tribunals Service

एक कथित हिट-एंड-रन दुर्घटना के बाद एक दूसरे व्यक्ति पर हत्या के प्रयास का आरोप लगाया गया है, जिससे एक व्यक्ति गंभीर रूप से बीमार हो गया।


The case for changing the curriculum

Summary: In three weeks time 55,000 pupils in Scotland will leave primary school and in August they will be the first wave of youngsters to be taught the curriculum for excellence in secondary school. But what exactly is this new curriculum? Why has it become so controversial? In the first of three reports BBC Scotland's education correspondent, Seonag MacKinnon, examines the case for change.

Two maths teachers once told me the first time they ever had to put their skills to practical use was in retirement. They were in their new home in the Highlands and had to calculate the amount of curtain material needed for irregular shaped windows. Even they seemed to wonder sometimes why youngsters were being taught subjects such as trigonometry and calculus. Six years ago leading figures in education called for lessons in which there is an emphasis on learning skills and information which can be applied in the real world. The cross party parliamentary grouping which included Mike Russell the Education secretary, then an opposition MSP, said after much deliberation that they also wanted to see lessons with more depth. They argued one of the main weaknesses of the present curriculum was that it was a mile wide and an inch deep. Pupils skate over the surface of a large amount of information, they said, and then memorise it to regurgitate it in essays and exams. Within months young people may have largely forgotten much of what they studied. Peter Peacock, then education minister, was persuaded to authorise pared- down, more relevant lessons. Some teachers argued weaknesses of the status quo had been exaggerated but on the whole the profession was behind the plan. Since then the changes branded by the government as the "curriculum for excellence" have been phased into schools. As the move to more hands-on and informal lessons had not constituted much of a revolution for primaries the change in this sector had been largely untroubled and was well under way. From August all primary - and secondary schools - are expected to be operating the new curriculum although the government said it was likely to be phased in over months and years. The goal is lessons with more depth and relevance. Basic reading But another objective is to tackle the taciturn, passive role many pupils play in class. Employers and the wider world have often complained of school leavers' limited ability to communicate with colleagues, bosses and clients and a limited ability to work effectively in a team. And there have been many complaints that pupils struggle with basic reading, writing and numeracy. Campaigners also say that in state schools only a minority seem to have a rounded education Of late, if activities such as First Aid lessons and Duke of Edinburgh award schemes have been taking place at all, they have tended to be after school and attended only by those who stay behind. The above is a summary of the case made for changing the curriculum. Questions remain. Are the changes being properly implemented? Is there any real evidence they'll work? And at any level are we taking a gamble with children's future. In my second piece I will explore some of these issues.

तीन सप्ताह के समय में स्कॉटलैंड में 55,000 छात्र प्राथमिक विद्यालय छोड़ देंगे और अगस्त में वे माध्यमिक विद्यालय में उत्कृष्टता के लिए पाठ्यक्रम पढ़ाए जाने वाले युवाओं की पहली लहर होंगे। लेकिन यह नया पाठ्यक्रम वास्तव में क्या है? यह इतना विवादास्पद क्यों हो गया है? तीन रिपोर्टों में से पहली में बीबीसी स्कॉटलैंड के शिक्षा संवाददाता, सियोनाग मैककिनन, परिवर्तन के मामले की जांच करते हैं।


Man dies in Eastleigh after being hit by two cars

Summary: A man has been killed after being hit by two cars.

The 23-year-old from Chandlers Ford was walking along Woodside Avenue in Eastleigh, Hampshire, just before 06:00 GMT when he was struck by a black Vauxhall Astra and a blue Renault Megane. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed, Hampshire Police said. A 26-year-old man from Eastleigh has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police said the drivers of both cars involved in the collision were assisting with the investigation.

दो कारों की चपेट में आने से एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई है।


Southsea rape: Man charged after woman attacked in alleyway

Summary: A man has appeared in court charged with rape after a woman was attacked in an alleyway in Portsmouth.

The 19-year-old was assaulted off Clarendon Road in Southsea, at about 22:00 BST on Saturday. Muhib Uddin of Newcomen Road, Portsmouth, appeared before magistrates and was remanded on bail to appear at the city's crown court on 5 October. Three men who were arrested on suspicion of rape have been released without charge.

पोर्ट्समाउथ में एक गली में एक महिला पर हमले के बाद बलात्कार के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


Q&A: Elections to the French National Assembly

Summary: Elections to the French National Assembly will take place in two rounds on 10 and 17 June. All eyes are on whether President Francois Hollande - elected just last month - will obtain majority support in France's lower house.

What is at stake? Francois Hollande needs his Socialists and their allies to wrest control of the National Assembly from the right so that he can implement his policies. The upper house, the Senate, is already dominated by left-wing parties. If the left fails to win, France would enter into a period of "cohabitation", in which the presidency and the lower house are controlled by political rivals. The far-right National Front is hoping to follow up a strong performance in the presidential election by gaining its first seats in the National Assembly since the 1980s. Why are there two rounds? In any constituency, a candidate who wins an absolute majority of votes cast and the votes of at least a quarter of registered voters is elected to the 577-strong National Assembly. Failing that, a runoff is held between all candidates who obtained at least 12.5% of the votes of registered voters in that constituency. Whoever wins the biggest share of the vote in the runoff is elected. The final distribution of seats thus depends a lot on local alliances and the way in which the vote is split between different candidates. Smaller parties may find it difficult to win any seats at all. For example, in 2002 the far-right National Front obtained 11% of the vote in the first round but failed to win any seats, while the Communist Party won 21 seats on a first-round score of 5%. Who are the main players? On the left, Francois Hollande's Socialist Party has concluded electoral pacts with the smaller Europe Ecology, The Greens and the Radical Left Party. Another potential coalition partner is the more radical Left Front, which brings together the Communist Party and the Left Party and has fielded candidates in nearly all constituencies. On the right, the Union for a Popular Movement (the UMP - the party of former President Nicolas Sarkozy) is defending an absolute majority in the current National Assembly. The party has concluded an electoral agreement with its centrist Radical Party and New Centre allies. The far-right National Front has ruled out any pact with the UMP. Other parties to field candidates include the far-left Workers' Struggle and New Anti-Capitalist Party as well as the Centre for France. What are the polls saying? The most recent opinion polls put the Socialist Party and its allies at some 36% while the UMP and its allies are credited with about 32% in the first round. The National Front can expect 15% of the vote, the Left Front 9% and the Centre for France 4%, according to those polls. Such an outcome could mean that the Socialists would have to include the Left Front in a broad left-leaning coalition to achieve an absolute majority in the lower house. How is the election portrayed in the media? The polls are viewed as a test of the endurance of the Socialists' political vision among the electorate after a presidential contest which was dominated by personalities. Much was made of Mr Hollande's anti-austerity stance during the presidential election - but the extent to which the result was shaped by personal animosity towards Mr Sarkozy is unclear. The fortunes of the UMP are also the subject of much debate. Wounded by Mr Sarkozy's defeat, the party has failed to portray a united front as it struggles to appoint a successor. A report by the France 24 news channel has suggested that continued disharmony could result in an "election shipwreck". There is also discussion of the rise in popularity of the National Front, and the possibility that the party may take votes from the UMP and secure its first seats in decades. BBC Monitoring selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaux abroad. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here

फ्रांसीसी नेशनल असेंबली के लिए चुनाव 10 और 17 जून को दो चरणों में होंगे। सभी की नज़रें इस बात पर हैं कि क्या पिछले महीने चुने गए राष्ट्रपति फ्रांस्वा ओलांद को फ्रांस के निचले सदन में बहुमत का समर्थन मिलेगा।


Fire up the Quattro: Rare car goes under the hammer

Summary: A rare Audi Quattro prototype is to go under the hammer.

It is thought to be one of two right-hand drive pre-production Quattros remaining and is expected to fetch bids of between £50,000 to £60,000. The 1982 model is one of the lots at the Silverstone Auctions September sale on Saturday in Warwickshire. Those behind the sale said the vehicle's rarity and the model's appearances in TV shows, together with its rallying history make it popular. Silverstone Auctions said the car was built in June 1982, supplied through Smithfield of Digbeth, Birmingham and first registered on 1 August that year - making it "highly likely" to be the first factory supplied right-hand drive UK car. It is thought to be one of two 'C' chassis cars remaining, the other being in Scotland. Although not the same colour, it is the model used by Det Ch Insp Gene Hunt in the BBC series Ashes to Ashes, spawning his catchphrase "Fire up the Quattro." The car was purchased by its previous owner in 1997, then put in storage for 20 years, according to the auction house. It said it was then bought by the seller in August 2016 and underwent "extensive re-commissioning work". Spokesman Adam Rutter said there had been a lot of interest in the vehicle. "If it was just a regular 1984 Quattro, we would have expected the estimate to be around £25,000 to £30,000," he said. "But this is pre-production and likely to be the first right-hand drive model in the UK."

एक दुर्लभ ऑडी क्वाट्रो प्रोटोटाइप हथौड़े के नीचे जाना है।


Puerto Rico bets on a coffee comeback

Summary: Thousands of rural families in Puerto Rico's rugged central mountains want to rebuild their traditional coffee economy after the devastation of Hurricane Maria. And one year on, they're betting on a dedicated group of millennials to get the job done, writes Tom Laffay.

If they don't succeed, it could mark the end of coffee in Puerto Rico, forcing these last families to leave the island for good. Puerto Rican coffee farmers lost an estimated 85% of their crops, or some 18 million coffee trees valued at $60m (£46m), and many have lost their homes in the wake of hurricanes Irma and María. Not only an iconic part of Puerto Rican identity, coffee has been an economic engine that creates direct and indirect jobs in a US territory where so many young people leave because of a lack of jobs. The coffee farmer "I lost practically the whole farm due to María," says Luis "Nardo" Ramirez. But as soon as it cleared, we went back to work, and I found the workers to do it. The people were without their homes, without their roads, so there was a necessity to work." "Coffee is the best crop we produce, but due to the bad weather people have left it. In Las Indieras there used to be 80 big producers, now there are only five big farms left." The worker On average, 80% of coffee trees were destroyed by Hurricane María. "This is all that María left," says this worker as he loads coffee plants from a nursery subsidised by the government into a truck headed for a local farm. The three generations "There are 21 municipalities in Puerto Rico whose economies are driven by the coffee industry. And if we permit the industry to disappear, this region is going to be even poorer than it already is," says Wilfredo "Junny" Ruiz Feliciano. "It's not all San Juan, it's not all Guaynabo. María affected the people of the central region the most. We need a more aggressive plan to revitalize the industry and the region." Along with Junny's father, they are four generations of coffee farmers, including the youngest whom they hope will carry on their business one day. After Hurricane María their staff was reduced from 20 employees to only four and they went from cultivating 32 hectares to only eight. They call for an aggressive plan sponsored by the government to help farmers get back up and running and believe in the region's people to bring the coffee industry back. The rescue team ConPRometidos is an NGO run by millennials with a mission to create a stable, productive, and self-sufficient Puerto Rico, harnessing the energy, ideas and finances of the island's young diaspora. It began its work about six years ago in tapping into the know-how of young exiles in order to help address some of the problems they had left behind. The hurricanes presented a new challenge but the plight of the coffee farmers caught the group's eye. They are soliciting a $3m grant from the Unidos por Puerto Rico Foundation to fund a five-year, island-wide project that aims to provide much needed relief to the island's coffee sector. The island can produce 240,000 quintales (100lb) of coffee but is only hitting 40,000, says the organisation's 30-year-old co-founder Isabel Rullán, which means it's importing coffee unnecessarily. Increasing production could bring about $65m dollars to the poor mountain regions, she says. "The coffee industry is the backbone of 22 municipalities of the island. That's what they do, they farm coffee. So really, we're talking about improving the quality of life for 2,000 families." The military veteran After thousands of people were driven off the island by the hurricane, there is a movement to stem the flow of labour and encourage people to stay. "I'm part of this rebirth of coffee here because I grew up in the coffee culture," says Krys Rodriguez, a retired Army sergeant major who runs a farm near the Maricao coffee fields where she grew up, called Hacienda Doña Patria. "I was born on a coffee farm and I always wanted to have my own farm because I'm passionate about it. I always wanted my own brand of coffee." She is part of a group trying to educate local people in how to make a success of farming. "I'm convinced that the coffee industry here has a future. But it has to return to the small family [farms], where you, your wife and your kids can harvest and maybe even your neighbour." More on Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria .

प्यूर्टो रिको के ऊबड़-खाबड़ मध्य पहाड़ों में हजारों ग्रामीण परिवार तूफान मारिया की तबाही के बाद अपनी पारंपरिक कॉफी अर्थव्यवस्था का पुनर्निर्माण करना चाहते हैं। और एक साल बाद, वे काम पूरा करने के लिए सहस्राब्दियों के एक समर्पित समूह पर दांव लगा रहे हैं, टॉम लैफे लिखते हैं।


India Covid-19: Deadly second wave spreads from cities to small towns

Summary: India's deadly Covid-19 second wave has devastated big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Pune. Hospitals and crematoriums have run out of space, and funerals are taking place in car parks. But the pandemic has now firmly gripped many smaller cities, towns and villages where the devastation is largely under-reported.

By Vikas Pandey & Shadab NazmiBBC News, Delhi Rajesh Soni spent eight hours taking his father from one hospital to another in a tuk-tuk in Kota district in the northern state of Rajasthan on Tuesday. He couldn't get an ambulance and the rickety vehicle was his only option. At 5pm, he decide to end his search for a hospital bed as his father's condition was deteriorating. He then "left everything to fate" and came home. "I am giving him medicines at home, but I am not sure that he will survive. We have been left to die on the streets," Rajesh said. He says several private hospitals even "conned" him and took money to do tests, only to tell him later to take his father away as there were no beds. "I am not a wealthy person. I spent whatever I had to pay the tuk-tuk driver and to hospitals. Now I am going to borrow some money to get an oxygen cylinder at home." Such stories have become common in Delhi, the worst affected city in India, but similar accounts are now coming in from smaller cities and towns across the country. The BBC looks at what's happening in five different states to see how fast the virus is spreading there. Kota, Rajasthan state The city and surrounding district has reported more than 6,000 cases in the past week, and 264 deaths since the pandemic began - but 35% of those happened in April alone. Up to 7 April, it was taking 72 days for the number of cases to double, but now it's 27 days. All oxygen beds were occupied, and only two out of the district's 329 ICU units were free on 27 April. A senior journalist in the city told the BBC that hospitals were overrun and "this suggests that the actual numbers are much higher". There is an acute shortage of oxygen and drugs like remdesivir and tocilizumab. The district is home to many coaching centres for students from all over the country taking exams to get into prestigious medical and engineering colleges. But the students have left and the district is now in turmoil and largely away from the radar of national and international media. The journalist said the city's hospitals were not ready for what he described as a Covid tsunami. He said there was an urgent need to add "more oxygen and ICU beds before more people start dying on the streets". Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh state The city, also known as Prayagraj, had recorded 54,339 cases up to 20 April, but it has registered a 21% increase since then, adding 11,318 cases in the past week. About 32% of the reported 614 deaths in the city happened in April alone. There is no official data on healthcare facilities in the city, but several people the BBC spoke to said they had been unable to find a bed for their loved ones. Several calls and written questions to the city's chief medical officer about the shortage of beds went unanswered. A senior journalist in the city said the actual death toll was much higher as cremation and burial grounds were functioning day and night. Yogi Adityanath, the state's chief minister, recently said there was no shortage of drugs, hospital beds or oxygen, but experts say the reality on the ground is vastly different. Social media is awash with posts from people from the state pleading for beds, oxygen and drugs like remdesivir. The chief minister has also warned that action will be taken against any private hospital that "falsely reports" an oxygen shortage. An employee of one small private hospital told the BBC that arranging oxygen had become difficult, but he would not complain because he feared retribution. "But I fail to understand why would any hospital falsely report a shortage. It makes no sense," he said. There have also been reports about deaths due to oxygen shortages in the state. Several other districts and villages in Uttar Pradesh are also reporting that hospitals have run out of beds. Ashish Yadav's father is in a critical condition in Kanpur district but he is unable to get him a bed and he doesn't even have access to a doctor. "I have begged and pleaded everywhere, but nobody helped. Nobody is picking the helpline numbers that have been advertised," he told the BBC. Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh state The central Indian district did not have any active cases of Covid-19 on 1 March. But it has added almost 3,000 cases in the past seven days. Kabirdham district hospital has seven ventilators but there are no trained doctors to operate the life-support machines. According to government data, the district hospital should have 49 specialist doctors, but it has only seven. There is also an acute shortage of nurses and lab technicians. Local journalists say that the district is not able to handle really sick patients as it did not prepare to manage the sharp uptick in cases. Several people have died without getting proper treatment in the district. Bhagalpur and Aurangabad Bhagalpur district in the eastern state of Bihar is also badly hit. It has recorded a 26% increase in its caseload since 20 April, and the number of deaths increased by 33% in the same period. Only Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) has ICU beds in the district, and all of its 36 units were occupied on 28 April. More than 270 out of 350 oxygen beds in the hospital were occupied. A senior official from the hospital told the BBC that out of its 220 doctors, 40 had tested positive in the past 10 days and four of them died. This has added to the pressure on the hospital. Aurangabad district in the west of the state is also badly hit. It has recorded more than 5,000 cases since 5 April, and six people died in the same period, according to official data. But senior journalists in the state say the actual numbers are higher as testing is a major problem in smaller towns and cities. Many people become critical and die without ever being able to get tested for Covid-19. Such deaths don't go into official data. Sumitra Devi struggled to get a test done in Aurangabad. She couldn't get an RT-PCR test done for days as her condition continued to worsen. Hospitals refused to admit her without a positive test result. So her family took her to a small private hospital in a nearby district where she tested positive, but the hospital said she was critical and they didn't have facilities to treat her. The family then took her to a big hospital in the state's capital Patna where she was made to wait for several hours. She died in the ambulance. Nainital, Uttarakhand state The tourist district in the Himalayas is struggling to cope with the rising number of cases. At least 131 out of its 142 ICU beds were occupied on 27 April and only 10 out of its 771 oxygen beds were free. It has reported more than 4,000 cases and 82 deaths in the past week. The district is particularly finding it difficult to handle the rise because it also receives patients from remote towns and villages where healthcare facilities are negligible. A local doctor, who did not wish to be identified, said "the situation was dire and he was terrified". "We are in this situation because the government didn't plan to augment facilities in remote areas. I am worried that many people in remote Himalayan areas will die and we will never hear about them. They will never show up in statistics."

भारत की घातक कोविड-19 की दूसरी लहर ने दिल्ली, मुंबई, लखनऊ और पुणे जैसे बड़े शहरों को तबाह कर दिया है। अस्पतालों और श्मशानों में जगह खत्म हो गई है, और कार पार्कों में अंतिम संस्कार हो रहे हैं। लेकिन महामारी ने अब कई छोटे शहरों, कस्बों और गांवों को मजबूती से जकड़ लिया है, जहां बड़े पैमाने पर तबाही कम दर्ज की गई है।


Could wristbands turn festivals into games?

Summary: Wristbands have long been synonymous with music festivals, but what was once a simple, colourful loop of material now increasingly contains contactless technology. This allows music fans to pay for food, drinks or merchandise but festival directors are now taking the technology further, into the realm of "gameification".

By Chris LongBBC News This summer, Cheshire's Bluedot festival is celebrating the innovation behind the first lunar landings 50 years ago. But its organisers are hoping to make their own giant leap, taking contactless technology on its first tentative steps into the creative world. Festival director Ben Robinson says it will allow visitors to check-in at stages, talks and stalls, creating a "mission log" they will be sent after the event, listing what they saw and giving further information. Ultimately, he hopes to turn festivals into immersive gaming sites - something akin to Pokemon Go - where, alongside enjoying the festival site, visitors can unlock exclusive rewards. This might include entry to a restricted area for visiting a number of check-in points or free dishes if enough food is purchased. Acts and artists can investigate creative uses, linking the wristbands to interactive apps and existing technologies, such as augmented reality, to give attendees something beyond the usual festival experience. The technology, which is also used in contactless bank card payments, has been widely adopted at festivals in the US and Europe, but several medium-sized UK events have also now embraced the idea, using it to eliminate cash and cards from their sites. Steve Jenner, managing director of Playpass, which makes the wristbands, said: "Rewards could include bonus credit to be spent in the event, merchandise, access to a restricted area or the right to camp in a premium location the following year." So what do music fans make of the use of the technology? Dan Salter, editor of music magazine website Echoes and Dust, regularly attends festivals and says he broadly supports the idea, providing it does not start to interfere with the whole point of a music festival - the acts on stage. "The danger is that you get analysis that tells you 80% of your audience went to see Band X so you should book loads of bands that sound like Band X," he says. "Much like the Spotify algorithm that serves you a never-ending stream of stuff it thinks you will like, data can stop exposing you to that thrill of hearing something new and different." He also says that, while not using cash at festivals is "an inherently good idea", he has "reservations" about preloading wristbands with funds, because of something called "breakage". "That is where people load money on that they never end up redeeming. Most retailers view this as an excellent stream of effectively free money... but it is scamming the punters who are already paying an on-site premium." Those are not the only concerns levelled at the contactless technology. The well-documented issues at Download in 2015, when a system that required online connectivity failed, have made other festivals cautious about adopting technology and experts also question the security of the system. Mohammad Hammoudeh, an IT expert at Manchester Metropolitan University, says while the wristband itself holds very little information, it links the visitor to their registration data, which raises a number of concerns. "You can read that tag using a standard mobile device... so somebody could duplicate it - and as it's contactless, you only need to be within a certain proximity. "Also, the visitors are potentially being profiled and this is viewed by the security community as an invasion of privacy." Mr Robinson says Bluedot have been "quite surprised" by the concerns raised as they "thought the audience would be slightly more with us". The system they are using provides only "blind data", he says, which means there is "no GPRS [and] no tracking". "It's simply a device that will tell us how many people bought how many beers and at what time and such like [which is] data that a standard EPOS (electronic point of sale) system would track." Mr Jenner says the concerns over data are understandable but unnecessary. "It's worth noting that in the events we have worked with, none have shown an interest in using the data to see how many hot dogs Bill consumed on a Saturday." He says they use "a global encryption standard used by the military... that has only ever been hacked or cloned in a theoretical situation, never in real life" and only use any data collected for "assisting visitors with customer service enquiries". He adds that "under no circumstances would we ever promote, sell or support a breakage model". "This goes completely against our ethos of putting the visitor first and would undermine acceptance of our technology." Mr Robinson says Bluedot's use of contactless technology is not just about innovation, but also futureproofing. "I was at Burning Man (in the US) and there was no cash at that - everyone just swapped things. "It's a really interesting thing to be at a festival and suddenly find that you don't have a pocket full of change and you're not looking at notes. "Perhaps in the future, there won't be any cash, so let's see how that feels." Bluedot takes place between 18 and 21 July.

रिस्टबैंड लंबे समय से संगीत समारोहों का पर्याय रहा है, लेकिन जो कभी सामग्री का एक सरल, रंगीन लूप था, उसमें अब तेजी से संपर्क रहित तकनीक शामिल है। यह संगीत प्रशंसकों को भोजन, पेय या व्यापारिक सामान के लिए भुगतान करने की अनुमति देता है लेकिन उत्सव के निर्देशक अब तकनीक को "खेल" के दायरे में ले जा रहे हैं।


Scotland: Forget Indyref2, what about Indyref3?

Summary: Forget Indyref2, what about Indyref3?

Laura KuenssbergPolitical editor@bbclaurakon Twitter What? Only a couple of days ago, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said that there was no way the UK government would permit another referendum that would give Scottish voters the chance to leave the UK, unless they were prepared to wait a very long time, and by a long time perhaps he meant as long as 40 years. That's because, the passionately fought referendum in 2014 was billed as a "once in a generation" choice. As things stand, the UK government has to give consent for another vote to take place, and you can read about the legal position here. No one seems, however, to have told Sir John Major that's the official position of the Conservative and (remember) Unionist Party. Or perhaps they did, and he merrily ignored them anyway. After all, the former prime minister has on many occasions made it abundantly clear that he believes that Brexit is a mistake of epic proportions, and that he has little time for Boris Johnson's government or style of doing business. Where they do however agree is that Scotland should stay in the UK, and the union is well worth protecting. That's why Sir John's suggestion of holding not one, but two public votes, on Scotland leaving the UK is striking. What Sir John's suggesting is a referendum on whether to ask the hypothetical question. Then a period of working out what Scotland outside the UK would look like before another vote to decide if it's what Scottish voters want in practice - try before you buy, if you like. In the last few weeks, well before Sir John's remarks, there has been whispering in Westminster about the possibility of granting the SNP another referendum on independence if they secure a majority at the critical elections for the Scottish Parliament in May. It was described to me as a "call their bluff" referendum, to push the SNP into another poll quickly, possibly around this time next year. Now first off, that is not because anyone in the government actually wants to have another referendum, or split the UK apart, but there is what one source described to me as a "very high risk" temptation to force a vote on the SNP before they actually want to move - the power of surprise, if you like. And secondly, importantly, while there is anxiety among union circles about conversations where this option has been gamed out, it is rejected in very strong terms by figures who would be involved in making such a high-stakes decisions. "No one credible" is making an argument for such a vote, one senior official said. Another insider describes it as "insane". For the UK's unionist parties, the primary task is to try to hold off an SNP majority in May so the question doesn't arise for real. But given that polls suggest the SNP is likely to be dominant, the reality is what is politely described as a "lot of debate" inside government about what to to do in that circumstance. In political parlance, that means there are a lot of pretty tricky conversations going on with no obvious conclusions, while some describe it less politely than that. And some involved in those contacts describe a rather patchy approach in government - "the Cabinet Office (where Michael Gove has responsibility for this) wants to lean in". But there's a sense that Number 10 would simply rather it all went away - keen not to allow another agonising constitutional question to dominate the early years of their term in charge, far less to allow for the possibility that having taken the UK out of the EU, Boris Johnson then opened the door to the end of the union. While he is no friend of Number 10, nor frankly someone with sway over this government, Sir John's intervention might again stir up the conversations about whether saying no, no, no can really hold.

इंडिरेफ2 को भूल जाइए, इंडिरेफ3 के बारे में क्या?


Call to stop the spread of Himalayan balsam in Dorset

Summary: Communities are being urged to help stop the spread of a plant which is "causing havoc" on Dorset riverbanks.

Dorset Wildlife Trust said Himalayan balsam was causing erosion and destroying the habitats of creatures such as water voles. It grows very quickly and smothers and destroys native plants. The trust is asking people who live near streams and rivers to pull out the plant, which has distinctive pink trumpet-shaped flowers.

समुदायों से एक ऐसे संयंत्र के प्रसार को रोकने में मदद करने का आग्रह किया जा रहा है जो डोरसेट नदी के तटों पर "तबाही मचा रहा है"।


Middlesbrough Central Library: Hugs, sleep and Islam for Dummies

Summary: Libraries are more than buildings with books in. They are free gateways to infinite worlds and providers of help, advice and unexpected acts of kindness. As part of We Are Middlesbrough, the BBC has been finding out how the town's central library cares for its people.

By Francesca WilliamsBBC News Occasionally, when librarian Jennifer O'Donnell was somewhere in Middlesbrough's Central Library, maybe putting books away, she was called back to the lending desk. She was needed for something almost definitely outside her job description. "An old lady used to ask for a hug when she came in to collect her books," she says. "She lived alone and I think she just wanted a little contact." Librarians regularly have stories like this. Middlesbrough has 11 libraries, some prettier than others. But the town's central library is a Victorian treat with a reference section that doesn't look like it's changed since the building opened in 1912. Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie had a soft spot for libraries and donated the £15,000 cost of building it. On a warm afternoon in May the book shelves have a few people browsing the thrillers and romances but every computer is in use. Robert Kaczkowski is sitting reading Islam for Dummies, part of a series of reference books that takes in subjects as diverse as parenting, carpentry and Shakespeare. "My friend is a Muslim and I'm just trying to understand," he says. He likes the central library because it's quiet. "It's quite enclosed, it means you get a bit of privacy," he says. "I don't like those libraries where it's open plan and everyone's watching you." Author Glen James Brown also likes a quiet library. He lives up the road in Chester-le-Street but pushed Middlesbrough on to the fiction bookshelves with his novel Ironopolis, set on a council estate amid the town's industrial decline. Like many authors, he's not sure he would have become a writer had he not spent so much time in his local library as a child. "I loved stories and I loved reading because of libraries," he says "I still remember the thrill of going down there on a Saturday and the smell of the place. "It's an access for anybody, from any walk of life. I mean, books cost money to buy. Not everybody has a lot of money." Brown accepts the importance of creches and community hubs in today's libraries but he mourns that the "books come second". "It's kind of this weird multi-use space now," he says. They are still safe havens, but books "aren't top of the list now", he thinks. But they still provide help, advice and information. The men who call Ms O'Donnell from noisy pubs asking her to settle a bet still get what they need. Some come for other reasons. She once woke up someone "with the imprint of the keyboard still on their face, swearing blind that they were not asleep". The computers are ICT officer David Harrington's area. They are a big part of the library now, sitting rather incongruously in the Victorian building among its old card-filing cabinets and wooden desks. People use them for submitting job applications, honing their CVs, practising their driving test theory, applying for benefits. For some, it's the first time they've gone near a computer and it is a bit of a shock. "As well as being newly unemployed they're also being forced onto a PC," Mr Harrington says. They need help - emotionally as well as practically - and "sometimes you find yourself being a social worker", he says. But computers can only do so much. He quotes author Neil Gaiman: "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers - a librarian can bring you back the right one." Richard Bailey has brought his daughters Isabel and Imogen. They're allowed something like 13 books now, he thinks. Far more than the four it once was. In the end, it comes down to what they can carry. Despite their proliferating computers, libraries are a useful tool against the assault of the internet, he thinks. "It's drilling it into my daughters that you can pick anything," he says. "Get them out of the mindset of head stuck in phone." Central Library knows its audience, too, it seems. Young readers are offered a holiday reading challenge, with rewards and - highly rated by Isabel and Imogen - a magician. Isabel, collecting a stash of books about gymnastics, likes the relative silence, compared to home. "I really like it because it's quiet and peaceful," she says, pointing out peace is not something her little sister will let her have normally. Imogen, sitting nearby, is oblivious, quietly absorbed in her book. This article was created as part of We Are Middlesbrough - a BBC project with the people of the town to tell the stories which matter to them. For more information about We Are Middlesbrough follow #BBCWeAreMiddlesbrough on social media. You can also email us wearemiddlesbrough@bbc.co.uk Get in touch What are you proud of about the town and what are the stories you think we should tell more people about? 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पुस्तकालय किताबों वाली इमारतों से कहीं अधिक हैं। वे अनंत दुनिया के लिए मुक्त प्रवेश द्वार हैं और सहायता, सलाह और दयालुता के अप्रत्याशित कार्यों के प्रदाता हैं। वी आर मिडल्सब्रो के हिस्से के रूप में, बीबीसी यह पता लगा रहा है कि शहर का केंद्रीय पुस्तकालय अपने लोगों की देखभाल कैसे करता है।


Eid al-Adha celebrations around the world

Summary: The Muslim festival Eid al-Adha - which means "feast of the sacrifice" - began on Sunday evening and is marked by special prayers and feasts.

Each year Muslims gather for the occasion that commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son on the command of God. Ibrahim was eventually given a lamb to sacrifice instead. Eid al-Adha usually begins on the last day of the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is the second Islamic festival of the year, and follows Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. Here is a selection of pictures of celebrations from around the world on Monday. .

मुस्लिम त्योहार ईद अल-अधा-जिसका अर्थ है "बलिदान का पर्व"-रविवार शाम को शुरू हुआ और विशेष प्रार्थनाओं और दावतों द्वारा चिह्नित किया जाता है।


Astrotourism skyrockets in Chile

Summary: As dusk falls in the Elqui Valley, a packed minivan rumbles up a winding trail into the hills, high above the gleaming orange lights of Vicuna - a small town at the heart of Chile's recent boom in astrotourism.

By Frederick BernasElqui Valley, Chile After 40 minutes on the dusty road, lined with scrawny bushes, cacti and rocks, the van arrives at Pangue Observatory. Opened in 2008, it is one of about a dozen tourist observatories scattered around Chile's northern regions, which have some of the clearest skies in the world. "I used to go on 'astronomic safaris' with my Canadian friends. We would take a telescope, drive into the valley and observe all night long, so I knew foreign visitors were interested," says Cristian Valenzuela, one of Pangue's two founders. The other is Eric Escalera, a professional astronomer who left his native France six years ago. "Over there, tours are impossible," he says. "It's a disaster with all the clouds and climate problems." Pangue offers stargazing sessions with a $45,000 (£26,750) telescope that range from three hours to a whole night. The largest group size is 15 and programmes are designed for enthusiasts who know more than your average tourist. Across the valley, hundreds of visitors per night flock to the municipal observatory at Cerro Mamalluca, which opened to the public in November 1998 as the first project of its kind. "Back then, it was just an experiment - our first tour had two people," says guide Luis Traslavina, as the observatory's spherical roof slides open to reveal a vast panorama of planets, constellations, galaxies and the occasional shooting star. "I've worked here for 16 years, and there's never been a day when nobody came." Although many newer observatories have sprung up, Mamalluca's popularity is not wavering: Last year, it welcomed more than 45,000 of the region's 150,000 visitors. The telescope was donated by Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a nearby scientific complex that houses the world's largest camera. Every weekend, Tololo's doors open for tourists who marvel at the huge 570-megapixel instrument used to study dark energy and the expansion of the universe. A series of even more ambitious projects is coming to Chile in the next few years. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a camera boasting 3,200 megapixels, will catalogue the entire visible sky and publish images online - allowing anyone with a computer to zoom through space and potentially make discoveries. The Giant Magellan Telescope and the European Extremely Large Telescope will bring more groundbreaking technology and global prestige. And Chile already has the $1-billion ALMA radio telescope, an array of 66 antennae in the Atacama Desert that probes the cosmic origins of life. By 2020, the government estimates it will host 70% of the world's astronomical infrastructure. Gazing at the sky As tourists are sure to continue following the scientists, entrepreneurs have been finding creative ways to capitalize. Elqui Domos is a hotel designed with the stars in mind. Dome-shaped rooms feature removable ceilings that open onto the sky, and observatory cabins with glass roofs are also available. Many more hotels provide telescopes for guests to use, but Alfa Aldea hostel recently built a small amphitheatre in the middle of a vineyard. During nightly tours, wine, snacks and blankets are handed out while a guide talks about space history. Groups then get a chance to see more with telescopes. "It's a family experience - I like that children are encouraged to participate," says Maria Celeste Valenzuela, a teacher from Santiago. "The best thing was looking at the sky, sheltered by your blanket, surrounded by nature and listening to the sound of crickets." But tourism also brings development and the danger of light pollution. The neighbouring beach towns of La Serena and Coquimbo, about an hour away from the Elqui Valley, are growing rapidly; this region's population has swelled to over 700,000, adding more than 200,000 people in the last 20 years. Mining is another boom industry. Anticipating this risk, in 1999 the government issued a decree to regulate light emissions across northern Chile. Provisions include power limits for public lighting and that street lamps are shielded to face away from the sky. Last year, new rules were added to cover neon signs, billboards and LED or plasma screens, along with stricter guidelines for sport and recreational facilities. Chile is also working with a group of astronomers in lobbying UNESCO to add major astronomy sites to its World Heritage List. The aim is to establish a link between science and culture - the S and C in UNESCO - to preserve locations connected with studying the history of mankind. Several "Windows to the Universe", including the Coquimbo region, have been identified, along with four categories of astronomical heritage. "When I first arrived in La Serena, in 1969, I could see the Milky Way from the town square," says Malcolm Smith, an astronomer involved in the UNESCO initiative. Today it is no longer visible. "Protecting the future is awfully hard, and they have changed a lot," Mr Smith continues, "but there is still more to do. Chile has to make these decisions for itself".

जैसे ही एलक्वी घाटी में शाम होती है, एक खचाखच भरा मिनीवैन पहाड़ियों में एक घुमावदार मार्ग पर चढ़ता है, जो विकुना की चमकती नारंगी रोशनी से ऊपर है-चिली के खगोलीय पर्यटन में हाल ही में उछाल के केंद्र में एक छोटा सा शहर है।


Record number of endangered turtles hatch in Mexico

Summary: Record numbers of an endangered species of turtle have hatched on a beach in northern Mexico, believed to be the result of reduced human activity during the coronavirus pandemic.

The indigenous Seri community in Sonora state said it released more than 2,250 baby olive ridley sea turtles into the Gulf of California. The community usually releases about 500 of the small creatures every year. Fishing and tourism limits mean their beach nests have not been as disturbed. The olive ridley sea turtle, which is under threat globally, lays its eggs on the beaches of a number of Mexican states between May and September. The species is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. Mexico banned the capture of sea turtles in 1990, and there are stiff penalties for anyone caught hunting them.

उत्तरी मैक्सिको के एक समुद्र तट पर कछुए की एक लुप्तप्राय प्रजाति की रिकॉर्ड संख्या सामने आई है, जिसे कोरोनावायरस महामारी के दौरान मानव गतिविधि में कमी का परिणाम माना जाता है।


Is Corby the most Scottish place in England?

Summary: Corby has been dubbed "little Scotland" ever since scores of Scots migrated south to work in the steelworks in the 1930s. On Sunday, the town's annual Highland Gathering will host their own mock independence referendum. But how Scottish is Corby?

By Vanessa BarfordBBC News If you search Wikipedia for Scotland's southernmost settlement it comes up with Cairngaan in Wigtownshire. But the title has, at least in terms of repute, long belonged to the Northamptonshire town of Corby, more than 200 miles south of the Scottish border, in the heart of England. The rather unlikely association between this English town and Scotland began when Glasgow-based Stewarts & Lloyds constructed one of the UK's largest steelworks in Corby in the 1930s. Britons from all over the UK migrated to Corby in the steel rush, but a downturn in the Clyde Valley's steel industry led to a stampede of Scots. And they kept coming. By 1961, a third of Corby's population had been born in Scotland, according to the Census. With them came their Scottish traditions, dialect and culture. And also Highland dancing and bagpipes. And a love of haggis and Irn-Bru. It wasn't long before Corby was dubbed "little Scotland". But 35 years after steel manufacturing in Corby ceased, how Scottish is "little Scotland" today? About 12.7%, if 2011 Census figures are a good measure. It found that 7,765 of the town's population of 61,255 were born in Scotland. However, when it came to how the population described its national identity, 5,585 people in Corby said "Scottish only". By comparison, 33,018 people described themselves as "English only" and 10,299 people said they were "British only". But the census doesn't necessarily tally with local perceptions. Steve Ireland, 64, who used to work in a whisky factory and the RAF in Scotland, but is English and now lives in Corby, maintains the town is very much still a "mini-Scotland". "There's a huge number of Scots in Corby - first, second and third-generation Scots. And you can get anything here that the Scottish get - Irn-Bru, Scotch pies, square sausage. All you have to do is speak to people to realise most people have a link to Scotland," he says. Steve Noble, whose parents moved down from Glasgow in 1970 to work on the steelworks when he was 10 and is the landlord of the White Hart pub, agrees many families in Corby still feel Scottish. "I'm Scottish and my wife is from Aberdeen. My children were brought up with Scottish habits, my daughter used to highland dance. That's the template of the town - most families are like that. The Scottishness is diluted, but you identify with your roots," he says. Stroll around the town, and it doesn't stand out as particularly Scottish. There are chain stores and pound shops. Supermarkets and pubs. Cafes, chippies and a McDonald's. That could be anywhere in Scotland. But it could also be anywhere in England or Wales or Northern Ireland. But dig a little deeper, and there are signs of Scottishness. The most striking is the Corby accent, or mixture of accents. Some sound Glaswegian. Others seem to have a slight Scottish twang. And there are those that speak with a broad Scottish accent. Then there's the food and drink. Buckfast, Tennent's and Special Brew are all on sale in corner shops. Scotch pies sit on supermarket shelves. Almost every shop sells Irn-Bru (Asda says Corby consumes more of the fizzy drink than anywhere else outside Scotland). Bradbury's butchers sells everything from haggis and black pudding to Scottish beef links (sausages) and Aberdeen butteries (very buttery rolls with flaky pastry). "About 80% of everything we sell has a Scottish-based origin. We make our own traditional Scottish black pudding and haggis, fruit puddings, mealy puddings [white pudding] and Scottish potted hock [a kind of set pork dish]," says owner Gavin Bradbury, who was born in Corby but had Scottish grandparents. "A lot of the things that are north of the border are very popular with 90% of my customers - everybody in Corby has a real connection to Scotland due to the town's great sense of Scottish community," he says. Up the road, Caroline Murray, manager of the new Corby cafe, says she sells 70% more Scottish breakfasts - which include a square sausage, tattie scone and black pudding - than English breakfasts. "About 90% of my customers are Scottish. They love the mega big breakfast," she says. Most of the clientele at the Corby Candle pub next door are also Scottish, or Scottish descendants, according to 24-year-old Paul Fyfe, who works behind the bar. Some of the customers are in Celtic football shirts. Scottish ham and lentil soup is the soup of the day. What do people in Corby think about not having a vote in the referendum? Ian Brown, born in Corby, Scottish parents: "I think the vote should be bigger than it is. There are lots of English, Irish and Welsh that work a lot in Scotland who it will impact who should get a say." Robert Smith, 55, born in Glasgow, lives in Corby: "I feel sick that I can't have a vote. I love Corby, it's given me a job, a home. But I was born in Scotland. I want to go back there when I retire." Michael Walker, 29, born in Corby: "I'm from a Scottish family. I was brought up in Corby but I often work in Scotland. I don't think people that have lived in England all their lives have a right to vote, but I'm not sure how it would affect my work if Scotland votes for independence." James Lewis, 50, born in Scotland, brought up in Corby: "I don't think anyone that has been out of Scotland for a while, X amount of years, should have the vote - because how can we vote on somebody else's future when we are not part of that country?" "The pub doesn't do Sunday roasts. Everything in Corby revolves around the Scottish. The chip shop up the road will batter absolutely anything - Snickers, Mars Bars, pizzas, Creme Eggs, Chewits," he says. The town has more explicit Scottish ties. The Corby Trades and Labour Club, with Younger's Tartan Special on draught and old photos of Glasgow on the walls, is one such Caledonian encampment. The tartan-carpeted, saltire-saturated Grampian Club is another. The latter organises big celebrations for Burns Night, Hogmanay and St Andrew's Night and boasts its own pipe band. The town also has six highland dancing schools, according to Mark Pengelly, the Englishman who is organising the town's Highland Gathering and mock referendum on Sunday. "That's more than many Scottish towns with the same population as Corby," he says. Another sign of Corby's Scottishness is the number of Celtic and Rangers football supporters. "We've got second and third generation Scots walking around in Celtic and Rangers tops. More people probably go to watch them than watch the Corby Town football club," he says. Corbei: A pre-Scottish history Source: www.corby.gov.uk Corby's Scottish culture makes the town feel very different from neighbouring towns such as Kettering or Northampton, he adds. And yet Pengelly concedes Corby is changing. Asda used to have an entire aisle of Scottish food, but today the tinned haggis and Tunnocks' tea cakes share their display with Indian, Mexican and Polish products in the World Food Section. It's the same story in the new Tesco. The town, which in 2011 had 2,227 residents who were born in Poland - 3.6% of the population - also has a sizable Polish shop. Ian Brown, who was born in Corby after his parents moved there from Peterhead in 1961 for the building trade, believes the town is already a "mini city". "There are lots of multicultural roots in Corby. Welsh. Irish. People from former Yugoslavia came after the war. Now there are Polish, Portuguese. It's a massive multicultural population in Corby, it's not Scottish," he says. However, Pengelly isn't concerned that Corby's Scottish culture could become so diluted that it disappears. "There aren't many towns where you can go in to all the cafes, pubs and clubs and ask for an Irn-Bru, or ask for Scottish pies and haggis in your fish and chips, and hopefully that will continue forever," he says. Perhaps he should take some comfort from the experience of David Laird, who opened a new cafe called Picnic Lounge in Corby two months ago. "We started with unusual drinks - Duff beer, glass bottle drinks, flavoured crisps. But ultimately people from Corby want things like Irn-Bru, so we started stocking it and changed interesting crisp flavours back to salt and vinegar. And yes, Irn-Bru is one of our best sellers," he laughs. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

कॉर्बी को "लिटिल स्कॉटलैंड" कहा जाता है जब से 1930 के दशक में कई स्कॉट्स स्टीलवर्क्स में काम करने के लिए दक्षिण की ओर चले गए थे। रविवार को, शहर का वार्षिक हाईलैंड गैदरिंग अपने स्वयं के नकली स्वतंत्रता जनमत संग्रह की मेजबानी करेगा। लेकिन कॉर्बी स्कॉटिश कैसे है?


Boy's hearing aids torn out in Walsall attack

Summary: Bullies tore a 10-year-old's hearing aids out before stamping on them in a "hateful" attack, police said.

The boy was chased and pushed over by a group of six older boys, who tore the devices from the boy's ears and destroying them, police said. West Midlands Police appealed for information on the "unprovoked" assault on "a defenceless young boy". It happened between 18:15 and 19:00 BST on 28 September, on Lister Road, Beechdale, Walsall. Sgt Adam Hicklin said the boy was left "very frightened and shaken" and his hearing aids would cost several thousand pounds to replace.

पुलिस ने कहा कि बदमाशी करने वालों ने एक "घृणित" हमले में 10 वर्षीय बच्चे पर मुहर लगाने से पहले उसके श्रवण यंत्र को फाड़ दिया।


Columba the Donegal loggerhead turtle has died

Summary: A loggerhead turtle that washed up on a County Donegal beach and was being looked after at an aquarium in Portaferry, County Down, has died.

Staff at the Exploris aquarium said that despite their attempts to save it, the turtle, which had hypothermia, died during the night. It landed on Irish shores after being blown off course from the Gulf Stream into the colder North Atlantic. Aquarium staff named it Columba. Tanya Singleton, who works at Exploris said they knew it would be a battle to save the turtle. Staff tried to raise its core temperature, and treated it with antibiotics. "He was still spending long, long periods being very inactive and very lethargic so we were quite concerned that there were underlying problems there that we just didn't know about." Colulmba will now be taken for a post-mortem to discover what caused his death.

एक लॉगरहेड कछुआ जो काउंटी डोनेगल समुद्र तट पर बह गया था और जिसकी देखभाल पोर्टाफेरी, काउंटी डाउन में एक मछलीघर में की जा रही थी, की मृत्यु हो गई है।


Foo Fighters gig iPhone theft leads to stolen mobile haul

Summary: An iPhone stolen at a Foo Fighters gig led to the discovery of more than 30 missing mobiles after police used a tracker app to locate it.

The device was stolen during the band's concert at Sunderland's Stadium of Light on 25 May. Northumbria Police found the phones at a house in Whitley Bay hours later after using a GPS locator app to find it. A 25-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of theft. Det Insp Dave Swinburn said the force advised concert goers to be "extra vigilant" and recommended smartphone owners install tracking software on their devices.

पुलिस द्वारा एक ट्रैकर ऐप का उपयोग करने के बाद फू फाइटर के कार्यक्रम में चोरी हुए एक आईफोन से 30 से अधिक लापता मोबाइलों का पता चला।


Aberdeen City of Culture 2017 team answer questions in London

Summary: The team behind Aberdeen's bid to be UK City of Culture in 2017 has been in London to answer follow-up questions about the city's application.

Aberdeen has applied to become the next city of culture, alongside 10 other towns and cities. The agency running the Department for Culture, Media and Sport competition has been seeking extra details from all the applicants. A spokesman for Aberdeen 2017 said they had given a good account of themselves. Comedian Billy Connolly is among those who have already backed Aberdeen, alongside singer Emeli Sande, percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and author Stuart MacBride. Dundee is the other Scottish city in the running.

2017 में यूके सिटी ऑफ कल्चर बनने के लिए एबरडीन की बोली के पीछे की टीम शहर के आवेदन के बारे में अनुवर्ती प्रश्नों का उत्तर देने के लिए लंदन में रही है।