German genocide vote inflames tensions with Turkey

Summary: A few metres from Berlin's Brandenburg gate, a huge red Turkish flag obscures the summer sky. There are several thousand protesters. There is music, shouting. An old man grins, front teeth missing, and waves a placard: "Germany's Turks reject the accusation of genocide!"

By Jenny HillBBC Berlin correspondent But Germany's MPs do not. The "genocide" in question happened more than 100 years ago in a corner of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Its forces rounded up the Armenian Christians living in Eastern Anatolia and either killed them or drove them into the desert and left them for dead. Armenia says 1.5 million people died. To this day, the Turkish government disputes that figure and denies an organised programme of ethnic cleansing. But, to Ankara's fury, Germany has joined a list of more than 20 countries which, in effect, officially disagree. Last week, the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, voted through a resolution that declared the killings an act of genocide. German MPs recognise Armenian 'genocide' amid Turkish fury Death threats amid Germany-Turkey 'genocide' row It has outraged some here - bear in mind Germany is home to almost three million people of Turkish descent. Eleven of the MPs who voted for the motion have Turkish origin. Already, a group of Turkish lawyers has reportedly filed a complaint accusing them of "insulting Turkishness and the Turkish state". It has also ignited an extraordinary diplomatic row. Following the vote, Turkey immediately recalled its ambassador to Germany (not so unusual: it recalled diplomats from both France and Austria under similar circumstances). But it's the Turkish president, Reycep Erdogan, who has dominated German headlines. Those MPs of Turkish descent? They should, he said, be given blood tests to "see what kind of Turks they are". He has accused them of being terrorists and of having tainted blood. At least one of those politicians has received death threats - Cem Ozdemir, the co-chairman of Germany's green party, is now under police protection. The German parliament is horrified; its speaker, Norbert Lammert, declared that an attack on an individual MP was an attack on the whole institution. And the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, has written formally to Ankara, condemning Mr Erdogan's comments as "absolutely taboo". Merkel under fire The timing, for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, looks terrible. She championed the EU's deal with Turkey (the EU has offered 6bn euros in return for Ankara holding back asylum seekers) and needs it to hold if she is to keep her promise of reducing migrant numbers (the "closure" of the Balkan route may not be enough). Just before the Bundestag vote, Mr Erdogan warned her that, if her MPs voted for the resolution, there would be consequences. No wonder, perhaps, she absented herself from the vote. But she hasn't held back from responding to Mr Erdogan's comments now, describing them as "inexplicable". Mrs Merkel is still smarting from her decision to allow the prosecution of a German comedian who insulted President Erdogan. There was widespread outrage here at her decision to take action against Jan Boehmermann apparently at the behest of the Turkish leader. It was perceived in Germany as not just an attack on press freedom but as capitulation to Turkey in order to keep the migrants deal on track. Many Germans are uncomfortable doing diplomatic business with Turkey full stop. Not for the first time since the beginning of the refugee crisis, Mrs Merkel's popularity wobbled. The question now? How damaging will this row be to long-term relations and the EU deal itself? It's hard to say. The language is fiery and Mr Schulz's intervention significant. As one German broadcaster remarked, "the visa liberalisation for Turkey moves far into the distant future". But here's what the new Turkish Prime Minister, Binaldi Yildirim, is reported to have said: "Germany and Turkey are very important allies. "Turkey will find an appropriate response to the resolution. "But it will not risk or jeopardise the close relationship." After all, commentators point out, Germany is Turkey's most important trading partner. Last year, Turkey exported goods worth 14.4bn euros to Germany, which is also, incidentally, the biggest foreign investor in the country. Mrs Merkel may need Turkey's cooperation in the migrant crisis. But Turkey benefits from the deal too. There is a sense here in Berlin that the parliamentary resolution catalysed an unfortunate yet predictable row that is largely about sabre-rattling. It is shocking stuff nonetheless. And it is a painful reminder of Germany's past and its present. The Bundestag resolution also acknowledged that this country - at the time an ally of the Ottoman Empire - did nothing to stop the genocide. And, after the war, some of those who directed the killings may have been granted asylum in Germany. At least two men - who were later assassinated on German soil by Armenian hit-men - are buried here. A mosque - called the martyrs' mosque - now stands over the site of the old cemetery. So don't expect the ire from Ankara - or the indignation from Berlin - or the protests from some German Turks to die down quickly. The Bundestag vote was supposed to be about confronting the past, acknowledging guilt and laying ghosts to rest. Instead, their voices howl, louder than ever, through Europe. Armenian genocide dispute: Find out more about what happened Armenian tragedy still raw in Turkey

बर्लिन के ब्रांडेनबर्ग गेट से कुछ मीटर की दूरी पर, तुर्की का एक विशाल लाल झंडा गर्मियों के आसमान को ढक देता है। वहाँ कई हज़ार प्रदर्शनकारी हैं। वहाँ संगीत बज रहा है, चिल्ला रहे हैं। एक बूढ़ा आदमी मुस्कुराता है, सामने के दांत गायब हैं, और एक तख्ती लहराता हैः "जर्मनी के तुर्क नरसंहार के आरोप को अस्वीकार करते हैं!"


Cornwall Council backs a sky lantern ban

Summary: Cornwall Council has supported a proposal to ban sky lanterns from being released.

Members backed a motion put forward by Mevagissey councillor James Mustoe against the small wire and paper balloons. Countryside campaigners say the items present a fire risk and are a danger to wildlife and livestock, as well as being mistaken for distress flares. Plymouth City Council has also banned the practice.

कॉर्नवॉल परिषद ने आकाश लालटेन को जारी करने पर प्रतिबंध लगाने के प्रस्ताव का समर्थन किया है।


Edward Small in court on Bradford murder charge

Summary: A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 73-year-old woman.

Edward Small, 75, of Raymond Drive, Bradford was charged with the murder of Sheila Small said West Yorkshire police. She was found dead at a house on Raymond Drive in the early hours of Tuesday morning, said the force. Mr Small appeared at Bradford Crown Court and was remanded in custody for trial on 20 May.

73 वर्षीय महिला की हत्या के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


John Bercow Commons Clerk row: What is going on?

Summary: The top official at the House of Commons is paid more than the prime minister - but until now they have been selected without an open recruitment process. Why is the first outside candidate - and the first women proposed to take on the role - causing such a massive row?

By Kristiina CooperPolitical reporter, BBC News Carol Mills, a senior official from the Australian Senate is being lined up for the £200,000-a-year role as Commons Clerk. But some MPs are worried that she might not be up to the job. Why has this blown up now? It is all about the retirement of the current Commons Clerk, Sir Robert Rogers, who steps down at the end of August. A respected and popular figure - with a much-admired beard - the House of Commons is in his DNA. He started working at the Palace of Westminster in 1972, becoming clerk in 2011. Educated at Oxford, where he studied Old Norse, mediaeval Welsh and Anglo-Saxon, he is joint author of the standard textbook, How Parliament Works. It is thought that he stepped down because of "clashes" with the Speaker John Bercow. What does the House of Commons Clerk do exactly? The job, which dates back to 1363, is to advise MPs on constitutional matters and Parliamentary procedure. The clerk is, in effect, the "village elder" with a bank of knowledge and personal memories about how to tackle problems. A big chunk of the clerk's day is spent sitting in the Commons chamber giving advice to the Speaker. He or she is also Commons chief executive. It is a big operation, overseeing around 2,000 staff and the services provided to MPs. There's a big pay packet to match - £200,000 a year, more than the prime minister gets. How was Carol Mills chosen? This is the first time the post has been thrown open to candidates from outside Parliament. A cross-party panel of senior MPs, chaired by Speaker John Bercow interviewed eight candidates, who responded to an advertisement. The only non-politician on the panel was the Parliamentary Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor. Carol Mills has not officially got the job yet. Under Parliament's arcane traditions, the clerk is a royal appointment. So the panel makes a "recommendation" to the prime minister, who in turn passes the chosen name on to the Queen. Who is Carol Mills? She works for the Australian Senate in the Department of Parliamentary Services, which oversees buildings, catering and staff. When she started that job in 2012 she vowed to get to the bottom of bullying claims in the department, saying: "There has to be an overarching culture of respect." In an interview with the Canberra Times she said: "To be a good boss you have to be a good communicator, good listener and not afraid to make decisions where necessary." Who has a problem with Carol Mills and why? There has been a steady trickle of politicians criticising the panel's choice, such as former Commons leaders Jack Straw, Margaret Beckett and the Conservative chairman of the Public Administration Committee, Bernard Jenkin. They say that while she may be a good administrator she does not have the necessary experience to advise MPs on parliamentary matters. Former Commons Speaker Baroness Boothroyd predicted she would be "totally out of her depth". They also point to a controversy she is facing in Australia over the use of security cameras to monitor a senator. But the row could also be a way of getting at John Bercow. His enemies say that after the powerful figure of Sir Robert Rogers, he would like someone a bit more compliant. In defence of the Speaker, he has worked hard to modernise the Commons and wants to bring in people with experience of running large institutions. With a multi-million pound refurbishment of the crumbling Palace of Westminster on the horizon, intimate knowledge of procedure may not be the most important qualification for the role. What can the objectors actually do about it? There do not seem to be any formal levers to overturn the recruitment process. What critics can do though is apply a lot of political pressure. Bernard Jenkin has said he wants Carol Mills to face a confirmation hearing in front of his committee before the appointment goes ahead. She is under no legal obligation to agree, although refusing would not get her relationship with MPs off to a good start. John Bercow has now mooted the idea of creating two jobs - Commons Clerk and chief executive. But that will not happen overnight and Sir Robert Rogers has warned it is the "wrong answer". There is another way the situation may be resolved though. Carol Mills might decide that it just is not worth the hassle. What happens next? John Bercow has announced a "modest pause" in the recruitment process while MPs' grievances are looked at. While this goes on, existing Commons staff will carry out the clerk's duties. The prime minister has said the next clerk will need support from MPs across the House to do the job successfully. So it looks as if he is waiting to see if there is a real head of steam or if it is just a vocal few banging on about Carol Mills. The BBC understands the cross-party House of Commons Commission - which includes the Leader of the House, William Hague, amongst its members - will discuss whether to create two top jobs when it meets on 8 September. A Conservative MP, Jesse Norman, has tableed a motion, calling for a pre-appointment hearing. The Public Administration Select Committee will decide whether to ask her to appear before them. So for the time being, David Cameron will not be asking the Queen to give her stamp of approval. Still not sure whether to care? If you value your elected representatives and want them to use their powers to best effect then you might care if they are not getting good advice. After all, a crucial role of our MPs is to stand up to a powerful government. If, though, you're worried about the cost of politics, plans to create two senior jobs - with substantial salaries attached - might just get you going. Another way of looking at the row, is to see it as a battle between traditionalists who like the Commons just the way it is and those, principally John Bercow, who are determined to bring in changes.

हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स में शीर्ष अधिकारी को प्रधान मंत्री की तुलना में अधिक भुगतान किया जाता है-लेकिन अब तक उन्हें खुली भर्ती प्रक्रिया के बिना चुना गया है। पहले बाहरी उम्मीदवार-और पहली महिलाओं को भूमिका निभाने का प्रस्ताव-इतना बड़ा विवाद क्यों पैदा कर रहा है?


'Hope' for the paralysed?

Summary: Seven years ago I stood on a bridge over the M40 doing a "piece to camera" for a report about spinal repair. The aim was to come up with a metaphor for how researchers at University College London were trying to overcome spinal cord paralysis.

Fergus WalshMedical correspondent It went something like this: "Imagine your spinal cord as a motorway, the cars travelling up and down are the nerve fibres carrying messages from your brain to all parts of the body. If this gets damaged the cars can't travel. The messages are blocked, the patient is paralysed. "Normally there is no way of repairing a severed spinal cord. But the team at UCL took nasal stem cells, and implanted them into the area of damage. These formed a bridge, along which the nerve fibres re-grew and re-connected." The research at the Spinal Repair Unit at UCL involved rats, not humans. In my TV report we showed rats unable to climb a metal ladder after one of their front paws had been paralysed to mimic a spinal cord injury. But after an injection of stem cells, the rats were able to move nearly as well as uninjured animals. "Difficult and complex" The hope then - and now - is that such animal experiments will translate into similar breakthroughs with patients. Seven years on and the team at UCL led by Professor Geoff Raisman are still working on translating this into a proven therapy for patients. He told me "This is difficult and complex work and we want to ensure we get things right." So it was with a sense of caution that I approached some Swiss research in the latest edition of the journal Science in which paralysed rats were able to walk again after a combination of electrical-chemical stimulation and rehabilitation training. The research prompted some newspaper reports talking of "new hope" for paralysed patients. The lead researcher, Professor Gregoire Courtine enthused: "This is the World-Cup of neurorehabilitation. Our rats have become athletes when just weeks before they were completely paralysed." My colleague James Gallagher has reported on the research and you can read his copy here. A brief summary of the research is this: the team at the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne injected chemicals into the paralysed rats aimed at stimulating neurons that control lower body movement. Shortly after the injection their spinal cords were stimulated with electrodes. The rats were placed in a harness on a treadmill which gave them the impression of having a working spinal column and they were encouraged to walk towards the end of a platform where a chocolate reward was waiting. Over time the animals learned to walk and even run again. Prof Courtine, who holds the International Paraplegic Foundation Chair in Spinal Cord Repair at EPFL said: "After a couple of weeks of neurorehabilitation with a combination of a robotic harness and electrical-chemical stimulation, our rats are not only voluntarily initiating a walking gait, but they are soon sprinting, climbing up stairs and avoiding obstacles when stimulated." The major question is this: What does this mean for humans who are paralysed? "Ground-breaking" Prof Courtine said he was optimistic patient trials would begin in "a year or two" at Balgrist University Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Centre in Zurich. Other scientists gave a mixed response to the findings. Dr Elizabeth Bradbury, Medical Research Council Senior Fellow, King's College London, described the Swiss experiments as "elegant" and "ground-breaking". But she said questions remained before its usefulness in humans could be determined. She said: "Firstly, will this approach work in contusion/compression type injuries? These injuries involve blunt trauma, bruising and compression of the spinal cord and are the most common form of human spinal cord injury. Very few human spinal cord injuries occur as a result of a direct cut through spinal tissue (as was the injury model in the Courtine study). "Secondly, will this technique work in chronic (long-term) spinal injuries? It is not yet known whether it is possible to generate extensive neuroplasticity in a system that has been injured for a long time and now contains many more complications such as abundant scar tissue, large holes in the spinal cord and where many spinal nerve cells and long range nerve fibres have died or degenerated." That term "neuroplasticity" is crucial. It refers to the ability of the brain and spinal cord to adapt and recover from moderate injury - something which researchers have been trying to exploits for years. Prof Raisman of UCL said few people, even doctors, were aware that around half of all patients who become paralysed will walk again no matter what treatment they have. He questioned whether the improvements in the paralysed rats might in part be due to spontaneous recovery - neuroplasticity - rather than the combination of interventions. Prof Raisman is now conducting trials with paralysed patients in Poland, who are all at least 18 months post-injury which removes any doubt that spontaneous repair may be the cause of any improvement. False hope Other scientists are scathing about efforts to repair the spinal cord. Dr Jan Gawronski, consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, said the Courtine study was "yet another example of research that would lead nowhere". He said scientists had been doing rat studies on neuroregeneration for decades and "not one had led to a breakthrough for patients." He pointed me to a recent article in the journal Spinal Cord, by neurologist Dr L S Illis in which he states: "There is not a single example of experimental work translating into a therapeutic effect. ...It would be difficult to find any other branch of science with over a century of such sterile endeavour." Supporters of this field of research would counter with the case of Rob Summers, a paralysed American patient who is now able to stand with electrical stimulation of his spinal cord. We reported on his case last year, which appeared in the Lancet journal. He could walk on a treadmill while being supported. But doctors warned that the research was still very much at the early experimental stages. There are research teams worldwide trying to find ways of curing spinal cord injuries. But until there are successful trials involving several patients, scientists and journalists need to be careful about giving false hope to patients living with paralysis. If you want to see a video release of the Swiss research then you should click on the box below. I should warn you that it shows experiments with rats in a harness walking on a platform while their spinal cord is being stimulated.

सात साल पहले मैं रीढ़ की हड्डी की मरम्मत के बारे में एक रिपोर्ट के लिए एम40 के ऊपर एक पुल पर "पीस टू कैमरा" कर रहा था। इसका उद्देश्य एक रूपक के साथ आना था कि कैसे यूनिवर्सिटी कॉलेज लंदन के शोधकर्ता रीढ़ की हड्डी के पक्षाघात से उबरने की कोशिश कर रहे थे।


Pembrokeshire beach sewage reports confirmed as common algae

Summary: Residents and visitors have been reassured that Pembrokeshire beaches are clean following reports of sewage in the water.

Natural Resources Wales investigated the sightings and confirmed it is a naturally occurring algae. The algae, called Phaeocystis and Chaetocerus, is often mistaken for pollution because of its oily appearance and seaweed like smell. It thrives in warm weather and further reports are expected. Beaches where the algae has been confirmed include Barafundle, Cwm-yr-Eglwys, Freshwater East, Lydstep, Newgale, and Tenby.

निवासियों और आगंतुकों को आश्वस्त किया गया है कि पानी में सीवेज की रिपोर्ट के बाद पेम्ब्रोकेशायर समुद्र तट साफ हैं।


Heartbleed Bug: How to memorise a new password

Summary: Computer users across the globe are being strongly urged to change all their online passwords because of the Heartbleed Bug. Memory expert Tony Buzan gives tips on how to remember new ones, which should be a long jumble of randomly generated letters and numbers.

Magazine MonitorA collection of cultural artefacts Changing passwords is something many people avoid at all costs, because they fear they will forget the new password. However, you can make something memorable by simply using the power of association and location. In order to remember a string of online passwords, all you have to do is associate each individual letter and number with a known or fixed item, calling on your imagination throughout. The more you stimulate and use your imagination, the more connections you will be able to make, and the more you will be able to memorise. When you find that you have to remember a random formation of letters and numbers, devise your own memory image words for each number and letter. Say for example, I need to remember this random mix of numbers and letters: B5g3ars91fPpq1m2bn4d8Vc3. Start with a key image word that starts with the sound of each letter, and make sure the word is easy to imagine and easy to draw. For example, B = Banana. If you can think of several possibilities for a letter, use the one that comes first in the dictionary. A similar rule is applied to remembering numbers - you devise key memory images for words that rhyme with the sound of the words for the numbers. For example, the key rhyming memory image word that most people use for the number five is "hive" and the images conjured up for it range from one enormous hive, from which emanates a sky-covering swarm of monster bees, to a microscopic hive, with only one tiny bee. To remember a random string of passwords you need to "translate" each number and letter of the password you have to remember into an image whether it be in a form of a letter or story, devised from a basic code. Use the letters and numbers you have transcribed and make up catchy words and phrases that link you back to both the number and the letter. Follow @BBCNewsMagazine on Twitter and on Facebook

हार्टब्लिड बग के कारण दुनिया भर के कंप्यूटर उपयोगकर्ताओं से अपने सभी ऑनलाइन पासवर्ड बदलने का पुरजोर आग्रह किया जा रहा है। स्मृति विशेषज्ञ टोनी बुज़ान नए पासवर्ड को याद रखने के बारे में सुझाव देते हैं, जो यादृच्छिक रूप से उत्पन्न अक्षरों और संख्याओं की एक लंबी गड़बड़ी होनी चाहिए।


WWI Weeping Window poppies to be unveiled in Cardiff

Summary: A sculpture made up of thousands of ceramic red poppies to mark the centenary of World War One is set to be unveiled in Cardiff.

The Weeping Window first went on display at the Tower of London in 2014 and has since been on a tour of the country. It has been erected outside the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. The assembly building is also hosting an exhibition telling the story of Welsh women affected by war. Visitors will be able to view the poppies sculpture from all sides, including through the floor-to-ceiling windows inside the Senedd. It will be officially opened on Tuesday. The sculpture first went on show in Wales at Caernarfon Castle in October last year.

प्रथम विश्व युद्ध की शताब्दी को चिह्नित करने के लिए हजारों चीनी मिट्टी के लाल खसखस से बनी एक मूर्ति का कार्डिफ में अनावरण किया जाना तय है।


Mistreated shih-tzu 'didn't even look like dog'

Summary: A neglected shih-tzu was found with such an overgrown coat that she was almost unrecognisable as a dog, the RSPCA has said.

Named Rosie by staff caring for her, the dog was handed into a veterinary practice, having been found as an apparent stray in Chesham Road, Bury. The dog, thought to be aged between three and six, had no microchip and no collar or ID tag. RSPCA inspector Lorna Campbell said the charity had launched an investigation. She said: "The coat was so bad that the only option we had was to shave it all off. "Once we'd removed the fur, it revealed a number of sores and wounds to her skin. "I'd like to hear from anyone who might recognise her or know where she has come from to get in touch by calling our appeal line on 0300 123 8018."

आर. एस. पी. सी. ए. ने कहा है कि एक उपेक्षित शिह-त्ज़ु इतने बढ़े हुए कोट के साथ पाया गया था कि वह एक कुत्ते के रूप में लगभग अपरिचित थी।


Man jailed for sex offender attack in Fraserburgh

Summary: A man found guilty of the attempted murder of a sex offender in Fraserburgh has been jailed for eight years.

Gary Martin attacked George Taylor, who had raped a 14-year-old girl the day before. A jury found him guilty by a majority of the stabbing, which happened in June last year. Martin had told Taylor: "You know what you are. You know what you done." He was jailed at the High Court in Glasgow. Related Internet Links Scottish Courts

फ्रेजरबर्ग में एक यौन अपराधी की हत्या के प्रयास के दोषी पाए गए एक व्यक्ति को आठ साल की जेल हुई है।


Who can child abuse victims turn to if they are not believed?

Summary: A report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham has highlighted examples of victims not being taken seriously by police and the council's child protection service. Although the abuse that took place between 1997 and 2013 may have been identified and investigated on occasions, its seriousness is said to have often been "underplayed" or even "disbelieved".

Some of the more than 1,400 victims of abuse by gangs of men of predominantly of Pakistani origin identified by the report are now speaking out about their experiences. But what can a child or young adult in a similar situation do if they feel they have exhausted all official lines of help? Some victims are moved to contact their MP about their case or make an official complaint to the police force they have had contact with. Victims can also complain about social services, in the first instance through the relevant local authority. But charities working with victims say having an independent voice to speak on their behalf is important. "Any children who feel they are not being listened to can turn to a charity which can speak up and lobby on their behalf to get the support they deserve," a spokesman for the Children's Society said. In cases where victims have reported the matter to police only to be told the case is not being taken further, social services themselves may be a point of contact, the Children's Society spokesman suggested. "Where a victim has been told there is 'no realistic prospect of a prosecution' it is important to recognise that they could be getting help from social services, which may still be in a position to put child protection measures in place," he said. Victim Support says the situation highlighted by the Rotherham report is one its case workers have heard all too often. Karen Froggatt, who is in charge of the charity's specialist work with children and young people, said: "It can be utterly devastating, to have revealed intimate details of sexual abuse, to then find they do not believe you or you are treated with contempt." She said: "If any crime victim feels they have not been believed by the authorities, then they can come to us for help and support. We will never pass judgement and anything we're told is always kept completely confidential. "We make sure crime victims get the respect they deserve and the support they need, whether that help is practical or emotional." She added: "Our case workers will follow up with social services and the police to check if everything is happening as we would expect." 'Long-lasting effect' The Office of Children's Commissioner for England produced a report last year into child sexual exploitation entitled If only someone had listened. An abridged version of the document was written specifically for children and young people and suggests they contact a trusted adult, an independent advocacy service or charity such as the NSPCC's ChildLine if they were victims of abuse. When police or prosecutors decide to stop an investigation, victims can seek a review of the decision through the Crown Prosecution Service's Victims' Right to Review scheme. The College of Policing, meanwhile, says training is designed to avoid the type of situation that arose under South Yorkshire Police's watch in Rotherham in the last 16 years. Chief Constable Alex Marshall, chief executive of the college, said: "The guidance highlights warning signs officers should be using to identify risk to children who may be exhibiting behaviour that they are already being sexually exploited and it also provides advice on investigations involving those victims who may not want to pursue an allegation. "Investigators should also adhere to the Victims' Code which is very clear that victims should be at the centre of police, prosecutors and partner agencies' work. "The way in which victims are spoken to, the language and terminology used, will have a long-lasting effect on the individual and victims need to sense belief straight away to have confidence in the police."

रोथरहैम में बाल यौन शोषण की एक रिपोर्ट में पुलिस और परिषद की बाल संरक्षण सेवा द्वारा पीड़ितों को गंभीरता से नहीं लेने के उदाहरणों पर प्रकाश डाला गया है। हालाँकि 1997 और 2013 के बीच हुए दुर्व्यवहार की पहचान और जांच कई मौकों पर की गई होगी, लेकिन कहा जाता है कि इसकी गंभीरता को अक्सर "कम करके" या "अविश्वास" भी किया गया है।


Marco Rubio - Hillary Clinton's worst nightmare?

Summary: Hillary Clinton has strengthened her position as the Democrat to beat in her quest to become the country's first woman president. But the biggest obstacle in her path to victory could be a young senator who few outside Florida know much about.

By Tom GeogheganBBC News, Washington If Republican strategists were to assemble their ideal presidential candidate in a factory, a product resembling Marco Rubio would come rolling off the conveyor belts in a perfect package. Young. Tick. Clear communicator. Tick. Good on television. Tick. American Dream life story. Tick. Strong Hispanic appeal. Tick. Keeps gaffes to a minimum. Tick. While other Republicans have gained far more attention, the 44-year-old Cuban-American has been quietly impressive. Too quiet to trouble the leaders, one could joke. In the Republican race, he lies a distant third in an average of national polling by RealClear Politics, a long way behind Donald Trump and brain surgeon Ben Carson. But for some who have closely followed US elections for years, he is the "real" frontrunner. The top six Republicans Source: RealClear Politics He probably has the best chance of anybody of being nominated, says Stu Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report. "If you gave me [truth drug] Sodium Pentothal and asked me who I thought had the best chance to be the presidential candidate, I would say Marco Rubio. He has charisma, pizzazz, youth and he's a terrific speaker." But the race is still uncertain and there are question marks about his substance and experience, he warns. Some Republican voters see another Barack Obama, a 40-something senator who got to the White House and was ill-prepared. Yet Rubio's is the name on the lips of many political insiders. But why, with Trump and Carson so far ahead in the polls? His path to victory would best be described as slow and steady. In January as the primary contests loom, Republican voters will ask themselves who can really be president, says Rothenberg. Those who have backed "outsider" candidates Trump and Carson as an expression of anger with the party's elite will turn to more mainstream contenders, he thinks. "There could be boredom with Trump, there could be self-inflicted wounds but most likely it will be voters starting to evaluate candidates differently. They have always done that in the past. I can't guarantee they will this time but if they do the field will look much narrower." They don't want to nominate another "old, white guy" if they want a chance, he says, and Rubio's background would put him ahead of the well-financed but struggling ex-Florida governor, Jeb Bush. A lot of candidates like to cast their life story as a rags-to-riches American fable, but Rubio has a strong and compelling case to make. Born in Miami to Cuban immigrants, he lived in Las Vegas for a while as a child, where his father was a barman and his mother a housekeeper. After high school in Miami, his degrees in political science and then in law amassed a $100,000 student debt that he only paid off in recent years. He scaled the political ladder in Florida at speed, culminating in a Senate seat in 2010 after a race he was never expected to win. "When I entered that race, the only people who thought I could win all lived in my home. Four of them were under the age of 10," he has said. Where Rubio stands Full list of policies on his campaign website Socially conservative and hawkish on foreign policy, he toes the mainstream party line and appeals to both Wall Street and Tea Party factions of the party. But his powers of address arguably have no equal in the race. A former Florida House Democratic minority leader, Dan Gelber, once said: "When Marco Rubio speaks, young women swoon, old women faint and toilets flush themselves." These skills did desert him when it mattered, however. A very dry mouth when delivering a high-profile TV speech sparked water-drinking jokes and memes. That awkward moment will be forgotten if he wins the Republican nomination, and many believe he is the candidate that Hillary Clinton, if she wins the Democratic race, will fear the most. It's not just her appeal to Hispanics that he could dent but he offers a generational contrast with a woman who has been in politics for 20 years and who will be 69 come election day. Clinton's husband Bill is reportedly among those concerned at this threat, and her team have long been preparing a detailed attack plan on how to neutralise his appeal. His harder line on undocumented migrants getting citizenship, a reversal in policy, is sure to figure. Rubio's connection with young people is the key to Hillary's vulnerability, says Susan MacManus, political science professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa, who has followed the senator closely for many years. He talks their language, listens to their music and has no wealth, she says. The fact he has had debts of his own adds to this kinship. "Here is a guy who understands their economics. Hillary needs to hold the young vote Obama won and she can't lose any of that." Others believe, however, he's still a long shot. More like a vice-president pick, says political scientist Shaun Bowler, because he lacks cash. "The difficulty for him is that there are still other strong - and stronger - candidates who will be left in the race even if or when Trump, Carson and others drop out. "Rubio is doing OK but he doesn't have the resources these other candidates have." That could yet change. A polished performance by Rubio in the next Republican debate on Wednesday could convince Jeb Bush's donors to back the other Florida horse. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

हिलेरी क्लिंटन ने देश की पहली महिला राष्ट्रपति बनने की अपनी खोज में डेमोक्रेट के रूप में अपनी स्थिति को मजबूत किया है। लेकिन उनकी जीत की राह में सबसे बड़ी बाधा एक युवा सीनेटर हो सकती है जिसके बारे में फ्लोरिडा के बाहर बहुत कम लोग जानते हैं।


Hong Kong protests: What changed at Mong Kok?

Summary: Clashes have erupted again in Hong Kong after the authorities moved in to clear protest camps. For two months pro-democracy activists have occupied various parts of the territory, and protests have occasionally turned violent.

Why are the authorities cracking down now? Since the street occupations began in September in three key spots - Mong Kok, Admiralty and Causeway Bay - the authorities have largely tolerated protesters. But the High Court began granting injunctions to businesses and industry groups to clear roads in November, triggering a round of clearances by bailiffs and the police. The first clearance in Admiralty on 18 November passed off peacefully. But clashes erupted the following week when the authorities demolished the entire Mong Kok camp. Student protesters accused the police of violence, and tried to shut down government offices in Admiralty on 1 December, prompting a strong response from the police. Another injunction has been granted to clear a section of Connaught and Harcourt Roads - the major stronghold of protesters. Does this mean protests are dying out? The students have insisted that public opinion is still on their side, but the numbers at protest sites and polls indicate that the public has grown increasingly weary of the disruption and unrest. At its peak, the pro-democracy movement saw tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents from all walks of life take to the streets. Two months on, just a few hundred remain camped out in tent cities, most of whom are students and young workers. Meanwhile, a mid-November poll done by the University of Hong Kong's public opinion programme found that a majority of respondents did not support the protests. A majority also backed the Hong Kong government's clearance of the sites, though some believed that it could allocate other areas for protesters. Student leaders have also found it difficult to make headway. Earlier talks with city officials proved fruitless, an attempt to travel to Beijing was blocked by Hong Kong authorities, and two leaders - Joshua Wong and Lester Shum - were arrested for obstructing police in Mong Kok and are now out on bail. On 2 December, three of the co-founders of the Occupy Central movement called for protesters to retreat. The three turned themselves in to a police station the next day, though the authorities have not charged them with any offence. What is the Chinese government saying? China's central government has continuously condemned the ongoing street occupations, and state-controlled mainland media outlets have accused pro-democracy activists of "intensifying" the crisis with the latest clash. One of the Hong Kong business groups that has taken out an injunction to clear the protest sites is a joint-venture controlled by Chinese state-owned Citic Group. Though it remains unclear whether Beijing had a direct hand in the applications, many in the business sector - which is increasingly reliant on China - have opposed the protests since day one, on the grounds that it would hurt the economy and anger Beijing.

अधिकारियों द्वारा विरोध शिविरों को खाली करने के लिए आगे बढ़ने के बाद हांगकांग में फिर से झड़पें शुरू हो गई हैं। दो महीने से लोकतंत्र समर्थक कार्यकर्ताओं ने क्षेत्र के विभिन्न हिस्सों पर कब्जा कर लिया है, और विरोध प्रदर्शन कभी-कभी हिंसक हो गए हैं।


Communities in Calderdale 'traumatised' by 2015 floods

Summary: Flooding on an unprecedented scale ravaged parts of the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire during Christmas 2015. Visually, the devastation has receded - but four years on many people remain traumatised by that catastrophic deluge.

By Alex MossBBC News Communities in Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Todmorden and other areas were badly hit by the floodwaters, which wrecked thousands of properties and caused an estimated £150m in damage. Millions of pounds have been invested to make the area more resilient against future flooding but the emotional hangover is still palpable with hundreds of people seeking mental health support. "Every time it rains you can feel the tension," said Hebden Bridge flood warden Andrew Entwistle. "Especially when the sirens go off, you can feel the anxiety radiating from people, asking what the situation is and how bad it's going to get." Back in 2015, the former firefighter was eating a late Christmas Day lunch when the flood alert was first sounded - signalling the start of heavy rain which led to the River Calder bursting its banks. Some 18 months later, the 76-year-old turned to counselling to help him deal with what he had witnessed. He recalls: "I've been used to handling floods and disasters but this was on another level. One lady collapsed on the street in front of me. The stress levels and sheer amount of tragedy that unfolded is indescribable and those feelings don't just disappear." Since the floods, mental health charity Healthy Minds has had teams stationed in Hebden Bridge and Todmorden to support people with anxieties and fears about a repeat of the flooding. "At first, people were distracted by the clear-up but when that was done the emotional wallop really hit," said the charity's chief officer, Jonny Richardson Glenn, who lives in Halifax. "When there is heavy rain the fear comes back. People worry that they won't be able to cope, that they can't go through it again." Mr Entwistle said it was stressful and emotionally difficult seeing the floods batter his home town. "[Healthy Minds] gave me the chance to talk through things and emotionally off-load," he said. "Community groups are doing some fantastic work and even though there's a fatalistic attitude in terms of flooding will happen again, lessons have been learnt and we aren't half going to deal with it as best we can." Helping to build coping strategies and resilience is core to the charity's support and over the last year, nearly one in five - about 800 of the 4,500 people in the town - have used the Hebden Bridge team. Mr Richardson Glenn said: "People deal with adversity in their lives and it's about looking at their capacity to work it through - do they feel they are part of a supportive community? Do they have the personal and financial resources to be able to deal with that?" The town's narrow valleys are surrounded by steep hillsides carved out by rivers, making the area and its surrounding communities particularly vulnerable to flooding. It has had a warning system since the Environment Agency took over the World War Two air raid sirens years ago and started using them to alert residents to flooding in the area. Prior to the torrent on 26 December 2015, there had been significant flooding in 2012 and the summer of 2013 resulting in the council, Environment Agency and other organisations working together to reduce the impact of future flooding. This involved infrastructure repairs, flood risk reduction schemes as well as grants for homes and businesses. But the events of 2015 triggered an even bigger programme of works, known as the the Calderdale Flood Action Plan. Nearing completion a mile down the road in Mytholmroyd - a village which at the worst of the flooding was completely underwater - is a £30m scheme to help protect 400 homes and businesses. The work involves new, raised and improved walls, relocation of Caldene Bridge, waterproofing of buildings next to the river and widening of the river channel. "For some people there is a real element of post-traumatic stress," said resident and flood warden Scott Patient. "Some of our older residents especially still feel very vulnerable and that is probably not going to go away." Mr Patient, who is also a Calderdale councillor and cabinet member for climate change and environment, added: "The work is bringing more reassurance though and I think when that's finished it will be a big relief." Carole Pollitt, landlady of the Dusty Miller, recalls wading through neck high water in her pub trying to salvage Christmas presents for her grandchildren. "I haven't had a drop of water in here since the work started so things have definitely improved. I still put my wellies on when it rains, I guess it's like a comfort blanket even though in my head I'm quite confident we we won't see anything as catastrophic again." Back in Hebden Bridge, the town is awaiting the start of its major flood defence work although smaller scale projects and natural flood management schemes led by community groups such as Slow the Flow have made a difference. There is however, an inevitable acceptance that flooding will return - but to a town which is much better prepared. Alison Bartram, Heart Gallery owner and chairman of Hebden Bridge Business Forum, had to close her gallery for six months because of the damage. "I've made adjustments - I've replaced the wooden floor with a ceramic one and got higher flood gates at the front. But flooding is invasive and water will find a way in no matter what. "I think it will flood again but at least now we have a plan in place and people will have more time to put their flood barriers up and salvage stuff. Unfortunately you can't change Mother Nature and to a certain extent it's the price we pay for living in the place we love."

क्रिसमस 2015 के दौरान वेस्ट यॉर्कशायर में काल्डर घाटी के कुछ हिस्सों में अभूतपूर्व पैमाने पर बाढ़ ने तबाही मचाई। दृश्य रूप से, तबाही कम हो गई है-लेकिन चार साल बाद भी कई लोग उस विनाशकारी बाढ़ से सदमे में हैं।


Musk v Zuckerberg: Opposing views on America's shutdown

Summary: The technology giants of Silicon Valley are among the few winners from the global pandemic. Their share prices are holding up or even surging ahead as investors bet they will come out of the crisis even stronger.

Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter But Covid-19 has also shone a spotlight on two tech tycoons with radically different attitudes to the battle to control the virus: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The contrast was seen in the way the two men treated what is usually the sober, perhaps even somnolent, environment of an analysts' conference call after their latest financial results. For the last few weeks, Tesla's mercurial founder has been tweeting in increasingly intemperate fashion. First he expressed scepticism about the threat from the coronavirus. Then he condemned what he saw as the excessive measures to combat it. The lockdown in California has meant the closure of his main production plant in Fremont, and Mr Musk wants it open again. "Bravo Texas!," he tweeted yesterday, linking to a report about the state easing restrictions. Then came a big statement in capital letters: FREE AMERICA NOW. But it was during the analysts' call, following results delivering a surprise profit during the first quarter, that his anger boiled over. In his opening statement Musk did not mention the virus. But in response to questions, he railed against California's order to residents to stay at home: "To say that they cannot leave their house, and they will be arrested if they do, this is fascist. This is not democratic. This is not freedom. Give people back their goddamn freedom." His language became even more extreme at one point. He said an extension of the shelter-in-place policy was "forcibly imprisoning people in their homes against all their constitutional rights". He added: "Breaking people's freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong is not why people came to America or built this country." He then used a strong expletive - one which it is safe to say I have never heard on a public conference call - before continuing: "Excuse me. But outrage - it's an outrage." There was a fair bit of outrage in response. Not from the analysts who continued asking about gross margin and the rollout of an app, but from onlookers on Twitter. Some pointed out that the Tesla tycoon has proved far from prescient in his analysis of the threat from the virus. On 19 March, he remarked that there had been no new cases in China and added: "Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April." So far, there have been over more than one million coronavirus cases in the United States and about 60,000 deaths. Opposing view Meanwhile, Facebook's founder was talking about his company's latest results, which saw a fall in profits but still managed to please investors despite a warning that the business was "facing a period of unprecedented uncertainty". Mark Zuckerberg's language on his conference call with analysts was not as colourful as that of Elon Musk. But he was pretty frank in advancing an opposing view to the Tesla tycoon. A rush to return to normality was a really bad idea for both public health and the economy, he said. "While there are massive societal costs from the current shelter-in-place restrictions, I worry that reopening certain places too quickly before infection rates have been reduced to very minimal levels will almost guarantee future outbreaks and worsen longer-term health and economic outcomes." Now you could say it is easier for Mark Zuckerberg to take this stance - his employees can do a pretty good job of keeping Facebook ticking over from home, while Tesla staff won't be building any cars in their backyards. While the social media firm may be concerned about a fall in advertising, it is far better placed than old media businesses to weather the downturn. Its share price, which is only modestly down since February, reflects that. Mind you, Tesla shares continue to defy gravity. You might think that with its main factory closed, a low oil price making electric cars look less desirable and a chief executive apparently incapable of self-control, investors would be heading for the hills. But no, the shares were already back up near an all-time peak and are set to climb higher after the latest results. Tesla, which sold 367,500 cars in 2019, is now valued by the market at close on $150bn (£120bn). That's nearly four times as much as the giant US manufacturer GM, which sold about 7.7 million cars last year. All this means that Elon Musk could be about to enjoy a bumper pay-out. He looks on track to hit the targets set by his board for boosting the value of the company, which would trigger the opportunity for him to make a profit of around $740m on stock options. You might have thought that Silicon Valley hubris and Wall Street hysteria about tech stocks were two things that had gone right out of fashion in the last couple of months. Try telling that to Elon Musk.

सिलिकॉन वैली के प्रौद्योगिकी दिग्गज वैश्विक महामारी के कुछ विजेताओं में से हैं। उनके शेयर की कीमतें आगे बढ़ रही हैं या बढ़ रही हैं क्योंकि निवेशकों का अनुमान है कि वे संकट से और भी मजबूत होकर बाहर निकलेंगे।


Jaywick evacuation: 'We're not crying wolf'

Summary: Hundreds of police officers are knocking on the doors of residents of a small coastal village warning them they need to leave their homes in the morning. Some have already said they will refuse to go. Why?

By Laurence CawleyBBC News "We're not crying wolf," says the district policing commander for Tendring, Ch Insp Russ Cole. It may seem a strange thing for a police officer to feel the need to say. But Ch Insp Cole admits the response of residents to officers about the planned evacuation of the 2,500 or so homes in Jaywick, Essex, has already been "mixed". "We have been looking at the forecast for the last week and the best information we have from all of the agencies involved are that we are facing a perfect storm of a spring tide of 4.2m (14ft), a storm surge coming down the North Sea, truly inclement weather of snow and rain and winds of between 40 and 50mph (64 and 80kph)," he says. "There is a really strong chance of water coming in over the top of the sea wall and round the back of Jaywick from the St Osyth end," adds Ch Insp Cole, who began work at 06:00 on Thursday. He says he will not make it home until the early hours of Friday. So why would anybody not heed the police advice and leave their homes for safety? Matthew Woolston, who lives close to the seafront, says: "My friends say they are going to stay in their houses and see it out. "They say they have been evacuated so many times they don't believe it [mass flooding] is going to happen. "I am not going anywhere, I don't think there's a danger and the sea looks too calm." Ch Insp Cole is aware of such scepticism. Some of it, he explains, stems from the most recent mass evacuation of Jaywick in 2013 during the last storm surge. "But in 2013, there was a difference - there was no wind. This time there will be." Another difference in 2013 was that residents were told to leave their pets. This time around, the people of Jaywick will be allowed to bring their animals with them. "As long as people do not bring a 16ft crocodile," he says. And he reminds people that the absence of casualties in the past few decades has been the result of planning and preparation. Anybody who doubts the potential devastation rising waters can have need look no further back than 1953, he says. On the night of 31 January 63 years ago, the North Sea swamped the village not from the sea front but from behind killing 35 people.

सैकड़ों पुलिस अधिकारी एक छोटे से तटीय गाँव के निवासियों के दरवाजे पर दस्तक दे रहे हैं और उन्हें चेतावनी दे रहे हैं कि उन्हें सुबह अपने घर छोड़ने की जरूरत है। कुछ ने पहले ही कहा है कि वे जाने से इनकार कर देंगे। क्यों?


Man, 82, charged with trying to kill elderly woman

Summary: An 82-year-old man has been charged with attempting to murder a woman who was found stabbed at a house.

The 83-year-old was found injured at a property in Worksop Road, Budby, Nottinghamshire, at about 12:30 BST on Thursday. She is in a stable condition in hospital after it was initially thought her injuries were life-threatening. The man has been remanded in custody and is due before Nottingham Crown Court on Monday 9 September. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

एक 82 वर्षीय व्यक्ति पर एक महिला की हत्या करने का प्रयास करने का आरोप लगाया गया है, जिसे एक घर में चाकू मारा गया था।


Chuck D: The world is different compared to 25 years ago

Summary: This year marks 25 years since Public Enemy released Fight The Power.

Interview by Sinead Garvan, words by Jimmy BlakeNewsbeat reporters Despite a quarter of a century passing since the seminal track came out, the New York hip-hop collective is still regarded as one of the most influential acts of its time. But founding member Chuck D says the world is different for musicians compared to when they started out. The 53-year-old says performing, touring and hip-hop as a whole have moved on since the 80s. Public Enemy, whose current and former members include Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, DJ Lord and Khari Wynn, have appeared at festivals all over the world during their career. This year will see them playing at Manchester's Parklife Weekender and Hertfordshire's Standon Calling, which they are headlining. "Going around the world always seems to expand your horizons," said Chuck D. "We were never a group that just stayed in the United States and that has made the longevity of Public Enemy possible. "We became the first hip-hop group to ever do festivals. Now that festivals seem to be the thing, why stop our pattern?" Chuck D, whose real name is Carlton Ridenhour, says the growth of social media has added a new dimension to how he interacts with fans. But the rapper hasn't lost touch of more traditional aspects of music. Having been named as the ambassador for Record Store Day 2014, Chuck D says there's room for both vinyl and digital music in the market. That said, he admits Public Enemy's live act has developed a bit since they formed in 1982. "We were just strictly DJs, turntables and a microphone along with movement," explained Chuck D. "But we've added a rhythm section since 1999 so that's expanded our repertoire." The likes of Rage Against the Machine, The Beastie Boys and Run DMC all list Public Enemy as an act they look up to, but Chuck D says he's seen a shift in their influence. "Rap music is a little bit more individualised now than it used to be. I have to look across the whole hip-hop terrain to see the similarities in individuals." Other mainstream acts like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Korn say their sound was shaped by Public Enemy and in 2013 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. "It was fantastic for the genre as opposed to just ourselves," said Chuck D. But Public Enemy's anti-establishment views and controversial lyrics haven't always been seen positively. They have been labelled as homophobic and anti-semitic by the media in the past. "Once upon a time the genre was considered bad and not official and legitimate music," said Chuck D. "All genres are based on performance and recording. We were able to be great performers and good recording artists." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter

इस साल 'पब्लिक एनिमी' के 'फाइट द पावर' रिलीज होने के 25 साल पूरे हो रहे हैं।


Tyne and Wear Metro strike suspended

Summary: A planned strike by workers on the Tyne and Wear Metro strike on 21 June has been suspended.

Metro's owner, Nexus, said operator DB Regio Tyne and Wear Ltd had come to an agreement with unions over pay. Staff will be balloted on the pay offer of 2.1% or a £520 pay increase, whichever is the greater, up to 3%. The rise will be funded from efficiency savings within the organisation and not through any additional contribution from Nexus. Staff will also receive a £300 payment, plus a one-off bonus payment of £200, plus additional travel benefits.

21 जून को टाइन एंड वियर मेट्रो हड़ताल पर श्रमिकों द्वारा एक नियोजित हड़ताल को निलंबित कर दिया गया है।


Driver of stolen car killed in lorry collision in Dunmurry

Summary: A 22-year-old Dunmurry man has been killed after the stolen car he was driving was involved in a collision with a van on the outskirts of south Belfast.

The accident happened on the McKinstry Road in Dunmurry on Friday morning. Police said they believed the car, a Chevrolet Captiva, was stolen during a creeper style burglary in Harmony Hill in Lisburn earlier on Friday. A 21-year-old woman in the car and the lorry driver were treated in hospital. Their injuries were not life-threatening. The 21-year-old woman was later arrested on suspicion of burglary and allowing herself to be carried - she was later bailed pending further enquiries. The McKinstry Road remains closed. Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the collision or anyone who was travelling on the McKinstry Road around 08:00 GMT on Friday to contact them.

दक्षिण बेलफास्ट के बाहरी इलाके में एक वैन के साथ टक्कर में एक 22 वर्षीय डनमरी व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई है, जब वह चोरी की कार चला रहा था।


Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire's waste to be exported

Summary: Non-recyclable waste collected from homes and businesses in Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire is to be sent overseas.

Ceredigion council said the move will save both authorities £350,000 a year and create 11 jobs on Pembroke Dock. The rubbish will be exported to Sweden where it will be used at a power station to generate heat and electricity. It will be processed at sites at Pembroke Port and Lampeter to remove recyclables before being shipped.

सेरेडिगियन और पेम्ब्रोकेशायर में घरों और व्यवसायों से एकत्र किए गए गैर-पुनर्नवीनीकरण कचरे को विदेशों में भेजा जाना है।


Murder arrest over Skegness hotel body find

Summary: A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman whose body was found at a seaside hotel.

Lincolnshire Police said the body of the 39-year-old woman was discovered at the Links Hotel in Drummond Road, Skegness, on Tuesday evening. A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, a spokesperson for the force said. An area of the hotel is currently cordoned off while inquiries take place. Officers have appealed for information. More news from across Lincolnshire Follow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook on Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.

एक महिला की हत्या के संदेह में एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है, जिसका शव समुद्र के किनारे एक होटल में मिला था।


Roads 'disintegrating' on island after winter damage

Summary: Some island roads are disintegrating due to a lack of repair after the damaging freezing weather, according to an island politician.

In February's House of Keys David Cannan asked when the Department of Infrastructure planned to fix the "extensive" pot hole damage. Graham Cregeen said the department has nine road repair teams working overtime to address the problem. He added: "We have also brought in machinery to speed up the process." Mr Cregeen confirmed that most roads would be fixed within the next two months and that priorities are set by officers who check the roads daily. Members of the public are still being encouraged to contact the Highways Division to report pot hole damage.

एक द्वीप राजनेता के अनुसार, हानिकारक ठंड के मौसम के बाद मरम्मत की कमी के कारण कुछ द्वीप सड़कें विघटित हो रही हैं।


Hundreds of cyclists brave Moscow cold

Summary: Plunging temperatures in Moscow failed to dent the enthusiasm of hundreds of cyclists who took to the streets in a mass event.

The organisers ignored warnings to cancel and say some 500 took part in the ride, aimed at promoting cycling. The participants, some dressed as Santa Claus or the Russian equivalent, braved temperatures of minus 27C. "Not one of the participants... ended up going to the doctors after it finished," organisers said. Dubbed Let's Bike It, the course took riders 15km (nine miles) along the banks of the frozen Moscow river with the Kremlin as backdrop. This man was putting on a spurt on to make it to the start in time. But some riders could not do it without support from their loved-ones, including this lady with her well insulated pet.

मास्को में गिरता तापमान एक सामूहिक कार्यक्रम में सड़कों पर उतरने वाले सैकड़ों साइकिल चालकों के उत्साह को कम करने में विफल रहा।


Usk murder: Man held after 78-year-old woman's body found

Summary: A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a 78-year-old woman was found at a home in Monmouthshire.

Gwent Police say officers were called to an address in the Usk area at about 18:50 GMT on Saturday. The force confirmed the woman was local to the area and her cause of death was being investigated. Her family has been informed while a 48-year-old man is in custody and helping police with their inquiries. Det Ch Insp Richard Williams said: "This is a tragic incident and our thoughts are with the family of the deceased at this very difficult time. "Our investigation will establish exactly what happened and I can confirm that we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident."

मॉनमाउथशायर में एक घर में 78 वर्षीय महिला का शव मिलने के बाद हत्या के संदेह में एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Elderly pedestrian dies after being hit by HGV in Cotteridge

Summary: A 79-year-old pedestrian has died after she was hit by a heavy goods vehicle in Birmingham.

The woman was struck near a Kwik Fit garage on Pershore Road, Cotteridge, at about 18:50 BST on Wednesday. She was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. But she died a few hours later, West Midlands Police said. The HGV driver stopped at the scene and was assisting police with their inquiries, the force said. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone. Related Internet Links West Midlands Police West Midlands Ambulance Service

बर्मिंघम में एक भारी माल वाहन की चपेट में आने से एक 79 वर्षीय पैदल यात्री की मौत हो गई है।


Sheffield tram-injured pedestrian, 81, dies

Summary: An 81-year-old pedestrian has died in hospital a day after he was seriously injured by a tram.

The man was struck by the vehicle in Woodbourn Road in Sheffield on Thursday morning. He was taken to hospital, but died on Friday morning. South Yorkshire Police has appealed for anyone who has information about the incident, which happened near the Woodbourn Road tram stop at 10:10 GMT, to get in touch.

एक 81 वर्षीय पैदल यात्री की ट्राम से गंभीर रूप से घायल होने के एक दिन बाद अस्पताल में मृत्यु हो गई है।


Scottish income tax - how it affects you

Summary: Scotland will see new income tax rates and bands come into effect in April 2018. So, will you be paying more or paying less? With the help of tax consultants Deloitte, we put together examples spanning different salaries.

The lower earner £15,000 salary If you earned a salary of £15,000 in 2018/19 and had no other income, the personal allowance of £11,850 would be deducted and £3,150 would be taxable. If you were resident in Scotland, your income tax calculation would be as follows; Scottish starter rate - £2,000 at 19%= £380 Scottish basic rate - £1,150 at 20% = £230 Total tax = £610 If you earned the same sum of money but were not resident in Scotland the full £3,150 would be taxable at 20% (UK basic rate) producing an income tax bill of £630. Therefore, you would pay £20 less as a resident of Scotland. The medium to higher earners £33,000 salary A salary of £33,000 earned by you would have a tax liability of £21,150. If you were resident in Scotland from April 2018 your income tax would be as follows: Scottish starter rate - £2,000 at 19% = £380 Scottish basic rate - £10,150 at 20% = £2,030 Scottish intermediate rate - £9,000 at 21% = £1,890 Tax total = £4,300 If you were resident elsewhere in the UK, the full £21,150 would be taxable at 20%, giving an income tax liability of £4,230. A Scottish resident would pay an additional £70 in income tax compared with living elsewhere in the UK. £45,000 salary If you were earning £45,000 during the 2018/19 tax year and had no other income you would receive a personal allowance of £11,850 - after which £33,150 would be taxable. The tax calculation would be as follows; Scottish starter rate - £2,000 at 19%= £380 Scottish basic rate - £10,150 at 20%= £2,030 Scottish intermediate rate - 19,430 at 21% =£4,080.30 Scottish higher rate - £1,570 at 41%= £643.70 Total tax = £7,134 If you are not resident in Scotland, the full £33,150 would be taxable at 20% (UK basic rate) producing an income tax bill of £6,630. You would therefore be paying £504 more in tax as a resident of Scotland. The higher earner £200,000 salary If you earn a salary of £200,000 in 2018/19 and have no other income you are not entitled to a personal allowance because your income exceeds £123,700. The taxable income is therefore £200,000. If you are a resident in Scotland, your income tax breaks down is as follows: Scottish starter rate - £2,000 at 19%= £380 Scottish basic rate - £10,150 at 20%= £2,030 Scottish intermediate rate - £19,430at 21% = £4,080.30 Scottish higher rate - £118,420 at 41% = £48,552,20 Scottish additional rate - £50,000 at 46% = £23,000 Total tax = £78,042.50 If you are a resident elsewhere in the UK, on this salary you would pay £75,600 in tax - £2,442.50 less than north of the border. The Budget Calculator, devised by Deloitte LLP, is indicative and should not be used to calculate actual liabilities, determine any financial strategy or as a substitute for professional advice.

स्कॉटलैंड अप्रैल 2018 में नई आयकर दरों और बैंड को लागू होते हुए देखेगा। तो, क्या आप अधिक भुगतान करेंगे या कम भुगतान करेंगे? कर सलाहकार डेलॉयट की मदद से, हम विभिन्न वेतनों में फैले उदाहरणों को एक साथ रखते हैं।


How many Britons are descended from slave-owners?

Summary: About 3,000 British slave-owners received a total of £20m (£1.8bn in today's prices) in compensation when slavery was abolished in 1833, research suggests. Among those who received pay-outs were the ancestors of novelists George Orwell and Graham Greene. What does this research tell us about our history?

At the Oscars at the weekend two of the most heralded films - Lincoln and Django Unchained - centred on the issue of slavery and there has been renewed interest recently in the British Empire's role in the slave trade. Researchers at University College London (UCL) have just finished a three-year study of British slave-owners and found the ancestors of novelists George Orwell and Graham Greene and the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott all owned slaves. UCL has launched a new searchable database which allows people to look back and see whether their forebears were slave-owners. The database is open to the public and allows anyone to find out details of the families involved in slavery in the Caribbean; Mauritius; and the Cape Colony (part of modern-day South Africa). Professor Catherine Hall, who led the research team, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Slavery has been forgotten in conventional British history. What's been remembered is abolition rather than the slave trade, and extraordinarily many people do not know about Britain's colonial past in relation to slavery. According to ship records it is estimated about 12.5 million people were transported as slaves from Africa to the Americas and the Caribbean from the 16th century until the trade was banned in 1807. After slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1833 compensation was paid to the trustees of Orwell's great-great-grandfather Charles Blair. Colonial networks Orwell's real name was Eric Blair and he was descended from Charles Blair, a Scot who made a fortune in Jamaica before marrying into the English aristocracy. UCL found compensation was paid to "trustees of Charles Blair", for the 218 enslaved people on the family's East Prospect estate, at St Thomas-in-the-East in Jamaica. Prof Hall, a professor of modern British social and cultural history, said: "The most surprising thing is how embedded the whole slavery business is in British society. "One of the things we found is that far from the slave owners all being concentrated in the great slaving ports of London, Liverpool, Glasgow and Bristol, there are people all over the country making claims of compensation." Prof Hall said it was "very striking" how many slave owners there were in Scotland. "The empire offered opportunities to the Scots on a very significant scale and working on the plantations was a favoured choice for Scots seeking their fortunes in the late 18th and early 19th century," she said. Other famous names who were distantly related to people involved in the slave trade include the Prime Minister, David Cameron; Arts Council chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette; and the celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott. Most of the slave owners were men, but researchers found many women were also involved, particularly in the Caribbean. Prof Hall said: "Nearly all of them were small scale though. There are very few wealthy women, because married women had great difficulty in holding any property, so it's single women and widows for the most part." One of the female slave owners was a widow, Hannah Barnes of Barton Cottage in Dawlish, Devon. She had an annuity of £400 secured on the Cumberland estate in Jamaica, as well as owning nine slaves in the island's capital, Kingston. In November 1835 she told the Commissioners of Slave Compensation: "[M]yself, my daughter and her children are entirely dependent for support on what we receive from [my late husband's] Estate; that in consequence of the non-receipt of our remittances for many months past, I am much in want of money." Prof Hall said: "Our overall finding is that British colonial slave-ownership was of far greater significance in Britain than has previously been recognised. "What we have done is to establish the life-trajectories of some 3,000 absentee slave-owners in Britain, and analysis of this has allowed us to trace the legacies of slave-ownership in Victorian Britain." Her colleague on the team, Dr Nick Draper, said: "By looking systematically at estate ownership in the British Caribbean during the last 70 years of slavery we will be able to assess slave-ownership's national significance at the height of the slave system. At the same time we plan to integrate the histories of the enslaved men and women into the histories of the estates on which they lived and worked."

शोध से पता चलता है कि 1833 में जब गुलामी को समाप्त कर दिया गया था, तब लगभग 3,000 ब्रिटिश दास-मालिकों को मुआवजे के रूप में कुल 20 मिलियन पाउंड (आज की कीमतों में) प्राप्त हुए थे। जिन लोगों को भुगतान प्राप्त हुआ उनमें उपन्यासकार जॉर्ज ऑरवेल और ग्राहम ग्रीन के पूर्वज भी शामिल थे। यह शोध हमें हमारे इतिहास के बारे में क्या बताता है?


Jersey St John Ambulance first aiders share skills

Summary: Young volunteers from St John Ambulance in Jersey are going to share their skill with school classmates.

Thirty-eight volunteers will be talking to their fellow pupils in 19 of Jersey's schools during First Aid in Schools Week from 21 to 25 March. St John Ambulance said first aid was a "major skill" for young islanders to learn. Commissioner Bernie Gavey said: "We have been delighted with the response from the schools."

जर्सी में सेंट जॉन एम्बुलेंस के युवा स्वयंसेवक स्कूल के सहपाठियों के साथ अपने कौशल को साझा करने जा रहे हैं।


Portuguese jobseekers change the face of Swiss village

Summary: The eurozone financial crisis has left nearly 17 million people out work, many of whom are now looking further afield to places like Switzerland. As the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports from Taesch, this is changing the face of some very traditional Swiss communities.

At first sight, the tiny village of Taesch is a typical Alpine community, with old wooden houses, a church, a shop and a bakery. But nowadays the most common language on Taesch's streets is not the native German, but Portuguese, and the local shop is doing a brisk trade in Portuguese specialities such as salt cod and red wine. Although Swiss voters said no to full EU membership more than 20 years ago, Switzerland has signed up to various EU policies, including those governing the free movement of people and labour. Now, Switzerland's low unemployment rate, just 2.8%, its comparatively high salaries and its healthy economy are attracting thousands of people from across Europe. More than 140,000 immigrants arrived in Switzerland last year, a rise of 6% on 2010. Most of them came from EU member states, in particular those worst affected by the crisis in the eurozone, including Portugal. Yolande Carvalho first arrived in Taesch more than 15 years ago, and remembers when there were just a handful of non-Swiss in the village. Now, things are very different. "We, the Portuguese, are half the population," she explains. "When you walk up and down the streets, the shops, everywhere you can speak Portuguese." In the last year, she has seen more and more of her fellow citizens make the move north. "There are no options [for young people]," she says. "If it's a choice between working for 700 euros a month (£590; $920) in Portugal and barely being able to pay the rent or buy food, then you're better off coming to Switzerland." Dishwashers and bedmakers Taesch's population now stands at 1,270, more than 700 of whom are foreign, most of them Portuguese. But why should so many people from Portugal choose a tiny, isolated village deep in the Swiss Alps? The answer lies just a couple of kilometres further up the valley, in the booming resort of Zermatt. Here there are more jobs than the locals are able to do: in the hotels, restaurants, and in the building trade. What is more, cleaning hotel bedrooms or wiping bar tables is not work most Swiss want to do any more. Across the country, the tourist industry relies on immigrant labour. Twenty-year-old Marcel left school in Portugal this year and had hoped to find work there. "I looked around but there was nothing for me in Portugal," he says. "I had this chance, and I took it." Marcel's chance is washing dishes in a Zermatt restaurant with two other young men from Portugal. "I miss my family a lot," he says, "my friends, my home, my town, everything. It's hard but I can do it, I'm strong." While newcomers may be feeling homesick, the locals are somewhat uneasy about the high number of immigrants. In Taesch's school the most common language is Portuguese and, in the kindergarten, German is now spoken by only a tiny minority. "There are 13 children," local integration officer Patricia Zuber says of one class, "and just three of them speak German". Ms Zuber's job, newly created in Taesch, involves setting up subsidised language courses for immigrants, offering advice on Swiss laws and local life to newcomers, and organising get-togethers where both communities can meet. "It's important that people here meet each other as people," she explains, "and not as a man from Portugal, or as a man from Switzerland". "But," she admits, "it's about difficult things. It's about the culture". Culture clash Yolande Carvalho, who, as head of the local Portuguese community centre works closely with Ms Zuber, agrees that what might seem like small cultural differences can be big stumbling blocks in the way of village harmony. "Here, there are rules everywhere," she says with a smile. "And, you know, the Portuguese can be very loud. That's the way we are." "The locals go to bed at 21:00, even 20:30, and they don't really appreciate it if we are up making a noise until 22:00. So that's something we have to adapt to." Village elected official Claudius Imboden agrees that the new Taesch is a difficult adjustment for many local people, but believes acceptance and integration are the only realistic options. "This used to be a farming village," he says. "But now we make our living from tourism and the building industry, and the immigrants are helping us to make that living. We need them." He admits that some people in the village are unhappy with the changes but argues that they have to live somewhere. What is more, he points out, the 21st Century wave of immigration to Taesch has causes which local people should be able to relate to. "One hundred years ago this village was very poor," he explains. "People had to leave to find a living; people from Taesch went everywhere, even to South America. The same thing is happening now, but in reverse." Referendum for change? On a national level, the mood is not so positive. Opinion polls show many Swiss would like to opt out of the Schengen agreement on the free movement of people and re-introduce immigration quotas. The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) has collected enough signatures to hold a referendum on opting out, and SVP MP Luzi Stamm confidently expects voter support. "Everybody underestimated immigration into Switzerland," he says. "It's much, much larger than anybody thought. I think we have to stop free movement in the sense that it's not controllable anymore, we have to set limits and we have to control it." For communities like Taesch, though, it will be difficult to turn the clock back, and Mr Imboden believes even the local Swiss residents may not want to. "Without the immigrants, we probably wouldn't have a school here anymore, because we don't have enough children." Ms Carvalho says the relationship between locals and incomers is improving all the time. "I see it on the streets," she explains. "The older people, when they hear the Portuguese kids shouting or laughing, they say 'oh, that's the Portuguese'." "But now they are smiling when they say it, because these are children, and they are joyful."

यूरो क्षेत्र के वित्तीय संकट ने लगभग 1 करोड़ 70 लाख लोगों को नौकरी से बाहर कर दिया है, जिनमें से कई अब स्विट्जरलैंड जैसी जगहों की ओर देख रहे हैं। जैसा कि बीबीसी के इमोजेन फॉक्स ने टेश से रिपोर्ट किया है, यह कुछ बहुत ही पारंपरिक स्विस समुदायों का चेहरा बदल रहा है।


Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Dundee set council tax rates

Summary: Councillors in Stirling, Perth and Kinross, and Dundee have approved 3% council tax rises.

The decisions to increase council tax in the regions were made at budget meetings on Thursday. Councils in Falkirk and Clackmannanshire have yet to hold meetings to set their budgets for 2018/19. Angus Council agreed a 3% increase in council tax at a meeting on 15 February.

स्टर्लिंग, पर्थ और किन्रोस और डंडी के पार्षदों ने 3 प्रतिशत परिषद कर वृद्धि को मंजूरी दी है।


Wal-Mart posts $3.7bn quarterly income

Summary: Retail giant Wal-Mart, which owns Asda in the UK, has reported net income of $3.7bn (£2.3bn) from July to September this year, up from $3.6bn for the same period in 2012.

The multinational retailer said it had been hit by a decline in US sales and the competitive retail environment. Asda saw like-for-like sales up 0.3% for the third quarter. It announced a £1bn plan to cut prices and a £250m investment to improve the quality of its products and stores. Wal-Mart also said its sales had been hampered by currency fluctuations. Wal-Mart's chief executive Mike Duke said: "Some customers feel uncertainty about the economy, government, jobs stability." But he added that the chain had "aggressive plans to help our customers enjoy the holiday season". Asda chief executive Andy Clarke said he was pleased with Asda's performance. He said: "The market conditions are tough, competition is fierce and our customers' budgets are under intense pressure." Mr Clarke said that although the economy was recovering, everyday finances were still tight and people had less time to shop.

खुदरा दिग्गज वॉल-मार्ट, जो यूके में एस्डा का मालिक है, ने इस साल जुलाई से सितंबर तक $3.7bn (£ 2.3bn) की शुद्ध आय दर्ज की है, जो 2012 में इसी अवधि के लिए $3.6bn थी।


Sudaroli under grenade attack

Summary: A security guard at a Tamil newspaper office has succumbed to injuries after a grenade was thrown at the office in Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.

KK Ratnasignham, editor of Sudaroli, told the BBC that security guard David Selvaratnam died at Colombo National Hospital. Condemning the attack, Free Media Movement (FMM) said hate speech against media by Sinhala nationalist leaders are fuelling the volatile situation in the country. Sunanda Deshapriya, spokesman of the FMM, told bbcsinhala.com website that JVP parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa has called Sudaroli ‘a terrorist outfit’, in public on Sunday. He recalled that senior Tamil journalist Dharmeratnam Sivaram was abducted and killed after a similar hate campaign by the JVP leaders.

श्रीलंका की राजधानी कोलंबो में एक तमिल समाचार पत्र कार्यालय पर ग्रेनेड फेंके जाने के बाद एक सुरक्षा गार्ड की मौत हो गई है।


A614 at Bilsthorpe: Improvements to be made to fatal crash junction

Summary: A junction where several people have died is to have thousands of pounds of improvements made to it, after residents filmed the traffic problems.

Measures will be taken to stop cars from overtaking on the Mickledale Lane junction on the A614 at Bilsthorpe and to make it safer to cross, Nottinghamshire County Council said. It is part of £7m of road improvements across the county. Six people died in a crash there in 2011. The council said the improvements, estimated to cost between £50,000 and £100,000, are likely to include a new footway, new lines and hatching and new pedestrian refuge islands. Previous improvements have included dropping the speed limit to 50mph and installing average speed cameras on the stretch between the A60 and A616 roundabouts. Residents made a film about the junction last year.

एक जंक्शन जहाँ कई लोगों की मृत्यु हो गई है, वहाँ के निवासियों द्वारा यातायात की समस्याओं को फिल्माने के बाद इसमें हजारों पाउंड का सुधार किया जाना है।


Swansea assault: Man charged with attempted murder

Summary: A 29-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a man was attacked on Swansea High Street.

Kyle Dunbar, from the Fforestfach area of the city, will appear at Swansea Magistrate's Court on Boxing Day. A 39-year-old man remains in a critical condition in Morriston Hospital after the attack, which occurred on Saturday at about 20:40 GMT. Police have asked anyone with information to contact 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously.

स्वानसी हाई स्ट्रीट पर एक व्यक्ति पर हमला होने के बाद एक 29 वर्षीय व्यक्ति पर हत्या के प्रयास का आरोप लगाया गया है।


Man robbed at knifepoint in Dundee's Hilltown

Summary: Police in Dundee are appealing for information after a man was robbed at knifepoint in the city's Hilltown.

Detectives said the victim was sitting on a bench opposite the Spar store at about 13:20 on Sunday when he was threatened by a man. Officers said two men, aged 35 and 31, were arrested in connection with the incident, but released pending further inquiries. Police said the man was unhurt but had suffered a "frightening experience."

शहर के हिलटाउन में चाकू की नोक पर एक व्यक्ति को लूटने के बाद डंडी में पुलिस जानकारी के लिए अपील कर रही है।


Building firm Rok suspends finance chief

Summary: Building and repairs group Rok has suspended its chief financial officer and says it is has uncovered "serious failings" in financial controls at its plumbing business.

The problems at the unit were uncovered following an independent review. As a result of the problems, Rok said its overall full-year profits would be "significantly below" market targets. Rok said Ashley Martin, who had been chief financial officer since 2003, had been suspended with immediate effect. The Exeter-based company said David Miller would now take up the role on an interim basis.

भवन और मरम्मत समूह रॉक ने अपने मुख्य वित्तीय अधिकारी को निलंबित कर दिया है और कहा है कि उसने अपने नलसाजी व्यवसाय में वित्तीय नियंत्रण में "गंभीर विफलताओं" का खुलासा किया है।


How safe is air quality on commercial planes?

Summary: Seventeen former and serving cabin crew are planning to take legal action against British airlines because they say contaminated air inside plane cabins has made them seriously ill, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned.

By Jim Reed and Adam EleyBBC Victoria Derbyshire programme Figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show that since 2010 they have received more than 1,300 reports of smoke or fumes inside a large passenger aircraft operated by a British airline. But is there evidence to suggest air quality on flights can pose a serious health risk? We examine the evidence. What is being criticised? At the altitude at which commercial jets fly, the air pressure does not allow humans to breathe independently. To overcome this, hot compressed air is drawn from the plane's engines and, once cooled, directed into the cabin to supply breathable air - known as bleed air. This does not pose a health risk in itself. But campaigners believe that potential faults in the engine seals can lead to heated engine oil, hydraulic fluids and harmful chemicals called organophosphates - used to lubricate the engine's metal parts - contaminating the air. They claim this can cause negative health consequences in both the form of fume events - one-off instances where oil fumes from the engine move into the cabin - and long-term, low-level exposure from frequent flying. The only exception being the new Boeing 787, which uses "bleed-free technology". These health effects are known to campaigners as "aerotoxic syndrome", but British airlines and the CAA maintain there is no scientific evidence that shows the condition exists. How often do fume events take place? Prof Alan Boobis, director of Public Health England's Toxicology Unit at Imperial College London, estimates fume events take place in "one in every 2,000 [British] flights". As a result, he says, studies have never been able to record one. He adds that the information available indicates even during potential fume events, levels of air contamination "are low, and probably below those which would be affecting health in humans". According to safety reports submitted to the CAA, there were 251 incidents of fumes or smoke in the cabin between April 2014 and May 2015. These figures just apply to UK airlines so would not include any fume event reported by Lufthansa or Ryanair for example, even if they took place in British airspace. Where possible, the BBC has stripped out cases which were clearly the fault of broken internal equipment like toilets and air conditioning systems. Dr Jenny Goodman from London's Biolab Medical Unit, who has treated many crew members, says she has heard anecdotal accounts from airline staff of "old stinkies" - planes in which the cabin fills with fumes every time they start up the engine. Although the smoke evaporates in such instances by the time passengers go on board, she explains, cabin crew are nevertheless exposed to the contamination. Does the risk of illness increase with time spent flying? Dr Goodman believes the risk for health complications is particularly great for airline staff and frequent flyers. "If you fly regularly, or fly as part of your job, you're going to have exposure to constant low-level leakage, which you may or may not be aware of," she explains. She adds that those on long-haul flights are also more susceptible to illness, when taken regularly: "You're stuck there for hours and hours. You're breathing far more concentrated levels of these substances, and a far greater level of them." Aviation lawyer Frank Cannon believes pilots and cabin crew are at greatest risk, and as a result of exposure to contaminated air could become unfit to fly. He believes in some instances pilots may be willing to hide cognitive dysfunction or memory deficits caused by the poor air quality for fear of losing their jobs, which puts others at risk. In other instances, he says, pilots may not be aware of the symptoms, meaning they similarly continue to fly while unsafe to do so. Prof Boobis says the possibility of long-term health effects from repeated exposure to fume events is an area that needs more research. What are the symptoms? Dr Goodman says aerotoxic syndrome affects the central nervous system and brain in particular. While genetic variation means not all people suffer symptoms, the nature of the chemicals present in contaminated air means they can "dissolve in our cell membranes, get into our cells and therefore get into every system in the body". She says this can lead to wide-ranging symptoms including migraines, fatigue, difficulty thinking, aches and pains in joints and muscles, breathing problems, digestive problems and even an increased risk of breast cancer for women. She adds that many GPs fail to see the link to frequent flying and wrongly prescribe anti-depressants. But Prof Boobis believes levels of chemicals in the cabin following a leakage are "similar to a normal home or workplace", and do not pose a serious health risk. He says the symptoms Dr Goodman describes may instead be the result of a "nocebo effect" - in this instance an individual's false belief that they are being harmed by a chemical after smelling an odour in the cabin, most probably from fuel. He believes this can lead to "serious health issues" in its own right and should not be ignored. But, he adds, it should not be misconstrued as aerotoxic syndrome. What can be done in future? Dr Goodman and Mr Cannon say the industry must ensure filters are fitted to aircraft engines. Mr Cannon notes that there are "two or three different companies" making the filters - including one manufacturer that claims it can prevent 99.9% of the contamination. They both believe that the principal reason the industry is reluctant to fit the filters is that doing so would be seen as a "tacit admission" that aerotoxic syndrome exists. A report from the Committee on Toxicity in December 2013, commissioned by the Department of Transport and chaired by Prof Boobis, said there was a "continuing imperative to minimise the risk of fume incidents that give rise to symptoms", whether this be through toxicity or nocebo effects. The CAA said in a statement: "There is no positive evidence of a link between exposure to contaminants in cabin air and possible long-term health effects - although such a link cannot be excluded." Watch Jim Reed's full film on cabin air quality on the Victoria Derbyshire website.

विक्टोरिया डर्बीशायर कार्यक्रम को पता चला है कि सत्रह पूर्व और सेवारत केबिन क्रू ब्रिटिश एयरलाइंस के खिलाफ कानूनी कार्रवाई करने की योजना बना रहे हैं क्योंकि उनका कहना है कि विमान के केबिनों के अंदर दूषित हवा ने उन्हें गंभीर रूप से बीमार कर दिया है।


Hong Kong protests: Rival demonstrations spread across globe

Summary: Protests over the Hong Kong democracy movement have spread across the globe, with rallies taking place in the UK, France, US, Canada and Australia.

In Vancouver, Toronto and London, demonstrators were confronted by pro-Beijing rallies. Hundreds also protested in Sydney's Belmore Park on Sunday. Some wore facemasks due to fears of alleged Chinese state surveillance of citizens who support Hong Kong from abroad. On Sunday hundreds of thousands of people took part in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong despite increasingly severe warnings from the Chinese central government. All photos subject to copyright.

ब्रिटेन, फ्रांस, अमेरिका, कनाडा और ऑस्ट्रेलिया में रैलियों के साथ हांगकांग लोकतंत्र आंदोलन पर विरोध प्रदर्शन दुनिया भर में फैल गए हैं।


Old town hall plan for Aberystwyth pensioners' group

Summary: An old town hall, which is being converted into a library, could also be used as a day care centre for pensioners, says a council.

The building in Aberystwyth is owned by Ceredigion council but it became redundant when the authority opened a new office in 2009. Now the council plans to relocate Park Avenue day care centre as it occupies land earmarked for development. Proposals are to include a kitchen and meeting rooms inside the new centre. A Ceredigion council spokesman said a feasibility study found that the old town hall would be suitable for a library, as an area to store archives and a day centre. The work on the building is being jointly funded by Ceredigion council and the Welsh Assembly Government. The £950,000 project is expected to be completed by this summer.

एक परिषद का कहना है कि एक पुराने टाउन हॉल, जिसे पुस्तकालय में परिवर्तित किया जा रहा है, का उपयोग पेंशनभोगियों के लिए डे केयर सेंटर के रूप में भी किया जा सकता है।


Apple - follow the mobile money

Summary: On Tuesday in Cupertino, Apple's Tim Cook may finally step out of the shadow left by Steve Jobs. In what is being billed as the company's most important announcement for years, the understated chief executive will unveil the iPhone 6, and the "new category" that he has been promising all year, some kind of wearable connected device.

Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter This will be touted by Cook and his team as evidence that the sceptics who said Apple could no longer innovate after Jobs were absurdly misguided But the most significant new product may not be the iWatch - or whatever the chief designer Jony Ive has decided to call it. Instead, we should all be following the money. There has been plenty of talk in recent days of secret negotiations between Apple and the likes of American Express, Visa and Mastercard over a new mobile payments system. As Apple already has something like 800 million iTunes accounts with linked credit cards, it is very well placed to be a major player in the future of payments. So perhaps we will see news that users of the new iPhone will be able to swipe to pay for goods in stores with their devices. That would involve the new phones at last getting NFC - Near Field Communications - capabilities built in. This has been rumoured with every new iPhone in recent years, then failed to materialise, much to the disappointment of the technology's supporters. But this time it seems a near certainty. Of course, there are already plenty of ways of paying with your mobile phone, and just about every smartphone now has NFC, but so far consumers have shown only mild interest in the idea of a mobile wallet. But some experts on digital money think Apple could go much further than just a mobile wallet, with a plan to bring added security to online shopping. Ever since chip and pin was introduced, credit card fraud has been contained on the high street, but soared on the internet. There are lots of initiatives to upgrade online security - just last week Barclays showed off its new fingerprint sensor which examines the unique pattern of your veins to verify your identity. But most of these systems make online payments so cumbersome that they put many people off the whole idea. If, however, a mobile phone could identify its owner and therefore provide the shopper, the bank, and the retailers with a guarantee of a secure transaction, then that could be a game-changer. There is mounting speculation that the new iPhone - and possibly the new wearable device - will have some kind of embedded security chip that does just that. "If Apple can effectively take chip and pin online, that's huge," one payments expert told me. And if that is the case, then Tim Cook and his team will no doubt have negotiated a healthy slice of the margin on every transaction. This is all speculation of course, and Cook may decide that an audience packed with fashionistas does not want to hear about embedded security systems. What's more, with the dust still settling after the hacking of celebrities' photos from their iCloud accounts there are bound to be questions about entrusting Apple with the security of the payments system. But amidst all the glitz and glamour of Tuesday's meticulously choreographed event at Cupertino's Flint Centre for the performing arts, listen out for some slightly dull stuff about payments. Nobody knows what the wearable technology market will be worth in the coming years - but it is a fair bet that making Apple the gatekeeper for secure online shopping will prove quite a lucrative business.

मंगलवार को क्यूपर्टिनो में, ऐप्पल के टिम कुक अंततः स्टीव जॉब्स द्वारा छोड़ी गई छाया से बाहर निकल सकते हैं। जिसे वर्षों से कंपनी की सबसे महत्वपूर्ण घोषणा के रूप में बिल किया जा रहा है, अल्पज्ञात मुख्य कार्यकारी आईफोन 6 का अनावरण करेंगे, और "नई श्रेणी" जिसका वह पूरे वर्ष वादा कर रहे हैं, किसी प्रकार का पहनने योग्य जुड़ा हुआ उपकरण।