James McAvoy: 'Audiences can't have it easy all the time'

Summary: Filth - the latest film adaptation of an Irvine Welsh novel - stars James McAvoy as a bigoted, drug-addicted police officer. The star of the 18 certificate film, which has been 15 years in development, is braced for strong reactions.

By Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland news website Sexist, racist, homophobic, drug-addicted and corrupt, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson's behaviour is not acceptable in any way. And yet Scottish actor McAvoy says the reaction to the character has been surprising. He says: "People have been coming out and saying 'I felt something for this guy and I did laugh and I'm kind of slightly angry with myself'." McAvoy, who previous films include Last King of Scotland and Atonement, says: "I don't think we either ask the audience to forgive him or try to justify it but we do try to explain it." The 34-year-old actor says that the film differs from Welsh's 1998 book in that it concentrates on the mental deterioration of the character. Robertson is not just a bad guy doing terrible things, says McAvoy, he is a man who has made bad decisions and dug himself into a hole from which he cannot escape. The character, compared by the Glasgow-born actor to Iago in Shakespeare's Othello or Machiavelli's Prince, manipulates and hallucinates himself into a web of deceit which takes its toll on his sanity. McAvoy is keen to stress that his portrayal of Robertson's mental illness is not a "naturalistic representation", it is much more "heightened and energetic". He says: "My experience of mental illness has been more vibrant than I usually see portrayed and it can be hilarious. "Of course, it can be depressing but there is a high energy and also a huge imagination which can be thrilling to be around as well as quite terrifying at times." McAvoy says that while TV drama has become more adventurous, films have become safer, with even the quality end of the market tending but be a bit too "worthy". He says Filth was a chance to make a film that was "bold and dangerous and potentially controversial", something which nobody in the film industry wants to do at the moment. "You want to create a conflict in an audience," he says. "Audiences can't just have it easy all the time. They've got to be made to feel things that they didn't expect or did not want to, or be surprised as well as entertained." McAvoy says: "We want to inspire strong reactions, be they positive or negative, because everything else is just grey." That is not a colour which would usually be applied to an Irvine Welsh novel. The Edinburgh author's most famous book - Trainspotting - was made into a 1996 film by director Danny Boyle. It launched the careers of Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald and Johnny Lee Miller, not to mention Boyle himself. On the back of the success of Trainspotting, there was much interest in making a film of Welsh's novel Filth, another dark comedy containing morally questionable characters. However, it has taken 15 years to reach the big screen due to what Welsh describes as a "chequered history". Welsh says he sold the rights to a major Hollywood studio in 1998 but then its UK arm split in two, leading to years of wrangling over who owned the rights. When Welsh got the rights back there was still interest in the project but he said the directors who were attached to the film wanted to write their own screenplays and "they weren't up to scratch". Hallucinations and fantasising The problems adapting Filth are understandable. It is a book whose narrative is driven by a talking tapeworm, that is often told by an interior monologue and which is prone to confusing hallucinations and fantasising from the main character. However, Welsh says that despite the difficulties getting the movie made he never thought it was "unfilmable" as some people claimed and says that Trainspotting "had no story" but that did not hinder its success. Director and producer Jon S Baird, who is also a Scot, from Aberdeenshire, wrote the final screenplay for the film. He took on the project five years ago and managed to pull together funding from about 30 different partners in countries such as Belgium, Germany, Sweden as well as America and the UK. It was Baird who brought in McAvoy, who Welsh describes as a "talent magnet" who inspires a "genuine reverence" from his fellow actors. The film's cast also includes Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, and Imogen Poots. Welsh says it was "ballsy" of McAvoy to take on such a role as he was already a big Hollywood star, famous for roles in blockbusters such as X Men, as well as appearing with Angelina Jolie in Wanted. The author says: "It was not like Ewan (McGregor) doing Trainspotting. It was not a breakout role for him. He's already there and it is risky for him to take on something as dark and culty and out there as this." Baird, whose previous films include Cass about an orphaned Jamaican baby in London, says Filth was regarded as a "dead project" when he got involved. "It's an old book and very challenging material and people had tried to adapt it before and failed," he says. For Baird it needed "a very special actor" to play Robertson and McAvoy is one of the few who could achieve the balance between dark madness and humour. He says: "I think this will prove to everyone just how good he is. James McAvoy is the key to this movie working." Filth opens in Scotland on 27 September and the rest of the UK on 4 October

फिल्थ-एक इरविन वेल्श उपन्यास का नवीनतम फिल्म रूपांतरण-जेम्स मैकएवॉय एक कट्टर, नशीली दवाओं के आदी पुलिस अधिकारी के रूप में हैं। 18 प्रमाण पत्र फिल्म का सितारा, जो 15 साल से विकास में है, कड़ी प्रतिक्रियाओं के लिए तैयार है।


US election 2020: Beer and angst as White House party defies another protocol

Summary: The mood in the White House overnight was tense.

By Tara McKelveyBBC White House reporter The president's staffers and campaign officials stayed there through much of the night - their boss's job was on the line, and all they could do was wait and drink alcohol. Lots of it. On Tuesday morning, women in the West Wing had showed up for work in festive attire: Republican-red sweaters, skirts and stilettos, looking as if they had texted each other to agree the dress code. Throughout the day and into the night, they watched election returns and wondered what would happen. Then the president pulled ahead of his Democratic rival Joe Biden in Florida. The mood brightened. A table in the office of Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was littered with wine bottles and bags of crisps. Still the mood was edgy. One staffer cradled a beer bottle in his arm, the label partly peeled off. These occupants of the West Wing - the heart of any White House administration - were nervous, though they tried to project strength and confidence. "We're feeling very good," one told me. She talked about the returns from Florida that showed the president in the lead. "We're very optimistic." She smiled, cautiously. Behind her, the volume on a TV screen was turned up, blaring updates. A newscaster warned of "socialist anarchy", making a dire prediction of what would happen if the Democrats won. A copy of the the New York Post newspaper lay on a bookshelf, and the room smelled of "Cosy Cashmere" - a pink scented candle. In a nearby office, a White House staffer patted his colleague's shoulder, trying to calm his nerves. Elsewhere in the building, the president's re-election party was getting under way. Hundreds had been invited, and some of the guests, draped in red silk, walked under a sky so clear you could see the stars, as they made their way to the event. The party was a break with tradition. There is no law that forbids the president from hosting a celebration at the White House on election night. But no other president has organised a gathering like this one. Mr Trump's predecessors, whether Republican or Democrat, tried to maintain some distance between campaigning and governing. To be sure, the line between the two activities sometimes got blurry. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama both used rooms at the White House as a backdrop for their political campaigns. Still they tried to make a distinction between campaign activities and their work as president. On election night in the Trump White House, that line seemed to have been obliterated. Many recoiled at his choice of venue for the party. One of them, Gordon Adams, a professor emeritus at American University, was a senior White House official for national security budgets in 1996. He spent election night that year with President Bill Clinton in Arkansas. Afterwards Adams flew back to Washington with his colleagues, and a charter bus dropped them off at the White House. "It was eerily quiet," he says. "There was nobody there, celebrating." When he heard about the election night party Trump had planned for the White House, Adams was not pleased. "It rankles," he said. The party in the East Room was just one of the ways the president broke with tradition on election night. His campaign officials worked in an office on the White House grounds, a "war room" that was established in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next door to the West Wing. Critics of the president say these kinds of political activities should not be conducted within the White House compound. In response to the criticism, Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for Trump's campaign, said that the campaign room violated no rules. "There is no expense whatsoever to American taxpayers," he said in a statement. Murtaugh and the president's supporters love the way their man has shaken things up in Washington and broken with tradition. His unconventional approach may be exactly what helps him get re-elected. At the party itself, Trump appeared at a podium and gave a speech. Standing before his supporters, he made the false claim that he had won the election. "As far as I'm concerned, we already have won this," he said. People in the room cheered. In fact, millions of votes have not yet been counted, and many people who heard his remarks on TV were stunned. For them, the speech was a disturbing end to an unprecedented election night, one that was like the president himself - full of shocking surprises.

व्हाइट हाउस में रात भर माहौल तनावपूर्ण रहा।


Behind the hype of the 'Brazilian butt lift' and its founder

Summary: On Saturday Ivo Pitanguy, the world-renowned Brazilian plastic surgeon and pioneer of the "Brazilian butt lift" died at the age of 90 - just a day after carrying the Olympic flame through Rio .

His legacy has inspired plastic surgeons around the world. And techniques like the "butt lift" have become increasingly popular with patients. The American Society of Plastic Surgery dubbed 2015 another "year of the rear" as, it says, "procedures focusing on the derriere dominated surgical growth". So what is behind this phenomenon? And does it hurt? What is a 'butt lift' or buttock augmentation? There are several types of procedures. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons a buttock augmentation changes the size and shape of the patient's buttocks by transferring and injecting fat, or by surgically placing silicon implants into the buttock. The "Brazilian butt lift" specifically involves fat grafting or injection. The patient undergoes liposuction to remove fat from their abdomen, hips and thighs which is then processed and re-implanted into the buttocks. Conversely a regular buttock lift reduces the volume of the buttocks by removing excess skin and fat from the region. The procedure is commonly performed on people who have lost a significant amount of weight. Who was Dr Pitanguy? According to Dr Marc Pacifico, British plastic surgeon and spokesperson for the British Association for Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeons, Dr Pitanguy's contribution to the field was immense. "I think just to mention that he was the creator of the butt lift trivialises his contribution to plastic surgery. "His contribution is so wide reaching. He singularly advanced techniques in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery like breast reconstructions and rhinoplasty. He helped us understand how we tailor face lifts, or how we do body contour surgery and tummy tucks. "It is very unusual in the modern world that he managed to a have a profound impact in so many areas because doctors usually specialise in one thing." Dr Pitanguy is also renowned for making plastic surgery available to the poor to fix deformities or bodily abnormalities. On the website of his clinic he wrote: "An individual's suffering is not proportional to his deformity, but to the perturbation caused to his harmony by living with his image." How did buttock augmentation become popular? Nearly 320,000 buttock augmentation or buttock lift procedures were performed globally in 2015, according to the International Society of Aesthetic and Cosmetic Surgery, a 30% increase in the number of procedures since 2014. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons also reported a marked increase in the amount of "Brazilian butt lift" procedures performed over the past several years. Dr Pacifico says media coverage of the generous behinds of celebrities like Kim Kardashian or Nicki Minaj may partially explain the procedure's rise in popularity, as admirers seek to emulate such figures by artificial means. He also says people who live in hot climates where more of the body is exposed are more likely to get butt lifts. The backside holds a special place in Brazilian culture and since the 1970s some celebrities have traded on having the perfect derriere. Bottoms have featured in Brazilian music and poetry throughout the 20th Century. In 2011, the country started the "Miss Bumbum" competition which judges women's bottoms and annually crowns a "Miss Butt". Is it safe? Dr Pacifico says butt lifts using fat-grafting, where fat taken from other areas of the body is injected into the buttock, are generally safe. "The worst case is fat necrosis where the [re-injected] fat dies and can be become lumpy and infected. I don't perform butt lifts with implants because I think this procedure can cause more problems. There is a greater risk of the implants flipping or moving which can put pressure on nerves which run into the legs and thighs." Although there are risks associated with all surgery, Dr Pacifico emphasised the importance of using a reputable and qualified surgeon. The most dangerous procedure associated with butt lifts is the injection of silicone (silicone shots) into the buttocks. This practice was outlawed in most countries as the procedure can cause severe infection or blockage, which may lead to death. The procedure involves injecting liquid or gel silicone into the buttocks without a protective membrane, allowing the substance to travel throughout the body. The US Food and Drug Administration says that silicone is not approved to augment tissue anywhere in the body. The Miami Herald has reported on several injuries and deaths after women were illegally injected with silicone or were treated by disreputable surgeons and clinics. How long is the recovery process after surgery? "If you have injected fat into your buttocks, I advise my patients not to sit down for up to six weeks. The fat must 'survive' in its new home. When you sit you put pressure on your buttocks which reduces the blood flow to the area. "Without a constant blood supply, the new fat might not survive." Patients must sleep on their stomachs or side while recovering. For those who can't sleep on their stomachs, inflatable mattresses and chairs with cleverly placed holes are available so patients can sit and lie on their backs without putting pressure on the their bottoms. What's the cost? Buttock augmentation procedures vary in price, depending on the country and the surgeon - but costs run into the thousands of pounds. An alternative to surgery is butt padding, like a push-up bra for your buttocks, or bum lifting jeans, popularised in Colombia as "levanta cola jeans". Both types of items can be purchased for less than £100 ($130). That sounds a lot less painful.

विश्व प्रसिद्ध ब्राजीलियाई प्लास्टिक सर्जन और "ब्राजीलियाई बट लिफ्ट" के अग्रणी इवो पिटांगुई का शनिवार को 90 वर्ष की आयु में निधन हो गया-रियो के माध्यम से ओलंपिक लौ ले जाने के ठीक एक दिन बाद।


Last memorial for Llansteffan soldiers killed in WW1 unveiled

Summary: The last of 19 memorials created to commemorate each of the men from a village who died in World War One has been unveiled.

Carmarthen Art College students designed and created the 19 panels that include photographs and the history of each soldier from Llansteffan. Over four years a service has been held 100 years to the day each soldier was killed. On Sunday, Gunner William Howells who died on 4 November 1918 was remembered. He died a week before the armistice was signed. The panels, created in partnership with the British Legion and Llansteffan Memorial Hall, will remain on the walls of the hall as a lasting tribute to those killed.

प्रथम विश्व युद्ध में मारे गए गाँव के प्रत्येक व्यक्ति की याद में बनाए गए 19 स्मारकों में से अंतिम का अनावरण किया गया है।


Former Aberdeen councillor becomes Deputy Lieutenant

Summary: Former Aberdeen Labour councillor Willie Young has become a Deputy Lieutenant of the city.

Mr Young, the city's former finance convener, lost his seat at the local government elections back in May. He was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant, Lord Provost Barney Crockett. Also joining the team of Deputy Lieutenants at Tuesday's commissioning ceremony was Isabel McIntyre, former head teacher at St Machar Academy.

एबरडीन लेबर के पूर्व पार्षद विली यंग शहर के डिप्टी लेफ्टिनेंट बन गए हैं।


Hot air balloon disrupts Gatwick Airport flights

Summary: A hot air balloon which strayed into the airspace of Gatwick Airport led to the suspension of flights for ten minutes while it drifted away.

Five planes were held on the runway just after 09:00 BST until the balloon had cleared the West Sussex airport's airspace. A spokeswoman for Gatwick Airport said it was unusual but the flights were delayed for only ten minutes. Arrivals were unaffected and running on time, she added.

एक गर्म हवा का गुब्बारा जो गैटविक हवाई अड्डे के हवाई क्षेत्र में भटक गया, जिससे उड़ानों को दस मिनट के लिए निलंबित कर दिया गया, जबकि यह दूर चला गया।


Rowing crew leave Yorkshire for Atlantic challenge

Summary: Four women from North Yorkshire are about to set off on a rowing race across the Atlantic which will see them spend Christmas Day away from their families, battling waves and surviving on basic rations. If successful, the friends, whose ages range from 44 to 51, will become the oldest all-woman crew to row any ocean. BBC reporter Jayne McCubbin caught up with the quartet as they arrived in Tenerife to register for the 3,000-mile race which starts on 15 December.

Walking across San Sebastian marina with the Yorkshire Rows foursome, they spot Phillip and Daley from the American team Beyond and jump at the chance to ask for some advice. ''She says we can only take two pairs of knickers," says mother-of-two Niki Doeg, pointing to her fellow rower Janette Benaddi. "One to wear and one to wash - plenty. What do you think?" asks Mrs Benaddi of the American Phillip Theodor. Straight-faced, he replies: "Well, I'm not wearing any." The women fall about laughing. The women behind Yorkshire Rows Janette Benaddi, 51, clinical researcher, mum of two. Duty - skipper Frances Davies, 47, solicitor, mum of two. Duty - chief navigator Helen Butters, 45, NHS communications expert, mum of two. Duty - making drinking water Niki Doeg, 44, business owner, mum of two. Duty - in charge of electronics on the boat They never seem to stop laughing. You'd easily forget that they are just about to embark on what is billed the world's toughest row and won't see their families or another human being until they hit Antigua in mid-February at the earliest. At registration a white board lists all of the 26 teams about to take part in the Talisker Atlantic Challenge. Team Beyond are up at the top. The name Yorkshire Rows is scribbled at the bottom. The underdogs? They couldn't care less. Team Beyond are super wealthy, super athletic, extreme sport enthusiasts. They've got 15 ultra-marathons, 12 marathons and 10 triathlons under their belts. When the Yorkshire women signed up they didn't even have a 5k fun run under theirs. As team Beyond prepare their ocean crossing boat, Mr Theodore tells me: ''We have the ambition, the drive, the determination to finish first." Yorkshire Rows' attitude is somewhat different. Mrs Butters says: "To be honest, we just want to finish friends. If that means going slower to stop and eat together once a day as a group, that's what we'll do. Oh, and it would also be good if we could time the finish with the school holidays, get back in time to see the kids." Ever practical Yorkshire mums, this they hope will give them an unlikely edge over the men. Of course it means saying goodbye to their children. Mother-of-two Frances Davies tells me she doesn't want her children to wave her off at the start line. "I don't want to be rowing away from them. I want to be rowing back to them," she says. Drinking oil Friend Mrs Doeg agrees. She's batch-cooked three months worth of meals and stocked the family freezer to make sure her two boys and husband all eat well while she's away, something team Beyond didn't think of doing. Ten days into the challenge and Christmas Day will be marked with a tin of tuna, pineapple chunks and a small bottle of homemade mango gin. But speed is everything and speed needs a light boat. Team Beyond tell me they're swapping carbohydrates for oil rich calories so will be drinking olive oil instead of eating pasta because it weighs less. Yorkshire Rows laugh at the amount of crystals, charms, holy water and St Christophers that are weighing their boat down. All donated by well wishers, one of whom told them in a broad Yorkshire accent: "I hope you don't come t'harm love." The women, who are raising money for charity, didn't look anything like other teams on the quayside as they registered for the race, but they have just as much determination and self belief. While others will row across the Atlantic powered by muscles and brawn, they'll be powered by laughter.

उत्तरी यॉर्कशायर की चार महिलाएं अटलांटिक के पार एक नौकायन दौड़ के लिए रवाना होने वाली हैं, जिसमें वे क्रिसमस का दिन अपने परिवारों से दूर बिताती हैं, लहरों से लड़ती हैं और बुनियादी राशन पर जीवित रहती हैं। यदि सफल होती हैं, तो दोस्त, जिनकी उम्र 44 से 51 के बीच है, किसी भी समुद्र में नौकायन करने वाले सबसे उम्रदराज़ महिला चालक दल बन जाएंगे। बीबीसी रिपोर्टर जेन मैककुबिन ने चौकड़ी को पकड़ लिया क्योंकि वे 15 दिसंबर से शुरू होने वाली 3,000 मील की दौड़ के लिए पंजीकरण करने के लिए टेनेरिफ़ पहुंचे थे।


Ann Clwyd talks about her husband's hospital death

Summary: Ann Clwyd says medical staff at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff treated her husband Owen Roberts with arrogance and indifference in his final days.

David CornockParliamentary correspondent, Wales The Labour MP for Cynon Valley talked to me about her complaint over her late husband's care. Mr Roberts, a former head of news and current affairs for BBC Cymru Wales and an ITV executive, had been treated for multiple sclerosis before his death in October. UHW says it would like to discuss Ms Clwyd's complaints with her, while the Welsh government said it recognised that more work needed to be done to ensure that all patients receive high quality care. MP breaks down over 'cold' nurses

एन क्लविड का कहना है कि कार्डिफ में यूनिवर्सिटी हॉस्पिटल ऑफ वेल्स (यूएचडब्ल्यू) के चिकित्सा कर्मचारियों ने उनके पति ओवेन रॉबर्ट्स के साथ उनके अंतिम दिनों में अहंकार और उदासीनता के साथ व्यवहार किया।


Cathedral doors locked as new Llandaff bishop chosen

Summary: The doors of Llandaff Cathedral will be locked for up to three days this month as a new bishop is elected, it has been announced.

An electoral college of 47 people drawn from all over Wales, including all the bishops, will meet on 21 February to vote on a confidential candidates list. The election follows the retirement at the end of January of Dr Barry Morgan. The new bishop will be the 72nd Bishop of Llandaff, a diocese which serves nearly half the population of Wales. The college is made up of representatives from all six Welsh dioceses. Once a bishop is elected, he or she will have up to 28 days to accept the position. If he or she accepts, the election will be formally confirmed in April.

यह घोषणा की गई है कि लैंडाफ कैथेड्रल के दरवाजे इस महीने तीन दिनों तक बंद रहेंगे क्योंकि एक नया बिशप चुना गया है।


Cycling put me in coma but I won't give up

Summary: When Allan Beckett woke from a coma, he was unable to understand the meaning of certain idioms such as "rush hour" - which for a long-distance cyclist was a little too ironic for comfort.

By Mary McCoolBBC Scotland news The 41-year-old from Glasgow says it was as though well-known phrases had been wiped from his memory following a road accident in 2016. He was told that while pedalling down a slope on Polnoon Street in Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, his bike crashed. Beyond that details are scarce. The impact left him out cold for three days with a head injury, while his pregnant wife Nicola visited him in hospital. He still can't remember several weeks of his life surrounding the collision - but otherwise, he says he is fighting fit. "There were no witnesses," said Allan. "I don't really know anything - whether it was a mistake or mechanical." Around three months later, having physically recovered, Allan took his bike back to the crash site to tackle another run down the hill - and crashed again. He said: "I hit a pothole I couldn't avoid, it was so bad it knocked my handle bars out of alignment. "It gave me a fright, but I did it a third time. People do give me odd looks, but I went back to get my confidence back." 'Riding through pain' Allan has tried countless different sports from snowboarding to archery, but started endurance racing in 2014. He has attempted a number of long distance rides including the entire length of the UK - a 270-mile cycle from Dunnet Head to Lizard Point. A torn ligament in his leg, broken arms and ankles, a broken back and a fractured chin are just some of the injuries he has suffered because of sport - but he remains unflappable. The year after his coma, he was back on a mountain bike when he crashed on ice and broke two ribs, yet continued to cycle a further 50km. Be it fearlessness or an appetite for danger, Allan is now preparing to tackle the Tour of Flanders in Belgium - a 260km route with 18 cobbled climbs, notorious for their difficulty. The terrain causes a terrible pain that Allan likens to breaking his arm all over again. He said: "It's a shaky pain you feel through your wrists, hands, legs, undercarriage, teeth and head - it'll take me about nine hours. "The 2017 crash was a bad one since it was my first real crash after the coma - I will admit it did bring back a lot of bad memories, I was a lot more vocal than I would usually be following a crash in terms of distress. "So when I say that the Ronde Van Vlaanderen will hurt, I am speaking from a position of knowledge of riding through pain." Allan claims that in addition to keeping him physically and mentally fit, cycling also makes him a better businessman. A chartered accountant and director at Black and Lizars, he often uses cycling to clear his mind and bring what he calls a "better flow" into his day. He is a firm believer in the Japanese principle kaizen - which is to do with continuous improvement. You may also be interested in: He said: "A former colleague and I were struggling with how to get round an issue that affected the business and he jokingly said you should get on your bike and go for a ride. "So I did - I went out for two hours and came up with a concept - the guys thought 'that'll work'. "The thing I love to practice is flow, how to live your life as well as you can and how to read the situation around you. "That's what you need to do on the bike - to do those distances you need to flow, you can't constantly stop and change your energy output. "Think of when you approach a roundabout in a car, do you speed up then hammer on the brakes or do you ease off and glide through?" In light of his coma, Allan says he does not take as many risks in the name of sport, although his dedication to cycling has raised an eyebrow among friends and colleagues. But wife Nicola and two-year-old son Finn are fully behind him as he sets off for Belgium. "I don't think it's an addiction," he said. "I believe there are benefits of setting yourself challenges mentally and physically. "If you have something that's positive for you then why wouldn't you do it? "My mental health degrades quite significantly when I'm not exercising; it's just an overall feeling, the lack of space and lack of reflection. That's the key thing about being on a bike."

जब एलन बेकेट कोमा से उठे, तो वे "रश आवर" जैसे कुछ मुहावरों के अर्थ को समझने में असमर्थ थे-जो एक लंबी दूरी के साइकिल चालक के लिए आराम के लिए थोड़ा बहुत विडंबनापूर्ण था।


Royal Liverpool Hospital: New design unveiled

Summary: The design for the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital has been unveiled.

The new hospital will be built next to the current one, on the same site, and will open in 2017. Construction company Carillon will work on the project after the funding was approved by the Department of Health and the Treasury earlier this year. Once services transfer into the new Royal, the current Royal will be demolished and the surrounding area will be landscaped. The planned research facility, called Liverpool BioCampus, will then be built on the site of the old hospital. The new hospital will cost about £335m, with funds coming from the government and the private sector. Cutting edge Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust said it would be the largest hospital in the country, providing all single en-suite bedrooms for patients. There will be 18 theatres and 23 wards, with the emergency department being one of the biggest in the North West. The trust said the equivalent of 750 full-time jobs would be created throughout its four-year construction. Aidan Kehoe, chief executive of the trust, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to unveil the design for the new Royal today. "The Royal is at the very heart of our city and the creation of a world-class, cutting edge hospital will transform healthcare in Liverpool. "It means that we can create the Liverpool BioCampus, which will spearhead the transformation of the Knowledge Quarter into a bustling and cosmopolitan hub. "It is a unique opportunity to put the city on the world stage, along with cities like Boston and Singapore. This is incredibly exciting for the people of the city." Helen Jackson, director of strategy and redevelopment at the trust, said: "The new hospital has been designed with patients at the very heart. "Many rooms will offer spectacular views of the city. There will be lots of natural light, art, colour and it will be much easier for people to find their way round. "The whole environment will be much more attractive and welcoming. It is for the people of the city."

नए रॉयल लिवरपूल विश्वविद्यालय अस्पताल के डिजाइन का अनावरण किया गया है।


Sir Philip Green: Will landlords fight his rescue deal?

Summary: Is this the moment the landlords fight back?

Simon JackBusiness editor@BBCSimonJackon Twitter This afternoon, the landlords to Arcadia - Sir Philip Green's retail empire - will be asked to vote on whether they will accept swingeing cuts to the rent they charge to well-known retailing brands like TopShop and Dorothy Perkins. This form of insolvency - called a Company Voluntary Arrangement - has been used to keep other struggling retailers (Debenhams, House of Fraser) alive. Up to now, landlords have largely been forced to accept that in the current retail climate, having a tenant paying anything at all is better than having the building stand empty. But some industry insiders say that many landlords have been looking for a moment to hold the line and there's a chance this could be it. Even when the landlords vote against a CVA, they are often outvoted by the other creditors - particularly if one of those creditors is a pension scheme many million pounds in deficit. However, in the case of Arcadia, the landlords have more power thanks to its complex structure. The pension scheme is only a creditor to one of seven interconnected companies. That means its massive voting power does not blow the creditors to the other six companies out of the water. Even so - the landlords will know that if they vote against today's restructuring, the company could very well collapse - leaving them without a tenant, right? Well maybe not. If you are landlord to some of the better brands - like TopShop - in some of the better retail locations, you might think it is pretty likely that someone will want to buy it out of administration - so why take a massive hit on your income to prop up a company that has been performing poorly. That is one of the fundamental objections to the concept of a CVA. Not only are the landlords bearing the brunt of a company's poor performance, but they are in effect making life worse for successful retailers which are well run. No wonder the boss of fashion chain Next says he wants a CVA clause in all his new rental agreements. Why should I have to compete with a retailer next door to me, who has the same square footage and the same landlord but is paying half the rent I am? Those comments from Lord Wolfson sent shivers down many a landlord's spine and made a lot think they would need to show some backbone at some point. The truth is that companies that really need or want to cut their cost base are not going to be able to do it by cutting rents on rubbish units in rubbish locations. They are not paying much rent for those locations. What they need to do is cut the expensive rents in the premium locations - and a CVA allows the company to do that. It is hard to muster much sympathy for landlords who grew fat off the retail land by charging eye-watering, ever rising rents during the good times. But some argue that rewarding unsuccessful businesses can't be good for competition or the wider economy. Almost all of the recent CVAs have been passed despite the gritted teeth of landlords. If this does turn out to be the moment they fight back in sufficient numbers, Sir Philip Green will know his high street luck has really run out.

क्या यह वह समय है जब मकान मालिक वापस लड़ते हैं?


Why business opinion matters in the EU referendum

Summary: In his memoirs, Tony Blair wrote that one of the reasons business support for New Labour in the 1990s was important was for the message it sent voters - if businesses agree with us, then that is a powerful, non-political endorsement of our offer to you.

Kamal AhmedEconomics editor@bbckamalon Twitter And even in an era before the collapse of trust in politicians, the word "non-political" carried a lot of weight. A similar dynamic has been at play during the European Union referendum campaign. Both sides have been keen to roll out business leaders to support their cause, believing that voters are willing to listen to people who actually make decisions on employing people and investing in the UK economy. Reputable polls For Remain, a series of business big-hitters have backed the UK staying in the EU, saying leaving would risk job losses and threaten economic growth. They include Sir Roger Carr, chairman of the aerospace giant BAE, Dame Carolyn McCall, chief executive of easyJet, Bob Dudley, chief executive of BP, and Douglas Flint, the chairman of HSBC. Remain supporters insist that the weight of business opinion is on their side. And certainly nearly all the reputable polls on the issue have put business support for Remain ahead of support for Leave. Today's by the British Chambers of Commerce, one of the largest, puts "Remain" leading "Leave" among its members 54% to 37%. Leave supporters respond by saying that larger businesses tend to be more pro-EU and speak for the "establishment", smaller businesses and those that do not export to other parts of the EU are more negative and that they have some significant business voices on their side. Ray of sunshine They include Tim Martin, chairman of pub chain JD Wetherspoons, Luke Johnson, chairman of Patisserie Valerie and the man behind the success of Pizza Express, and Rocco Forte, chief executive of Rocco Forte Hotels. And one ray of sunshine for the Leave campaign from the BCC survey is that the poll lead for remain among businesses has fallen from 30% to 17%. Though it is also worth noting that 90% of those that responded to the poll said that their mind was now settled, which suggests there is not much chance of a substantial further shift before the referendum on 23rd June. 'Project fear' The BCC survey, and today's study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research - which is expected to claim a high economic cost if Britain leaves the EU - kicks off another week where the economy will dominate much of the EU debate. On Wednesday George Osborne appears before the Treasury Select Committee to be questioned on the Treasury report which said that the UK economy could be 6% smaller by 2030 if Britain left the EU. On Thursday the Governor of the Bank of England will appear in public for one of the last major economic reports from the Bank on the state of the UK economy before the referendum. Mark Carney is likely to strike a gloomy note after manufacturing and service growth data suggested that economic growth had fallen to as low as 0.1% in April, down from 0.4% for the first three months of the year. How much he attributes that to Brexit risk or just general economic gloom will be fascinating. The week will be rounded off by the International Monetary Fund's annual study of the British economy which is set to say that leaving the EU will carry a significant bill for Britain. Mr Osborne wants to keep the focus on the economic argument that leaving the EU is bad for Britain. For those who support Brexit, Project Fear, as they describe it, is in full voice.

अपने संस्मरणों में, टोनी ब्लेयर ने लिखा कि 1990 के दशक में न्यू लेबर के लिए व्यावसायिक समर्थन महत्वपूर्ण था क्योंकि इसने मतदाताओं को संदेश भेजा था-यदि व्यवसाय हमसे सहमत हैं, तो यह आपके लिए हमारे प्रस्ताव का एक शक्तिशाली, गैर-राजनीतिक समर्थन है।


The sea-cooled eco-resort that's nearly mosquito-free

Summary: The Brando is one of the most luxurious eco-resorts on the planet, nestling on an atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It's the last place you might think to find pioneering technology. But you'd be surprised.

By Jessica BownTechnology of Business reporter The Brando resort on Tetiaroa - a stunning atoll north of Tahiti - is the epitome of luxurious exclusivity. Two-room bungalows start from €3,700 (£3,200) a night. Formerly owned by Hollywood legend Marlon Brando, who was keen that it should become an ecological haven, it has now developed in to a hideaway for the rich and famous seeking conscience-soothing holidays that do less harm to the planet. While some have dismissed the resort as an "island for liberal elites" - Beyoncé and Barack Obama were recent guests - current owner Richard Bailey claims it is close to becoming "carbon neutral and self-sustainable". Electricity at the complex, for example, is generated from solar panels and coconut oil biofuel, while waste water is used for sustainable irrigation. And the resort's cooling system uses a "closed loop heat exchanger" that takes very cold sea water from 900m (2,950ft) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean to cool the fresh water and air circulating round the complex. As the cooling system is powered largely by water pressure, it uses very little energy. "It is often felt that sustainability is not compatible with the luxury end of the hospitality market, but The Brando proves it is possible," says Prof Graham Miller, who holds a chair in sustainability in business at the University of Surrey. But, of course, visitors to The Brando have to fly to Tahiti first then take another "20-minute flight to paradise", so their carbon footprint is still significant. The well-heeled guests are unlikely to be bitten by mosquitoes either, due to a sterilisation programme that has slashed Tetiaroa's mosquito population by at least 95%. Led by Dr Hervé Bossin of the Institut Louis Malardé, the programme breeds and releases non-biting male mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria that makes wild females - who do bite - sterile. Similar initiatives, aimed at stamping out diseases such as Dengue and Zika, are underway in countries such as Australia, Colombia and China. But few countries have enjoyed the same level of success as Tetiaroa, where mosquito levels are now so low "the team is simply not catching any wild females anymore", according to Frank Murphy, executive director of the Tetiaroa Society, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) involved in the sterilisation programme. "The success of the project recently convinced the local government to fund a much larger breeding facility that could see the programme expand to other Pacific islands," he says. Mosquitoes are not the only pests the Tetiaroa Society is working to eradicate. Rats are a big problem for the ecosystem of the atoll. "Rats eat everything from baby turtles to sea birds, and that is bad news for the coral reef too," Mr Murphy says. Technology could help here, too. The team wants to use 2.2m-diameter drones to drop poisonous bait designed to attract rats but not other species. The operation, only the second ever, will be led by Island Conservation, a US NGO that protects endangered species by removing invasive ones. "Rats can cause the collapse of the entire terrestrial ecosystem," says Island Conservation's Sally Esposito. More Technology of Business "In the past, we have used helicopters to spread bait, but we recently used drones for the first time on Seymour Norte in the Galapagos Islands. "Tetiaroa is a more difficult environment, so it's a great opportunity to test the drones further, and should help us to create a haven for endangered native species, such as the Polynesian Ground-dove and the Tuamotu Sandpiper." Perhaps the most futuristic project on Tetiaroa is the Island Digital Ecosystem Avatar, which uses light detection and ranging (Lidar) surveys to create a 3D model. Other data, about animals, plants, topography, and so on, will be incorporated, to create a model that could be used to predict how the island might react in different scenarios, from flooding to the introduction of new species. "The Lidar surveys give us a 3D representation of the physical contours of the island, including the soils," says Tetiaroa Society scientific director Neil Davies - a senior fellow at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science. "It's a bit like putting the island through a scanner." The team's eventual aim is to capture the atoll's whole ecosystem - "from molecule upwards" - so it can help local governments and communities evaluate future risks and make better decisions. Eco-tourism is a growing trend that resorts are seeking to exploit around the world, as people seek to make more responsible choices in the face of climate change. For example, the Parkside Hotel & Spa in Canada, along with The Brando, is one of just a handful of resorts to attain the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certification. It has a 290 sq m (3,000 sq ft) vegetated roof, and uses ponds and storm water storage tanks as a heat sink for its air conditioning system. And actor Leonardo DiCaprio, a high-profile environmental campaigner and The Brando regular - is set to open his Blackadore Caye eco-island resort off Belize in 2020. But with tourism contributing around 8% to global greenhouse gas emissions, according to one recent paper published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, all resorts will need to become carbon neutral, not just those targeting the world's rich.

ब्रैंडो ग्रह पर सबसे शानदार पारिस्थितिकी-रिसॉर्ट्स में से एक है, जो प्रशांत महासागर के बीच में एक प्रवालद्वीप पर बसा हुआ है। यह आखिरी जगह है जहाँ आप अग्रणी तकनीक खोजने के बारे में सोच सकते हैं। लेकिन आप आश्चर्यचकित होंगे।


Hunting for Prince's vault

Summary: There is the popstar Prince, the androgynous, multi-instrumentalist who sings about sex and spirituality in the same breath. And then there is Prince the enigma. It's this second Prince that has created a great pop-culture mystery - the story of a vault holding thousands of unreleased songs.

By Mobeen AzharBBC, Minneapolis Prince grew up in Minneapolis and that's still where he records most of his music. Following the success of his blockbuster Purple Rain in 1984 he was able to build his own recording utopia, Paisley Park. Since then, much of Prince's music has been recorded within its walls, making it a place of pilgrimage for fans. The building is at the centre of one particular legend - the idea that if Prince was to die tomorrow, he has so much unreleased music, he could release an album a year for the next 100 years. Does it exist? I've been hearing about the legendary vault for years. Some say it's an urban myth. Others claim to have actually seen it. Susan Rogers, Prince's former sound engineer sets the record straight. What is in it? Prince once described his creativity as a curse, explaining: "If I didn't make music, I'd die." He records something almost every day. Hans Martin-Buff, Prince's engineer from 1996-2000: I remember someone asking Prince why he was working on a weekend. He laughed and said, 'This might be work for Hans, but it's not work for me.' I never knew I had a day off, until the day had passed. I carried a pager. It could beep at any time of the day or night. If Prince wanted to record, I would set everything up and he would go for it. He'd move from drums to bass to guitar to keys and vocals. He could start working on a song from scratch and have it completely mixed within one session. It was completely normal to work through the night. In the same way that most people have a conversation about their day, Prince creates music. It's effortless for him. Eric Leeds, a saxophonist who's performed with Prince on and off for three decades: We would just go into the studio and jam every night and just record everything. We worked on a whole bunch of instrumentals and Prince threw it all to me and said, "Make me an album." I actually sequenced the record. There was one 45-minute jam called Junk Music. The project was going to be called The Flesh and it was the greatest thing in the world in Prince's mind. That lasted about three days. Then Prince got bored and the record got shelved. There's no question about his speed. In 2004 we made an album called NEWS which did make it to release. That entire album was recorded pretty much as you hear it. It probably took an hour. Susan Rogers recalls Prince's real-life heartbreak being the inspiration for a particularly magical night of recording: He came into studio and recorded this ballad. It starts with spoken word. Prince is speaking to Wally, a dancer in his crew. He's telling him, "I want go out tonight and meet someone new." He goes into this chorus. It's beautiful, just beautiful. There's a crescendo. The song gets huge. It breaks down. He says, "I'm not going out any more." The background vocal arrangements, the expression of it was just gorgeous. Of course he played all the instruments. We finished recording the song and then Prince said to me, "Erase it."' He said it very calmly. I could feel the fan in me screaming "No!" I said, "Think about it. Wait til tomorrow at least." He reached over and hit record. He erased it. It was gone. There was perhaps a four-year period where every song he would record would make me think, "This is the greatest thing he's ever done." Projects would just bleed into one another. There was Crystal Ball and Dream Factory and at one point he was saving songs for a kind of super-album called The Dawn. Before we'd go on tour I would take a map and plot out a route so I could mark where the closest recording studios would be. It was common for Prince to want to record after performing for two or three hours. He'd either do an after show or go into a studio to record." How much is there? Speaking to those who have been in the studio with Prince, it soon became apparent that only a small amount of recorded work has been released. Brent Fischer, a Grammy-winning composer who has collaborated with Prince since the 80s: "I think over 70% of the music we've worked on for Prince is yet to be released. There are lot of songs that were sent to us clearly with the idea that they would never be released. They were almost comical songs that he would work out with his horn players. There was lot of wild horn parts and experimentation with samples." What will happen to it? Alan Leeds, Prince's former manager recalls a conversation with Prince in the early 90s in which Prince said he'd "just burn everything" one day. But there are reasons to be optimistic about the future of the vault too. Prince himself has teased fans, name-checking unreleased songs in his album liner notes and suggesting they could be released at "a later date". In 2012, he released a YouTube clip of new guitarist Donna Grantis auditioning to be part of his band. The clip ended with the text: "Every good thing in the vault… coming 2013." But of course 2013 passed without the flood of music that was promised. Since his debut, Prince has released an average of one album a year, with two full-length releases coming out on the same day in 2014. But many fans and musical historians want to put together the missing pieces of the Prince puzzle. Only then will anyone be able to truly grasp the breadth of his creative energies. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

वहाँ एक पॉपस्टार प्रिंस है, एक एंड्रोजिनस, बहु-वाद्यवादक जो एक ही सांस में सेक्स और आध्यात्मिकता के बारे में गाता है। और फिर एक पहेली प्रिंस है। यह दूसरा प्रिंस है जिसने एक महान पॉप-संस्कृति रहस्य बनाया है-एक तहखाने की कहानी जिसमें हजारों अप्रकाशित गाने हैं।


Hillsborough: Criminal charges explained

Summary: The Crown Prosecution Service's decision that there is sufficient evidence to charge six people over Hillsborough - including a former chief constable - is massive. This has been a complicated process and the charges need some explanation.

Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent@BBCDomCon Twitter The six who the CPS has authorised to be charged are: What happens next? Five of the six have been served with a summons - that's a legal procedure ordering them to appear in court for the formal start of their prosecutions. The exception is Mr Duckenfield. He can't yet be summonsed or charged because the CPS must ask the High Court to lift an order preventing a trial following his private prosecution by families in 1999. The CPS will apply for that order to be lifted and, assuming the High Court agrees, his prosecution on a charge of gross negligence manslaughter of 95 men, women and children will then proceed. Assuming that order is lifted, 95 manslaughter allegations may be something of a record under English law. Why is he not expected to be charged with the manslaughter of 96? Tony Bland, the final victim, died four years after the disaster after his life support was withdrawn. At the time of his death, an ancient English law stated that nobody could be found guilty of homicide if the death occurred more than a year and day after the date of the injuries. That law has since been abolished - but it cannot be applied retrospectively, so there can be no manslaughter charge in relation to Mr Bland's death. What is gross negligence manslaughter? This offence is an important plank of homicide law. In most cases, someone accused of a homicide will be charged with either murder, meaning a deliberate killing, or manslaughter, meaning a death caused by a criminal action where there was no immediate intention to kill. The third less common category of prosecution is gross negligence manslaughter. A suspect can be found guilty of this offence if a jury is sure the deaths were the result of a "grossly negligent act or omission". The prosecution must first prove that a defendant in such a case had some kind of "duty of care" towards the dead. Secondly, the jury must be sure that the individual's decisions - or lack of action - breached that duty and caused the death. It can't just be a case of a simple mistake - prosecutors have to prove that the defendant's behaviour was so bad as to be reprehensible and outside what a reasonable person would do in the same position. In the case of Mr Duckenfield, the CPS says it will allege in court that his failures to discharge his personal responsibility were "extraordinarily bad". The maximum sentence for gross negligence manslaughter is life - but in practice it has the widest range of possible sentences. What allegation does Sir Norman Bettison face? The twice former chief constable was a chief inspector at South Yorkshire Police at the time of the disaster. He faces four offences of "misconduct in public office" which the CPS says relates to "telling alleged lies about his involvement in the aftermath of Hillsborough and the culpability of fans". This is a complicated offence, which also has a maximum life sentence. It hit the headlines when it was used to prosecute police officers who had taken payments from journalists. The only people who can be charged with this crime are those who have some kind of job in public life - such as police officers, civil servants or employees of another public body. Prosecutors must prove that the public office holder either deliberately neglected their duty or deliberately acted in such a way that they breached the public's trust. This has long proven quite difficult to define but senior judges have previously said the alleged misconduct is only a crime if the actions amount to "an affront to the standing of the public office held." What is perverting the course of justice? This is the criminal charge faced by three of the six - Mr Metcalf, Mr Denton and Mr Foster. It's one of the most important and serious criminal laws and covers actions that send an official inquiry, such as a police investigation, down the wrong track. Mr Metcalf was a solicitor instructed to represent South Yorkshire Police and the CPS says he reviewed accounts provided by officers and made "suggestions for alterations, deletions and amendments ... and for which there appears to be no justification." The CPS says those changes were allegedly directly relevant to the first inquiry's expected criticism of specific individuals. Prosecutors say the charges faced by former Chief Superintendent Donald Denton and former Detective Chief Inspector Alan Foster relate to alleged changes to statements made by other officers. What about the health and safety allegations? There are a range of laws that cover health and safety at work or in other public places - and people responsible for those locations have a duty under those laws to make sure the location is safe. Mr Mackrell, the sixth defendant, was Sheffield Wednesday's company secretary and safety officer at the time of the disaster. The two charges he faces concern allegations that he failed to carry out his duties as required under these laws.

क्राउन प्रॉसिक्यूशन सर्विस का यह निर्णय कि हिल्सबोरो पर छह लोगों पर आरोप लगाने के लिए पर्याप्त सबूत हैं-जिसमें एक पूर्व मुख्य कांस्टेबल भी शामिल है-बहुत बड़ा है। यह एक जटिल प्रक्रिया रही है और आरोपों के लिए कुछ स्पष्टीकरण की आवश्यकता है।


Planners refuse a huge poultry unit near Llangadog

Summary: Plans for a barn housing up to 32,000 free-range hens have been rejected by Carmarthenshire council.

The unit on Godre Garreg farm, near Llangadog, would have included space for packing millions of eggs. There were 79 objections and a 1,300-signature petition, with complaints focusing on smell, proximity to houses and increased traffic. Despite being recommended to approve the plan, nine of the 12 councillors rejected it. Chairman of the planning committee councillor Alun Lenny said: "This has been an exceptionally difficult case and I am aware it has caused some discomfort in the area."

कार्मार्थेनशायर परिषद द्वारा 32,000 मुक्त दूरी की मुर्गियों तक के खलिहान आवास की योजनाओं को खारिज कर दिया गया है।


Utoeya island: Scene of Norway's summer camp massacre

Summary: Frode Berge, leader of the Labour Party in the region of Rogaland, Norway, writes about the importance of the party's summer camp held by his party every year on Utoeya island, scene of Anders Behring Breivik's killing spree. Mr Berge, 45, has previously served in several leading positions within the Labour Party and the AUF.

By Frode BergeLabour Party leader, Rogaland, Norway I am one of thousands of Labour Party officials who, over the years, has developed a deeply personal relationship with Utoeya. For the last 30 years, I have been actively involved in the AUF (the Labour Party Youth) and in the party itself. Some of my best social and political memories date from being a teenager on Utoeya. It is such a fantastic place! A tiny, picturesque island located in the Tyrifjorden fjord outside Oslo, it is actually owned by the AUF, received as a generous gift from the trade unions in Oslo after World War II. Over the past five decades, Utoeya has become a precious and extremely valuable asset for the AUF and the Labour Party - physically, socially and politically. Utoeya is quite simply beautiful - a perfect place for any summer camp, with tiny beaches, specially designed campsites, and separate facilities for families bringing their children with them. Utoeya offers the perfect surroundings for teenagers who are seeking to combine their affection for politics with the classic activities of the traditional summer camp: bonfires, football, volleyball, swimming and fishing. The smell of a bonfire combined with the sound of acoustic guitars, harmonicas, chatting, laughing and banter at 4 o'clock in the morning will stay with me, as immensely precious teenage memories, for the rest of my life. Indeed, one of the most popular spots at Utoeya is the Love Path, located discreetly in the forest on the south of the island. Utoeya is the perfect place for a teenager to fall in love... Recruitment base As well as being just a great place to spend your holiday, Utoeya has over the years developed into a place of significant national political importance. The Labour Party has been a dominant political force in Norway for the last 60-70 years, and the AUF has been an extremely important base for recruiting and training our political leaders. Utoeya has served as the main national platform for this recruiting and training. Every summer, some 700-1,000 Labour youths from all over Norway have gathered for political debate and seminars covering topics like international solidarity, environmental issues, education, vocational training, and how to fight racism and xenophobia. The AUF is a multi-cultural organisation, with a very clear stance against racism and xenophobia, and the island has always been a buzzing ethnic melting pot. The AUF summer camp at Utoeya is the place our party leader and other prominent leaders always simply have to attend. The fact that our present party leader and Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, has spent parts of his summer holiday on the island every year from the age of 14 clearly proves this point. The summer camps at Utoeya always generate massive media coverage, and regularly set the national political agenda. Politically motivated To see this beautiful and precious place being turned into a living hell, the worst political massacre in modern times, rips my heart out. A staggering number of our remarkable teenagers have been brutally murdered, and an even higher number have been traumatised for life. It further adds to the pain that this vicious attack had a distinct political and racist motivation. The losses at Utoeya are greater than any of us can bear alone, and the response from the AUF is based on the best of our values of solidarity: we will live through this together. We will take Utoeya back. The AUF and the Labour Party are far too robust, and our values are far too strong, to be crushed by this vicious act.

नॉर्वे के रोगालैंड क्षेत्र में लेबर पार्टी के नेता फ्रोड बर्ज हर साल उटोया द्वीप पर अपनी पार्टी द्वारा आयोजित पार्टी के ग्रीष्मकालीन शिविर के महत्व के बारे में लिखते हैं, जो एंडर्स बेहरिंग ब्रेविक की हत्या की घटना का दृश्य है। 45 वर्षीय श्री बर्ज ने पहले लेबर पार्टी और ए. यू. एफ. के भीतर कई प्रमुख पदों पर कार्य किया है।


Flooding disrupts parts of NI

Summary: High winds and heavy rain have been causing disruption in parts of Northern Ireland, with a number of roads closed because of flooding.

County Down was worst affected, with police issuing warnings to motorists in Rostrevor, Warrenpoint and Newry. In the Republic, hundreds of people were moved from their homes in Limerick, with the River Shannon's banks bursting at several locations. People were trapped in their homes in a number of housing estates. Boats were used to rescue several elderly people. High winds and lightning strikes left thousands of homes without electricity in a number of towns and cities.

तेज़ हवाएँ और भारी बारिश उत्तरी आयरलैंड के कुछ हिस्सों में व्यवधान पैदा कर रही है, बाढ़ के कारण कई सड़कें बंद कर दी गई हैं।


St Petersburg attack: What we know

Summary: A bomb in a train in the Russian city of St Petersburg killed 14 people and injured 51 others on 3 April. The suicide bomber has been identified as Akbarzhon Jalilov, a naturalised Russian national born in Kyrgyzstan in 1995.

How did it happen? The bomb went off at around 14:30 local time (11:30 GMT) after a train left Sennaya Ploshchad station, heading south for Tekhnologichesky Institut on the blue, north-south metro line. Initial reports spoke of two bombs but it gradually became clear that there was a single blast, possibly in the third carriage of the train. Although the explosion happened in between the two stations the driver continued to Tekhnologichesky Institut to enable victims to be helped more easily. Russia's investigative committee said this decision may have helped prevent further losses. The St Petersburg metro was shut down and three days of mourning declared. Traffic in surrounding streets and in much of central St Petersburg was brought to a standstill for hours, and volunteers offered lifts via social media to people trying to get home. At the time of the explosion President Vladimir Putin was just outside Russia's second city, meeting Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko at the Konstantin palace in Strelna. What caused the explosion? Early indications were that the bomb was an improvised device made out of the explosive TNT. Pictures from the scene showed mangled doors and bodies on the floor of the platform. Minutes later another device was found propped up against a wall at another city metro station, Ploshchad Vosstaniya. That was safely defused and reports said it contained 1kg of TNT, more than used in the original blast. Who are the suspects? No group has said it carried out the attack. Russian officials named the suicide bomber as 22-year-old Akbarzhon Jalilov. Jalilov was born in Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city, and was a naturalised Russian citizen. Russia's state investigative committee said fragments of his body were found in the third carriage of the train, indicating he was a suicide bomber. He had also planted the second bomb that did not explode, the investigators added. The suspect had ties with radical Islamists, law enforcement officials were quoted by Russian media as saying. Ten other people, all originally from Central Asia, have been detained in connection with the attack. Russian security services said they believed one suspect, Abror Azimov, had trained Jalilov ahead of the bombing. However, Mr Azimov has denied masterminding the attack. He was born in Kyrgyzstan in 1990 and moved to Russia in 2008, reportedly becoming a Russian citizen in 2013. His older brother Akram, who was arrested separately, is suspected of transferring funds to pay for the attack and establishing links with international terrorist organisations. Eight other suspects were held for allegedly recruiting for Islamist militant groups and "committing crimes of a terrorist nature", Russia's Investigative Committee (SK) said. Who are the victims? One of them is 20-year-old Maksim Aryshev from Kazakhstan, a student of economics at St Petersburg State University, according to the Kazakh embassy in Russia. Irina Medyantseva, a 50-year-old doll maker, also died trying to protect her daughter, Yelena, from the blast. Yelena, 29, was injured and taken to hospital. Others victims include Dilbara Alieva, 20, from Azerbaijan, who was taken to hospital but later died from her injuries. The oldest victim was Yuri Nalimov, 71, and one of the youngest was Ksenia Malyukova, 18, Russia's investigative committee reports (in Russian). Read more: Who were the victims? Has Russia been attacked before? Russia's transport infrastructure has been targeted in several occasions.

रूस के सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग शहर में 3 अप्रैल को एक ट्रेन में हुए बम विस्फोट में 14 लोगों की मौत हो गई और 51 अन्य घायल हो गए। आत्मघाती हमलावर की पहचान 1995 में किर्गिस्तान में पैदा हुए रूसी नागरिक अकबरज़ोन जलिलोव के रूप में की गई है।


Q&A: Challenger shuttle disaster

Summary: On 28 January 1986, the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after launch, claiming the lives of seven astronauts. On the 25th anniversary of the disaster, science reporter Paul Rincon looks back at the events which led up to the accident and its impact on human spaceflight.

How did the accident unfold? The seven astronauts of the space shuttle Challenger were to have spent six-and-a-half days in Earth orbit, during which they would have deployed a satellite and carried out a number of experiments. One of the crew members, Christa McAuliffe, was to have been the first teacher in space - selected from more than 11,000 applicants under a programme announced by US President Ronald Reagan. After several launch delays, Challenger lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 1138 local time on 28 January. In the first few seconds after lift-off, cameras captured several puffs of dark smoke emerging from a joint in the shuttle's right booster rocket. About 37 seconds into the flight, Challenger began experiencing severe wind shear conditions - changes in the direction and speed of the wind - which exerted strong forces on the vehicle. The first flickers of flame from the rocket booster joint emerged 58 seconds into the launch. And these swiftly expanded into a well-defined orange plume. A few seconds later, the shape and colour of the plume changed as the flame pierced the shuttle's huge external tank and began mixing with the hydrogen fuel leaking out. Some 73 seconds into the 25th US shuttle flight, the external tank tore apart, forming a vast fireball 14km (46,000ft) up as hydrogen and oxygen fuel escaped into the atmosphere. The Challenger shuttle was ripped apart by aerodynamic forces as it was cut loose from the external tank. There were no survivors. What happened next? Millions of people following coverage of the launch watched in horror as the vehicle broke apart in mid-air. Within minutes of the disaster, ships and aircraft were despatched to begin the recovery effort in the Atlantic waters where debris fell. President Ronald Reagan had been due to give the annual State of the Union Address on the evening of the Challenger accident. Instead, he postponed this by a week and gave a televised address to the nation in which he paid tribute to the astronauts. The speech concludes with President Reagan quoting from the poem High Flight by John Gillespie Magee Jr: "We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of Earth' to 'touch the face of God'." President Reagan - who was said to have been personally affected by the disaster - set up an independent commission to probe the probable cause of the disaster. On 7 March 1986, a US Navy ship identified the remains of Challenger's crew compartment, sitting largely intact on the ocean floor. Divers were sent to recover the cabin, along with the remains of the crew members. Funeral ceremonies were held for the astronauts over April and May. Who were the Challenger astronauts? In 1984, Boston-born Christa McAuliffe was chosen to make the first flight under the Teacher In Space Project, turning her into a celebrity overnight. She was to have carried out two 15-minute lessons from space to be broadcast to schoolchildren. McAuliffe's presence on the shuttle had already raised the profile of this mission in the minds of the public and the media. The shuttle's commander Francis "Dick" Scobee was a former US Air Force pilot who had flown on Challenger once before. Challenger's pilot Mike Smith had flown attack aircraft during the Vietnam war, but this was his first shuttle flight. Judith Resnik - a "mission specialist" on Challenger - was an electrical engineer signed up to the astronaut corps in 1978 by Nichelle Nichols - the actress best known for playing Uhura in Star Trek - when Nichols had been working as a recruiter for Nasa. Ms Resnik's group of astronaut trainees was the first to include women. Mission specialist Ron McNair, from South Carolina, was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-educated physicist with a black belt in karate. He was one of the first African-Americans recruited into Nasa's astronaut corps and, like Dick Scobee, had flown on Challenger before. The third mission specialist, Ellison Onizuka, was previously an engineer with the US Air Force and had flown in space once before. Onizuka's background made him a natural choice to fly on the first classified military space shuttle flight in 1985. Ms McAuliffe was not the only civilian on Challenger. Payload specialist Gregory Jarvis worked for the Hughes Aircraft Corp in Los Angeles. Mr Jarvis was accepted into the astronaut programme under the Hughes company's sponsorship after competing against 600 other employees for the opportunity. What were the causes of the disaster? The independent commission set up to investigate the disaster was headed by the former Secretary of State William P Rogers. Among the members were Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon; Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Chuck Yeager, the test pilot; and Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. The Rogers Commission released its report in June 1986, concluding that the destruction of Challenger had been caused by the failure of the joint in the two lower segments of the shuttle's right solid rocket booster. More specifically, the failure happened because of the destruction of the "O ring" seals intended to prevent hot gases leaking through the joint while the rocket propellant was burnt during flight. The commission found that a contributing factor had been the unusually cold temperatures at Cape Canaveral prior to the launch, which had caused the rubber O ring to become significantly less elastic. Richard Feynman memorably demonstrated this effect on television by dipping a sample of the material in ice water to show how it became less pliable. "I discovered that when you put some pressure on it and then undo it, it doesn't stretch back. It stays the same dimensions for a few seconds at least," Feynman said during one of the commission hearings. "There's no resilience in this particular material when it's at 32 degrees (F). I believe that has some significance for our problem." It emerged during the investigation that engineers at Nasa and the booster rocket contractor Morton Thiokol were well aware of flaws with the O ring seals. The report concluded that Nasa's organisational culture and decision-making processes had been key contributing factors in the accident. Managers had failed to adequately communicate engineers' growing doubts about the seal to senior officials. What was the legacy of the accident? Among the recommendations made by the Rogers Commission were design changes to the rocket booster joints and seals. The investigation also urged Nasa to establish a strong and independent office to look after "safety, reliability and quality assurance". The investigation and the corrective actions undertaken by Nasa led to a 32-month hiatus in shuttle launches. After the shuttles resumed flying in 1988, the programme continued without a serious accident until 2003, when the Columbia shuttle broke up as it tried to re-enter the atmosphere from orbit. Nasa had made significant changes, both to its management structure and safety procedures, after the Challenger accident. Nevertheless, the accident investigation report for the Columbia disaster drew parallels with Challenger. "First, despite all the post-Challenger changes at Nasa and the agencyʼs notable achievements since, the causes of the institutional failure responsible for Challenger have not been fixed," the report said. As a result of the Columbia accident, the US space agency made many improvements to shuttle safety, including inspections for damage sustained on launch.

28 जनवरी 1986 को, अंतरिक्ष शटल चैलेंजर प्रक्षेपण के 73 सेकंड बाद विघटित हो गया, जिसमें सात अंतरिक्ष यात्रियों की जान चली गई। आपदा की 25वीं वर्षगांठ पर, विज्ञान रिपोर्टर पॉल रिंकॉन उन घटनाओं को पीछे मुड़कर देखते हैं जिनके कारण दुर्घटना हुई और मानव अंतरिक्ष उड़ान पर इसका प्रभाव पड़ा।


Gilets jaunes: How much anti-Semitism is beneath the yellow vests?

Summary: The French far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, has said she won't join other political parties in a march against anti-Semitism on Tuesday, accusing France's leaders of doing nothing to tackle Islamist networks in France and saying she will mark the occasion separately.

By Lucy WilliamsonBBC Paris correspondent It comes days after a prominent French philosopher, Alain Finkielkraut, was verbally attacked for being Jewish as he walked past the weekly "gilets jaunes" (yellow-vest) protests in Paris. A small group of protesters shouted a barrage of abuse at him as he passed by the demonstration on his way home from lunch on Saturday, calling him a "dirty Zionist" and telling him to "go back to Tel Aviv". "I felt an absolute hatred," Mr Finkielkraut told one French newspaper later that night. "If the police hadn't been there, I would have been frightened." A few days before that, official data suggested there had been a 74% rise in anti-Semitic attacks in France last year. Now, many here are questioning whether the gilets jaunes movement is providing a new kind of forum for these extremist views, and how central those attitudes are to the movement. "It's very serious," says Vincent Duclert, a specialist in anti-Semitism in France at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences - one of France's most prestigious colleges. "The gilets jaunes are not an anti-Semitic movement, but alongside the demonstration each Saturday there's a lot of anti-Semitic expression by groups of the extreme right or extreme left." "You can be on the streets demonstrating every Saturday, shouting your slogans against the Jews," says Jean-Yves Camus, an expert in French political extremism. "And as there's no leadership in the movement and no stewarding of the demonstrations, you can be free to do it. I'm afraid there will be more attacks, because the self-proclaimed leaders simply do not seem to care that much." Jason Herbert, a spokesman for the movement, says the incident on Saturday is a scandal, but not representative of the gilets jaunes as a whole. "It's the inherent weakness of a movement that lets the people speak," he explained. "Everyone can come and give his opinion - and some opinions are despicable and illegal. To think someone is inferior because of his or her origins is just not acceptable, and it's completely unrelated to our demands. Amongst our demands, I've never heard 'we want fewer Jews'." The gilets jaunes began life as a protest against fuel tax rises, but have broadened into a loose confederation of different interest groups with no official hierarchy or leadership. Over the past three months, as the movement has appeared more radical, its wider support has dipped. Vincent Duclert believes that the movement does bear some responsibility for the extremist abuse in its midst, because the violence of the protests - towards the police, state institutions and public property - encourages anti-Semitism by encouraging "transgression". And, he says, it's possible that the gilets jaunes are also offering "a new space for different kinds of anti-Semitism to come together: from the extreme right and extreme left, but also from radical Islamist or anti-Zionist groups, and some types of social conservatives". There are signs over the past year, he says, that levels of anti-Semitism have risen within these different groups, because of changes at home, across Europe and in the Middle East, and that French public opinion has been too tolerant. Politicians here have been quick to condemn Saturday's attack on Alain Finkielkraut. President Macron tweeted that it was "the absolute negation of what we are and what makes us a great nation". Others tried to blame it on their political rivals. A member of France's centre-right opposition, Geoffrey Didier, told reporters that anti-Semitism was growing "because radical Islamism is growing in France", while Marine Le Pen said it illustrated "how the anti-Semite far-left is trying to infiltrate the gilets jaunes movement". Both Ms Le Pen's party and that of her far-left rival, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, have been trying to win the support of the gilets jaunes ahead of European elections in May. Jean-Yves Camus believes last week's attack will help turn public opinion against the movement, saying it has become "a hotbed of radical activity from both sides of the political spectrum and the French do not want that".

फ्रांसीसी दूर-दराज़ नेता, मरीन ले पेन ने कहा है कि वह मंगलवार को यहूदी-विरोधी के खिलाफ एक मार्च में अन्य राजनीतिक दलों में शामिल नहीं होंगी, फ्रांस के नेताओं पर फ्रांस में इस्लामी नेटवर्क से निपटने के लिए कुछ नहीं करने का आरोप लगाते हुए और कहा कि वह इस अवसर को अलग से चिह्नित करेंगी।


Solo: A Star Wars Story at Cannes - Who wore what?

Summary: A-list stars - and a furry alien - turned out for the screening of Solo: A Star Wars Story at Cannes on Tuesday.

Cast members Emilia Clarke, Thandie Newton, Donald Glover and Alden Ehrenreich were among the celebs who walked the red carpet. So who wore what? Here are some of the best pics: Thandie Newton (plays Val) Donald Glover (plays Lando Calrissian) Alden Ehrenreich (plays Han Solo) Emilia Clarke (plays Qi'ra) Phoebe Waller-Bridge (plays L3-37) Winnie Harlow 50 Cent Chewbacca Stormtroopers Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.

ए-लिस्ट सितारे-और एक प्यारे विदेशी-मंगलवार को कान्स में सोलोः ए स्टार वार्स स्टोरी की स्क्रीनिंग के लिए निकले।


Massive media coverage in India for Salman Khan verdict

Summary: Bollywood actor Salman Khan's five-year jail term for a hit-and-run incident in the city of Mumbai in 2002 received huge coverage in the Indian media, with some commentators wondering what awaits him next and others saying his sentencing is long overdue.

Khan has a massive fan base in India and beyond and his sentencing is completely overshadowing other news. "Salman Khan Gets 5 Years in Jail in Hit-and-Run Case, Breaks Down in Court" read the headline on the NDTV website. The websites of the leading newspapers in English and Hindi ran live pages with banner headlines and plenty of visuals. The Times of India's headline read: "Live Blog: Salman Khan sentenced to 5 years in jail in 2002 hit-and-run case". The Hindustan Times also ran a poll asking readers if the actor will be able to regain his standing after today's sentencing. "Salman Khan convicted: do you think he can make a comeback after this setback?" the paper asked. Hindi papers also gave the story top billing, with the daily Navbharat Times asking: "Will the High Court listen to Salman's plea?" The India Today website said many believed that the actor would not be found guilty. "In a country where film stars are deemed nothing less than deities, there is no way the most powerful one of them will be convicted - that was the notion almost everyone held till 11.13 am on Wednesday," Vinayak Chakravorty wrote on the website. The FirstPost website said the punishment was "richly deserved". "For 15 years Salman tried every possible trick… to escape punishment. He changed lawyers, deceived courts, courted the media, airbrushed his image - from the bad boy of Bollywood he tried Being Human. Yet, he is going to jail, getting the deserved punishment for his karma," Sandipan Sharma writes on the website. Top Indian news channels have been broadcasting developments in the case as "Breaking News" since this morning. Even before the verdict was announced, TV channels repeatedly showed visuals of Khan hugging his parents and leaving his residence for the court. Popular TV news channel Times Now ran a countdown to Khan's sentencing, which came a couple of hours after the verdict was announced. Meanwhile, #SalmanVerdict has been the top trend on Twitter in India and neighbouring Pakistan with mixed reactions from social media users. While some have expressed sadness over the sentencing, others feel "justice" must be done. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

2002 में मुंबई शहर में एक हिट-एंड-रन घटना के लिए बॉलीवुड अभिनेता सलमान खान की पांच साल की जेल की सजा को भारतीय मीडिया में भारी कवरेज मिली, कुछ टिप्पणीकारों ने सोचा कि उनका आगे क्या इंतजार है और अन्य ने कहा कि उनकी सजा लंबे समय से लंबित है।


Who, what, why: Why do children study Of Mice and Men?

Summary: Education Secretary Michael Gove has called for children to read more books, again noting that John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men dominates in many schools. Why should one American book be chosen by so many English teachers?

SPOILER WARNING: Plot details are revealed below Michael Gove says children are reading too few books. He says that some students only read two books in an academic year, and that a departmental survey in England suggested that "over 90% of schools teach Of Mice and Men to their GCSE students". But why does a novella written in 1937 about displaced ranch workers during the Great Depression hold such enduring popularity in schools? The answer is that Steinbeck's classic is short, comprising only six chapters, and that its themes continue to be considered relevant to 21st Century society. Nicola Williams, a senior English teacher at Charlton School in Shropshire, admits the length of the novella is a factor in its appeal, suggesting that "the reading is not too onerous when we are so pushed for time in the curriculum". But she believes the true draw of the novella lies in its accessibility to students across a range of academic abilities. "Students often struggle to understand why George shoots Lennie," she says, "particularly at the lower end of the ability spectrum, but once explained they do get it." "Steinbeck offers a lot for more able students too with his references to light and noise and his presentation of the six clear scenes in a cyclical style." Williams describes the relationship between main characters George and Lennie as the topic that provokes the most debate. She says: "Interestingly, a lot of students jump to the conclusion that the two main characters must be gay as they travel together, and that, I think, is due to modern representations of male relationships. "It's really gritty because of the issues it deals with." Susan Van Kirk, author of the Cliff Notes Revision Guide for Of Mice and Men agrees, commenting: "Thousands of books are written and printed every year, but very few stand the test of time and speak of enduring human values. "Of Mice and Men has universal themes that can be read in any culture and time. John Steinbeck wrote of lessons of the heart, lessons that teach children what it is to be a human being with compassion for his fellow humans and a social conscience." Van Kirk believes the theme of bullying is of great relevance to teaching children in society today. "Currently in Western culture, there is much discussion about school bullying. This book is certainly a bullying antidote. Teenagers often feel lonely and powerless and they can identify with many of the characters in this novel." 50 books a year With Gove announcing plans to restructure the curriculum, there is a possibility mainstay works such as Of Mice and Men may see their regular position on reading lists placed under threat. Gove believes that children from the age of 11 should be reading up to 50 books each year and suggests that an over-reliance on longstanding core texts is working to the detriment of the curriculum. But whether or not Gove's plans become reality, it is difficult to imagine a short, accessible, and perennially relevant novella like Of Mice and Men being abandoned. Written by Stephen Maunder.

शिक्षा सचिव माइकल गोव ने बच्चों से अधिक किताबें पढ़ने का आह्वान किया है, यह देखते हुए कि जॉन स्टीनबेक का उपन्यास 'ऑफ माइस एंड मेन' कई स्कूलों में प्रचलित है। इतने सारे अंग्रेजी शिक्षकों द्वारा एक अमेरिकी किताब का चयन क्यों किया जाना चाहिए?


Mudiad Meithrin to get £2m for one million Welsh speaker goal

Summary: The goal of reaching one million Welsh speakers will be helped by an extra £2m over the next two years.

In 2016, First Minister Carwyn Jones announced plans to almost double the figure from 562,000 by 2050. The extra cash will go to Mudiad Meithrin - a charity which gives early years, including nursery, Welsh-language education. It will now receive an extra £1m in each of the next two years on top of its £2m Welsh Government funding. The money will help it set up new provisions in areas where there is a lack of opportunity to use the language.

दस लाख वेल्श बोलने वालों तक पहुंचने के लक्ष्य को अगले दो वर्षों में अतिरिक्त 2 मिलियन पाउंड से मदद मिलेगी।


Colwick man in court over woman's death in Netherfield

Summary: A man has been remanded in custody over the death of a woman who was found stabbed at a house in Nottingham.

Police found the body of mother-of-one Leighann Wightman, 24, at the property in Norman Street in Netherfield at about 05:30 BST on Saturday. Andrew Kemp, 48, from Vale Road, Colwick, appeared before magistrates in Nottingham charged with murder and was remanded into custody. He is due to appear before Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday. A post-mortem examination revealed Ms Wightman, who had a daughter aged five, died from stab wounds.

नॉटिंघम में एक घर में चाकू से एक महिला की मौत के मामले में एक व्यक्ति को हिरासत में भेज दिया गया है।


Alderney politician says half of Jersey flights sold

Summary: More than half of flights offered under a new trial service between Alderney and Jersey have been sold, according to the tourism office.

The trial service, a joint venture between Alderney and airline Aurigny, begins on 20 September. Neil Harvey, from the States of Alderney, said the route could be important for the island. The last regular flights between the two islands were in 2009 and run by Blue Islands. Mr Harvey said: "The people of Alderney have long hoped for a resumption of the direct Jersey route and this gives us an opportunity to demonstrate just how successful it could be." The trial will run for six weeks and will see flights on Friday and Sunday at a cost of £99 return. Aurigny last operated flights between the islands in 2004.

पर्यटन कार्यालय के अनुसार, एल्डर्नी और जर्सी के बीच एक नई परीक्षण सेवा के तहत दी जाने वाली आधे से अधिक उड़ानें बेची जा चुकी हैं।


Museum of Lost Objects: The Armenian church in Deir al-Zour

Summary: Twenty-five years ago a new church was consecrated in the town of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, dedicated to the Armenians killed en masse in 1915. Ironically the building erected in memory of the victims of violence has now been destroyed by bombs.

By Kanishk Tharoor and Maryam MarufBBC News In the basement of the Armenian Martyrs' Memorial Church in Deir al-Zour lay a shrine - a sunken area filled with sand, and laid on top, a pile of human remains. "I was so shocked. I just stood and looked at the bones," says British-Armenian writer Nouritza Matossian, who visited the church in 2001. "Everybody was hushed, it was silent in there. We were all lost in our thoughts. It was really quite an isolated moment. It wasn't pulling at you to cry or weep. It was just very simple and dignified and noble." A stone pillar rose up through the ceiling, into the church and up to the roof. "I looked at this beautiful shrine and I thought, 'What an amazing idea to have taken this column which was like a tree, rooted in the ground, and take it right up through the body of the church, right up into the cupola and up into the sky,'" she says. It was not an old building - the Syrian government had approved its construction in the 1980s and it was consecrated in 1991 in memory of Armenians who died in 1915. Matossian's ancestors were among those caught up in the events a century ago. As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, hundreds of thousands of Armenians, mainly from eastern Anatolia, were rounded up and sent hundreds of miles away across the Syrian Desert. Some were forced to walk, while others were taken in trains and caravans to the city of Deir al-Zour. Matossian's grandfather, Hovhannes, had already left Antep - now Gaziantep in Turkey - after an outbreak of violence in 1910. Although he had moved to Cyprus, the rest of his family stayed behind and were eventually deported. They were "driven across these deserts starving, without water, stripped naked, their clothes were torn off their backs everything was taken from them," says Matossian. "Deir al- Zour was the end of the road, it was the last Ottoman outpost into the desert in the eastern part of Syria," says Heghnar Watenpaugh, a Lebanese-Armenian historian at the University of California, Davis. "Beyond that there's really nothing, no settlements. "Very few people made it there, and once they made it they were killed outright, or just succumbed to disease and starvation." Find out more Armenians say 1.5 million people were systematically killed. Turkey maintains the number is closer to 300,000, and denies accusations of genocide, saying that many ethnic Turks also died during World War One. In the years that followed, Deir al-Zour became "a major pilgrimage site for Armenians," says Watenpaugh, and a shrine was finally built. But the Armenian Martyrs' Memorial Church stood for less than a quarter of a century before it was destroyed. In 2014, it was blown up during fighting between the so-called Islamic State group and the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front. The central church of the complex was almost completely demolished. "It's a very dark moment in our life, in our history. I never thought this could be repeated," says Matossian. Before the Syrian civil war, there were an estimated 100,000 ethnic Armenians in Syria - most of them descendants of those who survived the deportations. There were small communities in cities across the country but the majority, more than 60,000, settled in Aleppo. For many of them Aleppo "is like a sacred word, a magical incantation," says Watenpaugh. "All of our families went through Aleppo at some point during the deportations. For some, it was a place where salvation was possible, where you could bribe your way out of the deportation or find some way to escape." She says Armenian women were often taken by Bedouin families, sometimes willingly and sometimes by force. "They became part of extended Bedouin households and the concubines or wives of various Bedouin men. "Today, when Bedouin come to Aleppo on business and go to a store run by an Armenian they will often call the Armenians of Aleppo khalo - brother of my mother. That's because there is this very strong connection between the Bedouin who know that their mothers or grandmothers were Armenians." Nouritza Matossian's great-aunt was one of the Armenian women picked up by local Bedouin. Years later, she was spotted in Aleppo. "Our relations saw her in the bazaar, and they recognised her, they called out her name - Berjouhi," says Matossian. "She recognised them but there were children with her, and she swept up her children and disappeared into the crowd. She was married or she was living with these people and she didn't want to leave her children behind. "Her face was covered in tattoos. In order to assimilate them, the Bedouin made them change their religion, and they tattooed their women - it was a sort of tribal thing." Deir al-Zour made a deep impression on Matossian and she returned to the city in 2007. At the shrine, she bought a small box as a memento. Inside is a tiny cross made of olive wood, two ears of wheat, two little candles, incense, and a tube of soil. "The priest told me that that is the earth of Deir al-Zour. Some people take earth from where they're born and they spread it on their grave when they die. This soil has that significance," she says. "I always keep this box within eyesight, on my desk. I never expected that one day I would be looking at this box and that church would be gone, destroyed. It's very hard to accept." The Museum of Lost Objects traces the stories of 10 antiquities or ancient sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

पँचिश साल पहले पूर्वी सीरिया के देइर अल-ज़ोर शहर में एक नया चर्च पवित्र किया गया था, जो 1915 में सामूहिक रूप से मारे गए अर्मेनियाई लोगों को समर्पित था। विडंबना यह है कि हिंसा के पीड़ितों की याद में बनाई गई इमारत को अब बमों से नष्ट कर दिया गया है।