Fujitsu specialist staff to work on Highland contract

Summary: IT company Fujitsu will bring in specialist staff on a full-time basis to try to get its £70m contract with Highland Council back on track.

Representatives from the company met with officials and councillors on Monday to discuss problems with the roll-out of new computers. Two new deadlines have been set for when they will need to be in place. Resources committee chairwoman Caroline Wilson said the meeting had been positive. Last week, councillors heard 15% of Fujistu's work at council offices and about 40% in schools had been completed. The Japanese IT giant won a contract last year to replace and maintain technology, including computers and printers, in the local authority's schools and offices. Related Internet Links Fujitsu Highland Council

आईटी कंपनी फुजित्सु हाईलैंड काउंसिल के साथ अपने 70 मिलियन पाउंड के अनुबंध को पटरी पर लाने की कोशिश करने के लिए पूर्णकालिक आधार पर विशेषज्ञ कर्मचारियों को लाएगी।


Prep: The battle to access 'game-changing' HIV drug

Summary: A "game-changing" drug in the fight against HIV reduces the risk of acquiring the condition. But those at high risk of contracting the virus have struggled to get hold of the medication, despite the NHS trialling it across England.

By Andre Rhoden-PaulBBC News Ron, who is from London and in his 20s, asked about pre-exposure prophylaxis - known more commonly as Prep - at a sexual health clinic in autumn 2017, but was turned away partly because there were no spaces left on the trial. "They said it had filled up and that I most likely don't qualify," he said about his visit to Burrell Street Sexual Health Clinic in London. "They mentioned I could buy it online but they didn't really say where to go or what to do. "They didn't really imply I needed it." Ron admits his lifestyle heightened the risk of contracting HIV, as he had frequently been having unprotected sex with men and women while "going through a lot of personal issues". A few months later, he noticed a voicemail left on his phone. "I had contracted other sexual transmitted infections in the past, but this was the first time I got a voicemail from a sexual health clinic. "They asked me to come in and they did not explain why. "I thought, this is the day I find out I'm HIV positive." His intuition proved correct. "In a way I felt like I was probably going to end up being one of those people [who contracted HIV]. "And that was because I saw that my sexual activity was of a risky type and if I don't play safer, this will happen." He started retroviral treatment a week later and is now living a normal life but Ron is angry others could be at risk if they haven't been able to access Prep. "At [that] point I still was thinking I might as well get ready to say goodbye to my family and friends and I was going to die, because I was not well informed. "There's probably so many individuals who are going to get that phone call just like I did." Prep is a preventative medicine which fights the virus if an HIV-negative person comes into contact with it through unprotected sex. An Impact trial was launched in England in October 2017 with an initial 10,000 places at sexual health clinics for people at high risk of contracting HIV. But there has been great demand for the drug, with sexual health charities inundated with stories of people being turned away due to a lack of places. Critics say allowing it to be freely available on the NHS promotes promiscuity and leaves people more vulnerable to other sexually transmitted infections. Julia, a sex worker from London, had not heard of Prep until a nurse at a sexual health clinic recommended she enrol on the trial. "When some of my clients asked me if I was scared of HIV when I did unprotected sex, I would say 'no'," she said. "[But] to tell you the truth, whenever I got flu I was panicking." The 34-year-old, originally from Poland, added: "I was surprised and shocked when the nurse told me something like that [the drug] existed. "I feel more protected now." Julia, who turned to sex work to survive after separating from her husband, said other escorts thought the drug was only for gay men. She said she had only met one heterosexual man who was taking the drug. "To be honest my other escort friends, when they found out I was on Prep, they were thinking that I was HIV positive. "There was also a strange reaction even among my clients. Sometimes when I am saying 'I'm on Prep' they don't want to listen." Julia said she had since become "very picky" about her clients and asks them about their status. "I am trying to educate them a bit about Prep and that it exists." You might also be interested in The man who saved thousands of people from HIV 'Having sex five times a day wasn't enough' 'The first time I had sex I contracted HIV' Women's HIV charity the Sophia Forum said the trial was not being promoted enough to women and other groups at risk. "For women vulnerable to acquiring HIV, it is not in their magazines or conversations they are having with their friends," said trustee Jackie Stevenson, whose charity which has created the campaign Women and Prep. "Public Health England figures show we are still doing badly at even offering women a HIV test - if we can't offer them a test, who is going to talk to them about Prep?" What is Prep? Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a pill taken daily or on demand prior to having sex, to prevent HIV infection. If taken consistently, when a condom is not worn and someone comes into contact with HIV, it will protect cells in the body and disable the virus to stop it multiplying. The UK Medical Research Council-run Proud study, comparing gay men on Prep against non-users, found an 86% fall in new HIV infections in Prep users. Many in the sexual health sector say Prep, when taken correctly, is almost 100% effective. The drug is aimed at men who have sex with men without a condom as well as others at high risk, including HIV-negative partners of individuals with HIV that is not virally suppressed. Researchers are currently assessing demand for the drug and its effect on the number of new HIV infections in England. Some gay and bisexual men and trans women are eligible to receive Prep on prescription through the trial, along with heterosexual people at high risk. Responding to a request for comment for this article, NHS England said it was planning to fund a further 13,000 places on the trial. The trial itself is controversial as Prep is provided on the NHS in Scotland and via an uncapped study in Wales. Initially, NHS England said it was up to local authorities to provide the drug. Currently, 42 trial centres across England have filled their places for gay and bisexual men. The National Aids Trust, which forced NHS England to provide Prep after taking it to the High Court, said it was concerned people had been turned away. "Clinicians are now speaking with distress about seeing people getting HIV, which could have been prevented had they been on the Prep trial," the charity's director of strategy, Yusef Azad, said before the additional places were announced. At the Whittall Street Clinic in Birmingham, there is a waiting list until May to get on the trial. The clinic's HIV consultant David White explained: "If this wasn't a research project we could put more people on Prep and we could do it in a wider geographical area." He said the biggest demand came from gay men. "If you look at the other high-risk groups, we have higher numbers than other centres but that's because we are trying to engage other communities." Dr White, from Birmingham, said only a handful of people on the city's trial were black African men and women, despite an estimated 25,000 diagnosed as living with HIV in the UK, according to Public Health England. He puts this down to many reasons, including stigma around HIV in the African community. In the north of England, 13 trial clinics, including in Hull and Bradford, have not started giving out Prep, despite the trial starting in 2017. "It puts pressure on places like Leeds, where people from areas with no access to Prep are registering," said Tom Doyle, who heads sexual health organisation Yorkshire Mesmac. "So there is now no space left on the trial in Leeds." He pins the problem on the trial focusing on maintaining those sites already up and running. He added: "On the trial's community advisory board, we spend a lot of time to make access to Prep equitable, but it really is not in parts of England." Those not able to get on the trial can buy generic Prep from about £20 a month, cheaper than the branded Prep Truvada. An estimated 10,000 people are self-sourcing, according to website I Want Prep Now. The Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a fund to give the drug to 1,000 people on no or low incomes who cannot get on the trial or buy it themselves. Ian Green, CEO, said: "Quite frankly, it is a scandal a charity is having to help people buy their own Prep; what we should be doing and are doing is putting pressure on NHS England to commission Prep. "What we know is that [the] lifetime cost of treating someone with HIV is over £300,000. The cost of generic Prep is around £20 a month, so it is absolutely cost effective." The full results of the trial will be available in early 2021. In an open letter last month, MPs and peers called on public health minister Steve Brine to urgently expand access to Prep in England. Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle, who last month revealed in a speech to the Commons that he's living with HIV, said a cliff-edge scenario was approaching. "We know of people who have become infected with HIV because they cannot access this HIV game-changer," he said. "I want to see Prep have a long-term home as part of sexual health services, but in the meantime, NHS England and local authorities must act now and agree to increased places on the trial." NHS England described the trial as a "huge success with over 10,000 participants", and said the increase in places was important for addressing questions from the trial about the need for Prep among women and other groups. In a statement issued on Friday, director of specialised commissioning for NHS England John Stewart said: "The trial researchers have submitted a case for increasing trial places and NHS England will play its part in delivering on this recommendation by committing to fund additional places in line with existing funding arrangements. "This will help ensure the learning from the trial is robust enough to fully inform the planning of a national Prep programme in partnership with local authorities for the future, as well as protecting more people from HIV right now." The Trial Oversight Board - this includes local authorities, which fund part of the trial - will make a decision later this month whether to pass the proposal to double places on the trial to 26,000. It will then be up to individual local authorities to determine how many additional places they take up. In reaction, sexual health charities including the National Aid Trust welcomed the proposal. Its chief executive Deborah Gold said: "It's crucial that the Trial Oversight Board approves this measure, so that we can move swiftly on to the great deal of remaining work to be done in making sure that everyone who might benefit - especially women and heterosexual men - hears the news that there's now an effective HIV prevention pill."

एच. आई. वी. के खिलाफ लड़ाई में एक "गेम-चेंजिंग" दवा इस स्थिति को प्राप्त करने के जोखिम को कम करती है। लेकिन वायरस के अनुबंध के उच्च जोखिम वाले लोगों को दवा प्राप्त करने के लिए संघर्ष करना पड़ा है, इसके बावजूद कि एन. एच. एस. ने पूरे इंग्लैंड में इसका परीक्षण किया है।


Obituary: Charles Aznavour

Summary: Charles Aznavour was an unlikely heartthrob.

He stood just 5ft 3in (1.6m) tall and was almost 50 before he had his first hit in Britain. In a career spanning 80 years, he wrote more than 1,200 songs, including the classic tearjerker She. And he was lauded in his home country, where he was once dubbed France's Frank Sinatra. Varenagh Aznavourian was born in Paris in May 1924, the son of Armenian immigrants who had fled from persecution in Turkey and were staying in the French capital temporarily while waiting for a US visa. Forced by lack of money to give up school at the age of nine, he was determined to be an entertainer and by 11 he was playing child roles at the Theatre Marigny. In 1941 he teamed up with another actor, Pierre Roche, to write songs, and in a nine-year partnership they wrote for Maurice Chevalier, Gilbert Becaud and Edith Piaf. His big break came when Piaf, who had admired his voice, invited him to accompany her on a tour, first of France and then of the United States. With her encouragement, Aznavour launched himself on a solo career in 1950, singing his own songs. Multi-lingual His stage performances were described as the epitome of French romance, but one critic wrote: "To put one's self before the public with such a voice and such a physique is pure folly." But Aznavour's mournful love songs, delivered by his throaty tenor voice, did catch on, and in 1955 success came with the song Sur Ma Vie. In 1965 he opened the first of his long-running one-man shows at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris, singing 30 of his own songs. His first hit in Britain was The Old-Fashioned Way, in 1973, followed by She in 1975. His linguistic ability - he could sing in more than six languages - made him popular around the world. His success, including worldwide sales of more than 180 million records, brought wealth, and he lived in Switzerland for many years. Armenian earthquake In 1977 a French court fined him about £1m ($1.3m), with a suspended one-year jail sentence, for tax evasion and currency offences. The following year he was ordered to pay £1m in tax arrears. Aznavour combined singing with his acting career, and appeared in more than 60 films. In 1982 he played himself as a struggling composer in the film Edith et Marcel, based on Piaf's romance with a boxer. In 1988, in response to the earthquake in Armenia, he formed his own charity to help the victims, including composing a song that featured a string of top French performers and topped the charts for more than four months. "What is important to Armenia," he once said, "is important for us." He took a deep interest in politics. During the 1992 French presidential elections he encouraged people to sing La Marseillaise in public to protest against the right-wing candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen, who had made it to the run-offs. He also campaigned vigorously for an extension of copyright law to protect the work of artists, authors and composers. Aznavour had neither a great voice nor film-star looks but he did have immense songwriting talent coupled with a mesmerising stage presence. Along with Piaf and Chevalier he was one of France's greatest singing stars.

चार्ल्स अज़नावोर एक अप्रत्याशित दिल की धड़कन थे।


Suspected WW2 grenade found by Bath angler

Summary: A main road in the centre of Bath had to close after a fisherman discovered a suspected hand grenade.

Bomb disposal officers were called to the Kennet and Avon Canal near Bathwick Hill shortly after 13:30 GMT. Avon and Somerset Police said an object, believed to be a World War Two hand grenade, had been discovered by a man who was magnet fishing. The device was taken away for detonation elsewhere and Bathwick Hill was reopened after about two hours. Related Internet Links Avon and Somerset Police

बाथ के केंद्र में एक मुख्य सड़क को बंद करना पड़ा क्योंकि एक मछुआरे को एक संदिग्ध हथगोला मिला था।


Scottish independence: Do political TV debates matter?

Summary: Scotland's First Minster Alex Salmond will face head of Better Together campaign Alistair Darling in a live televised debate on Scottish independence later. It will be broadcast by STV in Scotland and online. But do TV debates influence voters?

By Esther WebberBBC News It's been billed as the most important piece of televised political theatre in Scotland's history. For two hours between 20:00 BST and 22:00 BST, the figureheads of the "Yes" and "No" campaigns will participate in a head-to-head showdown in a bid to win over hearts and minds before the referendum on 18 September, when voters will be asked the yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" There's already been drama over the line-up. Mr Salmond repeatedly called for UK Prime Minister David Cameron to face him in the debate, calling him "feart" when he rejected the invitation. Mr Cameron said as leader of the pro-UK campaign, Mr Darling was the man for the job. Then there was a wrangling over the date. Now there's the much-anticipated spectacle of a live debate. A silver-tongued swipe at the opposition can gain admiration. An ill-timed stumble or an embarrassing gaffe can send a campaign into an tailspin. Both protagonists have experience in the field. The leader of the SNP faced other Scottish party leaders in a debate before the Holyrood elections in 2011 and Mr Darling has been a familiar face on the small screen as a former Scotland Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. But how much do televised debates matter? Tom Mludzinski, head of political polling at ComRes - which organised the responsive "worm" that tracked audience reactions to the leaders' debates before the general election in 2010 - says the one thing TV debates guarantee is a wider audience - "viewers who wouldn't normally watch political programmes". "It can be a particular help where things are unknown - that's what we saw with Nick Clegg [ahead of the 2010 British general election]. He had a much lower profile back then, and that exposure created the 'I agree with Nick' phenomenon and so-called Clegg-mania," he says. Following that logic, Mr Mludzinski argues that "there is more to gain for Darling, who's perhaps less well-known as an orator and has the chance to make a good impression". However, Scott Macnab, a political correspondent for the Scotsman, says the SNP leader will also be hoping to gain some ground. "The polls are against Alex Salmond. He's the one who really has to make it happen. If Mr Darling and Mr Salmond came out level-pegging, I suspect the Better Together people would be pretty happy with that. For Alistair Darling, it's a case of damage limitation," he says. There is also more of a risk of Mr Salmond's personality eclipsing the campaign on the "Yes" side, he argues, since the first minister is "a love-hate figure". "He will have to show that independence will be better for the people of Scotland - in terms of the economy, healthcare et cetera - in order to avoid it being a referendum on Alex Salmond," he says. But if either man turns out to be a smash hit with viewers, would it make people more likely to vote for their cause? And would a gaffe have the opposite impact? Mr Clegg's rating jumped from just under 20% to fluctuating between 28% and 33% after the three televised leader debates before the British general election, but his TV appearance didn't translate into as many votes as he might have hoped - the Lib Dems went from 62 seats to 57. But the public response to his performance was "useful all the same", Mr Mludzinski says, "since it helped give him the credibility he needed going into the negotiations that led to the coalition being formed". Some televised debates across the Atlantic in the US - where they are more widespread - have had more impact. Texas governor Rick Perry was a much-fancied contender in the 2011 race for the Republican nomination before he decided to list the three government departments he would axe if he made it to the White House in a TV debate. The trouble was, he could only remember two of them. He withdrew from the race shortly afterwards. And in the first US presidential TV debate in 1960, Republican nominee Richard Nixon famously lost out on the presidency after many thought he appeared sweaty and shifty next to a polished and confident John F Kennedy. However, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a professor of communication at the University of Pennsylvania, says in general, TV debates in the US "don't have a great deal of impact on the way people vote". "Where it does make a difference is for the minority of voters who've not made up their minds or who don't have strong partisan ties - and also where the race is very close," she says. In the case of the referendum, Mr Macnab thinks it will be difficult for either side to produce a trump card to woo the undecided since "everything's already out there" - something that those that feel there are still many unanswered questions would challenge. But if debates only make a difference in a small number of cases, why do broadcasters and politicians hold them? In addition to trying to reach and inform more voters, they also help make politicians more accessible and give an insight into how they might deal with different policies, Prof Jamieson argues. "While they might not make people switch sides, we know debates help people learn how candidates would govern and how they would handle certain issues - they're very useful in tying campaigns to governance," he says. So would Scots like to see their politicians on TV more often? Mr Macnab is sceptical. "It's been a very long campaign and most people are getting a little weary of it. Watching the Commonwealth Games has been a welcome break," he says. The debate's viewing figures might be the best indicator of how many people are engaged - or have already switched off. The debate will be shown on STV on Tuesday 5 August at 20:00 BST.

स्कॉटलैंड के प्रथम मंत्री एलेक्स सैल्मंड बाद में स्कॉटलैंड की स्वतंत्रता पर एक लाइव टेलीविजन बहस में बेटर टुगेदर अभियान के प्रमुख एलिस्टेयर डार्लिंग का सामना करेंगे। इसे स्कॉटलैंड में एस. टी. वी. और ऑनलाइन प्रसारित किया जाएगा। लेकिन क्या टीवी बहस मतदाताओं को प्रभावित करती है?


Summary: The prime minister has announced new plans to seize the wages of illegal workers as proceeds of crime as part of a new immigration strategy. But how does the UK go about recovering the proceeds of crime, and what challenges might the new plans throw up?

By Emma AilesBBC News What counts as the "proceeds of crime"? Any money earned as a result of, or in connection with, an offence can be recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. That also includes assets bought with the proceeds of crime - a red Ferrari and a Bentley Continental car, jewellery, watches and properties within London and the Home Counties are among assets recovered by the Metropolitan Police in the last five years. Previously, if a person gained a job by deception - for example using a fake passport - any money they earned in wages might be considered proceeds of crime, and therefore eligible for confiscation. However, people in the country illegally, but who had not obtained a job by deception (for example if their employer knew they were here illegally), would not be pursued for their wages. The government plans to create a new offence of "illegal working" to change that. How are the proceeds of crime recovered? Simply speaking, there are two ways that the proceeds of crime can be reclaimed. Firstly, anyone convicted of a crime can be ordered to pay. The court would calculate how much they were required to hand over, and a person might face prison if they failed to pay. Secondly, the police can seize £1,000 or more cash on the spot if they have reason to think someone might have earned it through illegal activity. No criminal conviction is required. A court would then decide whether that money was indeed earned from criminal activity, and whether it should be forfeited permanently. The UK authorities can still go after people's assets even if they are abroad, for example by asking the overseas jurisdiction to freeze or sell them. Where does the money go? The police are able to claim some of the confiscated money and assets back to reinvest into policing, through an incentive scheme. For confiscations of assets rather than cash, the Home Office gets half and the other half is spilt equally between the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, and the courts. Where cash is seized, the Home Office gets half and the police get half. In some cases, a judge can decide to award a percentage of any confiscated money to the victims of crime as compensation. There have also been schemes where seized money has been given to community schemes. How effective is the law? The Metropolitan Police argues that being able to confiscate the proceeds of crime acts as a deterrent to "acquisitive criminals", such as burglars, because the risk that their ill-gotten gains will be seized begins to outweigh the potential monetary gains. Officers also claim it helps disrupt "negative role models who have lots of money but don't work" - and that targeting their assets shows them, and the public, that "crime doesn't pay". As of December 2014, there were 1,244 live confiscation orders under the responsibility of the Crown Prosecution Service, amounting to nearly £500 million, of which 31.5% was deemed "collectable". According to barrister Will Hayes, who specialises in asset forfeiture, the courts are generally quite successful in recovering the proceeds of crime - but there are challenges. "Criminals hide their assets very effectively, often overseas, and in some cases jurisdictions might not be very cooperative," he says. And in some cases, people choose to spend the extra time in prison rather than pay up, he adds. When it comes to pursuing the wages of illegal workers, he suggests money could prove difficult to recover. "One would think they're going to be fairly low level modest wages. If you're talking about low sums of money, You've got to think about how much it costs to instruct a lawyer and take something through the courts." He says there have been some recent successful cases where money was recovered from Eastern European nationals who defrauded the benefits system and bought houses overseas. But he adds that there must be a "balancing act" to weigh up whether cases are worth pursuing.

प्रधान मंत्री ने एक नई आप्रवासन रणनीति के हिस्से के रूप में अपराध की आय के रूप में अवैध श्रमिकों के वेतन को जब्त करने की नई योजनाओं की घोषणा की है। लेकिन यू. के. अपराध की आय की वसूली के बारे में कैसे जाता है, और नई योजनाओं से क्या चुनौतियों का सामना करना पड़ सकता है?


Cheshire: Gateway to the Northern Powerhouse?

Summary: Looking at a map, Cheshire might appear to be on the fringes of the Northern Powerhouse, but officials in the county say it's actually the Gateway to it - bringing in commuters and investment.

By Phil McCannCheshire Political Reporter, BBC News Cheshire is home to major employers in science and manufacturing, housing developers are eager - some would say too eager - to build new homes, and it could soon have two high-speed rail stations. The presence of the Northern Powerhouse's chief architect, Chancellor George Osborne, as the MP for Tatton, means there is the will within Whitehall for Cheshire to benefit from devolution. The Powerhouse allows Cheshire companies "to be part of something far greater", according to Cygnet Group chief executive Matthew Kimpton-Smith. His Northwich firm sells specialist machinery, predominantly to China and the United States. He says the Northern Powerhouse gives his company "real power, real punch" on the world stage. But Cheshire has been beaten in the race to take on devolved powers. Officials have had to watch as devolution deals were done with the noisy neighbours in Manchester and Liverpool. They've even lost territory as the Cheshire borough of Halton decided to become part of the Liverpool city region. 'Poisoned chalice?' Over the summer, anxious to avoid being left behind, the two councils in the east and west of Cheshire, plus Warrington, hurriedly put together their own devolution bid to meet a tight government timetable. Warrington Borough Council's chief executive Steven Broomhead, who used to run the Northwest Regional Development Agency, said the bid wouldn't just "enhance and grow" the county's economy - it would allow the borough to escape the influence of its neighbours' elected mayors. But as city regions have so far been the only places to have agreed deals, there's a lack of clarity over what a Cheshire deal might look like. It seems so unclear that the leader of Warrington Borough Council, Terry O'Neill, recently said his authority wasn't sure whether devolution would be "a poisoned chalice or an opportunity". A report by the think tank IPPR North seems to acknowledge this, calling for "greater clarification of the purpose, process and timescale" of devolution deals for counties. It's also not clear whether the government will insist on a Cheshire elected mayor. Until there are firm answers to questions like those, the county's Powerhouse ambitions may just be held back.

एक मानचित्र को देखते हुए, चेशायर उत्तरी पावरहाउस के किनारे पर प्रतीत हो सकता है, लेकिन काउंटी के अधिकारियों का कहना है कि यह वास्तव में इसका प्रवेश द्वार है-यात्रियों और निवेश को लाना।


Mexico to try Iguala ex-mayor's wife

Summary: The wife of the ex-mayor of the Mexican town where 43 students disappeared in September is to be tried on suspicion of being involved in organised crime.

But a federal court statement made no mention of any charges in connection with the students' disappearance. The Mexican government says Maria de los Angeles Pineda and her husband, the former mayor of Iguala, handed the students over to a local drug gang. Investigators say the gang then killed the students and burned their bodies. Federal investigators blamed Jose Luis Abarca and Maria de los Angeles Pineda for ordering local police to hand the students over to members of a local drug gang, Guerreros Unidos. A court statement said a judge had found evidence Ms Pineda had been acting as a financial intermediary for the gang and had helped protect it. Her lawyer did not comment.

मैक्सिकन शहर के पूर्व महापौर की पत्नी, जहां सितंबर में 43 छात्र लापता हो गए थे, पर संगठित अपराध में शामिल होने के संदेह में मुकदमा चलाया जाना है।


EU leaders hungry for Brexit intel

Summary: Whichever part of Europe I travel to at the moment, I find myself faced with political and business leaders desperate for intel on the UK, so that come the end of the interview I'm conducting, the tables are turned on me - to the tune of "Finished? OK, good. Now can you tell me anything about Brexit and the path the UK is going to take?"

Katya AdlerEurope editor@BBCkatyaadleron Twitter Europeans are bemused, confused and hungry for information. They listen to the prime minister, who says nothing has changed since the election, that she is carrying out the will of the British people... Yet Berlin, Brussels and Paris hear a cacophony of influential voices in and outside the Cabinet, who appear to be calling for all manner of things - hard Brexit, soft Brexit, an immigration-focused or a trade-led Brexit... In the absence of being officially informed otherwise, the EU is framing its negotiating positions around the Article 50 letter Theresa May sent back in March, triggering the formal Brexit process and pointing to a UK departure from the European Customs Union and Single Market. But Europeans ARE leaving wiggle room for other Brexit scenarios. The reason, they tell me: They fear Theresa May may well be a here today, gone tomorrow kind of prime minister, so they take her words and the words of her chief Brexit negotiator with a pinch of salt. Brussels had hoped for a decisive result in last month's general election. Eurocrats readily admit it was never their business which political party had the upper hand in the UK - that was a domestic issue - but what they did hope for, they told me, was for a strong prime minister to emerge, able to make concessions - some of them possibly painful ones - that the EU thinks will be necessary in order to reach a good Brexit deal. The phrase Brexit means Brexit has now become a bit of a tongue-in-cheek catchphrase in European circles, to use when you have no idea what to say in a particular situation or you don't want to be drawn on the details of any particular subject. Not that EU leaders are laughing about Brexit. There is little Schadenfreude about. I was in Berlin recently, where many politicians are keen anglophiles - but more to the point they realise that if the UK economy nosedives that will have a considerable impact on the rest of Europe too. You actually find quite a lot of sympathy in Germany for Theresa May and the political situation she finds herself in post-election. German politicians are also mourning the loss of the UK from EU decision-making. The two countries were closely aligned when it came to attempts to complete the single market, and make the EU more streamlined and competitive. Now Germany fears more protectionist Mediterranean nations may gain the upper hand. But the UK says it is leaving and there is little appetite in Berlin to make huge concessions. Germany is concerned with the EU's future. Angela Merkel insists life outside the EU cannot be seen to be more attractive than inside. There cannot be having your cake and eating it for the UK - leaving the EU but just keeping the convenient bits - otherwise, she fears, other countries might be tempted to walk out too. There is a wholesale rejection at German government level of the idea that a favourable trade deal will be done with the UK to keep up German car sales. You just don't understand how we Germans think, one high-level contact told me. Europe was Germany's chance of a new beginning, a new respectability after the horrors of the Nazi times - European Unity comes first, before any car sales. European politics trump trade and economics, he said. Of course Angela Merkel would love Brexit not to happen. I haven't met a European leader yet who was happy about Brexit. But Berlin thinks a reversal is unlikely - however much Wolfgang Schauble, the German finance minister, repeats out loud that the door is always open. His finance ministry is preparing for a huge row this autumn over what it sees as financial commitments the UK must honour when it leaves, and what the UK views as an EU exit bill. The EU is factoring in flexibility over the final amount to be paid, but Berlin is unsure the UK government can sell any amount to the British public. There was no talk before the referendum that Brexit would cost the British taxpayer money, one high-level source told me - so how will they react? They were just told leave the hideous EU and everything will be great. It's hard to find an upbeat mainstream European voice when it comes to Brexit; most leading politicians fear everyone will come off worse. The talk of the town right now is rather sartorial in tone. If negotiations are successful - and after a still-to-be-agreed transition period - Eurocrats speak of a tailor-made rather than an off-the-shelf deal with the UK, as in a specially-designed deal rather than a copy of the EU's agreement with Norway, Canada or Turkey for example. European businesses - like UK ones - are being warned of the possibility of a so-called cliff-edge, no-deal scenario. But my talks with leaders across the continent make clear: the Europeans want a deal with the UK. They need a deal, they'll work towards a deal - but, they insist - not at any price.

इस समय मैं यूरोप के जिस भी हिस्से की यात्रा करता हूं, मैं खुद को राजनीतिक और व्यापारिक नेताओं के सामने पाता हूं जो ब्रिटेन में खुफिया जानकारी के लिए बेताब हैं, इसलिए जब मैं जो साक्षात्कार कर रहा हूं उसके अंत में, मेजें मुझ पर आ जाती हैं-"समाप्त? ठीक है, अच्छा। अब क्या आप मुझे ब्रेक्सिट और यूके के रास्ते के बारे में कुछ बता सकते हैं?"


Euro 2016: Wales team departs with Cardiff send-off

Summary: Wales' football team has departed the country as their Euro 2016 preparations reach a climax.

The side's appearance in France will be its first at a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup. Players and coaches left their base at the Vale Resort, Vale of Glamorgan, on Saturday and headed to Cardiff Airport. After a send-off from pupils from Ysgol Treganna, Cardiff, the team took off for a friendly in Sweden on Sunday. They will then head to France ahead of the team's first game of the tournament against Slovakia on 11 June.

वेल्स की फुटबॉल टीम ने देश छोड़ दिया है क्योंकि उनकी यूरो 2016 की तैयारी चरमोत्कर्ष पर पहुंच गई है।


Forensic jeweller unravels secrets of the dead

Summary: The grim task of forensic science and the glamour of jewellery may seem worlds apart. But for Maria Maclennan, the world's first forensic jeweller, the pair can be a perfect match in unravelling the secrets of the dead.

By Graeme OgstonBBC Scotland Tayside and Central reporter Ms Maclennan, 27, a Dundee PhD student, has spent the past five years helping investigators identify victims by studying jewellery found at crime scenes or disaster sites. These include the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps in March last year and the Mozambican airliner which crashed in Namibia in 2013. Ms Maclennan, who grew up in Muir of Ord, will complete her four-year PhD project in forensic jewellery at Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in October. She said: "What seemingly might be two quite opposite fields are not as distant as one might think. "They involve experts with training looking at real detail that other untrained eyes might miss and looking at them in a way we can glean information about an individual and perhaps their life and family. "Jewellers have been intrigued for centuries by the notion of identity in the human body and why people wear jewellery and its symbolic nature and traditions." Vital clues After studying jewellery at art college, Ms Maclennan worked with designers, forensic anthropologists and police officers during her Masters degree on a project at Dundee University's renowned Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification. This involved working on a jewellery database classification system to assist victims' families trying to describe individual items. Ms Maclennan said: "It opened up jewellery and human identity in a way I hadn't thought about. "I took elements of that research forward into a PHD proposal. "I just got really fascinated with the research and felt that we'd maybe been missing a trick, that these two disciplines had not really spoken." Jewellery can withstand high-impact, extreme-temperature environments associated with disasters such as plane crashes, leaving vital clues for investigators. Ms Maclennan said: "I was deployed over the last couple of years for various mass fatalities, mainly aviation crashes but also building collapses. "One of the companies I work with on a freelance basis is a disaster response company, so I'm part of a database of experts. "Certainly through the contacts I've made and the people I've worked with, I now know that there's a need for the research." 'Microscopic level' Closer to home, Ms Maclennan has also been contacted by murder investigators who have found jewellery at a crime scene. She said: "Particular engravings or personal inscriptions might have some clues as to who the owner was. "Equally, there are a lot of genealogical markings, serial numbers and inscriptions that appear at microscopic level on gemstones and watches. "When they are brought in to be repaired, all these little marks all link, in some way, the jewellery to a particular location. "Some of the research was on hallmarks and how they might be able to narrow down where an item was made and who made it." Ms Maclennan will give a talk on forensic jewellery at the Dundee International Design Festival on 28 May. She said: "It seemed to me there was a lot of knowledge in the jewellery industry that might be of benefit in the forensic context that perhaps wasn't being tapped into. "I'm always very open with people and say it's a very exploratory and new field and I'm using the PhD to explore the potential and try and create a basis for further research. "I think coining the phrase "forensic jeweller" really did help in engaging the scientific and design communities and how they responded to the idea of these two fields working together."

फोरेंसिक विज्ञान का गंभीर कार्य और आभूषणों का आकर्षण दुनिया को अलग-अलग लग सकता है। लेकिन दुनिया की पहली फोरेंसिक जौहरी मारिया मैक्लेनन के लिए, यह जोड़ी मृतकों के रहस्यों को उजागर करने में एक आदर्श जोड़ी हो सकती है।


At-a-glance: Elections 2012

Summary: Here is a round up of the key points around the country so far:

English councils: Welsh councils: Mayoral referendums: Scottish councils: London: • All the latest election results are available at bbc.co.uk/vote2012

यहाँ देश भर में अब तक के प्रमुख बिंदुओं का एक राउंड अप दिया गया हैः


Is revenge porn already illegal in England?

Summary: Thousands of people have had sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves published on the internet without their consent. So why have only a small number of revenge porn perpetrators been prosecuted, and how is the law catching up with them?

By Caroline LowbridgeBBC News While the term "revenge porn" is new, the concept of distributing sexual images of a former partner is not. Before the internet, photos or homemade sex tapes were posted through the doors of friends and relatives. And there have been reports of vengeful exes submitting photos to pornographic magazines since at least the 1980s. Numerous celebrities have also had sex tapes released by former partners without their permission. But campaigners say there has been an explosion in revenge porn over the past few years, largely because of the impact of new technology. A smartphone can be used to make pornographic videos or photos, which can then be shared on social media or revenge porn websites when a relationship breaks down. This is what happened to Hazel Higgleton in July 2013, after she split up with her boyfriend. "I'm sure he put the video on every porn site he could possibly put it on, and then it just went viral and spread everywhere," said Hazel, 25. "I thought it was something that happens to celebrities. I didn't think it would be an issue for people like me." Miss Higgleton, from Chelmsford in Essex, said the police were very sympathetic when she reported what she believed was a crime. However, like many victims of revenge porn, she was told no legal action could be taken. "They were so nice about it but they were upset themselves that they couldn't do anything about it," said Miss Higgleton. "They thought it was terrible that nothing could be done about it, and they believed something had to be changed because they thought it was a very bad thing." Revenge porn is now being made a specific offence in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill and the government expects this to become law at some point in 2015, subject to the Parliamentary process. However, revenge porn can already be prosecuted under several existing laws. Prosecuting revenge porn Find out more from the Crown Prosecution Service Luke King, from Nottingham, was jailed for harassment in November, after sharing an explicit photo of his former girlfriend using the messaging service WhatsApp. It was thought to be one of the first revenge porn prosecutions. Janine Smith, deputy chief crown prosecutor for the East Midlands, hopes it will encourage other victims to report incidents to police. "Victims don't necessarily understand it's a criminal offence and so this is why it's really good the case has been highlighted," she said. "Obviously it's traumatic and terrible for the victim but it will say to tomorrow's suspect or tomorrow's victim that we take these cases really seriously." So why was Luke King prosecuted, while police told Hazel Higgleton that no action could be taken against her ex? Essex Police was asked to comment but said it was unable to find a record of the incident. Ms Smith said it would not be fair for her to comment on the police but said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) "can certainly make sure that we raise awareness within the police". "We could just highlight our guidance to them, so they are completely aware of our position," she said. The CPS updated its legal guidance in October to explain how revenge porn cases could be prosecuted. The law has not changed but the guidance has clarified the different legislation under which a perpetrator could be charged. Notable cases Another victim, who asked to be known as Ann, experienced the same problem as Ms Higgleton when she complained to police. Her ex-boyfriend had been posting naked photos of her on Tumblr for six months when she reported him. "When I told the police officer he was kind of like 'Oh that's a bit bad, but I'm not sure what that is, or what we could do about it'," said Ann, aged 21. She wants revenge porn to become a specific offence, but believes the updated CPS guidance will help other victims in the meantime. "There are cases such as mine which probably could have been covered under harassment because it was done multiple times, but the police were just unaware of how to deal with cases like that," she said. "I didn't even know the term revenge porn when it happened to me but I started searching for it and found whole websites with thousands and thousands of images on. "There are over 30 websites solely dedicated to it just in the UK, which is terrifying." The people featured on the websites - the vast majority of them women - often receive little sympathy. Holly Jacobs, founder of the international campaign End Revenge Porn, said they were frequently "slut-shamed" and blamed, even by friends and relatives. "They blame the victim for taking the photos or creating the video in the first place and sharing it with somebody," said Ms Jacobs. When a sex tape of celebrity Tulisa Contostavlos was released in 2012, she was mainly described on social media as a "slut", "whore" and "slag" rather than as a victim. One newspaper columnist later asked if she should "take her own share of responsibility" for the tape, which was filmed and leaked by her ex-boyfriend. But Ms Jacobs believes blame is gradually shifting from victims to perpetrators. "I think that's in part due to victims speaking up and talking about their experiences, and also getting laws put in place," she said. End Revenge Porn campaigns for laws in the US and internationally. "When a law is put in place against a certain act, it sends a message to society that this is a behaviour that won't be tolerated and that is not acceptable," said Ms Jacobs. Ann said attitudes towards revenge porn had changed, comparing the response when Paris Hilton's sex tape was leaked in 2004 with the release of naked photos of celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence 10 years later. "With people like Jennifer Lawrence, the main media narrative 'was this is horrific and shouldn't have happened', whereas in previous years, with sex tapes of Paris Hilton and others being released, there wasn't that narrative that this is an abuse," she said. The Jennifer Lawrence photos were obtained through hacking but the Paris Hilton tape was released by her ex-boyfriend. "[Then] it was more kind of like 'Oh look at her, she's a bit of a slut'. Now it's like 'Whoa, this is horrendous and this is non-consensual. Stop'." Despite her own disappointing experience when she went to police, Hazel Higgleton would encourage other victims to seek help. "It's not you that's in the wrong and you should not blame yourself," she said. "The other person is only at blame. You should always try and get justice." Origins of the term "revenge porn" Research by Jonathan Dent, an assistant editor for the Oxford English Dictionary

हजारों लोगों ने अपनी सहमति के बिना इंटरनेट पर अपनी यौन स्पष्ट तस्वीरें और वीडियो प्रकाशित किए हैं। तो फिर केवल एक छोटी संख्या में बदला लेने वाले अश्लील अपराधियों पर मुकदमा क्यों चलाया गया है, और कानून उन्हें कैसे पकड़ रहा है?


Second ferry damaged in crash with pier at Stornoway

Summary: A ferry has crashed into the same harbour pier that damaged the freight vessel it was brought in to replace.

The MV Clipper Ranger, which serves the Ullapool to Isle of Lewis route, was withdrawn from service after last month's incident in Stornoway. Its replacement, the MV Hebridean Isles, is also now undergoing repairs after hitting the same pier. Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne said the Hebridean Isles should be back in service later on Wednesday. The Clipper Ranger is in dry dock for repairs to its hull. It had 19 crew and 10 passengers on board when it struck the pier. No-one was hurt. Related Internet Links Caledonian MacBrayne Geograph

एक नौका उसी बंदरगाह घाट में दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गई है जिसने मालवाहक जहाज को क्षतिग्रस्त कर दिया था जिसे बदलने के लिए लाया गया था।


Preferred bidder chosen for Aberdeen redevelopment

Summary: A preferred bidder has been chosen for redevelopment work to ease traffic flow on a notorious Aberdeen roundabout.

Users of the Haudagain roundabout often face traffic-related delays. The so-called Middlefield Triangle will be created when a connecting road is built between North Anderson Drive and Auchmill Road. Aberdeen City Council said Dandara had been selected as the preferred bidder following a decision by the city growth and resources committee. Housing enclosed by the roads is being demolished. Related Internet Links Transport Scotland

एक कुख्यात एबरडीन गोल चक्कर पर यातायात प्रवाह को आसान बनाने के लिए पुनर्विकास कार्य के लिए एक पसंदीदा बोलीदाता को चुना गया है।


What happens when a petition gets debated in Parliament?

Summary: It's almost impossible to log onto social media without seeing a friend, a relative - or a barely-remembered acquaintance - asking you to sign a petition about some issue of the day.

By Alex PartridgeBBC Parliament If the petition is being hosted on Parliament's official website there's another inducement to sign. If you get more than 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for debate in Parliament. Except… your petition might not get debated. In the current Parliament, 11 well-supported petitions have been rejected by the Petitions Committee. The committee rejects petitions if it believes that the UK government cannot do anything about the issue (the reason it said no to a petition calling for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested for war crimes, for instance). But if the Petitions Committee decides that the UK government can do something about your petition, and you've got support, you're in. A debate on the green benches in the mother of all parliaments is yours. Except it isn't, because your debate will be held in Westminster Hall, which is best described as an annexe to the main House of Commons chamber. Debates taking place in Westminster Hall can be thinly attended. In Monday's debate on a number of Brexit petitions there were, at most, around 14 MPs in the room, the other 630 sitting MPs having judged that they had better places to be. So if you were hoping your debate would get your issue noticed among MPs, you may be out of luck. But you'll get an MP to introduce your debate, and fight your corner. Except they won't necessarily do so. Sutton and Cheam MP Paul Scully introduced Monday's Brexit debate but flat-out disagreed with a number of the petitions being discussed. He played a similar role during a debate last year on an e-petition entitled "stop allowing immigrants into the UK". What you do get is a minister who'll have to show up and explain government thinking on your issue. Don't expect them to have good news for you, however. There's a reason you've had to fight for the support of 100,000 of your fellow citizens - and get past the Petitions Committee - to get this far. At best, a minister will politely tell you that the government notes your concerns, and then give a justification of current government policy. Essentially, many of the issues that come up for debate, because of a petition, will not be made law because they are very far off from the values or aims of the current government. Perhaps more ministers should be as straightforward as then Home Office Minister Mike Penning, who told a debate on legalising cannabis last year that "I will not stand here and say, 'We are going to legalise cannabis'." So after all that, what have you got? A polite recognition by a minister. And an airing of the issue, in front of a handful of MPs. Publicity for your cause. Take another look look at the issues debated because of petitions in this Parliament: get rid of Jeremy Hunt, legalise cannabis, stop all immigration, stop the imposition of the junior doctors contract. Many of them appear to be lost causes. Except one. On 30 November 2015, MPs debated introducing a sugar tax, in response to a petition signed by over 155,000 people. The debate was well attended, the arguments passionate and overwhelmingly in favour of doing so. But minister Jane Ellison told it to MPs straight. The government had "no plans" to introduce a sugar tax. It would announce its obesity strategy at a later date. And then in his March 2016 budget, the then Chancellor George Osborne announced a levy on soft drinks manufacturers, linked to the amount of sugary drinks they sell. A policy very much like a sugar tax. So maybe it is worth signing that petition after all.

किसी मित्र, रिश्तेदार-या मुश्किल से याद किए जाने वाले परिचित-को देखे बिना सोशल मीडिया पर लॉग इन करना लगभग असंभव है-आपको दिन के किसी मुद्दे के बारे में याचिका पर हस्ताक्षर करने के लिए कहता है।


The heartbreaking video and the death of a Kurdish-Iranian family

Summary: A video clip of a Kurdish-Iranian girl who died with her family attempting to cross the English Channel last month highlights their drive for a better life.

By Jiyar GolBBC Persian The clip shows a nine-year-old girl crying and laughing. "My name is Anita Iranejad, I am from Sardasht," she says. It is a screen test for a short film to be shot in her hometown. In the background, her father Rasoul Iranejad can be heard gently prompting her: "I would like to be an actress… say it." The video suggests not just paternal pride, but ambition. Rasoul wants his daughter to achieve her dream. But that is a tall order for a little girl from this impoverished and politically oppressed region. The family are from Sardasht, a small, predominantly Kurdish city in western Iran A year after the screen test, Rasoul, his wife Shiva Panahi, and their three children Anita, six-year-old Armin and baby Artin, 15 months, embarked on a dangerous journey to Europe. But the family's hopes for their future were brought to a brutal end in the English Channel on 27 October. A small boat heading to the UK in rough conditions capsized just a few kilometres into its journey. Shiva and the children were trapped without life jackets inside the cabin. Rasoul, 35, left Iran with his family in early August. Relatives did not want to comment directly on why they left, but there are many reasons why they might have wanted to start again somewhere else. Sardasht, in west Azerbaijan province close to the border with Iraq, is a difficult place to realise any ambition beyond sheer survival. With little significant industry, it has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, and holds few prospects for its predominantly ethnic Kurdish population. Many are forced to resort to smuggling goods over the border into Iraqi Kurdistan. This is neither profitable - they earn less than $10 a trip - nor safe. In the past few years, hundreds of them have been shot dead or injured by Iranian border guards. Many have fallen to their deaths from the rough mountainous terrain or been buried by avalanches in winter. The region is also heavily militarised. Since the 1979 Iranian revolution, there has been conflict between Iranian security forces and armed Kurdish groups fighting for their rights. Iran labels them separatists backed by foreign powers. Some 10% of Iran's population of 82 million are Kurds, and yet they make up more than half of the country's political prisoners, according to the UN. There was a brutal crackdown from the authorities during and in the aftermath of anti-government protests in Iran last year, which exploded in the predominantly Kurdish towns on the western border with Iraq, as well as on the outskirts of Iran's major cities. A friend of Shiva's told the BBC that Rasoul, 35, wanted to escape persecution. She says that Shiva sold everything they had and borrowed money from friends and family to pay smugglers to take them to Europe. They wanted to get to the UK, which is a popular choice for Kurdish asylum seekers. They believe the UK takes a relatively small number of refugees, compared with other European countries, so they will have better prospects there. Their first stop was Turkey. A video clip shared with the BBC by Rasoul's friends shows him singing in Kurdish, while the family waits for smugglers to take them to Europe. "There is pain [in] my heart, huge sadness … but what can I do, I have to leave my Kurdistan and go…," he sings, his son Armin laughing in delight. His baby Artin toddles towards him and sits on his knee. There is a famous saying among the Kurds: "We have no friends other than mountains." After the end of World War One, and the collapse of the Ottoman empire, the Kurds were promised independence by victorious allied powers, but the regional powers never accepted that deal - instead their homeland was eventually divided among the new nations of the Middle East. Since then, any moves by Kurds in Iran, Turkey, Syria and Iraq to set up an independent state have been quashed. It used to be the case that Turkey was the final destination for thousands of Iranian refugees, but in the past seven years the political climate has meant this is no longer a viable choice. There are reports from migrants that Turkish security forces have abused Kurdish refugees in police stations or deported them to Iran upon arrival. There have even been a number of political assassinations and kidnappings of Iranian dissidents in Istanbul. So Rasoul and Shiva would have been keen to move on. In September they found a smuggler and paid 24,000 Euros [$28,243] to be ferried from Turkey to Italy, and then taken by lorry to northern France. Charlotte Decanter, a volunteer for the Adra charity in the coastal city of Dunkirk, says she met Shiva while distributing food at Grande-Synthe, the main camp for Kurdish migrants and refugees. She was struck by her vivacity. "A small woman, very kind, very sweet. I said a few words in Kurdish. She laughed a lot. She was stunned." But somewhere along their journey in France disaster had struck. Shiva and Rasoul were robbed of their possessions. In texts Shiva sent on 24 October to a friend in Calais, she acknowledges the journey by boat will be hazardous, but says they don't have the money for a lorry trip. "I know it's dangerous but we have no choice," she texts. She makes it clear how desperate she is to find refuge. "I have a thousand sorrows in my heart and now that I have left Iran I would like to forget my past." A friend of Rasoul's who travelled with the family to France says that on the evening of 26 October the smuggler in Dunkirk said it was time to make the crossing the next day. They left in the early morning from a beach called Loon Plage, a desolate spot next to an oil depot. The weather was extremely rough, with gusts of wind up to 30km per hour and waves about 1.5m high. The friend, who calls himself Aware, decided it wasn't worth the risk. "I was scared, I refused to go," says Aware. "I begged Rasoul that he shouldn't go either. But he said he had no choice." Rasoul paid the smugglers around £5,500, according to relatives in Iran. Ebrahim Mohammadpour, a 47-year-old actor and documentary filmmaker from Sardasht, who was also on the boat with his brother Mohammad, 27, and his 17-year-old son, says the craft was only 4-4.5 metres long and designed for eight people, not the 23 that were crammed on to it. "Honestly we were totally blind because we [had already] suffered so much in this journey," says Ebrahim. "First you think, 'I don't want to get on the boat,' but then you say, 'I will board just to leave this misery." Yasin, a 16-year-old who was also on the boat, says only he and two others - no-one in Rasoul's family - were wearing life jackets. The 22 passengers were all Kurds from Sardasht, and the pilot was a refugee from northern Iran, they say. Iranian migrants who have previously made the journey to the UK tell me smugglers usually ask the passenger who has the least money to drive the boat. Shiva and the children went into the glass-partitioned cabin, which would have seemed warmer and safer. But it turned out to be deadly. After around eight kilometres, the boat filled with water, according to Ebrahim. "We tried to remove the water, but we couldn't. We wanted to return to Calais but we couldn't," he says. His brother Mohammad says the passengers began to panic, lurching from one side of the vessel to the other, before the boat suddenly capsized. It's difficult to establish exactly what happened next, as the accounts of survivors are confused. All say that initially at least, Shiva and her children were trapped in the cabin. Ebrahim says that Rasoul dived under the water to try and rescue them, and came up again to cry for help. Peshraw, a university student, says he tried to break the glass of the cabin with a carpet cutter but was unable to even crack it. He says that he saw baby Artin floating inside. Shiva's brother Raso told us he heard Rasoul managed to pull Artin out, then went inside for the others. Ebrahim sobs as he recalls the moment he saw Anita floating in the water, and managed to grab her. "I held the child in the water. I thought she might be alive. With one hand I was holding onto the boat and with another, I was holding the child. I kept shaking her to see if she was alive but there was no response," he says. "I can't forgive myself," he cries. Rasoul emerged from the boat moaning, and crying out the names of his family, according to Ebrahim's brother Mohammed, and then just let himself be taken by the waves. A passing sailing boat raised the alarm at 0930 local time, and began to help those in the water, according to the French authorities. The first rescue ship arrived 17 minutes later, they say. The authorities say that some people were taken out of the water in cardiac arrest, but will not go into details. The survivors we spoke to believe Rasoul, Shiva, Anita and Armin had already died. Fifteen other people were taken to hospital. Baby Artin is still missing, presumed dead. Yasin says he saw him swept away in the water. An Iranian man accused of being the captain of the boat has appeared before an investigating judge in France and is set to faces charges of manslaughter. Shiva's brother and sister, who both live in Europe, travelled to a morgue in Dunkirk to identify the bodies, and were hoping to repatriate them on Friday. The numbers of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Channel is on the rise. In 2018, 297 people reached the UK in small boats, 1,840 did so in 2019, and nearly 8,000 people have made the journey this year, according to BBC analysis. At least 10 people have died while attempting this since 2019. Most of the asylum seekers come from Iran. Refugee charities and French politicians argue that would-be asylum seekers should be allowed to apply for sanctuary before they arrive in Britain. Ebrahim says the survivors have nightmares. Despite this, Yasin says he will try again to cross the Channel. "Everyone was sad, I was very scared too. But I just want to be in a safe place. I will try again."

एक कुर्दिश-ईरानी लड़की का एक वीडियो क्लिप, जिसकी पिछले महीने इंग्लिश चैनल पार करने के प्रयास में अपने परिवार के साथ मृत्यु हो गई थी, एक बेहतर जीवन के लिए उनके अभियान पर प्रकाश डालता है।


Church sex abuse: 'I was forced to swim naked with our priest'

Summary: Chile is one of the countries embroiled in a worldwide scandal about child sexual abuse committed by members of the Catholic Church. The country's top cardinal, Ricardo Ezzati, has been summoned to a hearing for questioning over allegations he covered up the abuse, which he denies. In total, more than 150 members of the Roman Catholic Church in Chile are under investigation for allegedly committing or covering up sexual abuse from 1960 onwards. BBC Mundo's Constanza Hola spoke to two of the more than 250 victims of clerical sex abuse and also to Gonzalo Duarte, one of the five Chilean bishops whose resignation Pope Francis accepted in the wake of the scandal . Our reporter spoke to Bishop Duarte before he resigned.

'If you rejected them, they got angry' Mauricio Pulgar was member of a Catholic youth group and was thinking about becoming a priest when he was invited to a Church-run retreat in a small town in central Chile in 1993. He was 17 at the time. The retreat was led by two priests, and when one of them had to leave, the remaining one was left in charge. Mr Pulgar says that on that first night they were left alone with him, the priest told the boys in the group to go swimming naked in the pool. "I and another friend said 'no' but he forced us. He told us that if we didn't do it, it was because we had sexual problems," Mr Pulgar told BBC Mundo. "He came into the pool and touched us. He said it was good for building trust and self-esteem." Two months later, Mr Pulgar started studying to become a priest. He says that he also suffered abuse at the seminary. "They hugged you from behind (…). If you rejected them, they got angry. You were bullied if you didn't allow them to kiss you," he says about his experiences at the seminary. He remembers a traumatic episode with one particular priest, whom he was helping out in a nearby town. "He asked me why I didn't want to be 'initiated'. I didn't understand what he meant. He said heterosexuality didn't exist, that we were all gay and had to try everything." The BBC approached both priests but neither responded to our requests for comment. The BBC also put Mr Pulgar's allegations to Gonzalo Duarte, who from 1998 until his resignation in June 2018 was bishop of the diocese of Valparaíso. Valparaíso is the diocese where Mr Pulgar was a seminary student and the alleged abuse took place. However, the incidents took place before Bishop Duarte was put in charge of the diocese. Bishop Duarte said that he had heard that the priest who had spoken about "initiating" Mr Pulgar had had "serious homosexuality problems" in his new diocese. But Bishop Duarte told the BBC that as those reports came from another diocese, they did not fall under his supervision. Mr Pulgar says that the same priest had once asked him to stay overnight in his parish. "He gave me some refreshments and I started feeling sick. He told me: 'Lie down on my bed, get some rest.'" "I fainted and woke up to the sound of panting. He was abusing me. I tried to move my arms and legs, but I couldn't. I finally was able to move one hand but he grabbed it and…," Mr Pulgar's voice breaks. "He then opened a drawer full of money and told me I was now part of his circle. I told him I didn't want to belong to any circle and left." Mr Pulgar eventually left the seminary, but it took him 20 years to open up about what he had gone through. In 2013, he lodged a formal complaint with the Church authorities as well as in a civil court. Bishop Duarte said that a canonical investigation was carried out, but he told the BBC that there had been "no crime". The priest in question is now living in a residence where church retreats are held. 'He became obsessed with me' Sebastián del Río knew he wanted to be a priest from the age of 12 and joined the seminary in 1999, after graduating from high school. The seminary's dean was the same priest who Mr Pulgar said had forced him and his friends to get into the pool with him naked six years earlier. Mr del Río says the dean became obsessed with him. "He used to come to my room for small talk. I started leaving the door open when he came in, I was afraid." At some point he reported him to the bishop responsible for the seminary, who told him that the dean had "emotional issues". "I asked what he meant and he told me that the dean had fallen in love with me." The bishop encouraged Mr del Río to confront the dean. "I thought he was going to deny everything, but instead he started crying. He told me he had never meant to hurt me." The dean was eventually transferred. He continues to work in a parish to this day. Mr del Río says that after he had finished his studies, Bishop Duarte summoned him to his flat to discuss his ordination. "We were chatting and he suddenly got half naked and asked me to apply anti-inflammatory ointment on his back. It was so humiliating," Mr del Río recalls. Asked about the incident, Bishop Duarte denied any wrongdoing and labelled Mr del Río's account "a dirty trick". Bishop Duarte says that he received Mr del Río on the request of the assistant bishop, who had told him that the young man was crying. Bishop Duarte says that after a long day at the cathedral his back ached. "I told him [Mr del Río]: 'Apply that ointment here while I listen to you', that was all." Mr del Río says that following that incident, Bishop Duarte refused to ordain him arguing he was "a gossip and a busybody". In 2010, Mr del Río filed a formal complaint against the dean and Bishop Duarte but he says he never received an answer. When the BBC showed Bishop Duarte the complaint, he said he had never received it. Daniel Pizarro contributed to this report.

चिली उन देशों में से एक है जो कैथोलिक चर्च के सदस्यों द्वारा किए गए बाल यौन शोषण के बारे में विश्वव्यापी घोटाले में उलझा हुआ है। देश के शीर्ष कार्डिनल, रिकार्डो एज़ाती को दुर्व्यवहार को छिपाने के आरोपों पर पूछताछ के लिए बुलाया गया है, जिससे वह इनकार करते हैं। कुल मिलाकर, चिली में रोमन कैथोलिक चर्च के 150 से अधिक सदस्य 1960 के बाद से कथित रूप से यौन शोषण करने या छिपाने के लिए जांच के दायरे में हैं। बीबीसी मुंडो के कॉन्स्टान्ज़ा होला ने लिपिक यौन शोषण के 250 से अधिक पीड़ितों में से दो से बात की और गोंज़ालो डुआर्ट से भी बात की, जो उन पांच चिली बिशपों में से एक थे, जिनका इस्तीफा पोप फ्रांसिस ने घोटाले के मद्देनजर स्वीकार कर लिया था। हमारे रिपोर्टर ने बिशप डुआर्ट से इस्तीफा देने से पहले बात की थी।


Sir Henry Birkin and his supercharged Bentley 'Blower'

Summary: The export of the world's most expensive Bentley has been put on hold by the UK government, which has described the 1929 car as of "outstanding significance". But what do we know about the legendary "Blower" and the enigmatic aristocrat, Sir Henry Birkin, who spent his fortune developing it?

By Ben TrusloveBBC News "He was fearless and he was always in a hurry, with the result that on many occasions he was deprived of victory because the desire for speed overcame his judgement and the endurance of his car," The Times wrote of Sir Henry. "Dangers, the need for caution, and the advantages of a waiting race were all sacrificed to the love of brilliant driving at high speed." Sir Henry, who was known widely by the nickname Tim, was famed as a top racing driver, always dapper in his trademark silk neckerchief flapping in the wind as he tore around Brooklands, the Nurburgring or Le Mans. Using the family fortune made through Nottingham lace, Sir Henry travelled the world, living the glamorous life of a 1920s racing hero as one of the "Bentley Boys". But he did not drive to win - he raced for the love of speed and to improve the standing of British motorsport, according to his great-great-nephew Sir John Birkin - a filmmaker who worked on a 1995 drama starring Rowan Atkinson as Sir Henry. "Sailing, shooting and cars was what he lived for and he spent, really, all the family money on it," Sir John said. "He wasn't the sort of guy who won all the races, he was more concerned with maintaining the lap speeds and records. "On one occasion, at Le Mans in 1928, he managed a lap with an average speed of 85mph. All on three wheels because one had blown out. "That's the kind of guy he was." Sir Henry was an unassuming, shy man who suffered with a stammer but his love of motors and speed began at an early age, according to Sir John. At the family home in Ruddington Grange, just outside Nottingham, he was bet £15 he could not design and build a vehicle which would make it all the way along the drive under its own power - about three quarters of a mile. At every third along the route he was met by someone holding a £5 note - he used the money to buy his first proper car. Severed head When Sir John went back to the family house, long since demolished, he found a stable with the words "every day, in every way, faster and faster" daubed on a wall by Sir Henry. And a favourite family tale involves Sir Henry driving a Bentley up the staircase of the Savoy Hotel during a glitzy dinner. Despite the roaring 20s and living the life of a motoring hero, it was not all smiles - his wife left him, taking the children, after becoming tired of playing second fiddle to his driving. And Sir John believes his relative would never have got into motorsport had it not been for the tragedies of World War I. Sir Henry was commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and then the Royal Flying Corps, the precursor to the RAF. Like other men of his generation, his experience of war left him with a zest for life and no fear. Racing drivers in the 1920s had a short life expectancy. According to his family, he was once racing at Brooklands when he saw an object bounce across the track. He said to himself 'what could that be?' before realising it was a competitor's head - it had been severed in an accident. Despite his own success on the racecourse and holding the record lap time at Brooklands in Surrey - regarded by some as the birthplace of British motorsport - Sir Henry felt British sports car-makers were falling behind their Europe competitors. 'Every schoolboy's hero' It was this belief that drove him to try to persuade WO Bentley, then head of the luxury car company, to develop the supercharged Blower. But the Bentley boss was not interested, and so Sir Henry chose to sink much of his own money, and that of several supporters, into developing the four-and-a-half litre supercharged Bentley. It was a huge success on the track and he finished second at the French Grand Prix at Pau in the vehicle. According to Bonhams, which sold Sir Henry's Bentley Blower at Goodwood Festival of Speed last year, a recent test drive revealed it was still "on song". It was owned by the celebrated watchmaker and vintage car collector Dr George Daniels, and fetched £5,149,800 - sold to an anonymous bidder from outside the UK. The car, and the man behind the wheel, were once the talk of a nation - it was the vehicle James Bond drove in the first novel Casino Royale. "He was a big hero at the time, someone every schoolboy will have known about," Sir John said. "I still meet men in their 80s who knew of him - they speak of him in awe and say they followed his story. "He had the right image, was very English and very self-effacing. "We just wish he hadn't spent all the money!" Sir Henry's racing days, and spending, came to an end after an accident driving in the Grand Prix de Tripoli in a race which he ultimately finished third. He suffered a serious burn to his arm that became infected and developed into septicaemia, a blood infection, which led to his death in June 1933, penniless and in a London nursing home. He is buried in Blakeney, Norfolk. The government has placed an export bar on the Birkin Bentley until 31 October in the hope someone in the UK can raise the £5,149,800 paid for it at auction. That period can be extended to May 2014 if there is a realistic chance of the money being found.

दुनिया की सबसे महंगी बेंटले के निर्यात को यूके सरकार ने रोक दिया है, जिसने 1929 की कार को "उत्कृष्ट महत्व" के रूप में वर्णित किया है। लेकिन हम महान "ब्लोअर" और गूढ़ अभिजात वर्ग, सर हेनरी बर्किन के बारे में क्या जानते हैं, जिन्होंने इसे विकसित करने में अपना भाग्य खर्च किया?


Your pictures on the theme of 'life in the water'

Summary: We asked our readers to send in their pictures on the theme of "life in the water". Here are some of the pictures sent to us from around the world.

The next theme is "urban living" and the deadline for entries is 27 October 2020. Send pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or follow the link below to "Upload your pictures here". Further details and terms can be found by following the link to "We set the theme, you take the picture", at the bottom of the page. All photographs subject to copyright.

हमने अपने पाठकों से "पानी में जीवन" विषय पर अपनी तस्वीरें भेजने के लिए कहा। यहाँ दुनिया भर से हमें भेजी गई कुछ तस्वीरें हैं।


Yeovil sexual exploitation investigation: Three charged

Summary: Two men and a woman have been charged as part of an investigation into the sexual exploitation of girls and young women in the Yeovil area.

It follows raids on businesses and residential properties on Wednesday in which six people were arrested. A police spokesman said the arrests were made on suspicion of rape and trafficking offences. Three other men, aged, 70, 63 and 28, have been released on bail until January. Those charged are: All three appeared before South Somerset Magistrates' Court earlier and were remanded in custody. It follows a police investigation that started in August.

योविल क्षेत्र में लड़कियों और युवा महिलाओं के यौन शोषण की जांच के तहत दो पुरुषों और एक महिला पर आरोप लगाया गया है।


Case quacked? Mystery after 100 ducklings found in Forteviot

Summary: A 100-strong flock of ducklings has left officers in Perth and Kinross puzzled after they were spotted huddling together near a road.

Police discovered the birds at the B935 Forteviot on Saturday night and ushered them away from the route - then posted the scene on Facebook. Officers said: "Anyone missing 100 Ducklings? Not the usual Saturday night crowd control!" It prompted hundreds to speculate over their wellbeing. Dozens of locals also responded with offers to rehome the birds.

बतखों के 100-मजबूत झुंड ने पर्थ और किन्रोस में अधिकारियों को एक सड़क के पास एक साथ इकट्ठा होते हुए देखने के बाद हैरान कर दिया है।


Repairs to Birmingham's 'floozy' statue under way

Summary: Birmingham's 'Floozy in the Jacuzzi' statue is being patched up and mended after being without water for many months.

The statue in Victoria Square, which is actually called the River Goddess Fountain, was left without water due to a major water leak. The statue also needed more mechanical and electric parts. The work, which includes the excavation and relaying of the two fountain bowls, should be completed by October. Related Internet Links Birmingham City Council

बर्मिंघम की 'फ्लूज़ी इन द जकूज़ी' प्रतिमा को कई महीनों तक पानी के बिना रहने के बाद ठीक किया जा रहा है।


Jordan Bell death: Man in court on manslaughter charge

Summary: A man has appeared in court charged with manslaughter, after a man died in hospital two weeks after being found injured outside a nightclub.

Jordan Bell was discovered in the Holmeside area of Sunderland city centre on 10 July. He died on Friday. Dominic Robson, 26, of Birchwood, Sunderland, appeared at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court earlier. He was released on conditional bail and will appear at Newcastle Crown Court on 24 August. Follow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk. Related Internet Links HM Courts & Tribunals Service

एक नाइट क्लब के बाहर घायल पाए जाने के दो सप्ताह बाद अस्पताल में एक व्यक्ति की मृत्यु के बाद, एक व्यक्ति हत्या के आरोप में अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


Sudbury rape: Man charged over Spring Bank Holiday attack

Summary: A man has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting a woman who was walking home over Spring Bank Holiday weekend.

The 18-year-old was attacked on Monday, 28 May in Sudbury at about 03:30 BST. She had been on Waldingfield Road and was grabbed after turning onto a cycle path next to the bus stop directly opposite Wheelers Close. Marian Pavel, 28, from Cavendish Way, Sudbury is due before magistrates in Ipswich on Wednesday. Related Internet Links HM Courts & Tribunals Service

एक व्यक्ति पर स्प्रिंग बैंक हॉलिडे वीकेंड पर घर जा रही एक महिला के साथ बलात्कार और यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप लगाया गया है।


Tracy Beaker and four other children's book characters who grew up

Summary: Almost three decades after we first got a glimpse into the life of Tracy Beaker, the wily, headstrong girl who rode the ups and downs of life in care, author Jacqueline Wilson is bringing Tracy back - as an adult.

By Emma SaundersEntertainment reporter She's the latest in a line of fictional favourites who made it into adulthood, thanks to their creators. Here's what we know about how Tracy's doing now, and what became of some other children's characters who grew up. Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson is bringing Tracy back to literary life as a 30-something single mum trying to make ends meet. Fans will know Tracy as a funny, bolshy 10-year-old living in a care home. The book launched the highly successful TV series of the same name, starring Dani Harmer. The new book, My Mum Tracy Beaker, will be told from the point of view of Tracy's "challenging" nine-year-old daughter Jess. "I've always thought that, even though Tracy had lots of problems in her life and a pretty rubbish mum who was never there for her, Tracy herself would be a good mum, no matter what," Wilson said. Dani was just one fan feeling a little bit excited about the news. So will Dani be back to play the grown-up Tracy in a potential on-screen adaptation? Fingers crossed. Adrian Mole The first of Sue Townsend's comic series, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4, was published in 1982 and the eighth instalment, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years, was released in 2009. The Secret Diary and its follow-up, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, made Townsend the best-selling novelist of the 1980s. The writer said that, in many respects, her hero mirrored her own experience. Fans saw Mole evolve from a spotty, pretentious teenager to a jaded middle-aged man who lamented in the final book: "What have I done with my life? I have lost two wives, one house and one canal-side apartment, a head of hair and my health." Sadly, Sue had planned to publish more of Mole's mid-life adventures but she died in 2014. Harry Potter Ok, so we're slightly cheating here as we're talking about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - a play rather than a new book instalment - which is based on an original JK Rowling story but co-written by Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. However, the West End two-part show was still published as a book, billed as the "eighth Harry Potter story", and sees the return of Harry, Hermione et al as adults. The grown-up Harry is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and a father of three children. His youngest son Albus has to take on the weight of the family legacy. The production has not disappointed - the play won five-star reviews from critics when it debuted in 2016, with one describing it as "a game-changing production". Jo March Classic American novel Little Women (1868) introduced the world to Jo March and her sisters and was soon followed by Good Wives. But while Jo was lauded as a feminist hero in the original two books, many felt author Louisa May Alcott had sold out with her later books, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Alcott, a single woman herself, had intended Jo to remain unmarried but bowed to pressure from both fans and her publisher. Little Men and Jo's Boys follow the lives of the dozen boys Jo and her husband Professor Bhaer teach at their school. But many fans of the original book were left yearning for either Jo to marry childhood friend Laurie instead, or perhaps even better, not marry at all. Anne of Green Gables Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, published more than 100 years ago, has been enjoyed by both adults and children. Generations have been charmed by the adventures of 11-year-old orphan Anne Shirley, with her famous red-hair in pigtails. But Montgomery evidently decided she was onto a good thing, writing a series of six books detailing Anne's life up until her mid-fifties. So we see her becoming a schoolteacher in Anne of Avonlea, through to her marriage in Anne's House of Dreams, and then as a mother-of-six in Anne of Ingleside. Montgomery then wrote books about Anne's children's lives, in which Anne also features - why quit when you're onto a good thing? Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

ट्रेसी बीकर के जीवन की पहली झलक मिलने के लगभग तीन दशक बाद, एक चालाक, जिद्दी लड़की, जिसने देखभाल में जीवन के उतार-चढ़ाव की सवारी की, लेखक जैकलीन विल्सन ट्रेसी को एक वयस्क के रूप में वापस ला रही हैं।


Carlisle teenager Gavin Helps killed in car crash

Summary: A teenager has been killed after the car in which he was a passenger crashed near a railway bridge in Cumbria.

Gavin Helps, 17, from Carlisle, was in a VW Polo that crashed in the village of Rockcliffe, on the outskirts of the city, at about 17:10 BST on Sunday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His family said he was "taken from us too soon, in tragic circumstances". Cumbria Police said the 17-year-old driver, who was also hurt, was helping officers with their inquiries. Two other passengers suffered minor injuries and were treated in hospital. Any witnesses have been asked to come forward.

कुम्ब्रिया में एक रेलवे पुल के पास एक कार के दुर्घटनाग्रस्त होने से एक किशोर की मौत हो गई है, जिसमें वह एक यात्री था।


Porthcawl high street 'bucks downturn trend'

Summary: Wales is in the midst of high street crisis according to recent reports, and there are plenty of stories to be found on this website alone which paint a gloomy picture of shops closing and town centres dying.

By Natalie GriceBBC News But take a walk around the seaside town of Porthcawl and a casual observer might be forgiven for thinking the resort is enjoying something of a trading boom. A cluster of smart, boutique-type shops have opened in the past few months in a town centre side street, and a number of other fairly recent start-ups have expanded. Two of the new shop owners on the block are Austin Henderson and Jake Easterbrook, proprietors of Tuffnell Hill in Well Street, which sells natural skincare products. The lotions and potions for sale are not cheap and are at first glance an unusual choice for a small town shop opening in the midst of a big economic downturn. The pair, who bought a company in France to enable them to make their own brand products and as a result also have a store in Paris, believe they can make a go of it in the town as long as, to use their own words, they "don't put all our eggs in one basket". Mr Henderson said: "We were very surprised with the amount of trade we did [when the shop opened] in November, which was above what we'd forecast. "While these are premium products, people like to come in and treat themselves. We'd say we're at the bottom end of the luxury market in price terms, and we do stock less expensive products in the back of the shop." He said their trade at the time being was very much based on local and returning customers, which he acknowledged included people from surrounding towns, rather than being dependent on one-off day trippers. Mr Easterbrook explained that the company was also in the process of setting up a website to sell online, and also sold wholesale from their French company, so were not totally reliant on sales through the door at the shop in Well Street. A few doors down, fellow November openers Once Upon a Time are offering wedding and party services as well as a range of bakeware, crockery and Cath Kidston-style trinkets. In a similar way to Tufnell Hill, the shop is also part of a business offering services in addition to straightforward on-street retail. Nearby Icon, a baby and toddler clothing store, was in the process of moving stock to a recently vacated premises on the seafront and was planning to retain the present site as well to offer a range of clothing for older boys. However, it was not all good news on Well Street. Ambience, a home furnishings shop which had been in the town for nine and a half years was selling off stock and retreating to its other base in the Vale of Glamorgan town of Cowbridge. The reason? "Footfall is down." Round the corner on the town's main shopping centre of John Street, Michelle Smith, co-owner of jewellery, accessories and clothing store Divine, was upbeat about the future after just 15 months of trading. Previously in banking, Ms Smith set up the company with her sister-in-law Marie Jones and moved from their first site next door into their present larger premises. Ms Smith started off doing party planning and corporate events where they would sell their jewellery but they were getting "ridiculously busy" and had many requests from customers asking where they could find their products at other times. They have since opened three more shops in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff Airport and Narberth, Pembrokeshire. She said: "It was a big risk starting up in a recession but we feel if we're keeping our heads above water in a recession then we'll be ok when we come out of it. "We're very cautious about trying to keep things steady. "We started off quite reasonably priced and people could just pick up and buy quite easily. "2011 was tough. There was a definite shift in footfall. Then we moved in August and the shop has become far more profitable than it was previously." Ms Smith said people had been spending less, but towards the end of the year things started to pick up a bit. She hopes further planned regeneration of the town combined with working together with other traders would help bring more people to the town, but added: "We have got a regular customer base and people coming back to us all the time. "We need our locals to shop here." Fifth generation At the other end of the longevity scale is Walters' Shoes, found in the heart of John Street. Jo Richards and her cousin Jane Hunt are the fifth generation of the Walters' family to run the business, which opened originally as a general goods store in 1875 before specialising in quality footwear. They attribute the town's resilience in recent years to a number of contributing factors, some of which have followed on from improvements to the town's facilities and appearance in recent years. New cafes and food kiosks have appeared along the seafront, and while the town was always a traditional summer holiday destination, now weekends throughout the year see streams of day trippers coming to the town for even the faintest hint of winter sun. Ms Richards said that, compared to years gone by: "Porthcawl seems to be more a destination just for a walk along the prom. The extension of the prom [from the town centre to Rest Bay half a mile away] has brought lots of people to Porthcawl. "Sundays can be quite a good [trading] day." She said the upgrading of the caravan park at Trecco Bay after it was taken over by Parkdean meant it was also attracting different types of visitors to previous years, who tended to be more affluent. "The Seabank hotel [which has also been refurbished] brings in coaches of people from all over the country. Midweek, we get a lot of groups in. They all seem to be our sort of customer," Ms Richards added. There are plans to develop the car park and dockside area, including a new Tesco store and other retail outlets. While the traders were cautious about a potential drain away from John Street if the development was not handled appropriately, they acknowledged that it could draw more people into the town. Rhiannon Kingsley, town centre manager of Porthcawl, said: "It's definitely bucking the trend. We are getting independent shops opening quite regularly." She explained the town has partly been shielded from the economic woes of other high streets because it was mainly composed of independent retailers so it was less affected by chain store closures. Ms Kingsley added that although shops did come and go, vacant premises tended to be filled quickly, not leaving the rows of empty stores seen in other town centres. 'Few more wealthy people' Whilst Porthcawl is certainly not immune from shop closures, figures from Bridgend council show the number of vacant premises in the town more than halved from 23 in 2005 to 11 in 2010. Sadly for the town, and in part proving Ms Kingsley's theory, the local branch of seconds store chain Trade Secret had just announced it would be closing down quickly. Paul Fielding, president of Porthcawl Chamber of Trade, said the picture in the town was mixed, with some traders struggling with what he termed "ridiculous rents" in the main streets. However he continued: "I think by and large we're doing better than Bridgend, which is in a real mess, and Maesteg is suffering too, neither of which have a chamber of trade anymore. "We're fortunate in Porthcawl in some respects that we have got a few more wealthy people than other parts of south Wales. But people often forget that we also have a council estate here."

हाल की रिपोर्टों के अनुसार वेल्स उच्च सड़क संकट के बीच है, और अकेले इस वेबसाइट पर बहुत सारी कहानियां पाई जाती हैं जो दुकानों के बंद होने और शहर के केंद्रों के मरने की एक उदास तस्वीर पेश करती हैं।


A day without data

Summary: Every day, anyone who is connected to the internet leaves an ever bigger trail of data behind them. But how aware are we of who is collecting this information and of who benefits from it? I spent a day without data to to explore these questions.

Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter My guide for this no-data diet is Dr George Danezis, an expert on privacy and information security at University College, London. As I sit at the breakfast table, handing over my gadgets he sets out the challenge I face: "Your job today is going to be very difficult, You won't be able to use the internet, but you also won't be able to do lots of other things - in fact you won't be able to live a 21st Century life." As someone who is addicted to being online, checking Twitter the moment I wake up, still reading online news last thing at night, giving up my smartphone is hard. But George also makes me hand over my travel card and my BBC identity card which gets me into my office. Both record data about my location, so they have to go. George explains that there are three big collectors of data: companies, governments and the police and the security services. Consumers may have grown accustomed to this data collection and in some cases see benefits. But we may still be in the dark about some aspects. "It's collected for primary but also secondary purposes, you might be handing over data while you're shopping and that might be used later for marketing or working out health insurance." I determine not to buy quite so many biscuits if that is going to send bad signals to my insurance company. We head out with the dog for a walk, trying not to leave data as we go. George explains that we could not take the car without the risk of being tracked, either by my satnav or by number plate recognition systems. And of course in London a bus is also out of the question - the drivers no longer take cash, only London's Oyster card. Without my mobile phone, which constantly tells the network operator where I am, I should be safe just walking along, but then George points to the various CCTV cameras monitoring our progress along the High Street. Even a trip to the shops with cash rather than cards presents difficulties. "Big notes have their serial numbers tracked by the banks. If you take one out of the cash machine and give it to the shop they will pay it straight back into the bank and then you can be tracked." I ask George whether I might be better staying at home. For now, he says, that might be okay but what about when my home becomes smart? "Right now you assume your kettle isn't sharing data but smart objects will be much more difficult to read. You might pick up some object that looks innocuous, like a kettle, and find out that it does actually share information." We end up taking the dog for a walk in the woods. Surely here, far from CCTV cameras, mobile phones, smart cards, I am off the grid? But George points out that even Archie the dog is chipped, so in theory someone with a reader could work out where his owner is. And, just as we dismiss that as totally far-fetched he comes up with something more unsettling. "If someone like you who normally shares a lot of information suddenly goes totally dark, this in itself is quite noticeable and a lot of analytical systems out there will immediately notice that something odd is going on." Once you have laid a data trail, it seems, even going off the grid does not work. But having thoroughly unsettled me, George tells me not to be paranoid and gives me some tips for healthy data habits. "There is a good reason to keep track of public policy around data - make sure that no more than necessary is collected. You should also make sure that the technology you have has options for being used without collecting data, which as we've seen today isn't easy." Maybe we should all read those endless privacy statements from online companies instead of just pressing "Agree". Or perhaps it is time for consumers to demand more transparency and a better return for their data from all those who collect it.

हर दिन, जो कोई भी इंटरनेट से जुड़ा हुआ है, वह अपने पीछे डेटा का एक बड़ा निशान छोड़ देता है। लेकिन हम कितने जागरूक हैं कि यह जानकारी कौन एकत्र कर रहा है और इससे किसे लाभ हो रहा है? मैंने इन प्रश्नों का पता लगाने के लिए डेटा के बिना एक दिन बिताया।


Thieves pretend to be police in Llay to target couple

Summary: Thieves stole a "substantial quantity of cash" from an elderly couple's home by pretending to be police officers.

The two thieves said they needed to turn the water stop-cock off because of damage from Storm Ophelia around 19:45 BST on 16 October. After they left, the couple, who live in Llay, Wrexham, noticed money missing and their closet had been searched. Det Insp Mark Hughes described it as a "particularly mean crime against an elderly couple in their own home". North Wales Police is searching for the two men and has warned residents to "be aware of cold callers".

चोरों ने पुलिस अधिकारी होने का नाटक करके एक बुजुर्ग दंपति के घर से "पर्याप्त मात्रा में नकदी" चुरा ली।