Falls of the robots: Disaster droids struggle to stay upright

Summary: It's a scenario straight out of a Hollywood movie. A disaster too dangerous for humans to enter, so a robot must drive alone into the area, and do the dirty work of inspecting, repairing and clearing the site.

By Regan MorrisBBC News, Los Angeles That was the scenario at the Darpa Robotics Challenge last weekend at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. The muscly, humanoid robots looked like Terminators, but they moved like drunks trying to pass a sobriety test. We were 35 miles from the heart of Hollywood, but a world away in terms of robot capabilities. "It's like watching paint dry," remarked Brad Tousley, director of tactical technology at Darpa - the US Defense Department's research unit - as he watched the excruciatingly slow robots attempt to perform eight simple tasks in an hour. At times it devolved into slapstick, with robots falling flat on their humanoid faces to groans and gasps (and laughter) from the crowds. Robots unplugged The finals involved the robots having to function untethered. And that meant a lot of accidents. Only three out of 23 teams from around the world managed to complete all eight tasks. The top $2m (£1.3m) prize went to South Korea's Team Kaist, which finished significantly faster than any other team in 44 minutes 28 seconds. Three teams did not manage to complete any of the eight tasks, which included driving a car, drilling a hole in a wall, and walking up stairs. Two surprise tasks were pulling a lever down on day one and unplugging a power cord from one outlet and plugging it into another socket. "Drill baby, drill! Don't you want to get your PhD?" One spectator shouted as a robot struggled to manoeuvre the equipment. Heckling at the Super Bowl - or World Cup - of robotics is also decidedly different from the world of football. Typically, when a robot fell, team members would rush in to help, often carrying the robot out on a stretcher. A chimp-like robot from Carnegie Mellon University dazzled the crowd during the first day of the competition by recovering from a hard fall getting out of the car. Chimp got back up on its own without human help and kept working - truly showing the possibilities of what robots could do in a disaster. It placed third in the competition, earning a $500,000 prize from Darpa. Perhaps the biggest showman of the contest was second place winner, IHMC Robotics from Florida, which took home a $1m prize. Its robot, nicknamed Running Man, was so confident on its second day finish that when it completed the final task of climbing stairs onto a podium, it thrust its humanoid arms in victory, did a little dance and then tripped and collapsed. But Team Kaist was dramatically faster on day two and quietly finished with a time impossible for any of the others to beat. Team Kaist's leader, Jun Ho Oh, credited his success with his robot's strong structure and ability to both walk and roll on its legs when needed. And his robot did not fall down. "When I saw the robots falling down, I felt a heartbreaking sensation," Jun said, adding that the real winners were the robots who managed to get back up and keep working. "They overcame the disaster by themselves - that is the real meaning. They got back up." Droid drop-outs There were meant to be 25 teams competing, but Japan's team Hydra dropped out at the last minute because of an electronics accident during training. A Chinese team was also due to compete but reportedly couldn't get its visas organised in time. Darpa's Gill Pratt designed the challenge to become increasingly difficult over three years. He was inspired by the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, where robots were used to transmit video and data back in the aftermath but were not able to carry out repairs or prevent damage. But the "D" in Darpa stands for "defence," not "disaster" and that makes some observers wary, fearing autonomous disaster response robots could become autonomous killer robots in the future. The robots in the challenge did work semi-autonomously - driving cars and clearing or walking over rubble, all with intermittent communications with their human handlers, simulating a real disaster. Today's slow drilling robot could be tomorrow's soldier toting an AK-47. "The organisers of the Darpa Robotics Challenge as well as the entrants should make crystal clear that no research project will be aimed or contribute to the development of fully autonomous weapons systems, where there is no longer meaningful human control of targeting and attack decisions," said Mary Wareham, coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a global coalition of non-governmental organisations. Robotic weapons Darpa officials say the contest was not about weaponising robots, but about advancing robotics. But they didn't rule out the possibility that the technology could one day be used in warfare. "Certainly robots like this could be adapted to have weapons as part of them but I could say the same thing about the healthcare robot that takes you from the bed to the shower," Mr Pratt said. "They are just things - and they can be used for any number of purposes. And it's up to us in society to decide what they are going to be used for." The contest was predominantly made up of US academic teams, and then aside from the winning South Koreans, there were teams from Japan, Italy, Germany and Hong Kong. Many of the roboticists say they think there is a cultural difference in how societies treat and relate to robots and that Westerners are not as open to robots as Japanese and Korean people. Clark Haynes, of Carnegie Mellon University's team who built Chimp, said the school is more like Japan than the rest of the United States because it embraces a future where robots can improve our lives. "The challenge is a collaboration between humans operating the robot and the robot itself," he said. "It's not like these are robots with self-intent. The robots are just tools, it's just a better hammer for a unique task." Some say robots are "immigrants from the future". If that's true, we shouldn't fear them taking over our militaries or jobs - at least not yet anyway. For now, they can barely walk or turn a door knob.

यह एक हॉलीवुड फिल्म का सीधा दृश्य है। एक आपदा जो मनुष्यों के लिए प्रवेश करने के लिए बहुत खतरनाक है, इसलिए एक रोबोट को उस क्षेत्र में अकेले गाड़ी चलानी चाहिए, और साइट का निरीक्षण, मरम्मत और सफाई का गंदा काम करना चाहिए।


Prince Harry: Why Australian 'rangas' see the royal as a hero

Summary: Redheads. Gingers. Carrot tops.

By Lauren TurnerBBC News There are different words - some more positive than others - used around the world for people, like Prince Harry, blessed with red hair. But when a little girl in Queensland held up a sign saying "Rangas rule" during the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's tour of Australia, you might have been forgiven for not knowing what it meant - if you don't live Down Under. The Aussie slang, derived from orangutan, is another word for those with ginger hair - and Harry seemed to be taken by it. Jada Quinn, nine, who held it up when Harry visited Fraser Island, said: "My dad is a ranga and I'm a little bit a ranga, and he appreciated the sign." 'Excited to see fellow ranga' It's not the first sign proudly proclaiming his hair colour - he was greeted with a "Redheads rule!" sign on a trip to Canberra in 2015, telling Ethan Toscan, then 12, that "being a redhead is the number one thing a person can ever be". Fellow redhead India Brown, 19, was overwhelmed when she met Harry in Melbourne earlier this month. And then there was one woman in Dubbo, Tara Fisher, who said she wanted to meet Harry during his current tour because "he is a sexy ranga". That's not forgetting the five-year-old who was so entranced by Harry's beard he decided to stroke it. Another Harry fan, in Sydney, admitted: "You get excited to see a fellow ranga." So why does it mean so much for redheads to see a royal ranga? Well, it might be partly because there are comparatively fewer in Australia than in the UK, with Northern European countries having the greatest proportion of redheads than anywhere in the world. Emma Kelly, of redhead lifestyle website Ginger Parrot, said Australia had a burgeoning ginger pride movement though, with an annual rally held in Melbourne earlier this month. 'Lovable ginger' "I think ranga is seen almost as a term of endearment, though some find it offensive," she said. "But I think people in Australia are proud of it now. It's nice that Prince Harry is such a great role model for all the redheads, no matter their age. "I'm a similar age to him so when I was growing up and was being bullied, being given a hard time, he was always in the press and everyone loved him - he's a very lovable ginger. So it really put things in a positive light. "He's really done well for himself, so it's seen as having someone on your team. There have been a lot of royal redheads and it's a great thing to be able to identify with. "It's nice that he's so proud of it." Redheads have also been saying they hope that Meghan and Harry's baby will share his red hair (one writer for Mamamia has already written an open letter to the unborn royal baby, saying it would be a "genetic ninja" if it was born a redhead). "We have a lot of people visit the site, wondering if their baby will be ginger," she said. "But many don't realise you need ginger genes on both sides. That said, having freckles - as Meghan does - is quite a good indicator you have the gene, although it's not a dead cert." 'We love an underdog' Fellow redhead Rowan Bruce, an accounts manager from Melbourne, said the perception of red hair was slowly changing in Australia. "The word ranga can be a bit of a dig, as it's from 'orangutan'," he said. "It only came up towards the end of the time I finished high school - I got called things like 'sauce head', as in tomato sauce, as well as some more colourful things. "These days it's not really a put-down to say someone's a ranga but it's not exactly a compliment either. It's got a bit of heat to it. "In primary school, having red hair was definitely a detriment. It was like a beacon for bullies. I dyed my hair so many different colours - blue, black, blond." Rowan, 34, said he only knows three or four other people with the same colour hair and that while it's rare in Australia, things are changing in terms of how people see it. "While I don't really care what people think any more, the perception has definitely changed," he added. "While we owe a lot to Ron Weasley, I think Prince Harry has helped too. "He's seen as a bit of an underdog, and in Australia we love an underdog. Whether you're royal or not, a ranga is seen as being an underdog here. Everyone loves rooting for him."

रेडहेड्स. अदरक. गाजर टॉप।


Reality Check: Why did child screen advice not go further?

Summary: New guidance on screen use for under-18s has stopped short of telling parents how long their children should spend on the devices. Some studies have linked higher screen use to obesity and mental health problems, so why do the recommendations not go further?

By Alex TherrienHealth reporter, BBC News Many of us will have seen the stories warning about the health problems linked to excessive screen use, or worried about how we or our children use our phones, computers and televisions. So the fact that new guidance drawn up by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) steers clear of spelling out whether there should be limits on time spent in front of screens may come as a surprise to some parents and teachers. Last January, head teachers union the Association of School and College Leaders surveyed 460 secondary school head teachers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and found 96% had received reports of pupils missing out on sleep as a result of social media use, with most feeling the students' mental health and wellbeing had suffered as a result. What does the guidance say? The guidance, the first of its kind in the UK for children, says it is important that screen use does not get in the way of healthy habits like sleep, exercising and time with family. It recommends one clear rule on limiting screen use: devices should not be used in the hour before bed, because of the growing evidence that they can harm sleep. But beyond that, it offers no hard answers, instead encouraging parents to consider a series of questions to determine if there might be a problem with screen use in the family. These include checking if screen time is under control, whether it interferes with family time or getting enough sleep, and whether snacking gets out of control while using the devices. It recommends that families "negotiate" screen time limits with their children based on their needs. What evidence did they consider? The guidance was largely based on a review of the existing body of scientific evidence that was co-authored by the college's president Prof Russell Viner. This looked at 940 journal summaries and incorporated 13 previous reviews on screen use and children and young people's health, covering everything from mental health to food consumption and sleep. Looking across the existing research, experts found "moderately strong" evidence for associations between screen time and greater obesity and higher depressive symptoms. There was moderate evidence for an association between screen time and higher calorie intake, a less healthy diet and poorer quality of life. The review concludes that the data "broadly supports" policy action to limit screen use by children and young people. It also calls for more research into the issue to understand the impact of the contexts and content of screen use on children's wellbeing. One challenge is that this is still a developing area of science, and experts in the field say many of the studies so far carried out have been of low quality. Most of the evidence in the review was based on television screen time. So how much time do children spend looking at screens? A 2017 study carried out by Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, found that the traditional TV set is still used by more children than any other device - even though there has been a decline in TV viewing over the last decade. But for older children (12-15 year-olds) the internet is king. This age group spends close to 21 hours a week online. The growth of YouTube has also shifted the media environment, according to Ofcom. Half of three to four-year-olds and more than 80% of five to 15-year-olds now use YouTube. In terms of content, Ofcom says younger children are most likely to use YouTube to watch cartoons, animations, mini-movies or songs, while older children are most likely to watch music videos and funny or prank videos. So why doesn't the guidance go further? There are a number of reasons the college has been cautious about setting limits on screen use. Research, including in this review, has tended to lump all types of screen use together, ranging from browsing social media to playing computer games or viewing TV programmes. And part of the problem is that studies have shown an association but this does not definitively prove that screen use is causing health problems. How we use devices may also be more important than how much we use them, they say. For example, there is likely to be a difference between using a tablet for educational purposes compared to browsing social media, although even here the evidence is not yet clear. The college also says that attempts to recommend limits on screen use in other countries, including the US and Canada, have failed to change behaviour. Beyond this, Prof Viner and his colleague, Dr Max Davie, also from the RCPCH, expressed doubts about some of the concerns over screen use, pointing out that devices offer benefits, too. Prof Viner added: "The genie is out of the bottle - we cannot put it back. "We need to stick to advising parents to do what they do well, which is to balance the risks and benefits. One size doesn't fit all." Read more from Reality Check Send us your questions Follow us on Twitter

18 साल से कम उम्र के बच्चों के लिए स्क्रीन के उपयोग पर नए मार्गदर्शन ने माता-पिता को यह बताना बंद कर दिया है कि उनके बच्चों को उपकरणों पर कितना समय बिताना चाहिए। कुछ अध्ययनों ने उच्च स्क्रीन के उपयोग को मोटापे और मानसिक स्वास्थ्य समस्याओं से जोड़ा है, तो सिफारिशें आगे क्यों नहीं बढ़ती हैं?


Andrew Jackson: Man charged with murder over allotment death

Summary: A man has appeared in court after being charged with murder over the death of a man at an allotment in Derbyshire.

The body of Andrew Jackson, 55, was found near Prospect Drive, Shirebrook, at about 10:00 GMT on 26 January. Leon Smith, 27, of Alder Way, in Shirebrook, was re-arrested on Monday has been remanded in custody to appear at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday. Det Insp Chris Marriott, from Derbyshire Police, said the inquiry had been "lengthy" and "complex". "But the team has never given up on finding out what happened to Andrew," he added. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

डर्बीशायर में एक आवंटन में एक व्यक्ति की मौत पर हत्या के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


Woman rescued from flooded Trescott ford

Summary: A woman has been rescued after her car became stuck in a flooded ford near Wolverhampton.

West Midlands Fire Service said heavy rain overnight had caused the ford to swell on Furnace Grange Road in the village of Trescott, Staffordshire. Crews from Wombourne and Wolverhampton rescued the woman on Sunday morning, with the gauge on Smestow Brook showing the water to be almost one metre deep. The fire service warned drivers to check water levels. West Midlands Ambulance service said the woman, in her 30s, was uninjured, as was a man, who managed to escape from the car before emergency services arrived.

वोल्वरहैम्प्टन के पास बाढ़ में फंसी एक महिला की कार को बचा लिया गया है।


India coronavirus: 'Our neighbours made us Covid-19 pariahs'

Summary: Last week, a bedridden retiree living with his wife in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) began feeling feverish with a bit of tightness in his chest - tell-tale signs of Covid-19.

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Satya Deo Prasad, 68, had possibly picked up the infection from his visits to a local hospital to get dialysis for his failing kidneys. His daughter, based some 1,900km (1,180 miles) away in the western city of Pune, called a Kolkata helpline for an ambulance to pick her father up and take him to the hospital. After three hours, an ambulance arrived. It carried no attendant and the driver parked it some distance away from Mr Deo's house and refused to go any further. Over the telephone, Alka Prasad begged the driver to pick her father up from the house, telling him that her 62-year-old mother was in no state to bring him to the vehicle. But to no avail. "I am not going to touch a Covid 'body'," the driver, who was in protective gear, said flatly. "He will have to come out and walk into the ambulance." The panic-stricken daughter called the helpline again, which sent another ambulance with volunteers and picked up Mr Deo later that evening. "It took a full day to take him to hospital. Stigma attached to the disease was the primary reason," Ms Prasad told me. With more than one million reported infections, India has the world's third-largest case load of Covid-19. As the virus spreads, so do fear and stigma, inflicting the rich and the poor, and pervading cities and villages. "Fear and stigma have devoured us," says M Mitra, a Kolkata-based homemaker whose father had tested positive for the disease. At the receiving end of the stigma are people who have been infected and recovered from the disease, health workers and doctors. The United Nations says "fears, rumours and stigma" are key challenges accompanying Covid-19 globally. In India, social stigma around the disease has led to people being labelled and discriminated against. It has forced people to hide illness, avoid tests and delay hospitalisation, often with fatal consequences. Stigma attached to quarantine has meant that people returning from isolation are often treated as outcasts. In April an incident involving an Indian Islamic organisation, Tablighi Jamaat, caused massive outrage and led to reports of Islamophobia across the country. Such social pressure can have catastrophic consequences. Hours after the death of her husband from Covid-19 in early July, a homemaker in Siliguri in West Bengal picked up her two children, hailed an auto-rickshaw and got off at near the nearest railway track. There, they tried to kill themselves by throwing themselves in front of a moving train, before being rescued by locals. In many parts of their town, authorities had marked houses with Covid-19 patients by putting up bamboo barricades in front. In other parts, they put up signs like "Danger, Covid ahead", pointing to houses with patients. "The virus is like a death sentence for many. They believe if the disease doesn't kill you, the stigma will," says Abhijit Chowdhury, a physician who runs Covid Care Network, comprising a group of volunteers and a helpline to tackle stigma. Quarantine stickers outside homes in cities and towns prominently display the name of resident patients. "Nowhere in the world are such things done. We need a movement against stigmatisation," Dr Ambarish Satwik, a Delhi-based surgeon says. A doctor working in a Covid-19 ward in a Mumbai hospital told me bodies were piling up because relatives were refusing to collect them due to fear of contracting the infection. At crematoriums in Delhi, priests have complained that some relatives do not tell them that the deceased had died of Covid-19. Twenty-six-year-old Amrita Panda learnt about Covid-related social exclusion the hard way after four members of her family were infected in May. Most of them had mild symptoms and were quarantined at home in Howrah, a suburb of Kolkata. Ms Panda's 82-year-old grandfather, however, developed breathing problems, and had to be taken to a hospital, where he recovered after treatment. "There were raging rumours in my neighbourhood that my father and grandfather had died of the disease. Neighbours stopped approaching us. We had to let go of our domestic maid because her other employers threatened to sack her for working at our place," she told me. Even after the family recovered and completed their quarantine time, neighbours have continued to avoid them. A local bank refused to let Ms Panda's father enter its premises. "It feels that contracting the disease is a crime. Even when we go out for our chores sometimes, people shout at us and scream, look the Covid people are out and about!" says Ms Panda. In her upscale high-rise complex in Kolkata, government official Sangeeta Banerjee Barua also faced discrimination after she tested positive after weeks of working at a quarantine centre. "I had mild symptoms and recovered at home. But our neighbours who are doctors and engineers and teachers asked us to shut our windows, not come out in the balcony. Neighbours tell us we are high-risk even after recovery. They have made us pariahs," she said. In June, Dr Jagadish Hiremath tried to rent an apartment near his 100-bed hospital in the southern city of Bangalore so he could live away from his family while he treated Covid patients. "I looked at middle class apartments, luxury apartments. No landlord was willing to rent it to me because I was a doctor. They said let the pandemic end first," he told me. The local grocery and milk shop refused to sell to his hospital workers. When an operating room technician boarded a bus to come to work, he was asked to get off, saying the bus didn't allow hospital workers. "It's basically a cultural problem. The messaging about the disease has been poor. If this continues, we will have nobody left to work in the hospitals," Dr Hiremath said. Many believe that screechy, over-the-top coverage of the disease by news networks and feeble communication by the government is responsible for this. The networks are full of "doomsday stories" of how the disease kills and graphic visuals of the dead, a survivor complained. K Sujatha Rao, a former health secretary, believes the stigma is due to fear and lack of trust in the public health system. "There is no confidence in the government or health system to help people if they get the infection. The fear is of not being able to get treatment due to unaffordability. It is a fear born of an acute sense of helplessness," she told me. There could be cultural reasons as well. Esi Thompson, who has studied stigma in the context of Ebola, says local leaders, survivors, and community members had to be engaged as volunteers and advocates to fight stigma. "It is of uttermost importance to be sensitive to national, social and cultural norms in communicating any health risk. It is also important to consider how information about new health risks are communicated and interpreted in the light of people's lived realities," Dr Thompson, a professor of health risk and communication at Indiana University Bloomington, told me. It is not clear whether any of this is being done effectively in India as yet. "My fear is that this stigmatisation of Covid-19 will survive the vaccine and the cure," says Pradeep Krishnatray, a former director of research and strategic planning, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. "Remember, we still continue to stigmatise leprosy in India".

पिछले हफ्ते, पूर्वी भारतीय शहर कोलकाता (पूर्व में कलकत्ता) में अपनी पत्नी के साथ रहने वाले एक बिस्तर पर पड़े सेवानिवृत्त व्यक्ति को अपनी छाती में थोड़ी जकड़न के साथ बुखार महसूस होने लगा-कोविड-19 के संकेत।


The Joe Rogan Experience: Will Gompertz reviews episode #1470 with Elon Musk ★★★☆☆

Summary: They used to say everybody had a book in them. Then it changed to everybody had a blog in them. Now, everybody has a podcast in them. And that's just where the book-blog-pod should stay in 99.9% of cases.

Will GompertzArts editor@WillGompertzBBCon Twitter But there are handful of people who have taken to podcasting like Luke Skywalker to a lightsaber and become masters of cyberspace broadcasting. Elizabeth Day has gone from journalist to novelist to prominent media figure with her How To Fail podcast. George The Poet has cut through with his meditative musings, while the footballer Peter Crouch has turned into a surprise comedy star with his laddish tales from the locker-room. In America - where the art of podcasting was honed with shows like Serial, This American Life and Radiolab - the medium has long had a seat at the top table of the entertainment business. As was made evident this week with the announcement that the Swedish streaming service Spotify had paid a huge sum of money - the Wall Street Journal reported the deal could be worth around $100 million (£82 million) - for exclusive rights to a Californian-based podcast called The Joe Rogan Experience. Joe Rogan is a famous personality in the US. He first made his name as a stand-up comic, then turned to acting, before hosting a TV show featuring wince-inducing dares, and between all this established himself as a respected mixed martial arts UFC commentator. He started his eponymous podcast in 2009 as a "mates chatting" sort of thing, which it basically still is, although some of his mates are now Senators and Harvard professors. Anyway, it works: the show is said to have over 190 million monthly downloads, which is a lot of listeners by any measure (it is also available for free on YouTube, for now). I visited his website to hear what all the fuss was about, and chose episode #1470 from a couple of weeks ago, in which Rogan chats to Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur and Tesla car boss. He'd had Musk on the show before, offered him a puff on his joint (cannabis is legal in the state where the show is made), which Elon duly accepted, leading to headlines and a sharp drop in Tesla's share price. The episode I listened to didn't have any such incidents. The two men began by chewing the fat about Musk's newly-born baby, to whom the businessman and his partner had given a name that sounded like a line of code written by one of his company's boffs. Rogan was amused and enthusiastic as the conversation gently meandered towards the topic of connecting computers to our brains, a concept that appeared to enthral and appal the host in equal measure. Not so the quietly-spoken Musk, who considered the prospect of a "whole brain interface" where "more of you would be in the cloud than in your body", to be viable within decades. Don't worry if that seems like too long to wait, because he also thought if all went to plan, that in five years we won't have to talk anymore because we'll be able to communicate our unfettered thoughts through neural links. These were not small things to posit given the obvious ramifications, particularly for The Joe Rogan Experience: no talking, no podcast. But our host didn't seem concerned or particularly interested in interrogating the breezy claims his guest made with a matter-of-factness that equated to someone putting a live grenade in your hand and mentioning, by-the-by, it could be quite dangerous. That's not to say Rogan was disengaged. It's just that his natural curiosity tended to stop at wow without getting to why. Which is fine, that's the nature of the show: guests are allowed to talk as much and as long as they like, often for hours, with Rogan the interlocutor playing the role of everyman: a part he has nailed better than almost anyone else in the world of podcasts, if one was judging by numbers alone (downloads, YouTube views, Instagram followers etc.). He is, as they say nowadays, relatable. His listeners get him, like him; maybe even want to be him. He's not a show-pony, or a light-entertainment phoney: he's the all-American do it yourself modern man, tough but intelligent. Joe Rogan is the Bruce Springsteen of chat. The Boss has taken his brand global, whether Rogan can repeat the feat in the talk-show genre will be interesting to see. The two men have much in common. They share the same muscular male aesthetic, with a love of T-shirts and no BS. They're both from New Jersey. They both had troubled relationships with their fathers - Springsteen's dad was a bus driver, Rogan's a cop. And they both found fame as the front man on stage. Given the size of its investment, Spotify must be hoping Rogan can compete with Springsteen in terms of reach and appeal. I'm not so sure he can having listened to his show. Songs can be reinterpreted, meaning can morph and be personalised - less so with chat, which tends to be specific to the host and his or her culture. I quite enjoyed listening to his conversation with Musk, but I wouldn't download another show in a rush for entertainment's sake. It wasn't just because the entrepreneur could say almost anything without being challenged - there's a section about Covid-19 when I found my eyebrows rise while Joe's and Elon's were furrowed in agreement (I believe in previous episodes Rogan has been more sceptical). The main problem is my cultural reference points are different, I don't relate to Joe Rogan. I'm not interested in mixed martial arts or conspiracy theories or smoking weed or drinking hard liquor or camping or "dumb things". I don't care if a Tesla car can accelerate to 60 mph in under two seconds or want to hear what Elon Musk has to say to "all the fools out there" - another throwaway remark that went unchallenged. Nevertheless, the host clearly reflects the views and tastes of a vast number of American people, and has developed a format with which they can connect and hear his thoughts and those of his guests (male-skewed, judging by the recent roster). And that's why I will continue to download his show: Not to be amused but to be informed. Listen to The Joe Rogan Experience and you hear America. Recent reviews by Will Gompertz Follow Will Gompertz on Twitter

वे कहते थे कि हर किसी के पास एक किताब है। फिर यह बदल गया कि हर किसी के पास एक ब्लॉग है। अब, हर किसी के पास एक पॉडकास्ट है। और यही वह जगह है जहाँ किताब-ब्लॉग-पॉड 99.9% मामलों में रहना चाहिए।


Man jailed for Islington Upper Street stab killing

Summary: A man who stabbed another man to death in a "savage assault" following an argument inside a van on a north London high street has been jailed for 12 years.

Marcel Campbell, 30, from Haringey, died from his wounds after the attack in Upper Street, Islington, on 21 May. Reece Williams, 22, from Islington, was charged with murder but convicted of manslaughter by a jury on 27 November. He was sentenced at the Old Bailey to 12 years' imprisonment. After Williams was arrested, he told police officers he had not intended to kill Mr Campbell and had arranged to meet him to buy drugs, the Metropolitan Police said. He said he stabbed him in self-defence after Mr Campbell pulled out a knife. Det Ch Insp Dave Whellams, from the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "This was a savage assault." He added: "No length of imprisonment can change what has happened but the family can draw comfort from the fact that justice has been done."

उत्तरी लंदन की एक हाई स्ट्रीट पर एक वैन के अंदर बहस के बाद "बर्बर हमले" में एक अन्य व्यक्ति की चाकू मारकर हत्या करने वाले व्यक्ति को 12 साल की जेल की सजा सुनाई गई है।


Russell Brand's bunny Hops to number one

Summary: Animated movie Hop, featuring Russell Brand as the voice of the new Easter Bunny, has gone straight to number one in the North American box office chart.

British comedian Brand voices EB, a young rabbit more interested in being a rock star than taking over as the Easter Bunny. It took $38m (£24m) between Friday and Sunday, according to preliminary industry estimates. Its nearest rival was Jake Gyllenhaal's thriller Source Code, with $15m (£9m). Horror film Insidious, in which a family find themselves in a haunted house, was another new entry in third place, earning $13.5m (£8.4m). Last week's number one, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, fell to number four, making $10.2m (£6.3m).

एनिमेटेड फिल्म हॉप, जिसमें रसेल ब्रांड को नए ईस्टर बनी की आवाज के रूप में दिखाया गया है, उत्तरी अमेरिकी बॉक्स ऑफिस चार्ट में सीधे नंबर एक पर पहुंच गई है।


Bristol's Colston Hall announces carbon neutral plan

Summary: A concert hall has announced plans to become carbon neutral.

Bosses at Colston Hall in Bristol want the venue to gain the status by 2030 and detailed plans will be unveiled by next autumn. It plans to work with Sydney Opera House, which became carbon neutral last year, to achieve its goal. Early proposals, as part of an ongoing £49m revamp, include the installation of more solar panels, LED lighting, and increased recycling. Non-recyclable waste will be incinerated to produce energy, the use of single-use plastic will end and food waste will also be turned into energy. Louise Mitchell, chief executive of Bristol Music Trust which runs the hall, said: "At this stage in our transformation we are in a prime position to put environmental and sustainability targets centre stage." The trust will produce the detailed plans next year and has already appointed a sustainability adviser. In 2017, Colston Hall announced it would ditch ties with the 17th Century slave trader Edward Colston, after whom it is named. When it reopens after current refurbishment work is completed in 2021, it will be under a new name. Sydney Opera House was certified carbon neutral last year after it carried out a number of measures, including using sea water to cool the building, rather than chiller units, replacing light bulbs with LEDs, controlling its waste and converting food waste into energy. Earlier this week, Bristol City Council missed a third government deadline for providing details of a clean air zone for the city. The authority said the delay would not affect "implementation or compliance dates" for reducing air pollution.

एक कॉन्सर्ट हॉल ने कार्बन न्यूट्रल बनने की योजना की घोषणा की है।


DJ Derek: The elderly musician who mastered his own mix

Summary: For eight months people have been searching for DJ Derek.

The 73-year-old accountant-turned-clubber was reported missing last summer but this week police have found, in undergrowth, what they believe to be the Bristolian's remains. Here we turn the light on the musician who provided the soundtrack for so many others. Track One: Warming up Derek Serpell-Morris lived in St Pauls - an area of Bristol he became very well known in since leaving Cadbury's in the 1970s to mix music rather than confectionery. It was actually his performance during a musical interlude of the annual pantomime at Cadbury's that launched that first career in the city. "Lady Cadbury came up and congratulated me on my drum solo. A week or so later I got a letter asking if I wanted a job here," he told the BBC's Inside Out in 2006. He accepted and went on to work up the ranks, becoming a senior finance manager before packing it all in after "five years of domestic hell". Then a DJ job followed at the Star and Garter pub in the city and the rest, as they say, is history. Track Two: Finding the beat For more than four decades he firmly established himself as a fixture on Bristol's clubbing scene. He became known for playing a blend of 1960s rocksteady, reggae, ska, dancehall and soul music. Alongside the music he developed a hobby of visiting each new Wetherspoon pub which opens in the region and further afield. The chain even took part in the search to find him, circulating a photo of the DJ to managers of 940 Wetherspoon pubs. Another support of his - DJ Rob da Bank, co-founder of Camp Bestival - tweeted that phone calls with DJ Derek were "some of the most charming interactions I've ever had with a DJ". "In fact every time I booked DJ Derek I had to phone his landline (no email) and talk through which bus route he'd take to get there, so he could visit a newly opened Wetherspoons en route," he wrote in a series of tweets. DJ Derek never owned a mobile phone. Track Three: Crowd pleasing A highlight of his musical career must have been playing at Glastonbury. He was not a stranger to fame though, playing countless gigs across the UK, releasing his own compilation album and collaborating with stars of the music world. Among them were Massive Attack, Portishead and also Dizzee Rascal, who invited him to appear in the hit music video Dirtee Disco in 2010. Documentary maker Helena Appio, who made a film about him, described him as a "kind and gentle man". "A real British eccentric in the most wonderful way," she added. Track Four: Cooling down His final set before retiring was played at a London show in 2013. This was a year after being awarded a medal by Bristol's Lord Mayor for his "outstanding" contribution to the music scene in the city. Speaking to BBC Radio 4 after he was given the award, he said he finished most sets with the Bob Marley classic One Love. He said: "It's a perfect signing-off record for a reggae set - let's get together and feel all right. So next time, people, let's get together and feel all right." Track Five: The music ends On 23 July 2015 he was reported missing, 12 days after he was last seen leaving a pub in Bristol during the early hours. A high profile campaign was launched to find the 73-year-old. On Twitter alone, the hashtag #findDJDerek has been used more than 6,000 times since his disappearance. In August, at a police press conference, members of his family said he had not taken any money, suitcases or toiletries and they were "losing hope". But following the latest development about the discovery of human remains, it is his family who are now left facing the biggest silence.

आठ महीने से लोग डीजे डेरेक की तलाश कर रहे हैं।


Pakistan transgenders pin hopes on new rights

Summary: There has been little opposition to the decision by Pakistan's Supreme Court to allow a third gender category, apart from male or female, on the national identity card. The BBC's Aleem Maqbool meets transgendered people in Karachi buoyed by the ruling, but sceptical about whether it can really end the isolation they face.

In the back streets, in a squalid neighbourhood of Pakistan's largest city, is a tiny, shabby apartment. It is where we find "Shehzadi" getting ready for work. Wearing a bright yellow dress, and scrabbling around her make-up box, she is doing her best to cover up her decidedly masculine features. Shehzadi is transgendered: physically male, but psychologically female. "When I was about six or seven, I realised I wasn't either a boy or a girl," Shehzadi says. "I was miserable because I didn't understand why I was different. It was only when I met another 'she-male' that I felt peace in my heart and my mind." Like so many other of the estimated 50,000 transgenders in Pakistan, Shehzadi left home as a teenager, to live with others from the same community. "I'm happy being with other transgenders, but there are many problems," Shehzadi says. "People don't understand, and they abuse us. It's hard to get somewhere to live, or even to move about normally. I get teased when I stand and wait for a bus." Separate identity Shehzadi also shows us her ID card. She is unhappy that it says "male." But this is something that should soon change. Remarkably for a conservative country like this, Pakistan is about to introduce a third gender category on its national identity cards. "Previously, we were having two categories, male and female, for registration," says Brigadier Ehsan ul-Haq, who is in charge of the national database and registration authority in Karachi. "But this community agitated for a separate identity of their own. They went to the Supreme Court, the court agreed and we will implement it." Brigadier Ehsan says that to his knowledge there has been no opposition to the ruling, either within the registration authority or outside it. "I personally feel it is a good decision by our highest court," he says. "Transgenders wanted recognition for their community. Why not reflect them as having a separate identity if it is biologically so?" The reasons for a relative lack of opposition are complex. Despite the discrimination they face, transgenders have long been accepted as part of the fabric of Pakistani society. Throughout the Indian sub-continent they have occupied a unique position since the era of the Mughal empire in the 16th Century, when they were given special roles in the royal court. Pakistan is a Muslim nation and many will note that in Saudi Arabia, transgendered people were given the special role of guarding the Prophet Muhammad's tomb, as they were seen as exemplary devotees with no family ties. Government jobs Although recognising the community as having its own gender will not solve all of the transgenders' problems, Pakistan's Supreme Court has made further recommendations. Commonly in Pakistan, transgenders have either been entertainers, or sex workers, or beggars. The only contact most Pakistanis have with members of the community is at traffic lights across the country, where they tap on car windows, begging for money. But Pakistan's Supreme Court now says that transgenders should also be allocated a certain number of government jobs. It specifically recommended they be appointed as tax collectors to utilise their "special skills". Those special skills are already on display in Clifton one of Karachi's most affluent neighbourhoods. There Shehzadi joins a group of theatrically dressed, heavily made-up transgenders can be seen sometimes strutting down the wide, quiet, tree-lined streets. "We knock on the doors of people who haven't paid their taxes," she says. "We tell them to pay up, but there are some who don't, so we stand on their doorstep and give them trouble and make a spectacle. Then to stop us attracting attention, they pay. I love the job, life's going well!" The experiment has been judged something of a success by the local authority, too, with Shehzadi's team collecting large amounts of unpaid dues. Just a handful of transgenders have government jobs at the moment. For the vast majority, finding work is still tough. It could just be that in Pakistan the lot of this isolated and often ridiculed community might just be getting a little bit better. But in a moment of reflection, Shehzadi tells us of the things which can never be resolved through any kind of legislation. "However much we say we are a close community, and call each other 'sister' and 'mother' it is still a lonely existence." "Most don't have contact with their families, and, of course, they don't have children," Shehzadi says. "Getting jobs and ID cards is great, but when I die, I know the community will have a party, spend all my money, and then it will be as if Shehzadi never walked on this earth." "That will always be the reality of our life."

राष्ट्रीय पहचान पत्र पर पुरुष या महिला के अलावा तीसरे लिंग की श्रेणी की अनुमति देने के पाकिस्तान के सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के फैसले का बहुत कम विरोध हुआ है। बीबीसी के अलीम मकबूल इस फैसले से उत्साहित होकर कराची में ट्रांसजेंडर लोगों से मिलते हैं, लेकिन इस बारे में संदेह करते हैं कि क्या यह वास्तव में उनके सामने आने वाले अलगाव को समाप्त कर सकता है।


Purged: The officers who cannot go home to Turkey

Summary: Last July, a botched military coup led to fighting on the streets of Ankara and Istanbul. Quickly peace was restored, the perpetrators were arrested - and a purge began of thousands of people, from judges to teachers, accused of links with the plotters. As Maria Psara in Brussels explains, the purge reached as far as Belgium, where its effects are still being felt.

Sitting at the back of a small cafe in Brussels, the two men were looking around to check whether they had been followed. The two women who accompanied them were silent, waiting for a signal that it was safe to talk. Ibrahim had already told me that they all feared for their lives. "The Turkish media call us 'terrorists' and say that Turkish or even Russian intelligence should kill us," he said. "Turkish officials describe us as traitors and advise people to attack us if they meet us." A year ago, Ibrahim and Abdullah (not their real names) were high-ranking members of the Turkish military delegation to Nato. Now they are jobless and de facto stateless - two of the myriad casualties of a purge that followed an attempted military coup in Turkey a year ago. Ayse and Deniz (also pseudonyms) are the wives of two other purged Turkish Nato officers. All their lives have changed dramatically. They have lost their homes and their incomes and may never be able to return to the country of their birth. After the unsuccessful coup on the night of 15 July 2016, tens of thousands of civil servants, judges, teachers, journalists, and others were arrested, suspected of being followers of Fethullah Gulen, the exiled cleric who is supposed - although he denies it - to have orchestrated the attempt to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Among them were hundreds of military officers, but those serving abroad felt safe. It was clear, at least, that they had not taken any active role in the fighting. "The Turkish army has more than 600,000 personnel," says Ibrahim. "If an army of this size has decided to carry out a coup, it does not need the few officers it has abroad to execute it. The ones in Turkey would suffice." In August, however, lists of names began to arrive in Brussels every Friday after business hours - they were the names of officers who had been suspended or dismissed without explanation. At the end of September, a long document with 221 names arrived at Turkish missions abroad, including the Nato headquarters in Brussels and in Mons, nearby. In it, the Turkish General Staff ordered the officers to return to Turkey immediately, again without explanation. "My name was in the list. We called Turkey in an attempt to understand the accusations against us," says Abdullah. "Take the first flight back," was the only response. Those who didn't comply were purged in a decree issued on 22 November, accusing them of links with a "terrorist organisation", a reference to the Gulenist movement. Their assets in Turkey were frozen and their passports were cancelled. By this stage it had long become clear that obeying the summons to Turkey was fraught with danger. A group of officers who were quick to sell their furniture and their cars, and close their contracts with electricity and gas suppliers, returned in early October and almost all were arrested - some on arrival at the airport, others when they reported to headquarters. Around the same time, a Navy officer was called from Brussels to an emergency meeting on "standardisation" at the general staff in Ankara. "Anyone in the armed forces knows that standardisation is not a subject that one would ever classify as emergency. Even though everything about this meeting was fishy, the officer went because there was no reason to be afraid," says Ibrahim. It turned out to be a set-up. He was arrested and has been in jail awaiting trial ever since. "Up until now, he has not been informed about any evidence against him," Abdullah says. His wife and three children, who were not officially notified of his arrest, remain behind in Belgium, trying to survive without him. Describing these family tragedies, and their own, the officers and officers' wives are understandably grim-faced. One story, though, evokes a bitter smile. The men explain that a colleague was involved in a serious road accident in the days before the coup. At the time it happened he was in intensive care in a Belgian hospital. "He was unconscious," Ibrahim says. But he too was accused of being involved in the coup. Overall, more than 700 officers out of 950 officers serving at Nato and in Turkish diplomatic missions around the world are estimated to have been purged. Most have applied for asylum in their host countries, and some - in Germany and Norway, for example - have already received it. Most of the Turkish officers in Belgium were living with their families in military housing. Many were ordered to move out at the end of September, though those in Mons were allowed to stay until the end of the school year, because their children went to school on the base. Some left early anyway, to start adapting to their new life as soon as possible. Others stayed, on the grounds that they had nothing to hide and were not afraid. "However hard the Turkish national military representative tried to make us leave the base and make life harder for us, Nato put up a stance against his illogical arguments," says Abdullah. The head of Nato's allied command headquarters in Mons, Gen Curtis Scaparotti, dismissed the idea that these officers could have been involved in the planning of a coup, Abdullah says. Foreign colleagues tried to help in different ways. Some offered monetary help, others invited the Turkish families to Christmas dinner, some even offered their personal houses in their homelands. "Unanimously, all advised against going back to Turkey." For children, moving from the Nato school to a Belgian school is a huge change. Suddenly, instead of studying in English, they are in an environment where everyone speaks either Flemish or French. The families have so far been surviving on their savings. They will soon need to find work - but they are barred from employment until, or unless, they are granted asylum. They are also hesitant about leaving the house, afraid of being targeted by pro-Erdogan zealots. More than three-quarters of Turks in Belgium who cast a ballot in a referendum held last April voted in favour of granting sweeping new powers to the president. Clashes between the president's supporters and opponents, as voting took place, left several in hospital. Since they were teenagers the officers have been at military schools, and have always been reluctant to express political views. They deny any connection with Fethullah Gulen. At the same time, they are clearly deeply alarmed by the direction President Erdogan is leading the country - away from the West, as they see it, closer to the Muslim world and to Russia. The 15 July coup Find out more: Erdogan's Turkey The role of the Turkish Army as the guardian of a modern secular republic is under threat, they argue, while the purge has resulted in pro-Western officers being replaced with officers who either support political Islam or have a "pro-East, pro-Russia ideology". Privately, Nato sources admit that the quality of the new officers is nowhere near that of those who were forced out. The patriotism of the former officers is visible in their anger. "See this?" asks Abdullah, showing his passport. "Throughout my whole life I have served my country, my flag, and now I have to hide my identity, although I did nothing wrong." "Our husbands sacrificed their daily life, their family life for their work. They were married with their work, not with us," says Ayse. Abdullah says his greatest wish for the future is for Turkey to "return to normality" as he puts it. "To be again a country we would be proud of," he adds. "And we want to go back." Maria Psara is Brussels correspondent for the Ethnos newspaper Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.

पिछले जुलाई में, एक असफल सैन्य तख्तापलट के कारण अंकारा और इस्तांबुल की सड़कों पर लड़ाई शुरू हो गई। जल्दी ही शांति बहाल हो गई, अपराधियों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया-और न्यायाधीशों से लेकर शिक्षकों तक, साजिशकर्ताओं के साथ संबंधों के आरोप में हजारों लोगों का सफाया शुरू हो गया। जैसा कि ब्रुसेल्स में मारिया सारा बताती हैं, सफाई बेल्जियम तक पहुंच गई, जहां इसके प्रभाव अभी भी महसूस किए जा रहे हैं।


Domino's Pizza tattoos earn some Russians 'free pizza for life'

Summary: One tattoo. 100 years. 10,000 free pizzas.

By Tom Gerken, BBC UGC & Social NewsAnd Katherine Zeveleva, BBC Monitoring That was the deal offered to people in Russia last week when Domino's Pizza in Russia began their "Domino's Forever" campaign on social media offering "free pizza for your whole life". The catch? To earn their crusts, people had to get a permanent tattoo of the Domino's logo "on a visible spot" of their bodies. The post says people who get tattoos will be given a certificate offering a maximum of 100 free pizzas, per year, for a century - a possible 10,000 pizzas. But to get that many free meals you would have to live well beyond the average Russian life expectancy. Nevertheless Russian social media was soon awash with hundreds of people looking to take advantage of the deal. Many of the posts were fairly self-aware, with people considering themselves captive to the offer of free meals. After hundreds of posts appeared across Instagram, Facebook and Russian-language social media platform VKontakte, Domino's was forced to impose strict rules upon entries. The pizza chain clarified only "the first 350 people" to post such pictures on social media would receive the free meals, and warned that while the tattoo can be any colour, it must be at least 2cm (0.79 inches) in length. Furthermore, it released an image clarifying the "visible parts of the body" where people were allowed to have the tattoo. Despite the change in rules the pictures kept on coming, with people sharing snaps of tattoos on arms, tattoos on legs, and even tattoos on thumbs. With the entries coming so quickly, Domino's was forced to bring the competition to a halt as they quickly hit their 350-participant threshold. "Friends, we already have 350 participants!" Domino's wrote on its Facebook page. "We are not receiving any new tattoos! "If you are at a tattoo artist's and getting tattoos, we will include you in the list of participants. But we are waiting for pictures before 12:00 today. "For those [getting tattoos] later, we recommend cancelling the appointment, because unfortunately we will not be able to include you." You may also like: But by this point, the warnings did not stop the tattoos. On Instagram alone, there have been over 80 additional applications using the campaign hashtag since the promotion officially closed, with more on Facebook and VKontakte. That may not seem like much, but can you imagine getting this tattoo and not receiving the free pizza? Fortunately for these late entrants it seems Domino's feels the same way, as the company continued to reply to posts. Domino's responded to John Adamovsky - who posted his tattoo after Domino's stopped the offer - to let him know that they would contact him privately to arrange his prize. Was it worth it? Instagram user Ekaterina Lunina certainly seems to be getting her money's worth, as she has already cashed in on the deal twice, letting her followers know her free pizza certificate is getting used. And just in case you were wondering what these pizza certificates look like, one couple were kind enough to share a snap of their pizza passes with the BBC.

एक टैटू. 100 साल. 10,000 मुफ्त पिज्जा।


'Mum died of cancer - now I must care for my brother'

Summary: Sarah Thomas spent years caring for her terminally ill mum, Claire. But when she died of cancer in June, Sarah took over the "really scary" role of sole guardianship of her 14-year-old brother James.

By Emma HallettBBC News "Mum was determined to live until I was 18 years old so I could be my brother's legal guardian. When she felt she had done everything she could, that's when she died." For the past seven years Sarah and James have been the sole carers for their terminally ill mother. When Sarah, now 19, asked for help she said "none ever came". Somerset County Council said children's services had been working with the family, adding "an offer of support was in place". The BBC has changed the names of the family members. The siblings are estranged from their father and grandparents, and have no aunts or uncles. On the day Claire died at their home in Somerset, Sarah told her mother "everything was sorted, her and her brother would be OK". Those were some of the last words she spoke to her. Claire was 54. "Now I have to think about how am I going to support me and James," Sarah said. "My brother is still very young. I worry about him, and I'm worried about looking after him, with no parents, no family. He's 14 and he's lovely, but it is a difficult age to try to completely parent him on my own. It's really scary." Research by BBC News and the University of Nottingham in 2018 suggests the number of young carers could be as high as 800,000 in England alone. Sarah and James are two of those who made countless sacrifices and missed out on parts of their childhood because they were looking after a family member. The Thomas family of three were living in Wales when Claire was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer in 2013, meaning the cancer had already spread to other parts of her body. Sarah was 13 years old and her brother was seven. In 2014 Claire had a mastectomy, but the wound became infected and she was given just a year to live. She fought the odds and in 2016 the family moved to Somerset where Claire had friends. During this time, Sarah was doing much of the caring for her mum and brother. "I asked for help with carers, for cooking, cleaning, doing the shopping, the laundry; I was around 16 at the time. No-one ever came," she said. A Somerset County Council spokesperson said they could not comment in detail on individual circumstances, but that children's services had been in touch with the family. Two years later, the cancer had spread to Claire's bones. James, who was home schooled from the age of 10 until he was almost 13, effectively became her full-time carer. "He was there all the time, trying to help her," Sarah said. "She was in so much pain. It was so traumatic seeing her in agony all the time. She could barely walk, couldn't pick anything up; life became very hard for all of us." That same year, Sarah celebrated her 18th birthday. Her mum had completed what she set out to do - to stay alive until her daughter was old enough to be James's legal guardian. But the next year and a half would be "the complete worst", said Sarah. "We saw our mum become a skeleton. She had tumours everywhere and her hair started falling out. "I would help wash her, I would clean her room, change her sheets… I would try to make things she could eat. I was just helping her so much. "I had a part-time job, was going to college, as well as doing parents' evenings for my brother. There was so much responsibility at 18 years old." As well as the day-to-day help, Sarah was also helping her mum complete all the paperwork to ensure they would have somewhere to live. Before Claire died, she and Sarah applied for a place for James at a local boarding school, in an effort to ensure he would get the support he needs. "Mum was trying to give herself time… so she could sort out as much as she could for me and my brother before she died," said Sarah. "The day she died she was really, really sick, so she couldn't hear much, but I was able to tell her that it's going to happen (the boarding school), it was coming together, and I think she felt that she had done everything that she could, and that's when she died." Sarah is now fundraising for the money for the school fees. If she manages to raise more than they need, Sarah said she would like to set up her own foundation to help children going through a similar experience. "What I really struggled with was just feeling so alone," she said. "When this was first going on, I was 14-15. I had no other family, no contact with my dad, my mum was dying, I felt like my friends weren't there for me. I was just turning things against myself - and I think a lot of young people do that because they just don't know what to do with all this emotion. "It was just so much trauma, and that's what worries me, because a lot of people might not ever recover from it and will bring that trauma into their adult life and that's what I want to help with. "Having been through it, I am able to give advice on what helped me, and I feel like a purpose of my life is to help other people because there isn't a lot of help when you're younger and you're grieving. "Just to have a conversation about it… is really helpful, and not to feel like you are offloading on to someone who doesn't understand." Sarah said her mother held a lot of fear and guilt about dying and leaving her children "with no-one". She now hopes she can fulfil her mum's dying wish to get James into the boarding school she thought would provide a caring and nurturing environment for him. Only then will she get the space she needs to process seven years of caring and grieving for a much-loved mother who in effect they lost years earlier. A Somerset County Council spokesperson added there were currently five young carer groups across the county and that during the coronavirus crisis virtual group activities have continued offering "a chance to connect with fellow young carers". One-to-one telephone contact and online meetings have also been available.

सारा थॉमस ने अपनी गंभीर रूप से बीमार माँ, क्लेयर की देखभाल करने में कई साल बिताए। लेकिन जब जून में कैंसर से उनकी मृत्यु हो गई, तो सारा ने अपने 14 वर्षीय भाई जेम्स की एकमात्र संरक्षकता की "वास्तव में डरावनी" भूमिका निभाई।


Kachin plight reveals Burma's patchy progress

Summary: "Welcome to our new Kachin townships," the camp administrator said sarcastically as he guided us down the muddy path leading to one of the dozens of refugee camps scattered through Kachin, the thin sliver of land which forms Burma's northernmost region.

By Sue Lloyd Roberts BBC Newsnight, Kachin, Burma Makeshift shelters constructed from canvas and bamboo are now home for thousands of internally displaced people. The United Nations refugee agency say there are more than 50,000 displaced people here, the Kachin put the figure much higher. It is hard to check the number because most international aid agencies and journalists are not allowed into the area, which is part of Burma, but held by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of several militias aligned with Burma's ethnic minority groups, who have for decades opposed the central government. We had to cross into the region from China, illegally and at night, and getting to the camp involved a bone rattling, three-hour drive along muddy tracks. The difficulty in accessing what is becoming a major humanitarian crisis suits the Burmese government, hundreds of miles away in the new capital city, Nay Pyi Taw. President Thein Sein is trying to persuade the outside world that Burma's nominally civilian government is very different from those who made up the notoriously brutal military junta of the past. On Sunday, National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was one of a number of opposition candidates who won parliamentary seats in by-elections which are being seen as a key test of the government's commitment to reform. And although the authorities postponed voting in three Kachin constituencies, blaming lack of security, President Thein Sein is hoping that the elections will be deemed "free and fair" enough for sanctions against Burma to be lifted. 'Killed with spear' The stories we heard from the refugees in Kachin tell a very different story. Lahpai Zau Bawk cried as he told us the story of how he lost his wife. The Burmese army attacked their village and they all ran, he explained, but his wife, Suu Lam, had just given birth and she could not keep up, getting separated from the group as they hid in the jungle. "The next day I went back to look for her and found that they'd killed her with a spear, entering through her ribcage on the left and all the way through to her arm on the right," he said. "I found the baby, barely alive, lying next to her mother. I grabbed her and ran." Twelve-year-old Myitung Brang Shawng spoke in the slow, deliberate manner which I have grown accustomed to hearing from victims of trauma, as if he could still hardly believe his words: "Everyone was running but my mother didn't and they shot her. I went back and found her body - they'd thrown it in a deep hole that had been dug as a cesspit. It took 10 of us to get the body out and I then buried her," he said. Truce collapse The atrocities the refugees described, and many more, all took place during the last nine months, well after Burma's new leaders began their charm offensive on the international community. A 17-year truce between the Burmese army and KIA collapsed last year after the KIA refused to become state border guards. Then fighting broke out near the Chinese border in June 2011 after Burmese army soldiers attempted to move KIA fighters away from the site of a Chinese hydroelectric power plant. The Kachins have repeatedly condemned the building of the plant, saying it will cause environmental damage and social disruption, including the relocation of some communities. A March report by campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Burmese army of committing "serious abuses" against the Kachin during the months of fighting - pillaging and burning homes, torturing civilians during interrogations and raping women in villages. HRW also said the KIA had been involved in abuses, including using child soldiers and anti-personnel mines. Rice rationed In December, President Thein Sein ordered a halt to army attacks, telling Burmese forces to shoot only in self-defence against KIA forces. However, the KIA says the troops on the ground are not adhering to this command. KIA General Sumlat Gun Maw said the order was being ignored for two reasons: "The first is that under the new constitution the president doesn't have that much power over the army and, secondly, President Thein Sein doesn't have the support of the army generals because he wants to reform the country and they don't." Burma's military chiefs have for a long time enjoyed the wealth of these border areas, which are rich in timber, gold and jade. If they are at odds with the president, this could slow down both democratic reform and a resolution to Burma's long running ethnic conflict. The Kachin say the fighting was particularly ferocious in December and January, around the time US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Foreign Secretary William Hague were in Nay Pyi Taw congratulating the new Burmese cabinet for progress made so far. During his December visit, Mr Hague pledged £2m ($3.2m) in aid to the refugees crammed in to the camps of Kachin. That aid is said to be on its way but no-one I met had seen it. The largest camp in the area, outside the town of Laiza on the Chinese border, holds 5,000 people. When we arrived, they were distributing the day's ration - one cup of rice per child and two for an adult. I followed 35-year-old Labang Roi San as she carried her bag of rice back to the hut she now calls home. She is six months pregnant and weary of camp life and the constant complaints of hunger from her four young children: "I am not getting the nutrition a pregnant woman needs," she said as she threw the rice into boiling water. "We long to return to our villages but how can we? The Burmese hate the Kachin people and their army will only attack us again." Fighting back From the next door hut came the sound of singing. The Kachin are Christian, converted by British missionaries in the 19th Century, and Labang explained that the group of families were singing hymns and praying for a return home. I caught the eye of one woman holding a hymn book in one hand and a baby in the other. "What else can we do?" she asked. Others have chosen a different path. We met Shang Hting Tang on the KIA parade ground outside Laiza, where he and other new recruits are being trained. "The Burmese army soldiers came in to our village firing their guns, shooting at the old people who couldn't run," Shang said. "They raped five women, stole our livestock and then set fire to our houses. I'm old, I'm 42, but this is why I joined up." Plea for help Shang is by no means the oldest of the recruits - 18-year-olds march alongside 50-year-olds and women, singing stirring Kachin military songs as they march with lyrics such as "we have the spirit to defeat the enemy", which is just as well as they have precious little else. Training has been cut from three months to two and is carried out using wooden replicas of guns. Only when they get to the front are AK 47s, World War II rifles and homemade explosives distributed among the new recruits. Barely trained and understandably nervous, they are expected to compete with the better equipped and more experienced Burmese army. The KIA still use the ranks and the art of warfare they learned from British soldiers whom they fought alongside against the Japanese during World War II. Invited to stay the night in one of the frontline camps, the soldiers sat around a campfire and, accompanied by their commander on a guitar, sang Beatles songs interspersed with morale raising Kachin ballads. It was in this setting that Major Pawm Mung Ra admitted to bitterness towards the Kachin's former military allies: "The British shouldn't forget us in our time of need. We fought for them when they needed us to fight the Japanese. We are now suffering horribly. Surely, this is the time when they should help us?" Watch Sue Lloyd-Roberts' full report from Kachin on Newsnight on Tuesday 3 April 2012, then afterwards on the BBCiPlayer or Newsnight website.

"हमारे नए काचिन बस्ती में आपका स्वागत है", शिविर के प्रशासक ने व्यंग्यात्मक रूप से कहा, जब उन्होंने काचिन से बिखरे हुए दर्जनों शरणार्थी शिविरों में से एक की ओर जाने वाले कीचड़ भरे रास्ते पर हमारा मार्गदर्शन किया, जो बर्मा का सबसे उत्तरी क्षेत्र है।


Gwent Police to trial live 999 call streaming

Summary: A project which will allow the public to share live video when making an emergency call to the police is to be piloted in Wales.

Gwent Police said it is the first force in Wales to trial the 999eye service. It allows callers to use their smartphones to stream footage direct to the control room, giving operators an accurate picture of what is going on and how best to respond. The videos can then be used as evidence to support investigations. The system was developed by West Midlands Fire Service. Supt Ian Roberts, head of Gwent Police control room, said it was "fantastic" the force was leading the way in piloting "such an advanced piece of technology". 999eye also provides police with precise GPS coordinates, helping officers to pinpoint the caller's location.

एक परियोजना जो जनता को पुलिस को आपातकालीन कॉल करते समय लाइव वीडियो साझा करने की अनुमति देगी, वेल्स में पायलट की जानी है।


Ipswich man denies attempted murder of three pedestrians

Summary: A man has denied the attempted murder of three pedestrians who were struck by a car as they left a pub.

The men were hurt on St Helen's Street, Ipswich, at about 00:25 GMT on 8 March. One man, in his 40s, sustained life-threatening injuries, a second man serious injuries and a third minor injuries. Thomas Broughton, 32, of Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, appeared at the town's crown court earlier via Skype and pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. He also denied driving an Audi A3 dangerously. Judge Martyn Levett remanded Mr Broughton in custody and listed a trial date for 1 September.

एक व्यक्ति ने तीन पैदल चलने वालों की हत्या के प्रयास से इनकार किया है, जिन्हें एक कार ने टक्कर मार दी थी, जब वे एक पब से निकल रहे थे।


Looking back at the birth of The Beatles

Summary: Iris Caldwell was the teenage sweetheart of George Harrison before becoming Paul McCartney's girlfriend. She was also the sister of Rory Storm, whose band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes included Ringo Starr before he joined The Beatles.

Many local bands would gather at their house, dubbed Stormsville, after clubs like The Cavern had closed. "I met George at the ice rink," Iris says. "Every night he would come round to our house after he'd finished school. George spent an awful lot of time there. "He used to play the guitar and he wanted to get into Rory's band. He was doing skiffle but Rory said 'I'm sorry mate, you're a bit too young'. We were boyfriend and girlfriend for a long, long time, but it was a totally different concept to boyfriend and girlfriend nowadays. "Everyone used to come to Stormsville. My mother was the centre of it all, with my brother. People would all be jamming away and playing songs and arguing and laughing. We'd play silly games that my mother would organise. Cilla Black was absolutely hopeless at all of them. "We were sitting around eating cheese barm cakes and my dad would be saying 'I've got to get up for work, would you shut up!' "Rory had a skiffle cellar called The Morgue and we used to have the Beatles on there. I think they were called Long John and the Silver Beetles then. George wasn't in them then - he used to be on the cloakroom with me. Possibly watching them got him hungry. "It was some time after that that Paul and I started going out. Once it started to break for them, [manager Brian] Epstein didn't want me going to any of the gigs. I don't blame him for that - it was correct at the time. You put other girls off if you go 'That's my boyfriend up there'. "Every Tuesday, Paul and I used to go to the pictures. One night, John, Paul and I went out for something to eat to a little cafe. We had nearly finished the main course and they both winked at each other and then they started to have this terrible row across the table. I'm thinking, what's going on? They were shouting at each other until we all got thrown out so we didn't have to pay. "Paul was always around our house. He adored my mum and my mum adored him. His mum was dead and I think one of the highlights of going out with me was seeing my mum. "He'd come in from The Cavern and be all hot and sweaty and sit there, roll his trouser legs up and my mother would comb his legs for him. He carried on going to see my mum long after they were famous and long after I'd got married. "The story goes that he wrote I Saw Her Standing There about me but I don't think they wrote any songs about me. He did say to me, 'I can't write a song about you, Iris, because the only thing that rhymes with Iris is virus'. "When they did Granada TV's Scene at 6.30, as soon as they'd finished it, every single time, George would phone up my mum and say, 'What was that like?' "And she'd say 'Oh, it was all right but none of you have got any personality. If you don't smile you're not going to get anywhere'. So the next time he said 'I smiled this time, was it all right?' She said 'It was better but you still need to smile more'. She was giving them honest advice. "If I had a row with Paul, George would be phoning me up to see if he could take me out. But I don't think there was any rivalry over me. It was all good-hearted because things were so different then. It was never serious. It would be great to sell a kiss and tell but all I did was kiss and there's nothing else to tell! It was all innocent, unfortunately. "It was a wonderful time but we didn't know The Beatles were going to become this great big thing. "My mum once said to him, 'Paul, has all this money and fame changed you?' And he said 'No, I can only wear one shirt at a time, I can only eat one meal at a time, but I will say that people have changed towards me.'"

पॉल मैककार्टनी की प्रेमिका बनने से पहले आइरिस कैल्डवेल जॉर्ज हैरिसन की किशोर प्रेमिका थी। वह रोरी स्टॉर्म की बहन भी थी, जिसका बैंड रोरी स्टॉर्म और द हरिकेंस में द बीटल्स में शामिल होने से पहले रिंगो स्टार शामिल था।


Health and care spending: The sting in the tail

Summary: The government was happy to shout about the good news this week. With much fanfare, Chancellor George Osborne claimed he was making the "biggest ever" financial commitment to the NHS in England with the £8.4bn real terms rise by 2020-21.

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent@nicktriggleon Twitter But buried in the documents released with the spending review on Wednesday was the sting in the tail: cuts to some of the services that the health service depends on. NHS spending accounts for the vast bulk of the current £116bn Department of Health budget - £101bn of it in fact. But it's what's happening to the remaining £15bn that ministers are not shouting about. Next year that pot will be cut by more than 10% in real terms to £13.6bn. By the end of the Parliament the drop will be 20% in real terms. The size of the fund doesn't sound a lot when set beside the money for the frontline. But it goes a long way. About £5bn of it is spent by Health Education England in training the doctors and nurses of the future. Another £3bn to £4bn goes on public health, split between local authorities and Public Health England. This is the money that pays for everything from stop smoking services to sexual health clinics. In other words, the services that help improve people's health and keep them out of the doctors' consulting room. Health and care spending in numbers This funding also pays for organisations such as the Care Quality Commission - charged with inspecting services - as well as providing the reserves for the capital budget used to build new hospitals and maintain the existing ones. Cutting this money will have its casualties. Even those working in the NHS are concerned. Royal College of Surgeons' President Clare Marx says it has the potential to "significantly undermine" the health service. Meanwhile, nurse bursaries to cover training fees are being scrapped. The government actually believes this will help ensure more nurses are recruited as half of prospective students are currently turned away from nursing courses because numbers have to be capped. But could it have the opposite effect? Will people think twice before embarking on nurse degrees when faced with thousands of pounds of fees? And all this is before we come to social care. This is run by councils and helps pay for the costs of care home places and home help for nearly 900,000 elderly people. The numbers getting help have fallen by a quarter in the past seven years as social care spending has been squeezed. That looks like it will continue - despite the government offering some concessions. Local authorities are being allowed to raise council tax by 2% to pay for care, while by 2019-20 an extra £1.5bn will be put into the Better Care Fund, a joint NHS and council pot to encourage joint working, which is currently worth just over £5bn. But overall council funding from government is being frozen in cash terms - a significant reduction in real terms. It will now be up to councils to set their own social care budgets and while they traditionally prioritise those over other spending commitments, there is widespread concern. Independent Age, the older people's charity, says the chancellor is "short of money and ideas". Or, as a number of people have put it to me, it simply represents "robbing Peter to pay Paul". Spending Review 2015 - 25 November Presented by Chancellor George Osborne, the Spending Review sets out what government spending will be over the next four years, while the Autumn Statement is an annual update of government plans for the economy. Explained: Which government departments will be affected? Analysis: From BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg Special report: Full in-depth coverage of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement

सरकार को इस सप्ताह अच्छी खबर के बारे में चिल्लाते हुए खुशी हो रही थी। बहुत धूमधाम के साथ, चांसलर जॉर्ज ओसबोर्न ने दावा किया कि वह इंग्लैंड में एन. एच. एस. के लिए "अब तक की सबसे बड़ी" वित्तीय प्रतिबद्धता कर रहे हैं, जिसमें वास्तविक शर्तों में आई. डी. 2 की वृद्धि हुई है।


China promotes education drive to make boys more 'manly'

Summary: A notice from China's education ministry has caused a stir after it suggested young Chinese men had become too "feminine". The message has been criticised as sexist by many online users - but some say China's male celebrities are partly to blame.

By Kerry AllenBBC Monitoring For a while China's government has signalled concern that the country's most popular male role models are no longer strong, athletic figures like "army heroes". Even President Xi Jinping, a well-known football enthusiast, has long been seeking to cultivate better sports stars. So last week, the education ministry issued a notice with a title that left no doubt about its ultimate goal. The Proposal to Prevent the Feminisation of Male Adolescents called on schools to fully reform their offerings on physical education and strengthen their recruitment of teachers. The text advised recruiting retired athletes and people from sporting backgrounds - and "vigorously developing" particular sports like football with a view to "cultivating students' masculinity". It is a decisive push in a country where the media does not really allow for anything other than squeaky clean, "socially responsible" stars. But there were some earlier signs suggesting such a move was coming. Last May, a delegate of China's top advisory body, Si Zefu, said that many of China's young males had become "weak, timid, and self-abasing". There was a trend among young Chinese males towards "feminisation", he claimed, which "would inevitably endanger the survival and development of the Chinese nation" unless it was "effectively managed". Si Zefu said the home environment was partly to blame, with most Chinese boys being raised by their mothers or grandmothers. He also noted that the growing appeal of certain male celebrities meant that many children "did not want to be 'army heroes'" anymore. So, he suggested, schools should play a greater role in ensuring young Chinese get a balanced education. 'What are men afraid of?' The overwhelming majority of Chinese reaction to the notice has been negative. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese have taken to social media to voice their anger, with many branding the government's message sexist. "Is feminisation now a derogatory term?" one Weibo user asked, receiving over 200,000 likes. Another said: "Boys are also humans… being emotional, timid or gentle, these are human characteristics." "What are men afraid of? Being the same as women?" one asked. "There are 70 million more men than women in this country," another claimed. "No country in the world has such a deformed sex ratio. Isn't that masculine enough?" Another said: "None of these proposals have come from women." They might be right there - much has been written previously on how China's top leadership is significantly male-dominated. From some in the media, though, there was a positive reception for the drive. The Global Times newspaper noted it had "won some support". On social media platform Sina Weibo, comments pointed towards China's male celebrities being to blame, largely those who are known as "little fresh meats" (小鲜肉). This is a buzzword that refers to young, Chinese male icons who are seen as squeaky-clean, well-groomed, and with delicate features. Boyband TF Boys and Chinese singer Lu Han fall into this category, as do many K-pop stars. While figures like basketball player Yao Ming have found overseas fame, it is notable that football specifically is included in the proposal. That should not come as a surprise. President Xi has previously spoken of his hopes that the country will become a "world football superpower" by 2050. But repeated attempts to try and up China's football game have failed, and have been mocked as an apparently impossible task. This was the response two years ago when Marcello Lippi, who led Italy to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup, resigned as coach of China's national football team. Meanwhile, the government has been on a drive in recent months to introduce and promote new role models for young Chinese. Where women are concerned, the Covid-19 pandemic has been a good opportunity to demonstrate the significant role of women as front-line workers. And China's achievements in space last year were a great opportunity to promote figures like Zhou Chengyu, who became a viral sensation as a 24-year-old space commander. But as Si Zefu hinted last year, for young Chinese men the appeal of being strong and fearless soldiers, policemen or firefighters is waning. The "little fresh meats" phenomenon continues to be a proven success, but young male celebrities come under increased scrutiny, and find it difficult to be anything that departs from the squeaky-clean mould. In recent years, media have struggled to allow young male stars to appear on Chinese screens with tattoos or earrings. And one of China's top pop stars came under fierce criticism online in 2019 when he was pictured smoking.

चीन के शिक्षा मंत्रालय की एक सूचना ने उस समय हलचल मचा दी जब उसने सुझाव दिया कि युवा चीनी पुरुष बहुत अधिक "स्त्री" बन गए हैं। इस संदेश की कई ऑनलाइन उपयोगकर्ताओं द्वारा सेक्सिस्ट के रूप में आलोचना की गई है-लेकिन कुछ का कहना है कि चीन के पुरुष हस्तियों को आंशिक रूप से दोषी ठहराया गया है।


Search for Cardiff fair monkey in nappy's owner successful

Summary: A search for a monkey wearing a nappy which bit a person twice at a Cardiff fair has been called off, the RSPCA has said.

The charity said its appeal to find the squirrel monkey's owner had proved "successful". RSPCA inspector Sophie Daniels had wanted to find out whether people had been encouraged to handle the animal at the fair on 13 April. A person who was bitten went to hospital for tests. Ms Daniels previously said the owner would not need a licence to keep the monkey, which was also in a collar and lead. The RSPCA is "concerned" as to whether there is a "growing problem in Wales of primates, like marmosets, being kept as pets". The charity is seeking a ban on keeping primates as pets due to their complex needs.

आर. एस. पी. सी. ए. ने कहा है कि कार्डिफ मेले में एक व्यक्ति को दो बार काटने वाले नैपी पहने बंदर की तलाश बंद कर दी गई है।


Entrepreneur? It's just a fancy word for hustler

Summary: Liam Sherrell and Collins Suleaudu learned their skills on the street - and both ended up involved in crime. But now they've signed up to learn the legal hustle, along with others who want to turn an aptitude for robbery and dealing drugs into legitimate business opportunities.

By Caroline Le MarechalBBC News, Bristol Street 2 Boardroom was set up by Clayton Planter, a social entrepreneur from Bristol. He says he can help young people with a chequered past use the knowledge and confidence gained on the street "to do what's done in the corporate world". "Entrepreneur is just a fancy word for hustler," he says. For example, dealing drugs involves planning, knowing your market, determination and teamwork. A street crew could be equated to a workplace team. Mr Planter says anyone is welcome on his eight-week course: "I don't care what colour you are, where you come from - it's about diversity - if you really want to change your life. It's not where you are from, it's where you are going to that's important." The programme involves weekly workshops - including "learning business jargon" and "networking" - and has funding from Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner. The Prince's Trust has given them a room to use for free. Mr Planter is already developing a new module - on how to be a boxing promoter. "Everybody wants to be a boxer or a musician and if you're interested in that industry then look at the industry broadly. You could be a coach, a promoter, a physiotherapist. If it's music then there's marketing, promotion or music management. "My main thing is turning a passion into a career. "Don't chase the money, chase the dream and the money will come after." Mr Planter, 34, grew up in Bristol and has no criminal background. He's worked in banking and local government but says he got fed up when he was "unable to develop in the workplace to senior management level," which he believes was down to "ignorance, institutionalised racism and fear". So he set up his own business. He says his message to employers is to "stop employing yourselves, people who look like you, people in your own image". Mr Sherrell, 22, says he's hoping to set up as a music manager for his rapper brother, and other artists "who are willing to put in the effort". "There's a need for music managers in Bristol," he said. "Most rappers are from the street and that's what they rap about. Most don't have the knowledge of networking and management. "Street 2 Boardroom taught me about jargon language, digital marketing and gave me connections for what I need to do. Life is what you make it - the higher the risk the higher the reward." Mr Suleaudu, 26, says Street 2 Boardroom has inspired him as well as giving him business skills such as building his own website and making grant applications - something Ruth Kapadia from the Arts Council says is important. "A lot of people don't realise they're entitled to apply for funding," she said. "Our investment in the arts should represent as wide a cross-section of society as possible." Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens is also on board with the project, describing it as "an innovative way to address an issue affecting young people," which she says she hopes will help the force's campaign to attract more black and minority ethnic recruits. A former head boy and school sports captain, Mr Planter also worked until recently as a presenter on Bristol community radio station Ujima. He says he went to "quite a white school in Bristol" but also lived in the black community so he is "able to understand both cultures". "I realised if you give the young people and adults in the black community the skills and confidence and knowledge they can also achieve greatness." The Prince's Trust gave the project a head start when it referred three young people to Mr Planter's scheme. Kathryn Strachecky from the trust said: "It was a true inspiration to see Clayton's dedication and unwavering belief around young people's abilities to take control of their own lives and pursue their dreams." The next series of workshops starts in September and Mr Planter's five-year goal is for Street 2 Boardroom to be rolled out nationally.

लियाम शेरेल और कॉलिन्स सुलेउडू ने सड़क पर अपने कौशल को सीखा-और दोनों अपराध में शामिल हो गए। लेकिन अब उन्होंने कानूनी भागदौड़ सीखने के लिए साइन अप किया है, अन्य लोगों के साथ जो डकैती और ड्रग्स से निपटने की योग्यता को वैध व्यावसायिक अवसरों में बदलना चाहते हैं।


Church of England appoints first black female bishop

Summary: The Church of England has appointed its first black female bishop.

The Rev Dr Rose Hudson-Wilkin, chaplain to the speaker of the House of Commons, has been named as the new Bishop of Dover. Dr Hudson-Wilkin, who was born in Jamaica, said she aimed to ensure that "hope, love and justice remains at the heart of our changed lives together". The Archbishop of Canterbury said he was "absolutely delighted" by her appointment. The Most Rev Justin Welby said she was "one of the most influential and effective ministers... through her long service as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons". Dr Hudson-Wilkin, who is also a chaplain to the Queen, led prayers at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018. Analysis By BBC religion editor Martin Bashir This is not only a significant moment in the career of the Reverend Dr Rose Hudson-Wilkin, but also symbolically important for the Church of England given the poor level of diversity, particularly in senior positions. The number of clergy who identify as of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic has been historically very low but there has been a small increase in recent years. For example, the number of people of BAME heritage who have been recommended for ordination in the Church of England in 2018 was 7.7% - up from 6.2% in the previous year. The most recent Church of England Ministry Statistics, for 2017, showed that 3.8% of stipendiary clergy who responded to the question identified as being from a BAME background, up from 3.1% at the end of 2012. However, some 94.8% of senior staff - a category that includes bishops, archdeacons and cathedral clergy - described themselves as being "White British" in the most recent survey of 2017. The appointment of the Reverend Dr Hudson-Wilkin is being rightly hailed as a significant breakthrough for black female clergy in the Church of England but, as the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has admitted, there is much work to do.

चर्च ऑफ इंग्लैंड ने अपनी पहली अश्वेत महिला बिशप नियुक्त की है।


River Frome tributary turns bright blue

Summary: A tributary of a river in Somerset has been turned bright blue by a mystery substance.

The Environment Agency said it was carrying out tests on the tributary of the River Frome after the water turned a luminous colour. It said it was treating it as a suspected "pollution incident" but there were no reports of dead wildlife. Test results are expected on Monday and the agency said it would continue to monitor the stream over the weekend. A spokesman asked for anyone with information to contact them.

समरसेट में एक नदी की एक सहायक नदी एक रहस्यमय पदार्थ से चमकीली नीली हो गई है।


Tensions rise as US threatens to 'take out' Russian missiles

Summary: The threat from a senior US diplomat to "take out" Russian missiles that Washington believes are in breach of an important Cold War arms control treaty looks set to cause additional tensions with Moscow, just ahead of a meeting of Nato defence ministers that opens in Brussels on Wednesday.

By Jonathan MarcusBBC Defence and diplomatic correspondent The US ambassador to Nato, Kay Bailey Hutchison, was speaking ahead of that meeting and brought up once again Washington's contention that Russia is in breach of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) agreement of 1987. This treaty banned a whole category of weapons: ground-launched medium-range missiles, capable of striking targets at distances between 500 and 5,500km (310-3,100 miles). Now, the Americans insist, despite Russian denials, that Moscow has a new medium-range missile in its inventory - the Novator 9M729 - known to Nato as the SSC-8. This would enable Russia to launch a nuclear strike at Nato countries at very short notice. Ambassador Hutchison said the US wants to find a diplomatic solution to this problem. But she appeared to indicate that the US might consider military action if Russia's development of the system continued. "At that point we would be looking at the capability to take out a (Russian) missile that could hit any of our countries," she said, adding counter-measures (by the US) would be to take out the missiles that are in development by Russia in violation of the treaty. "They are on notice." At first sight, this seems to be a fairly blunt warning from President Donald Trump's Nato ambassador. But it is not exactly clear what she is saying. Is she threatening a pre-emptive strike out of the blue? Surely not. Is she warning that if the Russian development of these weapons goes ahead then the US will find systems to target them in the event of a crisis? Indeed, other US experts have sometimes suggested that a more likely US response might be to throw over the INF treaty itself and deploy a similar category of weapon. That would be very bad news for arms control. Back in the Cold War, the US was alarmed at the then Soviet Union's deployment of the SS-20 system. Some of Washington's allies agreed to receive US Pershing and Cruise missiles in response. The move prompted widespread protests and huge political tensions. The resulting INF treaty swept this whole category of weapon away and significantly reduced tensions. But now, once again, the INF Treaty is back in the news. Russia has said little about its new missile other than to deny that it is in breach of the agreement. It has not answered any of the Nato countries' concerns. Indeed, in his pre-ministerial press conference, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted that "the most plausible assessment would be that Russia is in violation of the treaty". "It is therefore urgent," he went on, "that Russia addresses these concerns in a substantial and transparent manner." He also added that, according to US intelligence, Russia had started to deploy the new missile. Exactly what the Americans know is still not clear. For a long time experts were not even certain which specific missile was being talked about. Is this just an extended range version of the Iskander-M - an existing Russian weapon? Or could it be a new variant of the sea-launched Kalibr land attack missile that has been used by the Russian navy against targets in Syria? Whatever the details, the US insists the Russians are in breach of the INF agreement. That matters. Ambassador Hutchison may have spoken a little loosely. Russia's foreign affairs ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said: "It seems that people who make such statements do not realise the level of their responsibility and the danger of aggressive rhetoric." But if the deployment of the weapon continues, then the US could well make some equivalent move in response. The issue is bound to be high on the agenda when Nato defence ministers meet in Brussels.

बुधवार को ब्रसेल्स में शुरू होने वाली नाटो के रक्षा मंत्रियों की बैठक से ठीक पहले, एक वरिष्ठ अमेरिकी राजनयिक की ओर से रूसी मिसाइलों को "बाहर निकालने" की धमकी, जो वाशिंगटन का मानना है कि एक महत्वपूर्ण शीत युद्ध हथियार नियंत्रण संधि का उल्लंघन है, मास्को के साथ अतिरिक्त तनाव पैदा करने के लिए तैयार है।