Justin Welby: Ex-oil executive facing Church of England’s 'impossible job'

Summary: The Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Justin Welby, will walk into St Paul's Cathedral this morning as one of the Church's newest bishops and emerge as the spiritual leader of some 80 million Anglicans across the world.

By Robert PigottReligious affairs correspondent, BBC News But even this transformation - confirmed at the moment the Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend John Sentamu, reads and signs a "Final Decree" - barely begins to tell the story of the burden the new Archbishop of Canterbury is taking up. For the new archbishop will inherit a Church whose numbers have declined dramatically in recent decades, and which is struggling to promote a Christian message to an increasingly sceptical and secular society. It will be seen as his job to unite a Church deeply riven by disputes about women bishops, and, more dangerously, sexuality. He will assume the leadership of the divided worldwide Anglican Communion - but one which is disputed by many in the autonomous Anglican churches that make it up. The new archbishop will be garlanded with new titles - "Most Reverend", "Metropolitan", "Primate", even "By Divine Providence" - but he will be no pope, with autocratic power to command obedience. Undoubted ability Instead, his will be a post where responsibility far exceeds the power to fulfil it. Just to add to the pressure on him a huge weight of expectation has already settled on the new archbishop's shoulders. So who is the man who will emerge from the Great West Door of St Paul's Cathedral today as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury? For a start, he's relatively inexperienced, ordained a priest only 20 years ago, and a bishop for barely 18 months. The Rt Rev Justin Welby, 57, is a married man with five children. He went to school at Eton, and university in Cambridge. He rose to the top of the oil industry - ending up as treasurer of Enterprise Oil - and giving up a six-figure salary to train as a priest. He was a vicar in Warwickshire, a Canon of Coventry Cathedral, and the Dean of Liverpool, before being appointed as bishop of Durham. He's described himself as the "thickest bishop in the Church", and the prospect of taking up residence at Lambeth Palace as "extremely scary", but those with whom he's worked have no doubt about his ability. John Walmsley, the bishop's boss at Enterprise Oil, describes a family man, whose faith could be seen in his actions rather than what he said, a person perhaps uniquely equipped to meet the challenges faced by the Church's leader. "He is very determined, he doesn't give up easily. He is curiously relaxed in long-term negotiations... he keeps tension out and keeps the game moving. He can make people feel appreciated. I think that combination of a relaxed approach and an absolute iron will to get things done is a powerful one. "He has an exceptional ability to work quickly to analyse a situation and come up with solutions." It is those practical skills, and what he perceives to be a willingness to speak clearly and assertively, that appeal to a former Lambeth Palace insider, the Reverend George Pitcher. "He's a man who knows his own mind, he's decisive and he has that corporate background where things need to be done today - or a decision made today so that action can be taken tomorrow to put things right. I think that's the principal talent he can bring to bear." Bleak picture Mr Pitcher believes the way the Church is run contributes hugely to its problems. He paints a bleak picture of the waste and sclerosis he claims is hampering its real work - serving the needy and promoting Christianity in parishes in every part of England. "There are layers of stultifying management... there is duplication of roles, there are people working in silos, without co-operating with other people. It's not like an efficient company in its executive structure, but it's like a medieval court, with clusters and different power groups fighting each other." Mr Pitcher - who served for a brief and, he acknowledges, frustrating spell as public affairs secretary to the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Williams, saves his most severe criticism for Lambeth Palace itself. He claims that "like other palaces", Lambeth attracts "courtiers" whose main priority is to maintain a "still millpond" with "a minimum of activity". Officials at Lambeth would have a rather different perspective, but it is likely to be the new archbishop's judgement that will count. There are clues as to his attitude from Bishop Welby's first address to the diocesan synod in Durham in which he said he believed in "holy anarchy". "It is anarchy within an organisation, a sense of diversity, of freedom, and empowering that must move us away from a top-down, centralising, managerial approach that is the curse of the Church of England." Mr Pitcher's view is that it is precisely the Rt Rev Justin Welby's relative inexperience as a bishop that could allow him to change the system. "People who've been bishop for a while can't help but turn native, and it's probably just as well that the House of Bishops hasn't had long enough to get at Justin Welby and stop him being who he is." Practical measures Who the Rt Rev Justin Welby is, and what sort of leader he'll make will emerge over time, but it's already clear that he will link the mission of the Church, the need to do the work of Christianity, with practical measures. He has spoken of the need for prayer in the face of economic hardship, but coupled with "heroic action". In the same address in Durham he described money as "theology in numbers", adding "our sense of who God is... our concern and love for one another are demonstrated in part by our use of money." He made one priority in the diocese sorting out its finances, giving up his personal chaplain as part of the programme, and the other reversing the drift away from Church membership. "I think we are called - and it is possible - to turn round the decline in numbers, influence and effect of God's Church that has happened over the last 80 years. We can do that in this diocese, and region, over the next generation or so." But he believes it will demand rigour in formulating and expressing the Church's point of view, for example in the House of Lords. "My challenge is to speak in an informed way, and we've got to make sure that we are properly researched. That enables us to be powerful advocates." He has settled views on the issues dividing the Church - in favour of women bishops, against gay marriage for example - but he will be hard on people who demean their opponents in the Church's impassioned disputes. As one who has specialised in dispute resolution, often in dangerous circumstances overseas, he believes in "diversity without enmity" as a model for Anglicans. For the Rt Rev Justin Welby that work begins today. After the service at St Paul's, and lunch with the Lord Mayor, he has a session of the Commission on Banking Standards, investigating the rigging of Libor. As he stands on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, the new archbishop might reflect on how at first he resisted the instinct to become a priest. He has described how the more he felt the "call", the less he wanted to obey it, but in the end "the sense of call was inescapable". Mr Walmsley, the bishop's old boss at Enterprise Oil, describes that decision from his own perspective. "When he came in he had what I recognised clearly as a 'resignation face'. I was thinking, 'What can we do to keep him?' I thought he would certainly have had a good offer from a top 10 or top 50 company. "But as soon as I heard what he was going to do, and the way he was talking about it, I knew we didn't have a chance."

डरहम के बिशप, राइट रेवरेंड जस्टिन वेल्बी, आज सुबह चर्च के सबसे नए बिशपों में से एक के रूप में सेंट पॉल कैथेड्रल में जाएंगे और दुनिया भर में लगभग 8 करोड़ एंग्लिकन लोगों के आध्यात्मिक नेता के रूप में उभरेंगे।


Hill Head promenade closed as sea defences damaged

Summary: A promenade in Hampshire has been closed after high tides and stormy seas damaged sea defences.

The walkway at Hill Head near Lee-on-the-Solent was shut east of the sailing club and a safety fence was built. Fareham Borough Council said the closure was "essential for public safety" as the walkway could collapse. Work on a permanent solution to repair the sea defences and enable the promenade to reopen is expected to start in January.

उच्च ज्वार-भाटा और तूफानी समुद्रों द्वारा समुद्री सुरक्षा को क्षतिग्रस्त करने के बाद हैम्पशायर में एक सैरगाह को बंद कर दिया गया है।


Antrim cash machines: Second man charged over theft

Summary: Detectives investigating the theft of two cash machines in County Antrim have charged a 28-year-old man with conspiracy to steal.

A digger was used to steal the machines from Tesco Extra in Antrim at about 03:00 GMT on Friday 6 December. The machines were recovered a few miles away from the supermarket about 30 minutes later. The man, who was also charged with possession of a class B drug, is due to appear in court on Tuesday. On Monday, a 26-year-old man appeared in court accused of conspiracy to steal in relation to the same incident.

काउंटी एंट्रिम में दो नकदी मशीनों की चोरी की जांच कर रहे जासूसों ने एक 28 वर्षीय व्यक्ति पर चोरी की साजिश रचने का आरोप लगाया है।


Sudan after Bashir: 'The revolution is on the curriculum'

Summary: The ousting of Sudan's long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was arguably the most significant event in Africa in 2019. The BBC's former Sudan correspondent James Copnall went back to Khartoum to find out how much has changed.

"Thawra," they chanted - revolution! The group flashed freedom signs, encouraging each other on. Freedom! Peace! Justice! All the - by now familiar - demands of the pro-democracy protesters, belted out at deafening volume and with infectious enthusiasm. But this gathering in November was not an adrenaline-fuelled charge at a group of heavily-armed soldiers by protesters demanding their rights; it wasn't even a political rally, or a gathering of the neighbourhood committees that did so much to keep Sudan's revolution alive. It was morning assembly at a girls' school not far from the centre of the capital, Khartoum. This revolution is on the curriculum now, at this school at least. The whole school had gathered in a courtyard, sheltered from the sun by a canvas awning high above. The girls, aged no more than 13, sang along to recent revolutionary anthems - like the rapper Ayman Mao's Blood. The song includes some fiercely critical lines comparing the military in charge of Sudan to the Janjaweed - the state-sponsored militias which killed and terrorised so many people in Darfur during Omar al-Bashir's time. "Live bullets/They say they are rubber/These are Janjaweed/These are thugs." The music, played at top volume, distorted on the school's speaker system, but no matter: it was drowned out by the hundreds of youthful voices anyway. They put on a play too, set to music, in which schoolgirls playing protesters carrying flowers were gunned down by classmates dressed in military fatigues. How the revolution happened: Afterwards the girls spoke about a new sense of pride in being Sudanese, how they had shown themselves and the world what their country could become. One of their teachers, Salim, sounded a note of caution: the revolution was not over until the military had completely left the scene, he said. After peaceful protests paralysed Sudan earlier this year, some of its most senior generals toppled Bashir. It was the third time in Sudanese history that an unloved president had been overthrown in a popular revolution. But this time the generals tried to cling to power. They violently dispersed mass protests in Khartoum, outside the military headquarters. At least 87 people were killed, and there were more deaths outside the capital. Then the generals cut the internet, trying to break the organising power of the mainly young revolutionaries. Still, the protests continued. Eventually the generals were forced to agree to a civilian government. But even now, they have five representatives on an 11-member body that has replaced the presidency, called the Sovereign Council. Many Sudanese worry that one of the protesters' core demands - justice for those killed in the revolution and during Bashir's three decades in power - will be impossible to meet while the generals are still on the scene. But even in the couple of months since the cabinet was sworn in, things have changed. I saw that one day on Gamaa street, one of the main east-west avenues in the middle of the capital. A small group of people had gathered outside the prime minister's office to protest against a school closure. Bashir supporters insulted They clapped, shouted and ululated, read out a petition, and handed it to an official for consideration. Under Bashir "this wasn't possible," one protester said, "so now we take every chance to make our voice heard". Around a hundred metres up the road, another protest was taking place: this one was in support of some of the big names of the old regime, who are in jail. Under Bashir, this kind of demonstration would have been broken up with teargas and batons, perhaps worse. The irony was lost on no-one. Before long, passers-by were hurling insults at Bashir's supporters. That, too, is a new freedom. More about Sudan's revolution: You could feel a new openness in almost every conversation. Sudanese have always discussed politics with a level of interest and sophistication rarely matched elsewhere. But now criticisms are freely and loudly expressed - even of the military. And the old fear of the morality police seems to have dissipated. In the past, women could be flogged for wearing trousers in public, and men lashed for drinking alcohol, which is still officially illegal. But I saw people of both sexes gathering to drink tea - and perhaps something a little harder - on the banks of the Blue Nile, while police cars drove past, seemingly spotting no wrong. There are still plenty of protesters who reject the very idea of this transitional government, which they see not as a way of taking the country to elections, but as a bloodstained and totally unacceptable compromise. The transitional period could easily founder on the intransigence of the military, or because of the faltering economy. Food prices are rising, as are transport costs. But back at the school, as the young girls filed out of their assembly, still singing those heroic slogans, it occurred to me that Sudan's latest revolution is so part of everyday life now that its demands will be hard to ignore.

सूडान के लंबे समय तक शासन करने वाले उमर अल-बशीर का निष्कासन यकीनन 2019 में अफ्रीका में सबसे महत्वपूर्ण घटना थी। बीबीसी के पूर्व सूडान संवाददाता जेम्स कॉपनल यह पता लगाने के लिए खार्तूम वापस गए कि कितना बदलाव आया है।


Two Clifton roads closed after walls collapse

Summary: Police have closed two roads in the Clifton area of Bristol after two walls collapsed, one blocking the highway.

Granby Hill, a busy commuter route to and from Hotwells, was shut after a section of a garden wall fell onto the road. Nearby Windsor Place is also closed to traffic after a stretch of pavement and wall crumbled into the back garden of a neighbouring street. It is not known when the roads are due to reopen.

पुलिस ने ब्रिस्टल के क्लिफ्टन क्षेत्र में दो दीवारों के गिरने के बाद दो सड़कों को बंद कर दिया है, जिसमें से एक ने राजमार्ग को अवरुद्ध कर दिया है।


The Kashmir journalist forced into manual labour

Summary: Journalists in Indian-administered Kashmir are struggling to make ends meet amid a months-long communications blockade that has only partially been lifted. The BBC's Priyanka Dubey visited the region to find out more.

Muneeb Ul Islam, 29, had worked as a photojournalist in Kashmir for five years, his pictures appearing in several publications in India and abroad. But the young photographer's dream job vanished almost overnight in August last year, when India's federal government suspended landline, mobile and internet services in Kashmir. The government's move came a day before its announcement that it was revoking the region's special status - a constitutionally-guaranteed provision, which gave Kashmir partial autonomy in matters related to property ownership, permanent residency and fundamental rights. The controversial decision catapulted the Muslim-majority valley into global news - but local journalists like Mr Islam had no way to report on what was going on. And worse, they had to find other things to do because journalism could no longer pay the bills. By January, the region had not had access to the internet for more than 150 days, India's longest such shutdown. "I chose journalism because I wanted to do something for my people," Mr Islam explains. "I covered this conflict-ridden region with dedication until the loss of Kashmir's special status put a full stop on my journey." In January, the government eased restrictions and allowed limited broadband service in the Muslim-majority valley, while 2G mobile coverage resumed in parts of the neighbouring Jammu region. But mobile internet and social media are still largely blocked. India says this is necessary to maintain law and order since the region saw protests in August, and there has also been a long-running insurgency against Indian rule. But opposition leaders and critics of the move say the government cannot leave these restrictions in place indefinitely. Meanwhile, journalists like Mr Islam are struggling. For months, Mr Islam says, he kept trying to report and file stories and photos. In September, he even spent 6,000 rupees ($84; £65) of his own money to make two trips to the capital, Srinagar, for a story. But he soon ran out of funds and had to stop. He then tried to file his stories on a landline phone: he would call and read them aloud to someone on the other side who could type it out. But, as he found out, his stories didn't earn him enough money to cover the cost of travelling for hours in search of a working landline. Read more on Kashmir And Mr Islam was desperate for money because his wife was ill. So he eventually asked his brother for help, finding work carrying bricks on a construction site in his neighbourhood in Anantnag city. It pays him 500 rupees a day. Mr Islam is not the only journalist in Kashmir who has been forced to abandon their career for another job. Another journalist, who did not want to reveal his name, says he had been working as a reporter for several years, but quit the profession in August. He now plans to work in a dairy farm. Yet another reporter, who also also wished to remain anonymous, says he used to earn enough to comfortably provide for his family. Now, he barely has money to buy petrol for his motorcycle. "I have no money because I have not been able to file any story in the last six months," a third reporter, who spoke to the BBC on the condition of anonymity, says. "My family keeps telling me to find another job. But what else can I do?" In December, people were given limited access to the internet at a government office in Anantnag, but this hasn't helped local journalists. The office, Mr Islam says, is always crowded and there are only four desktops for a scrum of officials, students and youngsters who want to log on to respond to emails, fill exam forms, submit job applications or even check their social media. "We have access for only for a few minutes and the internet speed is slow," he explains. "We are barely able to access email, forget reading the news." What's more, Mr Islam says those who work at the office often ask customers to show them the contents of emails. "This makes us uncomfortable, but we don't have a choice." Many journalists say that they have been completely cut off from their contacts for months now, making it hard to to maintain their networks or sources. They also speak of how humiliating it is to beg for wi-fi passwords and hotspots at the cramped media centre in Srinagar, which has less than two dozen computers for hundreds of journalists. This has left publishers in the lurch too. "My reporters and writers are not able to file," says Basheer Manzar, the editor of Kashmir Images. He still publishes a print edition, he says, because if he doesn't do so for a certain number of days in the month, he will lose the license. But the website continues to struggle, he adds, because most of the readers in Indian-administered Kashmir have no access to the internet. "I know what is happening in New York through news on the TV, but I don't know what's happening in my hometown."

भारत प्रशासित कश्मीर में पत्रकार महीनों से चली आ रही संचार नाकाबंदी के बीच अपनी जरूरतें पूरी करने के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे हैं, जिसे केवल आंशिक रूप से हटा लिया गया है। बीबीसी की प्रियंका दुबे ने अधिक जानने के लिए इस क्षेत्र का दौरा किया।


Guernsey hospital bed shortage leads to surgery cancellations

Summary: All elective surgery due to take place at Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital on Friday has been cancelled because of a high demand for beds.

Urgent operations are due to go ahead and two beds at the hospital are being kept free for emergency admissions. A Health and Social Services Department spokesman apologised for the "unavoidable" inconvenience. Deputy chief officer Richard Evans said those affected had been told and the situation would be reviewed on Friday. He said eight patients had had their operations postponed and they would be rescheduled as soon as possible.

शुक्रवार को ग्वेर्नसे के प्रिंसेस एलिजाबेथ अस्पताल में होने वाली सभी वैकल्पिक सर्जरी को बिस्तरों की उच्च मांग के कारण रद्द कर दिया गया है।


Sailor recalls 1968 North Korean capture of USS Pueblo

Summary: There is only one US Navy ship in the world held by a foreign nation - the USS Pueblo, a spy ship which was captured by North Korea on 23 January 1968. Its crew were held prisoner by North Korea for exactly 11 months before being released.

By Chloe HadjimatheouBBC World Service The ship is now moored in a river in Pyongyang and serves as a tourist attraction. Guided tours are offered by officials who recount how the brave seamen of the People's Army thwarted the US imperialists by capturing the ship in "their territorial waters" - a claim always denied by the US, which says the Pueblo was well within international waters. In early January 1968, disguised as a scientific vessel, the ship set sail from Japan carrying high-tech communications equipment and a crew of more than 80, many of whom were experts in decoding the messages they hoped to intercept from the North Korean military. As long as the Pueblo stayed in international waters no one imagined that the North Koreans might try to capture it; so the crew were totally unprepared when the unthinkable happened. Burning secrets The Pueblo was off the coast of Wonsan - North Korea's most active and largest cargo and military port - when a local harbour patrol vessel sent a message warning the crew that they should allow them to board. When the Americans refused, the North Koreans opened fire. "We didn't have anything to fire back with, the whole notion was that we were to be an unarmed trawler-like vessel; that was our disguise," recalls Lieutenant Skip Schumacher, the Operations Officer on the ship, who was 24 years old at the time. The captain of the Pueblo tried to buy the crew some time by heading out to sea but the ship's maximum speed was only 15 miles an hour (24km an hour), and no match for the North Korean fleet. The crew's main concern was to destroy all sensitive material on board before it fell into enemy hands, but without access to modern paper shredders, they had to burn documents in metal barrels or cans - a slow and painstaking process. The North Koreans - understanding exactly what was going on - opened fire each time they saw smoke emerging from the ship. In just over an hour, one sailor was dead and about a third of the crew were injured. The captain of the ship, Commander Lloyd M Bucher, decided he had no choice but to surrender. The crew of the Pueblo were taken ashore, transported to Pyongyang and put in prison. North Korea's immediate concern was to extract confessions from the crew. They began with Commander Bucher, beating him severely when he refused to admit that the ship had violated territorial waters and that it was a spy ship. Lt Skip Schumacher recalls the methods they used to finally wear him down. "They put a gun to his head and said: 'That's it, we're going to kill you.' And they clicked the revolver on an empty chamber, but he still refused," he says. Finally, when the interrogators threatened to shoot his crew one by one starting with the youngest, Commander Bucher gave in and signed the confession. Each of the senior crew members was made to sign a similar admission of guilt and these were published as triumphant justification for the capture by the North Korean government. Back in the United States the news of the Pueblo's capture was greeted with anger and dismay but since there was no intelligence on where the men were being held, a rescue mission was not possible. So the slow process of negotiations began. Finger of defiance In Pyongyang the men were being made to write endless confessions of guilt, but they were also busy planning their own acts of defiance - using the North Korean propaganda machine to their own advantage. On one occasion a group of eight sailors were photographed by the North Koreans to show how well the crew was being treated. In the photograph every sailor held up his middle finger - a lewd gesture that was not recognised by their captors. "We told them the finger was a Hawaiian good luck sign so they thought that was wonderful," Lt Schumacher remembers. The photograph was published in Time Magazine, which praised the crew for their courage. When that issue of the magazine made its way to North Korea and when the captors realised they had been made fools of, they reacted with anger and violence. "They wanted to know all the double entendres and the slang language that we'd used during the 10 months we had been in captivity, and they beat us up very badly," said Lt Schmacher. "It was really quite brutal." He said it was then that they began to lose hope. "It finally dawned on us that there was nothing to prevent the North Koreans from sending us to work in the mines or even just taking us out into the parking lot and shooting us," he recalled. "It was a traumatic experience not knowing your fate." Free at last Then just when the crew were at their lowest, they were told they would be released. The negotiations - and a series of US confessions and apologies - had worked. But before they left, there was one last act of defiance. When the North Koreans ordered Commander Bucher to record a thank you message to his captors, he included the word paean which translated as "to praise" in the Korean-English dictionary but sounds like the phrase "to pee on". Skip Schumacher recalls with humour and pride their final act of resistance as the men walked across the "bridge of no return" at Panmunjom - a village at the border between North and South Korea - to freedom. "Blasted on the loud speakers for all to hear came the booming voice of Commander Bucher wishing to pee on the North Korean navy and most of all pee on Premier Kim ll-sung!" Back in the US, Commander Bucher faced a court of enquiry for his surrender to the North Koreans; a court martial was recommended but charges were never pressed. It was 1989 before the men received medals in recognition of their ordeal. But there are still some in the US Navy who believe the crew should have fought to the death rather than allow themselves to fall into enemy hands. Lieutenant Skip Schumacher was interviewed for the BBC World Service programme Witness. You can listen to the programme or browse the archive.

दुनिया में केवल एक अमेरिकी नौसेना जहाज है जो एक विदेशी राष्ट्र के पास है-यूएसएस पुएब्लो, एक जासूसी जहाज जिसे उत्तर कोरिया ने 23 जनवरी 1968 को कब्जा कर लिया था। इसके चालक दल को रिहा करने से पहले ठीक 11 महीने तक उत्तर कोरिया द्वारा बंदी बनाया गया था।


Man charged after Thames Clipper river bus theft

Summary: A man has been charged after a Thames Clipper boat was stolen, sparking a police river chase in London.

The Metropolitan Police said a man was detained and the vessel taken to Canary Wharf dock following the theft at 03:00 BST on Saturday. It said Marine support units intercepted the Clipper. Joseph Hawkridge, 22, from Chatham, Kent has been charged with taking a conveyance without the owner's consent. He will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates' Court later.

थेम्स क्लिपर नाव चोरी होने के बाद एक व्यक्ति पर आरोप लगाया गया है, जिससे लंदन में पुलिस नदी का पीछा कर रही है।


Southeastern trains 'leaves on line' timetable begins

Summary: A railway timetable introduced to help train drivers cope with leaves on the line in south-east England has come into effect.

Southeastern Trains, which runs services in Kent and East Sussex, said its autumn "leaf fall" timetable would run until 7 December. Drivers have to take extra precautions, such as braking and accelerating more slowly, with leaves on the line. Routes with more trees have been described as "particularly vulnerable". Network Rail said it operated a fleet of special trains throughout autumn that regularly clean the rails to remove fallen leaves, but wet, cold and frosty weather could exacerbate the problems.

दक्षिण-पूर्व इंग्लैंड में ट्रेन चालकों को छुट्टी से निपटने में मदद करने के लिए एक रेलवे समय सारिणी लागू की गई है।


Covid: Man charged after woman, 92, given fake vaccine

Summary: A man accused of allegedly tricking a 92-year-old woman out of £160 for a fake coronavirus vaccination has been charged with fraud and common assault.

David Chambers is accused of administering the fake vaccine at her Surbiton home in London last month. The 33-year-old, also from Surbiton, is charged with five offences including fraud and going outside in a tier four area without a good reason. He denied the charges when he appeared before magistrates on Friday. Mr Chambers was remanded in custody until a hearing on 12 February. In the UK, coronavirus vaccines are free of charge and available via the NHS. Related Internet Links Coronavirus (Covid-19) - UK government response

नकली कोरोनावायरस टीकाकरण के लिए £160 में से एक 92 वर्षीय महिला को कथित रूप से धोखा देने के आरोपी एक व्यक्ति पर धोखाधड़ी और आम हमले का आरोप लगाया गया है।


Volunteers wanted for digital help centres in Guernsey

Summary: Guernsey residents have been asked to give up some time to help other islanders go digital, when the television signal changes in November.

Nick Gaudion, coordinator of the switch to digital project, said there would be three Advice Centres on 17-19 November. He said he was recruiting volunteers for the centres, at Beau Sejour, Peninsula Hotel and La Trelade Hotel. He said the process should be relatively straightforward but for anyone who needed help it was there. The Citizens' Advice Bureau has already held more than 50 presentations to island charities. Analogue televisions will go blank after the signal change on 17 November.

ग्वेर्नसे के निवासियों को नवंबर में टेलीविजन संकेत बदलने पर अन्य द्वीपवासियों को डिजिटल होने में मदद करने के लिए कुछ समय देने के लिए कहा गया है।


Deepika Padukone: Why Bollywood stars are speaking out on sexism

Summary: India's leading newspaper The Times of India has been fiercely criticised after it published a photo and tweet about actress Deepika Padukone's cleavage. But Padukone is not the first Bollywood star to clash with the media recently.

By Geeta PandeyBBC News, Delhi "OMG: Deepika Padukone's cleavage show," the paper tweeted alongside a photo of her from an event last year. Thousands joined Bollywood celebrities in condemning the newspaper and praising Padukone for speaking out against the tweet. Her indignant reply - "YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??" - was re-tweeted more than 7,000 times. #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone has been India's top Twitter trend for hours and the actress is being lauded for taking on the Times of India. But she is just the latest Bollywood actress to clash with the media. Last October, India (and indeed the world) was transfixed by a video of Mallika Sherawat's heated exchange with a female reporter at a press conference where the actress refused to retract her statement that "Indian society is regressive for women". Sherawat was in India to launch her show The Bachelorette India when the reporter questioned whether Sherawat was right to criticise India in an interview with US magazine Vanity Fair by calling "India regressive and depressing". An angry Sherawat took on the reporter, saying she was "not going to lie" or "join this hypocrisy that is there in our society". "With female foeticide, infanticide happening on an almost daily basis; with gang rapes making the headlines of almost every newspaper; with honour killings… I think it's a very, very regressive state for women. And I stand by it," she said. The YouTube video was shared extensively on Facebook and Twitter and the actress was congratulated for stating an inconvenient truth about the state of Indian women. Recently, actress Parineeti Chopra clashed with another reporter who asked her why "when girls are young, they like 'it' and when they get old, they start shouting and screaming that the boy exploited them". A visibly annoyed Chopra asked the reporter what he meant by "it". She carried on: "We are forcing you to be with us? I'm sorry, that you're so tortured... I think this is ridiculous and disrespectful to say to a girl." Her comments prompted applause from other journalists present at the press conference. This wasn't Chopra's only clash with the press - she is also reported to have taken on a male reporter who described menstruation as "a problem" and another who quizzed her on her weight - and some have dubbed her as Bollywood's Angry Young Girl. That title is an echo of a name given to Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan who was dubbed India's "angry young man" many years ago for challenging the patriarchal hierarchy in his on-screen roles in Bollywood hits like Deewar and Zanjeer. It is nothing new that actresses and celebrities around the world are regularly portrayed as mere body parts that need to live up to certain standards, with frequent commentary on the tightness of their abs and endless aspects of their grooming. Sections of the media have long seen celebrities as fair game with regular reports about Britney Spears piling on the pounds, Lindsay Lohan has variously been described as fat and frumpy or superskinny, for example. Sometimes the celebrity in question will lash out on Twitter, libellous material will attract lawsuits and at other times the celebrity will simply ignore the coverage, but we rarely hear about the stand-up rows between the media and celebrities that have been seen in India. So why is Bollywood protesting now, and with such intensity? In recent years, the spotlight has been on how India treats its women and the country's patriarchal system. The brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a bus in Delhi in December 2012 was a game-changer in a society where women are often treated as second-class citizens and have long been exploited. That has led to far more coverage of the treatment of women in India's booming media and social media. And when the media is accused of propagating the patriarchy there is far more intense scrutiny. "The way actresses and celebrities are portrayed in the media is completely horrendous," says woman's rights activist Kavita Krishnan. "There is always emphasis on their 'sexiness', their body, but Deepika Padukone is not just her cleavage." Ms Krishnan says The Times of India inviting the viewers to "come and stare at her boobs" is an "open invitation to harassment". After Padukone lashed out at the Times and hundreds of tweets criticised it for being sexist and voyeuristic, the daily removed the report from its site and urged the actress to "consider it a compliment". This defence, critics said, was worse than the original offence. "This is sex harassment being passed off as a compliment," Ms Krishnan said. "This is exactly what men on the street say, if you object to their behaviour, they say it's a compliment. "This is what louts do. How can a national newspaper do this?"

भारत के प्रमुख समाचार पत्र द टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया की अभिनेत्री दीपिका पादुकोण के क्लीवेज के बारे में एक तस्वीर और ट्वीट प्रकाशित करने के बाद कड़ी आलोचना की गई है। लेकिन पादुकोण हाल ही में मीडिया के साथ टकराव करने वाली पहली बॉलीवुड स्टार नहीं हैं।


Prince Charles requests Poundbury pub to be named after Camilla

Summary: The Prince of Wales has requested a new pub in the Duchy of Cornwall's village of Poundbury to be named after his wife.

The Duchess of Cornwall Inn, due to open in early 2016, is a joint development by the Duchy of Cornwall and brewer Hall & Woodhouse. The village, on Dorchester's outskirts, has been built according to the architectural ideas of Prince Charles. Launched in 1993, it is now home to 2,500 people and 170 businesses. The inn, being built in Queen Mother Square, will have 20 rooms. Prince Charles made the name suggestion to the brewery.

प्रिंस ऑफ वेल्स ने डची ऑफ कॉर्नवाल के गाँव पाउंडबरी में एक नए पब का नाम उनकी पत्नी के नाम पर रखने का अनुरोध किया है।


Globe-trotting gecko 'hitched' 5,500-mile trip to Chester

Summary: A globe-trotting gecko "hitched a lift" with an unsuspecting holidaymaker, flying 5,500 miles with her back from Sri Lanka to Chester.

The woman, who has not been named, found the reptile while unpacking her suitcase on Tuesday, the RSPCA said. She managed to put the gecko in a sandwich box - complete with air holes - before calling the charity. Holidaymakers have been reminded to always check their cases before heading home to avoid "surprising stowaways". RSPCA inspector Leanne Cragg said: "The gecko appears to be unscathed by his long and adventurous journey and is actually pretty lively." The reptile has now been taken in by a specialist keeper since it is unlikely that the gecko would survive the British winter for long. It is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to release geckos, or to allow them to escape into the wild.

एक ग्लोब-ट्रॉटिंग गेको ने श्रीलंका से चेस्टर तक अपनी पीठ के साथ 5,500 मील की उड़ान भरते हुए एक बिना किसी संदेह के छुट्टी मनाने वाले के साथ "एक लिफ्ट मारा"।


North Korea: What are the military options?

Summary: US President Donald Trump said "we'll see" when asked if he was going to attack North Korea after the secretive state claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. So what could military action against Kim Jong-un's regime actually look like?

By Justin BronkRUSI Pyongyang has defied UN sanctions and international pressure to develop nuclear weapons and test missiles that could potentially reach the US. South Korea, Japan, China and Russia are among those to voice strong criticism against the country's nuclear tests. And when North Korea fired a missile over Japan's Hokkaido region, sending residents running for cover, President Trump said "all options are on the table". But while the US has unrivalled military strength, the range of options it actually has against the hermit country are limited. Option 1: 'Enhanced containment' This is the least risky but arguably least effective option available since it would simply build on deployments that have long been in place and have had little success in deterring North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programme. The US could move additional ground forces into South Korea, including ground-based missile defences, such as the controversial Thaad system, heavy artillery and armoured vehicles, to demonstrate its willingness to use force to back up its demands. However, South Korea temporarily halted the current Thaad deployment and is strongly against any increases in US ground forces, because of concerns about provoking the North. Indeed, North Korea would almost certainly interpret such moves as a prelude to a ground invasion, given its reactions to annual joint exercises between the US and South Korean militaries. China and Russia would no doubt strenuously object too, and both have the power to make life difficult for the US in other areas such as Eastern Europe and the South and East China Seas. The US Navy could increase its presence around Korea, sending more cruisers and destroyers able to shoot down ballistic missiles and, possibly, deploying a second carrier strike group. Alongside the naval options, the US Air Force could bolster its forward-based airpower, with more attack fighter squadrons, support tankers, surveillance aircraft and heavy bombers at bases in Guam, South Korea and Japan. However, the US Navy and US Air Force are both extremely heavily tasked around the world and are feeling the strain of well over a decade of continuous high-intensity deployments in support of operations, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan. More importantly, perhaps, time is on North Korea's side, since an enhanced US military presence would not itself force a halt to its rapidly maturing nuclear weapons programme and ballistic missile testing. And any statement of intent to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that travel outside the country's airspace would itself require a major increase in US Navy presence around the peninsula. North Korea has a large ballistic missile arsenal, and US interceptor missiles are extremely expensive and available in limited quantities aboard each ship. It would, therefore, be possible for the North to overwhelm and deplete the US Navy's stocks, leaving them vulnerable and forced to return to port. Such a policy would therefore represent an extremely expensive and probably unsustainable challenge to North Korea, as well as a dangerous escalation towards direct military conflict. Option 2: Surgical strikes The US Air Force and US Navy possess the most advanced surgical strike capabilities on Earth. Using volleys of precision Tomahawk missiles fired from submarines off the North Korean coastline and attacks by B-2 stealth bombers against key North Korean nuclear sites and ballistic missile facilities may seem like an attractive proposition, at first glance. It is undoubtedly the case that heavy damage could be inflicted on high-value targets, with deeply buried and hardened underground facilities vulnerable to the 30,000lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb. The immediate danger to US aircraft would depend on many factors, including the amount of warning North Korea received, the number of strikes flown and the contribution of non-stealth aircraft within range of its defences. However, the state of North Korea's air defence network is very hard to determine since it is a mix of Soviet/Russian, Chinese and home-grown surface-to-air missile and radar systems acquired over 50 years. The defences are among the densest on Earth, but they have been modified and upgraded to an unknown degree and their readiness is difficult to assess. If the US lost aircraft to enemy fire or accidents, it would then face the nightmare scenario of having to try to rescue its aircrew, or abandon them to a very public fate. Far more significant, however, is the fact that even successful strikes on nuclear and missile sites, command centres and even the leadership itself, would not stop North Korea retaliating. The People's Army would still have the ability to inflict almost inevitably devastating damage in immediate retaliation against South Korea - a key US ally. It consists of more than a million regular soldiers and, by some estimates, more than six million reserves and paramilitary troops. A huge number of conventional and rocket artillery pieces, mostly dug in near the demilitarised zone, include hundreds that are within range of parts of the South Korean capital city Seoul, which is home to around 10 million people. Even the US military would take days to fully eliminate just these artillery batteries, which would be able to fire tens of thousands of shells and rockets during that time. The catastrophic damage that these batteries would inflict on a crowded modern city, as well as the South Korean military forces, is why the South Korean government is opposed to any pre-emptive military action against North Korea. Even without a usable nuclear weapon and without actively invading South Korea, the Kim regime could inflict devastating damage and probably end the US-South Korean alliance as we know it. Option 3: Full-scale invasion Given the sheer size of the People's Army, the power of its artillery, its dense air defences and South Korea's reluctance to support any US military action, this option is extremely far-fetched. Any attempt to actually invade North Korea would require months of visible US military build-up, full-scale South Korean participation and a way to guarantee the neutralisation of North Korea's mysterious nuclear capabilities. It would also cost hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides. North Korea's missile programme: Have North Korea's missile tests paid off? In addition to heavy artillery bombardments, the People's Army has long trained for large-scale commando infiltration into South Korea, using low, slow-flying biplanes which are hard to detect on radar, small boats and midget submarines. These would add to the chaos and loss of life in the event of any large-scale conflict, and ensure that the comparatively fewer, albeit much higher-technology US and South Korean forces would be stretched painfully thin. The last time the US and its allies advanced into North Korea, during the Korean War in 1950, China entered the war on the side of the North to prevent the establishment of a unified Western-aligned Korea on its land border. Such a development is still something that China is not prepared to contemplate - the main reason it has propped up the Kim regime for so long. Finally, even if somehow these huge problems could be overcome, a successful invasion of North Korea led by the US would leave it responsible for rebuilding a shattered country. North Korea has existed in an unparalleled state of psychological manipulation, chronic economic hardship and isolation for over 60 years. The monumental task of reintegrating East Germany after the Cold War pales in comparison. The reality is that none of the military options available to the US for dealing with North Korea come without high costs and significant risks - considerations that it will have to weigh up against uncertain and problematic potential outcomes. About this piece This analysis piece was commissioned by the BBC from an expert working for an outside organisation. Justin Bronk is a Research Fellow specialising in combat airpower and technology at The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Follow him @Justin_Br0nk. RUSI describes itself as an independent think tank engaged in defence and security research. Edited by Duncan Walker

यह पूछे जाने पर कि क्या वह उत्तर कोरिया पर हमला करने जा रहा है, अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प ने कहा "हम देखेंगे" जब गुप्त राज्य ने हाइड्रोजन बम का सफलतापूर्वक परीक्षण करने का दावा किया। तो किम जोंग-उन के शासन के खिलाफ सैन्य कार्रवाई वास्तव में कैसी दिख सकती है?


Europe's migrant story enters new phase

Summary: I've been reporting on the European migration crisis during the past year. In previous blogs I offered some initial impressions (see here and here ). It's clear now, though, that the story has entered a new phase.

Mark UrbanDiplomatic and defence editor, Newsnight For now, the 'migrant crisis' in northern Europe is over That doesn't mean there aren't people suffering nor that millions have stopped wanting to head up from Africa and the Middle East. What it does mean is that the stunning flow of more than one million people through the eastern Mediterranean, northwards via the Balkans to EU countries that we saw last year has been stopped. Even as late as January this year, the numbers looked set to exceed last year's total with 3,500 to 4,000 asylum seekers a day still arriving in Germany. But figures obtained by the BBC show that in April a daily average of only 183 made it (giving a total for the whole month of 5,485, less than one day's arrivals back in September). Filming at the station in the Bavarian town of Rosenheim in January, we were told that 800-1,200 migrants were arriving every day on trains from Austria. Last week, a federal police spokesman in Rosenheim told us that the daily average is now only 80, almost all of whom have come via the "Brenner route", meaning Austria's border with Italy. Even this, though, is now being sealed by the Austrian government, amid scenes of protest at the weekend. Other countries that took large numbers of asylum seekers last year - from Hungary to Austria, the Netherlands or Sweden - all report similarly dramatic reductions. International co-operation works - and so do fences There have been two major elements to the effort against illegal immigration. The first is the European Union's deal with Turkey. In return for billions of euros, a promise of visa-free travel and a new legitimate scheme for resettling people who have fled Syria, Turkey agreed to clamp down on the people smugglers as well as accepting migrants caught and deported from Greece. The deal with Turkey has been controversial, not least because many Europeans feel it conceded too much. It is also fragile. Last week Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to scrap the whole arrangement because of a dispute with the EU over his country's tough anti-terror laws. Turkey's deal with the EU has had a dramatic effect, but it hasn't been 100% effective. Last week, for example, 537 migrants arrived in Greece from Turkey. Efforts to prevent people going further north have, however, been completely successful - or as near to that as matters. And this brings us to the sealing off with razor-wire fences of the Greek-Macedonian frontier as well as successive border crossing points on the migrant route through the Balkans. Filming at the transit centre at Sentilj in Slovenia, close to the Austrian border, in mid-April, relief workers told me that not a single person had arrived since Macedonia closed its border with Greece in early March. The camp, which at its peak processed 4,000 people in a day, is now being gradually dismantled. The action between a group of Balkan states, co-ordinated by Austria, to close off these routes faces its own uncertainties - not least that the Macedonian government is tottering in the face of a domestic political crisis. But the conclusion that many have drawn - particularly nationalist politicians in Austria and Hungary - is that fences work and could be used to protect Europe's borders even if President Erdogan reneged on his deal with the EU. Southern Europe remains exposed Many predicted that closing down the Greek route would drive many to cross the Mediterranean from Libya. In truth though it's not that simple, because of the risks, both in the sea crossing and from brutal Libyan militias. In 2016 so far, around 29,000 have arrived in Italy and they continue to do so at the rate of roughly 1,500 a week - that's about one-fifth to one-sixth of the traffic that was going via Greece before the EU-Turkey deal came into effect. Just as last summer's mass migration prompted the sealing off of Greece by its northern neighbours so this is happening now with Italy, led once more by Austria but with Switzerland and France also restricting freedoms previously granted by the Schengen agreement. The danger for both Greece and Italy is that their European "partners" fail to honour pledges to resettle those given asylum, seal off their countries and that arrivals across the Mediterranean continue. With more than 50,000 already stranded in Greece, this scenario is already very real to them. The underlying causes remain Last week, the International Institute for Strategic Studies reported that the number of people displaced by armed conflict (mainly in the Middle East and Africa) had increased by 40% since 2013. Add to that an often desperate search for opportunity. Most of those coming across the Italian route are not Syrian or Iraqi but from Nigeria, The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea. Among Syrian and Iraqi asylum seekers, one phrase commonly heard on the migration route north was "Europe invited us" or "Merkel invited us". How far the marked change of attitude in Europe changes this feeling we will soon see. But a growing sense of the difficulties of making the journey, as well as of the hardships that could await, may well reduce Europe's pull factor, particularly for those coming from the Middle East. Fortress Europe is here to stay The shutting down of the Balkan migration route may well have saved Angela Merkel's chancellorship. Success will lead many to doubt the formula that mass migration into Europe is just a part of globalism that cannot be resisted, not least because anti-immigration politics is surging across the continent. Such is the desire of European politicians to "regain control over the EU's external borders", to use Mrs Merkel's favoured phrase, that they will make extraordinary bargains with Turkey or indeed Libyan militias. And while many have commented that President Erdogan now has a pressure point he can use against the EU at will, that also gives him an interest in the deal's continued survival. What the last few months have shown us is that many governments (notably in central and eastern Europe) are far more interested in preventing illegal migration than they are in living up to refugee quotas. Some have also made clear that they are prepared to use their armed forces to protect their borders if they have to.

मैं पिछले वर्ष के दौरान यूरोपीय प्रवास संकट पर रिपोर्टिंग कर रहा हूं। पिछले ब्लॉगों में मैंने कुछ प्रारंभिक छापों की पेशकश की (यहाँ और यहाँ देखें)। हालाँकि, अब यह स्पष्ट है कि कहानी एक नए चरण में प्रवेश कर गई है।


Scissor Sisters: 'Albums are a waste of songs'

Summary: Flamboyant New York pop group Scissor Sisters, famous for songs like Take Your Mama Out and Laura, are about to release their fourth album, Magic Hour. But, they tell the BBC, they're worried that some of the songs will never be heard.

"I just did The Voice with my fly unzipped!" Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears is reliving the moment when, at the end of the band's performance on BBC One, he "looked down and noticed my trousers were wide open". It was the one misstep in a week that saw the band's latest single, Only the Horses, enter the Top 10 and a fan propose to his girlfriend during the first of two sold-out shows at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. "We had no expectations for this campaign, so I'm thrilled," Shears says. The singer is also looking forward to playing the Tower of London as part of the London 2012 Festival in July. "I'd love to appear as a corpse, with my head tucked under my arm," says Shears. "But Lady Gaga's probably done that already." The band are clearly in high spirits as Shears and his band-mate Baby Daddy (Scott Hoffman) discuss their place in pop, getting advice from their parents and the fear that no one listens to their album tracks. Your last album, Night Work, felt like a recalibration of the Scissor Sisters sound. How did you approach recording Magic Hour? Jake: A year ago, I went into production on my musical [an adaptation of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City] and I was exhausted. I was thinking, "How the hell are we going to make another album?" My strategy was not to worry about it and go into the studio and have fun, and not care so much. Yet there's a thread of melancholy running through some of the new songs. Jake: It's always been there, in songs like Mary or Return to Oz. I'd say there's a wistfulness to this album. Even the moody songs have a very uplifting aspect. Baby Daddy: What I've noticed from our interviews for this album is that it's a complete Rorschach test. Everyone is telling me a different interpretation. The interview before you said: "This album is so much fun." Jake: One of the worst reviews we ever got was for our first album. It was one star. But I loved what they said about it. They said: "It's a confusing board game of an album." I was so happy with that. I hope this record is a confusing board game of an album. Where did the title come from? Jake: Do you know what? This album was almost called Scissor Sisters 4. We literally changed the title 20 minutes before. We had no clue. Baby Daddy: It kind of came from Jake's mom, actually. Jake: It did! My mom was with me down in my house in Tennessee. I was really frustrated, so she took two of my friends, went in her car, had the CD on and took a pen. They went through the whole album and wrote down any possible title. Baby Daddy: Then there was one of those conversations with me and Jake on the phone and he's constantly breaking off, "Hey mom, what do you think of this one? Help us out here!" Every two minutes, feedback from Freda. Towards the end of the album there's a really moving ballad called The Secret Life of Letters. Who was that written for? Jake: That was actually written for myself! It's about writer's block. It can be torturous and awful if you end up with nothing to say. If you listen to the lyrics, for instance, there's one that says: "I feel like passing this phrase", because I didn't even know what the next line could be. So that's what that song is about: Where have the words gone? Baby Daddy: And that's probably why it's so emotional. It's something that's really affected him. Jake: It's terrifying. Best in Me is has the lyric: "You may not hear this on MTV/No big deal. Fine by me." Is that a bit of a dig? Jake: It's just the truth. Baby Daddy: We're not played on MTV, at least in America. Jake: But as the lyric says, it doesn't matter so much to me any more. I'm happy. Baby Daddy: We understand our place. Jake: I think we've put our own notch in the wall. We occupy our own space, which was always the goal. I don't think, at this point, anyone can really penetrate it. The accepted wisdom is that Night Work wasn't as successful as you had hoped. But the album seems to be a favourite with a lot of Scissor Sisters' fans. Jake: I hear that all the time. It just depends on what you measure success by. Baby Daddy: Night Work came out at a time when sales figures dropped through the floor, for everyone. Jake: The music industry is collapsing all around us. So if you can't sell millions of albums, how do you make a living? Jake: It's something everyone is trying to figure out. Your songs hopefully get played somewhere, whether it's radio, or you get put on a TV show, or you're touring. Baby Daddy: People are more open to sponsorships as well. Jake: There's no such thing as selling out any more. Anybody will do anything. There are things that we would never have considered before. Will you go play on a talent show on TV? Absolutely not. Whereas now you're like, "Oh my god, thank you." How do you think this album will sell? Jake: I keep wondering whether people even listen to albums any more. Certainly not as much. Putting out an album feels a little bit like you're wasting songs. The interesting thing about this campaign is we put out Shady Love just to surprise people. Didn't tell anyone we were going to do it. Threw it up on the internet. And then we've eked out songs. Every few weeks there's something new. I'm really happy doing it that way because it presents the album as a whole. To give people the idea that we're not just coming out with this single that's going to be driven down your throat. I almost wish I could do it with the whole record. Baby Daddy: This is terrible, but we're doing an album signing in HMV and we actually said, "This will be the last physical album signing we'll ever do." Magic Hour is released by Polydor on 28 May. Scissor Sisters were talking to BBC entertainment reporter Mark Savage.

'टेक योर मामा आउट' और 'लौरा' जैसे गीतों के लिए प्रसिद्ध न्यूयॉर्क का तेज-तर्रार पॉप समूह 'सिजर सिस्टर्स' अपना चौथा एल्बम 'मैजिक आवर' जारी करने वाला है। लेकिन, वे बीबीसी को बताते हैं, वे चिंतित हैं कि कुछ गाने कभी नहीं सुने जाएंगे।


How video-on-demand tech is changing the TV landscape

Summary: When former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson revealed he would be making a new show on Amazon Prime after being dropped by the BBC, his successor, Chris Evans, must have felt a little nervous.

By Daniel ThomasBusiness reporter Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services such as Amazon's have sent shockwaves through the broadcast world, as they gain millions of new viewers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning content. Netflix, the market leader, is now in over 15% of British homes, while Amazon's market share is about 5%. And new technologies that let us watch what we want on whatever device we want are transforming traditional television viewing habits. 'Big advantages' According to UK regulator Ofcom, household subscriptions to the top SVOD services - Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sky Now - shot up from 4.2 million to six million in the 12 months to March. Forecasts from Mintel suggest that UK streaming video subscription revenues will rocket from £437m to £1.17bn between 2014 and 2019 as users more than double. Subscription video-on-demand Global subscribers 199m estimated households by 2020 65m Netflix 40m Amazon Prime 9m Hulu 750,000 Sky Now TV For the broadcasters, this comes at a time when the number of people who own a TV set is falling in the UK and the long-term viability of the licence fee is in question. Research from media consultancy SNL Kagan has also found that in the US, take-up of cable, satellite and other pay-TV services is falling fast as lower-cost SVODs undercut them. Mark Mulligan, an analyst at media consultancy Midia, says that Netflix and Amazon have big advantages over broadcasters in their ability to target programmes at specific audiences and lavish budgets "measured in the billions" on their productions. "A traditional cable company has to worry about filling entire programming schedules of a vast selection of channels - SVOD companies have no schedules at all," he says. "So they can afford to be highly selective about what they want to commission and then pay over the odds to get it." Last year, director of BBC television, Danny Cohen, admitted the corporation had been "blown out of the water" when bidding against Netflix in one deal. And Mr Clarkson's new driving show on Amazon Prime - with its global subscriber base of 40 million - is reported to have a budget of about £160m for just three seasons. No wonder Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently admitted that the show will be "very, very, very expensive". Connected home The difficulty for SVOD services in the past was that you could only watch the programmes on a laptop or desktop, which meant they weren't ideal for collective family viewing. Now internet-enabled smart TVs are bridging the gap, and new technologies, such as Amazon's Fire Stick and Google's Chromecast, are enabling viewers to beam content wirelessly from any connected device to their TV sets with relative ease. Many cable TV services, such as Virgin's Tivo, also offer Netflix as part of their packages, again widening access. But SVOD's Achilles heel is currently internet bandwidth - or lack of it. Average download speeds in the UK are still around 23 megabits per second (Mbps), so viewing SVOD on more than one device at the same time can lead to jerky, stuttering pictures, says Michael Underhill, an analyst at media consultancy Enders. When you think about all the connected devices in the average home fighting for a share of bandwidth, ultrafast wi-fi connections - 100Mbps and above - are likely to be needed for SVOD to continue its rapid growth. 'Impressive headlines' And it's important to put SVOD growth numbers in context. Such services accounted for about 3% of total UK viewing in 2014, while around 90% went to live, recorded and on-demand television - the domains of the traditional broadcasters and cable channels. "For all the impressive headlines that companies like Netflix and Amazon generate, they are still only used by a minority of the population," says Enders' Mr Underhill. "While Netflix dramas like House of Cards generate a lot of attention, the majority of viewing on these platforms goes to existing broadcast content," he adds. "So the content that people like the BBC and ITV have funded and created has gone some way to making Netflix as popular as it is." For now, SVOD platforms are mostly a "complementary" form of viewing, says Ofcom, used primarily to access films and US TV shows. They also face fierce competition from mainstream and cable channels, which are themselves offering new digital services, not to mention from recorded TV and free video-on-demand services like YouTube. "SVOD is just one reflection of an overall media landscape that's in the midst of fundamental change," says Phil Stokes, a media expert at PwC. "In part, the traditional broadcasters are capitalising on changing viewing habits and the opportunities from technology by launching their own time-shifted catch-up channels, families of channels, mobile apps and video platforms." Trump card Another point Mr Underhill makes is that services like Netflix have largely produced dramas which, despite critical acclaim, do not attract the mega audiences of shows like Downton Abbey or Strictly Come Dancing. "Platforms like Netflix have shown no interest in commissioning shows like the X-Factor or The Only Way is Essex or Springwatch, or indeed live sport or news," he says. "In these areas TV broadcasting companies are producing the bulk of content and accounting for a large share of audiences." "Whereas Top Gear will likely reinvent itself after a few years without Clarkson, it is much less likely that Clarkson's brand will be as robust after a few years hidden behind the online pay walls of an SVOD service," believes Midia's Mark Mulligan. While Chris Evans may not need to be too worried just yet, PwC's Phil Stokes warns that broadcasters cannot afford to be complacent. "They must innovate constantly," he says.

जब पूर्व टॉप गियर प्रस्तुतकर्ता जेरेमी क्लार्कसन ने खुलासा किया कि वह बीबीसी द्वारा हटाए जाने के बाद अमेज़ॅन प्राइम पर एक नया शो बना रहे हैं, तो उनके उत्तराधिकारी, क्रिस इवांस ने थोड़ा घबराहट महसूस की होगी।


Doomed, dazed, delighted: Brexit reaction across Scotland

Summary: The UK has voted to leave the European Union, despite Scotland voting by 62% to 38% in favour of Remain. BBC Scotland took to the streets of towns and cities across the country to find out what people feel about the decision to leave the EU.

'Shock' in Scotland's most pro-Remain city The people of Edinburgh delivered the strongest Remain vote in Scotland - and a quick tour of the capital's streets found people "shocked" and "devastated" by the decision to leave the EU. While the UK voted for Brexit, 74.4% of those who cast their ballots in the Scottish capital were in favour of remaining. Driving through the capital, making stops along the way to talk to people, there were no visible signs in the streets or in gardens of how people felt about the vote. There were no flags, banners or groups of kilted men as there had been in the hours after the Scottish referendum result in 2014. However, everyone wanted to talk about the referendum result. Angie Brown reports from Edinburgh Remain voters 'dazed' in Glasgow In Glasgow city centre, there is very little small talk. Commuters, although walking briskly, seem to be moving with more hesitation than usual as they head to jobs in chain stores and offices. Many are talking intently into their mobile phones - about Jeremy Corbyn, the economy, and about the possibility of another independence referendum. Remain voters in Scotland's largest city seem dazed, while those who voted Leave are calm and optimistic. Despite US presidential hopeful Donald Trump's Twitter claim that "the place is going wild over the vote", the atmosphere is subdued. Katherine Sutherland reports from Glasgow Dundee: 'It's a scary day' A swirl of European accents fills the air outside the Caird Hall as Dundee University graduands get ready for their big day. But among the selfies, smiles and proud-as-punch parents, there's an air of uncertainty as these European citizens prepare for the working world. Vladislavs Ignatjevs, from Latvia, imagined he would begin his career in Dundee, but the 23-year-old is now not so sure. "I'm upset with the result," he said. "It will be harder for younger people to come to the UK and get the high level of education." Graeme Ogston reports from Dundee Aberdeen: 'Things will get bad then improve' "That's made my life." That was the most enthusiastic reaction when I took to the streets of Aberdeen to find out how people felt about the UK voting to leave the EU. Perhaps it was the rush to get to work or university, perhaps it was shock at the result, perhaps it was just the thick pea soup fog, but many people were reluctant to speak. While the UK voted to leave, Aberdeen voters were 61.1% in favour of remaining. Some people did not even know the overall result when I approached them. Ken Banks reports from Aberdeen 'Doomed' or delighted in Dumfries Sitting on the steps outside the historic Midsteeple in Dumfries, Stephen Comiskey was taking in the outcome of the EU referendum. He chose the words of a famous Doonhamer, John Laurie of Dad's Army fame, to sum up his feelings on the result. "I just think that we're doomed," he told me. "I think it is going to be pretty bad for the UK as a whole." Not everyone, of course, shared that view - in a region where the result was one of the closest in Scotland. Giancarlo Rinaldi reports from Dumfries Questions remain in the Highlands Two years ago, during the Scottish independence referendum, Inverness High Street was very quickly festooned with Yes signs. This time the campaign notices were slow to appear and, at first, with a notable absence of those backing Remain. As the final results show, however, that the city and wider Highlands and Islands favoured staying in the EU - 56% of those who voted in the Highlands were for Remain, while the figure was 55% in the Western Isles. In 1975, when voters last gave their verdict on European membership, the Western Isles returned a decisive "no". Steven McKenzie reports from Inverness

ब्रिटेन ने यूरोपीय संघ छोड़ने के लिए मतदान किया है, इसके बावजूद कि स्कॉटलैंड ने 62 प्रतिशत से 38 प्रतिशत तक बने रहने के पक्ष में मतदान किया है। बीबीसी स्कॉटलैंड ने यह जानने के लिए देश भर के कस्बों और शहरों की सड़कों पर उतर आया कि लोग यूरोपीय संघ छोड़ने के फैसले के बारे में क्या महसूस करते हैं।


Black Lives Matter: Ubisoft removes Tom Clancy image

Summary: Ubisoft has apologised for giving fictional terrorists the symbol of the raised fist, associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, in its new mobile game, Tom Clancy: Elite Squad.

The company faced a backlash after the video game's trailer was released. Players have to kill members of the fictional group, Umbra, which fuels civil unrest with acts of terrorism. Ubisoft said showing the fist symbol at an Umbra meeting in an opening sequence had been "insensitive and harmful". 'Extremely disrespectful' "We have listened to and appreciate the players and the broader community who have pointed it out and we apologise," the games giant said. The image would be removed from the Android version of the game on Tuesday and from the iPhone version "as soon as possible", it added. A senior Ubisoft programmer had tweeted the trailer was "gross and extremely disrespectful". And another Ubisoft employee, who worked on the game, said Umbra was supposed to be "a James-Bond-villain organisation" and the image was "irresponsible".

यूबीसॉफ्ट ने अपने नए मोबाइल गेम, टॉम क्लैन्सीः एलीट स्क्वाड में ब्लैक लाइव्स मैटर आंदोलन से जुड़े काल्पनिक आतंकवादियों को उठी हुई मुट्ठी का प्रतीक देने के लिए माफी मांगी है।


Celebrating 40 years of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On

Summary: This May marks 40 years since the late singer/songwriter Marvin Gaye released the groundbreaking album What's Going On. It changed the sound and subject matter of soul music and has influenced and inspired musicians since. The BBC World Service marks the event.

By 1970 Marvin Gaye had released 10 albums, all produced under the protective and watchful eye of Motown founder Berry Gordy. "Marvin's first recordings were jazz songs," says Motown legend Smokey Robinson, a close friend of Gaye. "But he was very keen to be taken seriously as a crooner, similar to Frank Sinatra. Nat King Cole was his singing idol." But none of Gaye's torch songs were successful and in 1962 A&R director at Motown, Mickey Stevenson persuaded him to record some R&B songs. Speaking to the BBC in 1976, Gaye said of those years: "I don't view them with a lot of happiness. Being young and not knowing the business a great deal and trying to figure it out." In 1965 he moved into a more sophisticated soul style epitomised by the song How Sweet It Is. To capitalise on his image as a ladies' man, Barry Gordy teamed Gaye up with one of the Motown's leading female vocalists Tammi Terell. They scored a series of hits until their success was tragically cut short. While they were performing in 1967 Terell collapsed on stage, the first evidence of a brain tumour that killed her in 1970. Terell's collapse and subsequent illness spooked Gaye and he refused to perform again. 'Very sincere' After her death he withdrew into a depression. His mood was compounded by other personal problems - his marriage was crumbling and he was having continual arguments with Motown over the material they wanted him to record. His brother Frankie, had returned from a three-year tour of duty in Vietnam and Gaye was inflamed by the tales of social injustice he told. Before drawing into a self-imposed seclusion for a year he recorded the song Abraham, Martin & John. "I was very sincere when I recorded that song," he told the BBC. "It may very well have been responsible for the What's Going On album." While it seemed that Gaye had turned his back on recording, the genesis of What's Going On was happening in other quarters. The idea for the original song came from Ronald "Obie" Benson of the vocal quartet, the Four Tops. While on tour in San Francisco he witnessed a violent street conflict where police were beating up peace protesters. He started writing the song with Al Cleveland and though the Four Tops weren't interested, he knew its sentiment would appeal to Gaye. Creating a vibe In the meantime while turning his back on music, Gaye had decided to try out for the Detroit Lions football team. He failed trials but made some lasting friends. When Benson and Al Cleveland dropped round to pitch the song to him he was sitting around the piano working on an idea with two of the players who would later appear on the track. "Football players are very good at talking it up and getting a conversation going," Gaye later said in an interview. "You just have to hold down the profanity." The crew that would create the legendary song was nearly assembled. Gaye still had no intention of going into the recording studio but Benson and Cleveland managed to convince him to record. He brought in the Funk Brothers to avoid anything that was too similar to the Motown beat. Bass player Bob Babbitt described the atmosphere in the studio like nothing he had experienced before: "I remember walking in there and just feeling at home." This was an integral part of the vibe that Gaye was trying to create. Motown producer Lamont Dozier was also there: "All the noise, the laugh and chatter in the background, that was all part of the scene," he says. "Marvin was just sitting off to the side watching all this stuff wondering if people really realised what was going on in this world." 'Divine project' The album contained songs not just about Frankie Gaye's experience of war but also about drug addiction, child abuse, spirituality and social injustice. It was one of the first albums to truly speak out about social ills. "I was incensed so I wrote and produced," said Gaye. "I wanted to write an album that could be translated into other languages and not particularly be an ethnic statement, that could translate into other conditions. "It was a very divine project." Motown's Berry Gordy hated it and refused to release the album. He felt this new political Gaye was too far from the sex symbol he had created. But when Gaye refused to record anything else, the single What's Going On was released. Soon after its huge success the album followed. What's Going On was significantly different to anything that had gone before and captured a unique social zeitgeist. "There are some pieces of music that are timeless, they were created from another universe," says Mary Wilson of The Supremes. "He was able to capture his thoughts with what was going on in the world." This was a concept album, not just a bunch of singles. Lamont Dozier describes it as "almost a constant chant that keeps pounding into your head". "It gets you to understand that there has to be change in this world and we can only do it ourselves by coming together as a people." For Dozier, the legacy of this album is profound. "To know where you are going as an artist you have to listen to Marvin," he says. "As long as people want to play music they are going to listen to Marvin Gaye. It's an iconic album and it's going to be around forever."

इस मई को दिवंगत गायक/गीतकार मार्विन गे को अभूतपूर्व एल्बम व्हाट इज गोइंग ऑन जारी किए हुए 40 साल हो गए हैं। इसने आत्मा संगीत की ध्वनि और विषय वस्तु को बदल दिया और तब से संगीतकारों को प्रभावित और प्रेरित किया है। बीबीसी विश्व सेवा इस कार्यक्रम को चिह्नित करती है।


Train signal failure disrupts rail services in Wales

Summary: A signalling failure between train stations has caused disruption and delays to some rail services in Wales.

The fault happened between stations in Machynlleth and Pwllheli, in Gwynedd, and Aberystwyth. Services between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth were also cancelled today. National Rail said the lines have now been reopened although trains may still be delayed or cancelled as services return to normal. It added there would be a limited bus service running between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth, and between Machynlleth and Pwllheli.

ट्रेन स्टेशनों के बीच एक संकेत विफलता के कारण वेल्स में कुछ रेल सेवाओं में व्यवधान और देरी हुई है।


Your pictures of Scotland 2 - 9 October

Summary: A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 2 and 9 October. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs which can be found here.

Please also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly. Conditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions. Please ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice). In contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way, including in any media worldwide. However, you will still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News. At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe the law. You can find more information here. All photos are subject to copyright.

स्कॉटलैंड की अपनी तस्वीरों का चयन 2 और 9 अक्टूबर के बीच भेजा गया। अपनी तस्वीरें scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk पर भेजें। कृपया सुनिश्चित करें कि आप तस्वीरों के संबंध में बीबीसी के नियमों का पालन करते हैं जो यहां पाए जा सकते हैं।


How Mali's coup affects the fight against jihadists

Summary: A month after the coup in Mali, the military leaders remain firmly committed to the fight against jihadists, but until there is a deal on restoring democracy the position looks fragile, writes West Africa analyst Paul Melly.

The final shape of Mali's promised transition to new elections is yet to be settled several weeks after soldiers seized power in Bamako, forcing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to resign, although former Defence Minister Ban Ndaw has been named as interim leader. The junta hope this will satisfy fellow members of the Ecowas bloc of West African countries to accept its plan, after weekend talks to reassure opposition sceptics. But from the outset, the putchists sent a clear message to the international partners who have thousands of troops deployed to tackle the decade-old security crisis that sees northern Mali continuing to suffer jihadist attacks while central areas are scarred by inter-communal tensions and violence. Colonel Major Ismaël Wagué, spokesman for the junta - the self-proclaimed National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) - insisted that the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, the French anti-terrorist force, troops from allied Sahelian countries and a new European special forces operation were all "partners in the restoration of stability". Over the past year or so there had been signs that some Malians were increasingly resentful of the French military presence, despite their role as vital allies for the over-stretched and sometimes beleaguered national forces. But Col Maj Wagué scrupulously refrained from indulging simplistic nationalistic sentiment. He made it clear that Mali's new military masters were keen to continue working closely with the international forces - just as they were hoping to secure Ecowas agreement to their plans for the political road ahead. More on the coup: Although a final deal with the regional bloc on transition terms is proving elusive, the jihadist threat remains. So the military campaign in the north continues - and it remains a pretty high-risk exercise: two more French soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb near the Saharan town of Taoudenni on 5 September, just the latest in a conflict that has claimed 45 French lives and many more Malian and UN casualties since 2011. Heavy defeats for Mali's military While many troops have been killed in small incidents, there have also been major attacks in which dozens have died, usually when outlying Mali army garrisons are overrun. The first such incident - the "Aguelhok massacre" of January 2012, when jihadist and Tuareg separatist militants executed around 100 captives after seizing a remote desert base - helped to fuel the discontent among rank and file troops that culminated in a mutiny and military coup in March of that year. More than seven years later, and despite a long-running European Union programme to retrain the military and rebuild both their morale and their technical military skills, the army was still suffering occasional heavy defeats. Militancy in Mali: This time particularly at the hands of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), which claims allegiance to the Middle Eastern group. Last year, on 30 September and 1 October, up to 85 soldiers died when ISGS overran their base at Boulikessi on the Burkina Faso border. Then on 1 November 2019, another 49 were killed in an ISGS assault on a base at Indélimane, near the border with Niger in the far east of the country. Weaknesses in training and shortages of equipment contributed in part to such disasters. But there was also widespread frustration with the inconsistency of political leadership from ex-President Keïta in Bamako and a sense that too few members of the governing class were really focused on fully implementing the 2015 peace deal with northern Tuareg separatists. Procrastination over demobilising separatist fighters and devolving power and money to the regional level has fuelled a mood of disillusion in which terrorism can persist. Exasperation at this state of affairs seems to have been a major factor behind the 18 August military coup - whose leaders included several officers with experience of the difficult conditions faced by the military in the north. In the very short term, Malian forces can continue their campaign in alliance with their key international partners - the French force Barkhane, troops from fellow members of the G5 Sahel states (Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad), the new European special forces deployment Takuba and of course the UN force Minusma. The latter's main task is to maintain stability rather than actively chase jihadist groups - but this has not prevented it securing the dubious distinction of being the world's most dangerous UN peacekeeping operation, having lost at least 220 troops since it was first deployed in 2013. Tapping into local grievances But the complex challenge facing all these forces, local and national, is that the restoration of stability in the north and centre of Mali depends on a lot more than simply hunting down groups of militants. Barkhane in particular has pulled off a series of strikes against jihadist of various allegiances, and killed a number of well-known commanders, including Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, intercepted on 3 June this year just after he had slipped into Mali from northern Algeria. But such strikes have not prevented jihadist violence persisting right across the north, from the Niger River inland delta near Mauritania to the Sahelian scrub of the far eastern border with Niger. Behind the 2015 Tuareg peace deal And although a few of the commanders - such as the Western Saharan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi of ISGS - are outsiders, many are Malians. These include Amadou Koufa, the preacher who heads the Macina Liberation Front recruiting mainly among Peul livestock herders, or the onetime Tuareg separatist Iyad Ag Ghaly, who leads Ansar Dine and a wider coalition of militant groups, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM). Moreover, the militants increasingly tap into local community grievances, over access to grazing or government funding, for example, or anger at abuses by heavy-handed soldiers. Crucial international aid Force alone will not resolve the problem. Development and better governance matter, particularly in areas where a threadbare state has ceased to provide even the most basic public service functions. Of course, security still has to be part of the picture, because without it essential services such as justice, education or community health cannot be delivered by officials safe from intimidation or worse. But real progress does require legitimate and internationally recognised political leadership and a viable peace process that retains the buy-in of the 2015 peace treaty signatories. And that is why the protracted negotiations in Bamako and the bargaining over a transition settlement that Ecowas will support - thus freeing Mali from sanctions and opening the door to restored international aid - remain so crucial. For all that the CNSP junta wants to maintain military co-operation with international forces, security without a political deal would probably be unachievable.

माली में तख्तापलट के एक महीने बाद, सैन्य नेता जिहादियों के खिलाफ लड़ाई के लिए दृढ़ता से प्रतिबद्ध हैं, लेकिन जब तक लोकतंत्र को बहाल करने पर कोई समझौता नहीं होता है, तब तक स्थिति नाजुक दिखती है, पश्चिम अफ्रीका के विश्लेषक पॉल मेल्ली लिखते हैं।


Budget targets buy-to-let - again

Summary: Philip Hammond did not give the "indexation allowance freeze" a lot of welly in his speech and certainly didn't try very hard to explain its rather economicky sounding title but it's a tax rise the government hopes will raise half a billion pounds a year by the end of this parliament and could have important consequences - particularly for the buy-to-let market.

Simon JackBusiness editor@BBCSimonJackon Twitter The way it works is this: Individuals who buy assets, like second properties, and then see them rise in value have to pay 28% of the full rise in the price when they come to sell it. Companies, on the other hand, have been allowed to deduct the amount of that price rise that was due to inflation. For example, if I was to buy a rental flat for £100k and sell it for £200k 10 years later I would have to pay £28,000 capital gains tax. If Simon Jack Property Limited was to buy the same flat and inflation had been at 3% for that 10-year period, inflation would have accounted for £34,000 of that price rise and I would only have to pay 28% on the remaining £66,000 price rise. Simon Jack Property Limited pays tax of £18,480 rather than £28,000. Disliking landlords From January of next year that discrepancy will be eliminated. The change will only affect price rises from January of next year, so companies will not pay extra on the gains they have already made. Property is not the only asset this new tax hike affects, but it is in its sweetspot and is further evidence that the government seems to have taken a dislike to buy-to-let landlords. Last April, buy-to-let landlords were hit with a 3% surcharge on stamp duty which would have left some thinking the sums no longer added up - acting as a deterrent to buy to letters hoovering up properties. Treasury sources tell me that it's not that they have it in for buy-to-let landlords but there have been tax advantages for buy-to-let landlords compared with regular buyers. They want to make sure that owner occupiers are on "a level playing field" when it comes to buying the housing stock that is available now - while we wait for the 300,000 houses a year promised in the next decade.

फिलिप हैमंड ने अपने भाषण में "इंडेक्सेशन अलाउंस फ्रीज" को बहुत अच्छी तरह से नहीं दिया और निश्चित रूप से इसके बजाय किफायती शीर्षक को समझाने के लिए बहुत मेहनत नहीं की, लेकिन यह एक कर वृद्धि है जो सरकार को उम्मीद है कि इस संसद के अंत तक एक वर्ष में आधा अरब पाउंड जुटाएगी और इसके महत्वपूर्ण परिणाम हो सकते हैं-विशेष रूप से बाय-टू-लेट बाजार के लिए।


Seven Gwent Police stations to reopen permanently

Summary: Seven police stations in the Gwent force area are to reopen permanently, the Police and Crime Commissioner Ian Johnston has said.

The front counter service in Caerphilly, Chepstow, Maindee, Monmouth, Pontypool, Risca and Ystrad Mynach was closed or reduced in 2012. They were initially reopened in 2014 and following a consultation, Mr Johnston says they will stay open. "I'm delighted to announce that these stations will remain open," he said. The stations will open on weekdays 09:00-17:00 GMT; in addition, Abertillery station will open on Thursday and Friday 09:00-17:00 and Brynmawr station will open Monday to Wednesday 09:00-17:00.

पुलिस और अपराध आयुक्त इयान जॉनसन ने कहा है कि ग्वेंट बल क्षेत्र में सात पुलिस स्टेशन स्थायी रूप से फिर से खुलेंगे।


Aberdeen-based First Oil Expro enters administration

Summary: Aberdeen-based First Oil Expro has entered administration.

As a result, Enquest and Cairn Energy will take on the company's 15% stake in the Kraken North Sea Oil field. Enquest will now have a 70.5% interest in the vast field, and Cairn a 29.5% interest. First Oil began reviewing its operations last year as the oil price fell and started the process of selling parts of the business. 'Significant challenges' Zennor Petroleum is expected to take on its interests in the Mungo and Monan, Bacchus, Cormorant East and Causeway fields. Blair Nimmo, joint administrator and head of restructuring at KPMG in Scotland, said the sales, via the administration process, were a reflection of the "significant challenges facing UK North Sea oil and gas companies in the current oil price environment". He said: "These sales will ensure that the group's four largest field interests are smoothly transferred to new ownership, and provide time to resolve the position concerning the smaller assets in the group's portfolio."

एबरडीन स्थित फर्स्ट ऑयल एक्सपो ने प्रशासन में प्रवेश किया है।


Frazer Brabant: Five more arrests in Halloween murder plot inquiry

Summary: A further five people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder a man who was found with head injuries in a back garden.

Father-of-two Frazer Brabant, 34, was assaulted in Gershwin Road, Basingstoke, shortly after 22:30 GMT on 31 October 2019, police said. He died in hospital nearly three months later on 21 January. A total of 15 people have been arrested on suspicion of taking part in a murder plot although no-one has been charged. The latest suspects, who were arrested in Basingstoke, are men aged 22, 25, 27, 28 and 32. They remain in custody. In November 2019, five men were arrested and released under investigation. One of the suspects was rearrested in June 2020, along with three men and two women, who were also released under investigation.

पिछले बगीचे में सिर पर चोट के साथ पाए गए एक व्यक्ति की हत्या की साजिश रचने के संदेह में पांच और लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Fancy sharing the cost of a flight on a private aircraft?

Summary: Websites that connect pilots with passengers who are willing to share the cost of a flight in a private plane are making light aviation more accessible. It can be a cheap way to travel, but people need to be aware of the potential pitfalls.

By Jon DouglasReporter, You & Yours The flight I took from a grassy airstrip in North Yorkshire was tremendous fun. There was no long run up. The little plane took to the air almost as soon as we started moving. We flew at the perfect height to get breath-taking views as we followed the coast looking down on Whitby, Scarborough and Robin Hood's Bay. But if I had been relying on this flight to get me to a certain place at a certain time, I would have been disappointed. It had to be rescheduled twice because of the weather. I had met the pilot, Nathan, through the website, Wingly. It's one of a number of platforms set up so pilots and passengers can share the costs of a flight. "This is my eighth flight with many more bookings to go," said Nathan who uses a plane that belongs to his local flying club. "It's a good way of sharing my hobby, meeting new people and it is more interesting to be honest." Pilots register online submitting copies of their pilot's licence, medical certificate, details of their experience and the aircraft they will be flying. Once verified, they are able to publish their planned flights. Any passenger who chooses to join a flight books online and pays a share of its costs. The websites make money by charging the passengers service fees. No profit allowed Private pilots are allowed to carry up to six cost-sharing passengers in a light aircraft providing no profit is made. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says costs do not have to be shared equally but the pilot must make a contribution. No profit is allowed because that would make it a commercial flight for which an Air Operator Certificate would be needed from the CAA. It is illegal to conduct commercial flights without that certificate. Andrew Waller has been a passenger on eight cost-shared flights from near his home in Oxford. "I've been as far afield as Perranporth down in Cornwall and then done some local sight-seeing flights of about an hour", he tells me. "The Perranporth trip worked out at about £200. An hour local flight can be as little as £40. It varies depending upon the type of aircraft and the expenses that pilot incurs. "Obviously the view from up there is absolutely stunning". Last minute cancellations Some passengers have found the flights can offer a quicker or cheaper alternative to other forms of transport. They can post requests for flights to chosen destinations online, but there is no guarantee a pilot will be available to take them. Unlike a train which takes people right to the heart of a city, these flights rely on airfields in more remote locations. One of Wingly's founders, Emeric de Waziers, accepts it is not always a viable means of transportation. "Weather is a really important constraint for light aviation and flights can be cancelled [at] the last minute that's why we are focussing the company on more leisure types of flights". Emeric thinks it can work as a means of getting from A to B but says "overall you shouldn't use Wingly as a business way to travel". Wingly started in France but launched in the UK in July 2016. To date, it says more than 400 passengers have used it to join cost-shared flights from UK airports. Other websites - such as Coavmi or Skyuber - offer similar services but Wingly currently claims to be the biggest in the UK in terms of the number of flights being offered. Safety worries The growth of these websites can be a boon for pilots who need to fly for a minimum number of hours each year to keep their pilot's licences so value the chance to find people willing to share their costs. But not all private pilots are enthusiastic about flying with a stranger sitting next to them. Others worry about the safety of passengers flying with relatively inexperienced pilots who fly for a hobby rather than as a profession. The websites themselves make it clear these are not commercial flights. Prior to a passenger placing a booking, Wingly's website states: "you should be aware of the fact that safety rules for cost-shared flights are not as strict as they are for commercial flights. This means that there is more risk involved in taking a cost-shared flight than buying a ticket from a commercial airline operator". The risks are "comparable to car transportation" according to Wingly's Emeric de Waziers who maintains "it remains something safe to do". "At the end of the day the flights are conducted by pilots and those pilots - as per regulations - are responsible for all the safety issues", says Carlos Oliveira, the co-founder of Skyuber. Anyone with any concerns - either a pilot or a passenger - can cancel at any time without incurring any cost, he adds. The Civil Aviation Authority says that by enabling private pilots to share the cost of flights, it is "anticipated that they will find it easier to remain in current flying practice and therefore maintain high safety standards". It advises anyone looking to book a seat in a cost-shared flight to conduct their own research and to ask questions prior to any flight.

निजी विमान में उड़ान की लागत साझा करने के इच्छुक यात्रियों के साथ पायलटों को जोड़ने वाली वेबसाइटें हल्के विमानन को अधिक सुलभ बना रही हैं। यह यात्रा करने का एक सस्ता तरीका हो सकता है, लेकिन लोगों को संभावित नुकसान के बारे में जागरूक होने की आवश्यकता है।