Coronavirus: The children doing sports day in lockdown

Summary: The traditional school sports day has been one of the casualties of the changes schools have had to introduce to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. But, from a sack race in a pillow case to toilet roll jumping, children and teachers have been adapting sports day traditions to celebrate what would for many be the highlight of the school calendar.

By Charley AdamsBBC News There has been a "massive disruption" to children's activity levels - before the virus, on average almost 47% of children were active for 60 minutes a day, which has fallen to 19%, explained Mike Diaper from Sport England. "It is important to help our children get active," said Mr Diaper, the organisation's executive director of children and young people. "It will help them deal with the stresses and strains of these difficult days." He said it had been great to see schools running virtual sports days to encourage children to remain active. Youth Sport Trust, which organised a National School Sport Week at Home in June, said: "We wanted to ensure young people still felt that sense of fun they get from school sports days and that sports days do not get cancelled completely this year." So what have pupils been up to while abiding by lockdown rules? PE teachers in Blackburn have been setting the students a "beat the teacher" challenge each day for the pupils to do at home. The students then send in their scores to compare to the teachers' results. Hollie Southward, one of the PE teachers, said they were activities suited for the home. Noah in year 7 took on a speed bounce challenge to see how many bounces he could do over a broom in 30 seconds and also competed in an obstacle course. Priestley Smith School in Birmingham, a specialist school for vision impaired pupils, got children to try tea bag throwing and teachers read a sport-themed bed time story to pupils, explained Chloe Manley. Some pupils have not been back at school for weeks so it was an ideal opportunity to engage with the children at school and at home, added Mrs Manley. The PE lead at St Breock Primary School in Wadebridge, said a sports week helped the children at home "connect with us at school". When they told the children about the plans "the excitement was unbelievable", said James Ross from Cornwall. Children at school and home competed in similar activities with those taking part in school all having separate PE equipment bags to keep them safe. In Kent, a reception class has been practicing a socially distanced egg and spoon race ahead of a full school sports event. Pupils at Valley Invicta Primary School will be able to earn points for their house before the winner is announced at the end of the week. The sports day activities have been designed to abide by social distancing rules. Pupils in Edinburgh have been trying home high jumping with toilets rolls and tennis ball and spoon races. "We ensured that all events could be completed in any space that families had available and that any items of equipment needed were easily found in any house," explained PE and sport director Mike Leonard, from George Watson's College. The teachers recorded some events alongside the school mascot, Rex, for the pupils to try at home, aiming to make the day as inclusive and fun as possible. Teachers in Cornwall have been preparing challenges for their students to try at home, such as toilet roll keepy uppies and tea bag throwing. PE director at Mounts Bay Academy, Ian Veal, said they were avoiding traditional sports day activities to "hopefully include all pupils" and not exclude any without equipment at home. After all the tutor groups have completed the sports day activities, the PE department will add up the scores and announce the winners. In Sheffield, Tajman had "great fun" taking part in her first sports day, including doing an obstacle course in the garden. The four-year-old's father said they had been "keeping her active" during lockdown with lots of different activities outside. Girls High School Sheffield asked its pupils to carry out five different activities. Head of PE Steve Wareham said: "As soon as we knew sports day was going to be missed this year, my PE team were really keen to try and do something." The staff at Chelmer Valley High School in Essex made sure all the activities could be done individually and easily at home, such as speed bouncing, sock throwing and chair squatting. All images subject to copyright.

पारंपरिक स्कूल खेल दिवस उन परिवर्तनों में से एक रहा है जो स्कूलों को कोरोनावायरस महामारी से निपटने के लिए लागू करना पड़ा है। लेकिन, तकिये के मामले में बोरी की दौड़ से लेकर टॉयलेट रोल जंपिंग तक, बच्चे और शिक्षक खेल दिवस की परंपराओं को अपना रहे हैं ताकि यह मनाया जा सके कि कई लोगों के लिए स्कूल कैलेंडर का मुख्य आकर्षण क्या होगा।


Growth of the 'big four': For and against

Summary: Residents living near supermarket developments, farmers supplying the stores and bodies representing workers and the retail industry reveal how they feel about the expansion of the so-called 'big four' - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons.

The residents In 2007, Tesco proposed an 80,000 sq ft store on the site of an old Thorntons chocolate factory in Belper, Derbyshire. A group of residents decided to get together to campaign against the store and created the Belper Against Tesco Superstore (BATS) group. Tesco owns the land, which is near the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, but has yet to submit a planning application to build the superstore. Andy Minion, spokesman for the group, said the town already had three supermarkets and feared another one, on the edge of Belper, would encourage shoppers away from the high street. "We have a number of Tescos... in Heanor, Alfreton - they are both edge of town developments," he said. "You look at what was once a perfectly OK high street in the town and the shutters have gone up, they are full of charity shops and empty units." However not everyone is against the Tesco development. A Facebook group called Belper for Tesco has 600 members. One member, Deborah Sanders, said: "I thought Belper was trying to move forward and having Tesco and other shops is the only way." Plans for a new Sainsbury's in the market town of Louth, in Lincolnshire, were turned down by East Lindsay District Council in December 2009. Keep Louth Special, a group set up in 2008 to campaign against the council selling the town's cattle market to the highest bidder, which it feared would be a supermarket chain, spoke against Sainsbury's plans. Alan Mumby, chairman of Keep Louth Special, said the group was not "anti-supermarket" but wanted to protect Louth's high street and its independent traders. "There are too many instances all over the country where town centres have died," he said. The farmers Andy Bloor, 57, runs a 310-acre dairy farm in Dutton, Cheshire, which supplies 1.5m litres of milk to Tesco each year. He is chairman of the 800-strong Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group, which was formed four years ago to ensure farmers received a price for their milk which covered production costs. He said Tesco provided him with a rolling 12-month contract and paid enough to ensure he could invest in his business. "We are getting a better price and we have confidence that if we invest they [Tesco] will still be in the market for our milk," he said. "With any business, you cannot just stand still because costs are going up. If you do not re-invest and improve we will end up going backwards and slowly the wheels of the business will come off." He said the price was constantly reviewed and would be looked at again in January. David Handley, chairman of UK campaign group Farmers for Action, feels differently about supermarkets. He blames them for the decline of the British agricultural industry. The dairy farmer said they were ignoring their corporate responsibility by not fairly paying farmers for their produce, which was putting many out of business. "The dairy industry has shrunk by nearly 50% in eight years, the pig industry in the UK is virtually decimated," he said. "Fruit and veg growers are getting less and less. "As we get less and less home-produced food the pressure comes on where it's going to come from." He said farming had declined since the mid-1990s, which he said was the last time farmers could earn a decent living. "Multi-national retailers of the likes of Tesco, Walmart [which owns Asda], I hold them totally to blame for this," he said. "They are the ones that control the purse strings in the supply chain." Tesco said it had local buying teams dedicated to working with small, regional suppliers to sell local produce in stores. The union The growth in the big four supermarket companies is welcome news for the union which represents many of their employees. Usdaw, which has nearly 400,000 members ranging from check-out staff to supermarket section managers, says it has seen people who had given up all hope of ever working again have their fortunes reversed by a new store opening in their town. John Hannett, the union's general secretary, said: "A lot of the supermarkets that have opened (have been) in areas that are run down and there are people who are long-term unemployed, including many with learning difficulties, who have been given opportunities they would never have been given. "You can imagine how important these jobs are in these times. "If you go into some of the areas that I've been to where people have located supermarkets they've been scarred by long-term unemployment. The idea of an interview alone was daunting and all of a sudden they're being viewed as somebody with something to offer." The union believes further expansion by the big four should be encouraged. "There are areas where planning permission is rejected or there's strong local community opposition [but] when these stores open you often find the reaction that was there dies down," Mr Hannett said. "From my perspective if it brings good jobs and keeps people employed, at the end of the day that's what people want. We can only see a positive developing out of this, especially in those kind of communities where there really are no prospects for people." The retail sector The British Retail Consortium (BRC) says in the past 10 years the year that saw the biggest growth in supermarkets was 2001. It says expansion among the big four is driven by customers, not corporate greed. BRC spokesman Richard Dodd said: "If you look at the figures for the last 10 years from 2000 to now, in fact overall grocery space rose each year by between one and two per cent which is obviously very low growth. "[It is] modest growth and actually surprisingly consistent over the years. "Anyone who is saying supermarkets are actually growing more rapidly than ever is actually wrong. "Why is supermarket floor space growing at all? The answer is all of this is driven by customers. The people who have the power in retailing are the customers." The BRC, which represents the top nine biggest food retailers, says local opposition to new supermarket developments usually evaporates when the new store opens and customers flock through the doors. "Quite often there's a small but vocal minority who make their feelings very well known and usually generate some publicity and they come out with all these lines about it's not wanted here and it's going to kill the high street," Mr Dodd said. "The supermarkets have got long experience about where would be an appropriate place to open a store. The retailers generally get these judgements right. "Most of the store opening that is going on now either is the convenience store or it's about bringing the particular name to an area where it's under-represented at the moment. "If customers genuinely don't want the store they won't use it and it won't last five minutes."

सुपरमार्केट विकास के पास रहने वाले निवासी, श्रमिकों और खुदरा उद्योग का प्रतिनिधित्व करने वाले स्टोर और निकायों की आपूर्ति करने वाले किसान बताते हैं कि वे तथाकथित 'बिग फोर'-टेस्को, एस्डा, सेंसबरी और मॉरिसन्स के विस्तार के बारे में कैसा महसूस करते हैं।


The people behind famous phrases

Summary: Some of the most famous English phrases use people's names to convey a meaning, from the Bob of "Bob's your uncle" to the Gordon Bennett we call upon when we must not swear. But are these expressions, and others like them, based on real people? And if so, how did they become household names?

By Jennifer MeierhansBBC News Online Betty Martin The phrase "all my eye and Betty Martin" is used to declare something as nonsense. There are a number of theories as to who the mystery woman - or indeed man - was, says Benjamin Norris, assistant editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. "One idea is that it stems from Latin words used to call on the goddess of Crete 'O mihi Britomartis', or St Martin of Porres 'O mihi, beate Martinehe'," he said. Eric Scaife from the Yorkshire Dialect Society said: "St Martin was the patron saint of innkeepers, so if you had had a few it may sound different - you would be talking rubbish!" Could it be that British soldiers or sailors abroad heard locals uttering these Latin words in disbelief and anglicized them? "I suspect she was a character of the lusty London of 1770s and no record of her exists," wrote lexicographer Eric Partridge in his Dictionary of Catchphrases (1977). Mr Norris said in northern England the phrase is sometimes uttered as "all my eye and Peggy Martin". "It seems relatively unlikely that we will be able to discover the identity of the individual in question for sure," said Mr Norris. Bob's your uncle The term is used to mean "and there you have it" or the equivalent of the French "et voilà". Its origin could have been a satirical swipe at Conservative prime minister Lord Salisbury's controversial decision in 1887 to appoint his nephew Arthur Balfour as chief secretary for Ireland, wrote journalist Fraser McAlpine, in his BBC America Anglophenia blog. Mr Norris agreed: "In light of Lord Salisbury's Christian name being Robert - 'Bob', of course, being a familiar form of this name - and the appointment being seen by many at the time as nepotistic this theory is an appealing one. "Though, if it is true, it does not easily explain why the phrase is first recorded in the 1930s." McApline and Mr Scaife have also both questioned whether the phrase could have something to do with Sir Robert Peel, who created the Metropolitan Police Force - where officers were commonly known as "bobbies". "Perhaps he had a roguish nephew who was believed to have been kept from prison by his uncle," McAlpine wrote. "Then there's the name itself, which appears to have been used as a catch-all name for someone you don't know, in much the same way that Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and that lot constantly referred to, well, anyone, as Clyde," he wrote. Murphy's law This expression conveys the sense that "if anything can go wrong it will go wrong". It was created by aerospace engineer Captain Edward A Murphy while he was working on a series of US Air Force studies to test human tolerance to acceleration and deceleration, according to Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable. He coined the phrase after he observed someone setting up an experiment that required the attachment of 16 accelerometers, according to Brewers. Each consisted of a sensor that could be attached to its mount in two different ways - and the subject had attached all of them the wrong way round. "It is quite widely accepted as true and it also fits the chronology of our evidence for the phrase, with the earliest recorded use of Murphy's law in Genetic Psychology Monographs: 1951," said Mr Norris. Davy Jones The expression "to go to Davy Jones's locker" means to be drowned at sea. "This item of nautical slang is shrouded in mystery, though we do know that the figure of Davy Jones was seen to represent the spirit of the ocean, sometimes even being interpreted as essentially a sea-devil," said Mr Norris. The use of Davy Jones's locker to refer to the depths of the sea, frequently considered as the graveyard of those who have drowned, has been around since 18th Century, he said. For instance, in his 1751 work Peregrine Pickle, Tobias Smollett refers to Davy Jones as "the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep". Gordon Bennett This man's name is often used in place of a swear word when making an exclamation of anger, surprise or frustration. There were two famous Gordon Bennetts who might have been the source - a father and son. James Gordon Bennett senior (1795-1872) was a Scottish-born journalist, famous in the US for founding the New York Herald and conducting the first ever newspaper interview. His son, of the same name, was something of an international playboy. Mr Scaife described him as "a dandy... known for driving fast cars and causing consternation and surprise". Gordon Bennett used his inheritance to sponsor the Bennett Trophy in motor racing from 1900 to 1905, and in 1906 established a hot-air balloon race that is still held today. He holds the Guinness Book of Records entry for "Greatest Engagement Faux Pas". One very drunken evening he turned up late to a posh party held by his future in-laws, and ended up urinating into a fireplace in full view of everyone. The engagement, unsurprisingly, was broken off. However Mr Norris said of the Gordon Bennett expression: "It seems most likely to be a euphemistic substitution for 'gorblimey', which is itself a phonetic rendering of a colloquial or regional pronunciation of 'God blind me'." This story was inspired by phrases sent in by readers of England's oddest phrases explained.

कुछ सबसे प्रसिद्ध अंग्रेजी वाक्यांश लोगों के नामों का उपयोग एक अर्थ व्यक्त करने के लिए करते हैं, "बॉब्स योर अंकल" के बॉब से लेकर गॉर्डन बेनेट तक जिन्हें हम शपथ नहीं लेने पर बुलाते हैं। लेकिन क्या ये अभिव्यक्तियाँ, और उनके जैसे अन्य, वास्तविक लोगों पर आधारित हैं? और यदि ऐसा है, तो वे घरेलू नाम कैसे बन गए?


Coronavirus: The 'good outcome' that never was

Summary: The UK's official tally of coronavirus-related deaths has passed 20,000 - a figure the chief scientist once said would represent a "good outcome". It's a huge number and hard to visualise. How can we grasp the scale of this loss?

By Jon KellyBBC Stories On the afternoon of 17 March 2020, in a Westminster committee room, Sir Patrick Vallance leaned forward in his chair. Back then, the number of people confirmed to have died in the UK after contracting Covid-19 stood at 71. Stricter measures had just been introduced to tackle the virus. Sir Patrick, the government's chief scientific adviser, was asked if the final tally of British deaths could be limited to 20,000 or below. That would, he told MPs, be "a good outcome". Eleven days later, with the official death tally now at 1,091, Stephen Powis, NHS England's medical director, repeated Sir Patrick's benchmark. "If we can keep deaths below 20,000," he told the daily Downing Street media briefing, "we will have done very well." Already - less than six weeks after Sir Patrick's statement, and a month on from Stephen Powis's - the 20,000 figure has been surpassed. No-one can predict what the final number of deaths will be when the pandemic is over, or what will ultimately be considered the benchmark for a "good" outcome. Nonetheless, the 20,000 figure serves as a landmark and passing it has grim resonance. Of course, the government is only recording hospital cases where a person dies with the coronavirus infection in their body. Other estimates have been much higher. "The daily official tally gives a very limited picture of the impact of the virus - if we take into account reporting delays and deaths outside hospital, we probably passed 20,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19 a week ago," says Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter of the University of Cambridge. "There are also many thousands of extra deaths in the community that have not been attributed to Covid-19, either through caution in putting it on the death certificate, or reluctance to send people to hospital." And even though a ceiling of 20,000 fatalities was considered a hopeful scenario, it was only ever so in the most the limited sense. A tally on that scale would still be "horrible", Sir Patrick told the Commons Health Select Committee back on 17 March. It would mean an enormous number of deaths. "Having spent 20 years as an NHS consultant as well as an academic," he said, "I know exactly what that looks and feels like." How many excess deaths? By Robert Cuffe, BBC News head of statistics In the three weeks up to Easter, just under 17,000 more deaths were registered than we would normally see at this time of year, a record spike, most of which can be attributed to the epidemic. But more than half of the coronavirus deaths announced daily have been reported since Easter, so by now the true picture is likely to be far higher. Registered deaths capture all deaths in the community or care homes and deaths caused indirectly by the virus: people not seeking or getting treatment because our health service is under pressure, or people suffering in the lockdown. So that gives a better picture of what is really going on. But it takes up to 10 days for deaths to be registered and analysed. Could most people say they, too, had a sense of the scale of 20,000 lives lost? That is roughly the population of Newquay in Cornwall and Bellshill in North Lanarkshire. It's the capacity of the Liberty Stadium in Swansea or Fratton Park in Portsmouth. You could visualise those places, if you've seen them. But while there have been clusters of cases, this comparison obscures the breadth of the virus's impact. Unlike residents of a town or spectators at a sporting ground, the lives lost haven't been concentrated in one particular location. They've been all around. And if you were to attempt to visualise them, they would not look like a randomly selected cross-section of the population, either. People over 70 are at higher risk. So too are those with underlying health conditions. Data suggest men may be affected more than women, and that there has been a disproportionately large impact on people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Your perception of the death toll may also differ depending on where you are. If you live near a main road in London, the UK's coronavirus epicentre, the sound of sirens might have brought home to you the scale of the emergency response. When you look up at the clear spring skies, all but empty of the usual passenger aircraft, your view of the air ambulances carrying patients to hospitals will be unimpeded. If you live on the Western Isles of Scotland, where the rate of infections has been dramatically lower, the same sensory cues won't be there for you, though you may notice the lack of vapour trails. The very fact of social distancing makes it harder to commemorate even those you lose who are closest to you. Saying goodbye is often impossible. Numbers at funeral gatherings are strictly limited. You mourn the deaths of loved ones on social media, Zoom and Skype rather than at wakes. You could compare 20,000 with other death tolls. It's nearly seven times more than the number who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks and five-and-a-half times more than the number who died as a result of Northern Ireland's Troubles. But compared with most conflicts and natural disasters, the impact is far more dispersed and hidden. There will be no war cemeteries like those that show the scale of the loss of life in the great conflicts of the 20th Century - though the largest of those, the World War One Tyne Cot Cemetery in Flanders, with its 11,965 graves, would be too small for 20,000 Covid-19 casualties. Previous pandemics might offer a better, if more ominous yardstick. So far, the toll stands at less than 1/10th of the number of British deaths attributed to Spanish flu after WW1. But relevant too are the illnesses that kill equivalent numbers each year with minimal attention. "Twenty thousand deaths represents a huge amount of illness, human pain and personal loss," says Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter. "But it's also important to remember that, although Covid-19 is a far more serious illness than seasonal flu, in each of the winters of 2014-5 and 2017-18 there were over 26,000 deaths associated with flu, which did not receive much attention." But the most glaring gap in our understanding of the pandemic is the emotional impact of its spread. Each time a Covid-19 statistic is recorded, how many other people are affected besides? Is it possible to calculate, let alone envisage, the scale of tragedy visited on loved ones, neighbours and friends? Let alone 20,000 times over. When 82-year-old Ruth Burke became the fourth person in Northern Ireland to die with Covid-19, her daughter Brenda Doherty insisted that Mrs Burke was more than just a number. "I don't want my mum being another statistic," Ms Doherty told BBC Radio Ulster. "She was a loving mother. She was a strong person." Picture editor: Emma Lynch

ब्रिटेन में कोरोनावायरस से होने वाली मौतों की आधिकारिक संख्या 20,000 को पार कर गई है-एक ऐसा आंकड़ा जो मुख्य वैज्ञानिक ने एक बार कहा था कि एक "अच्छा परिणाम" का प्रतिनिधित्व करेगा। यह एक बड़ी संख्या है और इसकी कल्पना करना मुश्किल है। हम इस नुकसान के पैमाने को कैसे समझ सकते हैं?


Middlesbrough pharmacist murder jury quizzed on Grindr use

Summary: A pharmacist accused of murdering his wife cheated on her with men he had met on a dating app, jurors have been told.

Mitesh Patel, 37, denies killing his wife Jessica, 34, whose body was found at their home in Middlesbrough in May. Ahead of the trial starting, Justice James Goss told jurors it was agreed Mr Patel had been unfaithful with men. When selecting jurors, the judge also ruled out anyone who had used dating app Grindr or visited the Patels' pharmacy in Linthorpe since 2011. The trial at Teesside Crown Court is expected to last three or four weeks and the prosecution is due to open its case on Thursday.

जूरी सदस्यों को बताया गया है कि अपनी पत्नी की हत्या के आरोपी एक फार्मासिस्ट ने एक डेटिंग ऐप पर मिले पुरुषों के साथ उसे धोखा दिया।


Family of geese bring A1 to standstill near Catterick

Summary: A family of geese brought the A1 to a standstill after walking on to the northbound carriageway for a gander.

Traffic Officers held vehicles near Catterick for about 30 minutes while the geese were herded off the road. It happened shortly after 09.00 BST on Saturday. Highways England tweeted that the road was reopened at about 09.35, saying: "Good news! The family of approx. 20 geese have been herded off the motorway to greener pastures". You may also like:

हंसों के एक परिवार ने उत्तर की ओर जाने वाले कैरिजवे पर घूमने के लिए चलने के बाद ए1 को रोक दिया।


London council wants to move social tenant to Walsall

Summary: Newham Council has written to housing associations around the country - including one in Stoke - to try to find accommodation for families on its waiting list. Jason Paul, a 38-year-old unemployed single parent, tells BBC News his local council in London want to move him to Walsall in the West Midlands.

Mr Paul has lived in the London Borough of Waltham Forest for the past 15 years and was at a loss on being asked to move 138 miles away. "I am under Waltham Forest Council and they have told me if I don't move to Walsall they will put me and my daughter on the streets. "I have lived in London all my life - how can they do this to people," Mr Paul said. A council spokesman said housing people outside the borough was "often not ideal" but "lack of suitable accommodation" was the reason behind such a move. He has been living with his 14-year-old daughter in a temporary accommodation in Ilford, Essex, since September 2011. "Ilford is quite near to Waltham Forest, but sending me to Walsall will deny me the right to live in a place where I have lived much of my life," he said. Before being rehoused, Mr Paul lived with his parents in Waltham Forest and had to move to temporary accommodation to look after his ill daughter. 'Another appointment' "On Monday I received a letter from Waltham Forest Council saying I must view a property in Walsall on 24 April. If I don't go I will have to leave the accommodation I am in now," he said. The council's housing office agreed to provide the transport cost of going to Walsall. "I had another appointment on 24 April so now I am supposed to view the property in Walsall on Thursday. "If the council has its way, I will be relocated to Walsall by next week," he added. "I don't understand why the council is doing this to me. I haven't had an explanation from them." Mr Paul has two sons who are in the custody of his estranged wife and live in Leytonstone, east London. "If I am relocated to Walsall, I will be denied the right of seeing my sons regularly. My daughter also can't see her brothers," Mr Paul said. "I have a good rapport with the council. I get on well with my neighbours and I haven't been in any trouble." 'Supply network' Waltham Forest Council has more than 21,000 people on their housing waiting list, a spokesman said. "Sadly, there are no suitable properties in Waltham Forest for Mr Paul or 21,000 other people currently on our housing waiting list," he added. "The council houses people in 14 units in Luton, five units in Margate and recently acquired further units in Walsall. "None are arrangements with housing associations." The council was also looking to expand its "supply network" and was working with the neighbouring boroughs to "procure more accommodation in and around Waltham Forest". Having accepted their duty as a local authority to find accommodation for Jason paul as homeless, the council has scheduled a visit for him to view a property in Walsall on Thursday 26 April, the spokesman said. "If a property is allocated to him, Mr Paul will be entitled to initiate an independent review should he feel the accommodation is inappropriate."

न्यूहैम काउंसिल ने देश भर के आवास संघों को लिखा है-जिसमें से एक स्टोक में है-अपनी प्रतीक्षा सूची में परिवारों के लिए आवास खोजने की कोशिश करने के लिए। जेसन पॉल, एक 38 वर्षीय बेरोजगार एकल माता-पिता, बीबीसी न्यूज को बताते हैं कि लंदन में उनकी स्थानीय परिषद उन्हें वेस्ट मिडलैंड्स में वालसाल में स्थानांतरित करना चाहती है।


Brexit: The reality dawns

Summary: While attention has been on infection control and the Channel, it's Northern Ireland which is perhaps the most astonishing and far-reaching aspect of Brexit. So far. Its treatment suggests that it is now English nationalism that will determine whether the UK remains united. Scottish fish exports have become the first to run into problems with paperwork required before trucks leave the country, as well as when they reach France. They're being joined by others. The first eight days have had some allowance for change, but the "period of grace" is ending, and from hauliers to ferry firms and British suppliers of imported goods to the EU, firms are finding the new trading reality is complex and costly.

Douglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, Scotland The real Brexit - the economic one - arrived alongside a sudden surge in the health crisis. There was relief that "no deal" was avoided, so while being told to stay at home, the nation's attention was, understandably, not on the seismic change that just took place in Britain's place in the world. A week on, it may seem that the rupture with the European Union's single market and customs union has passed without casualty, while paling into insignificance beside the surge of hospitalisations and deaths, and renewed extraordinary restrictions on individual liberty. These seem more immediate pressures than the split of Northern Ireland's economy from that of mainland Britain. But in the longer term, we'll surely find time and space to reflect on the extraordinary outcome of the long road to Brexit - that somehow took the UK's marketplace from the world's biggest to one that is smaller than the UK itself. Perhaps it will be if or when the economic split leads towards a political one. Having played a key role in bringing about Brexit, the unionists of Ulster may find their cause fatally undermined by it. For those who see the future of the United Kingdom through a Scottish prism, it's easy to miss the growing possibility that a uniting Ireland could pull away from the UK before Scots decide to do so. And there may not be much resistance. The Conservatives who argued most strongly for Brexit are now less concerned about keeping the UK market united. Their bluff called, the threat to break the 2019 Northern Ireland Protocol withdrawn, the economic border is now in the North Channel. So now, they resort to pretending that it hasn't happened. How much faster might they ditch their enthusiasm for Scotland's place in the union? The unity of the Kingdom now looks more vulnerable to the choices made by English nationalists than those of the other three parts. Grace no more One reason you couldn't feel the tremors from that constitutional seismic activity was that a lot of cross border traffic wasn't moving. Many exporters of goods were holding back, having stocked up across the boundaries, when they didn't know if there would be tariffs or a deal. With stock in place, they could afford to wait and see. But with fish, not so much. It was one of the big issues through the talks, beyond its relative importance to EU or UK economies. And because it has to be delivered super-fresh, it was the first sector to feel the frost of bureaucracy descend. Within three days of normal service resuming, dozens of trucks were stuck in France. Calais wasn't ready to receive inbound fish, so drivers had to divert to the slower ferry option to Dunkirk. From there, they need permission to go on to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where the border post is. It's also the marketplace for around 80% of UK fish produce exported into the EU. But there were glitches in French computer software. So far, there has been a "period of grace". But come Friday night, exporters are braced for things to get much tougher. French customs officials can make it as tough as they want, with slow inspections, while taking a forensic approach to the paperwork. So back in Lanarkshire, at the three depots where Scottish food exports have been put into giant chiller halls, and then loaded up for one-day delivery to Boulogne, they're keen to make sure that the paperwork is correct. Some sectors are used to this, if they send high value salmon and shellfish outside the EU, often air-freighting it. As a result, a truckload of salmon from one producer is relatively simple, and they are getting despatched much faster than others. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation say members send 100 tonnes of salmon into France every day in a more normal January, worth £23m over the month. However, most exporters are new to the bureaucracy of selling into the EU from outside. And it seems too many were not ready for what they faced. The complexity is worst for lorries carrying fish for several different exporters, each of which has paperwork to be processed. They tend to move at the speed of the least well prepared. "More wrong than right" Eleven vets are working across the three hubs, with 50 more available to shift from their animal welfare duties at abattoirs. They've been put there by the Food Standards Scotland agency, on instructions from the Scottish government, to avoid dependence on private vets and councils' environmental health officers already overstretched with Covid compliance. While vets are required to certificate meat products going into the EU market, vets or environmental health officers can do so for fish. The inspectors in Lanarkshire carry their own personal stamp when they sign off these six-page, densely-worded Export Health Certificates. They carry professional liability if they don't do their job properly. And a lot can go wrong with a consignment of seafood, so that's a real risk. Earlier this week, two trucks took more than five hours to be processed and leave Lanarkshire, when the intention was to have them turned around in as little as 45 minutes, and no more than two hours. One truck took eight hours. Those on the ground report that the consignment paperwork didn't tally with the goods being loaded. Some paperwork was presented for Northern Ireland but was for goods going to France. Businesses were warned, observes one of those involved: "You can lead a horse to water..." But if firms thought the Brexit prospect would melt away, as it had twice before, then they were not ready for all the certification; the coding for tax, for health, for the safety inspection by local authorities of the fishing vessel or processing plant, checks of the packaging integrity. "There's more wrong with their paperwork than there is right," I've been told. The feedback from France is that as much as 90% of the UK inbound paperwork is incorrect. Only three days in, DFDS, at its logistics hub in Larkhall, was telling clients that a guaranteed one-day service was immediately shifting to three days at best. The difference translates into reduced value to that fish when it arrives at Boulogne-sur-Mer. The Scottish Seafood Association was sending a message to skippers at sea that they may find quayside prices depressed when they return to port. Garment trade Scottish fish were among the first to face the impact of Brexit, but they weren't alone. Supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland have been emptying, either through a rush to secure food, or because businesses simply aren't able to send fresh food as before. Some trucks were delayed as they arrived in Northern Ireland, because the paperwork wasn't right. Wales is a major route for trucks taking goods into the Irish Republic. One logistics firm, Gwynedd Shipping, had a backlog of 60 trucks by Thursday, unable to generate the computer codes necessary to board ferries for Dublin. The queues may not be obvious, because the trucks are waiting at depots all over the country. It was only this week that some major UK clothing retailers found that they face double tariffs if they import clothes, for instance, from outside the European Union, and then export them to Ireland and other EU nations. It makes no sense to pay a 12% tariff on a finished garment, and then pay it again to send it to a shop in Dublin. A shirt from Bangladesh or Cambodia enters the UK tariff free, but a 12% tariff is applied at the EU boundary. The lesson is clear: cut out the British element, and for goods destined for the EU, bypass the UK, along with any jobs involved. Red tape DPD joined in the confusion. The logistics and delivery firm found sending goods from the UK into EU is much more complex than the planning had projected. By Thursday night, it was suspending all such parcel traffic, to review how best to handle the added hassle, delay and cost. Meanwhile, Stena was warning commercial clients that from Friday morning they'll need a GMR (goods movement reference) number, as well as a PBN (pre-boarding notification). To give you a flavour of it, here's a small part of the advice from Ireland's revenue service, and it seems this even applies to freight moving between Scotland and Northern Ireland: "All safety and security, customs declarations and transit declarations must be lodged prior to arrival at the ferry port of departure in the third country. Additionally, the Movement Reference Number (MRN) of the aforementioned declarations for all goods carried on a vehicle or trailer, must be included in a Pre-Boarding Notification to be submitted to Revenue prior to the arrival of the goods at the ferry port of departure in the third country. "Failure to comply with this requirement is an offence, punishable on summary conviction of a fine of €5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both." And all this applies even to empty trailers. You'll probably recall that Brexit was intended to remove the risk of strangulation by Brussels red tape. Barriers Even when everyone knows what paperwork is required, and when it is being processed smoothly, it still carries cost. In the Scottish fish exporting trade, for just one example, 150,000 certificates will probably be needed annually. Says Donna Fordyce, chief executive of Seafood Scotland: "The problem is no longer hypothetical. It is happening right now. We are doing all we can to help companies get the paperwork done. It will take time to fix - which we know many seafood companies can't afford right now. "The last 24 hours has really delivered what was expected - new bureaucratic non-tariff barriers and no one body with the tools to be able to fix the situation" - least of all a prime minister who observed last week that the trade deal has left "no non-tariff barriers to trade".

जबकि संक्रमण नियंत्रण और चैनल पर ध्यान दिया गया है, यह उत्तरी आयरलैंड है जो शायद ब्रेक्सिट का सबसे आश्चर्यजनक और दूरगामी पहलू है। अब तक इसके उपचार से पता चलता है कि यह अब अंग्रेजी राष्ट्रवाद है जो यह निर्धारित करेगा कि क्या यूके एकजुट रहता है। स्कॉटिश मछली निर्यात ट्रकों के देश छोड़ने से पहले आवश्यक कागजी कार्रवाई के साथ समस्याओं का सामना करने वाले पहले व्यक्ति बन गए हैं, साथ ही जब वे फ्रांस पहुंचते हैं। उनके साथ अन्य लोग भी शामिल हो रहे हैं। पहले आठ दिनों में परिवर्तन के लिए कुछ छूट मिली है, लेकिन "अनुग्रह की अवधि" समाप्त हो रही है, और हॉलीयर से लेकर फेरी फर्मों और यूरोपीय संघ में आयातित वस्तुओं के ब्रिटिश आपूर्तिकर्ताओं तक, फर्मों को नई व्यापारिक वास्तविकता जटिल और महंगी लग रही है।


Why I wrote about my wife's miscarriage

Summary: Couples of a certain age, and at a certain stage in their relationship, can expect to be asked if or when they plan on having children. Last year, writer Emily Bingham urged her Facebook friends in a viral post to stop with the intrusive line of questioning. "You don't know who is struggling with infertility or grieving a miscarriage or dealing with health issues," she wrote. But Dan Majesky, who works at the University of Cincinnati, took a different approach.

By BBC TrendingWhat's popular and why In a vividly detailed Facebook post, Majesky not only announced wife Leah's pregnancy but detailed the pain the couple experienced with infertility and miscarriage. "It was initially supposed to be a private post letting our friends know that we are expecting a child," Majesky told BBC Trending, "but then we felt we had to acknowledge our miscarriage. We didn't want it to be a secret." "We're in our thirties," Majesky wrote. "Things are probably a little bit dusty, and a little bit rusty. So, three years ago, we started using apps and calendars to track this and that. Ovulation test sticks. Old wives' tales of positions and timing. We got some late periods. And some periods that never came! But we didn't get pregnant." He went on to talk about his wife's miscarriage. Some parts revealed the stark shock of the day; "I was so stunned when it happened that I texted my boss that I wouldn't be back that day, but that I'd be back the next, which really cracks me up now." Other sections described the raw pain of the ordeal; "I don't think it was until around the New Year that I went a day without crying about it." The Facebook post, which ran to more than 3,000 words, also had moments of humour. "My job was to try and not say anything dumb, because she also needed to be calm," he went on to explain, "I tried to avoid triggering phrases like 'Hey,' or 'Good morning,' or 'I love you'". The post, which has been liked more than 40,000 times, clearly struck a digital chord. "It's not often that we hear about miscarriage and infertility. But I love that you can be so honest," commented one woman, who then went on to tell her own story of infertility. Many noted how testimonies of infertility are not often shared with a male perspective. "I wrote the piece in one sitting," Majesky told us, "We decided to make the post public when our friends told us that they wanted to share it on their own Facebook walls." As part of the Facebook post, the couple included a 15-week scan of the baby due to be born in November. "Although we are so very touched by the support we've received, we do still feel anxious about the pregnancy," Majesky said. And do they have any advice for people who ask a couple if they're expecting a baby? "Maybe ask the couple if having children is something they want. Not 'when are you having children'." Blog by Megha Mohan Next story: Woman dons male disguise to get into Iranian soccer stadium An Iranian woman, disguised as a man, snuck into a Tehran football stadium to watch her favourite team. READ MORE You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending, and find us on Facebook. All our stories are at bbc.com/trending.

एक निश्चित उम्र के जोड़े, और अपने रिश्ते के एक निश्चित स्तर पर, यह पूछे जाने की उम्मीद कर सकते हैं कि क्या वे बच्चे पैदा करने की योजना बना रहे हैं या नहीं। पिछले साल, लेखिका एमिली बिंघम ने एक वायरल पोस्ट में अपने फेसबुक दोस्तों से पूछताछ की घुसपैठ करने वाली पंक्ति को रोकने का आग्रह किया। "आप नहीं जानते कि कौन बांझपन से जूझ रहा है या गर्भपात का शोक मना रहा है या स्वास्थ्य के मुद्दों से निपट रहा है", उसने लिखा। लेकिन सिनसिनाटी विश्वविद्यालय में काम करने वाले डैन माजेस्की ने एक अलग दृष्टिकोण अपनाया।


Aberdeen Royal Infirmary 'road rage' probed by police

Summary: A dispute between two motorists at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary which ended in an assault is being investigated by police.

The road rage-type incident happened near the west gate ambulance bay on Thursday afternoon. The assailants were described as a woman in her 50s or 60s and a man in his 40s who were in a black Nissan Note. Grampian Police said the victim was a 28-year-old man. The force said several vehicles had to queue behind those involved in the incident as it took place, and a spokesperson appealed for any of those motorists to come forward.

एबरडीन रॉयल अस्पताल में दो मोटर चालकों के बीच विवाद जो एक हमले में समाप्त हुआ, पुलिस द्वारा जांच की जा रही है।


Plan to dig out and re-open Wales' longest railway tunnel

Summary: The longest railway tunnel in Wales could be dug out and re-opened to become a tourist attraction.

The Blaencwm tunnel was buried during the Beeching cutbacks of the UK railway network in the 1960s which led to the closure of thousands of train stations. Volunteers are now drawing up plans to try to re-open the 3,300 yards (3017m) tunnel in Rhondda Cynon Taf. They hope to receive funding to excavate the tunnel to attract tourists and create a cycle trail.

वेल्स में सबसे लंबी रेलवे सुरंग को खोदा जा सकता है और एक पर्यटक आकर्षण बनने के लिए फिर से खोला जा सकता है।


Snowdonia rescuers 'frustrated' after walker left stranded

Summary: Rescuers in Snowdonia have said they are "frustrated" after a lost walker was left behind by another mountaineer.

Llanberis Mountain Rescue volunteers were put on standby at 15:40 GMT on Tuesday, awaiting confirmation the woman had descended safely with the help of the other walker. They had to search for the woman after her potential saviour "rushed off into the mist", leaving her on the Pyg track with no torch. She was found 90 minutes later. The team have urged mountaineers to continue the "good Samaritan" tradition of helping others, following the incident.

स्नोडोनिया में बचावकर्ताओं ने कहा है कि वे एक खोए हुए पैदल यात्री के एक अन्य पर्वतारोही द्वारा छोड़े जाने के बाद "निराश" हैं।


Supercell: Europe’s supercharged games success

Summary: It is a Finnish company started in 2010, whose first products only emerged in 2011. You've probably never heard of Supercell, but on Tuesday it was valued at $3bn, making it the fastest growing technology firm to come out of Europe in, well, just about ever.

Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter Supercell is a games business with just two titles, Clash of Clans and Hay Day, which until last week could only be played on Apple's iPhone and iPad. But they have grabbed a huge share of the mobile gaming market, leading the world in terms of revenue, ahead of giants like EA which has 829 titles to Supercell's two. On Tuesday Japan's Softbank paid $1.5bn to acquire a 51% stake in Supercell. The telecoms firm is doing the deal in conjunction with its own gaming subsidiary GungHo, another major player in the new world of mobile games. This might look like another of those dotcom deals, where a wealthy corporate giant pays over the odds for a business with big user numbers but no concrete business plan. But Supercell is making money hand over fist - revenues grew from $100m in 2012 to $179m in the first quarter of this year and are on course to hit $1bn for the whole year. Key to its success has been its ability to crack the Asian market, something many other games developers have tried and failed to do. It has already been working with GungHo and has now brought its games to Android, essential for any firm competing in China. It all looks like a great success for Finland, also home of the Angry Birds firm Rovio, and for the wider European technology scene. Supercell was backed by London-based venture capital firms including Index Ventures and Atomico. They bought in at a valuation of $770m back in February, so have made their investment back four times over in the space of six months - though existing investors will retain half of their stakes in the business. That means more money will now be available to invest in other start-ups, and even if Supercell is now controlled from Japan, Tuesday's news will be a great boost for the image of the European games industry. The UK firm behind the phenomenally successful Candy Crush Saga, King.com, is currently working on its stock market debut, while the Moshi Monsters business Mind Candy is also rumoured to be thinking of an IPO. Both may end up on New York's Nasdaq over the next year. What is slightly disappointing is that these companies seem to be looking outside Europe - to Asia or the US - when they are seeking the funding they need to progress to the next stage of their development. But European games developers are showing that they have mastered what consumers want in the mobile world and using their skills to build big businesses in a hurry.

यह 2010 में शुरू की गई एक फिनिश कंपनी है, जिसका पहला उत्पाद केवल 2011 में सामने आया था। आपने शायद सुपरसेल के बारे में कभी नहीं सुना होगा, लेकिन मंगलवार को इसका मूल्य 3 बिलियन डॉलर था, जिससे यह यूरोप से बाहर आने वाली सबसे तेजी से बढ़ती प्रौद्योगिकी कंपनी बन गई।


In pictures: India violence survivors flee homes

Summary: Hundreds of survivors of a rebel attack that has killed at least 72 people in remote villages of India's north-eastern Assam state have taken shelter in a church and school as authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew in the affected areas.

Police blame the attacks on the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). The NDFB wants an independent homeland for the ethnic group to be carved out of Assam. Tuesday's attacks took place in areas populated by non-Bodo people. Women and children were said to be among the victims of the rebel attacks in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts. Those killed and injured were mainly tribespeople who worked in the local tea gardens. Many of them are now leaving their homes and moving to safer places after the violence. Angry tribespeople have protested against the attacks. On Wednesday, police fired on a group which surrounded a police station in Sonitpur, killing three protesters. Some 200 tribespeople have taken shelter in a school in Sonitpur district. Villagers who escaped the attacks told police that the armed rebels came on foot, forced open the doors of their huts and opened fire. Some villagers were pulled out of their houses and gunned down. At least 100 tribespeople, mostly women and children, have taken shelter in a church in Shamukjuli village in Sonitpur district, where at least 37 people, including 10 women, were killed and 14 others were injured.. There are concerns now that the violence could spread with retaliatory attacks against the Bodos. Troops have been deployed to maintain peace in the region. Reports said two Bodos were also killed by tribespeople in Karigaon village and there have been incidents of Bodo homes being attacked. Assam has been plagued by ethnic clashes and separatist violence in recent years. A number of rebel groups have been fighting the central authorities, demanding autonomy or independent homelands for the indigenous groups they represent.

भारत के उत्तर-पूर्वी असम राज्य के दूरदराज के गांवों में कम से कम 72 लोगों की जान लेने वाले विद्रोही हमले से बचे सैकड़ों लोगों ने एक चर्च और स्कूल में शरण ली है क्योंकि अधिकारियों ने प्रभावित क्षेत्रों में अनिश्चितकालीन कर्फ्यू लगा दिया है।


How Liverpool prison became UK's 'worst jail'

Summary: The damning report on Liverpool prison by HM Inspectorate of Prisons , published on Friday, says conditions in the establishment are "squalid". But this is just the latest in a series of major problems faced by the jail.

By Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent, BBC News With England's prisons regularly described as being in crisis, because of budget and staff cuts, it takes a special level of incompetence to be called the country's worst jail. But that is precisely the label bestowed on HMP Liverpool last month by many, including a former prisons inspector, after the BBC revealed the appalling failures at the prison. The living conditions: rats, cockroaches, blocked toilets and pools of urine, for instance, said to be the worst that inspectors had ever seen, were described by the then justice secretary as "shocking". But few within the prison service could have been surprised. Not only had they overseen the emerging squalor in the prison, but they'd been told repeatedly over a number of years about the problems. One of the most damning passages in the leaked report said: "We could see no credible plan to address these basic issues. On the contrary, the presence of inspectors seemed to provoke some piecemeal and superficial attempts at cleaning and the like, but the fear was that this would stop as soon as we left, which is clearly what happened after the last inspection." One statistic in the document hammers home the point: of the 89 recommendations made by inspectors in 2015, only 22 had been fully achieved. The prison inspectors' view of the prison service, and its commitment to improving Liverpool, is supported by numerous responses to previous critical findings. What inspectors said Reacting to the latest report, Michael Spurr, chief executive of Her Majesty's Prison & Probation Service, said the conditions found by inspectors at the prison were "unacceptable". And he added: "We are committed to fixing this, have already made changes where we can, and have published a comprehensive action plan to address the chief inspector's concerns." Some improvements were made. The 2012 and 2014 inspection reports both noted progress and praised the leadership of the jail. But throughout, the physical conditions there remained challenging. "Some seemingly intractable problems," wrote inspectors in an otherwise fairly positive report in 2014. Money At the heart of the debate about Liverpool is the amount of money that's been invested in the prison. Figures from the National Offender Management Service shows the prison's budget has fallen from almost £26m in 2011-12 to less than £21.5m in 16-17, a decrease of more than 17%. Budgets across the Prison Service fell at the same time, down 22% between 2009-2010 and 2016-2017 according to the Institute for Government. But even if Liverpool's reduction has been slightly less, its starting point, in terms of need, was greater than that of many other prisons. Staffing was also slashed. The safe staffing ratio at Liverpool - and many other jails - was considered to be one prison officer to 30 inmates. At Liverpool in recent years, it has sometimes fallen to one to 100. Some night shifts have left five prison officers looking after approximately 1,100 inmates, although new prison officers have been hired in recent months. Healthcare Since 2011, there have been at least 17 suicides in the prison: one of the highest numbers in England, though a problem affecting most jails in recent years. Organisations including the Howard League for Penal Reform say a lack of staff, providing healthcare, has contributed to the number of suicides in the prison system but the widespread availability of illegal drugs had added to the problems within the prison's healthcare regime. High numbers of inmates enter the jail with existing drug problems and mental health conditions, and the plentiful supply of drugs, including in recent years psychoactive substances like spice, worsens their health, putting further pressure on the healthcare unit. Until January 2015, care, commissioned by NHS England (NHSE), was provided by the Liverpool Community Health Trust, but so poor was its performance that it was effectively sacked, with Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust asked to take over. NHSE gave the new provider £200,000 immediately to hire new staff and equipment. But having subsequently awarded the trust an £8.3m contract, it insisted on annual efficiency savings, which the trust found undeliverable. Problems hiring medics meant the trust had to rely on expensive agency staff and it said it had to spend significant amounts of its own money subsidising the service. Lancashire Care says it has made improvements since 2015 but it's no surprise that it is walking away when it ends in March. Unsurprisingly, no provider has bid for the contract. The lack of prison officers has meant that healthcare staff have been unable to carry out medication rounds. And a lack of specialist secure beds means that patients with acute mental health conditions have not been able to move out of the jail in a timely manner. Beyond this, there is one other contributory factor: public opinion. There is little pressure on ministers, the Prison Service or the NHS to provide good care to prisoners. Certainly, some people have a harsh view of prisoners, and would actively support the squalor in Liverpool, as my social media feed has confirmed. But the vast majority of prisoners - in Liverpool as elsewhere - will be released, and as many experts have pointed out, if they're treated as animals in prisons, why should we expect them to behave any better on the outside?

एच. एम. जेल निरीक्षणालय द्वारा शुक्रवार को प्रकाशित लिवरपूल जेल पर हानिकारक रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि प्रतिष्ठान में स्थितियां "खराब" हैं। लेकिन यह जेल के सामने आने वाली बड़ी समस्याओं की एक श्रृंखला में नवीनतम है।


Last orders for 'at least a third of pubs'

Summary: The pub is having a torrid Covid-19 crisis, as infection controls have accelerated long-running declining trends of alcohol consumption. Young people are avoiding drink and pubs, so the on-trade is having to look to "experiences" to draw them back. Restaurants are under threat too, from overstretched chains and home delivery, while entire town and city centres face radical choices.

By Douglas FraserBusiness and economy editor, Scotland The pub is under threat as never before: at least a third of howfs and hostelries face permanent closure, according to experts on the sector. The outlook from the point of view of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) is far worse than that. Its spokesman, Paul Waterson, said its most recent survey of a tenth of the membership pointed to a third of them being financially non-viable. But he told me, for a special report on Radio Scotland, that the introduction of 10pm closure, along with restrictions to only two households meeting in groups of no more than six, has greatly worsened the outlook. The SLTA estimate is now for up to two-thirds of them having to close in the next few months. And whereas it previously estimated 12,500 job losses, that forecast has doubled. Such projections are what could happen if there is no government intervention to support the sector. And perhaps those numbers are inflated to get the attention of policy-makers. But I heard also from Spiros Malandrakis, an expert in the on-trade worldwide for Euromonitor marketing consultants. His estimate is for a third to half of British pubs being forced to close, permanently, and in only three months. Unlike live entertainment and conferences, the root of the problem is not Covid-19. As I found in researching for the radio report, the infection has rapidly accelerated several pre-existing trends that were bearing down on the traditional pub. Why? Mr Malandrakis told me it's partly the fear that drunkenness can so easily be pictured and placed on social media, permanently and indelibly. He also said that brewers see Tinder, the dating app, as the biggest threat to their business, as it makes it easy to find a date without getting off your sofa. And he forecasts that the widening, legal access to cannabis will "cannibalise" the alcohol market. Brewers and distillers are adapting their marketing strategies to drink at home, and enterprising firms have offered cocktails-to-the-doorstep during the Covid-19 crisis. But for the on-trade, the answers are more difficult to find. They were already responding with more food options. Restaurants, meanwhile, are competing for alcohol sales with bars. Some have specialised in craft beers on tap that you can't get at home. In some cases, pubs facing closure have been taken over by their local communities, to retain their role at the centre of village social life. An answer with a growing feature in London aimed mainly at a young demographic is making the pub into more of an "experience". You can find axe-throwing, electronic darts, ball pits for adults or pay to let rip pent-up anger by beating up old white goods with a baseball bat. It has also brought back something that seemed to go out of fashion around 50 years ago: crazy golf. The new take on the old theme features indoor spaces with extravagant artwork, funky UV lighting and, in normal times when it's allowed, pumping music. One such outlet is opening in Edinburgh, while Fife-based Angus Wright owns four Jungle Rumble outlets, one in Glasgow drawing on set designers for Game of Thrones to create his ocean-themed basement. He sees an opportunity for more outlets in locations where retail space is getting much cheaper because commercial landlords are desperately trying to fill it, and to attract more footfall. In shopping malls, those same landlords are also finding it a struggle to hold on to "casual dining" outlets. While their cocktail menus have undermined bar-going, they are also facing some very tough times due to Covid-19. Home delivery, often through powerful online presences such as Deliveroo and Just Eat, is gobbling up the industry, and bringing many more "eating out" experiences to the home. Few restaurants can afford to ignore consumer trends towards takeaways, deliveries, a social media strategy. They find fast food - already very digital - is fast growing its share as well. In August, it was estimated that UK job losses in such food service firms ran to 22,000, with big numbers going from Pizza Express, Frankie and Benny's, Bella Italia and Byron burgers. And it's not just restaurants and pubs: high streets and town centres are facing powerful long-term trends in changing consumer behaviour and technology. Leigh Sparks, retail professor at Stirling University, told me it has to do with too much built space in the wrong locations, the growth of online options and increased localisation forcing retailers to reverse their moves into out-of-town shopping centres and warehouses. To Malcolm Fraser, the Edinburgh architect whose report on town centres was the starting point for a lot of current urban policy, there is a need to go further. Government tends to do the easy things, he told me, but it has to go to the root of a lot of town centres' problems by fundamentally reforming the way commercial property and activity is taxed. You can hear lots more by listening back to a 30 minute report starting at 1 hour 28 minutes, on Good Morning Scotland, from Sunday 4 October:

पब एक भीषण कोविड-19 संकट का सामना कर रहा है, क्योंकि संक्रमण नियंत्रण ने शराब के सेवन के लंबे समय से घटते रुझानों को तेज कर दिया है। युवा लोग शराब और पब से बच रहे हैं, इसलिए व्यापार पर उन्हें वापस लाने के लिए "अनुभवों" की ओर देखना पड़ रहा है। रेस्तरां भी खतरे में हैं, अधिक फैली हुई श्रृंखलाओं और होम डिलीवरी से, जबकि पूरे शहर और शहर के केंद्रों को कट्टरपंथी विकल्पों का सामना करना पड़ रहा है।


'Food, shelter, showers' - how Pollokshields rallied after fire

Summary: When fire destroyed a tenement in Glasgow earlier this week, forcing about 20 people from their homes, the local Sikh temple opened its doors to help. We spoke to some of the worshippers and other locals about the fire - and its impact on the community.

By Jonathan PetersBBC Scotland news "We always help anybody in crisis, we are always there to help them," said Daljeet Singh Dilber, from the Glasgow Gurdwara. "This is the basic principle of the Sikh religion." As emergency services dealt with the fire on Albert Street, in Glasgow's Pollokshields, locals were eager to offer other kinds of help. Less than half a mile away, members of the Glasgow Gurdwara opened its doors to those affected. "Food, money, shelter, showers, anything they need," said Mr Dilber, general secretary of the temple. "Anytime, anywhere in Glasgow, anything that happens then we can help. This is our nature." As fire spread through the building, gas, electricity and water were cut off in the area. The temple put out a call to the community, on their local radio and social media, saying they could seek shelter in the building. Worshippers at the Gurdwara, who are celebrating the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, said they were shocked to see such devastation so close by. "Everybody was offering help," said Shindo Kaur, who works in the office at the Gurdwara. "The fire brigade and the police came to use the toilet. A couple of them had a drink. Anything they wanted really." Ms Kaur was among the first people on the scene after the fire broke out. She wanted to make sure the community and emergency services knew the temple's doors were open if they needed it. "Everybody got together, it was a quick response from the community," she said. "Early on they didn't even have gas and electric, and no water for hours. So a lot of people came here." The fire in the 143-year-old B-listed building destroyed the shop and the homes above it. It is thought to have started in the Strawberry and Spice Garden minimarket late on Sunday evening. The loss of a building right in the centre of the community left many residents distressed. Muhammad and Uzma Ali grew up in Pollokshields. Their daughter, who attends one of the local schools, felt anxious at the sight and smell of the fire. "It's just really upsetting," said Mr Ali. Several businesses are still shut in the surrounding area, with reports of extensive damage to the properties closest to the fire. A rest centre was opened for affected residents in the early hours of Monday morning at the Tramway centre, a short walk from the fire. Few people attended, which may be due to the help already provided in the community. Niall Murphy, deputy director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, said the building was historically significant because of its architecture and position in the community. "The important thing was that it was one of Glasgow's crosses, and not many of them survive," he said. The city's traditional Victorian town centre crossroads were almost all demolished during the 1960s and 1970s as the city was redeveloped. "About 40% of the city was cleared at that point," he explained. Where the building once stood, blackened timbers, interior walls and doors are now exposed to view. The fire has left both a physical and symbolic hole in the heart of the community.

जब इस सप्ताह की शुरुआत में ग्लासगो में आग ने एक मकान को नष्ट कर दिया, जिससे लगभग 20 लोगों को अपने घर छोड़ने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ा, तो स्थानीय सिख मंदिर ने मदद के लिए अपने दरवाजे खोल दिए। हमने कुछ उपासकों और अन्य स्थानीय लोगों से आग और समुदाय पर इसके प्रभाव के बारे में बात की।


Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Election 2021: Beating the 'litter pandemic'

Summary: Littering and fly-tipping in a Cambridgeshire village has become so bad that a volunteer group was formed to tackle the problem. Since the start of the year they have collected more than 300 bags of rubbish. But the issue blights many parts of the county, so how are the mayoral candidates planning to clear up the problem?

Tom Gosling, 34, from Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, created a litter-picking group in January after noticing what he called a "litter pandemic" in his village. The group now has dozens of members who regularly go out and clean up rubbish dumped in trees, bushes and on the roads. Mr Gosling said: "You go to these beautiful places within your own area and they are tarnished with litter. "I do get extremely frustrated where it feels a burden's been put on my shoulders to eradicate a fly-tip or litter." He believes more can be done at a political level to prevent littering and fly-tipping and protect the environment. All three candidates to be mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority agreed that littering had become a problem, especially in rural areas. However, they disagree on the role of the mayor to tackle the issue. In alphabetical order, they set out their plans below. Nik Johnson, Labour "Tackling the scourge of littering can only be done collaboratively across the public and private sectors but all responsible duty bodies need to recognise their responsibilities as set out in the Environmental Protection Act 1990. "I will start with a particular focus on the roadsides of the major roads - A1, A10, A14, A47 - using FOI requests to clarify current litter prevention strategies while encouraging the innovative use of marking all disposable wrappers from drive-through restaurants to encourage personal responsibility for litter disposal. " James Palmer, Conservatives "Littering and fly-tipping in particular are a blight on rural counties like Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. "However, the responsibility for litter and fly-tipping lies with local authorities not the combined authority. The mayor may offer leadership in any campaign but does not have powers to directly control litter collection or responses to fly-tipping." Aidan Van de Weyer, Liberal Democrats "Littering makes people feel that the places they live in aren't cared for. Those who drop litter don't realise the effect of their carelessness. "So eye-catching signs and campaigns like Keep Britain Tidy can really help. We can do more to support community groups to look after their areas by providing equipment and collecting bagged litter quickly. Residents see that their neighbourhoods are valued and people who litter see the harm they do." A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who can I vote for in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English council or Scottish or Welsh constituency to find out. Eg 'W1A 1AA' or 'Westminster' A special programme with all three candidates - called A Mayor for Cambridge and Peterborough - will be broadcast at 14:20 BST on Sunday on BBC One in the East. Related Internet Links Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

कैम्ब्रिजशायर गाँव में कूड़ा फेंकना और उड़ना इतना खराब हो गया है कि इस समस्या से निपटने के लिए एक स्वयंसेवी समूह का गठन किया गया है। साल की शुरुआत से उन्होंने 300 से अधिक थैले कचरा इकट्ठा किया है। लेकिन इस मुद्दे ने काउंटी के कई हिस्सों को धूमिल कर दिया है, तो महापौर उम्मीदवार इस समस्या को दूर करने की योजना कैसे बना रहे हैं?


The beauty of the UK's loneliest bus stops

Summary: The Magazine recently visited an isolated, slate-roofed shelter in rural Cumbria and asked whether it was the UK's loneliest bus stop. A number of readers suggested even more solitary alternatives.

By Duncan WalkerBBC News Magazine Serving the village of Milburn in the Eden Valley, England's most sparsely populated area, the Cumbrian stop might see "the odd walker in summer, but nobody now", according to one driver. But locals suggested it might be used by as many as six or seven passengers a week. But it faces stiff competition. Readers of the Magazine were quick to highlight stops which no bus would deign to visit, and others where a village location would be considered lavish. A selection of their nominations is below. The Shaun the Sheep stop - North York Moors On the northern edge of the North York Moors National Park sits a decaying brick shelter set "in splendid isolation at a road junction in the middle of nowhere", says transport information officer Di Wright. The only houses visible from the stop are miles away, on the other side of the Dale, and anyone hoping for a ride is likely to face a long wait. "Currently the stop is served by one bus service, the 26. This comprises one bus, every other Thursday - to get to the nearest town, Guisborough, on market day," says Wright. Exactly who uses the stop - at Commondale Road End - is difficult to discern. "I guess only the occasional walker used the stop, or the odd cyclist stopping for a picnic, as any local would have to drive to it," says Wright, who lives in nearby Castleton and drives past it most days. Fortunately, anyone finding themselves waiting there has options for passing the time. On a fine day, particularly when the heather is in bloom, the view is "stunning". But should the rain settle in, there's always the "excellent" Shaun the Sheep graffiti - which appeared in the past year or so - to admire as the hours and days pass by. Islay Airport's sheep shelter At a bus stop on the island of Islay, it is real sheep that sometimes make themselves at home, reports Alex Cunnigham. Undisturbed by would-be passengers at the stop outside Glenegedale Airport - which has several flights a week to Glasgow, Oban and Colonsay - the sheep were able to make it their own. Cunnigham, from Hawick in the Scottish borders, suggests that the creatures were "sheltering from the weather". To be fair, the airport bus stop is not particularly lonely, served as it is by several buses a day - although Cunningham, who has visited the island a number of times, says he has never seen a bus or passenger there. It could be that the sheep simply get to do what they want. Images from Google Street View reveal that the airport is one of presumably very few in the UK to incorporate a cattle grid into its perimeter security. The bus stop known as '3300BA0497' "There is an old wooden bus shelter found deep in Clumber Park, known to me and my team as 3300BA0497. To others it is simply 'Cricket Ground'," says Craig Garrard. Working for Nottinghamshire County Council's transport department, Garrard installs and maintains bus stops and shelters across the region. "Sadly, this means I'm quite aware of which bus shelters are where and what runs past them," he says. 3300BA0497 is in the middle of beautiful woodland and parkland on a 3,800 acre National Trust property, but has not seen a regular service "for many years". But all is not lost. While there may be an absence of buses, there could be some hope of company on a rainy day. "At least it can still provide shelter to those visitors who have been caught out by a passing shower whilst exploring the grounds," says Garrard. "If you've parked at the visitors centre then chances are you've been past it." The 23A to an abandoned village Once a year a bus service runs across Salisbury Plain to the abandoned village of Imber, says Michael Meilton. Started five years ago by a group of bus enthusiasts, the trip takes passengers deep into an area that was evacuated by the MoD in 1943 and is now used for military training. The 23A service takes in other remote locations on the plain, including New Zealand Farm Camp and Brazen Bottom and "is a normal bus service and registered with the traffic commissioners", says Meilton. "Passengers can get on and off at any point along the route and pay a fare for the journey." The bus stops at Imber are "not exactly isolated as they do have a ghost village nearby", admits Meilton, from Chippenham, Wiltshire. But "no-one lives there and it is all out of bound for about 350 days a year". There are no permanent bus stops in place but, as Gregory Beecroft who also nominated the service notes, "if stops were put up, they might not last long, because the 23A runs through the Army firing ranges". Cape Wrath - by appointment only The bus stop for passengers hiking down to a bothy at Kearvaig on Cape Wrath (pictured top) blows all other claims for the title of UK's loneliest "out of the water", says Kevin Roy. "The road isn't even connected to the rest of the UK road network and the two minibuses that shuttle between Cape Wrath and the Durness passenger ferry are the only non-military vehicles that ever travel on it. "The bus stop is merely a junction of tracks on a bleak moorland used as a target range by the armed forces, and is not marked by any sign." The 11-mile route ferries passengers by minibus around the most north-westerly point of the British mainland, which can only be reached by ferry. And there is no regular timetable, warns Roy. "The bus drivers will drop you off or pick you up there by arrangement." It was while waiting here with his wife for a bus that did not arrive that Roy, a technician from Luton, realised that he was at "the end of the earth". "With dusk and the time of the last ferry approaching, we were alarmed to be waiting on the bleak open moorland for hours." Their bus had broken down and, eventually, it fell to the driver of the other vehicle to get them to the ferry on his last trip of the day. Other nominations Among the many other suggestions for loneliest stop was one on the Isle of Wight named "Middle of Nowhere". "Funnily enough, it's in the middle of nowhere," says Ben Elias, from Hailsham. In North Northumberland's Glen Valley, a service runs between Kirknewton and Wooler once a week on a Wednesday, says Phil Sage. "It is a vital link for those in the area for shopping, medical appointments and catching up for coffee." Another weekly service is nominated by Jack Craven of Guiseley, Leeds, who says there is a further catch - it operates only "on Sunday mornings in the summer". A stop on an A-road in Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, is suggested by David Bizley from Woking, who says "the only indicator that there is a bus stop is a slowly collapsing wooden shed". Having used it when staying with his parents, he finds its existence is a surprise to others, as demonstrated by "the confusion and subsequent rapid braking of the driver". Further afield, but worthy of consideration, is a once a week service from Adrar Bordj Mokhtar in southern Algeria, where there are no proper roads for 400 miles across desert, says Chris Lewis, from Purley. "If you wanted to sample what is arguably the world's loneliest bus stop, you could in theory get off at an abandoned Foreign Legion post and then wait for the returning bus to pick you up - if you were still alive, that is." And then there's the problem posed by Eddie Dealtry, from Kendal. The loneliest bus stop, he suggests, will be neither rural nor seldom-used, but "surely somewhere in one of those cities where people ignore each other". Follow @BBCNewsMagazine on Twitter and on Facebook

पत्रिका ने हाल ही में ग्रामीण कुम्ब्रिया में एक अलग, स्लेट-छत वाले आश्रय का दौरा किया और पूछा कि क्या यह यूके का सबसे अकेला बस स्टॉप था। कई पाठकों ने और भी अधिक एकांत विकल्प सुझाए।


In pictures: Scotland's tributes to Sarah Everard

Summary: People in Scotland have paid tribute to Sarah Everard, lighting candles at home and tying ribbons to park fences.

After planned vigils by Reclaim These Streets were moved online, event organisers in Glasgow asked people to leave their tributes at locations around the city and go home safely. A small number of people gathered to light candles at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, but Police Scotland said they left shortly afterwards. The Scottish government had warned that any vigil in a public place would go against coronavirus restrictions. All images are subject to copyright

स्कॉटलैंड में लोगों ने सारा एवरार्ड को श्रद्धांजलि दी है, घर पर मोमबत्तियाँ जलाई हैं और बाड़ लगाने के लिए रिबन बाँधे हैं।


Purdue Pharma to plead guilty in $8bn opioid settlement

Summary: The maker of OxyContin painkillers has reached an $8.3bn (£6.3bn) settlement and agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges to resolve a probe of its role in fuelling America's opioid crisis.

By Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter, New York Purdue Pharma will admit to enabling the supply of drugs "without legitimate medical purpose". The deal with US Department of Justice resolves some of the most serious claims against the firm. But it still faces thousands of cases brought by states and families. Purdue called the deal an "essential" step to wider resolution of the matter. "Purdue deeply regrets and accepts responsibility for the misconduct detailed by the Department of Justice," said Steve Miller, who joined Purdue's board as chairman in July 2018, shortly before the firm sought protection from the litigation by filing for bankruptcy. The settlement with the DoJ must receive court approval to go forward. The judge overseeing the bankruptcy case will be weighing how it will affect negotiations with other states and cities that have filed lawsuits against Purdue, many of which have already objected to the terms. They say it lets the company and its owners, members of the Sackler family, off too lightly for their roles creating a crisis that has claimed the lives of more than 400,000 Americans since 1999. "DoJ failed," said Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey after the settlement was announced. "Justice in this case requires exposing the truth and holding the perpetrators accountable, not rushing a settlement to beat an election. I am not done with Purdue and the Sacklers, and I will never sell out the families who have been calling for justice for so long." Justice Department officials defended the deal as "significant", noting that the department would forego much of the $8bn in fines, allowing the money to be directed to other creditors in the bankruptcy case - such as the communities ravaged by opioid abuse that have sued the company. They said they continue to review possible criminal charges against executives at the company and some members of the Sackler family. "This resolution does not provide anybody with a pass on the criminal side," Rachel Honig, federal prosecutor for New Jersey said at a press conference. What did Purdue do? The settlement follows years of investigation into claims that Purdue and other drug-makers encouraged over-prescription of opioids, leading to overdoses and addiction which strained public health and policing resources in cities and towns across the US. Under the terms of the settlement, Purdue will admit to conspiring to defraud the US and violating anti-kickback laws in its distribution of the addictive painkillers. Those included payments the firm made to healthcare companies and doctors to encourage prescribing the drugs, which were ultimately paid for by public health programmes. What will Purdue actually pay? Purdue will pay $225m to the Justice Department and a further $1.7bn towards addressing claims made in other lawsuits. The settlement also includes a $3.54bn criminal fine and $2.8bn civil penalty, which will compete with other claims in bankruptcy court - such as those made by communities affected by the opioid crisis. It is unclear how much of that sum will actually be collected. Members of the Sackler family named in the lawsuits have also agreed to pay $225m and give up ownership of the firm. The company would reorganise as a new company run by a trust for the "public benefit". It would continue to produce OxyContin and other drugs aimed at treating addiction, with the government likely having a significant role. Purdue backed that idea in an earlier settlement proposal but it is opposed by many states, including Massachusetts. What about the other claims? Along with the reorganisation as a "public benefit" firm, Purdue has proposed to settle the wider claims against it with a deal worth more than $10bn. But critics of the plan want to see the company sold and greater effort made to recover money from some members of the Sackler family. Court documents revealed last year that they had transferred more than $10bn out of the company between 2008 and 2017, as scrutiny of its conduct increased. Part of the Sackler family, which would commit $3bn to the wider settlement, said in a statement that members that had served on the Purdue board of directors had acted "ethically and lawfully" and that "all financial distributions were proper". "We reached today's agreement in order to facilitate a global resolution that directs substantial funding to communities in need, rather than to years of legal proceedings," the family said.

ऑक्सीकॉन्टिन दर्दनाशकों का निर्माता एक $8.3bn (£ 6.3bn) समझौते पर पहुंच गया है और अमेरिका के ओपिओइड संकट को बढ़ावा देने में अपनी भूमिका की जांच को हल करने के लिए आपराधिक आरोपों के लिए दोषी ठहराने के लिए सहमत हो गया है।


A Welsh Labour victory that is no surprise

Summary: Mark Drakeford was always the front runner, but this result is closer than many people expected. He had the bulk of the support from Labour's big institutions, including Corbyn-supporting faction momentum - which has swelled the ranks of Welsh Labour members in the last couple of years.

By Felicity EvansPolitical editor, Wales This result is not the resounding victory many predicted. One senior Labour figure and Drakeford supporter whispered to me, "That was close". Another said: "A win's a win... who can remember what Carwyn's margin of victory was nine years ago?" He is the ultimate government insider - an adviser to the late former first minister Rhodri Morgan before succeeding him as the AM for Cardiff West and holding a variety of senior positions at cabinet level. But while he is well known in political circles, many voters have never heard of him. This will be a challenge for him. His predecessor Carwyn Jones was a strong political campaigner who was perhaps at his best in the glare of the cameras. Mr Drakeford says being in the spotlight is not something he enjoys. The AM positioned himself as the candidate of the left in this contest, reminding Labour members repeatedly that he was a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn from the very beginning. He benefitted from Momentum's endorsement as a result. But all the evidence is that Mark Drakeford is a pragmatic politician. There will be no handbrake turns to the left. But he is a sceptic over the M4 relief road. He intends doing nothing in this assembly term with the partial income tax varying powers on their way to Wales unless compelled to do so. And he knows jobs and businesses are currently in the shadow of Brexit uncertainty. The chaos at Westminster is something he has little control over. His reluctance to embrace calls for a second referendum on Brexit caused frustration among some Labour members. Similarly, his failure to help his colleague Eluned Morgan onto the ballot - it was left to Carwyn Jones to make sure a woman was involved in the contest - led some to question his judgement. Then there is the party. He will need to bring Welsh Labour back together after the tragedy of Carl Sargeant's death. Mr Sargeant is believed to have taken his own life after being sacked from the cabinet by Carwyn Jones over allegations of sexual harassment. Mr Drakeford is an intelligent and experienced politician. But he will also need luck and good judgement.

मार्क ड्रेकफोर्ड हमेशा सबसे आगे रहे, लेकिन यह परिणाम कई लोगों की अपेक्षा के करीब है। उन्हें लेबर के बड़े संस्थानों से समर्थन मिला, जिसमें कॉर्बिन-समर्थक गुट की गति भी शामिल है-जिसने पिछले कुछ वर्षों में वेल्श लेबर सदस्यों की संख्या को बढ़ा दिया है।


Caernarfon dispersal order targets antisocial behaviour

Summary: Police have imposed a 48-hour dispersal order on a Gwynedd town in a bid to curb anti-social behaviour.

North Wales Police called on parents in Caernarfon to "think very carefully about where your children are". The force said the order was in place all weekend "to target groups of youths behaving in an unacceptable anti-social manner in the town". It comes a week after an incident prompted a fast food shop to ban young people unless accompanied by an adult. The order means that the police can ask a group of two or more people to move on.

पुलिस ने असामाजिक व्यवहार पर अंकुश लगाने के लिए ग्वेनेड शहर में 48 घंटे के लिए तितर-बितर करने का आदेश दिया है।


Warning about throwing of drugs over Swansea prison wall

Summary: Swansea prison has been told to tackle a security problem after an inspection found drugs could be easily thrown over the wall.

It was also told to improve education and training opportunities in a report carried out by the chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick. But the prison, which holds 455 prisoners, is deemed reasonably safe and there were few violent incidents. There has been four "self-inflicted" deaths since 2010.

स्वानसी जेल को एक सुरक्षा समस्या से निपटने के लिए कहा गया है जब एक निरीक्षण में पाया गया कि ड्रग्स को आसानी से दीवार पर फेंका जा सकता है।


Report to 'protect' Isle of Man food industry

Summary: A report looking to "support and protect" the Isle of Man's food industry will be presented to the Manx parliament of Tynwald in June.

The Food Security Strategy is a blueprint aimed at supporting farmers and fishermen over the next 40 years. The Manx fishing and farming industries support about 1,200 island jobs. Environment minister Phil Gawne said it was essential that the Isle of Man developed a "thriving, innovative, competitive and resilient" food sector. He added: "Living on an island presents additional challenges, both in delivering economies of scale in local production and ensuring reliable and affordable transport networks for the import and export of goods." "These additional challenges" had to be factored in to food policy, added Mr Gawne. The Food Security Strategy report will be debated in Tynwald starting on 17 June.

आइल ऑफ मैन के खाद्य उद्योग का "समर्थन और सुरक्षा" करने के लिए एक रिपोर्ट जून में टिनवाल्ड की मैनक्स संसद में प्रस्तुत की जाएगी।


Europe: Punishing German success?

Summary: In Brussels on Wednesday senior European officials could be seen engaging in a tortuous dance. The European Commission placed Germany under scrutiny for its trade surplus . Europe's economic powerhouse will now find itself investigated as part of an "in-depth review" with a report expected by the spring.

Gavin HewittEurope editor@BBCGavinHewitton Twitter If the conclusion is that Germany's surplus has been excessive and harmful to Europe's general economy, then potentially the country could be fined or sanctioned if it does not adopt recommendations. Even a light penalty, however, would be a political nightmare with German workers seeing it as punishment for discipline, for low wages, for spending on research and development, for - in other words - being competitive. The favourite dance step in all this was the tip-toe. Officials said the investigation was being done with an "open mind". They went out of their way to say they were not out to punish success. "We are not criticising the excellent economic performance in Germany," said European Commission Vice-President Olli Rehn but that is, of course, precisely what was happening. Germany, in effect, is being accused of economic selfishness. The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, said: "The issue is whether Germany... could do more to help rebalance the European economy." Officials in Brussels want the political leadership in Berlin to do more for the "European" interest and less for the German "national" interest. They firmly believe that Germany, running a current account surplus of 6% since 2007, is distorting the wider European economy. In September the surplus reached 19.7bn euros (£16.6bn; $26.4bn) - the biggest in the world. So whilst, time and again, asserting that they are not criticising German competitiveness, they want a change in German policy. They want Germany to open up its service sector. They want to see wages rise. They want greater investment in Germany itself. They want to align salaries with productivity. Above all they want to see domestic demand in Germany increase so sucking in imports from struggling European countries. One official said that "more demand in Germany can spill over into more vulnerable countries". Irony There is an irony to all this. For the past three years the policy - overseen by Brussels- has been to make the rest of Europe more like Germany, basing growth on exports. So countries like Spain have slashed wages and run up a current account surplus. The wider political point, made by President Barroso, is that Europe's economies are increasingly inter-dependent. Germany's borrowing costs, for instance, have benefited from capital flight from weaker countries. This whole exercise is part of the new rules adopted to root out economic imbalances which could prove dangerous to the European economy if left unaddressed. "This is not about the EU running economies in place of national governments," said President Barroso. "It is about ensuring that what is good for individual states is also good for the EU." Yet once again it highlights a dilemma: that the need to improve the management of the eurozone inevitably impinges on national economic policy, and that causes political unease. Some of those stresses have been seen in Germany recently, with the potential coalition partners discussing whether referendums were needed when significant powers were passed to Brussels. The Commission will report just before the European elections, when German voters will have the possibility of backing an openly Eurosceptic party if they do not like what they hear from Brussels. Some voters will agree that Germany should act in the European interest. Some will not.

ब्रसेल्स में बुधवार को वरिष्ठ यूरोपीय अधिकारियों को एक कष्टप्रद नृत्य करते हुए देखा जा सकता है। यूरोपीय आयोग ने जर्मनी को उसके व्यापार अधिशेष के लिए जांच के दायरे में रखा। यूरोप की आर्थिक शक्ति अब खुद को एक "गहन समीक्षा" के हिस्से के रूप में जांच के दायरे में पाएगी, जिसकी रिपोर्ट वसंत तक आने की उम्मीद है।


A-levels day: 10 mistakes parents make when reacting to results

Summary: It's a tense moment for families when exam results arrive. Emotions are running high. It's not just the students who are under pressure. How should parents avoid saying the wrong thing? 1. Not realising whatever you say is going to be wrong.

By Sean CoughlanBBC News education correspondent Always being in the wrong is part of the job description of being a teenager's parent. But when the envelope is opened you need to show the right expression to match the results. Otherwise you face a terrible, emergency, gear-crunching change of direction. Just when you've put on your best sympathy-at-a-funeral face, you realise that you're meant to be celebrating. Those results are... absolutely. We're proud of you. Never doubted you for a second. Punch the air. 2. Not really meaning it. This is a tough one to get around. You've delivered what you thought was a little gem of supportive parenting. It was so sincere that it more or less came with its own orchestra. It's so empathetic that parts of your head have dissolved into soft focus. But you hit the crash barriers at speed, because you're told: "You don't really mean it. You're just saying it. If you think it's a disaster, just say it." 3. Changing your Facebook status to "gutted". You know the dangerous territory we're entering. A Facebook mother armed with an iPad and something chilled, makes a stray comment about exam results not going entirely to plan. There's a throwaway remark about the Titanic. It's only intended to be a bit ironic, a little joke between parents. Teenagers might laugh a lot but don't mistake this for a sense of humour. Not about these exams, no way. If you want to destroy my life just tell me to my face. 4. "Why would I be disappointed? This is fantastic news, isn't it?" Keep that smile more frozen than fish fingers in a polar bear's deep freeze. You have to show you're happy. Those grades look impressive, but don't make the error of expecting unbridled joy. For today's high-pressure teenagers, anything that isn't perfect is a disaster. They may as well scrap their career plans right now. The world has ended. Look at all those blonde triplets jumping on the front page of the Daily Telegraph. They've got an A* in everything. Why haven't I? Keep smiling. 5. "Almost as good as your cousin." Don't even think about it. The most inflammatory parental response is a comparison to the perfect cousin or sibling, so clever that their results illuminate the entire extended family like a constellation of grade A*s shining in the night sky. This has been winding everyone up since nursery school. Also to be avoided are such morale-boosters as: "Congratulations, you've nearly done as well as that eight-year-old in Hong Kong." 6. "Of course these days they more or less give away A-levels." You might secretly think this, but keep such careless talk to yourself. This generation can only take the exams put in front of them and they've worked harder than we ever did. Mind you, come to mention it, until 1987, there was a limit on the amount of top grades, so in fact... Stop, there's no going back. 7. "If you were really pleased you would pay for my festival ticket." Difficult one. Of course, we're pleased about the results. Not so much about the blackmail. And have you seen the price of tickets? I know we said that if you revised really hard and got good results we'd be really pleased. But let's not get carried away. There's always room for improvement, look at your cousin... 8. "We still love you anyway. It isn't that bad, considering." There are some well-intentioned phrases that are about as supportive as a trap door. File them away with "Not the end of the world", "It could have been worse" and "To be honest, I wasn't really ever sure about that university, even though you've already bought the sweatshirt." You may as well start hand-stitching them a banner with "Loser" written on it. 9. Richard Branson didn't go to university. Folksy optimism works in animated movies about puppies with special powers, not in a world where teenagers' bad news spreads like a plague from text to Tweet to social networking. Avoid life-affirming success-from-failure stories, especially when someone has just unexpectedly found themselves in a failure-from-success story. 10. Looking slightly wistful when you're meant to sound delighted. You know it's really good news. Everything has gone well. All the hard work has been worthwhile. But you can't help but feel that twinge of parental nostalgia. And the "twinge" is a lump in the throat the size of a supertanker in a canal. Five minutes ago they were bringing home drawings from primary school and now they're getting exam results at the very end of all their school years. Raise a glass and say nothing.

जब परीक्षा परिणाम आते हैं तो परिवारों के लिए यह एक तनावपूर्ण क्षण होता है। भावनाएँ बढ़ रही होती हैं। केवल छात्र ही दबाव में नहीं होते हैं। माता-पिता को गलत बात कहने से कैसे बचना चाहिए? 1. यह महसूस न करना कि आप जो कुछ भी कहते हैं वह गलत होने वाला है।