Banks 'guilty of serious failings' in small-business sales

Summary: Just when Britain's banks would have loved some positive publicity, the City watchdog - the Financial Services Authority - has said they were guilty of serious failings in the way they sold complicated products to small businesses that were supposed to protect those businesses from sharp rises in interest rates.

Robert PestonEconomics editor In practice, some of these swaps or interest-rate hedging products increased the borrowing costs of struggling companies or prevented them from taking advantage of the sharp fall in interest rates since 2008. The FSA has found that 28,000 of these products were sold to small businesses since 2001. It said it found instances where the banks failed to explain the risks the customers were taking on, or did not disclose the big costs of cancelling in a proper way, or forced customers into naked speculation on the direction of interest rates. Banks were motivated in these sales, said the FSA, by "rewards and incentives" for individual bankers, rather than the interests of clients. Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS have all agreed to stop selling the most complex products, called structured collars, to retail clients, and to provide redress to those that bought the most complex products. The FSA will appoint independent reviewers at each bank to verify that the banks are providing restitution in an expeditious way. But there was a little bit of respite in what has become almost the national sport of bashing Bob Diamond, the chief executive of Barclays. Martin Wheatley, managing director of the FSA's Conduct Business Unit, said: "I am particularly pleased that the CEOs, Bob Diamond, Brian Robertson, Antonio Horta-Osorio and Chris Sullivan have provided a personal assurance that they will have responsibility for oversight of this [restitution] work and will ensure that complainants are treated fairly." The devil will of course be in the detail, and one outstanding question is how ruthless the banks will be in restricting redress to those small businesses that are so small that they are the equivalent of retail customers in the FSA's rules. You may recall that in the spring I highlighted the plight of Adcocks, a small electricals retailer in Norfolk, brought to the brink of collapse after it bought one of the notorious structured collars from Barclays. It had one employee too many to be considered a retail customer, so it is not clear whether in future Barclays would be banned from selling this hedging product to the likes of Adcocks or whether the owner Paul Adcock will be able to escape from the financially crippling contract.

ठीक जब ब्रिटेन के बैंकों को कुछ सकारात्मक प्रचार पसंद आया होगा, शहर के प्रहरी-वित्तीय सेवा प्राधिकरण-ने कहा है कि वे छोटे व्यवसायों को जटिल उत्पादों को बेचने के तरीके में गंभीर विफलताओं के लिए दोषी थे, जो उन व्यवसायों को ब्याज दरों में तेज वृद्धि से बचाने के लिए माना जाता था।


Clutha crash: What we know about the final flight

Summary: On the evening of Friday 29 November 2013, a Police Scotland helicopter left its base in Glasgow. Captain David Traill was at the controls of the Eurocopter EC135 which was on routine call outs. Almost 100 minutes later the aircraft crashed onto the roof of The Clutha bar killing three on board and seven inside.

By Paul O'HareBBC Scotland 20:44 - Helicopter leaves Glasgow City Heliport The helicopter's first task was responding to a report of a person who had been struck by a train in Oatlands, on the south side of the city. The aircraft, operated by Bond Air Services, had been in service since August 2008 and responded to a variety of calls across the country, ranging from firearms incidents and vehicle pursuits to locating farm animals in heavy snow. Capt Traill, a former RAF pilot, was joined by PC Tony Collins and PC Kirsty Nelis on a clear, moonless night. The crew had two means of communication, both of which were recorded. It was the responsibility of the pilot to liaise with Air Traffic Control and, separately, the Police Scotland Airwave system was used for operational purposes. The history of the flight was traced using radar returns. Crucially, the helicopter was not fitted with a black box flight recorder which could have given a vital insight into what happened on board. 21:59 - 22:04 - First low fuel warning A key reference point for the inquiry was the 176-page Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report into the disaster, which was published in October 2015. It reported that at 21:22 the aircraft set off for Dalkeith, Midlothian - 42 nautical miles away - for a surveillance task which lasted just three minutes. By 21:45 the helicopter was heading back to Glasgow but before it reached Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, at 22:06, the pilot was presented with the first of five low fuel warnings. Each time a fuel warning illuminated on the helicopter's control panel it was accompanied by an "audio gong" which would be heard by anyone in the helicopter. The warning must be acknowledged and suppressed by pressing a button. The AAIB report was unable to determine precisely when the warnings activated but it noted each time Capt Traill acknowledged the gong. Marcus Cook, senior inspector of air accidents at the AAIB, told the FAI that police helicopter pilots have an "acute fuel awareness" due to the non-routine nature of their work. 22:06 - Helicopter arrives over Bothwell Capt Traill was instructed on the helicopter's fuel system during his initial conversion training in 2008 and had completed 646 flying hours in the EC135. A key part of the training was the instruction to land within ten minutes of being presented with a fuel warning. But the inquiry heard the pilot was presented with a further four fuel warnings during the fateful flight. Despite this three further surveillance sweeps in Bothwell and Uddingston, both South Lanarkshire and Bargeddie, North Lanarkshire, were carried out. The FAI heard Capt Traill, who had thousands of hours of flying time, was described as a "safe pair of hands" and a "stickler" for the rules. This begs the question why would a vastly experienced pilot agree to three further tasks if he had been confronted with an emergency fuel situation? 22:14 - Final routine surveillance over Bargeddie Evidence was also led that the two fuel pumps - which supplied fuel to the twin engines - were switched off, together or independently, at some point or points between Dalkieth and Bothwell. This action may have been taken as they were showing as "dry" due to the tilt of the aircraft leading to fuel sloshing or over spilling. The pumps may also have been overheating, which can cause an explosion. A video simulation of the helicopter's last flight, produced by manufacturers Airbus, noted: "There is no explanation why the pumps both came to be in the off position." PC Collins and PC Nelis, who was sitting in the front seat, were also trained to intervene if they were in any way concerned about a pilot's actions. During his evidence Insp Nicholas Whyte, of Police Scotland's Air Support Unit, was asked to assess what went on in the cockpit. He replied: "It does not make sense that that flight would continue for the length of time that it did given the evidence we have over the red warnings. "It does not make sense that those individuals that I knew continued with that flight. It does not make sense." 22:19 - Pilot tells base he is returning Insp Whyte was also asked why the crew did not raise the alarm if, hypothetically, Capt Traill was dismissive of their concerns. He told the inquiry: "The only theory that I can present is that they actually were not presented with the warnings that we saw." This implies no fuel warning lights were illuminated on the control panel and the gongs the pilot responded to occurred in isolation. Despite this hypothesis the inquiry found no evidence the aircraft's Cautionary Advisory Display failed prior to the accident. At 22:19 Capt Traill informed Air Traffic Control that the helicopter was returning to Glasgow City Heliport. When he signed off the pilot had given no indication of any fault or any concern. And at no point during the flight did he issue PAN or a Mayday call. 22:21 - 22:22 - Engines flame out Two minutes later, at 22:21, the helicopter's right engine flamed out while it was travelling at a speed of 100 knots. Investigators established the left engine flamed out 32 seconds later, while the aircraft was between 500 and 600ft from the ground. Mr Cook said: "From the point the second engine flames out he [the pilot] had less than ten seconds." On the ground witness Andrew Bergen saw the helicopter flying over the Clyde and told the court: "It made what I can only describe as a spluttering noise". 22:22 - Helicopter falls onto Clutha The solicitor said the helicopter's tail dipped and pointed toward the ground. He added: "Simultaneously the lights went out and it seemed to me that the rotor stopped spinning. It was still turning but not under power." Taxi driver Tariq Malik, was in the car park of the Grand Mosque on Ballater Street, on the opposite side of the river. He recalled: "All I could hear was a swooshing sound as it fell through the sky." Ernest Docherty heard the helicopter behind him before he saw it. He told the court: "It was like an old car trying to start but a thousand times louder." More than 100 people were in The Clutha Bar when the helicopter crashed into the roof and customers were enjoying a live set by the Ska band, Esperanza. The inquiry did not hear any evidence from the survivors or the emergency service personnel and passers by who responded to the tragedy. The aircraft was later found to have 76kg of fuel - 9kg less than the recommended minimum - in the main tank but both supply tanks were empty. As well as Capt Traill, PC Collins and PC Kirsty Nelis seven customers who were in the bar on Stockwell Street lost their lives . They were Gary Arthur, 48; Joe Cusker, 59; Colin Gibson, 33; Robert Jenkins, 61; John McGarrigle, 58; Samuel McGhee, 56; and Mark O'Prey, 44. A further 31 people were injured. 'An accident waiting to happen' The dead were remembered with a minutes' silence when the inquiry started in a temporary court at Hampden Park on 8 April. On the third day the court later heard a joint minute of agreement which revealed when and how each victim died. The weeks that followed featured hours of technical evidence which at times was difficult to follow. The court heard the crash was the first reported instance of "fuel starvation" since the model was launched in 1996. The inquiry was also told that the initial AAIB investigation was hampered by a lack of evidence, which expert witness Peter Wivell admitted was "frustrating for everyone". Concerns were raised about the level of maintenance carried out on helicopters in Glasgow and on the day before the crash an engineer described the issue as "an accident waiting to happen". The FAI also heard testimony about faulty fuel warnings and a fuel tank water contamination concern. Nine men and one woman died in the accident One criticism was that victims did not feature enough during the proceedings. Indeed the only insight into the human impact came on the opening day when statements were read out on behalf of six of the ten families. The court heard Colin Gibson was celebrating a friend's birthday and had never been in the bar before, while John McGarrigle was a Clutha regular who always sat in the same seat. Tributes were also paid to Samuel McGhee, Gary Arthur and Mark O'Prey. But perhaps the most poignant was the statement read out by Donald Findlay QC, representing Robert Jenkins' partner Mary Kavanagh. She last saw the 61-year-old as he walked to the bar to buy her a cranberry juice. Mr Findlay said: "All Mary wants to know is why she went into the bar with the man she was going to spend the rest of her life with and came out alone."

शुक्रवार 29 नवंबर 2013 की शाम को, एक पुलिस स्कॉटलैंड हेलीकॉप्टर ग्लासगो में अपने अड्डे से रवाना हुआ। कैप्टन डेविड ट्रेल यूरोकॉप्टर ईसी 135 के नियंत्रण में था जो नियमित कॉल आउट पर था। लगभग 100 मिनट बाद विमान द क्लुथा बार की छत पर दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गया जिसमें सवार तीन और अंदर सात लोगों की मौत हो गई।


How did governments lose control of encryption?

Summary: The clash between Apple and the FBI over whether the company should provide access to encrypted data on a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers highlights debates about privacy and data security which have raged for decades.

Cryptography was once controlled by the state and deployed only for military and diplomatic ends. But in the 1970s, cryptographer Whitfield Diffie devised a system which took encryption keys away from the state and marked the start of the so-called "Crypto Wars". Whitfield Diffie and three other experts spoke to the BBC World Service Inquiry programme about the tensions at the heart of the spat between Apple and the FBI. Whitfield Diffie: The revolution begins In 1975, cryptographer Whitfield Diffie devised "public key cryptography", which revolutionised encryption. "The basic techniques we used until public key cryptography come from around 1500 in the western world, and were known from about 800 in the Middle East. "They are basically arithmetic. Not ordinary integer arithmetic, but something like clock arithmetic - it's 11 o'clock and you wait three hours and you get 2 o'clock - and table lookups. What's the 5th element in the table? What's the 20th element? "The trouble is you can't do them very well without some kind of mechanical computation. A human being can't do enough of those calculations to produce a secure system without making too many mistakes. "Before what we did, you could not have supported cryptography outside a fairly integrated organisation. If you look at the US Department of Defense, it's very large, but very centralised; everybody knows the chain of command. "They can have a trusted entity run by the National Security Agency (NSA) to manage the keys [used by the military and government]. If you were in the military, and it was part of your assignment to talk to somebody securely in another part of the military, they would supply you with a key, and every morning you come out and put one in your teletype machine or phone or whatever. "But the internet is not just meant for friends to talk to friends, it's for everybody to talk to everybody. Until you have public key cryptography you have no way of arranging the keys on demand at a moment's notice for these secure communications. "That's what browsers do with websites all the time. Amazon, eBay, all of the merchants on the internet encrypt at least some of the traffic you have with them, at the very least the payment portion of it. "[At the time] the NSA reacted like any other enterprise that has had a monopoly in a market for a long period of time. Suddenly somebody was treading on its turf, and it made several attempts to recapture its market." Susan Landau: Crypto Wars Susan Landau is professor of Cyber Security Policy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. "Public-key cryptography was mathematically elegant and also quite elementary. That's what made it so powerful and so wonderful. "The NSA said 'Wait a minute: this work should be classified.' They had been accustomed to being the only place that cryptography was done. They didn't want a competitor developing algorithms that maybe they would have trouble breaking into. They wanted to hold the keys to the kingdom. "There was a big fight between the academic and industry research community and the NSA. But it was settled fairly amicably, fairly quickly. The next problem was who would control the development of cryptography standards for the US government. "The NSA does this for military and diplomatic communications, but there's a vast need for cryptography for civilian agencies such as health and human services, education, agriculture. The National Bureau of Standards had been doing this in the 1970s but in the 1980s the NSA began pushing in this direction. "Congress, who had always looked more favourably on the civilian side, put the National Institute of Standards and Technology in charge. "But the law also included this little thing about three people from NSA approving certain things. They exercised tremendous control, and kept blocking standards that were more friendly to the commercial sector. That battle went on between 1987 until the mid 1990s. It was quite ugly. "Another battle was over the clipper chip. Clipper was a very hard algorithm with a secure key, but the key was split and was to be shared with agencies of the federal government. The idea was [that] a business person travelling overseas would be able to use a clipper-enabled phone and talk securely with the office back at home. "But if you're doing something illegal the US government will be able to decrypt easily, because the keys are held by its agencies. "It was a complete flop. Outside the US, no one wanted it. Inside the US, no one bought it. It was a total failure. "The controls on cryptography in the 1990s were very odd because they were controls on an export. If you wanted to export a computer or communications device with cryptography, you needed an export licence from the US government. "Much of the time you would get 'We're looking at it, we'll get back to you.' Of course, when you're selling high tech, you don't need a delay of two months, [so] you decide not to have strong encryption within the device - you put in something very weak that the US government will allow to go without a licence. The effect was to not have strong encryption domestically as well as abroad. "In 2000, the US government loosened the controls on export of devices with strong encryption; it looked as if the private sector won the battle." Alan Woodward: Going dark Alan Woodward is an expert in signals intelligence, intelligence gathered from communications, who has worked for the UK government in various roles. "Suppose you got intelligence that people appeared to be mobilising their military forces. You'd need to know whether that was a prelude to war, or just an exercise. One of the ways to do that was by analysing the signals and communications traffic going around on the other side. "In the early 2000s, it got harder. Previously they'd had the ability to decrypt things that were weakly encrypted. You could throw a super computer at the problem and try all the possible keys until you unlock the message. "You just physically couldn't do that for the number of encrypted messages that were starting to pile up. But also, the forms of encryption were becoming stronger. The encryption that was being used by governments themselves back in the 1970s was called the Data Encryption Standard. With a modern PC, you can break that in a matter of seconds. That kind of evolution in encryption and decryption has been going on ever since. "It got worse because there were various other forms of technology that were based on encryption, where you were able to remain anonymous, completely hidden. There's a thing called the Tor network which causes security agencies a great deal of trouble, because you don't even know where that person is based, never mind who they're communicating with. "Governments recognised that there wasn't a lot you could do about this technically or from a policy perspective. It's out there. So what you have to do is be able to get at it before it is encrypted or after it's decrypted. "They recognised that they needed to work more closely with the technology providers because they were the ones that owned the infrastructure that was being used. They were the ones running it; it was no longer governments and state telecommunications companies. "They had very good relationships. Microsoft produced a suite of software called Cofee (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor), which is only given to government and Law Enforcement Agencies. It's a forensic tool that allows you to analyse Windows systems. "You used to be able to go along to Apple and they could unlock the phone. With messaging services it was possible for governments with the right authorisation to go along and sit in the middle of the conversation and look at the messages in a non-encrypted form. "All of that changed when Edward Snowden got his leaks out." Jeff Larson: The Snowden Effect Jeff Larson is a reporter at New York investigative newsroom ProPublica. It worked with the Guardian newspaper on the sensitive material leaked by Edward Snowden from the US National Security Agency in 2013. "I had seen something in the Snowden tranche of documents that made me suspicious that the NSA and GCHQ had been working behind the scenes to crack encryption that powers internet technologies. "When you log into your bank or Twitter or Facebook, your web browser talks to those servers over what's known as TLS, which is an encryption layer that protects the confidentiality of that traffic. "The intelligence agencies - not only NSA and GCHQ, but Canada and Australia and New Zealand- had spent 10 years and untold billions of dollars trying to break these fundamental encryption technologies. "They honed things, like their power with super computers, but they were also able to mount a programme of inserting back doors into cryptographic software, and - perhaps a bit more troubling - the NSA launched a covert campaign to influence the very standards that programmers rely on to create encryption. "So standards bodies write up 'here's how encryption works, here's how you implement it in your software', and the NSA was actually working against that effort. "Ever since [the Snowden revelations were published in] 2013, there's been quite a movement to further encrypt the internet. "I think there's been an awakening on the part of private companies that it is important to their users to keep [their data] confidential and secret. "Apple saw these revelations about the overreach of intelligence services and law enforcement services, and created a phone that was harder to crack because they wanted to increase the security of their users. I do believe that. "The Apple case is very hard. I see the arguments on both sides. I see the fact that the FBI wants access to this information, and I also see Apple's need to protect its customers' privacy. "I hope that we come to a conclusion that is more open and transparent. What I would say is I like that this fight is happening in public so that we can have debates like this." The Inquiry is broadcast on the BBC World Service on Tuesdays from 12:05 GMT. Listen online or download the podcast.

ऐप्पल और एफ. बी. आई. के बीच इस बात पर टकराव कि क्या कंपनी को सैन बर्नार्डिनो हमलावरों में से एक द्वारा उपयोग किए गए लॉक किए गए आईफ़ोन पर एन्क्रिप्टेड डेटा तक पहुंच प्रदान करनी चाहिए, गोपनीयता और डेटा सुरक्षा के बारे में बहस को उजागर करता है जो दशकों से उग्र है।


Avalanche kills six on Siachen glacier in Kashmir

Summary: Four soldiers and two porters have died after an avalanche struck on the Siachen glacier in Indian-administered Kashmir, an army official has said.

The eight-man patrol was close to 19,000 feet (5,800 metres) up in the Himalayas when the avalanche hit. Rescue teams managed to pull all the men out and helicopters evacuated seven critically injured members of the group to a nearby military hospital. Six of the men later died of hypothermia. Pakistan and India have failed to demilitarise the Siachen glacier despite talks. It is known as the highest battlefield in the world. India seized control of the glacier in 1984, and since then more soldiers have died from the conditions than in combat. A group of 10 Indian soldiers died when an avalanche hit a military base in the region in February 2016. Landslides and avalanches are common in the region during winter, when temperatures can drop to -60C.

भारत प्रशासित कश्मीर के सियाचिन ग्लेशियर में हिमस्खलन से चार सैनिकों और दो कुलियों की मौत हो गई है।


Five arrested over woman's death in Grantham

Summary: Five people have been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter and drug-related offences over the death of a woman.

Police were called to a house on Eton Street, Grantham, on Tuesday afternoon where a woman was found in cardiac arrest. She was taken to hospital but was later pronounced dead, Lincolnshire Police said. Three men, aged 43, 46 and 48, and two women, aged 41 and 47, were arrested. Anyone with information is asked to contact police. Follow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.

एक महिला की मौत को लेकर अनैच्छिक हत्या और नशीली दवाओं से संबंधित अपराधों के संदेह में पांच लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Repairs to the Caledonian and Union canals

Summary: The Caledonian Canal has closed to traffic until late March to allow for the replacement of lock gates.

The work is being done at Kytra and Fort Augustus. Scottish Canals is also carrying out repairs to the Union Canal between Falkirk and Edinburgh. The Scottish government has provided more than £5m to help cover the cost of the work.

कैलेडोनियन नहर मार्च के अंत तक यातायात के लिए बंद है ताकि ताला फाटकों को बदलने की अनुमति दी जा सके।


PC David Norman cleared of 'lying' in witness statement

Summary: A police constable has been cleared of "lying" in a witness statement.

PC David Richard Norman, from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, appeared at Swansea Crown Court accused of perverting the course of justice. PC Norman, who worked for Dyfed-Powys Police, was found not guilty of the allegation on Thursday. He had denied the charge.

एक गवाह के बयान में एक पुलिस कांस्टेबल को "झूठ" बोलने से मुक्त कर दिया गया है।


Paris Agreement: Trump's behind-the-scenes battle

Summary: While a presidential decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement would roil the international community and frustrate White House advocates of addressing climate change - including Donald Trump's own daughter - there are formidable forces within the administration in favour of such a move.

Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter Economic nationalists like senior adviser Steve Bannon view withdrawal as visible way for the US to demonstrate that it's putting its own economic interests ahead of the concerns of the "international community". Movement conservatives, including Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, are keen to strike a blow to the environmentalist coalition, which they view as creeping socialism cloaked in an earth-friendly guise. Meanwhile Mr Trump's working-class supporters - particularly those in the economically distressed coal-producing regions of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania that delivered an Electoral College victory to the president - are more concerned about jobs and their way of life, rather than the distant, amorphous threat of rising sea levels or shifting climate patterns. Ivanka Trump, along with her husband (and senior White House adviser) Jared Kushner, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defence James Mattis, were reportedly strong advocates for remaining in the agreement - for a range of environmental, diplomatic and national security reasons. The president's daughter even arranged for her father to meet politician-turned-activist Al Gore to discuss the issue during the presidential transition. The efforts always figured to be an uphill battle, however, given the issues and interests that formed the heart of Mr Trump's presidential campaign. Mr Trump once notably called global warming a "hoax" perpetrated by the Chinese, but over the course of last year's campaign he was largely silent on environmental issues. He spoke early and often about jobs, the economy and government overregulation, however, and will likely frame any move to abandon the Paris agreement as evidence that his presidency is taking action to put more money in American pockets. If such a move angers the international elite, US liberals and media talking heads, so much the better.

जबकि पेरिस समझौते से बाहर निकलने का राष्ट्रपति का निर्णय अंतर्राष्ट्रीय समुदाय को परेशान करेगा और जलवायु परिवर्तन से निपटने के व्हाइट हाउस के पैरोकारों को निराश करेगा-जिसमें डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प की अपनी बेटी भी शामिल है-प्रशासन के भीतर इस तरह के कदम के पक्ष में दुर्जेय ताकतें हैं।


Desperate Romantics 'the new Entourage'

Summary: Being Human actor Aidan Turner is starring in a very different kind of drama about a group of painters, poets and their muses. It's called Desperate Romantics and focuses as much on their scandalous love triangles as their paintings. Newsbeat caught up with Aidan to find out what life was like on set.

This isn't like your normal costume drama is it? Well, no, I guess it's not. It is in a sense but it's got a younger sort of vibe to it. It's got a younger cast and it's got a rock 'n' roll vibe to it. These are almost like the first rock and roll bands without the instruments. That's the way they were, especially Rossetti. A lot of it was drug-fuelled, a lot of it was fame obsessed. It's been described as Entourage with an easel! That was thrown around a little bit. Entourage is a good show, to be compared to that is cool. It's proper Victorian costume but it looks cool. I remember even wearing it going: 'I kind of wish they'd bring this sort of style back - it really works'. The programme makers said they weren't going to shy away from sex, relationships or the human body, how was that? Which body are you talking about? They all look pretty good from where I was sitting! There's a bit of nudity in it, a bit of sex, a little bit of kissing. I get naked a couple of times. Did you find it embarrassing? I do now! At the time, not a bit. You just get on with it. You just take your kit off and just do it. I think I spent six or seven days pretty much constantly on the trot, naked, every day wearing this little - well, a big - kind of sock over your bits. You get into it and you do it and all the girls do it, there's no qualms, there's no inhibitions, you just get your clothes off and get it on! How was the fighting? Yeah, that was scary. I remember we only had one shot at the take, or two for some bizarre reason. He scared the life out of me, you can see it in the take. Thank God the camera doesn't go down a bit lower, I'd be absolutely shivering. That was scary. Stuff like that happens all the time. You just get so into the scene because sometimes in this kind of job you don't get a lot of takes at things, you've just got to do it and that kind of raw emotion brings you through, whatever that will be. That fight in particular, it was mad. Are you hopeful it'll bring in the sort of people that don't normally watch costume drama? I guess that's sort of, in a weird way, the idea. It would be great if people could tune in. It has a pace to it that other period dramas that I've seen, don't really have, which is really cool. Maybe it will appeal to a younger audience. It's a really interesting soundtrack they've laid over it. It seems to really work. Above all it's really historically accurate which is something that's really important to me. If it was just glossy and if the facts didn't matter so much, it would mean less. Do you have any idea what's going to happen in the next series of Being Human? No, I really don't know where it's going to go. It's longer this year, it's eight episodes instead of six so they've given themselves a bit more room to take it places later on in the series. From what I've read it's really good and really exciting. We start shooting in August. We head to LA to do a bit of press over there - it's getting launched in America - then we come back and start shooting in Bristol. Can you give us any hints? I can't - you'll get me sacked! It's just really exciting from the get-go. It picks up almost where it left off - there's no huge time lapse as far as I know. As the audience were seeing it from the last episode, it pretty much continues. Vampires are very popular at the moment - have you been getting any attention from fans? Yeah, a little bit. I don't know why they're so popular. It seems to come around every 10 years, they suddenly get popular again. It'll be werewolves next year and Russell [Tovey - his co-star] will get a few more mates. When I come back to London I get it way more than I do in Dublin. It's been very strange, the response, and it's been all completely positive. Everyone has loved the show, and everyone's been really lovely about it. It's like it's their own little baby somehow, it's like they discovered the show, and then they show it to friends and it grows that way. Interview by Frances Cronin. Desperate Romantics stars on BBC2 on Tuesday 21 July at 9pm.

बीइंग ह्यूमन अभिनेता ऐडन टर्नर चित्रकारों, कवियों और उनके संगीत के एक समूह के बारे में एक बहुत ही अलग तरह के नाटक में अभिनय कर रहे हैं। इसे डेस्परेट रोमांटिक कहा जाता है और यह उनकी चित्रों की तरह ही उनके निंदनीय प्रेम त्रिकोण पर भी ध्यान केंद्रित करता है। न्यूज़बीट ने ऐडन से यह जानने के लिए संपर्क किया कि सेट पर जीवन कैसा था।


Swiss franc move leaves European homeowners counting cost

Summary: It's a very worrying time for many thousands of people in central and eastern Europe, as they helplessly watch the Swiss franc rise against their local currencies and see their mortgage repayments go up and up.

By Adam EastonBBC News, Warsaw An estimated 566,000 Poles have taken out Swiss franc-denominated loans, that's about 37% of all mortgages here. By Tuesday, the Swiss franc had risen 21% against the Polish zloty, following the Swiss National Bank's decision to abandon its currency ceiling against the euro last Thursday. Real-time Swiss franc exchange rate tables are displayed on popular news websites, so Poles can groan and fret as they watch the franc edge higher. It's been the major front page story of the daily Gazeta Wyborcza three times in the past four days. It's not just Poles. Many Hungarians, Croats and Austrians have taken out Swiss franc-denominated loans. For years banks in Poland advised customers to take out a mortgage in a foreign currency, mostly the Swiss franc, because the interest rate was much lower than on a Polish zloty loan and the expectation was that the zloty would appreciate. Then came the financial crash. In 2009, CEE (Central European) currencies lost much of their value against the Swiss franc, sending monthly mortgage repayments skyward. The Swiss National Bank's decision has now piled on more pain. Robery Grausam-Onyszkiewicz from Krakow told the TVN24 news channel that he had taken out a 150,000 zloty (£26,000; €34,000; $40,000) credit denominated in Swiss francs in 2008. Now he owes the bank 500,000 zlotys. "I lost two jobs, my health deteriorated. Let my example be a warning," he said. The franc's rise and the possibility that it will remain strong have again raised concerns that people will be unable to meet their repayments. At the moment only about 3% of Poles are in arrears. That's partly because Polish banks tended to offer Swiss franc loans to wealthier borrowers. However, there are already calls for greater protection for homeowners and those will likely increase because Poland holds parliamentary elections this autumn. Politicians will be tempted to ease the pain for households. Hungary has already done so, forcing banks to convert Swiss franc loans into local currency credit at favourable rates. "Banks should take steps to share the burden," Adam Jasser, the head of Poland's Office for Consumer Protection and Competition, UOKiK, said on Tuesday. "From our point of view the key is for clients not to be injured," he added. Poland's Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz on Tuesday ordered UOKiK and the banking regulator to investigate reports that some banks were altering mortgage agreements at the expense of the borrower. The banks are also considering helping out. The head of the Polish Banks' Association, Krzysztof Pietraszkiewicz, told Tok FM radio on Tuesday that some banks were considering a suggestion that homeowners could keep paying their instalments for a limited period of time at December's exchange rate before the Swiss franc shot up.

मध्य और पूर्वी यूरोप में हजारों लोगों के लिए यह एक बहुत ही चिंताजनक समय है, क्योंकि वे असहाय रूप से अपनी स्थानीय मुद्राओं के मुकाबले स्विस फ़्रैंक को बढ़ते हुए देखते हैं और अपने बंधक पुनर्भुगतान को बढ़ते हुए देखते हैं।


Brighton wheel opens despite complaints

Summary: A Ferris wheel has opened on Brighton seafront, despite complaints it ruins a conservation area.

The 150ft (45m) wheel, which is just east of Brighton Pier on Madeira Drive, has 36 gondolas and was shipped in from South Africa. Some residents have complained about the wheel's location in a conservation area near listed buildings. But supporters claim the £6m wheel will attract 250,000 visitors a year to the seaside town and create 30 jobs. Developers hope the Brighton wheel will emulate the success of the London Eye. The Eye was originally a temporary structure, but has now been in place for more than 10 years.

ब्राइटन सीफ्रंट पर एक फेरिस व्हील खोला गया है, शिकायतों के बावजूद यह एक संरक्षण क्षेत्र को बर्बाद कर देता है।


Pope Francis announces visit to Colombia in September

Summary: Pope Francis has announced he will visit Colombia in September.

The Pope closely followed the four-year talks between the government and the Farc rebel group, which led to a peace agreement in November. President Juan Manuel Santos said the Pope was travelling to Colombia to help "in the building of peace". He will arrive in the capital, Bogota, on 6 September and will visit Medellin, Cartagena and Villavicencio before returning to Rome five days later. A Vatican spokesman said that the fact that the Pope was visiting only one country in the region and the length of the trip showed the importance Pope Francis attributed to Colombia. Pope hints at ordination of married men 'Bridges, not walls' During a visit in 2015 to Cuba, where the peace negotiations were held, he urged the Colombian government and the Farc to persevere with the talks. He said the two sides could not allow "another failure on the path of peace and reconciliation". "Pope Francis is a builder of bridges, not walls,'' said Mr Santos, "The visit will help Colombians come together as a fairer, more compassionate, more equal country, one that is in peace," he added. Mr Santos won last year's Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the conflict with the left-wing rebels. Pope's reforms polarise the Vatican Pope warns against rise in populism Peace deal 'must rebuild' Colombia The agreement is now being implemented. But it still divides opinions in Colombia, where many think the rebels will not pay for the crimes committed during the 52-year-long conflict. Some 7,000 Farc fighters are now gathered in transition zones across the country to be registered and to hand over their guns, before they return to civilian life in June. This is the third visit by a pontiff to Colombia, a nation of 47 million people where an estimated 70% of the population are Roman Catholics. Paul VI was the first Pope to visit Colombia, in 1968. Pope John Paul II travelled to the country during a Latin American tour in 1986. Pope Francis, who is Argentinian, has already been on pastoral visits to six Latin American nations - Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay.

पोप फ्रांसिस ने घोषणा की है कि वह सितंबर में कोलंबिया का दौरा करेंगे।


Farming: The UK's deadliest industry

Summary: Working on a farm used to be about as dangerous as being employed on a building site. But while the number of construction deaths has dropped over the past 30 years, fatalities in agriculture have remained high. Why? And what impact is this having on farmers and their families?

By Ed LowtherData journalist, BBC News The UK's farms remain a surprisingly deadly environment in which to work. Although construction accounts for a higher overall number of deaths, there are many more people working in construction, and so its per capita fatal accident rate is lower than agriculture's. According to BBC News analysis of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) data, workers in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector are more than 20 times more likely to be killed at work than the average for all other sectors combined. About 360,000 people work in agriculture, or 1% of the total workforce, yet the sector is responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents at work. In raw numbers, this means about 30 farm workers are killed in accidents every year. In 2017, Peter Fisher, a highly experienced haulier of agricultural goods, was among the casualties. Peter Fisher earned a living transporting enormous bales of straw. In the months leading up to his death, business was booming - a nearby power station required large quantities of straw to burn as biofuel and Peter was much in demand. He would either take the bales directly from the fields to the power station or to holding areas where they could be stored safely until needed. When the accident happened, Jack Fisher, Peter's son, was feeding cattle on a separate farm a few miles down the road. A popular and fun-loving member of the local community, his father was also an absolute stickler for doing things properly, Jack says, and always made sure his three sons went about their work carefully. But because Peter was alone when he died - solo working is common in agriculture - the family will never be sure exactly what happened to him. That weekend, he had decided to put in an early shift so he would be finished by lunchtime and could enjoy a meal out with family visiting from Nottingham. He was up and working at 04:00, loading straw on to the lorry in bales 4ft (120cm) wide, 4ft high and 8ft long. Sometime between 05:15 and 09:00, Peter was taking the support strap off a stack of bales on his lorry - something he had done many hundreds of times before. He had been shifting straw bales for nearly a decade and had done many similar jobs in the decades before that. A bale of this size weighs 650-800kg (125 stone) and they were piled four high. The stack of bales collapsed. "When they took the bales off him, he had a rolled up ratchet strap in his hand," Jack says. "It was an instant thing - he wouldn't have felt anything." The consequences were devastating, both personally and financially but Jack's older brother decided to take over the family business in the months of turmoil that followed Peter's death and in the past few weeks has persuaded Jack to join him, taking on a contract for a second lorry. "There are lots of people who have said to me, 'How can you do a job that killed your dad?' But I think the way to look at it is if you lived your life of 'What if?', then the world wouldn't go round. "If I didn't feel comfortable doing the job, then I wouldn't be doing it." Jack talks about how safety-conscious he is at work. He has become a campaigner for farm safety and says younger farmers are improving procedures to make accidents like the one that killed his father less likely. But the older generation of farmers are not keeping pace. "They feel that because they've done it so long - and they're stuck in their ways," Jack says. "My dad would probably have been one of those people who thought, 'It won't happen to me.' And that's when an accident catches you. When you think it's not going to happen to you, that's when it does happen." The farm safety campaign that Jack supports is called Yellow Wellies, which is run by the Farm Safety Foundation. He says it is managing to reach younger farmers, convincing them to take safety considerations more seriously. "The older generation - they're the people we've got to crack," he says. An HSE representative said agriculture generally was "an industry in which risks are poorly managed". "It is a challenge to get parts of this industry, which is characterised by a lack of large companies, to accept that they are not managing risks well," the spokesperson said. Construction companies, on the other hand, had reduced fatalities in their industry by adopting "demanding targets and action plans, particularly after a summit in 2001". "The supply chain in construction is often based on large companies employing various tiers of sub-contract specialists who can be directly influenced," the HSE representative said. Yellow Wellies uses the tagline: "Who would fill your boots?" In Peter's case, Jack says his father would have been "really, really proud" to see his sons taking on the family business and expanding it. He just wishes he was around to be a part of their success and advises other farmers to become more danger-aware. "Take your time - slow down, and make sure stuff's done properly, because once you're gone you're gone and that's it, there's no second chance." For more Focus on Farming content, visit our web page at www.bbc.co.uk/focusonfarming As part of our Focus on Farming week, we are looking for your pictures reflecting rural life. Send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk

एक खेत में काम करना उतना ही खतरनाक होता था जितना कि एक भवन स्थल पर काम करना। लेकिन पिछले 30 वर्षों में निर्माण से होने वाली मौतों की संख्या में कमी आई है, लेकिन कृषि में मृत्यु दर अधिक बनी हुई है। क्यों? और इसका किसानों और उनके परिवारों पर क्या प्रभाव पड़ रहा है?


10 cameos that lit up the US election campaign

Summary: Much of a US election campaign is achingly familiar - babies are kissed, the hot topics of the day are debated and the faithful pump their fists at rallies across the land. But then along comes something different.

By Tomos LewisBBC News, Washington Every so often, the spotlight falls on someone hitherto unknown, giving the campaign some colour and capturing the mood of the time. Or a mundane item suddenly makes headlines. In 1992 there was George HW Bush's watch while in 2008, Joe the Plumber took centre stage. This trend continued into the latest campaign, with several notable cameos. Here is a selection of characters and things that secured their moments in the spotlight, and some of them recall what it was like in the fleeting glare of the media. Scott Van Duzer President Obama couldn't have known the welcome that was waiting for him at the Big Apple Pizza restaurant in Fort Pierce, Florida, during a campaign stop in the crucial swing state. "We were taken totally off guard," says Scott Van Duzer, the owner. "We didn't know he was coming. We kinda hit it off and he was like an old high school friend, so I decided to hug him." The photograph of the embrace caused a sensation and became one of the defining images of the campaign. Some Republican voters boycotted the shop after the incident, while Mr Van Duzer says that business, in general, has boomed since his meeting with the president. Welsh cakes Few would-be First Ladies have baked their way through a campaign trail quite as prolifically as Ann Romney did in 2012. The sweet treat of choice? The humble Welsh cake. A staple of tea times in Wales, where her father comes from, Mrs Romney baked the small, raisin studded cakes wherever the campaign took her, and kept true to the recipe her grandmother taught her as a girl. Recipe requests for Welsh cakes spiked in the US while those lucky enough to sample Mrs Romney's delicacies were effusive in their praise. One self-professed "Welsh cake purist" wasn't so impressed, however, "Ann Romney's cakes are no good. No good at all," Welsh journalist Alex Rees told reporters in August. Watch Ann Romney baking cakes on ABC's Good Morning America P90X When Congressman Paul Ryan strode on to the national stage as Mitt Romney's vice-presidential candidate, it wasn't just political pulses that were set racing. Cheeks flushed across the political spectrum at the thought of one of the most ripped vice-presidential candidates in American history. The source of Paul Ryan's physique soon emerged as P90X, the gruelling home workout that had been a staple of the US 'infomercial' circuit for years. Sales reportedly spiked, internet traffic for P90X soared and Ryan soon boasted the most politically potent abdominals in political history. As one internet user put it in August, "All Ryan has to do is take his shirt off and this election is over." Disappointed Republicans might be feeling it's a shame he never did. Watch a BBC reporter try the P90X Ann Harris The final meal Ann Harris ever served at the Ohio diner she had owned for 30 years was a plate of eggs, bacon and wheat toast, and a glass of orange juice. The customer who had ordered it was Barack Obama. "She was the happiest woman in the world," says Wilma Parsons, Harris's daughter. "My mother was smiles from ear to ear." But within a few hours, Ann Harris was in an ambulance, being rushed to a local hospital, having complained of feeling unwell. She died, aged 70, later that morning. "He called from Air Force One," says Ms Parsons. "He said he enjoyed his talk with my mother, what a wonderful lady she was, and told me to let the family know that we are in his prayers. It meant the world to me." Joe Soptic Months before Mitt Romney had even secured the Republican Party's presidential nomination, the attack ads had already hit the airwaves. They tried to portray him as a ruthless venture capitalist, more concerned with profit than with the people he employed. But the tactic backfired when former steelworker Joe Soptic appeared in a privately-funded ad and appeared to suggest that Romney had been involved in his wife's death. (The Soptics lost their health insurance - which covered his wife's cancer treatment - when the steelworks Joe worked at was bought by Romney's company Bain Capital, and let him go.) The Republicans - and some Democrats - were fiercely critical and the Obama campaign was forced to distance itself from the claims. Clint Eastwood's empty chair Few people could get away with talking to an empty chair, live on television, during one of the most crucial political events of the year. But, my, Clint Eastwood gave it a shot. The 82-year-old Oscar winner's speech at the Republican National Convention in Florida - in which he addressed an invisible Barack Obama - bemused as much as it enthralled the some 33million viewers who had tuned in to watch the convention's closing night. "Let me just say this is entertaining but holy hell it is weird," said one conservative blogger. The Obama campaign quickly released a photo online, of the president, seated in a chair, with the words "This seat's taken" pasted to the back, and a Twitter account featuring photos of empty chairs, garnered almost 40,000 followers within 24-hours. Horses and bayonets Intended as a slap-down to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's understanding of the make-up of the US military, Barack Obama landed himself one of the most quoted one-liners of the entire campaign. During the third televised debate, in New York state, President Obama told his challenger that, as well as having fewer ships in the US Navy, the US Armed Forces also used fewer horses and bayonets today, too. That may be true, but some journalistic-digging revealed that the US Army does still in fact use both forms of military hardware in its operations. All new-recruits to the Marines are trained to use bayonets - whereas horses are primarily used for parades and other official events. Several commentators criticised the president for his "snarky" remark. David Axelrod's moustache The moustache is a dying breed in US politics. So much so that the American Moustache Institute petitioned Congress to give moustachioed Americans a $250 tax break. Bristles across the political class quivered, therefore, when one of President Obama's key advisers put his whiskers on the line for the president's re-election campaign. As the polls tightened in Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, Axelrod, live on American TV, said: "I will shave off my moustache of 40 years if we lose any of those three states." The Democrats won in all three, but Axelrod has laid down the gauntlet once more, promising to sacrifice his moustache if he raises enough cash for charity. Jack Phillips Wedding cakes rarely become the focus of political debate, but in 2012 they did. When Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cake Shop in Denver, Colorado, was asked to make a wedding cake for a gay couple tying the knot, he said no. "We would close down the bakery before we would compromise our beliefs," Phillips told a local news reporter when the story broke in July. Protesters gathered nearby, online petitions began circulating and the national press renewed its discussion of same-sex marriage as an election issue. Gay marriage was legalised by three states on election day. Phillips later told Fox News that business at his shop had doubled since the controversy. Abigael Evans Rarely does a voice cut through the white noise of election year quite as crisply as Abigael Evans's did, a week before the election. The four year-old from Colorado, red-faced and puffy-eyed and choking back her tears, voiced the unspoken mood of the nation when she told her mother why she was crying. "I'm tired," she stuttered, "I'm tired of Bronco Bama and Mitt Romney." The clip recorded by Abby's mother, Elizabeth Evans, has been watched more than 15 million times on YouTube. Watch Abigael respond to the election result

अधिकांश अमेरिकी चुनाव अभियान बेहद परिचित है-बच्चों को चूमा जाता है, दिन के गर्म विषयों पर बहस की जाती है और वफादार लोग देश भर में रैलियों में अपनी मुट्ठी भरते हैं। लेकिन फिर कुछ अलग आता है।


Deep clean on Hull Royal Infirmary norovirus Ward 12

Summary: A deep clean is being carried out at a Hull Royal Infirmary hospital ward after an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust said it hoped that Ward 12 would re-open in the next couple of days. Part of Ward 7 has also been closed following the outbreak, with the loss of four beds. Patients are being asked to stay away from the hospital and use alternatives for non-urgent problems.

शीतकालीन उल्टी बग नोरोवायरस के प्रकोप के बाद हल रॉयल इन्फर्मरी अस्पताल के वार्ड में एक गहरी सफाई की जा रही है।


Lahore roundabout sparks battle of identity in Pakistan

Summary: A row over the naming of an apparently mundane roundabout in Lahore exposed how much of a battleground Pakistan's identity can be. BBC Urdu's Shumaila Jaffrey examines the city's struggle to embrace its history.

Lahore has long been known for its historical traditions, love of culture and its diverse heritage, where parts of the city were named after Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and other communities. That is now changing. Most roads and spaces have been renamed to be associated with Muslim heroes or personalities. It appears as if nobody ever objected until the trend was bucked by the renaming of a small and insignificant roundabout, which stirred up a huge controversy between religious groups and civil society in the city. In September, the district government of Lahore declared it would rename a roundabout called Fawara Chowk in the city's Shadman area after the revolutionary Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in order to acknowledge his sacrifice for freedom. Revered idol Bhagat Singh was hanged in Shadman Square almost 80 years ago - when this part of the world was under colonial British rule - on charges of murdering a British police officer. He is still one of the most revered idols of the Indian movement for freedom. For years, admirers of Bhagat Singh across the border in India have been imploring authorities to rename this square after him. He was born into a Sikh family, but many historians believe he was an atheist. Irrespective of his religious views, his Sikh identity has become a bone of contention in the most recent controversy. Several religious groups opposed the move. A spokesman for the hardline charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, said: "We respect Bhagat Singh's sacrifices for freedom, but in the present age, the controversy is between Islam and non-Islam, and we believe that Islamic names, personalities and ideology should be promoted in Pakistan." But the decision to rename the roundabout was approved - and it unleashed a torrent of opposition. Religious groups said they would rename the roundabout Hurmat-e-Rasool (Sanctity of Prophet Muhammad) Chowk for themselves and threatened protests. Now a local traders' association has filed a petition against the decision in the Lahore High Court. In reality, most people do not care about its name but religious groups can bring pressure on people, particularly if they cast the move as anti-Islamic. The trader who filed the petition, known simply as Zahid, said: "How can we tell our children such names, names that are associated with Sikhs? Hindus are demolishing our mosques [in India], and our rulers are naming squares after them!" There is little evidence to support the claim that mosques are being demolished in India, but such a message is likely to find supporters in Pakistan. Although this is not the first time public amenities or monuments have been subject to dispute, it did raise many questions. Is Pakistan a society that can embrace the long history of its land, including the events that shaped events in the sub-continent before Independence? Or is it a place that wants to shed all such past associations and focus on its current identity. Queen Victoria moved Under the British, there were many statues erected in public places. Many have since been removed. One statue, of Sir Ganga Ram, noted for giving many landmarks to Lahore, was torn down in the communal riots of 1947 - retold in a short story by Urdu writer Hassan Manto - as documented in this blog post on Lahore's cultural heritage. "They first pelted the statue with stones; then smothered its face with coal tar. Then a man made a garland of old shoes climbed up to put it round the neck of the statue. The police arrived and opened fire. Among the injured were the fellow with the garland of old shoes. As he fell, the mob shouted: 'Let us rush him to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.'" Another prominent statue was Queen Victoria's which since 1904 had stood on Charing Cross Square on the Mall road until 1974 when it was removed from the public eye on the eve of the Islamic Summit Conference. Since then it has been displayed at the Lahore museum. Statues of Dayal Singh, King Edward, Bhagat Singh, and Lord Lawrence met the same fate. The prominent archaeologist, historian and the ex-director of the Lahore Museum, Saif-ur-Rehman Dar, believes that the statues were removed for religious reasons. "A very limited number of people are against pre-partition social and cultural icons, but they have access to media. They are very loud so their voices can be heard everywhere." He adds that statues are not popular in Pakistan: "We don't have statue of Jinnah or Liaqat Ali Khan anywhere in the country as well." But when it comes to home-grown symbols, there are fewer inhibitions. Wagah cheerleader Earlier this year, Mehar Din, also known as Chacha Pakistani (Uncle Pakistan), died aged 90. He was widely mourned in the city and indeed across the country. With a distinctive white beard, for years he was regularly seen at Pakistan's Wagah border crossing with India holding a Pakistani flag and wearing colour-co-ordinated clothing as the famous ceremony was played out each day. A patriot rather than a nationalist, he had become a prominent feature and could always be heard chanting pro-Pakistan slogans. The troops and visitors mourned his death and his zeal has been sorely missed. "The Wagah border had become his home, and everybody here was his family," said one border guard, Asim. "As long as we remember, we cannot recall any evening when Chacha Pakistan was not around." Bhagat Singh dedicated his life to revolutionary actions out of love for his motherland and these acts were part of the march towards independence from British rule. Chacha Pakistani lived from day-to-day to express his zeal for Pakistan. But were it not for Hindus, Sikhs and others like Bhagat Singh who fought for independence from the British, the series of events that led to Pakistan's creation might never have occurred. Lahore, meanwhile, remains divided about giving Bhagat Singh a place on its streets. Mr Dar says: "History is continuity, individuals can accept or reject it on their personal liking and disliking - but it cannot be disowned."

लाहौर में एक जाहिरा तौर पर सांसारिक चौक के नामकरण पर एक विवाद ने उजागर किया कि युद्ध के मैदान में पाकिस्तान की पहचान कितनी हो सकती है। बीबीसी उर्दू की शुमैला जाफरी अपने इतिहास को अपनाने के लिए शहर के संघर्ष की जांच करती है।


Woman hit by car in Highcliffe dies

Summary: A 73-year-old woman has died after being hit by a car in Highcliffe, Dorset.

The pedestrian was struck by a red Honda Jazz shortly before 10:30 BST on Friday on Wharncliffe Road near the Lymington Road, police said. She was found with multiple injuries and died later in hospital. Dorset Police said its "thoughts are with the friends and family" and investigations into the crash circumstances were ongoing. The force has appealed for witnesses and motorists with dashcam footage to come forward. Related Internet Links Dorset Police

डॉर्सेट के हाईक्लिफ में एक कार की चपेट में आने से एक 73 वर्षीय महिला की मौत हो गई है।


Australia's youth justice scandal stirs race controversy

Summary: Hooded and half-naked, 17-year-old Dylan Voller, a white boy, is shackled to a mechanical restraint chair by guards at a prison in Alice Springs, his wrists bound by straps, along with his ankles and neck.

By Phil MercerBBC News, Sydney But this is only one scene in a terrible catalogue of videos shown on Australian television's Four Corners programme, providing a shocking insight into the treatment of children, many of them Aboriginal, behind bars in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. In another video, a group of boys is seen to be repeatedly tear-gassed in an isolation unit at a detention centre in the northern city of Darwin. But to the authorities in the Northern Territory, much of what was broadcast wasn't new. Systematic abuse was exposed by the press last year, while a government-commissioned report had earlier detailed violence against teenage Aboriginal detainees, including tear-gassing. The evidence didn't stop there. In January, the former president of the Northern Territory Bar Association highlighted the use of hoods, shackling and prolonged periods of solitary confinement on young indigenous prisoners. Untangling the scandal is now up to a Royal Commission hurriedly set up in the Northern Territory's juvenile justice system, which has broad powers of investigation and is expected to start work early next month. "Like all Australians, we are shocked by that evidence that was shown on Four Corners. Deeply shocked. We have moved swiftly to get to the bottom of it… with the aim of producing a report setting out all of the facts early next year," said the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The Northern Territory covers an area greater than France and Spain put together, with a population of 244,000, which is about the same as Wolverhampton. It has a large First Nation community and more than 90% of its juvenile inmates are indigenous. In 2013, Adam Giles became Chief Minister, the first Aboriginal Australian to lead a state or territory government. He has blamed the abuse aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on "a culture of cover-up" within the Corrections Department. "There are some things that we were aware of and there's some things that we weren't. The incident around children being gassed most definitely we were aware of at the time. But the incidents around children being struck or demonised and thrown down, I wasn't aware of that," said Mr Giles. Within days of being appointed to lead the inquiry, Brian Martin, a former judge who presided over the Peter Falconio backpacker murder trial in 2005, resigned because of criticism from Aboriginal leaders. They said he was too close to the Northern Territory's judicial and political establishment. Martin quit, stressing that his independence and integrity remained intact despite the deluge of opposition to his appointment. The Royal Commission will now be jointly run by a high-profile indigenous figure Mick Gooda and Margaret White, the first woman to be made a Supreme Court judge in the state of Queensland. The new-look team of co-commissioners has not convinced some indigenous elders that the inquiry will lead to meaningful change. "They call themselves agents of the Crown. I call them agents of the crime. You cannot sit in judgement on your own crimes," veteran campaigner Jenny Munro told the BBC. "This Royal Commission will be another farce, another whitewash. I can probably even tell you the scenario. "They (the prison guards) will be exonerated, they'll be promoted within the corrections system and they'll probably even get a medal for it after a while. That is how they reward the white institutions for their torture of our people and that's how they'll continue to do it." Much of this suspicion has its roots in a 1991 Royal Commission report into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. It made 339 recommendations, yet few were implemented. Among them was a view that imprisonment should be used as a last resort, but the number of indigenous people in jail continues to grow and hundreds have died behind bars in the last quarter of a century. The statistics are grim; indigenous Australians are 13 times more likely to go to prison than their non-Aboriginal counterparts. It is undoubtedly a spiralling crisis, one that has stubbornly been beyond the efforts of legions of mostly well-intentioned politicians and officials. Ms Munro thinks she knows why - because the system is inherently racist and stacked against Australia's original inhabitants. "Justice for our people just doesn't happen in this country. We know that," she said.

हुड और अर्ध-नग्न, 17 वर्षीय डायलन वोलर, एक सफेद लड़का, एलिस स्प्रिंग्स में एक जेल में गार्ड द्वारा एक यांत्रिक संयम कुर्सी से बंधा हुआ है, उसकी कलाई पट्टियों से बंधी हुई है, साथ ही उसके टखनों और गर्दन के साथ।


America's 'inexorably' botched executions

Summary: If there seem to have been a lot of botched executions in the US recently, there have. It turns out that lethal injection - by far the most common method of execution in those states that still practise capital punishment - is also the most likely to go wrong.

By Debbie SiegelbaumBBC News, Washington Botched executions have been an "inexorable part" of the story of capital punishment in America, according to Prof Austin Sarat of Amherst College. "If you look over the course of the 20th Century, about 3% of all American executions were botched," says Sarat, who studied all of the nearly 9,000 US executions from 1890 to 2010 for his book Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty. The rate of botched lethal injections, however, was a lot higher, at 7.1%. By "botched", Sarat means the executioners departed from official legal protocol or standard operating procedure - which can result in a prolonged or painful death. These botched executions have played a big role in fuelling public revulsion, which has driven many of the changes in US execution methodology over the years, and contributed to the abolition of the practice in 18 states. "Part of the reason we have lethal injection is because of the botched electrocutions that were occurring in the 1970s," Sarat says. "And part of the reason we had electrocutions is because in… the early 20th Century, people found hanging to be gruesome." Gas chambers, meanwhile, were widely considered unacceptable after the Holocaust, though three states still allow condemned men and women to choose this form of death. But all of these systems, according to Sarat's data, had a lower botch-rate than lethal injection. The point of lethal injection, when it was introduced in the late 1970s, was to look "clean and sterile and pretty", an anaesthesiologist, who asked to remain anonymous, told the BBC. Originally proposed by an Oklahoma coroner, the conventional system consists of three drugs - an anaesthetic to relieve consciousness and pain, a paralytic to prevent movement, and a drug to stop the heart, causing death. But it does not always go smoothly. It was after Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett took 40 minutes to die in May that President Barack Obama directed the attorney general to review how the death penalty is applied. Some of the botched cases have arisen from problems with dosing, the difficulty executioners experience getting hold of good quality drugs, and the varying level of training given those administering the fatal injection. Doctors run the risk of losing their medical licence if they take part. US execution by numbers Source: The Death Penalty Information Center "The enterprise is flawed. Using drugs meant for individuals with medical needs to carry out executions is a misguided effort to mask the brutality of executions by making them look serene and peaceful," US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote on 21 July. He advocated a return to the firing squad - used only 34 times in the period studied by Sarat, but never botched according to his data. But University of California, Berkeley law professor Franklin Zimring takes a different view. "It's rather a fantasy to think that some of the tried and true methods, like a firing squad, are going to make things different or better," he says. "Anything you use to put people to death in a relatively public way is going to look pretty problematic." Sarat argues there will always be mistakes. "The question is, 'What is the tolerance of people for error?'" he says. "There is no technology over the horizon and no technology exists that will be foolproof."

यदि ऐसा लगता है कि हाल ही में अमेरिका में बहुत सारे असफल निष्पादन हुए हैं, तो ऐसा हुआ है। यह पता चला है कि घातक इंजेक्शन-उन राज्यों में निष्पादन का अब तक का सबसे आम तरीका जो अभी भी मृत्युदंड का अभ्यास करते हैं-भी गलत होने की सबसे अधिक संभावना है।


Charlotte Church will not sing at Donald Trump inauguration

Summary: Charlotte Church has taken to Twitter to turn down an alleged request to perform at US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.

The singer tweeted: "Your staff have asked me to sing at your inauguration, a simple internet search would show I think you're a tyrant. Bye." Reports from the US suggest Donald Trump is struggling to find A-list stars to perform at his inauguration. Beyonce and Aretha Franklin performed at Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009. Ms Church sang at George W. Bush's inauguration celebration when she was 15 years old. America's next president will be sworn in on 20 January. Mr Trump's team has been asked to comment.

शार्लट चर्च ने अमेरिका के नवनिर्वाचित राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प के उद्घाटन समारोह में प्रदर्शन करने के कथित अनुरोध को अस्वीकार करने के लिए ट्विटर का सहारा लिया है।


George Michael: Pop superstar dies at 53

Summary: Singer George Michael has died at his home at the age of 53.

The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and had huge success as a solo performer, "passed away peacefully" on Christmas Day in Goring, Oxfordshire, his publicist said. His manager, Michael Lippman, said he had died of heart failure. Former Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley said he was "heartbroken at the loss of my beloved friend". Writing on Twitter and referring to Michael by his family nickname of "Yog", he added: "Me, his loved ones, his friends, the world of music, the world at large. 4ever loved. A xx" On Instagram, Sir Elton John posted a photograph of himself with Michael, writing: "I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans." Obituary: George Michael George Michael: A life in pictures How the world reacted George Michael: Six songs that defined his life Michael's family announced news of his death in a statement issued through the singer's publicist. "It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period," it said. "The family would ask that their privacy be respected at this difficult and emotional time. There will be no further comment at this stage." South Central Ambulance Service were called to Michael's property at 13:42 GMT. Thames Valley Police also attended and Michael was confirmed dead at the scene. They added: "At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. A post-mortem will be undertaken in due course. " Home village mourns George Michael A small heart wreath and a rose are among the tributes left outside the front door of Michael's home, a detached property by the River Thames. Court battle Michael, who was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in north London, sold more than 100 million albums throughout a career spanning almost four decades. He first found fame with schoolfriend Ridgeley in duo Wham! - reaching number one in the UK singles charts on four occasions. One of the band's most enduring songs Last Christmas, is currently number 16 in the UK singles chart. The song was originally released in 1984 and is the biggest selling single not to reach number one. It was kept off the chart's top spot by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas, which actually featured Michael. Solo albums followed, including the multi-million selling Faith in 1987. The follow-up Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 outsold Faith in the UK but led to Michael losing a court case with record label Sony over his frustration at how the album has been marketed. From teen idol to long-term stardom His talents as a singer, songwriter and music producer made George Michael one of the world's biggest-selling artists. Blessed with good looks and a fine singing voice, his stage presence made him a favourite on the live concert circuit as he matured from teen idol to long term stardom. But there were times when his battle with drugs and encounters with the police made lurid headlines that threatened to eclipse his musical talents. Read more in George Michael's obituary As a solo artist, Michael scored a further seven number one singles in the UK with songs including Careless Whisper and Fastlove, collaborated with the likes of Aretha Franklin and Elton John, and won three Brit Awards and two Grammys. The Grammy organisers said Michael's "extraordinary talent had a profound impact on countless entertainers worldwide, and his creative contributions will live on forever". Troubled artist Michael later began facing headlines for reasons other than his music. After years of refusing to be drawn on speculation about his sexuality, Michael disclosed he was gay in 1998 after being arrested in a public toilet in Beverly Hills, California, for engaging in a lewd act. The music video for the single that followed, Outside, featured a men's bathroom transformed into a disco and policemen kissing. In October 2006 he pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs, and in 2008 was cautioned for possession of class A drugs, including crack cocaine. In September 2010, Michael received an eight-week prison sentence following an incident in which he crashed his Range Rover into a shop in north London. He admitted driving under the influence of drugs and possessing cannabis. Pop stars from Michael's heyday were joined by contemporary names in paying tribute on Twitter. ABC's Martin Fry said: "Absolutely devastated to hear of the loss of @GeorgeMichael Truly brilliant talent #sad #sad #sad." Duran Duran referred to the the so-called curse of 2016 - following the deaths of David Bowie, Prince and Rick Parfitt - posting on their official Twitter account: "2016 - loss of another talented soul. All our love and sympathy to @GeorgeMichael's family." The band included a picture of Michael with its frontman Simon Le Bon, Sting and Bob Geldof. Madonna posted a video from 1989 on Twitter and Instagram of herself presenting Michael with an award, and wrote: "Another Great Artist leaves us". Robbie Williams, whose first solo single was a cover of Michael's song Freedom, wrote: "Oh God no …I love you George …Rest In Peace x". DJ Tony Blackburn said: "Unbelievable, George Michael has died at the age of 53. RIP. This dreadful year goes on and on. So sad, a real talent." Speaking to the BBC, Paul Young recalled an impromptu duet with Michael at a Prince's Trust event in 1986. He said his voice "cuts straight through your heart". Boy George wrote: "He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating. "What a beautiful voice he had and his music will live on as a testament to his talent. I can't believe he is gone. I hope the Buddha will hold him in his arms." See more reaction to Michael's death How I featured on a George Michael song George Michael's UK number one singles In 2011, Michael postponed a series of concerts after being taken to hospital for treatment for pneumonia. After treatment in a Vienna hospital, he made a tearful appearance outside his London home and said it had been "touch and go" whether he lived. The experience inspired the single White Light which was his last Top 40 hit in 2012 and which he performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London. Earlier this month it was announced that producer and songwriter Naughty Boy was working with Michael on a new album. Michael had also recently been working on a documentary chronicling his rise to fame with Wham! and made a direct appeal on Twitter to his fans, asking them to send in their own videos and photographs dating from 1988 to 1996. The documentary film entitled Freedom was originally expected to be released this year but was recently delayed until next March. How George Michael inspired Carpool Karaoke phenomenon In 2011, George Michael joined James Corden for a Comic Relief sketch on BBC One which went on to inspire the hugely successful Carpool Karaoke segments on Corden's Late Late Show on CBS. The feature is now a staple of the American chat show, with stars such as Madonna and Michelle Obama having appeared, and attracts huge online audiences. The original sketch began with Corden poking fun at Michael and ended with the pair singing along to Wham!'s I'm Your Man. Corden said: "I've loved George Michael for as long as I can remember. He was an absolute inspiration. Always ahead of his time."

गायक जॉर्ज माइकल का 53 वर्ष की आयु में उनके घर पर निधन हो गया है।


What would Ernest Shackleton have tweeted?

Summary: The Antarctic remains a harsh and inhospitable place to work and live, but modern times has seen a tremendous influx of those who "overwinter", able to brave the conditions with just a few home comforts. The Antarctic-based doctor Alexander Kumar, originally from Derbyshire, UK, considers what email and social media have done to bring warmth to the icy conditions.

Nearly 100 years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton's arm had been twisted and after some struggle he had been finally forced to announce to his crew to "abandon ship". His vessel, the Endurance, had been sealed in, crushed and eventually sunk by the unforgiving Antarctic ice, as his helpless and homeless crew looked on unable to save their trusted link back to civilisation. I am a British medical doctor currently living and overwintering in Antarctica within a European crew of 12 others isolated and alone at Concordia, a French-Italian Research Station and one of the most remote human outposts, located in "middle Antarctic nowhere" within the most extreme environment on Earth. As I walk outside under a starry, polar night sky, I wonder what Shackleton would have tweeted or how he would have updated his Facebook status: "Shackleton is.... sunk... Help!" perhaps, had his own expedition been able to communicate with the world they had left behind. In February, some of this year's overwintering crew stood alone, waving goodbye to the last plane as it took off into the sunrise. It will not be until November that the next plane will arrive, if it does so at all. I will never forget the moment, as I stood among the group, waving, I snapped this photo and remembered thinking how this is the closest anyone can come to feeling the same way as members of Shackleton's crew had who remained behind on Elephant Island. They were isolated and marooned on the shoreline, waving off the James Caird boat, their very last hope and link to civilisation as it disappeared off into the horizon, not knowing if anyone would ever return and if they themselves would ever meet civilisation again. Here we are living 100 years later in Antarctica, under a similar cloud of uncertainty, laying in wait for our return link back to civilisation. Like the men left on Elephant Island, we remain similarly physically unreachable but surprisingly not so uncontactable. Bonding exercise Having endured the imprisonment of the ice, Shackleton eventually escaped his certain fate and upon reaching his goal, he famously entered the Whaling Station Master's office on South Georgia. Bewildered, exhausted and unrecognisable to his former self, he summoned the strength to ask one of his own questions. He had asked the station master if the (First World) War had ended, unaware of its cataclysmic continuation. His crew had been "alone" on the ice from 1915-16, unable to communicate with the outside world. But in being isolated, they had survived, becoming a stronger team than ever, immersing themselves in whatever theatricals and other forms of basic entertainment they could muster. They got to know each other like a family and supported each other. There was no other way. Since Shackleton's expedition, a technological revolution in modern communications, have brought wide satellite phone coverage and increased internet capabilities. This has benefited many communities living in isolation all over the world, from Nome, Alaska, to overwintering manned research outposts such as Concordia in Antarctica. As a current overwintering, lone station doctor, since reading the interesting cases in Antarctica's long and adventurous medical history including Russian Doctor Rogozov's famous surgical removal of his own infected appendix, I am always grateful to be able to discuss difficult or challenging medical cases live from Antarctica, with specialists back in Europe, via telemedicine. Today overwintering teams around the frozen continent, although being physically isolated, very much enjoy remaining being "plugged in" and connected to the world. We can send research data, follow civil wars, satisfy our curiosity confirming England's early and predictable exit from the Euro 2012 football competition and receive updates from loved ones. I myself enjoy receiving photos of my Siberian Husky puppy who I left at home aged just 3 months. She is now fully grown and it has been interesting using her growth as a way to gauge my time away from home. However, I would argue that such luxury in communication brings great potential risk to your well-being when overwintering in Antarctica. Always a downside Whilst overwintering, like Shackleton's crew, over the past months, I have found our team to have grown together with humour and stories of past experiences. A natural response in any overwintering team is to develop the view that other distant people are considered as such - as "others" and more so "outsiders". They are separate and unable to truly understand the stresses of confinement, isolation and sensory deprivation experienced in overwintering, without doing so themselves. I have also come to realise that the majority of problems that arise between crew members during winter on Antarctic bases, are so often not directly caused by internal base problems but in fact are "airdropped" in over the long, dark polar night by email, Facebook, Twitter, Telephone, video call, text or any other form of social media. Like precision missiles, they seek a target and explode, causing maximum damage, only in the vicinity of the base. Each team is left to clear up the aftermath. The potential for disaster always looms and statistically will always happen, if only because of the sheer number of people overwintering in Antarctica these days. It is not a question whether bad news will arrive, but instead is only a question of when it will do so and to whom. So far we have been very fortunate in this respect. I will always remember one exception - an anonymous crew member who was dumped by their partner whilst out on the ice, on Christmas Day nonetheless. Fortunately, since we live in the coldest place on Earth with temperatures below -70C, we can make our own homemade ice cream on the base. Living at Concordia, in a period of nine months of complete isolation from February through November, should a bomb of bad news be dropped, you are absolutely helpless to do anything and are unable to leave to attend to matters back home. Things were very different 30 years ago within the British Antarctic Survey for example. Dr Chris Johnson, a friend and consultant anaesthetist who was overwintering at the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Station in the late 1970s, reminded me in an email about his own experience on the ice. He explained to me how news from home only ever arrived in the form of an occasional, perhaps monthly 200-word Telex, containing a paragraph of text. In case of a problem, there was an excellent liaison officer who could assist greatly by communicating with the overwinterer and their family, in the event of stress, illness or bereavement. Today, our crew lives in a comfortable, modern Antarctic station, a century on from where Scott passed away in his tent, Shackleton's boat sank and Byrd sobbed into his folded frozen arms alone. Here, even with our limited internet access, we can sometimes access Facebook, Twitter and receive texts, and even video and telephone calls. But we live in fear, like other wintering stations, addicted to our previous comparatively heavily-complicated lives, whilst playing a game of Russian Roulette with our computers. Every time we hit the get mail button, we rejoin civilisation, but never know when or by what means or whom will be struck first by such a bomb airdropped directly into our inboxes. Tomorrow I will make my once monthly satellite phone call to my friend Dr Dale Molé, currently overwintering as the lone physician at the United States Amundsen Scott South Pole station. Usually we are both relieved to share Shackleton's exchange of words to his mate, Frank Wild, when he arrived back to rescue his marooned crew from Elephant Island, shouting "Are you all well", hearing Wild's reply, "All safe, all well", to which Shackleton responded, "Thank God". After updating my blog, I pause as I realise again that just leaves me to connect to my email to send this article back to civilisation, from the most isolated and remote place on the planet. I press send and gulp as a message pops up, "You have mail". It seems social media itself has become one of the 21st century challenges to living happily and peacefully, on an edge, down here in the world's most extreme, remote and beautiful, yet connected environment. It could just be that in the Antarctic winter, no news is better than bad news. Dr Alexander Kumar FRGS is the Concordia Station doctor (Institut Polaire Français) and European Space Agency-sponsored research MD

अंटार्कटिक में काम करने और रहने के लिए एक कठोर और दुर्गम जगह बनी हुई है, लेकिन आधुनिक समय में उन लोगों की भारी आमद देखी गई है जो "अधिक सर्दियों" में कुछ ही घरेलू सुविधाओं के साथ परिस्थितियों का सामना करने में सक्षम हैं। मूल रूप से डर्बीशायर, यूके के अंटार्कटिक स्थित डॉक्टर अलेक्जेंडर कुमार मानते हैं कि ईमेल और सोशल मीडिया ने बर्फीली परिस्थितियों में गर्मजोशी लाने के लिए क्या किया है।


New Welsh language pressure group Dyfodol i'r Iaith

Summary: A new pressure group for the Welsh language is being launched.

Supporters of Dyfodol i'r Iaith (A future for the language) say they will lobby to ensure it is "at the heart of civic and community life in Wales". They say they will use constitutional means to influence the public policy and legislation to "promote and nurture" the language. The group said it was responding to the challenge of a Wales where the assembly has primary legislative powers. This year marks the 50th anniversary of a radio lecture by playwright, poet and Plaid Cymru co-founder Saunders Lewis which led to the setting up of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society). Saunders Lewis' lecture claimed that Welsh was on the brink of extinction. In February the outgoing head of the Welsh Language Board claimed the language was dying in its heartlands. "We need an organisation like Dyfodol to take advantage of the new opportunities available to legislate for the Welsh language," said Heini Gruffudd from Swansea, of the group's steering committee. Membership is open to all, and professionals will be employed to support the group's work. The group said it will focus on several areas of work including education, communities, economy, the media and language planning. Dr Simon Brooks, a lecturer at Cardiff University, told BBC Radio Wales it was time that Wales had an "independent lobby group" for the language in the "post devolution" era. He said Cymdeithas yr Iaith was a very successful group, but it was based on "street protests" and "direct action," whereas Dyfodol would employ purely constitutional means.

वेल्श भाषा के लिए एक नया दबाव समूह शुरू किया जा रहा है।


Shetland memorial for oil industry-related air deaths unveiled

Summary: A memorial dedicated to 79 people who lost their lives in four oil industry-related air accidents around Shetland has been unveiled at Sumburgh Airport.

The worst loss of life was the 45 killed in the 1986 Chinook crash. Another 17 lost their lives in a failed Dan Air take-off in 1979, and two helicopter crashes in 1990 and 1992 claimed six and 11 lives respectively. The memorial consists of a stone horseshoe-shaped structure. It has two teak benches and the names of all those who were killed are listed. Thousands of pounds were raised to build the memorial.

शेटलैंड के आसपास तेल उद्योग से संबंधित चार हवाई दुर्घटनाओं में जान गंवाने वाले 79 लोगों को समर्पित एक स्मारक का सुम्बर्ग हवाई अड्डे पर अनावरण किया गया है।


Bearwood woman cleared over Smethwick road death

Summary: A woman has been acquitted of causing the death of a six-year-old girl by dangerous driving.

Jannatul Bakya was on her way to prayers with her father when she was struck while crossing Oldbury Road, Smethwick, in July 2018. She was pronounced dead at the scene. In addition to the dangerous driving charge, Andjele Vranjes, 28, of Bearwood, was found not guilty of causing death by careless driving at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone. Related Internet Links HM Courts & Tribunals Service

खतरनाक तरीके से गाड़ी चलाकर छह साल की बच्ची की मौत के मामले में एक महिला को बरी कर दिया गया है।


Boy, 13, seriously injured by car in Poole hit-and-run

Summary: A man has been arrested after a boy suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a car in a hit-and-run.

The 13-year-old pedestrian was taken to hospital with head injuries following the crash in Melbury Avenue, Poole, Dorset, at 14:27 BST on Friday. Dorset Police said it was reported the driver did not stop at the scene. A 28-year-old man, from Poole, has since been arrested on suspicion of driving offences. Police are appealing for witnesses.

हिट-एंड-रन में एक कार की चपेट में आने से एक लड़के को जानलेवा चोट लगने के बाद एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


BBC Radio Kent airport debate in Rochester

Summary: BBC Radio Kent is hosting a debate on airport expansion.

A panel will come together at Cliffe Memorial Hall near Rochester on 30 October with doors opening at 18:00 GMT. The panellists will be: If you would like to be in the audience, you can request tickets by emailing radio.kent@bbc.co.uk or writing to: BBC Radio Kent, The Great Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1QQ. Admission is by ticket only. Tickets are free but are limited to a maximum of two per person and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Applications for tickets have now closed, and they have all been allocated.

बी. बी. सी. रेडियो केंट हवाई अड्डे के विस्तार पर एक बहस की मेजबानी कर रहा है।


Anne Frank keeps memory alive for new generation

Summary: A new play based on the best-selling diaries of Anne Frank, one of the most recognisable victims of the Holocaust, is set to open in Amsterdam. Entitled simply Anne, the play is the first stage adaptation to incorporate the Jewish teenager's complete family archive. The BBC's Anna Holligan was given exclusive access to rehearsals inside a purpose-built arena.

By Anna HolliganBBC News, Amsterdam Audiences will be shipped to the 1,100-seat theatre on board a ferry from Amsterdam's Central Station. Producer Robin de Levita describes the stage as a '3D design'. "Six months ago there was only dust," says the play's publicist, gesturing to the walls as he gives a tour of the theatre space. Now a revolving house twists to reveal the secret annex. Showing the front and back of the building in this rotating form almost simultaneously, is an attempt to help the audience understand life in hiding for Anne and her family. Anne Frank's Diary, written during the two years the teenager and her family hid from the Nazis in occupied Amsterdam, has been translated into more than 60 languages and sold more than 25 million copies. In the new stage production, a cast of approximately 20 actors will deliver their lines in Dutch, but the play will be simultaneously translated into six languages. Archive footage is projected onto vast screens either side of the stage. To readers, Anne is a symbol of hope, heroism and a reminder of the horrors inflicted on Jews during World War 2. But as the 70th anniversary of her death in a concentration camp approaches, the foundation that holds the exclusive rights to the Anne Frank "brand name" is afraid her legacy is fading. With that in mind, the Switzerland-based Anne Frank Fonds (AFF) has recruited award-winning Dutch producer De Levita to revitalise her story and translate it into a contemporary play. "It's important that the story doesn't die," says Yves Kugelmann, director of the AFF. "We are living in a Playstation generation - that's what we're competing with. But there are so many important lessons that Anne Frank tells us about discrimination. "It is important for young people to step away from their computers and learn lessons from the past. But we have a responsibility to make sure we speak to that audience." Tourist trap De Levita comes with some impressive credentials. He has produced numerous shows on Broadway and London's West End including the musical Chicago and West Side Story. Anne is his first official stage adaptation since a Broadway production in 1955. De Levita says he wants it to be a "fully immersive, totally new" experience. "It's such a legacy, it's so perfect for a theatrical experience. "I know it's a risk and if we don't reach a big audience the whole project will fail. "If we succeed it should feel more like you're in a movie theatre." But the commercial nature of this new production is creating waves. Frank Leopold, the director of the Anne Frank House, believes it is inappropriate for the new production to profit from Anne Frank's legacy by offering canal cruises, champagne and canapés as part of an "Anne package". "It is being presented as a convivial evening out, with drinks, dinner packages and hostesses. In our view this is not appropriate to the history of Anne Frank," says Leopold. There is some history to the disagreement - the AFF, which owns the copyright on Anne Frank's diary, and the Anne Frank Foundation, which runs the house, do not have an easy relationship. In the past, they have argued about the Frank family archives, with the Swiss organisation causing particular upset by demanding documents and files from Amsterdam in order to set up its own Frank Family centre in Frankfurt (where the Frank family originally came from). But war historian David Barnouw says the row over the new theatre production is being overplayed. "When Otto Frank had the diary of his daughter transformed into a book, you had commercialisation then," he says. "It is sometimes big business. "And all those things about dinner or champagne or whatever... In the Anne Frank House you drink a beer and have a snack too. I don't think it's bad taste." With the play's opening night sold out, it seems that audiences agree - for the time being at least. As Anne Frank once noted in her diary: "I want to bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met." No doubt, producers are hoping this new show will help the teenager to achieve that dream.

होलोकॉस्ट के सबसे अधिक पहचाने जाने वाले पीड़ितों में से एक ऐनी फ्रैंक की सबसे अधिक बिकने वाली डायरियों पर आधारित एक नया नाटक एम्स्टर्डम में शुरू होने के लिए तैयार है। बस ऐनी शीर्षक वाला यह नाटक यहूदी किशोर के पूरे पारिवारिक संग्रह को शामिल करने के लिए पहला मंच रूपांतरण है। बीबीसी की एना हॉलिगन को एक उद्देश्य-निर्मित क्षेत्र के अंदर अभ्यास करने के लिए विशेष पहुंच दी गई थी।