Is it wrong for MPs to use mobiles in the Commons?

Summary: Eyebrows have been raised by pictures showing several MPs using their smartphones during Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell's Autumn Statement speech. But is this unparliamentary - or even bad manners - these days?

By Justin ParkinsonPolitical reporter, BBC News It was John McDonnell's big day. The shadow chancellor stood at the House of Commons despatch box at 13.20 GMT to coruscate Philip Hammond over his Autumn Statement. Labour MPs were rapt as he did so. Some by his oratory; others, it seems, by the electronic devices in their hands. As the picture above shows, quite a few MPs, even some of his front bench colleagues, used their smartphones while he spoke. As the next picture shows, the activity was not confined to one side, Business Secretary Greg Clark looking at his while Mr Hammond answered questions. And even Mr McDonnell himself was distracted at one point by a mobile phone held by his shadow Treasury team colleague Jonathan Reynolds. Speaker John Bercow has previously warned MPs not to "fiddle" with their phones "ostentatiously" and suggested they go outside if they really can't resist the temptation. But is it right that this has to be spelt out in one of the world's premier debating chambers, where argument is supposed to be of paramount importance? Where Gladstone and Disraeli were supreme, where Churchill guided a nation through its most challenging times? Well, since 2007, Commons rules have stated that MPs can use mobiles "to keep up to date with emails... provided that it causes no disturbance". It sounds like a quaint provision today. Times have changed, as the Commons Procedure Committee notes: "There are many new devices, including portable 'tablet' computers such as iPads or smartphones, which were not known to the Modernisation Committee which drew up the report which led to the House's resolution. "There are also new uses of technology, for example Twitter, which were similarly unknown but on which the Speaker and the Chair of any committee may be expected to rule, using the existing resolution as a guideline." Conservative MP Nigel Mills issued an apology in 2014 for playing the mobile puzzle game Candy Crush Saga during a Commons committee hearing. Generally, though, tweeting from inside the chamber is seen as acceptable. Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle told BBC 5 live: "The world moves on. But it's not about being obvious, is it? It's about ensuring that you be discreet." If he thought an MP was tapping away and staring downwards a little too noticeably, he would give them "a nudge", rather than shout across the chamber, he said. Mr Hoyle added: "People want to stay in touch with the outside world now. They want to tell them what's going on. It's about keeping the balance right.... "Everything moves on, as we know, in this world. When people talk to each other through a device without even speaking, you've got to wonder where does society end up. I hope we don't lose the ability to talk to each other." Mr Hoyle also acknowledged that the guilty verdict following the trial of Thomas Mair for murdering Labour MP Jo Cox had come through about an hour before Mr McDonnell began speaking, meaning there was more focus on news sites and social media than usual. But the rules are stronger in some other countries, irrespective of circumstance. In Greece, electronic devices are banned from the plenary hall, while the Finnish chamber prohibits the use of laptops. In the US, Congress has a rule stating: "A person on the floor of the House may not smoke or use a mobile electronic device that impairs decorum." Mr McDonnell, when asked about the Autumn Statement scenes, told Sky News: "What they do now in the Commons, and I'm not sure how this goes down with the general public, is that a lot of them will be tweeting their comments out about what's being said and they'll be responding to tweets etc. "It's changed the nature of the chamber itself... It's happening consistently now and you see it on all political parties too," If answering emails is distracting, social media is more so. The Commons authorities recognise this: "As an example of a practice which could not have been predicted by the Modernisation Committee in 2007, tweeting could hardly be bettered." The procedure committee says it would be "inconsistent" to allow tweeting from the gallery overlooking the Commons but ban it from inside the chamber. But it urges MPs to "use their good sense and behave with courtesy, particularly in not tweeting messages which would be disorderly if said in the House". At least they are showing themselves to be in touch with normal life. Be thankful that none of them were gurning, thumbs up with arms around one another - selfies are a huge no-no, photography within the Palace of Westminster requiring prior permission.

छाया चांसलर जॉन मैकडॉनेल के शरद वक्तव्य भाषण के दौरान कई सांसदों को अपने स्मार्टफोन का उपयोग करते हुए दिखाने वाली तस्वीरों से भौंहें ऊपर उठ गई हैं। लेकिन क्या यह इन दिनों असंसदीय-या यहाँ तक कि बुरा व्यवहार है?


UK devolution: The view from the countryside

Summary: Chancellor George Osborne has put forward plans to give UK cities "a more powerful voice", and Labour leader Ed Miliband has set out plans for regional economic "powerhouses" to rival the capital. But how do those in rural communities feel?

By Esther WebberBBC News It's 19:00 on the dot when Andrew Pike calls to order the meeting in Culmington Parish Council, which is congregated in a neat, modern village hall in the green and hilly Shropshire landscape north of Ludlow. Nine people sit around on chairs, all seemingly relieved by the news that a controversial planning application to build a campsite nearby has been withdrawn. This, it seems, is the bread and butter of the parish council's work. But the small band of committed volunteers take in a wide range of other issues too. Some of the topics up for discussion - such as the positioning of Neighbourhood Watch signs, and how to prop up an aged tree in the parish - are specific to the landscape of Culmington. But others - a disagreement over emergency services and local primary school staffing - are illustrative of the wider difficulties in providing services to rural communities. Shropshire is a predominantly rural county, populated by just one person per hectare (107,600 sq ft) - the average for England and Wales is 16 - which presents logistical challenges in terms of healthcare transport, education and broadband access. 'Not designed for us' These are the issues that come up time and again among local residents, according to Cecilia Motley, a Conservative member of Shropshire Council. She attends similar meetings in nine different parishes in order to get an idea of what people are discussing in the far-flung corners of her ward, and feed those views back to the larger council. One recurring source of frustration in rural Shropshire, she says, is the number of instances where "the rules are not designed with us in mind". Ms Motley gives the example of planning, where she says the need to demonstrate a demand for development projects over a number of consecutive years makes sense for areas where housing is highly sought-after, but not for Shropshire where demand is finite. "Nobody sat down and thought through how it was going to play out in sparsely populated areas like Shropshire, Cumbria and North Yorkshire," she argues. David Evans, another local councillor who runs a hardware shop and poultry business, agrees. He sums up the problem: "The trouble is city people don't understand rural areas." Both councillors are troubled by the idea of the countryside "as a theme park where you go for the weekend to breathe deeply and go cycling". "Actually people live here and work here, and it's often very hard work," says Ms Motley. The rural economy in numbers Figures: 2012-13 Source: Defra There have been a number of calls for cities to have more powers in the wake of the Scottish referendum. On Monday, Mr Osborne said Greater Manchester would get an elected mayor and more control over taxes, suggesting other cities would be "keen to follow Manchester's lead". Mr Miliband has also set out plans for local authorities in big cities to band together to create regional economic "powerhouses". The RSA City Growth Commission published a report in October that recommended allowing UK cities to make their own decisions on tax and spending to boost economic growth. However, in rural Shropshire, there's a feeling that politics is already dominated by urban concerns, and this would only get worse if more powers were devolved to cities. "If money goes into the city of Birmingham it never comes out again. It'll be another case of power going to the big cities and they don't really worry about their rural areas, they're all looking after their own interests," says Mr Evans. "What worries me is city-regions will not operate without bureaucracy - and that simply wouldn't be effective. What you get is not decentralisation but the top moving down to the regions," says Ms Motley. The prevailing message seems to be that government should avoid a "one-size-fits-all" approach. 'Smaller building blocks' It's not just Shropshire where these frustrations are felt. Anne McIntosh, the Conservative MP for Thirsk and Malton - who also chairs the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee which published a report last year criticising the government for not doing enough to tackle rural issues - says there is concern in North Yorkshire too. Discussing devolution, Miss McIntosh argues: "If Scotland gets more, and we're deciding how to devolve more powers within England, my feeling is that the building blocks should be smaller rather than bigger. "I'm concerned about emphasis moving from Local Enterprise Partnerships - which work with district councils and county councils - to city regions. That would risk rural communities' voice being lost," she says. Another MP who sits on the committee is Labour's Mary Glindon, whose North Tyneside constituency is mainly urban but also takes in significant rural areas, composed mostly of arable farming. She stresses that "if you have devolved powers to city-regions, you have to ensure a voice is given not just to urban communities but to people living rurally". Most plans for devolution to cities assume transport would be part of the package, and Mrs Glindon says it's important people understand how critical transport links in remote areas are in providing access to jobs. She is wary of what she describes as "one group of people - in cities - thinking they know best". Fears have also been voiced by campaign group Action with Communities in Rural England, who say they don't want to see rural areas "left behind" by plans to give more power to cities. The government has introduced several measures designed to champion rural issues, such as the establishment of the Rural Communities Policy Unit and its broadband rollout programme. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has insisted it is "investing in rural broadband, mobile coverage and providing funding to develop and grow rural businesses". However the government proceeds with plans to devolve powers, it will have to answer communities such as those in Culmington. As the clock ticks towards 20:00 in the village's town hall in one evening in October, parish councillors are still in the thick of a debate on the intricacies of a planning application for a new farm building in the area. It is thought to be intrusively tall and the assembled community conclude by vowing to haul in the applicant and go through his plans with a fine-toothed comb. The impression is that while their version of local democracy may not be perfect, it works reasonably well, and any attempts to revamp it - or give more powers to nearby cities - will be closely watched.

चांसलर जॉर्ज ओसबोर्न ने ब्रिटेन के शहरों को "एक अधिक शक्तिशाली आवाज" देने की योजना पेश की है, और लेबर नेता एड मिलिबैंड ने राजधानी को प्रतिद्वंद्वी बनाने के लिए क्षेत्रीय आर्थिक "पावरहाउस" के लिए योजनाएँ निर्धारित की हैं। लेकिन ग्रामीण समुदायों के लोग कैसा महसूस करते हैं?


Murder accused soldier jury retires to consider verdict

Summary: The jury in the trial of an ex-soldier accused of murdering his landlady has retired to consider its verdict.

Aaron Wilkinson, 24, is accused of murdering Judith Garnett, 52, by shooting her three times at their home in Alma Street, Woodlesford, Leeds. Mr Wilkinson was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress reaction after a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. He denies murder but admits manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

अपनी मकान मालकिन की हत्या के आरोपी एक पूर्व सैनिक के मुकदमे में जूरी अपने फैसले पर विचार करने के लिए सेवानिवृत्त हो गई है।


Pair held after Gateshead man's suspected stab death

Summary: Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in a suspected stabbing.

The man's body was found in Mayfair Gardens, Gateshead, after police were alerted by a member of the public at about about 14:30 BST on Wednesday. A Northumbria force spokesman said two men aged 20 and 21 remained in custody as inquiries continued. He added it was believed those involved were known to each other and there was "no wider threat to the public". Police appealed for witnesses who were in the Mayfair Gardens area to come forward. Related Internet Links Northumbria Police

छुरा घोंपने के संदेह में एक व्यक्ति की मौत के बाद हत्या के संदेह में दो लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Murder-accused in court over Perry Barr street robbery

Summary: A woman charged with the murder of a man who died following a street robbery has appeared in court.

Mark Lloyd, 39, was assaulted on Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, on 21 September. Shannon Cronin, 23, of Clyde Street, Cradley Heath, was charged with his murder after he died in hospital on Sunday. At Birmingham Magistrates Court earlier, she was remanded in custody ahead of her next appearance. She is due before the city's crown court on 7 October. 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

सड़क पर लूटपाट के बाद मारे गए एक व्यक्ति की हत्या के आरोप में एक महिला अदालत में पेश हुई है।


Churches reach out to Hungary's struggling Roma

Summary: Hungary's new centre-right government has allied itself with the churches in a drive to create jobs and pull Roma (Gypsy) communities out of poverty. The BBC's Nick Thorpe reports that social work by the churches is already helping to improve the lives of Roma in eastern Hungary.

"One good Gypsy," said the shopkeeper in Gaborjan, "doesn't mean they're all good". Jozsef Toth - a good one - smiles and nods. He is a rare bird - an ethnic Roma priest serving a non-Roma congregation. It has not been an easy road so far, but he has made progress. In the village shop the shelves are stacked with goods that the poorer families - Roma and non-Roma alike - can rarely afford. Break-in attempts are regular, but their success rate has fallen since CCTV cameras were installed outside. The shop gives credit to most people in this poor village of 2,000, some 500 of them Roma. Only those who fail to pay back what they owe are shunned. Overcoming suspicion "When I finished my studies, and started looking for my first job as a priest, there were congregations who turned me down immediately," Jozsef Toth says. But he persevered, and his bishop sent him to Gaborjan for a trial period. Here too there was hostility at first. But when they saw him help dig a new sewage ditch and heard him preach, the opposition softened. "It was wonderful. We went from house to house with a wheelbarrow, and some people gave us firewood, others coal, so we didn't freeze that first winter." He takes me into his 17th-Century church, to marvel at the painted wooden panelling. He is sad that the local Roma rarely come to church. But the children flock to his voluntary religious education classes. At the local primary school, the number has risen from just four, when he arrived here 16 years ago, to 60 or 70 today. His own children sit proudly in the first row. Ambitious renewal plan The Hungarian government is due to sign a deal with the main churches to allow them to apply for state funding for educational, social and labour programmes. So for the first time, the churches can get involved in job creation. Hungary's 800,000 Roma - many of them destitute - are a priority. The government wants to get a million Hungarians back to work in the next 10 years - 200,000 to 300,000 of them Roma. Jozsef welcomes the programme, but worries whether congregations like his will ever be able to participate. "There was a European Union project we wanted to apply for," he explains, "but you had to match the funds available with some of your own". "Not so long ago, our electricity was cut because we couldn't pay the bill. This parish just doesn't have $2,000 to spare." Hungary's State Secretary for Social Inclusion, Zoltan Balog, is himself a Protestant pastor. "It will be the job of the churches to go to the communities with their own proposals," he says. Further east, in the little village of Kekcse, Elek Balogh holds morning prayers in the front room of his house. The room is packed with Roma, young and old, women and men, to sing and pray together. Two men play electric guitars, and the hymns sound closer to negro spirituals than traditional Gypsy music. Abstinence campaign "A glass of wine or beer in moderation does little harm," says Mr Balogh. But several women disagree. "Neither I nor any of the men in my family drink any more," says one woman proudly. Others agree that the village bar used to be 90% Roma, but now only one in 10 men goes there. Their faith has also helped many Roma give up another habit which used to swallow their meagre resources - gaming machines. The only dispute left concerns tobacco. Leaders of the Hungarian Baptist Church, to which they belonged, were in Kekcse last year with some of the American brethren, and suggested that two local pastors be suspended from their jobs, because of their addiction to smoking. That was a step too far - the church broke away from the Baptists and is now independent. At the end of the village, Janos Fekete shows me round the shack where he lives with his five children and grandchildren. The little girls are barefoot and wide-eyed, a woodburning stove throws out a good heat, and dogs compete with the children for space beside it. But the door is broken and a freak storm last year severely damaged the roof. "I know a better home is waiting for us in Heaven," explains Mr Fekete, also a Baptist, "but it would be nice if our house on Earth was in slightly better condition". Choice of churches Not far away in Hodasz, 70 years of the Greek Catholic Church's mission to the Roma has borne many fruits: a Roma church where the liturgy is sung in the Romany language, with guitar and synthesizer accompaniment; a kindergarten; a home for the elderly, and another upstairs for battered women and their children. Father Miklos Soja, who worked in the parish from 1941 to 1986 laid the foundations. Forty local people, most of them Roma, are employed in the three institutions. "Hodasz could easily be a model for the whole country," says Fr Gabor Gelsei, the senior priest. There is rivalry between the Greek Catholics and the Faith Church, a new Protestant church which, like the Pentecostalists, has swept through Hungary - especially Roma communities. But Zoltan Balog, the state secretary in Budapest, says the Faith Church "could be our partners" too. "If a civic or religious organisation helps these Roma people to leave their bad situation and live better, that is the main thing." The Faith Church alone claims to have 100 Roma pastors in Hungary. The more established churches have the advantage of offering services for communion, baptism and funerals. But many Roma seem to prefer the down-to-earth, speaking-in-tongues, healing atmosphere of the Faith Church prayer rooms. Back in Gaborjan, Jozsef Toth admits that there is a problem with theft by Roma. An elderly couple lost 11 of their 12 hens over Christmas. And a church in a neighbouring village was broken into over the new year, and money and precious objects were taken - later recovered with the help of a police dog. "The culprits are usually identified," he says, but adds that it is unfair to blame the Roma collectively. "When they see me coming, there are still those who say 'there goes the Gypsy priest', instead of 'there goes Jozsef Toth'."

हंगरी की नई केंद्र-दक्षिणपंथी सरकार ने नौकरियां पैदा करने और रोमा (जिप्सी) समुदायों को गरीबी से बाहर निकालने के लिए चर्चों के साथ गठबंधन किया है। बीबीसी के निक थोर्प ने बताया कि चर्चों द्वारा सामाजिक कार्य पहले से ही पूर्वी हंगरी में रोमा के जीवन को बेहतर बनाने में मदद कर रहा है।


Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner candidates

Summary: Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) will be held across England, including in Cheshire, on 6 May.

PCCs are elected representatives who work to ensure police forces are run effectively and efficiently. They replaced police authorities in 2012 and are intended to bring a public voice to policing. Elections were postponed in 2020 due to coronavirus and so they are now due to take place this year. Here is the list of declared candidates for Cheshire, in alphabetical order:

पुलिस और अपराध आयुक्तों (पी. सी. सी.) के लिए चुनाव 6 मई को चेशायर सहित पूरे इंग्लैंड में आयोजित किए जाएंगे।


Harehills murder: Accused man appears in court

Summary: A man has appeared in court charged with murder following the death of a woman in Leeds.

Police were called to Milan Road in Harehills on Monday evening after a 21-year woman was found seriously injured. She later died in hospital. Karar Ali Karar, 29, of Milan Road appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday and was remanded in custody. West Yorkshire Police said a second man arrested in connection with the death had been released without charge.

लीड्स में एक महिला की मौत के बाद हत्या के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


How a peaceful protest changed a violent country

Summary: Guatemala is one of the most violent countries in the world , where corruption is rife, but a new political movement which started online has managed to hold a series of protests without a single violent incident - and it's starting to make a huge impact on the country's leadership.

By BBC TrendingWhat's popular and why Protests in Guatemala often lead to violence - for example, an anti-mining blockade ended with dozens injured last summer, and a recent protest by farmers reportedly led to two deaths. But a new movement has managed to organise huge street protests aimed directly at some of the country's most powerful politicians - without a single violent incident. It all started in mid-April, when a UN anti-corruption agency CICIG issued a report that implicated several high-profile politicians including the vice president, Roxana Baldetti. The lawmakers were linked with organised crime, and the revelations generated an unprecedented level of public outrage. For one young woman frustrated with her leaders, enough was enough. She felt that she had to do something, and created an event on Facebook inviting all her friends to go to the Guatemala City centre to ask for Baldetti's resignation with the hashtag #RenunciaYa (Resign Now). Within days, over 10,000 people said they would attend. Quickly the organiser realised - together with her most committed friends, now known as "the group of seven" - that for the action to succeed, she had to guarantee that no one would be harmed. The group set a series of rules making clear that no political party or group was behind that event, instructing protesters to follow the law, and urging people to bring water, food and sunblock but not cover their faces or wear party political colours. Their demands? The resignations of Baldetti and Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina. To scrupulously avoid any of the outward signs of a political party, members of the group prefer not to be named in the media, although their identities are visible on Facebook. "We don't want our names to be the centre of attention," the young woman who started it all told BBC Trending. "Our strategy was to be honest, to maintain order and to keep everything within the law," says another member. And that strategy led to almost instant success. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Guatemala City, and Baldetti resigned a few days later (Molina remains in office). In a matter of days, #RenunciaYa achieved something almost unheard of in Latin America - a peaceful movement organised online which achieved real results. "Over the past five or six years many protests have been announced on social media, but nothing was organised directly on Facebook," says Guatemalan professor Marco Fonseca of York University in Canada. Experts also noted the surprising social makeup of the #RenunciaYa protests - whereas most protests in Guatemala are mounted by poor indigenous groups, the Renuncia activists are mostly middle-class people from the capital. After the success of its first action, #RenunciaYa organised a second protest earlier this month to push again for Molina's resignation. This time other cities joined in, along with Guatemalan expat communities around the world. Since then, the UN anti-corruption committee has reported on other cases and more than 20 government officials have stepped down - and some have been arrested. #RenunciaYa has expanded its mission by calling for election reforms, including caps on campaign spending. "After we saw that we could put that level of pressure on the government, the energy among the people multiplied and we felt empowered," says one "group of seven" member. "I guess we lit a spark and the people walked into the fire." #RenunciaYa is keeping to its neutral political stance. They inform their supporters about other protests not organised by the group, and have committed to hold several open discussions on what their next steps should be. But they realise that their reformist agenda is gathering steam and with elections scheduled for September, they have an opportunity. "People are getting organised," one member says. "What we have to do is to push for changes, because if we don't achieve them now, it is going to be difficult to achieve them any other time." Blog by Gabriela Torres, BBC Mundo Next story: Only men at your event? This blog will shame you Follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending, and find us on Facebook.

ग्वाटेमाला दुनिया के सबसे हिंसक देशों में से एक है, जहाँ भ्रष्टाचार व्याप्त है, लेकिन एक नया राजनीतिक आंदोलन जो ऑनलाइन शुरू हुआ है, बिना एक भी हिंसक घटना के विरोध प्रदर्शनों की एक श्रृंखला आयोजित करने में कामयाब रहा है-और यह देश के नेतृत्व पर भारी प्रभाव डालने लगा है।


British soldier found dead in Estonia, Ministry of Defence confirms

Summary: A British soldier has been found dead in Estonia.

Fusilier Sam Brownridge, from the First Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, died on Sunday. He was off duty at the time. The Ministry of Defence said it brought "great sadness" to announce his death. Fus Brownridge was among about 1,000 British troops deployed in Estonia as part of Nato's increased military presence near the border with Russia. The First Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is based in Tidworth in Wiltshire. In a statement, the MoD said: "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce the death of a soldier from The First Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. "Fusilier Sam Brownridge died of a non-battle injury while deployed on Operation Cabrit in Estonia on Sunday. "Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this tragic time. "A full investigation is under way and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage." Theresa Bubbear, the British ambassador to Estonia, shared a tweet expressing her "deepest condolences" to Fus Brownridge's family, friends and colleagues. The UK is playing a leading role in the alliance's Baltic mission. Operation Cabrit is the name of the UK deployment. Last December, Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the Tapa military base near Estonia's capital Tallinn, to serve Christmas lunch to the British soldiers based there. He told the troops: "What you're doing is incredibly important because the reason everybody in our country can have Christmas in peace and security is because of what you're doing here."

एस्टोनिया में एक ब्रिटिश सैनिक मृत पाया गया है।


NHS Grampian to make improvements in elderly care at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Summary: NHS Grampian has been given eight areas for improvement after an inspection of its care for elderly patients at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland inspectors made an unannounced visit in December last year. They found areas of good practice, including planning discharge from hospital. However they also highlighted issues including the need for personal care plans for each patient. NHS Grampian said it accepted all the points raised and had agreed an action plan with Healthcare Improvement Scotland. A spokeswoman said: "There are clearly areas in which we need to improve."

एबरडीन रॉयल इन्फर्मरी में बुजुर्ग रोगियों की देखभाल के निरीक्षण के बाद एन. एच. एस. ग्रैम्पियन को सुधार के लिए आठ क्षेत्र दिए गए हैं।


Amazing images of the rainbow flag around the world

Summary: The rainbow flag has become a symbol for LGBT rights across the world.

Created by Gilbert Baker in 1978, it was first used in the San Francisco gay freedom day that year. To mark the artist's death, Newsbeat explores how the flag has been used across the world as a symbol of pride, celebration and protest. Find us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat

इंद्रधनुष ध्वज दुनिया भर में एल. जी. बी. टी. अधिकारों का प्रतीक बन गया है।


Labour leadership: Which contender is the most working-class?

Summary: The Labour leadership contest is already being compared to Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen sketch, as the contenders compete with each other over who has the most humble background.

By Brian WheelerPolitical reporter No-one has claimed their family lived in a brown paper bag in a septic tank, like one of the characters in the sketch, but it is surely only a matter of time. Surprisingly few Labour leaders have come from genuinely working-class backgrounds - and there is little evidence that voters care about whether they did or not. So what's behind the "prolier-than-thou" sparring? Rebecca Long Bailey clearly feels her staunch working-class roots in Salford are a major asset in the battle to be the next Labour leader. "I'm not a millionaire or a landlord, and I didn't go to a posh school," she wrote, in the Tribune article announcing her candidacy. This was a not-so-subtle swipe at her rivals. The "millionaire" is, presumably, Sir Keir Starmer (his Wikipedia page was repeatedly edited at the end of last year to remove the world "millionaire"). 'A town outside London' The "landlord" could only be a reference to Emily Thornberry, who has come under fire in the past for her property investments. The "posh school" reference is harder to pin down - Jess Phillips and Sir Keir went to state grammar schools, but none of the contenders was privately educated. Thornberry and Starmer are the leadership hopefuls most often forced on to the defensive over their roots. In the most recent example, an exasperated Sir Keir began referring to himself in the third person in a BBC interview, declaring: "Keir Starmer grew up in a town outside of London." There is nothing particularly privileged about his background in Reigate, a Surrey commuter town. His father was a toolmaker and he was the first in his family to go to university, as he is always quick to point out. He is even named after the first Labour MP - Keir Hardie, a cloth-cap wearing, working-class hero. But he is clearly sensitive about the impression that, as a north London MP and one of the country's leading barristers, he is a member of the hated "metropolitan elite". The former director of public prosecutions was knighted in 2014 for "services to law and criminal justice" but prefers not to use his title. 'Scraping the barrel' Ms Thornberry is also titled, by virtue of being married to High Court judge Sir Christopher Nugee, but prefers not to be called Lady Nugee. "I have never been a Lady and it will take a great deal more than being married to a Knight of the Realm in order to make me one," she said in 2018. She hits back at claims she is not working class enough by pointing out that she grew up on a council estate, and is the daughter of a single mother. All true enough, although her father, Cedric, who abandoned the family, was an international law lecturer who went on to be the assistant director general of the United Nations. Mrs Long Bailey has also faced accusations of exaggerating her working-class credentials. She may have worked in a pawn shop and at call centres before entering politics, but she also had a successful career in law (not unlike Thornberry and Starmer, perhaps). Middle-class membership She said on her election leaflet that she grew up watching her father Jimmy "worrying when round after round of redundancies" were inflicted on the Salford docks where he worked. The docks closed when she was just two. The Salford and Eccles MP has accused critics who have pointed this out of "scraping the barrel", adding that her dad had also faced the threat of redundancy at his next job. Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips, was accused of "playing the working class card" by controversialist writer Brendan O'Neill, who claimed her parents had "'unbelievably plush, well-paid jobs". It prompted her ex-teacher father, Stewart Trainor, to hit back by saying: "Jess knows, and lives for, hundreds of working-class people. They are her people as they are my people - we Brummies are very close." Another Labour contender, Wigan MP Lisa Nandy, the daughter of an Indian academic, has also talked up her ability to win back northern seats because she "understands the lives" of those living there. And Norwich South MP Clive Lewis has made much of his working-class roots, speaking at the launch of his campaign about his "socialist and trade unionist" father, who worked in a food-processing plant in Northampton. But there is scant evidence that being "working class" is an advantage when it comes to winning Labour leadership contests or, indeed, general elections. Of the three Labour leaders who have managed to win general elections since World War Two, only Harold Wilson could claim to have risen from humble beginnings. Jim Callaghan and Neil Kinnock were working class and proud of it, but they never won power. Jeremy Corbyn came from a middle-class background but, like Kinnock, lost two elections. Research suggests Labour's membership, who will select the next leader, is predominantly middle-class, although more working-class than it was during the Blair years, and more working-class than the Tory or Lib Dem membership. A report last year by Queen Mary University of London found that, despite Tory, Labour, SNP and Lib Dem members being more middle-class than their party's voters, they were all somewhat reluctant to describe their party as "middle-class". Labour and SNP members were the most reluctant. Labour's 'red wall' "Class is, to some extent, in the eye of the beholder," says Prof Tim Bale, one of the report's authors. "There are more people who describe themselves as working-class than are objectively working-class." One reason class is such an issue in the Labour leadership contest is Labour's heavy losses to the Conservatives in its traditional northern English heartlands. The party also lost seats in Wales and Scotland - but it was the shock of iconic seats like Bolsover, domain of Dennis Skinner, or Tony Blair's former stronghold of Sedgefield, going from red to blue for the first time that grabbed all the headlines. Much of the focus in the Labour contest so far has been on whether the candidates have got what it takes to rebuild this so-called "red wall" of Labour. But, argues Prof Bale, "it is incredibly reductive to think that only a working-class northerner can do that. "I don't think there is any evidence to suggest that the leader has to tick either of those boxes. It is more about their personality than their demographic background." Working-class southerners Perceptions of the working class, among the political classes at Westminster, often seem to revolve around "incredibly outdated" stereotypes, he adds. "There does seem to be an elision between 'working class' and 'northern' as if the two things are the same. It is as if being from the South of England and working class doesn't count." But "there is a much bigger problem with working-class representation across the entire political class", he adds, which would include the media and academia. It is, arguably, a bigger problem for Labour than the Conservatives, because Labour was set up to represent working people. But the Labour leadership contenders are, for the most part, products of a time when the vast majority of MPs are drawn from the professional, rather than the manual labouring, classes. And, like most MPs, and most of those in public life in general, they can come across as if they have "nothing to say to working-class Britain, which doesn't sound like them and doesn't look like them", argues Tim Bale. 'Looking down their noses' This is a point echoed by Chris McGlade, who recently wrote about his decision to vote Conservative for the first time in his life on the left-wing, anti-EU site Full Brexit. "They don't speak with our voices any more. Working-class people, in the main, don't identify with what these middle-class, progressive liberals have to say," he says. McGlade, a native of Redcar, on the north-east coast, has spent decades working as a comedian on the northern working men's club circuit, but is now breaking through into the distinctly middle-class world of alternative comedy with a show, Forgiveness, about the murder of his father. As a former Labour member, whose family is steeped in socialist values and traditions, he is the kind of voter the party needs to win back. But as someone who voted to Leave in 2016, he is angry about Remainers "looking down their noses at us - they consider us to be thick or racist" - and the decision of the town's former Labour MP to back another referendum, in an area that voted heavily for Leave. "I could not vote for an MP who ignores me. It's about democracy," he says, even though his grandfather would be "spinning in his grave" to see him vote Conservative. He thinks the background of those standing for the Labour leadership does matter - and that they should come from the communities they are seeking to represent - but it is also about their values and attitudes. "Of course diversity is important. Of course equality is important. But on the shop floor, in everyday working-class lives, where people are struggling to get by, people are too bothered about feeding themselves today. "Labour has become obsessed with identity politics and it doesn't feature in working-class life and that is where it is breaking down." Redcar elected a Conservative MP for the first time in its history in December, on a massive 15% swing away from Labour, in a pattern that was repeated in seats across the North of England. Jeremy Corbyn never managed to unite the better-off, university-educated, mainly Remain-voting Labour membership with its traditional working-class, mainly Leave-voting support base in its traditional heartlands. It will fall to his successor to rebuild that coalition in a post-Brexit world. Chris McGlade says he does not hold out much hope for the Conservative government, or believe that they "really care about our class". "I hope they deliver, but I am not holding my breath. If they don't deliver, I will go back to voting Labour."

लेबर नेतृत्व प्रतियोगिता की तुलना पहले से ही मोंटी पायथन के फोर यॉर्कशायरमेन स्केच से की जा रही है, क्योंकि दावेदार एक-दूसरे के साथ प्रतिस्पर्धा करते हैं कि किसकी सबसे विनम्र पृष्ठभूमि है।


Bob Marley's London life on 30th anniversary of death

Summary: The London footprint left by reggae legend Bob Marley, who died exactly 30 years ago, includes a Bayswater B&B, a Chelsea townhouse and the unlikely setting of a school gym in Peckham.

By Will CantopherBBC News, London Guide books tend to point visitors to an apartment block in Camden, where a heritage plaque unveiled in 2006 honours the Jamaican musician at his former north London home. Robert Nesta Marley lived at 34 Ridgmount Gardens in 1972 when he first came to England, just as his group the Wailers were making a name for themselves. But this tells only part of the story. The reggae artist is associated with at least three other addresses in the capital, living and working in them aside from the many places he visited, played or hung out in. Some are long-gone music venues such as the Greyhound in Fulham Palace Road and the Rainbow in Finsbury Park. As a keen footballer he also enjoyed kickabouts in Battersea Park and at a sports centre in Fulham. Marley regarded London as his "second base and spiritual home", according to music historian Russell Clarke. He calculates that 30% of his time in his first 10 years of recording were spent there, putting down roots in the burgeoning communities of Harlesden and west London focused on the Caribbean. 12a Queensborough Terrace W2 Contrary to the official version, Marley's story started in fact in early 1971, at this Bayswater B&B-style hotel. The former welder and semi-pro musician had come under the patronage of singer Johnny Nash, who had an affinity for reggae and pop and who brought him over to England via Sweden after signing a publishing deal. Accompanied by Neville 'Bunny' Livingstone and Peter Tosh, the fledgling Wailers shared one room here without a kitchen for three months - at considerable cost to their lifestyle. "They were all followers of Rastafari at this point and unable to cook for themselves the sort of food their religion would allow," says Russell Clarke. "They existed on fish and chips and Indian vegetarian food inbetween rehearsing and writing songs." The group complained so much that their management eventually moved them out. The Circle, Neasden NW2 Next stop, the somewhat bizarre confines of a semi-detached house in Neasden. From here Marley & Co would have enjoyed panoramic views of the North Circular, parts of Wembley and the Welsh Harp by Brent Reservoir. But the group were becoming more and more dissatisfied. Signed now to CBS as a favour to Johnny Nash, they had earlier cut a record at the label's Whitfield Street studios in central London. All sorts of things were promised for the track, Reggae on Broadway, but nothing materialised in terms of promotion. To compound matters, the Wailers' passports were being held by Nash's management, while Marley himself was committed to a tour with the singer as his accompanist. "The tour was essentially the two of them on acoustic guitars, and by all accounts they played hundreds of shows - in schools around the country," says Russell Clarke. Peckham Manor School, Cator Street SE15 This was one such venue, and photographs have recently come to light in a south London blog showing Marley - with short Afro hair topped off with a striped beanie - and Nash in situ here in 1972. Former art teacher Keith Baugh had met the pair in a Soho club. "They were bemoaning the fact they couldn't get their single in the top 40," he recalls. "I suggested as a bit of a promotion they should come down and play to the kids at our school, and a few days later they came down and played two 45-minute sets." The show took place in the school's gym in Cator Street - now part of the Damilola Taylor Youth Centre in Peckham, the school having long closed down. The set-list included Reggae on Broadway and Nash's hit single I Can See Clearly Now. There was also a Marley song, Stir it Up, which would soon come to the attention of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell, usher in the Ridgmount Gardens period and change the fortunes of the Wailers for good. Lyceum Ballroom, Wellington Street WC1 Marley's international breakthrough was fashioned at this one-time music venue, home now to the long running production The Lion King. Over two nights in July 1975, the Wailers played in front of a packed crowd - the concerts having sold out in a mere two hours. DJ and filmmaker Don Letts describes the event in his memoirs as "the closest thing I've ever had to a religious experience". Chris Blackwell was present on the first night and noticed that when the group went into the song No Woman, No Cry, it was greeted ecstatically by the audience. He arranged for the second show to be recorded, hanging microphones from the roof to capture the reaction and the singing along. According to Russell Clarke, "There's something about that album. It was the one that crossed over and introduced Bob's music to me as a pasty-faced white teenager at that point." 42 Oakley Street, Chelsea SW3 1977 brought another sojourn in London for Marley, this time for nearly two years as he and the Wailers decamped to this swish Chelsea townhouse. The financial constraints of the past were gone; the reggae star could afford a cook and was able to bankroll a huge entourage. "It was a big gang house where everybody would hang out," says Russell Clarke, "not just the group's entourage but all sorts of people from various communities in London." Marley had a cosy retreat at the top of the house where he was visited by his girlfriend Cindy Breakspeare, a former Miss World. It was also a highly creative time and the Wailers went on to make a further two albums, Exodus and Kaya, the latter recorded in a converted laundry in Ravenscourt Park. This was the era of hits such as Jammin', One Love and Waiting in Vain. It was also at this point, notes Clarke, that a cancerous tumour was discovered in Marley's toe, which later would spread fatally to the rest of his body. Within three years reggae's global ambassador would be dead, leaving a wife, 13 children and no will - and a back catalogue of music that would be mined, reversioned and reissued for decades to come.

रेगे किंवदंती बॉब मार्ले, जिनकी ठीक 30 साल पहले मृत्यु हो गई थी, द्वारा छोड़े गए लंदन पदचिह्न में एक बेयसवॉटर बी एंड बी, एक चेल्सी टाउनहाउस और पेकहम में एक स्कूल जिम की अप्रत्याशित सेटिंग शामिल है।


Senegal's Macky Sall: Bit between his teeth

Summary: Macky Sall may be 30 years younger than his former boss, President Abdoulaye Wade, whom he has defeated in a run-off election for Senegal's top job. But he does not lack political pedigree.

The 50-year-old geologist, who was brought up in a poor family, served as Mr Wade's prime minister between 2004 and 2007 and before that held the interior and mines portfolios. He also oversaw the successful re-election of Mr Wade five years ago, heading his electoral campaign - and went on to become president of the National Assembly. And he has twice served as mayor of his home town of Fatick, 120km (75 miles) south-east of the capital. But the politician proved he was no ruling party lackey when he dared to call the son of the outgoing president before MPs over allegations of mismanagement. Critics say Mr Wade, 85, had been grooming his son, Karim, to succeed him, pointing out that he was already running the powerful cabinet portfolios of transport and energy. Despite this, Mr Sall had summoned him for questioning about the alleged lack of transparency over the funding for the 2008 summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC). In the end, he resigned from his post in the National Assembly and from the ruling PDS party and set up his own movement, APR-Yakaar. 'Smile more' Since then Mr Sall was at pains on his campaign trail to say that country should come before party and ethnicity. Although he was born in the central town of Fatick, where most people speak Wolof or Serer, his parents are Fula people from the north of Senegal and he says growing up as an outsider has given him his vision. The symbol he chose for his new party was a horse, surrounded by stars - representing the 14 regions of the country and the one for the Senegalese diaspora. "These stars are associated with an animal, faithful among the faithful companions of man... [a] tireless worker. Pet of the peasant, the pastor and the ordinary citizen, the horse stands for strength," a speech posted on his party website says. And indeed Mr Sall campaigned tirelessly since branching out on his own - travelling to the US and France, the former colonial power, to seek support for his candidacy from potential investors. This is in stark contrast to Mr Wade who during his 12 years in power has sought to lessen Senegal's dependency on France. The BBC's Mamadou Moussa Ba in Dakar says Mr Sall is seen by some as too serious, and his campaign managers often urged him to smile more. The APR-Yakaar leader admitted to BBC Afrique that he has had little time for hobbies or for spending socialising with friends and his wife and three children since 2008. "I am too busy with politics - fighting for the Senegalese to get that man out," he said, referring to Mr Wade - whose nickname is "The Hare", an animal known in traditional Senegalese folklore for its cunning. Mr Sall, who took 27% of the vote in the first round, is part of the 23 June Movement (M23) which organised mass protests against Mr Wade's bid for a third term in office. The constitution, adopted in 2001, sets a limit of two presidential terms, but Mr Wade said it did not apply to his first mandate as it came into effect after he was first elected. The outgoing president faced 13 rivals in the first round and took 35% of the ballots. 'Horse vs hare' While some see Mr Sall as a new generation of political leader, critics say his supporters fail to see that he is really the creation of Mr Wade. Mr Wade once described Mr Sall as his "best student". "Nobody can dismiss Mr Sall from what this [Mr Wade's] party has brought in negative terms to the social infrastructure of this country, in terms of destroying the democratic fabric and allowing corruption to develop exponentially," Senegalese writer and journalist, Adama Gaye, told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. "I don't see him as being different from Abdoulaye Wade - really he is a Wade boy." Mr Sall's supporters, were keen to show that the differences between the men do not come down solely to age, pointing to his pragmatism in comparison to Mr Wade's intellectualism. In the end, Mr Sall managed to win the race dubbed by some as "the horse vs the hare". Mr Sall is now promising to reduce the cost of basic food stuffs and reduce the powers of the centralised presidency and its mandate from seven to five years.

मैकी साल अपने पूर्व बॉस, राष्ट्रपति अब्दौले वेड से 30 साल छोटे हो सकते हैं, जिन्हें उन्होंने सेनेगल के शीर्ष पद के लिए एक रन-ऑफ चुनाव में हराया है। लेकिन उनके पास राजनीतिक वंशावली की कमी नहीं है।


Jersey minimum wage rises to £6.78 an hour

Summary: The Jersey minimum wage has been raised from £6.63 to £6.78 an hour and the trainee rate has gone up by more than 2%.

The employment forum in Jersey sets the rate in consultation with employers, employees and institutions. The Minister for Social Security, Deputy Susie Pinel, said the forum plans to raise the minimum wage gradually over a period of 15 years. She said the rate is "higher than the UK, Guernsey and the Isle of Man". Ms Pinel said: "It's all relative in percentages to the tune of about 10, 15, 20p per hour higher than other jurisdictions. "You obviously can't inflict a huge jump on employers. We're putting it up gradually to 1.7%, 2.3% per annum to try and achieve, which we will do, that 45% of mean wage by 2026."

जर्सी का न्यूनतम वेतन 6,63 पाउंड से बढ़ाकर 6,78 पाउंड प्रति घंटा कर दिया गया है और प्रशिक्षु दर में 2 प्रतिशत से अधिक की वृद्धि हुई है।


Has Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull's gamble paid off?

Summary: It was meant to be a cleansing election called by a progressive Australian prime minister intent on purging a fractious parliament that was obstructing key labour reforms. But has Malcolm Turnbull's great political gamble backfired?

By Phil MercerBBC News, Sydney Instead of delivering a clear mandate, the electorate has given his centre-right Liberal-National coalition the most slender of majorities in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber. Record numbers of voters have turned against the two major parties, and the Senate, one of the most powerful upper houses of parliament in the world, which must approve all new laws, is likely to be even more disparate and unpredictable than it was before. "Malcolm Turnbull's objective with the double dissolution [an election that dissolves both houses of Australia's federal parliament] was to try and reduce the amount of crossbenchers and independents, and, in fact, what we have done is ended up with having more," said Dr Maxine Newlands, a political scientist from James Cook University in north Queensland. "Unfortunately I think it is going to add to the years and years of chaos and confusion." Australia pushes tough anti-terror laws Australia ruling conservatives win poll The eccentric MP who is Australia's new powerbroker The balance of power in the Senate is expected to lie with populist, anti-establishment headline-grabbers who variously want to ban the building of new mosques, are wary of free trade agreements and support voluntary euthanasia. The head of the anti-immigration One Nation Party, Pauline Hanson, the former personal injury lawyer and high-profile anti-gambling campaigner Nick Xenophon and the "Human Headline" Derryn Hinch, an erstwhile radio shock jock, are already household names in Australia, and they will have a decisive say on the tone and conduct of the next parliament, not to mention its longevity. The Australian Greens will expect another influential contingent in the upper house, and there may even be a spot for a country music guitarist, Gabriel Buckley from the Liberal Democrats, who is the front-man for the Brisbane-based southern rock band Whiskey Protocol. Writing on Facebook, he paid tribute to his fellow candidates: "Sticking your hand up (and your neck out) to run for public office is a daunting prospect. "Whether you were motivated by civic responsibility or clinical insanity, I salute your bravery and hope you've developed a taste for it," he said. Mr Buckley will not know if he will be swapping his six-string for a possible six-year term in federal politics until the final make-up of the Senate is released, probably in early August, but as the exhaustive counting of votes plods on, the prime minister in Canberra is giving the impression that it is business as usual. Mr Turnbull favours tough new anti-terrorism measures that would keep convicted extremists in jail at the end of their sentences if, like some paedophiles, they were considered to still be a risk to the community. Here, the prime minister is on safe political ground, but controversial changes to superannuation (Australia's pension saving scheme), a proposed plebiscite on gay marriage and a bold approach to climate change will provide sterner challenges for a leader who must placate right-wing colleagues, some of whom will never forgive him for deposing their champion, Tony Abbott, in a party-meeting ambush last September. Already, internal cracks within the governing coalition have appeared. The South Australian senator Cory Bernardi, who resigned as Mr Abbott's parliamentary secretary in 2012 after linking gay marriage to the social acceptance of having sex with animals, has suggested he may form a breakaway conservative party that would stand up "for common sense and the silent majority". But the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Darren Chester, believes Australians want to see unity and collaboration in parliament, not malice and recrimination. "If we don't improve, we'll see an increased level of disengagement and disenfranchising of voters continuing," he said. "The fact that a large number of people voted for anyone other than the major parties is something I think that all the major parties have to closely consider. "But the 45th parliament is a fresh start. "It's a bit like New Year's Eve resolutions for politicians. "I think the parliamentarians… should all commit themselves to going back to parliament in a few weeks' time and trying to do their job with less divisiveness and less rancour." Fingers-crossed, but not everyone believes Australian politics is about to become all Kumbaya-like and unexpectedly harmonious. The opposition Labor leader, Bill Shorten, said: "The combination of a PM with no authority, a government with no direction and a Liberal Party at war with itself will see Australians back at the polls within the year," he said.

यह एक प्रगतिशील ऑस्ट्रेलियाई प्रधान मंत्री द्वारा बुलाए गए एक सफाई चुनाव के लिए था जिसका उद्देश्य एक खंडित संसद को शुद्ध करना था जो प्रमुख श्रम सुधारों में बाधा डाल रही थी। लेकिन क्या मैल्कम टर्नबुल के महान राजनीतिक जुआ का उल्टा असर हुआ है?


Invasion of the jellyfish: Is it time to get frying?

Summary: Jellyfish numbers have been increasing rapidly in the Mediterranean and one species that has long been a hazard for bathers there - the mauve stinger - is increasingly being seen around the British Isles. Now one marine biologist says if we can't beat them we should eat them.

By Dany MitzmanGenoa I'm hovering in a makeshift kitchen, watching one of Italy's most eminent marine biologists gleefully playing chef. Prof Silvio Greco is focused on the bubbling contents of a large pot. Dressed up for the part in chef's whites, traditional hat and red apron, the sustainable conservation expert is perfect for the role. "In this water I have put lemon juice and vinegar. After boiling for a few minutes I will plunge it into this ice," he gestures, explaining how the hot water both sterilises, getting rid of bacteria, and destroys the stinging poison. What for some might be food hell has got my tastebuds jumping with curious excitement: we're about to eat jellyfish. For Greco, it's not the first time. "I love seafood," he beams. "Jellyfish remind me of oysters. When you eat them you experience an explosion of the sea on your tongue. They are, after all, 90% seawater." Today he's enlisted the professional help of restaurant chef Marco Visciola, who confesses he's never cooked jellyfish before. He's going to fry it in a tempura batter made of potato, wheat and rice flours, mixed with sparkling water. "No salt?" I ask. "Zero," he tells me. "The jellyfish already has the salty flavour of the sea, so to bring out its flavour I've left the batter neutral." This isn't some perverse chef's challenge, but part of a campaign that Greco is promoting at the Slow Fish festival. Held every two years at Genoa's porto antico the event encourages sustainable fishing and responsible consumption. There are at least four times as many jellyfish in the Mediterranean now as there were in 2004, with global climate change, pollution, and overfishing mostly to blame. And the message this cooking demo is sending out is: if you can't defeat them, eat them. "The sea is full of them and it's a big problem for biodiversity," says Silvio Greco, describing jellyfish as rampant, opportunistic species that immediately take over any empty space in the water. He explains how their spread is devastating marine food chains and ecosystems, and how illegal fishing of natural jellyfish predators like tuna and turtles has left the coast clear for them to multiply. "Now man," he concludes, "must be the new predator of jellyfish." It's an idea the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization is encouraging too. For years, fishermen have been finding their nets increasingly burdened with unwanted jellyfish that they simply throw back into the sea. Silvio Greco hopes this will change and says that sustainability aside, jellyfish is actually good for you: rich in protein and collagen, low in calories, and fat-free. At Slow Fish I discover the "eat it to beat it" approach isn't limited to the Mediterranean. There's a Caribbean delegation of fishers, researchers and marine biologists here to pool ideas on how to fight their worst invasive species: the lionfish. They are trying to get it on to menus from Mexico to Honduras, Costa Rica to Barbados. Its tender meat, which apparently tastes like snapper, certainly sounds more appetising than jellyfish. But the jellyfish cooking demo is, without a doubt, the biggest crowd-puller of the entire festival. As the tray of fresh medusa fritta is passed around, eager fingers grab the piping hot morsels. I select my piece. The tempura is exquisite, cracking seductively between my teeth. I'd expected the jellyfish to be chewy like calamari, but it's squidgier. It might just be because I'm hungry but I really like it. Find out more A young woman exclaims it's "surprisingly nice" while a Taiwanese lady tells me jellyfish is a common antipasto back home and she was curious to see what the Italians would do with it. The man beside me is unimpressed. "The batter's nice but the jellyfish tastes of nothing and it's slippery," he grumbles. I ask a three-year-old what she thinks. "Yummy or yucky?" "Yummy!" she grins at me, chewing happily. She was probably hungry too. Marco Visciola has also made a boiled jellyfish salad with rice vinegar, sesame oil, carrot and cucumber - a traditional recipe a Japanese colleague gave him. Again I'm impressed, although I think jellyfish's neutral taste - or lack of taste - could lend itself to any decisive flavours. But Marco's sold. "For me, it was a new experience and there were a lot of curious people," he enthuses, adding that he now plans to put locally caught jellyfish on his restaurant's summer menu. "It's a novelty a chef can offers diners. I think it will become popular." I'm not entirely convinced. But if you never want another seaside holiday to be ruined by a coastal jellyfish invasion, perhaps it really is time to stop fretting and start frying. Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.

भूमध्य सागर में जेलीफ़िश की संख्या तेजी से बढ़ रही है और एक प्रजाति जो लंबे समय से वहाँ नहाने वालों के लिए एक खतरा रही है-मोव स्टिंगर-ब्रिटिश द्वीपों के आसपास तेजी से देखी जा रही है। अब एक समुद्री जीवविज्ञानी का कहना है कि अगर हम उन्हें हरा नहीं सकते हैं तो हमें उन्हें खाना चाहिए।


Kemo Porter in court over Leicester family house fire deaths

Summary: A man has appeared in court charged with murdering four members of a family in a house fire.

Kemo Porter, 18, of Browning Street, Leicester, faced Leicester Magistrates' Court after being charged on Thursday. Mr Porter spoke only to confirm his name and that he understood the charges. He was remanded in custody. Shehnila Taufiq, 47, her sons Jamal, 15, and Bilal, 17, and daughter Zainab, 19, died in the fire in Wood Hill, Leicester, last week. An inquest into the deaths has also been opened and adjourned.

घर में लगी आग में एक ही परिवार के चार सदस्यों की हत्या के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


Leighann Wightman stabbing death referred to IPCC

Summary: The case of a young mother stabbed to death in Nottingham has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

Leighann Wightman, 24, was found at her home on Norman Street, Netherfield, on 15 October. Andrew Kemp, 48, from Vale Road, Colwick, has been charged with her murder. Nottinghamshire Police referred the case to the IPCC but no more details have been released. A spokesman for the force said all killings related to possible domestic violence were currently being referred to the IPCC as a matter of routine. On Tuesday Nottinghamshire Police were sharply criticised for their handling of Casey Brittle, who was murdered by her violent ex-partner in 2010.

नॉटिंघम में एक युवा माँ की चाकू मारकर हत्या करने का मामला स्वतंत्र पुलिस शिकायत आयोग (आई. पी. सी. सी.) को भेजा गया है।


Snowdon: Pre-booked parking introduced at Pen-y-Pass

Summary: Visitors to the Snowdonia National Park will have to book ahead to park at one car park on weekends and bank holidays for the remainder of the summer.

The measure, which has been agreed by Gwynedd council and North Wales Police, follows a string of traffic issues and parking violations in the area. Those wishing to park in the Pen-y-Pass car park, which lies at the foot of Snowdon, will have to book in advance. More than 180 cars were issued with fines on one day in July. The Snowdonia National Park Authority said visitors will be asked to show a confirmation email on arrival. It added it expects spaces to sell out "extremely quickly" and those who are unable to get a space should use park and ride facilities at Nant Peris and Llanberis.

स्नोडोनिया राष्ट्रीय उद्यान के आगंतुकों को सप्ताहांत और शेष गर्मियों के लिए बैंक की छुट्टियों पर एक कार पार्क में पार्क करने के लिए पहले से ही बुक करना होगा।


Bell's palsy: Your stories of living with half a smile

Summary: BBC correspondent John Sudworth's story about the day he woke up with half his face paralysed triggered a big response from our readers. Many fellow sufferers of Bell's palsy wrote in to share their stories.

Debbie Johnston, Newtownards, N Ireland Six days after giving birth to my son, I developed Bell's palsy. I had to tape my eye down at nights for four months and drink through a straw for the same amount of time. At this time I also owned a bridal store and had to return to work and with my face so disfigured I found it all very difficult and felt I had to explain to each customer what was wrong with my face. My face is about 90% recovered and most people don't seem to notice it - or are too polite to mention - but I know it's still there! Doctors said the condition was directly linked to my pregnancy. I still have a wonky smile, I can't raise my right eyebrow and when I smile my right eyelid lowers and when I close my right eye it pulls the right side of my mouth. Naturally I was initially upset and I allowed myself one day of feeling rather sorry for myself before realising that I had the most amazing gift that I had to be thankful for, my son. And at that stage I decided I just had to get on with things and enjoy having this gorgeous little boy to lift my spirits (even with the sleepless nights). Becky Pearson, Rainham, UK My husband developed Bell's palsy the day of our wedding, although it only become completely obvious two days later. It means our wedding photos show him looking slightly manic on one side. He scared a photographer on our honeymoon when he attempted to smile and so the remainder of our honeymoon photos show him simply not smiling. Not the best expression when you've just been married. Luckily his only lasted about a month but unfortunately, rather bad timing. Laura Rizzo, Houston, US I've had Bell's palsy since 2007. I am 70% better but still can not smile or control my right eyebrow completely. I woke up on 1 October with my half my face completely crooked, it was horrible. I fell into a deep depression and stayed hidden for months - every day I hoped I would wake up and my face would be back to normal. I miss my old face but most of all, I miss my smile. But I now know I am not alone and hope that whoever goes through this horrible experience knows that. Clare Cryne, Manchester, UK I have suffered from Bell's palsy since 1990. There has been little recovery. I am a teacher and have to face pupils all day - not an easy thing to do but as a single parent had to keep on working. I know only too well the anxiety felt at any occasion when photographs are taken. Memories of weddings, family birthdays, days out etc - all become somehow tainted when you see yourself as others see you on a daily basis. Unfortunately for Bell's palsy sufferers the social networking sites, skype and mobile phones which take instant pictures can destroy any happy event as pictures are passed around and once again your distorted facial image is plain for all to see. More importantly it is clear for you to see. I have recently had a fat transfer - taking fat from my stomach and inserting in into my face in an attempt to prevent the face collapsing. This was successful and has boosted my confidence. Mark Burdass, Uckfield, East Sussex I am a primary school teacher and have had Bell's palsy for the last three weeks. Yesterday the corner of my mouth moved for the first time in weeks and I can't tell you the relief I felt! It is not just the looking like a Bond villain. There are so many things that you take for granted that happen to you when you have Bell's: you can't drink without it spilling down your shirt (you learn to carry a drinking straw with you everywhere); going out in the sun is problematic as your eyes don't squint; you have to tape your eye shut at night (otherwise you wake with it dry and painful - this is apparently a serious danger of the condition); and the irritation of biting your own lips when you eat. Sarah Rawlins, Whiteley, UK I felt my face changing before others noticed. My jaw felt out of line and I was suffering from a horrible ear/neck ache. It was totally unexpected and had a huge impact on my confidence. The doctor quickly put me on steroids and anti-virals and told to keep warm and totally rest. It was about three weeks before I saw any improvement and had actually taken to taking photos of myself everyday to view progress. During recovery my face felt as if it has spiders crawling over it and tingled on a regular basis. Little did I know that that was my first signs of recovery. I grew to hate straws (only way I could drink) and the lack of sleep was challenging. I also had hearing problems and all sounds were tinny and annoying. The hearing was one of the first things to recover. I had been told by my doctor to keep the affected side of my face warm and not to over-exercise it. I did have physiotherapy which I think really helped. I'm recovered now. Although I do have a tendency to open one of my eyes when I yawn, no-one would ever know. Sim LeCompte, Minneapolis, US I had Bell's palsy when I was 12. I was watching a funny cartoon and laughing when I realised my mouth felt weird when I smiled. So I looked in the mirror and saw that the right side of my face was completely functionless. It took exactly a month to heal, and as a 12-year-old, I was enjoying myself a lot. I kept looking in the mirror and making funny faces and laughing, and every time I drank something it would drip from one side of my mouth, which also made me laugh. And I got to rest at home for a whole month, not going to school. My parents were freaking out while I was enjoying myself. Simon Wild, Derby, UK 30 November 2009 - a date I will never forget. Awoke to an early alarm call and, half-asleep, sloped into the bathroom for a shower, then to clean my teeth. On doing the latter, something seemed strange. On rinsing my mouth I couldn't spit into the basin. I looked at the mirror and there it was - the face! Half fine, half not. I went to my wife who confirmed that this was not right and off to hospital I went. First tests for stroke but nothing else on my left side was affected. I braved work and endured the stares, the comments and ribbing from my closest friends. Initially I had to tape my eye shut at night. In the day, my eye would be sore, as it couldn't blink. Over the last three years, the issue has never gone away, though it has improved. Most new people I meet do not realise. I am also less self-conscious and have adapted my smiling technique. Quirks include, when eating something nice, instead of salivating, a tear will run from my left eye. Great at dinner parties! Llewellyn St David, London, UK I suffered an attack of Bell's palsy after a motorcycle accident, and as I'm sure other sufferers will testify, the initial reaction is one of absolute horror. I felt disfigured, a freak, and couldn't bear the thought of my young god-daughter being faced by this "monster". I was also an actor at the time, and thought it would be the end of my career. Thankfully, the reality was that people barely noticed. I think we're hyper-sensitive about anything relating to our faces. We've all had spots and feel that they're enormous glowing pustules flashing our hideousness like belisha beacons, when they are actually very minor blemishes that largely go unnoticed. Thankfully the condition lasted no more than three months, but it taught me a very valuable lesson - how you think you look to other people and what other people see are two very different things. Steve Fleming, Hull, UK Bell's is only one type of this form of facial palsy. There's a congenital type that happens when the facial nerve doesn't form and the palsy is total. This is what I have, with a similar effect to John's condition. I was born with it - I'm now 56. It does colour your life to some extent. I had a lot of speech therapy when I was young, you feel very socially awkward, especially, but not only, in your teenage years (although some girls seemed to think you needed looking after). It's an opportunity for bullying (all right, I was a swot too). I can't play the trumpet, although I can't say that's a big loss. I've got a beard which is a mild case of covering up, and you have nagging worries - will the face give up the ghost and sag in a melting-ice-cream sort of way? It hasn't, even though I was told it would and that I would have to plastic surgery to pin it all back up. But on the other hand, it's not terminal and I managed to go to university, get married and have four kids along the way.

जिस दिन उनका आधा चेहरा लकवाग्रस्त हो गया था, उस दिन के बारे में बीबीसी संवाददाता जॉन सुडवर्थ की कहानी ने हमारे पाठकों से एक बड़ी प्रतिक्रिया शुरू की। बेल्स पाल्सी से पीड़ित कई साथी पीड़ितों ने अपनी कहानियों को साझा करने के लिए लिखा।


Bloodhound diary: Get out and push

Summary: RAF fighter pilot Andy Green intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the Bloodhound car will mount an assault on the land speed record. Wing Cmdr Green is writing a diary for the BBC News Website about his experiences working on the Bloodhound project and the team's efforts to inspire national interest in science and engineering.

By Andy GreenWorld Land Speed Record Holder PLAYING CATCH-UP July has been a fantastically busy month for us, with major public shows every weekend. The whole team is exhausted, but still buzzing - it is incredibly stimulating to meet thousands of people who are genuinely excited about the world's first 1000mph car. The month started with the British Grand Prix. I was very well-behaved and didn't remind them (too often) that Bloodhound will go about five times faster than an F1 car and can develop 180 times as much power. I did have to defend the Land Speed Record engineers once, though. The Virgin F1 team claimed that their car was the first race car to be designed by computational fluid dynamics and without using a wind tunnel. Not strictly true. That was how we designed Thrust SSC (the world's first supersonic car) in the 1990s and now we're doing it again with Bloodhound. It's just taken Formula One about 15 years to catch up with us! The next event for Bloodhound was the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Huge public interest, and some interesting visitors, including the Chinese Ambassador. Apparently he only asked to see two things all weekend: the art collection in Goodwood House and Bloodhound. I was left wondering whether there was a new competitor in the land speed record race? I hope so - more supersonic competition can only help us to inspire the next generation. The following weekend was the Royal International Air Tattoo, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Inspiring aeroplanes from a different age - and some bang up-to-date inspiration in the form of the Land Speed Record Challenge run by Bloodhound and Lockheed Martin. Seven teams of young people built and raced high-speed cars during the day. They were amazingly good - future engineers all. Our big event of July was the week-long Farnborough International Airshow, where we unveiled the complete "show car" and the new Bloodhound Driving Experience. It was also great practice for being in the South African desert - the glass walls of our pavilion made it the hottest place on the airfield! The show car attracted a huge amount of attention. It was a real privilege unveiling it at the start of the show - and then I suddenly realised that something huge had just happened. When we announced the company that would build the chassis for us, we were effectively announcing that the project was now going to happen on time. They will deliver the chassis early next summer, so we need to finish all the design work by Christmas this year. It's no longer a case of "would like to" - we have to or it won't get built. We're now on a fixed timeline and the countdown has started. The Bloodhound Driving Experience - which uses high-quality computer graphics to give users a taste of what it's like to be on a 1,000mph run - was running continuously on the public days at Farnborough. There were some seriously good performances too - I'd better look out for my job. Senior driver during the week was HRH Prince Michael - but I'm sworn to secrecy about his top speed. Our other software project for July was the new Intel animation of Bloodhound. True story - this animation is so effective that when we released it, we got a call from the US to congratulate us on the new record! Friday at Farnborough was "Futures Day", dedicated to the youth audience. We gave a couple of sell-out lectures and were then swamped on the Bloodhound stand for the rest of the day. This is exactly the sort of excitement about science and technology that we're after. While we are busy designing the car and getting the message about engineering into schools, we must not forget that we've also got to get the desert ready. While Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape of South Africa is a fantastic surface, it will need a lot of preparation. For example, we need to clear a total area of 24 million sq m - that's the area of 4,800 football pitches. The first test-clearance work was conducted in July, with great results, by our South African "track boss" Rudi Riek. Only another 23.99 million sq m to go. Finally, the most special part of the month was an e-mail from a member of the public, after he and his son had visited us at Farnborough. He wrote: "In everyone's life there is a defining moment which turns a person's view and goals in life, and meeting you has turned my son's view on science and engineering. "My son is a gifted child but needed a focus to aim for …. [after seeing Bloodhound] he has decided to take maths and all three sciences and would like to study this at degree level." Apparently, he also wants to design Bloodhound Mark 2. Good for him. I was very moved by this. This really is a thing worth doing.

आरएएफ लड़ाकू पायलट एंडी ग्रीन एक कार के पहिये के पीछे जाने का इरादा रखता है जो 1,000 मील प्रति घंटे (1,610 किमी/घंटा) तक पहुंचने में सक्षम है। एक यूरोफाइटर-टाइफून जेट इंजन को बोल्ट किए गए रॉकेट द्वारा संचालित, ब्लडहाउंड कार भूमि की गति के रिकॉर्ड पर हमला करेगी। विंग कमांडर ग्रीन ब्लडहाउंड परियोजना पर काम करने के अपने अनुभवों और विज्ञान और इंजीनियरिंग में राष्ट्रीय हित को प्रेरित करने के लिए टीम के प्रयासों के बारे में बीबीसी समाचार वेबसाइट के लिए एक डायरी लिख रहा है।


Why use negative interest rates?

Summary: Interest rates are now negative, below zero, for a growing number of borrowers, mainly in the financial markets. It means in effect they are being paid to borrow someone else's money. So what on earth is going on?

By Andrew WalkerBBC World Service Economics correspondent Perhaps the first thing worth stating is that negative interest rates are probably not coming to a High Street near you in the near future. It is a phenomenon that has had economists scratching their heads. In fact there is a well-known (to economists) term for the idea that interest rates shouldn't go below zero. It's the "zero lower bound". It has been breached. There is probably a limit to how much further we can go in that direction. But at the very least recent developments show the zero lower bound is not as rigid as it was widely thought to be. One point worth spelling out is that we are not talking about negative real interest rates. That is where you have an interest rate that may be above zero but it is lower than inflation. That means that a borrower's total repayments have less purchasing power than the amount they first borrowed. That is not so unusual. As long as there is at least moderate inflation, central banks can get real rates below zero to stimulate economic recovery and there have been many episodes of that. No. We are talking here about what economists call nominal interest rates below zero, making no allowance for rising (or falling) prices. The reason it is so strange is this: normally a potential lender can choose not to lend and just sit on the funds. That is equivalent to getting a nominal interest rate of zero. Not great, but surely better than an interest rate of less than zero. That is the basic idea behind the concept of the zero lower bound. So why do we have negative rates at all? Some examples are central bank policies. In the eurozone, in Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Japan, central banks have decided to have a negative rate on commercial banks' excess funds held on deposit at the central bank. In effect, private sector banks have to pay to park their money. In the case of Sweden, the central bank has gone below zero on the rate it lends money to the banks, its main policy tool. The aim in the eurozone is to stimulate economic growth and to raise inflation, which is also below zero and even further adrift of the European Central Bank's target of below but close to 2%. In Sweden too, it is about raising inflation. In Denmark and Switzerland the immediate objective has been to prevent the currency rising too much. The idea of lower and negative interest rates is to discourage investors from buying the local currency, which tends to push its value up. These policy decisions are not the most surprising examples. They are the actions of central banks whose job is to keep inflation under control and to support economic growth and employment. If they judge that their economic policy objectives are best pursued by negative official interest rates, why not? Betting on currencies It gets slightly stranger when the lender is a private sector firm, which you would normally expect to try to maximise its profits. In fact it is possible in some circumstances that a negative interest rate might be profitable, if you think currencies are going to move in your favour. Take the case of Switzerland, where, earlier this month, the government borrowed money for 10 years in the financial markets at an interest rate slightly below zero. It's a safe investment. The chances of the Swiss government not repaying are negligible. You can't get high returns on such a safe investment anywhere just now. If you are an investor in, say France, you might think that the Swiss franc will rise enough against the euro that you can make money by the time you bring your investment home - enough to compensate for the negative interest rate. Something similar has been going on with Germany. The possibility that the eurozone might break up lingered after the worst of the crisis and arguably has still not entirely gone away. If it did disintegrate, a holder of German government debt would presumably be repaid in German marks, which would probably gain in value. That has helped keep some of Germany's government borrowing costs below zero. Interbank lending Now that doesn't explain why some Spanish rates are below zero (though not by as much as Germany's). There are some other possible factors. First, for banks any excess funds parked at the central bank involve paying the ECB's negative deposit rate. Buying a government bond might be less costly, even if there is a negative return. That is part of the reason some banks are lending to each other at negative interest rates - including some of the rates known as Libor, in euros, Swiss francs and yen. It may be preferable to lend money to another bank or a government rather than pay to keep it at the central bank. In addition some types of investment funds essentially have to buy government debt, so there is a certain amount of what has been called passive investment going on, despite the poor returns. It's a practice that reflects the days when safe government debt did yield some money. Low interest rates are of course unwelcome news to savers. Negative central bank rates have started to lead to some bank customers being charged a negative rate on their accounts, mainly businesses with large balances. How low could rates go? These are some of the factors that help explain how we get from extremely low positive interest rates to negative levels. But it's worth recalling the reasons we were so close to the supposed zero lower bound in the first place. It reflects the persistent weakness of many developed economies in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Central banks have kept their policy interest rates very low to stimulate economic growth and more recently to get higher inflation. Investment (as a share of national income) is below its pre-crisis levels in the great majority of rich countries, by a hefty amount in some cases. If there is less demand for money to fund new investment, the cost of borrowing tends to be lower. So will interest rates go even further into negative territory? Most that are negative are between zero and -1% Radical ideas As things stand, anyone who doesn't want a negative interest rate on their bank account does have an alternative in the shape of hard cash. That does involve a cost: perhaps a fee for storing it somewhere safe or the risk of burglary if you keep it under the mattress. A bank account is more convenient, which is why many people would, grudgingly perhaps, pay for one. But as it gets more expensive some probably would shift more towards hard cash, which means there is likely some limit on how far below zero rates can go. There are some radical ideas about how to address this. Willem Buiter of Citigroup, formerly of the Bank of England, has produced a list of options, the most striking being the abolition of cash. He does have answers to some obvious objections, though views will vary on whether they are good enough and it is not part of any realistic political agenda at present. The point is that allowing interest rates to go even further below zero could, he suggests, make central bank policies more effective in a situation of weak growth and very low inflation. If those problems persist then perhaps negative interest rates will turn out to be a long-lasting feature of the economic landscape.

मुख्य रूप से वित्तीय बाजारों में उधारकर्ताओं की बढ़ती संख्या के लिए ब्याज दरें अब शून्य से नीचे नकारात्मक हैं। इसका मतलब है कि वास्तव में उन्हें किसी और का पैसा उधार लेने के लिए भुगतान किया जा रहा है। तो क्या हो रहा है?


Techno-pup: Watching your cats and dogs by remote control

Summary: The death of a pet is something you never forget.

By Fiona GrahamTechnology of business reporter, BBC News It separates the pet owners, who understand the wrenching pain and sense of loss, from those that live a life without small, loyal, four-legged life companions. Ben Jacobs is a pet owner. "It is one of the things that as a dog lover, it really stays with you," he says. Growing up he had a German Shepherd called Bear. "Bear passed away when he was only five years old," he remembers. "It was one of those seemingly sudden issues to our family. He seemed fairly healthy one day, and then all of a sudden Bear had an intestinal issue where his intestines were twisting and sadly we had to put him down." Dogged determination That experience stayed with him, leading many years later to the creation of his start-up, Whistle. "Over four in 10 UK households have a dog, here over six in 10 US households have a dog or cat," says Mr Jacobs. "They are such part of the family, and yet we don't have the information to take good care of them. So my goal was to help people with dogs like Bear try to understand their day-to-day patterns of health, and maybe some long-term trends as well." Whistle records your dog's movements, and flags up any unusual behaviour that could indicate illness. A small activity tracker containing an accelerometer is attached to the animal's collar, and transmits the data gathered to the company's servers over wi-fi. This is then analysed, comparing it to your dog's normal behaviour - and a database the start-up is building of typical behaviour. You can also send a full activity report to your vet. "We can know if your dog went for a walk or played in the park, and you can see that activity in an fun timeline-like format on your mobile phone," he says. The app means you can follow what your pet is up to when you're not around, as well as add comments and photos to the timeline to share with family members or friends. The pet industry is worth over $50bn (£33bn) in the US alone each year, so it's not surprising a growing number of start-ups are targeting the market, especially when you consider the love affair between furry animals and the internet. There is the eminently useful, like Pintofeed, a remote feeding system controlled using your smartphone. Or New York's Swifto, which lets you book dog walkers online and track your pet's walk using GPS. There's philanthropic endeavours like iPet Companion - you can play with abandoned cats living in shelters across the US, online. And then there's the quirk, like Snapcat, which lets your kitty take selfies - photos of themselves - by themselves. A dog's life Many have been inspired by the love their founders have for their pets. When Alex Neskin and his girlfriend moved to a new apartment in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, their canine roommate Rocky wasn't happy. The new surroundings didn't suit him. And as he's a very small dog, and his owners have to work, there wasn't a lot he could do about it. Mr Neskin was worried about him. "He [decided] to hack something with an Arduino, which is like a prototyping board for geeky people. He mounted a camera, connected it to the computer," says Yaroslav Azhnyuk, Mr Neskin's friend and co-founder. Watching what happened when Rocky was on his own made for grim viewing. He spent his days sitting in front of the door, barking. He was bored and lonely. Being a programmer with an interest in robots, he decided to improve on his robot by attaching a low-light laser pointer that moved with the camera. He linked it up to a website so that he and his friends could play with Rocky from anywhere in the world. To the relief of his neighbours, Rocky loved it. "Everyone was saying: 'Well I want this thing for my dog or for my cat' and that's how an idea to make it a business appeared," says Mr Azhnyuk. The two friends and their third co-founder Andrey Klen created Petcube, and started to work out how to make their idea a reality. It launched for pre-order in May, and already 2,000 people have signed up. The plan is to launch a Kickstarter campaign in August to raise the production capital. The device can be accessed from the web or a smartphone app, and the laser has been checked by a vet to make sure it's perfectly safe. Cubes can be made public, so anyone can play with your four-legged friend. "You can message other people and ask them about different stuff about their pets, what they doing and so on. So the grand vision behind this is to make this kind of a social network for pet owners," says Mr Azhnyuk. Holiday home If keeping your pet properly occupied when you're a little farther from home is the problem - a beach in the Philippines for example - then Seattle-based Rover.com might be for you. The start-up and its main competitor, DogVacay, let you book pet-sitters online. The idea is that dogs are happier staying in a home rather than kennels. Rover founder Greg Gottesman had the idea for the service after his golden retriever, Ruby Tuesday, developed health problems after a kennel stay. Prospective sitters have to go through a rigorous selection process, that now includes background screening. "To qualify as a Rover.com sitter, an applicant must have experience with dogs and obviously love them," says the company's Susan Koehler. "We require that each sitter demonstrate a care plan for Rover dogs, and we look for and highlight advanced skills and affiliations such as medical/vet training, CPR certification and associations with Humane Societies, Pet Rescues and other charitable organisations." Sitters also have to provide a reference from a reputable third party. While on holiday owners receive daily photos and updates on their pets, so they know they're being taken care of. "It's a lot less stressful on the pups because they are in a real home, so it's easier to keep a dog on their general routine for walks, playtime, eating, cuddling on the couch and even sleeping in a bed with the sitter," she says. Littlest hobo Next to critical illness, one of the most worrying moments in a pet owner's life is when their small friend decides to go walkabout - alone. Pethub started in the US, and now operates in 22 countries. It produces collar tags that have a QR code, website address, phone number and more recently an NFC (near field communication) chip that connects people that find stray pets with their owners. By reading the QR code or the NFC chip with a smartphone, a profile for the lost animal is brought up, with a list of emergency contacts. An alert is sent either to you or to Pethub to say that the tag has been scanned, as well as an email with GPS coordinates so you can track Spot down. "It can help the pet get home before they even get to the shelter to be scanned from microchip," says Pethub's Lorien Clemens. "In the United States only 5% of pets have microchips and about 58% of those are out of date." Pethub can also sends details of lost pets to local shelters and vets. As well as dogs and cats, Pethub has horses, goats and even two "escape artist" tortoises as customers. "Last year we looked at all of our pet recoveries, and we found that 97% of them had gone home on the same day that they were missing, and 25% have gone home within an hour after going missing," says Ms Clemens. Now, if technology could just find a way to get the dog to wash himself...

पालतू जानवर की मृत्यु एक ऐसी चीज है जिसे आप कभी नहीं भूल सकते।


Wandsworth stabbing: Two teenagers charged with murder

Summary: Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of an 18-year-old man who was stabbed to death in south London.

The victim, yet to be named, died after being stabbed at about 16:42 BST on Friday on Deeside Road, Wandsworth. A 17-year-old boy from Merton and an 18-year-old man from Wandsworth have been charged with his murder and are due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Monday. Four others, aged between 16 and 19, have been released under investigation. The fatal stabbing was the first of three killings in the capital in the space of 24 hours.

दक्षिण लंदन में चाकू मारकर हत्या किए गए एक 18 वर्षीय व्यक्ति की हत्या का आरोप दो किशोरों पर लगाया गया है।


Cold calling nightmares?

Summary: Are you being bombarded by phone calls from call centres?

It is estimated that we receive a staggering three billion cold calls from telemarketing companies a year. The Citizens Advice Bureau is getting a growing number of complaints from the public about cold calling and companies' techniques. A BBC One current affairs documentary would like to hear about your experiences. Would you be happy to talk to a BBC journalist?

क्या आपको कॉल सेंटरों से फोन कॉल द्वारा बमबारी की जा रही है?


Prince Charles and Camilla take Tube to mark 150 years

Summary: The heir to the British throne has taken a Tube with his wife the Duchess of Cornwall for the first time to celebrate London Underground's 150th anniversary.

Prince Charles and Camilla travelled one stop from Farringdon to King's Cross on a Metropolitan line train. Charles last travelled on the Tube in 1986 when he and Princess Diana opened Heathrow's Terminal Four. The royal couple received specially designed anniversary Oyster cards. The cards, which had £10 in credit, are expected to be retained by the Royal Collection. Camilla sat opposite Metropolitan line manager Angela Back and speaking about the train said: "Very nice, very smart." A brand new train was used for the journey, part of LU's new S-Stock trains, which are being introduced to 40% of the Tube network. The Metropolitan line was the first to open, on 9 January, 1863, when it offered a service between Paddington and Farringdon.

ब्रिटिश सिंहासन के उत्तराधिकारी ने लंदन अंडरग्राउंड की 150वीं वर्षगांठ मनाने के लिए पहली बार अपनी पत्नी डचेस ऑफ कॉर्नवाल के साथ एक ट्यूब लिया है।