Kellie Maloney shows how times have changed

Summary: Two decades ago a boxing promoter deciding to live as a woman might have got a mixed response in the media. But perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of Kellie Maloney, formerly Frank, announcing her new identity, was an almost uniformly positive reaction.

By Tom de CastellaBBC News Magazine "What has been particularly heartening has been the reaction to the news," commented the Daily Mirror. "A few years ago such an announcement would have been met with derision and prejudice. The response to Kellie has been warmly supportive." The Daily Express's chief sports writer John Dillon wrote: "Frank Maloney was an extraordinary man. Now Kellie will be an extraordinary woman." Maloney's case shows how much society and the media have changed. There was a time when transgender (or trans) people were viewed as freaks by society, says the writer and campaigner Jane Fae. Before the mid-1990s "transgender was up there in the popular imagination with sexual deviants". It explains why she, like Maloney, waited so long to come out as trans. Another phase came in the 2000s when the legal position of trans people began to be questioned, Fae says. "We were winning rights but we were a group of people to be pitied." It is only in the past five years that trans people have started to be treated with respect by society. The 2010 Equality Act, granting equal access to employment as well as private and public services, regardless of gender reassignment, was a milestone. There are many things that trans people still hate about media coverage. "Dead naming" - referring to someone by their old name - is painful for many trans people, Fae says. "It's almost like a small electric shock if I see my old name in print." Then there's the before-and-after picture. It's something readers may be curious about, but like giving someone's previous name, it is another way that the trans person is trapped by their past. In the early 20th Century, sex changes, as they were then usually known, were so rarely reported that stories evoked amazement rather than moralising. Lili Elbe In the 1930s a number of partial sex change operations were carried out at London's Charing Cross Hospital. There was the case of the female British javelin thrower and shot-putter who became Mark Weston. "Woman Athlete Now a Man!" reported the Sunderland Echo in 1936. The reaction was one of astonishment rather than condemnation. Although the details of Weston's case are not known, gender historian Geertje Mak, from Radboud University, says many of the 1930s cases involved people who would not be considered trans today. "It's what in the 19th Century were called hermaphrodites [the term intersex is preferred now as hermaphrodite is deemed offensive by many] - people who were raised as female but turned out to have testicles [for example]." Alison Oram, author of Her Husband Was a Woman: Women's Gender-Crossing in Modern British Popular Culture, says that in the 1930s readers of the News of the World and People newspapers became familiar with the idea. "There was a tone of sympathy but also a huge fascination with [the possibilities of] medical science." But in the 1950s as the modern concept of the sex-change operation developed, it seems sympathy began to wane and a tone of censoriousness arrived. It is thought that Lili Elbe was the first to have undergone a modern sex-change operation. She died in 1931 as a result of one of the operations. In the early 1950s Christine Jorgensen, an ex-American GI, was one of the first to have a successful sex change operation from man to woman. She had to petition the Danish government to change the law to allow castration. When she returned to the US she was treated with curiosity by media and public, earning a degree of admiration for her glamorous appearance. Roberta Cowell, an RAF pilot in World War Two, also announced she was a woman in the 1950s and was for a time feted in the same way as Jorgensen. But as time went by both were subject to remarks along the lines of "you're not really a woman", says Oram. In the 1960s, former Times journalist James Morris became Jan Morris, today a famous travel writer. The press coverage of Morris seems from a modern perspective to have been relatively sympathetic. But a writer with a public school and Oxbridge background may have been treated differently by the newspapers than someone of a lower social status, says Oram. The same goes for certain professions - the media or military - or people from certain class backgrounds, she adds. But widespread discrimination continued. Michael Dillon, who'd had a sex change during the war from woman to man, was a ship's doctor until he was outed by the Sunday Express in 1958. He gave up his job and went to India. Then there was April Ashley, who had gender reassignment surgery in 1960. She became a successful model and had a role in a film starring Bing Crosby. But when her story became public, she had her film credit removed. In 1970 a judge ruled that her brief marriage to the aristocrat Arthur Cameron Corbett could be made void. "It was common ground between all the medical witnesses that the biological sexual constitution of an individual was fixed at birth (at the latest) and could not be changed," Mr Justice Ormrod told the court. As the Times reported, the case appeared to be the first time a court in England had been called upon to decide the sex of an individual. The workplace was still an oppressive place. In 1980, Karen Ulane, a pilot in the US for Eastern Airlines, was dismissed after having gender reassignment surgery. Ulane won the case against Eastern but it was overturned on appeal. As the Maloney story shows, the UK press has become far more sensitive. The Leveson Inquiry gave a platform to campaign group Trans Media Watch to raise awareness about hostile coverage. It pointed out how people were often featured merely for being trans rather than any real news angle. One Sun story began with the line "Burly Nigel Weston has shocked trucker pals by telling them: 'Call me Nikki-Jane.'" Trans Media Watch complained that the subject was referred to as male throughout, that the story used her former name nearly twice as often as Nikki-Jane, and used a before and after photo. And then there is language - the term "burly" is common in such stories, intended to "underline the subject's presumed visual incongruity", the group argued. But perhaps the biggest jolt to the media was the tragic story of Lucy Meadows, a trans teacher who killed herself in March 2013 following what campaigners termed a "monstering" by the press. One of her wedding photos ended up in the papers, as did pictures from siblings' Facebook pages. Reporters parked outside her house. One piece in particular, by Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn, was singled out. The article has since been removed from the paper's website. Headlined "He's not only in the wrong body… he's in the wrong job", Littlejohn asked whether anyone had thought of "the devastating effect" on the pupils of what Meadows had done. The coroner at her inquest criticised the media over the "character assassination" and accused the Mail of learning nothing from the Leveson inquiry. Others defended Littlejohn saying his facts were correct whether or not one agreed with his opinions. A Mail spokesman at the time said Mr Littlejohn's column had "emphatically defended the rights of people to have sex change operations but echoed the parents' concerns about whether it was right for children to have to confront complex gender problems at such a vulnerable young age". The reaction may vary according to circumstances. The first Church of England vicar to have a sex change operation, in 2000, received a standing ovation from all but one of the congregation in Upper Stratton, Swindon. The UK media at least does seem to have changed the way it covers trans issues. But that does not necessarily reflect the whole of society, where outright discrimination and violence still occurs. In some US states there are still battles over "bathroom bills" - fierce debates over whether trans people can use women's toilets. Of course, in much of the world, discrimination and violence is far, far more prevalent. But in media terms at least, the story of Kellie Maloney shows how far understanding of gender change has come since the astonishment of the 1930s. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

दो दशक पहले एक महिला के रूप में जीने का निर्णय लेने वाले एक मुक्केबाजी प्रमोटर को मीडिया में मिश्रित प्रतिक्रिया मिली होगी। लेकिन शायद सबसे उल्लेखनीय पहलू कैली मैलोनी, पूर्व में फ्रैंक, ने अपनी नई पहचान की घोषणा की, जो लगभग समान रूप से सकारात्मक प्रतिक्रिया थी।


Tigray crisis: Eritrea's role in Ethiopian conflict

Summary: In a sign of the changing political fortunes of a man who was once a pariah, Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has proven to be a staunch ally of Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize winner and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, giving his troops much-needed support to fight the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in Tigray.

In a recent address to the Ethiopian parliament, the Nobel laureate revealed that Eritrea, a highly militarised one-party state, had fed, clothed and armed retreating Ethiopian soldiers when the TPLF first attacked them and seized their bases in Tigray, an Ethiopian region which borders Eritrea. Mr Abiy said this made it possible for them to return to fight the TPLF, a former guerrilla movement with about 250,000 forces, until it was ousted from power in the region on 28 November. "The Eritrean people have shown us... they are a relative standing by us on a tough day," he added. This was a significant acknowledgement by Mr Abiy, though he did not go as far as to admit claims that Mr Isaias, had also sent troops to help defeat the TPLF, a long-time foe of the Eritrean leader who has been in power since 1993. Hospital allegedly shelled The claim that Eritrean troops are fighting in Tigray was made by the TPLF, civilians fleeing the conflict, and Eritreans inside and outside the country. "Isaias is sending young Eritreans to die in Tigray. The war will also further weaken the economy. But Isaias will be in power for a long time. He lets people fight for their survival so that they do not fight for their freedom," said Paulos Tesfagiorgis, an Eritrean human rights campaigner who was forced into exile by the regime in Asmara. A US state department spokesperson also said there were "credible reports" of the presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray, and called it a "grave development". Both governments deny the reports, with Eritrea's foreign minister, Osman Saleh Mohammed, describing them as "propaganda". As for UN chief António Gueterres, he said Mr Abiy had assured him there were no Eritrean troops in Tigray, except in territory that Ethiopia had agreed to hand over following a historic peace deal between the two nations in 2018. The deal ended the "no war-no peace" situation that had existed between the two nations since their 1998-2000 border war, which left up to 100,000 people dead. It earned Mr Abiy the Nobel Peace Prize, though Badme - the main flashpoint of the war - had not been transferred to Eritrea by the time the conflict in Tigray had started in early November. Mr Abiy's government has heavily restricted access to Tigray for the media, UN agencies and human rights bodies, making it difficult to verify reports or to investigate allegations of atrocities made against all sides in the conflict - including the shelling of a hospital from Eritrean territory. Eritrea has not commented on the alleged shelling, mentioned in a statement by the UN human rights chief. Mr Abiy denies that his troops have killed a single civilian in Tigray. "This war has been fought in absolute darkness. No-one knows the true scale of the conflict or its impact," said Kenya-based Horn of Africa analyst Rashid Abdi. Eritrean forces accused of looting US-based analyst Alex de Waal said he had been informed by a UN source that the conflict had caused the "large-scale displacement" of people in the region, the poorest in Ethiopia with a population of about five million. "If it goes on like this, there will be mass starvation in Tigray, and a population that is embittered and angry," Mr de Waal said. He added that he had also learned from reliable sources in Tigray, including clerics, that Eritrean forces were involved in looting. "We are hearing that they are even stealing doors [and] bathroom fittings," he said. More on the Tigray crisis: Other Eritreans said that soldiers, including their relatives, were fighting TPLF forces on several fronts, and some of them were even wearing Ethiopian camouflage. Eritrea insists that it does not have troops in Tigray, with its foreign minister quoted as saying: "We are not involved." But exiled former Eritrean diplomat Abdella Adem said he personally knew soldiers who had been wounded in combat, while a source at the public hospital in Eritrea's southern town of Senafe told the BBC that both Eritrean and Ethiopian troops had been treated there. 'Isaias seeks TPLF's liquidation' Other sources in Eritrea said that Ethiopian troops had also been seen regrouping around the central town of Hagaz, and taking their wounded to the nearby Gilas Military Hospital. UK-based Eritrean academic Gaim Kibreab said he believed that Mr Isaias had sent troops to Tigray to pursue the "liquidation" of the TPLF, which, he added, has been the Eritrean leader's key objective since the 1998-2000 border war. The TPLF was in power at the time in Ethiopia's federal government and the Tigray regional government. "In the war of 1998-2000, the TPLF humiliated the president [Mr Isaias] by taking over the small village of Badme. Even when an international tribunal ruled that the village belonged to Eritrea, the TPLF refused to withdraw from the occupied place for 18 years. "The president has been waiting for this moment and the TPLF underestimated his craftiness and patience at its own peril," Mr Gaim added. Missiles fired at Eritrea Mr Isaias' supporters insist that Eritrean troops have not crossed into Tigray, saying they had only pursued the objective of regaining sovereign territory by taking over Badme, and its surrounding areas, without causing casualties. Expressing a different view, Mr Paulos said: "Badme is back in Eritrean hands, but there has been no public announcement about it because that is not Isaias' main concern. He is still pushing on to crush the TPLF. "Abiy started as a peacemaker and a reformer, but he then fell into the trap of seeking revenge against the TPLF, which is what Isaias wanted." Mr Abiy says he tried to resolve differences with the TPLF peacefully, but was forced to act against it after it seized military bases in a night-time raid on 3 November, convincing him that it wanted to overthrow his government. Although Mr Isaias rallied to his aid at the time, Eritrean state media has kept its audiences in the dark about the conflict, failing to even report on the TPLF-fired missiles that landed on the outskirts of the capital Asmara in early November, causing loud explosions that were heard by residents. "Eritrean TV talks of bombs in Syria but when the missiles landed in Asmara, it said nothing," noted exiled Eritrean former government official Dawit Fisehaye said. In a tweet, Eritrea's information minister Yemane Meskel said it was "pointless to amplify its [the TPLF's] last-ditch, predictable, though inconsequential acts". 'Refugees abducted' Internet access in Eritrea is limited and the country has no independent media and no opposition parties - the fate of 11 politicians and 17 journalists detained almost 20 years ago remains unknown. Furthermore, military conscription is compulsory while job opportunities are limited, resulting in many people - especially youths - fleeing the country. About 100,000 had been living for years in UN camps in Tigray. The UN refugee agency said it had received "an overwhelming number of credible reports" that refugees had been killed, abducted and forcibly returned to the one-party state during the current conflict. Although it did not say who was behind the abductions, a refugee told the BBC that it was Eritrean soldiers who loaded them onto lorries in the town of Adigrat and took them across the border to Adi Quala town. Eritrea has not commented on its alleged involvement, but it has previously accused the UN agency of "smear campaigns" and of trying to depopulate the country. Mr Dawit said he did not believe that the regime would ever reform. ''There was no change in Eritrea up to now because the leadership did not want it and the demise of the TPLF will not change that. Expecting reform is a pipedream," he added.

एक ऐसे व्यक्ति के बदलते राजनीतिक भाग्य के संकेत में, जो कभी एक अछूत था, इरिट्रिया के राष्ट्रपति इसियास अफवर्की ने इथियोपिया के नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार विजेता और प्रधान मंत्री अबी अहमद का एक कट्टर सहयोगी साबित किया है, अपने सैनिकों को टाइग्रे में टाइग्रे पीपुल्स लिबरेशन फ्रंट (टी. पी. एल. एफ.) से लड़ने के लिए बहुत आवश्यक समर्थन दिया है।


A suitcase full of photographic wonder

Summary: It's not often you are sent a set of pictures that make you gasp, especially ones taken decades ago. Yet here they are, beautiful black and white pictures that have remained hidden, buried in a loft waiting to be brought out into the light.

Phil CoomesPicture editor@philcoomeson Twitter These pictures were taken by John Turner, a property manager based in the centre of London, and were recently unearthed by his daughter and her husband, Liz and Martin Carroll. Following John Turner's death in 1987 a suitcase was passed to them by his widow, Betty. A quick glance revealed family photos and other pictures taken for his camera club, and it was consigned to the loft for 30 odd years. "Having a clearout last year, I started going through the case to weed out family photos worth saving," says Martin Carroll who used to work as a commercial industrial photographer. "To my astonishment, I found I was pulling out one great image after another." It is believed the pictures were taken while Turner worked as a property manager, snatched as he travelled from one location to another. Martin and Liz are unsure as to whether her father showed the work to anyone - but now they are out of the loft, I'm sure many will want to view them. They feel the photographs really deserve to see the light of day, and for John to be appreciated for the talented photographer that he was. They also hope to arrange an exhibition of his work at some point. "We should add that, having gone through all the negatives, that he seemed only ever to take just the single frame of each subject - nailing it in one, as it were," says Martin. Martin has been scanning the original negatives as many of the pictures were not printed, just the contact sheets, providing a glimpse into John Turner's work. Turner worked with a variety of formats from 35mm through to 6cmx9cm roll film, using folding cameras a lot, as well as a Leica and a Rollei. His daughter Liz feels they capture the real John Turner. "These pictures are who I think he really was," she says. "They show his artistic talent that was hidden." Liz told me that as a young man in the 1930s her father lived in the heart of London, Carnaby Street, and lived a "bohemian life". He would regularly set off dressed in a dark blue shirt and yellow tie to Paris on the boat train, the Golden Arrow. Once married, he settled into a steady job and as Liz puts it, wore the "bowler hat". He always had a camera to hand, but Liz was only aware of his pictures taken for the local camera club in Bromley, which were of a more conventional nature for that period. His pictures offer a wonderful glimpse into pre-War London, and beyond. His ability to capture a telling moment is indisputable, as these pictures show. His daughter Liz has an idea as to why. "Found in his possessions when he died was the catalogue for the first surrealist exhibition in London, during the 1920s," she says. "Maybe seeing that encouraged his eye for the quirky?"

ऐसा अक्सर नहीं होता है कि आपको तस्वीरों का एक समूह भेजा जाता है जो आपको हांफने पर मजबूर कर देता है, विशेष रूप से दशकों पहले ली गई तस्वीरें। फिर भी वे यहाँ हैं, सुंदर काले और सफेद चित्र जो छिपे हुए हैं, एक लॉफ्ट में दबे हुए हैं जो प्रकाश में लाए जाने की प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं।


One woman's quest to track down online sex abusers

Summary: Siobhan Shannon has a gift for remembering faces. It was this ability that helped her to land a job with Northumbria Police, where she aims to find and save children who are targeted by online paedophiles.

By Duncan LeatherdaleBBC News online Some of these predators are adept at covering their tracks online, using software to mask their location. It is in these cases that Mrs Shannon, inspired by a determination to catch the abusers and rescue their victims, puts her skills to use. How does she track online abusers down - and how emotionally troubling is the kind of work she does? He was known simply as "The Boy". Blue eyes framed by green-rimmed glasses, probably of primary school age, he was a child in dire need of rescue. Mrs Shannon had spent four months looking at pictures of him, examining every detail for clues that could lead to her finding him. The Boy's is one of the thousands of faces to have been seen by Mrs Shannon and her colleagues on the Northumbria Police Paedophile Online Investigation Team (Polit) since the unit's formation in 2016. As one of the team's two victim identification officers, her task is to identify the children from images using clues such as plug sockets, logos on clothing or a view from a window in the background. Some are pictures the children took themselves, perhaps coerced by a chatroom predator into removing clothing or performing sexual acts - often not realising that the person they are sharing these intimate moments with is an abusive adult rather than another experimental youngster. Other photos Mrs Shannon must look at are those taken by the predators themselves, and these sometimes feature the worst kinds of sexual abuse. The Boy fell into the latter category. "We knew he was in danger and it could be happening right now," Mrs Shannon said. "I just couldn't get his sad face out of my head. "Everyone in the team knew him, we all needed to find him. I became a bit obsessed, to be honest." She found the brand of his glasses and contacted stockists to learn where they had been sold, but that provided no leads. She spent hours scanning social media sites looking for other pictures of The Boy, anything that could help her find out who and where he was. Finally, after weeks of searching, she had a breakthrough. "I keep a list of the children I have been unable to trace as I won't forget about them and when I think of something new, I give it a try," she said. How to get help The NSPCC offers a range of guidance to children and parents about how to stay safe online. A full list of other organisations offering help and support can be found here. "I was searching forums, groups, everything possible linked to children wearing glasses, trawling public posts. And then one day I stumbled across a comment written by a woman with a boy on her lap who looked like him. "I couldn't believe it when it actually was." A criminal case is now being pursued and The Boy has been removed from harm. For now, this is enough for Mrs Shannon to know. She joined Northumbria Police three years ago from the Greater Manchester force, where she was on duty the night of the Manchester Arena bombing. The 51-year-old mother of five said her new role had enabled her to "achieve something". "The team here is dealing with such horrible images and situations daily but their goal is always the safeguarding of children," she said. The 15-strong unit will try to work out where and who the victims and suspects are. They use IP addresses and, in cases where online offenders have masked their location, the detective work encompasses such methods as the ones Mrs Shannon used to find The Boy. Locating and protecting children is the priority for Polit, which is based in Byker in Newcastle, with prosecution an important second. "When they get a conviction it's good, but finding the victims feels 10 times better," Mrs Shannon said. She is faced with harrowing images every day. "The only way I can deal with it is by thinking 'if I am looking at it then we are dealing with it'... and that's got be a positive," she said. "Some images stay with you and will never go. There is an anger. It's a frustration that you cannot do more." One of the most high-profile cases the team cracked was that of Michael Coulter who was jailed in 2018. He would spend hours a day posing as a teenager on the video app Live.Me and persuade teenage girls to perform sexual acts, which he would record and share with other abusers. Mrs Shannon and her colleagues identified 47 victims around the world, with one girl traced through her distinctive football shirt. One aspect that particularly concerned the mother of five was how the abuse would often take place close to the victims' parents, who were oblivious to their children's plight. "When he was talking to children you could see the parents walking behind them," she said. "You could see them walking by while their child was being groomed. "In one case, he told the child to go to the bathroom and you could hear EastEnders on in the next room." Her job is an unusual one in policing, according to Det Sgt Allen Hull, one of the Polit team leaders. "Normally the first thing you have is a crime scene, and then you find the evidence," he said. "But Siobhan starts with the evidence and works backwards to identify where that crime scene is and who is the victim." Cases are often referred to the team by websites and social media platforms concerned at the tone of content. The unit makes about 30 arrests a month and there is "no indication that is likely to change", Det Sgt Hull said. Keeping children safe online can be a daunting prospect for parents, he added. "They are very good at protecting their kids in the real world, but then will give them an iPad with open internet access and leave them alone. "We cannot arrest ourselves out of this. It's a much bigger societal problem." While continuing to educate parents and children about online safety is crucial, Mrs Shannon said she had been seeing an encouraging number of youngsters "disengaging" from conversations, sometimes calling the groomer "gross". Some of the children may not have realised they were victims at all, and there is a risk that to inform them they have been could traumatise them. But the greater risk is not to educate about them staying safe online, Mrs Shannon said. "If this behaviour is normalised for them they might encourage other children to do it. "If it's just a game for them they might see it as just a game for their little sister. Education has to come into it." Follow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.

सिओभान शैनन के पास चेहरों को याद रखने का एक उपहार है। यह वह क्षमता थी जिसने उन्हें नॉर्थम्ब्रिया पुलिस में नौकरी पाने में मदद की, जहाँ उनका लक्ष्य ऑनलाइन पीडोफाइल द्वारा लक्षित बच्चों को ढूंढना और बचाना है।


The hidden world of supplying a supermarket

Summary: Stack it and sell it. What could be more simple when it comes to the world of the supermarkets? But in this multi billion pound industry, there's a complex relationship between the retailers and the companies who supply the many products they sell.

By Emma SimpsonBusiness correspondent, BBC News The accounting scandal at Tesco brought the issue into the limelight, and highlighted just how reliant it, and the other big supermarkets, are on supplier income. Its £250m profit overstatement centres on payments from suppliers, and how that income was recorded on its books, an amount that would have accounted for around a quarter of its expected half year profits. Suppliers compete to get the supermarkets to feature their products prominently. And they'll pay handsomely to get the best place on the shelves. The real sweet spot is the end of the aisle. "Suppliers can see their sales multiply about tenfold during the period they're there. It's not uncommon for them to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds, knowing that they're generating the sales with which to pay for them," says David Sables, founder of Sentinel Management Consultants, a business that advises suppliers on how to negotiate with retailers. And that's not the only thing suppliers pay for. There are a host of different fees and charges, many of them linked to performance. Suppliers pay for promotions and usually give a discount or rebate to the supermarkets if targets are met. It's all part of what's known as commercial income. It's nothing new or illegal. These payments have been widespread across the industry for decades. UK food supply chain 3.6m People employed in food supply 13% Of national employment £97bn Gross value of food supply chain (2012) 300,000 Agricultural enterprises involved in food supply 7,400 Food processing businesses British retailers don't publish how much money they receive from commercial income but the declared income from a number of big American supermarkets gives a clue. According to Fitch, the credit rating agency, the payments are the equivalent to 8% of the cost of goods sold for the retailers, equal to virtually all their profit. It could be a similar picture here. Duncan Swift, a partner at Moore Stephens Food Advisory Group, knows his way around UK supermarket balance sheets. He is a chartered accountant who specialises in helping suppliers in financial distress, and has also given evidence for the Competition Commission's investigation into the groceries market, published in 2008. 'Lucrative' He conservatively estimates supplier contributions to be worth around £5bn a year to the top four supermarkets. But that sum is still more than they made in combined pre-tax profits last year. "Over the years, it's become a very lucrative source of additional profits for the supermarkets. You'd think the amount of price reductions that a supermarket can get through rebates is going to be nothing like what we as consumers spend at the tills and relatively you're right. But in profit terms, at the margin, it's far more attractive for a supermarket to get ever larger supplier rebates than it is to encourage the likes of you and I to spend more money at the till, " he says For the big four, getting us to spend money has never been more challenging. Discounters like Aldi and Lidl have been stealing customers and consumers are changing the way they shop. But in a market with next to no growth, are suppliers being seen as an easy touch for more contributions? Transparency David Sables from Sentinel says things are always tough, but they've recently got tougher as trading has gradually worsened for the supermarkets. "There's constant pressure on these businesses to improve results, and as the pressure grows it can be particularly intense when they're suffering and their sales are not doing very well, and they're losing market share," he says. "When you see that happening, you expect that to come with a phone call to their suppliers asking for a little bit more." Suppliers I spoke to were too afraid to speak publicly for fear of being dropped by the big supermarkets. Duncan Swift says not all supplier relationships are bad, but he believes the supermarkets have been finding ever more sophisticated ways of getting more money out of their suppliers than before. "Significant deductions are being made from what suppliers are owed by the supermarkets without any explanation. I've seen short-notice order cancellations to try to force suppliers to put goods on promotion, to further reduce the price they supply to the supermarkets. And I've seen further demands for marketing and promotional costs [from supermarkets]," he says. The supermarkets deny mistreating suppliers. They say they wouldn't be in business without good relations. Indeed, many suppliers have done incredibly well from shifting vast amounts of goods through the supermarket aisles. And some of the biggest brands are bigger businesses than some of the retailers they sell to. The British Retail Consortium says regulations introduced in 2010 on supplier and supermarket promotions make it clear that they "must be agreed by both parties and cannot be required solely by the retailer on their terms". For Tesco, how it records its supplier income has landed the retailer in serious trouble, with more than £3bn being wiped off the company's value, as well as putting it in the sights of regulators and politicians. The city wants to know if Tesco took things too far, in order to prop up falling sales. That investigation is still under way. But there are now calls, including from Fitch, for more transparency about supplier payments among all the big European retailers. "Better disclosure would make it easier to spot errors, aggressive accounting practices or misuse, " Fitch said.

इसे ढेर करें और बेचें। जब सुपरमार्केट की दुनिया की बात आती है तो इससे अधिक सरल क्या हो सकता है? लेकिन इस अरबों पाउंड के उद्योग में, खुदरा विक्रेताओं और उन कंपनियों के बीच एक जटिल संबंध है जो अपने द्वारा बेचे जाने वाले कई उत्पादों की आपूर्ति करते हैं।


Boy, 14, charged with terror attack plot

Summary: A 14-year-old boy has been charged with plotting an "Islamist" terror attack, police have said.

The teenager, from Eastleigh, who cannot be named, faces one count of preparation of terrorist acts. Hampshire Police, which arrested the boy on 12 June, said it believed the investigation was "isolated". The boy was later re-arrested by counter-terror police. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

पुलिस ने कहा है कि एक 14 वर्षीय लड़के पर "इस्लामी" आतंकवादी हमले की साजिश रचने का आरोप लगाया गया है।


Man charged with manslaughter over Camden push on 80-year-old

Summary: A man has been charged with manslaughter after an 80-year-old woman died after being pushed in north London.

Police believe the elderly victim was pushed in Camden Road at around 14:20 BST on 31 March. The woman was taken to a hospital and later discharged, before being readmitted to a second hospital where she died on Tuesday. Harry Goodwin-Sims, 29, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court. He was remanded in custody to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 2 May. The woman's next of kin have been informed and formal identification is yet to take place.

उत्तरी लंदन में एक 80 वर्षीय महिला को धकेलने के बाद उसकी मौत हो गई, जिसके बाद एक व्यक्ति पर हत्या का आरोप लगाया गया है।


No charges over Bradley Lowery Facebook message

Summary: No charges are to be brought against a woman accused of posting a malicious message on Facebook about a terminally ill five-year-old boy.

Bradley Lowery. from Blackhall Colliery, near Hartlepool, has terminal neuroblastoma. A 24-year-old from Hartlepool was arrested in December on suspicion of offences under the Malicious Communications Act. Cleveland Police said the case remained open and inquiries were continuing. Bradley, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2013, made headlines around the world after featuring as Sunderland Football Club's mascot. Last year £700,000 was raised for him and treatment has now begun in hospital in a bid to prolong his life.

पाँच साल के गंभीर रूप से बीमार लड़के के बारे में फेसबुक पर दुर्भावनापूर्ण संदेश पोस्ट करने की आरोपी महिला के खिलाफ कोई आरोप नहीं लगाया जाना है।


Israel-Palestinian conflict: Kushner says peace can bring prosperity

Summary: Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, has set out an economic plan that he says offers the Palestinians a "more prosperous future" if they agree a peace deal with Israel.

He described the proposals, which envisage $50bn (£39bn) being invested in the region over 10 years, as "the opportunity of the century". Mr Kushner was speaking at the start of a two-day "workshop" in Bahrain. Palestinian leaders have rejected the plan and are boycotting the event. Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has insisted that, before anything else, there has to be a political agreement. Mr Trump is not expected to release the political part of his peace plan until possibly November, once Israel holds a general election. What did Jared Kushner say? He opened his speech by warning the Palestinian people that they had been "trapped in an inefficient framework of the past". The White House's economic plan - dubbed "Peace to Prosperity" - offered them "a modern framework for a brighter and more prosperous future", he said. Mr Kushner, addressing Palestinians, stressed that President Trump and the US had "not given up you", and that economic growth and prosperity was not possible without an "enduring and fair political solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "However, today is not about the political issues. We'll get to those at the right time. The goal of this workshop is to begin thinking about these challenges in a new way. "Let's try to view this conflict and the potential of the entire region through a different lens and work together to develop a concrete plan to try to achieve it." 0%real GDP growth in 2018 31%unemployment rate 67%of youths in Gaza are unemployed 24%of Palestinians live below the $5.50 a day PPP poverty line 70-80%of Gaza's GDP comes from aid or the Palestinian Authority Mr Kushner also dismissed critics who he said mockingly referred to his plan as "the deal of the century" - a reference to President Trump's desire to secure what he has called the "ultimate deal". "At its core, it is not just about making a deal," he said. "In fact, this effort is better referred to as 'the opportunity of the century' if leadership has the courage to pursue it." What does the US economic plan propose? It envisages donor countries and investors contributing $50bn for a newly created fund administered by a development bank. About $27.5bn would go to projects in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip - areas the Palestinians want for an independent state - while the rest would go to Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. The projects would seek to "unleash the economic potential of the Palestinians" by: The aims of the plan are to more than double Palestinian gross domestic product (GDP) within 10 years; create one million jobs; bring down the unemployment rate to nearly single digits and reduce the poverty rate by 50%. Who is in Manama? The US delegation is being led by Mr Kushner, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and Mr Trump's Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt. The finance ministers of several US-allied Gulf Arab states are also attending, along with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and World Bank president David Malpass. Jordan and Egypt have sent less senior officials, while Lebanon and Iraq said they would not participate in solidarity with the Palestinians. The US did not invite any Israeli officials because of the Palestinians' absence. What do the Palestinians say? The Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank, cut off diplomatic contacts with the US in late 2017 after Mr Trump decided to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy to the city from Tel Aviv. Since then, the US has ended both bilateral aid for Palestinians and contributions for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The Palestinian Authority has also reacted angrily to recent suggestions that the US peace plan would not be based on the so-called "two-state solution" - the international community's shorthand for a final settlement that would see the creation of an independent state of Palestine within pre-1967 ceasefire lines in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, living peacefully alongside Israel. President Abbas asserted that the Manama workshop would not be successful. "We will not be slaves or servants for Greenblatt, Kushner and [US ambassador to Israel David] Friedman," he told foreign journalists in Ramallah. "We need the economic [support], the money and the assistance," he added. "But before everything, there is a political solution." A spokesman for Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza, insisted the Palestinians "will not sell out their rights for all treasures on Earth". What do the Israelis think? Israel has not officially taken a position towards the US plan. "We'll hear the American proposition; hear it fairly, and with openness. And I cannot understand how the Palestinians, before they even heard the plan, reject it outright," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प के दामाद और वरिष्ठ सलाहकार, जारेड कुशनर ने एक आर्थिक योजना निर्धारित की है जो उनका कहना है कि फिलिस्तीनियों को एक "अधिक समृद्ध भविष्य" प्रदान करता है यदि वे इज़राइल के साथ एक शांति समझौते पर सहमत होते हैं।


Google Street View - a closer look

Summary: It is nearly four years since Google's Street View arrived in the UK, and now it is getting a major revamp. The Street View cars have been roaming Britain, refreshing the coverage in the big cities and bringing new images to remote places, such as the Isle of Lewis.

Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter The latest version has added another 15% of the UK's roads, bringing the total covered to 65%. And by using backpacks with lightweight recording equipment the company has brought the service to new places, from the interiors of buildings like the BBC Radio 1 studios to the towpaths of canals. But what do we now think about this close-up view of our streets, a project which has been marked by controversies over privacy? I've been talking to the man behind Street View, Luc Vincent - via the rather clumsy medium of a Google Hangout - and asking him about the project's ambitions. (Our edited interview is above - but you can see the full version here). He started by stressing that his boss Larry Page had come up with the original idea, roaming the campus of Stanford University taking pictures. It had then turned into Luc's 20% project - the blue sky ideas Google engineers are encouraged to work on for a fifth of their time - and had been launched in five US cities in 2007. Now it has mapped large areas of the world at street level. Forty seven countries now have coverage, and the cars have driven five million miles. But how useful is it? I've always suspected that many people use it once to look at their own house - and then forget about it. Luc Vincent says it is true that much of the traffic is local, but he insists it has become a very attractive service: "People use it to preview the restaurant they want to go to, or choose a vacation spot or search for real estate," he told me. But when it launched in the UK, while some were fascinated, others were appalled at what they saw as an invasion of their privacy by a Big Brother American business. In the village of Broughton, near Milton Keynes, residents chased a Street View car away, and accused Google of trying to peer through their windows. In Germany, the reaction was much stronger, with entire streets blanked out as residents rebelled against the idea. Google has stopped taking images there, so that some big cities have coverage but elsewhere there is nothing. Luc Vincent seems bemused by this kind of reaction. "I think the Big Brother aspect is really overstated," he says, "it's not we are driving in one place at one time, it's not like a camera is pointing at you all the time." The other controversy which surrounded Street View was the discovery that some of its cars had been collecting data from unsecured wi-fi networks. Mr Vincent says that did cause harm to the project: "It certainly slowed us down quite a bit," he says, "we've done what we can to fix the problem, we don't collect any wi-fi right now." In the UK, at least, the privacy row seems to have abated. When I looked on Street View the village of Broughton was there in full glorious detail, and I could not spot any homes that had been blanked out. And when I contacted a couple of residents they no longer seemed too concerned: "We've moved on," one person told me. It seems the bigger issue there now is getting proper broadband. Nevertheless, I do sense a wider disquiet about the growing power of Google in so many areas. Many of its services - like Street View or the mobile operating system Android -seemed to have no obvious commercial purpose when they are launched. Executives like Luc Vincent would have us believe that the only motivation is to give as many as people as possible useful information, with any thought of profit a long way down the road. But look at China's concerns this week about the dominance of Android - a worry shared by some global telecoms operators - and recent concerns about the way the company scans Gmail to serve users relevant adverts. No longer is the world content to assume that the search giant's motives are always pure. Google's mission to organise the world's information takes another step forward with the expansion of Street View. But the more closely they watch us, the more we may need to keep a critical eye on them.

गूगल के स्ट्रीट व्यू को यू. के. में आते हुए लगभग चार साल हो गए हैं, और अब इसमें एक बड़ा सुधार हो रहा है। स्ट्रीट व्यू कारें ब्रिटेन में घूम रही हैं, बड़े शहरों में कवरेज को ताज़ा कर रही हैं और दूरदराज के स्थानों जैसे कि आइल ऑफ लुईस में नई छवियां ला रही हैं।


Hezbollah heartlands recover with Iran's help

Summary: In the years since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia movement's strongholds have recovered from the widespread destruction they suffered - in large part down to major investment from its closest ally, Iran. The assistance has helped consolidate the relationship, but while Iran's role has drawn praise from Lebanese Shia, others are suspicious of its motives, as Carine Torbey reports from Beirut.

A recent report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) on the impact of international sanctions on Iran found no indication that the sanctions had affected Iran's regional role. And the report's principal author says there is no evidence of any financial support provided to Hezbollah. "There isn't a single line in the budget that confirms any aid or financial support to Hezbollah", Ali Vaez contends. But in one specific area, this support is clear and tangible: reconstruction and development projects. Seven years after the Israeli airstrikes on al-Dahiyeh, the southern suburb of Beirut, the area is almost unrecognisable. Modern buildings have risen from the ruins and some new structures have been added to the area, a stronghold of Hezbollah. Iran's money is key to this. "If it weren't for Iran, we wouldn't have returned to our home", says Farah Malak, a resident of the area. The reconstruction of al-Dahiyeh cost $400m, according to Hasan Jechi, the director of "Waed" ("Pledge"), the project set up after the 2006 war by Hezbollah to manage the reconstruction of the area. Half of this amount was paid for by Iran, as was conceded by the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. "We consider the reconstruction projects as instrumental to our support to the resistance against Israel in Lebanon," says Ghadanfar Rokon Abadi, Iran's ambassador to Lebanon. This support is also clearly felt in southern Lebanon, also a mainly Shia area, which is bordered by Israel. There too Iran has heavily contributed to the reconstruction of the area after the 2006 war. To highlight its projects and its influence, it has chosen a strategic spot in a border village, Maroun el Rass, to establish "Iran's park". The green family and fun area overlooks Israel. It's divided into different sections, each named after an Iranian region. But the park is also planted with posters of Iranian leaders, both civilians and clerics. One imposing picture at the entrance of the park is of Husam Khos Navis, the late director of the Iranian reconstruction commission. He was killed last February on his way to Beirut from Damascus. It was later disclosed that he was also a leading member of the influential Iranian Revolutionary Guards and his real name was Hasan Shateri. The incident raised many suspicions about the real role he had played in Lebanon. Reaching out But Iran insists its support to Lebanon is not driven by any sectarian vision. Mr Abadi says an essential principle of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to always stand by the oppressed and those suffering injustice. "Iran stands by all regardless of their sect or religion or their political affiliations. That's why we don't support the development and reconstruction projects in one area or another. We help everyone in Lebanon, everywhere." The message doesn't resonate in all parts of the country. An Iranian donation to build a proposed dam in Tannourine, a Christian town in northern Lebanon, has provoked outrage among some local residents. The donation goes back to 2011 and it was approved by the Lebanese cabinet, but so far the project hasn't started yet and some are doubtful it will ever go ahead with the Iranian money. The minister of energy at the time, Gebran Basile, secured the Iranian donation. He's a member of the Free Patriotic Movement, a prominent Christian political party allied to Hezbollah. "The donation was on condition that an Iranian company carries out the work. If they come here, they'll establish their own community, which means that they will establish a colony in this purely Christian area and we don't want this to happen", says Mounir Tarabay, the mayor of Tannourine. He claims that Iran's ultimate aim is to "invade the Christian mountains through peaceful means, if possible, because they want Lebanon as a substitute to Syria". But not everybody in this idyllic area agrees. Some residents suggest local petty politics behind the fierce opposition to Iran's gift. They also point out to the fact that other big projects in the area were sponsored by some Gulf countries without stirring a similar controversy. "It's an illusion. They are using Iran... in their partisan conflicts. I don't think Iran has any ulterior motives in Lebanon. On the contrary, they're doing good things to the country." Iran might be trying to win the hearts and minds of different groups of Lebanese. But with Lebanon's sectarian and political divisions, Iran knows well that it won't be received warmly everywhere.

इज़राइल और हिज़्बुल्लाह के बीच 2006 के युद्ध के बाद के वर्षों में, लेबनानी शिया आंदोलन के गढ़ व्यापक विनाश से उबर गए हैं-बड़े हिस्से में अपने निकटतम सहयोगी, ईरान से बड़े निवेश के कारण। सहायता ने संबंधों को मजबूत करने में मदद की है, लेकिन जबकि ईरान की भूमिका ने लेबनानी शिया से प्रशंसा प्राप्त की है, अन्य लोग इसके उद्देश्यों पर संदेह कर रहे हैं, जैसा कि कैरीन टोरबी ने बेरूत से रिपोर्ट किया है।


Boy, 9, hit by motorbike in Hull park

Summary: A nine-year-old boy has been injured after being hit by a motorbike in a park.

He was struck by the vehicle in Rosmead Park off Southcoates Lane in Hull at about midday. The boy was taken to hospital having suffered life-changing injuries, police said. A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing injury by dangerous driving. He remains in police custody for questioning.

एक पार्क में मोटरसाइकिल की चपेट में आने से एक नौ वर्षीय लड़का घायल हो गया है।


Commitment to new Aberdeen Don bridge reaffirmed

Summary: Aberdeen councillors have reaffirmed their commitment to a new bridge over the River Don at the proposed site near Tillydrone.

Supporters of the project insist the bridge would ease traffic congestion. However, Labour has long been opposed to the route currently planned at Tillydrone. There was a lengthy debate on Wednesday, and councillors voted to reaffirm their commitment to the so-called third Don crossing.

एबरडीन पार्षदों ने टिलीड्रोन के पास प्रस्तावित स्थल पर डॉन नदी पर एक नए पुल के लिए अपनी प्रतिबद्धता की पुष्टि की है।


The Donald Trump tweets that say so much and reveal so little

Summary: It is as if the campaign is still going on.

By James NaughtieSpecial Correspondent Radio 4 News Two weeks away from his inauguration, Donald Trump seems to prefer the role of "candidate" - flaying his opponents and aiming arrows at the federal government from the enemy camp. It is almost as if he does not want to accept fully that he is the new chief executive who will be dealing with official Washington from the moment he drives back from the Capitol as the president on 20 January. And his weapon of choice, forged for him like a legendary warrior's sword in the furnace of the new technology, is Twitter. No president-elect has battled like this. Most of them go to ground, secluded with the staff who will take over the West Wing, and make their plans. Dream their dreams, you might say. They have followed the golden rule: do not give too much away, because it will make life more difficult when the inauguration is over and the business of power begins. Trump Tweetwatch: 'I'm a big fan' of intelligence agencies Trump Tweetwatch: N Korea nuclear plans 'won't happen' The Trump Twitter account is not just a break with that pattern, but a challenge to the very idea. His New Year tweet (one of them, I should say) wished love to everyone "including my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do". The implication, of course, is that he does know what he is going to do. The trouble with his Twitter account is that it makes you wonder. More than 34,000 tweets to nearly 19 million followers (many "enemies" among them, no doubt) and a narrative that has become a kind of stream of consciousness. They read like the unfiltered, disconnected thoughts of someone for whom patience is an ugly word. You always have to say something, even if you say the opposite the next day. On Twitter, who cares? Yet, the messages are powerful. One contemptuous tweet about the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives winding down the Office of Congressional Ethics led them to beat a humiliating retreat and cancel the plan. Mr Trump's choice as White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said the other day: "Whatever he tweets, he is going to drive the news." And, bizarre though it may seem, the South Korean government is poring over them. The JoongAng Daily reported that a Twitter-watching position had been set up in the foreign ministry in Seoul "because we don't yet have an insight into his foreign policies". What insight will they get from tweets which have criticised the Central Intelligence Agency, praised Julian Assange - the Whistleblower of WikiLeaks and a bete noire to most Republicans - and praised President Putin, who gets more friendly treatment than all Democrats and some Republicans at home? And remarkably the tweets take aim at the entire intelligence community in Washington. What precisely are the South Koreans meant to make of that? Not too much, you may think, because who can tell how this mercurial candidate is going to be moulded into a president? We still do not know and what his Twitter account tells us - colourfully, astonishingly, sometimes hilariously - is that he is refusing to let us know. Far from revealing what a Trump presidency is going to be like - as he says his tweets do - they have the effect of enveloping him in a thick fog. Yes we know he will "make America great again", cut immigration, build his wall, cut taxes, be Israel's greatest ally and so on. But how he is going to build a White House team on foreign affairs and security, conduct relations with Capitol Hill, deal with allies in Nato and the rolling chaos in the Middle East, we have very little idea. And when the first crisis arrives - as it will before long - will he be able to find the calm that he needs? No president-elect in modern times has said so much and revealed so little. We know how Mr Trump feels about almost everything, but about priorities, his approach to the compromises of power, the way he will deal with the bureaucracy - in practice we know very little. A week or two before election day in November, one of his close associates told me that, if he won, Mr Trump had agreed that in office he would relinquish control of that Twitter account, because it would be inappropriate in the White House. The satirists' loss, certainly. But, if it happens, a step into reality, at last. Some day he has to stop being the candidate and playing that game, even though he enjoys it so much. So the first great test for the Trump White House team is surely getting his finger off that keyboard.

ऐसा लगता है कि अभियान अभी भी चल रहा है।


Stowaways stopped from entering Kent via English Channel

Summary: Twenty nine would-be illegal immigrants have been prevented from entering Kent via the English Channel after they were found inside lorries at French ports.

Three women and two men from Vietnam were discovered by Border Force officials in a Romanian-registered vehicle at Dunkirk on Monday morning. On Friday, two women and 17 men from Iran and Vietnam were found hidden in a Latvian-registered lorry in Dunkirk. Five men from Afghanistan were found in a Polish-registered lorry at Calais. All the stowaways were handed to the French authorities.

फ्रांसीसी बंदरगाहों पर लॉरियों के अंदर पाए जाने के बाद उनतीस अवैध प्रवासियों को इंग्लिश चैनल के माध्यम से केंट में प्रवेश करने से रोक दिया गया है।


Manasi Joshi: The accident that created a world champion

Summary: Manasi Joshi had just begun a career as a software engineer, when what should have been a routine commute to work ended in a tragic accident. But this moment of horror changed her life in a surprisingly positive way.

By Ayeshea PereraBBC News, Hyderabad The moment It was December 2011 and, for 22-year-old Manasi Joshi, a normal Friday morning. She had recently graduated and just started her first job as a software engineer in the hectic Indian metropolis of Mumbai. The house where she lived with her parents was barely 7km (4 miles) from her office, so Manasi would commute to work by motorbike. But that Friday, barely 10 minutes into her journey, disaster struck - as she took a U-turn under a flyover, a lorry travelling in the wrong direction ran over her leg. "I was still conscious after it happened. I managed to sit up and take my helmet off. I immediately knew my injuries were serious," she says. People rushed to the spot but no-one really knew what to do. "Indians are helpful by nature but they are not very skilled, especially in emergency situations," Manasi says with a wry smile. After waiting in vain for an ambulance, police lifted her on to a "rickety" stretcher and took her to a nearby hospital. However, it was ill-equipped to deal with the injuries to one of her hands, and to her left leg - which was completely crushed. There was no surgeon, and not even an ambulance to take her to a larger hospital. "I was so frustrated. I had lost so much blood, and I was losing time," she says. The hospital's ambulance, when it arrived a full two hours later, turned out to be a dilapidated van - a far cry from the "state-of-the-art" vehicle that had been promised. Her 10-12km journey to the hospital where she would finally be treated was torturous, every bump, every pothole, only increasing her agony. It was only at 17:30 that evening that Manasi received proper medical care - about nine hours after her accident. Doctors made saving her leg a priority. She was in hospital for 45 days, going into surgery every five to 10 days. But eventually gangrene set in and the medical team had to concede defeat. There was no choice but to amputate her leg. Before When she was growing up, studies were always the priority in the Joshi household. Manasi's father was a government scientist at Mumbai's prestigious Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and was determined that his children should also do well academically. That is how she ended up pursuing computer science and becoming a software engineer. But Manasi was also one of those children who took part in all sorts of extracurricular activities. "I played many sports like football, basketball and even volleyball. And it was not just sports. I was also exposed to music, singing, art... you know how parents want their kids to be exposed to lots of activities," she says. Badminton was a favourite, though. Manasi's father was her first coach - when she was barely six, he had taught her how to hold a racket and hit a shuttle. So after her injury, she returned to the sport as part of her rehabilitation. After In August 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, Manasi created history. In the eight years since her horrific accident, she had begun seriously pursuing para-badminton, made it on to India's national team, and was now representing the country at the finals of the World Championships. The final was against defending champion and fellow Indian Parul Parma. Manasi had never won a match against her. But this time, she was confident. "I was very fit, I was very quick on court, and my hand, my strokes, everything had its own clarity," she says. As the match progressed, Manasi began to surge ahead of Parma, dominating the game. The last set was a decimation - she won 13 points in a row, and suddenly, seemingly just like that, she was a World Champion. But how did she make the journey from amputee to para-athlete? When she describes the days immediately after her accident, Manasi does not look back on them with any real bitterness. Instead, she recounts how her college friends and colleagues flocked to her bedside making her hospital room "the coolest hang-out spot", how the intensive care nurses became her friends, and how an anaesthetist paid her a visit to boost her morale, after being touched by her plight in the operating theatre. "Trust me, there was not even a single point where I felt something very bad has happened to me. I'll say the worst I felt was when I came home and I looked at myself in mirror and said, 'Oh yeah this doesn't look good!' But then after a few days I felt 'It's OK, it's just a scar... it's just a leg.'" Badminton began as part of a process of rehabilitation to help her walk again with a prosthetic limb, but she began to show exceptional skill. One day she caught the eye of a fellow para-badminton player, who saw her defeat able-bodied competitors at a corporate tournament. He encouraged her to try out for the Indian team, which led eventually to her getting called up to take part in a tournament in Spain. Although she didn't win, she did, for the first time, feel the "transformational power" of the sport. Here were people, some with injuries far more severe than Manasi's, out on the court, playing what she calls "flawless" badminton. "And they were so kind and generous. They actually came up to me and thanked me for choosing the sport! That was part of the reason I decided to take this up full-time," she says. It was a chance meeting with legendary Indian coach Pullela Gopichand that truly transformed her career. A former international champion, Gopichand is the man behind India's recent dominance on the world badminton stage - he's coach to world champions like PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal. She was working at a bank in the western city of Ahmedabad when Mr Gopichand paid a visit - and she went straight up to him to ask if he would train her. Mr Gopichand laughs when I ask him about his reaction. "She looked like quite a brave girl, her story was very inspiring, I said, 'OK we will look into it,'" he says. But training a para-athlete was a new challenge. Gopichand scrutinised videos of matches, and even practised playing while limping on one leg to try and get a sense of what it was like for her. Then, along with his coaching staff, he designed a training schedule for Manasi, who he describes as "very focused and gritty". It was those qualities that got her to the World Championship and the pinnacle of her sport. When I meet Manasi, she is in the middle of an intense training session with her coach, Hari, at the prestigious Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in the southern city of Hyderabad. As I watch her play, I can tell that I am witnessing something very special. It is not just the fact that the lithe, athletic woman on the court is wearing a prosthetic leg. She also returns a flurry of increasingly tricky shots, smashing and volleying with ease. Afterwards, it becomes evident that Manasi's victory in Basel has turned her into a celebrity. "Everything has changed. People are recognising me in the streets," she says, laughing. I travel home with her, and as we enter her apartment complex, a young man stops his motorcycle and, with the engine still running, he hurries after her to ask for a selfie. Her apartment is filled with mementoes and gifts she has received from fans and there are stacks of greeting cards in the hall. She shows me a large handmade poster pasted on her bedroom door. It has drawings of shuttlecocks and badminton rackets on it, along with the words "Congratulations Manasi Joshi aunty" written in different coloured crayons. "This was the sweetest gesture. Even before I came back, my win was all over social media. So the kids of the building pasted this poster right on our front door. I wasn't there so my flatmates took it and pasted it on my bedroom door," she says. Inside her bedroom, Manasi shows me some of her medals. There is, of course, the glittering gold World Championship medal. But she says her favourite is a Bronze she won at the Asian games. It has text in Braille and makes a jingling sound when you shake it. She says the amount of particles in each medal differs between Gold, Silver and Bronze, so that each medal makes a different sound. This allows visually impaired athletes to immediately identify what they are holding. "That is the inclusive design or society I wish to live in. Where we consider everybody even when we give out trophies," she says. Now, Manasi has set her sights on her next goal - getting chosen for the Paralympics in Tokyo. She won the World Championship playing singles, but there is no singles event in her disability division at the paralympics, so she hopes to compete by playing doubles instead. Playing doubles may be new to her, but the one thing she has demonstrated is the ability to excel in unfamiliar situations. You may also be interested in: Neelam Krishnamoorthy's children loved watching films - but one afternoon a routine cinema trip ended in a moment of tragedy, and left Neelam fighting a decades-long battle for justice. The cinema tickets that destroyed a family

मानसी जोशी ने अभी-अभी एक सॉफ्टवेयर इंजीनियर के रूप में अपना करियर शुरू किया था, जब काम पर जाने के लिए एक नियमित यात्रा होनी चाहिए थी जो एक दुखद दुर्घटना में समाप्त हो गई। लेकिन भय के इस क्षण ने आश्चर्यजनक रूप से सकारात्मक तरीके से उनका जीवन बदल दिया।


Avon and Somerset Chief Constable Nick Gargan begins role

Summary: The new chief constable of Avon and Somerset Police, Nick Gargan, officially starts in the role later.

His appointment was ratified in January after he was chosen by new Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens. Mr Gargan is the former chief constable and chief executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). He replaces Colin Port who retired in January after refusing to re-apply for his own job.

एवन और समरसेट पुलिस के नए मुख्य कांस्टेबल, निक गार्गन, आधिकारिक तौर पर बाद में भूमिका में शुरू होते हैं।


Cairngorms funicular railway to close for maintenance

Summary: The UK's highest railway is to be closed for a month to allow for major maintenance work to be done, its operator has said.

CairnGorm Mountain said the funicular railway near Aviemore will be unavailable from 4 June to 4 July. A team of engineers from Switzerland are to work with CairnGorm Mountain's engineers to replace ropes and carry out inspections of a motor and gearbox. More than 110,000 people used the funicular between November and April. The railway in the Cairngorms connects a base station with a restaurant 1,097m (3,599ft) up Cairn Gorm mountain.

ब्रिटेन की सबसे ऊँची रेलवे को एक महीने के लिए बंद किया जाना है ताकि प्रमुख रखरखाव कार्य किया जा सके, इसके संचालक ने कहा है।


Homeless shelter bus in Cirencester given parking tickets

Summary: A double-decker bus used as a homeless shelter could be forced to move, after it was issued two parking tickets in a week.

The bus, which was parked on Old Tetbury Road in Cirencester, received the tickets after parking in a bus bay. Gloucestershire County Council said the fines would be cancelled as long as it was moved to a safe and legal spot. The Big Yellow Bus only began operating on Christmas Eve and was issued the first fine on New Year's Eve. Truck driver, Gerry Watkins, spent nearly £30,000 converting the double-decker bus having launched the project in 2017. Mr Watkins said the county council were wrong to issue the two £70 fines because it was registered as a bus with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Councillor Joe Harris said it was ridiculous that it had been fined in the first place.

एक सप्ताह में दो पार्किंग टिकट जारी किए जाने के बाद, बेघर आश्रय के रूप में उपयोग की जाने वाली एक डबल-डेकर बस को स्थानांतरित करने के लिए मजबूर किया जा सकता है।


Envoys discuss Sri Lanka violence

Summary: Envoys from the United States, the European Union, Japan and Norway have been meeting in New York to discuss the recent upsurge in violence in Sri Lanka between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels.

The American assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs, Richard Boucher, said fighting in the north was increasing, and the envoys had put an emphasis on protecting civilians caught up in the conflict. He said they'd also discussed the need for both sides in the conflict to make sure humanitarian deliveries could get through to those displaced by the violence. An estimated two-hundred thousand people have been dispalced due to the escaling fighting. He said discussions were taking place with both the government and the rebels.

संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका, यूरोपीय संघ, जापान और नॉर्वे के राजदूत सरकारी बलों और तमिल टाइगर विद्रोहियों के बीच श्रीलंका में हाल ही में हुई हिंसा पर चर्चा करने के लिए न्यूयॉर्क में बैठक कर रहे हैं।


Julian Assange: Why Ecuador ended his stay in London embassy

Summary: For seven years, Julian Assange took refuge in a small office that was converted into a bedroom in Ecuador's embassy in an upmarket neighbourhood of central London, where he lived with his cat, James.

By Hugo BachegaBBC News It had a bed, sun lamp, computer, kitchenette, shower and treadmill. During his time there, the 47-year-old Wikileaks co-founder welcomed guests including Lady Gaga and Pamela Anderson and, from a tiny balcony, addressed supporters and held news conferences. But, apparently, not everyone was happy. Relations between him and Ecuador's government worsened after President Lenín Moreno took office in 2017. This became evident last year when Assange was given a set of house rules, including paying for internet use, food and laundry, taking better care of his cat and keeping the bathroom clean. That fuelled speculation that Ecuador had finally had enough. On Thursday, President Moreno said Ecuador's patience had "reached its limit" with Assange's "discourteous and aggressive behaviour". Accusing him of "repeated violations to international conventions and daily-life protocols", he announced on Twitter the abrupt end of Assange's diplomatic asylum. From skateboarding to insulting staff More details emerged later, when Foreign Minister José Valencia told Congress that Assange had been using a mobile phone not registered with the embassy, repeatedly insulted the mission's workers - reportedly calling them US spies - and damaged the facilities by riding his skateboard and playing football, despite being told not to do so. Cleaning staff, Mr Valencia said, had described "improper hygienic conduct" throughout Assange's stay, an issue that a lawyer had attributed to "stomach problems". One unnamed senior Ecuadorean official told AP news agency that other issues included "weeks without a shower" and a "dental problem born of poor hygiene". Interior Minister María Paula Romo then complained that Assange had been allowed to do things like "put faeces on the walls of the embassy and other behaviours of that nature". Vaughan Smith, a friend who visited Assange last week, told Reuters that he rejected this claim. "Julian has been under stress but seemed in a balanced frame of mind every time I have seen him. It doesn't seem in character." Mr Valencia added that the decision was taken to prevent a further deterioration of Assange's health, without giving details. Quoting an unnamed friend, the New York Times said Assange had become deeply depressed and that diplomats - many of them recently appointed by the Moreno administration - were tired of his behaviour. Spying suspicions President Moreno, who ordered Assange to cut back his online activity soon after taking office, also said Assange had "violated the norm of not intervening in the internal affairs of other states", most recently in January 2019 when Wikileaks released documents from the Vatican. He said that, and other cases, confirmed suspicions that Assange was still linked to Wikileaks. The president also accused Assange of having installed forbidden "electronic and distortion equipment" and of accessing the embassy's security files. There was also the suspicion that Wikileaks was linked to an anonymous website that said the president's brother had created an offshore company, and leaked material included private pictures of President Moreno and his family. Mr Moreno denies any wrongdoing. Mr Valencia added that, in January, Assange told Ecuador's ambassador he had installed panic buttons that he would activate if he considered his life to be in danger. It was not clear what he meant by that but British authorities who arrested him on Thursday were careful to prevent Assange from returning to his room during the operation, according to AP. The whistle-blower also allegedly played loud music - in at least one occasion this reportedly happened during office hours, disturbing staff who were working - and deliberately blocked the embassy's security cameras. Assange's stay at the embassy cost Ecuador some $6.5m (£5m) from 2012 to 2018, Mr Valencia said. Assange's Ecuadorean citizenship was also suspended. Why did Assange end up at the embassy? The Australian national had been in the Ecuadorean embassy since 2012, after seeking asylum there to avoid extradition to Sweden on a rape allegation, which he has always denied. He was given protection by then President Rafael Correa, a strong advocate of Wikileaks. What about his cat? It is unclear what has happened to James. His own Instagram account has not offered any clues, with the last picture posted in 2017. Reports suggest he was given to a shelter by the Ecuadorean embassy some time ago while Italian newspaper La Repubblica said last year Assange had himself freed him.

सात वर्षों तक, जूलियन असांजे ने एक छोटे से कार्यालय में शरण ली जिसे मध्य लंदन के एक महंगे पड़ोस में इक्वाडोर के दूतावास में एक शयनकक्ष में बदल दिया गया था, जहाँ वे अपनी बिल्ली जेम्स के साथ रहते थे।


Ram-raiders smash through East Boldon shop front

Summary: Ram-raiders smashed through the front of a shop and made off with items from inside.

The Sainsbury's Local store on Station Road, East Boldon, South Tyneside was targeted at 23:15 GMT on Thursday. Police said significant damage was caused to the frontage and a number of items were stolen. A blue Subaru Forrester van believed to have been involved was later found burnt out in a field off Newcastle Road. Northumbria Police has urged any witnesses to come forward. Related Internet Links Northumbria Police

राम-हमलावरों ने एक दुकान के सामने से तोड़ दिया और अंदर से सामान ले गए।


National Front: Whatever happened to France's far right?

Summary: France's far-right National Front (FN) is voting this weekend on whether to allow a change of its name. Leader Marine Le Pen has said she wants a new name to reflect a "change in the nature" of the party. Since losing to Emmanuel Macron in the presidential run-off last year, Ms Le Pen has lost voters, endured attacks from her father and seen the defection of some of the party's most important figures. Will a name change turn the FN's fortunes around?

By Lucy WilliamsonBBC News, Cogolin, France The pastel buildings and sun-soaked palm trees of Cogolin give the square a tranquil, postcard feel. This tiny Mediterranean town, nestled alongside Saint Tropez, is renowned for producing hand-made pipes. It is a place that values tradition and the old ways of life. Cogolin chose Marine Le Pen over Emmanuel Macron by a clear margin but, almost a year on, her party seems to have lost momentum even here. Mayor Marc-Etienne Lansade quit the party after the election, disillusioned with both its economic policy and, he says, its chances of ever winning power. Bystanders at the town's pétanque court said there was no clear opposition party in France now either. "The left-right divide is dead," said one woman. "Political parties are no longer relevant, but they all have some good ideas: Marine Le Pen, [the far-left leader Jean-Luc] Mélenchon, and the others too." The FN received almost 11 million votes in the election, presenting itself as the natural party of opposition to Mr Macron's liberal, internationalist vision. So why, since then, have more than a third of party members failed to pay their dues and several key figures quit? Who is in, who is out Florian Philippot, once the party's number two and popular with newer converts, left the FN last year to launch his own far-right political movement, Les Patriotes. Marine Le Pen's niece, Marion, also left, weakening her aunt's support among traditional FN voters. Marion said she was withdrawing from politics completely but many believe she is biding her time to challenge her aunt for the party. "There would be room for her if she came back," a senior FN figure told French radio recently. And then there's the old conflict with Marine's father, Jean-Marie, who has launched continued attacks on his daughter and her leadership of the party he founded - most recently in a memoir about his early career, published this month. "He managed to speak ill of me in a book which stops in 1972 - when I was four years old," Marine Le Pen told Le Figaro newspaper. "You have to be really motivated [to do that]." Add to this the still-fresh memory of Marine Le Pen's disastrous performance in the presidential debate and the party's "identity crisis" over whether it represents economically liberal right-wingers or former communist blue-collar workers - and it is not hard to see why the FN has struggled to lead the opposition. And that is without Laurent Wauquiez. A new threat? He is the new leader of France's traditional centre-right party, Les Republicains. He is young, straight-talking and unashamedly right-wing. The media have nicknamed him France's Donald Trump. "I support the National Front," said one woman in Cogolin's weekly market, "but I think Laurent Wauquiez will emerge: he's got good ideas, he's young. Of course he's criticised but that's because the Paris upper-crust don't like him." Mr Wauquiez's brash approach has won him a lot of media attention and right-wing support - and even grudging acknowledgement from MPs in President Macron's party, like Bruno Bonnell. "Wauquiez is the same generation [as Mr Macron] and will be a strong fighter," Mr Bonnell told me. "I'm convinced he'll gather a lot of forces around his ideas. Obviously we don't share the same vision of France but he'll be a strong opposition." But the FN's Jean-Lin Lacapelle says Mr Wauquiez is no threat to his party: "He's either poaching [our voters] and is an imposter or Wauquiez is serious and the doors are wide open for a grand alliance of nationalists. That's what Marine Le Pen is calling for." The question of whether the FN might form an alliance with France's centre-right is hotly debated. Laurent Wauquiez has repeatedly rejected the idea and recent polls suggest that almost two-thirds of French voters are opposed to it. Among centre-right voters themselves, opposition is even higher. Which is partly why Marine Le Pen is pushing for a change of name - hoping that it might loosen attitudes towards her party, and help open the door to alliances. "'Front' expresses the idea of an opposition against someone or something," she told Le Figaro. "From now on, we need to go beyond that. We need to express our own ambition for government." "I have a lot of affection for the name," said FN official Jean-Lin Lacapelle, "but it can appear a bit aggressive. It had a bad reputation in the past. Some people are happy to vote for Marine Le Pen but don't want to vote for the National Front." The FN leader already dropped party branding from much of her presidential campaign in a bid to "detoxify" her image. But now polls suggest the French are less likely to consider the FN capable of government than before, with that perception dropping more sharply among FN voters themselves. None of the changes of the past seven years has so far been enough to secure the party pride of place in either government or opposition. Marine Le Pen says she even propelled the recent change in French politics, opening up a new division between globalists and nationalists. But, she said, it was "Emmanuel Macron [who] passed through the door that we opened".

फ्रांस का धुर दक्षिणपंथी राष्ट्रीय मोर्चा (एफ. एन.) इस सप्ताह के अंत में मतदान कर रहा है कि क्या उसका नाम बदला जाए। नेता मरीन ले पेन ने कहा है कि वह पार्टी की "प्रकृति में बदलाव" को दर्शाने के लिए एक नया नाम चाहती है। पिछले साल राष्ट्रपति पद के चुनाव में इमैनुएल मैक्रॉन से हारने के बाद से, सुश्री ले पेन ने मतदाताओं को खो दिया है, अपने पिता के हमलों को सहन किया है और पार्टी के कुछ सबसे महत्वपूर्ण व्यक्तियों के दलबदल को देखा है। क्या नाम परिवर्तन से एफ. एन. की किस्मत बदल जाएगी?


New National Library of Wales president appointed

Summary: The new president of the National Library of Wales has been named as Rhodri Glyn Thomas.

Mr Thomas is stepping down from his seat as Plaid Cymru AM for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr before May's assembly election. He described his appointment as a "huge privilege". Mr Thomas will start work at the Aberystwyth library on 6 April and will be in post for four years.

वेल्स के राष्ट्रीय पुस्तकालय के नए अध्यक्ष का नाम रोडरी ग्लिन थॉमस रखा गया है।


Seven arrested over Mexborough 'shotgun shooting'

Summary: Seven people have been arrested after reports of a shooting.

A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital with a suspected shotgun wound after an incident in Hirst Gate, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, on Saturday, police said. Three men, aged 25, 27, 48, arrested on suspicion of assault and firearms offences have been released under investigation. Two other men and two women have been released on bail. Those four were also arrested on suspicion of assault and firearms offences. A South Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said: "Officers believe these to be targeted incidents and enquiries are ongoing to understand the circumstances. "Shots were also fired at properties on Chaucer Road and Hawthorne Crescent, causing minor damage." Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.

गोलीबारी की सूचना के बाद सात लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Work starts on laying 249-mile cable off Scotland

Summary: What has been described as the biggest fibre cable laying project of its kind in the UK in years has started off the west coast of Scotland.

The project forms part of the £410m Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband initiative. A specialist vessel, the Rene Descartes, will be involved in laying some of the 249 miles (400km) of cable. Among the places involved include Largs, Cumbrae, Cowal, Mull, Oban, Ardgour and Corran. Funding for the superfast initiative is coming from the Scottish government, Highlands and Island Enterprise, Broadband Delivery UK and BT.

जिसे वर्षों में यू. के. में अपनी तरह की सबसे बड़ी फाइबर केबल बिछाने की परियोजना के रूप में वर्णित किया गया है, वह स्कॉटलैंड के पश्चिमी तट से शुरू हुई है।


Belgium scaffolding collapse kills one

Summary: One person has been killed and another injured after scaffolding collapsed outside the central station in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police say.

The victims were two construction workers who were on the scaffolding when it fell shortly after 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT). The injured worker's condition was stable, police said. No further victims were found under the twisted metal, which emergency crews were preparing to dismantle. You might also be interested in:

बेल्जियम के एंटवर्प शहर में केंद्रीय स्टेशन के बाहर मचान गिरने से एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई और एक अन्य घायल हो गया।


Brexit crisis presents opportunity for Theresa May

Summary: In a crisis there can be opportunity.

Laura KuenssbergPolitical editor@bbclaurakon Twitter This is now a crisis - the rules that traditionally have preserved governments are out of the window. The prime minister has been defeated again. Her authority - if not all gone - is in shreds. But for Number 10 there's an opportunity too, because MPs will soon be presented with a new choice - back the PM's deal, which has already been defeated twice, or accept the chance of a delay to Brexit. This isn't the choice of a government that's in control. But the tactic is to make the best of chaos. To use nerves among Brexiteers to shove them towards accepting Theresa May's deal in the absence of another solution with no other agreed alternative - yet. The prime minister is beginning another day not sure of where it will end. MPs are bristling to push their own different solutions - none of which she or Parliament as a whole, let alone the public, is ready to accept. Yet even if this pandemonium strangely leads the way to order, to a smooth departure from the European Union, there's a different question: could a functioning administration ever again exist under the present cast?

संकट में अवसर मिल सकता है।


Offshore platform fire east of Shetland investigated

Summary: A fire on an offshore platform east of Shetland is being investigated.

The incident happened on Statoil's Mariner A platform in the emergency generator room on Monday. Statoil said no-one was injured as a result. A spokeswoman said: "The relevant authorities were informed. An investigation is under way into the cause of the incident and to determine remedial actions."

शेटलैंड के पूर्व में एक अपतटीय प्लेटफार्म पर आग लगने की जांच की जा रही है।


Guernsey power cut caused by cable failure

Summary: A power cut that affected large parts of Guernsey was caused by the failure of the undersea cable with Jersey.

Homes in St Peter Port, St Martin, the western parishes and the Vale lost power just before 19:00 BST on Sunday. Guernsey Electricity started a back-up generator and the lights were back on within half an hour. The company said it was investigating the reason for the failure and would release more information when those investigations were complete.

ग्वेर्नसे के बड़े हिस्से को प्रभावित करने वाली बिजली कटौती जर्सी के साथ समुद्र के नीचे की केबल की विफलता के कारण हुई थी।


Gunwalloe sea rescue: Man in serious condition

Summary: A man is in a serious condition after he and a boy had to be rescued from the sea in Cornwall.

The pair got into difficulty in water off Gunwalloe near Helston, where police, coastguard and lifeboat crews were called at 14:20 BST . The man was treated at the scene by paramedics while the boy was taken to hospital, Devon and Cornwall Police said. A warning for strong winds was issued for Cornwall on Thursday and Friday.

कॉर्नवाल में समुद्र से एक लड़के को बचाने के बाद एक व्यक्ति की हालत गंभीर है।


India monsoon rains bring busy Mumbai to grinding halt

Summary: Heavy monsoon rains in India's financial capital, Mumbai, have brought the city to a standstill.

Waterlogged roads have caused severe traffic blocks along arterial roads and all flights have been delayed. The local train service, used by hundreds of thousands of commuters daily, has been suspended, with many stranded at stations. The annual monsoon often causes a complete breakdown of infrastructure and transport services in Mumbai.

भारत की वित्तीय राजधानी मुंबई में भारी मानसूनी बारिश ने शहर को ठप कर दिया है।


Guernsey Treasury proposes fines for late tax returns

Summary: Guernsey's Treasury and Resources Department has proposed an automatic fine for the late submission of tax returns in future.

While the island's tax office already has the power to impose a penalty, it is a lengthy process. The new fines would be automatic, and would involve a maximum penalty of £300 with additional daily charges of £50. Currently, tax returns for the previous financial year must be submitted by the first week of July.

ग्वेर्नसे के कोषागार और संसाधन विभाग ने भविष्य में कर विवरणी देर से जमा करने के लिए एक स्वचालित जुर्माने का प्रस्ताव दिया है।


Viewpoint: How would Trump remove 11 million people from the US?

Summary: Lost in the most consistently astonishing US presidential campaign since the 1864 Democrats ran on a platform of conceding the Civil War, is a disturbing question that seems to bring into doubt the very premise of the American experiment. Exactly how would Donald Trump deport 11 million undocumented migrants from the US?

By Keith OlbermannNew York Who does and doesn't fit his perception of who belongs here was the ground zero of his campaign. The demonisation of Mexicans, the wall, the asset freeze, the elimination of birthright citizenship, much of the white-power undertone to his rhetoric - all of it mainlines back to this one premise. And the premise came to the fore again on Thursday when, on national television, Trump told a self-declared supporter that it didn't matter if her undocumented relatives had been here for a quarter of a century, they would be deported. "I'm sure these are very, very fine people. They're going to go, and we're going to create a path where we can get them into this country legally, OK? But it has to be done legally." A President Trump would take about 3.5% of everybody here and round them up. Move 'em on, head 'em up, cut 'em out, ride 'em in. Sure. For the moment, let's brush past the morality and the ethics and the economic impact, and the resultant $20 tomato and the nationwide repetition of the year Georgia expelled all its "illegals" and had nobody to harvest the crop, and $140m (£98m) of it rotted in the fields, and the sheer Sisyphean nature of the thing (so - you get them all out of here and none of them ever come back because wall, even though they might think of coming back because tunnel). The obvious but largely unexplored question is: What if they don't want to go? I'm suggesting - and please tread carefully as you go out on this limb with me - that 11 million people who beat extraordinary odds to come to this country because they saw a chance for a life here, might hesitate to just go back. You know, just like my great-great-grandfather Frederick stayed (sorry, I don't know where his papers are, he died in 1860) and Donald Trump's grandfather stayed (I bet you Trump doesn't have his papers either). I know I'm positing something outlandish, almost to the point of being science fiction, but I truly believe that those who live here under constant threat of exposure and removal, doing the worst jobs, for the lowest pay, almost always outside the most minimal protections of the law and the lawmen, would not respond to a Trump administration "deportation force" like kids caught in a game of hide-and-seek. They might, you know, resist. But let's say I'm wrong. Let's say 11 million people here do choose - in Mitt Romney's gloriously naive phrase - "self-deportation". No hesitation, no resistance, no struggle, no relatives hiding them, no documented immigrants or birthright citizens standing up for them. Just "Exit, stage right." How is Trump going to pull even that trick off? During a debate, Governor John Kasich of Ohio expressed disbelief at the logistics and Trump replied: "I built an unbelievable company worth billions and billions of dollars. I don't have to hear from this man, believe me. I don't have to hear from him." To date Trump has offered only two details: That's a ratio of 37 immigrants per agent. If the entire expulsion process from round-up to judicial acquiescence and appeal was somehow sped up to an average of six months, and it somehow required a ratio of just one agent per immigrant, Trump's "Deportation Force" would be on pace to be able to clear them all out some time in the year 2035. If for some reason it took longer, or you kept the speed but found you needed say, three agents to give these people their parting gifts, including a home version of The Trump Entertainment Resorts Collector's Edition Monopoly Game, the process wouldn't be over until around the election of 2072. Even if these wildly optimistic numbers turned out to wildly underestimate the American spirit to throw out the newest arrivals in fear that they somehow endanger the penultimate arrivals, the absolute best-case scenario still stretches out over a decade. ICE (an acronym for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement - a name almost as bad as Homeland Security) claims it could deport 400,000 undocumented immigrants a year. Apply Trump's triple formula not just to the staffing but to the results and it's still 2027 before the last of them is gone, and again this presumes nobody puts up a fight, nobody tries to come back, and nobody new tries to get in. So what do you do with all of them between now and 2027, 2035, or 2072? You'd need to keep them somewhere. I mean, physically, you can't throw 11 million people out of the country at the same time. Especially if there's a wall there. 11 million is a little less than the population of Ohio. "OK, Ohio, everybody out of the pool!" doesn't work. You'd need to keep them somewhere. Camps. Detention camps. Processing camps. Perhaps 10 huge camps, each big enough to house the population of Dallas. Or 20 smaller camps, including one for the estimated 500,000 undocumented workers in New York City alone - a population larger than that of the New York borough of Staten Island. And around the beds, hurricane fences, barbed wire, guard towers, detainees arriving via train in some empty corner of Wyoming - all the dystopian details we've seen unfolding at the refugee/migrant camps in Calais and Greece and throughout Europe - would be a particularly American touch: a lovely redux of the imagery of World War Two Japanese internment - or worse. To a lot of Trump's fans these would be positive boons but a year ago, analysing the insanity of trying to throw out 11 million people and concluding it would cost $400-$600bn (£280-£420bn) and shave $1.6 trillion (£1.1tn) off real GDP, the president of a conservative think tank called American Action Forum underscored the optics to the magazine The Atlantic: "It still would be, I think, a shocking sight to the American people, to have the detentions, the deportations, the detention centres, the need for the administrative end of this," said its president Douglas Holtz-Eakin. "If you were to do it faster and have vans sweeping in, I think that would have the untenable feel of the police state to the American people." And that's with at least some cooperation from the people Trump would be expelling. We aren't even looking at the answers here that involve prosecuting Americans "guilty" of hiding their friends, lovers, relatives, neighbours, and strangers in their attics, or the raids by Trump deportation squads, or documented residents swept up in the madness, or suicides at detention camps the size of army bases, or the bodies of the undocumented dead in the street because a lot of people would rather die than go back, or what happens when somebody fights back. So, that's how Donald Trump would deport 11 million people from this country. But don't worry, he promises, "You would do it humanely." If you have any other questions about the details, ask Trump himself. I'll wager he'll tell you he has the right to ignore you because he makes more money than you do. Keith Olbermann is an American political and sports commentator and host, most notably of Countdown and election night coverage on MSNBC, 1997-98 and 2003-2011. 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