When mum or dad is an alcoholic

Summary: One in five children in the UK are said to be negatively affected by their parents' drinking, and the effects can last well into adulthood. Four women - Karen, Liz, Hilary and Lynne - spoke to Jo Morris about growing up with a parent dependent on alcohol.

"Some people talk about what books they've read, or films they've been to see, but instead we talk about how drunk our parents were," says Karen. Karen and her friend Liz met at work in their late 20s and quickly bonded when they realised they had a shared history. "It's not the same talking to somebody who doesn't know what it's like," says Liz. Gallows humour helps to deal with the horrible memories. Like the time Liz's mum sold her toys to get money for alcohol. Or the time Karen's alcoholic dad went to the pub instead of collecting her from after-school club. "It's a bit like Top Trumps - alcoholic-parent Top Trumps," Karen laughs. They both remember dreading the walk home from school. "It's so disheartening," says Karen. "You think: 'OK, I've had a nice break at school, but here we go again. I'm going to be really polite and be really nice, make sure that I don't say anything out of turn or give you any reason to have a go at me.'" It was only when Liz was eight or nine that she noticed her friends did not have any such concerns and lived very different lives. "I thought: 'Oh, you have your dinner cooked for you? I don't even have dinner.' "That's when you realise it's horrendous and you feel very alone going through it." Once, her mum spent all her benefit money on alcohol, and all she could afford was a sack of potatoes. "Potato weekend!" Liz laughs. "We literally had potatoes to live on for the weekend. So we had mashed potato, potato cakes, chips wrapped up in newspaper - she was very resourceful." Food - or the lack of it - is a common theme. Hilary, 55, grew up in an upper-middle class family in Sunderland, with a respected surgeon as a father. The family kept up appearances - but her mother drank. "I can remember being at school, and a girl in my form opening up her lunch and saying: 'Oh my sandwiches haven't been buttered to the edge.' It was like Planet Zorg compared to my life," she remembers. No-one was making sandwiches for Hilary. In fact it was left to her to look after her younger brother - putting him to bed, getting him ready for school, making sure he was fed. Her mum's drinking started out with a glass of wine "while cooking" but soon escalated to a bottle of vodka a day. "She was hiding bottles, they were all over the place - in her shoeboxes, you'd find glasses of neat vodka behind curtains and if you put the oven on you checked there wasn't a bottle hidden in there. Watching her elegant and educated mother fade away was very painful. "You couldn't hold a conversation with her because she was drunk," Hilary says. "It was like she wasn't there really - she went from being very present to becoming a ghost." Liz's mother had been a model, but after she began to drink she never quite knew where to put on her make-up. "She looked like Aunt Sally from Worzel Gummidge," she says. Liz's own life began to spin out of control, as a result of neglect. By the age of 15, Liz had become involved in an abusive relationship, and was put into foster care. It was thanks to her friends that she survived, she says. "I've been good at choosing good friends who helped me through it, friends who weren't into drugs and drinking." Then, when she saw her friends go to university she decided she would, too - the only child in Surrey social services at the time who did. "I definitely deserve a prize for that," she says. Find out more For Jabs, 22, living with her alcoholic father was like "walking on eggshells". All this week Woman's Hour will be hearing from adult children of alcoholics. Jo Morris spoke to six women of different ages and backgrounds, from all over the UK. Now 37, with a young family, she visits her mother a few times a year but wants no further involvement - one reason why she has put off marriage to her long-term partner. "I don't want her at my wedding," she says. "But I'm too nice to think of her sat at home alone." Lynne's mother died 13 years ago from complications caused by her alcoholism. She rummages through a box of her mother's things that she put together after bereavement counselling. "What was hard was that everyone in the church all stood up and said how great she was," she says, remembering their complicated relationship. "Every childhood memory is laced with the memory of my mum drinking. "I cannot recall a day when she didn't send me and my sister with a note to the shop: 'Please sell my children two bottles of Olde English and four cans of Special Brew' - and I wasn't the only kid on the council estate doing that." Her mother could get nasty when she was drunk, and even violent. "It was so confusing and upsetting. Sometimes I'd barricade myself inside my bedroom. Even now, talking about it, I get that feeling in my gut that I want to leave the house." Today her flat is cosy and welcoming - the polar opposite, she says, of the home she grew up in. And this is important to her. "I used to feel that I wasn't entitled to anything that was wholesome or good," she says - but that's no longer the case. After moving to London she built the life she wanted to have. She feels loved by her husband and friends. "I'm just basking in that," she says. She pulls out something else from her bereavement box - a ticket from the hospital from when she was born, saying how much she weighed. "I was amazed that she still kept this," she says, clearly moved. "Consciously making the decision to not have a child myself is the legacy of it all. "In my heart I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to look after someone else, and I might repeat her mistakes. Is it in the genes, could this come out in me? That is something I've always thought." Hilary does have a child, a teenager, and relishes the opportunity to be the attentive mother she herself lacked. She has also made sure that, unlike her own mother - a former nurse, who ended up spending her life at home - she is always busy. "I learned my lesson from my mum," she says. "I play a lot of sport, and I work - I need structure. "I think mum was lonely and sad. That gets me. I think she could have been helped." She remembers coming home from a Christmas party as a teenager to find her mum at the bottom of her stairs holding a carving knife, threatening to kill herself. She had drunk the Christmas port and replaced it with Ribena, which led to a row with her husband. Hilary drove her mother to hospital and got her admitted to the alcohol dependency unit there. The next day at Christmas lunch nobody in the family acknowledged what had happened. "It was the great lie. We never spoke about anything in the family." Today she still hates liars. "And I loathe people who fraudulently present themselves as something they're not, because that is how I was brought up. "The fact that I couldn't talk about how it was probably contributed to my hideous depression," Hilary says. Shame and secrecy are words that come up often, talking to these women. All of them wish they'd had someone to talk to about their parents' drinking when they were growing up. Liz and Karen, who find comfort in sharing stories with each other now, had nobody to turn to as children, and couldn't see a way out. "When you're eight or nine you can't go anywhere," says Liz, who was bullied about her mum's drinking. "It's not your fault if your parent is alcoholic." Karen nods in agreement. "How many kids go through this? Keeping all this pressure, stress and anxiety to themselves because they have nobody at school to talk to - it's really sad and horrid and there are kids going through this now," she says. Lynne feels badly let down by the authorities. "I find it staggering that my mum was sectioned and no-one said: 'What is happening to this young teenager?' "Actually that is what makes me the angriest. All that support system in society - school, doctor, social services - where were they?" Support for children of alcoholics NACOA - The National Association For Children Of Alcoholics ADFAM - Supporting families affected by drugs and alcohol Al-Anon - For families and friends of alcoholics For Hilary, there was help of sorts in the shape of her Uncle David - her mother's brother. "No other adult had helped me up to that point, no other adult intervened." She describes how he bundled her and her siblings into his car and drove them round and round, so that they relaxed and started to tell him stories about her mother's drinking. He convinced Hilary's mum to stop drinking for three months so that Hilary could concentrate on her A-levels. "He made us feel safe, suddenly the sun shone in my life." Her mum only remained sober for those three months, but it meant Hilary passed her A-levels, and then she escaped the stresses of home for university. She has never forgotten Uncle David's kindness, and she still visits him every week. Karen's dad stopped drinking 13 years ago, but she still has a recurring nightmare that he's started up again. "I still have that panic of: here we go again." Does she talk to her parents about what happened? "It's never discussed." "Now I'm a parent, the thought of acting like that to my child is unbelievable," she adds. "The stress we get into about what to feed our children." Liz agrees: "Yes, five a day." "And you got a sack of potatoes to last the weekend!" jokes Karen. And they both erupt into laughter again. Listen to Jo Morris's reports on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 *Some names in this article have been changed Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.

कहा जाता है कि यू. के. में पाँच में से एक बच्चा अपने माता-पिता के शराब पीने से नकारात्मक रूप से प्रभावित होता है, और प्रभाव वयस्कता तक अच्छी तरह से रह सकते हैं। चार महिलाओं-करेन, लिज़, हिलेरी और लिन-ने जो मॉरिस से शराब पर निर्भर माता-पिता के साथ बड़े होने के बारे में बात की।


Grenade found in Westwoodside during renovations

Summary: A number of houses in a North Lincolnshire village were evacuated when a grenade was found during building work.

An army bomb disposal team was called to a property on Newbigg, Westwoodside, earlier and the road was closed. Humberside Police said they were called after the discovery of "what is believed to be an old grenade". A spokesperson said residents were allowed to return home after the device was "safely disposed of".

निर्माण कार्य के दौरान एक ग्रेनेड मिलने पर उत्तरी लिंकनशायर गाँव में कई घरों को खाली करा लिया गया था।


Elton John: On the Yellow Brick Road

Summary: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is Elton John's best-selling and most enduring album.

By Mark SavageBBC News entertainment reporter Over a two-week recording binge, it grew from a single to a double album, its 17 tracks including hits such as Bennie and the Jets and Candle In The Wind. Its release came at an exciting period in the star's career. His previous record, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, released just nine months earlier, had become his first UK number one. His elaborate live shows were winning rave reviews in the US while, simultaneously, his musical creativity was hitting a peak. In its 40th birthday year, the album is being re-released in a box set crammed with live performances, film footage and a disc of covers by the likes of Fall Out Boy, Ed Sheeran and John Grant. Using a combination of new and archive interviews, here is the story of the album by the people who made it. TONY KING: Around that time, it was obvious that Elton was becoming a bit of a star. His recordings were becoming more exciting. DAVEY JOHNSTONE: I remember being on a train, getting Melody Maker and seeing Don't Shoot Me was number one. And it was like, "Oh, that's great. It's happening!" ELTON JOHN: I didn't ever envisage being a star. It happened so quickly and so stupidly. Suddenly, from nowhere, I was in the same room as George Harrison. I couldn't believe it. CALEB QUAYE: He had money to spend. His wardrobe started to become more embellished. This is what he had always wanted. The initial sessions for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road were due to take place in Jamaica, where the Rolling Stones had recently recorded their Goats Head Soup LP. ELTON JOHN: We land the day after the Foreman-Frasier fight, so the island is swarming. We can't get into a hotel. The band, sensible lot, they went off to the other side of the island - Ocho Rios, which is the more glamorous side. I'm stuck in Kingston in the Pink Flamingo hotel, my only contact being a room with an electric piano in it. I wouldn't go out of my room, I was so frightened. TONY KING: The Jamaica experience wasn't great at all. They only had one microphone. There was barbed wire all around the studio. It was just a complete mess. DAVEY JOHNSTONE: We tried to cut Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting and it really sounded hilarious. It was like the Chipmunks or something. There was no balls to it. We all started laughing, but there was no panic - we knew it would work back at the Chateau. The band decamped to the Chateau d'Herouville in France, where Elton's previous two albums had been made. Once in place, the writing and recording of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road took just two weeks. ELTON JOHN: I'm not the sort of songwriter that writes all the time. I just write twice a year. If I starve myself from writing, I find I can write better. BERNIE TAUPIN: It literally was like a mini creative factory. I would write in the mornings and, when the band were having breakfast I would come down and grab a cup of coffee and give Elton a couple of lyrics I'd been working on that morning. ELTON JOHN: I would write at breakfast at the table. The band would join in. And by the time breakfast was over, we'd written and rehearsed two songs, and we went in the studio and recorded them. The boys did the backing vocals while I was in bed. It was the height of our powers. DAVEY JOHNSTONE: Elton's notorious for being a very fast writer - and also a little impatient in the studio. But the band was almost telepathic. We'd each know what the other one was going to play. ELTON JOHN: Gus Dudgeon [who died in a car crash in 2002], I'd have to say, was the fifth member of the band. The sound of the drums, the sound of the piano, the sound of everything on the record was extraordinary - that was down to him. Like the Beatles had George Martin, we had Gus. TONY KING: Nobody makes an album in two weeks any more - and that's the pity. A lot of people spend too much time in the studio faffing about. If you go in and just play, you capture the urgency of it. Unusually, the record opens with a long, bravura instrumental, called Funeral For A Friend. ELTON JOHN: Gus Dudgeon said, a long time before that, "why don't you write an instrumental?" and I never got round to it. Then I got very down one day and said, "Hmmm - what sort of music would I like to hear at my own funeral?" It sounds very bizarre but I like funeral music anyway, I like sad music. So I decided to write something like that. TONY KING: I just found out a very interesting thing about Funeral For A Friend. David Hentschel, who did all the synth programming, included bits of the other songs on there. You can hear the melody of Candle In The Wind, I've Seen That Movie Too and The Ballad Of Danny Bailey. He invented that instrumental using little lines from some of the other songs. It's very clever. PETER ASHER: Gus Dudgeon is one of the heroes in this discussion, because it's a stunningly huge-sounding record. It starts with those amazing big synths of Funeral For A Friend, and the drums sound amazing on every track. It's a hell of a record. DAVEY JOHNSTONE: Saturday Night had a multitude of guitars on there. We layered something like 12 guitars throughout the course of the song. And with each guitar track it sounded better and better. Elton kept saying, "Another one! Another one!" BERNIE TAUPIN: I swear I wrote Candle In The Wind long before Norman Mailer dragged Marilyn Monroe over the coals [Mailer's controversial biography of Monroe also came out in 1973]. I'd been a Marilyn fan for a long time - ever since Madmen Across the Water, I'd wanted to write a song about her. But I'd never found the right way of doing it without being incredibly tacky. I tried to make it a song that told you the reason she was so popular, was that she was very much somebody people could fall in love with without her being out of reach. I really don't think people thought of her as a sex symbol. Clive Davis said of Janis Joplin that her life was like a Candle In the Wind. It was a nice phrase to use. DAVEY JOHNSTONE: That's one of the few songs that Elton's asked me to play a riff on. And I was like, "oh that's going to suck". But being the compatible guitar player that I am, the chorus came round and I played the thing - and it worked perfectly. I was like, "you bastard." ELTON JOHN: I remember the record company phoning up and saying Bennie and the Jets should be the single in America. And I said "no, I want Candle In The Wind". They fought and fought and fought, and I turned them down so many times until they told me that the record had gone to number one on the R&B station in Detroit. For me, a white boy from Pinner who'd grown up loving black music, and played the blues and R&B all my life, I just went "oh..." So I let them have their way. It shows that, as an artist, sometimes you know nothing. TONY KING: I went on holiday with Elton in 1973, just before the album came out. He rented a house which had once belonged to Anthony Newley and Joan Collins, and we had a fabulous month in Los Angeles. He had installed a really top class stereo system, and so anybody who came up to the house was played the album. He was really excited about it. He really felt it was going to be something special. ELTON JOHN: I look back on it now and I think it's a lot of young adrenalin, and you only have that adrenalin for a certain part of your career. TONY KING: The record company wanted to put out a 40th anniversary album but we weren't too sure how to go about it. I said to Elton, "the thing is, you don't have any tracks in the vault". And so he came up with the idea of getting people to cover the album. PETER ASHER: Of course I said "yes" [to producing the album] because it's such a brilliant opportunity to rethink these legendary songs. TONY KING: Initially we had the idea of doing big stars, but of course all the big stars were busy doing their albums. And I'm glad for that now - because we were able to craft something that felt much more personal. It feels curated. ED SHEERAN: If I'm honest, if I could have chosen, I'd have done any song other than Candle In The Wind. Not that it isn't a brilliant song, it's just that that song's so special to England's heart. But I think we made it less sad and more upbeat. PETER ASHER: It struck me in a fresh way, hearing somebody else sing it - because suddenly it wasn't something you'd heard 20 million times before. It's just a beautifully-written song in every respect. It's extraordinary. TONY KING: Yellow Brick Road pushed Elton into a whole different category of artist. There was no-one bigger than Elton in the States at that time. It sold 31 million overall. DAVEY JOHNSTONE: We were aware of one thing - we were riding a major wave of popularity. Especially in the States, it was just like a juggernaut. But without sounding egotistical, we weren't that surprised. We were just very happy. ELTON JOHN: My records don't sell as much as they used to by a long way, but I'm not really interested in that any more. I don't have to chase the charts any more, I can just do what I like and that's a tremendous asset. I've been successful and I have the freedom not to care about that any more. The anniversary edition of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is out now. Tony King, Peter Asher and Davey Johnstone were speaking to Mark Savage. Other interviews come from the BBC's radio and television archive and Universal Music.

गुडबाय येलो ब्रिक रोड एल्टन जॉन का सबसे अधिक बिकने वाला और सबसे स्थायी एल्बम है।


South Belfast: Teenager taken to hospital after stabbing

Summary: A teenage male has been taken to hospital after he was reportedly stabbed multiple times in an incident in south Belfast.

It happened shortly before 03:00 GMT on Monday at a property in Balfour Avenue, police say. Two people have been arrested in connection with the incident. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said that its investigation is ongoing and added that there are no further details at this time.

दक्षिण बेलफास्ट में एक घटना में कथित तौर पर कई बार चाकू मारे जाने के बाद एक किशोर पुरुष को अस्पताल ले जाया गया है।


What does Princess Latifa case mean for British sport?

Summary: The revelation on Panorama this week that Dubai's Princess Latifa accused her father of holding her hostage in the city since she tried to flee in 2018 has the potential to create diplomatic tensions between the UK and the United Arab Emirates, a key strategic ally.

By Dan RoanBBC sports editor Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has said he was acting in his daughter's best interests, and the royal family insist she was brought back to Dubai in a "rescue mission". The UAE have previously said Princess Latifa was safe in the care of family. But this controversy has left British horse-racing facing some deeply uncomfortable questions. Over the past 40 years, Sheikh Mohammed has become synonymous with the sport, its most prominent and influential owner. Indeed, it has become very hard for many in British racing to imagine the sport here without him. The royal blue silks of Godolphin - the illustrious and hugely successful racing and bloodstock operation he founded and owns - are a constant presence on racecourses during the flat season. Many jobs are thought to depend on Sheikh Mohammed's investment, especially in Newmarket - where Godolphin and his Dalham Hall breeding operation are based. More than 130 of his horses are trained here in Britain, with many of his millions spent on yearlings at the Tattersalls auction. This week's allegations have renewed scrutiny on the sport's links with him. But at a time when racing's finances are already under huge strain due to the pandemic, and fears that possible new affordability checks on gamblers could cost the industry more than £60m, many are loathe to do or say anything that could push the 71 year-old away. It is perhaps unsurprising therefore, that neither Godolphin, nor the sport's governing body - the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), nor the Jockey Club - of which the sheikh is an honorary member, have made any comment since Panorama was aired. But this is not the first time that British racing has faced tough questions over its association with the sheikh. Last March, after hearing extensive witness statements over a period of time, the family division of the High Court found Sheikh Mohammed to have been responsible for a campaign of intimidation against his former wife Princess Haya and for the abduction and forced return of two of his daughters from a different marriage - including Princess Latifa. The sheikh insisted at the time that, as a head of government, he was not able to participate in the court's fact-finding process, resulting in a judgement that "inevitably only tells one side of the story". He denied the allegations. But the damage had been done. Previously, the Queen had invited the sheikh to join her in the royal box, and even share her carriage at Royal Ascot. Following the scandal, she reportedly decided she would not be photographed with him again, despite their shared love of racing. With the sport only continuing behind closed doors since March, any attempt at distancing has yet not been tested, with any awkward potential meetings so far avoided. The problems for racing do not stop there. The BHA's rules for assessing the suitability of owners includes the following: "The criteria to which the authority will have regard in assessing honesty and integrity, include… whether the applicant has been the subject of any adverse finding by a judge in any civil proceedings." The authority, which is meant to regulate the sport, refuses to say whether an investigation has been launched into the sheikh in the wake of last year's judgement, but insiders say the governing body's "honesty and integrity" criteria are only part of what it considers when assessing the suitability of owners. The distinct sense from within racing is that with these latest allegations relating to overseas matters involving a head of state of one of the UK's strategic partners and purchaser of arms exports in the Middle East, and with the government referring the matter to the UN, it is unfair to expect the sport to make a stand and speak out against one of its most important benefactors. Others however, disagree. "No matter how much money he pays to race his horses, no respectable race should touch Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum until he releases his daughter" tweeted Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, this week. Beyond racing Despite such views, racing is unlikely to cut ties with the sheikh any time soon. Indeed, on Saturday alone, in a sign of just how extensive his investment in the sport has become, as many as 27 Godolphin horses are scheduled to race at seven meetings across four countries. The ruler of Duabi's sporting connections in Britain extend beyond racing. The airline Emirates, which he launched, has a shirt sponsorship deal with Arsenal, worth £200m over four years. It has naming rights to the club's stadium, along with Glasgow's Commonwealth Arena, and Lancashire cricket club's Old Trafford. Emirates also became the first ever title sponsor of the FA Cup in 2015. But pressure is now mounting on racing in particular to reconsider a relationship that has been hugely lucrative, but which is becoming increasingly controversial.

इस सप्ताह पैनोरमा पर यह रहस्योद्घाटन कि दुबई की राजकुमारी लतीफा ने अपने पिता पर शहर में उसे बंधक बनाने का आरोप लगाया क्योंकि उसने 2018 में भागने की कोशिश की थी, ब्रिटेन और संयुक्त अरब अमीरात के बीच राजनयिक तनाव पैदा करने की क्षमता है, जो एक प्रमुख रणनीतिक सहयोगी है।


Q&A: The Magnitsky affair

Summary: The Magnitsky affair has soured relations between Moscow and Washington, casting a spotlight on corruption in Russia.

It led to US sanctions on a group of Russian officials, retaliation by Russia and the bizarre spectacle of a dead man being put on trial. That man, the late lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, was found guilty of tax fraud by a Moscow court on 11 July 2013, as was his former boss, US-born investment fund manager Bill Browder. Mr Magnitsky died in prison in 2009 - allegedly after beatings - but Russia dropped an investigation into his death.

मैग्निट्स्की प्रकरण ने मास्को और वाशिंगटन के बीच संबंधों में खटास ला दी है, जिससे रूस में भ्रष्टाचार पर प्रकाश डाला गया है।


Housesteads visitor centre reopens after £650,000 revamp

Summary: The visitor centre at a Roman museum near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland has reopened after a £650,000 revamp.

English Heritage refurbished Housesteads Visitor Centre in Hexham after an overhaul of the museum at the site last year. Carole Keltie from English Heritage said the centre would host events over the summer focusing on the period when Housesteads was home to the Roman army. About 100,000 people visit the attraction each year. The redevelopment was supported by the National Trust and the Northumberland National Park Authority. Related Internet Links English Heritage National Trust Visit Hadrian's Wall

नॉर्थम्बरलैंड में हैड्रियन की दीवार के पास एक रोमन संग्रहालय में आगंतुक केंद्र 650,000 पाउंड के सुधार के बाद फिर से खुल गया है।


PM's climate vision: 10 steps forward, 10 steps back?

Summary: Prime Minister Boris Johnson's long-awaited climate plan includes hastening the end of petrol and diesel cars, new nuclear, hydrogen, and carbon capture. But as our Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin reports, other policies are leaving emissions untouched, or even driving them up.

By Roger HarrabinBBC environment analyst The prime minister's ambitious 10-point plan has been broadly welcomed by businesses and environmentalists. But while Mr Johnson creates jobs and cuts carbon dioxide with one hand, he's either increasing emissions - or leaving them uncut - in at least 10 other areas. These are road-building, SUVs, high-speed rail, aviation, overseas finance, oil and gas, coal mining, farming, meat-eating and peat. Roads The £27bn roads programme will actually increase emissions. Increased road capacity not only encourages driving but also leads to car-dependent developments such as retail and business parks. It will be decades before electric vehicles rule the tarmac. The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says people should be driving less, and even the AA's president Edmund King concedes: "Arguably in future, we should invest more in broadband [so people can] work from home." There's secrecy and confusion over the calculations for CO2 emissions from the roads programme, and the government is facing court action by greens complaining that road-building doesn't fit with a zero emissions economy. Building highways doesn't create many jobs either because most work is mechanised. SUVs Large sports utility vehicles (SUVs) emit a quarter more CO2 than medium-sized cars, yet the PM's doing nothing to deter people from buying them. The motoring industry says electric SUVs will eventually be the answer. But some academics argue that the most polluting SUVs should be removed from the roads immediately. They say electric SUVs won't solve all problems, because they gobble far more energy and resources than smaller cars. HS2 There's controversy over emissions from HS2 - the planned high-speed railway linking cities in the north and the Midlands with London. A previous report said it wouldn't reduce CO2 overall for more than 100 years, largely because of the emissions created during tunnelling and construction. HS2 says that forecast is out of date - and points to measures it has taken to reduce construction emissions by using less steel to do the same job. HS2's environment director Peter Miller said: "HS2 is playing a crucial role in supporting the green economic recovery and ensuring the UK is on track to achieve net-zero by 2050." Greens don't trust the revised CO2 figures, and say the £100bn cost of HS2 could have been spent better on more effective climate policies. Aviation Aviation poses another transport CO2 challenge. The PM hopes to develop large commercial planes that can fly long-haul passengers planes with zero emissions (Jet Zero, he calls it), but these are decades away. Right now, some maintain, the government should dampen demand for flying when the economy picks up. The Citizens' Assembly - set up to gauge popular opinion on climate change - recommended a frequent fliers' tax. Overseas finance Finance is another area requiring attention, with the UK accused of carbon hypocrisy over its £1bn finance guarantee for a gas project in Mozambique. It's part of a broader package for fossil fuel ventures in developing countries. Friends of the Earth is taking the government to court for contradicting UK climate policy. Its campaigner, Rachel Kennerley, said: "The government is keen to talk up its climate plans, yet it pours billions into oil and gas projects globally." The prime minister is said to have felt "bounced" into accepting the Mozambique project, but he's not announced any revision so far. Oil and gas What about oil and gas in UK waters? Scientists say fossil fuel firms have already found far more hydrocarbons than society can burn without major damage to the climate. Yet the government aims to enhance oil and gas production in the North Sea. The UK Oil and Gas Authority said the fuels would form an important part of the UK energy mix for the foreseeable future. The government is reviewing the offshore licensing regime to make it "greener", while preserving jobs. OGUK's chief executive Deirdre Michie said this is "an opportunity to shine a light on how our industry is changing". Oxford University's Prof Myles Allen says firms extracting and importing fossil fuels should pay to dispose of the resulting CO2 emissions by the technique of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Coal Meanwhile, there's even a bid to resurrect production of the dirtiest fuel, coal, in the UK. The Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick is deliberating over a decision on whether to allow a new deep mine to extract coal from under the sea in Cumbria. Environmentalists say it's irrational to look for more of something there's too much of already. The coal firm says it will create 500 jobs. Farming Farming in the UK is emerging as a substantial source of greenhouse gases. Ministers say their post-Brexit subsidy regime for farms will incentivise farmers to reduce emissions and capture CO2 in the soil and in trees. Farmers are frustrated because no details - or cash - has been provided. Peat Protecting and restoring peat bogs is the simplest, quickest and cheapest way to combat climate change. The moss covering the bogs locks carbon into the soil indefinitely, unlike trees which soak up CO2 then release it when they rot. Ministers have promised a strategy to protect peat, but the PM hasn't put laws into place. A £40m grant for countryside restoration announced previously is said to be a fraction of what's needed. Meat The Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change, which brought together people from all walks of life to discuss solutions to global warming, foresees a gradual reduction in meat-eating over coming decades to meet emissions targets. But campaigners say the prime minister should take a public lead on this issue by pledging to eat less meat and inviting others to follow suit. Follow Roger on Twitter.

प्रधानमंत्री बोरिस जॉनसन की लंबे समय से प्रतीक्षित जलवायु योजना में पेट्रोल और डीजल कारों, नए परमाणु, हाइड्रोजन और कार्बन ग्रहण को समाप्त करने में तेजी लाना शामिल है। लेकिन जैसा कि हमारे पर्यावरण विश्लेषक रोजर हैराबिन ने बताया है, अन्य नीतियां उत्सर्जन को अछूता छोड़ रही हैं, या उन्हें बढ़ा भी रही हैं।


Swansea University's £450m Bay Campus to open in September

Summary: Swansea University's £450m Bay Campus will open its doors to the first intake of students on 18 September, the university has confirmed.

The 65-acre (26 hectares) former BP Transit site will provide accommodation for around 900 students as well as academic space, a shop and cafes. The university hopes the campus will contribute £3bn to the regional economy over the next 10 years. Further development work has been scheduled to continue until 2020.

स्वानसी विश्वविद्यालय का 450 मिलियन पाउंड का बे कैंपस 18 सितंबर को छात्रों के पहले प्रवेश के लिए अपने दरवाजे खोलेगा, विश्वविद्यालय ने पुष्टि की है।


2015 in review: Politics in Northern Ireland

Summary: With two new party leaders and three new MPs, 2015 was a year that saw plenty of change when it came to Northern Ireland politics.

By Mark DevenportBBC News NI Political Editor Not for the first time, Stormont appeared to be close to suspension or financial breakdown. And not for the first time, the politicians found their way back from the brink. Although this time, much to the relief of the Stormont press pack, their talks did not run into the Christmas period. The year began with plenty of dates for the politicians to mark in their diaries. The Stormont House Agreement, reached on the day before Christmas Eve 2014, set out a series of targets related to the Northern Ireland Executive's budget, the implementation of controversial UK-wide welfare reforms and the creation of an opposition at Stormont. But the choreography did not roll out according to plan. Welfare Reform In March, Sinn Féin pulled the plug on the Welfare Reform Bill before it reached its final stage. The party argued that a package designed to mitigate the cuts would not be as comprehensive as it had been led to believe. Its main partner in power, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), accused Sinn Féin of "dishonourable and ham-fisted" tactics. The move put a question mark over the financial viability of the executive, as the UK government made it clear it would not release loans promised in the Stormont House deal, and would continue to levy fines related to the failure to revamp the benefits system. With the future of Stormont in question, the local parties turned their minds to their own fates in May's Westminster election. The May elections Many commentators expected a "hung parliament", so the DUP made great play of potentially holding the UK balance of power, something that, with the outright Conservative majority, didn't come to pass. One of the fiercest contests took place in East Belfast where the DUP's Gavin Robinson wreaked revenge on behalf of his leader and namesake Peter Robinson by winning the seat back from Naomi Long of the Alliance Party. The DUP were greatly assisted in recapturing East Belfast by an election pact with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). They repaid the favour in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency, where the Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott took the seat from Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew by more than 500 votes. Although the DUP and UUP reached tactical deals in some Westminster seats, in other places they fought each other as hard as ever. In Upper Bann, Jo-Anne Dobson failed to unseat the DUP's David Simpson, but in South Antrim the UUP's Danny Kinahan defeated the veteran DUP politician William McCrea by more than 900 votes. The return of two Ulster Unionist MPs to the green benches meant the party's leader Mike Nesbitt emerged from the May election as a clear winner, while the defeat of both Mrs Gildernew and Mrs Long lowered the profile of local women in politics. Controversy Away from the results, though, the election yielded one extraordinary story when the then Health Minister Jim Wells, of the DUP, made controversial remarks about same-sex marriage and the abuse of children in unstable relationships. A video of his remarks at an election hustings event in Downpatrick in County Down went viral. Although Mr Wells maintained his comments had been misconstrued, a further incident when he was canvassing a lesbian couple in Rathfriland in County Down led to his resignation as a minister. The controversy played out against a particularly tragic backdrop as Mr Wells' wife lay seriously ill in hospital. Back at Stormont, the DUP reshuffled its team, switching Simon Hamilton from the finance portfolio to health, with Arlene Foster moving to the finance department from from enterprise. Stormont finances With no movement on welfare reform, Stormont's financial situation appeared ever more dire. In late May, Mrs Foster predicted that a massive £2.8bn cut might be imposed if civil servants had to take over the reins of power and introduce an emergency budget. But this doomsday scenario was avoided when she pressed ahead with what commentators called a "fantasy budget", in which she pretended that welfare changes that remained open to dispute had in fact been agreed. It seemed a bizarre development, but it was not the last time during 2015 that the DUP would adopt strange tactics to keep the Stormont show on the road. Kevin McGuigan Sr In August, the murder of a former IRA member in Belfast, in apparent revenge for the murder of another leading republican in May, added a more sinister element to what had previously been a crisis at Stormont over financial and social policy. The police's suspicion that current IRA members might have been involved in the murder of Short Strand man Kevin McGuigan Sr turned the clock back to the 1990s when the stability of power-sharing was frequently threatened by questions about whether the IRA had gone away. In that earlier era, the Ulster Unionists took a constant pounding from the DUP who criticised them for sharing power with republicans. So perhaps some in the UUP could be forgiven for indulging in a sense of schadenfreude when Mike Nesbitt pulled his only minister, Danny Kennedy, out of the executive in response to the police briefings over Mr McGuigan's murder. The move initially wrong-footed the DUP, who called for Sinn Féin's exclusion from government. After a senior Sinn Féin official was arrested for questioning about the killing, DUP ministers appeared to follow the Ulster Unionists' lead by handing in their resignations. But there was a crucial difference - the DUP ministers kept their portfolios in limbo by resuming their jobs then immediately resigning again, a tactic that they repeated. The DUP's critics lampooned the manoeuvre as "hokey-pokey" politics. The move generated negative publicity but bought crucial time for fresh negotiations. The Sinn Féin official was released without charge and, even though an official security assessment suggested the IRA Army Council might still play a role in overseeing Sinn Féin, the DUP ministers returned to their jobs full time and pressed ahead with another attempt to resolve the executive's outstanding difficulties. Before that came to fruition, though, another of the Stormont parties experienced internal upheaval. SDLP Leadership Alasdair McDonnell successfully defended his Westminster seat in South Belfast during a hard-fought personal campaign. But that did not stop his critics within the SDLP complaining about his leadership. The 32-year-old Foyle MLA Colum Eastwood decided to run against Dr McDonnell at the party's conference in November, and the bold gambit paid off as delegates voted by 172 votes to 133 to give a younger generation a chance. The SDLP was not the only party to hold its conference in November. As the DUP's gathering loomed closer at the end of November, there was an increasing sense that it might serve as a bookend both for the latest inter party talks and the career of the First Minister Peter Robinson. Peter Robinson On a personal level Mr Robinson had experienced an extremely tough year. In May, he was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack, something he later blamed on his lack of exercise and diet of "cowboy suppers". He returned to work but there were occasions when he was clearly hampered by complications related to his treatment. On top of this, the first minister faced questions about his handling of a massive property deal in which the £1.2bn Northern Ireland portfolio owned by the Republic of Ireland's so-called 'bad bank', the National Asset Management Agency, was sold to the US firm Cerberus. The loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson used the privilege accorded to a meeting of Stormont's finance committee to claim Mr Robinson was one of a number of people hoping to benefit from multi-million pounds fixer fees associated with the deal. The first minister strenuously denied the accusation, insisting that his involvement in discussions about the deal had been purely motivated by wanting to stimulate the wider Northern Ireland economy. Fresh Start deal With the DUP conference in sight, the two main local parties and the British and Irish governments unveiled their Fresh Start deal. The welfare reforms resisted by Sinn Féin would now be implemented by Westminster legislation. The move would free up Treasury loans that would put Stormont back on a more stable financial footing. A mitigation package would assist those hit hardest by benefits cuts and reduced tax credits, although the chancellor later withdrew his threat to cut the credits. The DUP and Sinn Féin hailed the deal as the best option available. But their critics insisted the Fresh Start was a false start, not least because it did not cover the vexed issue of setting up new agencies to deal with the legacy of the Troubles. The rights and wrongs of the Fresh Start are likely to provide much of the battleground for the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. A new DUP Leader Mr Robinson will not be in the front line of that struggle. One day after the deal he confirmed his departure as both DUP leader and first minister. At an emotional DUP conference, it looked like a "dream team" of Nigel Dodds as leader and Arlene Foster as first minister would be anointed as Mr Robinson's joint successors. But Mr Dodds, the North Belfast MP, surprised observers by deciding not to contest the leadership, arguing that in the days of devolution the DUP could not be led from Westminster. The East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson briefly considered running his own campaign. But when he decided against standing as a leadership candidate, the election of Arlene Foster as both DUP leader and first minister became a coronation. Mrs Foster is the DUP's first woman leader and, as an Anglican and former Ulster Unionist, she represents a break from the party's Paisleyite Free Presbyterian roots. 2016 The new leader will no doubt focus on the assembly election, in which she will hope the DUP does not lose its top spot to Sinn Féin, nor the first minister's title which goes with it. Martin McGuinness says if Sinn Féin was to be the biggest party he would be relaxed about renaming the two top jobs as "joint first ministers". Before he gets to that place, though, Mr McGuinness's attention will no doubt be deflected by the forthcoming Irish parliament election, in which Sinn Féin hopes to advance its all Ireland agenda. There's also the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising that will have inevitable resonance for Irish nationalists, and potentially for unionists if the angry reaction to a stunt in which a 1916 flag and an Irish tricolour were briefly raised over Stormont is anything to go by. Aside from constitutional issues, the parties will continue to grapple with sensitive moral and social questions concerning abortion, same-sex marriage and blood donation. And then, of course, there is the unexpected. As 2015 proved, no year at Stormont unfolds according to any plan laid out before our MLAs on 1 January.

पार्टी के दो नए नेताओं और तीन नए सांसदों के साथ, 2015 एक ऐसा वर्ष था जिसमें उत्तरी आयरलैंड की राजनीति में बहुत बदलाव देखा गया।


Harmondsworth detainees protest in yard

Summary: About 100 men at the UK's largest detention centre have been spotted in the exercise yard and are believed to be protesting about living conditions.

Some detainees began a hunger strike at Harmondsworth Detention Centre on Sunday in protest at living conditions. Earlier, they were filmed protesting in the exercise yard by aerial cameras. The Home Office said detention and removal were "essential parts of effective immigration controls" and it took detainees' welfare very seriously. The detention facility in West Drayton holds 615 men who are awaiting removal or deportation from the UK. A Home Office spokesman said: "Detention is only ever used as a last resort after all attempts to encourage individuals to leave voluntarily have failed."

ब्रिटेन के सबसे बड़े हिरासत केंद्र में लगभग 100 पुरुषों को व्यायाम यार्ड में देखा गया है और माना जाता है कि वे रहने की स्थिति के बारे में विरोध कर रहे हैं।


The anti-princess book teaching girls to rebel

Summary: "Once there was a girl who loved school."

By Georgina RannardBBC News So begins the true story of Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Prize-winning Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban in 2012, in newly published children's book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. The book uses illustrations and fairytale-like stories about 100 inspirational women from across the globe to teach girls to rebel against gender norms and instead follow their dreams. Families have been describing on social media what their children think of the rebel women. Brynn, who is five years old and lives in Chicago, was captivated by the story of Manal al-Sharif, the women's rights activist dubbed "the woman who dared to drive" after she challenged the ban on women getting behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia. "Brynn kept asking 'So they told her she couldn't drive?'. I would answer, 'that's right'. And Brynn would smile mischievously, 'But she did...'," explains her mum Patti. Brynn was so inspired that she traced the picture and Patti sent it to Manal. Another profiled star is teenage American gymnast Simone Biles, whose dazzling jumps and twists wowed the world in the 2016 Olympics. But there are also lesser-known women in the book, including Grace Hopper, the pioneering American computer scientist, and journalist-turned-weightlifter Amna Al Haddad from United Arab Emirates. Two Italian authors, Elena Favilli, 34, and Francesca Cavallo, 33, are behind the book, which was a hit in the US after a crowdfunding campaign raised US$1m (£815,700) in 2016. In an interview with the BBC, Elena explained that they first came up with the idea when they realised that children's books are still packed with traditional gender stereotypes. "Children's books have not changed since we were children - the men are still the protagonists and the women are still the princesses," she explained. Disparities in the representation of men and women in children's books has long been an issue. In 2011, academics at Florida State University found that gender bias in books has existed for more than 100 years. They identified that in almost 6,000 picture books published between 1900 and 2000, only 7.5% depicted female animal protagonists. You might also like: BBC 100 Women: Bringing up my son as a feminist Simone Biles on fame, adoption and meeting the President Grace Hopper's compiler: Computing's hidden hero Books and pictures are crucial in defining how children see and understand the world. By the time they are six, girls see themselves as less talented or "brilliant" as boys, according to research published in January 2017. The report suggests that both girls and boys aged six tend to identify a "really, really smart" storybook character as a boy, not a girl. "If all children read is about princesses waiting to be saved by a prince, then the message they learn is that women are not as valuable as men - that we are not equals," says Elena. The authors are not the first to try to address this issue. In 2015, American psychologist Stephanie Tabashneck published a colouring book featuring girls of diverse ethnicities in high-profile jobs such as surgeon, professor and engineer, after she grew tired of seeing girls constantly depicted as princesses. Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole is another example of a story that defies norms, according to education expert Prof Gemma Moss. Girl Power: How can books empower young girls? But Elena and Francesca believe that their emphasis on real-life rebellious women who challenged social norms gives an important message to children who frequently only read about fictional girls. "Historically women's achievements have been diminished," says Elena. "Rebels have negative connotations in all cultures - it is usually considered bad for a woman. Our message is that it is OK and even a good thing for women to break rules." Feminist rally cry Robyn Silverman, a child development expert in US state New Jersey, curls up every night with her children Tallie (eight) and Noah (six) to read stories from the collection. She bought the book on the day that the feminist rally cry #StillShePersisted was born, after US Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced in the Senate in February after reading a letter criticising Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump's then-nominee for attorney general. "I wrote a dedication to Tallie telling her to always rise up," Robyn explains. "She has already been told 'girls can't do this'. "But in this book there are concrete examples of women who fought for girls' education when it was illegal, or who fought to vote when women were not allowed in politics - this shows to girls that whatever she is up against, we can overcome it," Silverman says. Robyn says that her son also loves listening to the stories: "It's really important because men need to see that women use their skills and pursue their dreams to make progress in the same way as men - it's not about saying women are better then men." Elena says other parents told her how their young sons loved reading the book: "We need to start early and show children of a young age that men and women are absolutely equal."

"एक बार एक लड़की थी जो स्कूल से प्यार करती थी।"


'Wonderful' great-grandfather died in Petersfield crash

Summary: A driver who died in a crash on a dual carriageway in Hampshire has been described as a "wonderful great-grandfather" by his family.

Reginald Kemp, 86, who was known as John, died when his Nissan Micra collided with a pick-up truck near Petersfield on Thursday 17 September. In a statement released by police, his family said he was a loving husband and a caring father of two daughters. He also had seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The crash involving Mr Kemp's car and a Ford Ranger happened on the B2070 London Road at Adhurst Farm, near the A272 junction. Hampshire Constabulary is continuing to appeal for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage.

हैम्पशायर में दोहरे कैरिजवे पर एक दुर्घटना में मारे गए एक चालक को उसके परिवार द्वारा "अद्भुत परदादा" के रूप में वर्णित किया गया है।


Coronavirus: Man charged with 'spitting at police and saying he had symptoms'

Summary: A man accused of spitting at police officers while claiming to have symptoms of coronavirus has been charged with assault.

Paul Leivers was arrested on Thursday in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Mr Leivers, 48, of Tideswell Court, has been charged with two counts of assaulting an emergency worker, and is due to appear before magistrates. Police said the general response to social distancing in Nottinghamshire had been "phenomenal". The government has introduced emergency legislation which means people can be fined for ignoring the measures. However, police said this would be done only "as a last resort". Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

कोरोना वायरस के लक्षण होने का दावा करते हुए पुलिस अधिकारियों पर थूकने के आरोपी व्यक्ति पर हमला करने का आरोप लगाया गया है।


Colchester barracks soldiers test positive for Covid-19

Summary: Four soldiers are self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 at one of the largest Army garrisons in Britain, it has been confirmed.

The four, whose names and regiments are not being disclosed, are based at Colchester in Essex. They are believed to be housed in the Merville Barracks. "We can confirm that four Colchester-based soldiers have tested positive for coronavirus," an Army spokesman said. "In accordance with government guidelines they are self-isolating and contact tracing procedures are being followed." Merville Barracks is the central camp of Colchester Garrison and houses the headquarters of 16 Air Assault Brigade, 18 Army Education Centre, the WRVS centre and living accommodation for unaccompanied or single service personnel. Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk

ब्रिटेन में सेना की सबसे बड़ी छावनी में से एक में कोविड-19 के लिए सकारात्मक परीक्षण के बाद चार सैनिक आत्म-पृथक कर रहे हैं, इसकी पुष्टि की गई है।


Man charged with Salisbury Cathedral Magna Carta theft attempt

Summary: A man has been charged with attempting to steal the Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral.

Mark Royden is accused of attempted theft and criminal damage of the Magna Carta in October, Wiltshire Police said. Mr Royden, 46, from Ilfracombe, Devon, is due to appear at Salisbury Magistrates' Court on Friday. Salisbury Cathedral's copy of the text is one of four that remain in existence from the original 1215 charter.

एक व्यक्ति पर सैलिसबरी कैथेड्रल से मैग्ना कार्टा चुराने का प्रयास करने का आरोप लगाया गया है।


Daily and Sunday Politics manifesto tracker: Culture, media, sport

Summary: Welcome to the Daily and Sunday Politics manifesto tracker. As the name suggests, it tracks the progress the government is making - or not - in achieving the promises made by the Conservatives in their 2015 general election manifesto and major policy announcements.

The traffic light scorecard above shows the current status of all of the policies. The tracker will be updated over the course of this parliament. The tracker has been broken down into policy areas, which can be explored by clicking on each of the links below. Manifesto tracker by theme This section deals with culture, media and sport. This is a partly-devolved area: read more. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Give Parliament the opportunity to repeal the Hunting Act - Manifesto, page 23 Stop children's exposure to harmful sexualised content online, by requiring age verification for access to all sites containing pornographic material and age rating for all music videos - Manifesto, page 35 Keep our major national museums and galleries free to enter - Manifesto, page 41 Strengthen Ofcom's role so that tough measures can be taken against channels that broadcast extremist content - Manifesto, page 63 Support a Great Exhibition in the north - Manifesto, page 41 Build a tunnel where the A303 passes closest to Stonehenge - Manifesto, page 41

डेली एंड संडे पॉलिटिक्स मेनिफेस्टो ट्रैकर में आपका स्वागत है। जैसा कि नाम से पता चलता है, यह 2015 के आम चुनाव घोषणापत्र और प्रमुख नीतिगत घोषणाओं में कंजर्वेटिवों द्वारा किए गए वादों को पूरा करने में सरकार की प्रगति-या नहीं-पर नज़र रखता है।


Covid-19: 'My pandemic work with dangerous prison leavers'

Summary: Working from home during a pandemic has brought extra challenges for probation officers who work with serious offenders after their release from prison. Many have had to handle unpleasant subject matter in their own homes, as they deal remotely with violent or sexual offenders.

By Jenny ReesBBC Wales home affairs correspondent I spent the day with a member of the probation team that works with the 50 most dangerous male offenders in Cardiff, to see how they are managing. Salli Dixon is part of the special team of probation officers usually based at a police station. While some face-to-face appointments have continued, whether in the office or the offender's doorstep, others have to be done over the phone or by video call. The pandemic also means more of the work is done remotely from home, including work with sex offenders. "It makes it a little more hard to switch off mentally, and you're having really difficult conversations in your home environment, which feels intrusive," she says. "But it hasn't made the service any less effective. We can't have a less effective service - we protect the public, so we've just had to adapt." Her first call of the day is with a registered child sex offender, who is living in a halfway house after recently being released from prison. He's tested positive for Covid-19 and has been moved into isolation quarters, meaning their appointment must now be over the phone. He tells her he's anxious about plans to find him his own flat where he would be living alone full-time. The length of time prison leavers spend in approved premises like a halfway house has been reduced during the pandemic. "It's a little early if I'm honest - far, far too early," he says. "When my mind is in a corner and up against a wall - it just goes 'right where is the way out? The way out is to go back to prison'." His anxieties are kicking in, meaning his risks increase, Salli explains. "He has got 16 or 17 instances of breaching his restrictions, usually by going too close to an area where there are children - like a nursery or school. He says he does that because he wants to self-sabotage and go back into prison," she says. "So when he feels that he is being moved into his own accommodation, where he'll be by himself, he gets anxious and he thinks it's easier to just do something that would warrant him going back inside. "The risk to the public would be that he would commit a child contact sex offence. He hasn't done that yet, but we can't rule out that he wouldn't." How does she feel discussing the nature of his offending? "We're not completely desensitised as probation officers, because we still hear things that shock us," she says. "No matter how long you've done a job it is quite difficult sometimes and quite unusual to hear somebody talk candidly about their sexual views towards children." The small team deals with complex cases - like repeat domestic violence or sex offenders who also have additional issues, such as a personality disorder, mental health problems or drug and alcohol misuse. Known as Wisdom (Wales Integrated Serious and Dangerous Offender Management), they have a reduced case load to reflect the risks posed, as well as more resources than typical probation officers. Her second case of the day is able to come to the office. He committed a sex offence against a vulnerable adult and was released earlier this year after decades in prison. Much has changed since he was a young man on the outside, and he says the pace of life compared with prison has felt overwhelming at times. Weeks after his release, lockdown was announced and he too wonders whether it would be better to be back in prison. "We've done a lot of work around what's going well and the reasons he wants to stay out," says Salli. "If you reinforce that enough, they will make changes and they will stay out. He's done phenomenally well." She still carries out some home visits, but they're now on the doorstep, which naturally makes the job more challenging. "We're risk assessors, it's what we're trained to do. So even though we might not be able to physically go inside, we'll do everything we can to make sure that everyone is safe." The use of video calls also means more checks can be done in a day, but if Salli is working from home she has to make sure none of her personal items are on view. "I would try and have video calls in the office because not only is it safer but I'm in the right frame of mind to be talking to somebody [in that] environment." 'Change lives' Covid-19 has also brought greater practical challenges for the men she works with. "It's made it more difficult for people to access basic things like housing, money and universal credit, signing up at the doctors, getting a prescription. We've had to be more hands on in terms of helping people get set up." The rewards keep her going, she said, and she is proud of the good the team is doing for the wider community. "We change people's lives," she says. "I wouldn't do it if I didn't enjoy it. It's got its ups and downs and you know you can't help change everyone. You have to manage your expectations about what you can help people achieve."

महामारी के दौरान घर से काम करना परिवीक्षा अधिकारियों के लिए अतिरिक्त चुनौती लेकर आया है जो जेल से रिहा होने के बाद गंभीर अपराधियों के साथ काम करते हैं। कई लोगों को अपने घरों में अप्रिय विषय को संभालना पड़ता है, क्योंकि वे हिंसक या यौन अपराधियों से दूर से निपटते हैं।


Director Andrea Arnold 'shocked' by lack of women in film

Summary: Andrea Arnold, one of the UK's most successful female directors, is calling for "active" employment of women within the film industry, saying that she's "shocked to discover how few women are making films".

By Emma JonesEntertainment reporter Figures published by the Directors Guild of America showed that in 2013 and 2014, 6.4% of Hollywood films were made by women, while just over 1% of movies were made by women from ethnic minority backgrounds. Arnold, who has won an Oscar, two Baftas, and four prizes at Cannes Film Festival since she started directing 18 years ago, says she saw the statistics recently, and "was so shocked at the amount of women directors". "The figures were so small. We actively have to employ more females, perhaps we need to at this point. There are a lot of capable women out there." 'Mainly male stories' Arnold's latest film, American Honey, follows an African American heroine, Star, as she travels across the US with a road crew selling magazine subscriptions. It won the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and is showing at this year's BFI London Film Festival. The director believes that "we've grown up mainly on male stories, and most of the films have been written and directed by men - and that's only half of the human race". "I remember going to a women's film festival and feeling a slight amount of trepidation, but actually it was fantastic. Some of the films made me cry because they really spoke to me," she recalls. "It was then I realised up till then I had mostly been spoken to by men in cinema." All of Arnold's four feature films are centred around a female story, and three are set, including American Honey, during the teenage transition to womanhood. It's a time Arnold calls " very precious, and very interesting - there are a lot of hormones flying. And I always wanted to do a girl's road trip story, a coming of age". The desire to make the film had been with Arnold, she says, since she saw a New York Times article some years ago detailing the so-called "Mag Crews", itinerant young people who travel across the US, sleeping in camper vans, and going door to door, scratching a living by selling magazine subscriptions. To research and write it, the director took her own road trip, starting off from Salt Lake City, Utah, "as the sun came up, with the freeway ahead of me, and Spirit in the Sky on the radio. 'Intense poverty' "We're all fascinated by America, aren't we? We've all grown up with the idea of it." "I wasn't trying to subvert the American Dream with my story but it's complicated - this belief that you can have whatever you want, as long as you stick at it," she says. "It depends how well you started in life - and if you started in poverty, without proper parenting, how easy is it to find the self-confidence to do what you want to do? "And if you don't do it, that's doubly hard - you are stuck with a sense of failure." Arnold's journey took her through some states, where she says "I didn't fully understand how intense the poverty would be". She describes driving through a town in Oklahoma "where everything was shut - the whole high street, the factories, everything". "There were people there, but nothing for them. I suppose that's when certain political messages get appealing - when you can't even access a doctor or a dentist. It made me profoundly grateful for the NHS, actually." The film stars Shia La Beouf as the crew leader, Jake, and a 21-year-old Texan, Sasha Lane, who was "discovered" by Arnold and her scouts. "It was Spring Break and we were on a Florida beach," Arnold recalls, "and there were 20,000 teenagers on that beach. At first she was careful, because there were actually people out there recruiting for pornography films too. "She just had a certain something - she was very awake and alive, she was very present with us when we spoke to her." Arnold also employed first-time actors in her previous films, Wuthering Heights and Fish Tank, and admits: "I like it because they provide a faithful representation of the world that I am seeking to portray. Shia LaBeouf 'mucked in' "It's often easier to use 'real' people; you can genuinely believe it's the life they have led just by looking at their faces. Sometimes I feel I am making life difficult for myself, as they never do quite what you expect them to do. "But they never repeat themselves, they bring something different and no take is the same." Shia LaBeouf, she adds, "just mucked in with everyone, we got on really well from the first moment we met". "He strikes me as an actor looking to do things in a different way. He was up for the adventure and stayed for the duration of the whole trip, as I wanted him to. There was no flying in and out, just staying in the same motel rooms as the rest of the crew." Arnold often drove her cast from one location to another, and early on, sent them to try and sell magazine subscriptions for real, "or how else would they have the experience? So I sent them off, and the first time was OK, we had a 'Mag Manager' come and teach them the craft, and they even made some money. 'We lived together for two months' "However the next time we did it again, on a housing estate in Nebraska, the police were called and we got chased away - I think the residents were more protective. "The people in my film are very much like the real magazine crew that I read about and met. "It was a huge experience for all of us, I think - we lived together for two months. They say road trips change everyone and at the end of that period, I sensed a great deal of sadness from them, that it would all come to an end." American Honey premieres at the BFI London Film Festival on October 7th and is released in the UK on October 14th. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

ब्रिटेन की सबसे सफल महिला निर्देशकों में से एक एंड्रिया अर्नोल्ड ने फिल्म उद्योग में महिलाओं के सक्रिय रोजगार का आह्वान करते हुए कहा कि वह यह जानकर हैरान हैं कि कितनी कम महिलाएं फिल्में बना रही हैं।


Q&A: How St Patrick's became a flashpoint

Summary: Why has St Patrick's church become a flashpoint?

There has been an annual protest against Orangemen parading past the nationalist Carrick Hill area, and down the non-residential Donegall Street in which St Patrick's stands, for some years but no major disturbances. On 12 July, a loyalist band taking part in the annual Orange parade in Belfast was filmed marching in a circle outside the church, playing The Famine Song, an anti-Catholic song judged racist by a court in Scotland. The band, the Young Conway Volunteers, said they were entertaining watching supporters while the parade was at a temporary halt and that they had not been aware they were outside a Catholic church. They maintained they were playing Sloop John B, a Beach Boys song. The incident was filmed by a Sinn Fein activist. What was the reaction? The Parades Commission described the incident as "totally inappropriate". Sinn Fein's Conor Maskey said it was "deeply provocative." DUP MLA and Orange Order member Nelson McCausland said that while the actions of the band were "thoughtless and naive" it did not deliberately set out to offend. "It was just an empty building. There was no-one there to be provoked," he said. What happened next? As part of a determination on a Royal Black Preceptory march on 25 August, the Parades Commission banned the Young Conway Volunteers band from marching past St Patrick's Church. The 32 other bands taking part were restricted to playing a single drum beat while passing the church. And..? On 25 August, the Young Conway Volunteers and some of the other bands defied the rulings of the Parades Commission. Disturbances followed and several arrests were made. The reaction to these events? Nelson McCausland has said the actions of loyalist bands in Belfast on Saturday were "almost inevitable" given the "anger" felt about the Parades Commission. Loyalists have accused the commission of bias and said restrictions on their parades had grown in number and severity. The leaders of the two main Protestant churches in Northern Ireland criticised the actions of the loyalist bands as "sectarian". A number of leading unionists put their names to a letter describing the Parades Commission's ban on the YCV band as "monstrous". Administrator of St Patrick's Church, Fr Michael Sheehan, said of the 25 August events: "There seemed to be a lot of anger and rage that there was so much disrespect shown to our place of worship."

सेंट पैट्रिक चर्च एक फ्लैशप्वाइंट क्यों बन गया है?


My Money: 'I'm exactly £1,000 lighter'

Summary: My Money is a new series looking at how people spend their money - and the sometimes tough decisions they have to make. Here, Angela Jansen from South London records her spending over a week and shares tips for saving.

We're looking for more people to share what they spend their money on. If you're interested, please email my.money@bbc.co.uk or get in touch via our My Money (UK) Facebook group, or if you don't live in the UK, please join our My Money (World) Facebook group and we'll aim to contact you. Angela is 31 and works in Westminster as a civil servant after moving to the UK from Canada nine years ago. She currently makes £53,000 a year, however her role has recently been expanded and the unit she manages has grown significantly, so she's also receiving a temporary duties allowance of £10,000 a year. She lives in South London and has one flatmate, her cat Hunter. Angela's week: Lounging in bed, a lot of Netflix and a chorizo omelette I have the day off, which is quite unusual. I typically only take time off to travel, but I have a few days of leave I need to use up by the end of the year so I have booked myself a long weekend. I lounge in bed and make myself a cup of tea and my favourite breakfast, a toasted bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon (£1.47 per portion). After breakfast I head out to Asda to pick up a few bits. I don't normally shop at Asda, but they have a really great skincare range and I am running low on my daily moisturiser (£10). I also pick up some things for my charity Christmas box - every year I fill a shoebox full of toys and supplies for a child in need. Last year I made a box for a boy, and this year I'm doing one for a girl, so I pick up hair ties, a toothbrush and toothpaste and a stuffed animal (£9.97). Lunch is leftover veggie stir-fry (£1.35 per portion) which I never get tired of. I spend the afternoon doing some life admin and my meal prep for the week. I used to buy my lunch at work almost every day, but was spending between £6-£8 per day, which just wasn't sustainable. Now I do all my meal prep at the beginning of the week and it saves me so much money! I make three big salads (£1.90 per portion) and teriyaki salmon with rice and spicy Szechuan green beans (£3.03 per portion). The beans are so delicious that I'd be happy to eat them on their own, but I tend to pair it with a protein. I dig into my salmon and green beans and spend the rest of the evening relaxing on the sofa and catching up on my Netflix shows. Total spend: £19.97 I'm back to work today, so after my customary cup of tea and bagel with smoked salmon, I head into Westminster. As I live in Zone 6 in South London I have an hour commute, but I comfort myself knowing that many people who are connected to the tube still have an hour commute. I pay using my monthly railcard and make a mental note to renew the railcard as it's going to expire soon. As I've been out of the office for a couple of days, I spend the morning catching up with my team and sorting out my emails. Turns out things were quite busy while I was away, so there is lots to review. I manage to pop down to the gym for a quick workout at lunch - we have a gym in the basement of our building, and I pay £22 a month for access. Once I'm back at my desk, I eat one of my salads and spend the rest of the afternoon deep in spreadsheets. The thought of having to work with spreadsheets is enough to send some people running for the hills but I really love it. After work I head over to catch up with a friend. She has offered to make supper, so I buy us dessert on the way over, which is a massive donut (£4.50). She also messaged me to say she got a job offer earlier that day, so I buy a bottle of wine to celebrate (£7.70). We spend the rest of the evening eating delicious food, drinking wine and chatting. I'm very grateful that she has offered to let me stay the night, as it means I don't have to do the commute home! Total spend: £12.20 I get into work earlier than usual as the commute from my friend's flat is only a half hour, which is a win! I pick up a banana (50p) to add to my packet of porridge which I keep in my drawer for busy mornings (20p). The day is incredibly busy with several big deadlines and a half a dozen meetings. I manage to squeeze in a half-hour break to eat lunch with a former colleague - we try to catch up once every couple of months. She updates me about her life while I eat another of my meal-prepped salads (it has a different dressing today so I don't get bored), yoghurt and fruit. I rush out the door at the end of the day in order to make it to my HIIT class on time. I use Classpass, which costs me £35 a month and gives me access to hundreds of studios across London. I love it, but if you miss a class you pay a penalty of £15, which I hate doing. I manage to make it with four minutes to spare, which is just enough time for me to change before the class starts. After class I take the train home, have my meal prepped salmon and beans for dinner and do jobs around the flat until it's time for bed. Total spend: 50p I wake up and realise that it's payday, which is always exciting! On the commute into work I do my personal banking. I have multiple savings accounts for different goals, such as travel, gifts and long-term savings. I've given my savings accounts nicknames on my mobile banking app so I'm less tempted to dip into them for other things. I also pay for a new monthly travelcard, which costs a whopping £246. Work is really busy again, and I eat my last salad at my desk in between conference calls and meetings. Before I know it, the day is over and it's time to head home. I don't know where the day went! I make myself fish and chips for dinner (£1.25 per portion) and I spend my evening on Skype with my uncle, who lives back in Canada. We speak at least once a fortnight and it's always great to speak to him and hear about everything going on at home. Total spend: £246 I let myself sleep in this morning as I'm working from home. Most of my team is working from home today, and I'm travelling twice next week, so I don't feel guilty. Today is the day the money for my mortgage and my bills goes out of my account, so I'm exactly £1,000 lighter, but this covers my mortgage, utilities and council tax. It's reasonable for London and one of the perks of living a bit further out, but still a lot of money. I work most of the day but take a break to make myself a chorizo omelette for lunch (£1.15 per portion). I also manage to get out for a walk, as otherwise my step count would be shockingly low for the day. My evening is spent making a birthday card for a friend and snuggling with Hunter while binge-watching YouTube. Total spend: £1,000 I wake up early in order to get my grocery shopping for the week ahead done. I know the rest of my weekend is going to be busy, so I want to go to the big grocery store while I have some time. I spend £25.47 on ingredients for my weekly meal prep, and another £10 on a soup pot for a friend (she will pay me back when I next see her). I take everything home and have just enough time to unpack the food before one of my best friends shows up. I make us American-style pancakes with strawberries, banana and maple syrup for breakfast (£1.33 per portion) which we eat while catching up on life. After breakfast she insists on going for a walk, despite the fact it is pouring outside, and we both get soaked. After our walk she heads home and I make myself pumpkin Thai soup for lunch (72p per portion). I had a pumpkin that I didn't want to waste, so I thought I'd try a new recipe. It's pretty good, and I have enough for at least another five meals. In the evening I travel to north London for a friend's birthday party. I bring a bottle of prosecco from the cupboard to contribute to the party (free as it was a gift to me) and give her my homemade birthday card, which I think she likes! I get to catch up with a lot of friends I haven't seen in a while and have a brilliant time. I make sure to leave with enough time to catch my train home, but tube delays mean I miss my last train home. Annoyed with Transport for London, I decide to wait 55 minutes for the hourly train that runs through the night instead of shelling out for an Uber. I have to get a taxi the last bit of the way home (£6). Total spend: £41.47 I allow myself to sleep in given I got back so late. But I don't have time to have a relaxed Sunday morning, as I'm off to Hampton Court Palace with two friends. I make myself a bagel with cream cheese, and hop on a train to meet them. My friend very kindly picks me up from the station and we drive to Hampton Court Palace together. I'm a member of the Civil Services Sports Council, for which I pay £4.25 a month, and it gets me all sorts of benefits, including free entry at the historic royal palaces. So instead of paying £78.30 for the three of us, it's completely free! We spend three hours wandering around the palace. I'm always impressed by the quality of the audio tours and the beautiful gardens, and my friends really love it too. But we start to get cold and hungry, so find a local pub to have a Sunday roast. We go to a little place along the Thames and I have the roast chicken with extra gravy and a hot water and lemon to warm up. My share of the bill is £15.50, which includes a tip. It takes all my willpower not to fall asleep in the back of my friend's car on the way back to the station. Thankfully I manage to stay awake, and I catch the train home. I am absolutely shattered by the time I get home, so after doing a bit of tidying and some more meal prep, I spend the rest of the night laying on the sofa watching TV. Total spend: £15.50 How does Angela feel about her week? My spend looks quite high this week, but that's because I had to pay my mortgage and bills. I'm actually really pleased with the rest of the week. I managed to prepare most of my meals, get to the gym, and see lots of friends, all while keeping the costs down, even in the face of a transport disaster on Saturday night! Total weekly spend: £1,335.64

माई मनी एक नई श्रृंखला है जिसमें देखा गया है कि लोग अपना पैसा कैसे खर्च करते हैं-और कभी-कभी उन्हें कठिन निर्णय लेने पड़ते हैं। यहाँ, दक्षिण लंदन की एंजेला जेनसन ने एक सप्ताह से अधिक के अपने खर्च को दर्ज किया है और बचत के लिए सुझाव साझा किए हैं।


Stonehenge builders 'ate food from Scotland'

Summary: The "army of builders" of Stonehenge ate animals brought from as far away as the north east of Scotland, according to a new exhibition at the famous Neolithic site in Wiltshire.

Analysis of pig and cattle teeth has revealed some of the animals were from as far as 500 miles away. The "Feast! Food at Stonehenge" exhibition includes the skull of an aurochs, an extinct species of cattle. It is aimed at allowing visitors to explore diet from 4,500 years ago. English Heritage historian Susan Greany said: "Our exhibition explores the important role feasts and food played at Stonehenge. "Raising the ancient stones was an incredible feat but so too was feeding the army of builders. "Our exhibition reveals just how this was done." The displays reveal research and stories from a "feeding Stonehenge" project, which has been exploring the lives of the people who lived at the nearby settlement of Durrington Walls. The researchers say thousands of discarded animal bones and teeth excavated at Durrington Walls suggest it was not a typical village but a site of major feasting and ceremony.

विल्टशायर में प्रसिद्ध नवपाषाण स्थल पर एक नई प्रदर्शनी के अनुसार, स्टोनहेंज की "बिल्डरों की सेना" ने स्कॉटलैंड के उत्तर पूर्व से लाए गए जानवरों को खाया।


Jersey house prices drift down

Summary: Average house prices in Jersey were 2% lower in the first quarter of 2014 than in the same period a year ago.

Latest figures show three-bedroom home prices have fallen 7% in three months and are at their lowest since 2007. Two-bed and four-bed property prices grew slightly, say States statisticians. The average property price was £398,000, though, second only in the UK to London. Overall, the Jersey house price index has been flat or falling since 2008.

जर्सी में 2014 की पहली तिमाही में घरों की औसत कीमतें एक साल पहले की इसी अवधि की तुलना में 2 प्रतिशत कम थीं।


Refugees' journey to the Eisteddfod's Abergavenny Maes

Summary: Most National Eisteddfod visitors would have travelled a couple of hours from north or west. But for others, the journey has been longer, more traumatic, and one that could have claimed their lives had they not been so fortunate.

By Chris WoodBBC News For Mogdad Abdeen, from Khartoum in Sudan, his visit to the Maes in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, is confirmation a life snatched away from him can finally begin again in a new country. He was among 24 refugees and asylum seekers from countries such as Pakistan and Iraq brought to the event by Oxfam Cymru to give them a taste of Welsh culture. Currently, there are 3,000 people in Wales who have fled war and persecution, including 78 from Syria - but the charity said the UK should take many more. For Mr Abdeen, now 34, he completed university and had what he believed was a "bright future" as an engineer until civil unrest in the country spread to the capital. "I was an activist when I was a student, campaigning, trying to protect rights and criticising the government for bombing [province] Darfur," he said. "The dictatorship didn't want such freedoms. They were tracking people and I was worried I would be put in jail and then killed which is what happened to others like me." His uncle made arrangements and eight months ago, Mr Abdeen began what he described as "a horrible journey", travelling to Egypt and spending seven days on a small boat on the Mediterranean Sea before making it to Italy and moving through France. "I arrived in the UK from Calais and went to the police station and they told me I would be safe here," he said. "At first I went to London but it was busy. I like Cardiff, it is multi-cultural and I can ride a small bicycle around the city. I am awaiting a decision on my refugee status. I hope I get it so I can start my life again." While all 22 Welsh local authorities have agreed to take refugees, the difficulty comes in matching families to an area that best matches their needs. For example, somebody from a city may feel isolated in parts of rural Powys or Ceredigion. 'Not good enough' The majority visiting the Eisteddfod with Oxfam were from Swansea and Cardiff and while they were happy to show them around, there was a sense of frustration the numbers here are not greater. "There are currently millions of people on the move in the world, fleeing war and extreme poverty. The UK has taken in less than 1% despite being the sixth wealthiest nation in the world," Kirsty Davies-Warner, head of the charity in Wales, said. "We could do more and should be a nation of sanctuary. In 1914, Wales took in 4,500 Belgian refugees. While they later went home, they left so many cultural benefits. We should have at least that many here now. "There are still empty houses and school places. It's not good enough to say 'sorry we don't have room'. We took so many in 1914 in recognition that it could one day be us." Former Prime Minister David Cameron committed the UK to take 20,000 refugees from war-torn Syria over the next five years. But Ms Davies-Warner said that number should be at least double, with Oxfam campaigning ahead of a conference of world leaders in September. After arriving on the Eisteddfod site, the refugees firstly had a Welsh taster session, where they learnt a few basic phrases such as "bore da" (good morning) and "sut dy chi?" (how are you?). As the group was instructed how to count to 10, Rakan, nine, shouted out the answers ahead of the tutor. Along with his mother May Alrariees, 32, and brother Amr, six, he has only been in Cardiff six months, yet has picked up some Welsh from school and was an enthusiastic fan of the Wales football team at Euro 2016. The family arrived in the country six months after dad Mohammad, 38, fled their home city of Homs in Syria. "It was so bad, all the country was destroyed by fighting. There is nothing left now. I just got on an airplane and flew to London, where I got help," the former sales manager said. His wife, a civil engineer, used to sit at home in fear every day when he went to work. "It was so frightening with the sound of bombs in the distance all day," she said. "I couldn't send the children to school, it was too dangerous for them to play outside. They lost their freedom." While they were able to join Mr Alrariees in Cardiff, they still fear for their parents and family who still live in their home city. "But I like Cardiff. It feels like my Homs, it is very similar with the weather, the green areas, the kindness of the people," said Mrs Alrariees. While the couple look for work in their new city, they received words of encouragement from First Minister Carwyn Jones, who met the group at the Eisteddfod. "Many asylum seekers and refugees who come to Wales have had their lives torn apart by war, persecution or natural disaster," he said. "We are committed to helping them rebuild their lives."

अधिकांश राष्ट्रीय आइस्टेडफॉड आगंतुकों ने उत्तर या पश्चिम से कुछ घंटों की यात्रा की होगी। लेकिन दूसरों के लिए, यात्रा लंबी, अधिक दर्दनाक और ऐसी रही है जो उनकी जान ले सकती थी अगर वे इतने भाग्यशाली नहीं होते।


Owner of 'stolen' knight's armour sought by Suffolk Police

Summary: Medieval re-enactors are being asked to check their wardrobes after several items of apparently stolen clothing and accessories were found.

They were discovered by a member of the public at a water treatment works on Sproughton Road in Ipswich at about 12:15 GMT on Monday. A chainmail shirt and hat were among the items found. Anyone missing any protective body armour has been asked to get in touch with Suffolk Police. Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk

चोरी हुए कपड़ों और सहायक उपकरणों की कई वस्तुएं मिलने के बाद मध्ययुगीन पुनर्निर्माणकर्ताओं को अपने वार्डरोब की जांच करने के लिए कहा जा रहा है।


Rochdale Canal rubbish becomes Art Dredge exhibition

Summary: Art made from reclaimed items is not new, but what makes the spider made from a moped, stained-glass shopping trolley and "Lesser Tipping Dredger Bird" unusual is that they all started out at the bottom of a canal.

The works, part of the Art Dredge exhibition in Manchester, have been created by artists Jason Heppenstall, Donna Bramall and Matt Sewell from a variety of items, including TVs, bicycles and safes, that were pulled from the Rochdale Canal by volunteers in March. According to the exhibition's organisers, Spearfish, the aim "is to raise awareness of the damage that fly-tipping into waterways does to the environment". Ben Reed of Spearfish says the project has also seen artists deliver workshops to residents who live close to the dredged canal section in Newton Heath in the hope of "spreading the message" about fly-tipping. He says he selected the three artists involved "because they are all sensitive to environmental issues". 'Weird and wonderful' Bramall, who creates work from found objects, lives alongside the canal, which she says meant the project was "dear to my heart". "Seeing the boats come through and [the drivers] saying that they couldn't get down because there was so much rubbish is so sad," she said. "Some have said to me that it will stop them coming back, so this has been a great project to be involved in, giving something back to the waterways." Sewell, who is known for his paintings of birds, took part in the canal dredge and says he "loved the project from start to finish". "As I waded through mud up to my knees, pulling out old signs and all manner of weird and wonderful things to paint on, it really appealed to my hunter-gatherer side," he explained. 'Very rewarding' He says the day at the canal was inspirational for other reasons too. "I did a bit of spotting and jotting and drew the Canada geese, magpies, goldfinches, pied wagtails and blue tits that were all keeping an eye on us during the day," he continued. "We also had the good fortune to get to see the scaled canal inhabitants up close, studying the pike, roach, perch and tench that were saved from the shallow water at the beginning of the day." Welder and sculptor Heppenstall, who created a "selection of amazing animals and otherworldly creatures" for the show, says it was "a very rewarding challenge working with the amazing amount of scrap pulled out of the canal". 'Work to be done' However, he says that while he has enjoyed the good response to the show, he wants the message behind it to get through. "I really hope we have had an impact on the communities and brought awareness to the damage being done by fly tipping into the waterway." Reed says he hopes for the same, as the aftermath of the volunteer dredge in March shows exactly why the exhibition is needed. "The week following the dredge, [the local paper reported] a fresh batch of rubbish was thrown into the very section that had just been cleaned," he said. "It illustrates that there is much work to be done to protect what should be a place of natural beauty in the city." Art Dredge is at Piccadilly Place, Manchester until 5 June.

पुनः प्राप्त वस्तुओं से बनी कला नई नहीं है, लेकिन जो चीज मोपेड, रंगीन-ग्लास शॉपिंग ट्रॉली और "लेसर टिपिंग ड्रेजर बर्ड" से बनी मकड़ी को असामान्य बनाती है, वह यह है कि वे सभी एक नहर के नीचे से शुरू हुए थे।


A4e fraud probe: Milton Keynes suspect is sixth arrested

Summary: A sixth person has been arrested over allegations of fraud in connection with welfare-to-work company A4e.

The 33-year-old man was detained at an address in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. He was questioned on suspicion of fraud before being released on bail until mid June, Thames Valley Police said. Five other people arrested in connection with an investigation into A4e's offices in Slough, Berkshire, are on bail until dates in May and June. The Sheffield-based company handles millions of pounds worth of government contracts for welfare-to-work schemes.

कल्याण-से-कार्य कंपनी ए4ई के संबंध में धोखाधड़ी के आरोप में छठे व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Condor Ferries Poole-Channel Islands sailings cancelled

Summary: Condor Ferries has cancelled Friday's high-speed sailings between Poole and the Channel Islands due to "adverse weather conditions".

Strong westerly winds and rain have been forecast for the day. The company said passengers would be contacted about rearranging their travel plans. Its conventional ferry services, which run between Portsmouth and Guernsey and Jersey, have also been rescheduled due to the weather. The Commodore Clipper was due to travel to Guernsey and then on to Jersey before returning to Portsmouth, but will now go to Jersey first.

कोंडोर फेरीज ने "प्रतिकूल मौसम की स्थिति" के कारण पूल और चैनल द्वीप समूह के बीच शुक्रवार की तेज गति वाली नौकाओं को रद्द कर दिया है।


Talks over Guernsey Airport medical flights during closures

Summary: Health and airport workers are to meet to plan for the transportation of urgent medical cases during a series of closures of Guernsey Airport next year.

The Health and Social Services Department (HSSD) wants to devise a plan for the transfer of patients during four two-day closures in 2012. In 2010, there were 209 flights for patients needing off-island treatment, the same figure as 2009. HSSD said around six flights a year were for urgent, immediate treatment. The meeting with airport and clinical staff will take place on 7 December. Guernsey Airport will close on 20-21 March, 8-9 May, 27-28 November and 4-5 December 2012. The dates were confirmed after a consultation with businesses and the public. Work will see the runway and other areas extended.

स्वास्थ्य और हवाई अड्डे के कर्मचारी अगले साल ग्वेर्नसे हवाई अड्डे के बंद होने की एक श्रृंखला के दौरान तत्काल चिकित्सा मामलों के परिवहन की योजना बनाने के लिए मिलने वाले हैं।


Redcar coke ovens to stay alight after new fuel purchase

Summary: The coke ovens at the mothballed Redcar steel plant will remain operational over the weekend, the official receiver has said.

About 1,700 lost their jobs when owner SSI went into liquidation on 2 October. Some staff were kept on to maintain the site, including the coke ovens, which would allow production to restart if it was taken over. It was feared fuel would run out, but it has been confirmed that additional supplies have now been purchased. The official receiver also said it was continuing to talk with interested parties about the future use of the site.

आधिकारिक रिसीवर ने कहा है कि मॉथबॉल्ड रेडकार स्टील प्लांट में कोक ओवन सप्ताहांत में चालू रहेंगे।


Swansea University's £450m Bay Campus officially opens

Summary: Swansea University officially opens its new £450m science and innovation campus on Monday.

It has taken just over two years to build and will be home to almost 5,000 students and 1,000 staff in the university's College of Engineering and School of Management. The Bay Campus has direct access on to a beach and its own seafront promenade. The university hopes the campus will contribute £3bn to the regional economy over the next 10 years.

स्वानसी विश्वविद्यालय ने आधिकारिक तौर पर सोमवार को अपने नए 450 मिलियन पाउंड के विज्ञान और नवाचार परिसर का उद्घाटन किया।