'Coronavirus has delayed my career prospects'

Summary: Have you ever thought about owning and running your own company?

By Jonty BloomBusiness reporter Building up a business, maybe one at the cutting edge of latest technology, creating not just jobs but well-paid, highly-skilled, careers? Well, with all that success also comes great responsibility, as Andrew Churchill knows well. The businessman has had to let 50 of his total staff of 140 go, and it hurts. "It was, and it should be, the worst part of any director's job to take the livelihood away from anybody, let alone somebody you've known for decades - let alone somebody whose knowledge and experience you value enormously," he says. Mr Churchill is the grandson of the founder of JJ Churchill, set up in the 1930s to build parts for aero engines. Bombed out of Coventry during the Blitz, its founder was killed during the war when his Spitfire was shot down. The firm survived that and more over 80 years, but this has been the biggest and deepest recession it has ever encountered. Scarce openings The firm specialises in high-tech and cutting-edge components for the aerospace industry, including Rolls-Royce, but with airlines around the world virtually grounded demand for parts has disappeared. JJ Churchill has made these cuts even though the government is paying 80% of the wages of people on furlough, and is also offering companies £1,000 for every member of staff they bring back to work and retain until the end of January. Mr Churchill knows the work is not there any more, and thinks the recovery will take years. With more than nine million people in the UK on furlough the huge worry is that, just as at JJ Churchill, many of those jobs won't be there to go back to. Many companies have already announced huge numbers of redundancies, for example 3,000 at Rolls-Royce, 2,000 at Royal Mail,700 at Harrods and 12,000 at British Airways. It means that there are now millions of people chasing scarce jobs. 'Acutely aware' At the Alexandra pub in Wimbledon, south-west London, they recently advertised for two new bar staff and had 484 applicants, many with decades of experience in catering and hospitality. But while times are tough for those in work or looking for it, one part of the workforce is being especially hard hit - the young. The number of new apprenticeships has halved and in small businesses they are down by 80%, while existing apprentices are losing their jobs. The young are also being hit in other ways, already almost a third of all graduates don't get graduate level jobs when they leave university. Lorna Ramm is leaving Edinburgh University with a degree in linguistics and English language and hopes to get a job in financial services or management consulting. "It's hard," the 22-year-old says. "I'm acutely aware that it will take me a long time to get to the professional level that I might have been pre-Covid." That's because not only are opportunities drying up, but next years' graduates will also arrive on the labour market come what may. Competition for places is going to get tougher and tougher, including for those who were already unemployed before the coronavirus struck. Shula Jenkins, 25, from Southampton, was doing work experience at Marks & Spencer through the Prince's Trust when Covid-19 shut down UK High Streets. "I was disappointed," she says. "I understood the situation but I was sad that it was cut short. "At the moment I'm trying to figure out what my next steps are as... it doesn't seem like I'm going to get back to M&S at the moment because they're not hiring any staff." M&S is to cut almost 1,000 jobs, and if and when they do start recruiting again, there will be no shortage of unemployed shop workers with excellent CVs looking for work. Financial incentives The government's own financial watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility calculates unemployment could peak at close to 12%. It last did that in the 1980s and it took 20 years to get unemployment back down to 1979 levels. So what can the government do? As well as extended furlough scheme, and job retention incentives, there is a kickstart scheme which will pay employers to create work placements for 16-24 year olds. Firms in England will also be given £1,000 for each new work experience place they offer, and there are plans to train many more career advisors. Unions and charities have called for an extension to the furlough scheme until next year and for the government to pay at least half the wages of all apprentices. Others want to see government grants to encourage people to start their own business. But no matter how good and how long the furlough scheme is, plus whatever else the government can do to stop the loss of jobs, it knows more must be done to provide new training and skills for millions of people to get them back to work. "The worst recession has typically knocked about 4% off demand," says Andrew Churchill. "We're looking more like 40%, 10 times worse than... anything we've seen before." 'Hen's teeth' And Mr Churchill says it will be hard for those he has had to let go. "They're great engineers," he says. "They may be able to find work in other engineering sectors. "But in their sector, the sector they've grown up with, the sector that their experience resonates with, which is aerospace., those jobs are going to be like hen's teeth." The government can retrain, educate and support people, but what will create jobs is demand for their labour. Previous recessions have shown it can be a painfully slow process, geographically uneven, and often means millions of people taking less-skilled, less well-paid work because it is the only type around. You can hear Jonty Bloom's full Jobs Challenge report on In Business on BBC Radio 4 at 2030 on Thursday, 30 July, or at 2130 on Sunday, 2 August. Or download the podcast.

क्या आपने कभी अपनी खुद की कंपनी के मालिक होने और चलाने के बारे में सोचा है?


Man who died in Maidenhead crash was a 'shining light'

Summary: A man who died in a crash between his motorbike and a van in Berkshire had a "heart the size of the world and a future as bright as the sun".

Callum Gutteridge, 19, from Flackwell Heath, died at the scene on the A308 Marlow Road between Maidenhead and Bisham roundabout. His family said he was a "shining light in their lives". He died on 17 July, just two weeks before his 20th birthday, a statement from Thames Valley Police said. His sister Elise wrote: "To think I cannot grow up with my little brother absolutely breaks my heart. "The 19 years I had with you were the most perfect years and I'll forever treasure them. I miss you more and more each day that goes by."

बर्कशायर में अपनी मोटरबाइक और वैन के बीच दुर्घटना में मारे गए एक व्यक्ति का "दिल दुनिया के आकार का था और भविष्य सूरज की तरह उज्ज्वल था।"


Barnsley mum: Neonatal herpes nearly took my baby

Summary: Ashleigh White's son Noah became seriously ill with neonatal herpes after being infected with HSV-1, the highly contagious "herpes simplex virus" that causes cold sores in adults. It is sometimes known as the "kiss of death" because of the way it is passed on.

HSV-1 in babies is rare and can be prevented, but if kissed by a person who has a cold sore, a young baby can become seriously ill with the virus, as their immune system has not fully developed to fight it off. Noah was just four weeks old when Ashleigh, who's from Barnsley, noticed he was starting to display the symptoms of neonatal herpes. "His eye started to get a bit swollen and crusty, and a few days later blisters appeared, so we took him to the doctors and we were referred straight to hospital," Ashleigh told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast. At first the doctors did not diagnose Noah with neonatal herpes, but Ashleigh had seen a post on Facebook from someone raising awareness of HSV-1, and persisted in telling the doctors that Noah had the virus. "He did become very ill," she said. "I did manage to catch it in time before it did go systemic and start shutting down all his vital organs. It was around his eye and there were fears of him going blind." Neonatal herpes is a rare condition, and according to the World Health Organisation, it occurs in an estimated 10 out of every 100,000 births globally, but can lead to lasting neurologic disability or death. The virus is common among adults. Dr Liz Bragg, a paediatrician at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, told 5 Live Breakfast: "Once you've got [the virus] you've got it forever. Between 50 and 90% of people in the world have had it and have got it living inside them. It's not infectious unless you've got an outbreak." She also had advice for parents of newborn babies on how to avoid infection: "In the first month of life, you really do not want to be going to crowded places - you don't want to be handing the baby around because their immune system is less good at fighting off infection." Once he was diagnosed, Noah was sent to Sheffield Children's Hospital and was given regular antiviral drugs for two weeks. He was then put on preventative antiviral drugs for another six months. "All in all, the total time he spent in hospital was around two and half months," said Ashleigh. Ashleigh posted Noah's story on Facebook and it was shared more than 10,000 times. "I've had a lot of messages from other parents thanking me for trying to raise awareness of how dangerous it actually is." For more information on neonatal herpes, visit the NHS website here

एशलेह व्हाइट का बेटा नूह एचएसवी-1 से संक्रमित होने के बाद नवजात हर्पिस से गंभीर रूप से बीमार हो गया, जो अत्यधिक संक्रामक "हर्पिस सिम्प्लेक्स वायरस" है जो वयस्कों में सर्दी के घावों का कारण बनता है। इसे कभी-कभी "मौत का चुंबन" के रूप में जाना जाता है क्योंकि यह जिस तरह से फैलता है।


Pair rescued from car as flood warnings remain

Summary: Fire and ambulance crews rescued two elderly people when their car became stranded in floodwater after nightfall.

The car was trapped in Welsh Road, Offchurch, Warwickshire, at about 21:00 GMT on Friday after flooding. Offchurch and Stratford-upon-Avon are among places with flood warnings still in place, with water levels in the latter described as "high but steady". Barriers remain in Stratford-upon-Avon after being used for the first time since being introduced in 2017. The Environment Agency said the River Avon peaked in the town at 19:00 GMT on Friday, with levels of 1.9m (6ft) - almost 1m (3ft) above normal levels. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone.

दमकल और एम्बुलेंस दल ने दो बुजुर्ग लोगों को बचाया जब उनकी कार रात होने के बाद बाढ़ के पानी में फंस गई।


Bangor: Man critically ill after murder attempt

Summary: Police have begun an attempted murder investigation after a man was found with serious head injuries in Bangor, County Down.

Officers received a report about a man at a property in Fernmore Road at about 03:50 GMT on Sunday. The man, in his 20s, was taken to hospital by ambulance. He is in a critical condition. Police said they are treating the incident as attempted murder and have appealed for information.

काउंटी डाउन के बांगोर में सिर पर गंभीर चोटों के साथ एक व्यक्ति पाए जाने के बाद पुलिस ने हत्या के प्रयास की जांच शुरू कर दी है।


Derelict Holyhead market hall to be restored after 10 years

Summary: Holyhead's Grade II-listed market hall is to be restored after standing derelict for 10 years.

It will house the town's library, a cafe, community space, and Anglesey's local history collection. Built in 1855, it was home to assembly rooms and a court. Last month, the Welsh Government successfully applied for a compulsory purchase order on the former owner of the market hall and the work is being funded by a £2.3m lottery grant.

होलीहेड के ग्रेड II-सूचीबद्ध बाजार हॉल को 10 साल तक परित्यक्त रहने के बाद बहाल किया जाना है।


Could Islamic State have bombed Flight 9268?

Summary: When an Islamic State affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian airliner on Saturday, analysts were initially sceptical about the group's ability to bring down a passenger jet.

By Joel GunterBBC News Neither IS nor its Egyptian affiliate, which calls itself Sinai Province, is thought to possess missiles capable of hitting an airliner at cruising altitude, and neither has a track record of aviation attacks. But five days on from the crash, which killed all 224 people on board shortly after take-off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, David Cameron has said it is "more likely than not a terrorist bomb" brought down the plane, and the UK has grounded flights from the resort. British military officials are now on their way to Egypt and security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport is under intense scrutiny. Julian Bray, an aviation security analyst, told the BBC it is "highly probable" that even a relatively unsophisticated terror group could get a bomb on to a jet leaving the resort. "It is unlikely a passenger would be able to carry it on board the aircraft, but it is quite likely it could have been taken into somewhere like the cargo shed and then into a container in the plane," he said. "All passenger aircraft nowadays carry cargo as well, which often comes as a complete sealed unit, and the concern is that at airports like Sharm security is lax around cargo. "A lot of the airports in the Far East and Middle East are running on a shoestring and they have to turn round aircraft and cargo as fast as possible. "That leads to skimping on security procedures." Sinai plane crash: Four theories Sinai Province: Egypt's most dangerous group Egypt has criticised suggestions that a bomb was involved in the crash. Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said the country's airports all comply with international security standards. Investigators are yet to reveal any information from the aircraft's black box recorders and there is no concrete evidence of a bomb attack. US media reported on Tuesday that a military satellite detected a "heat flash" over Sinai at the time of the crash, suggesting an explosion, but officials said they have not ruled out a technical malfunction. On Wednesday, Sinai Province, which first emerged as jihadist group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis - or Champions of Jerusalem - in 2011, reiterated its claim of responsibility in an audio recording circulated on social media, but refused to give any details about the method used. "We brought it down by God's help, but we are under no obligation to reveal the mechanism we used," the statement said. "So search the wreckage of the plane, and find your black box and analyse it." The data retrieved from the black boxes may reveal whether a bomb was involved. If Sinai Province's claim is corroborated, it will be the first IS attack against a passenger aircraft - a grisly milestone for the terror organisation. Spectacular attacks against civilian targets - especially planes - have so far been the preserve of IS's much older rival, al-Qaeda, which was behind 9/11. AQAP, al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen, claimed responsibility for two bombs discovered unexploded on cargo planes in 2010 - one in London and one in Dubai. The 300-400g devices - large enough to bring down a plane - were hidden in printer cartridges aboard cargo flights from Yemen. Both packages were destined for Chicago and timed using mobile phones to detonate over the US mainland. And in 2010, the CIA said it had foiled a plot by AQAP to smuggle a technically advanced bomb on board an airliner bound for the United States. By contrast, IS has so far focused on taking land and hostages, and inspiring lone wolf attacks in other parts of the world rather than planning its own sophisticated operations. Many analysts have been waiting for a high-profile terror attack by IS, according to Dr HA Hellyer, a Middle East expert with the Royal United Services Institute. But the scale of the Metrojet attack would nonetheless be a surprise, he said. "I don't think anybody expected an attack on a plane, maybe on a hotel or a kidnapping ... but nobody expected something this large," he said. "I don't think it will surprise anyone such a radical and extremist group has targeted civilians, but certainly the nature of this attack is very dramatic." If the attack is confirmed it would be a significant propaganda coup for IS, according to Dr Hellyer. "It would mean that they've taken out a huge number of civilians at once, and struck a blow against two of their enemies at once, Russia and Egypt." And it will remain a success of sorts for IS even if investigators rule that the plane was brought down by a technical fault, he said. "If it turns out that they didn't do it, that is still a victory in a sense. We are having this conversation now. They have managed to dominate the discussion, and that in itself is a communications victory."

जब मिस्र में इस्लामिक स्टेट के एक सहयोगी ने शनिवार को एक रूसी विमान को गिराने की जिम्मेदारी ली, तो विश्लेषकों को शुरू में एक यात्री जेट को गिराने की समूह की क्षमता के बारे में संदेह था।


The bank lent me $2m so I spent it on strippers and cars

Summary: Luke Brett Moore, a young Australian, had just lost his job when he discovered his bank was mistakenly allowing him unlimited credit. It was too good an opportunity to miss. As he explains here, in his own words, he started spending and didn't stop - until one day there was a knock on the door.

It seems unbelievable but my intention was never to take all the money from the St George Bank and not pay it back. I was essentially waiting for the bank to contact me and say: "Hey you, I want this amount of money" and I would have gone from there. Originally, in 2010, I just had a normal everyday banking account. My home loan, my health insurance and bills were coming out of it. I had had a pretty bad car accident and my pay started going into another bank. I can't remember the exact circumstances of why that happened. The first week I was worried as there was no money to pay the mortgage. What was I going to do? But then the payment went through from my St George account and I thought, "Oh, OK." And then the next fortnight the next $500 (£296) payment of my mortgage went through. It went on and on like that for 12 months without the bank saying anything, but my account was becoming overdrawn. Find out more About that time I rang my home loan company and said, "Hey, can you direct-debit $5,000 (£3,000) from my St George account?" And then a couple of days later I said $50,000. They were both approved. I was shocked. I had found myself with access to an extraordinary large line of credit. I bought my first car not long afterwards - an Alfa Romeo 156. It was the dodgiest car: the gearbox, motor and fuel injectors all went in it. Then I got a Hyundai Veloster. It was one of those crazy three-door things with a glass roof. I bought that so I could drive to Sydney to buy a Maserati. It was only a $36,000 car. I mean it was a lovely car but it wasn't a supercar by today's standards. It was a crazy time for me. I was a young and foolish 22-year-old and I wasn't thinking particularly clearly. I had just recovered from the accident and found myself unemployed for the first time since I was 14. I had broken up with my high school sweetheart after four years and I was looking to sort of start my life fresh somewhere else. So I moved to Gold Coast. I flew up to Surfer's Paradise one weekend for a holiday. And I got comfortable there and ending up staying. It was pretty awesome. I had a good time up there that's for sure. I was just doing what most young guys do when they're that age and they've got a bucket load of cash - just having fun and partying. I went to strip clubs and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on girls, alcohol, cocaine and whatever else. I also got a fishing boat. I loved that. I got a £10 note by street artist Banksy. That was one of my treasured possessions, along with a drum skin signed by Amy Winehouse. Every time I requested St George to lend me more money I wasn't particularly expecting them to, but they did. I think at first maybe my mother thought I was dealing drugs but then I think it become quite clear that that's not what I was doing. People learned fairly quickly around me, "Don't ask, don't tell." I had a business up in Surfer's Paradise. I was running a shop selling goods. The media said my bedroom was an Aladdin's cave of treasures, but a lot of that stuff I was selling in my shop. There was to some extent a business idea behind everything that I was doing. The fall and rise of Luke Brett Moore Then [in 2012] I was sitting in my bedroom back at home with my mum in Goulburn when I hear banging on the window. By the time I got to the front door the police were inside. They pretty much had my mother pushed up against a wall and were shoving a video camera in my face. They were all armed like they thought I might be a mad gangster. They were yelling and telling me I was under arrest and they went through the house and took everything that I'd ever owned. They arrested me and took me to the police station. The police originally refused me bail so I spent the night in the Goulburn cells. The next day I got granted bail by a magistrate in court. A couple of years later I was found guilty of obtaining financial advantage by deception and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime. I was sentenced for a maximum of four-and-a-half years. I was never expecting to go to jail and thought I'd be found innocent. But I had to get lawyers through legal aid, which is grossly underfunded in Australia. They weren't interested in the case, didn't want to defend the case and clearly didn't do a very good job of it at trial. It was horrible in jail. You're away from your family and locked in a cell for 17 hours a day. The food is pretty dodgy and you're associating with some pretty rough people. In some ways I was blessed because the type of crime I was in there for was not something that anyone in prison is going to hold against you. I spent six months there, and it was the toughest time in my life. From the first day I was there I was trying to get out. I read as many law books as I could and about as many cases as I could. I read the Bail Act and the Crimes Act and pieced together my case. My first objective, though, was to get bail. This was very difficult at the time [2015] following too many cases of guys on bail committing really bad crimes. You needed to first establish special and exceptional circumstances and then you needed to establish that you weren't a risk to the community and that you weren't a flight risk. I had to represent myself because legal aid wouldn't fund my bail application. But I managed to get it. By the time it all went to court I was so prepared with all my arguments and everything all I basically did was give the barrister that represented me my paperwork and said: "Look, here it is. Here's the argument. It's black and white." In the end the legal argument as far as the criminal charges were concerned was quite simple. I was acquitted a few weeks ago. As far as the law is concerned in Australia at the moment I had no legal obligation to inform the Bank of what was going on. The judge said I was dishonest, but we don't live in a society where moral wrongs result in people being locked up behind bars and their liberty taken away from them. I was just unlucky I guess that it happened to me. From all the comments on social media it seems that many other young and foolish people would've done the exact same thing. However, given the opportunity, I wouldn't do it again. It devastated my life and family and it wasn't worth a couple of good months with the strippers and some cocaine. My whole life was nearly ruined. It's only now that I've been able to turn my experience in to a positive. I'm currently studying law at university and will be a criminal lawyer in two years' time. My six months behind bars gave me a unique perspective on jail. A lot of the people in there need help not incarceration. So my idea is to essentially assist these people and sort of try to get more funding directed towards drug rehabilitation, counselling and education as opposed to more money to build more jails. Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.

ल्यूक ब्रेट मूर, एक युवा ऑस्ट्रेलियाई, ने अभी-अभी अपनी नौकरी खो दी थी जब उसे पता चला कि उसका बैंक गलती से उसे असीमित क्रेडिट दे रहा है। यह चूकने का बहुत अच्छा अवसर था। जैसा कि वह यहाँ बताते हैं, अपने शब्दों में, उन्होंने खर्च करना शुरू कर दिया और नहीं रुके-जब तक कि एक दिन दरवाजे पर दस्तक नहीं हुई।


Bo Xilai scandal: Timeline

Summary: Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party chief in Chongqing, was once seen as a high-flyer tipped for top office. But he has been expelled from the Communist Party, parliament and is to face prosecution. His wife was given a suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood last year. The BBC looks at how China's biggest political scandal in years unfolded.

14 Nov 2011: Neil Heywood dies in a Chongqing hotel room. 2 Feb 2012: Chongqing city government announces that its popular police chief, Wang Lijun, has been shifted to another job. It is a demotion - and is the first public confirmation that the policeman has fallen out with Chongqing's Communist Party boss, Bo Xilai. 6 Feb: Wang flees to the US consulate in Chengdu, near Chongqing. Many believe he went there to seek asylum. He spends the night at the consulate, which is surrounded by Chinese police. 7 Feb: The police chief is persuaded to leave the consulate after Chongqing's mayor rushes to the scene to talk to him. Wang emerges into the waiting arms of the law and then disappears. 8 Feb: The Chongqing government says that because of over-work Wang is suffering from stress and is now receiving "holiday-style medical treatment". In fact, he is under investigation and in detention. 5-14 Mar: Bo Xilai takes his seat at China's annual parliamentary session in Beijing. He keeps an unusually low profile amid rumours that Mr Wang's actions have tarnished his chances of promotion to the party's politburo Standing Committee later this year. 14 Mar: At a news conference, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao indirectly criticises Bo Xilai for his handling of the Wang Lijun incident. It is the first comment from a senior national leader on the issue, and shows Mr Bo is in a precarious position. 15 Mar: China announces that Bo Xilai has been removed from his post as party chief in Chongqing. Officials confirm that this is because of the Wang Lijun incident. He disappears from public view. 20 Mar: A leaked audio recording suggests Bo Xilai and his police chief fell out when Wang told his boss of an investigation into Mr Bo's family. Another rumour suggests Mr Bo could be linked to the death of a British businessman, Neil Heywood, who died in Chongqing last November. 26 Mar: UK government confirms it has asked China to re-examine Neil Heywood's death. 10 Apr: China announces that Bo Xilai has been stripped of his Communist Party posts and that his wife, Gu Kailai, and an orderly are being investigated in connection with Mr Heywood's death. 25 Apr: Bo Xilai's son, Bo Guagua, writes an open letter to his university, Harvard. He insists he does not live an extravagant life and says his education has been funded by scholarships and his mother's earnings as a lawyer. He says he has no comment to make about the investigation. 26 Apr: Bo Xilai's elder brother, Bo Xiyong, resigns his post at a state-owned Chinese company in Hong Kong. It was revealed that he was using another name to conduct business there. 26 Apr: The New York Times reports that Bo Xilai ran a wire-tapping network across Chongqing, with his officials even listening in to a phone call involving President Hu Jintao. 16 May: A group of veteran Communist Party members write to President Hu Jintao, asking him to sack known Bo Xilai supporter Zhou Yongkang. They allege that Mr Zhou, currently in charge of China's security apparatus, is part of a movement to revive the China of Mao Zedong. 23 May: Bo Xilai's name is not included on the list of delegates for the municipality's party conference, an indication of an imminent major reshuffle. 24 May: Bo Xilai's son, Bo Guagua, graduates from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in the US. 17 June: Cambodia detains French architect Patrick Devillers, who knew Bo Xilai and his wife, reportedly at the request of the Chinese authorities. 18 June: Chongqing's new leader, Zhang Dejiang, tells a municipal party congress that the Bo Xilai scandal "gravely damaged" the image of the country and the Communist Party. 17 July: Patrick Devillers voluntarily flies to Beijing, where he is said to be wanted as a witness by the Chinese authorities. French diplomats who later meet him say he is in "good shape". It is unclear where he is and if he is under investigation. 26 July: Gu Kailai and her aide Zhang Xiaojun have been charged with "intentional homicide," China's Xinhua state news agency reports. 3 August: Lawyers announce that Gu Kailai will go on trial on 9 August in the eastern city of Hefei for the murder of Neil Heywood. 9 August: Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun go on trial for murder in Hefei. The court says they do not contest the charges, and adjourns ahead of a verdict. 20 August: Gu Kailai given a suspended death sentence for the murder of Neil Heywood. Zhang Xiaojun is given a nine-year prison sentence. 5 September: Wang Lijun charged with defection, power abuse and bribe taking. 17 September: Wang Lijun's trial starts in secret in Chengdu. 18 September: Wang Lijun's trial ends. 24 September: Wang Lijun is convicted and jailed for 15 years - a more lenient sentence than expected because he co-operated with the police investigation. 28 September: Bo Xilai is expelled from the Communist Party, and will face justice, according to state news agency Xinhua. 26 October: Bo Xilai is expelled from parliament - removing his immunity from prosecution. 25 July 2013: Bo Xilai is charged with corruption, bribery and abuse of power. 12 August: In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, Neil Heywood's mother, Ann, called on Chinese authorities to offer "substantive" help to her son's family. 18 August: China sets Bo Xilai trial on 22 August 2013 at the Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, Shandong province. 22 August: Bo Xilai trial begins in Jinan. 26 August: Bo Xilai trial ends. 22 September: Bo Xilai found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life by Intermediate People's Court in Jinan. 23 September: Bo Xilai declares intention to appeal against the verdict. 9 October: Chinese court says it will hear Bo Xilai's appeal. 25 October: Court rejects Bo Xilai's appeal.

बो शिलाई, चोंगकिंग में कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी के पूर्व प्रमुख, को कभी शीर्ष पद के लिए एक हाई-फ्लायर के रूप में देखा जाता था। लेकिन उन्हें कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी, संसद से निष्कासित कर दिया गया है और उन पर मुकदमा चलाया जाना है। उनकी पत्नी को पिछले साल ब्रिटिश व्यवसायी नील हेवुड की हत्या के लिए निलंबित मौत की सजा सुनाई गई थी। बीबीसी देखता है कि वर्षों में चीन का सबसे बड़ा राजनीतिक घोटाला कैसे सामने आया।


Matthew Wolfenden is Mr Jersey Battle of Flowers 2012

Summary: An actor from the ITV soap Emmerdale is the 2012 Mr Jersey Battle of Flowers, organisers have announced.

Matthew Wolfenden plays David Metcalfe in the soap and won the seventh series of Dancing on Ice. The 32-year-old from West Yorkshire will join Miss Battle of Flowers 2012, Rebecca Houze, during the parades along Victoria Avenue on 9 and 10 August. Tony Perkins, the Battle of Flowers chairman, said ticket sales for the event were going well. But he said he hoped the announcement of Mr Battle would help.

आयोजकों ने घोषणा की है कि आई. टी. वी. धारावाहिक एम्मरडेल का एक अभिनेता 2012 का मिस्टर जर्सी बैटल ऑफ फ्लावर्स है।


Aberdeen bypass firm facing additional costs

Summary: Aberdeen bypass construction partner Galliford Try has said the practical completion of the project is due this summer but it expects to face additional costs due to delays.

The Aberdeen bypass was due to be finished by the spring. Galliford Try and Balfour Beatty are now covering the costs after former bypass partner Carillion went into liquidation in January. Galliford Try expects weather-related additional costs of less than £25m. The £745m 28-mile bypass is one of Scotland's biggest infrastructure projects. In a statement to MSPs earlier this year, Economy Secretary Keith Brown said the contractors were pushing for a late August deadline. However Transport Scotland advisors have suggested it is prudent to aim for a late autumn opening date.

एबरडीन बाइपास निर्माण भागीदार गैलिफोर्ड ट्राई ने कहा है कि परियोजना का व्यावहारिक समापन इस गर्मी में होना है, लेकिन देरी के कारण इसे अतिरिक्त लागत का सामना करना पड़ सकता है।


Aid ship still waiting to unload

Summary: The crew of a ship sent by Tamil expatriates in Europe say they are still hoping they can unload a large cargo of aid for Tamil refugees, after nearly three weeks waiting in the waters off Sri Lanka and southern India.

The "Captain Ali" vessel is anchored off the Indian port of Chennai having been turned away by the Sri Lankan authorities. An Icelandic crew member told the BBC that he "saluted" the people in southern India trying to let the ship into Chennai harbour, but that the decision appeared to have gone to Delhi. He said the crew were getting irritated after 11 days there and their best hope was to be able to land the aid cargo and "do some good" with it. Businessman arrested When a Tamil expatriate group, Mercy Mission to Vanni, first sent the Captain Ali from Europe two months ago, they wanted it to get straight to the zone where war was still raging and deliver aid there. The war has since stopped but the Sri Lankan government said all along that it suspected the mission was trying to help the Tamil Tiger rebels. Mercy Mission insisted its aims were purely humanitarian, and earlier this month the Sri Lankan navy admitted they’d found only food and medicines on the boat when it anchored off Colombo. The authorities, however, sent the ship away and arrested a businessman in the city listed as the consignee of the goods. Tamil expatriates say the man, a diabetic, is still in detention, though the police were unable to confirm this to the BBC. The chief minister of India’s Tamil Nadu state, where Chennai lies, says he still wants the relief cargo to land in Sri Lanka. But Arjunan Ethirveerasingam, of Mercy Mission to Vanni, said Sri Lanka was putting pressure on India’s central government to exclude the ship. Sri Lanka’s foreign secretary declined to comment on that allegation.

यूरोप में तमिल प्रवासियों द्वारा भेजे गए एक जहाज के चालक दल का कहना है कि वे अभी भी उम्मीद कर रहे हैं कि वे श्रीलंका और दक्षिण भारत के पानी में लगभग तीन सप्ताह इंतजार करने के बाद तमिल शरणार्थियों के लिए सहायता का एक बड़ा माल उतार सकते हैं।


Boy dies after falling ill at Cookham Wood young offender institution

Summary: A 16-year-old boy has died after collapsing at a young offender institution, the Ministry of Justice has said.

Caden Stewart died in hospital after falling ill at Cookham Wood, near Rochester in Kent on Thursday. His death is not believed to be self-inflicted and is not being treated as suspicious. The Prison Service said there would be an investigation by the prisons and probation ombudsman. Correction 6 August 2019: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that the boy had died at Cookham Wood.

न्याय मंत्रालय ने कहा है कि एक युवा अपराधी संस्थान में गिरने से एक 16 वर्षीय लड़के की मौत हो गई है।


Fentanyl mixed with heroin in drugs seized by police

Summary: A deadly new drug has been found for sale in Northern Ireland.

By Vincent KearneyBBC News NI Home Affairs Correspondent The strong painkiller fentanyl has been found mixed in heroin seized by the PSNI. Police believe it was linked to two deaths in Northern Ireland and more than 60 in the rest of the UK this year. There are concerns that a variant called carfentanil, used to tranquilise elephants, could also be mixed in drugs sold in Northern Ireland. Fentanyl is 100 times more powerful than heroin and has a number of medical uses, including pain relief after major surgery. Mixing it with heroin or cocaine intensifies the potency and addictiveness, and also increases the user's risk of dying. Stan Brown, chief executive of Forensic Science Northern Ireland, said the development has caused alarm. Mr Brown said prescription drugs, as well as heroin, cocaine and amphetamines, are the drugs most commonly abused. He said there has been an increase in psychoactive substances and they have unpredictable properties. Of the new psychoactive drugs, the most lethal are fentanyl and carfentanil. "These are literally elephant tranquilisers 10,000 times more powerful than heroin, very dangerous things to see in anything that someone's taking," said Mr Brown. "In the last few months, we've started to see this in drug seizures in Northern Ireland. "Just a tiny quantity can kill and the user has no way of knowing that it is actually in drug they are taking." Made in China Carfentanil has not yet been detected in drug seizures in Northern Ireland. But the PSNI has confirmed that fentanyl has reached Northern Ireland. In a statement, Det Supt Bobby Singleton said it posed a significant risk to those who come into contact with it, and that police suspect it may have been a contributory factor in a small number of deaths. "Police will continue to target drug dealers and those in the supply chain in Northern Ireland to try and remove this danger from society," he said. "However, this is not a problem that police can solve alone. We can tackle the symptom and will continue to work with our partners in other sectors including health and education to address the wider causes." Stan Brown said a lot of synthetic drugs like fentanyl were being manufactured in China and then shipped to Europe. "They are so potent that even touching equipment contaminated with the drug can be fatal." Forensic Science Northern Ireland has introduced new safety measures to protect staff testing drug seizures at its lab at Seapark near Carrickfergus. Scientists will have to work alongside a colleague who will have antidote ready to administer in case there is accidental contact. Tiny quantities The PSNI is keen to stress that only tiny quantities of fentanyl have been found in Northern Ireland. "If we were to see habitually fentanyl being used as a mixing agent in Northern Ireland then that would raise concern, but we are not seeing that at this stage," said Det Ch Supt Tim Mairs. "I'm very confident that we do have a very robust monitoring process working with health professionals and working with forensic science to constantly assess and monitor what we are seeing. "And what's very clear is that fentanyl does not present a concern for Northern Ireland."

उत्तरी आयरलैंड में बिक्री के लिए एक घातक नई दवा मिली है।


Autism: The children who find haircuts painful

Summary: Sitting in a hairdresser's chair may sound simple, but for a child with autism having a haircut can be painful. One barber has developed a unique technique where he will cut a child's hair during long periods while sitting on the floor, on window sills or even in the car. This weekend, as part of an autism awareness event, he and 11 other barbers will cut the hair of 60 children with autism.

By Lucy BallingerBBC News Four-year-old Mason has autism and is non-verbal. He always found having his haircut traumatic. His parents were at their wit's end after trying to take him to the hairdressers. Eventually they read on Facebook about a barber who had successfully cut the hair of another child with autism. It took four months of hour-long fortnightly visits to James Williams' barber shop in Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot, before Mason let him cut the hair around his ears. "I had to join him lying on my stomach," said Mr Williams. "As a barber it is unnatural to have that experience lying on the floor to cut hair as you are always supposed to stand by your chair doing it. The day that happened we were laughing on the floor doing it. "Mason was just oblivious to everything, he was watching BBC News 15 seconds on repeat. But that was his day, another day it would have been different. He might not have let me near him on his next visit." He posted pictures of him cutting Mason's hair in his shop on Facebook and it went viral, with actors Ashton Kutcher and Michael Sheen tweeting about it. "I had all these families from across the world reaching out saying they went through the struggle," said Mr Williams. The 27-year-old now has clients who travel from as far afield as Liverpool and Gloucester and has started a charity called Autism Barbers Assemble to try and raise awareness among other hairdressers of how to approach children with autism when cutting their hair. But what makes parents want to make a 300 mile round trip for a haircut? Meleri Thomas, from National Autistic Society Cymru, said: "Autistic children and young people can often find having their hair cut extremely distressing because of sensory challenges associated with the condition. "This means that when an autistic person is having their hair cut, the feeling of hands running through the hair, or hair landing on the face or body and the noise of the scissors can cause distress." Mr Williams added: "Some hairdressers refuse to cut the hair of autistic children. That's because they will scream and respond badly, but I'm trying to get the message out there that they shouldn't turn them away. "They just need to be treated differently. "One of the biggest arguments I have with other hairdressers is when they make someone with autism sit in a chair to have their hair cut. "But I'll cut a child's hair anywhere - lying on the floor, sitting on the sofa, sitting on the reception desk, on the windowsill, even in a car. I've learnt to listen to the child as well, if the child wants to go in the car I'll say 'let's go in the car then'. "I try to pick up on the children's emotions. Any child I can see is getting to the point to having a melt-down I make a decision that is enough and we will try again next time. Or they will have a break and an opportunity to calm down." For five-year-old Seb, who has severe autism, the sensation of having water on his head was distressing. What is Autism? Information from The National Autistic Society His grandmother used to be a hairdresser and tried to cut his hair, but it would involve his mum holding him still while he screamed. Eventually his parents heard about Mr Williams through Mason's parents. Seb's mother, Claire, said: "Up until then when Seb had his hair cut it was something none of us enjoyed, but that we had to do. "With Seb it is water on his head, so Jim tells him he has a towel there, and counts down for him. Although Seb still grumbles Jim will joke with him. Now he has his hair cut every four to six weeks, a year ago it was when we could - about every three months. "To start with he would walk around the salon with James following him cutting it when he could. Now he sits in a chair with his iPad and, for the most part, allows Jim to do it. Seb will still shout at Jim, but he jokes with him in response. "He has provided a safe place for parents to go with their autistic children. You can go there without fear if your child is screaming and shouting because it is safe, because in a normal setting it is not socially acceptable if there are other people there." Autism Barbers Assemble is holding an event on Sunday in which 12 barbers will cut the hair of 60 autistic children in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly county. Every child will have an hour-long appointment with all proceeds going to autism charities. "Appointments with me sold out within an hour," said James. "The others were gone within three days. We are planning on four more events this year - in England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland. "I eventually want to build a map on a website of hairdressers where autistic children are actively welcomed so parents know where they can go and not get turned away. "I want to get barbers and hairdressers to understand autism. I didn't know anyone with autism before my first young client. It changed my whole aspect on the world. I have had parents come in here crying who are so happy to find someone willing to go the extra mile for their kid."

हेयरड्रेसर की कुर्सी पर बैठना आसान लग सकता है, लेकिन ऑटिज्म वाले बच्चे के लिए बाल कटवाना दर्दनाक हो सकता है। एक नाई ने एक अनोखी तकनीक विकसित की है जिसमें वह फर्श पर, खिड़कियों पर या कार में भी लंबे समय तक बच्चे के बाल काटता है। इस सप्ताह के अंत में, ऑटिज्म जागरूकता कार्यक्रम के हिस्से के रूप में, वह और 11 अन्य नाई ऑटिज्म वाले 60 बच्चों के बाल काटेंगे।


Man injured in fall at illegal Poole warehouse party

Summary: A man has been taken to hospital after falling from a roof at an illegal party held in a former shoe shop in Poole.

Officers found the man after they were called to the Brantano warehouse on the Wessex Gate Retail Park at about 01:30 GMT on Sunday. The man, whose injuries are not thought to be serious, is believed to have fallen from a roof inside the building. The crowd was ordered to disperse and police said no arrests were made and no fines were issued. Dorset Police said officers were reviewing evidence from the gathering to determine any further enforcement action. The force has not yet revealed how many people were at the party.

पूले में एक पूर्व जूता दुकान में आयोजित एक अवैध पार्टी में छत से गिरने के बाद एक व्यक्ति को अस्पताल ले जाया गया है।


Tributes to man killed in crash on Llŷn peninsula road

Summary: Tributes have been paid to a man who died in a crash in Gwynedd.

Gryffudd Rhun Jones, 27, of Brynaerau, Rhosfawr, was in a black Skoda Octavia travelling between Llithfaen and Pentreuchaf on Sunday morning. North Wales Police said Mr Jones died at the scene following the crash at about 01:50 GMT and the road was closed for six hours. His family said he was "an extremely loved son, husband, father and brother and will be greatly missed by all".

ग्वेनेड में एक दुर्घटना में मारे गए एक व्यक्ति को श्रद्धांजलि दी गई है।


Blaze tackled at derelict hotel in Blackpool

Summary: Thirty firefighters have been tackling a fire at a derelict hotel in Blackpool.

Flames swept through the three-storey hotel on Blundell Street in the resort at about 19:00 BST on Saturday. A spokesman for Lancashire Fire and Rescue said, as the blaze was in a terraced property, there "was a fear of it spreading and losing the whole terrace". An investigation is now under way to determine how the fire started.

ब्लैकपूल में एक परित्यक्त होटल में लगी आग पर तीस अग्निशामक काबू पा रहे हैं।


Bersham colliery slag heap to be flattened

Summary: The owners of a former colliery tip in Wrexham have been given more time to remove millions of tonnes of waste.

Bersham Glenside received permission five years ago to flatten the former Bersham colliery heap despite concerns from some who wanted it retained as an important part of local history. But the landscape has changed little since then, prompting concern the land reclamation project may never be fully realised. The company has been asked to comment. Permission was extended for another five years after a revised application was agreed by Wrexham councillors at a planning committee meeting on Monday.

रेक्सम में एक पूर्व कोलियरी टिप के मालिकों को लाखों टन कचरे को हटाने के लिए और समय दिया गया है।


Scrubbing Up: Do hospitals legitimise junk food?

Summary: The "obesity crisis" in the UK has again made headlines this week. A report by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for a range of measures from taxing sugary drinks to improving food in hospitals. A report by the group Sustain has also called for hospital food to meet mandatory nutritional standards. In the week's Scrubbing Up, Dr Aseem Malhotra argues that hospitals must lead by example.

By Aseem MalhotraCardiologist It is demoralising to observe patients on daily ward rounds gorging on burgers, crisps, and chocolates, washed down with a sugary drink - the very food items that contributed to their admission in the first place. When I recently told a heart attack survivor in his 50s that the can of coke he was drinking contained nine teaspoons of sugar, he replied "you sold it to me". Like most clinicians I find it really quite appalling that many hospitals continue to have high street fast food franchises on site as well as corridors littered with vending machines selling junk food. This sends out the wrong message and legitimises unhealthy food. A study in the US found that families that made out patient paediatric visits were four times more likely to eat junk food (at any time of the day) if they visited a hospital with a fast food restaurant on site. By legitimising the acceptability of junk food, hospitals have become a risk factor for obesity and diet related disease. Drinks ban There are a few beacons of good practice. The Royal Brompton Hospital in London is a prime example where a team led by chief caterer Mike Duckett has worked to use their budgets to provide meals using fresh seasonal produce. The Royal Bolton Hospital has successfully managed to not only ban the sale of large bottles of sugary drinks within the hospital grounds, but has improved the availability of healthy options in the hospital canteen by introducing a traffic light labelling system. Of course patients deserve to be given nutritious meals, but hospital staff are also suffering from serious weight problems. A recent report from the Royal College of Physicians revealed that half of the 1.4 million people who work for the NHS are obese. Education alone is an ineffective strategy in tackling obesity and the food environment has a much greater impact on our eating habits than we give it credit for. So why have we allowed hospitals to remain a branding opportunity for the junk food industry? The common argument that chief executives and senior managers use to defend such practice is that the revenue from the sale of such products is used to "save lives". But we don't sell alcohol to treat liver disease or cigarettes to treat lung cancer because it would be considered unacceptable. Smoking parallels In my view the smoking ban in public places was the greatest health legacy of the last Labour government. Admissions to hospital due to asthma have halved and death rates from heart diseases have significantly reduced. Under threat of regulation, food corporations make promises to behave better and proclaim their introduction of healthier options. But even the ones marketed as "low fat" or "cholesterol lowering" are loaded with sugar which the latest evidence suggests is the most potent driver of obesity. These companies have not promised to sell less junk food and find ever more creative ways of marketing foods to vulnerable populations, especially children. It's therefore no surprise that last week the Lancet accused multinational food, drink, and alcohol industries of using similar strategies to the tobacco industry to undermine public health policies and suggested they should be regulated. A government strategy of collaboration with the industry was described by one commentator as akin to asking a "burglar to install your locks". There is no magic pill or silver bullet that is able to deal with the increasing burden of obesity and its related diseases which is costing the NHS £6bn each year. Fatalism, pessimism, cynicism and complacency all support the status quo despite the fact that changes to lifestyle can have profound benefits to health even in the short term. Politicians and the public have to decide for themselves whether they prefer to listen to the food corporations who are incentivised by profit or the voice of NHS doctors and health campaigners whose only motive is to protect your health. It is time to regulate against the excesses and manipulations of the food industry to save lives and we must start in our own back yard.

ब्रिटेन में "मोटापा संकट" ने इस सप्ताह फिर से सुर्खियां बटोरी हैं। एकेडमी ऑफ मेडिकल रॉयल कॉलेज की एक रिपोर्ट में मीठे पेय पर कर लगाने से लेकर अस्पतालों में भोजन में सुधार करने तक कई उपायों का आह्वान किया गया है। सस्टेन समूह की एक रिपोर्ट में अस्पताल के भोजन को अनिवार्य पोषण मानकों को पूरा करने के लिए भी कहा गया है। सप्ताह के स्क्रबिंग अप में, डॉ असीम मल्होत्रा का तर्क है कि अस्पतालों को उदाहरण के रूप में आगे बढ़ना चाहिए।


Sutton Coldfield mum recalls being pregnant and stabbed

Summary: On 3 March 2016, Natalie Queiroz shared a picture on social media of her rapidly growing baby bump. She was eight months pregnant and looking forward to the birth of her daughter and life with partner Babur "Bobby" Raja. Twenty-four hours later she was being flown by air ambulance to hospital. She had been stabbed more than 20 times, and paramedics feared for the lives of both her and her unborn child.

By Phil MackieNews Correspondent Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the attack, I met Natalie at the scene - Trinity Hill in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Her hands were shaking and she described being back as "really, really tough", adding: "To think this could have been the final place I would have been [alive]." Revisiting the scene has become part of how she has dealt with the trauma. Natalie, 45, remembers most of what happened vividly. It was raining, she had her coat pulled up and was holding an umbrella as she walked towards the town centre. Her mind was on shopping. "I just remember these footsteps running behind me," she said. She feared she was about to be mugged, but felt she was safe because she was such a short distance from the shops, and, as it was 15:00, there were plenty of people about. That's when her attacker jumped her from behind and began stabbing her. She desperately held on to her bump to try to protect her baby, but described the attack as "incessant". Two men intervened and tried to drag the attacker off her, incurring injuries themselves. Natalie didn't know who the knifeman was. Raja, her partner, had disguised his appearance and had a hood covering his face. She told me that she caught a glimpse and thought it was him, but then disregarded the idea. As the others fought with Raja, Natalie tried to escape. Despite bleeding heavily she managed to get to her feet and stagger away. "I was looking at the town centre… and I remember thinking 'I've just got to get there, because if I can get there, I can get help'." Her wounds were too severe and she collapsed next to a wall and passed out. "The two guys who'd been holding the attacker said they thought that I'd gone - they thought that that was it, that I had died." Raja managed to fight off the other men and came at Natalie again just as she regained consciousness. "I put my head down and he pulled up in front of me, and he crouched down and he began the attack again." Natalie doesn't remember much of what happened next. A third rescuer, Callum Gibson, had run up Trinity Hill and joined the other men, John Mitchell and Anthony Smith, in finally stopping Raja's attack. West Midlands Police officers arrived to help, and closed nearby roads to allow an air ambulance to land. Natalie had suffered eleven chest wounds, her right lung had collapsed and she had also been stabbed in the liver and uterus. 'Almost incomprehensible' Paramedics stabilised her as she was taken to hospital. Natalie had regained consciousness again, but there seemed to be little hope for her child. "To be honest, we all thought she'd passed away," she said. Natalie underwent lifesaving surgery and was put into an induced coma. It was only when she came round that she was given the news her daughter had survived and had been safely delivered by Caesarean section. "To get that news, that she was alive, was almost incomprehensible." In June 2016, Raja pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to attempted murder and was jailed for 18 years. During the hearing, at which Natalie was present, the court heard he attacked her after being forced to choose between his conservative Muslim mother's faith and the "love of his life". This, it was said, had "tipped him over the edge". A court order remains in place meaning that Natalie's daughter cannot be named. On Thursday, the family has been celebrating her fifth birthday. It will be impossible to keep the full details of the story from the little girl forever. As she grows up, Natalie is gradually explaining to her what happened, but she doesn't know everything yet. "She's a funny little girl with a big heart... she knows that mummy got hurt the day she was born, she knows it was very serious, and that mummy went in a helicopter... she knows that because of what happened she had to be born that day." Natalie is amazingly upbeat despite what happened. She still suffers physically because of some of her wounds, but jokes that her breast implants saved her life. She has also visited Raja in prison despite being warned against it. She said it was a cathartic experience. "I needed to face him and I needed to look him in the eye." However he still wouldn't fully acknowledge what happened. He has also sent her letters in which he said he was "proud" of the way she had dealt with the attack. She sees this as an attempt at controlling behaviour. I asked her whether she ever thought she would be able to achieve closure. "Anyone who's been through a major trauma will say you never get over it, you learn to live with it and it becomes part of your life. I've dealt with it by all my fundraising and talking to young people about the reality of knife crime… to me that's the best way of coming to terms with everything." Natalie's positivity is clear in the work she's undertaken since the attack. She has already raised tens of thousands of pounds for Midlands Air Ambulance and is to walk the 140 miles between its three bases in four days as soon as it is possible. She also has something else to look forward to. Last year she got engaged to Simon Lyttle, a fellow fundraiser, and once lockdown is over they will be married. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk

3 मार्च 2016 को, नताली क्विरोज़ ने सोशल मीडिया पर अपने तेजी से बढ़ते बेबी बंप की एक तस्वीर साझा की। वह आठ महीने की गर्भवती थी और अपनी बेटी के जन्म और साथी बाबर "बॉबी" राजा के साथ जीवन की प्रतीक्षा कर रही थी। चौबीस घंटे बाद उसे एयर एम्बुलेंस से अस्पताल ले जाया जा रहा था। उसे 20 से अधिक बार चाकू मारा गया था, और पैरामेडिक्स को उसके और उसके अजन्मे बच्चे दोनों की जान का डर था।


Park Lane doorman murder accused appear in court

Summary: Three men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a doorman who was guarding a party on New Year's Day.

Security guard Tudor Simionov, 33, was attacked outside Fountain House at about 05:30 GMT on 1 January. Haroon Akram, 25, Adham Khalil, 20, and Adham Elshalakany, 23, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier. They are charged with murder, four counts of grievous bodily harm and one count of violent disorder. Mr Akram, of no fixed address, Mr Elshalakany, of Hammersmith, west London, and Mr Khalil, of Kingsbury, north-west London, were remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday. Related Internet Links HM Courts & Tribunals Service

नववर्ष के दिन एक पार्टी की रखवाली कर रहे द्वारपाल की हत्या के आरोप में तीन लोग अदालत में पेश हुए हैं।


Nant Helen mine restoration plans given green light

Summary: Plans to restore a mine in Powys which is being mothballed have been given the go ahead, despite concerns.

Powys councillors approved a "restoration scheme" for the Nant Helen site in Coelbren, which will bring back grassland and create an enclosed farm. Celtic Energy was granted planning permission to do so in 2012 but Natural Resources Wales said there were "inconsistencies" in what was expected. A planning report said the scheme "complies with the planning policies". It was announced last August the 345 hectares (853 acres) mine would be mothballed for two years with the loss of 75 jobs.

पॉव्स में एक खदान को बहाल करने की योजना को चिंताओं के बावजूद आगे बढ़ाया गया है।


Isle of Man donates to Yemen food crisis

Summary: The Isle of Man Overseas Aid Committee has pledged £50,000 in emergency aid to help alleviate a food crisis in Yemen.

The committee approved funds to assist the charity Oxfam provide food to an estimated 10 million Yemenis. Aid agencies working in the area said many people could not afford to buy enough food to feed their families. Committee Chairman Phil Gawne said: "The critical food security situation and internal conflict are driving families to absolute poverty." He added: "Oxfam and other bodies are already responding to the crisis and we know that this money will go some way to providing relief to those in need."

आइल ऑफ मैन विदेशी सहायता समिति ने यमन में खाद्य संकट को कम करने में मदद करने के लिए आपातकालीन सहायता में £50,000 का वादा किया है।


Student Ethan Peters' body found in River Foss

Summary: A body pulled from the River Foss in York is that of missing student Ethan Peters, police have confirmed.

Mr Peters, 20, was on a night out when he was last seen on Coney Street on 2 October. He lived in the Hull Road area of the city. DI Jackie Smart, of North Yorkshire Police, said Mr Peters' family had been informed and were receiving support from specially-trained officers.

पुलिस ने पुष्टि की है कि यॉर्क में फॉस नदी से निकाला गया एक शव लापता छात्र एथन पीटर्स का है।


Man killed in collision on A92 near Montrose named

Summary: A 53-year-old man who died after his car collided with a lorry's load in Angus has been named as George Moran from Arbroath.

The incident happened on the A92 St Cyrus to Montrose road at Kinnaber at about 12:20 on Saturday. Mr Moran was pronounced dead at the scene, and his female passenger was taken to hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries. The road was closed for about 10 hours following the incident. An investigation into the circumstances of the collision is continuing.

एंगस में एक लॉरी के भार से अपनी कार की टक्कर के बाद मरने वाले 53 वर्षीय व्यक्ति का नाम आर्ब्रोथ के जॉर्ज मोरन के रूप में रखा गया है।


Who truly was the most dishonest president?

Summary: Former President Donald Trump was often accused of having a complete disregard for the truth. Yet some of his predecessors' falsehoods ranged from the bizarre to the horrifying. So how does Trump truly compare?

By Jude SheerinBBC, Washington When Saddam Hussein invaded the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait in August 1990, President George HW Bush snarled: "This will not stand." But as US troops were scrambled to the Gulf, the American public was dubious about the justification for military action. The Kuwaiti government-in-exile promptly hired a US public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton, whose Washington DC office was run by Bush's former chief of staff. The PR firm coached a purported witness, introduced as a 15-year-old girl called "Nayirah", to tearfully tell US congressmen in October 1990 that Iraqi soldiers had entered a hospital in Kuwait, removed babies from incubators and left them to die on the cold floor. Nayirah, reporters were assured, was using an assumed name for fear of reprisals against her family back home. Only after the war would it emerge she was the daughter of Kuwait's ambassador to the US. And her story was completely baseless, as John MacArthur details in his book, Second Front, Censorship and Propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War. Bush is recorded as having publicly touted this tall tale at least six times as he blew the bugle of war. "Babies pulled from incubators and scattered like firewood across the floor," the president said on one occasion during a speech to US troops in Saudi Arabia. MacArthur writes that the hoax helped rally the American people behind calls for military action. In January 1991, Bush's war resolution narrowly passed the Senate. Six senators cited the incubators story as justification for authorising the conflict, notes MacArthur. Operation Desert Storm launched days later. The irony is that it seems babies actually did perish after being removed from incubators during Gulf War One. Only it reportedly happened in a massive US-led allied air raid. On the first night of bombing, as electricity failed amid the explosions, panicking mothers took their newborns from the machines at a paediatric hospital in Baghdad and sheltered in a cold basement where more than 40 of the infants died, according to a contemporary New York Times report. They were among thousands of civilians estimated killed in the 42-day conflict. While it has never been established that Bush knew the incubators story he repeatedly told was unfounded, the White House is generally expected to verify claims made by the president - especially one so horrifying. American journalists failed to debunk the Nayirah testimony until after the war. The controversy was omitted from a recent admiring biography of Bush, and from glowing coverage of his presidency when he died in 2018. Allegations of presidential dishonesty, however, greatly exercised media fact-checkers during the tenure of Mr Trump. The Washington Post maintains a database of Trump statements - over 30,000 of them - that it claims are false or misleading. Many of these utterances, such as about golf or his wealth or whether it snowed at one of his rallies, sound relatively trifling. Others, such as claims he deliberately misled the American people about the severity of coronavirus, or his unfounded assertions that the 2020 White House election was rigged, would be much more damaging. Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The American Lie: Government by the People and Other Political Fables, says that when it comes to presidential falsehoods, some are much more consequential than others. He cites deceptive statements by Bush's son, President George W Bush, as he sold a sequel war on Iraq to the US public. These included downplaying intelligence doubts that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, and implying he might even have a nuclear weapon, and asserting he was an ally of al-Qaeda. Prof Ginsberg says "whoppers" that lead to military action are the most harmful of all, and that Trump is not as blame-worthy as some of his predecessors in this respect. The political science lecturer at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore adds: "The problem is the American presidential selection process is fundamentally flawed and produces monsters. "It requires years of campaigning, and only the most arrogant, ambitious and narcissistic individuals would possibly be willing to do such a thing." Once upon a time Americans placed an almost childlike trust in their commanders-in-chief. They were venerated as demigods. When did it change? Many historians date this rupture to Lyndon Baines Johnson, though he was far from the first president to deceive. JFK's brother, Robert Kennedy, once said of LBJ: "He just lies continually about everything. He lies even when he doesn't have to lie." Johnson's falsehoods on the Vietnam War included using an August 1964 naval attack that never happened in the Gulf of Tonkin to dramatically escalate the conflict. "We are not about to send American boys nine or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves," he told voters two months later in Akron, Ohio. After being elected, LBJ quietly sent the first US combat forces to the jungles and rice paddies of the war zone, eventually deploying more than half a million troops. Johnson's constant dissembling about this foreign policy disaster envenomed American political life and led journalists to coin a euphemistic term about his administration: the credibility gap. His successor, Richard Nixon, ran for office pledging to bring an "honourable" end to the carnage in Vietnam, before expanding the conflict by secretly carpet-bombing neutral Cambodia. Yet it was another cover-up - the Watergate scandal, a botched burglary by his henchmen to wiretap their political opponents - that destroyed Nixon's presidency. American children were once taught to tell the truth with the aid of a morality tale on presidential honesty that was itself untrue. "I can't tell a lie, Pa," is the well-known line from the story about the young George Washington confessing to his father that he had split his cherry tree with a hatchet. It was entirely invented by the president's first biographer. The father of the nation was in fact not above the odd fib himself. In 1788, he attempted to rewrite history by claiming he had been the strategic visionary behind the victory over the British at Yorktown seven years earlier during the Revolutionary War. But it was actually his French allies who masterminded the decisive battle in Virginia. Washington had been stubbornly arguing instead for an attack on New York City, as Ron Chernow notes in his 2010 biography of the first US commander-in-chief. Here was the original sin, if you will, of presidential duplicity. Some lies told by occupants of the White House have been utterly bizarre. Thomas Jefferson told a European naturalist who had disparaged the New World's fauna that woolly mammoths roamed the unexplored American West. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan claimed he had filmed the atrocities of the Nazi death camps while serving as a US Army Signal Corps photographer in Europe. He told this story to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir at the White House. Reagan never left America during World War Two. Few remember this mind-boggling lie. Many of Trump's comments in the Washington Post catalogue will no doubt prove equally forgettable. However, one historian argues that the recent tenant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, by the sheer volume of his mendacity, has destroyed the very idea of shared truth in American politics. "We've tolerated presidential lies ever since the beginning of the republic," says Professor Eric Alterman, author of Lying In State: Why Presidents Lie - And Why Trump Is Worse. "But Donald Trump is the Frankenstein's monster of a political system that has not merely tolerated lies from our leaders, but has come to demand them." Prof Alterman says the Capitol rioters, radicalised by conspiracy theories about stolen elections and satanic cabals, underscore the extent to which Trump inspired the "creation of an entire world of unreality". A useful civics lesson on how a president who has been caught dissimulating reacts away from the cameras may be found in William Jefferson Clinton. In January 1998 he indignantly denied to reporters having had any sexual relations with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. But an investigation into whether he had lied under oath heard graphic evidence of their frolics, including that the president used a cigar with her as a sex toy after inviting the 22-year-old into the Oval Office. Instead of feeling shame for deceiving the nation, Clinton privately expressed relief, according to John F Harris' biography, The Survivor. Even as he prepared to go on television in August 1998 and express contrition, the president told a close friend: "The lie saved me." Clinton reasoned that the drip-drip of prurient allegations had allowed the American people to gradually come to terms with his antics, ultimately sparing his political neck. It's all a rueful reminder of the blessing carved into the mantel of the White House State Dining Room: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof." Follow @judesheerin on Twitter When presidents misspeak More on US presidents

पूर्व राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प पर अक्सर सच्चाई की पूरी तरह से अवहेलना करने का आरोप लगाया जाता था। फिर भी उनके पूर्ववर्तियों के कुछ झूठ विचित्र से लेकर भयावह तक थे। तो ट्रम्प वास्तव में कैसे तुलना करते हैं?


Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Election 2021: Tackling affordable housing

Summary: House prices in Cambridgeshire stand £50,000 above the national average, while in the city of Cambridge itself the difference is £200,000. With young voters struggling to afford their first step on the housing ladder, how are mayoral candidates planning to tackle the issue?

Poppy Huskinson, 23, is one of the many young people who want to know the answer. She works in Cambridge but is forced to live with her parents in Hertfordshire because of prices in the county. "That's definitely a problem for young people that come out of these universities and want to stay in these cities, [they] can't afford to live there," said Miss Huskinson. According to Land Registry figures for February 2021, average house prices in Cambridgeshire are £307,069, well above the UK average of £249,309. The average cost of a home in Cambridge over the last 12 months is £456,562 - and £235,238 in Peterborough. All three candidates to be mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority agree that maximising affordable housing is key but have differing plans on the best way to create those homes. In alphabetical order, they set out their plans below: Nik Johnson, Labour "Labour-controlled Cambridge City Council has delivered record numbers of new social houses to the communities of the city. "We need to continue this program, identifying sites across the city and Greater Cambridgeshire, working with all partners to ensure rapid delivery of similar homes. "I will work with local community groups and cooperatives to collaborate in achieving large numbers of new houses and will look to in-house expertise within the combined authority to reduce costs." James Palmer, Conservatives "I have developed the £100k home specifically to help working people in Cambridgeshire get on the housing ladder. The first 20 have or are being built, proving the success of the policy. "I will seek to expand delivery to at least 10% of all homes built. The current policy of 40% of all homes for social rent does not offer the homes needed in this area and it is time to change the type of homes that are delivered and make sure they are homes that people want. "The need for £100k homes is vast and the policy is unique to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough." Aidan Van de Weyer, Liberal Democrats "As mayor, I will focus on maximising the numbers of affordable houses built, especially homes to rent, not putting huge subsidies into gimmicks like James Palmer's £100k house, of which only four have been built. "At South Cambridgeshire District Council, I have helped double the number of council houses that we are building. And I am ensuring that the new homes are spacious and energy efficient - so they are truly affordable for families to live in." Current figures from the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU), show that for every £100 spent by Cambridgeshire County Council 15p goes towards planning and development. A special programme with all three candidates - called A Mayor for Cambridge and Peterborough - will be broadcast at 14:20 BST on Sunday on BBC One in the East. Related Internet Links Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

कैम्ब्रिजशायर में घरों की कीमतें राष्ट्रीय औसत से 50,000 पाउंड अधिक हैं, जबकि कैम्ब्रिज शहर में ही अंतर 200,000 पाउंड है। युवा मतदाताओं के आवास की सीढ़ी पर अपना पहला कदम उठाने के लिए संघर्ष करने के साथ, महापौर उम्मीदवार इस मुद्दे से निपटने की योजना कैसे बना रहे हैं?


Dog sniffing out bin on hob in Oxfordshire home starts fire

Summary: A pet dog trying to get into a rubbish bin on a cooker turned on the hob causing a fire in a kitchen, firefighters have said.

They were called after a plastic bin on top of a cooker caught fire at a property off Bayswater Road in Headington, Oxfordshire, on Saturday. No-one was hurt in the fire. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the "plastic bin had been placed on top of the hob, out of the dog's reach." A spokesman said: "It was determined that the family dog, who was at home in the property at the time of the fire, had accidentally turned the cooker hob on whilst trying to reach a plastic bin."

अग्निशामकों ने कहा है कि एक पालतू कुत्ता कुकर पर कचरे के डिब्बे में घुसने की कोशिश कर रहा था, जिससे रसोई में आग लग गई।


Covid in Scotland: Relaxation of rules on outdoor meeting

Summary: Rules on meeting people outdoors in Scotland have been relaxed.

Up to four adults from two different households are now able to meet in any outdoor space, including in private gardens - an increase from two adults from two households. Restrictions on young people have also been eased, with four people aged between 12 and 17 able to meet even if they are all from different households. Outdoor non-contact group sports for people aged over 12 can resume. It has also been confirmed that children under the age of the 12 will now be able to start outdoor contact sports such as football and rugby. Under-18s can also travel across local authority boundaries to attend a club. Friday marked the first anniversary of the first confirmed Covid death in Scotland. A UK-wide minute's silence will be held on 23 March, the anniversary of the first lockdown. Prominent buildings and landmarks throughout the UK will be illuminated to mark the anniversary, with the Kelpies, Wallace Monument and Ness Bridge among those in Scotland. The government's previous plan for easing lockdown said that allowing four people from two households to meet outdoors was unlikely to happen before 15 March. But First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the "modest" easing that came into force on Friday was the result of the progress the country was making in suppressing the virus. People should only go into someone's else's home if it is essential to reach a back garden, or to use the toilet. And the overall requirement to stay at home remains in place, except for specific purposes. The latest statistics showed that a further 682 people have tested positive for the virus, taking the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to 208,429. The deaths of a further 17 people who had previously tested positive for the virus have been recorded, bringing the total by that measure to 7,500. But National Records of Scotland figures released earlier this week showed that the total number of deaths from confirmed or suspected cases of the virus is now well over 9,000. There are 512 patients in hospital with a confirmed case of the virus, a decrease of 13 on the previous day, while the number of Covid patients in intensive care units has fallen by two to 38. The number of people who have received their first vaccine dose has increased by 18,836 since Thursday, and now stands at 1,844,636 - with 149,409 having received their second dose. The Scottish Conservatives' leader Douglas Ross said the new easing measures showed that "the government got it wrong originally" and that the "overly-cautious approach" was not matched by the data. Mr Ross said all pupils should be returning full-time from Monday rather the current plan, which will see some secondary pupils have less than two hours a week in the classroom. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the current lockdown had to be the last one. He added: "We have got to get the vaccination programme right and strengthen our testing and tracing systems. "The virus is still not going away and we are only using around a third of our testing capacity every day." 'Positive trend' Earlier this week Ms Sturgeon told MSPs that new cases of the virus, the number of people being admitted to hospital and deaths were all "still higher than we would want". However, she said there was a clear "positive trend" in figures, alongside "excellent progress with the vaccination programme". Although the number of vaccines being administered each day has has fallen in recent weeks, the first minister said supplies would soon increase to "allow for a very significant acceleration" of the programme. The Scottish government has been considering accelerating its exit plan out of lockdown, which currently says that the country will return to a levels system towards the end of April. It emerged earlier this month that new rules are set to make it harder for areas to drop down to lower tiers of these restrictions. It is also expected that non-essential retail, hospitality and services such as gyms and hairdressers will reopen as part of the levels system. But business leaders have said a return to this framework would be "devastating" and have called for more clarity on how the system would work. How will you be affected by the relaxation of restrictions in Scotland? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. 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स्कॉटलैंड में बाहर लोगों से मिलने के नियमों में ढील दी गई है।


Elderly woman found dead after Newlyn house fire

Summary: An elderly woman has been found dead after a house fire.

At 10:58 GMT Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire at a two-storey terraced property in Newlyn, Cornwall. Crews from Penzance and St Just put out the ground floor fire and found the elderly woman who had died inside the property. Fire investigators and police officers are working to establish the cause of the blaze.

एक घर में आग लगने के बाद एक बुजुर्ग महिला मृत पाई गई है।


FMQs: the final spat of the campaign

Summary: Is the word "clype", I wonder, included in the lexicon of parliamentary terms? I only ask because it has featured en passant in the contention over the alleged chat between Nicola Sturgeon and Kezia Dugdale.

Brian TaylorPolitical editor, Scotland Actually, there is another reason for inquiring. Which is that the Presiding Officer, Ken Macintosh, seemed decidedly zealous in excluding certain words today. He was not happy with the word "liar". He was leery about "untrue". Kezia Dugdale talked of "fake news" but seemed to get away with it. The underlying topic? The claim by Nicola Sturgeon in a TV debate that she had a private chat with Ms Dugdale just after the EU Referendum last year in which the Labour leader suggested that she might be up for a plebiscite on independence, given the changed circumstances. On the telly, Ms Dugdale insisted she would do nothing to damage the Union. Later, she denounced the FM's account as a "categoric lie". And "clype"? That was the verdict of the Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson who reckoned it was a bit off to be recounting a supposedly private conversation. Does any of this matter? By comparison with the state of the economy and global security, the answer must be no. The defining point is that the row has yet to become a "gate". Kieran Andrews of The Courier, on the telly with me commenting on First Minister's Questions, valiantly suggested "Dug-gate". Will that run or, indeed, trot? Still, in the context of a Scottish contest which has been largely about constitutional matters, both Brexit and indyref2, it is an intriguing spat with which to close; a source of innocent merriment. Climate change? A little context, first. A wee while back, Kezia Dugdale was indeed mulling over whether it would make sense, tactically, for Labour to endorse or tolerate indyref2. That was, indeed, in the context of claims that the political climate might have changed as a consequence of the Brexit vote. To be clear, had the party followed such a path, they would have been backing the concept of popular choice. Not independence, per se. They would have been permitting or facilitating a campaign in which they would have continued to argue for a No vote. In the event, after fairly swift consideration, Labour opted to take a different path. To stand against both independence - AND a further referendum. But that period of introspection - and one injudicious remark by Jeremy Corbyn - have allowed the Conservatives to construct an entire narrative to the effect that only they, the Tories, can be trusted ineluctably with the Union. Ms Davidson pursued just such a path today. While also chastising the FM - with rigid sincerity - for publicising a private conversation. In response, Ms Sturgeon said that it was Ms Dugdale who had first disclosed the existence of the chat, in a newspaper interview. In essence, her answer was "hard cheese". Further, the first minister asserted that her account was 100% accurate. It was reasonable, she said, for Ms Dugdale to change her mind. But not to chastise those who had stayed the course of backing indyref2. Couple of further points. Was this a planned attack by the FM? Up to a point, yes. She undoubtedly had the issue in mind, she had the topic up her sleeve, if you like. Sturgeon's counter-attack The chance arose when she was being pursued over the question of indyref2 by Ms Dugdale. Ms Sturgeon decided to counter-attack, with the claim she had on hand. But does the claim not tend to benefit the Conservatives in that it bolsters their claim to be the most fervent Unionists? Again, up to a point. The FM's calculation will be that she cannot challenge Ruth Davidson directly over her Unionism. If that is the defining issue for an individual voter, then that voter will already be potentially lost. So Ms Sturgeon attacks Ms Davidson over other issues: the economy; benefits; the "rape clause"; changing tack over Brexit; compliance with Theresa May. All designed to depict the SNP, by contrast, as "standing up for Scotland". Her calculation, further, will be that the attack weakens Ms Dugdale in areas which, historically and over a prolonged period, voted Labour but have recently switched to the SNP. Further, the controversy - and its reminder of a period when Labour was vacillating vaguely on indyref2 - helps explain the vigour and verve with which Ms Dugdale addressed the topic while launching her manifesto. Then, she said, Labour would "never" come round to endorsing a referendum. And was there more today? Of course. Much more. Ms Dugdale challenged the FM over her record on the NHS. Willie Rennie of the Liberal Democrats pursued Ms Sturgeon over an issue he has made his own, mental health. And Patrick Harvie of the Greens questioned the FM over climate change. Anything else? Personally, I liked Labour's Neil Findlay on the subject of compliant questions from SNP backbenchers. Hey, all governments do it, knowing that they face stinkers from their rivals. But Mr Findlay drily suggested there were so many planted questions, the exchanges should be renamed "Gardeners Question Time". Nice one.

क्या "क्लाइप" शब्द, मुझे आश्चर्य है, संसदीय शब्दों के शब्दकोश में शामिल है? मैं केवल इसलिए पूछता हूं क्योंकि इसमें निकोला स्टर्जन और केज़िया डगडेल के बीच कथित बातचीत को लेकर विवाद को शामिल किया गया है।


Cow rescued from River Cam in weir drama

Summary: A cow had to be rescued after being swept across a weir and becoming trapped in a river in Cambridgeshire.

It was hauled to safety from the River Cam near Harston Mill on Tuesday afternoon, by animal officers from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service. Firefighters wearing wetsuits used straps and harnesses to pull the cow out, which was said to have been in a "distressed" state when they arrived. The service said it was well and had been returned to a local farmer. It is thought the animal floated down the river before becoming trapped in trees and roots, it added.

कैम्ब्रिजशायर में एक नदी में बहने और फंसने के बाद एक गाय को बचाना पड़ा।


Charity worker cyclist dies month after Wantage 'hit-and-run'

Summary: A cyclist who died a month after being injured in a suspected hit-and-run was a charity worker with a "passion" for triathlons, his family has said.

Simon Chesher, 38, was hit by a car on the A417 near Ardington Wick in Wantage, Oxfordshire, on 2 August. He died in hospital on 2 September. Police said the car failed to stop. A 74-year-old man from Wantage was previously arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop. He was later released while inquiries continued. Mr Chesher's family described him as a "truly wonderful husband, a brilliant uncle, godparent, son, brother, nephew and friend", whose death had left a "void" in their lives. "He was so full of life, triathlons had become such a passion for him in the last few years, training and competing brought him so much joy," the statement, released by Thames Valley Police, continued. "Through his work he has helped local and national charities over the years, providing donations that have helped so many people."

एक साइकिल चालक जिसकी संदिग्ध हिट-एंड-रन में घायल होने के एक महीने बाद मृत्यु हो गई थी, वह एक चैरिटी कार्यकर्ता था जिसे ट्रायथलॉन के लिए "जुनून" था, उसके परिवार ने कहा है।


Mourning the sisters killed as they taught handicrafts

Summary: Ayesha Bibi and Irshad Bibi, who worked teaching handicrafts, were breadwinners for their family. Earlier this week the sisters were killed by gunmen in a former Pakistani tribal area where militancy is once more on the rise.

By Azizullah KhanBBC Urdu, Peshawar Their brother Javed Khan's voice was hoarse with grief as he told the BBC what happened. "We loved them. They brought hope and joy to our family. They left happily on Monday morning but later in the day we received their mutilated bodies." Ayesha was married with a four-month-old baby girl. Irshad was unmarried. The attack took place in broad daylight in the village of Ipi near Mir Ali, one of the main towns in North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan. The two sisters were among four women at an empowerment project who were shot dead by masked men as they were driving through the village. A fifth female activist survived unhurt, while the male driver of the van who took them to the village was injured. The attack has raised concerns about rising violence in an area that used to be the hub of an Islamist insurgency which killed thousands. In conservative Pashtun society, especially in remote rural areas, women's photos are never displayed in front of strangers, much less shared publicly, so there are no pictures of the women when they were alive to illustrate this article. What happened on the day of the killings? The women set off to give vocational training to housewives under a project jointly run by a Western-funded NGO and a local institute. The day had started as usual, Javed Khan says, with both his sisters offering morning prayers, and preparing breakfast for the whole family. Soon afterwards their van arrived to drive them to Ipi, some 50km (30 miles) to the west. The family lives on the outskirts of the city of Bannu, gateway to Pakistan's former tribal areas. Some hours later news arrived that the van had had an accident. So Javed and his father immediately set off for Mir Ali. On the way, they heard the van had come under fire. "We lost our nerve then. It's a one-hour drive to Mir Ali - but that morning the travel time seemed to stretch into eternity," Javed says. "We used to be happy. My sisters brought a breath of fresh air to our family. This incident has plunged us all into shock. My siblings and cousins just can't hold back their tears." Six of Ayesha and Irshad's young nieces and nephews were born with a speech and hearing disorder so the family uses sign language to communicate with them. As well as coping with loss, making ends meet will now be harder for the family, without the money Ayesha and Irshad brought in. Their father makes hand carts, while the other men in the family work as labourers. What were the women working on? All five women who went to Ipi village on the day of the attack had trained in stitching and embroidery and to be beauticians, having been awarded diplomas at a government-run institute in Bannu. They had been chosen for the project from a list of 22 graduates provided by the institute in response to a request from a Peshawar-based NGO called Sabawon. With funding from a German charity, Sabawon was working with a local partner in Bannu to train 140 homemakers in the Mir Ali region in various fields, including bridal make-up, tailoring and machine embroidery. The project was for 48 days, and the volunteers were to receive 1,000 rupees (about $6.30; £4.50) a day, in addition to being taken to and from work. The women were killed two days before the project was due to end on 24 February. Who killed them? No group has said it carried out the attack, but few doubt it was the work of extremists. Islamist militants in the area have long targeted women for going to work or getting an education. The Pakistani Taliban shot and wounded teenage campaigner Malala Yousafzai in another part of the country's north-west under their control in 2012. Around Mir Ali, pamphlets signed "Shura North Waziristan" have again been circulating, warning people not to work with NGOs or government-run polio vaccination teams. This week, militants issued a statement threatening to target government and non-government organisations they accuse of promoting "immorality", along with anyone providing them with accommodation or transport. On Tuesday, the military claimed to have killed a local militant commander Hasan Sajna, who it said was behind the Ipi attack. In a statement, the military said he had been involved in "IED attacks, kidnapping for ransom, target killings, extortion [and] recruiting terrorists". Local police fear more attacks and have issued a 12-point advisory to the general public, asking them, among other things, to restrict unnecessary movements, avoid gatherings, keep changing travel times and routes and stay away from people they can't identify. Why is militancy on the rise again? The army declared the entire border region with Afghanistan "militant-free" after a wide ranging operation against the Pakistani Taliban and other insurgents in 2014. The violence, which had forced tens of thousands of people to flee, fell dramatically. But militant activity resumed in the border region during 2018, coinciding with the rise of a non-violent nationalist movement, the PTM, which campaigns for human rights for Pashtuns. And over the past year violence has been on the rise. At least seven incidents of target killings have been reported from North Waziristan this year. About 50 such killings were reported during 2020. In addition there have been dozens of bomb blasts and attacks on security forces, as well as military operations against militants. Some observers believe that militant groups are regrouping on the Pakistani side of the border as the US tries to extricate itself from the war in Afghanistan. You may also be interested in:

आयशा बीबी और इरशाद बीबी, जो हस्तशिल्प पढ़ाने का काम करती थीं, अपने परिवार के लिए रोजी-रोटी कमाने वाली थीं। इस सप्ताह की शुरुआत में पाकिस्तान के एक पूर्व आदिवासी क्षेत्र में बंदूकधारियों ने बहनों की हत्या कर दी थी, जहां आतंकवाद एक बार फिर बढ़ रहा है।


Ten questions from the past 10 years

Summary: How well do you remember the events of the past 10 years?

With 2020 marking the start of a new decade, test how much you can recall about the events that made the news in England from 2010 to 2019. If you cannot see the quiz, please click here. Picture credits: Getty Images, PA Media

आपको पिछले 10 वर्षों की घटनाएँ कितनी अच्छी तरह याद हैं?