Laying a global cattle killer to rest

Summary: After centuries during which it wiped out hundreds of millions of cattle around the world, scientists are preparing to declare rinderpest - otherwise known as cattle plague - formally eradicated.

Untreated, it can kill infected animals within days, wiping out entire herds. It leaves a trail of economic devastation in its wake. It is even suggested that the disease may have contributed to the downfall of the Roman empire in 4th Century Europe. Rinderpest infection generally follows five stages: incubation, fever, lesions and excess mucus, diarrhoea, and death (although a small percentage do recover). While waves of the disease, over history, regularly devastated buffalo and cattle herds in Asia and Europe, animals elsewhere were spared the horrors of the disease until 1887 when it was introduced by accident into the Horn of Africa. In 1994, the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (Grep) was launched. Headed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Grep initially focused on establishing the geographical distribution and epidemiology of the disease. Later, it promoted actions to contain rinderpest within infected ecosystems, and to eliminate reservoirs of infection. Once experts were satisfied that the virus had been eliminated from a region, surveillance schemes were put in place to ensure it did not return. Although one of the last places to be infected, East Africa was also one of the last places to become disease-free. Dr Dickens Chibeu, a Kenyan veterinary epidemiologist, played a central role in freeing the region from rinderpest's grip. "I have spent the past 30 years of my life fighting for the eradication of rinderpest," he told the Earth Reporters programme. "A lot of people don't know, but the truth of the matter is that livestock contributes about 30% of the agricultural GDP in Africa, and that is a very high contribution to the national economies." 'Wildfire' of death Recalling how quickly the disease could spread, Dr Juan Lubroth, chief vet for the FAO, said: "It spreads like wildfire in animals that have no protection, so in a herd of 100 animals, you could lose them all with 10 days." Maasai pastoralist herdsmen did not think there would ever be an end to the disease, and feared it would destroy their way of life. However, thanks to the development of the "Plowright vaccine" in the 1950s and later advances in treatments that remained stable in the extreme heat of central Africa, alongside effective control and immunisation programmes, huge steps were made. But it took a second African pandemic in the late 80s to bring together the world's animal health leaders at a summit in Rome, where a global plan was finally developed to eradicate rinderpest. In November 2009, experts were confident enough that the eradication programme was a success that they could describe the disease as on its "deathbed". According to the FAO, the rinderpest footprint extended from Scandinavia to the Cape of Good Hope at its height in the 1920s, and from the Atlantic shore of Africa to the Philippine archipelago, with one outbreak reported in Brazil and another in Australia. Now, experts are preparing to formally declare the global eradication of the cattle plague on 28 June 2011. "I don't think the green revolution would have happened without the rinderpest vaccine," said Dr Lubroth. The reason? "Because those animals would not have been able to plough soil or take crops to the market," he explained. "So I think a lot of people, whether they know it or not, should be grateful." The Earth Reporters' programme Beating Plague, co-produced by Television Environment (TVE) and the Open University, can be watched online, along with the other programmes from the series

सदियों के बाद जिसके दौरान इसने दुनिया भर में लाखों मवेशियों का सफाया कर दिया, वैज्ञानिक रिंडरपेस्ट-जिसे अन्यथा पशु प्लेग के रूप में जाना जाता है-को औपचारिक रूप से समाप्त घोषित करने की तैयारी कर रहे हैं।


Petition over Kenilworth youth centre future

Summary: Campaigners have been persuading people in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, to sign a petition to keep the town's youth centre open.

Warwickshire County Council is reviewing its youth services and there are fears within the community that the centre will shut. Andy Norman, the centre manager, said he wanted to get at least 5,000 signatures. The council has said it is reviewing many of its services. The authority said it wanted to build on services delivered in collaboration with others.

अभियानकर्ता केनिलवर्थ, वारविकशायर में लोगों को शहर के युवा केंद्र को खुला रखने के लिए एक याचिका पर हस्ताक्षर करने के लिए मना रहे हैं।


Comic-Con: Godzilla, Shazam, Fantastic Beasts and other big reveals

Summary: San Diego Comic-Con has become a mecca of popular culture and this year's convention proved no different.

The internet has been sent into overdrive as fandoms gorge over glimpses of hotly-anticipated TV and film releases, while also celebrating cult classics. We've already heard about the Buffy reboot and Ryan Reynolds's desire to explore Deadpool's sexuality. Here's a quick run-down of some of the other big stories and trailers to come out of the weekend. 1. Johnny Depp casts a spell as Grindelwald The Fantastic Beasts producers are currently in the process of spinning a 128-page book into five feature-length films. We really could've used that kind of padding for some the essays we wrote at university. Anyway, a very blonde Johnny Depp appeared in character as dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald as the latest Fantastic Beasts trailer was unveiled at Comic Con. He took the opportunity to wave his wand over the audience while delivering a speech about muggles: "I do not hate them. I do not. I say the Muggles are not lesser. Not worthless, but of other value." His involvement in the franchise wasn't popular with everyone - and author JK Rowling released a statement defending his casting last year. True to its title, the new trailer does indeed feature some fantastic beasts, and it also appears to confirm a long-held theory about Dumbledore. When Jude Law's character looks into the mirror of Erised, which reveals the viewer's true desire, he sees himself with Grindelwald looking back - suggesting he may have been in love with him. 2. Shazam is the superhero we've been waiting for Surely we can all get on board with Shazam. A service which lets you find out the artist and song title of any track you hear anywhere you go, what's not to love? We can also probably all get on board with Shazam - the movie, which is entirely unconnected to the app. This superhero movie teaser was perhaps the surprise of the weekend - charming fans and immediately notching up six million views on YouTube. That's more than Fantastic Beasts. The hilarious trailer has something a lot of superhero movies lack, tongue-in-cheek dialogue and a genuine sense of humour. (Thanks Deadpool for opening these doors.) 3. We get the biggest glimpse yet at the new-look Doctor Who When the Doctor gets regenerated, it always marks the beginning of a big change in the series - a whole new look, new assistant and this time, a whole new gender. We all know that Jodie Whittaker is taking over and Comic-Con fans were treated to a glimpse of the first female Doctor at a time when gender in film and television is a huge talking point. Showrunner Chris Chibnall, who was part of a panel made up of Whittaker, her companions Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole, plus exec producer Matt Strevens, said this series is different as it features writers of colour for the first time, along with female guest writers, directors and editors. "People need to know the business is for them as well," Strevens said. The trailer, which was shown to audiences, also appeared to confirm rumours that one episode will explore the civil rights movement in the United States. One shot shows the Doctor and her friends in front of a building which bears more than a strong resemblance to the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee where Martin Luther King was shot dead in 1968. In the background the words 'Montgomery Motor Freight' can just be made out. The city of Montgomery is where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger and was arrested. It sparked huge protests involving Parks and a young Martin Luther King. Montgomery later became known as the home of the Civil Rights movement. The crowd not only got to see the new trailer, but also the Doctor's new sonic screwdriver. Whittaker revealed it to fans on stage and it appeared to have had quite the makeover, although the screwdriver still had its iconic sound, so there's no need to panic. 4. Aquaman: Definitely scarier than Finding Dory If Jaws made you scared to go back in the water, Aquaman will make you too terrified to ever visit an aquarium. The action-packed trailer has one particularly scary scene in which the young Arthur Curry commands the attention of all the fish behind the glass. The DC Comics universe hasn't always pleased fans and critics - see Suicide Squad and Batman v. Superman - but the studio has changed its strategy recently. Instead of focusing on its expanded universe, the company has moved towards more standalone stories such as this and Wonder Woman. Aquaman, due to be released in December, will star Jason Momoa, Nicole Kidman and Amber Heard and we are definitely ready for it. 5. Breaking Bad lives on! No, you're not tripping, it really has been 10 years since Breaking Bad hit screens. The tale of Walter White's transformation from cancer-riddled chemistry teacher to drug overlord - in partnership with his former student Jesse Pinkman - captured imaginations worldwide. It also turned lead actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul into superstars. Despite the show's five-season run ending in 2013, Paul admitted he still misses playing the lovable rogue - but fortunately he's found a long-lasting (and very cute) way for his legacy to live on. The actor proudly presented his five-month old daughter, Story, who stole the show dressed in the yellow hazmat suit and protective mask that made her dad famous. The pair joined creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston (Walter White), Anna Gunn (Skylar White), Dean Norris (Hank Schrader), Betsy Brandt (Marie Schrader), RJ Mitte (Walt Jr), Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman) and Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring) to celebrate its impact.... and tease the future. Asked when we might next see Walter and Jesse back on screen, Gilligan said it would be "sorely remiss" if the pair did not make an appearance on prequel show Better Call Saul. And as for a Pinkman/White spin-off? "Anything's possible," he said. 6. Millie Bobby Brown goes from the small screen to the big If there's one franchise out there that needed another film, it was definitely Godzilla. Millie Bobby Brown of Stranger Things fame stars in Godzilla: King of the Monsters - due to be released in May 2019. This will be the actress's first feature film (understandable given she's 14-years-old), and all eyes will be on her to see how she fares on the big screen. As for the plot? We got a little lost reading the official synopsis. "The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah." Right oh. 7. Brooklyn Nine-Nine brought down the house The rapturous applause that met the Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast proved just why NBC saved the dropped Fox show amid a massive fan campaign. The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning sitcom has tackled important topics - including police profiling and bisexual representation. The group discussed Stephanie Beatriz's character, detective Rosa Diaz, coming out as bisexual - a watershed moment on US network TV. "Dan Goor was interested in exploring the idea that Rosa might be queer... but he asked me what I thought about it," Beatriz said. "He wanted a bisexual voice in the writers' room, [and] it just so happens the person they wanted to play bi was also bi." "I was really glad to have a voice in this and, at least for me, it really reflected what's happening in my own life," she added. 8. We do not feel Disenchanted by Disenchantment Without being told, you could probably guess from the style of the animation that Disenchantment comes from the creator of The Simpsons. But Matt Groening's new show is considerably darker than the world of Springfield, and is about a hard-drinking princess named Bean (voiced by Abbi Jacobson). She's joined by her elf friend, sensibly named Elfo, and her personal demon Luci, in a series which pokes fun at several sci-fi and fantasy stereotypes. The first trailer was finally revealed over the weekend, and the 10-episode run begins on Netflix on 17 August. 9. It: Chapter Two was teased It director Andy Muschietti was unable to attend Comic-Con because he is currently filming It: Chapter Two in Toronto. It's got an all-star cast behind it, including Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Bill Hader and is set 27 years after the first film, for reasons we won't spoil for anyone who hasn't seen the original movie. A couple of teasers were released though, including a picture of young Beverly (Sophia Lillis) alongside grown-up Beverly (Chastain). Despite the film only being in production for a couple of weeks, clips of the adult cast's first table read were shown and a script read for the child actors. It sees the characters reunited in a Chinese restaurant for the first time since they made a pact in the summer of 1989. Fans of Stephen King's novel have a while to wait for the film though, which isn't being released until September 2019. 10. Charmed fans got a first look at the rebooted show The cast and executive producers of The CW network's Charmed reboot sat down at Comic-Con to discuss the show, particularly how closely it will follow the original. Fans were shown the pilot episode before the Q&A, which showed lots of references to the original show. Executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman explained now was a good time to reboot the series because "the original was so much about female empowerment and sisterhood and women taking over the world and I think we need that right now." The original show, which ran from 1998 to 2006, saw three sisters realise they were witches and the same premise exists in the reboot, except they have some more modern problems to deal with. Another exec producer, Jessica O'Toole, teased fans about the demons the Charmed sisters will come up against, joking about a demon that had the ability to possess your Fitbit, which we all know would be utterly terrifying. The show will star Madeleine Mantock, Melonie Diaz and Sarah Jeffery as the sisters and is set for release in October. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

सैन डिएगो कॉमिक-कॉन लोकप्रिय संस्कृति का एक मक्का बन गया है और इस साल का सम्मेलन कोई अलग साबित नहीं हुआ है।


Brexit: A risky pitch of Parliament versus public

Summary: It's not me - it's them.

Laura KuenssbergPolitical editor@bbclaurakon Twitter Theresa May has pitched herself tonight against Parliament on the side of the people. It's true that No 10 believes strongly that swathes of the population have simply had enough of Brexit. The way it drowns out other public concerns, the way its processes, contradictions and clamour have wrapped their way around the normal workings of Westminster - remote at the best of times and downright bizarre at the worst. But, when it is MPs the prime minister needs to get on side if she is to have a real chance of finally getting her deal through next week - third time extremely lucky - the choice of message was not without risk. On her own side, some MPs have openly questioned the merit of her evening at the podium - toxic and delusional are some of the descriptions given. Yet Theresa May's allies say, at this vital moment, she felt it imperative to express that she has a line - staying in the EU three years after the referendum - that she is not, as prime minister, willing to cross. For those Brexiteers who want her gone, that is not, it's understood, a promise that she would quit in return for support for her deal. But No 10 must know too that choice, her fate, is not just in her hands, but in Parliament's and, as she prepares to travel to Brussels, in the grasp of the European Union.

यह मैं नहीं हूँ-यह वे हैं।


Stockwell stabbing: Murder probe after woman found dead

Summary: A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed to death at a home in south London.

Scotland Yard said the 27-year-old suspect and the victim, who is believed to have been in her 20s, were known to each other. Police were called to a disturbance in Clapham Road, Stockwell, at about 21:10 GMT on Sunday. The woman was found suffering from stab injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Related Internet Links Home - The Met

दक्षिण लंदन में एक घर में चाकू मारकर हत्या करने वाली महिला की हत्या के संदेह में एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


EasyJet to fly from Belfast to Birmingham in October

Summary: The low-cost airline, EasyJet, is starting a new service from Belfast to Birmingham.

Direct flights will begin on 22 October from Belfast International Airport. Initially the service will be daily and will increase on 29 October to twice daily on weekdays only. The new route will increase EasyJet destinations from Belfast International to 23. Tickets go on sale on Monday.

कम लागत वाली एयरलाइन, ईज़ीजेट, बेलफास्ट से बर्मिंघम तक एक नई सेवा शुरू कर रही है।


Wales thunderstorms weather warning for Thursday and Friday

Summary: Thunderstorms and lightning could cause flooding and other disruption across Wales from Thursday afternoon.

The Met Office alert comes as temperatures in some areas are set to reach 31C (88F) over the next two days. It said "torrential downpours" could bring up to 40mm (1.5in) of rain in less than two hours in some areas. Last week, 200 properties were hit by flash floods during a downpour in Rhondda Cynon Taf, forcing some out of their homes for a third time this year. A yellow weather warning is in place from 16:00 BST on Thursday until 09:00 on Friday across Wales.

गुरुवार दोपहर से पूरे वेल्स में आंधी और बिजली गिरने से बाढ़ आ अन्य व्यवधान पैदा हो सकते हैं।


Murder charge over Phillip Allen death in Chesterfield

Summary: A man has been charged with murdering a 47-year-old who died three weeks after an attack in Chesterfield.

Phillip Allen was taken to hospital with head injuries on the evening of 27 June and remained there until he died on Wednesday. Jordan Maltby, 26, of Gloucester Road, Chesterfield, is due to appear before magistrates. A 27-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on bail, Derbyshire Police said. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

एक व्यक्ति पर एक 47 वर्षीय व्यक्ति की हत्या का आरोप लगाया गया है, जिसकी चेस्टरफील्ड में हमले के तीन सप्ताह बाद मृत्यु हो गई थी।


Ex Machina and what the robot apocalypse will look like

Summary: Ex Machina is your standard film script of boy meets girl.

By Felicity MorseNewsbeat social media producer Except that this girl is a robot: a robot girlfriend programmed by a sociopathic billionaire. And she is a robot who may just want a mind of her own - with a master who won't relinquish control. The film is out in UK cinemas now. 'The most serious threat to the human race' Written by Alex Garland, author of The Beach, it's a thriller starring Domhnall Gleeson as computer programmer Caleb, Alicia Vikander as robot Ava and Oscar Isaac as Nathan, the billionaire. It explores some of our deepest fears about artificial intelligence (AI). Ex Machina's robot, Ava, is not the only type of AI we should find unsettling, Garland told Newsbeat. He said: "AI that is in control of stock markets, in control of healthcare systems, factories, maybe military drones. It is different from Ava but you can be scared of that." These are the type of AI that led inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk to declare AI as "the most serious threat to the survival of the human race". The SpaceX boss has donated $10m (£6.6m) to keep AI friendly. Safeguarding humanity Dr Stuart Armstrong is a member of a research centre which looks into the big questions surrounding AI - the Future of Humanity - at Oxford University. He is also an adviser to the Lifeboat Foundation, which is tasked with a small matter: safeguarding humanity. He told Newsbeat about a future world which he says is far more likely to happen than anything shown in Ex Machina. It is potentially far more terrifying, he reckons. 'AI could outsmart us... it could seduce us' "AI could outsmart us technologically, it could come up with designs of things far beyond what we could come up with and then build them. "It could outsmart us on the internet; say hack into every single computer in the world and copy themselves into it. "It could outsmart us socially which is a particularly scary avenue. "Maybe humans' social skills are not nearly as special or uncrackable as we like to think. It could seduce us. "It could have super economic skills. "It could guess the stock market better and accumulate quantities of cash. "It doesn't need to have all these skills. "If you have a general intelligence in one area it is often transferable to other areas. "If you can accumulate huge amounts of money then you can buy lots of hackers or buy lots of computing power or technological research. "Similarly if you have technological research you can sell this and accumulate financial resources." Mosquito drone armies Meanwhile, he says films portraying AI in human terms, particularly portrayals of AI like the Terminator, are "ridiculous". He explains: "If you want to build a mechanical army to destroy the world, the human frame is probably one of the worst designs that you could go for. I would go for mosquito-sized drones with legs or something like that. "Every single AI in movies I've ever seen is a human mind with some minor modification. They seem to be emotionally repressed humans. That's the model." Much of what we might expect AI to be like will be beyond human experience, argues Armstrong. "It is very possible that we will end up with AI that have no concept of personal identity or nothing that we could recognise as human. Humans are absolutely tiny in the pool of possible minds. "AIs may be without personal names, of the concept of peer group, of status maybe. They may have different kinds of emotions. "Emotions that we have no idea or relation to." 'We should be looking harder at us' He said when people think of the possible risk of AIs to the future of the world "they think of slave AIs and then imagine they might revolt. They think of human-like minds and with human-like reactions to being enslaved". However, he sees the risk to humanity originating elsewhere. "The risk is not that these minds will react in this way, the risk is that these super-intelligent minds may have goals that are incompatible with ours, so they extinguish the human race along the way while doing something else, something that might be profoundly uninteresting." But before you start worrying about how smart your smartphone really is, experts stress that it is hard to predict the future. There are so many variables. Plus as anyone who has had their car break down, or broadband fail, technology can sometimes be pretty crummy. Writer Alex Garland's worry is more immediate. "At the moment in terms of really bad things happening in the world, it is humans who are doing all the running. "We manage to do the bad stuff pretty well all on our own. We should be looking harder at us. We're doing plenty of bad things without looking at AIs." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

एक्स मशीना लड़के और लड़की की आपकी मानक फिल्म पटकथा है।


Inside America's Drone HQ

Summary: Unmanned aircraft are the new cornerstone of modern military operations, and both American and British crews are learning to fly them at a New Mexico Air Force base. There, they must tackle the practical questions of what it means to wage war from afar.

By Alastair LeitheadBBC News, New Mexico America and its allies are fighting wars around the world from computer screens in the deserts of Nevada and New Mexico. Drones - officially known as remotely piloted aircraft - have become a major part of modern warfare. These unmanned aircraft have the ability to fly above contentious areas, taking and relaying surveillance photos. The most controversial drones have the ability to launch an attack via onboard weapons. America operates thousands of drones, with the bigger, more sophisticated versions controlled from bases in the US. More pilots are being trained to fly American unmanned aircraft than fighter planes, and most of them are put through their paces at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. It's the biggest drone pilot training centre in the world, with American and British crews learning to fly them, spy with them and fire missiles from them. 'Not robot warfare' The two common armed drones are the Predator and the Reaper, and Colonel Ken Johnson, 49th Operations Group commander at Holloman, showed me around them both. They have high-tech cameras and weapons mounted under the wings. They're smaller than you might imagine with a grey hump where the glass cockpit would normally be. "There's always going to be a human crew controlling the aeroplane," he said, explaining why he preferred the term 'remotely piloted aircraft' to 'drone'. "So they're not robots. This is not robot warfare." Some took off from the runway, controlled from inside the small, innocuous khaki-coloured shipping containers packed with all the necessary computer power. In other darkened rooms on the base, pilots ran through training exercises on simulators. "You can use the shadow patterns and the colours in the picture to identify if the man is carrying a weapon," a female US trainer explained to one of the British Royal Air Force students. We were allowed to watch but not give the surname of any pilots or navigators as they learned and practised. The bank of screens displayed maps and an aerial view of buildings, roads and computer-generated men walking - some carrying guns. "It's a basic intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance trip - a two and a half hour mission," explained Squadron Leader "Dex", an instructor, but also commander for UK forces at the base. One person flies the drone, the other operates the cameras and sensors. They clearly give a huge advantage to troops on the ground, but there's controversy surrounding the American use of drones. CIA's black hole In Pakistan, covert missile strikes are launched on suspected insurgents in a country not at war with the US. Who is targeted, why and who's next on the strike list is a secretive process, and there have been reports of civilian casualties in unmanned air attacks. "For the covert US drone programme there needs to be a lot more transparency and accountability," said Sarah Holewinski, executive director of the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC). "With the military's drones we know how they are operated - some is confidential, but we know what happens there. When it comes to the CIA's use of drones it's a complete black hole. "For civilians living on the ground they don't know whether they are going to be targeted the next day, or at the market if they are standing next to somebody who is a target." The military dismisses descriptions such as "targeted assassinations" for strikes on suspected fighters in Pakistan or on men not convicted of any crime. "I think it's only controversial in terms of the media - they will make it controversial," said Sqdr Ldr Dex. "We train to operate a weapon system in exactly the same way we would train in a manned aircraft - and we do the same job. "So to us there's nothing controversial about it. Through our training and our smart decisions we avoid collateral damage as best we can. All of our engagements, all of our missions are legitimate and legal." And what of the psychological impact on troops fighting a war in Afghanistan during the day and then picking up the children from school on the way home to dinner? Sqdr Ldr Dex says it's part of the training - and the long drive home through the desert from the base helps leave his working day behind him. But fighting and killing from thousands of miles away as if it were a computer game is a very different way of fighting a war. These are moral, and legal debates, which will intensify the more we depend on unmanned aircraft to fight our wars. It appears to be the future, as nations around the world invest in the technology, but it's already very much in the present.

मानव रहित विमान आधुनिक सैन्य अभियानों की नई आधारशिला हैं, और अमेरिकी और ब्रिटिश दोनों दल उन्हें न्यू मैक्सिको वायु सेना अड्डे पर उड़ाना सीख रहे हैं। वहाँ, उन्हें इस व्यावहारिक प्रश्न से निपटना होगा कि दूर से युद्ध छेड़ने का क्या अर्थ है।


Panel ends review of Hinkley Point nuclear plant plans

Summary: An independent panel has concluded its examination of the planning application to build a nuclear plant in Somerset.

The Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) appointed the panel to scrutinise the application and gather views from interested parties. A report has to be written within three months outlining any relevant issues, along with a recommendation on whether the go-ahead should be given. The Secretary of State will then have three months to decide on the plans. EDF Energy is the firm which hopes to build the new nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point. If permission is granted, the new power station could open by 2020.

एक स्वतंत्र पैनल ने समरसेट में एक परमाणु संयंत्र बनाने के लिए योजना आवेदन की अपनी जांच पूरी कर ली है।


Ebola fear: 'Having a small fever makes you very afraid'

Summary: At least 2,800 people have now died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The World Health Organization has warned the number of infections will increase to 20,000 by November if efforts to control the spread are not stepped up.

The hardest-hit countries are Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The deadly virus is transmitted through body fluids such as sweat, blood and saliva, and there is no proven cure. This makes life feel very precarious for people living in affected areas. People from Liberia and Sierra Leone tell the BBC what it is like living in fear of Ebola. Abdul Kabia, Freetown in Sierra Leone One of the most shocking, sad and sorrowful experiences of my life was the death of my auntie. She was the woman who brought me up. She felt unwell for a short while and then was diagnosed with Ebola. A surveillance team came to confirm the death and told me that another team would come to take samples of her saliva and blood. When that team came, they were dressed in white medical overalls. They told us not to go near my auntie's body because the virus would still be very active. Then another team came. The burial team came. We told them that we would not give them her body until they could prove she had died from Ebola. The burial team then called for police enforcement and the corpse was taken forcefully. My auntie was put in the back of a van with six other corpses. We followed them to the cemetery where Ebola cases are sent to be buried but armed men did not allow us to enter because of infection. They buried 17 corpses in a mass grave. This was the one of the saddest days of my life. M Sahr Nouwan, Liberia My brother-in-law's wife became very unwell and she had to go to the hospital. But she died in the car before she got there. All my family were very upset but also very afraid of contracting the virus. The symptoms started to develop in people that had been in contact with her - about eight people developed signs and died. My wife's brother did not contract Ebola, nor did my wife - we were lucky. Many people who have Ebola are afraid to go to the hospital. I want to encourage people to get help. There are fewer clinics open and many deaths are due to the poor response of health officials. They need to increase the numbers of medics, social workers and facilities to fight this virus. Nyuma Bondi, Monrovia in Liberia I know people who have died from this deadly Ebola virus. A doctor who had been helping sick people in my community - even when public hospitals were closed - contracted the virus and died. A newspaper reporter has also died and one family lost three of its members. Since the outbreak, all hospitals have been closed throughout the country. There are virtually no treatment centres. The ones that exist are filled to capacity and are no longer accepting new cases. Nurses and doctors have abandoned the hospitals because of fear of the virus. People have a sort of denial mentality - most Liberians from remote and suburban areas of the country don't believe that the Ebola virus is real. Some confirmed Ebola patients are escaping treatment centres. A lady who was diagnosed escaped the quarantine centre in Lofa where the outbreak started. Everyone who had been in direct contact with her became infected and only one doctor survived. So lying about infection is also responsible for the huge death rates in Liberia. I wash my hands regularly with soap. I clean my clothes and I never shake hands with people. I try to protect myself and my family. Emmett P Chea, Liberia The Ebola outbreak has been like someone firing live bullets. Liberia is too poor to deal with this unaided. Thousands more will die if the international community does not come to our rescue. The closing of hospitals and clinics in and around Monrovia has been one of the major factors increasing the deadly Ebola virus death rate because people who are coming down with the symptoms of malaria, high blood pressure, diabetes and diarrhoea are not able to get adequate treatment with the closure of health facilities. Lionel Z Fredericks, Paynesville in Liberia The Ebola virus disease has upset my life. I'm a medical student and I should have sat my exams by now but the Liberian government closed all schools in August. We now live in fear and it is so intense that even having a small fever makes you very afraid. I tried to avoid mosquito bites as I don't want even getting the slightest illness. I have lost friends and colleagues. They should build a memorial to those who have died when this killer virus is eradicated. James Smith Wallace, Liberia A friend of mine died from Ebola. It is very frustrating - you never know when you are at risk even when we are all following the prevention guidelines. The health centres are too crowded. Relatives go there to see their loved ones die and they catch Ebola too. People are coming out of the isolation centres and are putting everyone at risk.

पश्चिम अफ्रीका में इबोला के प्रकोप में अब कम से कम 2,800 लोगों की मौत हो गई है। विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने चेतावनी दी है कि अगर प्रसार को नियंत्रित करने के प्रयास नहीं किए गए तो नवंबर तक संक्रमणों की संख्या बढ़कर 20,000 हो जाएगी।


Coventry hospital given permission to build new car park

Summary: A West Midlands hospital has been given permission to build a new car park to help ease traffic congestion that has caused delays for emergency vehicles.

Coventry City Council's planning committee has given the green light for about 420 extra spaces to be created at University Hospital in Coventry. The new car park would be used by staff with 100 spaces from a current staff area given over to the public. An extra 50 spaces were made available to visitors earlier this year.

वेस्ट मिडलैंड्स के एक अस्पताल को यातायात की भीड़ को कम करने में मदद करने के लिए एक नई कार पार्क बनाने की अनुमति दी गई है जिससे आपातकालीन वाहनों के लिए देरी हुई है।


Ballykinler inquest: Senior officer was stunned by soldier deaths

Summary: The former commanding officer of an army battalion based at Ballykinler in County Down has told an inquest he was stunned after two of his soldiers died at Abercorn Barracks less than three months apart.

By Michael FitzpatrickBBC News NI North-East Reporter Rifleman Darren Mitchell, 20, was found hanged in his room at the barracks in February 2013. His death came after 30-year-old L/Cpl James Ross, from Leeds, was found hanged at the same Army base in December 2012. An inquest is examining the deaths. The men had previously been on active service in Afghanistan. Both men were serving with the 2nd Battalion The Rifles. Lieutenant colonel Mark Gidlow-Jackson said he was ultimately responsible for the soldiers under his command and to lose them was "awful". The senior army officer, who served as commanding officer of 2nd Battalion The Rifles from June 2012 to April 2015, told the inquest he "was concerned that two such deaths were unusual" and in response initiated a number of steps to protect soldiers. "Two tragedies so close together commanded immediate action," he said. One of these steps involved the banning of alcohol in single officer's private rooms, which he said was a "hugely unpopular" decision. He said the battalion sought to create "a culture that encourages people to come forward to share their problems". He told the inquest that there was an increase of patrols of single accommodation by duty personnel in response to the two deaths. The former commanding officer added that steps were taken to improve access to sporting facilities "with the aim of encouraging single soldiers out of their rooms". The inquest previously heard from the mother of Lance Corporal James Ross who said she did not believe it was acceptable that young men who had served in Afghanistan were sent to the "isolated" barracks. The former commanding officer was asked about the Army's decision to transfer 2nd Battalion The Rifles to Lisburn in 2014, leaving Ballykinler without a resident battalion. He said he partly supported the decision to move because of the "cases of suicide and self-harm" and added there was a wider view among unmarried soldiers that they wanted the opportunity to live a more normal off-duty life. Lt Col Gidlow-Jackson said Ballykinler was a "marvellous" location to serve in if you were married, but added that if you were a single soldier it was "pretty isolated". "It was the subject of lively debate, whether people wanted to stay in Ballykinler, live in Lisburn or move on somewhere else," he said. The inquest is also examining the culture at Ballykinler at the time of the deaths. It has heard there were several incidents of self-harm at that time. 'Inappropriate' Earlier the inquest heard from Kenneth McQuillan, a former brigade welfare support officer with the Army welfare service, who offered to meet with Lt Col Gidlow-Jackson in February 2013, following the death of Rifleman Mitchell. He said the meeting, which was an opportunity to outline the support they could provide, did not take place until four months later. Mr McQuillan told the inquest that during the meeting Lt Col Gidlow-Jackson said: "we've done light and fluffy", when referring to the service which the Army Welfare Service provides. The former commanding officer later accepted that he had used the phrase, which he described as "terrible" and "inappropriate". He said he was not being "flippant about the issue" and the point he had been trying to make was that the battalion had already done a lot in terms of talking to soldiers and offering help. The inquest continues.

काउंटी डाउन के बालीकिन्लर में स्थित एक सेना बटालियन के पूर्व कमांडिंग अधिकारी ने एक पूछताछ में बताया कि तीन महीने से भी कम समय के अंतराल पर एबरकॉर्न बैरक में उनके दो सैनिकों की मृत्यु के बाद वह स्तब्ध रह गए थे।


Snowed in and making scones on the US eastern seaboard

Summary: With winds of up to 50mph (80km/h), white-out conditions and well over a foot (30 cm) of snow, millions on the US mid-Atlantic coast were encouraged to just stay inside, and save sledding and snowmen for another day - never mind driving.

By BBC TrendingWhat's popular and why Thanks to social media, those Americans trapped indoors are able to communicate with the rest of the world what life is like in a storm some are calling "Snowzilla". Many have taken to the kitchen, with some posting Pinterest-worthy photos of their culinary creations. "I am at a house with a person making stew," writes the New Yorker's Emily Nussbaum. "I just texted a friend. She is making stew. At a separate house, her sister is also making stew." Salon's Mary Beth Williams writes that she "pages through her copy of Cookie Love. Looks outside at snowstorm. 'Kids,' she says ominously. 'We're going to need more butter.'" Some have turned to retail therapy to help their housebound blues. "Not even 24 hours into this #jonasblizzard and I'm already online shopping like there's no tomorrow," tweeted Jess Kidding. "'I've done some, well, let's call it 'research'... am thinking we'll see a boost to online retail sales in January's data," tweeted Monica Rivituso Comas. And some found time to multi-task: "There's two addictions that come about on snow days... Online shopping and Netflix," wrote one Twitter user. But it's not all domestic bliss - snow continued well into the night for many in the path of the storm, and even by Saturday morning some were already showing signs of snow fatigue. "Snow days were cool when I was 10. Now it's 8:44am and I'm already stir crazy," wrote Nashville resident Mark Block. Especially for those with kids, a weekend with nothing to do sounds less than relaxing. "Forty five min to get the 21MO dressed for the snow. 20 min outside. Already did puzzles, coloring, tea party. Going to be a long 48 hrs," wrote journalist Beth Braverman. Still, one man - who has reason to have more cabin fever than the rest of us - was able to appreciate the snow. Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a beauty shot of the storm from his perch in the International Space Station. For more videos subscribe to BBC Trending's YouTube channel. Or find us on Facebook.

50 मील प्रति घंटे (80 किमी/घंटा) तक की हवाओं के साथ, सफेद-आउट स्थितियों और एक फुट (30 सेमी) से अधिक बर्फ के साथ, अमेरिका के मध्य-अटलांटिक तट पर लाखों लोगों को बस अंदर रहने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया गया, और एक और दिन के लिए स्लेडिंग और स्नोमैन को बचाने के लिए-ड्राइविंग से कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता।


How 1999 Scottish tower block fire led to regulation change

Summary: Following the Grenfell Tower, 60 high-rise buildings in 25 local authorities in England have failed fire safety tests so far. But no local authority or housing association tower blocks in Scotland have been found to use the same kind of cladding. In Scotland, a change to building regulations in 2005 made it mandatory for builders to ensure that any external cladding "inhibited" fire spreading. The new regulations were introduced following a fatal fire in a Scottish tower block in 1999.

On Friday 11 June 1999, a fire swept through a 14-storey block of flats in North Ayrshire. The blaze started at about 12:45 and ended up destroying flats on nine floors of the Garnock Court block in Irvine. A 55-year-old man died in the fire and five other people, including a 15-month-old child, were injured. Witnesses reported that a vertical ribbon of cladding on one corner of the block was quickly ablaze and the fire reached the 12th floor within 10 minutes of it starting. The flats were owned by North Ayrshire Council, who ordered the removal of plastic cladding and PVC window frames as a precaution "at whatever cost" so they could be replaced with safer materials. The then local MP, Brian Donohoe, said at the time he believed there was something "quite wrong" in the use of the cladding. "Afterwards I had surgeries that were full of people who wanted to get out of these flats as soon as was possible. That clearly was enough to drive me and drive the council," he told BBC Scotland on Monday. Mr Donohoe was also concerned that tower blocks across the UK which used similar cladding could be at risk, and the Labour MP pushed for a parliamentary inquiry into the extent of the problem. The review - by the select committee on environment, transport and regional affairs - was set up quickly and reported back in January 2000. It said the evidence received during the inquiry suggested most external cladding being used in the UK did not pose "a serious threat to life or property in the event of fire". But the report added: "Notwithstanding... we do not believe that it should take a serious fire in which many people are killed before all reasonable steps are taken towards minimising the risks." Committee members recommended that local authorities and registered social landlords reviewed their existing building stock and the cladding systems used. MPs also said they wanted to make it clear that any addition to the outside of a building which had the "potential to lessen its resistance to external fire spread" should be subject to building regulations. 'Inaction of all government' Mr Donohoe, who was MP for Central Ayrshire until 2015, said the inquiry contributed to the tightening of the rules in Scotland, where building regulations were now devolved. "Of course, the chief executive here [North Ayrshire Council] and also the MSPs by that time were in a position to, and did, enforce change in Scotland," he said. "Which is why we we're in the position that we have no properties in Scotland that have been identified as being failures in that respect." Mr Donohoe added that a series of UK governments had been "remiss in their responsibilities and their duties" to people who lived in high-rise properties in England. "[The problem] was indentified but nothing was being done. It's really a disaster that has been created as a consequence of inaction of all government and I blame that as being the main reason why we had that fire at Grenfell." In the Scottish Parliament last week, Communities Secretary Angela Constance also cited the Irvine fire directly as the reason why cladding used on high-rise buildings in Scotland must use materials and design which resist the spread of fire. Responding to a question from Labour MSP Jackie Baillie, she said: "Building standards regulations are reviewed regularly. "In my discussions with building standards professionals in the Scottish government, they were able to recount to me the responses that they have made over a number of years to specific events and specific fires. "For example, when there was a tragic fire in Irvine in 1999, that led to a revisiting of regulations, which meant that all cladding that was used in high-rise dwellings had to be non-combustible." The Building (Scotland) Act 2003 introduced the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 which came into force on 1 May 2005. It contains the mandatory regulation: "Every building must be designed and constructed in such a way that in the event of an outbreak of fire within the building, or from an external source, the spread of fire on the external walls of the building is inhibited." The Scottish government said on Friday that no local authority or housing association high-rises in Scotland used the cladding installed on Grenfell Tower. But the safety of Scotland's tower blocks will be examined by a Holyrood committee as part of the government's investigation into high-rise safety and building standards.

ग्रेनफेल टावर के बाद, इंग्लैंड में 25 स्थानीय अधिकारियों में 60 ऊंची इमारतें अब तक अग्नि सुरक्षा परीक्षणों में विफल रही हैं। लेकिन स्कॉटलैंड में किसी भी स्थानीय प्राधिकरण या आवास संघ टावर ब्लॉक में इस तरह के आवरण का उपयोग नहीं पाया गया है। स्कॉटलैंड में, 2005 में भवन नियमों में बदलाव ने बिल्डरों के लिए यह सुनिश्चित करना अनिवार्य कर दिया कि कोई भी बाहरी आवरण आग के प्रसार को "बाधित" करता है। 1999 में स्कॉटिश टावर ब्लॉक में एक घातक आग के बाद नए नियम पेश किए गए थे।


Why I secretly taped my disability assessment

Summary: Every month 60,000 ill and disabled people have their needs assessed for benefits. Some are so worried about the process that they are using mobile phones to secretly record those interviews, critics say. But using that evidence to overturn a decision is not straightforward.

By Jim ReedReporter, Victoria Derbyshire programme In 2015, Nev Cartwright sat down with his specialist at a hospital in Leeds. He was told his hacking cough and breathing difficulties were caused by a tumour in his left lung. He was 45. Since then he has had three operations and a lung removed. Nev was awarded the highest rate of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) - a benefit meant to pay for the extra costs of his condition. But a year later he received a letter saying the DLA was being replaced by a new benefit, the Personal Independence Payment, and his needs would have to be reassessed by a private company. The night before his assessment he watched a documentary which questioned how they were being conducted. "I was really nervous about it and made the decision to audio record the interview covertly. It was a safeguard, an accurate record of what had taken place," he says. 'Completely altered' The face-to-face assessment is typically an interview with a health professional, such as a nurse or paramedic, lasting between 30 and 90 minutes. It can also include basic medical tests and a physical examination. The claimant is assessed depending on their ability to complete day-to-day tasks. That report is sent to an official at the DWP who will then decide the final level of disability benefit that person is awarded. But things did not go as planned. Nev says he had misgivings from the start but it was only later, when he saw the assessor's final report, that he realised something was seriously wrong. "Some details discussed in the interview were not in the report and others were completely altered," he says. "She said she'd done a physical examination of my mobility. It was very evident on the audio recording, that she never did that at all." On his phone recording you can clearly hear the assessor carrying out a peak test to measure his lung function, and reading out the data. But in the final report, his last reading appears to have doubled from 150 L/min to 300 L/min, making him seem better than he actually was. "I totally agree that anyone entitled to benefits should have their needs assessed," he says. "But everyone deserves just and fair treatment." Tribunal appeal After his interview Nev had his disability payments cut and had to return the car paid for by the mobility element of his benefits. He wrote to the DWP and told them about his recording, sending them a written transcript put together by an independent firm. Under government rules, secret or covert recording like this is banned. If it is spotted, the claimant is told to stop. If they refuse it is likely that their benefit application will be rejected. The government tried to get his recording thrown out before his appeal at tribunal. But exceptionally, in his case the judge agreed a transcript could be entered into evidence. He went on to win his case and his car was eventually returned. "I've wasted 12 months of my life in an unfair fight with a government department and the people who work for it," he said. The private company which carried out his assessment says its "high standards were not met on this occasion" and it has now changed the way it gathers evidence in cases like this. Recording pressure Critics of the assessment process say formal audio recording of all PIP interviews should be mandatory and available to both sides. "It would remove the distrust and give so much transparency to everyone," said Tony Lea, lead welfare rights officer at Benefit Resolutions, a disability advocacy service which has been campaigning for a rule change. As things stand the official rules are complex. A claimant does have the right to ask for a PIP interview to be formally taped and used as evidence, but unlike other disability benefits like ESA, they have to provide their own equipment. This must be a secure, tamper-proof double recorder which can cost as much as £1,500. A mobile phone, digital recorder or dictaphone does not meet the requirements. In March, a major independent review of the PIP system commissioned by the government recommended switching to compulsory audio recordings with an opt-out for people who do not want it. The government says it is "considering the results" of a pilot of recording in the West Midlands. A spokesman for the DWP said: "Anyone is free to record their face-to-face consultation, but it must be done in a way that best protects both claimants and assessors." Nev says his experience shows that some vulnerable people need more protection. "I should probably be more diplomatic but I think the whole system is a mess," he adds. "The importance for me of getting that audio recording into evidence was the potential to help other people in the future." Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.

आलोचकों का कहना है कि हर महीने 60,000 बीमार और विकलांग लोगों की जरूरतों का लाभ के लिए मूल्यांकन किया जाता है। कुछ लोग इस प्रक्रिया के बारे में इतने चिंतित हैं कि वे उन साक्षात्कारों को गुप्त रूप से रिकॉर्ड करने के लिए मोबाइल फोन का उपयोग कर रहे हैं। लेकिन किसी निर्णय को पलटने के लिए उस साक्ष्य का उपयोग करना सीधा नहीं है।


How do you go about crowdfunding for someone you have never met?

Summary: The meteoric rise of crowdfunding has revolutionised how easy it is to help out those in need. Often fundraising is done by friends or family, but an increasing number of people are setting up pages for complete strangers whose stories tug at their heartstrings. So how do you go about changing the life of someone you've never met?

By Jodie HalfordBBC News Shane Yerrell is a man on a mission. The victim of a knife attack a decade ago, he decided to turn his hand to helping others, and has raised more than £20,000 for a number of causes since 2011. He has climbed a mountain, shaved his head, walked from London to Brighton - and he has set up crowdfunding pages for people who he does not know, and might never meet. "If I won the lottery, I'd be the first millionaire to become skint," said Mr Yerrell, 33, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, who works with adults who have learning disabilities. "When I read stories in the news, I get a bit more affected by them than most people do. I get really annoyed to the point where I want to make a stand and help them there and then. "You don't have to know someone to want to help them." One of the people Mr Yerrell has crowdfunded for is 21-year-old Liam Bradshaw, from Enfield, who was involved in a catastrophic car crash in which his three friends died in 2012. "I was left with 17 fractures to the face, broken collarbones, a nose job and a titanium forehead. I was in hospital for eight and a half months," Mr Bradshaw recalls. When Mr Yerrell heard in the news about what had happened, he approached Mr Bradshaw's family and asked if he could help to raise money for his recovery, through a fundraising page and by climbing Mount Toubkal in Morocco. "Shane came along towards the end of my hospital life. The guy has the kindest heart - he went out of his way to help a stranger so that stranger could live his life again," Mr Bradshaw said. "I'm so glad it happened, because if I hadn't had the accident, I wouldn't have met someone with such a good heart," he added. "From what Shane did for me, I've then come out of hospital to go and coach disabled children for Tottenham Hotspur. "We've gone beyond friends now - he's more like family." Giving back Bridey Watson, 35, from Bristol, was on the receiving end of crowdfunding a few years ago, after contracting babesiosis, a malaria-like parasitic disease developed from a tick bite. "I was bed and wheelchair-bound, having seizures every day," she recalls. "When the doctors finally worked out what was wrong, my friends and family set up a crowdfunding page for me to go to Germany and the US for treatment, where tick-borne diseases are better understood and treated. "The crowdfunding other people did for me enabled me to regain my health and rebuild my life." Ms Watson is still recovering from the effects of babesiosis, but was inspired to help someone else in need following her own experience. She said she was horrified by an assault on 17-year-old asylum seeker Kurdish-Iranian Reker Ahmed, who was chased and subjected to a "brutal attack" in Croydon at the end of March. "He's finally thinking he's reached a place of sanctuary, only to be attacked - I could picture the terribleness of what he'd been through," she said. "From my own experience, I knew the messages people left were as important as the physical health money can bring. And that's what I wanted to do for the guy who was attacked." The psychology behind setting up a crowdfunding page for a stranger can be split into three categories, says philanthropic psychologist Jen Shang. "Typically, people help strangers to make themselves feel good, to make others feel good, or both," she said. "Some people don't want to get up close and personal with the people they help - they want to keep it all at arm's length and have a simple, easy and warm way of helping. "Others prefer to have direct contact with the people they're helping, and crowdfunding sites offer a channel where that sort of connection is possible." Ms Shang, who works as research director at the University of Plymouth's Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy, said although the percentage of people donating money to charity or other causes "has not changed in the UK or the US for decades," new methods of giving were constantly being invented, with crowdfunding "the new kid on the block". "For people like Mr Yerrell, crowdfunding might be the most 'sustainable' way of giving - the way that sustains the knowledge and feeling you're caring about others. "Psychologists say as long as you're a human, you want to care about others." Top tips for crowdfunding for strangers For the Parker family, who live in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, a stranger's help could not have come at a better time. They were trying to raise £75,000 for specialised surgery to help seven-year-old Harry, who has cerebral palsy, to be able to walk. Mr Yerrell was introduced to them by a friend, but had not met the family before that, and ended up helping to hit the fundraising target. "It's unbelievable - the amount of people he's helped. We weren't the first and I know we won't be the last," Harry's dad Glen said. "As soon as I met him, I knew he was genuine. It's a life changer for Harry and us as a family. People like him don't come along every day." Harry's mum Danielle said Mr Yerrell - whose work has been recognised with a British Citizen Award and a Pride of Essex Award - had become "a big part" of the family's life. "Not only has he helped us, he's a genuinely nice person. Sometimes you need someone like him in your life to make you think everything will be alright, especially when you're going through a tough time." Crowdfunding coups - and controversies Call for fundraising pages to be regulated amid fraud concerns Crowdfunding provides boost for biotechnology industry Private cancer therapy 'crowdfunding rise' When crowdfunding projects go wrong How to spot a fake crowdfunding page Mr Yerrell has founded a community interest company, Through the Fight, with the aim of gaining charity status in the coming year. He will also be taking some time for himself, he said, because "you don't want to make people sick of it". "I want to have time to do NVQ at work," he said. "But if something was to happen to someone I knew, I'd be there first person to try to help. "I put everything into my fundraising. It's not just setting up the pages - you have to contact the person of their family, put your own money into it, promote it. "I'm not well off, but that money could go down the pub or on silly things. I will always want to help and make a difference, but you need a bit of reality too."

क्राउडफंडिंग के आकस्मिक उदय ने क्रांति ला दी है कि जरूरतमंद लोगों की मदद करना कितना आसान है। अक्सर धन उगाहना दोस्तों या परिवार द्वारा किया जाता है, लेकिन बढ़ती संख्या में लोग पूर्ण अजनबियों के लिए पृष्ठ स्थापित कर रहे हैं जिनकी कहानियाँ उनके दिल को छू लेती हैं। तो आप किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति के जीवन को कैसे बदलते हैं जिससे आप कभी नहीं मिले हैं?


Left in the dark as Venezuela's crisis deepens

Summary: I have seen worse conditions in a hospital. I have seen patients even more deprived of the medicines they need. But rarely have I seen an institution that appears to have gone into such steep decline as University Hospital, Caracas.

By Paul MossThe World Tonight, Caracas A long queue stretches from the hospital entrance as people wait in line for the lift. That's lift in the singular, because only one has been operating for the past few months. It is unclear whether the others are broken or are simply not being used because there is insufficient electrical power. Once you reach the wards, you find there is not enough electricity even for lighting, and some of the corridors are in darkness. Perhaps it is a good thing that the toilets and shower rooms are dark, as it provides a modicum of privacy. Cubicle doors are broken, hanging off hinges. I saw patients on a cardiac ward forced to wash in a half-wrecked stall, with a small piece of plastic drawn across. "We have all kinds of shortages," says Dr Elizabeth Ball, a dermatologist and teaching professor. "There are days when there is no IV solution… days when there is no anaesthetic." Doctors are forced to use their mobile phones to record X-ray images, because there is nothing to print them on. It is not just this one hospital that is in crisis or indeed Venezuela's health system as a whole. Shops have long queues outside, with basic goods in short supply, and power cuts are now a daily event across the country. Public sector workers have been told to come in for only two days a week, in order to save energy and Venezuela's clocks have been put forward by half an hour to ensure that more of the working day takes place in daylight. Superficially at least, the cause of these setbacks is obvious. Venezuela depends on oil exports for most of its earnings, and prices have plummeted. Meanwhile, a drought has reduced power at the hydro-electric dam that produces much of the country's electricity. But critics of the government such as Helena Acedo refuse to accept that this is simply bad luck. "Having a country depend on a commodity whose price is very volatile, that's bad decision making," she says. "And we know we sometimes suffer droughts. We should have invested in preparing ourselves." Helena was one of the many volunteers who collected signatures for a petition, demanding the recall of President Nicolas Maduro. On Monday, the petition was handed in to the country's electoral commission, its authors claiming to have nearly two million people signed up. If this is accepted, then a second petition will be launched and, according to the constitution, if this second one has 20% of the population on board (which would amount to about six million signatures) a referendum must be held on whether to remove the president from office. Yet it is not just Venezuela's president who is under fire, but the ideology he represents. And the man who casts a long shadow here is Venezuela's previous president, Hugo Chavez. "El Comandante", as he was known, spent much of his country's oil wealth on education and healthcare projects, styling himself as a champion of the poor. He also faced strong criticism from parts of Venezuela's business community for his management of the economy. President Maduro was handpicked by Mr Chavez as his successor and promised to continue El Comandante's work. It is that sense of continuity that is behind Valentina Figuera's loyalty to the government. We met up in a Caracas square, Plaza Diego Ibarra, which she said is an example of the renovation work carried out under Mr Chavez and continued by Mr Maduro. "We have been facing economic problems, and that's a reality. But we have a government that is still protecting the people," she says. She tells me proudly how pensions are still paid, in contrast to countries in Europe where they have been cut. She talks also about the public housing projects under way, and the millions of people receiving higher and tertiary education. This is the voice of a believer who has not lost her faith. "We could be in a worse situation… I don't think socialism is dead." Jesus Galvez did not want to talk about socialism, or any ideology - he was just fed up. A resident of the Chacao neighbourhood of Caracas, he and his neighbours were on their third day without electricity. They had taken to the streets in protest when what food they had went rotten because their fridges had stopped working and they had no power supply for cooking. "It is unbelievable that we are suffering this," he says, incredulity etched on his face. He promises there will be more and bigger protests if things do not improve - that they will block the main roads if necessary. I ask Jesus what will happen if economic conditions get worse generally in Venezuela, and he offers an unexpectedly simple answer: "There will be a civil war." Follow Paul Moss on Twitter @BBCPaulMoss

मैंने एक अस्पताल में बदतर स्थिति देखी है। मैंने देखा है कि रोगियों को उनकी आवश्यक दवाओं से और भी अधिक वंचित किया गया है। लेकिन शायद ही कभी मैंने एक ऐसा संस्थान देखा है जो विश्वविद्यालय अस्पताल, कराकस के रूप में इतनी तीव्र गिरावट में चला गया है।


'The biggest, strangest problem I could find to study'

Summary: Businesses are under siege every second of every day, bombarded by a "grey noise" of potentially harmful web traffic seeking access to their networks. But IT staff often can't tell the malicious traffic from the benign. Why?

By Mark WardTechnology correspondent If your office building were visited thousands of times a day by criminals peering through the windows seeking a way in, you'd be understandably nervous about hanging around. Yet any organisation with an online presence gets exactly this type of unwelcome attention all the time. Security researcher Andrew Morris calls this constant barrage "grey noise" and has started a company of the same name with a mission of logging, analysing and understanding it. "This is the biggest, hardest, strangest problem I could find to study," he tells the BBC. He logs the break-in attempts using a network of so-called honey-pot computers scattered around the internet that he has set up. Outwardly these computers resemble run-of-the-mill servers and so attract the attention of the bots and cyber-thieves looking to break in. And they attract a lot of attention. In 2018, Mr Morris's network was hit by up to four million attacks a day. His honey-pot computers process between 750 and 2,000 connection requests per second - the exact rate depends on how busy the bad guys are at any given moment. His analysis shows that only a small percentage of the traffic is benign. That fraction comes from search engines indexing websites or organisations such as the Internet Archive scraping sites. Some comes from security companies and other researchers. The rest of the internet's background noise - about 95% - is malicious. It can come from self-propagating computer viruses, known as worms, that use a compromised computer to seek out fresh victims, or can be cyber-criminals looking for servers vulnerable to particular security loopholes. More Technology of Business It can also be dumb devices, from printers to routers, that have been hijacked looking for their kin to enrol them in a vast attack network. "There's an absolutely massive amount of traffic that's being generated by all these hosts around the internet and the vast majority is not generated by good guys," says Mr Morris. "I see tens of thousands of infections every day." But blocking this tidal wave of troublesome traffic isn't easy. This is because, at first glance, it looks benign. Whenever you access a website your computer first pings a message to it to find out whether it's live. This a standard "handshake" procedure that all legitimate traffic uses. But cyber-thieves have found that if they handshake in the right way they can find out useful information about a target organisation and potentially find a way to get inside. And it's only when anyone takes the time to trace the origin of this traffic that it becomes obvious it is malicious. "There is a continuous background hum of connections made to systems to see what they are and what they do," says Martin Lee, outreach manager for Cisco's Talos security team in Europe. "It's the constant noise of connections just like people rattling door handles and checking locks." Put an unprotected computer on the net and it'll be infected by malware in seconds and possibly enslaved in a botnet army carrying out attacks on other targets. "Someone is always trying to hack you," says Mr Lee. "It's one of the banal facts of the internet." Given that investigating and blocking is a Herculean task no network administrator wants to take on, the constant rattle is largely ignored, says Dr Paul Vixie, chief executive of Farsight Security and author of some of the net's core addressing software. "On the internet, nothing that can be abused will not be," he says. Wading through that vast amount of information makes it very hard for any net administrator to pick out the attacks that matter from the background roar. Instead, they just log it and move on. "People do not go into network administration because they like truth and beauty," says Dr Vixie ruefully. So Andrew Morris is trying to extract some useful insights from his vast corpus of data, using it to profile bad sources of traffic and spotting patterns in attempted infections. Ultimately it might be used to make a filter that can block the bad stuff. Or one that highlights the really nasty stuff that network administrators do need to notice. He now has a good idea of the dodgiest online neighbourhoods, which seem to be Brazilian and Vietnamese internet service providers (ISPs) who are doing a poor job of protecting their customers. This negligence is allowing the bad guys to get a toehold inside vulnerable machines. These are followed by the cloud-hosting companies. All are strong sources of grey noise, says Mr Morris. Good neighbourhoods are few and far between, though they do exist. One of the most decent is Finland. It has worked hard to ensure that its corner of the net cannot be used as a proxy for attacks. Many cyber-thieves try to cover their tracks by spoofing the origin of the malicious connection request. Finland has put in place policies, which it polices diligently, to limit the abuse of its domains. A spokesman for Finland's cyber-security centre told the BBC that it has laws and statutes that require ISPs and domain registrars to try as much as possible to limit abuse. It also uses automatic tools that scan for malicious use of Finnish domains - those that end in .fi - and report when the abuse is happening. "That is one success factor in making the Finnish internet one of the cleanest ones in the world in terms of malware," he says. Mr Morris' analysis of the traffic coming from the bad neighbourhoods is already starting to reveal interesting and useful patterns. The early signs of massive attacks can be seen long before they start to hit everyone. That has been true of several headline-grabbing events such as those that hit office printers and Google's Chromecast. "There's a weaponisation time limit," he says. "That's useful to know for defenders to get their stuff patched before they get hit by the bad guys. "That means defenders do have time to react - it's not hopeless." Follow Technology of Business editor Matthew Wall on Twitter and Facebook

व्यवसाय हर दिन हर सेकंड घेराबंदी के तहत हैं, अपने नेटवर्क तक पहुंच की मांग करने वाले संभावित हानिकारक वेब ट्रैफ़िक के "धूसर शोर" से बमबारी कर रहे हैं। लेकिन आई. टी. कर्मचारी अक्सर सौम्य से दुर्भावनापूर्ण ट्रैफ़िक को नहीं बता सकते हैं। क्यों?


Is Scotland stepping closer to a second independence referendum?

Summary: In the immediate aftermath of the EU referendum result, Nicola Sturgeon said "indyref2" was "highly likely".

By Philip SimBBC Scotland News Prime Minister Theresa May made clear this week the UK is to leave the EU's single market. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had wanted the UK to stay in. So, does that mean we are closer to having a second Scottish independence referendum? Here I weigh up the issues. After Theresa May set out some of her Brexit plans, indyref2 became even "more likely"; indeed, when the first minister was asked by BBC Scotland whether a vote was "all but inevitable", she said that was "very likely the case". And yet, the first minister has not yet fired the starting gun. As strongly as she has spoken on the matter, her language remains hypothetical. Launching her "Scotland's Place in Europe" paper of Brexit proposals, Ms Sturgeon laid out three options. Theresa May has scotched number one, comprehensively. And for all her talk of protecting the "precious union" of the UK, number two seems to be a diminishing prospect. So are we moving on to number three? Here are seven issues Nicola Sturgeon will need to look at before she goes back to the polls. 1. Brexit and uncertainty Brexit is the driving force in politics across the UK right now; and it is the source of the division which might bring an independence referendum to pass. In case you hadn't heard, the majority of Scottish voters backed Remain, while the UK as a whole backed Leave. Beyond that, Nicola Sturgeon and Theresa May take completely different approaches when it comes to Brexit. The first minister comes at the issue like a jigsaw puzzle; she looks for recognised pieces like EFTA, the customs union and free movement which can be slotted together in a logical fashion to look like the picture on the box - of Scotland in Europe. Her options paper roots out precedent for every element, every piece of the puzzle, drawing comparisons from the Faroe Islands to Svalbard. The prime minister meanwhile sees Brexit more like a painting. It's a creative act, conjuring up something new and unique. Never mind the Norway model, she demands her own "bespoke" deal, like nothing Europe has ever seen before. The trouble is, we don't really know what the painting is going to look like. We have half an idea what Mrs May is trying to sketch out, but there are 27 other countries frantically swabbing at the canvas too (OK, that metaphor has probably been tortured enough). So an indyref before the Brexit negotiations are complete would end up being a choice between two hypotheticals; two uncertain futures. Can Ms Sturgeon persuade voters that the uncertainty of life outside the UK would be preferable to the uncertainty of life outside the EU? 2. Legality Can Nicola Sturgeon even call a referendum? Getting a referendum bill through Holyrood would not be an issue. The SNP may be a minority government, but the votes of the Greens would get it over the line comfortably. But could Westminster prove more of a stumbling block? The power to call a referendum remains a reserved matter; the 2014 vote was held after an agreement between Alex Salmond and David Cameron. Would Theresa May go down a similar route? It's fair to say the prime minister has one or two other things on her plate at the moment, but she has made the "preservation of our precious union" one of her bigger priorities - it was number three in a list of 12 in her Brexit plans speech. Politically, it could be difficult for her to actually refuse permission - that would probably only boost anti-Westminster sentiment. And she will be aware that a Yes vote even in an unauthorised vote could potentially be fatally destabilising. 3. Timing If Ms Sturgeon is going to fire the starting gun, when would she aim to do it? This year seems to be off the table already; even with a consultation in the books, from a basic legislative standpoint it would be a struggle to have everything ready for a snap poll in 2017. There are also council elections to focus on this May. The Scottish Greens have been agitating for a referendum halfway through the Brexit process, to settle the issue before Scotland is taken out of the EU along with the rest of the UK. Former FM Alex Salmond, a man who knows a thing or two about calling referendums, has also suggested autumn 2018 as a suitable date. However, other leading nationalists have been more cautious - Alex Neil, for once, has warned against being "stampeded" into a "premature and unnecessarily risky" referendum. Exactly when Ms Sturgeon might take the plunge may well depend on how the Brexit process unfolds - again, a matter of some uncertainty. In any case, as Campbell Gunn, a former adviser to both Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon, noted this week - the first minister is "a canny politician" who "won't be railroaded into a vote she isn't sure of winning". 4. Europe What to do about Europe? Ms Sturgeon has said her ideal solution would be an independent Scotland being a member state of the EU. How would this work? Many of the timetables mooted above aim specifically to win independence before Brexit is complete, in effect to try to keep Scotland in as the rest of the UK leaves. But even on a very fast secession timetable, the UK would have left the EU long before Scotland made it out the door. So if Scotland was allowed to effectively 'inherit' the UK's place in the EU - a matter of some dispute in itself - the transition period would be extremely complicated. In any case, over time the SNP's rhetoric has changed somewhat since the Brexit vote. Immediately after the referendum, the talk was of protecting Scotland's place in the EU. This softened to single market membership, and later to "access to" said market - but has now swung back a step. In December, Mike Russell told the Scottish Affairs Committee that membership "is not possible" without being a full member of the EU. He said this was why there was "a range of other language", adding: "We've used 'involvement in' more than anything else". However, the 'Scotland's Place in Europe' paper, published 13 days after Mr Russell's comments, is specific in seeking "single market membership". Ms Sturgeon has been clear that the paper is a "compromise" position; so we can probably presume that removing the need to compromise would see her push for full EU membership. How popular that would be with the hundreds of thousands of SNP supporters who voted Leave remains to be seen. 5. The electorate The million-dollar question, on which all of this hinges. Could Ms Sturgeon win indyref2? Polls showed a "Brexit bounce" in support for independence after the EU referendum - but it was short-lived, petering out by the end of June. More or less every poll since has shown backing largely unchanged from 2014. In any case, can we trust what polls say? Pollsters have had a fairly torrid time in recent years, with the electorate seemingly a more and more unpredictable beast. The SNP has been doing its own research, via a "national conversation", and is said to have gathered two million responses - although it remains unclear how many people actually filled it in, and or what they said. As polarised as Scottish political debate has become since 2014, this is still a complicated picture. There's the Yes vs No divide, but also Remain vs Leave, on top of party loyalties. A million people voted Leave, after all. Would many of them sign up to independence if it comes bundled with the EU membership they rejected last June? Equally, could Remain voters be persuaded back secession en masse? Turnout could also be an issue. It was massive in 2014, at 84.59%, but has been on the slide in most ensuing votes - it was down to 55.6% for the Holyrood election last May, and is likely to shrink still further in this year's council poll. Could turnout hit such heights a second time around? If not, how would that affect the result? 6. Economics One of the core issues of the last referendum was the economy; some would say it was where the Yes case fell down. Alex Bell, a one-time advisor to Alex Salmond, has said the 2014 case for independence is now "dead", while the man himself has said the Yes side were "gazumped" on currency. Need more? Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, a member of both Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon's economic advisory teams, has conceded that the proposal to share the pound with the UK "may have been a mistake". So there's appetite for change on the economic case within the Yes camp. Ms Sturgeon has previously insisted that "the pound is Scotland's currency" - albeit before it plummeted post-EUref - but her deputy Angus Robertson and various other SNP figures have suggested looking at a "Scottish pound". Equally, might the EU demand Scotland adopt the Euro as part of a route back into membership - and an implicit dig at Brexiteer Britain? Elsewhere, the Common Weal think-tank has put together an entire White Paper project - very much a work in progress, but also including proposals for a new currency - proposals enthusiastically backed at the latest meeting of the Scottish Independence Convention. Common Weal reckon setting up a new Scottish state would carry a one-off cost of £18.8bn, and say it would run a £8.8bn deficit in its first year of independence. Now these are, by their own admission, "very rough" estimates. But they are the kind of costed proposals Ms Sturgeon has the likes of Andrew Wilson beavering away on, to build a new economic case for independence. As an aside, does economics matter as much in the era of Brexit? After all, questions of sovereignty won out over dire economic warnings in the EU referendum. In any case, Ms Sturgeon will not pull the trigger on indyref2 without firm economic plans in hand. 7. Border and markets Much of the Holyrood debate around independence over Brexit has been characterised by opposition parties, chiefly Labour and the Tories, pointing out that Scotland does a lot more direct trade with the UK than it does with the EU. Now, obviously the UK market wouldn't simply disappear if Scotland were independent - in the same way that the European market isn't going to be sealed off to a post-Brexit Britain. However, relationships would undoubtedly change. The scale of that change would be the subject of intense debate in an indyref2 campaign, with the opposing sides doubtless coming up with radically different yet equally improvable estimates. The attitude of businesses would play a key role in the campaign; would they want to stay in Scotland and the EU, or head to Theresa May's "global Britain"? Again, how the Brexit process pans out might be instructive on that front. And what of borders? Ms Sturgeon's Brexit plan includes Scotland staying part of the UK and Ireland's common travel area, so it seems likely she would seek a similar deal even as an independent state. This was a simpler matter in 2014, before EU membership was bundled into the mix, but Yessers could point to the pledge there will not be a hard border in Northern Ireland for precedent. Depending on how Brexit pans out (as usual), Ireland may also provide an example of how a customs border would work between and independent Scotland and the UK - and indeed Ms Sturgeon has also already tried to set out proposals for avoiding this in her argument for Scots single market membership.

यूरोपीय संघ जनमत संग्रह के परिणाम के तुरंत बाद, निकोला स्टर्जन ने कहा कि "इंडिरेफ2" की "अत्यधिक संभावना" थी।


Jobless young Italians face life on the black market

Summary: Finding a job in Italy is hard enough, but it's only part of the battle. Many, especially the young, can find work only "on the black" - employed in the shadow economy, without a contract or the rights that go with it.

By Ben KingEconomics reporter, BBC News But after years stuck in this trap, Stella Sermoneta has had enough. She has decided to learn how to make pizza, a skill recognised and valued around the world. With this new skill, she hopes to find a new life overseas, perhaps in Israel or the US, where she has relatives. She has a job in Rome, working in a call centre, but she has no contract. She's employed illegally - "on the black". "If you work without a contract, you can't have lots of normal things like a new house because the bank doesn't give mortgages without a contract," she says. "You can't spend money on normal things because you don't know where you are going to be tomorrow." A black job won't give her a reference for her next step up the career ladder, and she doesn't feel she can start a family without more security. She says more than half her friends are in a similar position, and the only way out for her is to emigrate. Unpaid taxes The dire position of Italy's young in the job market was highlighted in August, when the rate of unemployment among 18 to 24-year-olds hit a record high of 40.1%. It's not clear how many young people are working informally, but Italy's black economy is known to be large. According to a study by Prof Friedrich Schneider of Johannes Kepler University of Linz in Austria, the shadow economy in Italy makes up a fifth of the country's entire GDP, higher than the EU average, and higher than Spain or Portugal. Italy's financial police, the Guardia di Finanza, are doing what they can to crack down on it. Last year they identified 30,000 illegal workers, of whom about 16,500 were employed completely on the black, with no contract whatsoever. "Fighting undeclared work is important as it harms and undermines many interests," says Lt Col Cosimo Virgilio of the Guardia di Finanza. "It hurts the state and the national budget, because it means taxes aren't paid. And our purpose is also to protect honest businesses. Those that comply with the law suffer unfair competition from other companies which are able to sell their goods and services at lower prices." The problem is more concentrated in Italy's poorer south, with sectors dominated by seasonal or casual work such as restaurants, hotels and other service industries like call centres or care homes. Stefano Ferraina, who runs a job centre in the south of Rome, confirms that working on the black has long been a feature of Italian working life. "It was once a short-term, temporary bridge," he says, "to fill the gap between education and a permanent job that would give the opportunity to start a family and create a future. "Now, unfortunately, this has increasingly become the only opportunity available." Death threats High employment taxes are one reason why it's tempting for employers to hire on the black. For every euro an employer spends on hiring a worker, 48 cents goes on taxes and social security payments, and only 52 cents into the employee's pocket. Cut out the taxes and payments, and workers look a lot cheaper. On top of this, a raft of regulations makes it unattractive for Italian employers to give young workers proper contracts. "Older workers are much more protected," says Pietro Reichlin, a professor of economics at Rome's LUISS University. "It is much more difficult for firms to get rid of staff if they are unproductive, or to make their contracts more flexible. So it is much easier for young guys to get employed with contracts that are not officially registered." To solve this problem, he says, Italy could look to reduce this burden of tax and regulation. But changing the rules around employment is a slow and difficult process in Italy. In 1999 and 2002, professors working as advisers to the government were murdered by left-wing paramilitaries opposed to labour market reform. Death threats have been made to advisers of the current government. Stella understands why employers hire people on the black. "You're not angry because you know what is behind the black market. They can't afford all the payments. They have to live too." But it's yet another barrier between Italy's youth and a career that allows them to fulfil their dreams.

इटली में नौकरी ढूंढना काफी कठिन है, लेकिन यह लड़ाई का केवल एक हिस्सा है। कई, विशेष रूप से युवा, केवल "काले लोगों पर" काम पा सकते हैं-बिना किसी अनुबंध या उसके साथ जाने वाले अधिकारों के, छाया अर्थव्यवस्था में कार्यरत।


Emmanuel Macron's charm offensive in Brussels debut

Summary: An enormous smile on the red carpet. A flirtatious wink for the BBC's political editor. Emmanuel Macron laid on the charm from the second he stepped out of his limo at his first meeting of the European Council in Brussels.

By Adam FlemingBBC News, Brussels At the president's mid-summit press conference, French journalists fought each other for the microphone to ask him a question. Everyone else just took pictures on their phones. He wooed the EU, saying it was "a pleasure" being there, "to look at so many subjects that are dear to me." The German newspaper Der Spiegel called him "The Summit Conqueror". "Macronmania" was the word used by others. In the build-up to these talks, Brussels officials pointed to Mr Macron's election as proof that voters still believed in the EU. "It's a return to the time of Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel," said one diplomat, referring to the duopoly that has often dominated the European Union. "It's better than just having Chancellor Merkel running things on her own," he added. The double act was sealed with a joint press conference at the end of the summit. It was standing-room only. "When France and Germany disagree, then Europe cannot progress," he said. It left journalists pondering what to call them: Merckron or Macrel? Although some commentators felt the Frenchman struck a more protectionist tone than Mrs Merkel, who spoke approvingly of upcoming EU trade deals. European Parliament President Antonio Tajani observed Mr Macron's first encounter with his 27 counterparts. "He's a highly intelligent man, at ease with the other leaders. But charm isn't an issue. They're politicians," he told the BBC. And Mr Macron is being taught the realities of summit life. His comments about an influx of eastern European workers being one of the causes of the UK's vote to leave the EU prompted a diplomatic row with some of his colleagues. "Poland is open to co-operation but it depends on Macron what it will look like: whether he will want to show off his hostility to eastern Europe in the media or have a fact-based discussion," said the Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo. And it looks like Mr Macron's big idea of giving the EU powers to block some foreign investment in sensitive areas of the European economy will be watered down. "It's been downgraded," said one diplomatic source. In Brussels Mr Macron is learning that the smile and the winks only get him so far.

लाल कालीन पर एक बड़ी मुस्कान। बी. बी. सी. के राजनीतिक संपादक के लिए एक चुलबुली पलकें। इमैनुएल मैक्रॉन ने ब्रुसेल्स में यूरोपीय परिषद की अपनी पहली बैठक में अपने लिमो से बाहर निकलने के दूसरे पल से आकर्षण को उजागर किया।


Devon eco-town's power centre plans approved

Summary: A building described by planners as "essential" to a new town in Devon has been given full planning permission.

Plans for more than 3,000 homes have been put forward by East Devon District Council to be built in Cranbrook as part of an eco-town, east of Exeter. The approved building is a combined heat and power centre based on the nearby Skypark business estate. It would provide power and heat for both local industry and for homes within the new town, planners said.

डेवोन में एक नए शहर के लिए योजनाकारों द्वारा "आवश्यक" के रूप में वर्णित एक इमारत को पूर्ण योजना की अनुमति दी गई है।


New free school in Ipswich town centre 'to open by 2019'

Summary: A new school could open in Ipswich town centre in 2019.

Ipswich Borough Council says it plans to buy part of the former Co-op department store on Carr Street, with the help of Suffolk County Council. The free school could be run by the Active Learning Trust (ALT), which operates four schools in the town. Borough council leader David Ellesmere said he was glad "a very complex project" could happen, after previous setbacks. A proposal for a new free school on the site was rejected by the government in April. For more stories, visit BBC Local Live: Suffolk A spokesman for the borough council said the cost of the land was "commercially sensitive" so would not be revealed at this time. The proposed purchase of the site will be discussed by the borough council's executive committee on 19 June. The Labour-led borough council has agreed to buy part of the store from the East of England Co-op, but will hand most of this land over to the government's Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). It will retain a small part of the site for use as a car park, with revenue from that used to cover the purchase cost of the store. The Co-op would retain the remainder of the site to the west of Cox Lane. The choice of free school provider is the responsibility of the ESFA. The borough council says it is anticipated it will be run by the Active Learning Trust (ALT), which already operates Chantry Academy and Gusford, Sidegate and Hillside primary schools in the town. Colin Noble, leader of Conservative-run Suffolk County Council, said the move demonstrated the authority's "commitment to addressing the educational needs in our county town".

2019 में इप्सविच टाउन सेंटर में एक नया स्कूल खोला जा सकता है।


Internet dating defies economic gloom

Summary: With many people looking for a partner preferring to search online than in a bar or club, the web dating business is worth more than £2bn a year worldwide and niche targeting is helping businesses meet customer needs.

By Melanie AbbottRadio 4's You and Yours One of the fastest growing online dating companies is Global Personals, based in Windsor, which was set up eight years ago. It currently employs 100 staff and has 14 websites including Just Widower Dating and Just Divorced Singles which cater for very specific markets. But 85% of Global Personals' income is from selling software for other people to host their own rebranded sites - known as "white-label" sites. "We provide the technology, customer care and database for other brands to put their label on it and market it to consumers," says founder Ross Williams. "In the last eight years, we went from nothing to £30m a year in revenues." It is a good money-spinner for Global Personals as they take half of any revenue generated by the white-label sites. The service is used by individuals who want to set up a dating business and also by several media companies for their linked dating sites like FHM, Bizarre and Maxim magazines. In total it hosts 6,000 white-label sites. But industry insiders point to the downside. Marc Leznick, who runs internet dating conferences for the industry, identifies potential drawbacks: "There are two things. Number one, I'm sharing the revenue. And now, let's say, three or four years pass and I want to sell this business. All those users are the value of the business, but I don't own them - the white-label host does." 'Pick up' training One person who did not want to share his revenue is Richard La Ruina. He runs one of the new crop of courses springing up and advertised online, which teach people how to pick up partners. Called "Pick Up Artist Training", it is for men looking for women and involves spending two days at "boot camp". It teaches how to secure a woman's number, how to text her, where to go on a date and how to behave. The charge is £779. Dharam Raja who teaches on the course did it himself three and a half years ago. "By the end of it, I felt I could go out and meet a woman and take her out on a date and get into a relationship if I wanted one." Critics have suggested the course concentrates more on picking up women than developing a relationship. The website bears testimonials like "Managed to pick up three girls in a week." Dharam rejects this: "If we advertise as 'Come and find your one true soul mate' - for women that might be spot on, but most men would search online for 'How do you meet women?' "You have to be on top of search terms for such things. Not all guys who come on the course want to sleep their way through the world. Many guys want to just meet the right person." Matrimonial sites Another specialist target is the Asian market, where sites such as Shaadi.com appeal to people who are more interested in settling down than dating. The Mumbai-based company claims to have fixed more than two million weddings worldwide since it opened 15 years ago. The site uses the same search criteria that families would use when trying to arrange a marriage in the traditional way but does everything online. Sanjay and Sunita met using the site and have been married for eight years. Sunita says: "I wasn't getting any younger and had already been through a bad marriage where I was formally introduced. "So this was a platform where the parent aspect was not there, and this would mean it was my decision rather than been influenced by outsiders." Her husband Sanjay believes matrimonial sites can help bridge the gap between traditional family values and modern dating. "It still isn't acceptable for people from our community to come home and say 'This is my boyfriend' or 'This is my girlfriend', so sites like this can act as a buffer until that does become the norm." You And Yours investigates consumer issues daily at 12 noon on BBC Radio 4. The investigations into the dating business can be heard from Wednesday 7 December to Friday 9 December. Or catch up later at the above link.

कई लोग एक बार या क्लब की तुलना में ऑनलाइन खोज करने के लिए एक साथी की तलाश कर रहे हैं, वेब डेटिंग व्यवसाय दुनिया भर में प्रति वर्ष £2bn से अधिक है और आला लक्ष्यीकरण व्यवसायों को ग्राहकों की जरूरतों को पूरा करने में मदद कर रहा है।


Missing Neath man's body found at riverbank

Summary: The body of a man who has been missing since January has been found on the banks of a river in Neath Port Talbot.

Richard Andrews' body was discovered on the edge of the River Neath at Neath Abbey Wharf in Skewen on 29 September. Officer from South Wales Police had been investigating the disappearance of Mr Andrews, known as Monkey in the Melyn area of Neath where he was from. Mr Andrews' family have been informed and are being supported, police said. South Wales Police has appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

जनवरी से लापता एक व्यक्ति का शव नीथ पोर्ट टैलबोट में एक नदी के तट पर मिला है।


Man injured in 'targeted' crash in Wolverhampton

Summary: A man has been injured in a crash in Wolverhampton in what police are treating as a "targeted attack".

The victim, in his late 30s, was hit in a crash involving three cars on Frederick Street, just before 04:45 GMT. He suffered "serious, life-changing injuries", West Midlands Police said. Dudley Road was expected to remain closed in both directions at Grove Street and the A415 junction until late in the afternoon.

वोल्वरहैम्प्टन में एक दुर्घटना में एक व्यक्ति घायल हो गया है जिसे पुलिस "लक्षित हमले" के रूप में देख रही है।