Who wants to play Rupert Murdoch?

Summary: A lead role in a West End stage show is something many actors would kill for. But when you have to play media baron Rupert Murdoch in a satirical pageant based on his life, it seems some people get cold feet.

By Elissa BlakeSydney Australian playwright David Williamson's play Rupert is slated to open in London's West End in the first half of 2015. It comes after a successful debut in Melbourne in 2013, a revival at the World Stages theatre festival in Washington DC in March this year, and another season soon to open in Sydney. But without a big name signed on for London, it's not a done deal, says Williamson. "All commercial productions rely on getting a cast that will attract an audience and we've found that some actors are actually scared of playing Rupert on stage." "The man has so much power and quite understandably, people - and that includes actors - don't want to offend him. He owns Fox Studios, for heavens' sake!" Taking on 'the dragon' The Sydney revival of Rupert, which opens on 29 November in the city's Theatre Royal, will star the 74-year-old American stage and screen actor James Cromwell, who has brushed aside any concerns for his future career. "I like taking on the dragon," he told an Australian media outlet. "And Murdoch is definitely the dragon… I'm not at the beginning of my career." Williamson says he holds no fears, either. At 72, the veteran playwright says he's got nothing to be scared of. "The lawyers went over everything very carefully," Williamson says. "You are constrained by libel laws which, in Australia, are extraordinarily stringent. But then Rupert has never shown much interest in the stuff that gets written about him." Mr Murdoch's media business has been headline news in the UK thanks to the lengthy deliberations of the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, ethics and practices of the press. Williamson has followed the enquiry closely and refers to it in the play. "But I haven't had to make any substantial changes because it's not a play about the phone-hacking affair. It's the story of 60 years of a man's life," Williamson says. "The phone hacking is such a minor part of the big picture. "I remember people saying to me that Leveson would be the end of Murdoch. I told them, you must be joking. This is just a blip." "I don't claim to be prescient very often but [Leveson] didn't really touch Rupert and it didn't really touch James [Murdoch]. Rupert finished? I doubt it." Richard and Rupert Rupert owes more to Shakespeare's Richard III than recent events in London, Williamson says. "Richard was someone who through boldness, opportunism, intelligence and charm gets to be king." "Rupert starts with a failing Adelaide newspaper and becomes the most powerful voice in the English-speaking world." Williamson says what Shakespeare's Richard does so effectively is charm the audience and draw them into his world. "That's what I want Rupert to do. Then it's up to the audience to decided whether they want to embrace that world or not." If Rupert makes it to the West End, it will be the latest in a string of plays Williamson has exported to the UK. Emerald City played at the Lyric Theatre in the late 1980s. The Removalists and Don's Party had seasons at the Royal Court. Michael Blakemore directed a production of Travelling North at the Lyric, Hammersmith in 1980 and Madonna starred in Up For Grabs at Wyndham's Theatre in 2002. "London isn't the be-all for me," says Williamson. "If it happens, then great, but it's not my ultimate ambition anymore." "I'm just really happy I can still write plays that people respond to."

वेस्ट एंड स्टेज शो में एक मुख्य भूमिका कुछ ऐसी होती है जिसके लिए कई अभिनेता जान से मार देते हैं। लेकिन जब आपको मीडिया बैरन रूपर्ट मर्डोक के जीवन पर आधारित एक व्यंग्य प्रतियोगिता में उनकी भूमिका निभानी होती है, तो ऐसा लगता है कि कुछ लोगों के पैर ठंडे पड़ जाते हैं।


Attempted murder arrest over 'random attack' in Reigate

Summary: A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was seriously hurt in a "random attack".

Police were called to an address in Warren Road, Reigate, at about 17:40 BST on Sunday. Surrey Police said a woman had been assaulted in "what appears to be a completely random attack". She is in hospital in a serious condition. A 45-year-old man, from Reigate, is in custody and inquiries are continuing, the force said. Det Sgt Kerry Akehurst said: "We do not believe at this time that there is any risk to any other members of the public."

एक "यादृच्छिक हमले" में एक महिला के गंभीर रूप से घायल होने के बाद हत्या के प्रयास के संदेह में एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


India's Kashmir move: Two perspectives

Summary: India's decision to revoke Article 370, a constitutional provision that granted special status for the part of Kashmir it controls, divided political opinion in the country. Shortly after the move the BBC asked two Indian politicians from opposite sides of the spectrum - Baijayant Jay Panda and Shashi Tharoor - to give their separate perspectives on the implications of India's decision. The perspectives stand alone and are not responses to each other.

'Kashmir now has the potential to be infinitely better' Baijayant Jay Panda is a four-time MP and a national Vice President of India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) It's notable that the government's move on Kashmir has enthused many more Indians than just the BJP's staunch supporters - many opposition leaders have also supported it. There have, however, been bitter recriminations by Kashmiri separatists, as well as some in India's opposition, who claim the move is unconstitutional and will end in tears. But it is hard to predict how a defanged Article 370 could in practice be any worse than the decades during which it prevailed. That era saw well over 40,000 deaths in Kashmir as well as two wars and a limited conflict fought over the region by India and Pakistan. It also saw the brutal persecution of hundreds of thousands of its minority Hindu Pandit community, who were forced out of the region in the 1990s as Muslim militancy grew. Kashmir now has the potential to be infinitely better. The region's special status under Article 370 meant that many progressive Indian court rulings and laws passed by parliament did not apply there. These included the prevention of child marriages, the rights of Dalits (formerly untouchables), attempts to eliminate discrimination against women and the LGBTQ community, and the prevention of corruption, among many others. The Nehru government's introduction of Article 370 into India's constitution in 1949, granting the region its own constitution, flag, and special status, was never tenable in the long run. Even Nehru himself said so, and it was explicitly worded as a temporary provision. In any event, Kashmir formally acceded to India in October 1947 under the same rules as all other princely states. Thereafter, strictly speaking, both the introduction of Article 370 and its amendments were a matter for India's Parliament. Neither Pakistan nor any other body has any legal role in the matter, any more than it would have for any other state that acceded to India. Importantly, the people of the region continue to have the same democratic rights as before, just like citizens of any other part of India. They will still have elections and constitutional rights of equality, just like all of India's 1.36 billion citizens, including more than 200 million Muslims. And although, as a union territory, it will have less devolution of administrative powers from the federal government than states, it will allow the union government to better co-ordinate federal and state resources for security. Since 1948, India's huge infusion of federal funds into Jammu and Kashmir (four times the amount for the rest of the country on a per capita basis) has not had a proportionately lasting effect. Though on several socioeconomic parameters Kashmir seems to be near the Indian average, that is not because of its own development, but rather because of large handouts from Delhi. Its special provisions not only facilitated enormous leakages from the Indian treasury, in conjunction with the security situation it also inhibited investment in a sustainable local economy. That is set to change dramatically. A major business meeting is planned for October, and some of the biggest Indian companies have indicated they will announce large investments. It is not just the big players - many others are keen to participate in its development. Land is an emotive issue all over the Indian subcontinent and this region is no exception. Article 370 not only prevented Indians from other parts from buying land there, but even disenfranchised Kashmiri women who married non-Kashmiris. Modern, liberal democracies should have no place for such discrimination. Though there are similar restrictions in a few other states as well, there is a crucial difference. In the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, for instance, there is a specified length of residency required before Indians from outside the state can buy land. While requiring a demonstration of commitment to a region for land purchase can arguably be a good thing, a total ban based on regionalism or gender will only foster ghettoisation. Similar arguments have been made about preserving the demographics of India's only Muslim-majority state. That goes to the root of Pakistan's angst about the region because of its foundational two-nation theory - but that is surely redundant after its eastern wing broke away citing linguistic and ethnic discrimination to become the nation of Bangladesh. On the other hand, unlike the dwindling of Pakistan's minorities, India has seen the flourishing of its own, with Muslims going from less than 10% of the population after partition to more than 14% now. India's Muslims have seen all-round success too. They have held high office in political, judicial and military circles, and joined the ranks of the nation's billionaires. The autonomy that Kashmiris have aspired for is already built into the federal structure of the biggest democracy that humankind has ever seen. As a fully integrated part of it, whether now as a union territory or later once again as a state, it will be much better placed to deliver a better life to its people. As India's Ambassador to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, so eloquently put it, the amendment of Article 370 has no external implications whatsoever. The temporary security measures there have successfully prevented the engineering of violence and casualties; and as for dialogue with Pakistan, India remains committed to the Shimla agreement, which saw both nations conceive steps to normalise relations and end conflict. 'The Kashmir move is a betrayal of democracy' Shashi Tharoor is a Congress party MP and former diplomat The revocation of Article 370 and of Article 35A, which permitted Kashmir to define its "permanent residents" and what distinguishes them (which, among other things, restricted others from acquiring or inheriting property there) was meant to be a bold move. The government's defenders argue that autonomy had only enhanced a sense of separateness in the Kashmir valley, and had not prevented the region from experiencing large-scale separatist violence. They say it permitted a growing Islamicisation which led to the brutal persecution of the Kashmiri Pandits (high-caste Hindus) from their traditional homes in the valley, and that the special status prevented progressive Indian laws and court rulings (such as those assuring affirmative action to Scheduled Castes and the Dalit community) applying to the state. All this is, of course, true, but it had happened despite Article 370 - not because of it. The stripping of special status, apologists also argue, would ensure more economic development in the state, since non-Kashmiris would be free to buy land and would invest more freely. Indeed, in the weeks since the revocation was announced, the governor has invited out-of-state investors for a conference; big corporations, including India's biggest, Reliance, have conveyed their intention to start projects in the state; and Bollywood producers have been tripping over themselves to book all possible titles for future blockbusters to be made in and about the state. Most distastefully, a senior politician in Haryana state suggested their gender-balance problems could be more easily overcome through the import of fair Kashmiri girls. Many, however, worry that the short and medium-term damage caused by this decision will greatly outweigh the theoretical long-term benefits. First and foremost is the violence to India's democratic culture: the government has changed the basic constitutional relationship of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to the republic of India without consulting them or their elected representatives. The legal sleight of hand employed here sends ominous signals to other Indian states: if it can be done to Jammu and Kashmir, it can be done to you in future. By claiming that (as the Indian constitution requires) the agreement of the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been obtained, when it is under direct federal rule, and translating "state" to mean the governor Delhi itself has appointed, the government has in effect taken its own consent to amend the constitution. The decision was brought to parliament (where the ruling party's majority guaranteed its prompt passage) without consultation with the local political parties; with the state legislature suspended for more than six months; and with democratically elected political leaders under "preventive" arrest. Kashmir itself was literally plunged into the dark while this coup was carried out: educational institutions were closed, exams postponed, stores and petrol pumps shut, television networks suspended, communications cut, landlines blocked, the internet down. The vast majority of our Kashmiri citizens were forced to live in a near-total blackout while their status was transformed. Even if the government's lawyers can convince the Supreme Court (where their actions have predictably been challenged) that it is upholding the letter of the law, this action betrays the spirit of Indian democracy and has rightly been described as an act of "garrison governance". The economic damage is already becoming apparent. Tourism, the lifeline of Kashmir, has been devastated; decades of effort by all Indian governments to convey a message of normalcy to the world, to reverse the advisories by foreign governments telling their citizens not to travel to Kashmir by assuring foreigners that the state was not in crisis and was safe to visit, have been undone by this action. The irony is that the prime minister, on a visit to the state in 2017, had called on the youth of Kashmir (where unemployment, at 24.6%, is double the rate of the rest of India) to choose between tourism and terrorism. Tourism could have absorbed many of these unemployed youths. But now the tourists have been thrown out with the clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir; advisories are again being issued by foreign governments, the fabled houseboats are out of business, and handicraft makers and carpet-weavers - the great artisans of Kashmir - are broke. The Amarnath Yatra - a proud symbol of Indian secularism - which annually takes thousands of Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in the snowy north of the state, has been rudely interrupted. Most worryingly, by locking up democratic parties and their leaders, the government is opening up the space for undemocratic forces. The special status accorded the state served as a fig-leaf to permit a host of Kashmiri leaders to participate in mainstream politics as defenders of autonomy within India. Now this cover has been stripped away; the state's leading politicians have been rendered irrelevant and powerless to stop extremism. Delhi had claimed that the government was winning the battle against terrorism - but now it may have given a fresh lease of life to terrorism, a new injustice for militants to cite. It may drive more misguided young Kashmiris to join them than ever before and place more of India's brave and beleaguered soldiers in harm's way. While so far Delhi's actions have been greeted peacefully, it is too early to predict what might happen when the clampdown is eased and lifted, as some day it must be. Read more on Kashmir:

अनुच्छेद 370 को निरस्त करने का भारत का निर्णय, एक संवैधानिक प्रावधान जिसने अपने नियंत्रण वाले कश्मीर के हिस्से को विशेष दर्जा दिया था, देश में राजनीतिक राय को विभाजित कर दिया। इस कदम के तुरंत बाद बीबीसी ने दो भारतीय राजनेताओं-बैजयंत जय पांडा और शशि थरूर-से भारत के फैसले के प्रभावों पर अपना अलग दृष्टिकोण देने के लिए कहा। दृष्टिकोण अकेले खड़े हैं और एक दूसरे के लिए प्रतिक्रिया नहीं हैं।


ICTU criticises Stormont House Agreement as 'bad deal'

Summary: The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has criticised the Stormont House Agreement as a "bad deal".

The trade union umbrella group placed advertisements in Northern Ireland's three daily newspapers on Thursday. They highlight the organisation's opposition to the deal that was agreed between Northern Ireland's five main parties before Christmas. ICTU claims that money being offered by the government is not new money. It said that at least 20,000 jobs could disappear under a government redundancy scheme.

आयरिश कांग्रेस ऑफ ट्रेड यूनियन (आई. सी. टी. यू.) ने स्टॉर्मोंट हाउस समझौते की "खराब सौदा" के रूप में आलोचना की है।


Murder charge over Warrington man's death

Summary: A man has been charged murdering a 21-year-old who died after suffering "serious injuries".

Declan Bunting was found badly injured when police were called to a home in Wilderspool Causeway, Latchford, in the early hours of Saturday. He later died at Warrington General Hospital. A 31-year-old was remanded in custody to appear at Warrington Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

एक व्यक्ति पर एक 21 वर्षीय युवक की हत्या का आरोप लगाया गया है, जिसकी "गंभीर चोटों" से मौत हो गई थी।


India's 'desperate housewives' scramble to change secret savings

Summary: Many anxious Indians have been flocking to banks to change money that is no longer legal. Among them are worried housewives who had saved up cash "secretly" for years. The BBC's Vikas Pandey meets some of them.

People formed long queues at banks on Thursday waiting to exchange 500 and 1,000 rupee notes after they were withdrawn on Tuesday night as part of anti-corruption measures. Anxious Indians swap banned banknotes 'No customers': Indians react to currency ban Can India's currency ban really curb the black economy? Most Indian housewives are in the habit of saving small amounts of money, often taken from their husbands' earnings. In many cases significant amounts of cash have suddenly been declared worthless. 'I save up for rainy days' Indu Mehra lives in Delhi's Karol Bagh area and has been quietly saving little amounts for more than 10 years. Her husband, who runs a business, didn't know about her savings until Wednesday. "I frequently got cash as gifts from my parents and my husband for more than 10 years. This amount was meant for rainy days and my husband and children didn't know about it, but now they know. "I support Mr Modi's move, but I don't like the way he did it. He should have given us some notice, then I may have been able to quietly change my savings without my husband getting to know about them. "Also, I have seen daily-wage labourers struggle to buy basic things like food and milk in the last few days. Given the queues at banks today, their situation is unlikely to change for a few days." 'Savings system disrupted' Priya Rohtan didn't want her husband to know about her savings, and said he was "shocked" after he found out. "I never told my husband about my savings because I feared that he would spend it. I saved money from his earnings only, but didn't want him to know. I saved for my two children's future. "When I told him on Wednesday that I had some extra cash savings, he was shocked. But he started laughing at the fact that I saved money from his earnings and he didn't know about it. I don't know about corruption and demonetisation, I am just angry that my savings system has now been disrupted." 'Secret savings box' Kiran Rajpal was queuing up at a bank in Delhi along with her daughter to deposit her savings into her account. She says that she will tell her husband only after she manages to deposit them into her account. "I don't think my husband is going to be upset when I tell him about my savings. I think he will see the point that I saved, mostly from his salary, for our children's future. I don't think I have done anything unusual, every Indian woman has a secret savings box that she keeps for emergencies or occasions like birthdays and weddings. "Ideally, I wouldn't have liked my husband to know about my savings. But at the same time I agree that this [banning currency notes] had to happen because of so much corruption around us." 'I preferred to save' Asha Chhabra says she has never faced any crash crunch in her life, but "still saved little amounts frequently". "I started saving more after getting married about 30 years ago. My husband runs a transport business and we have never faced any cash shortage, but I still preferred to save. I didn't tell anybody in the family about my savings, but now they will all find out after they see my bank account details. "I am not worried about going to the bank to deposit my savings because it's all legal, and I have accumulated it over several years. Also, I am not sure about my husband's reaction when he finds out. I think he will be fine with it." 'Not a secret any more' Sunita Saigal is a school teacher and supports the government's decision. She says she doesn't mind "little problems like queues" because it "will reduce corruption". "It's okay that women like me now have to reveal our secrets. But we shouldn't worry because we save for our families. I have given money to my children and husband so many times from my savings box, but I always ensure that I keep replenishing it. "I will continue to do that, just that now my savings secret won't be a secret any more."

कई चिंतित भारतीय पैसे बदलने के लिए बैंकों में आ रहे हैं जो अब वैध नहीं है। उनमें से चिंतित गृहिणियां हैं जिन्होंने वर्षों से "गुप्त रूप से" नकदी बचाई थी। बीबीसी के विकास पांडे उनमें से कुछ से मिलते हैं।


Is Pope Francis' contraception hint just a puff of smoke?

Summary: Pope Francis made headlines this week when he hinted that contraception may be acceptable in cases of Zika virus risk. But the BBC's Rome correspondent David Willey, who has written several books about the Vatican, does not believe it is a significant change of stance.

By David WilleyBBC Vatican correspondent Time was when popes of the Catholic Church spoke confidently and, some believed, "infallibly" to their flock only from Rome, the centre of their worldwide religious domain. Then came papal jet travel, and the possibility of holding informal news conferences with journalists in an Airbus at 36,000 feet, as the Pope flies away and back to Rome on his pilgrimages all over the world. The transcontinental journeys of Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis cancelled for ever the historical image of the pope as "prisoner of the Vatican". It has been my privilege to accompany the last three popes on many of their journeys. Most memorable were those with Pope, now Saint, John Paul, on dozens of his more than 100 foreign trips which took us over the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans to countries as far away as Australia, Brazil, Japan, Kenya and the Seychelles. First there came informal chats in seven different languages as the pope wandered back through the aisles in the economy class cabin, which sometimes led to chaotic scenes of cameramen scrambling over seats, and us straining our ears to overhear what he was saying and note it down or record it. Then the news sessions gradually became more organised, with the pope's voice linked into the plane's intercom system. Today, Pope Francis simply stands with a microphone in his hand by a bulkhead in his chartered Airbus to field questions from selected journalists. He makes instant news when his Q&A sessions, neatly taped and edited for TV and transcribed for the written press, are released amid a flood of tweets soon after he lands. What everyone was bursting to know in the light of the outbreak of the Zika virus in Central and South America: Will there be any change in the Catholic Church's teaching, particularly its 1968 ban on artificial contraception? It will soon be half a century since Pope Paul VI issued his controversial encyclical Humanae Vitae which in effect put a clamp on all future discussions on the subject. Given government health service advice to women in some South American countries to postpone pregnancies because of the risk of birth defects among their future babies, should the Catholic Church relax its ban on abortion and artificial contraception? Abortion, never, said Francis. It is a crime. But contraception, under certain emergency conditions, well, perhaps. Such as in the civil wars in the then Belgian colony of Congo during the 1960s when nuns who risked rape as war victims were authorised by Pope Paul VI to take the pill. Was this a real chink in the curtain which came down in 1968? The weakness of the Catholic Church's position on artificial contraception is that most Catholic women in most parts of the world have openly and steadily disobeyed papal teaching. Over 95% of sexually active Catholic women in the United States ignore the ban, according to independent opinion polls. Flying over the United States on his return from his latest foreign trip to Mexico, Pope Francis put forward the ethical "lesser evil" argument, hinting that perhaps the use of contraceptives might be allowed to prevent the potential infection of a new-born with Zika. "Unlike abortion," Pope Francis said, "avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil." Reaction from liberal Catholics was predictably critical. For Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, headquartered in Washington, Francis' remarks were "profoundly disappointing for the Global North". And for the Global South his views were "devastating and could be deadly" given that if women desperate to end a pregnancy don't have access to legal and safe services, they resort to unsafe abortions. When popes choose to speak up in the clouds in these rarefied and restricted semi-impromptu news conferences, some confusion seems bound to arise. There are few opportunities for follow-up questions and next-day world headlines reflect some puzzlement among editorial writers and journalists about what the pope really means. And well meaning attempts by Vatican spokesman Father Lombardi to further interpret Pope Francis' words seem only to spread the fog of speculation caused by these extra-terrestrial gatherings. Despite the headlines, despite the almost universal perception that Pope Francis has brought a whiff of fresh air through the corridors of the Vatican, I detect no undue haste to undo the teachings of his predecessors.

पोप फ्रांसिस ने इस सप्ताह सुर्खियां बटोरी जब उन्होंने संकेत दिया कि जीका वायरस के जोखिम के मामलों में गर्भनिरोधक स्वीकार्य हो सकता है। लेकिन बीबीसी के रोम संवाददाता डेविड विली, जिन्होंने वेटिकन के बारे में कई किताबें लिखी हैं, उनका मानना है कि यह रुख में एक महत्वपूर्ण बदलाव नहीं है।


Idris Elba takes on Beastly African warfare role

Summary: Already famous for his roles as Stringer Bell and DI John Luther in the TV shows The Wire and Luther, London-born Idris Elba is being tipped not only as the next Bond, but for an Oscar nomination for his new film, Beasts of No Nation.

By Emma Jones Entertainment reporter It's made by Cary Fukunaga, director of the acclaimed True Detective TV series and is a harrowing exploration of child soldiering in West Africa. Elba plays the charismatic but ruthless Commandant, who keeps his young recruits in his thrall with an eerie contradiction of intimidation and paternal care Describing it as "one of the greatest parts I've ever been offered", the actor calls the Commandant "very attractive because he is so multi-layered. It gave me an opportunity to study the mechanics of leadership and charisma. "I had to study dictators such as Hitler for this. The Commandant sees himself as destined for greater things than just his small army and the small piece of territory it occupies. "He's definitely not a one-dimensional villain. He really loves being idolised and he's highly regimented. He can be jovial and then he just descends into darkness. Really, he was wonderfully complicated." Beasts of No Nation is based on a 2005 novel by Nigerian author Uzodinma Iweala, which follows the story of Agu, a young boy from a fictional West African country who loses his family when civil war breaks out. Fleeing into the jungle, he is recruited by Elba's character and is brutally initiated into his band of soldiers, who are predominantly children. Elba was already a fan of the book, and had read it partly to research his own West African heritage. "I'd love for film audiences to gain what the book gives you - a deeper understanding of how child soldiers have come to be a resource for armies across the world," he says. "This was also a rare chance to explore my roots in a film - we shot on the coast in Ghana, where my mum comes from. Obviously because my dad comes from Sierra Leone, child-soldiering is an issue that I've wanted to familiarise myself with." The UN estimates there are anywhere between 300,000 and 500,000 child soldiers serving in the world - mainly in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, India, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen and Sudan. While children are often as young as six, the average age is 14. Often, they are used for front-line fighting as well as carrying and loading ammunition. Elba describes Beasts of No Nation as a platform to show "the emotional underbelly of child soldiering. We may know they exist but we've never fully appreciated why, and what the relationship is between them and their leaders. "The Commandant behaves with purpose to numb these children, to disrupt their social structure and then tell them they can fight back. I'm told terrorist organisations like Boko Haram do exactly the same thing." Fukunaga discovered the boy who would play Agu, 14-year-old Abraham Attah, at a football match in Ghana. Fukunaga's original plan was to cast only non-actors in the film and he feared Elba was "too famous" to want the role. But he describes Elba as a "force of nature" and asked him to display some of the Commandant's qualities with the young boys on set. "They wanted me to take on this alpha-male-like stance even when the cameras weren't turning - and I needed to," says Elba. "When I first got there, some of the kids would stand right in front of me, just staring me out. These are tough street kids we're talking about, kids who've grown up in refugee camps and there were a few former child soldiers cast too. "Had I shown the slightest bit of weakness, that would have been it - we wouldn't have been able to make the film. I couldn't blink first. I had to adopt the attitude of 'What are you looking at?' and then they'd back off. "In real life Abraham is like my own son - off-set we'd play football - but as soon as we were on set, there would be this antagonistic, dysfunctional father-son relationship." Elba points out that it was Abraham Attah who won the Best Actor prize at the Venice International Film Festival, and describes himself as "a real proud dad about it", but much of the critical praise for the film has been heaped on the older actor's shoulders. He - and the movie - are now regarded as front-runners for awards season, but Elba, who missed out on a nomination for playing Nelson Mandela two years ago in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, is refusing to be drawn on it. "When you make an independent film like this it's a real struggle to get anyone to see it at all. And this is a truly independent film. You're just lucky if anyone gets to see it. So if we are being applauded, it means people will see it, and I am proud for everyone." Swelling the audience, Elba believes, is the fact that this is video-streaming site Netflix's first foray into film-making. "The model isn't proven yet but there's a possibility of getting up to 68 million people watching in a day. "Let's be honest, a film like this would never get that many people to see it, ever, so I think it has massive potential for the film industry." Earlier this year, Elba seemed to rule himself out of reports that he could be cast as the new James Bond, telling the British Film Institute: "If there was ever any chance of getting it, it's long gone - the rumour got so big it seems to have eaten itself". More immediately, he's returning to the BBC as DCI John Luther for two special episodes. "Die-hard fans still expect to meet me wearing Luther's overcoat and are so disappointed when I'm not. "I'm really grateful there are a few parts I've done that audiences seem to appreciate, but there's one thing that Beasts has given me and that's the desire to direct. I watched Cary doing it; he's given me a few tips and tricks - I've really learned from him. I hope that's going to be on the cards for me in the future." Beasts of No Nation is in UK cinemas and will be available on Netflix from 16 October.

टीवी शो द वायर एंड लूथर में स्ट्रिंगर बेल और डी. आई. जॉन लूथर के रूप में अपनी भूमिकाओं के लिए पहले से ही प्रसिद्ध, लंदन में जन्मे इदरीस एल्बा को न केवल अगले बॉन्ड के रूप में, बल्कि उनकी नई फिल्म, बीस्ट्स ऑफ नो नेशन के लिए ऑस्कर नामांकन के लिए भी चुना जा रहा है।


UUP and the Tories - how brothers became cousins

Summary: A year ago, local Conservatives and Ulster Unionists believed their electoral alliance would reap dividends. However, the project is now dead after they failed to win a seat in the General Election. Political reporter Stephen Walker examines the mood at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

As he waited to speak at a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference Sir Reg Empey may have wondered how different his life would have been had he become an MP. Last May, he tried to unseat the DUP MP for South Antrim Willie McCrea. It was seen as a last ditch attempt to win at least one parliamentary seat for the Conservatives and Unionists. His attempt failed and with it went the future of the UCUNF project. As Sir Reg spoke to Conservative activists and business people a few hundred yards away, the Conservative leader David Cameron was preparing to meet Tom Elliot in a Birmingham hotel. Had things gone better for Sir Reg Empey it was the meeting he should have been at. Sir Reg Empey's successor, Tom Elliot, made it clear during his campaign for the Ulster Unionist leadership that the alliance with the Tories would not continue as before. Many in both parties share the new leader's analysis, but differ on why it failed to produce any MPs. Blame game Conservatives and Ulster Unionists remain friendly and that is evident in fringe meetings in Birmingham. They share common aims and values but there is a blame game still going on some five months after the general election. Conservatives feel aggrieved that the process of selecting joint candidates took too long. Privately, they say UUP officials dragged their feet and wasted valuable time. In turn, Ulster Unionists think the process of candidate selection was too cumbersome and the message on the doorstep was confusing. Some UUP members felt that local Conservatives had too big an influence. Others blame media coverage of 'Tory cuts' as a barrier to people voting for UCUNF. Family In Birmingham it is clear the relationship is changing. UUP members and Conservatives will remain part of the unionist family. However, instead of being brothers in arms they are now a little like distant cousins. Happy to be related but they just want to do things their own way. Tom Elliot made that approach clear in his meeting with David Cameron. The new UUP leader remarked afterwards that the alliance was 'not acceptable in its current form'. What it could mean is that both parties maintain a working relationship and discuss ideas of interest but it is apparent the era of joint candidates is over. It is all in stark contrast to the optimism that was obvious in the autumn of 2009. At last year's Conservative Conference I met UUP and Tory activists from Northern Ireland. I remember talking to prospective UCUNF candidates who were bubbling with enthusiasm. They were people from all kinds of backgrounds. Their number included women and people new to politics. They were new candidates for new times. They believed they were about to break the political mould by capturing seats back from the DUP. Twelve months on, the reality is very different. They are delighted that the Conservatives are in power but at a local level feel disappointed. Looking back, activists on both sides know mistakes were made and they now have to recapture lost ground. Never mind a week being a long time in politics - for some, the last year must seem like an eternity.

एक साल पहले, स्थानीय कंज़र्वेटिव और अल्स्टर यूनियनवादियों का मानना था कि उनके चुनावी गठबंधन से लाभ होगा। हालाँकि, आम चुनाव में एक सीट जीतने में विफल रहने के बाद परियोजना अब समाप्त हो गई है। राजनीतिक रिपोर्टर स्टीफन वॉकर बर्मिंघम में कंज़र्वेटिव पार्टी सम्मेलन में मनोदशा की जांच करते हैं।


Firm creates 50 new care worker jobs across Powys

Summary: Fifty new jobs have been created by a care firm in Powys.

Abacare, which has offices in Newtown and Bangor, provides care for vulnerable adults in their own homes. The jobs on offer are in Newtown and Welshpool and in the surrounding towns and villages. Dawn Williams, head of head resources at Abacare, said it was "great" the jobs were on offer.

पॉव्स में एक देखभाल फर्म द्वारा पचास नई नौकरियों का सृजन किया गया है।


Man faces Fraserburgh attempted murder charge

Summary: A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a man was seriously injured in Fraserburgh.

A 30-year-old man was hurt in the incident in the town's Buchan Road last Thursday night. Aaron Morrison, 39, of Fraserburgh, appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court charged with assault to severe injury, the danger of life, and attempted murder. He made no plea and was remanded in custody.

फ्रेजरबर्ग में एक व्यक्ति के गंभीर रूप से घायल होने के बाद हत्या के प्रयास के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


Police investigation to identify body found in Dundee burn

Summary: Police are attempting to establish the identity of a body recovered from a burn in the Fintry area of Dundee.

The discovery was made at the Dighty Burn in Finlathen Park at about 09:15 on Monday. Officers have not confirmed whether the body was male or female or if there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. A police tent was erected by the side of the water following the discovery and the area cordoned off.

पुलिस डंडी के फिंट्री इलाके में जलने से बरामद एक शव की पहचान करने का प्रयास कर रही है।


Leyton Orient's Olympic stadium review plea rejected

Summary: Leyton Orient's written application for judicial review into the tenancy of the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, has been rejected by a court.

A spokesman for the east London club said it will now have to decide whether to ask for a hearing in front of a judge. West Ham was declared as the anchor tenants for the stadium in March and will pay £2m a year in rent. The club is expected to move into it from August 2016. Leyton Orient has previously expressed fears that West Ham moving to the Olympic Stadium would affect numbers attending matches at the Orient's ground nearby.

पूर्वी लंदन के स्ट्रैटफोर्ड में ओलंपिक स्टेडियम के किरायेदारी में न्यायिक समीक्षा के लिए लेटन ओरिएंट के लिखित आवेदन को एक अदालत ने खारिज कर दिया है।


Liverpool murder: Fifth man arrested over James Taylor shooting

Summary: A fifth man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a father who was waiting to pick up his daughter from a dance class.

James Taylor, 34, was found in Holy Cross Close, Liverpool after witnesses described hearing a number of gunshots on 7 February. Merseyside Police believe he was killed in a "targeted attack". The latest arrest, of a 34-year-old Liverpool man, was made on Wednesday. Four others have been released on bail. The men, aged between 24 and 50, were previously held on suspicion of murder or conspiracy to commit murder. Related Internet Links Merseyside Police

पांचवें व्यक्ति को एक पिता की घातक गोलीबारी के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया गया है जो एक नृत्य कक्षा से अपनी बेटी को लेने के लिए इंतजार कर रहा था।


Scrabble champs and shin-kick kings: England's unsung winners

Summary: English sport has enjoyed a summer of success, from the cricketers' Ashes victory to our athletes' gold-winning efforts at the World Championships. But England is also home to many other men, women and children who are among the global elite in their respective disciplines.

By Duncan LeatherdaleBBC News From the cerebral challenge of the Scrabble board to the centuries-old ritual of shin-kicking, here are just some of England's World Champions. Scrabble Knowing the word for a form of Muslim divorce made Craig Beevers a world champion. The 34-year-old was crowned the world's best Scrabble player in London in 2014, beating 100 competitors from 40 different countries. And talaq secured him a crucial 42 points in his 440 to 412-point final win. "I had to get rid of that Q and I knew there were no more Is or Us to come," he said. The 34-year-old, who hails from Stockton-on-Tees but lives in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, started playing seriously as a 22-year-old student in Sheffield. Former Countdown winner Mr Beevers will soon be releasing a book to instruct other hopeful Scrabble champions. "It's the ultimate game, it has a bit of everything," he said. "It's not just all strategy like chess, or luck of the draw like poker. "You get elements of everything in Scrabble." His highest ever score was for bumbazes, meaning to confound or perplex. Mr Beevers said it secured him either 204 or 213 points (although he can remember up to 150,000 words, he can't quite recall the correct score). Shin-kicking "Not many people can say they are a world champion at a sport played just five minutes from their home." So says Adam Miller, a 25-year-old Cotswolds farmer who beat his best friend in May to become world shin-kicking champion. The sport is one of the longest running at the Robert Dover's Cotswold Olimpicks, which were first held in 1612. The aim is to fell your opponent by - as the name suggests - kicking them in the shins. "I'm pleased to have won," Mr Miller said. "I've done something with my life which I can tell my kids and grandkids about, to be a world champion of something is an achievement to be proud of. "If you haven't arranged your padding properly and someone kicks you it does hurt, I did get a few bruises and cuts, but it's not bad, it was what I expected." The farmer said the upper-body strength gained from his day job proved very helpful in his championship-winning bout. "There is a lot of strategy and skill to it as well as strength," says Olimpicks chairman Graham Greenall. "We do get people from all over the world coming to compete, it's famous around the globe." Pooh sticks Residents of Burford may not realise, but they share their Oxfordshire town with a family of world champions. Steven and Helen Blantz and their children Sam, 11, Eve, 10, and Jessica five, are the reigning team champions at Pooh sticks, the game created by author AA Milne in Winnie the Pooh. "We are very proud of it," said Steven, an IT buyer in London. "We have shown our sporting prowess but we are being modest about it as well. "It's not something you expect to happen. "It's great that there are events like this which enable ordinary people to become world champion; it doesn't really matter whether you win or lose, just taking part is enough fun." The world championships are contested annually in Witney, Oxfordshire. Competitors must drop sticks in to the River Windrush, with the first to pass beneath the bridge and cross the finishing line declared the winner. "Some people claim it's skill, but really I think there is a lot of luck," said Lesley Adams of event organisers the Rotary Club of Oxford Spires. About 500 people took part this year, using officially-sanctioned sticks, which are collected for reuse after being dropped in the river. Conkers Stephanie Withall enjoys being among the global elite. "The kudos is super," said Ms Withall, who has competed at conkers for the past three years. Ms Withall, 38, a business psychologist and amateur beekeeper from Towcester, was crowned the ladies champion at the 2014 World Conkers Championship. She would not be drawn on the secret of her being the best lady, saying only: "I drank less beer than in previous years. "I have been anxious about defending it from the moment I won it," she said, adding: "It would be nice to keep it but I know the odds are against me, I will give it a good go though." The annual contest is held on the second Sunday of October in Southwick, Northamptonshire. And it is a truly global - and occasionally controversial - conflict, said organising committee member St.John Burkett, with representatives from 14 nations taking part. "People have been known to cheat," he said. "They might drill out the middle and fill it with superglue, cook them in the oven to make them super-hard or boil them in vinegar, which softens the shell and makes them much harder to crack." To eradicate rule-breaking, all conkers are provided by the organisers from a secret group of trees. More than 1,000 are collected, inspected and attached to 30cm long leather leashes. "The rules are very strict, we take it very seriously," said Mr Burkett. "For example, we have strong rules about drinking beer; usually the problem is people don't drink enough." There are several different techniques, said Mr Burkett, ranging from hard smashes, to small nibbles which weaken the opponent's conker without doing too much damage to your own. "You have to use strength, strategy and guile," he said. "And practice is key, a lot of people turn up on the day without practising. "They don't normally do that well, and if they do a lot of the seasoned players start to grumble."

क्रिकेटरों की एशेज जीत से लेकर विश्व चैंपियनशिप में हमारे खिलाड़ियों के स्वर्ण जीतने के प्रयासों तक अंग्रेजी खेल ने सफलता की गर्मियों का आनंद लिया है। लेकिन इंग्लैंड कई अन्य पुरुषों, महिलाओं और बच्चों का भी घर है जो अपने-अपने विषयों में वैश्विक अभिजात वर्ग में से हैं।


Unison union members vote against strike over Cosla pay offer

Summary: Council workers in Scotland have narrowly voted against going on strike over a pay offer described by their union Unison "as miserly".

Local government umbrella body Cosla offered staff a 1% pay rise which had followed on from a two year pay freeze. Unison, which balloted its 75,000 members working for Scotland's 32 local authorities, said the offer had been "reluctantly" accepted. Cosla had claimed a bigger pay rise could mean more job cuts. The union's members include cooks, cleaners, classroom assistants, housing staff, library workers, cleansing and environmental protection staff and trading standards workers.

स्कॉटलैंड में परिषद के कर्मचारियों ने अपने संघ यूनिसन द्वारा "दयनीय" के रूप में वर्णित वेतन प्रस्ताव पर हड़ताल पर जाने के खिलाफ मतदान किया है।


Dyson's £250m Malmesbury expansion plan approved

Summary: Outline plans to double the size of Dyson's research centre in Wiltshire have been approved by planners.

The engineering firm says the £250m expansion of its Malmesbury headquarters will eventually bring 3,000 new jobs to the town. Planning conditions have been added regarding archaeological issues and addressing site access, along with concerns about increased traffic. The expansion is expected to be the largest in the firm's 20-year history. A spokesperson for Dyson said the decision was just one part of a number of stages in the planning process and they did not want to comment further.

विल्टशायर में डायसन के शोध केंद्र के आकार को दोगुना करने की रूपरेखा योजनाओं को योजनाकारों द्वारा अनुमोदित किया गया है।


Staff forced to leave Shetland council headquarters

Summary: Shetland Islands Council has been forced to move staff out of its headquarters in Lerwick because of structural concerns.

More than 200 workers have been moved from the North Ness building to other offices across the town. The council took on the lease four years ago. Chief executive Mark Boden: "It is unfortunate that we are having to disrupt the public services which operate out of North Ness." He explained: "It is essential that work goes ahead to remedy any faults within the property."

शेटलैंड द्वीप परिषद को संरचनात्मक चिंताओं के कारण लर्विक में अपने मुख्यालय से कर्मचारियों को स्थानांतरित करने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ा है।


Festival opening for Darwin's garden in Shrewsbury

Summary: Charles Darwin's garden will get its official opening in Shrewsbury as part of town's annual celebratory festival, which got under way on Sunday.

The festival, in honour of the Shropshire-born scientist, features a variety of concerts, talks and tours. Festival organiser the Shropshire Wildlife Trust bought the garden on Middle Walk, where he spent his childhood, a year ago. The Darwin Festival runs until 21 February. Charles Darwin 1809-1882 A trust spokesman said the aim was to aim to inspire people with curiosity about the natural world. Darwin's garden will be officially opened on February 14.

चार्ल्स डार्विन के उद्यान का शहर के वार्षिक उत्सव उत्सव के हिस्से के रूप में श्रूसबरी में आधिकारिक उद्घाटन होगा, जो रविवार को शुरू हुआ।


Birmingham pub bombings: What we know

Summary: More than 40 years ago 21 people were killed by bombs in two Birmingham pubs. No-one has been brought to justice for the murders, although members of the IRA are believed to have been responsible. BBC News looks at what we know about the killings.

What were the Birmingham pub bombings? On the evening of 21 November 1974, hundreds of people, many who were young and out with friends, family and work colleagues, chatted in two busy Birmingham city centre pubs. Meanwhile, a man telephoned the Birmingham Post and Mail to warn two bombs had been planted in the city centre. Officers in Birmingham, which had seen a spate of IRA bombings during the mainland campaign, rushed to the scene, but were too late. At 20:17 GMT a bomb exploded in a duffel bag in the Mulberry Bush pub in the Rotunda building, killing 10 people. Minutes later a second bomb went off in the Tavern in the Town leaving 11 more dead. A total of 220 people were also injured in what was, at the time, the worst terrorist atrocity on English soil. Who were the victims? The 21 people killed - seven women and 14 men - were aged between 16 and 51. Thirteen of the victims were under 30, including five in their teens. Over the decades stories have emerged of those who died and some of the people seriously injured have spoken of their experience and the lasting effect it had on them. Julie Hambleton, who has led calls for a public inquiry into the attacks, recalled how her "world fell apart" aged 11 when her 18-year-old sister Maxine, who was "like another mother", was killed while handing out party invitations. Who carried out the bombings? Six men were wrongly convicted but finally released in 1991. During the near 17 years they spent behind bars "the Birmingham Six" became a cause célèbre as one of the worst miscarriages of justice seen in Britain. The IRA is believed to have carried out the bombings, although no-one has ever admitted responsibility. However, in 2017 self-confessed IRA bomb maker Michael Hayes said he had been part of the group responsible. BBC News has looked at why no-one has ever been brought to justice for the 21 murders. West Midlands Police began re-investigating the case in 1991 and officers generated 5,000 documents, statements and reports. But in 1994, it said there was insufficient evidence for any prosecutions. Although the force says the investigation into the bombings remains active, no arrests have been made. Why were the inquests halted? Inquests were opened and adjourned days after the attack but because the case was subject to a criminal investigation - which resulted in the conviction of the Birmingham Six - they were never resumed. Even though the convictions were quashed in 1991, the inquests have remained on hold. Why have the inquests resumed now? The move follows a campaign by the Justice 4 the 21 campaign group, led by family members of victims of the bombings. In June 2016, Louise Hunt, senior coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, said the inquests would be reopened and there was a "wealth of evidence that still has not been heard" about the atrocities. Ms Hunt reviewed a huge body of police evidence and heard submissions from the victims' relatives and other interested parties. This could be the last chance in their lifetimes for campaigners to have evidence heard in public which was not available in 1974. Julie Hambleton said: "All we want is one thing - justice. No more, no less. We don't want money, we don't want an apology. All we want is justice." Before giving her decision on resuming the inquests, Ms Hunt had wanted to hear from "interested persons" to help her decide. Justice 4 the 21 urged other relatives and "those who want to know the truth" to contact the coroner. What is happening now? The resumed inquests are taking place at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre and the coroner is sitting with a jury. Families of the victims had campaigned for suspects in the bombings to be named. Relatives had argued the hearings could not take place without naming suspects, while their lawyers said discussing potential perpetrators "is central to the case". However, in July 2017 coroner Sir Peter Thornton QC decided the names of the alleged bombers would not be part of the framework of the hearings. Sir Peter said "the perpetrator issue is not within scope". He also ruled out the reactions of the emergency services on the night of the bombings forming any part of the evidence, despite relatives asking for it be included. But Mr Thornton said evidence could be heard on the issue police may have been tipped off twice about the possibility of a bomb attack in the run up to the blasts. In January, the High Court quashed the coroner's decision on naming the suspects. Sir Peter then challenged the High Court decision and judges at the Court of Appeal ruled in his favour, meaning suspects will not be named. Amendment 14 March 2019: This story has been updated to reflect the most recent information that 220 people were injured in the blasts. Correction 31 January 2018: This report has been updated to remove an incorrect reference to an embargo on files relating to an inquiry into the West Midlands Police investigation preventing their release.

40 साल से अधिक समय पहले बर्मिंघम के दो पबों में बम विस्फोटों में 21 लोग मारे गए थे। हत्याओं के लिए किसी को भी न्याय के कटघरे में नहीं लाया गया है, हालांकि माना जाता है कि आई. आर. ए. के सदस्य जिम्मेदार थे। बीबीसी न्यूज़ हत्याओं के बारे में हम जो जानते हैं उसे देखता है।


Oxford's Frideswide Square roadworks 'disruption'

Summary: Motorists, residents and businesses have been warned to expect disruption in Oxford city centre as roadworks get under way outside the railway station.

Upgrade works at Frideswide Square will begin overnight on Monday, and are expected to end in December. The work includes "significantly" reducing the amount of road space to create an "enhanced public space", the county council said. It added there would be access to vehicles during the works. However, the authority said there would "undoubtedly be disruption" and has warned people to consider alternative transport, including the park and ride scheme. The train station will be unaffected.

रेलवे स्टेशन के बाहर सड़क निर्माण के चलते वाहन चालकों, निवासियों और व्यवसायों को ऑक्सफोर्ड शहर के केंद्र में व्यवधान की आशंका जताने की चेतावनी दी गई है।


Bradford Odeon's £1 sell-off: A landmark decision?

Summary: With the announcement that the former Bradford Odeon is to be bought by the city's council from its owners for just £1, more than a decade of uncertainty about the building's future could finally be over.

By Martin ColdrickBBC News, Yorkshire For generations of Bradford's paying public, stepping into the city's Odeon cinema underneath the building's landmark twin towers was, by all accounts, an unforgettable experience. Whether they were there to see the latest movie blockbuster or the hottest bands on their way to the top of the pop charts, the Odeon was a place to see and be seen - as well as be entertained. 'Fantastic memories' Though just bricks and mortar, the emotions felt about Bradford's Odeon became clear in the years following the cinema's closure in July 2000. A long-running campaign calling for something to be done to halt the building's subsequent fall into disrepair, dereliction and even possible demolition, showed the depth of that emotion. Once, it had been a focus for Bradford's film fans. Opening in 1930 as the New Victoria Cinema, it was transformed into the Gaumont in the 1950s before the Odeon chain took it over in 1969. In its heyday as a music venue, it even echoed to the sounds of some of the biggest names of the time - both The Beatles and the Rolling Stones played there while on their way to becoming, as John Lennon put it, "the toppermost of the poppermost". Mark Nicholson, from the Bradford Odeon Rescue Group, said it was a building "very close to the hearts of the people". "They've identified with that building for many, many years and they've loved going there. They have fantastic memories," he said. Peel tribute idea However, with the closure of the cinema in 2000 - following the opening of a brand new multi-screen Odeon in nearby Thornbury - its doors were locked for what seemed to be the final time. In the intervening years it has seemed - especially when green foliage began to emerge from the building's facade high above the city streets - that the former Odeon's time was finally up. Bought by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward in 2003, in the following decade a number of plans were put forward for its revival. One proposal was to turn the former cinema into a music venue dedicated to late Radio 1 DJ John Peel, while another idea was to redevelop the building into a performing arts centre. Meanwhile, the campaign to save the Odeon was well under way. A protest in 2007 saw an estimated 1,000 people showing their feelings for the building by joining hands and hugging it. The plan which came closest to reality was a £40m redevelopment of the site by developers Langtree Artisan, which would have seen the Odeon demolished and replaced by a 100-bed hotel, bars, cafes and leisure facilities. 'Secure future' But, in September last year that scheme was finally scrapped after the Homes and Communities Agency took over the site following the abolition of Yorkshire Forward. Seven months on, and the future of the former Odeon could finally be looking up. David Green, Labour leader of Bradford City Council, said the authority's agreement to buy the site for £1 was "the end of a 10-year campaign by thousands of people in Bradford". "Hopefully, we will have one or more workable plans which will secure the future of the building and come up with something of benefit to the district," he said. In other words, it is now up to the people and businesses of Bradford to decide what happens next at this much-loved city landmark.

इस घोषणा के साथ कि पूर्व ब्रैडफोर्ड ओडियन को शहर की परिषद द्वारा इसके मालिकों से केवल £1 में खरीदा जाना है, इमारत के भविष्य के बारे में एक दशक से अधिक की अनिश्चितता अंततः समाप्त हो सकती है।


Could Oswald the Lucky Rabbit have been bigger than Mickey?

Summary: From Trieste to Timbuktu, millions would instantly recognise Mickey Mouse. But if a business deal hadn't gone awry in the 1920s could Disney's most iconic character have turned out to be a rabbit called Oswald, asks Helen Soteriou.

Although Walt Disney laid the foundations of a multi-billion dollar empire, 85 years ago he had a rather chastening experience. His business baptism of fire revolved around a battle over a rabbit. He had been producing the Alice Comedies, a series in which a little girl filmed in live-action entered a cartoon world and interacted with the characters. "The Alice Comedies had been successful enough, but by 1927 Walt had tired of the live-action/animation format and ended the series so that he could make a new series of all-animated films," says author and film historian JB Kaufman. The new animated star shouldn't be feline, Walt's distributor insisted "there are too many cats on the market". There was Felix the Cat, Krazy Kat, the cat in Walt's own Alice pictures, and a few others. They decided on a rabbit instead. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was born. The "lucky" part referred to the superstition around rabbit feet. In one of the early films, Oswald pulls off his own foot and rubs it for luck. The choice of Oswald as a name came because Walt allowed the Universal executives to choose it. The story goes that they pulled names out of a hat, Kaufman says. The image and characteristics of Oswald didn't come easily to Walt Disney and his partner Ub Iwerks, and it took a couple of attempts to get this character right. "I am sorry that the first Oswald was such a keen disappointment to everyone . . . This work was animated by a man of experience [Ub] whom I am willing to put alongside of any man in the business today," Walt told Charles Mintz, his distributor. "Hereafter we will aim to [make] Oswald a younger character, peppy, alert, saucy and venturesome, keeping him also neat and trim." Oswald came before his "half-brother" Mickey, but the similarities are obvious. "They are not too far apart in their physical characteristics, but I think in personality they were more alike in the beginning," says Becky Cline, the director of the Walt Disney Archives. "Mickey was a little more naughty and frisky then than he was now. Mickey is more of a gentleman than Oswald was. Oswald was kind of a rogue. He was a lothario." Despite initial success, Oswald was not to prove a long-term asset for Walt. Within a year, Oswald's distributor Charles Mintz had forced Walt out and taken over the rights to the series. Not one to dwell on disappointment, the Disney creator moved on from the blow. Diane Disney-Miller, Walt's daughter, says he was spurred to create Mickey. He had said "to Hell with all the lousy Oswalds. When we develop Mickey, we'll lick 'em with quality," she recalls. Biographers have suggested Walt did not have a natural head for business, but the then 26-year-old learned a bitter lesson from the Oswald episode. From that point on there were no more middlemen. After being snatched away from Walt, Oswald still enjoyed success. The Disney studio had made 26 pictures with Oswald. Over the following year an interim crew produced 26 more. Then Walter Lantz took over the series and, over the next 10 years, produced more than 150 Oswalds of his own. Then there was a drift into obscurity. While Mickey imagery proliferated, Oswald was forgotten by many. What happened next perhaps goes against the received wisdom that there is little room for sentimentality at multinational corporations. The Walt Disney Corporation bided its time for 78 years. Then it got Oswald back. In February 2006, Disney chief executive Bob Iger orchestrated a swap with Universal. The rights to Oswald were regained in exchange for sending sport commentator Al Michaels to NBC. As Walt's first character, Oswald still had special significance for one of the world's most powerful brands. Now the character features in the Epic Mickey series of video games, the latest instalment of which - Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two - has just been released. The plot of the games revolves around a world inhabited by 80 years of "forgotten" Disney characters. Oswald already features in Disney merchandise and can be spotted by the eagle-eyed at the theme parks. "There is always a market for new things. Oswald is so old, he's new again," says Jerry Beck, animation historian, author and blogger at Cartoon Brew.com. "He represents that optimistic era of early animated cartoons, but doesn't come with the 'family friendly' baggage of Mickey Mouse. We have no expectations for Oswald, so the studio can use him in new ways." Not everyone is a Disney fan, but it's hard not to marvel at the sheer enormity of the proliferation of Mickey Mouse, backed by a marketing juggernaut. It is strange to think that the same machine could have been applied to an entirely different character. But Mickey was always a better candidate for world domination, suggests Dr Todd James Pierce, who co-runs the Disney History Institute website. "For many people his image is tied to the sensation of childhood. His durability is important in a transient world where books, TV shows, and films last a few years and then are cast out into the dustbin of history." There is something intrinsically marketable about Mickey Mouse, but it's not easy for people to put their finger on exactly what that is. "Walt Disney himself was at times confused by the enduring popularity," says Pierce. "The Mouse has radiated goodness and optimism during the most violent and turbulent period of human history, 84 years that have included one world war, a great depression, and endless conflicts. "In its purest sense - freed from his corporate owners - Mickey Mouse is an icon of the generosity and good spirits." Maybe the rabbit rival could never have been as pervasive a figure in popular culture. The character may still prove popular in Japan at least, where Universal marketed toys shortly before the Oswald handover. Oswald products in Japan now have the tagline: "Surely Lucky, Always Lucky". The motto of the story is surely that massive corporations still remember the ones that got away. You can follow the Magazine on Twitter and on Facebook

ट्राइस्टे से टिम्बक्टू तक, लाखों लोग तुरंत मिकी माउस को पहचान लेते। लेकिन अगर 1920 के दशक में कोई व्यावसायिक सौदा गड़बड़ न होता तो क्या डिज्नी का सबसे प्रतिष्ठित चरित्र ओस्वाल्ड नामक खरगोश बन सकता था, हेलेन सोटेरियो पूछती है।


Wales and Pisa: What the ministers said

Summary: On 6 December, the fourth set of Welsh Pisa results will be published. They will provide a snapshot of how 15-year-olds are doing in reading, maths and science compared with their contemporaries internationally.

In each of the three previous sets of Pisa results, Wales has come out worse than the other UK nations. Each time there has been a different politician in charge of Welsh education. This is how they reacted. Wales got its first set of Pisa results in 2007, based on tests taken the previous year. The results showed that Wales was behind the other UK nations, with below average results in reading and maths, and average results in science. The education minister at the time, Jane Hutt said: "The real benefits of the Pisa assessments will come not from the headline figures and league table rankings, but from the detailed analysis of strengths and weaknesses and what more we can learn from the best and most effective practice internationally." Fast forward three years, and the results published in 2010 showed that Welsh pupils had scored worse than before in every category. The then Education Minister Leighton Andrews pulled no punches in his response. The results were "unacceptable" he said, and "everyone involved in the education sector in Wales should be alarmed..." In 2011, he announced a target that Wales should be in the top 20 of school systems in the 2016 Pisa results table. Other elements of Mr Andrews' response included a five-year plan to improve literacy in Welsh schools and a National Numeracy Programme. But these would not have any impact on the next set of Pisa results, because tests for those were taken in 2012, the same year the numeracy and literacy plans were published. The Pisa results published in 2013 showed once again that Wales' Pisa rankings were the worst in the UK. By this time Huw Lewis was the minister, and he said everybody working in and around the Welsh education sector needed "to take a long hard look in the mirror". He said a number of changes introduced by his predecessor, including new reading and numeracy tests, extra funding for new schools and secondary school banding would take time to have a "significant impact" in Wales. Mr Lewis said at the time he expected to see the impact of these measures in the next set of Pisa results due on 6 December 2016. He subsequently scrapped the Welsh Government's target of getting Wales into the Pisa top 20 by 2016. The new target was based on scores not ranking. In the 2013 Pisa results, the average Welsh score was 468 for maths, 480 for reading and 491 for science. Mr Lewis said that in the 2022 results, the Welsh average should be 500 for all three. Huw Lewis's successor, the Liberal Democrat Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has said it will take time for Welsh educational reforms to be reflected in the Pisa results. "We... have to be realistic that to improve our education system we need a long-term strategic plan. "What will not change our system is every time we get a set of disappointing results we run off, like a rabbit, in a totally different direction." She has also asked international experts to review changes to the Welsh education system.

6 दिसंबर को, वेल्श पीसा परिणामों का चौथा सेट प्रकाशित किया जाएगा। वे एक स्नैपशॉट प्रदान करेंगे कि 15 साल के बच्चे अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर अपने समकालीनों की तुलना में पढ़ने, गणित और विज्ञान में कैसा प्रदर्शन कर रहे हैं।


Where the Maoist war is far from won

Summary: More than six years since the launch of Salwa Judum, the government-sponsored anti-Maoist vigilante group and two years since Operation Green Hunt, the full-blown military offensive on Maoists, officials in the state of Chhattisgarh accept that the rebels have regrouped and consolidated their jungle base.

By Suvojit BagchiBBC Bengali, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh Central government figures suggest there has been a sharp dip in Maoist violence in 2011, compared to the past two years. While this may be true of other states in India, in parts of Chhattisgarh, the epicentre of the Maoist movement, nothing can be further from the truth. Here, according to police sources, the Maoists have raised new military forces from the local population. In the past eight years, since various radical-left military factions decided to unite to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the number of Maoist military divisions here has risen from five to 10. In Bastar district, in the south of Chhattisgarh, the Maoists recently launched a new division of the party called Mahasamund, named after a district on Bastar's eastern fringe and thus connecting Bastar with Maoist-affected districts in neighbouring Orissa. Southern Chhattisgarh is an area just a little smaller than the Netherlands. There are four zones dominated and governed by the Maoists here, each not less than 4,000 sq km in size. One officer told me that the Maoists controlled 40% of the land area in southern Chhattisgarh, while the police controlled another 40%. "The fighting is going on for control of the remaining 20%," he said. If Maoist military activity such as ambushes has reduced here it is because the sides have cut their operations in the areas not under their control. Retaliatory attacks by the Maoists have therefore also reduced. In a month-long visit to one of these four "Maoist liberated zones" above the River Indravati I did not see any police camps or police personnel. "We don't enter their areas, they don't come to ours," said one paramilitary soldier in Dantewada district. The head constables of several police stations told the BBC that they received very little information about Maoist movement from the "kotwals", or village-level police personnel. "The kotwals' families live in the villages and are exposed to the Maoists. So they refuse to divulge information," one head constable told me. In the small, sleepy town of Dantewada, in southern Chhattisgarh, several people confirmed that Maoist cadres moved around in plainclothes, interacted with locals and ran errands for the party. "I have never witnessed them so relaxed in the main town," said one local travel agent. It could be because, locals feel, Maoists know that the police will never come out of their barracks at night. 'Carrot and stick' So why is the Indian government's offensive going wrong here? Its policy against the Maoists uses the anti-insurgent "carrot and stick" policy, using multiple development projects to win over locals. This, combined with a sustained offensive to "neutralise" the top Maoist leadership and known sympathisers, worked very well in northern Andhra Pradesh, bordering southern Chhattisgarh. Having now shifted across the state border into southern Chhattisgarh, the Maoists acknowledged that they had failed to address the developmental model introduced by the government. In Chhattisgarh, they say they have fought back "politically" against the policy. Jagesh, the chief of the northern regional command of the Maoist Party in Chhattisgarh, told the BBC last year: "The tribals are convinced that development is introduced to quash resistance and to take away land for mining. We have managed to impart this education." Jagesh said that hundreds of boys from the local Gondi tribe, fearing displacement and police atrocities in the name of development, were joining them every year. Large numbers of the boys have formed into "militias" or have become plainclothes Maoist informers and have made life difficult for the security forces. Besides gathering information, these militias actively assist the Maoists' People's Liberation Guerrilla Army in combat by slowing down the security forces and preventing them reaching the rebels. Indian security has so far failed to break up the ranks of the plainclothes tribal boys. This, combined with increased Maoist forces here, have led to a series of setbacks for the security forces over the past couple of years. Senior officials, however, told me that Maoists had won only "half the battle". "We will turn it around," said one officer, before instructing his son not to go out of the house after five in the evening.

सरकार द्वारा प्रायोजित माओवादी विरोधी सतर्कता समूह सलवा जुडूम की शुरुआत के छह साल से अधिक समय बाद और ऑपरेशन ग्रीन हंट के दो साल बाद, माओवादियों पर पूर्ण सैन्य हमले के बाद, छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य के अधिकारी स्वीकार करते हैं कि विद्रोहियों ने फिर से संगठित होकर अपने जंगल के आधार को मजबूत किया है।


Richard Branson's top 10 tips for success

Summary: Richard Branson left school at the age of 16 and set up Student Magazine with one of his friends. He went on to start Virgin Records in the 1970s and is the founder of the Virgin Group. In the 1980s he formed Virgin Atlantic airline and the 1990s saw the arrival of Virgin Mobile and Virgin Trains.

By Alison Feeney-HartBBC News He is one of the most successful businessmen in the UK and an icon of entrepreneurship. His latest project is Virgin Galactic, which he hopes will one day become a space tourism company. Here are his Top Ten Tips for success: 1. Follow your dreams and just do it Follow your dreams, get involved in life, in the things that interest you. If you are going to create a business, make sure it is your hobby, your passion or something that you really enjoy. You will live a much better life that way. Don't just set out to do something for the sake of making money. I think lots of people have lots of great ideas, but very few people actually go out and try to put them into practice. There are lots of people who think that somebody must have done that before, or you'll never raise the money or you shouldn't take a risk in life. It's the people who say I'm just going to do it, that end up having a chance of having a much more exciting and rewarding life. The first thing to do if you want to become an entrepreneur is basically to have an idea that is going to make a positive difference to other people's lives. A business is simply that. If you're running a business you are in a position where you can make a hell of a difference in this world. I also think it's great for the staff of a company that they can feel good about a company that is actually getting out there and doing good. You definitely need to believe in your idea. There's really no point in doing something in life unless people feel really good about it and proud about it. You've got to have passion for it and you've got to be able to inspire other people to have a passion for it too. If an idea is a good idea you should be able to pitch it in two or three sentences and two or three sentences fit very neatly on the back of an envelope. There was no point creating a new airline unless it was going to be palpably better than every other airline in the world, you've got to make sure that every aspect of what you do is better than the competition. I 100% believe that it's important to have fun and if you're not having fun anymore, it might be time to move on. You should have fun from the top down and create the kind of environment that's pleasant to work in. Make sure that you've got the kinds of people running your companies who genuinely care about people, who look for the best in people and who praise and don't criticise. People are not that unlike flowers. If a flower is watered it flourishes and if a flower is not watered it dries up and dies and I think the same applies to people. It's extremely important not to give up. There have been situations in my adventures, like crossing the pacific in a balloon, where the odds were stacked very heavily against us surviving. Being an entrepreneur is not that dissimilar to being an adventurer. You have plenty of situations where your back is right up against a wall and you've just got to work day and night to make sure you overcome the difficulties a particular company finds itself in. Brush yourself down the next day and move on into something else. I think I'm reasonably good at dealing with failure and not letting it get me down for more than an hour or two as long as I put everything I can into avoiding it. I make copious lists because I think it's the little details that make for an exceptional company over an average company. Details are very important and I think it's important to keep setting yourself new challenges and targets. I do believe that the first of the year is a good time to write down your goals for the year. Unless you actually organise yourself and write down the kinds of things you want to achieve, there's a danger that as time slips by, you don't achieve a lot. One of the early things you have to do as an entrepreneur is learn the art of delegation. Find people who are better than you to run the companies on a day-to-day basis, freeing yourself up to think about the bigger picture and spend time with your family. That's very important, especially if you've got children, they are what's going to be left when you're gone. I know I'm a good entrepreneur, but I'm not sure that I'd be a very good manager and there is a difference. My mind is always thinking ahead and wanting to create new things. I just think once I've set something up, it's better if someone else runs it. I can dive in and out and be a pain occasionally, but the day-to-day business is better for somebody else to do. My mum brought us up very much to get out there and do things, don't watch other people do things, and don't watch television. I think that was a good way of bringing up kids. With my own kids, we've spent quite a lot of time in the Caribbean and we never watch television there. I think I am capable of switching off on Necker Island which is where we sort of pull up the drawbridge. But what I'm doing I see as so fascinating, so rewarding, so interesting that I don't ever really want to switch off too much because I find myself in such a wonderful, challenging position that I don't want to waste that position and there are just so many important challenges going on. There are people who hang onto the coat tails of successful people and try to sell a few books on the back of their name. It's unpleasant but you know that if you sue them or kick up a fuss, all it will do is publicise the book. So I've had to learn the art of ignoring people like that. I think the best thing to do is just to prove them wrong in every single way. This particular book, (Branson: Behind the Mask by Tom Bower), says that our spaceship programme is a white elephant, later this year we will prove them wrong. You only live one life, so I would do the thing that you are going to enjoy. When life boils down, this might sound like a little much coming from me, I do have my own little island in the Caribbean, but when we are on that island, we tend to just live in the kitchen. The truth is, so long as you've got a kitchen which has space for a sofa, and a bedroom, and a partner that you love, you don't necessarily need the add-ons in life. Then, if you're doing something that really interests you, it will result in a much more enjoyable life rather than just doing something for the sake of making money.

रिचर्ड ब्रैनसन ने 16 साल की उम्र में स्कूल छोड़ दिया और अपने एक दोस्त के साथ स्टूडेंट मैगज़ीन की स्थापना की। उन्होंने 1970 के दशक में वर्जिन रिकॉर्ड्स की शुरुआत की और वर्जिन समूह के संस्थापक हैं। 1980 के दशक में उन्होंने वर्जिन अटलांटिक एयरलाइन का गठन किया और 1990 के दशक में वर्जिन मोबाइल और वर्जिन ट्रेनों का आगमन हुआ।


How dangerous is life as a Red Arrow?

Summary: It was Sean Cunningham's dream to become a Red Arrows pilot - a dream that ended tragically when he was accidentally ejected from his aircraft and killed. So how dangerous is life as a Red Arrow pilot?

By Caroline LowbridgeBBC News Flt Lt Sean Cunningham's death could not have come at a worse time for the RAF's world-renowned display team. His colleague, Flt Lt Jon Egging, had been killed after completing a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival less than three months before. Two fatalities so close together meant the safety of the team was questioned, and Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons the causes needed to be determined. "This has obviously been a very tragic time for something that the whole country reveres and loves and I know that their home to them in Lincolnshire is extremely important," he said. "We must get to the bottom of what happened." Although Jon Egging and Sean Cunningham died within months of each other, fatalities within the Red Arrows are rare. Ten pilots have died in the 50-year history of the aerobatic display team. The first fatality, in 1969, happened when a pilot flew into trees during a practice. Two years later, four pilots were killed in a mid-air collision. Another two pilots were killed in 1978 when an aircraft struck the ground and one pilot died when an aircraft flew into the ground while attempting a manoeuvre in 1988. More than 20 years then passed with no fatalities, until Flt Lt Egging died in August 2011 and Flt Lt Cunningham died in November 2011. Photojournalist Keith Wilson worked behind the scenes with the Red Arrows for almost a year, including during the period when Fl Lt Egging and Fl Lt Cunningham died. "If you look historically at the accident track record for the Reds, aside from 2011, it has been amazing," said Mr Wilson. "Is it more dangerous than regular flying? From a perspective that you have eight other aeroplanes in close formation manoeuvring around the sky, yes, but those pilots are at the pinnacle of their flying career, and at the peak of their ability." But even the deadliest Red Arrows accident, in which four pilots were killed, is incomparable to some of the most serious crashes involving other aerobatic display teams. In 2002, at the Sknyliv air show in Ukraine, a plane ploughed into the crowd, killing 77 people and injuring nearly 300. An inquiry into the accident found that the crash happened because the pilot and co-pilot had tried to pull off a risky manoeuvre at a low altitude. The pilots, who ejected from the plane, were jailed in 2005. The Ramstein Air Show disaster in 1988 was also far deadlier than any Red Arrows crash. Three aircraft from the Italian Air Force display team collided over Ramstein, in Germany, killing three pilots, 67 spectators, and seriously injuring hundreds when one of the aircraft went into the crowd. Mr Wilson said the Red Arrows displays were "extremely carefully planned and choreographed" and they were not allowed to display in public until they "reach perfection". "I'm not saying they could do it with their eyes closed, but it's pretty close," he said. "When they join the Reds they are aware of the risks, which is why they practise so thoroughly and hard until they reach perfection." So why do pilots feel being a Red Arrow is worth the hard work and potential danger? "The Red Arrows are without doubt the world's leading formation aerobatic display team," said Mr Wilson. "To be able to serve with the Red Arrows will clearly be the pinnacle of an RAF pilot's career." Neither Flt Lt Egging nor Flt Lt Cunningham died performing the breathtaking stunts the Red Arrows are famous for. Flt Lt Egging crashed in a field before he was due to land, probably because he almost lost consciousness. And Flt Lt Cunningham had not even flown on the day of his death. An inquest concluded that he died after being accidentally ejected from his plane, while it was still on the ground, due to a problem with the ejection seat. His parachute should have saved his life but the main chute did not open - because a nut and bolt had been screwed together too tightly. These problems could have caused the death of any RAF pilot who sat in the ejection seat of a Hawk T1, regardless of whether they were a Red Arrows pilot or not. Despite this, Flt Lt Cunningham's death added to the ongoing debate over the future of the Red Arrows, and whether the cost to the taxpayer is justifiable. This is often questioned at times of defence cuts, including in August 2010 when MP Jonathan Edwards called for the Red Arrows to be disbanded, arguing the £8.8m a year "could be put to better use". But as the public face of the RAF, the MoD says the Red Arrows act as "ambassadors of Great Britain", promoting industry, contributing to defence diplomacy when displaying overseas, and assisting recruitment into the RAF. The number of Red Arrows displays has been cut by about 20% following Flt Lt Cunningham's death, to reduce pressure on the team. But in February, following the latest speculation that the team could be axed, Number 10 said the future of the Red Arrows was safe. So for now, the team is concentrating on marking the milestone of its 50th display season in 2014.

सीन कनिंघम का रेड एरो पायलट बनने का सपना था-एक ऐसा सपना जो दुखद रूप से समाप्त हो गया जब वह गलती से अपने विमान से बाहर निकल गए और मारे गए। तो रेड एरो पायलट के रूप में जीवन कितना खतरनाक है?


Lord Janner: 'He took my innocence'

Summary: Criminal proceedings against the late Labour peer Lord Janner over sex abuse charges have been halted by his death, a judge has ruled. In his lifetime, the peer consistently denied the claims but some of his alleged victims tell a startlingly different story.

By Jennifer HarbyBBC News John Gater, from Leicester, says he was eight years old when Lord Janner first assaulted him. He grew up in a single-parent household in the Northfields area of the city after his father left when he was just three years old. "In the late 1960s, that was very unusual," he said. "My mother had to work and I was farmed out to all of our elderly neighbours. As a result, I became very trusting of people." Mr Gater describes himself as a "happy-go-lucky" child. "I had red hair and I was a cute little boy," he said. After school, Mr Gater would go to a working men's club on Gypsy Lane, near his junior school, to be looked after by a relative who worked there. "It was quiet at that time of day and I used to have the run of the place," he said. "There were all these cellars I used to explore." Lord Janner, then an MP for Leicester West, used the club's private lounge as his office, Mr Gater said. "He used to buy me pop and crisps. I had no father in my life so I looked up to him. I was told he was a very important person. "Nobody would have lifted an eyebrow at me going into the lounge. "Looking back, I can see he was trying to befriend me so he could have his wicked way." Who was Lord Janner? Over a period of three years, between 1973 and 1976, Mr Gater says he was taken by Lord Janner into the lounge and sexually assaulted about once a month. "It made me feel dirty, unloved and very frightened," he said. "His face is etched into my brain." As a child, Mr Gater said he was unable to find the words to tell people what had happened to him. "Back in the 1970s, we lived in a completely different society where you respected your elders," he said. "If I had said anything it would have meant a clip round the ear." Yet a feeling of guilt persists - particularly with regard to Lord Janner's other alleged victims. "If I had summoned up enough strength I might have been able to stop it earlier," he said. "If I had done something all those years ago, maybe he wouldn't have abused anybody else." Since his childhood, Mr Gater has worked as an accounts manager and got married. But he was unable to tell his wife what had happened to him and his marriage ended in divorce. "I have never really been able to form proper relationships with anybody and I don't trust anybody now," he said. "I have tried to blot it out but the older I got, the more I couldn't forget it and I wanted justice." In 2007, Mr Gater says he went to report the assaults to Leicestershire Police. He said he was told to go and see a doctor. Upset that his allegations were not being taken seriously, it took him another eight years to approach the police again. Finally, in May 2015, he repeated his story as part of Operation Enamel, the force's investigation into the allegations against the peer. This time, he felt as if the police were much more receptive and he was offered support, although his claims did not form any of the charges against Lord Janner. But he remains cynical about why the authorities failed to follow up the allegations against the peer. "I have no faith in the British justice system," he said. "I feel the establishment haven't listened properly to the victims. He led a very charmed life and he must have been protected. I think people went out of their way to protect the establishment. "I'm not sorry he's dead and I hope he goes to hell. "I would like Greville Janner's family to apologise for his appalling behaviour. He was a monster. He has done immense damage. He took my innocence away." Mr Gater has not been the only man to break his silence. Paul Miller, also from Leicester, was in care when - as a nine year old - he was chosen to go on a trip to the Houses of Parliament after Lord Janner visited his school. Now aged 52, Mr Miller claims he was groped by Lord Janner while inside the Westminster chapel. "He suddenly grabbed me for about 10 seconds," he said. "My arms were by my sides and he basically groped me. "I was shocked. What right did he have to do that to me? I have been angry ever since, to be honest. "I have got a lot of anger and bitterness and it has been eating away at me for the best part of four decades. "Every time I see his face I feel that he is mocking me. Even after all this time it is still affecting me." For more on this subject watch Inside Out on BBC One East Midlands at 19:30 GMT on Monday 18 January and nationwide for 30 days thereafter on the iPlayer.

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Why is Twitter's Jack Dorsey wanted in India?

Summary: Jack Dorsey is no stranger to controversies.

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent On his last trip to India in November, the chief executive of Twitter posed for what he thought was an innocuous picture and ended up enraging Hindu nationalists. The picture had a placard reading "Smash Brahminical patriarchy", alluding to oppression by upper-caste Hindus. The backlash on his own social media network was fierce: Mr Dorsey was promptly accused of "hate-mongering". (The following month, in an unrelated controversy, he was criticised for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination in a series of tweets despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country.) Now Mr Dorsey has been summoned by MPs in India, one of the fastest growing markets for his network, which claims 126 million daily users worldwide. By one estimate, more than a sixth of its users come from here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of the most followed leaders on the network. "It's quite an exciting time for us in India," says Maya Hari, the network's vice president and managing director, Asia-Pacific. A 31-member panel of MPs wants Mr Dorsey to appear before it on 25 February to get his views on "safeguarding citizens' rights on social/online news media platforms". The panel is led by Anurag Thakur, a MP belonging to Mr Modi's governing BJP. Twitter appears to have been singled out for this unusual meeting. It all began with the MPs shooting off a letter to Twitter India earlier this month. They said they wanted to meet the head of the network or a senior functionary on 11 February. Twitter's local office informed the panel that Mr Dorsey could not appear at such short notice and offered its top local policy executive instead. Mr Thakur was clearly displeased with the response: When some top local executives reached the meeting venue on Monday, the MPs refused to see them. Clearly, they wanted to talk to Mr Dorsey. The timing of the "summons" to Mr Dorsey is interesting. With crucial summer elections looming, right-wingers on Twitter have been complaining that the network is banning accounts supportive of the BJP. Pro-government TV networks reported that the MPs had actually summoned Twitter officials over "allegations of bias", something which was not stated in the government's official communication with the network. BJP spokesman Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga weighed in, promoting a hashtag called #ProtestAgainstTwitter: Others have joined in, accusing Twitter of bias and an "authoritarian" stance: And last week, members of a group who call themselves Youth for Social Democracy gathered outside the local office of Twitter near Delhi to protest, saying that Twitter had "acquired an anti-right wing" attitude. "They block our accounts and impressions of the tweets," one protester said. Twitter has responded, saying that the network did not act against users based on their ideology. "To be clear, we do not review, prioritise or enforce our policies on the basis of political ideology. Every tweet and every account is treated impartially. We apply our policies fairly and judiciously for all," says Colin Crowell, who leads public policy, governance and corporate philanthropy efforts at the network. He said Twitter had made more than 70 "product, policy and operational changes" since the beginning of 2018, to help people "feel safe expressing themselves on our service". "Abuse and hateful conduct comes from accounts across the ideological spectrum and we will continue to take action when our rules are broken." However, the network admitted that "mistakes can happen", which means accounts could get taken down wrongly for a short time. "However, these mistakes or 'false positive' decisions are not political statements of intent; they are the basic human error rate of running the fastest, most open conversational tool in history." "We have a specialised, global team that enforces the Twitter Rules with impartiality. Twitter India employees do not make enforcement decisions. This is by design to ensure fairness and objectivity." Most Twitter users believe the bigger problems in India - as they are elsewhere in the world - are hate speech, intimidation, death threats and vicious trolling of women. "It does not behove a great institution like the parliament of India to get into a standoff with Twitter on so trivial a matter. Let's not forget that Jack Dorsey has no stakes in upholding the dignity of India's parliament. Our parliamentarians, on the other hand, are sworn to it," says Nitin Pai, the director of the Takshashila Institution, an independent Bangalore-based centre for research and education in public policy. Analysts like Prasanto Roy believe the summons to Mr Dorsey appears to be part of Mr Modi's government's increasingly "viciously combative position against multinationals and foreign digital companies". Over the past year, Mr Modi's government has sought data localisation of all payment gateways and digital payment companies based outside India. It has pressured WhatsApp - India is the biggest market for the messaging app - to allow traceability of messages that trigger public unrest. And in December, it changed e-commerce rules to prevent online retailers from selling products through vendors in which they hold an equity stake without holding consultations with key stakeholders like Amazon and Flipkart. "Most of this is driven by extreme nationalism and pressure from local business lobbies," says Mr Roy. "India's much-touted big bang digital collaboration in the form of Mr Modi's ambitious Digital India programme with the world has completely soured." More on India from Soutik: Follow Soutik at @soutikBBC

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