The week ahead in Parliament

Summary: With talk of a major initiative to curb the spread of Covid-19, any government announcement will dominate events in Parliament in the coming days, and possibly overshadow gathering concerns that really major restrictions are not being debated in the Commons before coming into force.

Mark D'ArcyParliamentary correspondent As I write, nothing has been confirmed, but it is worth noting that the Commons agenda for Monday looks rather light, leaving room for a ministerial statement and even a debate and vote on the rumoured three tier restrictions being worked up by the government. If there is a statement, look out for South Yorkshire metro mayor Dan Jarvis - the only big city mayor who remains an MP - who might have a thing or two to say. Here's my pick of five things to look out for next week: Monday 12 October MPs resume business (14:30) with an hour of Education Questions, followed by any ministerial statements or urgent questions. A prime ministerial statement on new coronavirus restrictions has been heavily trailed for this week, and absent that, the day's main business looks suspiciously light. The main scheduled event is consideration of Lords amendments to the Agriculture Bill - the measure to create a post Brexit framework for farming subsidies, replacing the Common Agricultural Policy. And there are quite a lot of Lords amendments; on powers to safeguard UK food standards (aimed at imports which don't meet UK production and welfare standards), on climate change targets, on pesticides and on a national food strategy. There's talk of a Conservative backbench rebellion, but expect most of the Lords amendments to be rejected, and for the Bill to be sent back to peers minus most of the additions. With a similar process of parliamentary ping pong due on a number of other bills, this will be an interesting test of the mettle of the Upper House. In Westminster Hall, the Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate on petitions on exams during Covid-19 (16:30) and calling for sanctions on China over its treatment of the Uyghur Muslim population (18:00). On the committee corridor, Human Rights (14:30) has a session on Judicial Review and enforcing human rights with a series of legal experts, culminating in evidence from Lord Dyson, the former Master of the Rolls, the second most senior judge in England and Wales, and Supreme Court Justice. Public Accounts (14.30) questions senior officials at Cabinet Office about the Ventilator Challenge - the emergency drive to procure medical ventilators at the start of the pandemic; did it demonstrate that the system is too hidebound and that cumbersome procurement rules can be abandoned, or was it a one-off case of having to move fast in an emergency, with few wider lessons? In the Lords (13:00) two more new arrivals are introduced - Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Chairman of the National Conservative Convention and Deputy Chairman of the Board, and Mark Lancaster a former Treasury, Armed Forces Minister, who takes his seat as Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton. Questions to ministers range across support for people who are over 60 and should therefore be treated as vulnerable to Covid-19 according the World Health Organisation, people who have to work because because they do not have a pension, enhancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans rights internationally, protection of civilians in Armed Conflict, and protecting third party sellers from the dominance of Amazon. Then peers will wave through the third reading of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, complete with seven amendments opposed by ministers, on matters ranging from family reunion rights to the treatment of victims of modern slavery. Expect more ping-pong with the Commons on this. Then it's on to three sets of pandemic statutory instruments - the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020 (1010); Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (1012); Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Protected Areas and Linked Childcare Households) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. As I write the speakers lists for these are rather modest and no-one has put down a regret motion, so they don't look too controversial. Tuesday 13 October MPs open (11:30) with Foreign Office Questions. The day's Ten Minute Rule Bill, from Labour's Emma Lewell-Buck, is on requiring schools to provide breakfast club facilities. The main legislative action is on the remaining stages of the Fisheries Bill. Labour has amendments requiring 65 per cent of seafood caught in English waters should be landed in English ports, and to include a sustainability goal in fishing policy, there are lots of SNP amendments to ensure fisheries powers are devolved to the Scottish government. The Lib Dems have amendments on safety enforcement powers. Then MPs debate the motion to approve (retrospectively) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No.2) (England) (Amendment) (No.5) Regulations (AKA the 22:00 curfew), before moving on to a general debate on Covid-19. In Westminster Hall (09:30) there's an intriguing debate on a policy issue - introducing a universal basic income - which is gaining some traction on the Left. The sponsors are an interesting lot, the SNP's Work and Pensions spokesperson, Neil Gray, Labour's Clive Lewis, and former Lib Dem leadership contender Layla Moran. In Committee-land, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (09:30) takes evidence on the role and status of the Prime Minister's Office In the Lords (12:00) the latest new arrivals on the conveyer belt are Baroness (Kate) Hoey and Lord Moore of Etchingham, the former Telegraph and Spectator editor, Charles Moore. Question time ranges across evictions of tenants who lost income due to coronavirus, changes to divorce procedure, and the effectiveness of the Housing Delivery Test - the annual measurement of housing delivery in an area covered by a local plan. Later, peers turn to second reading of the Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill - as a money bill, this is likely to be a fairly perfunctory debate, but watch out for the maiden speech of Lord Field of Birkenhead, the artist formerly known as Work and Pensions Select Committee Chair, Frank Field. Wednesday 14 October MPs open (11:30) with half an hour of Wales questions, followed at midday by Prime Minister's Question Time The day's Ten Minute Rule Bill, proposed by Conservative MP and noted dog-lover Andrew Rosindell is the Dogs and Domestic Animals (Accommodation and Protection) Bill, which seeks to establish a right for people to keep dogs and other animals in rented homes. That is followed by two Labour Opposition Day debates on fire and re-hire tactics, and on coronavirus contracts and public procurement. My Westminster Hall pick (09:30) is SNP superlawyer Joanna Cherry's debate on the Lord Chancellor's oath and the rule of law - an attempt to put pressure on the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland, over the now-famous "specific and limited" breaking of international law which would be facilitated by the UK Internal Markets Bill. It's always fun when QCs take to the barricades. On the Committee Corridor Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has a session with Secretary of State Oliver Dowden (14:30) In the Lords (12:00) ministers face questions on Rolls-Royce's plans to transfer the manufacture of wide-chord fan blades to Singapore, protecting people from pension and ending rotational burning of peat moorlands. Then peers turn to Commons amendments to the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill, followed by the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020, which came into force on September 28th and which impose requirements on people who are notified that they are legally required to self-isolate, as well as setting out the fines for breaking the rules. Thursday 15 October MPs begin their day (09:30) with 40 minutes of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions, followed by mini-question times for the MPs who speak on behalf of the Church Commissioners, the House of Commons Commission and Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, the Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission. Then comes the weekly Business Statement from the Leader of the House, Jacob Rees-Mogg, before MPs work on the detail of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill. In Westminster Hall the SNP's Dr Lisa Cameron leads a debate on a disability inclusive Covid-19 response (13:30) and the Conservative Harriett Baldwin has a debate on the June massacres in Sudan and the UK's support for Sudan's democratic transition (15:00) On the committee corridor, Environmental Audit (09:30) takes evidence on the energy efficiency of existing homes, Public Accounts (10:00) recalls the top bods at the Department for Transport to ponder recent policy developments - what is Covid-19 doing to the transport system? Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (14:30) continues its look at the work of the Cabinet Office with Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, Simon Case and Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office, Alex Chisholm. In the Lords (12.00) questions range across equal access for low and middle income countries to any future coronavirus vaccine, assistance for humanitarian, development and girls education work in Afghanistan, after the withdrawal of peacekeeping forces and a report by the Social Mobility Commission: "The long shadow of deprivation". Then Peers whiz through the third reading of the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill - another measure which has seen five government defeats, before moving on to committee stage consideration of the Trade Bill (no votes are expected at this point, but this is another bill where the government will face serious attempts to amend). Friday 16 October It's another Private Members' Bill Friday in the Commons (09:30) starting with the Second Reading of the Conservative Laura Trott's Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill - which seeks to ban under-18s from having Botox treatment. That's followed by the Second Reading of the Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill proposed by the ex-cabinet minister, Cheryl Gillan. The vibe is that both these bills will be put to a vote and sent on for detailed scrutiny. This will leave time for Conservative former chief whip Andrew Mitchell to get a Second Reading for his Registers of Births and Deaths Bill which would bring in online registration of births, marriages and deaths. There are, as ever at this stage of the process, plenty more bills on the agenda - not least the Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey's Coronavirus Inquiry Bill. But unless some of the other business collapses, time will run out before they can be debated.

कोविड-19 के प्रसार पर अंकुश लगाने के लिए एक बड़ी पहल की बात के साथ, कोई भी सरकारी घोषणा आने वाले दिनों में संसद में घटनाओं पर हावी होगी, और संभवतः इस चिंता को दूर करेगी कि वास्तव में बड़े प्रतिबंधों पर कॉमन्स में बहस नहीं की जा रही है।


The haze is back across South East Asia

Summary: The haze is back across areas of South East Asia.

The air pollution is caused by the burning of forests and peat land in Indonesia so it can be used for growing crops, mostly lucrative palm oil. An annual feature of life in Indonesia's neighbouring countries, it has been blamed for deaths and illness. Indonesia, which has declared a state of emergency in six provinces, has repeatedly said it is cracking down on the slash-and-burn activities. But the issue is a constant source of diplomatic tension, with Jakarta accused by Singapore and Malaysia of not doing enough to tackle it. Living in the haze: Anna Jones, BBC News, Singapore A mild smoky smell has been in the air here for a few days, but throughout Friday, the view from our office window grew worse and worse. Air pollution is officially measured in Singapore Pollutant Standards Index (PSI). Anything over 100 is considered unhealthy. Though the 24-hour average so far on Friday was only slightly over that, the three-hour reading at 14:00 local time was 215. You can smell it inside buildings, it lingers in your hair and clothes and it makes your eyes itch. There will no doubt be people cancelling their outdoor plans for the weekend and stocking up on face masks, but there's a way to go before Singapore hits the peak of last year's haze, one of the worst ever. At times back then, the PSI reading was above 300. You could barely see the other side of the road and venturing out without a face mask was almost unthinkable. What causes the haze? Every year Indonesia sees agricultural fires across Sumatra, and in parts of Kalimantan on Borneo island. About 100 "hotspots" were detected on Friday. The fires are said to be caused by corporations as well as small-scale farmers using slash-and-burn to clear vegetation for palm oil, pulp and paper plantations. Once lit, the fires often spin out of control and spread into protected forested areas and peat. A peat fire is difficult to put out as it can burn underground for months, and requires a lot of water to extinguish. How big a deal is it At its largest the annual haze measures hundreds of kilometres across. It spreads to Malaysia, Singapore, the south of Thailand and the Philippines, causing a significant deterioration in air quality. The problem has accelerated in recent years as more land has been cleared for expanding plantations for the lucrative palm oil trade. What is Indonesia doing? Indonesia says it has arrested 450 people so far this year in connection with fires, including some linked to companies. President Joko Widodo has ordered extra resourcing for monitoring and fire-fighting efforts, but told the BBC last year it would take at least three years for the results to be seen. Is it dangerous? Besides irritating the respiratory tract and the eyes, the pollutants can cause serious long-term damage to health. The indices used to measure air quality in the region usually measure particulate matter (PM10), fine particulate matter (PM2.5), sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. PM2.5 can enter deeper into the lungs. It has been associated with causing respiratory illnesses and lung damage. As much as Singapore complains about poor air quality, in parts of Indonesia the haze can last for months and be deadly.

दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया के क्षेत्रों में धुंध वापस आ गई है।


No fall in Barclays bonuses

Summary: I would expect Barclays in results on Tuesday to disclose it is paying more in bonuses to its investment bankers than the £1.3bn it paid for 2012 - and that it has allocated a higher proportion of investment banking revenues to the pay of its investment bankers than last year's 39%.

Robert PestonEconomics editor My sources there tell me that the board has become increasingly concerned that its huge investment bank is being damaged by defections to higher-paying US banks - and is therefore maintaining pay and increasing it for some, even though revenues have been under pressure. The bank is increasingly concerned that it has become too easy for the giants of Wall Street to pick off its best people, by pointing to the looming imposition of the EU's cap on bonuses. Which is why Barclays is finding ways to get round the bonus cap and feels the need to publicly make it clear that it still offers substantial rewards for investment banking stars. None of which is designed to make it popular with millions of British people, whose living standards are not yet rising and who continue to feel sore about the widespread misconduct by bankers and their contribution to making most households poorer. But Barclays, if true to form, will point out that its top people will be deferring their bonuses, such that they will not be able to spend them for months and years. And it will highlight that a huge chunk of bonuses is these days paid in shares rather than cash. Which leads on to the important questions of how to pay bonuses fairly and how to pay them prudently - questions which politicians and regulators have a tendency to elide and confuse. The important point is that prudent pay may in an important sense be less fair pay, from the perspective of taxpayers who rescued banks in 2008 and still provide the ultimate safety net for them Here is why. The prudent way to pay bankers is in shares, because paying them in cash depletes banks' vital, loss-absorbing capital. And, as it happens, paying them in shares actually increases banks' buffer against losses (since the shares are that buffer). Also - but only maybe - paying bankers in shares may encourage bankers to take fewer dangerous risks that could damage their respective banks, because if a bank were to go down, pop would go the value of the shares. However I say only maybe, because there is plenty of evidence of business folk ramping up the value of shares in a dangerous and short-term way, in a frantic attempt to sell the shares at the top. So share-based rewards are no guarantee of sensible behaviour. But let's park the question of whether any form of pay can counter greed-motivated reckless conduct. The point is that all banks have been handing out wodges more shares to their top people, rather than cash, under pressure to do so from regulators and politicians. You will probably remember that very recently the prime minister boasted in the House of Commons that semi-nationalised RBS would continue its habit of the past few years of paying no more than £2,000 in cash bonuses, and that therefore the bulk of bonuses would be in RBS shares. And last year Barclays, which is much bigger in investment banking than RBS and therefore pays much more in bonuses than RBS, made share-based payments to its people of £818m, including £446m of bonuses in deferred shares (or shares that can't be pocketed immediately). So although it may be prudent to pay an increasing proportion of bonuses in shares, is it actually fairer? Well there are two ways of evaluating this. If you think that bankers are paid too much, then whether they are paid in shares or cash is irrelevant. Both are currency. In fact, any financially astute banker working for a half-decent organisation in a time of recession would much rather be paid in shares rather than cash. Why is that? Well, because the shares would be awarded at the knockdown price in the market, and - barring crass incompetence or exogenous disaster - the price of those shares should rise over time. Or to put it another way, when Barclays last year said that its average bonus per investment banker was £54,100 and that its top executive below board level received a £2.25m bonus, that said nothing about what those bonuses may eventually be worth to the recipients. If Barclays' share price were to rise, those bonuses would become more valuable. Now as it happens, Barclays' shares have gone nowhere over the past year, though over five years they're up 165%. And there is another thing. I am not 100% sure that the chancellor is completely thrilled at the trend to share-based remuneration. How so? Well, of course income tax is paid on the shares as and when they are recognised as part of the bankers' income. Which means that for most investment bankers there is tax to pay at the top rate of 45%. But if the shares rise in value and are then sold, that gain would be liable not to income tax but to capital gains tax - at a rate roughly half the top rate of income tax. So the trend to share-based pay is a double benefit to the banker: there is the potential for a bonus to end up being worth much more than face value; and the final tax bill should be much lower than for a cash bonus. The chancellor can't rail against share-based bonuses, because he believes that the cash-based bonus system was at the heart of some of the banks' suicidal behaviour in the boom years. But at a time when he needs every penny of tax he can lay his mitts on, the trend to paying bonuses in shares is not an unmitigated boon for him.

मुझे उम्मीद है कि मंगलवार के परिणामों में बार्कलेज यह खुलासा करेगा कि वह अपने निवेश बैंकरों को 2012 के लिए भुगतान किए गए £ 1.3bn की तुलना में अधिक बोनस का भुगतान कर रहा है-और यह कि उसने अपने निवेश बैंकरों के वेतन के लिए निवेश बैंकिंग राजस्व का एक उच्च अनुपात आवंटित किया है जो पिछले वर्ष के 39 प्रतिशत की तुलना में अधिक है।


Warning against wildlife dumping in Jersey

Summary: Jersey's natural ecosystem may be damaged if people dump unwanted pet fish, frogs, toads and plants in the wild, government officials say.

The Environment Department said it was warning people that non-native species could spread disease and affect local biodiversity. Even moving plants from one pond to another could spread diseases, it said. Such moves could mean natural predators were not able to keep alien plants or animals in check, it added. Tim Liddiard, from the department, said it was important to leave nature as it was to avoid irreparable damage.

सरकारी अधिकारियों का कहना है कि अगर लोग अवांछित पालतू मछली, मेंढक, टोड और पौधों को जंगल में फेंक देते हैं तो जर्सी का प्राकृतिक पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र क्षतिग्रस्त हो सकता है।


Brexit: Great UK expectations meet EU reality

Summary: Just hours ahead of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's touch-down here in Brussels, there is evidence - once again - of a yawning gulf between what's being hinted at by her office and the EU's reality.

Katya AdlerEurope editor@BBCkatyaadleron Twitter Downing Street expects a revised Brexit deal in the offing, possibly ready for the House of Commons to vote on early next week. EU chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, is still talking about a "worrying political impasse". Jean Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, says he expects no breakthrough during his meeting with Mrs May - but that is polite language compared to what I'm hearing behind the scenes. Of course, it depends exactly what she asks for. If the prime minister is looking for legally-binding assurances that the backstop mechanism to guarantee the Irish border will remain open after Brexit is not a trap or a permanent EU-UK post-Brexit solution, then EU diplomats tell me they could draw that up "anytime, 24/7". That is, if Mrs May thinks it would be enough to get the Brexit deal through Parliament. But few, if any, believe that would suffice for all MPs in the European Research Group, plus the DUP, to vote "yes" to the deal next week - never mind all the uncertainty in Parliament now caused by resignations from Labour and Theresa May's Conservative party. And if the prime minister still wants backstop "assurances" to include a unilateral exit mechanism for the UK or a fixed, immovable end date, then she will meet an EU wall. This is because the backstop is also a fallback mechanism for the EU to protect its single market. UK's 'lack of knowledge' The idea in Westminster that the EU will "blink in the end" rather than face a no-deal Brexit is correct, in that the EU is more flexible than it has previously indicated. But the extent of its flexibility is grossly over-estimated by many MPs. True, the EU has past form in budging at the last minute in high-stake negotiations like the Greek debt crisis - but only when it was deemed to be in the bloc's greater interest. In the case of Greece, the EU decided to bend the rules to save, in the opinion of its leaders, the wider euro currency. But watering down or abandoning the backstop mechanism altogether is thought to be damaging to the EU. However much EU leaders want to avoid a no-deal Brexit, leaving exposed a 500km (310-mile) gap is thought to be far more costly for them in the long term. That is because of the risk of non-EU regulation goods being smuggled into the wider single market via Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. That perceived threat to the single market means the EU will not abandon or fundamentally weaken the backstop unless there is a watertight alternative in place. Last week, a group of Dutch politicians came back from the UK lamenting what they described as the "lack of knowledge" and "lack of interest" amongst many in Westminster about how the EU works. The lack-of-knowledge part is also being said in Brussels of the UK's Attorney General Geoffrey Cox, on whom so much Downing Street hope is now riding in order to try to get a deal though Parliament. While the House of Commons has swirled in increasing turmoil over the last few weeks, little at all has changed in EU-UK talks. EU ready to protect itself The current impasse over the Brexit deal still comes down to the UK disliking the backstop mechanism. EU countries dislike it too, by the way, and would rather never use it - but the EU is "only" offering legally-binding clarifications or assurances to express this - as well as ways to avoid triggering the backstop altogether. One example of the latter would be the UK agreeing to a permanent customs union. But Downing Street insists those ideas won't fly in the House of Commons. EU officials believe any breakthrough, if found, will materialise next month. If not, the EU is getting ready to grant an extension to the UK's leaving process - Brexit is due to happen on 29 March. They realise, too, that MPs may call for that extension even earlier. But the tone is noticeably hardening in Brussels. EU officials say if no progress is made with the UK, regardless of any extension time, then they will use those extra months to deepen their planning to protect themselves from a no-deal Brexit. Of course, to an extent, this is fighting talk, designed to increase the pressure on the UK. So are the repeated declarations of EU unity over Brexit by Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, as he tours European capitals. That said, I have been struck of late by a growing sense in the EU as time goes by that a no-deal Brexit – though highly undesirable – will be manageable for them, while still very damaging to UK.

ब्रसेल्स में ब्रिटेन की प्रधान मंत्री थेरेसा मे के आगमन से कुछ ही घंटे पहले, उनके कार्यालय द्वारा जो संकेत दिया जा रहा है और यूरोपीय संघ की वास्तविकता के बीच एक जम्हाई लेने वाली खाई के प्रमाण-एक बार फिर-हैं।


Is this the moment e-sports comes of age?

Summary: It is a deal that could mark the moment e-sports enters the big league. The US owners of a famous basketball franchise and investors in Premier League club Crystal Palace have snapped up two of the leading e-sports teams.

Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter The Philadelphia 76ers have acquired Team Dignitas and Apex, and will merge them into what the NBA franchise hopes will prove to be a new powerhouse in the booming, yet still commercially undeveloped, e-sports industry. Josh Harris and David Blitzer, already owners of the 76ers and an ice hockey franchise, bought a substantial stake in Crystal Palace last November. This deal will be on a much smaller scale but it seems the pair have big plans. "The e-sports industry is primed for incredible growth," says Harris. "And we are thrilled to become an owner of such a storied franchise as Team Dignitas." The owner and manager of Team Dignitas, Michael 'Odee' O'Dell, will stay on to run the combined operation, which will include Apex's very successful League of Legends team. For O'Dell, this is an extraordinary moment. When I visited him two years ago at his modest home in Surrey, I described him as a combination of Sir Alex Ferguson and Roman Abramovich. But the glorified shed from which he ran Team Dignitas, and more than 50 professional players around the world, was hardly Old Trafford or the Bernabeu. While some of his players were already racking up big sums from advertising on their Twitch channels, this is still a very young industry struggling to find a business model. Now he will have the resources of a major professional sports organisation behind him. When we spoke on the line to Philadelphia, he was excited about what that could mean: "They have got sports psychologists, they have got nutritionists, that's the next level that I wanted to get to." Last month I reported on the Premier League clubs which are signing up professional e-sports players, but what West Ham and Manchester City have done looks like cautiously dipping a toe in the water, while the Philadelphia 76ers are plunging right into it. I put it to the 76ers' chief executive Scott O'Neil that e-sports might have a huge audience, but making money from them was going to prove a challenge. However, he saw that as an opportunity. "The average American sports fan spends $77 (£59.30) a year on their fan activities, but with e-sports fans it's under a dollar," he explained. He insisted that growing revenues would come not just from advertising but from merchandising. He said the demographic of e-sports - "75% male, 18 to 34, highly engaged but not [listening to or] watching traditional radio and TV" - was just the kind of audience with which many advertisers were desperate to engage. The whole world of people watching other people playing video games is a mystery to most people over 30 - which includes just about everyone in the marketing industries. But Amazon, which bought the game streaming site Twitch two years ago for $1bn (£771m), was among the first to bet on this becoming a big business and Harris and Blitzer's move marks another milestone in the growth of e-sports. Now we can expect other traditional sports businesses to start wondering whether they too need to understand what is that makes watching League of Legends more compelling to millions than Middlesbrough v Burnley.

यह एक ऐसा सौदा है जो उस क्षण को चिह्नित कर सकता है जब ई-स्पोर्ट्स बड़ी लीग में प्रवेश कर सकता है। एक प्रसिद्ध बास्केटबॉल फ्रेंचाइजी के अमेरिकी मालिकों और प्रीमियर लीग क्लब क्रिस्टल पैलेस में निवेशकों ने दो प्रमुख ई-स्पोर्ट्स टीमों को खरीद लिया है।


Shipments of Dounreay nuclear fuel could start in 2014

Summary: The remaining nuclear fuel at the Dounreay plant in Caithness could be transferred to Sellafield in Cumbria by sea or rail from next year.

Known as "exotics", it includes material containing highly enriched uranium. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said it was considering the best option for transporting it. The first of 30 to 40 shipments of material for reprocessing could start in 2014 and continue over six years. Dounreay is in the process of being demolished. In December last year, work started on moving material called breeder from Dounreay for reprocessing at Sellafield. The breeder has to be taken by road to a railway station at Georgemas for the rest of the journey from Scotland to England. Removing all nuclear fuel from Dounreay will mean facilities for handling it there will not have to be built.

कैथनेस में डौनरे संयंत्र में शेष परमाणु ईंधन को अगले वर्ष से समुद्र या रेल द्वारा कुम्ब्रिया के सेलाफील्ड में स्थानांतरित किया जा सकता है।


African viewpoint: Yellow fever and family demands

Summary: In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Nigerian writer Sola Odunfa reflects on the rise of xenophobia in post-apartheid South Africa, following the recent repatriation of a group of Nigerians, accused of having fake yellow fever vaccination certificates.

One of the trickiest problems that confronts a young couple is their relationship shortly after the wedding. This is especially the case when the man is the financial cornerstone in his family. The family expects him to continue to support them exactly as he used to before his new status as husband and, therefore, head of his own nuclear family. Brothers and sisters If he fails to live up to their expectations they turn on his wife - and accuse her of trying to turn their son against his brothers and sisters. On her part, his wife reminds him constantly of his new responsibilities in the home and cautions that a line should be drawn somewhere between his family loyalty and the needs of his own home. It takes wisdom and diplomacy for the man to navigate his way through these conflicting demands. Otherwise he risks either destabilising his home or incurring the anger of his siblings and larger family. Neither augurs well for his, and his children's, long-term happiness and well-being. In the apartheid years, South Africa was the rallying point of almost all black African nations. They all saw it as their political and moral duty to join in the battle for the liberation of their oppressed brothers and sisters. At the time when the entire West was, at best, indifferent to the struggle, African nations flexed their diplomatic muscles at every international forum against the operators of white racial supremacy and their supporters. Some of them went as far as giving both economic and military support to South Africa's freedom fighters, especially the African National Congress (ANC). At the forefront of this effort were the countries of east and southern Africa - which became known as the Frontline States. Nigeria - despite being far away in the west - also contributed financially and diplomatically - and so was embraced as an honorary Frontline State. The anti-apartheid struggle created a unique relationship between South Africans and virtually all other Africans. They became brothers and sisters in the real sense. It was not surprising when after the victory over apartheid, there was an influx of Africans into the new South Africa. But trouble began. The jobs available could not go round. South Africans blamed immigrants for taking their jobs and they became hostile. Their brothers from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria and other African nations became targets of insults, physical attacks, police harassment and mass deportations. Yellow fever row The climax for Nigeria was the refused entry on 2 March of a planeload of Nigerians. South Africa's immigration officials said their yellow fever certificates were fake - but they did not produce any evidence for their conclusion. Nigeria responded, pronto. South Africans were turned away at Lagos airport - those working in Nigeria suddenly faced a lot of questions over their immigration papers. Passion was so inflamed that some Nigerians even urged their government to start demanding certificates from travellers from South Africa to show they were clear of HIV/Aids. Their, misplaced, argument was that South Africa was a major centre of the epidemic - with infection rates running at about 11% nationally - whereas yellow fever had been eradicated in Nigeria. Luckily, common sense prevailed on both sides very quickly, within six days. The two governments are now reconciling - but the same cannot be said of the citizens. The diplomacy will somehow have to be extended beyond the politicians and technocrats - if the true meaning of brotherhood is to be appreciated once again. Post-apartheid xenophobia cannot yield good fruits. Some years ago Nigerians were shouting "Ghana Must Go" as they harried Ghanaians in droves out of the country. Now Ghanaians are comfortable at home but Nigerians are seeking economic exile in that country. No condition is permanent. If you would like to comment on Sola Odunfa's latest column, please use the form below.

अफ्रीकी पत्रकारों के दृष्टिकोण की हमारी श्रृंखला में, नाइजीरियाई लेखक सोला ओडुन्फा रंगभेद के बाद दक्षिण अफ्रीका में ज़ेनोफोबिया के उदय पर प्रतिबिंबित करते हैं, हाल ही में नकली पीत ज्वर टीकाकरण प्रमाण पत्र रखने के आरोप में नाइजीरियाई लोगों के एक समूह के प्रत्यावर्तन के बाद।


Los Angeles homelessness emergency: 'A city of shanties'

Summary: Los Angeles recently declared a state of emergency over the city's growing homeless population - up 12% in two years. Residents of the city's main homeless encampment say a mix of drugs and rising rents are driving the problem.

By James CookBBC News, Los Angeles The City of Angels has another nickname: the homeless capital of America. The accuracy of the title may be disputed - there are many ways to count, none of them definitive - but no one else wants it, and it has stuck. The heart of this capital is in the shadows, beneath the gleaming skyscrapers, on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. In this land of glitz and glamour, the forgotten people have made camp. Block after block, the homeless and their scant belongings - tarpaulins, tents and trolleys - are scattered on the concrete in the baking sun. Most of the faces are African-American. Steven Kuklinski has been living here on and off for 10, perhaps 15 years. He is not keeping count. The woes that brought him to Skid Row are common. "Emotional and psychological problems, which led to escape through drugs," is his own frank assessment of how he ended up on the streets. "Drugs and prison and jail go hand in hand," he adds. At the last count there were 44,359 homeless people in Los Angeles County and 25,686 in the city itself, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), an agency set up in 1993 to find a solution to the problem. LAHSA estimates that more than two-thirds of homeless people are on the streets with no shelter at all. Southern California's warm climate makes that possible but still tough, especially recently when the temperature downtown by lunchtime was 34C (94F). "We need some help," says Denise Scott, taking refuge in the shade, her hair pulled tight in a black bandana. She compares Skid Row to a Third World country. "It doesn't look like America. We can bomb countries and build them back up, but we can't take care of homelessness?" Not everyone here is on drugs, she insists. Many just can't pay the rent. "We don't have affordable housing," says Ms Scott, and for that she blames a failure to control immigration. "We have over 20 million illegal aliens, undocumented people, in this country. And they live indoors." The Pew Research Center puts the number of undocumented immigrants closer to 11 million. Whatever the figure, the billionaire businessman Donald Trump, currently campaigning for the Republican nomination for president, would sort it out, reckons Ms Scott. She would vote for "The Trumpster", as she calls him, "because he seems to know more about immigration," than President Barack Obama. Others share her assessment of the problem, if not necessarily the solution. "Spice" lives on Skid Row with her husband "Dice". They are here out of choice, living in a tent which doubles as a kitchen catering for the homeless. Their business on the fringes of society appears extremely popular with the people on the street. Its legality and tax status may not be clear, but the food smells delicious and the menu is surprisingly varied. Rising rents have driven more and more people on to the streets, Spice says. "Nobody can afford rent on Skid Row, or anywhere else. Rent is going up and salary is not going up and it's not balanced. "Homelessness is going to continue until legislation steps up and say 'Put a cap on it. Stop!'" Herb Smith, the president of the Los Angeles Mission, a non-profit organisation on Skid Row, says the problem has actually worsened as the economy has recovered from the financial crisis of 2008. "We were making in-roads for a number of years during the hard economy time but because of a number of factors we've seen a growth recently of people coming back out onto the streets," he says. "Affordable housing in LA is almost non-existent," says Mr Smith who points to recent data that suggests that the average two-bedroom unit in the city now costs more than $2,600 (£1,700) per month to rent. "If a person's earning minimum wage they may be spending 50 or 75% of their income on housing costs and so that makes it very difficult for them to be able to survive," he says. At City Hall, council member Mike Bonin agrees. Mr Bonin, who represents the city's 11th District, was at the forefront of a recent move to declare a state of emergency because of homelessness. His district includes Venice Beach, where rough sleepers are a particularly serious problem. "We have become a city of shanties," says Mr Bonin, noting that homelessness has not only increased by "a whopping 12%" over the past two years but is now spreading out across the city. Encampments are almost everywhere, he says. "We have people by the hundreds living in tents." It is this "tremendous crisis" says Mr Bonin, which has prompted the first state of emergency in Los Angeles since the Northridge earthquake of 1994, when 60 people died. Declaring a state of emergency could make it easier to find homes for residents by easing some housing restrictions and fast-tracking permits for more affordable housing. "I think this is absolutely as serious as the aftermath of an earthquake," he says. "All levels of government have been effectively negligent in dealing with this problem for way too long," he says. "There's something absolutely shameful and disgusting about it. It's absolutely wrong that in a nation this wealthy and in a city this wealthy that this problem has continued. We've got in Los Angeles a growing gap between the rich and poor." Tackling it will require an extraordinary effort. Proposed changes include raising the minimum wage, building more affordable housing and specialist shelters, and providing rental subsidies as well as improving mental health services and drug treatment programmes. Mr Bonin insists the city will find an extra $100 million to help fund such solutions, although even he concedes that this is a "drop in the ocean". The money has not yet been allocated. Back on Skid Row, the sirens are wailing as yet another ambulance rumbles up to the kerb to help someone who has collapsed. This seems to happen every 30 minutes or so. But amid the despair here, there is some hope. Christian Lofland, 50, works at the Los Angeles Mission, looking after facilities maintenance. Three years ago he was on the streets himself. It was the mission's faith-based programme, offering shelter, a shower and the prospect of a job, which helped him turn his life around. For Mr Lofland, the slide into drug-addiction and homelessness happened fast. "One day I woke up and thought, you know I don't have a roof over my head, I have no money, I don't have any gas in my car. I don't have a job," he says. It took the support of friends, the assistance of the mission, will-power and prayer to kick heroin and get back on his feet, he says. On the streets, not enough stories have such happy endings and the city authorities are now under intense pressure from sceptical voters to do more to help the homeless. "There's a lot of fat cats who are going to have their hands out for $100 million," Mr Lofland says. "They're building the tallest building in LA for a billion dollars and they're going to spend a tenth of that on sheltering homelessness," he adds. "So where's the priority?"

लॉस एंजिल्स ने हाल ही में शहर की बढ़ती बेघर आबादी पर आपातकाल की स्थिति घोषित की-दो वर्षों में 12 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि। शहर के मुख्य बेघर शिविर के निवासियों का कहना है कि ड्रग्स और बढ़ते किराए का मिश्रण समस्या को बढ़ा रहा है।


2019 Quiz of the Year part one: January to March

Summary: How well do you remember the stories and people in the news this year?

Test your memory of 2019 in our four-part Christmas quiz - 52 questions for 52 weeks of the year - starting with January to March. If you cannot see the quiz, click here. Picture credits: Reuters, AFP, China National Space Administration, Getty Images, PA Media, Reuters

इस साल की खबरों और लोगों को आप कितनी अच्छी तरह याद करते हैं?


Ebola outbreak: How many people have died?

Summary: How many people have died from Ebola in West Africa?

By James GallagherHealth editor, BBC News website It sounds an easy question, but the answer is certainly not. The most recent official figure from the World Health Organization puts the number of deaths at 4,493. But 12,000 could be a better estimate. Getting to this figure highlights a number of issues with the Ebola data. How many cases? First of all there is a fair bit of uncertainty about how many people have Ebola. The ones we know about stand at 8,997 - this is made up of confirmed, suspected and probable cases. However, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have some of the worst-funded healthcare systems in the world. We know people are contracting the disease, and dying from it, without being noticed. Based on small trials, agencies including the WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control are taking an "educated guess" that the figure is around twice that. The widely reported estimate of 10,000 cases per week by December uses this doubling to account for under-reporting. "We get that because 5,000 is the midpoint of our modelling scenarios and if we allow for under-reporting [by a factor of two] then that's 10,000," said Dr Christopher Dye, the director of strategy in the office of the director general at the WHO. Use the same principle and the number of cases now could be around 18,000. What is the death rate? Looking at the official figures again - 8,997 cases and 4,493 deaths - you might think that roughly half of patients die. "This is wrong," Dr Dye told me. The data is, quite frankly, a bit of a mess. Take the WHO Ebola response roadmap update on 10 October. It has more confirmed deaths in Liberia from Ebola (1,072) than actual cases (943). This confusing set of figures comes about by collecting data on cases and deaths separately. Also, comparing current cases and current deaths does not take account of people living with the disease for some time before either dying or recovering. What you need is quality data and the best comes from a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. A team, including scientists at Imperial College London, looked at a sub-set of patients with full medical records from diagnosis through to either recovery or death. Dr Dye told the BBC: "On the basis of this analysis, our best estimate is a 60-70% case fatality and it's sensible to use a range as there are variations from one place to another." Use the 70% figure on the 18,000 estimated cases and it seems around 12,000 are either dead or dying. Clearly that is not a definitive figure, but getting there shows how messy some of the data are. And this is the same basic data being used to reach forecasts of 1.4 million cases by January or 10,000 new cases a week by December.

पश्चिम अफ्रीका में इबोला से कितने लोगों की मौत हुई है?


Bus roof ripped off under Bristol railway bridge

Summary: The roof of a double decker bus was ripped off when it was driven under a low-level railway bridge in Bristol.

No-one was injured in the crash in Hatchet Road by Parkway railway station at about 15:30 GMT, police and fire crews called to the scene confirmed. The vehicle is operated by Applegates Coaches based in Berkeley in Gloucestershire. The firm has been contacted for comment. The road remains closed while the incident is dealt with. Network Rail is assessing damage to the bridge, but a spokesman for the rail operator said the incident "did not have a significant impact on services".

ब्रिस्टल में एक डबल डेकर बस की छत उस समय उखड़ गई जब उसे एक निचले रेलवे पुल के नीचे चलाया जा रहा था।


Cardigan Bay scallop dredging consultation halted

Summary: A consultation over plans for a protected marine area in Cardigan Bay for scallop dredging has been halted.

The Welsh government blamed "technical issues" but Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said it would restart. The move follows calls by Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Marine Conservation Society and ClientEarth to pull it. They said it was unfairly weighted towards dredging, which destroys almost everything".

स्कैलप ड्रेजिंग के लिए कार्डिगन खाड़ी में एक संरक्षित समुद्री क्षेत्र की योजनाओं पर विचार-विमर्श रोक दिया गया है।


Borth Wild Animal Kingdom begins rehoming dangerous animals

Summary: The owners of a troubled zoo have begun rehoming their most dangerous animals after surrendering its licence to keep category one carnivores.

Last month Borth Wild Animal Kingdom in Ceredigion was found to be in breach of its licence that says it must have someone with a firearm on duty every day in case of an escape. In 2017 its lynx Lilleth was shot dead after escaping. In March three African Antelope broke out. They were returned safely. A second lynx, Nilly, later died following a "handling error". In July, it was given extra time to pay a £75,000 tax bill. Ceredigion council said it was supervising the rehoming and a serval had already been moved to another collection. The zoo has closed while the rehoming takes place and plans to reopen without them.

एक परेशान चिड़ियाघर के मालिकों ने श्रेणी एक के मांसाहारी जानवरों को रखने के लिए अपना लाइसेंस सौंपने के बाद अपने सबसे खतरनाक जानवरों को फिर से बसाना शुरू कर दिया है।


Tyne and Wear Metro cleaners in 24 hour strike

Summary: Tyne and Wear Metro cleaners are to take part in a 24 hour strike over a pay dispute.

Transport union RMT confirmed cleaners working for Churchill would go on strike from 22:30 BST on 13 July. RMT claims that Churchill has offered no increase in basic pay, despite a rise in profits. DB Regio Tyne and Wear, which operates the Metro on behalf of Nexus, said contingencies were in place "so our passengers won't notice the strike". So far no-one from Churchill has been available for comment.

टाइन एंड वियर मेट्रो क्लीनर को वेतन विवाद को लेकर 24 घंटे की हड़ताल में भाग लेना है।


Coronavirus: The learners waiting to take their driving tests

Summary: Hundreds of thousands of people have had their driving tests cancelled or delayed as a result of the pandemic. It has been more than just a minor inconvenience for those looking for work and caring for children, while instructors face a nervous wait to find out when and how they can return to work safely.

By Roz TappendenBBC South Natasha Wilson was heavily pregnant when she was due to take her test in April. With a three-year-old already in tow, she had been banking on passing before she had her baby. "It's been a struggle," said the 21-year-old from Oxford. "I'm not able to go shopping, I've had to get my mum to go and get it for me." Ms Wilson, who has been learning since 2017, applied for her test at the beginning of the year. She said: "I got an email saying they had to cancel it. Now my test is on 9 July but I feel like I will fail at the moment because I have had no practice. "I've got two lessons booked in the week before. Passing my test would mean being able to do my food shopping, taking the kids out, going to see my mum and my family." In rural areas, the situation is difficult for other reasons - the government advised people to avoid public transport, so those without their own way of getting around are struggling. George Vane, who lives in the village of Headcorn in Kent, had been due to take his test this month, but has had it postponed until August. "It's really frustrating because it's put a hold on being able to find work and I'm relying on my parents to drive me around," said the 17-year-old. "Living in the village, there's a couple of jobs here and there, but it's quite hard to get a proper job where I can earn enough money. Not being able to drive has hindered my chances of getting work. It's a huge frustration." Abigail Showan, 17, was due to take her test on 19 March - the day her driving test centre closed. "I got an email saying it was just the tests from then on that were cancelled so if I'd have booked it for 18 March then I'd have been fine." Abigail, from Witney in Oxfordshire, said: "I was so nervous - you mentally prepare for it so for it to be cancelled was so frustrating. "It's been rebooked and early July is the supposed date but I've got no idea whether that will go ahead. "I've been able to go out with my parents a few times which is OK for confidence but it's not the same as having your instructor sitting next to you." The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) suspended all driving tests for up to three months from 20 March. It said the official number of cancelled tests was not yet available but government statistics show about 400,000 people take their practical car tests in Great Britain each quarter. Instructors are facing numerous considerations about returning to work and have been advised by the Driving Instructors Association to check whether learners have been in contact with anyone experiencing virus symptoms, as well as asking them to wash their hands or use sanitiser before getting in the car. They should also keep windows open for ventilation and wipe down contact points in the vehicle between lessons. You might also be interested in: Julie Mansley, who teaches in Dorchester, Dorset, says she will be reducing her teaching hours to make time for cleaning the car between pupils and may make lessons longer to reduce the number of people in the vehicle each day. She is also scrapping late cancellation charges to encourage pupils to be honest if they don't feel well or should be isolating. "I know it's going to impact on my business but it's going to be about trusting each other. We will work together with our pupils in the interest of safety." Dave Williams, who teaches across Newton Abbot and Torbay in Devon, says being in the high-risk category makes him feel "even more scared and vulnerable" about returning to work. "Now the job becomes dangerous for a different type of reason," he said. "Should I go out and play Russian roulette every day or not?" Anna Rodger, who teaches in Oxfordshire, only became a fully qualified, self-employed instructor in November so cannot receive a taxable grant, worth 80% of profits, because it is calculated on the basis of the previous year's income. "The biggest annoyance for me is that people who have just started a new venture into self-employment are not getting the same help because there's no way of working it out. "I know a few driving instructors who had just taken up this job. I like to look at myself as one of the lucky ones. I moved into my first house when this all kicked off but luckily my partner earns enough for us to get by." A spokesman for the DVSA said its priority was to "stop the spread of coronavirus and keep everyone safe". "We will continue to work closely with driving instructor associations on how and when we can resume driving tests and lessons."

महामारी के परिणामस्वरूप लाखों लोगों के ड्राइविंग परीक्षण रद्द या विलंबित हो गए हैं। यह काम की तलाश करने वालों और बच्चों की देखभाल करने वालों के लिए एक छोटी सी असुविधा से कहीं अधिक है, जबकि प्रशिक्षकों को यह पता लगाने के लिए घबराहट का सामना करना पड़ता है कि वे कब और कैसे सुरक्षित रूप से काम पर लौट सकते हैं।


Are we eating at the wrong time for our body clocks?

Summary: We've been warned repeatedly about the health perils of being out-of-sync with our body clocks. Are we eating in the right way for these circadian rhythms, and could changing our mealtime habits boost our health and help us lose weight?

By Alex TherrienHealth reporter, BBC News 'Breakfast like a king' What did you eat this morning for breakfast or lunch? The chances are it wasn't steak and chips, chickpea curry or anything else you might normally have for dinner. Yet some scientists believe eating more of our daily calories earlier in the day - and shifting mealtimes earlier in general - could be good for our health. One study found women who were trying to lose weight lost more when they had lunch earlier in the day, while another linked eating later breakfasts to having a higher body mass index. "There's already a very old saying, eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper, and I think there's some truth in that," says Dr Gerda Pot, a visiting lecturer in nutritional sciences at King's College London. Now scientists are trying to find out more about what's driving those results and are looking at the relationship between eating and our body clocks, dubbed "chrono-nutrition" by some, for answers. When you eat You may think of the body clock as being something that determines when we sleep. But in fact there are clocks in virtually every cell in the body. They help prime us for the day's tasks, such as waking up in the morning, by regulating blood pressure, body temperature and hormone levels, among other things. Experts are now looking at whether our eating habits - including irregular mealtimes and eating too late - are far from optimal for our internal rhythms. Dr Pot, who studies chrono-nutrition, said: "We have a body clock that determines that every 24 hours each metabolic process has an optimal time when something should happen. "That suggests that having a large meal in the evening is actually, metabolically speaking, not the right thing to do because your body is already winding down for the night." Dr Jonathan Johnston, reader in chronobiology and integrative physiology at the University of Surrey, said although studies suggest our bodies are less good at processing food in the evening it was not yet understood why this is. One theory is that it's linked to the body's' ability to expend energy. "There's a little bit of preliminary evidence to suggest that the energy you use to process a meal - you use more of it in the morning compared with if you eat in the evening." Properly understanding the link between when we eat and our health is important, Dr Johnston says, because it could have big implications for helping to tackle the obesity epidemic. "If we can come up with advice to say, 'Well actually you don't necessarily have to change so much what you eat, but if you just change when you eat,' that little subtle modification might in itself be a really important part of how people can improve health across society," he says. Beyond this, the timings of our meals could also have implications for people with disrupted body clocks, such as shift workers, who are estimated to make up about 20% of the workforce, Dr Johnston says. Animal studies have shown that eating at certain times can help re-set circadian rhythms, and now research is looking at if this applies to people too. In a study of 10 men, Dr Johnston found that delaying their mealtimes by five hours clearly shifted a biological marker of their body clocks. While it was a small study, Dr Johnston said it suggested that eating at specific times could form part of a strategy to help people cope with a disrupted body clock, something that has been shown to be particularly harmful for health. More questions So should we all start eating earlier? Experts say there are a lot of questions that need answering. For example, what are the optimum times to eat and avoid food? How is this affected by our own individual body clock types - be it morning lark, night owl or something in between? And are there foods that are particularly bad to eat at certain times? Both Dr Johnston and Dr Pot said the evidence suggested we should be consuming more of our calories earlier in the day, for example by making lunch the biggest meal. However, Prof Alexandra Johnstone, a nutritionist who is now starting to study in the field of chrono-nutrition, is slightly more cautious. She says that while there are studies showing that shifting our mealtimes earlier might boost our health, she'd like to see a clearer explanation of what's causing this. But she hopes forthcoming research can show this and lead to clear guidance for people around when to eat. Follow Alex on Twitter.

हमें बार-बार चेताया गया है कि हमारे शरीर की घड़ियों के साथ तालमेल न होने से स्वास्थ्य संबंधी खतरे हैं। क्या हम इन सर्कैडियन लय के लिए सही तरीके से खा रहे हैं, और क्या भोजन के समय की आदतों को बदलने से हमारे स्वास्थ्य में वृद्धि हो सकती है और वजन कम करने में मदद मिल सकती है?


Your pictures on the theme of 'monochrome'

Summary: We asked our readers to send in their pictures on the theme of "monochrome". Here are some of the pictures sent to us from around the world.

The next theme is "My 2020 - your best photo from the past year" and the deadline for entries is 8 December 2020. The pictures will be published towards the end of the year. Send pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or follow the link below to "Upload your pictures here". Further details and terms can be found by following the link to "We set the theme, you take the picture", at the bottom of the page. All photographs subject to copyright.

हमने अपने पाठकों से "मोनोक्रोम" विषय पर अपनी तस्वीरें भेजने के लिए कहा। यहाँ दुनिया भर से हमें भेजी गई कुछ तस्वीरें हैं।


So you want to be a police and crime commissioner...

Summary: "If I were standing, I'd pledge to clean up the dog poo and Taser groups of three or more teenagers on sight," quipped the world-weary member of a police authority I met at a conference.

Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent@BBCDomCon Twitter "I'd be a shoo-in. They'd all vote for me because these elections are about what's popular - not necessarily what is right." He was being deliberately absurd - but the point behind it gets right to the heart of the biggest shake-up in British policing for decades: Your vote may redefine how the police keep your community safe. In just a few weeks' time, 41 individuals will become police and crime commissioners after pitching their vision for cleaning up the streets of England and Wales. The chief constable of each of these forces will no longer be answerable to the home secretary, but to their PCC who, in turn, will be answerable to the electorate when the elections come around again. Many police chiefs are so nervous about the impending changes they'd be dialling 999 if they knew of an emergency service that could stop it all. But they can't - so what exactly are they going to have to learn to live with? For almost half a century, police in England and Wales exercised their powers under the "tripartite" relationship - a balancing of powers between: In short, the home secretary set general priorities and targets and chiefs delivered, under the watch of the local police authority. By dawn on 16 November, that will be gone. Police authorities, long derided as invisible will be replaced by elected police and crime commissioners. The Whitehall targets on how to fight crime will be replaced by a political mandate from the local electorate. The PCC will be responsible for hiring - and potentially firing - the chief constable. He or she will set the policing budget and could increase the amount raised locally. They'll be responsible for services for victims - and also manage grants for crime reduction and community safety. Each PCC will set a budget and a strategy that the chief constable will be expected to deliver. There will be some local scrutiny of PCC work - but the panel has limited powers to intervene. Manifestos and machinations How will all of this work in practice? Well, we don't quite know yet - and that's why the police are nervous. They fear that many candidates who can deliver a good sound bite won't have a clue about the delicate and difficult world of modern policing. There are predictions that decisions will be influenced by party concerns and that the careers of some of the brightest and best police officers will depend on how they get on with their political boss. The government believes it has all of this covered. While PCCs will focus on delivering their manifesto, they cannot tell the chief constables what to do. Senior police will remain in operational command, deciding how many officers go where, to do what. PCCs will also be obliged to take an oath of impartiality, a public act declaring that they will be above party politics. Ministers want the incoming PCCs to focus on two tasks: cutting crime and improving public confidence, because that's what the public will judge them on when election day comes again. But that, say critics, is where the problems start - and it comes back to our cynical police authority chap. Ipsos Mori, the polling agency, says that concern about local crime has steadily fallen while there has been also been growing confidence in the police. It says the polling data shows people want their voices to be heard and a policing response that is visible and reassuring. The maths behind that data, say critics, would tempt many a PCC to run simple strategy focused on neighbourhood policing. Vote for me for a war on hoodies. From local to international But what about the bigger picture? The local drugs squad know who the dealers are. They know the kids who courier the goods on their BMXs - the same kids who will soon be using the drugs and burgling the expensive homes on the other side of town. Those officers also work with detectives in neighbouring forces to target the regional sellers. And their chiefs want to work with the National Crime Agency to take down the major gangs who are the global market-makers in crime - the gangs organising the theft of flash cars from our cities or the mass electronic harvesting of credit card numbers. By the way, they may be the same gangs who are supplying more drugs and poor immigrant girls into the British brothels. All of that is a harder story to tell - and to sell to voters - because it's so much less visible. Ministers hope they have dealt with this in the legislation. The PCCs must "have regard" to national policing requirements. That means that a commissioner won't be able to ignore legitimate demands to co-operate with other forces on tackling serious crime - or to assist in more prosaic ways, such as to provide officers to quell riots. So after the tub-thumping at election time, an awful lot of this job for those who do get elected will be about hard negotiation in the boardroom between PCCs and chief constables over what is right for local people - but also for national policing. This balancing act has always been a major challenge in policing - the question is whether the arrival of PCCs will make it more of a public debate. And that brings us to a final very important responsibility for the first wave of PCCs. Many candidates rightly fear indifference and public confusion. The Electoral Reform Society has predicted a low turn-out while the Electoral Commission has its own concerns, including over the Home Office's planned advertising campaign. The prize for the first term may not just be to make your police more accountable - but to convince you to vote at all the next time PCCs come canvassing.

"अगर मैं खड़ा होता, तो मैं तीन या अधिक किशोरों के कुत्ते के मल और टेसर समूहों को साफ करने की प्रतिज्ञा करता", एक पुलिस प्राधिकरण के विश्व-थका हुआ सदस्य ने चुटकी ली, जिससे मैं एक सम्मेलन में मिला था।


Google: Who would want the right to be forgotten?

Summary: An EU court ruling has taken a step towards giving people the "right to be forgotten", forcing Google and other search engines to remove certain links from search results. But what kind of things do people normally want to be forgotten online, asks Chris Stokel-Walker.

Mario Costeja Gonzalez wants Google to stop displaying a search result showing that his house had been auctioned after he ran into financial difficulties 16 years ago. His case could have far-reaching consequences. A law giving users "the right to be forgotten" was first proposed two years ago. But Google opposes the move and anti-censorship campaign Index on Censorship has warned about the dangers of allowing people to whitewash their personal history. But who might make use of the new law, and why? Strident views Paris Brown, who was for six short days the UK's first youth police and crime commissioner last year, might provide an example of the kind of person who might want the option of the right-to-forget rules. Brown, then 17, had posted comments to Twitter when she was aged 14-16 that could have been interpreted as homophobic and racist. In a statement at the time of her resignation, she denied she held unpleasant views and said that she had "fallen into the trap of behaving with bravado on social networking sites". The top result on a Google search for Brown today is a Daily Mail article calling her "foul-mouthed" and "offensive". At the time of Paris Brown's public downfall, Ann Barnes, Kent's adult police and crime commissioner, told reporters: "I'm sure many people today would not have the jobs they are in if their thoughts in their teenage years were scrutinised." Young candidates being Googled by employers Employers regularly Google prospective candidates to learn about their history - negative images and posts are then viewed very briefly, out of context, in a way that can transform something slightly inadvisable into a real obstacle to getting an interview. The head of public policy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Ben Wilmott, says that though employers should only be evaluating candidates based on their competency for the job and any profiles on professional social networking websites such as LinkedIn, many do more general Google searches that can look at private lives. A recent survey by the CIPD found that 40% of employers look at social media profiles to inform their recruitment decisions. "There's a question mark over how and when employers should use the information they find on Google 'fishing expeditions'," he says. "What this law could do is refocus employers - they'll have to go back to asking if this person is the right person for the job strictly on the basis of their qualifications." One university student, who did not wish to be named, says she could imagine potentially using the right to be forgotten in the future. "People often say that potential employers Google or Facebook your name. There are pictures of me next to toilets full of vomit, and drunken pictures in nightclubs. Things make their way online that I would rather potential employers or future partners didn't see." Domestic violence victims There's a more serious side even than dented unemployment prospects. Victims of domestic abuse often face a situation where a violent ex-partner is trying to track them down. The victims are often named in media reports about their partners' crimes. Details about unhappy relationships and harrowing tales of violence can be permanently associated with their names, even as they want to move on to a new life of independence and freedom. Because of that, the EU's recent decision is a good thing, believes Polly Neate, the chief executive of Women's Aid, an anti-domestic violence charity. "We welcome changes which would give survivors of domestic violence more control over their personal details online," she says. But what would be better is ensuring victims aren't named in the first place. "Too many news outlets perpetuate misleading stereotypes of domestic violence. Perpetrators, and victims report stories in a sensationalist way, and can put women and children at risk of retaliation. The media has a responsibility to ensure that stories about domestic violence don't do further damage to the survivor or impact on her recovery." Spent convictions In the UK, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act allows convictions to be "spent" after a certain period of time. For instance, for anyone sentenced to less than six months in prison, their conviction has become spent after two years. Spent convictions typically do not need to be disclosed to employers, but it's easy to see how a Google search result could void any possible benefit from the act. Asylum seekers Many asylum seekers have concerns about their whereabouts being known, says Andy Warmington, who helps run Crossings, an arts charity that works with immigrants, based in the north east of England. Members are fleeing from complicated situations in their home countries, and Warmington can see the positive points for those he works with of being able to wipe clean one's online record. "Being able to contact Google or Facebook and have their data removed entirely gives them control over their fear, and the risks they perceive they're facing," he says. Streisand effect But those fighting for the right to have something forgotten should be wary of the "Streisand effect". Named after the singer and actor Barbra Streisand, proponents suggest that the mere act of trying to suppress a piece of information on the internet can backfire spectacularly. Streisand reportedly attempted to suppress photos of her beachside home, but media coverage of the action massively increased the number of people viewing the photos. Or there's the case of Max Mosley who has taken legal action to force Google to stop linking to images of him during an orgy with prostitutes because of the breach of his privacy. He was successful in his action but the net result does of course increase the level of references to the episode. Follow @BBCNewsMagazine on Twitter and on Facebook

यूरोपीय संघ की अदालत के एक फैसले ने लोगों को "भूल जाने का अधिकार" देने की दिशा में एक कदम उठाया है, जिससे गूगल और अन्य खोज इंजनों को खोज परिणामों से कुछ लिंक हटाने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ा है। लेकिन लोग आम तौर पर किस तरह की चीजों को ऑनलाइन भूलना चाहते हैं, क्रिस स्टोकेल-वॉकर पूछते हैं।


School's out: Home education on the up in Wales

Summary: September is here and that means most parents will be shedding a tear - or heaving a great sigh of relief - as they send their children back to school. But an increasing number in Wales are turning their backs on mainstream education, opting instead to teach their children themselves. It is perfectly legal: the 1996 Education Act states that school-age children must receive an education "either by attendance at a school or otherwise". But can mum or dad really do a better job than the professionals?

By Delyth LloydBBC News Eden Maurice has never set foot in a school. The 17-year-old, from Caernarfon in Gwynedd, was educated at home along with her three brothers. "It was a really positive experience," she said. "I gained a lot out of it that I don't think I'd have got in school. "We spent a lot of time outside, camping, kayaking and learning about botany. We did look at textbooks for subjects like history but we would supplement that by visiting castles and other old buildings." Eden's parents, Julie and Ken, decided to give home education a try when their eldest son Tao was four. "When he was about seven I gave him the choice of going to school but he didn't want to go," said Mrs Maurice. "By then I'd got the other three and when they reached school-age, their big brother was at home so they didn't want to go either. "I had four different ages and four different interests to cater for so it wasn't easy. We ended up doing what I call seasonal education, where we worked indoors with books, worksheets and the internet during the winter and spent the summer outside, camping, walking and learning about nature. It worked really well." It sounds idyllic but what about the national curriculum? What about GCSEs? Surprisingly, they are not compulsory for home-schooled children. Tao, now 23, believes this freedom allowed him to flourish: "Having lots and lots of time to specialise was better for me than spending 20 hours a week doing religious studies and other stuff I'm just not interested in." 'Quiet revolution' Once dismissed as a radical option practiced by hippies, hot-housers and religious fundamentalists, home education is becoming more popular - and more accepted - in Wales. The Welsh government says 1,399 children were taught at home in the 2014-15 academic year - that is a 14% increase on last year and a 56% increase since records began four years ago. The true number is likely to be even higher because unless they have withdrawn their child from school, parents do not have to tell the local authority that they are educating at home. Mike Wood, who runs a website dedicated to home education, says a "quiet revolution" is under way. "More and more parents are finding that it is possible to provide a suitable, flexible and enriching education tailored to their child's individual needs in a way that schools could not dream of providing. "Schools are under pressure. Teachers have to follow a curriculum and have targets to reach and just don't have time to cater for each individual child. But parents can do that." Bev Carr, from Brecon in Powys, who took her son Henry out of school at the age of five, agrees. "I think people are becoming more disillusioned with the education system and waking up to the fact that actually, I do have a choice." Mrs Carr, a former teacher, educated Henry at home for a year after he became unhappy at school. "I was gobsmacked at how easy it was to take him out of school. It was just a letter to the school and that was it. "Home schooling brought him on in leaps and bounds. After twelve months, it brought his confidence back enough that we were considering mainstream education again." The family found a local school which allowed Henry, now 9, to attend three days a week. The other two days are spent at home, learning with his mum. "Henry is dyslexic and struggles to write things down," added Mrs Carr. "I feel I can offer him the time and space he needs to record things in a way that suits him. For instance, we did a project on Brecon Castle and instead of writing all the information down, he made a YouTube video about it and presented it to his class the next time he was in school." Socialisation Mrs Carr feels flexi-schooling, as it is called, is vital to her son's development: "The three days he's in school, he's learning to be a sociable being. He belongs to a community and he's making friends. That would be more difficult if he was at home all the time." Dr Philip Dixon, director of education union ATL Cymru, believes home-educated children miss out on important life skills. "Schools provide an atmosphere where children have to learn give and take, tolerance, and a respect for the views of others," he said. "They are a major means of socialising us for the future." Wrexham-based education consultant John Morris agrees: "The problem for me is can parents manage the socialisation of their children? "School is where you make friends but it's also where you learn about the ups and downs of life and how to deal with them effectively. If you don't have social integration, you don't learn those coping skills and I think that's a big issue." But Tao Maurice scoffs at the idea: "Because everyone who goes to school obviously has very, very good social skills, right?" Does he ever feel he missed out by not going to school? He is emphatic: "No, not at all." His sister Eden insists that not going to school helped rather than hindered her: "I have a lot of confidence talking to people much older and younger than me and I think that's because I haven't just been in a classroom with people my own age. Home education is more like real life." "People think it's about sitting around the kitchen table 'doing school' at home," said Mike Wood. "But quite often the education takes place out and about at museums, libraries, sports clubs or local home education groups. There are plenty of opportunities to socialise." Guidance In 2012, a Welsh government proposal to make the parents of home-schooled children join an official register and be subject to regular monitoring sparked a furious backlash. It was later scrapped. Instead, Education Minister Huw Lewis wants to bring in new, non-statutory guidance for local authorities, to "help build consensus and trust" between them and home-educating families. The guidance, which went out for public consultation earlier this year, recommends that local authorities should hold annual meetings with families to "consider evidence that a suitable education is taking place". But it states that officers have no right to insist on this; by law, parents do not have to let them into their home. It is not enough, according to Dr Philip Dixon: "At the very least the Welsh government's guidance should contain a requirement that home educators give regular, verifiable updates of their child's progress," he said. "Those who believe in home education should see that as an opportunity to show that their choice has been a reasonable one." "The reason we are against monitoring is that it depends largely on how that local authority sees education," said Mike Wood. "Too often they employ ex-head teachers to oversee home education. We argue that they are often very poor at understanding how education works in the home environment. "You've also got to remember that some people home educate largely because of problems they've had with the local authority or the local school over their child's education, so it would be extremely stressful for them to have assessors come into their home." NSPCC Cymru/Wales also believes the guidance should be more robust: "Home educated children are at increased risk of becoming invisible to authorities," said a spokesman. "A small minority of families may potentially decide to home educate as a mechanism to conceal neglect and abuse. We feel the guidance needs to be strengthened to assist local authorities to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities towards children who are education at home." "Safeguarding is important but it's not a home education issue," said Julie Maurice. "That's tantamount to saying you need to register children at the weekend or during school holidays because they are with their families. Who safeguards them through the school holidays?" A Welsh government spokesperson said an analysis of the consultation responses will be published in the autumn. In the meantime, whatever your view, home education appears to have paid off for the Maurice family: Tao is doing a degree in cognitive neuro-psychology and hopes to become a surgeon and Eden is studying art and design and has her eye on a career in art therapy. "Overall I think I've done pretty well," she said. "I love learning and I have a lot of motivation to do the work and meet deadlines. "Most of all, I think home education gives you a really strong relationship with your parents that I'm not sure I would have had if I'd gone to school." "There are a lot of things that are not necessarily positive about it," admitted Mrs Maurice, "We gave up a lot financially as we had to live on one wage and there's never a day off. Your whole life is geared towards educating your kids. "But all my children are very individual and very free-thinking. They always say to me, 'If there's one thing you've given me mum, it's that I'm sorted in who I am.' And for me, that's what's important."

सितंबर आ गया है और इसका मतलब है कि ज्यादातर माता-पिता अपने बच्चों को स्कूल वापस भेजते समय आँसू बहा रहे होंगे-या बड़ी राहत की सांस ले रहे होंगे। लेकिन वेल्स में बढ़ती संख्या मुख्यधारा की शिक्षा से मुंह मोड़ रही है, अपने बच्चों को खुद पढ़ाने का विकल्प चुन रही है। यह पूरी तरह से कानूनी हैः 1996 के शिक्षा अधिनियम में कहा गया है कि स्कूली उम्र के बच्चों को "या तो स्कूल में उपस्थिति से या अन्यथा" शिक्षा प्राप्त करनी चाहिए। लेकिन क्या माँ या पिता वास्तव में पेशेवरों की तुलना में बेहतर काम कर सकते हैं?


Yeovil and Chard: Six sexual exploitation arrests

Summary: Six people have been arrested following a police investigation into allegations of sexual exploitation of girls and young women in the Yeovil area.

Officers raided two business premises and three residential properties on Wednesday and five men and a woman were arrested. A police spokesman said the arrests were made on suspicion of rape, trafficking and drugs offences. It follows an investigation that started in August. Four of the suspects continue to be questioned by officers and two have been bailed until January.

योविल क्षेत्र में लड़कियों और युवा महिलाओं के यौन शोषण के आरोपों की पुलिस जांच के बाद छह लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


How Corbyn and Smith's policies compare

Summary: Owen Smith is attempting to unseat Jeremy Corbyn in a Labour leadership contest. There is a lot of overlap between the two in terms of policy - such as tackling inequality and making the rich pay more tax - but there are also some key differences.

Nuclear weapons Jeremy Corbyn is a lifelong member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and a supporter of unilateral disarmament. He believes Britain should get rid of its nuclear weapons, as part of a move towards a "nuclear-free world", and is firmly opposed to the renewal of the country's Trident nuclear weapons. Labour's official policy is to renew Trident, although that is currently under review. Owen Smith says he "wants to rid the world" of nuclear weapons but thinks it can only be achieved through negotiation with other nuclear states - not by unilateral disarmament. He says "the country wants the Labour Party to be serious" about security. One of Theresa May's first acts as prime minister in July was to hold a parliamentary vote on Trident renewal. Owen Smith was among 140 Labour MPs to vote with the government to renew Britain's fleet of submarines armed with Trident nuclear warheads. Jeremy Corbyn voted against the motion, along with 46 other Labour MPs. Foreign affairs Mr Corbyn has consistently voted against the use of UK military forces in combat, including the Iraq war in 2003. Mr Smith was not in Parliament when the Iraq conflict started but speaking to the Wales Online website in 2006, he said he did not know whether he would have voted for military action. He said: "I thought at the time the tradition of the Labour Party and the tradition of left-wing engagement to remove dictators was a noble, valuable tradition, and one that in South Wales, from the Spanish Civil War onwards, we have recognised and played a part in." More recently Mr Smith has said going to war in Iraq was wrong. Both candidates were opposed to extending UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State to Syria in 2015. A major disagreement emerged in a BBC hustings event when Owen Smith suggested that so-called Islamic State would eventually have to be brought into peace talks if there was to be a settlement to Syria's civil war. He said: "At some point, for us to resolve this, we will need to get people round the table." Asked the same question, Jeremy Corbyn said: "They are not going to be round the table. No." Afterwards Mr Smith's campaign said he was "clear" there should be no negotiation with IS - or Daesh - "until they renounce violence, cease all acts of terror and commit themselves to a peaceful settlement". Differences have also emerged between the two men on over Britain's role in Nato. Mr Smith has said he would would provide military help to an ally if it was attacked by Russia, in line with Nato treaties, but Mr Corbyn would not commit to such a policy. Second EU referendum Owen Smith backs a second EU referendum, if the Brexit deal reached with the rest of the EU is bad for workers rights and the NHS. If he wins, he says he will try to stop Prime Minister Theresa May triggering official EU exit talks unless she offers a referendum on the final Brexit deal or agrees to call a general election to approve it. Jeremy Corbyn says he wishes the UK had voted to remain in the EU and insists he did "his best" in the campaign despite claims by Mr Smith and other Labour MPs that he made a half-hearted effort. But he has ruled out holding a second referendum saying "you have to respect the decision people made". Mr Corbyn's campaign says Mr Smith's second referendum plan would be "deeply unpopular" and cost Labour "an awful lot of seats". Education Jeremy Corbyn promises to abolish tuition fees and bring back student maintenance grants, arguing that education is a "collective good that benefits all of us". He wants to introduce a National Education Service, providing free opportunities for lifelong learning. Meanwhile, Owen Smith says he favours a graduate tax rather than tuition fees paid for by student borrowing. He would also end charitable status for private schools and use the money raised to pay for new Sure Start centres. The economy, jobs and pay Jeremy Corbyn promises a £500bn boost to the economy, including investment in infrastructure, manufacturing and new industries. Owen Smith pledges an investment fund of £200bn - a "British New Deal" - to "rebuild Britain". On housebuilding, Corbyn is aiming for one million new homes over five years while Owen Smith promises 1.5 million over the same period. Mr Corbyn says any business with more than 21 members of staff would be forced to publish pay audits in an attempt to crack down on discriminatory wage practices. He has said he wants two million new skilled manufacturing jobs, the abolition of "zero hours" contracts and a "full" living wage, starting with care workers. Owen Smith would bring back wage councils, whereby employers and workers' representatives sit on boards to establish pay rates. He also proposes the abolition of "zero hours" contracts and their replacement with minimum guaranteed working hours. He also proposes workers be placed on company remuneration committees and an end to the public sector pay freeze. He is calling for a "real living wage". Both men want to renationalise the railways. Tax The candidates are united in their desire to reintroduce a 50p top rate of income tax for earnings over £150,000. Jeremy Corbyn has said the government should consider imposing "direct rule" on British overseas territories and dependencies if they do not comply with UK tax law and has criticised government cuts to corporation tax. Owen Smith has said Labour has been "too timid" about taxation and calls for a more "progressive" system. In addition to a 50p tax rate, he would introduce a 15% tax on wealth for the richest 1% - raising £2.8bn a year. He would also reverse cuts to inheritance tax and corporation tax and raise capital gains tax from its current 20% rate. Health The future of the NHS has been a key battleground in the contest. Owen Smith's campaign was initially dogged by questions about NHS privatisation. In his previous job as a lobbyist for US drugs giant Pfizer, he had commented on a report exploring the greater use of private providers, saying: "We believe that choice is a good thing." Mr Smith insisted he had always been committed to a "100% publicly-owned NHS free at the point of use" and accused Jeremy Corbyn of using his former job as "a stick with which to beat me". At his campaign launch Mr Corbyn had said he hoped Mr Smith would agree with him that the NHS should be free at the point of use, adding it "should be run by publicly-employed workers working for the NHS not for private contractors, and medical research shouldn't be farmed out to big pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer". Mr Smith said he was not ashamed to have worked for companies that make medicines to treat cancer, diabetes and asthma. He added: "The NHS doesn't make medicines. It helps with research, but it can't make medicines. "It would be physically impossible for the NHS to be able to trial medicines around the world, so of course we will always rely on external forces, companies essentially, to be able to make medicines." Mr Smith has pledged in inject more funds in to the NHS, calling for a 4% real-terms increase in spending in every year of the next parliament, part-funded by a "wealth tax" on the richest 1%. Mr Corbyn says he would make the NHS fully publicly funded and bring services provided privately "back into public hands" and he would also "integrate the NHS and social care for older and disabled people, funding dignity across the board and ensure parity for mental health services". His other pledges include curbing private finance contracts in NHS hospitals and reversing government plans to replace publicly-funded bursaries for nurse and midwife training with student loans. Welfare Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to protect the welfare state and tackle inequality, neglect, insecurity, prejudice and discrimination. In 2015, he was among almost 50 Labour rebels who defied party orders to abstain on the government's Welfare Bill. The legislation included plans to limit child tax credit to two children. Mr Smith abstained, before voting against the bill in its third reading. Mr Smith has backed increasing welfare payments and, on other occasions, voted against welfare cuts. He has supported the principle of the government's much troubled Universal Credit - an attempt to streamline several in-work benefits. But he attacked cuts to its budget and this year called for a review of the plans. He says he would abolish the Department for Work and Pensions, and replace it with a Ministry for Labour and a Department for Social Security. Democracy and trade union rights Both men say they would repeal the government's Trade Union Act. Mr Corbyn has set out detailed plans to boost democracy, including the devolution of power to local councils, regions and nations, replacing the House of Lords with an elected second chamber and ending what he sees as a "revolving door" corporate grip on politics and the civil service. He would also aim to increase democracy in the community through more participation in budgeting and control of local services and he would introduce a citizens' right to challenge the outsourcing and privatisation of local services through referendums. Mr Smith has proposed a five-year ban on party donors, MPs, advisers and staff receiving honours. He says that would include Shami Chakrabarti, who was nominated for a peerage by Mr Corbyn after conducting an inquiry into anti-semitism in the party. He said: "Shami Chakrabarti is a highly respected human rights lawyers who has been a tireless civil liberties campaigner for many years. "The timing of her appointment to the House of Lords, however, was unfortunate in light of her role as an independent adviser to the Labour Party."

ओवेन स्मिथ लेबर नेतृत्व प्रतियोगिता में जेरेमी कॉर्बिन को हटाने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं। नीति के संदर्भ में दोनों के बीच बहुत अधिक अंतर है-जैसे कि असमानता से निपटना और अमीरों को अधिक कर देना-लेकिन कुछ प्रमुख अंतर भी हैं।


Escaped Borth lynx caught on camera next to bait cage

Summary: Zoo staff are "getting closer" to capturing an escaped lynx after it was pictured overnight next to a cage baited with food to humanely trap it.

Lilleth, an Eurasian lynx which is about twice the size of a domestic cat, escaped its enclosure at Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, near Aberystwyth, in the past week. The zoo has been shut while staff try to capture it. A message on its Facebook page said the lynx was "playing with us". "She was stalking us tonight," joked the zoo keepers. Staff believe it escaped after making a "giant leap" over an electrified fence to get out of the zoo. Dyfed-Powys Police has said the lynx could become aggressive if it is cornered and are urging the public to be vigilant.

चिड़ियाघर के कर्मचारी एक भागने वाले लिंग को पकड़ने के लिए "करीब" हो रहे हैं, जब इसे रात भर भोजन के साथ एक पिंजरे के बगल में चित्रित किया गया था ताकि इसे मानवीय रूप से फंसाया जा सके।


Infections prevent neonatal admissions at Cardiff hospital

Summary: The neonatal intensive care unit at a Cardiff hospital has stopped taking admissions due to a "cluster of infections".

Cardiff and Vale health board said admissions to the University Hospital of Wales will go to a different ward or a different hospital. The board has not confirmed what the infections are. Babies already being treated on the ward will remain there, so it has not closed completely. Ruth Walker, the health board's executive nurse director, said: "In order to protect very vulnerable babies we will not be taking any planned or routine admissions over the coming days."

कार्डिफ अस्पताल में नवजात गहन देखभाल इकाई ने "संक्रमणों के समूह" के कारण प्रवेश लेना बंद कर दिया है।


Walsall crash: Boy, 16, admits death by dangerous driving

Summary: A 16-year-old boy has admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of another teenager who was killed when their car hit parked vehicles.

Liam Ball, 17, of Malvern, Worcestershire, died when a Volkswagen Golf crashed in Walsall, on Thursday. At Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court the charged boy also admitted driving without a licence, no insurance and failing to stop at the crash scene. He will be sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 5 September. He was released into local authority care until the hearing. Two 14-year-old girls who had been in the Golf were injured when it hit the vehicles in Weston Street at 00:10 BST, police said. In a tribute to Liam, his family said: "This little man left us too soon and will leave a big hole in our family and hearts, god bless you Liam."

एक 16 वर्षीय लड़के ने स्वीकार किया है कि एक अन्य किशोर की खतरनाक ड्राइविंग से मौत हुई है, जो उनकी कार के खड़े वाहनों से टकराने से मारा गया था।


Brunta Hill wind farm plans scaled down

Summary: Scaled down plans for a wind farm in Berwickshire will go on display in the area later this month.

PNE Wind UK Ltd originally planned 10 turbines on land at Brunta Hill, near Westruther. However, it has now reduced the number to eight and also cut the height of the proposed turbines. Exhibitions are scheduled to take place at Lauder Public Hall and Westruther Village Hall on 30 and 31 August to gather public opinion. The revised plans will be submitted to Scottish Borders Council in the autumn.

बर्विकशायर में एक पवन फार्म के लिए स्केल्ड डाउन योजनाएं इस महीने के अंत में क्षेत्र में प्रदर्शित की जाएंगी।