New faces in the US National Portrait Gallery

Summary: The tone of the 2016 presidential campaign can give the impression that many Americans are angry, frightened of change, fearful of Muslims and never more racially divided. All those things may be true. But for an alternative view of how Americans are grappling with the issues they face, a trip to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington might prove instructive.

By Jane O'BrienBBC News, Washington Race, poverty, gender identity and immigration are all featured in the work of 43 artists in The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today, an exhibition and competition that attracted 2,500 entries from around the country. "Portraiture is extremely relevant in the contemporary art world right now," says exhibition curator Dorothy Moss. "People are thinking about the issues in the news and creating works of art about those issues as a way to allow a conversation that can't be had when reading a newspaper or watching the news." In a full length photograph of herself, Jess T Dugan stands in a provocative pose reminiscent of a male stripper. The raised t-shirt exposes the scars from surgery to remove her breasts and displays the hair under her arms. The image combines male and female sexuality. "I thought it was a little brave of the jurors to pick that image because I perceive it as being more confrontational than some of the other works in the portrait gallery," she says. "I was pleased they were willing to include it and address the issues [of gender identity] head on." Dugan grew up in Arkansas feeling that she was neither male nor female. She now identifies as a female-bodied, masculine-presenting person. Through portraiture she explores the attitudes surrounding gender identity and the rapidly shifting culture in the US. "People's hearts and minds are changed through knowing somebody individually," she says. "So if people feel that they know someone who is gay or transgender, it becomes so much harder for them to blindly discriminate against them as this abstract group of people." Hidden portrait 'found under Mona Lisa' Saatchi Gallery's first all-women exhibition Racial identity is the theme of the winning portrait by Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald who grew up in Georgia where she was conscious of the way society expected a young African American girl to behave. Her portrait, Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance) depicts one of her friends, an African-American woman, wearing a formal dress, white gloves and red hat, and holding an oversized tea cup. Her skin is painted in hues of gray which, Sherald says, "omits" her colour. "I want my portraits to create a space where blackness can breathe," she says. "It was about creating a space where people could see the humanity of a person of colour and for people of colour to look at a portrait of themselves." Californian artist Joel Daniel Phillips takes a different approach to race. In contrast to the "respectable" Miss Everything, his Eugene #4 portrays a man he encountered on the corner of Sixth and Mission Streets in San Francisco. "It was full of drug addiction, poverty, homelessness and prostitution, all the things that cause the vast majority of the population of San Francisco to walk around," he says. "These are the people we don't know how to respond to in society, who we don't make eye contact with. I wanted to tell the narrative of these people who are social dark matter and bring them into the light." The anonymity of Eugene #4 is in marked contrast to the many portraits of famous people hanging in the hallowed halls of the National Portrait Gallery. Presidents mingle with rock stars and America's great and not-so-good peer down at visitors from gilded frames. The museum tells the story of the nation through the pictures of the people who made it. But that history - and the future - also belongs to those unknown individuals portrayed in this latest exhibition. The paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs show children living in poverty, women with their babies, unnamed immigrants crossing the border, men and women, Africans and Europeans. Curator Dorothy Moss says all of them merit a place in the museum. "We were looking at the mastery over the medium, the quality of the work of art and whether it is museum quality. So while these issues are an important part of the work, the work really needed to rise to the occasion as a significant art work." Amy Sherald receives $25,000 (£17,470) for her winning entry and a commission to create a portrait of a living person for the museum's permanent collection. The subject has not been decided, but Sherald says the tennis player Serena Williams, the actor Spike Lee and President Obama and his daughters all appeal.

2016 के राष्ट्रपति चुनाव अभियान का लहजा यह धारणा दे सकता है कि कई अमेरिकी गुस्से में हैं, बदलाव से डरते हैं, मुसलमानों से डरते हैं और कभी भी अधिक नस्लीय रूप से विभाजित नहीं होते हैं। ये सभी बातें सच हो सकती हैं। लेकिन इस बात के वैकल्पिक दृष्टिकोण के लिए कि अमेरिकी अपने मुद्दों से कैसे जूझ रहे हैं, वाशिंगटन में नेशनल पोर्ट्रेट गैलरी की यात्रा शिक्षाप्रद साबित हो सकती है।


Gogar House search ends after human remains discovery

Summary: Police have concluded the search in the grounds of an Edinburgh house and a nearby golf club where body parts were found.

Earlier police said there was no evidence of suspicious circumstances following the discovery in the grounds of Gogar Mount House on 9 January. The death of the person is being treated as unexplained by police. Forensic officers are still working to establish the identity of the remains and an investigation is ongoing. Forensic examinations at nearby Gogarburn Golf Club have also ended. A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Inquiries are ongoing to identify the human remains found at Gogarstone." Related Internet Links Police Scotland

पुलिस ने एडिनबर्ग के एक घर और पास के एक गोल्फ क्लब के मैदान में तलाशी पूरी कर ली है जहां शरीर के अंग पाए गए थे।


Viewpoint: Why Turkey is flexing its muscles abroad

Summary: Immediately after a long-simmering conflict in the South Caucasus burst into open warfare late last month, Turkey came to the aid of its Turkic allies in Azerbaijan. It has supplied arms and, allegedly, fighters transferred from Syria, although that has been denied in Ankara.

By Gonul TolCenter for Turkish Studies, MEI Unlike most outside powers that called for an immediate ceasefire, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to fight on. The Caucasus is only the latest venture for a more muscular Turkey, whose military engagements have stretched from Syria across the Mediterranean. Where has Turkey become involved? In the last few years, Turkey has: Turkey also has a military presence in Qatar, Somalia and Afghanistan and maintains peacekeeping troops in the Balkans. Its global military footprint is the most expansive since the days of the Ottoman Empire. What is behind Turkey's new foreign policy? Turkey's reliance on hard power to secure its interests is the cornerstone of its new foreign policy doctrine, in the making since 2015. The new doctrine is deeply suspicious of multilateralism and urges Turkey to act unilaterally when necessary. It is anti-Western. It believes that the West is in decline and Turkey should cultivate closer ties to countries such as Russia and China. It is anti-imperialist. It challenges the Western-dominated World War Two order and calls for an overhaul of international institutions such as the United Nations, to give voice to nations other than the Western countries. The new foreign policy doctrine views Turkey as a country surrounded by hostile actors and abandoned by its Western allies. Therefore, it urges Turkey to pursue a proactive foreign policy that rests on the use of pre-emptive military power outside its borders. This is a far cry from Turkey's previous focus on diplomacy, trade and cultural engagement in its relations with other nations. The change is a function of several domestic and international developments. What changed? Turkey's new doctrine began to take shape in 2015, when the ruling AKP lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in over a decade due to the rise of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). To regain the ruling party's majority, Mr Erdogan formed an alliance with nationalists both on the right and left. They backed him when he resumed the fight against the Kurdish rebels. How focus turned to Kurds Turkey's conflict with the PKK - Kurdistan Workers' Party - had to a large extent stopped after the group's imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire with the Turkish state in 2013. Despite their ideological differences, both the far-right nationalist MHP and neo-nationalists on the left support a heavy-handed approach to the Kurdish problem. They also prioritise national security at home and abroad and espouse strong anti-Western views. With their support, Mr Erdogan also switched the country's parliamentary system to a presidential one granting him sweeping powers. This alliance with the nationalists and consolidation of his power became the key driving factor behind Turkey's unilateralist, militaristic and assertive foreign policy. The failed 2016 coup played a key role in this process. How coup changed the narrative According to President Erdogan, the botched coup was orchestrated by former ally Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric in self-exile in Pennsylvania, and it did several things to pave the way for Turkey's militaristic foreign policy. It strengthened Mr Erdogan's alliance with the nationalists. His sweeping purge of civil servants suspected of having links to the Gulen movement led to some 60,000 people being fired, jailed or suspended from the armed forces and judiciary, and some other state institutions. The void left by the purges was filled with Erdogan loyalists and nationalist supporters. The failed coup also strengthened the nationalist coalition's narrative that Turkey was besieged by domestic and foreign enemies and that the West was part of the problem. That justified unilateral action, supported by pre-emptive deployment of hard power beyond Turkey's borders. How approach changed in Syria The Assad regime's decision to give a free hand to Syria's Kurds in the north led to an autonomous Kurdish zone along Turkey's border and in 2014 the US decided to airdrop weapons to the Kurdish militants, considered to be a terrorist organisation by Turkey. This all fed the narrative that Turkey had to act alone and deploy military forces to protect its borders. The failed coup also paved the way for consolidation of power in Mr Erdogan's hands. Through purges he hollowed out institutions, sidelined key actors in foreign policymaking such as the foreign ministry, and emasculated the military, which had put a brake on his previous calls to launch military operations in neighbouring countries. Before the coup attempt, he had signalled his intention to launch a military operation into Syria to stem the "terrorist threat" emanating from the Kurdish militias there. But Turkey's military, which had traditionally been very cautious about troop deployment outside Turkey's borders, was opposed. A few months after the coup attempt, President Erdogan got his wish. Turkey launched its first military operation into Syria to curb the influence of the Kurds in the north in 2016 and two more incursions after that. The move was applauded by the president's nationalist allies, who fear an independent Kurdish state built with US help along its border. To curb Kurdish influence and counterbalance the US presence in Syria he worked with Russia. How Turkey switched focus to Libya and E Mediterranean Libya became another theatre for hard-power tactics. In January, Turkey stepped up military support to Libya's UN-backed government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj, to stop an offensive by forces allied with Gen Khalifa Haftar. Turkey's primary goal in Libya was to secure the Serraj government's support in a matter important to Mr Erdogan's nationalist allies: the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey has been at loggerheads with Greece and Cyprus over energy drilling rights off the coast of the divided island of Cyprus and maritime boundaries in the area. Ankara signed an agreement on maritime boundaries with Mr Serraj in November in return for military support to the Tripoli government. Mr Erdogan's aim was to redraw maritime borders in the Eastern Mediterranean which, in his opinion, provided disproportionate advantages to Turkey's arch-enemies - Greece and the Republic of Cyprus. Meanwhile, Turkey sent warships to escort its drilling ships in the Eastern Mediterranean, risking a military confrontation with its Nato partner Greece. Has it been a success? Turkey's assertive policy in Syria, Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean has not yielded the results that President Erdogan's ruling coalition hoped for. Turkey could not entirely clear Kurdish militia forces from its border with Syria. Neither Ankara's maritime agreement with Libya nor its actions in the Eastern Mediterranean have changed the anti-Turkey status quo in the region. On the contrary, Turkey's military involvement in these conflicts hardened anti-Erdogan sentiment in the West and unified a diverse group of actors in their resolve to oppose Turkish unilateralism, eventually forcing Turkey's leader to back down. A similar fate awaits Turkey's involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which is already seeing the emergence of a more forceful Russian response and a Russian-Western front against Turkey's support for Azerbaijan. What next? But Mr Erdogan's nationalist allies want him to fight on. A prominent neo-nationalist, Retired Rear-Admiral Cihat Yayci, argued that Greece wanted to invade western Turkey and urged Mr Erdogan to never sit down with Athens to negotiate. And the president has little option but to listen to him. As he loses ground in opinion polls, the nationalist sway over his domestic and foreign policies only increases. Gonul Tol is Director of the Center for Turkish Studies at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC

पिछले महीने के अंत में दक्षिण काकेशस में एक लंबे समय से चल रहे संघर्ष के खुले युद्ध में फटने के तुरंत बाद, तुर्की अज़रबैजान में अपने तुर्की सहयोगियों की सहायता के लिए आया। उसने हथियारों की आपूर्ति की है और कथित तौर पर, लड़ाकों को सीरिया से स्थानांतरित किया गया है, हालांकि अंकारा में इससे इनकार किया गया है।


Al-Qaeda infiltration: A glimpse into a shadowy world

Summary: The infiltration of an agent into the ranks of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula provides a rare insight into the shadowy world of counter-terrorism and the problems for both intelligence agencies and al-Qaeda in knowing whom to trust.

By Gordon CoreraSecurity correspondent, BBC News The Yemen operation was carried out amid the highest levels of secrecy, according to officials, and the exact details of the individual's identity remain obscure. But he appears to have been run by the Saudi intelligence in conjunction with the CIA. Other countries may also have been involved although British officials declined to comment. The individual has been described by some as a "double agent". In fact, it seems more likely that he is a straightforward undercover agent who infiltrated the group and not a double agent whose loyalties shifted or who told both sides he was working against the other. The agent managed to convince the Yemen-based al-Qaeda group that he wanted to carry out an attack but then took the device he was given - an underwear bomb impossible to detect by most airport security - and somehow ensured it was delivered it to those it was meant to target. Public secrets One report says he is now safe in Saudi Arabia - a key concern over the emergence of the story into the public domain will be whether it compromises his security or those of anyone he knows. The device is now being analysed at an FBI laboratory and may provide valuable insights into the nature of the device and how it had been improved from the 2009 underwear device that failed to explode. Crucially, it may help establish whether there is some way of picking up this device through airport security - the lack of metal parts means metal detectors will not find it and even body scanners might miss an underwear bomb if it is well hidden. As well as handing over the device, the agent is reported to have also passed on other valuable information. This is likely to be details of personalities and operations within al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - thought to be the most potent branch of al-Qaeda at the moment and one determined to strike the US. That information may also have contributed to the strike that killed Fahd Al-Quso on the weekend - an al-Qaeda operative who had been linked to the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and who had become a senior figure in the group - although the exact linkage is unclear. There is likely to be concerns over the emergence of details of this operation in the US media. Intelligence agencies never like their secrets becoming public. Psychological pressures As well as dangers to the agent, the concern will be that it might make it harder to run similar operations again although al-Qaeda has long been concerned about agents being sent to infiltrate it. In the past, it often demanded extensive references and other checks before someone would be admitted to training camps to prevent just such an outcome as occurred in this case. The physical dangers and psychological pressures on an agent working undercover are huge; it requires a remarkable show of nerves with the danger that a wrong word could lead to being discovered and killed. The operation is in many ways the mirror of the kind of entrapment operations the FBI has run in the US. In those cases, an individual keen to take part in jihad approaches what he think is a real al-Qaeda linked group and is provided with what he thinks are real bombs or guns. In fact, the group is linked to the authorities and the weapons are inert. In this case, an agent working with Western intelligence approached a real group and received a real device. There may even have been concerns over which side the agent was really on, which might explain why airport security was ramped up, including in Europe in recent weeks. The perils of knowing who to trust were in evidence in December 2009 when an agent the CIA thought was leading them to the highest ranks of al-Qaeda turned out to be working for al-Qaeda all along and killed a number of CIA officers in a suicide attack in Khost, Afghanistan. That incident - and this latest one in Yemen - show both the potential successes and dangers involved in running agents and working out who to trust.

अरब प्रायद्वीप में अल-कायदा के रैंकों में एक एजेंट की घुसपैठ आतंकवाद-रोधी दुनिया में एक दुर्लभ अंतर्दृष्टि प्रदान करती है और दोनों खुफिया एजेंसियों और अल-कायदा के लिए यह जानने में समस्याएं हैं कि किस पर भरोसा करना है।


Fontmell Magna road sign riddled with 'gun-shots'

Summary: A road sign has been found reportedly peppered with gun-shots near a village.

The damage, apparently from a firearm, was reported at 11:15 GMT on Monday on Mill Street near Fontmell Magna, Dorset Police said. The force said it could not determine the type of weapon used, adding that only a couple of shots out of several hundred had fully penetrated the sign. Police said patrols in the area would be increased and witnesses should report any suspicious activity.

एक गाँव के पास कथित तौर पर बंदूक की गोलियों से भरा एक सड़क का संकेत मिला है।


Jane Austen's worldwide fan club

Summary: Almost 200 years after Jane Austen's death, the English writer is still adored around the world. BBC News spoke to some of the fans for whom a love of Austen's work has evolved into a way of life.

John and Aylwen Gardiner-Garden - Australia Australia may still have been a penal colony when Jane Austen was writing her novels, but two centuries on, Austen fans Down Under get together each year to recreate Regency England in Canberra. Aylwen Gardiner-Garden and her husband John have run the annual Jane Austen Festival for 10 years. The event grew out of their love of Regency dancing and now more than 300 people come from all over Australia and New Zealand for promenades, grand balls, talks and dance workshops. "Jane Austen is very popular in Australia - especially after the BBC series aired here in the 1990s - Colin Firth just did it for everyone. And it's generational - there was another whole new set of fans after the Keira Knightley film," she explained. "I don't think it's harking back to the old country - it's more the sense of romance and escaping from reality. It's not the seedy side of England, like Dickens. "At the festival, the women can dress up, feel feminine and elegant, and the guys are gentlemen. Teenagers grow up overnight on the dance floor - their manners are fantastic. "It's people coming together to learn about the costumes, the books, the dancing. It's become part of people's lives, so I keep doing it for the love of it." Debra Miller - USA In Chicago, Deborah Miller performs her own one-woman show based on the books and letters of Austen. She still remembers 10 September 2009 - the day she first read Austen's biography and instantly "fell in love". Within a year she had read all her novels and written the stage show she has been performing ever since. "Her work is so well written - every time I read it I find something new - her concise use of language and its elegance is so beautiful," she said. In researching her show, Ms Miller visited the Smithsonian Institution to find the earliest audio recording of a Hampshire accent and listened over and over again to find the correct stage voice. "I do have to slow it down a bit - they are not used to a Hampshire accent on the south side of Chicago." With more than 5,000 members of Jane Austen societies in the US and Canada, there is an eager audience for her shows. "People have read the novels, but not the letters. People at the shows cry and say that I am Jane Austen. "It's the ease and geniality of the time, the romance and the reassurance - in the current political climate, a Jane Austen novel has integrity and truth." Adge Secker - Bath Adge Secker is a full-time police officer in Bath who is also a tour guide for ECT Travel's Strictly Jane Austen tours - one of the companies chasing the bonnet bucks - tapping into the market of Austen enthusiasts keen to learn more about their heroine. He described his clients as "just mad crazy" about Austen with Americans in particular "absolutely nuts for her". "We take them to where she lived, where she danced, the places that inspired the stories and just immerse them in the history. I get people enthused and at the end tell them what they've done is walk in her footsteps. "It's just good fun to do - they love to soak up the history and the culture." Tour-goers get to visit places in the city where Jane Austen lived for five years from 1801. Locations include the Gravel Walk - where Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth were engaged in Persuasion - or visitors can have Regency experiences like tasting the spa water or attending a grand ball. "Many Jane Austen experts come on the tours to see the places in her life. I'm like a sponge - always learning new stories. But you have to get your facts right, otherwise Jane Austen fans will find you out." Mara Barbuni - Italy Austen's work was first published in Italy in the 1930s, while films and dubbed BBC dramas have boosted her popularity in recent decades. Venetian Mara Barbuni first saw Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility in 1995 and immediately borrowed the book from her local library. Since then she has written extensively on the author - her most recent research project is into how houses and homes are represented in Austen's novels. In the course of her research, she has travelled to many of the "Austenland" sites - including Winchester, Bath and Lyme Regis. Austen's work is "really popular and much loved" in Italy, she explains. "Many Italian readers of Jane Austen declare they love her settings, the old-fashioned but fashionable flair of her novels, and the love stories of her characters." More than 300 academics and devotees are in the Jane Austen Society of Italy which was founded in Bologna in 2013. It is holding a "Grand Tour" of conferences around Italian cities this year, based on each of Austen's novels. Nicole Kang and Margy Supramaniam - Singapore Nicole Kang and Margy Supramaniam are members of Singapore's Jane Austen Circle, enthusiasts who regularly meet for balls, tea and dramatised readings in costume. UK-born Mrs Supramaniam, who moved to Singapore in the 1980s, said: "I'm no seamstress but I do enjoy dressing bonnets to look authentic and finding Indian trimming to make dresses look Regency. "I have also used saris for dresses, the muslin ones with borders are the best. In the late 18th and early 19th Century cloth was imported in large quantities from India as it was in great demand in England for clothes, so some of it works really well in achieving a period look. "Many older Singaporeans, who had a fairly British-style colonial education, were brought up with Jane Austen but the younger generation are less familiar, and often their first introduction may have been watching a film adaptation. It is exciting to see Jane Austen's popularity spread. "The largest group of followers that we have are millennial Chinese Singaporeans who can somehow relate to Jane Austen across culture and centuries." One of those younger members, Nicole Kang (pictured above left, in the dress), gives Regency dance lessons in Singaporean schools. "I first read Northanger Abbey when I was 15 years old as I had more or less finished reading most of the 'teen' books in my school library and I think I had fancied a bit of a challenge in my reading. "I love Austen's work because she writes about familiar subjects - not just about love - but she had such a keen insight into human nature that I believe that her characters still exist in real life today." Jane Austen

जेन ऑस्टेन की मृत्यु के लगभग 200 साल बाद, अंग्रेजी लेखक को अभी भी दुनिया भर में पसंद किया जाता है। बीबीसी न्यूज़ ने कुछ प्रशंसकों से बात की जिनके लिए ऑस्टेन के काम का प्यार जीवन के एक तरीके में विकसित हुआ है।


The care home that built a replica High Street

Summary: A care home in Birmingham has built a "sensory street" - complete with tea room, sweet shop and post office - to help stimulate its residents. It is particularly helpful to those living with dementia, but how does it work?

By Catrin NyeVictoria Derbyshire programme When you first arrive at Robert Harvey House, the first thing you hear is music - songs from the 1950s onwards playing over the sound system throughout the home. And then you take a walk outside the back door. A goat jumps up and greets you hoping for some scraps of vegetables, a parrot squawks a loud "hello" and then you see a full replica High Street laid out before you. There's a sweet shop full of old-fashioned jars of liquorice allsorts, a petrol pump beside the post office and union jack bunting across the tea shop. "It just got bigger and bigger and it was like, 'Let's do this, let's not just have shop fronts but spaces people could actually use, that families could use,'" says Anthea Reid, the care home's manager. Next to the cages housing the parrots there are guinea pigs, ducks and those hungry goats - all aimed at stimulating residents' senses. The inspiration came when the team saw a similar set-up in the Netherlands. "I think it's excellent, it gives them a talking point," says Viv Semmens, whose 90-year-old mum Audrey has lived there for two years. Audrey is living with dementia, like more than half of the home's residents. "She can't remember the last time she saw a butcher's shop," Viv explains. "So just thinking about those things is really positive - how she felt when she was younger, the places she visited when she was younger." Providing stimulating environments and opportunities for social interaction is very important in elderly care, says Dr Sarah Smith, senior dementia researcher at Leeds Beckett University. She says people with dementia can struggle to access memories, but it does not mean they have been lost, and sensory stimulation can help residents access them. You can watch Catrin Nye's full film here. "The memories people retrieve when these types of cues are provided are typically from periods around early adulthood, which are considered to be self-defining," Dr Smith explains, "so reminiscing about these memories can reinforce sense of self and promote well-being." After looking around more than a dozen care homes, Viv Semmens says she has "absolute confidence" that her mother is in the best possible place. "She takes part when she's asked to and really does seem to get something out of it," she says. Around half the residents at the home are privately funded and half by the NHS or local authority. It is run by a charity called Broadening Choices for Older People, which also does fundraising to provide facilities. Because the health of the majority of the home's residents with advanced dementia will slowly decline, the people running it say the priority is to give them the best possible standard of life. "Even if we haven't got a glorious day, we'll wrap them up in a blanket, take them into the tea room, put the heating on, and just try to make the day special," Anthea explains. Residents with advanced dementia will not necessarily recall exactly what's happening, says Caroline Cooban, the charity's chief executive, "but if, in just that moment, there's a connection made, a smile, a laugh, then that's the most important thing." The home also cares for people with mental health problems. Chris Garrett and his wife Jane have been together for 22 years, and were both enjoying retirement when she had a nervous breakdown, and was sectioned. Jane spent four years in various hospitals and mental health institutions - she cannot remember any of it and some days she didn't even recognise Chris. But in January it was decided she could move out, and Chris wanted to try Robert Harvey House. You may also be interested in: "Since she's been in here, the consultant said she thought it was a miracle the way Jane has recovered. Because she recognises people, she socialises, and I think a lot of that is due to this environment," he says. Jane and Chris have been able to have special meals for birthdays and Valentine's Day in the tea rooms, and every day Jane spends a bit of time talking to the parrots out of her bedroom window. "As soon as I came here with the animals and all the care and devotion and the love, it got me better," she says. Dr Smith says the importance of psychological needs has been recognised in recent years, with many care homes adopting practices such as reminiscence activities and sensory experiences. For her, there is "an increasing body of evidence to show that there is a lot that people can do to live well with dementia," she says. "Much of this has been achieved by putting people living with dementia at the centre of this conversation. "That being said, some care homes still face challenges in being able to deliver this level of care for a variety of reasons such as resources, staff skills and knowledge." Meanwhile, Anthea gets emotional when we ask her what she likes about working in the home. "It's family, everyone who's here, domestics, carers, caterers, everybody, it's in here," she says, patting her heart. Follow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.

बर्मिंघम में एक देखभाल गृह ने अपने निवासियों को प्रोत्साहित करने में मदद करने के लिए एक "संवेदी सड़क" बनाई है-जिसमें चाय का कमरा, मिठाई की दुकान और डाकघर शामिल हैं। यह विशेष रूप से डिमेंशिया से पीड़ित लोगों के लिए मददगार है, लेकिन यह कैसे काम करता है?


Man denies Leicester play park rape and murder bid

Summary: A man has denied the attempted murder and rape of a woman in a play park last year.

Zakarya Etarghi, 24, of no fixed address, pleaded not guilty to the charges at Leicester Crown Court on Friday. Police said the victim, in her 50s, was found seriously hurt in the park off Cedar Road, Leicester, on 4 August. Mr Etarghi was remanded in custody ahead of the trial, which is due to take place on 18 February. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

एक आदमी ने पिछले साल एक प्ले पार्क में एक महिला की हत्या और बलात्कार के प्रयास से इनकार किया है।


Duran Duran's John Taylor revisits Smash Hits years

Summary: In 1985, Duran Duran were the best group in the world and their bassist John Taylor was most fanciable person and the second most wonderful human being alive (behind Bob Geldof). At least, that was according to that year's Smash Hits readers' poll.

By Ian YoungsEntertainment reporter, BBC News Taylor was the most popular member of the most popular pop band in Britain. They epitomised the glamour and excess of the 1980s and Taylor has detailed his exploits in his autobiography In The Pleasure Groove. Magazines like Smash Hits and No 1 could not get enough of them - so I dug into the National Pop Magazine Archive (otherwise known as my wife's collection in our cellar) to find questions from old interviews to put to Taylor again now, to see how his answers have changed. "When I look at some of the interviews I can't believe how arrogant I was," he says. Q: Do you still consider yourself a young man? If not when did you stop thinking you were? (No 1 magazine, December 1985) John's answer now: "No, I made a very definite decision a couple of years ago [when he was 50 - ed] that I was now middle aged. And it was actually a really good decision to make, because I'd been feeling like a very tired young man for quite a few years, and making that acknowledgement, suddenly I felt like a very sprightly and hip middle aged guy." Back in 1985, John said he ceased thinking of himself as in the first flush of youth that year. "That's not to say I consider myself old though. I just feel a more responsible human being," he told the magazine. Q: Looking back, is there anything you regret doing? (No 1, around late 1985/early '86) JT: "Not really. Maybe I wished I'd played on Come Undone. I'd gone back to LA. We'd put that album to bed and I said: 'I'm not coming back for one more song.' Maybe it would have been a different song if I'd been there, maybe it wouldn't have been such a great song. But I'm not one for regrets." Back in the '80s, he said he did not like a couple of videos "where we're mincing about" and the title of their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger. Q: What would you be if you weren't a pop star? (Look-In magazine, 1984) JT: "A graphic artist." Wrong. The answer he gave to Look-In (the junior TV Times) was: "An idiot!" Q: Favourite item of clothing? (Look-In again) JT: "Right now it's a black Balmain jacket." The 1984 answer was leather trousers. "I almost said leather trousers," he says. "I've got some nice leather trousers. I was looking at some this morning actually. Except now they're not really very appropriate very often." Q: If you were a domestic appliance, what would it be? (Look-In) JT: "Oh God… [he groans in agony] A domestic appliance? A toaster." His original answer was: "A fridge so I could stay cool." He roars with delight at this reminder of his wit: "All right! See, you had to come up with hip one-liners like that all the time." How do you react to being voted most fanciable person? (Smash Hits, December 1985) JT: "That's a lot of pressure isn't it?" His answer to the magazine was: "God! What do I have to do to be taken seriously?" adding, with singer Simon Le Bon in second: "How much did I win by?" "Yeah, I hated all that popularity contest stuff actually," he says now. "Looking back, that wasn't such a good thing. We all got into that a little bit. Popular for what? I didn't take it seriously… my ego maybe did... In the naivety of the moment it probably did mess me up a bit. It's so meaningless and it will make you lazy and complacent when you should be working to prove your bass playing and your songwriting." Q: What do you think of the new crop of pop stars? (Smash Hits, April 1989) JT: "Not a lot. It's so dangerous when you get into 'in my day you had David Bowie and Queen in the pop charts'. Who's like that today? Who's written a song like Bohemian Rhapsody lately, played it themselves and put it at the top of the pop charts? It just doesn't happen any more. "It's singers with producers, overly simplistic, lacking in soul, because it's all computer driven music that your ears will tire of very quickly. Adele is the exception I suppose." At the time, Taylor's answer was: "Bros would never have been around if we hadn't been there first. I know that for a fact. They started off playing our songs." On hearing this, the present-day Taylor says of his younger self: "What an idiot." Q: What makes you cynical? (No 1, December 1985) JT: "Hypocrisy. People with a God complex who think they know what's best for others. I suppose people who try to control. I'm not terribly cynical actually." In 1985, Taylor said he disliked lawyers but was not a very cynical person, adding: "I hate hypocrites and I hate it when anything that is artistic is controlled by non-artistic people." Not much change here. Q: Why are you a tax exile? (Smash Hits Book of Personal Files, November 1986) JT: "I didn't know I was. The only time we took a year out was '83 and I don't remember planning it in advance. It was just served up for us - this is what we're going to do. We were recording the difficult third album. We did it in the south of France, the Caribbean and finished it off in Sydney. These days I go backwards and forwards between the States and here and it's all the same tax wise." In the Smash Hits grilling, he was quoted as saying he did not see why, "with a career that may at best last five years", he should give 70% of his earnings to the government. He says now: "I don't have a problem with tax." The tax aspect aside, did he only expect his career to last for five years? "Back then, definitely," he says. "You couldn't take anything for granted. I still don't, although now I know we've got a legacy that will feed us. I don't think anybody believes they're going to be around for a long time. There's footage of John Lennon saying: 'We're hoping to get 12 months out of it.'" Q: Are Duran Duran down the dumper? (headline from Smash Hits, 1987) JT: "Well clearly not." The original headline was completed by the word: "No!" Q: Is there a lot of pressure now to become The Biggest again? (No 1, March 1986) JT: "There was definitely a lot of pressure then. But I stopped thinking in terms of hits a long time ago. "I've stopped thinking in terms of an end result because I realised I kept comparing [ourselves to] the sales and chart positions we had when we were young. And it seemed like for a long time: 'Oh God we're never gonna top that. It's going to be downhill.'" Back in 1986, as the band were losing their grip at the top of the charts, the younger Taylor admitted: "Oh yeah. There's so much pressure." Q: Would you give up being in Duran? (not a pop magazine but the Los Angeles Times, March 1985) JT: "I did leave actually about 15 years ago. I thought I'd gone for good but it was the friendship that bought me back. I could [leave now] but I love what we get to do together. That stage time is precious and I love putting on stage shows. It's my favourite thing." In March 1985, Taylor had just released an album with side-project The Power Station. "I'm a star because of Duran," he told the LA Times. "I love being a star. The whole circus aspect of being in Duran is a pain after a while, but it's great being a star, with the girls screaming and the money rolling in. I know it sounds greedy and awful and people will think I'm an egomaniac, but I don't care." On hearing this answer read back to him, he says: "When I look at some of the interviews, I can't believe how arrogant I was. We all were. You can't help it."

1985 में, डुरान डुरान दुनिया का सबसे अच्छा समूह था और उनके बासिस्ट जॉन टेलर सबसे कल्पनाशील व्यक्ति थे और दूसरे सबसे अद्भुत जीवित व्यक्ति (बॉब गेल्डोफ़ के बाद) थे। कम से कम, यह उस वर्ष के स्मैश हिट्स पाठकों के सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार था।


Coronavirus: Gym-owning Manningtree couple's relief at reopening plan

Summary: Businesses have been gradually emerging from lockdown over the past month but gyms had been among a select few left behind. With confirmation that they can reopen from 25 July, BBC News went to meet one gym-owning couple who cannot wait to get going.

By Craig LewisBBC News Online "We feel great. We've been waiting for this for the last few months." Jack Cardy was able to breathe a huge sigh of relief as the latest lockdown-loosening measure was announced by the government. "It is so nice to have a date for which we can prepare," he said. "It's not as soon as I thought, but we can get communication out and welcome people back." For Jack and his wife Connie, the lockdown could not have come at a worse time. The pair only bought Live Fit gym in Manningtree, Essex, last year. A former personal trainer, 28, who started in the industry aged 16, Mr Cardy gave up a business managing other personal trainers so he could buy the gym. Mrs Cardy, 29, who worked at another gym, also quit her job and they put everything they had into Live Fit. As if that was not enough to juggle, the couple's daughter Ruby-Rae was just one at the time. "It was a huge challenge," Mr Cardy said. "But we like to take on more than we can chew." Having inherited 50 members, they had grand plans to increase that number to 500 by Christmas 2020. By March this year, they had already hit that target. "We had an incredible eight months where we grew substantially past our hopes and goals," Mr Cardy said. Then Covid-19 hit. Gyms were told to close on 20 March as part of tougher measures to halt the spread of the virus. And when Prime Minister Boris Johnson allowed pubs, restaurants and hotels to reopen on 4 July, gyms were conspicuous by their absence. Some experts said gyms could encourage the virus to spread in confined spaces with shared equipment. You might also like: It was a decision that left Mr Cardy "surprised, frustrated, angry". Allowing pubs to open and not gyms had left him scratching his head. "From a mental health perspective, drinking can make things worse, while gyms make it better. "We had got our hopes up. We even sent an email to members saying we hope tonight will be the night." Britain's gym industry Although disappointed, they decided to carry on making improvements in the the gym while they waited for the green light to open. They had already offered members a freeze on membership - but they had plenty of ideas to keep things going during lockdown. Facebook fitness sessions were set up and instructors put together plans to allow people to exercise at home. When people were allowed to train in small numbers outside, the gym started group sessions. It meant while "the majority took that freeze," many continued to pay - something Mr Cody calls a "godsend". The gym has not sat idle either. Builders carried out renovations and new plans were put in place, including the introduction of a barbers business. Perhaps the most time has been spent making sure everything is in place for a safe reopening. Equipment has been spaced out so social distancing can be adhered to, while the number of people allowed to attend fitness classes has been limited. Hand sanitiser areas will be available throughout the gym, and while changing rooms will be open to limited numbers at a time, showers will not be. "There will be a lot of trial and error," Mr Cardy said, "but we are doing everything to to make sure people are safe. "It's been a long three or four months. This will take us a step or two backwards, but you have to be positive. "To get back and interact with members again is going to be great feeling."

पिछले एक महीने से व्यवसाय धीरे-धीरे लॉकडाउन से उभर रहे हैं, लेकिन जिम उन चुनिंदा लोगों में से थे जो पीछे रह गए थे। इस बात की पुष्टि के साथ कि वे 25 जुलाई से फिर से खुल सकते हैं, बीबीसी न्यूज़ एक जिम-मालिक जोड़े से मिलने गया जो जाने के लिए इंतजार नहीं कर सकते।


Sikh taxi driver assault: Three men charged

Summary: Three men have been charged after a Sikh taxi driver was racially abused and assaulted.

Vaneet Singh was attacked during a journey from Reading to the Basingstoke area on 19 September. Hampshire Constabulary has charged a 20-year-old man from Swindon, a 19-year-old man from Aldermaston, and a 19-year-old man from Bramley. The charges include racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage, and assault. Those charged are: All three men are due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on 8 April. Related Internet Links HM Courts

एक सिख टैक्सी चालक के साथ नस्लीय दुर्व्यवहार और हमले के बाद तीन लोगों पर आरोप लगाया गया है।


Teenager William Smedley dies in A14 Boxing Day crash

Summary: A teenager who died in a two-car crash on the A14 on Boxing Day has been named as 18-year-old William Smedley.

Suffolk Police said it was called to a collision between a grey Ford Fiesta and a black Vauxhall Corsa at Rougham, at 21:30 GMT. Mr Smedley, of Bury St Edmunds, was a passenger in the Fiesta. He died at the scene. A second man was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital with life-threatening injuries. A third male was taken to hospital for treatment, although his injuries are not believed to be life threatening. The 19-year-old female driver of the Corsa was uninjured. Officers would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the crash.

बॉक्सिंग डे पर ए14 पर दो-कार दुर्घटना में मारे गए एक किशोर का नाम 18 वर्षीय विलियम स्मेडली रखा गया है।


N-Dubz and Florence added to Isle Of Wight line-up

Summary: N-Dubz and Florence and the Machine have been added to the line-up for this year's Isle Of Wight festival.

La Roux, The Hold Steady and Biffy Clyro will also play the event which takes place at Seaclose Park, Newport, between 11-13 June. As previously reported Jay-Z, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend and Friendly Fires have already been confirmed for the festival. The 2009 event was headlined by Stereophonics and The Prodigy.

एन-डबज़ और फ्लोरेंस एंड द मशीन को इस साल के आइल ऑफ वाइट उत्सव के लिए लाइन-अप में जोड़ा गया है।


Barnsley double fatal car crash: One victim identified

Summary: A 22-year-old woman who died in a double fatal car crash in Barnsley has been identified by police.

Hannah Elsworth-Utley was killed when the Audi 5 she was travelling in hit a tree in Huddersfield Road, Wilthorpe, at about 01:00 BST on Sunday. The driver of the car, a 24-year-old man, also died. South Yorkshire Police said no other vehicles were believed to have been involved but have appealed for witnesses to get in touch. Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.

बार्नस्ले में एक दोहरी घातक कार दुर्घटना में मरने वाली एक 22 वर्षीय महिला की पुलिस द्वारा पहचान की गई है।


Cyclist and bus driver's view of using London's roads

Summary: Four cyclists have been killed in London in eight days.

With the number of cyclists in the capital almost trebling in a decade, what is it like running the gauntlet of the capital's roads each day for a cyclist and a bus driver? The cyclist Ed Davey, 30, a BBC journalist, cycles in London daily. You have to put the risk of death to the back of your mind - or you would definitely go mad. Given the vast number of cyclists, your chance of becoming one of the few annual fatalities is actually tiny. And you can halve it by being super-aware of lorries turning left. Not finding yourself on the left side of a lorry as it turns after moving off is something in every cyclist's power. Alarm bells should be ringing every time you see a lorry waiting at a red - even if it's not indicating, because the driver might simply have forgotten. But bad drivers are beyond your control. Last year a lorry went past me so fast and so close, the air nearly buffeted me off my bike. It's especially grim cycling past places where you know people have lost their lives, often more than one person. Old Street roundabout. Bow roundabout. Strangely, though, I worry much more about my loved ones on bikes in London than I do myself. I'm able to think about my own potential death in the abstract, but I worry myself sick about friends and family. That said, when my bike's off the road and I'm forced to get buses or the Tube, I realise there is no alternative. Cycling really is the best way to get about London. The bus driver Jason Rumsey, 45, has driven seven London bus routes for 18 months. As a bus driver, you've got so much to deal with. We've got CCTV cameras, passengers, other road users. We're under a lot of pressure and get a lot of stick from drivers. We have to stick to a tight time schedule. Sometimes I can have up to 10 cyclists around me. I can be in a bus lane and have them in front, behind and on each side of me. A lot of bus drivers hate cyclists because they slow them up and they get in their way. Personally, I always give them plenty of space. It can be difficult at times. Sometimes young ones ride in front of me without holding their handlebars. I had two the other day in Harrow Road. They wouldn't pull over to the side. The bikes that really get up my nose are the Boris bikes because they are not regular bike riders. Usually they have no head protection and they don't know how to ride them. It's all about attitude. I don't get angry with cyclists. I give them space - I'm aware. I'm driving a 12-tonne vehicle. If you hit someone they are dead. You haven't even got to hit them hard.

लंदन में आठ दिनों में चार साइकिल चालकों की मौत हो गई है।


Scotland marks Remembrance Sunday

Summary: Services have been held across Scotland to mark Remembrance Sunday.

First Minister Alex Salmond and Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael laid wreaths at the Stone of Remembrance in Edinburgh. Similar ceremonies have been taking place in churches and at war memorials around the country. Small crosses with messages for servicemen and women past and present are also on display in Fields of Remembrance in Edinburgh and Inverness. They have been set up by charity PoppyScotland as part of a fundraising appeal. About 10,000 crosses are on display in the Field of Remembrance in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh and in Inverness there are about 2,100 crosses. The initiative has raised £240,000 to support veterans and their families this year. 'Pay respects' In Edinburgh, the gun was fired from Edinburgh Castle and a two-minute silence was observed, marking the end of the anniversary of World War 1. The Royal British Legion Scotland Remembrance Day parade of veterans, serving military detachments and cadets marched from St Giles Street to the Stone of Remembrance at the city chambers. The parade and ceremony was being followed by a service at St Giles Cathedral. Mr Salmond laid a wreath with 17-year-old Army cadet, Colour Sgt Sean Collister, who is a pupil at Craigroyston High School in Edinburgh. Speaking ahead of the service he said: "Remembrance Sunday is a solemn occasion when we recall the huge sacrifices made in past conflicts. "Scotland will pause in memory of those who gave their lives in the service of their country. And we also pay tribute to those who continue to serve bravely today in conflict zones far from home. "This year's Remembrance Sunday service holds particular significance, as it is the last before next year's centenary of the outbreak of the First World War." 'Heartfelt tribute' Mr Carmichael laid a wreath and delivered a reading at the cathedral service. He said: "It is an honour to pay my respects and lay a wreath in memory of all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country. "For those who have served and fallen in the line of duty in the past and for those who continue to serve our country with distinction, today acknowledges their bravery and dedication and emphasises that we will never forget." Kevin Gray, chief executive officer of the Royal British Legion Scotland, said: "On Remembrance Sunday, our heartfelt tribute will be paid to every single serviceman and woman that has fought and died to keep us safe. "On this momentous day our thoughts will also be with those who still serve in our Armed Forces and all their loved ones. As we approach the centenary of the start of World War I in 2014 we are reminded especially of all those who lost their life in that conflict." In Glasgow's George Square a guard of honour was formed by the Royal Navy and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was among those who laid a wreath. 'Channels of peace' In Aberdeen, members of the armed services, veterans and pipe bands paraded from Belmont Street through the city centre to the war memorial at the Cowdray Hall. A wreath-laying ceremony was held followed by a service in the Kirk of St Nicholas. The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Right Reverend Lorna Hood said: "At this time of year among fallen leaves and falling poppies, we can stop and remember those who did not return from war and conflict, their lives lost at sea, on land and in the air. "We can remember those who suffer still, damaged in body, mind or spirit. "As we pay respects to those whose sacrifice took place long ago, may we also remember those in danger right now in so many parts of the world." She added: "May we be channels of peace in small-scale relationships and encouragers of peace on the wider stage. May we all play our part in striving towards a world without war, built on mutual trust and care, mercy and justice."

रविवार को स्मरणोत्सव मनाने के लिए पूरे स्कॉटलैंड में सेवाएँ आयोजित की गई हैं।


Quakers: The faith forgotten in its hometown

Summary: It was the faith of two US presidents and several prominent UK industrialists, yet the origins of the Quaker religion are little known today by people living in the English town where it began. However, a new heritage trail targeting the American tourist market is aiming to change that.

By Dave WadeBBC News In 1647, George Fox, a cobbler, was walking past a church in the East Midlands when he received what he described as a message from God. The son of a Leicestershire church warden, he had spent years wandering around an England torn apart by civil war and increasingly disaffected with the establishment church. The vision of Christianity he received outside the church in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was deeply radical - God was within everyone and there was no need for priests. Within a few years, he was preaching to large crowds - and provoking the persecution of the authorities who felt threatened by his anti-priesthood agenda. "He was fed up with preachers and professionals setting standards, leaving out the poorest people," said Ralph Holt, a historian. "He couldn't see how someone could go to college and get a certificate and come back somewhere between this land and God." He was once put in the stocks in the nearby village of Mansfield Woodhouse for standing up and attempting to speak during a church service - something only clergy were supposed to do. And on another occasion he reputedly told a Derby magistrate to tremble - or quake - at God's name - the incident which many attribute to the origin of the faith's name. One of many dissenting religions popular in England at the time, Quakerism spread around the British Isles. In subsequent decades, as religious dissenters fled persecution by emigrating to the American colonies, the faith spread to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean where it remains strong today. There are currently some 400,000 adherents worldwide. US presidents Richard Nixon and Herbert Hoover were both Quakers, while UK chocolate manufacturers Cadbury's was founded by a Quaker family. Fox himself is remembered with a memorial in his birthplace of Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, and a tombstone in Islington, north London, where he died in 1691. However, until now, there was nothing in Mansfield to mark the birth of the religion he founded. What do Quakers believe? The name is thought to derive from a Derby courtroom where George Fox told a magistrate to tremble - or quake - at God's name. An alternative theory was that the magistrate derisorily referenced followers' habits of shaking during religious experiences Quakers - or the Society of Friends - are pacifists. Many were imprisoned as conscientious objectors during the world wars They believe all people are equal and do not believe in a priesthood As non-conformists they were excluded from universities until the 19th Century, perhaps pushing more of them into trades like the chocolate industry The teetotallers may have seen cocoa as an alternative to the evils of alcohol, historians have suggested Famous Quakers include William Penn, who founded Pennsylvania in 1681, ex-US presidents Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon, English actor Sir Ben Kingsley and musicians Bonnie Raitt and Tom Robinson Now the county council plans to expose the county's "best kept secret" with the unveiling of a plaque and a heritage trail around the town. "It amazes me that people aren't aware," said Mr Holt, who has attended Quaker meetings in Mansfield for more than 30 years and has been studying Fox's links to the town. "I printed a little book to hand out to schools and various libraries but somehow it doesn't seem to click with anyone - they don't seem to realise the importance." Laura Simpson, of the county council's tourism department, hopes the trail will attract visitors from around the world, particularly American tourists, to Nottinghamshire. "With the Civil War Centre opening in Newark and the Pilgrim Fathers coming from Scrooby and Babworth, we hope Mansfield becomes part of a bigger package for tourists," she said. "Given the increasing popularity of heritage tourism and the desire of people to find out more about their ancestors and religious origins, we hope this can be a draw for visitors from across the globe." So why is so little known about the Quakers in Mansfield? Perhaps one reason is the town's first meeting house, where Quakers met to worship, was demolished in the 1970s to make way for a road. The remains of about 150 Quakers buried here up until the 1950s were removed and placed in an unmarked mass grave in the town's cemetery. In recent years a headstone was put up in the cemetery - the only reminder of Mansfield's Quaker heritage. The heritage trail and audio tour starts at the recently-built bus station, which now stands on the site, and a plaque will be unveiled, listing the names of the Quakers who were once buried there. The trail continues to Quaker almshouses, built in 1691 for the poor, to the church outside which Fox received his calling, the Catholic church which stands on the site of his home and the current Mansfield Friends Meeting House. It also includes the Metal Box Factory's clock tower - a symbol of Quakerism's links to the business world. The factory made tin containers and was founded and run by three prominent local Quaker families until it closed. Tourists can also visit the home of Elizabeth Hooton, the first female Quaker, in nearby Skegby. This became the first meeting house and was also where many early Quakers were buried in unmarked graves - as dissenters, they could not be buried in consecrated ground. Another reason why Mansfield's Quaker heritage is little known is that Quakers are "reticent" to shout about their religion, according to Anne van Staveren, media officer for Quakers in Britain. "The church as we know it today is still the working structure that Fox founded," she added. The Yearly Meeting, which he also began, will be held next week when more than 1,000 Quakers from around Britain will gather in Friends House in London to "listen in stillness and silence for the will of God". Time will tell if the Mansfield trail attracts international visitors in the numbers the council hopes. But, given the Quakers' commitment to equality, it is unlikely Fox would approve of the celebrity status it may give him.

यह दो अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपतियों और ब्रिटेन के कई प्रमुख उद्योगपतियों का विश्वास था, फिर भी क्वेकर धर्म की उत्पत्ति के बारे में आज अंग्रेजी शहर में रहने वाले लोगों को बहुत कम पता है जहां यह शुरू हुआ था। हालाँकि, अमेरिकी पर्यटन बाजार को लक्षित करने वाला एक नया विरासत मार्ग इसे बदलने का लक्ष्य बना रहा है।


Devonport: Living next to a nuclear submarine graveyard

Summary: They were once at the vanguard of the UK's Cold War effort but much of Britain's former nuclear submarine fleet now lies rusting in Devonport dockyard with its radioactive cargo still intact. But how dangerous is it to live next to a nuclear graveyard?

By Jonathan MorrisBBC News, Plymouth In a housing estate near Plymouth, mother-of-one Christelle Gilbert confesses she is more than a little worried about her next-door neighbours - 12 retired nuclear submarines. Two months ago, the latest arrival - HMS Tireless - sailed into the base. Like seven of the hulks already there, the Ministry of Defence is still unable to remove her nuclear fuel and four more subs are expected to arrive in the next eight years. Although defence chiefs insist the subs are safe, some experts have warned of potential radiation leaks. Many residents now just want the subs to go. "They need to get rid of the submarines, it's disgusting that it is taking so long," said Ms Gilbert. "It's just too long for the submarines to be sitting there as a potential threat to the city. It's a lack of responsibility on the government's part not top get them moved. "I have a son and I don't want his future jeopardised by it." A former Devonport worker, Ian Avent, who still lives in the area, said he was also concerned about safety. "There are three primary schools within spitting distance of the dockyard," he said. "There has got to be a foolproof process and the dismantling worries me. "We have had rail trucks going off the track at the dockyard. Luckily they didn't have fuel rods on. If contractors are doing the work I fear they could cut corners." The queue of nuclear submarines waiting to have their fuel disposed of began in 2002 when the Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR), then called the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, told the MoD the Devonport facilities did not meet modern standards. This has been compounded by the fact the UK does not yet have a suitable facility for disposing of the subs' reactors, which means that those subs that have been defueled cannot yet be dismantled. "The MoD has had since the 1980s to deal with the legacy of nuclear submarines and they thought it would be a simpler task than it has proved to be," said Peter Burt, a researcher at the anti-nuclear weapons pressure group, the Nuclear Information Service. "The problem hinges around finding a waste depository - we still have no idea where it will be, or how much it will cost, so we are still a long way from a sensible solution to radioactive waste in this country. Nuclear graveyards - why do they exist? "Any delay in finding an interim site will leave the submarines there indefinitely, which is a major concern if you live there." There are about 25 tonnes of radioactive waste - steel which has become radioactive - in the reactors of each decommissioned submarine. But dismantling cannot take place until there is an agreement on where to take the waste material - and negotiations are still ongoing. Five possible interim storage sites have now been selected, at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire, which are owned by the MoD, Sellafield in Cumbria, Chapelcross in Dumfriesshire, and Capenhurst in Cheshire. Nuclear engineering consultant John Large, who has advised the government and environmental groups on nuclear issues, said that he believed Sellafield would be the option chosen. "They want a site that will attract the least public attention," he said. "They all have strong MoD links, but you would not have to develop special facilities at Sellafield." The MoD said it hoped to name a site for temporary reactor storage in 2015 and begin defuelling "as soon as possible", but Mr Large said the reactors should have been defueled and put into storage years ago. "The submarines that have not been defueled are a significant risk," he said. "The consequences are enormous. "To keep submarines in this condition, as floating hulks in the middle of a city of 260,000 souls such as Plymouth seems to be, quite frankly, technical madness. "The submarines are well past their sell-by date and there is nothing in their design or hull design to suggest a post-operation period of this length. How do other countries do it? USA The submarines' nuclear reactor compartments are removed and dismantled at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. The USA has dismantled about 100 submarines. The materials are buried and monitored at the Department of Energy's Hanford site in Washington. The reactor fuel is removed and sent to the Naval Reactors Facility in the Idaho National Laboratory. Submarine sections are recycled, returning reusable materials to production. Disposal of submarines costs $25m-50m (£15m-£30m) per submarine. Source: US Environmental Protection Agency Russia A total of 199 retired nuclear submarines have so far been dismantled in Russia. Dismantling takes place at the Nerpa Shipyard, in the Kola Peninsula, Zvyozdochka Shipyard in Severodvinsk and Zvezda Shipyard in Bolshoi Kamen. Spent nuclear fuel is transported by ship and railway to Mayak reprocessing facility near Chelyabinsk, in Siberia, for storage and reprocessing. The emptied reactor section of the submarine is cut off, sealed and transported to an onshore storage site at Sayda Bay in Siberia and a floating site in the Pavlovks submarine base, close to Vladivostok. Source: The Bellona Foundation (independent environmental organisation) France France has dismantled three submarines at its military base at Cherbourg, where the reactor sections also are temporarily stored. Source: The Bellona Foundation (independent environmental organisation) "The US is decommissioning its submarines and the Royal Navy have been real laggards," he added. "You can put anti-corrosive into the system, but you still have a derelict hulk which is rotting away." Environmentalists Greenpeace are also highly critical of the government. "If you operate nuclear submarines you are going to have a problem in dealing with the risks and legacy of nuclear waste - that is something that successive governments have failed to admit, and prepare for," said spokesman Shaun Bernie. "There are major risks with the current policy of storing retired nuclear submarines awaiting decommissioning - the overall problem being that the UK has failed to identify a long term storage disposal option for nuclear waste and that this problem will not be solved within the coming decades. "Dismantling and removal of radioactive components from submarines at Devonport in addition to hazards such as radioactive releases into the environment will further turn Devonport into a de facto nuclear disposal site." At Barne Barton Primary School, the nearest school to the naval base, staff and pupils practice an annual nuclear emergency drill. In the "very unlikely" case of a leak, the council has put an emergency radiation leak plan on its website advising people to stay indoors and take iodine tablets to thwart the effects of radiation. Leaflets with the same information were sent in September to residents in the Devonport and Barne Barton area overlooking the dockyards. Kerry Evans, whose home is a short walk from the yard, said: "When we got the leaflet through the door it put the shivers up me. "It's quite scary. I have children and my family to think about. If there is an accident it's going to affect everyone round here. "Plymouth is a beautiful place, but when I read things like it puts me off living here." Will Blagdon, who owns a boat refitting business in Devonport and is a member of the Devonport Neighbourhood Board, said he believed local people were more concerned about rubbish collections than the submarines. "We have to trust in the Navy, the Ministry of Defence and the dockyard to ensure that proper maintenance of the submarines is in place," he said. "Some people say they should not be so close to the city and built-up areas, but we have had a naval base for more than 200 years and it is part of life here and our heritage. "Modern submarines require this kind of propulsion and the safety record at Devonport is pretty good." The MoD said work to modernise Devonport had been "extremely complex" and would "take some time to complete". It said it spent £700,000 a year maintaining the submarines and "all submarines presently stored afloat are well maintained to preserve them in a safe condition". "We remain fully committed to restarting the defueling of our ex-Royal Navy nuclear submarines as soon as possible," a spokesman said. It was "on track" to carry out a test dismantling of a submarine at Rosyth, in Scotland, in 2016. Meanwhile, the city council, said it was liaising closely with the MoD to ensure the "highest possible" safety standards were maintained. For Mike Gallagher, chairman of the Friends of Devonport Park which overlooks the base, the main issue is Plymouth's economic future. The yard is a major employer, keeping about 2,500 services and civilian personnel in work. "If the submarines are looked after properly and the dismantling is done safely I don't see a problem," he said. "The word nuclear frightens people, but there is too much 'not in my back yard.' "It has to go somewhere and it is work for Plymouth which is key."

वे कभी ब्रिटेन के शीत युद्ध के प्रयासों के अग्रदूत थे, लेकिन ब्रिटेन के पूर्व परमाणु पनडुब्बी बेड़े का अधिकांश हिस्सा अब डेवोनपोर्ट डॉकयार्ड में जंग लगा रहा है और इसका रेडियोधर्मी माल अभी भी बरकरार है। लेकिन परमाणु कब्रिस्तान के बगल में रहना कितना खतरनाक है?


Sergei Polunin 'I wanted to show I was the worst'

Summary: The last time he made headlines was with what some claimed were homophobic posts online (although he denies it). Sergei Polunin has been followed by controversy since he quit the Royal Ballet in London at 22. Can he remain the media's favourite "bad boy of ballet?"

By Vincent DowdArts reporter, BBC News Polunin sits in the Number One dressing room at the London Palladium and tries to sum up the ballet Rasputin, which is getting its premiere there this week. He's dancing the title part. "I think often people know about Rasputin in Russian history - but know only a little bit. "He's an interesting man, who in general I think meant well. But he was a holy man and a healer and to heal you need to stay pure. (The choreographer) Yuka Oishi has made a very human story: Rasputin had his own demons and his own dark spot where he went in his head." Some critics might suggest Polunin, who's 29, could be talking about himself. Since he abruptly quit the Royal Ballet, where he'd been the youngest principal dancer ever, he's had a reputation for following his own path. Some think he's damaged his potential as the great male dancer of his generation. He's a quiet talker prone to discuss life in big terms such as truth and spirit. He has good English but the flow of concepts remains Russian. He says he doesn't believe in regrets but he knows some people were hurt and angered by comments on masculinity he made on Instagram at the end of last year - though he insists they were in no way anti-gay. He'd been about to appear with the Paris Opera Ballet and the comments read in part: "Man up to all men who is doing ballet there is already ballerina on stage don't need to be two. Man should be a man and woman should be a woman. Masculine and Feminine energies creates balance (...) Need a good slap to wake you up Unbelievable!!!" The comments, however you interpret them, disappointed some fans. "I think what appeared after in newspapers and magazines can't be justified by what I said online: it was more a matter of what people said against me in the company (in Paris). "I was saying it's important to have male energy in dance. I know that audiences love that individuality and the man must have strength. It doesn't matter if you are gay or straight: the man should have strength to take care of families and take care of loved ones." In another post he complained about overweight people. The Paris Opera Ballet withdrew its invitation for Polunin to dance Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake. Polunin says the whole incident taught him to be wary of social media. There is still an Instagram account, "But now my team does it. I did Instagram for three months but then in February the energy went and I didn't want to write any more. "It was a weird, interesting experience and it felt like there was a certain karma that I had to go through. But actually I felt free after, free to dance." He says that when people first applied the "bad boy" label he decided he would play with it. "I wanted to show I was the worst but I should have listened to myself. "People think the label helped my career but commercially I had a problem because certain companies didn't want to associate with me. I dug a hole for myself." What excites him is creating new work, like the Rasputin ballet and the evening of short works in London. "That's what I'm about. But in established companies you usually get one new work a year and that's it. For those companies dance has become about the past." Polunin says the classical repertoire can be physically too easy to dance. "And I miss the easiness of classical ballet. The contemporary programmes in London are harder and much more damaging for the body. With classical ballet you are relaxed mentally because it's what you learnt but I want to push myself. "And I am getting older. But that also means you are getting stronger in certain areas and you have more stamina. It's an interesting conversation with your body." He's not alone on stage in London. He's with other dancers such as Johan Kobborg but it's Polunin his audiences pay to see. "I'm channelling energy and I may just be standing on stage but they will get the story. "They may get enlightened or upset but it will make them feel. That's the artist's job to make them feel what maybe they're not going to feel outside. "But I never know if it's going to be my best show or I'm not going to feel it. Will it be a quiet performance or very emotional? But I will step on stage and I will trust the universe, I will trust the moment that it's going to be right. I am trying to project a positive energy. It's not about being modern or classical or about being sexy: it's all about exchanging energies with the audience." Increasingly that audience is also seeing Polunin on screen or online. He took a role in the recent film White Crow and had a non-dancing part in Murder on the Orient Express. He stars in the French film Passion Simple, to be released later this year. But undoubtedly his best-known dance is the video shot five years ago in Hawaii by the American photographer David LaChappelle. Polunin's intense solo performance to the Hozier song Take Me To Church has been watched 27 million times on YouTube. "I'm just at the beginning of the road with movies but I want to explore a lot more. A combination of acting and dancing makes sense as a dancer gets older but also it will popularise ballet. "And on YouTube music videos are the most watched thing. It's clear social media will be very important for the future of dance." His performance in Take Me To Church is a combination of huge energy, eroticism and despair. Can he continue to get so much passion into a four-minute format? "I feel different every time I dance: it's never the same. If parts of that video were sexy or sad I think I was just in that mood the day we shot it. I'd love to do a comedy ballet as well. "For the first time ever now I am not in a fight with the dance: I feel comfortable with dancing. I do feel polarities inside myself of angels and demons, of white and black. It's a matter of which road you want to take." Sergei Polunin is performing at the London Palladium until Saturday. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

पिछली बार जब वह सुर्खियों में आए थे तो कुछ लोगों ने दावा किया था कि ऑनलाइन होमोफोबिक पोस्ट थे (हालांकि वह इससे इनकार करते हैं)। सर्गेई पोलुनिन के 22 साल की उम्र में लंदन में रॉयल बैले छोड़ने के बाद से विवाद हो गया है। क्या वह मीडिया के पसंदीदा "बैले के बुरे लड़के" बने रह सकते हैं?


Oscars 2015: Winners list

Summary: A full list of winners for the 87th Academy Awards.

Best picture Winner: Birdman American Sniper Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash Best director Winner: Alejandro G Inarritu, Birdman Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel Richard Linklater, Boyhood Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game Best actor Winner: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything Steve Carell, Foxcatcher Bradley Cooper, American Sniper Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game Michael Keaton, Birdman Best actress Winner: Julianne Moore, Still Alice Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl Reese Witherspoon, Wild Best supporting actor Winner: JK Simmons, Whiplash Robert Duvall, The Judge Ethan Hawke, Boyhood Edward Norton, Birdman Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher Best supporting actress Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Laura Dern, Wild Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game Emma Stone, Birdman Meryl Streep, Into the Woods Best adapted screenplay Winner: The Imitation Game American Sniper Inherent Vice The Theory of Everything Whiplash Best original screenplay Winner: Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher The Grand Budapest Hotel Nightcrawler Best animated feature Winner: Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 Song of the Sea The Tale of Princess Kaguya Best animated short Winner: Feast The Bigger Picture The Dam Keeper Me and My Moulton A Single Life Best cinematography Winner: Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel Ida Mr Turner Unbroken Best costume design Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel Inherent Vice Into the Woods Maleficent Mr Turner Best documentary feature Winner: CitizenFour Finding Vivian Maier Last Days in Vietnam The Salt of the Earth Virunga Best documentary short Winner: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Joanna Our Curse The Reaper White Earth Best film editing Winner: Whiplash American Sniper Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Best foreign language film Winner: Ida (Poland) Leviathan (Russia) Tangerines (Estonia) Timbuktu (Mauritania) Wild Tales (Argentina) Best live action short Winner: The Phone Call Aya Boogaloo and Graham Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak) Parvaneh Best make-up & hairstyling Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel Foxcatcher Guardians of the Galaxy Best original score Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Interstellar Mr Turner The Theory of Everything Best production design Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Interstellar Into the Woods Mr Turner Best song Winner: Glory, Selma Everything is Awesome, The Lego Movie Grateful, Beyond the Lights I'm Not Gonna Miss You, Glen Campbell… I'll Be Me Lost Stars, Begin Again Best sound editing Winner: American Sniper Birdman The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Interstellar Unbroken Best sound mixing Winner: Whiplash American Sniper Birdman Interstellar Unbroken Best visual effects Winner: Interstellar Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Guardians of the Galaxy X-Men: Days of Future Past

87वें अकादमी पुरस्कारों के विजेताओं की पूरी सूची।


Why a white South African risked traditional circumcision

Summary: A white South African teenager has undergone a traditional circumcision, even though dozens of boys die each year in such ceremonies, which are seen as a rite of passage into manhood in some communities. He told the BBC's Pumza Fihlani it had changed him for the better.

Seventeen-year-old Brandon de Wet, from South Africa's Eastern Cape province, went through with the ritual, which is not without its risks, with his Xhosa friend of 13 years, Yanelisa Somyo. "It was a really tough road and was like nothing I've ever experienced," Brandon told the BBC about the three-week long experience in the mountains. "It was challenging mentally but it was worth it," he said proudly. The practice of ritual circumcision is common among ethnic Xhosas and Ndebeles - two of South Africa's most numerous communities. "Yanelisa and I have been friends since we started school as young boys. Sharing this with him has strengthened our friendship even more," says Brandon. "I also have a better understanding of his culture." The two go to a mainly white private school in the city of East London. They were joined by Yanelisa's cousin Mbuzeli Somyo. When young Xhosa boys are aged between 15 and 17, their families prepare to take them to an initiation school - where they will be under the care of an "ingcibi", a traditional surgeon, and an "ikhankatha", a traditional nurse. This ritual is usually performed over the June school holidays or in December. Secrecy Deep in the mountains, they are taught the virtues of manhood and how to become upstanding men in their communities, among other things. But it is a practice steeped in secrecy, so Brandon is careful not to give any intimate details of what he and his friend went through. True to tradition he simply says that it was a "difficult time". He recalls how accommodating his ingcibi was throughout his time there - but said he did not receive any special treatment. "I can understand a bit of Xhosa but my surgeon would explain the details of what was going to happen and why it was important in English," says Brandon. Although most aspects of the ceremony are secret, some aspects are known. After the circumcision operation, the boys enter a specially built hut called an iboma, where they live together throughout the initiation period. Their families prepare food for them and send young girls to deliver it. The incibi will give instructions on what food should be prepared for the initiates. He treats the boys' wounds with herbal mixtures and is expected to monitor the healing process to make sure that there are no infections. During this time the boys are clothed only in loincloths and covered in blankets, while white mud is smeared all over their body. At the end of the initiation period they all bath at a river and wash off the mud - a symbol of leaving their "old selves" behind. They burn the iboma where they had been living, another sign of leaving the old behind and beginning a new life. The initiates then paint their bodies with red mud - this is how everyone at the homecoming knows that they have finished the entire course. They are also given new blankets, which only those who have completed the ritual are allowed to wear. In recent years many have begun to question the role of traditional circumcision in a modern society, especially with dozens of boys dying at bogus initiation schools every year. All traditional surgeons should be registered with the authorities - in the past, they were well-known members of the community but recently untrained people have seen setting up initiation schools as a way to make money, locals say. In the current initiation season alone, more than 70 boys across the country have died from dehydration, gangrene and septic wounds and others from multiple assault after weeks of maltreatment at the hands of their supposed carers. Knowing all this, it was an especially difficult decision for Brandon's parents to go along with. "I sat him down and tried to persuade him to change his mind. But I could tell that his mind was made up," his mother Charlene de Wet told me. "The only thing that gave me comfort was knowing that the Somyo family would take good care of him and they did," she said. "I remember the day he left, the goodbye was so abrupt. They just whisked him away. I felt both sad and anxious." Traditionally, women are not allowed to come into contact with the boys during their initiation period. They are not allowed to ask questions about what happens in the mountains - a sign of the patriarchy that exists in rural South Africa. About 20,000 boys in Eastern Cape go to initiation schools during each season, according to the province's health department. But those who swear by the practice say that when done in the correct way, it poses no threat to the lives of the young men. "This is an ancient practice that has an important role in grooming our sons. I underwent it as a young man, it helped to shape me into the man I am today," Mlibo Qoboshiyane, Eastern Cape's local government and traditional affairs minister, told the BBC. However, families need to play a more active role in the process, he says, firstly by ensuring that they choose a reputable "ingcibi" and "ikhankatha" and secondly by visiting their boys regularly to make sure that they are being treated well. A hero's welcome Brandon's father, Dave de Wet, agrees. As a man, he was allowed to visit his son. "I checked on my boy every other day. This helped me to be comfortable with what was happening," he said. On the day of their homecoming to Gqumashe village, there was a huge feast and euphoric celebration; the boys, now considered men, were received like kings. There was singing, ululating and dancing. "The outpouring of love from the community was just overwhelming," Mr de Wet told the BBC. "It was a really proud moment for us." Some villagers were surprised to see a white boy with the other initiates initially but Brandon says they made him feel like part of that community. But not all initiates return to such festivities. During the June holiday season, 300 boys were admitted into hospitals across the province, 10 of whom had their penises amputated because of their wounds. And five men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 30 boys. Mr de Wet tells me that this experience was a learning curve not just for Brandon but for his entire family. All three boys are back home in East London, and normal life has resumed. But Brandon's parent say they have noticed a change in their son. "He seems a lot more placid, a lot more mature. This experience has definitely changed him," his mother says. His father says it has been an "invaluable lesson for him". "He was exposed to another way of life and now has a deeper appreciation of the luxuries that he would have otherwise taken for granted."

एक श्वेत दक्षिण अफ्रीकी किशोर का खतना पारंपरिक रूप से किया जाता है, भले ही इस तरह के समारोहों में हर साल दर्जनों लड़कों की मौत हो जाती है, जिसे कुछ समुदायों में पुरुषत्व में प्रवेश के संस्कार के रूप में देखा जाता है। उन्होंने बीबीसी के पमज़ा फिहलानी को बताया कि इसने उन्हें बेहतर के लिए बदल दिया था।


Man arrested after two firearms found in Glasgow home

Summary: A 24-year old man has been arrested after firearms were discovered in a property in Glasgow.

Police were called to Delvin Road in the Cathcart area of the city at about 21:20 on Monday, following reports of a man carrying a gun. Officers initially found no trace of the man. However, their investigation led them to a property in nearby Kirkwell Road. Two firearms were later found, according to police.

ग्लासगो में एक संपत्ति में आग्नेयास्त्र मिलने के बाद एक 24 वर्षीय व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Why India is greeting Amazon's Jeff Bezos with protests

Summary: The last time Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was here, he wore a long Indian coat, climbed into a gaudily decorated truck, posed for pictures and promised to invest a couple of billion dollars. He also gave dozens of media interviews. "You hear all the time that there are so many obstacles in doing business in India, but that's not our experience," he told a newspaper.

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Five years on, the world's richest man has arrived on a two-day visit to a much less enthusiastic reception. A union of small traders who claim to represent tens of millions of brick-and-mortar businesses have planned protests in 300 cities against Mr Bezos, accusing his firm of predatory pricing. They complain that the online giant's now six-year-old retail operation in the country is hurting them badly. Praveen Khandelwal of the Confederation of All India Traders, which is organising the protests, says Amazon's "sinister game and evil designs" have "already destroyed the business of tens of thousands of small traders" in India. If this was not enough, hours before Mr Bezos's arrival, India's anti-trust regulator opened a formal investigation into the business practices of Amazon and its Indian competitor Flipkart, an Indian e-retailer, mostly owned by Walmart. The regulator says it is looking into allegations of predatory pricing, the exclusive launch of mobile phones, deep discounting and preferential treatment of selected sellers by the online giants, among other things. Amazon said in a statement it would co-operate, address the allegations and was "confident in our compliance [with local rules]". Amazon claims to have done a lot to empower retailers in India, its fastest-growing market. With more than 60,000 employees and $5bn of investment in the country, the Seattle-based giant says it works with more than half a million sellers on the market place. (Under Indian laws, the site can only sell third-party goods from independent sellers.) More than half of the sellers come from small towns and cities, and many have grown rich during the site's popular festival sales, the firm claims. Amazon also partners with small, so-called mom-and-pop stores to help customers buy products from the site for a commission. Some 50,000 Indian sellers have shipped $1bn worth of goods to destinations outside India, under a programme that enables them to list and sell their products around the world, the company claims. On Tuesday, Mr Bezos announced that Amazon would aim to export goods worth $10bn from India by 2025. He also promised to invest $1bn in digitising small and medium businesses here. Mr Bezos is attending a company event in Delhi to fete small and medium businesses who partner with his firm. These initiatives do not appear to impress the protesters. "Mr Bezos is creating a false narrative of empowering small retailers," Mr Khandelwal says. Amazon and Flipkart overwhelmingly dominate India's $39bn online retail market. Fuelled by an explosion of mobile phone subscribers - more than a billion already - and cheap data, it is the fastest growing e-commerce market and is expected to grow to $120bn in 2020. E-commerce attracted 124 rounds of international investor funding in 2017 alone. There are now more than 4,700 such start-ups in India. But India is also a country where neighbourhood stores thrive. These nifty stores - called kirana or neighbourhood corner shops - continue to rule the brick-and-mortar retail space. According to consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, there are 12 million such stores in India and an increasing number of them are adopting technology - accepting debit and credit cards and wallet payments, for example - to serve customers better. Researchers at the Indian School of Business who analysed more than a million sales transactions of a fast-moving consumer goods company in India with corner shops and organised retail for three years found that the mom-and-pop stores had a higher ability to earn a profit than modern trade outlets. Amazon is no stranger to battling regulators around the world. Last year EU anti-trust regulators opened an investigation after allegations that Amazon misuses "sensitive data" from independent retailers who sell on the online giant's website. The retailers' relationships with sellers of third-party goods is also being investigated in the US and Europe. India is a promising, but tricky market. On the one hand, India's small traders are often seen as resistant to change and protectionist in nature. They also receive the backing of populist political parties. On the other hand, there are genuine fears about the future of small brick-and-mortar businesses which face the onslaught of online giants. Consumers are largely happy with the speedy delivery and low prices that the e-commerce giants offer. And the government needs foreign investment to grow a slowing economy. How the regulator and Mr Bezos negotiate the maze will be interesting to see.

पिछली बार जब एमेजॉन के मालिक जेफ बेजोस यहां थे, उन्होंने एक लंबा भारतीय कोट पहना था, एक शानदार तरीके से सजाए गए ट्रक में सवार हुए, तस्वीरों के लिए पोज दिया और कुछ अरब डॉलर निवेश करने का वादा किया। उन्होंने दर्जनों मीडिया साक्षात्कार भी दिए। "आप हर समय सुनते हैं कि भारत में व्यापार करने में बहुत सारी बाधाएं हैं, लेकिन यह हमारा अनुभव नहीं है", उन्होंने एक समाचार पत्र से कहा।


Foster parents honoured for 'changing lives'

Summary: "The first one that went, I really wanted to keep her actually - and I remember standing on the drive, waving goodbye, crying my eyes out and I said, 'I can never do this again'."

By Jeanette LongBBC News But Judith Harper, from Buckinghamshire, went on to foster about 100 children in need of a home over the past 25 years - and is being honoured for her commitment in the Queen's Birthday Honours. After saying goodbye to her first foster child, she recalls: "The phone was ringing and we walked back into the house and somebody handed me the phone. "'A little boy needs somewhere this weekend, will you consider it?' 'OK, bring him over then.' It was supposed to be for a weekend and he was with us six months, I think. From then, we just carried on and on." Mrs Harper fostered some of those children until they were adopted, while others she cared for until they were old enough to look after themselves. She and her husband - and their five children - also adopted two daughters. Transforming lives Mrs Harper is among a number of foster carers to be made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. This year's list includes a group of 15 foster carers who, between them, have fostered more than 1,000 children. They have been singled out for their help in transforming the lives of young people. Mrs Harper particularly wanted to ensure siblings who had been taken into care were able to stay together, and also to provide a loving home for children with special needs. "It's very rewarding. My adopted daughter, she came to us and we were told she wouldn't walk or talk. She's now running around, chattering - and fantastic," says Mrs Harper. "The progress is different: it's so rewarding when they change from a child that people say is unmanageable to somebody who is clearly happy. "One of my foster daughters is just so happy all the time now, whereas she used to be quite frantic when she first moved in with us." 'Every child is different' Gordon and Brenda Potter, from Surrey, have been fostering for 43 years and have taken in approximately 200 children. The married couple are both being awarded an MBE this year. Mrs Potter says she's "very proud and very humble that something we've enjoyed doing for so long has actually won us this award. I would hate never to have done it". "We've enjoyed doing it, and the different children. They say every child is different - they certainly are," says Mr Potter. Since being registered as foster carers in 1976, the Potters have continuously had at least one foster child in their care, as well as raising seven children of their own and adopting three more. Mrs Potter recalls the faces of those parents who adopted the children she had been fostering. "As you placed the child in their arms, knowing that this was something they had dreamed of for so long... that was so rewarding, that was how it started. "From there, we started having children who had more problems when they came into care; watching them change from frightened, little, insecure children that then moved on to adoption when that time came for them." Life-changing Like the others, John Ankers, from Suffolk - who has also been appointed MBE - says he is surprised, but very proud. He also pays tribute to his wife's contribution. Mr Ankers and his wife fostered about 100 children over 17 years, until 1990. The experience led him to work in a number of areas with young people; he is also nominated for his work as a Suffolk bench magistrate. "I think we've learned an awful lot about children. I think we've learned an awful lot about ourselves as well and what kind of people we are," says Mr Ankers. "And it's certainly changed our lives: I now work with young people at the edge of care, which is even more challenging than [working] with the foster ones. So yes, it's changed us an awful lot and I wouldn't have missed it one bit." Others in this year's Birthday Honours' list recognised for their work in education include Jonathan Coles, chief executive of United Learning, who receives a knighthood. Lee Major, of the Sutton Trust, and Sonia Watson, of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, become OBEs, and David and Elizabeth Carney-Haworth - co-founders of Operation Encompass - are made OBEs for their work with children affected by domestic abuse. Professor Anna Vignoles, of the University of Cambridge, becomes a CBE; and Frank Norris, of the Co-op Academies Trust, becomes an MBE.

"सबसे पहले जो चला गया, मैं वास्तव में उसे वास्तव में रखना चाहता था-और मुझे याद है कि ड्राइव पर खड़ा होना, अलविदा कहना, अपनी आँखें बाहर निकालना और मैंने कहा, 'मैं फिर कभी ऐसा नहीं कर सकता'।


Inquest into Cardiff dad's webcam death opened

Summary: A father-of-three was found dead in his flat while a webcam was still filming, an inquest heard.

Builder Leon Jenkins was discovered at his home in Cardiff by South Wales Police after it was tipped off by the administrator of a website. The Coroner's Office said the 43-year-old was found in his flat in the Roath area of the city on 25 July. The inquest in Pontypridd was adjourned for a full hearing to allow a full investigation into the death. If you are experiencing emotional stress, help and support is available via BBC Action Line.

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