Men released over Brierley Hill car park stab death

Summary: Two men have been released without charge after being arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man found stabbed to death in car park.

The victim, in his 20s, was pronounced dead on Engine Lane, close to the Merry Hill complex in Brierley Hill, at about 01:00 BST on Saturday. The men, aged 30 and 27, face no further action, West Midlands Police said. A 25-year-old man, also arrested on Saturday, remains in police custody.

कार पार्क में चाकू मारकर हत्या किए गए एक व्यक्ति की हत्या के संदेह में गिरफ्तार किए जाने के बाद दो लोगों को बिना किसी आरोप के रिहा कर दिया गया है।


Tesla 'hires' witty museum sheep tweeter

Summary: What happens when you post a picture of "an absolute unit" of a sheep to your work Twitter account and it then gets picked up by Elon Musk - also known as the 25th most powerful person in the world?

By Dhruti ShahBBC News For Adam Koszary, the social media strategist behind The Museum of English Rural Life's Twitter account, it appears to have been a great career move as he says he's now been hired to be the social media manager for automotive company Tesla. The Tesla founder has history with the museum after temporarily changing his profile picture into a photo of an Exmoor Horn aged ram that @TheMERL owned and was a viral sensation a year previously. In response, Adam changed the museum's Twitter name to the "Muskeum of Elongish Rural Life" and its profile picture to Musk's smiling visage. Adam revealed the move in a tweet late Tuesday on his personal account stating: "I'm no longer moving to the Royal Academy. Instead I'll be Tesla's Social Media Manager from July." He tweeted last month that after six years working with "amazing people in Reading" he was leaving his job as programme manager and digital lead for Museums Partnership Reading to go be the social media editor at The Royal Academy. Do androids dream of electric sheep? In April Adam wrote a Medium post entitled "Swapping souls with Elon Musk" which explained his strategy around the surreal sheep interaction this year which took the internet by storm. In it he said "I didn't coordinate this with Elon Musk. It was just weird and it just happened. The best I could do was react." He added that the museum's Twitter account received many private messages from people thinking they were contacting Mr Musk himself and seeking jobs, money, Teslas and memes. Back then, he also told the BBC: "The end-game for our whole Twitter is engaging people with English rural life, even if that means memes. "We'll change our picture back either when Elon changes his back, or at the point where people are confused enough to show up to Elon Musk's house expecting it to be the Museum of English Rural Life." The joke eventually came to an end. However it's not the first time the museum has gained attention for a viral hit. In January 2019 it started a war with fellow museums over who has the best duck in its archives and in February the tweets in its thread of updates about a lost bat in its rare book store were liked more than 25,000 times. The bat became so popular online that it was even awarded its own university library card. Watch out In his Medium post, Adam had called the sheep-related Elon Musk interaction "a weird one-off, a ripple from our absolute unit of last year." But were the memes and banter a "shear" piece of genius? The reaction to Adam's career move has been, as expected, congratulatory and jovial with a common theme around him now living the "electric" dream and "absolute units." The phrase "absolute unit" - internet jargon for a large, muscular person or thing - has now been cemented in internet history as a big, big, sheep. As well as the expected congratulations, he's been told to watch out when it comes to getting his tweets past the lawyers. Mr Musk's own tweets have often proved controversial with one tweet about taking Tesla private resulting in him losing his job as chairman, while another has led to a defamation case. And earlier this week an analyst from financial firm Wedbush said Tesla should be focusing on producing more Model 3 cars, instead of expanding into robotaxis and "other sci-fi projects". The BBC has contacted Adam, Tesla and Elon Musk for comment. We will keep 'ewe' updated.

क्या होता है जब आप अपने काम के ट्विटर खाते पर भेड़ की "एक पूर्ण इकाई" की तस्वीर पोस्ट करते हैं और फिर इसे एलोन मस्क द्वारा उठाया जाता है-जिसे दुनिया के 25वें सबसे शक्तिशाली व्यक्ति के रूप में भी जाना जाता है?


Can Jamie Oliver help Bristolians cut down on sugar?

Summary: Across Britain millions of people are joining gyms, giving up alcohol or going on diets in a New Year health drive. But one city is trying to cut sugar on a massive scale. Bristol has joined a campaign led by TV Chef Jamie Oliver to reduce sugar consumption, the first large city in the UK to do so. Could it work?

By Dave HarveyBusiness Correspondent, BBC West Bristol has a sweet tooth. By the age of five, almost one in four children in the city have tooth decay, according to statistics from Public Health England. A third of 10-year-olds are classed as clinically overweight. Diabetes affects more than 20,000 Bristolians, 90% of whom have type 2 - usually linked to poor diet and inadequate exercise. In the last three years, 227 people in the city had a limb amputated because their diabetes was out of control. The amputation rate is nearly double the national average. And while the city's tooth decay and obesity statistics are no worse than the national average, Bristol's Public Health department is worried by the data. "We are really in the first era where it's possible that our children will die earlier than we will," says consultant Sally Hoggs. "I think that's scary - and we need to address it." Health officials have been telling people for years to eat less sugar and fat, with little discernible effect. Across the UK, 25% of adults are now clinically obese, according to government figures. A further 37% are overweight. In Westminster, ministers are concentrating on a new sugar tax, to be levied on fizzy drinks with high sugar levels. It will be introduced in 2018, adding about 8p to a can of full sugar Coke, Pepsi or Irn-Bru. But in Bristol, they want to get going now. And they hope the city can follow the example of some people who have achieved dramatic results. Eighteen months ago, Becky Murray's GP told her she had developed type 2 diabetes. The 46-year-old from Brislington, in south Bristol, had been trying to lose weight for 20 years, but the diagnosis changed everything. "I'd kind of deluded myself that it wouldn't happen, but it really caught me up short and I thought 'This is reality. I have to do something about it', or else I would be on medication for the rest of my life," she says. Mrs Murray knew how serious diabetes can be, because her father has had the condition for 20 years. "I knew I would possibly have eye problems or sleep problems," she adds. "Some people end up having to have limbs amputated - which is a horrific thought - but it is a reality for some people." Mrs Murray took decisive action. She cut all sugar from her diet. "I stopped cakes and pastries, of course, fizzy drinks, chocolate, everything. And I started eating more fruit and vegetables." She also took up running. At first, it was just short jogs round the block, then gradually she built up to running for an hour. Three months later, Mrs Murray went back to her GP, and got some remarkable good news. Her blood sugar was normal. She had beaten diabetes. "I felt great, a real sense of victory. And I'm not going back now to the way I lived before," she says. Her dramatic recovery is rare, but not unique. Unlike other conditions, diabetes can be reversed if the amount of sugar in the bloodstream is brought under control. Dr Martin Jones, who chairs the clinical commissioning group across Bristol, hopes others will be inspired by Mrs Murray's example. "Diabetes is exciting, because we can help to prevent it, by living more healthily, taking more exercise," he says. "But also when we get it we can actually reverse it. Managing our sugar intake, exercising effectively, can reduce the need to take drugs - even eradicate it altogether." Reducing sugar for one person facing a serious illness is one thing. Cutting it across a whole city is a much harder challenge. So what are Bristol's health officials doing? While they wait for national laws to change, their focus is on information. They believe that if people knew how much sugar was in everyday products, they would think twice. A single can of cola has nine teaspoons, about 33g, which is more than the entire daily recommended intake for an adult (30g). That's why ministers want to tax sugary drinks, starting in 2018. In the meantime though, cafes in Bristol are being invited to try a voluntary levy, adding 10p to a can of fizzy drink. Jamie Oliver's restaurants already do this, and Bristol's Public Health department hope others in the city will follow suit. Foods sold as healthy can be sugary as well. Low fat strawberry yoghurt, for instance, can have 19g of sugar in a single serving - equivalent to five sugar lumps. Savoury foods can surprise people too. A can of tomato soup for two people contains about 20g of sugar. Dr Jones says people are rarely aware of where sugar is hidden. "Think about our diet 50 or 100 years ago," he adds. "People ate much less sugar and there was much less diabetes in the population, much less obesity." The Sugar Smart campaign has signed up some big players. Ashton Gate is the city's biggest sports stadium, home to Bristol City Football Club and Bristol Rugby. Later in January, fans at home matches will see a video by Jamie Oliver urging them to drink water instead of fizzy drinks. On the drinks stands around the stadium, water and low sugar drinks will be pushed to the front, while full sugar cans are kept behind the counter. Students at the University of the West of England are joining the campaign too. Later in 2017, the student canteen will be running promotions with water or low sugar drinks as part of meal deals, and low sugar snacks by the tills. At a sports and leisure centre in north Bristol, a healthy vending machine will be installed to help people switch away from crisps and fizzy drinks after a swim. So can leaflets and voluntary taxes work? Before the roll out in Bristol, the Jamie Oliver Foundation tested the ideas in Brighton and Hove. Staff contacted 150 cafes and food outlets, and 59 started putting free water on tables for customers. Thirteen cafes changed their menus to reduce sugar in their recipes. That is only 10%, and some wonder if a campaign that just puts free drinking water on tables amounts to much. The voluntary sugar tax was trialled at Brighton University, where 10p was added to a can of full sugar fizzy drink. Sales fell 16%. Jo Ralling, who runs the SugarSmart campaign at Jamie Oliver's Food Foundation, says these small changes prove it can work. "It makes you stop and think, why is this drink more? And then they decide to buy the low sugar option, or water - which is best of all," she says. Campaigners know it will be tough to persuade people to change their diets before they are ill. Becky Murray admitted her doctors had told her several times to lose weight, but only the actual diagnosis of diabetes made her take action. Now, she cannot imagine going back. "I've actually lost the taste for sugar completely," she says. "It tastes wrong now, like something you don't want to put in your mouth."

पूरे ब्रिटेन में लाखों लोग जिम जा रहे हैं, शराब छोड़ रहे हैं या नए साल के स्वास्थ्य अभियान में आहार पर जा रहे हैं। लेकिन एक शहर बड़े पैमाने पर चीनी में कटौती करने की कोशिश कर रहा है। ब्रिस्टल चीनी की खपत को कम करने के लिए टीवी शेफ जेमी ओलिवर के नेतृत्व में एक अभियान में शामिल हो गया है, जो ऐसा करने वाला ब्रिटेन का पहला बड़ा शहर है। क्या यह काम कर सकता है?


Skegness fire: Crews tackle building blaze

Summary: Dozens of firefighters dealt with a blaze at building in Lincolnshire in the early hours of Sunday.

Crews were called to the two-storey property on Roman Bank in Skegness at 04:45 BST. Part of the street was closed off as 40 firefighters brought the blaze under control. A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said officers were investigating the cause of the fire. Follow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.

रविवार के शुरुआती घंटों में लिंकनशायर में इमारत में लगी आग पर दर्जनों अग्निशामकों ने काबू पाया।


'Yarn bombers' strike on Dumfries cycle path

Summary: A group of "yarn bombers" has struck by leaving knitted items along the bollards and railings of a cycle path in Dumfries.

They appeared overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. The only clue as to who carried out the work are tags from the "Bollard and Chicane Protection Authority". Yarn bombing, also known as guerrilla knitting, is a type of street art using items made from yarn - whether knitted, crocheted, or made into pom-poms.

"यार्न बमवर्षकों" के एक समूह ने डमफ्रीज़ में एक साइकिल पथ के बोलार्ड और रेलिंग के साथ बुनी हुई वस्तुओं को छोड़ दिया है।


Liberal Democrats pledge to build 20,000 affordable homes

Summary: The Liberal Democrats have unveiled plans to build 20,000 affordable homes in Wales if the party is in government after the 2016 assembly election.

The target, to be met by 2021, is double that set by Welsh Labour ministers in the current assembly term. Lib Dem AM Peter Black said the Lib Dems would fund the proposals using new borrowing powers and by scrapping plans for an M4 relief road. He said action was needed to tackle a "crippling undersupply of housing".

लिबरल डेमोक्रेट्स ने 2016 के विधानसभा चुनाव के बाद अगर पार्टी सरकार में है तो वेल्स में 20,000 किफायती घर बनाने की योजना का खुलासा किया है।


Men charged over brawl before Leicester City helicopter crash

Summary: Six men have been charged over a brawl outside Leicester City's football stadium that happened an hour before a helicopter crash which killed the club's chairman.

The fight broke out at 19:30 GMT last October near the King Power Stadium. Police said a number of people were involved in the fight after the game with West Ham United. The men have been charged with affray and are due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. The helicopter spun out of control near the stadium at 20:37 after a mechanism became disconnected, killing Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others. The accused are: Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

लीसेस्टर सिटी के फुटबॉल स्टेडियम के बाहर एक हेलीकॉप्टर दुर्घटना से एक घंटे पहले हुए झगड़े के लिए छह लोगों पर आरोप लगाया गया है, जिसमें क्लब के अध्यक्ष की मौत हो गई थी।


34kg pearl found in Philippines 'is world's biggest'

Summary: Philippine officials believe they may have recovered the biggest natural giant clam pearl in the world - weighing a whopping 34kg (5.2 stone).

The pearl was found 10 years ago by a fisherman who was unaware of its value and kept it as a good luck charm, Palawan official Aileen Amurao said. "We were amazed when he brought it to us," she told local media. Officials are awaiting confirmation from gemologists that the find is indeed the world's largest pearl. The pearl is 1ft (30.5cm) wide and 2.2ft long and, if confirmed, will easily beat the current record holder, the Pearl of Lao Tzu, which weighs 6.4kg. Things that weigh about as much as the newly discovered pearl 1. An Afghan hound 2. An Olympic gymnast 3. A really big cheese

फिलीपींस के अधिकारियों का मानना है कि उन्होंने दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा प्राकृतिक विशालकाय क्लैम मोती बरामद किया होगा-जिसका वजन 34 किलोग्राम (5.2 पत्थर) है।


Where is Labour's 'Jeremy Corbyn mania' coming from?

Summary: Despair at Labour's general election defeat has given way to a mood of celebration on the British left, as their candidate emerges as the unlikely frontrunner in the party's leadership contest. But where is the support for Jeremy Corbyn, a previously obscure backbencher, coming from?

By Mobeen Azhar The Report, BBC Radio 4 "All over the country we are getting these huge gatherings of people. The young, the old, black and white and many people that haven't been involved in politics before." Jeremy Corbyn addresses a standing room only crowd in Euston, North London. On this Monday evening so many people have turned up, some supporters are left standing in the street scouting for spare tickets. It feels more like the build-up to an album launch than a political meeting. For those unable to pack into the hall Corbyn ends up speaking from the roof of a waiting fire engine. 'Life on hold' When he eventually makes it indoors he's mobbed by photographers, rapturous applause and the sounds of John Legend's contemporary protest song, Glory, thundering over the PA. This is slicker, more vibrant and just plain bigger than anything left-leaning party politics has seen in Britain for a generation. Even Corbyn looks a bit surprised. As if this campaign has gone further than anyone could have predicted. So what exactly is going on? Are Corbyn's supporters simply a collective of the usual leftist campaigners congregating under a contemporary banner or is there more to this left revival? Lyndsey is a 30-year-old musician who believes her experience and support for Corbyn is representative of a shift in the landscape of British politics. "I have put my life on hold, my music and my job to put time into this because it's something I believe in," she says. "I really care about this so much because I think it's an opportunity to really change things." More democratic Lyndsey is in no way connected to the official Corbyn campaign but has made a series of online clips to address issues such as the housing crisis. "It's about provoking discussion. I paid my £3 online and I'm trying to get as many people as possible to do the same." Lyndsey had previously voted Green but just two weeks ago she became a "registered supporter" of the Labour Party. This "supporter" status gives Lyndsey a vote in the leadership election. This new voting system was introduced to coincide with the current leadership election in an effort to encourage a more open and democratic contest. Some longstanding Labour Party members have warned the move has unwittingly encouraged "entryism", the notion that members of far-left parties are joining Labour to mount a kind of coup. The party leadership fought a long, and ultimately successful, battle against Trotskyite entryists in the 1980s. But the numbers don't add up. The far left, although organised, just don't have the membership needed. The Labour Party has grown rapidly in size since May's general election, with the total number of people signing up to vote in the leadership contest reaching 610,753. The number of full party members has gone up from just over 200,000 in May to 299,755, with a further 121,295 people paying £3 to become registered supporters and 189,703 joining up through their trade union. "Supporter" status provides the same voting rights as fully paid-up Labour members. Even if there is evidence of small-scale entryism, this in itself could not determine a victory for Corbyn. Listen to Mobeen's piece The Corbyn Effect, produced by Anna Meisel, at 20:00 on Thursday on BBC Radio 4's The Report. A recent YouGov poll suggests Corbyn has extended his lead in the leadership race. Much of the Labour establishment has been caught completely off-guard by the strength of Corbyn's support. Former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett branded herself a "moron" for nominating Corbyn to stand. "We were being urged as MPs to have a field of candidates. At no point did I intend to vote for Jeremy myself, nor advise anyone else to do it." 'Centre ground' In 2010, backbencher Dianne Abbott stood in the leadership contest as a clear left candidate. She failed to make any significant impact and many Labour MPs believed Corbyn would play a similar "symbolic" role in the current contest. So how exactly can the surge in Corbyn support be explained? There is evidence to suggest the political landscape in Britain is shifting and Corbyn's recent success could be accredited to his core message connecting with an electorate to whom the "centre ground" no longer appeals. Prof Paul Whitely, from the University of Essex, has been researching the demographic makeup of party membership since 1992 and most recently he has investigated norms in political opinion. "We've been conducting surveys since 2013. The assumption in Westminster is parties need to be close together in the 'centre ground', but that is not what drives elections. "Voters are not asking themselves, 'Where is Jeremy Corbyn on the left-right dimension?' They're asking themselves: 'Is this guy saying something which is new which might help me and deal with the problems that Britain faces?' "The thing about Jeremy Corbyn, whether you agree or disagree with him, is that he has a new narrative and I think that's what's exciting people." 'Not tribal' For voters like Lyndsey this is exactly what the Corbyn campaign has done. "I have never wanted to vote Labour before and I will not stick with the party if Corbyn is not the leader. I am not tribal. What we have is a chance to really change things and I want to be part of that change." The support for Corbyn could signal a shift not only for the Labour Party but for the way in which party politics works in Britain. Prof Whitely explains: "The world has changed, there's no question about it. We have to learn from countries in continental Europe who have multi-party systems. "The success of UKIP and the SNP show there is discontentment with the status quo and an appetite for new ideas. A lot of people inside the Westminster bubble are yet to catch up with this." @Mobeen_Azhar

लेबर की आम चुनाव में हार पर निराशा ने ब्रिटिश वामपंथियों के लिए जश्न का माहौल पैदा कर दिया है, क्योंकि उनका उम्मीदवार पार्टी के नेतृत्व की प्रतियोगिता में सबसे आगे होने की संभावना नहीं है। लेकिन जेरेमी कॉर्बिन के लिए समर्थन कहां से आ रहा है, जो पहले से अस्पष्ट बैकबेंचर थे?


Boy delivers presents to Birmingham Children's Hospital

Summary: A five-year-old boy with a rare heart condition has delivered nearly 300 presents to the hospital that regularly cares for him.

James Blair from Worcester took jigsaws, colouring books and other gifts to children on the wards of Birmingham Children's Hospital. James' dad Paul Blair said: "It's about giving back, a gesture of goodwill." James suffers with the genetic condition Noonan syndrome. Mr Blair drove his lorry to the hospital where he and his son - both dressed as elves - delivered 17 sacks of presents and chocolates for staff. Mr Blair, 36, said his son would need surgery soon to fit a new heart valve. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone.

दुर्लभ हृदय रोग से पीड़ित एक पाँच वर्षीय लड़के ने अस्पताल को लगभग 300 उपहार दिए हैं जो नियमित रूप से उसकी देखभाल करता है।


Life after Ebola

Summary: It has been four years since the Ebola virus outbreak in the West African states of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone was first reported. Photographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham has been back to document the people still living with the legacy of the disease.

The outbreak in 2014 caused more deaths than all the others combined since the virus was discovered in 1976. The virus affected poverty-stricken areas such as Liberia's West Point, where for many, just coping and surviving are everyday victories. West Point is a densely populated township in Monrovia. When the government imposed a curfew and quarantined the area in a bid to halt the deadly outbreak there was unrest and rioting. Eva Nah's grandson was killed by police while he was protesting at the quarantine. "All he wanted was to play football and become a mechanic," she says. "His father and mother died so I was everything to him." Years on, government compensation for his killing has allowed Eva to send four other children in her family to school. Rita Carol lost her sister to the disease. She used to sell food on the cramped roads of West Point but has saved enough to purchase a refrigerator and start a new business selling ice, which she hopes will provide a good living for her future. Etta Roberts works as a nurse at the Kahweh clinic, a health centre to the east of Monrovia. She usually treats around 10 patients a day for malaria and scabies. The clinic's founder, Reginald Kahweh, funded the building of the centre after losing both his parents to Ebola, saying: "Everyone had to step up to create a better society… this place was formed to remember those who died." The Ebola crisis was a shock to the Liberian health system, which was quickly overwhelmed. The country's infrastructure was already damaged by a 14-year civil conflict and the health services were struggling to meet basic needs. In response, areas of high risk such as West Point are now monitored carefully for any unusual health trends and a 24/7 duty officer can raise an alert to the National Public Health Institute if a death seems medically suspicious. J Roberts lives by the rapidly encroaching sea in West Point. After losing his wife to Ebola he started a business. "My wife was cremated, not buried, so it feels as if she is gone forever. I decided to concentrate on our four children, money is a necessity for them," he says. He sells heated water and the use of booths to wash in. His facility is of great value to the community due to the poor sanitation in the area. Despite positive advances in health infrastructure and the survivors' determination to move on, several former body disposal workers have been left in a state of limbo. Most workers involved with the burial of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone were poor and jumped at the chance of an employment opportunity that few others wanted. Mohammed Kanu was employed by the government to dispose of bodies safely during the outbreak. No subsequent work has materialised and he finds himself still tending the overgrown graves, with little payment. Burial ceremonies that involved contact with the bodies of the dead also contributed to the transmission of the disease and many workers face poverty and stigmatisation for their former roles. Morla Kargbo, another graveyard worker, explains: "People don't even want to rent a house to you if you were involved with bodies during the Ebola time." All images copyright Hugh Kinsella Cunningham.

पश्चिम अफ्रीकी राज्यों लाइबेरिया, गिनी और सिएरा लियोन में इबोला वायरस के प्रकोप को पहली बार रिपोर्ट किए हुए चार साल हो चुके हैं। फोटोग्राफर ह्यूग किन्सेला कनिंघम उन लोगों का दस्तावेजीकरण करने के लिए वापस आ गए हैं जो अभी भी बीमारी की विरासत के साथ जी रहे हैं।


Veterans who return from war but cannot escape its horrors

Summary: A support service for military veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been rolled out across Wales. Change Step - started in 2012 by Llandudno-based drug and alcohol charity CAIS - uses former service personnel to help others with mental health issues, loneliness, welfare or addiction problems. Some of those veterans spoke openly to BBC Wales about the experiences that caused their PTSD and how the service is helping them come to terms with it.

By Chris WoodBBC News Whether being in the armed forces gives a person something or just takes part of them away is unclear, according to veteran Dave Ireland. But he said he now realises the experience changes a person forever and can make it very hard to engage with normal civilians again. This is something he did not fully understand for much of the 22 years since he left the Queen's Dragoon Guards, when he led what he believed was a relatively normal life. But in 2012, after a "blazing row", he "ceased to be able to function", had a breakdown and made a "concerted suicide attempt". Mr Ireland now links this to his involvement in one of the bloodiest episodes of the 1991 Gulf War - the so-called Highway of Death - when Saddam Hussein's forces were "obliterated" as they retreated from Kuwait. While his own recovery was "capped" in December 2014, when he was appointed peer mentor for the charity Change Step, he knows there are many others suffering as he did. A year on, he is using his experiences to help about 100 veterans from Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan who suffer from PTSD. Many of these have had drug or alcohol issues and will never leave the care system. "There were always episodes, but I put them down to working and partying too hard," said the 47-year-old from Pontypridd. "But after a blazing row, I ceased to be able to function. I couldn't stop crying or string a sentence together. "My head was so full up, I couldn't process the simplest piece of information and just wanted to end it. I was at rock bottom." As a veteran, he gained help from the Royal British Legion and was not only diagnosed with PTSD, but bipolar. This was a disorder doctors said he always possessed the chemical imbalance to develop, with it triggered by a traumatic experience. Mr Ireland, who joined up as an 18-year-old, believes the catalyst was a defining incident of the Gulf War. "As the Iraqis were being driven out of Kuwait, the coalition forces lined up on both sides of the road and attacked them. "It was just carnage, tanks, vehicles, they ran a gauntlet and obliterated them," said the former corporal. He was then part of the group tasked with clearing the road after the assault, adding: "It was horrendous, I'd never seen anything like it. I was 22, no 22-year-old should see that." While he now lives in Cwmaman, near Aberdare, and is able to "disappear up the mountain" with his Welsh Terriers, he knows that for many there is no escape. 'Anger issues' For Matthew Baskerville, 33, from Newport, he went from job to job - from a supermarket, to welding to a lorry driver - as he tried to find the "buzz" he felt as part of an elite fighting force, faced with regular life-or-death situations. After joining the Paratrooper Regiment in 2000, he was one of the first ground troops to "clear out" Basra during 2003's Iraq invasion, when he entered through minefields following an air and tank assault. He then lived in trenches for three months, taking tablets to combat nerve attack agents and needing "eyes in the back of my head" as he conducted foot patrols. This had a profound effect on him and, after returning to the regiment's base in Colchester, he experienced severe "anger issues". As he tried to deal with these, Mr Baskerville began smoking cannabis, drinking heavily and getting arrested for fighting in town. But it was a car accident, in which he smashed his pelvis and damaged his bladder and femur, that landed him in hospital for seven months and ended his army career. "It may sound bad, but family life wasn't enough for me. "There's not the level of adrenalin you get from fighting and putting yourself in extreme conditions and life is an anti-climax," he said. "Some people find their kicks from being a policeman, a fireman or selling things, but it's very hard to find what makes you tick and it wasn't enough for me. "You get bored, drinking, drugs, prison, constantly trying to find ways to settle." He was not diagnosed with PTSD until 2014 and 12 years after leaving the army, is now getting his "buzz" helping other veterans through Change Step. 'Not alone' Geoff Williams (not his real surname), 54, from Monmouth, Monmouthshire, thought he had the perfect life with a wife, a son, two cars and a good NHS job. "Everything was going well, but I literally went from a professional life to the gutter," he said. "I was going on complete and utter benders, spending time in psychiatric units and the poisons unit in hospitals for overdoses. "Friends were asking 'what are you doing?' I was running amuck and lost everything." While he is starting to find his feet again after six years of counselling, he admits his behaviour was his way of dealing with something he did not understand. With no history of mental illness in his family, doctors were unable to explain the sudden severe depression and heavy drinking. It was "a very aware GP" who linked it to his 22 years in the Brigade of Guards, which he joined as a 16-year-old. He was eventually diagnosed with PTSD and "delayed shock", having suppressed memories of an incident that nearly killed him while on foot patrol in Umm Qasr, Iraq, in 1992. "We were trying to deter hostile actions when a roadside bomb was triggered as we walked past a checkpoint, killing three members of the unit," he said. "I was severely injured, fracturing my skull and partially paralysed." While he is unsure if he will ever make a complete recovery, he added: "My heart goes out to the young veterans who may not be getting a lot of support. "They just need to know they are not alone."

पोस्ट ट्रॉमेटिक स्ट्रेस डिसऑर्डर (पी. टी. एस. डी.) से पीड़ित सैन्य दिग्गजों के लिए एक सहायता सेवा पूरे वेल्स में शुरू की गई है। चेंज स्टेप-2012 में लैंडुडनो स्थित दवा और शराब चैरिटी सी. ए. आई. एस. द्वारा शुरू किया गया-मानसिक स्वास्थ्य के मुद्दों, अकेलेपन, कल्याण या लत की समस्याओं में दूसरों की मदद करने के लिए पूर्व सेवा कर्मियों का उपयोग करता है। उन दिग्गजों में से कुछ ने बीबीसी वेल्स से उन अनुभवों के बारे में खुलकर बात की जो उनके पी. टी. एस. डी. का कारण बने और कैसे सेवा उन्हें इसके साथ आने में मदद कर रही है।


RSPCA rescues bird of prey trapped in wire fence

Summary: A buzzard has been rescued after becoming trapped between fencing and a wall in Gwynedd.

The bird's head and wings became stuck in the wire fence in Bethesda while it was chasing a wood pigeon. RSPCA Inspector Mike Pugh, who freed the animal, said: "The buzzard was feisty, but luckily, had not had much feather damage. "I released the bird back to the wild where he belongs straight away."

ग्वेनेड में बाड़ और दीवार के बीच फंसने के बाद एक बजर्ड को बचाया गया है।


What does the expulsion mean for Russia’s spies?

Summary: On 24 September, 1971 there was a party in the headquarters of MI5. The safe that was used to stash bottles of drink was opened up and a bottle or two pulled out for a toast. The reason was "Operation Foot" - the expulsion from the UK of 105 Soviet officials linked to espionage.

Gordon CoreraSecurity correspondent, BBC News@gordoncoreraon Twitter Moscow's spies had been running riot in Britain through much of the 1960s. There were so many that MI5 was struggling to keep tabs on their movements. That expulsion was a blow that the KGB, the Soviet Union's intelligence service, never quite recovered from. In that instance, while allies congratulated Britain they did not follow through in the same way. This time it has been different. But will the impact be as great? The avowed goal this time is both to send a message, and to have a substantial impact on the ability of Russia's intelligence services to collect secrets and carry out operations abroad. As in the Cold War, intelligence officers at embassies are used to recruit and run agents who supply classified material to Moscow. They come from the GRU - military intelligence - and the SVR, the foreign intelligence successor to the KGB. Relationships with any agents they are running may be interrupted, perhaps fatally. More than in the Cold War, these (and other colleagues from Russia's domestic security service, the FSB) may also have a mission in gathering intelligence on exiles as well. Some will have been involved in "active measures" - covert activities which can include the spreading of propaganda and political influence. These activities may be handicapped. As well as the sheer volume of suspected spies expelled from multiple countries, one of the most significant moves may be the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, said to be because of its proximity to a submarine base and to the aircraft manufacturer Boeing, which has a large chunk of its global workforce in the area. These consulates can play a significant role in espionage since they act not only as a base for intelligence officers, but also potentially as a home to communications interception equipment. The impact may not be quite the same as the Cold War though. One reason is cyberspace. In the past, the only way for Moscow to gather intelligence or steal secrets was through human intelligence or intercepting communications, but now it can reach out using its effective cyber-operators to steal secrets and gather non-classified material remotely. This is not a total substitute for the human intelligence provided by agents - and the two often combine in practice - but it does offer a new avenue. Cyberspace may also offer a route for Moscow to strike back against the countries that have expelled its officers - perhaps not just by stealing secrets but by carrying out "active measures", "influence operations" and even sabotage online in a way which was not possible in the past, but is now. Everyone knows Russia will respond with its own expulsions. But the truth is that most countries, even the US, are thought to have fewer spies in Russia than Russia does in their territories. Russia will also send out new spies to replace the old. The hope will be that the scale of these expulsions - and the international nature of them - will deter Russia from using its spies abroad to carry out acts like those it is suspected of being involved with in Salisbury. The disruption will also allow the counter-espionage, spy-hunting services, like MI5 in the UK and the FBI, to gather breath and re-focus their efforts once again. And so, perhaps there might be another bottle pulled from a safe for a celebration after the latest expulsions.

24 सितंबर, 1971 को एम. आई. 5 के मुख्यालय में एक पार्टी थी। शराब की बोतलों को छिपाने के लिए इस्तेमाल की जाने वाली तिजोरी को खोला गया और एक या दो बोतलों को बाहर निकाला गया। इसका कारण "ऑपरेशन फुट" था-जासूसी से जुड़े 105 सोवियत अधिकारियों का यू. के. से निष्कासन।


Man arrested in south London over terror offence

Summary: A man has been arrested in south London on suspicion of a terrorism offence.

The 18-year-old was held by Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command on suspicion of encouragement of terrorism, contrary to section 2 of the Terrorism Act, 2006. He remains in police custody for questioning, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. Two properties in south and south-east London are being searched as part of the police's investigation. Related Internet Links Met Police

दक्षिण लंदन में एक व्यक्ति को आतंकवाद के अपराध के संदेह में गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Swindon hospital workers announce strike dates

Summary: Porters, cleaners and domestic staff at Swindon's Great Western Hospital are to hold three one-day strikes.

The GMB union, which represents 150 of contractor Carillion's 200-strong workforce, said 97.3% of voters backed the action over "bullying". The union said it also wanted a fairer holiday system for workers while Carillion said it was "very disappointed" at the action. The strikes will be on 14, 21 and 23 February. Carillion said there is "robust contingency plans in place" and that they would ensure "patient care is not compromised".

स्विंडन के ग्रेट वेस्टर्न अस्पताल में कुलियों, सफाई कर्मचारियों और घरेलू कर्मचारियों को तीन एक दिवसीय हड़तालें करनी हैं।


Who is behind the Bangladesh killings?

Summary: A series of deadly attacks in Bangladesh has raised alarm in the country and abroad - and there is little clarity on who is behind the violence. BBC Bengali's Akbar Hossain examines the key questions behind the killings.

How many people have been murdered? More than 20 people - including secular writers and bloggers, professors, members of religious minorities and two foreigners - have been killed in attacks blamed on Islamist militants since 2013. The killing of three people in two days in late April has heightened fears that the violence is escalating. The murders of two foreigners - an Italian and a Japanese man - last October, added a new dimension and more security questions. In many of the attacks, victims have been hacked to death with machetes, and in some cases beheaded. Is the violence escalating? It appears so. Initially, secular and atheist bloggers and writers were targeted. But now the militants seem to be widening their list of targets. A university professor killed on 23 April was not an atheist, but involved with cultural activities which many hardline groups condemn as "un-Islamic". This view reflects increasing radicalisation in Bangladesh, a secular Muslim-majority country where many show no sympathy for those perceived to be against their religion, even if that perception is without foundation. The killing of a gay rights activist and his friend in Dhaka the day after the professor was murdered is seen as further evidence that the militants are broadening their list of targets. Who is carrying out the attacks? That remains murky - Bangladesh has myriad extremist groups. The government has disputed claims by so-called Islamic State or al Qaeda-linked groups for the attacks, instead often blaming opposition parties or local Islamist groups it accuses of seeking to destabilise the country. These claims have been denied by the opposition. After the killing of the LGBT magazine editor on 25 April, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said opposition parties "are involved with these secret killings as they want to destabilise the government and the country". The attacks on Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella and Japanese farmer Kunio Hoshi last autumn were similar in style and reportedly claimed by IS. But while the government says there is no organisational presence of IS in Bangladesh, many analysts say that matters little - because there are many local extremist groups which share the same ideology. Former Army Brigadier General Shakhawat Hossain, now a security analyst, said last year: "Every underground [Islamist] outfit has some sort of interconnection because they share the same ideology. "But I'm not sure whether Islamic State has any link to the foreigner murders." Have the police caught any attackers? Four secular bloggers were hacked to death in Bangladesh last year, with each murder putting the spotlight on the government. In October attackers attempted to slit the throat of a Christian pastor in Bangladesh's northern region. Police arrested five members of a banned Islamist group, Jamaat-ul Mujahideen, for the attempted murder. And a religious instructor in the Sufi strand of Islam - also known as a pir - was slaughtered at his home in Dhaka. But despite the lengthening list of victims the police have made little progress relating to the investigations. In only one case - the murder of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in 2013 - has anyone been convicted. But no one has been punished for the other killings. In fact in many cases the police have been unable to identify the culprits. For instance, it has been more than a year since writer Avijit Roy was hacked to death. But no one has been convicted. Many analysts believe the police are not taking the investigation seriously because of Ms Hasina's comments, which include criticism of the atheist bloggers. Last week, she issued a stern warning to anyone who criticised religion, saying: "I don't consider such writings as freethinking but filthy words. Why would anyone write such words? It's not at all acceptable if anyone writes against our prophet or other religions." The opposition say her accusations against them and the bloggers have hampered a credible investigation.

बांग्लादेश में घातक हमलों की एक श्रृंखला ने देश और विदेशों में चिंता बढ़ा दी है-और हिंसा के पीछे कौन है, इस बारे में बहुत कम स्पष्टता है। बीबीसी बंगाली के अकबर हुसैन हत्याओं के पीछे के प्रमुख प्रश्नों की जांच करते हैं।


Is the US giving up the keys to the internet?

Summary: The US government recently announced that it would be handing off the reins of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), an organisation tasked with assigning and managing domain names and IP addresses worldwide.

BBC NewsWashington, DC While the transfer of power won't happen until September 2015 and has been planned since the organisation's creation in 1998, some reactions have been panicked, to put it lightly. This transfer of power could mean the end of a single united internet, writes Keith Darnay for the Bismarck Tribune. Darnay wonders what happens if September 2015 arrives and no organisation is ready to take control. Perhaps the US agrees to stay in a leadership position until the new digital overseers are in place, but other countries get nervous and start developing their own internets. "Indeed, we may be living in the waning days of the Internet's 'Golden Age,'" he writes, "a time when we were tantalisingly close to being united in a single digital world." John C Dvorak thinks that the US giving up Icann will change the course of the internet forever. "Enjoy the internet while you can," he writes for PC Magazine. "America has waved the white flag. Decades from now, we will look back at the glory days fondly." He continues: Porn, of course, will be the first thing to go. We all know there is too much on the net and it is too freely available. But this is not the job for Icann. Will it become the job of the next group to come along? You can count on it. Forget net neutrality; content neutrality is over. Others predict that the internet will fall under the sway of governments they fear are uninterested in electronic freedom. "It's been a good month for Vladimir Putin: He got Crimea and the internet," writes L Gordon Crovitz of the Wall Street Journal. The US has used its level of control to make sure that access to the internet and content is free from political interference, he writes. If the US follows through with this plan, the alternative is a weak international body fending off governments who will try to use their influence to silence their critics. "China could get its wish to remove FreeTibet.org from the internet as an affront to its sovereignty," Crovitz writes. "Russia could force Twitter to remove posts by Ukrainian-Americans criticising Vladimir Putin." The editors of the Orange County Register take issue with the explanations behind the future transfer. Along with many commentators, they point to the Edward Snowden revelations about the National Security Agency as the reason behind the US's decision to hand over Icann, the idea being that perhaps the US can buy back some global trust. "Trading away control in exchange for the ephemeral - or completely illusory - goodwill of foreign governments is unforgivably naive and can only damage the causes of free speech and freedom of information for everyone," they write. Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks, counters that a division of the internet might not be such a bad thing. "I think the impulse to do it is quite important and will lead to good things and should be supported," he told the BBC. "The devil is in the details in terms of how these communications links actually operate." Mr Assange said that it would be difficult to build a European internet because of the number of backdoor deals conducted between Europe and the US. If those deals can't be stopped, than another organisation - presumably Assange's own Wikileaks - has to step up and publish what these governments are up to. "For any organisation to be accountable, the buck has to stop with someone," he says. Others are suggesting that we all try to understand the role of Icann a little bit better. "The internet is a collective hallucination, one of the best humanity has ever generated," writes Jonathan Zittrain for New Republic. "To be sure, it is delicate in many ways, with its unowned character threatened from many quarters. But rest easy that Icann isn't one of them." He says that it is almost impossible for Icann to get involved in a way that could prohibit free speech, as all it does is decide who runs each list of names. The US government has had little impact on how the organisation has run so far, he contends, and Icann cannot tax internet usage. If anyone tried to change that, there would be a powerful backlash. "Anyone trying to tighten the screws too much will simply strip them," Zittrain writes. Icann chief Fadi Chehade has published a blog post attempting to correct some inaccuracies and misconceptions. He writes that giving up Icann is not the same as surrendering control of the internet. He adds that the move is not a response to Mr Snowden's information, would not lead to a division of the internet, and would not affect the general public. He believes critics are distracted by all of this misinformation and missing the larger point. "Instead of politicising the debate over the US government's decision to transition stewardship of the internet's technical functions, let's move forward with the discussion we need to have - how to engage in the necessary discussion to develop an effective transition process, one that continues to ensure an open internet that belongs to everyone," he says. Hiawatha Bray of the Boston Globe wonders why this transition is necessary. Why fix something that isn't broken? He says he doesn't expect the handover to be a disaster, as the Obama administration has made clear that it intends to prevent any governments from taking control of the organisation. Ideally, Icann would be a truly independent agency with no motivation to censor or impose restrictions. "Done right, it might work," he writes. "But today's Icann already works, and I can't think of a good reason to do away with it." Whatever happens, the editors of the Washington Post think that the US is in the end responsible. They write that the US commerce department has to ensure that the internet's new stewards are free from outside influences that would make it harder for them to do their important administrative work. "The commerce department's contract with Icann expires next year," they note. "If the non-profit hasn't organised itself to ensure the continued functioning of an open, free and functional Internet by then, US authorities should not let global politics stop them from extending their supervision." (By Kierran Petersen)

अमेरिकी सरकार ने हाल ही में घोषणा की कि वह इंटरनेट कॉर्पोरेशन फॉर असाइन्ड नेम्स एंड नंबर्स (आई. सी. ए. एन.) की बागडोर सौंपेगी, जो एक संगठन है जिसे दुनिया भर में डोमेन नामों और आई. पी. पतों को सौंपने और प्रबंधित करने का काम सौंपा गया है।


Frost/Nixon team pay tribute to Sir David Frost

Summary: Sir David Frost's 1977 interviews with former US President Richard Nixon were brought back into focus with the film Frost/Nixon, directed by Ron Howard and based on the play by Peter Morgan. On screen Sir David was portrayed by British actor Michael Sheen, while Nixon was played by American Frank Langella. Here Morgan and Howard pay tribute to the man who inspired their Oscar-nominated film.

By Genevieve HassanBBC News entertainment reporter Ron Howard "I was not able to develop a significant relationship but I had several opportunities to sit down and talk to him, where at a couple of those lunches he would leave you with a joke. You would be on your way out of the door and he would stop you and say 'wait' and tell a hilarious joke. He just wanted to leave you with a laugh. "I found him fascinating to be around. It is a highlight for me that when we had finished the movie he wanted to interview me, because I had grown up respecting him and his interviews. "I have a tremendous amount of respect for him as a television producer with vision. I loved that when faced with an obstacle he would tirelessly work his way around it, under it, over it, you could not stop him. "I just respected that commitment you got. Call it hubris, I think there was something almost of the entrepreneur spirit that as an American I really admired about him. He would damn the critics and carry on if he had a big idea that he cared about. He proved that with the Nixon interviews. "He absolutely paved the way for a new network, a fourth network in the US. When he was rejected by every network in the US he got together a bunch of independents, which was something nobody had really done before. He managed to publicise and eventise it and made it a huge ratings getter. He basically signalled to the TV business that there was room for another network, and he turned out to be right, it was Fox, and then there were more after that. "One of the highlights was getting to know him and I'm sad for his family." Peter Morgan "An amazing career and a man who lived a very full life and achieved extraordinary things. "I feel I'm responsible for what was at the time one of his lesser known achievements which has now, sadly, probably eclipsed some of his better achievements because life is so reductive. I notice on the BBC News website it has got a picture of the Nixon interviews. "It was great fun to collaborate with him, to write about him. He showed unfailing generosity and his was a remarkable career. "He started out as a satirist and iconoclast and ended up a real pillar of the establishment. He made that transition with grace and good humour and remained to the very end a piercing intellect. "He was thoroughly good company and I think much underestimated and underrated by a whole generation of his colleagues at Cambridge, for whom his success was probably too conspicuous and too meteoric to be acceptably British."

सर डेविड फ्रॉस्ट के पूर्व अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति रिचर्ड निक्सन के साथ 1977 के साक्षात्कारों को रॉन हॉवर्ड द्वारा निर्देशित और पीटर मॉर्गन के नाटक पर आधारित फिल्म फ्रॉस्ट/निक्सन के साथ फिर से ध्यान में लाया गया। पर्दे पर सर डेविड को ब्रिटिश अभिनेता माइकल शीन द्वारा चित्रित किया गया था, जबकि निक्सन की भूमिका अमेरिकी फ्रैंक लैंगेला द्वारा निभाई गई थी। यहाँ मॉर्गन और हॉवर्ड उस व्यक्ति को श्रद्धांजलि देते हैं जिसने उनकी ऑस्कर-नामांकित फिल्म को प्रेरित किया था।


Devon-Dorset landslip coast path to stay shut

Summary: A section of coast path on the Devon-Dorset border will remain closed for the "foreseeable future" after being damaged by a landslip.

The five-mile (7.6km) section of path near Axmouth and Lyme Regis, has been closed since the landslip in late-January. Natural England said it was working with a number of partners to identify a safe and viable long-term route. A spokesman said "several possible new routes" were being investigated. 'Exceptional rainfall' The stretch of path is home to the National Nature Reserve (NNR), the largest active coastal landslip complex in north-west Europe, the organisation said. The exceptional amount of rainfall over the winter had led to a "very high number of landslips and cliff falls, throughout the NNR", Natural England confirmed. It said it was working with Devon County Council, East Devon District Council and the South West Coast Path Team.

डेवोन-डोर्सेट सीमा पर तट मार्ग का एक हिस्सा भूस्खलन से क्षतिग्रस्त होने के बाद "निकट भविष्य" के लिए बंद रहेगा।


Snowdonia climber breaks leg in Glyder Fach snow slide

Summary: A climber has suffered a broken leg after he slid about 300ft (90m) on snow and ice and hit a rock in Snowdonia.

The man, 26, was airlifted to hospital in Bangor by an RAF Valley helicopter after being injured on Glyder Fach. In a separate incident on Sunday the Sea King flew to Aber Falls, near Bangor, where a woman was hurt in a 60ft fall and also taken to Bangor. Later, a walker with hypothermia was rescued from Snowdon. The 67-year-old man was winched from steep ground by the rescue helicopter and flown to hospital. Mountain rescuers on foot escorted his companions off the snow and ice-covered peak

स्नोडोनिया में बर्फ और बर्फ पर लगभग 300 फीट (90 मीटर) फिसलने और एक चट्टान से टकराने के बाद एक पर्वतारोही का पैर टूट गया है।


Strabane: Teenagers arrested over assault released on bail

Summary: Five teenage boys arrested following an incident in Strabane, County Tyrone, have been released on bail.

They were arrested when police stopped a bus on the Beltany Road outside Omagh on Saturday night. A police spokeswoman said the teenagers, aged between 16 and 18, have been released pending further enquiries. It followed a report of an earlier attack on four boys, aged between 15 and 17, in Strabane. At about 21.10 GMT on Saturday, a group of four boys were attacked in the Ballycolman estate, police said.

स्ट्राबाने, काउंटी टायरोन में एक घटना के बाद गिरफ्तार किए गए पांच किशोर लड़कों को जमानत पर रिहा कर दिया गया है।


Claudy security alert declared a hoax

Summary: A suspicious object found during a security alert in County Londonderry has been declared a hoax.

The object was found in the Glenshane Road area of Claudy on Tuesday, police said. The road was closed during the alert but has since reopened to traffic. A PSNI spokesman said the object has been taken away for further examination. Police have appealed anyone with information to come forward.

काउंटी लंदनडेरी में सुरक्षा चेतावनी के दौरान मिली एक संदिग्ध वस्तु को धोखा घोषित किया गया है।


Did Britain try to assassinate Lenin?

Summary: Nearly a century ago, Britain was accused of masterminding a failed plot to kill Lenin and overthrow his fledgling Bolshevik regime. The British government dismissed the story as mere Soviet propaganda - but new evidence suggests it might be true.

By Mike ThomsonPresenter, Document, Radio 4 For decades what became known as the "Lockhart plot" has been etched in the annals of the Soviet archives, taught in schools and even illustrated in films. In early 1918, in the final months of World War I, Russia's new Bolshevik government was negotiating a peace deal with Germany and withdrawing its exhausted troops from the front. This did not please London. The move would enable Berlin - which had been fighting a war on two fronts - to reinforce its forces in the West. Determined to get the Russians back into the war on the Allied side, the British despatched a young man in his 30s to be London's representative in Moscow. His name was Robert Bruce Lockhart. Supporting anti-Bolsheviks Lockhart, a Scot, was a colourful character. Known for his love of wine, women and sports, he also prided himself on his alleged ability to read five books at the same time. At first, the well-read Lockhart seemed to be making progress on the issue but, in March that year, the Soviets signed the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty with Germany, so ending hope of them rejoining the war with the Allies. Lockhart, it seems, had no intention of giving up. Instead, the suggestion is, his attention was now turning to overthrowing the Bolshevik regime and replacing it with another government that would be willing to re-enter the war against Germany. Documents show that, in June, Lockhart asked London for money to fund various anti-Bolshevik organisations in Moscow. This letter, marked "urgent", was sent from the Foreign Office to the Treasury. It sums up the Foreign Secretary's attitude to the Moscow's representative's request: "Mr. Balfour is of the opinion that the moment has arrived when it has become necessary to take this action, and I am to request that you will move the Lords Committee to give the necessary sanction for the expenditure of such funds as Mr. Lockhart can collect for this purpose." Counter-revolution In late May, the British decided to send a small military force to Archangel in northern Russia. The official line was that the troops were going to prevent thousands of tonnes of British military equipment, supplied to the Russians, from falling into German hands. However, documents from the day suggest that plans were later drawn up for these 5,000 British troops to join forces with 20,000 crack Latvian troops who were guarding the Kremlin but could, it was thought, be turned against the Bolsheviks. In the summer of 1918, Lockhart sent a telegram to London following a meeting with a local opponent of the Bolsheviks called Savinkov. It read: "Savinkov's proposals for counter-revolution. Plan is how, on Allied intervention, Bolshevik barons will be murdered and military dictatorship formed." Underneath that telegram is a note bearing the signed initials of Lord Curzon, who was then a member of the British War Cabinet. It says: "Savinkoff's methods are drastic, though if successful probably effective, but we cannot say or do anything until intervention has been definitely decided upon." 'Ace of Spies' Meanwhile Lockhart had teamed up in Moscow with another highly colourful character. Sidney Reilly, a Russian who had earlier changed his name from Rosenbloom, was a flamboyant, high-rolling entrepreneur who had recently begun working for the British Secret Services. He became known as the Ace of Spies, made famous in books of derring-do, and was even credited as being the inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond. But both were soon in for a shock. In the late summer of 1918, an attempt was made in Moscow to assassinate Lenin. He was shot twice from close range by a young Russian woman. The Bolshevik's secret police, the Cheka, arrested Bruce Lockhart a few hours later and he was taken to the Kremlin for questioning. Reilly escaped the Cheka's clutches on that occasion but was shot dead several years later after being lured back into Russia. According to Cheka records, Lockhart confessed to being part of a plot proposed by London to kill Lenin and overthrow the Bolshevik government. But in early October 1918, Britain's representative to Moscow was freed in an exchange for his Russian counterpart in London. 'Economical with the truth' In his best selling book, Memoirs of a British Agent published in the 1930s, Lockhart insisted that he had played no part either in attempts to kill Lenin or overthrow the Bolshevik government. Instead, he insisted that the maverick "Ace of Spies" Sidney Reilly was the man behind plans for a coup. Lockhart added that he had little to do with Reilly who some claimed was out of control. However, a letter written by Lockhart's son, Robin, has been discovered in archives in America. It suggests that his father was being rather economical with the truth: "If the question of my father's relationship with Reilly still exercises anyone's mind in the F.O., it is clear from his book Memoirs of a British Agent that once intervention in Russia had been decided on in 1918, he gave his active support to the counter-revolutionary movement with which, of course, Reilly was actively working. "My father has himself made it clear to me that he worked much more closely with Reilly than he had publicly indicated…" Whitehall 'pretence' The man who found that letter, Professor Robert Service, believes the only way to be sure of the truth would be to gain access to the rest of the files from the day. But, more than 90 years later, the British government continues to keep many of them secret. All, in Robert Service's view, to maintain the myth that Lockhart-style plots have not - nor ever would be - countenanced by London. "Britain today has a policy for its intelligence services that is openly averse to subverting foreign governments or assassinating foreign political leaders," he says. "My guess is that the thinking in Whitehall is that the pretence ought to be that this has always been the case. That the British have always been clean. "The British haven't always been clean. They have been as dirty as anyone else." Document: The Lockhart Plot will be broadcast on Monday 21 March at 2000 GMT on BBC Radio 4 and will also be available on the BBC iPlayer .

लगभग एक शताब्दी पहले, ब्रिटेन पर लेनिन को मारने और उनके नए बोल्शेविक शासन को उखाड़ फेंकने की असफल साजिश रचने का आरोप लगाया गया था। ब्रिटिश सरकार ने इस कहानी को केवल सोवियत प्रचार के रूप में खारिज कर दिया-लेकिन नए सबूत बताते हैं कि यह सच हो सकता है।


Mexico launches $7.4bn Tren Maya railway project

Summary: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has launched the Maya Train - an ambitious project to build a railway through five south-eastern states.

At an indigenous ceremony near the ancient Mayan ruins of Palenque, he said this would help create hundreds of thousands of jobs. The 1,525km (950-mile) railway will link Palenque and the tourist resort of Cancún on the Caribbean coast. But opponents warn it could damage the region's important biosphere. A third of the planned route passes through pristine jungle, and the owners of the land, the Maya people, say they have not been consulted. But President López Obrador dismissed environmentalists' concerns, promising that "we won't uproot a single tree". The four-year project is expected to cost up to $7.4bn (£5.9bn).

मैक्सिकन राष्ट्रपति आंद्रेस मैनुअल लोपेज़ ओब्राडोर ने माया ट्रेन का शुभारंभ किया है-जो पांच दक्षिण-पूर्वी राज्यों के माध्यम से रेलवे बनाने की एक महत्वाकांक्षी परियोजना है।


Medical cannabis: Death sentence prompts Malaysia to re-think harsh laws

Summary: A death sentence given to a young man selling cannabis oil to the ill has stirred debate in Muslim-majority Malaysia about its ultra-tough drug laws. The case has prompted calls for the country to become the first in Asia to legalise medical marijuana - but long-held stigma and a mostly conservative population means change could come slowly.

By Kevin PonniahBBC News, Kuala Lumpur Yuki describes smoking her first joint as a turning point in her life. She is willing to risk being thrown in jail rather than give up a drug that she says has worked for her unlike any other. She first turned to what Malaysians call ganja at 29, after a frustrated Google search in pursuit of something that might help ease chronic, crippling pain from hypokalaemia - or low blood potassium. Beleaguered by a litany of health problems, including diabetes, she decided to try the drug. It was the early 2000s and public discussion of medical cannabis use was non-existent in Malaysia, a country with some of the world's harshest drug laws. Cultivating a single cannabis plant at home can land you in prison for natural life, while possession of more than 200g is almost certain to result in a death sentence. But Yuki, now 41, was desperate to try it. She bought some marijuana and asked her husband to roll her a joint. "All the pain was gone so finally I could sleep, I slept like a baby," she said. When she woke up the next morning, she felt her appetite coming back and devoured a meal of curry and rice. She then smoked another joint, and for the first time in a long time, felt up to doing house chores. "I had two growing kids at that time, one was nine years old, the other was 11. The two of them needed my attention but I could not give it to them because I was so sick," she said. After years of using opiates to deal with pain caused by her various medical problems, she felt liberated. More than a decade later, and after several arrests - including one episode in which her entire family, including the children, were held in a jail cell - Yuki has put herself at the forefront of a campaign to reform Malaysia's drug laws. She says she's not scared - for her "it's either cannabis or die". Over the years Yuki has watched friend after friend be put behind bars and even lost her job at an airline as a result of her activism. But the events of recent months have made her and other marijuana advocates feel that they might finally have powerful voices on their side. It began with a devastating blow - on 30 August - when 29-year-old Muhammad Lukman, a friend of Yuki's, was sentenced to death. A few years ago, she had begun using cannabis in the form of oil as an alternative to smoking and Lukman, who sold small dropper bottles of oil for $10 (£8) via a Facebook page called HealTHCcare, supplied it to her. (THC is the main psychoactive compound in cannabis.) Lukman's lawyers presented him as a kind-hearted and pious Muslim, who would give away oil to patients who could not afford it - including Yuki. It's clear that many people felt his product helped them with various ailments, but his page also made some unfounded claims about cannabis's ability to cure diseases like leukaemia. Although about 900 others are on death row in Malaysia for drug offences, Lukman's case prompted an outcry over what was widely seen as a disproportionate punishment. A petition gathered tens of thousands of signatures and high-profile politicians began to weigh in, including Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who said the case should be reviewed. Nurul Izzah Anwar, an MP with the governing coalition, said it looked to be a "miscarriage of justice". Reports then emerged in late September that the cabinet had discussed the medical benefits of cannabis, with one minister saying he was fully behind it. In October, Yuki and her friends received another surprise. Mr Mahathir's reform-minded government announced it was going to to abolish the death penalty completely. Suspects convicted for drug trafficking, like Lukman, could however still face jail for decades or life. Medical cannabis - what the research says Conclusive or substantial evidence: Moderate evidence: Epilepsy Sources: US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine; New England Journal of Medicine; NHS Lukman's case is not the only one the activists are watching. Mohammed Zaireen bin Zainal, the founder of the Malaysian Marijuana Education Movement, is also on death row and awaiting a final appeal. A 58-year-old ex-military captain known as "Dr Ganja", who treated himself and others with cannabis oil, is awaiting trial. Samantha Chong, Dr Ganja's lawyer, said that as a former prosecutor, she has seen first-hand that the draconian laws are not working. "I kept on seeing the same accused person coming for drug offences. [We would] put them in jail or give them a fine but they would keep coming back." Malaysians like her who advocate drug policy reform feel that international momentum is on their side. They recently watched Canada and South Africa legalise the drug completely. In the US, medical cannabis is legal in 31 states. And since 1 November, cannabis products have been available on the UK's National Health Service for certain patients. In the region, India and Thailand have both signalled that they could liberalise laws around medical marijuana products. The World Health Organization is currently conducting a "critical review" of cannabis to decide if the drug's strict scheduling next to cocaine and heroin under decades-old international drug control conventions is appropriate. It could pave the way to revisions of UN conventions which underpin tough drug laws around the world, says Professor Iain McGregor of the University of Sydney's Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics. But for those changes to happen it will require "a lot of the Muslim countries that are traditionally quite strongly anti-drug" to change their positions. "And I wonder if Malaysia", he added, "will now act as a key opinion leader amongst that cluster of countries to implement change." Documents seen by the BBC confirm that both Prime Minister Mahathir and Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad have been in contact with the organisers of a privately-funded project involving Malaysian and Indian researchers looking at the potential for medical cannabis to treat depression. And Nurul Izzah Anwar, the MP, says she has begun drafting a bill to present in parliament. However it's unclear how soon any major legal reforms could occur. Law Minister Liew Vui Keong insisted that the government had "not come to any conclusion with regard to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes" but added that he would be willing to review the evidence available and based on that possibly make a recommendation that the laws be changed. For Yuki, legalisation - at least for medical use - can't come fast enough. A regulated market, she and other advocates say, would allow ill people who already use cannabis in the shadows to access safer products. "If you are desperate, you are sick, you will do anything," she says. "We go online, we search about it, we find out about it. The government doesn't want to give it to us but we will still find it."

बीमारों को भांग का तेल बेचने वाले एक युवक को दी गई मौत की सजा ने मुस्लिम बहुल मलेशिया में अपने अति-कठिन दवा कानूनों के बारे में बहस छेड़ दी है। इस मामले ने देश को मेडिकल मारिजुआना को वैध बनाने वाला एशिया में पहला देश बनने के लिए प्रेरित किया है-लेकिन लंबे समय से चले आ रहे कलंक और ज्यादातर रूढ़िवादी आबादी का मतलब है कि परिवर्तन धीरे-धीरे आ सकता है।


Clifton Suspension Bridge ditches cash tolls over Coronavirus

Summary: Tolls for the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol have become cash free for the first time in its 156-year history because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

They will instead be paid using the bridge's contactless payment system. The bridge has also introduced a one-way system for pedestrians to increase distancing for essential commuters. "Stopping the handling of cash will reduce the chances of one of us picking something up," said bridgemaster Trish Johnson. Ms Johnson said the bridge will allow coin payments again once the pandemic dies down. The 214m (704ft) bridge, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, crosses the Avon Gorge and was completed in 1864. Tolls for vehicles have been collected since the bridge opened. Currently it costs £1 per journey for cars, with no charge for pedestrians or cyclists.

ब्रिस्टल में क्लिफ्टन सस्पेंशन ब्रिज के लिए टोल अपने 156 साल के इतिहास में पहली बार कोरोनावायरस महामारी के कारण नकद मुक्त हो गए हैं।


Guide Dog of the Year pulls owner out of 'living nightmare'

Summary: "We're all frightened of being told stuff, and the ultimate is terminal illness, but I think behind that is losing your sight," says John Tovey, 44, for whom blindness became a reality almost two years ago as a result of diabetes.

"It was hell. I wasn't expecting it at all, it was a complete bolt out of the blue," he said. "I didn't accept it for months and just shut myself away, drinking and moaning, too scared to go out. I was permanently drunk." He described waking up in tears, sometimes having dreamt that he could see, and living in darkness both mentally and physically. At his lowest points he was unable to see any kind of future and contemplated ending his life. 'Life worth living' Previously he had worked as a fitter for tunnel boring machines, on such projects as the Channel Tunnel and the Jubilee Line extension, but he lost that job. He became unable to pay his bills and was forced to move to a new area of Bristol, leaving him feeling isolated and depressed. Now though, nearly two years later, Mr Tovey has seen a complete U-turn in his appreciation of life and determination to make things work. He attributes the change to two major influences; willpower and a black labrador called Dez. "Before I got my guide dog I wouldn't get out of bed for days. Since having Dez, life is worth living again - he's given me my life back," he said. The idea of a guide dog was suggested by the RNIB but not welcomed at first by Mr Tovey, who now lives in Almondsbury, because he did not think he could look after one. "They dropped him in with me on a Friday [last September] to commence training on the Monday and so we had a weekend to get to know each other, and I just fell in love with him. "I knew then that things would be different. I really embraced it, and living alone I was really glad of the company." Before Dez, Mr Tovey admitted that he would not leave his flat unless he really had to, but nowadays he is woken by a hungry dog at 7:30 in the morning. "Instead of waking up and wanting a cry I have a smile on my face. "It's like living with Tigger - bouncing around asking 'what are we doing today then, what are we doing today?' - and even if I have got nowhere to go, I'm out and about with him all the time. "He's a bit of a celebrity around here now and it doesn't seem like that long ago that I was a hermit, with no future." That fame became national news last week when Dez was named 'Guide Dog of the Year 2012' at an annual award ceremony held by the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. The award was presented by TV's Adrian Chiles, who credited them both for being "a real inspiration". "All guide dogs give their owners a new lease of life but the help Dez has given to John goes beyond all possible expectations," said Mr Chiles. 'Life is good' Mr Tovey dedicated the award to Guide Dog Mobility Instructor, Emma Yard, who trained the two to work together. The 30-year-old, from Portishead, said theirs was one of the best partnerships she had ever seen. "It's no surprise that they've done so well so quickly, because Dez has completely transformed John's life in the last ten months," she added. "When they were training together, John and Dez were very much alike, both very keen and willing to please, and they hated it if they made any mistakes." Now the partnership has renewed Mr Tovey's hope for the future and he is trying to get into a college in Hereford for visually impaired people. He is also teaching himself how to type using a computer with talking software. "They are little steps but my goal is to get back to work, any type of work," he said. "The chances are very limited for visually impaired people but determination is going to get me through and Dez is going to be right by my side. "Life before was a living nightmare and I was not happy at all, but now with Dez, life is good and I couldn't put a price on what he has done for me."

44 वर्षीय जॉन टोवी, जिनके लिए लगभग दो साल पहले मधुमेह के परिणामस्वरूप अंधापन एक वास्तविकता बन गया था, कहते हैं, "हम सभी चीजों को बताए जाने से डरते हैं, और अंतिम बीमारी घातक है, लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि इसके पीछे आपकी दृष्टि खोना है।"


Man arrested following woman's death in Inchture

Summary: A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 44-year-old woman in Inchture, Perth and Kinross.

Police officers went to an address in Orchard Way at about 23:40 on Saturday where Michelle Lizanec, from Scone, was discovered. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A 46-year-old man has been charged in connection with her death. He is due to appear at Perth Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

इंचचर, पर्थ और किन्रोस में एक 44 वर्षीय महिला की मौत के मामले में एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Jordan Peele is the first African-American to win the best original screenplay Oscar

Summary: Jordan Peele has earned a place in the Oscar history books.

The 39-year-old, who made his name in sketch comedy, won best original screenplay for Get Out at Sunday's awards - making him the first black screenwriter to receive the honour. "I just won an Oscar. WTF?!?" tweeted Jordan Peele after receiving the best original screenplay award for Get Out. "I stopped writing this movie about 20 times... I thought it was impossible. I thought it wasn't going to work." He wasn't the only one to express both astonishment and delight at seeing his satirical horror film recognised. "This just made my night," tweeted actor Josh Gad, calling Peele's win "unbelievably well deserved". Oprah Winfrey, meanwhile, said she was "so happy and proud" to see the star recognised for his first film as writer-director. Others to congratulate Peele on his success included the actors Jeffrey Wright and Terry Crews. The latter sent his congratulations via his Brooklyn Nine Nine co-star (and Peele's wife) Chelsea Peretti. Keegan-Michael Key, who starred with Peele in the Comedy Central show Key & Peele, was photographed at an Oscars viewing party yelling with delight at his comedy partner's win. The significance of Peele's victory was not lost on him when he spoke to journalists backstage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. "An award like this is much bigger than me," he said. "This is about paying it forward to the young people who might not believe they can achieve the highest honour in whatever craft they want to push for." He also suggested that Hollywood was experiencing "a renaissance", adding: "I feel proud to be at the beginning of a movement where I feel like the best films in every genre are being brought to me by my fellow black directors." Get Out began the evening with four nominations, including one for best picture. Peele was also shortlisted in the best director category, while the film's star - British actor Daniel Kaluuya - was up for best actor. The fact it was beaten to the best picture award by The Shape of Water prompted one Twitter user to allude to Kanye West's infamous stage invasion at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009. Amid all the elation, though, one person pointed out that Peele's win came after decades of under-representation for African-American screenwriters at the Academy Awards. Before Peele, the only black screenwriters to be nominated for the best original screenplay prize were Suzanne de Passe (for Lady Sings the Blues), Spike Lee (for Do the Right Thing) and John Singleton (for Boyz N the Hood). The best adapted screenplay category has shown more diversity - with wins for Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious), John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Barry Jenkins with Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight). Catch me up Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

जॉर्डन पील ने ऑस्कर इतिहास की किताबों में जगह बनाई है।


Tynwald to consider £7.2m mental health facility

Summary: A plan to spend £7.2m on a designated mental health facility at Noble's Hospital is to go before Tynwald.

If the scheme gets the go ahead, it would replace the current facility at Grianagh Court on the Noble's campus. A health spokesman said the current facility has been operated at 100% occupancy for several years and does not meet current or future needs. The new building would accommodate up to 26 patients, a 30% rise in capacity. Minister for Health and Social Care, Howard Quayle MHK, said: "It is vital that we continue to invest in our health and social care infrastructure". The new facility would be based near the hospital in Braddan, adjoining the Rehabilitation and Recovery Unit.

नोबल्स अस्पताल में एक निर्दिष्ट मानसिक स्वास्थ्य सुविधा पर 7.2 करोड़ पाउंड खर्च करने की योजना टिनवाल्ड से पहले जाने की है।


M4 crash: One dead and one injured in four-vehicle collision

Summary: One person has died and another was seriously injured in a four-vehicle crash on the M4 on the South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire border.

It happened on the westbound stretch of the motorway, between Chippenham and Bath, just after 01:30 GMT. The westbound stretch of the road was closed between junction 17 and junction 18 but has since reopened. Highways England warned drivers to expect traffic approaching junction 17.

साउथ ग्लूस्टरशायर और विल्टशायर सीमा पर एम4 पर चार वाहनों की दुर्घटना में एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई और दूसरा गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गया।


Parkland shooting: Should school officer be jailed for child neglect?

Summary: The arrest of a school police officer who failed to confront a gunman at a high school in Parkland, Florida, has opened a debate over what kind of punishment would be fair. Should he really be put behind bars for decades?

By Max MatzaBBC News, Washington Former Deputy Scot Peterson, 56, stood outside building 1200 on the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for 48 minutes as rifle shots rang out from within during the 14 February 2018 massacre. The attack claimed the lives of 17 people and left 17 more injured. For his apparent inaction, and for warning other responding officers not to approach, Mr Peterson was widely vilified by parents of victims, law enforcement officials and President Donald Trump who claimed that he "doesn't love the children". Fifteen months later, the 30-year veteran - who worked at the school for nine years and resigned days after the attack - has been charged with seven counts of child neglect with great bodily harm, three counts of culpable negligence and exposure to harm, and one count of perjury. He is now facing up to 97 years in jail. While many say his behaviour reveals a moral failure, many legal experts are questioning what exactly the former deputy's responsibility was to the children that day and whether prosecutors will be able to prove child neglect in court. Others say he is being made a scapegoat. What is he accused of? Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Rick Swearingen, who has been leading an investigation into the deaths, said that "former Deputy Peterson did absolutely nothing to mitigate" the carnage that day. "There can be no excuse for his complete inaction and no question that his inaction cost lives," he said in a statement as the charges were filed. Mr Peterson was the closest person to the gunman, former student Nikolas Cruz, but did not arrive outside the building until it was too late to prevent the deaths of 11 people on the ground floor of the school building, investigators say. But if he had acted, by confronting the killer rather than taking cover, he could have saved people on the third floor, some parents contend. "He should rot," said Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was killed as a bullet ripped through her spinal cord while she fled for her life. "My daughter was one of the last to be shot. My daughter absolutely could have been saved by him and she wasn't," he said, adding: "Had she had one more second she would have been saved." According to the arrest warrant, Mr Peterson made false statements when he told investigators that he only heard two or three gunshots, when in reality, the gunman fired around 75 times after Mr Peterson had arrived. What do investigators say? "It's never too late for accountability and justice," Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony said after firing Mr Peterson, adding in a statement that his "failure to act" during the massacre "clearly warranted both termination of employment and criminal charges". Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who chairs a public safety commission for the school of 3,200 pupils, called Mr Peterson "a coward, a failure and a criminal". "There is no doubt in my mind that because he didn't act, people were killed." According to Florida law, prosecutors must establish that Mr Peterson was the legal caregiver to the the child victims, prove that his inaction exposed them to harm and also that he did so due to a "reckless disregard for human life". 'Spurious charges' Mr Peterson's lawyer, Joseph DiRuzzo III, called the charges "a thinly veiled attempt at politically motivated retribution against Mr Peterson". "We will vigorously defend against these spurious charges that lack basis in fact and law," he said, adding that it is a "gross over-simplification" to describe his client as cowardly, as he believed the gunshots were being fired somewhere outside the building. He also argued that Mr Peterson cannot be prosecuted as a caregiver, because he was officially acting in a law enforcement capacity. In an interview with NBC News in June 2018, Mr Peterson defended his actions, saying: "The families need to know, I didn't get it right, but it wasn't because of 'I don't want to go into the building (or) I don't want to face somebody in there... It wasn't like that at all." "I never thought even for a moment of being scared or a coward because I was just doing things the whole time. It never entered my mind," he added. About 18 months before the shooting, Mr Peterson attempted to have the accused gunman forcibly committed to a mental hospital, according to US media, but his request was overruled by school health officials. Could he have made a difference? Eugene O'Donnell, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, told Florida's Sun Sentinel newspaper that the charges are built on the presumption that Mr Peterson could have thwarted the killings. "Criminalising someone for not acting in the middle of a mass murder is built on the preposterous notion that police officers are Navy SEALs in disguise that can spring into action," Mr O'Donnell said. "You never know what you're going to do when the bullets start flying." John Baeze, an expert witness for police-related court cases for NYPDTruth.com and a former NYPD police detective now living in Florida, said the school officer had "not only a moral duty, but a departmental duty" to act. Even an armed civilian who just happened to be in the area would have felt obligated to intervene, he tells the BBC, adding: "This man was in uniform, with a firearm, on duty, at the school for the very purpose of protecting the children. And he did not go in." He blames Mr Peterson's "reprehensible" actions that day on "a culture that is pervasive in police departments across the United States where it is 'officer safety first, citizen second'." He adds that this mentality has led to "shoot first, ask questions later cases" in which police have unnecessarily killed suspects. Jeff Bell, the president of the Broward Sheriff's Office Deputies Association union, says the officer is not a coward, but as the attack unfolded, "he absolutely crumbled and he froze" due to his "lack of training and his lack of inner will". He says the county has failed to provide officers with an active shooter practice space, a gun range or a driving range - training facilities that are available to other police officers in Florida. In regards to child neglect, he says that the law shows that only "caretakers" can be held responsible for that crime, and that he has seen cases were babysitters or siblings could not be charged for domestic violence because a custodial relationship could not be proven. "A school resource deputy is not a caretaker. They're a police officer assigned to a school. We have no more care on a campus than a teacher would," he says, adding that is unrealistic for a school officer to be considered a caretaker for every child on campus. "In the future, does that mean that if we're working an off duty detail at a movie theatre and there happens to be a shooting and there are children in there, does that mean we're all automatically a caretaker? "And where does it stop? Does that mean that a firefighter that does not go into a building fast enough is going to be charged with neglect? Or a nurse who failed to triage someone properly? So it's a very slippery slope." Nikolas Cruz, who has admitted to the attack, faces the death penalty and is due to go on trial in early 2020. More on school security:

फ्लोरिडा के पार्कलैंड में एक हाई स्कूल में एक बंदूकधारी का सामना करने में विफल रहने वाले एक स्कूल पुलिस अधिकारी की गिरफ्तारी ने इस बात पर बहस शुरू कर दी है कि किस तरह की सजा उचित होगी। क्या उसे वास्तव में दशकों तक सलाखों के पीछे रखा जाना चाहिए?


'Unknown substance' thrown at man in Burnley attack

Summary: A man has had an "unknown substance" thrown at him during a street attack, which also saw him suffer a suspected cheekbone fracture, police have said.

The 42-year-old man was found by officers called to Burnley's Harold Street at about 19:30 BST on Thursday. It is believed a substance similar to pepper spray was used in the attack. The man and emergency service personnel were given treatment in hospital for the effects of the substance, Lancashire Police said. Two Burnley men, aged 26 and 29, have been arrested on suspicion of assault. A force spokesman said officers had not yet confirmed what had been thrown and had not recovered the container used. He added that the emergency personnel and hospital staff had required treatment after briefly suffering from slight breathing difficulties and skin irritation, but none had needed to be admitted.

पुलिस ने कहा है कि सड़क पर हमले के दौरान एक व्यक्ति पर "अज्ञात पदार्थ" फेंका गया था, जिसमें उसे गाल की हड्डी टूटने का संदेह भी था।


Storm Ciara: Deep sand drifts left on Bournemouth promenade

Summary: A huge clean-up operation is under way in Dorset after storm Ciara dumped tonnes of sand along seafront promenades and car parks.

Sand about 1ft (0.3m) deep is lying along the promenade in Bournemouth and Boscombe making the seafront "largely inaccessible", BCP Council said. Bournemouth and Poole's seven-mile (11km) seafront runs between Sandbanks and Hengistbury Head. A yellow warning for wind in the south is in place until 17:00 GMT. The authority said: "We're working to clear the promenades and car parks ASAP - this will take some time, due to further forecasted winds and the amount of sand we need to clear."

तूफान सिएरा द्वारा समुद्र के सामने सैरगाहों और कार पार्कों में टनों रेत फेंकने के बाद डोरसेट में एक बड़ा सफाई अभियान चल रहा है।


Sri Lanka to host T20 World Cup

Summary: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved an application by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to host the Twenty20 World Cup in 2012.

The decision was taken at the recently concluded ICC meeting in Singapore, the SLC said in a statement. It is the first time that Sri Lanka has been selected as the host nation for the T20 world Cup which is scheduled to be held in September 2012. Sri Lanka were the runners up of the 2009 T20 World Cup held in England in 2009. During the last T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, there have been media reports that skipper Sangakkara has vehemently opposed the selection of parliamentarian Sanath Jayasuriya despite his failing to perform in recent games. But the team management has denied the reports.

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परिषद (आई. सी. सी.) ने 2012 में ट्वेंटी-20 विश्व कप की मेजबानी के लिए श्रीलंका क्रिकेट (एस. एल. सी.) के एक आवेदन को मंजूरी दे दी है।


Fisherman dies after falling from boat off Stonehaven

Summary: A 45-year-old fisherman has died after falling from a boat four miles east of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.

The coastguard was alerted by the crew of a fishing boat at about 01:55. Aberdeen and Stonehaven lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter from Inverness were sent to the area. Several nearby commercial vessels also helped with the search after responding to mayday broadcasts. Police said a man was recovered from the water and pronounced dead. Inquiries are under way into the full circumstances of the incident.

एबरडीनशायर में स्टोनहेवन से चार मील पूर्व में एक नाव से गिरने से एक 45 वर्षीय मछुआरे की मौत हो गई है।