The paper £5 note will live on in Northern Ireland.

Its 'old-fashioned' fivers are staying in use for now, despite the Bank of England's version being withdrawn at midnight on Friday night.
All four Northern Ireland banks print their own money - a tradition which stretches back to the early 19th Century.
But only two of them produce fivers - the Ulster Bank and the Bank of Ireland.
The Bank of England paper note is being pulled from circulation because there is a newer version, made of polymer.
Northern Ireland's banks could, eventually, follow suit, but for now their paper £5 notes remain in use.
Sean Murphy of Ulster Bank said: "In the long run, polymer notes will probably be more cost-effective and it is something we are actively looking at."
There is about £2.5bn worth of Northern Ireland banknotes in circulation.
One of the most recent new designs was the George Best £5 note, a million of which were issued in 2006 by Ulster Bank in tribute to the late footballer.
Danske Bank is currently doing a print run of £20 notes, with the signature of its chief executive, Kevin Kingston, being added for the first time.
There are rules covering the issuing of Northern Ireland banknotes.
Each of the banks must hold assets with the Bank of England equal to the value of the cash being printed, so that if they were to ever go bust their notes in circulation could be exchanged.
The banks have said the main reason they print their own notes is for prestige and branding.
Incidentally, in Northern Ireland the paper £5 Bank of England note was never legal tender, which has a very narrow technical meaning.
Just like Northern Ireland banknotes being presented in Great Britain, acceptability as payment is essentially a matter for agreement between the parties involved.


Jessica Ennis-Hill says fear of getting injured and ending her career on a low prompted her retirement from athletics.

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The 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion, 30, announced last week she would not carry on to compete at next year's World Championships in London.
"My body can't cope with the volume of training that it used to," she told BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
"It was that fear of 'do I push on that one more year and potentially get injured and come away disappointed?'"
The 2009 and 2015 world champion, who had her first child, Reggie, in 2014, missed out on retaining her Olympic title in Rio by 35 points to Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam in August.
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Ennis-Hill said immediately afterwards that she would not rush a decision over ending her career.
"Doing the heptathlon, you've got to be 100% motivated; you have to want to do the training or you're not going to get anywhere with it," she told BBC Sport.
"The past couple of years, I've struggled with injuries and Achilles problems. I'd have sessions that would go really well but then I'd be injured for a few days later.
"Do I say 'I'm in a really nice position here, I've achieved what I wanted to achieve and more' and do I walk away feeling really happy and satisfied?
"That's what I wanted to do."
Therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) have been a big talking point in sport recently, with Russian hackers Fancy Bears leaking stolen files from the World Anti-Doping Agency's database detailing the medical records of some of the world's biggest sports stars.
A TUE allows an athlete, for medical reasons, to take a prescribed substance or have treatment that is otherwise prohibited.
Ennis-Hill says the system "is really important for our sport" but that TUEs need to be investigated "if they're being abused".
"We are athletes but we are humans as well and we need certain medication for the benefit of our health," she said.
"We need a system to make sure [abuse] doesn't happen because we want our sport to be as clean as possible."
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Although her immediate goal is to "sit back and relax and reflect on what I've achieved" and "spend as much time with my son as possible", Ennis-Hill says she wants to stay involved in athletics.
"I could never walk away from athletics and sport because I love it so much and it's been a huge part of my life," she said.
"I want to do something that I'm passionate about and I'm passionate about getting people active, getting people running and living a healthy lifestyle. That's something that I hope to do in the future."


Macclesfield Town's main sponsor have offered each player a free king-size bed if they beat Oxford United in their FA Cup second-round replay.

The local furniture supplier has made the offer to the National League side's squad.
The Silkmen drew 0-0 against the League One club at Moss Rose on 2 December and go to the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday.
The winner of the tie will earn £27,000 in prize money and will travel to Rotherham in the third round.


Companies that fail to address pay differences between male and female employees will be highlighted in new league tables under plans announced on Friday.

Those with more than 250 employees will be forced to reveal their pay gap.
The regulations will affect about 8,000 employers across the UK.
They will need to start calculating the pay gap from April 2017 - 12 months ahead of the first tables being published.
Latest figures suggest that women in the UK still earn on average 20% less than men.
Under the plans announced by Women and Equalities Minister Nicky Morgan, private companies and voluntary organisations will be required to reveal the number of men and women in each pay range to show where pay gaps are at their widest.
Employers must also publish their gender pay gap on their websites. They will have to report every year and senior executives will be expected to sign off the figures personally.
Ms Morgan said that women and men must be recognised equally and fairly in every workplace so there was "nowhere for gender inequality to hide".
"I'm calling on women across Britain to use their position as employees and consumers to demand more from businesses, ensuring their talents are given the recognition and reward they deserve," she said.
Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI director-general, said that league tables should not be used to "name and shame" firms, because data could only give a partial picture - factors such as the mix of part-time and full-time workers, as well as sectoral differences, needed to be taken into account.
"Where reporting can be useful is as a prompt for companies to ask the right questions about how they can eradicate the gender pay gap," she said.
"The government should consult closely with business to ensure that this new legislation helps close the gender pay gap, rather than ending up as a box-ticking exercise."
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However, Chartered Management Institute chief executive Ann Francke argued: "Publishing league tables will drive diversity, bringing benefits not just to women but to business. Closing the pay gap will open the talent pipeline, increase management quality and boost productivity."
And the TUC said the plans did not go far enough.
"We're disappointed that firms won't have to publish their gender pay gap figures until 2018," said Frances O'Grady, the TUC's general secretary.
"It is a real shame that bosses won't be made to explain why pay gaps exist in their workplaces and what action they will take to narrow them."
That sentiment was echoed by Kate Green, the shadow minister for women and equality.
"At this rate, it will be another 47 years until the gap is closed, so we haven't a moment to lose," she said.
Last summer, Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to end the gender pay gap within a generation.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in November that the gap between men and women's pay for full-time workers was 9.4% in April 2015, compared with 9.6% in 2014.
The government hopes to tackle the root causes by encouraging more girls to study maths and science over the next five years.
Regina Moran, the chief executive of Fujitsu UK and Ireland, said many businesses had a cultural problem: "It's important that companies eliminate any biased pay structures within the organisation. But differences in pay are often part of a wider context, as businesses fail to create environments that support women in the long term.
"Firms must also be aware of and eliminate any subliminal bias in hiring, promotions and pay rises."


Goalkeeper Graham Stack has left Barnet after turning down a new contract with the League Two side.

The 34-year-old former Arsenal and Reading keeper made 129 appearances during four years with the Bees.
Barnet boss Martin Allen wanted Stack to be back-up to Jamie Stephens, while continuing to coach the other keepers at The Hive.
"Having been offered the chance to stay, I feel it is time for a new challenge," Stack posted on Twitter.


The FBI is attempting to negotiate the surrender of the final four anti-government militants holed up at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon.

The remaining militants said they would not leave unless they had assurances that they would not be arrested.
On Tuesday, authorities killed one of the militants and arrested several others including the movement's leader.
The group seized the refuge in early January, demanding that government turn federal lands over to local control.
Oregon Public Broadcasting interviewed the militants at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon and identified them as David Fry, who is from Ohio, husband and wife Sean and Sandy Anderson of Idaho, and Jeff Banta of Nevada.
Ammon Bundy, the group's jailed leader, has urged the remaining protesters to stand down, saying they would continue their fight in court.
A federal judge told the Oregonian newspaper that none of the arrested militants would be released until the hold-outs had surrendered.
On Thursday, the FBI released video of the traffic stop that led to the death of one of the militants, Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum.
Some critics had said Finicum, 54, had not provoked the officers.
However the FBI pointed to the video, saying the footage shows Finicum reaching into his coat pocket twice after officers confronted him. Police found a handgun in Finicum's pocket.
"Actions have consequences," said Greg Bretzing, special agent in charge for the FBI in Portland. "The FBI and [Oregon State Police] tried to effect these arrests peacefully."
In the early days of the Oregon occupation, the militiamen were a mixed bunch. There were the taciturn ones, the braggarts and the loose cannons.
And then there was LaVoy Finicum, a man who seemed to stand apart from the rest. On one foul night in the cold with sleet falling and rumours of a raid flying, Mr Finicum took his rifle and sat on the ground at the entrance to the bird reserve headquarters with the weapon on his lap.
Ignoring scoffs from the assembled reporters, he told me he would resist if police came for him. He had no intention of being caged and, if necessary, he was ready to die.
In the end he appears to have died as he predicted he might, violently and at the hands of the authorities he despised. Whatever the truth of his final moments, LaVoy Finicum leaves behind a large family, reportedly of 11 children.
"I have a 17-year-old daughter," he said. "Thank goodness she's a firecracker, I hope she can hold everything together. I'm a small producer. She'll be able to do it."


The reunited cast of Love Actually, Mrs Brown and Ed Sheeran have helped Comic Relief raise more than £71m so far.

A stellar cast of comedians, musicians and other celebrities took part in the charity's 16th Red Nose Day on Friday.
Highlights included a 10-minute sequel to the 2003 film Love Actually.
Take That hit the road with James Corden for a special edition of Carpool Karaoke, while Sheeran made a guest appearance in BBC Three comedy People Just Do Nothing.
The chart-topping star also visited Liberia to find out about the charity's work.
The telethon also saw appearances from the cast of sketch show Smack The Pony, who reunited for the first time since 2003.
There were special previews of Mrs Brown's new chat show and the second series of Peter Kay's sitcom Car Share.
Sir Lenny Henry, Graham Norton, Russell Brand, Emeli Sande, Romesh Ranganathan, Jonathan Ross and French & Saunders also put in appearances in an attempt to persuade BBC viewers to part with their cash.
Opening the show, Sir Lenny paid tribute to those affected by the attack in Westminster.
"Tonight is an opportunity to save lives, to reach out in the spirit of partnership and compassion," he said.
"The money you give tonight will make things better for people with tough lives here at home and abroad and your generosity year after year proves how much more there is that unites us than divides us.
"Every donation is a good deed."
Some viewers took to social media to complain about the quality of sound during the broadcast.
The broadcast was briefly interrupted on Friday evening after Sir Lenny told parts of the audience to be quiet.
During Graham Norton's segment of the evening he said: "Could you shut up over there please? It's really noisy."
Comic Relief has raised more than £1bn since it launched in 1985. The first Red Nose Day took place three years later.
The charity says it uses the money to "tackle the root causes of poverty and social injustice in the UK and across the world".
Donations can still be made to Comic Relief and you can watch the BBC's Red Nose Day coverage on BBC IPlayer.
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Four people had to be rescued after a sea scooter capsized off the Teesside coast.

RNLI rescuers said an adult and two teenagers fell into the water at Seaton Carew along with a fourth person, who swam out to try and help them.
The four were pulled from the water by a crew from the Hartlepool RNLI inshore lifeboat at about 17.30 BST on Sunday and were "shocked and cold".
The three who fell from the craft continue to be treated in hospital.
Hartlepool RNLI Lifeboat operations manager Mike Craddy said his team got to the scene very quickly before the situation "deteriorated."


A doctor at the centre of an inquiry into a 'mystery package' delivered for Sir Bradley Wiggins has pulled out of a parliamentary hearing into the matter.

Ex-Team Sky medic Dr Richard Freeman, who received the package on behalf of the team in 2011, will not appear before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee because of ill health.
Ex-British Cycling coach Simon Cope, who couriered the package, will attend.
UK Anti-Doping chief Nicole Sapstead is also set to attend on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the select committee said it will offer Freeman "the option of supplying written evidence and may call him to appear when he's well enough".
The hearing had already been postponed by a week after Sapstead asked for more time because of a development into UK Anti-Doping (Ukad's) own investigation into the package.
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In December, Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford told the committee that the package contained an over-the-counter decongestant, Fluimucil.
Team Sky says it is "confident" Ukad will find no evidence of wrongdoing.
But Wiggins and Team Sky boss Brailsford have come under scrutiny since information on the rider's authorised use of banned drugs to treat a medical condition was released by hackers.
Wiggins' therapeutic use exemptions were approved by British authorities, and cycling's world governing body the UCI. There is no suggestion either the 36-year-old or Team Sky broke any rules.
Brailsford has said Team Sky can be trusted "100%", despite "regrettable" questions over Wiggins' medical records and the package delivered at the Criterium du Dauphine race in France in 2011.
Wiggins is a five-time Olympic gold medallist, and in 2012 became the first Briton to win the Tour de France.


Hull KR have rejected head of rugby Jamie Peacock's offer to resign following the club's defeat by Salford in the Million Pound Game.

Peacock joined Rovers at the start of the season, but was unable to help them avoid relegation to the Championship.
The 38-year-old came out of retirement in September, playing his fourth game of the season in Saturday's defeat.
"I always want to be accountable for my actions in life and offered my resignation after the game," he said.
"This was turned down which means I can continue my journey with this great club.
"While relegation hurts, it allows the club to stop just trying to change the branches and begin a full root-and-branch overhaul of the rugby department, building rock solid foundations that will enable this club to rise again."
Hull KR players had criticised the Million Pound Game format in the build-up, with their Super League contracts automatically becoming void as a result of their defeat.
"To be in a dressing room with grown men, wives and children crying is not what sport is about," Peacock added.
"To be part of a club with such loyal, passionate support is very humbling and the reaction after such a defeat will stay with me for life."


Ireland and Wales battle in the seventh place play-off at the Women's World Cup in Belfast on Saturday with the prize a place in the 2021 tournament.

Another loss at Kingspan Stadium would complete a dismal tournament for Tom Tierney's Ireland side.
Irish changes from Tuesday's defeat by Australia include Katie Fitzhenry and Heather O'Brien in for concussed pair Jenny Murphy and Claire Molloy.
Eimear Considine and Jeamie Deacon also replace Sene Naoupu and Louise Galvin.
Considine will start at wing with Deacon partnering Fitzhenry at centre in the first game between the countries since Ireland's 12-7 Six Nations win in March.
Wales make six changes from the hammering by Canada which include two positional switches.
Elinor Snowsill moves from fly-half to full-back, allowing Robyn Wilkins her first tournament start at number 10 while Elen Evans switches from left to right wing as Jasmine Joyce returns to the side.
The two other Wales changes see Keira Bevan starting at scrum-half and Siwan Lillicrap coming into the second row as injuries rule Rebecca Rowe and Dyddgu Hywel out of the match.
With Wales hammered 52-0 by Canada in the fifth-place semi-final on Tuesday, Ireland will be favourites heading into Saturday's match but home confidence is unlikely to be high after Australia overturned the pool defeat to beat the Irish in midweek.
The Irish have been on the back foot in the tournament since they struggled to beat Australia and Japan in their opening matches and the air was then firmly sucked out of the hosts when they outclassed by France in the pool decider.
"It's no secret that we didn't want to be in this position but it's where we have found ourselves on the final weekend," said the Ireland coach.
"While we're disappointed that we're not competing for higher honours, we want to sign off the competition with a win.
"It really is a cup final tomorrow, with automatic qualification for the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup on the line."
Despite Tuesday's hammering by Canada, Welsh rugby's head of performance Geraint John believes the country can take positives from the tournament.
"I think we've shown there are some good quality players there," said John.
"New Zealand were going to be either one or two in the world though we did exceptionally well against Canada in the pool game.
"Canada are not in the top four here, but you'd say they are a top-four side in the world."
Ireland: Hannah Tyrrell; Eimear Considine, Katie Fitzhenry, Jeamie Deacon, Alison Miller; Nora Stapleton, Nicole Cronin; Lindsay Peat, Cliodhna Moloney, Ailis Egan; Ciara Cooney, Marie-Louise Reilly; Paula Fitzpatrick (capt), Ciara Griffin, Heather O'Brien.
Replacements: Leah Lyons, Isle Van Staden, Ciara O'Connor, Sophie Spence, Ashleigh Baxter, Larissa Muldoon, Sene Naoupu, Mairead Coyne.
Wales: Elinor Snowsill; Elen Evans, Gemma Rowland, Hannah Jones, Jasmine Joyce; Robyn Wilkins, Keira Bevan; Caryl Thomas, Carys Phillips (capt), Amy Evans; Siwan Lillicrap, Mel Clay; Alisha Butchers, Rachel Taylor, Sioned Harries
Replacements: Kelsey Jones, Gwenllian Pyrs, Cerys Hale, Shona Powell-Hughes, Lleucu George, Sian Moore, India Berbillion, Jodie Evans


The Isle of Man's Mountain Road has been reopened after being closed due to three separate crashes.

Police said the incidents, which all happened within an hour of each other, began with a crash at the Bungalow at about 07:30 GMT.
The second involved an overturned car and happened at the Verandah and the third at the Black Hut.
Police said nobody was injured in any of the crashes and the road was "in the process of reopening".


The owner of a dog that mauled an 11-month-old baby to death has appeared in court to dispute it was a banned breed.

Eleven-month-old Ava-Jayne Corless was attacked while sleeping at a house in Blackburn in February 2014.
Lee Wright, 27, who is on trial at Blackburn Magistrates' Court, rejects the claim his pet, called Snoop, was a banned pit bull-type that contravened  the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
He denies a charge of having in his possession or custody a fighting dog.
Ava-Jayne was killed in February 2014 at the defendant's house on Emily Street, Blackburn, as her mother Chloe King and her then-boyfriend Mr Wright slept.
The defendant said they had fallen asleep on the settee downstairs and believed the dog was in the kitchen blocked in by a speaker and a golf bag stand.
Both Mr Wright and Ava-Jayne's mother were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and child neglect but faced no charges.
Police said at the time the dog - which was destroyed after the attack - had been identified by experts as a pit bull terrier-type, a banned breed under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
For the prosecution Chrissie Hunt said that District Judge Gerald Chalk presiding over the trial would have to find "a substantial number of characteristics which would allow him to reach the conclusion that the dog was of a prohibited type".
Expert witness Peter Olsen, a retired veterinary surgeon, said he was satisfied the dog conformed to the type of a pit bull terrier.
He examined the dead dog and concluded it shared a "substantial number of characteristics" with a pit bull, including a heavily muscled front.
He also cited the strength of the dog's skull, heavy, solid legs and the size, depth and shape of the eyes as being quintessential of a pit bull terrier.
The trial continues.


Mae datblygwyr trac rasio ym Mlaenau Gwent wedi rhoi cynnig newydd gerbron Llywodraeth Cymru, wedi i Ysgrifennydd yr Economi alw am fwy o fanylion.

Pythefnos yn ôl dywedodd Ken Skates y byddai'n rhaid i'r cwmni sy'n ceisio cael cefnogaeth ar gyfer Cylchffordd Cymru roi mwy o fanylion am fuddsoddwyr.
Dywedodd Mr Skates y byddai'r llywodraeth nawr yn "ystyried y cynnig yn ofalus" cyn i'r cabinet wneud penderfyniad terfynol.
Mae'r datblygwyr yn dweud y byddai'r cynllun yn costio £425m, ac yn creu 6,000 o swyddi.
Yn ôl y datblygwyr, Cwmni Datblygu Blaenau'r Cymoedd, bydd y gwaith adeiladu'n dechrau yn y gwanwyn os yw'r prosiect yn cael ei gymeradwyo.
Mae disgwyl i'r cynllun i adeiladu trac rasio ger Glyn Ebwy gostio £425m ond mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi mynnu na fyddan nhw'n gwarantu mwy na hanner y gost.
Yn ôl cwmni Cylchffordd Cymru mae'r cynnig diweddara' yn dangos bod ganddyn nhw gefnogaeth preifat i dalu am y cynllun, a mae'n gofyn i drethdalwyr warantu llai na 50%.
Yn siarad yn siambr y Cynulliad dywedodd Ysgrifennydd yr Economi, Ken Skates ei fod yn "ymddangos" fel pe bai'r datblygwyr wedi cyrraedd meini prawf y llywodraeth.
Dywedodd y byddai'r broses ffurfiol o "ddiwydrwydd dyladwy" - sef edrych yn fanwl ar y ffigyrau, y datblygwyr a chynaliadwyedd y cynllun - yn gallu bwrw mlaen.
Yn ôl Mr Skates fe fydd y broses yna'n cymryd hyd at chwech wythnos cyn i'r cabinet benderfynu os yw'r llywodraeth am gefnogi'r cynllun.
Yn ymateb i ddatganiad Ysgrifennydd yr Economi, fe ddywedodd Cwmni Datblygu Blaenau'r Cymoedd ei fod yn "edrych ymlaen at ddechrau'r gwaith adeiladu erbyn y gwanwyn eleni".
Dywedodd y cwmni y byddai'n gwireddu "gweledigaeth ar gyfer canolfan o safon rhyngwladol ar gyfer moduro, hamdden, twristiaeth ac arloesi, fydd yn trawsnewid y gymuned leol, yn creu cyfleoedd cyflogaeth, a helpu i ddatblygu'r economi Gymreig".


The Olympic Games finished in style last night with a huge closing ceremony in Rio.

It's been an amazing Games for Team GB, who finished second in the medal table after the US.
It might be hard to chose, but we wanted to know your best moment from the Rio Olympics.
Was it the moment Laura Trott won her fourth gold medal in cycling to become Great Britain's most successful female Olympian?
Or Usain Bolt's incredible treble treble, winning nine gold medals, three in each of the Olympics he has competed in?
Or how about when Max Whitlock won two gold medals in his individual gymnastic events?
Your comments
My family is South African so I enjoyed watching Wayde van Niekerk winning gold in the 400 meters running. I also liked watching the women's hockey team, they were very impressive.
Louise, Isle of Man
My favourite moment was when GB got the equalizer in the women's hockey gold medal match. It was so amazing to watch that - and then they scored the last penalty and that moment was my second favourite.
Sam
I was very inspired by Adam Peaty's gold medal.
Joshua, Pulborough


China has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation over the way the US and Europe use anti-dumping rules against it.

Countries that sell exports below their cost of production - usually to get market share - have to pay duties as punishment.
But Beijing says its rates should now be reduced because China has been a  WTO member for 15 years.
The US has signalled there would be no change in its approach.
And the European Commission said China's legal challenge was a "regret" given a proposal to change the way it calculated the duties on China was awaiting approval from the EU's 28 members.
Authorities in Washington and Brussels are keen to preserve tough rules prevent cheap Chinese products flooding their markets.
China joined the WTO in December 2001 and argues rules clearly say it should now be considered as "a market economy" - a status that merits a change in the way member states calculate anti-dumping duties on Chinese goods.
"Regretfully, the United States and European Union have yet to fulfil this obligation," China's Commerce Ministry said.   "China reserves the right under WTO rules to resolutely defend its legal rights."
But the US Commerce Department said China's WTO accession deal did not require members to automatically grant it market economy status, and permitted it to keep using use "alternative antidumping methodologies."
"The United States remains concerned about serious imbalances in China's state-directed economy, such as widespread production overcapacity, including in the steel and aluminium industries, and significant state ownership in many industries and sectors. China has not made the reforms necessary to operate on market principles." a senior Commerce Department official said in a statement.


The UK tax authority has published the names and pictures of 10 more people it is pursuing for alleged tax evasion and fraud.

The list, which includes two women, has been released in a bid to find the individuals who may be dotted around the world.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has previously revealed the names and pictures of 21 people who it was pursuing. Only two have been caught over the last year.
So who are the new crop?
He is thought to be in the Irish Republic, but was involved in a car chase and crossed over the border into Northern Ireland driving a black Mercedes C200 CDI Sport, according to HMRC.
Fearon was charged in connection with evasion of excise duty on nearly 8.4 million Benson and Hedges cigarettes. He is also wanted by the UK Border Agency in connection to money laundering offences and by the police in the Irish Republic for driving offences.
He is aged between 18 and 25 and HMRC estimates that he cost the taxpayer £2m.
Anand failed to appear at Croydon Crown Court in April in relation to £6m of VAT and film tax credit fraud, the tax authority says.
He was sentenced to seven years in his absence at the same court in July. Anand was director of a number of companies involved in the fraud.
He is aged between 25 and 35 and thought to be in the UK.
Soni is also known as John Soni, John Miller, Samir Soni and Bhader Singh and HMRC believes he is living in Kenya.
He is wanted in connection with the alleged evasion of £3.6m of duty from the illegal sale and distribution of alcohol and the illegal importation of nine million cigarettes, in 2007 and 2008.
Soni failed to appear in court in January 2010 and an international warrant was issued for his arrest at Manchester Crown Court.
Azra Asghar and her husband Syed Jamil Asghar were both found guilty for VAT offences, evading £241,000 in tax.
She failed to appear in court in Leicester in January 2002 but received a five-year prison sentence in her absence for her part in the fraud, worth an estimated £120,613.
She is aged between 50 and 60 and could be in Pakistan, the tax authority said.
She was charged with money laundering offences of £481,808. She failed to appear at Croydon Crown Court in January 2008 and was found guilty in absence and sentenced to three years in prison.
She is aged between 40 and 50 and is thought to be in either the UK or Ghana.
She may also be known as Khristine Frimpong or Jennifer Christine Koranteng. HMRC says.
An Italian, aged between 45 and 55, Latino is an alleged alcohol smuggler.
He was arrested in December 1998 accused of evading duty estimated at £300,000. He was interviewed and charged with the offence but failed to attend trial in December 1999 at Maidstone Crown Court in Kent.
A warrant was issued for his arrest.
Voudouri is known to be in northern Cyprus, HMRC says, which has no extradition agreement with the UK.
He is wanted in connection with £10m of VAT fraud, He pleaded guilty at Glasgow High Court in relation to money laundering linked to VAT fraud but failed to appear for sentencing.
He is aged between 40 and 50.
McCarthy is wanted for the attempted importation of more than 7.7 million non-duty paid cigarettes through Southampton.
The cigarettes were falsely listed as 800 boxes of scarves.
He failed to appear at Manchester Crown Court in May 2012 and was sentenced to six years in his absence.
HMRC says McCarthy, who is aged between 55 and 65, cost the taxpayer £1.5m and is thought to be living in he UK or Portugal.
Aged 55 to 65 and thought to be living in the UK.
Khan is wanted concerning the alleged submission of false VAT repayment claims totalling £817,857 in relation to the export of goods to Pakistan between 1 May 2006 and 30 April 2011.
He failed to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 17 June this year, the tax authority says.
Mo was arrested by HMRC officers at a self storage site. A UK Border Agency (UKBA) handler and dog found seven storage units that were later found to contain tobacco.
Mo, who is aged 30 to 40 and is Chinese, arrived during the search at the self storage site and he held keys to four of the seven units.
In the seven units 8.5 tons of hand rolled tobacco and 7,800 cigarettes were discovered, the tax authority says. Mo failed to appear at court and is now wanted by HMRC, and by UKBA for immigration offences.
The estimated cost to the taxpayer is more than £2.6m.


An artist has collected pieces of plastic from 60 Scottish beaches for an exhibition highlighting marine pollution.

Julia Barton gathered the rubbish from locations in Shetland and between Cape Wrath and Gairloch in the Highlands.
Her exhibition, NEO Terra, has involved four years of research into the impact of marine plastics on the environment.
It will be held at Ullapool's An Talla Solais Gallery this weekend and the Scottish Parliament later this year.
The centrepiece of the exhibition is a large floor-based map featuring islands created using plastiglomerates, melted plastic mixed with pieces of shell and wood.
The material is a by-product of waste burned on beaches by people.


League One strugglers Crewe have signed Southampton forward Ryan Seager on a one-month youth loan.

The 19-year-old has appeared just twice for Premier League side Saints, having made his debut in last season's FA Cup fourth-round defeat by Crystal Palace.
The former England Under-17 striker, who has yet to feature in the first team in 2015-16, is eligible to play in Saturday's match against Millwall.
His arrival follows Thursday's sale of striker Ryan Colclough to Wigan.
Crewe stand second bottom of League One, seven points adrift of safety.
Crewe boss Steve Davis is still hopeful of bringing back former striker Ryan Lowe for a third spell at Gresty Road, before Monday night's transfer deadline.
The much-travelled Bury veteran, 37, who is just four short of 200 career goals with seven separate Football League clubs, spent two seasons with the Alex under Dario Gradi from 2006 to 2008.
He then scored twice in six games when he returned to Crewe on loan on 23 November, during which time the Alex recorded two of this season's meagre haul of five League One victories.
"If we can still do the one we want to do then we would," said Crewe boss Steve Davis. "I have spoken to them and we need a decision because we may have to look at alternatives if it can't be done.
"If we can find another one who can do a job for us then that is a possibility as well. We won't go out and find a replacement for Ryan Colclough but one or two new players would give us a lift."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Five UK supermarkets have been warned to take thousands of pots of yogurt off their shelves amid concerns they may contain pieces of rubber.

The yogurts, supplied by Yeo Valley but mostly sold under own-brand labels, pose a "possible risk" to health, the Food Standards Agency said.
The products in question are sold at Asda, Co-operative, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose.
The FSA says customers who have bought the products should not eat them.
The supermarkets are asking customers to return the products for a full refund, or contact customer services.
The products affected are:
No other batches or products are known to be affected, the FSA said.


North Korea says a detained Canadian pastor has confessed to a "subversive plot" to overthrow the government and set up a "religious state".

Hyeon Soo Lim's confession was reported by the state news agency KCNA.
The 60-year-old reverend of a Toronto-based church was detained in January when he travelled to North Korea for humanitarian work.
North Korea periodically detains foreigners, particularly those linked to religious activity which is banned.
Staged public confessions from prisoners have previously been held in similar cases.
The KCNA report said Mr Lim gave a press conference on Thursday in Pyongyang where he admitted to using humanitarian work as a "guise" for "subversive plots and activities in a sinister bid to build a religious state".
He also reportedly admitted to giving lectures that "North Korea should be collapsed with the love of 'God'", and helping the US and South Korea to aid North Korean defectors.
The report made no mention of how long his detention sentence would be.
Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail said Mr Lim's church released a statement on behalf of his family, which said that his humanitarian projects were "both initiated and supported" in North Korea and "have been for the betterment of the people".
A spokesman from Canada's foreign affairs department told Reuters news agency that they are "deeply concerned", adding: "We continue to advocate for consular access and for a resolution in his case."
Mr Lim, who heads the Light Korean Presbyterian Church, had made numerous humanitarian aid missions to North Korea for nearly two decades.
During that time his missions to distribute food and clothes had expanded to a significant network of businesses, including factories, petrol stations, a fishing fleet and farms.


The EFL Cup third-round draw will take place in Beijing, China on Thursday - at 04:15 BST.

The seven Premier League sides playing in Europe this season, including EFL Cup holders Manchester United, will be among the 32 clubs in the draw.
Previous draws for the competition have been beset by problems - including teams being drawn out twice and confusion around home and away ties.
The 16 fixtures will be played in the week commencing 18 September.
The English Football League apologised for an issue with the graphics that accompanied their live stream of the first-round draw - which took place in Thailand - when Charlton accidently appeared in two ties and Forest Green Rovers were listed as playing Wolves when they had been drawn against MK Dons.
Following the second-round draw, the EFL was forced to clarify which teams were playing at home in four of the ties, after mistakes during the live announcement.
An EFL spokesman said: "We understand that not everyone will agree on the timing of this week's round three draw, but in staging in this way it will give the competition both the maximum exposure in the UK, Chinese and South East Asian markets.
"This is not only an important factor for the EFL but also our new sponsors Carabao, who, like ourselves, plan to use the growing global appeal of the competition to reach new audiences."
There will be no live coverage anywhere of the draw - on television or online - but details will be released on social media.
"Once the logistics have been completed in Beijing, the UK will be waking up and the breakfast media will be able to report and get reaction on the 16 ties that will take place next month, which we feel is an interesting move away from the usual post-game evening draws," the EFL statement added.
"Our decision to go to China is part of a strategic plan to grow the EFL internationally and specifically boost profile and exposure in ASEAN markets.  A number of potentially significant meetings are being held around the draw that we envisage will deliver a benefit to all 72 clubs of the EFL."
This is the first season of a three-year naming rights deal for the EFL Cup - formerly the League Cup - with Carabao, a Thai energy drink.


London Irish suffered a painful European Challenge Cup defeat in France as they were beaten by a last-gasp breakaway try at the Stade Des Alpes.

With the Exiles camped on the Grenoble line, the home side broke clear to score though Clement Grelin.
Grenoble had led 14-0 inside the first 11 minutes after early converted tries for Arnaud Heguy and Fabien Alexandre.
But converted tries for Johnny Williams and Jebb Sinclair gave Irish hope as they briefly led after the break.
Young centre Williams scored for the second week running, Chris Noakes adding the extras.
And, although Gilles Bosch then added a penalty to his two earlier conversions, Irish pulled it back to 17-14 at the break when they scored again through flanker Sinclair.
Two early second half penalties for Theo Brophy-Clews, who had also converted Sinclair's try, edged Irish in front, only for Bosch to quickly tie it up again at 20-20.
Winger Alex Lewington then came close to winning it for the visitors when he was stopped metres short with just two minutes left, but instead it was the home side who had the final word with Grelin's try, converted by Christophe Loustalot.
Edinburgh now lead Pool 5, having built on last weekend's 28-10 win over Grenoble by winning 27-6 in France against Agen, who lost 48-10 to Irish last weekend.
Grenoble: Aplon; Dupont, Estebanez, Hunt, Kilioni; Bosch, McLeod; Barcella, Heguy, Edwards, Hand (capt), Percival, Kimlin, Alexandre, Grice.
Replacements: Jammes for Heguy (14), De Kierk for Edwards (51). Taumalolo for Barcella (51), Gelin for Bosch (64), Loustalot for McLeod (64), Mignot for Hunt (71).
Not Used: Marie, Setephano.
London Irish: Maitland; Lewington, Tikoirotuma, Williams, Ojo; Noakes, Allinson; Court, Ellis, Aulika, Sheriff, Symons (capt), Sinclair, Trayfoot, Narraway.
Replacements: Brophy-Clews for Noakes (28), Franks for Aulika (47), Sisi for Sheriff (53), Treviranus for Narraway (53). Steele for Maitland (58), Smallbone for Court (75).
Not Used: Cruse, Gilsenan.
Attendance: 9,832.
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales).
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Christian Benteke's late header cancelled out Eden Hazard's brilliant solo goal as Liverpool kept alive their slim hopes of a top-six league finish.

Chelsea winger Hazard fired a low shot into the corner after a dazzling run to record his fourth goal in four games.
But substitute Benteke earned the Reds a point in added time when he pounced after an error from Asmir Begovic.
Liverpool remain eighth and are within three points of sixth-placed West Ham with a game left.
Relive the action from Anfield
Reaction from Wednesday's Premier League matches, as Newcastle & Norwich are relegated
Jurgen Klopp's side, who play West Brom on the final day, have another chance to secure European football next season when they play Sevilla in the Europa League final on 18 May, with a Champions League spot awarded to the winner.
Chelsea remain ninth.
In a game that was often short on quality in the final third, Hazard was the outstanding performer.
The Belgium international has endured a difficult season after being named Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year last season, suffering with injuries and loss of form as defending champions Chelsea slid down the table.
But after failing to score in the Premier League until April, the 25-year-old now has four in his last four games - and here he was back to his very best.
Showing mesmeric balance and close control on the ball, Hazard had 96 touches - more than anyone else on the pitch - and found a team-mate with 95.2% of his passes.
His upturn in form has come too late to save Chelsea's season - or the job of former manager Jose Mourinho - but Hazard's performance suggests he could peak for the European Championship, where, in the absence of Vincent Kompany, he will captain Belgium.
Klopp's side are on a roll at Anfield, having gone 12 unbeaten at home and easily swatted aside Villarreal and Watford in their past two matches.
Having restored many first-team regulars to the team after fielding a largely second-string side against the Hornets, Liverpool faded after a bright start and could have been further behind had Bertrand Traore not curled wide after rounding Simon Mignolet.
But they improved after the break, increasing their share of possession from 52% to 58%, and Daniel Sturridge and Kolo Toure missed glorious chances before Benteke's late intervention.
Fellow substitute Sheyi Ojo swung over a searching cross from the left and Begovic could only palm it into the path of the Belgium striker.
Klopp downplayed the result's importance, but this was a point that will maintain the feelgood factor at Anfield under the charismatic German before their second final of the season.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "The result tonight was not important, what's important is that we take the right information out of the game.
"We started very well, and when we play like that with our compact defending we can be good. In a game like this, the crowd force you to attack. We have to develop a lot.
"I like it here. It's a nice place and a world-class club."
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Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink: "The team reacted very well. We played all game for the win and got an unlucky present in the last minute. We should have killed it off and I'm disappointed not to have the three points.
"Hazard was terrific and has been growing in fitness for some weeks. It's good to see. He had to suffer a lot with injuries this year but I'm very happy he's back.
"The players showed they love to play football."
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The final day on Sunday sees Liverpool travel to the Hawthorns to face West Brom and Chelsea host champions Leicester.
Match ends, Liverpool 1, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 1, Chelsea 1.
Joe Allen (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kenedy (Chelsea).
Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Pedro.
Goal!  Liverpool 1, Chelsea 1. Christian Benteke (Liverpool) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
Offside, Chelsea. Eden Hazard tries a through ball, but Baba Rahman is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alberto Moreno.
Emre Can (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tammy Abraham (Chelsea).
Attempt saved. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Substitution, Liverpool. Sheyi Ojo replaces Kolo Touré.
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
Corner,  Liverpool. Conceded by Baba Rahman.
Hand ball by Tammy Abraham (Chelsea).
Attempt saved. Emre Can (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).
Asmir Begovic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Liverpool. Conceded by Eden Hazard.
Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Liverpool. Christian Benteke replaces Adam Lallana.
Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Allen replaces James Milner.
Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Eden Hazard (Chelsea).
Substitution, Chelsea. Tammy Abraham replaces Bertrand Traore.
James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Bertrand Traore (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedro.
Attempt blocked. James Milner (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
Attempt missed. Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Adam Lallana (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Alberto Moreno with a cross.
Emre Can (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bertrand Traore (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Adam Lallana (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner,  Liverpool. Conceded by Nemanja Matic.
Attempt saved. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.


Fifth century BC - Indo-Aryan migrants from northern India settle on the island; the Sinhalese emerge as the most powerful of the various clans.
Third century BC - Beginning of Tamil migration from India.
1505 - Portuguese arrive in Colombo, marking beginning of European interest.
1658 - Dutch force out Portuguese and establish control over whole island except central kingdom of Kandy.
1796 - Britain begins to take over island.
1815 - Kingdom of Kandy conquered. Britain starts bringing in Tamil labourers from southern India to work in tea, coffee and coconut plantations.
1833 - Whole island united under one British administration.
1931 - British grant the right to vote and introduce power sharing with Sinhalese-run cabinet.
1948 - Ceylon gains full independence.
1949 - Indian Tamil plantation workers disenfranchised and many deprived of citizenship.
1956 - Solomon Bandaranaike elected on wave of Sinhalese nationalism. Sinhala made sole official language and other measures introduced to bolster Sinhalese and Buddhist feeling. More than 100 Tamils killed in widespread violence after Tamil parliamentarians protest at new laws.
1958 - Anti-Tamil riots leave more than 200 people dead. Thousands of Tamils displaced.
1959 - Bandaranaike assassinated by a Buddhist monk. Succeeded by widow, Srimavo, who continues nationalisation programme.
1965 - Opposition United National Party wins elections and attempts to reverse nationalisation measures.
1970 - Srimavo Bandaranaike returns to power and extends nationalisation programme.
1971 - Sinhalese Marxist uprising led by students and activists.
1972 - Ceylon changes its name to Sri Lanka and Buddhism given primary place as country's religion, further antagonising Tamil minority.
1976 - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) formed as tensions increase in Tamil-dominated areas of north and east.
1977 - Separatist Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) party wins all seats in Tamil areas. Anti-Tamil riots leave more than 100 Tamils dead.
1981 Sinhala policemen accused of burning the Jaffna Public Library, causing further resentment in Tamil community.
1983 - 13 soldiers killed in LTTE ambush, sparking anti-Tamil riots leading to the deaths of several hundred Tamils. Start of what Tigers call "First Eelam War".
1985 - First attempt at peace talks between government and LTTE fails.
1987 - Government forces push LTTE back into northern city of Jaffna. Government signs accords creating new councils for Tamil areas in north and east and reaches agreement with India on deployment of Indian peace-keeping force.
1988 - Left-wing and nationalist Sinhalese JVP begins campaign against Indo-Sri Lankan agreement.
1990 - Indian troops leave after getting bogged down in fighting in north. Violence between Sri Lankan army and separatists escalates. "Second Eelam War" begins.
Thousands of Muslims are expelled from northern areas by the LTTE.
1991 - LTTE implicated in assassination of Indian premier Rajiv Gandhi in southern India.
1993 - President Premadasa killed in LTTE bomb attack.
1994 - President Kumaratunga comes to power pledging to end war. Peace talks opened with LTTE.
1995 - "Third Eelam War" begins when rebels sink naval craft.
1995-2001 - War rages across north and east. Tigers bomb Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist site. President Kumaratunga is wounded in a bomb attack. Suicide attack on the international airport destroys half the Sri Lankan Airlines fleet.
2002 February - Government and Tamil Tiger rebels sign a Norwegian-mediated ceasefire.
De-commissioning of weapons begins; the road linking the Jaffna peninsula with the rest of Sri Lanka reopens after 12 years; passenger flights to Jaffna resume. Government lifts ban on Tamil Tigers. Rebels drop demand for separate state.
2003 - Tigers pull out of talks. Ceasefire holds.
2003 May - Country's worst-ever floods leave more than 200 people dead and drive some 4,000 people from their homes.
2004 March - Renegade Tamil Tiger commander, known as Karuna, leads split in rebel movement and goes underground with his supporters. Tiger offensive regains control of the east.
2004 July - Suicide bomb blast in Colombo - the first such incident since 2001.
2004 December - More than 30,000 people are killed when a tsunami, massive waves generated by a powerful undersea earthquake, devastate coastal communities.
2005 June - Row over deal reached with Tamil Tiger rebels to share nearly $3bn in tsunami aid among Sinhalas, Tamils and Muslims.
2005 August - State of emergency after foreign minister is killed by a suspected Tiger assassin.
2005 November - Mahinda Rajapaksa, prime minister at the time, wins presidential elections. Most Tamils in areas controlled by the Tamil Tigers do not vote.
2006 April - Attacks begin to escalate again.
A suicide bomber attacks the main military compound in Colombo, killing at least eight people. The military launch air strikes on Tamil Tiger targets.
2006 May - Tamil Tiger rebels attack a naval convoy near Jaffna.
2006 August - Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces resume fighting in the north-east in worst clashes since 2002 ceasefire. Government steadily drives Tamil Tigers out of eastern strongholds over following year.
2006 October - Peace talks fail in Geneva.
2007 June - Police force hundreds of Tamils out of the capital, citing security concerns. A court orders an end to the expulsions.
2008 January - Government pulls out of 2002 ceasefire agreement, launches massive offensive.
2008 March - International panel, invited by the government to monitor investigations into alleged human rights abuses, announces that it is leaving the country. Panel member Sir Nigel Rodley says the authorities were hindering its work. Government rejects the criticism.
2008 July - Sri Lankan military says it has captured the important Tamil Tiger naval base of Vidattaltivu in the north.
2008 October - Suicide bombing blamed by government on Tamil Tigers kills 27 people, including a former general, in the town of Anuradhpura.
2008 December - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil rebels claim to have inflicted heavy casualties on each other in fierce fighting in the north.
2009 January - Government troops capture the northern town of Kilinochchi, held for ten years by the Tamil Tigers as their administrative headquarters. President Mahinda Rajapakse calls it an unparalleled victory and urges the rebels to surrender.
2009 February - International concern over the humanitarian situation of thousands of civilians trapped in the battle zone prompts calls for a temporary cease-fire. This is rejected by the government, which says it is on the verge of destroying the Tamil Tigers, but it offers an amnesty to rebels if they surrender.
Tamil Tiger planes conduct suicide raids against Colombo.
2009 March - Former rebel leader Karuna is sworn in as minister of national integration and reconciliation. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay accuses both sides of war crimes.
The government rejects conditions attached to an IMF emergency loan worth $1.9 billion, denies US pressure causing delay to agreement.
2009 May - Government declares Tamil Tigers defeated after army forces overrun last patch of rebel-held territory in the northeast. Military says rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed in the fighting. Tamil Tiger statement says the group will lay down its arms.
2009 August - New Tamil Tiger leader Selvarasa Pathmanathan captured overseas by Sri Lankan authorities.
First post-war local elections in north. Governing coalition wins in Jaffna but in Vavuniya voters back candidates who supported Tamil Tigers.
2009 October - Government announces early presidential and parliamentary elections.
2009 November - Opposition parties form alliance to fight elections. The new alliance includes Muslim and Tamil parties and is led by former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Government says 100,000 refugees released from camps.
2010 January - Incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa wins presidential election by a big margin but the outcome is rejected by his main rival Gen Sarath Fonseka.
2010 February - Gen Fonseka is arrested on corruption charges, and jailed for 30 months by a military court in September. He is convicted of further charges in November 2011 and sentenced to another three years in jail.
President Rajapaksa dissolves parliament, clearing way for elections in April.
European Union suspends Sri Lanka's preferential trade status because of concerns over its human rights record.
2010 April - President Rajapaksa's ruling coalition wins landslide victory in parliamentary elections.
2010 September - Parliament approves a constitutional change allowing President Rajapaksa to seek unlimited number of terms.
2011 April - UN says both sides in the Sri Lankan civil war committed atrocities against civilians and calls for an international investigation into possible war crimes. Sri Lanka says the report is biased.
2011 July - Sri Lanka's largest ethnic Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance, wins two-thirds of local councils in the former war zone in the north and east.
2011 August - President Rajapaksa says his government will allow the expiry of state emergency laws which have been in place for most of the past 40 years.
However, critics say that the introduction of new legislation that allows the detention of people suspected of terror offences without charge continues the state of emergency in a new guise.
2012 March - UN Human Rights Council adopts a resolution urging Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the final phase of the decades-long conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka says the move usurps its sovereignty.
2012 May - Former army chief and opposition presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka is freed after two and a half years in jail, under terms banning him from running for public office for seven years.
2012 November - The government dismisses a UN report that it intimidated UN staff investigating abuses at the end of the civil war in 2009.
2013 January - Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is dismissed after parliament impeaches her for allegations of financial and official misconduct described by the opposition as politically motivated. The government's senior legal adviser, Mohan Peiris, replaces her.
2013 March -  UN Human Rights Council passes highly critical resolution urging Sri Lanka to conduct an independent and credible investigation into alleged war crimes during the Tamil Tiger insurgency.
2013 August - UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay accuses government of eroding democracy and the rule of law after a week-long visit.
2013 September - Tamil National Alliance opposition party wins first elections to semi-autonomous provincial council in the north, with 78% of the vote. Commonwealth observers say army intimidation compromised the vote's environment.
2013 November - Sri Lanka hosts the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The leaders of Canada, India and Mauritius refuse to attend amid calls for a boycott over Sri Lanka's human rights record.
2014 August - President Mahinda Rajapaksa says a UN team tasked with investigating allegations of war crimes during the Tamil Tiger insurgency will not be allowed to enter Sri Lanka.
2015 January - Maithripala Sirisena becomes president.
2015 September - Rajavarothiam Sampanthan becomes the first lawmaker from the ethnic Tamil minority in 32 years to become leader of the opposition in parliament.
2015 September - Sri Lanka rejects a UN call for international involvement in an investigation into war crimes.
2015 October - Sri Lanka co-sponsors a UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for a special judicial mechanism to prosecute war crimes.
2016 June - Sri Lankan government acknowledges for the first time that some 65,000 people are missing from its 26-year-long war with Tamil Tiger rebels and a separate Marxist insurrection.
2016 July - The government announces its aim for Sri Lanka to become completely demilitarised by 2018, a significant development which would see the end of the army's involvement in civilian life after decades of ethnic war.
2016 August - Parliament passes a law to establish an office to trace the thousands of people who disappeared during the war and separate Marxist insurrection.
2016 September - The World Health Organisation declares Sri Lanka malaria-free.


The Liberal Democrats will go to the next election with their "heads held high", Nick Clegg has said.

He told his party conference in Glasgow he would not "seek to distance" the Lib Dems from the coalition's record.
The deputy prime minister attacked the "bitter tribalism" of British politics and told activists in Glasgow the party had to "make our voice heard".
He also announced the first national waiting time targets for people with mental health problems.
People with depression should begin "talking therapy" treatments within 18 weeks, from April.
Young people with psychosis for the first time will be seen within 14 days - the same target as cancer patients.
Also at the Lib Dem conference:
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said Mr Clegg had presented himself in the speech as the man to take on what he sees as "increasingly extreme" rival parties, while attempting to "break through the anger" people feel at the Lib Dems - and to get voters to think again.
Opening his speech, the deputy prime minister said Britain would not be intimidated by Islamic State, paid tribute to murdered hostages Alan Henning and David Haines, and declared his "immense gratitude" for Britain's Armed Forces.
Turning to the domestic scene, he said Labour leader Ed Miliband and Chancellor George Osborne's conference speeches "could not have been more helpful if they had tried" to the Lib Dems' cause, with one forgetting the deficit and the other unveiling tax cuts for the wealthy.
The Liberal Democrats would borrow less than Labour, and cut less than the Tories, he said.
"If the Liberal Democrat voice is marginalised in British politics our country will be meaner, poorer and weaker as a result," he predicted.
"We must not and cannot let that happen. We must make our voice heard."
He outlined a string of coalition government measures which he said were "designed and delivered by Lib Dems", including raising the income tax allowance, parental leave reforms and same-sex marriage.
Mr Clegg said he "may no longer be the fresh faced outsider", and the Lib Dems no longer "untainted... by the freedom of opposition".
But the party still stood for "a different kind of politics".
He said the "politics of fear" was "seductive and beguiling", but was in fact "a counsel of despair".
He said he had chosen to debate on television against UKIP leader Nigel Farage - whose name he pronounced with a French lilt - because "someone has to stand up for the liberal Britain in which we and millions of decent, reasonable people believe".
Analysis by BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins
Nick Clegg has delivered his final conference speech before the general election. What do the Liberal Democrats do next?
Nick Clegg focused on opportunity: for voters - and the Lib Dems.
You might have expected a party languishing in the polls, months from an election, to panic.
Not here.
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He directly criticised Conservative Home Secretary Theresa May, who had accused him of jeopardising public safety by blocking new data-monitoring powers.
Mr Clegg accused her of "playing party politics with national security".
He added: "Stop playing on people's fears simply to try and get your own way. Your Communications Data Bill was disproportionate, disempowering - we blocked it once and we'd do it again."
A Lib Dem government would introduce "five green laws", on carbon reduction, green space and energy efficiency, Mr Clegg pledged.
He would not set out "red lines" in the event of a hung Parliament, but said "people do have a right to know what our priorities are".
He pointed to the rise in the income tax threshold to Â£10,500, saying Labour "would never have made the change" and the Conservatives were "explicit" that it was not their priority.
Harman agrees
Mr Clegg said he thought Britain would have more coalitions in the future, and rounded off his speech by saying the Lib Dems were "the only party who says 'no matter who you are, no matter where you are from, we will do everything in our power to help you shine'".
Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman said: "Nick Clegg's speech was that of a man trying desperately to justify the decision he and his party took to back the Tories all the way.
"Nick Clegg was right about one thing in his speech: the Lib Dems should be judged on their record. It is a record of broken promises and weakness."
The mental health pledge, which will be funded by reallocating money from other parts of the health budget, is coalition government policy, rather than a Lib Dem aspiration.
But Mr Clegg also pledged to extra money in the next Parliament if the Lib Dems are in government, to introduce similar targets for conditions such as bipolar disorder and eating disorders.
Under the plan, suicidal patients get the same priority as those with suspected heart attacks.
Analysis by BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle
Playing devil's advocate, you could say the government has set its mental health targets in the areas and at the levels it knows the NHS can achieve.
Already nearly two-thirds of patients get access to talking therapies within 28 days. So asking the NHS to ensure 95% are seen within 18 weeks does not seem a big ask.
A similar thing could be said for the two-week wait for help for people experiencing psychosis for the first time.
Nonetheless, those working in the sector are still delighted.
Why? To understand that, you have to consider where mental health stands in the pecking order of the NHS.
Read more from Nick.
Half of the Â£1bn Mr Clegg announced for the NHS at the start of his party conference conference would be spent this way.
Mr Clegg said the commitment would go "smack bang on the front page of our next manifesto".
He said: "Labour introduced waiting times in physical health - we will do the same for the many people struggling with conditions that you often can't see, that we often don't talk about, but which are just as serious."
He added: "These are big, big changes. And in government again the Liberal Democrats will commit to completing this overhaul of our mental health services - ending the discrimination against mental health for good.
Mental health problems are estimated to cost the economy around Â£100bn a year and around 70 million working days are also lost annually.
The announcement was welcomed by mental health charities.
Mark Winstanley, chief executive officer at Rethink Mental Illness, said it had "the potential to improve the lives of millions", while Centre for Mental Health chief executive Sean Duggan said it would "help to overcome the current postcode lottery" accessing essential services.
Sue Baker, from the Time to Change charity, which campaigns to end the stigma around mental health, said there should be no "discrimination" between different types of health spending.


At least 16 people have been killed and 30 others injured in a collision between a freight train and a bus at a level crossing in northern Mexico.

Pictures showed the bus split in half by the force of the crash, in the town of Anahuac in Tamaulipas state.
Local reports said the driver of the bus may have ignored the stop light at the crossing.
The bus was reported to have been carrying about 60 passengers although it only had seating for 40.
A statement by the train's operator, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, confirmed there had been "a lamentable accident" at about 17:25 (23:25 GMT) on Friday.
A Mexican official quoted by AP news agency said investigators were looking into whether the bus driver had tried to beat the train to the crossing.
Local Mayor Desiderio Urteaga said two children were among the dead. The bus driver was reported to have survived.
The bus had been travelling north from the city of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas to the state of Coahuila.


Three countries backing different sides in Syria's war have agreed to set up "safe zones" in the country, while delegates for rebel forces stormed out in protest.

Russia's plan for "de-escalation" zones was backed by Iran at talks in Kazakhstan. Both countries support Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Turkey, which supports rebel groups, also agreed to act as a guarantor.
But some delegates from the rebel forces angrily rejected the plan.
As the three countries were invited to sign the document on Thursday in the Kazakh capital, Astana, rebel delegates angrily shouted that they did not accept it and walked out.
Reporters at the talks said the rebels were unhappy about Iran's involvement in the deal as a guarantor.
The US also expressed concern over Iran, saying the country had "only contributed to the violence, not stopped it".
The Syrian government is not a signatory, but its state news agency said it supported the plan.
The talks were meant to shore up an oft-violated ceasefire which was originally agreed in December.
A partial cessation of hostilities was declared at the end of last year, but violence has continued on several fronts.
Under the Russian plan, safe zones would be established in rebel-held territory in the north-western province of Idlib, in parts of Homs province in the centre, in the south, and in the opposition enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, the AFP news agency reported.
Syrian and Russian warplanes would stop bombing rebel positions while opposition groups would halt attacks inside the "de-escalation zones".
The objective is to "put an immediate end to the violence" and "provide the conditions for the safe, voluntary return of refugees" in addition to the speedy provision of relief supplies and medical aid.
The safe zones would remain in place for six months, the Kremlin has said.
They would be surrounded by checkpoints manned by rebels and government troops, and foreign troops could also be deployed in observer roles, according to AFP.
The UN's envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, called the agreement a step in the right direction.
Syria's envoy to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said he hoped Russia and Iran would discuss the plan's details with the Syrian government as soon as possible.
Syria's war has claimed more than 300,000 lives since it erupted in 2011.


Free access to a bike and training to use it, a regional cycle hire network and a new world-class race are the main legacy promises from the organisers of the Tour de France's visit to Yorkshire.

Local authorities across the Yorkshire and Humber region have teamed up with key partners to come up with a 12-year plan to build on the platform the Grand Depart will give cycling as a sport, means of transport and way to keep fit.
The plan, dubbed "Cycle Yorkshire", was launched at Welcome to Yorkshire's annual conference in Harrogate on Thursday, 100 days before the start of Le Tour.
Further details of the legacy plan will follow in the coming months, with an announcement of the much-anticipated legacy bike race, which should visit parts of Yorkshire missed by Le Tour this summer, believed to be imminent.
Gary Verity of the tourism body Welcome to Yorkshire said: "We're going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with British Cycling and the organisers of the Tour De France for a new race in Yorkshire from 2015 onwards.
"We're very excited about that, we're very excited to have two partners of this calibre to work with us to deliver what we hope will be an ongoing race that will be here a lot longer than I am.
"If it outlives me then that will be fantastic."
What connects this race with all the other initiatives under the "Cycle Yorkshire" umbrella is the goal of matching the cycling revolution London achieved after it hosted the 2007 Grand Depart and 2012 Olympics.
As well as the economic boost from staging those two major events, the capital has witnessed a huge uptake in cycling, which has brought a range of health, social and transport benefits.
Yorkshire is expected to enjoy the lion's share of at least £100m in economic benefits from the 2014 Grand Depart, but the region's leaders are also keen to see more people commuting by bike, riding for fun and fitness, and a major boost in cycling tourism.
According to the latest Department for Transport figures from 2011, 13% of adults in Yorkshire and the Humber ride at least once a month. The legacy plan is to increase that to 16% by 2018, and 18% by 2023.
It is also hoped the number of trips made by bike in each local authority will be a fifth higher in 2023 than in 2012, that the number of competitive and non-competitive events will rise, and that a third of all cycling activity in 2023 will be by women.
And finally, it is hoped that the region's cycling casualty rate stays below the national average for the next 10 years.
What the "Cycle Yorkshire" plan does not mention, however, is money, and it is clear that much of this will depend on current levels of funding, private sponsorship, the voluntary sector and combinations of all three.
A good example of the latter, and a likely template for Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive Gary Verity's "bike bank" scheme, is Streetbikes, a Kirklees-based initiative that uses recycled bikes to teach children how to ride, or get adults riding again.
With an annual budget of just £50,000, Streetbikes has been able to give away 2,500 bikes, train 40 mechanics and teach hundreds of people of all abilities and disabilities how to ride. That budget, most of it from Kirklees Council, Asda and Fujitsu, runs out next March.
That said, there is a huge amount of good work being done across the region, with some leading employers actively encouraging staff to ride to work, award-winning safety campaigns and new infrastructure such as the £29m "cycle superhighway" between Bradford and Leeds, and the £1.1m outdoor velodrome at York Sport Village.
The trick will be to pull all this together into a coherent plan of action so that Yorkshire's Grand Depart is remembered as more than just a weekend of good sport and global attention.


A former Venezuelan prosecutor has accused the government of jailing an opposition leader "because they feared his leadership".

Franklin Nieves, who prosecuted Leopoldo Lopez, was speaking on CNN in Miami after leaving Venezuela.
He said that Mr Lopez was innocent and the evidence against him was false.
Mr Lopez, who led anti-government protests last year, was sentenced in September to almost 14 years in jail for inciting violence.
Mr Nieves left Venezuela last week and is reportedly seeking asylum in the United States.
Venezuelan Attorney-General Luisa Ortega sacked Mr Nieves on Monday for actions "contrary to his oath of office".
On Tuesday, Mr Nieves told Spanish-language news channel CNN en Espanol that "Leopoldo [Lopez] is innocent".
"They jailed him because they fear his leadership," he told CNN's Fernando del Rincon on the programme Conclusiones.
Asked if Mr Lopez should be free, the former prosecutor said: "Yes, indeed, because after examining each and every piece of evidence it was shown that this person had at no point made even a single call to violence."
Mr Nieves said that video footage taken from protests at which Mr Lopez spoke showed him "always calling on his supporters to remain calm".
Mr Lopez handed himself in to the authorities on 18 February amid mass anti-government protests in which 43 people - from both sides of the political divide - were killed.
He has always denied inciting violence and his supporters say he is a political prisoner.
Asked why he had not spoken out before Mr Lopez was sentenced to 13 years and nine months in prison, Mr Nieves said that he had remained silent "out of fear and because of the pressure exerted by each one of our bosses on prosecutors working at the national level".
He then explained that the pressure filtered down from President Nicolas Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello through the attorney-general to individual line managers who got prosecutors to act "on the whims" of the authorities.
Mr Nieves went on to allege that he was instructed to arrest Mr Lopez to "take him out of the political game" and that the order came from President Maduro.
He also alleged that the police report on which Mr Lopez's arrest order was based was "fictitious and invented" and that the witnesses in the case were "false" as they had been told to testify in a certain manner.
Mr Nieves also alleged that the case of Mr Lopez was not unique.
"There are innumerable cases in which people were investigated and innocent people detained," he told Mr del Rincon.
On Monday, Ms Ortega dismissed Mr Nieves' allegations, saying that "at the state prosecutors' office we don't pressure anyone".
She added that Mr Nieves had given in to "pressures from foreign and domestic elements" although she did not specify what pressures those were.


They subjected a teenage girl to years of sexual exploitation, grooming and intimidation, but now three serial-abusers from Oxford are starting long jail sentences.

As their victim was driven out to the woods, her young son left behind at home, she was sure she was going to die.
Accompanied by Akhtar Dogar and Assad Hussain, two of the men found guilty at Oxford Crown Court earlier of a series of sexual assaults and rape, the woman, known as Girl A, was shown a spot in the ground.
Dogar threatened to break her neck if she went to the police, claiming the spot in question was the grave of a previous victim.
Prosecutors described this shocking moment as part of the "orchestration of fear" she was subjected to over a number of years by Hussain, Dogar, and his brother Anjum Dogar.
Girl A was first befriended by the gang on the streets of Oxford and offered drink and drugs. She had been in care since she was a toddler, and had become addicted from an early age.
She was 15 when the men started abusing her in 1999. She was driven to an address in Jackdaw Lane four or five times a week, and, in her words, "used like a piece of meat".
At the age of 16, she moved to Windmill House in Headington, a staffed hostel for young homeless people, where the abuse continued for five months.
She left Oxford and had a son before returning in 2005, to live in a flat in Thomas Mews. The men found her and she fell back into their world of drugs and sex parties.
Hussain and the Dogar brothers were already serving prison sentences for abusing girls when they were arrested again as part of Operation Sabaton.
They were jailed in 2013 as part of Operation Bullfinch, a previous inquiry into a child sex abuse ring in Oxford.
Speaking after they were jailed, their victim said: "I would urge any person who is struggling or feeling trapped by any form of abuse to come forward.
"I am growing in confidence each day that passes. My future now holds hope, which is something that I was unable to see before speaking out about my past.
"In coming forward I have regained control of my life."
Det Ch Insp Mark Glover from Thames Valley Police said he had no doubt that some of the abuse, in parks and car parks, would have been seen by members of the public but the police had no records of any crimes being reported.
He said none of the men had expressed any remorse or regret for the grooming and abuse.
He added that crimes of child sexual exploitation (CSE) were not confined to any one ethnic group.
A subsequent serious case review found as many as 373 children may have been abused by Oxfordshire gangs since 1999.  Police have said the latest court case is unlikely to be the last.


Thousands of Haitians have protested against a delay in the run-off round of a presidential election that should have been held on Sunday.

The deadline was missed after allegations of fraud during the first round in October of last year.
Interim President Jocelerme Privert said the run-off might not happen now until this October.
But supporters of the front-runner, Jovenel Moise, are demanding a run-off sooner.
Protesters took to the streets of the capital,  Port-au-Prince, asking for a chance to cast their votes.
They were carrying placards supporting the banana exporter, who won the first round of the elections.
Demonstrator Sabrina Demosthil said the marchers were "calling for the run-off to be held as quickly as possible", the Associated Press news agency reports.
The April 24 deadline had been widely regarded as unrealistic.
Haiti has been in political turmoil since the first round, in which Mr Moise came first but fell short of an overall majority, was disputed by losing candidates.
Four run-off deadlines have been missed so far, some of them leading to violent unrest throughout the country.
The authorities have set up a team to evaluate the allegations of fraud in the first round.
Mr Privert, who was chosen as interim president in February to fill a power vacuum after incumbent President Michel Martelly stepped down, previously said the vote would be held at the end of May.
But on Sunday he suggested the country should choose its next president at the same time as an October 30 deadline for a Senate election.
"Does the country have the financial means to organise two elections?" he asked when questioned about the likely date for the vote.


Younis A sat with his head bent so close to the table that his lawyer had to tell him to raise his chin and look at the court.

He said little but, through his translator, this dark haired young man did offer a brief glimpse of an underworld which Germany is only just beginning to confront.
Younis is a 23-year-old Moroccan. There is no way to verify that because he says he has no papers or passport. And no way to substantiate his claims that he has a degree and some training in mechanics.
He entered the country illegally about a year ago and recently applied for asylum. He now lives in a refugee home where he says drugs are passed around - he was found with amphetamine on New Years Eve - and where he has acquaintances rather than friends.
The police have picked him up before for travelling without a rail ticket and say they have also caught him before in possession of stolen goods.
He is living in limbo, in a shadow world of petty crime. It will be months, probably years, before his asylum claim is even examined. The German authorities admit to a backlog of some 700,000 asylum applications.
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Younis admits he snatched a phone from a young woman in the crowd on New Year's Eve in Cologne. He stood briefly in the courtroom to mumble an apology in her direction. On Wednesday he became the first person to be convicted in connection with the New Year's Eve attacks. Another Moroccan and a Tunisian were also found guilty of theft.
Police have identified more than 70 other suspects. Most, they say, are like Younis: from North Africa and here either illegally or because they are seeking or have been granted asylum.
And, like Younis, most are suspected of theft. Detectives have only arrested one man on suspicion of sexual assault. Yet nearly 600 women say they were groped, even raped, that night.
Cologne's police chief told me it was possible that many of the perpetrators will never be caught. He wearily cites lack of evidence.
Officers, including so called "super recognisers" from Scotland Yard, are largely reliant on CCTV and mobile phone footage from the night. But they have found that while the cameras can pick up a bag being snatched, they do not often capture sexual assaults in a crowd.
It is not what Germany wants to hear. The attacks have affected this country profoundly, shaken its sense of security.
Younis A's case took place amid intense media scrutiny. And perhaps it was unsurprising that his lawyer felt it necessary to deliver a passionate speech accusing the court of turning his client into a scapegoat.
New Year's Eve, he said, was "a terrible event with terrible consequences".
"People are now buying pepper spray, vigilantes run through the city and beat up foreigners. But do not hold my client responsible for that."
But, arguably, simply by committing his crime in the crowds on New Year's Eve, while all around him women were being molested, Younis A was part of a phenomenon that has altered this country.
The young woman whose phone was stolen and her friends say they were sexually assaulted too, although they cannot identify the perpetrator.
The government - previously so welcoming - has hardened its rhetoric on asylum. Ministers are trying to toughen deportation laws and want to make it all but impossible for people from Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria to claim asylum.
And public perception has shifted. It does not help that Angela Merkel has failed to negotiate a meaningful European response to the refugee crisis. And that, in January, well over 90,000 people arrived in Germany seeking asylum. A recent poll found that more than 80% of Germans no longer feel the German government is in control.
It was an Afghan refugee who brought Younis A to justice. He saw the theft, helped the woman get her phone back and then testified in court. Afterwards Mr A's lawyer thanked him.
"There is a debate about foreigners going on in this country. I think it is really good that you, as an Afghan, supported the victim. I thank you for trying to protect her from my client."


Up to 21 inquests into controversial killings in Northern Ireland are to proceed after a suspension was lifted.

The tribunals, ordered by Attorney General John Larkin, were halted when senior coroner John Leckey questioned whether he had exceeded his powers.
But a legal challenge to that move by some relatives formally ended at the High Court in Belfast on Monday.
After the ruling, some of the families said they no longer had any faith in Mr Leckey.
The hearings were adjourned at a preliminary stage last November amid uncertainty over the attorney general's right to authorise them.
At the time the coroner, appointed chief legal adviser to the Stormont Executive in 2010, cited potential national security issues.
The dispute centred on whether the cases should instead have been considered and directed by the advocate general for Northern Ireland.
The coroner's decision provoked outrage among relatives of those whose deaths were to be scrutinised.
Lawyers for a number of the families launched legal challenges, claiming the move was unlawful and procedurally unfair.
The deaths that were due to be scrutinised include 11-year-old Francis Rowntree, who was hit by a rubber bullet fired by a soldier in west Belfast in 1972.
Another case involves Gerard Slane, a 27-year-old father of three shot dead by the Ulster Defence Association at his home in the city in 1988.
His killing sparked claims of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and the security forces.
Proceedings were also brought on behalf of relatives of Gerard Casey, murdered by the Ulster Freedom Fighters in Rasharkin, County Antrim in 1989; Danny Doherty and William Fleming, shot dead by the SAS in Londonderry in 1984; and Francis Bradley, killed by the SAS near Castledawson, County Londonderry in 1986.
A full hearing of the families' judicial review challenge was due to take place next week.
Outside the court solicitor Paul Pierce, representing Mr Slane's widow Teresa, said: "We welcome the decision by the coroner to lift the suspension in relation to these inquests."
John Teggart whose father was killed in the 70s in Ballymurphy said questions need answered.


A man from Liverpool has been charged with attempting to obtain a chemical weapon, police have said.

Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London on Tuesday.
He was arrested on Wednesday, when officers from North West Counter Terrorism Unit and Merseyside Police searched five Merseyside addresses.
Officers have uncovered no plan or threat of an imminent attack either at home or abroad, police said.
The suspect is accused of attempting to have a chemical weapon in his possession between January 10 and February 12, contrary to the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 and the Chemical Weapons Act 1996.


When Gary Lineker said he'd present Match of the Day in his underwear if his former team Leicester City won the Premier League, he can't have really thought he'd need to honour that pledge.

But now, with the 5,000-1 outsiders crowned with two games to spare, bookies have turned their attention to Lineker's pants - and they reckon they'll be blue.
The former England striker and Match of the Day presenter tweeted in December that he'd present the programme in his underwear if the Foxes won the Premier League.
But speaking to the Radio Times at the weekend he admitted he had thought he'd be safe: "When I sent the tweet in December I categorically knew there was zero chance that they would win."
As the 2015-16 season unfolded, Leicester fans became aware that something special was happening.  And Gary still seemed to be keen to get his kit off, as he tweeted in March:
And when Spurs drew 2-2 with Chelsea on Monday night, Leicester knew the title was theirs - and that all eyes would be on Gary's undies.
Not too much of a surprise, then, if some people want to hold him to his word.
Twitter users made some suggestions as to what Gary should wear.
Comedian, writer and football fan Matt Lucas suggested a rather cheeky pair of pants, while others were a bit more generous with the material.
In a recent interview with the Independent, Lineker denied ever promising to do the entirety of the programme in his briefs. "I certainly never said anywhere in that tweet that I would do the whole show," he said.
So will the presenter keep his word? We'll have to wait for the start of the new season to see, but we have asked the question...
But someone might be having a punt on polkadots.


Hundreds of customers of Tesco Bank have been unable to access their online accounts, after the company suffered a second day of computer failures.

The issue affected current accounts, savings products and credit cards for several hours on Wednesday.
On Tuesday thousands of Tesco supermarket customers were unable to receive grocery deliveries, because of an IT problem.
A spokesman for the bank said the service was restored by mid-afternoon.
In the meantime dozens of customers took to social media to complain they could not log on to their accounts.
Tesco Bank said the failure was the result of a technical issue, and was unrelated to Tesco's home delivery problems on Tuesday.
It's understood the two computer systems are completely separate.
"We apologise to customers who could not access online banking earlier today," a spokesperson said.
"Service is now restored and customers can access their account as normal."


Fresh concerns have been raised about employment practices at a council-owned recycling company.

The GMB union has claimed agency workers at Amgen Cymru, an arm's-length waste management firm near Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff, have been told to sign "absurd" contracts.
It also claimed agency Smart Solutions Ltd previously paid staff less than the minimum wage and called for it to lose its contract.
Smart Solutions denied breaking rules.
BBC Wales has seen evidence of staff being asked to sign different contracts of employment with several different companies over the past 12 months.
One message to an employee told him he needed to sign or he "wouldn't have a contract of employment".
GMB regional organiser Gareth Morgans said he felt the way the company had acted fell outside Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's ethical procurement policy.
It states employment should be freely chosen, wages meet at least national legal standards and casual contracts not used in a way which is exploitative or seeks to minimise employer obligations.
Mr Morgans also said staff had received payslips in the past which included administration charges, which he claimed brought worker's earnings below the national minimum wage.
He added that while the council had responded to his request for Smart Solutions to employ people directly rather than through third party companies, there were still issues with the most recent contract staff were told to sign.
One of his members claimed he was told that if he did not sign and return it by Friday morning, then he would not receive any wages for that week.
"There are clauses in the contract such as mobility which indicated that my member is going from a fixed place of work to being able to be placed anywhere in the UK.
"He also has to be available at all times which, I am sure you will agree, is absurd - I must ask what does it take for a company to lose their contract?"
The agency said in a series of statements: "Smart Solutions takes its responsibility for the welfare of its workers extremely seriously and have always met our employer obligations, including paying at least the national minimum wage to all workers.
"Following recent discussions with Amgen and RCT council, it has been agreed that Smart Solutions will process payroll for all workers for the remainder of the contract.
"Workers have been informed of the change and reassured that all details of their work assignment, terms and conditions of employment and continuous service are unaffected."
It added no rules were broken with administration charges as workers would have given written consent but no charges have been made since 6 April.
A council spokesman said: "It was further agreed that in future there would be much closer working between Smart Solutions and the council and arrangements are in place to involve the GMB Union in the future working practices at the site."
The council said it had "received reassurances" and the BBC understands it will meet again with union again next week.


The chief executive of transport firm Translink has warned it could go out of existence unless it increases fares again or makes cuts to services.

David Strahan was addressing the Regional Development Committee at Stormont.
Meanwhile, MLAs were briefed on redundancy proposals for Translink on Wednesday.
The company confirmed it is considering around 150 redundancies as part of new cost-saving measures.
The plan is for it to be a "voluntary exit" scheme.
It has also emerged that Translink estimates a loss of £14m in 2014-15 and that it wanted an (average) 10% rise in fares this year, but the minister responsible opted for less than 5%.
Final details of cost-cutting, and the effect on the number of bus and rail services, have yet to be agreed.
In February, fare increases of about 4% came in to effect on bus and rail journeys in Northern Ireland.
However, Mr Strahan said due to further cuts in the 2015/16 budget, further fare increases of up to 10% could be needed.
"If we do not take action Translink is not a sustainable organisation and it will not be here in the future," Mr Strahan said.
"No-one wants to see a fare increase, that's not why I joined Translink, no-one wants to see anyone lose their job.
"However, the result of the funding reductions we're facing is that we have to take action.
"Ultimately it will be for the minister to decide where it falls in terms of fare increase vis a vis service optimisation."
Earlier, a union said it had seen a leaked Translink document proposing the cancellation of 20 town bus services.
It follows a warning from Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy about the impact of savings of £60m he has to make.
He said cuts to next year's budget would mean his department would not have enough money to fund basic services like traffic light repairs. Translink will also face major cuts.
The Unite's Davy McMurray said an internal Translink briefing document stated that 20 local town services would be cancelled.
He said the document also said schedules would be reduced on the rail line and Belfast's Metro service.
"Instead of a bus coming every 15 minutes or a train every 20, it'll be every half an hour or every three quarters of an hour," he added.
"We reckon that from bus drivers, train drivers and engineering staff, you could be looking at 200 jobs going."
On Wednesday, Mr Kennedy said transport was "most likely" to be hardest hit by the cuts.
"You simply cannot cut to the level of £60m and expect to maintain all frontline core services," he said.
"My department will be working and will continue to work with the service providers to explore ways of ensuring that we provide as much service in a cost efficient manner and to seek to minimise the impact on the end user."
In a statement, Translink said: "As a consequence of the reduction in government funding of 2015/16, Translink is considering measures that would need to be taken to adapt to these cuts and their associated impact.
"As part of this, we are currently reviewing how we can best design our network to work within our allocated resources while protecting the routes most important to our customers.
"No decisions have been taken at this stage over 2015/16 service efficiencies and we will engage with local stakeholders should any local service changes be proposed."