A 19-year-old man has been arrested in the north Indian state of Punjab for throwing acid on some female students as they walked home from school.

One of the girls was severely injured while the others received minor burns in the attack.
Police told BBC Hindi's Sanjay Sharma that they were searching for another man involved in the incident.
The attack came after one of the girls complained that she was being being "stalked" by one of the men, they said.
The girl who was the target of the attack in Batala district, escaped with superficial burns, but one of her friends was admitted to hospital with second degree burns.
The Punjab government has said that it will pay for her treatment and for plastic surgery.
Doctors say they are hopeful that she will only have a few scars on her body after treatment.
According to one estimate by the Acid Survivors Trust International, there could be as many as 1,000 acid attacks every year in India alone, many of which go unreported.
Despite this, the country does not have any specific law to prosecute acid attackers.
In 2013, the Supreme Court acted on a petition filed by an acid attack survivor and directed state governments to formulate a policy to regulate over-the-counter sale of acid in India.


India's Supreme Court has ordered the authorities to stop misuse of the anti-dowry law after concerns that a large number of false cases were being filed.

The court said that people accused of dowry harassment should not be arrested until charges were verified.
Thousands of people are arrested every year under the tough anti-dowry law, but conviction rates are low.
Women's rights activists say that the changes will make it harder for the victims of dowry abuse to get justice.
Government data shows that 7,634 women were killed in 2015 in dowry-related incidents.
The practice of dowry has been illegal in India since 1961, but it continues to thrive and campaigners say it leaves women vulnerable to domestic violence and even death.
Paying and accepting dowry is a centuries-old South Asian tradition where the bride's parents gift cash, clothes and jewellery to the groom's family.
To prevent dowry deaths and harassment of brides in their matrimonial homes, India introduced a tough anti-dowry law - Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code - in 1983.
A complaint under the law allows for immediate arrest and jailing of the accused, often the husband and his family members, but campaigners say the provision is frequently misused with many women filing false cases.
On Thursday, the top court asked states to set up a family welfare committee in each district to address these concerns.
"At the time of filing of the complaint, implications and consequences are not visualised. At times, such complaints lead to uncalled for harassment not only to the accused but also to the complainant," the court said.
It added that the committee must speak to all parties involved in a harassment case because "uncalled for arrest may ruin the chances of settlement".
The judges also took notice of the objections against any changes in the law.
"We are conscious of the object for which the provision was brought into the statute. At the same time, violation of human rights of innocent cannot be brushed aside," it added.
The court had taken notice of the misuse of the law during another hearing in 2014.
It had said that the law was enacted to help women, but it was being used as "a weapon by disgruntled wives".


A wildlife park has unveiled its first set of jaguar twins - one black and one spotted - and described them as the "best Christmas present".

The black coloured female and yellow spotted male will be named by the public via its Facebook page in the new year.
The male is the same colour as his father Loki and the female has inherited mother Luna's colouring.
"It was a really nice surprise for all of us to get twins," the park said.
Luke Binskin, head of the carnivore section, said: "It is nice when they have twins to have one of each colour, although it does cause a bit of confusion for people who often think that we have one jaguar and one leopard."
Park owner Tony Binskin said: "Luna has actually already been seen taking one of her cubs outside, which is something we would never have expected at this time of year, and had to keep an eye on her to make sure that the baby didn't get cold."
The twins were born on 4 December.
Mr Binskin said the parents had mated earlier than than the park's staff had thought and they were not expecting the cubs to be born so early in December.
His wife Jackie said: "You really can't ask for a better Christmas present than seeing a brand new life."
Jaguars are the largest cats of the Americas and vary in size within different regions
Black jaguars are often called black panthers, although the name can also be used for black leopards
Jaguars eat a variety of prey from large mammals such as deer to fish and small birds
Their common name comes from the native Indian "yaguara", meaning "beast that kills its prey with one bound"
Jaguars typically attack their prey by pouncing on them from a concealed spot
Source: BBC Nature


Comedian Billy Connolly is to be presented with a special prize at the National Television Awards later this month.

The special recognition award will honour his 50-year career and will be presented by his friend, actor Dustin Hoffman.
Connolly, 73, has just performed the first of 16 nights at the Apollo Hammersmith in London.
In 2013, he was treated for prostate cancer and Parkinson's Disease.
The comic, whose career began in a folk band with Gerry Rafferty called The Humblebums, first performed comedy in the early 1970s.
In the decades since, he has toured the globe and was voted number one in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand Ups poll.
His acting career began on the BBC's Play for Today in 1975, and he has gone on to host a number of TV specials and travelogues, including Billy Connolly's Route 66, in which he travelled from the east to the west coast of the US.
He was nominated for a best actor Bafta in 1998 for his role opposite Dame Judi Dench in the 1997 film Mrs Brown, and was presented with an outstanding career award by Bafta Scotland in 2012.
Broadcaster and fellow Scot Armando Iannucci said: "It's unbelievable and yet no surprise that we're celebrating fifty years of Billy Connolly.
"Because he doesn't compromise, because he doesn't fit a label, he has no shelf life, he's not part of a phase. He's unique. You can't really sum him up."
The National Television Awards will be held on 20 January and will be broadcast on ITV from 19:30 GMT.


Firefighters searching for a 73-year-old man missing since his flat was destroyed in a blaze have found a body in the unstable building.

About 30 elderly and vulnerable people had to leave their sheltered accommodation during the blaze in Lonsdale Court, in Pategill, Penrith.
The man, who lived in the flat, had not been seen since the blaze broke out at about 09:40 GMT on Saturday.
The missing man's family has been informed.
Those led to safety were found places at care homes overnight, police said.
Earlier Kevin Johnston, spokesman for Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, said the flat was on the verge of collapse, but it was made stable enough for a search team to go in and find the body.
Insp Andy Hanson, of Cumbria Police, said: "This has been a distressing incident for all involved, and sadly we are now able to confirm that one person died in the fire.
"We are now working hard to secure the building to allow the other residents to return to their flats - this is expected to take a considerable amount of time."
Many of the residents were taken to Penrith Leisure Centre and an appeal for warm clothes and toiletries was made.
Cumbria Police said they were inundated with donations and now had enough.
Insp Hanson said: "I would like to reiterate our thanks local community.
"We have been so impressed and grateful for the way everyone has come together and donated supplies and help for the residents affected by the fire.
"It is a testament to the community spirit and kindness of people living in Penrith."


Dorset's annual knob-throwing festival has taken place at a new venue.

The event moved to Kinsgton Maurward House near Dorchester, having outgrown the village of Cattistock where it has been held since its inception in 2008.
Despite the rainy conditions, more than 4,000 people attended with participants hurling the locally-made buns in pursuit of a new record.
Organiser Katharine Wright described it as "quirky and unique".
It was set up to raise money for village causes and now incorporates a food festival.
More than 4,000 of the buns were brought in for the throwing, along with other games including knob archery, knob and spoon racing and pin the knob on the Cerne giant.
During the throwing competition, the savoury biscuits must be thrown underarm and one of the competitor's feet must remain on the ground.
Pete Asher threw his bun the furthest in the rainy conditions at 22.70m (74.4ft)
Samuel Chinchen won the children's event, with a throw of 16.04m (52.6ft); while Catrin Vaughn topped the women's contest with a 18.65m (61.2ft) throw.
The record remains held by Dave Phillips with an astounding 29.4m (96ft) throw in 2012.
Ms Wright said: "People come from far and wide. It's grown every year - this is our 10th year so no better time to move to a bigger venue."


Drawing lessons from the fate of a mouse, his "poor earth-born companion", the poet Burns noted:

But Och! I backward cast my e'e.
On prospects drear!
An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!"
I am uncertain as to whether there is much of the poetic in the soul of the Chancellor. But, still, Gideon was casting both backward and forward in his Budget statement today.
The backward bit came when he transformed an announcement of support for the North Sea oil industry into an excoriating attack upon the SNP.
In a prolonged section - to the sound of his backbenchers jeering in the general direction of the Nationalists - George Osborne said that the tax support announced for the North Sea was only feasible because of "the broad shoulders of the UK."
Reflecting back to the independence referendum, Mr Osborne argued that Scotland was better together with the rest of the UK. Cue growling from said SNP benches.
But there was a look forward as well - to the EU referendum due on June 23. Much of Mr Osborne's budget was aimed at strengthening support for the PM's position in that plebiscite - or, more precisely, avoiding issues which might see that position deteriorate.
The Chancellor is a keen backgammon player. (As am I. Maybe I should challenge him to a match.) He will be aware of the tedious debate as to whether backgammon is a game of skill or chance.
The answer is that, in a single game, chance can allow the beginner to triumph. Over a prolonged series of games, skilled judgement will generally favour the experienced player.
Mr Osborne was playing the long game today. Nothing much to frighten folk - or, again to deploy precision, Conservative back-benchers and supporters. Those who will figure largely in the already fractious EU referendum.
So no increase in fuel duty. No increase in beer, cider or spirits duty. A series of individually tailored announcements, even to the level of a leisure centre in Helensburgh (credited to Ruth Davidson.)  Keeping the local lieges happy.
The only exception to that policy would appear to be the sugar tax. Tory folk are wondering whether such a move is intuitively Conservative. Weren't they against new taxes?  Weren't they against prescribing for individual lifestyles?
Certainly, sundry naughty MSPs are recalling that Ruth Davidson expressed such views rather forcibly in a previous interview in which her essential "libertarian" soul railed against taxing sugar. Would it, she demanded, be the Curly Wurly next?
Mr Osborne set the announcement in the context of encouraging a healthy outlook. This aspect was reinforced by the plan to divert any revenue raised to school sport in England, with a Barnett consequential chunk for Scotland.
More cynical observers saw the move as a way to mask a tax rise. "It is all about the spondulicks", said one senior politician. Either way, the industry now has two years in which to respond before the tax kicks in.
More generally, though, the Budget was calibrated - at least in part - to enthuse supporters of the PM and thus underline the case for backing him in the EU referendum.
Indeed, Mr Osborne made this point explicitly when he cited the Office for Budget Responsibility as warning of the disruption which might attend Brexit, while stressing that the OBR remained politically neutral.
The income tax moves are particularly intriguing here in Scotland, coming on a day when the Scottish Parliament will endorse the new tax powers en route to Holyrood. Those tax powers will be in play from April 2017.
That means it is open to MSPs to decline to implement the Chancellor's plan to increase the threshold at which higher rate income tax kicks in. Labour and the Liberal Democrats have criticised the scheme - and pointed to their own distinctive tax plans.
The Scottish Conservatives back the Chancellor in line with their argument that Scotland should, at a very minimum, keep pace with the UK tax levies.
And the SNP? John Swinney, the Finance Secretary, told me he was not persuaded of the need to cut the levy upon higher earners at this point - which will be the result of the Chancellor's move. However, he stressed we had to await the detail of his party's proposals.
As forecast, today's Holyrood debate on new powers was relatively tame, although notably consensual. There were even tears, mostly from the presiding officer, as departing MSPs Alex Salmond and Duncan McNeil delivered their final speeches.
Mr Salmond, as is his cheeky way, had a little sting in the tail. It was, he said: "Goodbye from me. For now." He explained later that he meant that he would hope to return in the event that Holyrood became an independent parliament.
PS:  I will be conducting a webcast interview with Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Labour leader, at the end of this week. Could use loads more questions for her. Please respond.
PPS: On the subject of the EU referendum, I chanced this morning to be casually re-reading Roy Hattersley's elegantly droll memoir, Who Goes Home?  (Little, Brown, 1995)
Mr Hattersley was a minister, frequently dealing with European matters, when Britain last voted in a European referendum in 1975.
On divisions within Labour, the then governing party, he notes: "The referendum which followed was not an attempt to hide the divisions in the party's ranks. The gulf was too wide and deep to be hidden by any contrivance of that sort."
On the choice confronting voters, he argues:  "They put a cross against their prejudices and - most important of all - supported the position taken up by the politicians they supported.
"A referendum campaign with Harold Wilson, Ted Heath, Roy Jenkins, David Steel and (rather reluctantly) Margaret Thatcher on one side and Enoch Powell, Tony Benn, Barbara Castle and Jack Jones of the Transport and General Workers Union on the other can only have one result.
"If we ever have another referendum in this country, it will be decided on much the same, irrelevant and inadequate, considerations".


About 100 people have attended a protest in west Belfast against paramilitary attacks.

It was organised by the Workers' Party after the murder of Dan Murray on Monday night.
The protest took place on Wednesday night on the Grosvenor Road, close to where the 55-year-old takeaway delivery driver was shot.
The crowd was addressed by community and political representatives, who called for an end to the violence.
Police officers also handed out leaflets urging people to give information about crime to the police.
Monday night's murder was the third shooting in a 24-hour period.
A teenager and another man were also shot in paramilitary-style attacks in north Belfast.
Their injuries were not life-threatening.
Workers' Party representative Chris Bailie said people in west Belfast were "absolutely disgusted" by Mr Murray's and other violence in the area.
"We are here as a community to unite against these attacks," he said.
"We can't let these people think they can dictate the agenda and rule by fear and intimidation.
"They want to ignore democracy and the rule of law, but we can see by the growing crowds that people are willing to show their faces in the face of intimidation."


More than 700 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed and a further 800 injured in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabian officials say.

The crush happened at Mina, which is the location for a key ritual - symbolically stoning the devil by throwing pebbles against three pillars.


In June of this year presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Jenni Murray, underwent a sleeve gastrectomy - a form of weight-loss surgery - which removed a large section of her stomach.

21 October 2015 Last updated at 18:17 BST
Since having the operation, she has lost over four stone in weight and her symptoms of type 2 diabetes have gone into remission.
Leading surgeons say the surgery not only drastically reduces a person's weight, but it can have a side-effect on the gut, which causes dangerous sugar levels to return to normal.
Last year the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said people with recent type 2 diabetes diagnoses should be assessed for surgery as soon as possible.
Speaking to Adrian Goldberg for Radio 4's The Report, Jenni Murray says we need to stop moralising about weight-loss surgery, and that a salad and exercise approach to treating obesity does not work for everyone.


Poverty among people who are working has risen despite a recovery in the UK economy, a  study has suggested.

High rental housing costs mean an estimated 3.8 million workers - one in eight - are in poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).
It said in-work poverty was up by 1.1 million since 2010-11, and 55% of those in poverty were in working families.
People with less than 60% of median income are classified as poor. Overall poverty was down, the government said.
Its figures suggested poverty numbers had been falling compared to six years ago.
"Since 2010, the number of people living in poverty has fallen by 300,000 but we know there is more to do. We are increasing the National Living Wage and taking millions of people out of income tax, to make sure it always pays to be in work," a government spokesman said.
Ahmed: Theresa May's poverty headache
The government has vowed to focus on those facing the financial squeeze despite being in work - dubbed the "just about managing" families.
In her first statement as Prime Minister, Theresa May, said: "If you're from an ordinary working-class family, life is much harder than many people in Westminster realise. You have a job but you don't always have job security."
Amelia Graham, a mother-of-two from Liverpool, works for 30 hours a week but says she has no long-term guarantee of work. Her wage is topped up by Universal Credit.
The charity worker says that after paying rent and utility bills, she has just £66 a week left.
"I feel like I am constantly begging and borrowing off my family just to keep things ticking over. I am absolutely dreading Christmas," Ms Graham says.
"There is no movement in my budget to be able to save and put away."
Visiting a food bank for help was "embarrassing", she adds.
Yet, the JRF said that the economy "is not working for low-income families".
Its report suggested 7.4 million people, including 2.6 million children, were living in poverty despite being in working households. There was growing insecurity underneath the positive economic picture, including rising levels of employment, it said.
"The economy has been growing since 2010 but during this time high rents, low wages and cuts to working-age benefits mean that many families, including working households, have actually seen their risk of poverty grow," said Helen Barnard, head of analysis at the JRF.
"As it negotiates Brexit, it is vital that the government does not allow its focus to slip from the domestic concerns that make a huge difference to people who are just about managing. This report shows that people on low incomes cannot rely on economic growth and rising employment alone to improve their financial prospects.
"Families who are just about managing urgently need action to drive up real-term wages, provide more genuinely affordable homes and fill the gap caused by cuts to Universal Credit, which will cost a working family of four almost £1,000 per year."
There is better news in the report on pensioner poverty and the number of people in workless families in poverty, which are both improved compared to 10 years ago. Attainment levels among young people have also risen compared with 10 years ago and five years ago.
The lone parent employment rate is improved, but workers in poverty was worse than 10 and five years ago.
Analysis of the recent Autumn Statement by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggested workers would feel the squeeze on pay for more than a decade - earning less in real terms in 2021 than they did in 2008.
The Resolution Foundation also suggested that the biggest losers between now and 2020 would be lower income families, with the poorest third likely to see incomes drop.
The JRF study suggested that in-work poverty was driven by housing costs, especially in the private rented sector, where the numbers living in poverty had doubled to 4.5 million in a decade.
This was the key factor behind London recording the highest poverty rate at 27% - 6% above the UK average, according to the study.
A recent report by property agent Savills forecast that rents across the UK would rise considerably faster than house prices over the next five years. It predicted that rents will go up by 19% between now and 2021, while house prices will only rise by 13%.
The charity called for more affordable housing to be built, alongside the reversal of various cuts to welfare and the end of the freeze on working-age benefits.
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "A fair day's work should mean a fair day's pay. But wages are simply too low, and millions are struggling to afford the basics, even when they are working hard.
"After the financial crisis, UK wages fell further than in any other developed country except Greece. It is time for employers to give their staff fair pay and decent hours, while the government should lift the public sector pay cap and invest in our economy."
The chief executive of Child Poverty Action Group, Alison Garnham, said: "Since 2010, the poverty gap - the distance below the poverty line that the typical family living in poverty finds themselves - increased by 13%.
"A typical family under the poverty line is now £57.40 per week short, after housing costs, of the official poverty line. Parents in poverty are more deprived than they were at the start of the financial crisis."
Where can I afford to live?


Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal expects defender Luke Shaw to be out of action for at least six months after breaking his leg.

Shaw, 20, broke his right leg in two places in the Champions League defeat by PSV Eindhoven on 15 September and returned home four days later.
"He will be out at least six months. You can't predict the development of the rehabilitation," Van Gaal said.
"There is always more - and then he has to get fit."
If Shaw were available again in March, it would give him time to get fit for England's Euro 2016 campaign, which starts in June.
The full-back will use electro muscle stimulation to retain strength in his leg as it recovers.
"It is not easy and Luke knows he has a long way to go but the most important thing is he is mentally very strong," added Van Gaal.


A woman sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of faking her own rape says she is now fighting to clear her name.

Layla Ibrahim, from Carlisle, was convicted of perverting the course of justice in 2010 and served 18 months of her sentence, giving birth in prison.
But she told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she "finally" had enough new information to prove her innocence.
The Crown Prosecution Service said prosecutions for such cases were rare.
Ibrahim has now asked the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the statutory body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice, to review her case.
According to her legal team, her bloodstained ring was not tested for DNA during the original police investigation, and neither were her shoes and leggings.
Also, a witness told the police at the time they had seen "intimidating" men in the area, but that was not followed up, nor entered into evidence in the original trial.
She arrived at her sister's house in Carlisle in the early hours of 4 January 2009, claiming she had been attacked while returning from a night out with friends.
Her dress, bra and leggings were damaged.
She had received a blow to her head, had scratches and bruising to her knees, breasts and face, and was bleeding from the vagina.
She told police she had lost consciousness after being attacked by two men, but was unsure if she had been sexually assaulted.
"I want my name cleared," she says. "I've always fought for this - I've not just spent eight years sitting around, I've tried and always wanted to do it.
"At the very beginning the police believed me, but within three or four days it was becoming evident they didn't."
Ibrahim told officers she had defended herself against the men with a pair of scissors from her handbag, but that one of them had taken the scissors and cut her hair.
She was taken for a forensic examination, in which a blond pubic hair was discovered, but, her lawyers say, this evidence was destroyed in a laboratory during DNA testing.
"I'm talking because I've finally got enough evidence to take it to court," she says.
But prosecutors suggested Ibrahim may have faked the attack in order to gain sympathy and to get back at a friend who had refused to help her get a cab that night and her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had recently argued.
Police brought up inconsistencies in her evidence, and the prosecution said lumps of her hair had been found too far away from where she had claimed to have been attacked, suggesting she had cut her own hair and dress.
"Of course there are people who don't believe me, and it's something that I'm strong enough now to take," she says.
"I would like to see someone jailed for what they did to me, for the eight years they had of my life. The main priority, though, is to have my name cleared.
"I suffer with anxiety often and can't leave my house much, which is hard.
"I get night terrors, which are flashbacks - sometimes waking up feeling like I'm still there at the attack, and other times I wake up terrified."
When sentencing her in 2010, Judge Paul Batty QC said her behaviour throughout the proceedings had been "irresponsible in the extreme and many would say wicked".
He told her he was "entirely clear in this case that you craved attention".
"You wanted your friends to think they had left you in the position where they thought you were the subject of a serious sexual attack. You wanted to teach them a lesson," he said.
Ibrahim did not appeal while in prison, claiming her barrister told her not to because there was no new evidence. She became a mother for the first time soon after she was jailed, when her daughter was born in August 2010.
A spokesman for Cumbria police said: "The case was investigated at the time and Layla Ibrahim was convicted at crown court.
"Pending a potential review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time."
A CPS spokesman said: "Prosecutions for these offences are rare and by their very nature will be complex and require sensitive handling.
"Any case brought before the courts must have met the strict test that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.
"For this offence, the evidence must show that a clear complaint was made and we can prove that complaint was false."
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.


Scientists claim to have discovered why diluting whisky with water can enhance its taste.

Their study suggests that the taste of a compound called guaiacol is stronger when the spirit is diluted prior to bottling.
This taste may be more pronounced when additional water is added in the glass.
The findings of BjÃ¶rn Karlsson and Ran Friedman are based on computer simulations and are published in the latest edition of Scientific Reports.
Before it is bottled, whisky is diluted to around 40% alcohol by volume, with the addition of water.
Whisky drinkers often add a few drops of water to the spirit in order to further enhance the taste.
The scientists findings' focus on guaiacol - a compound more commonly found in Scottish whiskies than those from Ireland or the US.
They discovered that where concentrations of ethanol were less than 45%, guaiacol was found near the surface of the liquid, where it contributes to its taste and smell.
Where alcohol concentrations are above 59%, the molecule is driven into the solution, away from the surface.
The report states: "This indicates that the taste of guaiacol in the whisky would be enhanced upon dilution prior to bottling.
"Our findings ...could contribute to optimising the production of spirits for desired tastes."
But Vic Cameron, a independent whisky consultant who teaches at the Edinburgh Whisky Academy, asked why the research needed to be done.
"Some whiskies taste better with a little bit of water - some don't," he said.
"It's such a subjective thing - it's personal taste, down to the individual."
He added: "They've over-scienced it, if that's a word. To me, it's almost irrelevant."


A former policeman has been jailed for four years for child sex offences involving a young girl in Bedfordshire.

Steven Saxon, 57, from Milton Keynes, attacked the girl in Leighton Buzzard over a two year period when she was aged between 10 and 12 years old.
Luton Crown Court was told the young girl told her mother in 2012 what had been going on and Saxon was arrested.
He was found guilty of seven offences of sexual assault on a girl under 13 following a trial.
Saxon, of Redding Grove, Crownhill, Milton Keynes, had spent 31 years with Bedfordshire Police.
The court heard he had massaged the girl and touched her bottom and breasts.
Toby Long, defending, said his client had always maintained he was an innocent man.
He told Judge Michael Kay QC: "In accordance with my client's instructions you will be sending an innocent man to prison.
"It's his case that he told the truth at his trial."
Judge Kay told Saxon he had groomed the girl.
"Your position is that I am sending an innocent man to prison, but that is not the verdict of the jury and I abide by the verdict of the jury."
He said his name would go on the sex offenders' register.


A maths teacher whose sexual abuse of a teenage girl led her to attempt suicide has been jailed.

Richard Ariss, 28, of Alford Close, Exeter, Devon, admitted three counts of inciting a child to take part in sexual activity.
His victim was 14 when Ariss coerced her into abusing herself while he listened to what she was doing.
He was jailed for 12 months at Exeter Crown Court.
Recorder Mr Andrew Oldland, QC, also imposed a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order on Ariss, restricting his contact with children in the future and ordered him to remain on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
Ariss started grooming the teenager in September 2014 after her parents contacted him through Facebook to arrange private tuition.
The girl, now aged 16, told the court she had lost her trust in teachers and lived in fear of Ariss coming after her for reporting his abuse.
"I have struggled to sleep, I have self-harmed and taken an overdose," she said.
"My grades have suffered and I cannot do the subject he taught because it reminds me of it all.
"I am scared of teachers who are nice to me because it reminds me of how it all started. My trust in teachers has vanished."
The recorder told Ariss his actions had been a gross breach of trust and that teachers were "supposed to protect pupils, not to abuse them."
"This was planned and pre-meditated... it was a classic case of what is called grooming."


Premiership newcomers Bristol have signed Georgia international lock Giorgi Nemsadze from French second-tier side Tarbes.

The 31-year-old lock has made 62 international Test appearances, playing at both the 2011 and 2015 World Cups.
Nemsadze has also played for Montauban and Valence d'Agen among others.
Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson said Nemsadze, at 6ft 5ins and weighing more than 120kg, "fits the bill for a Premiership lock".
Robinson continued: "He's heavy, abrasive and he's been a key part of a Georgia forward pack that has enjoyed considerable success at international level.
"We recruit players that fit the mould of the standards and culture we expect at Bristol Rugby. Giorgi not only brings with him the knowledge of playing in France for nearly 10 years, but also that physical intensity we are striving for."


The General Dental Council is calling for tougher controls on who is allowed to carry out teeth whitening in the UK.

Thousands of people have their teeth whitened every year in High Streets and shopping centres, by staff with no formal dental training.
After complaints about poor treatment, the council says teeth whitening is a dental procedure so only dental professionals should administer it.
However, teeth-whitening companies say it is a cosmetic not dental process.
The law in this area is unclear as teeth whitening was uncommon when the 1984 Dentists Act came into force.
The act says only dentists can perform dental procedures.
Teeth whitening is a way of lightening the natural colour of teeth using bleaching methods.
People often want it because their teeth have become discoloured through drinking, eating, smoking and with age.
One of the most common forms of teeth whitening is through laser treatment.
This involves putting a bleaching gel on the teeth, which are then exposed to an LED light for 15 to 30 minutes.
General Dental Council (GDC) chief executive and registrar Evlynne Gilvarry said: "Over the last few years we have received hundreds of complaints from the public and dental professionals about poor tooth whitening."
BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast spoke to Paula, who regrets having her teeth whitened at a beauty salon.
She said: "My teeth lost their shine, they were almost opaque. My gums went white, and my teeth were so sensitive after the treatment that even just the fresh air hurt them."
Paula went to dentist Dr Wyman Chan to put right the work.
He said: "The enamel on Paula's teeth had been stripped away, so I had to put an alkaline substance on her teeth to heal it.
"Her gums were also damaged by the bleach, which had not been properly applied."
Dr Chan says lots of patients have come to him after having a bad experience of teeth whitening.
"If you go to a non-dental professional, any dental problems would be missed. And they really have no idea about what they're doing," he said.
But Edward Mills, from the company Smart-Smile, told 5 Live Breakfast: "I have never had a single complaint from a customer.
"I welcome further regulation of the industry, but think the GDC should only clamp down on non-dentists who use peroxide-based whitening treatments, and not the chlorine-dioxide treatments, which I use, because they are safe."
The GDC says it does not distinguish between treatments and only dentists and dental-care professionals should be allowed to whiten people's teeth in the UK.
The council successfully prosecuted the director of a national chain of tooth-whitening salons in March this year - and is warning it will bring similar proceedings in the future.
Its view is supported by the Department of Health, which says tooth whitening should be performed by a suitably trained and competent dentist or dental-care professional.
A survey conducted by the GDC and exclusively revealed to 5 live Breakfast found more than 80% of the 1,021 adults polled thought teeth whitening should be carried out only by a registered, trained and qualified dental professional.


South Africa have agreed to play Australia in a day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval in November.

It will be the second pink-ball Test at the venue, following last November's game between Australia and New Zealand.
The South Africa players reportedly had concerns over the ball's visibility after hearing feedback from Australia players who featured in that match.
Australia will also play a day-night Test against Pakistan at the Gabba in Brisbane starting on 15 December.
New Zealand hope to play a day-night Test as part of England's tour in early 2018.


A daily aspirin tablet may help prevent bowel cancer, a study suggests.

Oxford University found it cut cases by a quarter and deaths by more than a third in a review of 14,000 patients.
Aspirins are already widely used to help protect people against strokes and heart problems, although many healthy middle-aged people do not take them because of the risk of side-effects.
But researchers said their findings - published by the Lancet - "tipped the balance" in favour of taking them.
They followed up four study groups over a period of 20 years to identify the impact of regular small doses of of the drug - the tablets given for medical reasons are often a quarter of a strength of those used to treat headaches.
They found it reduced the risk of the incidence of bowel cancer by 24% and of dying from the disease by 35%.
And even though regular aspirin use can have side-effects, the researchers said it was still worthwhile as on such low doses these tended to be relatively minor, such as bruising or nose bleeds.
One in 20 people in the UK develops bowel cancer over their lifetime, making it the third most common cancer. About 16,000 people die each year as a result of it.
The findings build on previous research on the issue, and come after the government announced earlier this month it was looking to start a new screening programme for bowel cancer for 55-year-olds.
Lead researcher Professor Peter Rothwell said the screening would provide the perfect opportunity for doctors to discuss with their patients about whether to take aspirin.
"To date, for healthy middle-aged people it has been a fine balance as to whether to take aspirins, but this tips it in my view.
"There is a small benefit for vascular disease and now we know a big benefit for this cancer. In the future, I am sure it will be shown that aspirin helps prevent other cancers too."
He added those with a high risk of bowel cancer, including the obese and those with a family history of the disease, should give aspirin treatment a particular consideration.
Mark Flannagan, chief executive of Beating Bowel Cancer, said they were "very positive" findings and giving aspirin alongside the new screening programme should be looked at.
But he added: "Anyone considering starting a course of medication should first consult their GP."


Narendra Modi is the most physically demonstrative Indian leader in years.

During his visit to the US, he enveloped Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg in a massive hug and reprised the embrace with President Barack Obama in New York. In August, he hugged the crown prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan,  inspiring some droll memes.
Mr Modi has also hugged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. The mother of all hugs came in January with a humongous embrace of President Obama. Delirious Indian news channels ran tickers screaming 'Modi/Obama hug' because, as The New York Times reported, "this was not expected". The newspaper dubbed the development as a "quadrilateral security hug".
Whatever the case, Mr Modi has learned to stop worrying about public displays of affection when he meets the rich and the powerful: Google "Modi hugging", and it spits out more than 300,000 results in under a second.
Indians and their politicians are not known for being so touchy-feely. Cuban leader Fidel Castro scandalised many Indians when he gave former prime minister Indira Gandhi a huge hug during a summit in Delhi in 1983. Mrs Gandhi, wrote a biographer Pranay Gupte, "never an emotionally demonstrative person, visibly recoiled from the hug, managing only a faintly polite smile in the interest of diplomatic niceties".
Even Mr Modi was different in his early days as a party functionary in Delhi. Biographer Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay remembers him as a "warm and affectionate man and his overall body language touched a chord". Much later, as the chief minister of Gujarat, he could be a "bit cold and remote" with his peers at meetings, "shaking hands and maybe touching somebody on his shoulders if he knew somebody particularly well".
"But this is different, this hugging spree. He was never so overt and aggressive in his public display of affection," says Mr Mukhopadhyay. "His bear hugs are to convey the message that he's the representative of more than a billion Indians. He's saying 'I have demographic clout'.
"And he's sending the message back home that 'I am being respected around the world, so respect me at home and give me your votes'. It's a powerful piece of imagery."
People see before they hear, and a leader's body language is a vital asset. The ritual of shaking hands is all about restraint and respect. Hugs go beyond the formal protocol - they show affection, comradeship and spontaneity. Mr Modi, clearly, believes that hugs fetch more dividends; they are not about cuddly politics alone.
The body language is also tweaked to cater to different audiences. Sociologist Shiv Visvanathan says Mr Modi has three core audiences: the diaspora, foreign leaders and the Indian people.
"To the Indian masses, he speaks from a great distance. To the diaspora, he speaks with a sense of conviviality. To the world leaders, he changes his body language, gives them big hugs," says Dr Visvanathan.
"The effort is too obvious. He's trying to tell the world that he's an equal, a friend and he's very affectionate. Mr Modi is a performer. At the same time, he has become a caricature of himself. This worries me. I would like my leader to have more confidence."


Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says he is a "tailor" who will make the "best dress" for Chelsea to get them back into the Champions League.

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He also confirmed that John Terry will continue as captain at Stamford Bridge after signing a new deal in May.
Conte was speaking at his first news conference since being unveiled as Chelsea manager.
"Chelsea belongs in the Champions League and we must stay there," he said.
"I know only the road to take the club back to competing and winning the title - work, work, work.
"The coach is a tailor who must make the best dress for the team. Last season in 10th was a bad season, but we must think to the present."
Conte, who took his first training session at the club on Wednesday, said the "right spirit" was vital for Chelsea as they push to get back into the Champions League.
The former Italy national team manager also said he would call on another Italian for tips about the Premier League - Leicester City's former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri: "He is a lovely man and I will ask him for a bit of advice."
Conte said that he and the club "took the decision together" to offer captain John Terry a one-year contract extension after the Italian was appointed one month before Terry's contract expired.
"I repeat, John Terry is an important player for me, the club and the fans," he said.
"He signed a new contract in May and we took the decision together. We were very pleased and very happy he signed a new deal.
"I spoke to him at different times and he was very happy to sign."
Conte denied that there was pressure on him ahead of his debut season in the Premier League, stating he was "born with pressure."
"I suffer during the game and I won't let my players see this, or the fans see this," he said.  "I hope there is a small flame flickering that can eventually grow into a blazing inferno.
'The pressure for me is not important. I was born with pressure. It's the norm when you are a player or manager of a great club.
"We must fight for the title, we belong in the Champions League and we must stay there. Every manager has his own idea of football and I want to transfer my ideas to the players."
Conte made his first signing at the start of July when Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi joined on a five-year contract for £33m.
"He's a young player but very strong with good technique. He uses two feet, a great talent. I am very happy that Batshuayi stays with us," Conte said.
"You don't need to take just the champions, you need to take those who can adapt to our football and our philosophy."
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Conte waved off an invitation to give himself a Jose Mourinho-esque nickname, but emphasised his hard work ethic that he wanted to bring to Stamford Bridge.
"I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but I have a great passion for football, for my team, for my work," Conte added.
"I like to stay with my players in training - to play with them, to lose with them. I have great passion and I want to transfer that to my players and fans.
"In this tournament it is not a challenge between managers. It is between great teams and great players. These are the most important things."
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Demonstrators in the southern Syrian city of Deraa have set fire to several buildings during a third consecutive day of protests, witnesses say.

One report said the buildings targeted included the headquarters of the ruling Baath Party.
Police tried to disperse protesters in the southern city, and one demonstrator was reportedly killed.
Violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces on Friday left at least four people dead.
The protests on Sunday came as a government delegation arrived in Deraa to offer condolences for those killed.
Residents told Reuters news agency that protesters had set fire to symbols of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, including the Baath Party building, a courthouse and two branches of a phone company owned by the president's cousin.
Earlier, protesters in Deraa called for an end to Syria's 48-year-old emergency law, and for the dismissal of officials involved in Friday's crackdown, reports said.
Activists were quoted as saying that police had used tear gas and live ammunition to try to clear demonstrators, and that one protester had been shot dead and dozens of others injured.
The protesters are said to be in control of the centre of the city and to have turned a mosque into a field hospital.
Syria's official news agency carried a denial that anyone had been killed.
Roads into Deraa have been blocked and there have been military helicopters flying over the city, activists said.
The internet, electricity and most communications are now blocked in the city, witnesses told the BBC.
Protests were also reported in other parts of the country on Friday and Sunday, and human rights activists said the authorities had been arresting those who took part.
Syrian President Assad, whose Baath party has dominated politics in the country for almost 50 years, tolerates little dissent.
The BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones reports from neighbouring Lebanon that Syrian authorities are using a combination of force and concessions to try to prevent further protests.
The government said it would release 15 children arrested for spraying revolutionary slogans on walls in Deraa, and it has announced a three-month reduction in the length of compulsory military service across the country.
The official news agency has tried to explain the security forces' use of live ammunition by saying that instigators impersonating security officials have misled the police into using violence and live bullets.
So far Syria has remained unaffected by demands for change in the Arab world, but it now seems the government is facing a challenge to its authority, our correspondent says.


A technician standing behind me was really nervous during the launch countdown at Vostochny, a new space centre in Russia's Far East.
It was the second launch attempt - a day after the previous one had been aborted at the last minute.
I noticed that some of the technician's colleagues also had pale faces and had crossed their fingers.
It emerged later that a cable malfunction had led to the postponement of Wednesday's launch.
This time there was relief for Russia's federal space agency, Roscosmos, as the Soyuz rocket, carrying three satellites, blasted off and the booster stage separated.
President Vladimir Putin had travelled 5,500km (3,500 miles) to watch the launch and was in a black mood after Wednesday's cancellation, berating Vostochny's managers for the financial scandals that have blighted this prestige project.
As the rocket soared away from Earth the tension evaporated - the crowd around me was laughing, hugging, drinking champagne.
Only the essential launchpad structures have been finished at Vostochny, which is still a big building site. The original plan was to have it all ready by December 2015.
When we inspected the launchpad later it appeared to be in good shape. A huge metal covering for the service cabin had plunged onto a concrete chute for the rocket exhaust gases. But a specialist insisted that the damage was not serious.
Hours earlier President Putin had warned of consequences for the management failures at Vostochny.
"If their guilt is proven, they will have to change their warm beds at home for plank-beds in prison," Mr Putin said, commenting on the arrest of four senior people involved in the project.
Only hours after Vostochny's first launch one of those managers received a three-year jail sentence for massive embezzlement.
Vostochny is a pet project for Mr Putin. Russia's ambition is to develop it as the main civilian space centre, eventually replacing Baikonur, the Soviet-era cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Baikonur has potential political risks, being outside Russia.
So Vostochny has political and propaganda significance: it must prove that, despite international sanctions and a struggling economy, Russia can still complete a new cosmodrome and run it efficiently.
The next day I asked Roscosmos head Igor Komarov how he had felt before the second, successful, launch attempt.
"How do you think I felt?" he answered, grim-faced.
The authorities were so nervous that they banned all live broadcasting before the launch and for the 10 minutes after lift-off.
But Roscosmos officials have spoken optimistically about Vostochny becoming a centre for international space co-operation in future.
The Plesetsk cosmodrome, in Russia's Arctic north, will remain the centre for military space launches.
Away from the launchpad, much of the infrastructure at Vostochny remains unfinished. The engineers are in no hurry now; the next launch will not take place until next year.


England Under-21s won the Toulon Tournament for the first time since 1994 after beating hosts France 2-1 in the final on Sunday.

Gareth Southgate's side went ahead in Avignon through Lewis Baker's looping header after eight minutes, his fourth goal of the tournament.
Baker's Chelsea team-mate Ruben Loftus-Cheek then doubled the lead with a composed finish from 15 yards.
Abdou Diallo's close-range finish gave France hope but England held on.
The win means England end the tournament with a perfect record of five wins from five, having also defeated Portugal, Paraguay, Guinea and Japan en route to the final.
They scored 15 goals in total - seven of those coming in a rout of Guinea - with Baker's four goals ensuring he finishes as the tournament's top scorer.
"I think we were the best team today and the best team in the tournament. But you have to get over the line," Southgate told FATV.
"I thought the players were exceptional, not just today but the whole two weeks. They've been a pleasure to work with.
"This win should give them confidence, both collectively and individually."
England: Pickford, Iorfa, Targett, Chalobah, Chambers, Hause, Watmore (Swift 65), Ward-Prowse (c), Loftus-Cheek (Stephens 90), Redmond, Baker.


After having lived for decades in the shadow of the Soviet Union, Finland is now well settled in the European Union.

Following its defeat at the hands of the Soviet Union in the Second World War, the country endured strong influence from Moscow during the Cold War, though retaining its sovereignty.
When the Soviet Union collapsed Finland joined the EU and is the only Nordic EU member to use the euro as its national currency.
The country spends heavily on education, training and research - investment which pays dividends by delivering one of the best-qualified workforces in the world.
Two pillars of the Finnish economy have been in serious decline in recent years: the timber industry, amid a drop in global demand for paper, and Nokia, once a source of national pride but which lost its spot as world leader in mobile phones in 2012, before its mobile phone unit was finally sold.
Population 5.4 million
Area 338,145 sq km (130,559 sq miles)
Major languages Finnish, Swedish
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 77 years (men), 83 years (women)
Currency  euro
President: Sauli Niinisto
Sauli Niinisto (left) won the presidential election in 2012 to become the country's first conservative head of state in five decades.
He is the first president from the conservative National Coalition Party since 1956, and the first in 30 years from a party other than the Social Democrats.
The victory of the pro-Europe politician suggested that voters wanted to keep the country in the eurozone despite misgivings over European Union bailouts.
Mr Niinisto is credited with leading Finland's economy towards growth following the collapse of the Soviet Union, during his tenure as finance minister from 1996 to 2001.
Finland's president has a largely ceremonial role with fewer powers now than in previous decades, and is not directly involved in daily politics, but is seen as an important shaper of public opinion.
Prime Minister: Juha Sipila
Juha Sipila became prime minister in April 2015 following his Centre Party victory in the parliamentary election.
He heads a coalition government made up of the Centre Party, the Finns Party and the National Coalition Party.
In 2016, he faced accusations of trying to suppress an online report by public broadcast YLE of an alleged conflict of interest relating to his family; he insisted he did not try to influence the editor into taking down the story.
Described as a millionaire, Mr Sipila made his fortune managing several electronics and financial services companies in the late 1980s and 1990s.
He entered politics in 2011, becoming a member of parliament for the first time, and a year later was elected chairman of the Centre Party.
Finland has made broadband access a legal right for every citizen.
By 2015 more than 93% of the population was online, one of the highest rates of internet penetration in the European Union.
Some key events in Finland's history:
1809 - Finland is ceded to Russia by Sweden, which has dominated the country since the 1300s. The Finns retain a considerable amount of autonomy.
1899 onwards - Attempt at Russification of Finland, including conscription of Finnish men into the Russian army and the imposition of Russian as an official language. Campaign of civil disobedience begins.
1906 - Parliament Act establishes universal suffrage, including the right for women to stand for elected office, for the first time in Europe.
1917 - The Russian Revolution allows Finland to declare its independence.
1918 - Civil war. A rebellion by leftwing Red Guards is put down by General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.
1939 - Winter War: Despite fierce resistance to invading Soviet troops, the Finns are forced to concede 10% of their territory.
1941-44 - The Continuation War: Conflict between Finland and the Soviet Union during the Second World War, which ended in an armistice and Finland having to pay reparations.
1948 - Finland signs friendship treaty with the Soviet Union, and throughout Cold War pursues a policy of friendly neutrality towards Moscow.
1992 - Friendship treaty with Soviet Union of 1948 declared null and void following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Finland turns increasingly towards the west.
1995 - Finland joins the European Union.


A motorcyclist who was injured in a crash in Ballymartin, County Down, at the weekend has died in hospital.

The man's bike was in collision with a car in the village at around noon on Sunday.
It happened close to the junction with the Kilkeel Road and Pat's Road. The man's name has not been released.
Police said the car driver is assisting officers with their inquiries.


Notorious convicted killer Carlos the Jackal, who carried out a string of attacks in the 1970s and 80s, is to go on trial again in France for the murder of two people in 1974.

A self-styled professional revolutionary from Venezuela, he is accused of throwing a grenade in Paris that also left 34 people wounded.
Carlos the Jackal's real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez.
After years on the run, he was caught in 1994 and jailed for life.
An investigating judge specialising in anti-terror cases had ordered the latest prosecution, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Tuesday.
Ramirez, 64, had admitted carrying out the 15 September 1974 attack on the Drugstore Saint-Germain in an Algerian newspaper five years later, French media said.
He has already been given a life sentence for killing 11 people and wounding another 150 in four attacks dating back to the early 1980s:
Ramirez has also been linked to several other attacks outside France.
Francoise Rudetzki, head of France's national victims of crime federation, told France Info radio that the latest move was "a victory for justice, the victims and of being able to get a message to the terrorists".
Whatever the period of time, there would be no escape and they would have to answer for their actions, she said.


Promotion-chasing Walsall suffered late heartbreak as League One strugglers Blackpool snatched a dramatic leveller.

The Seasiders went close in the first half through Jack Redshaw, who forced a fine save from Neil Etheridge.
Walsall took a 66th-minute lead when Anthony Taylor's cross-shot found Jason Demetriou at the far post for a tap-in.
But Uche Ikpeazu's free-kick deflected into the path of Danny Philliskirk, who poked into an empty net to level the scores in injury time.
Third-placed Walsall, who have a rearranged league game at Fleetwood in midweek ahead of next Saturday's FA Cup fourth round tie at Reading, finished the game without three of their key players.
Top scorer Tom Bradshaw, highly-rated teenage left back Rico Henry and Romaine Sawyers, who was feeling his hamstring, were all substituted.
Walsall head coach Sean O'Driscoll told BBC WM 95.6:
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"The players adapted really well to a difficult game. Blackpool were coming off an excellent 5-0 win against Scunthorpe.
"They came full of confidence and you can see from the first half that they were dangerous.
"We evolved as the game went on and controlled the second half. They didn't create a chance apart from the goal."


A bomb has exploded close to a shrine in the centre of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 120.

The Erawan Shrine, which was crowded at the time, is a major tourist attraction and foreigners, including Chinese, are among the casualties.
No-one has yet said they carried out the attack.
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said the bombers had "targeted foreigners... to damage tourism and the economy".
"We will hunt them down," he said.
Bangkok blast: The events of the day
Images from the scene
The Nation TV channel quoted Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha as saying the government would set up a "war room" to co-ordinate its response.
National police chief Somyot Poompummuang said that 10 Thais had been confirmed dead, along with one Chinese and one Filipino.
He said: "Whoever planted this bomb is cruel and aimed to kill. Planting a bomb there means they want to see a lot of people dead."
Thai police said 123 people had been injured. The government in Hong Kong said three of its residents were among those wounded.
The explosion occurred at about 19:00 local time (12:00 GMT).
The Bangkok Post quoted police as saying that 3kg of TNT had been stuffed in a pipe inside the shrine and that an electronic circuit suspected to have been used in the attack was found 30 metres from the scene.
Police checked the area for other devices but no further bombs have been found, the paper said.
The BBC's Jonathan Head, who was one of the first journalists at the scene, said there was a huge amount of chaos, with body parts scattered everywhere.
He says this is a very well-known shrine, next to a five-star hotel, and that people around it were hit by the full force of the blast.
Analysis: Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence and diplomatic correspondent
There is no previous history of attacks in the Thai capital on this scale or with such murderous intent. One possibility is that they might be the work of Malay-Muslim insurgents in the south who have been fighting Thai rule for more than a decade. However, they have never targeted Bangkok before and casualties from their attacks have been falling.
National political turmoil has prompted some low-level bomb attacks by rival factions in the past - but again, nothing on this scale. There also seem to be few, if any, links between Thai militants and groups like the so-called Islamic State.
The shrine is popular with Chinese tourists and this raises at least the possibility of a connection to the Uighurs - a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority in the far west of China. They complain of cultural and religious persecution at the hands of the Beijing authorities.
Last month more than 100 Uighurs were deported from Thailand to China - a move that prompted widespread condemnation. But while there are violent elements in the Uighur movement, an attack on this scale outside China would be unusual to say the least.
One bystander, Alessandro Ursic, told the BBC: "When I arrived they had already cleared the bodies from the ground outside the Erawan shrine but there were and there are still pieces of human flesh strewn around the intersection; it's really graphic."
The BBC's James Sales said: "I went into where the shrine is, where there were lots of bodies. I saw at least nine people unfortunately who looked like they had died and lots of Chinese tourists as well.
"I tried to administer CPR to one particular guy who was in his 40s... he was Chinese... but I doubt he made it."
Bangkok explosion
Eyewitness accounts of the blast - "There was total chaos"
CCTV footage - captures the moment of the explosion
The Erawan Shrine - popular with locals and tourists
Mobile phone footage captures the blast
'I gave one man CPR' says BBC man
The shrine is dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma, but is also visited by thousands of Buddhists each day. There are also three major shopping centres nearby.
The explosion was on the Ratchaprasong intersection, which has been the centre of political demonstrations in recent years.
Our correspondent, Jonathan Head, says bomb attacks in Bangkok are extremely rare.
There has been a Muslim insurgency, but this has been largely confined to the south of the country and attacks rarely take place elsewhere.
But Bangkok has seen a decade of sometimes violent rivalry between political factions.
The military took over ruling the country in May last year, removing an elected government following months of unrest. The capital has been relatively calm since then.
Analysts say one flashpoint could be within the military government itself. The annual promotion list is due out next month and it is thought to be a source of tension among the various cliques.


Too many pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in England lack crucial support, a poll of education staff suggests.

More than 80% of almost 600 staff, who responded to an Association of Teachers and Lecturers poll, said some pupils were being failed.
Ministers should provide "significant and immediate" extra cash, said ATL General Secretary Dr Mary Bousted.
The government said it wanted all children to reach their potential.
Of the 585 staff in English state schools who responded to the poll:
The survey follows a debate at the union's annual conference in April this year where delegates expressed fears that the identification and support of special needs pupils was being compromised.
A new special educational needs and disabilities code of practice came into force in England's schools two years ago.
Previously, the parents of special needs children had to ask for a local authority assessment, with the most severely affected children receiving "special needs statements".
At the time the government described the change as "a landmark moment", with "a simpler and more joined up system" stretching from birth to the age of 25, allowing education, health and care plans to replace special needs statements.
But many children with special educational needs or disabilities are now no longer eligible for government funding or support, according to 43% of those polled.
The union says new criteria mean that while pupils with complex or severe needs are eligible for high needs funding support, those with less complex needs such as dyslexia or dyspraxia do not automatically receive support.
As many as 200,000 previously identified as having special needs were not transferred into the new system, says the union.
Too many children "are slipping through the net completely," one primary teacher told the researchers.
"It's frustrating and heartbreaking," said another.
And a staff member at a secondary school said lack of funding meant they had halved the amount of support for children recognised as needing special support next year.
The 2014 changes were "an ambitious and well intentioned reform", said Dr Bousted.
But "unless the government provides significant and immediate additional funding the worrying situation we see now is likely to deteriorate further", she added.
The Department for Education said the "biggest changes to special needs provision in a generation" meant it had "increased high needs funding by over Â£90m this year and given councils Â£35.8m to help implement our changes effectively as well as improving support for families".
"Ensuring teachers are trained to have an understanding of the needs of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities is a key part of our drive to give all children access to the education they deserve," added a spokeswoman, who said this training would in future be a key part of initial teacher training.


A 300-bed spa hotel could be created on the Crichton Estate in Dumfries with an investment of up to £60m.

Discussions are said to be at an early stage with a potential North American developer.
The plans would also include an adjacent golf course and  "associated amenities".
A report to councillors said the development could be a "truly transformational" development for the region.
Meanwhile, plans have also been revealed to create a visitor centre in the crypt of the memorial church on the estate.
It is part of the latest investment and development strategy for the university and business complex.
The Crichton Trust and its associated development company have identified two priority projects for the next year.
One includes the creation of a visitor centre in the crypt of the church along with a proposed repair programme.
It is part of plans to increase the use of the building.
The other key project is the redevelopment of the south wing of the Easterbrook Hall which used to be a hydrotherapy suite.
It will involve the reinstatement of the pool as part of the development of a spa, bar and restaurant.
The combined cost of the two schemes is £809,000.
Permission is being sought to utilise £650,000 in capital funding previously committed by the council for the development of the campus.
The Crichton Trust said it will fund the shortfall and any future increase in project costs.


A new budget rail service between Edinburgh and London has been given the green light by the Rail Regulator.

The 10-year deal will allow First Group to operate five trains a day each way via intermediate stations at Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth from 2021.
It said average fares would be less than Â£25 and there would be only one class of carriage.
Stagecoach, which operates Virgin Trains East Coast on the same rails, has warned its revenue will be harmed.
Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) currently holds the franchise to run services on the line until at least March 2023.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) regulator has now granted approval for FirstGroup to launch open access services between London, north-east England and Edinburgh from 2021.
Perth-based Stagecoach Group - which owns 90% of VTEC - criticised the decision to allow FirstGroup to run competing services.
In a statement, Stagecoach chief executive Martin Griffiths said that open access competition with an established franchise was not in the interests of passengers or taxpayers.
He said it would assess the ruling from the ORR in detail, and "consider its options".
Virgin Trains East Coast has also won permission to increase its services on the line and its branches between Edinburgh and London, effective from May 2019 at the earliest and by May 2021.
It is also to boost services linking Bradford, Lincoln, Harrogate and Middlesbrough.
Tim O'Toole, chief executive of FirstGroup, said: "Our brand new trains will be cheaper than other rail services, greener than the plane, quicker than the coach and will get passengers from London to Edinburgh earlier than they can arrive now, and all for an average fare for less than Â£25."
ORR said the new services would give passengers more choice and provide more frequent trains to under-served towns and cities.
The regulator's director of railway markets and economics, John Larkinson, said: "Our decision has been informed by extensive analysis, formal industry hearings and detailed engagement with all parties.
"We have carefully weighed up the potential passenger benefits and the financial impacts on existing operators and the government, as we are required to do by law."


A man arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Suffolk couple is appealing against extradition back to the UK.

Ali Qazimaj, 42, has been arrested in Luxembourg in connection with the deaths of Sylvia and Peter Stuart.
Mr Stuart, 75, was found dead near their home in Weybread, on 3 June. Mrs Stuart yet to be found.
Mr Qazimaj, from Tilbury, appeared in a Luxembourg court on Friday. It is thought he caught a ferry to France the day after Mr Stuart was found dead.
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Police named Mr Qazimaj, a Kosovan immigrant, as a suspect on 6 June.
He is known to have caught a ferry from Dover to Calais, at around 18:30 on 4 June, after leaving his silver CitroÃ«n C3, in a cul-de-sac close to the ferry terminal.
Mr Qazimaj, who also goes by the name of Marco Costa, was found in a hostel in Luxembourg City by a worker who identified him from pictures on the internet.
Suffolk Police said officers had been told Mr Qazimaj intended to appeal against extradition.
"Detectives from Suffolk will continue to work with the National Crime Agency," the spokesman said. "The Crown Prosecution Service and authorities in Luxembourg to seek his extradition, after he was detained under a European Arrest Warrant."
Searches for Mrs Stuart, 69, have included ground probes and drone flights. Police confirmed late on Thursday they were treating her disappearance as murder.
Det Ch Supt Simon Parkes said; "We will await updates from Luxembourg with regards to the extradition progress, however here in the UK the focus continues to be on locating Sylvia."
Mr and Mrs Stuart were last seen on 29 May when they were captured on CCTV walking into Goodies Farm Shop in Wood Lane in Pulham Market, at around 10:20 BST.
The couple's son-in-law, Steve Paxman, 61, of Leicester, was arrested earlier this month in connection with the inquiry and released on bail.


Two grizzly bears who live at a zoo in San Diego in America have been given an icy treat.

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Fifteen tonnes of snow have been delivered to their enclosure at the zoo for the animals to enjoy.
Zookeepers say the bears like the snow and it puts them in a playful mood, triggering their natural instincts.
They're now hoping the weather in San Diego stays cool enough for it to last for a few days.


Inquests into deaths of 21 people in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings are to be reopened, a coroner has ruled.

Louise Hunt said there had been a "wealth of evidence that still has not been heard" about the atrocities.
The double bombing on 21 November 1974 is widely acknowledged to have been the work of the IRA.
It was the worst terrorist attack in Britain until the 7/7 bombings in London and left 21 dead and 222 injured.
The original hearings, opened days after the attacks, were not continued after the jailing of six men, whose convictions were later quashed.
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Julie Hambleton, whose 18-year-old sister Maxine was killed in the blasts, said: "All we want is to be heard - truth, justice and accountability."
Ms Hunt, the senior coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, heard there was evidence police had missed two potential warnings of the bomb attacks.
It included a comment made by men linked to the IRA in an overheard conversation that "Birmingham would be hit next week".
But, West Midlands Police had argued the coroner did not have the jurisdiction to hear the inquests, however Ms Hunt rejected their submission.
As recently as 12 May, the force's barrister Jeremy Johnson QC argued there was "simply no evidential basis" for reopening the hearings.
He added that it was the force's view that the "pieces of intelligence" it received from time to time about possible attacks could not "on a fair analysis" amount to advance warning of the bombings.
The blasts destroyed the Mulberry Bush pub at the base of the city's landmark Bullring Rotunda and the underground Tavern in the Town.
Those responsible have never faced justice and the only men to be tried for the crime - the Birmingham Six - had their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal in 1991 after 16 years in prison, after a botched investigation by the West Midlands force.
Ms Hunt reviewed a huge body of police evidence and heard submissions from the victims' relatives and other interested parties in February.
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6 men were wrongly convicted for the attacks and spent 16 years in jail before their acquittal
The hearing was told that the overheard conversation was reported to police on 10 November 1974, 11 days before the bombings, but Ms Hunt said there was "no indication that the police took any active steps in response to it".
On the day of the attack, a second tip-off to the police was not followed up, she added.
Ms Hunt went on: "I have serious concerns that advanced notice of the bombs may have been available to the police and that they failed to take the necessary steps to protect life."
Mrs Hambleton, who has led the campaign for justice with her brother Brian, said she hoped the truth would finally come out.
Outside the coroner's court in Solihull, she said: "Today, we stand united. I'm so proud of all the families, legal team and you (the media).
"I cannot put into words how we feel... we've been crying.
"An inquest gives us the opportunity to hear from people you wouldn't normally hear from and it can lead to all sorts of things... the truth... the truth is fundamental."
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One of the six wrongly convicted men, Paddy Hill, said outside the court: "They (police) don't want [the inquests] because there's too many skeletons in the cupboard.
"They had advanced warning and they took no notice.  I don't think Birmingham police could spell truth - they're rotten.
"I'm very sceptical about getting the truth."
Following the release of the Birmingham Six, a reinvestigation was opened, led by the then Chief Constable for the West Midlands, Ron Hadfield, and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Barbara Mills.
A team of 40 officers generated 5,000 documents, statements and reports. In 1994, they concluded there was insufficient evidence for proceedings against any person, and the inquiries had been carried out were to the satisfaction of the DPP.
Ms Mills placed a 75-year embargo on files relating to a Devon and Cornwall Police inquiry into the West Midlands Police investigation.
The coroner went through the names of the 21 people who lost their lives and the events of the night and the evidence she heard over the past few months.
She said she had no doubt that ascertaining the truth about what happened on the night of 21 November would be difficult but that there was evidence that needed to be heard.
But she said with a note of caution, families and survivors may not get the answers that they want as the inquest could be inconclusive.
What happens next is pre-inquest hearings where we'll hear from West Midlands Police, the Police Federation, fire and ambulance and the government - they will have to go through its archive - and we'll hear from MI5 and the Foreign Office.
But it won't be until next year when we have a full hearing.
The campaign to resume inquests has escalated in recent years as the victims' families fought for justice.
Maxine Hambleton's brother Brian said he was "overwhelmed" at hearing the result and that his emotions "just took over".
"I just thought about my sister, the atrocity... and West Midlands Police are battling so hard to prevent the truth from coming out. But luckily, coroner Louise Hunt is allowing the truth to come out now.
"The truth will prevail. I believe that and that's what keeps me going."
Despite the force's opposition to the families' legal bid, West Midlands Police Chief Constable Dave Thompson said he welcomed the coroner's decision.
"West Midlands Police not only failed to catch those responsible but caused a miscarriage of justice," he said.
"I have said, and reiterate again, it is the most serious failing in this force's history.
"I understand families of those who lost their lives are frustrated, disappointed and angry.
"West Midlands Police will support this inquiry as we have done through the recent hearings by the coroner which determined whether the inquest should reopen. I hope the new inquest provides answers to families."


An app that lets Aga cooker owners remotely control their ovens could be hijacked by hackers, a cybersecurity researcher has claimed.

Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners was thinking of upgrading his Aga when he found vulnerabilities in the apps used to control the newest models.
It means ovens could be turned on or off, though not in a way that makes the cookers dangerous.
Aga has said it has contacted the third party that provided the system.
"If you were maliciously motivated, it wouldn't be very difficult to switch off people's Aga's remotely," Mr Munro told the BBC.
His investigation concerned the "iTotal Control" (TC) system, which Aga has marketed since 2012.
Among the security issues he says he found is the fact that SMS messages - which are used by the system to turn the oven on or off - are not authenticated by the cooker.
Nor is the Sim card set up to send the messages validated on registration.
Mr Munro also criticised the fact that user registration for the service allows passwords as short as five characters - security experts usually recommend using as many characters as possible, with a minimum of eight.
Email addresses are sent in plain text via the system, too, he explained - meaning personal data could be vulnerable to snoopers.
He also said that attempts to contact Aga about the problems, including a tweet and emails on 3 April, fell on deaf ears.
When he did get through to someone and advised them to take the Total Control website down, he got a disappointing response.
"I asked to speak to relevant departments, they couldn't put me through," he said.
"Aga Rangemaster operates its Aga TC phone app via a third party service provider," Aga said in a statement.
"Security and account registration also involves our [machine to machine] provider.
"We take such issues seriously and have raised them immediately with our service providers so that we can answer in detail the points raised."
However, the firm did not comment on Mr Munro's claims that it ignored his disclosure of the problems.
"It's kind of unacceptable that some random person could just take control of your Aga," said Professor Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Surrey.
"Will hackers try it? Who knows, but it just shouldn't be possible."
He added that he was surprised there seemed to be a flat response from the firm when Mr Munro tried to raise the issues.
"If somebody calls up, 'I found a problem with your system,' they should look at it," Prof Woodward told the BBC.


A third man has been charged with murder following the death of a 21-year-old inmate at Pentonville Prison.

New father Jamal Mahmoud was fatally stabbed at the north London jail in an attack on 18 October in which two other men were also injured.
Joshua Ratner, of no fixed abode, was charged earlier and is due before Highbury Corner magistrates via videolink on 5 January.
Two other men previously charged with murder have been remanded in custody.
The co-accused are Basana Kimbembi, 34, and Robert Butler, 30, of no fixed abodes, who must appear at the Old Bailey for a pre-trial hearing on 23 January.


Pop singer Madonna has told fans she is no "diva" after technical hitches meant she was late on stage for a gig in Manchester.

The 57-year-old artist made the comments on Monday at the Manchester Arena during her Rebel Heart tour.
"If you diva bitches want to keep complaining about it, then don't come to my show," she said.
She added: "I'm not back there eating chocolate and filing my nails and getting my extensions done, all right?"
Some fans at the gig had criticised the star on social media.
Fan Tim Morton-Davies tweeted: "Over 50mins late at Manchester Arena and no announcements. Not acceptable. People have jobs to go to @Madonna."
However, the singer told fans: "Tonight, our video crashed, and we had no video, and our back-up file was - I don't know - it was compromised, put it like that... So praise the Lord and thank you God but that is why we are late, all right? For no selfish diva bitch reason."
In an Instagram post earlier she explained more about the apparent technical issues.
She wrote: "FACTS: It's good to have them before you jump to conclusions! The Entire video for my show crashed as I arrived for sound check. The back up file was corrupt.
"We had no choice but to reboot and pray for a good outcome. The video lights 75% of my show. We can't play in the dark."


A van driver has pleaded not guilty to causing the death of a 75-year-old pedestrian by careless or inconsiderate driving in Gwynedd.

Grandmother Dorothy Jones, 75, died in the incident last July while walking her dogs at Talysarn, Caernarfon.
Iwan Ynyr Roberts, 41, from Pwllheli, was granted unconditional bail by Caernarfon magistrates on Monday.
Magistrates agreed to hear the trial which is due to start on 21 July.


Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd has returned as inventor Doc Brown to celebrate the date on which he and Marty McFly first arrive in the future.

Lloyd has made the short film Doc Brown Saves the World, marking the 1985 film's end date of 21 October, 2015.
Universal has released a teaser for it, to be included in the 30th anniversary re-issue of the full Back to Future trilogy.
Michael J Fox, who played student Marty, does not feature in the teaser.
Lloyd's eccentric time-travelling inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown is seen getting out of the film's now legendary DeLorean time machine sports car.
What then goes on to unfold is left for fans to conjecture, in true "teaser" style.
Earlier this year, Lloyd also reprised the role in another teaser, this time for the video game Lego Dimensions.
The 30th anniversary re-issue has other extras, including a 2009 retrospective documentary on the trilogy and two episodes of the animated spin-off.
It will be released on 21 October.
The comic science-fiction Back to the Future films followed the adventures of Marty and the scatty inventor.
In the first 1985 film, teenager Marty is sent back in time to 1955, where he meets his future parents, then high school students.
His mother-to-be forms a crush on him, an infatuation he has to quash in order for his parents to fall in love.
The end of the movie sees Marty returning to his original timezone, where together with the inventor Doc Brown, he travels to 21 October, 2015.
The film became the highest-grossing of 1985, making more than $300m (Â£197m) worldwide.  It also received four Academy Award nominations, winning one Oscar for sound effects editing.
Two sequels were made, Back to the Future Part II, set in 2015,  and Back to the Future Part III, set in 1885.


Up to half he residents of a chalet park in East Yorkshire have moved out ahead of an eviction deadline.

Retrospective planning permission for people to live all year-round at Lakeminster Park, near Beverley was refused in 2012 by East Riding Council.
Following appeals, the decision was upheld and residents were given 18 months from September 2014 to move out.
Six months on, 30 units have been removed, vacated or are soon to be empty.
Pete Ashcroft, the council's head of planning and development management, said: "The council understands the difficulties being faced by the occupants of Lakeminster Park, but is encouraged that so many have already complied with the enforcement notice and well ahead of the deadline of March 2016.
"We understand the concerns of those living on the park and, if they have not yet done so, we would strongly advise them to seek independent legal advice on this decision and what options are now open to them."


The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia.

Only six of the 77 people on the plane, carrying members of the Chapecoense team, survived Monday's crash.
The team were flying to what was billed as the biggest match in their history - the final of the Copa Sudamericana.
Their opponents, Colombian team Atletico Nacional, have offered to concede the game to ensure Chapecoense are declared the champions.
In a tweet, the club also asked fans to turn up to their stadium at the time which the game was scheduled, dressed in white.
In a joint statement, Brazilian first division football teams have offered to lend players to Chapecoense free of charge, and asked the league to protect the club from relegation for the next three years.
Several leading footballers, from Barcelona stars Lionel Messi and Neymar, to Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, have also paid tribute to the players, who had become an unlikely success story in recent years.
There were also 21 journalists on board. Both flight recorders have been recovered.
The plane lost contact with ground controllers as it approached Medellin at about 22:15 on Monday (03:15 GMT on Tuesday), after the pilot reported an electrical fault. It came down in a mountainous area.
The number of those on board was first said to be 81, but Colombia's disaster management agency later said four people on the passenger list did not board the plane.
Three of the six survivors are footballers:
Goalkeeper Marcos Padilha, also known as Danilo, was pulled alive from the wreckage but he later died in hospital.
Of the 21 journalists on board, six worked for Fox Sports Brasil, and a number of others for the Globo media organisation.
Three British investigators are travelling to Colombia to help look into the cause of the crash.
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Shortly before boarding in Sao Paulo, Chapecoense manager Cadu Gaucho, 36, appeared in a video posted on the team's Facebook site [in Portuguese] describing the trip to Medellin as "the club's most important to date".
Playing in the final of the Copa Sudamericana was to be the highlight of a glorious season for the team from a small city of less than 200,000 inhabitants in the state of Santa Catarina.
Founded in 1973, the team has been playing in Brazil's Serie A since only 2014 but is currently ninth ahead of much more famous and established teams such as Sao Paulo, Fluminense and Cruzeiro.
Last week, it became the first Brazilian team in three years to make it to the final of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's second most important club competition, after beating Argentine side San Lorenzo.
One of the founders of the club, Alvadir Pelisser, told BBC Brasil the tragedy had put an "end to everyone's dream". "We were a family, I'm shocked," he added.
Brazilian President Michel Temer announced three days of national mourning, and top Spanish clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona held a minute's silence at the beginning of their practice sessions.
Chapecoense's goalkeeping coach Marcelo De Quadros Kunst stayed in Brazil with players who did not travel to Colombia.
He told the BBC: "We see wives fainting, ambulances taking them to the hospital, family members holding on to football boots left behind."
Argentine forward Alejandro Martinuccio was one of those who had to stay behind. "I was saved because I got injured," he told Argentina's La Red radio.
"I feel profound sadness. The only thing I can ask is prayers for the companions who were on the flight."
It's not unusual to see Brazilians wearing their team's shirt. But today in Chapeco, the gesture has a different meaning.
Since the early hours of Tuesday morning, men and women, young and old, have been coming to Chapecoense's stadium, Arena Conda.
Schools let their students go, shops remained closed.
Wearing green and white, the colours of the team, they stare at the empty field, still unable to believe the tragedy that took place.
"They were such humble boys. We all knew them," said supporter Djair Hipolito. "They took the time to talk to us, take photos, visit people in the hospital. I know that other teams are not like this."
"We should be celebrating now", he says. Their team was finally at the top, one match away from their first international title.
Now, the fans just sit in silence and wait for their boys to come home. "Do you know anything about the bodies?" a woman asks me. "Do you think the service will be here in the stadium?"


AFC Wimbledon's teenage centre-back Ryan Sweeney has signed a new contract with the League Two club.

The 18-year-old has been linked with Premier League clubs in recent weeks.
"Ryan has put pen to paper on an extension to his contract that will keep him here for the foreseeable future," manager Neal Ardley told the Dons' website.
"It's great news and we want our young, talented players to be at the club for a long time."
Sweeney has impressed since being brought back into the first team last month, making nine of his 12 appearances for the club since then.
"My heart is set here. I want to play for Wimbledon," he said.
"I think I've progressed this season and especially over the last 18 months."
The exact length of his new contract has not been disclosed.


A student who was found raped and murdered had more than 30 fresh injuries, a court has heard.

The body of India Chipchase, 20, was found under sheeting on a mattress at a house in Stanley Road in Northampton, on 31 January.
Home Office pathologist Michael Biggs told a Birmingham Crown Court jury she had "bruises around the neck consistent with pressure being applied".
Edward Tenniswood, 52, of Stanley Road, Northampton, denies murder.
The defendant, who worked as a bookkeeper, also denies raping Miss Chipchase.
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Dr Biggs told the court the injuries were mainly bruises and scratches, some of which may have been caused by Ms Chipchase falling over after drinking alcohol.
The 20-year-old's blood alcohol level was about three times the drink-drive limit, the court was told.
But the jury also heard she suffered from blunt force trauma to her face and neck, consistent with assault.
A post-mortem examination concluded the cause of death was pressure on the neck.
Earlier, the court heard Mr Tenniswood turned up outside NB's cocktail bar in Northampton in the early hours of 30 January
He "led, steered or escorted" the social care student and part-time barmaid to a taxi, took her to his rented terraced house in Stanley Road and then "raped and throttled" her, the jury was told.
The trial continues.


Amy Childs had said she's "lucky to be alive" after flipping her Range Rover onto its roof.

The former The Only Way Is Essex star thanked fans for their "lovely messages" on Twitter after she rolled the car on Wednesday evening.
The 24-year-old's tweet added: "God was definitely watching down on me."
Police told Newsbeat they had been called to Woodford New Road, E18, at 22:00 BST "following reports of an over-turned car".
A spokesman added: "At this early stage it is believed that the vehicle was in collision with some traffic lights.
"There are no reported injuries at this time and enquiries are continuing."
They also said there have been no arrests.
The reality TV show star's brother tweeted: "Love my sister so much so glad she is ok."
Amy appeared first appeared in Towie in 2010.
Since leaving the show in 2011, she has gone on to launch her own boutique, clothing line and perfume.
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A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 82-year-old grandmother Palmira Silva, who was killed in a suspected beheading in north London.

Nicholas Salvador, of Gilda Avenue, Enfield, is accused of killing Ms Silva, who was found in a garden behind a house in Nightingale Road, Edmonton, on Thursday.
Mr Salvador is also charged with assaulting a police officer.
His case is currently being heard at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court.
Police had found Ms Silva's body after being called to the area following reports that an animal had been attacked.
Officers evacuated nearby homes before the suspect was Tasered. One officer suffered a broken wrist.
Mr Salvador was taken to hospital and kept under police guard before being questioned by officers and charged on Friday.
Neighbours have paid tribute to Ms Silva, an Italian widow who ran a cafe in Church Street, near Edmonton Green station.
Sylvia Lewis said: "She was a lovely lady, she didn't have a bad bone in her body."


Liverpool's Raheem Sterling should stay at the club but is now "under pressure" after talking about his future, says former Reds defender Mark Lawrenson.

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The 20-year-old England winger told BBC Sport he is motivated by trophies and not money after rejecting a contract worth £100,000 a week.
Sterling says he will address a new deal at the end of the season.
"He's come a long way in a very short period of time and he needs to remember that a little bit," said Lawrenson.
"I have to feel that he will sign a contract at Liverpool but whether it's haggling for money, whether it's over his own place in the team, I'm not sure.
"He's 20 and not going to Real Madrid or Barcelona or Paris St-Germain. He's not at that level and he has a lot of work to do.
"He's a very good and promising player so you hope he will vastly improve, but he's at the right club now and there's no bias from me as a former Liverpool player. The club have looked after him extremely well."
Match of the Day pundit Lawrenson said he was "really surprised" that Sterling decided to speak out but he believes what the youngster said. "It would be extremely silly to do that interview and not tell the truth."
In his interview, Sterling said it was "quite flattering" to be linked with Arsenal, whom the Reds visit on Saturday. The former QPR player has two years left on his contract worth £35,000 a week.
Lawrenson, who won five league titles with Liverpool and a European Cup, added: "The pressure really now comes back onto him.
"He didn't play really well in the defeat by Manchester United, and if he doesn't play well against Arsenal, the press will say it's playing on his mind, the supporters will say he's not giving his all, so sell him. It's a strange situation."
In addition to interest from the Gunners, Manchester City and Real Madrid have also been linked with the forward.
But Lawrenson said Liverpool would cope if Sterling decided to leave Anfield and believes boss Brendan Rodgers would benefit from taking a relaxed approach.
"I wouldn't say it would be a massive blow," said the former Republic of Ireland international of a potential departure.
"If you look at the evolution of Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers, it's about getting new and young players, raising their value and if you occasionally hit the jackpot a la Luis Suarez, then take the money and rebuild the team.
"The manager now has to manage. The first thing you say to Sterling is: 'forget about all this, we have points to play for, we want to finish in the top four for the Champions League, and we want to win the FA Cup'.
"It's almost a case of: 'over to you'."
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor believes Sterling has the right to consider his options but admitted the situation was "untidy".
Taylor said: "I don't think it's meant to be a sign of disloyalty to Liverpool.
"Even Steven Gerrard, a Liverpool man all his career, had to think about his situation from time to time when there was a great deal of interest in him from other clubs.
"It is a little bit untidy however when the negotiating is taking place in the full glare of the media."


A five-year-old girl choking on a grape was saved by teachers at her school in Cardiff.

Bailee-Rae Parker was having lunch at Ysgol Gymraeg Coed Y Gof in Pentrebane when the fruit lodged in her throat.
Teaching assistant Sean Canham performed the Heimlich manoeuvre then teacher Alun Evans dislodged the grape with a back-slap.
Head teacher Mike Hayes said Bailee-Rae's mother has been in to school to say thank you personally.
He added: "We have reminded all our parents to cut grapes, cherry tomatoes, and similar fruit into quarters."