Police in Russia have arrested at least 400 people after a protest against a murder blamed on a migrant from the North Caucasus turned violent.

The protest in southern Moscow was against the killing of a young ethnic Russian stabbed to death on Thursday.
Protesters stormed a shopping centre, smashing windows, and then overran a wholesale vegetable market searching for migrant workers.
There were chants of "Russia for the Russians" and "White Power".
Moscow police chief Anatoliy Yakunin blamed the rioting, in the Biryulyovo district, on "extremists", many of whom he said were drunk.
Ethnic Russian Yegor Shcherbakov, 25, was killed on Thursday in front of his girlfriend.
Police have released a security camera photo of the suspect, but have not identified him.
Media said the image suggested the man was of "non-Slavic appearance", leading nationalists to conclude the killer was a Muslim migrant from the Russian North Caucasus.
The issue of immigration and internal migration was one of the main concerns of Muscovites in the recent election of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Mr Sobyanin ordered Mr Shcherbakov's murder to be thoroughly investigated, but also condemned the rioting and called for those responsible to be held accountable.
The scenes were reminiscent of similar violence in December 2010, when football fans and ultra-nationalists went on the rampage near the Kremlin after the killing of a football fan in a brawl with migrants.


Portsmouth's poor start to the League Two season continued with a 2-0 defeat at Morecambe.

A first Football League goal for Ryan Edwards and a stunner from Tom Barkhuizen earned the points but the Shrimps had to thank goalkeeper Barry Roche, who kept his side ahead with a string of superb second-half saves to see pre-season favourites Pompey without a win in three league games.
Morecambe started brightly and took the lead on 11 minutes with a rare goal for defender Edwards. His first effort was blocked by a Pompey defender but the ball came back perfectly to him and he lashed a shot from 12 yards past David Forde.
Portsmouth hit back with Carl Baker going close before the home side added a second with a brilliant long-range goal from Barkhuizen.
The striker ran through the middle of the Pompey midfield and let fly with a 25-yarder that flew past Forde and ended up in the top right-hand corner of the net.
Portsmouth began to dominate possession but were restricted to long range efforts with Kyle Bennett twice firing over before Morecambe wasted a glorious chance of a third.
Barkhuizen was again the tormentor as he sped past Enda Stevens but shot into the side netting when he should have done better.
Portsmouth started the second half dominantly with Baker forcing a fine save from Roche with a shot from the edge of the area.
The saves continued with the best being a point blank block to deny Curtis Main, who looked sure to score from six yards.
Gary Roberts and Baker were both denied twice by the Irishman and the Shrimps could have added a third in injury time when Paul Mullin was through on goal only to be denied by Forde.
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Match ends, Morecambe 2, Portsmouth 0.
Second Half ends, Morecambe 2, Portsmouth 0.
Attempt saved. Carl Baker (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Enda Stevens (Portsmouth).
Michael Rose (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Lee Molyneux (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Drew Talbot (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Molyneux (Morecambe).
Corner,  Morecambe. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Carl Baker (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrew Fleming (Morecambe).
Corner,  Morecambe. Conceded by David Forde.
Attempt saved. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Morecambe. Alex Kenyon replaces Tom Barkhuizen.
Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Rose (Morecambe).
Substitution, Portsmouth. Noel Hunt replaces Danny Rose.
Foul by Milan Lalkovic (Portsmouth).
Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Corner,  Portsmouth. Conceded by Luke Conlan.
Attempt blocked. Danny Rose (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Drew Talbot (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner,  Portsmouth. Conceded by Barry Roche.
Attempt saved. Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Molyneux (Morecambe).
Adam Barton (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kevin Ellison (Morecambe).
Drew Talbot (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Barkhuizen (Morecambe).
Corner,  Morecambe. Conceded by Danny Rose.
Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner,  Portsmouth. Conceded by Barry Roche.
Attempt saved. Curtis Main (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Morecambe. Paul Mullin replaces Cole Stockton.
Attempt missed. Curtis Main (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.


When you host what is arguably the most famous tennis tournament in the world - Wimbledon - it would be tempting to rest on your sporting laurels and let things tick along as they always have done.

Not only is it the longest-established of the four Grand Slam tournaments, but the Championships also enjoy sell out crowds and hospitality every year.
The two-week long event is broadcast to millions of fans, and made an operating profit of £42m last year.
So, things certainly look rosy in the green SW19 garden, with further healthy signs being a 12% increase in the prize money pot this year to £31.6m.
But income from broadcasters represents more than half of the event's turnover, and a small number of key broadcast markets, notably the UK and USA, provide the majority of that income.
With this in mind, executives from tournament operator the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), are looking at new ways to grow awareness and interest in the tournament outside their current Anglo-centric heartlands.
"We want to take the Wimbledon brand to new audiences and regions," Mick Desmond, AELTC commercial and media director, tells me.
"It is not just about the people here at Wimbledon, where we have sold out all spectator tickets and all hospitality again.
"We want to grow our global fan base, the same as the likes of Premier League football or NBA basketball are doing."
He adds: "Tennis as a sport is in great shape. But we take a long term view in terms of strategy.
"Not just in terms of developing physical infrastructure here on the playing site, but also about building our brand with a younger audience, and also with new audiences in different parts of the world, be it China or Colombia.
"Disruption is everywhere in the modern world, and we always have to be thinking one step ahead."
The financial reward from growing its global fan base, will come when Wimbledon signs new TV deals and sponsorship agreements, and is able to show that it can deliver a large and diverse customer base for its partners.
"It all means that we add more value to our media rights, and it means we also offer more value to our commercial partners such as IBM or Jaguar," he says.
And it is with long-term partner IBM, its official supplier of information technology, that the event is looking to use digital media to spread its message and engage with new fans.
"We have been on a long digital journey over the past seven years," Mr Desmond says.
He says that in 2010 Wimbledon had a very good website, but that it looked the same as the other Grand Slam tournament sites, also created by IBM.
"We wanted to enhance the beauty and grace of Wimbledon. For those who could not be here in person, we wanted to give them the next-best experience," he says.
"The reaction of fans has been very positive. But we are never happy. We wanted to raise the bar for 2017."
Mr Desmond says that Wimbledon wants to provide a rich digital experience that ensures they connect with fans at the event and across the globe.
This year the AELTC and IBM have offered a new range of digital features, which include:
"We are democratising data for tennis and sports fans," says Alexandra Willis, head of content and digital at the AELTC.
"We want to get under the skin of tennis matches at Wimbledon, and use digital to deepen engagement with fans."
She adds: "We spend a lot of time trying to build our media assets. We are trying to reach a bigger, younger, more engaged audience."
Meanwhile, social media content from the tournament is being adapted into a number of different languages.
There will be Facebook pages for fans in Korea, Japan, India, and the Spanish speaking nations.
And content is being produced for Weibo and Wechat in China, and for Japanese messenger service Line.
"We are trying to inform fans," adds Ms Willis.  "We are not just pushing content at them, we are tailoring what we do to different types of fans."
With such a varied digital offering, there had been criticism in the past there was no actual wi-fi at the tournament grounds to help ease access to it.
This year there will be three areas where public wi-fi is available. They are, from the entrance way at Gate 3 and along to the food court, in the ticket resale area, and at the west stand area of court 12.
Organisers say they want to see how well this works, before looking to potentially expand wi-fi access in 2018.
"We are not complacent about what we are doing with our media and digital assets," says Mr Desmond.
"Our brand is the most important thing we have, we need to nurture and develop it. The more we can drive our content and brand, as other sports rights holders are doing, the more we can grow our audience.
"And that can ultimately only help us commercially."


What looked like a huge success at the time has now been officially confirmed: this summer's Tour de France Grand Depart was a smash hit for Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and London.

A 64-page report, "Three Inspirational Days", details the benefits of staging the start of cycling's biggest race.
Crowds at the roadside for the three English stages totalled 4.8m, with 3.5m individual spectators.
Those fans generated £128m in total revenue, with £102m in Yorkshire alone.
"We are delighted the event brought so much money to the county," said the man whose idea it was to bid for the Grand Depart, Welcome to Yorkshire's Gary Verity.
"There are also benefits which are impossible to measure - the profile of Yorkshire around the world has never been higher and this will have a lasting impact for years to come."
With Yorkshire staging the build-up to the race that likes to call itself the world's largest annual sports event, as well as the first two stages over a stunning weekend, the region won the biggest share of the Grand Depart's benefits.
But the Tour's third stage from Cambridge, through Essex, and into London on 7 July attracted a crowd of 1.5m and brought in £30.5m in additional revenue.
"The Tour in London was the most fantastic spectacle of sport, which delighted and entertained crowds across the capital," said Mayor of London Boris Johnson.
"The economic benefit of hosting such prestigious sporting events is clear, with images of our brilliant city beamed around the world."
But it was the weekend in Yorkshire that provided some of the most remarkable crowd shots in the race's 111-year history: scenes that prompted the Tour's race director Christian Prudhomme to describe it as the "grandest Grand Depart".
It had been hoped that the Tour's fourth visit to these shores would match the impact of the only previous time it had started here, the 2007 Grand Depart in London and Kent.
This led to crowd estimates of 2-3m, and economic benefits of £100m - numbers which were considered optimistic at the time.
But with cycling booming in this country thanks to the Tour-winning exploits of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, as well as Mark Cavendish's numerous sprint victories, the 2014 edition surpassed all expectations.
The report states that one in four people in the Yorkshire and Humber region saw some of the race, and economic benefits for the area could reach £150m in years to come thanks to increased tourism and business opportunities.
Some caution should be noted at this point, as economic impact reports have a tendency to err on the optimistic side - and some experts will find the crowd estimates hard to swallow - but these numbers will be gobbled up by the local authorities in Yorkshire that backed Verity's vision back in 2012. They put up £11m of the total £27m budget.
But the government will also be delighted with its return on investment.
Liz Nicholl, the chief executive of the elite-funding agency UK Sport, said: "The Tour showcased the UK's event-hosting capabilities and passionate fans at their best.
"Through National Lottery funding, the nation will continue to benefit from the many impacts of hosting major sporting events on home soil."
One of those benefits should be a boost in participation.
The report states that 2m of those who saw the race were inspired by it to ride more frequently, with a follow-up study finding that half of those had actually got on their bikes more often.
Confirmation of this effect should come next Thursday when Sport England produces its next set of grassroots participation figures.
Cycling has been the big participation success story in recent years but the Yorkshire region bucked the overall trend in the last Active People Survey with no growth for cycling. It will be a huge surprise, and major disappointment, if it fails to show a significant lift next week.


Grand Slam-winning Ireland and Montpellier scrum-half Tomas O'Leary has retired at the age of 33.

O'Leary won the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2009 and was a two-time Heineken Cup winner while playing for Munster.
He joined London Irish from Munster in 2012, and completed his career with French team Montpellier.
"I have had an incredible career from my academy days in Munster to my last game in Montpellier," said O'Leary, who played 24 times for his country.
O'Leary, who started four games in Ireland's Grand Slam, was named in the 2009 British and Irish Lions squad but did not tour because of a broken ankle.
He won the Heineken Cup in 2006 and 2008.
O'Leary said: "I have realised my ambition of representing Munster and Ireland - wearing the red and green jerseys has been a real honour.
"Highlights that stand out are the two Heineken Cup victories with Munster and winning the Grand Slam in 2009 with Ireland.
"However, the most fulfilling experience is the unique bond and friendships I experienced through rugby. This camaraderie is what I will miss the most."


A letter sent to residents urging them to check their eligibility to vote directed them to a hardcore porn website.

The reminder was supposed to direct recipients to a Mid Suffolk District Council website, but the address provided sends users to explicit content.
A resident uncovered the error when he typed the address into his web browser.
The authority said the mistake was "embarrassing".
Read more on this story and other Suffolk news
The man who discovered the error, who did not wish to be named, notified BBC Radio Suffolk.
"Quite humorous from my perspective but might give some of your older listeners a bit of a shock," he said.
"I have informed them but I'm guessing a few have already been mailed out."
The council has apologised.
"It was not our intention to embarrass anybody in the district and the first thing I would like to say is to apologise to anybody who has received this letter," Senior Director Mike Evans said.
"We think about 80 documents were hand-delivered by canvassers in the wards of Claydon and Barham."


A Russian court has placed ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on an international wanted list over the 1990s murder of a Siberian mayor.

Mr Khodorkovsky has been living in exile in Europe since he was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin in 2013 after 10 years in jail for fraud.
He told the BBC he was considering applying for political asylum in Britain as one of several options.
Russia's once-richest man said the authorities had "gone mad".
Mr Khodorkovsky is accused of ordering several of his employees to kill both the mayor and a businessman, who survived.
Investigators allege Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Nefteyugansk, was killed on 26 June 1998 for demanding Mr Khodorkovsky's oil firm, Yukos, pay taxes that the company had been avoiding.
Local businessman Yevgeny Rybin was allegedly targeted because his activities "clashed with Yukos's interests", Russia's powerful Investigative Committee (SK) said in a statement (in Russian) as it announced his arrest in absentia.
Mr Rybin survived a gun attack in November 1998 and a second attack on his car in March 1999, when another man in the vehicle was killed and several people were injured.
Five people have already been tried for the attacks and the arrest warrant is unlikely to make any difference unless Mr Khodorkovsky returns to Russia, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from Moscow.
Armed police raided the Moscow offices of Mr Khodorkovsky's Open Russia pro-democracy movement on Tuesday, in a move that authorities said was linked to allegations of tax evasion. The flats of at least seven activists who work for Mr Khodorkovsky were also searched.
Mr Khodorkovsky has always argued that the fraud charges for which he was imprisoned were politically motivated.
The exiled tycoon, who now spends much of his time in London. has repeatedly criticised President Putin in recent months. He said Tuesday's raids were acts of intimidation and the sign of an "authoritarian regime" nearing its "inevitable" end.
In further comments on Wednesday, Mr Khodorkovsky said the authorities were acting like bandits: "They've gone mad. I realised that yesterday."
After Mr Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003, Yukos was broken up and taken over by a state oil firm. Last year an international arbitration court in The Hague said Russian officials had manipulated the legal system to bankrupt Yukos, and jail Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
The court told Russia to pay former shareholders in Yukos $50bn (Â£32bn) in compensation.
1963 - Born in Moscow, son of chemical engineers
1987 - Founds Menatep bank
1995 - Buys Yukos for $350m, with Menatep assuming $2bn in debt
2003 - Arrested for tax evasion, embezzlement and fraud
2005 - Found guilty on six of seven charges, jailed for eight years
2007 - Yukos declared bankrupt
2010 - Convicted of embezzlement and money laundering
2013 - Pardoned by President Putin after request for clemency; leaves Russia for Germany
2015 - Charged with ordering 1990s murder of Siberian mayor; says Russian authorities have "gone mad"


Nico Rosberg took his fifth consecutive pole position as he edged a battle with Lewis Hamilton at the Brazilian GP.

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Rosberg beat Hamilton by just 0.078 seconds as the Mercedes drivers were half a second clear of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, with Williams driver Valtteri Bottas fourth.
Bottas will drop three places after a penalty for a practice transgression.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat will benefit from his error.
McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button provided entertainment as they made light of their struggles.
Alonso sunbathed out on track and winked at the television cameras after his engine failed before he had managed a single flying lap.
And after Button qualified 17th, the two climbed on to the podium and jokingly waved at the crowd, to huge cheers.
After a dismal season for the team because of recurring problems with their Honda engine, Alonso joked: "I need to be a little bit more prepared next time and take the sun cream or something because it was quite hot out there.
"We passed that close to the podium and said we will not be that close again so let's take a picture."
Hamilton had come to Brazil determined to end Rosberg's run of poles, even if only one had ended in victory, and take his first win in the home country of his childhood hero Ayrton Senna.
But Rosberg won the first part of their battle, beating Hamilton on both their runs in the top 10 shoot-out.
Hamilton was 0.088secs adrift on their first laps and after Rosberg lowered his time by nearly 0.2secs to one minute 11.282secs on his final run, Hamilton again fractionally came up short.
"Nico is on fire," team boss Toto Wolff said. "For Lewis maybe some of the pressure is gone and whether that is good or not I don't know. But it is good going into next season."
Rosberg also may have a slight advantage in the first part of the race on Sunday (on BBC One from 15:20 GMT) as he drove conservatively on the set of tyres on which he set his best time in second qualifying, which he has to use to start the race.
Rosberg said: "Of course pleased with today. The last lap was very close to the edge."
Hamilton said he was not concerned about Rosberg's run of form in qualifying.
"It was good today. I got a good balance. At the end I didn't maximise the first sector but the other two sectors were OK.
"It is a circuit I haven't won at. Last year I was stronger in the race and I hope that will make the difference."
Behind the Mercedes and Vettel, it was very close, with only 0.4secs separating Bottas in fourth from Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in ninth.
Ricciardo's position, behind Kvyat in seventh and Williams driver Felipe Massa, was not great news for Red Bull, as the Australian was using an upgraded Renault engine for the first time and was not only slower than his sister car around the lap but also slower down the straights, according to team boss Christian Horner.
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The new power-unit means Ricciardo will take a 10-place grid penalty for using too many this season.
Red Bull are to use Renault engine again next season, although this has not been officially confirmed, and it will be under a different relationship than their works partnership of the last few years. The engines may be given a different name.
Sauber's Felipe Nasr, who qualified 11th, has been given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Williams's Felipe Massa.
Full qualifying results
Brazilian GP coverage details


New Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers will be expected to restore the club's European fortunes, according to chairman Ian Bankier.

The Scottish champions have failed to reach the group stage of the Champions League in the past two seasons.
And this term Celtic finished bottom of their Europa League section without winning a match.
"The Champions League is our priority and therefore it will be his," said Bankier after Rodgers' appointment.
Former Liverpool and Swansea boss Rodgers has agreed a 12-month rolling contract at Celtic Park, succeeding Norwegian Ronny Deila.
The 43-year-old Northern Irishman was dismissed from his post at Anfield in October after more than three years in charge.
"We had a long list and then we had a short list," Bankier told BBC Scotland when asked about the search process.
"Brendan Rodgers was a very attractive candidate from the get go. We didn't have to convince him at all - he wanted.
"He is the right appointment for this size of club and what we face in terms of not only the Scottish league but Europe and the Champions League.
"We're not making any statements other than appointing the right manager at the right time."
Having finished as Premier League runners-up in his second season at Liverpool, Rodgers has had one Champions League campaign but could only manage one group-stage victory in 2014-15.
He spent close to £300m during his time at Liverpool, bringing in approximately £200m in player sales.
However, Bankier would not be drawn on the money Rodgers will have available.
"Anyone who witnessed our last game of the season against Motherwell [a 7-0 victory] would recognise that we've got some talent," he said.
"The thing we want is good management."


Former Manchester United players Phil Neville and Paul Scholes were in the dugout for Salford City's 2-1 win over Kendal Town on Saturday.

BBC Sport pundit Neville, 37, and Scholes, 40, took temporary charge after manager Phil Power's departure.
The pair, alongside ex-United team-mates Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt and Gary Neville, own a 50% share in the club.
Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley have now been named as the Evo-Stik Division One North side's new management team.
Former England defender Phil Neville has not had a coaching role since leaving Old Trafford prior to Louis van Gaal's appointment as manager.
Neville won six Premier League titles, three FA Cups and one Champions League trophy as a player with Manchester United, while ex-midfielder Scholes won the league title 11 times and Champions League twice.


The first minister has met residents from Wales' "most deprived" estate to hear concerns about how regeneration money is being spent.

Residents from the Lansbury Park estate in Caerphilly are critical of the anti-poverty scheme Communities First and feel it is out of touch with their hopes for the area.
The Welsh Government earmarked further funds via the scheme for improvements.
But Carwyn Jones said simply pouring money into the area was not the answer.
St James 3, including the Lansbury Park estate, overtook Rhyl West 2 in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation in 2014, despite millions of pounds of public money having being spent there.
The areas were ranked on factors including income, employment, education and health.
But the label has been rejected by Lansbury Matters, a group of local women, whose battle to gain more control over the future of their estate was featured on BBC Wales' Week In Week Out.
Visiting Lansbury Park nine days after the programme was broadcast, Mr Jones said: "It's not a question of more money, it's a question of people in the community feeling that money is being spent effectively.
"In some places Communities First works better than in others. I have three in my patch of Bridgend and they all work well, but in other parts of Wales there are problems.
"There is some work to do on this estate so that everybody understands what is being done by Communities First but I came here because I wanted to meet people who are really ambitious for their community and are helping others.
"The important thing is that they all work seamlessly together and groups like Lansbury Matters are the spark that can improve community feeling."
Michelle Mackenzie-Jones, chair of Lansbury Matters, said: "People on the estate trust us more than Communities First - I've done two housing referrals this morning myself and we help people out with everything from rent arrears to disability, they come to us with their problems.
"We know community-led regeneration is the best and most proven way of improving things in a sustainable way for the future but we run up against red tape all the time.
"We are raising morale and I'm really optimistic for Lansbury, but every time we try to do something positive like involving local teenagers in painting the flats, we are stopped by red tape and policies."
Natasha Evans, 32, is treasurer of Lansbury Matters and was sceptical of the reasons for Mr Jones' visit.
She said: "I really hope things will change and these politicians aren't just coming here because there's an election soon.
"We are the closest to Lansbury and we know it the best but we just don't seem to get heard.
"What I would really like to see is more funding for the area and more for the kids as there's nothing for them here.
"The park isn't one you'd want to take your own kids to and they could do with a really nice play area. We are trying hard to get kids off the street because there's nothing for them but we do need more money to do that."
The Welsh Government said it had provided £6m to the council in housing-related support for Caerphilly's most vulnerable, with more than £8m going to Communities First in Caerphilly, including funding for an employment surgery and adult literacy and numeracy classes on the estate.
It said the local Lift team was helping long-term unemployed people living on the estate find a job or training opportunity.
A further £16.3m has been invested in Flying Start services in Caerphilly - which aim to help children aged under four - with 2,500 children supported last year, according to the government.
The spokesperson said: "We have also provided over £9.3m for Families First in Caerphilly, which last year helped over 8,600 local people with parenting support, employment advice as well as supporting victims of domestic abuse.
"We are providing £100,000 to regenerate the area and remove the disused community centre on the estate, while we have also provided £52,600 to improve the entrance to the Lansbury Park shopping centre."


A US court has ordered the execution of an Arizona death row man to be delayed until he gets more details about the lethal injection procedure he faces.

The appeals court said Joseph Wood was entitled to know more about the drugs that would be used to put him to death.
Wood's lawyers had successfully argued that prison officials had violated their client's First Amendment rights.
The 55-year-old has been convicted for killing his former girlfriend and her father in 1989.
In its ruling, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeal stated: "Wood has presented serious questions going to the merits of his claim, and that the balance of hardships tips sharply in his favour."
Reacting to the verdict,  Wood's lawyer Dale Baich said: "Today the court has made a well-reasoned ruling affirming the core First Amendment principles regarding the public's right to know, which aid all parts of our democratic government.
Wood's execution had been scheduled on Wednesday.
US states have encountered increasing problems in obtaining the drugs for lethal injections, amid an embargo by European pharmaceutical firms.


A new contractor for Cornwall's out-of-hours GP service will not be appointed immediately when current provider Serco finishes early, health bosses say.

NHS Kernow said it would have a year-long interim service in place after Serco's contract ends 17 months early, next May.
Governors said they "do not want to rush it" into another five-year deal.
The CQC criticised Serco for not meeting national standards, falsifying data and a "bullying culture".
NHS Kernow said it wanted to redesign services so they were "fit-for-purpose for many years to come".
Dr Iain Chorlton, from NHS Kernow, said commissioners were to explore different models for out-of-hours services and "now is just not the right time to commit ourselves to a contract which will tie us in for the next five years".
He said: "We fully intend to take the time to consult with the community and health workers to ensure we get the new service right.
"We do not want to rush it - we want to ensure that out-of-hours services are fit for purpose for many years to come."
Dr Chorlton, GP lead for out-of-hours services, said Serco was "performing well" and "the knowledge their staff have is important in helping us design the new service".
The interim providers were still to be chosen and cutting any duplication in service provision was one aspect being explored, he said.
Local watchdog Healthwatch Cornwall said it saw "the opportunity to redesign out-of-hours services as a step in the right direction for the people of Cornwall and a means to ensure 24/7 care is easily accessible".
In response to the criticism, Serco said it had faced a number of "operational challenges", but added it had still been providing a high-quality service.
Dr Louis Warren, of Serco, said: "The last CQC report in July 2013 confirmed that the service is meeting all the National Quality Requirements.
"Feedback from patients who use the service is outstanding and the events of 2012 do not reflect the service that the people of Cornwall have been receiving over the past year."


The Erawan Shrine in Bangkok had opened for worship again, two days after a bomb blast killed at least 20 people.

As Bangkok's residents mourn the dead Thai police are hunting for a man suspected of planting the pipe bomb on Monday night. They now say they believe he had support from "a network.
Here are the latest images from the shrine:


Australian winemaker Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has reported its first annual loss due to slower sales in China and oversupply in the US market.

TWE posted a net loss of 101m Australian dollars ($94m; Â£57m) for the year ended June, compared to a net profit of A$47m the previous year.
Slow sales last year led to the group destroying thousands of bottles of excess wine at its US division.
The firm also reported an impairment charge of A$384.5m.
Without the one-off charge, the group would have earned A$112.8m in net profit after tax.
TWE is the world's largest listed winemaker and owns brands such as Wolf Blass, Rosemount and Lindeman's.
It is also behind Australia's most well-known winemaker, Penfolds.
The company said sales in China were hit by the government's austerity measures. But that was offset by "continued strong volume growth in Hong Kong and increasing momentum in South East Asia."
In a statement released with the earnings, the company acknowledged it went through a challenging year. And it said it plans to improve on its performance by boosting its marketing operations in growth markets, notably the US and Asia.
For the current financial year ending June 2015, chief executive Michael Clarke said: "Investing in our sales and marketing capabilities is an important step.
"Crucially it will also facilitate a deeper understanding of our customers and underpin more collaborative and sustainable relationships across all our regions."
The group has recently been a takeover target and it is sitting on two offers.
US based KKR is teaming up with Rhone Capital and they have made an offer of $3.2bn for TWE. That is 11% more than their original offer for the winemaker.
Meanwhile an anonymous bidder has, in recent weeks matched that offer.
TWE made no mention of the takeover offers in its earnings statement.
The winemaker has a turbulent history and is currently undergoing restructuring that will see 175 job cuts.
TWE was formed in 1995 as the wine division of Australia's Foster's group, brewers of the eponymous beer. However, continuing losses led to it being demerged in 2011.


Three Chinese teenagers living in the US have been jailed for kidnap and assault, in a case that has sparked discussion in China about unsupervised children studying abroad.

The court in Los Angeles on Wednesday gave the 19-year-olds sentences ranging from six to 13 years for two attacks.
The three, who had been sent by their families to study in the US, had admitted to the charges.
One defendant said it was a "wake-up call for the 'parachute kid' syndrome".
"Parents in China are well-meaning and send their kids thousands of miles away with no supervision and too much freedom. That is a formula for disaster," said Yuhan "Coco" Yang in a statement read by her lawyer.
Yang along with Yunyao "Helen" Zhai and Xinlei "John" Zhang, was found to have kidnapped and assaulted an 18-year-old girl in March last year.
The incident was sparked by a disagreement over an unpaid restaurant bill, reported the Los Angeles Times.
The three, along with others, took the girl to a park where she was stripped naked, kicked, slapped and burnt with cigarettes.
Zhai and Zhang had also beaten and burnt another victim in a separate incident that same month. Both victims were also Chinese students.
Under a plea deal, the three admitted to assault and kidnap, but a charge of torture was dropped.
A judge earlier in the trial had said it reminded him of the William Golding novel Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys stranded on an island who descend into savagery.
Judge Thomas C Falls had said that "parachute kids" often have "no supervision, no-one to turn to for assistance. So these things can get out of control".
On Tuesday, Yang and Zhai both blamed their behaviour on living without their parents, who remained in China.
Zhai said: "Here, I became lonely and lost. I didn't tell my parents because I didn't want them to worry about me."
The sentencing drew overwhelming approval among internet users in China, where there is a suspicion that the children of the wealthy and powerful often get off lightly for their crimes.
"What China could not sentence, the US can. In China you may have money and power, but you can't use that in the US," said one user on the microblogging network Weibo.
"If you can't discipline [your child] well, and send [him] abroad, don't ask others to discipline for you," said another user.


Wales hooker Ken Owens and lock Jake Ball will miss Scarlets' Pro12 final against Munster in Dublin on Saturday.

Owens has an ankle problem and Ball has not recovered from a shoulder injury.
Head coach Wayne Pivac had hoped both players would be fit for the final, but says neither will recover in time to take on the Irish province.
Pivac said 2017 British and Irish Lions squad member Owens "won't be right in time" and Ball's "shoulder is still problematic".
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Owens has been released to prepare for the Lions tour to New Zealand while Pivac says Ball's injury is being dealt with by Scarlets' and Wales' medics.
Ball is in the Wales squad that will play tour Tests against Tonga and Samoa in June.
"Our medical team is in discussions with Wales at the moment [about Ball] and they will sort out what they do going forward," said Pivac.
"But he won't be right in time this weekend."
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Scarlets could also be without wing Steffan Evans after he was sent off in their 25-17 Pro12 semi-final win over Irish side Leinster for a tip tackle.
Pivac said Evans was "a broken man" after being sent off and hopes the dismissal will be deemed sufficient punishment at his disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.
"He was devastated. Some people take that sort of incident on the chin," added Pivac, who had no complaints over the sending-off.
We believe that we can go all the way and we're definitely not here to just make up the numbers
"He was a broken man. He felt at the time he was sent off he might have cost the team an entire season's work.
"For a young player to feel like that it's an uncomfortable position to be in.
"He took it very hard and was probably the most relieved man in Dublin on Friday night.
"Personally I would like to think the sending-off is sufficient because I know what he has been through on Friday night."
Pivac vowed Scarlets "will leave no stone unturned" at the disciplinary hearing.
"Technically it was adjudged 100% right by the referee," added Pivac.
"It's black and white these days - if you go over the horizontal, it's just then looking at what part of the body the player lands on.
"There is only millimetres in it, but his head hit the ground so it's a straight red card and we had no arguments.
"Our focus is representing Steff and making sure he gets the most help possible because we want him for the final."


Government borrowing fell by more than expected to £4.8bn in October, thanks to a record amount of tax income for that month, official figures show.

The amount borrowed was £1.6bn lower than for the same month last year.
From April to October, the financial year to date, borrowing, excluding state-owned banks, fell by £5.6bn to £48.6bn, the lowest for the first seven months of a tax year since 2008.
The figures come a day ahead of the Autumn Statement on Wednesday.
Economists had expected borrowing to come in at £6bn last month.
Overall tax income in October was the highest since records began, driven in part by a 23.6% jump in corporation tax receipts.
Despite the monthly improvement, on Wednesday the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, is expected to announce an extra £100bn of public borrowing for the next five years, compared with what was planned in March, largely because the economy is expected to grow less quickly than had been thought.
Public sector net debt - excluding the taxpayer-backed banks - was £1.6 trillion, equivalent to 83.8% of GDP and an increase of £50.9bn compared to October last year.
Mr Hammond has already indicated that he will "reset" the UK's post-Brexit economic policy away from his predecessor George Osborne's aim of taking the government from a deficit to a surplus by 2020.
Instead, he plans to put more investment into areas such as infrastructure.
Despite October's improvement, Samuel Tombs, of Pantheon Macroeconomics, says it doesn't compensate for the weak start to the year: "The higher-than-expected starting point for borrowing this year and weaker projections for GDP growth will compel the OBR to revise up sharply its forecast for borrowing in future years.
"The chancellor's warning at the weekend that he is 'highly constrained' suggests that there will be few sweeteners for the 'JAMs'—people 'just about managing'—in tomorrow's Autumn Statement."
British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) head of economics Suren Thiru also said the size of the UK's budget deficit could limit the scope for growth-boosting measures in the Autumn Statement.
"The chancellor faces a major fiscal headache over the next few years, with slower than expected growth likely to further restrict the UK's ability to generate sufficient tax revenue and achieve a substantial reduction in the deficit.
"It is therefore essential that the chancellor's new fiscal plan is flexible enough to adapt to changing economic conditions. The government must make a distinction between borrowing to cover the deficit and borrowing to invest, particularly in infrastructure, which will boost the economy's tax generating potential in the long-term," he added.


At Vicky's Diner in Upper Manhattan, New York, Peter the waiter is a much-loved character in the community and the small diner is a popular fixture with families.

Yet online he is occasionally called "grumpy" and even "rude".
"But he has been here for years and knows almost everybody who comes in," says his boss Vicky. "He knows their sense of humour and has a gruff voice, and jokes around with a lot of people.
"Some people think he's being rude to them, because they don't know him!"
This is just one of the problems with online reviews, a lack of context. Others are dishonesty and paid-for puffery - annoyances that review sites such as Yelp, Amazon and Tripadvisor have been struggling to weed out for years.
Such fake reviews and blackmail attempts threaten to undermine trust in the "wisdom of crowds" - reviews that many of us have come to rely on before we part with our hard-earned cash.
Could better technology help restore confidence in the review system?
The developers of a new mobile app from the UK, called Twizoo, say they have found a way of weeding out fake, paid-for and out-of-date reviews.
The start-up, which is concentrating on restaurants initially, scrapes comments from Twitter, then collects and analyses them to provide what it claims is a more reliable stream of review data.
Twizoo co-founder and algorithm writer Madeline Parra is clearly chasing industry leader, Yelp.
"We left 24 fake reviews on Yelp and all got through within a couple of hours," she says. "But Twizoo expects users to have a full social media profile, tweeting about lots of different stuff, so it's a lot harder for a fake review to get through to us."
Twizoo gives users a "Twitter credibility score" that has to be earned over time. Tweets that come from a brand new Twitter account are automatically discarded and several tweets coming in at the same time about one particular restaurant are also considered suspicious.
That stops friends and family of the chef or restaurant owner influencing reviews, for example.
"After three months, tweets count half as much as they did before," says Ms Parra. "On Yelp, if a restaurant got a one star review five years ago, it still counts against that restaurant.
"Because our volume [of tweets] is so high we want to give our users not what was awful five years ago, but what is great right now."
Ms Parra also points out that tweets are more likely to be authentic because they are often sent between friends as recommendations.
Yelp is incredibly protective of its "secret sauce" or more accurately its "secret source code" that makes up the algorithm used to weed out potentially false or over-enthusiastic five-star reviews.
In fact, Yelp PR director Marco Bilello says only a very few people in the company know the exact formula.
"If everybody knew the ins and outs it would allow them to game the system," he tells the BBC, "so we can't share that information.
"We believe in quality over quantity. That's why only 71% of our reviews that go through the recommendation software are eventually recommended."
He did reveal that multiple Yelp reviews for the same restaurant coming from the same IP address are given extra scrutiny. And those reviews that seem biased - from the likes of competitors and disgruntled employees - are flagged.
Yelp also has people on the ground in many locations and an investigative unit looking out for restaurants offering incentives to customers in return for five-star reviews.
Amazon is also constantly tweaking its review system - star ratings now reflect how useful readers think a new review is and if it comes after a verified purchase.
It also favours reviews that were written by a customer paying a standard price rather than a deeply discounted sale that may have only lasted days or even hours, but which may have resulted in an over-enthusiastic review.
Amazon has also cracked down on dodgy reviews using the full force of the law.
"Since the beginning of 2015, we have brought lawsuits against over 1,000 defendants for reviews abuse," says Amazon spokesman Tom Cook, "including both dishonest sellers and manufacturers who attempt to purchase fraudulent reviews, and the parties who provide and post those reviews."
Jobs reviews site Glassdoor rejects about 5-10% of its submissions, suggesting that it is harder to fake reviews about occupations and specific work places, and much less lucrative.
Tripadvisor chief executive Stephen Kaufer recently sent out a letter warning hotels and other businesses to be wary of "optimisation companies" promising to manipulate travel reviews for a fee, and then attempting to blackmail clients if they try to back out later.
The more we know about the person leaving the review, the easier it should be to weed out the fakers.
Walt Disney World gives customers a wristband that can be used to open hotel doors, pay for meals and souvenirs, and get into attractions.
Disney knows exactly where you ate, what you ate, where you went, what you bought, who your favourite characters are, what rides you went on, and even what you look like. That's a goldmine of data against which reviews could be checked.
But Georgios Zervas, assistant professor of marketing at Boston University, says: "You could imagine doing that, but I think it would be quite creepy.
"And most people would find it annoying and an intrusion of their privacy rather than anything else."
So despite being decades old, the concept of online reviews still has much further to go.
One of the next big shifts is likely to be towards personalised reviews, delivered to you according to your age, location and, perhaps, experience.
After all, a 16-year-old from Kansas and a 65-year-old from Maine might have very different opinions of a new lobster joint opening on the Las Vegas strip.
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Villagers will lose their beat bobby despite offering to pay £60,000 annually for three years to keep him.

PC Andrew Reid, a beat police officer for Upton Grey and the Candovers, near Basingstoke, for more than a decade will be relocated.
One dedicated officer for a 50 sq m (130 sq km) area will be replaced by two police officers and PCSOs covering a 200 sq m (518 sq m) area.
Hampshire Police must make £80m in savings by 2017.
PC Reid, who lives in a "police house" in Preston Candover, had become so popular villagers had clubbed together and offered to pay for him to stay.
They also offered to sponsor a marked 4X4 response vehicle.
However, the Hampshire Police Federation raised concerns over a possible "two-tier" service, with affluent communities able to pay for better police coverage.
A compromise has now been reached after the Police and Crime Commissioner, Simon Hayes, met villagers to discuss their concerns.
PC Reid will have lead responsibility for his previous rural beat area, but will be deployed to the wider area as required.
A review will be held in six months to check residents are happy with the arrangements.
Mr Hayes said residents were "satisfied" with the actions being taken.
Councillor Mark Ruffell, borough councillor for Upton Grey and the Candovers, said he remained "concerned" about the "operational effect" of the restructuring, and said residents were "unhappy that the level of police cover is now too low".
"My residents don't wish to have police cover spread so thinly that it appears non-existent," he said.


Celtic defender Kieran Tierney has spoken of his relief at returning to first-team action following injury.

The 19-year-old left-back had been sidelined since October because of ankle ligament damage and a troublesome shoulder problem.
"It was like making my debut again, I had been out for so long," Tierney said of featuring in the Scottish Cup victory at Albion Rovers.
"The last two or three months have been hard work."
Speaking ahead of Sunday's trip to St Johnstone, Tierney added: "That was the first injury I had since breaking through and I felt brilliant.
"Now I am back and I am enjoying it. A lot of the times you are probably working harder than the boys who are training.
"It is game after game for them then recovering.  I was working hard in the gym so yes, I feel fit. I was always going to get my shoulder done eventually, it needed doing and I was as well doing it when I had injured my ankle.
"We killed two birds with one stone there and there is nothing holding me back."
Tierney singled out skipper Scott Brown as having the greatest influence on him at the club.
Brown recently made his 400th appearance for Celtic and Tierney hopes the midfielder adds to that tally.
"Every young guy who comes and trains, the players make them feel welcome, especially Broony," said the defender.
"The 400 games is some achievement for him and everybody around the club is really grateful for what he does.
"Broony's a legend here. We've seen that over the last 10 years and hopefully he can go on and get a lot more appearances."
With 58 games for Celtic to his name, Tierney was asked if he might emulate Brown's service to the club.
"I'm not sure, I hope so!" he said.
"For my age I've done well with appearances and I just hope it continues."


The waterfall used by Batman star Christian Bale to conceal the superhero's secret cave on screen can now be reached via a woodland trail.

Henrhyd Falls in the Brecon Beacons National Park was used as the cover for the Batcave in the film The Dark Knight Rises.
Fans previously had to clamber down a steep tree-lined hill and wade across a river to reach the falls.
Park chiefs have now built a path to the waterfall for easier access.
The 88ft (27m) wall of water was seen in the final film of the Christopher Nolan trilogy as the location where Robin discovers the Batcave after the apparent death of Batman.
The new trail and footbridge bring visitors out at the foot of the falls, and they can then walk behind the water and into the entrance of the Batcave.
Henrhyd Falls is the tallest waterfall in south Wales and is a site of special scientific interest due to the rare mosses, liverworts and lichen which grow in the damp, heavily wooded gorge, with its thin soils and steep rocky slopes.
Batman fan Jackie Davies, 24, from Bridgend, said: "I love Christian Bale in the Batman films and coming here you can feel like you're a part of that world.
"The waterfall is spectacular and I had to come with my costume for a picture. My boyfriend finds it embarrassing but I love it."
Judith Harvey, wardens manager for Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, said the falls were a popular walking destination in the Brecon Beacons.
"With work now complete, it means that people for many generations to come can really enjoy what Abercraf and the surrounding area has to offer, safe in the knowledge that they are not causing any damage."


England fell two balls short of a remarkable escape as Sri Lanka won the second Test to secure a 1-0 series victory.

Last man James Anderson was caught at leg gully off Shaminda Eranga from the penultimate ball of the final day at Headingley.
Anderson had survived for 20 overs in the company of Moeen Ali, who batted through the day for an unbeaten 108 off 281 balls, his maiden Test century.
But when Anderson failed to ride a bouncer, the ball looped to Rangana Herath to see England bowled out for 249 to lose by 100 runs.
Anderson, who was later in tears at the post-match presentation, slumped over his bat in disappointment, while Sri Lanka huddled on the pitch to celebrate their first series triumph in England, having won a one-off Test in 1998.
"Sri Lanka threw everything at that last over - it was almost a Bodyline strategy. It was a perfectly directed bouncer. Jimmy Anderson couldn't do anything else - his natural reactions just took over."
It also completed a clean sweep after victories in the Twenty20 and one-day series.
England captain Alastair Cook, out of form with the bat and criticised for his leadership during this campaign, insisted he had no intention of resigning despite the defeat, England's sixth in seven Tests.
The loss, in Peter Moores' first series since being reappointed as coach, comes before the five-Test rubber against India which begins on 9 July.
However, the spirit shown in this latest reverse at least saves some face for England following the surrender of an advantage that, at tea on the second day, looked impregnable.
A collapse of eight wickets for 87 runs, a masterful 160 from Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews and a fourth-evening slide saw England begin the fifth day 57-5 in pursuit of 350.
They began with Moeen - playing only his second Test - and Joe Root at the crease, the latter virtually shotless in defence as they survived to reach a rain-induced early lunch before Root offered a leading edge off Nuwan Pradeep to gully.
Soon after, Matt Prior fended Dhammika Prasad to short leg. Replays suggested Prasad was over the popping crease, but third umpire Paul Reiffel sided with the bowler to give him a first Test five-wicket haul.
1st Test v Sri Lanka, Lord's: Match drawn
2nd Test v Sri Lanka, Headingley: Sri Lanka won by 100 runs
9 July: 1st Test v India, Trent Bridge
17 July: 2nd Test v India, Lord's
27 July: 3rd Test v India, Southampton
7 August: 4th Test v India, Old Trafford
15 August: 5th Test v India, The Oval
When Reiffel was faced with a similar decision after Chris Jordan edged Eranga to slip, he gave the benefit of doubt to the batsman, allowing the Sussex all-rounder to add 52 for the eighth wicket with Moeen.
But when he and Stuart Broad were trapped lbw by the left-arm spin of Herath, England looked beaten.
That was to discount Anderson, who first saw off the occasional off breaks of Mahela Jayawardene - employed because of poor light - before repelling the pace bowlers.
When Sri Lanka turned back to slow left-armer Herath, Anderson was surrounded by as many as six close catchers but, bar the occasional optimistic lbw appeal, was relatively untroubled.
At the other end, Moeen, cutting through the off side and clipping through the leg, was nearing his maiden hundred.
When he got there with a fine leg glance off Pradeep, there were still seven overs remaining but, by that time, the last-wicket pair had already survived for 13.
The balls and minutes ticked down, the cheers for each ball survived grew louder and Sri Lanka became increasingly edgy.
Moeen pushed back the penultimate over, leaving Anderson to face the final six balls, perhaps expecting them to be delivered by Herath.
Instead, seamer Eranga was thrown the ball and, although Anderson repelled the first four deliveries, the fifth was one step too far and England were beaten.
Listen to Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott analyse England's series defeat by Sri Lanka in the Test Match Special podcast.


The National Association of Head Teachers, representing 28,500 heads, has joined the Trades Union Congress.

The NAHT is the biggest union to join "for some time", says the TUC, and the first dedicated to school leaders.
TUC general-secretary Frances O'Grady said it was "good to see NAHT joining the TUC's family of education unions".
NAHT general-secretary Russell Hobby said he was delighted as "the interests of students, teachers and school leaders are inextricably linked".
Other education unions already in the TUC include the NUT, NASUWT, the ATL and the Scottish and Welsh education unions EIS and UCAC.
"There is a great deal we can do together to create great places to learn and great places to work," said Mr Hobby.
The NAHT has members throughout the UK, including head teachers, deputies, assistant heads, bursars and school business managers.
The union says it represents 85% of primary school leaders, 40% of secondary school leaders and "virtually all" the heads in special schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Welcoming the move Ms O'Grady added: "Education matters, to pupils, to parents, to communities and to the UK economy."
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), which represents most secondary school heads, remains independent of the TUC.


A care trust that was told to improve its services has now been classed as "good" overall by health inspectors.

The Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust was given the rating following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in September.
Chief Executive Heather Tierney Moore said she was "proud" of the progress made since its previous inspection.
The trust was told to focus on issues including staff training, safety and risk assessments in mental health.
The trust, which provides services in district nursing, offender health, and mental health and community services such as wellbeing, had been told it "required improvement" in November 2015.
Ms Moore said the improved rating was "a fantastic achievement solely down to hard work and effort" it has put into improvements.
"This fills us with pride and shows that we are a truly compassionate organisation," she said.
Ms Moore said a theme through the report was that patients were treated "with dignity and respect".
The trust said the issues highlighted were already being addressed and the relocation of Hurstwood Ward (formerly ward 22) from Burnley to Royal Blackburn Hospital has been completed.
The trust was set up in 2002 and has almost 7000 staff across 400 sites.
In October, a whistleblower who worked at the trust as a therapist claimed that dozens of prison inmates with serious mental health problems were being left untreated.
The trust denied the claim and said severe cases were treated.


Almanzor, last season's champion three-year-old, has been retired to stud.

The colt, trained in France by Jean-Claude Rouget, won the French Derby,Irish Champion Stakes and Champion Stakes at Ascot in 2016.
He had been training as a four-year-old with the aim of running in October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, but finished only fifth at Deauville last Tuesday.
"It was not an easy decision to take," said Sylvain Vidal, racing manager for part-owner Gerard Augustin-Normand.
"But everyone was in 100% agreement that it was the right thing to do.
"The plan was to go to the Arc, but after his performance last week we could not have gone there expecting to win.
"He was a very good horse and was the best three-year-old in Europe. He has done everything he needs to do on a racecourse."
Almanzor won eight times in 11 starts and earned more than £2.1m in prize money.
Stud details will be announced in the coming weeks.


The sole survivor of the Kingsmills massacre lay under the dead bodies of his workmates after the shootings, a court in Belfast has heard.

Alan Black's testimony was read out on the first day of the long-awaited inquest into the 1976 killings.
Ten men were shot dead when their minibus was ambushed by the IRA near the County Armagh village.
As the victims lay on the ground, the commander of the republican unit said: "Finish them off," the court heard.
Mr Black's statement was read out by a barrister. He said the noise of the shooting was "deafening" as he fell on his face and another man collapsed across his legs. He could hear the groans of his workmates.
A police report at the time read to the coroner said: "What happened then is perhaps the most savage and senseless single outrage in the present campaign."
About 30 relatives and supporters watched from the public gallery at the coroner's court on Monday.
Mr Black listened, pain etched across his face, as the details of that night's events were listed.
The men who died were John Bryans, Robert Chambers, Reginald Chapman, Walter Chapman, Robert Freeburn, Joseph Lemmon, John McConville, James McWhirter, Robert Samuel Walker and Kenneth Worton.
The gunmen had asked the workers about their religion, before telling the one Catholic man on the bus to leave.
The inquest is expected to last at least a month.
Speaking before it began, Mr Black said that he and the victims' families were "relieved and apprehensive" that it was actually happening.
"We have fought long and hard for this review. Obstacles were put in our way. Thanks to these people we have gotten over each one.
"This is a red-letter day to finally get our day in court," he said.
The inquest is expected to call former officers of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) who looked at the killings in 2011.
The HET concluded that the Provisional IRA was responsible for the deaths despite being on ceasefire at the time.
A memorial service was held in January to mark the 40th anniversary of their deaths.


Police have confirmed that an Annan woman has died in hospital 11 days after being rescued from a house fire in the town.

Emergency services were called to an incident in the town's Winterhope Road on 3 December.
Yvonne Elaine Fitzner, 48, was found inside the building and taken to Dumfries Infirmary for treatment.
Police said she died in hospital on Monday. They added there were no suspicious circumstances.
The procurator fiscal has been informed.


Manager Warren Feeney hopes Newport County will have a permanent training base next season as he is frustrated with their current pitches.

The League Two club have been using up to four grounds, including Llanwern High School, this season.
Feeney says the County board is supportive of plans to train at Spytty Park, County's home ground before moving to Rodney Parade.
"We need a training ground definitely and I just get sick of it," he said.
"The players get frustrated and quality of training just goes.
"The board have been brilliant and we are looking at things and hopefully we can get something done for next season.
"I think Spytty will play a big part in that, it will be fantastic for us.
"It's great that the school gave us the opportunity for it for the year but the pitch hasn't been looked after, and the training grounds are massive, massive things."
"It is frustrating because we need a base and we need to be where we want to be. It is difficult. It is not excuses, just frustrations."
Newport face Stevenage on Saturday in League Two and, if they win and York lose, the Welsh club will be safe from relegation.
"It's a massive game. We have got to worry about ourselves and I said to the boys that we have got to get off this 41 points," Feeney added.
"It is a great game we are away from home and the pressure is off us that bit. So I have every confidence we can get it right."
Defenders Scott Barrow and Danny Holmes are doubtful to to face Stevenage after picking up hamstring injuries after the loss against Cambridge.
Darren Jones has been sick but is expected to feature, while fellow centre-back Matt Partridge is available again after missing the Cambridge match due to a family bereavement.


A sports car plunged about 20ft off a coastal path into breaking waves.

The BMW Z3 convertible ended upside down with just the wheels showing above the water surface, police said.
The 37-year-old male driver managed to get out and walk to the water's edge. He was "reasonably well," said the RNLI.
The car came off a stone wall forming part of the South West Coast Path between the mainline railway and the sea near Teignmouth.
The car went over between East Cliff and Sprey Point just before 08:00 BST on Sunday.
Tony Watson, from the Teignmouth Lifeboat, said the man had already got out of the car when the lifeboat arrived, describing conditions as "bad with fairly heavy swell and breaking water."
He said the driver, understood not to be from the area, was "reasonably well and was able to walk half a mile back to Teignmouth".
He was driving down a narrow stone area next to the railway. Tony Watson said: "You can get through, but shouldn't."
Initially it had been feared there was another person or dog in the car, but Devon and Cornwall Police said divers had checked and confirmed the driver had been alone.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "One man was inside the vehicle and exited it. He went into the sea with it and got out."
Officers said they were not sure if the convertible roof was up or down.
Teignbridge District Council will arrange recovery of the car by bringing it up a slipway, they said.


A lone police officer shot dead four of the five suspects who were in a car that was driven into pedestrians in the Spanish seaside town of Cambrils, it has emerged.

The occupants of the car had been wearing fake suicide vests and had knives and an axe, officials said.
Seven people were injured in the attack, one of whom later died.
It came hours after a van was driven into crowds in Barcelona, leaving 13 people dead and scores injured.
Police say the van driver, who fled the scene, could be among those killed in Cambrils, but this has not yet been confirmed.
"The investigation points in this direction," said Catalonian police official Josep Lluis Trapero, but there was no "concrete proof".
He added that, despite police training, it was "not easy" for the officer who had shot dead four of the five suspects.
The attack in Cambrils unfolded when an Audi A3 was driven at people walking along the seafront in the early hours of Friday.
The car overturned and those inside then attacked people with knives. Police said four were shot dead at the scene and the fifth was killed a few hundred metres away.
Waiter Joan Marc Serra Salinas heard the shots that rang out on Cambrils promenade.
"It was bang, bang, bang. Shouting, more shouting. I threw myself on to the ground on the beach," he said.
The Mayor of Cambrils, Cami Mendoza, praised the "speed and efficiency" of the police response.


The public smoking ban should be extended to beer gardens, al fresco eating areas of restaurants, parks, and outside school gates, a report says.

The Royal Society for Public Health said smoking should be seen as "abnormal" and more controls are needed to cover areas where people gather.
Its report said people needing a fix of nicotine should use e-cigarettes.
The pro-smoking campaign group Forest said the measures would not work and may lead to pubs closing.
The Society argued the 2007 smoking ban inside public places had been a huge success and encouraged thousands to quit.
Its report calls for the ban "to be extended further to include school gates, the outside areas of bars and restaurants and all public parks and squares".
Unlike the original smoking ban the focus is no longer on the dangers of second-hand smoke.
Shirley Cramer, the body's chief executive, said: "Children are hugely receptive to the behaviour of the adults around them. The sight therefore of individuals smoking at prominent locations risks teaching them that smoking is a normal and safe habit.
"We believe that banning smoking in these locations via an exclusion zone could further denormalise smoking, ensuring that it is seen as an abnormal activity and potentially, prevent children and young people from beginning in the future."
The organisation also called for:
Meanwhile a separate report by the University of Edinburgh suggested 1,500 stillbirths were prevented in the first four years of the smoking ban.
Smoking limits the about of oxygen going to the baby and limits growth.
By James Gallagher, health editor, BBC News website
This report opens a new frontline in the battle against smoking.
Campaigners have already scored big victories with the original smoking ban and again this year with a ban on smoking in cars with children and standardised packaging for cigarettes.
Now the target is public places.
Brighton is already considering banning smoking on the beach and Bristol is trialling smoking bans in city squares
The rights of smokers are clearly in decline and leaves the question - where will it end?
Simon Clark, director of the smokers' group Forest, said he welcomed ideas that encouraged people to use electronic cigarettes but they should not rely on "coercion and prohibition".
He told the BBC: "Banning smoking outside pubs and bars will discriminate against adults who quite legitimately prefer to smoke.
"It won't stop people smoking, it will simply deter more people from going to the pub and that could lead to even more pub closures."
He said renaming e-cigarettes was a "silly idea" that "ignores the fact that e-cigs are popular because they mimic the act of smoking".


Ghostly faces and snatches of text have been found hiding in one of Wales' oldest and most important books.

The 750-year-old Black Book of Carmarthen is the first Welsh text to include medieval figures such as King Arthur and Merlin.
But for hundreds of years never-before-seen poetry and pictures have been hidden to the naked eye.
Now, thanks to high resolution photography and UV lighting, some of its secrets have finally been revealed.
The book, which was written in the priory at Carmarthen, is now owned by and kept at the National Library of Wales in environmentally controlled conditions to protect the fragile text.
The collection of poetry and illustrations was penned by one scribe in the 13th Century who added to it over the years.
It was then passed from owner to owner, with more additions being made in the margins.
Prof Paul Russell, from the University of Cambridge, who has been uncovering the book's secrets, said: "That tradition of adding to it over the years was carried on by subsequent owners, it was a living text that was constantly added to."
But 300 years after it was first written the then owner, believed to be Jaspar Gryffyth, decided to purge the pages of anything that was not original.
Prof Russell added: "This man in the 16th Century went through the book tidying it up. The owner erased a lot of material from the left, right, top and bottom margins. Anything he thought was an addition, he got rid of."
The book was written on vellum - animal skin which has been stretched, dried and smoothed.
Prof Russell believes the person who erased parts of the book used a pumice stone.
He said: "It takes off a slight layer off the surface, but the ink has penetrated a bit further so what we can do is use UV light to bring out that ink.
"On some bits of it you can't recover anything as it has been rubbed so hard."
Although it was suspected there could be some text hidden within the pages, the researchers who first looked at the book under UV light were shocked when they found two faces staring out at them.
Prof Russell said: "It was a scary moment when we turned the page and out popped these faces in the bottom corner, along with a line of Welsh which goes with them.
"We think the line of Welsh was from one kinsman donating something, possibly the book, to another kinsman."
They went on to discover a page of medieval Welsh poetry, which they believe has never been seen before.
They found a drawing of a fish on another page, and are continuing their search for other hidden text and images in the book.
The Black Book of Carmarthen is not the first to have had hidden secrets uncovered by using modern techniques.
Material to write on in medieval times was expensive and hard to get hold of, so it was not unusual for it to be reused.
With the Black Book the researchers used a number of techniques to try and uncover text hidden within the pages.
They first looked at some of the pages with UV light, before taking high resolution photos which they digitally enhanced.
Prof Russell said: "It goes to show that there is still so much to be learnt from the Black Book of Carmarthen, even though it is a familiar text.
"Modern technology makes these things a lot more accessible to more people.
"What we have discovered may only be the tip of the iceberg in terms of what can be discovered as imaging techniques are enhanced."
Prof Russell and PhD student Myriah Williams will present their discoveries so far to a conference at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth on Wednesday.


Two rare birds of prey worth more than £8,000 have been stolen after performing at a festival.

The great grey owl and the bateleur eagle were taken from the back of a van at Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival in Vale of Glamorgan on Monday.
Handler Jason Ashcroft, 44, had been showing Mamba and Misty at the event before they were taken as he packed up.
Appealing for their safe return, he said he had a special bond with the birds which was "priceless".
Mr Ashcroft said: "I was going back and forth to my car and turned my back for just a minute when they were taken.
"The bird boxes are very heavy so whoever took them must have had a car.
"Our Bateleur eagle is very rare and both birds are valuable but my main concern is the loss of the amazing relationship we have.
"The birds are very tame and have been trained over many years to bond with me. That is priceless."
South Wales Police confirmed it was investigating the thefts.
A reward has been offered for the safe return of the birds.


Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal urged his team "to stick together" as he set a target of three successive victories to keep his side in the Premier League title race.

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A 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday means United have won just two of their last seven league games.
They are fourth in the standings, three points behind leaders Manchester City.
"Losing two in a row is disappointing, now we have to stay in a position to keep fighting," said Van Gaal.
"We now have to win three matches in a row to still be up there after Christmas."
Listen as a Man Utd fan defends Louis van Gaal on 606.
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United, without a win in their last five games in all competitions, host Norwich next Saturday before travelling to Stoke on Boxing Day and then entertaining Chelsea on 28 December.
Leicester, second in table and with a game in hand over United, host Jose Mourinho's side on Monday and a win for the Foxes would leave Van Gaal's side five points off the top.
Asked if United can still challenge for the title, the Dutchman added: "We have the selection to do that, but we are in a very difficult position because of injuries.
"We have to play a lot of youngsters, who have played well, but we have to make a revival because we have lost two matches in a row."
Bournemouth's goals both game from set-pieces, which Van Gaal described as "unacceptable".
However, he praised the attitude of his players, who he believes are firmly behind him.
"You have to perform in a certain way," he added. "I was pleased with what I saw in the first half.
"For me the most important thing is the commitment of my players to perform as we have agreed and I can only tell they want to do that."


Popular London gay bars and nightclubs have decided to boycott Russian vodka brands, joining a global campaign launched by North American gay activists in solidarity with the LGBT community in Russia.

The organisers accuse the Russian authorities of an increasingly aggressive stance towards sexual minorities.
They are angry about a controversial law signed by President Vladimir Putin banning the promotion of "non-traditional values" to children, the refusal to allow gay pride events and harassment of gay activists.
Many conservative Russians suspect gay rights campaigners of trying to undermine traditional family values.
The purpose of the vodka boycott is clear: to harm the image of a product that has become a national brand, symbolising Russia.
Some activists suggest going further by boycotting the 2014 Winter Olympics, due to be held in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The SPI Group behind the most famous vodka brand in the West - Stolichnaya - has declared its firm support for the LGBT community.
Russian Standard - another popular vodka brand in the UK - declined to comment.
The vodka boycott campaign was launched by US writer and activist Dan Savage.
He wrote in his blog that gay bars in Seattle should "dump Stoli... to show our solidarity with Russian queers and their allies and to help to draw international attention to the persecution of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, trans people, and straight allies in Putin's increasingly fascistic Russia".
Savage's initiative generated a swift response in the US and Canada, and then on the other side of the Atlantic.
Jeremy Joseph is co-founder and owner of the G-A-Y Group, which owns a bar chain of the same name. He sees the vodka boycott as an act of solidarity with the Russian LGBT community.
"There are other countries where it is illegal to be lesbian or gay. But this is shocking, because they are taking a step back rather than a step forward. And in the last couple of weeks, looking at some of the videos and stories coming out of Russia - it's so horrific, it's so scary," Mr Joseph said in an interview with BBC Russian.
Moreover, Mr Joseph believes that boycotting Russian vodka may be just the beginning.
"Hopefully, this would lead to not just Russian vodka being banned, but looking at the brands that will be sponsoring the Winter Olympics [who will know that] unless they make a stand, then their products will get banned."
At the same time, the G-A-Y Group owner does not believe that a high-profile campaign in the West will make life worse for LGBT people in Russia.
"How can it get any worse? I would like to hope, not. But what do we do? Sit back and do nothing?" he asks.
Peter Tatchell, a veteran gay rights activist and human rights campaigner, has expressed his support for the vodka boycott.
"The Russian government has passed a draconian new homophobic law that criminalises any public expression of gay identity or call for gay human rights," Mr Tatchell told BBC Russian.
"In addition, there has been a wave of organised homophobic violence targeting individual LGBT people. Some of the victims have been tortured or killed. The police are doing little or nothing to bring the perpetrators to justice," he adds.
"Russian LGBT organisations and international human rights groups have appealed to the Russian government to scrap the anti-gay laws and crack down on homophobic violence. Their appeals have been ignored, the repression is intensifying", says Mr Tatchell.
Mr Tatchell describes calls to boycott Russian products as an act of despair and expresses hope that "this campaign will go global in the coming weeks".
Val Mendeleev, chief executive officer of the SPI Group, which owns Stolichnaya, said his company "is an apolitical, business-oriented organisation". "However, the LGBT community in the US and worldwide are consumers of Stoli Premium vodka globally, and as such are our stakeholders," he told BBC Russian.
Mr Mendeleev stresses that his company's "corporate values stand for transparency, fairness, equality and diversity".
Earlier he wrote an open letter to the LGBT community, which was published on the SPI Group's website and on Facebook page.
"Stolichnaya Vodka has always been, and continues to be a fervent supporter and friend to the LGBT community," he wrote, citing examples of the SPI Group's support for gay events all over the world, including gay pride events in Durban, Tel Aviv and Vienna.
He also said Stolichnaya should not be regarded as a Russian product, since it is produced in Latvia, albeit using Russian ingredients.
Chris Amos, the owner and manager of Manbar in London's Soho, welcomed Mr Mendeleev's statement.
"It's regrettable for them that they are getting the raft of the gay fury and all of this. But at the same time, it will be them and other Russian companies like them who will then go back to the Russian government to argue for our case and support our case," he told BBC Russian.
"That's great that they are doing that [writing the letter], but that doesn't stop the boycott. And the boycott will hopefully go to other Russian companies, who will - like Stoli - issue statements in support of the gay and lesbian population", Mr Amos said.
LGBT activists have been discussing another form of protest against the Russian authorities: boycotting the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Jeremy Joseph of the G-A-Y Group is fully behind the idea.
"I personally believe that Russia doesn't have the right to host the Winter Olympics now", he argues. "There is supposed to be an Olympic spirit of everybody joining together as one. How can you have it in a country that is so prejudiced?"
Dan Savage, however, believes that it would be better if athletes from the LGBT community went to Sochi to compete and win, to show the whole world they are not afraid to be themselves.
Last Friday, the International Olympic Committee announced that it had received assurances from the Russian officials that "the [new anti-gay] legislation will not affect those attending or taking part in the games".
But immediately after that one of the most prominent Russian anti-gay campaigners, Vitaly Milonov of St Petersburg Legislative Assembly, called on the Russian authorities to refrain from applying the gay-propaganda law inconsistently during the Sochi Olympics.
After all, Mr Milonov actively participated in writing it.


A London production of Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and a West End revival of Gypsy have shared the spoils at the WhatsOnStage theatre awards.

Cumberbatch won best actor in a play at the awards, decided by a public vote, while the Barbican production picked up three other awards.
Gypsy picked up four awards, including best actress in a musical for Imelda Staunton.
Nicole Kidman was named best actress in a play for her role in Photograph 51.
The Oscar-winning star played pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin in the West End play last year.
Franklin was the only woman involved in the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953, but received recognition only years after her death.
Photograph 51 also won best new play.
Gypsy's other triumphs were best supporting actress in a musical award for Lara Pulver, best musical revival and best direction.
Dame Judi Dench was named best supporting actress in a play for her role in Kenneth Branagh's production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
Kinky Boots also fared well, picking up three awards - best new musical, best choreography and best actor in a musical for its star, Matt Henry.
Mark Gatiss received the the best supporting actor in a play award for the second year running for his turn in Three Days in the Country, while David Bedella picked up best supporting actor in a musical for In The Heights.
The winners were announced at the Prince of Wales theatre in London on Sunday evening, where performers included Pixie Lott, who is soon to appear on stage in Breakfast at Tiffany's in the West End and regional theatres.
Sir Kenneth Branagh was this year's recipient of the Equity award for services to theatre.
He recently launched a season at the Garrick Theatre in the West End, which also included productions of Romeo and Juliet; The Painkiller, starring Rob Brydon; The Entertainer and the Tricycle theatre's production of Red Velvet.
West End stalwart Les Miserables picked up the coveted best West End show award.


Two fans who died at Hillsborough had wanted to leave a tunnel leading to fenced enclosures but could not because of the crowd, the inquests have heard.

Robert Thomas, a friend who was with them, said they agreed to move to one of the side pens because there were "too many people" in the tunnel.
Nicholas Joynes and Francis McAllister, both 27, were both fatally crushed.
Mr McAllister had swapped his ticket in a seated area for one on the standing terraces.
Ninety-six supporters died at the Liverpool versus Nottingham Forest FA Cup semi-final on 15 April 1989.
Mr Joynes, a draughtsman from Liverpool, married Gillian seven months before the match
Mr McAllister was a firefighter working in London who, his family said, could "charm the birds out of the trees".
His brother-in-law Mr Thomas was among the group that travelled with Mr Joynes.
He said they went into the ground in a group of seven and headed down a tunnel leading to pens three and four behind the goal.
The jury saw CCTV footage of both Mr McAllister and Mr Joynes entering the stadium through exit gate C at 14:55 BST.
Mr Thomas said: "As we got into the tunnel, I was leading... we noticed that it was very busy at the front. There was too many people in there."
Mr Thomas said he managed to get to the side of the tunnel and turn around.
He spoke to the group and they agreed to try to go back and meet in a side pen.
"Everybody agreed that's the route we should take. As we were going out, we were stuck to the wall on the left hand going out, and it was getting really intense coming in," Mr Thomas said.
He said Mr McAllister and Mr Joynes had "no choice but to go forward", adding: "You couldn't just turn around and go against it.
"They just had a crowd either side, which was carrying them along."
The jury heard there is no footage of Mr McAllister in one of the central pens.
He was seen in footage timed at 15:27 lying on his back on the pitch.
David Roe, a former South Yorkshire Police officer, who went into the stadium as the disaster unfolded, saw Mr McAllister with a leather jacket covering his chest and head.
Mr McAllister was "totally motionless" and Mr Roe could not find a pulse, the jury heard
He said he spoke to two people nearby who had an "air of despondency" about Mr McAllister's condition, which suggested signs of life had previously been checked.
Mr Roe then helped carry Mr McAllister to the stadium's gym, where Dr Allan Redgrave confirmed his death.
Mr Joynes was seen inside pen four in images timed at 15:05.
Richard Wood, a police officer who was also on duty, said he first saw Mr Joynes to the right of the goal at the Leppings Lane end of the pitch.
The jury heard this is likely to have happened after 15:36, 30 minutes after police stopped the match.
The officer said he went over to help a group of fans carry Mr Joynes on a makeshift stretcher and his "major concern" was to get him off the pitch and to a first aid point.
Mr Wood said soon after they arrived inside the stadium's gym an off-duty doctor told him to help with resuscitation.
He told the court the unidentified doctor gave mouth-to-mouth, while he gave heart massage.
They gave CPR between five and 10 minutes, Mr Wood said. Another doctor confirmed Mr Joynes had died at 16:05.
Mr Joynes' mother Patricia identified his body in the early hours of the following day.
The inquests in Warrington continue.
BBC News: Profiles of all those who died


Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has accepted the resignation of two ministers and his intelligence head amid a surveillance scandal.

Opposition leaders say intelligence chief Saso Mijalkov and Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska led government attempts to control the press, judiciary and electoral officials by tapping their phones.
The government denies the allegations.
Clashes also erupted between ethnic Albanians and police at the weekend.
Fourteen ethnic Albanians and eight police officers were killed in fighting that followed a police raid on an ethnic Albanian neighbourhood in the northern town of Kumanovo.
Conservative leader Mr Gruevski did not give a reason for the resignations of Interior Minister Ms Jankulovska, Transport Minister Mile Janakieski or intelligence chief Mr Mijalkov, who is also his cousin.
Mr Mijalkov, in a resignation letter, said he hoped his departure would "help in overcoming the political crisis imposed by the opposition".
Western diplomats say the government's failure to investigate the surveillance scandal casts "serious doubts" on the government's commitment to democratic values.
Macedonia, which is a candidate for European Union membership, is facing increasing unrest.
The opposition and government have accused each other of deliberately destabilising the country.
Since February, opposition leader Zoran Zaev has been releasing leaked recordings, amid concerns about the government's apparently authoritarian leanings.
Anti-government protests broke out last week after leaked conversations allegedly revealed that important details in a 2011 murder case had been covered up.
Demonstrators say they will take to the streets on Sunday to demand the prime minister's resignation.


Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn hopes to give Katie Taylor her American debut as a pro fighter in New York in July.

Hearn is trying to line up a spot for Taylor on the undercard of Mikey Garcia's clash with four-time world champion Adrien Broner on 28 July.
Taylor stopped German Nina Meinke in a world title eliminator at Wembley Stadium in April and is expected to fight for a world title in the autumn.
Ireland's former Olympic champion has won all five bouts since turning pro.
Unbeaten Belfast boxer Ryan Burnett, who is also in Hearn's Matchroom Boxing stable, will fight champion Lee Haskins for the IBF world bantamweight title at the SSE Arena on Saturday.
It is a first crack at a world belt for the 24-year-old Burnett, whose one hundred per cent record in 16 pro contests has already earned him British and WBC International titles.


A new sugar tax on the soft drinks industry will be introduced in the UK, the chancellor has announced as he unveiled his Budget.

It is something that has been talked about for some time, but has still come as a surprise.
The move has been hailed by campaigners as a significant step in the fight against child obesity.
The levy is squarely aimed at high-sugar drinks, particularly fizzy drinks, which are popular among teenagers.
Pure fruit juices and milk-based drinks will be excluded and the smallest producers will have an exemption from the scheme.
It will be imposed on companies according to the volume of the sugar-sweetened drinks they produce or import.
There will be two bands - one for total sugar content above 5g per 100 millilitres and a second, higher band for the most sugary drinks with more than 8g per 100 millilitres. Analysis by the Office for Budgetary Responsibility suggests they will be levied at 18p and 24p per litre.
Examples of drinks which would currently fall under the higher rate of the sugar tax include full-strength Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Lucozade Energy and Irn-Bru, the Treasury said. The lower rate would catch drinks such as Dr Pepper, Fanta, Sprite, Schweppes Indian tonic water and alcohol-free shandy.
The whole health community, more or less. In recent years campaigners have been putting forward a vociferous case for why a sugar levy is important in the fight against childhood obesity.
The most high-profile supporter has been TV chef Jamie Oliver, who has introduced a sugar levy in his restaurants. He set up an e-petition that saw more than 150,000 people backing a tax.
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has also spoken out in favour of a tax and has announced the health service will be introducing its own "tax" in hospitals.
When it comes to a sugar tax, all the emphasis has been on drinks. There are a number of reasons for this.
Firstly, unlike a chocolate bar or slice of cake, they are not automatically seen as a treat.  People who drink them tend to have them every day.
Secondly, some of the drinks are incredibly high in sugar.  A typical can contains enough sugar - about nine teaspoons - to take someone over their recommended sugar intake in one hit.
For teenagers they are the number one source of sugar intake while overall, children get a third of their daily sugar intake from them.
They have also been dubbed "empty calories" as they have no nutritional benefit.
35g
The amount of sugar in a 330ml can of Coca-Cola (7 teaspoons)
30g
The recommended max. intake of sugar per day for those aged 11+
Â£520m The amount George Osborne expects the sugar tax to raise
Mr Osborne said the money raised - an estimated Â£520m a year - will be spent on increasing the funding for sport in primary schools.
There has been pressure on ministers to increase spending in this area to build on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games and in light of the low numbers of children who take part in regular activity.
Research has shown that half of seven-year-olds do not do enough exercise.
But while the tax applies to the whole of the UK, Mr Osborne announcement on where the money is spent applies solely to England. The devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are free to decide how to spend their share.
At the start of primary school one in 10 children in England is obese (very overweight) and by the end it is one in five.
If you take into account pupils who are overweight, those figures rise to one in five and one in three respectively.
There are fears this could rise even further - although there are some signs obesity rates may be starting to level off.
The issue has been described as one of the most serious public health challenges for the 21st Century by the World Health Organization, while NHS England's Simon Stevens has dubbed it "the new smoking".


North Korea's Workers' Party is to hold its first congress in 35 years, it has been announced.

The meeting will "further strengthen the party... and enhance its leading role", an official announcement said.
It is unclear how significant the gathering will be as the body holds no official power, BBC Korea correspondent Stephen Evans reports.
There have been six congresses since the party came to power in 1945 - the last being held in 1980.
At the time, current ruler Kim Jong-un's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, was in charge. Kim Jong-il's appearance at the congress confirmed that he was in line to succeed his father as leader.
The meeting will be an opportunity to gauge whether policy in North Korea is changing, our correspondent says.
Other congresses have seen party officials elected, party regulations adopted and discussion of major policies.
The official announcement added the party was facing "the heavy yet sacred task" of building a "thriving" nation.


Exeter prop Alec Hepburn could be out for 10 months after injuring his knee.

The 23-year-old, who was part of the England Saxons squad last summer, ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and damaged cartilage after slipping during a touch game in training.
Hepburn, who featured in last season's Premiership final defeat, had just got fit after breaking his hand in October but will now need to undergo surgery.
"It's a pretty significant injury," head coach Rob Baxter told BBC Sport.
"I feel very sorry for Alec, he's worked extremely hard to get back fit and was just getting to that stage where everything was done.
"He had a bit of a freak incident and now he's going to be out until next season.
"He'd played well enough at the end of last season to be taken on the Saxons tour where, truth be known, he was the standout prop on the tour.
"He's an improving player, we're expecting and hoping for him to be a very important player for us going forward, but these things happen."


A 24-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot by police in South Shields.

Police were called to Frenchman's Way at about 01:00 BST to reports of a man in the street with a handgun.
The man, named locally as James Wilson, was shot once in the chest and taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
Investigators said a "non-police weapon" had been recovered from the scene.
A witness said she heard Northumbria Police officers shout "put the gun down" before they fired.
The force has referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
A spokesman for the IPCC said: "A 24-year-old man sustained an injury to his chest and is in a critical, but stable condition in the Royal Victoria Infirmary. A non-police weapon has been recovered from the scene.
"Following notification of the incident by Northumbria Police, IPCC investigators travelled to the North East to supervise post incident procedures for the police officers involved as well taking control of the scene of the shooting."
A man who did not give his name said his girlfriend heard police shout "put the gun down", and she heard a bang, which she thought was a firecracker at first.
The man said: "I came out and there were police with guns walking up and down in body armour, like they were securing the area.
"I thought they were looking for a gunman.
"Police were working on the man for about 10 minutes, giving him oxygen. Then they let the ambulance in and after about five minutes they took him to hospital."
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "Armed officers attended and made contact with the man, during which the man was shot by police.
"A section of Frenchman's Way has been cordoned off while inquiries into the incident are carried out."