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Severe weather warnings are issued for northern Scotland, with drivers warned about widespread ice on untreated roads.
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England 2018 bid chief executive Andy Anson calls on the world’s major football associations to come together and put Fifa under pressure to reform.
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Former X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon has been crowned “queen of the jungle” in ITV1 reality show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
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Kevin Pietersen moves into the 90’s as England continue to build a strong total on day three of the second Test in Adelaide.
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Documents released by the Wikileaks website have suggested that senior members of the Chinese government co-ordinated cyber attacks on the search engine Google, and recruited a network of hackers to access secret US government and military information.
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Ecuador is evacuating people from towns and villages around the Tungurahua volcano after a rapid increase in seismic activity on Saturday.
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Ivory Coast could now have two rival presidents Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been sworn in for a new term, defying an international outcry over last Sunday’s run-off poll.
The US, UN and France say the election was won by Mr Gbagbo’s rival – opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara.
He was declared the winner by the nation’s electoral body, but this was overturned the Constitutional Council in favour of Mr Gbagbo.
Mr Ouattara is also planning to hold his own swearing-in ceremony.
The presidential run-off was intended to reunify the world’s largest cocoa producer after a civil war in 2002, but could now leave the nation with two rival presidents.
At least four people have been killed in election-related clashes this week in the country’s main city of Abidjan.
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Asil Nadir returned to the UK in August after 17 years in exile The former Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir has been arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions.
It is understood the businessman, who returned to the UK in August having evaded trial since 1993, is being held at a London police station.
It is alleged Mr Nadir, 69, secretly transferred £34m out of his Polly Peck company, leading to its collapse.
His trial is not expected to take place until 2012 because of the complexity of the allegations.
Mr Nadir was remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges on 3 September 2010.
His bail conditions included surrendering his passport, reporting to a police station once a week, being prohibited from going near any airport and a curfew between midnight and 0600 BST.
The BBC’s legal affairs analyst Clive Coleman said it was not clear which bail condition Mr Nadir had breached, but he is believed to be being held at Charing Cross Police Station in central London.
A Metropolitan police spokesman said: “We can confirm that a 69-year-old man has been arrested at an address in London W1 for being in breach of his bail conditions.
“He is currently in custody at a London police station.”
Earlier this year, Mr Nadir let it be known that he was prepared to return to the UK on condition that he was granted bail while his case was heard, rather than being held in custody.
The Serious Fraud Office had agreed not to oppose bail if stringent conditions were imposed.
Mr Nadir had faced 66 counts of theft and £34m fraud allegations when he fled to the Mediterranean island.
The UK has no extradition arrangements with the Turkish Cypriot government in the breakaway republic of northern Cyprus.
Mr Nadir and his 26-year-old wife Nur are renting a £20,000-a-month house in Mayfair, central London.
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Asil Nadir returned to the UK in August after 17 years in exile The former Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir has been arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions.
It is understood the businessman, who returned to the UK in August having evaded trial since 1993, is being held at a London police station.
It is alleged Mr Nadir, 69, secretly transferred £34m out of his Polly Peck company, leading to its collapse.
His trial is not expected to take place until 2012 because of the complexity of the allegations.
Mr Nadir was remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges on 3 September 2010.
His bail conditions included surrendering his passport, reporting to a police station once a week, being prohibited from going near any airport and a curfew between midnight and 0600 BST.
The BBC’s legal affairs analyst Clive Coleman said it was not clear which bail condition Mr Nadir had breached, but he is believed to be being held at Charing Cross Police Station in central London.
A Metropolitan police spokesman said: “We can confirm that a 69-year-old man has been arrested at an address in London W1 for being in breach of his bail conditions.
“He is currently in custody at a London police station.”
Earlier this year, Mr Nadir let it be known that he was prepared to return to the UK on condition that he was granted bail while his case was heard, rather than being held in custody.
The Serious Fraud Office had agreed not to oppose bail if stringent conditions were imposed.
Mr Nadir had faced 66 counts of theft and £34m fraud allegations when he fled to the Mediterranean island.
The UK has no extradition arrangements with the Turkish Cypriot government in the breakaway republic of northern Cyprus.
Mr Nadir and his 26-year-old wife Nur are renting a £20,000-a-month house in Mayfair, central London.
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Topshop’s flagship Oxford Street store was targeted by the protesters
Campaigners protesting against tax avoidance by big business have taken over Topshop’s flagship branch and forced it to close temporarily.
Activists targeted the Oxford Street store in London and other UK branches, including Glasgow and Birmingham.
The London protest started at 1100 GMT when protesters started blowing whistles and chanting.
Topshop boss Sir Philip Green has been criticised because his wife, the firm’s direct owner, lives in a tax haven.
No-one from Topshop’s parent company Arcadia was available for comment.
Protest organisers UK Uncut have been providing updates on Twitter and they claim more stores have been forced to shut.
Many campaigners were forcibly removed from the Oxford Street branch by private security guards and police.
Topshop owner Sir Philip is one of the UK’s most successful retailers.
With a personal fortune of more than £4bn, he owns the Arcadia Group, whose fashion chains include Topshop, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans and Miss Selfridge.
His wife Tina is the direct owner of Arcadia, and she is officially a resident of Monaco. This enabled her to gain a tax-free £1.2bn dividend in 2005.
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At least two people have been killed and many others injured when a passenger plane rolled off the runway after making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, Russian officials say.
According to media reports, all three of the plane’s engines had failed by the time it landed at Domodedovo.
The aircraft was a Russian-built TU-154 with about 150 passengers on board.
It made the emergency landing after taking off on a flight to southern Russia
Nearly two dozen ambulances were on their way to the site of the accident, Interfax news agency said.
“As a result of the TU-154 making an emergency landing at Domodedovo airport, two people died and several dozens were injured,” Tatyana Morozova, a spokeswoman for Moscow transport investigators, said.
The plane, reportedly operated by Dagestan Airlines, was about half an hour into its flight from Moscow when engine failure forced it to make an emergency landing, RIA news agency said.
The first engine failed when the plane was climbing after take-off, the second failed during the flight and the third cut out during the emergency landing itself, according to RIA.
The cause of the engine failure is under investigation.
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Rail services have been severely disrupted by snow and ice ScotRail has said it hopes to restore some trains to the north of Scotland on Saturday after snow virtually wiped out services above the central belt.
The rail operator began to run replacement bus services on Friday evening.
It hopes to run both train and bus services from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Inverness and Aberdeen and between Inverness and Aberdeen on Saturday.
Meanwhile, drivers are being urged to take care if they need to travel.
There has been a warning of widespread icy conditions and wintry showers, with overnight temperatures dipping to -12C in rural areas and down to about -3C in cities and towns.
Trains between Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street will continue to operate on a half-hourly service.
The West Highland Line is set to run, along with limited services between Inverness and Glasgow, from Inverness to Aberdeen and from Edinburgh to Inverness.
Regular bus replacement services are hoped to run between the four cities.
Buses will also shuttle between Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk High.
Snow centres were hoping for a good weekend across Scotland, if the roads around them remain clear.
On Friday evening several high level routes in the Highlands and north east were still blocked by snow.
Many roads in the Grampian area were also affected by lying, drifting and compacted snow.
An accident which had closed the M90 exit slip-road to Rosyth and Inverkeithing at junction 1 has now been cleared.
Central Scotland Police said many roads across the Forth Valley were affected by black ice and they urged drivers not to travel unless necessary.
Black ice was also reported on routes in the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.
The A68 was closed between Jedburgh and Elishaw because of ice and snow.
In the east, walkers and skiers in the Pentland Hills and on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh were warned of the risk of avalanches.
Sporting fixtures have also been hit by the bad weather, with all six of the weekend’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League games postponed.
BBC One Scotland will be showing a special programme on Frozen Scotland at 1800 GMT on Sunday.
Jackie Bird will look back at the week the country ground to a halt and ask how people will cope for the rest of the winter.
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Forecasts suggest the cold spell could last for weeks Forecasters are warning that freezing conditions across the UK could continue into next week, as treacherous roads affect mail and petrol deliveries.
Temperatures are expected to rise above freezing during daytime this weekend, but there are Met Office warnings of icy roads covering much of the UK.
Royal Mail reported problems with about 10% of deliveries on Friday, and pumps at hundreds of garages could run dry.
The weekend sport schedule, from football to horse racing, has been hit.
Scotland is worst-hit, with all Premier League football off, while the teatime Premier League clash between Blackpool and Manchester United was postponed, along with many Football League fixtures in England.
Various rugby union and horse racing fixtures have also fallen victim to the weather.
There is expected to be further snow in northern Scotland on Saturday and Sunday, while rain is expected in western parts of England and Wales.
Heavy rain along the coast of south-east England, combined with snow melt, could cause flooding issues later on Saturday, warned BBC forecaster Alex Deakin.
Dry and bright conditions are expected on Sunday, he said.
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Severe weather warnings have been issued for much of the UK in expectation of widespread icy roads.
The AA said it had attended about 17,500 breakdowns across the UK up to 1700 GMT on Friday – up from about 16,000 on Thursday. A typical Friday, normally the organisation’s quietest day, brings about 9,500 call-outs. The busiest areas were Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds and Bradford.
Darron Burness, head of AA special operations, said: “Road salt is less effective from -5C and barely effective at all from -9C, so even main roads were badly affected in places.
“Ice will remain the biggest risk facing drivers over the next few days until we’ve had a sustained period of milder weather. It’s virtually impossible to spot black ice, so keep your speed down and if it’s slippery, maintain a 10-second gap between you and the vehicle in front.”
Royal Mail said delivery problems on Friday could have affected as many as two million households, and it has suspended the next-day guarantee on its special delivery service.
The Independent Petrol Retailers Association says up to 500 garages are worried they could run out of fuel this weekend.
A Downing Street spokesman said there were no major concerns over supplies of food, petrol, diesel or gas.
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Many rail operators are warning of delays on routes. National Rail Enquiries has set up a hotline on 08453 017 641, and also has updates at @nationalrailenq on Twitter.
Eurostar cancelled 17 trips on Friday and said its timetable would be significantly reduced, with cancellations and delays, until Sunday.
Gatwick Airport has reopened after being shut for two days but is warning passengers to expect delays and cancellations as it takes a few days for schedules to return to normal.
Passengers are being told to check with their airline before leaving home.
Robin Hood Airport, in Doncaster, will remain closed until 1000 GMT on Sunday.
William Wilson, 84, was one of two pensioners found dead in their gardens in Cumbria this week Police in Cumbria are investigating the deaths of two elderly people, who died in their gardens in freezing conditions in separate incidents.
Officers said it appeared 80-year-old Lillian Jenkinson, who was found dead in Workington on Wednesday morning, might have fallen in her garden in freezing conditions.
On Tuesday, 84-year-old William Wilson was found dead in his garden in Waitby, near Kirkby Stephen, and police – who are urging people to look out for each other in the cold weather – are trying to work out whether a fall or a medical condition may have contributed to his death.
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Passengers have been stranded since Friday at airports across Spain The Spanish government has declared a state of alert after a strike by air traffic controllers grounded flights, stranding thousands of travellers.
The measure will allow widldcat strikers to be charged with a crime under the military penal code.
It is the first use of the law since it was created after the death of military ruler Gen Francisco Franco in 1975.
About half of the controllers are at their stations but most are refusing to work, in a dispute over working hours.
There are huge crowds of passengers at Spain’s airports, many hoping to get away at the start of a national holiday, many of them frustrated and angry, says the BBC’s Sarah Rainsford in Madrid.
The army was called in to take charge of the country’s air space on Friday, but cannot direct air traffic.
Announcing the state of alert, Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the air traffic controllers were trying to protect “unacceptable privileges”.
Spain is engaged in a big austerity drive to cut its budget deficit.
“Our airports are still at a standstill, and according to the Spanish constitution, the government is imposing a state of alert,” Mr Rubalcaba said.
“The immediate effect is that the controllers are are now under orders to go back to work and can be charged with a crime under the military penal code if they refuse. The state of alert will initially last for 15 days.”
Our correspondent says the controllers could be charged with disobedience, but it is not clear what sentence any conviction would carry.
Some flights were operating to parts of Spain, including the Canary Islands and Majorca but flagship carrier Iberia, and budget airline Ryanair said they were cancelling all their flights until Sunday morning.
Iberia warned people not to travel to airports and said travellers at Spain’s airports should leave if they could.
Stranded Briton Keith Beevor: “Everyone’s just putting up with it”
The controllers’ unsanctioned action began Friday afternoon in Madrid, with staff calling in sick.
It spread across the nation, forcing travellers to find last-minute hotel rooms or sleep on airport floors. Some passengers were taken by coach to their destinations.
The controllers were already involved in a dispute about their working hours, but were further angered by austerity measures passed by the government on Friday which would partially privatise AENA.
“We have reached our limit mentally with the new decree approved this morning obliging us to work more hours,” said Jorge Ontiveros, a spokesman for the Syndicate Union of Air Controllers.
“We took the decision individually, which then spread to other colleagues who stopped work because they cannot carry on like this. In this situation we cannot control planes.”
The head of AENA, Juan Ignacio Lema, said the strike was “intolerable”, and told the controllers to “stop blackmailing the Spanish people”.
Spanish Transport Minister Jose Blanco has also condemned the strike, saying those involved were “using citizens as hostages”.
Hundreds of national and international flights have been cancelled across the country, leaving angry passengers left stranded in airports.
Some were left stranded on runways as their planes had to turn back. Others had to travel by bus to regional destinations.
“All flights are blocked, there’s a huge lot of people here, sitting around everywhere. Right now everyone is calm, but we don’t know what’s happening,” said one traveller at Barajas airport.
“The captain came out to say Spanish airspace had suddenly shut, with no prior warning,” another passenger stuck in a plane at Palma told Spanish radio.
One woman at Barajas airport said it was “a disgrace”. “How can a group of people be so selfish as to wreck the plans of so many people?”
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Ivory Coast could now have two rival presidents Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has been sworn in for a new term, defying an international outcry over last Sunday’s run-off poll.
The US, UN and France say the election was won by Mr Gbagbo’s rival – opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara.
He was declared the winner by the nation’s electoral body, but this was overturned the Constitutional Council in favour of Mr Gbagbo.
Mr Ouattara is also planning to hold his own swearing-in ceremony.
The presidential run-off was intended to reunify the world’s largest cocoa producer after a civil war in 2002, but could now leave the nation with two rival presidents.
At least four people have been killed in election-related clashes this week in the country’s main city of Abidjan.
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