thedailymirror--2020-07-13--Ex-para who fought ISIS 'sick to his stomach' at being accused of terror himself

A former paratrooper who travelled to Syria to fight ISIS has spoken of his horror after he returned to the UK and was charged with terror offences himself .
Daniel Burke , 33 , from Wythenshawe , made the decision to take on the terrorists following the Manchester Arena bombing , which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more .
Evil Salman Abedi detonated an improvised explosive device as concert-goers left an Ariana Grande gig on May 22 , 2017 .
Daniel 's decision to join the fight against IS would have dramatic consequences , Manchester Evening News reports .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and infection and lost comrades .
But the most surprising twist came after he returned to the UK .
Daniel was accused with others of providing money and military equipment for terrorism and engaging in conduct in preparation to commit , prepare or instigate an act of terrorism between October 7 and December 7 last year .
Daniel said : “ Being labelled as a terrorist made me feel sick to my stomach and it made me feel very disappointed in my country.
” He spent seven months on remand in Wandsworth prison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a jihadi by other prisoners - before the charges were dropped last week at the Old Bailey following a Crown Prosecution Service review .
“ ( In Wandsworth on remand ) Someone called me Jihadi Dan - it really p***ed me off , ” Daniel said .
“ He said it as a joke but it caught fire .
It really got to me because Jihadi John is appalling , he ’ s the worst of the worst .
With the case now dropped , Daniel 's lawyers have demanded a more detailed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence in his case .
So far , none has been forthcoming .
But , having joined a Western-allied Kurdish militia in order to take on IS , Daniel believes he unwittingly became embroiled in diplomatic issues between the UK and Turkey .
Recalling when he made his decision to travel to Syria , he said : “ When they attacked Manchester they were actively targeting children .
“ Nobody does that , nobody should be attacking children full stop .
And at the same time it happened in my own city .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ pulled at my heartstrings.
” On the night of the Manchester terror attack , as the horrific details of the bombing started to emerge , Daniel recalls the flash of panic he felt , worrying that his young cousin had been at the concert .
She was in fact safe , but Daniel was so disgusted by the atrocity that he felt compelled to act .
“ By this point I knew terror attacks were getting worse and worse and they seemed to be speeding up , ” he said .
Daniel had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and still does .
He joined the the Army in 2007 , serving with the Parachute regiment in Afghanistan the following year , and , while he was prepared to lose friends , he was far less prepared for the impact of war on civilians .
He cites an experience in Afghanistan , towards the end of his tour , which left its mark .
While resting up in a village his troops found a lone , possibly orphaned child in an empty house .
“ I really wanted to get this girl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re a fighting unit we can ’ t take anyone with us , ” he says .
“ I talked to the interpreter to see if she could follow us back to the base , about four miles .
“ She walked with us for quite some time until we got to a place called The Gardens where it turns into Jungle .
When we came out the other side , just near our base , I turned around and couldn ’ t see her .
“ There are always rumours that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ execute you .
We had been in the girl ’ s house.
” Daniel struggled from witnessing the horrors of war when he returned home to Manchester .
He got into a fight and was discharged from the Army in 2009 .
He got a new job , bought a house and tried to carry on , but he could n't shake the sense he was meant to be a soldier .
Most of all , he wanted to return to the Middle East to help those fighting IS .
So , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the YPG , or people 's protection units - a Western ally against IS .
The day after the Manchester attack his application was fast-tracked , and within weeks he was back in the Middle East .
After a convoluted journey through Mykonos , Athens , Amman , Cairo , Daniel ended up in Kurdish Sulaymaniyah , in Iraq , waiting to be picked up by the YPG .
“ When I got there it was quite frightening , ” he explains .
“ You have to text saying you ’ re on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then phone a number and they send someone to meet you who takes you to a location .
“ At this location a guy came walking out of a hotel with an AK47 and three other blokes .
I put my foot in the door so they couldn ’ t open it and got the taxi driver round the neck .
I literally thought I was being kidnapped .
“ They pointed further down the road and I saw a white SUV coming towards me with a guy hanging out the window with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I had to give that taxi driver a big tip .
“ Even when I got into the SUV I was a bit dubious .
I was shaken up a bit because it all seems a bit strange , everything is done through smoke and mirrors.
” After arriving at a safe house Daniel met other westerners , including Oliver Hall , who would come to be known as an 'outstanding hero ' , and Daniel Newey .
Months later , the friendship with Mr Newey would be at the heart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But , as the three Britons made the long trip over to a YPG training camp , in Syria , acclimatising to the water , food and heat , they had no ideas of the fates that awaited them .
As things turned out , Daniel ended up leading a YPG unit down to the south of the country .
Meanwhile his friend Oliver , 24 , decided to instead head to Raqqa to clear mines .
There , he was killed , aged just 24 .
“ Ollie wanted to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the war was going to end in a matter of days , ” Daniel says .
“ When he died that was a big blow , after that I lost my s*** quite a bit.
” The hearing was told he had also been inspired to take on Islamic State by the Manchester attack .
But while Oliver would be described as hero by the coroner Daniel ended up in jail .
It was mere chance that Daniel Burke did n't die in Syria , as many others did .
In late 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deir Ezzor region - one of IS ' last strongholds .
Daniel would go back and forth to the front line as ISIS fighters put up such a strong resistance that taking a single house could take days .
“ We lost quite a few blokes in droves of 20 odd people , ” he says .
“ In one instance they killed the majority of people and tortured the rest .
That happened just down the road from us but we didn ’ t know it was going on.
” One exhausting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a car bomb , having failed to do up his chinstrap .
“ The helmet flew off and I smashed my head , ” he says .
“ You spend all this money on a helmet and carry it around all the time .
That was stupid.
” But one of his most frightening experiences came during an intense battle in the city of Hajin .
After weeks of fighting , Daniel found himself and his fellow fighters in a single-storey house with no food and no water , surrounded by IS fighters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come in and massively intensified , ” he says .
“ We were surrounded by IS .
They were in a high rise building .
We just had a parapet on the roof , just a small wall.
” He recalls how at one point a grenade hit the house sending shrapnel flying , including a glass splinter which embedded in one of his finger .
“ It got to the point where we ’ d run out of food and water so headaches were getting constant .
It was a fight for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team asked for an air strike and an armoured vehicle to take them away but were instead told it wouldn ’ t be possible .
“ They said the best thing you can do is take one round out of your AK47 and put it into your top pocket , so if it comes to it it ’ ll be a suicide round , ” he says .
“ IS were formidable .
They didn ’ t want to die but at the same time they had that fighting head where they didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I very much wanted to live but wanted to fight for the cause .
It was a dark time in that house.
” Eventually the YPG troops arrived to relieve Daniel and the others , and Daniel thought he was safe ... before spotting an IS sniper .
“ The sniper started to take potshots at us , ” he says .
“ The rounds had been coming through the wall .
I was trying to find him but he found me first through a little hole in the wall .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the wall and just skimmed right down the side of my helmet .
I fell on the floor .
“ The most terrifying part was after I hit the deck my mate jumped up and looked through the hole and he fired another round straight through the hole.
” “ I thought I ’ d been shot in the face .
At that point , weirdly I said ‘ Pokemon blue ’ .
I think I was reverting back to a safe place.
” Daniel attributes that strange outburst to his school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a Pokemon game on his Gameboy .
“ It ’ s mad how your brain works , ” he says .
Incredibly he survived .
But the glass splinter caused his finger to swell up and turn septic and he needed urgent medical treatment .
During his time in Syria , Daniel says he photographed and retrieved documents and hard drives that he passed onto the UK counter-terror experts , and maps , which he handed to US special forces .
This information gathering was enough to convince the YPG that Daniel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was questioned for days before they were convinced otherwise .
He continued to spend time on the front line , gathered more information and worked as a medic before he was eventually told to head home after reaching the point of exhaustion .
Daniel spent a few weeks hiking in the Pyrenees before heading back to the UK in 2018 .
But before he could get back to Manchester he was arrested - at Calais - on suspicion of terror offences .
Counter-terrorism officers questioned him , before letting him go .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ he says .
“ The CTU were just doing their job .
Because people can turn .
I think everyone needs screening when they come back to the UK . ''
He waited eight months for a decision to be taken as to whether he would be prosecuted before the CPS decided it would “ not be in the interests of justice ” to continue with proceedings against him .
Then the diplomatic and military landscape changed .
In October 2019 , President Trump withdrew troops from the northern region of Syria where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This move led to Turkish troops moving in to expel the Kurds - which it regards as terrorists .
Daniel believe these developments led to him being locked up .
Within weeks of Turkey expelling the Kurds , Daniel Burke was arrested on suspicion of new terror offences in Folkstone .
“ I ’ m not a terrorist ; you know I am not a terrorist , '' he told officers .
`` I have done nothing but fight for this country.
” Daniel has never explicitly been told what the alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ involve , considering that he only ever fought alongside Western allies .
At the time of the arrest he was heading to Spain , having bought land near Barcelona , he says , with the intention of setting up a rehabilitation camp for people affected by PTSD .
He was also considering working with an aid group in Syria , he says , his friend Daniel Newey having already returned to the country .
But as far as the authorities were concerned , Daniel was planning to go back to Syria to fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in December 2019 , Daniel Burke found himself charged with preparing to return to Syria to fight , assisting Daniel Newey to do so , and a terror funding offence .
Mr Newey ’ s father Paul and his brother Sam were charged too - Paul accused of funding terrorism by sending £150 to his son Daniel , and Sam with assisting his brother Daniel to prepare for terrorism .
The Neweys were granted bail , but Daniel was locked up for 23 hours a day during the Covid-19 crisis .
All three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hearing at the Old Bailey last week when the Crown Prosecution Service decided to drop the case following a review .
Daniel is still is struggling to make sense of what happened .
After all that time fighting IS , he says it made him feel 'sick to the stomach ' to be accused of terror offences .
Daniel says he never had any intention to return to Syria to fight following the invasion by Turkey - a NATO member .
He admits buying his friend Daniel Newey a ticket - to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help him 'relax ' .
The prosecution had alleged that Daniel had repeatedly shown his desire to leave the UK to return to Syria in order to fight for Kurdish militia .
As well as assisting Daniel Newey , it was alleged that Daniel had arranged with others to provide money and military equipment for terrorism and engaged in conduct in preparation to commit , prepare or instigate an act of terrorism between October 7 and December 7 last year .
Daniel believes the case against him was political and would have forced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s treatment of the Kurds .
And his lawyers believe it came after diplomatic pressure on the UK Government from Turkey to treat the Kurdish YPG as 'terrorists ' .
Defence barristers have asked the CPS for a more detailed explanation for the decision to offer no evidence .
But the situation is no clearer following another court hearing last Friday .
Daniel ’ s lawyers say his treatment flags up a need to review the scope of the definition of 'terrorism ' in UK legislation .
“ Its use in recent cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ genocidal activities of proscribed terrorist groups in Syria arguably goes far beyond the intention of Parliament in passing the legislation , and potentially brings the law into disrepute , ” they say .
A CPS spokesperson said : “ The CPS ’ s function is not to decide whether a person is guilty but to make fair and independent decisions .
“ These are made on a case by case basis in line with our legal test .
Cases are then kept under continuous review .
“ As part of that responsibility , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prosecution is no longer met .

mirrornews@mirror.co.uk (Beth Abbit, Lorraine King)

Daniel Burke, 33, from Wythenshawe, made the decision to take on the terrorists in Syria following the Manchester Arena attack but when he returned to the UK he was accused of being a terrorist - the charges have now been dropped
Ex-paratrooper who fought ISIS 'sick to his stomach' at being accused of terror himself
A former paratrooper who travelled to Syria to fight ISIS has spoken of his horror after he returned to the UK and was charged with terror offences himself.
Daniel Burke, 33, from Wythenshawe, made the decision to take on the terrorists following the Manchester Arena bombing, which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more.
Evil Salman Abedi detonated an improvised explosive device as concert-goers left an Ariana Grande gig on May 22, 2017.
Daniel's decision to join the fight against IS would have dramatic consequences, Manchester Evening News reports.
He survived sniper attacks, bomb blasts and infection and lost comrades.
Image: Daniel Burke) Daniel Burke)
But the most surprising twist came after he returned to the UK.
Daniel was accused with others of providing money and military equipment for terrorism and engaging in conduct in preparation to commit, prepare or instigate an act of terrorism between October 7 and December 7 last year.
Daniel said: “Being labelled as a terrorist made me feel sick to my stomach and it made me feel very disappointed in my country.”
He spent seven months on remand in Wandsworth prison - where he was wrongly labelled as a jihadi by other prisoners - before the charges were dropped last week at the Old Bailey following a Crown Prosecution Service review.
“(In Wandsworth on remand) Someone called me Jihadi Dan - it really p***ed me off,” Daniel said.
“He said it as a joke but it caught fire. It really got to me because Jihadi John is appalling, he’s the worst of the worst.
With the case now dropped, Daniel's lawyers have demanded a more detailed explanation for the decision to offer no evidence in his case.
So far, none has been forthcoming.
But, having joined a Western-allied Kurdish militia in order to take on IS, Daniel believes he unwittingly became embroiled in diplomatic issues between the UK and Turkey.
Recalling when he made his decision to travel to Syria, he said: “When they attacked Manchester they were actively targeting children.
“Nobody does that, nobody should be attacking children full stop. And at the same time it happened in my own city. I love Manchester to pieces. It pulled at my heartstrings.”
Image: Daniel Burke) Daniel Burke)
On the night of the Manchester terror attack, as the horrific details of the bombing started to emerge, Daniel recalls the flash of panic he felt, worrying that his young cousin had been at the concert.
She was in fact safe, but Daniel was so disgusted by the atrocity that he felt compelled to act.
“By this point I knew terror attacks were getting worse and worse and they seemed to be speeding up,” he said.
Daniel had post-traumatic stress disorder at that time, and still does.
He joined the the Army in 2007, serving with the Parachute regiment in Afghanistan the following year, and, while he was prepared to lose friends, he was far less prepared for the impact of war on civilians.
He cites an experience in Afghanistan, towards the end of his tour, which left its mark.
While resting up in a village his troops found a lone, possibly orphaned child in an empty house.
“I really wanted to get this girl back to our base but because we’re a fighting unit we can’t take anyone with us,” he says. “I talked to the interpreter to see if she could follow us back to the base, about four miles.
“She walked with us for quite some time until we got to a place called The Gardens where it turns into Jungle. When we came out the other side, just near our base, I turned around and couldn’t see her.
“There are always rumours that if you help coalition forces the Taliban execute you. We had been in the girl’s house.”
Image: Daniel Burke) Daniel Burke)
Daniel struggled from witnessing the horrors of war when he returned home to Manchester.
He got into a fight and was discharged from the Army in 2009.
He got a new job, bought a house and tried to carry on, but he couldn't shake the sense he was meant to be a soldier.
Most of all, he wanted to return to the Middle East to help those fighting IS.
So, he applied to join the Kurdish militia group the YPG, or people's protection units - a Western ally against IS. The day after the Manchester attack his application was fast-tracked, and within weeks he was back in the Middle East.
After a convoluted journey through Mykonos, Athens, Amman, Cairo, Daniel ended up in Kurdish Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq, waiting to be picked up by the YPG.
“When I got there it was quite frightening,” he explains. “You have to text saying you’re on your way and send a picture. Then phone a number and they send someone to meet you who takes you to a location.
“At this location a guy came walking out of a hotel with an AK47 and three other blokes. I put my foot in the door so they couldn’t open it and got the taxi driver round the neck. I literally thought I was being kidnapped.
“They pointed further down the road and I saw a white SUV coming towards me with a guy hanging out the window with a picture of me on his phone.
“I had to give that taxi driver a big tip.
Image: Daniel Burke) Daniel Burke)
“Even when I got into the SUV I was a bit dubious. I was shaken up a bit because it all seems a bit strange, everything is done through smoke and mirrors.”
After arriving at a safe house Daniel met other westerners, including Oliver Hall, who would come to be known as an 'outstanding hero', and Daniel Newey.
Months later, the friendship with Mr Newey would be at the heart of the criminal case against Daniel Burke.
But, as the three Britons made the long trip over to a YPG training camp, in Syria, acclimatising to the water, food and heat, they had no ideas of the fates that awaited them.
As things turned out, Daniel ended up leading a YPG unit down to the south of the country. Meanwhile his friend Oliver, 24, decided to instead head to Raqqa to clear mines. There, he was killed, aged just 24.
“Ollie wanted to do something to help people and he thought the war was going to end in a matter of days,” Daniel says.
“When he died that was a big blow, after that I lost my s*** quite a bit.”
Oliver Hall's inquest took place in June 2018.
The hearing was told he had also been inspired to take on Islamic State by the Manchester attack.
But while Oliver would be described as hero by the coroner Daniel ended up in jail.
Image: Daniel Burke) Daniel Burke)
It was mere chance that Daniel Burke didn't die in Syria, as many others did.
In late 2017, he found himself fighting in the Deir Ezzor region - one of IS' last strongholds.
Daniel would go back and forth to the front line as ISIS fighters put up such a strong resistance that taking a single house could take days.
“We lost quite a few blokes in droves of 20 odd people,” he says. “In one instance they killed the majority of people and tortured the rest. That happened just down the road from us but we didn’t know it was going on.”
One exhausting Day, Daniel was knocked unconscious by a car bomb, having failed to do up his chinstrap.
“The helmet flew off and I smashed my head,” he says. “You spend all this money on a helmet and carry it around all the time. That was stupid.”
But one of his most frightening experiences came during an intense battle in the city of Hajin.
After weeks of fighting, Daniel found himself and his fellow fighters in a single-storey house with no food and no water, surrounded by IS fighters.
“The sniper fire started to come in and massively intensified,” he says.
Image: PA) PA)
“We were surrounded by IS. They were in a high rise building. We just had a parapet on the roof, just a small wall.”
He recalls how at one point a grenade hit the house sending shrapnel flying, including a glass splinter which embedded in one of his finger.
“It got to the point where we’d run out of food and water so headaches were getting constant. It was a fight for survival," he says.
The team asked for an air strike and an armoured vehicle to take them away but were instead told it wouldn’t be possible.
“They said the best thing you can do is take one round out of your AK47 and put it into your top pocket, so if it comes to it it’ll be a suicide round,” he says.
“IS were formidable. They didn’t want to die but at the same time they had that fighting head where they didn’t care if they did die.
“I very much wanted to live but wanted to fight for the cause. It was a dark time in that house.”
Eventually the YPG troops arrived to relieve Daniel and the others, and Daniel thought he was safe...before spotting an IS sniper.
“The sniper started to take potshots at us,” he says. “The rounds had been coming through the wall. I was trying to find him but he found me first through a little hole in the wall.
“The bullet bounced off the top of the wall and just skimmed right down the side of my helmet. I fell on the floor.
Image: PA) PA)
“The most terrifying part was after I hit the deck my mate jumped up and looked through the hole and he fired another round straight through the hole.”
“I thought I’d been shot in the face. At that point, weirdly I said ‘Pokemon blue’. I think I was reverting back to a safe place.”
Daniel attributes that strange outburst to his school days, when he would take comfort in a Pokemon game on his Gameboy.
“It’s mad how your brain works,” he says.
Incredibly he survived. But the glass splinter caused his finger to swell up and turn septic and he needed urgent medical treatment.
During his time in Syria, Daniel says he photographed and retrieved documents and hard drives that he passed onto the UK counter-terror experts, and maps, which he handed to US special forces.
This information gathering was enough to convince the YPG that Daniel was a British spy and he says he was questioned for days before they were convinced otherwise.
He continued to spend time on the front line, gathered more information and worked as a medic before he was eventually told to head home after reaching the point of exhaustion.
Daniel spent a few weeks hiking in the Pyrenees before heading back to the UK in 2018.
But before he could get back to Manchester he was arrested - at Calais - on suspicion of terror offences. Counter-terrorism officers questioned him, before letting him go.
Image: Daily Record) Daily Record)
“I was expecting it,” he says.
“The CTU were just doing their job. Because people can turn. I think everyone needs screening when they come back to the UK."
He waited eight months for a decision to be taken as to whether he would be prosecuted before the CPS decided it would “not be in the interests of justice” to continue with proceedings against him.
Then the diplomatic and military landscape changed.
In October 2019, President Trump withdrew troops from the northern region of Syria where the US had been supporting Kurdish allies.
This move led to Turkish troops moving in to expel the Kurds - which it regards as terrorists.
Daniel believe these developments led to him being locked up.
Within weeks of Turkey expelling the Kurds, Daniel Burke was arrested on suspicion of new terror offences in Folkstone.
“I’m not a terrorist; you know I am not a terrorist," he told officers. "I have done nothing but fight for this country.”
Daniel has never explicitly been told what the alleged terrorism in the case was supposed to involve, considering that he only ever fought alongside Western allies.
At the time of the arrest he was heading to Spain, having bought land near Barcelona, he says, with the intention of setting up a rehabilitation camp for people affected by PTSD.
He was also considering working with an aid group in Syria, he says, his friend Daniel Newey having already returned to the country.
But as far as the authorities were concerned, Daniel was planning to go back to Syria to fight with Kurdish militia.
And so, in December 2019, Daniel Burke found himself charged with preparing to return to Syria to fight, assisting Daniel Newey to do so, and a terror funding offence.
Mr Newey’s father Paul and his brother Sam were charged too - Paul accused of funding terrorism by sending £150 to his son Daniel, and Sam with assisting his brother Daniel to prepare for terrorism.
The Neweys were granted bail, but Daniel was locked up for 23 hours a day during the Covid-19 crisis.
All three men were due to face trial until a hearing at the Old Bailey last week when the Crown Prosecution Service decided to drop the case following a review.
Daniel is still is struggling to make sense of what happened.
After all that time fighting IS, he says it made him feel 'sick to the stomach' to be accused of terror offences.
Image: Daniel Burke) Daniel Burke)
Daniel says he never had any intention to return to Syria to fight following the invasion by Turkey - a NATO member. He admits buying his friend Daniel Newey a ticket - to Barcelona - but says it was to help him 'relax'.
The prosecution had alleged that Daniel had repeatedly shown his desire to leave the UK to return to Syria in order to fight for Kurdish militia.
As well as assisting Daniel Newey, it was alleged that Daniel had arranged with others to provide money and military equipment for terrorism and engaged in conduct in preparation to commit, prepare or instigate an act of terrorism between October 7 and December 7 last year.
Daniel believes the case against him was political and would have forced the UK to look at Turkey’s treatment of the Kurds. And his lawyers believe it came after diplomatic pressure on the UK Government from Turkey to treat the Kurdish YPG as 'terrorists'.
Defence barristers have asked the CPS for a more detailed explanation for the decision to offer no evidence. But the situation is no clearer following another court hearing last Friday.
Daniel’s lawyers say his treatment flags up a need to review the scope of the definition of 'terrorism' in UK legislation.
“Its use in recent cases to prosecute British volunteers fighting against the genocidal activities of proscribed terrorist groups in Syria arguably goes far beyond the intention of Parliament in passing the legislation, and potentially brings the law into disrepute,” they say.
A CPS spokesperson said: “The CPS’s function is not to decide whether a person is guilty but to make fair and independent decisions.
“These are made on a case by case basis in line with our legal test. Cases are then kept under continuous review.
“As part of that responsibility, we have concluded our legal test for a prosecution is no longer met.


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--Man City poised to learn Champions League fate amid UEFA ban appeal

Manchester City will learn this morning if they must spend the next two years in Champions League exile .
But Pep Guardiola has warned the teams hunting fifth place that he has been sleeping easy ahead of the decision .
The outcome of City ’ s appeal against their European ban , imposed by UEFA for the club breaking financial fair play rules , will be announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport .
City are confident they will be exonerated and have the suspension overturned , meaning they will be free to continue playing in the Champions League @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ban is upheld or even reduced to a one-year suspension , it could lead to a mass summer exodus of City stars , unable to accept being omitted from football ’ s European elite .
After seeing his side beat Brighton 5-0 on Saturday , Guardiola said : “ I am going to sleep because I can not do anything .
“ I am confident in the club , I know the arguments , the defence they have and in the next season we are going to be in the place where we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I know there are many teams in the Premier League waiting too – but we are going to wait for what is happening on Monday.
” UEFA ’ s club financial control body imposed the ban on February 14 after ruling City had committed “ serious breaches ” of the organisation ’ s financial fair play rules between 2012-16 .
City launched an appeal , claiming the investigation was flawed because it was not independent and that alleged leaks to the media during the process had undermined its credibility .
Although Kevin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even if the appeal fails , Real Madrid will look to target Raheem Sterling , should the ban be upheld while Riyad Mahrez may go .

mirrornews@mirror.co.uk (Darren Lewis, David McDonnell)

Man City took their appeal against UEFA's Champions League ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport with a verdict due this morning
Manchester City will learn this morning if they must spend the next two years in Champions League exile.
But Pep Guardiola has warned the teams hunting fifth place that he has been sleeping easy ahead of the decision.
The outcome of City’s appeal against their European ban, imposed by UEFA for the club breaking financial fair play rules, will be announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
City are confident they will be exonerated and have the suspension overturned, meaning they will be free to continue playing in the Champions League from next season.
Image: AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images)
But if the ban is upheld or even reduced to a one-year suspension, it could lead to a mass summer exodus of City stars, unable to accept being omitted from football’s European elite.
After seeing his side beat Brighton 5-0 on Saturday, Guardiola said: “I am going to sleep because I cannot do anything.
“I am confident in the club, I know the arguments, the defence they have and in the next season we are going to be in the place where we won on the pitch this season.
“I know there are many teams in the Premier League waiting too – but we are going to wait for what is happening on Monday.”
Image: AFP/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images)
UEFA’s club financial control body imposed the ban on February 14 after ruling City had committed “serious breaches” of the organisation’s financial fair play rules between 2012-16.
City launched an appeal, claiming the investigation was flawed because it was not independent and that alleged leaks to the media during the process had undermined its credibility.
Although Kevin De Bruyne has indicated he will stay, even if the appeal fails, Real Madrid will look to target Raheem Sterling, should the ban be upheld while Riyad Mahrez may go.


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--Redknapp snubs Klopp as he names his Premier League manager of the season

Jamie Redknapp has snubbed Jurgen Klopp after picking Chris Wilder as his Manager of the Year .
The German has led Liverpool to their first ever Premier League title and could do so in record breaking fashion with three games of the season remaining .
But after tipping Sheffield United for the drop at the start of the campaign Redknapp has waxed lyrical about Wilder 's work at Bramall Lane .
The Blades beat Chelsea 3-0 on Saturday to keep alive their hopes of playing European football next term .
And Redknapp has been hugely impressed , not just with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their performances .
`` Not only have his side survived , they have survived with style , '' he wrote in the Daily Mail .
`` Wilder , 52 , took a group of players who , no disrespect , had hardly walked the red carpet in their careers , and made them competitive .
`` He stood by a system that is unique — a 3-5-2 that involves centre backs overlapping and overloading the flanks .
`` It ’ s football on the front foot .
We thought they ’ d @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We thought because they didn ’ t spend a fortune in the transfer market , like Aston Villa , that they ’ d struggle .
`` How wrong we were .
Only Manchester City and Liverpool have produced more crosses .
Only a handful of clubs have allowed fewer shots against them , with Wilder ’ s back three of Chris Basham , John Egan and Jack O ’ Connell having kept many a striker quiet .
`` Tammy Abraham was the latest on Saturday , while Olivier Giroud could not drag Chelsea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` Because of all this , a European adventure could follow . ''

Jamie Redknapp has named Sheffield United's Chris Wilder as his Manager of the Season despite Jurgen Klopp leading Liverpool to a first ever Premier League title
Jamie Redknapp snubs Jurgen Klopp as he names his Premier League manager of the season
Jamie Redknapp has snubbed Jurgen Klopp after picking Chris Wilder as his Manager of the Year.
The German has led Liverpool to their first ever Premier League title and could do so in record breaking fashion with three games of the season remaining.
But after tipping Sheffield United for the drop at the start of the campaign Redknapp has waxed lyrical about Wilder's work at Bramall Lane.
The Blades beat Chelsea 3-0 on Saturday to keep alive their hopes of playing European football next term.
And Redknapp has been hugely impressed, not just with their league position, but the manner of their performances.
Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)
"Not only have his side survived, they have survived with style," he wrote in the Daily Mail.
"Wilder, 52, took a group of players who, no disrespect, had hardly walked the red carpet in their careers, and made them competitive.
"He stood by a system that is unique — a 3-5-2 that involves centre backs overlapping and overloading the flanks.
"It’s football on the front foot. We thought they’d be found out playing that way. We thought because they didn’t spend a fortune in the transfer market, like Aston Villa, that they’d struggle.
Image: AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images)
"How wrong we were. Only Manchester City and Liverpool have produced more crosses. Only a handful of clubs have allowed fewer shots against them, with Wilder’s back three of Chris Basham, John Egan and Jack O’Connell having kept many a striker quiet.
"Tammy Abraham was the latest on Saturday, while Olivier Giroud could not drag Chelsea back into the game after coming on.
"Because of all this, a European adventure could follow."
Sheffield United sit seventh, five points behind fourth-placed Leicester.


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--Lisa Marie Presley's son Benjamin Keough has died aged 27

Lisa Marie Presley 's son Benjamin Keough has died at the age of 27 .
The musician , who is the grandson of Elvis Presley , passed away on Sunday in Calabasas , California , a spokesman for Ms Presley confirmed to The People .
The tragic loss of the son of Lisa Marie and Danny Keough has left his mother `` heartbroken . ''
In a statement , Lisa Marie 's manager , Roger Widynowsk , declared her boy `` the love of her life '' .
`` She is completely heartbroken , inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old twins and her oldest daughter Riley , '' it read .
`` She adored that boy .
He was the love of her life . ''
Benjamin kept himself mainly out of the spotlight for much of his life but he did sign a $ 5 million record deal when he was a teenager .
He made the deal in 2009 but it seems that he never quite made the big time with his music career and his output remains relatively unknown .
What Ben was most known for is bearing an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who was known as The King .
This did not go unnoticed and was something that his mother Lisa addressed .
Speaking about the similarities , Lisa said : `` Ben does look so much like Elvis .
He was at the Opry and was the quiet storm behind the stage .
`` Everybody turned around and looked when he was over there .
`` Everybody was grabbing him for a photo because it is just uncanny . ''
Not someone that had a huge social media presence , one of the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his family was at the 40-year death anniversary of Elvis , in a vigil at Graceland , in 2017 .
Lisa Marie and Benjamin had a close bond and on Mother 's Day 2009 , they got matching tattoos .
Speaking about to fans on Twitter , a few years later , Lisa Marie said that it was a `` Celtic eternity knot ” which represented “ eternal love and connection.
” Benjamin was born in Florida on October 21 , 1992 and the most recent Instagram post from his mum featuring a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year .
Lisa shared a pic of her four children cuddled into her , captioning it with : `` Mama Lion with cubs . ''
Lisa Marie has been married four times , most famously to Michael Jackson , and has twin girls with her fourth husband , music producer Michael Lockwood .
She was also married to actor Nicolas Cage for two years from 2002 to 2004 .
Lisa Marie 's first husband was Danny Keough , who was a bass player in Elvis Presley 's band and the father of Benjamin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1994 , the relationship had turned sour and they had a 'quickie divorce ' in the Dominican Republic .
Just 20 days after the divorce , Lisa Marie married Michael Jackson , who she had first met in 1975 , when she was seven years old .
They started their `` adult friendship '' in 1992 and Michael leaned on Lisa Marie for emotional support as accusations of child molestation became public .
Concerned about his health and addiction to drugs , Lisa said that she fell in love with the singer as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about it , she said : `` I believed he did n't do anything wrong , and that he was wrongly accused and , yes , I started falling for him .
I wanted to save him .
I felt that I could do it . ''
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Elvis Presley's grandson Benjamin Keough has died from a 'self-inflicted gunshot wound', said police officers responding to an incident on Sunday
Lisa Marie Presley's son Benjamin Keough has died at the age of 27 in an apparent suicide.
The musician, who is the grandson of Elvis Presley, passed away on Sunday in Calabasas, California, a spokesman for Ms Presley confirmed to The People.
The tragic loss of the son of Lisa Marie and Danny Keough has left his mother "heartbroken."
TMZ have reported that Benjamin died from a "self-inflicted gunshot wound".
In a statement, Lisa Marie's manager, Roger Widynowsk, declared her boy "the love of her life".
"She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley," it read.
"She adored that boy. He was the love of her life."
Image: Copetti/Photofab/REX/Shutterstock) Copetti/Photofab/REX/Shutterstock)
Benjamin kept himself mainly out of the spotlight for much of his life but he did sign a $5million record deal when he was a teenager.
He made the deal in 2009 but it seems that he never quite made the big time with his music career and his output remains relatively unknown.
What Ben was most known for is bearing an uncanny resemblance to his famous grandfather, who was known as The King.
This did not go unnoticed and was something that his mother Lisa addressed.
Speaking about the similarities, Lisa said: "Ben does look so much like Elvis. He was at the Opry and was the quiet storm behind the stage.
"Everybody turned around and looked when he was over there.
"Everybody was grabbing him for a photo because it is just uncanny."
Image: Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images)
Not someone that had a huge social media presence, one of the last times that Benjamin was seen out with his family was at the 40-year death anniversary of Elvis, in a vigil at Graceland, in 2017.
Lisa Marie and Benjamin had a close bond and on Mother's Day 2009, they got matching tattoos.
Speaking about to fans on Twitter, a few years later, Lisa Marie said that it was a "Celtic eternity knot” which represented “eternal love and connection.”
Image: Copetti/Photofab/REX/Shutterstock) Copetti/Photofab/REX/Shutterstock)
Benjamin was born in Florida on October 21, 1992 and the most recent Instagram post from his mum featuring a pic of Ben was in June last year.
Lisa shared a pic of her four children cuddled into her, captioning it with: "Mama Lion with cubs."
Lisa Marie has been married four times, most famously to Michael Jackson, and has twin girls with her fourth husband, music producer Michael Lockwood.
She was also married to actor Nicolas Cage for two years from 2002 to 2004.
Image: Redferns) Redferns)
Lisa Marie's first husband was Danny Keough, who was a bass player in Elvis Presley's band and the father of Benjamin. They married in 1988 but by 1994, the relationship had turned sour and they had a 'quickie divorce' in the Dominican Republic.
Just 20 days after the divorce, Lisa Marie married Michael Jackson, who she had first met in 1975, when she was seven years old.
Image: Lisa Marie Presley/Instagram) Lisa Marie Presley/Instagram)
They started their "adult friendship" in 1992 and Michael leaned on Lisa Marie for emotional support as accusations of child molestation became public.
Concerned about his health and addiction to drugs, Lisa said that she fell in love with the singer as she wanted to help him.
Speaking about it, she said: "I believed he didn't do anything wrong, and that he was wrongly accused and, yes, I started falling for him. I wanted to save him. I felt that I could do it."
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thedailymirror--2020-07-12--University students could get coronavirus refunds courtesy of taxpayers, say MPs

Students who have missed out on lectures because of coronavirus curbs could be reimbursed by taxpayers , under plans outlined today .
Ministers should consider funding universities to provide any refunds students are owed because of the Covid-19 outbreak , the Commons Petitions Committee recommended .
More than 347,000 people signed an e-petition calling for the Government to reimburse all students of this year ’ s fees due to strikes and Covid-19 .
Research by the committee found just 7 % of students felt satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of teaching they current receive .
Some 87 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distancing rules were introduced .
And 47 % revealed they were paying for university accommodation they do not need .
Committee chairwoman Catherine McKinnell said : “ As the Government take steps to protect the economy from Covid-19 , it is vital that they now take urgent action to ensure students , and our vitally important institutions , are not left behind as the virus continues to wreak havoc on our higher education system .
“ We are calling on the Government to give clarity on students ’ rights to a refund for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Government should consider funding universities to support them in reimbursing students ' fees where it is clear their experience and service has fallen short due to the incredibly challenging situation we have been facing.
” The committee urged ministers to set out how students can claim refunds or repeat parts of their courses , making it easier to seek a refund , and to consider providing extra support for students whose courses have been affected by the outbreak .
It ruled out recommending “ a universal refund or reimbursement of tuition fees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While we do not consider that a blanket refund for all students is necessarily required , we believe that the Government has a role in ensuring any student whose university experience has fallen short is compensated , ” said Ms McKinnell .
“ The coronavirus pandemic and its effect on UK universities represent the greatest challenge they have faced for generations .
“ If the Government fails to offer a comprehensive and accessible support package for both universities and students , then we face letting down an entire generation and critically damaging a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our country ’ s post-Covid economic recovery.
” The Government has two months to respond to the report .

The Commons Petitions Committee urged ministers to look at the possibility after Covid-19 disrupted the academic year
University students could get coronavirus refunds courtesy of taxpayers, say MPs
Students who have missed out on lectures because of coronavirus curbs could be reimbursed by taxpayers, under plans outlined today.
Ministers should consider funding universities to provide any refunds students are owed because of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Commons Petitions Committee recommended.
More than 347,000 people signed an e-petition calling for the Government to reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and Covid-19.
Research by the committee found just 7% of students felt satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of teaching they current receive.
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Some 87% said teaching hours had fallen since social distancing rules were introduced.
And 47% revealed they were paying for university accommodation they do not need.
Committee chairwoman Catherine McKinnell said: “As the Government take steps to protect the economy from Covid-19, it is vital that they now take urgent action to ensure students, and our vitally important institutions, are not left behind as the virus continues to wreak havoc on our higher education system.
“We are calling on the Government to give clarity on students’ rights to a refund for their education.
“We also believe the Government should consider funding universities to support them in reimbursing students' fees where it is clear their experience and service has fallen short due to the incredibly challenging situation we have been facing.”
The committee urged ministers to set out how students can claim refunds or repeat parts of their courses, making it easier to seek a refund, and to consider providing extra support for students whose courses have been affected by the outbreak.
It ruled out recommending “a universal refund or reimbursement of tuition fees to all university students”.
“While we do not consider that a blanket refund for all students is necessarily required, we believe that the Government has a role in ensuring any student whose university experience has fallen short is compensated,” said Ms McKinnell.
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“The coronavirus pandemic and its effect on UK universities represent the greatest challenge they have faced for generations.
“If the Government fails to offer a comprehensive and accessible support package for both universities and students, then we face letting down an entire generation and critically damaging a sector that will play a crucial role in our country’s post-Covid economic recovery.”
The Government has two months to respond to the report.


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--Angelina Jolie backs £5m UK drive to educate refugee children

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie today threw her weight behind a Government drive to educate refugee children .
Britain will pledge £5.3million to help kids and teachers in 10 of the poorest countries hosting refugees , including Chad , South Sudan and the Yemen .
Movie A-lister Angelina will join Baroness Liz Sugg , the UK ’ s special envoy for girls ’ education , in pressing other countries to chip in .
Angelina , an ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR , said : “ For millions of children and youth , schools are a lifeline of opportunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Classrooms offer protection — or at least a reprieve — from violence , exploitation and other difficult circumstances .
“ Without urgent practical assistance , some of the children left without schooling worldwide due to the coronavirus may never set foot in a classroom again .
“ We must find ways to try to ensure access to continuity of education for young people across the world .
“ Ensuring education for refugee children is something we can make happen , if we all come together.
” Baroness Sugg said : “ Education must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus .
“ This epidemic is not just a health crisis , it is an education crisis , especially for refugee children .
“ Without school and an education they will be unable to rebuild their lives and achieve their full potential .
“ Supporting every child ’ s right to 12 years of quality education is one of the best investments the UK can make to end the cycle of displacement , poverty and conflict , as we recover from coronavirus .
“ We urge our partners to match our ambition .
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The Hollywood star said the classroom can offer a 'refuge' from 'violence and exploitation' for children in some of the poorest countries the world
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie today threw her weight behind a Government drive to educate refugee children.
Britain will pledge £5.3million to help kids and teachers in 10 of the poorest countries hosting refugees, including Chad, South Sudan and the Yemen.
Movie A-lister Angelina will join Baroness Liz Sugg, the UK’s special envoy for girls’ education, in pressing other countries to chip in.
Angelina, an ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR, said: “For millions of children and youth, schools are a lifeline of opportunity as well as a shield.
“Classrooms offer protection — or at least a reprieve — from violence, exploitation and other difficult circumstances.
“Without urgent practical assistance, some of the children left without schooling worldwide due to the coronavirus may never set foot in a classroom again.
“We must find ways to try to ensure access to continuity of education for young people across the world.
“Ensuring education for refugee children is something we can make happen, if we all come together.”
Baroness Sugg said: “Education must be prioritised in the global recovery from coronavirus.
“This epidemic is not just a health crisis, it is an education crisis, especially for refugee children.
“Without school and an education they will be unable to rebuild their lives and achieve their full potential.
“Supporting every child’s right to 12 years of quality education is one of the best investments the UK can make to end the cycle of displacement, poverty and conflict, as we recover from coronavirus.
“We urge our partners to match our ambition.”


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--Seven in 10 Tory voters say Boris Johnson should give care workers a pay rise

Nearly four in five Tory voters want Boris Johnson to pump more cash into social care , a poll reveals today .
Some 78 % believe the Government should increase funds for the sector , while seven in 10 think care workers should be paid more , and 77 % want extra money for the NHS .
The online YouGov study of 1,663 people will pile pressure on the Prime Minister to give carers – many of whom are paid the legal minimum – a wage hike in the Autumn Budget .
Build Back Better campaign co-executive director Fatima Ibrahim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services is vital if we are to rebuild our economy on solid foundations and emerge from this crisis healthier and stronger .
“ With unemployment set to soar to the millions , investing in a National Care Service to build back better is a huge opportunity for the Government to create good quality , well-paid jobs in one of our most vital public services.
” Women ’ s Budget Group director Mary-Ann Stephenson said : “ Covid-19 exposed the crisis in the care sector , which needs major investment if it is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Investment in care would also help tackle the jobs crisis as the furlough scheme ends.
” Unions backed the call for a wage boost for carers , with campaigners demanding they are paid the Real Living Wage rate of £9.30 an hour , rising to £10.75 in London where costs are higher .
The legal minimum hourly rate , which the Government calls its National Living Wage , is £8.72 an hour , falling to £8.20 for those aged between 21 and 24 , and just £6.45 for those aged 18 to 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's 900,000 social carers earn below the Real Living Wage .
A £1.4billion injection would lift them onto the rate , according to experts .
Unison assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said : `` The Government must move quickly to create a world class care system of which we can all be proud .
`` People of all political persuasions have had enough of bargain basement care that drives down pay and care standards .
“ Wages must reflect the valuable , high-skilled work care staff do .
They all deserve a proper @ @ @ @ @

A YouGov poll has found 78% of Tory voters think the government should pump more cash into social care - and most want homes' cash-strapped workers to get more in their pockets too
Seven in 10 Tory voters say Boris Johnson should give care workers a pay rise
Nearly four in five Tory voters want Boris Johnson to pump more cash into social care, a poll reveals today.
Some 78% believe the Government should increase funds for the sector, while seven in 10 think care workers should be paid more, and 77% want extra money for the NHS.
The online YouGov study of 1,663 people will pile pressure on the Prime Minister to give carers – many of whom are paid the legal minimum – a wage hike in the Autumn Budget.
Build Back Better campaign co-executive director Fatima Ibrahim said: “Investing in our public services is vital if we are to rebuild our economy on solid foundations and emerge from this crisis healthier and stronger.
Image: AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images)
“With unemployment set to soar to the millions, investing in a National Care Service to build back better is a huge opportunity for the Government to create good quality, well-paid jobs in one of our most vital public services.”
Women’s Budget Group director Mary-Ann Stephenson said: “Covid-19 exposed the crisis in the care sector, which needs major investment if it is to meet the need for care.
“Investment in care would also help tackle the jobs crisis as the furlough scheme ends.”
Unions backed the call for a wage boost for carers, with campaigners demanding they are paid the Real Living Wage rate of £9.30 an hour, rising to £10.75 in London where costs are higher.
Image: Philip Coburn) Philip Coburn)
The legal minimum hourly rate, which the Government calls its National Living Wage, is £8.72 an hour, falling to £8.20 for those aged between 21 and 24, and just £6.45 for those aged 18 to 20.
An estimated 500,000 of the country's 900,000 social carers earn below the Real Living Wage.
A £1.4billion injection would lift them onto the rate, according to experts.
Unison assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: "The Government must move quickly to create a world class care system of which we can all be proud.
“This means substantial investment, major restructuring and wholesale reform.
"People of all political persuasions have had enough of bargain basement care that drives down pay and care standards.
“Wages must reflect the valuable, high-skilled work care staff do. They all deserve a proper pay rise now."


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--'Let public lead inquiry into coronavirus social care crisis', says think tank

Ordinary people should lead an inquiry into the coronavirus care crisis to avoid a “ blame game ” between councils and the NHS , experts recommended today .
The RSA think tank called for a “ People ’ s Health and Care Commission ” with a “ Citizens ’ Assembly ” at its heart .
Such a move would build public confidence in bringing together health and social care systems , it said .
A rift has opened between the social care sector , the NHS and ministers after patients were discharged from hospital and sent to care homes without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ researcher Hannah Webster said : “ As the whole of government looks to develop ‘ new institutions ’ as part of No10 's recovery strategy , it must include deliberative democracy methods like Citizens ’ Assemblies to give power back to ordinary people .
“ Collectively , we have all made sacrifices over the past few months and we must have a say in how the future of health and care is funded and run .
“ Despite much talk of integration over the years , health and social care remain separate systems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are still an add-on rather than core to service delivery.
” An Opinium of 2,002 adults found 26 % were involved in supporting their local community during the pandemic and 13 % started something new .
A quarter of those aged 18 to 34 have accessed online GP services , including video consultations , during the crisis .
But that fell to just 6 % of those aged 55 and over .

The RSA called for a series of "Cititzens' Assemblies" to learn Covid-19 lessons and plan for the future
'Let public lead inquiry into coronavirus social care crisis', says think tank
Ordinary people should lead an inquiry into the coronavirus care crisis to avoid a “blame game” between councils and the NHS, experts recommended today.
The RSA think tank called for a “People’s Health and Care Commission” with a “Citizens’ Assembly” at its heart.
Such a move would build public confidence in bringing together health and social care systems, it said.
A rift has opened between the social care sector, the NHS and ministers after patients were discharged from hospital and sent to care homes without being tested for Covid-19.
RSA senior researcher Hannah Webster said: “As the whole of government looks to develop ‘new institutions’ as part of No10's recovery strategy, it must include deliberative democracy methods like Citizens’ Assemblies to give power back to ordinary people.
“Collectively, we have all made sacrifices over the past few months and we must have a say in how the future of health and care is funded and run.
“Despite much talk of integration over the years, health and social care remain separate systems that interact poorly, while digital opportunities are still an add-on rather than core to service delivery.”
An Opinium of 2,002 adults found 26% were involved in supporting their local community during the pandemic and 13% started something new.
A quarter of those aged 18 to 34 have accessed online GP services, including video consultations, during the crisis.
But that fell to just 6% of those aged 55 and over.


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--Pump cash into renewable energy to boost economy, local leaders urge ministers

Chancellor Rishi Sunak was today urged to pump £5billion into renewable energy .
More than 100 mayors , local leaders and energy businesses Siemens UK and EDF called for the Government to invest in wind and solar power .
Campaigning under the banner UK100 , they said such a move would unlock £100billion of schemes , including up to £40bn for energy efficiency and create more than 300,000 jobs .
The group will present its report to ministers today .
Director Polly Billington said : `` If ministers are to meet their manifesto promise on energy efficiency in our homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Europe , they need to kickstart a renewable revolution .
“ This would help hard-pressed consumers save on their fuel bills , support hundreds of thousands of jobs and protect the environment.
” She believed that `` £5bn now would unlock £100bn to rescue the UK economy and deliver on the Prime Minister 's ambitions of levelling up and meeting net-zero ” – the Government 's plan for net zero carbon emissions by 2050 .
Siemens UK chief executive Carl Ennis said : `` There is an urgent need to scale-up local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have any chance of meeting net-zero by 2050 .
“ This requires a collective national effort with government , business and the public all playing our part .
“ Local energy should be at the heart of the national infrastructure strategy , creating a more consistent policy landscape that will give investors the confidence to invest earlier . ''
The report looked at the progress of five regional energy hubs set up by the Government in 2018 which currently focus on 183 projects valued at £850million .
Ninety-per-cent were still at an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scale at below £5m , the study said .

The UK100 group called for billions of pounds of cash to create jobs and help the industry
Chancellor Rishi Sunak was today urged to pump £5billion into renewable energy.
More than 100 mayors, local leaders and energy businesses Siemens UK and EDF called for the Government to invest in wind and solar power.
Campaigning under the banner UK100, they said such a move would unlock £100billion of schemes, including up to £40bn for energy efficiency and create more than 300,000 jobs.
The group will present its report to ministers today.
Image: Getty) Getty) Image: James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock) James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock)
Director Polly Billington said: "If ministers are to meet their manifesto promise on energy efficiency in our homes, which are some of the leakiest in Europe, they need to kickstart a renewable revolution.
“This would help hard-pressed consumers save on their fuel bills, support hundreds of thousands of jobs and protect the environment.”
She believed that "£5bn now would unlock £100bn to rescue the UK economy and deliver on the Prime Minister's ambitions of levelling up and meeting net-zero” – the Government's plan for net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Siemens UK chief executive Carl Ennis said: "There is an urgent need to scale-up local, sustainable energy if the UK is to have any chance of meeting net-zero by 2050.
Image: PA) PA)
“This requires a collective national effort with government, business and the public all playing our part.
“Local energy should be at the heart of the national infrastructure strategy, creating a more consistent policy landscape that will give investors the confidence to invest earlier."
The report looked at the progress of five regional energy hubs set up by the Government in 2018 which currently focus on 183 projects valued at £850million.
Ninety-per-cent were still at an early stage and most were relatively small scale at below £5m, the study said.


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--MPs blast councils' use of 'risky borrowing'  to generate cash from investments

Town halls ' borrowing to fund “ risky ” investments has “ exploded ” on Whitehall 's “ sleepy watch ” , MPs warned today .
A Government spending watchdog said local councils had borrowed cash to buy properties which they hoped would generate cash through renting them out .
But the coronavirus crisis could hammer rents and leave them out of pocket , MPs feared .
Risky investments in commercial property “ ballooned ” 14-fold in three years – mostly funded by new debt , the Commons Public Accounts Committee said in a report published today .
Local authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money buying property – over 14 times more than in the previous three-year period .
Another £1bn was pumped out in the first half of 2019-20 .
Up to 91 % of the commercial property spending was financed by borrowing – meaning some authorities have built up “ substantial long-term debts , much of which will depend on rental incomes to repay ” , MPs said .
Committee chairwoman Meg Hillier accused the Ministry for Housing , Communities and Local Government of failing to carry out enough scrutiny .
She said : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ external borrowing has exploded – and all on MHCLG ’ s sleepy watch .
“ Councils are locally-led and must make their own decisions .
“ But it is hugely disappointing that the department does not have a clear view of potential risk of over-exposure despite the committee warning about this four years ago .
“ If local authorities were counting on rents to repay that debt they are now , with the hit from Covid-19 , in a very risky position – which means taxpayers and local services are in a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent reports that a large number of English councils are now at risk of technical insolvency because of Covid pressures and the picture is serious.
” The Local Government Association ’ s Richard Watts said : “ Councils have faced a choice of either accepting funding reductions and cutting services or making investments to try and protect them .
“ As the committee rightly highlights , this was an approach that was encouraged by government .
“ Investments are not only made to try and plug funding shortfalls but also to help contribute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : “ Councils are responsible for managing their finances and must properly consider the risks and opportunities when they make commercial decisions .
“ We are aware and share concerns about a minority of councils that continue to expose themselves and taxpayers to risk through significant amounts of borrowing for commercial purposes .
“ We have already taken steps to tighten our guidance on council investments and are undertaking a review to develop a more comprehensive understanding of this activity .
”

The Commons Public Accounts Committee issued a damning verdict on the practice of taking on long-term debt in the hope of later rewards
MPs blast councils' use of 'risky borrowing' to generate cash from investments
Town halls' borrowing to fund “risky” investments has “exploded” on Whitehall's “sleepy watch”, MPs warned today.
A Government spending watchdog said local councils had borrowed cash to buy properties which they hoped would generate cash through renting them out.
But the coronavirus crisis could hammer rents and leave them out of pocket, MPs feared.
Risky investments in commercial property “ballooned” 14-fold in three years – mostly funded by new debt, the Commons Public Accounts Committee said in a report published today.
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Local authorities spent an estimated £6.6billion of taxpayers’ money buying property – over 14 times more than in the previous three-year period.
Another £1bn was pumped out in the first half of 2019-20.
Up to 91% of the commercial property spending was financed by borrowing – meaning some authorities have built up “substantial long-term debts, much of which will depend on rental incomes to repay”, MPs said.
Committee chairwoman Meg Hillier accused the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government of failing to carry out enough scrutiny.
She said: “In just three years some councils’ external borrowing has exploded – and all on MHCLG’s sleepy watch.
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“Councils are locally-led and must make their own decisions.
“But it is hugely disappointing that the department does not have a clear view of potential risk of over-exposure despite the committee warning about this four years ago.
“If local authorities were counting on rents to repay that debt they are now, with the hit from Covid-19, in a very risky position – which means taxpayers and local services are in a very risky position.
“Add to this recent reports that a large number of English councils are now at risk of technical insolvency because of Covid pressures and the picture is serious.”
The Local Government Association’s Richard Watts said: “Councils have faced a choice of either accepting funding reductions and cutting services or making investments to try and protect them.
“As the committee rightly highlights, this was an approach that was encouraged by government.
“Investments are not only made to try and plug funding shortfalls but also to help contribute to local economies.”
An MHCLG spokeswoman said: “Councils are responsible for managing their finances and must properly consider the risks and opportunities when they make commercial decisions.
“We are aware and share concerns about a minority of councils that continue to expose themselves and taxpayers to risk through significant amounts of borrowing for commercial purposes.
“We have already taken steps to tighten our guidance on council investments and are undertaking a review to develop a more comprehensive understanding of this activity.”


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--Lonely children plead for mental health help after coronavirus lockdown struggle

Children who feel ignored by ministers during the coronavirus pandemic today called for help with their mental health .
A YouGov poll of 4,000 , eight to 24-year-olds for Barnardo 's found 41 % were more lonely than before lockdown .
Some 38 % were more worried , 37 % more sad and 34 % more stressed .
A third said they had more trouble sleeping , which could have a knock-on effect on school work , behavioural issues and family life .
Kids claimed a lack of information targeted at them had fuelled their anxieties and fears around Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with youngsters saying they found information confusing , negative and often untrustworthy .
The findings came in Barnardo 's report 'Mental Health and Covid-19 : In our Own Words ' drawn up with youngsters the charity works with .
It said a “ key theme running through the surveys was children and young people feeling they were being ignored by decision makers during the pandemic ” .
Barnardo ’ s chief executive Javed Khan said : “ The coronavirus lockdown has felt like a lifetime for children and young people , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if they do not have the right support for their mental health and wellbeing .
“ Young people do not feel they have been heard by decision-makers during the pandemic but the choices made today will have a profound effect on their future .
“ It ’ s vital we take immediate action , with programmes over the summer and when children return to school , and in the longer term we owe it to children to ‘ build back better ’ with a system that is radically better than the one we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young people to be included in “ recovery planning ” , with a role in decision-making on policies that affect them .
Banrardo 's also demanded “ timely , transparent and clear information targeted at and accessible to children to address the uncertainty and anxiety around Covid-19 ” .
Meanwhile , the new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists warned Britain to brace for an `` inevitable '' , Covid-19-fuelled rise in mental illness .
Dr Adrian James said there would be `` multiple layers '' to the fallout from the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health conditions and those who have never previously suffered .
NHS frontline staff needed support , while those recovering from Covid-19 should be screened for issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder , he said .
Waiting lists for treatment would now rise substantially , including for young children and older people , Dr James feared .
He added : `` There will be very significant mental illness consequences of Covid , and we need to be ready .
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Kids interviewed by the charity Barnardo's admitted they felt more anxious during the pandemic
Children who feel ignored by ministers during the coronavirus pandemic today called for help with their mental health.
A YouGov poll of 4,000, eight to 24-year-olds for Barnardo's found 41% were more lonely than before lockdown.
Some 38% were more worried, 37% more sad and 34% more stressed.
A third said they had more trouble sleeping, which could have a knock-on effect on school work, behavioural issues and family life.
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Kids claimed a lack of information targeted at them had fuelled their anxieties and fears around Covid-19.
Just 17% were satisfied, with youngsters saying they found information confusing, negative and often untrustworthy.
The findings came in Barnardo's report 'Mental Health and Covid-19: In our Own Words' drawn up with youngsters the charity works with.
It said a “key theme running through the surveys was children and young people feeling they were being ignored by decision makers during the pandemic”.
Barnardo’s chief executive Javed Khan said: “The coronavirus lockdown has felt like a lifetime for children and young people, and the negative effects could last a real lifetime if they do not have the right support for their mental health and wellbeing.
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“Young people do not feel they have been heard by decision-makers during the pandemic but the choices made today will have a profound effect on their future.
“It’s vital we take immediate action, with programmes over the summer and when children return to school, and in the longer term we owe it to children to ‘build back better’ with a system that is radically better than the one we had before.”
Its report called for young people to be included in “recovery planning”, with a role in decision-making on policies that affect them.
Banrardo's also demanded “timely, transparent and clear information targeted at and accessible to children to address the uncertainty and anxiety around Covid-19”.
Meanwhile, the new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists warned Britain to brace for an "inevitable", Covid-19-fuelled rise in mental illness.
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Dr Adrian James said there would be "multiple layers" to the fallout from the pandemic, both for people with existing mental health conditions and those who have never previously suffered.
NHS frontline staff needed support, while those recovering from Covid-19 should be screened for issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, he said.
Waiting lists for treatment would now rise substantially, including for young children and older people, Dr James feared.
He added: "There will be very significant mental illness consequences of Covid, and we need to be ready.”


thedailymirror--2020-07-12--People who attack police and ambulance staff face 2 years' jail under new plans

People who attack 999 workers could have their jail terms doubled to two years under plans outlined today .
A consultation could lead to maximum sentences being lifted from 12 months for those convicted of attacking a police officer , firefighter , prison officer or paramedic .
Announcing the study , Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said : “ Being punched , kicked or spat at should never be part of the job for our valiant emergency workers who put their lives on the line to keep the public safe .
“ Now more than ever they must be able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of being attacked or assaulted , which is why we ’ re determined to look at how our laws can protect them further .
“ We will continue to do everything in our power to protect our police , prison officers , firefighters and paramedics , and ensure those who seek to harm them feel the full force of the law.
” Thugs assaulting emergency staff can be jailed for a maximum of 12 months under laws introduced in 2018 .
The previous maximum sentence had been six months but it was increased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Assaults on Emergency Workers ( Offences ) Bill – pioneered by Labour MP Chris Bryant .
Backing today 's four-week consultation , Home Secretary Priti Patel said : “ Our police officers , firefighters and other emergency workers go above and beyond every single day – running towards danger to protect us all .
“ They are our frontline heroes who put their lives on the line every single day to keep us safe , and yet some despicable individuals still think it ’ s acceptable to attack , cough or spit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an emergency worker is seriously injured , culprits are usually charged with far more serious offences such as ABH , GBH , or attempted murder , that have much longer sentences .

Plans outlined today could lead to the government doubling the maximum time people serve for assaulting a police officer, firefighter, prison officer or paramedic
People who attack 999 workers could have their jail terms doubled to two years under plans outlined today.
A consultation could lead to maximum sentences being lifted from 12 months for those convicted of attacking a police officer, firefighter, prison officer or paramedic.
Announcing the study, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said: “Being punched, kicked or spat at should never be part of the job for our valiant emergency workers who put their lives on the line to keep the public safe.
“Now more than ever they must be able to do their extraordinary work without the fear of being attacked or assaulted, which is why we’re determined to look at how our laws can protect them further.
“We will continue to do everything in our power to protect our police, prison officers, firefighters and paramedics, and ensure those who seek to harm them feel the full force of the law.”
Thugs assaulting emergency staff can be jailed for a maximum of 12 months under laws introduced in 2018.
The previous maximum sentence had been six months but it was increased following a Private Member's Bill – the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill – pioneered by Labour MP Chris Bryant.
Backing today's four-week consultation, Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “Our police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers go above and beyond every single day – running towards danger to protect us all.
“They are our frontline heroes who put their lives on the line every single day to keep us safe, and yet some despicable individuals still think it’s acceptable to attack, cough or spit at these courageous public servants.”
When an emergency worker is seriously injured, culprits are usually charged with far more serious offences such as ABH, GBH, or attempted murder, that have much longer sentences.


thedailymirror--2020-07-13--Arsenal transfer round-up: Gunners prioritise Dani Ceballos, Thomas Partey deals

There has been a significant improvement at Arsenal over the last couple of weeks .
Things looked bleak immediately after the season restarted , but Mikel Arteta has begun to put his stamp on the team .
There are , though , still plenty of areas where improvement is needed .
It remains to be seen which players will leave in the summer , and it ’ s also not yet clear how much money the Gunners will have to spend .
The funds available to Arteta are likely to depend on whether he can guide his side to European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to invest shrewdly in the summer if they are to maximise their potential under their new manager .
Here is the latest Arsenal transfer news .
Mikel Arteta has insisted Kieran Tierney will not be sold in the summer amid rumours of a move to Leicester City .
The 23-year-old , who joined Arsenal for £25million from Celtic last year , has struggled for regular game time this season having been sidelined by injury .
But he has caught the eye following the resumption of the Premier League , impressing at left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Tierney has recently been linked with a move to Leicester as a possible replacement for Ben Chilwell , who is believed to be a Chelsea target .
“ He ’ s not going anywhere , ” Arteta said .
“ I really like him .
“ I ’ m very impressed with him .
Everybody loves him at the club and he earns that every single day with the way he treats people , the way he works and the energy he brings to the place .
“ And then with his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has adapted really well , he is a player that gives you everything in every session and every game .
And the quality he has added as well .
“ He ’ s still so young , he has things to improve obviously but he ’ s been a great addition to the team.
” Arteta is determined to secure deals for Dani Ceballos and Thomas Partey as he looks to further improve his Arsenal team , the Times have reported .
Ceballos has impressed post-lockdown and the Gunners intend to keep him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They want to add Atletico Madrid ’ s Partey to their midfield , too , and hope both players can take the club forward .
With doubts over the future of Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira playing little more than a bit-part role this season , that area of the pitch is the focus for Arsenal this summer .
Reports in Germany claim Bellerin wants to leave Arsenal Sky Deutschland have reported that Hector Bellerin intends to leave Arsenal because he is ‘ not satisfied ’ at the club .
The 25-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the German champions have gone cold on him after his injury problems .
But Bellerin , according to Sky , is looking for a new challenge after nine years at Arsenal .
The Spaniard , who has been a regular under Arteta , was also linked last week with a move to PSG .

Dani Ceballos, who has been on loan from Real Madrid, and Thomas Partey, who is at Atletico Madrid, are two players Arsenal want as Mikel Arteta seeks summer recruits
There has been a significant improvement at Arsenal over the last couple of weeks.
Things looked bleak immediately after the season restarted, but Mikel Arteta has begun to put his stamp on the team.
There are, though, still plenty of areas where improvement is needed. It remains to be seen which players will leave in the summer, and it’s also not yet clear how much money the Gunners will have to spend.
The funds available to Arteta are likely to depend on whether he can guide his side to European qualification.
Either way, Arsenal will need to invest shrewdly in the summer if they are to maximise their potential under their new manager.
Here is the latest Arsenal transfer news.
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Arteta shuts down rumours of Tierney exit
Mikel Arteta has insisted Kieran Tierney will not be sold in the summer amid rumours of a move to Leicester City.
The 23-year-old, who joined Arsenal for £25million from Celtic last year, has struggled for regular game time this season having been sidelined by injury.
But he has caught the eye following the resumption of the Premier League, impressing at left wing-back in the Gunners’ back five.
Tierney has recently been linked with a move to Leicester as a possible replacement for Ben Chilwell, who is believed to be a Chelsea target.
“He’s not going anywhere,” Arteta said. “I really like him.
“I’m very impressed with him. Everybody loves him at the club and he earns that every single day with the way he treats people, the way he works and the energy he brings to the place.
“And then with his performances, I am delighted. He has adapted really well, he is a player that gives you everything in every session and every game. And the quality he has added as well.
“He’s still so young, he has things to improve obviously but he’s been a great addition to the team.”
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Arsenal to prioritise signings of midfield duo
Arteta is determined to secure deals for Dani Ceballos and Thomas Partey as he looks to further improve his Arsenal team, the Times have reported.
Ceballos has impressed post-lockdown and the Gunners intend to keep him in North London on a permanent basis.
They want to add Atletico Madrid’s Partey to their midfield, too, and hope both players can take the club forward.
With doubts over the future of Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira playing little more than a bit-part role this season, that area of the pitch is the focus for Arsenal this summer.
Reports in Germany claim Bellerin wants to leave Arsenal
Sky Deutschland have reported that Hector Bellerin intends to leave Arsenal because he is ‘not satisfied’ at the club.
The 25-year-old was reportedly a target for Bayern Munich, but the German champions have gone cold on him after his injury problems.
But Bellerin, according to Sky, is looking for a new challenge after nine years at Arsenal.
The Spaniard, who has been a regular under Arteta, was also linked last week with a move to PSG.


thedailymirror--2020-07-13--ADVERTORIAL: Top Airbnbs spots for a family-fun self-catering staycation this summer

While we might not fancy whisking the whole family abroad for a summer holiday this year , it 's the perfect time to discover some of the beautiful destinations across Britain .
There 's plenty of fun places to keep the family entertained , from brilliant barns with pool rooms in Norfolk and country houses with tennis courts in Lincolnshire , to forest-based action-packed outdoor adventure in Scotland and cosy cabins where the kids can feed the farm animals in Ireland .
We 've rounded up the best Airbnbs in the UK for families below for a much-needed dose of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Best Airbnbs in the UK for families 1 .
A thatched barn with pool room , gym and bar in Clippesby , Norfolk Perfect for a family getaway , this beautiful barn boasts luxury interiors , with a fun pool room , a gym and an oak barrel bar .
Set in a lovely rural location , it 's a country escape but is also just a short drive from the coast , as well as being only 20 minutes from Norwich .
Cycling , boating a whole host of activities are right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is situated on a 90-acre working farm in the East Sussex countryside .
It 's the ideal spot for large families that like to holiday together but want their own space , or for three different families to join together , as there 's three separate cottages each with its own living area and kitchen .
The middle cottage has enough room for everyone to get together and enjoy dinner together or a games night .
Kids will love the outdoor pool ... Just pray for the sun to play ball .
Set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Great Missenden village ( the home of Roahl Dahl ) , this luxurious country home , called The Limes , boasts beautifully manicured gardens and grounds - with a heated swimming pool the kids will live in .
The Limes is set in a stunning rural location with sweeping views across fields and hills and glorious sunsets through the season , yet it 's just 30 miles away from London .
Ideal for a small family with slightly older children , this stunning property is the perfect blend of historical charm and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with beautiful countryside on the doorstep , but is close to Harrogate for boutique shopping and eating out .
There ’ s also a pool table for post-dinner competitions .
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A riverside house with a hot tub in the Cairngorms , Scotland Have you got a large , active family ?
This is the dream property .
The riverside home is located in a forest that offers walking , hiking , mountain bike trails , and RSPB bird watching right on the doorstep .
After all those outdoor adventures , come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jump in the hot tub .
A super-rural retreat surrounded by open fields and sweeping views , this is the perfect spot if you have a large family and are keen to keep to yourselves .
There 's plenty of books to keep you entertained and a tennis court for family battles .
Crowd-free bliss .
Set up between mountains and the sea at this stylish getaway for up to eight people .
A relaxing retreat by the sea , the kids will love the beach , and there 's beautiful countryside for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mum and dad ?
There 's Laura Ashley linens and chic interiors .
Head to the heart of the Irish countryside with a stay at this cosy cabin in Roscommon .
Located on a small farm , the kids can enjoy feeding the animals and collecting eggs , while you can also visit the Lough Key Forest Park , pr the majestic Carrowkeel passage tombs and delve into the caves of Keash .
There 's country and cycling paths galore , and swings and a trampoline .
What 's more , there 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a biscuit or two .
If you 're planning to stay home over the summer , why not invest in some of these top garden toys for young kids that will keep them happy for hours ?
Or make the most of the good weather with one of these top paddling pools that will help you stay cool in the heat .

Best Airbnbs in the UK that are ideal for families to make the most of this summer
While we might not fancy whisking the whole family abroad for a summer holiday this year, it's the perfect time to discover some of the beautiful destinations across Britain.
There's plenty of fun places to keep the family entertained, from brilliant barns with pool rooms in Norfolk and country houses with tennis courts in Lincolnshire, to forest-based action-packed outdoor adventure in Scotland and cosy cabins where the kids can feed the farm animals in Ireland.
We've rounded up the best Airbnbs in the UK for families below for a much-needed dose of fun and some quality memory-making experiences.
Best Airbnbs in the UK for families
Perfect for a family getaway, this beautiful barn boasts luxury interiors, with a fun pool room, a gym and an oak barrel bar.
Set in a lovely rural location, it's a country escape but is also just a short drive from the coast, as well as being only 20 minutes from Norwich.
Cycling, boating a whole host of activities are right on your doorstep.
Price: £449 a night; Sleeps 6
This cool barn is situated on a 90-acre working farm in the East Sussex countryside.
It's the ideal spot for large families that like to holiday together but want their own space, or for three different families to join together, as there's three separate cottages each with its own living area and kitchen. The middle cottage has enough room for everyone to get together and enjoy dinner together or a games night.
Kids will love the outdoor pool... Just pray for the sun to play ball.
Price: £700 a night; Sleeps 16
Set in the depths of the Chiltern Hills in Great Missenden village (the home of Roahl Dahl), this luxurious country home, called The Limes, boasts beautifully manicured gardens and grounds - with a heated swimming pool the kids will live in.
The Limes is set in a stunning rural location with sweeping views across fields and hills and glorious sunsets through the season, yet it's just 30 miles away from London.
Price: £480 a night; Sleeps 10
Ideal for a small family with slightly older children, this stunning property is the perfect blend of historical charm and modern luxury.
It’s set with beautiful countryside on the doorstep, but is close to Harrogate for boutique shopping and eating out. There’s also a pool table for post-dinner competitions.
Price: £242 a night; Sleeps 4
Have you got a large, active family? This is the dream property. The riverside home is located in a forest that offers walking, hiking, mountain bike trails, and RSPB bird watching right on the doorstep.
After all those outdoor adventures, come and relax by the log fires or jump in the hot tub.
Price:£355 a night; Sleeps 10
A super-rural retreat surrounded by open fields and sweeping views, this is the perfect spot if you have a large family and are keen to keep to yourselves. There's plenty of books to keep you entertained and a tennis court for family battles. Crowd-free bliss.
Price: £380 a night; Sleeps 16
Set up between mountains and the sea at this stylish getaway for up to eight people.
A relaxing retreat by the sea, the kids will love the beach, and there's beautiful countryside for picnics and walks too.
And for mum and dad? There's Laura Ashley linens and chic interiors.
Price: £420 a night; Sleeps 8
Head to the heart of the Irish countryside with a stay at this cosy cabin in Roscommon.
Located on a small farm, the kids can enjoy feeding the animals and collecting eggs, while you can also visit the Lough Key Forest Park, pr the majestic Carrowkeel passage tombs and delve into the caves of Keash.
There's country and cycling paths galore, and swings and a trampoline. What's more, there's even two donkeys who love being given a biscuit or two.
Price: £65 a night; Sleeps 4
If you're planning to stay home over the summer, why not invest in some of these top garden toys for young kids that will keep them happy for hours?
Or make the most of the good weather with one of these top paddling pools that will help you stay cool in the heat.