bbcuk--2020-07-17--Rockfield Studios: Where Ozzy, Oasis, Queen and Coldplay took off

`` Musical Hogwarts '' is how Chris Martin describes it .
To Liam Gallagher it 's the `` Big Brother House with tunes '' , but for Ozzy Osbourne it 's the birthplace of heavy metal .
It 's where Oasis created their masterpieces , where Bohemian Rhapsody came to life and where Coldplay 's journey into the musical stratosphere took off .
A long way from the bright lights , the ramshackle old farm `` in the middle of nowhere '' near the Welsh-English border has become known for its decades of stellar output .
And some of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paid homage to Rockfield Studios with the story of its legacy having been made into a feature film to be premiered on the BBC on Saturday night .
• Watch Rockfield : The Studio on the Farm on iPlayer • How a Welsh studio haunted Oasis ' Definitely Maybe • Do you know your Stone Roses from Stereophonics ?
Try our quiz Blink and you 'll miss Rockfield as you travel north out of Monmouth on the B4233 in south Wales .
The cattle and pig farm on the Monnow Valley floor has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are defined and where rock royalty hang out .
It is to recording studios what Glastonbury is to music festivals - run by farmers , on a working farm and fiercely independent .
But it all started with a snub .
Brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward had hoped to record at EMI in London in the 1960s but were turned down by legendary producer and `` fifth Beatle '' George Martin .
So they decided to buy the gear and set up for themselves - and Rockfield Studios was born .
Almost 60 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boast that almost everyone across the globe will know a song recorded in their old barn or pig shed .
And it was in these most tranquil and sedate of settings that the loudest of music was born - and with it , two heavy metal godfathers .
How Ozzy became the Prince of Darkness The first was the late , legendary Lemmy , a former roadie for Jimi Hendrix who turned up at Rockfield in 1972 to record his first material as the newest member of Hawkwind , kickstarting a career which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with their metal anthem Ace of Spades .
The other is the now the head of one of TV 's most famous families and lives among Hollywood A-listers in opulent Beverly Hills - but Ozzy Osbourne traces his fame and fortune back to the little homestead .
Rock music 's Prince of Darkness was one of the first to use Rockfield 's newly-built Coach House Studio in 1970 as his new band Black Sabbath fine-tuned their breakthrough hit Paranoid .
`` We were very loud and Rockfield allowed us the freedom , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allow us to play as loud as that .
The roof tiles were rattling .
`` We did n't think , 'let 's invent heavy metal ' , it just happened .
`` Rockfield will always be a part of me .
I can go and live in Beverly Hills but for some reason I end up back in Rockfield .
It 's just magic . ''
Paranoid by Black Sabbath was put together and rehearsed at Rockfield in 1970 and went on to be considered one of the greatest heavy metal songs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real life ?
Is this just fantasy ?
It was in Rockfield 's old horse tack room where the final piece of a six-minute rock operetta was lovingly mastered by Queen in the summer of 1975 .
When the studio 's co-owner Kingsley Ward walked in on Freddie Mercury playing on the dusty old piano in the corner of the food store , little did he know he was getting an exclusive preview into what would eventually become one of the most acclaimed songs of all time .
`` I went in and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was probably doing the finishing touches to Bohemian Rhapsody .
Then it was called Freddie 's Thing , '' says Kingsley .
The release of Bohemian Rhapsody was a defining moment for band and studio .
The track is Rockfield 's most famous export and the song that made Queen a household name across the world , recorded at the studio during a six-week stint in 1975 .
It 's just Bowie hanging out with Iggy Later , the great David Bowie ended his 1970s decade of dominance - including anthems such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by eating cheese in Monmouth with a friend famous for his Lust for Life .
`` We were recording in the Coach House Studio and we were curious to know who was in the main studio , '' he says .
`` We could not believe it was none other than Iggy Pop .
Not only was that mind-blowing but Bowie turned up and he looked as you 'd always imagined David Bowie looking .
`` It was so Rockfield - he had this huge bit of cheese in his hand and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minds wrote their breakthrough hit Promised You A Miracle in Monmouth , they actually recorded it at new record label Virgin 's own residential studio .
That became the pattern - labels began to use their own studios and Rockfield , an independent beacon for so long , was on the rocks .
`` There was loads of studios and only a certain amount of work to go around - then dreaded dance music turned up and it was n't what we did , '' says Kingsley .
Computers replaced recording studios and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bookings of the 70s , Kingsley Ward 's wife Ann took several book-keeping jobs to keep Rockfield alive during the late 80s .
`` Then in 1989 and 1990 , there was a massive recession and the music industry suddenly caved in completely , '' says Kingsley in the film Rockfield : The Studio On The Farm .
Then came their second coming - literally so - as one infamous band saved Rockfield with an album by that name .
The Stone Roses ' self-titled first album had been a massive success , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I Am The Resurrection at Rockfield after their Battery Sessions in London had proved a slog .
And when they decided to return to Rockfield to record the follow-up , it was a pivotal moment in the studios ' survival .
Producer John Leckie , who first recommended Rockfield to the Roses , said their new American record company `` were quite prepared to throw lots of money - millions of pounds - at the band to do whatever they wanted . ''
That was music to Rockfield 's ears , as times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1992 to plan their Second Coming .
Its lead single Love Spreads was recorded at Rockfield sometime between 1992 and 1994 and was the band 's first new material released for more than two-and-a-half years .
It was their highest place record in the UK chart , reaching No 2 in November 1994 .
`` They booked in officially for a couple of weeks , '' Lisa Ward , Kingsley 's daughter and now office manager , explains in the film .
`` But they stayed .
It was 13 months in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stone Roses saved Rockfield . ''
Little did Rockfield know at the time that their next musical legacy was staying over the other side of the valley , recording at a studio that was once part of the Rockfield estate .
Manchester Britpop heroes Oasis were trying - and failing - to master their debut album Definitely Maybe there .
During their sojourn , frontman Liam Gallagher pinched the owners ' combine harvester and crossed the fields to spy on the Roses at Rockfield .
Oasis eventually finished their first album in Cornwall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what would become some of their most celebrated anthems at Rockfield .
Do n't Look Back In Anger was recorded by Oasis at Rockfield in 1995 and went to No 1 in February 1996 , becoming one of their most famous songs .
The second Oasis album - ( What 's The Story ) Morning Glory - transformed the band and the Gallagher brothers Noel and Liam into global rock sensations as Wonderwall , Do n't Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova became pub singalongs .
`` There was a little bit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to sing Wonderwall , '' recalls Rockfield 's studio engineer Nick Brine .
`` Noel was going to sing Wonderwall , then Liam was going to sing Wonderwall .
`` Then Noel said , 'ok I 'll sing Do n't Look Back in Anger ' , then Liam wanted to sing Do n't Look Back in Anger .
So there was a debate on who was going to sing what . ''
Ultimately , Do n't Look Back In Anger turned into songwriter Noel Gallagher 's first single as lead vocalist , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make the songs the best they could , '' Liam tells the Rockfield film .
`` If that bred a bit of competition then so be it . ''
While residential studios such as Rockfield - one of the first - allowed bands to immerse themselves in their creativity , living together at such close quarters 24/7 could spark tension .
Liam Gallagher recalls a row with his brother at Rockfield which ended in damage being caused with `` cricket bats and air rifles , the lot '' .
But when tempers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ business and finished the album which helped define Britpop - a musical movement for which Rockfield would become the engine room .
`` Both studios were both booked up nine months in advance , back to back , '' recalls Lisa Ward .
`` The 1990s was a great time for British guitar bands . ''
Manic Street Preachers , Stereophonics , Ash , Black Grape and the Boo Radleys all recorded number one albums there .
Kingsley Ward says : `` One time in 1997 , out of the top ten albums @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the next Monmouth megahit was written in the stars - and inspired by an old copy of the Yellow Pages .
Much was expected of the up-and-coming band Coldplay at the turn of the millennium but they were under pressure to turn that expectation into something more tangible .
Frontman Chris Martin knew Rockfield was a `` a make-or-break session '' as the former cleaners had `` one shot '' at the big time in one of their first recording sessions .
Luckily for them , the sky was clear for at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parachutes - as immortality and their crowd classic Yellow was created .
`` We were recording Shiver and went outside for a breather and it was so beautiful , '' says Martin .
`` All four of us were outside and Ken Nelson , our producer , said 'look up there , lads ' - and he literally said 'look at the stars ' , which is the first line of that song .
`` It was mind-blowing because we 'd been in London for five years so we have n't seen anything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that line was in my head .
`` I went back in and sat behind the mixing desk and I played the chord .
I got the title from the Yellow Pages which was at about a 45 degree angle .
`` The chorus came in the bathroom of the living room area .
And that gave us our lives for the last 16 years .
From humble beginnings . ''
Rockfield : The Studio on the Farm will be broadcast on BBC Two Wales and BBC Four at 21:15 BST on Saturday @ @ @ @

Rockfield Studios: Where Ozzy, Oasis, Queen and Coldplay took off Published 18 July 2020
"Musical Hogwarts" is how Chris Martin describes it. To Liam Gallagher it's the "Big Brother House with tunes", but for Ozzy Osbourne it's the birthplace of heavy metal.
It's where Oasis created their masterpieces, where Bohemian Rhapsody came to life and where Coldplay's journey into the musical stratosphere took off.
A long way from the bright lights, the ramshackle old farm "in the middle of nowhere" near the Welsh-English border has become known for its decades of stellar output.
And some of the world's greatest rocks stars have now paid homage to Rockfield Studios with the story of its legacy having been made into a feature film to be premiered on the BBC on Saturday night.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Rockfield Studios has been home to some of the biggest rock stars.
Blink and you'll miss Rockfield as you travel north out of Monmouth on the B4233 in south Wales.
The cattle and pig farm on the Monnow Valley floor has for years been the place where careers are defined and where rock royalty hang out.
It is to recording studios what Glastonbury is to music festivals - run by farmers, on a working farm and fiercely independent.
But it all started with a snub.
Image source, Google Image caption, It looks like any farm but Rockfield is where some of rock's greatest classics have been recorded
Brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward had hoped to record at EMI in London in the 1960s but were turned down by legendary producer and "fifth Beatle" George Martin.
So they decided to buy the gear and set up for themselves - and Rockfield Studios was born.
Almost 60 years later, they are able to boast that almost everyone across the globe will know a song recorded in their old barn or pig shed.
And it was in these most tranquil and sedate of settings that the loudest of music was born - and with it, two heavy metal godfathers.
How Ozzy became the Prince of Darkness
Image caption, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath used to go shooting while at Rockfield
The first was the late, legendary Lemmy, a former roadie for Jimi Hendrix who turned up at Rockfield in 1972 to record his first material as the newest member of Hawkwind, kickstarting a career which led to him founding Motorhead and immortality with their metal anthem Ace of Spades.
The other is the now the head of one of TV's most famous families and lives among Hollywood A-listers in opulent Beverly Hills - but Ozzy Osbourne traces his fame and fortune back to the little homestead.
Rock music's Prince of Darkness was one of the first to use Rockfield's newly-built Coach House Studio in 1970 as his new band Black Sabbath fine-tuned their breakthrough hit Paranoid.
"We were very loud and Rockfield allowed us the freedom," Osbourne recalls. "Because no-one would allow us to play as loud as that. The roof tiles were rattling.
"We didn't think, 'let's invent heavy metal', it just happened.
"Rockfield will always be a part of me. I can go and live in Beverly Hills but for some reason I end up back in Rockfield. It's just magic."
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Paranoid by Black Sabbath was put together and rehearsed at Rockfield in 1970 and went on to be considered one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time.
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Image source, Rex Features Image caption, Queen recorded albums Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera at Rockfield
It was in Rockfield's old horse tack room where the final piece of a six-minute rock operetta was lovingly mastered by Queen in the summer of 1975.
When the studio's co-owner Kingsley Ward walked in on Freddie Mercury playing on the dusty old piano in the corner of the food store, little did he know he was getting an exclusive preview into what would eventually become one of the most acclaimed songs of all time.
"I went in and Freddie was sat in the corner - he was probably doing the finishing touches to Bohemian Rhapsody. Then it was called Freddie's Thing," says Kingsley.
The release of Bohemian Rhapsody was a defining moment for band and studio.
Image caption, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody rocketed Rockfield's global reputation
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The track is Rockfield's most famous export and the song that made Queen a household name across the world, recorded at the studio during a six-week stint in 1975.
It's just Bowie hanging out with Iggy
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, David Bowie co-wrote and produced some albums for his friend Iggy Pop
Later, the great David Bowie ended his 1970s decade of dominance - including anthems such as Heroes, Changes and Starman - by eating cheese in Monmouth with a friend famous for his Lust for Life.
Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr takes up the story.
"We were recording in the Coach House Studio and we were curious to know who was in the main studio," he says.
"We could not believe it was none other than Iggy Pop. Not only was that mind-blowing but Bowie turned up and he looked as you'd always imagined David Bowie looking.
"It was so Rockfield - he had this huge bit of cheese in his hand and a can of Heineken."
Although Simple Minds wrote their breakthrough hit Promised You A Miracle in Monmouth, they actually recorded it at new record label Virgin's own residential studio.
That became the pattern - labels began to use their own studios and Rockfield, an independent beacon for so long, was on the rocks.
"There was loads of studios and only a certain amount of work to go around - then dreaded dance music turned up and it wasn't what we did," says Kingsley.
Image source, Ie Ie Productions Image caption, Rockfield's back-to-basics and countryside vibe allowed musicians to flourish
Computers replaced recording studios and technology took over.
From the endless bookings of the 70s, Kingsley Ward's wife Ann took several book-keeping jobs to keep Rockfield alive during the late 80s.
"Then in 1989 and 1990, there was a massive recession and the music industry suddenly caved in completely," says Kingsley in the film Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm.
Then came their second coming - literally so - as one infamous band saved Rockfield with an album by that name.
Image source, Huw Evans picture agency Image caption, Rockfield was where The Stone Roses recorded their last material for 20 years
A Rockfield resurrection
The Stone Roses' self-titled first album had been a massive success, with the band laying down Waterfall and I Am The Resurrection at Rockfield after their Battery Sessions in London had proved a slog.
And when they decided to return to Rockfield to record the follow-up, it was a pivotal moment in the studios' survival.
Producer John Leckie, who first recommended Rockfield to the Roses, said their new American record company "were quite prepared to throw lots of money - millions of pounds - at the band to do whatever they wanted."
That was music to Rockfield's ears, as times were tough when the Roses arrived in 1992 to plan their Second Coming.
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Its lead single Love Spreads was recorded at Rockfield sometime between 1992 and 1994 and was the band's first new material released for more than two-and-a-half years. It was their highest place record in the UK chart, reaching No 2 in November 1994.
"They booked in officially for a couple of weeks," Lisa Ward, Kingsley's daughter and now office manager, explains in the film.
"But they stayed. It was 13 months in the end. That saved us. The Stone Roses saved Rockfield."
Little did Rockfield know at the time that their next musical legacy was staying over the other side of the valley, recording at a studio that was once part of the Rockfield estate.
Image source, Jaggery/Geograph Image caption, Rockfield Studios was an oasis of piece and tranquillity - until Oasis the band showed up
What's the story?
Manchester Britpop heroes Oasis were trying - and failing - to master their debut album Definitely Maybe there.
During their sojourn, frontman Liam Gallagher pinched the owners' combine harvester and crossed the fields to spy on the Roses at Rockfield.
Oasis eventually finished their first album in Cornwall, but returned to Monmouth to record what would become some of their most celebrated anthems at Rockfield.
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Don't Look Back In Anger was recorded by Oasis at Rockfield in 1995 and went to No 1 in February 1996, becoming one of their most famous songs.
The second Oasis album - (What's The Story) Morning Glory - transformed the band and the Gallagher brothers Noel and Liam into global rock sensations as Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova became pub singalongs.
"There was a little bit of a debate about who was going to sing Wonderwall," recalls Rockfield's studio engineer Nick Brine.
"Noel was going to sing Wonderwall, then Liam was going to sing Wonderwall.
"Then Noel said, 'ok I'll sing Don't Look Back in Anger', then Liam wanted to sing Don't Look Back in Anger. So there was a debate on who was going to sing what."
Ultimately, Don't Look Back In Anger turned into songwriter Noel Gallagher's first single as lead vocalist, while Liam sang Wonderwall.
"Everyone wanted to make the songs the best they could," Liam tells the Rockfield film. "If that bred a bit of competition then so be it."
Image source, Ie Ie Productions Image caption, The Morning Glory sessions at Rockfield produced some of Oasis's best-known tracks
Image caption, Rockfield Studios' remote location is one of its charms
While residential studios such as Rockfield - one of the first - allowed bands to immerse themselves in their creativity, living together at such close quarters 24/7 could spark tension.
Liam Gallagher recalls a row with his brother at Rockfield which ended in damage being caused with "cricket bats and air rifles, the lot".
But when tempers cooled, the band got down to business and finished the album which helped define Britpop - a musical movement for which Rockfield would become the engine room.
Image caption, An Oasis v Nigel Kennedy X1 football game was played while they both recorded in Monmouth
"Both studios were both booked up nine months in advance, back to back," recalls Lisa Ward.
"The 1990s was a great time for British guitar bands."
Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Ash, Black Grape and the Boo Radleys all recorded number one albums there.
Kingsley Ward says: "One time in 1997, out of the top ten albums, Rockfield had seven."
And the next Monmouth megahit was written in the stars - and inspired by an old copy of the Yellow Pages.
The stars shine for Coldplay
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Chris Martin explains how Rockfield 'gave Coldplay their career
Much was expected of the up-and-coming band Coldplay at the turn of the millennium but they were under pressure to turn that expectation into something more tangible.
Frontman Chris Martin knew Rockfield was a "a make-or-break session" as the former cleaners had "one shot" at the big time in one of their first recording sessions.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Coldplay's first album Parachutes was recorded at Rockfield and reached No 1
Luckily for them, the sky was clear for at least part of their sessions recording debut album Parachutes - as immortality and their crowd classic Yellow was created.
"We were recording Shiver and went outside for a breather and it was so beautiful," says Martin.
"All four of us were outside and Ken Nelson, our producer, said 'look up there, lads' - and he literally said 'look at the stars', which is the first line of that song.
"It was mind-blowing because we'd been in London for five years so we haven't seen anything beyond smog for a while, so that line was in my head.
"I went back in and sat behind the mixing desk and I played the chord. I got the title from the Yellow Pages which was at about a 45 degree angle.
"The chorus came in the bathroom of the living room area. And that gave us our lives for the last 16 years. From humble beginnings."
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bbcuk--2020-07-17--Email charges: 'They've got you over a barrel'

Ofcom says it is concerned some customers are `` not being treated fairly '' over the amount they are being charged to keep old email addresses .
This happens when customers continue to use an old email address from an internet service provider they have since left .
Many people who subsequently switched have paid hundreds of pounds just to keep using their old address as before .
Ofcom 's investigation was prompted by a Money Box report earlier this year .
`` They 've got you over a barrel '' Ofcom also found most people who use an address @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BT customers .
BT says if customers want to switch provider but keep hold of their old BT email address they 're charged £7.50 per month to be able to access and use their account like they used to , including accessing it using an app .
That 's what happened to Iain Stuart from Cardiff .
He said that first BT started charging him £1.60 per month , `` then it went up to £5 and it 's now £7.50 . ''
`` My feeling on it is was [ BT ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Like many other people Mr Stuart has registered his email address with dozens of websites including banks , building societies , utility companies , online shops and social media accounts - not to mention all his friends and family who use it .
`` To change something I 've been using for no end of different things ... when you start looking at it , if you went through the whole lot of them , and I 've looked at the logistics of changing my email address , it 's not something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` The alternative is to pay £90 per year .
I can afford to pay but I should n't have to pay and I do n't want to pay . ''
BT says it offers a free service for people to access their old email address - but that has to be done by logging on via a web browser which does n't allow people to get emails via apps on their mobile phones .
That free , web browser-only service is also not something that appeals to Mr Stuart .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use my email account as I have done for years and years . ''
One in six UK adults say they 're likely to be put off switching broadband provider out of fear of losing their email address or being charged to keep it , according to research by comparethemarket.com .
It 's this point which Ofcom is concerned about .
Christine Clement says she 's been with other broadband providers for years but is still paying BT for an email address she first started using around the year 2000 .
`` I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for paying £7.50 per month .
`` When [ the charges ] first came in £1.60 seemed reasonable but £7.50 per month is £90 per year and that does seem quite a large amount , '' she says .
As for the option of stop paying the charges and lose her email address Ms Clement says it 's something she 'd never be able to do .
`` I must have at least 40-plus accounts I 've registered my email with .
That 's quite a lot to change and that 's without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It would be time consuming and it 's just something I 'd never do .
But why should I have to pay extortionate prices to keep the address ? ''
BT , TalkTalk , Sky and Virgin Media supply 90 % of the home broadband market in the UK and BT is not the only provider which charges customers if they want to keep old addresses and use them as before if people switch provider .
• BT : £7.50 a month to maintain normal access ( although users can retain their BT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including only being able to log on using a browser ) • TalkTalk : £5 a month ( or £50 for an entire year if paid in advance ) • Sky : Users can keep old email address free after switching provider In a statement BT said : `` If [ customers ] switch broadband providers , they can continue to use the BT email service , free of charge , through a web browser .
`` The email service with premium features is also available to customers if they switch provider , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through email apps , for £7.50 a month . ''
Ofcom told Money Box : `` We 're concerned about any industry practices that could put people off from switching , so we 've been gathering more information from providers about their different approaches to this issue .
`` We have concerns that some customers are not being treated fairly , and will be raising these with providers . ''
You can hear more on BBC Radio 4 's Money Box programme by listening again here .

"To change something I've been using for no end of different things... when you start looking at it, if you went through the whole lot of them, and I've looked at the logistics of changing my email address, it's not something I want to waste my time doing.


bbcuk--2020-07-17--10 key moments for Leeds United boss Bielsa

Leeds United have finally ended their 16-year wait to return to the Premier League .
Their promotion from the Championship was secured on Friday when fellow challengers West Brom were beaten by Leeds ' West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield .
BBC Sport has put together a list of 10 moments that mattered - the good and the bad - since Marcelo Bielsa took over as head coach at Elland Road .
Bielsa was appointed as Leeds boss on 15 June , 2018 but fans and media alike had to wait another 10 days to hear from the Argentine .
The appointment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many .
After all , this was a man who was revered by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino .
Flanked , as ever , by an interpreter , Bielsa sat down after a big introduction from owner Andrea Radrizzani .
It was , as we have all become used to now , not brief .
In just shy of an hour and a half he covered topics as varied as why Leeds had failed last season , the fact that he had watched all 51 of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the two post-season games in Myanmar , whether players would be required to sleep at the training ground , who he preferred out of former Leeds bosses Don Revie and Brian Clough , and how he got the nickname El Loco ( the crazy one ) .
Although he stopped short of saying promotion was the aim in his first year he admitted `` it would be impossible not to be dreaming about that happening '' .
For Leeds fans who had been dreaming since they were relegated from the Premier League in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now have someone who could make it a reality .
It seems odd now but the late June optimism had given way to some early August wariness by the time the season got under way .
Bielsa had spoken in his first news conference about strengthening in four or five areas , but with striker Patrick Bamford not joining until the week before the home game against Stoke , Barry Douglas was the only new signing named in the starting XI for the game against the much-fancied Potters .
The visitors , like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no answers to Leeds ' relentless pressing and high-energy attacking .
`` Leeds looked like they had more intensity and aggression about them , '' then Potters boss Gary Rowett admitted .
The following weekend the Whites repeated the trick with a thumping 4-1 win at a Frank Lampard-managed Derby .
Hours before their home win over the Rams on 11 January it came to light that a member of Leeds staff had been found watching Derby train from a public footpath .
Bielsa admitted he had sent the person to do it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` unethical '' and the Football Association started an investigation .
Five days later the Argentine called an unscheduled news conference at the club 's Thorp Arch training ground .
Rumours began to circulate that he was going to resign over the incident .
Instead Bielsa admitted that he had sent someone to watch all of their Championship opponents train and then detailed , at great length , the amount of analysis he and his team did on each team they faced .
Using a computer presentation and with dossiers stacked up in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that analysis of each of their opponents ' previous matches took four hours per game .
He showed Leeds had information on the percentage of games in which Derby used certain formations , which players were used in which positions and formations they had struggled against this season .
`` I feel ashamed to show you this , '' he said .
Leeds were ultimately fined £200,000 by the FA .
Bielsa paid it himself .
With four games of the 2018-19 season to go , Leeds were three points clear of third-placed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in one of Good Friday 's early kick-offs to go above the Whites on goal difference .
Leeds ' home game against lowly Wigan , who had not won away all season , followed .
Their task was seemingly made easier by the early red card shown to Latics defender Cedric Kipre for handling on the line and though Pablo Hernandez hit the post from the resultant penalty , Bamford quickly made it 1-0 .
Bielsa would call what followed `` a decision of God '' as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 77 % possession and a staggering 36 attempted shots , Leeds lost .
A shellshocked Leeds then fell to a 2-0 defeat at Brentford and Bielsa conceded their hopes of automatic promotion were over .
`` We should have finished in the top two this season .
We have had many games that we deserved to win that we did n't win , '' he said .
`` Obviously it was not our destiny to finish in the top two .
We have needed twice as many opportunities to score a goal as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the table ] but you ca n't say to a team that has had all those chances that they did not deserve to win . ''
After a stuttering end to the season saw them lose three and draw one of their final four games it was understandable that Leeds entered the play-offs with many fans fearing the worst .
However , they recorded a 1-0 win at Pride Park in the first leg of their semi-final to set things up nicely for the return at Elland Road .
What followed will stand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A dominant Leeds made it 2-0 on aggregate thanks to Stuart Dallas ' goal in the 24th minute and later hit the bar through Mateusz Klich as the Rams looked bereft of answers .
Just before half-time Derby were gifted a lifeline as a calamitous mix-up between Liam Cooper and Kiko Casilla left Jack Marriott to tap into an empty net .
Lampard 's men then turned the tie completely on its head with a goal straight after the break from Chelsea loanee Mason Mount and then a penalty from Liverpool loanee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the night .
Dallas got the Whites back to 3-3 on aggregate before Gaetano Berardi was sent off and Marriott won it with five minutes to go to leave the majority of the ground watching in stunned silence .
Was this the last we would see of Bielsa in England ?
`` If the club offers me the opportunity to carry on then I will consider the proposal , '' he said in the post-match news conference .
It 's difficult to single out one signing from Bielsa 's time in charge of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bamford has ultimately scored the goals that have helped them win promotion , Manchester City loanee Jack Harrison has enjoyed a superb season and 20-year-old French goalkeeper Illan Meslier has belied his age with some excellent displays after Casilla was banned after being found guilty of racially abusing Charlton 's Jonathan Leko .
However , there is one signing that perhaps best encapsulates Bielsa 's ethic .
There was little fanfare when Ben White joined on loan from Brighton and the departure of popular centre-back Pontus Jansson to Brentford the following week only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Leeds fanbase .
White has been absolutely superb at the back for Leeds this season and his excellent ability with the ball at his feet has even seen him deputise in midfield to cover for injuries or suspensions .
The 22-year-old 's skills have been crucial to allowing the Whites to play the way Bielsa wants and they will be desperate to try and keep him on at Elland Road next season .
The Whites made another positive start to the current campaign before a run of two wins from seven games left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , in a congested Championship table they were just three points above 11th-placed Birmingham City as the season headed into November .
That sticky patch of form had seen Bielsa 's men score just five goals and , with everyone keen to avoid another season of play-off heartache , concerns were growing that they could spend the season battling with numerous teams for one of the automatic spots .
Then they won their next seven matches .
Key among that run was the third victory , a 2-1 success at Luton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With the match tied at 1-1 in the final minute , Leeds launched a final attack and Hatters defender Matty Pearson put the ball into his own net .
Preston lost at Derby on the same day , as Leeds went three points clear of third place .
They did not spend a single day outside the top two from that day on .
The day it looked like it was all going to unravel .
Leeds ' seven-match winning run had come to an end in dramatic style with a 3-3 draw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the Whites had led 3-0 .
That result sparked a run of form that saw them win just two of 10 matches and , after this defeat at Forest , their lead over third place go from 11 points to goal difference .
A draw at fellow promotion hopefuls Brentford steadied the ship on a night when defeat would have seen the Bees leapfrog them .
The same night Forest lost at home to struggling Charlton when a win would have sent them second and Fulham could only draw at Millwall the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Leeds on goal difference .
Even when Leeds ' form deserted them nobody else was capable of stepping up and taking their place from them .
In the five games that followed the draw at Brentford the Whites ' record was : played five , won five , scored nine , conceded none .
When football was brought to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic in March they had re-established a seven-point lead over third .
Leeds returned to action after the three-month hiatus with a bump , in the form of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bielsa was generally content with his side 's performance after the match , which saw them punished for two individual mistakes and fail to take any of the numerous chances they created .
Fulham were the first visitors to the empty Elland Road .
Scott Parker 's men had also suffered a 2-0 reverse in their first game back , to high-flying Brentford , and needed a win to boost their ailing automatic promotion hopes .
Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was very lucky not to see red in the opening two minutes for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missed but cameras did n't .
Leeds took the lead through Bamford 's fine low shot before the visitors got on top and found themselves unlucky not to be at least level at the break .
The Spanish playmaker was nursing a hamstring injury that had kept him out of the defeat in Cardiff , but with the game , if not the scoreline , going against his side , Bielsa brought him on .
He capped a fine 45-minute cameo with the assist for Harrison 's goal to seal a 3-0 win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the thumping 5-0 win over Stoke , coming on at half-time with Leeds leading 1-0 , scoring once and claiming an assist , and then scoring the late winner at former side Swansea to leave Leeds on the verge of promotion .
When the moment that mattered finally arrived , Bielsa was nowhere to be seen .
Nor were his Leeds players .
West Brom had to beat Huddersfield Town to delay the Leeds promotion party .
But the Terriers ' need for points in their relegation struggle proved greater .
A 2-1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ late goal meant there was double cause for celebrations in Yorkshire .
The Whites will lap up every minute of their long-awaited return , with the promise of more rejoicing to come .
Bielsa 's side will be crowned champions if Brentford do not beat Stoke on Saturday or the Whites then take a point from Sunday 's visit to Derby County .

Marcelo Bielsa has won 54 of his 98 games in charge of Leeds
Leeds United have finally ended their 16-year wait to return to the Premier League.
Their promotion from the Championship was secured on Friday when fellow challengers West Brom were beaten by Leeds' West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield.
BBC Sport has put together a list of 10 moments that mattered - the good and the bad - since Marcelo Bielsa took over as head coach at Elland Road.
25 June, 2018
Bielsa's first news conference
Marcelo Bielsa replaced Paul Heckingbottom as Leeds boss
Bielsa was appointed as Leeds boss on 15 June, 2018 but fans and media alike had to wait another 10 days to hear from the Argentine.
The appointment was seen as a major coup by many. After all, this was a man who was revered by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Flanked, as ever, by an interpreter, Bielsa sat down after a big introduction from owner Andrea Radrizzani.
It was, as we have all become used to now, not brief.
In just shy of an hour and a half he covered topics as varied as why Leeds had failed last season, the fact that he had watched all 51 of their games from the previous campaign - including the two post-season games in Myanmar, whether players would be required to sleep at the training ground, who he preferred out of former Leeds bosses Don Revie and Brian Clough, and how he got the nickname El Loco (the crazy one).
Although he stopped short of saying promotion was the aim in his first year he admitted "it would be impossible not to be dreaming about that happening".
For Leeds fans who had been dreaming since they were relegated from the Premier League in 2004, it looked like they might now have someone who could make it a reality.
5 August, 2018
Leeds 3-1 Stoke City
Liam Cooper scored Leeds' third goal
It seems odd now but the late June optimism had given way to some early August wariness by the time the season got under way.
Bielsa had spoken in his first news conference about strengthening in four or five areas, but with striker Patrick Bamford not joining until the week before the home game against Stoke, Barry Douglas was the only new signing named in the starting XI for the game against the much-fancied Potters.
Leeds blew them away.
The visitors, like so many teams after them, had no answers to Leeds' relentless pressing and high-energy attacking.
"Leeds looked like they had more intensity and aggression about them," then Potters boss Gary Rowett admitted.
The following weekend the Whites repeated the trick with a thumping 4-1 win at a Frank Lampard-managed Derby.
16 January, 2019
Spygate news conference
Watch Bielsa's remarkable PowerPoint presentation
Hours before their home win over the Rams on 11 January it came to light that a member of Leeds staff had been found watching Derby train from a public footpath.
Bielsa admitted he had sent the person to do it at the time, Lampard called it "unethical" and the Football Association started an investigation.
Five days later the Argentine called an unscheduled news conference at the club's Thorp Arch training ground.
Rumours began to circulate that he was going to resign over the incident.
Instead Bielsa admitted that he had sent someone to watch all of their Championship opponents train and then detailed, at great length, the amount of analysis he and his team did on each team they faced.
Using a computer presentation and with dossiers stacked up in front of the screen, Bielsa said that analysis of each of their opponents' previous matches took four hours per game.
He showed Leeds had information on the percentage of games in which Derby used certain formations, which players were used in which positions and formations they had struggled against this season.
"I feel ashamed to show you this," he said.
Leeds were ultimately fined £200,000 by the FA. Bielsa paid it himself.
19 April, 2019
Leeds 1-2 Wigan
Leeds slumped to a surprise home defeat by Wigan
With four games of the 2018-19 season to go, Leeds were three points clear of third-placed Sheffield United.
The Blades eased to a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in one of Good Friday's early kick-offs to go above the Whites on goal difference. Leeds' home game against lowly Wigan, who had not won away all season, followed.
Their task was seemingly made easier by the early red card shown to Latics defender Cedric Kipre for handling on the line and though Pablo Hernandez hit the post from the resultant penalty, Bamford quickly made it 1-0.
Bielsa would call what followed "a decision of God" as Nathan Massey scored twice and, despite 77% possession and a staggering 36 attempted shots, Leeds lost.
A shellshocked Leeds then fell to a 2-0 defeat at Brentford and Bielsa conceded their hopes of automatic promotion were over.
"We should have finished in the top two this season. We have had many games that we deserved to win that we didn't win," he said.
"Obviously it was not our destiny to finish in the top two. We have needed twice as many opportunities to score a goal as other teams [at the top of the table] but you can't say to a team that has had all those chances that they did not deserve to win."
15 May, 2019
Leeds 2-4 Derby
Derby boss Frank Lampard could not contain his emotion at full-time
After a stuttering end to the season saw them lose three and draw one of their final four games it was understandable that Leeds entered the play-offs with many fans fearing the worst.
However, they recorded a 1-0 win at Pride Park in the first leg of their semi-final to set things up nicely for the return at Elland Road.
What followed will stand the test of time in play-off history.
A dominant Leeds made it 2-0 on aggregate thanks to Stuart Dallas' goal in the 24th minute and later hit the bar through Mateusz Klich as the Rams looked bereft of answers.
Just before half-time Derby were gifted a lifeline as a calamitous mix-up between Liam Cooper and Kiko Casilla left Jack Marriott to tap into an empty net.
Lampard's men then turned the tie completely on its head with a goal straight after the break from Chelsea loanee Mason Mount and then a penalty from Liverpool loanee Harry Wilson to make it 3-1 on the night.
Dallas got the Whites back to 3-3 on aggregate before Gaetano Berardi was sent off and Marriott won it with five minutes to go to leave the majority of the ground watching in stunned silence.
Was this the last we would see of Bielsa in England?
"If the club offers me the opportunity to carry on then I will consider the proposal," he said in the post-match news conference.
1 July, 2019
Ben White joins on loan
Ben White has been a rock at the back
It's difficult to single out one signing from Bielsa's time in charge of the club.
Despite his critics, Bamford has ultimately scored the goals that have helped them win promotion, Manchester City loanee Jack Harrison has enjoyed a superb season and 20-year-old French goalkeeper Illan Meslier has belied his age with some excellent displays after Casilla was banned after being found guilty of racially abusing Charlton's Jonathan Leko.
However, there is one signing that perhaps best encapsulates Bielsa's ethic.
There was little fanfare when Ben White joined on loan from Brighton and the departure of popular centre-back Pontus Jansson to Brentford the following week only served to cause greater consternation among the Leeds fanbase.
They needn't have worried.
White has been absolutely superb at the back for Leeds this season and his excellent ability with the ball at his feet has even seen him deputise in midfield to cover for injuries or suspensions.
The 22-year-old's skills have been crucial to allowing the Whites to play the way Bielsa wants and they will be desperate to try and keep him on at Elland Road next season.
23 November, 2019
Luton 1-2 Leeds
Leeds went second following their win at Kenilworth Road
The Whites made another positive start to the current campaign before a run of two wins from seven games left them third at the end of October.
However, in a congested Championship table they were just three points above 11th-placed Birmingham City as the season headed into November.
That sticky patch of form had seen Bielsa's men score just five goals and, with everyone keen to avoid another season of play-off heartache, concerns were growing that they could spend the season battling with numerous teams for one of the automatic spots.
Then they won their next seven matches.
Key among that run was the third victory, a 2-1 success at Luton that sent them up to second.
With the match tied at 1-1 in the final minute, Leeds launched a final attack and Hatters defender Matty Pearson put the ball into his own net.
Preston lost at Derby on the same day, as Leeds went three points clear of third place.
They did not spend a single day outside the top two from that day on.
8 February, 2020
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Leeds
Their lead over third place went down to goal difference following defeat at Forest
The day it looked like it was all going to unravel.
Leeds' seven-match winning run had come to an end in dramatic style with a 3-3 draw against Cardiff in mid-December in a match that the Whites had led 3-0.
That result sparked a run of form that saw them win just two of 10 matches and, after this defeat at Forest, their lead over third place go from 11 points to goal difference.
A draw at fellow promotion hopefuls Brentford steadied the ship on a night when defeat would have seen the Bees leapfrog them.
The same night Forest lost at home to struggling Charlton when a win would have sent them second and Fulham could only draw at Millwall the following day, meaning they stayed behind Leeds on goal difference.
Even when Leeds' form deserted them nobody else was capable of stepping up and taking their place from them.
In the five games that followed the draw at Brentford the Whites' record was: played five, won five, scored nine, conceded none.
When football was brought to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic in March they had re-established a seven-point lead over third.
27 June, 2020
Leeds 3-0 Fulham
Ezgjan Alioski scored Leeds' second against Fulham
Leeds returned to action after the three-month hiatus with a bump, in the form of a 2-0 defeat at Cardiff City.
Bielsa was generally content with his side's performance after the match, which saw them punished for two individual mistakes and fail to take any of the numerous chances they created.
Fulham were the first visitors to the empty Elland Road. Scott Parker's men had also suffered a 2-0 reverse in their first game back, to high-flying Brentford, and needed a win to boost their ailing automatic promotion hopes.
Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was very lucky not to see red in the opening two minutes for an elbow on White that the referee missed but cameras didn't.
Leeds took the lead through Bamford's fine low shot before the visitors got on top and found themselves unlucky not to be at least level at the break.
Enter Pablo Hernandez.
The Spanish playmaker was nursing a hamstring injury that had kept him out of the defeat in Cardiff, but with the game, if not the scoreline, going against his side, Bielsa brought him on.
He capped a fine 45-minute cameo with the assist for Harrison's goal to seal a 3-0 win.
Hernandez then repeated the trick in the thumping 5-0 win over Stoke, coming on at half-time with Leeds leading 1-0, scoring once and claiming an assist, and then scoring the late winner at former side Swansea to leave Leeds on the verge of promotion.
17 July, 2020
Promotion sealed
Danny Cowley's Huddersfield got Leeds over the line with two games to spare
When the moment that mattered finally arrived, Bielsa was nowhere to be seen. Nor were his Leeds players.
West Brom had to beat Huddersfield Town to delay the Leeds promotion party. But the Terriers' need for points in their relegation struggle proved greater.
A 2-1 win courtesy of Emile Smith Rowe's late goal meant there was double cause for celebrations in Yorkshire.
The Whites will lap up every minute of their long-awaited return, with the promise of more rejoicing to come.


bbcuk--2020-07-17--What do Medieval carved stones and Celtic crosses in Wales symbolise?

You may not have spotted them but there are more than 500 early medieval carved stones in Wales .
The majority are Christian , and range in date from the Roman withdrawal in 410 to the Norman Conquest in 1066 .
Most are memorials to important people of the day .
But a few , such as a cross-carved stone from Marloes , Pembrokeshire , may give thanks for a successful sea crossing or in the case of the Pillar of Eliseg , Denbighshire , mark meeting places .
However , what is most fascinating about them is the variety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to Prof Nancy Edwards , Chair of Commissioners for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales ( RCAHMW ) .
`` These stones show the development of language in what we now call Wales , '' she said .
`` In the 5th Century , there were three languages in use : Latin - still spoken after the end of the Roman occupation and two Celtic languages - British , which would go on to develop into Welsh , and Irish , which shows a strong Irish presence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 9th Century , we start to see something which is more recognisably Welsh as we 'd know it today , and after that come signs of English and Norse influence , particularly in north-east Wales . ''
The tradition of carving stones dates back to pre-Roman times , and indeed at Llanfaelog on Anglesey there is an ancient standing stone with a Latin inscription added in the 6th Century .
Those from the 5th Century are often not religious in tone , and instead focus on recording the kin of the remembered person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went out of fashion and graves were marked by simple stones with crosses , often bearing no name or inscription at all .
However , from the late 8th Century onwards , as the church became more powerful , large decorated stone crosses were also erected , mostly on monastic sites but sometimes in the open countryside , and inscriptions began to make a comeback .
Prof Edwards , who is also professor of medieval archaeology at Bangor University , has picked out three of her favourites in a post for the RCAHMW @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stone - dating from the 5th Century , it stands in the churchyard of St David 's Church , Bridell , Pembrokeshire .
It is inscribed using the Old Irish ogham alphabet , with each letter consisting of one or more strokes carved across the angle of the stone from bottom to top .
The cross in the circle was added later and was probably made with the aim of Christianising the monument .
`` The inscription reads : Nettasagri maqi mucoi Briaci , and commemorates a man called Nettasagri who was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' she said .
`` It 's one of a cluster of such stones in south-west Wales , and is significant as it shows that not only did the Irish come to Pembrokeshire , but they stayed .
`` Creating such lasting monuments also indicates ownership of the land . ''
The second is the Tywyn Stone , now standing in St Cadfan 's Church , Tywyn , Gwynedd , it was originally placed in the cemetery sometime in the 800s .
Prof Edwards believes it was unique amongst Wales ' carved stones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : `` Firstly , it is the only stone of this time to be inscribed in Welsh , Latin being the language of the church in the 9th Century .
`` Secondly , it is a very rare example of a stone dedicated to women : Tengrumui , wedded wife of Adgan , and Cun , wife of Celen .
`` Lastly , the words of the inscription express grief in a way we might recognise today .
`` The phrase tricet nitanam means ' a mortal wound remains ' ; in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Christian afterlife , it was more usual in Latin inscriptions to make a formal request for a prayer for the soul of the person commemorated . ''
Prof Edwards said the Maen Achwyfan Cross also highlights Maen Achwyfan ( St Cwyfan 's Stone ) , which dates to the 10th Century , and stands in a field near Whitford , Flintshire , possibly the site of an early meeting place .
Its decoration is of a Viking type , and it has links with other crosses along the north Welsh coast and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interesting as it shows the Viking influence on north-east Wales , at a time when the land west of the River Dee was contested by the English , Vikings and Welsh , '' she said .
`` The carving on the cross of a warrior armed to the teeth , possibly surrounded by water , also points to a melding of Christian and pagan Norse heroic imagery at a time when the Vikings had only recently converted . ''

"In the 5th Century, there were three languages in use: Latin - still spoken after the end of the Roman occupation and two Celtic languages - British, which would go on to develop into Welsh, and Irish, which shows a strong Irish presence in south-west Wales.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Orfordness Lighthouse: Waving goodbye to a coastal landmark

For more than 200 years , the lighthouse at Orford Ness has warned mariners they are nearing Europe 's longest shingle spit .
But as the sea steadily reclaims the land on which it is built , its owner has decided the time is right for the lighthouse to come down , changing forever the skyline of the Suffolk coast .
`` I feel highly emotional , '' says Nicholas Gold , owner of Orfordness Lighthouse .
`` It 's taken a big chunk of my life . ''
The Grade II-listed building is the 11th - and final - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ago on a particularly perilous stretch of England 's coast .
Although it is impossible to say how many souls it has helped save during that time , a single storm off Orford Ness , for example , wrecked 32 ships during a single day in 1627 .
Earlier in the week , a giant crane made its slow way along the spit towards the lighthouse .
On Thursday , the dismantling operation began and the roof was cut away .
Dismantling the lighthouse is expected to take about four weeks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be used in a permanent memorial nearby .
In the early 1980s , its base was 90m ( 295ft ) from the sea .
In the winter of 2013-14 , four metres ( 13ft ) of beach was lost in a single storm .
It took a pounding in 2018 's `` Beast from the East '' storms , and the sea is now just a few metres from the imposing red and white structure .
Orfordness Lighthouse Trust plans to remove the lantern room and other artefacts that will one day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the other side of the Ness , facing Orford town 's quay .
Adrian Underwood 's father Charlie was the last lighthouse keeper at Orford Ness , working there from 1965 until his retirement in 1994 and recognised with an MBE for his service .
Mr Underwood , who published his father 's second book on Orford in tribute to him after his death in 1997 , has a small model of the lighthouse in his home in Ireland .
`` I spent most of my Sundays on Orford Ness with him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with no other vehicles on the shingle spit , taught himself to drive while his father worked .
`` It was just part of life .
When I look back on it , I was blessed .
`` I have not been back to Orford since 2007 but in my mind the lighthouse will always be as it was .
I 'm almost glad that I 've not seen it since so that for me it will always be as I remember it . ''
To protect the lighthouse from erosion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with shingle , bound them together with felt and laid them out in `` large sausages '' each weighing about 50 tonnes .
This flexible wall has kept the building standing for longer than most expected .
Longer-term defences , such as steel piling or rock armour , would not be allowed due to the Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) status of Orford Ness .
This status has also prevented the cutting-off of the lighthouse at the base and moving it back , as has been done with some others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue to cut around the sides , the trust would have had to keep adding to the defences to prevent this happening or the lighthouse could end up on its own small island .
The lighthouse was never designed to be in the sea because the salt water would have made short work of its lime mortar .
The lighthouse was decommissioned in 2013 , after which Mr Gold bought it .
He describes that decision as one made by a `` silly idiot '' since it was `` always doomed '' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ volunteers have sought to prolong the life of the building .
`` The whole point was the lighthouse had been such a celebrated landmark over so many years since the 18th Century , '' he said .
`` It would be a wasted opportunity to leave it unkempt and sad in its final years .
`` We did a deal .
The headline price was £2,000 but I had a capital commitment to sort out the taking down and removal of it .
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• Why this Essex town decided to change its name Mr Gold previously worked as a financial adviser in London and has always had a passion for buying `` one-off buildings '' .
They include a redundant church and a former US spy station .
The lighthouse `` seemed to fold naturally into the family , '' he said .
• England is home to more than 130 lighthouses • The first to be built on rock in the open sea was Winstanley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • The 19m ( 62ft ) Dover Pharos was built by the Romans in about 50AD and was still in use when William the Conqueror arrived in 1066 • The last manned lighthouse closed in 1998 at North Foreland in Kent Volunteers from the lighthouse trust must now `` deconstruct '' the building while there is enough shingle beach left for a crane to come and lift its cap and 14-tonne lantern room - or they will be lost forever .
The team will then collapse the walls inside the lighthouse so that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shingle beach .
Work is also under way to save as many of the building 's original features as possible , along with its bespoke curved furniture .
While the lighthouse is owned by Mr Gold , the National Trust owns the surrounding Ness , an area with its own place in history as a site for ballistic weapons , radar and atomic research .
But from its point of view , taking on the preservation of the lighthouse would have been too costly .
Nick Collinson , its general manager for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disappearance of the lighthouse was in keeping with the longer life and history of the Ness .
`` Orfordness Lighthouse has been an iconic landmark on this stretch of Suffolk 's coastline for centuries , and we are saddened to see it lost , '' he said .
`` Sitting on such a dynamic shingle spit , constantly changed by the sea , man 's presence here can often feel ephemeral . ''
The lighthouse trust hopes to sell off its `` local bricks in wonderful condition '' to help raise funds to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than a mile inland , featuring as many of the original elements as possible .
The nature reserve on which the lighthouse stands is currently closed to the public .
`` The lighthouse itself is an emotional thing , certainly for the people of Orford who 've lived with it on their horizon for generations , '' said Mr Gold .
`` It 's Orford 's equivalent of the Taj Mahal . ''
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"I have not been back to Orford since 2007 but in my mind the lighthouse will always be as it was. I'm almost glad that I've not seen it since so that for me it will always be as I remember it."


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Orfordness Lighthouse: Drone captures start of deconstruction work

Drone footage has captured the moment the top of an historic lighthouse was removed .
Orfordness Lighthouse has stood on @ @ @ @ @ shingle spit on the Suffolk coast since 1792 but erosion means it now has to @ @ @ @ @ area upon which it sits .
It was decommissioned in 2013 and has since been @ @ @ @ @ Trust .
Owner Nicholas Gold said although knowing the day to take the lighthouse down @ @ @ @ @ to deconstruct the building felt `` highly emotional '' .
Orford Ness , the reserve @ @ @ @ @ is currently not open to the public .

Drone footage has captured the moment the top of an historic lighthouse was removed.
Orfordness Lighthouse has stood on a 10-mile (16km) shingle spit on the Suffolk coast since 1792 but erosion means it now has to be removed from the conservation area upon which it sits.
It was decommissioned in 2013 and has since been run by the Orfordness Lighthouse Trust.
Owner Nicholas Gold said although knowing the day to take the lighthouse down would always come, starting to deconstruct the building felt "highly emotional".
Orford Ness, the reserve where the lighthouse sits, is currently not open to the public.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--The Papers: 'Normal by Christmas' and 'secret' royal wedding

In common with many front pages , the Daily Telegraph leads with the words of the Prime Minister : `` We 'll be back to normal by Christmas . ''
But the paper notes that - just hours after his call for the public to `` look ahead with optimism '' - Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance was striking a more pessimistic tone .
He warned a Lords committee that Britain could need another lockdown this winter , and the challenge would be `` very much greater '' .
The Guardian says England 's Chief Medical Officer , Professor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he told the committee social distancing would have to continue for a long period .
The i reports that the PM 's roadmap to normality got an `` expert reality check '' .
However , the Daily Express says he offered hope to millions of families that they would be able to enjoy Christmas together .
The Times reports that Mr Johnson is to mark his first anniversary in office by rewarding supporters of Brexit , including Sir Ian Botham , with peerages .
The former England cricketer is said to be one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announced this month .
According to the paper , the list includes four former Labour MPs : Frank Field and Gisela Stuart , who backed Brexit , and Ian Austin and John Woodcock , who voted for Mr Johnson 's deal and urged Labour supporters not to vote for Jeremy Corbyn .
In what is described as an attempt to heal Conservative and national divisions , The Times says former chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond will also be included - both had the Tory whip withdrawn for trying to block the prime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deal .
The Daily Telegraph says Justice Secretary Robert Buckland is to unveil a commission of independent legal experts next week which could put in place new rules to bar judges from making `` political rulings '' .
On Thursday , the Court of Appeal ruled that Shamima Begum - who left London at the age of 15 to join the Islamic State group in Syria - should be allowed to return to the UK to challenge the revoking of her British citizenship .
The Telegraph recalls that Mr Johnson promised a shake-up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election manifesto .
Princess Beatrice 's marriage to property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi is described by the Daily Mail as the first royal wedding behind closed doors for 235 years .
A cousin of the groom is quoted as blaming the recent `` problems '' of the bride 's father , Prince Andrew , over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal .
The paper says the secret nature of the nuptials meant the Queen 's beleaguered son was spared appearing in public - just 15 family and friends were present .
The Daily Mirror calls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' .
Hours later , the Queen knighted 100-year-old World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore outside at Windsor Castle .
Most of the papers picture Sir Tom leaning on the wheeled walker he used to complete 100 laps of his garden as his shoulders were tapped with a ceremonial sword .
The Yorkshire Post relates how , in brilliant sunshine , the 94-year-old Queen thanked the Yorkshire-born veteran for raising an `` amazing amount of money '' and told him : `` One hundred is a great age . ''
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In what is described as an attempt to heal Conservative and national divisions, The Times says former chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond will also be included - both had the Tory whip withdrawn for trying to block the prime minister's efforts to get a Brexit deal.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Met Police close illegal event after week of violence in London

Riot police have closed down an `` unlicensed music event '' in north London after vowing to `` robustly and swiftly '' deal with disorder .
Met Police officers were called to the Woodberry Down Estate in Finsbury Park by residents on Friday night .
Footage on social media shows officers marching through the estate to disperse revellers .
Earlier , the Met said it would close down any illegal event following a week of violence in the capital .
The past eight days have seen seven people , aged between 18 and 43 , murdered in separate attacks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers would be deployed over the weekend following the recent killings and intelligence on unlicensed events .
`` The past week has seen a number of people who have needlessly lost their lives at the hands of violent criminals - any number of murders is too many but we are very concerned by the recent increase .
`` We have also seen an increase in unlicensed music events which , as well as being very disruptive to communities and posing an increased risk of Covid-19 transmission , have in some cases led to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the officers who have to shut them down . ''
She added that tackling violence was always the Met 's `` number one priority '' .
Over the last few weeks , police have been called to numerous unlicensed music events held across London .
Some resorted in violence , with 27 officers injured while breaking up an event in Brixton , south London , and seven were hurt closing an illegal party in White City .

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bbcuk--2020-07-17--Hidden lockdown costs 'crippling' business owners

Some business owners in Scotland are calling on their customers to pay with cash - saying the hidden costs from card payments are `` crippling '' them .
The surge in electronic payments due to coronavirus guidance has left small businesses with hundreds of pounds of extra charges each month .
Restaurateurs also said charges for increased takeaway deliveries were running into thousands of pounds .
And some publicans said they could not afford table-ordering app fees .
Stefano Rossi , owner of Stefano 's Fish and Chips in Edinburgh 's Morningside , said his earnings were being `` whittled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` Before the lockdown , I used to pay about £40 a month on card machine charges but now I 've been paying £400 a month .
`` I really need customers to return to paying with money now as all the charges are crippling my business .
`` Some customers are seeing the sign I have put up and asking me if I 'm trying to tax dodge , and I 'm having to explain to them that could not be further from the truth .
`` I declare everything and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just want to stop all these charges . ''
He added he was paying £550 a month extra on Just Eat charges since the lockdown began .
`` People just do n't realise that when they pay £10 for a takeaway order we only receive £8.10 and that is if we use our own driver , '' he said .
`` Just Eat charges 14 % on every order plus a 50p service charge and it 's 35 % if you use their driver .
`` The delivery order costs are just too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to please start coming back to the shop and to use money . ''
Nadeem Amgid , owner of Yayas Grillhouse in Edinburgh 's Colinton Mains , said there were a catalogue of charges involved with paying electronically .
He said : `` People do n't realise it costs us more if they pay electronically and even more if they pay over the phone .
`` The charges even vary depending on which card customers use .
`` I 've seen a huge difference in my card charge bill since the lockdown and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a month .
`` Then there are the third party delivery charges which you were almost forced to join when the lockdown started as that was the way people were ordering food .
`` Before the lockdown , I was spending about £600 a month on Just Eat and Uber Eat charges .
But since the lockdown , I 'm spending £3,480 a month . ''
He added : `` People think we want money over card payments for tax reasons but it 's not that .
It 's because the electronic payment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Antonio Baiano , owner of the Napole Pizzeria restaurant in Edinburgh 's Corstorphine , said he was only surviving because everyone in his family had been helping .
He said : `` I wish people would start using money again because it is costing me so much currently .
`` I did n't do delivery before the lockdown but now I 've had to join Just Eat and Uber Eat .
`` The more money I make the more they make and the more you work the less profit is for you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days during the lockdown but seen less profit because I have to pay so many charges .
`` I 've been giving £2,800 per month to Just Eat and Uber Eat .
`` The costs are a lot but the customers do n't know about it . ''
Zaheer Aslam , of the business podcast Chattin with Z , said : `` Small business owners have been telling me they are concerned that , between the fees they are now paying for the increased card machine use and the costs for using third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` They are saying to me they want customers now to return to spending money on-site so they do n't have to pay the high commission costs to third party companies .
`` With more card payments and less cash they are saying the increased overhead costs are too much and they say their businesses as a result are suffering massively . ''
Tom Ponton , owner of Oz Bar in Edinburgh 's Grassmarket , said : `` We looked at the table order apps but they were just too expensive as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charge for every transaction and a charge to use their cash machine . ''
A Just Eat spokeswoman said : `` Just Eat is only successful if our restaurant partners are successful and we believe our commission rates are aligned with the value we provide to our partners .
`` Through our 30 day Covid-19 emergency support package , we gave over £11m worth of support to the many thousands of independent restaurants we work with across the UK . ''

"People just don't realise that when they pay £10 for a takeaway order we only receive £8.10 and that is if we use our own driver," he said. "Just Eat charges 14% on every order plus a 50p service charge and it's 35% if you use their driver.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Coronavirus: Social distance of 1m could preserve 30,000 NI jobs

The change in social distancing guidance from 2m to 1m could help preserve up to 30,000 jobs in Northern Ireland , new research suggests .
Ulster University economists have been examining which jobs have become most vulnerable due to the coronavirus pandemic .
They estimate that 240,000 to 280,000 jobs were classed as vulnerable under 2m social distancing .
That falls to 215,000 to 250,000 under the 1m guidance .
The economists , Richard Johnston and Ryan Hogg , used an economic model to estimate the vulnerability of 369 different occupations , based on factors such as the need to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to interact with the public .
The model also includes estimates of how the pandemic has reduced demand in different sectors of the economy .
Unsurprisingly , it found the greatest number of jobs were at risk in retail and hospitality .
The reduced social-distancing requirement will also have the greatest impact in those sectors .
The research suggests it would mean about 6,000 jobs in hospitality and 4,000 in retail would no longer be classed as vulnerable as a result of the change .
However , the economists warn that reduced demand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` Whilst job vulnerabilities and the associated risk to the economy is mitigated partially by the reduction in social-distancing requirements , it is clear that demand is the key driver of vulnerability and therefore crucial to the ability of the economy to recover in the longer term , '' they said .
They suggest more government action will be required to help boost demand .
At a local level they suggest that could include policies such as rates relief for domestic ratepayers to increase disposable income .

"Whilst job vulnerabilities and the associated risk to the economy is mitigated partially by the reduction in social-distancing requirements, it is clear that demand is the key driver of vulnerability and therefore crucial to the ability of the economy to recover in the longer term," they said.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Nottingham student gives 'risky' kitchen problem the chop

A gadget designed to keep older and vulnerable people safe in the kitchen has been unveiled by a student .
Ryan Crosbie , who studies at Nottingham Trent University , came up with the idea after discovering his own grandmother had suffered cuts while preparing food .
He said he could not find anything on sale that catered for those with limited sight and dexterity .
His chopping board has two magnetised grips to hold items and shield the user 's hand and lines to guide cutting .
`` The kitchen can pose some real risks for older people '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who is studying for a BA in product design at Nottingham Trent University .
`` I could n't find anything in the market that tried to address sight , strength and dexterity issues to help protect the older generation from these nasty injuries that can even result in hospital visits . ''
The elderly can also struggle with conditions such as arthritis and tremors which his product has also considered .
Ryan has designed and made a plastic chopping board that features two magnetised grips that can hold vegetables in place and shield @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the grips can slide along a magnetic strip on the board to allow the user to safely and securely grip and chop the vegetable , whatever the size .
The board also features a bright guide line as a visual aid to assist the user with lining up their knife with the vegetables for each chop and slice .
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"I couldn't find anything in the market that tried to address sight, strength and dexterity issues to help protect the older generation from these nasty injuries that can even result in hospital visits."


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Russia's UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations

Russia 's ambassador to the UK has rejected allegations that his country 's intelligence services tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research .
`` I do n't believe in this story at all , there is no sense in it , '' Andrei Kelin told the BBC 's Andrew Marr Show .
On Thursday , UK security services said hackers targeting vaccine developers `` almost certainly '' operated as `` part of Russian intelligence services '' .
Mr Kelin also rejected suggestions that Russia had interfered in UK politics .
Earlier this week , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Russians almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK election through illicitly-acquired documents .
The papers , which emerged online , detailed UK-US trade discussions and were used by Labour in its election campaign .
`` I do not see any point in using this subject as a matter of interference , '' Mr Kelin said .
`` We do not interfere at all .
We do not see any point in interference because for us , whether it will be [ the ] Conservative Party or Labour 's party at the head of this country , we will try to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than now . ''
The interview comes days before a report into allegations of wider Russian interference into UK democracy is due to be published by Parliament 's Intelligence and Security Committee .
On Thursday , UK , US and Canada security services said a hacking group called APT29 had targeted various organisations involved in Covid-19 vaccine development , with the likely intention of stealing information .
The UK 's National Cyber Security Centre ( NCSC ) said it was more than 95 % certain that the group , also known as The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Russian intelligence services .
Asked whether that was true , Mr Kelin did not directly answer , but said : `` I learned about their existence from British media . ''
`` In this world , to attribute any kind of computer hackers to any country , it is impossible , '' he said .
Mr Kelin went on to dismiss a suggestion that it would be an `` advantage '' for Russia to know about vaccines in development .
He said Russian pharmaceutical company R-Pharm had already entered a partnership with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ developed at the University of Oxford , should it prove effective .
Elsewhere in the interview , Mr Kelin said Russian officials studying the country 's recent constitutional referendum discovered `` several cyber-attacks '' originating from UK territory .
Two weeks ago , Russia voted in favour of a wide-ranging set of constitutional changes , which included clauses banning same-sex marriage and making it possible for President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036 .
Mr Kelin stressed that Russia was not `` accusing the United Kingdom as a state '' of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not give further details as to their nature .
Andrew Marr also asked Mr Kelin whether he had seen the recent BBC miniseries , The Salisbury Poisonings , which dramatised the poisoning of former spy and MI6 informant Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia .
`` I saw part of them , '' he said , adding that it was `` so dull '' he could not watch the three-part series to the end .
The UK has accused two Russian military intelligence officers of being behind the poisonings but the ambassador indicated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the incident , saying : `` We still do not understand why some spy story should disrupt these important business relations which will be very helpful to Britain ... when it is exiting from the European Union .
`` We are prepared to turn the page and we are prepared to do business with Britain . ''
The interview with Andrei Kelin will be shown on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One at 09:00 BST on Sunday .

The UK has accused two Russian military intelligence officers of being behind the poisonings but the ambassador indicated Moscow was keen to move on from the incident, saying: "We still do not understand why some spy story should disrupt these important business relations which will be very helpful to Britain... when it is exiting from the European Union.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Coronavirus: Scotland sees biggest daily rise in cases in almost a month

Scotland has seen the biggest daily rise in new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in almost a month .
The Scottish government said 21 cases had been detected in the last 24 hours - eight of them within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde .
It is the biggest daily increase since 21 June .
However , Scotland 's national clinical director , Jason Leitch , said he expected to see `` day-to-day variation '' in the number of new cases .
In addition to the Glasgow and Clyde cases , there were five new cases in NHS Lothian with the rest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Coronavirus in Scotland : How many cases are there ?
Mr Leitch told BBC Scotland that he did not believe the new cases were part of a cluster .
`` I expect day-to-day variation and the next thing I look at is the spread around the country '' he said .
`` So 21 in one small town would worry me much more than 21 spread around the country - and these 21 are spread around the country . ''
Mr Leitch said he was confident in Scotland 's test and protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 16,500 tests has been carried out on Friday and so a rise in the number of positive results could also be expected .
Deputy First Minister John Swinney tweeted that the 21 new positive cases were a reminder of the `` danger still out there '' .
The percentage of tests coming back positive remains low in Scotland and has been under 1 % since the end of May .
The World Health Organisation says that one measure which can indicate whether an epidemic is under control is whether , with a comprehensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of samples return a positive for Covid-19 over two weeks .
The Scottish government also confirmed that no new deaths were registered in Scotland following a positive test for the virus , meaning that only one death in the last 10 days has been recorded using this measure .
The number of patients in hospital with confirmed Covid-19 fell from 316 to 305 , with just three of them in intensive care units .
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Mr Leitch said he was confident in Scotland's test and protect system and also pointed out that about 16,500 tests had been carried out on Friday and so a rise in the number of positive results could also be expected.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Thorpe Park stabbing: Man slashed in stomach

A man has been seriously injured in a stabbing at Thorpe Park following an altercation between two groups .
The man in his 20s was slashed in his stomach on a footbridge near the exit of the resort in Surrey shortly before 17:00 BST .
The theme park said on-site medical staff were at the scene `` within minutes '' .
Surrey Police said two men in their 20s had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder .
Visitors were locked down inside the park while police attended , with pictures on social media showing crowds building up as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two groups of people were involved in an altercation on the bridge close to the park 's exit .
One man was treated for a slash wound to his stomach and is in hospital in a serious condition , the force added .
Det Insp Andy Greaves appealed for witnesses and said officers were tracing `` all those believed to have been involved '' .
`` I 'm keen to hear from anyone who saw what happened or who has video footage of this assault , '' he said .
`` The two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exit inside the park on the bridge when the assault took place . ''
South East Coast Ambulance Service said it was called to the park at about 16:50 following reports of a person with an abdominal injury .
Paramedics treated one person who was taken to a London hospital .
Thorpe Park said its on-site medical staff provided emergency first aid and said it was helping police with inquiries .
`` The health , safety and security of our guests is our primary objective .
We have an excellent security track record @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this kind in over 40 years , '' a spokesman said .
Thorpe Park reopened on 4 July after being shut due to the coronavirus pandemic .

"The health, safety and security of our guests is our primary objective. We have an excellent security track record and have never had any incidents of this kind in over 40 years," a spokesman said.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi release wedding photos

Photographs from Princess Beatrice 's wedding to property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have been released by Buckingham Palace .
Two official pictures were sent out the day after their small ceremony at The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor .
One shows the beaming couple leaving the chapel through its flower-covered archway .
In the other they are outside the entrance with Beatrice 's grandparents , the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh .
Beatrice 's parents , the Duke and Duchess of York , did not appear in either of the released photos , though the palace confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It comes as Prince Andrew continues to keep a low profile following the arrest of his former friend Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking offences , which she denies .
The Queen loaned Beatrice a vintage dress for the occasion , as well as a diamond fringe tiara which the monarch wore on her own wedding day in 1947 .
The newlyweds decided to hold a private ceremony with their parents and siblings after they postponed their wedding in May due to the coronavirus pandemic .
When the national lockdown began on 23 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under almost all circumstances .
However , since 4 July , ceremonies of up to 30 people have been allowed to take place .
In a statement , the palace said the wedding was held within government guidelines .
It is believed to be the first time the Queen , 94 , and Prince Philip , 99 , have attended a family gathering since lockdown began .
For the ceremony , Beatrice wore a vintage Peau De Soie taffeta dress , in shades of ivory by Norman Hartnell , on loan from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and encrusted with diamante .
The dress was remodelled and fitted by the Queen 's senior dresser Angela Kelly and designer Stewart Parvin , according to Buckingham Palace .
Beatrice , who is ninth in line to the throne , also wore the Queen Mary diamond fringe tiara loaned to her by her grandmother .
Beatrice , 31 , and Mr Mapelli Mozzi , 35 , had originally planned to marry on 29 May this year at the Chapel Royal , St James Palace , in London .
The new venue of Royal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short drive from Windsor Castle - is Beatrice 's childhood home .
Her parents still live at the property .
Mr Mapelli Mozzi 's son Wolfie was best man and pageboy .
Beatrice and her husband began dating in autumn 2018 and got engaged last September .
The couple are said to have started a relationship after meeting again at Beatrice 's sister Princess Eugenie 's wedding to Jack Brooksbank .
After Friday 's ceremony , Beatrice 's wedding bouquet was placed on the tomb of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The bouquet was fashioned out of trailing jasmine , pale pink and cream sweet peas , royal porcelain ivory spray roses , pink O'Hara garden roses , pink wax flower , baby pink astilbe and , in keeping with royal tradition , sprigs of myrtle .
The Reverend Canon Anthony Ball laid the bouquet with Toby Wright , the son of the sub-dean of the Chapel Royal , Reverend Paul Wright .

Beatrice's parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, did not appear in either of the released photos, though the palace confirmed her father walked her down the aisle. It comes as Prince Andrew continues to keep a low profile following the arrest of his former friend Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking offences, which she denies.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Mark Drakeford 'will not serve whole Senedd term'

The first minister has said he does not plan to serve the whole of the next Senedd term if re-elected to the job in the 2021 election .
Mark Drakeford , 65 , said he hoped to lead the Welsh Government `` well into the next Senedd term '' .
But he said around his 70th birthday would `` be time for somebody else to have a chance to do this job '' .
Mr Drakeford has been first minister since 2018 after taking over the role from Carwyn Jones .
The first minister told BBC Politics Wales it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' to step down at the milestone birthday .
But opposition parties said it was time for a change at next year 's election .
• A guide to devolution in the UK When he announced he was standing for the leadership of Welsh Labour in April 2018 , Mr Drakeford said he would lead the party into an election .
If successful , he intended establish a government in the next term before standing aside for a `` new generation of leaders to put themselves forward for election '' .
Asked whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his first two years as first minister being dominated by Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic , Mr Drakeford said : `` My plan has n't changed from when I said it originally .
`` My plan is , if I 'm able to do it , I will lead the Labour Party in Wales into May 's election next year .
`` If we 're successful I will form a government , I will serve as head of that government well in to the next Senedd term and then my plan will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in advance of an election .
`` It will be time for somebody else to do this difficult and demanding job .
As well as a job , it is a privilege to have had the opportunity to fill . ''
'The normal pattern of things in Wales' Asked whether that would be an issue for people voting in the 2021 election , Mr Drakeford said : `` Well , that 's what they would have done with Rhodri Morgan who stood in 2007 and then passed it on to Carwyn during that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have done with Carwyn in 2016 who led us in to that election and then passed it on to me .
`` So , this is the normal pattern of things here in Wales . ''
Paul Davies , leader of the Welsh Conservatives , said : `` The people of Wales do n't need a caretaker first minister .
`` We need someone who 's committed to the long term and I will give them that commitment .
`` He [ Mr Drakeford ] may not have the energy and determination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I do , and I ca n't wait to have the opportunity to serve my country and implement a radical agenda to change Wales for the better . ''
A Plaid Cymru spokesman said : `` The current pandemic has taught us that leadership means seeing things through to the end .
`` Voters next May will have the choice between voting for another distracting internal Labour battle in a few years , or backing Adam Price who would be a relentlessly focused first minister , determined to deliver Plaid Cymru 's five-year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Wales . ''
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"If we're successful I will form a government, I will serve as head of that government well in to the next Senedd term and then my plan will be to hand it on to somebody else in advance of an election.


bbcuk--2020-07-18--Met Police must apologise for 'knee-on-neck' arrest says lawyer

The Met Police must formally apologise to a man who was detained while a police officer appeared to kneel on his neck , his lawyer has said .
Marcus Coutain , 48 , was filmed telling officers `` get off my neck '' as he was arrested in north London on Thursday .
His lawyer Tim Rustem said the events `` mirrored almost identically what happened to George Floyd '' , who died after being restrained in the US .
One Met officer has been suspended and another placed on restricted duties .
The Met `` quickly assessed the incident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Office for Police Conduct ( IOPC ) , which is conducting an investigation .
The force said it would not be issuing any further statements .
On Saturday , Mr Coutain pleaded not guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates ' Court to possessing a knife in public .
Police said officers were called to reports of a fight in Isledon Road on Thursday .
Footage posted on social media that evening shows two officers holding a handcuffed black man on the pavement .
In court , Mr Rustem said the police should apologise .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Crown Prosecution Service should review the case , drop the charges and offer a `` formal apology '' to Mr Coutain .
Mr Rustem said his client was legally carrying a blade for the purposes of repairing his bicycle .
`` Essentially Mr Coutain was stopped and searched for matters for which he has not been charged , '' he said .
`` It is the use of what I would regard as excessive force , a knee being placed on his neck ... references which mirror exactly what happened to George @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying ' I ca n't breathe ' and 'get your knee off my neck ' , while he was already handcuffed and while he was restrained by two police officers . ''
He said his client was lucky to have only `` minimal '' injuries to his wrists and neck , adding : `` Fortunately it did n't lead to the tragic consequences that we saw in America . ''
Deputy Commissioner Sir Steve House described footage of the arrest in Islington as `` deeply disturbing '' and said some of the techniques @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police training '' , caused him `` great concern '' .
In a statement , the Met Police said it had quickly assessed the incident , including the body worn video footage from the officers and their statements and justification for their use of force , and referred it to the IOPC .
In Islington , about 30 people gathered outside the police station in protest against how Mr Coutain was arrested .
The case has been sent to Snaresbrook Crown Court on 17 August .

In a statement, the Met Police said it had quickly assessed the incident, including the body worn video footage from the officers and their statements and justification for their use of force, and referred it to the IOPC.