Councillors and senior public officials could go to prison for up to five years if they fail to protect children from sexual exploitation, under new plans being considered by the government.
Barclays pre-tax profits rose 12% to £5.5 billion in 2014, the bank reported today.
Prince William was on the receiving end of a double high-five today as one excited child came dashing across a football pitch to greet him during a Royal tour of a football training camp in China today.
The prince who was visiting a training camp in Shanghai, where schoolchildren learn football skills from coaches trained by England's Premier League, even stopped to kick a ball with the youngster following his enthusiastic greeting.
It will be another cold and blustery day with wintry showers in many places this morning.
There's a risk of snow to settling to low levels in Scotland and Northern Ireland at first, whereas in England and Wales the main concern is for local icy stretches and hill snow. However, there could be a few centimetres of snow briefly settling in parts of the Midlands.
Later on, during the afternoon, the showers in the south will ease and there'll be plenty of sunshine. We'll see further rain, sleet and hill snow this afternoon in the north, mainly across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Strong, gusty winds will make it feel cold. Highs of 9 Celsius in London.
The number of incidents of discrimination reported in football has increased this season, anti-racism group Kick It Out has said.
The group said complaints had increased by more than a third on the previous campaign, while the Football Association said it had seen an increase of 70%.
Kick It Out director Roisin Wood said the number of complaints does not reflect the true scale of the issue, writing in the Guardian that the 184 reported so far "barely scratch the surface of a widespread problem".
She added that one of the biggest problems it faced was dealing with the high number of offensive posts on social media.
The figures come shortly after police announced they would be investigating reports of racist and abusive behaviour by Chelsea fans on a train from London to Manchester on Sunday.
The west London man named as Islamic State killer "Jihadi John" claimed he had been warned five years ago that MI5 would be keeping a "close eye" on him, the Guardian reports.
In transcripts of Mohammed Emwazi's first interview with advocacy group Cage, the former Westminster student said an MI5 handler told him, despite claims to the contrary: "I still believe you are going to Somalia to train."
According to the report, Emwazi also said the agent "threatened" him, and claimed: “We are going to keep a close eye on you, Mohammed, and we already have been … We are going to keep a close eye on you.”
He also said he was asked his views on the 7 July and 11 September terror attacks on London and New York, and claimed he had replied that they were "wrong", adding: "If I had the opportunity, would I make those lives come back? I would make those lives come back."
It is unclear whether the claims made in the interview are true.
Persistent failures at a maternity unit contributed to the unneccesary deaths of up to 30 infants and mothers, a report published today is expected to find.
The Morecambe Bay Investigation is set to claim that a "turf war" between midwives and doctors led to poor communications at the unit at Furness General Hospital in Barrow, Cumbria.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who ordered the inquiry, said at its launch in 2013 that the main aim was to uncover what went "desperately wrong" and ensure no repeat could take place.
Six midwives from Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the unit, are facing disciplinary hearings by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the coming months.
In January 2014, one of the midwives received an 18-month interim suspensions following allegations over the care of a baby born in a "poor condition" the previous September.
A report released today is expected to disclose that hundreds of children were at risk of sexual exploitation in Oxfordshire over 15 years.
The serious case review is understood to have found that more than 300 young people may have suffered grooming and abuse or were at risk of becoming victims between 1999 and 2014.
Oxfordshire County Council and Thames Valley Police are also likely to come in for criticism in the report over a paedophile ring that targeted vulnerable girls, reports claim.
Seven members of the gang were convicted in a trial in 2013 for a catalogue of offences including rape, trafficking and organising prostitution of children.
Five of them were jailed for life following the trial, the shocking details of which prompted Judge Peter Rook to say "police and social services missed tell-tale signs" the abuse was taking place.
Three British planespotters are being detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after being accused of breaching "national security".
Conrad Clitheroe, 53, his friend Gary Cooper, 45, and their former colleague, ex-pat Neil Munro, have been held since 21 February, Clitheroe's wife said.
The trio were reportedly stopped by an off-duty policeman while taking notes near Fujairah Airport, about 80 miles from Dubai.
The are understood to be held at Fujairah prison on suspicion of a "national security offence", with the Dubai public prosecution is dealing with the case.
Mrs Clitheroe, from Stockport, Greater Manchester said she fears for her husband's health, after he raised concern in telephone calls.
"He goes for regular check ups and takes quick a lot of medication which will have run out now," he said.
Councillors and senior public officials could go to prison for up to five years if they fail to protect children from sexual exploitation, under new plans being considered by the government.
Under the proposals, being considered by David Cameron and currently subject to consultation, the crime of "wilful neglect" will be extended to cover children's social care and education.
Individuals and organisations found to have let children down could also face unlimited fines if the plans are passed into law.
The measures have been announced as the Prime Minister chairs a child protection summit of police officials and local authorities at Downing Street after a series of damning reports detailed the sexual exploitation of up to 1,4000 children over many years in Rotherham.
Child sex abuse has been has been prioritised as a "national threat", putting it on a par with serious and organised crime and meaning police forces, chief constables and police and crime commissioners have a duty to collaborate with each other across boundaries to safeguard children.
The measures come as a serious case review into on child sexual exploitation in Oxford is expected to show opportunities were missed to prevent the abuse.
