Qin and Meng applied for permission to have a child , CHINA

A schoolteacher who gained permission to have an additional child in her hometown in one Chinese province has been ordered to have an abortion because the province where she is teaching has different rules, a family planning officer confirmed Tuesday.

The case illustrates how different areas have different family planning regulations and how unyielding China's birth limits continue to be despite a recent loosening in the 35-year-old policy to allow more couples to have two children.

Both pregnant Qin Yi and her husband Meng Shaoping had a daughter with their previous spouses, so the newly married couple is not allowed to have their own child according to Guizhou province's regulations, the education bureau and health and family planning commission in Guizhou's Libo county said in a notice Monday.

Qin must have an abortion by the end of the month otherwise she will be fired from her job, said the notice circulated online and carried by a local newspaper, which reported that Qin was five months pregnant.

An officer from the county's health and family planning commission confirmed the case.Qin and Meng applied for permission to have a child from authorities in Huangshan city in eastern Anhui province, where her residency is registered, said the officer, who gave only his surname, also Qin.

The authority is investigating whether Qin transferred her residency to Anhui earlier this year in order to gain permission to give birth, said the officer.

Anhui province allows couples to have a child if they don't have more than two children from previous marriages, whereas Guizhou only lets a couple have a child if there is just one previous child.

Different areas draw up their own family planning rules that fit into a national policy. In late 2013, China's leadership announced it would allow two children for families in which one parent is an only child, and different provinces and cities have implemented the change at different paces.

China credits the unpopular "one-child" policy as preventing 400 million births, whereas many demographers argue the birth rate would have fallen anyway as China's economy developed and education levels rose.

"This was a powerful, loud and clear statement " ,attack by a pack of dogs

A judge on Tuesday awarded a $100 million civil judgment to a man who lost most of his left arm, his left leg below the knee and his left ear in an attack by a pack of dogs outside a Detroit home.

It's unlikely that Steve Constantine will collect anywhere near the amount entered by Wayne County Circuit Judge Daphne Means Curtis, but the meaning runs deeper than money, said Mark Bernstein, his attorney."It's an enormously symbolic statement by the court that this type of conduct is unacceptable in our community," Bernstein told The Associated Press. "The ability to collect is largely irrelevant. We wanted a number that got people's attention.
 

"This was a powerful, loud and clear statement. There was a sense of enough is enough."Constantine, 50, was mauled in October as he tried to feed dogs belonging to Derick Felton at a house owned by Felton's mother.
 

Police killed one dog at the scene and said they rounded up at least 11 other pit bulls or pit bull mixes that were later euthanized.Felton faces trial in September on charges of harboring a dangerous animal causing serious injury. He and his mother, Elizabeth Collins Felton, are named in the civil case.

Felton's lawyer in his criminal case has said the dogs that police rounded up belonged to him, but they weren't the dogs that attacked Constantine.The Associated Press left a message Tuesday seeking comment from Felton and his mother.
 

Neither appeared at Tuesday's hearing, said Bernstein, who added that he would seek the house owned by Elizabeth Collins Felton as part of the judgment.He said Constantine is being treated at a psychiatric hospital and has had 22 surgeries.

First time on record, with the rate falling to -0.1%.

It is the first time Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation has turned negative since 1960, based on comparable historic estimates, the Office for National Statisticssaid.

The biggest contribution to the fall came from a drop in air and sea fares.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney said he expected inflation to remain very low over the next few months.But Mr Carney added that "over the course of the year, as we get towards the end, inflation should start to pick up towards our 2% target".The latest inflation figures show that transport costs were 2.8% lower in April than the same time a year ago, while food was 3.0% cheaper.

Chancellor George Osborne said the inflation figure should not be mistaken for "damaging deflation".

He added that the lower cost of living - driven by last year's fall in oil prices - would be a welcome relief for family budgets, in an environment in which average wages were finally beginning to rise.

Media captionShadow chancellor Chris Leslie said: "Any relief for households is welcome, but this month's figures reflect global trends and [that] doesn't change the reality that many are still struggling to pay the bills.

"The government must clearly guard against the risk that business investment might be deferred. We need stronger action now to raise productivity to deliver sustainable growth and rising living standards."

The latest inflation figure means that a basket of goods and services that cost £100 in April 2014 would have cost £99.90 in April this year.The last time CPI inflation was negative, according to estimates by the ONS, was March 1960, when prices were 0.6% lower.

The last time we saw a price fall in the UK was March 1960, before even I was born, when there was a drop (probably) of 0.6%.

So my natural impulse is to say that deflation has arrived in Britain - because there is no other word in the English language than "deflation" to describe this phenomenon.

However many of those who define themselves as "serious economists" (that's not me, by the way - I'm a hack) are desperately anxious that I and you don't use the "d" word - for two reasons.One is that they say proper deflation is a long term term trend of declining prices, and they believe - almost certainly correctly - that these current price falls won't endure much more than a month or two.

The other is that proper deflation is pernicious: if we believed that prices were set to fall month after relentless month, we would spend less - in the hope of picking up bargains later - and our bosses would pay us less.

Inflation as measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) in April remained unchanged from the month before at 0.9%.

'Mild and benign'

Ian Stewart, chief economist at Deloitte, said the fall was "likely to prove short-lived and positive for growth".

"Falling prices raise consumer spending power and help keep interest rates low. This looks like the mild and benign variety of deflation, which is good news for consumers and for growth," he said.

Andrew Sentance, senior economic adviser at PricewaterhouseCoopers and a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said he did not expect the fall in prices to be sustained.

"Once the impact of the big drop in oil prices drops out of the annual inflation rate, it will move back up to 1-2% over the next year or so. With wage inflation picking up, we may soon be considering the prospect of above-target inflation," he said.

"In the meantime, flat or slightly falling consumer prices are good for growth, boosting real consumer spending power. So a temporary period of slightly negative inflation can be good for the UK economy."

Public for suggestions of artists , for Banknote in England

 

The banknote, which will enter circulation in the next three to five years, currently features the economist Adam Smith.The Bank is asking the public for suggestions of artists ranging from painters to furniture makers.

But the Bank will want to avoid a repeat of previous equality complaints.

It faced criticism after the planned replacement of campaigner Elizabeth Fry on the £5 note with Winston Churchill, which left it facing the prospect of no women being used on banknote images.This was solved when author Jane Austen was announced as the image on the next £10 note.

The public will be asked to nominate an artist to be considered for the banknote before 19 July.

They can include artists, sculptors, printmakers, designers, craftspeople, ceramicists, architects, fashion designers, photographers and filmmakers.

Speaking at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the governor of the Bank, Mark Carney, said people should consider artists "beyond the most obvious and most famous" but they must also be "beyond the grave"."There are a wealth of individuals within the field of visual arts whose work shaped British thought, innovation, leadership, values and society and who continue to inspire people today," he said.

This will then be considered by a committee which, taking into account worthiness, equality and diversity, will whittle down the list to between three and five.

The Committee is chaired by the Bank's deputy governor Ben Broadbent, and includes chief cashier Victoria Cleland and independent experts Sir David Cannadine, Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey and Sandy Nairne. Three visual arts experts will also join for the £20 note decision - John Akomfrah, Alice Rawsthorn, and Andrew Graham-Dixon.The final decision will then be made by Mr Carney, with an announcement in the Spring of 2016.

"Thankfully all the crew were rescued , from the fishing boat. "

A major air and sea search was launched after the UK Coastguard received two distress calls just after 23:45 BST from the vessel, called the Kairos.

The Scottish skipper and four Filipino crew were transferred from the raft to a trawler called the Cu Na Mara which was in the area.All crew are believed to be unhurt.Falmouth Coastguard coordinated the search after the boat sank 75 miles (121 km) west of the Isles of Scilly.

Two Irish coastguard search and rescue helicopters, the RNLI St Mary's lifeboat, fishing vessels and two commercial ships were involved in the operation.

Jim Morrison, from UK Coastguard said: "Thankfully all the crew were rescued. An incident such as this shows the value of having digital selective calling and an electronic position indicating radio beacon on board."Using the information from the distress alerts we were able to locate the fishing vessel's last position quickly and deploy resources to the scene."It was a very strong gale force eight wind and sea states were reported between four and six metres."

The rescued men have been taken to Castletownbere in Ireland.

"Please take time to look at your boobs. It could save you're life."

A brave cancer patient has posted a photo of her breast online just days before undergoing a mastectomy.

The post has gone viral with more than 50,000 shares since it first went up on May 11.

In a moving entry alongside the picture, Lisa Royle, 42, said she "never thought I'd post a boob picture on Facebook but I thought I would before it gets chopped off next week."

She warned her female Facebook followers to "take time to look at your boobs" after pointing out how easy to miss the subtle changes to the breast can be.

She said: "So here it is..... This all that I found on my boob.

 

"Very subtle dimples underneath that could easily be missed when we're all rushing round getting ready in a morning. 

"Please take time to look at your boobs. It could save you're life."

Her proud husband Craig Thomas Royle described his wife as an "inspiration" and said "together we can make people aware and kick cancers ass."

Following Lisa's surgery her posted again saying she was "doing really well."

He said: "Bit groggy from the morphine but in good spirits and should be home later this evening. The support has blown us away so a massive thanks to u all "

NO SECRET OF SINGLE OR MARRIED NOW, FINDING

Hinge dating app users have been warned that a new update for the iPhone and Android dating app will expose their relationship statues for all to see. Like many mobile dating apps, Hinge requires users to verify their identity through Facebook. Soon, your Facebook relationship status will be added to your Hinge dating profile.

If Facebook relationship status is “married”, “engaged” or “in a relationship”, it will be