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India has announced that it will stop its water from flowing over international borders.

"Now, India's water will flow for India's benefit, it will be conserved for India's benefit, and it will be used for India's progress", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

While he did not mention Pakistan specifically, Modi's comments come about two weeks after India suspended a 65-year-old water sharing treaty with its neighbour.

Relations between India and Pakistan have declined sharply following a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month. India accuses Pakistan of backing cross-border terrorism – a charge Islamabad flatly denies.

On Tuesday night, India said it had launched missile strikes on nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Pakistan's military said eight people had been killed.

India said three civilians were killed by Pakistani shelling on its side of the de facto border.

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Several rivers flow from India into Pakistan, providing vital water supplies to about 80% of farms there. Pakistani leaders previously warned that any attempt to stop the flow of water "will be considered as an act of war".

The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which governs the water sharing of six rivers in the Indus basin between India and Pakistan, survived two wars between the nuclear rivals and was seen as an example of trans-boundary water management.

Modi's suspension of the treaty was one of several steps he took against Pakistan after the attack, which killed 26 civilians.

The PM did not elaborate on how India plans to use the excess water, and experts say the country needs to build more dams, reservoirs and lakes to store it, which will take time to build.

The escalation prompted the US to repeat its calls for calm.

"We continue to urge Pakistan and India to work towards a responsible resolution that maintains long-term peace and regional stability in South Asia," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters on Tuesday afternoon.

The future of a Victorian bridge hangs in the balance after councillors deferred a decision to demolish it.

Boxted Bridge, which straddles the Essex-Suffolk border near Colchester, was shut over safety fears in June 2023.

Essex County Council was expected to approve a scheme to remove it on Friday, but members instead voted to conduct a site visit before deciding its fate.

Parish councillor Jon Hunt said it sent a "strong message" about seeking alternative solutions.

The steel structure was built four years before the end of Queen Victoria's reign, carrying people over the River Stour.

An inspection in 2018 found the bridge was "dangerously weak" due to corrosion of its beams.

The county council planned to demolish it and build a wider structure in its place, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Councillors voted to defer the demolition decision so they could inspect the bridge themselves and consider alternative options.

Labour councillor Dave Harris told the meeting: "I don't think we've got enough in front of us at the moment to do anything but either refuse or defer."

It was not specified when the inspection would take place.

NHS England is to review its current policy concerning a decision not to fund a potentially life-extending treatment devised by NHS doctors for a type of eye cancer.

The treatment, called chemosaturation, treats the cancer once it has spread to the liver – which means it is at an advanced stage.

It comes as a mum from Greater Manchester tries to fundraise more than £180,000 for treatment at the Christie Hospital.

Hannah Quigley McKie from Trafford said she was "not ready to give up" and wanted to see her children grow up.

Hannah has ocular melanoma, the most common eye cancer in adults, which she discovered after going for an eye examination.

In nearly half of patients it spreads to their liver, where survival rates have been poor.

"The NHS offered me immunotherapy but that would only extend my life by a matter of months," said Hannah.

"My family mean everything to me… I love them so much and I want to see my children grow up. I want to grow old with my husband. We've got too much life to live and we don't want to give up yet."

Chemosaturation uses a standard chemotherapy drug but in a far stronger dose than the human body could normally tolerate.

This is done by temporarily isolating the liver and flooding it with the drug, before removing it, while a patient is under general anaesthetic. It means that the rest of the body is not exposed and therefore side effects can be minimised.

It was pioneered by a group of NHS doctors in 2012 and their studies have shown a response rate of nearly 90%.

More than a year ago BBC North West highlighted the plight of Craig Shore from Glossop who was also fundraising to pay for chemosaturation treatment.

He had nine tumours but today, after three rounds of treatment, he says that has reduced to two and they are regarded as stable.

But the treatment carries risks because of the possibility the powerful drug can leak into the rest of the body.

In 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) evaluated chemosaturation and gave it a guarded approval.

They said it did seem to work, but there could be serious complications – so those risks should be explained to the patients and the results should be reviewed.

As a result, following NICE guidance, NHS England decided not to make the drug routinely available on the NHS.

NICE did say the risks appeared to be reducing as the technique advanced – and they would look at it again in April 2024, but that did not happen.

But, after years of campaigning by charities, NHS England has now told BBC North West it is reviewing the latest evidence to consider whether a change is needed to the current policy.

Welcome news – but that could take years, and Hannah cannot wait.

She has already received two treatments in the private wing of the Christie Hospital, and is now fundraising for another two.

"People have arranged countless different fundraisers for me. We've got football tournaments, a party boat, raffles and we've raised so much money. We're so grateful," she said.

"There's proof out there that it works. All I want them to do is give people the chance to try this".

An NHS spokesperson said: "NHS England is carrying out a review of the latest evidence relating to chemosaturation to consider whether a change is needed to the current policy that would lead to a clear clinical benefit to patients."

While fans of Norwich City wait for a new head coach to be announced, the coach of a rival Championship team has been earmarked as the favourite for the role.

Liam Manning has been rumoured to replace Johannes Hoff Thorup, who was sacked in April, as the new head coach of the Canaries.

The Bristol City head coach also had spells in charge of Oxford United, MK Dons and Belgian club Lommel.

While no formal announcement has been made, could he be the person to take the Canaries to success?

What is the story so far?

Thorup came into the club as the successor to David Wagner in May 2024.

However, he was relieved of his duties in April following a run of six defeats in eight league games with only one victory.

Under the Dane, the club won 14 out of 47 games.

After his exit first-team coach Jack Wilshire was put in temporary charge, but the club opted against giving him the full-time role after Norwich finished 13th in the table.

He joined Thorup's backroom team in October but has now left the club.

Bristol City finished the 2024-25 season in sixth under Manning, who took a leave of absence in October after the death of his son, but they lost to Sheffield United 6-0 on aggregate in the Championship play-off semi-finals.

How does Manning like to coach?

Manning, 39, favours three central defenders and a high-pressing style.

He also likes his teams to play out from the back, something which the Canaries struggled to do successfully last year.

What is his success rate?

Manning's average win percentage across his spells in the Football League with MK Dons, Oxford United and Bristol City is 43.5%.

During his time at Bristol City it is 34.1%.

Paul Lambert has the best figures of any permanent Canaries' manager in the past 25 years with 49.3%.

However, Manning has also been credited in being instrumental in the development of players such as Arsenal and England midfielder Declan Rice.

It was during his time working as the under-23's coach at West Ham United where he oversaw Rice's development from the under-17s to first-team regular and senior England international.

During his 16 months in charge at MK Dons, he led them to the League One play-off semi-finals.

What are his connections to East Anglia?

The Norfolk-born Manning watched the likes of Bryan Gunn, Chris Sutton and Jeremy Goss at Carrow Road when he was younger.

He had a season ticket during the Canaries' memorable 1992-93 Premier League season and the historic Uefa Cup campaign the next.

Manning succeeded the former Canaries captain, Russell Martin, when he took on his first senior head coach role in English football at MK Dons.

His long-time assistant Chris Hogg also has East Anglian connections as he is the son-in-law of George Burley, a legend at Ipswich Town, where the pair started their coaching careers in the club's academy.

A mystery painter who has daubed yellow lines on a residential street could be putting safety at risk, the council has said.

The spray-painted squiggles have appeared in Cave Road in Brough, East Yorkshire, close to the railway station.

Residents said commuters using the station have created problems with traffic and can make getting to their properties difficult.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council said the lines were illegal and strongly condemned the action.

The authority said: "We strongly condemn this action, which is illegal, and could pose a safety risk as it could lead to confusion and potential accidents.

"We are aware of concerns raised by residents regarding parking and are committed to ensuring that parking arrangements meet the need of both commuters and local residents.

"Following the opening of additional parking on Skillings Lane, we are reviewing the situation."

Residents living close to the station and the newly painted lines were critical about the level of traffic in the town.

Jason Russell, 36, said his property had been affected by passengers parking outside and claimed warning notices were often "ignored".

He added: "They (whoever has painted the lines) have obviously tried to replicate real lines but people don't take notice of signs, so they won't take notice of a few squiggles.

"It's a nice idea but it won't work."

Other people called for the station car park to be expanded to stop vehicles from being parked on neighbouring streets.

David Roberts, 65, said the lines showed the level of frustration felt by many in the town.

"People get territorial about things. It's imaginative, creative, I can't condone it but I understand why they've done it. They're obviously sick of people parking there," he added.

But Mark Langton, 58, said he was concerned about the impact the lines would have on safety, adding: "You can't take it on yourself. If it causes an accident, who is responsible?"

Transpennine Express, the operator of Brough Station, said it recognised the site was busy and availability could be limited during peak times.

Commercial director Darren Higgin said: "We're currently exploring potential opportunities to enhance parking capacity.

"However, options are limited due to the lack of available land."

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Bosses at a University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) college say they are exploring a "range of strategic options" to safeguard its long-term stability and success.

UHI Perth has been dealing with a deficit of £2m, according to The Courier.

The college told BBC Scotland News it was operating within an increasingly challenging financial environment due to rising costs.

Alistair Wylie, interim chairman of UHI Perth's management board, said provision of higher and further education remained central to the institution's mission.

UHI is a network of colleges, specialist teaching centres and research institutes in the Highlands, Northern and Western Isles, Moray and Perthshire. It was awarded university status in 2011.

A pub that was forced to close by a council after "persistently" breaching the conditions of its licence has applied for a new one.

The Rocket Pools Inn in Bradley lost its licence last month after allowing alcohol to be served without a nominated supervisor and for failing to keep CCTV records.

City council officers also found the pub, in Rocket Pool Drive, did not have a fire risk assessment which is a condition of its licence.

The pub remains closed but is currently being refurbished and has applied for a new alcohol licence.

The licence hearing in March heard how Juggi Sunar, who ran the pub for 20 years, had died suddenly on 7 January, with the ownership handed to Kiran Sunar and son Shaun.

Both asked the council for a "clean slate" having been left "appalled" by how the pub had been run but despite their pleas, the pub's licence was revoked by the authority.

Footage of a 04:00 lock-in last November was found when the council finally got hold of the pub's CCTV, only for the owner to tell the council just two days later, after a copy of the video had been requested, that it had been stolen in a break-in.

The licence application by Simon Pailing asks for permission to sell alcohol as well as play live and recorded music between 10:00 BST and midnight every day.

Plans to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) next to a former power station have been approved.

One Plant Developments wants to install the facility on greenbelt land off Stranglands Lane, near to the former Ferrybridge C power station.

BESS facilities take in power from renewable energy sources and then release it back to the National Grid when demand is high.

Wakefield Council gave its backing to the plan, which received no comments of support but only one objection.

One Plant Developments said it had chosen the location due to its proximity to the Ferrybridge C substation, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The firm said: "There are no residential properties in the immediate vicinity of the application site, and the proposed development is not likely to affect any significant number of people.

"Given that the proposed BESS will be an unmanned facility, with access required only for occasional maintenance inspections, and there being no public access to the site, there are no particular access issues that require to be addressed."

The former Ferrybridge power plant, close to the River Aire, was shut in March 2016 after more than 50 years of energy production.

It was once one of the biggest power generators in Europe, with its coal-fired boilers producing enough electricity to power 2m homes.

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People playing padel in the West Midlands say they need more courts to be built or the growth of the sport will slow down.

The blend of tennis and squash has been growing in popularity in recent years and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) estimates there are currently about 800 courts and more than 400,000 players in Britain.

Three indoor courts have been opened in Tipton with bosses at Sandwell Leisure Trust saying they want to make the sport less expensive in the area.

Umar Razah uses them but wants to see more as he believes the lack of them "is impacting the growth of the sport".

One of Birmingham's oldest buildings will host a street food evening next month.

Digbeth Dining Club (DDC) will hold the pop-up event on 27 June in the grounds of Blakesley Hall, a Grade-II listed Tudor farmhouse in Yardley.

DDC has previously held pop-ups at Midlands landmarks such as Warwick Castle and the Black Country Living Museum.

Blakesley Hall, built in 1590, is steeped in history according to the Birmingham Museums Trust.

DDC said it had partnered with the trust, which looks after nine museums on behalf of the city council, in order to put on the event.

DDC runs an annual summer tour of pop-up events across the Midlands, with more than 40 events planned for this year so far.