Other News In Brief

Catholic Priest Bans Yoga Class

A priest has banned yoga from a church hall because the class was "not compatible" with the Catholic faith.

Instructor Cori Withell from Hampshire said her yoga and pilates classes at St Edmund's Church building in Southampton were cancelled with 10 days to go.

Father John Chandler said that the hall had to be used for Catholic activities, and he banned it because it was advertised as "spiritual yoga".

North Sea Foam Clears

The North Sea foam which swept into Aberdeen during storms on Tuesday has now cleared.

Huge quantities of spume covered cars and buildings at the Footdee area, and coverage of the phenomenon became one of the most read stories and most watched videos on the BBC website.

Experts said it was likely that easterly gales had whipped up organic material in the sea to cause the foam.

The winds reached about 70mph during the storms on Tuesday.

Aberdeen Council said it could take a year to carry out repairs to the damage caused to trees and woodland.

The local authority said workers were still trying to catch up with the effects of the last big storm in December last year.

Question Time To Feature New Twitter Panellist

A sixth panellist is to join the line-up of Question Time to "tweet" their opinions during the BBC's political discussion programme.

A new Twitter account, @bbcextraguest, has been created, which will be used by the panellist to respond in real time to the views of the guests on air.

The show has used the social networking site to request suggestions for guests for the programme.

Ideas have included broadcaster Stephen Fry and comedian Russell Brand.