The News Matrix: Monday 30 March 2015

Memorial unveiled to Fusilier Lee Rigby

A memorial to murdered soldier Lee Rigby has been unveiled in his home town. Friends and family – including his four-year-old son, Jack – gathered for a service at Middleton Memorial Gardens in Greater Manchester. Fusilier Rigby was killed in London in May 2013 by two Islamist extremists.

Dando colleague’s death threats claim

A TV presenter who worked alongside Jill Dando has said she received similar death threats to the Crimewatch star just weeks before the execution-style murder. Alice Beer said she was targeted with rape and death threats “in the same handwriting” as those addressed to Ms Dando.

Deal closer on nuclear programme

A deal on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme between Tehran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany appears to be in reach. Western diplomats said some major obstacles had been overcome although the US State Department warned there was still “difficult work” ahead.

Film alleges torture by Scientologists

Devastating claims were made about the Church of Scientology in a documentary screened last night. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief features interviews with former believers alleging some members were tortured. The Scientologists said the film was a “bigoted propaganda piece”.

New operation could help cure anorexia

A British woman has had electrodes placed deep inside her brain in an experimental operation to help cure her of anorexia. Experts say the signals from wires connected to parts of the brain are designed to trigger a change in the way patients feel about food, helping them to eat more and overcome their condition.

Dutch citizens held trying to enter Syria

Turkish authorities have detained five Dutch citizens attempting to cross the border illegally from Turkey to Syria on Saturday. It remains unclear why they were attempting to cross the border.

Turkey has faced criticism for its apparent lack of control over its south-eastern borders. REUTERS

Powell investigated over sex ring claims

Enoch Powell is being investigated as a suspected member of a claimed Westminster paedophile network – the latest senior parliamentarian to be the subject of police inquiries into alleged establishment sex rings. The Met has several ongoing inquiries into suspected abusers.

Funding for refugees ‘will run out in days’

Funding to help Palestinian refugees affected by the war in Syria will run out “in a matter of days” unless the United Nations receives more money. A spokesman for the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees said the extra cash was “quite literally a matter of life and death”.

Fraud Office fined for documents errors

The Serious Fraud Office has been fined £180,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after confidential documents from an investigation into BAE Systems were sent to the wrong person. They included bank statements showing payments made by the defence giant to various individuals.

Hollywood ‘bribed’ to become a baker

The Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood has revealed how he had to be bribed by his father to quit his studies and become a baker. Hollywood, who stars with Mary Berry on the hit BBC show, told Kirsty Young on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that he had wanted to be an artist, but his father offered him £500 to “join the industry”.

Doctor, Doctor, I need a new wife...

Bizarre inquiries to family doctors have been revealed by Resilient GP, a support group. They include husbands seeking advice on whether to leave their wives, a woman complaining of sore feet from wearing high heels, a patient whose stomach rumbled and a request for a home visit to change batteries in a TV remote control.