UK newsPhotos could offer death plunge cluePhotographs of the white knuckle ride from which a teenage girl fell 30 metres (100ft) to her death earlier this week may hold the key to how the accident happened. Hayley Liane Williams, 16, from Pontypool, died after she fell from the highest point of the Hydro ride at Oakwood Leisure Park in Pembrokeshire into the splash pool below. Dyfed Powys police and the Health and Safety Executive are jointly investigating the incident.

Spain This article is more than 14 years oldSixteen-year-old becomes Spain's youngest transsexualThis article is more than 14 years old Teenager required court ruling for operation in Barcelona Judge granted permission after request by parentsA Spanish clinic today revealed it had performed a male-to-female sex-change operation on a 16-year-old, making her the youngest patient to undergo the operation in the country's history. The unnamed teenager had been taking hormones to change her body since she was 15, according to doctors who treated her at Barcelona's hospital clínico, and she had been seeing doctors and psychiatrists for even longer.

South KoreaSouth Korea opposition leader in ICU after stabbing raises questions over securityDemocratic party leader Lee Jae-myung underwent surgery for more than two hours to repair a major blood vessel, following the attack South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung remained hospitalised in intensive care on Wednesday, one day after he was stabbed in an attack that shocked the country and launched calls for better protection for politicians. Surgeons operated on Lee for more than two hours to repair a major blood vessel in his neck that was sliced when an assailant lunged and stabbed him with a knife.

Lynn NottageReviewDonmar Warehouse, London Based on interviews with residents of small-town Pennsylvania, Lynn Nottage’s play vividly describes the betrayal and resentments of striking female factory workers in an era of industrial decline Lynn Nottage, as she showed in Intimate Apparel, which was about a seamstress in the 1900s, has the capacity to dramatise work. In this breathtaking new play, premiered in 2015, she tackles the devastating impact of loss of work and of de-industrialisation on modern America.

The KnowledgeWorld Cup 2022Plus: big clubs with no players in Qatar, pundits who played at a low level and what happens to World Cup matchballs? Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “Morocco were 200-1 to win the World Cup at the start of the tournament,” writes Craig Hinton. “To date, which eventual winner had the highest odds at the start of the tournament? And how often do the pre-tournament favourites win.