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As well as the skating competition, many of those on board the plane had then attended a training camp. The BBC's Verity Wild follows the sport closely and explains how news of the crash first spread.

Verity Wild speaking to Mark Lowen. Anyone who's been on a Tokyo tube train at rush hour will know what a crush you're in for. But one thing you notice is that unlike in some countries, the children on their way to and from school tend to be rather well behaved. No yelling, throwing chocolate wrappers around or maybe getting into fights.

Verity Wild speaking to Mark Lowen. Anyone who's been on a Tokyo tube train at rush hour will know what a crush you're in for. But one thing you notice is that unlike in some countries, the children on their way to and from school tend to be rather well behaved. No yelling, throwing chocolate wrappers around or maybe getting into fights.

And that's partly because children in Japan are accustomed to very strict discipline at school. In fact, so much so, there have now been moves to make them just a little less severe. Asia-Pacific regional editor Celia Hatton knows all about Japanese school rules and began by giving me some examples.

And that's partly because children in Japan are accustomed to very strict discipline at school. In fact, so much so, there have now been moves to make them just a little less severe. Asia-Pacific regional editor Celia Hatton knows all about Japanese school rules and began by giving me some examples.

Are we talking just about secondary school here or primary schools are like this as well?

Are we talking just about secondary school here or primary schools are like this as well?

So if these rules are so widespread and in primary and secondary schools, what's prompted the idea that things need to change?

So if these rules are so widespread and in primary and secondary schools, what's prompted the idea that things need to change?

Do you think there's going to be resistance to making these rules less severe? Presumably, some Japanese people think it's good that kids are subject to this kind of strong discipline.

Do you think there's going to be resistance to making these rules less severe? Presumably, some Japanese people think it's good that kids are subject to this kind of strong discipline.

Celia Hatton. The singer and actor Marianne Faithfull has died, an icon of London's swinging 60s, whose music career lasted more than half a century. She was 78. Faithfull shot to fame as a teenager, with a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. But amidst all her success, her career was overshadowed by a battle with drug addiction, which lasted until the mid-80s.

Celia Hatton. The singer and actor Marianne Faithfull has died, an icon of London's swinging 60s, whose music career lasted more than half a century. She was 78. Faithfull shot to fame as a teenager, with a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. But amidst all her success, her career was overshadowed by a battle with drug addiction, which lasted until the mid-80s.

David Sillitoe looks back at her life.

David Sillitoe looks back at her life.

Marianne Faithfull, ending that report by David Sillitoe. Still to come, could a $50 painting found in a garage sale be a Van Gogh worth many millions more?

Marianne Faithfull, ending that report by David Sillitoe. Still to come, could a $50 painting found in a garage sale be a Van Gogh worth many millions more?

It's been another day of human exchange in the Middle East, hostages for prisoners, as the Gaza peace agreement requires. Thursday saw the freeing of eight people seized during the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. Three Israelis, a soldier and two civilians, and five Thai men. Lucy Williamson sent this report from Tel Aviv.

It's been another day of human exchange in the Middle East, hostages for prisoners, as the Gaza peace agreement requires. Thursday saw the freeing of eight people seized during the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. Three Israelis, a soldier and two civilians, and five Thai men. Lucy Williamson sent this report from Tel Aviv.

Lucy Williamson. In return for Hamas releasing that latest group of hostages, Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners. They were given a boisterous welcome when they arrived, after much delay, in the city of Ramallah on the occupied West Bank. Well, our correspondent Wira Davis is in Ramallah and he watched the homecoming.