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The Welsh county won three of 16 games in the County Championship Division Two last season and failed to make progress in the limited overs competitions. Mott is in the third and final year of contract as Glamorgan's head of elite performance. "You do feel in the third year that you should see the fruits of your labour," said Mott. "We have built a squad over the last couple of years and this is the year where we should be looking to improve a helluva lot. "Last year, we made some improvements towards the back end, but it was too little, too late. "This month of April is very important for everyone at the club and in Wales. We have to start to show what we have got." Glamorgan lost James Harris, who is one of four uncapped players in England's ICC Champions Trophy provisional squad, after he agreed to join Middlesex on a three-year contract at the end of last season. Veteran Robert Croft also retired after 23 seasons with the Welsh county. Seam bowler Harris triggered a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave Glamorgan, who gave him his first-class debut as a 16-year-old in 2007, if the Welsh county were not in the top tier. Mott has returned from a 10-day pre-season tour of South Africa with Glamorgan and is convinced his squad are ready to learn the lessons of last seasons's disappointing campaign. "We need to improve across the board," said Mott. "A realistic goal is to win more games than we lose and we didn't get close to that last year. "If we get close to that, just like any side in this division, it can come down to the last couple of games and you are challenging, but we have to start the season better. "We finished well last season but our start really killed us and our promotion aspirations." Glamorgan have added Australian bowler Michael Hogan and Zimbabwean batsman Murray Goodwin to their squad this year. Australian Marcus North is to lead the one-day side, while his countryman, pace bowler Dirk Nannes, has been signed to play in the Friends Life T20. On Friday, Glamorgan play their final pre-season friendly with a three-day match against Cardiff MCCU. Their first game of the season is against Northamptonshire in the County Championship in Cardiff on Wednesday.

Glamorgan chief Matthew Mott says he expects his side to secure vastly improved results this season.

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The female has taken up residence at the Loch of the Lowes centre near Dunkeld, which was home to Lady, thought to be the world's oldest breeding raptor, for 24 years. A stringent protection programme is put in place once eggs are laid at an osprey nest. The Loch of the Lowes nest is being monitored around the clock. Staff at Loch of the Lowes fear former resident Lady may be dead, after she failed to return to the nest for the first time in a quarter of a century. The venerable osprey, who would be 30 this year, laid almost 70 eggs and reared 50 chicks at the reserve. Her mate of recent years, known as Laddie, has mated with the new female, and the pair united to chase off two other female intruders which had tried to move in to the area. Scottish Wildlife Trust ranger Charlotte Fleming said there was "plenty of excitement" at the centre as the new female laid her first egg. She said: "Now there is an egg on the nest, the osprey protection programme will begin in earnest. The Trust operates a 24-hour watch on the nest site to ensure the safety of the birds and the egg. "Hopefully in the coming days there will be more eggs, as ospreys can lay up to four in a season." The Trust operates a live webcam at the nest, which attracted more than a million viewers from 96 different countries last year.

A new female osprey which has nested at a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve in Perthshire has laid her first egg.

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The £570m project to extend the Chilwell and Clifton lines began in March 2012. The first public trams started running at 06:00 BST. Despite facing criticism for causing disruption to businesses and commuters, Nottingham City Council insists the service will transform the local economy. Delays were initially blamed on unexpected numbers of pipes and cables having to be moved, and then on work to replace part of the track bed. £570m Initial budget 28 new stations 11 miles of new track 22 new trams 20 million passenger capacity Contractor Vinci has reported the problems contributed to a £165m loss for its civil engineering division. Jane Urquhart, who has lead responsibility for operation company NET at Nottingham City Council, said it was a "really great day" for the city. "With trams running from every seven minutes, it is all set to provide easier access to key locations right across the city," she said. "The tram provides the backbone to the city's integrated transport network, underpinning all the efforts to reduce congestion, improve the environment and make Nottingham an even better place to live, work or visit." NET and the city council had resisted calls to name a date for the new lines opening but final testing had been ongoing in recent weeks. Steve Barber, vice president of the Light Rail Transit Association and former Broxtowe borough councillor said: "We are very relieved, as, I think, are a lot of people in Beeston. "It has been a quite difficult ride over the past few years while construction has been at its worst ... and it is going to do wonders for the town and the city." Stephen Knight, a butcher in Clifton, said: "We are optimistic. It has caused disruption, normal trade dropped by a third but the workers have helped. "Now we will see if the public come back - but there are still a lot of parking restrictions outside." Lisa Withers, a nearby florist, said: "I was really pleased to have been on the first tram from Clifton - and seeing the one from Toton arrive has been fantastic. "It is a really great day for the city and I think we will now see some real regeneration and the tram driving Nottingham forward for people who live here and who work here and people who want to visit."

Full services on Nottingham's new tram lines have started, eight months behind schedule.

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The roundabout, which saw more than 80 collisions and 90 people injured in 2012-14, was replaced with two-way traffic on Sunday. Transport for London (TfL) said congestion was due to "traffic getting used to the new layout". "It's a very busy junction and it always will be," a spokesman said. The reintroduction of two-way traffic at the junction for the first time in 50 years was a "key milestone" in the £25m transformation at Elephant and Castle, TfL said. In addition to the new road layout, left turns from Newington Causeway towards New Kent Road and right turns from New Kent Road to Newington Causeway have also been banned. But road users took to Twitter to complain about their Monday morning commute. "It's 8am and the queue for the new #elephantandcastle junction starts somewhere south of Camberwell. allow extra 1hr 4 journey (or walk!)", a Twitter user posted. "Shock horror! All approaches to Elephant and Castle worse than ever. Only TfL could spend millions and millions to make something worse!" tweeted @tango97. Andy Woodward tweeted: "Delays around Elephant and Castle even worse today. If this was the tube there would be outcry. Commuters use buses too!" Road users had been advised of traffic changes with a countdown to the traffic switch and advisors and police were on site to help keep traffic moving, the TfL spokesman said. A spokesman for London TravelWatch said: "It's early days - we need to wait and see how it pans out." TfL plans to convert the space created by removing the roundabout into a new public area. It will replace subways with new pedestrian crossings, create new cycle routes and introduce a 20mph speed limit, TfL said.

The removal of the Elephant and Castle roundabout has been causing chaos for commuters, with motorists complaining of queues of more than an hour.

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Nasri, 29, was an unused substitute for Thursday's International Champions Cup win over Borussia Dortmund in China. Defender Gael Clichy revealed on Wednesday that Guardiola had exiled some players from first-team training until they meet certain weight targets. And the new City boss said of Nasri: "He arrived a little bit overweight." The France international missed six months of last season with a thigh injury he suffered in training. Guardiola, who arrived at the club at the start of July, said the player's fitness is "much better now" and added: "Last season, he was injured in the season. We want to avoid that. We want the players on the pitch to be fit. "We want their weight to be in the right place where they can run 90 minutes like Fernandinho and [Aleksandar] Kolarov and the others. Hopefully in the next two weeks, he will be OK." When asked if he was pleased with Nasri's progress, Guardiola said: "I cannot have any complaints about the team. It's the opposite. "The fans can be so proud of these players. In every training session, they've tried and tried with the rhythm we play." Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has not yet played for the club during pre-season because of his weight, says manager Pep Guardiola.

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The hosts had Josh Passley dismissed for bringing down Garry Thompson before Wycombe went ahead when Paul Hayes fired home Paris Cowan-Hall's ball. Thompson later saw red for a challenge on Joss Labadie and the Daggers drew level through Luke Guttridge's tap in. Wycombe won it when Cowan-Hall headed over keeper Mark Cousins from close in. Dagenham remain in the relegation places, while Wycombe move up to sixth spot, above Leyton Orient on goal difference. Dagenham & Redbridge manager John Still told BBC Radio London: Media playback is not supported on this device "I know that we're capable that we're winning four or five games together. The side's getting stronger. "The power in the team is beginning to come through. We showed good quality." "As long as we keep to the pattern that we're working to, I think the rest will slip into place. There's so much good stuff, so much energy in our team today. We went down to ten men and you wouldn't have noticed."

Wycombe moved in to the League Two play-off places with victory at lowly Dagenham & Redbridge in a game where both sides had a man sent off.

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Bob Neill was speaking after ministers claimed there had been a "relentless campaign of distortions and half-truths" about the move. The changes come into force on 1 April as a result of a revaluation of premises carried out by the government. Business groups and some Tory MPs have warned of high street store closures. As a result of the government's revaluation, ministers say three quarters of businesses' rates will either go down or stay the same - but ministers have faced calls for a rethink, with claims retailers in some areas could face rises of up to 400%. In a letter to Conservative MPs, Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid and Treasury Chief Secretary David Gauke said: "This year's revaluation has been preceded by a series of reports claiming that rates are going to soar, that appeals are being banned and that hundreds of thousands of businesses will be forced to close. "Such claims are simply untrue." The ministers said 2017-18 "will see the biggest ever cut in business rates" and "three-quarters of all businesses, right across the country, will see their rates either fall or stay the same". They said the "misinformation circulating in the news" meant it was "understandable that business owners and lobby groups have raised concerns with many of you", but they insisted the changes coming into effect in April were "not something to be afraid of". But speaking on BBC Radio 4's The World at One, Mr Neill, the Conservative MP for the South London constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst, said the government had "swallowed a line" from the Valuation Office Agency, the organisation that handles property valuations relating to tax changes, which was "wholly out of touch". He said high street shops in London and the South East would be particularly badly-hit, adding: "I think that the concern is genuine and there are sensible things that the government can do to address this." Mr Neill said the "cliff edge" system should be replaced by a sliding scale and that businesses should be given more time to adapt.

Critics of the government's planned changes to business rates are raising "genuine" concerns, a former local government minister says.

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The Woodland Trust said deadfall washed out by rivers from Urquhart Bay Wood could explain a recent report of something emerging from the loch. The trust said the lochside wood was a "Nessie spawning ground". Previous explanations for the monster have included circus elephants being exercised in the waters. Several reported sightings of Nessie have been made recently. Another image of an object in the loch was thought to be the wake of a boat. Monster enthusiasts had earlier in the year been lamenting a lack of incidents. Gary Campbell, who keeps a register of sightings, said in February that for the first time in almost 90 years no "confirmed sightings" had been made of the monster. He said at the time no-one had come forward in 18 months to say they had seen the monster. Being mistaken for tree has been no barrier to fame for other "monsters". Groot, above, is one of Marvel Comics' forest of unusual characters. A Flora colossus from Planet X, the capital of the branch worlds, Groot is one of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy portrayed in a series of comic book stories. The character was among the most popular of a movie based on the stories released over the summer, and a clip of the creature dancing has been viewed almost three million times on YouTube. Like Nessie, Groot has proved to be a goldmine in terms of merchandising with various toys created in his image. Ents, giant woodland shepherds, appear in JRR Tolkien stories. Film director Peter Jackson portrayed Ents as more tree-like than they appear in the books in his adaption of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The Woodland Trust said Nessie spotters might be disappointed to learn debris from Urquhart Bay Wood, near Drumnadrochit and the famous Urquhart Castle, was a likely cause of at least one of the recent sightings. A spokesman said: "Large amounts of wood flows out of the woodland through the two winding rivers that flow into Loch Ness each year, peaking when water is high in late autumn and spring. "I think that some of that debris explains long thin - some stick-like - shapes seen." The spokesman added: "Urquhart Bay is a really important wet woodland, made up of species such as ash, alder, rowan and willow. "It's one of very few intact floodplain woodlands remaining in the UK and has European importance. Challenges such as flooding, movement of the rivers and accumulation of woody debris make it an interesting place to manage." Known locally as The Cover, the wood was once part of the Glen Urquhart Estate. Originally the woodland was granted to the Earls of Seaforth by King James IV in 1509. The wood is situated on a flat low-lying area of alluvial sand and gravel deposits between the deltas of the Rivers Coiltie and Enrick where they flow into Loch Ness. Alder and ash are the main tree species but there are also bird cherry and hazel and small numbers of wych elm, gean, holly, rowan and elder. The Woodland Trust manages 56 acres (23 hectares) of woodland at Urquhart Bay. Wakes created by boats, otters and large fish called sturgeon have previously been offered as explanations for reports of the Loch Ness Monster. In 2006, a scientist said unexplained sightings of the Loch Ness monster could have been elephants enjoying a swim. Neil Clark, curator of palaeontology at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum, spent two years researching Nessie. He said past sightings of the beast could have been circus elephants, as fairs visiting Inverness would often stop on the banks of Loch Ness to give the animals a rest. The trunk and humps in the water would bear similarities to some of the most famous Nessie photographs. There have been reported sightings of "something" in Loch Ness dating back to the 6th Century and it has grown into one of the world's most enduring myths.

Fallen trees and branches from a woodland could be a cause for recent sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, a conservation charity has suggested.

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The French authorities say the Airbus A310, which set off from the Yemeni capital, should not have been allowed to fly, the AFP news agency reports. Most of the 152 people killed in the crash were French citizens visiting relatives in the Comoros. There was just one survivor - a teenage girl who was rescued from the sea. Many of the passengers were travelling to the Comoros, but had begun their journey in Paris or Marseille on another jet operated by the national airline of Yemen, before boarding flight IY626 in Sanaa. An association of the victims' families, AFVCA, has welcomed the charge. "It's a great relief for the families of the victims who have waited four and a half years," a spokesman for the association told the BBC. "Now the company will finally be forced to face up to its responsibilities." Yemenia has previously said that bad weather - strong winds and high seas - was the more likely cause of the crash. The carrier is not included on the current European Union list of banned airlines. The crash caused anger amongst the Comorian community in France as people complained that the aircraft had been in poor condition. The plane was banned from French airspace after inspectors found numerous faults in 2007, according to the then transport minister, Dominique Bussereau. Several European countries had also found a number of problems when they inspected Yemenia aircraft prior to the crash. Officials from Yemen have previously said the plane had undergone a thorough inspection and conformed to international standards.

France has charged Yemenia Airways with manslaughter over a 2009 crash off the Comoros Islands that killed 152 people, judicial sources say.

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The University and College Union says the 1.1% rise offered by the universities is "an insult". But the Universities and Colleges Employers Association said the walkout was "disappointing given the very good pay offer". Unions representing university support staff are balloting on the offer, with strike action possible in the autumn. UCU says its members have suffered a real-terms pay cut of 14.% since 2009 and complains the squeeze on staff salaries has come as university leaders enjoyed hefty increases. "A 1.1% pay offer is an insult to hardworking staff, especially in light of the 5% pay rise vice-chancellors have enjoyed while holding down staff pay," said general secretary Sally Hunt. "Industrial action which impacts on students is never taken lightly, but members feel that they have been left with no alternative. "If the employers wish to see a swift end to this dispute, and avoid further disruption, they need to come back to the table with a much-improved offer." Summer exams are still running at some universities, though many have finished. A spokesman for the employers anticipated only "minor impact and minimal student disruption". "Even for examinations which are still taking place at some higher education institutions, more than nine out of 10 report that a no to low impact is anticipated," said the spokesman. "We would like to see the UCU consulting its members on the final offer." The employers say the offer is "at, and, for some, beyond, a limit of affordability for higher education institutions and the very best offer that will be available this year". They maintain the weighting of the offer means the worst paid university staff will get a rise of more than 5%. They say they have also offered talks on zero-hours contracts and on improving lower pay for female academics. But UCU says it rejected the 1.1% offer as it was only a marginal improvement on the original 1% on which it had balloted members. Ballots of university support staff represented by Unison and Unite are also under way on the improved offer, with both unions recommending it be rejected. Any action would take place during the autumn term, said a Unison spokeswoman. UCU is planning strike rallies in: Staff are also working to contract from Wednesday - refusing to set extra work, cover for absent colleagues or work overtime.

University lecturers are due to start a two-day strike over pay, amid warnings other staff could join the dispute.

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His lawyer Brian Webber told the AFP news agency that a decision over his early release has been referred back to the parole board. The Paralympic star was jailed for five years in 2014 for the culpable homicide of Reeva Steenkamp. He has been fighting a lengthy battle to be released early from jail. Pistorius was due to be released in August, but remained in prison after Justice Minister Michael Masutha made a last-minute intervention blocking it. The parole review board - the final recourse for parole disputes - met on Monday to decide if the star, 28, should be allowed out on house arrest. A definitive parole ruling is now unlikely to be made before the athlete in a separate legal process appeals against his conviction on 3 November in Bloemfontein. This ruling could result in him receiving a longer prison term. Mr Webber explained that the parole review board decided to refer the matter back to the original parole panel - the body accused by Mr Masutha of "prematurely" wanting to release him in August. There will not be much sympathy for Pistorius because many people felt that the judge erred by acquitting him of murder. The double amputee will have to remain behind bars because while his case joins the lengthy queue of other parole hearings that need to be heard, and there is no indication when this will happen. Legal experts say the decision by the justice minister Michael Masutha to intervene was correct in terms of the law. At the time of his intervention, Pistorius had been granted parole only six months into his five-year sentence. The law states clearly that an offender can only be considered for parole after serving one-sixth of his sentence, in this case 10 months. But because he has now served one-sixth of his sentence, he probably should be released by now. Prosecutors argue that the judge who presided over his trial did not apply the law correctly by acquitting him of murder. The judge instead found him guilty of a lesser charge of culpable homicide - equivalent to manslaughter. Reeva Steenkamp's parents are strongly against Pistorius' possible release, telling an Australian TV channel in August that the Paralympian has ruined their lives. "He killed her. He admits he killed her. She's dead. Why didn't he just let her walk away? Why?" Reeva's mother June Steenkamp asked in the interview.

Oscar Pistorius must remain in jail and not be transferred to house arrest after a decision to grant him parole was again delayed.

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The victim was David Byrne, a leading member of the Kinahan criminal gang. Gunmen alleged to be linked to the Hutch family took revenge on the Kinahans for the murder of a family member in Spain the previous September. Kevin McAnena, who was a journalist for BBC Radio Foyle at the time, was an eye-witness. "I heard gunshots and saw two gunmen dressed up in police uniforms. They came in through the lobby just to my left. One of them shot a man running away in the leg. "I jumped over the receptionist's desk and started shouting 'Don't shoot, don't shoot'. The gunman then leaned over the receptionist's desk and pointed the gun down at me. And I again screamed 'Don't shoot, don't shoot'. He than said something to me and left again," he recalled. By the time David Byrne was buried, Eddie Hutch had already been murdered in retaliation. Gardaí (Irish police) believe he was killed solely because of his surname. And so began a Kinahan gang-led cycle of violence that has, so far, claimed at least nine lives. It is not yet clear if some other gangland killings are feud-related. David Byrne's funeral took place as politicians were getting ready for a general election. When the ballot boxes were opened and counted it was soon clear that Fine Gael and Labour, the outgoing coalition parties, were taking a big hit. Not everyone bought into their "Keep the Recovery Going" message. Independents and Sinn Féin made progress, but Micheál Martin and Fianna Fáil were the big winners. At the time Mr Martin said: "Everybody who is elected to Dáil Éireann (Irish parliament) has a responsibility to do their best by the country. And we're committed to doing our best by the country and making sure the country gets a good government. But it's going to take time." He was right. It took several parliament meetings before a Fine Gael-led government with independents in the cabinet emerged. It is a government that Fianna Fáil agreed to support for three budgets and in motions of confidence. Those political developments meant that when Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny attended the centenary of the 1916 Rising he was there as a caretaker prime minister. The highly symbolic event passed off without controversy with the President Michael D Higgins saying the rebellion was justified as a means to free what is now the Republic from British rule. "I think the balance now among historians, not just here but abroad and in Britain as well, is that it did need this event. And it is this event that gave us the space and capacity for independence and freedom," he told the BBC. That historically-complicated Irish relationship with the UK now seems set to take a new turn because of the June Brexit referendum result. After the vote, Enda Kenny met several European heads of government to stress Irish concerns as the only EU country with a land border with the UK. The continuation of the Common Travel Area, trade between the two states worth more than €1bn a week were mentioned as priorities along with Northern Ireland and the peace process. In Berlin he said: "It's a fragile entity and cannot be taken for granted. And for me it's a central part of the negotiations and the discussions that will take place irrespective of the outcome of the Brexit decision." As we wait for the tides of 2017 to come in, few would disagree with predictions that political instability here, crime and perhaps above all Brexit will be major issues in the coming year.

On Friday 5 February, at the Regency Airport Hotel in north Dublin, a boxing weigh-in became a murder scene.

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A* and A grades were awarded to 26.3% of entries - up by 0.5 percentage points compared with last year - with boys overtaking girls in top grades. There was a fall in the top grades for 13 subjects in England with new content and now assessed only by final exams. The number of university places allocated so far has dropped this year. In A* and A grades, boys have moved ahead of girls, with 26.6% of boys getting these results compared with 26.1% of girls, reversing a 0.3% gap last year. The change is significant because girls outperform boys at every stage of their education, and have been performing better at the top grades at A-levels for 17 years. There have been suggestions this could reflect the introduction of the new style of A-level exam. 0.5% increase in A* and A grades overall, but 0.7% fewer A* and A grades in 13 new-style subjects 26.6% of boys got A* and A grades 26.1% of girls did the same 97.9% of pupils got A* to E passes As results were being received, the Ucas admissions body said 416,000 university places had so far been confirmed - down 2% on the same point last year. University applications from the UK and European Union countries have fallen compared with last year and there is a demographic dip in the number of 18 year olds. Many universities, including in the prestigious Russell Group, will still have places on offer through the clearing system, which matches people looking for places with vacancies on courses. Pupils at a secondary school close to the Grenfell Tower fire in London received their AS-level results. Four pupils from Kensington Aldridge academy died in the fire and 50 were made homeless. But in this year's results, more than 40% of the pupils achieved A to B grades. Head teacher David Benson said: "The pupils have been incredible." Changes to the qualifications system in England mean 13 A-level subjects this year have been decided solely by final exams, with no link to coursework or AS-levels taken after the first year of study. The overall results remain broadly similar to last year, with over a quarter of entries receiving top grades. The proportion of the highest A* grades has nudged up by 0.2% to 8.3%. The overall A* to E pass rate is marginally down at 97.9%. But in those new-style A-level subjects, including history, English, psychology, physics, chemistry and biology, there were 0.7% fewer A* and A grades overall. Some 24.3% of entries attained the top grades in these subjects. Exam boards said the fall in results reflected a lower-achieving group of candidates, rather than the exams being made "more challenging". In previous years, when more candidates sat AS levels as the first stage of the exam, some poorer performing pupils would have been "weeded out", said Mark Bedlow, director of regulation at exam board OCR. Leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, Geoff Barton, said that when AS-levels no longer contributed to final A-level grades, schools were increasingly likely to abandon the exam. AS-level entries have fallen by more than 40% this year, and Mr Barton said he regretted this "narrowing" of options. But changes to A-level exams, including updated content, were defended by John Blake, head of education at the Policy Exchange think tank. He said they had been designed to end a culture within schools of pupils repeatedly resitting exams to get the best grade. This was painful and time-consuming for teachers and pupils, he claimed. "It led to less teaching time and made it harder to get a proper grasp of the subject." But there have been concerns from pupils who have been the first to take these revised exams. A survey of A-level students from the Student Room website found worries about a lack of textbooks and practice papers for the new style of exams. Alex Scharaschkin, director of research and compliance at AQA board, said: "We do sympathise and understand it's an anxious time for students who are the first to go into these first qualifications." He said some groups of pupils will have adapted to the changes easily, while others would have found it more difficult. Schools minister Nick Gibb said: "We want everyone, regardless of background, to be able to fulfil their potential and for many, A levels are the pathway to a university degree. "The increase in entries to facilitating subjects, those that give students the greatest choice of options at university, mean even more young people will have access to all the opportunities higher education provides. "There has been a strong uptake in core subjects, such as maths, which continues to be the most popular A level with maths and further maths having nearly 25 per cent more entries than in 2010." Were your A-level results better or worse than you expected? Send us your questions and concerns. Use this form to ask your question: If you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.

Top A-level grades have increased for the first time in six years, as teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland get their results.

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Lord Advocate James Wolffe said that without them, Scots' safety and security would be diminished. Writing in an online publication, he backed Scottish government calls for the UK to sign up to new regulations governing EU police agency, Europol. Unless the Home Office opts in, the UK will lose membership by May 2017. The Lord Advocate is meeting MEPs and senior lawyers in Brussels on Wednesday. Writing in EurActiv, he said: "I firmly believe that it would not be in the interests of Scotland, of the United Kingdom, or of Europe, if we were, as a result of the referendum result, to turn our back on the mechanisms of criminal justice co-operation. "Indeed, I believe that we should remain a fully committed and active participant in these mechanisms - so that we can maximise our ability to contribute to their work, and to their future development." The UK must decide whether to opt into the new Europol regulation by the end of December 2016. Scotland's Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has urged the UK government to confirm it will do so. James Wolffe backed that call and said participation in Europol and Eurojust was in Scotland's vital interest. He said: "Without them, the safety and security of our citizens will, in my view, be diminished. "The threat posed, today, by transnational criminality is surely too urgent and real for us to contemplate any weakening of our commitment to police and judicial co-operation with our colleagues in Europe." Brandon Lewis, UK policing and fire minister, said: "The prime minister has stated that law enforcement co-operation will continue when the UK is outside the EU and we will do what is necessary to keep our people safe. "The government will take a decision on whether to opt-in to the new Europol regulation in due course. "The UK remains a full member of Europol, and because of our justice and home affairs opt-in, we have the option to seek to opt-in to Europol's new legislative framework. This option remains open to us while we are a member of the EU." Since 2011, there have been 541 cases in Scottish courts in which proceedings were taken after an arrest on a European Arrest Warrant (EAW), which are carried out by Europol. A total of 367 individuals were extradited from Scotland through this procedure. In addition, the Crown Office has issued 45 EAWs to bring people back to Scotland quickly to face trial for serious crimes. In the past year the EAW system has been further enhanced within the UK by access to the Schengen Information System. That means EAWs are "flagged" on police databases across Europe within hours of issue - minimising the risk that police officers allow wanted individuals to slip through their fingers because they are unaware of the warrant. Eurojust operates in a similar way. Through co-operation between European police authorities, Scottish prosecutors and police can exchange information and intelligence, and secure the recovery of essential evidence in specific inquiries and investigations.

Scotland's senior prosecutor has said it is "vital" the UK remains a member of the European criminal justice agencies after Brexit.

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When only the top two went through from each group, you could generally expect to meet another good team as soon as you reached the knockout stage. But the expansion of the tournament for Euro 2016 means that this time, if we can win our group, we will play the third-placed team from Group A, C or D in the last 16. They will almost certainly be weaker, giving us a much easier route to the quarter-finals - something which I think is a must for Roy Hodgson's team. We have to get that far, otherwise, with the players we have and the format of these finals, we will have failed. So, a positive start against Russia is imperative. We go into England's first match in Group B not knowing which system we will play - a midfield diamond, a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1. In our final warm-up game, against Portugal, the diamond failed. There is no hiding from that. It did not work because most of the midfield was too deep and defensive and the forwards ended up like wingers, dealing with the opposition full-backs, when they should have been picked up by the wide midfielders or our own full-backs, higher up the pitch. A few weeks ago I thought the diamond was probably the best way to get Wayne Rooney, Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane in the same team. Now, I will be amazed if that happens. I played under Hodgson and his assistant Ray Lewington for three years at Fulham and, knowing them like I do, they will choose a system that their players feel comfortable in. That is the most important thing. They will have had a good look at what went wrong with the diamond and will either revert to the 4-3-3 shape they used in March's win over Germany or the 4-2-3-1 that everyone will be familiar with. Personally I would go with a 4-2-3-1 but I think Roy will use 4-3-3. Unfortunately, that means he will have to leave out Vardy. I don't think playing strikers out wide works just to get them in the team because they look so unnatural doing it. Rooney is different when it comes to taking one of the wider roles because he has done it before and would not operate as a winger. He would sit narrower. That way he can support Kane and also drop deeper as Dele Alli flies forward. Media playback is not supported on this device Whatever the formation and selection, what I want to see from England in Marseille is a high-intensity performance, with us on the front foot, pressing Russia and trying to make things happen. We can do that in a controlled fashion so we do not have to be gung-ho. But it will be up to us to take the game to Russia because they will definitely have a more cautious approach. We should beat them with the extra quality we have in attacking areas but we certainly will not just roll them over. Their defensive record in qualifying once Leonid Slutsky took over was pretty impressive, conceding only one goal in four matches. I am not expecting a great game on Saturday, if I am honest, but I would expect us to dominate the ball and have a good go at them. Russia will be dangerous too, of course. Artem Dzyuba is a powerful centre-forward and there are plenty of players with good technical ability in their side, even without injured playmaker Alan Dzagoev. There is concern about how England will cope at the back against Russia - and everyone else - because we have looked so vulnerable at times in our warm-up games. But the fact we are not perfect defensively does not worry me too much because we have the firepower to cause opposition teams a lot of problems. If I have any doubts about England it is actually about the creative aspect of our team in midfield. From my perspective as a former midfielder, we played it too safe in the games against Turkey, Australia and Portugal and just looked to keep possession. We have some steady, solid players but they have to be braver on the ball. Dele Alli gives us that higher up the pitch when he looks to slide in Harry Kane - but, in the middle of the pitch against a tight defence like Russia's, who is going to find a pass to unlock the opposition? The only player we have who can really do that from deeper positions is Jack Wilshere. If he is fit, he will start. Eric Dier has become an important player in that holding role because he is in such good form and Wilshere is not 100%. But in an ideal world, Wilshere would be sitting in there dictating play. He is not quite as defence-minded as Dier but, as a ball player, he is superb. It might be a case of easing him into this tournament but, when he is fully fit, he will be the key to giving us that balance we need in midfield because he sees the passes that no-one else does. Who do you think should start at Euro 2016? Step into Roy Hodgsons shoes and pick your XI - and then share it with your friends using our brand new team selector. Danny Murphy was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan in France.

England have never won their opening game at a European Championship but there is an extra incentive for them to finally put that right against Russia on Saturday.

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A spokesman said they are currently trying to work out how many were sold in each national market. In Spain slightly over 3,000 new cars are affected but showrooms have been told to put them aside. VW says it is working out how to refit the software in the 11m diesel engines involved in the emission's scandal. Broken down brand-by-brand they are: VW said it would inform customers "in the next few weeks and months" about how refits would take place. Seat also said it planned to contact owners so their cars can undergo tests. It will also set up a search engine on its website to allow customers to find out if their vehicles are affected. The Spanish carmaker said it had temporarily suspended the sale and delivery of all new vehicles with the EA 189 engines which contain the software. VW over the years Help! I'm a VW car owner VW: The scandal explained Car emissions tests - fit for purpose? The scandal is continuing to hit VW's share price. On Tuesday it fell another 1.5% during morning trade in Frankfurt. The company has lost 35% of its market value since last Monday. A survey of 62 institutional investors by the investment banking advisory firm Evercore, showed 66% of them would not invest in VW for 6 months or until it clarified what costs, fines, and legal proceedings it faced. The effects are also spilling over into the local economy around VW's headquarters in Wolfsburg. The city is expecting a fall in business tax revenue from VW and the mayor has announced a budget freeze and hiring ban on public sector workers. The scandal was revealed after the US Environmental Protection Agency found that some VW diesel cars were fitted with devices that could detect when the engine was being tested, and could change the car's performance to improve results. The German company has apologised for breaching consumers' trust, and on Friday announced that Matthias Mueller was replacing Martin Winterkorn as chief executive. Mr Mueller promised a "relentless" investigation to uncover what went wrong. He said the group was "facing the severest test in its history." German prosecutors announced on Monday that it was conducting a criminal investigation of Volkswagen's former chief executive.

Seat has said about 700,000 of its cars are fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emissions tests.

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David Jones told MPs Tories campaigned in the 2015 general election on the basis of a referendum and not having one would be "disrespectful" to people. But current Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said "devolution has moved forward" since the election. Significant powers had been handed to Scotland and councils, he added. MPs were debating the UK government's Wales Bill - to transfer further powers from Westminster to Cardiff Bay. Earlier another Conservative, Brecon and Radnorshire MP Chris Davies, had told BBC Wales he could "see my first rebellion against the government will be coming" over the referendum issue. Asked if other Tory MPs would join him in a rebellion, he said: "I personally feel there will be." Addressing Mr Cairns in the Commons later Mr Davies he said he was "personally very disappointed that in this clause we have broken a manifesto commitment and I would ask if you, who stood on the same manifesto, are equally as disappointed that you are breaking this commitment?" Mr Cairns replied: "First of all it was the 2014 [Government of Wales] Act that devolved tax varying powers to the assembly. "This bill will go one step further by removing the requirement for a referendum. "But what I would say - the second point I would say - is that devolution has moved forward since that time and we can either seek to have the hollow argument about rowing back or we can make the Welsh Government more accountable, more responsible for the money which it raises." Later Clwyd West MP Mr Jones intervened: "Is it not the case that only just over 12 months ago the Conservative Party fought on a manifesto which pledged that there would be a referendum before any tax carrying competence was devolved to the assembly?" Mr Cairns responded: "You will recognise how quickly the devolution make up of the UK has developed, evolved and matured over that time. "And this is the next logical step to making an assembly more mature, to making it more responsible, but ultimately making it more accountable to the people of Wales." Opening the debate , the minister said the Wales Bill would "end the squabbles between Cardiff Bay and Westminster". He later confirmed AMs would also be able to make voting in assembly elections compulsory, a power transfer welcomed by Labour Ynys Mon MP Albert Owen as "radical" and "excellent". Mr Davies wrote a letter to the Chancellor George Osborne with Tory backbench colleagues Byron Davies, David Davies, James Davies and David Jones after his Autumn Statement in November urging him to reverse plans to devolve the tax powers without a referendum. Under existing law AMs can call a referendum on powers to vary income tax, but in 2015 Mr Osborne offered those powers without a referendum. The Wales Bill also makes substantial changes to the way the assembly makes law by defining, for the first time, the areas that are in the hands of Westminster. It also grants new powers for AMs and Welsh ministers, including speed limits, control over fracking, the name of the assembly and elections to the Senedd. The bill has been revised from its previous draft form with more powers being devolved than planned.

A former Conservative Welsh Secretary has said he has "huge concern" about plans to give the assembly income tax varying powers without a referendum.

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Noah Yabbacome, 24, was arrested after police raided the St Nicholas Vicarage in Lincoln where his father David was the parish vicar. Police found over 800 indecent images of children together with "extreme" photographs depicting bestiality. Officers acted in February 2013 after learning of Yabbacome's activities. Lincoln Crown Court heard that police found evidence from chat log entries which showed that he made contact with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl and encouraged her to have sex with her pet dog. Officers were unable to trace the person in question, and therefore were unable to verify if Yabbacome had indeed been chatting to a girl. While on bail he downloaded further illegal images on a borrowed device but was reported when the owner was given it back. Yabbacome, who now lives in Vicarage Close, Collingham, Nottinghamshire, admitted two charges of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and a string of offences relating to indecent images of children and extreme images. Judge John Pini QC told him: "The public view this sort of offending with horror and justifiably so. "These images involve actual physical contact with real girls which resulted in serious sexual abuse of very young children causing incalculable harm." Det Sgt Vicky Midgley, of the police internet child abuse team, said: "Some of the detail officers have had to consider as part of the investigation is amongst the most hideously graphic I have seen." Yabbacome, described as a "depraved individual", was also given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order, designed to control his behaviour when he is released.

A vicar's son who asked a teenage girl to perform a sex act with a dog while online at his father's vicarage has been jailed for a year.

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Michael Stead, 34, suffered serious head injuries during the attack in Brady Street in the Pallion area of the city on 21 March. He died last week. Daniel Mould, 25, of Chester Terrace North, remains in police custody charged with murder. Michael Young, 25, formerly of Rutherglen Road, Sunderland, has also been charged with murder, police said.

A second man has been charged with murder after a man died nine months after being assaulted in Sunderland.

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The Fire and Rescue Service said they received a call just before 08:30 GMT on Thursday. The man was found dead in an upstairs bedroom, after fire crews arrived at the house in Drumgay Close, in the Kilmacormick area. They wore breathing apparatus and used thermal imaging cameras to locate the occupant. The Fire and Rescue Service are working to establish the cause of the fire.

A man has been found dead after a house fire in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

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The move was confirmed during a backbench debate on the row over Carol Mills' choice as preferred candidate. Commons Speaker John Bercow decided recently to pause the process amid MPs' concerns about her suitability. Mr Straw told MPs that it was "imperative" that the future status and remit of the job was agreed upon. The clerk of the House is the principal constitutional adviser to the Commons, and adviser on all its procedure and business. Paid £200,000 a year, he or she is also responsible for the overall administration of the House of Commons, including the signing of leases, contracts and public expenditure on Commons services. MPs have questioned the selection of Carol Mills - who works in the Australian Parliament - to replace the former Clerk Sir Robert Rogers, who retired in July. Speaking in a debate in the Commons, Jesse Norman - who has led opposition to the appointment - said disquiet over the job raised wider questions about how the Commons governed itself. "This debate arises because of a widespread concern among colleagues across the House that the appointment process for the next clerk of this House was seriously flawed," he said. Mr Norman said the new committee - which will report early next year - would examine the question of whether the procedural and management roles of the Clerk should be divided between different officials. Mr Bercow, who headed the panel which originally chose Ms Mills but was not in the chair for Wednesday's debate, has said the proposal has merit and should be considered by MPs. Confirming his involvement, Mr Straw said the committee would look into the case for separating the roles and how that might work in practice and make a series of recommendations. However, he expressed concern that the committee was having to complete its work in nine weeks. Ex-Commons leader Andrew Lansley - who sat on the original selection panel - said he believed the appointment was mistaken and accused Mr Bercow of seeking to "water down" the requirement in the job description that the Clerk should have "detailed knowledge of the procedures and practices of the House". He said he believed the entire appointment process should be abandoned and a clerk appointed on a temporary basis until the House reached agreement on the future of the role. But Labour MP Barry Sheerman said critics of the appointment had a "secret agenda", which amounted to wanting to "have a go at the Speaker". And Tory MP Philip Davies said colleagues of his who were using the row as a "Trojan Horse for a personal vendetta" against Mr Bercow looked "absolutely ridiculous". For the government, deputy Commons leader Tom Brake said it was "entirely proper" for the committee to look into the matter, saying the terms of the review was an issue for MPs, not ministers. But he said it was important that it should be done in a "timely manner" and that the public should know which Commons officials were accountable for the "substantial challenges" the House faced.

Former Labour minister Jack Straw is to chair an inquiry into the governance of the House of Commons amid a row over the hiring of a new Commons Clerk.

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Industry magazine What Car? says prices of VW models have not collapsed as might have been expected. VW cars which are three years old, or have done 36,000 miles, are typically worth 42.21% of their original value, the magazine said. That is 2.7% lower than in September 2015, just before the scandal broke. However, across the industry as a whole, second hand values have fallen by 2% over the same timeframe, suggesting that Volkswagens have performed only slightly worse than the average car on the market. "I'm sure there are motorists out there who were rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of used VW prices falling off a cliff because of the emissions debacle," said What Car? editor Steve Huntingford. "That simply hasn't come to pass, however, and while the VW story continues to rumble on a year after the story first came to light, the Golf and Polo are still among the most popular new cars in the UK." The German car-maker admitted on 16 September last year that software had switched diesel engines to a "clean mode" whenever they were tested for emissions. VW has recalled 200,000 cars in the UK as a result. But while it is offering to repair them, it is not offering owners compensation. VW drivers in the US have been offered up to $10,000 each to make up for the deception. The What Car? research suggested that cars made by VW under the Audi brand experienced a similar drop in value to VW-badged cars over the past year. It also found that the value of second hand Seat and Skoda models, also made by the VW group, fell by less than 0.5% over the 12-month period.

Second hand Volkswagens appear to be holding their value well, a motoring magazine says, despite the emissions scandal which emerged a year ago.

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The inquiry was told Harry Clarke, 58, had been unconscious at the wheel of a bus in 2010 and during the bin lorry crash in December last year. Expert witness Dr Ronald Neville told the inquiry doctors did not note differing accounts of the 2010 episode. Mr Clarke told his GP he had fainted in the work canteen at First Bus. But the First Bus doctor was aware this happened while he was at the wheel of the bus. Six people died and 15 others were injured when the Glasgow City Council bin lorry veered out of control on Queen Street before crashing into the Millennium Hotel in George Square in December 2014. The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) at Glasgow Sheriff Court is examining Mr Clarke's health, the condition of the lorry and the route taken. The court had previously heard that following the 2010 blackout when he was a bus driver, Mr Clarke was examined by Dr Kenneth Lyons, the medical advisor to First Bus. Dr Lyons subsequently sent a letter to Mr Clarke's own GP, which described how his loss of consciousness took place on a stationary bus and asked for further advice. Mr Clarke's GP, Dr Gerard McKaig, told the inquiry that the driver had said to him that he had fainted in the First Bus canteen. After he went on annual leave, Dr Lyons received a response to his letter from a Dr John Langan, who worked at the same practice as Dr McKaig. The letter said Mr Clarke had been "waiting for his lunch in a hot environment" when he fainted, and the driver was "unlikely to have another one". It concluded Mr Clarke was "fit to return to work as a bus driver". On Tuesday, the inquiry heard a second day of evidence from Dr Neville, a GP in Dundee, who also prepares expert reports on drivers' fitness to drive. He prepared a report on Mr Clarke after the bin lorry crash. Dr Neville told the inquiry that the "major discrepancy" in reports about the 2010 episode should have been caught by doctors. The expert witness said the letter that came back from Mr Clarke's GP's surgery lacked the detail or thoroughness you would expect from a healthcare professional. He said the First Bus doctor should have noted the major discrepancy in the account of the 2010 blackout and he should have got in touch with the other doctor. Dr Neville said that if either doctor had noted the discrepancy in Mr Clarke's account, an inquiry into the exact facts would have resulted. Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the bin lorry crash. Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed. The Crown Office has already concluded that there will be no criminal prosecution over the crash, with senior lawyers deeming it a "tragic accident". The inquiry continues.

The inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry crash which killed six people last year has heard of a "lack of due diligence" from doctors in relation to the driver.

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23 December 2016 Last updated at 01:13 GMT But much of India's milk is collected from small farms across the country, and by the time it reaches consumers it's impure and old. Some of it is even mixed with chemicals like urea in attempt to increase the quantity and fat content. As part of the BBC's Taste of Asia series, Suranjana Tewari visited one dairy farm outside Mumbai that's trying a fresher approach.

India is a huge consumer of milk - it's used to make yoghurt, cheese and a wide range of Indian sweets.

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Easyjet was down 3% and IAG down 2.4%. Madame Tussuad owner Merlin also fell 2.4%. The wider FTSE 100 closed slightly lower, slipping 0.3% to 7525.55. Ocado shares closed down 1.7% despite the online retailer securing its first overseas deal to set up an online grocery service for a European retailer. Ocado's shares had initially greeted the news with a 7% surge. Ocado, which had originally pledged an overseas deal by the end of 2015, did not name the retailer or say how much the contract was worth. Ocado's shares have risen by 37% in the past two months and Neil Wilson, analyst at spread betting firm ETX Capital, said the drop could be linked to investors deciding to take profits. However, he said it was still unclear what value the deal would bring to Ocado. "We don't even know who the company is - Ocado simply dubs it a 'regional' retailer (not a national one). This is progress after a lot of promises, but it's not exactly like doing a deal with Wal-Mart - yet," he said. Old Mutual was among the biggest risers, gaining 2.4% The firm was continuing to gain from Friday's announcement that the firm's wealth management arm had snapped up the financial adviser network Caerus Capital Group. Mining stocks were among the top losers with Antofagasta down 3.6%. The pound was up 0.25% against the dollar at $1.2926 and 0.55% higher against the euro at 1.1487 euros.

Shares in Easyjet and BA owner IAG both closed lower in the wake of Sunday's assaults in London.

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Party officials opted not to automatically reselect Mohammad Asghar, prompting an open contest. On Thursday night it was announced Mr Asghar had topped the poll. A second AM forced to follow the same procedure, William Graham, finished outside the top four - meaning he is effectively de-selected. Second on the list will be Laura Anne Jones, previously an AM between 2003-07. In a statement, Mr Graham said: "Whilst I am personally disappointed that I will not be part of an expanding Welsh Conservative team after the elections in May, I remain as invested as any of my colleagues in the goal of bringing an end to this tired Labour government." The Conservatives currently hold two of the available four seats in South Wales East. The 60 AMs include 20 elected via regional lists, aimed to give a fairer reflection of support for each party.

A Conservative AM forced to face a ballot of party members has come top of the South Wales East regional list for the 2016 assembly election.

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Appearing close to tears in a televised address, she apologised for allowing a long-standing friend inappropriate access to government policy-making. She agreed to be questioned over the scandal but did not offer to resign. Choi Soon-sil is suspected of using their friendship to solicit donations to a non-profit fund she controlled. Ms Choi is in detention facing charges of fraud and abuse of power. The main opposition party said the president's apology lacked sincerity and it called on Ms Park to step back from state affairs. Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators demanding Ms Park's resignation in central Seoul on Friday. A friendship too far in Seoul? Ms Choi, a long-time friend of Ms Park's, is the daughter of Choi Tae-min, a shadowy quasi-religious leader who was closely linked to Ms Park's father, then-president Park Chung-hee. On Friday, Ms Park went on TV to deny allowing cultish rituals to be held in the presidential palace. "There have been claims that I fell for a religious cult or had [shamanist rituals] performed in the Blue House, but I would like to clarify that those are absolutely not true," the president said. She said she took sole responsibility for access to government documents and was willing to be investigated. She had, she said, "put too much faith in a personal relationship and didn't look carefully at what was happening". Anyone found to have done wrong would be punished, she said, and "if necessary, I'm determined to let prosecutors investigate me and accept an investigation by an independent counsel too". The scandal has left Ms Park with an approval rating of just 5%. She has already replaced her prime minster, reshuffled her cabinet and dismissed several aides, but there are growing calls for her resignation or impeachment. Choo Mi-ae, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, said she did not believe the apology was genuine and called on her to accept a new prime minister recommended by parliament. Ms Park became her country's first female president when she was elected in a close-run contest in December 2012.

The South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, has publicly denied falling victim to a religious cult as scandal threatens to engulf her leadership.

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Media playback is unsupported on your device 17 December 2014 Last updated at 10:15 GMT Will Watson was speaking after calls for the mining firm to accept the "moral responsibility" for cleaning up two major sites at Margam near Port Talbot and East Pit near Ammanford following the collapse of a fraud case. The cost has been estimated at around £150m. Celtic Energy transferred ownership of the mines to a firm in the Caribbean, leading the Serious Fraud Office to accuse six people including two former directors of trying to avoid paying restoration costs. A judge threw out the case. Mr Watson, speaking to Oliver Hides on Radio Wales, said the firm had accepted that for Margam the prospect of further mining to help pay for restoration costs was not an option.

The chief executive of Celtic Energy has said there needs to be collaboration between companies, councils and government to resolve the problem of opencast mining sites which need restoring.

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A heavy shower on Friday afternoon brought out the wellies, ponchos and umbrellas and created puddles on site. Friday's acts include Florence and the Machine, Motorhead, Mark Ronson and an unconfirmed band, rumoured to be The Libertines, on the Pyramid Stage. However, Professor Stephen Hawking is unlikely to attend the event for an appearance in the Kidz Field. A spokesperson for the physicist told The Telegraph he had pulled out "for personal reasons". In other Glastonbury news: Organisers have not confirmed the identity of the act who will fill the Pyramid Stage slot on Friday that was left vacant when Florence Welch was promoted to the headline slot. Rumours about Pete Doherty and Carl Barat's band The Libertines circulated after the name "Albion" was pictured on a backstage running order. The Libertines have used the word Albion frequently during their careers. Florence has replaced Foo Fighters, who pulled out when frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg. The decision to promote Florence and the Machine to headline status was criticised by some fans, but organiser Emily Eavis said she made the decision "straight away". "This is her moment," Eavis said. "She's had a number one record in America, a number one record here, and she's on fire." 'Culture of rebellion' Meanwhile, feminist punk band Pussy Riot made an appearance in front of the Park Stage, using a theatrical protest to convey their anti-government message. The appearance began with an actor posing as a Russian soldier standing atop a military van and declaring Glastonbury a pro-Russian republic. Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who were imprisoned in Russia for almost two years for their protests, then climbed up, tied him up and put one of their trademark multi-coloured balaclavas on him. Tolokonnikova told the crowd to "develop a culture of rebellion" and, in a remark possibly aimed at other bands, said they could not just "sit on a comfy coach and drink some beer". They were then interviewed on top of the van by singer Charlotte Church, who described them as "one of the most important movements this century". A total of 177,000 people are due on site. The weather is expected to brighten up later, with Saturday expected to be sunny but more rain likely on Sunday.

Rain has fallen on the Glastonbury Festival as fans enjoyed the first day of music on the main stages.

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The 22-year-old animal, called Cheeky, received 16 puncture wounds to both hind legs, the abdomen and neck at Greenmeadow Community Farm, Cwmbran. She received treatment from a vet, and is back at the farm where she is continuing to recover. The youths, two male 17 year olds from Cwmbran, have been bailed pending phone and forensic examinations. The donkey was injured almost a month ago at the community farm. Gwent Police have renewed an appeal for anyone with information about the attack on Cheeky to contact them on the non-emergency 101 number.

Two youths have been arrested over deliberate injuries to a donkey at a community farm in Torfaen.

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Daniel Timbers, 29, and Barry Joy, 56, were working at Harford Attachments in Spar Road when they were killed, shortly after 09:00 BST on Monday. The men are believed to have been working in a paint-spraying area. Their bodies were removed from the site on Tuesday afternoon. A forensic search has been carried out at the company, which makes buckets for diggers. Det Ch Insp Paul Durham said "significant progress" had been made with forensic inquiries and obtaining witness statements. "Evidence gathered so far suggests there has been a flashover explosion, which occurs when you have a build-up of toxic fumes," he said. "This, combined with some sort of ignition, has caused a fire-ball effect." The Health and Safety Executive said its inspectors and electrical safety experts would be gathering evidence.

Two men killed in an explosion at a factory in Norwich died from the "effects of fire and inhalation of fumes of combustion", post-mortem examinations have found.

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The Easter Road side have lost their last four league games and seen Falkirk open a six-point gap in second place. Boss Alan Stubbs has given his players some rest during the international break to renew their energy and focus. "The boys are getting time off. The manager said, 'you'd better come back refreshed', and it was an order rather than anything else," said McGinn. The midfielder joins up with the Scotland squad on Friday ahead of the second of their two friendlies against Denmark on Tuesday, and welcomes the change in scene. He told BBC Scotland: "It's good to get away. We've played a lot of games, and that isn't a complaint or an excuse, it's just that sometimes it's good to get away from it to recharge the batteries and that's what we'll be doing. "A big reason for being up near the top of the table was keeping clean sheets and being very astute defensively. Now we're conceding poor goals and not scoring goals at the other end. "It's a very confusing time for us, but we're determined to work as hard as we can. We're just not getting the breaks or producing the quality we did in the first half of the season and it's something we're trying to eradicate, and hopefully we will before the end of the season." Hibs have two games in hand on Falkirk, who lie in the promotion play-off spot, with Rangers a further 11 points clear at the top. But Falkirk could extend their advantage to nine points by beating Livingston on Saturday. "It's close and that's fair play to Falkirk, and something we're disappointed by," McGinn noted. "We're determined to get that second place and make sure we've got the best chance of going up. "I'm not playing as well as I was just before Christmas. As a team, we're all not playing as we can and that's evident in the results that are coming for us. We're working hard to try to nail down what the problem is and I'm sure we'll get back to winning ways sometime soon." McGinn feels he has developed as a player since his move from St Mirren to Easter Road last summer, and credits Stubbs and the Hibs coaching staff for his improvement. As captain of the Scotland Under-21s, he was one of several young players who impressed Gordon Strachan when he spent time with the squad last November. The 21-year-old aims to use his time training with the squad ahead of the Denmark game at Hampden to show he can make the step up to full international level. "It's a big step up and I'm really looking forward to showing I'm capable of making that step up," he added. "That's something myself and some of the other new boys will be looking to do. "The last trip with the 21s that Gordon was there, we knew from the stuff that Ricky [Sbragia] was telling us that he was really keen on how people conducted themselves about the place and in training. "We knew that if we trained well, we'd have a chance and he'd have a look at us. It's something that I'll be looking to do this time again and hopefully perform as well as I did the last time. "My first few initial games for Scotland [Under-21s] were difficult. I didn't adapt well, but the more I played the more I got used to the international style. Being the captain of the 21s added a bit of maturity and helped me for the step up."

John McGinn admits Hibernian's players are "baffled" by the team's recent slump in form in the Championship.

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Roger Caffrey, 70, was found guilty of three counts of rape and 12 counts of indecent assault in Nottinghamshire from 1978 to 1994. One ex-pupil was raped six times by Caffrey at his home during a "campaign of rape", Nottingham Crown Court heard. A number of offences against his seven victims took place during lesson time. Caffrey was cleared of two charges of indecent assault following a three-week trial. Police began investigating him after a victim, who said she was raped when she was nine years old, contacted officers in December 2012. Nottinghamshire Police said all but one of the offences took place when Caffrey was deputy head teacher at Northgate Primary School in Nottingham - now the Djanogly Northgate Academy - from 1978 to 1984. Caffrey, of Sandesquoy, Tankerness, Orkney, taught at 10 schools in the county in a career spanning more than three decades. Pupils "no older than 11 years of age" were touched while they read aloud in class, or when they were in a store cupboard in the classroom, the court heard. Two victims were raped at Caffrey's home. One of the rape victims went to the police 22 years ago but no charges were brought due to a lack of evidence, the court heard. She was contacted in 2013 following the start of the investigation into Caffrey, but the original documents into the 1994 case had been lost. Michael Evans, defending Caffrey, said: "He was a teacher for a number of years and, outside of these offences, a very good teacher." Judge Timothy Spencer QC said: "You deliberately targeted these girls, you calculated that they were ripe for this sort of abuse and you calculated that they would not tell. "Their classroom, their school, should have been a place where they felt safe and secure. They must have felt anything but." Det Con Rob Smith, of Nottinghamshire Police, added: "Caffrey believed that he would be able to put his past behind him, but...it has been shown that the passage of time is no hindrance to justice taking its course."

A former deputy head teacher has been jailed for more than 17 years for raping and touching young girls - including one aged nine.

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An inquiry for "attempted terrorist murder" has been launched into Saturday's attack in Charleroi. The man reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") during the assault outside a police station. He died after being shot by officers. On Sunday the so-called Islamic State group called him one of its "soldiers". The statement was similar to those released after recent attacks in France and Germany. Following standard practice, prosecutors did not name the attacker but gave his initials as KB. He had been living in Belgium since 2012 and had minor offences to his name. Belgium has been on alert since bomb attacks on the city's airport and subway system in March killed 32 people. Charleroi was used as a base by some of the jihadists involved in that attack, and in the attack on Paris in November 2015. Prime Minister Charles Michel, who broke off his holiday after the attack, has urged people to remain "constantly vigilant" but "keep a cool head". Saturday's attack unfolded at just before 16:00 local time (14:00 GMT). A police spokesman said the attacker pulled the machete out of a sports bag as he approached a guard post outside the police HQ. According to a local news agency, one of the policewomen was treated for serious facial wounds, while the other suffered only minor injuries. The assailant was shot and killed by another officer, who was nearby.

Belgian officials say a man who wounded two policewomen with a machete was a 33-year-old Algerian with a criminal record but no known terror links.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Amy Wilson Hardy went over in the corner as England scored from their only chance in the first half. Ireland could not breach England's solid defence and were made to pay as the world champions ran in four tries. Forwards Laura Keates and Amy Cokayne extended the visitors' lead before backs Emily Scarratt and Lydia Thompson rounded off the win with fine tries. With the under-20 men's side having won a Grand Slam earlier on Friday, England's men will look to complete a hat-trick by beating Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The women, who return to Ireland in the summer to defend their world title, have won their first Six Nations title since 2012. Wing Wilson Hardy completed a fine England move in the 16th minute, but then Ireland dominated play. Centre Sene Naoupu came within a metre of going over but was stopped by a superb tackle from flanker Marlie Packer, and home captain Paula Fitzpatrick was prevented from touching down by a posse of England players. England regrouped after half-time and extended their lead when replacement prop Keates drove over the line from two metres out. Ireland were reduced to 14 players two minutes before the hour when substitute Mairead Coyne made a deliberate knock-on. Hooker Cokayne burst through to increase England's advantage but Ireland hooker Leah Lyons responded to give Ireland hope. However, Scarratt finished off an excellent England move to put the result beyond doubt and then replacement winger Thompson showed her pace to score England's fifth try. Ireland: Flood, Tyrrell, Murphy, Naoupu, Miller, Stapleton, Muldoon; Peat, Lyons, Egan, Spence, Reilly, Griffin, Molloy, Fitzpatrick (capt). Replacements: O'Connor, Van Staden, O'Reilly, Cooney, Fryday, Healy, Caughey, Coyne. England: Waterman, Wilson Hardy, Scarratt, Reed, Wilson, Scott, Mason; Clark, Cokayne, Lucas, Taylor, Millar-Mills, Matthews, Packer, Hunter. Replacements: Fleetwood, Cornborough, Keates, Cleall, Noel-Smith, Blackburn, Burford, Thompson.

England completed a Women's Six Nations Grand Slam by beating a physical Ireland 34-7 at rainy Donnybrook.

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Sofia Legg's family was told there was a six-month waiting list for therapy despite an urgent GP referral for help. The inquest coroner in Taunton recorded a conclusion the 14-year-old had taken her own life by hanging. Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust said it had apologised to the family and improvements had been made. The inquest heard Sofia, a student at Kings of Wessex Academy in Cheddar, had been suffering from low moods, was self-harming and was expressing thoughts about taking her own life. She was referred to the Child and Adolescent Mental Services (CAMHS) in March 2015, but did not meet the criteria for specialist support. In February 2016, her GP made an urgent referral to CAMHS, after Sofia confessed to having suicidal thoughts. But after being seen twice by CAMHS in July 2016, she was told there was a six-month waiting list for cognitive behaviour therapy. Her family found her body when they returned home on the evening of 20 September. On the day before she died, a CAMHS worker met Sofia and her mother, giving a crisis plan stating her mother Sandy Legg needed "to watch her and keep a close eye on her". But investigation reports stated Sofia had to be "supervised at all times". "If constant supervision was necessary then this should have been stated directly to me before I left with Sofia," her mother told the hearing. Speaking after the inquest she added: "As a family we will forever mourn the loss of our kind, bright, beautiful daughter. "Sofia was failed by the system and we, as a family, feel badly let down." Somerset coroner Tony Williams said he would be following up his concerns about the death with the trust.

Mental health services failed a teenage girl who had suicidal thoughts, her family has said following an inquest into her death.

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But in Central European media, the main focus is on the impact of the referendum on benefits for migrant workers in Britain. Germany's n-tv news channel says Boris Johnson's intervention is a "serious setback" for the prime minister, despite the mayor's pledge not to go up against Mr Cameron in any television debates. Olivier Bories dubs Mr Johnson the "man of the moment for Brexit" in French Catholic daily La Croix, saying that the London mayor is, "despite his constantly dishevelled blonde mop, a politician to be taken very seriously". Like other commentators, Mr Bories highlights Mr Johnson's high media profile, but also recalls his record of gaffes at home and abroad. Nonetheless, he does not doubt that his "carefully timed" announcement positions him as a possible successor to Mr Cameron in the event of a vote for Brexit. Philippe Bernard, London correspondent of France's left-of-centre Le Monde, agrees that Boris Johnson's "defiance" of David Cameron gives a "potentially decisive impetus" to the Brexit campaign and could see him oust the prime minister. He rates Mr Johnson's role as important, but also considers his "capricious personality and unpredictable political opportunism irritating to the British public" and perhaps a "threat" to the Conservative Party and the country itself. Alessandra Rizzo in Italy's liberal La Stampa is not alone in rehearsing the personal rivalry between the prime minister and mayor, whom she dubs "perhaps the most popular politician in the country", but goes further than most in ranging them against one another in a "new Battle of Britain". "Expect four months of intense, even heavy skirmishes" between the two Conservatives ahead of the June vote, she concludes. Russia's pro-Kremlin NTV channel uses an even more heated analogy, dubbing Boris Johnson's move "a stab in the back". In Hungary, the Nepszabadsag daily is gloomy about the impact of the UK referendum on developments at home. If Mr Cameron prevails, it concludes, "Hungarians working in Britain can say goodbye to part of their welfare benefits... but they lose even more if supporters of quitting win". Tomasz Bielecki, Brussels correspondent of Poland's liberal Gazeta Wyborcza, agrees that migrant workers like the Poles "will pay most for Mr Cameron's compromise", but concludes that "if it keeps Britain in the EU, it's a price worth paying". A British exit would weaken the European Union, especially in its dealings with Russia, and possibly lead to a "nightmare domino effect" with other countries departing, he fears. Mr Bielecki says the prime minister's best hope is to focus on the overall advantages of the European Union rather than letting his opponents sidetrack the debate into "marginal issues - including the Brussels deal". Other commentators agree that the referendum has implications far beyond British politics. Jochen Buchsteiner in Germany's centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung notes that Conservative Brexit campaigners are pitching their appeal on the "primacy of national sovereignty". They may well start asking whether Germany will demand concessions from Britain on refugees in return for the Brussels deal, which he says "owed much" to Chancellor Angela Merkel. His concern is that a European Union still dominated by immigration, the euro crisis and "political helplessness" in June might persuade many voters that EU exit would not be a "leap in the dark" but rather a case of "stepping into the light". Legal analyst Araceli Mangas also has concerns about the referendum, in Spain's conservative El Pais. He writes that Britain remaining in the EU "matters a great deal", and a win for Brexit would "encourage all sorts of populists". BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

Many European commentators have reacted to London Mayor Boris Johnson's decision to back Britain leaving the European Union, seeing his intervention as a problem for Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Memphis Depay put the visitors ahead in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie, but Pione Sisto and Paul Onuachu gave the hosts victory. Van Gaal, already without 13 players, lost David de Gea during the warm-up and used an adage that means anything that can go wrong will go wrong. "It is the law of Murphy I think," the Dutchman told BT Sport. "A lot of things are happening in the heads of the players and in the first 10 or 15 minutes we were not so good." Van Gaal felt his side improved as the first half went on and could have scored more goals. But he added: "In the second half we didn't win any duels, any second balls. You cannot afford a second goal, but we could have scored also. "Jesse Lingard had two remarkable chances." At the end of the game, United fans in the MCH Arena made it clear they were not impressed with their side's display. Van Gaal accepted the second-half performance was not good enough, but defended the attitude of his players. "The fans can criticise," he said. "They can do it because when you see the second half, maybe they are right. We have to improve and then the fans shall support us again. "All the players want to perform in an excellent way. It is not a case of attitude. We were not winning the second balls - that is my analysis." United's next game sees them face League One side Shrewsbury in the FA Cup fifth round on Monday night at New Meadow, looking to avoid an upset and a third consecutive defeat in all competitions. The Manchester Evening News called for Van Gaal to be sacked immediately in an article written by their United reporter Stuart Mathieson. "I wrote 'enough is enough' after the dire display against Southampton less than a month ago believing it couldn't get any worse and that it shouldn't be allowed to," he wrote. "But then this came this Joke in Jutland." Chief football writer for the Times, Henry Winter, told BBC Radio 5 live that the performance was appalling. "It's definitely tick-tock time," he said. "The press box there is very close to where the Manchester United power brokers were sitting. There was just a look of complete shock and horror on the face of Ed Woodward, the executive vice chairman, who will effectively be the person along with the Glazers who make the decision." Former England captain Alan Shearer told BBC Radio 5 live that United have been "pretty awful to watch" this season. He added: "They're not very good, that's the problem - they haven't entertained their fans, which of course at that football club you have to do and Van Gaal hasn't. "The lack of leadership in that team is alarming - I know Rooney is in there and he missed out last night but there's no screaming and shouting at other team-mates to tell them what to do. "With the injuries now with De Gea pulling out in the warm-up last night - Shrewsbury will be rubbing their hands together thinking they've got one hell of chance in the FA Cup on Monday." De Gea hobbled out of the warm-up with a knee problem, but Sergio Romero proved an able deputy - making several fine saves. Van Gaal was unable to say how long his first-choice goalkeeper would be out for. He said: "We have to wait for a scan, then maybe we can say more but it was a big surprise."

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal put his side's 2-1 defeat by FC Midtjylland down to Murphy's law.

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Female officers will be able to wear a headscarf under their caps or berets, provided it is plain and is the same colour as the uniform. Headscarf bans on university campuses and state institutions - except for the judiciary, military and police - have also been lifted in recent years. The garment has been controversial in Turkey for years. Secularists regard it as a symbol of religious conservatism. Since the 1920s, Turkey has had a secular constitution with no state religion. The opposition have accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) of trying to reinterpret secularism. However, public debate has also evolved to accept the hijab as an expression of individual liberties, correspondents say. No strong opposition has been voiced against this latest move. President Erdogan has long embraced Turks' right to express their religious beliefs openly, but he says he is committed to secularism. In 2010, the country's universities abandoned an official ban on Muslim headscarves. Three years later, women were allowed to wear headscarves in state institutions - with the exception of the judiciary, military and police. That year, four MPs wore headscarves in parliament. Most people in Turkey are Sunni Muslims.

Turkey has lifted a ban on policewomen wearing the Islamic headscarf.

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The research firm warns he could disrupt the global economy and heighten political and security risks in the US. However, it does not expect Mr Trump to defeat Hillary Clinton who it sees as "his most likely Democratic contender". He is rated as riskier than Britain leaving the European Union or an armed clash in the South China Sea. China encountering a "hard landing" or sharp economic slowdown and Russia's interventions in Ukraine and Syria preceding a new "cold war" are among the events seen as more dangerous. "Thus far Mr Trump has given very few details of his policies - and these tend to be prone to constant revision," the EIU said in its global risk assessment, which looks at impact and probability. The EIU ranking uses a scale of one to 25, with Mr Trump garnering a rating of 12, the same level of risk as "the rising threat of jihadi terrorism destabilising the global economy". "He has been exceptionally hostile towards free trade, including notably Nafta, and has repeatedly labelled China as a 'currency manipulator'," the EIU said. It warned his strong language directed towards Mexico and China in particular "could escalate rapidly into a trade war". Mr Trump has called for a "big big wall" to be built on the US-Mexican border, paid for by Mexico, to keep illegal immigrants and drug dealers out of the United States. Why is Donald Trump considered only slightly less of a threat to global security than a new Cold War? Perhaps it is because unlike traditional presidential front-runners the candidate has little or no policy substance to back up his shoot-from-the-hip-style pronouncements. Want details on how the New Yorker would restructure US trade relations with China? Or how he would implement his proposed Muslim immigration ban? Good luck finding out. Mr Trump has been promising to reveal his foreign policy team since mid-February, but the deadline keeps getting extended. A well-developed foreign policy campaign structure would provide not only substance behind Mr Trump's rhetoric, it would also give foreign leaders connections for their questions. So far, however, it seems international affairs and national security experts in the US are more focused on stopping Mr Trump than trying to help him. Until that changes, expect the global alarm bells to continue to sound. On the campaign trail, Mr Trump has advocated killing the families of terrorists and invading Syria to eradicate the so-called Islamic State group and appropriate its oil. "His militaristic tendencies towards the Middle East and ban on all Muslim travel to the US would be a potent recruitment tool for jihadi groups, increasing their threat both within the region and beyond," the EIU added. Critics of Mr Trump have raised similar concerns. However, the businessman is moving closer to clinching the Republican presidential nominee ticket after winning most of the popular vote in primary elections. Mr Trump, who has no prior political experience, has said his supporters would "riot" if he was denied the nomination. In the event he does win the nomination and presidency, the EIU forecasts that domestic and foreign policymaking will be undermined. "Innate hostility within the Republican hierarchy towards Mr Trump, combined with the inevitable virulent Democratic opposition, will see many of his more radical policies blocked in Congress," it said.

Donald Trump winning the US presidency is considered one of the top 10 risks facing the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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Patrick McGinley, 46, and his son William McGinley, 27, of Lisfarrell, Edgeworthstown, County Longford are accused of murdering Bernard McGinley. He was shot dead outside a wedding in Newtownbutler in February. The two men are to be released on conditions including a £50,000 cash surety and daily reports to police. The court was told the weapon used in the shooting in February 2015 has not been recovered

The Public Prosecution Service has lost an appeal against the granting of bail for two men charged with murdering a relative at a wedding in Fermanagh.

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GKN Aerospace in Yeovil, Somerset, which makes airframes for Royal Navy helicopters, said the potential loss of the contact puts 230 jobs at risk. Leonardo, which assembles the Wildcat helicopter in the town, has told GKN it plans to take production in-house. The firm said the current arrangement was "no longer sustainable". The union Unite said it was a "massive blow". GKN has begun formal consultations with the unions regarding potential job losses in Yeovil. The firm said in a statement that the move by Leonardo "puts at risk the long term viability of our Yeovil site". GKN added: "Having completed a thorough assessment of the business, we have regrettably concluded that GKN Yeovil, as it stands today, is no longer a sustainable business and will have to be significantly downsized or fully closed. "We will now enter a period of consultation with nominated employee representatives." Andy Soughton of the Unite union said talk of a potential site closure was a "bit of a shock". "We've had quite a few redundancies over the years, and work has dropped off a little bit," he said. "So I think people were expecting something to happen. But not a closure." More than 250 jobs were lost at GKN's car manufacturing branch in Telford in Shropshire in August.

Hundreds of aerospace jobs could be lost if a factory is forced to "significantly downsize" or close, it has been claimed.

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The hosts had the better chances as Lee Gregory volleyed over and Steve Morison headed Shane Ferguson's cross wide. Walsall's best chance saw Florent Cuvelier long-range strike held by Millwall goalkeeper Jordan Archer. Substitute Aiden O'Brien fired over from long range as Millwall closed the gap on the play-offs to four points. Match ends, Millwall 0, Walsall 0. Second Half ends, Millwall 0, Walsall 0. Delay in match Jason McCarthy (Walsall) because of an injury. Foul by Steve Morison (Millwall). Eoghan O'Connell (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Shaun Cummings (Millwall). Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Shaun Cummings. Foul by Aiden O'Brien (Millwall). Joe Edwards (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Kieron Morris (Walsall) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Substitution, Walsall. Will Randall-Hurren replaces Erhun Oztumer. Attempt missed. Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Foul by Ben Thompson (Millwall). Joe Edwards (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing. Shaun Williams (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Simeon Jackson (Walsall). Substitution, Walsall. Kieron Morris replaces Florent Cuvelier. Attempt missed. Joe Edwards (Walsall) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Joe Edwards (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall). Attempt blocked. Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Substitution, Walsall. Simeon Jackson replaces Amadou Bakayoko. Substitution, Millwall. Fred Onyedinma replaces Jed Wallace. Substitution, Millwall. Aiden O'Brien replaces Shane Ferguson. Steve Morison (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Eoghan O'Connell (Walsall). Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Eoghan O'Connell. Attempt blocked. Ben Thompson (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Eoghan O'Connell. Attempt missed. Joe Edwards (Walsall) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Ben Thompson (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Florent Cuvelier (Walsall). Foul by Steve Morison (Millwall). Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Lee Gregory (Millwall) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Eoghan O'Connell (Walsall). Second Half begins Millwall 0, Walsall 0. First Half ends, Millwall 0, Walsall 0.

League One play-off chasing Millwall missed the chance to make significant ground on the top six as they were held to a goalless draw by Walsall.

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In Tanzania, campaigning for the October general election began on Sunday. In Uganda, President Museveni and his National Resistance Movement are getting ready to battle it out with the opposition in the run-up to elections in 2016. While Rwandans are taking initial steps to change their constitution to increase the presidential term limit to three, across the border in Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is faced with dangerous tensions stirred up by his recent re-election. Here in Kenya, elections are still two years away, but it already feels like campaign season has begun. With all this election activity, it's inevitable that the five countries comprising the East African Community (EAC) - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi will learn lessons from one another - both good and bad. For example, President Nkurunziza of Burundi learnt from Rwanda that it's OK to seek a third term of office if the first two were short and sweet. But unlike Rwanda, where they're planning a national referendum on the issue, Burundi's leader forgot to ask the people if they were OK with it. Meanwhile in Uganda, President Museveni can't see what all the fuss is about. By his thinking, if the people love you, it's fine to clear away any obstacles that might prevent them from expressing that love, like for example, term limits, which were removed from Uganda's constitution a decade ago. In Tanzania, the opposition has decided to learn a big lesson from Kenya. After trying and failing many times to remove President Moi and his ruling Kanu party from power, the Kenyan opposition figured that if they rallied behind only one presidential candidate, Kanu would fall. And sure enough in 2002, all the main opposition parties threw their weight behind Mwai Kibaki, under the national rainbow coalition. Kanu came tumbling down and President Moi went into retirement. Now, it's Tanzania's turn to try the same tactic. After weeks of discussions, the main opposition parties, who adopted the umbrella name of Ukawa, have finally agreed to support only one presidential candidate. His name is Edward Lowassa, a former prime minister in the ruling CCM party. Until recently, he could still be heard singing the ruling party's praises, only to have a change of heart and join the opposition when his presidential ambitions in the CCM were frustrated. Mr Lowassa appears to have learnt survival skills from Amama Mbabazi in Uganda. Like Mr Lowasaa, Mr Mbabazi is also a former prime minister. Just as Mr Lowassa was a close ally of Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete, Mr Mbabazi had been the right-hand man to Uganda's President Museveni since the 1970s. And like Mr Lowassa, Mr Mbabazi was dropped as prime minister. So for both men, when their thirst for power could not be quenched within the party, they decided to seek a refreshing drink from outside. Mr Mbabazi has now said he wants to run for president as an independent candidate in the Ugandan elections, although his arrest in July while preparing to go and canvass support showed that any campaign he attempts is likely to be fraught with challenges. As its name suggests, the ruling National Resistance Movement in Uganda has a habit of resisting things. And people. Next door in Kenya, there's lots of talk about what's going on in Rwanda. Both countries are going to the polls in 2017. One Kenyan on social media, who opposed moves to clear the way for President Kagame's third term, found himself personally rebuked by the Rwandan leader. Kenyans rushed to defend their insulted compatriot, using the hashtag #SomeoneTellKagame to launch their rebuttals. Rwanda has welcomed Kenyan expertise in many sectors of its economy, but politics is one lesson it's not too keen to learn from its neighbour, which has had its own serious problems when it comes to running elections. So, however much East Africans are listening to one another, it seems as though there are still many who are happy to ignore their neighbours and continue doing their own thing.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu notices that as election fever sweeps across East Africa, politicians are peeping across the borders to see if there are lessons to be learnt from their neighbours:

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Crispr-Cas9 replaces harmful DNA with new code that kills cancerous cells while leaving healthy ones unharmed. Mice with the reprogrammed code developed tumours that were much smaller than cancers in mice that did not get this treatment. Experts call the study, in Nature Methods, promising but say it is unclear yet whether the technique would work in humans. Dr Weiren Huang, from the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, in China, and colleagues used Crispr-Cas9 to reprogram a cell-signalling pathway that would normally feed tumour growth in mice. How gene editing works Gene editing: A game-changer Crispr-Cas9 is a DNA cutting and pasting system scientists have borrowed from nature. Bacteria use it to protect themselves against foreign DNA from viruses. Scientists have already begun using it in the lab to target and cut out faulty DNA in human cells that cause illnesses. But it is not without risks. While effective, the editing process is less than perfect and can cut out too much DNA. These unwanted or "off-target" edits could alter other important genes, inadvertently triggering cancer, for example. Dr Chris Lord, a gene expert at the Institute of Cancer Research, said: ""The key to translating this technique into the clinic will be to see how specific to the tumour cell the Crispr activation will be and how specific, in terms of genes, the Crispr-mediated gene cutting will be. "These are essentially the same two issues you have with all cancer treatments - how specific for the tumour cell and how specific for the target."

Scientists have used a gene-editing tool to stunt tumour growth in mice.

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It will be the first concerted use of an emerging technique called Crispr to "snip out" specific disease genes in order to discover drugs. The technique is cheaper, faster and more accurate than current methods. The research will be carried out with four leading academic and industrial gene-research centres across the world. AZ vice-president Dr Lorenz Mayr hopes it will speed the development of medicines for illnesses including diabetes, heart disease and many cancers "You can't stop the science," he told BBC News. "It is one of the biggest developments in the area of biotechnology in decades." Many serious illnesses occur when genes in the human body go wrong. The human genome project determined that humans had about 24,000 genes. These are found along the DNA double helix in every cell in the body. The decoding of the human genome 15 years ago led to the hope that doctors would eventually identify faulty genes responsible for specific diseases and eventually develop medicines to treat them. The principle is simple - drug companies would "snip out" the gene responsible for the disease from the patient's DNA, then use it to test drugs to see if they could fix the problem. At the time, US President Bill Clinton said: "Our children's children will only know cancer as a constellation of stars," and hailed the completion of the project after a 10-year race that cost billions. And Tony Blair, then UK Prime Minister, who joined the Mr Clinton by satellite from Downing Street, added: "Every so often in the history of human endeavour, there comes a breakthrough that takes mankind across the frontier and into a new era." Fifteen years on, one could wonder: "What new era?" There are only a handful of new medicines based on the human genome project, and, although Mr Clinton may eventually be proved right, cancer is still known as "cancer". Progress has been hampered by two main factors. First, researches soon began to realise that most common illnesses were caused by any combination of tens of genes. Second, the genetic techniques to snip out specific genes are expensive and take a long time. Researchers have to make what are in effect "genetic scissors" tailor-made to the gene they want to snip out. This process can take months for each and every gene. But in recent years, scientists have developed a set of genetic scissors that can be quickly and cheaply tailored to cut out a specific gene. And this technique, called Crispr, will be the focus of the research programme. Dr Kosuke Yusa, of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, one of the academic organisations involved in the project, said "this powerful technology" would enable "researchers to target genes with incredible specificity". Also involved are the Innovative Genomics Initiative, a joint venture between the University of California, Berkeley, and University of California in San Francisco, the Broad Institute/Whitehead Institute and Thermo Fisher Scientific, which are both based in Massachusetts. Follow Pallab on Twitter

Astra Zeneca has announced a research programme to develop a generation of medicines to treat the genetic causes of many debilitating diseases.

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Thanks to his personal trough of only 638 runs in 27 innings since he made a century against New Zealand at Headingley in May 2013 and his team's 10-match winless streak, people have been queuing up to criticise the England captain. His 95 on the first day of the third Test against India at Southampton, a day which England closed on 247-2, means he now has every right to stick a couple of fingers up at some of those people. He won't, because he's far too nice a bloke to do that. Even through all his troubles, Cook, 29, has retained support from a large section of England fans. Everyone in Southampton was willing him to get a hundred and even the ovation he got when going to lunch on 48 was quite amazing. But, though a century would have been perfect, sometimes these things are not meant to be. And, yes, the wait for that three-figure score goes on, but he can still take a huge amount away from this innings. Cook was dropped on 15 by Ravindra Jadeja at third slip, so he needed some luck, but even that can be a sign that things have turned for you. He played in an uncomplicated manner and looked as though he was enjoying it. After winning the toss and batting first in conditions where he could have justifiably taken the easy option of bowling, he accumulated nicely against an India attack that was not quite up to the standard of the previous two Tests. Cook's innings was not only a contribution for himself, but also for the other senior players in the England side who have been underperforming. Maybe now the likes of Ian Bell, James Anderson and Stuart Broad will put in the sort of display that Cook has. After all, it is the younger players who have been impressing for England recently, none more so than Gary Ballance. A record of three hundreds in his first six Tests is extraordinary and puts him in a list that only includes Len Hutton, Les Ames, Ravi Bopara and Jack Russell (not the wicketkeeper, the batsman of the 1920s). Some people doubted the Yorkshire batsman's ability to fill the number three spot, but he's becoming like a left-handed Jonathan Trott. Cook will take the headlines, but it was Ballance who became the cornerstone. Now, England have got to make sure they take full advantage of their first day's work. Batting collapse after batting collapse has ruined good, strong positions and this time they have to nail it down. You hope that through Cook turning it around, the team will turn with him and get back to playing more disciplined, careful and successful cricket. Until that happens, Cook will still have his detractors because, they will say, we always knew he could bat. The question is, will this translate in to a more confident, effective and decisive style of captaincy? That is what people want to see. Now he has got runs, he won't have the likes of me asking him about his form. He must continue to bat well but concentrate on the captaincy because only when England again produce results will his critics be silenced. For now, though, those who know Cook, how hard he works and how determined he is to make this work will be very pleased for him. Jonathan Agnew was talking to BBC Sport's Stephan Shemilt Listen to Geoffrey Boycott and Jonathan Agnew review the first day on the Test Match Special podcast

I can only imagine what Alastair Cook has been going through during his and England's wretched run of form.

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Rose Morelli, 17, said it was "hugely distressing" to see the photo of Alex Elliot on the leaflet by the right-wing Fratelli d'Italia. Gay rights activist group Arcigay alerted her after she posted it online. Fratelli d'Italia tweeted an apology for its "improper" use of the photo. Ms Morelli took the photo as part of an art project. She and Alex Elliot chose the image after being moved by the case of US teenager Leelah Alcorn who took her own life in December. Leelah was born a boy but wanted to live her life as a girl. She is now taking legal action after her lawyer said Alex's image had been "misrepresented" and may have breached copyright issues. Mr Elliot, 17, said: "After the tragedy of Leelah Alcorn we wanted to get out the message, 'that can't happen again', and that what happened, was in my opinion, so horribly grotesquely moving." Ms Morelli said: "It struck me as hugely ironic at first but after I got over that initial sense of irony, it was hugely distressing. "The last thing we ever wanted to do was inflict harm on the members of the LGBT community. "To find out it was being used against them in such a malicious way was horrible." Italian law does not currently legislate against crimes motivated by the sexual orientation or gender identity of the victims. On its website, the Trentino branch of the Italian gay rights group, Arcigay, described Fratelli d'Italia's use of Ms Morelli's photo as "an insult". Ms Morelli's Italian lawyer, Alexander Schuster, said he planned to bring a civil action against Fratelli d'Italia and claim for damages. In a message on Twitter, Fratelli d'Italia said the use of the photo had been "improper". It said: "We did not want to offend the memory of Leelah." However, the party maintained that "it is right to campaign against gender teaching in school". Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) is currently opposing a civil partnership bill being debated by the Italian parliament. It is also known for its anti-immigration stance.

A student from Bristol is taking legal action after a picture of her friend was "misrepresented" by an Italian political party campaigning against transgender education in schools.

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Cafodd siopwyr eu hebrwng o Ganolfan Siopa Quadrant toc wedi 14:00, ac mae'r digwyddiad hefyd wedi cau gorsaf fysus a marchnad y ddinas. Dywedodd Heddlu De Cymru eu bod wedi derbyn adroddiad o "becyn amheus", ond fe ddaeth i'r amlwg fod y pecyn yn ffug ac fe gafodd dyn ei arestio. Mae lefel y bygythiad terfysgol ym Mhrydain wedi cael ei godi i'r categori uchaf posib ers yr ymosodiad terfysgol ym Manceinion nos Lun. Dywedodd yr heddlu mewn datganiad: "Roedd digwyddiad am 14:05 yng nghanolfan siopa'r Quadrant, Abertawe, lle cafodd pecyn amheus ei osod. Fe ddaeth i'r amlwg bod y pecyn yn ffug. "Fe gafodd y ganolfan ei gwagio gyda chymorth ein partneriaid, ac fe gafodd un dyn ei arestio - mae ymchwiliad yr heddlu'n parhau."

Fe gafodd canolfan siopa yn Abertawe ei gwagio brynhawn dydd Mercher am gyfnod yn dilyn pryderon am ddiogelwch.

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Mr Tsilikin, 54, was found on Thursday evening after friends and family had been unable to contact him. His mobile phone and computer are missing. Police have opened a murder inquiry. Mr Tsilikin was a well-known culture and arts critic, working on TV and radio as well as for print media such as Kommersant, Vogue and Elle. Mr Tsilikin had reportedly just returned from a trip to the Latvian capital, Riga. Friends and family last spoke to him at the end of last week. Mr Tsilikin was found with multiple knife wounds and it is believed he may have been dead for at least two days. The Russian Investigative Committee said a forensic investigation was being carried out and it had not ruled out "murder committed on domestic grounds". St Petersburg Union of Journalists chairwoman Lyudmila Fomichev told Kommersant: "This is a great tragedy for the entire journalistic community, because he was a very well-known, great journalist who wrote on culture and art." Mr Tsilikin, a graduate of the Leningrad State Institute of Music and Cinema, turned to journalism after the collapse of the Soviet Union, working for the newspaper Rush Hour and editing Culture and Society. He also worked on a number of TV and radio programmes, as well as other newspapers and magazines.

Noted Russian journalist Dmitry Tsilikin has been found stabbed to death in his flat in St Petersburg.

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Mr Ashley failed to appear before a business select committee regarding working terms and conditions at the company's warehouse in Derbyshire. In a letter, he accuses MPs of "abusing parliamentary procedures" in order to "create a media circus at Westminster". Chris Bryant MP said the House could "force" Mr Ashley to attend a meeting. The row follows a BBC investigation into the work practises at the company's warehouse in Shirebrook. Updates on this story and more from Derbyshire The Newcastle United FC owner was given a deadline of 21 March to respond to a letter from MP Iain Wright - who chairs the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee - following his no-show. The letter said the committee reserved the right to "take the matter further" should he not attend future dates. In response, Mr Ashley said: "I was disgusted to learn that you have adopted a stance that is deliberately antagonistic. "By refusing to visit Sports Direct to see things with your own eyes, you are missing out on a genuine opportunity to gain a detailed and balanced understanding of the matters you wish to discuss. "I believe you are abusing parliamentary procedure in an attempt to create a media circus in Westminster, which is not in the best interests of any of the people who work at Sports Direct." It is thought that no one has been charged with contempt of Parliament since the 1950s. Mr Bryant said in the Commons on Thursday: "[Mr Ashley] may be the 22nd richest man in Britain, but he is running a modern day sweatshop and this House will get to the truth." The committee is due to meet on Tuesday to discuss the next steps following Mr Ashley's correspondence.

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has accused MPs of being "deliberately antagonistic" after he was threatened with being in contempt of Parliament.

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Gammon joints, 700 pigs in blankets, cash and four charity boxes were also taken from MD Griffiths in Dinas Powys. Butcher Mark Griffiths, 62, said: "For some families their whole Christmas spread has been taken." He said he was in talks with wholesalers to try to replace what was stolen. Father-of-five Mr Griffiths, who has run the butcher's shop for 18 years, said: "There's never a good time for this to happen but during our Christmas rush it's particularly bad. "We lost turkeys, ducks, chickens, pigs in blankets - all the trimmings that make this time of year so special." "It's affected 25 orders but I'm determined not to let our customers down." Mr Griffiths discovered the break-in at 05:00 GMT on Friday when he noticed the panel on the door had been forced open. He said: "This is a family business and we are gutted to have been targeted in this way. "Customers have been back and forth to the shop to ask about their orders and we are doing what we can to recoup our loses." Customer Rowan Young, 50, described the thefts as "sickening", adding: "If we are the unlucky ones whose meat has gone then we fully understand."

Dozens of families could be without their Christmas dinner after thieves stole turkeys from a butcher's shop in Vale of Glamorgan.

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Mr King is not the rather better-known writer of horror novels (though his robust opinions on the dangers of monetary largesse can tend towards sleepless nights). This Mr King is senior economic adviser at HSBC. And a China expert. Writing about the country's economic slowdown in 2012, he said: "China's debt fuelled expansion was never likely to be sustainable." The amber warning lights came back on this morning when the ratings agency Moody's downgraded China's credit rating, its investor benchmark for analysing the country's economic performance. Now, the rating is still A1 - the agency's fifth highest - but nevertheless does highlight growing concerns about the amount of debt the world's most populous country is carrying. The problem is not the government's direct debt, which at less than 40% of GDP is modest by Western standards, or the eminently manageable 3% deficit (the rate at which that debt is rising). The issue is the debt being carried by the country's companies, or more specifically the "state-owned enterprises" (SOEs) that constitute the grumbling and sometimes out-of-date engines of the Chinese economy. And the debts being carried by the country's local governments - which, of course, in a state the size of China, are a little more significant than those of an English town council, say. Here, the picture is different. SOE debt stands at 115% of GDP, a figure that is steadily rising and is far higher than, say, comparable figures for Japan and South Korea (where comparable debts are around 30%). Moody's estimates that bringing the leverage of those firms down to more manageable levels would cost more than $400bn (£308bn). At the same time, China's own finance ministry has warned that some local authorities are struggling to meet day-to-day operating costs, as they find themselves caught between supporting often inefficient local businesses - making steel, for example - or funding the unpaid debts and unemployment costs associated with shutting down or reforming the mainstays of regional economies. Now, China certainly has deep pockets. Its foreign currency reserves stand at more than $3tn and its annual current account surplus is $200bn. So, debt sustainability is not a near and present danger. But, if the old joke is that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold, when it comes to China, it only has to think about reaching for its handkerchief and the global economy can suffer a fit of the vapours. When China announced weaker-than-expected economic data at the beginning of 2016, world stock markets went into free fall and commodity prices tumbled. In 2010, average Chinese growth hovered around 10%. It is now between 6% and 7%. More manageable than the heady days of seven years ago, yes, but there are fears that a lack of economic reform could see growth fall to 5% as President Xi Jinping balances the drive for a more efficient economy (with all the dislocating restructuring costs and possible job losses that could incur) with the need to keep political tension to a minimum. In a jittery world, China's debt mountain can loom larger than the fundamentals suggest. And Moody's downgrade is just one straw in the wind. Asian stock markets hardly paused for breath when it was announced earlier this morning and warnings of a "hard landing" for the Chinese economy have been oft-predicted and not materialised. But, Chinese bond yields are rising as investors demand a higher risk premium for funding the government's liabilities. There is no need to rush for the lifeboats yet. However, it's probably worth knowing where they are.

In his new book Grave New World, Stephen King says: "For better or worse, China is simply too big to be ignored."

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UK Anti-Doping figures reveal players from Wales make up 33% of all sportsmen and women serving drugs bans. An ex-player, who took drugs, told BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme he is surprised more have not been banned. But WRU chief Martyn Phillips is not "overly concerned" because the number tested is proportionately higher than in other rugby unions and sports. The player, who would not be named, said: "It's totally off-the-scale. I think people are probably blind to it and if the truth came out I think there would be probably a lot more players who are banned from playing." The numbers caught are a small percentage of the thousands that play rugby, however 17 Welsh rugby union and league players, from grassroots to semi-pro, are currently banned, with the majority found to have traces of anabolic steroids in their systems. Ten of those banned are from rugby union and form the majority of the 16 players banned from the sport across the UK. UK Anti-Doping said the other seven are among 14 players banned from rugby league. The programme questioned 100 players from grassroots rugby union clubs and found 15 admitted to using some form of performance enhancing drug. Only five of that 100 said they had been drug tested in the past three years. Anti-doping expert Prof Yannis Pitsiladis, from the University of Brighton, said: "They can be quite confident when they go into testing that they won't be caught because the current testing will not be able to detect those drugs, because they are no longer in the system." But he said improvements in anti-doping technology and the ability to now keep samples for up to 10 years means athletes currently cheating may be caught in the future. UK Anti-Doping's chief executive Nicole Sapstead admitted keeping up with drug cheats is a constant battle. "I think if people really want to cheat the system they'll find a way," she said. "In an ideal world we'd be testing all sports all the time but that's not a reality for any anti-doping organisation in the world." Last week Merthyr Rugby Club player Owen Morgan, 25, and Glynneath RFC's Greg Roberts, 28, were banned for four years and two years respectively. Mr Morgan tested positive for the anabolic steroid drostanolone and the stimulant benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine. Mr Roberts tested positive for tamoxifen, which can be used for cancer treatment. WRU's Mr Phillips said: "It's a problem in society to start with. "I wouldn't sit here and say that it's not an issue in rugby because the fact that one player getting banned is one too many as far as I'm concerned. "So the challenge for us, not just in rugby but in sport generally, is we've got to try and get it out of the game. I don't think that's going to be easy. "The fact that we've caught people suggests there's an issue. So my job now is to get closer to that and to make sure we just become the best we can be to try and remove the problem." Chris Thair, chief operating officer of Wales Rugby League, called the figures a "wake-up call". He said: "It's a spike in the figures compared to previous years and it's not a great situation for the sport to be in. "It's not just a rugby issue, it's a huge global issue for all sports, and it's a challenge for everybody and we've got to do more." Week In Week Out, Rugby: Dirty Steroid Secret? Tuesday, 24 November, at 22:35 GMT on BBC One Wales

Steroid abuse is "off-the-scale" in Welsh grassroots and semi-professional rugby, it has been claimed.

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Once Kyle Abbott dismissed Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews for 59 in the third over of the day in Port Elizabeth, the tone was set. Abbott (2-38), Kagiso Rabada (3-77) and Keshav Maharaj (3-86) all played their part as they went 1-0 up in the series. Stephen Cook's second-innings 117 had set the home side up for the win. South Africa are on track for a third-straight series win after losing their number one ranking at the start of the year. The second game in the three-match series starts in Cape Town on 2 January.

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 206 runs thanks to a five-wicket haul in the first 14 overs on the final day of the first Test.

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Dr Rose Polge, 25, who worked at Torbay Hospital in Devon, was found off Portland Bill, Dorset, in April. Hazel Polge, who said her sister worked long hours, has set up a fundraising campaign to help "prevent such a tragedy" happening again. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust refused to comment about Dr Polge's health or work situation. More than £4,000 in donations has been raised for mental health charity Mind and Dartmoor Search and Rescue, which helped look for the missing junior doctor. Dr Polge's car and hoodie were found near Anstey's Cove, Torbay in February. Writing on a fundraising website, Miss Polge said: "All Rose's colleagues are missing her hard work, friendliness and approachability. "Her stunning smile, infectious enthusiasm, kindness and inquisitive nature made her popular with all people she met." She said she was a "sweet, beautiful, kind, loving woman" and "she will never be forgotten". Regarding the fundraising, she added: "Even if just one person was saved, to their family that would be everything." Dr Rob Dyer, medical director at the hospital trust, said: "Our thoughts continue to be with Rose's family and loved ones as they struggle to come to terms with her loss. "I believe they are entitled to privacy and I do not wish to comment publicly about Rose's health or work circumstances. "I know from experience just how challenging the demands of the role [training as a junior doctor] can be [and] at Torbay Hospital, we take our duty of care to staff very seriously." The BBC understands a note found in Dr Polge's car related mainly to personal issues, but included a passing reference to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Friday 12 February - Rose Polge's car is found in a car park near Ansteys Cove in Torbay Saturday 13 February - The family and boyfriend of Dr Polge join more than 100 people searching the area around Ansteys Cove Sunday 14 February - Torbay Hospital confirms that Rose Polge works there as a junior doctor. Monday 15 February - Colin Smith of Royston Hockey Club, where Dr Polge played, said: "We just don't know what we can do." Tuesday 16 February - Dr Polge's family release a statement saying they are "overwhelmed" by the support from her friends and colleagues Friday 19 February - Police announce hunt for Dr Polge has been scaled down, saying there is "no structured search going on" Friday 1 April - A woman's body is recovered from the sea east of Portland Headland in Dorset Monday 11 April - Police announce the discovery and say relatives of Dr Polge have been informed Monday 18 April - Police confirm the body is that of Dr Polge

A junior doctor whose body was found in the sea suffered from "work-related anxiety", her sister has said.

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The biggest football match in the nation's history ended 2-0 to Portugal in the semi-final on Wednesday. Thousands of Welsh fans travelled to France for the historic game in Lyon. Prime Minister David Cameron and Wales' First Minister Carywn Jones were among those to give praise. Mr Cameron tweeted: "Well done to @FAWales for their fantastic performance during #Euro2016. You've inspired a nation and made Britain proud." Mr Jones said: "Very proud again tonight. Sad it's over but @FAWales and fans fantastic throughout this historic #EURO2016. Diolch. #TogetherStronger." Despite their loss and their defeat to England in the early rounds of the tournament, Wales are set to move above their rivals in the Fifa world rankings to 11th while England are placed 13th. Wales star Gareth Bale thanked fans for their support after the match, tweeting: "No regrets tonight, we gave everything. Thank you for all the support!! #TogetherStronger." The team had surpassed the wildest expectations of their fans over four thrilling weeks in the tournament. More than 20,000 supporters were estimated to have travelled to Lyon, with thousands more watching at fan zones around Wales. But two quick goals early in the second half of the semi-final in Lyon from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani dashed Wales' hopes of reaching the final. Wales started the tournament as 100/1 outsiders but they beat Northern Ireland and Belgium in the knockout stages to reach the last four. Fans in Lyon were quick to praise their team's efforts despite bowing out of the tournament so close to the end. Mark Morgan, of Brecon, Powys, 24, who watched the defeat in the Lyon fan zone, said: "I'm very proud of the team. Why wouldn't you be proud?" "A squad of our players should not be getting here, let's be honest, but we've done it and I'm very proud," he added. "I've been in tears in four games." Nick True, 40, of Cardiff, said: "I'm a bit gutted but also quite uplifted. "I think we've done well. It's hard to be positive in the face of a defeat but if you look at where we have come from, and how we've managed with the bigger and better teams, it's the team spirit that's done it." Brian Harry, 47, who lives near Mold, Flintshire, said: "It's the first time in my life time that we've been in a tournament. "We couldn't have done better. I came all the way over here [to Lyon] just for this and I'm just so proud of the boys. They've done Wales proud." Other sports men and women took to Twitter to show their support for the Wales team after the match. Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas, who is currently competing in the Tour de France, tweeted: "Well the dream is over... But the boys have done themselves and Wales proud!! Fought until the end!!" Former Wales player Robbie Savage wrote: "Well done Portugal the better team, what a header by Ronaldo, but the boys have made us all so proud of our country #cymruambyth." Manic Street Preachers, who wrote Wales official tournament song, tweeted: "Wales we still love you - you have made us so proud - it's been a beautiful dream - from the bottom of our hearts THANK YOU - xxxxxxx."

Wales' dream of becoming the first British team in 50 years to reach the final of a major tournament is over after they were knocked out of Euro 2016.

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The early work, carried out on mice and pigs, reveals the protein-infused patch encourages the growth of healthy cells and leads to less scarring. Scarring can be common after a heart attack, making the heart pump less effectively and sometimes fail. Writing in the journal Nature, researchers say the patch may one day revolutionise treatment. During an attack, muscle cells in the heart die because of a lack of blood flow and scientists believe repairing or replacing some of these cells may help reduce long-term damage. In this trial an international team of researchers soaked a collagen patch in a protein known as Fstl1 and stitched it on to the hearts of animals who had experienced heart attacks. Though the protein occurs naturally in healthy hearts, it becomes depleted in a key layer of the heart after an attack. Two weeks later the hearts began to grow fresh muscle cells and new blood vessels, while showing signs of pumping more effectively. Prof Pilar Ruiz-Lozano at Stanford University (which has patented the patch), said: "Many were so sick prior to getting the patch that they would have been candidates for heart transplantation. "The hope is that a similar procedure could eventually be used in human heart attack patients who suffer severe heart damage." Commenting on the study in Nature, Prof Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic at Columbia University, said the work "could lead to entirely new modalities for treating heart infarction". But she cautioned that further studies needed to be done to understand whether this type of approach would work on larger animals and ultimately humans.

A prototype patch could help the repair the damage caused by a heart attack, scientists say.

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The pair have never met at Flushing Meadows but could face each other in the semi-finals this year. "I'd be happy to play him here - I don't think we are thinking that far ahead," said Federer. Women's world number one Karolina Pliskova, defending champion Angelique Kerber and Britain's Aljaz Bedene are also in action on day two. Czech Pliskova opens play on Arthur Ashe Stadium at 16:00 BST against Poland's Magda Linette, followed by Germany's Kerber against Naomi Osaka of Japan. "When I came here one week ago and I stepped on the site, a lot of great memories came back," said Kerber. "It's a great feeling for sure to be back here at the US Open, for me it's a really special place." Top seed Nadal begins against Serbia's Dusan Lajovic in the third match on Ashe at about 20:00 BST. Find out how to get into tennis in our special guide. Third seed Federer faces American teenager Frances Tiafoe in the second night match at about 02:00 on Tuesday, after American Madison Keys plays Belgian Elise Mertens. "It's good to be number one of the world again, of course," said Nadal, who replaced Andy Murray at the top of the rankings earlier this month. "I think it's a good achievement after three years having some troubles. So I'm just happy for that, excited to start the US Open." Bedene plays Andrey Rublev of Russia in the fourth match on court 11 at approximately 23:00.

Title favourites Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will begin their US Open campaigns in New York on Tuesday.

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Sharnford Traffic Action Group (STAG) said some motorists were clocked at "eye watering" speeds topping 100mph. It has campaigned against dangerous driving on Aston Lane and the B4114 in Leicestershire for more than 10 years. The county council has offered to install speed bumps on Aston Lane at a cost of £12,000 to the parish council. More on this story and other news in Leicestershire Motorists have been recorded by the village's speed monitor, which is moved around Sharnford - located near Hinckley and about 11 miles (17.7 km) from Leicester. STAG, which owns the monitor, sends the speeds of the vehicles to Leicestershire Police and the county council every month. It said according to its data, more than 13,000 motorists drove above 50mph in a 30mph zone in the past year and about 562,000 since November 2015. In the space of about 15 months, a total of 2.75m vehicles travelled through the village and about one in five - around 21% - were speeding, the data suggested. The group claims that if they had the powers to fine drivers the charges would total £5.6m. Sharnford parish councillor Mike Shirley, secretary of STAG, said: "The eye-watering figures demonstrate the inarguable need for proper, enforceable speed monitoring 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the interests of safety." He added that homes have been damaged, lampposts and signs felled and pedestrians knocked over by lorries trying to navigate the narrow streets. Leicestershire County Council said their own speed survey showed the village would "not qualify" for speed cameras and it cannot afford to build a bypass without government funding.

Villagers who set up their own speed monitor say they have recorded more than half a million drivers breaking the 30mph limit since November 2015.

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The Office for National Statistics said industrial output fell 0.7% compared with January, when it dropped 0.3%. Unexpectedly warm weather drove the change, because it led to a fall in electricity and gas demand, the ONS said. Construction output fell by 1.7% in February, down from a revised January reading of zero growth. The construction figure, the biggest drop in nearly a year, was mainly the result of a 2.6% fall in the housebuilding sector. Meanwhile, the UK's deficit in goods and services widened to £3.7bn in February, from a revised figure of £3bn in January. According to the ONS, the deficit was fuelled by what it called "erratic items", such as imports of gold and aircraft. "The overall trade deficit worsened, but excluding erratic items, the picture improved, as imports fell more than exports," said ONS senior statistician Kate Davies. Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Markit, called the figures "a disappointing package of data for the UK economy which fuels suspicion that GDP growth slowed markedly, largely due to consumers becoming more cautious". He added: "We suspect UK GDP growth in the first quarter of 2017 slowed to 0.4% quarter-on-quarter from 0.7% quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter of 2016 - this would be the weakest growth rate since the first quarter of 2016."

Activity in the UK's industrial and construction sectors shrank in February, new figures show.

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The Sentencing Council also suggests judges could give longer sentences to offenders who film their victims. In a new consultation, the body says judges should closely consider the complex and damaging effect that a crime has on a victim. The proposed new guidelines cover virtually all sexual offences. The Sentencing Council is responsible for trying to ensure consistency in criminal sentencing across all courts in England and Wales and it draws up complex guidelines to assist judges. The council said that its proposed guidelines for sexual offences aim to update the way the courts deal with 54 crimes, to take into account the tactics and technologies used by offenders, as well as the long-term damage done to a victim. The guidelines cover almost every sexual offence that is recognised in the UK, from voyeurism to rape, and, if adopted, would play a key role in dealing with people convicted of historic allegations of sexual abuse when victims have come forward decades after the event. In the 14-week consultation, the council said that judges should be able to send offenders to jail for longer where modern technology proves to be an aggravating factor in increasing the victim's suffering - such as filming abuse of a sexual assault and then distributing it to others. Judges are concerned that they have seen a worrying increase in the number of cases where rapists have filmed their attack and the victim. Previously the focus in sentencing has been largely on the physical act of the crime, such as which part of a body was violated, because the law defines each individual offence in a quite technical way. The council's new guidelines make clear that this form of sentencing does not take sufficient account the potentially catastrophic long-term effect on the victim. Under the new guidelines, judges would also be able to jail those guilty of so-called "one-off" rapes for a maximum of 19 years, a sentence that is currently only for offenders who attack more than once. Judges can also take into account the behaviour of an offender before the specific offence, such as whether they use drugs and alcohol as part of their targeting. Sentencing for sexual offences against children should also look at how the victim has been groomed or whether the assailant was in a position of trust. Lord Justice Treacy of the council said: "We're improving guidance for courts to help them deal with these incredibly complex, sensitive and serious offences. "The perspective of victims is central to the council's considerations. We want to ensure sentences reflect everything the victim has been through and what the offender has done. "We are looking at the whole context, not just the physical offence but also the tactics employed by offenders like grooming activity, the targeting of vulnerable victims or abuse of a position of trust. "No one wants more people becoming victims, so protecting the public is a vital part of our proposals, whether this is by jailing offenders or through rigorous treatment to stop them reoffending." Psychological impact is already taken into consideration in assault and burglary guidelines, but Lord Justice Treacy told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that "current [sexual offence] guidelines don't concentrate enough on the perspective of victims". Sexual violence campaigner Jill Saward, who was raped by two burglars who broke into her home in Ealing, London, in 1986, welcomed the proposals. "For too long, the impact that [sexual violence] has had on victims has been neglected in the whole justice process," she said. In the aftermath of her attack, she saw a psychotherapist, a psycho-analyst and psychiatrist, but that was not mentioned in court, she said. At the sentencing of her attackers, Mr Justice Leonard said that her trauma "had not been so great" - a comment he was censured for and apologised for later in his life. "That reflected how little understanding there was. I'd been suicidal three times, I'd had post-traumatic stress disorder, which wasn't really recognised then," she said. She added that victims often felt a sense of responsibility to other potential victims, and were relieved when their rapist was locked up for a long time, thereby preventing further attacks.

Sentences for rapists and other sex offenders in England and Wales could become tougher to recognise the long-term psychological harm they cause.

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The athlete set records for the fastest marathon for a double amputee and has won two Paralympic 200m gold medals. Photographer David Baird has charted Whitehead's progress for many years, including his training build-up to the Games. Whitehead said the resulting exhibition was "quite special". "There's lots of photos around my 40 marathons in 40 days and the success and the struggle that we had in that, but also the training towards London and Rio and the different aspects of training," he said. "The ability to showcase your talent on different levels but also what goes into it is quite special. "For me this is really important to show not just what my success looks like but also the people involved in that." The runner, from Nottingham, successfully defended his Paralympic gold medal in the 200m T42 in Rio after taking up the discipline because there was no marathon in his category. In 2013 he ran from John O'Groats to Land's End in 40 back to back marathons. Mr Baird said the photographs give people a sense of the training required and is now working with Paralympic hopefuls. "Quite often in training it looks very lonely, all that time in the gym and on the track. "The athletes get a lot of exposure during the games but they can be forgotten for the years in between, I think it's important they get the recognition for the preparation work they do." Mr Baird's exhibition will be at Sneinton Market, in Nottingham.

Photographs celebrating the success of world record Paralympian Richard Whitehead - dubbed Britain's bladerunner - have gone on display.

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Helen Zille said the "time was right" for her to step aside, adding that the DA would benefit from fresh blood. She will remain as premier of Western Cape province until 2019. Ms Zille, a former journalist and anti-apartheid campaigner, has led the party since 2007. "These kinds of decisions are a long time coming, but in the end they are made suddenly," she said. Ms Zille was born in 1951 to German immigrants. She has been a staunch defender of South Africa's liberal constitution, keeping a check on the leading ANC party's overwhelming power. In the past, she has openly criticised President Jacob Zuma and led a campaign to bring him before the courts to face allegations of bribery. Mr Zuma denied the claims, insisting he was the victim of a "political conspiracy". The DA's support is mainly concentrated in the Western Cape, which has a large white and mixed-race population, but Ms Zille had tried to make inroads into the black electorate.

The leader of South Africa's opposition, the Democratic Alliance, has said she will not stand for re-election at the party's congress next month.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Doull emulated fellow Welshman Geraint Thomas, who won at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, by helping Great Britain win team pursuit gold in world record time. The 23-year-old joined record-breaking Sir Bradley Wiggins, Steven Burke and Ed Clancy to beat the world champions. "That was just surreal, it feels dreamlike" said the Cardiff rider. Media playback is not supported on this device "We've been in situations like that before when we've been so close and have lost so to pull it off now is unbelievable." He had previously won silver medals at the 2015 and 2016 World Championship - this year to the Australian team - but Doull earned Olympic redemption to add to the four Welsh silver medallists in Rio. "I've dreamt of this moment for so long," added Doull. "It's what gets you out of the bed in the morning. I've pictured crossing that line first and winning the Olympics and to finally be here and do it, it's just surreal. It's a culmination of four years of hard work." Swimmer Jazz Carlin, rower Victoria Thornley and rugby sevens players Sam Cross and James Davies had already enjoyed podium finishes before Doull secured Wales' seventh gold in the last three Olympics. Wales had not won an Olympic title in 36 years when Nicole Cooke stormed to women's road race gold in 2008 - the first Welsh cycling medal ever at an Olympics. But since Cooke's win in Beijing, Wales have won three more cycling gold medals - and could win a fifth on Saturday when Elinor Barker will help the British world record holding women bid for team pursuit gold. Doull - who started cycling at the Maindy Fliers club in Cardiff like Thomas and Barker - had helped the Great Britain team to lower the world record in their heat demolition of New Zealand. But Team GB were quickly behind in Friday's final as Australia led by 0.7 seconds at the halfway mark, before GB reeled them in and then pulled away in the final 500m to win the 4km race by 0.83 seconds - in a world record time of three minutes, 50.265 seconds. Doull's team-mate Wiggins became the first Briton to win eight Olympic medals - five golds, one silver and two bronzes - as GB won a third successive team pursuit Olympic title. "It gives you such confidence....you've got Brad on my right behind me and I've got Burke and Ed down below me," said Doull. "It's Burke's second Olympic title in his discipline, it's Ed's third and he's the most decorated Yorkshireman, so he keeps telling me, so to have that calibre of team is just massive and it gives you such confidence."

Owain Doull has won Wales' first gold of the 2016 Olympics as he helped the Great Britain men's team pursuit defend their cycling title in Rio.

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NHS Digital confirmed so many NHS staff use the search engine that it had started asking them to take a quiz to verify they were "not a robot". News site the Register reported one NHS Trust had told staff to "use Bing" instead. Google indicated its systems were designed to spot unusual traffic and were working as intended. Detecting suspicious traffic from one network can help defeat potential cyber-attacks, such as attempts to try to overwhelm a website. The BBC understands Google is not deliberately singling out NHS traffic. A Google spokeswoman said: "Our systems are simply checking that searches are being carried out by humans and not by robots in order to keep web users safe. Once a user has filled out the Captcha [security check], they can continue to use Google as normal." The NHS is one of the biggest employers in the world, with more than a million members of staff. An email sent by an NHS system administrator suggested the number of staff using the search engine was "causing Google to think it is suffering from a cyber-attack". NHS Digital told the Register: "We are aware of the current issue concerning NHS IP addresses which occasionally results in users being directed to a simple verification form when accessing Google. "We are currently in discussion with Google as to how we can help them to resolve the issue." NHS Digital was unable to suggest what NHS staff may be searching for using Google.

NHS staff using Google's search engine has triggered one of its cybersecurity defences.

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Beauly will be the only representatives of the lower leagues in the semi-final draw at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay on Monday 11 July. This follows a heroic 1-1 draw away to in-form Kinlochshiel in which Beauly held a lead for more than half the game. Lochaber also came close to creating an upset when they forced Kyles to come from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw at Tighnabruich. Camanachd Cup rules require drawn games to be replayed. Meanwhile, at The Eilan, Newtonmore cruised to a 4-0 lead over Skye who then struck back with two late goals. Kilmallie showed little regard for Oban Camanachd's Premiership status and went ahead three times in the first half through Liam MacDonald, Brian MacKay and Duncan Rodger only to be pulled back on each occasion by MacCuish. Connor Howe then got Camanachd's winner just after the hour. Marc MacLachlan opened for Beauly after just three minutes and it was 11 minutes into the second half before John MacRae struck for Shiel to take the tie to a replay at Braeview. Ben Delaney got Lochaber's opener and Dunky Kerr Kyles' first equaliser just before half time. Neil MacDonald shot Lochaber ahead again and Grant Irvine secured Kyles' second bite at the cherry at Spean Bridge. An Evan Menzies double in the first half and one each from Norman Campbell and Iain Robinson in the second had Newtonmore on easy street. Jordan Murchison struck back with two in the last six minutes but by then it was too late for Skye. In the Marine Harvest National Division a goal in each half from Alan MacDonald helped Inveraray to a 4-1 victory on Bute which extended their lead to four points. The new second-placers in the five horse race for this title are Glasgow Mid Argyll who have three games in hand. This followed a 12-0 rout at Ballachulish where Gary Luke with a hat-trick headed a list of seven different scorers.

Andrew MacCuish scored a hat-trick of equalisers for Oban Camanachd before the highly-fancied Premiership side eventually edged into the semi-finals of the Camanachd Cup 4-3 at Kilmallie.

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He will make 19 speeches during his tour of Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic (CAR) and they will probably address these issues: He is expected to focus on religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence at a time of rising political instability and extremism in much of the region. Security is expected to be tight throughout the trip, as the faithful flock to see this popular Pope, who has previously said that Christians would be wrong to equate Islam with violence. His first stop, Kenya, has seen some of the worst Islamist violence: Two years ago, gunmen from the Somali militant group al-Shabab massacred at least 67 people inside Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall. In Uganda, his second stop, al-Shabab bombed sports bars in Kampala where fans were watching the 2010 football World Cup on TV. Many think the third stop on his trip, the CAR, is too dangerous for him to visit. The Pope's visit to the capital, Bangui, where many have died in violence between largely Muslim Seleka rebels and mainly Christian "anti-balaka" militias, is seen as his most dangerous yet - but potentially also one of his most fruitful as a peace-maker. In short: He will probably urge Christians and Muslims to get along. 2. Poverty This is a Pope who has been hailed as the champion of a church for the poor. His emphasis on the developing world, and the example of simplicity he sets in his own life, will be welcomed in countries where corruption in public life is often seen as an issue. His capacity to look beyond Europe and embrace the concerns of people around the world is also likely to endear him to the faithful, and to those of other faiths, as this Pope from the southern hemisphere offers a message of hope to the dispossessed, and the struggling. In Kenya, 75% of the wealth is owned by around 1% of the population, so Pope Francis's message may well prove popular among many of the remaining 99%. He is likely to criticise inequality and corruption and will visit Kenya's multi-ethnic Kangemi slum - home to around 100,000 people. In short: He will probably criticise corruption and inequality. With international climate change talks starting in Paris on 30 November, many will be listening closely to what Pope Francis has to say when he speaks in Nairobi to the UN's Environment Programme. His encyclical on the environment, "Laudato Si" published earlier this year, raised hackles among big business in the US with its apocalyptic warning that humankind risks turning the earth into a "vast pile of filth" by mistreating the planet. The Pope is unlikely to mince his words. He will probably emphasise the need for the developed world to stop abusing the planet for profit and to the detriment of the poor, whom he sees as the victims of climate change. In short: He will probably tell big business to think of the poor. LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) activists, especially in Uganda, would like the Pope to encourage greater tolerance and speak out against the criminalisation of homosexuality in many African countries. In the past, when the Pope was asked about a gay priest he said, "Who am I to judge?" However, the recent Synod on the Family in Rome did not budge on the issue of greater acceptance within the Church for gay Catholics. Might he directly address the discrimination against gay and lesbian communities on a continent where being gay is often still a crime? Activists certainly hope so. They think it could make an enormous difference to attitudes in the continent. Attitudes like that of Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah who told the Synod that what Nazi and Communist ideology were to the 20th Century, so the twin "beasts" of "Western homosexual and abortion ideologies, and Islamic fanaticism" were for the 21st. In short: He is unlikely to lecture Africa on LGBT rights. The Pope once said that Catholics did not have to breed "like rabbits", before the Vatican clarified his remarks to insist that he was not speaking out against large families. However, many international aid agencies and some Western governments would like the Roman Catholic Church to give up its opposition to artificial contraception, especially its ban on the use of condoms, to help people on a continent where Aids/HIV remains a problem. Pope Francis is likely to meet people with HIV, but unlikely to budge on contraception. Large Catholic families are helping to ensure that Africa becomes an ever more important part of the Church. And the Synod on the Family in October reiterated the Church's hostility towards aid programmes that try to link development aid to the use of artificial contraception. In short: He is unlikely to scrap the Catholic ban on contraception. Five African countries with the most Catholics: 1. Democratic Republic of Congo: 31 million 2. Nigeria: 20 million 3. Tanzania: 14.2 million 4. Uganda: 14.1 million 5. Angola: 10.8 million Christianity is projected to be sub-Saharan Africa's largest religious group by 2050 with 1.1bn followers from 517 million in 2010. The Muslim population is expected to grow at faster rate, rising from 248 million to 670 million. Source: Pew research centre

Pope Francis will go to Africa for the first time this week, visiting a refugee camp, a slum and a mosque.

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Bydd yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn cael ei chynnal ym Modedern ar Ynys Môn rhwng 4-12 Awst. Mae'r Goron eleni yn cael ei noddi gan Ferched y Wawr i nodi penblwydd y mudiad yn 50. Cafodd ei llunio gan y gof arian, John Price, a aeth ati i gyfuno delweddau o atyniadau'r ynys, ynghyd â chennin pedr, sy'n cynrychioli Merched y Wawr. Dywedodd John Price: "Mae cymaint o ysbrydoliaeth yn nhirwedd ac yng ngyhyfoeth diwylliannol Môn, a gobeithio bod y Goron hon yn adlewyrchiad o gyfraniad Merched y Wawr ac Ynys Môn i ni fel cenedl." Eleni mae'r Gadair yn cael ei chyflwyno am awdl o dan y teitl 'Arwr' neu 'Arwres'. Yr Arwr oedd teitl yr awdl ganrif yn ôl hefyd, yn Eisteddfod y Gadair Ddu ym Mhenbedw lle daeth gwaith Hedd Wyn i'r brig. Mae Cadair 2017 wedi'i chreu'n rhannol o goed ynn a derw sydd wedi cael eu llifio o goed a dyfodd ar dir Yr Ysgwrn, cartref Ellis Humphrey Evans, sef "Hedd Wyn" yn Nhrawsfynydd. Crefftwr ifanc o Ysbyty Ifan, Rhodri Owen, sydd wedi cynllunio a chreu'r gadair eleni. "Fe fûm yn ystyried siapiau'r offer ac arfau a fyddai'n cael eu defnyddio'n ddyddiol mewn ardal wledig ganrif yn ôl, gan eu datblygu a'u mewnosod yn y cynllun. "Mae'r ddwy goes ôl yn codi tua'r 'lloer' ac ar siap pladuriaid, a gwaelod y cefn ar siap dau haearn marcio." Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri, sy'n gyfrifol am gartref Hedd Wyn, Yr Ysgwrn, yw noddwyr y Gadair eleni. Cafodd y Goron a'r Gadair eu derbyn gan Gadeirydd y Pwyllgor Gwaith Lleol, Derec Llwyd Morgan, ar ran yr Eisteddfod.

Cafodd Cadair a Choron Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Ynys Môn eu cyflwyno i bwyllgor gwaith y Brifwyl mewn seremoni yn Llangefni nos Lun.

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John Morley, 29, of Deanstown, Finglas West, is alleged to have carried out a sustained weekend attack at the Chimney Corner Hotel in Mallusk. The victim, Derek White, was said to have been stabbed in the chest and leg. Mr Morley, is charged with the attempted wounding of Mr White and possession of an offensive weapon with intent to commit an offence. He is further accused of disorderly behaviour and possession of Class B drugs, namely cannabis. He will not be released from custody until all conditions are met - including the lodgement of a £2,000 cash surety. Police detained him after being called to the hotel just outside north Belfast in the early hours of Sunday. Paramedics were already on the scene treating Mr White, who is believed to be aged in his 30s. At the defendant's first appearance before Belfast Magistrates' Court it was alleged that he chased the victim through the hotel with a flick knife. A police officer revealed the two men had travelled to Northern Ireland with their children for a football match.

A Dublin man accused of stabbing his friend in a County Antrim hotel has been granted bail.

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Goals from Ellen White and Rachel Yankey set up a game against France in Leverkusen on Saturday. "We had a game plan, the girls implemented it, we've topped the group and it can only increase our confidence," Powell told BBC Sport. "We were very, very good and I'm so proud of how well the girls played." England needed to avoid defeat against Japan to be sure of reaching the last eight. They got off to the perfect start when White's lob put them ahead after 15 minutes, with Yankey's clever finish in the second half wrapping up the points. "The ambition was to get out of the group," added Powell. "We're still in the competition, we're not going home and that is brilliant for England. "We made some changes to the team and they worked out, but we always knew it was going to be a squad game. Our opponents from now on doesn't matter. "Sophie Bradley was enormous, Jess Clarke did a job in the first half, we changed a few things and the girls did really well." White, who impressed throughout the game and could have had a second goal when her acrobatic volley was tipped over, admitted scoring was a dream come true. "It's indescribable, the feeling of scoring in a World Cup," said White. "It's the pinnacle of your career to play in this tournament. "I don't know what came over me for that," she said of her near-miss. "I was pretty unlucky but I'm pleased I got on the scoresheet to help the team. "We stuck together as a team and implemented the game plan, which we try and do every game but this one really worked. "We always had somebody kind of filling in, always there pressing the ball and worked really hard for 90 minutes and got the end product. "I think we deserved to win the game in the end. I'm so pleased we got the three points and we topped the group. "We know that if you want to be the best you have to beat the best, so we're happy to take anyone on now we're in the quarters. "They are a great team, Japan, and they put up a real fight and it was a hard game so it was a great win for us and a good team performance."

England women's coach Hope Powell praised her players after they beat Japan 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

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The footage shows gunmen beating and shooting a group of prisoners who were cowering on the floor. It has been alleged that Islamist militants carried out the attack after seizing army checkpoints on Thursday. Unconfirmed reports say troops have now quit all bases near the strategic northern town of Saraqeb. The town lies near the main roads linking Aleppo to Damascus and the coastal city of Latakia. The army, meanwhile, continued its air strikes across Syria on Thursday. In all, more than 150 people reportedly died in fighting, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group. The SOHR said that among the victims were more than 70 government soldiers, 43 civilians and 38 rebels. The claim has not been independently verified. In other developments: The alleged shootings took place after the rebels overran the strategic army checkpoints between on Thursday. The video appears to show agitated rebels kicking and pushing the soldiers or pro-government militiamen, known locally as "shabiha", to the ground inside one of the seized buildings. Shots are then fired into the cowering mass of bodies. Rupert Colville, of the UN High Commission for Human Rights, said it appeared that the victims "were no longer combatants and therefore, at this point, it looks very like a war crime". He added that the video, if proved to be genuine, would almost certainly form part of a future prosecution. Rights group Amnesty said in a statement: "This shocking footage depicts a potential war crime in progress, and demonstrates an utter disregard for international humanitarian law by the armed group in question." No group has so far admitted carrying out the alleged killings. However, a rebel fighter from Idlib province, Abu Abdul Rahim, told the Guardian that a Salafi-jihadist group was behind the killings, which he said had occurred in al-Nayrab, to the west of Saraqeb. He said Salafists of the Dawood brigade and Suqur al-Sham did not answer to any military council affiliated to the rebel Free Syrian Army. For months, activists have reported similar summary killings by government forces virtually every day. But there has been mounting evidence of similar tactics being used by some rebel groups too, although many have signed a code of practice banning such abuses, says the BBC's Jim Muir in neighbouring Lebanon. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earlier warned that radical Islamist fighters were trying to hijack the Syrian revolution. The comments have drawn an angry response from some opposition leaders, who say that it is the failure of the outside world to support the uprising with practical help that has left the field open to the radicals. The SOHR says more than 36,000 people have been killed since protests against President Bashar al-Assad erupted in March 2011. The SOHR is one of the most prominent organisations documenting and reporting incidents and casualties in the Syrian conflict. It says its reports are impartial, though its information cannot be independently verified.

A video appearing to show Syrian rebels murdering soldiers or pro-government militiamen could be evidence of a war crime, the UN has said.

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However, there were people in the TV industry who thought the cast would struggle to find work once their time on the show was up. Some of the actors were warned that they wouldn't be able to shake off their sulky, angry, teen characters. But when you look at the careers of Dev Patel and Jack O'Connell for example, they couldn't have been more wrong. Kaya Scodelario was one of the longest-serving members of the cast, appearing in series one to four as Effy Stonem. She went on to appear in sci-fi thriller Maze Runner and is now in Australia filming the next instalment of Pirates of The Caribbean with Johnny Depp. Nicholas Hoult was the only member of the main cast who had serious acting experience. He'd starred in About a Boy with Hugh Grant in 2002. He has since gone on to play Beast in the X-Men prequels and will soon be seen starring opposite Kristen Stewart in a film called Equals. Dev Patel's first job after playing Anwar Kharral in series one and two, took him from London to India and to the Oscars with Slumdog Millionaire. He told Newsbeat, he never would have got that role without Skins. "My career started off because Danny Boyle's daughter was a fan of the show, that is how I got an audition for Slumdog." He has two films out in cinemas at the moment, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Dame Judi Dench and Chappie, starring alongside Sigourney Weaver and Hugh Jackman. Jack O'Connell, who played Cook in series three and four, was hand-picked by Angelina Jolie to star in her most recent movie Unbroken. The 24-year-old also picked up the Rising Star Award at this year's Baftas. Fans of Game of Thrones will be familiar with Joe Dempsie and Hannah Murray who play Gendry and Gilly respectively. It is, of course, not unusual for an actor from a British television show to find success in Hollywood films. What is unusual is the amount of stars that were discovered from one single teen drama on a digital channel. So how were the makers of Skins able to spot so many talented young actors? Co-creator Bryan Elsley told Newsbeat they made a conscious decision to hold open auditions. "There are really good kids working from agencies and drama schools but just on that one occasion we decided to go a different way," he explained. "We felt if we had young people playing characters the same age as themselves, and those actors weren't too trained, it would have a more natural feel." It sounds quite risky, but Bryan said the show was such a small project to begin with, they were able to take that approach. Jack O'Connell credits the whole team for the actors' future success. "I think they knew if they were going to identify that genre, that era, that generation, they needed people on the ground level," he said. "A writing team that understood, they got that right first and then I guess they chose to cast exciting people. "I feel very fortunate to be involved in the show but I don't think it was a coincidence that we all came through there." Piers Wenger is the head of drama at Channel 4 and he thinks it was the opportunities the cast had to stretch themselves that helped nurture their talent. "They had the opportunity to do properly complex [roles], rather than just two dimensional ones," he said. "It is extraordinary, in the past soap operas had been the sort of places where young people had been able to do their first job. "That would have been your only break, but time's are changing. "I think thanks to shows like Skins, unconventional approaches to casting are becoming more and more common." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

E4's teen drama Skins won numerous awards and gained a cult following over its seven series.

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The roll-on roll-off vehicle and passenger vessel is the third of its type to be built for CalMac and will be part of its Clyde and Hebrides fleet. The hybrid ferry, named "Catriona", was launched on Friday morning by Transport Minister Derek Mackay. It was very briefly delayed when the ferry needed some gentle persuasion on the slipway. After the launch bottle smashed, onlookers had a few nervous moments to wait as workers helped the vessel on its way. The ship is almost 150ft long and can take up to 150 passengers, 23 cars or two HGVs. It will use a low-carbon hybrid system that combines traditional diesel power with electric battery power and will lead to a reduction in fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions. The vessel's sea trials are scheduled for April 2016 and it will enter service in the summer following testing and certification. This is the first ship of its type to be built by the recently-formed Ferguson Marine, which won the contract in September 2014 shortly after the shipyard was rescued from closure. Clyde Blowers Capital - owned by Scots billionaire Jim McColl - bought the yard after it went into administration. The yard had previously built two other hybrid ferries - the MV Hallaig and MV Lochinvar - for CalMac.

A new £12.3m diesel-electric hybrid ferry has been launched at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow.

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The name is expressed with affection by some, with hostility by others, but it calls up history for everyone. The story of his life is very much the story of our times: revolutionary movements, the Cold War, East v West, North v South, communism v capitalism - except that most of the world has passed him by. Fidel Castro has remained the same, a symbol of revolution, a communist who has survived the fall of communism. Before surgery took him out of public view in July 2006, he inspired his followers with slogans and five-hour speeches. Fidel's views continued to be made public though in the form of editorials and occasional TV appearances. Fidel maintained his rule with an iron grip, sending opponents to prison for years. Throughout his leadership, he railed against the US, its economic and trade embargo and against the evils of free markets Fidel has been praised for standing up for the oppressed of Latin America, for opposing the Yankee imperialist, for making Cuba into a more equal society than many, for developing Cuba's health service and sending doctors abroad to help others. And it wasn't only doctors he sent abroad. He despatched troops to Angola and Ethiopia in support of fellow revolutionaries. His hand was seen in many a revolutionary movement in his own continent. But he has also been condemned for intolerance, for keeping his people poor and for refusing to see the benefits of economic liberalisation that even the communists of China have embraced. Fidel Castro stopped his people from leaving the island, leading them to risk their lives in rickety boats to try to get out. At one stage in the early years of the Reagan administration he was accused of trying to take over Central America for the Soviet Union by revolution. Washington at that time saw a path that led from the guerrillas of El Salvador through Nicaragua to Cuba and right up to the door of the Kremlin. Cuban assistance to the small and then revolutionary island of Grenada in the Caribbean prompted a full-scale US invasion. Throughout his rule, President Castro remained in almost permanent confrontation with the United States - and it with him. The American embargo on Cuba has been used by both sides - as a policy by the US to isolate Cuba and as an excuse by Fidel Castro for the island's poverty. US President Barack Obama and Castro's successor as president, younger brother Raul, announced a thawing in relations in 2015 but the embargo remains in place. When Mr Obama visited earlier this year - the first by a US leader in more than half a century - Castro remained defiant, saying Cuba did not need any gifts from the "empire" in a damning letter. He cut a giant figure on the world stage during the 47 years he controlled Cuba - at one point bringing the US and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. It was the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 that propelled him into worldwide prominence. Before that he had been just a glamorous revolutionary leader. He had overthrown the dictator Batista in a classic guerrilla war and had fought off an American-led invasion by Cuban exiles on the Bay of Pigs in 1961. But when Nikita Khrushchev decided, with Fidel Castro's agreement, to station nuclear missiles in Cuba itself, the island leader turned from being a thorn in the side of the Americans into being a mortal threat. It was only the skilled diplomacy of Jack Kennedy (and of Khrushchev in the end) that saved the day, and Fidel's own island from destruction. The then-US defence Secretary Robert McNamara met President Castro in 1992. He said the Cuban leader told him there were 162 nuclear missiles in Cuba at the time of the crisis. He asked Castro if he had recommended they be used. The answer was: "Yes, I did." "And what would have happened to Cuba?" Mr McNamara asked him. "It would have been destroyed." Fidel Castro was not part of the diplomacy that ended the missile crisis. But he came out of the crisis remarkably strengthened. Kennedy promised that the US would not invade Cuba, a promise that has held. The CIA made efforts to get rid of him with bizarre plots involving the Mafia and poison. They came to nothing. President Castro's people took immense precautions to protect him from potential harm from food and drink, as diplomats who invite him to their receptions in Havana found out. He survived harm from his enemies. And whatever happens to Cuba after him, the name of Fidel will survive in history.

He is instantly recognisable both from his appearance - the beard and the military fatigues - and from his first name alone: Fidel.

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He is the latest casualty of the Trump White House, and takes the record for the shortest term in a top job: he was fired 10 days after being announced as communications director. But of course, there is a long line of people behind him who have been fired or eased out of their jobs by President Trump. Here's a run-down of what they did, and why they left, starting with "The Mooch". The brash, Wall Street big wig has known President Trump for years, and charismatically defended him in TV interviews. Although he didn't last long in the job, he made big headlines. He appeared to accuse Chief of Staff Reince Priebus of being responsible for White House leaks in a tweet (later deleted) that also appeared to threaten him. Mr Scaramucci then attacked Mr Priebus and President Trump's senior adviser Steve Bannon in an expletive-filled rant on the phone with a reporter from the New Yorker magazine. Why was he sacked? Although he had boasted of reporting directly to the president, Mr Scaramucci's ill-discipline may have cost him any post alongside President Trump's new chief of staff - retired, four-star General John Kelly. Mr Scaramucci's departure was announced hours after Mr Kelly was sworn-in to replace Mr Priebus. The White House said Mr Trump believed comments Mr Scaramucci had made were "inappropriate". Time in post? Ten days. (Though his official start date was 15 August - so possibly minus-15 days.) The former Republican National Committee chairman was one of few Washington veterans given a top role in the Trump White House but was unable to assert his authority. He grappled with competing powers in an administration where Mr Trump's daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, play key roles. Mr Scaramucci was hired despite Mr Priebus's disagreement and insulted him seemingly without reproach from the president. Why was he sacked? President Trump lost confidence in him and clearly wanted a shake-up in the White House, opting for a general to replace the Republican Party operative, who was seen as weak. The announcement also came as the Republicans failed in their efforts to repeal Obamacare in the Senate. Time in post? Six months. Mr Spicer famously kicked off his tenure as White House press secretary by defending a seemingly indefensible claim about the crowd size at President Trump's inauguration. Over the course of his time behind the podium, he became - unusually for a press secretary - a household name, and was parodied on Saturday Night Live. Why did he leave? Unlike most others on this list, Mr Spicer appears to have left on seemingly good terms with the president. He stepped down after Mr Scaramucci was appointed to a role he had partially filled, saying he did not want there to be "too many cooks in the kitchen". Sarah Huckabee Sanders had also taken over many of Mr Spicer's press briefings. The New York Times reported that Mr Spicer had "vehemently" disagreed with the appointment of Mr Scaramucci, which he believed to be a "major mistake". Time in post? Six months. Mr Comey played a dramatic and controversial part in the closing stages of the election when he announced, a week before the vote, that the FBI had reopened an investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server. He was criticised first by Democrats for the timing and alleged indiscretion of the announcement, then by Republicans when he said a week later that no charges would be brought. But Mr Trump praised the FBI director heavily, saying it "took a lot of guts" to make his announcement and that he had "brought back his reputation". He blew Mr Comey a kiss at the White House. The president grew less appreciative of him as the FBI director led an investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Why was he sacked? The Trump administration first claimed Mr Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation rendered him no longer able to credibly lead the bureau and that Mr Trump had acted on the deputy attorney general's recommendation. However Mr Trump soon contradicted this, calling him a "showboat" in a TV interview and saying he was thinking if the "Russia thing" when he made the decision to sack him. Later it emerged that he allegedly told Russian officials that the dismissal had taken "great pressure" off him. Special counsel Robert Mueller is reported to be investigating whether obstruction of justice occurred. Time in post? Three years, eight months. Less than four months under Mr Trump. Technically, Michael Flynn resigned, but he was asked to do so by the president. His departure followed weeks of deepening scandal in which it emerged that he had misled White House officials, including the vice-president, over his contact with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak. Mr Flynn is said to have discussed US sanctions against Russia with Mr Kislyak before Mr Trump took office. Mr Trump was briefed on the possibility that Mr Flynn was open to blackmail, because Moscow knew he was lying, but 18 days elapsed before the president sacked him, raising questions about exactly what the president knew and when. Why was he sacked? It is illegal for private citizens to conduct US diplomacy, and once it was established that Mr Flynn had lied about his contact with Mr Kislyak there was no question that he had to go. The question with this sacking was, why did it take so long? White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that the president needed the time to investigate Mr Flynn and establish his guilt, but the scandal prompted fierce speculation over what the president knew of Mr Flynn's contacts with Mr Kislyak. Time in post? 23 days. The president fired Sally Yates after she questioned the legality of Mr Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Ms Yates, who was appointed by Barack Obama, believed it discriminated unconstitutionally against Muslims, and ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president's executive order. Within hours, she was fired. Why was she sacked? A White House statement said Ms Yates had "betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States". It also described her as "weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration". But it was also Ms Yates who informed White House counsel that Michael Flynn had misled the vice-president about his contacts with Ambassador Kislyak and presented a risk of Russian blackmail as a result. The president's sacking of an Obama-era holdover who had openly defied him was certainly less controversial than the Comey dismissal, but it drew heavy criticism from Democrats, who said Ms Yates had done her job in standing up to the travel ban. Time in post? 10 days. It is not uncommon for prosecutors appointed by the previous administration to be replaced as the White House changes hands, but the widely-respected Preet Bharara had been told specifically by the Trump administration that he would be kept on. Mr Bharara had built a reputation as the "Sheriff of Wall Street" after a number of aggressive prosecutions of traders. At the time of his sacking, he was overseeing several high-profile cases, including an investigation into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign finances and allegations of sexual harassment at Trump favourite Fox News. Why was he sacked? Mr Bharara was one of 46 prosecutors asked to resign by the Trump administration, which contended that it was part of a simple changing of the guard. But there was speculation among Democrats and others that Mr Bahara's jurisdiction, which included Trump Tower, may have concerned the president. A few days before he was sacked, three ethics groups called on Mr Bharara in an open letter to investigate whether Trump companies in his jurisdiction had received foreign payments. Meanwhile, a ProPublica investigation revealed that Mr Bharara was overseeing an investigation into stock trades by Mr Trump's incoming health secretary Tom Price. Three Democratic senators wrote to attorney general Jeff Sessions asking him to investigate the Bharara sacking. Time in post? Seven years, seven months. Less than two under Mr Trump. Paul Manafort, a long-time Republican political operative, was supposed to marshal some of the chaos around Mr Trump but ended up falling prey to it. He was sacked after five months with Mr Trump's campaign, three of those as campaign chair. Why was he sacked? The Trump campaign didn't give a reason for Mr Manafort's departure, issuing only a boilerplate statement wishing him well. But a wave of reports in the week before the announcement alleged that Mr Manafort had received secret cash payments from a pro-Russian political party for representing Russian interests in Ukraine and the US. While Mr Manafort was running the campaign, the Republican Party changed the language in its manifesto regarding the conflict in Ukraine, removing anti-Russian sentiment, allegedly at the behest of two Trump campaign representatives. Time in post? Three months.

Anthony Scaramucci is out.

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The motorway was closed to Belfast-bound traffic between junction nine at Moira and junction eight at Blaris following the collision. Motorists reported long delays, with one driver taking 76 minutes to travel between Lurgan and Moira. Traffic diversions were in place during a clean-up operation to remove debris from the motorway. According to Transport NI, approximately 52,000 vehicles travel this stretch of road, in both directions, over a 24-hour period. They said on average, 4,300 motorists are on the road at 07:00 BST.

A collision between two lorries caused part of the M1 to be closed for several hours, causing long tailbacks.

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Home manager Brendan Rodgers had changed to three at the back to allow Leigh Griffiths to play alongside Moussa Dembele up front. But Inverness kept them at bay until Scott Sinclair pounced to fire home after the break. Griffiths tapped in before Caley Thistle's Greg Tansey was sent off and Tom Rogic blasted home the third. That second yellow card, which came moments after the second goal, well and truly ended Caley Thistle's hopes of frustrating Celtic for a second time this season. And Celtic, whose only dropped points this season came at Caledonian Stadium, cruised to a sixth straight domestic clean sheet to stretch their lead over Aberdeen, who have also played one game more than the reigning champions. Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers decided to change his much-recognised shape following the midweek Champions League draw in Germany. He opted for a back three and a front two of Dembele and Griffiths, but it was an experiment that only lasted for 13 minutes due to injury. Mikael Lustig hobbled off with a nasty looking ankle knock after a tussle with Josh Meekings. Dembele and Griffiths continued to link up, but Stuart Armstrong was ordered to fill in at right back. The tinkering looked to upset the Celtic rhythm and, at times in the first half, they looked to be operating within themselves. Caley Thistle manager Richie Foran said before the game that his side would press and frustrate the reigning champions and, for long spells of the first period, they did just that. They closed Celtic down well and prevented them from finding the gear that would ultimately give them the lead. But even the most pessimistic of the home supporters knew it was only a matter of time. The chances were being created and the Inverness door was creaking. The defences were breached early in the second half and the opening goal came courtesy of a now familiar and formidable name. Sinclair latched on to a defence-splitting pass from Callum McGregor and blasted low past goalkeeper Owen fon Wiliams for his 10th goal of the season. Griffiths was keen to impress in a rare start and he found the net after Dembele's effort was parried by Fon Williams. Greg Tansey was given a second yellow card for a foul on McGregor in the build up and that killed off any slim hopes of a Caley Thistle come back. Rogic came off the bench to add a third, but with Lustig and captain Scott Brown hobbling off, the win may well have come at a price. Match ends, Celtic 3, Inverness CT 0. Second Half ends, Celtic 3, Inverness CT 0. Attempt saved. Iain Vigurs (Inverness CT) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Foul by Jozo Simunovic (Celtic). Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Brad McKay. Attempt saved. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Goal! Celtic 3, Inverness CT 0. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong. Attempt blocked. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Substitution, Inverness CT. Larnell Cole replaces Liam Polworth because of an injury. Delay in match Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) because of an injury. Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic). Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic). 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Celtic restored their 10-point lead at the top of the table after overcoming Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

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The 28-year old Dolgellau-based driver won three out of the 17 stages in the M-Sport Ford Fiesta in his first event since returning to WRC. He and co-driver Daniel Barritt finished in sixth place overall. Evans was more than six minutes behind team-mate Ogier. Toyota's Jari-Matti Latvala finished in second place, with M-Sport's Ott Tanak in third. Evans drove for M-Sport in the top class for two seasons in 2014 and 2015, but was demoted to the WRC2 class in 2016. The second round of the WRC starts in Sweden on 9 February.

Welshman Elfyn Evans was the best-placed British driver as reigning champion Sebastien Ogier won the opening round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) in Monte Carlo.

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The Royal Stoke University Hospital has been designated as a "gym" where players can train their characters and fans have been seen roaming the site. A hospital spokesman said it was "unconcerned" as long as people played the game where it was safe. It warned it would get the "gym" removed if fans misused the A&E unit. "Clinical staff have stated categorically that no one should attempt to enter A&E to play the game," a spokesman said. "Should problems arise from the public misusing A&E to play Pokemon Go then the trust will have no choice but to contact the game's developer and have the 'gym' removed." More on this and other stories from Stoke and Staffordshire Kevin Parker, associate chief nurse at the hospital, said he was "aware" of the game's popularity, but warned players to stay away from the "incredibly busy" A&E department. He said: "We want the public to understand that anybody who visits the hospital solely to play the game will provide an unwanted distraction to the important work of the hospital." However, Michelle Harris, the hospital's sustainability manager, said managers appreciated the positive aspects of the game She said: "We recognise that the Pokemon Go game encourages walking and exercise, which is something that the trust is equally keen to promote."

A hospital has warned players of the smartphone app game Pokemon Go not to enter the accident and emergency unit while they hunt for virtual monsters.

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Traditionally it's always been much less good at keeping secrets. Journalists have a natural inclination toward gossip. So, it was highly unusual that BBC bosses had managed to keep the launch of a whole new BBC Scotland channel entirely secret until it was announced to staff on Wednesday morning. Staff, viewers and politicians were expecting to be told that plans for a "Scottish Six" had been shelved. No one knew that there would be an hour-long news programme with Scottish, UK and world news at 9pm instead. Already there has been a widespread welcome for the idea of a new channel, new programmes and most importantly new money to make those programmes. The announcement of new nightly news programme at 9pm does mean that the idea of a "Scottish Six" is now dead. So people who had been campaigning for that will be frustrated. Already the First Minster Nicola Sturgeon has said there is lots to welcome in this announcement but that it doesn't deliver everything she wanted. Saying it's disappointing that there is no Scottish Six - but "progress and hopefully sign of new thinking". Another SNP politician told me that the decision not to put a Scottish news hour on BBC One looks "entirely political". Saying that viewers accustomed to getting their news at tea time may not immediately develop the habit of watching a digital channel at 9pm. But for those who wanted a news programme reflecting the world from a Scottish perspective, produced and presented from Scotland - the BBC is now delivering what they asked for. The Scottish Six is dead. Long live the Scottish Nine.

The BBC is very experienced at broadcasting news to as many people as possible.

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Mukherjee's The Lives Of Others, a sweeping account of life in 1960s Calcutta, is 5/2 favourite to win with bookmakers William Hill. It is the first year that the prize is open to all authors writing in English, regardless of nationality. The winner will be announced at London's Guildhall on Tuesday night. Former Booker winner Howard Jacobson is among three British writers, two Americans and an Australian on this year's shortlist. Also on the list are Ali Smith, Joshua Ferris, Karen Joy Fowler and Richard Flanagan, who is next in the betting at 3/1. Jacobson, who won in 2010 for his comic novel The Finkler Question, is nominated for his futuristic love story J. It features two main characters who inhabit a world where the past is not spoken about and is shrouded in suspicion, referred to as "What Happened, If It Happened". Mukherjee's The Lives of Others begins in Calcutta in 1967, and which focuses on the secrets and rivalries within a family against a backdrop of political activism. Inverness-born Smith's How To Be Both tells two interlinking stories, one about a renaissance artist in 15th Century Italy, the other about a child of the 1960s - and the reader can decide which half to read first. She has been shortlisted twice before, with 2005's The Accidental and Hotel World in 2001. American Ferris's third novel, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, looks at atheism through the eyes of a New York dentist, who is puzzled when someone sets up an online Facebook and Twitter account in his name. The other American is Fowler, who is nominated for We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. The book, narrated by a college student Rosemary, tells the story of her family: two parents and three children - one of whom turns out to be surprisingly special. Australia's Flanagan is the only non-British representative of the Commonwealth on the shortlist. He is nominated for The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a love story set against the construction of the Thailand-Burma Death Railway in World War Two. Of all the shortlisted novels, Fowler's We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is by far the best-selling. Since it was published in March it has sold more than 55,000 copies, according to figures from Nielsen. The next closest is Ferris's To Rise Again at a Decent Hour with just over 6,000 sales since it was published at the end of May. The announcement of the final six on 9 September caused a sales spike for all the books on the shortlist. Mukherjee's The Lives of Others, which sold 97 copies in the week before the announcement saw sales leap to 507 a week later. "It's a weak list that is more notable for the novels it has omitted than for those that have made the cut," said David Brauner, professor of contemporary literature at the University of Reading. "The strongest book on the list is Howard Jacobson's J, but I fear there may be some reluctance to make him a two-time winner so soon after Hilary Mantel's double win (with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies). "John Sutherland's mischievous (or perhaps malicious) nomination of J at the top of his list of The Top 10 Unfinishable Novels in The Guardian last week won't have helped its chances either. "It revives the perennial debate about whether the prize should be awarded on literary merit alone or whether it should only reward what Stella Rimington called 'readable' books." This year marks is 46th year of the Booker Prize. The judging panel, chaired by AC Grayling, consists of Sarah Churchwell, Jonathan Bate, Daniel Glaser, Alastair Niven and Erica Wagner. Last year, the Booker was won by New Zealand's Eleanor Catton for The Luminaries. At 28, she was the youngest-ever winner. The shortlisted authors each receive £2,500 and a specially bound edition of their book. Coverage from this year's ceremony, where the prize will be presented by the Duchess of Cornwall. will be on the BBC News Channel from 2130 BST and on BBC Arts.

The winner of the Man Booker Prize is announced later with British author Neel Mukherjee the bookies' favourite to take the £50,000 prize.

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The 25-year-old, who can also play in midfield, joined the Dons from Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2015. He has since made more than 70 appearances for Derek McInnes's side. Shinnie told the club website: "We've a squad that is capable of winning trophies and that's what I aim to do while I'm an Aberdeen player." The manager described Shinnie's decision as being "as important as any signing we will make" in the transfer window. "As an Aberdeen boy, his love for the club is evident," said McInnes. "Graeme is very protective of his career I know he sees Aberdeen as the club to develop his game and this sends out that message. "He's been excellent since joining us two years ago and we know there is more to come from him."

Aberdeen defender Graeme Shinnie has signed a new contract which will keep him at Pittodrie until at least the summer of 2019.

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With a population of fewer than 5,000, nearly one in 10 people in South Cave expressed opposition to the plans by Gladman Developments. The developer wants to build on land off Little Wold Lane. South Cave Parish Council has also objected to the proposal, saying it would cause "landscape harm" in the picturesque village. A local campaign group, Save Our Valley, is co-ordinating opposition to the development. Villagers claim the new housing would run parallel to the Wolds Way, a national walking trail, "seriously impacting" on views across the valley. Concerns have also been raised about increased flooding risk and congestion. Gladman said the development would "provide a choice of housing to meet the needs of the area, whilst respecting and enhancing the site's environmental and cultural assets". The development would include access roads and landscaping, together with a play area. The standard consultation on the proposals finishes on 7 April.

More than 600 people in an East Yorkshire village have objected to plans for 119 new homes.

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A draw was inevitable after only 86.2 overs were possible on the first four days after heavy rain in Sydney. The West Indies, who resumed on 248-7, were 330 all out before Warner hit an 82-ball century, the quickest ever at Sydney, as Australia reached 176-2. Australia were already 2-0 up in the series, but the draw stops them from moving top of the Test rankings. The opening two hours of the final day were also lost to rain but Denesh Ramdin was able to complete his second half century of the match before he was caught by Steve Smith off Steve O'Keefe. Fellow off-spinner Nathan Lyon had Kemar Roach (15) caught at short leg by Joe Burns to leave the tourists 300-9. Lyon than snaffled a catch at point as O'Keefe removed Jerome Taylor for 13 to finish with a Test best 3-63. In reply, Warner brought up his half century in just 42 balls with a six off Jomel Warrican but the West Indies spinner did remove Burns, who lofted a catch to Roach at mid-on to depart for 26. Mitchell Marsh (21) top-edged a sweep to Jermaine Blackwood at slip to gift Warrican (2-62) a second wicket. By then Warner had completed his 16th Test century but both sides elected to end the game as a draw midway through the final session.

Opener David Warner hit an unbeaten 122 as Australia drew a rain-affected third and final Test against West Indies.

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Fans got the happy ending they had been waiting for as the title character, created by Miranda Hart, got married. The New Year's Day episode had 7.3m viewers, according to overnight figures. The first part of the finale, shown on Christmas Day, had 6.7m viewers overnight. Writing in The Independent, Neela Debnath said Miranda had drawn to a close "with a sweet and heart-warming ending". "It's surprisingly touching and quite tender - that's not to say there aren't any pratfalls - but the finale is about Miranda standing up to her mother and accepting herself as she is." Gerard O'Donovan, writing for The Telegraph, said: "New Year's Day brought all the humour and joy we could have wanted in a masterclass of romantic comedy writing and performance that teased and toyed, then delivered big on the happy ending, with a wedding." Mark Lawson, writing in The Guardian, said: "As admirers had hoped, Miranda ended up on the floor twice in her comedy send-offs. "But her expanding career, of which her inventive and well-acted sitcom is only a small part, suggests that her detractors are unlikely to get their wish of her falling metaphorically flat on her face." Before the final show aired, Hart tweeted: "Happy New Year Day and goodbye to my creative baby day. 8pm BBC One. Can't promise but you MIGHT get a glimpse of that @GaryBarlow." The show, which was first shown on BBC Two in 2009 before moving to BBC One, follows the trials and tribulations of Hart's character, a shop owner prone to committing social faux pas. The programme also sees Patricia Hodge as her TV alter-ego's mother and Sarah Hadland as her shop's assistant manager. The show, and its star, has won accolades from the Royal Television Society and the British Comedy Awards, among others. The first episode of the third series was the most-watched television programme at Christmas in 2012. The 41-year-old actress and comedienne is to star alongside Jude Law and Melissa McCarthy in American comedy Spy. The film, directed by Bridesmaids' Paul Feig, is due to be released in UK cinemas in May. An autobiographical book about Hart's life with her dog Peggy, Peggy And Me, will be also released this year.

TV critics are full of praise for the finale of sitcom Miranda, which has bowed out after five years.

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The Hammersmith and City Line has been suspended between Edgware Road and Hammersmith over fears debris could fall on to the tracks. The Circle Line is also closed partly due to the fire and partly because of planned engineering work. Transport for London (TfL) said the move had been made "at the request of the London Fire Brigade". The fire broke out at the 24-storey block, which contained 120 one and two-bedroom flats, early on Wednesday morning. Police presume 58 people have died but have warned the figure could grow. A sign at Ladbroke Grove station said "owing to the safety of the Tower" the lines had been partly suspended. The London Fire Brigade confirmed it had requested the lines be temporarily closed because of a "short-term risk of some debris falling on to the tracks". A spokesman said teams were working to secure the debris so the lines could be reopened as soon as possible.

Two London Tube lines remained part suspended on Sunday due to safety concerns with Grenfell Tower.

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Anna O'Flanagan, Katie Mullan and Zoe Wilson netted the goals for the Irish who had beaten Wales in the semi-finals. Ireland now turn their focus to World League 3 and the Eurohockey Championships this summer. "We have had an incredible experience and have grown and learnt a lot as a group," said coach Graham Shaw. "This is our first competitive tournament in 18 months and we are very proud of the team and the level of performance. "We will use this tournament as a benchmark going forward. Our number one goal is to qualify for the World Cup and finish as high as possible at the Europeans in August."

Ireland have won the hockey World League Round Two in Kuala Lumpur by beating Malaysia 3-0 in Sunday's final.

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It said a 2014 Supreme Court ruling that widened the definition of who was subject to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards had led to a rise in cases. Services cannot cope, deadlines were "routinely breached" and the system should be replaced, the body reported. The government commissioned the report and said it would review the law. The Law Commission, an independent body which reviews laws in England and Wales, made several recommendations to improve the system. These included requiring all decision-makers to put greater weight on the person's wishes and feelings when making decisions under the Mental Capacity Act. When a vulnerable person - usually suffering from a severe learning disability or dementia - in a care home or hospital has limits put on what they can do or where they can go for their own safety, the institution must apply to the local council to authorise the deprivation of liberty. The deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) should ensure that a care home, hospital or supported living arrangement only deprives someone of their liberty in a safe and correct way, and that this is only done when it is in the best interests of the person and there is no other way to look after them. The system, under the Mental Capacity Act, requires that the care arrangements are independently checked. A landmark ruling from the Supreme Court in 2014 - also referred to as the Cheshire West decision - widened the definition of who was subject to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). This triggered an increase in the number of cases, which the commission said has left health and social care services "unable to cope". Official figures show that hospitals and care homes in England made 195,840 DoLS applications in 2015-16 - more than 14 times the 13,700 in 2013-14. The commission said the increased workload had resulted in a rising number of DoLS referrals that were not assessed and statutory timescales were "routinely breached". In England, out of the 195,840 DoLS referrals during 2015-16, only 43% were completed in the year, the commission said. Of those, only 29% were completed within the 21 day time-limit set in regulations. It affects vulnerable people with dementia and learning disabilities and their families. The Law Commission's report provided examples of cases where the current system did not work. Steven Neary, a young man with autism and learning disabilities, lived with his father, who reported in December 2009 that he was having difficult coping. The local authority arranged for Steven to stay in a residential support unit and his father agreed to an extended stay of a couple of weeks. But Steven was detained there by the local authority for a year, including a period when he was subject to the DoLS regime, and the Court of Protection held that Steven had been unlawfully detained. The court noted that the local authority did not properly discuss its concerns or its plans with Steven's father. The Law Commission is calling for the current system to be scrapped and replaced "right away". Law Commissioner Nicolas Paines QC said the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards were designed at a time when fewer people were considered deprived of their liberty and now it was "failing" people it was set up to protect. "It's not right that people with dementia and learning disabilities are being denied their freedoms unlawfully," she said. "There are unnecessary costs and backlogs at every turn, and all too often family members are left without the support they need." The commission wants to replacing the law with a new scheme called the Liberty Protection Safeguards. Its recommendations include: A Department of Health spokesman said it was "committed" to protecting the rights of vulnerable people, which is why it commissioned the review. "We thank the Law Commission for its detailed work, and will be responding to these constructive recommendations in due course." The Department of Health said it provided £25m of additional funding for 2015/16 to local authorities to support them in managing the increase in DoLS applications.

People with dementia and learning difficulties are being detained in care without checks due to a 'failing' law, the Law Commission has said.

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The trio were returning to a family member's home in Heanor in Derbyshire when they caught the intruder taking some jewellery in June. The thief has since been jailed for 27 months for burglary. The three heroes, one from Germany and two from America, tackled the man and pinned him to the ground before police arrived and arrested him. Peter Mueller, 70, and his friends, aged 78 and 81, were given awards by Derbyshire police on Friday. Mr Mueller said his friends now call them "the three musketeers". "I was astonished. It was instinct," he said. "I have enjoyed that the British Police make a special day for me. They said 'maybe you are a hero'." Chief Constable Mick Creedon said: "To have them here and give them the award ... is really important."

Three pensioners - all over 70 - have been awarded for their bravery after they tackled and pinned down a burglar.

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Days after news that Flight AC759 from Toronto was involved in a near-miss it has emerged just how close it came to crashing into four planes on a taxiway. The incident on 7 July occurred after the pilot "inadvertently" headed for the area where jets were due to depart. He was ordered to pull up and the Airbus 320 circled and landed safely. As the plane approached the taxiway, which runs parallel to the runway, it is estimated that it flew just 30m above two aircraft waiting to depart, a preliminary report by Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said. After receiving a warning, the pilot pulled up and the plane rose about 60m above a third jet and about 90m above a fourth, the TSB said. Flight AC759 had already travelled almost 400m over the taxiway before aborting the landing, the board's report added. The pilot then made another successful approach. No injuries were reported. The flight was scheduled to land at 23:23 local time (06:23 GMT) but touched down at 00:11. An investigation into the incident by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is ongoing. The FAA described the near-miss as "very rare". Air Canada said that 135 passengers and five crew members were on the flight from Toronto. It is not clear how many people were in the four planes on the taxiway. The taxiway, which provides lanes for aircraft to travel between runways and terminals for both landing and takeoff, is distinguished by different coloured lights. Earlier, an audio recording was released of what was said to be communication between air traffic controllers and pilots at San Francisco's airport on 7 July. In it, a male voice believed to be that of the Air Canada pilot is heard saying that there are lights on the runway. One of the air traffic controllers replies that there are no other planes there. Another - unidentified - voice is then heard saying: "Where's this guy going? He's on the taxiway." The air traffic controller then apparently realises the danger of the Air Canada plane crashing into the four aircraft on the ground, and orders the pilot to pull up and make another approach. A pilot from one of the planes on the ground is heard saying: "United One, Air Canada flew directly over us." An Air Canada spokeswoman, Angela Mah, said the airline was investigating the incident and was "co-operating with the authorities", local media report.

An Air Canada flight with 140 people on board came within 30m (98ft) of other aircraft at San Francisco's airport as it prepared to land, a report says.

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The £45m facility, to be built at Sutherland Drive in Kilmarnock, will house primary and secondary schools, a Gaelic school and a childcare centre. East Ayrshire Council said it would ask permission from the McIlvanney family to name the campus in his honour. The renowned writer was born and educated in Kilmarnock. Council leader Douglas Reid said he was delighted to be able to "preserve" the William McIlvanney name in Kilmarnock as the writer was "passionate about the provision of good education for young people". McIlvanney became an English teacher after graduating from Glasgow University but changed career in 1975 to write full time. He gained immediate recognition with the publication of his first novel - Remedy Is None - and through other works he earned the title of "Godfather of Tartan Noir". McIlvanney wrote the acclaimed Laidlaw trilogy and other Glasgow-based works such as Docherty and The Big Man. He was also an influential poet, journalist and broadcaster, and contributed to political and sporting life in Scotland through a series of columns and TV programmes. The novelist died at his Glasgow home on 5 December.

A schools campus in East Ayrshire is set to be named after the celebrated Scottish novelist William McIlvanney, who died last month aged 79.

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Sir Harry Burns is to chair the study, which will consult NHS staff and patients to ensure targets and performance indicators are producing the best results for patients. An initial report and recommendations are expected in spring 2017. Mr Burns, who stepped down as chief medical officer in 2014, said it was vital that staff felt "empowered". The review of targets was announced by Health Secretary Shona Robison in June. She said she was "delighted" to welcome Mr Burns to the job, adding: "We want to ensure we have a national measurement framework across the whole health and social care system. "As I have said before, targets have an important place in our NHS and there are certain standards, such as those in emergency care and cancer, which patients have the right to expect. "We need to ensure that we also understand how our caring services are performing in a way that takes account of people's experience of different kinds of care, and the extent to which their care is well joined-up." Sir Harry stepped down as Scotland's top doctor after nine years in the job to focus on fighting health inequalities, taking up a post as professor of global public health at Strathclyde University. He said: "Ministers are rightly clear that health and social care services must deliver the best possible outcomes for Scotland's people. "I believe also that health and social care staff want to provide effective and compassionate care to those they serve. It is vital that the information we gather allows those working in health and social care to feel empowered to improve outcomes. "I am looking forward to engaging positively with people on this important review." The Scottish government is also planning on reviewing the number, structure and roles of health boards, and wants GP practices to become more of a community service, involving teams of health professionals and others working together under the guidance of a GP.

A former chief medical officer has been appointed to lead a review of the approach to targets in Scotland's NHS.

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The 19-year-old produced a spell of 5-3 in 19 balls as six Glamorgan wickets fell in the last 13 overs of day one. Ben Cox's aggressive 93 off 99 balls was the mainstay of the home innings, while Ed Barnard (60) and Tongue (41) led the lower-order resistance. Timm van der Gugten, with 4-66, was the pick of the Glamorgan attack. Worcestershire counter-attacked hard from their poor start as Cox, having come in on a hat-trick on 14-3, hit 15 fours before being brilliantly caught by Andrew Salter within sight of his century. After two double century opening stands in three matches, this time both Worcestershire openers were back in the pavilion inside eight overs, Daryl Mitchell, who had scored 534 runs in his previous five innings, going for a third-ball duck. Netherlands seamer van der Gugten claimed four of the first six wickets to fall in an accurate display, including Tom Fell and Brett D'Oliveira in successive balls. But, in only his sixth Championship game, Tongue outshone everyone. He improved his best with both bat and ball, aided by some superb slip catching in the dramatic closing overs as only Jacques Rudolph (49 not out) reached double figures. Worcestershire's Ben Cox told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "It was an edgy start, going in at 14-3, and I wasn't backing myself. But, on a wicket like that, it sometimes suits my game to go out and try and put the pressure back on them. "Fortunately my edges didn't go to hand. And iIt was a good catch (to get me out), but it's 93 from a position where we were really struggling and we're in a good position now. "We couldn't be happier after that spell from Tonguey. That's one of the best spells I've kept to. We said it down at Glamorgan that there's going to be times that he has those spells, he clicks and hits the zone." Glamorgan's Jacques Rudolph told BBC Wales Sport: "First and foremost it was a great spell of bowling (by Tongue), it's one of those spells where Joe (Clarke) took a brilliant one-handed catch, the keeper (Cox) took a brilliant one-handed catch and it's obviously not ideal to be in this position because it's quite a good wicket. "Coming back, we've got to have a strong mind-set and when we bowl again. we probably gave 20 to 30 runs too many, but there's still plenty of time left in the game. "If your mind-set's good on this wicket, it gives you opportunities to score, Cox almost got a hundred by playing really positively."

Worcestershire's teenage seamer Josh Tongue tore Glamorgan apart with five wickets as they fell to 76-6 in reply to the hosts' 267 all out at New Road.

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Twelve homes were evacuated after the hole opened in Ripon, North Yorkshire, at 22:30 GMT on Wednesday. The hole measured about 20m (66ft) by 10m (33ft) and 9m (30ft) deep. The BGS said Ripon lies in one of the most susceptible areas of the UK for sinkholes because of its "Permian gypsum deposits". It said these can dissolve more quickly than surrounding limestone, leading to the enlargement of underground caves. Experts are still examining data from the site behind the houses in Magdalen's Road but, releasing its initial findings, the BGS said sinkholes were often caused by surface water penetrating the ground, or fluctuations in groundwater levels. In 2014, a 100-year-old detached house in an adjoining street was demolished after a 25ft-wide (8m) sinkhole opened. According to the report, the wider area of Ripon periodically encounters sinkholes and in the 1980s and 1990s a hole was appearing every two to three years. No-one was injured in the latest collapse with the back gardens of two properties the worst affected. A sewerage system connected to several of the properties on the terrace fell in as the hole appeared. One resident described seeing the ground moving and finding her steps leading into the garden had gone. On Friday, further cracks appeared in the ground and on walls at the site. Ben Cairns, North Yorkshire Fire Service station manager, said: "Our main concern at the moment is what impact the weather is going to have for the next few days." The BGS is continuing to analyse data from the site.

A large hole that appeared behind a row of houses was in one of the UK's most susceptible areas for sinkholes, the British Geological Survey has said.

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Opposition leader Gordon Bajnai never once raises his voice, despite the roar of the crowd behind him. In the face of the opinion polls, he insists: "We are flying blind in these elections. Opinion polls were invented for normal democracies. If democracy becomes limited, then surveys are of limited value too." As leader of Together 2014, a centrist opposition movement, he is running in these elections as part of an uneasy coalition of leftist, liberal and green parties, trying to oust the popular and populist Prime Minister, Viktor Orban. His last hope is that the many people fed up with Mr Orban will find just enough in the opposition programme to vote for. Mr Bajnai's vision of Mr Orban's Hungary is a dark one of a country Ferenc Kumin looks out from his first-floor window in the south wing of the Hungarian parliament onto a very different Hungary. As spokesman of the Fidesz government, he is inordinately proud of the vast, newly landscaped square, of the new metro line under the city (begun by the liberals, completed by Fidesz) but above all by his government's record in office. "Hungary is performing better!" is the message plastered on the country's buses, trams and roadside billboards for the past months - long before the election campaign started. Mr Kumin has the figures to prove it: Viktor Orban has decided not to publish a party programme for this election, preferring the simpler message: "We cut utility bills". A swingeing 30% cut in gas bills has proven rather popular with consumers. The opposition says Hungary's 27% value added tax - the highest in Europe - harms their standard of living far more. Mr Kumin rebuts Gordon Bajnai's allegations one by one. Democracy is alive and well in Hungary, he insists. The main criticisms by European institutions of the media law and the new constitution were addressed with amendments. All parties agreed that Hungary needed a smaller, more streamlined parliament, and that is what has been achieved - without gerrymandering, he says. The cuts in utility bills, he says, are part of the Fidesz philosophy to stand up for households against big businesses which overcharge consumers. And the big loan from Russia to build new nuclear reactors, he believes, will make it possible to keep electricity prices down. Budapest does look beautiful in the spring sunshine. Tourists flock here in ever greater numbers. Cruise liners plough the River Danube. The newly paved area around the parliament building lacks trees but is otherwise impeccable. An army of street sweepers swoops on each chocolate wrapper before it hits the ground. Japanese tourists flock enthusiastically to watch the raising of the Hungarian flag each morning and its lowering at dusk. The new metro station at Kalvin Square is a science-fiction extravaganza. Gellert Square, a marvel of mosaics. At least 150,000 (pro-government media said 500,000) government supporters turned out for the final Fidesz rally in Heroes Square to hear Viktor Orban exhort the faithful. This is nothing less than a love affair with a charismatic leader for whom the centrist opposition has no answer. Only the radical nationalist Jobbik party outdoes Viktor Orban with its promise to defend Hungary from interference from Brussels. Jobbik shares Viktor Orban's conversion to nuclear energy, but combines it with a pro-Russian rhetoric not heard in Hungary since the early 1950s. According to Jobbik MP Marton Gyongyosi, the recent referendum in Crimea on leaving Ukraine was a model of self-determination. But he firmly denies allegations that his party is partly financed by Russian state or private sources. While Jobbik hopes to swell its 16.7% score four years ago to over 20% this time, Hungary's main Green Party, LMP, which stands for Politics Can Be Different, is struggling to cross the 5% threshold needed to remain in parliament. The increasingly crude mud-slinging between Fidesz and the centrist bloc in the last days of the campaign could boost votes for both Jobbik and the LMP.

Polls suggest Hungary's governing Fidesz party is set to win another two-thirds majority at Sunday's general election.

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Darby, 28, made 194 league appearances for the Bantams and helped them to promotion from League Two in 2013. New deals have been offered to goalkeeper Rouven Sattelmaier, defenders Matthew Kilgallon, Rory McArdle, Tony McMahon and James Meredith and midfielder Mark Marshall. The Bantams finished fifth this season before losing to Millwall at Wembley.

Beaten League One play-off finalists Bradford City have released defender Stephen Darby after five years.

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The preliminary figures show that operating profit will be 6.1tn won ($5.1bn; £3.5bn) for the October to December period, from 5.29tn won a year earlier. Analysts had expected the amount to be 6.6tn won, fuelling growth concerns. Samsung products have been hit by weak demand in China and currency woes. Operating profit fell 7.5% from the previous quarter. Sales at the world's biggest maker of memory chips and smartphones also missed forecasts at 53tn won for the period. Samsung does not break down its earnings results in the preliminary report, leaving analysts to speculate on how each business division is doing. But analysts predict that the latest forecast is a sign that the tech giant will face another tough year of weaker gadget sales as the smartphone market is saturated. Samsung is facing stiff competition at the top end of the market from Apple, while cheaper Chinese rivals are gaining ground in the mid to low level range for mobile devices. On Monday, chief executive Kwon Oh-hyun had warned that the firm faced challenges on weak global economic growth prospects. Final earnings results for the quarter are due to be released at the end of January.

Samsung Electronics says its operating profit is likely to rise 15% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, missing market expectations.

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The S&P 500 climbed 8.7 points to 2,049.29, as it ended the day above where it had closed at the end of 2015. The Dow Jones was up 117.59 points to 17,599.08, having itself moved into positive territory for the year on Thursday. Meanwhile, the tech-based Nasdaq rose by 20.66 points to 4,795.65. Investors remained positive after Wednesday's Fed decision to maintain interest rates between 0.25% and 0.50%. The Fed also signalled that there would be fewer 2016 rate rises than previously expected. The news helped raise banking stocks. Goldman Sachs shares climbed 3.1%, while JP Morgan gained 2.9%. Microsoft was one of the Nasdaq's main movers, losing 2.4%.

(Close): Wall Street markets rose on Friday, extending the previous day's rally and bringing the S&P 500 into positive territory for the year.

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Fay, 33, should win a record 185th cap when Scotland play Slovenia in their opening Euro 2017 qualifier on Tuesday. She made her debut in 1998 against the Czech Republic. "The Holland matches were the first time I really took a step back to see if it was time to stop," Fay said. Having played in eight major championship campaigns - all unsuccessful - Celtic keeper Fay had a big choice to make after Scotland lost over two legs to the Netherlands in a play-off for the World Cup in Canada. "I asked myself several questions and the desire to reach a major championship was one of them," she said. "If we qualify for Euro 2017 it will probably be the most special moment of my career." Scotland, under coach Anna Signeul, have never been given a better chance. The draw - which includes Belarus, Macedonia and top seeds Iceland - is the kindest ever. With the tournament in the Netherlands in two years time having been expanded, two teams will also qualify from most of the groups. "Externally there is an expectation on us to qualify, but you can never underestimate any team," Fay said. "We're not a team that has the arrogance to say we will definitely qualify. We are a team that says we know we have good players and we work hard in every game. "We will give every team the respect they deserve. If we do that I'm confident we will do well in this group." The Scots are based at Nova Gorica, which is almost on the Italian border, but the game is being played at Ajdovscina, some 30 minutes away. "It's a beautiful setting," said Fay of a venue which lies in a valley under towering mountains. "The pitch is a decent size for us and hopefully they will water it a bit before the game. It looks like a good place to start our campaign."

Scotland women's captain Gemma Fay admits the prospect of playing in a major championship was one of the main factors in deciding not to retire last year.

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